Itettitersim Brnhj Sltspafrit _____ __ DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY -NLN1H Y EAR HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOO N, APRIL 25, 1942 FIVE CENTS COPY Rostock In Ruins After Raids ★ ★★★ ★ ★ ★ + RAF Bombs German Base Second Time ‘Greatest Weight of Bombs in R Ah His tory Dropped on Site of Heinkel Aircraft W orks; Germans Bomb Exeter Heavily. (B\ Tlic Assncialfd Press < i ■ •! • n I:: JI "Vi , i !,• I era11 \vi rks at K- is• -ck cani■ • under < xplo . UAI bombers last, nip-lit fur the sec olid nipla in a row. i in- London air ministry aim ■'.■tic d today, and British source- mclmvd die Bailie ci'y as virtu.iby left in ruins. A Aside from 1im Ifi.mdml wor'.s. |‘ :cl d a t major naki b.q-. i' a- p.-.uri,! troops and ~• ip’ - ‘o the R i ■■ sian campaign. British authorities -aid "'he greatest weight oi bombs"' in I! \F histovi w as dn pned on Rostock in Thursd)' night's it tuck. leaving it even worse bat tered than Foulx 1 twice its. si," I.cuheck. hit iust once with the full fora' of th*' new R \1 bombing power mi March IS. w i said to have been 40 per cent de vastated. More than tilt) tons of explosives were dropp'd in tin two attaeks. the British said ed the docks at hi amis IF inkerqee. Fiance in 1940. mid lm hod na/i • fields ip 'France and 1 ■■ :■ nv c m Tiie German high command announced that nuzi bombers, striking "in reprisal" for the UAI"s raids on German towns, heavib attacked the ancient cathedral town of 1 xeter. Fra - land, midway between IM\mouth and Bristol. Exotei i- mm of F::_ ■ i■ : - $ fContinued on T’mv Two) Bread Rations For French Not To Be Cut Virh\ \prii '" \ S’ ?’i p rr I.av al's nr \\ I reneh cabin0! meci.'iu*. I'nr (be second time since ifs formation, tnnomu ed todav that the bread ration would not have to be reduced further in Ma\ . as had been feared. Tin w • d rufif! etc The r, ! ■ ;•t j» . ..... i. rltin e :>ul !' ■ -i ’ e j.’v ■- ,:{ p-purt-d ’!'! m ■ nt--.es'-, i». ,• v • •, rr(. ,, n ■ . i;■ \’ (•} >,• Auto Plant Labor Dispute T o U. S. Board !>,•:•' t. April 2:. - i \Pt \ i . ; i! i" .• M ! w r; i .o .,n,-1 t ml, .1 A p - • • : tl, WMm (VP ) . invi! ; ■~oo <■ ! Till! w. ok m:. 1 n 82 plant-. placed todar >efore 'oard ! ■ Idee Federal Cduolintor .James ]•'. Dewey, who said negotiations w. i ■ h >pt !, ssl\ dt ■ eki d” after i . wet ks rencos. v; - in Wa-h to disco-- the c o with Sec retary • I.aluu Perkin-. Fnmi g'.ng i ■ ■ a ten-hour con ferer.ee !■, ".\ecu th, dmputants last night. Dowry announced a stalemate n. n! ’vt.vl on '1'u/o* _ '" ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n ^ ^ K Japs Threaten Left Flank In Burma Japanese Casualties Are Heavy Nipponese F orces Drive Nearer Vital Allied Base of Man dalay, Imperiling Burma Road Lin)< From Mandalay tc Lashio. < B.\ The Associated Press) Tank-lrcl Japanese troops \vi ‘ ■ reported threatening; to : ■: baek Lieutenant General W. Stilwell's (’hinese lieid left flank in the battle of Hanna tmlaj as furious, c >n fus*mI lighting raged within 11)0 mii.■ - 'it' the vital allied base at Mandalay. "It is fairly clear that the M;" arine. it was revealed today, I t' S. destroyers and airplanes a.-ing on the scene forced the '"nanne to retreat. The ship reach ed New York harbor safely with one d' ad and two wounded. •lie Norwegian captain said the s dimarino v, as sighted early on the ' ining of April 23 from 80 to 100 md' - ofl the Atlantic coast. The snip turned her stern to the siibmnrin v- u'h began firing shells. The f.r-t |c hells had no effect but tic " n'th set lire to the crew's quarter '■ d killed the boatswain. •he ship, meanwhile, returned the and shot 14 shells before her am 1 a tion was exhausted as lire below (*‘m. exploded the ammunition com partii, i The submarine fire,. 40 or (i 1 shells in less than 30 min 'ex. scoring hi, vith about a quartet d them. A H S. piaut varships and a bhiup were attiacted to the scene A the noise and Ueptu charges v ere aropped near the sul "narine U. S. Bomber Lands in Siberia ! TmL-v^'ti''11"" ' "?W r I'c1 l*! Japan a U- s- bomher made a forced landing after participating in n raid on ■ ' ' . ’ ’ I"’1'1 ,hl‘ plane's landing came from Khabarovsk, in Siberia, only til5 miles avvav. The •few was interned. 1 lie Aleutian Islands are the nearest known Allied bases to the area. Announcement was first confirmation of Japan's frantic report of Lhe bombing. (Central I'rcaa) Solicitor Says Graft Rampant In State Revenue Department Money Embezzled and Later Repaid by One Employee Was Stolen a Second Time, Bickett Charges in Argument to Jury. Raleigh, April :25.— (AIM — Solicitor William V. Bickett charged today that graft was so rampant in the North Carolina revenue department that money embezzled and later repaid b.> one employee was stolen atswcond time before it could be deposited. Bickett made the accusation in ms argument to the jury in the trial ol Robert L. Ward, Jr., former chit f ol the division of accounts, who is charged with embezzlement and v. .Hi aiding and abetting in embezzlement. The solicitor said that I.cc C. Taylor, another former employee \\ ho pleaded guilty to embezzling Sl.0fiG.G5, had repaid this amount to the State some time ago. I’hc money was turned over to Ward for deposit. Bickett said. but Ward deposited only a part of if and embezzled S'20.'!.t)5. "i! beats anything 1 ever raw,” shouted the .solicitor, who :s a .- >n ■if former Governor Thomas W. Bickett. “One man steals from ’ll State and tried to repay it. But before the mniwv can lie depn.iwd to the credit ol llv. State, someone else .steals tile money that Taylor tries to repay Bickett also charged that Clar ence W. Sneed, former deputy com missioncr who ha , ph tided guilty to embezzling approximately Sii.Oiin, 'divided'' some of his gains tvith Ward. Indications were that the case would go to the jury this afternoon i (>n Monday, the trial of Fred Brown Drake, another former employee, is slated to get underway. Immediately after the Drake trial. Judge F. Don Phillips of Rocking ham will pass sentence on the de l'i ndants who have pleaded guilty and those who have been com.acted. Woman Spy Discloses Fuel Cache .“Mexico City, April — (AP) •—The newspaper Novedades re ported today that an attractive woman spy. arrested after a gun battle at .Merida. Rave authori ties the clue to a cache of avia tion gasoline and submarine fuel on the Isle Mujercs off the tip of the Yucatan peninsula. Tile in v. paper itlunt:! i (1 1 he 1 woman a a members of the Ger man-.Xmiu icon hand in flic United States, and ud she was arrested oil inlorn slaw lmi the United States, and !i;.d ix-en mturned there by plain1 alter que-tioning. No one w as injured in the Run bat tle. which occurred when tile woman i returned from a purported overnight fishing trip ■ f. the coast, the news paper add d. It -aid i(to soldiers guarded the fuel cache until Mexican tanker - ar ris i'd ami pumped it dry. TWO MERCHANTMEN HIT BY TORPEDOES \Va h uiaton, Ap -11 2a. - < AP) - j Tw-» ni' fliiim-u/cd merchant \_e* -«' 1 h;,Vi« born torpedoed nil lilt' All'in'l1' roast, thr N';ivy anhoi;nccd today. Snr\ i■ < r lav hern landed at an east coast port. CONNALLY TO WED SENATOR’S WIDOW N( w Orb -a ns, A pi 1 2 a -(AP) — Senator Ti m Uonnall.v. of Texas and Mrs Lucille Sheppard, ot Texarkana, Tex., w idow ot Senator Morns Shep pard. obtain, d a marriage license here today and it was announced they would be married at 1 p. m. Drastic Measures Considered To Curb Vice In Bragg Area Daily Dispatch Bureau, lu the Sir Walter Hotel. By BOB THOMPSON Raleigh. April -Once again Jed ! era I authorities. ncluding high rank ing a Hilary officer:-, are considering drastic measures to curb vice in tile vici.Hy oj military, camps in •this state. It is reported here that t a’ the first time since its enactment by Congress the M. y Act will be in voked in the Fort Bragg area This • act. which can be invoked only by ; the War department upon the re quest of the commander of a camp, gives military authorities the power to , olive wide civil areas and ar rest prostitutes, panders and ah iii i‘ommP>'i'i,-)l \ t*r. It Iso provides far greater penalties for such ol'fens.s than do the civil statutes. The reported plan is to make the Bragg area an experiment of na tional importance. Nobody y ; knows how effective the May Act may be It has been suggested that North j Carolina will be ; good place to find I out. Stale health authorities have lilt! or no direct information on the Armv plans, insofar as could be learn <1. but did admit that they “would .not be surprised" if the action were taken. The commanding general of Fort Bragg, at a meeting here last Novem ifnptimipH op Page t Japs Suffer Heavy Losses In Shipping (By The Associated Press) Japan has lot a total of I 7 warships and 49 commercial ships since the war began, As sociated Press records showed today based upon official an nouncements by the I nited Na tions and Japanese official ad missions. All tonnages wore incomplete sine ■ uiticial announcements by the United Nations in most east s gave neilt-ec the name of the ship nor its tonnage. However, announced tonnages totaled 114.230 tons of warships and mer chant losses totaled 130-fi(i7 tons. The figures represented only slops announced as sunk l:.y oith.r plane-, submarines, naval action or mines The largest number of Japan.w .■-hips lost were transport- which to taled 74, and the next largest mer chant vessels which totaled 44. No tonnages wo re announced oil 1 t cruisers, 22 destroyers, nine mine .-weepers. B9 transport-, one auxil iary and 24 merchantmen. President To Register Chief Executive Not Exempt From Listing Among Nation’s Men 45 to 65 Years Old. Washington. Apr I 25 i AI ’ I - Pro ident il..mil will regi- ter m the cabinet r< - c ■' the White Home Monday morning n the nm .oim. ale counting ol men i etween 45 and n.i to ascertain a' ailalolity ol urinpov, - or I'm non-1: ilitai y war doty Stephen Karly a White Home e - rotary, told repo- ter.- today that i vestigalion b\ da electi\ e e. > . system Imcl cli ni- .1 the i’it al* ;n was net exempt from regi-tri me evci i thong! bo i conn nande i chiel i if the am ed a n ice . Utili r member.- b the White 11 - . i stal f, including 1 h ry 1. 1 lop!, . who lives at the Kxocutivo Mansion, are expected to register w ith mem bers of the same local board who w ii! supervise tile President's listing Hopkins is 52. eight years youngi r than the President, who was u<. ' i-l January 39. The nationwide registration -it li. 45-to-65 men was already underway today and wall be completed by Mon- i dav night. Bailey Says Nordi Carolina Sena tor Declares United Nations to Outbuild Germany and Japan in SI Ups and Air planes. Wash in ■;ion. April — ( \I*) — IKsciiunUnj; reports th.it the maritime laistrinUion program wa- biggin; s. ri.insl;, Senator lit nioeral. North Caro i- a. tit” i.tri d t. u’.i • tii.tt toe ! i i'i i V 'Ceils were fast tori; il* ’ \V**'t •>: !)'• Whicl. WOUfd ' ’1 tin* ;i\is b\ outbuilding (■rrmiiny ami Japan in s'lip^ and planes. IS "lev. V. I • e: t, . ■ all (il the.* Senate cm. i.cn c . iittee .-.aid l.e invi*.- ligut: >!i iiiu 1 • i\ hired mi. , th.it the cargo hip cm 1 on p ogt was suing ahead rapidly despite liindi'ance in the inn of material .shortage.- and some labor ciistur naruvs. He pi inti- I ' ■ .i recent ri port that ti:e United State almii produced o.aOO nail tary plants- la-t a mith ant; said he learned that Britain also was ! making tremendous production 1 stride.-.. "We tire going to beat tiie axis by producing enough slops and planes to .smother Germany and .Japan." Hailey told reporters. "We’re going to have the sliips to carry the war equipment and the a on at d we : are going to have the plane.- to pro- l tect those slops and to blast the enemy oi l the seas." Asserting that the convoy system of transporting materials to Eng- I land and Russia laid proved highiy successful, Bailey said he regarded submarine sinking- along the At-! iantic coa-t as d -turning but not yt*. j a serious threat to the war effort. ! Their chief effect, he predicted.' would be on the civilian economy, requir ug the i a' a rung . a ga-ulim: and other n.e.i ure- ..I that nature. I Supplies Being Flown lo Chinese .Wa Del : A11; i! A'. (AID A: i A( 11 e 111 ..a . ■ \ a-e tut. play i t ig 1 e Ail pi i\ ate one 1 h army taiditie supplying Caina lie' I nr! ui tori ay a 11 • i an mia'ea i ng tael; at e .-cnt ia i • nil larv ya.icl- atiei c- , ried a . a, 11.. ■ An™ Waad. Within a few it ■ ■ mtii i i• i I a: a iy !y: a a 111 i i! y a nd i ppi'uae! m; the ea j ■ ie:ty a: 1 a.e i -1j ■ 11:i.: a • . ’ri aiji• . Kunming, dcr'arrd ..n A ai eai ■ ; 11 tu; in the apw at i m Only die Ii i;; I it ! i11 id; ■ an . i la". ; - being 1 ]"■' ■ a a I I 1 | Hell l( !l - ill anetie- .1 -mall a: n: . liglr am 1 lit n i t i a n. t nil l.s - UK v ;n 1 ■ d I - •ai upplies. Aei lain ■ a ■ • ( . ■ ■ e - ant: -upplies vra made ..ray ay .lap ine.-e aei i ipa1 .an ■ 1 li.ir." an. tile Burma apply amt Marines Train Glider Force \Va I jnlit l. Ai : 2a (API The tin ia Ci i a di eia-i d t .day that j Marine a .■•••. - ai d non had men n raining m glulei up ratians Cnee ! e r nil- "I 1241 1 ,e tenant C. I .m \' M fluv t :at: , a: lie .1 lag. Id.,1'.'. . ... ..n!mg aitiei "i the Marine glider tra :| . .. ' i al the Marine Barrack.-, i’a: a ! I.,ml. S C Alai me headipia"ter- -aid inn al t\ > ai the Marine Carps \v re ie : g ' tied as glider pit ts and •»iun111 i orew.- also were roeeiv ng training Tltren have been lew uo i-ident- and tin fatalities, the m nuuneetii ill .-aid. I'm Marines said glider troops could in- .tir-borne infantry. or special noil", troops or ... r'Ts‘ 'Norway Not Beaten’ .!) h Ji n N y ga a r d > v o id Gcc . 1 Norway i till wa ging Will* against t!*<* \:i;’iiur : ding* to Prim< d inis tor J an irds vold, <>d. arr * in" a' N ’i • • n rout Noi v. ogian i '■’> a: ;io in Senate Committee Told Aircraft Produc tion Hampered by Lack of One Piece. Washington April — i A I" ■ 1 —A Sen.'le committee was mid loda.i that a patent on a small screw or fastener—about the size id a man's litlle linger—had scriousb impeded the production ol mililari aircraft in the l nit ed States. Thurman Arc hi. assistant alter- . ncv general, .-aid that because ol the palent. "at one plant tin airplmu. ueie delayed :n their pmduetion: at another plant the same thing hap pened to 2!) flying fortres-u and -nil another plant the entire assen - bl.v iiin■ v... -1 ut di>\vi» lor ltiel; • the singh :ten Arnold told the Senate p:;tell> ■ i eouiu i'.iee that the patent i. as held ' III Uh I lia n 1). load -! tin- 1 )y.u Fa-teller and that Dztis iva- .. j -mall iui.-mes.- man ivlm wa- merely I ry mg to ei-e-nci.-e vhal ho rogardeo as his I eg P ..le palent right-. The g a i : ament'- tru-l pn> ec ,n>, ■lin'd 1 ie o.i : tier ii"I to he "loo hard" m their jtulgiiant "l m - Ihi.i full | - i < ' si :ilent " and he had le t pr nested Forest Fires Burning Out B • \ • ■». A;*i .1 :* ■ i AB . A-i - I V- FBI ■ 1 Cl • 'i • * - and K< ■ ' .h-1 a- ••• of Kt M tueky ha\ i» prochu ad - k«u> i•: <• • - ■money. Fuk - which ' a • ot ■ yoi Uaioa .rnvs in Sn 11 h• a• • t \ ' a 1t • • •;!';! tk; UlUtlM* '•< ■! it "• >! (’• a. - .a ■ L"o.miiii>.si«*n Chairman Clarence , Siii;\ . la |> >rtod. SOLDIER IS KILLED IN CYCLE ACCIDENT Port Bv.mu, April 2a t \Pl P rdt’ Rayturd F 1no! . 2i>. G' lkirl m trip a Ft 11 H'MQg ■ Idler. a killed abmit midnight la.-t u ght .n nntoi cycle aceident on high\< \ at(11 near the Cumherland-Ilo 'e > at ntv I no. His companion Pr Fi ni-i- P> Gilbert of Bra Greek. \v: ■ n.tured but not seriously. N" other details wore nnnu.me >d. FOR NORTH CAROLINA ' nntinaed mild tonieht