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Mtnîterson Satltj Htspafdr ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA m ^WKVTY-EIGHTH YEAR ,THV3AssoAYTr^,rnEfsOF HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 15, 1941 FIVE CENTS COPY Hull Urges U. S. To Defend Self I*******»»#**- ™ I * **»***»***, To Negotiate Defense Base Leases MM· Γ. S. government officials study r. world gloho at the state department in Washington preparatory to leaving for London to negotiate formal leases for the naval and air bases recently acquired on British terri tories in the Atlantic and Caribbean. Left to right : Charles l'ahy. assistant solicitor general of the .Tustire Department: Col. Harry .1. Mulony, υί lield artillery and Commander llarold liieaemeier, L'.ô.N. Nazis Net Billion By Czech Conquest Economic Conquest of Czechoslovakia Ac complished by Swarms of "Carpet Baggers" Following Military Occupation. V :'i>n, Jan 1Γ>.~ ΙΛΡ)— Ger • -'Uiiinit· concpiest M' Czech osl··· ... has cost the Czechs "at If:· : icilion dollars"' since the '■'"ati·· Al'inich" nazi occupation -- ago, according to au ! 111 > ; mation received in rf·! ' ι : 11 · rtoi's here. T. · ■ rt> compile^ ov 11011 Cifv: ι·<· . state that the Oer ' have imposed tribute '•a·· ' ! in refinancing the reich ' war against Britain. The >' '·!<! ' ι -.· \va.- estimated at an ■ s' , ι.'ΐοο,ΟΟί) annually. ol the actual military "it· report said, an es ''■i!..1'· : hi 11 ; ι χ, ixt'ircri in and jct:cally all key posi ••••niiirnt, industry and ' 1 <>·. i-.iiint likened the in 1 ..rnis of "carpet bag s' - I'-cndcd upon the hen· following th" C'c. . Λ" enforced by these carpet banners", the ' •H, have ι nabled Gei : to dominate Czech t ι t rv and cmiinierce and : an ρi(1111 . lor Germany. ■ ' · ; 'line shift of Czechoslo irce.s from Czech to Ger hip ha.- been achieved, ι l" the rep·Ή. by these piean ' ' ·· ι η bank.- took over I · · ' · I- : ι ' two dominant ''·'!'·· ai-l'tutions ~ Ml largo .lewi ill— nvned in (Ciiiitinuod on Pape Three) Τ ruck. Driver Dies In Crash fiivi-ttcvilh·, .1 an 15.—(ΛΡ) — •'''•i.e. li ,„.ks Breeden. lit. Fayettc \illc oil tnick driver, was killed late last night ni a traffic accident on K .yptteviUc-L)iinn highway. •State Highway Patrolman S. B. Stevi'iii-on and R. J. Provo, who were cye witnesses, said Brecden's truck lan into the rear of a truck driven by Thomas P. Gahagan oi Walter born. S C.. a> both vehicles were travelling north. Gahagan was uninjured. tO&aihufi FOR NORTH CAROLINA, l'artly cloudy with light rain and foB tonight: Thursday most ly cloudy with lirçht rain and warmer. Bnmghton Issues Extradition Paper lîali'igh, Jan. 15.—(ΛΡ)—Gover nor Broughton today signed papers asking Governor Price of Virginia to allow the extradition ol' Lonneth F aye Williams to Beaufort county whore he is wanted, the papers said, ι.η charges of house breaking and larceny. The paper-, said Williams i being held at Norfolk. William-, an 1 >·\· era! others were arrested in con nection with the investigation ot a number of liquor store aid railroad freight robberies in eastern North Carolina. Strike Threat Showdown San I).ego. Ian. là -( Al' -Kvent.s mov eel : apidly tow a 1 a showdown today in a threatened -■ !r.U■ ■ which would effect work >>n SI 1. tRfi.tuio of military plan·.- at the Kyau Acro naatical Company plant fare. Power to call a walkout. . hould a settlement fail on demands .-ought m a labor contract, ν ι- voted last night by 731 ol the company'.·, ap proximately 1,11611 employee.-. Intervention by the national ad visory defense conmiι-.-ιοη appeared likely to observer.- Ih-m· in an at tempt to break a deadlock m ne gotiations and a\ crt the trike. Joint conferences between union and company representatives were broken off Monday. The impasse was on the union's demand tor a minimum wage increa e iroiii .>1 to Tâ cent an hour. Checkup Reveals Changed Broughton Attitude On Contingent Diversion I>ail,\ Dispatch Bureau. . lu tin· Sir Walter Hotel. ι IS.v IIKNK1 VVI K1I.L. Kaleigh, Jan 1·' A checkup re- ι vials tli.it tlie aUi'ude ol C i 11 \ eitioi 1 J. M. Broughton mi tin» ipiestiim ni 'contingent diversion" was dillerent en May 2.'i (two days l>eti>re the mi- · bernatorial primary) Irom the stand he took 011 January 14. when hi· Uansmitted the Advisory Budget Commission's report in the General Assembly. On the May date he ■-aid the Rev - enue section which permits transfer of highway funds to general fund under certain circumstances "should be repealed." On the January date lie wrote that 1 the matter of deciding the fate of this section "is a mattei fo: the Gen •ml Λ--.-οι ι My in it> \v ι ^ci< >ni tu dc ide." Here is a part of his radio spccch I May L'.'i. It) to. over Hall'igh sta ion WPTF .ui<i connected stations: "The primai y roads must be main tained. improved and safeguarded; nul major emphasis must be given ι our system of tarm and secondary . .. f ι. ι la· 111 i ι rtanee oi this pro ;> ..in i.- sue!', that no part of the lighwav fund should be diverted for ny purpose. "Experience during the last bien :ium lias .-how η that the revenues nun other sources are sufficient for lie general purposes, without even he contingent provisions of the Kev nue act known as sub-section (b),| (Continued on J'age Four; Greeks Smash Counter Attacks Italian Dead And Injured Left Behind Greeks Then Resume Advance on Berati, They Report; London Enjoys Another Night Of Quiet; RAF Raids Coast of Norway. (My The ^ - - · >c*i; 11 »*>'i 1're-v) r.p , mountain fighters report '(I ti trl; ι ν *ll('V m ι,lied tv.'u 11 ; 11 ί : ι r l e> in' ·: attach m the di pe li nn Kli ' 11 : ι in entrai Albania. coinppll iiv; the I ι-et t 1.) retire πι urli haste thev left rIf .fi and wound'd mi the b;.t:lelield Then, ti.<· (Greeks said, they re-; limed tlie'r advance toward Bcrati. I Had weather caused a lull in the air: ugc ot Britain during the night but lovai ai,· fiti'iB© lîOTÏibWs llev. through1 d ι ty" wiaMi ι to pound nazi air .-hi] ι>'·ι'·'-i and a railway bridge r- ·. m "... ! rîiivct hit.·, v. ··!·<· reported on ;ι motor ■oil) on the ( l coast of Xorwiiv. London's 111 i i ! i < > 11 enjoyed another night . ! |ui"!. ν ndering ;it the con tinued absence ι Carman raiders .■if·.· Sunday night. With tin· ani\;·! o| daylight, how· oxer, nazi bomber, returned to the a a 11 ! t. Λ lone raider machine gun ned a \ illage m northern Scotland and dropped a .-.ingle bomb. Reports reaching Strauga, Yugo slavia, said Albanian guerrillas were raiding la.-ei t lines of comnmnica tion and ammunition depots, thus complicating I he Italian efforts to -tern the Greek advance. Two Albanian battalions organized by Italians were said to have been disbanded because they refused to (Continued on Page Three} "Flu" Sends Thousands To Sick Beds ( Tin· Vsonated Press.) Thousand·. of Southerners were abed tod.n with a mild form ni infliirn/.i and schools had rinsed in nrinv coiiimunitics because of the disease. Additional school Here closed at scattered i.oiats in North Car olina toda\ because of the pre valence of the disease. An eiglil-vear old boy was re ported to have d'ed of intestinal influenza a! Hamlet, while two died of pn-umenia. At Raleigh. I»r. Carl V. Rey nold·.. State health officer, ex pressed the opinion that a near epidemic of influenza was "just on its way in this state." Two other deaths—one in South ( arolina and one in Ala bama—were attributed to in fluenza and complications. Charlotte. X. C.. and Ciastonia, V < .. schools were the latest to close in that state. \t least I,ι,ΟΟΟ cases of "flu" were repoited in Spartanburg, S. C., county. Restrictions con tinued aaainst public gatherings. QuitsAnti-WarGroup Ο. Κ. Armstrong Declaring ho would like to sop « congressional investigation of all anti-war groups in the 1J. S., Ο. K. Armstrong is pictured at a press conference after his resignation as field director of the No Foreign War Committee. Armstrong said he could no longer agree with Verne Mar shall, chairman of the Committee. Ford School Begins Work First Naval Trainees Established in Quart ers at Dearborn Naval Service School. Detroit, Jan. 15. (AP) Henry Ford, who believes "a navy strong enough to protect both shores of the United States, presents the nation's greatest assurance of national se curity," saw his navy service school at Dearborn formally get under way today. A little more t i.. ■ 11 seven weeks from the time he announced plans for establishing the chool wi1b the cooperation ol ti ■ t'nited States Navy, the tTst ol : ur barrack· for young Navy π-enit< was opened with lâO young o.-.-s Γ ;., ni the lia, al station at .1 Lake'. III., es tablished in their n< w Quarters. Construction \v.·· .. which has been proceeding day and night, was int'-r i upted only bricfh· today l'or a for mal coiiuiMssioniua ceremony attend ed by Henry and Ivl el Ford. Hear Admiral Ximitz. elltel of the bureau il navigation. and other représenta lives ol the Na\ ν department Trainees, all apprentices or second : In·.s seamen, au to receive three nonths course.- ··, . ii i·»<!.- meehnnical mr| technical Inn■- u 'he Ft>rd trafic chool or the Ford factory, Studen ts End Strike \\ e c.όιλ ilie, Ν ( ' ■' ο ι \ 111 The approximately 100 student, ol he VY'e.nvervi 1 le hub chool .till on tt ike returned io thi ir cla si ··. lay alter a btael talk by Principal Maude H Love m which he ii-ivd hem to go back to school and is Hired them there would be no re irisals. More than L'un walked out Mon day in protest to the selection ol _,ove as principal rather than Ot; "'etcrson, the coach whom the stu lents favor. The ranks dnion bed considerably yesterday when attendance officei . aw to it that tho.-e under Hi returned ο clases. Vogler Bill Is Sponsored By Majority Daily lïiMiaich Bureau. !n »lif *-ir Walter Hotel. By HENKV AVERILL. Raleigh, Jan. 1 ô More than half ho House membership are listed as rstroducers of a hill which does, A'ithout any quibbling, redeem the logan of Governoi J M. Broughton's campaign. "Take the Tax off the Fable." The list was he .led by the name (Continued ι η rage Three.; Nazi Air Attacks In Mediterranean Seen As Next Move British Military Sour ces Say Germans Will Attempt to Clear Way For Shipment of Troops to Africa to Aid Italy. London. -I.m. 1T>. — (AP) Sti ut: aerial Î>tIrir·!-:- on the Hriti.h Λ1 · '11" ■ ■· umean fleet probably will be 11 ; ; ι r i < ■ by the n.i/' ; 11Γ force militai ν sour ce s <j'fI tori IV. to clear 'lie way '■..· shipment ol German troop . Ιο Africa These sources characterized the at tack by Gorman dive bombers on a British naval flotilla January II) as "the first gun of the offensive." Th ■ British admiralty aeknov. I ι dged la.-t night that an aircr.if' ear i iff and a cruiser had Iven damages! liy f î < ■ ι ' η -, ; ι η and Italian piano.··. Mihta'v sources in London said that if the fit rman at- force units based in Sicily were able to destroy L'.rili-h naval supremacy in the Medi terranean. Germany would undoubt edly begin sending troops across the Sicilian channel, which lies between Sicily and Tunisia, to bolster Marshal Ilodoll'o Gra/iam's harried forces in Libya. Despite the potential danger of ι such an offensive theie was little fear m London that the Germans would be successful. Dealing with the air situation, well informed circles noted that the Ger mans vol 11(1 he operating from "makeshift'' bi.ses against the royal air force flying from "well protected and well equipped bases." "Dive bombers have a limited range." one source said. "Operating trom Sicily they are able to attack the fleet only when it is within range and w ill themselves In· open to repeated attacks on their airdromes. Our air superiority is so well estab lished in those regions that no in flux of German planes can wrest it lrom us." Bandits Face Murder Charge :.<·>. V"Jan 1Γ>. (ΛΡ) Au· lin ■· < ■· i wilt I y today against : ν « - ι . "iivii'l li,ι it her. ■ who, with i i ,nn nil: , lu rued raid t<iwn Kittli Λ\ ι '111·ι a hat.tlenround and 1 ·11i;i! 1 'It all) in a policeman and an oil ici· manayei in a S650 holdup yi 11■ ι day. Μι 11 ct Attorney Thomas K. ' i ·· ;.· iid In would --tvk immediate ι r ÎBdlet ent - again ·' William '-.-I .Anthony K.-po.-11. >. who shot m -iideii victim t" death when • ·· 11 In, ■"! thi m a payroll, then kill mi thi· J>i aiceman. Tu·ι fillι**ι prison-, a bank guard i ι e n di l\i r. a|.o were wounded .ad llie crowded shopping centei at :;5th 11. · · ar.d Filth Av enue was :ei ι ■ ι i/.ed ! y a I'usi liade ■ Ί Lull lets .ι Ihe rol he; at tern | ited In >hoot then : . ,v to . ιety. Ethiopians In Revolt Guerrilla Warfare Leaves Italians In Control of Only Towns and Main Roads. Khartoum. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Jan. 15 -1ΛΡ1 British sources ;is MTird 1 « >d ; ; >■ that native guerrilla raids had left Italian soldiers in con trol of only towns and main roads I hi parts ot fascist-conquered Ethio pia and "even those are not always sale." While British patrols harass Ital ians guarding Ethiopia's western bor der. thousands of native tribesmen raid isolated interior posts, attack military convoys and even snipe at the Italians in towns. (The Italian high command in Kome today acknowledged attacks by (Continued on Page Three.) To Puerto Rico Guy J. Swope The sonate committee on territories and insular affairs unanimously approved the nomination of for mer Representative Guy J. Swope, of Pennsylvania, as governor of Puerto Rico. He succeeds Admiral Really, present U. S. ambus -ador to the Vichy government in France. Little Done In Assembly Joint Appropriations Committee Announces Schedule for Public Hearings. [Î;. k-iuh. .I.iii, 1"> (AI'l !ors held very short formal sessions tod.iv. bill ^"inidu'iii'k was I ; ι id I'm· speed inn up things when tin1 juinl , ρρ'·ι 'ι■ ι"ι.111■ ·ιι> enmmittee antuHinei d η sehcdulc· f.» publie hearing?· .-tart ina Il ;=l t. f · »ΓΓ< ·\\· Ί I'll Till II 'Π. The Hn .· U"l a I'lMMire from I ho Μ(Η·λ I< ■ : i ■ ■ ; u d. Ίι n.il !. Ί1 1 ■ ι give the ι ishl "I 'Ί! iii.'ii* d' .mam t<· >r curni r: .md In » t·"·' panie.-. in îicquii nig sites for nni»n bus terminais il t In* ut ι lit ■ t.- .·■ ι : l'în-sion authorize the M-ticui. Kepre rnt d' ' I'ι " Ί·· of Miio'"e and < ; · ι - ! i·'. ' λ tho introduced a hill tn 'pc "priai" >âU,(IÎW1 yearly I fun gt'tle! aj tlind: I "I use IIV til" Λ·;· I '"ait department il a tte· pt !.. < ■ ι "I "it" t !'" ■ T a ι :am >-·· heel |e Thi· Senate get tiiiee luc<| lull- a' ί erv : mut se s It ill. A new Hoii.m· ('"imn.tte· · ,,ι, t h" 'tl. toy he kni n'. η a- t he nm ',!!·■" ι >n ree'id I Ilea 11· Ί1 "I I h" .tale rode· Missouri s Governorship Undecided .Id 1.1 til City. M . .1 οι I., ( ΛΙ'ι M ! -SI >111: ·. (i< ·\ ι ■ rlli 11 ..Ml (.'. >t;.r . < w ait .us pal ien! I.\ ι nr.lic «ι Ί:irowί·11 ;icidi o.—>' In· e\pi .ted 1 > leliver ii week ;|go—out t: i· Mate legislature turbot lui: and 1. · ! ι 1 : * 'li te.id over his successor By tradition, thr arid v-, should lave bien delivered last Wednesday. >ut traditions toppled like tenpins .his year when a Democrat eon rolled legislature refused to seat tin Republican go\ ernor-elcct. Forrest Dor,ne!I ol St. Louis Normally. Stark would hare gone nit of office at noon Monday, but ie's still there. The Democrats refused to certify Donnell's election and set up a eon test of nis 3,613-vote niaor.iity over Democrat Lawrence McDaniel of St Louis. Donnell spent inauguration day appealing to the state supreme i'ourt, while the legislature finally iot down to a week-old order ot ousin^.-s. Passage Of Lease-Lend Bill Asked Secretary of State Says Britain arid Oth er Nations BaHlinii "World Movement Of Conquest" By Ger many, Italy and Japan Washmgtmi .l:m !"i f,\P) Sun iimnim; tin· ιi.'ti<>n in "in ·. the law ίΙ -ι II defence before it Is ton late," St cretin y ot State Hull urged upon emigres t'xl.iv tin enactment ol legisjat mil toi unlimited upplie- <■' war in . 11 ■ r ι ; ι !.- t·. Britain and nthei ; lût mil ι filing a world movement nl conq e> t Hull t· tiiiirl before the Senate t■ ·ι <ίu· ill,m committee m support nl Pr -.ilent Roosevelt's lease-lend hill. In a Maternent ot about 3,50(1 words he aid that if the Atlantic ocean tell nto German control" it would "offei little or no assurance of se curity." "W.-n Britain defeated and were she to lose command of the seas," he ■aid. "Germany could easily cross tin· Atlantic, especially the South At lantic, unless we were ready and able to do what Britain is doing ■·"··" «I Pointedly he asserted that Gei - η.any. Japan and Italy had made un mistakably clear their intention to "re pudiate and destroy the very foun dations ni a civilized world order un der law" and to conquer and estab lish "tyrannical rules over their vic tims." When Hull finished the statement, fu mitice members turned to ques tioning him and Representative L'ithei A Johnson. Democrat, Texas, asked whether a section of the Pre-1 dent's lease-lend bill providing for iepair nl belligerent vessels, such .1 those nl Britain, in United States ports violated international law. Nothing but a realistic view nl current dev elopments can be regard ed as a sane view." Hull replied. "The question is whether, 111 the I; ce ni a universally reeogn./O movement of force to invade and (Continued on Page Three) Strike Ended At Burlington I'. . s «t..ι 15. ( Λ Ρ ι Λ strike in progress; at fie H. D. Wil •••1, 111M . : .inid In 1 -iory mill hoir • Ι|Ι·> I · ·, : ι.Ί I .Il ('.mio t>. ;m of I'h'ijiI end it ·ι:·.ι ιιίηβ when .-tnk I .net') 'led h,r icrn s i)f ,ίιι ΜβπΌ i: .ι 111 rlr;r. 1 t >\ t··. 111 ί ! :. 11.> 1 . the 1: ill II :111 ; » ,t;i ι : ι < 111 .nid union oti ieial.s J;j.. î : 111· 111. Navy Asks More Ships Congress Asked I ο Provide 400 Small Vessels; Construction Facilities Needed. Washington. Jan. 15 ( AP) The \.λ ν ,ί kcd Congress today I'm ,111 . r 11 ν In build 400 small vessels in eluding sub chaseis. mine sweepers ilfI torpedo i>11; 11.~. and asked also loi i-vlia facilities to construct them. li' ar \dmiral Samuel M Robin on. chief ut the bureau of ships, inform ed the HoUst' naval committee thai 2·'0 "1 the vessels were "urgently !.ceded" aid that Congress would be -k<H immediately tor $310,460,000 lor their construction and armament and $2a.OOO.O(KI for expansion of building facilities. The bulk of the small craft, w hich will be completed in a year would be constructed un the Great Lakes Earlier in its session the commit tee unanimously indorsed the navy's lequesi t'i·ι* a $310,000,000 strengthen ing of the fleets anti-aircraft power Hear Admiral W. R. Furlong, chief ot ordnance, told the committee a major part of the program would in volve the installation aboard larger warships of a new type anti-aircraft gun which, he said, was "the best we've ever had " lu addition to the new guns, the committee was told, the program pro vides for "splinter protection" for gun ..rev.·» md other deck personnel.
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