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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-21
With a Friend

With Friend
The first time I read an excel
lent book, it is to me just as if I
had gained new friend. When I
read over a book I have perused
before, it resembles the meeting
with an old one.-Goldsnith.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Italy Publishes Summary
OF Churchill Speech
Dy the Associated Press.

8S tne ASSoclateC PreSS.
ROME, Dec. 26.-The italian press
has given its public a brief sum-
mary Of British Prime Minister
Churchills radio appeal to Italians
I'm a broadcast Monday, Mr..
Churchill asked the Italian peo-
pie to cast off Premier Mussolni
as the one who lied your country
to the horrid verge of ruin" and
said there was traditional friend
ship between Britain and Italy)
The summary, with sarcastic COM
ment appended to the various points
was published Christmas morning.
In comment, Stefani, official Ital-
ian news agency, went back to the
League of Nations sanctions applied
to Italy because of her Ethiopian
campaign.
Evidently the attempt to strangle
Italy economically through a League
OF Nations siege, to starve our wom-
en- and children and place our legion
ary army in difficulty while it was
fighting in ETHIOPIA finally to give
the Italian people bit of breathing
space is considered a mere trifie by
Mr.. Churchill" the agency said.
Stefani added that it was ironical
that Mr.. Churchill's suggestion that
the Italian monarchy make its voice
heard conceded with King Victor
Emmanuers message to the troops
of Tuesday, when he said that mo
obstacle and no difficulty may halt
the glorious rise Of Italy," 4
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Peak in u. ). Aid
Still Year Off,
British Warn
Don't Expect Miracle
From America, Says
Sir Walter Layton
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, Dec 2e.-Sir Walter
Layton of the Ministry of Supply
told Britain today that "if we hold
on through 1941,' the volume of
United States production of war
materials will reach an apex next
winter "and is certainty of ulti-
mate victory"
Sir Walter told the British:
Don't expect miracle from the
United States"
The time element and the diff
Guilty of making America realize
fully the scale of war effort needed"
were two factors, he said. which
should show the British that the full
weight OF United States armament
could not be expected until the late
summer of 194r, reaching ava
lanche proportions" next winter.
Sir Walter, former member of the
League of Nations Consultative
Economic Committee and a dele.
gate to the 1927 World Economic
Conference, said Americas particle
patton in the fight to ''overwhelm
Germany" made the term "non-bel-
l1gerent" rather than neutral" ap.
plicable to the United States.
No Flood of Arms In Spring.
All plans for American aid to
Britain, Sir Walter said, must be
made on the assumption that the
non-belligerent status for the United
States will not alter in the next six
months.
Evidently seeking to dampen the
British belief that a food of arnla-
ments will arrive from the United
States next spring, Sir Walter told
the press that United States War
Department orders had been placed
between July and October. 1910. and
indicated it would take long time"
| for these and the British orders to
mature.
America entered the World War
in April, 1917 yet the full weight of
her armaments program was not felt
until the winter of 1918-19," he
/ commented
He hinted the United States did
not realize fully the scale of arma-
ment necessary for the defeat of
Germany" AS yet, he said. no
orders have been placed on the scale
ultimately required for victory"
Views on Troops Cited.
Sir Walter, vino has just re-
turned from a mission to the
United States, said American senti-
ment against sending troops abroad
to fight was very deep" partly for
humanitarian reasons and partly
because many Americans felt the
United States would be mixing in
European affairs in which the Ma
ton had no interest.
Negotiations for the Ministry of
Supply, he said, had led to the
financial problem" with which
Lord Lothian, British Ambassador
to Washington, was wrestling when
! he died.
Lord Lothian died, Sir Walter
said, in the belief Great Britain and
/ the United States had "one strategy"
IN the war. He reported the
Ambassador aimed his final speech
at countering feeling of depres-
sion in the United States over the
German bombing of Coventry and
other cities.
Sir Walter said this depression
had been diminished" by British
successes in the Near East and
Greek victories in Albania.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Nearby Virginia 'BIockout'
Due to Wire Over Power Line

insulated, was placed on the line at
the top of pole at South Seventh
street and Washington boulevard,
Arlington. Officials believed it was
thrown from the ground or placed
by a person who climbed the pole
and handled the wire with gloves.
The spot is at the south end of
Arlington National Cemetery-a
sparsely settled section.
A short circuit became evident
at the Alexandria powerhouse at
1888 pm. and the current went out
in the Aurora Hills and Virginia
Highlands communities in Arlington
County and the Del Ray and Rose
mont suburbs Of Alexandria. A
trouble crew was sent out to locate
the trouble and service was resumed
at 1928 am.
Arlington firemen put out flames
at the top of the pole, caused by the
short circuit. Arlington County
police said they had not been called
In to aid power company officials in
an Investigation.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Newsnon Finds Wodehouse
In Siesidn Internnent Camp

That's what was afraid Of" Mr..
Wodehouse exclaimed. What it
means is money for nothing or easy
pickings-I can't use the first of
those because I already have written
a book about that
Mr.. Wodehouse and 1,100 other
British subjects are held at the
camp inside double barbed-w wire
fences.
The camp commander, be-
medaled little Saxon officer, ordered
the English humorist brought to his
Office for the interview.
A tall, smiling figure, Mr.. Wode-
house said "it certainly was grand
of you to come down and see me-
He wore heavy tan flannel bath
. robe held together by leather belt,
blue turtle-neck sweater, pepper
and-salt sports coat and trousers
and pair of knit gloves and carried
3-inch stack of sheets Of paper,
the draft of his new, untitled book.
II was in lie Touquet, he said in
soft English voice, where I have
had villa since 1884. I was cut off,
of course, by the speed OF the Ger
man advance. About May % we
had our first sign that the war really
was in progress.
"At that time I heard that Ger
man Army doctor was making in
Spection trips. around nv district:
then I began to see a few bicycle
riders, and then suddenly the coun-
fc.a xry0DTryNTTcT, pora A AN
Evening star., 1940-12-26

A wire placed by an unknown
person on the main Virginia Public
Service Co. power line between Alex
andria and Arlington. Va, last night
cut off current to the naval radio
station in Arlington-which trans
mits signals to ships at sea-and
blacked out more than 1000 homes.
At the Navy Department, it was
said today that the interruption of
current caused only momentary in
convenience at the naval radio
station. It was explained that the
station has auxiliary power, and any
failure in the public supply merely
prompts an engineer to throw q
switch turning on the emergency
unit.
Power company officials admitted
the possibility Of sabotage, "in
which case the trouble probably
would be repeated" but were more
inclined to believe d prank was In
tended.
The wire, several feek lcng and nct
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Sinking Of Liner Hamburg
As Raider Is Indicated
b. TIE Associated Press.

3! IRE Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-The Ger
man liner Hamburg, once called the
floating athletic field" may have
been sunk while operating as q
raider off the Portuguese coast
Capt. Joel Comes of the freighter
Concalo Vehlo said today.
Capt. Comes said on his arriva
here that he had sighted an empty
lifeboat bearing the name Ham
burg 200 miles due east of the
Azores December IL.
The 22,117-ton Hamburg was laid
up at Hamburg after an exciting
fight from New York wnen the wal
began. British warships sighted her
carrying French Line colors, but
she escaped in fog.
Built in 1926, she normally carried
crew Of 440 men and had accom-
modations for 1,151 passengers.
Capt. Cornelius Arundel of the
British freighter Haxby, which was
sunk by raider off Bermuda, said
recently that the raider was a huge
ship equipped for three-year voy-
age of mine-laying and ship sinking.
Shipping men then believed that
she might have been the Hamburg
or her sister ship, the Deutschland.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Italian Air Force
Fights Desperately
To Save Bardia
Fascist Garrison Faces
Increasing Pressure
On Tenth Day Of Siege
By the Associated Press.


CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 26-The siege
of Bardia entered its tenth day today
with the Italian garrison facing
steadily increasing pressure from
British forces holding the battered
Libyan port in a grip of steel.
Reports from the front indicated
the italian air force was making
desperate efforts to break up British
preparations for a final assault on
the beleaguered town, which British
headquarters limited might not be
long delayed
Fascist dive bombers were re-
ported to be taking an active part
in the defense of Bardia, but the
British said they had proved largely
Ineffective and caused few casualties
British military circles here would
not say how soon they expected
Bardia to fall, but emphasized the
lines around the town were being
reinforced steadily, and that the
Italians position would become more
difficult daily as food and water
supplies dwindled.
Mechanical British forces were
said to be continuing activity in the
desert south of west of Bardia, while
the Royal Air Force concentrated
on pounding italian airdromes and
bases far to the west along the coast.
A British general headquarters
communique said the situation on
the Libyan front was unchanged
On the Sudan frontier, the COM
munique declared, British fighting
patrol made a successful raid east
of Kassala, returning with a pris-
Evening star., 1940-12-26

Washington's non-citizen res
idents must register at the City
Post Office, Massachusetts, ave-
nue. and North Capitol street,
before midnight tonight.
Failure to comply with the
Alien Registration Act of 1910
involves penalties up to a fine
of $1,000 and imprisonment for
six months. Fraudulent state
ments In registration are pun
ishable by deportation.
Aliens II years of age and
older should register in person,
while parents or guardians
must register for alien children
under IL. Special arrangements
can be made in the case Of per-
sons unable to visit the regis
tration ofiice because Of illness
or physical disability.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
200 Leaders Approve
Arms Loan % British
In Wire 10 Roosevelt
President Is Expected to
Speak Boldly on Issue
In Broadcast Sunday
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

Unqualified approval Of Presl-
dent Roosevelt's recently announced
plan to lease war materiel to Brit
air for continuance of his splendid
leadership in the face of the grave
world crisis was rendered the Chief
Executive today in telegram
signed by nearly 200 prominent edu-
Gators, journalists and professional
men of various categories.
The message OF encouragement
and Endorsement to the President
came as Mr.. Roosevelt was devoting
himself almost entirely to prepara-
ton of his Sunday night radio re-
port to the Nation on "the present
emergency"
Although it has been expected
that the address would concern itself
almost wholly with plans for speed
ing this Nations defense and for
increasing the amount of aid to
Britain, today's urgently worded ap-
peal makes it almost certain that
the President will speak clearly and
boldly on this issue.
Message in Full.
The message to Mr. Roosevelt fol-
lows in full:
"A too-prevalent indifference and
apathy toward what is happening
in the world and the threat to our
vital national interests prompts us
to write you this letter.
Many Americans understand the
irreconcilable nature of the forces
that are engaged on three continents
and on many oceans. Many under
stand the dark consequences to us,
to freedom and to democracy here,
to the foundations of American in
stitutions, should the axis powers
gain the supremacy of the seas. But
many, far too many, do not under
stand; a few do not want to under
stand.
"If, before 1898, ignorance and
lethargy and disbelief brought many
European democracies to their grave
and led the United Kingdom to the
thin edge of disaster, so ignorance
and lethargy and disbelief here are
binding us to our own peril. This
ignorance, this lethargy and this
disbelief must be swept away before
it is too late. There may be only a
little time left.
you led us splendidly during the
critical days of late spring and
early fall. We. ask you to give us
the same splendid leadership now.
I'VE ask you to clarity once more,
but perhaps in greater detail, the
nature of the conflict which threat
ems to wipe out the sort of Christian
civilization in which men may be
free from restraints of intolerance,
from the fear of injustice and from
the menace of arbitrary power.
Support of Policy Pledged.
I'VE ask you to inform us, clearly
and boldly, of the possibilities of
English failure and of the conse-
quences to us and to our children's
children should Britain fail.
I'VE ask you to tell us what we
believe to be the truth. that the
materials of war and the military
and air strength we now have and
the implements we can now produce
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-12-26
British Cruiser Sunk
In Mediterranean,
Italians Claim
Submarine Is Credited;
z Large Ships Declared
Sent Down in Atlantic
BY the Associated Press.

ROME, Dec. 26.-Itahan subma-
rines were credited today by the
high command with sinking a Brit
ish light cruiser in the Central
Mediterranean and two large
steamers in the Atlantic, while Fas-
cist warplanes were said to have
bombed a British warship in a
North African harbor.
The same submarine which the
high command said sank the two
steamers in the Atlantic by she'll
fire also hit another vessel with a
torpedo, a communique declared.
The sinking of the light cruiser was
said to have taken place December
81 and the bombing of the warship
Christmas Eve.
The communique indicated there
was no Christmas truce on the
Greek or the North African fronts.
1t reported artillery exchanges
around Bardia, present focus of the
British drive into Libya, and said
further Greek attacks in Albania
had been repulsed.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Belgians Called 10 Arms
To Fight Beside British
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-All Bel
gians between the ages of 10 and 25
in addition to reserve officers
have been called to arms" by
Charles Hallaert, Belgian consul
general, it was announced today.
Affected by the decree we're all
Belgians born between January l,
1915, and December 81, 1921.
volunteers between the ages of
16 and 36 also will be accepted"
said the decree. Armed Belgian
units are now being formed in Eng
land to fight side by side with the
British and Allied armies. Belgians
in countries non-occupied by the
German Army are affected by this
decree and should at once consult
their nearest consul regarding their
present military status"
Hallaert was not Immediately
available at his office. and aides de-
clined to give any amplif1cation of
the decree
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Britain Reports Losing
9 Planes to ItoIy's 80

LONDON, Dec. 26 (P.-Italy lost at
least 80 airplanes to nine British
losses in operations in the Greek
italian conflict from November to
December 81, the Air Ministry
News Service reported today in CIV
ing details of Royal Air Force ac-
tivities in support of the Greeks.
British airplanes, in addition to
offensive and defensive patrols and
attacks on Italian troop concentra-
tions, airdromes and mechanized
transport facilities, 1t said. severely
bombed Albanian ports Of Valona,
Durazzo and Porto Edda, which, the
tsee GREEK. page A-6) 4
Evening star., 1940-12-26
British Double
Watch A|onq
Coast
Picked Troops Comb
Beaches Near Dover;
Mist Covers Strait
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
LONDON. Dec. 26.-British guards
on the Channel coast were doubled
today against the possibility Of a
lightning German thrust through
the mist covering the now calm
Strait of Dover.
Picked troops armed with Bren
guns 0ight machine guns and
other automatic weapons combed
the beaches and watched every cleft
of the chalk cliffs of the Dover
region.
Traffic along the coast was halted
at barricades and drivers and pas
sengers searched. Even soldiers and
sailors in uniform were required to
show Identification cards.
Truce Is Broken.
All of these preparations took
place as the unofficial Christmas
truce ended when single German
plane made an afternoon attack on
the Isle of Sheppey, in the Thames
Estuary.
There was little damage and no
casualties, the government an
nounced.
There is nothing further to re-
port" late afternoon communique
said.
No bombs have been dropped or
London since the sirens last were
heard at 1:20 am. Monday and the
Royal Air Force refrained from ac-
tivity over Germany since the night
of December 1924.
The only incident of the unofficial
Christmas truce was the shooting
down of a German plane off the
Orkney Islands. off Northern Scot
land, by the feet air arm and the
capture of its four-man crew.
Up until 2 pm. (8 am, E. S. IT,
today no German planes had crossed
the British coast.
Brauchitsch Address Recalled.
Britons recalled Field Marshal
Gen. Walther Won Brauchitsch' S
Christmas eve address TO German
troops. which was taken to indicate
that Adolf Hitler's plans for an in
vasion of England by no means had
been scrapped.
The commander in chief of the
German Army, speaking from be-
hind Nazi coastal guns aimed toward
Britain, told his troops he knew
they were "just itching" for a
chance to administer a knockout
blow to the British Isles, adding
that "the ocean can protect Eng
land so long as it suits us"
British military circles in Lon
don. however, said this afternoon
there is absolutely no change in the
situation along the Channel coast" !"
The absence of either German
scouting or bombing planes yester-
day and this morning was taken in
some quarters as evidence there was
nothing unusual along the Chan
mel.
These quarters declared that the
| Germans hardly would attack a
well-defended coast even if there
was a heavy mist without prelimi-
nary Domoardment. either by bomb
ing aircraft or long range artillery
Warned by Monarch.
Britons celebrated the Yuletide
above and below the ground in big
way-reverting for time almost to
the 'Merrie England" of old-but
heard their King in his annual
Christmas message to the empire
warn that "the future will be hard u
In subway shelters, which are
tSee LONDON, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-12-26

Angus Thuermer OF the As
sociated Press Berlin staff made
a journey to an internment camp
in Upper Silesia. Eastern Ger
many, ,oith special permission of
the German authorities to obtain
the tollo,Uing interUietD ,Dith P. G.
Wodehouse, British author, Who
Das taken prisoner 1Ghen the
German armies SlDept through
Northern France.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
BY ANGUS THUERMER,

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
BERLIN, Dec 26.-P. G. Wode-
house, British author known to mil
lions of readers in the English
speaking world as the creator of
Jeeves, the all-knowing butler, now
is sitting in a German civilian in
ternment camp among truck drivers
coal beavers and British consuls
calmly and unhurriedly writing an
other novel.
He was arrested in German -occu-
pied France, where he was living in
his villa at LIE Touquet at the time
of the German offensive last May
Il just don't know yet" the Eng
lish humorist told me in an exclu-
sive interview in his Upper Silesian
camp, what shall call my book. ]
had rather been thinking Of calling
it Money for Jam Does that mean
anything to you?"
I had to admit the English phrase
didn't mean thing to Midwestern
American.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
B U IL etin

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (P.-The
British freighter Waiotira, H.
823-ton refrigerated ship, radioed
today that she has been tor
pedoed about 400 miles northwest
of the Irish coast.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Advance Continuing
In Spite Of Weather,
Greeks Report
Bottle for TepeIeni
And KIisuro Goes On
In Cold and Snow
BY the Associated Press.

ATHENS, Dec. 26.-Rain and snow
slowed fighting on the Albanian
battlefront today. but the Greeks re-
ported they continued their advance
along the Adriatic coast north of
Chimara without contracting the
main italian line.
Over most of the front engage
ments were of local nature. The
battle for Tepeleni and Klisura in
the central sector continued in in
tense cold and waist-deep snow.
A captured lieutenant colonel of
the Italian Army said Fascist troops
were suffering severely from the
weather and the difficulty of getting
supplies. He said many battalions
were reduced from TOO men each to
200 because of losses.
This officer, who commanded Ber-
saglieri units, said many had died
from cold while many were hospital
lied for severe frostbite.
Corfu Bombing Reported.
A Christmas bombing of Corfu by
Italian warplanes after British
planes had "bombarded" the island
with gifts was reported by the Greek
high command today to have killed
IS persons and wounded about 80.
Most of the victims were women
and children, the high command
said. 1t added:
Since the outbreak of the war,
Corfu has been bombed % times
According to international agree
ment, Corfu is an open town where
there are no military targets. The
Italian raids were directed against
the civil population exclusively"
In skirmishes on the northern
front the high command said fort
flied positions had been captured
from Italy's vaunted Alpine troops
in the area west of the Drinos River.
Several villages also were re-
ported taken by the Greeks. but
their names were not announced.
Italians Dig In at Logara Pass.
In the southern section, advices
reaching here said, Italian troops
retreating north along the coast
from Chimara dug in at Logara
Pass for a stand against the Greeks
advancing toward Valona, important
port Is miles north.
Valona, one of the principal bases
used by the Italians in landing
reinforcements and supplies, was
reported by an R. A. F. communique
to have been left "enveloped in
pals of black smoke" after a sue
cessful attack Tuesday by British
flyers. Hangers and aircraft were
bombed and machine-gunned, it
added.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Quuke Felt in Seville

SEVILLE, Spain. Dec. rs lP.-An
earth shock lasting two seconds
reused the people of Seville from
their sleep early this morning. The
quake shook house lights, but caused
no appreciable damage.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Circulation

The Star is read every eve
ming and Sunday morning in
the vast majority of Washing
ton and Suburban homes and
it's circulation is now running
every evening between 1000
and 5000 ahead Of this time
last year.