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I '■ 1* TWENn-NINTH YEAR FIVE CENTS COPY ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ British Naval Force Sails To Meet Japanese Great Battle For India Impending Major British Naval Armada Sighted En Route to Indian Ocean, Where Japanese War ships Are Reporter! Near Andamans. (My The A.-sociab'd Pres-) Mi,mis <>i a javai .nipendiiiy battle I or India increased today as the It 1111 iv.uio reported that a major British naval force tiad been siyhtcd in route to the In dian ocean within 21 liours alter Japanese fit i t units were re ported operatiny in those waters. The broadcast said a British force which passed the Cape of Good Hope, in southernmost Africa, included two la rye bat tleships. two aircraft carriers, several cruisers and smaller ships. Japanese warships were re ported near the enemy-captured Andaman islands in tin* Bay <>i Bengal within striking distance of Calcutta or Ceylon, and at Rangoon. Burma. Allied prospects were bright ened momentarily in the battle of Burma today by courageous Chinese counter attacks which wiped out an invading Japanese force on the airfield of Toungoo, eastern base of a defense line before lit ■ chreshoid of India. ( hiii' m ,1 u umnt 10- said the lough, war wee veterans sent >outh by Gt neralr---M':1) Chiang Kai-Shek, their a -i ale bnosted by reint'orce rwnt.-. had “liquidated the Japanc.-c do!acliiilent a! the airfield and con tinued 111 counter attack Japanc.-e re ui’ori'eincnts " moving upon the •city. B . vithdrawal won . plied, however, m the rich Irrawaddy river ,’i'ley u the west. ’The New Delhi e Guniumque aid "tiur line- had to he straightened on the Irrawaddy ; ' oil m consequence ot recent de velopments in the Toungoo area.’ Kresli aerial action was reported in the south Pacific. Allied bombers fired a Japanese _ \m H'l m a raid vtsterday on ship ping at K"epang. capital of Dutcri 'iPtiior. the second attack there in r o ciavs. a Melbourne announce i1 «“lit .-aid. Japanese fliers truck feebly a’ the airport.- nl Pint Mm -cby. capi tal ni \c\v Guinea, and Kokoda vil lage in the Owen Stanley range. Al lied fighters destroyed two raiders and one nl the defenders wa shot down m a dog tight ov er Port Mm— M'by. BRITISH BOMBERS ATTACK AIRDROMES London, March 28 — (AP> —British b«>mbii. attacked airdromes in h e occupied Low countries iast nigiu but bad weather prevented large •i ah i,ud- over the enemy territory, the air mini-dry announced today. The imnistry said mines were laid at si \ oral points during the night. Four planes were reported missing. French Group To Germany i Vichy. Alareh 23 — (AIM— i tie . F'rvneh gov rnmeni announced today establishment of the first civilian reprost ntation in Germany inca diplomatic relations were broken at the outbreak of war in 1939. 1'ight civilian employers will be sent to Germany to open a ■•depart ment of French labor in Germany" l" deal with problems connected with , the employment of French workmen m German factories. (Ofticial G mum sources have set at approximately 100,000 the num ber of French workmen engaged under voluntary contracts to replace German technicians called for army duty.) The only prev ious representation in Germany, sint^ the armistice in 1910. has been the embassy—without diplomatic status—-for prisoners ol war. headed by George Scupini, and the French delegation to the armis tice commission. • Six A ttempts 1 o Wreck Trains Kinston. March 28.—( VIM — Officials of the Atlantic and ? ist ( oast Railway, revealing that si\ (‘ltoi\s to wreck trains in tins vicinity had been made within tiie last ten days, announcvl t? day a S.‘»00 reward would be paid 1 i* information leading to the arrest and convietion o! any w ould - be w reeker. The announcement said two o! the att '.. 1 K - > ? pi .: • . : < • • : < . < , y traffic >n the l:ne. ()t i. r ill11 . ■ were re|>orted t< have hei >. m. ; .war I). . ( r. Ch i ry Point, and (i Idsboro. d Justice Department Acts to Stamp Out Sabotage of Morale and L o y a i t y of Soldiers. Wn -1; i. 1 .M’ The f i cut !t d a o 1 il would t ■1 ■ mill' li" i pi 'cit'd ,m,' i t age oil'. : .. ' >' ■ i; 1 \ "I ..'ll in the armed l I ’n' ecu: ion pis’* et iing w eri• in stituted in t • it' .' ••• '1'cnn against George \V t i ban-, or ganizer of the "Cru • .' ler Win it Shirts." oil chai'gc " i biimtnu; propaganda which :m\mated in-.nh ordination. disloyalty mil mutiny in the An v to bring a '.la "reign of terror.'1 Alinos: i iiIt.oimms act n \\a taken again : Hud<>l|>!■ Fold. a Den ver. Col., who was charged with at tempting to undermine the moralt of the military forces. Attorney General Diddle announc ed la t night tin i tie had directed the two arrest and c.n d ituotatim; | lx Hi i some '11 lii.’ al leged i ’ i 1 '1 ia g. 111' a. 11 tile me: . I» to nat \ e- i.aril A me: - iemir. should tic con', ieted. they tae. ioax.1 mu. penalty ol ten year ■ im pviiii nnient and SlD.OtlO lint -. MOSCOW BOMBED London. ’March ’-K.—— < A I*) Reuters heard a DNB broadcast from Beilin toda> saving that Moscow was bombed last night. WEATHER. FOR NORTH CAROLINA Colder tonight with scattered frost. Bataan Wounded on the Way to Australia C. f*. Phonephotn Wounded United FRaR - and Filipino soldiers are shown tightly packed aboard the **'>ctan on the way to Australian hospital- '• or being removed from Bataan Peninsula. The vessel was s-nt ini- the war zone to pick ui) the men after General MacArthur appealed for aid. The American Red Cross release! the photo. Senate Group Plans & <3 5 * l7-: ] Aviation Uas rrobe i I I GREEK FREIGHTER REACHES LISBON r.i :! iii (Fr >m G i nan I Jr-in den ' . M.iicli US —(AP) - Dispatches Inn; ; L.s! mi reported today that a aGon aji (ri al; t'l eatiile; had arm ■ 1 I i : the t'llii-ii Sant- ei: , Pille II ; cargo of ! ei lor distribution in j Gl I ae i y tin lied ('. us.-. Nazi invasion Preparations Are Reported 'ii i! jcc ..non an -is a m • . . 1 . ■ i , a n l 1 a -1 i n» a ... earned tn expei 1 ! e a ride.I. "ii 111 :■ " . I ir le li.,.t. til P aa'; ' a I c . e . ..a. eiy | -mall lor an in .. a in were in dan - rs well well!; while. RAF PLANES BOMB INVASION BASES Le.'ld'’ll. Mel': h 28. (AIM - G '■ ' bomh.rs and lighter:, hanun-reu • : in\ asinii pi ills- along the can 1 Germ in-nee ipied France 1"; :. despite an intense nnti-aircrait ' ! ! rage v. hich w. clearly an i • aiTOM- the channel. Chairman T i uman Discloses E v i d enct Warranting Investiga tion of Entire Wartime Program for H i g h O c t a ne Gasoline. Washington. March iS. — (AP» 'b’lKitr invt atigatm ; cai.i mitlec lias uncovered evidence warranting an investigation nl the uhf.ii wartime ivialion g.t uline program. Chairman Tru man. Democrat. M’i*.si>uri, (in < Insi-J toda\. i y 11 ■ i11 a: anriard < h • G( Ii Idit n. rruman h‘ ' i v'l'i I • IM in i < - • -d t. a Spun ,i: (• ' d :. i •. : : t •„ e.Ved l;< »\ IT11!: :l lit ( v o • uIi k .■ . fa- lihl ori ,,u ’ Amu rat r .irplanc-. in • ■ ; ; v. • to n- ■: .-.harm;: • ■ 1 ' Ml Tillman toici ’: .it ihf nig I’umpahie i > < n i !o •..- < ie 11 aek and h P | ay . t:n la., i - ’ • a a a'* l n n • t'll t l " da v i. live f mi 1: ' all1 of < . a. da ... . i• i‘j: nl " : . . alia- e\ j . dal the com - va • . aU'.'i afti'i d 1 . d i .a !’n rd it i an cut invea i ’ i ■ v ; :.; ia t ;a rubbe1 ;a.. A. C. 1,. BRAKEMAN DIES IN ACCIDENT ! . '. ’• . i ir‘i L’!l ( AI > • (i ...i.v MM. of n >ar Wa: - v . -a Ati. i ■ a (Va ! ! in bra.a1 and hilled :n the ACI/s yards hero a; iy a iday. Highway Commission Finds Way To Get Oat Of The Red Daily Di-pa.. :i Bureau In the Sir \i .1 i lintel lSy BOB THOMPSON Raleigh. March i-'.i A . yon debt? Don't let it \v. y ye . .1.1 tell the bos.- 1 , raise yetu wages in fective last July. Is your war-wrecked autnmul'ile business running in the red" The -elution is -implc Write ill tin peo ple you soli! e t. last year an I tell their, yon have raised tin prici : etroael rely and that they owe you some mere. Precedent " Plenty ol it and Hem a high source, too. Yesterday the State Highway and Public Works 1 Commission, laced with a $358,000 i prison syste n deficit for the fisced year e;, i. ■ .. ! ■ ■ ay t i - I otn.v. jList l a:-ed : > . o ilia h.ghw ay divis ion lay ;1 a p:a 'ii division lor la id.! pei pi oner pet day. I'. 1 no a . oa■ a is not only for the ti.Pa . It'.- lor tile past. too. The highway d.\ . :■ m - ddenly finds it self owing the pr 1 n system sey - era! hunctn t nd dollars. And in g.v ■ " - i -lit that t )sear Pitts pi i-on 11 ■ ' a. as made up of noth ing mo . tangible than newspaper men's agination. Won,a■ tin highway mo mis sion ha- g' I tune enough to help .. man util v th a somewhat . i . hir problem. r . .. - ,.,-t yr Page Eight) • r .March ‘28. ----- d ' ripps, • ! i . ‘ :•» aillUll, ! < • s '■(■!• tirel.\ • 1 v i- I i- • » With ' ’ 1 ';fs » : hl .. - •• . V. Ill li i »u pro ill- ni. • •> ' • ■ - ;. r.xi said hv 1 •*.; « . . Ihiiidi.i :i the {iwtrnmuilV p: <>pmal, -- re . - Tviiii.; a uten-v w hich he had ten h id v a - not cmar. Nh Sioiha i !. ado it el, ,w that i.e .va- .-iickinj» !•> id. m n»m;.i plan t.• silt. He told a-- n« .. en tn.il ihe text of the Brh h i'.i op.i.-a.i w>uiu be released for publican Monday. (?:i lifted sources predicted that tin- pul:iaalion would dis (I< > • Biitain was oflerin£ India a post-war federation of domin ion statu-, with ♦ ach province or slate tree to decide for itself v. 1.ether :t will join tiu* federa tion or remain outside. Fn.\ inees remaining outside would he free to form another i* ... ration of similar status and dans two dominions could re sult. Powers Act Signed 'em in p . n d - d 1". I.IO Pm i >l' \ l•'!i 11 i()n 1 • j a . •: • i d• " . a it 1 rce |M • tn^e Pm .a! : ; i i i ,e<i services. Biimp Base JL Commissioning Cere monies for Elizabeth City Base Set for Next Wednesday. I l»y ihrth I i’ 'i ' a b. — ( M*1—The NavvC »n*\ Su.tKi'h 000 base for lights i lean air craft a* I.li/abWli (its. described b\ officers ;:s a potent warning to eir im submarines on prow l in recent month*' in coastal water-.” w II he commissioned next Wed nesda.v. Th» new ha- . : ir -t h he .■ • 1 icted <>n the «• >a ’ *• hh • Lako ia X ,1 . includes rail: mo i ci 1 t i -. c ant '• . ••l.c: . p.tsc me! . . r im and administration and rocre i ti«mi i*.. Idings. Con-truction w; - .ai *! • i i/c’d hy c.r'i art- signed .Inly d"*. UNI. \ \ the hinva *a yard- and iock* anti is now ai i »-• ,• mtplete I The station cov.r- • e\ eral hundred acres V; r restrictions w ill 'car the geu ■ra! p:h' v- liar)' the grounds but the | *on n is-ioning . »-remonies will be i broadcast ovei a rega-iuil hookah. \ Governor Brou^oiot. •'! >*vml | thy . 1 rn loieb. I I Bi *oadcasts to India Mr fho M: ' :: ■: .In i <■ f f■ Tiir. ruler <i! liTii; 1 ' . :11 m.'l Kn It::, pv.v a: it :i t : 1 ■ I ! pusi t: • Til;' I a t til;- II i' 111* ■ 111 ■ *; 11U ■ - it t !1 i;- talk uas bn.,TTi.st i liniia. (t , ■ . I'j CD'oJ (C . ■ V > cssj i Defenders of islands Strike at Japanese; Corregictor Gunners Down Bomber. W t>hinglon. March .8.—(.VP) — Th • War department reported t..;la> that the Philippine de ! : idei s made tw o success! »ii re his on the Japanese and that anti aircraft gunners on the fortified island oi Corregidor shot down one lna\> enem> bomb er. ■ ' . tin land VI ; In :! ■ k.G, i a.d. ::\v \ a/an-F F ! pi!i * t tut. o'.ed : • • . ■ v ; a.« • to vv!th;n lees than a mile <>! the ' d n ) ea-nultios. , t j • . . ... (| , ,j1(. ,1a ■ );ni ; hi c. . : . f« h'd cl lilt1 BU LGARiA BELILVED READ\ ; O E M I ER WAR i.\P n I'- •• er 1'. gden I B igarni in; \ : , i ■ d 1 r'\ ' i i \ i 1 " . ' ’ " r\ .b. bUDS blilK Jap Vessels 1 ■ ; Slat Sydney i n• i Ill'S till : Jnpane.-e de.!:overs, an aireiaft ear ner and about 30 t'an-porN ;io supply ships n the la -t two or three weeks Five efui- rs. another ivrrraft | i ■; e r and 30 transports and sun pi > .'bins were damaged, the paper said adding that all the sinkings ncenm •. "anmud .Vistrabn.” T!v et rrespmident aid h’ bat gained his inlormati 'n 1Y im a 'h. ■ im.i' vp soprees " Germans Say Daring Raid Is Failure Spectacular Sea Berne Attempt to Storm Na/i U-Boat Bas aid by Germans to Have Resulted in 'High Bloody Losses.’ : i... Hit- A ... ,i Pre.-s) 'I" Finish sca 1>' :il. .. reck the port. ■ . • -sa. tlie French -' • • -' ■ >i (.ermaiiy s 1 a! . ir ; !..• iialtle ok h' -t -a; ..a- ticciared by ■' " '' : ■ '■■■’: command te ak " • i“ i i; crushed \\ ilh and the a; . i o n i -on, rs. ' . n, i lie nazi acknowledged 1; ' ’! ‘ : si; - ici. i-i ded . in - c".. d they \vc i e •< >t an at - in pi to storm tiic 1 .-In i .. ard an i to j •one r. ' tin- town itself. t lie i iinimunitiuc said a for m'd \moriian destro\cr, laden 1 n; ■\piu',i\es. blew up under ti.e fire of German shore bat tene- .is 11.14i iiish sought to lain ii against the gates ol the ■ trhor lock- in an attempt to deslroj them. ; <>a O.y 1, ..tor tor i' " 11 •>' >* kc;., ;iy damaged by nv- u.< cun .in unique declared. '' 1 1 - - n n side, not one u ar 1 11tile nazi bulletin as> • .n ti.e -ufiiiiurine base n" dm. ag. v. .‘iate\ ei occurred, oil : . .. n. Gc i n,an torpedo . :> i d superior Brit oea .wr : u'o..r, winch broke :: '-‘a cog ;,gi . lent alter having re • coed several hits." l nr ucrmaii high command "aid a destroy or, lour large tor P' do boats and nine smaller ones "* re destroyed by nazi defense ion es in beating off the assault. V British communique said tmits of the army, navy, and air ion es made a "small raid" on St. Na/ain early today and an nounced tuat a further report would he issued “as soon as our force-* return." • 1 ■: • Ge 11 n< ag<»ncy, ; d»!it:-ii "a. Kith.n units"—pre ' > ! • ■r11k:i* troops—also par e puted .11 tiie attack. •V.. ... ■ the Bay .if B;s ' >. ;«t tin the Loire river. '•od tnr i art i i.o rest, i ' in*- ■ - 'Uthern France n 1 . e lannel coast ■ ! a . : 1 .'I n K’th. • • A >: ante;> detending 1 cad ot Murmansk • ‘ i ib : >< et /mg 11>rr and art • i g : -reo •: Lieuie Gt 'ii.. . . .... i Diet 1. who won • • ! c ' a t.»r hi> knight's ‘' i* ■ Nar. ik. ■ a i .nan transports »e n destroyi d by lection with i- t.-op move • . -aid Russian V ,t .man destroyer l.Ilh \N U'TION K a. i . um I tali.m broad >8.—(AP)— The li.'Um ku'i command reported tod.. v. \ ct .ti dozen prisoners win taken in a night action be tween ,.< .amid units southwest of Tiiniim on the Libyan front. Seamen's Home is Raided Mat, h \m •s ..*• 1 I'd . . ■ ■ and policemen •nay on the See 1 otter know n s "it Sc,,: ens Institute.” tody 60 to 68 vi s: •• c j • • t!> l.mgerous aliens. : t :ai.cn n: • custody were t'ii get pr nted on .-pot. then held at the institute ■ ■ ■■ ' i • quarters had been searched. I a >i a ;'r' proceeded slowly. Most of t i • - dents still were there four alter the ra d, which occurred hi we 0 a, m. EWT. E. E Coi; \ of Newark, who led the ra d. said a short wave radio I transmitter had been found tn one o' -oo Sub\ e''-ive literature also was », *7.ed. be said
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