ïtettîteramt Bathi Utspafrlt Π \Τ Τ V ΤΛ Α Τ Τ \r irniifMrv > — · · — - — —— ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Τ WENTY EIGHTH YEAR τμακλ"™*'"'"Κ"'1 HENDERSON, Ν. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 17, 1!M1 ' 'L'111·'s 1 κ4; vv Λ'7E K's "ON FIVE CENTS COPY Warfare In Iraq In Νew Phase #******»»» ν -r ι* ▼ τ Τ Τ Hemisphere Prepared To Act Colonies Would Be Taken Over I United States and Other American Re publics Have Com plete Plans to Protect Peace and Security of Continent. V, . .Inngton. Μίιy IT.· CAP) -The ! Λ encan republics prepared lo de,· t ' establish "provisional admin tr..' .'ii" over French colonies in the A ' ici-, it was learned authorita i . |v. ι the forecast "close eolla Ιιι.,.'Ίοη" between Germany and Fi.inco should be projected into the w r lern hemisphere. Any decisive action, however, will !·<· delayed, it was said, pending el ■ ! 1 : <■ a 111111 of the decree of the \ n'lij government's cooperation in "It !iu up the nazis' "new order" it. Ivopr. The United States and the other Λ encan nations are fully aware of the dangerous potentialities of a nazi t'.'.thold on this side of the Atlantic , .itliorit.-.tive sources declared, and ι plctc plans have been prepared ι.. .tel whenever necessary to protect t1 e ponce and security of the Amer it ·· ei.ntinnont. V ι mint Halifax, the British am ador, conferred late yesterday with Secretary Hull on new develop ments in the international situation arising from the nazi-Vichy pact, in eluding mention of the future status . French possessions in this heinis I ι·.-re [nformed quarters said, now i cv. that the Hull Halifax discus ii revolved around swiftly-paced rli . I'lopments in Syria. Arrangements for establishing pro onal administrations for Frencp, ilnt'-h or Dutch possessions in the i -tein hemisphere if their status threatened by developments ,in !··· war were agreed upon at the in •· ι -American conference in Havana. Cotton Closes 2 To 5 Higher New York, May IT. (ΛΡ) Col tun future.·, Iluetuated nervously in narrow langes today. Volume was light, howevei, as op i itors seemed inclined to await l'ur developments eoneerning farm ■ ai legislation. Kuturos closed 12 to 5 higher, mid dling spot 13.33n, up 4. •July . . . October ι lecember ■ lanuarv . Open Close 12.94 12.92 1ό.(·7 13.(16 13.15 13.13-15 March .lav . 13.17 13.14n 13.1 H 13.20 13.24 13.24n Axis Again Holds Salum Egyptian Frontier Host, Taken Thursday By British, Recaptur ed by Axis. Merlin, May 17. — (AP! German j ■'"d Italian troops recaptured the I •'"'..vptiun frontier post of Salum yes- I 'ernay, informed sources reported ; today. t rile licitish announced yesterday that imperial forces had captured ['»' town the day before, and m foriiierl quarters in London said it »■>> the fourth time it had changeu hands - m ce the war in Africa be gan.) Anis forces were acknowledged to have lost the frontier outpost when the I'.uti-h made a fierce onslaughts "if day before. I he German communique yester fl;,y declared the British had suffer ed .severe losses in wresting Salum Ironi German forces who had held it lor several weeks. In yesterday's counter attack the t'i'imans were said to have îci.iken Salum, Fort Capuzzo and Sidi A^eis, as well as Ιο have taken more than ι· Ρ-:^νΐ){·Γί. Young England Does His Bit An important problem arising out of the necessity for British women engaging in the various services is being solved through use of creches and day nurseries. Children are given scientific car*' at '25 cents a day, of which the state navs one quarter. Here, a child, hardly more than an infant, make? his own bed. (Central Press) joint Seeded plan Is Aa British Casualties Announced liiindun, :>iav 11.— ιλιί — German air raiders killed <>.0t>5 civilians in attacks un tile I nited Kingdom during April, tin· min istry of home security anniitim ed today. Of the dead. 2.9Γι were men and 2.118 women; 080 Mere chil dren under the age of Hi and (ι.) "iinclassilied. in adcuuon to the total dead, (>1 persons Mere listed missing and believed dead. This was an increase over the total of 4,259 killed and 5,557 injured in March. Including the (il inissim; and believed dead, the new list raises Britain's air raid toll of civilians since June. 1910. when air raids began, to H5,75t> killed and 17, 85 μ - judgment on it merit and di'tιieriIs. There (hi· i · > ι η I rerelarv is nam ■ d by the . ι ι . et r \ a late, but in Nurth t '■1111 ' 1 'ι appointment ν · 1111 rl likely always finl'i· h'·' e. lie ιilaι : d a· the gover nor'- hand ; but 11 m inner ι if ap pointment is. ni course, a distinctly minor matter. The .ml er> ■ 1 a ν In together : nd I'ocp all ι oc'. d- relating to the h,,.nil (then .H·· Hi ni them in Geor gia. could be in \orth Carolina). The central office also handles all applications for licenses, schedules time and place ! ί· examinations, is ■ no-, certificate.- and collects fees. Kaeh hoard relains its identity un der the ysteni. but the joint secre tary take- ι are of all matters hand led in North Carolina by individual sécrétai y-t i ca.-uroi s from their v ari ous rr-idonce.. in dil Cerent parts ot the state. The joint secretarial could install a complete record system in Geor gia this list- ^Γ,,Ο(Κ) professional men and women in the state. Name· are listed alphabetically, ι and bv counties, in order to keep ."l , complete check ol those qualified to practice the processions. Field repre-J scnt.itivos arc employed to investi gate law violations and unethical of unprofessional conduct. If sui'Ciciont evidence of unlawful practice is found, the office of the joint score- 1 tary assists local authorities in pro secution. Here are the boards which such a "joint secretary's" office could serve in North Carolina: Aceountaey (four members ap pointed by governor): architectural examination and registration (live members appointed by governor): boiler rules (labor commissioner ex oft'icio and four others appointed by , governor); chiropody examiners | (Commuta on l'a*? Inrt-e) French Say U.S. Might Have Ruled Official French News Agency Says British Suggestion Last June of British - French Union Involved U. S. Dominion. Vichy, M;iy 17. ' Λ F ' ) The sec nnrl reference to Fiance's voletions with the United State- in If! hours appeared tod;iy in official French news agency dispatche- which said this country, if it had followed a different course last June, might have been controlled by Washing ton. The agency said there was talk ol a British-Amenrm federation under United State- leadership, and that il France had ccepted British Prime Minister Churchill's proposal l'or a British-French union last June "she might today be run. not from ijondon, but from Washington. "We would end up as the citizens of a dominion twice removed," said the dispatch. "The campaign waged in the Unit ed States to push tire nation into the war and try to save England by ex tending the conflict throughout the world continues to spread." the dis patch continued. A government statement said cate gorically that the question of Ger man occupation of Dakar, French West Africa, was not even raised, tit the intcivicw last week-end between Adolf Hitler and Vice I'rciniti Ad miral Jean Darlan. House Tax Group Glum Committee Members Fear Public Resent ment Against Levies, Stewart Says. Itv ( HARM S P. STEWART Ceil liai 1'res·· C'olumnKt Washington. M.iv 17.--Robert. I, I )r ,i itjhMn. : ci f ι Γ the llnu.se of representat;\c u ays and means eommittee, keep- up hi., spirits rea sonably well. Λ Majority of his fel low-eommittee!-however. look pretty glum The representatives' 1 '.ι of lïaminij up 1 lie new I.ι χ biil and its members are -tron^lv of the opinion that the country's voters aren't Rnin3 to like th<' riorct· increases that it is bound to "mbody. And when the voters rlon't liki' ι piece of 1 em -1. ι - tion. they are ex tremely apt to man ifest their resent ment on nest elee Robert Doufhton ■ "•η ud,y. (il 111 ■ ■ jji» — litical expense of the lawmakeis they eon.-idei· re-porvsible for it. All member* of the way.- and means committee are worried, but the 15 Democrats, with the po.v-i ble exception ol Chairman Dough ton. are worried most. The ten He public. ins will be in a position to tell their constituents that, being m a minority, they couldn't help the coming tax boosts. The Dem ocrats' only excuse will have to be that the boosts were unavoid able in the face of the present na tional and world-wide emergency. Of course, they try to assure them selves that the average voter is patriotic enough not to care what (Continued nn Ρae·· Two* Objectors Inducted Into Service y* χ. '<— _ ' — A croup nf conscientious objectors are signed into the Petapsco Slat* Forest labir camp, at Klk Ridge, Md., where they will serve a .war at non-military labor service. Seated at the desk is Dr. Ernest Wildn.an, director of the camp. The draftee must pay the Government $; a month, of which $2.5U is refunded. rrench Submarines Are Coveted Prize Nazi Troops Embarked New York. May IT.— (AP) — The British radio reported this afternoon a Rumanian broad east to the effect that Germany had begun to transport infantry troops through the Bosporus, bound presumably for Syria and Iraq. The troops are leaving Ruman ian Black Sea ports under a C ol onial Scholz. the broadcast said. The colonel was i|noted as mak ing a ceremonious farewell to Rumanian Dictator Ion Anton eseu. Another lamdon broadcast picked up here quoted a German radio report as saying that Ger man officers alread) were lead ing Iran troops. Birmingham Heavily Hit Berlin. May 17 .Ai' weight ul 11 n ol the French η.Λ Tin submarines are tile most nui ci.'U.· "! all tile vessels at the di posai i.t the Vichy government. Sc rotary Κ:»·χ told Congress earh this year l: at the French had 60 the .ndcr-i-a eralt, 52 destroyers, ci . or- .-η· ail cral't carrier and oi battleship. Autln>nl ti\e *j' rtri.» hero do η 1 n i to\ e till 1 ι ι umild be ;ib mi LI. ι : 11 I'1 it 1 ' ' Ί tliOSO VOSSol The .■ m : a ! 1 . ι oleri ed to ai tin· Iionic. i. :. t>i ed at tl French island "I Martinique, in tj Can 11 * 11 ο. 111, «sui < ' ι i.-ors pi •. 11 rably inci ' itl ai·.: I m light cniisi Κι π : lo Merlin. . ' .Marl iniq ο and the Jeanne d Arc, at nearb ( ; .ilaloupo. \a\ a 1 ι-Xperl *.ι ' 1 ■ ■ : gran 1c (liai ni ι' οι tin l ι '.· Slate- m ( ; ι t Hi t, III gl.v po nil t lii· ι · i ; j ι ■ ' ι iiort! : : ,1 ' III'., · 111 ' ! ■ . : ! Vieilli plie e naval (loi t. ■ . 1 ι and iw.iv itnclialleimou ' ■■ îmi battl ι gainst lint..in. 18 Counties Have No Deaths From Traffic; State Total Up m.iii\ ιη-ιμιπι mirrau. In tin- sir Waller Hotel. IU III -N IE \ \\l KIM.. IiiiIcikIi. ΛΙ ; ι y 17 ■ Thei e have been H" Ii nhv.'.iy death- .it .ill in 1" \ 111'l ! ι I ". : · !. M. I I ·. < ι. ·. t : ι ■ - ■. ' ι. ! : ye;u\ but despite tin- che»·. ns it».·»· an a vei au»· ο I three per- oiw have met death η π >< >t · ir vehicle aivident every <ί ι> since January 1, c ·■· - pared with .inl.v t \·. ■ > .i d.iv durait; the fir.-l hair month- >f 1 ί)4<ι Kxai't ! ,guros arc 349 killed through April .'id. 1 i»41. compared with 238 I.ii the corresponding period in 1940 And tin- April'- toll is only the preliminary count which is certain to be increased by belated reports Actually the eighteen deathle-· counties are pracia-ally all small one- in whicTi traiiic . very light, and the ti nneinlou- increases in other and larger units have ob scured their perfect record In 51 counties the death toll of 1941 is above that of 1940. to the end of ' April, and in many cases the jn ! crease has been >t;»sge iny. ."Hit :*· - ^ / I UiO Hill· , ! ' V I ι ,·· . ■ · .·,· Ill || ■ late I.- the re* · ί fl . ! a; I lot j ci ! M's ,il 10,111111 .un; o\ , In tlu-s 1-8 communitn·- tin cle.itn t. 111 th i: · oxactk 1 ho -.ι ι .i- l;is ' Willi H. Thi.- makes the |><-j-i-i-ntujio of ir crease in laral doa!:i- even more ,i| j palling. ΊΊιο caunt loi rural road , .'-If IS !.. 194 1 ; I ' yea . ;ιη norca-e i ti" lo.-s than a~ percent. There arc minier, π : · : mi ira I a il I that the increased slaughter i- d I pectly chargeable tn increased -pot .at which motor vehicle- art· bom • operated This is particularly clearl i indicated in the .-tat;!<·* Ρ"· · ι '!'· * ■ tli aq ippe ιι l'fl ί ·\ ; 11 ^ π' ■ ι ιι· Old mol c cimiii ill ρ! ■ .e ii- :ni Ir.ifι commun iq> if 11 |·' >ι 1 ed . ! smashing attack by many bombers ion the British-held f '. nri · ■ I rli I. < "imp and aid a big battle Wil- rag ing near 15.ι ra between Brl.-h ' ·. · ■ ! una 11 -. ■ c ι i troop.-, pushing to.vard the I I't r ,a:i Gulf. Inasmuch as the Iîrit several days ago announced the practical annihilation of Iraq wear, air force by Brit, h squadron . th.- f.r-t rnen | tion of important bombing actr. iv . against the British indicated ax. planes not only had arrived in tin ί o.lrich kingdom but were already in the .nitial phase of an air -1 | fensive again.-t the British there This was further indicated by .in . official Italian dispatch revealing that Italian warplancs had a: . «-.I . -η Iraq via Syria. Movement .·! whole -quadrons of German plain j over the Syrian route to Iraq al ! ready had been reported this «eel;, and the Biitish yesterday anouneetl RAF planes had attacked Geiman ! bomber- on Syrian airfields. A British communique issued in " ί Cairo today, however, said ol tiie g I Iraq situation merely that "in both Ba.-ra and Habbaniyah areas the ^ situation remains quiet." . ι Turkey appeared detenu in \ naintain a purely <^el'en.-ivt· it e titude toward developments in the Middle East, but Soviet Rus.-ia I— ■ - : ed as an uncertain factor. The my - tery of Moscow's real intentions wa.-> A not clarified to any extent by a de layed dispatch from that capital re vealing that Jo.-ef Stalin was trail terrmg some of his most expert gen eral.- froai the Far Ea.-t to we-'.e ι commands. ' Berlin commentators showed ill— ' creasing annoyance over President s. Roosevelt's condamnation of Franc· · c German collaboration and hi- de ■ 1 liane·· ·! the lia/. Red Sea blockade 1 §al8 a na/.i ,-pokesinan: "Let Presi de j (Continued on Page Siï> it Japs Kation Foodstuffs y Τ· ·ί. ν . Mi· y 17. «Ai In . .·. »\ ο I I«· euunte» ici -hnr:..t;r ·>ί c.-^ent; ι! cl I fiMvtsîuffs, the govern nient Im- pi; ceci r j .Jap.inV u lit·, ι. ι ?» ν ..ml · y·· c i · ·ρ - ·- under .) system .. ι con in >1 sin ifai - 1 to th.it nli (■,.ιi\ η (Ί'Ιert h»ï r ce Κ ,rr is uud< ·ι a Μ ι i et rai m" Γ·>η 1, t ! '11 j thr Use ol 11 < ! t.- by [· : pui ri; i i - In ; rrn.l w eek it lus I been dinieult. and some times im • ι ι», il'ir \< < buy ι m en cl m Tokyo. Ani'iiur current sb«>rtage in Tokyo t h t d\vmdhfiu c.^arrt'te •■■apply Tin new control ««ver wheat, bai* ley , TT Meland indu ■ ,j * ι : t : c.t\ ft I'olugne ,md al ■ TTlasted r. docks at Boulogne on the Gennan v ητ.pled French coast. the Bnti-n ,, η·!.i'i'tfd tuday. n \! the same time the German ν ! Rave England her he,α κ- t air raid ι, , ιιΓ 1 lie week, -fr.i.mg mainly at the . ; midlands and droj>)>inK bombs mi 1 ι.ther widely-separated areas During the attack mi Cologne, I'm· ti British declared, large fires were ,t started in manufacturing area.- on c ; both sides ol the Rhine. The raid s followed up the series 'or daylighi f lorays by the RAF during which .· . number nt vessel- were attacked ult ...c Ν . ". e£:-n ;oaot. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, scattered showers in west and rentrai portions to night; Sunday partly cloudy, preceded bv showers on coast, cooler SuniLtv j.nil lu west yur hris lon;sht.