The Daily World from Helena, Arkansas • 1

tooria CITY EDITION 1 'M f) 1 No3L ORD PLANS OR DEENSE TAKES OVER i Against Voting New Taxes Upon Citizens INTENSIVE RAIDS as 'ft ALL OICERS JAP PREMIER REELECTED BY CRITICAL BANK TODAY US ATTITUDE By MAX BOYD law in ippi nn me ursi stop ui CiarkTliTjsras'n'nrf Ihrrd Oeneratssembly eon' ph Senator elect John (Continued on Pace 2) 10 A (Jas A Burnette Observer) i Col? A IZ Bullard Instructor Roads 1 HTnmni iw JU'Bil The Helena Wot III H'wtinut'd on Pare i) xlMH YEAR empha any in I stir will 8 the deregailon from ena Two or three trips into roundfog towns Will will Adkins Revenue Local Lawyer Has Cases In Home Town ft cud Tlie Helena World wt Ads that a mu led (lull Tour Draftees To Leave Tomorrow formertn Collector for MAKERS GET APPOINTMENTS WPT 2P0INT PROQRAMON BRIDGE WORK HELENA HIGH SCHOOL BAM) WILL TAKE PART IN PARADE Two' important posts went to Phillips eoiiut to represen tat i ves ycstci day its well as number of appointments to mebership on various House committees as Ej Wooten wa's re elected president of the Helena Nation al Bank at a meeting of the Board of Directors following meet ing at the bank this morning Hunt formerly vice pres ident and cashier was elevated to the position of Executive vice president and Woodward foifmerly assistant cashier 7 was named cashier Hall formerly manager of the Loan and Cotton Depart ments will be assistant cashier Douglas Simmons will continue as teller and Miss Claudia Trice as secretary At the stockholders' meeting four new directors were added to the board They arc Stephens ranklin Abe Goldsmith and Pat Keeshan This gives the board nine mem bers The others uro Re Crum Al Haraway Horuor Mr Hunt and Mr Wooten stockholders expressed their pleasure nt the splendid growth which the bank has enjoyed since its opening April 1 WO GOODWILL TOURS TO ARK ANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI TO BE OIST Axis Powers' Carrying On Air Attacks Against British leet Tn Central Mediterranean Convoys Carrying Reenforce ments to North Africa and Greeks in Albania DE 1 THINKS BOUT DAT Bia BARBU H' DE LESS I ITALIANS CLAIM GREAT SUC CUSS IN MEDITERRANEAN i ACTIONS HU1 ii ent 1 PHILLIPS NATIONAL SHOWSWONDERUL TEN YEAR GROWTH Homer ternal Arkansas was Governor of Arkansas today to succeed Carl Bailey Mr Ad kins was installed this afternoon in a brief simple ceremony at a joint session of the Senate and House in Little Rock (By the Associated' Press) Rains slightly colder west portion Wednesday cloudy slightly colder east por tion EMPHASIS HOSTILE ATTI TUDE THIS 10 WARD JAPAN Riser Prediction (By the Preset Streams in the Little Rock district will fall (he River Stages 'By the Associated Press)' Pine Bluff 72 ft 05 fall Batesville 84 ft: 06 'fall' Newport 70 'ft 08 fall Clarendon 220 ft 0 1 fall MANY TONS' BOMBSLALL be ascertained when a group representing variousTivic organ izations In Clarksdale can meet i Hel Sutton local attorney and Mrs Sutton have returned from Jhsper Newton county where Mr Sutton was in at tendance on Circuit Court there all of last week Jasper is Mr 'Sutton's tri home town: One of Hie cases in which Mr Sutton appeared as defense counsel was that of Bob San ders who sentenced to five years in the penitentiary on charges of assault to kill and arson' Members of Battery G' 206th CoastArtillcry (Antiaircraft wili assemble at theArmoiy at 16:30 Thursday 1 morning and march from there to the Mis souri Pacific station to board a sneclai train which will take them do orL Bliss hear II Paso Texas for 'a active train ing? 1 According to present plans Helena High'' School band will be at the Armory to escort the Battery to the station along With' scores of Twin City citizenswho are expected to be present to give the Guardsmen real School olflclals said today that the 'Helena High School would probably be dismissed at 11:15 to allowthestudenisto go to the station to see 'the guards off Captain A Coates com mander of the local battery said this afternoon that the" Armory would be placed hnder the cus tody of LPolk Jr Helena city attorney The jwarlanna' Helena and Monticello units will go tn camp on onc'of the four special trains that will transport the 1364 en listed men and 84 olticers of the regiment to ort Bliss HENRY RIGHTOR JR 'NAM ED CO CHAIRMAN AGRI CULTURE COMMITTEE' Oh A meeting at the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon adopt two point program with re' pect to' creating sentiment tor the proposed bridge across the Mississippi river irst Helena: will it was de cided conduct a scries of? Good Will" tours in Arkansas and Mis ipn) interest in the bridge Second a campaign to make Memphis business interests cog nizant of the fact that a bridge here would build tip fhe Mem phis trade dfcaand benefit that probably more than would a' 'bridge at will be The first of the 'Good Will" lours will be made into Missis zinni with the first stem nt OReTeATED SENATOR: OM COUNTY COUNTY LAW pec zi rv invasion or Ireland Soon Washington Jan Beliel American military' experts today that 'Adolf next stroke would be an attempted invasion of Eire to secure Irish' bases for a fiercer air andsubmarine war on Britain's vital shipping raids by the RA upon the so called in vasion bases on the European continent fwere interpreted in many quarters as a'reflectlon of British apprehension that Nazi eyes are now 'fixed on Ireland? The opinion was expresses widely here that German trans ports from' the channel ports and from Norway probably would attempt to land troops and mechanized: equipment un der cover of darkness while parachute troops and air trans inf antfy descended si mulatncously to strategic flying fields Calculations as to the tinting x)i any invasion attempt were confused by conflicting! factors fog and long nights for example? offered a shield to troop ships buW hinder aerial ope rations Tr: In any event the experts agree the British navy would be on thealert for anyTroop ment by surface ships and would seek to blow the convoys out of a task tljat might be major proportions if the German high command decider! 'to maini: chances cess )gyior ve ScoUts Get "(iwfoot Badges' lve menu uf Troop' oot snt at man of the board which is posed of A Blanton Young James Pillow and Mr Ross' During the past lC years since the Pliillips National was organ ized it has gi'own from resources of $71423079 in 1931 to a 'total of $226959805 on December In a formal statement to the stockholders Mr Ross pointed Out that the past years has been an historic one "Industrial pro duction is almost one third about the average index for the last five years Some inflation 'appears 1 obvious but through (Continued on Page 2) MEDITATIONS I By Alley' 1 (OMMIITEE INDS (ol OR ELEC i ion CONI LSI BRITISH ADMIT SOMEDAMAGE TO WARSHIPS V' I BATTERY HERE IS read for the 206th has returned here frdm a visit to the other Bat teries of the and said he would probably leave tomov row for ort Bliss He will not accompany any of the units Camp but will them there New York Jan 14 (AP Premier Prince unii niaro Kpnoye the hostility of the attitude of the United States toward in a speecn iugaMo memuers of Parliameffifand busniess and financial leaders Doniei Japa nese news agency reported in abroadcast from Tokio The pgehey quoted the Pre mier as that hos tili'ty is "sufficiently character ized by support of England and Konoye was addressing the first of a four day se ries of conferences among cab inet members members: of par liament 'leaders in 'the finan cial and business world and press representatives Tlie agency said is tinder7 stood that Kenoye stressed the danager of world wide disturb ance which is threatened by the growing pressure brought to bear dn Japan by the United States and also by the li' tier's vigorous aid to Great Bricuin LK ni'l ATLlfD A i VKS SERVICE Edsel ord i right! inspects San Diego Cal factory of the Con solJdated AirtrafLCiy'p witlp' its president Maj Reuben leet Helu and Charles' Sloreson (center) ord production head ord disclosed tentative plans that leet might assemble bomber parts made ord plant if believe it Milum'of Li'e Reaves Edward 01 Irttle Rock and AN'lUtx Phillips county Selective SerJ vIcc'Boayds will send four nc groes to Litlle Rock tomorrow morning for Induction tiie army for a year's service undei the Selective1 Service Act Board will send Harry i Shelby Carrulh Ed Pci ly Thompson while Board wind send Stamps tind Hrrbeti Lee Jackson The four will complete the January 15 quota of the two' boards Board having se Joseph Thomas Coco white muuj this morning 'i The ntcn wl be inducted and i sent out of state for sei vice Begin Ing ebruary tx pccted hll Arkansas men ir ducted into the service will Haiti at Camp Joseph Robinson wOTship to improve he stroke's suc Little Rock Jan I The Arkansas Legislature gave I Carl Edward Bailpy a rising ovation today as he delivered a farewell message to the General Assembly gathered in joint ses sion in the House chamber Preparing td turn over the regime 'of goveftiment which he I has held" for the last four years to Homer Adkins Gov Bailey spoxe prouaiy oi the i progress during the 10 years that he has been in public life'' After today he has announced he will return to private life re suming the practice of Little Rock His parting message sized a warning against creases in state taxes people's tax burdens for local purposes' are all that dare impose in the face of fact that tax burdens for na lidfial purposes whi'cTT'are' be yond our local control will un doubtediy increase because of tense international situa Bailey said The 46 year old executive the last few days with infhtenzap seemed a little pale as he en tered hte chamber accompanied by his five sons and his brother Ted Bailey of Little Rock His wife and other members of the family preceded him into re served seats in the well of the House 7 The House stood and applaud ed loudly for several minutes: ass Bailey came down the central aisle friends The chamber was packed for his address every seat on hte floor being taken with an over flow crowd standing in the rear andin the galleries i zk second burst oi applause ioj lowed the introduc rtfon byJW Gevr Beb As he neared the conclusion of Ills speech Bailey vibrant voice broke his eyes filled with tears and with' a visible effort he controlled hisremotions to tell tire Assembly: concludes 10 years of my life given to theservice of our' sovereign 'QUipeoP16 7 As ''he 'laid Wwn his manu script a hush which had fallen' over the crowded chamber was broken by a 'tremendous ova tion the to bg accorded' the governor The governor made his way with dififeufty from the cham ber' as' legislators and visitor piessed from all sides to shake hihand Lt Gov Bob Bailey and other State Constitutional officers were inlor new two year terms in House chamber this morning as the General Assem John Ike Moore of Helena was sworn in ns member of the Arkansas Senate from Phillips County today after the uppyr house adopted unanimous! report of a special committee thht John contest of Moore'S election was without ground Meeting briefly before the loint session tho House received two moru bills Rep IL Plymouth' Jan (APJ't More than 10000 incendiary missils and "many of high explosive bombs were estimated to have been dropped on Ply mdutto in the night5 by Gennan air raiders but casualties 'were reported igures on the dead and wound ed were 'not' immediately an nouncecL 'Several fires' ini of this important inSouthwest' England raged for several hours before being con trolled Eyewitnesses of the area at dawn said It was "a sorry and bodies of: some victims bu ried in debris still to be recovered Plymouth citizen" counted as fortunate the fact that oone patient was killed when a direct li it was scored on a ward in a hospital tearing down ceilings amt walls Homes and business proper 1 tics were demolished In some plllc jt Roek Jan 14 (AP) viooie ol Helena was a number of the ho iM adopted unan a shilficltl uas in Lit Rack today to attend the "I Governor' nrr Vikins could a be mu bed for a state tent Kinreniinff the' action the Senate Committee in "rarls to his contest of ie election of Mr Mootr' a port ol a special miitT that John Snef ol Nec a3 Senator from PhtllTjis! ws without ground'' hie rpor'i was submitted by aecia! which shei field's charges of nilarmes in the Novemberal fl sti'in a which a'SHC uas tho on to the her Wilkes wi' wen the oath by Hub Bailey He to the chamberby Infl of Helen! ccrtt to the Senate well 1 composed' of fcott Richardson put pjctLi ami Houston ACTION Moore toll ltc senator Had Been Con ihn kihr Uniiitce Jiecomnu nd Seat of Mr Mocre aucr i Brit'S Hi asc ON PLYMOUTH "i A IMPORTANT ENGLISH PORT HEAVILY ATTACKED BY NAZI LIERS Twenty four hojirs ending at 7 a today: River guage 179 ft 06 fall Weather partly No 2 Southeast wind Temperatures: Maximum 65: minimum 43 ARKANSAS ORECAST 1y As sot i Over Leased yire Issued Every Afternoon Except Saturday and Sunday Morninjj 1' EH I I I NA (ARKANSAS) TUESDAY Little Rock Jan 4 Homer Adkins 53 year old former Internal Revenue Collec tor for Arkansas became this 33rd governor today tak ing the oath at 2:06 before a joint session of the General Assembly and a distinguished gathering of notables Amcng those present were Gov Sam II Jones of Louisiana and Mrs Jones who have been visitihg in Hot Springs recently and Major General Tru man commander of the 35th Division in training at Camp Joseph Robinson Every available' place in the House chamber was taken for the ceremony WOOTEN IS DruunTrn jig BANK HUNT AND WOODWARD PRO MOTED AT HELENA NA ITONAL TODAY was re elected Res ident of the Phillips 'National Bank at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the institution this morning officers re elected were A Stone executive vice prs idnt Agee vice president James Pillow vice president Thompson cashier aud arris assistant cashier All directors were re elected at a meeting of stockholders previous to the board meeting terttitjer Axis sea mir rtf tensl Vein' HargiTrresTrt'rtsmiTtrtr' past five days has been alnied at heavy' reenforcements of British tro'bps' being sent Greece in response to urgentpalls 'for help and to bolster own 'forces in North Africa ascist Editor irginio Gayda reported today and bomb attacks ac cording to Italian claims have Sunk or damaged 15 vessels and Gayda said they were in a double convoy one part headed for Greece 'and ithe other "for Alexandria Egypt The high "command has re ported 10 scores by Italian naval and Nazi: ascistair forces An submarine sunk by Italian planes and motor torpedo boats January 9th' was' reported today Previous communiques hayo list ed hits on a battleship i of Brik ianrs 3If)00 ldii Malaya class two aircraft carriers two cruis ers three destroyers and 'one Only the submarine and one cruiser have reported (Continued on Rage 2) METEOROLOGICAL 'REPORT cwimitn i appointed' by Bjikt DirsKh nf of the Ar i as State Senate at its brief ic'terdav to in election contest be yf licit na a John" Ific iti nj Helena voted to IMif ltO Mr ted followme a meeting yes My he report of the committee is to be delivered to Senate todav said that af of the testi IB the taAmhAre cwntrittep arc' convinced ito Jor the Mr Moore will rpnrel tin' TNrtvthild 'district i niihps county CDn)nutlP(? fdg4 both na rtinQ mri lottal COJflesk Noit hAH Af I snor their representatives to appear befo re rPl ol in contest which to Olflliph! urt uie supreme moo With the Sen miEieme Court ruled the peace'eourt MLfr'hef neW originated (4 to was on! Vn MHUV U1 ipri tL unu mui IVPAD14 i WO of i 0l'derJhe rr DOXes lincl requested a tniplicau orl8jnals hhd airtTM 11 ofluio jHecincts returns SI7 rwC4 AVAL ytes Mr Shef Ambers '4U UH committee i billeq London Jan The Admiralty announced tonight rtliat threo British warships weredamaged when escorting a con voy which was carrying tant material assistance for through the Mediter ranean The announcement said' the British warships were attacked by German and Italian bombers at lest 12 of which were shot down It also said an de stroyer was sunk in the Sicilian channel Casualties admitted were suf fered aboard the' damaged war ships but there was no disclos ure of the number The extent of damage also was kept secret The whole convov nf mur' chantships was said to have got i through to Greece without loss This the hard blow to the British Mediterranean fleet acknowledged in: seven months of war in" that area coincided with the first reported use of German bombers there The damaged warships were the 23000 ton' aircraft carrier lilusaiious the 9100 ton cruiser Southampton and the 1335 ton destroyer i to Rome Jan 14' in the Mediterranean during the Carl Bailey Given Big Ovation After arewell Address Warns Members' of General Assembly veiled Rep Henry' Rightor Jr was named 'co chairman of the Agricultural Committee and Rep was made vice chairman JTthe Committee oii Public Service) Corporations Mr Rightor weds named as a member of Committees on Banks and" Banking Insurance judi ciary Temperance Mr' lommit Heslep was name tees on I'Vvees and Drainage Judiciary industrial Schools and Elections Other assignments which went to Eastern Arkansas legistntonrw ere ms fol lows: 'Agriculture Henry Rightor Phillips cochairman Appor Campbell Gar land' chairman' Banks and Butler St ran ris chairman Merle Smith Jefferson vice chaTrt man Sam Bains Jack Ibnt7chtrirmah7omwrvarianllf Natural Lee Baker Chicot chairman and Ted Mc Monroe vice chairman Corporations Toney 'Jcffersonfi hairmanr Education Autry Mississippi co chairman Efficiency Eugene Hampton Lee eharmaiv ed eral Ernest Maner Garlandi "chairman 'Industrial A' Long Woodrulf chairman' Insurance Julian Janies Craighead' vice chair man Internal Sam Crawford Union chairman Labor John Mac Smith Crit tenden chairman Levees and Nabors Shaw PoinJ sett chainnan Mr James chairman Oil and Gas Hudson Union chair man re i ten ti a ry iTL Hoo IG7 er Jr Jefferson chairman Pub lic red Hedges su rancis chairman Public Ser vice Corporations WWd Clav chairman Reiunaing Rowland Lindsey White chair man rank Williams Mississippi Revenue and red Muhle Arkansas vice chairman Hampton cochairman and Mr vice chairman State Kassas Union vice chairman 10 (IV MUIfc ti? last 'cgular troop meet Hiri Woods Wufv Moore Hini Henry Uninv to AMD KJ Know 2 I 1 I 1 8 I I i I I I I 1 I I I I i 8 ci ifB al is if I Ir i I i es to 6 riA 1 fK XI V1 Bl'M WT ULLB 1'1 IBM ML so r4 nvx mv airaii msj a a 'a 4yto I I 5 Ifm aw jKWMSHEKHB ggyr? 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