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Henltersott Bathj Utspafrit ___ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-NINTH YEAR as ";^j^Vy&UK HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 28, 1942 £-'N,v'K,tN'"*N FIVE Captains Courageous All Beside the First Captain’s Plaque at West Point stands the present First Captain, Cadet Car] C. Hinkle, of C.oodlettsvilie. Term., whose title stamps him the highest ranking cadet in the U. S. military acad emy. Among the First Captains listed are John J. Per.-hing, 1 dK5.fi, Douglas MacArlhur, l'JUJ-d, and Jonathan HI. Wainwrie lit. 11105-0. (Central Press) Nelson Declares Double Pay Rates Must Be Stopped War Production Di rector Tells CIO Union Leaders that Labor Must Suspend ‘Privil ege’ for Duration of the War. Washin.uton. March — (AIM —Donald M. Nelson told CIO leaders today that labor must suspend for the duration of the war the ‘‘privilege” of receiving double pay lor Sunday and holi day work. "We m r !.■ ■'. .n_: . .. . i : toward >e\ t n-cta y. llnvr-.*mi • ela tion of our i '.i ic v..i. .: :d ■. '. . : tie war production tin y ' • • b ' i ‘ principle tiiat a man ul.l n ^u! ,.iy have the seventh day <>.i. •. u receive overtime pay an t : gency lurces hm. t< - v. •. .. ..i. i. m seventh day. i> pe. ieelly i; : . w here that eventh day dot : >t : on a Sunday nr I: a,day 1 do j, t j think Unit W "1 !. "11 S mt.?n, holiday. . m u urtir t . de ... i \i i pay.” The leaders of ( IO unions from throughout t.u caunU.v were called together by l'i evi dent Philip Murray to orgaui/t a campaign against adopiion ny 1'(ingress ol pendin; UmisLition suspending the 40-hour work week and eliminating overtime payments for the duration. As Net.--'*n t.iike<i - h tin on ' . the Senate apj n-. 11» «i me i down on a ti • ngi.. vu :m e - , im'lit to loi ee i '11v' |)'■ !h111;j legislation out oi c •i ' •» •. : . m lloor ha debate It wa i op it md ti lion leader . guide i i iir la .. that I 're idt i»t Koo < . ei .. a i . -I , prepai id 1 o 11 m . • . i emu’.; ei.. t)i re IrictiN e uu a ii e v\ i t (Contm m ! on 1 ‘a:; • Three) Fine Schedule Is Proposed W ill., ton A;. k'i i. M ■ i ■ J J i A I’. ! - Fines totaling • "ii-'i a.: *'j were urged today !>;. the I A. , eminent a- paiushinent h i the near- | ly 100 fertilizer fn anil mita id- t lial.s nil trial la. re ■ ■» eharg' - ■ ■ ■ . vinlating Hie Aei 111 ■ n an! i i i--' la v. . i The trial is in the f. A (lislrc court. The proposed ehediile i- maxi mum I uu .- foi tiie “big ei a it grni, i . | half ol the maximum for the nail- I die group and $1,500 tor the small, i i group. No mention was made of any j kind of punishment other than ; fines. Judge John m J Hayes, w'ho hast been presiding sinee the ease- were started served native that hi did not consider him eil bound by the sche dule worked out in canter* nees ai government oid the detense repre sentatives. He said punishment should be sm j ficient “to sting." a id that the defen- | dant s ability to pay should tie am * ot the consideration? determining i tilt amouiil. __ j SnirS TO BE NAMED rCk EAkLV PA 1 RiOTS Raleigh. March 23.— (AP)—Two ;hip t !:ht under construction or ■ *■ 11:it at tiic Wilmington ship . ■ i \\ 11 be named for North Caro gm i the Constitution, Gov ii i !h ;ght<>n was informed today >y ; in . ai -time c< ni ani.-sion. Tw -tgner- were William Bolunt md Richard Spaight. Jap Planes To Burma Heavy Reinforce ments Sent in Effort to Secure Air Super iority. i if March •»•!.—( \I‘) —■ The ? -.p in-sc have rushed heavy aii pi u i e i n I orcein* ills to !’>u* m.i in an effort to seize air superiority informed sources said t ai l' as the I'm >1111 com mand reported a damaging attack on an KAF hase for the second ua 1 .ive day. I • .1 > >:ine e v. • re pict urt d a> d- - a ■ nurd hi end the superiority iii'th '. - held i.y tin* An'eric.an 'a>!un - ■< ia .-tip and their BA I- alii" . and i nr i :hi i y n amn ntat -r mt erp'e’.ed tin hid a prelmiinat y i > a major a .e I? by gr-aind foi ees. ( ; I •:. j t . r'*. • . id. were quiet v ndf .f..j>:111*' e plant attempted to km a', tic \wtaacan v lmit<*ei gr flip and R \ 1 nut of the battle. \ Briti h rmniumique acknow 1 dged that the Japanese damaged RAF property J a reHal Burma airdrome for the eeond day in a row in “I ii'thcr serious raids." A mighty fleet of (>0 bombers and jn Rghtem raided the same held Smylay and ihe allies adm 11mrl some ■ i! ih ii plane “were unaccounted !*• >r " (>nly two Japanese .Vaiders w t i e <• 1 aimed shot down. CROATIAN LEADER ESCAPES WITH LIFE /: , ;, (’. I i!i;i (Ki i'in Gorman Broadc •! ), March 23 (AP)—An uiusiK i ssful attempt on the life of Eugen Kwaternki, Croat chief of se curity, v... today by a band "I So bs wl o v. ylaid his motor column [u ;, r l',i nil a I >o i; I 12 111 i I i’s from here, and killed two of his guards. Ten of the Serbs were shot in the fight. Others eseap d. HEATHIH FOR NORTH CAROLINA t mitiniicd moderately cool with scattered frost tonight. ibii^hU lo a er tempei aim i MacArthur’s Airmen Strike Again At Japan’s Right Wing In Timor; Fighting Accelerated In Europe Russians Report 12, 000 Germans Killed on Kalinin Front; Good Weather Expect- i ed to Bring Renewed Activity in Africa. < By The Vssneialed STevsi With tile coming of spring, the German and Russian millions locked in death struggle aiong a long and bloody trout accel erated the pace of their light ing. I'm- I’ll. : ri - rep,irhul 1 li.ClUO | German ' Hirer.s am! men were kill- ; j ed on the Kalinin Irani northwest! of Moscow I) iwi-en March II and I -I and much war material w s cap ' irep iir dc *r yeti. They al.-o aid iiie German Hitlt army trapped at Slara.va Hie. a was dwindling away de pile its fierce re sistance and that a m jnr G.rimrv Kumanian counter attack m the southwest had been niashed. With the good fighting weather of summer in the offing, it was a matter of speculation when the first attack in a new battle of l.yhya Mould come and who m 1,111.1 strike. The British anti the axis iace •. acli other ariosi a aii-imle no ma„ s janct. Toe Italians were reported to nave dispatched at least part of a .resit armored division across the .neuitcrraiican. Something Mas up in the Bal kans hut uie situation had not jelled sufficiently to indicate wnat to expect. \ revived territorial dispute between Rumania and Hungary over Transylvania clashed with German attempts to obtain fresh manpower for spring military operations. Franz von Papon, German anmas-I sudor to Turkey, reached Solia on his way to report to Adolf Hitler j about the time that King Boris ol Bulgaria left for Germany on a state visit. These journey- concided with) Bucharest reports that Hungary and Bulgai .a had secretly agreed to sup port each other in retaining slices) of Rumania which they were given by the sis Vienna contercncv ol 1941). Rumania, meanwhile, was clamor-, :ng for the return of northern Tran I ,-ylvania, until some leaders demand ing that she-iplit th axis if the I territory were not handed back. Profits Tax Not Enough, Witness Says Washington. \i. ir . 23 AIM - 1 Kdmund l'1 'land. c* un •< 1 tor the I lou>e na\ al ai 1 air m\ e-t gat mg I committee, drelarcil today that "with i | the willful dissipation of g.»\ ei mmmt | | money on deb m e c • nti act. , the \- , i ccs- pn I it - tax i. not trie e>-u p < 4 ■ . answer” to tin* par tion "I w ar p* ■»- ; | , it 'Poland'.- tatcna ut 1" the m\ e -t i j j gating committer wa preliminary ; | to his te.-tm ony i gardmg expendi j tun made by .! u i. and 1 lemlz o; 1 Medford, Ohio, manul act urer . ot ..ir j plane motoi 1. ■ rt ei- i"i the .Are;v land Vavy. The c mm:o UV lalei will e »n bdc: ! officially .V bill by I b present a t me I Smith, Democrat. Virginia, to di op ) the 40-hour w ek and limit plot,' - • ■on war production to (i [)er cent oi I the contract cost. British Convoy Is Attacked Off Africa Home (From Italian IP ■ ■ "D >"1 s' : March 23.—( AM) - A h< a\ \ n.n ..1 j engagement was report'd raging to- > day off the m>rth African coast, with \ Italian warships hammering at a mg British convoy which, tin- mgM e m mand said, has bet n crippled by ax s torpedo-carrying plane- m a rmuiing light. Italian naval loi ma> n v. "M’d wdi: the convoy and its protecting war ships as the British \ e.--els ware a* J tempting to seek ct>vei this morning I in the Gulf of Sirtc, west ut Ben 1 gasi, the high command said. •They inflicted further heavy dam- i ages, details ot which will be com- ; municated later.' said a bulletin, m ! dil ating that Iht • magemenl still 1 a .it. under ay Second A.E.F. Has First Gunnery Drill Hanging away at an unseen target, members of the e. ! American Expe.ii:. ' ary Farce in A Ire land sharpen up their shooting eyes with British artillery guns. Obscure.) :• > General Russell P. Hurtle, his aide. Captain \V.iliam 0. I)arl»\ a.. : his sin'' ((Jcntn'l Vress) ges Jap Carrier Large Vessel, If Not Sunk, Will be Out of Action Long Time, Sub Commander Says. London. March 23.— (Al*'-—-A I Daily Telegraph dispatch from Perth, Australia, said today an j allii d submarine now in friendly waters had hit a Japanese air craft carrier with torpedoes on the night of March 3 off Bali and "if the carrier yeas not sunk it wilt be out ot action a long time." 11 said the carrier wa - bcliet e.i u be a 27,lll)0-1'>n \ ess. 1. The di pa I eh quoted tile . ' e • n a [illicit r ;i: ! t' hi .ws ill lii ■■>. - .ioit: "W Inyed d' wen all day a d ip at rnnc plight. We sighted the 1 ■> it r aiaiut 4.non yard- away and a a i Id -te her rice r Is a Seteent'd by line' de trnyea. a AMS f' I i I llg toward a . "We tired tour Imp does and nt a r ;•■ it !•'!' .in I ha dum-t ■ n Hu i il'pedees wa l e aimed u ml the tin letween lhe e I .-Inadd lii eh hast imi la t si ruck hum "We lu ard an explo- i'>n when th" n t i, a |led" 1 rack. Flames It arci ip from the earner 1 ah I el high. iVnteli inn tli ia " i.gh th" !• ■ r; e",»a v ■ ■nuld ta• t : i e th . li p lor lie lane CORPORATE CHARIER FOR FUNERAL HOME K.deign .March 23. (AIM - i i j billow mg chat t. ■ wa i ■ a'd t ' lav Kr h" !■».:.m d IF ■ . Inr II. Ildel ■ n: a Ilin.l d rami s ! II.(il li i; ST,Coil sill > t-i :! •"(i I a P. 3 h [J a Me. Fred A K- l g i | \ K e- !ei iid lit an y I l' '.. .' I lender oil. Wool Program Dispute Aired Wai h ngt m, Mai Ti 23 ( AP) A w ai pi oil a timi i .lard labor of l: - i al told a I lo.i e military • ibcom mi1!.ee t day 1lnq ■ me el "the mo ' di.-lrrbing laelors" in th" w "I " m ,c r\ alum progi am wa.- the "lailur • t > provide lot a andutoi y blending " 'I'll" eon ■nnttee, investigating 1 its' re-ignal mi Mare! 14 o! Ho ua 1 i i Guthrie a- l ead el the PB textile, clothing and leather goods brunch, wais told by Guthrie Iasi week that a reason for 1 - resigned on w t> fail ure o! W PB ill I ie ah- to rt ipei ate n Ids w ool eonsery ation program an I to h-.ed ha nsistenee on mandatory wool blending. Cle<>n O S ' nyz.oo. WPP. lab r •' v - -ion con- iltiint, test11 led he favored mandatory blending for civilian needs t" conserve wool ter .unitary uses, but no definite action on blending program had been tak This failuri to act he described a. di it* oi .he most serious problem?” in lhe v ' i.tv.grain. Bataan Defenders tledge Hard Fight BRITISH AIRCRAFT JOIN IN SUB HUNT London, March 23.— (AIM — \ Reuters dispatch from Havana, ( ubu. toda> said British aircratl had arrived there to join l niled Stales air patrols operating from Cuba against axis I -boats. The British planes flew over the Cuban capital and dipped in salute to cheering crowds. the British news agency said. Authoritative British quarters declined to make any comment on the Reuters dispatch. r,2* intrastate Rates Hiked Utilities Commission Grants Increase to Rail roads to Interstate Charges. Raleigh. .Mai eh ... • At’ a'31, iHiiui ( 11in 1 n*-• 1'»I1 toil.IN grunted railroad* permission i" increase intrust..It tr i ilil i t * • within North < aiolina. m con por.d \vil«i .iniwtses allowed in inter' late rates b.\ the St ( She mw intrastate rates » iH become etfeeti\'e April 1. I ’> ' allow a 3 per cent increase on agricultural commodities and .i (i per i nl iiici ease on all olh< r commodities. I he (•'iiv.. "ii. : "i , l ■ " i A'ls .t n uni * anuiartu: a d tubai c»», n 11 - 11.oi1 t*:ii ! i ti 1 . . v ii j>■ Thr v. mi’ . ‘ ( cnl. i epai'd- ' il whether hipped y i ad or 1< ciii load 1 - Survivors Reach Port New York. Mare 33 t AIM- -A crew of 33 men and : air oftic rs who spent eleven days on the ocean in two rickety lifeboats after mi nc'iiiy >ub torpedoed their ship a»’ Bi »klyi Sat rday, safe, well-led . nd ;i- " a- Nveary s’‘am an said, "happy as hell “ They wane survivor- d a United Nalions merchant vm-el shelled, machine gunned and ent t<- th bot tom on the night <*f March a off the Atlantic coast All crew members v\ ere picked up by a large general cargo . ip eleven days later. It was me bbth officially annoiir.c icd victim "i enemy submarines oil ' iiu ' tlanliv . . 1 . i. • •! -jiu.tiy \-\ Message Sent to Gen eral MacArthur Ex presses Confidence in His Leadership; War Department Reports Air Raids. Washington. March h!.— ( \I*> —Tin M ar department announc ed today \nierican-Iilipino troops in the Philippines had as sured General Douglas Mae Arlliur in a message that they would continue their defense of the islands yyilli tile same zeal and courage that they showed under MacArlliur's personal command ' «1 1 M \ ■ .n \■ ;-t:.,!: ;. c\ 11-d e.; ,den.a- that iia a : 1 • leader.-: ; ■ the ' 'aited N ■!a l: ua e n flu- Pacific the ag- i w • ;Id lie deb ated. Tile e ... a :,nil| ;t> ,-epi,ftvA tll.lt I An*.1 ’ ean a: • y iimi 1.. which ton',. I nd ■■tin: pi. n a 'I . lead a aa On S..11; i . v . he.-.- I : v Hi at- | Mac A rthur \i ist Vlii r« l > Mot \ : 1 If d.-cL^ed l i > •. i* he- i i > f■ i 11.-nm ; . 1 *• ' * ifiidci mid (Ifnrr > . .\ r: .ud 1 . W.f t il. i; !, , . :ri..: i. 1 1:i India. 1 p, ih i v h • -■ !..! : d Mrc- I ' \ new ' nn'.niui M.ifArth .mswor -Thanks : •; | \ it n • ■ • g< I id n1 \ ci N • ) i‘PP"!rd '•'•If •• ' *nd--! *■ ' • fur A P .m i Xf\v Zealand fills me with delight. I fee! confident th.d under ymir leade; siup ;» new ..nd epic cl pt< military human achi. vement> will be addl'd to the history of our c« mmon str - gle against treachery and barbarism Mac Arthur's answer: “Deeply ap preciate \" ir inspiring message I have absolute confidence in <•<••• i.!e c y if L ry " Some T'vo Score Jap anese Planes Wrecked in Operations Over Week-End: Japs Send Larpe Air Force to Bomb Port Moresby. • 5»s Tin- \sso-- i.tled Press' Sustaining IF ■ : ter oi l cn six e on f he in . . ;.uio tc*ii* • V ustralia tin ah o ; of tb Ain Arthur • oMim.imi struck to dix it the f.ip.mPM right wing in I)utc h Timor ,; ■.« i hav in wrecked some ! • - me o| the enemy’s i»J . * * = u operations o\ er the wt'. Despite t’1 he-sc mostly hard : place lighter planes, the J » wsc s» nt a t omher . »:■’ i h’ - g f«m «• against Pm l ’ , . ; today in w hat \ us a!;.: .■ .in.; . c! w as the heaviest attack the war on that cilx The* J. in,!!, t ci Wv ! -i A \ ( fJ <»v n d ■ a : • < ■.:11:i - - anee over )' !('. T: . . ;d ■ :1c- • c 1 1 ■ the • P Moresby, aj.it;,S .1 New Ga.nmt. the Japanese need e >n Med ui 19 . • aw »ei> an i In the broader realm of politi cal military strategy the dav's j.rincipal developments ineluded tiie arriv al ol sir Stafford ( »ip at New Delhi on a mis-ion aimed at lining up India foe lull partici pation in the British empire war effort, prnhaldy through nego tiation of some form of inde pendence. A lout-note on Tripps* com inn wa Mehand; Gandh.A ap - 5 that the 'scoi’ched earth” not be applied n ieh*n a • .•? ind a Gondii v i he in n < lewspaptw that a disavowal nt any iii\:e?y • : tin Ind ir. masse ~ Anotlier development was the report from Chungking that 1b. 000.000 men from Japan. For mosa. Korea and occupied China were being mustered by tiie Jap anese1 for attacks on Russian Siberia as soon as conditions an favorable. This force would he in addition to the huge Japan ese army aready in Munchukiio and Inner Mongolia, the ( hinc.se said. K ■ ■ icv -; " T -1 i 1 ). = d,v New w ich i4.de ri :i. 1 •: Kw-ia turning iht najor ' t m battle with ; • - J the inn-mo’ Fi ll s!ta iti'.n v . • iww>:i nig ideal for i Japan* . • ' -n K a a in tire •a -1. The U S \ ‘ n. -er tr m ,v;,. bed . G h : • • « plan 1ficin1 r ej t Tv cut\ -three J e plan • Time IM ,! te: J - C' ;rt•n Irul-'d hi n the Pacn , d* RADIO F.ROADCASTS off a;r • borr iimf s ,ii !• : ( AIM— " . ■ 'i tli ■ \ , , ■ , ;• I The i ' ■ a- oral ill' I't. British Subs Sink Ships Near Italy Italian sii . . . twn :u ", p. ; 'it- . i !. ::l!y nil 'Oneed tlKlUV T! e blow • It l.v ... lam - wer ■ hut; erod hc :i'i tee appn'allies to li ■ Sirait of between the ■ i i lo 11 old Sic ]v. mrit i eg 111 Italy's soil!!',' i.. 1 i u-t and .'itior artillery i'iii' froo All '.in ian o" ', I battenc . T!u id" baity did 11■ ■ t spiv t'y tli" elapsed time >>t thebe' opei'atious. \, t'hi'i' wo:- lb ir any mint ion of Po t -b losses. Till’ 11.11:ill■ ulo ooni'. both sun1: in -nuthern Tudiui: waters. wore iden 1:1 od by the adn iralt'- a.-- the new Amniira;;lio M'llo and oie of t!
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