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READ!! ROGER BABSON'S News Dispatches in this is sue of the Franklin Times. VOLDMN L.XXI ? IliJI" m CO-OPPERATE H m IxiuishurxV Ruvinewt InUreMta Iw I H IB V would fo-operale with the Krpak I I I ? lin Time* we would lmv?- ? murk RiKKer und Rotter Town. JANUARY 81. 1941 (EIGHT PAGES). MJMREK 51 **- * EUROPEAN WAR NEWS ? ' ( Helected ) Aboard a British Warship, at Tobruk, Lbya, Jan. 29. ? Approxi mately 1,000 German technicians and airmen now are stationed in Libya to aid the Italians against the British, an Italian prisoner said tonight. ? The technicians represent the I majority of the Germans and the ? "German dive-bomber pilots have been raiding the British army and fleet," he said. This prisoner was one of thous ands pouring into Tobruk to board British transports shuttling steadily between this captured Fascist port and Egyptian bases. Many of these prisoners talked wagerly when they saw tihe Amer ican correspondent's insignia on my uniform. One who said his father lived in "The Australians are good men, but they were very rough with ue." The Fascist prisoners did not seem surprised when they were; told t-he British estimated they bad taken nearly 130,000 Italians since the push westward started from Sidi Barrani, Egypt. The British estimated that their transports already had removed 20,000 prisoners from the Tobruk area, boosting to 75.000 the total : transported to Egyptian ports. More to Come ^ Ofticers appeared conlidcni here . itipt thousands more would be cap-: tyred In the operations against j l>nrna, 95 miles west of here. Enough war supplies have been Htilzed, they ?said, to almost equip the entire British army in Libya.; British doctors said they found i _ enough surgical dressing alone to last the Australians for a year. Most" of Tobruk's buildings are1 standing, but are battered and perforated by thousands of shells' and machinegun bullets. When the British forces began their operations intended to occu py Darna columns of Italian troops were leaving areas west of Tobruk m lorries bound for that town. They were caught in furious at ? links by lih? ainiraliuni nu in Par. ?d in masses. Reports received bere say that 10,000 Italians have beuii taken in the British drive westward ? from Tobruk. In Tobruk harbor is the wieck ? of IT lttltin skips milk oi damaged by British bombing and British shelling ? Including the old cruiser San Giorgio and three destroyers whose masts stick up from the water. The passenger i steamer Ligurla still is burning. Ixindon, Jan. 30. ? (Thursday) -German bombers returned to tbe attack on London last night their first raid in 10 nights, on tbe eve of the eighth anniversary of Adolf HiUer's assumption of i power in the Retch, and Nazi big guns simultaneously bombarded ? the Dover Strait from acrosi 'the English Channel. In Dover there wrere no known casualties. , The aerial assault here was in termittent for four hours; the all clear came before 10 p. m* Explo sives, flares and fire bombs fell. Other areas of Britain were hit in a widespread. If scattered, as sault. German planes appeared over the western and northern secMons of England, East Anglia, Central Scotland and the North east coast. In a Southeast town several houses were smashed by bombs and there were casualties. A heavy bomb Miat hit an offi cers' house adjoining a hospital in the London area caused unde termined casualties. One body was recovered, and the hospital staff sought to free those feared trap ped. A train in East Anglia was re : ported machine-gunned. Bnlleta oh Streets in one Northeast coastal town .machine-gun bullets spattered in ?tae streets Just as the people ran at dusk to the air raid shelters. Here, there were periods of si lence, and the> the heavy, accus tomed detonation of exploding bombs and the howl of the anti aircraft guns. II was the earliest nighb alarm t in weeks and it came soon after the usual blackout had descended upon the city. The day had been one of scat tered, stabbing German forays. At least five persons were report ed killed by three bombs dropped by daylight raiders along the Thames Estuary. Bombs fell, too, at two points in the outskirts of London Itself, but it was said of ficially that/ in these instances there were "very few casualties." School Closes On amount of so many pupils being out of school (tecanse of fin and so mnch fin existing throughout this section the Mills School in Lonlsbnrg dos ed down for. one week on Mon day evening. PROMOTED UKL'T.-OOL. K- K. ORTKKm His many friends in Franklin County will be delighted to learn bhat Maj. E. F. Griffin has been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, so in the future It will be I-ieut.7 Col. Kdward F. Griffin, instead of. Major. This is a well deserved promotion as Col. Griffin is es-S peeially well qualified for this! responsible position. Louisburg Cham ber of Commerce j Meets The annual meeting of ' the Louisburg Chamber of ' Commerce ifor the elfietlon of Officers was ludUL 111 likid Com miatflouer.-. Uoqni , iu the Court House. Tuesday even-; ing. Jan. 28tb at 7:30 o'clock. The following offtrerx- were elect-' ed: ~ ^ President : W. F. Shelton. V4ee-Proiident : H. -C. Taylor. Jr. Directors'. W G. Lancaster,: Iff. C. Beck. F. H. Allen. P. W. Elum. Ben Fox. TV F. McKtnne,^ R. W. Smitbwick. ed tlie election rommrndaliotts were made which, will be offered the new officers1 Hnd d tree tors The first meeting of the year' <vith the new officers and Board I of Directors will be held Uhis week! An- inlmrw ' Uf1- ! 'ire. Dr. Fulghum Gets Call Dr. James E. Fulghum. stated; to ,a TIMES reporter this week:. "A few days ago I received my i orderR from the Bureau of Medi-; cine and Surgery, Navy Depart ment, Washington. D. C., to re port to Headquarters 8th Naval District, New Orleans, La., for ac-| tive duty of one year's duration. "I find it' difficult to express my feelings toward .the many friends and patients who have said to me,< 'I hate to see you go.' I regret that we have to have unpleasant' situations to arise as wars and national emergencies. I feel that my first duty is to my people at home, aud my second duty is to my country. That country Is now facing another crisis and hat pall ed me to come and help. Even though it may mean personal sac rifice. I muiti go, as many have gone before me, and I am afraid, many will have to follow me. Re member it may be your boy that I will look after and be with in his hour of sickness or injury. "I trust that the war will soon be over and Obe world again at peace. Then I'll return to my friends' and patients, and try to give a life of Service as I have tried to do in the past. "I am endeavoring to provide medical attention for all of the people under my caire before leaving." -o Three new strawberries have been Introduced to the trade by1 the U. 8. Bureau of Plant Indus try, the varieties being Maytlme, Starbrlght, and Redstar. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Feb. 1st: Saturday ? Double Feature Charles Starrett in "The Pinto Kid" and The leaver Bros, and Elvlry In "Friendly Neighbors." Also a new chapter of "The Mys terious Dr. Satian." Sunday-Monday ? Rosalind Rus sell, Brian Aherne and Virginia | Bruce In "Hired Wife." I Tuesday ? John Shelton, Ann Rutherford and Frank Morgan in "Keeping Company." - Wednesday ? Cesar Rofloero, Virginia (Jennie) Gllmore and Milton Berle In "Tall, Dark And Handsome." Thursday-Friday ? Ida Lnplna, Humphrey Bogart and Alan Cur tis in "High Sierra." Louisburg High School Band Concept ? ? \ Tile IiODlnbarj; High School I land will give a ronerrt Satur day afternoon, Kcliriiarj 1st, at 8:00 o'clock, in front of the Court House, weather permit ting. If the weather is bad, or too cold the concert will be given in the Armory and of course be free of charge. With the school closed on uccounl of flu the band may not have its full membership for the concert but these boys and girls are anxious to show their appreciation to the public for their cooperation In mak ing this band possible and the concert will be held as schedul ed. The Ijouisburg High School Rand was organized last Octo ber and under the direction of Mr. Jamea Byerly of Ixmlsburg College these 45 boys and girls have madea-emarkable progress. Don't miss hearing them on Saturday! Hear The Concert! lie A Band Booster! First Selectee To Camp Jordan Yarborough. li year old negro farm hand of Loulsburg lioute Franklin County's first selected, was placed on a bus Mon day by James E. Malone. Chair man of the Franklin County Draft Hoard, for the Army Induction Center at Fort Jtfragg. Yarborough was the first" Ne gro in the county to volunteer for service and did so October 30, 1H4U. . There was no rpriMnolty fcs the Negro boarded the bus but several citizens and members of the drafti hoard nave the colored man pack ages of cigarettes with their best wishes. The Negro said he was proud to be the first selectee from the county and especially enjoyed having bis picture taken. Chairman Malone. County Draft Hoard, had a hard time '^nYhf|'|r^V|Ul.v. _ Uua . .. to the Army. with. the. County's first selectee, Jordan Yarborough. Stokes, who had been called as an alternate in case Yarborough had been disqualified, appeared at (?he draft board offices ready to go to the Army. It timk ? deal of explanation to convince Stokes that he must walt> until a later date to enter the service of Uncle Sain., , o? ACCEPTS APPOINTMENTS Min. J. H. Earle has accepted a uositlon as private secretary to S#n.*Wr-L Lumpkin, Chairman of the Senate 'Appropriation Commit tee. Her position wltll be large ly with thts "Committee as Chief Clerk. Mrs. K: F. Thomas lias accepted an appointment as Clerk to the Senate Engrossed Rills Commit tee. through the courtesy of Lieutenant Got. R. L. Harris. Roth of these ladies are fully capable and prepared for these important' positions and their se lection Is much approved by peo ple in Franklin County. Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's Court held session Tuesday and disposed of the following docket: Strawberry Cobb, assault* with deadly weapon, orders of Court complied with and discharged. John Alston, alas George, plead guilty to motor vehicle violations, and was given 30 days on roads, suspended npon payment of costs. Ruffin Collie and M. K. 8ykes, unlawful possession of whiskey and transporting, Sykes plead guilty and was given 60 days on roads, suspended upon payment of $10 fine and costs, Collie was found not guilty. yJames Kelly plead guilty to mo tor' vehicle violation, and was given 30 days on roads, suspend ed upon payment of costs. Ernest Hayes was found guilty of assault on female, prayer for judgment continued. The case of W. H. Leonard, mo tor vehicle violation, continued. The case of hit and run against James W. Smith, was continued. o Nine out of every ten men who begin life poor manage to hold their own until the end. A Wedding ! ;.. WHKRR ? At Mills High, w H KN ? Monday, Feb. Srd, at Right P. M. I - WHO? Only the Men and the School Band. ADMISSION? Ten and Twen ty Cents. Sponsored by P. T. A. Ton will certainly get your Honey's worth so be rare to go. SENATOR JOSIAH W. ltAII.KY I L i -- - , , . _ ^ Superior Court Next Week i The regular February term of Franklin Superior Court will begin Monday for it one ' week term of Criminal Court. Hon. Walter J. Bone, of Nashville, will preside. Francis Winston Dies at Windsor Rites for Former Leg islator And Superior Court Judge Held On Wednesday Windsor. ? Judpc Francis D011 Inell Winston died here at 6: 30, 'o'clock Tuesday night of an illness I following a recent series of heart fotineha. He wu (ill veara ftld. f "Bertie's Grand Old Man" wast o former State legislator, Super- j jior Court' Judge, ujid Lieutenant ICovernor. and was the oldest trus-1 j tee of the University of North j Cnrollna in point of ago and sei jvice. For 12 year- lie had been, ! judge of Bertie County Oeireral | Court, and he presided ?!? its last (session. on Jaiui:u> Oth. Kuumal aong^es were held at ? wonnasaay in w. irnuiiiaa } Episcopal Cbu rch here, of w hich | he was a member. The Rev. j Louis Sclienck officiated. Survivors are his wife. I he for mer Ko8a Mary Ketiney. of l'orts-i mouth. Vu.. whom he married in: 1899: a brother. Robert Watson Winston, of Chapel 'Hill; and a' sister. Mrs. Alice Winston Sprnill. | of Rocky Mount and "New York. > ? o ' Roosevelt Wins First Tilt Washington. Jan. 2?. ? Presi dent Roosevelt today won his first victory in the light over the ad ministration's British aid bill When the House Foreign Affairs Committee rejected an amendment which would have banned use o( United States warships to convoy war materials abroad. The committee approved in stead an amendment stating t-hat the bill should not be construed as authorising use of convoys This would have no legislative force because the President's power to make whatever use he desires of the nation's military and naval might stems from the Constitu tion. _ ? Mr. Roosevelt was opposed to limiting this authority, but be made it plain at recent press con ferences that* the government was not even considering the use of convoys, which he described as a hazardous undertaking. The committee adopted three other amendments today and re jected 1^. Those accepted, re ported with tibe President's ap proval, would limit the life of the legislation to June 30, 1943; would require Mr. Roosevelt to file report? with Congress every 90 days on transactions made, and would specify that the Chief Executive consult with ranking Army and Navy leaders before sending war materials abroad. The anti-convoy amendment was sponsored by Representative Karl Mundt, R. S. D., who plans to offer it from the floor. His sub stitute bill, which would have set up a fund of %2, 000, 000, 000 to be used for loans or outright gifte to friendly foreign powers, also wa? rejected. G. O. I*. Amendment* Also killed were Republican amendments which would have excluded Russia as a possible ben eflclafy under the lend-lease pro gram; prevented the disposition of any vessels of the Navy bo a belligerent nation ? without the consent of Congress; denied the use of American ports for repair ing or outfitting of warships of a belligerent nation; excluded ag gressor nations from benefits un der the legislation ; required the Comptroller General to keep ? re cord of transactions and report them to Congress, and required certification by military and naval officials that exported articles were not essential to the national defense. Government Policy Statement by Josiah W. Bailey, United States Senator The policy of our Government with respect to the war in Europe, and in view of complications In the Orient, appears to be as fol lows: 1. It' is our" purpose to reiftler full aid to Great Britain and oth er countries allied with her in re-j sisting the aggressions of the to talitarian powers. ? , 2. The limitations upon this aid are: " ? j (?4 The preservation of our own security. (b) A hope that we may es cape Involvement as an actual belligerent. (c) We do not intand to send , our soldiers 10 tight lu any Old i World country. 3. In order that we may ren- , der aid promtly and Intelligently ? to Great Britain, we are about to \ give the, President extraordinary . powers, since matters of this sort ; cannot be handled as promMy as 1 is necessary by the Congress. Ill is not intended that those., powers shall be permanent, but shall ex-| pire whenever the necessity for,' tliem passes. The President has do-|' clared that he does not intend to have our ships used for" purposes | of convoy of ships to Great Britain! or port's of other belligerents and,' that he does not Intend to trans-' fer to Great Britain, or any other; country, any important part of our. Navy. Me has repeatedly said that this country will not Im- tak-l en into, the war.' meaning by this, tiliat he will do nothing to take It' into the war as a belllger,"., I,iinMatl<>u*- 4u liui' with the furc . fWiltK are likely to l>e enacted It is important' to this country that the British Umpire and Com mon wealth of Nations shall not be overwhelmed, and It Is Important that the British Navy stiatt not| pass into the hands of any other nation. In t<he ilnal analysis, come what may. we mux reason ably hope to prevent by this } course the control of the sens ? isolate this country In event they; should get such control, and I which countries cannot* be trusted' not to attack us If they should conceive It to be to their Interest'; ho lo do.. In other words, if con trol of ihe seas can be preserved as IrTTHe presen l hands which control it, (hat -is the British and the United States fleets, we will l>e relatively safe in any event. Since there are many inquiries , as to my position, I am issuing this statement in order th^t all | may know that I am sustaining i the policy of our Government as ; above outlined. I deplore the i cost, tire risk and the sacrifices entailed, but they seem ,to me to j he necessary to the security and i welfare of the people of the Unit-! ed States. Having stated my position. , let' me add that I shall be utterly tolerant of those who differ with ; me And give appropriate consider atlon to their representatlops. My decision, as above set out*, has been reached not suddenly, but after prolonged consideration - o ? To Move To Henderson ~ Dr. Sadie C. -Johnson. Chiro practor. who has maintained of fices in Loulsburg the past three years.' announces that she will ! open offices in the Telephone, building at Henderaon. beginning Monday. Dr. Johnson'' is a graduate of the NaMona! Chiropractic College of Chicago, and served her en ternship In the College hospital, for several years. Her work In Loulsburg haa been Tery satis factory. and her moving is in fluenced by a desire to enter a bigger field. Her many friends in Franklin County will regret to learn of her decision, but) commend her to the good people of Henderson. For a while at least she will maintain offices in Louisburg about two days to the week. _ o DKK8 - HORTON Announcement has been made of the marriage ,of Miss Ruth Ha zel Horton. of Bunn, N. C,. to Currie Dees, of Laurlnburg. N. C. In Bennettsville, S. C., Dec. 30th, 19(0. Mrs. Dees is the daughter of Mrn W. H. Horton and the late W. H. Horton, of Bunn, N. C. Mr. Dees Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Deea, of Laurinburg, N. C. At home, Laurinburg, N. C. o LOUI8BURO OIRI< KNROLIX AT BRENAU COLLEGE Gainesville, Ga. ? Miss Virginia Aline Harris, daughter of Major HerberO H. Harris, recently ' trans ferred to Fort Jay, N. Y? and originally of Loulsburg, is enroll ed at Brenau College. Spring Semester begins today, and Mies Harris will take up sev-. eral new coursee. ROtiKK tt. ll \ltS<)N urul Assembly passed one impor tant measure, providing for con gressioiial redisricting. and vir tually passed another relating to [?he letting of emergency highway ontructH for nalionul defeime. (Jther important legislation was Introduced featuring a number of mMKUrat dealing with transpor tation and transportation facili ties and In particular the guber imtorlally promised bill to provide M-ilremeni pensions to school ? aelpTH and state employees. The iswietmg bill permits a twelfth congressional district from which to select the Stale's additional congressman under the I frmrnx Cntrm-ies in t he new district are taken from tho form er tenth and eleventh districts and were listed in lasi week's sur vey. Tin' htnlmay coulracts bill, which awaits only Senate approval 10 a House amendment for pas snM1. would nriiuit ill* <llgln?sy and 1'ublic Works Cominission to ToT~ contracts {or national deiense highway property without compel - tttve bidding. The House amend ment struck out^tfie measure's provision doing away with the ne cessity for advertising bids, set a 1 1 me -II ni^Tnr rhr Ail's oppiation. and required the Oovernor's ap pro vol to bids let. . Sent to the House Committee on Education, a 24-page bill pro vides both for old-age retirement and for disability pensions for teachers and state employee*, to be financed through joint contri butions of employers and em ployees. Actuarial figures will de termine the amount of contribu tions. The retirement system, which would go into effect July 1. would be administered by a seven-member Hoard of Trustees, including the State Treasurer and Superintendent of Public Instruc tion as ex-officlo members. Of the remaining members, one would be a teacher, one a state employee, and three neither. Ten highway measures, many affecting transportation, were in troduced. Perhaps the most Im portant to local units is. a bill ap propriating $3,000,000 from gas tax and license, fees during 1941, 1942 and 1943 for highway Im provements in cities and towns throughout Mie State. The allot ment would be made on popula tion and State highway , mileage ratios, and although the money would be used primarily to im prove highway streets, the bal ance may be applied to streets forming connecting links with the highway or county system, or farm-to-market roads. Pour of t<he transportation mea sures, introduced in order in the Senate, proposed: (1) 'to limit busses and any property-hauling vehicles to 50 miles per hour and to require governor to prevent higher speed, (2} to require bus sMttons In all incorporated towfla having more than BOO population and to set up supervisory com mittees, (3) to empower the Util ities Commissioner to reqnlre car riers operating inadequate or un sanitary Bus stations to abandon them and lease from the city or private persons city-approved fa cilities, (4) to allow permit> can cellation of v carrier's franchise over any designated route unless dally schedules are begun within 60 days after the franchise is granted and are continued. An other measure would make unlaw ful ohe hauling of a load of more than 1,500 gallons of gasoline, kerosene or other motor fuel over State highways, while yet another would prohibit towing of vehicles capable of self-propulsion, except iu case of accident or emergency. Ot'her measure? related to trans portation would: place a 90-day minimum sentence for second con victions for driving drunk or un der the influence of narcotics; re quire school bus drivers to secure certificates of fitness and compe ( Continued on Page () # ' GOOD NEWS FOR SMALL CITIES Babson Tells Of New Securities & Exchange Commission Policies (I* ItOGEK W. BABSON) Washington, D. C., January 31. The new policy of the Securities & Exchange Commission should be good news to every parti of the country but New York, ? and perhaps not bad news tor ^ even New York. This is what I learned yesterday when passing through Washington. The SEC has nothing against t<he New York Stock Exchange per se: but it does not want it ? to have a monopoly * ness This is its main reason (or objecting to the New York SUk% Exchange attempt to prevent its members from operating on otiher exchanges. The Commission feels that thin is u deliberate endeavor, on the part of New York bankers, to dry up these other Exchanges and put t-hem out of business. DECENTRALIZATION THE KEYNOTE I find, however, that the SEC has, some reasons for this move which should be very helpful to |Cities in the Central West, the Sout'li, and on the Pacific Coast. The Commission Is not opposed to 'speculation provided it is carried on in a legitimate manner and distributed properly throughout all sections of t?he .country. It, therefore, believes that the smal jler Stock Exchanges, in the smal ler cities, should be strengthened land even, subsidized, rather than , [handicapped as the New York lhankers apparently want to handi eap them. - Such a decentralization pro gram should encourage more trading in "the securities of smal ler companies and t-hus "decen tralize" the trading which is now jeonfined to the blue chips. This .program should hot only broaden [the market, hut also tend to prer fluctuations which are inevitable win n the dealings are 80% la jthe blue chips Naturally, New .York bankers and owners of New ;York real estate will fight this ?movement: but- it should he back led up by all interests in other cities. ' 1 Already the SEC has regional offices In several ctlles as follows I Atlanta, Boston. Chicago, Cleve land, Denver, Fort Worth. New York City, San Francisco, and jSeattle. In addition, it has branch land temporary offices |n Detroit. I Los Angeles. New Orleans. Or lando (Florida). Philadelphia, ^Jackson (Miss.), 'St. lx>uls. St. Paul, and Tulsa. The new idea, ihowever. contemplates that, be ginning next month, there will b? complete registration facilities in their Cleveland and San Franelaco offices. If this program is satis factory and increases tihe nam ber of new issues put out. It will be extended to other cities where the SEC now has offices. This new program is also im portant in showing a changed attitude on the part of the Com mission. It has concladed that both a restoration of employment and sound defense requires that industries be encouraged to issue new securlMes and that invest ment bankers be helped to market these securities. The proposed legislation affecting bank holding companies is Another step along these lines. This new atNtude should be of benefit to every read er of this column, whether fac tory owner, merchant, or wage worker. THE UTILITY PROGRAM, I am sorry to say that I have not* found any Inclination in Wastor lagton to make life easier for the utilities. For a few months _ before election, it seemed, as If the utilities were ab. last going to get better treatment? but since President Roosevelt/a re-election. Washington seems to be getting tough again. The following three lines of action are reported to be on the cards : ? 1. AdopMon of a rule requiring utility companies to obtain seal ed bids from underwriters or priv ate Investors on the sale of all security issues over $1,000,000. 2. Adoption of regulations re stricting the payment of common stock dividends by utility com<--t panies as a means of forcing up|(' ward revision of depreciation ac-*' cruals or the "plowing back" of , more earnings. 3. Adoption of a general policy of requiring capital revision. If thought necessary, in connection with all new financing; requiring systematic debt reduction and greater use of common stock for financing. DKFBN8K HELPS SMALL COMMUNITIES Thus far the only real defense against night bombers Is decen tralisation. This Is why the gov ernment is asking that the new (Continued a* Page ?)
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