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ïlimteramt Batlit Î3f0*mfrh TWKVTY-IilGHTH YEAR ·*■<■■■*·■ »·■■.» «'.I...... ... U NEWS1 Al EL |IL ^.I^HKBIX THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA HENDERSON. V C„ SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1M1 "T~ FIVE CENTS «TTi~\ British Parachutists In Italy *^ * * * * ~ * * f f ·* * φ ¥ φ « British Peace Terms Sought Lease-Lend Opponents Opponents ot British Aid Bill, Apparently Convinced Measure Will Pass, Seek Re strictive Amendments. \\ Fob. ] Λ (AC) Son ·, , :.·. i>: the adniinistratuιη'.< grit -i ·Ί bill were reported today :m amendment which : i ·<» Britain t · > s ta to her "jjr.ii. ' " bel'ino receiving any the United State.·; un οι·! ' ··■■!■" ed lend lea e progran T! !'.;<■» group, led by Son it . ■ V.'· . Democrat, Montana. :·<■ in general agreement mi '· that iintain should say v. bat ' ' peace she wouid make if. v. ' Λ iT.ean help, she defeated the .ι>..· ρ ·;.its. X ' li'fhnical problon were ι . : writing the amendment. Λ« lui! ' ■·.·;>· drawn, it v.oukl can in t!:· State department to ascer tain I! ' .a peace terms before any Λ; ' . > - : ; ide war equipment cci.kl ι..· : rir i.- ed tn her. Tii" ndment was one of about halt ... <; ·. η being pit. pared by an t'ppt' gi.iup of nearly a r'na (.1 st" . . . uiio held a . ira logy meeting y< -terday in the ollice ot Sen,.·' .Johnson, Republican. C'.»h· A|i|),f·ι·ηΙΙ.ν convinced they could h .t dt !.· ι· the British aid bill, they dt 't. (I tlu r effort.-, to proposals ot rest ι irtiiiiis. Ac ·: 'lati'.n loaders were van li ais ■ ' r ι Lia 1 persistence to unify li'a. ι MiK- against charges which they . uld consider undesirable. Tin- administration chieftains esti ' i.ti' i 'n.it their opponents would «"t ; · .!·:·· to muster more than L'(i to -'·' i"k.· when the final roll is called. Teachers Plug For Increment Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Κ ile . Feb. 15. Introduction ι·Ι Sen Πι· Γ,· 11 119 "by Senatoi Horace Ii. St.n". : Kobcson confirm-1 already liiv.i,:! opinion that the teaehcrs ιΊ X · t'.iiolina are perhaps more lirmly .ι un getting the "ninth sai !·''>· men : ' iit" than on any other "Ι"- μι 'it m their pi ogram. TIkv o«-n*t let pass a ingle oh •m· i.i plug for that increment. Mt'iir.. received by legislators with ri'-pei't to school matters have '"iiip in In aves, and in practically 1 ■ y iv the rv.v linkers have been urged t , support "particularly" or '(speii.11 |λ. the ninth increment. lhe Si,)i y lull i·· right ill lui'· with Nu- effort It is titled "To Provide '"i" ί Ninth Increment in Salary lor I'Ubln School Teachers of North t'aiuliu.·" and calls for an increased (Continued on Page SixP Dr. Conant To England On Mission Washington, Feb. là.—(APj President Hoosevelt dispatched lJ·· •laines l; Conant. president oi llar V;"'d University, to England today ;'s head ol special new mission charged with expediting directly u> "ashing tun "recent scientific inl'or "lation ol importance to national de fense." Other scientists will be given similar assignments "from time tc time," the White House announced. Ul'· Conant, a research chemist was scheduled to leave New York '"day, accompanied by Frederick L assistant to the president ot me University of Rochester, and by Carroll 1,. Wilson, special liaison officer of the national defense re search committee. Tiie Harvard president, who tosti .led before the Senate foreign re atl"ns committee Tuesday in sup pôt oi administration's Britisl" ^ b'll. thus joined the growing frouP °f prominent American visi l'la 1 b.'l. ;-u.red Drill.; ' 1·' Protests Aid Bill—Ejected • Mrs. Mynnie Fischer of Milwaukee is escorted from the Senate Cham ber after leading· a demonstration of mothers protesting passage of the lend-lease bill. The women carried placards and American flag·. Liquor Law Subjected To Sniping Acts Dailj Dispatch Bureau, In (hi· Sir Walter Hotel. B> l.i ΛΝ NiSBhl. Ιι ■ It' ·. Ι·.·ι· lf> As yet no Dill h;is reached : 111 π .11 : :.·» ion stage for stati \\ idc amendment or change of ι\i l Mjf li,( ior law . but there have been ct'./.eiis ol little sniping acts. One i.··.;: ' itor (jiι·Ί<-cl an old time politic.ui w !.·> resented being heck led v. ■.:!«' 11 !.. k 'tit; 1 |inblic speech, as saym·; thai !.e didn't min,1 being " s', Unwed oy 1 .■ hale, i■ 111 lulled to !u gu.iwvd ι ι ι tail) by minnow ·.'' tin.' ol tin ·:ι >1 eon ι j irehen s e *e lo cal regulatory at'ti at least its title inciie ·! '·ΐ",Ί(ΐ · \veep 1- the mio | entitled: "To pilalai the Sale, Pos-I -i.Mon .nui Ma· .Ό irtui-e of Intoxi-1 ea 1111ill':",·, w. ; ! 111 < Three and ' < >n< h·!! .'I- ' ■ Γ ■ !ι· ( "hurch ol il>·» . Ht·.· u ■ 11 I.it!' Sw ilzerland. j Ν ι ι tli Γ I , . Λ Vill 14e With No Polio 1 - ' ·.! And to \ppoint a Con 1 ill· ' · S,, id Λ r· ■ ι ' Since it is ah-vidy I : 1111 t ι ;ι· I iw ill every i ΐιΐιρ-.ΜίΓ ι iτ. 1 y to · 1 ί:a -, ell or 1. ι ν 1 ' 11 f 1 .1 re 1.1 ill·· w 1 ne and beer, tiii- bill is evidently a left-1 handed at!"iiipl 1 1 .In 110 (Tirkson, J dean ol liie dry ι·.· ' · mil of the I ι('onImued on Page Four) Vacant Seat Adds Votes For Measure Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. B> LYNN M S BIT. I. l· i t i> là A \ ac Hit eat 111 ι the Senate was the most powerful pie (I · (M-sage ol a bill Friday. The p, ■ ρ ο -. ■ I to add 50 cents to the ainount el, 1 d for automobile li ccn-e pi .'· lo build up a hospital i/.atioi: , a, 1 lei victims ol motor ac cidei: ' ·η the ea lendar. I )r. Τι nil Long had ottered the bill just a few day·· bel" e he duel suddenly early ; in tin- month. Senatoi etci <11 at· r referred to the eslee' ad al lection they had for Dr. Long and several frankly gave this as the controlling factor in de termining Ilea \ ote. The roll call count was la 1 to lo for pa-.-age ol the 'Continued on Page Four' (jJ&atlrWi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Sunday: slightly colder in east portion to iii,-lit. Maneuvers May Be Held In Carolinas Columbia, S. Fob. I."i.— The gigantic maneuvers planned for the First Army this sum mer, it was believed here, will be staged in the area between Fort Iîr.ι ρ,*;, X. (and Fort Jackson, S. C. Lieutenant General Hugh Λ. Drum announced in New York >■«'Ifrdav (hat the First Army would hold maneuvers on an 1111 preeedi '.it"d scale this summer "somen here in the South." There are onl\ two southern posts under the jurisdiction of General Drum, who. commands the First \rmv. Then fore, it was considered here that th · maneuvers, to be p:irticip:i!"d ■ >! bv between .300. "00 and .">50,000 troops, would take pl;>«~ in the Carolinas. Japan Âcts To Put End To War Talk Japanese Residents in North and South Ame rica Advised Not to be Disturbed bv Reports of Increased Tension. Till·.;.·'·. Feb. IS. (A!1) .Iapanc.se I resident in North aii.'i South Amc·· I ι · i ι ■ ; ι ν ι it advised lod. y by the cab inet ni rotation bureau not to be disturbed by "irresp.insible and sen J -national reports" ol increasing ten· I ion between .Japan and the United States. j "it . tr :e that the situation be tween Japan and the United States gives eau e lor some concern." the ι statement aid. "but it l· unwarrant able to j ,Μίρ at a hasty conclusion that the .-iluation will be overtaken ■ by any such eventuality as war." I "Needless to say, both the Japa ncse and American governments are I doing everything in their ρ wer to prevent the situation coming to such ; a pass. "Vigorous propaganda now going : on abroad, representing the situa J tion between Japan and the United States as extremely aggravated, may be described by impartial ' bservers to the ulterior motives of such for eign elements. "The imperial g vernment advises I all Japanese residents of North and ι South America not to be disturbed ■by irresponsible, sensational reports, but instead to steady themselves so as to pursue business as usual." Murder Trial Near s End Winds";. Feb. là. CAP) The rase against (If ; · Peele. 20-year « Id Windsor Negri ι charged w'th the ''ll'st degree 1 urder ni' Kd G fay. ;ircci bookkeeper. ι . expected to come to close hen· late today or tonight. Among the twelve witnesses te tii'y I'm' 'lie late y·^ lerday al'tei noon was Mi- lulian S. P.arnhill, fit rk m an ad:",ning olfiee, win ed . he Iv; rd Mr Gray franta-aily pleading pi· · ·· fi·>n"t kill me" Alexandra Br-.wn and iiudolph Gilliam. ν >un;; Windsor Negrne·, te t it led 11 · ν ι ■ Peele that after noon and said that he had given them SHI each. I'ling them hi· li.nl just "pulled 1 νιί>" and to "remem ber that In bad gnne off with them at 11 ι i'el( n'k House Puts Off Ad On Many Bills Friday I>;■ iI> Di-.j'.ili li Bureau. In the S:!· \V;i!ter Hotel. it> ni;\in w ι kh i. Raleigh, Ki'l) Ι ) Πι'· House de \ eloped a severe ttic· "go/. overs" Friday. puttiui; off until next week, or .-.end ii.h back to coin ii ι : t tc< ■ no 1ι· ; . ' '· ol Hit- 24 bills li ted on it i· . · ι' calendar. It seemed ih;.! > . · .· tn:i .1 bill was called, up ρο,Η"·ιΙ somebody to move "That the bill go over until Monday", 01· maybe ..util Tuesday or Wednesday. Occasionally Hi · procdure was varied by a motion !·> >·ο-ι··Ί<·ι· the bill to ..oiiic ci.n !··■·· ■ other: and once Rupert I'ie'.of Guilford persuaded the II ·■ t> reconsider it.- action in pa- o; .1 bill 011 third reading-- thus putting it back 011 the calendar. - Included in the 1U passed over were virtually all the important bills which had reached the calendar. Not one ol the eight measures enact ed was of outstanding general inter est or importance. Here'- a brief resume of the man ner in which the Friday House cal endar was handled: (1) On the roll call calendar were two of the three housing bills re cently introduced by Libby Ward. Hubert Jarvis and others, giving au thority for housing programs in rural I c i 1 G ii & à nd for national defense pro tects. Tnej vent over on motion of _.lr. .'. Jio ι.!) The iiiru■ month.; school ί>ιLI, 1111.·! ι had come r,i with un uuta, - arable report, i> :t ι miiioi·jty report attached. There was some question about tlie validity of the minority report— (wen· enough committee members who signed it present at the reporting meeting'·'). On motion <>; one ot its introducers (Pritchett o£ Bertie) it went back to the committee on education—without debate. (3) Λ bill to add narcotic drugs and barbatiirate- to the list o! drugs lie use ol winch makes driving .. :ar illegal. Went over on motion ot a co-author. Weeks ol' Edgecombe. (4) The court rules bill on which there is certain to be a stormy de bate. Went over t · Wednesday with out discussion or dissent. (5) Thi· committee substitute "for tified wine" bill. Its proponents ob \ iously wanted it acted upon, but when it was pointed out that printed copies had j List been distributed, action was put off to Wednesday on motion ol Frank Taylor of Wayne, who said he wanted to study it. (0) Λ bill authorizing service of J. 1'. warrants anywhere. Was sent back to roads committee on motion of its introducer. Hatch of Wake. (7) A recodification bill. Went over to Monday because its introducer, Lew Wallace of Lenoir, was home ! getting ready for his daughter's mar (Contused on Page Four) The British in Singapore " * «W rxirrf&MamKM'f jmrnr* «·- o· ίΖΖΒΒΧ*aaSffy Center in the rapidly mounting crisi-· in the Far Ea^t is th?· British eastern Gibraltar at Singapore, naval base and str^ni? ].x»int, which Japan would have to crack in on: τ to make feared move into the Netherland East Indies or against Australia. These tanks an· part of Singapore's Karri.-'un, which has been in, :·' used lieaviiy. Hyde County Asks State Assistance CHILDREN DROWNED IN ALBERT CANAL Brussels (Via Berlin), I>b. 15. — (AP>—Thirty school children drowned today in the Albert canal at llasselt when a raft on u Inch they were being l'crried turned over. Only five children were rescued. One report saiiî the children had been frightened by a wave and all crowded to one side. J. P. Measure May Be Made Statewide Daily Dlsnateli Bureau !n the .Sir Walter Hotel. I>·"11■ ΙΎ! t. 15. Λ Ideal measure · ■ ι i ·» ι η. ι Ί >· lu apply · ·»ι I — Γ illtici : ii κ ci iM|>t \ j - liki·:.. In· made ,i · latew ici»· law -τ ν ι ■ urine all ji'stice ' t the i· i<"c lu give $1,000 I ι >nd h> κ ru inl a τ ill tin inev c· · ing i : 11 < > tin. r hand I.y ι irtllc >.f nf a'· · lie;· <■. n'a)ιc .I·■, put η the hi!1, inawn in ι ; ■ ■ t j .-· ι. ■ i fnrtii a·· ι 1.1 tf ·. al'' ici, hili Vath irlimi ;· rn , iflit',. a li. 11 ιρρΚ ·inly tu Pain II 111 il h ι '1 ί ί π t y l'a ' II; Il .,,11,·. ,11 (...· · ni airl 11 ; : 111 .m .lue · ·! the ; ■ ·.,,·(> In jjh. ,· ; i : t i ι ed ·.,, μ,,·,. η. ·.(>'·. I ν . ί ί ni il 111, : a In, 11 ; ' : ( niai Ι . Ι'·· - ι in ·, , . "1 lin, -,-.t : ι,ι I|nl : I . I - ; I ι . at' ' I . : ai 11,i· II',· ,· \. . II . ., ·■>■· !.·(,, "I aided , a \ ι. > ■ -η -ι ■ ' ί u I ι ' ■ . I n ■; .aid ' i · ( î ι a ι Kd'·'.a'I '·! Sw.nn 'I'iickiy in,lowed li it·! 11 a ι 1 la ■ pin))': « I aid (ή ι t.; ι I '/./ell III l!nv. an a la-d llial Iliad (( 'dill in: led on I '. a; ■ Si χ ; Credit Unions To Be Heard Daily Dispatch Run au. In tin1 ^ir Waller Hotel. li\ ΙΛΝΝ MKBI'.T. I'.ilcigh, Fob. là. Mena ' - I ' 1' I' .mint appropriation:- eonaniitoe .ι ■ loudly believe that lia·1.· worries an· over may have a rude awakening (ally next week. As noted ai this l'm ri ·.·- pdndence a day < r so 11:' * the ■ ait igriculture committees are gang iim up nil the money-allocation boys and will present their claims tor ap prnvimately $125,000 loi the state r!· ; i.lment and Stat·. College in ad dition to budget reconunendatioiis. Another sub committee, headed by Senator Wallace and Representative Horner of Lee. has been named to press the needs of credit union ·, and tin·- group has no idea ol putting on ' light pu ssure. They'll beai dow n. ! Tile credit union plan originated in ' v'uutuiuea un fage Four) Representative Davis Bases Piea for State Appropriation on Lack of Industries Because of High Tax Rate. B.v ( HAKI.ES \\ DANIEL. Kalcigii. I-'iij. ι.ΛΙ'—The very cx.stani'c ι>r li; cli county i. by ;i ia\ t.'iread. Repr< .v.-ntulive Davi <1 Swan Quarte. - .1 today Then· ai'·.' now fey. ι·. "young i«lk>" τ. Hyci than in ai:;. nth··: t ■■..m!;. . : id 7 ! ic pi.pulat.an - just 1>J1 : ■ 1 ϋΐ in 11S50. Dav: d— da rod. li.:·. ι- -, ■ 1.1 take job-· ;ί olhe: leaving .vauy ate and in -aid, "simply because >■. try. not on 11 l; U II r ic I i 'Mo.·. i'pa ! eh,ι mi· ■ ni -t'c un ty. • !·.·<· I II! ill . "* 1,1. '■·«■ tall winch h1' ■ ! ·. : 1J enable tin ! t a λ ι ill'· υ Γ Ό ni I llificb;' I · Hi' ! > the nine • '•iiih IÎU'» ..('«piii-rf 1 μ· !I;do· < 1 ι r.. t ,: fun Η Ι-. «',!'■ !»·)[ ι ; 1. ·ι Ι · \ «ι IS»»* Κ !\γ,> Troops Sent To Demolish Objectives Italians Say All Para chutists Captured Without Accomplish ing Purpose; British Ο c c u ρ y Som a ] i 1 a nr) Port; Othor Ncwi-. I t'y The \ -,sof iiiti (Ι l'if A i : J ! ι ! Ih.il ,· ί Γ,I .· . Chutists .11-.·!·· · ι : .! .||·Ι h ί ι ' ! : 14 somewhere ,n · triern It..I\ ..erkitnj chance to .· ι ci jι>| blow ι t Britain s I ι loe f ·:ι ι;ι11=■ if·ιΐ ΐυ ! day from the British mirusuy <>■ m* Jormation. I'll ι ..mstry, cutr> I givini; <i·· tails a; I" 11 <·ηΙ, r.iiirl uiuh.ru ··<! 1 ""pci m un.-peeii:od liumuci had ij< f η di pped leeently in southe η Italy ..it,', m-lruetion.s "to Ofitioli-i» certain objectives connected with i·· !·-· »n that area," aria tnat ■ ·· tile men have not returned to I. ι(·;Γ ijcise." the Italian-, picturing '··»·>.n.un. · ι. ·ι;,. p'.wer plant- ana . uig ,.,ίι · p,}Iy system a.· the potential · itr.es of the troupe: . ;ιΐα y day that all v.eio captured after 1. ed resistance when they I mat i η ι.η the night ot February !'i 11 before they could "cause the - - damage which they intended' the dynamite they carried. AFKICA—British headquarter t Cairo announced occupa; >n t. ·· important port of Cins : η i;· : ■ .· in Ita! ian Somaliland. A headquarters commimiqui· id South African forces, driving iro.n Kenya, had taken the port which is approximately 10U miles from tnc Kerry;· border. ALBANIA—The Italian high t . ι maud declared Italian ι rce.~> had beaten back Greek attack.- on the Albanian front. IN THE AIR—Tiie British also announced that the roya! air force had 1 ired oil plants and port works at Gclsenkirchen and the inland po ; ot Duisborg-Ruhrort in western Ger many last night. Ostend. Belgium , was hammered again. In Berlin, in authorized German spokesman i the British Hew over -2 cnu. ties but attacked only ne of the .n'en: ι\ ely. YUGOSLAVIA—Prunier Dmgi sa (•••cîi.-.v i>· o! Yugoslavia and Κ«»ι···μβ<! Mini ter Alkasander Cincar-M»"ko . ill rneci lo Belgrade turn G" ·■ ·ί■■· yesterday they In Id · ι : ; -ι π inference with Ad >11 Τ ι ;> went imiiiediati Iy t ι , ι ι ι · ' Prmce Paul, the regent. I... s ■ ■ ' e! used to make a ■ 1 ;i t · · - .··· ;jt ' .! ees <·'· 'Se t · the pre !: .ι ι ι : ■ indicated that Yugosla· la pro'eihly \ .-"ι i.dopt ι enur.-c ore :n ; :'l · German de.-irc . SNOW HIM, QUITS BASEBALL LEAGUE Si·..· Π '■ <">. fAPt <Sn' iw Hill. I · , ..II· I - !.. "1)1' I ill· ι ; 111 ■; . f ',.··! 1 in «'] Π 1.1.Ί ■·' Kill threw in· ί ( · · t-Ί Plain, 1 . · ' · 11:' {.1 ' ' I Γ,ΊΠ' ' ' 1 · · i ν ( ) ' I I'T .Τ , ι ' 1 Γ ·. I : : · Ή t hf> I'M »î ! V. ;ι . "till, · ' J If! Γ■' ' 1 ! I conl »\*j .on It was (■ \ι"■« led herr Rôcky V. 1 n-(· Pied; ,ι.ιιΐ Lr.iguo • : ..nr'lii r : ;i f r.m i'l'i ' rrl ι crotvll'. . ι : li j t.i'.r > ι' ( Ί tile Sll'iw 1 i ill ' t r 11 · i ι i < ·, Germera Warships Left One British Ves sel To Rescue 14 Crews, DNB Reports lu·! Ι ι .! ■ ι - ( Ai ' ' ; . ■ 11'>tίΙ Ι:· ni (fCMii.m â .u slaps which ha 11·;κM ti-ct h ;!u past l\.-o ci..y .· ink ii l .1. :: - : 11 j in 'lie Atlantic convoy lelt one οί ιiit· vessels afloat to serve as a rescue ship tor crews : Hi·.· otluir-, DNB, nil rial German ncu.- ..geney. --aid today. AH "i tin· merchantmen were arm ed and delendtd themselves vigor ou.-ly. the DNB report said, and while shells fell close to the Ger mans. nn German ship was hit. A DNB reporter aboard ont of the German ships -aid that the light was ,-witt and that after the first ten minutes five British ships were in sinking cond tion The attack started S inday 1'!' Portugal. But UN Β did not indicate the exact position nor did the agency'.- reporter distlo-e the type :oi '..α-i-hiv» vttieis tuûk part. "On February 11! we >.iw tirvi 11n>· -peek.- ·>η the sea", the D.NIi ixported -iini. 'Then more eame in view and -onn all 15 ships ol the gri.i.p. We sh< I at the first vessel which immediately sent up a rocket. The rest oi the armed merchanti! en ,-iarted firing at lis. Then <> ir .-hips picked out individual steamer... Smoke obscured the view. "We went down the line oi the conviy. Soon to our rear lay oivrn ing ships. One vessel was torn in two. Scarcely ten minutes after the beginning ι f the tight three ships were sunk or sinking xxx "We got to the end of the convoy and turned around for another go at the ships. On accourtt ol their use less firing it was necessary to de stroy them. Soon there was only r.ne steamer left Our commander ordered it to lie spared foi the rescue t!.,. vrcw»."
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