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The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22

as moving north toward Pograd- etz near the Albanian-Yugoslav frontier. An Athens communique said "our heroic troops have en- tired Koritza triumphantly and the advance of our troops contin- ues everywhere. A general dis play of flags was ordered.H
 The retreat from Koritza ten miles inside the Albanian bor- dr marks the first major turn .ng point of the Fascist invasion of Greece which has now become a Greek counter invasion of Al bania. ItaIy's second supply base al Argirocasto, southwest of the hundred mile front was also re- .1y1sCla threat ned by immediate capture.
 On the diplomatic front, Ru- mania's pro-Nazi premier-dictat CT Antonescu arrived in Berlin for tslks with H.aer. IL was tax en fer granted that Rumania will fsllow Hungry az the newest member of th Axis-dominated European blec against Britain"
 Ax.s air raids on Britain last night were described as the light est on the island this month. Bfitons credited bad weather with the softening of the attack on Mid ands which had started furiously.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22
I ascist Battalion Is Chased Into '

BELGRADE, Nov. g lPl-One Italian battalion endangered by onrushing Greek was said by re ports from the front 10 have crossed the Albanian frontier in- to Yugoslavia near Stenje. Ii was estimatd d unoficially that 800 soldiers were disarmed and interned
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22
German Speed
 boats Sink British Ships

BERLIN, Nov, q (P) - The high command asserted that Ger man speedboats since the start of the war have sunk six British destroyers, two submarines, and othsr war vessels totaling in all 11,300 also 212,000 tons of mer- chant shipping.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22
fighting iS oyer.

l9atln9 IS oyer.
 In the House of Lords. Foreign Secretary Halifax declared Brit ain had made proposals for a trade agreement with Russia and that he has some reason to believe thz proposals 3re accept able.
 Parliament opened as Ruman- ia's premier Antonescu and For e.gn Minister Prince Sturza ar- rived in Germany strengthening the b#Ilef taat Rumanla is d. ready dominated by Nazis and is about 10 jain the Axis alliance.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY

That unlque and humorous
 nd typical Alaskan stationery Sourdough Roadhouse Letter heads and Envelopes, have bee brought strictly uptodate. and ar now available at the Nugget off ,e
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-14
Exist
For FLYING Cadets

Many vacancies exist for appoint
ment as flying cadet in the United
States Army Air Corps. due to cur
rent Army expansion. it was an
nounced today by the Flying Cadet
Board Tor this area. Young men in
cereSted in Joining the Air Corps
should write or visit CAPTAIN Claire
Stroh. room ~, Post Headquarters,
Maxwell Field. Montgomery, Ala,
ion complete information.
Requirements for such appoint
mentS are the Sanll -: re past.
Applicants must be unmarried and
between the ages of 20 and 81: those
with two or more years of college
work are exempt from the scholastic
test. while others are required to
"">> an examination in high school
subjects; ali must undergo a ply
steal examination Tor flying. Con-
trary 20 the general opinion. it was
said, the physical examination is not
difficult and anyone in normal gen.
eral health can pass it.
Those who meet the physical and
educational requirements are APP
pointed Flying Cadets with salary
OF S15 monthly in addition to food,
clothing. sleeping quarters and medi-
cal attention, 'WYY
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-14

So u!t"GnnnG, the Light i}ri,.I.
vii! be seeking It's first Southern
Conference victory of the season.
The cadets were defeated in their
only other conference game by Fur
man. The Wolfpack. with Il IL con-
ference standing, will be seeking
another tally FOR the win column.
Although the gridiron rivalry be-
tween the two colleges is new, with
only two games having been played,
ii is felt rather kecnly by both teams
and Inc games are always hard
fought.
In their first game, played in 1887
State drubbed the cadets, 2G-l4 The
following year in Wilmington the
Light Brigade offered greater re-
Sistcnce but finally bowed, l4-6. Ths
two teams did not play last year.
CndeGeated on their nome field
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-14
Highs Hope
For Clear Day
Next Friday

With 4 hope for 4 clear day Fri
day. Henderson high school is going
ahead with its preparations for a
night football game with WalTenton
high here at p. m. Friday
Weather has kept the Bulldogs in
doors since last Monday, but Coach
Fred Fitzpatrick has continued to
dish out us much work as could be
accomplished indoors.
The team is in good condition for
the contest. and the grudge fight be-
tween the two teams is expected to
attract hundreds of fans to the local
athletic field
". r. Hearne has promised that
the high band will be on hand for the
contest and may stage 4 half-tine
spectacle that will please the fans a
great deal.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-14

All with detachable hoods Double
service coats, sporty on one side,
rainproof on the ether. Upper and
fly front models. In bright blan-
ket plaids ard wonderful mixtures
Sizes 10 to IA and IA to 20.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-14

All coats up to $500. Our beau-
tiful Miller Robertson Line. Fur
trim. tailored styles. Cut to cost
for a quick clearance. All sizes,
regular and stouts .Sl7.94
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-14

Regular and extra sizes. Attrac-
tive styles in spun. French crepe
and rayon acetate. Solids AND
prints. These are exceptions!
BUYS. Sizes II to 20 and 38 to ii.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-14

The girls turned in a 80 to YER
diet while the boys did about as
well. winning 80 to II.
Aycock usually has creditable bas-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-14

this wear the cadet; VIII be striving
to protect that record an dto repel
the Wolfpack on its first INVASION oil
Charleston.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-14
Citadel Gets
Set For Tilt
With State

Charleston. S. c.. Nov. 4.-When
The Citadel takes the field against
North Carolina State here Satur-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-14
Aycock Cage
Teams Begin
Their Cards

Aycock boys and birls basketball
teams already have swung into ac-
ton, rolling up twin victory over
brownsville last Friday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-14

ketball clubs. and this g.
to be about in line xiii.
! The teams are cxDcr.
prove as the season DID,.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-14
One Group Of
Winter Coats
sl6.5o

All coats sold up to S24.50. Fur
trimmed. plain tailored coats. Cut
in price to sell ...... $3.50
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Bankhead Rites In
CapitolHeldToday;
Burial In Alabama
Rayburn Elevated to
Speakership in Brief
Ceremony Preceding
Services; Roosevelt to
Alabama For Final
Rites.

Washington, Sept. 1G. - (AP)-
Hooded by President Rooccvelt, Of
fic;al Washington paid its respects
today to Senator William B. Bank
head at state funeral in the House
chamber.
Tho 6r-year-old speaker and adj
ministration stalwart for the last
seven years died early yesterday
after an internal hcmorrfage.
He was stricken . wool ago in
Baltimore. skort time before he was
to address a political rally.
The Houses choice to succeed
Bankhead was Sem Rayburn of
Texas, the present Democratic leader
end close friend Of the dead SEN
ator.
The brief ceremony elevating Ray
burn to speaker was to precede the
funeral services.
At the conclusion of the services
special train will leave the capital
bearing Speaker Bankhead's body to
his home in Jasper, Ala, for burial
President Roosevelt, a committee OF
60 House members, and other repre-
sentatives of officialdom will accom-
pany the body south to attend the
final services. A three-day House re-
cess will be taken meanwhile.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Italians
Rome Newspaper Re-
ports Break Through
First Important Brit
ish Fortifications.

Rome, Sept. 16.-(AP) - italian
forces have broken through the first
important line of permanent British
Notifications facing the Libyan from
tier in their advance through Salum,
the newspaper II Girnoale d'Italia
reported today.
It said the Italian forces also had
captured many British arms and
desert trucks. The high command
earlier had reported Marshal Rudolfo
Graziani's army still advancing after
destroying so tanks and armored cars
md inflicting heavy losses on British
troops.
The newspapers editor, the au-
thoritative fascist spokesman Vir-
ginio Gayda, said the fortified line
stretched from the Mediterranean
coast at the Salum south to Alfaya
and Sidi Omar. He described it as a
series of strong works, with tents,
hospitals, lines of barbed wire en-
tanglements, artillery emplacements,
machine guns and automatic arms.
Gayda said the line was "Well
equipped and reinforced" The Brit
ish in that zone, he said, were using
columns of armored cars for mobile
guerilla warfare conducted with the
most modern mechanical equipment"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
By CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlumnist

Washington, Sept. l6.-Wendell L.
WILKES recent assertion that the
military strength of a nation now
unquestionably is representative of
deal OF present day official sentiment
in Washington, and probably of all
sorts of opinion throughout the
country. :.
Upon Germany's launching of the
Nazis' really intensive aerial activi-
ties in the Norwegian campaign, l
had occasion tc remark that this is
war which promises an initial test of
aviation's potentialities in COMPETE
ton with surface fighting forces on
land and sea. Up to the end of the
last world conflict the plane was in
sufficiently developed to justify a
very convincing guess as to its future
possibilities. Later, as it was i'm
proved upon. airmen demonstrated
its steadily increasing efficiency, but
experts didn't consider its peacetime
sham performance altogether con-
elusive. Under war time conditions,
they said it mightn't register so for
midably.
To be sure. aviation enthusiasts,
even then, voiced their confidence
in its unqualified superiority to ter
restr:al sOldiery end maritime arma-
mcnt. Army and navy men, how
ever, spoke Of it as merely 'valu-
able arm" of their respective serV-
ices. In fact, they verged On being
outright resentful of some of the
claims made by notable FLYERS. The
late General Billy Mitchell was one
of the latter It will be recalled that
the army courtmartialed and severely
Disciplined him for his prO-aviation
utteranceS.
Public Rather Puzzled
l think the general public was
rather puzzled by the controversy.
On the one hand it probably felt
that the aviators oVer-estimated the
plane as a military contrivance.
On the opposite hand, doubtless 1t
suspected army and navy officers OF
being a lot of back numbers, who did
not want to believe that their land
aid sea outfits are verging on OBJ
solescence and that they're in dam
ger of going into the discard profess
sionally, as no longer worth support
ing.
The JaD-Chinese war and Ger
many's conquest of Poland didn't set
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Japanese May
Land Troops
In Indo-China

Hanoi, French Indo-China, Sept.
16.- (AP) Authoritative French,
Japanese and other foreign sources
expressed belief today that early de-
velopment may bring the japanese
army into this French possession,
promably without any resistance by
the French.
But this, they said, may prompt
China to send her armies acdoss the
colonial frortier and lead to con-
flict that would mean the beginning
of the end of Frances Cougar DOM
ination of this ,0O0-square mile
rea in eastern Asia.
French officials refused to talk for
publication. But privately they adj
nit that negotiations under way here
are most likely TO result within few
days in an agreement which Tokyo
and Vichy have already sanctioned
in principle permitting the japanese
army to land and supply possibly
$4,000 troops.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Cuardsnlen
Into Army
North Carolina Ma
tional Guard Begins
Year of Active Train
ing Today.

Raleigh, Sept. 16.-(AP)-North
Carolina National Guardsmen enter
ed year of active training with the
Army today. .
In many places guardsmen start
ed their training by undergoing ply
steal examinations.
Starting Friday, under tentative
plans, the units will move from their
home stations to permanent camps.
Most of the Tar Heel Guardsmen go
to Fort Jackson at Columbia, S. C.,
Fort Moultrie at Charleston, S. c.,
Fort Screven, Ga.
Adiutant Genreal j. Van B. Nets
reported that no difficulties or UNI
usual situations had been reported
to him. The guard passed from his
command to that of the federal gov
crnmcnt at midnight.
Very few designations were per-
mitted, General Nets said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
16,5o0,ooo
Men Will Be
Registered
First Contingent of
$4,000 Will Go Into
Uniform A b ut a
Month After Kegistra.
ion Is Completed;
Married Men Exempt.

WASHINGTON. Sent. Is - APP
President Roosevelt signed TODAY the
peacetime draft bill making 16,500,-
nNn MN q through IS wears OF age
snl,iect to military service.
The first contingent Of $4,000 to
be called M under the measure will
90 into uniform about month after
all the 16,5O0,OOO are re~ister"1 Sub
scquent quotas will be called in
blocks of 100000 or $4,000, to a
total of 100000 about January l and
100000 in the spring of 1941.
Historic in its significance, the ma
TONS first peacetme CONSUMPTION
was enacted finally Saturday after
extended and often bitter debates in
Congress as part Of President Roose-
velt's announced goal of total de-
fense."
The men drafted will receive mi
TALLY twelve months of training.
They will be liable for service any,
where in the western hemisphere, in
United States possessions outside the
hemisphere and in the Philippine Is
lands. They will get the regular army
pay which the measure raises from
S21 to $50 month for privates.
In addition to the main manpower
provision, the draft law also gives
the government new and greater
powers over industry in the interest
of keeping armament production
abreast of need.
In effect, the law. provides that
the government may take over and
operate with payment of just COM
pensation the factory of. any manu-
facturer who rejects government or
ders or declines to give them priority.
Such a manufacturer also would face
possible maximum penalties of five
years imprisonment and $4,000 fine.
Meanwhile, it was reported that all
married men living with their wives
could expect exemption from con-
scription during at least the first
draft of 100000 compulsory military
service trainees.
Divorced men paying alimony or
supporting children also can expect
to be exempted if investigation by
local selective service boards shows
that such wives and children &C
tually are dependent upon the regis
trant.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Chavez Into
Primary Lead

Albuquerque, N. M, Sept. 10
(AP)-United States Senator Den
mis- Chavez, trailing in Saturdays
bitterly-waged Democratic primary
senatorial race, forged into the lead
over Representative John J. Demp-
sey today on the basis of late report
ing returns from northern Spanish
American counties.
Arundel unofficial returns from
all but about 100 Of the 9l4 voting
precincts overcame the slender lead
held by Dempsey since counting
started Saturday night, and put the
senator out in front by a hand
full of ballots from total Democratic
count of about $4,000 votes at this
point.
The count gave Chavez 42,37l and
Dempsey 1926.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Clernency For
Hobson Asked

Raleigh, Sept. 16.-(AP)-Paroles
Commissioner Edwin Gill studied a
petition today for clemency for Mack
Hobson, Harnett county college
youth sentenced to four months in
Jail for assault.
J. S. Bryan, counsel for Hobson,
along with citizens of Harnett ask
ed for clemency on the grounds that
Hobson'S physical and mental con-
dition was such that Imprisonment
threatened his health.
Immediate freedom also was ask
ed so that the young man could re-
turn to the University of North
Carolina for his senior year.
Hobson was convicted last month
in a case in which he was charged
with trying to shoot and kill his
sweetheart.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Hull Accuses Willkie OF
Being Grossly Ignorant

"The President has never COM
municated by telephone with either
Reichsfuehrer Hitler or Premier
Mussolini.
The President has ever urged
upon the nations involved has been
in accordance with the provisions of
the Kellogg pact which provides for
pacific solution of controversies as
they arise
After Willkie had made the charge
Saturday, his press secretary said
he had 'mis-spoken" and what he
had intended to say was that Presl-
dent Roosevelt had urged settlement
at Munich and that the pact there
agreed TO sell Czechoslovakia down
the river"
Meanwhile, Willkie, enroute to
Coffeyville, Kans., said that the basic
defense America must make is re-
hshilitation of domestic economy.
The Republican presidential nom
inee talked to crowds around H!s
train at Pleasant Hill, Mo.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
.Goering Flies
Plane Over
London AreG

Berlin, Sept 16.-(AP)-Reichs-
marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goer-
ing last night flew over London at
the controls OF a Junkers plane,
authorized German sources said to-
day.
Goering's plane, JU-89, was &C
companied by only two destroyer
planes, the informantS said.
Returning to his air force head
quarters in an unnamed village in
Normany, Goering was quoted as
saying 81 am glad I made by air
force such strong weapon. 1t was
the decisive force in Poland and
Norway and undoubtedly it will play
a similarly decisive role in the war
with England"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
FDR Signs
Bill This
Afternoon
Proclamation and Ex-
ecutive Order Putting
Draft Into Effect To
Be Issued With "ABC
Explanatory State.
ment".

Washington, Sept. 49, (AP) -
President Roosevelt will sign into
law at p. m. (EST) today the ma
TONS first peacetime CONSUMPTION
bill.
Stephen Early, White House press
secretary, said the Chief Executive
probably would issue at the same
time a proclamation and an execu-
tive order putting the draft into eff
feet and give out an ABC explana-
tory statement"
1t was indicated that the proclama-
ton would fix the date when 49,
100000 men aged 81 through IS
would be required to register for
military service.
Early said the signing of the his
toric legislation would take place in
the White House cabinet room in
the presence of Chairmen Sheppard,
Democrat, Texas, and May, Demo-
crat, Kentucky, of the Senate and
House military committees, and of
Secretary of War Stimson and Gen.
eral George Marshall, Army chief Of
staff.
Early said movement had been
started throughout the country" to
make registration day national holi-
day but lit has definitely been re-
jected by the President" he. added,
because it would throw business
and industry out of gear and men
would be thrown out of work for
the day"
Another announcement by Early
was that Wythe Williams, radio
commentator, had agreed to comply
with a request of the President to
organize group of commentators
into weekly round table for the
purpose of putting out reports on
national defense"
Early said Williams visited the
White House Saturday and returned
to New York to form the organiza-
ton.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16

Washington, Sept. 16.-(AP)-Sec-
rotary Hull accused Wendell Willkie
today of being grossly ignorant of
the history of the last few years" in
placing upon President Roosevelt re-
sponsibility for the fate of Czecho-
slovaSia at Munich.
The Republican presidential NOM
inee charged in speech in Illinois
that MIR. Roosevelt helped to promote
the Munich pact and urged a sell
Element which sold Czechoslavkla
down the river"
In a statement, the administrations
chief official on foreign affairs de-
clares 1.-The assertions which Mr.. Will
kie made are untrue and make 1t
evident he is grossly ignorant OF the
history of the last few years"
Referring to WILKES assertion that
President Roosevelt "te;ephoned HIT
Ter and Muscoliri and urged them to
sell CzechoslovaEia down the river
at Munich" Hull SAID:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
RY HENRY AYERILi.

Raleigh, Sept. 16.-Only one class
of workers in North Carolina aver
aged as much as $50 per week dur
inc August, and only two other cate
gories topped the S25 week aver
age. according to figures released by
the Department of Labor'S statistical
division.
No other group of workers aver
aged even as much as $40 weekly,
the report showed.
Top wage earners for August were
those employed in insurance and
brokerage.
In four such firms reporting to the
Department 90 employees worked an
unreportcd number Of hours q week
10 earn an average Of S3l 80 each.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Two Dead Aboard
Drifting Schooner

Washington, Sept. 16-(AP)-The
Coast Guard beard today that the
fishing schooner William Hays out Of
Pensacola, Fla, was drifting in the
Gulf of Mexico with two dead men
aboard.
The cutter Woodbury. was dis
patched from Galveston immedl-
atcly after the report was received
from the S. S. Halsey, which said that
the William Hays had insufficient
fuel to make port.
The Halsey gave no further lntor-
nation either as to the cause of the
deaths or the damage to the William
Hays.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Markets Ready
For First Sales

Fuquay Springs, Sept. 16.-(AP)-
Sales Supervisor L. A. Nudge said
today he expected 100000 pounds of
tobacco to be offered for auction on
fife warehouse floors here tomorrow
as the Middle Belt starts sales.
IN T.ouisburg. warehousemen es-
timated that 100000 pounds of to-
bacco would be offered at the three
warehouses;
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Labor Department Reports
Only Three Glasses OF
Workers Made $25 Weekly

Next best-paid employees were the
1,485 who worked in lib wholesale
trade firms to make an average OF
S29.O5 weekly. They worked an
average Of 43.l hours per week, how
ever, which was above the figure for
any other reporting type of industry.
Third in weekly earning were All
workers in 19 printing and publish
ing concerns who worked an aver
age of 37.1 hours weekly to earn
S26.61.
The average hourly wage OF these
printshop workers was highest in the
state, reaching 71.67 cents. The
wholesalers averaged 69.6 cents per
hour.
At the bottom of the earnings
scale were the 594 workers in eight
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Loans For
Flood Areas
Disaster Loan Corpor-
alton Considering APP.
plication for Loans in
State.

Washington, Sept. 16.-(AP)-Di-
ficials of the Disaster Loan Corpora
ton said today they were considering
applications for loans to landowners
whose crops and properties were
damaged by recent floods in eastern
Tennessee and North Carolina.
They said the flood was being re-
"ded as disaster, which permit
I'D consideration of applications for
an for repairs of houses and for
the purchase Of new farm equip
!nent in the damaged area.