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TWENTY-NINTH year the'ahsn'r'T'ikt‘prkss°6 HENDERSON, N. C., Till RSDAY AP ! ERXOO N, MAY 7, l'.MiJ ^u_ih.k,mhin FIVE CENTS COPY British Capture Diego Suarez j X- -X- -X -A- -A- i i A A 1 A i A A AA A I- - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n ^ ^ W K K ^ ^ ^ ^ K K 11,574 Captured In Manila Bay W ainwright Is Presumed A Captive War Department Is sue,-, Estimate of Num ber of Fighting Men anti Civilians on Cor regicior and Cither Is lanc! Forts. -— i \\. /ton, May 7.— ( A I‘) j —'fi \V;iv department an- j i'■ today I hat approxi mat I 1,771 soldiers, sailors, j it;;,> ; and civilians presum- j i i*t captured by the Jap- ! ai;, i ( orregidnr and the I : danila Hay forts. 'I • estimate was based on re j ' m • reeeived up to April la, ; ;t t a : : i 111 i i( | lit* Sit id. and did not consideration casual- I i;, r might have been sut l, i t ne last three weeks. ! 1 total infill (led 2.275 naval pci , . ||.-I. 1.57(1 marines, :>.7t! i , .mi soldiers, 1.2S0 I'hilip piin mo,its. 1,1 Hi soldiers of llu i“!ii 11,<pine ciinimonw eallh army, .in,! i./ili casuals, including t i\ 111 ois and individuals not i,t! , i ise classified. unique Was issued at i , , i i ,ee Dy the nndei sen r ' . Peihel t P. Patl(‘r.-<,:i. ; i at Lieutenant (lend ■,! .1 '.Vaimvnghl, eonimand ei ican-Fi lipmo Imre•. • .’.a.- among those cap Japanese I So metcast , i1 i I mperial headquar - :■ i*d today that Japan, <■ i . ■•iipleled oecnpatioii ,.i i,d other foi titied i . Hay by It a. m. today , [7 p. m. \\ edi tesday i 11 ..patches said Incite- 1 Jonathan M. Wain- j : h '"it surrendered l" • r on Melinia Hal, ren ■ j • a the fortified island. NEGRO FUGITIVE IS SHOT TO DEATH May 7. (AIM William j year-old Negro cat-pen • t to death yesterday by emeu in a iila/ing cli- \ • mlnint begun yesterday 1 ■: Police Chief .tohn ii. j ini lour niembci - of a Nc y were slain, e rn u ere hunting I *a\i - j rue: i inning in auincction i hooting:-.. RAF Raids Continued Stuttgart Bombed for T hird Successive Night; Planes Over France in Daylight. I.ondon, May 7.— (AIM—Royal dr force bombers continuing llu ii smashing attacks at the in dustries feeding Adolf Hitler's "ar machinn, hammered at Stuttgart last night for the third successive night and roared into Iranec by daylight today. on of the night raiders were the air ministry said. I he i aiders went in considerable ;ri' hi smash at the southern Ger "ll|; manufacturing city, which pro '7r(s a\ iation engines, tanks, and J ''etrirai equipment, and at other ''<1 in that region. , '"'"hs at Nantes also were hit tor hl' 'hird successive night and raids ■' were made on air fields in Gcr ln'.",' 'ipied territory. () his morning four Mosserschmitts 1 rrl out of Ihc haze over the chan ,'r "Ho a southeast coast town and ,'n '1'lr'cd bombs which destroyed a jf; country home. '-*'r v.xrr no C3;ii<i!t.'€5 Tnd !it ‘f d^n-ng* •"•a? r^p^rted. Warming Up an Army Kittyhawk Fighter Mounted in flying position, a Curtiss Hawk P-40E, more commonly known as a Kittyhawk, is publicly demonstrated for the first time at Buffalo, N. Y. It is shown on the firing range with its propeller going full bla.-; ami machine guns firing rapidly. Those lines of light are caused bv tracer bullets by which the pilot can tell whether his shots are reaching their taigeU. (Central Prest) r j • j j $ rjy India Urged lo Resist Inceme Hike Asked j i Morgenthau Urges Lowering of Exemp tions to Add 6,900,000 New Taxpayers. Washington. May 7.— (AP)— Secretary ef the Treasur;* Mor in ntliau told the House w:i.\ % and means rommiitei toda\ that “tin1 time lias now come” to lower personal exemptions under the individual income lax to .**700 lot single persons, $1,200 for mar ried couples and $300 for each dependeni. Chairman I)uughn»n, I h w< . North Ca mlitia. oi tin i o,; i *; 11 too made public a letter :n w liici. u genthau aid the reductn*n- w • • iM ; produce about $ 1.1 uo.ooo.ouo *»f which S1 00.UOO,tinu would c iron 6,900,01)0 new taxpa.\ er . The letter <a:d that th: or., in nvaM’ v. oul'd be ut'cr and al »vc h< $3,2(10,1)00.1)00 in a.'KcU ( < *nr. ■ ' rai. e fpmo md)\ idoal. a.* part ot an n\ cra 11 $7.(>00.o()0,000 tax pp».gra ! Prese nt exei pti* in $7,70 gle person $ 1 ,.700 i riod c i pies and S 400 lor d ■■ ehdent 1 aist vc;11 t he 7 ,001 i.i i)0 mo po; I I who paid me*.me lav. - pro ... 000,000. Under any oi ■ ■ *u.- put:• that have been piv-crlol. the;, won; ' pay much m-.re 1 ert al tt r bu' < • * comm it 1 ot mcii have i i i t la v< • w a - , st l ong p • i>: i11y tli.i4 or «■ oi M genthan'• steep -urt.i •; i at*1 me; e.i > ■ would Im‘ pare*! down. I )()l Igh' "II told nc\\ pa pci :: I* n hr- i Morgenthau’. letter propo-.mg Ip'.c exemption w a.- pre ented to the : committee at a mormng -c ,-kmi hut did not indicate what reception it received. Rubber Shortage Now More Acute Wa.-luiigt hi. May 7. (AIM Unde" "epaiary Robert R. Pul tlTM 'll "f il u- War i!( pa rf' a' a 11 11 a lull: \ ' ..a I 1 :. . ibi .1 T a! : ' - bad i•(•me a p Sunday iri; . \ i -it.- to t 'oi1n aim pi1 tl ai,y' pan a,." At ' pro- ''Mm' ni'i' Patlei - n predieled 'a..! 'lie need I" eon erviny "a 11ollr »n toll:- nl v. ay j v. :Id den-anil a a 1.: 1 ml: -I > 1 ii i I.- " . i at.-. 1 - ' oi ai '.ad in • enI .a . . n Ill plain a- nil'll plated • a. n t: i \ |iu • el a: -. ■ ol extra tire. " id by toe p Mbr. but n .: : p ipa at loi. i.py - " I -1 til. "i -p.a (• p. lor vm 11 :i. !'..'.tel n id lie loi t i a i •' i liny i itiiining - n.me would U" a long way I - ant talilllK e .re - a that t|la . - ''I la-re i. 11" li:■ til'll ol , a; inu; lit "I ol,: pr< sent no I,. . il ad I II i! pre "'ll <i . lam eon' an '• i’.iiltr "U .a:. "Wa.-tel'ld |I| III I a-o I -I t' I > ■ , ,,n . " a. bee' ■,;a■ "i :i> a ompiete To War Board ,v . i, n'j.t'in. w : v - \;-) i.' ii (i,i, Ain 1111 , < 1 a |1 m • :-•!) A * Ifb (i eon, pl( lolv today 1;®r war tail-. hoard*.*, order for 1emj»oi:iry exton < ion ol double bine j jay > i sen t: I o' Sunday uork ;.a I aeknowlodged a ten. e public hearing that it. rn (Continued on Pa«c* Four) Newspapers Carry Ads Ef forts to Create Fighting Spirit Made Through Radio, Post ers and Press. V-w Delhi, May 7.— (AIM — The government ci India launch ed a vigorous campai n today to create fightftng spirit id thin country whose major political group—tin- Congress party—de cided a week ago that the only yy a , to oppose a lin e Mi -d ,lap anesi invasion would he hv “no-violent non-cooperation." Morning new spapers carried I'll!! page advertisements warn ing the public that work, not yy ords. would stop the Japanese. Tin' .-.a,no theme uci be featured 11 i.1,■ ' . pii.- ic rs c.d addition.*!I .ii\ ail ci 1*11*.-. a g, ivernment spoke... : t an -aid. d'". • a '• rti'oment :■ ws a bayon i l ;.,:t mod I • r -ugh . ical of papers , . 1 a,iHi tiie heading "Words yviil , i a 1|m- |iaiH'.-'C " • I. !iiii,ucu,l:uil pe,a.. - de;"de that I ho da I la I ie.-c are in he . h -pped, they Lu Topped,” tin ulverti soment kit ,lV ;y Indian ,. e under arm's a ! > 'a liner Ida n. .. -a I use until ’ii- .l.ap .ue-e cut red 11m mu six .■ i■<• i. ago 1 frill :: i-i y wa- to send a c; to other fronts The army eonceir - could have a' mi exp nde< I t.. 1 b nr ire than -.Ohm.MOO, nut there v. re two limit ing laetoi -e(]i;ipn on' and officer-, i M l icer training is i-. ig expanded and Ina-n-leud aid Ii m the United States i- helping h relieve the eou.pmnnl shortage. Reduction In Freight Rates May Lead To More Contracts Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By BOB THOMPSON Raleigh, May 7. While .1 111 ' "<■_ of North Carolina woodworking an! metal plane were complaining that they wore prevented hy height iah from making an acceptable bid on ammunition boxes, the mlei .ah eommeree commission came tnimug.i with an emergency order eutlmg tne rates to a figure slightly below that charged eastern and northern com petitors. The decision 1 of importance m industries other than tho. 1 oqu.ppt <1 to make ammunition horn's. It hem out the recent statement ol I hahes Commission Chairman Stanley \\ m borne that both the railr .ad md the ICC are prepared to gem- speedy I consideration to rate,- related to van production. The ammunition box order was ued Ma- ! elfectr.m Ma; a. It v.v. funded do ■■ft ?c quickly tost “'a in i'i!i'r: I.M i .i .'itii r I1 a \VI'I> inn 11 ict distribut urn < f bet oi n any 111." maiui I aetui e: know anything | ala ait 11. As a iv • .it - <•, oral large | \\ nr ei in tract.■■ po a ia M;. wdl . v cured b> Nui1 Carolina concern within tin v - . ■ 11a11■ future. When the new-, of the order \a.-. reported to the WPti here, officials jumped tii tin' long di t. lav telephone, i In cidentally. the report came Iron newspapermen who learned it bom the State utilities eommis ion. w from the war agencies in Washing ton ) As helpful a- the ICC s new at- . ,t i11 ide may i>i ■ e to nr southern | manufacturers who can do certain w at product mn are l ill handicapped l)v the rates . m many w ar product .. \s there nevei has been much of this sort oi thing manutaetured in | tht territory, there are not many .pedal rate affecting them. Con (Contmued -a P^ge Six) Reds Gain In North German Detachment Encircled Near Lenin grad, Wedge Driven Between Forces. Moscow, May 7.— (AIM—The lied army, attacking across bogs of (In- Leningrad front, was re ported to have driven a wedge between two Germans forces and encircled one na/.i detachment in an important sector west of the long-besieged city. Red Star said the Russians captur ed a junction point which the Ger mans had held throughout the win ter. This action, the army organ de clared, cut the road which united (Continued ©<a Tour) Mcchanir.cd Japanese Lpcihf head Ad vances Id- Miles Beyond Bor der Town; righting Continues A r o u n d Mandalay. (■ lumfrkinjr, May 7. (AP)—! I he •Japaiie.-e have • rritpicd the i < 'hine.se tow n cl' Wa:. iny. on t he < 'hiur. e-R.trma I’rmii ear, and a met he.ui/.ed spearhead support ed by planes has pushed up the lluniiu I’nad almost toChet'ang, 25 mil' < 1 >ey- n 1 Wan; iny, an army spoke.-man declared to day. - i Heavy fiyhtiny' is in progress, j the spi ke.-niau said. tie .that tie- Chinese (lift not have enough tilin' to destroy the Burma Road in this area, oi'.cv an avenue of important supplies for the armies of Generalissimo Cliiang Kai-Shek, hut pointed out that the farther tlie Japanese advanced, the more exposed their lines ot communi cation became to Chinese flank attacks. The army spokesman said that Chinese troops still were fight ing around Mandala'. Burmese city yyliicli lias fallen to the Japanese. He denied that t! 'owns of Rliamn. in bb rn .i 4u nines west ol i Ihc Chine-,. S' i dec. end Msitkina, 8u • rile- north xist nl Bhanm and about Jn null- the Y mnan border. Iiad bee'll captured by 'In enemy or that .lapetK-.-e 14 r. .■ - bed entered j Yunnan iiriwinee t' r ■ m ueeupied Fri neb bid -China. He said that i; v. ;s in ip, -sii 'le for the .tan. nese to eain <•■ ■" nlnb cin ti ,1 .; | n tin's' ween' truis.th.. o-'t.: 1 ' at In. e div: - inns. Hitler Claims More Sinkings i. i; n i !•';■• >! (lor:"an Breach1.asts ) j May 7 ( AP ■ I >XP. ■ 1 ’. 1 aril . at ii i I aim:amcrn .lit 1 ai \ i: ■ m; Ari■1 i 1 Hit! r’s la ft-. 1 :ri" that (Jcnnan r-i-.ats 11.1 e mm; 3(1 enemy mer- 1 cl-., nt -hip- -,: 1 Mi- cast cm -1 < >f North America .mil ill the Caribbean SOB. Tile -lap- v. ere said to total 138,- I (HUM i]'.- 'I la- l"iieth n!' t mie covered by Hi 'ik in; \ a not . peeificd. j Leads the Moslems From March of Vime's ‘India in Cri. is' Now that ominous war-clouds gath er over India, attention is focused on such persons as Ali Mohamed Jinnah, head of the Moslem minor- j ity. He turned thumbs down on the plans offered by Sir Stafford Cripps. His people comprise a smaller part of the population than the Hindus and he fears that an indt-pe; di nt j India may turn them into a perse cuted minority. Allied Bombers Move to Counter Threat to American- Australian Supply Routes. Allied Hindi | nil: ' r>. All.-tha. Alov 7--( AP i An ..in 'no: case in Japanese naval activity around New Britain and the Sid . ,n -1. nds .vus reported today, with, the n!l:eo hnmb er command swiftly m ; itm :ng with high explosr,a s this dev* l.'poig threat to the all-imp' -riant An - i car.- \ .— tralian supply routes. A headq inters e l nique . not ing the st renal ill'll a.:; the Jupal) e.-o in tho-e !v 1 > in >rt li-ilurtheastern gnu p- where tlry die. by have e> lai.'li -ilid foothold.-. d die Ji oane-.' warships near Bongaae die. .n tin s' lemon islands. Moo n les cast of Ncv Britain, were “at,.eked -uceos.— 'A' yesterday. No details were given, o :t obvaius ly headq larters v. is dive ’1 they .: plications it any t: nglhen ng the invader's lorees in those area-: a direct assault on A or an encircling 1 ■ <eiz< t • cri - n lit 1 land 1 a • I,f this coiitir. rit. NOT V ( ANDIHATI .villain . V \ Max 7.— ' \I’> —< lovernor Herbert li. I .ctinian. \i n Y ork's four-term Demo cratic chid executive, announc ed todax lie Mould not lie a can diiiatc for re-election ami ...dtled: “If nominate.1 I \xiii not accctit tile nomination.' Babson Says Good Stocks Are Now On Bargain List By l!0(.! K W BABSON Copy r: g; •; MM2 Fiblshe. Final ! 5u ■ U ment ng ip ind dual . - tes, it certainly - . to i e that the st >ck market is a /.one. Xatur; ■ions, the m; j <iti e tor so i e months with the em oh11si- of m \ ement on the down side. Th’s ha- been occasioned main ly bv .1 imes!ie industrial uplv avals, ‘a,. ,.. >r the tax and pro fit situation, and bad news from the war area Position of Foreign Markets Considering all 'hat Great Britain inis been through and particularly with the Germans sitting only 20 , lies away froi . the British Isles, one would naturally expect badly acting London market. Stocks on the London Exchange have, however, steadily advae vd n the fa ’e >t fall- , ing \ew Vo .. prices. This is like- ! wise true in France. Holland, and Germany Ever since the war start-! cd. common stuck- have advanced in the enuutrie- most fferled. All of t!ic-e nations have nronnr tionalclv larger debts than the Unit ed State- They have suffered great amount.- ”f propert' damage. Their la” a:- far more drastic tha* *urr The • rgulatjens and vest-ir ons und.. hich their pc >plc a ork,' mi. . nd live make oar (trice ceil-; priority rule.-, and !"■,(! con- j iruls scent like child'.- play 'll-! m ;h.c lace k aldila >n.~ ; - '. .1 r• ■ ’ I:.a: .my u Inch have yet tonciu 1 i" twn country, foreign .-lock.- h i -id eanced while the nulk own securii ies have cons:.-tcnlly moved downward. Inflation the Answer. Any hist '.cal study . ;:.i .,: e such as net .rred both during and alter the last w r show- that the time ultimately come- \v hen people pretcr to own real propel tv und ,_e d stocks rather than bonds and cash Inflati nary forces an st tdilv work here, but tie y ore 1 rthei ad vanced in the countries previo isly mentioned. W’e see in our a ere.,sum national debt, in the sc rcity of con sumer goods, and in rising prices only the first elleets ol inflation. Investors of othei nations art ahead of our own group in real.ring that cash is no longer the form in which to protect one's capital. Not so here, as witnessed by the large amount of money now in circulation lt. - total far exceeds any i -t tin country has previou-ly known Mud of this money is held b\ foreigner who fled Europe Their fear.- h r. r brer. cornelunirated o our u'.cn pcc i Continued on Page Six) Madagascar Nava! Base Surrenders Antisrana, Chief Town in Harbor, and Neighboring Village Fail to Forces; Further Resistance Expected. (By 'i'hi Associated Press) British sin >ck troops have captured the big naval base of Diego Suarez in Madagascar less than 4S hours after their attack on the l.OOO-mile long French island, it was officially announc 'd today, while -Japanese war ships startid threatening new maneuvers north of Australia. "Antsirana, chief town in the harbor .-f Diego Suarez, was captured by night attack last night. ’ a British admiralty-war olfiti coinm;niii|ue said. "Tht French naval and mi 1 i t.i. . vmniaiulers at Antsirana ha' i -urretulered," the an t •;ii nt said, and all French resistance at the base collapsed, liriiisit tri ops .1 Iso captured 1 h 1 • -.11;.t 1S \ ilt.uc Diego, three miles northeast o! Antsirana. i.mk-ied British commandos ami infantry striking from flic soulh iauni lied f’.ic irmin attack 011 fie' ke> naval base, which commands allied sea lanes to flic Middle i.ast. iiulia and China. Ko.wit marines landed north of tin town to create a valu able (incision." the communi «]Uc said. W11 • t.■ 'tic !:.]! ni Dicg.. Scare/, con -t.'u'i- •. .. Jury in the Bi 11 - i. -.| e, 1. n_>n, which -inrted at dawn T." . I,,\ . 1 a 1- idr: utile 1 urt her I'esi Umi'i ay In expected from the re minder ••• the island- 5.000,Dim French nd native populatu in. I 'lain order- i n an Fi ance’s pro (;.• ,im 1 icr, Pierre Laval, to light ’■ e end, the island's defend er- pi e1., only w ill nl'fe: stiff oppos ition .0 'I annual :ve, the capital, on ."the center it tile island, ai d teir. the site <>1 a big air Br.li ■; :- aii; ;u. rte. - -aid infantry ii. ei'eni- >' u.',iii bomber.- charged l-diiuh p.i.sitp.n, protected ■ y in Id gun- and machine gi|i a a',- ■ •utsidc Diego - .i:ii .pcnod the way for its In London, i’rimc Ministrr l litirrliill told parliament that a protocol was being drawn up be tween the opposing commanders and that the British fleet was expected to i ntci Diego Suarez harbor about .'It.'iO p. m. t burcl.ilt said the first assault .,n f M i.cii positions Tuesday re siiltcd in lo-scs which might have exceeded 1.000 men. but tCotUitiucd on Page Four) Convoy Gets British Admiralty say* 90 Per Cent of Ships R e a c h e d Russia; Cruiser Lost. l.omion. May 1—(API— Thr loss oi the Ml.(Hill-ion cruiser l.dinboigh and lour convoyed merchantmen in a running sea fight along the storm-tossed \retu supply lane to Soviet Rus sia yyas announced today by the admiralty, yyhich declared that !H) per cent ol the convoy got through solely despite plane, warship and l -boat attacks. The .itto< k-. -••• . ' st from April Mo U iiiuel'. May cost the German me de-inivi r sunk, another damaged ,-e\ ere: v. al least two dive bombei ‘ testroyed md others perhaps crip pled. the admiralty .-aid. Tin' British convoy.- were targets el the air. sea and aidersea assaults. One, laden with war supplies, yva; -aid to have got through 90 per cent nt ict, with a loss of three ships. The (Contiit it'd on Page Four) FOR NORTH C AROLINA. Fligotly coole • tc.rughi.
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