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Hfcttîteramt ïtaîhj Bt0pairl| ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Τ\\κν TV-EIGHTH YEAR th\s aVocPatedrpreIsof HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 12, 1941 iK,-.r.\,viK''N"oN FIVE CENTS ("οι Y Ship Overturns—47 Saved : :· lint.-h in·!··' ter liamni rit· Larr:naga, loaded with a \·. , i » ι11 ', in. - shown alter .si:· oa*;. zed :nside the breakwater ,· i , ■, )<·. 1·'· »i·.»· .-even >··(·.!'..en were ivcd. and another, ι : 11 s >. i η r . i ( i heavily krien >hip was bearhed alter being towed to the i'ty dI Lnwir Delaware Hay by Coast Guard cutters. Reapportionment Bill Passes House lieuse Overrides lir ions ιο Uelay L,onsid eration and bends Bill to benate; Revenue Hill Passed on Second Reading. jR;ilc*igh, Feb. 12.—(AP)—The li . .. pas.-cd and .-.cm>t lu tlie .Ί reappoit ion HoUSt· conform t·» il·.·· !U40 .-Hl.uU; Uppi*. IV CS ttu· nu'iis : r tilt' : ιr.-t 11 use reap mtv the I92tt census. :i\ Representative Le • ι. ι New lumuver » > have cou ci. ; · Ιρι-ned · 11 ' a |>r< I" ri ;,p new ?''nitonul dis i. ' . η, ele'i was dctoated 711 tu ·'- .-iiuuus debate. -e tnen parsed the 1941 a .t ι,. group ni amendment . .. ne ·,α revenue law, un ■ ί::. . by a vote uf 104 tu 0. li* < .iiicts -alt's tax. ext.mp a 11 toods lor home ' . n anci give counties and ί.ι.ι ... pel cent instead ui I*1, . ι tin 'iitaiigiblc tax. R< ; . · m Worihmgton of ,:dj' au η tlu It. use be : :· ' . ι.ρ the revenue bill but !···■ :«..·»·.·.· iiis motion. \Ve>rth . n-ently wanted to post • .:i tl.o tax bill another ".i.v. while Representative Bryant of -ted ' η a roll call today. " nd υ1 'I'd that eon - ι the . '·;ιρροι tionment . > ν 11 until , .- enatunal dis ' ' .. enact ι d. I'.·· H'iis join t-rt ι > ,·: ;d utiit ι ι epi esentatn es including Tsytor ■ ! Wayne. Taylor " · i.< iiad not intended to enter "" -. in! "but there ι· just as nnu'li duty tu enlui eu une part ut ··'· iii . .m a.· .inu'. e! . The Wistitutkaj ,-ays the Senate and d" . ■ - h..;. !d ι le reapp ί I '< 'lied at 'he m ι tiii«'. There ι η·1 : e play ."[Κ ■·' '.ί the· Kngli.-h language." ut Kdgee tube said he wa 1 ■! but supported the LeGrand position. l'Ile Senme iiiRued over, and then killed. l'ica.sure to prohibit the· sale lirewnrks in the state. . 'here \\ mure committee act. x'iy than on any previous day ol 'he session with major action being 'he approval ι f the lîruughton 'C'ontinued on Page Seven) OFFICERS' FAMILIES TO EVACUATE MANILA Mainl.*). Fob. 12. —(ΛΡ)—A sut 1"1 «' exacuation of United State Arn;y \vivt> and children lroi •Manila ... reported today by ft iiabii' χ, ,, to be imminent. Although high Army officials de " ' η»· ' · ι il ; · τ ί 11· ι ordei had beet itsuea, unimpeachable quarters di lA'umn 3utt y net -fill) wive ;r'd children ol' officers were pre Paring board the Army transport W'lhn. now in port, and Grant, du latii. -''my otricial. indicated the wight have something to say ateou *nt' uiuiiu.·! tailings in a day or twe Homestead Tax Exemption Bill Is Introduced Haleigh, Fob. 12 —(AP)—A num ber m senators including Stacy of Kobeson and White of Vance intro duced a bill in the legislature today tn exempt troin utxation up to S5U0 of valu,ati η of owner-occupied h·ι!.κ steads. The measure, ba>ed on a constitu tional amendment adopted in 1936, would exempt 50 percent of the valu" ol homestcad.s up to the first $1.00d nf valuation, setting the top exemption at S300, Churchill Says Britain's Aims Known To U.S. London. Feb 12. (Al'j—Prime Mai. ter Churchill declared today that "there . - K'h common compré hension m the United States" of British war aims that no occasion had arisen to outline them for rep resentatives ot the Washington gov ernment. He told the house ., t commons 1li.it no American repp -dilative to his recollection had e\i r broached to him the subject ol Br,Willi's aims m war and post-war reconstruction His statement replied to a ques tion m the house ol commons by J. H. Martin, labonte. Martin asked the prime minister tn give assurance that b"fore any statement was made out.-ade Britain 'on peace aims and reconstruction, the government would first inform ; parliament. In reply, Churchill - aid: "There is such common compre fContinued on Page Two) 400s0Ô0Meri Γο Rumania Recently Neutral Military Ob servers Estimate Ger many Now Has Be tween 500,000 and 600,009 Men In Ru mania ; Tension Heightens. ili -Igrade. Feb. 12. Adoil fitler has mov>d il."i ικ.·Λ divisions )1 some 400,1100 men into Rumania η recent v\"t···U- to reiniorce his 13;»I ;an command m Runian.a, military ib.^ervers π;ported today ι warlike jreparalions moved apaei· through ):it .-outheast Kurope. These informants .-.aid ail average if 10 tram- a day had been passing hrough Hungary carrying great luantities of munitions, tanks, gun ind other military equipment a.- well is men. Neutral military observers esti nate Germany now has between >00,000 and GOO.OOo men in Kumania, learly 200,000 having entered the •oiintry from the time the first con tingent·. arrived in September and Ihe end of December when the pre sent mass movement began. Balkan tension heightened win, attention lue.;- d on the Rumanian Bulgarian frontier- where the Ger mans are reported to have massed troops on the northern bank of the Danube. Dispatches from Sofia, the Bul garian capital, published today in pro-axis now-papers in other Bal kan citnters said Bulgaria "fears England is about to violate her neu trality, thii.-. dragging Bulgaria into the war" by .-ending' planes over the country to bomb Rumanian oil fields. Other Solia dispatches said the Bulgarian foreign minister conferred today with the Italian minister on the swiftly moving developments. British officers from the middle east command returned today to Ankara, capital of Turkey, from an inspection ol Turkish fortifications facing Bulgar.a, reports from Istan bul said. The Turk■ h official press pleaded Tor a united Balkan front against a German move across Bulgaria to help Italy'- embattled forces against Greece. This was interpreted in diplomatic quarters here as meaning the Turk ish government may well be moving ■diplomatically to weld a Balkan front Teacher ί enure Measure ί Mtered Rak ish Feb. 12. ί.\I ' ) Senator, Stacy of Robe:·, η nd Howell ol Bun combe -ent a bill lorward in the legislature today i<> provide job se curity or tenure to teachers with experience. A tractt r with : A" «rade cer tificate and throe v» ars ot expen enee or with a lov.'i r certitieate and five years ot experience would Met a I continuing c ntract which could be : cancelled ■ niv bee * se ol incompet ency, insubordination, mm morality or a justifiable decrease in the number ot teachers needed. Roads Committee Refuses To Be Rushed Into Action Gn Reorganization Proposal Daily Dispatch Bureau. In tin· Sir Walter llotel. By III Ν Ι! V AVEKILL. Raleigh, Feb. —The joint roads committee has n- [used to be rushed hastily into taking action on Gov ernor Broughton':- Lull lo;' reorgan ising the motor vehicle setup .-o that it will come completely under his personal domination. This refusal became evident aite:· Charlie Ross, general counsel 1 ι the Highway Department, speaking at the behe.-t of the gov e, nor. ar.d House Chairman Clarence Stone had clearly indicated their desire that ..il immediate favorable report be given Mouse Bill '222. There was a general rush of mem bers to declare that they have no intention whatsoever to take any ac tion of any sort on the bill until they have had time to digest thoroughly it- contents and, more important, it: implications. None of the committee said so in open meeting, but not a few eom menied oil the cord that Mr. Ross (Continued 011 Page l'woj Duce Meets Franco Hitler Bolsters Balkan Force ^etain ^a> Four Killed in Philadelphia Gas Blssî This picture ··>(·. · · net in bnmb-wrackod London, but in pear. f'ul Philadelphia r a :·· .·'··>· of < a 'S ehakinjr nra< . ···:!.< blew out the fronts of two buildings and stai-cd a thr. . lire. 1 .. r j "t wen- killed, ·: . ■ Patrolman .lames -J. Clark, 54, who was cru.-hed to ·!· .. ι v. : ·'· t ; ρ : , · persona trapped 111 tue wnvkaKo. More than twenty |Ν·ι>·ιη<> iniui···.! and in·.: ej . · U» hospitals. Others were treated at tut scene. vc. / tun I eu Bill Changed Senate Committee Ap proves House Amend ments in Proposed Lease-Lend Measure. Washington, Fob. 1-. — (AP)—Tftfi Senate foreign relation.·, committor approved in piinciple today seven House amendments in the udniini - trat ion's Mn'! h id bill, including a $ 1,3(Ht.OOO.l)Oii 1 i. ι. tat ion on ihe amount "I eN!.-tiii>; war materials which wo! ι Id I :e Iran lerred to oilier nations The amendment had been p*'t for ward in tin· 11 mse by proponents <Ί British aid iegislatkm and were re ported to be acceptable to the admin-1 istratinn le.idi nip in Congress Wt ι ! ■ .. ι h ·: ■ . i'îï them in prmoip;·· that ■·. in a i l to . „rne technical ι flange in 1 muuage tile foreign re lation ι·: ι ti-e turned back ιιρ po.-.ition ellnii bo write into the leg-, islation . ·· irrtmns en idered un desirahlt i>.\ :· ·· admi 'ι Ma! .··. In addition to the seven amend ment M·· ci ! Ί I'r·' l.ai agi o; (t to aecep: : ,· .tin 1 HoUs.- amendment providing that Congre s could revoke the !·:; i<'»···.: · "oiio - Ι Iirit ii ι.ιΐ pûtyers al any time 1 ν a concurrent ι esol'.i! ;· a ' ·Ί v. ■ ι. ' 1 iv ' be 11 i > - ject ' · ρ c-.d' ill :al ve!.i. Th< · 1 ' ' 1 " ■ fl : (Cnntiiia'd on i\..:e Seven.'' Stewart Says Ration ing of Machine Toois May Effect all of Us in America. Bv ( J' \ I ! S I». KTl vv \ 1ST ('en' 1 ' ι Columnist ; Washington. Fob. 12.— Food rati'.Γ ι ηκ. ■ uch I'll oj.rails low· t . ο . mit to. nui irall> never \\ ;11 ha\ ι ' be resorttii t η this country in eatables we pi ι duce. not only j ο η il β h. 1) h t a ! jothersoi-'c isurplus | '! our own. Kven I if we could be - κ cessl'ull'y blockaded, .«••e'et still have nunc i'.an a plenty t·· keep our stomach -at is lied. We might run a trifle shy on •oil'ee and bananas, ~ out nothing e 1 > - ' Ktlwnrd much. Stcttiniu» What with our doiensiw preparations and our r-t>i)> merits · ι war supplies to Britain. Greece and China. we may. however. (Continued un page two) i Vα C α π ? Λρα re Ships, Knox Says FDR Asks Funds For Navy Washington. Feb. 12. (ΛΡ) Γ resident Roosevelt asked Congress today l'or S898,392,932 in cash aiui icnlrai'l authorization.- to expedite the Navy's ship building P'ograi, and to earr^· out a vast expansion οι the fleet s shore facilities. Included were requests for $4.Till). OOD to establish fleet operations fac ilities and bomb prooi shelters at the tiny Pacific island of Guam and for $5.747.500 for similar ouipo..,·. at the Guautanamo, Cuba, nasal ba.-o. Fund also were sought for cstaii I'll.·.· : 11 ->f submarine ■ .pel a! :ng lac c lilies at Kodiak Island. Alaska. ;.ud .. :.Pdv. iy Islands in !he Pacifie. Anting the larger i t e 11 ■ in til · I: I ■ν: i-t S1 00.000,000 for con-true! ion > ' 11 \ ι ·.···· el· including un· pi-ci t tei I I v. ·! si.rill craft ,ar! si iij.0oli,0i,ii foi· muj!" armament and aimi'Uiu ' oil. The Navy's bureau of atroirn tics v. ■ i I i ri ",et Sil'i.OOO.I oil t. . 1.1 I'll ··. ι i plan··· ai ·! otl , . j : WINE LEGISLATION SUBSTITUTE ADO PI ED 1,'al u!". b. 12 -CAP/ Ί he : ι1 · ·'.(·.··, .t k -· · .i "nu «<n t< :· rt ι : · rj . · u> to t :· Λ ÎV · - ■ •Ι·»··..!· ι ;n lit» .· ; • I'll.'·-. S; j 'r o. toi î » ! ιοί! λ ι ne ■ ( 11(4 ! 1 • .-Milt ci II t hc> θ! ι HT t (·" " ' : Navy Secretary De clines to Comment Di rectly on Willkie Pro posal, But Says Navy "Can Spare No More Destroyers." \V..·1.ϋΐΐ{ίι»ιι. Feii. 12 -( ΑΙ» i—See ret ί ;■ Κιι·.s suld bluntly today that the N'avy "can spare »>> de t πt-i - when asked to ι· nnr..m il Wendell L, Willkie'·» proposal thai live 1" ten destroyer- .i month h.· ippla-d Great Britain, •■w.· ! :.: \ « n't any more destroyer · ι·. - than w ο need l'or a balanced fin ·' the N'avy secretary told a ρ , ■ . ■ ! . 'elle.» ' · ■ ' go ι ilg to com π ι . ent < 1 • •M·' '· ι M Willkie's proposal, l.nt m.V ρ·· ■ ι '.. · 11 a> the secretary ot the ^ :n ι depleting our own ' . ■ 1 ■ I ■ - led dest r.i.ver- ,i - I! · · 'lie aomediatp « ar ιa'i " ι : ■ te»tilied before the "lation.-· committee ·■·! the United • ί ten a month ι I'd mit f the '!.,.· ··.· :e_ ; -i a tors. •-■il ..itieiak μ ιι:.2Ρ twnl ÎIC.'USη· APPROVES FUNDS FOR WPA ι·.·:· . Feb ! .· ι Λ Ρ The ■■ .· -·.·.!· ..· !... ■ ■ . liera'.· '! \ intil .!..!·■ I, • — ι .i! · ' :im -S!>7.'> I : ι : itl-ni, ! 1U. t Λ1 · > : : ' Λ ι M· 'Id. .ι.- ί;iM1 ;. 1 ΐ ■ ■ · ι i-rul. testified today ηί inava . M. I.i.i! llic government laid nivii Ci.iiWd "excessive and unreasonable |); it·»' fur e»ential war materials a^ . re.» ι lit of agrt'riiit'iits between do . i· and companies and Coll istvi bidding Wi Army and Navy contracts·" •Fou.gn companies,' Arnold told '.lie Icderal nionopoly committee. taken out patents and entered c.t. cartel arrangement» ,u tin* Unit i I S;,.tt'· on essential war materials I ι tho purpose and with the effect o! olocking American development and creating serious shortages." H· -uggested that the committee r· end to Congress an expanded anti-:r;;st enforcement program η till lisait of disclosures he staid had her ι r . tie by the Ju.-tice department investigation. Λ ι ι wiii u<i(i< ,1 l.iat ' sen ι ι.- ρπ ι- ! rabie Γ al l'itiil ι litarj jn ; armât ion has In· il di-v , " il 1" lai i .gn (OUI- ; pallies tlirough tin· reqiiirf'tneirt of I .:·· /ri! de-ci vt· royalty pay .. · nt · οι patent luvu.-»· agreements." "Hoiui'i a grand j::ry 111 New Yi.ru il· te> tilled, "ν. ν are con -tai.ti.v 11 ιΐι· v< r.ng .-taithng instance^ o! Cii rinan «.· nl:.· 1 ni detensc in dustries as well as illegal prit.·»· fix ing .1111.mi; Λ· orican concerns." Ho said al lea.-4 lil indu.-trie.s pro ducing \ itaI w ar materials were aw:..ting investigation bi'ea.isf tin' anti-trust d:\ i>ion, which i>.· head-, doe.- not have facilities to deal with thetn. He told the committee that four juries should lie empaneled in New York. Chicago, Detroit and Los An gi'les with the - aerial dut ν of in •'·-: gatniu .>>!·. ι.it- or trade in the I'l'da'.-ta n ot war materials. Meet Franco r ψι i omorrow Spain May Lnler War As Result oi Conier ence With Mussolini; Berlin Ridicules Re port of Peace Move in TrJL-s. ' B'· The Λ ^.·/ ι.it ■/! Γι > %> ι I Ί r micr >11 ,,·■■: Sj, : ( ίι IK!!:i. i· ■ ■. I· ...··■■; I ;xi| led ι , .■ ι ' ! · : ,· i t ; 11 y " ί 11 d ; ' ι onft'i ■ n<··· .· · ·.' I ι >ii- df,r Sj. ·m 111 ' :i:l. fill! y ,ηί., ti·· At 11 e .IP e t.'tn· l- M'ii' li Clin ι I S1 ; 11 ■ ■ Ml > 11 ; · 1 I>< l..|, . · . ,1 .· ν . !:ΐΓΚ>· ente. .!·..■:■· ( '. 114 i if ■ Κι vr .Ι|))Γ ·■!.: »» (··. ' ι '(· 11 . Il !ft !·Ί Ιι I I I il . I ! ι I il).· CI". (Ί II f !· S ν Λ'/λ rlund, often a ·■> : ce ot ad \ attée news on soevot moves hy tlve .'·. . 1 xprc-srd two iir! H ι,ρ ' ■in ci ,! ilir· Franeo-M ■ ,; η: ι.,; ■ !. Τ h 111 11 1 )uce |): c- :ng S11:■ i η · aid in tlu· wr-l··! >3 Mc-dii · ι ancan to help wrest the ··::···. · · · in Britain. 'J. That Franco, a> head of a large 1 atholic state, v.'a.· joining Ii. · ct ! rts with thos(. ot Pope Pius X.l 1 i ring 1.1 end to the war. Nazi quaiters in Berlin · aid t ■ ■ knew 11 tiling of such a meeting, bin ;an antliorized German spoke ■ ; 1 ridiculed any suggc.-tion tl.it I! ' i.-h Italian peace move ν a η !' air. declaring: "Tha'the best joke in ' e v. : M h istory." Spani.-h source- in Vichy, Fi <it ···, said they expected a Spanish axis ac cord ! . result fr< >'i. the me Ï mg possible with Spain providing Italy ι with bases 111 Spanish Morocci and on the Spanish mainland to combat Britain's mastery of the Médite, ranean. In Greece, ancient Athens had its ; first night air raid alarm when Italian bombers struck last night at nearby Paraeus. port of thi "ipual area. Some casualties were reported. Activities on the far flung African fronts were reported as rout South African troop.- t ok *. ■ ■ towns which the British said con trolled road .junctions between we-.l 'in Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland Another force from Kenya Colony .1- 1 1 ported to have di r en all mile :i to Kthi pia on a 30 to -lu m i le I ront ;.rther e..si. The principal action V· t- ■ ■ . till centered around Chore·.. ' 1.' ,ί·.· !r< ' the capita lat Λ 1 .ai, ..I new- from Libya indicated e !11 >rth A fl'l V 11 f ! I Ί ' ! ■ :d ί a i t - fir-t early : - ί'π ing air raid alarm ill weeks shortly ' i <··:..η· but the all clear ' s· υ tided < 1 Mckly I p." ' : . : as I ' ' . 11· · > nor'! . .'t 1 (»*.!'! .it'.y ·:> i.'ght. ' ' ' 1:1 ' ' ■ w ·"' a 1 h c 1 - ■. 11 i,r| ! ! ■ 11 ipe 1 a ·»,.· Berlii : -.···. : a (· , ·!«·, ι «'suited CI.ERK IDENTIFIES KRIVirSKY WEAPON 'Ίι I! !.,··· ... I·',·:. ).! Ι.ΜΊ C'h;ii Ν" lin m ' · ι ! ,vc -.1 a !· κ·;11 hardware Store, in t) signed Paiement 1 "ί y .fir··':! 'ri 11·,'· 14: 11 found m a Washington hotel beside 1 !l(* body ( ίι m -. 11 \\ . 11 ter Κ ' ' - . I.y ' · the .'?K eahbe. .ilitoir.jt n- ! : κ· Clerk solrl f'i d.'i.v I.I Villi wl 1 e gistered the gun in the nanie ·>:' \Y 111■ Ρ 1 re- ' 1 '.,ii i.HI'.' · ·. ! 1 !i ·. V , " Λ 1)ι in ,.! » ■ ι -l·. · . hul'-i · wet·.· N.'lri w :h. tin fiun IVtec1 · · .1 th« Wa I. · nt · 1 jι· 1— lice department obtained the state ment l> en Henshav. HOLLY RIDGE SENDS SOS FOR CARPENTERS Raleigh, Feb. 12 (ΛΡ) I ··■ State t'ir:|)liiyment Service sounded an "S. O. S. cell tor experienced, good North Carolina cavpeiiters" in day and ...id it' thousand* dtd if', make themselves available (iiuckiy ..t their local employment oltice workmen would be called troin other tales. Mayne Albn.uht director o! the employment service, said the "S u. S. call t.- l'or all good earpentc! who want to work at tin· Holly Kidge anti-aircraft tiring base, it".ν undt r construction. The .iobs pay 00 cents an hour lor a 56-hour work lOaaihsin FOR NORTH CAROLINA. ΓιιιΙΙ\ cloudy and warmer t·.) nighl: Tlmrsdav liicrei-ini; cloudiness ai d warmer followed by rain ji night.
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