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Itenitersott Bmlg Htspafrfj _ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-NINTH YEAR HENDERSON, N.'C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 1, P.M2 1,UBL,s,KmD^EK!,OON FIVE CENTS COPY Hitler Bolsters ^ ^ -4r '4r itf & 4 4 -4 -A Chinese Escape Jap I — --- - . _ . ___ . Defenders Of Toungoo Withdraw Fiercest Battle of Whole Burma Cam paign R e p o r t e d Fought at Toungoo, 155 f/dles From Ran goon; British Position Grave. (I5y .1 \ ':>eia11 • i ITe-s) ! iani •’ . . ry ('him-se de fender -if ! Pinna u nv report - od 'o hax i - raped a -I a pa.a -e trap at Terayon today, falliny j hack to thi north alter 111 fiercest battle of the whole lUirma earn >aijrn -o far. Tounyoi . 155 airline miles from lia.ny-.on. was the eastern anchor ' ; w allied line in ceil tral Hanna. 1-'r 11!t line dispatches -aid remnant' of the Tounyoo yarri son. oiayinaily estimated at M.- j otio t 'h n, -■ ayainst. IS.non Jap- | auese, - .oiled their wax tlirouca j enemy lines, crossed the Sittany i river under pointblank tire, and scattered in the wooded hills to make c< ntact with a Chinese relief army. Five thousand Japanese weie reported killed in the bloody five day siege of the town. ( hin«se losses wen not disclosed, but man\ tough! to tin* death in shallow machine gun and rifle pits under ineessent dive bomb ins assaults and enemy artillery lire. (in a ,. r, psh-held west Hank, the situ.it n wa equally grave. \ c,.; ni(|ue enneeded that the .j...! i., , n a gamed c uuplete o>n ti-i'.| ■ ; ; and that British patrols (Continued on Page Seven) Italian Sub Sinks Cruiser K,.c.( (1- . r>i Italian Broadcasts),! April 1. — (AP)— An Italian ub- j marine has torpedoed an enemy , erui or, the Italian high command announced today.t The command's conimunicpie said ; that the submarine, returning to its base, had confirmed that it torp doed I and damaged an enemy cruiser in i the o.i. tern Mediterranean. Thi Italians also said that their! torpedn-eanying planes snccesslully , attaeki d a convoy in the east rn Med iterranean and sank a large liter- j chantman. Watson Deal Into Open Statesville Delegation Charges High way Commissioner With Law Violation. Daily Dispatch Bureau, In tile Sir Walter Hotel. P.y BOB THOMPSON Hal Igh, ,'VprTl 1.—Members of a delegation lrom Statesville yester day presented the governor and Highway Chairman Ben Prince with informal charges that Max Watson, j highway commissioner from Forest City, had violated the law prohibit ing a State official, as such, from trading with himself. It was learned that the charges were discussed sev eral day. ago by the attorney gen eral. the chief counsel of the high way commission, and ihe state direc tor of purchase and contract. No re nort, however, was mode 01 me con ference. “They are sore as hell becau.st we (Continued on Page Seven) , A 'Soldier’ Goes for a Walk % U. S. Army Signal Corps Ph.to Wenriny his soldier's uniform. Arthur MacArthur, baby son of Gen eral MacArthur. takes a stroll outside a tunnel shelter on Coneiridor Island in the Philippines. The photo was taken shortly before he left, for Australia with his mother and famous father. _ _ (Central Press) Standard Withheld Robber Information. TAX COLLECTIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA REACH RECORD MARK Greensboro. April I—| \l’i — With a total of nearly S(i(i,000,0‘00 collections for the month of March l»v the office of Chart s II. Robertson, collector of inter nal revenue, reached the highest peak in the history of the district of North Carolina, it was an nounced today. Official!' tabulated figures showed the total for the pa-t month to he Stia/t.M.S 1 1.14, or an increase ol 8~5.f>(> 1,7‘tr>.99 over (hi- total reported for March, 1911. Bailey Asks Amendments North Carolina Sena tor Says Small Busi ness Aid Mea sure Needs Changes. Washington, April 1.— (AIM — S'-ivfnr IVt’ley. Democrat. Xiwth Carolina, urged the S-nite today to amend pending legislation to limit propusod government loans to small business to firms hiv ing less than S400.00 annual turnover. Si mport in;; Bail v‘s proposal Sena tor Olas- Democrat, Virginia, con tended that the bill now would per mit a single I cm of SI00,000,000, the full amount authorized in the measure. Ba b v -aid I’m bill, which would establish a -mailer war plants cor poration linked to the war produc tion hoard, was likely — unless amended-- to "bring a rush on the Treasin'y in which small business mav all get lost.” Bailey proposer! in a series of amendment- to limit loans not mly to firms with loss than S400.000 an nual turnover. but to companies which were ",,ing concerns on De cember 1. 19 41. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Continued rather cold tonight \,uli s< altered frciat. Farish Testifies That Civilian Representa tive of Navy Was Re fused Details on Pro cess of Making Syn thetic Product. Washington, Vnril 1.— (A!*) — President IV. S. Parish testified under imestioning lrda\ that of iieuils <>! 'tic Standard Oil Com pany (New Jersey) had not dis closed I lie l'nll process of manu facturing syr.lhcti'- rubber to a civilian representative of the V.iw when the i.ilp-r inspected Standard's -taut in 15K50. I'h' dr I ■ • i* e ( m cii Senator > .Hah'inej . I •(•!'...erat. Wyoming, to '.-■-ori m ,i !:( •!•!):•; ' el.we the Senate defen nvcvlit mg eomniittei that a i y lay1 ea n ;rh , lie mu I el not , ■avoid the m: ■ ■ n • ■ 'bat an ol'fh-iai ■>'. s 1'1 ” la i I v I ’ ’ :.-•*!• I to tCl’i' toe Navy ol1 i , ! a way from a isli' rlge el the maimf;ictui illy, prove . .” i o I ;.,ee; ■.)i the incident canto 1 a' ter Fan .It, nmh im; to eliai ge-. j made he t i>v V-sistant A ttor i n\ (Jem i a I 'I imri in Arnold that .-'•tandai'd hod o le-1 ymhef ic rub i a-r , ] ' o wa i !i m t1 ■1 c, c aitry lx— (Continued on Page Two) Prince Says Purchases Customary Raleigh. April 1.- (AP) —The State highway commission today sought to determine the legality of it, piirchase- ol materials from firms of which State employe,.' are mem bers. John R. McLaughl n, Iredell county represcntatii e, yesterday chars*.d that the highway commission had purchased automobile parts from a ] Forest City firm controlled L'y High way Commissioner T. Max Watson. Ben Prince, chairman of the high way commis'ion, today said that the commission for the past JO years had been buying part., from firms in which nr mbers el the commission had been connected. He said, in addition to Watson, Thomas R. Wolfe of Albemarle, seventh district commissionei and i E. G. Flanagan of Greenville, sec ond district commissioner, wen; 1 members of toms from which the i niinnik. lun hut bought materials. February 16 Registrants ~ d'ecir/e Service Headquarters Instructs Local Draft B o a r d s to Classify Latent Registrants Im mediately. _ Washington. XT')— | Selective service 1 c ldrjuirtor.s announced tcd-i.v tJ• 1 me** who - i we 3 Febnnry H! would be i irv.rjcdi.ilolv classified and sonic '.j.. would b- i"(''."‘cd into sc* > i v in M iv 03' ,J jii-. There ha- been some confusion as to whether the February 1 (> icgis t'.ants wmild be integrated with men who regi tered prior to that date or he vailed after exiiau.-.t a n oi • l pre : aw r".s.e u . n:-, 1 iP t n V- ,in nm;i!i ement said: “l.or:il boards throughout the natvni were instructed to start j classification at once of the sev eral million men w ho enrolled on February lfi and to prepare to fit! the Xrniy's .June call for men. and possibly the .'lav call, with tiicsf registrants and regis trants from tin first ace group." "The War department." the an noiuK-emt lit said, "has indicated that beginning June 1, 1942. requisitions will probably call for men of both age groups." Local boards were directed to pro ved to complete clausil ieatinn ot it ejstrants ot the first ago group and 'a' ..he same time" proceed with chi- ilicali m of those in the second agi group “in sufficient numbers to m ure the filling of the June eat! entirely from the third registration, ii such action is required." II any local board finds it does not have a sufficient number of men from the first ; ge group available in Class l-.\ to till its May call, it was authorized to call enough men from the second age group to till it quota and was told to continue to classify men in the second age group to be .sure that it lias enough by June i to till a normal call. Blimp Base Commissioned Kli/abi Hi City, April 1.—(AIM — Governor Broughton said today that i the Navy's new $6,000,1)00 blimp ba e here would liclp uphold coast:d North Carolina's tradition of taking ; n active part in all of this coun'ry’s v. a i's. In a speech prepared for delivery at commissioning cxcrci-es ;it the has , the governor pointed out that ships and boats were being built at Wilmington, Elizabeth City, New Bern and Man too: that Camp If tvis was one of the largest anti-aircraft bases in the eouunlry, that the Marine base and Cunningham field were irady to turn out thousands of train ed fight rs; and that anti-submarine j activities were in full swing. "North Carolina also has furnish ed many naval heroes and five soe (Continucd on rage Seven) Japs Halted In Heavy Bataan Attack Washington, April 1.—(AP)—-The I War department r. ported today that j the Japanese, in a heavy attack on 1 the right center of Lieutenant Gen eral Jonathan M. Wainwright’s line in Bataan, captured some of the ad vanced positions but were hall d in J fierce hand-to-hand combat before i they reached the main American Filipino line. A number of minor air raids on Corregidor occurred yesterday. a communique said, and anti-aircraft artillery shot down two heavy Jap anese bombers. A formal apology was received from the Japanese imperial high command in the Philippine; for the recent bombing of a base hospital in Bataan. A Japanese army spokes man said in a radio broadcast that ih-. bombing w Uo aumtentioiuL 19603 ' i Fog for Daylight 'Blackout’ Here are two views of the Wallabout socli in of Brooklyn, N. Y., during a test in which artificial fog was tried as a means of concealment from bombers that might come over in daylight. Top, the area before the “fog,” a non-toxic, non-odorous vapor, was turned loose. Below, how : section looked with the “ceiling” of fog hanging over the buildings. Military authorities observed the tests, (Central Press) SIKHS REJECT BRITISH OFFER MEXICAN MINISTER ASSURES SUPPORT Washington. April 1.— (AP) — Ur. Ezeiiuiel Padilla. Mexican foreign minister, personally as sured President Roosevelt today that his country would do "ail possible for the common cause of democracy in the present war effort." The foreign minister carried this message to >Ir. Roosevelt from the president of Mexico in a call at the White House today. In Session Seven Men M eel in Washington vo Work Cut S (t 3 tegv of U nited Nations Drive. Washington. April 1 (AP■ - Upon sc\ on ir n m-gam.-ed a llic Paeil ie war council fir* • 1 veil today the gigantic ta-k of working on; the strategy oi tin United Nations for victory o'rer .Japan. Then' efforts wen* expected to pro duce tlie first complet unity of war planning since .Japan cracked the ling of allied IcIVii-c- in the south western Pacific :'v ir erwheln ing Singapi t . and the Dutch f'.a.st In dies. President I!ou-o\ It. who announc ed formation of the council .Mon day, calk t! tic other inumbers lo meet witii !:im at tin White House today in their ini'inl session and while official word was lacking as to the tir-t work to bo mid rtaken Mr. Roosevelt himself lias described it as imperative that the Dni'od Nations in the western Pacific "c >r fCnntinued on Page Seven) Nazi Workers Demand Food London. April 1.—(API—The Moscow radio reported today that, “hunger revolts" took place a few days ago among workers of Essen, the German munitions center, and declared police guards and armed storm trooper formations were being increased at German war factories. The Essen disturbances occurred when cutting of the bread ration was announced a few days ago, the radio said, and such slogans as “we want more bread," ".•.top the war,” and "down with ft. lei ippeared on Ui. factory walls. I Hindu Warrior Caste Declares B r it a i n ' s Plan for Post-War Dominion Status Leaves Them at Mercy of Moslems. New Delhi, April 1.— (AIM — The Sikh all parties committee, one of India's minority groups, issued tlie first flat rejection to day of Britain's offer of post-war dominion status for India The Sikhs, a Hindu warrior caste, rejected the plan as submitted by Britain's special envoy. Sir Stafford Ci'ipps, on tli-. ground that it would leave them at the mercy ol' the Mos lem majority in Punjab province. As a result, the Sikhs were expected to make common cause against the Moslems with the Mahasabha, organization of Hindu extremists, whose rejec tion of the offer already has ap peared certain. The chef stumbling block to acceptance was the requirement that India's wartime defenses be left in British hands. It app a red likely that Sir Staf ford would not have I he 11naI decision ol all the niaji>r Inch in groups be!ore Friday. The Congr-parly work ing eoiomitti”.'. whose stand is the most im po-tsnt, was riraH i ng li mply. but it was not known when it would be handed to Sir Stafford. Sea Patrols Strengthened London, April 1 —(AIM British officials announced today that north ern sea patrol.-, and escorts for Rus sia-bound convoy- have been rein forced and that ail of the convoy at tacked earli r tins work in the open ing phase oi Germany's Arctic oceon offensive to cut the Soviet supply lines had "arrived safely at a Rus sian port.” Russian circles which confirmed the safe arrival of the ships laden with war material for Ihe R d armies did not identify the port, but reports from Stockholm said the .ships had reached Murmansk. Strengthening of the British sea patrols was interpreted as meaning a marked increase in thi Flow of I United States and British equipment to Russia due to improved weather i conditions and a consequent better ment of port facilities. JAPANESE PLANES DESTROYED IN RAID Melbourne, April 1 —(API—Aus tralian planes destroyed an estimat ed six Japanese planes on the ground and damaged six others in an attack mi Koepang, on I He island of Timor, it was announi id otin tally today. Launching Of Offensive Draws Near Fuehrer Reported to Have Moved 1,500,000 Fresh Troops to East ern Front; Germans Announce New Offen sive Thrusts. (I’y I lie Associated Press) ‘Gloll Hiller was reported moving oo.nno fresh troops inio the eastern front today as signs multiplied that the fuehrer "'as preparing to open his long heralded spring offensive for a climactic struggle involving nearly twelve million German and Russian soldiers. Stockholm dispatches said l‘>, 000 German troop trains had unwed eastward in the last three months. London quarters estimated, that about l.bOO,(>()() German.-; and 7,000.000 Russians were massing for the great battles al ready beginning to lake shape along the 2,000-mile Soviet front. _ Indications that “zero hour" may he ucai for the German drive were seen in recent com muniques reporting na/.i offen sive thrusts, after months of stressing the hitter defensive na ture of German operations. Thus, today’s bulletin from German field headquarters reported that “in an attack of our own.” na/.i motorized troops dislodged Rus sian forces from positions north east of Orel, 100 miles below Moscow. London military observers said they expected Hitler to aim his heaviest blows against the Russian armies on the southern front, in an attempt to break through the 400 mile line between Orel and Taganrog (Continued on Page Seven) Siberian Army Reinforced London. April 1.—(AP)— A: re sponsible source -aid today the Rus sians, while mobilizing the bulk of their military manpower against the Germans, had restored their Si berian army to nearly one million men who are ;airly well equipped.” "They , re watoning the Japanese carefully," he said. The Japanese, no n ported, have suggested that, as a show of good will toward Japan, the Soviet far eastern troops should be withdrawn to a line doniarkation agreed upon by both nation- and that certain airports should be abandoned. He expressed do- M that the Russians would agree. Congress May Recess Senate Leaders Op~ pose Effort to Give Right of Way to Labor Legislation. Washington, April 1.— (AP)—-Sen late leaders discussed today the pos sibility of joining the House in a re cess lor a week or ten days, but advocates of war labor legislation asked assurance that their proposals would be given consideration as soon a- Congr- ss resumed work. Majority Leader Barkley, Demo crat, Kentucky, told reporters that many senators favored a brief, in forn al recess, but that he was op posed to giving labor legislation the right of way at the end of any holi day that might be agreed upon. Senator Connally. Democrat, Texas, said, however, that he would move to take up his proposal to empower government seizure of war plants and i the freezing of labor relations to pre 1 vent or halt strikes as soon as pend ine legislation to aid small business hail bet n disposed ul
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