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BARENTU IN ERITREA
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\ French Naval Minister To Meet Laval Italians Had
Pro-Nazi
Paris Group |
Organized
"People's Committee"
Seeks Closer Collabo
ration With Germany
and Backs Laval for:
Reinstatement in
Vicbv Cabinet.
ν r· . ι' ·«,·.. ι- ··!>. :s --(Ai·)—
f, : ■ .Ν. Miii.jit'i Admrral Jean
■ :»·«! in have arriv
y ;«v.al train today
. ■ ··. ι-ιΊ lie would con
ιc<· Premier La
;Hirti'd loi· several
:, i . y minister wa> to
Vichy to Pans
■ι i<uincement told kit I
>: a people's com- |
ι ' close collabora- ;
.·■:;.· and praising \
: State Prtain had
.. . i: tii-1 misunderstand- j
.aid Laval was dis
sipated :y ' :.o taig last January
!6. La\1 .mi been taken bac.; j
' :.·)·· V government.
Rcc'r.i y :. · Germans were re—
pi :;ed : ·■ taken the stand that
no;.;:::.· .. ··> toward collabora
tion .v.. ..·: t ·, » · ible until Laval
•■m i>rt» .av. into the cabinet.
In B- :.. S λ .t/erland, it was re
ported th:.: ; iitieal leaders in Paris,
where .ι u·· p: -nazi "peoples com
x:t!·^·" '■ ■:"■ ιu-tl Saturday, had
rejected . · ; i e;. „| the Vichy gov
ernment. ' t-r'isiy threatening a
speedy . : . ,·, 11 in Frcnch-Ger- 1
nan :·.·!:ι· . ,
.tia'ι.zed sources said I
V. .; · · renards the new I
Frene:. :■· - committee' at least ,
i" .'-My neutral eyes al
amo time they env
' 'M ' Isively up to the
• themselves to worry
;i·' ti:>· aitry's political future.
Dai'l.t"
ed ii !'·'
and .: λ .ι
!κ «.ι:· 1
va:
It ::.|Π
day- that :
make th"
the
mittee" »d
t:c»n · ' i *
Laval.
Greeks Take
New Positions
■Vmh·. ι ι ;i. (ΛΡ) — Greek
5 u ' h.[. pposcd by fresh Italian
!, iv- w. . , .-dited today with the
capiun· , : ι important mountain
ten ν Ions in their drive
;·-·■"■ Κ . ,ra into central Λ1
ban^a.
Λ &>· · : » fiit .-poke.MTian assert
f(! ' " <·:·■<:; .ittai-k yesterday was
ίΗ·:··.ι·" and netted uncounted
machine guns, rifles and supplies in
' ' Ρ1'-·1 ·::· which the Ital
wen driven.
M t »i ·· · L'Tu prisoners taken be
'Sed I" t.· rushed into the Λ1
:,l!: m !.uhte>i» only last month.
Eleven Dead
In Wrecks
Highway Accidents In
North Carolina Take
Heavy Toll Over
Weekend; Many Hurt.
Charlotte. Feb. 3—(ΛΡ)—Eleven;
!" ' '"lis died and many others re
"ued M'i'ioiis injuries over the
weekend a- ;l result of autom bile
:i('t"dent.- on North Carolina high
ways. ,
Seven were killed and five others |
■ in tw ο the mishaps.
-■ 11C " Charlotte, four persons were ι
"■'led and three were injured before
, '^n yesterday when an automobile
·" 'ed to take a curve and crashed
' 1 store. The dead were Adrian
Hnneyr tt and .1. \V. R binson.
"Γ Davidson, Arlee Hager of
Derita'lUS 3nd Mrs' Mal'y Godtrey ot
Three miUv from Hemp. ,h,oe
'were killed and two others in
. t'd in a headon collision, also in
_ne early hours. W:wland Morgan
'n "inston Frye, both of Hemp. |
(Cunli11L
ied on Page Two)
I
The Edison Commissioned
ι iji mWPIh ι mt χ-, τ
Here is the scone aboard the Edison at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in
New York, as the nrw destroyer was commissioned and formally placed
h ri 11 or the command of Lt. Commander A. C. Murdaugh. The skipper
is =hown in center (left) being congratulated by Rear Admiral Clark
!' '-Windward. The destroyer is named for the late inventor, Thomas
A. Kdison.
Two Strikes Ended;
Others Deadlocked
"Red Rose"
For Willkie
• — i
Manchester. England, Feb. 3.—
(. Λ11 ) — Wendell L. Willkie received
the "red m.-e ot Lancaster" today, an
honor rarely conleired upon Ameri
cans.
Visiting tin- Lancashire ind -trial
city alter an inspection trip through
bombed Coventry and Birmingham, ,
Willkie was nit by a cheei ing
crowd at the tuu'ii hall where l'le
mayor presented linn the rose.
The red rose is a handdown irom !
the War ! H.es in winch tin.· red
ine .-igiulied tin- House oi Lancaster
and tiie v. hite ro.-e tiu- House ot
York.
l'-lans are b< i 11 u made I"; the Λ ne
ricaii '. i.-itor to .· ,·ι Κ im VI
and Queen Elizabeth and also Kins j
H iakoii. emigre rult : of N'.ivucij, to
morrow. In the evening he is to .
(line with a Hriti.-ii auii. :■ delega
tion headed by Reieeeu W· -t.
W ι Ukie ex pi e ed ι : ι ■. ι -Ί ■ : 'in
see this destruction and find the loss
ol life ι small 111 l„..··
Λ \ X\ OFÎU I K nil ^
Wa h 111 '. toi ι, Fob. \ I ' b'ear
Adnii ral Christ lan .!··> I'i ··:·
wh head ol the proe ia "■ t di -
\ imoii ol the Treasury handled par
eil.. ι - ι 1 inning into the bill on . d.ed
today ol pneumonia.
Workers Return To
Jobs at Elizabeth, N.
J., and Mobile, But
13,500 Other Union
ists Are Idle In De
fense Plants.
(By ΤΙ;" Λ--ιx'iatcd Press.)
Faclm y ·.' :,Ml ■ it Klizabeth, N.
J., and Mobile. \ι ι . sounded the re
call today lor l.û'io ci· ploy ces who
had quit ν ·»ι defense contracts
because of strikes
Counter bal il-,cms; these two set
t!τment . >· nt-unlon dead
locks kept 13 "i·11 workers id!" in fac
tories handling other preparedenss
ι i ders.
CIO union ι■ riuhi :·. reached agree
ments y.·-·. :··' ■ 'i-ii'h (tided walk
out ,' ·ι· IM ! p..-Dodge Copper
Products ('■·.. ' ί niant in Eliza
beth and the AI ■ ' anw Dry Docks and
Shipbuilding Company yards in
Mobile.
At the Chieagri tractor works of
I lie Internat ό· , I II.: < - ' ■ ■ r Ci Ίΐ': -
pany, man ι„» >il .11Ί (Ί(ΐ repre
entati\ es : ·■> ii '<· a t together
■ \ ,ί a c ίι',ίίίιγι' ta1111■ today with
David Road! v. '· 1 .1 il« '· ''
I tut ,i< ill·· 1 · Mid Λ11i
, 'li.ilmc! ■ Λ' ,1· ' ii": nu Company
plant m ΜΊ". ' ι i ·. ■ · ■ I )ι , I ο 11 η Steol
ii.an, chief nl the Federal conciliation
ervice, - , .· I I I Pi· 1 ί no |>p ress
~ lu-, η ! .'Ii- to ,·, , r,l a oil lenient."
Legislature Hasn't Wasted
Time So Far, Aver ill Says
In Summarizing Activities j
Daily liispalcli Bureau.
In tl»· Sir Waller Motel.
li> IIKNKV AVKRIIX.
Raleigh. Ι·'!'· ·ΐ *1*11 « · Genera! As
-cuibly hasn't wa.-ted all it.-- time
during ttie three and a hall weeks ol
the present -e-sioii de.-pile the fnet
that results ol it- labors to date are
not altogether ob\ iou.~.
There are those who seem ol the
opinion that there ha.> been much
dilly-dallying, with ic-n 1 tant i. ih ol
accomplishment: hut that \ ew is
held only by those who see only the
outside of the legislative machinery.
Those who are familiar with the in
ner cogs and gadget.-- which really
make the things go are in general
accord that the machine is mo\ ing
along pretty smoothly and w ith rea
sonably accelerated gears.
On the other hand, both finance
lid api'r jpriations committee.- arc
\\»·ΙΙ .ίΙπιι;: vi'ii '·.· I'H'ln ■ mary
spade work urirh tins have tu fin
i: Jt before tin s ι.:/ ! I. any delmite
action. On. el ΙΙ,ι· π ·; 11 >pt ■ 11 i< nu ι ion t
L>111> (cong.v.·■••ioiii.i districts) has j
been adopte, ι with".it a tlareup and
another (judicial districts) i- ready I
1.i su through wnli the samp easy]
speed. The education committee has j
complet, d it >tud.v ol the retirement'
y tern bill and then· is eveiy indica-!
tiun that tlu mc.iHire will be enact
ed \\ 11In>iit c\ ιΊΐ the semblance of a
struggle ι >tiui committees are well
along with η '.h i' hearings.
Taking a short and rather ramb
ling Joui ik '» !h:'"l:gh the legislative
field, tilings look something like this:
Appropriations.
The appropriations committee has
held hearings for all interested
(Continued on page two)
British
Continue
Air Assault
Daylight Karas on Ger
man-Occupied France
Carry On Weekend
Thrusts Extending
from Flanders to Is
land of Sardinia.
London, I'd). '.i. (Ai'j British
planes bombed target., a tlie north
western part ot i.m i.m occupied
Fiance in a predawn attack today,
tlie government anno,aie, d, in a con
tnuiali ii n| vvcck-'.mu 'iiiru-.ts by day
again: t a:·... o:>.jeeti\ e from Hand
ers to the Italian island ol Sardinia.
An earlier adm.rally announce
ment said that British naval aircraft
yesterday iccossfuHy attacked "one
of the main sources of power sup
ply" in Sardinia, simultaneously witn
otner Κ Λ Κ daylight atte<k> on Gei
man occupied ports aiong the "in
vasion coast' fr m Flanders to Brit
tany.
Meanwhile a high ranking officer
of the RAF declared that Germany's
first line air strength will be "meas
urably in excess" of Britain's on
March 1. but Britain "will again
beat back any return to mass day
light bombing as a preliminary to
invasion" with superior aircratt and
pilots.
The officer said the recent lull in
the German air offensive against
Britain was not "the lull before the
invasion storm" but was due first 11
"dreadful flying weather", second to
repair and overhauling of a large
number of German bombers dam
aged in night operations, and third
to diversion of a "considerable num
ber of bombers to the Mediterranean
lighting zone.
"There is doubt", he said "that
the Germans are suffering a higher
percentage of los.-c. due to weather
than the |x>r>onih-i ; the squadrons
like." '
A single Gei·':.a.; raider roared
through a chanuc -nowstorm today
and dropped lour bombs on the <·1,t
skirts of Londi n. killing a child and
damaging several liâmes.
British Ships
Dive-Bombed
Berlin, Feb. A German dive
somber sank a :(.oooton vessel oil
the ea. I cm. i : I'.ngland in a day
light attack il: η ning, informed
sources reported.
Hits with >(■'. ci... medium bomb,
were -aid t" have torn the ve-.-.se!
apart.
The high command reported bomb
hits yesterday on t\i" merchant ship.-,
one et afire off the Thames mouth
and the other struck several time
-outheasl of Harw ich.
Three British planes were .-.aid to
have been downed yesterday.
Marketing
Bill Will Be
Introduced
Kaleigh, Feb. (ΛΡ) — (;nvi,nu,r
iJroiighton '.'nil t'ni.iy lit' expected
bills to lit' introdli' --d in the legis
lature tonight I" η' ate a Mate mar
ketmg ctLilh·>rit>
The measure.-- will be identical and
"will be cteeiriedl.v in line with my
program foi agriculture." Giivertnu
Broughton -aid. Provision will be
made fur key market centers over
the state, at wh:eh individual Kil
mers may >ell then products so they
can be lumped tor re-sale.
Later m the week, he added, a bill
will likely be introduced lo prov ide
lor the adoption ol slate trademark
and tradename for agricultural prod
ucts coming up to a certain stand
ard.
In F.li/abeth City. Representatn ο
Williams <n Pasquotank said he
would present a : < solution asking a
meeting ol the General Assembly at
Elizabeth City, February 21 or 28.
Williams said he I'elt it would be
fitting" lor the legislature to as
semble m the county where tin· first
general assembly in North Carolina
(Continued on Page Two)
Vichy Welcomes U. S. Envoy
Admiral William f.cahy (right), American ambassador to Franco, is
shown with Marshal 1'ctain, Frcnch Prcmii-r, as he airivcd in Vichy
to take up his official du lie*.
Average Tobacco
Prices Are Strong
Nazi Fliers
Raid Britain
London, Feb. '$■—(AP)— German
r; !. ι ; < ■ !' s fiyii::; .-iogiy . .ver tile .-.iiltth
: ι : ι ci ■ thea-t coasts ittacked nutn
ol London. K.:cl Anglia
and Κ ι ι I tnday. cau-lng death and
damage here and at a coastal town
πι the latter area, the government
announced.
The official statement said one
laid'·! was shot down "li the K.«se.\
• Reports from that area said
the plant· M-'.v up nvet the Thame-'
«•rvtidir*. alter beiti·· a"aeked by a
Brit i.-l Spil fil e I"inh1 · ■ : \vh ieh fol
1 ■iM'd it d ·\< ο to w ill ι 100 yards of
the wvte;·, all its Kun.· bla/ins;.
Λ ιii·!·; ' ! Mi ■· - 11 η · ·,,!.> ν ;·>
1 ! ■ · PI - Ι ι one ι ■ dent · il district
on London's outskirts alter people
in t h, ! ; er' ' ill hell ! ■ i · ,(··'. aa"·
ai I ire n ι τ1 ι ad. Λ cl· 'Id wa : ■
ported killed.
Half the I ρ 11 ·
and >>ftιπ.Ίi · .crl «!·« ·><· ι :
-lip '"a! da · .·.· ' · ι id
garden:'.
LARGE NUMBER- ΟΪ
U. S.-MADE PLANKS
EXPECTED BY MAY
( I : ·
)oir i·
Prices Not Greatly
Changed from Last
Year, Despite Closing
of important Foreign
Markets by War
Factors.
W.i .mm ui. Feb. 3.—CAP)— Sur
vey she Agricull ire Depart
ment : * ι i ii idiiy. that the 194"
toi»; ι η·· ι ·..,.- been selling at
price- : <·: u:e.itly changed fn-tn a
yea ι « . · I ·τ di -pile the fact that
i 111 ! >i >r :.. ■. · · un markets remain
closed \ :ti lactors.
.ι i i ;.Ut* price lor 1 lue
cm d ' u|> in January 1 was
1 (>.!!."> e·■ : I · aid. an increase &i
1M ρ ■·■;:· ■ 'In Hi:!!) season aver
•It!!; \ principal I actor
a ι ι · · j · :>. · · ' he cîr part ment
ι .ι.. ι ί : .ι ' ! ■ .1 1 he 194ll crop
v. . ι ! ■ ι · ι ι ■ ·■■ *it mailer than
tile lie id !·! "il · ■ I'!
The 1 ' 1 ui-ley crop has
hi ι ·> 111 ' · . · ! y report inch
• •'•nu. t!u «· ι î'.t iid that the
' ι .ι1 1 ι.ι' ι ; /- ii·' ' ill i .ι-· a round
'ί · ι···.·' ι ιth the 19.59
• ■ ·! : .re, '· ..I 17 cents,
s ipplie 1 *la·· i,tot»aeci, inctea·o l
e. a ί the I ir-t time nice
!9'· ι . 'id pra ι. .is i. whole lia\ί
tl ι department rr!
I '■ · .a ciuar leaf tv|ie- havi not
et ! . ·. ι tl >' d 11 i e rent . ι : I ! ! · ea
• pi ce, a ye; 11 e lier.
del >:■ Π ' · nt a κ! ι ·. : ' - cull
COmik Qh
I (Ml NO!! 1 tl ( IN \
( »ml « >>1(1«·ι t < > 11 i <* lit:
Iiii'mI.h :·.·■?:<· ?'.ι I i \ i;m ami < » > 1 :i -
VI.
V. I·', «.V» ΙΛ.ιι
. 1 :tlit. !!;·' l.v . ! ;··. 1 . . it . ii ν
boui !..v w.i t< «i.ix :·> 1110
Siiprc: ι■ «,'ι.ι l in ;i un;uiin;iαι.- de
cisioi. which apparently g..\c the
kovcrm-ienl |·■ ···. > ■ to ;>I ■■ >11 'ι child
la ho without ifloption ot the lung
Ifini. :4 ι·.mstitii op ι HM-ndnu·!'·
Th 1. ' sh lit'· 11 >|)fci ι 'c. 11 !y
ιι\·«·Π ii i ·' IÏ' 1Κ ι 'pin on ·.·. hich I ad
held UlU'oii-t it nt lonal a -1. > 1111 < · pro
hibition the niU'otato trail-portal ;on
of child-madr fioori- This decision
"should hi' and now i- overruled."
asserted lin opinion dcli\ercd In
justice Stoiu·.
Pro\ isioiis prohi'oitiiiK child labor
arc νυι.I' nt'd :n th·.· w.-jje-h >ur α·1
v.-hiwli 1iniumuini j ay ..nd max;
ut ttl ri» . 01 . Ιι»yiv> in
: > 1 «·ι - ill ri n ; imtcc.
ΊΊι·' ι>:ίi|iHM'd ehild labor ( r.'.-litu
ticnal amendment was submitted to
(.«· t..It- !·ν C"..iiKi es.· in 1 !·- t M hii·
nut yi'i tin ι. lifiod by the requited
three-ninths ut' the »t..te.
.Ui.-t κ St..ne asserted in tlu· wage
hiv: decision:
!'lu ,.ι-Ι i> >ι.:Ι i ioei it ly iii I mile tiι
iwot c.mΊatinnal demand*.. One
win ι employ > per his without con
forming to tlie pie>ci\.vû ue and
hour conditions to work on goods
which ho -hi ι is or expects to ship
;cros> state lines i- warned that he 1
:i,a\ be subject t·> the criminal ptnal-i
(Continued on Page Four ι
Abandoned
African City
British Forces In
Africa Advance on
Other Fronts, With
Assauit on Bengasi
Expected as Next
Major Objective.
('.iif'. Feb ■> ΛI ' · I'·. ' Ίι
forces ' irf < piffi } >. 111 · r ι * . π Italian
Eritrea /o>trrd:iy 111< r ι ·..·.· >Ί
b( on abandoned Ι.·ν ι·- defendei ,
British headquarters announced to
diiy.
( )!1 till- II' I. ill'l II ·Ό1<
Entrran bait li'front. t day '., wai .. ;i
let in -aid Br:t:>h force;. pushing be
yond cap'.rod Aft1 irdet. ί»'..·ιΐ.,ι 40
η il·-· ηοι · ι ni Baient ·. ν cr· ρ · ·ίι
iil» hard on the lieels ο! fa.-cists re
treating 'oward Choren.
Cheren is about 111) mites inside
Fritrea .aid 50 mile.-, northwest of
A>n:ara. the Eritrea η capital.
Fart!·.·:·! south on tin· Air.can
front. So tli African force - \v;«· i "
]i rteri to have pushed ten miles ιη
■ ii Ethiopia i'ror Kenya Colony ' 1
occupy two Italian posts in the
1 > kana area.
The pursuit ol Italians retreating
toward Gondar in Ethiopia was de
clared to lie continuing, "as a re
f which the Italians have lai n
obliged to abandon and destr y quan
tities of material and stores ol ai!
Kinds."
Still other British forces, the ;
nouncena nt said. "are extending ..id
deepening our penetration' into I: !
ian Somaliland.
In North Africa, the Bi tish sairi,
the concentration of their forces
v.a·; ι of captured Derna v. a· "pi ■
reeding s· uiothjy". présumai'?· ai
preparation for an assault on Ben
gasi. capital of Eastern l.inya.
Italians Bomb
Own Soldiers
London. Feb. ιΛΡι Λ
i-umbei·" ol Italian prisoners we e
tilled when tlic British h·;· e\,,ru
:ng them from the Libyan ο·.■>: λ.·
bombed, it w.is reported today
Λ I':'; ι isiι cinmiiunique said:
"It li.,.- been reported iron: the
ΛΙ«ϋι··ιτ«»η»·»η that a largo number
ol Italian prisoners have lost their
li· o- ... result ol Germ.m or lial
,11 action.
iii tht , '1:110011 ..| Friday. .Ι,·,π
α, y "I. .1 eivh.ml ship i" 1 (mat
ing 1 '■· i p .t \v;ir il''·::, the
Libyan c 1 : ittaeked !·> two
CI lei : : ν -,. ; t r · 1 ! t bel leved to I;, ι . e ι κ'en
(a : ι.,·,:, Λ ι..ι·κι· number oi casual
ty v. t « . .·:·· <i " ng Italian ρ -
soiii rs ..s ν ;ιι·, my ol which v. ere
bel :e\ cd i> \ t hei 1 i la* a 1."
~ Β 'WP H
Hsh Leads
Opposition
New York Republican
Opens Opposition De
bate on Aid to Britain
Measure.
Washington, I'Vb. 3. ΛΓ
•esentut:\o Fi>h. Kcp .ulic ·η. New
York opened opposition debate to the
i d to Britain bill m tin- Hou.m i■·
lay with a prediction that the
'mted States u 11 bo involvod ί vv.n
η lvi'-.ιρο and Λ.-ia wilhing ,-i.v
iionths ι the· measure is approved
\ ithout change.
Hi· also predicted that tlu· gov
•ruinent would take over vital m
1 ,.-lric-. thai civil rights would bo
u.·,ponded and that "we will have
i;otati>rship m America comparable
ο tin na/.is and communists."
Fish six'ke a tow minutes after
Philip F. LaFollettc, tonner go\er
lor of Wi.-eonsln, had testified bo
ore the Senate foreign relations
•ommittee that Edourd Deladier,
rmor French premier, had told him
η 1939 that France expected the
/nited States to aid it with "money,
naterials and men."
LaFollette said lie had called on
Deladier in March, 1939, and "asked
him just what aid they expected
from us."
"Ho replied without a moment's
hesitation," the witness recounted,
"that they expected money, materials
(.Contui'iod un l'âge Two)