MADRID TROOPS ARE READY FOR FRANCO ATTACK Expect Action At Any Minute, They Say MADRID. Dec 9.— (M*) —Govern ment bombing planes blasted the fascist front line along the Casa Del Camp Park today and devas tated the Insurgent supply base. Scarcely had the fifteen socialist bombers settled down at Bararajas airport when 23 Insurgent planes appeared out of the clouds and loosed tons of explosives, in retalia tion, on the airport and the gov ernment positions. Socialist batteries blazed away at the fascist lines throughout the early morning. Puzzled At Delay Government commanders, an au thoritative source said, frankly were puzled at Gen. Francisco Franco’s insurgent strategy in fall ing to launch the long-expected at tack on Madrid. Worried lest a trap were being baited for them, the socialist offi cers ordered the continual bom bardment to forestall any insurgent maneuver. All mi'itia leaves were cancelled and soldiers were ordered to report Immediately to their • commands. Concentrate Troops The government concentrated all available forces around the capital jtnd ordered the troops to stand un der arms In readiness for the threa tened "big push." For days Insurgent batteries and planes have concentrated their full firing power on the government lines in what the socialists believed was a large scale preparatory bom bardment for the attack. The activity along the Madrid front In the northwestern univer sity city spread over the entire battlefield as the aerial and artil lery engagements developed. Government militiamen claimed decisive advances, capturing the former civil guard barracks. Insurgent aircraft rained theii "ash-cans’’ on the Puente De Tole do bridge and government bomberi attacked insurgent concentrations. Seven persons were killed and fifty wounded when fascist planet bombed Alcala De Henares to the north-east, while northwest of the capital Insurgents trained theii heavy batteries on government po sitions. The famous El Escorial Monas tery, it was said, had been shells despite stringent orders of Genera Franco that It was to be spared Other sources reported the historic building unscathed. INo statement Ready Today f Continued from page one.) had offered to abdicate on compli cated terms. One thing was certain — thal Baldwin brought back to his cabi net a voluminous report. > Kent With King King Edward, upon whose deci sion hung the welfare of five hun dred million subjects, clung to hia ice-covered fortress. His youngest brother, the Duke oi Kent, was there at his side to con sole him no matter which heart breaking course he had oosen. The royal brothers had been to gether, almost without a break, for the last 24 hours, despite the fact that Kent's wife, the young Prin cess Marina, shortly is expecting her second child. Downing street was crowded but the watchers remained silent and undemonstrative as the sober-faced , ministers arrivod. With the climax of the crisis near the people of London had aban doned the rowdy scenes that mark ed last week-end. MRS. SIMPSON IS NOT SICK, OFFICIAL STATES CANNES. TYance, Dec. 9.—{/FV— Mrs. Wallis Simpson, secluded in tha Villa of New York friends, con ferred today with her London law yer on arrangements for closing her home in the British capital. Dr. Douglas Kirkwood, the phy sician who flew with Attorney Theodore Goddard to Mrs. Simp son’s seaside retreat, went to Mar seille from Cannes and one report said he planned to fly back to Lon don from there. Mrs. Simpson, said the King , court official, is “in perfect health,’ does not require the services of s physician and, in fact, has seer none since coming to the Villa las* week-end.” The spokesman explained thath< made the statement fully aware o' the "implications” surrounding th< hurried trip of Dr. Kirkwood froir London. W.O.W. Will Meet To Elect Officer! Officers for the ensuing year wil be elected at the regular meetim of the Woodmen of the World t he held Friday evening, beglnnin St 7:30, at the W. O. W. hall. . good attendance of members i Creamery Now Being Expanded (Continued from page one.) tawba and Rutherford is brought to the plant where it ia first weigh ed and a two ounce sample taken out for testing. The test is made before his eyes, showing tlffe actual butterfat content and he is paid the cash market price for his SO or 100 pounds of cream. S5C,00« Paid Out More than $30,000 in cash was paid to farmers in this territory last year, with 175,000 pounds ol butter being made. The 15,000 pa trons who have about 25 special carriers for their products, are al lowed to buy the buttermilk back at one cent per gallon. Most of it Is f«l to hogs on the farm. After the cream is weighed and tested, and the big cans thoroughly | washed and sterilised in an auto matic live steam washer, it goes to a I large vat where it Is heated by steam to 150 degrees for pasturlza ! tion. It is then cabled to 55 degrees l In a 2,500 gallon container to be prepared for the church. Prepara tion consists of being pumped through several fine filters to eli minate any Impurities. Then to the chum which rolls j steadily for 45 minutes after which the golden yellow butter Is removed and packet} into 60-pound boxes for cooling in a 35 degree storage. The following morning it Is cut and 1 packaged in quarter-pound and , pound sites, labeled and ready for -Th< application of various phases ofthi Federal Social Security program tc North Carolina was explained tc | approximately ISO legislators, state > | officers and other citizens who at i tended the conference an social s» l curity taxes held at the Universitj of North Carolina yesterday. > Ewan Clague and Wilbur J. Co hen, of the social security board l divisions of research and statistic! * j and legislative aid. led the «i» j cushions. 'END OF STRIKE PREDICTED NEAR Seamen At Galveston Beaten Up; Public Rally SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9.—