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T\\ ! N I \-NINTH YEAR LTMB^ussM«1^lltATKl!)R^KE8a?^, HENDERSON, N. C.. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 2(>. 1!U2 f'uf!I'*s 1 kxc• edaa7'krnoon FIVE CENTS COPY __ » --------- -- ■ — • ■ — —-—-— Italy l resses tor trench Territory; AEF Romance in North Ireland I. il. J. W. Heywood-Harman, a doctor in the IT. S. Army Medical ; and his bride, the former Dr. Attracta MacHalo, leave'a Belfast, i el lurch. The bridegroom is the first ..Hirer with the U. S. force* \ 'id li Ireland to be married since the arrival of the troops. The groom : e - .n of Mr. and Mrs. 1 foywood-llarman of Newport, II. I. and his the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 1*. .Mad I ale of r ,Uniy Dublin. (Central Press) House Fears Vote On Soldiers* Pay c_ . _ _ Proponents of $ 4 2 Minimum for Armed i Forces Seek Way to Avoid Roll Call When Measure Comes Up r omorrow. V. .-Iiington. May Jfi.— (-\I*> ■ in •*: til tile outcome of a il s otr on u hit'll to cslali li . Sat) monthly minimum pay lii tor the armed forces. House in - i'oiicnts of a .$42 floor cast i ;■ today for some means of ■ i . ling t roll call win n the hill i 1 -os up to morrow. I hoy conceded privately that ii - iild he difficult to retain the i - a o in me n tied by a Senate 11 conference committee if ll-' issue were put squarely to a y yy liicii Reprcsentative^Ran k:i Democrat. Mississippi, said I" u • -iiId demand. Konkin who proposed th in -- erwhelmingly adopted House to increase the ba -e ■ ate:, and apprentice .-e;i san. |Ve Senate had v >ted • guri and this was accepted Molise military commit!'e. e cut pay is $21 for the first •nth of service, $20 for the '• -,ht, and $40 monthly alter, old he political suicide, this • • tie elect ions, to vote again- » : to aid one military 'ii i- member who -aid he lav cn fi , s 42 proptis a I ■ "If we can ! ’ ■ -11 call vote, and there may y to do it. there will be no Oy in maintaining the $42, but ! lot ; enane'e to do it on a ,d ■ ole." iii;:n Ma'y, Democrat, Ken '- y o| the military committee, d I '■ would ask the Mouse to make -on tomorrow and would in die $42 provision. Nazis Accused Of Piracy -'ni, Fla., May 20. (AIM An •"1 ' itmil of piracy w * made* «1 ii-!jn ;t the axis here by the lirst I ’•:r it] ;m unarmed Latvian met ri ait -hip that fell \ ictim to a sun II " n* recently in the Caribbean sea. 1 Lt entire crew of 24 was saved. L » y landed in Cuba, were shelter 'll .i naval station there, and 20 them came to Miami. Naval au • roll used news of the enemy »Kiii in today. Lndei international law, wo were ” '"''Ural hip," said Fir t Offices 1 idojt F’eksen.'y, whose bride ot one month tvr, ,n Boston. "We were im dl|,U!d. Sinking of such a ship wilh " ‘ warning become piraev ■ ' torperiu* were used by the 1 "‘h i •; i raider. The new left the v “I alter the first opinion. The nd ‘i.i . muk, Destroyer Is Damaged Washington. May 36.—-(AI*) — The Navy announced today that the World War destroyer Blake ley had been damaged by an enemy torpedo in the Caribbean sea. but had reached port with ten members of her crew report ed missing and six in jured. The announcement came in the Navy's communique Number 81. The Blakeley was the 1.1th naval vessel announced as sunk or damaged from all causes and yyas the first combatant ship re ported attacked in the Carib bean. Nazis Build j Big Subs Relays of 3,000-Ton Undersea Craft Harry Shipping Off North American Coast. London. May 26.—(AI*)—The Germans have developed huge 3,000-ton submarines carrying two eight-inch guns and 14 tor pedoes for long range raiding and arc believed sending them in relays to harry the eastern coast of North America, reports from the continent declared to day . Naval circles here said the re ports of the new submarines ar, "perfectly feasible." These U-.its were said to have a surface -peed of 20 knots and a submerged speed of eleven knots. It was sain here that through the tactics of sending relays ol submit- . rino.s tbc nnzis Imped to pin the bal ance of the United States naval . Paces m home waters and prepare the wav for blow.- at British oa pow er in the northern and Mediterran ean seas. Japp': authoritative guide lists British albumrilies with tonnages up In the 2.733 tons of the Severn rlas... The United States, according to .lane's, has ubmnrines up to 2,506 VI A 11 ILF png. NORTH CAROLINA .prM!' •> »■** r tr. »r.ttr ’sir to ..4 -.1,4 *■ * ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★ Chinese Suffer Ne tv Reverses Jap Troops Two Miles FrcmKinhwa Chinese Dispatcher Declare Japanese As sault Thown Bacic With Heavy Losses, But Acknowledge Lirave’ Situation. (By The Associated Press) China's grim battle to stave off Japanese conquest of Che kiang province on the- China east coast, .--priiigooard for a poten tial allied offensive* against Japan, .-uffere.ei new reverses tentay while- far 10 the; west the last British defenders of Burma were reported to have with drawn into India. Chinese headquarters ack nowledged that Japanese troops, estimated at 100.D00, had ael vanceel within two miles of the ancient city of kinhwa, the Chekiang provisional capital. Chinese dispatches said the Japanese assault on Kinhwa had been thrown back with heavy casualties. but acknowledged that "the situation is still very grave and the coming week will t witness even fiercer battles." Once again, a C hinese spokes man indicated that Japanese aerial superiority was playing havoc with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek’s armies. declaring that “the enemy is continually k.imltiito- llw 111 rol l VV '* Doinei. the Japanese n u’s agency, said Japanese troops had broken through Chinese pillbox defenses about a mile north and northwest of Kinhwa and were now at the out skirts of the city. Doinei assorted that all retreat had seen cut off, that remnants ol three Chinese divisions had been crushed ?ast ol Kinhwa and that other Chin ese troops attempting to flee wer. de stroyed six miles south ol the city. The news agency said all bridges, mads and the railroad west of Kin hwa had been destroyed by the Chinese. Chinese dispatches said the enemy was preparing another campaign, perhaps even bigger in scope, in Fukien province which borders Chekiang to the south. Japanese troop transports and war ships were reported massing at the Japanese island ol Formosa, across llie Formosa strait irom the Fukien mast. In the battle for Australia, Gen rnl Douglas MacArthur’s headquar ters announced that allied bombers (Continued on Page Five) Model Denies Luring Victim New York. May 26.— (AP)— Dark haired Madeline Webb, fighting for her life at her general sessions trial for first degree murder, denied from the witness stand today that she h..d "lured" Mrs. Susan Flora Reich to her death by strangulation at the Hotel Sutton last March as the state has charged she did. The pretty former model, accused with her lover, Eli Shonbrun, and John Cullen, of the slaying of Mrs. Reich, wife of a New Jersey llax processor, asserted shortly after she took the stand in her own defense that she was not present in the Hotel Sutton suite at the time Mrs. Reich was bound and gagged and left to die. Asked if she had at any time in the Sutton apartment or anywhere else discussed with Shonbrun, Cul len and Murray Hirschl, Shonbrun's uncle, the "luring 01 someone to the hotel to kill for the purpose of rob bery." Miss Webb began: "I would never—.“ as Assistant District Attorney Jacob Grutnel ob ireted. .■f-„ .... ... r . : herd t'u- 2J r . , 1 I - j-1 ^ *■» .. Guns Lined Up for Inspection at Fort Bragg These 155-mni guns shown at Fort Bragg, NT. C. represent some of the heaviest hitting power of the Army. They are not in firing position, but are drawn up for inspection by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. Col. Walter \\ . Hess Jr., is in charge of the Provisi mal Field Artillery Brigade. These guns have a range of more than fifteen milea. (Central Press) WPB Requisitions Fish Pack np* • lire r amine Grows Acute Senate Committee Criticises Army and Navy for Not Paring Requirements. Washington, May — ( Al’i — The Senate defense investigat ing committee enlieisco me Army and Navy today for not paring their rubber requirement* to the bone, asserting that if the production of synthetics did not come up to schedule the mili tary forces "may find themselves without rubber at some future dale." In a 57-page report, the committ'c said: National gasoline rationing on "a sensible basis" and the requisitioning ol (ires must be given serious con sideration to conserve 1.000,00b Hi., of rubber now on the win els ot motor vehicles. There will be no new or r. churn ed rubber tit all for non-ess, n'.i.il ,i* within the next three years. The best that could be expected from a successful synthetic program would be to supply military nvod and essential civil in requirements, such as tires for cars U ansport uig defense workers. Resources in tin- Hemisphere oiler little hope of adding substantially’ I United Nations supplies of crude rubber, which Price Administrator Leon Henderson notified would be exhausted by May 1945, even with the greatest possi! :e curtailment of civilian uses. The committee recommended that "some one person be designated to assume full responsibility over the rubber program. Such a task recent ly was assigned Ip Donald M. Nel son. war production chief, to Arthur Newhall. Dr. Brinkley Reported Dead Del Rin, Tex.. May 26.— (AP) Dr. Dwight Osborne of Del Rin >;nd today he hod been not Hied ot the death at San Antonio of Dr. -lohn K Brinkley, 56, gland surgeon, radio operator and one-time political a>pir ant in Kansas and Texas. ; Dr. Osborne, an associate of Brinkley, said he died in his deep at 2:30 a. m (CWT). He had been under die care of a heart specialist for (• o m p 11 r • ^ t ] on 1 h1 ( h f 0111" * C ‘! t h C ■?iy*'Putat!"n ot \ *r- m K.!m. ■ C. t ■ Less Gas In Prospect .—.—___ 1 HuMon, May lit) -( AP)—Sue- | ri'lary of the Interior Ickcs said : today i.iat the > ustern c mu-ta! -tales co ild expect less gasoline lx lore they could expect more. Asserting that he didn't bull ve in lal.-o optimism, the fuel co urdmator .-aid .1 might come to a Ih ml whore there will be “prac tically no .... ■ ne t all except : ncces.-ary use." The sccr’tary d;-closed tha: Admin, -1r..i >r 1 .«• n 1 lender-on v. os plamimg a new gasoline r; lion ng -y.-tem effective duly ; h go k - as now.” Fuel t .1. hi added, would ai way- gel the preier. nee over Icki .-aid ’ha: !ankers would j 1 • u ed \ ;•:i;aily cxelu.-i'. ely m t;; • • I! an.- j sorta I • in >f .’.a > dine for v. ;ir needs and that the rest of : u- i v. • ■ .>! e,.i ri- d by i ailroad. Socialite tank Clerk Lands In Jail X V Y"i-g, AIa\ 2G (API — C11 til’li’.- ,1. Marsh, 2 A. social regis terin' bunk cirri; whose 827 a week salary wouldn't even buy spare parts Inc his Uvu airplanes, was ;n Tombs jin. m loiiay utter District Attorney Pi—:';!; S Hog. 01 s ail hr ,idiliittcd iMi is/./.ling 8171.1100 sinee 1929. (irg' il w ith gi and in: r ny. Marsh will i v. a - employed h.\ the Kny.ar i nrl'a r Fedora I Sa\ mgs , mi Loan As sociation, was held without bail l'or grand jui'y action al'tir the hank was lorrrd to seek i Joan lire.rise of the shortage, the district attorney said. Fifty thousand dollars went l'or: lux lav s including I rcriuent trips to Florida, fllogau (gaoled Alarsh as explaining, whole 820.000 went for ji, re t ,:i1 - i'ii two planes and S6A, (iiiii into a motion picture company, bar rcmaindci having been loaned to . riends. Mar- h is the on ol the late Charles .1 Marsh, who was co-:ounder of the Cieneral Cable Corperation and presi dent ol the National Non-Ferroti. Metals Kxchange. , HOUSE PASSES BILL TO AID SMALL FIRMS \\ .exhington. Alar MM - |h n roll 4 .111 'fir announced ax "It to 0. th«' House passed Turl returned to the Seil^to torl.iv Fn i I tlinp flT'iiirorfJ fo f vpfrfltp th? ri war euj:tr,Kl> tn . . 11 . War Needs Come First If Full 1942 Pack is Not N e e d ed for Armies and Lease Lend, Public Gets Rest* *< ii£& Washington, May 2(1.— (Al’i — Tin war production board to du.\ ordered eanners to set aside their entire 1942 pack ol salmon, sardines, maekeral and Atlantic herring to till the needs of the armed services and the lend lease program WIT, nt i .rails emphasized, how ever. that tile order did not neces sarily mean that none of the 1942 pack would be available to civilian'. ' Because ot uncertainly as to the supply olid the demand, it was :bought bt st to require that the co nn pack ot these tish be set aside." Lawrence Hopkinson, in charge ot !:shore products lor WPB, said. •■Then liie lull supply is not need in; military and lend-least.1 reqii in r .cut . it ran be released for :i\ i 1 tail purposes.” He estimated that 1942 salmon a.iek to 5,41111.000 eases, of which is.n 2,500,000 probably will be re orred by the government: it was ■stimated lend-lease requirenw ills would lake from 50 to till per cent ot die \ ear's pack of sardines, Atlantic lerring and maekeral, probably lea\ ng tile rest for civilians. Two Men Die In Explosion At Arms Plant Lau .ng. Mich.. May 2l>.- -(AP) — At lea.-t two men were killed and three seriously injured in an explo on which sliattt red parts of the Fisher Body Corporation plant here today. The plant is engaged in war ma terial product ion. Fire following tht explosion was brought under con trol. \ plant official said one end of ?■ building was "pretty badly damaged' but that he did not know tht eau-t or how many men win working ir tlir . ection. Tin' explosion occurred at niiprw' oojriv t: 25 a. m. and was heart Homo ah mi *ht west ride of the city pm- dt a) v, or.- identified ir Wai ! - .- v bo n fs t_;r5nd [ dob ,’.v, Nazi Grab Believed To Be Near France Agrees to Per mit Germans to ‘Fam iliarize’ Themselves With Operation of F r e n c h Warships Sought by Hitler. (By The Associated Press) France has taken a first de finite step toward turning the French fleet over to Adolt Hit ler. London advices indicated today, amid reports of new Ital ian demands for prized French territorial possessions including Tunisia. Nice and Corsca. By agreement between Vichy and Beriin. it was said, German sailors will he permitted to "familiarize" themselves with the operation of French war 1 ships in a move foreshadowing ' nazi seizure of France’s still I H. vv m Lii ij;i\ ;u i ui Li's. Meanwhile. Britain's former | war secretary. Leslie llore | Belisha, asserted that the suc cessful establishment of a sec ond front in Europe might end the war this year. While Britons clamored for direct action. Hore-Bclisha declared: "A stern struggle is in progress mound Kharkov. "We have promised to intervene relieve our Russian ally. The psy chological moment may come, be yond which we must noi delay it our action is to turn the scale.'’ On the fighting front. Soviet I headquarters reported that Hit ler's mechanized armies were j suffering heavy losses in tanks and men in an attempt In flank the Russians in the 15-day old battle of Kharkov. The Russians declared they had repulsed a violent German surprise attack led by 150 tanks m the I/.yum Barvenki'iva sector. 80 miles south of Kharkov, while Marshal Tim oshenko'- mam armies pressed on toward Kharkov itself. Dispatch, s to Red Star. Soviet army newspaper, said Russian shoe!; troops had broivn a line ot German pillboxes and trenches beU re Khar kov in attacks v, .th hand grenade, and bayonet.-. Red Stai -aid the Germans now were attempting to toi ul’y a in w series of natural delense positions to cheek the onslaught. Trustworthy reports from Europe said Italy had sent Laval i a detailed note on territorial de mands against France. Diplomatic quarters said that the Italian note did not consti ! title an outright ultimatum, and • that Vichy had indicated a will ! bigness to discuss Tunisia, French north African colony. Germany's attitude was described as leaving it . ; to Italy to decide what she wanted, to do. with neither ] objections nor a.-si tanev Irom Ber lin. Underground advice reaching London said v rta.oly all major stops of the French licet at Toulon, Medi lerianvan naval base, had been stripped ot oil and did :mi have enough "to reach Algeria in an emer gency" The cleat .mpiication was that the Gt ■ o.mis .dad depleted the Meet's id.el .-applies to make sure that it did not attempt to t.-cupc. A London informant said the | Germans were using Italian ter | tentorial demands to force i France to give up the fleet poaoe ! ably, hut declared that if this j pressure failed. Hitler vyas ap j parently preparing for a coup d'etat to seize the French vvar i ships suddenly yyith air-borne | troops and fifth columnists. | With attention once more center ed on the prospect of Hitler's sriz ! mg the French licet, Admiral Sii ! ' " (Continued on Page Five) GOP COMMITTEEMAN ACQUITTED BY JURY Detroit. May L’.fi. —(AFI--A fed I eral court jury of six men and six i women acquitted Republican Na I Renal Committeemen Frank D Mc Kay and even ee defendants of I Jour counts of nail fraud today. The v rrdirf came just twelve ' * * •?{;•••. • fro VP the nDC'mnST of MrK av’s ! ; • :>-ti.}! The r. i j'n.il tv ai ended in ,r ■■' «. - • ' ': j.4 t ,T-r ••
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