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TWENT\-NINTH YEAR p'Aes3of HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH IS, 1942 pu“U!,HExcBwl'3iJNi!'*v KKN"' N FIVE CENTS COPY
23 Jap Ships Sunk Or Damaged
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/?ea Forces Reported Storming Kharkov Suburbs
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Great Battle
Now Raging
For City
On Central Front,
Stockholm Advices
Declare 200,000 Ger
mans Surrounded in
Great Pocket West of
Moscow.
(By I hr Associated Press)
-Marshall S e m eo 11 Timo
shenkos i kraine armies were
reported storming today into
the suburbs ol Kharkov, the
S o v i e t "Pittsburgh, and
Stockholm advices declared that
Russian troops on the central
front had surrounded 200,000
Germans m a great pocket west
ol -Moscow.
A Reuters (British news
agency) dispatch from Stock
holm quoted Moscow reports
that Soviet parachute troops
had been dropped in the Smol
ensk area, 2M0 miles west of
-Moscow, and destroyed na,:i
fortifications during a snow
storm.
Front line dispatches said
the Russians had captured
five more communities in a
gigantic encirclement move
ment to cut off the “escape
corridor" of Gorman garri
sons at Rzhov and Vyazma.
Latest reports said the gap
had been narrowed to a bare
2<) miles.
Tass, the Soviet news
agency,.se.id the Germans Tied
alter a vain counter attack in
that sector, leaving 1,200 kill
ed and wounded on the bat
. i.. r;.. l. i
Moil' than ■1.7;Vi nazi were de
cl ired to ii,i\ c been ■ lam in the last
low d.i\ ;.s til" tin sum counter in
tensive - urged forward along the en
tile front.
A Morocco radio broadcast quot
ing Mo row uports said heavy light
ing i aged m tiic suburbs of Khar
kov. one ol the key bases in Adolf
Hitler' winter defense line.
Othei Soviet gam '..ere reported
in the i >i el-Kur k area, midw .-.V
between Mo row and Kharkov, with
the Ru wans recapturing eight more
11immumtic ..
Liuehaiesl dispatehe aid the Ru -
si.m.. were making a upreme effort
to crack the Gcrman-Rumanian Inn
across the neck ol the Kerch isthmu
of the Crimea, striking incessonti}
with hull;, and artillery along a 20
mile Iron I.
Three Subs
Sink Ship
In Atlantic
Norlolk, March 1». -(M‘) Vnn'<'
enemy ubmarmes, mu.* large and
[\\'ij small pocki tccl a m*. dium
iizc American merchant ship oil the
Atlantic coast early Sunday and .ent
her to the* bottom with two torpe
does placed accurately in the engine
room.
Six members ol the crew lost thi
lives in the attack, the lifth navu:
district aid in announcing the sink
ing toefey. Thirty-three surv,ivors
landed at Morehead City, N C . after
being i drift on life rafts from three
to nine hours.
The loss ot lilc resulted from tin
second torpedo which struck just
below one of the lifeboats as it wa
lowered into the eater
The submarine that fired the sec
ond torpedo was abmit 200 yards
(Continued on Pa?e Two)
Japanese
Would Face
Hard Fight
Odds Still Heavily in
Favor of Jap Invaders,
Allied Experts Say;
Brett Commands Al
lied Air Forces in
Area.
(By The Associatetl Press)
Willi General Douglas Mae
Arthur in supreme command,
the developing battle of Aus
tralia presented a grimmer as
pect for Japan’s invasion
armies today as "most substan
tial" American force- were of
ficially reported helping o> man
the vast commonwealth de
fenses.
Allied military experts cau
tioned against too great op
timism. pointing out that the
odds still were heavily in favor
of the enemy, hut they declared
that the Japanese would be in
for the fiercest campaign oi llit*
war if they attempted u> storm
Australia an they did Singapore
and the Dutch East Indies.
"The arrival of General Mae
Arthur in Australia is the
healthiest and most wel-nme
sign we have had." said .Major
General Henry Gordon lienm it.
Australian commander in the
.Malay an jungle campaign.
"MacArthur’s stand in the
Philippines stamped him as a
man with the lighting spirit
which will soon he needed.
Coinciding with General Mac.\.
thin's dramatic shift from the fox
hole o! tiny Hainan peninsula t
Australia, Prime Minister John v t
(Continued on Page Two)
r KLbluLIN 1
NAVY MGis^ir LULL
Washington, March 18.—(Al‘)
—A hill approprialing MPa,'i»II.
IKM lor the Vi\>, ni w tiis li 811)0.
000,000 would he for additional
in dnance nianiilacin. .n ; ia.01
ilies. was signed today hy u ■
no in Itoosevell.
SURVIVORS RLAUi
PORI AI ILK aiA/LliNvi
Chiirle -Inn, S (A. Man'll M
(A I11 Tl a ,-i \ th na‘ ;■ I (I i I ’ c I i1 1 ■
I ic l'chit ions oil icc said l"d y ■ . 1
chant hip was turpi (!"■ <i hy .
i m;ii me oi i i he At Ian I ie c- a a at 1 M -
a ni. KWT iast Sunday -.it*- being
lighted up by red and gi eu
11. in the sub.
Thirty-, in crewmen, inch'd, y lh
niasleiy were brougnl here lur ■
.■unking.
Tlio hip can m ' 1 a erew ol ii*i
including the n astei .
Four Army
Planes Crash
I,;nia, Ohio. Man'll 18.— tAI*)
—l our Army planes erashed in
Haul's sis miles cast of lama
shortly before noon today. There
apparently were no survivors.
Its roll Heffner, farmer, said lie
saw one plane tall oil his iarin
and Inn 'I into flames.
Two oilier planes fell ahnul
100 yards apart a half-mile east
of the 11 Tfnci arm.
The tourtli plan, landed in a
woods a mile south ui the Hefl
ner farm and also burst into
flames.
MY4THIR
FOK NORTH CAROLINA.
, :<Iu« h < »ol<*r U>mghl
United States and
Australian Air Force
Credited With Smash
ing of Invasion Force
Off New Guinea; Only
One Plane Lost.
A\ a.-lii:ijj'1 ■ i! .Aiareo IS. —
(AIM- 1 In ,\a\ > ami'ainci'd
today that a Japanese invasion
force concentrated mar Saiu
.liana and Lai-. Xi \v Luinea. had
been smashed ip Atm-rican and
Australian air : >rce- with the
sinking or (lamayin.e- ■!' 2 1 1 ni*
lliese VesSi-i.- im/ilidilU'- t Weivo
.varshijis.
"Tile ilea'. V i"-.-i - 1111 .Tied on
tile enemy b\ tile combined
American and Australian i'orci -
were accomplished with the loss
f but one plane." said Xavy
communique X• ■. b7.
porting "ii .utilities in other
areas, disclosed ttiat the Xnier
ican submarine shark has been
overdue in the western Pacific
for more than a month and
"must lie presumed to he lost."
! rthei '1 ■ i mn it q t disclos
L.'oi !'.,ui ;'eel dan aged at Cavite,
III t: .■ }*:. tip; no . a- t ■ necessitate
v r de a lit n r prevent he: use by
1 he en cry : . e' el" d on' a aid
• he r S. da <!!•••>« .' Slew,art. a 1.190
ton Worm \V . lypc s:i I . W! - de
molished a! the Dutch Indies bu-e ,,f
Soerab i.iti nt hi ng it
iht. hand- a! li.n n’lemy. Flv re were
no jicrsa: tii the cusi
• <| the Se.. 1 .."at tin St- a"
In the \meriean-AiHralian
raid mi tile tap forces at Vow
Guinea. the Na\> reported sliips
"sun" and "probable sunk."
were two liea\\ e. insers. one
light cruiser, tile transports or
ear:u ships on-, gunboat, one
({.a mtinued r Pa ge Two)
RUGSEVFI T ASKS
$17,579,511.253
APPROPRIATION
\X .ishiie. tin 1 IK - \ I’1
Id esid nl i.; •- '. I asked t on
.■ i ess tod ■ ■ Pin opidate ' i 7.
i i • tin the U ar
ih pa i t lie 'i ; , s,-, ,) ,.st,| •1
of the i it to tin \lin.v
air on p
-- —
P ropa gandists Pic
ture Mac Arthur’s
Move to Australia as
Flight from Bataan.
, I'd;', i , : e: Vn dent
. .ij (|
d try '■ capital
Conei a: Dolt-. ■- Mae Art h a'
translet to ,\ halm by pi
till ing it as ai and on n! ol tin'
Philippine.-. Following is the
1 i is t Japanese reaction to the
tran-fei to be broadcast.)
Toe l,o (F: o ; ,1. j >a :■ o It,' i cl -
east., March 111.- -iAP)—Domei
•iieni Mi ' i- dispatch today
"Ob-iTver- commenting ip.m
(G ne. ;d ' MaeArthur's abtindoning
hi- own forces and Feeing to Aus
tralia declared his flight is fatally
(Continued on Page Twnt
Floral Tribute to Mac Arthur
I mum?
V
Mrs. George C. Marshall, wife of (he Chief of Staff of the United
States Army, is shown with a •bouquet of ‘'Douglas MacArthur Sweet
peas” presented to her by David Burpee, who developed the new flower,
and named it to honor the hero of Bataan. Mrs. Mar.-I .11 came from i
i Virginia to receive the bouquet at the opening of the N at mnel Flower
Show in New York. (Cm h at l'nss)
Uruguayan Students
In Anti-Axis Riots
■
Crowds of Demonstra
tors Protest Sinking of
Steamer; Youths Also
Riot in Santiago,
Chile, Demanding
Break With Axis.
Montevideo, t rmriMv, M mb ■
IS.— (AP)— ( rvin# ‘d'ath to (lie
axis countries’’ and singing the i
I rugiiavun nation.tl anthem,
crowds cl students demonstrat
ed again this morning against the
sink'll# of the I rugiiavan steam
er Montevideo, torpedoed off the i
coast of Haiti
! ! i* i n i t >i ed ( |»- •! ice gi i - rd.- were
5 * 111 ■ • vvM .c mi 11id t ji (btiiian I' g.di' iii
j m| t j(v and 1 he hue ■ ■ <•! die (lenniin
I mini - ter today m lie wake of stu
I lent i ints la I night ' ver the sink -
I mg.
i Y< nt h > ai - * rioted in Sanliag >.
('ii i le. n pr- tr.d aga m-t the - ink i ng
j mi the ('h i !r ..ii : i1 i gl 11" r T >ltc i las!
!•'; iday outsid New York harbor. In
■ y ig raids they smashed window
mi simp- belonging to axis subjects
land m '-ported .-.ympathi/ers.
(The youth- called for an im
1 mediate diplomatic break with the
ax. Chile and Argentina are lie
i^only 1 *an-An •M ilan nations which
have nut b' •>!•' 'Mi oi l i !a 1 ion
t Fifteen of tie youths wa re acre, t
i ed m I mnt ui Ihe commc reial new -
paper FI Imp lrcial, at winch ! -lie
i were throw n.
Fxtia guard, were placed bei'u
tie Grrmiin eoii.-ulate and C- m.i
1 -tore.-.)
Si. mt* 200 y aUii- it lacked a fn
'.-imp here operated hv .i Spamaid al
legedly belonging to the pi n-:,isei-t
! falangi.-ts. Then th crowd swarm
led toward the offices ol th" n ition
| alist new- paper F! Debate, crying
i “to jail with Ilerrea.
They referred to the nationalist
| leader Luis Ilerrea. an np ur * ot
inter-American cooperation.
! ... -
BRIEF COMMENT.
Moncow. Ma.vh 18.— (.\I’> —
Moscow ncwspapV- devoted one
paragraph without comment to
day to the news of General
Douglas Mai Arthur's arrival in
Australia __ _
Beaverbrook
To America
London March IS. — ( \I*' —
Lord Beav* rbrook, former Brit
ish minister of war prochietion.
will go to the I nited Stalls, it
was announced oifici.dly tod.iy.
A spokesman, ilisp iling ie
cent doubts as to whether
Beaverbrook would continue in
work for the government since
his removal from the cabinet,
said the publisher would (any
on efforts in connection with the
pooling of I‘nited Nations ic
sources.
i Champion
Loses Appeal
To High Court
Raleigh, March lb. (Ai’> Tin
North. (An d a *a .-if, -i is <• c i> ' !lay
di.-mi srd the appeal "* t ’h u 1Ah.. .
who wa sent• net (i m (To . :Ac I
eolinty !a t September to death ! "
rape and fir t degree burglarly.
Unle< ( in; ernor Broughton inter
vene.-. Shav. w:il t o a -piiy iated a
Central prison Apr.I l>.
In a i'.i e lr»m ! 1 .i m* t c- inty . ?m
court hold that My rt |o N- i dan w a
correctly 1i n»d and c< n 'n Vd «»i
charges oi •. iolating tin - 1 ■ ’hunt
law. The woman' i "• < 1 'r i! ''
ed by olticei vh gained adi
sion throiigii a search w a. rant . w on
out by her husband.
The court reversed a decision
of tile Vance county superior
! court ordering the Vance coun
ty hoard of health to pay work
| man's compensation to Horace
| >1. C hampion.
The reversal. hu\vi \ '■ . may no
mean necessarily’ that tm- me .
i closed. The court ruled, merely, ina
the mandamus action brought u;
Champion failed to prove that then
wen funds .mailable to pay hi
i violin.
Bobs for Their Bucks
• • •■■■• • • .w
Twenty-one dollars a month turns
into something quite different when
payment is made in pounds, shil
lings, and pence as these American
soldiers in North Ireland find as
they change their dollars into Brit
ish money. The soldiers are Pvt.
Warren Slettemark, of Minneapo
lis; Sergt. John P. Coffee, of Du
buque, Iowa, and Pvt. Leo Parker,
of Dubuque.
(Central Press)
)
Juriiish Admiralty Is
sues Warning to Ship
ping in 160,000 Square
i'/lile Area.
; * 18 ( a P r h
1 hi.d id ' ■ I la v I’.i cay' oxn .
1 >r a d: r 1 • trip al -tu; tar Spam
! r. - d. . nd th" and. - d pnare m:h
nd “an ■ t . to
j I'd' : "
In del in i ii8 the
i r \I. *1 i a, the ha a <> 1. antic
\\<n!d d * - i "at it.- own i i ■; and
pi nl ’•
Si c;i a nolii c aii ily would mean
| that l lie del mod /.. n * • ai> i »e n miner!
I III .hat 1 ’» d ■ i p! »n: I'm t ' -a, I V
! Ill !.. ( ''
! Th » .. da ■
j I'oiiy,!, ly ] (»().()()() pi;.i n• mih s.
EIGHTEEN SURVIVORS
GF EEC. 9 SINKINGS
REACH FIJI ISLANDS
Su\a. Fiji Islands. March 18.—
(.A I’ i F. r.hteen . nf \ ivm > of twi
! .]• 1 m pc*iim'1 hy enemy sub
a:ai i: •• on Decern be; 9. two day
..Iter l!a i! tacked Pear
tia 1 ii c. i cached ah ly today will
harmwinn lale> "i how f>8 other
j were killed by .-hell: 11 e. expo-up
I and Man atnin.
Only seven person- • rhed lane
ol the crew and ot' th
Donee 1 I the other 3a ha\ nm per
is hen
There were only elev en survivui
~i the "4 aboard hi*- .ohm* ram.
FIRST WARTIME
DRAFTLOTTERY
IS COMPLETED
Little More Than 13
Hours Required for
Drawing; Two Num
bers Short; Misprint
Causes Changing of
6,258 O/der Numbers.
Washintgon. March IK.— \lh j
— lh<* nation's first (halt loiter>
of the war, a step toward classi
fication of about nine million
men for possible military serv
ice, ended at 7:10 a. in id\T
today, a little more than 13
hours after it started.
Only 6.998 number-, two lc.-- triar
was planned, were* drawn 1 v -.. the
list: rie draft goldfish bowl.
Selective service officials ini med
iately went into a conference m d -
term me whether additional *■;. i jm : !«*s
At uid be drawn in bring the mau
; ber up to 7.out).
Albert Carter, a sailor I'r-un Al
bany. On., plucked the last number
from the bowl during the reguku*
drawing. Secretary War Stim-on
drew tile first number. 3485. la-*
night.
The lottery was held to deter
mine the order in which quali
fied men will he called up for
examination leading to niilitar>
service. Those affected are be
tween 20 and 44 years of age and
who had not registered for the
1940 and 1941 selective service
drawings.
After government officials and
oMngre.'-nien drew the first numbers.
>t soldiers, ine
.officials and clerks worked through
the night geared to a rati of ujout
500 capsules an hour.
I’lugadier General Lewis 17 lhv
shey. director <<i select,vo mt\:ee.
announced that a ciieck had shown
that duo p a a isp-unt ther wer
two rud number 2885 drawn.
,-hould ha\*e loin 2385. he said. It j
j was decided that the proper • rd"i
number for -or al numb. r 2887 w a
number 1638 that
numbers drawn * ad r n an- j
bers after nui: • • 7 *2. u inch g
1h( i t 2885
by one order n i
This neoessitaP «t • oigm
, >rder ot tlie nuioi m u 6 2 »8 pi. c
U-Boats Sink
More Ships
ID in < Fi ( •■ii on la oadca 1 '
March 18. • A !' • T1; e German high
i -id .i.i i n d.i> i»ne A n ei a .a
pal m! beat had lurn -link and tba!
I ’-buai bad destroyed five nu a ■
• «■■ c:i ait \ c <1- totaling 4 1.000 P >•
■! I tii" .\ i; mean oui-t
1 n the Mediterranean, it v . :m -
i !• 'linn•(I. a German l • ..! t,,r. ■ (i
a Mmngly protected c- *r
1 ■ibruk and sank • i ,,u: ' ton Dm
ker.
British Force
Withdrawn
In Bruma
1
i -
I New I),'ll:,, Inu.... M. Ill'll 1.:.—
-' The Hi Hi ,’ leil \ 'HR n 15,.' m i
1 has di.AV;. I';,,,; .t 30 mi'"'. i‘.
', was di.'-, ' d :• .day in a eommuni
J quo which ami" .need lh.it "'"h
ward i.ps -1:1 in action ' ■ a
strong enemy force south ot Kan
, yitkwin."
Kanvutkwin is about 3d
I north ot Nvaunglebin. pre\-i msly an
, nouncod position ol the Br.tisn. ,md
about 40 miles south of Toungo".
Toungoo is about 220 miles so :tli •
I Continued on Page Two5