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Duce Says War Must Go On
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i a/ian Forces Reported Falling Back
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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.
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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:;<l:.ti\e attention
and to a ee; lain what will be the
attitude oi" near-Governor .1. M.
'Jrooghten t.,v.ard these issues as
i.i I ;• his r>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 ! <a lighted torch he jumped
cie'vn his own throat.
That's about what we ol the news
p r fan ily have been doing in
pubh ! :im pontifical proclamations
of w?:"it is likely to happen to this
official wlv» didn't support Brough
ton in the primary. and to that de
paj tm« nt head who did. The public
prints have consigned the former to
outer uarkness and have landed the'
latter in political clover, but it has
all been done with the lighted torch
of the writers' own imagining. Mr.
B rough ton. like "Ole Man River"
hist "ain't say nothin' and there
still isn't the" .dighiest authority foi
iij ?'•»• predictions so far made.
Not only that, but there doesn't
• rcm even remote chance that Mr
Broughton intends to commit him
.(\'l in iirlvt1 *"*<•%'* <'l \v!'*:tevrr «lctft• r
Hoes take and ;>u inspired prug
nosiications <ii this that an i the
thing will be just thai- "inspired" by
somebody who is dointj a lot of wish
iui thinking.
But while Mr. Broughion is un
predictable. the next General As
sembly isn't. At leas'., it is easy io
predict must of the issues with which
it will be confronted, and almost as
easy to give, in a very general way.
what it will do about those issues;
although ol course only in broad
outline and not in detail.
First battle, of course, will be elec
tion of a speaker in the Mouse and
a president pro tern in the Senate.
The first is highly important, the
second purely a conic t for an honor
ary post.
There seems a growkv; impre -.ion
that (icius Mull wdi carry on She
\ el'):/ tradition-* • »i the "Shelby
Gain:." but thai very thought is
making his ;na:n i|»p n« nt. <' .*ge
[ II. work the ha.iter, ai-l th mo
•eeins litiio reason ti behove ih n.1
!he pri/.e ha- vel been * on by eiiher.
Over in the Senate, .'ohn i). Ivir
of .1 nies and Archie Gay of
Northampton are running a niei*rv
race for pre ica-nt |>ro '"in. but one
:--o <juid that n s pre iiction • >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 <t-i Lewis
partisans, many 01 wiiom e l»een
o;!tspuk .• m tin ir dc.ii.and that
Lc.vi.: give tip his plan to retire a;!
CIO president.
Leonard Goldsmith. e\ee t vc s< c
rciaiy in the New Jvr.iy CIO coun
cil. nt»'ci !/ .\i a "i.ie real lead- >
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 ■ <la n •.! . ,ey saw n> ;
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 <i
" ! : I! ;.tJ !•;; snd r;:.in:C
i" ' ' -i • . ■ !•
:r; ■!•'•> 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<l.- tin
reai purpose e: . ea I'o i>;; 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}