MOTHER CNCESSHM HUE IT LEXSE-LEHD MVOCATES .? |B t i. m Surprise Offer Gives Congress Greater Con trol Over Aid Pro gram; Knox Says Navy Can't Spare Any More Destroyers; Sen ate Bill Now Neariitg Floor Washington, Feb. 12.?Still seek ing more votes for the lease-lend bill, administration leaders in the Senate today offered its opponents a surprise concession which, they said, would give Congress firmer financial control over the aid-to Britain program. hr essence, theur proposal, approv ed late in the day by a Senate for eign relations subcommittee, would require that the President obtain both "authorizations" and "appropri ations" from Congress, Senator Bark ley of Kentucky, Democratic leader, explained that first the President could ask for authority to enter into contracts for the manufacture of sup plies and their delivery to Britain. Later he would have to ask specific appropriations, listing the number and kinds of equipment The modifications, its backers said, would remove any basis for charges that the lease-lend bill itself was a "blank check" to the President to spend unlimited amounts in supply ing defense items to countries whose defense he deems vital to the defense of the United States. Knox Dissents Downtown, meanwhile, there was a sharp repercussion from Wendell L. Willkie's proposal that five or ten destropers be transferred to England each month. Secretary Knox bluntly told reporters the Navy could "spare no more destroyers" and still maintain a "balanced fleet" As Sec retary of the Navy, he said, his posi tion was "against depleting our Navy further." The Willkie suggestion was, never the less, reported to be receiving seri ous consideration in some adminis tration quarters, and there was much speculation whether it might not have been discussed at last night's meeting between Willkie and Presi dent Roosevelt In fact Willkie told reporters in a telephone message from New York late today: "I was surprised to read Colonel Knox's statement Information given - to be by high authorities in the gov ernment after my testimony yester day confirmed my views that we are in a position, without any injury to our Navy or national defense, to give Great Britain 'immediate effective assistance by furnishing to her ad ditional destroyers." The Senate foreign relations com mittee met during the morning, and with administration forces in easy control, turned down a number of opposition amendments to the lease lend bilL It prepared to report the measure to the Senate tomorrow aft er rewriting one or two sections. So clearly dominant were the ad vocates of the bill that the opposing Senators quickly abandoned all hope of modifying the measure in com mittee. The closest they could come, one of diem glumly reported to newspapermen, was a vote of 13-10. I WHO KNOWS? 1. Does the Army- or the Navy get I the larger amount at the money to be spent tor defense? I 2. When did tike Nazis seize Den mark and invade Norway? 3. When did Cornwallis surrender I at.Yorktown? 4. Who is chairman of the Com mittee to Defend America by Aid to ? the Allies? I 5. Defense regulations prohibit the ringing of -church bells in Stag* I land, except for two happenings. ? What era they? & Name three foreign news agen cies. I 7. What has become at the Asso ? dated W&Dbe Oofae of America? 8. Hare moat Presidents delivers I their m?egwe to Congress in perl I *>B' I to go to war to help Germany oi ? Italy? e I I 10. Who was Ivan, the Terrible? I Mil I if ?men la ffValw l> MnTt m llftflia ****** W^SmfM jd,^^nTi 1 . 1 ? ?? Westminster Choir Sings For Roosevelt Westminster Choir, which will be heard in Greenville, February 27th, at 8:00 P. M., at Wright Memorial Auditorium, E. C. T. C., has sung twice at the White House, first at the invitation if President and Mrs. Hoover, and again upon the request of President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Last year, the choir was honored by being asked to participate in the convention of the Federated Church es of America, held in Washington, D. C., at which President Roosevelt was thq principal speaker. On another occasion, the choir sang at the National Missionary Alliance dinner and broadcast, at which time both President Roosevelt and Queefr Wilhelmina of Holland were honored speakers?Queen Wilhelmina's ad dress being heard by means of inter national broadcast. Another import ant broadcast heard throughout America in which the choir todkpart was the Polish relief program, on which Padarewskd spoke in behalf of he beleaguered country. Founders Day February 17th Of all the events in the history of the parent-teacher movement, none in retrospect appears more dramatic and powerful than the first Congress, called by Alice McLellon Birney, VoKn.oru 17- 1897- the attendance was a large one; the motive a great one. Resolutions were adopted, principles articulated, and thus come into being the organization, which was to be known far and wide as the National Congress of Parents Teachers. We plan to honor our Founders at this anniversary time with a pa geant "As Told By Candies," at our regular meeting Thursday night, February 20th. A birthday offering will be taken at a tribute to those who have serv ed during these 44 years. This gift will be sent to the State Treasurer to assist in carrying for ward this work which is so essen tial today. Let us show our faith in the future by our Founders' Day gift this year. Hope Rollins, Pres. CONGRESSMAN BONNER APPOINTED ON COMMITTEE Congressman Herbert C. Bonner today was appointed Chairman of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Coast Geodetic Survey by Con gressman Bland, Chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. This was an unusual ap pointment as members usually serve more than two terms before receiving Sub-chairmanships. Mr. Bonner's Committee will handle all legislation dealing with the Coast Guard and the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Woman EmteUfa Leaping Into Rfvei Body of Mrs. J. K. Tay lor of Pactolns Taken From River About Four Hours Later - " i m A ii ureeamnBT reo. il.?AiU* I ing a three-page note that reveale< I despondency growing oat of domes I tic difficulties, Mrs. Katie Lee Tay I lor, wife of James K. Tayfor of th Pactolus commanity, walked to th I bank of -Tar River near the bridge I removed nearly all bar clothing I jumped into the river, and wai ? .I-,, t ? arownecL ? Coroner A. A. Ellwanger said m m inquest would be held, as th I drowning was "a plain case of sdi I dde." Officer L. D. Paige said the womai ? left her home watting and wm I given a ride to GraanviDe by Ernes ? Dudley, who told officers the womai ? said her hoabend had poison in hi pocket She did not taQ Dudley ? 1 her intention to commit 1 according to officers. r Police said the woman left ti rtaaov^frMn the river shortly ti L ' 4 yy JW fn . ' "| oQ^[ oi iiiflflr oCTzzziovown. I . 1 mmmmm I ? ?) ? ffffK il ? ii in'. I Ml 1. ? - KilTIQIl KHBlillilP ?rwl IWlf WWV9IIUV Heavy Air Attacks ftiHn Snrnnt i y*-:- ? )'? * *; Nam Air Force. Still Grounded; British Score New Gains In But Africa ' ?? London, Feb. 12. ? German "Big Bertha" guns today flung salvoes of shells into an English coastal town after relentless night assaults by British bomber on an 800-mile stretch of Adolf Hitter's "Invasion Front" and his war centers of' Bre men and Hannover. Apparently delivering _ the first installment of FHme Minister Win ston Chnrchill's promise to "drop three or four tons of bombs in Ger many for every ton dropped on Brit ain," the R. A. F. was maintaining the destructive pace of its seven day-old aerial offensive. The all-out aerial blows coincid ed with disclosure that secret Brit ish maneuvers, held recently, had indicated that Germany might be able to effect a landing cm the Eng lish coast, but that the invasion probably would be crushed. The maneuvers were held over a period of several weeks with "in vading" and defending armies lock ed in sham encounters imitating the manner in which Hitler might be ot+amnf an invasion, it CApCCbCU W nvwiiiyv ? ??_?f _ was stated. In last night's bombing attacks, part of ever-intensifying raids heavier than any since last Septem ber, when the British claimed to have "shattered" German invasion preparations, industrial Hannover was attacked for "the second con secutive night. The Air Ministry said that great fires and explosions were caused at Bremen and that fuel was added to vast fires set at Hannover in a six hour assault Monday night in which between 200 and 300 tons of bombs were said to have been dropped by relays of bombers. The attack on Hannover was the 28th on the industrial center since' the start of the war. Other targets in Northwest Ger many, in Holland, Norway and Den mark felt the blows of the British attacks, which stretched from the Sksgerrak at Hie southern tip of Norway down through the North Sea ami English Channel to France's Normandy Peninsula, it was said. Gennan's "Big Bertha" guns planted. along the French coast, mostly around Cap Bria Nez, began firing across the channel upon the Dover area during the night Sev eral shells whistled over during the morning and at 12:30 p. m., the pace was quickened. Hitler's Luftwaffe meanwhile ap^ peared to be virtually grounded and only a brief alarm was sounded in the London area during the day, when a lone Nazi reconnaissance plane approached from the south. The raider turned back when anti aircraft guns opened fire. Th? Air Ministry, describing the ' sixth night of the new R A. F. of fensive, said that bombs dropped on the German-held Dutch port of Rot ' terdam "caused a heavy explosion 1 in oil installations." _ I "During the early hours of dark . nesa- aircnfft of the coastal com ' mand attacked shipping at /Xris tiansawd, South Norway, and the seaplane base at Thisted in the Jut . land area of Denmark." I In addition to making a daylight . "sweep" of North France Tuesday, . R A. F. tighten were said to have a engaged in a large number af par 1 trols, but saw y"very few enemy planes." One bomber end two tight ' en wen listed by the R A. F. as I missing from the latest operations. One bomber returning from a raid > crashed at Cambridge, killing three a civilians. The crew escaped injury. _ In Berlin, the official DNB news agency indicated that the raid on j Germany waa a big one, causing con B sideraUe civilian casualties. Strong t and well-ataied gunfire was said to . have turned back British planes 8 which "attempted" to attack German f territory, it was stated, although , titers was "slight" material damage to a dty in northern Germany and ml fires" were started. E Thousands of Britona are taking L out fas masks that had Iain forgottei s in homes for months and are going f. to depots to have them tested Thes< gas chambers are crowded from , morning1 to night [e ; This means that the British peopli ^( not only believe that then will h I Ithem fiar that Gt^sny ^TLor ^IHitIer' By HUGO S. SIMS (Washington Correspondent) wage-hour law upheld. unions outside law. debt increase, certain. pressure in far east. planes to the british. nations regulate coffee. lease-lend bill. ! / the convoy question. U. S. PLAYS FOR time. The unanimous decision of the Su preme Court, upholding the Federal Wage and Hour Law, concludes the last major legal challenge to New Deal legislation. In his opinion, Justice Stone commented that while manufacture was not of itself inter state commerce, the shipment of manufactured goods in interstate commerce is "sudji commerce." "The power to regulate commerce," he said, "is the power to prescribe the rules by which commerse is govern ed." The Justice added, "The power of Congress over interstate com merce is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed by the Constitu I tion." The decision affecting mini mum wages for millions of yorkers was unanimous and decisively .over ruled a twenty-two year-old decision holding the Federal Child Labor Lavt I invalid. . Another recent decision of the Su preme Court held that disputes be tween labor unions do not come with in the purvue of the Sherman Anti trust act. By a 5-2 decision, the Court took the philosophical view that jurisdictional conflicts between labor unions, while intensifying in dustrial strife, have marked \ the evolutioh of cwft unionism and has been one of the patent forces in the modern development of industrial unions. i _ , The decision has far-reaching im plications in connection with the De partment of Justice's anti-trust law enforcement campaign. Justice Rob erts, in a minority opinion, asserted that the Court was attempting to legislate "radically" in matters where Congress had refused-toact. Debate over the bill to increase the national debt limit from forty nine to sixty-five billions of dollars will be largely academic. The Treas ury Department has reported to Con gress that it has borrowing power sufficient to run for only a few months and far insufficient to fi nance the huge finance program which, it is now estimated, will reach! thirty billion dollars. It is expect-' ed that the Secretary of the Tre*s-| ?nmnnworwl to fix the ury win w ^ denominations of securities and, ac cordingly, will soon announce a pro gram for the sale of stamps of small denominations ; exchangeable for bonds. , * The steady pressure of Japan in the Far East is expected by some observers to produce -a 'complica tion in her relationship with the United States in the near future. A seems abundantly clear that, while the Japanese insist that they are seeking economic goals, the Japanese lose ho opportunity to improve their military position in the Fur East or to secure stronger positions for; further advances to wards The Netherlands Indies, Singapore and Australia. ' This is ctaurly evident from the results of Japar e -e intervention in the fighting between Thailand, and French Indo-China. Apparently the United States will have to decide ? whether to surleoder it* commercial | right* in the Far East or insist npon ' them with the knowledge that there : is the likelihood of an armed clash ' with Japan. i - \ ? ??? - ? 1 Most Americans do pot realize the 1 hard work that is. necessary to do ' velop raw remit, tato e.periei.ced soldiers. Modern warfare is so far removed from the old days of shot gun fire that It has become largely 1 a technical affair. The advent of f mechanisation, airplanes, tanks .and * the multiplicity of armaments, com 1 bfo* to makdF* soldiering a ' J Considerable interest is expressed 4n the number' of airplanes being sent to dreat Britain, with wild ro 8 mors flying,through the hir. jij The average American is concerned about these deliveries, with the majority j ^ The lat^at figures indicate that ii ReV. William C, Royal of Maryland To Speak Daily 1 " ? The revival meeting, to which the congregation of the Baptist church has been looking forward for several j weeks, will begin Monday eveniflg, February 17, at 7:80 o'clock. Ths Rev. William C; Royal, of Frederick, M i REV. WILLIAM C. ROYAL of Frederick, Md. i He will speak in the Baptist. Revival Series beginning Monday, Feb. 17. Vichy Reports latin BR*? to ResiirtgBritaln In Mediterranean Dis cussed; Franco Talks To Petain Today; Asia Drive in Balkans Be lieved Imminent Madrid, Feb. 12 ?Premier Benito Mussolini and Generalissimo Fran cisco Franco, who conferred today in the Italian town of Bordighera, reached a complete accord on "prob lems of historic consequence" involv ing Italy and Spain, an official com munique said tonight. Franco and Mussolini held two sep arate conferences during rite day at Bordighera, which is on the Italian. Riviera sis! miles southwest of San Remo and about 12 miles across the frontier from France. Attending the conference was Ramon Serrano Suner, Spanish for eign minister and brother-in-law of Franco. Nothing m the communique issued tonight suggested that Adolf Hitler, foreign Minister Joachim von Rib bentrop or any other high German official had participated in the con ference. Bordighera Js a small Winter re sort of 3,000 to 4,000 population, an ideal spot for the secrecy-shrouded conference. Tnnichfc'n mmmnnimm said? "In the conversations- concluded l&ve today between the Caudillo (Franco), the Duce and Minister of Foreign Affairs Serrano Suner, an identity of views was reached be tween the Spanish and Italian gov ernments concerning problems of a European charcter which are of his toric consequence and interest to the two countries." Franco and Mussolini conferred first in the morning and again during the afternoon. "LATIN BLOC" REPORTED AS CONFERENCE OBJECT Vichy, Feb. 12.?Proposals for creation of a "Latin bloc" challeng ing Britain's Mediterranean con quests were reported to have been discussed today at a secret confer ence of Premier Benito Mussolini and Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain somewhere in Italy. Tomorrow, Franco, en route hack to Madrid, will confer with Marshal Henri Philippe Petain in the Lan guedoc 'region of Southern France . and perhaps seek a solution of. sev eral points of French-Spanish fric tion standing in the way of Petain's collaboration in such a Latin bloc. Reports persisted .that Adolf Hitler, Foreign Minister Joachim von Rib bentrop or some other high-ranking Nazi official participated in today's conference in Italy, but they lacked confirmation. In connection with the proposal for the "Latin bloc"?Italy, Spain, and France?to safeguard their mediter ranean and African positions, tnere were persistent reports that Spanish, Foreign Minister Ramon Serrano Suner, who is accompanying Franco, soon might become the master of Spain. Serrano Saner, advocate of closer Spanish colobration With the Axis powers, is Franco's brother-in-law and a leader of the Spanish Falan gist/ (Fascist) organization. The possible change in the lead ership of the Spanish government was reported to be one of the fore most points of Fiance's talks with Mussolini and with Petain. ? ^ The newspaper Le Jour said that - Serrano Saner might soon .become premier as a prelude to "an eariy modification of Spain's attitude to ward the war." . Franco, although admitting Spain's gratitude to Italy and Germany for ! aiding him in winning the Spanish . civil war, was said by the news paper Le Temps to have several times affirmed his determination to keep Spain oat of the war. "Noth ing in the $cts of the Fnptco gov ernment now Authorizes a belief that Spain is disposed to modtfjr this attitude," the newspaper said. 4 I ?? ? - ? <*' ,4 -?r- , , ' ' anddime, ple-cabbasre tn^ftd scalloped toma toes, string1 beans, com' bread, 10c; Peaches with cake, 5c. ? ri-X^S :! Tuesday-Lima Imap with pork, slaw, stewed prune* sweet potatoes, 'Graham muffins, 10c; Banana pie, : <: 4 t^JMrnSM, 1TI - ^edn^^^rds wto^bacom 5Ju?'' potatoes, wivii flrjPtf^jyr po&s* corn ozwl. iocj i Lsnion Die 5c t OTPtttejT '?**?''-StttklllQlSfl^;. JlMNMfHf-'