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Τ W Κ ν Ύ - Ε I ( ί H Τ H YEAR 'ÎÎÎk'ÛsS^'Ss0'' HENDERSON, Ν. Cm FRIDAY AFTERNOON, .) ANCWRY ·'!. 1!· Il FIVE CENTS COPY
Eire Protests German Raids
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Nazi Bombers Smash Port Of Cardiff, Wales
Reorganizes
His Cabinet
"Appeasement" Di
rectorate Appointed,
With Darlan Emerging
as ' Strong Man" Un
der FViain; News of
OfV War Fronts.
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in · < ; · 11 ν
c;■ ... ·· ι· :..t. ■ ·: i t· vi iii»· ion
mill·.· ι π nigtng at i'avclîff rind
the I' · . ■ Λ . 11 ί dicl.ii'i'ri
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Of tit- i' 1 ι■■ .1 Îι ι I'piil'lic.
Aril ι 11':. I .li ii I ί.ι ι I: · il, k : '.' iv η ;.
II 1111 111 ■ ; II, π 111 ■ ι "I'd I π .ill till'
s lia κο- : ι ρ a m: ι ι",'. "· 111 ·ι ij; man < >ι
Franco under I'ctain.
\\* ι : t ' .M ni it ι (louerai 1 Umt/iger.
u'who .-ignc.-l (he Jinnistifc· witii Οίοι- '
• many. ι c. tici ci.. c cil ici', while
Γκτί'ι Mlle! te Τ·' i ι ' Ι < ! ! I I. I - I .11 tf "ill \
pi'iia/.. d::ccl ii. ι < ■ : ; ; 11 and ccoiui
liι ic 11 ;
The change came a. diplomatic
«•il elt ■ a S.. ,i/f ι ! ·:·ιΙ i.i .mi thai
Ponap.a't: : ι ι nogi itiatin.'J : 11 :
the V .-(.ν : ■ ι fill: < lit 1"' the re
lui η Mi . 11 ·ι· ■ ;. great-grand-nop
(Continued on Page Three)
•Congress \\ ili Be
Asked to Apprm e
Lease-!,eiui Plan
Washington .Ian. " · —; \1') —
Si ii.il ir ϊϊ;>ι·κI"ν ni' 'ionliicky,
llic !> inoeratio 1 · nier. said to
day it (oni;res. probably
would In· ,is!<i(l t>< cive Presi
dent Ι!ι ο: . ν It unlimited author
il\ t ι l> vil ii;· lease w ar supplies
(n <treat Britain.
.Vlth'iuirli iîarklcy said ιι·> at
'i t'vnpt had been niaile vet to put
the propos ι! into legislative
form. lie said it was Ills under
star.dinii that there would be no
limitation placed on the amount
ol this aid.
Kiscussin'; the possible elicit
ot the projected aid to Britain
program <01 the new buicret, he
said lie d'd not Iteli ve the Pres
ident "■ old make specific allow -
an··, lor it ί the i"-li»iates sent
to ( 'imsri s next week.
Hopkins
To England
Former Commerce
Secretary Will Be Per
sonal Representative
of Roosevelt.
Wa 11in.ivt<>11. .Jan. (\P) Pi > i
dent f{ι mi- e\ <·11 disclii ed today that
he w.i sending Harry 1., Hopkins,
lui mer secretary of Commerce, to
I· 11UI 111 -1 - linrt ly to be his personal
R, rcpi'i M'til.·iti\c until a new ambas
Lfe s ador is selected.
Β The I'rc-idci't told reporters that
Η he expected to .-.end to the Senate
Β next week the nomination ol' an am
H bassador to succeed Jo>eph P. Ken
3 nedy, who has submitted his résigna
is lion.
j£' Hopkins, he said, will have no of
■ T ici;· I status, but merely will go to
Ρ England to maintain the Chief Exe
■ cutivo's personal contacts with the
β British government.
The Provident said that lie expect
ed Hopkins to leave lor England soon
and to remain perhaps two weeks.
Hopkins will not bo the new am
bassador, Mr Roosevelt asserted, be
cause his health is not sufficiently
o' où.
ITALIAN LINES
BREACHED BY
GREEK DRI VE
Donates $1,000,000
Clarence Schock
Callinc inheritance laws "unethi
cal and un-('hristian," Clarence
Schock, 75, of Mt. Joy, IJa., has
converted his $l,000,0()0-oil com
pany into a trust "for the pood of,
the community." Married, he has
n>> children. An initial $20,000 will
g υ to the pul'l.c school districts of.
Lancai-ur County.
Australians
In Bardia
British Report Forces
Supported by Tanks
Have Penetrated De
fenses of City.
( ι i t'i ). .Jail. 'Λ. ( Λ Γ ) [inli.li ilr'li
oral J11 ·. ι c 111. ι r t <-r -aid today that
An tralian force- suppoi tod I■% tanks
I . d ι ici let rated the del m es of
Bai dia.
'I'iit· i.i I Libyan pni!. dc li nded by
some 2I),PIMI It.ill.in- ha: boon under
Γι i11· li iege liv land, sea and air I'm·
It; day.-.
There the Italian- have made their
he t stand mee the ι ι it ι if the lirit
ish offensive which drove Marshal
(o'a/.iani's force- Irmn Suli iiarrani
and hack into Libya.
Τ ι iday's i*i 1111111 ii 11 i < j 11 < · -aid:
"Libya: ,|ii t alter dawn tin.·- morn
ing Australian force., supported by
t..nk;- penetrated a eelm nf the <lc
lenses ol' liardia. Operation- are con
tinuing."
(llriti Ii military circle- in London
ii '· : preted the Cairo eomniiiniqiie as
the lir. t word of a "major attack" on
(Continued on Pace Throe.»
French Ships
Are Sunk
Vichy, Jan. 3. -(AIM -The naval
ministry announced tonight that the
French submarine Slav and the il
till.kl ι' Khoiie were torpedoed De
cember 19 by a wareralt ol unde
termined nationality while on route
from Casablanca to Dakar. French
West Africa.
The .-ubmarine was convoying the
Rh no, but it was not learned if
there were other ships in the con
voy.
Sixty-four members of the Sfax's
crew and ten members of the
Rhone's crew were lost, according to
ii.,. i lit. .il uiiniati/ - itnuuuueeiïient.
Number of Tanks De
stroyed in Repelling
Italian Thrusts Aimec!
·*{ Advancing Greeks,
Athens Dispitches As
r· ni'J
/Ytben.-, .I.iii ;; (ΛΙ'ΐ Italian He
len ρ 1 il'" h the ( 'hill ι. ■ ra ecli n
in the Adri'i'ic ci (ι I I" tin· Klisiira
TepHoni i'i τ' : ' »ii in - ι if 11< · Albania
1 ;1 \ " ln'i η Ih ι Mchc! :ι I ; i'm >iis place
;itld bel cc Γ: ci 1 ; ; > 11 i - ; .'i|t ii It mg
1 lie i'.;i t .'irl mi tin· ι r >t" 1111 ■ rn I m t
1l.li iront 11 : · \ < · I >i ·< ■ M r< ■ ι nil ril and put
into headlong flight, 11 ·. · Gret-ks re
ported today,
A number ni !.mks won· de.- troyed
in Ixitli I ) : 11 i ; ι η t In ιι !. ι > ι ι·-ci ; 11
Greeks advancing up tin· coast in tlic
I 'ogradH/. .u > ι ;id\ ice . 1Ί in the
I : '.tit .-aid.
"The 'i.it l.aidaig lea tun· · ·! Hi.
ι ipera t ii ιι ι t he bi ι ■;, ; ι ng till ι High
ι :i Italian delei ι e at nine place
along their lin< extending from
C'himara tu t:,e region of Klisiira
Tepelcni." one b; patch said.
"Already the whole region oi
Tcpeleni-Kh-wr.i has been brought
ι ! ' 11 If ι· ι ·( I> 11 · , 1 I.I ( ι ι Ί ·|- In»·
"During till' Italian attacks by
light tanks, heavy ant'-tank Γ ι it· com
pelled a headlong night. Several ol
the e tank v.t re rie. liovci."
The weather ·. oiilinucU ..e.cu·, but
the Greeks .-aid tierce lighting v..
in progrc.--.
Gri ek advance unit- were 11■ |, t
ed to have found the bodies ol' 200
Italian soldiers oil camp beds in a
mountain cave which had been con
verted into a field hospital. The
Greeks .-aid I hey apparently I'ro/.e
alter being abandoned by tlieir re
treating comrade...
Von Luckner
Again Raiding
1 longk* .tig. t'h h... 1 ., ι ΛI ' ι
Sui \ ivors ol l·.·. ο m ν es el
. link by ,i ( 1er, . ι ι ι ulei Were
(|Uoted today a- ·■> fig that Count
Felix von I .uckl ··· an.ed ( Îennan
"sea de\ il ' o| U . ι Id War day-, again
is attacking shipp.-'g in the I'acilie
and Indian ocean
The .--toiy |< . ·.· ·| ill when the
Norwegian urvivor.· ol the u1. . el .
were landed lu π
Soin·.· 1*1)11 .1 : " 11 'ey : a id the Cl ew
of the Nazi la.rlri hoarded a Nor
ν egi.a^ -hip ill II v. , a·· oil tile ι
land of Sumatra after an exchange
of gunfire which i-ilf-d niii" Xonve
gians. The raiiler first was mistaken
for a poiieeful merchantman, they
related, but it lui ' ■ d out I be the
( ί h ngai · y, a I '.oil ι ρ ι ported
seized by the nazi at Copenhagen.
Vi .η I .lickni ι h ι π -II add 11 ed I he
survivors, the Nonv egetn declared,
saying that he regretted that lus crew
was compelled to lue
The iiorwegian- I've . ed "Ivery
eonsiderat ion." they : a id.
Navy Pilots
Save Plane
From Storm
Kdinbhigh. T···..., , ,|., ι ΛI')
Two Navy pilot t -ad from
wild bru bland today lo repod they
rode out snowstorm and log in a |)a
trol b mber and negoi .led ,i daring
landing on a shallow lagoon in the
famous King ranch area.
The ii" bomber. Irom which five
members of the crew parachuted on
orders of the pilot, one of them t.
his death, had been unreported since
it flew into the storm yesterday aft
ernoon.
Lieutenant Murra;. Hanson. 30,
pilot, and Ensign Robert B. Clark,
co-pilot, after landing the plane last
night, stayed with it until daylight,
then made their way te a telephone
They reported that they came down
in water only a lew inches deep in
country 500 miles from the place
where the crew members abandoned
i hip.
Three Die as Train Jumps 150-Foot Cliff
C. V. Vlmnrphoto
W rockiiirc of a north-bound Santa Fc frr-i■_·ht train is shown after t'e locomotive ard Î7 cars jumped the.
tracks and plunged over a 150-foot embankment ncai Del Mar, '.'alif. Three ira nw η were killed. The
engine and nine of the cars piled up on tin· beach at the I' of the cliff, em tit « ■" · · cat - catapulted into
the I'acilic Ocean. Kecent heavy tains are b' Iie'.c I !o have caused -'.JiLitu ul the rails.
In Sénat
Advance Notice Given
of Systematic Cam
paign Against FDR's
Foreign Pc; cics.
W.-ishiimhm, .1 .'»!'» Ad
\ ■ : 111 <·ι » 11" 'tiee ni ■' - !· ι il.c c.ii:
piiigri ajpiinsl atln nislratioii toroign
|JI ll il'IC.' IM nil· 1:1(1 1 'HI - ll III I ■ ■ II,; -
turs win ι ! >( · I u · \ < . resident l> ■ ι e
Vl'l'V present (·' " Γ; IV |r,i l tu
war.
Α.- till' lu· . ·.· : : ■ 111 ■· ■ i ■:
il ■ I iι I . " hi. ■ h ·.' I : ' ill
ι ! 11: ι 11 ! ; 11 ■ ι 11 li ' ο] ι ■ ι i ' : ; I : ,
r, ι · ι' 111 π 'ι 11 ν ii·' ι ;, ■ ι ; 11 · iti !:
hope ιιΓ tin ' illy rni on
majority ol l»iii. ! 1 · ι ■■ ami Si ι ι
t'i their \n'\v
Senator Wheel. : . Critici
III Mr. I: ' ■ I : ι i I M:.
national : : If.· 111 . · ι·...: · .· i,· ·
111 ! I t I ' " . '11 :/■' I ' ,■·''· ,...·· :
tin· i-\ " : ■ ιm i ■ in Ί ' '
CIS til .1 linn ■
ll.st III ; · a.·! ·,.
make ; ■ r!i. in ,, , ι
III il II I I ' "Il I ' :l I : Ι ί ι ' i , '
tin· mi" "· v."i.·· · ι ·. ·
Si II t ' .1..; II · .1 :
loriiia, ι ■ nkiii", ■ !;.· . ■
( I "ι h 11 i ii "ft! hi u;<· Τ ι m ι- )
Λ 1*1*1: Î> \ t :i>.
Hal·· ;.li, .Ian ΛΓ >
tracliir (' (' \
a i ι ι h h I ι ί μ ί I .III,
1 If .■ a I< t J', .ι 11 ι >Ui· :
jobs.
Hoey ! ο Pass
On Sentence
lia Ici.;! ' Il \P)
1 |ι icy ι h "i ' ' I \ \ Ici'ii I" :
day \\ ΙιιΊ!.· . ί i Λ
I !i ibcsi ill ι "i ill I y Ν · . W ; 11 ι ;"e t i ι
ya.s cliamlr r ( · ■ 11 Pu-on iic\ t
Friday "i ! ι\ ν < · , 'risen.
It is lii-ely it «ι. !ό the last "lil'c
or death" dee: ι Governor Hoey
will have to i; il;
Paroles ner Edwin CI !
said today del . ί the eve and
roi'onimendat: η executivi ιΊι v
cncy Were Ιχ'ΐημ l.slied to till' μ \ -
ίO&aih&A
FOR XOKT11 CAROLINA.
Mostly eloud> lie Ht rain and
luu over cast and south central
portions toniuht nul around coast
Saturday: s|jghtl.\ ioolcr tonight
a nil >.ιί Ul li.i,'.
Nazi Expert
I
Speculates
Îîorliii, Jan. ·! ( Λ ! ' ; ~('.iiiad.,
U'\ ι r (Mil ! 111 tin· )48fie <>f the British .
■ It· the ci nt; nf till' 111 itish Oili
lilt at tor the .·. 1τ on tin .i . Im
ici ! ι eii'.lod, an . it lu ,i/."(l tenu : : : c
•N-pvrt < >· -gihi : pr<ι\ e 1· da;. m ad
il l· . ng l'on··.;! LTOÏt'-l» 'Iidt n:
P: · iccodin·· 'hi . up' : tl.r
11 : ι ' ι , t i11 · · . < ; f ' \ i ·1 : - , ι cl t ! κ· I ' {
:. " 1 - ■ · ' : ι '. 4 t.. ('.m- '
·"':■ i<i tîr .· ι! il.; ; . · U»>;ng
:horc.
• Γ t the .·: ! ■ c ' * ; i 111 ; ι ! if ,·· η ι. ; ·
ρ Kn :ui" 'Lition «·ι 45 · < 1
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; ν : ly · ·.;»·iiirrί." hi· . ;,j* 1.
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-s;·.· 1 i.iu p.iti"p. ,mlustiy t..
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Λ'< · ·· ' " <ί ink·! ι It m I
Γ" :»-.{! Τ 1 · < μ ' ι <|
η , ηί f ι1 ;nil I « It : » rf I ' I l'y .
Π ΛΠΛ Ο Ν Ρ Ρ Γ Μ Γ Ν
LASTS ALL NIGH
ι nid mi Γ·
ted .',11 nt'
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Ιι-Î ·
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I·. , · I ;:t I h ·.! in . ' T!:,·
I ,1 ' ' tin' ι 11 1 f ' · ! Ί 1 || . ·
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··· ά,un 11 u;,· ,.,1(1
Holly Ridge
Raises Farm
Job Problem
Willi viiiti Ί1. .hm Λ ι Λ Π ' \
Ih 'itr- t tn.it thr Wih ·" " η ..■ i .1,1
■ .lit I irmg center it !ΙΓι. I! dg,
niakmu it impG.Ssibie tor them t.! St'
i-iu» I.· ··!· tor their tar . ν :ι· ■·· ..te
1 ; 1 night by members ni the F;.rn>
el, C'ltih here.
Members nt the club s.nd .1 "small
time racket'' is being operated in
New Hanover and Pooler l'ountios in
which men in rural sections are fill
ing their fucks with tarn, laboreis.
guaranteeing them jobs at 11 IK
(Continued on iVye Turce)
τι s * ΠΡ 1
mam lask
is Defense
76th Congress Ends
kecorci-Breaking Ses
sion Just Before New
Body Meets.
Jan. a Ai' ι Λ new
.iiig over Ir.iin it.-, ice
I J !'l 'CH'Ï Ί S < '] Î hi· ! I ! ,~k ' ' 1
.··;·. met t<id;.v m an ni
ic solemn I.;-' l; r ; ι \ e ι π -
I'l oblcms.
...ι ι .· Tlit h π ! lie n i
ended before Hi"
e 11 ! ti ι ifoin';, lor the
I'm: ; :~t·- -ii ni .il 1 1 ι
ι ι mit ye ' ■ il,IV. luit
ι ; mis ι ■ ·πιιιι?* ι >
I I'll Ι]· Il ■,,(!· . . Η ι |Η·(
W Μ:μ : ιπ, < >1 Μη.·
ι icnker.
'life ι ' Ι)ι·,μι> <1 ]» '■ t
the ! I·· ·"■!,,1:
■ ■ι·,· · ι * Γ rtmg Ιί»·|·
H;.;. ;ίι:. ιί ni Te v.
' Ι,·,ι>.μ·\ι ft it ■ ί ι firlv
ι·· II·.·, ·· ι his id*■;ι
ι LM ! ; 11 γ ι ί1, ·ι.ι;πΐ)ΐι.
I · . II·· ι ill ί ί I ' \ .1 C
π ν. ■ ;1 11: ayed :
ι ' ,.ι '! (!> I ' icy.
''II·.Id mil roj.ml.lio ;is the lilli
· ·■:: ! · lu rd
ι· r. l·.·! nlike
• . I·. ρ · ! >:ιι ;ιιί·.* Hint
' \ " I ■ ,111
·■ 1 mdoi ι :. :m 1 r which
ι ί ιί ί π uni , h ' *ij*o Three. )
Italian Sub
Reported Sunk
.1.1 .· \l> I'll** . in.;
·. It..: : I :;· ν Γ ered
• · . >i·· .· ty I· d.iy t · the
il. Iii . m Ί lumd'·rbolt. foi
i Λ ti ι Tin ι - which s.itik .lune 1.
I Si:,H. taking !)ί> me ni dent h but la
". : \\ - rai.-ed. ιeconditioned and re
named.
I' i'.m - ibmarinr w n< pro
ceeding t" a base ■ >· enemy oceu
(>··'. 'i ' ntniy" undei escort, the ad
ι îiralty announcement said, when it
'.'.. · . t; ι ,ed l>y the Thunderbolt.
The Thunderbolt's commander,
utter firing his t. rpedo. "saw a tall
eolunin of water rise in the air from
the Italian ιι-boat and a large explo
sion to occur and when tin' smoke
and spray cleared away only one
end ·.·' 1he enemy vessel was seen to
-1 >■ k ο t oi the water :.t a steep an
0n 1 Γι. <juid.lv di.· .ii pcui td.
i. '... ι . .-. ;.
nr. I bi oaUlnf
:u : 111 , All e
le. :. .".ilia!
The old (
' KS'l
II
Raid Today
Is Latest
Of Series
Soldiers With Rifles
hire on Planes Over
head; T wenty Persons
in Dublin Residential
Area Injured, by Bomb
Last Night.
IMililiti. .(an. \ I " ι I ».s ν -
light '.i.iii . homhed KuMin I"
(l.i \ ii! ,ι continuation ol sporadic
attacks <il til'*' las' IK hours. and
(lie t:<>\-«-ι nnieut of 11 « · ·. 111. ! I Ire
land ordered lis ιharge d'affaires
in li» ι 11 ii to make energetic
protest" In (lie (icrman tmrrn
Hii-nt.
ΊΊιγ government action \\.i>
disclosed in .ill ollicial statement
which coincided with a rumor
eirruluti d iii informed Quarters
that ί'. (ii i man minister might
lie ui\ «■ f his passport it Iho
homhings coiitinm·.
"l-'raçments of explosive anil
in< cndiar.% bomhs \ χ \ have
lu en examined and found to iie
ol iiermaii origin.' said a state
ment issued h.\ the department
ol internal aliaiis.
The charge d'affaires in lier
lin has heen instructed t:> nuik·.·
an energetic protest to the (»rr
man go' ernment against the
violation οι lri-h (.erritor* i>\
(ieruian aircraft and the loss of
lite and destruction of property
which took place as a 11 suil ι.ι
Imnili explosions and fire."
Dublin. Jun. 2. (Λ!') Tin ■ ι ,· -
tal οι neutral Ireland (hire; ,.a.;
bombed shortly afternoon today
while si (Idlers with rifle; lired on
plant·., overhead.
rise planes .-.wept over lite city
al 12:2b p. in. (6:20 a. in. KS'O wilii
ii ι.,ι.ι- hour.- "ι tin.' blasting ol' twu
hiaa-c- in ,i Dublin re.-idt. iitial aiea
which injured some 20 per.on.-,.
The early morning bombing was
the work ni one plane and a s,n„ie
bomb. This afternoon's attack v.as
by mole than une plane and the I, ι ν l
a.-sau-lt on thi- citv in broad day
light.
I ne alter!, . -il raid \va the late t
• d a . c, at·.- at·,ainsi the Dunlin ai ι
r !. .ι- pa.-t two day ra rried . all
: n ret ol · ire by 11 : J41 ; t at lackers.
'iΊa ι Ίι 'se.·· I ο! ! cia 1 · ί ,a\ e come
lu namaig nationality ol the planes
ait. announcements that one incen
diai;· mopped night bol'i ni' last v\a.-,
Canaan and th.it parachutes whiell
ianded a number ol niagœelir sen
ι. iii·· 1. t : ight were ol German
ma nil I at turc.
(in ι .ci said today' pre-da'■'·n
. llacla ι . 11 μη. 11 t'd to be a lu.t\ily
laden in 'ι i!»i . .
Bombs Identified
As Hein^ (ierman
I · :· \f lui' If . cd
I. . ,-c a I. * ( ι loo dec I ued
ι.·..·.· ■ · ; dropped
on Iio lid ·! · : ■ t I ..·· lay. « .·: iC
11 ' din ( it ru .n plane. .
riiey took t diction
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U. S. Will
Build Ships
President Roosevelt
Announces Plans for
Construction of 200
Merchant Ships..
Washington, Jan. 2—(ΛΡ) -I'rci
dent Ko sevelt announced today That
-tap- were being taken to begin
building about 200 merchant vessel .
o( about 7.500 tons each and costing
S200.000.000 to $3:50,000.000.
Asked at a press conference wheth
er the ship construction program
would benefit Great Britain directly
ι or indirectly, the Chief Executive
I said he did not kn \v.
Mr. Roosevelt sand he was allocat
ing money from a special contract
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