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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
1865
We're Taken
At Bardia
2.O41 Officers Counted
Among Prisoners; Huge
Booty Captured
SMELLING is BEGUN
Graziani Makes No Effort
To Come To Aid OF Be-
leaguered Garrison
By ERIC BIGIO

CAIRO. Jan. 11.-R-1taly's
Marshal Rodolfo GRAHAM made no
move today to relieve his belea-
general garrison at Tobruk 81
miles inside Libya, but the British
moved up troops and guns under
massive air protection and plopped
shells into the seaport's seml-clrcle
Of defenses from four carefully
placed batteries.
The guns of Iobruk replied, but
aside from these artillery dulles
there was no fighting on the fourth
day of the siege.
Raj Is Busy
Raj patrols were out all day
yesterday on the road west of To-
bruk leading to Derna, where Brit
ish mechanical ground forces also
are operating, but there was no
conclusive engagement with Fas-
cist air1nen.
Despite his tremendous losses
GRAHAM still has a considerable
army to the West, but the fact that
it is not coming up leads the Brit
lish to believe that Tobruk will fall
as did Bardia, Salum and Sid Bar
rani before it.
The size of the Tobruk garrison
is not known here but it is believed
smaller than that of Bardia. The
latter turned out to be considerably
smaller than that of Bardia. The
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
Reds Say New Treaty
With Nazis Not Warlike

Both 1zvestia and Pravda car
RED editorials which C a S some
new significance on the expanded
German-Russian trade pact signed
here Friday, under which Germany
is supposed to receive, principally
increased supplies of Soviet wheat.
(Buenos Aires sources have indl-
Gated that Russia is sending a
mission there to buy much Ar
eentine wheat. This might be trans
shipped to Germany.
There are" said Izvestia, lin
Britain and the United States some
leading statesmen who believed
that the United States in full con-
formity with international law and
the position of neutrality, may sell
CONTINUED on Page Two: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
in SICILIAN CHANNEL
Makes Much OF Nazi
Aid, But Nazi Report
Subordinates 1t
BY The Associated Press

ROME, Jan. 11.-Four British
warships have been hit in a new
Joint. German-Italian aerial often
sive against British Mediterranean
sea power-an action said unoff-
icially to be "continuing'-the
Fascist high command announced
today.
In a communique stressing the
.f~raternal, close cooperation OF
the Nazi air force in this first
action for the Germans in the
Mediterranean, the Italians gave
these as the results of the attack:
Carrier Torpedoed
An aircraft carrier hit by an
Italian aerial torpedo; a cruiser
struck by two heavy bombs from
Italian dive bombers; a second
aircraft carrier hit by heavy ltal-
ian bombs; one of these aircraft
carriers hit also by both heavy
and medium German bombs; a
destroyer hit by the Germans.
The German high command )
communique subordinated the
Mediterranean action to its next,
to-last paragraph; made no specl'
fic mention of the Italians other
than that implied in the phrase
that Nazi filters 'rarticipated;'
and said nothing of German-ltal
ian fraternity. The communlque
announced that German filters hao
scored hits on 1.-TWO warship units
and mentioned nothing about any
Italian successes.
The Italians acknowledged tina
British fleet guns and British
planes offered a violent" reac
ton to the German-Italian assault
which occurred on yesterday ir
the narrow Sicilian channel, bu'
claimed nevertheless:
All ou rplanes returned te
their bases"
The first clash, in the Medi
terranean engagement, the Italians
reported, took place 10 miles nortn'
fro,+;nuod nj, Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11-dR-A
poll indicated today that the adj
ministration could count on a ma
icrity of the Senate foreign rela-
lions committee to support It's leg
islation giving President Roosevelt
broad powers to send war supplies
to nations resisting "aggressors.
Eight committee members sale
they were for the measure; FOUL
declared against it; four said they
had not made up their minds, ana
five were either unavailable OF
made no statement.
Before the committee acts, how
ever. two new members will be
chosen to fill vacancies and the
leadership certainly will pick ap'
pointees who favor the program
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
By The Associated Press

MOSCOW, Jan. 1.-THE govern
ment and party press of the Soviet
Union spoke out sharply today in
justification of the new economic
deal between Germany and Russia
and rebuked British and American
statesmen who may consider 1t
Warlike.
Furthermore, the newspapers an
nounced Moscow will make addi-
tional trade treaties in 1941 as she
pleases, with nations both at war
and at peace.
ut is time" said an editorial
in ~Izvestia, the government organ,
that the world understands the U.
S. S. R. follows an independent
policy and will continue, to follow
it,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
WEATHER DELAYS
WORK AT CAMP
Freeze Hampers Concrete
Pouring; Other Activity
Is Being Pushed

HOLLY RIDGE, Jan. II. - Old
Man Weather is playing pranks
with the workers and the work at
Camp Davis, dealing out a slap
here and giving a helping hand
there.
Last week rain MADE a morass of
some of the roads and increased the
troubles encountered in draining the
huge pocosin which is the camp site.
This week cold, dry, windy weather
came and dried out the f%our-square
mile area, but that, too brought
problems.
The low temperatures hampered
the pouring of concrete. so that it
was only from Is to SO per cent bet
ter than that of last week.
And the winds, drying out the
camp site, picked up the sand
trompled by the feet of some 3,4O0
workers, and blew it into the faces
of other workers.
The miniature sand storm caused
considerable discomfort, but the
workers wiped it from their eyes
and worked on for speed is the
watchword of the camp as 1t rises.
Tomorrow an officer from the Of
flee of the constructing quarter
master in Wilmington is scheduled
to arrive in Wilmington and to
come here for a tour of inspection.
Meanwhile plans for increasing
the tempo of the work were made
and calls were issued through the
North Carolina Employment Serv-
ice for skilled carpenters, power
linemen and surveying rodmen.
They were urged to report to the
NOSES office here.
Despite the fact the low tempera-
ture slowed the work of pouring
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
Now
Moving On
Berati Base
Italians Captured,
Much War Material Is
Reported Seized
MOPPING UP KLISURA
Roman Hold Upon Tepeleni
Reported Weakening In
Athens Dispatch
By The Associated Press

ATHENS, Jan. 12.-(Sundayj-
hopping up. operations, in which
the Greeks have captured about 100
more Italians and additional quan-
titles of war material, were report
ed by the high command today.
Although its communicate men
toned only Restricted local cleaning
up operations" dispatches from the
front reported progress Saturday
from captured Klisura toward Bera1i
under cover of low-flying Greek ana
British warplanes.
Heights Occupied
Heights dominating the road to-
ward Berati, about 80 miles north
of Klisura were reported occupied
with the capture of additional pris'
oners and materials, among which
the communique listed 10 1S-mllll
meter mortars, many machine guns
and automatic rifles"
An earlier Athens radio report
had said the Greeks found 400 Ital
ian dead in one part of the aban
doned Klisura lines and that many
wounded, abandoned in the retreat
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
F. R. IS CONFIDENT
BILL WILL PASS
President To Spend Week
End Relaxing AT Home
In Hyde Park
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL

HYDE PARK, N. T., Jan. IL.
-R-President Roosevelt was de-
scribed by aides today as conf
dent that Congress would grant
him the unprecedented powers pro-
posed in an administration bill to
authorize the lending or leasing OF
billions in war equipment to Brit
ain and other ''democracies.'
MIR. Roosevelt rested at his home
beside the Hudson, apparently re-
lying on the word of democratic
congressional leaders that the leg
islation would be approved.
Asked whether the President was
confident that the legislators even
tually would enact the bill, one
White House official replied: "oh,
certainly"
There was speculation in some
quarters that the measure was
framed broadly enough to allow
Continued on Page Two; Col. %
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
Senate Committee FaUors
F. <. British Aid Bill

In addition, it was indicated that
the administration would receive
the votes of at least three of those
now uncommitted making a total
of 13 of 81 members for the meas
ure.
The house will act first on the
legislation, and on meeting Monday
will have to settle a dispute over
which of it's committees should han
die it.
The military committee decided,
IS to 4, today to demand control
of the measure, which already had
been assigned to the foreign affairs
committee.
Chairman Bloom tD.-N. " OF
the latter group said that there was
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
DEFENSE BOOM
TO GROW SWIFTLY
Passage OF F. RS Budget
Would Speed Industrial
Tempo Greatly
BY FRANK MacMILLEN

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.|tREWhen
President Roosevelt this week pre-
scented a budget providing for arms
expenditures that may run to more
than $1,000, 900, 900 a month before
mid-1942, he practically presented
industry with a blueprint for the
greatest production in American
history.
The factories of the United States
are running at the swiftest pace on
record. Standard induces of produc,
ton, such as that of the Fedora
Reserve board, are topping tn {
peaks Of 1929.
Yet defense spending is only. get
ing under way. The government
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
AIRCRAFT STRIKE
THREAT IS ENDED
Defense Commission Agent
Secures Compromise In
Fairchilds Row

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.'aP-A
threatened strike settled by compro-
mise, workers Of the Fairchild Air
plane and Engine corporation plant
will consider next week ratification
of a proposed contract which q
a dispute involving production OF
81, ESQ, 900 worth of military aircraft
engines.
The deadlock, which had kept
negotiators almost steadily in con-
ference for SO hours, was broken
early today. Shortly thereafter, John
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
Swiss Town Undergoes 5
Alarms AS Bombers Flv
Toward Turin
PORTSMOUTH RAIDED
Much Damage And 'Sev-
eral' Deaths Caused By
Attack On Port
Nv DREW

LONDON, Jan. 11.-(P)-This cit
adel of Britain stood firm tonight
against an onslaught of hundreds
of fire and explosive bombs drop.
ped by squadrons of heavy Ger
man bombers in a short but in.
tense raid.
The attack threatened but never
achieved the destruction done in
London's great fire of 1940-the
fire blitz'' Dec. 20 on the "City,'
Lordon's crowded, old financial dis
trict.
Termed Failure
If, as it. seemed for a while, the
LuftWaffe was trying to repeat that
devastation on an even wider scale,
Observers said it failed.
Volunteer fire watchers and
fighters rallied as incendiaries
hurtled down. They extinguished
fires which were SO bright for a
time that you could read a news
paper on the BACKED out city's
roofs.
An Associated Press reporter saw
at least so incendiaries swish to
the ground at one time and start
rows of bright blue lights. One by
one they went out as firemen
reached them.
The dome of st. Paul's Cathedral
once again stood out impressively
against the flaming backdrop. But,
unlike the earlier raid, the main
blazes We're speedily put out, even
in sections where there are no
residents or night workers and even
though there were more planes
and more bombs in a shorter time.
Continued on Page 3; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
MILD INFLUENZA
WIDELY REPORTED
Outbreaks OF Near Epi.
demic Proportions Are
Sweeping Nation

BOSTON, Jan. 11.-R-HUndreds
of New England businesses car
ried on short-handed today as "a
grippe epidemic confined thou
sands to their beds and forced the
closing of scores of cshools.
In Massachusetts at least, the
disease apparently had reached Its
peak. DR.. Paul j. Jakmauh, state
health commissioner, said, no new
reports of increasing infection a
been received for the past "a
hours.
The ailment described by some
health officials as a mild form
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
CANADA TO BUILD
AIRBASES FOR U.S..
Safe, Round Airway
To Alaska Is Promised;
Sites Approved
By WADE WERNER

OTTAWA, Jan. 11.-tR-Con-
struction of a series of air bases
between the United States border
and Alaska, to provide a safe year.
round airway to Alaska for Amerl-
can pursuit planes is planned Ply
the Canadin government, it was
reported today.
The bases will be built by Can
da, it was said, but will be avail
able for the use of U. S. military
planes.
A commercial route to Alaska
already is being flown winter and
summer, but military pursult
planes of short range need better
Continued on Page 3; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
RALEIGH, Jan. II. - @ -

RALEIGH, Jan. IL. - up
Thad Eure, secretary of state
and a member of the State
Board of Education, denied to-
night that the board had played
politics in the selection of a his
tory text for fifth grade students.
He also denied that the choice
of the book, written by julie b.
Warren, secretary of the North
Carolina Education association,
was in any way against the
wishes OF the State TEXTBOOK
commission.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12

playing politics in the selection of
a history textbook for fifth grade
students
In a copyrighted article writ
ten by the papers managing edi-
tor, Charles Barrett, senior, OF
Raleigh, the paper asserted:
/. That d text book written by
two university professors DR.. A,
Continued on Page 3; Col. AZ
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-12
UNC NEWSPAPER
RAPS TEXTBOOK
Daily Tar Heel Says His.
tory Chosen On Basis
OF Politics

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 11.-R-
The Daily Tar Heel, student pub
LEGATION at the University of North
Carolina, said today that scores
of educational leaders had charged
the state Board of Education with
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11
Local Bills Hold Center
OF Stage For Final Week

standing. 1t should be remembered
that the MCGOWAN bill, only measure
OF this kind before the assembly. IN
cludeS in the election the sale n.
VINE and beer as we'll as hard IL
uuof. Some members confess tina.
they would support a proposa for
state vote on Abe stores, or ON the
sale OF %so-called hard liquors. but
mat they cannot go along with the
proposition to throw out wine ana
Ceer along with whisky. brandy. Gin
ana rum. AS IN other instances the
money n revenue issue is involved
ABB stores pay into the State treas
lfy less than a million dollars. Thai
loss might be SurVived: but wine and
peer pay upwards of four and a hail
mllllons-and the State treasury
can't stand that loss. Coupled with
he state referendum idea is the
pending bill by Senator Palmer of
Cabarrus to permit local option in
all towns of more than $4,000 popu-
'"f'on This hasn't got much chance.
either.
The moral of this story, if it has
any moral, is that the final week of
this legislature should be watched
closely by the people throughout the
state for special local bills and for
action on statewide measures thu
might not be possible in the regular
routine before the adjournment rush.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
Nv LYNN NISBET,

Raleigh. March IL This is. by
common consent. the last full wees
If the 1871 session of the General
Assembly. There are still many COM
netcnt observers who will tell vol
That the legislature cannot complete
the lob it is supposed to do by Sat-
,rdgv. but that it can quit almost any
time now. One or two days may be
,epdcd next week, but unless the ut
,erlv unexpected happens there will
he a general exodus of legislators
Saturday, and sine die adjournment
vii he reached within the next seven
days.
As the old almanacs used to say,
eat about this season of the year
there may be expected a regular
avalanche of local bills, which spon-
sors will seek to get through under
suspension of the rules.
An unusually large number of leg
isl2tors remained in Raleigh over the
,4st weekend and some of them
were not averse to saying that one
reason they stayed here was to avoid
the clamor back home for special To-
cal legislation.
The week started off early Mon
day morning with a public hearing
before the House cities and towns
committee on. a proposed Raleigh ex-
tension bill. AS a matter Of fact only
two or three members Of that COM
mlttee appeared to backstand the
Wake delegation which actually con-
Quoted the hearing.
Scheduled for today was a public
hearing on the proposal of Represen-
tatiye Pickens to provide for holding
terms of Guilford county superior
statewide bill, but the only town
other than a county seat which could
have court under it would be High
Point. That makes it essentially local
legislation. The Greensboro bar APP
POINTED a delegation to appear and
oppose enactment of the law.
legislators returning from week
end visits to their respective homes
report that interest in general state
wide bills is less noticeable than fCr
many years past at similar stages Of
q session, and that the peepul' seem
perfectly willing to let matters stand
as they are. At the same time nearl:
Ill Of them found suggestions fol
changing county or town govern
MentS.
Despite this sentiment there are 4
number Of vitality important state
wide matters still pending. The ques-
ton of Il state referendum on the
sale of alcoholic beverages, given 4
public hearing yesterday before the
House finance committee, has not
been disposed of. In respect to this
bill there is considerable misunder-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11
New York Man
Is Victim Of
Bus Crash

South Hill, Va, March il.-(Ap)
Robert h, Lippett, SIS. of New York
Ivy was Killed and % other pas
Sehgers injured when an Atlantic
greyhound bus overturned near here
yesterday after q collision with an
automobile.
four Of those hurt were taken TO
hospitals in Raleigh, N. c.. and Rich
ihond but none was believed to be
IN serious condition. TIE others
We're treated by South Hill physi-
clans, mostly for cuts and bruises.
Most Of the 80 passengers we're
asleep when the Northbound Ra-
leigh to Richmond and Washing
ton bus left the highway alter the
crash. climbed a bank and turned
'Ner on its top in the mud.
Bus driver Joe Whitley of Ra-
leigh said the door jammed md he
Hicked out the glass and helped re-
move the passengers through the
windshield.
State Trooper Bagley said the au-
tomoblle was driven by Henry Alva
Pennington of Lynbrook read, Mid
die River, Md, and that the accident
occurred at about 2:30 a. m. on a
straight stretch of highway. Pen
nington was slightly injured and
Whitley suffered a lacerated knee.
Lippett was enroute from Jackson
vile, Fla, to New York.
Those treated here included Mrs.
Shirley Buchanan, Charleston, S. c.;
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Eonajtis.
Elizabeth, N. j., and r. c. Mozingo,
Raleigh, N. c.
DR.. L. H. Bracey of South Hill
said that he had treated - passeng-
ers and Pennington and that three
had been sent to a Raleigh. N. c..
hospital by ambulance.
Those sent to Raleigh were Jua-
nita Green, "a. of Apex, N. c., Mar
garet Mitchell, 10, and Harry Green,
IS, both of Charleston, S. c.. DR..
Bracy said that their injuries did not
appear to be serious.
DR.. Bracey said the others he
treated were Junius Walker, 30,
South Hill: Hattie Harden 43. Dur
ham, N. c.; Jeanette Bracey, IS,
Alexandria: Cleosland Brooks, 54,
South Hill: Bob Short, 81. BfOadnaX:
Thomas Williams. "a, Florence, S. e,
Isaac Sanders, 20. Raleigh, N. c.,
James Walker, q, Lacrosse, and
Coleman Evans, %, Fayetteville, N.
c. None was hurt seriously, he said.
Dr.. Bracey said that several other
South Hill physicians had treated
victims Of the crash.
Dr.. W. J. Ozlin treated six, all ex-
cept one Of whom were only slightly
injured. Lewis Mcdonald, Of Dur
ham. N. c., the physician said, suf-
fered three fractured ribs and pos
sible internal injuries.
Those whom he treated for minor
injuries were listed as Miss Nell
Shea, Auburn, N. Y, Hunter Chiefly,
Warfield, Va: Edward A. Allen, a
soldier from Camp Lee; Horace Nc
Intyre, Buckfield, Maine, and Roy
E. Bishop, of the Naval Air station
at Pensacola, Fla.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11
$1,000
CITY OF HENDERSON. NORTH
CAROLINA
BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES

Sealed BIDS VIII be received until
II O'Clock. A. NJ. March %, 1871, by
the undersigned at its office IN the
City Of Raleigh. N. c., for $1,000
Bond Anticipation Notes Of the City
Of Henderson, North Carolina dated
April |, 194l, consisting of two notes
OF $500 each, numbered | and 2. and
One nOte of $4,000. numbered 3, note
numbered ! maturing on October /,
1871. note numbered 2 maturing on
April /. 1912, and note numbered 3
featuring on October /, 1912, with
out option Of prior payment, and
bearing interest at not more than
81 per annum. the interest on note
numbered l being payable at ma
tmity and the interest on the re-
manning notes being payable semi
annually on the first days of April
and October of each year. Coupon
notes. delivery of notes on or about
April 8, 1871 at place of purchasers
cnoice.
Bidders should specify the interest
rate OF each note, not exceeding Sc
per annum in a multiple Of one
fourth of one per cent and the bank
Oh trust company at which the prin-
cipal and interest shall be payable.
There will be no auction. The notes
will be awarded to the bidder Offer
n.g to purchase the notes at the low
est interest cost TO the City, such
cost to be determined by deductine
the total amount of the premium bid
from the aggregate amount Of in
terest upon all of the notes until
their respective maturities. No bid
Of less than par and accrued interest
will be entertained.
Bidders must present with their
bid d certified check upon an incol-
pOrated bank or trust company pay
able Internationally to the order Of
the State Treasurer Of North Car
DINA for S35. The right TO reject all
bids is reserved. The approving
opinion Of Masslich and Mitchell,
New York City, will be furnished the
purchaser.
In the event that prior to the de-
livery of the notes the income re-
ccived by private holders from notes
Of the same type and character shall
be taxable by the terms of any Fed
eral income tax law, the successful
bidder may, at his election, be re-
lieved of his obligations under the
contract to purchase the notes and IN
such case the deposit accompanying
his bid will be returned.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
COMMISSION.
BY w. E. Easterling.
Secretary of the Commission.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11
FARMER
COMMITS SUICIDE

Oxford, March Ill. A. Pearce,
"a, Granville County farmer living
near Good Hope Christian Church
in Bassfield township, committed
suicide Sunday morning about $50
o'clock on the back porch Of his
home by shooting himself twice with
a SO Special Smith and Wesson
pistol. One shot took effect in his
abdomen and the other in his chest.
Coroner w. D. Bryan and Deputy
Sheriff Lee Yancey investigated and
declared it to be a clear case OF
suicide.' resulting from dependency
over i'll health during the past sew
eral months.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11
Filler
KILLED IN LONDON

London. March l1.-(AP)-The
death of p. R. Anderson, 27-year-old
pilot Of the Royal Air Forces Amer
lean Eagle Squadron, was disclosed
today.
Anderson was killed by a bomb in
London Saturday night. His death
was contidmed by an authoritative
source, but no details We're given
except that he was on the ground
at the time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11

With early returns indicating lar
ger income tax yield than ever be
tore for the state, it is still pertinent
&c point out that Saturday Of this
Week-March l5-is the deadline
date on filing returns for everybody
except members of the general as
@embly, unless specific extension OF
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11

at one clip out Of his emergency and
contingency fund is extremely doubt
full.
Failing in numerous efforts to
limit justice of the peace activity,
Representative Grady WithfoW OF
Rutherford has introduced two bill