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Henderson BatlylHspafrff ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA tWKXTY-SEVENTH YEAR fHAlEAt!ssoffAETllRpv5llsOF HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 23, 1940 pmbl.sh^ever^ afternoon f1ve CENTS COPY Greek F orces Capture Chimara Great Fires Started In Manchester Raids Many Other industrial Targets Hit Attacks Follow Day Lii^ht Assault on Fort 7 William in Northern Scotland by Lone Bomber; British Ad rait Damage. •\ i >ee. 23.—(AP) — German • r.vd "gigantic conflagra »ries and storehouses at • r. in the industrial heart . , d. iast night and attacked military targets in Lon .. Liverpool. Southampton. • i :'d other English cities. and announced today. "\.ok- followed a daylight • v day of Fort William u: S. itiand by *' lone n izi dive cli was declared to have ; »ns in a big aluminum I communique said British i i pped "a small numbe:- oi' I •« < iid incendiaries" at a few j Germany last night. 11 said j - "only slight damage to the :-.d unimportant damage to ' -nt houses." , command reported that tions of heavy combat r>d on Page Four) Six Killed In Highway Accidents '■ 'tto. Dec. 23. — (AP)— Six - >ns were known dead and a ":ber injured today as reports ■ n irom highway accidents • ■' state during the week-end. r. Lewis Holli'jeld. 20, of Win-! -> r: . was killed and three j hurt when an automobile rr, over an embankment. walking aiong the Angier-j V >n highway. J. W. Giles. 52. j Angier was struck and kill Xancv Pittman. 50, Micro. •" injuric:-- ufferd in an accidetn Selma. • •nee Saunders, nine, was killed j •g; nt->n when a trailer in which j •id another child were playingi : down an incline and struck -r H L. Nichols. 56. of Hen died in a Goldsboro hospital Ufic> suffered in an accident ■it- there. .Jones. (JO. died last night of j suffered in an automobile: dent near Kinston. Saturday! Tunney's in the Navy Gene lunney Ex-Marine Gene Tunney, former | world's champion heavyweight box er, raises his hand as he is sworn in as a lieutenant commander in the U. S. Naval Reserve. The oath was administered by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, in Washington. (Central Press) • Mannheim RaidedAnew RAF Planes Also At tack Invasion Ports, Continuing Series of Heavy Raids. • London. Dec. 23.— (AP) —RAF | planes again blastrd the German in- j dustri-1 center oT Mannheim and thcj nearby suburb of Ludwigshaven last.! night and also attacked the invasion) ports of Flushing. Dunkerque and j Calais, the air ministry announced today. • • It was the second week-end attack on Mannheim, important Rhineland rail junction and manufacturing city, which last week was raided heavily on four successive nights. Last night's attacks capped a series of British raids since Saturday on Germany, Italy and four nazi-con quered countries. "Industrial targets at Mannheim were the main objectives" x of the RAP", the ministry said, and theie were fires and explosions both there r.nd at Ludwigshaven on the opposite bank of the Rhine. The communique said targets else where in the Rhineland and air fields in German-occupied territory weiv also bombed. Extension Of Army Camps In North Carolina Raises Prohibition Issue Again Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter HoteL By HENRY AVERILL !>'aleig.>, Dec. 23.—Construction of y camps in North Carolina has 'd many questions of material, if garrisoning of these camps th many thousand volunteers and uftees is placing double emphasis the "moral" question which has often been debated and never set ' • d—the matter of intoxicating iquor. There was almost sure to be some '<rt of liquor issue in the 1941 Gen ' Assembly; but Fort Bragg'i • arming soldier population and the o>peet that other thousands of ungsti.-s will be located at Holly f.ige in Onslow and at other Tar -"*■1 cantonments makes that assur nce double sure. f>n the surface there seems n> 'i driving force behipd the pro hibition movement as there was :'ack in 1917. but it should not be "rgotten that the tirst World War ' 1 " ' • t a ban «>n sale of liquoi in the vicinity oL camps and, later, national aridity It's nothing to he proud of, but mother thing which makes some sort of liquor battle more likely is the duty of this legislature to re | apportion General Assembly mem bership among the hundred counties ! as directed by the Constitution. The eastern counties which have : liquor stores and do not want re I apportionment are going to be | threatened with a referendum drive by Piedmont and western legislators j from counties which have not ABC setups but which want a reshuffle of | the legislative deck. Then the trading will be, with what results nobody can predict with i even a moderate chance of accuracy A minor angle of the liquor situa tion is being brought out during tho current efforts of four local govern ment units (Wake county, city of Ra leigh. Du/.iam county and city oi (Continued on Page Four) Murray Has Program For Industry CIO President Sub mits Plan Designed to Produce 500 All-Met al Planes Daily by Pooling Resources of Auto Industry. Washington, Dcc. 23.— (AP) — President Philip Murray of the CIO announced today he had submitted to President Roosevelt a plan design ed to produce 500 all-metal pursuit planes a day by pooling the entire facilities of the automobile industry. The plan i-; based on a survey by W.-'ltcr Renthor of CIO's United Auto Workers union to determine the pos sibilities of applying mass production methods to the manufacture of air planes. The survey, Murray said, indicated that less than 50 percent of the facilities of the auto industry were now in use. The Reuther survey advanced the theory that the basic motor produc tion and stamping machinery of the nation's auto plants could be adapt ed to mass production of airplanes and also held that there was an ade quate supply of labor to handle the mass production of both automobile^ and complete airplanes. Murray said the 500 a day plane output could bo achieved in six months. The plan contemplates spreading out the production of automobiles over a twelve months period instead of concentrating their production during peak months of the fall, win ter and spring. Churchill Urges Italians to Get Rid of Mussolini London, Dec. 23 — (AP)— Prime Minister Churchill broad cast an anp?al to the Italian peo ple tonight to rid themselves of Premier Mussolini and threaten ed to rip their African empire "to threads and tatters" if they continue the war. War between Britain and Italy came about "because of one man" and the people of Italy and Italy's army were never consult ed, Churchill, said. "Surely the time has come when the Italian monarchy and the people who guard the sacred center of. Christendom should have word to say upon those war inspiring is; ues." Churchill said. "Surely the Italian army which has fought so bravely on many occasions past but now evidently has not heart for the job, should take some care of the life and future of Italy." N. C. Law Is Held Invalid Washington, Dec. 23.—(AP)—The supreme co.-rt hMd unconstitutional today a 1937 North Carolina law im posing a S250 annual privilege tax on companies olher than regular re tail merchants in the slate which dis play samples in hotel rooms or rented houses for the purpose of obtainin orders for retail sale. Justice Reed delivered (he unani mous opinion in the case brought by Eest & Co., of New York. R. H. Nye and L. C. Mayers of Lumberton, N. C., today were grant ed a supreme court review of their conviction on charges of contempt of court. The contempt charges arose out of alleged efforts of the two men to pursuade W. H. Elmore of Conway, S. C.. to drop a damage suit for $30. 000 against the B. C. Remedy Co., in connection with the death of Elmore's j son. lO&athan FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloufly, slightly cooler in central and extreme north east portion tonight; Tuesday probably cloudy, showers in south and east portion. The British Trap at Italian Bardia gg———————.—.— A BRITISH RING OF STEEL AND Ft RE IS CLOS/NG fN OAT BARD/A WITH J0,000 /TAL/AN CRACK TROOPS TRAPPED As many <is 30,000 crack Italian troops are reported to have been trapped in Italy's Libyan coastal base of Bardia after being hemmed in by Britain's armored columns. Strategy was to cut the road linking Bardia with Tobruk, farther west in Libya. At the same time, British warships blasted the town with shell fire. (Central Press) British Announce 35,959 Italians Taken In Africa Retail Business Hits High Level Sales Tax Receipts Show Business in State Running $41,000,000 Ahead of 1939 Rec ords, Averill Dis closes. Daiiy Disnai'5' ""«»»••••»«. In th« Sir Hotel. By HENRY AVERILL Raleigh, Dec. 23.—Retail business in North Carolina dicing 1940 was up $41,000,000 over 1929. an analysis of sales tax receipts for the two years indicates. The breakdown also indicates that' placing foods for home consumption] on the exempt list will not actually reduce the present sales tax revenue, provided (and of course it's vital proviso) that business continues to1 increase in the same proportion. Even if business should remain at' its present level, however, sales tax I returns for the immediate- future I would still be as great as the esti-j mates upon which the current bicn-! nium's budget was balanced. Getting around to tho figures, a1 summary of monthly reports from! the Department, of Revenue (withj December, 1940, receipt: estimated)' shows that 1940's sales tax revenue I | will almost reach $13,000,000. The1 exact figures for eleven months, p!u.- j an estimated $1,300,000 for December, put receipts for this calendar year at i $12,827,213.32 as compared with a total of S11,216,724.43 for 1939. . Thus the 1940 increa-e figures to be $1,230,079.94 over 1939. Inasmuch as the sales tax is levied; on a three per cent rate, it is only' necessary to multiply this SI,230,-, 079.94 by 33.33 in order to arrive at j S40,998.564.40 as the approximate in crease in total retail business subject j to the sales tax. In addition to the taxables sold at j retail, there should be added the: present list of exempt basic foods in j ol der to arrive at the total retail sales I and resulting increase. Taking this] into consideration, it is likely thnt| the grand total of retail trade in i | North Carolina actually increased by i 1 at least $45,000,000. It is notable that every month of' | 1940 showed an increase over the j , corresponding period in the previous • i year. The smallest increase was the J | approximately S30.000 shown in Au j gust, while last month soared ovei November, 1939, by SI50.000 to set I the high for monthly increase in rev ' en lie. It is also notable that 1940 shows "million dollar"' months and four i I months under that figure, whereas j I in 1939 it was exactly the reverse,: with only four "million dollar"! | months against eight which dropped J under seven figures. The January total of SI,395.435.80 ■ i was the highest on record: but if j this month shows the increases which! the early opening of Christmas shop-| ping makes likely, that figure may; Eden Assumes Secretaryship London, Dec. 23.—(AP)—An thony Eden took over the foreign secretaryship today in a quick change interpreted by some neu tral sources as foreshadowing a more aggressive British diplo macy, possibly including improv ed relations with Soviet Russia. His predecessor, Lord Halifax, will rest several days in the north of England before leaving for his new post as ambassador to Washington "early in the new year." In Berlin, official German comir.cnt on Eden's appointment was wanting, but authorized sources asserted it was "interest ing to note how Churcnill man aged to rid himself of Halifax." In Rome, Italian political cir cles said they looked for "still morn intimate collaboration" be tween the United Slates and Great Britain with Lord llahfax as the ambassador to Washing ton. Youths Would j Become Fliers Washington, Dcc. 23.—(AP)—AJ'ter i encountering difficulties earlier this J year, the Army air corps is now sign ing up an ample number of volun- | teers for training as fliers. War department officials reported i today that more than twice as many young men as needed had qualified to complete a class of 1.500 fledgling pilots to start training January 2. .wore than 2,100 others will provide a backlog for another group to en ter scattered schools five weeks later. be topped. A comparison of the sales .tax col lections, month by month for 1940 and 1939 follows, the December, 1940 figures being an estimate of the like ly returns this month. 1940 1939 . $1,300,000.00 $1,132,505.23 .. 1.235.926.11 1.085.768.72 .. 1,105.637.83 1,005.918.19 ... 985.679.53 919,127.48 ... 930.502.18 899,153.35 .. . 1,034.624.52 926,640.13 ... 1.014,981.43 938,744.21 .. . 1,009,888.55 972,429.27 ... 1,068.134.34 926,908.52 .. 880.506.78 780.963.74 ... 865.896.25 792,160.06 .. 1,395.435.80 1,216,724.43 . 12,327,213.32 11.397,133.3.? "Several Thousand More" Captives Awaiting Transfer From Sidi Barrani. Cairo, Doc. 23.— CAP)—The British raised their total of Italian captives again today, announcing that 35.95s), including 1.704 officers, have been moved up to the rear from the Sidi Barrani area in North Africa and "several thousand more" are still awaiting transfer. Crossing paths with the Italians moving behind the British lines in the western desert, steady streams of British reinforcements were moving up to the siege line around battered Bardia, massing for an assault. The general headquarters com munique said that while British ar tillery still harassed the Italians in side Bardia "our preparations out side are progressing." Reports from the frontier said that while field and naval guns battered Bardia's defenses from land and sea, fast mechanized units which have spearheaded the British countcr in vasion struck off to the west once more. (Marshal Graziani, in a report to Premier Mussolini, said 42 British planes had been downed and pos sibly 20 others. In that report, Graziani laid his army's setback lar gely to the fact that tank units he expected from Italy early in Decem ber never reached Libya.) Fireside Chat Next Sunday Washington, Dec. 23. — (AP) -- Stephen Early, White House press secretary, announced today that President Roosevelt tentatively plan ned to discuss the present emergency in a fireside talk next Sunday night. A time for the broadcast, which would be carried by all major net works, has not been fixed, but Early :aid that the President would talk for about half an hour beginning at about 9:30 to 10 o'clock, EST. KILLED IN FALL. Fayetteville, Dec. 23.—(AP)—S. C. McPhail, 55, local attorney who lived at Wade, was fatally injured today in a fall from a fourth story window of a hospital here where he was be ing treated for a fractured kneecap. sayem/saussms Chimara Is Important Italian Base Battalion of Fascist Militia and Great Quantities of War Material Also Said to Have Been Taken by Greeks. Athens. Dcc. 23. —(AP) — The Greek government announced tocUij the capture of Chimara, a strategi cally important Italian supply base on the Albanian coast between Valona and Porto Edda. Announced at the same time was the capture of the 153rd battalion o.' the fascist militia made up of 800 men and 30 officers. Great quantities of war materials were said also to have been taken. The Italians were reported in dis orderly flight toward Valona pur sued by a Greek motorized column. Greek military sources said posses sion of Chimara opened the way for the counter invaders to advance i wiftly toward the Italian-held port over a good coastal highway. At the same time the RAF com mand reported a big air battle Sat urday over Argirocastro, Greek-held Albanian stronghold, in which it said the British fliers shot down at least ! eight Italian planes and lost only two themselves although outnumbered more than eight to one. The Italian attack by 50 fighters, it said, came after nine RAF fighters had intercepted fighter-escorted Ital ! ian bomber formations over the town. The communique also reported RAF attacks yesterday on oil wells ! at Kucova in central Albania and said "all bombs fell in the target area despite Italian aerial and ground defense fire." Swiss Protest RAF Flights Over Country Bern. Dec. 23.—(AP>—The Swiss minister to London was instructed today to make a "most energetic protest" against royal air force fliphts over neutral Switzerland after bombs drop ped last night near Zurich in jured eleven persons. A Swiss communique said the planes which dropped the bombs and caused alarms over several Swiss cities had been identified as British. The minister to London was instructed to demand full dam apes and reparations. It was the second formal pro test to London within a week. Bombs which killed four women December 6 at Basel also were identified as British and a pro test was made the following day. BRITISH SHIPPING LOSS IS SMALLER London, Doc. 23.— (AP) -A total of 41.470 tons of merchant shipping i was sunk by "enemy action" during , the week ended December 15, the j admiralty announced today. This marked a sharp decrease from j the weekly average of (52,367 Ions. SUICIDE. | Fayetteville, Dec. 23.—(AP)—Wil son Bain Williams, 24, Mt. Olive taxi driver, died in a hospital here early today where he was taken after : police reported he took poison Tues day as he reported the theft of a taxi. I Nazi Troops To Rumania Lokoshazu, Hungary, On the Ru manian Frontier, Dec. 23.—(AP;— Thousands of German troops with I full war gear crossed into Rumania j today. ! Border reports said they would re inforce the nazi divisions already pa trolling the country and guardling its rich oil wells. A Rumanian official, however, dc | clared that the-additional nazi troops were only another part of the corps being sent in to instruct the Ru manian army. Machine guns, field artillery ana tanks were transported across the border by freight trains. Tty? troop mov'ement followed the dispatch of two other German di visions to Rumania two weeks ago.
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