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BE^ttîï^rsntt Brnlit Mx&xx&tth TWFVrV-KlGHTH YEAR ~V7·.·,'!·'"" ίΛ"Λ N^SFA''Eli PUSHED IN THIS SRI TIOX OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA * HENDERSON, N. C„ FRIDAY AFM-Ν,Κ,Ν ΤίϊΙΙΓ^ΓΤΓΐΜ, '■ ν r Hitler Meets Axis Comrades . ™""lefl' ι'"1'!™ Λ .1 apanese military delegation calls on Î! : : lor at the chancellery in Berlin. Beside the German leader is Japan's General Yamashita. Kepurts that Japan considers the landing of Australian reinforcements in British Singapore "a belligerent action" indicate that Britain may have lu battle Axis members in both hemispheres. (Central I'rcss) NAZI BRIDGES SPAN DANUBE Passage or 1 roops and equipment Over Pon toon bridges Said to be "Matter of Days it Not Hours"; Precautions Taken. Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Feb. 21. (Ai pon.to η bridges in tun .idera: 1 imiiibcr already span the D ■" -1 i / ·. · .^'tween Rumania and Liul garai, . ..-ading Balkan diplomat said Inday, and the pas.-age oi troop - and «·ΐ|· ipii'.ent south "is a matter oi ; <f. ■.«'.·> π not hours." Ti ι· , ;> er was virtually iee tree ! and '' e nazi motorized expedition . ι > i t ν on the Kuiuani m side hi·".·· I every e den · oi jtett'ns; I ι · iiil.v .i ni'ive into Bulgaria. (.'nl rofis ol these troop are mov ing ' i llnough Rumania toward the ι m bord·, r. m.htarv dispatcher ι said l.'n · ■ al aetiv iiv wa rep<irt -d j Iron. .11 Rumanian in ;. 1 r intr. li ed by tl.L- ( ; t-: ι ti;. 11 a"· inre··, with ι lightiiig and bombing plane.- lined j ii|> on the runways. Km ι : ι legal!· η . in S il'ia heard 1 repor! - i .mgiit that Russia wa,- ; niaking a la t minute ol'h it to fun·- ! -tall Ciii 'ia.n entry into Bulgaria, ] 'nit ι' , .· ». a.-, no e mlirmalion in of ficial r an·'·.·!·.- of the countries ehie!- ! ly e iii 'erned. The l.'mtod legation in Sofia I· id a nuiiibi r nl placard·-" j printed in Ki\jhsh. Bilfianan and Grr: ,11. iVi.ii; "tin.- building is pro perly ι the United State*" and dis playing lia- American flag and seal. H. B. PARKER DIES OF HEART AILMENT Goii.-b· i-n, KcI, 2 ! ( Α Ρ ) Η. ι; Parke; 71 dean ·Ί the Gnldsboro j bar, died today in a Ki'spital here u! a hi art ailnr nt. ίϊ· had I ecu ill f' r some lime Τ1ι<· 1 · livrai ν». ι1ί ι · * In Id at t Κ Hrst Baptist church h··· lom· > row, aftei noon Κ. C. Gives $19,496,805 Red Cross Reports Total in Money and Supplies Furnished So Far In War. Washingt n, Feb. 21.—(AIM—The American Red Cross—"the grcate.-t mother of them all"—reporte d fiduy 11 had furnished $19.496,80à in money ,and supplies to relief suflering abroad in the first year and a half the war. Hundreds of thousands of Ameri can women have shared in Knitting carloads of sweaters. Tens of mil lions of surgical dressings have been sent to the war zones. Two charter ed ships have braved mini' strewn waters to deliver cargoes of tood. clothing and medicine- Night and (Continued on Page Fi,e). lient on Hit By Big Fire Trenton. N. C\, Feb. -I.—(ΛΡ)— seventeen frame buildings m the business district ot this t \vn burned today. The blaze was said to have start ed in a cale, which was burned along witli the pa-mllice, a grocery store, 5 and l(i cent store, a filling .sta tion and a number ot residences. ΐ'ιΓίι.κ-η ι rum New liern and Kins ton ai-.ied in checking the blaze. Dam :,c ; expected to run into thousands jï dollars. Ί S S V V fl ruoiicity Regretted President Says Publi cation of Marshall's Testimony Hurtful to National Defense. V 1 111··.'. ! Keli :'l ( Λ Ρ ! — ; President Roosevelt sa id tocUty lie r η iflrri r| thr rl' ; ι, ,,f what was intended to be secret testimony | before a Senate cwmnittee yester day !.· General Qpurge (' Marshall, Π:ιy rl.il l ,.| I.ilf. i 11 1 lui to lia - I.on..I dof'rn.»e. The President told ί pu '-onler l'iu'i» that 1t ι ai.-ed . qui- tion of etIik·.. m· ■' - ι !-' ;nid ι > ιti · ·' ι>n I ho part "i eninmittei i >·ι and irhtoi s. ι u 1 > 11 hers und dea ters vim print· <1 report 1 Λ1 .. ..Ii.ill';-. j uMimony, The (Ίι:ι·Γ Km.· i:t · ·:·! it U'li.i - I ·' ( 'ont ' 11 ' κ·Η · .ί >*-<■·■■ TROOPS MOVE INTO BALKANS **** + ****♦ ******■·*>**♦» Referendum Bill Introduced'J Companion McGowan of Pender Offers Bill to Provide Referendum in No vember on Question of Return to Prohibition; Other News. Ρ >■■■!. :>1 (AIM i ll.· long : ·' 'ill «.ι orovidc -ι statewide referendum in \i:·. ember on the question ni return to ab.-olute pro hibition except fi»· medicinal 1 ic|nor i\as introduced in the Η oust· today :>y Representative McOnwan ol Pen-· r'er county. 1:if—<!· .. -l'Pd it with a bill which. if enacted into law, would prohibit the transportation of any alcoholic beverages in contradiction ·.·· it h the federal constitution and Ir^r lators .ml that Would repeal th" λ ρ:·! mil! ης )·<·.-idonts of dry cuntics In transport up to four quarts ι ■ ι ARC liquor home. '['he trill provides for depositories ··: la pita' . ·· sanitoriun..-. or other wise to furnish liquor at cost to i,atients to be adm mistered under lia· treatment of a duly licensed phy sician. Il a!.-o permits home a-anu iactnre of natural wine- and eiders. Both bills wee' to the committee on proposition and grievances of which Representative Quinn of Dup lin, a dry. is chairman. A public hearing on the bills was set for next Tuesday at ".Ma p. m. in the hall of •he House of Representatives. House members, after a wrangle ι ver parliamentary procedure, re icferred to the appropriations com mittee a bill proposing to give the supreme court power to make rules for inferior courts. Representative Taylor of Wayne led the fight for immediate passage of the biil. Representative-· Burgin of Hender son and Hatch m Wake and others -en! in a bill to create ι state di v i.-ion ol county and district fairs lair.- by the ! ite. A fund up to S23, (>{i(l would be -el up by the state and donation- ol up to S100 would be (Continued on Page Two) Investigation Of Defense ProgramAsked Washington, Feb. 21. tAP)— The Senate military committee today rec .nimended a sweeping investigation if contract letting ai the multi-bil !ion dollar national deien ·· program. The committee sent to the Senate ι resolution calling for appointment it a special com a. it tee of seven ,-en itors "to make a lull and complete study and investigation of the opera lion of the program." The resolution, by Truman. I)em icral, Mi.--oori. recommended thai jiL'a.OOO lie given the investigators ι ', ,ι,ι owed ot, Page Two ; Greeks Send UrgentÀppeal f or Planes ! Washington, Feb. 21. -(AI')—The Greek government, it \vv.s learned today, has made .1 second urgent ap peal to the United States lor help— particularly for warplane.-,—"before it is too late." The result, has lien to start de fense oftieials on > fresh canvass of availably supplies in starch of air craft that can be spared t > reinforce the Greeks in their ir.iggle with the Italians. Greece's renewed plea i ,■ the in sistance promised ' l'i -sident Rons' \ elt some time ago reai-hod lier:· dur mg Ihi1 last several da;· II arrived 'just before the signing th: week of Ihe Turko-Ruigana·] non aggression pact which may alter the Balkan 'statu.-, quo and evert a decisive ef ! feci on the military and political ! future of Greece. The Greek minister conferred with ' Undnrseeretary ol Slate Welles yes "•day but both refrained from state I nients 1 11 their talk. It was reported ; however, that they had discussed ι Greece's situation jn the light of 1 most recent developments. The problem of finding planes for Greece is admittedly beset with dif ! iiciiltics, fur aircraft factories al ready are loaded with orders for the I Army, Navy. Britain and China. The question, however, was under wood to be under study. KING ALFONSO XHl IS CRITICALLY ILL Rome. Felt. "A.— (API—Doe tors described the condition of Kins Alfonso XIII of Spain as grave today. "Kiev said he spent a restless night during which he suffered another heart attack. Senatorial ! Redisricting Bill Fought Ualeigh. I Vb 21. ' Λ I ' > I.egiMa iors presented nunn'inus object'.in.· 1 today to a bill to reapportion late (notorial representation and shunt ed it to a sub-committee for studj alter Senator S,md< r of Alamance had commented "1 see now we might a.-> well tear the bill up". Amendments given to the si:b-c<>nj mittee in writing proposed: to make j the third district consist of North ampton, Halifax and Kdgec mbe counties, electing two senators; with the fourth being Vance and Warren with one senator, offered by Senatoi White of Vance. Much of the di.-.cu.- -ion centered 1 (Continued <«t ■■■ ·· '■ Cucumber Growers Face Competition Kaleigh, Kflj. 2!. (AIM C'luu Icj I'. ( ales ut Κ a ru m, a pickle· inana i'acturer and member of the State Hoard ni Agnelli! ire, said tuda> 11... tiuck lartner.-. i> 21 ea-tern North Carolina counti·. should hi· warned that tin· AAA hi: Is their committee^, have approved tor cucumber» is causing a -μι rad ι I cucumber pro duction on a cfiiiniercial basis. In other ercial cucuniber ρ ·' dueing area·- liι·■ AAA cummittei· usually exempt cucumbers Irom the truck limitation-. Cati> .-aid he was talking "in tiie intere..! ι ·! t!.i firmer, not a.s a ι iI - »sh pickle man." As a direct result of the ΑΛΛ limit of three .crcs ot cue.nnbei · ι to the l'an·, m the 21 commercial truck coantie.-. Catcs said, one pickle plant has m· ved part of its ecjuip (Continnfd on Page Pive) Appropriations Expected Jo Exceed Recommendations But Not Unbalance Budget Dailv bispatcti Bureau. Ill Itie Sir VI i·"^ iloii't i:> I.YNN MSB! Γ 1 ! «ί: Feb. 21. With most of ίm·.■ big agencies such as public η ιul l id yet to be heard ■ . ι!;ι ι lint appropriations com mit-"'' ha- approved expenditures lor the next I iennium ul' approxi mately .in million, three hundred thou* nd dol'ars above budget com· mi - -ion re ci >n .menda tinns. There is little doubt in the minds ι>I the most conservative that large additions will 1" made to the public schools for vocational education, and t either the twelfth grade nor the ninth increment, both of which have fair chances ul getting all it takes to make them effective, was con templated in the budget report. There is evidence, too. in Iobbv c> nversations that secondary roads are going to get more lavorable at tention from the committee than they got from the budget fixing gentle-J ncn. These two ilcii! "Γ -ehiiols and roads add ni) 1" a lot o| money ( ο χ - ;ict Cifures arc not available or im portant lor seller ,! understanding), but prominent members of the ap propria'ion- committee estimate that when the hill is finally reported out to the floor, it will carry total ap propriation- of from two and a half to three million dollars above the mount.- recommended by the budget commission. This prediction is supported by the apparent trend in thr committee Within the pa.· ι week not a single request for additional money has been given a flat negative answer. Some item- have been reduced, and in one instance (law enforcement of ficers fund) the committee rewrsed its vote of approval. But in that ca-e a subcommittee was appointed to re port back to the big group. There has (Continued on Page Five) Brooksf ijîiieiie Fight Aid Measure ■ ι Warplar.es Fly Pacific Wellington, Feu. 21.—(ΛΡ)—The British embassy announced today that "aircraft are being Mown" to its. forces in the Far East lroin the west coast of the United States. Although indicating that μ wernil bomber reinforcements were being sent to the British at Singapore, the enemy declined to give any fwrtlu r details. We can say nothing about ti ο numbers, types or routes of the e : ircraff, an official ^aid. The embassy statement followed report. that Consolidated and Lock heed b mbers were being flown I ρ >m San Difgn to Singapore via Hawaii U-Boats Made Ready For Offensive fîf-1 i I ι , Feb I - (ΛΡ) -l')i"η t ,111- Dent-chland, a ·. irt'P close I'· (ίιΐ'' "II iiia Idoi ;. I'd :· Ή :/ ' h.d 11, . ι 11 mi i.i π ne were ; n!". 'lig em 11 : ι : - m t ■ rl\ lev. I tr. I isli -hip "liceao ■ e 11 '. ι l|\ 'I tl - ( Γ i ■··.·!< I ci · Λ\ ·. .li ' are engaged m preparation for thé big nil. ι, VI v. i ι [ c ; ι Hit!. . ρ ρ κ * I : ι ι· ed." ( Til· C"!I ' I'lltj' rv' I'o: ·. . eii'1 .ip I, l entiy ·.·. ι '·· Η ill'·!·' f ·! · ' ν ::n ' in; n'd on ! '.me K, ve' Brooks Declares 1 Lease-Lend Bill Rep resents "Leap Toward Dictatorship ' and' Would Involve Nation 1 In War. 'Λ . -!: Î 4 s .11. Foil. 2 ! .AIM - ' C.,11 ν : ι · u · η the îifci t ag; tnsl the I ; ι ; l ■ - ι ,i.d bill.' Scnat'n Brook-. Re t ; 11 : ι Illinois, deel.ired today 11:. Ί ' . p l'Sl-ntcd "a I "a ρ .toward , dictator,ship" which would "involve , ; ; . · per,·-' iii.il fighting pal t. ■ . ■. p.. 11 · >n in ; 11 " ^ l;i ok- ,-,ι.ίΐ tliiil .-fnatoi'.n could ( 11' 11 liirk 111·· ι ι osp risibilities L'y gi\ iii.u I'n idem Hoosevelt the pow ι ι.;., ::<·{( in Hit· legislation. ■ IT.e bl.i:.d -Ί American boy.·· will . » · .ι y.rur Hand.-' , I·.· asserted. "The , h . ιj ni Airrnca in lung.- to America d ι ι }-.· ,· dcicn ο ι the last drop. ' Senator Gillette, Democrat, Iowa, ( ilsij i pposing the hill, told the Sen 1 ■ ! ;.iι ι ' ■, ii St..ii détendes now ·. ιη.,ιί ••i.i.i',· 11 1 ' 'lily bv t h ' ■ . · ml ■■ : ■' ..I nil oil) > ··. -ι :.· ι i1 ' ; '. "i WO pi ■' ' ■ |. ν 111'* Mil 111 e clay ι11 the . : . mi..! lh" measure, ' : 11< ι \ l.iid ί·ι. Γ'ΊΙι· .gut·. I hat It . .ι ,1 ι ■ . ' .i-e-lend |.n> • ••ild e ·. ι ·ο· li.i· I'n ted - · ■· ' - l :. I - i.i "ii ■. Ί ' I de ■ . I ! ;el i be · .. Ί ι Ρ ■ Ι'.,Ι. , li'.,. lu ■ de - cri!.1 "d 1 )-.·· : a mg lh:ii M..·'1 '.ι t lu· ■ - . 111. ι η would I ■ 1 ι ·■' tan •i. nb. Ι1ϋ· η ' '.III ·.· ι Ί thai I 1 · > ·.,· need ..III;:· ■ · ■ I ' ' : .1 Stilt*·:. li-p'Ofl-'d mi the . ■ ι '. 'ι defeat" •I « ι . ι τ ι \ it.d It !> ■ Id . ot·· a I· λ :.'.·.· i. I .· .· .lid. 1 £3 5s Hay SJ Φ* By KOGIK \v. babsox Copyright 1941. Publishers Financial Bureau. Inc. Babson Park, Kla., Fob. 21. I ν -h that leaders of my c >|umn—and this includes some of my Republi can friends—would quit writing η ■· about "good old 192!)." Ninety per cent of our businessmen, banker . and investors can make a better record m 1941 if they fir.-t will take a (lamp cloth and wipe 1929 from the blackboard of memory. Ninety percent of oui employe.·», 1on. can ,ckl to their welfare this year if they will quit hankering for the. "grand old times" Let us debunk the myth that the 1929 era w;i- an eco nomic heaven on earth, instead ol 'just the opposite. That bedtin. story - ' ·- : id i"ti beca - *■ the lake u'·. : 'Ur οΓ 192!) till tempts som·· ■ . ι wnderi ate the expanding I -. ι ' ; I it .c η 1 !I41 . d t- > over di>cotint it potential opportunities. It ; \\i· 11 to be realists, and today that ·· "an- to be ι>pl Ki|> Van Winkle in Reverse. S .pposed that some ol these peeoplo who are neglecting 1941 in l'utile yearning tor the "good old days" could get their wish and wake up back in 1929 Their first l'ecling would be that the country had been blasted by a bomb raid. Hundreds of miles of today's sleek highways would be reduced to their original rocks or rutted mud Kvery 1929 < '.Continued on Paie Five) ^iazis And Britain Send ^iew Forces Arrival of Anthony Eden and Genera) Dill in Egypt Leads io Speculation ot Furth er British Assistance For Greece. I By Tin· \ ' !·, |te(j I': .· I C 'i ilumn. · : I ;· ··, · ■ ι i d rotin IK '.·!!. 'iaoULiii I! ι. ι ward ! he 1 )anube rivs^r ι root h-vj* . if h B: I Iga J ■ ; ; ι !. κΙ,Ί \ 111 ι ; , ! icrnl . '· iiiiii cei\uit t.» {;.,·■ · gain.·.! m expected ι nr. mn lie Aegean kingdom. ? ust Moves Feared. In Washington, Chair:: m ( . . temocrqf, Georgia. of the Senate Cm - Μ η relation- committee. an intimate riend oi Secretary of Stat·· Hull eclared: "Germany i- p: "pai air; to ·.·· try fast. i. think there w:Il lie t,-e a-ndous developments vit'i.n the ■ :<t ten days." Kden In Egypt. Attention \va.- focused on *(·· ival in Egypt ι f British Foreign S· . - etary Anthony Iiden and th·· «·Ι, Ί f the imperial general stalf. ti rai Sir .John Dill. Speculation arose ί>· - Li-.- that Eden and Dill may el:·. ··» · time of Britain'- North A 1 · ,·· loop.- to support Greece ,.ί,.ι.ο :uzi invasion. Cairo reports said li: itam iven Greece every a.-suram-e t! ι he i- capable of throwing . _v '.umber.- of troops ait" the Ball, m onflict. Already Britain was reported t > ■ e moving additional air toic" un ■ ο Africa. Greece and the Ka. . ο counter German aerial as-;-;..:'· ο Italy and a.--erted Japanese hrcats in the Pacific. Menzies Confident. At London. Prime Mmi.-tei 1. · ; ί. Menzies of Australia w arned p·. . am of "element.- of danger" ir. the 'acitic and declared no nation ·.. , hink that Australia is "unwilling or [-capable of detending m -el: " Japan now has ' obligat ;.. . hose who are a ; ; ire^ent .. ..· neurits." declared Menxie . Matsuoka Defiant. At Tokyo, Foreign Min:-'·. f Lioka toid Japanese new ρ. ι pi r ■ la t continued defense prep,-.a ι " Πι it.· χ and the United State a ie South Pacific would produce a ituation "attended by con. ;dei al. e anger." The Japanese foreign minister e\ r< .-.>ed hope that "the Anglo >\"i·-·" w mid refrain from "taking ny men ures tending to incite Japa t's.■ public opinion.'' British Advance. I'a 't ,-h general headquarter.- at a το announced its force invading ■ ι ntmi ed on Paye S" ι» e, Aid οί United States and Canada Asked in Securing Use of Ports In Ireland. 1 .ι mil· !P., Feb 121. ι ΛI ') Th"J ,fit'.-h uovcrnmont i< seeking the on ι t he United States : ι m < I Canada 'ι> am the um· "I Irish ports τ. th■■ round that a German dot onati-d eland would constitute ■ < 'iefm.tr· ire.it to their interests in the V mtie. an unusually reliable source lid a>day. Th: source asserted that cl> -p.'·· 'rime Minister Earnon de Valera's lsistince 'Ί1 absolute neutrality for reland there were almost nm mious discussions" regarding I - -n ort.- which Britain .-ay- -hi need ι counter German aerial and sub larme attacks on her -hipping It was said there was a movement ι get the United States and Canada ■ take a lead in these discussion.· . "The feeling here," this source aid. "is that Ireland ι- a potential neniv base in the Atlantic which is list as much a problem from a long ange viewpoint to the United States lid Canada as it is immediately to iritain." It was reported that at the insis c-nce of Britain, de Velera already uid been given ;m unofficial Anier lan intimation that there i- cons id Table sentiment in the United States hat it the British need Irish bases hey -liould have them. *fU. S.-Jap War Can Be Avoided" mm Japan's now ambassador. K-chisaburo Nomura, holds hi< l:rst press confcrence in Washington and tolls newspapermen, "Japan a i t .0 United States can avoid war if the Unilvd States do< s not ta';.· he initiative." The new envoy, however, made it clear that Japan intends to expand southward and tl.al his com y views Ann :·:· :·:ι l'ortiûeyuyn of the neiiihboriny; island ol' Guam wita disapproval. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally lair, continued cold tonight and Saturday. Kxtended weather forecast from 7:30 p. in. Feb. 2ΐ to 7:30 p. ni. Feb. 26—Temperature be low normal, much below normal northern sections first part: moderate rain southern section by middle or latter part of pe riod.
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