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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-27
Larkins
Bill Favored
Measure Would Eiimi-
nate m n
That Gas Pumps Be
Labeled; Other News.
Senate Hears Scathing

Raleigh, Feb, 27-(AP-Senate
judiciary committee No. | reporteC
faVorably today the Larkins bill tC
eliminate the requirement that gaso-
line pumps bear stickers d~enoting
the grade Of gas dispensed.
c. VI, Byers of Charlotte, appear
ing for the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, argued for the bill, while
it was opposed BY Walter Murphy Of
Salisbury and r. O. Everett Of Dur
ham, counsel for independent Oh!
dealers and the publicN, and Her
bert Shankle.
Senator Funderburk of Union OPP
posed the favorable report and Sena-
tor Wilson Of Davidson served notice
he might fight the bill on the floor.
Byers termed the present law de
finitely deceptive" and argued that
the stickers denoting grade based on
octane rating did not indicate any
thing as to the quality of the gas
dispensed. He said no other state
had such a law.
Shankle read a statement he SAID
had appeared in the Consumers
Guide, a publication of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, which SAID;
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-27
Strike Hits
Bethlehem
Steel Mill
Violence Flares In
Early Stages of Strike
asLackawanna; Strike
May Spread to Other
Steel Mills; h G r
Strike News.
(Hy The Associated PrcsSl

Tn" Bethlehem steel mil ii. Lack
aNanna, \. Y, important product II
sourco Of defense armament. Has hit
by q etrHke today which in lis earliest
staees brof Chit a flare Of Violence
Go strikers deployed IN q two
mila picket line before he seven
cats of the huge plant. Early To-
day there were reports that clubs
had wing against the window, and
bodies Of automobiles which carried
nmNI yees toward their jobs in the
mill.
The strike fell promptly on a pre-
Niously announced dcadline, 9 p. m.
last night, after an un~productive
conference between union officials
and representatives of the national
defense commission and the federal
cancellation service.
The LackaWanna mill employs a.
900 men and union leaders declared
the strike might spread soon to other
Bethlehem plants at Bethlehem,
/ hnstoWn and PottstoWn, Pa. Al
Bethlehem alone there are 2l,O0O
employees.
The union is demanding a IS per
cent wage boost, a collective bar
gaining election end reinstatement Of
several hundred workers "indefi-
njtely suspended" by the company.
Another giant industrial o~rganjza-
ton, the Ford Motor Company at
Detroit, faced the threat Of d strike
At three plants employing nearly
% 5000 men, However, under Mjchj-
gan law a 30-day cooling off period
must intervene before the strike
could take effect.
W>:;Ie the developments at the
Bethlehem steel and Ford motor
plant were shaping up, high Off
Gals at Washington we're reported
discussing the possibility Of forming
cleNcn-mcmber 'suprcme court
board 10 determine and publish
Facts in labrr disputes where the
regular federal Cancellation service
was not aDl" to effect a settlement.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-27
BY ROGER w. BABSO\,
Copyright 1871. Publishers
Financial Bureau. Inc.

Babson Park. Fla, Feb. Pit is
true that tremendous changes have
taken place during the past dozen
wears. City real estate al today be
bought for 20 percent of what il sold
ton q dozen years ago. Fifty leading
stocks, winch sold at S285 in 1929,
q now be bought for SIS. New
York Stock Exchange seats. for
which bankers ere then scramblms
To pay 5000 600, can noW be bought
tor around $4,000. Yet, those eco
tlomlsts who then Gorecasted such
'e4II4!. aellIues ,tIl AUUtIu ~ Old
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-27
Ohio Senator Asserts
President "Deliberate-
ly Holding Back Aid
to England" to Put
Pressure on Congress-,

Washington. Fec. 27.-(AP)-Sen-
a'or TAFT, Republican, ONO. asserted
IN the Senate Today that President
Roosevelt was deliberately holding
p"cN aId to England in order to put
pressure on this Congress- to pass
The administrations British aid bill.
His assertion brought a retort
lIon' Senator Chandler, Democrat,
kentucky, that the senator from
ONO says he wants to help England.
oul ne wants to help EN- just enough
so they're certain to get beat"
lat had interrupted Senator
brown, Democrat, Michigan, to read
d newspaper article which reported
mat the administration was prepar-
ing l. assemble surplus defense ma
'oIlals 10 Dc dispatched TO England
When the pending British aid bill
was passed, rRs
lonttndIng that thc President had
hd0 power all along TO transfer such
HdtetidIS, he asked why 1ction had
NOT been taken CARRIER if the preSl
cent wanted 10 help England.
think tins statement was given
Out ne SAID, selely for the purpose
puj'lnG pressure on this Congress-
stephen Early, Presidential score
''fy. SAID that President Roosevelt
would continue a series Of confer
ohces with War. Navy, State and
treasury department heads so that
we VIII not be guilty of 4 minutes
more delay than We can prevent
mhen Congress acts finally on the
BRITISH aid bill.
Senator Chavez, Democrat, New
N'eN'c", and Senator Brown took up
IMc debate on the bill in the Senate,
CndNtH contending that the lcgisla-
'oiI invited war While Brown argued
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-27
FrownsUpon
Bulgarian
Passage
Yugoslavia Now Fears
German Armies May
Attempt Invasion of
Greece Through Yugo-
slavia Instead of Bull
garia.
(BN Tie Associated Prc,,)

tBN TIE Associated Prcss)
Britain aud Turkey were re
ported iii "iuli agreement" to-
day ON Balkan and Meditcrran-
can problems at The same time
that a report wa, circulated in
Bucharest thai Soviet Russia had
interviewed With Germany on be
hall OF her little friend Bulgaria.
The Bucharest report said Rus
STA had ra!>eo objections to the
threatened passage Of German
troops through Bulgaria and di-
verteI the nazi pressure for a
right Of WAY to Greece.
Sia Stafford Grips, British
ambassadors to Moscow. arrived
by plane at I,tanbul on his way
to the inkara conference of Brit
ish and Turkish leaders whence
came the report of full agree
ment.'
Meanwhile from Tokyo came a
report that Japan had delivered
an ultimatum to French Indo-
China demanding that she accept
Japan'S mediation of her dispute
with YhaiIand by midnight Fri
day.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-27
Large Fees
For Building

Washington, Feb. 27.-(Ap)- \
report to Congress shows the govern
ment has agreed to pay contractors
and architects fixed fees approximate
ing Sl,67U.000 FOR national defense
construction i'm North and South
Carolina.
The fees, averaging about IS per
cent Of the cost Of the construction
contracts, we're made public in pub
li>hed te.'jmony Of War and Navy
department officials on a supplement
tai defense appropriation bill.
Biggest item was a ~S429,338 fee for
T. a. Loving and Company, Colds
boro, n. G., for a 1905 900 Army
construction contract at Fort Bragg,
or % percent of the cost.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-27
Earle Faces
Court Charge

Sofia, Feb. 2s.--tNPl-k Ger
man induStriali>t who said he
had lived three years in Sofia de
ciared today he WA the second
man in the hottIc-throVin cpl
>odc III a cafe here Saturday
night with United States Minis
ter George II. Earle.
DIR. Carl Decker. 81. received
three American neW~papermen
in his office and said he had
given an attorney information
for a court complaint against
Earle.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-27
Air Forces
In Alaska
Strengthened

Washington, Feb. 81. - (AP) -
strengthening of United States air
aIiocN IN Alaska was announced to-
10y by Secretary Stimson. The War
uepdrunent chief told a press con
nieilce that three additional air
volpS units had left the west coast
,.oenlly Tor Alaska and three more
was to follow.
ue declined to disclose the strength
sieSe units in men and planes, de-
don't like to make the War de-
paftment a center of specific infor-
lotion TO go to Gun friends abroad
10 or nOn-triends abroad
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-27
House Passes
Defense Fund

Washington, Feb. 27.-(AP)-The
House passed and sent to the Senate
today a Sl,533.439.7 O2 emergency de-
tense appropriation bill, after over
whclmingly defeating an a~nti-closed
shop amendment which its opponents
said would tie the defense program
into knots.
The measure, carrying funds for
completion of the Army'S big hOus-
ing program and a vast expansion
of naval shore establishments includ-
ING development OF naval aviation
outDosts at Guam and Samoa, went
through without a record vote OF
t Gil d nipple OF opposition.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-27
TAFT CHARGES
DELAY AID
Sn0w Falls
Over State
(BN The Associated PreSs.)

Wy Inc !ASSOCldteu iI'SS
Snow fell over a large area of
North Carolina today, but by
early morning there was only a
trace OF the fall at most places.
The fall at Charlotte. where il
appeared to be heaviest, was two
inches by 8 a. m. and the wealth
er bureau reported the fall might
continue through the day.
The snow extended from the
mountains to the cOa>t--Eliza-
beth City reporting a few flakes
during the morning.
At Burlington, Greensboro and
other cities in the central part
of the state snow began falling
around 6 a. m.
Raleigh reported snow begin
ming at : a. m. and it was still
falling at Oon Rocky Mount e
ported a steady fall beginning
at 8 A. IN.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-27
BRITISH
MAY BE IN

BerTln, Feb. 27--(AP)-Thc posi-
t1Ilty that british agitators" are he
lng landed in the Netherlands by
~parachutes and swift motor boats a
1Ight was suggested in Berlin today.
A naZi spokesman declared, how
ever, that the effectiveness OF such
operations was limited and that
measures being taken by German
military authorities to suppress dis
orders IN Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
were proving adequate.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-27

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Ligh, snow in interior and rain
on the coast this afternoon and
possibly early tonight: somewhat
colder tonight: Friday partly
cloud ANA continued cold.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-27

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Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
Tire RatiOning
Committee Here

Mayor JeffrieS today prepared
10 name a committee which will
ration tires 10 DetroiterS. begin
ming January 5.
He was asked 10 appoint such
a committee IN a letter from Har-
old a Furlong, administration of
the Michigan Defense Council. To
be known as the commodity dis
trlbution committee. the commit
tee IN turn VIII name Subcommit-
tees for various areas OF the city.
according TO voting precinct, fire
area or some other method.
The central committee is 10 be
comprised Of the city clerk, a re-
tail tire dealer representative
Of labor. a member of the Board
OF Commerce and 4 representative
OF the public, the latter 10 be
chairman.
Furlong's letter failed to dis
close just how the rationing would
be conducted or on what basis
but merely said that ~ would be
handled according 10 federal reg
ulations.
Tho defense administrator asked
that the commodity distributions
committee be appointed by next
Wednesday since the order freez-
Ing tire sales expires January
and thereafter rationing Will pre-
sumably begin.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
WaVelI
Escapes
Gullfire

LONDON Dec. q GNS).-A
German radio broadcast picked uT
by the Exchange Telegraph
(British) News Agency claimed
that Jap planes almost got
British Gen Sir Archibald Wavell
today when he arrived al Ran
goon. Burma, from Chungking.
According to the NaZi broad
cast Japanese planes heavily
raided the Rangoon airport just
as the British comH4aHder-in- chief
for India was arriving.
Berlin said Wavell had just left
his plane and taken shelter when
the craft was hit by machine gun
bullets and-Set on fire.
Wavell participated in war
conference at Chungking earlier
this week.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
Army TO Leave Plant
As Labor Strike Ends

NEW YORK. Dec. u QNS).-
Army operation of the Air Asso-
ciates Bendix. n. j., airplane
equipment factory was expected to
cease today following signing of a
contract ending the five months
labor strife between the manage
ment and production employees,
represented by the United Auto
mobile Workers Union.
Union members approved the
contract and directors of the COM
pany subsequently voted their ap-
.proval. The contract. which pro-
vides increases in wages and a
modified union shop, was signed at
the Yale Club in New York
shortly before midnight.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
Flu Helps Reds
To Rout Ndziis
On All Fronts
Russians Sweep South
TO Clear Leninerad,-
Moscow Supply Line

MOSCOW. Dec. 27. GNS).-
RusSiaS winter hardened legion'
smashed forward against the in
fluenza stricken illclad Nazis or
all fronts today, especially in the
areas Just south of Leningrad anc
on the Okla River below Moscow
the Soviet high command an
nounCed.
In their powerful sweep soutr
of Loningrad to clear the supply
lines between Moscow and the long
beSieged metropolis on the Baltic
The Russians were reported &c
have routed the Shiverlng NazlS
from Nolkhov leaving 5000 bullet
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
Industry, Military
In AN-0ut War Effort

WASHINGTON. Dec. u GNS)
Existing facilities of the federal
government today were being
modified into a smooth running
machine for all-out war on the
economic as we'll as the military
front
An outline OF the government S
plans for waging economic war
fare was given by Vice President
Wallace, who said that Just as
the nations young men are offer
ing TO sacrifice themselves and
their careers in the common cause,
agencies are giving up for the du-
ration Of the war some OF their
normal peacetime functions and
prerogatiVeS.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
HUGE STORES SEIZED

TOTO also asserted that the Brit
iSh had destroyed $50 oil wells in
North Borneo. He said that Japa-
nese troops which occupied Penang
off the Western Malayan coast
seized 1000 motor cars. 1900 tons
of tin, 1000 tons of rubber. 1000
tons of copper ore and 500 barrels
of gasoline.
He declared all industrial estab-
lishments at Penang were intact
and that the radio station there,
in perfect order. resumed opera
tions under Japanese supervision
December %.
During operations over Malaga
and Burma, TOTO alleged, Jap army
planes destroyed 222 British air
craft up 10 December %.
Toio said Japanese forces which
landed on Mindanao Island in the
Philippines succeeded in TeSCil-
ing about $4,000 Japanese ma
tionalS at Davao and asserted
they had been imprisoned prior
10 outbreak OF the Pacific conflict.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
Offers Jeffriies
Defense Plan
Times stan Correspondent

LANSING, Dec. PA plan 10
end the dispute over who's going
TO defend Detroit when invasion
comes. was sent 10 Mayor Jeffries
today by State Defense Admins
traitor Harold A. Furlong.
Colonel Furlong recently became
upset when Mayor LaGuardia ap-
pointed JeffrieS TO administer all
defense organizations in the De-
troit area He said this would
tangle up the whole defense works.
We've got a plan now that
will settle everything" he said.
But II will have to he an
nounced by Jefries, II he APP
proves"
1t was drawn by Colonel Fur
long, Raymond }. Kelly, regional
defense administrator; Robert H.
McRae. chairman of the Wayne
County Defense Council: Glenn c.
Richards. Detroit co-ordinator, and
Capt Donald S. Leonard of the
state police.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
State 10 Create
Salvage Group
Time. stan Corrt.pondent

LANSING, Dec. PA Mich
gan salvage committee" VIII be
appointed soon TO work with local
defense councils in conserving old
rags. scrap metals, paper and old
rubber. Governor Van Wagon.
announced today
The group Will be subcommit-
tee of the state defense council
and have a full-time executive sec
lretary whose salary will be paid
by the Office Of Production Man
agement.
Plans were formulated at a
meeting with Raymond J. Kelly
| regional defense director and
IC. 3. G. Murphy Washington.
bureau Of industrial conservation,
OPM
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
Toxic S New Radio
Picked Up ON Coast

NORTH HOLLYWOOD. Cal.
Dec Il CINS).-The initial broad
cast Of 2 powerful new japanese
radio station at Tovahara was
picked UP today at MICS West
Coast short wave listening post.
Located but $500 miles from
American bases IN the Aleutian
Islands the station blankets tho
great circle sea route 10 the
orient The station is the forty.
fourth lp q stung operated by The
Radio Corporation of Japan. an
announcement SAID
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
Americans
Missing i'm
HOngkOllg

WASHINGTON. Dec. 27 0NS).
The fate of an estimated 1000
American citizens who were on
the island fortress of Hongkong
when IL fell into Japanese hands
was still undetermined today.
American Consul General Ad-
olson Southard in a letter TO the
state department dated Christmas
Day revealed that William Kailey
OF Brooklyn has been missing sew
eral days and is believed dead.
Another American. Miss Florence
Webb of Orange, N. j.. was killed
December IA by shell splinters.
The message was sent before
the surrender of Hongkong, and
liz is assumed that the Americans
and 200 Filipinos there are in the
Hands OF the Japanese.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
New Tire Sales
Barred Civilians
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would be cut off from purchase o.
new tires.
Those who will be permitted Il
buy new tires include physicians
surgeons. visiting nurses, and vet
erinarians who need automobiles
IN performing their professional
services.
Other uses for which new tire:
will be provided follow:
1-Ambulances.
Vehicles used exclusively
to maintain fire fighting and
necessary police service; 10 en-
force laws that relate speciii-
Cally TO the protection OF public
health and safety; to maintain
garbage diSposals and other
sanitation services, and 10 carry
on mail service.
2 Buses and other vehicles
with a capacity of 10 or more
passengers If used exclusively In
conducting a regular transpor-
tatIon service, in carrying stu
dents and teachers 10 and from
school, and in transporting en-
ployeS TO and from industrial or
mining establishments, or con-.
Struction projects where public
transportation facilities are not
available.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
Sink J3 Ships

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 QNS).
Destruction of AZ German
transports. two destroyers, four
submarines and five auxiliary
vessels by the Soviet northern
feet during the first six months
of the RuSso-German war was
reported today by the feet COM
mander, CHS heard in a broad
cast from BIC. HE fleet oper-
ated in the Barents Sea, off the
northern coasts of Russia and
Norway. Much American lease
lend aid TO Russia was delivered
through that sea.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
Hawaii Bui|dinQ
Refugee Camps
BY RICHARD HALLER

Inv NeNt s~fNfcc StaH Norretpondent
HONOLULU. Dec. q. Plans
were completed today for con-
struction Of 10 huge camps in the
mountains, capable OF holding
thousands, should Japanese bomb
ers swarm over Oahu again and
force evacuation Of Honolulu.
Gov. J. B. PoindeXter has urged
the United States government to
appropriate funds for this enter
prise. but no word has yet been
received from Washington.
Rear Admiral Chester Nimitz
arrived yesterday 10 take over
command OF the United States
Pacific Fleet. He observed the
rapid progress of defense work.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
.ChineseMdssino
10 Meet Jdps

KWEILIN. South China, Dec.
27 QNS).-Chinese authorities re-
vealed today that the Chungking
high command has rushed strong
forces 10 meet the new Japanese
drive in northern Human Province.
They said the Jap attack in
Human is intended TO divert Chi
nese efforts in the area north Of
Hongkong.
Kweilin is full Of rumors OF an
Impending general Chinese often
sive.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
By JAMES l.. kILGALLEN
I,t1 News Service staff Correspondent

HONOLULU, Dec. Ct - This
correspondents first impression
upon arriving in Honolulu TO-DAY
is the deadl" seriousness with
which the people accept martial
law.
Business seems normal enough
In the daytime, but Al night this
playground -ef-the Pacific goes
into complete and effective
blackout.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
POCKETS CLEARED Up

Many small enemy forces were
cleared up between Ghemines ano
Solum.
Sharp fighting was reported ir
the vicinity of Agedabria. south OF
Bengazi. as British imperial troops
attacked remnants of the mech
anized forces of Gen. Erwir
Rommel
What battle-scarred troops man.
age 10 slip out OF Agedabia and
FL Agheila. farther west along
the coast OF the Gulf of Sidra
face annihilation by British spear.
heads driven far into neighborinl
Tripolitania.
A British military spokesman
announced that 1900 NaZi anc
Italian prisoners already have beer
escorted 10 hospitals and detention
camps from the areas over which
the mechanized imperial forces
have swept lately He said many
more are on their way.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
Heavy Rainfall
Slows British
Drive in Africa
Beaten Axis Forces
Seurryine for Shelter
in TripoIitania

CAIRO, Dec. 27 QNS) British
imperial troops sloshed through
heavy rain today m pursuit of the
beaten Axis forces racing for the
shelter of Tripolitania, an official
communique announced.
Heavy rains have slowed down
the British advance somewhat for
the last three days, it was stated,
but it moves forward inexorably
The British now are haraSsing
the main Axis force in the Jeda-
bya area. while mopping up opera
tionS proceed south of captured
BengaYi.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
REPULSE BRITISH

ROME Dec. u (By Oficia
Italian Wirelessl GNS) Tho
Italian high command claimed 10.
day that attacks by British mech
anized units from Bengazi ir
Libya were repulsed by Fascist
troops.
The war communiquc addeC
that British planes bombed Tripol
for a considerable time" causing
casualties an damage.
In the Atlantic. the war bulletin
said, an Italian submarine sank
the 6,000-ton British steamer
Karinaga.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
Powerful War Board
Urged by Wheeler

WASHINGTON. Dec. u QNS)
Senator Wheeler Cd, Mont. to-
day urged the American people tc
prepare themselves for the sacri-
fee to win the war. and demanded
efficiency in government.
I'VE should have one war
board with some power so that
IL can go ahead and do first
class job of getting the neces-
Sary materials for war" he said
I'VE must make every hour
count. and this includes labor
and capital alike"
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
IN THE
NEWS

(lOntlnueU from rage One)
the cradle of Jesus star
which even after twenty
centuries is still .narvelOusly
in the skies of
Christianity"
I'm the face Of human
st1'ites and tempeSts, said
the Pope, "the light Of that
star has nerer foded.
1T is not fading nor,
and II 1ciH nerer fade.
ITO 1t belongs the past,
present and future.
"Tbot Sh0ijng light has
odmoniShcd Us HcrCr to
despair.
III SHWCN on ptOUtC ttCH
WheH on the cdrth. as ii, an
ocean raging IN q storm,
there is an UteHSificdtioH
Of those sinister trhtri-
WjndS rhich are the source
and origin Of CideSpredd
carnage and misery.
Such is the Christmas mes
sage of this sorely troubled,
but ever devOut and faithful
leader of a great Christian
church.
1t may possibly be that not
in another two thousand
years will the peace of JUS
tice and mercy which he en-
visages be attained.
But there must never be an
end of faith, or of striving,
Some day there will be a
peace upon the earth which
will fulfill the hopes of man
kind.
Americans are fighting for
that kind of a peace today
for Americans have come
closer to having it than any
other people of the earth and
know its infinite capacities
for whOlesomeness and hap,
piness.
Americans are fighting fOr
freedom, for justice and toll
erance, for relationships be
tween men and nations re.
flecting qualities of mercy
and brotherhood.
And since these are tn,
principles of Christ, and ar,
held in contempt by our enc
mics, Americans firmly anC
reverently believe they ar,
upholding the Christian caus,
which a the Pope says ha,
not failed, even after twenty
centuries"
CHARLES =. RYCKMAN
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-27
5OO-Lb. Safe Taken
From Gas Station

PONTIAC, Dec. 27.-Police to-
day still had no trace of a 500
pound safe, containing $3.50, which
was stolen Christmas night from
a filling station at Johnson and
Norton avenues. The station was
entered by the yeggs through a
smashed rear widow and the safe
hauled out through the door.