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"1 itenlterson Bmhj Htspatrif _ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA_ TWENTY-NINTH YEAR ^AWVaVbd,phbssof HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 7, U>42 musiMS.^EHNt),’N FIVE CENTS COPY REDS PENETRATE NAZI LINES NORTH ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Nazi Planes Clcud Skies Over Russia Hitler Launches Heavy Aerial Attack as Prelude to Spring Offensive; Soviets Claim 415 German Planes in Eight Days. ( I *t I ; <1 A - - ■ e i a1ia1 j >l’i ‘s -‘) Kw sia s ai'iiii' - haw broken ni<i German 1 in • s<>utheasl ol nike Ilmen on the bI•.i <iy Ha ray a Uu.-sa battlefield, the Jerlin radio acknowledged io iay. while Soviet dispatches in licated that Adolf Hitler now was throwing- clouds of war >!ani\- into the si ruyy!«• as a pre tide t.i tie nasi spring ol fen Ked array dispatches said the intensified aerial assault cost Hie Germans 115 planes in eight days, with Soviet losses held fit Hf. On Master Sunday alone, dispatches slid. Russian fliers and gunners destroyed I HI German aircraft in sky combat and attacks on nazi airdromes. A Berlin be ode;..-1 said strung, auii-ied Russian forces smashed nt" me.i (i" items in the Make Ilmen ■eet< ]■. where r< of t:le Ger '"ili Ifitii army h:e. e been fl apped "f many weeks, but da dared the '.i "vans had ‘adjusted" their lines ti l": hen', y bayongj fighting. A bulletin from Hiller's field ieadt| larters conceded that the Ui, — -tan- were pressing attacks "on sc - era! sectors” of the logn, thawing front, but averted that “our own it fen.-;', e operations brought further ■ uccess." X" details were given Ft":' -h RAF bombers, relentlessly '"ntm ing the.- great spring aer.ai ki. n- re. strum again into the Ge- - :.an. K r, and Rhineland ovemigitt. ie-ra-e "very had weather" to blast ma war limnririe-. The attack IV. 1 . oved a er. i.-s-chann. 1 thrust by more ban .'ini1 RAF .moors Sunday night. Sub Attacks Decrease Knox Reports Lessen ing of Raids, Says New Measures May Be Cause. Washington, \pril 7.— (AD — Mcrrtarv of tlie Nav' Knox re ported tuda.' that (airman I - boat attacks nil shipping along the l . s. Vtlaulir coast bad dropped i aft considerably last week and tii.it the drop might he due to protective measures rr ci nt!\ ado|itcd In the Navv. I > -cu- : tin' - 'ibmaniu* lun renee. Kn >■: -.mi ti.nt tin' \..- experience with oughout the Nort \ ’ I - '. - . - -. , w - t i.,: i ti u y o oc i - vi nt sii tries,” h ■ - -•.- -vi 'iii-!-'. ‘it will be necessary "-C - . ' :act n in:nd beeau- - 1 ' .' ■ re- 'i.-ii.'Ie tor the de nt ’ ' ,ttocks lost w. ck. , r.d the drop may be . • ' in- •- cently adopted. Ilii- Na\' announced it sub marine attacks in the western \llantic and adjacent waters last "t-ck. \aval officials said, how cvci. that only two of those, one tanki i and a tug with barges, ,u in.ill' had been attacked along tlie coast during last week. The other attacks occurred either pi ior to March 111 or else w ere m the Caribbean area which Knox's statement did not eover. l atest figures on announced \tlantii roast shipping losses ‘-how Ilk ships have been sunk since Pearl Harbor. These in clude 59 off the I'nited States, l.) off ( anada. 30 in tlie Carib bean and four off South Amer ica. Secretary Knox also disclosed at hi- press conference that the gov ernment has "under very careful study" the problem of operating the American merchant marine, “eso c uiHv those ships on long voyages.” Knox said there had been some difficulties in manning ships but ^ ffVtntinnpri Qp dp T>Vi<i_r) Indian Negotiations Feared Breaking Down Jap Bombers Raid Cities Along Coast Louis Johnson, Presi dent Roosevelt’s En voy, Reports to White House as India Hesi tates to Accept British Offer. (By The' Associated Press) With .1 apanese bombers al ready attacking her cities, lead ers of invasion-threatened India’s :’>!)<),000.Odd still shied at full wartime cooperation with Britain and the United Nations today amid siirns that negotia tions a.eain were breaking down. In the Philippine theatre, a War department bulletin report ed that heavy casualties on both New Delhi. April 7.— (AIM — Britain has agreed to appoint an Indian as defense minister. Mo hamad Ali Jinnah, president of the Moslem League, said today. sides marked furious fighting along tlie Bataan peninsula front, with Japan's invasion forces continuing to score “some success.” The communique said that the Japanese were hurling repeated heavy attacks against the cen ter of Lieutenant General Jona than Wainw right’s American Filipino defense lines and that aerial bombing of the rear areas and the Bataan south coast was particularly severe throughout yesterday. American anti-aircraft gun ners were credited with destroy ing a Japanese amphibian plane in Manila Bay. The War d partment also quoted Dr. llubertus van Mook, acting head of the Dutch East lad, s govern ment, as saying that two Duleh forces of considerable size were con tinuing t . resist the Japanese inva sion ol Java. Dr van Mook informed Gem ml Douglas MacArthur that the Dutch troops, well supplied with tood and munitions, won' engaging the enemy in fierce lighting in the1 interior jungles and mountains ol Java. Ango-Indian negotiations aim yed at mobilizing India's vast manpower on the side of the al lies were reported to have reach ed a critical new stage. In an apparently eleventh hour attempt to prevent a col lapse of the discussions, Presi dent Roosevelts envoy, Louis Johnson, was disclosed to have been ill touch with the White House regarding developments. As the negotiations continued, the city o' Madras, cm India's Bay ol Bengal coast, underwent its first air raid alarm, lasting an hour and 25 minutes In Burma, British headquarters acknowledged that British troops again had fallen back to now posi tions only (15 miles below the main oil producing section ol Minbu uftet demolishing oil installations at Thaw tmyo and Allnnmyo. This indicated a British withdraw al ol’ at least 40 miles, since fhayct myo is 40 miles north of Pronve, the former right wing anchor ot the British-Chine.se defense line in cen tral Burma, Allanmyo is just north across the Irrawaddy river from Thavi tmyo, about 225 miles from the Indian frontier. Libyan Front More Active Rome (From Italian Broadcasts), April 7.—(AP)—The Italian high command reported today there had been liv.ly patrol activity on both sides of the Libyan battlefront and said Italian planes attacked British planes southeast ot LI Mechili. It said the British lost eight planes —six in an attempted raid on Derna —and two in a raid on Bengasi which “caused only slight damage." Malta was attack, d again by bombers, the Italians added. England’s New Death-Dealing Fighter Plane Britain's now nemesis of the Messerschniitts, the Whirlwind, is pictured for the first time after a demon stration somewhere in England. According to the Ministry of Information it is a twin-engined single seater with a high tail and a nose filled with four cannon capable of knocking enemy aircraft out of the sky with little trouble. The propeller blade (right) belongs to one of its engines which are said to eclipse the speed of those used in the famed Spitfire lighter. (Central Cress) All Industry On War Basis By May 31 Washington, April «.— (AD — Production of most consumer durable goods will be stopped 1>> May 31, Donald M. Nelson, war production head, disclosed today. Declaring that "history will record whether we have moved too fast or too slow, ' in the drive to curtail civilian industries and convert them to war production. Nelson said tile high point of tile program would be reached in a lew days with issuance of orders halting most private building construction and prohibiting use of iron and steel in hundreds of itc ms. "Their impact here and abroad will he widespread and sweep ing." the Wl’fi chief predicted, adding that the two orders were part of a pattern, carefully plan ned by WPIi. which changes "Un lace of American industry." The goal of the program is a "sound hut lean civilian econo my." Nelson ueciared, adeting that no one yet knew iiow -lean' it can he out that it will "get leaner and leant r as the war program goes on." "We’re taking away from the people things which make the standard ol living," Nelson said in iiis discussion of the changes but "this is the' way of total all out war and the price ol early victory." Cotton Prices Turn Lower New Yuri;, April V.--(AP) —Cut ton future, opened ill l" 40 cent, a bale higher. Around mid-day Urn list w:i. lil cents highei tu la cents lower. AIR RAID WARDEN KILLED IN CRASH Wilmington, April 7.—(AP)—J. William Futchs Jr., 40, air raid war den at Carolina Beach, is ilm.ng ton's first civilian del n.-o casualty of the war. Futchs died yesterday at a local hospital from injuries -uttered Sat urday night while on duly at the rc 1 sort. The accident occurred when tv. i automobiles bearing defense work ers collided on the highway between Wilmington and Kure’s Beach. BRAZILIAN SHIP BELIEVED SUNK Rio de Janeiro, April 7.—(AP) — The Brazilian foreign ministry an nounced today the disappear,me oi the 3,557-ton Brazilian freight . v Cabedello, which sailed from Phila delphia February 14 for Brazil. 1 Four Brazilian sh i ps previously had been sunk by axis submarines. The last sinking was followed by ex - tensive anti-axis riots in Rio dt Janeiro, in which numerous Germ: n .business houses were smashed JAPANESE FORCES ARE CONCENTRATED OFF CHINA COAST Chungking, April 7. — (AP)—Thir teen Japanese transports and six war ships have been sighted oil Amy, nil the south coast of China, a mili tary spokesman declared here today. 'I'hr e Japanese divisions are mi- , centrating on Japanese Formosa is land, but their destination has not hern ascertained, the spokesman | said. No Delay, Jones Says l Commerce Secretary Says Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing Facili ties Provided. Washington, April 7.— (AIM — Secretin'.' of Commerce Junes asserted toda\ that there hud been no delay in development oi s'lithetie rubber by the govern ment. adding that there were . now arrange incuts for domestic manufacturing facilities sufficient to produce more than 700,009 Ions of synthetic rubber an nually. Testifying before the Senate dc IriiM' investigating committee. Jones 1 said that this rate of production i could be riadily increased if u essary but declared "cvi li with this production civilians must conserve! tires and rubber in order to meet j our military needs." I "\Ve have p. rsistcntly worked at the problem ol acquiring and pro ducing irubbc t\" Jones declared. 1 . "There has been no delay; on the ; ] contrary, the program has been 1 ; pushed.” Replying to earl r testimony by ! William L. Ball, chief of the war] ] production board materials division, ! that Jones overruled in 1940 recoin- j ' mendations oi the defense commis- ! si,in for a 100.(100-ton production prograir. tlie Commerce secretary declared that this program had in fact been met. When the cominilrsion’s recom mendations were turned over to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in the fall of 1940. Jones said, there wet. many unsolved problems to be met. but bv May 19. 1941. contracts were entered into for plants with a totaly capacity of 60,000 tons an nually. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Showers in extreme west nor linn. British Apprehensive Over Vichy’s Policies Emergence of Laval from Shadows Called ‘Ominous;' Strategical Importance of Mada* gascar Emphasized in Discussions. London. April 7.— (Al’l — Ap prehension over the pair the \ icIiy government w ill play in the momentous events of this year is growing in view of the emergence of Pierre Laval from the shadows, the transfer of the French battleship Dunkerque from Algiers to 'ioulon. and tin* outstanding strategical import ance of rtladagascai to the strug gle lor control of the Indain ocean. The t'cappearanci ■ i Laval, lui mer vice premier, wa. ■ 11cl "ominous py qualtlied somm tl wa ■ as, God me i,t entails l.atl cm .-en him to press \Tchy lor Hit* ..urrenuer m all or paG ol tim French licet lo German con trol. l,m, ;i"hand wa. .-aid to, oc F.trengthened m tin. aim by a new factor—a glowing agitation in the Gcin.au army lor do. cl control ol all France by the German-. This agi tation a- especially ma. keel at that part ol II,. army concent, oed at occup.od Prance and comma!,oed by General Otto von SLielpnugi .. it was a . cri ed. Chief of State I tarn and Lav d coni erred recently and an "liicial tinnounccmcnt itniu ted they uact reviewed the ipoest. u ol coilabuia tion with Germany However, ad vices reaching ■ c-gn diplomatic (piart.. rs in Bern, >.vit/.erland. said Detain had declim o to take Laval back into his calmu . \'icliy was said !■ lie fully con scious of the teei.ng >>! the German army' and this, pi ■ the old instru ment til blackmail rough tile con trol of the live.- ■ i thousands ol French prisoners in Germany, makes Laval s position stronger. The French fleet, plus the Italian navy, probably would give the axis iiumenc.il superiority in the Mediter ranean at the mono lit it is bell ved intending to launch a drive on t \. allied Middle Eastt r:t bridge to the Caucasus and Rus.-ta. DANIELS DONATES GLASSES IO NAVY Washington, April 7-—(AD) Former Secretary m the Navy Jose phus Daniels has donated Ins per sonal pair of gold platrd binoculars to the Navy lor vv, r use. The glasses will soon be sent to a United States Fleet flagship, the de partment said in announcing the gift today. Daniels. Secretary of the Navy from 1913 to 1921, like other citi zens who have furnished the Navy with binoculars, will receive one dollar as a ifni.il md depreciation fpp Autc Union 1 Vv aee IJ-ii'.c i A„ c V/orkers (CiU) t u ■ k - ■ s i Leg a! Limit oi 4'ii5,000 on In* ccme.v.; Accept L dense :1s tor C /crt me. Detroit, \pril \n— United Attiimi i)<- Workers (Uio) eveeut’v** Imard proposed today a legal limit of S25,0(M' i year on family and individual incomes for (lie v. ir's duration, iti return for \\ i 1 i: 11 union work ( rs w.wld a.pi i: "ii - negotiable defense bonds in lieu of ill ov-'-'irp- I *1 r m " e than !0 hours a week. The UAW-C'K > ?•• ... l/'ial b ; . present .! thc-e pi p al in w* .t it term. d an " iji.. ' f sac:' ; in■ ' | i :>i vgram t . a •• i . r c mtorcni 1 .bore delegate s lr weal unions. Other parts ol the program ineluded rigid price fixing on all necessities and limiting war pro i duetion profils to I! per cent on capital invested. i Union deleg.Pcs \\."v called lier.. ] to act on the CIO's executive board recommendation that double Pm wages lor Sunday and holiday work be waved in : :■ ponse to suggi lions from President IP - \ It and Donald M. Nelson, etiainnaii of the war pro duct ii n beard. Acceptance of this was recom mended hv tb mu . union board on> vided that tin c and a half were paid for work over tight 1 wrs a riav or 40 hours a w: ek. time and a half f >r a sixth consecutive day's work, am1 double time for a seventh. The board recommend.d that the union reaffirm V pledge against strikes during the war. that the | union increase production “to the 1 nnst" and that -wing 'hilts be estao j lisped lor 24-hours, seven-day wee: | operations. Government To Protect Labor Savings Detroit. April 7 — ( \I*!—Presi dent ISoosevell. in a letter read to ,i special war conference of the I oiled \atomobile Work ers (( IOi here today, stated the government's intention "to re negotiate eontiucls with the eni loyers wherever necessary to in sure that the sayings from the relinquishment of double or pre mium time go not to the employ er bn! to the nation." The letter. arid re.-m ! to 11 ■' Tin-. . l/AW-flO ;r ternation:' pit sident. st:it d: "The pi’ovi-r n :n .- >me union con tracts requiring double ! me ■ r 't ■ prci: iun pay tor wreit-end and h■ I day work is quite ando:-U.uidablc m peace time. But ill war * e it puts a brake in product! u. it can.- s l ic torii’s to close on Surui..y.- ..nd ’e’li day-‘. It help.- mi: e: . a Th( Presid nf e igi t Th came alter the tin n's nternational exec: t:ve b ard : au :a po-eri tl'al tor th. war's u - at: n ndivtdu.il and famil'y ini .. ted to S2o, 000 a year, in return : n' which lab >r would accept n* n-mg 1 aide delcnsc bonds in lieu el overtime pay tor more than -to 1: > a week. Today' l'AW-CIO conference of dvlegates Iron, bur local unions was called to net - n the national CK > b reci mmendat.on that doubl time (Continued on Page Four) DUTCH COMMISSION TO BE ORGANIZED Sidney. Apr. ..— (AP) -L.oulen ant Ge\ ernor H .1. van Mook of the Netherlands Indies announced today formation oi a Netherlands Indies commission r Australia and New Zealand to deal with all non-military matters. He said that the principles of Dutch contribution to unity of the war effort had been agreed upon in discussion with the Australian gov ernment and die United States com mand and tnai lie int‘ nded to go to London to ot • s- eiails with his ‘'rumen, White House Guest C. P. Phoncphoto I'orert. Carl Pli*t. Jr., 2! of Ch-vy Chase, Mil., salutes before hi- left Fort Meade, Md., f. r t VY: . e House to , ho <r e--t ,.f 1 ’• t Roosevt 11 . iver the Fast or holiday The serereant who h .s l>< i i.e. y,..,r ■n the service was cd.fr .• a field that narrowed down to i: teen for the h .nor of rc'evs.c tin* all selectees in the Army Senate Seems Inclined to Turn Problem Over to Joint Conference Committee. Washington. April 7.— (AI’> — Administration supporteits of fered a compromise in the Sen ate todux in an effort to avoid a showdown at this time upon a welter of proposals dealing with profits, labor and other pro posed controversial riders to the $19,212,773,2(10 xxar appropria tions bill. Sena!'1:' MeKeliar. Domocr..t, Tenm-see. floor leader lor tin1 meas ure, suggested that a "sliding ,-eale" of profit limits, previously approved by tile Son at: appro),: at inn.- eornn;' tce. be abandoned and that the huge appropriation bo pa-sed ■.vithoul tills or any of tht uimei . ; iin pro P.ei.iu- o till- Senate eo mitte, al ready ! t i e pro ,\Ii'!v.'ll. ! . i! I cy.Mv ypi •• *•: • - ' • t - : ; ■ • ■ t ten chi VS. Leaders s id there \vt e y .we di'iiiits tlixd pr >pononts c Id us tcr the ri. rcviivy sup; ' t >•I — cry4 • ’i. < • • l!y -. iu • • S- y . ! ’. w : ( iny by the vime eti <d t i .sny be!utv the S ; ..L- ; : 'w ’ t• - :. * / • all prices slid v n;e- : nci t n. > j-jihit the i d-v' .n . .t . i'i ; , go\ i■!'!i!:'ery pr* • e* •. Democry l ,e I.eydei IT.rkloy Kenti.c^y n .1 it. i iwhether to tin motion becy -t .t . w - • \ ed dciiliny \\ it!. : .e . : 1 -• q .• -; ■ *n in tlie 11 ti the- ; h i.t ' i •. Deim-e: at. G- r.;.. . tin Senate 1 :nanee e. .inmit’ee Stock Market Fails To Rally Now York, April 7 (AP) S< stock market Involutes continued to exhibit comeback tendencies today but the rally sap oozed out ot many leaders The list turned a bit hesitant at the start Activity was about on par with that ol Monday and near the . fourth hour gams and losses running i to a point or s<> 'iito nrottx wo fi [ \ ided
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