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Henlterson Hat Ip Btspafth ______ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY NINIH \EAR Tlll., asAmatki'.'^YmVkss0* HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 27, 1942 pubush^d^rvekw^teknoon TTVE CENTS COPY JAPS TURN ATTENTION TO BURMA Hero’s Father Turned Down Official U. b. N.ivy Photo 1- roderifk F. Rulkeley, 7 l, father of Lieut. John I). Bulkelev, F. . Navy torpedo boat hero of the Philippines, is shown with Chief Ye . ; J„hn ;lv,n at the Navy Recruiting Bureau in New York City. Ai , OUgh Bulkeloy said he was ready for action anil wanted to join i was regretfully turned down. Lieut. Bulkelev t„.,k lien. Mae Art Bataan to Australia by nui quito boat. (Central l'"S8) Japanese Intensity Corregidor Attacks Seven Successive Bombing Raids Made Within 24 Hours; Anti Aircraft Fire Believed to Have Hit Several Planes. Washington, March .’7. — (At*' —The War department reported lodu\ that the Japanese, increas ing the intensit.\ of their aeri.,1 hamhardmeiit of Manila Hi' harbor defenses, made seven successive attacks on C'orregidor in the last ?4 hours, with the island under bombardment al most continuously from earl, morning until midnight Thurs day. The :t*! .s! attacks were ivsiincd i ly ‘"day k r.< dr part a; < ait - sa.d :n a ci111 ->‘tmi(|:a*. h>>\v ver. th..t ; "-t nl ’hr i»ni' 11.- fell in the ’ v. and thi vhvh . ti ark t hr laasrd liltle datu.'iy AnH-aitv: iP lire v. a bil.rvod t" ha, hit several plane In I kat a an. t hr d(‘pa i t . ent ad '1 « ■ *• < ■ i ; la h nm\ rm >P behind t;.r dap ;<• ** I in*' i n< i: * ■ Prd that iiaa ■. a -rd ; • < *1 • . i>y i "aid in- expected. A t • I \mi i • Phil II * >"} j ick" .i ms* -Mil ; aal ai a <1 lie* : aid. Cotton Prices N<"- V.r. k. M ii.il 27. (Al») Cnlli.ii f' it i: ii ■ i ipt'iK'd ill tii (i.i rents ;i I>ii!1 higher. All. iiit n i id - cl;i v the 1 i-t v/.i , In [, i -111 reiits a bale higher. Aussie Forces Back On Island (’anhc! a. March GAP) V my Munster Francis Ford announeca t day that all of the Australian im perial force which the government jnt nded to bring back for deVn-a* of this continent already has return ed. and that General Sir Thoms Blarney has been appointed com mander in chief of all allied land force in .Australia under General 1 >"iigl * MacArthur. General Blarney has arriw 1 fiom the Middle Fast, where he \ . - in charge of Australian forces. Major Genci il Sir Leslie .1 m* Morshcad, who w . . knighted for hi bnlliant defense ot Gilmok, mce< eh-, cd General Blamcv .. the Middle Lust. • DUD COMB THROWN AT MARCEL D£AT !. !Ui ' . Mat :’T. AI’. Keu - <i!•• = -* <i • < h .adeast to '1 e: e w a made last night .m the !.l" .1 Mareel I) ■!. !■' t-ncli eol ! amral iii-1. in Paris. \ 11 ill \\ a- .ill to have I men thrown t Dent Chid was ad dri i ; a meeting, but t was a dud. I i.eil v.■ unhurt. Lai '/■ -ca 1 e Prepara* •..i; • rtdt for Opera* ( v ■ S 'he Air and on P *. rcrL w ■ • m , . ■ « APi \C\\ l.i 1 >• f. * 1 | : fj n||> 1>V ill* A : . i i> ■ • ' i* •.1.»■ '. r * 1 i >n - .n the* ;u: m! mi i!11• fit .< :T w i *• m il •= 'M'-t ! >. i. i \ by Srr; 1 y Si ir: - ; «'ll. I .■ m Lint; to v.'alcr u p dc. • (('(ml:uurd on 1 ’ o S v n ) Quezon And War Cabinet In Australia Japan’s Invasion Armies Exert Fierce t ressure to Knock Out Chinese Defense of Burma; Jap Ships Around Andamans. ( l.y I he Associated Press) •Japanese fleet movements in the Indian ocean suyyrested to day that a new .storm may he brewing far north of the Aus tralian war theatre as .Japan's invasion armies exerted fierce pressure to knock out Chinese defenses of P.urma. Jhinna is the Kateway to both India and China. Meanwhile. President Manuel Quezon anti his Philippine war eahinel rejoined General lloug las Mar.Arthur in Australia — less Ilian a week after the Tokyo radio broadcast reports that Quezon was dead. I . S. .Army headquarters said i Quezon bad left the Philippines J with the approval of both the American and Australian gov- 1 ernmenls. Indications Pint Japan may tern- ; porariiy have switched her greatest i pressure from the Australian to the I ijurnia-fndiM "theatre, particularly ! since the arrival ol General MacAr thur and L'nited State- reinforce- I ' ' nt . '.'.cm seen in a mariied de c. ease oi .l. paiu" e aerial thrusts tig. nisi the "down under" common- : wealth and in the reported presence I ■ ■I Japanese warship in the Indian I i icean. British headquarters in India said a Japanese cruiser and sev eral destroyers had been sighted in the waters around the enemy captured Andaman islands in the Bay oi Bengal, within striking distance of Calcutta and other Indian bases. Smuiltaiit- .. :y. ;i Tokyo radio an nounced the arrival ol Japanese fleet units tit Rangoon. Burma. In the baftle oi Burma -the eriti c;o -wiggle r r the eti torn gateway to 1ml;. Brit.-h heudq , rter re po ted that -cverc Japani'se pres iire tailing .poll C'hinese fin cc , cut nil t n >in tin’ mu tn at 17 mngoo, n Hit Han.gnnn-Mandalay mad. Jap.'im'M’ ti« ' •( >s wcri1 said tn ha\ ■ ! blocked the* I'liiii' • e i onto nt with- | ctiaw;11 fight tn twelve mill's north j III Tnungnn. I lit c i hitting 'llyng tiger ' nf th ■ American volunteer group struck 71) 'tiles deep a J" neighboring Thai d ’ hast Japanese airl eld at Cluengmai and Laminin. rieMmying im if limn ten enemy plane.' In the dw indling battle for the ap pmaelu-s tn Australia, allied light*-: plain-. swUll.v broke up the 20tn raid • by two Japanc-.! bombers on Tort ! M ii-e>l.)y, m A it hern Now Guinea, ; .'hunting down one in I lame.-. and I driv ing the "the: nil before it could inflict any damage. Highway Commission Meeting Expected To Be Gloomy Affair I>ail.\ D.'in ■ ii Bureau, In the Sir \l liter Hotel. By BOB THOMPSON I P.irigh, AViirii 'Pa Stile I High .0,1 I * lid \ i *01,1 I mis.'.ii»i : - holding i • i . me »i the most gin. i m \ ..irr1tng- .1 -bay. i The la noil wham (.'I .... ri Pen Pr will gi\ tin- a =!>e ■ that j 11ie pre rn t i had : id the ! i ‘u1e n - 1 • ■ j standpoint of ha li a, .y . raonur. .Jn-n h.uk Wash i nglon, Prior will tell II - member.-' that he bclieve> there wall in n more led eral nd e u - Ir a. lion lur.ng the war except for road w.h -a ii.ivc an im pork,ml nulit .in u That is the War department’ order.' and the W o departme-k i big bos-. .n these times. Prince will ' • ; n-da-t th t the federal tax on a a ■■•! ru a ill he rais | rd from 1 1-1! to cents a gallon, j thereby incrra.ung the incentive to i o r aidoniobi!• •- i" ’’n |e.. • i they i aro t ow being used. I It Hie chairman pi lbmg fn. . . .iie,o , ;• mi r , the *>,dv jiiri pr* 'ii,. n i'ir- i lanit-v Pa.a n de partmcnt stat.Tici n, their cup of! woe will run over. BurcTf figure." that I by the end ol the present calendar1 yeai highway revenue will be do percent under the 1941 collection." leaving the depurtm. nt a revenue •:'! only about $ 1 0.000,000 with half that pldeged to debt service. But even Burch is an optmn-l or didn't calculate far enough into the future, when compared to th other of emergency management in W sh ingtoii. The OI’M figure." that lay the end of 1944 five out ol every six private pass', nger auh> nobiles in this country will be parked permanent ly -or for the duration That would mean only about 110.000 private cars running in North Carolina. But that is not the whole ."torv. Those which are left, according to this estimate, will he e- d only traction as much as they have been run in the past If that comes true there won’t bp any money for maintenance as long as the Stale continues to pay ii." uund debt." from highway reve ,ii'. * jcd -n Page Seam) ; Labor Law Change Gains Favor With Tar Heel Solons Moslem Leader Mohammed Ali Jinnah Mohammed Ali Jinnah, leader of India’s minority of 77,000.000 Mos lems, told his followers that they must reserve judgment on the pro posals of Sir Stafford Cripps for the future of India. The president of the All-India Moslem League in sists the Moslems are a nation and that he would reject any solution that did not provide for separate and autonomous Moslem and Hindu states. Jinnah accepted an invita tion to confer with Cripps. (Central Press) Gandhi And Cripps Meet Indian Nationalist Leader in Conference Wish Britain’s Special Emissary. New Delhi. India March 'll.— (.AI*)—Mohandas Gandhi, Indian leader, met this afternoon with Sir Stafford Cripps. 'Britain’s special emissary. The little nationalist leader came here from his humble re treat in Wardha to confer with Sir Stafford, entrusted by the British war cabinet with seek ing unanimous Indian accept ance of Britain’s proposal for greater autonomy for India and Indian support for Britain's war effort. C'ongre p.ii'N c • •’■•s express d ndiel ;i trank exchange id' ideas be :\virn C’ripp> md t!v 1 i: tic* nation ili-t leader might .-peed deliberations >1 tk. party’s working committee, A’hich will consider the proposals Sunday \V!nl(' detail - nf the British plan re f Con tamed on Page Seven) Tea Comes Under Ban I Was hum.!. • . Mai < 'll. ■( AIM — Phe w.i r pr< d uu a m hoard t* >day or - iered tin n;iI."iiV toa consumption •tit in halt t 1 conserve dwindling tea mpplies. Tlie . rder v as intended, the board •aid. to streich Ihe Mock- of t“a on land in tin- country on January 1 — vhieh it wa- a d would have lasted >ix month- ole-- restricted—to a Till year's supply. The ordei does not take into ac count tv a received at a normal rate i’om the Far East during January and February, and WPB said there was “reason to believe” that tea would continue to enter this country in {-hip returning, from '' oyages aking iv ht u\. upplu.. to the c. : m*j1 Po Tendency Among Congressmen, However, is to Wait Developments Before Making Commitments on Specific Measures. Washington. March 27.—(A!*) — Sentiment is developing I among Congress members from North Carolina in favor of amending labor legislation to | create greater war production, hut at flic same time there is a tendency among them to wit and see what is offered before making commitments. The members were polled on theii News a ■ eird at« pending the 40 hour v.oik week, time and a hall pay for overtime and double tims pay lor Sunday work lor the dura tion ol the war. Senator Robert R. Reynolds said he favored suspension of the short week and of extra pay provisions, but he warned he would not vot" for these chan ges unless a (i per cent ceiling he placed over all war proiTS, ax the same time. Representative Graham A. Barden of New Bern, member of the House labor committee, said he was "in fa vor of suspending anything and any body that is obstructing or hindering our war program." "I think a 24-hour a day .-oldie, is entitled to more than a 4u-hour work week of supplies." Barden ad led. Representative Carl T. Durham of Chapel Hill. member ol the House military ^!ln,r- coirunittee which : - soon to consider special labor legis- : latino for war industries, said he fa vored “anything to win the war. whether it is a 4(1 or 50 houi s work week." Durham agreed with some other members of the Tar Heel delegation. : ■" e1’ that he ivi>ulei have to I study whatever legislation was offer i oi e maK.ng commitments Other to take this attitude ini:hid- ' ed Representatives Harold I), Cooley, i of Nashville. A I.. Bulwinkie ol On — (Continued on Page Seven) British Drive Into Libya ('an ii, March 2~ (APj Hi iti.,h pati ni.- adv aiiced HI nidi in Libya tn inflict casualties mi axi troop in a fortified post at llalegh w I-,It■ - be,a, between el Meehili and Tm mi . British general headcpiai-tman nounced today. The raid was carried out on tin: night of March It A - 2 6. The main if>rcr ul German Ihiad Mill sh;il Ki win Hniiiiiid’s ,\ I. a m army is strung out along the In, between Tmiimi iind el Meehili. Halegh el Kleljea is ■ about 4c) miies l'roin the nearest point tn our ad vanced positions." the comnninii|U'' said. Two German planes, one of which later era hed into the >ea. were sliot down by anti-an craft batteries at Tobruk. An Italian plane aisu was destroyed somewhere ovet live Libyan trout. Japs On Andamans This map shows the location of the Andaman Islands which belong to India and have just been seized by tile Japanese. The strategic Anda mans are about t»00 miles southca :t of Calcutta, which has become a vital supply port of the United Na tions, and i* only hill) miles north east of Ceylon, site of the important Utitish naval base at '\ rineomaiee, (Central I'rrsaJ Brazilian Police Seize Eighty More Axis Aliens in Breaking Big Spy Ring. Bio de Janeiro. March l'._ * AI*'—Eight;. more Germans. Italians ami Japanese were ar rested toda> in the sao Paulo region as Brazilian police press ed ahead with a nationwide campaign against ail axis espioii age network which officials de scribed as "the biggest a»id most widespiead spy organization e\er discovered in the western hemisphere.’’ Two hundred alleged secret agents already had been taken into custody ami fou 1 gl i we red rad ) station seized. •\tten! a -n (rnirrd primarily on the heavily populated Japanese colonic Ei ^ll 1 *aul«■ 'tale. Japanese there were -aid to he working closely with nazi sp\ circles a> well as main taining daily contact vv ith Tokyc by mean, ol power! ul short wave radio at coastal points. More arrests were prom -ed as police pressed a sweeping investiga tion into tlie operation of an intri cate and :.. • . . gam tion the> >aid h.id been reiaymg 11111 it.o; \ :n 1 on:.ation to IJerlin as a world clear aig h*'U.-e 11 • i‘ tile Gel :ran e-pionagc sy-tei.i. 1 he org,inl/.a11•'ll i- not .vet ei indi cated." said one source, "but it is hoped that this .niti.il blow will lead to a elo.inup • -1 Sc'iith American learn to Berlin." Am"!ig tho e already under arrest, I" ■ ce said. • < . e a German admiral and a number m other na/.i govern amt and a: v .■!: a- b. who alleged ly held kev { m . 11 -»m in the e- j .ion age network. Stock Market Still Sluggish Ne.-. Voi,.. ala * > . Ah (A!1) Km tiiri It. r "1 i) 1Ue chip- srr v ed to eh:!. e aid mg e- m fidciiee ill I 1 a V. I till..: :(■ to dc\ ei* »j> H del mite 11 end e t ue -■ iar ■ and. vv hiu fractional advance- vv-iv oii-erved hei e anh title-. ! a . .V tho ! *> a : t i i t Io.-e- ol one t> • 1 v. o point; -o vv ei e plenln ul. 1 )calim; . ly active House Committee Approves Huge New War Appropriation Washington, March 27 (AIM An $18,302,187,148 emergency appropria tion hill carrying Hinds lor 31,070 new Army warplanes and for an army which may reach 3.600.000 by flic end of this year was sent to the House today by its appropriations committee. Recommending that all but $1, 000,000,000 be turned over to the War' department, the committee asked for $6,090,000,000 for airplane, complete with spare parts, radio and ordnance. Congress provided tunds in January for 33.000 planes and Lieutenant General II 11. Arnold, air corp. chief, said another 23,330 would be requested soon. L'rwtricn! K .c el! rtr.emmcp.drd . c'-OA,.a.. o n -tcanc- p/e^f aPP* for t h( end plane p. o\> : t • >1 !* t. The I t a 1 nt : (:(• i ': i ., w tin'll (•'»!» tained . <>iu y :.n a host > : w... ac~ tivitie boosted t at 16 ()()().non. :uo the (ii leiiM ,md w,u ap pr»»pi i;ttnmi- n ,.de and m prospeel since .Inly !. M)4u. }; a the e-aa:- :ttee sounded a note ot warning about considering that wan supplies o| tha* value had been acquired. “There is great need," the com mittee said, "tor discussing these large totals with clarity and pre cision as to the lacts, to the end that the public mmd is not contused in to believing llwit this total <»i up propi iat i"Us and authori/ath mis ic pi c cot ' npcnditu! o- Ape *p *a U< mcl iutl . y need t iguvir" «i *-* • ulJ C Retaliatory Raid Beaten Off Later Tons of Explosives Dumped on German Munitions Factory at Essen; Other Nazi Bases Raided in Aerial Offensive. • i I in1 A u-ia! cii I ’res-) (■wiiii t.iiir-cngiip'd Hritish bomber.-, peri ap- dad strong and earn inj. t ns of < xplunive.s, •masbcil a: (»<-rmai.\ - great Krupp mm.i-.ii- works and "IbiT nazi war foundries in the lluhr ia-•! mgilt, pressing the sprinj . .... tensive in one of th.e i11 a\ lest assaults of the war. V- li.v.uight. It A K lighters •"■at : a n taiiaioi-’. (lerman thrust, turning the raiders bark atti-r a briei light high over the Kng!; ;’ -iioiheast coast. tl’i- air ministr;. -aid today the huge bomber force concen trated on Essen, home of the Krupp works, striking in squad ron after squadron, and also pounded enemy airdromes in German-occupied Holland, and oil rclincrics near Ghent and the docks at l.c Havre. France. 1 he air ministry acknowledged the loss of Id bombers: the* Ger man high command said nazi anti-aircrall gunners and night lighters shot down Hi in raids over western Germany. H v. .* t t .Mid successive night m! heavy RAF assaults on the Ruhr industrial valley. and British quar • - P ited it that tin RAF\s al ien | t to "Flatten" the Krupp works came Iu-! Alien the production of Umk nition u*e \ itally needed ha Ad.'ll- Hitlers spring of U nsi ve. Rui ope st ; red uneasily in anti eipation of Hitler’s next move. A report that King Boris of Bulgaria had agreed to break off relations with Soviet Russia and supply 200,000 troops for Adolf Hitler’s next drive coincided with Red army claims to fresh gains in its battle for final vic tory in 1942. A London Daily Mail dispatch rep< »rted m. lgarian concession to German pres- j, ,> manpower Iron the ,'Ui ;■ axis partners. “Bulgarian di v isions are moving toward the -•■uthom frontier, par cularly :. . (1 Ric lover Maritza va I ley." it -aid •such on .-nt v. mild indicate a ihn at to Tu ey. A 1 >r i ■ di i ,i'eh -a cl the (lei - 1 dying K.i md biasi ng :ce -»n the I)na per n er at that n. r foupied oa; t,. 1 of tin* Ukraine 1 e ■ i • ■ et 11 t Hod annj }k -> I loans \*. o; c -; \\ ai)«»ut 200 a i! ■ .i'mi.v w 1 mi! la -1 rept>rtod. V. o: f - no . i i f activ r R • -n Roil aim.y men had ' ■:’ i 1 • 11f 1 - u (i*• i a an to recap lLire ,.nw ■ , i ■ i: I ! r >n 1 cimmun (Cnii . lion v Page Sr\u n) Federal Aid Road Funds i AP) —’A'. V ■ P..i i* : i.y!.n engineer. ': 1 ■ S’atc Hignwav and 'A' .-in-: a >r. a day tha t e y rosy" for : 4 not ... 1; 4 load ' tnaliy im ■ 4, - i.i 01 ids e\ on ' A - . U ill. -- road> an- 1 ays to military IA 1 0 tin mi Hon Prince • 1 < - e:. 1 in ii.i'i.iy in I'li'.-io any • ni 1.4 'li ' 411 land which the A'lay n 1;.4nt want :or military 'iir;" ■ li'- ii.- ..a oadv nave been -■ a Mo re county, where an i- !’e::.4 c urged Prince aid tin 11 night be cl >sed in W 'VI..' • nuts ;i the Army takes the Goldsb airpnrt. and in Seotiand c inly, 1! the army decides to : 1 Id a field at Maxton. UF1IIIFR I OK NORTH CAROLINA. Rain ending in west portion 1 lie this afternoon and early to nirht pal mUltl llhlllgf 111 tl Ul yti a i ur»
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