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t^ ~ u.* i _____ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TW'LN I \ -NINTH YEAR IfifK1Assn,nlAErKf>R1v11/^aog' HENDERSON, N. C.. MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 2o, 10 12 puBusp^^icvnH^^TJiKNooN FIVE CENTS COPY Kharkov Rolls Ahead ★ •+- -X- *Lr - i - ' ' ' r 1 r ^ Southeast China Is Crucial Area Japs Drive Dangerously NearKinhwa 7’okyo Dispatches De clare Japanese Ac tually Storming Che kiang Capital; Air Duet Contihues Off Australia. ( .uiMirkiwT, Ma.\ 25.—(Al’) — 1 < , iiirsi- central news bulletin li i tiie t hekiaiiH front said the aese launelieil a lull stale a. 'iv e toclav in an atti mill to 'ti , kuilnva, capital of 11.c sea ls, ’il pinvir.cc, but were repul se . ith bloudv losses. ! !u- Associated Press) \\ i I iurma lost. ttie lap;;n rsi iisive in southeastern ( h:f become the cruical ,. • war in the Orient. 1 e: nm-ing the successes of ia■ i . ■ "k iii the face of a < 'hin ;ance which could check nr .1 he enemy back in only ; : ictimis, the Japanese :n i . r pro\ iuce had carried 1, ,r;ve dangerously near u> muiirtaiit communications is i and provincial capital, i\;' i.’.va. Chinese, estimating the; i l ■ . c st rength at 100 000 nu; acknowledged his prox ' Kinhwa and a Tokyo n said that the Japanese ac- . y were storming the V • riu- Chekiang drive, carried t-i iN logical end, would impair ti ioug range prospect of set i lie forward liases in China to: - direct air offensive against I urn hy the Cnitcd Nations. 'I in lapanese offensive also bore li ■ earmarks of an all out at t.-nipt to force the Chungking i11 ament to its knet s. strategical p ■sitinn h d ■ nendously improved by the r Burma, at the Chinese : a-, through which supplies id to Generalissimo Chiang K S forces. ■ lant General Joseph \V. ('luting's American chief of ring in India, was typical ' about the battle of Burma. h he led Chinese forces co (Continued on Page Two) MEXICAN CONGRESS C ALLED TO CONVENE 'levied City. May 25.— (AIM — • 'resident Manuel Avila Camacho n un illy called upon congress h ilav to meet in extraordinary ■essinn to declare war on the • '■'is powers and to approve cni crg< ncy measures to defend the nition against totalitarian ag io essinn. DefendantSays Girl Innocent •'"'•'• York, May 25.—(A P)— Kli j ,'1 niaun testified today that his 2A- ' .'■"■'i -old lover, Madeline Webb, had j 1,0 n ledge or part in the .• laying ' ! ■■•h Susan Flora Reich but that j'1' and his uncle, Murray Hirschel, 1 adored a woman entirely alone." Shonbrun, who earlier had pro ri " ed his love for Miss Webb, bi'ated out shortly after he had taken Jbe tana in his light for life that •dui ray and I murdered a woman tntirely alone," adding that he and uncle were along in the Hotel s ‘Ron suite last March 4 when the 'v,'b to do Polish refugee called. "'■"]• what purpose.’" demanded G' neral Sessions Judge Jonah a Goldstein. I mean," replied Shonbrun, "that l||( woman ultimately died. We hat'. l!l ‘Mention of killing her. . ‘Wi did things which unfortunute ' und ultimately resulted in he.' Ueath, ' he onlinued. jj1 had testified earlier that M . di lib had been sent out to do some •v 'pping the day lvRs. Reich was \Vp and added. "1 v >uu have died i; 1 bi.trline had 1.n. • i, Week's Tell Is 19 Ships Axis Submarines Score Heavily During Period; 195 Searnei Dead, 101 Missing. New York. May 25.— (.\ I’) — On the prowl from the north Atlantic's frigid waters to the tropic Caribbean, enemy sub marines were credited otli cially last week with having sunk I ft merchantmen for a w estern Atlantic war toll of 210 allied or neutral ships. ['he Navy placed the casualtm I 11 the wick's sea warfare mi ... 1 doorstep at more than 195 dead ant ]01 missing, and announced tha some 425 surviving seamen and pas sengers had been landed at C. S Caribbean and Canadian ports. Five sinkings off the U. ;S. ea coast during the week of May 19-2a brought t" inti th total losses in !hn area since Pearl Harbor: lour more off Canada made that war total tin five in the Caribbean raised tha figure to 55, and five in die Gull n Mexico ... led that total to nine. Ni lasses were reported officially 01 South Am-, rica. where twelve . Inp have been sunk. The week's total included sevei U S. ships, two Norwegian, one Cana, dian, one Greek, one Brilis.h, ore Dominican, one Mexican, one H m duran and four unidentifn d. Two Killed On Highways Charlotte, May 25. -(AP)- Nortl Carolina's highways, scone ol hgh travel these clays, counted two vio lent deaths over the week-end, uni three South Carolinians were injured Near Rocky Mount, six-year ole Rudock Ellis wa> killed by an aul > mobile as iic started across a high way. The enroll’r s. id the acciden was unavoidable. William E. Coley, of Cabarru county was killed near t onem d in truck-train accident, and three pe: sons from Florence, S. C.. were in jured near there wl'.en their ea struck a pole. They were Mr. am Mrs. James White and Miss Jack; Powell, < n route to Kannpolis to visi White's lather. "weather for north caromna l ittle change in temperature t. m lit Deferment Asked For Family Men U-Boats Want Full Credit Key Wc.-l, Fla.. May 2.">.— (AP; The hoisting ol ,, : lag by a submarine that torpedoed an American ship indicated that German U-boat. want lull credit I'm- their marauding, a r scaled ,• e.n; an said today. , Leonard Shear r ot Ncwca lie, Pa., third assistant engineer aboard a vessel sunk oil ( uba May it:, said that U-boat crew men ra;~ed their Hag because "they wanted to b. darned sure w e knew their idem ily." Survivors of several ships have said recently they believed their attacker- were Italian U-boats. Pennsylvania Towns Wage Fight Against Disease Expected in Wake of Floods. Honerdaie, Pa.. May 2a. -(AP) I This once gay mountain resort town ol 5.687. grieving loi its d<: d and mis-ing, waged a grim tight against 1 disease today a death toll in eastern Pennsylvania's weekend Hash Hood-, rose to 38. I ' Score- were still missing and fear ed drowned in a devaslaled area e\ 1 tending from Chester county on the south to Wayne county on Hie north. In tlio liarde-t hit \ illage m northeastern Pennsylvania, the Red Crus- was feeding 8.00(1 homeles. ; persons m hastily de\ ved eanteens , after finding tin in shelter in home, ..till intact, Thirteen pensvd here. Tons o: chloride of lime were . spread over mud lined cellars. Town > officials called upon all able bodied , men to help clean up. State sanita j lion experts continued a cheek ol drinking water, which was found safe yesterday. Rivers and tributaries fed by tor rential rains, surged over then banks early Saturday The flood hit ** h industrial cities 1 (Continued on Page Fire; Congress Studies Pro posal to Give President Roosevelt Broad A.u Washington. May 2.1.— — Congress considered today pro ■ >als to give i’residcnt lioose v St liroati authority to revamp tile selective service system h> classilying family men into groups who would he called for Army duly only alter the rolls ot those with dependents had been exhausted. Kxpkmiing that Ihc selective serv ice hoped to set Up gener; 1 elus ili eal e.iis ha-'ed on family relationship. and ec moinic dependency. Senator J.'itn on. Democrat, Colorado, pre dicted that the Senate military af fairs eommitte would amend a pend ing measure to go. e di crcUonary iwnver to the Pres,deni. l inked with reports that an effort soon would be made to make men of ID and 20 subject to the draft, legislation of tills nature was expected to clear up the status oi older men and those with dependents who now are subject to induction into active service at the discretion of local hoards. Senator Ta ft. i tepuhlic: n, Ohio. win> had pnip,>.m d that specific classifications he written into the family allowance I II. said he would be satisfied with e amendment au thorizing the Pro ent to issue reg ulations ela .-living nen according e age groups, family status, date oi marriage and dop< tidencv. Planes Sink Submarine Fortaleza. Brazil. Nay 2.1— (,\P)—A submarine has been sunk by patrol planes, authoriz ed sources announced here to day. The announcement said that a plane patrolling Brazil’s north eastern coast discovered and at tacked a submarine the after noon of Nay 21. The submarine. while at tempting to submerge, fired with its guns and machine gun. The plane unloaded all its bombs “on the submarine.," the an , (Continued on Page Five) T ■ jtj ^ ^ Frer.icdei it i< o o seven Asks K..o:rr-ress to Ap p.i opi sale 3280,000, OC'O for .. ork Relief; Social Security Pro gram Studied. Washinct' n, >!av 2~>. (AIM —Slashin;:'r.ppr .ximatrlv SIS-V DOO.OOli fn m thr total because war cordil ions permit ii. Presi de 11‘ It s i • Cel; a lied < . i:i4'!TS‘ todav to ::ps•;■ i.;11■::111 .-'.s i.i)()(', 000, i'or work reliei' in i lie vein star: ;n;:' .!uly 1. plu> ~‘l!.7k7 ore for administrative expenses. He had estimated tentatively, in his hudiret message to Con jyess last January, that JxlGv ()()(),(iOO would lie needed. The lower f’ig'tm . he said in a messajiv to the legislators. will permit an avera.i'e nionth.lv eni ])lavment of ahoui 400.000. al thought it is estimated that i here are still some 000.000 un emplo.ved. Looking further ahead. the lluel l-.xcculive said up was considering proposals to revise and extend the sorial senility program and expected to recom mend to Congress legislation "to extend the protection of our social security measures to pro vide alternative means of meet ing the needs presented by the residual group lioyy being aided by the Work Projects Adminis tration." The acti-ni which Congress ‘.Ve nn s eh proposals, he said, '.'.ill de termine the extent I' moves '..ware (('em m i d 111 P me F • e j Army Airmen Die In Crash }Joiiiti n, M*'.. M ..v 25. I AP> - ,\ wren . : *i;a(vcl <>\ er night in side in-- b.-d m’< eirmon killed v, i.cn an A \ transport plane dug a h V 2 1 !ret dis p m a swamp in the i1 hr aided end of a routine flight, tin- twin-motored ship "di-integrated." .-aid Get-rue W. SI lean. a new p pi < sponde who aeeonman d the ,-oldier .scare! i er- iron HoiiiP-n field. Shean -aid that plane parts and t!ii* : ai.uk d in dir- were scattered • i\ t• r 200 -qu.ne yards of bog. The plane did not ourn. FIFTH COLUMNISTS HELD IN AUSTRALIA Sidney. Australia. May 25.— (AIM—Army Minister Francis M. Fordo announced today the arrest of 10 men and uniii n, be lieved to have been associated with the so-called \ustraiiaii First Front, on charge* of trea sonable conspiracy to aid the Ja panese it they in\ aded Aus tralia. Fordo said documents which ware seized gave plans for the assassination of leading Aus tralians and for sabotaging vul nerable points. Withholding Tax Deferred Washingl-m. M.-y -(API TIh- 11 •:i.-«' way met n van.- con - initto dooidod today In dole-' act an temporarily Secretary Morgan thau’s request lm pormi-sion to with hold at the sniiroe 10 p r oent ol ai individual- mo--mo tax liability. Chairman Untight >u. Hem >. a North Carolina, said that the com miltee had tentatively adopted motion that the policy "1> del'envr lor furthet conside;-itam" and w-- h tart in ■ lediate discussion nt ml-.e Top Cadet at Point Photo by Wtc'.o Studi* James Hot I enrol h Maj. Hen. Frami- B. Wilby, Super intendent of West Point Academy, has announced that Cadet James It. ifottenroth (above), of New York City, is the No. 1 cadet of the class which wiU he graduated from the U. S. military acad« my this year. f Central Press) , Wins Test I Labor Party Votes Overwhelmingly to Continue Participa tion in Government. London, May 25.— (API— Ad vocates of continued participa tion h> the labor party in the Churchill guvernment won an easy victory tiClay in the first test of sentiment favoring a withdrawal, a course suggested earlier In laird Slraliolgi. Ij.v a viile ol 2.31!).noil to 104,000 tlu* parly's annual conference de feated an amendment condemning labor's role :n the government. The j amendment had bi en attached to a •< - nolioi; offered by Clement Attlee, j (Churchill’s dominions secretary, j railing !"i' continuance of the war until victory is achieved. The Churchill government is com- I pea rl o: con-ervatives—the major- ! itv party and a number of labor \ and liberal secretaries. Lord Strnbolg] told the conference : the time had come to consider strong- < ly the po.-sil .! *. of withdraw mg it.- | (Continued on Page Five) 1 reasury Sets Bond Quotas Wa.-iiingl. a , May 23.— (AP)— I Ann ricans i:re asked I y : 1 e Treas- i j ury today to ;n\ ■ st S80Ct.ilOu.UOO in war bonds next month. The Treasury set quotas for ail ■date... the D:str.ct ol Columbia. 1 I law a i. Puerto Rico and the Virgin -lands. B. nd saies !or th first 18 business days of May totaled .8489.987,000. a gain of 24 pi r cent over a si malar I oeriod m April. Tile .lime quota.- included: North Car.nina. 88,190.500. Cleveland Transit Men Go On Strike t level.aid. Max 25 -(AD- Street ear tra 1 lie on Cleveland'.- wcsi mi!-' I was halted for more than an hour today by a walkout of city trail it employi es prolesting against then failure to get puyelieek.- ,.n time irom 'the city t reasui y. n.'/oii- ol street ear.- and buses were .-topped, and other ears piled up behind them. Mayoi Prank .1 L.ausehe ordered 'he irre-1 ,.| agitator- he said were e pen lido tor the -1 ■ ■ pii.ige, and. -hotly tietoie noon t runs it ollieiais aid normal operations had been re al m" 1 The tieup came as many elcr*.. ■ weie -tailing downtown lor tiv i opening of department stoics, which i ,pi . ,te inn lii'lll n.on f .In 11,. . ■ il .iiH.iys a- an acoomniodation I > Reds Erase Nazi Flank Diversions Conflicting Reports Leave Question as to Exact State of Ukraine Conflict; YV e stern Front Air Warfare In tensified. (J !y 1 hr Associated Press) Russia's Kharkov off ensue, a major factor in strategical planning on both sides of the world conflict, was pictured to day as reeling forward once again, the Red army having wiped out the best the Germans could offer in the way of flank diversions. The wedge which the Ger mans had driven into the Rus sian salient curving past Kharkov on the south had been shattered with “enomous losses to the enemy,” Moscow dis patches said, and the R ussians had driven ahead once more alter consolidating newly won .. 1 This was the 14tli day of battle on the Kliarkin front, perhaps the most valuable of all German positions in Russia for it but tresses the Taganrog threat of the Germans 10 invade the Cau casus h hen and it they can get their oh u major drive under way. The German high command, not retreating from previous claims that considerable Rus sian forces had been cut off in the salient flanking Kharkov, said today that the lighting south of the big 1 krainian manufac turing city had developed into a battle ol encirclement. "The bulk of three Soviet, armies, including strong tank force-, have been encircled." the German com munique said. "All attempts to break out have tailed with heavy losses for the enemy." Obviously both the Gormans and Russians could not be correct in then description.-, ol the battle i d since communiques and the belligi rein-' own trout line reports were the only* sources oi news, corroboration lor either side must await final oui ciune ol the encilUiltei. Britain's high flying fighters knii m olid-:: orning. hen ted lor new day - .n mid-morning, headed for new lay light attack- on targets in Germaii ccupied France. Unfavorable weatlu i had kept long range RAF b<m in rs at their bases during the nig!;!, but their German counterpart.-., with the advantage oi closer t.ii-a oil points, bombed sev eral places along the southern coast ol Hr,gland Oho ol then \v..- down ed. Fisc w here the world conflict was marked b\ unconfirmed re ports and hints of United States naval losses and (Herman dissat isfaction with Pierre Laval over his progress toward full French - (Herman collaho: alion. Mexico, meanwhile. moved steadily toward a ,.! declaration >'i wa. on l ;e ax.-. c\j ci ted this week in an c.\traordm..r\ -c.-.-ion ot emigres-. T« ky i1\- ic. ;u r..d hcadqiKii ters. harking back to the battle of the Coral sea, declared that in addition . ! ol( \ .ms da : against the Unit - ed "stales fleet, a battleship ol t-u* Md.ihiu-ton X '.':i Carolina type was da »ed • •' . United States 'A cla-s cruiser ol the Portland class was sunk. Id. in/ attempted to back up it' claims ol last week that a United State.' battleship • *1 the Maryland (Continued on Page Five) Walter Smith Gets Reprieve Raleigh. Ma,. 2ri.—(API—Gover nor llroughton today granted a re prieve in Walter Smith. (i4-year old white man whn was scheduled tn enter the death chamber at Central Prison on Friday. The reprieve moved up Smith's death date to .Inly 17. The stay was granted te permit the prisoner time to present petitions for clemency, the gn\ < runt said. Th elderly Smith was convicted in Wayne county in January of the shotgun slaying of Alphonse Price. The supreme comt found no error in the convietion when the ease came u vi. appeal. i'rwc v. as -h t 2v ■ ember 24, 1911. Navy Officers Learn to Use Torpedo Boat Gun Official U. S. Navy Photo Listening attentively to the instructor, those young naval officers are shown at a torpedo boat base where they are learning the intricacies of operating an anti-aircraft gun on the deadly craft. Since the motor boat fleet proved such a success in the Philippines, the Xavy has been swamped with applications from young officers who wish to serve aboard these boat*. (Central Pi rss)
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