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YEAR HKXDF.RSON. X. (’., FRIDAY *AFTKRNO()X, .J L’XK 12. 1 !>42 *'1 hms,kx-EpV; ^•Nr^Y tKNOON FIVE CENTS COPY Lexington Sunk In Coral Sea Allied Nations Capitals Buzz With Speculation *★★★★★** ******** **** **** ★ ★ ★ ★ Nazi Summer Record Tax Levies Agreements Offensive Passed Tentatively With Russia. May Be Near A re Short Of Goal Cause Stir Marshal von Bock’s Armies Reported At tacking in Ukraine; Russians Claim Gains in Fighting Around Sevastopol. i /; 1 <ic"il< il I'l i i Alai , Fedor von Bock's .• "i'e re]>orted attarking i ■ a great new battle Kharkov, the Soviet i\ . rgii in the 1'kraine, oieations that zero hour m'tv near tor the long-her alil".: hi-rman summer offen ,\ "tin from tia/.t field arti'rs said German " ast of Kharkov had cai' riMi ."il successful attacks iviae .‘.ere increasing in vol ini* i', ■ v, the Soviet command ark i edged that the new Girt:.:.: drive was making hiae ' ,i\ against bitter Russian . day of June 11 at the K , our tr""|).' waged :\t' c*n£;igomcnt> (Ifmy tanks and intan d army communique s ud :• ■ however, that there had important change's nve’.' (l'i the Crimean front. Soviet ili-’■ ", lies reported that the de fenders aof long-besieged Sev astopol. key Black sea naval base, vvrie counter attacking, improv ing -ome of their positions and Idoedilv repulsing fresli German ass.mlts. 1: .. ian high command said "f ::..nno Germans had been "•i more than 50 tanks de :: throe days ,>t lighting "a ' eiches to Sevastopol, iv.il < , |, i Red Star tire Sov :et ■ " -"aper. c needed that the • , "cnteniely ten-c" "e!d lr adquartor dec! ir 1 i eight-day old German olfen r . n d grotind itv -1 ibb,>!'U • . • md asst rtori th.it impeded ■ >■ int<m■ attack- "rnlkipscd 1 ' ■■ y losses." ho broadcast said the attack ' .pnl and east nl Kharkov ‘ * . prelude to Hiller - "coming ' ' • tensive," and indicated thn would start once Sevasto " i i>eon reriiie d and the Cier • e ■ straightened not below K- ,v io the battle of north Africa, bni % and German armored f"i i es clashed on the desert sands ’•"> miles below Tobruk following Hu withdrawal of free French troops from Bir Uachcim. axis | ilitured southern anchor of the in iin British defense system. !' ' h headquarters stud the tan,. ''"ntinucd on Page Four-) Axis Vessels Hit By Bombs I- ' Inn. June 1J—(API—1 vvl Amrn- can-made Hudson bomocn ^""'n by Canadians damaged t\\< vessels in a convoy oil Hollanc ' night, the air ministry reporter today 1 hie bomber scored at least threr direct hits on the largest ship u he convoy, composed ol tour \ cs Sfd' Hits on a smaller vessel wen 111 de by the other planes. Military quarters said continue! bad weather prevented the RAF to their thi'-cl consecutive nignt 1 ''on U .' ' O v i CHINESE CONCEDE LOSS OF CHUHSIEN ( htingking. .lime 1 !.— <AP)— The ( hincse conceded toda\ the loss 41i' ( huhsien. rail center n western Chekiang province, but claimed recapture of Iwu, on the Chekiang Kiangsi railway, about halfway between (hull sien and llangehow. northern terminus of the line. ben. i mKei Commander of Hawaiian Air Force Lost While Leading Flight in Midway Bat tle. Washington. .Tune 12.— tAI’t-— The War department reported today that .Major General ( lar enee 1 Tinker, enmmander ot the II uvaiian air foree, was missing alter tne l>altie ot Mid \va y. Tinker left Monday. June V I ; mg a High! of his Army bombe:' ■ at:nek die .lopanese fleet. Ho piano when last seen by u on almai d ithei ireraft n the same - m p • ... descending rat w. • ward tl-. os die War departmrW said. The an chere his plane w; last observed was th iroughly searched Usa,; pie ,.i and by surface eratt : w several day- Ira! no trace has been found the -- ng officer T • . a th first An erican A y general officer to lie reported n o ing in nctii n n the war 1 w<t other general-. Major General- Herbert \ Pargue and Harold H. George, met d ath mi accidents. Tinker h is been conn tandei 11-. An: V aw foree- in Haw:.;, .-me" shortly a': ter He o'! Harbor. When Lieutenant General IP t Kminons. al-o an air officer, was ot • dereri to Unwin: to relieve Lw it gi ant General Walter C Short as com mander nl the Hawaiian dcparltm nt Tinker, then a brigadier general. ,e companied him -- the new nm manri r el the Armv air force- in the Pacific outpo-t Flying Tigers Down Seven Chungking. ■> ne 12 • i AP> - f !>' Tiger- ot the American Vol.m Group sh -t down -even out possibly eigh, ol 18 Japanese nl m« > ,, an iir light >ver Kwcbm. camtal ,,f Kwattgs; province. J wa- A"i ed today. Kweilin, base foi Chinese . . i the -o.i'h. has been unde:' aims,' daily bomb irdmei : in the Jap - esc air force's widespread camps.go apparently do-: gned m na.i Chinese communication centers an bases throughout Southeaster: China. , , , t Evidently, the A\ G. v. ca jnlv 4 is to become par! >t the Hni ted States Army am force, has been assigned to meet this Japanese 1 threat.) ___ ;j 1 FOR NORTH CAROUNA. 1 Scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight, mostly i I in the mt-riol' HH!e e' m m I u inline. House Ways and Means Committee Agrees Upon Meas ures Expected to Raise $6,087,009,090; Sales Tax Still Debated. Washington. June I'i.—I Ah - \ nci.nl-breaking Sli.OOO.IHhhOOO program nl new taxi's has b. an a p;)i oved tentatively by the House wa\s and means commit tee. with the prospect that more millions — perhaps billions — would he added heloiv legisla tion n aeln s the House. \ till lotion t lav wed that tilt -. maritU'c. appi > vein: ;g the end d a ■a SH.71Ml,Ut.'>.mui 1 add:1.!'-ea! reveil le, already had a g r e eu i p.. j>t> .t i 8., - 100,11 hi, w -lit '• ■ t ' '.tilling onlv >i. a few minoi ; \cis« The committee yesterday voted to double tlie present a per cent tax on fan paid for transporta tion: to raise the lax on a pack age of cigarettes from six and one-half cents to seven cents: to increase the present cigar tax materially: to add six cents to the present IK cents a pound on smoking tobacco tax, and to jump the cigarette paper and tube It" to one-half cent on each pack age of 25. Members said t! at mice they dts pr. ,-eri I:! .1 lew .tiler exe. -e dem they will tone the <iue-ti :: w sh p nu there or proc edm.g to coiis’.d 1 ■ i, “1 (i:'liars ni' re into Hie 'n-a- - ■ ■ \ 1,1. ip ::nanee ’he w .0' and e n ■ • it s been estii itod - 1 0.00( Ti ey . . !. 1 th d "i: a in taken, sl.eh a- ir '-t.v nev ;’l ;.ici;\ id : 1 and eorporahmi taxes. , ib-ipiv w' add be rone red mid n ;ht Vv< n b ■ ed 1> i ward, e-peei.iUv :1 a ..If' ■•■x w I > added to the big hill. .. ,it, ,,f (axes ■ ni soft drink . >y e ana P|ul ■ ' npl* : t! \\ : i v : , .. | • y . .. s:\7A(U000.1*tMl; . ... ' ),ooo: idal y join* return \ > " : nr| „ >:: ,n.eon.noil' exe e taxer 6487. non. non Creation ot Second | b rent in 1942, Possible Russian Attack on japan, and Opening of Russian Air u 3 ses En- ; visaged. 11: : Ti i . 1 ••••'•<"• • l I'l l ) AHied capitals ; a:.;r veil h | .] viiiation it day on I no pirns- r u cis o: tino o vasi ami perhaps \ ii n .in nl iIt v t iopm n'.s aimed ■ t ihr final downfall of tier- ; nuny ami -Japan and cm shap !!.: of a now world at peace. Whim lloriin sounded a new hr. at >f Ad-nf Hiller's "■nm ,j • , oat oi id usivithe L nil fit Natn o< envisaged : i 1. ('realion of a second irout m Hu rope in 1 id—, s’. A possible Russian attack on Japan. The opening' of Soviet air liases to American bomb ers for attacks on Japan. In Washington, congressional quarters expressed belief that the "full understanding" reach ed between President Roosevelt .nut Russia's Foreign Commissar Molotov might open bases at Vladivostok to t *■ bomber sr i na dnms. i[ ^ive us tlit* right Sl. I,., I f el '.iniicii nt j ,hl. I/:..a d Sl ms co ltd along . • hm knees n a shot > time.” i . .i Si'iuu ■ Wheeler. 1) ' 1 oc.'.U. Montana. i ii o nr- \ •.'c d 'e cor.v eti 'ii o i.o , a tlie mutual aid agreement the I’m:, ct State'- and I! : — .!ri prerip.tute the Russian'' . . . writ!'. .Japan while they ... i. ;i. . v engaged who 11 lie ■ tie ,ve.-t. Sorely pressed China watched anxiously, with the Chinese press bluntly calling on Russia to spike at .Japan now. In Chungking, dm newspaper f t K ;o . Pan declared •;;Li j,-i should i alize that !h>> .Japtuiese attack the Alt ut ' w. a a direct threat t» Sov iet K.itn •I tka and Siberia ( an Res n -' t i ,. ,lr and w tch ' u wildfire spread i (,'nnt inurd . ■! I 'age F Several Promising Fights Develop For Legislature I>tii> TuspaU'li 1511 it*a.vi. In lilt' Sir H .inrr lit,l. I B> 15015 THOMPSON Raleigh. -I 1- V''h'"‘ ' "" the IwJn^ I'-' m ' p' * ' *’'• m,tiding !• K Ll' ' V' . U . u jainst Jo t K. ' * m >•; «' ; , Gt rv'eni1': I',r ; •• '* , was peart' and harm ay n ' aa r ■ x a : -1..’ n e It . > - 8 »' ' ' T, ' S ; .. .. r'aiv ^Vin promising - ■ , ning to develop One ol he m .-t merest ng. at d me n« ■*; llke1' to a e tht g( \ ei ' > e b:; >‘1:" nirnt. will he ntv 'he pin!"’-;” pledge to.- a statewide time months srhoo! tern Don't - ur prised H Senate Gregg Che y. candidate to, nex . er, ; nit mi close tn< nd 1 he present one. does not him ...it to be ore of the leaders a the US' I,,,- the extended term It w;,« with the help Ol his vote, a- a member .it the platform eommittee. that the ol nk got int the platform Wheth er he was thinking thorn !v- can didacy at the time he > ■ te • that ri.miiv *i . h'1 ry"s campaign •*• - Among 'tlicr things it’s liable t * >e ext rein ly cm harassing I" 1' I-i.ilph Mel) maid, who has stated :• *' in less s --nobody like L P. Mcl.citdon runs ag ms'. Cherry, he will .!•• it himselt. History The backs.- w a the p.o-p vbvr legtsla;ivo ha- ’ i extend.tig 'he school term h months got: back a- the timi Mel' maid ii e t up w ith Brought n during the g bern; tnrial c pa so Since tnon -tie administr i'i-■ has eompl* iSiuved ’lv• v •• ui ;' i)1o-'Stir -s fiw. fi in .‘i Ini.* : not e\ fry ;.p (loi. tment MeO n.V has to a.l - ’ -hat. but ’ - n- - hu-e he argue - ha i m the "in i policies" ot id ninistrai on. B ghton has b e t the kind of g >\ e ' 1 the Mcl) maid crowd likes H s exhibit A is ed- o tional advanee dm mg the present I idministraii-.m. Undoubtedly there has been a v ■ent improvement in the school sys tem but insofar as their inajoi ipportunity was concerned the riends ot the schools were eithei . . I p, I - Tin t : l FDR Greets King of Greece at WhUe House King George II od Greece was welcomed to the White House l>\ Presi dent House veil ami high government dignitaries. The> are pictured hav ing a chat at a colorful ceremony staged on the South Pawn ot the White House. The exiled monarch told reporters that his on!> mission in the I'nited States was to arrange for direct shipment of equipment to the Greek forces under the lease-lend system. (< . P. Phone photo) President T o Launch Scrap Rubber Drive rUEL OIL ASSURED FOR CURING LEAF Kaloisli. June 12.—(AIM—The slate's tobacco farmers were pronrsrd todav lli.it an adequate supply "I fuel oil would be available for curing purposes this \ ear. The assurance was contained in a letter which \V. A. Parker, secretary ol the North t arolina Oil Jobbers Association receiv ed from Senator Bailey. Jap Planes Shot Down 2. eel acUnnrU-i's. Aa-tr..i..i. i.m.e 12 i AIM A lotir-motmed I, ■ i, a. - e living boat anil a i ah', ter ,.e Sited i'.v Hied lliet . ; lav Iiul : lloti'e' 1>< :' ' mg "f :: . .:i!. New !’aW: :i.. -but -i i..rge .■ . a .■ a .a a i rdr- .mo I an lift tig's. it - "I'.nouniv.i today. ■ | |v.,|i. i,,, a .. i .- n a 2 "A n at hue!.* MiVd ; » ■ . , p ah- >lacArthwi ‘s heaci •. I'h'. 1t"l : ham d s' tom Zt os o’ id ai . mo,t to a ■ owa a ro .mi.m -ai.P • ..via Xev, no i No allied V\ ere e out ion A. 1 a m an ad\ alli ed •i;atnai 11 ■ eane word that -is .'itrvivefs ... , p s 111 mile; e » Ws .hut down _ i . .. Mur e iiimii two weeks ago h; i -enimed foot, b; o.,a..2 \ tl ,J V I i 1 l I | t "I mill' Ffl UDtV>. NAZI PLANES RAID MURMANSK HARBOR Berlin . Kr, ti (ear ■ art In oadcastst. I . jo iAI’t -tie ".'man bombers attacked shipping at the harbot -• Maiai alls,i with • Meet yes'e: flax and interrupted tratin' on thi iaiiroad 'me loading that vital Artist'll supply port o the R'lssiu-.s. DXB reported today Several burn! h 's were -cored n a supplv train, the news gene: i'.-.h . Five-Minute Radio Talk at 6:45 O’Clock Tonight to Open 16 Day Campaign for Collection of Vital Material. Washington, June 1-.— < \1M— President Roosevelt announced toda' an intensive campaign for collection of the nation's old scrap ruldi, r supply would start June 11 and last through June 30. Individuals were urged by the ( liiei iixrcutive to search their basements, attics and hack yards fur all items of rubber that have been discarded or can he dis carded. Offices, factories and farms also are being asked to cooperate. Through urrangi n outs h t te oil miio'try. 400.000 lb ling stut mis w i1 serve ;,s colleetion depots I’ll y \v;i: pay eni een.1 a pound n r the robber brought in. and the government will rein burse tin m Hint sum. President Roosevelt, declaring that the rubber situation y\ as,1’ex tremely serieus. again urged the people to cut down on pleasure diiviug and reduce both automo bile speed and mileage. r e- night l e nbk ; "<•••. S' . In added, d i- a "••“el eon - wear 1 • f a possib! lo. porn •- m ted e .d m.-n t...i id pel -ops with ’•> " tires ami .null.r< a w ho! a . • i .v o.mt ;hat . t’.iriimii ’ 1 ITALY ADMITS LOSS OF TWO NAVY BOATS Rome, t From Italian Broadcast t .Tune 111. (AIM The Italians mi ni i,meed t.'dry the lo. * ot iv. -• ’ r oedo boat'. oni 'Unk by ali.ed lor ped'.ts and another by a Ikxitinf nine : Oe-t rover and torpedo "oa , ..._ are lo >sel> distinguished it llaiian naval circles and the Bnlis! .... i , y Reuters inti rpreti i i Rome broadcast as a re fei enc< to de Jap Losses 15-17 Ships [n Battle U. S. Aircraft Carrier Sunk in Final Action of Month-Long En gagement in Coral Sea; 92 Per Cent of Crew Saved. (/>';/ Tin A>'<nci(it< d Press) The Xavy announced today a ■unashint! United States victory ,\ei' Japan in the battle of the ’oral sea wieh cost the Japan ese at least 15 and possibly 17 ships sunk and 20 damaged and frustrated the enemy from in vading or isolating Australia, but which also cost the loss ot the l . S aircraft carrier Lex ington. The Xavy communique said the only major United States loss was the Lexinjrton, this country's liijrjrest carrier and one of the world’s fastest ships of its type. Japanese losses Included: Sunk — one aircraft carrier, three heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, two destroyers, several transports and small supply ves sels. Severely damaged and prob ably sunk—one cruiser, one de stroy or. Severely damaged—more than i() ships, ineluding one aircraft carrier, three cruisers, two air nail tenders, three destroyers. Tio N'avv so at the Lexington. ,,,. M)-j5 a c .1 , : $15,000,000 . : s ■ a- arai 1... -e\ c: al hour. uftc ' .! . a bout all..axed by Jap 1 he communique said 9Z per cent of the Lexington's personnel i normally LJOb men ’ \y as rese tied. Beside the I cxington. the only \meriean losses were the io.000-ton tanker Neosho and the destroyer Sims. 1.570 tons, most ol whose crews were sated. Tia - • -tf I'd a less of , , t •■ : i il an -. the Navy [V . the Curt •> fight, the first iiw.tlt ii h>!"-\ in which all t' a 11, a - ai ‘.a- ’ ' ,el eti 'ey ai rcra ft. • : .a \n et can 1 woke up a big ... ,1,. .!; i■ i e tl list lined either : , e\ - ' : outi. st ■! Port M, . spy. \m ti : , .. at invasion • Ifip; | ,1 : . tin railed luntef ot -Ift! a • 111h tie-,nigh April inta earlv May. On M..y tia Lexington was .,,'a till ■ a I a 11\ e of .iapanese • .at ickecl while her ,. a*. ,-:. were tin' last ac ■ tin >attle 10 the Coral sea. , \ . . . a a \ c this dc • • ■ ,. i ight wtnch > ,. . ■. . , and C- ew ' the great . . • a I'-ei,- ries; ei ate at j....,, ■ ’ i ■ • -I - destruction: e. , . Lexington sue ... j, [ . , ■ ■ . .it tia- ■!'a s and , - , . : , ■■ :f Seven I .. •;,. ■ ib.ittii wh: le steam :i; a te: , it ie internal i the Lexington, , ne- in break out in ■ ■ ft! ■ hip |( I . - • ■ light tint the ex , a . . ... ■.till ol . -leepet' in e-t:g itien revealed, hmv e\ . Ilia- tilt pi '"anil, cause was th, gi: a g„.s,iiine vapors which, r*.--11! tect : i , - a n . iss ai i iptin ed ga.' ,,lilu. lines m closed compartments bt'lnw decks Th,. , ew 1 ,ughl heroically lor more -a.a hours to spy • the ship ...,t m i .,; gie.it disadvantage be ,.,a , lilt- ixplo. ton had damaged ich - tin i: e fighting equipment. ,i.'-ii >ver- were sent alongside to .. -1 w .'h the r pumps, lire hose ;aid ehem e;,l tin lighting equipment. I'll,, wounded were •’■nn.siVrred from i g ar.inued 'h Pog*-' i t
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