THE COUNTY ? ? ? * THE STATE THE UNION (V fimej WATCH THE LABEL ON VOUK PAPEK Rciifw Tour Subscription Before Evpiration Date To Avoid Miwilnj; An bane. YOLUMN I, XX I SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 ? YEAR I.OUISBl'RO, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY. APRIL la. l?l)? (EIGHT PAGES) M TUBER ? BIG SEA BATTLE British and Germans Sink Ships In Scandinavian Waters Stockholm, Thursday, April 11. ? British, warships were reported early today to be ready to shell the Ger mans out of Oslo after engaging German men-o-war in the biggest naval battle since the British grand fleet limped home from the Battle of Jutland 24 years ago. First meagre reports of the battle, fought almost with- . in Swedish territorial waters, said the British fleet ap peared to be whipping the Nazi warships after forcing its way through the narrow Skagerrak and down into the Kattegat strait between Sweden and Denmark. Fierce fighting also was raging early today in Oslo Fjord, it was said, with the remnants of Norway's tiny iiavy aiding the British. British Ultimatum The British, according to the Stockholm radio, served , an ultimatum threatening to turn their guns on Osk) un- | less the Germans gave up their "protective" hold on the j capital by noon today. The city was being evacuated amid scenes of panic, according to reports at the Swedish frontier, while plan es battled overhead and bombs fell on the outskirts. (In London, reports circulated that Adolt Hitler had served an ultimatum on Sweden demanding the right to transport troops and supplies across Swedish territory to maintain his foothold in Scan dinavia.) In the Skagerrak buttle, within sight of people in the Swedish! t >wn of Gothenburg, four German cruisers and five heavily-laden i,-oops ships were sunk, according! o these reports. The pit> of the battle. was u fowl ?niles northwest of the Island of| Hlppelin. Nazi Ships Down Hippelin residents said the> | saw two ships, believed to tiC^Nazi transports, explode and disappear ito the sea with amazing speed. Hundreds of heads bobbed in the water, but lisherfolk werei frald to exjfose their frail craft1; in rescue work because of the in tense firing. Later several fishing boats left! the Island of Roeroe adjoining Hippelin and returned loaded; with dead and wounded German soldiers and sailors. The detonations of the broad sides shook houses on the Swed ish islands and shattered windows. The German fleet in Wie battle was reported by Gothenburg eye witnesses to have consisted of 2 3 ' ships, 11 of which were troop transports. The loss of lives was great and > nany bodies of German soldiers and sailors were washed up on i -nore. Several badly damaged troop ships ran for refuge within Swed ish territorial waters. See Fighting Residents of the Swedish town of Marstrand saw ships go down in flames and watched the flashes of pounding, btg-callbre guns. The naval battle began at 3 p. m., Wednesday and continued un til far into the night when part of the British fleet, reported to be 10 ships, pushed back northward into the Skagerrak at full speed and into Oslo Fjord. Gothenburg reports said there was great loss of life in the sink ing of five German troop ships. Inhabitants of Marstirand re ported that the battle began be tween German armed trawlers and British submarines, and that later warships and bombing plan ts entered the conflict. Residents of the Island of Es ^eroe said they saw two Nazi war ships sink stern first. One was a German cruiser in flames. A short distance away circles of Mack smoke rose from a shatter ed German cruiser. London, April 10. ? British war ships, pounding again and again at the German Invaders of Nor way, were reported tonight in dis patches from the North to have pointed their big guns at Oslo, de manding the surrender of the city by its Nazi garrison, during a proud and bitter day of sea battle from one end of the "Hitler-pro 'ectied" Scandinavian kingdom to she other. Two Norwegian cities. Bergen und Trondhelm, already were re ported, without confirmation, to have been taken by British land ing parties aftdr one day of Ger man occupation. While the navy gunB were barking out across the Nortih Sea. British fighting planes defending home shores were credited with shooting down four Nasi planes which attempted a Wednesday night raid on Scapa Flow and per haps (our others, all Heinkels, in ; daylight engagements off Scot land. Two long-range Royal Air Force fighters flew over Norway. ; fired a refueling tank on a Nazi- ? occupied air base, destroyer a German bomber and crippled three others. One civilian was wounded in the unsuccessful Scapa Flow at tack, but an official announce ment said no damage was done to shipping or shore properties by the bomb and machine-gun raid ers. Delayed dispatches from Swed en did not say what happened at Oslo after 1 p m.. when the re- ; ported British deadline for the surrender of the city expired. Into Oslo Fjord But the Stockholm reports said that units of the British navy penetrated Oslo Fjord, rocky sea approach to the occupied capital. I this morning, aided by coastal guns still held by Norwegian for- I ces. The wide sweep of British na val action embraced a vicious and successful attack against German troop ships and warships in the Skagerrak and one or more raids on the important ore shipping port of Narvik. The British Admiralty, tradi tionally the "silent service." de clined comment, however, on most of the reports of naval war fare. LOUISBURQ BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. A. Paul Bagby. pastor will preach on "The Closed Gate of Eden" at eleven o'ctock. At sev en-thirty he will preach on "The Open Gate of Heaven." Sunday School at 9:45 A, M. Training Union at 6:45 P. M. 1 1 ' AT LEAST FOUR DIE AND 27 HURT SUNDAY Amite, La., April 8. ? Tornadic winds ripping across southern Louisiana early yesterday brought death to at least four persons, left one missing, injured 27 and caus ed extensive property damage, Three were killed here and Mrs. Albert Ouillle, 24. was drowned in the picturesque Lafltte-Bayou Ba rataria section, 100 miles south, when her houseboat was wrecked. Her husband was RtlU missing to day. Two children, cousins of Ouille. were Injured. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre begin ning Saturday, April 13th: Saturday ? Double Feature ? Gene Autry and Jane Withers in "Shooting High" and Sidney Tol er In "Charlie Chan in Panania." Also Chapter No. 11 "Zorros Fightitag Legion." Sunday-Monday ? Ann Sheri |dan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bo garb and Zasu Pitts In- "It All Came True," Tuesday ? Jean Mulr, Laralne Day, Robt. Cummings and Rlllle Bur|te in "And One Was Beauti ful." Wednesday ? James Stephenson and Margot Stevenson In "Calling Philo Vance." Thursday-Friday ? Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Emma Dunn, Samuel Hinds and Laralne Day In "Dr. Kildare's Strange Ca if." ?v TO SPEAK HON. J. M. BROUGHTON I Candidate for Governor of North Carolina will speak in tho; Courti House in I,ouisburg at 2:00 o'clock on Monday afternoon, during the recess of Court. All are invited to hear him on thei political issues of the day. CITIZENS OK IiOUlhlillKG RKQIFKNTK1) TO OB8KRVK CIJCAN-UP WKKK, APIUI. iiK TO MAY 5. 1040 In cooperation with other Agencies of Franklin County who are staging a CLEAN-CI* WKKK from April iiHih through May 5, 1040. we are attempt ing to inuke of Loulsburg, N. C., one of the cleanest, neatest, prettiest towns in North Caro lina. We are asking the citizens of Loulsburg to help us in this movement by cleaning up your premises. We will be glad to send a truck to your homes anil stores to haul all of your trash without cost to you. When you hate accumulated your tra$li call Telephone Number 427-1. and it truck will be sent to haul your trash as soon as possible. With sincere wishes that you will join the CLEAN-IP CAM PAIGN, I am. Respectfully yours, W. C. WKKK, Mayor. TWO BRITISH AND SIX NAZI PLANES DOWNED Eight wurplanes. two British and six German, were reported shot down Tuesday in bursts of aerial fighting over the North Sea and the western front. Perhaps the most) spectacular action of the day was told by tho official German news agency, DNB. which said two British bom bers were shot down about 100 miles north of the fortified Ger man Island of Sylt. The agency said the battle over the sea invol ved "a swarm" of German pursuit planes and 24 British aircraft but that no German planes were lost. In London, the air ministry an nounced that two British plaues failed to return atfer the batole and that one German plane was destroyed in the tight. BREMEN RUMORS Amsterdam, April 9 A re port entirely unconfirmed cir culated here tonight that the German liner Bremen had been sunk by British airplanes or had been torpedoed. The re ports did not state where the sinking was supposed to hate occurred. It was believed the report t originated on the Bourse. New York, April #. ? Colum bia Broadcasting systems short wave station here tonight pick ed up a radio report from Paris saying that Amsterdam had re ported to Iiondon that the Ger man steamship Bremen had been sunk while carrying 1,300 soldiers. CBS said the broadcast was in the Hpanlsh language and that no confirmation had come from London. I MOTHER KlIiLH .1 G HI 1.1)11 E\ AND HERSELF I. os Angeles. April 4. ? A moth ler beat her three small children to death today with a small ham mer and then died In a flaming {mattress after setting fire to her own hair. The dead, officers reported, are Mrs. Lolita Davis, 43; Daphne Davis, 10; Deborah Davis, 7; Mar quis Davis,. t. A fourtih child, ChloA, 11, wis beaten almost un conscious, but officers said she probably would recovp^dk. LITTLE HOPE ADVANCED FOR IMPROVING U . S. NO. 1 Traffic does not Justify better ment of ,IT. S. Highway 1 south of Cary and any widening of the highway north of Raleigh must wait until ? -and if ? adequate funds are available. Highway En gineer W. Vance Raise said yes terday. The engineer of t>he Highway and Public Works Department is sued the statement in answer to :< question from New York, but it indirectly answered recent peti tions to the Highway Commission from Wake. Vance. Halifax and Franklin counties. Civic agencies in these counties have clamored for Improvement of the north south artery in North Carolina. Figures of the highway depart ment show the road to extend 17!i | miles through this State. 171 miles of this distance being 18 feet wide, six miles (between Ral eigh and Cary) being 30 feet wide and two miles (ilorth of Sanford) being 20 feet wide. Any betterment program., the : engineer said, would not be un dertaken as a continuous project along the r6ad hut would be a sector - by - sector improvement where traffic demands most of the road. ? News-Observer. I . Appoints Regis trars and Poll Holders ? I At a meeting of the Board of Elections for Franklin County held in Louisburg on Saturday the following were appointed llegis trars and pollholders for the com ing primary and election. The first' named is the Registrar and the last named is the Republican member: Dunn No. 1 ? J. O. Williams. J. F. Perry, J. R. White. I)unn No. 2 ? C. E. Penrce. V P. Mills, J. A. Ray Harris ? Oscar Hagwnod. .1. 1! Wilder, W. R. Young Youngsvllle ? C. (' Winslnii. <:. K. Winston, E. M. Mitchell. Franklinton ? -M. W. Hardy. J. B. Kearney. B. B. 1'ruitt. Hayesvllle ? A. A. Purnell. J I II. Ooodson. O. T. Ayescue. Sandy Creek ? G. B. Egerlou. Morris Bledsoe. Walter Ball. Gold Mine ? Alston Fuller. T It. Gupton. Bennie Shearon. Cedar Rock ? Ira Itiscoo. Arch Wilson, J. C. Barthoomew I Cyprese Creek ? J. A. Boone. ! J. M. Harris. A.- it* Wilder. Liruisburg ? W. A. Hoggins. Tt. iW. Alston. E. H. [light. Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's CAurt held ;i short session on Tuesday morn ling and disposed of cases as fol lows: Thomas Hum plead guilty to motor vehicle violations, prayer | for Judgment continued. Hulsy Dunston was found gull i ty of unlawful possession of whis I key, and given 60 days on roads, suspended upon payment of costs and not to violate any liquor laws of the State for a period of two years. Tom Williams. Jr.. plead guil ty to larceny and receiving and was given 4 months on roads. The following cases were con j tinued: I Mary Lee Alston, motor vehicle 1 violation. I George ilaglund. motor vehicle violation. Archie Bell, unlawful posses ! sion of w*hiskey. 1 * ? ? ? ? CURRENT LITERATI/RIO Clil'lt The Current) Literature Club 'was entertained by Mrs. A. Paul Bagby at her home, on Tuesday | afternoon. April 9. The subject j of the program was "The East." ! Mrs. L. P. Kent spoke on "Sln klang, Afghanistan, Baghdad"; ! Mrs. M. S. DavU__revlewed the j bosK.J'In ptc Steps of Moses, the | Lawgi oYlook at tlir follow l(all I'ark This Is oxprclnl to lx? a ti^ht name as Col. Holt always brings a good Irani to lx>uisburg. IMHItLh-lllvXIlKIt S.XTI'ltlKVV Tlir Trojans %vill also |?la> Winuatr a would be available. State and Justice department 1 experts were at work on a procla- 1 matlon for submission to the Pre- j sldenti, extending neutrality provi sions to Norway and Denmark. | but lack of diplomatic word from Norway slowed up a decision on . exactly what steps would be tn|:i't. . | At the State Department it u ;i.< , i reported that tihe last official . word received from Oslo was at 11 . a. m., E.8.T., Tuesday. That was left Incomplete when the tale , graph operator broke It off with , the explanation "air raid. Have to , run away." We need not feel too badly t about the kind .of mistakes that i can be corrected. The ones Miat - cannot be are the ones that hurt most. Blind Flight ? Successful Kll'r-I Totally "Blind" Flight Made Front Mitchell Field To I.angley Field Langley Field, Va.. April 6. ? The first totally "blind" flight In the history of aviation was com pleted today by a United States Army air corps bomber as it land ed at Langley Field from Mitchell Field. N. Y. Major Carl B. McDanlel. a na tive of Texas, took off, flew and landed entirely by instruments. The giant four-motored piano touched its wheels to the ground at the big army base hero two hoUrs and two minutes after leav ing Mitchell Field. The instrument lauding was no bumpier than a landing under normal conditions when the pilot can see the ground in front of him. Major McDaniel, in charge of a crew of six men, was shut off from all outside contact by a can vas screen around his side of the cockpit. ? GREEN HILL GOLF CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS The yearly meeting of Dhe Green Hill Qolf Club was held at the club house on the 4th of April, at which time officers for the coming year were elected. They were as follows: Napier Williamson. President: Coy Cox, Vice-President ; L M Word. Sec - retary - Treasurer. Pi rectors : Frank Wheless. Jr.. Arch Wilson, U. M. Beam. J. S. Unwell, Maur ice Murphy. Bill Boyee. Executive Committee: President. Secretory, and Chairman Fairways Commit tee. The meeting was most interest ing and some very necessary bus iness was takeu up. The month ly dance was held following the meeling. SPREAD OF WAR BRINGS U. S. DIPLO MATIC PROBLEMS Washington. April 9. ? The ex plosive spread of Europe's war to Scandinavia confronted :>hn ad ministrtaion with three urgent problems today: 1 ? The safety of some 3.000 American nationals in Kurope. 2 ? The question of a new pres idential proclamation formally designating Norway and Denmark as belligerents. 3 ? The matter of protecting American shipping interest in the invading countries and possible action on extending the combat zone to incude the waters around the north capes of Norway. Decision on the steps the gov ernment' would take awaited tbo return of President Roosevelt from Hyde Park and Secretary of State Hull from Atlantic City. The first official word of the Keich'B swift hammer blows on the Scandinavian front reached the capital shortly after midnight from Mrs. J. Rorden Harrlman. United States minister to Norway. High state department officials headed by Assistant Secretary Berle were quickly summoned to the State department building near the White House and lights burned on toward dawn. MORRISON GIRL 18 ACQUIT TED ON MURDER CHARGE Wilmington, April 6. ? A ver dict of justifiable homicide with accompanying complete acquittal was returned at tihe trial of Zelda Delorls Morrison, charged with murdering her father, waa com pleted late yesterday afternoon in New Hanover juvenile court. The maximum sentence that, could have been imposed under North Carolina juvenile statute* had the court) found otherwise would have been Incarceration in a refonii school for an indefinite* period. The defendant took the stand late in the trial and staled with out reservation she shot her fs ? tlier because, she said, "he t-hreat ? vned to cut my mother's tongue .out." J. B. Webb, of Chowan County, waa highly pleased with the re sults of the sulphur dusting dem - onstratlon he conducted with pea - nuts last year, reports N. K. Ro well, assistant farm agent of thn State College Extension Service I TOD CAN ALWAT8 COMPLI I WENT A MAN BT ASKING THW TIM II AND THEN SETTING YOUR WATCH TO CORRB8 I POND WITH HIS , I