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__ t r Itenltetsott HaUp Dtspafdt . __ON'tA' DAILY NEWSPAPER PLP.LISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA 1WEN I \-NLNlH \ EAR ' r HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH i*. 1<)42 "'N FIVE CENTS COPY Japs Drive Nearer Australia New Guinea Gained Japan Apparently Faces Decision as to Vv heiher to Prepare for Drive Into India or Attempt Conquest of Australia. (I*' The \s i i,it« <1 f'li" VV Idle a lieu lento lr ol the Japanese m!i n-iv '• curhd (loser to \ustralia ak.i:; the < oral sea. with two footholds ruined in easternmost \ev\ (iubna and a third threat*mod. the \ustralian war cabinet stru: ;hd today with the problem ot delivering a counter stink* . .1 * p 11) a op ired t*> have l ‘ach ed a eross»-()jds it. her far spread operations- -w lousier to attempt a moptio *»l Burma lor a drive no *.-ui; - *»i to ta' kh tin* .\u s11 iliati continent. The possihi lit> that slit would tr.\ hot!? at once was slim. Chi \l P tin1 X.‘tiler-: mi- L B :: . . • B r i • <h. The V. r'x. v ar dfXc win that it \v;.s st.-ii e-': *.:(•’ v hi; Rangoon, h * m• capital .s dr-sc: hied as criti cal. Author.tath. e Dutch circles, de pile the black ence »m J . the h ' . , !. b , 1 vra: I; o! Ac XEI. dec!, red. "Then- w ill be no surrend er >1 Java in any circumstance whatever." Tin Dutch said that, although the island was overrun b.\ the Japanese, the defenders—a cen tral force of Dutch troops with Australian. British and \meri can allies—would "defend the Indies until the death.” There had been no evacuation of troops from Java. tiu\\ insisted. A ; oW)i t by the Berlin radio said .1 irons*' -:.ock troops and ar mored mh- had occupied the naval base at S' 'craba.ja. He; .rts to London indie; ted that n t * listrict, 4 n t ' i ■ : ■ ish ta11•. ;« d the warden 1 >1 the ' It today that Lam 11. H. L. CL Alexander . ad .-wee*. edod to the Burma con. md ... Mu: eh 5 d. - ; Sac ment < •! 1 ho *•■!.,. ' Clenei al T Hutton ■ gem . •!! ■ e * ‘ r. •Ih,e Japat e admit.led (Continued on Page Three) McCarthy signs FOUR HOLDOUTS Orlando, V\ \I *-i 9 APp - ’1 (i. i V lh •': (■ M. *' • • uned foci • • - irny wore Second i - •' - (;>•! ih , ( j • I lit ( ■ f * i i (' i i ♦' l l!.ti ’ ,,M ( » : „• ] hMagg.o J AP AN £S E B0M BERs RAID PORI MORESBY t anhen j Man ii - i AIM — | ■ !J hi ,t\ \ .* .[ J' : 1 H*M‘ IxUllIxUs struck .ii I'xri Man sb\ it noun to(ia\. h.udlx mure than 21 hours after troop landings had been t i in t (! ,i l viiamaua and 1 .ae Violent Death Toll In State At High Mark C! .,,-1. ■•!<... M.uvh !< -(AIM—The >1,ito'." week-end violent death toll w py i\!i:::(led oy a munitions troek t \ ! .1 All • ' r.i ! s • t ' . ; O ,(1. . i i i .!! ■-. n the dialhs oi si\ persons. Ha iv ai.-' were death-dvnlam ; tra i ace dents, two suicides and de.i' • • :' *m riia ■ J.^rp!. Le Parker, Jr., 13, son • . j ( <e< tiv< it Ral< gh, v, a - iataliy :n i;;r«*d \vh,,M •» - bicy ci.* n s • jutwuobiie collided. S <■ rye ait Kr in Seymor, I2t5. of New U'ontim .*d nn P:\ye PonrN The Paris Renault Plant After RAF Raid C. /*. Radiopholo A British reconnaissance plane made this photo, transmitted by radio to New York in two sections, of the IP nault plant in the Baris suburbs on the day after RAI*1 bombers blasted the huge munitions work.-. Vichy sources estimate the dead at (>00 in the German-controlled area. Damage to the great fnetoty may lie seen plainly and many of the great sheds still standing are charred from the flames. Briti h charge' the plant was turning out war equipment for the Xa/.is. Truck Blast Toll To Six Workmen S e a r c h Ruins Near Smithfield for Other Possible Vic tims of Explosion. SniithlK id, March !). I A!1) -With !•..• known dead now hsl- d unctdlv a' - \. \\..ri.:i :c:i P day continue d to . it through rlims nc.u here at the . one n| mum Inn- H ici; x pi- -1 'U which al o injured score.-, demofish i i .1 hotel and wrecked a row ot fi.lt mg -Pit ion and a lav e. n. Sev enteen I am: lies veer e let t hnmr ie iiv the blast, the Kcd t'm.- re ported. Sheril't Kirby I. Rost of S '■ - ; eld lid he "vvo ldn’t be at .<11 sur p III it .Kidioiial human re in m -- ..ri 11 Hind." W"i i.mi'll y tei day di eov eri 11 .."lie 111.man tj. me. vvlueii vv ei e ac cepted Iiv Kdvv ard E tiowel 1 ot Goldsbon a tin :! 11 a ns ot h - ■ Willie Howell, 33-year uld Gi Icts horn taxi driver. Sheriff Rom said that other frag r cuts were b Lev ed to be the re m.i a- "I .le -a- Holloway. 3U. miss 11L* Gold-hum elite worker. The othei identified dead were Mr Minnie Hew is ol Raleigh, di iver ot a sedan which collided vv it!i the truck, call ing 'a lire which ic-ulted in the expin.--ion: Claud : Buck ) Mitchell. Dunn cafe W‘11 her: e ee I K I ’ri i) ist oi Ba.vndi'le. a game and lish warden: and George Stmupe. "I (Continued on Page Four) Attack Victim Near Death Hickory, March 9 --( AIM -YicH ; ot a brutal criminal attack at hei home tour mile- east ol H.ckoiv. Mi> China Hefner, about (>-. lay at tin point of death in a local hospital t 'day. t’alph Goins, 3-4. a l 'cal hosier.* mill worker and part t.me larmcr. was (ic’d in the Catawba county jad at Nc\\t- > charged by Shein Hay Pitts with io capital crime ol rapf and assault ith intent to eoinm t murder. Miss’ Helner wa. assaulted about fl p. m. Saturday «.*! enionh by a man who fractured in- >kull with Plow- IV . a claw I am met Io a lici uijcdiu3 and niuunine British Quit Rangoon Delhi. India. March •>.—< MM —The British announced toda> that their forces were with drawing from Rangoon. Burma, after carrying: out essential demolitions. I lr» official statement said: "The reports from Burma in dicate that on March 7 it was decided to withdraw our forces from Rangoon alter canwing' out essentia I demolition." (The Japanese alread.v had announced the capture of Ran goon. ) Offensive Is Demanded L.ondon Press Sharp ens Criticism of Brit ish War Effort; Total War is Urged. London, Mairb 11. M’) Loudon press, who c oil already pointed to Ma I..y a 1 o I -L a.- s jgnposts iil the road t1 ■ i' :' further sharpened its ei lira m Ui day in an el fort to whip the ■ . ei ri ment into offensive action. "(inly an allied counter altaci. on i gigaiit ic -calc catv stem the -I •; .. now." iht' Daily Sketch 1 •In the 'hort space of three ... il,, v li .' ■ i■ I ablislied a supi i i soy which nothing but a superhuman e - |,,r! I', 'll displace ” The Daily Mii r,ir wnhe: "Tin • > ugh,mt the allien nations the > i y goes up h>r younger con. for vigor . hi., nun. I'm' audacious '' icn Let ii hi :,s' ily welcome ibis crusade. ••We can al l'm'd nothing los - till": an all-out C ,rt aga mt our enemies now," declared the Daily iferald -Wo c ill upon our recon ti acted, re juvenated government to sweep uv . the last obstacles: to declare b'c TWENTY HOSTAGES EXECUTED IN PARIS Vieli.v. March !).— t AID—J hi , sc, Utimi of 20 hostages in Paris in reprisal for the slaving <>t a (.ermaii sentinel March l "as announced luilay Advocated Senator Hi 11 Urges Creation of Super Strategy Board Under One Commander. VT 9 <AP> A . ’ I , | / . ; j K ! ' *1.1 CgV ! •• Mil d. .; t ; i (i * 1 i >V Ugh c iliDKlllCkl* ill \ A. and Navy, w.i- | • . i • 1 t,:\ y Sts. * •; ltd: nt Ala- i 11 ... the' Hen M'llh.r whip. Spea .mg a.- a \ t-ti an niemb r of I ! i 11 11 id i t p. Vi Unit lie had .. o n t e..n\ :ifi i yd immediate , •! • *i-a:: m «•. r< m and liere ever nd, s< nd t > I [tie I’n.U d Si; I. w m tu develop ' ,! may-in:urn nnhta. > 1 ’king pevve*. I \niiy v ■ t' • i * • 11 i;. I }•.,*:<•. \\ ‘tin' gn •and j , . he .Mill said he ’ cP t::e . pp ml" nl a "lie . upi'en e i mi iiarnd y m Army. Xa\ y and ai*y | , rating tmdt th* Ike id' nl. would • I i v tin p: i .e. j ne t" it.'’ logical "• Midi!. I' Ml. TWO CONGRESSMEN FILE FOR PRIMARY [j . ja M . 9 .(AP) Tu o \, ,r!I; (',ir• •! 111a • i eml.K rs of 1 he l * j S U.i if Representatives tiled ! II m- ret r matii mi today with the State <■ i. : d i •! elect i<»11s. 'Phey were Graham S. Harden ..t X'ev Heim third di.-trid. and «J. h ('kirk * 1. yt tt< . ilk*. eut:: di: - tret. Army Bomber Still Missing L.m”!e\ Kleld. Ya . M >: • ’ ' - 1 ’ The A my disci.. It lav 1 it otu , ■ . hnn’l-ii’i-s had i mi mi-sing since Th rsdr> oi tine >\. . North Carolina and : 1 < 1 ol i .. i'll ., n w;i. in ! a ' d in h .ve :>e.’n lost. On ill. I ill K ! all' I 1 ' 1' * 1 ' a Catalina ll.\ mg b m mm . u. I: ed into the l ■ a ■: :me. ne;a Tongue Point. < >na." m an attempt ed takeoff, kill i a na\ al li utea ant and seven n o > ei ' Nmm . : Western Front Air Activity Marks European War Zones; Russian Advance Continues British Bomaers Ham mer at Essen, Keeping up Round - the - Clock Schedule of Blows at German Industrial Centers. 1 /Ond'»n. March 1) (AIR- The j RAF h,■ i; trierrd at F :i, the home < i| Gen i a my’ great K u; a) tinnrliaiis I •.mi; . la-1 night. lam-ping up a j r nd-Ha -flock schedule nl a r blows ;11 inde.'trial r liter-- behind the Gcr- i man line-, the RAF :..m: try an- | no1, meed today. F. sen, - . \ a the RAF wa» re turn.ng I r the lii -l time -nice last I X* vomer 1! and f) wh n the Krupp work al.-o v.-.'ic 1mm. iiy bombed, | wa the chi' 1 target ! night raid rs vvh’ch -pl ead o\ < r the industrial Ruhr dnirirt. Nazi nmli'Hds in occu pied 11 Hand and P’ranc0 and dock at Ostcnd and Be Havre also were !a tube d. Plight IF Ri-ii bomi.or lain d to r - turn. The • -. R: lull v d a davlight raid on th-. Mattord plant at Poissy vest( ( th< ccond RAP’ assa If in six days on factories in the Paris area supplying the nazi war machine and was described a. " n much the same .-rale" a> the h avy pounding \ tiie Ron- mil works m ar Paris last T « day night. Flame- ,-preading - • high that lev. - 1 flying ! Fat i.-h ! 1 ;er‘ c »uld 1 *ok up at ’ 11 ien: were left by the RAF at the j Mat ford plant. Caribbean Commission Is Created ' Va.Hi i ngton. March {).—(AP) Creation ot an Anglo-An e: .mu t’ai i*b( an c-imn.is'Pm, which v . 1 i - ek to encourage and strengthen mm al and economic cooperation be tween American and British out post.' n the Caribbean, was an m mice. 1 today in a joint communi (jiie ot the Briti.'li and Amesimm ■ g< i\Ti mm nts. Ti e co: i• iis>i«»n, which will make mdic- } K mta i ning t>> economic and rial pro!)l ms. w HI have authority only to formulaic recommendation* j fo bmi n tn tin e pecti\ e gov - Ther<■ w 11 lie 1 hree Anleriean ami | three F.iatmh men He:'- with Chai I \V Ta i "ig, proident of the Amen mm Mola> i - Co. .a Xew York, n one co-chairman. and Sir Frank j Stockdale as the other. P: ' (lent Rim .'eve] l al o placed 1 ; the (,i)iinni"Uii Rextord G. Tugwel! ’ governor »-f Puerto Rieo. and (’oei : Bi:Hois, rh ol ot the State d< parl ment Cariobi an office. JAPANESE CLAIM 52 SHIPS SUNK Token, (l iom Japanese Broad casts). March 9.— lAI'l—Japan ese headquarters asserted today that Japanese naval forces ill till- battle of Java from March 1 to S sank or destroyed ;V! allied strips totaling 'il(HMM) toils. No Appeal For Ellis Smithfield, March 7 -(AIM s. ; I ire ii" appeal for Joseph. , -. fM-ycai "1(1 Jo: -ey City youth j yvhn late Saturday night yva si n- | (eneod to :lu yeai - m prisonment fa; | aie hammer -laying ot Mis. Bcs-io Brewer, all. an..gar ol the Sah a tion Army home h. re L L i.e\ insoii. cmin-cl for Kills, indicated today tiiat lie did not pla to appeal Iren’ tin- -entence. -We te.idQjed a plea of guilty to murder m lia oeonil dogri e o1' gin ally l,ennis"i, -aid. "The State wouldn't aoeept i m plea then. Kim ■■ Kills has been a m uted "! second degree mind; r. Imyyeiei. i on't '.itink yve will appeal VUTHIK KOK NOItTH t \KOI.I\A folder t.might Boss of the Bombers Brig. Gen. W illis H. Hale Head of the reorganized Hawaiian air force bomber command is Brig. Gen. Willis 11. Halo. He is boss of the big bombers, whose duty it is to make sure no enemy warships come close enough to the Pacific base for a repetition of the Pearl Harbor at tack. (Ceii I ml / Vc.s.s J Y amashita To Bataan Japanese Conquerer of Mala y a Succeeds Homma, Reported to Ha ve Committed Sui cide. Washing ion. March 9.— (AIM —The Mar department an nounced today that the Japan ese conquerer of Malaya, Gen eral TomoNiiki \ amashita, had hern Iran jferred t> nimiiKmd of tin in\ aders in tin- Philip pines. < Tin *. ! Yam .hita ■« ireeeds l.ieutenanl Gnu ral Momma, who is report*-l t«> haw committed suiciti • heea use •»*. chagrin over his failure to ;lestro\ (ieneral Douglas i Yrtbur.s outnum hered defending I'oree ported in a c -nr a • ,• - ,ai <•<■;. d a J together . • - ;n-.:la front. S : • i • (I (H) 1 - ' ! ' , i' | I I i t\ . .1 (v ‘ i ■i: 1111 r ;; • r !. - ■. • ■ ' , •H-a- i• i -p • p . > i Bat Henderson Warns Nation Of Inflation Washington, Mai-'it AP) — Le >n Henderson, pne admin ist rator, warned 1-day a. n-‘ int'lnt: -nary • -. country nd ‘Rested as preventives the purchase > ! gov ernment >ccuritie> and the retiring ui pi :\at dehtv and corporate debts and mortgages. Hoik 1 the National Asso nat ion ot i'o- nt> ‘ M l ie als that his greah-1 e* ncern wav now to get the average American ’ - mderstand the trend toward ni'iatmn Ida- av-a-ago rson. * i - - ' - l ' ■ ■ ■ nd that the.e will he o:;i» a I.mited amount I good.- that people will ;.n able to pta -ms.. -We :aee a re» .. .t> -‘1 St) <'<||. " 000 more purchaMiu , “we* than !avt year n :t there w ' hh." OOU.l'i a l-v- p’r rhasahU - *ds ob tain. !-a " --'-i Flurry cf G < rman Aerial W a r f a r e S e e n as C o u n 1 e » Blow Against RAF Raids; V'ar Marks Time on i•• osi .mutmrn rronts. < 1>' Till \ - n i • < d i*ress T! r Red . nil' has MrUt U ll i !inti\ > t * w * ■: I til blow on th K tirsl; - K!j;il ko\ trout soij Bm .W ol Mo-row. when a muni*r ol villa;-s have been recaptured, the .Moscow radio announced to day . The Ru slans said they broke tier'(‘ resi-tamc in th** armi. when* !b riin conceded ailiv ti»..l tiie ( timins were engaged ill h* :<\ \ defensive In.dies" 111 the south. ( F'i'll;' Associai'T I * i -ssi ci! ste. : ■ r* -pe rr:i ,a.•. gem- m 1 iy tod. . '. i ■ UVsU. • , !; :• - :*1. , mail b« u.i.iug a- it to overtake the RAF. In A l: . c a. the war marked time Free I smashed three 1 >rtiSit'd po>iti*<n> at . . B; :t.-u and the a .i- rep ri d , vtn . .a- eaea side elan vug ucce-s. A> ho the Mediterranean. the Germ.ii reported continued day md 11 ant ! ••mil. rdment • •• ’Malta, BriiF .. • ; ’re.-- asie oil Italy, and the Bad i tt B r i t i > 1 axis-held ish.nd in the Aegean -ea. The Hitler c* a .. and'.- ri port m ' ■ ' !; . told of ”1 heavy delensive battles" on the southern part of the :ront, continued R • -.-a.n v’acks at vdi-r places and clm.'aed < mly "local successes" iv German ol tensiv e actions. T! i Red army. . a ing reported a wedge ihaven into the Germans’ cen tal 1 out between R/.h v and V \ asm . added today that LhaOO Ger mans had been killed in a batt ’ring, turee-d..'y Russian attack -on the Leningrad -icge ring in the nortn. S ;. • e poj'ted dec wished oy .vtdlery ::n . (L : a:is rep« ated heavy at*riai blow- n.»t only at Russians, sncii .is a n.gnt attack on the air against Br.h 1 hai bor a vas ah nr. the Tyre 1 • ii RI NOMIN Ml 1) WaMiin'M- >i V. 9.- -« AP • PlV- idetll Hnn-ea ' I i > ’em U . ted James ( >. (. ' dher U*k: .is Gnited Slate " ne\ 1« I. • • a - tern North ( d k ick n a Beard Urged Congressional Com mittee Asking Crea tion of Agency Criti cizes Production. Wa- ington. \i; : i ." . \ i ’ ■ \ -ingle centra Sized pure ....-nig ageney ^ -;imal c niittet y tical of “Fa i lure to organ ' the do '■.>-< . tlu ■ " ■ duct ion already beet delem 1 '.-. ! . • i o' - " I said .1 re)'- a t y if It... on deleiise grat 1 ■ ied bv 1 piVsent.i! :' t 1’ 01. 1 .>■ . o . .it, L - ft >rniu. The e ’ ■ nee. n ich spent months -Halving iconic: - ot lanoi supply and material prod! e nent recommended: 1 Creation oi a special technica! division undei 1 1 .1 ■ 1 1 ict e ment agency 1 ■' naintain .111 up-to date coi plete inventory on indus 11 i,i 1 facilities, the .supply ot critical n uteri,ils. and tile supply of labor. 2 l.abm-management coopt ratio! ■ lireitgli .;oint national, regional tin.i ( laiir ci> ■ nilttee l eaded by a paid g ,-. e, m icnt • ift'ici il on production , aid 1 n-ement problems
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