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oritisn l roops Un the Move in Egypt
• tor.vments m Egypt leave their camp for a route march. These troops, because ot military
have had the opportunity to accustom themselves to conditions of desert warfare. That expc
; .v comes in handy as the British launch their offensive against the Italians on the Sidi Barrani
front in western Egypt.
Nazis Pound Midlands
Assaults On
London Fail
Italians Lose j
Positions
I
In Albania
Birmingham Area and
Surrounding Midlands
Raided; London Un
der Alarm 14 Hours.
Li \P — German
•>eci " .ce at London
; <-netr sting the cap!-'
r'ter pound'ng the in-1
i and sur
ci- * wn> d ring the
y unci explosi\ e
• .• raid alarm :
- • : . ;4 hours.
: hit in the Bir-1
< > \ churches.
. -.vie theatres.
:»nd public shel
Brit.>h reports
< : military ob
ov rcuCters. > i
~ *h€ scale of the mid-!
I'tes were not
i he.:vy. Many |
xt:s !"*f'd b With the}
i■ : :»htei-s they
.' 'U'.i. -fled •>!• :>! ought
•• •. ii' ;i-h reported,
itt b .rrage in the
v. u- heavier than
ih.i' >! it ■»!' the air!
• v (i «•!■ t!<r first
scored by a Brit
- ■ newly equipped
the royal air force
e shelled a German
explode into bits;
ant;-;, ire: aft sheli."
aircralt" were re-j
• '• ii inij try nl in forma-'
• n ri« -t roved today.
Hi .viIAN BORDER
GUARD IN CLASH
. (,\ T' i —Red!
^ i vported today
ad b' f.'ii killed, two'
•ifi 'j:: captured in a j
with .in armed
*'::itrduer>." Tho loea
'>i tne light wore not
f" a Moscdw news-j
i u the encounter;
■■rl twj Soviet detach-1
■i the hand at the bor
re nforcenient*. and
•• 'i -n the band after a
•i»e of fire.
Alliens. Dec. 12.—(AP>—Italian I
lorces were reported today to have
attempted counter attacks at two I
points in the northern sector in A1-!
i-ar.w. only to be driven back by the!
Greeks with heavy losses and to lose j
the positions from which they at- j
lacked.
The Greeks were said to have cap-!
tured many prisoners and much war j
material.
Italian prisoners were quoted as >
saying that British royal air force
and Greek attacks on the airdromes
at Durrazzo and Tirana, main port
and the capital of Albania respective
!y. had been so effective that the
Italians had abandoned the fields.
A pilot of a reconnaissance plane
reported that damage at Vaiona. a
secondary port of entry into Albania,
had rendered use of the harbor im
practicable for larger vessels. Pier.
and jetties were said to have been
turned into masses of splintered
wood and rubble.
Meanwhile. Greek fighting men
driving up the south Albanian coast
from Porto Edda toward the heights
of Chimara. 20 miles to the north,
are meeting scant resistance from
retreating Italians, a Greek spokes-1
man asserted but he acknowledged j
"very stubborn opposition in other,
sectors."
(From Yugoslavia came dispatcher,
saying fascist forces had wiped out
minor Greek gains northwest of
Moskopole and west of Pogradetz in
the northern part of the Albanian
front.)
Negro Servant
Confesses To
Rape Charge
Greenwich. Conn., Dec. 12. (AP>
—A Negro ehauffeur-butl#- who. As
sistant Prosecutor Archibald II.
Tuniek said, confessed thrice assault
ing a comely Greenwich society ma
tron and later hurling her into a 1
lonely reservoir, laced further grill
ing today after arraignment on a
rape charge.
Tunick said that when the servant.
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New State Administration
Likely To Propose Changes
At Least Four Agencies
Daily Impatch Bureau,
I>i ih«* Sir \VnIi«r Hotel.
Kv 11KXK!' A VERILL
i -> Keorganization
: i,r; ol ;«t least four
c St,itc government is
m the 1941 Gen
•, y: though there is no
Umt anything much will
• ■. the proposal*.
■ ^anizat ions iikely to be
• i I) Utility Commission:
,.iict F>ul>l it* Works C orn
State A AC Board: and
(■»; ii ication Authority.
'-h'UK-e. too, that
■ other units such as the Unemploy
ment Compensation Commission and
! the Weights and Measures Division
J of the Department of Agriculture'
may come in for some consideration j
in the way of revamping, transfer- j
! ring or re-shuffling.
! These proposals for reorganizations i
i and consolidations will be something
i more than mere replacement of dc- J
partment heads who did not support
next-Governor J. Melville Broughton
in the May primary; and will go!
much further, if they go at all. than
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*,
California Repub
lican Representative
Charges interference
With Defense.
Washington. Dec. !2.—(AP)—Re-1
presentativo L • land M. Furd, Re
publican. California. chained on the!
House lioor t'.dav that the CIO had i
"done everything it possibly could to I
di.-tiirb. di. ii i - and destroy the na-;
tional defense program."
in a sharp denunciation of the la- j
bor organization Ford—to a cry by ;
Representative Yoorhics. Democrat.!
California. tl'.at in- was making "wild
statements"—charged:
"In their attempt to destroy air- j
plane prodiu tion they called a strike j
at Yultee. they stopped delivery of :
planes t!;at are necessary to our army |
for training our men.
"Tlv y are -triking against the ship
building operators.
"There have been jurisdictional
-trikc^ that have slowed down and |
interfered with our national defense I
program.
"They are advocating and putting |
(Conlirmed on Page Seven)
CAA Plans
Construction
Wrisiiiru^to;i. i>. e. 12.— (AI1) —A I
» ;ii111'ii't construction nnd
improvement program was made
public today v'!i .Ik- annouucment j
it would cono-n'rah- on actual take- '
olT and lanciinv. facilities at 200 sites j
throughout the '"nil mental United
States. Hawaii and Alaska.
The work, t<» be conducted by the
Civil A«Ton;.:itic.» Authority, under I
an appt'oprial :"n marie by Congress
in October, was termed "necessary to
the national defense" by a priority
board e -nsi-.ting of 'lie secretaries
of War. Navy and Commerce.
••Improvements under the program
have l>een limileci •" development of
actual landing IV.ei lilies as these are
essential." -aid Colonel Donald H.;
Connolly, administrator of civil aero
nautics. "None of our funds are be
ing i! ed for builc'.vr hangars or oth
er I'aeilitio: !!->♦ actually a part of the
landing field."
Dutch Ship
Seizes Nazi
Merchantman
Washington. Dec. 12.—(AP)— The
Dutch dt -trover Van Kinsbcrgen. a !
surprise companion of British men-j
o'-wyr on Atlantic blockade duty,
today had accounted for the last of
three German merchant ships which
slipped out of the harbor at Tam
pieo. Mexico.
The Van Kinsbcrgen took posses
sion of the Rhein. (5,031 ton German
craft, off the coast of Cuba, naval
authorities here announced last |
(Continued on Page Seven)
Italians In Mass
Retreat In Egypt
LORD LOTHIAN
IS DEAD AFTER
SHORT ILLNESS
Roosevelt
Is 41Shocked"
By Death
Washington. Bee. 12.—(AP)—
President Roosevelt vaid today
in a message to Kins George that
lie was "shocked beyond meas
ure" at news of the death of Lord j
Lothian, the British ambassador.
The President's message, which
originated aboard the U. S. S.
Tuscaloosa in the Caribbean sea.
sa id:
"1 am shocked beyond measure
to hear of the sudden passing of
my old friend and your ambas
sador. the .Marquess of Lothian.
"Through nearly a quarter of
a century we had come to un
derstand and trust each other.
"1 am very certain that if he
had been allowed by Providence j
to leave us a last message he
would have told us that the
greatest of all efforts to retain !
democracy in the world must and j
will succeed."
The United States government
offered "all facilities at our dis
posal" to the British government
in connection with the death of
Lord Lothian, and it was believ
ed in some quarters that an
American warship might be used
to carry the ambassador's body j
home.
Loans Must
Be Approved
Morgenthau Says
Congress Must Con-|
sent to Loans for Great
Britain, if Made.
Wasl/ngton. Dee. 12.— (A P)—Sec
retary Morgenthau declared today
that the Treasury would consider
lending money to Great Britain only!
if congressional consent was obtain-!
cd.
Joining Jesse H. .i"iies, the Fed-;
eral loan administrator, in defining |
this policy, Morgenthau said at a!
prbss conference:
"Irrespective of any interpreta-1
lions any lawyers might give (of the]
Treasury's power to lend money
without the specific consent of Cong- j
ress) 1 certainly would not be a)
party to any loan to Great Britain or I
any other country coming under the
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RAF Bombs
Power Plant
London, Dcce 12.—(AP)—High
explosives and incendiary bombs
were dropped by the royal air force
on a power station at Mannheim,
Germany, "main objective" of last
night's raids, the air ministry news
service said today.
Fires broke out and were still
raging when the last RAF plane
turned homeward, the service said.
The inland port of Mannheim, in
dustrial town on the Rhine. was also
bombed.
There were several fires which
eventually caused heavy explosions.
Docks at Calais. Boulogne and i
Etaples were "badly knocked about" j
during the night, the service added, j
The RAF also attacked German |
airdromes in occupied terirtory, los
ing one plane in the assault, the
service said.
(jJsuodthsi))
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy with occasional show
ers in west portion tonight and
Fridav and in east portion late
tonight and Friday, warmer. !
British Ambassador to
United States Suc
cumbs in Washington
to Uremic Infection;
Was Taken 111 Sunday
Night,
Washington, Dec. 12.—(AD—Lord
Lotlvin. 'In- British ambassador to
tho United States died today.
His embassy made this announce
ment on the death
Ol llll' lllclll W1IU
h a d represented
Britain's interest
in t h e United
States since four
days before h i s
country declared
Wei'" "P Germany:
"The British em
bassy deeply re
grets to have to
announce that the
Marquess of Loth
—. , mn cuea cany uii.s
Lord Lotliian m„min{,.
"Lord Luthian
was taken ill on Sunday night and
although he c< ntinued to improve
during Monday and Tuesday, he suf
fered a.relapse last night.
"The cause of death was an uremic
infection."
Lothian. 58. had been indisposed
several days, lie cancelled an ap
pearance last night before the Amer
ican Farm Bureau Federation in
Baltimore and the speech he had pre
pared for delivery before the fed
eration was read for him.
In the Baltimore speech Lothian
reiterated a stand he had taken with
increasing seriousness in recent
weeks—that England would triumph
in the war if given American aid.
The envoy had won a high place
in the esteem of members of the dip
lomatic set.
Lord Lothian once beiieved that
Adolf Hitler was "earnestly" de
sirous of peace and he advocated an
Anglo-German pact. Then came
Munich and Hitler's seizure first of
the Sudetcnland and then of all of
Czechoslovakia. From that time on
Lothian was convinced that the only
way to deal with Hitler and Mus
solini was through superior power.
Bankers Fear
End Of Free
Enterprise
Hollywood, Fla., Doc. 12.—(AH—
The Investment Hankers Association
of America. through its governmen
tal securities eomniittee today claim
ed the nation is "moving away Irom
the system of free enterprise to a
I'orm ol' state security capitalism."
In it^- report, approved by the as
sociation's board of governors and
submitted to the annual convention,
the committee said:
"This is not a healthy condition
for a country facing an armament
program, war economy and a cer
tain post-war economic strain."
It attributed the trend in large
part to the government's policy of
making credit rates low (easy money)
saying:
"Incomes of insurance companies,
savings banks, trust funds, college
and charitable endowment funds are
being seriously reduced by the ab
normal reduction on return on in
vested capital, and stresses and
(Contnued on Page Seven.)
lOjj&Efggfffl fOR'HEfC
New Swiss Leader
%
Dr. Ernest Wetter
President of Switzerland during
1941 will he Dr. Ernest Wetter,
member of the Swiss Federal Coun
j cil, shown at his desk in the capital
city of Berne, lie will continue
Switzerland's difficult policy of
strict neutrality.
(Central Press)
Defended
i Commissioner Scott
Criticizes Walter-Lo
gan Bill in Address at
Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill. Dee. 12.—(AP>— Com
missioner John \\". Scott of the Feel
er;)! Power Commission defended the
necessity of federal regulatory bodies
and criticized the Walter-Logan bill,
now aw;.iting presidential action, in
an address here today.
Speaking before the University of
North Carolina law school, the com
; missioncr declared the Walter-Logan
bill providing for court review of
: the actions of governmental boards
I and agencies would '"strangle effec
| tive regulation and cause innumer
able delays in the administrative
j process."
! Il( expressed the hope that federal
! regulation of water power resources
i now lacing a challenge before the
| United States supreme court in the
J Appalachian Power Company case
I would o ■ upheld.
Al JiPOSOfll V^Oim iii.nmwiii-: 'in
j tin.' student.1: [acuity present,
I "less ill.ill 20 percent of tlie tuition's
I water tvsourccs has to date been de
j veloped for power purpose:- and the
I estimated annual er.ergy output from
j feasible undeveloped water power
I rite in '.he country amount lo 273.
I (100,(1(111,000 Kilowatt hours." which lie
! said was more than double the pro
j duclioii and consumption "l I,i t year.
The coiuinissioner declared the
! power commission had not prevented
the Carolina Aluminum Company
| from proceeding with a proposed
hydroelectric developnient at Tuck
i ertown «.mi the Yadkin river.
The body went no further, lie said,
than to render an opinion that a fed
I oral license would be necessary for
I the project because of the influence
l of the stream on the navigable
waters oi the I'ee Dee river in South
! Carolina.
The company, he added, never ask
I ed for a license.
3 Divisions
Possibly
Are Trapped
Latest Estimate af
Prisoners Exceeds 20,
000, With T anks, Guns
and Equipment of All
Types, Cairo Com
munique Says.
| London. Doc. 12.— (A11) With 11 if*
British claiming more than 20.000
prisoner-: :md reports to London of ;i
general Italian retreat, Prime Min
, istcr Winston Churchill told coin
i nums today it would not bo surpris
ing if at least the best part of three
Italian divisions were trapped in the
Egyptian desert.
A communique from Cairo said
"the latest estimate of prisoner,
taken exceeds 2(1,000 with tanks, guns
and equipment of all types."
Thus was summed up briefly the
British view of the result of the four
day British offensive which carried
their mechanical forces to tiie Medi
terranean coast and into the Italian
base at Sidi Barrani, advance Egypt
ian post of Marshal Rodolfu Graz
ianis I'm cos.
Churchill, cheered wildly as he
spoke. s;iid 7.000 Italian prisone .
already had reached Mntruh, the
British camp at the railhead of the
line running eastward across the
coast to Alexandria.
"It would not be surprising." lie
said, "if numerous Black Shirt for
mations had been either destroyed
1 oi- captured."
The prime minister said the Brit
1 ish weie still pursuing the Italians
westward v itli the royal air force
I supporting the attack and the navy
I shelling the principal road open to
, the fascist forces.
■ Hi- observed that it was "too car
I ly" to measure the scale of Briti h
operations, but said it was 'clear
i they constitute a victory which *n
this African theatre of w; r is of the
' lirst order."
, (The three Italian divisions to
I which he referred may number from
42.000 to 51,000 men.)
A I'etiteis. British news agency,
dispatch from Kgypt said the latest
royal air forces reconnaissance
flight data indicated a general Ital
ian retreat, was developing.
Italians Taken
!
Entirely
By Surprise
I5.v l inVARI) KI..WKI)V.
With the British IForce-; in
Kgypt, Dec. 10. f delayed) (AT'j ■
The advance British troops who
opened the groat Kgyjitian offensive
against Marshal Modolfo f»ra/iani's
forces took Iho It;i 1 i;ms entirely by
suijirisc Jitter skillfully executed
l>re|)«ir;ilory moves h;id carried thewn
undetected ;jcross 75 miles of desert
wasteland.
The righting started early Mon
day and has been going forward ever
since. The IJritish have been routing
the fascists at numerous points in the
(('outlined on Page Seven.)
Financing Of Smaller
Businesses Made Easier
BY ROGKR \V. BABSOX.
Copyright 1940, Publishers
Financial Bureau.
Now York City. Dec. 12.—It be
comes more and more apparent that
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission has done a remarkable job
in protecting the interests ol the av
erage investor. The commission has
proved a good watch dog ol' the mar
ket. Originally, the SEC Act of 1933
called for registration of ali
security offerings to the public
in excess of $30,000. This ceiling was
raised some time ago in certain cases.
The commission announced on De
cember that domestic is-uers of .se
curity issues up to SI00.000 are now
e.\t mp' from the r< gistiMtion pro
I visions of the act. They need not
even fill out a prospectus. This will
prove a great aid to small concerns.
It is a step in the- right direction by
the SEC. The commission should,
however, move the lid over a little
more and ultimately put the ex
i emption up to S500.00Q.
1 The SEC has never used the pow
! er of the law embraced in the Se
< curity Act to it.- fuilest extent. I be
! lieve the coinmi.-sion is conscious of
i its power but. at the same time, is
resolved to treat business gently.
Small businesses, now in need of new
capital, -nould immediately take ad
vantage of the new and simplified
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