NMS ME COMPLETE FN
PITT AM GREECE E.C.M. MEET
Corporation Group Of
ficials, Town and Busi
ness Firms Arrange
Fine Program For En
tertainment of Mem
bers July 1
Arrangements for providing a
worthwhile and entertaining pro
gram for members of the Pitt and
Greene Electric Membership Corpor
ation at their second annual meeting,
to be held here Monday, July 1, have
been completed by the officials, town
and business men, and all is in readi
ness for their reception.
An address from an official of the
Rural Electrification Administration <
office in Washington will feature the r
program, and the business session I
will be made up of reports of the i
phenominal progress of the Corpora- i
tion, given by the various officers, ]
directors and committees. The elec- i
tion of seven directors will be in or
der and the question of setting - the
first Saturday in July as a perma
nent date for the annual meeting
will be considered. The meeting, li
which is to be held in the high school
gym, will be called to order by the
president, J. Lee Tugwell, at ten
o'clock.
This meeting will also serve as a
celebration of the recent completion
of several new extensions aggregat
ing around 75 miles of new line in
bringing electric current to approxi
mately 300 farm families for the
first time. These extensions bring
the total allotment sum to $225,200
with which approximately 250 miles
of rural electric lines have been con-1
structed.
The Farmville Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Association are
arranging to provide ice water and
lemonade at the meeting and dis
plays of electric appliances. The
electric Home and Farm Authority,
in conjunction with the Cooperative
and the Town of Farmville, has made |
available loan funds to all farmers
for the purchase of electric appli
ances, which are repaid over a period
of years with the light bills.
A barbecue dinner will be served
at the swimming pool following the
meeting.
UCC Figures
Are Released
A Total of 3,263 Pitt
County Workers Are
Covered by Act
Raleigh, June 24.?Payrolls were
about $31,000,000 greater in 1939
than in 1938 for about 8,500 employ
ers in the state who were subject to
and came under the provisions of
the N. C. Unemployment Compen
sation Lew, the approximate figures
being $373,000,000 in 1938 and $407,
000,000 in 1939, Charles G. Powell,
commission chairman reports.
The employer contributions, the
2.7 per cent tax on payrolls, amount
ed to $10,131,314 in 1938, as com
pared with $10,975,999 in 1939, re
flecting better operations.
Unemployment Compensation, or
jobless benefits amounted to $8,
159,368 in 1939, the first year of pay
ments, and dropped to $4,256,864 in
. 1939. yT";;!/?; ? .. .
North Carolina had 8,416 employ
ers subject to the UC law in ' th?
year 1939, and in the same yem
449397 workers were protected bj
the law.
Application for work in the 51
Employment Service Division officei
in the state and at about 125 "ser
vice points" and about 150 "spo
points" visited by representative
fmm these offices, numbered 307,
,954 in 1938, as compared with 331,
161 in 1939, while placements o
jobs numbered 89,694 in 1938, in
I creasing- to 197,521 in 1939.
Pitt county, a breakdown of tfel
I state figures shows, had 196 employ
, era subject to the law and 3,2?|
workers proctected by it in the yea
I 1939. I
I Payrolls of employers subject J
I the law and paid on employees prl
I tec ted by ths law, amounted to 5a
560,270 in 19S3, as compared? wil
I $2,728,119 far 1939, while contribi
I tions paid by the liable employe;
I sf Pitt couaty amounted to $68,6!
in 196* as eompmed with $73,634
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1009 QQIHhHB jb+FJLE? Ut XfftHy ?Qy
I i,T-' 009 * i ftsft
men who were ayahMt defense pi
70th Birthday
Of Mrs. Dora N.
Kiel It OhttfflH)
I
Children Entertain At
Dinner; Relatives and
Friends Call During
Day To Offer Felicita
tions
Mrs. Dora Horton Keel was honor
ed on her 70th birthday Sunday,
when her daughters, Mrs. Madeline
Horton Rountree and Mrs. Frank
Capps, of Washington, D. C., and her
son, M. V. Horton, and daughter-in
law, Mrs. Horton, entertained at a
dinner at her home.
Mrs. Lula Forbes and Mrs. Ellen
Hill, who had already passed the
three score and ten milestone, and
whose birthdays fall op this same I
date, were honored guests also. The I
trio have been friends since girlhood
and have often celebrated their' an
niversaries together. Mrs. Keel and
Mrs. Forbes are cousins.
Many beautiful gifts, including
flowers and candy, for each of the
"young ladies" were arranged at one
end of a long table, spread under one
of the fine old oaks on the grounds
of the Horton Apartment House,
which is a landmark of the town and
rich in tradition and early history of
the county and community. Con
structed more than 90 years ago to
house the Pitt County Female In
stitute, it was later called the Farm- j
ville Academy, then the Horton Hotel
when Mrs. Keel and her first hus
band, Moses Tyson Horton, became
owners and managers. After the
death of her second husband, Thomas
E. Keel, it was converted into an
?t,+ iimia. hr Mrs. Keel and
dy<x? uixicii.v ^
her sen, the late Judge J. Loyd Hor
ton. Practically all of the citizens
! of the town and community up until
j forty years ago, attended the
Academy and received a part of, and
many got their entire education, with
in the walls of this building.
The table fairly groaned under
the weight of the sumptuous birth
day dinner, consisting of barbecue,
cooked by Bob Melton, of Rocky
Mount, Brunswick stew, cooked by
THE Lath Morriss, of Farmville,
potato salad, tomato and lettuce
salad, deviled eggs, pickles, cole slaw,
corn sticks, iced tea, and a huge ice
cream birthday cake, which bore the
lettering "Happy Birthday Mama"
and was brought from Washington,
was cut and served with some of the
honoree's own pound cake, the mak
ing of which is one of her foremost
accomplishments. Bowls of red ver
bena and feverfew graced the table.
Snapshots of the honor guests and
?of various groups were made by Miss
Novella Horton Capps. Mrs. Keel's
closest relatives numbering twenty
five, and the only other member of
her immediate family, her brother,
W. C. Askew, were in attendance
Many others called during the day
to offer felicitations. . -
Mrs. Rountree, Mrs. Capps, Hortor
Rountree and Wm. C. Murray motor
ed down from Washington Saturday
to arrange for celebration of the oc
casion.
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I Wortliington
I And Cox Win In
I Second^ Priman
Is Worthington Pilled Uj
|- a Majority of 60
1 Votes; Cox Won by S5l
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Eoy T. Cox and S. O. Worthingto
Be were victorious in their races f<
I k Register of Deeds and member of til
I3 State House at Representatives, r? I
Br spectively, in Saturday's run-off pr
o Mr. Cox, former member and chai
y- man of the county board of ccmmi I
L- sioners, defeated Amos 0. Clafl
:h 4499 to 4414, a majority of 85 vote
a- according to the unofficial tabulate
re compiled by the Reflector.
B8 The tabulation gave Mr. Wortfl
in ington 4489 to 3,789 for. John fl
Statan of Bethel.
be of the four who nAtot the Ho J
k<, ox representatives in the xirst p
mary who has had legislative expe
nr- eoce. Dr. W. I^ .Vootaft jron one I
'or the seats in the May 26 prima
160 Hod' 5*286 Hr rthijBsrj
ne the Register of DftMs race m ?
* first primary. Mr. Clark led \wii
ri- 3,620 votes, Mr. Cox got 3J25Q and
ri- H. Manning, who la serving,the u;
of expire* term of the late J. C. Ga
raa had been expected'by meet observe!
A totel ^8^13 waaxwtin the Be
votes was (SfiSrthe Register"
,
IIaaimaa* Tim
Heaviest Tax
Ski Wsrtl War
New Effective!
I
Washington, June,25.?The nation
shouldered its heaviest Federal taxi
load since the World War today.
President Roosevelt's signature
made law of a bill estimated to raise
an additional $4,692,500,000 in the
next five years by adding 2>200,000|l
citizens to the list of income tax
payers and by raising the rates on in
come, profits, excise, gift and inheri- I
tance taxes. The money will be used
to help finance the defense program
authorized by Congress. . r
The treasury calculated that the
law would increase anticipated fed- L
eral revenue in the 1941 fiscal year,
which begins Monday, from $5,652,
300,000 (not counting social security
funds, which aie now outside the bud
get) to $6,467,600,000. An extra
$994,300,000 was expected to be rais- j
ed in each of the following four!
years. . I
Largest Since 1920.
Next year's revenue, if realized,
will be the largest since 1920, when
peak collections were made on World
War taxes, and the 1942 fiscal year
may set a new income record of ap
proximately $7,000,000,000.
Officials estimated that 2,200,000
persons would pay federal income
taxes for the first time because of
reduction of personal exemptions
for heads of families from $2,500 to
$2,000 and for single persons from
$1,000 to $800. This lowering of ex
emptions also will result in increas
ing the payments of those now tax- J
ed.
To facilitate the defense program,
the act authorized the treasury to
borrow immediately against the
five-year proceeds of the measure.
Sale of $4,000,000,000 of "national de
fense notes" was authorized and the
national debt limit was increased
from $45,000,000,000 to $49,000,000,
000. While the federal debt now is
?49 018 209.181. resrular federal ex
penditures had been expected to ex
haust the old debt limit within the
next year, without provision for the
extraordinary defense expenditures.
Effective dates of the tax increases
vary. The income tax provisions
apply -to incomes earned during the
1940 calendar year, and will be pay
able March 15, 1941.
Increased excise taxes, such as
those on liquor and cigarettes,, will
become effective at 12:01 a. m.,
Monday, July 1.
The heaviest of the new tax bills
will fall upon income tax payers.
I^iey are expected to pay $319,000,
000 in the next fiscal year and $580,
000,000 in the following four years
in addition to their payments under
former income tax rates.
Another series of changes boosts
the surtax rates on persons having
net income of between $6,000 and
$100,000. Under this provision, the
surtax (which is in addition to the
four per cent "normal" income tax)
, was increased'from 5 to 6 per cent
on net incomes of between $6,000
and $8,000. These increases range
upward to a boost of from 55 to 56
per cent on. net incomes between
! $90,000 and $100,000.
The tax on amusements will ap
t. ply henceforth to admissions of 20
. cents and more,-instead of 40 cents
as at ^present, but the rate of one
. cent for every 10 cents or fraction
thereof is unchanged.
An extra one per cent added to
each bracket of the corporation tax,
raising the rate for concerns, with
income of more than $25,000 from 18
per cent to 19 per cent
Then on top of all old and new
income tax provisions, a 10 per cenl
super tax was added. Thus, if s
? citizens' income tax bill comes tc
I $100, the super tax increases it U
' *110.
[> - LIBRARY NOTES
0 Miss Annie Tyer, librarian an
nounces that hoars of opening th<
Parmville Public Library daring th<
summer will be 1:30 to 6:30 each day
n New books placed on the shelve
>r the past few days include:
** A Southerner Discovers New Eng
land?Jonathan Daniek; The Morn
Ing Is Near Us?Susan Glaspell; Th
Bird in the Tree?Elizabeth Goudge
r" Trees of Heaven?Jesse Stuart; Mor
?" Stately Mansions?Pauline B. Fletci
fk er; Red Lanterns on Si Michaels
*? Thornwell Jacobs; Bethel Merriday
>* Sinclair Lewis.
. Patrons will be glad to learn thi
k* there is-now a copy of "Rebecca" b
A* Du Marurier in the library.
Stores To Close For
Holiday on July 4th
?__
- The Farmville Chamber Of Com
merce and Merchants' Association
announces the closing of the stores1
here in observance of the national I
holiday, Jujy 4th.
Attention is called to the fact J
that the steresj will elose as usual
on Wednesday afternoon, prior to
the 4th, which falls on Thursday. . I
Splendid Suprl
GivenRed Gross
Goal of "$400 by The Fourth"
Expected To Be Reached by
Chairman Joyner and Work
ers; Donations Total $202.15;
Canvassers Began Intensive
Drive Thursday ,
Officials and workers in the ranks
of the American Red Cross Relief
Fund campafign now in full swing
here, report splendid cooperation and
ah enthusiastic response given by
citizens,' who have contributed gen
erously of "their means and given
their time when requested. A total I
of $202.15 was reported early Thurs
day afternoon, this sum being volun
teer contributions.
A town wide canvass got underway
Thursday morning, with the follow
ing groups working designated
areas:
Group 1?Miss Hazel Bass, Mrs.
Irvin Morgan, Jr., Miss Mary Friar
Rouse.
Grpup 2?Mrs. J. Leroy Parker,
Mrs. James Lang, Mrs. John D.
Holmes.
Group 3?Mrs. M. V. Horton, Mrs.
Robert Lee Smith, Miss Vernice Lang
Jones. ? I
Group 4?Mrs. Mac Garraway, Mrs.
John B. Lewis, Miss Elsie Carraway.
Mrs. Ed Sykes.
/~<_i?a ?it R Suecr. direc-1
| VUluxcu auc mv?i ?? . ?-cj-cj i
tor. .
Adopting the slogan "$400 by the
Fourth" Red Cross chairman Eli Joy
ner, Jr., and his executive committee
began promotion of the campaign
last week, appointing Miss Mae Joy
ner as publicity director and Mrs. G.
A. Jones in charge of the solicitation
headquarters, located at Wheless'
Drug Store. Mrs. J. Leroy Parker,
president of the Junior Woman's
Club and members of her organiza-,
tion have worked untiringly since the
campaign opened on June 18.
Miss Mae Joyner and Mrs. Frances
Spencer are heading a group promot
ing a Bridge Benefit Tournament on
Friday afternoon and evenihg of this
week, and report a fine response be
ing given their efforts. The Major
Benjamin May Chapter, D. A. R.,
has tendered the use of the Chapter
House for this purpose, and around
fifty tables have been reserved.
The sewing division, which will be
located in one of the Davis stores on
Wilson street, will go into action
Monday with Mrs. R. S. Soott in
charge. The Boy Scouts and their
Scoutmaster C. ? L. Ivey, have been
busy this week putting the building
in readiness for this phase of Red
Cross activity and a number of sew
ing machines and other equipment
have been loaned in this connection.
Farmville's garment quota is list
ed as follows:
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Five men's sweaters; o women a
sweaters, and or, black shawls; 10
children's sweaters; 5 women's dress
es; 5 girl's dresses; 2 layettes; 20
hospital bed shirts; 10 convalescent
robes; 10 operating gowns. 1
Yarn for the sweaters and shawls
r
. will be furnished by National Head
' quarters, withput charge, prcvidec
( Chapters agree to produce at theii
expense the assigned quotas or then
equipment in garments listed as per
missible items on the quota sheet
Chapters will be expected to pur
chase locally from the 15 per ceir
of the War Relief Fund which thej
3 collect, the yarn for all knitted itemi
B except sweaters and shawls. i-fl
^ Donors of $1 or more since thi
last published list are:
Bank of Farmville $10; J. Y. Monl
$10; John B. Lewis $10; America)
e Legion $10; Dr. Paul E. Jones $5
Mr .and Mrs. R. S. Scott $5; Mis
g Elizabeth Davis $5; John T. Thorn
$5; E. B. Hodge $5; George W. Davi
_ $5; Merry Matrons $5; Eli Joynei
Jr. $2; Miss Annie Perkins $2; L. I
Walston $2; Mrs. J. H. Harris $2
lt Contributing $1?Miaa Mae Joyne
)y Mrs. J. W. Parker, A. Friend, Mr
W. Leslie Smith,'J. M. Wheless, Mil
- Geraldine Gardner, W. Alex Alio
ie W. A. McAdaras, C. J. B. Gayle, Mr
th R. A. Joyner, L. T. Pierce, Ed Nai
J. Warren, R. T. Mont
Dte 1 " ' : ? 4
s- LEMON-GREENE
-
in } Mr. and Mrs. W. Leslie Smith ?
?s. nounce the marriage of their daug
g- ter, Elizabeth Yarona Greene
he Richard Thomas -Lemon, on Frida
00 "m* and imme<
Japs Move To
Grab Domination
Of Tin Far But
Speeds Up Efforts To
Oust Western Powers
Prom Par East and
Take Over Complete
Control
Aod now Japan slips into the pic
ture of the European war in a big
way, taking advantage of the wide
open situation growing out'of Hit
ler's attempt to dismember the Brit
ish empire.
With France smashed and British
influence in the Orient tremendously
weakened by the Nazi holocaust, Nip
pon is undertaking wide-spread oper
ations which patently are calculated
to give her domination of the Far'
East and the self-sufficiency she has
been seeking.
This, means a forceful reiteration
of the "Monroe Doctrine" which
Japan guardedly gave to the world
in 1934?eastern Asia for the Asiat
ics.
It involves control of great apd
rich territories belonging to Britain
and the defeated nations of France
and the Netherlands.
May Boost World Power.
In other words, Japan is speeding
up her efforts to oust the Western
powers from the Far East and take
over complete control herself.
We may be on the verge of wit
nessing a tremendous increase in the
power and world prestige of the
Japanese empire. It is a historic
moment which should not be lost
sight of bechuse of the distractions
of Europe.
In view of all this it is quite nat
ural that there should be widespread
speculation as to the -destination of
the main United States fleet which
slipped mysteriously, away from
Hawaii and is churning up the Pa
cific without any indication of
whether it is sailing north, south,
east or west. It may easily be pro
ceeding to the Atlantic but anyway,
the fact that there should be so
much speculation as to whether it
might possibly be heading for the
Far East, is a fair mark of Ameri
ca's great interest in that part of
the world. s
Proceed Boldly/
The Japanese are proceeding bold
ly and with a strong hand,, as is
necessary if they are to take full ad
vantage of their new-found free
dom from interference by European
powers.
Informed sources in Tokyo say
Nippon may attempt to declare pro
tectorates over French Indo-China
and the Dutch East Indies.
An unconfirmed report from
Hongkong Wednesday , morning in
dicated that Japanese troops had
invaded French Indo-China anil
that fighting was proceeding
Whether there is any truth- in this
Japanese forces haVe been operat
ing . near the border of Indo-China
in order to stop the shipment ol
military supplies to the Chinest
through French territory.
Little Britain Can Do.
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Japan also is understood to iiav<
demanded that Britain agree to th<
stationing of Japanese inspectors ii
Burma to stop the traffic in, armi
with China through this * "bad
door."
Another reported demand is tha
the British crown colony of Hong
kong stop its old and rich tradi
with China, and Japanese arme<
forces have appeared west of thi
' possession. ~ ^Hongkong is the dis
tributing port Of the whole world fo
' southern China.
And the Nipponese are said to b
' insisting that British interests* in
eluding military forces, be with
' drawn from the international settle
ment in Shanghai.
Any ope of these demands ^ in noi
7 mal times would constitute fightin
5 talk, but so far as one can see thei
is little England can do about i
6 now. Germany and Italy are a
Britain wants to tackle at the m<
k ment. .
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; COUNTY HEALTH
s OFFICES ABE OPEN ON
e WED. AFTERNOON
S ' .d ' V .. j
if. For the informatidn of the publi
3. Dr. Ennett, the County Health Off
!; cer, calls attention to the fact thi
r, .the Health Department Offices ~
b. Greenville are open on Wednesdi
is afternoons.
a, Not only is Wednesday afteriKX
a. a venereal disease clinic period, but
ih also a time when vaccination for t
phoid fever, diphtheria, etc, is dow
; Vaccinations are also donp gtytW
day mornings, and the Qrdenvi
venereal disease clinic is open
a- Saturday morning from 8:30 to 11 :J
CHOLERA
y, A hog cholera epidehiic, caused
^ animals brought in from outHrf^'
Ford Refuses
To Attsoi(t Hots
Plane Production
Stands Pat On Offer Te
Produce Plaits For De
fense Purposes, But
For the United States
Only
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Washington.?Plans for faster ex
pansion of the air force and simul
taneous aid to Britain struck a snag
Wednesday in the collapse of nego
tiations with Henry Ford for mass
production of ; aircraft motors.
Ford, who has said he could turn
9 '
out 1,000 complete planes daily, re
fuses ?to manufacture any engines
for Great Britain, the National De
fense Commission announced, and
this stand forced abandonment of
arrangements for a point U. S.
British order.
William S. Knudsen of the De
fense Commission, who' disclosed this
Tuesday night, said that "coopera
tion * in the production of this im
portant military equipment will be'
sought elsewhere."
This statement gave rise to belief
that services of other automobile
manufacturers might be enlisted. It
was recalled that when Ford made
his "thousand-planes-a-day" predic
tion, Knudsen, then heard of Gen
eral Motors, "guessed" that General
Motors could do likewise.
Ford said at Detroit Tuesday night
that he stood pa? on his offer ; to
produce motors and ? planes for
defense purposes, but o"hly for the
United States government.
On the other hand, Kriudsen has
asserted that the joint Anglo-Ameri
can character of the motor order
was "made plain" to Ford's son,
Edsel, the president of Ford Motor
Company. Edsel Ford confirmed
the arrangement as satisfactory,
Knudsen declared.
The cancelled negotiations with
the Ford company were reported to
have involved 9,000 engines?3,000
for the United States and 6,000 for
Britain. A $43,000,00Q appropriation
was hurried through Congress to pay
for this country's jorder, and until
Tuesday night the contract "agree
ment was believed near,
MISS BASS IN WEDDING
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Miss Hazel Bass was a bridesmaid
i at the wedding of Miss Peggy Perry,
? of Colerain, and James Laerteo Pitt
i man, of Scotland Neck, solemnized
1 in the Colerain Baptist Church Sat
. nrday evening.
, Miss Bass wore a gown of shell
? pink marquisette over taffeta, fash
l ioned with a very full colonial skirt.
? She carried a colonial nosegay of
? blue delphenium, yellow roses and
white gypsophilia, centered with pink
. rosebuds. Her quaint small hat of
matching pink net had a center of
! matching rosebuds.
IMitfttai Called
Ml To Weed
Would Make Possible a
Repetition of P i a n
Adopted Last Year foi
Benefit of Tobaccd
4 Washington, June 27.?Legislation
to increase by $500,000,000 the bor
rowing power of the commoditj
Credit Corporation was cited bj
marketing experts Wednesday a.<
one possible favorable factor in an
otherwise generally gloomy tobaccJ
outlook for the 1940-41 season. I
The bill was passed by the Sehatl
last week,' but was Choked off in thl
rush in the House preceding the refl
House tobacco bloc leaders and del
partment marketing experts agree'
that the legislation would make pos
jslble a repetition of the plan adoptl
ed last "year under wfaieh British im
porters, in normal times largest tali
era of United States exports, wer
advanced credits to take their nornul
is share of domestic production. : |
7- Seek To Thwart Ban.
In fact, officials of the Agricvten|
r_ Adjustment Administration said, pn
le liminary negotiations already well
on underway toward such a scheme.
JO. ,? By working otft such h plan,
was explained, domestic products
could escape the full force of tl
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Britain Cheered By
News Warships Ready
To Fight ? London
Hears French Fleet
Has Steamed to North
African Ports; More
German Air Raids
Bold British Attack on
Nazi Coast
London, June 27. ? Britons were
cheered today by reports from Gib
raltar that powerful units of the
French fleet?perhaps the greater
part of it?have steamed to North
African porta for a "fight to the
finish" despite the Petain govern
ment's armistic.
They received the news sis they
fought off another*of the German '
p re-dawn raids fast becoming a
nightly circumstance of British life.
The raids, from southeastern Eng
land to northern Scotlsmd, were the
sixth in nine <kys. Bombs were
dropped in northeastern Scotland.
From, Gibraltar, it was reported
reliably that French warships and
fighting planes of the West Mediter
ranean command left the strait to a
rendezvous in Casablanca harbor, on
the Atlantic coast of French Morocco.
There General Auguste Nogues,
French North African commander,
has declared "We'll fight it out" de
spite the Bordeaux government's '
surrender. <?
Will Fight.
Commanders of the French war
1 ships were reported to have assured
General Nogues that they would
back up his pledge to fight ^
- It was believed by observers that
the greater part of the French fleet "
had been stationed in the Western
Mediterranean, near Gibraltar.
*> Spanish sources from Algeciras,
near Gibraltar, confirmed' that the
French, fleet had left Gibraltar for
Casablanca and Algiers, in French
North Africa.
At Gibraltar unconfirmed reports
also wek heard that General Nogues
had ordered immediate arrest of
Edouard Daladier, former Premier
of France, who went to Casablanca .
to confer with him. V C*
Daladier was replaced by Paul
Reynaud as Premier and later was
replaced also as defense minister by ?
Reynaud, who strongly criticized
the situation at the war ministry.
Official circles in London also ,
heard that Charles Corbin, French ?
Ambassador in London, had sent his
resignation to the Petain govern
ment.
Meet Raiders.
The new German air raid found . ~
British ground and air forces ready
and waiting.
Anti-aircraft guns barked back at
the raiders and Jittle British fighter
planes roared' up to mee^ bombers
picked out by searchlights.
The fast little crafts were seen
chasing some of the German planes ,
back to sea.
Raiders screened behind "heavy
clouds where searchliyhts failed to
penetrate dropped several bombs in
northeast Sngland.
Flares dropped by the planes start
?1 ~~>1 wlnVh wprc ouieklv
CU ocvciat au v??iwv*. ...? - ^? w
extinguished by air raid precautions
workers.
Guarded official accounts of an
: audacious British [raid on Germah
. held i?ositions along the continental
coastline were taken in' some quar- /
: ters as suggesting the start of a
" campaign of harrassment to prevent
^ the Nazis from using certain coast
' basies for invasion of England.
^ The British announcement said
heavily-armed shock troops, support
ed by fleet and Royal Air. Force
units, stormed German positions at
L undisclosed points along the coast.
They landed men who came away
r with "much useful information," an
r official announcement said.
i The success of the foray, which
i took place yesterday, was attributed u
> by military observers to its element * '* ?
of surprise. *
3 * These sources said significantly,
8 However, that "farther" raids might
- be equally successful.
'The party," said one naval ob
r server, ."may have attacked one of
d the numerous submarine bases which
- the Germans have constructed in
?r Belgium, as we did during^ the last
f war."
In an extraordinary World War
e attack on Zeebrugge, the Belgian
d port which ^had been in Geriian r
hands since early in the conflict,
British Admiral Sir Bfrgep Kepes
* had two old ccment-fRled British
J- cruisers sunk to block the eaCaal
re connecting Zeebraggb and Brugen?
a canal through which hastily pot
it together German submarines had
>n been swarming out to sea against '
* the Allies.
ce The coastal attacks made in this
* new war were described only brief
ie ly by the Ministry of Information.