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I ïtenîtersntt Β min Htspnfrlt ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA __ TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR <ΒΒ%8Β&«·9»Τ HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 10, 1941 .ΙεκκοοΝ FIVE CENTS COPY France To Convoy Her Ships Gayda Calls British Aid Bill "Open Intervention In War" Trophy of Daring British Raid on Norway C. P. Radio/thuto Back from a Hashing raid on Nazi-held Norwegian Islanfls of Lofoten, off the coast of Norway, British sailors and marines display a Nazi flap seized in the raid. The British destroyed munition works on the island and took 215 German and 10 Norwegian anti-British prisoners. They also sank 11 German ships. Red Troops Massed Nazis Faced In Balkans Τroop Movements Said to Reflect Russian Fear of Nazi Invasion of Turkey. Belgrade, March Hi. — (AP)— Week cud advices to diplomatic quarters asserted that Soviet Russian troops were moving into position along Turkey's eastern frontier be tween the Black sea and the Caspian, as a German troop thrust into Greece and perhaps Turkey was feared im minent. At the same time reports circulat ed that Yugoslavia would send its 'oroign minister to Berlin or to Berehto.-gaden tomorrow to sign a friendship treaty with Germany. This would mean Yugoslavia's definite alignment in the German sphere, but would not place the country in the same class with Ru mania, Hungary, Slovakia and Bul garia ;is adherents to the military al liance of Germany, Italy and Japan. The reports of Russian troop movements in the Caucasus, coincid ing with the strengthening of Red army forces along the Prut river frontier of German-occupied Ru mania, were said to reflect the Mos cow government's desire to make sure of the Russian defenses if Ger- ; many should strike at Turkey. PRIME MINISTER'S DAUGHTER ESCAPES London, March 10.—(AP)—Λ re port circulated in London today that Sarah Churchill Oliver, actress daughter of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, had been killed in a re cent bombing, but her husband's sec retary said later "she is quite all right." She was reported en route to Bradford to appear at a concert. Mrs. Oliver, 27, was married to Vic Oliver, American comedian, in 1936 in New York, where she made her debut on the United States stage in that year. Five Killed On State's Highways Charlotte, March 1U.—(AP)—Five persons met deatii on North Carolina highways over the week-end and many others were taken to hospitals, some of thme seriously hurt. The worst accident occurred at an intersection 13 miles south of Con cord. Raymond Joseph Pope, 39, and Mildred Hathcock, 12, both oi Page land, S. C., were kiiied. Lemey Lee Byrd, Jr., of Krwin was fatally injured in an accident near Erwin. Nineteen-year old Troy Milton Moser of Clemmons was fatally in jured m an automobile accident lour miles south ol' Mocksviiie. Mrs. Ralph Cook, 26, of Longview, was killed when an east bound Southern freight tr.mi and an auto crashed at a railroad crns.-,ing m juongview. SENATE APPROVES ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW DEFENSE BASES Washington, March 11).—(A!1) — The Senate approved today establish ment of naval air bases on sites ac quired from Britain in exchange for United States destroyers, an action which tiie Senate naval committee said would have the elfect of "Con gressional ratification" of the ex change. The action came when the Senate passed a $245,228,500 authorization for naval public works including, be sides the work at the British bases, development of facilities at Guam and Samoa, in the Alaskan area, at various other Pacific locations, in the Canal Zone, in the Caribbean and in continental United States. TRAFFIC FATALITY. Annapolis, March 10.—(AP)—Miss Nina Belle Harrell, 19, of Oak City, N. C., a nurse at CrownsvilJe state hospital, was struck and killed by an automobile as she walked along a highway with three hospital em ployees last night. Anne Arundel county police held Joseph Jewell, 20. of Parole, Md., for a hearing on manslaughter and reckless driving charges, Officer W. A Stallings said. "PROPOSALS" London, March 10.—(AP)— A broadcast on the wave length of the Belgrade radio, heard here today, said the German minister to Athens had handed the Greek foreign minister "some pro posals." RAF Raids Boulogne British Planes Bomb Nazi-Held Port Fol lowing Heavy German Raids on England. Southeast Coast, England, March 10.—-(ΛΡ) Λ formation of bombers sweeping over the Daver Strait in brilliant sunshine indicated that the RAF was raiding the nazi-held French port of Boulogne today. Explosion- were heard from the direction of Boulogne soon after the bombers spread across the water. RAF fighters patrolled constantly overhead. The foray followed heavy German air at tad·" during tin· night and oarlv today on a section of the south coast. Although they were driven back time after time by a terrific anti-air craft barrage, tl e Germans returned persistently and dived low to reach their targets. The raid- ca ι-ed an undisclosed number of civilian casualties. In cendiary liomli: lained down on three town but f|uick work by fire fighters prevented '-rions damage. The scream of sirens warned of nazi raiders over London in mid morning after the heav iest weekend of air attacks since the fire bombs raids of last December 3. The all clear came in half an h ur. however, without any reports of damage or casualties. North Carolina Will Spend $64,500,000 For Education In Next Two Fiscal Years Daily Dispatch Bureau. In (hp Sir Walter Hotet By IIENKY AVERILL. Raleigh, March 10.—Under the ap propations bill adopted last week without a dissenting vote in Senate or House and in record time lor such a measure. North Carolina will spend on its educational system during the next two years the sum of $64, 507,998. The amount, in the aggregate, is more than two-thirds of the total appropriations authorized from the general fund for all purposes, which icachcd §91,329,387, I Oi' the total, $31,570,559 is au thorized to be spent during the fiscal [year 1941-42 and $32,937,439 during the period 1942-43. Operation of the eight-months public school system accounts for practically 90 percent of all aduca ' tional expenditures to be under I taken, this operation being estimated to cost $28,158,324 for the first year ! of the bienniiim and $29,454,233 for i the second. I If the division of funds spent con jtinues the same as in past years (and (Continued on Page Three) I No Comment On Passage From Berlin "Roosevelt's Gesture Is Deliberate, Unpro voked Move Toward War," Fascist Edi torial Spokesman De clares. Kome, March 10.—(AP)—Virginio Gayda, tascist editorial spokesman, ci eel a rod today that the British aid bill was "open intervention in the war against the axis" which even tually may bring into play the Rome Berlin-Tokyo pact "with many dis . agreeable surprises to England and the United States in the Pacific." "Isolated in its elementary reality," he declared. "Roosevelt's gesture is ; ι deliberate, unprovoked move to j ward war." He called it a viola ion of the Hague convention un t.hn rip hi < anrl duties of a neutral, and saiu: ι "So President Roosevelt volun tarily and publicly takes the United j States out of the neutrality which 1 already has been much violated m the nast months and renpivs WiUnnV warlike policy afterwards disapprov ed by the Senate. "No excuse may be claimed for the ' change to the figure of a new ag : gressor which Roosevelt is preparing to attribute to the United States, I dragging their peopl" iri,o an adven ture which they do not seek and on which they have not been called to express an opinion under the sacred principles of democracy." In Berlin, authorized sources said passage ol' the British aid bill by the United States Senate Saturday caus ed no surprise at the Wilhelmstrassc. There was no official German com ment, however, and it was indicated there would be none until the bill ! becomes law. ι In Washington, final congressional I action on the British aid bill appear | ed to be but a matter of hours and : informed persons considered it pos sible that the vast supply of war materials thereby made available to Britain would start moving aero.:, tiie Atlantic within a few days. REPRIEVES GRANTED I TO THREE CONVICTS Ualeigh, March Kl.— (Al1)—Gover i nor Broughton granted reprieves (ο ι oay to three men sentenced to death ί mi murder, but said the stays were no indication that further clemency would be extended. The statement said the reprieves were given Dollie Lee Hudson, sen Kneed in Northampton county; Fleet Jack Wall, convicted in Anson, anci Sylvester Woodard, sentenced in Wayne, because the press of otficial business had kept the governor from giving careful consideration to the cases. Hudson had been set for execution Friday and his new death dale is April 18. Wall and Woodard had their death dates changed from March 2B to May 2. One Launched, Another Ship Begun for Britain This photo gives an idi·;. "I how ;hr British shipyards are working at feverish speed to produce the ships on which the very life of Groat Britain depend.·. One freighter is ,-ln.wn hitting the water, and already the keel of anot'.er is being hoisted into place. General Assembly Facing Busy Week Indo-China Peace Near Tokyo, March 10. — (API Formal initialing: of the peace agreement settling the border dis pute between French Indo-Cliina and Thailand is scheduled to take place at Premier Fumimaro Konoye's official residence at 4 p. m. (2 a. m. e. s. t.) tomorrow, informed sources reported to day. French Ambassador Charles Arsane Ilenry conferred with Foreign Minister Yosuke Mat suoka for 90 minutes today, after which some observers said some modifications in the phrasing of the agreement were likely. The exact nature of these remained undisclosed. Axis Admits Reverses Stewart Says Hitler and Mussolini Give Most Convincing Proof of Troubles. Iî\ < HAKI.KS I'. STKW \IM Central Pit . Columnist Washington, March 1(1. Berlin and Hume, as our slate department interprets the news from these two ■ 'i;)|>o. cdlν strictly censored source.·., are furnishing the most convincing i ol all proofs that things are going badly with the European axis.. From Berlin recently came the in-: formation that Hcrr Hitler has re morselessly squelched disorders in Holland. Oh. he doubtless has squelched 'em. but his announcement | that he's done so is taken as an ad mission from a first-class authority that there were Dutch disorders that required squelching. And it was as good an authority as Signor Musso lini, who testified that the fascists wire a lot worse licked in northefl^ Africa than ever the British said they were. Adolf and Benito ought to know, if anybody. Benito's revelation was naive to the point of being funny. It evi dently h^ leaked out in Italy itself that il ducc's forces were on the run on the southern side of the Mediterranean, and it appears that the Italians, at home, were begin ning to mutter that he'd neglected to send enough of 'em into th\t field of activity er to keep 'em supplied adequately. Seemingly Benito was stung by these criticisms; so he made that speech of a few days ajy>, to the effect that his African military out fit was, too, a great plenty more numerous and better equipped than Italy and (ne rest of the world had given it credit for being. Well, if it (Continued oc Page Four) Adjournment by Sat urday Night is Barely Possible; Several Im portant Measures Re main to be Considered. Daily Dispatch Bureau, Iu the Sir Walter Hotel. By LYNN NISBET. Raleigh, March 8.— Getting down j to work early this afternoon, foliow I ing a lull day on the public.· calen ; dar Saturday, legislative leaders are driving hard lor sine die adjourn ment Saturday night. Attitude of the veterans toward this achievement might be called wishful rather than hopeful. Many of them see little pro bability of the session's ending be fore the middle of next week. With revenue and appropriation bill.·» out of the way, with reappor tionment disposed of, albeit not very satisfactorily, and with most ol the governor'.· "must" reorganization* either accomplished or on the way t< certain pa-sage within a day or two, there is no absolute bar to adjourn ment any time. ι in the other hand, there remain ,-o many important public measures, and a whole flock ol local bills of ί ie.it importance to the several coun 11·■ and communities in the state, that if tin-ι· bills are given any sort nt decent consideration the session will have to go over two or three day into ne\t week. ( >11 the program for this week are such mallei as election of mover > 11 ν trustee.-, House action on tlu board ol education amendment, li (jLior referendum hearings betorc >·.,· finance committee of the lioii-e. and city l'Nii'nsion bills—including the Vogier i.'atewide act and a dozen or more local measure . among them one pecilically enlarging lialeigh and another making a gem ι ult toi extension of all niun'c.palilie m \\ ake county. Board of Education Keoruani/ation. Set for special order in the House ol Representative.-- loi t ,morrow is consideration ol the prupo.-ed con stitutional amendment coi,-ol.dating all of the public school control agen cies into one board ol éducation. Alter a hectic passage back and forth from committee-, with amendment being amended and votes being re-ι considered, the bill passed the Sen ate. It provides l'or a consolidated board with an appointive member ' lrom eacii congressional district, and the lieutenant governor, the stale treasurer, and the superintendent ol public instruction as ex-officio mem bers. This board would be required to appoint a comptroller, responsible to the board, who would handle the fiscal affairs of the schools. Fight was made in the Senate, and in the House committee, with assurances that it will be carried to the floor, en the iurther provision that thi. comptroller when appointed must be approved by the state superinten dent. An amendment to strike out that provision was defeated in House committee by a sort of tluke. but it will be vigorously contested on the floor. Business men do not want to give professional school men too much control of the school money. It is also apparent that consider able opposition is being engineered by other state officials who now con (Continued on i'age Three.) Darlan Says France Must Have Food Vice Premier of Vichy Government Tells American Newsmen He Will Arm Ships If British Blockade ο f France Continues. Vichy, Franco. March 10.—(AI') — Vice Premier Admiral Jean Dorian informed Λ icrican press representa tives today that French ships would be conv'-yori it the British blockade of France continued. Darlan, who, with Chief of State Marshal Philippe Petain and Secre tary of Food Supply Jean Achard, called the press conference, declared: "1! the British continue this oiock ade which I consider imbecile I will be obliged to ask periniss' η to pro side arms protection for our merch antmen. I will let nothing stand in the way of the French people's eat ing. "The Germans are mrjre generous and more comprehensive of the needs of humanity than the English." Petain said the Germans had re leased 220.400 tons of wheat which had been requisitioned for the Ger man army. Darlan said he considered the blockade against Germany useless and declared he ïïad toïïT f?Tat to U. S. Ambassador Admiral William Leahv last night. A few boatloads of wheat will not affect the outcome of the war, he' said. In I/ondon. the British intimated they would continue tn enforce their sea blockade regardless of any pro tection for Frenciv merchantmen. 12 Firemen Killed In Theatre Fire Brockton, Mass., March Id.—(AP) —Twelve firemen were killed and ltj injured early today when the snow-laden root' ol' the 30-year old Strand theatre collapsed during a Γιιτ which destroyed the building. Bodies were recovered from j :.Mouldering mass of metal, wood and plaster. ι Approximately 25 men were trap ped when the root' ovei the theatre ι balcony caved in with a terrific l'oar. Hundreds uf Sunday night movie goer.-· had left liie theatre less than two hour before the lire. I Trapped firemen -creamed a-. I flames lickrd at their hands and f. 11 ί while they were e.night in the debris. Λ Catholic ρ K'-t, the i?e\ . Law rence Morn-un. borrowed a fire man's helmet and rubbei i-",it and went into the burning tuiilditig to adnnnister last rite- tu the dying and most seriously injured. FDR To Ask Funds To Aid Britain Washington, March 1U.—(At')—A prompt presidential request tor funds to speed aid to Britain under the British aid program was expected in congressional circles today. After conferring with President Roosevelt, Senator Barkley, the Demcratic leader, and Vice Presi dent Wallace, Speaker Rayburn said: "The President, probably on Wed nesday if the bill is signed tomor row night, will send up some esti mates. They will be for cash and contract authorizations." Rayburn said that the amounts to be included were discussed with the President but that he could say nothing about them. The congressional leaders said that the bill as passed by the Senate Saturday night would be called up in the house tomorrow for final ap proval and sent to the White House by nightfall. Setphen Early. White House press secretary, told reporters that he thought Roosevelt would sign the bill "sometime Wednesday unless we hit a snag not now foreseen." WIATHIR for NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy and warmer, liftht scattered showers in west Portion tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy in west and mostly cloudy with light scattered show "<* in fca^t purtlun.
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