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Hettitersan Dmlg Htspaf rij _____ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA T\VENT\-NINTH YEAR lTltKKA)BHO(l-iAETH!!')Ki'HKS30ir_HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 14, 1<>42 publishj^ev^iy^^ktkrnoon FIVE CENTS COPY Entire Russian Front Aflame MINIMUM INCOME TAX IS PROPOSED SEES DAUGHTER FOR FIRST TIME •—Plionephoto. I' >< ' a.nak o! I) I i'oit, Alien . who ha be: p. blind lor eight years as di oi an accident to his ryes from l/y.ng splinters, sees his (i ; - * * r tor tlu first time. Kuleai; - sight was restored when a motori.d hi* ; ; horn causing him t.. -1ui■.i»!• • mir a eurb.d »iu Ho k* pi the j tor three days, hctwe tolling tn- wife and daughti r abed it. Jcar.et !e is enjoying 1 he exp r.i nee ef dewing licr fattier .some ■ ires. Ail Transportation May Be Rationed - ^ ; Congressional Circles Forecast Drastic Measures; Extension of Gasoline Rationing After July 1 Pre dicted. Washington. May 1 I.—(AIM —Nationwide rationing of trans portation was forecast in con gressional circles today anti some informed legislators said there urn strong indications that the rationing of gasoline in 17 east ern states might be extended to include the whole country after •Ini' I. A- ' urc easterners I tinned long hue.- aid registration places for ihc hard day to obtain rat on cards th.it t xp.re June 3(1, Senator Aiken. ReptJ.lu.au, Vermont, said he be 1 that before that date arrived plan would have been worked out h1 lat'.'l the use of domestic transpor t'd''' y-toms. lie predicted that government control of the movement of all products carried bv rail and waiter would be reflected in the rationing of gasoline on a na tionwide basis, a development which Senator Downey. Demo- i ir.u California, predicted would mine in any event. Duv.ney said he looked for a con tinued deedin' in gasoline and fuel nil i neves on the' ('astern seaboard, despite efforts to patch together a j (Continued on Page Two! Nazis Counter Anti-War Talk Moscow, May 14.—(AP)—Ta>s, icial Soviet news agency, report ed today that 19 persons were e.xe eited m Hamburg May 7. 'Tor ex pressing anti-war defeatist views, :il'd that numerous others were bc mS arrested in Hannov- r, Schwerin, Braunschweig and elsewhere for tnicing discontent at the war. fas.- -.aid that, according to Stock ri<ilin reports from the German l'ron . r- German storm troopers were be ln£ called home from the front and n<‘" units were being formed and tP'-cii intensive training in street Bghting because of nazi fear of se u"Us internal disturbances. B said these forces back in Ger many were placed at 1,500.000 men '1l1' actually were believed to be *J en more numerous They arc being tss - led n. w armament, including large ! "'"hei s ol mariun1’ guns, lite l -- - .uucti Ickes Says Rationing Here To Stay Washington. May 14 (AP) - IV- * trolcmn Coordinator Ickes said today that my expansion m gasoline ra tioning areas generally would de pend on whether the government de rided to use this means of saving1, rubber and that there ivii.- no need now lor broadening restricted are,, ■"from a petroleum point ol view.” j He told his pre-s e. inference thai the eon P ortion ol a 1 ADO-m.le pipe- . line from Texas to the New York I’hiladelpiiia ai ea w t the • only j -lire solution I ran see at the mo ment," for the eastern petroleum j -mortage and aimed a new ap- | plication for sieel f..1 uch a line* | would be (-lit forthwith to the war 1 production board. Asked flow long In- thought gas- 1 oline rationing would la P ii-i.cs re ponded "how long do you think the ■ war -..ill la W ” and added: . ■Tile best we ran do 1 accept the I,irt we have rationing, and we hare j to go along w ith it. perhaps mde- j finitely." GREYHOUND ASKS TO SERVE CAMP Raleigh, May 14. (AP)— The Stall Utilities Commission today eondueted a hearing on an appli cation ol the Atlantic Greyhound lanes to operate bus service between Creedmoor and Camp Butner. The application was opposed by the Dur ham Transportation Co. ol Durham. Granting ol the. franchise would enable Atlantic Greyhound to op- j crate bus service to the camp from | Raleigh, Henderson and Oxlord ovci ■ lines for which it already holds franchises. JAP MERCHANT SHIP SUNK BY SUBMARINE Tokyo (From Japanese Broad casts),' May 14. —(AP) A large Ja panese merchant vessel has been tor pedoed and sunk in the eastern part of the South China sea by an enemy submarine but the -ubmarine itseil is believed to have been sunk, an of- | fieial announcement said today. The war and navy ministries said i the merchant ship was under nat al i escort when attacked on May 8. ■■Manv persons perished, sinei lark ness and high seas made re cif i rrrm. diUicuIt," the announce-' Legality 1 Of Measure is Studied Secretary Morgenthau Advocates That All VVh o File Income Tax Returns Should Pay At Least Some Mini mum Amount. Washington, May i 1.- (A!’) Secretary of the Treasury .Moryent hau today advocated a minimum tax of "several dol lars" i,n every one who files an inet m ■ tax r« turn. Undet existing laws, millions >f people whose personal exemp tions and other deductions ex :•( i d tlu ir income pay no tax at all, even though they have ,o file returns. Morgenthau said experts were studying ihe constitutionality of the proposal and if they found a legal method of having such a minimum, he would ask Con gress to enact it. Later., Randolph Paul, top Treas iry tax expert, -f ! word l" me i press that there was "no question " jut what such a proposal would be | ■.institutional." Paul said (iiiestions ol legality could ire avoided by calling the special minimum 'ax an "excise' instead of an "income" tax. The secretary pointed out that a similar tax lias been proposed by Senator George, Democrat. Georgia, chairman of the Senate finance committee, w ho called It an "examination tax." because it would reimburse till1 Treasury for the expense of examining otherwise non-taxabie returns. At one point in the press confer •nco in which he revealed the pro jo-til, Morgenthau siigested Sir as a notable minimum, and estimated that in Treasury could collect $100,000. Kill a year through this method. !, "That's a tidy -um and we can ,, use it," lie commented. o On Capitol Hill, strong behind-'.lie- <• scenes administration pressure was n '('ported against a general sale- lav md ways and mams committeemen t, vhn previously had indicated senti i;('llt for -uch a levy were reporte'd ti •hanging over. u One informal poll showed that a c mce substantial majority toi either -I i retail or manufacturer's sales tax n lad disappeared and that th pre.-ent n iru'iip was 13-to-12 against such a n rv-v'_ ,1 Teacher Pay ;; Differential To Be Reduced i: Raleigh, May 1-).— (API —Ap proximately 1)0(1 Will lie avail ible next year lor narrow ing the di 1 - i'erential between lb pay ol Negio and white teachers in State-sup- 1 ported schools, the State School j Commission learned at its meeting icre today. i Nathan Yelton, secretary ot the « commission, said the matter was re- * erred to tire salary committee, which s meeting here this atternoon, with [lie definite understanding that tire nuney will be used lor the purpose ^ if slashing tin differential, which ias caused a great deal ol controv- (. .‘i'sy. , . ,. b The salary committee also is nis- (( cussing mean.-- of cutting the diller- u ential between the pay ol city and t| county uperinlendents, Yelton said, md will make a" definite report at i 1: the next meeting of the commission. | As a war measure .the commission n - i ft (Continued on Page Two) ( h STURDY CARGO SHIP § SURVIVES TORPEDOES ° _ n \'c\\ Orleans, 'lay It.— (91*1— h A sturdy medium sized cargo n ship survived three torpedoes jt and a prolonged shelling from ! n an axis submarine and was safe ^ n in a Gulf of Mexico port today with loss of one life. ' p The shit- had gaping torpedo holes in !,v si'!e and at least Am*. .* 'ilti'l • - YANKEE FLIERS WHITTLE DO WN JAP AIR PO WER Turned Down X Card C. P. Phoneplioto Senator Harold H. Burton, of Ohio, holds his gasoline ration card up for the cameraman. Although entitled to an unlimited X card he took one in the lower category because he lives close to the senate. It was re ported that only about one in twen ty senators and representatives took A or B cards. >ea Battle j Predicted I American Military Experts See Another Japanese Assault in South Pacific. W’ashingt* >n. May 14. <AP) mesican military expert. . wtugae;; . I ikvn’s sole n l .t hollo cl res*.iimdmg ('oral sc i \ : •: .. \ . ncluded today ll t such bomi . t >uld only drive the Japanese ai - irals to a grand scale a. saul: on tf.e tpr«iaches to Australia in an el In, t * .save face. These claims have become ex a\agant in the last few days. I a • said, that tin* Japancs*• .i impelled to try to make good on :em somi by a new tmay in tiv endous force. Hence, ;®horitie •la an*'tiler big battle 1 ■ in i:v aking a battle in which the *'ne ight throw some of hi hcavie * ()ther elements in the present strs gic situation aim impel toe Jap . so toward a large scale weal at ek ()nr i- tii.jt the c/iem\'s lb* rengtli iia- not been viP liy on uicd by tiic Cm al sea enj.-.g'-mm. sastrou.s as it \va . 11' Ad11m al Yamamoto w :P t - it the >upply line to An. 11 aio. erefore, lie ha> only to ex.i up e ilorcements and try again m tec me tlieat re, in * -me o' ai • ..ding to the emit ment or cl a i< ig (Continued on Page Two) Morris Blocks Resolution Washington, May .4 (AIM An Mention by Sen./' Xorri.-. inde L’lident. Xebrasi blocked Senate msideration today if a resolution >• Senator Downey. Democrat, Cab irnia, declaring that men ners mild not seek special privilege.- in le use of rationed ga-ohne Senator Harkley Kentucky, tin emocralic leader, led ;t vigoroie ight against con deration 4 the leasure, assorting dial it was of red because a "tea pot explosion id been caused in the issuance . cards to some members ol l’ou - ■css entitling them to unlimited ne ws to gasoline foi their cars. Norris, who had -at silent dura; rarly two hours , i debate while • ■ i'il-do/.en senator.- roundly dt >unced the resolution, rn c to ol ■ct quietly to consideration ol the icasure alter demands had been ade for a record vote. Norris' objection automatically revented immediate action on tin solution and it was placed on tin poyi Ictitl/i f'.’i pe_iible Life. American Pilots Oper atic f> F r o m Secret Bases in India Make anese Bases in Burma and m:!o-China. New Di-lh!. May It.—(AID — While veteran Chinese troops fought ilesprrately to check Jap anese lorees pushing up the Burma Jtiad into Yunnan pro vince. American pilots were re in.: ted loday .o be whittling down the invaders air power by dar ing raids on their vital bases in both Burma and Undo-China. Striking I n m .-irri-; iir l .elds in India, big L'nifi'd Stub - Army bomb ers. II tin-:: ninth alt .cl; in the Burn a thealiu. raided the Japanese airdrome at Myitkyinn in far north ern Burma and ret lire to many grounded plane.'. Major General Lew is H. Brereton's luadquarters an ni.uhced. Tec 1,’AF ainu nei d a -uce- ssful bo: -nine and m. .■!iii’• ■ gun attack on i padui" .-tenner and barges the Jap anese on- nerving up the C’hindwin river and said that further details n a i ..id . n Ak\ ib airdrome yes 'erd: y showed unmb hits on run ways and among dispersed Japanese plane.-. Simultaneously a communique released in Chungking disclosed that I ly ing Tigers of the Ameri can Volunteer Group had reach ed out a long arm to pound the important Japanese air base at Hanoi in liuio-China. more than ().->!) miles southeast of M\itk y ina. "F.lleen Japanese planes, includ ing bombers, one large transport, and two-.-eaters and -ingle-seated muter.-, w i " burned on the ground." ■ aid the Chungking annoiineemient, is- md by W'G headu.iial'ters. At !ca-l A A other Japan."., planes were reported damaged and direct hits wire -cored .>n airdrome buildings. Boll, these i aids were carried out Tuesday, the . fficial bulletin said, i >:i!y one Ai ocean flier—one of the p | its pari c u A ng m the Hanoi raid In Chungking a Clnne-e military .pi ■ , n i i'.p a ted t‘ 'day the : ". :i !>■-c have desti i \ isi the bridges icr.'s,- die u p."' Sa'ween river, ('till ed tin i. : 1 ■ China, md a ''e holding be ea ’ hank again- Japanese van 'll;: rd-. Little Rock, Ark., Pilot .at Controls of RAF Plane Scoring on Nazi Vessels. I.. iui.,n. M v 14. -(API—RAF IKIiccr Mari; Dennett. Irmn Little Reek. \ wa> at the controls of anc ■! two Hadron planes which bombed a pair o! enemy vessels last night oil the Norwegian coast, leav ing on. atiro and the other a total w n 'ck The aii a uiislia new s -•rvice said that Dennett'.' homlx- struck a large -nppiv -hip which had run ashore near Yaagso and -at ,t on fire. Another Hud-on reported setting fin to a hr.n l.v-!.-den -upplv ship is il was pulled • t oi Aal sund. The news .-ervice -aid ti, - plane went down bio-t to >ea level in the dark lie-' aid dear ir-gged" over the ship 1,.'. !; -ig bark, tilt crew saw liombs explode on the ship near the stern." the aeo. uit -aid. "Debris flew in all ti '-el n'.- and thick oily smoko r< e . : cad ntil the ship’s out 1:no vva- ,d" • ' 1 idden min -try counted this ves ■el a total wreck. Tells of Secret Gas C. P. Phonephnto If Hitler plans to introduce gas in the present war, Uncle Sam is ready to retaliate with Lewisite, says its inventor, Prof. W. Lee Lewis of Evanston, 111. Lewisite gas has been in the hands of our War Depart ment for twenty-five years. Lewis adds that his gas is more humane than mustard gas because it is mor» deadly and acts more quickly. Eight Firms Are Indicted Federal Grand Jury Charges Corporations and 20 Officials With Conspiracy. Washington. May 11.—(AIM — The Justice department an nounced today that a federal grand jury at Trenton, V had indicted eight corporations and 20 of their officials on a charge of worldwide conspiracy to monopolize thy manufacture and sales of dyestuffs, l'ho actual defendants, tupped by the giant E. !. riu Pont dr Nomours and Co., arc Americans, but the in dictments named as eo-con-pirahuv the leading eif.’tnical companies in Germany. France. Great Britain, Switzerland and Japan, along win some satellite corporations m Sottll America ana Canaria Thurman Arnold. Justice depart rant alii 1 -1 r .1 chief, said that j worldwide cartel had "not only re sulted in high price- to the Amcr- i icar consume! but also had restrict ed the full development ol the rue.;. ical industry v. inch t- cs entutl n ittr Wo el fort." "< >ne ot the prate,pal .. cans oi I he ct mspii'acy." A mold - .mi, "has ' been restricting production oi chem ical mienncd.a,os from wmch dye tuffs are made utd : which ira portant munitious. particularly ex- i plosive and pi ..-tic . c,,ii!d . >e made. 1 t It.her ol'lictal -aid tl at the case, j an outgrowth ul too exh.au live in- ! poll y ml- p,i let a - and cnei;,lea i-■. \ra.- j the most tar flung .mu-trust action | thus far and r a led a ntpor; me, | the Stanria rcl < >:i Id »X .i , yvltieh was ettled recently by a eat ! sent degi eo I'reea,g tlt.-u- aids it | patents for getter; 1 u.-o dm mg ;h war. Red Troops Storm Gates Of Kharkov Russians Admit Yield ing Some Ground in Crimea, But Deny Ger man Claims; Soviet Offensives Launched Elsewhere. (Iiy The Associated Press) Russia declared today that her armies were storming; at the Kates of Kharkov, the “Pitts l>until” of the Ukraine. and other Soviet offensives were re ported rolling- ag'ainst the Ger mans in the vital sectors of Len ing'rad, Xovgrorod. Staraya Rus sa and Moscow. In the Crimea, the Russians acknowledged yielding some ground in the six-day old battle of Kerch peninsula but disputed [lie Hitler high command's claim ot' decisive victory. Latest Soviet dispatches said the Russians were now holding a new line in good order, inflict ing heavy casualties on the Ger mans. The Soviet radio reported that Marshal Semcon Timoshenko’s I Ur.line armies had smashed the German first line defenses before Kharkov and w ere advancing on the city itself, imminently threat ening the key nazi stronghold. All winter. Kharkov has been a major obstacle in the path of Soviet counter drives. The Russians said masses of Red army reserves had gone into action tor ile. first time against Kharkov, and declared: "K\ ery thing is being abandoned by the Germans in great quantities on the field of action.’’ Heavy fighting was also reported raging on the Leningrad front, where the Germans were said to have thrown new six-inch anti-tank guns into action in a vain atempt to stop the monster Soviet tanks. On the basis of all these re ports. it appeared that the whole I.'100-mile battle line from Len ingrad to the Black sea was aflame in a series of gigantic battles which may decide the war in Europe. Adolf Hitler's field headquarters i. -serted that German troops in the e had won a smashing victory in e Kerch peninsula and were low relentlessly pursuing the "de voted" Russian army, The na/.i command said German )m: hers were rounding the port of xmc'h and blasting Soviet ships in he adjacent waters. Kirch he- acro.-s a narrow strait rum the great Caucasus oil fields. The Vichy (French) news agency ii. -o reported that axis troops had hi'ist to the end of the eastern "riivoa. seizing two key towns and icr pving almost the ent re coast im facing the Caucasus. Development on other worldwide ron ts: Battle nl Australia—General Douglas Mac Arthur's headquar ters reported that allied bomb ers lushing out at the western flank of Japanese invasion bases (Continued on Page Four) Warships At Martinique Are Being immobilized - Washington. May li (API— ! French warship- at M.nt:n:quo an- . | being immobilized, il was authorita Itivelk disclosed today. The immobilization is being cai ried lout m ci.operation between French and American naval and other niii eials on the spot. Other important details ot com prehensive solution "i the problem 'of French grass; ssions in the L'arib j bean are still being discussed, it was 1 said. Responsible sources emphasized that these negotiations are being ear ned on directly with \dmiral Georges Robert. Fn nch high com missioner ol Martinique, and that the I'l ited State:- is nut in any si-iv-e dealing with or looking to the Vichy government in this matter. Warships affected by the men- b~ ilization agreement include. t "P.dfr t •' Lw ^ !'lr (v 1 H.' ■ . 2’ ■ loanin' d'Arc. Il was not immediately disclosed whether any French, merchantmen . r involved in the discussions now proceeding. Tin German-controlled Paris pits, recently published that the Fluted State.' had sought to requisi tion merchantmen lying at Martini que and that Admiral Jean Darlan. commander in chief of armed forces under Vichy control, had instructed the commanders ol these vessels to scuttle rather than allow them to fall nto American hand* Secretary ot State Hull conferred " th President Roosevelt today and il was understood they discussed the Yhirtimqtu situatuui. Shortly before a w er.i to the White House, Hull talked with high ranking Army and N’avy officers and with Ray Ather ton. acting chief ol the State de j.*;event division el European ai >Vtt 1 liiSr’ FOR NORTH CAROLINA I ittlo change in temperature ■ V,*"crb this aitenmon <*!!d f .
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