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THE WEATHER MONPOE Parth riourtv, lowert temperiturr 53 tenight, Tuesday cloudy, s-srrrter ARKANSAS Cloudv suriner Tuesday cloudy, In portion WE FAVOR THESE PROJECTS FOR MONROE; Adequata Municipal Civic Center City Beautification Program 10. No. 50 MONROE, LOUISIANA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1041 10 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS BRITAIN SEVERS RELATIONS WITH RUMANIA DARLAN WILL COLLABORATE WITH HITLER Rides His Horse From Argentine No. 2 Mon In New French Government FLANDIN QUITS POST Lovol Not Expected To Become Cobinet Member In Neor Future VICHY Feb 10 Admirai Jean prorooted to No 2 man in Chief of State Philippe Petoina fovfiruncct vi ted tec to lake ith Garrnan mer Vicie-Pretr Pierre wofk toward mllabnrat. th the Rrtch Dsrian, onlv cabinet irvurttttf nver ro-ro tbe of emerge-" ft of de vakqwnenta of isunctl vtre-pr and foretgn minsater tn te forme; pat ro flirt er nt ihe nsvt t- dm.

who teok foeergn fniniater when Lato! mire eot te tbe ad a imdereianding fVtain after dartakmg teward Frenvh- Gernrsar ro? atfibwte- te a re PeUm hfm MORGENTHAU SAYS SOLVENCY OF U. S. SAFE SAD HEARTED DOG MAY DIE BEFORE REACHING MASTER Hopes Revenue Will Pay At Least Third Of Defense Program TELLS FINANCE IDEA Thinks Debt Limit Should Be Increased To $65,000,000,000 WASHINGTON. Feb rV Secretary Morgenthau there no question soJveocy the government. but be that and other will pay at least one-third of the new national program While teat if mg nr the treasury ck 1 $42 money bill before yprtatioru he ommittee SAN FRANCISCO.

Fch 10 The wavering heart of Laddie, a dog faithful he preferred death to separation from threatened to quit today and prevent their reunion Desperately weak, bewildered and grieving, the lO-year-old Atredale lay in a pet hospital while administered stimulants, hoping to strengthen him for an airplane flight 100 miles to Fort Ord. There--if he can make it -awaits Private Everett. Scott, who left Laddie behind in Chanute, three I months ago The aging dog went around vainly sniffing for his master Finally, he wouldn't eat He dropped from V' pounds to 25. But Laddie was to become a symbol of the humaneness of the men who command America citizen army Ma General Joseph Stilwell Fort Ord commandant, ruled Pri could have Laddie camp Friends with Tt ental and Western Air to City, where blood tr.rn.yl British Pound GenoaISANllclPATtD Fnnlnnd Prsnnrct To CoDfl England's Sea Forces Sweep Boldly To Top Of Italian Boot BOMB OTHER TOWNS Planes Are Used To Drop Explosives On Piso And Leghorn RUMANIA FEARS RIFT MAY MEAN BRITISH ATTACK England To Copa With 'Greater Violence' In War TURKEY ALSO WARNS Scott from Kam ttin- hoi- TH Ludio rep De ut dis- asked moer at. La ad aft nhxer ka I mmmwwi Uvil I nMwnbff to ti Bf a irHrt vil -mki mhm STARTS DRIVE HEROIC GREECE TO ENCOURAGE GETTING MORE MANUALIAB0R LOCAL MONEY dannar mini the soH nr of Sti do hoi Morgan war 1 1 hfkV fu tur of gov ftr ithnu of bf at a i i I Hr ordinary tf OffHPfH iti ciuding the the United On led for fin net Lad, in ted LONDON.

Feb 10 Sweeping boldly to the very top of the Italian boot. British warships hurled mure than 300 tons of into the great naval base at Genoa at dawn yesterday, the admiralty reported, damaging power factories warehouses, oil tanks, and shipping At the same time, Bntish naval planes were said to have dumped tons of bombs on Fhsa and Leghorn, farther down the Italian coast, hitting the airdrome and nulwav junction at and raining bombs on a ljpghorn refinery called "one of the largest and most important oil plants in Italy Minister Chun util, in telling ire by radio of the Genoa ex- the shelling "shat- dared Genoa to be a Newspapers Tell People How To Behove If Air Raids Come Gives Notice That Country Will Oppose Drive Through Bulgaria the em and de base fr gove tough of tl TVi Nazi A Igni If ti Gen ight just ke it of ide funds fr Nfrw If Cl khouUi wi They he I I it mrt but thtft A rt'lii Citi Chorlet Soys Many Could Contributions Received In Be More Successtul As Larger Number; Goal Skilled Workers Still Distant ep- Aft of tw o-thirt from boi and one-third fr oro I would be ir gen the me time of- fk tally pivp fui trie irst tune that the federal debt limit he increased ft M3 Jk The appro ipnaitons em nntiler- mede public op. department bill the WILLKIE, BACK, STILL SUPPORTS AID TO BRITAIN nonadc of revci berating reached the ears a des ir tiie.r grief declared, the feeling that are near and he BUCHAREST Rumania F. 10. Great Britain broke off relations today with Rumania into which Germany has poured hundreds of of soldiers, and arrange to turn over her Rumanian intererta to States care The British minister, Sir Reginald Hoare.

notified Rumanian Premier Genera! Ion An to near that the long- atrai ed re.atam# between their coim- were at an end tn a brief note delivered on the stroke of noon a eastern standard (This decision followed on the heels of British Prime Minister Churchill broadcast declaration yesterday that the having absorbed Hungarv and driven Rumania into a frightful nternal cxtnvubsion, are already on the Black sea and southward movement of German troops into or through Bulgaria already has begun i The United minister, Mott Gunther, and staff lm- B' Associated Preaai Great Britain broke off diplomatic relations with Nazi-dominated Rumania today within a few hours after Prime Minister Winston Churchill forecast a German thrust througn the Balkan, coinciding with a phase of "greater violence in the war. Neutral diplomatic quarters Bucharest. capital of Rumania, speculated whether Britain might follow the break with a declaration of war These quarters pointed out that Rumania's rich oil are now completely German fuel for the Nazi Luftwaffes raids on therefore would constitute legitimate target for British bombing planes. British Minuter Sir Reginald informed Rumanian Premier treneral Ion Antonescu at rtoon a eastern standard time1 of the break Immediately. United States Minister Franklin Mott Gunther and his began taking over British affairs.

The rupture had been expected strong of troops began entering Rumania last fall. A considerable German army and air force is being bU'lt up tn Churchill said in a broadcast last night "and its forward have already penetrated Bulgaria with what we must suptxwe is the acquie- iscence of the Bulgarian government. Many preparations have been made Hing vai the irt of the Med iter- 800,000 MEN NOW IN ARMY Thinks U. S. More Likely To Stay Out Of War By Giving Help from their had to go the World g' NEW L.

YORK Fel Wat Re Record Peoce Time Fight ing Strength Reached For United States gi Ar tied "If MONEY Bill IS SENT TO HOUSE meriiatcly taking over British for the movement of jiKunvents preparation for taking into or through Bulgaria ge of British interests in this this southward movement country already begun A steamer is waiting in the Informed sources have said that Bri- Rumaman Black sea of Constanta tain bluntly warned Bulgaria that to take Sir Reginald and staff of military in Bulgaria will almost 50 to Istanbul, Turkey. be bombed if German Official Rumanian reaction to the to march into that, country h'cak in relations was not immediately Turkey has warned that available, hut a breach bad been ex- iCon'inued nn man began entering Rumania last fail The British minister spent almost an i Hour with Antonescu, arriving Hack K. Ab HIN' TTi Ms; Lagged Re for furs Deri ed in the pene ling people have vt the Morgenthau told mere fa ct of rai ai the imtt 1 ni at he tune nobodyend money becauee vgress iH have the and it a pert the la lyld the romm inreplv to ive estirr in- bc- tHf oti if nrsct ym wit! of 1100 ib he II oi A the cur Other The mo Republican candidate rtf off tl- ir Dxic clip per 18 days after kravir Lg for for mi self tour of Knglanc and Eire He plans prssent hi full conclu if' the Sen-'e for etgn relation. committee asit end of or 1 the House passed tcnd-l ease bill Britain An te of the i ire witl Colls For $1,146,394.496 For Treasury And Postoffice Deportment A 0,11 WASHINGTON, Feb 10 lating for the easurv and postoifice the 1342 fiscal beginning 1 1 I. was to the house today i its committee S3EH.S30.1S5, including ex- of coast guard defense and duties, for the treasury de- and for the It at the British legation aftei 1pm.

iextern standard time1 looking tired but muling broadly. Newspapers earned of in- tructiona to on bow to behave in au raids and how beat to protect Bucharest wvs blacked out ast night and the blackout will be permanent hereafter This decision was made, the newspaper -urentul said, because danger of air Tne reported British warning to Bulgaria is believed to apph also to Rumania because of the presence here of German troops and militarv MRS. SWAYZE'S FUNERAL HELD Member Of Prominent Family Succumbs Sundoy vat gbP rrt. cert. trip If tl V.

March tfw Mi Ins bout now on schedule The army ot goat of 7 aiwj qt ight to fill Tat g' tflg Ma $nd in Terry, Jt dciU of the TLi New (h c.cs ntenden! of J. on and Dr Andrew Trtche of trade and ed Rendei "Too tb At hi IH Green Inn to A frutti i rig of ne manufacture ti of the nf on or to rss muni Work at wo aig tiiem It a known feet that it four nr more acquire irt any one of the aeverai itmat Ame det. or Th tHe plant at Detrott, 'hr 174,000 "til powdei plant to he operated vi Por. 1 at towil, Ind. and 135000WB powder plant Radford, Va.

to attainment of the present manpower bv late on ally planned Becauae the United Sta te armament late, than the fiber it will be many more before her will compare in and equipment with the heat of the foreign Production of aquqrment uki reach substantial propnrt.on# hv all bowcvei and tee- next year, Laid October, Secretary Stimaon an- HEINZ, WHO HEADED '57 DIES on ORLEANS OCULIST KILLED BY AUTO NEW ORLEANS. Feb 10 Fttlhugh Miotnn 86, oculist and former aassstanl coroner of pariah, killed when struck by an automobile last night on tdlv highway Antoni, driver of the car which struck the physician, was exonerated by police after explaining the accident was unavoidable because Mioton was walking in the on highway Surviving are a son, Donald lot eat of Hattesburg, Mufi a brother and a Hfttf. HI U-ADELPHIA Feb Howard Heinr. encceae eriterpnauig father built an international industry on a jar of last ghi from a cerebral hem or rhage The gray.haired, A3-year-old Ihtt- burgh induatnalvat. trained ft hood to assume adtnmtstratKm of the Heinz company, tame to Jefferson here before Christman for an operation.

Convalescence had appeared factorv until he suffered relapse yesterday at 7 am FXr Henry 1 Mohier, who dtagnoned tne attack a eerebra) hemorrhage, announced 16 later that the end had At the bedside were Hem? and the couple early surviving child. Henry tjatki Heinz, who like fatnei has spent ho adult life in pte- paring for an execut veshtp tire vast multi-miilion-dollat preserved known by its varieties Heinz joined his which had expanded from its horseradiAh product into other vane- immediately after graduation from Yale university in 1900 After a five-year apprenticeship he became advertising manager then sales manager and 1915, chairman of the beard Four later when his father died, Heuu was made prts- I 11 sent our the wold he VlC- jirriple turneft anxi- nrn what attende of Greece otlM tre in tire face of threat of overwhelming forces The Greek- did hesitate and first time war machine had teen stopped in tracks little natron imbued with Ore ter of an hotii, ilhisti people With population than that of New York Cits. valient resistance has bet i'm an obstacle on reign situation trot get any worse." buameae will be better this year than last 2 He he can an wet a question by Rep'esnfitative Tabei Re- publirar New York a hunt what the United to do with the gold after we get it 3 We have got very cheap money, which is a fore thing the treasury but do think it wholeaome 4 He i Ilk saw and le vi land and Washington He said. Howe he had of either suggesting that i corrie an active before it Both were tl bur ct he won SHifi (kW PA fr ided unti Th tn Bi di 15 kirn 000 year appropriati of additional def en ted a current because rf Rumanian oil the British here are near's othe siding tn Rumania Many in Bui cu pati Brrtisf of fat Mildred Turner wife of L. Swavze member of a prominent Monroe family her brother- in-law Swavze, having served up to the time of death missjoner of parks: and streets, died at her home.

20ft? South street. Bri- Tra 1 Sunday funeral he' dence Monday at 3 A. reman, rearm with Dr, of the Errat Gunther he I to of Bi epa told the at im fit 561193. net ea.v of fr 440 ove i the street, nor What the the 1941 rv addi Con intieri en Kit! Churchill Asserts Britain Needs Only United States Tools To Defeat Hitler 1 1 been two (This procedun other hi Fh.ckc.ut instrt rkec heen under- that all nut fretw-een Soys Gollont Armies Of American Union Not Required By Englond si; ncy. he with and practiced Speaking in tcMrsea of detu'e, Churchill be sure the war 1 i upon a phase of greater night POPULATION AT LEESVILLE JUMPS ALEXANDRIA Feb 10 fifty west of Alexandria becotw an army camp ith population incsreaatng ff ot to 15 bfki in thirty Aptrroximateh 2.WJA men have put to work on the site for Camp ib seven vtlk and more will ire added for the of the cantonment for the third armored di- vuuon of the United States armv, Work an far mostly of clearing the xite removing and giading highways One two- lane road thtee long being built tn connect highway 171 Trader inns are going Up Pvcrv highway the camp In Leesvrlle trader space ia being rented on practically every vacant lot Camp Polk w.ll he the fifth camp in the Alexandria area.

The others Beauregard Livingston, Claiborne and Artillery Range-Airport Camp, all wdhm 18 of Alex- andria. LONDON Feb jfl If the Uni tad will the tools Great Britain can finish the of defeating Adolf Hitter Benito Musaolim ithout the aid of an American expeditionary force. Prime Minister Churchill declared in a Sunday night radio address We do not need the gallant armies which are forming throughout the American union, hr said do not need them this year, nor next year, not any seat that can foresee do need moat urgently an immense and continuous supply war and we need them here, and we need to bung them here We shall need a great of xhip: ping in 1342. far more than we can huiId ourselves if we arc to maintain and augment our wai effort in the west and in the east foretl lvm grim confi- "we may un to ente i iole rice He Ger- ftilly, "by the exposure and humiliation of another of what Byron called the pagan of with fronts of bi and feet of clay will remain. Some isiryi during the i the last war.

have been bolding well parties for more Methodist church officiating lnter- expectation of the ment, directed Peters Funeral service, in BunaJ park. Associated The following were pallbearers: R. taking over care Tidwell, Olsphant, J. Mvers, S. C.

George Rreece. Walker Glenn, Jr Davey and WGrren Breard Hc-nmirv pallbearers were all friends of the family Mrs. Sway re was well known and highlv regarded by a wide circle of friends She leaves her husband. H. Swayze, two sons, L.

Swayae, of Atlanta. Ga M. D. cf Corinth, and two daughters. Misses Mildred and Daisy Swayze, of Monroe; onr Swavre III Atlanta Ga and a Mrs.

Mattie Shelton, of Wmnaboro. A- an unusual circumstance, death occurred on the 39th anniversary of her marriage to Mr, re. been followed here British dipio- heen broken were broadcast nationally morning AH home-owners were instructed place btii of sand and water in their and immediately. Tn, were warned that there would regular army inspections and that violators would! he punished VENIRE BEING DRAWN FOR BRIBERY TRIAL and Hu- jvsjaibility of a man thrust through the Balkan A considerable German arm ait force being built up mania, and forward have already penetrated Bulgaria with what must suppose is the acquiescent of the BuLgaiian government he have been made for the movement of German i into or tnrough Bulgaria; and perhaps southward movement has already begun The copy of speech prepared for delivery And this southward movement has already begun. 'Official quarters in Sofia, Bulgaria said the only German soldiers in Bui- gana were a few officers and men training the Bulgarian army in the equipment sold hv Germany Hr referred to oded TLie Li ed, ate the ded f.

Churchill it the story of the Timi sbattei mg a which went on to speak ot in which Bi ittish shelled the Genoa naval ah yesterday. "from a Nazi German sa tied to ri Algeria or jKjltni the crafty He warned that Hitler would do biack-hearted Italian who had thought hu utmost to prey upon our shipping t0 Kitin an empire on the cheap by and reduce the volume of American fallen France in the back supplies and spoke with highest praise of With thu Churchill coupled anoth- British foi that warning that the long-predicted series of victories in Libya which have German invasion might be near at broken irretriev -blv Itai.aii rrin harsci I tary power on the African continent. must all be prepared to meet have all entertained, and attacks, parachute ghdet 1 trust edified, he commented dition might soon havi tack General Weygand CiHteimimg speech, broadcast to the worId. Churchill iead from a letter written by Prevalent Rooaew tt and delivered by Wendell Wilikte, in which the president quoted from Longfeiiow Sad on, ship of state Sad on, union, strong and gieat. Humanity with all fears, With all the of future Is hanging breath leas on thy (ate Churchill said, answer which i will give to President RdhsCv elf: Put your confidence in u- Give us your faith and your blessing, and under Providence all will be well shall not.

fail or faitci, shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of hat tie nor the long- drawn of vtguance and exertion, will wear us down. Give us tools and will finish the job. Drawing of veniremen for the special session of district criminal court here March 3. at noon expected to finished ondav afternoon Ot iered because of the congestion of the kct for the regular spring session, the special court term was called fn the trod of Dark and Melton The former tion charged with four counts of bribery in connection with gas well The trial been continued twice since the return of the indictment? tn W39 Datk and Melton waived arraignment Friday district court aftei Judge David 1 Garrett had overruled JONES SAYS STAY MAD AT RACKETEERS' BATON ROUGE a 10 TV- jr the second of a series of transcribed radio addi ev Governor Sam H.

Jones urged to your indignation mad with the racketeers Th- broadcast and st New Orleans last wan fm hi adca 1 from Lake Monroe and Shreveport i -ri- t.xlay, and fmm Lafayette and Alexandria tomorrow Uteie are tn this state judges who Judge David 1 Garrett had overruled snd up dcfenae of machinery cf the Obmctu-n bv counsel to trial of the four caaae at bear bv Jtidge Garrett 52 1941 SAEET5 RMORIi Accidents to date 66 Accidents to date yeat injuries to date -9 Personal to date a year Deaths to -9 Deaths te date ear the governor said. Build fire of public sentiment favor of He ai-ed of the ptenent emvservation department and declared, Business eurmng Louisiana in a steady Concerning defenx the governor said. arid of of his have been working without pause to that wa every single training camp and every single defense industry that we cat properly, and for the common good, maintain..

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