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*
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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;<i aiiese) drive has made pro
gi a communique said
tersely.
t aplure of Mandalay would
\ii t;:.ill.\ cut off the last allied
held link in the Burma road, im
penling the 100-milc streteh from
iW.uukil.ie to I.ashio. and would
il i secure the Japanese flank
for ,i possible land drive into
India.
'.. dispatches said the invad
es. e paying a bloody toll in
e"P to tilt north, asserting
' ' 1 hi Japanese had been killed
■ hade Chinese casualties in a
■ ecu's fighting.
!. • ' (runt line reports indie iVd
itnumbercd Chinese were
.a i ng stubbornly in an at
I alt the nearest Japanese
' a to Mandalay,
User Japanese advance in
a- would not « nlv directly
e, Chinese communications on
u i.u; river front, to the west,
v - mid place the invad
• id- running into Mandalay
headquarters aid Japan
1 ■ Ihts attacked Mandalay for
aid time in two days.
in the battle for the ap
proaches to Australia. General
Douglas Mae Arthur's headquar
ters reported that allied fighter
planes “successfully intereept
i d" seven Japanese navy fight.
i rs over Port Moresby, frequent
(Contir.uori op Page Two1)
BRITISH DESTROYER
DAMAGED IN CLASH
in (Km mi C rmnan Hroad
25. (AH) A Hr: ‘
' yer /was damaged by close
V' iire in a clash w ith (4 nnan
’ ; n.lrnl units in the F.ngi i ■ ii
ni ii-l last Thursday n ight, the
ci ■ nand said today.
Norwegian
Merchantman
Fights Off Sub
' Yuri;. April 25. — (AH)—A
C'iiuiri-Mzcd Norwegian merchant
P traded shots with an Italian
>" 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