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HEPFCT — —>T . --—•- .-. II Hcnhcrsmt Daily Dispatch __OXEY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THI> SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA i-NlNIH Y i,AR tin-;1 \ -s^i/'V.vVkIV V-i'/i.^t'"* HENDERSON. N. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 80, 1912 j'ubusiiki.^kvkk^akteknoon EIVE CENTS COPY Chinese Admit Japanese Capture Of Kinhwa Chekiang Province C apital Was Strategi cally Inportant As Potential Base for Al lied Offensive Against Japan. I ip' Associated Press ) >so headquarters today •■dyed the fall of the of Kinhwa, wartime 1 f ('hekiany province. to Japanese invasion which ; zivanced PH) ten days. e i roops withdrew from n the afternoon of May a - announced, ill Japanese command had \ ii>ii--1% claimed the capture of lily .0 7 a. in.. May !K. and il Dial with its seizure i .iMiicse had cut one of Gen ic -iino (liiang Kai-Sheks ii',' - of supply and eom " tion. ■ k'ang provider. on China's i coast, is strategically im i."riant as a potential base for ,111 ii d offensive against Japan. in tlie far Pacilie strug i i warfare (i.r mi Sort the . 1111 ed 11 iers bln-tcii the in Run: a and in the in i' islands above Australia, in a hot: ibei s at tack ed : • .!ions in tie Puirma-Y in i’i ai China's back door. \nterican volunteer "living ! homhed and machine tied Japanese troops "with marked success" west of tile Sal ■ en river in attacks to cheek l.ipanese drive up the Burma load. avi broadcast sod Japanese earned out "it.", ast.nting raids" iiisc troop concentration across . I ween rivet in Yunnan pro ■ e battle of Australia, General MacArthuii's headquarters '. it that allied airmen ripping i.'limition of 18 Japanese hot down five enemy air 'd damaged three others in a dogfight yesterday. Only one i plane was lost. ■anging allied bombers set lag ub inflicted damage in attacks a J.;}iuih'M' hasrs at 1 )i 11, in Por ■ e Timor island, and at Itabanl. It' itain. ( ARGO SUIT SI NK. A hi gton. May 30. (AP) -The > nimunml today that a med ;zed British merchant vessel ■ urn torpedoed in the Atlantic I ■"vivas landed at an east coast p ‘id. Enemy Sub Sunk By Plane A a Juan. Puerto Rico, May 30. The tenth naval district an ; in- cl today the sinking of an ‘ ’ v -ubinatine off the French ■ ■ " ■ Martinique on Wcdne-day i naval pilot who said lie drop 1 1 J i ■ i bombs within lour minute "1 the undersea boat from an al "t all of Lilly 50 to toil feet. I ho announcement continued pre o- reports tliat a submarine liad '"‘cn -unk, but did not mulct it clear wneti.ei- it was one of those engaged 1,1 attack- - u the I’uited State- dc '"■ Blakeley, which was tor i 1 1 ed old Martinique and attacked ■1'i cn r ote to lii" l "lilted Slat s • Crops Rot Because Of Rationing Haleigh, May -(AIM — Gov ernor Broughton -aid lie had re ceived report- Irom sections ol ca-tern North Carolina that truck crop- were lotting because of lack ol gasoline to transport them to market. ’ih. governor -.oil he laid pro tested to tlio ot fire oi Petroleum Ceii iTiinator lakes that because cli--ti ibutoi .-' quotas had been t ill ed that no gas was available to local service stations in VV i 1 — -or. Kai.-on and Wilmington. lie -aid lie had received urg.nt appeals Iron-, farmers of t.he area saying that their crops would have to go to the hogs unles- gasoline supplies wen immediately forthcoming. Storage tanks are full and transportation trucks are idle, are some of the reports the gov ernor -aid he reeeiv ed. In Wilmington, the gov ernor ,-aid, gasoline will lie unavailable by Sunday, depriving some 12. 000 shipyard workers of vital t ransportat ion. The governor said lekes' of fice had promised "some relief." Steps I aken To Combat Subs In Gulf \V.. • ngum. May 3(1. -(AIM—Rear Admiral .lame Laurenee Kauffman u a appointed commander of the gull ".a iron tier today "to provide nmre i i I'eetive prosecution ol the anti-submarine campaign in the 0 ill' ol Mexico area.” The territory put under his com mand includes the seventh and eighth naval districts and till sea art as from Jacksonville, Fla., to the Gulf ol Mexico. At the same time the Navy an nounced that as another part of the plan lor reinforcing the area, head quarter.' ol the gulf sea frontier were being moved from Key West to Miama, Fla. The naval operating base including the naval station hos pital, air station, and section base, will remain at Key West. Admiral Kauffman, am. formerly was commandant of the naval op . rating base :n Iceland. He is ., native of Mninisburg, Ohio. SENTENCED ('hicago, May 30.- l API—Formal sentence of life imprisonment was I ]frommnci d yesterday on C laronco McDonald, 17. for murdering his high school sweetheart, Dorolhy* Broz, : also 17, in the Palace theater hist February 34. Chief Justice Robert J. Dunne of i the criminal court denied a motion , fur new trial and passed the sen- j tence which a jury had decreed on ] Mav T2. Governor Broughton Says Wilson - to - Wil mington Freight Es sential to Farmers. Raleigh, Miry 30. (AP) -Gover nor Broughton today protest/, d to the I office ot defense transportation an order discontinuing a WiUon-to Wilmington Atlantic Coastlim freight train. The govtrnor said the line was es sential to farmers ol the area who use it to transport potatoes, beans and other produce to northern mar kets. Broughton -...d some weeks ago, "upon an intimation that the Coast line was anticipating the discontinu- i lima of the line.” ha ordered the State unlitic.' . a■ a sa u to investi gate the situation. Tile utilities a, a a . u reported that m its opinion the era ice was essential to the (armors of that sec tion. » In his letter, the governor said, "in I view ot the urgent need of this serv ice on the part of the growers of that section of North Carolina, which is one of the most important vege table and produce growing .-.ct.ions ot the nation. 1 desire very urgent ly and respectfully to protest the ae- ! tiun of your office in approving the discontinuance of this train. 1 call to your attention the fact that this state is already und.r drastic ga-o line restrictions, and that further . curtailment of freight service is an undue hardship on the farmers of tliis state." The governor said discontinuance of the train, a seasonal run, would add next to nothing to the nation's motive power. GREENSBORO MAN DIES IN ACCIDENT Fayetteville, May 30.—(AP) — Wil liam Allen Gunter of Greensboro was killed instantly near here early today when he was stT'ack on the Fort Bragg boulevard by a ear driven by a soldier. No details of the accident were given out. GOOD NEIGHBOR Washington, May — (AIM — Chairman Connally, Democrat. Texas, af the Senate foreign re lations committer said today the I nited States should take immediate steps to implement tlie good neighbor policy b.' pro riding needed arms for Mexico. ( AWARDED DEGREE (Ixford, May 30. -C. C. Pruitt, Jr., received the degree of Doctor ol Dental Surgery at Atlantic-Southern Denial college in Atlanta this week. Dr. Pruitt will remain in Atlanta for a few clays and then will spend several days at Ins home here. He will report at the Naval Base n Norfolk on July (1. Last summer, he was commissioned an ensign in the Navy. Few Arrests Made In South On Gas Bootlegging Charges (By The Associated Press) With two weeks nl gasoline ra tioning past, the eastern seaboard to day i'1 ported onIV scattered bootleg ging and few arrests. Officials generally believed the problem would work itself out. but indicated they were checking close ly on violators and issuing strict warnings. The illegal sales situation seemed most serious in the south where Oscar Strauss. Jr . southeastern OPA administrator, said’ •■The situation in the south shows 1 whole..ale lack of compliance on - : ’ anathotif attitude mi the part 'it 111" public They just don't seem to be lieve it's necessary There bar e been . only two cases made in tins region i beeaust wo are trying to give them : every chance to comply. We could crack down and make all more cases if we wanted to" Richard H. Field. New England re gional OPA attorney, said six ease had been taken into federal court so far in that district, and a force of in spectors was active throughouut New England gathering evidence. Only six complaints were report' d under investigapon in the populous .'•v . • ' k 111 ' i Id'-il More Hostages Are Executed New York, May 30.— (AIM-— Tlir British radio relayed a re port today that "ten more ('/.celts" had hern executed in Prague and said it had been es tablished that IS Norwegian hos tages were killed in reprisal for thr death of two Germans in a fishing village near Bergen. CBS recorded the BBC broad cast. Is Dead Star of Stage, Screen and Radio Dies in Hollywood Following Critical Illness. lhillyu > id. May 30. — ‘ API— Gay. debonair .John Barrymore, who lived life to tlie utmost and gave scant hood to the consequent" , is dead. The lid-year old star of the stage, screen and radio, whoso life was spent m tile white glare ol publicity, was almost alone when the end camo at 10:30 o'clock PVVT, last nig! t Only hie medical attendants .,i:. 1 las hr, the!' Lionel, ware with him a his white walk'd hospital room w hen .hem crossed the hol'd'r into death Cron the coma in which he 1 1 1 : for hours. In hi la- i hi VS 1 Jarrym. a e r - "mbraced ’dm iaith of his birth. Hi ;ihysir;ar.. 0 , Hugo Kei-ten, dis closed that he i.ad been given the last -acran : by Fathcs .h hn ()'Donnell, p:i-1->i of a little Catho lic church not far from the Holly wood Pn**'lvy tenon hospital wher Barrymore died. Not So Crazy A fter All Yicin .May 30.—(API - The -tory •melted here today of the inmate ol i mental institution who escaped and while at liberty picked up 300,000 francs playing the horses at I.ong .'hamps track outside Paris He was found after curfew one light, winnings n pocket. Benue be ng returned to the asylum he gave the police officer who questioned ii11: a tip on the races. The I ip turned out good. But the policeman had tailed to >lay it. HOSPITAL PROBE COMMITTEE MEETS Morgan to n M y 30. - lAPl ■ -An other chapte. the Morgnnton State hospit. I r. estigaton will bo written next week when the live men .taor eon t'< < appointed 1 */ Governor .!. M. Broughton returns here Tuesday a another session. Vote Results To Be Given K<-lilts ol today's prim.ut election in Vince coiinh "ill bo amiiiiinei'd from the Dispatch of fice as returns arc received to night following close of the poll ing period at 0:30 o'clock vrvmiii FOR NORTH CAROLINA Not much change in tempera Axis Submarine At tacks and Sinks Un armed U. S. Ship in Gulf of Mexico. New Orleans. May 30.— (Al’l —An axis submarine, whose of ficers apparently knew their vic tim was unarmed, sank a med ium-sized Tinted States cargo \issr! in the (.nit of Mexico May J5, killing 'll men. The dead all were aboard a single lifeboat blown to bits by a torpedo. Two from this boat and 17 others escaped in a second lifeboat and were picked up the next day and brought to New Orleans. The hip was the loth officially rcpi red attacked in the gulf during M: y. ni which 13 ships were lost with the deaths of 194 men. The ship, unable to defend itse^t because nl having no gun aboard, was attacked by shellfire at 4 a. m.. and ip'medinHV afterward the crew heard a siren from a submarine on tin - rlnce m the starboard side. Obviously aware of the absence of a protective gun, the submarine moved closer and opened rapid fire with its gun, tiring between 75 and 90 n imds. many of winch started ‘ ires. At 1 7 I 1 an, a 11 hands except the radio operate; abandoned ship. One Ideboat carrying 16 men got away : ir-1 and the submarini drew near •ml an oliicer asked ill English "Is w. r I' y i lie lit the - in u " T< ild that they were iv ' h replied something that oiinded like "OK” and a laugh was heard. Tin .1' a acme di ev. ipiiek ly away and w> ilc till 'a. the surface fired ,i '< rpedi nitii '/.o siiip which struck hist where the second lifeboat was h avmg the -hip. it being not ten met di-tant trim the res dtant explo a in. w Inch killed all but two of tile 7 1 . coup,lilts .11 tin - lifeiu sat. ACTION DEMANDED ON SOLDIER PAY Washington, May ilu.--(AP)—A campaign w a - started today to force ., new S nato vote on raising pri ■, ate.-' pay from the $42 figure sena tor- pre\ iopsly voted to the $50 a month approved by the House. With a conference committee ap parently deadlock, d in efforts to Cl*;; prnmisi the $8 difference. Sena tor I.aFoliHto. Progressive, Wiscon sin, -aid that il action was not forth coming quickly he would seek a quick test vote. i Broughton MakesAppeal To Strikers ! _ Kaleigh, May 30.—(AD— Gov I ernor Broughton today appeal ed to striking boarders in the twelve High Point hosiery mills to adjust their differences with out stoppage ol' work. In a telegram to Grady H. Morton, leader of the workmen, the governor said he was send ing Forrest H. Shuford, State commissioner of labor, and Frank Crane, conciliator of the State Labor department, to confer with management and labor leaders. Broughton also said that fed eral mediation officials would probably go to High Point today to aid m securing a peaceful set llemi nt. ■‘1 am deeply concerned about this situation," the governor said m Ins message. "And 1 earnest ly hope that this matter can be adjusted without any stoppage of this important work, much of which is related to the war pro i duction program. “North Carolina has an out standing record in the nation for its part in this program, and I have publicly commended the workers ol our state on many occasion-i for this record.’’ Six Persons Dead In Storm In Michigan Detroit, May 30. —(AIM—A toil ol six persons dead and scores in jured were reported today after a violent storm which swept over low si' Michigan last, night. The storm, which lasted less than half an hour, was particularly severe in Oakland county in southeastern Michigan, and caused extensive prop erty damage and disruption ol com munications. Four of the victims, a girl and throt boys, were lost after their speedboat was swamped and sunk by 1 high waves on Lake St. Clair. Two other girls in the party reached shore j safely. Mis. Florence V. HoKiquisi of ■ Pontiac, was electrocuted when a utility pole snapped and crashed amid a tangle of high tension wires. , Five other persons were injured when the pole fell. In Livingston county sheriff's of- ; fleers reported that George Bulbs, a i ^ farmer, was crushed to deatn when ' wind leveled his barn. Revenue Department Audit Places Blame On Maxwell Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. By BOB THOMPSON Raleigh. May 30. Crookedness w '!nn tin' Department >1 Revenue w.i reported to Commissioner A. J. .Maxwell five ye; rs ago. according • the formal report ol the State .ua-’iti r\- office* which will In* sub ■ ito'd t•1 i!n\ mi.'i' Broughton and Ci )iu Maxw ell today. t hole.-.-. Maxwi l 11 lowed the a<vu-ed man to remain as the de <ai numb- eiuet accountant until he w .i * |..rood out by the revelation of tlu- ilopa: tmentb scandal.- last De cember. The !<>ng ..\\ i t**. 1 report of Inc R< emu det arti ent mdit juM < v pletcd. i clutc Ihc argue;**:it ol Ahix wclb trend- that he knew nothing about w'hat had gone on and war not. thcrciore. in any way e.-pon siblc IT: the blac'Kest blot that ha. appeared >n the record of the gov ernment ot North Carolina m many 1 e; ir, 1 . 1. V.» i' i . i A. Jit • the audit, had the following state ment in the report to Broughton and Maxwell: •Mr R L, Ward, who held the key.- to the entire accounting sys tem, was found by our department to have abused his trust in 193(1-37 ,\ report submitted by u- m May. 1937. showed that Mr Ward, hold ing an administrative job in Ra leigh and not required to travel, un paid $1,317.(15 in travel expense limn .lime Hi. 1936. t" March ti, 1937. An analysis of the expenses disclosed many discrepancies. Mile age a- shown in his reports wa- 1. 1)87 ovet that shown by highway, maps. During this period of .-lightly over eight months he trave led a 1.• t:I t of 1118 days o. three and a half months, including 33 Saturday- and 3:1 Sundays, it the State- expense Though not included in the repor. it known here that a- te-uli o: Ward’s padded expense account Maxwell wanted to tire him. He him , (,.'c:uir.ue.d on Pa&e lire/ Hitler Says Battle Over At Kharkov Soviet Bulletin Reports German Tank and Infantry Assaults Beaten Off South of Kharkov; News of Other War Fronts. ( By The Associated Press) Adolf Hitler's field headquar ters boasted today that the yreat : battle of Kharkov was over, [ endinj; in a “proud victory of I annihilation " for the axis, even as Soviet dispatches reported that the Red armies were lash iny out savayely ayainst fresh German attacks. ! The nazi claim was utterly Hackiny confirmation elsewhere. A bulletin from Soviet head quarters declared that the Rus sians ayain had beaten oti Ger man tank and infantry assaults in the l/.yum-Barvenkova sal ient So miles below Kharkov, where the heaviest fiyhtiny has rayed for the past evelen days. ■‘The bloody losses of tbe enemy were great everywhere." Hitler’s command asserted, claiming that Russian prisoners had raised to 140.000 and that t.’24!l lied army tanks bad been captured or destroyed. The nay.i communique said three Russian armies—including ’20 infantry divisions. seven cavalry division and 1 t tank brigades—were "annihilated." Tile Civ an e an and also assert ed that . 1 encircled , ner y i <>n cs. 1 « central (Mos cow t ! nl . eroding, alter the Russia it: had .',;ae.\ed and been euughter ill nar. trap*. On the north M'rieaii front. British imperial Headquarters in dicated that Field Marshal Fr yyin Rommel's big tank offensive yy as meeting a series of jolting counter blows and declared (Continued on Page Five; WPB Halts Housing Projects W -wag' May W -(AD—The wai prod..! . . is m ,nd !; was learned t idny. will |.h■ i it .ttdiute con t.nuance •• miv about half of all the pubhe'y-i in.imvd wai housing projects now under construction. Slu 'Stage i I a h n., nnod of lieials disclosed. reed WV’Ij to cur tail shandy .1 li.-t a projects which wai I" u-'tig .at.i'ials described as "essentI..1" alt!-’ rev lew of the ent 1: e hi aising pi • -g: ar ilit rev 11".' v ' undertaken be cause "I VYlTt 'dor- li t e/.ing vir tually :il! stov . 1 const! uctiun hun bei oui e.i it: ;a risi ug all production oi -ii' I . in l' t!;e next tie days tor 1111l1t.il y u c Slu■ i tly .utei liic trecze order was issued. tt'i’B . .greed to ullucate lum .oi-s 1 1 ' virtually e-.-ential projects'1 iinl it was unde toad that war hous ing alia ,. : p: ej a oil it list includ ing v i.T .ally pi neats mivv un ,lcr way Howe. ei. 'Vl'i: ag.eed to make mmodiate pc ■ w.-'on lm only 70 or 75 publicly-n :o...iced projects and for •irivut*. ly-linani 1 d pi elects in only : 30 or 35 local it it's The projects and localities approv ed will be announced early next
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