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_-—— _<>MA' DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION 01- NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
1 u; )-''lNIH \EAR . HENDERSON, X. WEDNESDAY Ai rERNOON, MAY 2<> ■. . N I-'iVE CENTS COPY
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Acme, Wyo., arc sli »\vn i. . • an . ..• of > «,. ,j
. , a newspaper printed weekly ; : • r.s • f un- l i . .
armed forces stationed in Ur. i.n. ((,'• r1 ml I'n; :.. j
Ai - dian Prime Min
ist< ■ Declares "Our
Fn_y Men Hourly
f the Supreme
! Air Forces Are
A< live.
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.a 111\\ ■ 'i I 1 iy tilr ll'l'i at
Russia, tlir far Par
at rr t■ if >k oil all omin
:■ lli I'iralirr tmia) a 11I
A I’nmi■ A] imistt"' -I ■ ■! ;
( ■ : iii'd that "the t.-mi•
airlc i' iiirrcasiiijr ami
I’r; nirn hourly i’arr
nit U’st."
mms statement, possible
.it the imminrme ol a
i!• ! tpanese invasion threat.
I upon China's warning'
■!. i > that Japan was pre
P i mu jor offensive to
' ■eueralissimn Chiang Kai
main ( liinese arm> and
( !; imi out of the w ar.
i li ive b >en told tlial the
ew weeks are ira light
i\ e possibilities." < urtin
1 repeat that warning in
rnrst terms."
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P robation
1 >ai)> Dispatch Bureau,
In (lie Sir M altar Hold,
it' BOB TIIOMI SO\
. A! ,y 20 A11 h • :g! -\ ■ 1
■ i ll pi ipulat a u
1.1:4 a: <1 although
.els are smallei m ai i a
1 ' n the state, tie.- : i a:: ■ a :
■ • e, ing sentence- "ii pro
■ i lium s tn rise. '1 otiay thei i
active probation 'Uses
" 1,11' ".an there have been at an>
■ e the probabtion la" " a;
1 ' at a halI veat -
;; s’M II. eetor Harr' S.n ; <
AiJ?es Want
1,000 1" Janes
! I o Raid Nazis
j"'; ":;/j" .
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I imdon. \la\ -1 \
Leslie Hon Heiisiu. former w ti
>: t ret. i n a nd a ^ I.«ir|> eritie >-i
Britaii war leadership in .ed
i tod t v to est.ihli-dmient ol a
s< par ah oi:i' stn ol defense
Hoi! Hehslia declared, how
r\i-v that ilie government would
not !■. "hounded itdo opining a
western front against <ieiman.\
.11■»’!>• g shat it ' perhaps would
in i}4. gt i undet taking in
Uritish ipiliiar.N hish»r> and worse
than not undertaking it would
he t" undertake it and tail.
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In A rmy
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Preparing For Invasion Of Can casus,
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P u t s r ; ;i i .*>. h i n g
FcueLes on Measure,
Hiking Normal Levy
ansi Increasing Sur
taxes.
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tin< }■: 11iv - irtax. - -1mi■]i
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•rat, Xnr; h ( a!'"iina. ail nonne
•d ii mi tin r.anniitt<-r had
l ! •. ( d 'III I I III ilHTt -Ml' till' 1 1' > I'
ll a i tax rain and to strive Ini'
hi additi'iiiai SV.7do.nou.nun in
Vliil''. dill hi• ih t'iiIH'it In dis
•I, n .• hat - ri rat n minht
Members indicated tnat tile
present II per cent surtax on the
first SM.'UO nl net income pro
bably would be jumped to I!
or I ! per cent, and that the
maximum would lie So or H.i
per rent.
On tile I ; per i cut basis, a
married couple with two cliild
reu and a Sd.ibHl net ineome who
now pai s'-iX wonitl bale to pa\
SH : next year. \ simile man
witli tin- same salon, who now
bus a lax bill o! M. would be
faced w ill: a tax ol about Uln
next 1 eai . d”P»'«dimt mi the
second surtax bracket level.
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Thirty-Three Seamen
Killed, Bringing Two
Weeks’ Casualties to
64 Sailors.
New Orleans. Max dt). \P
— Tin* a\i> toll of cargo ships in
the (i til) of .Mexico grew heavier
ton.-' following the announce
ment ?>> the eighth naval Bis
triet here of the sinking of two
more medium si/etl ship- <»! I . S.
r gi ir\ last week.
Thiitv-three seamen we;.
killed in the last two sinkings
on Max Id. bringing the total
< ■ na 1! ies t<> (> 1 sr im -n in a bout
two v. " • - k s. Sevani ships have
ii attacked and six sunk. One
w t , tow ed to pm I badlx dam
aged.
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• :• hip v fcivaking ;p
a : •11 llllh'
Martin, Ross
0 d.
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his camp, inrluu.i•.
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bor.
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1 on \on n< ( MtOI.lN \
* «: i ,• i ■ (‘i s:.tnvors lo
i ll No
rly Victory
New Material
May Solve
Gas Shortage
r ••• r | ;
%rr
1 v ivJil
Ju.slice D e n z. rtment
investigation C 1 e a r s
■ or aior of Nev • York
CnpeCs Charges.
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i v.'..-h t.horo wi\v
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Secretary of State
Points Out That
Developments on
Horne and Foreign
Front Give Grounds
for Changed Calcula
tions.
Washington. Ma.\ !().■—i.\P) —
ShtKj! \ of Slate Hull indicat
ed toda\ he saw some grounds
for hope that \ ietor\ for the
l nited Nations might come smm
c« than had In en expected ear
iiei this \ c .i.
tevelopim-i n re
>! 1 c n -.. f • v • i r
•: : . ; . •» i. i
Business
A 4- u:0u
riign
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«•- a i'i'I* vt, pi.rchasmg pinvrr —
'!'■ i. . man h.:. \v«>; aed :n March
; i ^ i .lir: l. .111 ever .u11 <» i a
lamed
IV.i i’.plav:: enl dropped 8SO.O00.
;, a i• • *.; 1 number ot w ago
• I'mted Slate.' to
i ’ .ill:'.111n) n Min ch.
\ '• Tin conversion nroMem
• ..t 1 . t ad m tin remaining
■ • •; • i ‘ - year . as gi eat. it
Germans Plan Giant
Air-Borne Assault on
Oil-Rich Caucasus as
Russians Drive ‘Into
the Heart’ of Kharkov
Defenses.
( 11> I tic A - ■ ’ icin’ III Press)
Russia's armies stm-min<r to
'V;i i'(! !l:t .Vital l kmme steel
city of Kharkov were reported
•y London -(>uret • to have
loin/hi their wa,\ “into the heai't
'I tlie city s defenses'' tonlay,
while tie lit I'liians were mass
ing 1110.t)(Mt paraehat ists for a
yiaiit air-borne invasion of the
i 'nlieasus.
i'he (iermaii hiyli command
sac! '.hat axis ('rimean troops
lad alia ad\ overrun the Kerch
peninsula. Tien■•ss the narrow
Kerch strait from flic oil-rich
i 'aucasus. Moscow said battles
still rayed there.
hi tlie I'kraine. the Red
armies, it'ii by monster bii-tun
tailKS, \\ i'll' |IU'l ill I • 1 I !1 i ’ 1IS l(M
dispatcher as advam-injr over
fields littered willi mans’ hun
dreds of dermal dt ad in the
nini-ilas old offen.-ise apainst
KharfeS. while tie mods des
perately attempted to ease the
]ii’es-;uv with a disersionai at
;acts SO miles to tin- south.
Apparently tin Russians re
fused to iie deeos ed.
A bulletin from lied army
headquarters announced terse
ly:
‘Our troops waged offensive
battles, beat off enemy counter
attacks, and advanced.”
\t mid-day. the Russians rr
ported thoi were smashing ever
closer to Kharkov despite stif
Inutl (Herman rosistiwnoe «and
declared the lighting was spread
ing like wildfire along the en
tire southern dank id the 1*!3
miie front.
nan ‘and K
. 1 i g * i . .l. f . ' : V ■> 1 J)S ' ' '1
• ' • ; ’ ’ . , • ; i .>1 I'ihei's d*'
*dxi> -two iki/i tanks were
rcpoited (h‘slro\cd in >ester
d:i> s da\ lignt lighting and -7
more were lett in fire-charred
ruins as the battle raged into the
nighi. I lie Sn\ if t communique
also listed l.e.Ml (ierman offi
cers and men killed anti wound
ed in the latest hours ot the
sf ruggle.
(vi i :• •ter . •! len
v i ; -w i!*ii l. \ . and Burvenkova,
• <*..; ; . • vt ">' tender spot”
l lost I I
In* : i tun*. t lift* ■"1, low. e\ er.
* '•*» 1 ii.;«; . . t -i i••;’>'< it : -
! a m\;’ Men- e. t : e mid
• ’ K n.hs . 1 . ! wing "t\ K :v■ •
j • i i' > «• i.M'tk a eeeiuiarv Russian
: - !i,i I’M ; ' . d Li . ' ay a
; l'li sec mo. rv R:.-.- thrust in
| •• eit. > kr.\ c t • jtth nK the Get
m . nd dotench :el Ki r:.ko\ .
11 Ik .ii !e. In ,.u«p mrteiv ad; -
• . ■ M . •
'! ■' n - ia'ii k •’> armies were pressing
new . t';ii v ..gain -t tin* big <tee
* ity. but asserted they had be* n re
pu ised.
< 'imdniiui a Berlin claim that
axis troops had crushed Soviet
resistance on Kerch peninsula, in
tin* Crimea, a Russian communi
que declared:
“Battle continues in the vic
inity of the cit\ of Kerch.”
Lie Gem an high command re
i 'i ■ bnu*. a . n l i a o;
Russian -' anss r'ia -.n an i . / • •. 'Nazi i ank Column