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dication Of Fine Art
Iding Wil Cl
: ent Serl
Many Notables To Be In Attendance
At Dedication Exercises Friday
fric Clarke, former director of the arts program
-the Association of American Colleges and now
ninistrative secretary of the Metropolitan Opera
mpany, will deliver the principal address at exer
s dedicating the new auditorium and Fine Arts
ilding here Friday, it was announced this morning.
odit .:,;\ exercises will climax |
ng program of art, musi-j
and dramatic events precedhg:
mmencement and Alumni Day.
he Commencement Week series
an terday with the bacca
eate sermon by Bishop Arthur
Mooré ‘
vith General Sandy Beavers,
virman of the Board of Regents
iding, the dedication program
| include brief talks by Govern-
Fugene Talmadge, Presidert
rvev W, Cox of Emory, and
ident Harmon W. Caldwell of
University ‘
wtstanding in the field of fine
¢ Mr. Clarke has served as
sical adviser for the Carnegic
rporation and is the author of
n Everyday Life.”
eatured throughout the entirs
ek in the gallery of the Fine
ts huilding will be on of the
t outstanding art exhibitions
r shown in Georgia. Twenty
intings from the Metropolitan
seum valued at more than 326,-
ind including landscapes and
e studies in a variety of
pen to the general public to
yrrow, the exhibition includes
lintings, “Sand, Sea, anl
v by Lamar Dood recently
et 1 by Metropolitan. It
) » shown through June 1.
plso to be shown at the gallery
ire exhibitions of out
ling student work and of
rk done by the art faculty.
ntertainment events scheduled
h Commencement Week at the
prgretige-of - Creorgin “will’ ‘get
ior way Tuesday with {hs first
ht performance of the Univer
! Theater “play, “Pride and
fjndice in the auditorium of
new Fine Arts Bullding to-
It night at 8:30.
Ihe annual men’s Glee Club
v will follow at the same hour
ne 1y night and the opeia,
valleria Rusticana,” will be
nted Thursday night at tne
e time. The Theater again wii
ent the play Friday night, and
Saturday night more than 700
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arold Grogan Named
o Head Forestry
I-- i -
umni Association
)
arold S, Grogan, or the 1. V. A,
est division in Asheville, N. C.
§ elecred president of the School
Forestry Alumni Associaton at
innual meting here Saturday.
Orglan received his forestry de
e at the University in 1934.
'ther officers named at t
Cling inclided two Athens meg.
¢V were: Leßoy Watson and
man Bishop, of the School of
estry Faculty, named secretary
! lreasurer respectively.
W. ¥ Ebehardt, native of Mays
nd now with the Georgia Ex
slon Service ag forest specialist
Tifton, was chosen vice presi-
The election following a. morning
“81on of talks by class represen-
Live giving information about
mhers of theiy classes. Follow
¢ e business meeting the group
‘ided the annual luncheon at
¢ Forestry Building.
The annual meeting of the As
-1190 is held in connection with
restry Field Day.
loday's European War Situation
Described B'y Dewitt MacKenzie
! ensational deve]upments‘
i cek-end seemed to be |
th one of the most CI‘H-‘
f“ms which confront the
nd their Allies at the
whether the French
v “nt at Viehy intends to
I 'S collaboration with the
‘o the extent of giving up
: s for bases.
“ fight off Greenland
tick ' John Bull the battle
‘ od, a grand ship of such
nes that the took great-
N it than any other, was
't of the Battle of the
g { It ig®a potent reminder
the Germans get the
'ts dn the west coast of
Sbecidlly Dakar, they will
i tfonger position for
it un America’s all-out
R ther ‘rans-Atlantie ship-
L 0 this mifit be coupled Nazi
<4 Admiral! Reeder's warning
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Drought Enters
Second Month;
Crops Critical
Alabammr Officials
Ask Public To Cut
Use Of Electricity
By The Associated Press
. A parched Southeast scan
ned the skies in vain today
for signs of rain as the
drought entered its second
‘month.
Skies were clear from central
Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas
eastward to the Atlantic Coast and
only New York and the New Eng
land” states had cloudy weather.
The continued dry period has
caused considerable damage to
pastures, gardens and truck crops
and is beginning to affect field
stands.
Lowered stream levels have en
dangered the hydro-electric power
supply, bringing an appeal from
four government agencies and five
southeastern utliity companies for
a voluntary 20 per cent reduction
in pewer consumption less jnatios
al defense production be " eurtaii
ed.
Formal requests ‘will be made
today to theater managers to tu.n
off refrigerating equipment, store
owners and operators will be ask
ed to shorten display lighting per
iods; baseball clubs also may b»
asked to curtail night baseball and
home owners will be asked to cut
their electric bills.
Throughout the area ground
water tables, already low, ure
sinking still lower; small streams
are drying up and rivers are
reaching their lowest stages on
record.
The high pressure region which
has acted as a barrier to rain for
more than a month continued do
veloping today and extended out
into the Atlantic ocean.
Yesterday there were light rains’
in the northwest and some Ughtj
snow in northern Montana and
North Dakota as temperatures
dropped into the mid-thirties, ‘
Meanwhile, Alabama, suffering
a severe drought along with the
rest of the eastern United States
sought means today of conserving
electric energy. Crops were re
ported at a critical stage.
Officials of Alabama Power
Company met with industrial cus
tomers today to discuss curtailing
power consumption during a
drught which is lowering water
levels over the eastern United
States.
Thomas W. Martin, company
president, said all available steam
plants were being operated to con
serve stored water.
“Despite all these efforts,” he
added, “the combination of high
power demands and low river
flows has caused depletion of
stored ‘water reserves at such a
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that the use of American convoys
for contraband to Britain would
be an “open war act” to which the
German navy would reply with
gunfire #f necessary.
Syria May Be Nazi Base
Every moment, that the Battle
of Crete proceeds it calls attention
to the likelihood that French ma»-
dated Syria will become a full
fledged Nazi base if the Germans
win — and maybe it will if they
don't — thus creating a poweriul
threat against the Suez Canal and
Egypt. 5 !
Every moment, too, that thiz
conflict in the eastern Meditec
ranean remains at white heat, we
may be sure that the Germans
are taking advantage of this dis
traction to run troops and equip -
ment through the British block
ade to the African shores of this
inland sea. Are these forces go
(Contiued gn Pagy Twa) -
PEOPLE ASKED TO
LEAVE GARS HOME
N 5 TRODPS ARRIVE
Camping Sites Selected;
Five Hours Needed To
Get Troops Through City
BY MARK WAITS
Mayor Bob McWhorter
and Chief,of Police E. Wel
don Wood joined in an ur
gent plea this morning to
citizens of Athens, asking
them to leave their automo
biles at home tomorrow,
Wednesday and Thursday
when the Classic City will
be over-run by soldiers from
Camp Jackson, S.C. on their
way to war games in the
Tennessee hills,
“It's absolutely necessary that the
streets be as clear of cars as pos
sible,” thg mayor declared. “It will
take five hours for the boys to
pass through the downtown section
ard ordinary ecivilian traffic would
cause a serious jam.”
~ Chief Wood said business men
ls-fiould get someone to bring them
to work anda carry their cars back
home, or use one of the public
transportation services.
“The number of cars on the
streets from about 1 o'clock, when
the soldiers tegin comimg in, unti!
&l 1 the army trucks have passed
through, should be @ minmum,” the
chief said.
ißoth Mayor McWhorter and
Chief Wood pointed out that Ath
enians have cooperated splendidly
in the past by jeaving their cars at
home on dags of big fotball games,
but born added; :
“This time it is more important
to leave them in the garage than
ever before.”
Tenative plans on camping sites
reported by officers include the
Scott property, the old skeet
grounds, &nd property near the
Southern Mills. This will definitely
be.decided~this afternon by an ad-*
vance committee from ¥Fort Jack
son proceeding the troops to pre
pare for storage of food in Hard
man Hall, camping sites, and oth
er details, i
Thirty-seven = special gstate pa
trolmen will be here the three days
to aid with the traffic. Severa] of
them wil] escort the troops into
Athens from the South Carolina
line.
Noting the immensity of the
troop maneuvers, each column from
Fort Jackson will be over forty
miles long—the distance from Ath
ens to Gainesville. In order to faci
litate traffic the troops will arrive
intc Athens gver two routes—by
Eiberton on Route 29 and Wash
ington on Route 78. ‘
Arriva) of the troops will be split
over three 1-day periods. Approxi
matex, 7,00 v troops will beg here
each day.
The motorized units, consisting
of over 3,000 auitomotive vehicles
will be refueled here with gasoline
and oil. Tt is estimated that 60,000
gallons of gasoline and over 8,000
gallons of oil will be supplied
locally.
While here the bands of the
troops will present concerts on
Tuesday and Wednesday nights on
the lawn at the City Hall, Joel,
Wieir, secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce said.
.
0. C. H. S. Seniors
Graduate In
o . .
Watkinsville Tonight
: s SRR,
' By PEGGY NORVILLE
WATKINSVILLE, GA.—Gradua
tion exercises for members of the
seiniior class Oconee County High
school will be held in the high
school auditorium tonight at 8:15
o'clock. Rev. E. H. Collins, pastor
of Winder First Baptist church,
wil] be the guest speaker.
Grace Hardigree will deliver the
vaedictory address and john Tho
mas wil} give the salutatory ad
dress, Otherg graduating with hen
org are Oscar Hardigree and Fran«
ces Dempsey.
The class offices are; President
Betty Jo Mcßee; Vice President,
Dawson Maxey; and Secretary-
Treasurer, Mildred Brown.
| The graduating class is com-l
|posed of the following: Martha
| Frances Haralson, Sara Holcomb,
i'l‘rudie IHardigree, Mildred Mit
i chem, Stella, Carson, J. P. Norton,
IMariah Farsons, Frances Nash,
Mildred Thomas, Athalia Shelnutt,
tiayne Adams, Emory Aycock,
! Ruzelle Kilpatrick, Duard Ander
!snn. Gertrude Bel, William Hecuse,
lOSCar Hardigree, Lois Dooley, Bet
ity Jo Mcßee, Mary Camp, John
{Thomas, Frances Dempsey, Olline
iNm‘ton. Mavis Carson, Elizabeth
! Bowden, Conie Weaver ,Frances
Weatherford, Hester Durham, An
nle Belle O'Dillon, Mary Lou Dur
ham, Rebecca Hale, Doris Burger,
| Janette Fambrough, Nezzielene
i Christopher, Hazel Frix, Henry
:lcxaymn Hinsley, Gerald Mcßee,
Mildred Brown, Dawson Maxey,
Mary Ellen Carson, Grac, Hardi
gree 20d Hilsman Linglohl -
21N i el &
The President’s Foreign Policy
As Interpreted By Senator
Walter George And joseph Kennedy
I Senate F oreignmns Chairman;
~ Ex-Ambassador Say It Is Against War
BY DAN MAGILL
Associate Editor, The Banner-Herald
Two statements on American foreign policy in the press
yesterday coming from Sema.tn'ge Walter F. George and
Joseph P. Kennedy should prove enlightening and reas
suring to those who have believed steadfastly that the for
eign policy of President Roosevelt is designed primarily to
defend our own country from aggression and, if pouibhm;
achieve world peace without Ameriun military interven
tion in the war. S .
Senator George is Chairman of the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee, a body whese influence in shaping
foreign policy is second only to that of the Chief Executive
and the Department of State, if sot their equal.. Two days
ago the Senator talked at length with the President and
ye'sterday he made available to the press his views on
what our policy is and should be toward the war. The
Senator’s views were published td the world through pre
arrangement with representatives of the press and by no
means were chance remarks. Efact, they can be taken
as a formal expression of the Administration’s aims, to
wit: the defense of our country without resort to military
intervention; aiding Britain for the chief purpose of pre
serving our own country against aggression and, if possi
ble, helping bring about a peace which will not leave the
Axis in control of the economic world,
Against Intervention
Senator George says the President is not now, nor has
he ever been, in favor of U. S. military interventior if we
can be defended without it. In other words, the premise
upon which the President bases his foreign policy is pre
cisely the same as that upon which Senators Wheeler and
Clark, ex-President Hoover and Charles A. Lindbergh
base their activities against intervention. The great dif
ference between that group and the President is that the
‘way each goes about achieving their objectives makes the
moves of each susceptible of interpretation by the other
on the one hand of an attempt to force us into war and,
on the other hand, of retarding defense by hamstringing
‘i‘the Administration. Each misinterprets the other’s aims.
l (Continued on PnE’. Two)
Early Believes Berlin Is Trying
Angthing It Can To Becloud
Roosevelt's Radio Talk Tuesday
Speech Tomorrow Night Replaces One:
Scheduled By FDR Two Weeks Ago
WASHINGCTON — (AP) — Stephen Early, presi
dential secretary, said today he had an idea that
Berlin “‘is trying to do anything it can to becloud”
President Roosevelt’s fireside chat tomorrow night.
Herty Bales Dies
In Accident
On Highway Sunday
Herty Bales, of 32 Peter street,
this city, was instantly killed in
ap automobile accident on the
Danielsville road Sunday afternoon
at 1 o’clock.
A tir, en the car in which Mr.
Fales wag riding blew out, wreck
ing it and pinning the Athenian
urderneath the vehicle.
Services are to be held Tuesday
ahexl-noon at 4:30 o’clock from East
Athens Baptist church, Rev. A. C,
Hood, Jefferson pastor, and W, O,
Cruce, pastor of the church, -of
ficiating.
Interment will be in Boggs
Chapel cemetery pear Oconee
Heights, Clyde McDorman Fun
era] Home in charge of arrange
ments.
Pall-bearers will be G. 1. Baker
E L Wood, E. E. Baker, R. M.
Banks, Frank Parnell and John
Fales,
Surviving Mr. Bailes is nig wife,
Mrs. Willie Lou Bale, Athens; par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bales,
Athens; three sisters, Mrs, R. H.,
Parker and Misses Ethel and Ra
che] Bale, all of Athens; two bro
thers, Richard and Henry Bales,
Athens, and a niece, Shelby Jear
Farker. Al
A native of Jackson county, Mr.
Bules had lived in Athens practi
caliy al] his life. For thg past three
weeks he had been employed in
Macon and was residing there. He
had many friends here who will re
gret to learn of his death,
Oconece County Legion
Post To Sponsor
Barbecue On Wednesday
WATKINSVILLE, Ga. — (Spec
ial) — Oconee county post of the
American Legion and its auxiliary
will sponsor a barbecue at Hodges'
Spring, Wednesday, it was an
nounced today.
Ticket are on sale for fifty
cents each and the public is cor
dially invited to attend, Hours for
the ‘cue are from 6 until 3 g'clock.
Athens, Ga., Monday, May 26, 1941
He made that statement when
reporters informed him the Ger
man foreign office ‘was comment
ing on an ipterview in which
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder
commander of the German navy
warned the United States against
convoys and patrolling.
Early told reporters:
“I've got an idea Berlin today is
trying to do anything it can tc
becloud the President’s speech anc
precipitate something for you gen
tlemen between now and Tuesday
night.”
He added that he would not he
surprised if reporters were query
ing him about other dispatches
from Berlin before the Presidential
address.
The speech had begun to take
on new significance from worlid
developments, such as the Raeder
declaration and Japan's seizure in
French Indo-China of $10,000,000
worth of American products be
longing to American firms.
The address replaces one My
Roosevelt was to have made two
weeks ago and Early had told rc
porters not to build it up as of
extreme importance.
But when asked today whether
he thought a similar warning was
warranted, he said:
“Up to yesterday 1 would have
repeated the warning. Today I
can tell you the President will he
engaged through the day, intc
the night and most of tomorrow
in revising his speech in the ligh’
of rapidly changing conditions
abroad.
l Cg't ask me to go into deta'ls
because I can’t, You'll get them
{ when you get the speech.”
Even before these week-end de
velopments, members of congress
were lopking to Mr. Roosevelt for
ian uv-to-the-minute statement of
United States foreign policy.
There has been uncertainty as ftc
administration’s future plans,
particularly since the recent pro.
nouncements of cabinet members
urging repeal of the Neutrality
Act and “guaranteed’” delivery on
lease-lend shipments.
There was considerable specul:-
tion as to whether the Chief Exec
utive would back up the demands
by members of his official family
for _“amrmatlve steps” to aid
Great Britain's fight against the
Axis. Mr. Roosevelt will addrecs
the nation by radio tomorrow
BRITISH PLANES,
oIPS SCOUR
SEA FOR BISMARCK
Admiralty Silent On
Direction Nazi Ships
Took After Battle
LONDON-—(AP) —British
swordfish planes and speeay
destroyers were reported
searching the fogbanks of
the north Atlantic today in
a vengeance - driven effort
to put a British fighting
gquadron back in battle con
tact with Germany’s big
new Bismarck and her sup
porting ships.,
"f{fl{he Navy's torpedo carrying
planes were said to have scored at
w one hit Saturday night on the
Geérman squadron which the Brii
igh said broke off the engagement
&tr the 35,000-ton Bismarck sank
the 42,100-ton Battlecruiser Hood,
Pride of the British Navy, earlier
that day. 5
The British reportéd the Bis
marck was damaged during the
fight and expressed hope that this
and the torpedo hit would slow the
Germans enough S 0 that they
might be overtaken or headed off.
There were hintg ‘that powerful
new units of the British Navy
might be speeding to the scene,
" The admiralty, silent on the di
rection the German sguadron took
from the sea fight in the strait be
tween Iceland and Greenland, at
the edge of the Western Hemis
phere, declineg comment on
German assertions the Bismarck
also damaged and drove off a bat
t:eship of Britain’s new 35,000-ton
King George V class.
(A German commlinique Sunday
said (German naval forces “continue
their operations without losses.”
(Adolf Hitler's newspaper, Voel
kischer Beobachter, declared in
a leading article on the American
idea of freedom of the seas that
“the Glerman fleet will bring into
veality and he the guarantor, at
the end of the war, fer what un
‘tin. now has only been a misused
siogan.”)
Grief over the destruction of the
ongce mighty Hood and clamor for
mn@*g;-;.shwib thay. amashing
of the marck and her squadron
were mingled in Britain.
“Expressions of hope werg heard
that the loss of the Hood in an
action-close to Greenland, protect
ed by the United States, would
bring action from the United
States to make her Atlantic patrol
increasingly effeptlve.
Nine Georgians Meet
Violent Death
During Week-End
By The Associated Press
At least nine Georgians lost their
lives in week-end tragedies—six
in traffic accident, one in a plane
crash and twp in shootings.
Ralph Parson, 9, of Lula, Ga., an
instructor in the civi] Pilot train
ing pfogram, was Kkilled in the
crash of a training plane near An
niston Ala., Sunday. Parson joined
the staff of instructors of the
Southeastern Air Service two
weeks ago.
E. B. Truitt, about 38, Savannah,
used car manager, and Mss Gloria
Dixon, Savannah, were killed
near Midway Sunday night when
an automobile in which they were
riding overturned on a curve.
Jack Turnipseed, 19-year-old
Atlanta Western Union mesenger,
was killed Saturday when his bi
cyele and an automobile collided.
Miss Billie Cooper, Miss Martha
Su, Bartenfied and John Stocks,
jr., Dalton High School students,
died in an automebile wreck near
Daiton Saturday. |
Mrs. W. A, Rogers, Bvans county
sheriff, + reported that Gordon
Rewis, 32, wasg shot and killed by
hig 13-year-old stepson uear Clax
ton, Ga., because the stepfather
sought to stop him from urging a
dog on an elderly woman. The
sheriff said the boy, listed as M. J.
Nabb, shot Rewis through the
heart with a rifle.
Near Rome, a motorist was fa
tally wounded and a state trooper
shot in an exchange of gunfire
which ensued when highway pa
trolmen sought to caution the mo
torist about defective lights, Depu
y sheriff Frank Russell said the
motorist, Fred Brown, 56, fired a
shotgun as oficers approached. A
coroner’s jury later absolved the
officers. :
Bridges is Newborn
High School :
Commencement Speaker
NEWIBORN, GA., — D. Weaver
Bridges, well known Athens busi
ness man and civic leader, will de
liver the Comencement address be
for, students of Newborn High
Schoo} Mohday night at 8 o'clock.
The school, located near Coving
tcn, ig one of the largest in this
rection wund fifty-five seniors will
yeeajva their diplomas at Monday
night's exercises,
Mr. Bridges will be introduced
by the Superintendent of Schools
Marvin Vining and the subuject of
hig address will be ‘“The Nobility
;b: um.n Aoy .- .
A.BC. Paper—Single Copy, 2c—>s¢ Sunday
Hitler's Crete Troops
Penetrate British
Lines; Drive Off Fleet
Germans Now Have Three Footholds
‘ On 160-Mile:l_.93g— _lflg Of Crete
Adolf Hitler's aerial invaders of Crete, reinforced
by air-borne tanks and sea-transported troops, pene
trated British lines today in an attack west of Canea,
the Crete capital, and Axis reports asserted the
British fleet had been driven off after suffering enor
mous losses.
LOCAL WEATHER
GEORGIA: Partly cloudy,
slightly warmer in north por
iton tonight and Tuesday.
John J. Blount
Dies Sunday;
Services Today
John J. Blount, well known
young Athens attorney, died
Sunday afternoon at his resi
dence, 225 South View Drive,
following a heart attack.
Services are to be conducteil
this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock from
First Baptist church, Dr., J. C.
Wilkinson, pastor of the church,
and Rev. David Cady Wright, pas
tor of Emmanuel church, officiat
ing,
The active pallbearerg will be
Tom Tillman, Albert Sams, R. R.
Gunn, R. V. Watterson, James
White, Walter Sams, Pat Mell
and Cuyler Trussgell, with Dr.
Harry Talmadge, Dr. Guy O.
‘Whelchel, gxembeu of the Athens
Bar Association memberg of Chi |
'P’stT fraternity and of the Ki-
Manis Club as an honorary escort.
erment wflf‘B?'fi{o &?nee HilT
cémetery,
Surviving Mr. Blount ig his wife,
the former Miss Eugenia Arnold,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. H.
‘Arnold, long prominent in Athens,
Mr. Arnold being , former Mayor
‘and Representative from this
county to the General Assembly; a
sister, Mrs. Frank Coney, jr. of
Hawkinsville, Ga.; aunt, Mrs.
Hampton Rowland, Athens, a.ndl
sister-in-law, Mrs. Edward Dor
gey.
Mr. Blount was born November
11, 1908, in Mt. Olive, Miss,, son of
the late Mr, and Mrs. John J.
Dlount, He was descended from a
family long prominent in the af
fairs of that’ state. When he was
cne month old, hig parents moved
to Hawkinsville, Ga., wherg he
spent his boyhood and young man
hood.
Graduated Here
He attended the University of
Georgia, graduating from the law
School of that institution in the
class of 1930. While at the Uni
versity he was a member of the
Chi Psi social fraternity. He todk
an active interest in varioug un
dergraduate activities and was
held in the highest esteem by his
fellow students and members of
the faculty.
A few years after graduating
from. the University, he returned
to Athens to engage in the prac
tice of law, and at the time of his
death was one of the leading
yeunger members of the bar.
By reason of his genial nature
and loyalty to his friends, he en
joyed 5 wide and deserved popu
larity, and his death came as a
profound shock to this entire
community.
. He had a sincere interest in the
upbuilding of this section and took
a leading part in the activities of
the Athens Kiwanis Club, the Elks
club and other civic organizations.
His untimely death removes from
the city one of its most promising
young men, one who was destined
to go far in his chosen profes
sion and for whom life held much.
King, Queen Encourage Formation
0f Pig Club At Windsor Castle
By EDDY GILMORE
LONDON, —(£)—"“The King and
the Queen,” said the announcement
“have encouraged the formation
of a pig club for members of the
Royal household at Windsor.”
Pigs at the palace sounded like
a war story near the magnitude of
the landing of Rudolf Hess—one
stpreme war effort. The mentai
picture was staggering.
The princesses and others en
couraged by their Majesties to
form a pig club? What was a pig
club?
A pig club, said the Ministry of
food supply, is a club devoted to
reising and feeding pigs with the
view to funishing some to the gov
ernment and eating the others. “
-~ The palace Wwas as close ag the
British middle east nheadquarters,
acknowledging Nazi inroads under
cover of a violent asault by the
German Luftwaffe gaid that New
Zealand troops were counter-at
ing and that “severe fighting is
continuing” in the Canea sector.
The Germans now apparently
had’ three strong footholds on the
160 mile long island—in the regions
of Canea, Canida and Retimo—and
the Nazi High Command reported
“A steady flow of reinforcements”
was arirving from Greek mainland
bases, 100 miles away.
British general headquarters’ de
scription of the German attack
“west of Canea” presumably refer
red to the vieinity of Nazi-held
Malemi ajrdrome. ;
Britisk ~ Tommies along with
figiht-hardened Australians and
New. Zealanders, /were said ito
have inflicted “heavy ecasulties” on
the Germns in the 7-day- strug
zle.
Reports reaching Cairo gaid that
over the week-end the Nazi Lufte«
waffe had bombarded Crete's prin<
ciple cities on a terific scale, com+
parable to the bombing of Rotter:
dam, Holland, when Hitler's inva
sion armjes stormed itno the low.
land countries jast spring.
These reports said Crete natives
escaped severg loss of life by tak
irg shelter in the island's caves,
which include the famed Labyrinth
and the Dictaecan Cave, legendary
birthplace of Zeus.
~ London sources disclosed ' that
Fritish marines are now engag&m
in the battle, but ,hex.w
o ot an .
ments were being larnded to fight
the Nazi invaders. A
The German higp command de=
clared Nazi warplanes and Italian
raval and air forces sank 11 crui
sers, eight destroyers, a submarin@
and five speedboats in the easterm .
Mediterranean since the conrlick
began Tuesaay.
Despite thes reported setbacks
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State Patrolmen Kill
Rome Business Man
In Gunfire Exchange
ROMB, GA.—(/P)—State Highk:
way Patrolmen shot and killed &
Rome Business man yesterday
when the motorist fired a shotgun
at an officer who sought to warn
him about g defective headlight.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Russell
said Fred Brown, 56, was killed
and State Ilighway Patrolman
Paul Smith wounded over the left
eyve with pellets from a 16-gauge
shotgun in the exchange of fire.
Smith was treated at a hospital
here, : Ay i |
Russel] said Smith, with Sergt.
H. F. Culberson and trooper Jim
Haralson, mei Brown's car at a
juction of the Rome-Cedartown
and' Rome-Cave Spring highways
and signaled him to stop.
As they approached, the patroi
men told gheriff Mark Horton, the
motorist opened fire with the shot
gun-and Smith fell. Culberson and
Haralson then fired into the car,
Russell gaid. ]
Brown died of wounds in the
neck and temple. The patrolmen
verg exonerated by a coroner’
jury folowing an jnquest, findin
the shooting was “in jine of duty.”
The affair wag termed a “most
regretable inecident by Capt. J. J
Eliot of the State Patrol.
Rusell gaid the gheriff had been
tol¢ that Brown, Transfer Com
pany and liquor store operator, had
been help up racently.
telephone. :
“Buckingham Palace,” sald the
answering voice.
“1 would like tp inquireg about the
Royal family %keeping pigs,” the
operator was asked.
There was a great silence. Then
muttering voices in the background
and finally the word ecame back
that sir somebody would havg to
handle the matter.,
Sir somebody fin#lly was found.
“The Royoj family keeping pigs??
He gasped. “I bardly think so!"™
“Wait a minute,” he was told,
“I'll read it to you.”
“Ahhh!” he exclaimed, “Ahhh!!
the anonuncement reads ths royal
househgld.” i