] U EX { \ -NIX'! H \ EAR 'tVik1 as "J'm-mV ntKsa:’y_HENDERSON, N. WEDNESDAY AKi'KRXOOX, MARCH 11, 19-12 11'''''''..v1, i n FIVE CENTS COI’Y
Churchill Renews
Dominion Status
Promise To India
Sir Stafford Cripps
Will Go to India as
Emissary to Seek As
surance of Acceptance
of Plan Drafted in
London.
I. nd March 11.—(AP) Prirrfc
Min' ter Churchill repeated today
' ■ i mi? <)I dor inion status
t ■ i i l ' iled India after the war
and n”1 a need that his ranking aide.
S • Stafford Cripps. would go to
India a an em:s*ary to seek assur
ance that a preci o plan already
dr • *• H by London would gain gen
i i Ind.a acceptance.
Tiie promise of Indian self govern
ment within the uritish common
ut iillli o! nations after the war, fil' d
i< n \ugust, 1940, o far ha
failed to mollify Indian nationalist
il it Churchill, in a long awaited
'.dement t » the hi ise of commons,
d clo-cd that the government, in
eider to •‘c'othe th >e general de
Hart lions with precision and to con
vince till classes, races and creeds in
India of our sincere resolve.” had
gone a .-top forward and agreed to a
detailed plan.
Hi did not, howev. r, disclose the
ex.irt nut ii • of the* concessions by
which hi government hopes to win
tl r Li ’. i'' y (if I ndia’s TaO.OOO.OOO poo
pie- foi' the defense of theii* rich sub
(• •ntiiient ■. threaten d by the
dapane-e advance in Burma and to
the h dian ocean.
"We -ho i!d .1 serve the common
e ii we made a declaration
v. 1. eh W' lild he rejected by issential
clemenis in the Indian world and
v. i < ; would provoke fierce com
i- mal d; mites at the moment when
the enemy tit the gates of India.”
In stud.
Sir Stai lord’s place as leader o!
tin* lioti-e will be filled during hi
i'inein'1 bv Foreign Secretary An
thony Fden.
Draft Lottery
Hour Is Set
Wa ' n, Maich 11.— i AP) —
Si kv: i\. ser.ice officials today .el
<i ||- ■ FAS T as tin hour for start :ig
Mar.-n IT the draft lotteiy whicli
v. :11 determine the order of liability
lor -or, ,ee ol ail estimated 9,01)0,
000 men who registered F braary
1(1.
Oil iei i- >a:d that Secretary of
VOir S i -..m had been asked t > draw
too 11: t e;i 1'isule ill the 1 t ti . y. the
Ititrd -.nee i nactmer.t of the selee
1 e seiw ;ee law but the first since
w v. a- declared.
BRITISH RED CROSS
APPEALS TO JAPAN
l.ondon, March 11 -(AIM—The
F Hi li Red Cross cabled an iippeal to
Ii.e .Japanese Red Cross through in
i national headquarters at Geneva
t"dav. .• coking assurances that addi
I mill atrocities, such as Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden reported
y -tot-day, will not he commit!-d
eainst prisoners of war at Hong
kong.
Aid Sought
For Dealers
Governor Broughton
Reveals Steps Taken
to Relieve Automobile
Dealers.
Raleigh. March 11 . —(AIM -Gover
ii' r Broughton said today he hud
taken lour steps to help automobile
dealers, some of whom are in "a des
perate plight by reason ot govern
ment restrictions that have been put
into el feet.”
He outlined these steps as:
1. A request for a modification of
a ruling which now prevents deui
e. • iron; '-filing used cars which thev
had equipped with recapped tires.
2. Another request that the fed
eral government make low interest
ioans to dealers, with such loans be
ing secured by cars which the deal
ers have on hand and are unable to
sell because ot restrictions.
3. A uggestion that the federal
state employment service do its ut
most to tinu work for persons for
merly employee by automobile deai
C1\S.
4. An appeal thai aodlo-ds whose
property is leased b\ dealers be as
lenient as possible about collecting
rent.
Meets Roosevelt
Lieut Gen. A. G. L. MacXau^hton
Commander of the ('a; :> ! m Over
seas Army, Lieut. Geo. A. G. L.
MaeXaiifrht'm leaves ti • White
House after a lent;' hy • nee
with the I’resid r.t .11 1 not
lit. euss the nature 1
ft !■ ■ sj
p
Headquarters lor Air
Force Technical
Training Command to
Southern Pines,
Till a. Oklu.. March ! i.—( \!">
—Major General Walter II.
Wraver, new commander of the
air eorp*. technical training com
mend. sa;d 1 i^t ni :’<it In aduuar
te s would hr t»'aitsferred from
Tulsa to Southern Pities ( .
tJir . riu.ni/.uti in w .i It*:- rhanrc.t!
to the ’ t i
1 (i 11' ‘
it;, to r.rl-.alr 1 • ; . ' - ..t Dcm
\■ i■. st. in.,:. . -i : j i; .T<• alt.
Th.- oi-4:m . • \ • - ! es all
jm r-1 'llnrl *.! t! •• * ^ ' ’ '!Vr ‘‘-<
c-rpt c halt: t • 1 ’ It ha - chai se
RadicBiackout
In California
L-> Am m!< . M ich 1 ! (AIM A
57-M ! i I M ;' M I'.ili.'1 bliirknut 111 li'l
southern fountm - u m>
lilted nt 7 .i m . ( 1<> i in. KWT * 1 •
d:.v. oil* t' »• 1 >IM 'h nt* re* ! ■
mend duelined any o c ■ • 11 • *
It wa o first
.im'“ 1 he i'!ii!• v m i•:
w,. bluen' M out and
gun ■ I’iivd M-r ;i i. If* • m !■<••• ",.r y
125 ut vvhul Secret
>aid was a flight ol inn ■> *• •.■ imo
fial airplimf*.
NewDrartRule
Effects Only
A Few Men
Daily Dispatch Biirrau.
In (lie Sir Walter Hotel.
15 v |?OI5 THOMPSON
Raleigh. March 11.—Mary men
with depend', n!.-'., who thoaght tlic
j army'- recently announced ruling
| would m kc it possible lor them 10
i serve the it country .otd support their
lamilies at Ilf >n ne t :n . are due
for a di-app intment.
The am o ineen ent
foe; ti it tiie wu> 1• i : wen opened
fot rt gistrat ts chiss ed a :: A*
men deter ed iioca iso ot dependent
—to seek a comnii-'ion. If they were
successful, fit y wo 1 1 m ike enough
to send moiiev liome II rat. they
would lie sent horif titer -el\e
AI1 this is time, hut the wily one
who can take dvantag of it are
those who can arrauge he1 tile sup
! port of their families for nine in ir.ths
while they are in training. During
j iti o period, their income will be
i (Continued on Page Three)
Nazis tall
Hitler keporie I to
j i a v;' Demanded 1,
d00,0i>0 Troops from
ISaly, I,k:G0,0d0 from
iiunga r y , 100,000
irein Slovakia.
ills i I\ •so‘ i,it,'fl !*rc-s
Ai!i.!l’ 11'tl‘T was r» }>.• rl<m 1
todu.x I • liuV” calls i upon Italy.
Hunjrary ai:.l Smvnkbi for
f)i:O..POO i iv 11 i ro; a is 1 < » 1 r»1 slm•
the In■ r:il(;<■'I ivizi spriny oiTn:
six e ard fill I he yap 1 ft b\
nil”,; months of slaiiyhu v in tii ■
war wk is Russia.
Adviei reeehiny London said
Hitler. dcspcratel,'. in■■■diny mar
s' 1 i ft -Ire- • I hr liazi losses
in dead, wrinuled and nimsiny,
has demanded 1.000.00(1 troops
fi'i ii: Itaiy. 1 .-Vio.ooo from 1 Lun
■ ai-\ ami loo.OOO from Slov
tik ia.
Soviet authorities declared on
] .•!;» i-avy l that German> had
l,)st (i,000,000 nu n on the Russian
front.
With pre-spring thaws alreadv
melting snow on the long battle
line. dispatches indicated that
the Russians were smashing
with ever-increasing fury to de
moralize the Germans and keep
them reeling backwards instead
of organizing a spring counter
drive.
A I; 11< ' ;
Red lies- were striking in mass
attack; mi tlv iithc. a (Ukraine)
front and holding the initially on
the M. iI'.v nd I .en in.gr.id fronts.
S . ' disi o rep '"'i 1 the
;i... i.uko h ,:i sect ir. where trap
,| . . 1 the Gi ri ... Ifiti
V ... Iv . St i ted at tUi.OOO
111 die: - ore .cp rted ••.iffering from
A I led ivmy bulm'in a! - ■ ;m
p11;jn,-ed the rapt n'e of three villages
on the eeiiti'al I I'oiit. wiiere naz;
jjai-ri ms t Rzhey were deserll>ed as
virtually surrounded.
Sales Tax
Data Studied
Washington. M.uvi 11 (AIM
Til! H i."e .'. |\ . anil
.... .... j., " ,• lc., t f-T.ltOll,
mill 000 .. 1 called m
jv, :. a i \ oil i ■ i d. tod:.. I n- all avail
bl“ sl;itisl !»•.> n:i tht s;dos tax.
g . ■ ■ : i •: ale
i, v ped . be d••.»-v\-■ inamnnp
; /. . A m nbers took
rxcept ■" ■ Si‘crctary Ahir
gentkall's P’ ■ ■r -n which calls t -
... S7.P] (VB',*'.0d0 .*: iefly throng
,.p •.jndi- i Inal iiu. ta\e- and
-1 le\ les. and from new
eye so taxes.
AT.irgentha : i 1 manv Tn .<
j officials have • xpre-sed the; - ip
i po ;t! >n to If ta'*. la
j ; *11nnCi r>tbo;■ ‘bin1' that it would
I be ’ inerjiiitable and nit lat a»na! y.
Test Blackout
Here March 26
Raleigh. March II — i\V -_A
list blackout lor the Henderson
district, comprised of A sure.
Granville and part ot Uarrcn
counties, has been sri tor the
night of Thursday March -hi.
AV. F. Nufer, assistant -late di
rector of eir ilian defense in
charge of air raid protection,
announced today.
Mayor Honrv T I’ \cll --aid here
that prepai a:am- arc being made tin
carrying oat tin- w-t blackout au
! thorized for the night <•’ March 211
D tailed plan; f< the blackout are
! expected to bt mil' red imiTied
[ iateh
American Airmen See Action in Austral'a
Tl • , (• P- Phtmephola
, " | T'h<,,° of u- s- 'l,nnt’n in Australia is one of tJ,c first t > come out of ; ■ • For ■■
onIVr;.f'Tn “'^hown leaving a giant Flying Fortress at an Australian airfield after a a
' ihui rut,lvd Ijul 'nippy ami smiling all, r having met the enemy uni huvia J
and are ready to meet him a^aiix. *
President Vargas Is
sues Decree of War
Powers; Shipping to
U. S, Halted.
Rio dr Janerio. M .-.rrh 1! —
i AP —Vi esident V . a . . sued
a decree today / l ing hiir.N li
l It € authority to da late a sUc
of war or a -date of emergency
throughout im* countiy in ns
of foreign menace, imair.rr.c •
internal disturbance, or exi ten r
of a plan ot ionspn aw.
*'»• Dipt!' >»*.SV fin • * ■ .
pedoing of tin* fourth s»r»vili . «
dtin off J!i" I nil a1 S'.atrs n;n:
in three weeks, the decree* clear
ed thr way for impi ivoier nf ot
ox's '' hjf'w and -ei/.ure of a\i>
property.
Orchis for sc./ure of axis
property were expert-el within
IS hours.
Rio eh* Janeiro. March 11.—
( A P i ---'l in* gova i■•ament shipping
line. I.Ioyel Rrazilciro. » rd today
that the gn\crnireiil had ordered
t!ie vi:spers:on of all sailings to
the 1 nited St a??d '>r re. dl
to Rio de Janeiro of a’i V a.di
h» “ v’ i-w . u , n {0i,: i)o
I nited States.
Ti <• «•". • d i! •: > *.. r I
) the I’nit
i\vnit . 11 eli■ ■
The c l: , ! • '■ • 111 1
•rrrlP - 5
el b\
•ou.-t ..1 tin- lh; :■ .i S: •
Japs Control
Great Delta
Manilain.i ;\| ,1 -h 1 1 , ,\Pi '1 no
■ ithdn. "••! mMi n,-h it non., fn.i •
lie -..i.'l • f p.. mi tr i> If 11 li i
,Ju|Hint ■ mi todnv : : ■ t
' (HI ir i If" M.’ '. r A ni.f mui - fit unci
Xtf lid ill U ■ (i ll"'
Mnrtali.ill t‘. i’!i ll i\ hi i’n ngal.
It" put-, i; n . ud i>a ~fin.
now all opi-n ‘ tin Jap. :le-e n.i .
Hid It 'll I -.1 like' ' t> lit J ip 'll
itfxl fa iuhl 1 -f -..re fifil
again-t tin ...i i - "I \m' ai>. if-,
to the Iiontif ot Pen.ua 1 pro. n.-r
India.
Japanese ■ ■ . Im - as ea. !\ ■
.lant.ii'v 1:,;"'I the inawadii,.
delta in war. i ''moments ■up
1,he.- fin ., ;. .. "Ui and tht i’.ur
ma r< >ari lo t . a a
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROTIN V
Mild, somewhat higher tem
peratures extreme west portion
tonight, possible light rain in
mountains and north central
portion
Siimson
In Panama
Balboa, Cana! Zone, March i!.
\'i >—See*, i \ of War Stim
MMi was here today on a per
il 1 inspection of this vit I
■ •• • ahead} .t trouble spot, on
•is tir-.t trip cals id • the Cnilcd
’■‘luir - s:i ci* the war began.
M.imon who arrived b\ plane
> esp-rd;!> with a nroteetivc es
;i ’ ei Iv. /Inc pursuit craft, was
I ohr\, ii to l e cnneri ned pri
me; ,|\ ihout buttressing th
t ail.il's (I‘ P iis; s.
Methodist
Women Meet
i Ml • t . ?. .! '
\V. ( . C. iiactw m , . . •
n •!!. •> :<! >• n.nnliiT iii’i p a w . re
a'.ard-iI Mi ( aiv. .c:. . d Mi.
Repoi l*
hinkineis
Kimvc’. : IYo 1! ’. ’;i i»i i ici -1
i :d cla n: it*d t. • % i. • v that 12M..YPU a a a
: ii a nig .had I ■ h -1111k by hull ;i
nes fi e east c tst ot tin
Crated States
: • turped >oats have
a < and the Briti- !i ia\ e
definitely YM -i\ M the unriersi\.s
ci.pt in the Med dri < anean m the
'a--1 IP.ur weeks, the high command
also said.
Two torpedo beats shared in the
Iftlost \ id**ni s, r.ieh, dr-a ■ \ mg ,i
submarine "at ditP nt pla < 1
1 on diffi 1 a it da\ t r a .am • i eevi
\n Italian coi > rning t
Libya was attacked n> nuped"-ca'
is . g planes but ieaiheu - Ur.-tma
tion u da" ..ged the higi •»» " m 1
i said
tres i den t Rep o rts
On Lease-Lend Aid
Offensives Against
Axis Nations Will
Take ‘Entire Strength
That W e Possess,’
President Roosevelt
Tells Congress.
U .mhington. .March 11.—
- President ihn.'C\' li informed
i i iU‘ •* ev s today in a message
analyzing the first year’s opera -
o n ol ihe lend' -It ase program
th »- l ot t‘« i. \ r-s tile 1 nited
• i mcl \'v ili drive in
to tlu heart of the axis" would
t ; "0 «• emit '• strength that
we possess."
“The v. at i n 11’\ i•./• won by om
up'.ti ’• d in a et: *
1 :■ 11. m-f. l ' : • : :i M ,rt. r(jUjp .
h! e i * ia • >*jivratit-t s
- ■«.':* or Use
Frei
I do.: • : to W 'lid d i. »W .t
lo lali '.to the hands -a die Ger
! man>."
T1 e Frent batth
: ; tt erelv”
tht July. 194<>. buttle ■ ! t Mam. tm
said.
Temporary repairs enabled her t*>
be t. .m , < ; i ed . *« tour .n. In* added,
ft t “;t i> ir t likely that she will be
, ready for aruon lot a good many
Japanese invasion Fleet, Massed
Off New Guinea• Heavily Attacked;
Seven Jap Ships Wrecked Or Sunk
Jap Armada
raws ear
" € oast
Australian Dianes
Continuous kv A11 a c k
r-nemy Si. ,»r i\loviag
Toward Tc;t AMoresby
to Open Baltic For
Australia.
I C' < \'.v« ia(c cl j■ ic-.-.
A Ul 111 .III. ' III M l .- til -i,
' Iho.sii ,p .japuiu so
warsln; - ,ur.i tiaitned !i
have .'iini; or daniared at least
>i w !.. ii :.M,:; uaa: report
toward ., ' \ -1.;;.,,.1 uiupiip;;
oi l' base - in Now Guinea.
it seeua d clear that tilt; butt!.
- - . ■ . proacht - ' ■ .\ . tn_
"• i amh.e ;:i i all i'ui'i \.
1 Irit i,. - j .it from (_'a
: m rra said ■! upar- . im a.sio.u
li-'U.s Wei- lap. ado,: HHwilla
d iwal’d 1'oid lUoresny. on Lhe
soulh coast o! New Guinea, duo
land.
- ■ !sf aliao plain - a cia .- aid
to Ih1 continuous!;* at lacking
l hr enemy .ship.'.
A bulletin from Atis
tralian air lorcc headquarters
saiii waves of Xustralian bonib
ers inflicted havoc on the Japan
ese sea-borne tones, attacking
a i ruist i . selling two ships alire.
leaving another “large ship
burning, and scoring several di
nt i hits on a warsiiip.
Ollier wa re believed to have
in ’! • • *. apparent;} ua-ina. •. g
kiP' *. ., ■. ...! !ei 1 S ■ i .. e ,.nd
1. In tin d> ing battle of
Java, a Dona i dispatch said the
Dutch commander had ordered
all \ethei lands troops on the is
land to !a\ d«*\\n their arms.
a ed 93,000 t ,ri J.u Hi
ied the Indie
Mi
i: > •
. . V S -.)
Tokv o Reports Cruiser
Marblehead Sent to
B ottem i n i n d i a n
Ocean.
! , , . 1 (' 1 l 1 , | '' * ( ‘ t ' I : . { ' .; 1 | V J l | ; I 1
!!'. ’ 'It' i tut: ■ ! ' ■>'t .!! i' i -1 1 . \ i ■ I < i . ii
hill I - • i I lie i : l. Uii Sdiitos v,TUI>C*.’
Marble lu*;u
The sinking --lid to 1". ve oc
\ .ne destroyer, the an
w meemoui added. - 'g .. Dutch
no 1 ci'iH a nelween Ball and Java
• 11 Mari’!. 9
i'll Man-1’ 7 t m,M. a Japane-e
1 naval unit .-hi ileii Ch■ .i■ n- island,
17 ]1: -li 1 i — .i; n the Indian
inr. u -until ni ,Ja\ a, causing heavy
damage to military installations.”
The 7.050-tnn Marblehead was tin
t ,1 1 ted Slates cruiser claimed
’ey the .h.panese a- sunk during the
battle "i .la, a w ithout any eorrobor
at'o’l in n nthei source.-.
The others were the Augusta u>
Hoiisteti both ‘ 9 050 lolls