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Return Home in Damaged Plane
A ( inndian R.A.P. squadron commander and his observer look over
I'nvl of the plane that brought them home snfelv after beine nt'aoked
V' rma'' fi*htor P,anps- The badly damaged plane could not rise over
', (t' l,hp t'res were flat, the blade of the propeller was shot away
the tuuet was badly damaged and the navigator was wi»•:'-< •! m fho arm!
(Central Pros*)
Curtin Dares s
To Try Invasion
Australian Prime
Minister Declares Ar
rival of American Re
inforcements Makes
Continent Safe; Chin
ese Claim Gains.
(II;. The Associated Press)
Australia's Prime Minister
•John < 'ai'tin bluntly challenged
Japan 1" attempt an invasion of
tin1 "down under" continent to
day a: d tied a red that since the
arrival of American reinforce
ments "the enemy has found
his most southerly adventure
beynini his capacity to execute."
On the critical China warfront.
Gener.iIissimo ( liiang Kai Slick's
Chinese armies were reported
to have recaptured S’lankichcn.
north ui tile Japanese-held ( ne
kiang prov inee capital of Kinliw a
and killed 40(1 Japanese troops in
a surprise attack.
A neso army spokesman ack
idvvic.Igcri, however, that ,i»ip;ino-e
hoo|, , a! dir. cn 35 mile .-.outhwest
h"r K • .vv'a in the east coast fight
ing Mia .'dvanced vVithin ten mile
ft Ci : ion, one of the main lai -
KC ■ .1 , panose raids against su.
prea a cert air bas; sites.
' ■ "' ed lighting spread through
se er , .I China's eastern pr- >vnce-.
"'itii an- invaders operating mi a
bifi '<•;,!<• m an apparent all not tit
*einiu • . crush the Chinese arn.ie
snd did the long and exhausting war
on that ’ront.
In \ustralia. Prime Minister
Curtin launched the common
wealth's second liberty loan
drive with the declaration that
’'‘Japan's program at last lias suf
fered a stalemante.” and he
added:
"I defy the enemy to land large
forces in Australia.”
Coincidentally, General Douglas
Mac..\rthur’s headquarter* announc
ed th it the wrecks of throe Japan
ese midget submarines destroys d in
mi unsuccessful attempt to attack
Sydney harbor on Sunday had been
located, smashed by depth charges
a"d artillery lire.
Windsor Flies
To Bahamas
Washington, June 2-—(AP)—The
htikc of Windsor cut short his visit
1,1 the United States today to return
” fhe Bahamas on “urgent btisi
rics* less than 24 hours after his
dlrival for a series of conferences
• The British press service i.nnoune
ed the duke’s decision to fly back
»i the island he governs, but gave no
etails of the business which called
him.
. The duchess, who arrived in Wash
'ngtnn with the duke yesterday
'Horning, is remaining at the British
embassy. Yesterday the duke and
HHchess were guests of President and
!s- Roosevelt at n small luncheon
and the duke hegan a serie- of eon
lll'-t«= .It 'liv II' fcfl.:,| i
Mexico Joins
United Nations
."Ui xico l ily Tunc 2.— (AIM-—
Mexico took tier place today as
a full fledged ally of the Cnit
ed Nations, easting her fortunes
with toe r.aie other Latin Amer
ican republics linked in arms
against the axis.
.Mexico thus become the :27th
Lniltd Nations ally and put be
fore the axis an unbroken
stretch of hostile coast in two
oceans from Panama to the far
thrrest reaches of North Amer
ica.
two persons were arrested for
distributing pacifist literature, a
,1a pa in sc act used of expressing
disapproval of Mexican bellig
erency was turned over to the
polite and a house-to-house
census of foreigners was begun
in file eapiiat.
Soldier Pay
Compromise
Is Offered
Wash ngton, Juno 2.—(AP) -1 h r
W , (jt‘j,a.!M nt. .-coking to break a
c ,ugri -anal deadli>ck (>vcr the
biini'v pay adjustment bill, today
.vi-o-ted to be urging a compro
HII-. aider which lowest ranking
, ..mi: m the Army. Navy and
y; in , '11.■ i>. would receive S40
v,.:, ■■ . |o;;iy „nd *10 iu non-negoti
abh g ivei luuent bonds.
Auih.osila!:e sources saifl this
proposal was advanced tts an alter
native to the $50-a-mollth pay scale
demands d IN the House and the S42
voted by tin" Senate. A joint confer
ence eonuiuttei had been unable to
reconcile the two figures.
The War department was reported
-tremioii.-ly opposed to $50 on the
ground that it not only would boost
Army maintenance costs substantially
iun would give soldiers and sailors
too much spending money.
Justice Black
Pays Fine
Washington, June 2.— (AP)—Driv
ing in the wrong dierclion on Rock
Creek Parkway, which is one-way
into Washington in the morning and
i one-way toward Maryland in the
afternoon, cost Supreme Court Jus
tice Hugi i L- Black *•>.
The jurist, it seems, failed to note
either the oni-w v sign or the hour
of the day, but Park Policeman
j \v ..in, who was riding along
at the same time, called his attentio:
to both and gave him a traffic ticket.
At his Alexandria home this tnorn
lur Judge Black laughed off the in
cident. saying he sent his $5 to the
traffic bureau and adding:
IP,. v. a n ,-e of11cer and treated
Britain Again Sends 1,000 Planes Over Germany;
Essen Blasted By RAF
★ ★★★★★★ -fr ic ★★ ★ ★★★ ★★★★★
FDR Asks Declare 1 i$ Of War
Axis Minor
Partners
Are Named
House Receives Mes
sage Asking That
United States Declare
War on Bulgaria, Hun
gary and Rumania;
Senate Not In Session.
Washington, June 2.— (AP)
— President Roosevelt asked
' JmgTrss today to declare war
>n Hultfaria, Hungary and Ru
nania.
The chief executive, in a terse
message to the House of Repre
•enatives, said that these three
■ountries had declared war on
lit* I’nited States as “the in
struments of Hitler.
They "are now engaged in
military activity directed against
the United Nations and are plan
ning an extension of these ac
tivities," he added.
The message did not go to the
Senate, since it was not in ses
sion. |
The declarations of war against '
these three minor axis partners was |
expected to he more or less of a for
mality, adding them officially to the I
list of countries with which the |
United States now is at war. So far, I
this govermennt has declared war on !
Japan, Germany and Italy.
Majority Leader McCormack,
Democrat, Massachusetts, announc- I
ed In the House that the resolutions I
declaring war would be acted on to
morrow. Action in 1 lie Senate wa.
unlikely before Thuivday.
Morganton
ProbeRenewed
Morganton, June 2.—(AP)—A
five-member committee appointed by
Governor Broughton came here to
day to resume its inquiry into con
ditions at the State hospital.
Nearly two score witnesses also
were expected to be on hand for
examination sometime during the in
vestigation. Charles A. Hines of
Greensboro, committee lawyer, s id
approximately half were from the
hospital.
Hines predicted the session would
last four or five days and said it
might be necessary to hold night
sessions.
Littleton’s
Visit Bears
On New Front
Washington, June 2.—(AP)—The
imminent visit of Oliver Littleton,
British production minister, was
viewed by informed officials today
as having a significant bearing on
the question of opening a second Eu
ropean war front.
A four-fold purpose was seen in
Littleton’s forthcoming conference
with President Roosevelt, War Pro
duction Board Chairman Nelson and
other top officials.
These aims were reported to be:
1. To weld the two countries’ 'pro
duction efforts into one common
program.
2. To set up a combined U. S.
British production board, which
would arrange for a pooling of pro
duction facilities.
3. To give the British production
chief a first hand view of Amer
ca’s armament production lines at
work, in order to quash any linger
ing doubts, concerning the volume of
this country’s war output.
4. To discuss creation of an An
glo-American food board. This prob
I ably would not take place until after
I America’s own war food board, to
I e headed bv Secretary of Agricul
,;re C-lende Wickard. is announced
i - ”■ V '•••f.-bl'j- !inv.
Churchill
Premises
Mere Raids
Six Million Pounds of
Incendiaries and High
Explosives Dumped on
German Home of
Krupp Munitions
Works Last Night.
(By I he Associated Press)
Another destructive assault
tell upon the heart ol' Germany's
war foundries before dawn to
day when nearly 1,000 RAF
bombers smashed at the city of
Essen, site of the giant Krupp
armament works, even as the
Germans were reported fleeing
n a mass migration from the
Khineland.
Altogether. Prime Minister
Churchill announced, a total of
1,086 British planes thundered
over the reich on missions of
ruin during the night.
Churchill promised, too, that
'■aids of even greater severity
would develop “when we are
joined, as we soon shall be, by
(he air force of the United
States.’ ‘
It was the second titanir blow
at Adolf Hitler’s military
strength in 48 hours, capping
Saturday night's 1.250-plane at
tack on Cologne. 35 miles south
west of Essen, in which private
advices to the New York Times
declared about 20.000 Germans
were killed and 54.000 wounded.
The Times dispatch said three
filths of Cologne's 800,000 inhabit
ants were being officially evacuated
chiefly to Munich, and that the en
we populations of Aachen. Daes.se!
dorf, Wuppertal. Mainz, and other
Rhineland cities were fleeing to safer
London quarters indicated that the
RAF planes manned by 6.000 fliers
probably rained about six million
pounds of incendiaries and high ex
plosive bombs in the attack on Es
sen, key rail center on a main line
to Berlin.
Thirty-five RAF planes were
aeknow lodged missing, nine few -
er than Saturday night's loss <>f
It. This was still far below the
ten per cent danger zone for
losses.
Churchill said most of the 1,036
RAF plane- turned loose over Ger
man during the night engaged in the
raid on Essen, and to a cheering par
i.intent hi announced that other
Berman cities would be subjected to
"an ordeal the like of which has
never been experienced in any coun
try in continuity, severity or mag
nitude''
German night raiders, following up
their retaliatory attacks Sunday
night mi the ancient cathedral city
i Canterbury, struck back with an
assault on another ancient English
town, Ipswich.
On (lie flaming African front.
Italian headquarters asserted
that axis columns had "broken"
the stubborn resistance of Brit
ish forces encircled near El
Caleb. It! miles southwest of To
bruk. while in London Prime
Minister Churchill declared that
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's
plans for his initial offensive
"have gone completely awry.”
London military quarters estimat
ed that more than 50 per cent of
Rommel's armored formations in ad
v ance areas of the desert battlefield
had already been destroyed.
British war leaders said losses had
been inevitably heavy on both sides
(Continued on Page Four)
MEXICAN WAR MOVE
APPROVED BY F. D. R.
Washington. June 2.— (API —
President Roosevelt described
Mexico’s declaration of war
against the axis today as a
"characteristically resolute and
virile" response to unprovoked
attack.
VIA i HhT
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Lillie change in temperature
i Lur-Au.
Big Convoy
Reaches
Russia
London, June ’ AC. A
large United Nnla,, < ,11 voy
eai lying A menean ■ i. I 11 i . \ ,
vva r suppl ie.. Vi Bus . .lack
ed a north Russian p rt a.li'r a
running battle ol l.\c days and
nights again..! Gen. i; I. -boats
and v. all over 100 n /. planes,
the British announ vs today.
With almost constant d. slight
now in the far north waters, the
admiralty said this w ill mo t
difficult time of the y ,.r to push
convoys through tha: route.
But in spite of such conditions,
tin British indicated niy six or
seven allied ships wet ol:, call
ing the Corn .sin eia: i ; ;;;;;
18 ships an "exaggei a:; >n ol over
175 per cent."
(The G.rmans aim uv ri hist
Friday tiiat 17 ships to'. ! r.g 114.
000 tons had been sik by at
tacks on the c >nvoy during sev
eral days.)
UMW CIO
Split Widens
Mine Workers Make
Three Demands on
CIO, But Take No Ac
tion on Full Break.
Washington, June 2.— (.\l*l —
The United iVIine Workers policy
committee made three demands
upon the CIO today but took no
affirmative action toward sevi r
iiig relationships.
This latest round in the dis
pute between once closa groups
came on a vote on a report by a
special five-man committee, i’lie
spokesman said there were eight
dissent., out of approximately h!5
voting.
The report dem.incited thal tin
CIO enter unitv conlorenee- wP.ii the
the AFI.. acknowiedge a cash debt ot
S1 .(>(15,000 to tile mine union, and
cease what the UMW called attacks
on tiie United Mine Worker., it
leaders and its organization efforts.
Until these demands are nat, ..aid
the report, the United Mine Work
eis of America "should withhold
per capita tax Iron, the CIO. pend
ing review of the entire .-ituatinn by
the forthcoming constitutional con
vention" of tiie mine union.
The report declared the AFL-Ck >
labor victory board was a weak sub
litute for organic unity, > oil
"with contempt" suggestions to levy
special assessments on the CIO t
raise funds to repay toe miner aim
accused CIO leaders ot niokiim a ,
slanderous campaign against the
miners, amounting to "Iron on t > the
principles of labor."
Oil Pipeline
Bill Abandoned
Washington, June 2.— (AID — In
the face of unoxp cted opposition,
the House leadership today had vir
tually abandoned legislation lor con
struction of an oil pipeline and a
barge canal across Florida as a means
of transporting oil and gasoline to
the eastern seaborne.
Majority Leader McCormack,
Democrat, Massachuetts, and Chair
man Mansfield, Democrat, Texas, of
the rivers and harbors committee
said they had no present intention
of pressing for i ei ther considera
tion of the bill, which the House re
jected yesterday h\ 121 to 8a.
However, neither McCormack nor
Manstield ruled out the possibility
of seeking to revive the legislation
if, as MacCormack put it. "there
should appear to be a change ol sen
timent.”
Both had told the House the bill
was designed to meet the immed
iate and long range needs of the
east.
Opposition to tin' legislation came
chiefly from opponents ot the con
torversial Florida -hip canal, who
claimed the expenditure of S144,
OQli.COO contemplated by the bill was
an . ,r ait- i - f" - cut.
Camacho Asks for War on Axis
C. P. l*fumepholo
President Manuel Avila Camacho of Mexico is shown on the rostrum
of the Mexican Congress giving his reasons for a declaration of war
against the Axis powers. The Mexican Senate cleared the deck for war
'm the Axis by unanimously authorizing Pres. Camacho to declare a
state of war against Japan. Italy and Germany and then approved a
bill granting him special powers to mobilize the entire nation.
^UErKlSE ALERT
FOR NEW JERSEY
Newark. \. J.. June 'l.— (AD
—N't v JerseyN first tc.».t lilaek
<;u( wHiioiit advance warning
!*i this vital slate into inky
ttlootn last nii;ht with alacrity
which chercd defense officials.
5. O. Officials i
Deny Any Fay ;
From Farben
i lomhighm. \. In nr '1.— ,
i \!' i —President \\ S. Parish
,uni 1 ncr eliici directors oi tile
Standard Oil ( o. (X .l.i swore
he tore ;t mteung o! the hoard
oi direetois today that they had
never received an.' personal gain
from tin company's associations
with i (.. 1 a r lien Iiuinsli ie.
••I sweat nnd 1 >;tt it 1 never re
vived any ■ . : n r com- ;
pensc from any it!a s what -■"ever. in- ■
: . c t . ns ;a 11-K .. sll sold.
His statement was in an - v. or to a
demand , Philip Blnnientiial.
representing Airs. Eli/abefh Booling
i, ,\c u A ; -k. hold r of Btil( -hares ol
Bln ■ nth .: told Pat isli 'l at Mrs
Bi.ii.g ’.'a- ii"i Impressed by his
■ tatement nuidi .' tht t ■
me et mg in answer to .Wi.-tant At
torney Genera! 'rin.rmau Arnold's
chargt - leveled at Standaid Oil.
Ai; Boolmg had asked whether
Stantiaril d:ree!"rs had 'vevi'd any ;
peetnnary return frn the Gentian j
l ru st. I
William lam- "J Brooklyn said it j
was a ‘direct insult" to Standard Oil 1
oilieials. “1 agree it is an insult," '
Parish ■ oi!. ''hut "lie mix to gel used j
to insults." !
Post-War
Plans Talked
London. .lone 11 iAPi The Brit
ish government Is discussing post
war problems and exchanging views
with tlie dominions. the United
State.-. Siiviei Kussi . nut "liter Unit
ed Nat I us. i .' i d I'rauh ': itc, colonial
secretary, announced today in the
hoii e of lords
The government. 1. trd l ’ranistrue
said, "-yinpathi, -" with the desiiv
for formation oi a post-war p liev 1 :t
he added there wore "overwhelm
ing reason-" aeauist r no Low/il de
' ‘ i • .' ‘'
GILL REPLACES
A. J. MAXWELL \
I
Governor Broughton
Names Parole Com-1
missioner Head of
Revenue Department; !
Hathaway Cross to
Succeed Gill.
Daily Dispatch Bureau, |
In the Sir 'Valter Hotel.
By BOB THOMPSON
Raleigh. .June 2.— Governor J. Mcl
:1 It Broughton today appointed Pa
role Con,missioner Edwin Gill as
commissioner of revenue to succeed
A I. Maxwell.
Hathaw ay Cross, Gill's first assist
ant in the parole olfice, will succeed
Gill as parole commissioner.
The appointments have not been
announced. Neither lias the resigna
tion of Mr. Maxwell been announc
ed However, this morning the gov
ernor conferred with Gill and Cross
at length and inform, d them of their
pending appointments. They are ex
pected to take over their new duties
n or hi t. re .1.ily 1.
Replacement of Maxwell as eom
m -More: a r \ enue has been ex
pected u any quarters as a re
. t eei n; trials which resulted in
n re letioi ui embezzlement charges
o' i.. : e\ mue deparinn nt em
. yet ■ end :n"’.'e recently as a re
1,It ot the report made public yester
;I by T. N. Grice, C P. A. of the
St, Ie auditor's d pai Intent, in which
.' a - charged that Commissioner
Maxwell had been informed as early
I- life 'ii irregularities in his depart
It was nol known here today
whether Maxwell would occupy the
"••o' ii ' i1. pai d for him by file last
legislature, which created an olfice j
o) tax statistics in what the public
underslooiT io be a move prepara
tory to Maxwell's retirement from
the commissioiiership ot the revrnui
depai tment.
License Tabs
For 1943
Raleigh. .June 2. (AP) — If you're
>lill able to drive youi car by Jan
uary 1. your 1942 state license plate
won't be a plate at all. but a tinv
mb.
It will envoi about four square
meho ..nri be clamped in the lower
■ i -v' hand cornel ot the 1942 rear
l cen The e'tti rs will be yellow or
c black background, reversing the
pi ' -' nt eoli>rs.
S ole elficials figure the reduction
in size, ordered by the war prnduo
I 'Mr board, will net a sav ing .4 225
♦ on • : teel, :lice only 25 ton will
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