North Carolina Newspapers

Mttiftet&mi Srnhj Stspafrfj ___ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TW'EN i > \ 1N 1 H \ E A R 'tiiKAw," Iff.1 V»'EE3°r HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 4, 1012 PUHI'IS,EkcE™uNiiAA,'YTERNOUN FIVE CENTS COPY Invaders Heavily Rek arced Uni 'ales Bomb crs Id ’ k angoon, Set ting o c k s Atire; C! . Declare Stii - well 1 orces Still in Fight ();■ -"i i.M'i i) ! ’itKs.--') it a e-r reinforce . : • ii'lcd today into : i ast from ruiiu'd la! 1 . Burma Road m ’ aki• the wiir to del elided soii oil .. ifli already ha- j Hi ; aie'h the moan • | lit - ■1 til ties ot t lie , is frontier. A' ' ' me ;t new item'- ‘ •at 1 ion units inland t. unfit Wits timed 1 •iri -I apanese at r till- M urslty and suk ■ litpanese mtidb bi.u' struyy'e! a- the important New Guinett. . sett from Aus a. i a I in -! ms Army bombers haiti. . i n..mi* a new blow Iasi at the* roar of. llic J..: ast through Burma, si'in .. . .Inks of Japaneso cajtai . 1 i.'.oon afire. \ ..rmv sDokesman e 1111) i J tli.it the Chinese tru ; I Lieutenant Gen er.il ! \\ Milwell were still in He deelared that "hi !' . ; ill the Chinese ex ln-tln i- ' : i i i'" in Burma had liein ’ ii-lual eontaet with the Ja]i.iii• .. thus far. T'■ •; was that Stilxveii i: ft's tn hurl lilt'' -untains in a do th i cniforcements ml ier. i i e reported still aanggyi, lot) miles • day "ii the Hank • ' - .ilium which dmive , nd the Burma Road. | •id. cation whether t y , i i 'i!. r.i i.o.' told of sharp . . a1! l:oil. 58 miles : .it pi.t the .Jap.. - ol ('Inna s back :.ici 1 a Japanese ad' J i: abiml 4i’. hour.' ; . patch i rum Chung .. ;...me e were attach- ■ ■ iiie place only J.i i i'uiiiian border. India to the west i am w by a Japanese !. • ii -c Bay of Ben - . . J; ,m 1 shipping in t: an 100 miles 1 mm ! Je .i- , all, the dominant All Imi.. ms party's proposal "• "ni 1 .ii >. iiilent non-eoopera hnii i. .i-i.i invasion was op l*i,-I'ii ...i j,n i,i ( . Kajagopala eb.ui., liunier president of the partv. ui.ii called for a new na him.J imlii i and a national army 111! r! India's foes. .'in front north of Aus- j . N.it ions 1 ightor pianos j : attack on Port Morsc lv 1 .y twelve Japanese l' • iglit 1 igliters and. in I attle which a coni- j 1 ■ ta d as brilliant, shoe j 1 '■‘■i* ' - :i,e bombers and one I ‘ ■ ng planes. *■::A-e-: . Japanese planes were tported a . >1 during other scatter f 1 " e n ei weeK-end in which !-J ■" ■ and Australian fliers " . a Japanese transport.- 1 Britain, and a four- ■ . ..at in ttie Solomon is- | tnds. -otton Prices ■fold Gains JCtv- 5 May 4.—(AP)—Col 1 'titurt opened 25 to 50 cents a '.e Higher. 1 r'«'< dropped back as much as wilts per bale from the high, but tamed net gains of 20 to 45 cents °„und mid-day. July 19.40. Octobei ar-d December 19.85. Awarded Navy Cross Wearing the Navy Cross awarded to him- by President Roosevelt is Lieut.. Jitn D. Miller. He received the medal for gallantry in the .Jap attack on Pearl Harbor. Miller and his gun crew aboard the^.-lrinuiri fought off enemy attacks although surrounded by tires caused by bombs, thereby allowing wounded men to be evacuated from the ship to the safety of the shore. (Central I'ress) Inventor Abducted Two Men Charged With Kidnapping Chemist W/To Claims Synthetic Rubber Pro cess. New York. May 1.— (AIM — Two New Jersey men were charged early today wtih assault, robbery and a kidnapping of a Brooklyn research chemist who told police lie had perfected a process for the manufacture of synthetic rubber but that it hid disappeared during a scuffle with his alleged abductors. Detect e James Kane said the victim. Samuel B. Sklar. told h m he wa 1 red into an automobile by two iit n who said they were taking him to ••police headquarters” for questioning and that when lie pro le-led they struck him on the head. Sklar managed to e-cape from the moving aid.bile a few blocks brought police and caused sounding of aji alarm for the ear. whose li cense plates had been noted by passersby. A patrolman later spotted the ear and arre ted its occupants. After hour. of questioning, th prisoners were booked on the three charges as Samuel Puns, 31). of Bradley' Beae’n. N. .1.. who described hims"lf as su perinti ndant of a hosiery mill, and .Julius Suhokc. 35. of Patterson. j„ who said he was a machine in spector at a shipyard . Sklar, suffering from a possible fracture of the skull and lacerations of the face, was quoted by Kane as insisting he had his rubber formula on his prism when his abduct is forced him into their car, but that it was missing when he effected his escape. Youth Charged With Murder Kansas City. May 4.—(API—A first degree murder charge was filed today aganst George W. Welsh. Jr., itlter a circuit court judge had dis missed an indictment charging him with the butcher slaying of his 24 year old sister. Leila. Young Welsh, member of an old Kansas City family, pleaded inno cent at his arraignment. He had been held in the county jail since his ar rest January 28. The badly battered body of Miss Welsh, once a University of Kansas city beauty queen, was found in the bedroom of her home March 9, 1941 Her throat had been slashed and a piece of flesh cut from her hip. Japanese Thrust Along Burma Road Fiercely Resisted War Spending Reaches Cost Of Last War Washington, May 4 — (AIM — j Fiscal official' disclosed today that til United States already lias paid out in cash for this war as much as it spent during World War 1. The cost oi the first World War to the United States from 1917 until die peace treaty was ratified in 1921 was $25,739,000. 000 including loans to the allies. Since July 1, 1941), when this country started preparing for the present eon'lict. Hi government has paid out approximately $2(1. 009,001*. 000 for war purposes. The Treasury paid tout $24. 509,000.000 and the RFC and other corporations doing defense work spent about $1,500,000,000 i cash. With spending running over $3,1)00,000,000 a month, more oxer, it won’t be long before cost of World War II exceeds the ag j gregatc cost of the last war. in cluding expenditures not only ! up to the peace treaty but also for pensions, compensation, lion uses and other purposes since. Counting these extras, the first xv,.,-iri \V-.i- .. m-,,, t non - 000,000. Seven Dead On Highways* Large Number Injured in North Carolina Over Week-End, 16 in Bus! Accident. Charlotte. Ma.v 4.—(AIM Seven persons died in triisliv accidents on North Carolina highwaVv over I,Me week-end and a large number were in jured. 16 of them in a bus acci dent. Felix Chambers, 19, of Draper, and two brothers, Cleo Moore, 19, j and William Moore, 21, of Greens boro. wire instantly killed and Vince Scoggins of near Summerfield was j seriously injured when their car left the Greensboro-Reidsvillc high way near the Rockingham county line ond overturned several times in a field. Sergeant Jonathan H. Johnson and j Leonard Jones, Elizabeth City auto mobile mechanic, were killed near Elizabeth City when a truck crashed | through a guard rail and over turned I on the Camden causeway, i Jimmy Lyerly. 23, of Salisbury, a soldier at Fort Jackson, S. C.. was fatally hurt in an automobile colli sion near Lexington. His twin broth er, Johnnie, and James H. Pope of Albemarle were injured. A bus ran down an embankment near Campbell Colege, overturned and injured 16 of the 40 passengers. Sergeant Peter P. Kalatut of Camp Gordon, Ga„ was killed near Rockigham when struck by a car. He was from Jersey City. N. ,J. Army Bomber Is Found Spokanne. Wash., May 4.—(API — i An Army bomber, missing since yes terday afternoon on a flight between Boise, Ida., and Spokanne, has been located, apparently crashed, near Baker. Ore,, Captain Joe Bush, press relations officer at Geiger Field, said i today. The plane carried six men. No re ] port was av§ilable on their condi j tion. _»_ British Troops on Al lied Flank Before India Drop Back Slow ly to Prepared Posi tions, Chinese Com munique Says. (’hungking, May 4.— (AP) — Chinese troops fought fiercely hrough the night 60 miles up the Burma Road from Lashio to | stem the Japanese driving to- [ ward China proper, yvhile the j British on the aided flank he- \ fore India dropped hack slowly; to prepared positions, a Chinese communique said today. The Japanese thrusting up the cnee great supply line to Chin:; continued to advance " in an at tempt to attack Chinese positions near Tutkai" the Chinese com munique said. Tutkai is 40 miles from Yun nan province, but the Japanese, adept with encircling tactics, might conceivably be much closer to China. One column which attempted to flank the Chinese positions was re pulsed. the Chinese said officially. Fighting continued in the Munywa area of the Chindwin river valley, where another Japanese column had driven to within 100 miles of India. Chinese forces were slowly fall ing back along the Irrawaddy river north of Mandalay. Rubber-Borne Transportation Under Control; Washington, May 4.— (AP) — Specific control over all rubber borne transportation facilities, including passenger automobiles, busses, taxicabs and trucks, was lodged by President Roosevelt today in the office of defense transportation. Mr. Roosevelt issued an exe cutive order conferring on the office the additional responsi bility and Joseph B. Eastman, OI)T director, said he understood the primary purpose yvas to per mit his office to determine the policies governing controls over ■automobiles. Easterinan told reporters, how ever. he had noi seen the com pleted executive order. But lie said he believed that it provided for “closer control over all rub ber-borne transportation." Axis Reports U. S. Warships I In Far East Berlin (From German Broadcasts'; May 4.—(AP)—The Berlin radio to day broadcast the following Rome dispatch: "Referring to President Roosevelt’s announcement that United States navrK units already were operating ; in the Mediterranean, Monday’s II popolo di Roma stated that the bat- ; tleships Washington an<J North j Carolina, each of 35,000 tons, en tered the Mediterranean at Gibral tar and again left it at Suez in the direction of the Indian oceon. "The paper added that the- two j ships were replaced in the Indian ocean damaged British ships and strengthening the Anglo-American position there which had been weak- ; ened by the sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse.” WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cooler tonight with thunder [ showers extreme east portion. Romance in a Blackout Equipped with infra-red bulbs and blackout film, the roving cameraman caught this bit of romance right on Times Square during the blackout which darkened thc^reat White Way. This sailor and Ins girl friend look as if they are enjoying the proceedings. Note girl at left, com pletely unaware of what’s going on. (Central rrcua) Further Rationing Of Gas Held Likelv mr ITALIAN SUBMARINE IS BELIEVED SUNK Rome (From Italian Broad casts), May 4.— (AIM—The Ital ian high command announced today (hat an Italian submarine was overdue at her base and must be considered lost. The missing craft was not identified by name. Brazilian Vessel Sunk j Freighter is Sixth Brazilian Ship Lost, | Apparently to Sub marine Action, Rio de .Tanrrio, Ma\ I,— (AIM j —The Brazilian freighter I’ani.i- , huyha lias been torpedoed and sunk near the island of Trinudad and a Spanish liner has picked up ' one lifeboat with 23 survivors, it was announced officially today. The I’arnahayba was the sixth vessel lost by Brazil, apparentb by axis action, in throe months. Two lifeboats with an undete’ ninert number of men aboard are missing. The Parurhayba, (i fi!!2 tons, was I sunk May 1. while bum a for \r ( Vf-k, tiie official amvauavnu-nt ! laid. ; iin Span ish vi el wh ich mud" he rescue searched the vicinity 1 ruitlessly for the mi-sing nu n. The 2.'! survivors, including the ' .■nptain, were reported well. AXIS SHIP LOSSES ARE 1,273,000 TONS Alexandria. Egypt. May 4.—(AIM —The British announced officially lhat 1,273,000 tons of axis merchant ] shipping had been sunk in the Medi- ( terranean since Italy entered *the war. The latest foray against shipping in what Mussolini once called "Mare j Nostrum" was made by RAF planes Saturday night. A RAF communique issued at Cairo said a direct hit had been scored. BRITISH BOMBERS RAID JAP COLUMN New Delhi, May 4, (API A smashing attack by British Blem heim bombers was made on a con centration of Japanese barge- mov ing up the Chindwin river in Burma and direct hits were made on the boats, an RAF communique announc ed today. The attack was made this morning in the face of a heavy anti-aircraft fire, a communique said, but all the bombers returned to their bases. Ickes Declares Non Essential Uses May Be Cut ‘Right Through the Bone;’ Reserves in East C o n t i n u e to Dwindle. Washington. May 4.— (AIM— Petroleum Coordinator Ickes told a congressional committee today that, if necessary to preserve the nation's petroleum stocks, "non essential motoring, boating and flying must be cut right through the hone into the very marrow." Testilying before a special House committee investigating the petrol eum situation Ickes said the supply ■iluation in the east had been under | continuous study and, "on the ba.-.-s i it these studies, we expect to be able lo make recommendations tumormv. as to the degree of gasoline curtail ment which we believe is necessary lor the east coast at the present time." Recalling ti "it he had appeared be lore tia -ami- c uunnttee tell weeks ago, Ickes said tiie situation then "was nwt good." and "since then, it las bt come worse." Inventor.es u! crude oil anil pelroi ■nm product-, on Fein nary 1, he said .vert 7,521,000 barrel belt>w what ; they had been a year ago, and on : Apia I li. they had lulled to l,j,L!l&, iutl barrel.- below. PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK DIES IF lin (From German Broadcasts) May 4. -(AIM —Ttiovald Stauning, irl, prime minister oi Denmark, died n a Copenhagen bo pital Sunday. I III for some time, lie fell Thursday :ul v as t ikon to the hospital. lie X'cami unconscious Friday night ; ind remained in that condition until ns death. | King Christian X appointed Fi nance Minister Orla Buhl to sue- i ■red Stauning. Buhl will retain his inancial post also. Stauning was a Danish politician 1 vho rose from leadership o! a cigar j vorkers' union to serve as prime ninister of the government ol King I Christian X for almost two decades, ncluding two years under German >ccupation. ._ Stocks Again On Upgrade Xow York, May 4. (AIM - The stock market enjoyed its fifth suc tessive recovery session today with j displaying a great deal of vigor. The rallying utilities ot last week igain were the liveliest performer.- lii generally sluggisli dealings A lev. senior issues were up one to three ! points. Gains generally ran to minor i fractions near the fourth hour and top marks were reduced in most cases, , Nazis Claim Heavy Toll From Convoy RAF Sets Hamburg’s Docks and Shipyards Afire While German Air Force A tacks Alexandria; Shipping to Russia Attacked. (By The Associated Press) In a battering exchange of ilows at sea power, the British ledared today that the RAF left Hamburg's docks and shipyards ablaze and pounded the nazi U bi.at nest at St. Xazaire last night, and the Germans said their airforce raided Alexan dria. British eastern Mediter ranean fleet base. The German high command said that in other operations off Europe's far northern coast German warships, submarines and planes fought a running battle "for days on end in storm and high sea and ice'’ against strongly guarded allied convoys along the supply line to Russia. With the allied account of the sea fight yet to be told, the Ger mans hurried in first with their version which claimed that dur ing the attack a 10.000-ton Brit ish cruiser was sunk by a sub marine and six of the convoyed ships, totaling 37,500 tons, were sent to the bottom. Several destroyers and four supply ships were damaged in the attack which involved more than one convoy, the German version said. ll was reported that one German destroyer in a flotilla said to nave "accepted battle with a superior force of enemy destroyers" was dam aged seriously. The RAF. continuing day and night attacks as spring permits, -truck back over the English chan nel after daybreak on the heels of the night raids. German night bombers, at tacking about 30 strong, concen trated on the southwestern Eng lish cathedral town of Exeter for the second time since the start of raids wliieh Berlin communi nucs flatly call reprisal bomb ings. The British said five of the raiders were shot down and two others were knocked from the sky over northern France. Air alarms which sent ground dc len-os into action shortly before dawn in the French port of Mar seille and the big French naval base at I'oulon, 40 miles farther east on the French Mediterranean coast, ad ded a note of mystery to the night's aerial operations. Some observers suggested that tor alarms might have been caused by British plane.- scopting for informa tion on the location of French fleet units which, if they fell into Ger ii.an hands, might upset the whole lineup ol naval power in the Mech lenan or even the Atlantic. DUTCHMEN EXECUTED BY NAZI OFFICIALS London. May t.— (AIM—The German-controlled llilversuin radio in Holland said today that 7'! Dutchmen had been exe cuted for •'attempting to gain contact with Germany’s op ponents.” Nine Killed In Air Crashes Pendleton. Ore.. May 4. -(AP) — A flying i n’tress bomber crashed in to (he wooded Blue mountains near here Sunday, killing six of the eighi armv flier- aboard. Id.him. 1 Set gt. Wesley E. Wal lace. Philadelphia, who sun ived the ecash without lr-mg consciousness, .-ti iggled in a da,ted condition thro ugh two miles oi lorest to reach a highway and give a motorist word .it the tragedy. Re.-cue crews from the Pendleton army air base, from where the Boe ing B-17 plane had taken off on a training flight, vvei" directed to the scene by Wallace, and found Scrgt. John H. Kerr. Littleton, Mass., un eon cions and in a critical condition trom -pinal injuries. Tacoma. Wash,. May 4. A U. S. army bomber crashed at McChord Field, yesterday, killing three men and seriously injuring the fourth, the army reported.