**• Lr^LlL. pEr.fiy MEMORKL Hettitersort Hath} Btspafrit ___ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 1TLLIS1IED IN' THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-NINTH YEAR l'mKlAs^'m4i'im^uy HENDERSON, N. C., SAT CRD AY AFTERNOON, MARCH II, l‘M2 I'uliL,slKx;'m^:,^':,1Nl")N FIVE CENTS COPY 12 United Nations Ships Lost U. S. Loses Cruiser And Destroyer Joint British Admirai ty-U. S. Navy Depart ment Communique Re' veals Sinkings in Bat tle of Java on Febru ary 27. Washington, d; II.— ( A 11) — I i i i • . i a': i i ■ r Houston. '1 trov er Pope and : i: .a r \\ar.-Jnps of tile Unit id A at. .n- were lo-t in the hat 1 a oj .Ja\a, the Navy discio-i 11 t.. adding that a loth allied ; i \\a~ reported beached and j - unn d lost. In the great batth in which they went d",vn—ifrin-li. Aas tl'aiian and Dutch along wit a the i nited Mates vessels—tiie United Nat I i- a;-counted ior eight Japanese warsiiios. tween Dawaan island and Sncuabaja and bmkc in it.- d*-. . - tiding Jury i!.. ci I >:•: «-i 11a L'mtcd Na t :nn- lurccs to block the landing nl The allied losses urn made public in a .joint British ad miralty and 1 S. Navy depart ment conimuniitue winch listed the allied losses as: ( misers—the Houston. I nited Stall's: the J.xeter. British: Berth. Xustrulian. .lava. Dutch: D< ruy ter, Dutch: Destroyers — Pope t nited Stales: Kuitcnacr. Dutch: l.lec tra. Briiisn: Jupiter British: Bn counter. British: Stronghold. British: Others were the Varda. Aus tralian sloop: and the l.vertsen. British destroyer. which was listed as beached and presumed lost. Tlie Japanese losses, according In the early report untamed by the Xa > . . ■ mm* ei’Uisei hi: and bu Mi ami po s.bly - .nk:ng and three de Mnukt put \ •" ‘ ‘. Japane e and a 1 lied \var- . p -. The Japanese loree consisted of at least nine cruisers, the \avy said, ot which two were 10.000-ton ships armed with eight-inch guns 1 lie Jap.tnc-t i misers w ere accompanied hy two llotillas ot destroy ers. • . • . . : . . • , : a : * i ;111,1 • ■ i \ a ta a ll t,, . >i(i lir i tiu 1.a. 'll *S1U w,i •nan .peed i i * SI e FRED l . " i.i.aF V. SR. DIES IN ASHVILLE ; (aim l-i vd i • illc |»J ilan Graves Dies Unexpectedly Al. ! 14- ■ ax AL.. AT arch 1 h— I < AP) Da\ id P»a • G. m * - lik, twi ■ ; o,t ]-ji., ,| \ 1,ii»,i i: a aiul a candi date I'm- a third tvrm, dic'd unex pectedly 11 Sai . "la, I* la., early ta tiay. All - Gimc- v. a . al-ancd by die 1 iii 'j11\ r ■ a h a\ \ brcalhii-4 and sum: «*ncd a doctor about it a. m The physician ad Graves died shortly alter. ( • eeentl> nd ent >era liui.a a: Halt more and warn convalc — cm 4at Sarasto before opening ha canipa mi for the Democratic ,4 a o ci n it •. a aai n< mi nation m the Ma\ t primar •• Red Drive Narrows iEscape Corridor9 On Moscow Front; Dutch Continue Java Fight Dutch Troops Authori tatively Reported Con tinuing Resistance on Java, Celebes and Sumatra; Aid for Aus tralia Urged. (By The Associated I’ress) Dutch troops won* authorita tively declared today to be fiyht iny no ayainst the Japanese in Java, battle-scarred heart of the Netherlands Hast Indies which Tokyo claimed last week-end. as well as nn the islands of (T'lebes and Sumatra. Lieutenant Governor va n Mook of I he NLI announced the continued resistance at .Mel bourne. sayiny refuyee officers were still in radio cmitact with Sumatra and "hope to establish additional communication with Java. Closest cooperation between Australia and the Cnitcd States in the I'aeifie was urged by 1’rilile Minister John Curtin in a broadcast with a declaration that if the invasion-menaced com monwealth falls to the Japanese "the Americas are wide open." Reports from th far Hung ■- mu - !m! /oin- were diverse. Two Australian ship.-- were repell ed missing and presumed lust on n \ - vase from the Java sea battle area. These wit the li,980-ton cruiser Perth, a veteran of Mediterranean -- arlaie. and the l.OBO-ton sloop Yarra. Their crews totaled 833 awn. Allied bombei’s destroyed or dam aged 13 Japanese aireralt aground Thursday at the oft-raided port of Rabnul. New Britain, and airdrome runways were pitted :n an attiiek upon Gasmata. another city of the island which may become an inva sion springboard, the air ministry fc* t i I '• l. Clnser In Australia. .Japanese light ers attacked Port Moresby. New Quinta, with machine gun and can nun fire. 'Pile air ministry dismissed tins with the nb.-ervat; n that "nne member of the RAF was wounded m the leg." On tin- Burma frnnt, British head quarter.- indicated tliat Japanese in vasion iurces vver. attempting In out flank British troops holding the Ran goon-Mandalay road nuidh ul Pegn. Japanese patrols were reported thrusting into the Taikkvi region, fit miles northwest of Rangoon, on a wide sweep to -die west oj the main British fore s drawn up on the road to Mandalay -nine 80 miles north of the enemy occupied capital of Burma. Eight German Planes Downed London, March 14. — (API— Bnt i li lighter planes shot down eight German Me-serschmitts in repeated dogfights over the Knglish channel today m a mid-morning followup of overnight raids in which tile Rhine land industrial city of Cologne was hit hard by British bombers, an ullicial announcement said. The statement declared that not a singl British plane was lot in the channel battle. (The German high command said earlier that eight British planes had been downed by German lighters over the channel.) FDR Urges Slower Speed Washington, March 14.—(AP) — President Roosevelt ha.-, written stale governors asking their cooperation fo conserve rubber by limiting the in iximuni speed ol’ all motor vehicle to iM miles an hour and requiring Jrequ nt checking of tin. tor pos sible icjtair or retreading. The Whi'p House announced oday that identic. 1 letters had beei ent to the governo. of all 48 states. “Reduction oi meed limits and regular inspection »f tires." no President said. “cons, tide another important means of feciti al-stote (o up.: i\;1 !• >ii in die v' ai tU'urt Soviet Counter Of fensive Rolls On To ward Smolensk, Steadily Closing Trap About Germans in Rzbev - Vyazma Re gion. IT?' Thr Associat'd I’rpss) Mu- sian t roi.ps w-■■ ■ veporli d I" lmv< miiT.iw.’-'l !hi- ‘'(‘scip'.' nin'idur" of Adolf Hitler's ;ii,mii‘. on | ho .Moscow front fu 2H mih's today as the Soviet counter offeiislvi' relied oil is> wai'd snioieiisk and crushed de-1icra;e (lei'U'iau attempts to SLI'iKe IjaCK. .'in".' ush, J.i'.j mills west of Alo.-cu'.' . is till- ui i lia/i Ua.-e on 111 v_‘ oil l i I V t.' J1 L l iti i J > ■ 11 ,. . .MiuiS i . ui »•»-.« Ml til L.t1 •..lA-ddi.r' Welc Ahi uu>i,V l lo.i mg i..c jaws ui a urtji uhhuhI tin mail loins now \>.diaio bo. lieu ii |> m UK* K/.iUN - V .»a/.ill a region. 4 til* lone channel ol retreat was cut to a witiui ol :c\) miles presumably ncai Ourovo, on liit* \ yazma - Smolensk nignway about iia miles west of \ yazma. Russian troops had last been re ported 20 miles apart in that area. mil H at :• >n w h> lacking on the it inn r < I U i .can tmi1 i les south ol Ivaiing! att. w 'a :«• the n zi Kith army had her L. ;>p d h>r a month. In aerial warfare. British RAF bombers struck overnight at the Khineland industrial city of Cologne. dropping a “great weight" of high explosives and setting huge fires, the lamdon air ministry reported. 1 ’.irl in ;i m. i mw1- dged that a r: ; > \ve» tern (1 ermany >1 d i ■ re ident aaI district', in ('ologni■" ei e i" imbed a - KA K l ii- i pro ed their new , 1 ■ - ju iig of fen \ e ' . blast Him mmy's war f'"in dries. Scorched Earth Policy Leaves Indies Shambles Dutch Authority in London Says Rich Oii Fields of Dutch East Indies Valueless to Japanese for Some Time. * 1 1mdi m. M ■ 1 !. — (.\ 1 ’) 'riie linprecendentcd tie iroiinlnv ■ .1 H e SCI I|-c -| | e:e e ; I t! Me- ') ‘ e, , rh oil fields 111' the Nethei l;m i K st Indies turned them m!" hm bio ;illd made it extis m"lv unlikely that they would be of any \,alu. to the .Japanese for ■ • ■ oe time, u Dutch ■ lilt’ll city declm-ed today. ■T. II. A'io Kessler. nniiaaiir; di rector of 1 he Hov I Dot eh Petroleum Company. whwh own- th creator part of the oil well - n the 1) itch v t Indie-. t .hi -< the eo'ent of I the de-tr’ irtain i ■ n into:' ii v. a> •!! to the Netherlands Indies ne.ys \nei Kessler • Ho that v. -ettle meets were destroyed. that Dutch i families ir-*t! their homes and' .ill t hr V had 11 : 1 1 t* • - ■ ' •' : - ! * i ■ t 'ha”'' iti ‘he effort P !-c f .1 onn. ! “F eh area v. t id ini-. a’i ocean of flame whir1 madually j changed into a di-mal dr-ort of ; ruin;’ the oil . f! ic:al mid. t. Mm". | how \] tanks. tT'wer plant.-. pim-l-nrs. hmv h i a* d the com* nienrr-- of swimminy pools, canteeiis. plavim; fields and i theatres were destroyed. SENATORS SHARPEN KNIVES AWAITING FARM BILL DEBATE Washington. March 14 -(AP. Fneouran* d hy irrr.-s t a tin* I i. m m uiomy Mine in la him; ^dfi.a' i L". IT'>m tile I'ai'ii !1 *ly oill, S nat advocates of eon ny n ■ 11-< 1 • • 11• m «• ex - penditun rayD l t 'day *h chance at Ha h77 1 .a 77.! 77 imm “ITs mad a yon,*; Part." (■>•- . merited Sevat* ■ !’»y d. I) ■ r.*at | Virginia. after He II m e di■ u »"1 I of the a^ni'iillurp 1*11 1 He vi terd-*v Up : debat( TWELVE SHIPS SUNK IN CARIBBEAN AREA Berlin ( Fro, . (4. so m Broadr . .t . March It. (AP) A .-o- ea.l ieillo I n ol I he Gem i.m h iyh roe n i ml claimed tonight tin- - ink ny of twel.r merchant ve-sd- t -taiim* Tn.OOO ton and me!udiny Phre*■ 1 a11kn . in (' n ih h an 17-hi»at «-perat inn ( Th( ! irst hri mdra.-t o' the Gci - man announcement d d not stak* the period covered hy Pm* r!a in.) Hero and His Girl Hero of Pearl Harbor, Sergrt. Joe Lockard looks happy as he attends a banquet with his sweetheart, Pauline Seidel, in Williamsport, Pa., his home town. The couple would neither deny nor confirm report they had already el-oped to Maryland. (Central Feras) Government Takes Foil Attitude of Public on War Program Sought in Backyard Check of Sentiment. Washing: u. March 1 1. —(Ah - The government i. making a back yaid cliLa .. ••! the public’.-. ideas o;i tl'i war |in •;;; am. Res pi mi : >U author it ics di -eh . id tli.it tin opiii »n ul all octions <>l i‘> • nation would be ampl d informally The poll ito get the people'.-- view 'll' such controversial issues strike-, wage control, price I: *. ng. lunger hour in par plant- and • . m on the conduct of the milit.uv cam 1 )ii i gi l. Result: of the siir\ • v may lie u.-eci a- a basi • Sm* new law and i xecu - t:\'' order- to change mmi e , -Pee of the war program. While the sur\ i \ w a- .nd ’ > 1 '■ far from complele. an influential niemln r of Congi es a a! there w a no doubt that exten .. <■ di «t i tac tion had been expre-sed with the progress of the military production program. This was aid : > center on strikes and lack of material.'- • lac lop.- contributing to the low ng ■»: the program. Mi'inln rs of congress al.- < haw.1 been receiving an increasingly hug number o! complaints. Senator Thou as. Democrat, Oklahoma, d - elated yesterday in letters he id dre -ed to Donald !\I. N- Ison, cah. net men mm m' and other officials. AMERICAN TROOPS PARADE IN LONDON London, Man'll II.— (.AIM— I nited Stales troops went on parade lliis moniinir in London for the first time since the start of the war. \ small eonliiiKOUt marehed into a park for inspec tion In an .American colonel. Traffic on one ol London's busiest llioroufihlares paused briefly while the troops passed. WEATHER FOR NORTH C AROLIN A. ( ontinued mild, temperatures I slights lowei east portion to night Speed, Not Price, Sought In Placing War Contracts llx ( HARM S IV STI U ART Central Press Columnist Wash ingti n, March 14. -PVndurei nt stul'l for the gt n eminent e. , p- l, with each other a- stvemiou- > ever they did. it's a ilew k ini - - eonipetitii m. a all sort- w .-. , supplies. U Uncle Sai 11 a I ally is Imi Mg ii" . at about time- the anything el o In in til 1 mai i.el I 1 to 1111 e tie- \\ ' 'l ilt eon 11 iet - i a rteii Donald Nelson ■!.,-n -.o ia need od goods of some sort ill- called price from all available sources and the lowest bidder got the contract, pro.j vided he gave satisfactory assui ance that his merrliandi e would j come up to speed n ations. today I price isn't the main ooii-ineration ill connection with an order the gov ernment is in a narUme hurry to I have filled in lie time l'ln p. •. ,-ul ! question u • V. In- ii makt till q i .> - ’ j..h of it'.'” I’’ .duet ion Manager Donald .M Nelson changed the rule, on the rea '"*:ai ie ground that -peed’s the main ih in an emci geney like the e.xist a :g one. e a'li if it < - I - a little m< >re. The new yslei works out. too lathei unexpectedly. to the advan ‘aue oi mail induMries, concerning •' 1 fate there's been so much wen i ving. i . tee compelil am had the merit, m tin4 pre-war era. of guarding iga ui -1 am l'a\ oi :: - w in t he iwai d ng • >f eiml 1 wts. A politieal pet oi' i line Wo !: uigt' 'll ol l anal or depar1 - •t-ni oi hurt m couldn't make juicy bargains in h:s or 'h particular in terest, because unpotted rivals omld underbid the law rite. and gei away with it. I’lciu.t of Orders. Now. though. , me not only art enough ordeis to go round, there’ a congestion of them That’s \vn\ speed m so essential in in matte, of getting them executed. But io« benefit of the Donald 1 Nelson ss sit- to small business Well a huge indu-trv Is apt to b; (r inti'.iiied on PjA Two) I Hitler Proposes Japan Join In Scheme Of World Conquest I. iul« 'ii, M.i, c!i It. (AIM A j * )x-h 'idle I' • :;n diploi al • ou rce said ),•■ had inl'orioa ti■ *ii that Aon llitlri- had pro posed a gi heme \, a hi concpic 1 ' Japan involv - mu a Japan *• attack on ilu — hi and a .mm (h rman-Japan c.-e campai , in Africa. I hi- so:a c > . ; i l he ! .ad “ab ; olute \ or. ! icat i' n" < 1 m * pi »rt l .1 i a 1 ; J a | n sion had b» on • * nt t* • Y ny g< >vern< African . i 1 o. ■ !, Ilitio p. ■ p ■ ,! l i Toby. th som c ■ . i .p;jl'cntly in\-oi\ - od l! . ■ o 1 J -! <; ."ild push "M ml" India 1 i i ■ a and. .»* * • - j same h. c. aMach south and ca-t Allien to fit ,. ' .','1 American sup; > . ml ll.i enpe. 2. .Japan v ■ u 'i " I is mi MatiehiP. i o i 1 ' ■ : ■ , i ripe" in an oil i : 11 ]rr tone the Soviet ! ■. •. separate peace i...v pi ibie 3. Hitler v ! ii "i r. Vichy to ’ ■ ■ : | Getter,il ih t t o/ [me, nut til Atri< French t ■. til 1 , - lm t a if! tn keep lint i h and I 'liked Stales naval lorre.- i»u y tn the Atlantit. | 4 Italy We id t,e reip11red In | use her itav \ ni a no -d: rent cd IViedt lei t alien. t o e,n,■ j >aa;;i !n tenrled tn hp-at. 'hi nti«lt n, the Indian oreoti P unite tl (apan. Y ugoslav Guerillas Increase Resistance Belgiatie Newspapers Report Surprise At tacks on Pro-Axis Gov ernment f orces, Raids on Villages and Other Disorders. Bern. Switzerland. March II. — i \P --Dcspit * recent official declarations Hint various part of axis-occupied Yugoslavia have b< < n ch ared of irregulars. Bel grade newspapers indicate in creased guerilla at ti\ ii> as spring a pproaches. Hardly a day pa s< - that the.-a ■ t y < urpiise attacks 'H pro-axis g ' a n i.ent 1<»; . raid- nil lingo. Sliipill ; 1 trains ai d nth; r di-order.-. (Gent d • ■ re • • l Gt m . !' 1. . • and th< a pnnsnred guveminent alike .sine*'* flit )sla\ \\as ided last Ai va.- rep"! ted February 9 to be re s' ating additional men 'or lii- guer 11;i ;i;':: iy ui 20,000.) The H igrade pre-- -aid 440 insur ant.- and T> policemen were killed n i recent seven day engagement . . the birth ii;,ce ..! the un iicces.-Till 1917 revolu n\n. G m an nev.s agency, rc M-.t'h muthe; im perl ant battle at \ tin S< i ,;iid a band e eli had iiiddcn ::i lb''* Hat L>d tii t '. n vcrpowi red p« - -et (G- .nth,ued • el Page Two) Italians Say Queen Mary Torpedoed ,,i- i l-’i nn I' : B, '■ .! i : I \ : ■ i < i ' - \ i • • ? * • m c- i*i*li ; ^ 1- ■ ; l’.nt.-h i i i .! ii..> - ■ i. M- Ha, Hr la,,, ' a -N ! til AmiT'a d llu- IJui-i g \ t pt to reach 1 Hand ( .\\, 1 ..it oi frupicntiv m am a Wheat Penalty Held invalid Day ion, Ohio. .March 11.— i a e reached three day .a '' - \. a'a a v. a a a in ■. al \ e. . ' I ! d u;1 liter 11vc* das < ■.saliiout fiio.fi "i \Sba ll may-lour i • . "! ■ ' “' 1 ’ it a Norwegiun lama l I a s- unc pc < 11 ; ' > ' ■ ‘ \.i, \ a 1 ter (50 flours in ;.<••!,. a * a ...... 1 with -am e: i ■ . 1 the I'd Inver than usual ! a,., , , i ; ht v ha\ e Ic.-s v ibher and had to p y move income tux -will ! essomhio in o .a gh !o, the annual coin entioii of in,, 'Tt.Ii f:i rol ;na Kducal: m As-oc "it n xt week, t’hey arc expected to do the e thing-: 1. Decide unol'tlc. illy '. hetlu'i to put on an all- mt ear i uign it : ne i passage of tin' eo; stu ; UTl 1 | I m nt to reorganize the St.U" Ho rd of Iiducal ion. or pas- a it'll >1 and let it go at that g. .u:.,, , their campaign 1" pe - sujde the next legislature to gi c them more mooes - -4 a’K lea e with 3. \d t tate-vvide, nine months -a!ai 4 term, vvmen auto mat i e 1! > 1 J teaeliei > i > «' en '. ■ ■ w■ their M i!• >l ; i- • ■' increased and wine >■ ! 1 *n mg N i t: C'aroli: - -nal standards. 4. — Klee! .1 4m 1. -ekh; it 4 t’h e lotto president and to select as their \ iee president eitliei S C -mi-, principal ol the Samper School in ft :illord county, .loi'.n A. II 'line-. F.dento", c:'y superintendent. or Hoi at • Sisk. Favettev ille city super mtt ■ dent. (It is the custom of the association each year to elevate the (Continued on Pace Two)