ïteîtîtëfsoit Baîh| dispatch
^ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SE'"ΓΙΟX OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR 'ίίΙκΜΜ"®0' HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 10, 1941 PUBU8,^B^^i?N,;\7KKN,,ON FIVE CENTS COPY
German Forces Move Into Iraq
.. « ν „ - .. - - -- -
Bevin Charges Hess With Duplicity
Says Hitler
Knew Fully
Gi Flight
Bi iiish Labor Minister
Hints Broadly Hess'
Concern Was for Ger
man People As Result
of Heavy German Cas
ualties.
ι ' Πιι· Λ ·ιitaat ' (1 Ι'ι e-.it. ι
I' ',-h I.abur Mmi-!n Krnr.il
I ' iid today th.it lie believed
Deputy Fuehrer Kudolf Ik's
■■■ 'iti.md with the full know I
i Λ < 1> · 11 Hitler, but th.it he
11 " ι ·< i lb -■ came "out ol any sym
ι ■ ·■■.· lor the British | copie."
b ;i11· ijrst outspoken official eoni
. eu' "it the bizarre episode, Bevin
ucclai ed:
I·. " my point ol view Herr Hess
■ ι : urdei er."
V· c.iii undia. ■. ;: 11 my feci in,;
when l till you he was the man who
im index card un cvei \
ι'r· ii i> ader ill Germany ami
• ι 11 d« π a ici 'ills, and when tin
.'·. they Wei e eitlier sent In
■ ·.' it,un camps ur murdered."
Γ.· π i.inted broadly that lies.-'
v, . I.;;* the German people
η t the British—as a result of nazi
ι ■·· -- m the Balkans and deaili
il· trueV.cn wrought by H Al
un Germany itself.
Berlin, nazi sources said it was
• . "itcd that Heichfuehrer Hit
. nd make a speech to the Ger
. : ι |κ ι pie on tiie 1 It·; k affair.
Λ th'ii .t.itive quar'ers in London
• l the ι ι (id a· oy declining to eon
amfficial but censor-pa -ed re
, ti.at the nazi deputy tuehrer, in
• "χι· i»t Adult Hitler's orders,
Britain as a sell-constiluted
tie ol peace."
j new .twist further complicat
ed e war strangest story. I'liese
i.a ' i nicrged:
\ Β ι : 11 s 1 ! radio spokesman first
■d broadly that Ik·.-- was aivulg
'..ι Gciina'i military secrets bj
: mil; he was talking and writ
: ι, "words which will make the
<e ..ii high command sweat."
I'lie Uerlin radio subsequently
ad that lies . sutfering a "Ales
cmnplex" flew to the Scottish
ι '.a ni the Duke of Hamilton, an
ι ii end. in the hope ol bringing
·■ ι! .m end to the w ar.
Inhumed British quarters then
i'ii'ted this version- only to have
' ca-t ai doubt by high officials.
'Shenanigans'
On Tax Bill
Are Denied
Wa linigliiii, Mv là. (Λ1 ') Ke
t ■ 11 ι. ι ;,ii cii,list's tnat tl lt'it· had boon
ιlenamngans ' and secret confer
ence between Democratic members
"i Hi·- House ways and means com
ΊΙοι· and the Treasury department
• II the $3,511(1.00(1.ODD new tax bill
'' "ti:"it prompt denial today from
1 rni man Doughton, Democrat,
- » ' u t li Carolina. '
Kepi e-entative Knutson, Hepubh
'•π. .Vlmnesota, made the charge but
I" ughton told him: II there are any
ι · · 1111 ■ ι ei ι ces, the minority will be re
pir-rnted. There have been no Shell
ing III.-."
Knutson said there had been re
l"rt.- that Secretary Morgenthail
t.'·' a dnner 'to some of the 'in
; ide Democrat.- on our ciiimuiltee toi
'in· purpose ol 'softening' them up
'·" tin· proposed new tax levies."
At a pre.-.-, conference. Secretary
ΛΙοιgi'iithau declined to discuss what
t1·inspired at an evening conference
with congressional leaders at ili.
home this week.
There have been a number ol
very peculiar moves in the handling
"I Un tax measure—secret move
"'at make one fear that this is in
"iiRer a democracy," Knutson saici
"fust. Secretary Morgenthau askec
• lew select committee members
down ίο his office and after outlin
ing to them h is $XâO(>.000,000 pledgee
ihi-ii' to >ecrecy. Later. Assistant Sec
'clary Sullivan submitted the plat'
m ,-eerecy io this committee but il
leaked out. Before we began hear
ing·-. a pledge was extracted Iron
committee to raise the $0.500,
000,0(10 in new taxes, but the Trea.
u'y failed to acquaint us with llit
^"1 Mtuuli-jn."
The Wife Hess Left Behind
Much speculation has boon aroused as to the fate of the wife and infant
son Kudolf Iless left behind when he escaped Germany by plane and
parachuted to captivity in Scotland. The No. ;i Nazi is shown here with
his wife. Use. Soon after landing, Hess showed his farmer-captor a
snapshot. "That's my baby son," he said. "I saw him in Germany this
morning. I don't know when I'll see him again."
(Central Press)
U. S. Suppiîes Sent
To French Colonies
DISASTROUS FIRE
AT PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia, May là. — (AI') —
Philadelphia's most disastrous lire in
a decadi· today tie troyed the bloe;\
square I'm t Hiehmond lumber yard,
halt a dozen ni'it>h[>oring home.-, and
ate its way into the newly-rehab
ilitated Cramp.· shipyards before De-j
ing ferougn! under eontrol.
Loss to the lumber yard alone was
' estimated ·>>· firemen at well over a
million dollars.
CMfieial "! the ship building cnni
pany said t h ι fin· would not intei
i'ere with préparai 'ι ίι- under i.v to
1:11 a S120,000.000 eontraet lot the
Na\y. Ineluded in the order an s, .
eruiser.s
Reynolds I
Wins Vote
North Carolina Sena
tor Recommended for
Chairmanship of Im
portant Committee.
\Yίι hmyton, Μ,,ν 15. ( ΛΡ) - S.-n
ator Reynold--. Democrat. North Car
olina, was reeommended I'm c · 11 ; 11 j ·
manship of the* important Sena to
military a Hairs committee today
t iter a closed ^es^ion of the Senate
Democratic steering committee,
ι Senators said the \ <>te was 112 to ,'ϊ
I with Senators Glass. Iîemocrat. Vu
ginia, Gut'fey, Democrat, Pennsyl
I vania, and Green. Democrat, Rhode
Island, asking that they be recorded
(Continued on Page Two)
One Oil Tanker Has
Arrived at Casablanca
Another En Route;
Further Shipments to
Await Foreign Devel
opments.
W'a ΙιίηβΙοΐι. M·.;·. 16 (AP) - Th<
I huted Si itc ν. ι Κ' π lied au
tin ritat i\ ely li ici,a v. ha- sent t\vi
shiploads· ni' hadty needed .-upplic:
il· French X >■ 11: Atrica. luit f'irthei
sh ipiiieiit- : ι ! · · I ".nu withheld pend
il if» clarificat ,>.n ..| tin· colonies' ml;
ni the event <>: any doser "colla·
I " rat ion" bet ν ι en Fi a η ce a ι ici Ger
many.
At least une ι ιιia τ I.iden wit'
Aineric ai oil and j Ηι·ι·Ι··!.ιπ pr<duel
has arrived in l'a ai il.anr ι t lie ci il
l'iiies' only Allantic port ..ut-idc tlv
( Oinh.it zi .ne. and al" Iher tanker i
now en r·uite. it v a !i irned
ι Diplomatic talks w ιτο reportel
underway lare i.irlicr tin-· monte
lookmfi to a resumption of norma
II al·· hi'tw ·ι η tiie t'nMed Stale.- ani
Morocco. AlRcria and Tunisia, tou
île nev. th 1 vn:v -npplies had heel
.■tail v, ' tin· t'ir-t indication tha
sonic .-ureci 'it had hcen workec
out. )
Since du· t cleared Ameri
can pot'·. h"v e\ ·τ. swiftly chang
ιιu; «il·· . : ci ιι the North At'
it- m "ΐ'ιι ι ι·· iliι· ι · intensif iec
(·■ τι ι an p 1 1 ι' ι·'I ance l(:
dn-.ei "roll ·!·· ·'■ aid t·
I ci m ι il Α111 e ι ir in and Britisl
otlicial- to ir irk tun hetorc rushing
any re ,-lnpii ' lit
While ι . ' il ii" officia
latciiielit. ■ ' ' ' ··. -iff clear in ill
l>n mod ο ι.!"(· r l' ai il' German.'
secure·- direct > ndiiect control ο
tIn- French V: can "ι.lonies. iio mon
-h ι ι. . ut would I·.· ilowed to leav<
Vît.erica η pi·!·· · o·· to pass througl
(Continued on Ριικ· Four'
Interesting Fight Likely
In Hoey-Reynolds Contest
lu the Sir Walter Hotel.
I>:iilv Dispatch Itureau,
ll.v HKXRY AVKKIII,.
Halfiyh. May 15 This Hoey-Key
; nolds atfair. with the national ef.ii
mittee scat fur North Carolina as
tlu- prize, could hi' a nice, hot poli
tical hatflé ot the type Tar Heels
have had the pleasure ol enjoying
I only once since tin halcyon days
! of l!t:i(i when t'iyde lloey. h'alph M< -
i Donald and Sandy (iraham went
about the state fastinti aspersions
; upon each other in no uncertain
' terms.
Since then the onl\ really finish
fight of bin time caliber was th."
1 festive speakership race of li)3!) in
which Libbv Ward ultimately prov
ed (by two votes) that Durham is
in the west
Practically every other statewide
can pai^n Ikil been a dismal ilup
Hum tin· (mint ni' view of tin- in
torested ι>1 tM S οι ιι|· ι I ι· n l.iccai
"nu ci in lest" long before tin· Mil
counting was cioru·.
The Bob Re.vnolds-Mancock srna
torial scuffle in l!)3il wasn't belli'
than a minor league allair .il be.-t
Frank never at any time makini
headway enough t>> ranmr ^i· belie
Ικ· had a chance. The multiple-can
didale lSHll governor' battle cul
lapsed alter Governor .1 .Mel\ill<
Broughton led tile first primary b\
-o manv votes that lie m m red ol
Lieutenant Governor Wilkin- Γ Hoi
ton's financial supporter.-.
The 1ί)41 speakership race became
a vvuiKover uncn the Gardner-Hoe;
group threw its whole weight inti
the scales to elect fellow Shelbiat
Odus Mull over George l'z/.ell ο
(Cûutinutd ou T.
Churchill's Report
On Hess Incident
Awaits Proper Time
Germans?
Weekly Meat
Rations Cut
IVrlin. May I \l >—Λ 20
prirent reduction in Germany's
weekly meat ration. etteelive
June was anuouiit d today by
the lood distribute).ι imreau.
I iujt'1" the new d: crce the nor
mal ralion will lu- eut ιι >111 .1.1O
g ranis (one pound) .1 prsun to
100 g rums weekly. H'oraris.
whose rations will he corres
pondingly reduced, will be allow
ed SCO to 1,000 grams a week ac
cording to ineir t.vpL.' 01 labor.
Λ spokesman said the new
quota*. would continue through
tli«' summer "hecatisc (icrmans
eat less ill ".it in the .summer and
besides tliey have more vege
tables."
liuucr mlions. the spokesman
said, will be increased but allot
mi nis 01 oti.er kus win lie cut so
that the fat allowance on the
whole will remain unchanged.
lie boasted that Germany now
is producing 700,000 tons of but
; 1er annually, or twice the
amount churned before l.'l.'JS
and only 50,000 tons less than the
Γnited Slates.
Petain Asks
Full Support
From French
Vichy. M 15.—(AP)—Chief of
1 N; lit· ,M ;i ι -1 i ;i I lv.a.n lulu !. υ trench
I >> 1 ·11* tom^iit Ί! is up to you to
i n u Willi· .t mental reserva
lin.'i" .uter he i.ad inhumed tnetn
the German French negotiations have
hghtid "flic path v. :i> to the luttiiv.'
Γι ! ι,ιι .-aid, 1 have appimed the
prim .; 111-" ut tl.i meeting uetueen
IJai'lan and Hitler.
"F 1 vu 1 I·' enehim 11, ti:e illy
thins i" :1 ' me without mental
reserw.lhiii 011 road ot honor and
in tlu iiat.■·!..·· interest.''
A few ;te belore it was an
nounced that tne marshal would
make in.- 1 -rl. unit xpected speech,
the French e e-ta. lisle, d fuil censor
ship regarding ill tones e nceniing
negotiation ;.ri\\een fiance and
Germany.
The ann . .·< . "lit said I e action
was taken m eu of the discretion
ary respmis · llowed foreign
corrcsponden' 1. I lei lin "I'm every
, tiling eoncft in mi l' iench German ne
gotiations.'
"It is 111.' 1 ' it the same 1 lie-,
of courtesy creed by foreign
.jouruali.l .·. 1 ·-u led to \.'.ehy . it
said.
Auto Workers
Go On Strike
(By The Associated Press
The United Automobile Winkers
I i('l( )) union failed a strike agafejet
lit. .c Hudson Λ1ι·ι··γ Company plants
I iii IJetroit today and General iVlolur.
■ Curporati u reported a w.ilkout .it
[ 111 m- ni its flint. .Mich., plants despite
I agreement to postpone a stiike
against GM until Friday.
Company olt'icials estimated that
upwards of 3o,(H)il workers wire idle.
From Washington, K. J. Thomas,
president ol the United Automobile
Workers, telegraphed members o! his
union l return to work on the alter
noon shift ii they had left their jobs,
and to continue at work elsewhere
until General Motors gives its ..11s
(Continued on Page Four»
WE4THIH
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly doud\ tonight and Fri
day, scattered showers in moun
tains tonight: warmer Friday and
in west and central portions Ιο
ί Ilijlt.
Prime Minister De
clares Delay "Certain
ly Was Not Unfortu
nate," But Would
Have Been Unavoid
able Nevertheless.
I ,ηηίΐηη. Μ, ι ν i ."> Λ11 > Priin
Miniate· ' 1 ri■ ! Il t. .ifI tin· house o'
ι oninien ' Ί IV 1:1.1 ! : ·· \\. >uld re
Ι«|)·( ' I . 1 1.11|>.. Illllitv fin till
Hlldolf I : "I· fll'tlt IJ11 i 111M t 11 <
V ■ li I 'rl 1 ■; i. ·ι| " the fleet if):"
ni II ;>< ί[.! " >..v tin· public in
terest."
Pi··· ·· i ' .··;·! ■.· delay of 4"
!.<m· in ' r , ,nj n,(| Brili-.|i an
r·.jurr" r ι■ ί' Ί I ί■1 parachute ai
rivnl. Oh ι ni I ι id. "It (the delay)
certainly va- ι,.·' unfortunate. hut if
it had hern unnirtunate it would
have Iif\ η una\ . nda'.ile.
"First <if all. we had tn establish
the identity of the mimed German
irmnn vhn had landed. and we only
had evidence which, while it wa.
\ cry interestiniî. could not be co l
-iflerrd conclu.-ive in view of tin.
•urprising ch: factor of the informa
tion."
Chuichill raid. "I did not believe it
when I wa,-. told in the course of
Sund iv, 1 think it was. but I imme
diately sent an officer who knew
The deputy fuehrer and wa- able to
speak with him in fluent German.'
Laborite Arthur Wood-burn. a Scot.
. ked. "Is there any truth in the in
ference -ugge.-ted by the German
wireless that the intelligence de
partment ha.- created the impression
.η G''i many that Scotland ir, reach
to make a .-eparate peace with Ger
many'."'
Church:!! replied, "'whatever de
lu-ion· may exist, that is not among
them."
No Objection
To Textile
Wage Rates
Washington, Muy 15, (AP)_ λ
public hr:.! ι u 011 ·< proposed 37 1-2
cents *in leu u,minuit: wage ! « »r
Π50.('()() 11·χ ! ι :· ucrkers was called
today with η ■ « >j -jχ>· 11 κ»n seeking an
opportun1! ν ι « i-.· hrard. wage-hour
officials disclosed
A short. two-d.i.v session was in
prospect, with eh:eî merest centei
ing mi a π·ι·ι·:η . *·ηιi ! ·■ ·η that the
wage-hour dr i -1 · · 11 dev>e a ul
preventing wage deduct.· ·η; for renl
and supplies hv cou pany -tores thai
might "circinm ent" increased inini
rniiin wages.
Hess Ahked for Him
The Duke of Hamilton
Indication that Rudolf li . No. S
Nazi, bad planned pn.vt · :. ·. i. ··»·;
to land in Scotland aft· ι hi· tliuht
from Germany was se< ?! in his re
quest, soon after para'dint in^ t->
safety, "Take me to tlu· I>-ike." He
was on the estate of the hi.; ·.£
Hamilton, formerly th· .Μ.ί»·«j>i«!
of Clydi-sdale, so-railed h···· ; · · r
who flew over Alt. Kv· r· : .· 1 ' ; ..
( ( < η ' ■ ni i'r< us)
Ship Bill
Not Limited
Senate Defeats
Amendments to Pro
hibit President's
Transferring Foreign
Ships.
Washington. Μ··ν !" ί.\Γ"·
pile argument- that it \v >■ .rit:. ·:■'■/
ing "needless provocative ·
war," tin.· Senate defeated *"Cia\ a.
pit irt t. ι Γιirbid the Γ' ο tii ' ·.
transfer trum one bellige μ : ■ :. : τ ; . ·
àι another any foreign ve--ei ; i.e.
•iver ander pending s ) ι i ρ j . : ; Joui- .
Hon
I!' a vote <·! 43 to 38. the eh - ι
rejected an amendment by Seh.it .
Van.denbe -g. Republican M i a
and CI:. Democrat. M. -
wnîch would have forbidden such
transie:·- A similar amendaient
previo ;-ly had been defeated in tin
Ho i-e
I Yandenbe'. 'β argued that the pro
vision would not impair the legi.
latain and v. · id prevent needle
pros.»·,,...,, v.·.,·.
Umii t. · · * . ι· · .'Si' 1 ·!
whic ' ...
the P: e-aie·.: ' ο . any
or all it' tin Ι!"- ·ύιί I·· ·· an i'k
ves-ei- lying idle :. Λ · . .v.n water.-.
Two ol tl ion ι are Gent.an and 2s8
are Italian.
i Sen.ι tor T. »:>»>. U . . η New
lia ρ-hire. · .' ;· ·'
"tremendou.- and uicrea-.ng volume"
I of letter.· ;·.» the \V: ·> II·· ι v. ...
(Confirmed on p.me two)
Babson Sees Army Fliers
As Potential Peace Force
ι;% ι:<χ;ι:κ \ν. habson.
( ( » ι » \ ι i ι·, 111 1911, Publishers
I inancial Bureau. Inc.
■ ■ <-1 ■ ι Mass.. May 15.—'Till'1
il·· ''1 r\ remind.·. nu· ni what 1 wa-, !
t ill « i en m lîelgium before the'
Y . ι Ά h' 1>π kc I standing in
the publa· square at Brussels watch-|
nig the si'liliers kiss their wives and
s« eet hca rts goodbye as they left for
the ' "1 When I commented as to
thci' earnestness. a man at my side
: ι r'.ed 'Yes. they are earnest,
but th.i \ are only the infantry In
lanti .v v. .II not count in this war. The
wa> u H i»· started and the war \w'!
be ·.·;■!■ ed by the fliers" When
great e\enN are happening in Eu
nipe. Xli'ica. or on the seas, we
are apt t ι lorget that the world'
Hier- r.n be as potent in foiling
peace a ι waging war. Then the
Hi·.-- incident brings lis up with a
-uddei a ι .. :.;akes lis rub our eyes
and wondt'i
Watch the Airplanes.
Annies are helpless to desert ex
cept w ith ι ! ii· cooperation of their
nUicer- Menan t ol the navy can
do little by 1'ieniselvcs. but are de
pendent upoi then commanders.
Armies must be led: battleships must
be tueled: and even lone submarines
are useless without torpedoes. The
present system ol warlare has been
i built up through the centuries under
: centralized control whereby the sol
diers and sailors ire mere helpless
pav.vii. l'a» idea ,·)! * dta".. iWiiUe
army or ι > .twit">n
It novoi did (■·.
exist ; .md 11 ι η ι ■ ι W ; ; !.
fliers». hmvi·· »·
tirelv diffère! t Κ α t>>rd
unto itself and is free to g > nywhere
it wishes and I..'id > .t de
sires. There can bé a tiai\ democrat
ic air force.
Confidential information has for
SOUIC t; "O lieCI! !. . !·", ILih th.l'i
airmen on bo!h de a\ r been iit\
inn up voluntarily to the enemy. This*
was tin real π 11 !·· it··· I ;.·11 η
collapse The Quak··! Ii ι
very intere-ting stone- t·· η .. alone
these lines. They. \vlu> do not bi
lieve in war, have especially been
on the lookout I"!' t! ers wi'.< land
on enemy soil, be nu tiled ol 1 ι
war and its bri labile- Then 11. ο · :..
is: "He kindly to every one. but es
pecially to the cm " \ : he: - Ί ne\
may become the world's pcaccn.ak
ers."
lamp ISlaadiiiK storv.
When visiting Camp Blandmg the
past winter. 1 -aid to η >·: ι ό· "I
suppose all these men η.·\> η t: . ' -
him will some day make up a new
j and powerim Amencan Leg,on. n
this he replied: They will probably
m ·· · ·■ » ■ -.·.. ■ ·- ι .. η
they will not have much influence.
...^ incis 111 oe uu dominating
force alter World War 11. They wil
have their own organization: wil
(Continued on Iwoj
Nazi Planes
Use Syrian
Airfields
Hitler Apparently Ful
fills Statement Made
at End of Balkan Cam
paign That Only First
Phase of Middle Fast
War Was Over.
I. :·'(·.··. May I") —(ΛΙ'ι -G- ■
■ ! · :
l' . 1 ;. ' 'J.i 11 (i S y . ■.., s;. . ,
In-Ill luit
!>· ' ·ΐι «<>\· ι nment ai.ii·>· nice· 1 '·.
;... ν
At ti'it saint* lime a } : ■■· j>i-c' ■!
11 ■ Κ ι ench 11 andat· ' . :. \ < > I ·. ci >·:. ι
'in- 1]■ jggle over I ... ' . 'cil
·: a declaration by Foreign Seer
laiy Eden that ''foil authority" π .d
"•en nivt-ii to IÎ.tί->h force Ιο ,.11.ι.
German |.»ian.es n Syi-ia.
Eden charged thai, the trau-it
Ge: : ; an phi lie·.- \ : S y ι : V a " '
clear ijn aril ni the armis; ι-·- acrre
ment between Germany and Franc··
iltei that Uritish ally va- knocia d
ul ι! the European wai last June
Irai], scene ot sporadic guerrilla
lighting betvien native I'oι ce.» and
the British since May 2. is one of the
vorld's rii':.est oil producers and a
route to Britain's vital Sue/ canal.
Thu . apparently Adolf Hitlc: '
ast has gone to the aid of the
against the British fulfilling the
German statement at the end "1 tί■
Balkan campaign that only the I ;·>!
phase of the war in the Middle East
was over.
E\ idence that the Germans \ν· re
ready or already had launci ed :■
new military offensive on the Ι·<·1
-and.- of Asia Minor came today it··;·,
several sources—including a Cairo
announcement of the Middle Ea '
command. Among them were:
1. A reliable source here said Gér
ai planes were landing .n French
: undated Syria en :.· ti *.· Iraq s.ivl
v.··· .Id be bombed and machine gun
ned ' y the British
:? ?'i.reign Secretary Eden charged
that the Vichy government apparent
ly had granted" transit rights to tin
Gem,an forces.
3. Τ.λ- German ambas.-adrr la
Τ ; iv* > l"'r. iiz \ . ·η !'a peri. wh« · re
cently returned to Ankara after con
sultai ions in Germany, conferred at
length with Turkish President rsinet
Iiioiui ti'dav and bore hin. "friendly
i jr- ·Ί nu-" · ·■ Hitler.
ι The German radio safd the Brit
j ' ad lie ·. d all Br 1 is): w . ···.
η·) child: .··: \\ :hdrav. η fr in Pale
t ine '.
British Push
In Ethiopia
Italians Reported Re
sisting "With Extreme
Fury" In Amba Alaji
Sector.
Γ.·.πμ·. M. j !5 ( VP ι . I
I: 4I1 cot: ι ; nana ■ - ; ·■ · u-1 i ■ ■ ί
!rit :■ ■ ■ , .
ρ vs.- ..·, *
t inns n' t·"τ ! 1 '. .I >,., ■ , · . ' ■
All l M Ala.i. sect' . S'.ï.c;.· : ! : : I ' r *.
1IV! .V t : : V
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' who 1VI! hack I· the -ector n'lei' 11n·
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Ground operations on the nortfi
African ti'ont. {lie daily war bulloliu
-aid, wc:r l.:ii:lod yesterday In ;>r
' I Iffy 1 \ohanuos .it li, .11.-I1 -I 'id V ■
i'iMK and -I'li iting acti\ .ty oast ni
~a! , Ksi.vpt
Τ .in plane - were rep t«-l 1· >
:a\c subjected lho harbor and dc
! rVn-t· works at Tobruk t 1 a série
: if Mnihard1: vnt- during which a
steamer was -et afire.
j Three British planes were shot
ι down, the communique saia. when
; Italian and German bombers al
lai ".cd a.r bases at the British Medi
terranean base of Malta.
British aircraft were reported to
'are attacked the axis at Derua,
A'bSt 01 Tobruk.