Henitersnn Batlg Uispatrlj ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Y-SEYENTH YEAR HENDERSON. N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 18, 1940 ro,'L^Bw%.uv.BBNu>,s FIVE CENTS COPY Duce Says War Must Go On v ******* i a/ian Forces Reported Falling Back " — ■ — Nazi Bombs Level Historic Cathedral at Coventry *at B '.V af' r waw of .\'n?.i bombers unloaded tons of bombs upon the t t'ovontry. "Detroit" of England, leaving it a crumbling .u r - a;::i tires went ruin with thousands dead and iniured. This i. I. <\. i.ahle photo is historic St. Michael's Cathedral, centuries old, and oi pure (Ii ihic architecture, with only its 303-foot spire undamaged. Berlin report. 500 planes were useil in-the lOVs hour raid upon the hapless city. Foreign Ministers of Germany, Italy and . Meet5 Will Con fer With Hitler. . Gt. !8. c:.t.l • vuy brought - of Germany. . .i. today. m Hitler- ii;uar r . ;«i many .... import . I: Lict'ilU Said talk i! v.! aliaii visi .• . ;i't irad on Prices Are Higher (AP) ! r ■ M higher. .:i- ue.rc Lin i.s'h« ». ! «.| the St'COMC :• " ?*> ."> })!»illtS V ! (X'tolH Raleigh Speculates Over Legislative Issues And Changes In Administration Daily Dispatch Bureau, l»» th" Sir Walter Hotel. By HEXRY AVERILL. Raleigh. Nov. 13.—With the na tional election and the football game out of the way. Raieigh is beginning to * up and take notice of the fact that no matter how many or how lev. >h'»jj{>:r;g clays there arc until Christmas. only a month and a hull intervene before there wiil be a new governor in the mansion. When that comes to pass there will al. o be one hundred and seventy legislators, with their entourage of goodness knows how many lobbyists, clerks and hangerson. hi town for thv b:. evsion of the General Assembly. Where! ore >_>:;;■«.» !'•'•! . :«r;% being swept and garnished and prepara tion. are being made to jack up the rent on 'itii^ r.r tin provocation. Also the bov wi •. like to scan the ii* I ! ,-ti,:oji and -•( afar and ; fi»ro, nor-ing around in an ef i f t - ci. co • i <■;>;,t i»;>ite are like to cl;ar the lc:;frnf;oii a regard: the i!irirsi, and firing of tat" officials • ind employees. Th" first ta. I; is easier than the eeoiid. bec'i'j e there seems every likelihood that the legislative issues in - v il be about the same as they v. ere List. and the tin."' before that and so on back to the era when :e..!lv was something to haggle I,1 • i. •• ,;.ies tax. On the other r.a!:d. v-'hih? everybody ha> been able to yi ad I.is speeche:. of which he ii.i, made scores, nobody has been * > it • ci the mind ol Mr. Brough ti.n. t.'u; leaving the audience in the ; ; .laI d. i k.ie.-v. which follow the i, r i- .t ot LT. third of the Bound in- ti<; t;ic:-. of Barbary. when with the .a ! u inspired prug nosiications ro '"in. but one :--o i tae outeane is po -1!/1 • • Selection of the speaker will de t* rmine make no of the import-* nt 1 Ion e commit:r> ana a a ! • i sary mroliary. the nte »■! a uei: i• i:— porlant legislation. Just as an e.vmalc. \H:1! i. speala r the ehairm. i n ! ,\l - ship of the highly e r-i; i Manufacturing and La! t , c •: im;. tee will b< stacked against* any c f fort to enact a State wage-hour law; while ii U/.'.el! win- out tlii.~ gioup (Continued on Page Four) Southampton Is Raided Berlin. Nov. IB.—(. vP;—A major air attack was launched on South ampton. smith Lngl'^h port, de straying marine an" industrial ob jectives. inioi iica sourecs reported / oday in advance ef the high com Tnand communique. Daring the attack, it was said. Major Adolf Ba!i .ni. nazi air ace. registered his 53rd and 54th vktai.* over British fight', rs. Meanwhile, itali. n squadrons at tacked Harwi h. < n ti c cast coa t. » )uring the night London. Liverpool, '.'lastinjis and New Haven also were bombed, they sai.i. '1 Won't Be With You Long," Lewis Tells CIO Convention; Urges Labor Unity, j Atlantic City. Nov. 10.—(AP) — Taking up the gavel for the last time i.s i tU president, John L. .Lewis, with tears in his eye:;, told ClOs conven tion delegates today that he was ■ stepping down as their leader and j urged them to unite their ranks and * support whomever they name as his j .•li'.'ltMl)!'. | •in a in Tied throng which lew; minutes carper had given him a tniiiiderous ovation, Lewis said "1 : w on t ue with you long, i have done I my work and in a lev. uays j'll oj ' out ol this otfiee." "Forward with Lewis and ClU" j was the slogan ol tnl!in.s .1 er ol the American puo.i-e." •'iv eon. 'utioii .ttood ;,-rl roared l\vc wan! "Lewis." h i» --at' Iroiu S dm y llil'man's 1 Amalgamated f" I •»1 • 1:11 • > Workers • i:i"i' quietly t!• 1 • ;^'i most of I ;;!hiW. Tiiey stood brieliv as a ••" .• i v y t . :lv» p.-:- ; office."; t! < y : id. but ■ ; rer'0:1 t> renrun standing in the '• rir.ilrnt scene. Ili!' 1 • snii i.nion an'l the Lewis ? ;i'-s have 50m in r'i agreement for months i>ar CIO policies. JIMMY WILSON TO MANAGE THE CUBS ClM'.-aj 1. Nov. lo.— \p>—Jimmy! Wil: ■ -y ar old her > of the 194!) j Wo: id Sl! ie<. relumed ; 1 the major j league r.u.tv »oi\al rar-';-: today when ] he agreed t" two \ ear contract to j pil >t t!i^ Chicago Cubs. j The actual signing w:i* delayed ' until j;'"tor the arrival toi:iv of gen- • eral Manager Warren Giles of the 1 Cincinnati Reds, to give Wilson his ! un • nditi 'tv.1! release. FOK NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Tirs'lav: slisiuiy warmer Tuesday and in northwest and extreme west sec tions tonight. Column or i- 0 .ilafcan Tanks Re p Dried Cut Off on r r> ■ F oad; Coun ts r At'• ?cks ii'i ToB * All.< n , !-•!. (.a!1) T!it* !':»!— inns w : ftc i w;ivf <<•' infantry imm ii.m; ; tin 1 Or<"-!: t mil; tain po Sfthl'l 1 • V iil III ri'l'.-i-t lM • • vt J, I the <:.;>I;;11 ' i i.: fa cist in a '< t • ■ . i. Ci ■ : raportt el- p :"i• • attempt' tf» ■ »• •• • . : 1 >(•) I;!'?!}*. <*•* i ; Slv- no : iiti]••-■l'tiuit <•'■ Alb*"'.!:!. !!v- Italian-; w< re ' i *■!•«» '•> p.s'vo thrown a large ■ • 1 •i\ . !;i ■ into the: cuttle, 'i ' r- «'!:■« ok :• ir fortrr. aided by Bri i :ii \F, i'..« . ni'.H.rl Italian 1 . • ? :j\ • ;'id iJtimnteled troop ; ni' • I .i ■ i ". • ■ :j 1 ol Koriiza. v hich - .i »illo in «!t Albania. C.-< ■ repaied Italian mechaniz ed c it'll!)'.- wrc hopelessly trapped noi lli ill K ,■ "i •;i and : . ources said one CMianin of 130 Italian tanks laid lied into Yugoslavia. (A Reuters tii.-paich from the Greek-Yugoslav frontier said 600 Italian troops and l.'W tanks crossed tiif border and surrendered to Yugo slavia authorities last night.) Tin' hard preyed Italians were re ported falling back i'n>iu Koritza to a new defense line 2o miles deep in Albania. All ;ii: ng the border battieiront. Greek military repoits indicated, the invasion of Greece, which the Ital ian lorees launched three weeks ago today, has turned into a desperate defense of Albania from fierce Greek counter drives. A government spokesman declar ed hist night tii.it Greek mountain troops who seized new heights com mending Koritza. springboard for the Italian invasion toward Phlorina and Salonika, had driven to the very gates of the fortified city. The Italians were reported fight ing a re;ir guard action there to cover the withdrawal under fire of strong forces which barely escaped being u-a pped. Italian troops, beaten back in re peated counter attacks intended to reinforce their weakening grip of the town, were said by the Greeks to l;e tailing back to new defense lines in ridges 25 miles from the Greek-Albanian frontier and 15 miles past Koritza. The motorized column reported cut off v. .1 • said t" have attempted a "l.et chance" dash through snow clogged mountain passes. Imhtic of ili' tanks as well ;i> other ali.iiidoned war material were report ed in Greek hand;; and Greek ad vane:* parti' v.vrr •-•aid to lime pen • t:••••'.« 'I ivif1l,w"s( nf Koril/a In ;i,e i'indus mountain s"et'ir, north ill the Greek town of Konitza. the (.5reeks were said !>.v a govern ph ill poke.-1nan to be pushing into Albania. British Ship Torpedoed Ii'in.e. Xi.w 18.—(A P)—The Itai iiin high coi ,mand reported today t; at ;i torpedo-dropping Italian war I .'ar.o find tii!pcdjcd a British cruder of the Leandcr lype at the intranet. "i Ale .\andi ia harbor, but Sailed t > .-tat? whether .-he was badly damag ed. (The Leandf r el as- ineluds the Leander, the Oran. the- Wptunc. the Achilles and the Aja:. the latter two of which participated in the sea fight which ended with the scuttling of the German pocket bat tleship. Admiral Graf Spec, and other notable sea incidents. (Vessels of 'his class have an average displacement of r.b iu* 7.000 tons. They are armed with eight six-inch guns, eight four-incher.; and 14 others and eight torpedo tubes. All have airplane catapults.) Si K IDE WIi 'i'v X.iv, IS.—(AP)—Airs. Al ma Smith Sutton. d'0d ' " g'"' of pistol wound- whi.-h C in^r V C. Ma'tin sai:' were -»Ii-.n?Ji--;'-'I M: 'tin said no inquest would be held. Reports Of Damage To Italian Warships Denied By Mussolini In Far East Post i Sir Robert Brooke-Popham Britain has named Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Royal Air Force marshal, to the newly-created post of commander-in-chief in the Far East, with headquarters in Singa pore. The announcement was made as Britain revealed it is sending re inforcements to the area in the face of indications that Japan is prepar ing for a new adventure in South east Asia. (Central Press) Raids Follow Week End Blows at Axis Ports From Germany to Somaliland. London. Nov. 18.—(AP)— Ger many's war-vitill industries in the rich Ruhr valley were reported at tacked heavily today by the royal air force in a quick follow np of week-end blows at axis ports from Homburg. Germany, to Mogadiscio, Somaliland. The air mini-try .-aid the main force of the British offensive last nigh! v as directed at the oil refiner ies of Gelsenkirchen, near the Dutch border. miVm1 plane- bombed the indus trial targets in the 1'uhr, il said, rail and river communications in the 'vc.-i' >'i< part of the reicli. tin: naval has'1 al Lorient in na/.i occupied Brittany, and airdromes in occupied territory. Even as the fliers struck, the 1!AF high command v.as shuffled to give the army an air arm more nearly i* own. concentrate the figbi'T cosn mand on solving night raid inter ce;i!ion. and breaking up :ia/.T bomb in'..' of convoys and possibly to co <• 'linato further United Stat" and B.'ti.-h plane production. Kngland had her own usual night long raids, but a (omm ni'jue t idav said tiie attack were not heavy and casualties an«l damage were expect ed to be light. Italian Dictator De clai *es He Would s,Never Turn Back" in Greek Campaign, De nying R e p o r ts of Greek Victories. I{oine. Nov. If!. (AIM Premier Mussolini declared today lho Ku ro pe:'n war must go i>n until England is annihiia1"d. 1 <»Iri his fascist chiefs tVir* Italians must be prepared for "more cvere" sacrifices, and said he ! v.*oiiId "never iurn back" in the Greek eampaign. "We have a million men under arms" he aid on the fifth anniver sary "| eeonomie sanctions against Itrs•. which grew out of the Ethio pian campaign "and we could call eight million more." M'i olipi. i>i his first speech since !t::ly's declaration of war June 1(1. den'"* '1 British claim- that half of Italy'- bat!I", hip: were put out of (! ion for a long time in an air raid < n the naval base at Taranto last week. He said only one battleship w • ''a1: aged so badly that she could not be repaired within a relatively shorl time. !!■• listed ltalv'< losses in the Grecl: campaign as 372 dead, 1.081 wounded ir>" m.ssing in the first ten days ol the Greek war. and shouted "they will be revenged. lor whatever hap pens I will never turn back." Mussolini declared that Italy was tinning nut four times more air planes than before the war. In the British raid on Taranto, Mussolini acknowledged three Ital ian ships were hit. but he said "none was sunk and only one of them, was the bulletin ol our armed forces an nounced. was seriously damaged and its repair will require a long time." "It is false. I say. that two other warships and two auxiliary vessels were sunk or hit or damaged even slightly in any way", he asserted. "It is a sign of bad conscience, this enlargement and multiplication by ix of the success which we acknowl edged." Turning to the war again-t Greece. -I (luce said the Greeks "hate Italy as no other people" although "the reason is a mystery." Greek foreign policy in recent years was based on this hatred, he charged, and he described it as a policy ol "absolute complicity with Great Britain." Papers found bv the German gen eral staff in France, he said, showed Greece had offered the allies all it-, ail- and naval bases since last May. "The rough mountains of Epimx and its muddy valleys do not lend themselves to lightning war," he ex plained. "I do not believe it worth the trouble to deny all the news given by Greek propaganda and its Kngli h loudspeaker. "That Julia alpine division which v.a suppo:ed to have suffered enor mous losses, fled and been pulverized by the Greek* was seen by General Sodrlu. who alter his visit telegraph ed me November 12; 'I went this morning to visit the Julia alpine di.i-on aim nusi report a nmg :iii cent iinpre., ion wa< brought back from thi: uperb unit, stronger than ever in its alpine rocks.' "With absolute certainly I tell you v."< will br'-ak Greece's back. Wheth er in two month- or twelve months it little matters. "The war has barely begun. We have men and means to annihilate .11 Greek resistance. Knglish aid can not prevent accomplishment ol this ;rr :-t firm proposal." Stewart Savs United States «/ May Take Over Martinique i'.v CHARLES 1\ STiAVAKT Central I*!ess ('oiitmmst Washington, 13.--A, I've Iv 'i occasion to remark beiore, iho navy dcjjui iir.cnt i.-:i i it :i.;iWik;; n il'c.-t activity in the Caribbean. if. a matter ui guesswork. Howeve;. the. guessing In U"a:hinglMi iui. .-.mint ed down to a pretty confident . that Uncle San. i» about to charge of the French i land o! Mar tinique Mild n:;iybe • <:' the Vi-rid in Gi ad- loupe also. S'-riie gutf- ' ur< that it will bo done by December at the latest. II so. thv proceeding will not be exclusively this country'.-. I! will bo ."^.m-Amei ican. But we'll d< ii f» actual occupying. The id"a isn't to deprive Franc, of r V»Y-t Indian pi st- 'tis p.-r i htr: r.:' to j*> while the w::v '■ •» " 11 -'t that. to prevent their tran b r >>v ti; French tn German mana^,: men) ii MT'.et, though perhaps not iiomiM.-il. fi » sing iifjaiii, th«- W.*i hing'.'/n adminhlralion i said to have lormalion ;i«cit Genua:: aviators aie bv aig iiuiiit.Toii.-ly smuggled onto the two island-', particulai iy Martinique. !roni the .Mexican ea t tua.'-t Sroni Central America and from the northern South American ma..i l-iiid. The islands, to be sure, an blockaded by the IJritisn. now that Fiance is under the Xa/.i thumb. Stili. the patrol can't be maintain'ri strictly enough to guard against la:;rl , ings. i ":w m«n at a time, if they have the nerve to ferry themselves over in small craft and put into orl iof-the-way places on the insular fringes. It isn't a method by which any thing like an army can gain a foot ' '»I:1 i \ either Martinique or Guhd (('ontinned «»n I'age Four}