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TWENTY-NINTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFI ERNOO N. APRIL::*'. ]UV2 FIVE CENTS COPY
Here’s the Gas Ration Card
UN|TE0 STATES OF AMERICA
office or price administration
GASOLINE RATION CARL
N? 4626496 ^>-A
TMt ACCEPTANCE ANO USE or THIS CANO CONSTP
the hoi den will oasenve the nulcs
C /» SOL inE rationing as issued AY THEj
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JNSTRUCTIONS
1 This is your gasoline ration card for the vehicle or boat
described hereon. This card must last at least through
June 30. 1942, in the rationed area. This card must be
presented to your dealer for cancelation of one or more units
rach lime you purchase gasoline.
2 This card can be used only for gasoline delivered into
the fuel tank of the vehicle described hereon; or, if a boat,
for gasoline to be used therein.
J The value of the unit may be changed from time to time
on announcement by the Office of Price Administration.
4. ^ our local rationing board alone can make adjustments
or issue a different card
T'i • M gag about running out of gas won’t be a stuck joke much longer.
a sample gasoline ration card which Uncle Sam will soon dole
, f.i motorists. Keeping your eye on tile mileage gauge will be an
u 'll necessity. The cards are printed in white, blue and red; white
o..' .ave seven paces to be punched as gas is bought; blue ones, eh veil;
red, fifteen units. (Central Press)
House Group Tables
Labor-Profits Bill
Administration Forces
Win by Single Vote;
Vinson Warns of Vot
ers Expressions in No
vember Elections.
Washington, April 110.—t.\D I
—15\ single vote margin, the
llnii'c naval committee tabled
lod.iv ,i measure to limit wai
proiits. lilt the statutory work
week limit from tO to 48 hours
and freeze the status quo of clos
ed and open shops for the dura
tion id the war.
T :> was 13 to 12, and ran.
Ic ( ha if man Vinson, De
' told the men ami s
A:: .erican people arc gn
aw • . "nicthmg In mv isi>i >ut
a tec. mg in war plants ana
.i *n.' :n every c mgre -a u i
... a, ' • :n flic natii.n m llie Nn
\e::. i i lections."
llir action. climax of two
months ol story hearings on the
proiits-labor issue, backed up
I’lrwdcnt Roosevelt's message to
(migiiss earlier this week that
Jin lalior legislation was neccs
s.n at this time.
. , ly. It |elt tile que tinr.
g war pri >111 up to t-.a
leans committee, now
' a ■ ■.!•■ C'hiel Kxccutiv ig
g -t a $25,01)0 ccihng i in in
iiinmcs alter payment m
I ■' ng witli other pn>p<> aU tor
'a a e.~ in the excess pi ■ d ii
drill to table the measure
■ ii . iv Hein e: entalive lh ad
1 a at, I’enn <yl\ ania.
Axis Chiefs
Plan Meet
Hitler, Mussolini and
Japanese Ambassa
dor to Germany May
Meet in Munich.
London, April lit).— (AD —
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini
mid General lliroshi Oshima, Ja
panese ambassador to Germany,
aic to meet in a few days, ac
cording to a Tokyo broadcast
•lik'ting the newspaper Iloehi
and recorded here by Reuters,
lla place of the meeting was not
indicated.
However, the Berlin radio broad
''el a ..lunich dispatch reporting (> -
tnm.i . arrival there today to tai.c
P;ut in 'the week of interstate cul
tural work”. The Munich station was
bei-matcd with Japanese and lienmot
-dg' and representatives ol the
11 >'• nazi party and local govern
incnt wore on hand lo welcome him.
Lor NORTH CAROLINA.
Liltl“ change in tempera Mire
Lunskt.
Beaverbrook
Not Censured
London, April 30.— (AD —
Members of the house of com
mons suggested today that Lord
Beaverbrook was indiscreet in
advocating .1 second luropcaii
front in a New Vork speech April
33. but failed to obtain an ex
pression of approval or disap
proval from I’rime Minister
Churehill's spokesman.
I nder sharp questioning,
Major Clement It. Attlee, dom
inions secretary, told the house
mill that the prime minister
had seen newspaper reports of
the speech and his authority was
not required, since Lord Beaver
brook was free to express bis ow n
opinions.
Children
Are Assets
Babson Declares Fu
ture Depends on High
er Better Rate Among
Better Families.
B\ r.tx.i f; n bvbson,
< op\ right— -l“1"
Publishers financial Bureau, Inc.
('Im' In- ton. S (' , April 'HI. A- ! 1
i , . . C' h: I < i' i Ic i If 11 Day. i should
b;.. ;■ w. ,1c ol children i an in
| ■■. c- ti1 ,cnl and in- uranc 1* w-l, let
I'm ■ -av tliat I believe in i.mdnrd
I life in-uranre as sold liy stroic; enm
ij tpc- Paicnts. however, iioulcl not
] ficpcnrl w ho'ly upon sueit policies
i ai- even upon Mocks, bonds >r rca!
, estate. I'li ir only sure protection i
la family ol In althy. intelligent, and
i God-fearing children.
God's Children
Talk about miracles! Arc there any
comparable with the conception ol
a little child.' I have in mind not
| the tiny eyebrows, th perfect linger
'nails, and these obvious things which
(Continued on Page Four)
San Diego
Blacked Out
—
San Diego. Cal.. .April 3d - -(AP> —
S, n Diego and v icinity were blacked
out last night lor 33 minutes by th •
fourth interceptor command..
The blackout took effect at H>:4'i
p. m. and the all clear was sounded
j at 11:13 p. ni., PVVT.
At Still Francisco, the western de
I fen>e command headquarters said
; the blackout and radio silence were
| ,.-,u«ed bv the approtieh ol mciien
lilicd planes which late, proved W
i win . _ _
Burma Defenders Split
★ ★★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Paris Factories Bombed By RAF
‘Nazi Peace*
Proposals
Reported
News Agency Affiliat
ed with Free French
Says Offer Made
Three Times Since
Mid-March; Trond
eim Resident Flee.
(I!y Tin* Associated Press)
liritaiii's thundering aerial
i offensive struck at German war
| foundries in Paris before dawn
i today while London heard un
confirmed reports that Ger
many had offered a "nazi peace”
to England three times since
mid-March.
l’lie news agency API. affil
iated with General Charles de
Gaulle's Free French govern
ment, said the German peace
, offers were based on a nine-page
! memorandum by Reichsmarshal
Goering which would give the
third reich undisputed mastery
of continental Europe.
Both President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Churchill have
scorned any suggestion of nego
tiations with the nazis, describ
ed by Churchill as “the guilty
men who have let hell loose upon
the world."
Vichy reports said at least 40 per
sons were killed in a single district
in the RAF's heavy new assault on
Paris the fitth attack on the (ter
man-occupied French capital in less
than two month.- and that a large
number ol houses were destroyed.
Striking in bright moonlight, the
British bombardiers rained their ex
plosives childly on the Gnome-Rhone
Seine*, ten miles 1'rom the heart ul'
(Continued on Page Four)
AMBASSADOR LEAHY
ARRIVES IN LISBON
London. April JO.— (AP) —
The Paris radio reported today
that \dmira! William I). Leahy,
lulled S/ites ambassador to
Vichy, had arrived at Lisbon by
spreial train en route to tile
| ( ititl'd States.
I TARBORO MAN DIES
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Tarboro. April 3b. (AIM—Hugo ■
| Jones ol Tarboru. employed by a
Norfolk slii)),vard, was killed today in
•i col I i a hi bid w< cn In- nntoniobilc
and a heavily laden lumber truck oil
a highway near here.
1 The accident .icrnrrcd in a heavy
j fog. Both vehicl s were destroyed by
| ure alter the collision.
| NAZIS CLAIM SINKING
OF SIX MORE SHIPS
Borl in ( Brim German I Iroadea- ts),
April 30 (AP) Six more nn rchant
ships totaling 33,000 ton.- have been
sunk liv German submarines off U.e
coa.-t oi the United States, the high
command said 11iday.
A ,-cventh \ e sol. described as a
■•fairly large merchaiil ship,’ w;i:
-aid to have been damaged by a tor
pedo flit.
Newsmongers
Of Americas
Under Fire
Washington, April 3.0. (AP) An
all out and hitherto unannounced
war again-! "clandestine" distribu
tor- of news 'valuable to the enemy"
i- being rnappe 1 in the capitals of
Batin America with the cooperation
of this government.
A responsible source ch closed to
day that ‘most of the 3i) other Amer
ican republics" have signitied en
’ thusiastic desires to help rid the
Americas of the radio and telecom
munications "sneak thieves" and are
preparing for a grim struggle against
j ♦ i nuo.i Qn SPY0H)
New York City Goes Dim for the Duration
A large part of Manhattan is dimmed out in tni- photo In! -m from the Ritz-Towers, after the ai my ordered
that every light above the fifteenth floor must, either bo shaded or turned off. Here and there, lights show
in some of the skyscrapers, but officials sa\ they will eni'ena the command to the loiter, hue order was
given to cut down on the sky glow whim •mtl;uc-s shin.- at -ft. making them easy prey for enen y submarines.
Strict orders for dimming out lights a! . ' the New XX.1 .V-w Jersey, and Delaware short .i \v.»v also
iocued by army ollicials. (Central I'rtss)
Johnson.
Seeks Bata
Colorado S c n a i o r
Wants to Know Cost of
Providing: Allowances
for Dependents.
Wislingiom \pi»I " tAM
—Senator Johnson, ih mo; ’. D
('oioracio, suggested 1 that
‘‘doprndeius as i < ;u>:‘ of d«!r:
ment ' from military m rvice
might he rliminid h\ ciiiirrc
sicnal approval of a
now before the Senate miliLir.,
committee.
Men u ith urn «•-. ehilrlr • • i. p . < li
ne ' >t h In lip. V.-' d .• .d
p. join Die fight im • if tlm
mmiei11 a -ur«■« i t!.• ■ • • ‘ i i.d Di
pendent;- \v«oild :■< pmvidn.l !■ >. . IDs
John.- • = n uD ' vex or. s’,
chairman "f t i.e m o • i t d* •
D • : . • ' 1 '■ '
some M>1‘ c-'.i ■ ■ nil []:■■■ <
the dv nt efo e
bring the men.- 11 <• . i. * in 11 e1 .'*• :
fore I'll flan- how i:;> ; !
Senate, ’ .!• cm <ai sad .■ •,» • *•
also thi m. C ■ ngi‘ i » mg., : :
feel
W11ne- e fro;i
depart nvnt t« t i ’ > ' '' 1
a nitmlh i t* 1 • ■ *
already wen* * 1 : m t ■
forces and ind:e;iD d
probably w • >u !d i • D . m u
as .some > leu
enls w e • ap])i ' *\ ed.
War Supplies
Reach Russia
Kuibysluw . .\| 'i h '• 1 •w '
Ambus.-adxi Wil. H Standi'-., <lc
clared today that i a I low ol 1 n
State- wa i.|
to (until 'Ill'll!- 1'! - 1
April, and an 1' er .!< — l Si.
had expressed la.-lion w.th !:.<•
deliverie.-.
The United S ales
just retiinn d 1 r- Ah >sc u . ’ i 1
prt ss eon IVrcin-t ' ' he c- ■- i
with Stnlm aa.i b reign Aim '■
Molotov lor hell an hour. n:o.-’.!>
concerning the Anar.can suppl.N >>t
war matt rial h -r the armies - I H a
sia.
SI aim had no c "liplaint.-. St. r. ll.-y
said.
He s; id tl e ntei nmont oi the
crew ol -i ' ’ '1 1 States 1 >' ■
which landed in Siberia after 'hr
air raids on Japan reported April 18
also was discussed.
The ambassador added that there
was nothing new to disclose beyond
the fact that the airmen wet- li
right an 1 were roc icing trea’ -unit
jo j. ( .; vi >1 ,1;' .;; t Hill l-llllli ljA’- ,
Gen. George Dies
In Crash Of Plane
MEDAL IS AWARDED
TO GENERAL GEORGE
Viiisl’iiKton. \pril 1!!).— ( \I’>
— \ward >. a Distinguished ser
\ i:v .*!(■'! • I to S'.i igadirr (>rn
i! i' l'i.l'i il. (U urge. who met
(P ath io an a:i i 1 a -ii in ihe
•a ml,'. c-t i .11 il i. . \\ .i' aimmiuc
r(! in (I. 'ii ar fit part'll; lit.
Survivors
Two S
Safety
11 i:' i. i • 11 'i. .1 •: ' I.
((_*,. n t ■’ l «i' • 1 i'.lRt* l < • Il )
State Revenue
Collections
StJi Ahead
K.jC \p: ;i . E— • \i: i—*« !><•
atie i ol e. ) lint- ami new cal'
r »lit-nlu n ov 11*i I. < ted in Noi lh
('ardir. t’*> t i\ collections this
r.: t• -T.iic donartmt nt ol
revenue reposed !nda\. although
. ,|v< i ;i »ns in m other soul res
mm ( .n. otTset the dec leases m
I.i - ?w .i. j u 'il i credits,
r ; , if i • •.•«*'! : - E-Mind 'OO:: '
71 1 ay thn I 1 >inpc;t ocl
dd. p:, n ; Apt ii, 1 :l i. ol .
{ lion- 110• • tin' Mill "i liuti'i I'i'iU’ i -
1 const • plates dropped from S4t> 1..161 H
m April. 11)41. tn sit 10,2Hi.P.'i tin
niunt ‘■
' Ti . . , ot ■ i- • '‘d that tin- ■ .".i •
,r m -jd o” Pp»»
Brilliant America':'
Aviation Officer Kill
ed M o n d a y, Aus
trailian Headquarters
Announces, With
MacArthur on Bataan.
Allied lietdpuarlers. Australia
April .'10.— i.VIO—The death in
an airpl. tie <rash of Brigadier
General Harold 31. George ot the
t'nited Males \rmy air t'oree
w announced toda> b> allied
headquarters.
ndFilipino lot e
l)u
VI; -A 1 ' . : .
. .:ii.• (»!■!■•'! : ■ 1 i- :>;111 .e.i
1:: clil 1:. i ■ i i' ',cc in the |
> ■ 1 l,i t Jon- :
! a P- ■.turn:; ; t ■» ■. m . r, .n i • nder ■
I Oil i
Tornado Kills
12 Persons
in Kansas
A ; .anight tornml.• •, i e.i thro
thmi L)f ' . y
| killing Ovel\e pei-'.at.- and m.iuimg
1 IS nliy: . e\ ercly
T\\«1 on lirt' i an". he- w » ir \\ pe.i
ugh a iarming area smith, ot Berlin
i A . ■ . y ea r < -id in y. ; b. »\\ n aw ay.
bad i i • " i111 e n found by re.-cta . h as
r ie ei’y iisefl t scalded damage.
Tile liuimis blast carried aw ay
\ est«>ek and 1 eveled
brnmigh .a, area half a mile wide, ir
1 aw in al instance- not a ti :w • ot tl •
lmiM ng ren anted lit <>thrt■- nil';
■ t* * i * i r. t led >n r-gp e • •, - •
Jap Forces
Make Drive
To Lashio
British and Chinese
Troops Gravely
1 hreatened With En
trapment; A Hies Score
Smashing Victories in
the Air.
('hutiskiu! \prtl ■'!().— (AIM —
l.ashio Uio liurmr.i hark door
In < hina. IcIi in liir Japanese
Wednesday a 11 < r a battle in
whirl) both side-, su; I'l-red heavy
i a naitir .. the l li.nrsi hinh coin
maud announced tonb.hl.
I»ot)i Old and New l.ashio
have fallen lint a battle -.till is
continuing in the vicinity ol
l.ashio. a (ommuniiiue said.
I'welvt Japanese tanks were
listed as destroyed.
(Py iHe Assocuacil Press)
Pn!ish and Chinese defend
ers c Purina, gravely threat
ened with entrapment, were re
ported to ha\e lost contact, to
day as Japanese mechanized
columns drove to Lashio, the
gateway to China, after a 170
mile advance in four days.
Chinese dispatches said New
Lashio, only a few miles from
the old town of Lashio where
the Mandalay rail line links with
the mountain mad into China,
was a center of heavy fighting.
Lashio lies pat miles north
east of Mandalay.
(treat lircs were reported ras
in'.; near the town, hut il was not
stated whether they were set by
traitorius Burmese mill column
ists or were part of a scorched
earth policy by the defenders.
Clime-. u, i.r.'U » m knowledgcd
that the -!na_v;ie. i-> jght through the
\ai \. mg'c-. roe lieids and
i n g J a -
pane r . ia.ii it ; ched a stage
.Meanwhile, somewhat offset
ting tin* grim turn oS the Burma
(C- :‘.:a a n Page Seven)
Embezzlement
Trials Near
Completion
Ihsl-.igh \prii 30.— (At*) —
I he iaM <*l 111• * revenue drparl
m at triah. m wli; \ the State
eh Ui.es emhi //• meat and aid
ing and vibettina. went to the
.jury shortly after noon today,
day
T:.<■ (i : t i..• ‘ -1 tin;.I trial
I : former chief
<! i v■. -n. who
■ • !; ‘<d the
■ \ 1 iiei del end
. ier pleaded
(Coni.'1, ad . >n P Seven)
Vigorous Often sive
Begun VV e s t and
Northwest of Sinyang,
important Rail Town.
( 'hungkiug. \pril 30.— (AIM—
The Japanese army has launch
ed a vigorous offensive in south
ern Honan province, thrusting
I several columns west and north
west from Sinyang. important
railway tew n i.V* miles north of
Hankow, a Chinese military
; spokesman said today.
Fhe j < tion l>eg n April 2\
(Continued .an pnt?p Fmnh