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NUMBER IS
ENDS VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Bishop Purcell Delivers Graduating !
Address
EXERCISES OF HIGH
ORDER, REFLECTING
MUCH CREDIT
Df-. Walter Patten Preaches
Baccalaureate Sermon;
Dr. Earnhardt Preaches
To Y. W. C. A. and Y. M.
C. A.; Misses Sallie Betts
And Alma Bizzell Among
Those Attending Banquet;
Dr. Patten Made Inter- 1
esting Announcement As
To College
The 1941 closing exorcises at
Louisburg College began on Fri
day night with tihe Music Recital]
of Profs. I. D. Moon and Jnmesj
E. ' Jlyerly's classes in the college!
halls and was largely attended by I
an appreciative audience. Much
talent, hard work and master ;
training were evidenced in the
splendid rendition of the many
intricate musical numbers presen
ted.
Among the members of for
mer faculties attending tli ? ?
a n n u a I banquet given at
ri.iv College Saturday night were
.Mis* Sallie Kelts and Miss Alma
Blszell. Many other old friends:
of i he college were present to
join with the newer graduates in
enjoying a most de:ight4ul even-;
iun. L)r. Sadie Johnson. Presi
dent. presided and each of the'
and appropriate for the occasion,
expressing the greatest love and
auction for I heir Alma Muter,
and for each other. At this time
i?r. Pat-ten made a most Interest
ing talk telling of Hie "past work'
of the college and ils future aims.:
Following the banquet Class
Day exercises were held in thej
College auditorium The several
papers were of a bigli order giving'
maiBBt-rar mucn muay and prmm-'
ration and reflected credit upon
each of the auMiors and the grad-j
uatlug class. At this time Kalph:
Koe. President of the class, gave!
a moat interesting and instructive
.t'i dress.
On Sunday morning Dr. Waiter
Patten, President of (he College,
delivered a most- Impressive bac-,
ca laureate sermon to the gradu-i
ates and the many friends of the.
college who attended. The sermon"
was at the Methodist Church,
which was crowded to its capac
ity
One' of the moat delightful oc-l
cations of the commencement was
when Dr. and Mrs. PaLtten enter
tained in honor of the graduates!
and their parents at 4:30 Sunday
afternoon at th'e College.
The Vesper service held on the
College Campus Sunday, evening
^t1 7 : 15 T5*Clock by the Y. W. C. A.
and Y. M. C. A. was largely at
tended and much enjoyed. Dr.
D. K. Earnhardt, a former Presi
dent of the College was the
speaker and delivered a most Im
pressive and interesting ge^jnon. i
- Bishop Clare Purcetl of t&e
Southeastern Jurisdiction of the
Methodist Church, addressed the
graduating members of Louisburg
College in the Methodist Church
Monday morning, admonishing
them to recognize the fundamen
tal value of Life In a world far
gone In materialism and merce
nary pursuits and Interest.
The Bishop pointed out the
primary nature of Life in terras
of Value, Mystery and Uncertain
ty and then further developed his
message in termq of the three-;
fold direction of Life. Upward,
Ontward and Downward.
Previous to the address. Dr.
Walter Patten, president of the
^college and presiding at tihe exer
cises. made a report to the assem
bled group on the financial and
scholastic condition of the insti
tution and stated that the school
was on the -firmest* financial foot
ing it had known in many years
with prospects bright for a splen
did student attendance in the
forthcoming year.
Two students In the graduating
class of 50 received the Magna
Cum Laude rating, Isaac Newton
Reynolds, of Columbia, and Ida
Mae Davis, of Louisburg. both be
ing awarded Associate in Arts Di
plopias. The Brantley Scholar
ship Medals, awarded annually to
the boy and girl rated most out
standing in scholarship, citizen
ship, character and service were
presented to Miss Catherine Gillis,
of Raleigh, and Joseph Pulliam
Newsome, of Litbleton.
Those students receiving Asso
ciate in Arts Diplomas were: Lau
rel Ballard, Oriental; Ida Mae
Davis, Louisburg: Sarah Gene
vieve Ellis, Clayton; Rachel
Brooks Fox, Roxboro; Edna Mae
OlilU, Raleigh; Willie Catherine
(Continued on Page Eigbt)
MRS. EDWIN H.
MALONE DEAD
Mrs. Kdwin H. Malone. wife o f
one of Louisburg's leading attor
neys, died at Duke Hospital, about
noon Wednesday, where she had
been taken Sunday tor treatment.
Mrs. Malone was a most estimable
woman and was popular among a
large acquaintance who valued
her friendship highly.
She was 56 years of age and
besides her husband is survived
by one daughter. Miss Rose Ma
lone. her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
,C. K.1 Cooke, of Louisburg. and a
brother, C. K. Cooke, Jr.. of Ral
eigh.
She had been in ill health for
some time, but her condition be
came more serious Sunday when
she was taken back to the hospi
tal. Her many friendfi did uoi"
realize the seriousness of her con
dition.
She was a member of the Louis
burg Methodist Church and was
active in it? movement, as well as
interested in all civic and otherj
activities that tended to better
her community.
The funeral services were con
ducted yesterday afternoon at 61
o'clock from Phe home on Main
Street by Revs. If. H. Davis and
P. I). Hedden. and interment was
made ill On k wood Cemetery The
pallbearers were: George W.
Davis. II. C. Kearney. Eusene
Heaice, John W. King. Ben T.
Holden. Edward' P. Yarborough
i.iirge numbers of friends of
1TT(' TamtTy~uiid others attendee!"
both services and the floral tri
bute was especially large and
pretty, silently expressing a beau
tiful love and esteem for the de
ceased.' " ' /C*"
The bereaved family and friends
have the deepest sympathy of ?the
entire community
A' - " ' ? N
GREEN HILL GOLFERS
WHIP ^MITHFIELD
Last Saturday afternoon. I.oula
burg defeated Smithfieid in a golf]
tournament played on the Smith-]
field course by the score of 2S?1,* i
io 9 54- Tie USU' rough course. J
which has not had time to grow
a smooth fairway, caused thel
scores to be much higher than'
usual. Only one player. H. II. Mr.-!
Cormtck, who is the Number One
man. for Smithfield. was able to.
make a. score in the 71's ? thnt
being a 76. Joe Harrow and Buddy
Ileum tied ill .80 for Loulsburg's
low score. William Harrow. Jr..
was runner-up with a* 81.
Those making points for Louts- i
burg were: Huggins. 2%;^-*W[il-i
11am Barrow. Jr., 3; Joe Ba trow j
3; Napier Williamson. 1; Arch
Wilson, 3; Word. 3; Ashley, 2%;'
West-, Vi ; Thomas. 3 ; Cox, 3 : !
John Tucker. 2; Gaither Beam,/1
Sr.. 3.
THANKS
We wish to thank our friends
for their many kindnesses and ex
pressions of sympathy during the
recent illness and death of our
mother. Mrs. Alice Inscoe. "
The Children.
Stores To Close
The attention of readers is
railed to the dosing of the
Stores for the half holiday
throughout the summer. This
closing starts on Wednesday of
next week and will continue
through the months of June,
July and August. The closing
time this year will be 12:00
o'clock, noon. All persons
having business with the stores
and other business places
should make a note of this and
do their Wednesday's shopping
before 12:00 o'clock.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE!
The following is the program |
at the Louisburg Theatre, begin
ning Saturday. May 31:
Saturday ? Doable Feature ?
Cesar Romero and Mgry Beth
Hughes in "Ride On Vaquero and
Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan in
"Dead Men Tell." Also Chapter
No. 4 "Adventures of Captain
Marvel."
Sunday-Monday? James Stew
art and Pauletbe Ooddard wlthl
Horace Heidt and his Band ,ln|
"Pot O' Gold."
Tuesday ? Humphrey Bogartl
Sylvia Sidney, Joan Leslie add!
Eddie Albert In "The Wagons |
Roll At Kight.
Wednesday ? Jimmy Ellison I
and Maureen O'Hara in "They|
Met in Argentina."
Thursday-Friday ? Joan Craw
ford and Melvyn Douglas in "A|
Woman's Face."
MEMORIAL SERVICES
FRANKLIN COUNTY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION j
Sunday, June 1st, 1941 at 2.30 P. M. ^
Franklin County Court House ? _ ? _ ? __L
Louisburg, N. C. i i
, . i - T ? , " ? )_
PROGRAM
Invocation - ? , ? - . ? ? - , Rev, John Kdwards
My Country 'Tia of Thee Louisburg High School Bdnd
j mi Audience
Directed by Prof. Jimmy Byerly
Address of Welcome K. H. Maloae, Pre*. K. C. M. A. -t
Special Music ........... ...... k . Louisburg High School Band
Directed by Prof. Jimmy Byerly
I Report of Nominating Committiee and Election of Officers ?
for 1942 T. K. Stockard, Chm. of Nominating Committee [
| Roll Call of Deceased Veterans G. B Harris. Ad.il. I
Franklinton Post American Legion
1 Taps .......... Jim King. Member Louisburg High School Band
Introduction of Speaker ^ Rev. Forrest D. Hedden
Address . . Dr. .lohu C. Glenn j
Announceinents.
Star Spangled Banner Louisburg High School Baud
Directed by Prof. Jimmy Byerly
(The flags which will be used to decorate the graves are pre
| sen ted by the Franklinton American Legion and Auxiliary and the
! Louisburg American Legion.)
Officers, Committes and Graves
The following is a list* of of
ficers of the Franklin County
Memorial Association, who are
bending their every efTort to do
honor to the World War and other
Veterans in a Ceremony in the
Court House Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock In a broad and most1
patrtatic manner, realizing Hint
the present war conditions im
presses The solemnity of the
occasion more strongly than ever
Jtolum- the trying, days. jJJL.
1 !? 1 7 - 1 9 .
The following are the officers
and committee chairman of the
! central association:
President: K. H. Muloue, IjOii
ishurg; 1st Vice President and
Chairman of Arrangements Com
mittee, Mrs. Hugh W, Perry. 2nd
Vice President. C. T Moody.
i Runt). 3rd Vice President. Mr&.j
j ItTiury Cooke. Frankllnton. Sec
Treasurer, T. K. Stockard. Louis-1
burg, finance Chairman. Mrs. J.
E. Malone. ""Local Details. J. L.J
Palmer. I.ouisburg. Flower Chair- 1
man. Mrs. II. C. "Taylor. Members!
of the American LefHpn, Froukiln-,
ton Post No. 62 and i in A uxlUary,
and Jambes Post' No. r&J> Louis
burg. with their respect Ivfe^Coni-i
manders as Chairman, fortfi an'
Escort Committee and are asked
to go to the cemeteries nearest.!
them and pay their tribute to
their departed comrades by assist-'
itvg in the decoration of the1
graves. . /
The following are the township j
committees and the list of thel
graves each committee is respon-j
sible for '1 he decoration. All who
can an \jg' will are urged to Join i
cdiumitt-ne and lend their presence!
and assistance (n decorating some|
gra ve :
Dunn Township: C. T. Moody,
Chairman. Miss Lti<y Wiggs. Mrs.;
Mary White Beddingfleld. Fred
Perry. Mrs. B. C. JohnsolK W. A.
Mullen. Mrs. Labbee Perry: Grav
es to be decorated: Clifton Pow
ell. Upchurch burying ground
near Pilot, and Thomas Wlggs.
Bunn cemetery.
Harris Township: Mrs. M. C.
Wilder, Chairman, Mrs. A. T. Lan
caster, F. W. Justice, Ming Mattie
Wilder, Mrs. Robert Wheless, Lu
ther Hagwood, Oscar Hagwood,
Mrs. A. T- Harris, Mr. Dollie
Pearce, Rufus Place; Graves to
be decorated: Tommie Frazier,
Harris Cross Roads. Zollie Rich
ards. Joe Lafater. Zollie Rogers,
Robert Wheless, Johnson Raker
and A. T. Lancaster.
Youngsrllle Township: Major
S. E. Winston, Chairman, S. E.
Tharrlngton, Mrs. R. H. Patter
son, Mrs. F. A. Cheatham. C. E.
Jeffreys. Miss Gertrude Winston,
W. C. Perry, W. O. Roberts, Mrs.
Sr K. Sherrington and Mrs. E. M.
Carter: Graves to-be decorated:
Louis W- Nowell. Hubert C. Lay
ton, W. Herbert Cat?s, Wiley
Jackson Frazier. Archibald
Pearce, Lonnie Perty.
Franklinton Township: H. C.j
Kearney, Chairman. G. R. Harris,
J. O. Green. Mrs. C. S. Williams.j
Mrs. W. W. Cooke, Geo. L. Cooke,
L. L. Preddy. Mrs. H. H. Utley, I
Marvin W. Hardy, H. F. Fuller,!
E. J. Cheatham, all members of,
the American Legion and Ameri- '
can Legion Auxiliary; Graves to
be decorated: Shemuel R. Cooke,
Donald F. Cheatham. Eugene
Glbbs, Jordan Henlfey. F. S. Joy
ner. Wade H. King, Grady Con
yers, Harold J. Holme*. Buck
Strother. Spanish American War
Veterans: Capt. I. H. Kearney,
Thomas C. Tartte. Rufus W. Long,
J. T. Moss.
Hayesvllle Township: D. T.
Dickie, Chairman, T. C. Gill, Mrs.
R. H. Purnell, Mrs. J. S. Wilson,
L. O. Frailer, J. T. Weldon, Mrs.
Henry Mitchell, Mrs. Perry Ays
cue, Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Terrell;
(Continued on Page Eight*)
t
DRYS HOLD
MEETING
County Organization An ;
nounced; Reported That
Election Are Being Cir
culated
-At a meeting of the Franklin'
County Dry Forces lit'Ui lust Fri
<iuy evening. Mr. S. if. Averitt wusj
re-elected Chairmir. lor a term ot;
.twelve months Mr. Averitt re- ,
ported that petitions for calling oil
wej'e being circulaieu m uoiii
Warren and Vaiice Counties': and!
it was expected that elections inj
these counties will he railed at ani
early da tie.
HC further reported that it re-j
quired ? only 7 if names on the
Franklin County petition in order:
to call an election in Franklin |
County; and Miat approximately
!I0(? had signed the petition. Mo-^
lion was made and carried that'
those circulating the petitions liej
askwi to return tlietn to the Chair- j
man liy June 5 next.
Townsitlp Cotnmitt'liien were
appointed as follows:
Dunns? ItXN". Sheartn, C. C.j,
Pippin, .1. F IVrry. Rev. Nichol
son. \
Harris -F- W. justice. Eddie
Nelms, J. H. Fuller, J ivli n Chain
blee, Mrs. F. W. Justice ^
Youngsville W. H. Hudson. .1.
r n_ m .... i
lake. S C. Eaves. .
Mrs. J. J. Hart
Franklintou E. J. Cheatham. i
Mrs. J. O Newell, J. W Daniel,
Bev. S. E. Mercer. G. L. Cooke.
Hayes ville ? D. T. Dickie, J. S:
Rowland. H. A. Faulkner, H. F.
Mitchell, Rev. \V. R. Wagner. G.
W. Eaves. - _ J
Sandy Creek Jv^F. Parrlsh. <!.
D. Fuller. A. J. Joiner, D. O.
Murphy, Miss Mllte Ha>per, H.
E. Hlghtf ,
Gold Mine ? N. H. Griffin, Rev:
John Edwards. Mrs. John W.
Neal. Major Gupton. G. W. Ay
cock.
Cedar Rock- -J. T. Inscoe, G.
B. H. Stalling*. Mrs. P. E. Dean,
F." C. Glasgow, K. S. Parrlsh.
Cypress Creek ? Mrs. C. P. Har
ris, A. C. S tailings, J. O. Wilson,
Arthur Strickland.
Louisbbrg ? Dr. A. Paul Bagby,
C. T. Hudson. R. C. Beck. Rev.
F. D. Hedden. V\r. N. Fuller, Mrs.
W. C. Stroud. Miss Mary Best,
Mrs. S. P. Burt.
L. Brown, Mrs J
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NEW DENTIST COMES
TO LOUISBURG
Dr. R. L. Bugles will open his
offices formerly occupied by the
ocices formerly occupied by the
late Dr. E. S. Green. For the
past year, Dr. Eagles has been do
ing1 clinical work for Wake Coun
ty and Raleigh City Schools, un
der the Wake County Board of
Health.
He received his A. B. degree
from Dhe University of North Car
olina in 1933; and after teaching
school for three years in Lenoir I
County, be took a dental course
In the Dental School of thfe Medi
cal College of Virginia, Where ho i
received his degree In J 940.
Louisburg is fortunate in hav
ing Dr. Eagles locate here. Mrs.
Bagles is the daughter of. Mr.
John Wilder ot this county and
has many friends In this secbion. <
Louisburg welcome* Dr. sod Mrs.
Eagles into its midst.
THE PRESI
DENT SPEAKS 4
DECLARES AN UN
LIMITED NATIONAL
EMERGENCY
Tells Hitler and His Al
lies We Will Actively Re-!
sist Their Every Attempt
To Attack America or To:
Interfere With Freedom
Of the Seas; He Also Told,
Labor and Industry They
Must Keep at Work And
Accept The Decision Of
The Mediation Board
Washington. May 27.-? Pro-!
claiming the existence of an "un-|
limited national emergency.";
Prealdrnr Roosevelt said tonight-,
that the United Slates would do
whatever may be necessary to as-,
sure the safe delivery of war sup !
plies in Knglund. and served nn-j
tice that it would "actively re
sist'" any effort by Hitler to gainl
control of the seas.
tlluntly, he acused the Fuehrer
und his Axis partners of an intent
to conquer the world and "stran-j
gle the United States of Anierl-j
ca": asserted that the war whs
"coming very clOHe to home"; audi
warned that "we will not hesitate!
to use our armed forces to repel!
attack."
Those' things. together with it
reassert'ion of "the ancieut do< -
trine of freedom of the sens." were I
included in his long-awaited.
"Fireside Chat," delivered from!
the glittering Kast Koom of the
White House before the entire
diplomatic corps of the Western
lleiiilspiicie. ? ~
Previously he ran over the per |
thient' passages of his address
with Congressional leaders of!
both parties at an extraordinary!
White House meeting Speaker
Kaybum. who was among them,
later told reporters that the ad
dress had his full approval, bin
thai he .nould not speak for all;
who were present.
Consequently, he continued, he
was duclaring-tha existence ol all
emergency .which requires that
Hie nation's "inllllary. naval. dtr
and civil defenses be put on the
basis of readiness to repel any
and all acts or threats of aggres^f
slon directed toward any part of
To further the general objec
tive. he callad upon manufactur
ers to give precedence to the pro
ducts that tb<< nation needs and
"upon all our loyal workmen n.<
well as employers to merge their
lesser differences fn the larger ef
fort' to insure the survival of the
only .kind of government which
recognised the rights of labor or
of capital."
? <uIk?I' I'rtihlcm
Mt- referred to t hi' Ih hill pi III'
U'lii ill IiIh speech an well.
"This is no lime." he said, "for;
capital lo make, or be allowed to ;
retain, excess profits. Articles of
defense must have undisputed
light of way In every industrial ,
planti in the country. . . .
The overwhelming majority of i
pur citizens expect jheir govern
ment to flee that the tools of de
fense are built: and for the veryt
purpose of preserving the deino
cratic safeguards of both labor
and management, this govern
ment' is determined 4o use all of
its power to express th-c will of Its
people, and to prevenKjnterfer
Riice with the production qf ma
terials essential to our nation'*
fecuHty."
His pledge that whatever may
be necessary to get the goods to i
Britain would be undertaken ? 1
promptly construed In some quar
ters as a possible forerunner of a
convoy system ? was prefaced by ]
a disclosure that the Germans I
were sinking merchant ships at a i
terrllic pace ? -more than twice as i
fast as British and American ship
yards can replace them.
He asked whether, in view of
the world situation, the nationi
should "hesitate to tuke every sin
gle measure necessary "to main
tain our^American liberty."
Control of 8nk
The President charged that it.
is the purpose of Hitler and tho
Nazis to dominate the world and
"strangle the United States of
America and the Dominion of
Canada." This, he said, can not
be accomplished until the Axis
powers gain control of the seas.
Now, he said. Great' Britain stands
between the Aris and such domi
nation of the seas.
Then noting that the American
Navy is doing patrol duty in the
forth Atlantic and saying that the
ships In t>hat area are beiflg con
stantly increased, he pledged "all
additional measures necessary to
deliver the goods."
Mr. Roosevelt enunciated two
articles on national policy:
"Flrat, we ahall actively resist
wherever necessary, and with all
our resources, every attenlpt by
(Continued on Page Bight)
Mi.
EUROPEAN WAR NEWS
" - ?? ' , ?- ?A
London, May 27. ? Germany's proud new battleship
Bismarck, crippled and staggering in wild circles undo:
the blows of aerial torpedoes, was sunk today by the
combined might of the British Navy and its air force in
full revenge for destruction of the battle cruiser Hood.
At 11:01 A. M. (4:01 A. M. EST) today three days af
ter the Hood had been blown to bits by a hit in the mag
azine from one of the Bismarck's 15-inch shells, the
35,000-ton Bismarck herself settled under the surface
of the Atlantic. ~
Down with her went some l,.!(X) men, a great German
Admiral, Gueuther Luetjeus, and about one-fourth of
German V known capital ship strength.
The j), 975-ton British cruiser Dorsetshire rammed
home torpedoes which finished off the Bisinarck after ?
she had been shelled into helplessness by British "heavy
ships" and destroyers..
The Admiralty, in a long communique describing the
chase and destruction of the Bismarck, said the Nazi
battleship bad been slowed down to a speed of about
right knots after being hit bv two aerial torpedoes and
two torpedoes from British warships. % ?
TO GIVE PRIZES
Soon I ^Vaster W. J. Slieuriu. .Ir.,
of IU>y Seoul Troop No. -'0. IjOu
ishurg. informed the TIMES this
week that he is offering to all
the high school student's in hiti
Scout Unit a prise of a Silver
Dollar (or the best essay written
oi> the life of Uobert E. I,ee. the
famous Confederate general.
He will also give a like prltt!
to a grammar grade student in
liis organization for the best' essay
ou the life of Stonewall Jackson
another prominent Confederate
general
OFF FOR MANEUVERS
Members of Mattery B 113tl
K. A. left Fort Jackson. S. C., yes
terday moi niug for (>ni|? Fon?*t
Tennessee, according to Informa
t ion received by friends in Louis
burg. They will be engaged in .1
month Intensive maneuvers in
regular battle or war practice
Anyone wishing to write any ol
trie members wtlt address them m
Battery R. 113tli Field Artillery
A. P. O. :!0. Camp Forrest. Tenn
AI'I'OIXTMKVT
Mr. \V. It. Harrow, Sr.. received
a lelegiitH t fotu Congressman
Coolev W ednesd a^_ ini or m i tig he
had nominated William. B. Bar
daijr for admission t<i the U. S
Naval Academy al' Annapolis. Md
lie nil! reenter in file fall term.
His friends here extend congratu
lations.
m: \sks MLUARI) PARUMH
Mr. C. C. Kudd announces hav
ing leased t lie Moon's Billiard
Parlors next to the New Armory
and will continue to operate it.
lie says he expect* to inaugurate
new features and games and give
the people of Louishurg a nice
und wholesome place at all times
where they can enjoy an after
noon of sport. Bead his announ
cement.
I'OMMIMTV SCHOOI.
The local managers are anxious
to have every boy and girl lu
Franklin County, who are not en
rolled in High School or College
to come to the Community School
over Scoggin's Drug Store and
take a course in typing, business
English. business math, and spell
ing.
They also have a course in
home-making for girls and ladles
who are interested in sewing, and
iH household arts. Come in and
talkxlt over with us.
o
According to the latest U. S.
Department of Agriculture po'ul
ry report, the/number of young
:hlckens on farais May 1 was 10
per cent larger than a year ago.
PROOF ENOUGH
Warrcnton, May 28. ? It's a
dogleg hole, but Webb Ix>y,
LiODlsburK golfer, lias a perfect
witness that he made a hole-in
one here today. A minister saw
the ball go in the cup. The
caddy on the green for the pre
ceding foursome saw the ball
coming nnd lifted the pin for
the ball to role in.
The seventh hole of the local
course doglegs to the right, and
e?en a giraffe cant see the
green from the tee. Loy
smacked the ball, and although
he realized that he's sliced Just
right, he didn't even dream of
an ace. Loy and the rest of the
foursome marched towards the
green. Standing on the green
was the Rev. A. Paul Bagby, of
Louisburg, who broke the glad
tiding*.
The ace came dnring a team
match in which Louisburg de
feated Warrenton, 27 % to 8 H ?
Playing with lay were BUI
Hoggins, Louisburg, and Pet
Boyd mad Julias Banzet, War
renton.
Alexandria. May 28. ? Max
j Schmeling. former world's heavy
weight boxing champion, has been
killed in Crete while trying to es
cape front British soldiers escort
| ing liim to a prison camp, relia
I ble British sources reported to
I night.
The Berlin radio said Monday
j night that Schmeling was among
I the first German parachute troops
i to alight in Crete. A Propaganda
| Ministry broadcast described the
take oft Of the tirst parchute troop
carrying plane and said Schmeling
was the tirst soldier to go aboard.
The report of Sc'hinellng's death
came from reliable New Zealand
: sources.
Karl.v in the war. Berlin an
nounced that the pugilist had
[Theeti cSTled to the coToFs" au<I~Ta
. tier it was made knowu that he
was under training &s a parachute
' tighter.
j Vichy. France. May 28. ? Brit
! isli wurplanes pursuing a Libya
hound Italian convoy attacked the
j important French Tunisian port
. . of &inx today, setting a French
I steamer afire and hitting l?o Ital
' ;iau vessels ?
French North Africa, coupled with
ftghlinp between British and
French planes over Syrian air
dromes at the other end of the
, Mediterranean, brought a danger
ous worsening of relations be
. lav ecu the former allies
| It was disclosed here almost
simultaneously that Axis powers
had relaxed the armistice to per
j mlt France to rebuild a contlnen
? tal air force "for defense of the
i French Kmpire."
' Almost all members of the
Vichy government save Chief of
' State Petain were in Parts to
i night for collaboration negotia
tions with the Germans.
Official information said the at
tack on Sfax. which caused an un
stated number of French and na
i tive casualties, began with British
bombing of an Italian merchant
man. which was hit and took re
fuge in the Kerkennah Islands,
j about 2? miles off the Tunisiau
| shore.
t Loudon. Thursday. May 29. ?
I German artillery on the French
shore shelled ' Southeast England
| early today a few hours after ?
1 British bombers had attacked the
invasion coast across the channel
i for t<he second time In 24 hours.
The "Big Berthas" hurled shells
across the 20-odd miles of wkter
at regular intervals for a time Be
ginning soon after midnight. The
brilliant flashes from a battery in
the Bolougne area were visible
on the Kent coaat>.
, Salvos were fired later from a
battery in the Cap Oris Nez area
I at intervals of 10 minute*. Build
I ings shook as the shells exploded
j with terrific detonations.
Late yesterday the Royal Air.
\ Force struck at the German posi
1 Hons on the French coast, draw
| ing a defense barrage which Brit
ish observers considered one of
the heaviest daylight blasts of
the war.
Spectators on the cliffs of the
southeast shore saw the Royal Air
Force raiders Sweep across the
Straits of Dover, and a little later
saw a great barrage of anti-air
craft shells bursting above Calais.
Cairo. Egypt. Thursday. May
29. ? Fighting on the bloody bat
i tleground of Crete between con
stantly reinforced Germans and
' dog-tired British and Ansae soldi
ers today became a grim, stand
' up, slugging match. British
spokesmen said, with the British
| forced to give new ground.
On a ten-mile long, two-mile -
deep strip of coastline between
Malemi airdrome and Canea, the
British and Anxacs battled day
and night against the Nazis, who
pumped air-ferried troops into
Malemi in a constant stream.
The heaviest dive-bombing yet
seen in Crete was turned loose
Tuesday night, the spokesman
said, and the British finally fell
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