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Great Battle Rages At Leningrad
Reds Report
25,000 Nazis
Slaughtered
Combat Tempo ‘Ris
ing V/itb Eve.'y Hour
That Passes’ on Lenin
grad Freni; Russians
Capture Huge War
Supplies.
(By The Associated Press)
A heavy battle of tanks and
men, with the combat tempo
“rising with every hour that
passes." was reported raging on
the Leningrad front today, and
the Russians declared 25,000
German troops had been killed
and huge war supplies captured
in 12 days of fighting around
the old capital and at neighbor
ing Staraya Russa.
It was not immediately clear
whether the Russians were mak
ing a major attempt to break
out of the long-besieged north
ern metropolis, or whether Lie
Germans were on the offensive,
hoping to knock out that long
and stubbornly-defended bar
rier.
The Leningrad radio, how
ever. reported that Red army
troops had captured a fortified
settlement which served as ths
center for several German-held
villages.
Soviet dispatches said 15,000
yiazis had been slain in file Lei.
(Continued on Page Five)
Three Vessels
Sunk By Subs
Washington, April 3.—(AP) —
Torpedoing of two United States
merchant vessels in the t anbbean
sea and the shelling and sinking el
a small tug off the Atlantic coast
jwcre announced today by the Navy,
The Navy said that the merchant
,vcss Is were of medium size and that
the torpedo attacks on them occurred
several weeks ago.
, “In addition,” the Navy added, “a
small U. S. tug was shelled and
.sunk recently off the Atlantic coast
New York. April 3—(AP)—'Thirty
thfee survivors, of a crew of a “good
sizi d" American freighter reached
Jfcw York after three torpedoes fired
Joy a submarine sank the ship in 1 >
minute.- jin the Atlantic March the
third naval 'district announced today.
One man was killed by the torpedo
explosion. Others utter six days in
two open boats were rescued by an
other vessel and taken to a Caribbean
port without ill effect.
Cotton Mills
Hampered
Shortages of Laboi
and Machinery Re
duce Production; Wai
Orders are Heavy.
Washington. April 3.— (AP) —
The Agriculture department said
today the cotton textile industry
faced serious labor supply and
machinery repair and replace
ment problems in its efforts to
meet a sharply expanding civil
ian and military demand for cot
ton goods.
The industry was said to be los
5 ing considerable labor to the arm
ed services and to war plants.
Further, the diversion ot steel an
yy. other raw materials into the con
•;|r struct'on of airplanes, ships, tank.
j£; ; guns and other war equipment vva
said to he making it difficult for tex
sA tile mills to obtain repair and re
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First U.S. Casualty in Ireland
A flap-draped casket containing the body of Corp. Irving Perkins, 31,
of Aitkin, Minn., is carried out of a church by fellow members of' the
A. E. F. Perkins is the first casualty in U. S. forces in North Ireland.
He was shot accidentally. (Central Press)
Whites And Negroes
Clash At Fort Dix
BERGERET REPORTS
ON INSPECTION TRIP
Vichy, April 3. — (AP) — The
French cabinet heard a first hand
report from Air Minister General
Jean Marie Hcrgeret on his inspec
tion of Amci lean air basis today, out
failed to take action on axis-spon
sored proposals that Pierre I.aval,
former vice premier, return to an oi
ficial position.
Laval ended his negotiations with
Marshal retain and Vice Premier
Admiral Jean Dalian last night in a
| eommiiniqe. announcing they had
: been prompted by his belief that the
; “external situation of France is grow
ing worse daily.”
i German sources in Vichy were
reported only “normally interested’
in Laval's failure.
Two Majors
Shoot It Out
Santa Barbara, Cal.. April 3.—
(AP)—Two retired majors climaxed
■a prolonged lend over respective
merits ol the Mate and home guards
in a deadly gun duel last night.
Major William H. W nstrom, 45,
! was killed on the porch of his home.
He was shot twice just over the heart.
I Major Buell Hammett, about 43,
shot in the hip, was given a chance
to live after a blood transfusion.
Mrs. Evelyn Wenstrom, the slain
(Continued on Page Five)
White Military
Policeman and Two
Negro Soldiers Killed
and Five Others
Wounded in 15-Min
ute Battle During
Night.
Fort Dix, N. April 3.— (AP)
— White and Negro soldiers
l’oughl a bloody 15-niinulc battle
im the darkened plains of Fort
Dix last night in which three
men were shot to death and five
others wounded in a furious ex
change of bullets.
The sudden, hitter outburst
ended w hen Negro and w hite of
ficers appeared on the scene and
ordered the embattled white
military police and Negro en
listed men to cease firing.
The battle Hared 11 - >m a dispute m
a nearby amusement center over a
"next" on a telephone.
Major Sage Woldike described tne
ensuing events:
An Ml’ stationed at the place at
tempted to halt the argument am;
had words with a Negro soldier win
lunged for the MP's pistol, gripping
the holster, but failing to grasp the
weapon. The Negro ran outside and
the MP fired a shot after ordering
him to halt.
This brought forth a fusiiage from
the unpacks across the roadway
from the amusement center.
The dead wt re Private Manic W.
Strough, white, of Honey Camp. Va..
a military policeman: and two Negro
soldiers, one Irom Tonne, see, the
other from Georgia.
The wounded were all Negroes.
MORGENTHAU’S
TAX PROPOSALS
TO BE REJECTED
All Prices
May Be Put
Under Ceiling
Washington. April 3.— (Ai’i
An order freezing prices of all
consumer goods not already
under ceiling orders, il was learn
ed today, is under (iis< i-sion be
tween high officials of the office
of price administration and the
war production board.
Such a blanket freezing order,
to be applied ai both whole
sale and retail levellias been
discussed for some time, respait
j ible Ol'A sources -aid. and ‘‘lire
meetings have hern more fre
quent recently." A definite deri
sion has not been readied, it w is
said
The action, if forthcoming,
would take the form of a per
manent freezing order, cutting
prices back to the levels ot
some chosen date, probably sev
eral months ago, it was reported.
Numerous administration offi
cials have voiced dissatisfaction
with present price control meth
(Continued on Page Five)
BRITISH ANNOUNCE
LOSS OF DESTROYER
London, April 3.— (AP) -The ad
miralty announced today that the
destroyer Heythrop had btyn sunk.
The Heythrop was one of the Hunt
class, which were laid down in 1939
and completed in 1940. These ships
displaced 904 tons, and carry four
four-inch anti-aircraft and eight
mailer guns.
House Vv ays and
Me2ns CommiIteen?an
Predict i" a n y of
Treasury Suggestions
for Hew Tax Bill Will
Not Ee Acceptable.
Washington. Ip: I 3.— (A1‘—
House m ay s ar.d mt a > commit •
teem: n predi' trd today that
nianv if Seen tur> IWorgcnthau -
revenue proposals u mid in re
jected when Hi rammiiiu'
draws a new SI Ol'.h'JOO.OuQ t.. \
lull.
( ianplet:ny ix.'id !y .me n,oi
hearing? on the Trea ury depai i
men! - r run n "ndation C'ha. a
! >■ .Ul ill' in, I ■' ::!•■'*. a !. North t:
linn, -aid that eh> nl r. or ms .ji.n . .
the n v t..L::a j .itjaoly .. id.
begin . Ap i There
little i. i- il.ohiy Hail the ima-.ia
\\ .a! [ft reach the Hi Hire before Jia.i
A - .a-;' al ; -a Commit tee .: a i -
‘ .da :: 11 • lay 1 ,c ndministration |.. . -
*r; : v. a id fore a.- follows:
o t d rei'n
again-; .sale tax: a clear majority
tn\urs either a manufacturer’:, or a
retail sail's tax.
$3.200,000.DIM) more from individ
ual. : ' \cept a a last ditch source
ol i t . nun. such a program w ould
be rejected on the ground that it
would d ruble the average individ
ual’s tax -o closely upon last year's
trebling of income taxes.
$3,060,000,000 additional Iron; cor
porations: much too high, what with
combined normal and suxtaxes start -
ing at 55 per cent, and excess pro
fits rates ranging up to 75 per cent:
rates appear to be almost confisca
tory. some members declare.
.$1,344,000,000 from new ar.d in
creased excises: rejected ii a sales
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Crashes Take Toll Of Fliers;
Two Tar Heels Among Dead
Albany, Ga., April 3.—(APj—
Second Lieutenant Hinton S. Mc
Leod, 36, ol Fayettev ilie, N. C , and
Cadet Emerson W. Kaler, ol Crest
line. Ohio, were 1; lied h. re last
night when their training plane
.■rushed near Leary.
Tunner Field otlicers said the two
were on a routine training (light, j
Cause of the crash was undetermin
ed.
Lieutenant McLeod, former C m
eord. N. newspaperm n. is sur
vived by his wife, of Alban• , and
his mother, Mrs. Fianc.s McLeod,
of Fayetteville.
West Greenwich. I!. I.. Api 1
(AP)—An Army icdium .. b".
crashed into the w< dlnnds her ' to
day and exploded, U 11.ng all five oc
cupants, two office: and three en
listed men, the first corps area a >
nounced.
The plane was oi i routine High*
and a cralt of that iype was overdue
at Wesiovei F' !, Chicep; o, Mass.,
the anno, act::.i'll', added:
Aiiiimg tie l ad was:
See n.l Lm .tenant George L.
Dn\ ei. 34. j,ii •!. n: Shelby, A, C.
Cnlnitllna, S C„ April 3. -(AIM —
I'hn e ,iccupmit■ ol an Arn y plans'
w : e killed today when their plate'
er.ohecl at the Lexington airport,
aiiout five mile.- southw; s' of here.
The plane crashed and bu.m 1
: ,irtly after it had take, off on a
■ etui n flight to August,.. Ga., ab i.r.
I) a. nr.
The crash was the liis' fatal ac
cident at the new Arn:> airport.
A'op. of the dead was : rum A ill;
Carolina.
Savannah, Ga.. April C - -i. AIM —
Three Army lliers w ere killed ve -
terday when their ship crashed o. ..r
Pearson, southwest ol here, wliil ■
m a routine training flight. They
went from the Savannah air base.
Mime was from A "n Carolina.
Awarded Flying Cross
9
Ensign William Tepuni
Oir.oial U. S Navy Photo
E n s i g n Willi i m Tepuni, 2ft,
< aboi i from San Fi anci co, has
been awar.I.-I i.1 ■ * Jiistinguished I
I b ing < • • an Axis
sub. 1 I t v.'. forced to
come V ' .. • .rface.
• ( in-.I Press)
international Red
Cross Reports on Con
dition of Men Interned
by Japanese.
Washington. April 3.— i VI*) —
Tile 366 l liited 'states prisoners
of war. who were captured on
Gilbert. Wake and Guam islands
by the Japanese and interned
at Zentsuji, island of Shikoku,
are being well treated, the In
ternational Hed ( ross reported
in a ca\legrani made public to
day by Representative White,
Democrat. Idaho.
i However, the men \ .lit mm'e ea
j tertainm.ent. fancier !•. id. and mail
This was the 11,0 t detailed account
received throngn neutral sources to
date on the welfare ,,; men who tell
in!,, enemy hands.
Vv : te was chosen to release 1 ve
re|)"’t. presumably boca -e many ni
the soldiers and civilians captured m
the American outposts were resid
ents h Idaho. Oregon and Wash
ington. Civilian.- from these and
Othe, we- te. 11 state.- were . "mag. cl .n
| cap tiled i. I. ltd- .
per on. it c da; ac ling to
rank.
men! h.;t 12a pi.a - of .-la,, rewue-t
ed a; , I ,■ ISS ill le.
j "All getting ai ,m; v.a !.. ,\ . dead."
1st MM 1)2
London, \pril —(AI*)-—Some
o! the c>.. i Norwegian ships
which mad. . break for freedom
from 'Swedish ports two days
ago ill.IV bay e eluded tile Ger
man warship I’atro, tlie ministry
of information said today.
I OR \(>R i II ( UiOl.lN
Warmer tonight.
Philippine
Situation
Heartening
Defense of Burma Suf
fers Grave Reverse as
Japanese Advance
Nearer Oil Fields;
Bataan Defenders
Mop Up Pocketed
Units.
(I I in .A it-.; ltd I I’JVS.X)
Grave in u 11 vi-r.-es marked e
tin- a, d d.-i', n-( uf Burma to
day as British headquarters
acknowledged that the Japan
ese had cracked the right wing
anchor a; i’rnrne, key to Burma's
vital oil I'ields. hut the news
I rum the Philippines was more
heartening.
t hi i >i..-- hi Pt-god ! iataan pen
insula. Lit uteiiant General Jona
than AI. Wainwright s Ameri
can and Filipino fighters were
officially reported mopping up
pocketed Japanese units which
yesterday burst through the
main line in two heavy assaults.
lit - U ir department said "a
considerable number” of Japa
nese r,ot through, only to he
trapped as < . s. troops counter
attacked fiercely and sealed the
gap.
With Japanese i n v a s i on
threatening from next door
Burma, leaders ot India's mil
lions still wrangled bitterly over
the British proposal to grant
India self rule after the war in
return for fighting support.
Chinese Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek, advocate of war colla
;>oration ictween China's 400,000,
:>00 and India's 390.000.000, was said
have intervened in the negotia
tion •, urging India to accept the
British proposals.
Chiang vva- -aid to have sent a
special messenger to convey his
vaews to Pandit Nehru, powerful
lurmor president «>: the All India
Congress party.
In Burma, the situation was
critical at both (-nils of the Brit
ish-Ohinesc defense line guard
ing the Burmese oil fields, a
major source of China's gas
oline and oil supplies, and the
road to Mandalay.
Th.e British acknowledged that
lhey nnd been : need to retire to the
north, oi Pi.. less than 100 miles
iiilii oi the op fields, falling back
vie: n gi.i- -ng I ghtir.g in the jun
th - s u'.ii it the Irrawaddy river
However. British headquarters
denied reports ol a landing by
Japanese sea-borne troops at the
west Burma port of Akvab. only
100 miles from the Indian fron
(C : ' rued on Page Five)
German Communique
Lasts Vessels Sunk and
Damaged During
February and March.
Berlin i I rum German Broad
en-Ki, \ oril .'1.— \ 1* v — The
bi;h i mm and slid loduv that
dnt m" 1 Vimuri and March the
German nan. operating against
the fleet- of tin l piled States
uicl Britain, .ink one cruiser,
c.r-ht lie trover-, three corvettes,
leiir torpedo boats, twelve motor
torpedo boats and motor gun
boa!-. live escort vessels and
three submarine chasers.
1 ■. .idriit."i! during the same po
• (i. e .Ui. iuo aid. the Get •
lei'iv -alii tv.> mi'toi gun
; -r ' and lliroe osem". vessel-.
.\i.1'i!i■ 37 wor.-hips, including
ten c; i e eleven destroyers and
five - ibniarino were damaged in
I offen.-ive operations by German
naval n rce.- and in air attacks by
the lultwaffe." it added.
The high command .-aid the
crui er listed among the ships sunk
v a British a ship of the Leander
via.-- Tlie Germans had said recent
ly that a ship of this class had been
torpedoed and sunk in the Mediter
! ranean.
None of the other ships was named
I in the communique
| First Meeting of Pacific War Council
- I President Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown presiding ovei the first meeting of the
newly-created Pacific War Council at the White House. From left to right around
the table are: T. V. Soong, representing China: Walter Nash, minister from New
Zealand Herbert Evatt Australian Minister .>f External Affairs- Lord Halifax,
—Phoneohoto.
an., issador fi om Great Britain; Pres id. lit Roosevelt; Hume Wong, minister from
Canai i Alexander Loudon, th, jNotherlauds and Harry Hopkins. the President's
advisei The council will not deal with immediate concrete problems such as the
disposition ..f f-uuipment and forces but with the general progress of the wp