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BUY UNITED STATES BONDS - STAMPS I MAKE EVERY PAYDAY BOND DAY JOIN THE PAY-ROLL * SAVINGS PLAN * VOLUMN LXXIU $1.50 per year in Advance LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1042 (Eight Pages) NUMBER BOSTON NIGHT CLUB BURNS 481 Persons Lost Lives In Halocaust Boston, Nov. 29. ? A 16-year old bus boy admitted tonight, po lice said, that he accidentally btarted the holocaust which trans formed Boston's swanky Cocoanut ?rove night club into an inferno that claimed at least 432 lives. Among the identified dead was James Jenkins, son of Colonel Walter Jenkins, of Fort Bragg, N. C. Deputy Police Superintendent James R. Claflln said he had ob- 1 tained a statement from Stanley T. Tomaszewskl in which tho i youth allegedly admjtted having started the fire when he lit a match to change a light bulb in the Melody Lounge In the base- < ment and it ignited palm decora tions. The youth was described as a student at Roxbury Memorial High School who worked Friday and Saturday nights at the Cocoa nut Grove. Claflin said no charge had been lodged against the youth, a resi dent of Dorchester, but that po lice would question him further, ji This new explanation of the worst disaster of its kind since tlie Iroquois Theatre fire in Chica go in 1903 developed while po lice were speculating that a dis carded cigarette caused last Mght's conflagration. The death toll of 432 was bas ! tu on a United Press poll of hos pitals and morgues. May <io Higher The death toll was expected to , n.ount even higher, because many ol 'he 214 persons hospitalized ? 1 including movie star Buck Jones ? were, reported lu critical con dition. Doctors resorted to bloorl plasma in extreme cases in an ef- 1 l'ort to ke?p the death toll down. . More than half of the 750 guests and employes of the smart night club were known to have perished ? crushed, trampled, suf-| located or burned to death in the J25Q.000 flash fire which precip itated a stampede. Earlier, investigators had dis carded theories that the fire t? fulted from a short-circuit or that It was set maliciously a? re mit of a night club feud. They believed that faulty exits were largely responsible for the enor- 1 ?nous death toll. The tire spread lightning-like through the garish and flimsy decorations and furnishings of the club's three supper rooms. Started Panic A screaming girl, who ran among the guests with her hair k'jlaze shouting "Fire!" precipi tated the panic which took a far greater toll of life than did the f 1 a mas The gay night spot In a matter of seconds was transformed Into a delirium of fright and horror. Smartly dressed women claw ed their way toward exit* through the milling mass of humanity. Many were hurled under tables end trampled to death by the Mazed crowd. Patron* tripped on stairways or fell at the exits as those be hind swarmed over them and pil ed up, only to die. Blazing draperies fell and lg tilted clothing and human hair. Though damage to the club was heavy, the blaze quickly was ex t nguished. But for six boars, seared and shattered bodies were trundled from the shambles, piled Into hastily - commandeered moving vans and express trucks, and shuttled to morgues and hosplta's pending Identification, ?t _ _______ Boston, Nov. 30. ? Charles (Buck) Jones, cowboy movie star, tiled at a hospital late today of burns suffered in the Cocoanut Grove holocaust during a party at which he was the honor guest. "I don't mind disclosing now," the attending physician told the United Press, "that we had aban doned all hope for Jones' recov er)' immediately after examining his burns." Jones, a 53-year-old native of Vincennes. Ind., and a longtime favorite of American boy movie fans, was the 481st person to die in the disaster. o LOUISBURO METHODIST CHURCH Sunday morning at the 11:00 o'clock service the' celebration of the Lord's Supper will be ob served. The Toung People of the church are In charge of a special program > of worship, Sunday night, at 7:80. The Church School convenes st 9:45 under the leadership of Prof. I. D. Moon. Join In wor ship at some Church In Loulsburg Sunday morning. That Is the best way to start the week. -? o ? , The daily coat to France of Oerman occupation wonld build 2,500 modern workman's homes. DECORATED Second Lt. George T. Lumpkin, >( Loulsburg, was awarded the S'avy Cross for his part in attack >n a Japanese carrier at Midway n ceremonies at Honolulu, Ha waii, Monday. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Pacific Fleet comman der. decorated Lumpkin and 15 jther Marine heroes on the eve nf their departure for the battle tone. Lieutenant Lumpkin has !-een stationed at Honolulu for lome weeks In training squad rons for combat duty. Other Fires The Boston Cocoa nut Grove night club Are ranks among the nation's worst Are disasters on l lie basis of the toll of lives tak ;u. The greatest loss of lives by Ire in the United States occjim-d lai Chicago's Iroquois Theatre lire on December 30, 1903. when GU2 were burned to death. Th.; S'ew London. Texas, school disas ter of 1937 killed 455 children. !>ut many of these deaths were attributable to the Explosion which preceded the Are. About 500 died in the Sail 1'iaiiclsco earthquake aud Are of 19U6. Other major flres and their toll include: Hoboken docks and ships Are, tune 30, 1900 ? 145. ?lrmingham. Ala., church Arc, Sept. 20. 1902 ? 115. Coal mine Are at Monongah. W. V., Dec. ?. 1907?361. Lake View school Are, Cleve land March 4, 1908?174. Rhodes Theatre Are. Boyers lown, Pa., Jan. 4, 1908 ? 169. Triangle 8hirt Waist Company (ire, New York City. March 25, 1911?146. Crile Clinic Hospital Are. Cleveland. May 15. 1929?124. Ohio State Penitentiary Are, Columbus. April 21, 1930 ? 320. Moro Castle Are. off Ashury Ptrk. N. J.. Sept. 8. 1934?134. Negro dance hatl Are. Natchex, Miss., April 23. 1940 ? 198. MAJOR VEAZEY ORDERED TO FT. LEAVENWORTH Major A. H. Veazey, Just re cently appointed Special Service officer at Fort Bennlng. has been Drdered to report for the Com mand and Oeneral Staff school at hort Leavenworth, post headquar lers announced Tuesday. Major Veaxey has been theater nfficer at the post since February ?( this year and has charge ot the tdmlnlstration of all the theaters [>n the post. He came to Ben tiing in 1941 and was assigned to l he Second Armored division. He Is a veteran of World War I. A graduate of North-Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering. Major Veasey was in the soil conservation division of the United States department 3f agriculture before coning Into active service as a reserve officer. Mis home la In Raleigh, N. C. ? Raleigh Times. Major Veaiey married tne for mer Miss Mary Exum Burt, daugh ter of Dr. and 'Mrs. 8. P. Burt, of Liouisburg, and has two sons, Alex, Jr., and Perry Burt. "Praise the lord" . . . and 'Buy 'em ammunition With C. 8. War Bonds. L OUISBURO BAPTIST CHURCH The pastor will begin his fifth year as pastor ot the church next Sunday, and will give a short re view of the work done, along with s preview of what Is out before the church. Every member is urged to be present, and friends are urged to Join in the worship with us. The subject for the morning will be "Our Church ? Itr Past, Its Present, and Its Fu ture." In the evening, the pas tor will continue the series of sermons on the Conversations of Jesus, speaking on "Two One sided Conversations." 9:45 a. m. ? Bible School. 11:00 ?. m. ? Morning Worship. 1:45 p. m. ? B. T. U. '7:30 p. m. ? Evening Worship. DATES FOR 6TH REGISTRATION A Proclamation of the Freq uent of the United States in re pa rd to the Sixth Registration is a? follows: "The registration of male citi zens of the United States and other male persons, who shall litve attained the eighteenth an niversary of the day of their birtn daring the periods indicated be low, shall take place in the Unit ed States between the hours of 9 :00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. on the days hereinafter designated for their registration as follows: (a) Those wly> were bort?*on or after July 1, 1924, but not after August 31, 1924, shall be registered on any day during the week commencing Friday, Decem ber 11, 1942, and ending Thurs day, December 17, 1942; (b) Those who were born on or after September 1, 1924, but j not after October 31, 1924. shall' be registered on any day during the week commencing Friday. December 18. 1942. and ending i Thursday, December 24, 1942; (c) Those who were born on or after November 1, 1924, but | not after December 31, 1924. shall be registered on any dav during the period commencing Saturday. December 26. 1942, and ending Thursday. December 21. 1942. (d) During the continuance of ?he present war, those who were tr-jm on or after January 1, 1925. shall be registered on the day ! tf ey attain the eighteenth anni- 1 versary of the day of their birth; | provided, that if such annlver- 1 r.-sry falls on a Sunday or a legal 1 holiday, their registration shall lake place on the day following that Is not a Sunday or a legal holiday." The place of registration will le the Local Board office which is located In the Armory in Louis I'lirg. N. C. Volunteer registrars will assist the regular employees In 'he registration and with a week for each age group there will lie plenty of time for spl'l registration to be handled in one ( emral place. KEKP THESE DATES IN jMIND AND DO NOT' FAIL TO REGISTER. ft UNWCIAtfOM OK IXIVKKHITV WOMEN The Loulsburg Branch of the American Association of Univer sity Women met on Thursday. November 19. at the home of Mrs. Walter Patten, with Mrs. V.I ii. Kllby. president, presiding. Speaking briefly Mrs. Patten teviewed the plans for the year'* program. Ttie subject for study during the year will be: Tho Need for International Unity in the Wost-War World. Much co operation and firsthand Informn tlon will be furnished by three member* of the local organlxa- 7 tlon; Miss Mildred Huggln*. for mer Missionary to Japan. Mis* Ruth Merritt. former Missionary to Braxll.and Mr*. E. C. Dresser, former resident of Rio de Jan erlo. - The President appointed the following committees: Program, Mrs. Walter Patten; Membership. Mrs. Paul Bagby; International Relations. Miss Ruth Merritt; Creative Arts. Miss Lula Mae Stipe and Mrs. I. D. Moon; Fel lowships. Miss Julia Brown Hud gins; Status of Women. Miss Vir ginia Peters; Social Studies, Mist Mildred Hudglns; Education. Miss Vivian McCall: Legislation, Mrs. E. C. Presser; and Publicity. Mrs. Dick Yarborough. Mr*. Dick Yarborough spoke cn the Franklin County Library project. Miss Julia Brown Hud glns reviewed the history and purposes of the American Asso ciation of Unlveralty Women. A congenial tea honr was en Joyed. o An Improved design for a bomb in mass production will save enough steel to build two Liber ty 8hlp?. Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's Court held regular session on Tuesday with a small docket and disposed of cases as follows: Richard Patton pleads guilty to no drivers license, to be dis charged upon payment of costs. Proctor Morgan, W. S. Jones, George Jones, plead guilty to as sault with deadly weapons, pro fanity, public drunkenness, and were given three months on roads each. A nolle pros was taken In the case of bad check against Ed Perry. fBoss Davis was found guilty of unlawful possession of whiskey, given 60 days on roads, suspend ed upon payment of $25 line and C08tS. The following case's were con tinued: Edward Leon" Page, reckless driving. Clarence Yarborough, reckless driving. Fayssoux Dupree Galloway, reckless driving. Willie Orange JohiiBon, oper ating automobile Intoxicated. WiUard Perry, no drivers li cense. SHEARON IS GIVEN NAVY DECORATION Krankllnton M a n IKtwiili'il Twice In 1'ust Your For Act ion Against JupN Franklinton, Nov. 28. ? Lt. (jg) j Bruce 8 hear on. son of the _Jat? Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Sliearon, of Prank Hilton. has been decorated twice (or bravery In action <Jur- ' ing tbe past year. He was awarded the Distin guished Flying Cross last Marcli and recently was awarded the Navy Cross for actfon against the Japanese in the Battle of the I Coral Sea. The citation for his Coral Sea action read: . . for courage- J <.ur devotion to duty und heroism on May 8. as a pilot of a torpedo plane In action against enemy Japanese planes In the Buttle of tbe Coral 8ea. In spite of hem-v j anti-aircraft (Ire and enemy light-, er opposition, he closed to within ' a few hundred yards of the tar get to execute a fearless and de- 1 termined attack. Scoring a hit on an enemy aircraft carrier, he thereby contributed to the aevere damage and destruction of the veasel. and aided materially In the success of tbe operation." Lt. Shearon enlisted In 1 the Navy In 1929 as an aviation me- 1 chanlc and In 1937 was sent to the flight school at Pensacolu. Fla. He received his commission and wings In 1938. He was re cently promoted to lieutenant (Jg) from ensign. He was in the I'nlted Stall's from August to Oc tober but Is now back on active duty. ?o CHRISTMAS -OPPORTUNITIES Since Franklin' County ?wm< to be In ? falrl* good flnsnn.il condition there will b? very t< * opportunities to be taken car* of Christmas. stated Mra. J. F. Mlt chlner. Welfare officer. There are aome large famine* whose Income la Insufficient fori extraa and tome old people that need to be remembered. There are twenty-alx In the county home who woold appreciate con fectionariea and such things as the county does not provide. Any one willing to bring Chrlatmaa cheer and happlneas to any of the above can get In touch with the Welfare Depart ment. ? The Present With a Future ? C. 8. War Bonds. ARE YOU PAID UP ? Check Your Label ? If You Are Not, Pay Up Now There are still ? few of our Subscriber* behind in their payments. We don't want' to lose a single one of them. We feel sore the first demand of the government In relieving the paper situation will be to stop all papers not paid for. There fore we ask you again to look at the label on your paper and see If you are paid up. If not don't delay but come now while you have the money. We have Just corrected our list with credit*"" brought up to date. If to your mind your date is wrong tell us so we can check it and correct It If necessary. But don't forget to pay up your arrears, If you are not already paid up, so we will not be embarrassed by having to stop your paper when the government calls. Thanks. A. P. JOHNSON, Editor. TO TRAIN BUS DRIVERS Mrs. Bill Pleasants Flythe of I (lie N. C. Dept. of Motor Vehicles, Ualeigh, will be in Franklin County visiting the schools the week of Dec. 7 th in order to train additional School Bus drtv i rg for the remainder of the -m hool year, according to Supt. Wiley F. Mitchell of the Franklin County Schools.-* Due to the fact that many of iLe present drivers are leaving to join. the armed forces or arc Jeavlng to work in defense areas, it has become necessary to train additional drivers in order to keep our school buses running. This School Bus Driver'?. Course is prescribed and is mandatory in the State. It consists of the Motor Vehicle Laws, the regula tions concerning school bus trunsj rotation from the State School Commission as well as a road test given by the local patrolman md the Chief County Mechanic. In order to take the road test the applicant must have his or her permanent N. C. driver's license. North Carolina has the largest bus transportation system in the union, and has received National recognition on the course prescri bed for the School Bus drivers <11 this State. Franklin County lias 64 buses and 112 certified drivers. So far this year there hus not been a single accident. Wf are indeed anxious to keep this fine record and not^ have It marred by the carelessness and recklessness on the part of uny bus driver, and lets all drive safely and protect tife and limb. The schedule foT the schools is ..s follows: Monday. Dec. 7th ? Youiigs ?-!lle.- Frankllnton liigli School (White). Frankllnton Negro (Al t' inn Academy). ? *- ? Tuesday. Dec. 8lh ? l.ouislnu g ; liigli School. Franklin County Tiulniug School. Kpsnni High { School. Wednesday. Dec. Mth ? Gold S.ind. Perrys. Edward Best. Thursday. " Dec. 10th ? Bunn. Ofihuimt, MASONS ELECT OFFICERS Louiiiburg Masonic Lodge No. 413. elected officer* for the IM year al It* regular comniunlca lion Tuesday night. The following officer* were elected : Worshipful Mauler. John F. Matthews. Senior Warden. I. P. Wheeler. Junior Warden. James Speed. Treanurer. J. L. Palmer. Secretary. Dick Yarborough. The following appointment* to le*aer offices were also announ ced noon after the election: Chaplain*. A. Paul Ragby and John Edward*. Steward*. J. Y. Cooper and 8. N. Howe, ; Tiler. W. B. Beasley. The InMallatfon ceremonies will he held on Tuesday night. December 15th. In addition to the election work In the flrst 'degree ws* extended to (everal candidates In waiting.' slid a most Interesting meeting wss held. All members are urged to at ? iid the Instsllstlon services. ?>:i>:i?KATKS 70th IIIKTHDAV Mr. >nd Mr*. J. R. Gantt. Sr., entertained at their home on 8|.rlng Street, their children and grandchildren on Sunday In cele bration of Mr. Oantt'a 70th birthday, which occurred on Wed nesday, Dec. 2nd. In addition to the pleasure of having moat all Of them present. ? bountiful din ner waa served and contrary to the uaual custom Mr. Oantt Rave to each of the children *s a re membrance of the occasion a Ave dollar bill. Those present and erijoylng the occasion were Mr. snd Mrs. H. O. Leonard and children. Misses Ruby and Nellie, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Collier and children. Miss Helen and Clyde, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Roy Oannt and children. Misses Delecathan and Nancy, and George, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. May and family, Misses Christine and Elizabeth. Edward and Douglas. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pearce and doughter. Frances. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lambert. All the grsnd children except one who Is In the Navy, were present. The occasion was greatly en Joyed by all. An Alabama farmer, with a I 654-pound dead hog on his hands,' remembered the fats salvage cam paign and telephoned the State rationing officer, who made ar rangements to have the animal rendered down for use against the Axis. o? Kwp Down the. Cost of Living by Keeping I'p War Bond Baying. ENTERS U. S. ARMY I Wilbur M. Jolly, well know lo cal attorney, who was an associate of W. L. Lumpkin, attorney, In l.ouisburg. ha's joined the armed forces of our country. Mr. Jolly, who had been accep ted as an Officers Candidate by the army, left Wednesday, Novem ber 25th for Fort Bragg to be in ducted into the army. Attorney Jt-lly will serve a three months period of basic training before he enters Officers Candidate School, and at the completion of his schooling he will be commission ed a second lieutenant in our arm id forces. Mr. Jolly was born in Ayden, N. C., and received bis elemen tary education in the public schools of Pitt County. In 1932 ht entered Wake Forest College, later to graduate from this Insti tution with a B. S. degree. After graduation from college Mr. Jolly taught school at Gatesville, N. C. for two years. , l>uring his leaching career Mr. Jolly decided to study law. and l'l ll i rummer of 19V8 lie remind to Wake Forest College to study law and graduated in June 1941 fioni this Institution wltii an L.L.It. degree. In September 1941 Mr. Jolly came to Loulsliurg to prac.lce law wHIi Attorney; W. L. Lump kin., and has been associated with Mr. Lumpkin from that tune to 'lilr present Induction Into ilic army. Mr. and Mrs. Jolly have made lusting friendships while living here, and Loulsburg has suBered the Ions of two of Its tlnest young citizens, and will be only too glad io welcome iheni back home with open arm* after Mr. Jolly has fti'lshcd his Job with Uncle Sam's Army. ItOWK-A YHCUK Miss Gertrude Ayscue and Mr. Aii Iculm Rowe were bappfly uni ted in marriage, Nov. 26. 1942, ?it I he home of Rev. T. W. Lee. of Middleburf. N. C., officiating using the ring ceremony. She wore a blue street length dress with brown alligator acces ncrles, with a corsage of sweet heart roses. Mrs. Howe Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ayscue. of Ht-nderson, N. C.. Route 2. Mr. liowe Is the son of Mrs. W. O. Rowe, of Louisburg, N. C.. Route 2 >IRS, HARRINGTON ENTERTAINS Mrs. Frank Harrington enter tained her bridge club and a number of additional guest Mon day evening at 8:00. Mra. H. J. Lewis won high score for visitors and Mra. Edgar Fuller received high for club member*. * ? Mr*. Harrington, assisted by several club members, served as sorted sandwiches, hot tea and nuts. Those playlhg were: Mrs. Wil liam Wilson, Mrs. Numa Free nan, Mrs. Edgar Fuller, Mrs. W. H. Horton, Mrs. W. O. Lancaster, Mrs. W. F. Shelton, Mrs. H. J. Lewis, Mrs. Alex Wood, Mrs. Liner. Mrs. Jim Allen. Mrs. J. A. Pcarce and Mrs. John F. Mat dwii. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURO THEATRE The following; Is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Dec. 5th: Saturday ? Roy Rogers. Smiley Rurnette and Oabby Hayes in 'Heart of The Oolden West" and Jnmes Ellison and Heather Angel In 'The Undying Monster'. Also Chap. 2 'King of The Mounties.' Sunday-Monday ? Betty Grable. John Payne. Carmen Miranda Cesar Romero and Harry James and his Orchestra In 'Springtime In The Rockies.' Tuesday ? Donald Barry and Jran Parker In 'The Traitor Within.' Wednesday ? Allan Jones and Jane Frazee in 'Moonlight Ic Havana.' Thursday-Friday ? Fred Astalre and Rita Hayworth in 'You Were Never Lovelier.' WAR NEWS Washington, Dec. 2. - ? Ameri can troops killed 51 more Jap anese and captured three field cannon and six machine guns la continued mopping-up operations on Guadalcanal Tuesday as Army planes hammered away again at enemy positions, the Navy report ed today. A communique said soldiers and Marines tarried out "exten sive patrols" along the outskirts of American _ positions beyond Henderson Airfield ? actions de signed not only to nail down gains but gradually sap the enemy's strength. One Army and two Marine pa trols accounted for the latest clean-up. The Army unit killed 1J Japanese and took a 70-mll-' limeter gun. One Marine outfit killed 25 enemy troops and cap tured a 75-mlllimeter and a 38 milllmeter ciwinon in the upper Lunga River 'west of Henderson F'ield, while another mowed down 15 Japanese and captured six machine guns. While these operations were in progress, Army planes pounded Japanese positions. The pattern of action indicated that the Americans were giving (he enemy a taste of his own med icine ? the kind he dished out against the fallen defenders ot Bataan. That strategy is to wear down the foe piecemeal, harass him from the air. cut him off from his supply lines and starve him out. London, Dec. 2. ? Allied arm-'' te? have shattered and hurlud back the heaviest German coun ter-attack of the Tunisian cam paign and frontline reports to night indicated that the decisive battle for llizerte and Tunis had been Joined. The Allies met the biggest Ger man counter-attack they have so far, encountered in Tunisia uorth of the rail Junction of Tebourba rnd within 35 miles of Bizerte. Allied headquarters announced' that the Germans suffered "heavy lgsse:;." In the countinuing action. Unit ed States P-::8 pursuit planes w< re reported to have knocked (?ut a number of German tanks In the Djedelda area near Tunis. There also were reports of l.eavy action around Mateur, 12 miles southwest of Bizerte. as the Allied column drove on toward the coast to cleave the naval base l'ront Tunis, the capital. Fierce fighting also, was report ed at the apex of the Allied wedgt around Djedelda. 15 miles north west of Tunis. The battle In this rector, where -the Axis has con centrated the bulk of Its forces, was believed h^ bondon observers to be entering its final phase. Tunis I'ndor Fire Tunis was reported by Iteuters News Ageucy tb be within artil lery range of the forward Allied forces. I'ont Du Pahs, a strategic point near the capital, was storm ed by French troops while British parachute troops occupied anther important airfield in the Bizerte area, forcing the Luftwaffe to re sort more and more to Sicilian bases. DNB, the Official German news agency, reported that a German tank attack on Tebourba was "particularly successful," result ing in "heavy losses" for the "re treating' Americans. The Allied headquarters cotn n.unlque today said Allied bom bers were keeping up their as saults on tl^e airfields at Tunis hitd Bizerte. Light bombers and fighters also are operating in support of the forward troops, the communique st!d. It acknowledged the loss of five planes, but declared that sev en enemy aircraft were destroy ed. A hint that the British Navy soon would be heard from in the seashore action was contained in the communique, which said briefly, but significantly that "The Royal Navy is assisting in the provision of cover for the ad vance of our forces." London. Dec. 2. ? Benito Mus solini, coughing and puffing de fiance through a long speech in answer to Prime Minister Church ill's threat to bomb Italy out of the war. admitted to his country men today that Italy had been fogged into the conflict by "the belligerents", but assured the people that they now wduld tight on to* the end. "I have a vague impression that the Italian people want to h.sar me." he said. Then he told them that the Germans "have beaten the Rus sians", that "victory cannot fail to come to the Axis" and that he "was not surprised by the (Alli ed) Invasion of Nor-h Africa." Of the Imminent Allied threats to Italy from North Africa, the continuing bombings of the coun try from British home bases and the added raids promised by Churchill from newly-acquired airfields across the Mediterran ean. Mussolini said: "There now is no longer an ex ternal and internal front; there ( Continued on Pag* Four)
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