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Britain Strikes Back in Three Directions
' suffering Britain is now striking: back hard at the Axis in three directions. British bombers are
-.-••rH to have inflicted heavy damage in a raid on Naples, Italy. In Africa, mechanized British forces
a-, viiil to have pushed the Italians out of Egypt and to be invading Italian Libya. Other British bombers
- t i<-; Berlin and scored a direct hit on a subway line, disrupting transportation. Adding to the Axis woes,
i.ireek army reportedly is cornering Italy's would-be invader troops in the Albanian port of Valona in
a trap that threatens to be a second Dunkerque. (Central I'rcss)
Roosevelt Proposes New Plan
To Give Britain Aid On Credit
Gentleman's Agree
ment Would Provide
for Settlement After
Peace For Munitions;
Plan To Be Presented
to Congress.
,• Dec. IB.—(AP)— An
• plan for backing Brit
• • without considering
z - on the bill went to
" today with President
>n »uncement that the
• ■ n:e defense ol the United
'• the success of Great Brit
lending herself.
>r -...d i short of war" program
«ci character be adopted,
"..itive source predicted.
>'d States would buy and
. ' F'-giand at least S2.300.000.
"f tanks, airplanes and
: • nis before the end of
' •• • .r. arrangements would
: repayment of this help
■•id" under a gentleman's
- "• " between the two coun
• Ftoo.-evelt devoted most
nute press conference yes
describing the plan—a
idea, he termed it—and
t ' - that it was one of sev
->emg explored.
" <" >>f Executive, in response
• ' s;,id the plan would not
" ' country closer t<» war from
' i" viewpoint. He pointed
• the United States was doing
<* ild at present and asserted
method merely would
vaking aid available,
ief. the idea calN for leas
- ^riding Britain all the ma
''" < "d supplies she would need
' 1 und postponing the ac
"^tfleinent until peace came.
• fi'i'-scveit said he intended to
mov.- Congress for legislation
:,r/! appropriations to put this ten
fContinued on Page Seven)
FBI Arrests
Payroll Thief
. ' : 1>'C. IB. — (AD—The
*• Bureau <>[ Investigation an
'■'■d fodav that agents had ar
' : Leroy Wells. 24, for the
-ni.lll from payroll funds
' itt/f-ns and Southern Na
f- i; .-'t Savannah, Ga., N'>
L'!.
Kf'.I agents said they had re
' 'i S>4..">53 after seizing Wells
t night.
-»'i;eau iti a formal statement
"i!- had iidn»itted the theft.
' 'U-rnfnt gave this story:
'■ employed as manager of an
fi ear service at Savannah
y.' cashed a payroll check for
;i* th»- bank. It was his dutv
the payroll at the bank foi
• »" of ii construction firm,
cashing the check Wells told
'•mployees that he had beer
" Charlotte. N. C. A shortage
i:Mcvered after he left.
' FBI record showed that hr
_ ' arrested for larceny of an
'■nilc at Salisbury, N. C., ir
• - rid sentenced to the East Car
1 i'Jiining School, from which he
■ ' •!! I-'Ebnieiry 1930.
President Vetoes
Logan-Walter Bill
Princess Juliana
Visits Washington
I I
Washington, Dec. 18.—(AP)—
An exiled royal princess from
the land of tulips, wooden shoes
and windmills {raveled to the
capital today on her first visit to
i the United States.
Juliana, crown princess of the
Netherlands, was invited to
spend three days at the White
House as the guest of the Presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt.
The princess is making the trip
1 by rail from Ottawa. Canada.
Undersecretary of State Sum
ner Welles and other officials ar
ranged a welcome for the royal
party.
When the Germans invaded
Holland last May, Queen Wil
helmina. the crown princess and
her husband. Prince Bernhard.
and their two children sought
refuge in England. Juliana
brought her daughters to Canada
i in June.
I
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Truck Driver
Dies In Crash
i
i Rocky Mount, Dec. Ifi.--(AP)—
, Nathaniel Ward. 26. of Greenville.
I was kill or! near Whitakcrs early to
day when the loaded applf truck h<
j was driving was* reported to have
j crashed into the hack of a heavy van.
Highway Patrolman T. M. Riddle.
• who investigated the accident, said
that Ward's truck apparently came
up behind the van. which was mov
ing southward, and crashed before
| the driver of the smaller truck real
i i/.ed there was another vehicJc in the
! load. The patrolman expressed the
opinion Ward "may have fallen
j asleep momentarily". The cab of the
j apple truck had to be pried loose be
fore Ward's body could be removed.
The driver of the van was iden
tified as Nathaniel Bcal of Mt. Olive.
Mannheim
Raided Again!
London, Dec. 18. — (AP) —The
royal air force for the second suc
cessive night attacked industrial tar
gets at Mannheim, Germany, on the
Rhine and bombed German-held
channel ports and airdromes, the air
ministry announced today.
j The attacks were carried out de
' spite bad weather.
Britain passed apparently her
; quietest night in weeks after a bomb
less day. The air ministry and minis
j try of home security communique
i said tersely:
I "There ij nothing lu report."
Roosevelt Asserts He
Is Convinced Measure
Would "Produce the
Utmost Chaos and
Paralysis" at This
Critical Time
Washington. Dec. 18—(AP)—Pres
ident Roosevelt vetoed the Logan
Walter bill today in a message as
serting he was convincd that it
would "produce the utmost chaos
and paralysis in the administration
or the government at this critical
time".
"I am convinced." the President
wrote t',- the House, "that it is an
invitation to endless and innumera
ble controversies at a moment when
wc can least afford to spend either
governmental or private effort in the
luxury of litigation."
The bill, center nf a congressional
controversy fur months, was design
ed by its sponsors to establish uni
form procedure and facilitate court
reviews of administrative rulings of
certain quasi-judicial federal agen
cies.
House leaders made plans to call
no the veto during the afternoon.
With a twqjthirds vote necessary to
override the' velo in both House and
Senate, Democratic chieftains were
hoping to muster enough strength
1o sustain the President.
The Chief Executive said tha*
quite apart from the general philos
ophy of Ihc measure "its unintention
al inclusion of defense fi!|i(!liou>
<Tould require my disapproval al
this time."
"Apart from a disagreement with
the general philosophy of legal
rigidity manifest in some provisions
of the bill," he asserted. "I am con
vinced that it would produce Ihc ut
most chaos and paralysis in the ad
ministration of the government at
this critical time."
In conclusion, he wrote:
"Today, in sustaining American
ideals of justice an ounce of action is
worth more than a pound of argu
ment. For these reasons I return the
bill without my approval."
Speaker Rayburn and Representa
tive McCormack of Massachusetts,
Democratic floor leader, discussed
the House vote outlook with Mr.
Roosevelt before the veto message
was iead. Rayburn told reporters
afterward that the vote would be
"very close".
He estimated that from 300 to 323
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TWO BRAKEMEN DIE
IN WRECKED TRAIN
Omaha. Dec. 18.— CAP) —Twc
brakemen were killed in a train
crash in the Salt Lake City train
yards today. Union Pacific headquar
ters here announced.
The crash occurred when the
Pacific Limited crashed into the rear
end of a freight train.
No one aboard the Pacific Limited
was injured.
Italians Retreat
Work Begins On Defense Sites
Hemisphere
Base Chain
To Be Built
Central and South
American Countries
To Develop Sites With
United States Money
For Use of All.
Washington, Doc. H».--(AI>)—Ac- j
tual work has started, authoritative •
sources revealed today, t.n the selec
tion and sui-veying of a chain of air
and naval bases in South and Cen
tral America.
The inter-American bases—which
will be made available to the air
and naval forces of all 21 American ;
republics—were described as out- j
posts in the establishments cf an im- i
pregnable defense system to insure
the western hemisphere against ag
gression from either Europe or Asia. |
The defense sites will )>c provided, j
it was said, byt the South and Ccn-1
tral American republics and will re
main their property without leases
or any change in sovereignity.
The United States, by loans to the
various nations, will finance im
provements where required, includ
ing expansion of existing facilities (
for servicing and repairing ships
and planes and the fortification of
the bases, these sources aid.
While most of the bases and sites
already have been electd thir lo?
cations and other deta.-1-4 were class
ed as "military secrets". In each in
stance the decision on the bases
was reached by the military and
naval authorities of the country in
volved working in collaboration with
United States officials.
The United States has advanced
no funds for the proposed bases as
yet. informed sources said, but
money will be made available, prob
ably through the Export-Import
Bank immdiately upon formal con
clusion of negotiations now under
way.
Marshall
Blasts Plan
i
(Head of No-Foreign
War Committee Terms
Roosevelt's Aid Plan
"Fantastic".
N«>w York, Dec. !M.—(AT')—Verne
Marshall, chairman of Iho newly or
ganized No-Foreign-Wnr committee,
today called "fantastic" President
Roosevelt's proposal to take over fu
ture British war contracts with
American manufacturers and to lend
the armaments to Britain.
At the same time he told a
press conference that Col. Charlss
A. Lindbergh had pledged his sup
IKirt to the committee.
"I'll do anything this committee
wants me to do," Marshall said Lind
bergh told him.
The committee was set up, Mar
shall said yesterday, to "help keep
( the nation out of war."
In his comment on the President's
proposal to lend arms to Britain.
Marshall said in a statement:
"Of all the fantastic financial pro
posals made these last several years
at Washington none compares in any
degree to President Roosevelt's plan
that would bind th American peo
ple to finance England's war out
right from this point on.
"And even more unbelievable is
the President's bland assertion that
his scheme would enable the people
oi Amrica to finance the j est of Eng
land's war without the repeal of the
neutrality act or the Johnson act.
" . . What President Roosevelt is
proposing is that Congress pass a law
giving one man—himself— the au
thority to do something which n?
other man or woman in the United
States would dare do so long as the
neutrality law and the Johnson act
| are not repealed."
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FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy: slightly warmer
in west portion tonight: Thurs
day increasing cloudiness, slight
ly warmer, followed' by slight
j rain at night.
Warplane
Production
Is Speeded
New York, Dec. 18,--(AP)—Aji |
i-utput of 1,500. In 1,700 warp lanes a i
month—a rate of 18.000 to 20.000 a J
vrar—will bo achieved by American ,
factories in the next seven months, j
reliable sources in Ihe aircraft manu-j
f;,during industry eslimalcd today.
Considerably shy of the pcitodic j
forecast of production since last Au- j
gust, these figures are based on the (
available engines, machine tools, j
aluminum and the supply of trained
factory personnel.
This fact can be added to Ihc
statement of William S. Knudsen,
production chief of the national de
fense commission, last week that air
craft production was 30 percent be- I
hind schedule—the industry itself ap- |
pears to have been overly optimistic I
in reporting its capacity to Washing- 1
ton.
Figures submitted to the defense !
commission by aircraft makers last !
summer intended to picture the pro- |
duction peak which could be reach
ed in January included all types of :
airplanes, private, commercial and !
military.
That led Knudsen on August 8 to I
announce that the rate of airplane: |
manufacture was 10.800 a year and
would pass the 18,000 mark in Jan
uary.
The actual production of military
aircraft by American manufacturers
in this calendar year will be slightly
in excess of 5.000 machines.
With the more conservative fig
ures as a barometer, warplane out
put during the coming year lakes on
a much less dismal appearance than
that reflected in the Knudsen state
ment. The engine problem, probably
the worst of the many facing the in
dustry, has been made more critical
by shipments of engines to England
to power British - manufactured
planes.
GOLDSlBORO MAN
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
AT FAYETTEVILLE
Fayetteville, Dec. 18.—(AP)—Desk
Sergeant Nathan Bell said that a
man staggered into the police sta
lion here late last night and gasped
that he had just taken poison. He
identified himself, Bell said, as Wil
son Williams, 24, of Goldsboro and
was booked on a charge of stealing
a taxicab.
The man was rushed to a hospital
for immediate treatment. His condi
tion was termed critical.
Nazis Deny Report
I Of Sending Troops
. Berlin. Dec. 18.—(AP)—Authoriz
ed sources flatly denied today re
ports (hat 50,000 German troops had 1
rrached an Italian port bound for
Libya.
(The Columbia Broadcasting Com
pany's correspondent in Belgrade
said in a broadcast last night that
according to reliable sources in
Yugoslavia more than 50,000 German
troops had moved quietly into Italy,
presumably to embark for Libya and |
Albania to aid the Italians.)
Adult Education Program
Past "Experimental Stage"
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
Fn the Sir Walter Hotel.
By HENRY AVERILL
R;jlcigh, Dcc. 18.—Heads of the (
adult education division of North
Carolina's Department of Public In
struction believe that their program
has completed the "experimental"
stage—a period of probation, so to
speak—and they feel that their ac
tivities should now be carried on as j
a "regular working" division of the
Department.
That belief and that fceljng were
behind the division's request to the
Advisory Budget Commission for an
increase in its appropriation from
S30.000 to $145,000. They realize that
such a tremendous percentage in
crease can only be justified on a
basis of accomplishment; but they are
confident that an examination of the
division's record will furnish all the
justification necessary.
In a brief for the division, sub
mitted to the budget commission,
Mrs. Elizabeth Morris, its director,
reviewed the work of her division
smO? its authorization by the 1937
General Assembly (which provided a
meager appropriation of §25,000) and
declared its has proved its practical
value through Ihc leaching ot illiler-.
jitcs, through getting public schooi i
children back in .school, through j
home making, parent education, nur
sery schools, safety, health and civic,
education.
"The superintendents who have I
participated are 100 per cent for ex-!
pansion of the program", said the■
brief.
Chief purpose of the division is to J
make possible organization of a pro
gram of adult education in every |
county of the State and with the 1
SI45.000 requested, an opportunity!
would be offered to make this a!
reality.
The larger fund would make pos-1
sible. Mrs. Morris explains:
(1) A full time white worker and,
a full time Negro worker for a maxi- ■
mum of 20 counties to be paid for j
entirely from State funds. These
counties would be the ones least able
to pay for a program of adult edu
cation. as determined by income.
(2) A county director and teacher
in each ol the other counties which
appropriate money to match State
funds. This would be possible if all
the other 80 counties should apply
for funds. It could not be expected,
however, that all of the counties
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Wins Her Wings
Alice Abbott
First co-ed at Dickinson College at
Carlisle, Pa., to win her wings un
der the CAA student pilot training;
program is Alice Abbott, of Phila-j
delphia. Conquering new fields is
becoming a habit with her. Last
spring she broke tradition by win
ning her letter on the men's varsity
tennis team.
(Central Press)
Sub Attack
Unloosed
Three Ships in North
Atlantic Report Tor
pedoings Within Four
Hour Period.
New York. Dec. 18.—(AP)— Sub
marines unloosed another attack
against British-controlled shipping in
the Ninth Atlantic today, torpedoing
two large tankers and another steam
er at two-hour intervals several hun
dred miles west of the Hebrides.
At 9:40 a. m. (EST) the 10,746-ton
Dutch tanker. Pendrecht reported she
had been torpedoed. Two hours later
the Norwegian tanker Dalfonn
radioed a similar report. At 1:35 p.
m. came still another message of a
torpedo attack, this time from Ihc
British steamer Napier Star. 12.19li
tons.
All the reports were heard by
Mackay Radio. The first two ships
said they were about .350 miles west
of the Hebrides; the Napier Star gave
her position as about 250 miles far
ther west.
The tankers were attacked about
60 miles from where the British pas
senger liner Western Prince was tor
pedoed last week.
Sixteen persons, including six pas
sengers and ten crewmen, probably
perished in 1he sinking of the West
ern Prince, i' was disclosed today
when Canadian Munitions Minister
C. 1). Howe and other survivors
reached a British west coast port.
Among the known dead were Gor
don Scott of Montreal, financial ad
visor to Howe, and Captain John
Reed, who stayed with his ship.
"I was in the last boat to get
;:way," How said, "and we stayed
around to pick up the captain who
hailed us and said lie might need us."
Farces Fall
BackToward
Derna, Libya
Ethiopian Tribesmen
Reported in Revolt,
Further Threatening,
Mussolini's Dream of
African Empire; Oth
er War News.
(By The Associated Press.)
Indications of a general Italian re
treat in the ten-day old battle of
North Africa arose today as tijo Brit
ish royal air torce reported fascist
troops were falling back toward
Derna, Libya, 150 miles west of the
present lighting around Bardia.
Derna is about 80 miles west <>f
Tobruk, which has been expect
ed to be the next Italian defense
point after the imminently-threatened
tall of Bardia. 15 miles inside Libya.
Derna Bombed.
Royal air force planes reportedly
bombed and machine gunned fascist
troops on the march toward Derna,
which other royal air force plane.;
bombed last night.
Bardia itself was reported cut off.
Tribesmen Revolt.
Tribesmen of the exiled Emperor
Haile Selassie were reported in re
volt in Ethiopia today, further
threatening Premier Mussolini's
dream of a great fascist empire in
Africa.
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs
Richard A. Butler told the house of
commons in London that the "move
ment of revolt against the Italians
appears to be making progress."
British armored units were report
ed to have swung around Bardia and
reached dominant positions west of
the fascist stronghold — presumably
cutting off escape as Australians and
British infantry marched up for a
direct assault on the town.
Greeks Advanec.
On the Balkan war front. Greek
| artillery lire was reported engulfing
the Italian stronghold of Tepeleni,
north of Argirocastro, and the Greek
; high command announced that tho
J Italians were being driven back to
, ward Klisura, ten miles east of
Tepeleni.
Advices reaching London said the
j part of Palermo, southwest of Tepe
; ieni, might already be in Greek
hands.
Dispatches from Athens said fires
had broken out at Klisura, leading
to the belief that the Italians were
burning supplies in readiness to
abandon the town.
Italian Claims.
Premier Mussolini's high command
said Britain's desert armies in Libyia,
weakened I»y losses, had eased 1h»*ir
pressure and fascist planes and ar
tillery were reported to have littered
the battlefield with the wrecks of
burning British tanks and armored
cars.
Rising British strength elsewhere
in Africa the* continent "claimed"
by Adolf Hitler for the Home-Berlin
axis -was reflected in a bold 35-mil:*
dash by British mechanized forces
into Italian Somaliland. Reinforced
by black troops, the British command
said the raiding column sacked the
Italian base at El Wak. killing 50,
capturing 120 and seizing guns and
"large quantities of stores and am
munition."
COMPENSATION FOR
BRITISH CASUALTIES
London, Dec. 18.— (AP)—Britain
pledged compensation today for all
her adult citizens killed or injured
"as a result of enemy action".
Sir Kingsley Wood, chancellor of
the exchequer, announced in the
house of commons that the plan
would apply to injuries already in
curred and that increased rates
would be payable from December 24
on.
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