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Henîterson Baîlu Btspafrh tu'FMTY F.fHTH VF Λ η 7T~ 0λ'ίΥ DA"-Y NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN TfflS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGIflT * — — — mi HENDERSON, N. C„ SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 12, 1H-1I pu..u ,.λ·ε,'„ λ. , s FIVI' <T\'T■ coi'V ' ι. χ' · ι : ι ··!· sinday Γ 1 V lj l.tiiN J λ LUI ï YThe Resurrection Morn* J "Τ·* By EOUO: UEAU British Meet Axis Forces At Tobruk I British Dispatch Re veals No Details of En gagement; Tobruk Only 80 Miles From Egypt; British Force Is Strong. (·..!■). April 12.— ( Λ Γ M British (1ι ι ι troops m Libya, reinforced by a flood of battle-wise veterans of ' e ebbing cast Africa campaign. • ι -i'ported engaged we t oi To il: *· riay with the axis divisions • · I'rinif Minister Churchill has ti · I . threat to Egypt. Throughout the 40(1-mile advance 1,1 the axis forces in the last three «•ι . liic British have insisted they ν < ···· ι rely withdrawing light cov i · .. l'i'cc tu a concentration pivnt where they could fight with "as iii auce ul siicces>." T"dav il appeared this battle of 1 en.ι,c.i wniild be fought on the ng tableland between Tobruk ml the Gel.iel el Achdar range, e grmind " for the British, who '■h nv every water hold and gully in the area. Beyond a terse official announce 1 ent that "uiir troops are in con '·"'t with the enemy west of To ; ι .." no details of the British opera t "I. were disclosed. Tobruk is only h ile.· from the Egyptian border GKNKKAL ( APT! RED I' une, April 12. — ιΑΡ)—-It was 'ally innounced today that one the British generals captured in 111 till Africa by axi- forces is Major fieni ral Cert η Dewiart. who com | anded British troop·· in central Norway a year ago. He !» a veteran "I the World War. in which lie was wounded eight times and lost an eye and an arm. Nazi Panzer ColumnRaided Cairo, April 12.—(AP) — British • nd Australian air lighters destroyed or damaged nearly 100 vehicles in ι panzer column of German and Ital "in transports in Libya, the royal ail lorce announced tonight. Many casualties were caused, it was aid. In a communique the British an lorce declared lti German fighting planes definitely were destroyed on the ground and a bomber was de stroyed as it was attempting to take 1 a The total toll of axis aircraft \va. PU! at 21. REPORTS OF GREEK LOSSES ARE DENIED London, April 12.—(ΛΡ)—Reuters, Uriti.-h news agency, reported from Allien., today .. statement by a senii ' official Athens news agency brand ί ing as "most exaggerated" reports ; that the number ol' Greek troops cut j off and capturée; east of the Vardar ; river exceeded 80,1)00. "Greek forces in this area were much smaller than this and further more thousands of them were able to withdraw in time and reach free Greek territory," the report said. Nazi Raiders Do Damage London. April Γ2. -( Λ P)—Ger ' man air raideis did severe damage ι and started many lires last night in attacks confined almost entire?/ to the west, south and -outhwest coasts, I the g vernment said today. ι (The Germans declared Ports j mouth was one of the principal tar gets ). The assault was described a parti cularly severe in the west and a communique said casualties there 1 were "rather heavy." The number I killed and wounded eK· where, how | ever, was said to have been com paratively small. Mighty Battle Being F ought In Greek Area ΦΦΦΦΦΦΦ*** «***¥¥****· U. S. Ships May Meet Raiders Zone Opened ByF.D.R. Held Danger Hitler Has vVarned That Every Ship At tempting to Carry Sup plies to British Will be Sunk; Italian News Agency Is Critical. Washington. April 12.—(API President Roosevelt's opening of a ! pathway t Suez for American ships carrying war cargoes raised serious ! questions today conceiving liicir pos sible search and seizure or even attack by axis .submarines or air j plane raiders which might operate in that African fringe of the war. By eliminating fr m the combat zone a narrow watery strip between It.ilian Somnliland and the Arabian : coast, the Président opened a gate way for American vessels into the Gulf of Eden, the Red sea and the Suez canal. All have been closed to United States commerce since Italy's entrance into the war. While the area touched by that water route have been freed of actual warfare by British victories over the ι Italians or are neutral and non-belig erent. it was pointed out in in formed quarters here that there (Continued on Page Three) Abernethy Is Placed On Probation (inldsbnro, April 12.- (AP) — Charles Ij. Ahornethy, Jr., Now Born ; lawyer convicted of conspiracy to ! ν, η la to lin· olertion laws and at tempting to mtertcre with Craven (ininty election nlticials. was placed on probation ! « » r a period of five yoars today. Judgc Q. K. Nimorks of Fayette I ville, presidine, in Wayne superior court, placed Abernethy on proba t:·»n after first i;i\ ing him 30-day j suspended sentences on each of the ! twi» convict ions j Judge Ninn-eks aid he thought (Continued on Page Four) Tar Heel In Washington Finds Warren And Hancock Making Fine Public Record By KOBKKT Λ. I RWIN. Washington. April 12.—People with an acute .-en.it' of justice can deri\ e great sati.-lactam from the I records of two North Carolinians in high public service here. Both Lindsay (V Warren and Frank W. Hancock, Jr.. respectively form el· First and Fifth district congress men and now comptroller general , and member ot the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, have been busy looking alter the interests o! then employes in the lower salary brack ets. Mr. Warren, for 15 years a power ; in Congress, became comptroller .general last November. After orient j ing himself in the new job, he order . ed up the hat ol efficient clerical ami , sténographie worker» who hadn't had u salary break in a long tin»·. Wit : tliis list, he ordered raises .ill down the line, in conformance with Imita tions of his general accounting otlice budget. Hancock, member of the Home ! Loan Bank Board for the past two years, has done the same tiling. The ; board has live members- three : Democrats and two Republicans. John Fahey, 70-year-old Bostonian j and Democrat, is chairman. T. D. Webb, 75. a 'lVinesseean. and Mr. Hancock are the other Democrats. Mr. Fahey's term expires in July, and it has been rumored that Mr. Hancock, rising young member of the (Continued on Pa^e Three.) Clear Skies Promised For Easter (By The Associated Press.) W eather prospects I a \ or ^as ter paraders in most sections of j the nation. ( hurcli goers in the southeast and midwest ma.χ Ret new liats wet in April showers, hut most ι of the South, New England, and i part of the nort;i Atlantic sea board could expect generally fair weather and mild temperatures. The outlook was for clouds in the southwest and sunshine in I the Rocky Mountains and far ι west. I The nation's capital made ; ready for an estimated 200,000 visitors at the annual cherry blossom festival. Uespite sunny, I warm weather, the Japanese blooms were tardy and ma.v not ' I be out in force until Wednesday. Mrs. Roosevelt, who usually ' presides at the Easter Monday ι egg rolling on I he White House lawn, expects to he in Eos An geles and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the vice president, will I act as hostess to the children. Sen. Capper Leads Fight I Kansas Solon is Most Effective Isolationist in Congress, Stewart Says. I5.v ( IIVRI I S I». STRWART Centra! I ' "i-.-s Columnist ! Washington. April 12 —Senator I \rthur Ciippi· Ί Kansas seems to I mo to bo a in ' the most effective ' isolationist in nsress. j He's effect ·\ ι .ii'gely because he's l.ishmn ni express iiig himself. Sena t ■ ir Burton Κ Wheeler ni Mon tana, who led the !igi:t , again;ι the Ιι ase lend plan. i.·· .■ ! erritTic ΊΤ; t [ ) j MM', lit ho "arried his ampaign to a ρ int if becoming vitu perative rather than irgumentative. He aid exceedingly Uftij 1" I.-I'iim 1 ' ' ' < « " - > mm «. ι ; : .-aid back tn hur. In a cu.s>ing match Burt's t'ull.v con1 potent tu hold hi own. but eus.-1 nu can Ret .· > fierce th.it it ceases tu >e convincing. Cus . inn back may not be convincing, either, but it> pardonable in a cussce. he's m a position to say tha' the other crap .M-gan it. mi he ha. t cuss, in sell defense. Such senator· as Gerald Ρ Nye ni North Dakota and Hiram W. John son of California haven't been a j vi nouions in debate and intervunvs ! as Hurt Wheeler has, but they have I record- %s outright i'nnat'ral isola tionists. and consequently have been ; discounted a bit. Senator Bennett Champ Clark of j Missouri and Robert A. Taft . f Ohio : haven't exactly cussed, but they've been mightily severe—enough so to ( give an impression that they're as j much anti-administrationistic as iso f Continued on Pace Fmir* WÏ4THEH FOR NORTH CAROLINA Generally lair tonight and Sun day: slightly warmer extreme west and north central portions tunifcht. Senator Capper Strikers OK Ford Peace Terms » Strikers of the Riant River Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Company at lVarborn, Mich., cheer after voting to accept the peace terms that ended the nine-day struggle. They voted'to empower their leaders le negotiate with the Ford Company for a tinal settlement. (Central i'rtsa) Ford Strike Peace Brightens Outlook Senator Norris, How ever, Warns of "Drast ic Action" to Come from Congress Unless "Unjustified" Strikes Stop. (By Tho Associated Près) Prospective opening oi ti.·.· i· · ·ι Motor Company's lîiver II 1 . .■·■ pi . Uugesl in.dustrii.il unit in îl·-· \\ · »r !<i. ' ■ : · · ί { pu» labor picture t « · r 1 ι \, hut Senator Norn's, Independent. N«· l)i a ;;.i. still viewed t!ie general prob leι >eriou>Iv enough to warn that ■•di.i t;>· action" would come out of ί'..·»■! ·· nli· " mju.stil'ied" strike.-, and "labor racketeering" are .-top peel. Ν ■ . . co-author with Mayor La (i'i)ntinued on Page Six) Income Tax Collections Show Gains \ κ \I') In : March . ! Revi n t ι ' · ι ! ! ·. « ι. , t I ! Hi jbcrtson aid lnri;i.v Thi.- rcpri-.i'îitfd α l;, ià uf approxi 111 a toi > Il j >i. ι ■ ' :! ' I Iri'tions l'or tut· sailli' pcri.nl i : ' ;· i\>r. ι Milinaril.. 11.· I. ι ^ .( vi ni 1 Vie .vrai· i. t'.· 'hr Matld p^illt ni Γ' lier' :l l'oiled · Ίι ' > a! yrav thus la." toppi'ii an' ac lui profit ta\ ιν! Πι· i n t;a' liKjo 411 period by Sl.âT4.i)!!â.Îll. Vocational Education Hit By Drafting Of Teachers; Deferment Will Be Sought Ιϊ.ι11 > Dispaioli Bureau. In llif- Sir Walter Hotel. By Hi:\KY AVF.RILL Raleigh. \|"'l 12.—Like many other private nit O'vernmenta! ane., cies, the cti\ ision ot vocational edu- ! cation imds itselt confronted with a real problem in the selective service act which make.- vouiik men from 2l to 35 liable to military service fit any moment. ι It's a fly in the ointment which the division had not had seriously brought heniL to it unt.i 1 Ml ke· i-bunr came tir: .i;gli w.th ;· realty ί lino boost in tin approp, · -n- !'<>.· vocational education in Nmtli Car olina. That meant t h : 11 the divi-ιοη will be financially able tu acid numerous ι teacher- ni vocational agriculture and liomr economics thri aigl vut tht state although even with the fund b»o.st it i-n'1 possible to meet tlu urgent ilemand for more teachers. So Director Γ Κ Browne ι what (Continued on Pa£'. Four; Few Details Of Conflict Available Allied and German Forces Meet in Phlo rina Sector, South of Bitolj Gap; Yugoslav Premier May Be ίη Moscow. (By The Associated I'ress) Allied and German armii·.- met :■> day in a mighty battle in ihe Phlorina area of Greece. 16 miles south ot the Bitolj ( M'.nasiter) Map. the British radio rep rled, while in norlhi rn Yugoslavia nazi units, according to the German high command, were jd vancing lrom several directions on Belgrade. Details of ti. battle in the rugged Greek mountains were lacking. The Germans asserted that Yugoslav re sistance in Croatia had collapsed and that "the Serbian northern army is dissolving." British bombers were said to have pounded Germans in southern Yug · Bern. April 12.—,ΑΙΊ—Brit ish planes were reported swarm ing into Greece today. bombing and machine gunning bridges, roads and tunnels along Ger many's line of march toward the British-Greek defense line across the Hellenic peninsula from rhlorina east of Mount Olympus. slavia and northern Greece before the land forces joined battle. Then was a diplomatic develop ment of interest: A German radio broadcast heard in Bern, Switzer land, said Yugoslavia'.- premier, General Du .111 Simovic. had left on a mission, presumably lor Moscow. (Continued on Page Four) Wallace Sees Victory For Britain W.N. tun .ι-·.ΐΙ«"·. April 12 —(AP)— It a luiv&ui ν « 11 κ* ί ι ί > ι · »n that il t , t Hi lUt ,ii. V. . ' i : til».· : .. tel t \ I aid ! the ι I :K*d Si i!c . will v. ill tile . )·, \' » t· i Yt : i » η t li my A . \\ « 11 - nt· -aid in . pit· .-· roiiiorLMiiv here :ιη- ι·: Tii.ng. Tin· ν ii « prt ili-nl 1 ; 11 Wmton Salem to address the si ek holders ι η ι · r I. : : »1 tin W.n.-t· ·η Salem Fcd .•ra! Hi.me Luaii Γμιιλ tonight. ■'The ( î ι* ι ' ; ι a ; ι · j is-t can't win." Wal lace replied to the n icstion: ''Is the :uiii;imslrat;"ii warned >y tin.· turn tCoiit.ii tl -n Page Four) Nazis Raid Bristol Waves of Bombers Batter Way Through Intense Defenses To Bomb British City. Bristol, April 1-.—(AP)—Waves ol German raiders battered their wa> through intense British ground and air defenses last night, subjecting this southwestern English port to a very heavy raid." The Nazis unleased their attack by the light of a full moon and used (Continued on Page Four}
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