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“TV V »’ ! • ] / \ >\ < ! Hfcttitersoit Haflij Htspafrit ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA_ TWENTY-NINTH YEAR I^A^u^T%lHv&or HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOO N, APRIL 4, 1912 ,'n!USI^'-,,'.tis.!-ni,avtk i:n'"’n FIVE CENTS COPY Bombers Fire Jap Vessels In Bengal Bay Uniter! States Flying Fortresses Officially Credited with Leav ing Cruiser and Trans port in Flames, Two Others Damaged. (By 'I lie Associated Press) Giant I . S. Army flying fort ress bombers, striking for the first time from bases in India, were credited officially today with leaving a Japanese cruiser and a transport in flames and probably damaging two other ships in the Bay of Bengal. At the same time, Washington quarters painted a brighter pic ture for the allies in the nearly four months old war with Japan, declaring that the tide of aerial supremacy in the southwest Pac ific- is believed to be turning and that navy shipbuilding is now far ahead of losses. A bulletin from Suited Na tions headquarters in Australia said allied airmen had shot down six Japanese planes over enemy-occupied Kocpang, Dutch Timor island, and four more over Darwin. Australia. In ad dition. two planes were listed as probably destroyed at Darwin. Since Pearl Harboro. the Navy has launched 10 destroyer-;, a battleship, two cruisers, two aircrait tenders and a number of nth', r cratt. In ad dition. the official published list shows IT battleships, twelve aircrait carriers and 35 cruisers under c in struction as of June 30. 1941. A New Delhi communique, the first issued by V. S. air forces headquarters in India, said Major General Lewis II. Brercton. the commander, per sonally led the flying fortress attack on Japanese warships in the Bay of Bengal. Recapitulating the historic battle of Java, til Navy in Washington announced the toss of throe more U. S. warships and about TO.') men— raising to 25 the number of Ameri can naval losses in the war. Thirty Japanese warships are known to have been sunk. The aircraft Under Langley, one time naval collier, the tanker Pecos and the destroyer Peary were sent to the bottom by virtually unoppos ed Japanese bombers in action be tween February 10 and March 1, it was disclosed in Washington. Japanese fliers bombed Mandalay, which was tirst attacked February 19. and two other towns in central Burma behind the Brilish-Chincse lines, the British announced. A communique -aid a hospital was set afire, but declared there was no mili tary damage at Mandalay and that aerial toll elsewhere was incons; quential. Pelley Held For Sedition ‘Silver Shirts’ Leader, Lately ‘Galilean’ Edi tor, Arrested by FBI Agents. Washington, April 4.— (AP) — William Dudley Pelley, leader of the Silver Shirts, was arrest ed today on charges of distribut ing false statements intended to hurt the I'nited States and "pro mote the success of our enemies.” FBI agents picked him up in Da rien, Conn., the Justice department announced, under direct orders of Attorney General Biddle, If conviet | ed in a forthcoming trial at Indian apolis—the arrest warrant was is sued at Noblesville, Ind.—Pelley laces a possible sent nee of 20 years in prison, a fine of $10,000, or both. Seditious activities under the es pionage act of 1917 was the formal charge. The department .-.aid that Pelley (Continued on Page Three) » TWO FLIERS KILLED AS BOMBER CRASHES Boise, Idaho. April 4.— (AD — A Ion-motored Army bomber crashed near the rtah-Iduho hord*-r last n'ght. Two men were hilled aiH the other s"v<n abroad are missing, Govcu Field public relations oflleers disclos ed today. All of the men in the plane were from Boise. Jap Bombers Shot Down Ccrregidor’s Gunners Bag Two More Planes, Raising Total to 17 in Two Weeks. Washington, April 4.— (AD — The War department reported to day that the anti-aircraft gun ners of the I'-hilippines Corrcgi dor fortress shot down two mole heavy Japanese bombers, in creasing their bag to 17 destroy ed in less than two weeks. Two other enemy raiders prob ably were damaged, a communi que said. A new type of bomb was dropped by the foe over Corregidor yesterday afternoon, the department said, ex plaining that they burst in the air with huge flames. No damage re sulted from the attacks. On the Bataan peninsula, the .Jap anese laid down a heavy artillery tire tor three hours, but the ex pected ground attack failed to de velop. LUutenant General Jonathan Wainwright reported the Japanese appeared to have moved some med ium artillery from the south shore of Manila Bay to the peninsula abvoe the defens lines. Officials .-aid these wcr. probably of 155 mm., and It40 mm. caliber. Three Ships Sunk By Subs Washington, April 4. (AI1)—The Navy announced today that a med ium sized U. S. merchant vessel, a medium size Vatvian merchantman and a small Canadian merchant ves sel had been torpedoed and sunk. The U. S. merchantman was tor pedoed iit I the Atlantic coast and the other two in the Caribbean area several weeks ago. Norfolk, Va., A1 4.—(AP) — Forty-one men were landed at Nor : folk Wednesday by a rescue vessel | which picked them up from three lifeboats in which they had been i adrift for two hours after their med ium sized American merchant ship i was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast I by ;m enemy submarine. One crewman was missing ana presumed lo.-t, the fifth naval dis trict said today in announcing the attack, which occurred late on tut night of March 31 so near the coast that crewmen could sec* lights ashore. Cotton Closes 40-65 Higher New York. April 4.— (AP)—Cotton futures opened 5 to 45 cents a bale higher. Futures closed 40 to 65 cents a bale higher; middling spot 21.33, up | 10. Open Clns I May . 19.56 19.60 I July . 19.63 19.76 October . 19.83 19.83 December . 19 88 19.96 I January . 20.00 19.96 1 March . . 19.9" 20 03 He Is Risen ■ -y_ " 7 H|fl And' entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man 1M sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; mfl and they were affrighted. And he saith unto them. Be not 9| affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth. Whichi was crucified. ■« H H is risen. He is not here: behold the place where they laid m Him. ... SC. Mark 16: 5, 6. ! Plumbing Fixtures I Prices Are Frozen ! RECIPROCAL PACTS TOR TWO COUNTRIES ___ Washington. April i—( AS)— Ac ling Secretary of Mate Writes i announced today that the I’nit i ed States would negotiate rc | cion.-cal trade agreements with IMexico and Bolivia. He said tiio committee for re ciprocity information would lut'd ! a public hearing May IS on the I two proposed agreements. __ I A d m i nistration Re ported Sounding Out Labor Leaders on Vol - untary Agreement. Washington, April !.— (A**1 — The administration was reported authoritatively today to he sounding out labor leaders on the possibility of obtaining a vol untary agreement for a tl or 48 hour work week at regular pay in war industries. Lieutenants of President Roose velt, including Vice President Wal lace, were said to 1- taking an active j part in efforts to obtain some kind ol i pact between v n-kors and manage ment which would quiet tiie controv i eivy which has arisen over the 40 hour week and prey nt the possible j enactment by Congress of restrictive labor legislation. There lias been some discussion in administration circles of a compro mise calling for overtime pay only after 44 hours, but opposition io such a scheme was said to have arisen on the grounds that tins would he | a half-way measure likely to be un Price-Fixing Order Precedes WPB Order Curtailing Produc tion; Household Elec trical Appliance Prices Also Frozen. Washington. \ptil i.— (AIM — Wonting a new technique to prevent speculative price in creases, the office of price ad ministration froze prices of .ill types of plumbing fixtures to day, preliminary to a war pro duction hoard order cm'ailing their production. Th" tempo: a: ; ceiling, eflectivo T'te-alay. pegs i id. lev el- In ef 11 March ... a hole- ale and : 'el pi :ee . v. ei c af fected, but price .god by plumb er- who act! a i . i ' 11 Hie I ixtures \vy re excluded. Jn Hie pa t. t ■ \ pr.ee-l'i\ing or ders have follow • I rati er than pi e ceded product im curtailments, per mitting price:, ii- ome cases to in crease sharply In ore ceilings were imposed. Top prices vc also fixed today on all hou.-thcb electrical gadgets 'inm the t gisti tn the kitchen to th.e curling iron on the dressing fable. The ( '"A ai o e' the price ceil ing on the.-e li . phanccs at March :t.i levels, ei'felr next Tuc-day. acceptable to c ngrcssiunal critics of the |irescnt lav.. It was understood, however, that any agreent' nt wb eh might be reach ed would have h satisfy labor that the extra pay it mild be giving up would go back t.. the government, rather than int. 'he tills of war eon tractors. Reds Move Reserves To Meet Nazi Drive On East Wo, r Fron t m *? /p- P; i'V To Reject Proposal For Indian Freedom <J5mt*?lb Occlarcs Plan ‘Keep Moslems Tif'J ln 5le Chariot 'l’:,ILceV of Hiodudom;’ Congress Committee Meets. \rw Delhi. V'Hl 1.—(A D —Declaring that Britain's plan for met-" t Indian dominion stains would "keen Moslems tied to the chariot wheels of Hin dudom." Mohammed Ali Jinnaii indicated today that the auton omy proposal already rejected by the powerful All India Con gress party also was unsatisfac tory to his Moslem league. Jinnah, leader of India's second larf-t party, exnrrs-cd deep disap- j pointment that the “entity and in tegrity of the Moslem nation was not nxp'rcn Iv recognized” in the offer outined hv S:r Stafford Crip;-; in an effort to bring the Indians wholeheartedly into the war effort Th. All India Congress working committee, representing the most powerful of the factions, met for about tvy , hours todry. Dr. Maulana Abdul Az.ad. .-na grr.'S president, said the meeting! considered the .itogt:on in Bengal and Assam in view of th wa -fare nearing from Burma, and diseu-sed what lead the organizali >n should •p'-e the ec"ni■ y He added that Ur ■■ iGandhi, revered natimiali-* idor had de layed ! i- de|tart ire ! r<>m the capital !or a d: v to give th committee the ! benefit of hr- adv'i'C. So’ Stallorrl railed at noon upon loll;.-; Johns' n o* ■■ otial rrni'r-enta tive ol rres \ lit Roosevelt in India. Subsidiaries Law Opposed Washington, April 4. -(AP) — Senator 1 rurnan, Democrat, Mis souri, expressed opposition today to a roe minendatiiin by A-sistant Sec retary ol State A. A. Merle. Jr, -hat “in some appropriate lashion” the government be empowered to exer cise control over international busi ness dealings of foreign subside.u... of American companies. Merle made the proposal alter testifying before the Senate defense investigating committee yesterday that not until he had initiated steps to place the Brazilian subsidiary of Standard Oil Company (X. w Jersey) on the State rlep rtment black list did the Standard company agree to halt salt s of gasoline to axis air lines. “I don't think we've got any busi ness controlli: g the business of any sovereign state except our own,” Tru man said. "I don't see how you could legislate in thi country to control a corporate entity- in Brazil." Business concerns in other coun tries own subsidiaries in the United State-, he said, and any efforts to control them would be resisted by the United States. Some Stocks Gain Ground Now York. April 4. -(API- A.i ' assoitmenl of stock market leaders managed to work a little higher in today's brief session although num erous i-sues dozed at slightly lower levels. Board mum were more or less de serted main ustomers elected to stretch out the Goou ‘•’ndav recess ov*?r the week-end > i-v <ry s * /too bnws « Reach tori Limdon. Apr: I 4. ( A I’} -Th _> Vich.v radio, h ard lure i).v Re ter-.. ;aid today that two of ten Norwe gian ships which made a dash lor England' from Goteborg. Sweden, rivarsday had reached an English port. Two others returned to Goteborg md two were sunk, the Vichy radio ■aid. adding that there was no it ws from the other four. (First reports of the mass escape attempt said eleven ships had tried to break through the German block ade for England). Profits Law Supported Thomas Claims Ap proval of Proposal for Sliding Scale of Prof its of War Contracts. Washington. April 1.— ( \P) — A "sliding saele" for limiting profits under war contracts was approved by the Senate appro priations committee today .is it reported out a new war fund measure carrying more than .Sl'l.ftOIMlOO.OOO. Before agreeing upon the grad uated new profit limit proposal the committee rejected on a tie vote. 8 to 8. a substitute proposal by Senators O'Malioney, Demo crat. Wyoming. Waml Overton. Democrat, Louisiana, which would have given the War de partment. or maritime commis sion, flexible authority to limit profits without any rigid sche dules. Washington, April 1.— (AIM — Senator Thomas, Democrat, Ok lahoma. today claimed broad congressional support for a slid ing scale of limiting profits on war contracts as the Senate ap propriations committee consider ed this newest proposal. “My propos I would amount to a cost-plus-fixed fee basis tor all pro fits," Thomas said. "11 would give the little fellow- a higher limit than tile multi-million dollar contract.-.' The Thomas proposal came before the appropriations committee as it considered recommendations for a new S18.300,000,000 wart v.c appro priations measure which oass d the 11, 'Use c- rrying a rider ting w ar contract profits to a flat 6 per cent. Thomas said his proposal wu ap proved in principal by an appro priations sub committee and ador ed combined with a profits limit pro visit*) by Senator O'Mahonev, Demo erat. Wyoming, and Overton. Dem - erat. Louisinana. also offered a- a substitute for the flat fi per coni limit voted by the House. The sliding provision would allow ! profits up to ton per cent on war nin ; tract-, of $100,000 and loss, i- d the I profits oiling would decrease or , larger amounts until contracts above $30,000,000 would carry a profit limt i of 3 i)cr cent on that amount with 2 per cent or. all ah,-r e 850 hO1* 000. ‘ S e v e r al Million’ Freshly Trained Rus sian Soldiers Go to Lone Battleline; Hit ler Reports ‘Very Heavy’ Red Losses, (By The Associated Press) Adolf Hitler's invasion armies, slowly recoiling after a winter of bloody setbacks, were re ported making "very hard" coun ter attacks on the Russian from today in evident preparation for the heralded nazi spring offen sive. Simultaneously, tin- Russians were reported moving the van guard of "several million” freshly trained reserves into the thrawing battlefront from Len ingrad to the Black sea in an attempt to smother the German offensive before if can get started. Soviet quarters .-aid the reserve would boost the R. d armies at tlv front to 7.000,000 troops compared wilu approximately 4.500.000 Ger mans. The German high command said activity had increased on the north ern front, where a heavy battle was reported raging around long besieg ri Leningrad. and acknowledged Soviet, attacks on the Moscow and Ukraine fronts. A bulletin from Hitler's field headquarters, summarizing the first three months of 1942. de clared the Russians had suf fered “very heavy losses " in men and material “in an unsuccess ful attempt to shatter the Ger man eastern front and daring German offensive operations." Aside from unspecified high losses in Red army troops killed, (he nazi command claimed the Russians had lost 10 4.128 pris oners. 2.1(17 tanks. 2.519 guns and 2.720 planes from January 1 to March 31. Russian authorities credited guer illas w ith the slaughter of 3()(i Ger mans and aggressive action against supply lines on the central front to ds;,-. and several more settlements wore reported captured by the Red a i ’ y. Irregular- op-, rating in occupied t( thi S olensk and Bry pi- •i-,-1.".- n udditi >n to killing Hon /i . were said to have captured !o ti >vrd 3f> bridges, 300 •it. •> curt- and throe tank- and put ime locomotives out of com '____ Will Trade Prisoners Britain and Italy Make Arrangements for Exchange of Sick and Wounded Men. I.(melon \prii 1.—( \l’l—The foreign office announced toda> that an exchange of sick and wounded British and Italian prisoners of war—on an "all or none" basis—will begin short ly at l/.tnir. a port in western Turke>. \ g'di..’ ip conducted through a third •<■;miry- — :dentitied only as ' i piott ct ne power" — have .-et in mo tion Hie machinery for tlic exchange, 1 hi Ion ign oft said, "In ow ■ i the nature "f the on ; oration, furtlici details cannot he given at th.- tage but ;< full tato lrient including the names of Ik , ■? repatriated will be issued when it .; completed," the announcement de clare d. British ,-pokesnian said the Ital ians to be repatriated "will be far •sore numerous" than the British from •‘the inevitable fact that the Brit nit empire holds far more pris oners than Italy." The ratio of Italian to British prisoners is beli.ved to be not less than five to one, it was said. The exchange will be made from hospital ships and it has been sug gested that each side send one shit to Izmir to make the swap WEATHER FOK NORTH CAROLINA Not much change in tempera lure tonight.
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