iienlterson Srnlp Stspafily _ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA __ ■jnVKN n -NINTH YEAR lTUKKA^^tl%l^r HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 18. 1942 ,JU1!1JS'Sc™i^KHNu,,N FIVE CENTS COPY Nazis Threaten On Two Fronts Sales Tax Unlikely To Pass Messerschmitt Lands at La Guardia Airport * E,New York^Citv after'aridvd,P°fman “cs^rsehmitJ-109 ^ting plane. It is shown at LaGuardia , , 1 °11' ,afte,r amving from Washington. It is part of the air cavalcade that is to tour t c country to encourage bond sales. The plane, flown by (apt. Elmer JIcKesscn of R chmond V was shot down over England and rebuilt. It has a swastika on itj tail, and the British efnblmnon its to avoid mistake* in identification. (Central Press) U. S. Is Stronger In Pacific Mexico Aids In Sub Hunt Planes of Latest Bel ligerent ‘Winging Far to Sea’ Searching for P aiders. !'•' The Associated Press.) 'M'ws of aid to the I niled Whites in the war on axis sub m.ii int s eame from Mexico City with the announeement Hu! Mexican patrol planes are srntiring the Gulf of Mexico and H ' I'.ieifie under orders to "sink "ii mlit" all prowling undersea Inuts. '1 e officially announced ■ likings since Pearl Har med at 275 in the Atl.miic water-. General Kobcri * ' :.mi' of Mcxici>'■ iniiitai v aid: !"lots tire wincing lar out '.arching for t!:• enemy I ' ere. We have no news of any yet. but our fliers hope t be long before they have amity to fire their machine ' mi loose their bombs against declared war on the axis i 'nrce weeks ago. I icrio said twelve modern pa li"i planes have reached .Mexico "i mi lit days and already are in Sl 1 ' ice. Aeknow lodging dil h' uhy in obtaining more ships speedily from the i'nited States, He s.ud Mexico was expanding ds own manufacturing anil re pair facilities. Washington, Rear Admiral R" ' ' W. Wuesche, commandant id S. Coast Guard, stressed the sacrifices ol coastal Ii hcr Replymg to a protest from the R | 1 city Tuna chib against the -mile ocean limit for sport and 115 Mitinued on Pago Seven) Balkan Axis Allies Dispute Over Frontier 1 tanbul, June 18.—(AP)— Ru II " and Hungary together are u 'di dding about ' 600,000 troops ’! the Russian front and most of 1,1 are lacing each other across Hu di-puted Translylvania border, a neutral traveler reported today llll<: y isiting both countries. "Relations are so strained that dnything can happen any time," he i-iml. "Nothing will prevent the Rus Slilll‘ li'om attacking the Hungarians to,yun back Transylvania." 1 be intormant said that both na Ro'is had agreed at German behest jy mid-May to withdraw their 1)'unsylvunia troops but that neither Jmd kept the pledge. (Only part of Iransylvania remained under Rus sian sovereignty after a territorial settlement which Germany forced Rumania to make.) 1 be traveler estimated that Hun nevertheless lias increased her contribution of men to Germany's Russian front to 186,000 as compar ed with 100,000 last year, whereas Run mia had sent un y 100.00:1 eo . - f iling Heard In Caribbean Bogota. Colombia, June 18.— (AP) - X'. v, papers here printed reports today that cannonading was heard !a.-t night oil the Colombia coa t and they expressed belief that Unit d States destroyers were battling axis : uomarines. Advices from Rinhacha'. on Co lombia' Caribbean coa-i, about 500 miles east-northeast of the Panama Canal, said that the shellfire seemed to have originated about 40 miles off shore. The reverberations came about 8 p. m. (t) p. in. EWT) yesterday. Axis Uses New Bomb Rocket Type Weapon Makes First Appear ance in Sea-Air Medi terranean Battle. London, June 18.— (AP)—Axis planes participating in the great ,-eu air battle in the Mediterranean this week were reported today to have en ployed a ihw type rocket bomb characterized by technical authorities a.-, the most important innovation since the introduction of the mag netic mine. Some experts went so far as to say that because of its terrific p. ne trating power and high potential ac curacy the new weapon might result in development of a technique that would supersede dive bombing. The rock'-1 bomb reported used by the axis planes, described as the aerial equivalent of a high caliber artillery shell, apparently is similar to bombs which Russian aircraft re cently have been rcporUd employ ing with great efrect against na/.i tanks on the eastern front. Self-propelled, the new bombs are attached to the under side ol the wings and are aimed by pointing the j plane’s nose directly at the target, i When discharged they leave a trail of sparks like the tail of a comet. WPB Shakeup Is Predicted Washington, June 18.—(AF)—A war production board spokesman to day predicted an “extensive organi zational realignment" of WPB with in a month, which "inevitably wdl bring the abolition of some jobs.’ At the same time, he emphasized that the changes probably would not be based on the latest congressional criticism of $l-a-year men, released today by Chairman Truman, Demo crat.' Missouri, of the special Senate defense investigating committee. WPB Chairman Donald Nelson de clined to comment on Truman's d’- j (Continued on Page Sv\ en) ; Nimitz Hints Of New Blow Ten-to-One Toll Al ready E.xacled In Jap anese Men and Planes, Admiral Says. (BjJ The Associule.il Press) A picture of tremendously growing- American strength in tile battle of the Pacific, where U. S. airmen have already ex acted a ten-to-one toll in -Japan ese men and planes, was drawn by Admiral Chester \V. Nimitz today along with a hint that new siedge hammer blows against •Japan are in the offing. "We arc-- greatly increasing our battle strength." Admiral Nimitz declared. "Our ships, planes and pilots are being added in constantly in creasing numbers. "We can take satisfaction in the knowledge that in every met ling with the enemy since December 1, his losses have greatly exceeded ours in the t oral sea and Midway actions, his personnel losses were at least ten times greater than ours, and his plane losses in almost the same ratio." Meantime. American bombers were preparing to help Generalissimo j diking Kai-Shek's hard driven i armies in China. Announcement that Colonel Caleb V. Ha.vne.- of Vit. Airy, N. C, vet eran of the battle of Burma, had been appointed chief oi the U. S. bomber command in China indicated that the new American force would soon go into action. The news of the China fighting front again was dark. Chinese headquarters acknowl edger! that Japans invasion armies now hud seized all but 50 miles oi the 450-mile Chekiang-Kiangsi rail way which feeds supplies into the heart of China. Informed Chungking quarters said they believed Japan might attack Fills km Siberia before the summer is over, but declared that at the mo ment the Japanese were concentrat ing on reinforcing their air strength in the China and Burma theatres. Chinese army intelligence reports indicated that the Japanese had now massed 500 plane- in Burma —per haps for an attack on India or on far southwest China—and had increased the number actually in China to 300. NAZIS CLAIM SINKING OF 19 MORE VESSELS Berlin (From German Broad cast), June IS.— (AID—German submarines have sunk 19 more ships totaling 11)9,000 tons in the Atlantic and Caribbean, the high command announced in a spe cial communique today. ART1II R PRYOR DIES West Long Beach. N. J.. June IS.— (AP)—Arthur Pryor. 71, noted bandmaster and composer, to whose martial air millions of Americans march, died at 5 a. m. today at his home. Revenue Completed Administration Re pelled Exert, ng Ter rific Pressure Against What Sales i ax £enti raerit Remains -;.i Com mittee. Wa-hington, June IS.— (AI’J —A sa:cs tax was c> needed hy its advocates toda.t i.> have only ai out. id.- chance ci' approval as ! - H i: ways m-,1 means committee began putting the finishing touches op a tax bill which probably will produce about $6,650,000.01)0 in new revenue. n >i)ins to has been increased to two pound each, but each stamp will cover lour weeks instead of two, so the weekly ration for each consumer will remain at a I half-pound. Stamp number 4, now valid lor I the purchase of a pound, will expire j at midnight June 23, the office of price administration announced. . Number 5, good for two pound-, may j be used at any time up to July 2(i, ! and number <> will then be valid un- ; til August 22. Under the new plan grocer.- will have fewer stamps to hrm do. j It Isn't True . I Raleigh, June 18.—(AD- It j isn't true, says Mrs. Mickey | Rooney, that she and hei hus band, the movie star, have sep arated. "It' ’s so silly," ijhe .aid con cerning a rumor of the separa tion. "There isn’t a bit ol truth in it." Mrs. Rooney, who is spending some time here with her sister. Mrs. J. A. Grimes, announced that she plans to return Sunday to Hollywood and Mickey. She is the former Ava Gard ner, daughter of Mr... J. B. Gardner of Rock Ridge. She said site had planned to v isit Wilson on her trip to North Carolina but now wasn't sure she'd be able to make it before returning home. The rumor that she and Mickey had decided to go dd ferent ways "began the day I lett Hollywood," Mrs. Rooney said. At least one movie columnist has telephoned to inquire if the ru mor had foundation. weather" FOR NORTH CAROLINA Little change in temperature t night. _ _^ They Fought For Freedom Nazis in occupied France called these five Frenchmen saboteur--; th- ir own people call them patriots. They are pictured as they waited for a firing squad to do its work. One of the accused men lifts his bauds in a plea of innocence. The others, though they kneel, show no terror to their captors. Defiance is their only emotion as they await death. (Centyul 1*/ cst*/ War Expenditures Near Billion Daily Miller Heads AP Bureau New York. June 18.—(AP) — An nouncement that Paul Miller will be- j come eh ip I of bureau in Washing ton was made bv Kent Cooper, gen- - oral manager of the As -opiated Press today. Alilkr, who succeeds the late lii van Bell, has had experience in - at .oil, departments ol the organiza ion and has headed three 1 >ureaus. He goo- to Washington i'nr.i; a po.-i !ion as oxe-.M,, ive a.-si.-tant to t!ie gtneral manage r. Watch Your Investments Eabson Discusses Out look lor Leading In ustries, Advises Some Readjustments. By FHHiKR U BABSOX Copy rigid --1942—Pui>! islu rs Financial Biavau. Jnc. New A'-irk. .1 an 1A t >m .- a ye 1 like to give reader.- a brief lesume of some of the various leading in dustries. I am arranging these, how ever. alphabetically rather than in accordance with their immediate importance, as they are changing their relative posdion e eh month. Following arc my condensed ana lyses: Industries for Consideration. AGRICULTURAL KQCrPMKNT: An essential industry. Profits satis tactory, dividends hlnFarm i prosperity should maintain post war sales. AUTOMOTIVK: Practically en tirely converted to war production. Protit margin dow Faxes up. War end outlook favor hie. AVIATION: Outlook .or manufae (Continued on Page Four) Joe Loins s rights 10 Be In l nitorm Washington, June 18.—(AP)—Sec retary ol' War Stimson said today that heavyweight Champion Joe Louis would make no more public appearances, except those strictly for the armed services, until In rom lleted his basic training. Louis, who is Corporal Joe l.ouis Barrow in the Army, now stat ow'd it Fort Devons. Mass., lias been un able to keep up v. ith the Army's military training program, the s Cre .ary .aid Budget Director Re veals Accelerated Pro duction in Nation’s Arms Factories. Washington. June 18.— (AIM — Budget Director Harold D. Smith revealed today that Amer ica's arms factories are rolling so fast now that government war expenditures have climbed to approximately SI.000.000.000 p< » week. "That shows." he said in an in terview. "h<.\\ we are g 'in ; into po tion against the axis." The accelerated pace oi war pro duction. Smith continued, "assure our hittmg on the nose our estimate nt >28,000,0011,00(1 ni war expendi ture- for the fiscal year which ends this month." He said the pace also made more pn-bable his e-timate that SYO.OOI), 0(10.000 would he spent for war in the i omit'g I is cat year. Trcasurj expenditures for war purposes alone. Smith explained, have climbed steadily from S109.100.000 in the week before l’eari Ilarboi to SO 11.100,000 . last week. Till' ■•> 1 .(KiO.OOO.ooo-a v, i •. > pact not only i- the bigge t .-penc mg figure in Americaii hi.-loi y. in,; it al-o o\ er-ltadov,a. every o'.her bel ligcrrhl- v S.r Kmg.-iey Wood, Chancellm ol Brit h i sciiequer, said yesterday that In- country was -1 'ending >887.000.000 a r iu-; Ger man. It,I--.an and other totals also aio lower although exact Imurcs are not a\ailahlc. Foreign n ary totals, h iwevcr, aiv noi ncce -oily com pai able l*• .",i1 :crican figure oi cause .a itilft 'ciice in i I'sourcc- and price ICVCIs. Edgar Bergen Paid $282,000 Philadelphia, June 111.—(.AP) — Edgar Be: gen, whose lively "dummy" mend. Charlie McCarthy, has lr.cn pleading o: an increase .11 a ,'a-eciU a-week allowance, was paid $282,000 lor his radio work in 10-11 by Stand ard Brands, Inc. Bergen's income was almost lour times the payment made l>\ the com pany to its former pre-id; nt and present chairman, Thomas L. Smith, who rceo.ved $7,1.000. additional an nual reports filed with the securi ties and exchange commission reveal ed today. Many ol the late reports showed executives of linns now engages in war production were given substan tial increases last year. Included in this group weir Charles Balough, president, tr.a urer, general man ager ol the Hercules Motor Corp.. Canton. Ohio, who received $60,000. including $36,000 as bonus ot share in profits, a $21,000 increase over his 1040 income, and Park F. Williams, president ol the Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corp., who lump d from $_ 1,0o 1 ,u li*it* m , ,i, t _ ear Sevastopol Fort Gorky Is Captured British Armies in Libya Reported Split Into t wo Parts, With British Withdrawing to Near Egyptian Frontier. Thl ,\ -: 1 and -aid. The n. /.i cl oa : ilaving knifed into Se\ a-top: IT ring of fortifica .ion- was uhconliimed elsewheie, the Rus a.ns detckiring they bad beaten >11 a ser.es ol sa\age new attacks. In the I.ibyan desert struggle. British imperial headquarters acknowledged that British troops had withdrawn to fortified posi tions near the Egyptian frontier, quitting Sidi Rezgah and El Adem and leaving Tobruk prac tically surrounded. A na/.i communique said strong German and Italian tank formations were pursuing the eastbound Brit ish Column, which was described as "fleeing” toward Bardia. 15 miles from the Egyptian frontier. The c nun.unique asserted that -everul de.-ert forts on the southern perimeter of Tobruk’s defenses had been captured. Sidi Ke/egh 125 miles -outheast of Tobruk and 50 miles from the Egyptian frontier: K| Adorn is 18 milts due south of Tobruk. An Italian war bulletin asserted that ae lal rcr ulna -saner disclosed the British v ere beginning a general l(A uit a rued on Page Seven) Jap Threat Less Grave Stimson Says Losses in Recent Battles Have Reduced Danger of West Coast Attack. Washington. June IS.— (Al*) — Secretary of War Stimson saitl today the losses inflicted on the Japanese in me Pacific had tem porarily hut substantially reduc ed the threat of an attack on the Pacific coast which he has re peatedly said might be expected. War and Navy department infor mation he aid. that the Japan ese line tar had made only a "ve*’y a all landing in the Aleutian is land- off Alaska but he stressed that l"g and imla\arable weather obscur ed developments in the north Pa cific. Information is still incomplete, the secretary also told his press conference, on the earlier air and sea engagement off Midway. "tSut after three days of fight ing tin enemy fleet was scat tered over the Pacific ocean, hustling away as fast as it could in the opposite direction, with out air protection.” he added. In the Aleutians, Stimson said, the American and Japanese forces thus far had only fleeting glimpses of ay’h othe> through Ihe eyes of air men. lie pi mm-ed that the government would n ake available "every bit of i nl .’nation we can." about the Aleu ’■ians as well as the earlier engage a lit oil Midway island in the Pa s' and m the Coral sea near Aus