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TWENTY-NINTH YEAR ^VV.iKssOF HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 20, 15)42 s.'n-.,av“-k-.N FIVE C ENTS COI'Y
Marshall and Mopkins in London
a: L‘ :i »l
o Mead Guilty
Revenue Trial
Slate Em
Enter Pleas as
Opens; Four
Plead Inno
Witness Says
ge Paid With
heck.
\ :>rii Ml. —l VIM — Tw n
puly commissioners oi
( ilolina Department
ue-—l.ee t . Fay lor ami
( 11 ni 11—pleaded guilty
< barges of cmbo/.zlm ;
it innoeent were en
iwever. (>> four other
mploy ees. They are Rob
tYard. Jr., former chief
i. isiou of accounts: lid
Drake, former (''id1 id' the
tax division: 11..: i . S.
, former cashier in the
division; and Rodn."
. former .junior auditor.
>, |. :■ !I ward ,nd \' .1
t ly i 1.1\ ed tn i| :a-h mb e
a ••nod against Ha ir eli n: .
I in a. taken : .ad an -
:a K. 1 oi 1 ’• lllip . vim ■
■ '. cr Wake S ,, s .or a ,
..jo lie', eh ipnn lit a >.i
! ■ d today ta.vie ini' '-d at ■
Huitt > plea of guilty. '!
■nt was te timeiiy by
tnoss that ll-.iu liad ue
ti. r ] ia.\ a portii m at t:: 1 ,d
• ■llage v. d|| a l,..t| check.
Vitm: v. .IS II. k:.gland,
o' of tin■ deparine.-ill's i n ■■1
d said that H ". who ,
iters were in Statesville, yya
. d 1 -> lie abie.it S2,htb inr 1
II . !i adniith d the . horta gr
time. Kngland .d. and v\ t
ta resign.
nil testified that a bondin'.!
paid S2,dOII at the nlb-go
and tiiat Huitt gave the de
t a check lor the balance "|
Ship. Th. check wa- worth
land added, and was n r
■ cl until the recent investiga
tin' Revenue department,
investigation started severs
ago, witli the arrest of C'lai -
. Sneed, former deputy com
. on charges o!' enibe/./Ii't,
. Sneed turned state's e» t
and sentence has not bee:
on liim as yet.
DESTROYED
BY FIRE AT FlElT
hrl Field. N. V.. April 2b
Fire today destroyed a mod
miller being warmed up for .
e operation” but none of ,t:
was inji. md.
tenant Harry Kellihei', Mitch
public relations ofticer, suit
tie’s right n. tor burs! inti
at 5:20 a. m. i VT and fin
over the entire s-,. o, caiism;
oderate explosions. Me -ai.
is no evidence of sib.
FDR NORTH . '.RULIN'A.
nlinui-d rather . ..t<) toms.. >
scattered frost.
M LJ i' ■> i10 N S t' LA N r
EXPLOSION KILLS
AT LEAST TWO MEN
_
II v ( . I . A r i 20 (A P)
••: t National Fire- I
I a;.1 • ;. 1 * * ' i'it I e.\ pb »>i ves lor i
HiiterT- ileadquarters
Dec’ arcs IS Ships
Sunk in Caribbean and
Of f Atlantic Coast.
H-rlin 'l iniii German Brnud
cit -1'. April Ml. —l V ; — \ Spe
ri,. 1 ,i: iiumi. emeni Inim Adolf
Ili'il, i i:e,ul((iiarters declared
led..', lea! IS enemy ship-, Iolul
iii1: Ibl.MMI Ions hid been sunk
in th • t nnibean sea and in the
Atluntii of! t!;e Ann i ii an coast.
The bulletin, broadcast over
the Berlin radio with the lan
line usually accompany'ins the
announei in id o!' a great vietory.
said a German sulunarine also
had 'helled arid set afire oil re
fineries at ( uraeao.
In a,niiti. ‘is ft,a mail undersea
raidvi' . e. .ding with the liu/.i
air hii'iv. were repul te,| In have at
1 aria (I , n enn: y c 'll . ■ y ai the
Arctic >ea. inking Iv. ■ nips total
ing id.linn hui'. damaging three
tlier- and -cm m.g In'- on escorting
warships.
In tie Mediierraiieaii, the an
n, attteement sard, air liter German
, -1iiiiilarilie petie‘,ic(i Beirut harbor
j and torpedoed a merchant ves.-ol at
; her berlli.
"An,r,her l'-hoat slid loci electric
* 1 wurks at .Ini m (Palestine), wilde
heavv damage was cau-ed," the bul
letin added.
BRITISH PLANES BOMB
JAPANESE POSITIONS
j New Delhi. April 20.—(AP)—
, Roy;il air force planes, in a counter
oi'fon>i\ e agaf7i~? Japanese positions
» m Burma, smashed at an airtield at ^
1 Bassein in the Irrawaddy delta ; nd
machine gunned motor launches i \ '
the Bassi in ri\e and >mall barges'
in Own bay. an an w»nmunique said I
' i »d«. \
.v .sen .ior it Sand''p. a\ id an
other m Am: m\ b v also were at
tacked wi'll 'll." ''Me g ins Pip COi.l
n mioue - ‘bl
With Japs Jittery From Saturday Bombing,
•^r*- -«Ar ^ -^- Vir JL -Jb- '&r *Ur -^r
r ^ r '• r' r * r 'v
*•? -f fns |> \f
4 j*. x- £* & ':-'^ Cl & tft
Large Flights of Ger
man Bombers Attack
Objectives on West
Front; Lhow of Action
Made by Nazis on
Southern Front.
(iJThe Associated Press)
Awill llitx r, oiisrry ing ms
akrd bnlnilay al eastern trout
headquui tei. . was reported 1»
the Kuasians today in !)t trying
to nut tile otii nlit/. hack into
tile air war with attacks by as
many as .Va planes against single
see. et objectives.
the signs were that be bad
marshalled tin* bulk of his ait
force on that trout, at the ex
pense of his air strength in west- [
cm Burope. Poor \ isibility over
the continent last night, however. |
caused a pause in the British of
fensive in the west.
Small KAF tigiuer iorer-s swept
>ver nurthern Franc, yesterday with
it opposition and the best the Ger
mans could muster today against
Britain was a three-plane strafing
and bombing of a train and ■ south
coast town. Three person ■ were
killed and moral injured.
German bombers ranged the vast
Russian front sm ishiag at railway
stations, near iws and fr m' line
pos: 1 ants. They were impelled to this
activity by improving weather, the
hope of starting g ner.nl offensive
-i air time and perhaps also by the
w ide: ing breach which the Russians |
wi re i xploiting ig; inst the Finns
On the southern front the Ger
mans were making a show oi
action t>> tank-plane teams, the
Russians said, hut failed to re
store positions pierced by the Red
army.
The Germ: n high command said
It bomb rs had hit again at harbor
installations and utilities on '.he
Cauea-iaii coast of tine Black sea, j
w-th one big Rsis.-hm tanker dam
aged. German fighter were credited!
with destruction of 22 planes with -1
nit |oo- :n th soutern sector.
The Itali n high "command report- I
0, | (In- loss of the l.Oofi-ton subma-|
tine Michele Biatwhi.
On the Libyan fr nt there was
iv- ] v sporadic patrol lighting, the)
1. ha n- on. five day 1 mg simd-1: dcri
wind from the desert. hampered
operations. Tltere were the Usual i
air a'taek- on Malta.
Coughlin
Responsible
For Magazine
I
Koval Oak. Mich.—-April 10.—
(VP) — The Rev. (Paries I
foughlin. Royal Oak priest, in a
public statement today assumed
personal responsibility for con
trol of the magazine “Social
Justice", its policies and its con
tents, "if Social Justice, as At
torney General Biddle is report
ed to have declared in his press
conference, is 'clearly seditious .
Biddle announced Friday at \\ ?
ington that a special District ol
Columbia grand iurv would invest’
eate all nhases of the publication of
"Social .Tust;ee". a magazine which
Father C ug'v n p.-mded in 1924.
but with which the priest has dis
avow d an" connection since 1910.
The attorrtev "onenil's : etion fol
lowed an order from the postmaster
general barring Hie periodical from
the mails for alleged seditious state
ments.
Tb'i rn-'osi’s statement assuming
resnonsibililv for the magazine’s
nrnttounenments "-as i-sued in a
precs ronference this morning at the
rector’’ of 'he Shrine of ttie Little
Flower her.- 2
McNutt Plans
Mobilization
•
Of Manpower
\V; . nisi'.i >li. .-I'M. _■ . . i')
tl.il I .U11 v . .vi i . . ' Hi
the var tnanpowci < . mu
t' ifiii\ he Woulii ci i'ii; e a
ysiem nl labor pi mi or . i, -
i«i c’<l l■' pet nee a .i . ■ . ,, i. >;.,
the n i' i-I inijiiirlmil v...r imi. -
1 _ . mil in cl,11 m 11 ■ , ;
i,.iiiemplaic a wo. :.-..i -: -«,|jt
11n il j hi <>l i orei ng 11 .i t. ... .
pi eit.eiion.
Lit; i gru v. i Hi re. • i-:: i i. -i iity
I'T a..seating manpower and
V\ ni.,ai grower among i.u J >1 it s,
bn in a.’.U Inc ai men i n r< , .vu
. \ till t cm lip. ■ »u 1 lew
: i ci ;. t - \\ t l, id i)V ncc- it u a i \. e i
pint.: tin .. car, and u a taat
v. may it, •< >n. j aura a if an
• a ci alt nalioi .wain labor - hurt -
. .ge ai liit- a; ly cv tan «■. a lung
AicNutt lull a press cunlerence
he i a\ • »! C*d .1 , i Ogl'inu t •. "g:'« 'Up '
licit t.a.cuts l . in emeu , e .id . -
h<' induction, although acknowl
edging that such it piugram
nag/it tDill ltd wiln present se
lective service procedure, and
UkIiki require Icg.-maiion to el
ect.
Such group determents, e.\
t .. ing men ol certain ski 11
quail! teaion.' Irma military till d.
'.rould be upon not only an oc
cupational group basis but also
upon a regional basis. AidNult
said, in iirdcr to take care ol lo
cal shortages ol trained labor.
No peed ic legislation is now in
his mind, the manpower chie1'
added.
Steel Firms
Face Action
Justice Department
Files Suits to Enjoin
Violations of Priori
ties.
Washington, April tlO.—(AIM
-—Attorney General Biddle an
nounced today that Justice de
partment had filed suit in fed
eral district court at Wilming
ton. Del., and Pittsburgh, Pa.,
seeking to enjoin the t arnegie
Illinois Steel > orporanon and
the Jones and Laughlin Steel
Corporation from violating
priorities fixed by the war pro
duction board.
Tin- suits, involving n ore than me
thind of the total -teel production • >i
the nation, were the first to be in
lituted und r the war production
board's priorities program.
The department’s action was tats n
on reeommendation of WPB Geneia!
Counsel .11din 1 a>rd < I'Brian.
rnjunetions were sought to etijom
the two companies Irom "aceep'iug.
holding, using, producing, manufac
turing distributing, delivering >r
dealing with or in" ir, te I or iron
and steel alloy products, or I'illin.',.
accepting or delivering orders for
these products "otherwise than in ac
cordance with" WPB orders.
Three Dead
In Accidents
Churl 'tlio April (APT- Vio
lent deaths totaled at least three m
the state over the w ek-end.
Four-year old C , yn Jean Gib
son, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Hugh
Gibson, was latallv burned at her
home in Baurinbu ■ Her clothes
caught lire while • was stand ng
beside an open lire o the yard.
William B BickcU. 18, a sailor
from Charlotte, wa killed and Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Frcc/e of Concord
and George Harold Barger, Hickoiy
| sailor, were injured, in an automo
bile collision six miles from. Albe
marle.
Corporal Walter J Bruce ot Fori
Bragg was killed in a traffic acei
d-. nt near Clinton His home was
believed to he in 's' union N C.
PH ncess Elizabeth Is 15
.*' annul ■■ in— i n■ am am n >
■ ... . iffso
This is the sixteenth birthday picture of Princes- J ' • >
England, 1 > \ mot her, the quo< , a
.Mui&aieL it use. 1 i.e }1 r 1 n re-3 c! iwsc an 1 i
Jut her birthday picture. ((Y/ : • <'l Press)
Nazis Shoot
30 Hostages
Vichy . Ipril JO.— (AIM—Her
man oci upation authorities at
Rouen have ordered the execu
tion of i!(l French hostages for
bombing of a Herman troop train
in which a 'large number" ol
iiazi soldiers were Killed, it w is
offieially announced today.
Mighty more hostagi s will lu
shed if those gpiliy of a li ,ic;. ini',
the tram are not turiv-d over for
punishment h.v ipril 'Cl. a Hr: -
man notice said.
In addition. 1.000 eonimi'u
ists. .lews, and sympathizers"
were ordered deported to ea.i
orn I mope.
I rein now on. the Hermans
instructed a numhci oi 1 rem-n
ei\ ilians w ill le ini i d In ac
company (. rm in soldiers on ill
troop trains to assure ii-.e lattes's
safety.
President to Set Fo'tii
Views on Flecessar.\
Anti-Inf! a i ?. o n M e ass
ures.
Washington. April JO. \>‘
—<'oncression il lead r- annul! a
ed today President ttoosev.-lt
would send a nvssage to ( on
press in a week or 1 u days ri
ling forth ni- \ii-ws on iv -s
sary anti-inflation measures.
House Majority 1 caller M -
( ormaek said this message prob
ably would he followed shorilv
by a fireside radio address on
the same subject.
API •: ' e 1
word "iiiflat-i :i" I - wdic'i P . s.
dent had c v;,. d i- i.-i-t >n M --•
(VlT -:.l-k S 1 l o- ' in
gress w ouUi i’n d witti "die cost of
living during P-<- w ir" aid \\ itli "tlv
fnetni that v A lltn if."
W'agf s w ■ 1 c m : iilcd ) o
ot those i ctoi (i along w t i
s eh 111 th obablv,
taxes, pro-,! and ngi.
Wl'de 1!H■ C o l-'.x cut i ve's mns
sage i- expeeted to -e more in the
nature ol an outline of administra
tion policy than a definite cep lesi
for specipc legi.dat:on. McCormack
wo-del n ■ go into dot iils on it.
Tin- pi "-, a : v is undi : • 1.
has not ine it d'tprl in it- final
form
Japan Believed to be
Launching Effort to
Batter bortress into
Helplessness; Defend
ing Gunners Silence
Three Batteries.
Washington. April -0.— ( \P)
—Opening ol an intense Japanese
elToi't to hatter the Philippine
island fortress ol (Orregidor in
to helplessness b> bombs and
siege guns was reported today
b.\ tin* War department.
From new positions on the
Bataan peninsula and from the
smith short' oi Manila Ba\ the
foe began an intense artiT?er.\
bombardment yesterday, and for
the first time dive bombing raids
were made on ( orregidor.
Del ending junurr- . r. ’ eel e: i\
- —a -
t Ion Bataan.
I1': \ •.' t i' ’
::: Vi )) ts- ihl1 1 : \ i • \ ' ■
Bomb Hurled
At Doriot
Boi i:n ( r < .I
Ap ' ( API : > X T ■
Pa i dispatch.
ont of French c. .1!ah. r;,!:nn ■'1i
(>i rman\
Thi now - :i! onov .-aid P. • ml >
the target of a 1. b horiod in' ■ a
till 1 ■ 1 i i member tht )
Nat iot Peoples p t> i . Id
a meeting
Doriot w a add. o mo. t; ; ’ -
ering when tbe b w t: . :
IV m ,i gal le v. i a e1 m g I n t\ coil
first ai d seeond o \is of o'vhost a
scat', the dispate'.i deoh.n >1. A v. •'
Ian was said to have p eked the h.a b
op and tossed •• into the cho-v.
p t v> • e.t • xploded. ini irins; one
pei son sl iohi ]
A : ' - , Planes
Vvs,K.J : Japan
Bel c v e rj \ H ave
Come • } Carriers
and Con;' ■ ight
to Lan China.
i !»> The V'vr! Press i
' h the J t;;.. ii •• ill [! ' ••
Jo 1 r. cut ♦
bombed in th ir *>v. ;-l md> ■>it
urda\ th* t ; ' Cons d» -><
r» id ns i* •*. i • " • •
based (‘‘ • ite. < ! = - i*i tlit
soul Invent v b- u 1 • • stru •
cie ii k-orabb
but -1 i il (!*. i\r ■ ■ •( ;i«*ain*4
th* enem*.
(’him?kin? re nrtrd tlu t
Chinese troops swe.-i.inr down
I iH'i'd \ '•. ■; i a i.1; . iin: ilioo
oil (inter mill T tv." (!.: vs ,i
hiltei !!:■!,!.!'■ 1 :reb iser( ,i
Rriti. I ■ ill : lb-’ , tfvi tl
fi I .1 apai • I nt.
(h • ,-r. I • ■ i | \: ■;! in- ami
>ide di mm-mi . ... , .!V tori ,v
■
be: mom: hon. ; ■ mm! b m- d •; -n -
nandi'i 1 1 !'m I'niti d y in dm
a-sh n i::y. .i • • n t i y " no real
k: - . :m,t i )m > . .T:\! i: vrse n, v .
....
ns to cunt il ' usclf run s” eon.
■pnunn 1i’ ■ S n.urday m ■ dos.
I’.V tli' :• lot "st id I :ifco ill.
dll' ,t;i| e . 1. i'( " • ■.; • • i ■ ] v reri
•ii ••••! • In ■ , 1-0 r- tod
'tT' - " odd ' 1 ;ieh; d by
I ondon d o il '. — \ |’ —
Routers repoi d tod n in a dis
paltT: I ’ on i 'hum:bin that th
planes ib raided latent on
Saturday h.;i! arriiid safely at
their (!• siin :I ion. It siiil no de
!.. ib, n en yet a' ail able but that
tbt- i ■' bo nia ! :■ n . ime I t nil "n "II
infonm d nlit:) tees in the ( bin
es- provisional capital.
(Cm ' ■ • d !, Pm;,. Tim. e)
r , ri
dovisi kirns
Lj JL&i i,
Lon V tillery
't Vi I hin 1 i . .■of Ger
man Held City; Reels
Attack H. avily.
! k: 1
■V il‘i lor.!, r v ■ Hi ; \ \\ .is J c
P- t. v. a up
w ' n r n i v mob *tsk, *.‘>0
mil. - \vt l of 'do - \\.
* u ‘ ■» . ,«• u ks
\ • ■ Hi Ions
(he \ kl' ■ v * * - i • > > • i s. 'j}h oi
I • i PH* -I'llils
• . ’he M ir r.- \\ n 1 ik< s
i Mh>. .i and On. :a.
Id west
i ■' '■ i«■ ‘ i1 • a v r ■(•!:s and
die G : < a■ • inv v ,i sven i j dinner
P »t(H timl; the ! .mh and ivar oi th :
Cl'. e-. ••!' i ri - i *i e * lie old
tv a i : -1 e« i p 111 iI.
1 1 •’* Ik1" in •i "d to have ad
\ *i ■ • • v 1 1 vm . : u a. nisi i he Finns
at he •■'.id ill - •• mg down
new ik im. e wm U>.
G . Kus ..m- and ( - >,;ans b<>th
e ■ t n; ,i mi 11 v ii' ev >e situ*
• .* •! ii' the S-im h n . region, bn:
i »* - . e; d i - j sit c ! i« - -,: \ ( h ; ie. a 1 (.»:•'
gory Z:;uko\\s l. * r - were- ad\ ane
,.il :rom the northeast end wetv
within -8 miles ..t tin i <\w