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■ TWENTY-NINTH YEAR LTHKIADssociATBD,pRHsa?,r HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL IS, 11*42 pl’b‘J8M^i,aaft1kw"ju‘n FIVE CENTS COPY jU. S. Planes Bomb Tokyo [RAF Drives Deep Into Germany Augsburg Is Damaged By Bombers Longest Daylight Of fensive of War Sus tai ned With Fresh Waves of Fighters Over Continent; New Lancaster Bombers Used. London, April 18.—(AIM—The l; \K, striving to hammer Adolf Hitler's new Europe out of shape, sustained its longest daylight of fensive today with fresh waves of tighter planes while London assessed results of hold smashes into Germany and conquered territory within the past 21 hours. A factory credited with production of half of Germany's submarine en r.m • . the big Diesel works at Augs 1 mg, was “heavily damaged," at di.-k yesterday, informed sources vnd, although the RAF paid a high price for this deep thrust into na/.i Jand. The Augsburg raid was char acterized here as one of the most daring flights of the war and was the RAF's farthercst day f light penetration of the rcich. Once over their target, the raid ers dived to chintney height to hammer home their blows. Britain's new Lancaster bombers, a about which little is known except that they are , lour-motored, carried out the Augsburg smash. Other planes set many a new lire in Ham burg during the night, the 89th raid on that important German port. Spitfires and Hurricanes were hurled back across the English chan nel today for new tighter sweeps of the battered, occupied French pro \ ince of Pas de Calais The eight bombers which reached t ic target were the survivors of a : rce of twelve which lost a third of strength in an encounter with Merman airmen near Paris at the .’irt of the outward journey. CHARTER IS GIVEN INDIAN ORPHANAGE I Raleigh, April 18.—(AP)—Secre I ’ y of State Thad Eure today issued I " titivates of incorporation to ;. I i harlotte textile firm, a Greensboro ■ curb market and an Indian orphan I age in Robeson county, j The orphanage was incorporated j ; The Robeson County Indian (>r I | .mage, Inc.; non-stock; L. W. I Jacobs, It. H. Livermore, Roy W. I M.iynor and others are the mcor I p"iaturs. Laval Names His Cabinet Laval Keeps Posts of j Foreign Affairs, In terior and Information For Himself. Vichy, April 18.—(AIM—Pro axis Pierre Laval formed a new government aimed toward in creased collaboration with Ger many today and kept three key posts—foreign affairs, interior and information—for himself. To assist him in the foreign ministry, Laval named two of his most trusted assistants, fount Demand de Brinon, pres ent Viehy ambassador to the German authorities of occupied France, and Jacques Benoist Mechii, former American news correspondent and previously a Vichy repie.-.entative in Paris. Paul Marion, at. etruy of state for iiiiormation, ie,nainei in his post. Laval drafted tv n depail fental pre feets to help him m the inie, iur min istry, Reorges Claie, intern.. id ministraiion, and Ro ert Bousm m police. Admiral Rene Platon. formti minister of coionias, was also tamed as one of Laval’s assistants ;du. ugh u. (Continued oa Tu^e Three, _ French Fate To Be Made KnownToda) t Laval Expected to Name New Cabinet and Issue Pronounce ment of French For eign Policy; Opposi tion Gains Strength. (By The Associated Press.) Crafty. pro-German Pierre Laval was expected to disclose the fate of France today amid a highly explosive situation point ed by reports of w idespread hatred against Laval among the French population. Hailed in the official Vichy press as a "fervent patriot." Laval was to announce his new collaborationist cabinet during the day, and with it a pro nouncement of French foreign policy which was awaited with ominous misgivings in allied capitals. Washington advices said Laval's opponents in Fiance were already planning to unseat him and that the new premier was prepared to go the limit m forcing the conquered nation to collaborate with the muds. Simultaneous;-.', a new bel ligerency in the French armed forces was reflected in reports from Casablanca. French Moroc co, stating that French fighter planes took to the air yesterday when a British bomber circled over the naval base and airport and then fieyy off. French officials .-aid the twin motored RAF bomber disappeared as soon as French pursuit planes rose to meet it. Informed .quarters in Washington -aid Laval might ire expected to launch a military campaign to wrest (Continued on Page Three) EXPLOSfotNS AT SEA HEARD ALONG COAST Atlantic City, April 18,-- (AP) — Residents were awakened at 2:80 a. m. KWT today bv five reverberat ing explosions at sea. Other explosions were heard lav night. A store proprietor said they were ot such intensity that "the board walk was shaking tinder my feet. ' Free French London, April 18.— (AIM I be Free French announced today that the submarine Surcouf was consid ered lost. The Surcouf, a vessel of 2,880 ton . was the largest submarine in the world and accommodated a seaplane in a small deck hangar. Fixe French naval headquarters is sued this communique: •‘Free French naval headquarters regret to announce that the submar ine Surcouf is considered overdue and must be considered lost.” Traffic Volum Even Faster 1 Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By BOB THOMPSON Raleigh, April 18.—"Magic > ye” traffic counters placed at strategic points along the main highways ot the state show that the volume of traffic is declining at an even great er rate than highway oilicials had forecast. Traffic on 24 main highways last month was lti.l per cent below the volume of March, 1941. The April count is expected to show an even greater drop. By fall a reduction ot ' at least 50 per cent is almost cer j tain Members ot the highway com ! mission who a few months ago were aughing at the department's plan um*, md statistics engineer, James buuli. localise of his pessimistic j prophecies, are now wondering il he I «-a~ ik - j iaervail"c in ho c: ti iiu;-ill. 1. S. Fighter Plant* Out Pacii ic I This Official V. S. Navy Phchi ,-hnvv- a United States l ght r i at e • iterating : a.: : av n Pacific. Emblazoned on t- side - the Hod. White and !’■ ne v. ; a h stria k ti-rr ' 1 toe :a 1 .iapan in Tokyo, who th.erel y identnied as American plan s tin- ai f- ; a I howei d ; a ■ e\;.l . . and in cendiary hoi !•- on Tokyo VoLohae a and - !a in the island kingd. More Aid To Russia Lease-Lend Shipments Greatly Increased, White House Reports; All Allies Get More Materials. Washington, April l.'i —(AP)~-1 he White House today reported a sharp upsurge of ieasc-iend aid to Russia, saying that two and a half times as much was sent in March as was sent in February. Exact figui - on Russian >• which President Roosevelt ordered sped up several week.- ago. were not disclosed but Presidential Scereiar.v Steph.n Early said the report low ed “very favorable progress. Early told reporters he did not know whether the March report meant that shipment- to Russia won now on schedule. At the tint the President ordered the speedup h - merits w ere reporti d t unning be hind. The monthly report shows d :! ,i' h ase-lcnd aid to all I'nited Nation passed the $3.(H)i!,(ino,()hO marl', i y the end of March, an atcicasc .a si.. 000,000,000 m two i oiiths Total . id to the United Nation, during Mu "■ amounted to nearly $(ioo,ooo,non. MRS. WHITNEY DIES AFTER HEART ATTACK New York. to M’ ' v (in trude Yandei I>dt A 'ice nationally known culph i an I inheritor of one of the largo t o-.i dc (wer recorded, died t1 ■ tiay at a York hospital allei • ic "I I |' .*' She was 0a year old. Mrs. Whitney, whose marriage to Harry Payne Whitney in 1300 >■" billed two ot the great Owl one in America, was left, with her three children. $100,000,000 on the death of her husband n 103U. s Is Declining Tan Expected The traffic counts w re taken ■ n ! main, pac ed highw ays in the ('oral | areas. Although there are no stnti tics to prove his position. Burch be lieves that the volume of traffic has i decreased more in the urban area • and on secondary roads than it mi on highways which were checked. The count included roads in de fense areas on which the volume of traffic has increased. U. S. 70 'vest of New Bern showed a Mi.7 per e ill increase, and U. S 301 south of Hah fax a 23.2 per cent increase in Feb ruary. One of the largest decreases ~h uvn was on U. S. 1 north of Raleigu. when' traffic fell oil 20.8 per cent in February and 21.4 in March. The decrease in north-south tourist traf fic is believed responsible, i The traffic census report p.. : 'as* (Continued on Page Three) Red Forces Smash Finn Resistance GENERAL MARSHALL IN NORTH IRELAND (nited States Vrm.v Head quarters in Northern Ireland— The I nited States Army thief ol stall. General George Mar shall. with staff officers, and accompanied 1)' Harry Hopkins, advisor to President Roosevelt, arrived here today. They were accompanied by \Y. \. Harriman, iease-lend ex pediter in iainuon. Showdown OnWorkLaw Administration Lead ers Decide to Fight Out Whole Question Next Week. w.i.-h illglnll, Ap! : I ! d. ( A I ’ ) A(! j mini- Ir;i1 inn iendr b;i\ v dor it if d t > i p;h! out t.ho wh< -It • < {tit l MM i ol v i I ii! f >r j)' i lirirs tin Uio i Inor t >1 dir Sri i- [ :dr newt wrrk p" - Ply iiidod 'Aid I ;111 t"xprr:-sion by I ’if idrnt ii >■»<■ M ill opposing rlf P'flit It! IV -liir 11\ r i\.i .i -11r«• ;m Miilhonalivr •» .rrr ■aid today. In lino with n drei ■; mi. on: brr- said tho Son* lab«>1 r"n :rr v. ; • likely t*» -ppn»\ o M*»nda\ a bill hv Senatoi Dali. llop'n.dicah ■ .VI mmsi da, pn>\ idfa roiat:\riy a..iu ivsl nations on waw and muon ac * i\pty. The bill w.'tilc: e tah!:-h a lalo. dispute- oiliiinb.si 1 Inch e " 11.1 .11> prove increase- m w ago* equi\ alem mly to an - anee ■ .n the eo.-t ot hy ing nr where the nerease did no carry the wage a)"1' e the prevail!;.[■ -vale lor that type ol work else where. The same condition- ’■ ■ ■ ui■ apply to inerea-e- in salarie man s.i.iiihi yearly. Besides -etting up mediation am. arbitration machinery, the n a-i..t would h;m 11 iv' in-titulion ol rlo.-er. shops except when an employs : nao been found by the kmor ri'iaiimi board to hax e engaged in ■ ■ ■ i: - labor pi'iieliees w itn n the pr< eedu | two vein-, or where a change wa I made by voluntary agreoment DESTROYER BUILT IN 60 DAYS TIME Portsmouth. Ya . April 18 i.\P' —Tile destioyei Shubriek. built a. tin' record time ot tin day-, wa launched at tin N ‘I lolk Xa\ y y aid iOday. MEATIIER FOR NORTH ( AROMN.V < mil. r tniii&hC Important Center Captured on Northern Front, With Heavy Losses of Men; Rus sians Advance Else where Along Front. .Moscow. April IS.— (AIM—So viet forces on the northern front have captured a center of resist ance whose fall constitutes a major defeat for the Finns, Tass said today in a dispatch broad cast i>\ t!ie Moscow radio. In tv. > days of lighting the Finns a.'i’. , ■ I'l l ;:"in- than ! .(Kill officers and n en and a very nportant de K'li-e lira', tii" S , u-f new s agency declared. If reported that Soviet troop hail consolidated their opera tion.- and vase 'a,,, continuing pur -uit ol the Finn-. Kuibyshev, \ pri I IS.— (AI’i — \ report from Smolensk pro i nice tod is said that in nine months Ktis-ian guerillas had killed 11.000 uf the enemy iu ch.'ding five generals. Twenty (ii-triets ol the province were -aid to have been cleared of Ger mans in the last three months. 1 ■ - Si ' el III! ol oatl'Kl bill call -id oi 11!:., ■ oi ■oher act ion in a miq - I ideas) i ly the Mus 'd in tin- v. ;• tern ■. entral) front aiei i y i ■■ - tanv1 ..lot . ipied a minin’'- "! O y (letef-e points," it a a ■. ' 1 i n nd ' i; ■' ei v dead were Kalinin :; nk , ■ -■ declar 'd to . i. i d' t. 'yell , a t i e. :; an ■ ini. - at id -. a l a si. ina day oj jorat ion w h ie( i c t '' - - in\ ader nore than BtKi ei n< eers kili ed. A jar. I'oi't t ’in -1 u 11 a ■ i n in! in a ini I tee, re, squad -.111- had • -light 1 ;■ .11 liters to n -taml 'hi . e\ 11 11 . i i a igagenictus ■ i he >, , ■ . 1 A - i a t. 1; list rat - a na. i'll - * ■ i ' ga.n aei i.il sit • 1 ■ •, | 1 \ 'it1; N. C, Congresi Increased Tot II.lily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. By BOB THOMPSON Kalrieh, April IK. - Telegrams re eved t on seven '0 North Caro j:na' 1 ft men in Congress indicate that although tin- delegation is op ed to iiii- proposed increase in the •i-di-i.,! loi'ucc' tax the members will not l-e surprised ll si tell an increase is enacted into Uiw . A teleg aplnc poll of the delega ! tion's attitude on the proposed in— -lease in tobacco and gasoline taxes | was attempted immediately after | Go\ e. Hmughton appeared before the Housi ays and means cotnmil I toe in W asti ion. Both were m ,-hided • *. i.o ih> enter m a Raid Alarms Ring Over Large Area Of Island Kingdom Raid Opens Offensive, Solons Say tinned today th it tin- numbing o! .Jii pane.-e e.111•... .1 111 • i 1 11 jed '>y len.-ive nr hy tire L’l ited X hull- ill the ha I’ae.l :e. eral nil n- e.' a -erted lorn ■ .-entati'. e May. I Je. ■ ■ .a .,•, K. tu< kv. elii n I tin ennimitt.ee 'Wii. h ■ ! - hard a a me to hei::I .myth,tig .Ian 1 •siys. the bt in'.- ■ ait my predic tion • 11 ten U.a'y- agi' that T ky 1 v. Hi iId i a■ iiai Red shortly." Repia ~ Hint.." Yin.'oii. Den ei at. Georg.;,. eiia.rman f ‘a • naval eniiSinittee. elated by the report of the aerial attar!;.-, de clared th. t "it appear.- to me that the allied nat ns art b ginning to take hit' oflen.-ive.'’ Althougls Tokyo .-a:d its ob servers were convinced 'h“ I'iiider.- were l.'nited State- war pliine-. thi Army and Navy hare said they had 110 confirmation 0; the reported foray. Corregidor Hits Back Island Fortress’ Guns Silence Japanese Bat teries on Bataan; Cebu Occupied. w ashing ton. April 18.--1 AIM —The War department reported today that t'orregidor's gnus sil enced several additional enemy batteries and blasted roads and bridges 'on the nearby Philip pines Bataan peninsula. Siege lire continued through yesterday, a communique said, hut its intensity decreased some what. and little damage was de clared to have been done on l or regidor. Cebu, tin ■ i i - - 1 city, . been occupied io the invaders, ; 1.•. \\ ar riepartrru it said report? mu rated. Tiie city wa. ri'p.,rtcu ' tn ■ m the .-'and • ■ I' the same nai ie on which tlie city .tsell .? situated. On tin -land o! I’.may. also in the central P 1 enemy inva force ■ At ■ i... ' " isly oppos ri l.v the invaders, tin. communique said. ANTI-NAZI ATTACK BRINGS REPRISALS Vehy. April 18 -<AP' -Go ‘>ecupotion authi•riiies aim. ■ : , ■ i today a new at tacit ag m-i headqilarters at Aria-, m 1 !m »v pied zone, ti','1; plao A pi il la Reprisal measure? a. st 1 - ban popiRation n Pa- de C.,!.,;s rit - partment. in whir! \ a- - -un..ted. have been ordered by the (h rm.iii the announcement .-aid. imen Oppose acco Taxes letter to Congressman R L. Dougit toti. bad t led the 1 \ ■ 1 gi 1 V- 1 ,u' the heanug largely concerned tobac co and most ot the congressmen, in replying to their telegrams, lgiwivd the gasoline tax altogether. The answ er received Iron: Hem c sentative Dough,ton. who a.- chuir .: >1 the wav.- and means co • mit toe will have more to do with the j revenue law than the re.-l oi the de legation put together, billows •■Governor Broughton made a splendid statement and a lavmabte impression but just what o m com mittee or even myself will do about any of these proposed taxes must bt I Continued on Page Three 1 Japanese Identify Pianes Positively as American Army or Navy Ships; Tokyo Claims No Military Damage Done. • K\ I n*- \sn«»i i i led Press t . \ 1 i i i 11 \ ai . i) n i r i !) i mj Token for tin- i,rtirj11• in his tory today. iila.-lihL tile match box h.-art ol -tai a11 :th incen diaries and high expi'isives in a bold daylight as.-auii whirl) stirred bitter outcrys from the Japanese pen j ne. Tile Tokyo radh . in a ( iiiti ese language broadra.'t, id.-nlt tied thi pianes whan attached the Japan, se ca; it; ; s Ameri can. “American piah>-.- raided 1 okyo tor the lirst time, bomb ing hospitals," the broadcast said. 1 he radio a .-sorted that the ! attackers dropped bombs “on I the Tokyo suburbs where tnero are no military objectives but residences, houses, and schools. Yokohama. ehiel port <>i entry to tin* .Japanese capital IS miles away, also was attacked. ■Japanese eye witnesses said tin* raiders were undoubtedly I nited State- warplanes, with the red. ( hungking. April 18.—(AP) — It was learned mi most reliable authority tonight that today 's air raids on .Japan were not based in China. white and blue star insignia plainly discernible. This would mean that tin* planes were flown by 1 nited States Army or Navy fliers, and were not merely Ameriacn made planes iiuwn by Chinese or other allied pilots. The destructive he! >! : re end •. x ' plosive bombs end lear a the raiders' deadly ca rimes >et a:- raid alm.v l ringing av.u.-> mmv than 800 miles •’Tiie . ape; ... mm.i\ is .-ale," a | communique said. Striking w idely over the island empire, the raiders pounded Kobe, a seaport of 1.200.000 w hieh lies .VO! miles below Tokyo, and Hit* manutai luring t enter of Nagoya (population SI. 100.000’ while air raid warnings shrieked in several other regions o! Hon shu. the main island of tin* Jap anese archipelago. A Japan.-se b .adca- t arUnowlerig dcn.f'.y p> p ; l.Prd T- c y » :vg n and i : >' c r t I'd ::.\c , at- nail belli ■ The cm • - ‘ppr- inched : m ■ ■ . - Kmpcror .; thl rauU . 1 ’ .• Three) Glad To Pay $1,000 Prize ' Birmingham \pril IS.— (AP» — Louis Pi/il/. department store owner, said today he was “only too glad' to have the opportun ity ot paving oM i si.000 reward he tillered to the first American pilot to bomb 1 oky o. " 1 only w nh I could ha\ e been in the plant myself,” be ! added. U. S. Planes Raid Rangoon New Da . Apr.! 18 -(API- -A j -11u;icli. >n "i l\ S :iea\ y bombers | raided .lapanese-occupied Rangoon j n Burma Tl: :rsda\. it was an notmeed ot! ..ills ti.day Docks and barb, r installations I were bombed heavily, a communique raid. The raid occurred during the night and tin raiders returned unscath ed. sustaining neither damage nor ^ ^ a t it a 11 ir -
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