I Great Sea-Air Battle Off Italy I Indicates Mai or Move By Allies Government Supplements Soldier Pay Measure Approved by Senate Requires Draft Boards to Consider Family Relationships in Calling Men for Duly. t\ tiing tun. .1(1 lie 15.— ( A1’) — The senate approved and sent tn lhr House today a military 1 pay allotment bill requiring drall hoards to consider family relationships in calling men for dtilx with the armed forces. I mlcr flic basic section of the measure, details of which were rex iscd 'asl xvcck by a joint con fi rcia c committee, the govern nicit would help the lour loxxest rank- of soldiers, sailors, ma rines and coastguardsmcn sup pur'. their dependents. 1)' taken Irani the men's pay i be supplemented by fed cr i ances wjjich in some eases ; i considerably larger than tile ’mg man’s contribution. 1 he second section of the bill rrvi-cs the selective service act h.x rr(|uiring local draft boards In first exhaust supplies of sin 511 iwii or those without bona fid family ties, before calling up husbands and fathers. mancial aid would ever (ii- nts of privates, first class corporals and line sergeants in '■ ■ Army, and ol corresponding gr n u the other services. A e with no children would Be’ • i month—$22 I v i Iw lius boi oil S2!i from the government >' d one child the government v. odd $12. and $1(1 lor each ‘I ; oil child. For one child hut the soldier would provide $2" ■ i the government $20 a month, eminent adding $10 for each --- Senate Hears Greek King ■ ngton. June 15.— (AP) — 1- 1 George II of Greece told the 1 s 1 today that his country “i i I' ■ to find it sell a -econd time 1 ’ !• a quarter of a century by ■ tie of the powerful and gener- ; 1 miriean democracy.” 1 the United States.” the exited ■ h said, “my country alwa.v h cid -upport ad sypathetic un- i tic ! aiding. The valuable aid which 1 1 i -a e given us during this war " ne\ - r be forgotten.” Sub Victims Now Total 265 In Atlantic (15y The Associated Press) With tiie Germans threatening a m widespread campaign against al1 shipping in tiie Atlantic north of •hr West Indies, the total ol' ships ■' "h by enemy submarines in the 1’m Atlantic now stands at 26.». i Additional sinkings ol 13 merchant ;hip' last week and one yesterday 'Vl re officially announced. More "■an 31)4 crewmen and passengers ol 'he l-i .flips were reported rescued, "hde Hi lix-es were lost and ()5 per Sll|,‘ were missing. Scxen United States ships, two ',! ’ish. one Norwegian, one Braz 'han, one Swedish and one unidenti 'h'd allied merchantman were in cluded in luM week’s sinkings lhc on Page Two. It Uocd to Be a Cake ~' * UimfJ IIMrit I fc- *m Looking somewhat puzzled, a mem ber of the A.E.F. in Australia sur veys a battered mess in his lap. It took him some time to figure out that it was a cake baked for him by his girl friend in the U. S. The icing, after its ocean voyage, had turned to powdered sugar and a number of other changes had taken place too. In the long run, however, he was pleased because it showed she was still thinking of him. (Central Press) Gas Rations Cut Mishaps East’s Motorists Bal ance Good Results Against Inconven ience and Business Up set. (I5y Tilt* Associated I'rcss) Ten million eastern motorists having undergone their first month of gasoline rationing, the 17 fuel-starved state involved look stock today of the v\ar causcd measures myriad ramifi cations, and found them both good and bad. Oil the credit . id of the ledger as • cm rally p. pwted along the Allan ic .cal 10anl, decrease, in 1 ra 11 ic iat ij,tit.-, and in juvenile deliiuplenc.v ■ mlnned vv iih the conserv atimi ol • a ailim. to temper the pinch of ra ioulng. (in pm debit list, tilling stations, ■evenin' producing bridgis and tun lels, aiMii.-emeu! centers and some .jimg- L. e[11 have been lnt in vary n<. di i, e a. general eomplianee j 11 i the gas cut was everywhere widen!. Aiitlioi'ihe from Maine to Florida ■epor'ed these major results ol ra ioning: ], Traffic fatalities decreas'd, in rereentages rainging up to -td. o. Accidents on the highways de •l-eased, lay as much as 50 per cent. ,'j. Hundred- ol service stations .vei’e forced to close. 4. Juvenile delinquency decreased .. hat ..- parent saved their cars Hi pie own nor''.-, ary iim s. f,. t, ,11 bridges sul'l'i red revenue (Continued on Page Two) Rome Claims Push To Coast Kmm (From Italian Broadcasts), June ir>_( AIM—The Italian high rnmmand declared today that axis forces in the l.itfyan desert had b.v passed the British near Aeroma and ieiven to the Mediterranean coast west of Tobruk. Hi 11i -h 11tin s remaining to *tbe wc*-t of the new axis gap were said to :,c encircled. This would mean the Briti h imperials defending Ain el lamia, northern extremity of the -,,-j: ip.i'i di-ten.-e t'" v hs'h the axi . -h-eariv has outflanked and pierced. Ch inese Wa rriors \ Capture Positions In Eastern China JAPANESE PLANES BOMBARD DARWIN Allied Headquarters. Aus tralia. June IV- (AIM—liar win. Australia's nin th coast base, was raided h> Japanese war planes tuda> I'nr (he (bird suc cessive da.\ and a I'ew Casual ties resulted. (.eneral Mae Ai tluir's headquarters annouiie ed. President Roosevelt Reports Amount I o End of May 1 otais $4,497,000,000. Washington, .ftinc 17.— i YPi— President Konsevelt informed Congress today that letul-lease aid up to the end ul May totaled S, 197.000,000 ami that while the battle of production was on the the way to being won. the bat tle of distribution was in it> critical phase." "Our reservoir of resources is now approaching flood stage." lie said. "The next step is for our military, industiial and shipping experts to direct it lull forces against the cen ters ol enemy power "Great 15rit and the I'nited Stales a ri * ' ; ■, co* ;i mi e -d ac tion to carry our i; c, and weapons | i ill any t li ing tiiat v ii I lo;it or i i\ I to tli- place ■ 11 oi, which wo cun launch "Ur < >1 fen - i\ c .Mr. Konsevelt summed up for Congress the results of 17 mouths of lend-lease npcalions— with the emphasis finally shifted from foodstuffs and industrial mater ials to a preponderanee ol fight ing weapons and military items. The le nd-It a t program wa in t,t Uli'il • ^ an 11 i 911 and the aid c>. tel pled i nee Pat t me t i t; a Ilnti li c: -cilia nv ■ alt) of nation u.d 9a other conn; lac ha. anmm:tcd to S3,d73,dOO.(HHI m ■ od and yl).t i.uua. 0110 III -■ lice scr. re- a repairin'.; ship-, ferrying i.ireialt and provid ing product iOli f.a'iii i a ill th. cuun- ! ! AMERICAN PILOT WITH RAF SINKS TWO NAZI PLANES I ,ihkIi m, J nne 1 •">. — (AP) —An American volunteer with tin l!AK — Squadron header W. 1!. Cooper of St. Petersburg, Pla. -was credited i today with sinking two German sup ply shfps oft the coast of Holland last | niglit. Cooper, piloting an American made Hudson bomber, strutted a three-ship convoy oil IP n Holder, the air ministry news service said, and swooped down to drop hi.- bombs, sinking two and hitting the third. -- Capias Issued For Attorney Concord. .Tune la.—(AP)—Judge Zeb V. Nettles issued a capias for the arrest of Stoner W. Kluttz, Salisbury lawyer and a senatorial candidate in the recent primary, when Kluttz failed to appear in superior court hen at noon to am wer a citation for contempt. Nettles acted after overruling a motion by Buford Blackvvelder, Concord attorney, seeking to di qual ify him a pre.i'diii", judge. The heating wa- then continued aft-til - P u'l. 1 Japanese Conrronted With Major Diversion ! in Pincers Drive; To! yo Belatedly C! a ms Sinking U. S. V/ar ships. < hungking. .lime 15 —t.\P)— Vn invasion column o! lapauesc striking into Kiangsi province from flic east lias penetrated into Kwangfcng, 25 miles be yond the Chekiang border, cut ting the Chinese-held central x'-eti m of the Kiangsi-Chekiang rail line to less than 100 miles, the high command said tonight. __ (By The Associated Press) In the Asiatic theatre. Chin ese Generalissimo Cliiang Kai Shek's warriors were reported | today to have captured positions I within rifle shot of Nanehang, j enemy base in Kiangsi province. The Chinese, stid the central Daily New s at Chungking, gained f positions across the Kan river from Nanehang in fierce battles yesterday, thereby confronting the Japanese with at least a major diversoin in their Kiangsi Chekiang pincers drive against other large Chinese forces. Nanehang is a terminus of the Kiangsi-Chekiang railway which 1 lio Japanese have been trying to occupy completely by driving from both ends of the line against the Chinese-held middle section. Nan ciiang. in Japanese hands since 1938. ho.- be n under Chinese attack sever al times. The Japanese reported the cap- I lure of Shangjao in .ea.-ter Kiangsi, I about 25 miles from the ChekKtng border. While the Chinese fought a battle of delay and harrassment, the China Times at Chungking urged an allied offensive at once to drive the Japanese from their foothold in the extremity of the Mcutians islands and “pursue t hem right to the heart of Ta nan." Tokyo, -till trying to recover far" lor the recent naval licking of Mid- ! way i.-lond. announced belatedly to day that the Japanese had sunk a cnii.-er of the “San Francisco type" . and a dimarine in that battle. The United States Navy has announced it.- losses iii the Midway battle as one destroyer sunk and an aircraft carried damaged. There i> no “San Rranci-co type" eniist r. There is however, a San Francisco, one of .-(“veil cruisers of the Minneapolis class, varying from 11.375 to 9.950 tons each. I Indians Told Of Axis Ideals Beilin (From German Broadcasts) June ID.—(AD —1Diplomatic repre sentatives of Germany, Italy and .Japan told a meeting of Indian rep resentative-'at Bangkok today that-1 the axis was motivated by lofty purposes in wishing to see India at tain independence, and had no terri torial interest there. (The so-called Indian independence conference called by Japan at the Thai capital is being attended by I Indian nationalist elements for the most part excluded from India nr ro'nnect 'Mit win n the U. S. bat tle! loot \ ..'ill(i Japan. tin la.-t Januai'.i 26 Vorm.-Jein and 1 .aan y - iit tin 11 to Xavy Secretary Kik\ and asked that tiiey !a returned, with a bomb. Km ■: i-miuuiuw 1 ■ -day the* the mi-si oi v. .is ml; died on Apni I ik 'Ike im'dal , atlaeneo to a r.'iu -j" Iii'icl bomb, were di i ip|led .m I'uk.yo "\\ itii appi op riale ei'i cm iy ." Twelve Die Violently Death Toll From Sea board Wreck Boosts Week-End. Violent Death Total for State. Charlotte. June 13.—(AP)—At least twelve per on- died violent deaths in North Carolina during the week-end. Three resulted from high way accident.-. Fred Klultz. about 40, of Lincoln county, and Johnnie Harris. 21, of Newton, route 1, were killed near Newton in a collision ol two auto mobiles. Seven other.- were hurt, two critically. A man identified at Rex hospital in Raleigh as Edgar E. Brooks, 26, of Garner, route 1. died several hours alter an automobile overturned near Raleigh. Eight persons were killed at Kit h-ell when a freight train plowed Into the Seaboard Airline’s stream liner, the Sliver Meteor. Several hours after the wreck the body ol 11. M. Terrel. oi>. superm 'i-nrlent of the Virginia division of thi railroad—in which the accident hap i nid—waj found -hot to death at Kaisagh British Eighth Army Repulses German Ar mored Forces West of Tobruk and Counter Attacks Vigorously in Same Area. Cairo. June 15.— (AP)—The British eighth army. alter fight ing a furious battle with German armored forces attempting to drive a wedge between Tobruk and its western defenses at Ain el Gazala. is “counter attacking vigorously." general headquar ters announcement today. "Heavy fighting continues,” the communique said, indicating that despite the counter thrust of the British. the Germans were still pressing strongly. "The enemy are attacking our position near Acroma in an attempt to isolate tin.' troops remaining in the Ain cl Gazala salient.1" Ain el Gazala is nearly 40 miles west of Tobruk. “The battle has become fluid, with the Germans attacking northward from Trigh C’apuzzo and our mobile loi'cc.s in turn are attacking their rear from the south. "The enemy has been cleared :rom eastward of El Aden:. "Tin eighth army is counter at tacking vigorously and is in process oi adjusting its dispositions to meet di velopments.” With Field Marshal Erwin Rom mel’s land forces still hammering at British lines defending Tobruk, the German air force has opened an as (Con tin ued on Page Two) Survivors Save Would-Be Rescue Ship An East Coast Port, June 15.— (AP)—Survivors ol a torpedoed American merchantman, adrift in the Caribbean sea. twice out-argued persistent would-be rescuers and waved them out of an area where a submarine was known to be lurk ing. Two men died in the sinking of the vessel south of Cuba June 1. Fifty-three others — including four passcngi rs, 14 members of n gun crew and 35 (regular crewmen — escaped in two lifeboats and told the story released by the Navy today. Two Imrord a fired an h.-ur am.: *. iinishec. me sn.p I - Two British CcnvoysNow Under Attack ! _ Italians Report Sink ing of Ships and Dam age to Others in Fight Between Tunisia and Italian Island of Sar dinia. (By The* Associated Press) A great running sea-air bat tle, which on the lace of axis reports—the only information available thu> lar—seems to have stemmed from a major strategical move of the allies, was being fought today at Italy's Mediterranean doorstep between 1 unisia and the Italian island of Sardinia. The location of the battle, the strength and composition given by Home for the allied naval torce and the reckless expendi ture of planes in the attack on it suggested either that Italian ter ritory itself might be under at tack or that the allies were en gaged in a great transfer of strength between Gibraltar and Suez. The Italian high command, in a special communique, claimed that two cruisers, one destroyer and four steamers were sunk out of one of two British con voys. and a battleship, an air craft carrier, two cruisers, one destroyer and four steamers heavily damaged. The Italians said the convoy attacked was protected by "nu merous units of the line and by two aircraft carriers.” Spotting the convoy early Saturday, Ital ians said their scout planes later lost sight of it and the first attack was not delivered until Sunday. "Numerous lorm.itions of torpedo planes, bombers and fighters then * truck '.he ilotilla". the Italians re lated. They acknowledged Hi) planes lost themselves and reported shoot ing 15 carrier-borne planes down n flames. "The ope ratio!:- we’re resumed in the early hour.- of this morning .'taai::.-t the remaining units," the communique concluded. Naval warfare broke out meanwhile in the Black sea where the Red fleet, thundering into action to bolster Scvatopol against land assault .laid a cur tain of shellfire on the encroach ing Crimean line of the Ger mans. With dwindling tune in which to start a grand . tien.-ive before they are smitten atlank nr at the rear on a set ond K.,r ]><■,.n front, the Gor in ns are threshing at the ramparts of Sevastopol while the remainder of the last Gem an-Russian front shows signs of a . imminent general flai'eup. Despite a spendthrift u.-o of fight ing men. v. hi eh n some sectors out weighed the Red army and civilian defenders live md six to one, Adolf Hitlei still had only the hasty graves ’f his dead to show for his all out effort against Sevastopol. The Crime n port and base of Russia's Black sea fleet still flew the hammer and sickle though no one could say how long the hard pressed defenders could hold out. The vio lence of the fight mounted by the hour. The German high command said several fortified positions on the southern sid eol' Sevastopol’s broad belt of defenses had been captured by storming German infantry while lfi defending planes were shot down yesterday by German bombers and fighters over the Sevastopol fortress area. Mast ■* Karknv. where the Ger mans have been trying for positions from which to launch a grand offen sive toward the Caucasus, a battle for rectification of the line was said by Hitler’, command to have end «-'Ci lit h-- ue'*fAc*n.- favor.