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Satin Stsfrafdr - -—_ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-NINTH YEAR leased wikk service or " - -----— __the ass*„ATi-'.i. n<Ksa. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 28, 1042 ‘,L'BL,S"^;.Eptsunimytkknwn FIVE CENTS COPY Record VvarFund Measure Is Sent To House Floor I House Appropriations Committee Approves $42,820,003,606 Army Supply Bill; Total is More Than Direct Cost ol World War. \V,i hiugton. June 2.'!.— (Al’) —A - 12,820,00,‘t,(>()(> Army sup ply in. I largest, in history— ua> '* id to the House by its a]> prnl'i iat ions committee today to lii,,nice an Army with a stVeiiy'h of 4,500.000 hy duly 1. ]<).(.;. and to send war materials to eiIn r I'nited Nations. 1 in measure amounted in it self to more than this country's (line' outlay fur the World War and would boost to $205,211, 0:J!».5:;7 the total authorized or appi'i u’iated for defense and war m the last three years. 1 nr nimmilliT explained the ni i■essily* for the expenditures hy quoting Lieutenant General .1. T. Mi Narnry. the Army's deputy i chiel ol staff: i I he War department regards our present situation as the most critical which this country has ever encountered." T -icpsure would provide $12, 7(H'.'ioii.uni) for financing war ma tci .... •••: the United Nations, bring ing ' $62,944,650.000 the total ol ! I Ica.-t -lend aid thus far approved by ! I ('"Hg CSS. 1: :tided $11,316,898,910 for 23, I Sim i I.itics and spare parts. Army chic: .aid the committee joined in :i.- ng Congress that the allotment ! u- . ; ei.mplete the War department's pm' ■: President Roosevelt's produe ti'ii. I : "gram calling for 611,000 plane thi vr , and 125,000 in 1943. HuIlDenounces! Sub Sinkings Washington, June 2.!.— (AP) — Secretary of State Hull de- j, i l.u cd today the sinking of the \rgentine freighter Kio Tercero I III miles out of New York was one more instanre illustrating a polio of frightfulness which j the German high command is undertaking in the Atlantic. II .11 -aid at a press confer nee . cording to repoi Is the 4.800- ; : \: gen tine vessel had been at- | i "i and sunk in broad daylight, tin. ' iiminating an opportunity for the 11....is to hide behind the pretext li'. 'i 'be vessel could not be identi- I, tied II had reference to the tael I• .a tiennany in recently replying t" Argentine government jirolesl . " 1 i torpedoing of the Argentine tc.’cc i Victoria off Cape 1 latteras ex po d regret but contended the slip) mproperly marked and her idi■■ :ity had been mistaken. II ii. with a trace of anger in his V" aid the Rio Tercero sinking |a ■'• ed that, no matter how the policy is '.led in Berlin, in practice and Cl' ' il means that neutral sh p> will ’ he ink by German stibmarmes just • fls i 'inptly and criminally as any j "Uni vessels. ! -- j Navy Convoys Guard Troops Without Loss _ A-heville, June 23.—(AP)—Ralph H Hard, assistant secretary of the Navy, told the national governors ci'Micrence today that the Navy had convoyed great numbers of Aim ri euii troops to foreign soil without the j I" of a soldier. Hard discussed the Navy's exton- j mu convoy operations and other j activities at an executive session. j Hi rector Joseph Eastman of de- . I* me transportation advised the gov- I diiors that additional measures j might be necessary if the recent re- j< Htiest from his office that state and j ( county fairs, non-essential convcn- !| Huns and other unnecessary meet- , mgs be eliminated failed to bring I , H"' desired results. Discussing the Navy’s anti-sub-., murine campaign, Bard informed the > governors that a large number oi | anti-submarine boats had been de- , livered recently. fTe added, however, 'hut adequate training of the neces Muy crews required time. I Hard spoke hopefully on the out- i look for control of the undersea , menace to American shipping hut he i cautioned "it isn't a problem th <t i. * •l‘. • • c l.oked *<T' c* i i > ‘n 1 King and Archbishop Kinp Goonre II of Greece sips a Kln.ss of wine while listening to Archbishop Athonaiforas who is the | Ciieek bishop ol North, South and ! Central A'merica. This picture was tahon a I a dinner rrivon in honor of tho Kin;; at a New York hotel. (Central Vrcmt) I I __ Vital Prooiem of Sea Transportation Holds Attention of FDR and Churchill. —_—. I Washington. .In no '2!!.—-(.\l,i ; —President Knosevclt and Prime j .Minister Cluirchiil ol Britain cen tered their attention today on the I vital prolilnnt of shipping as | they went ahead with the map ping of plans for the I’nitod Na tions war strategy. They summoned shipping exp; rts | ;| tlie two governments to a White , House conference which was ries •rilied as one ol the most important ■ I the -1 i a| - ti:’ 1 ’i esident and the | irimi' u nistei' laive held during the i just hr hays. I The White House permitted the disclosure also that Air. | Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill had 1 conferred yesterday with Hr. T. A . Soong. < liina s foreign min ister who has been in the coun try for some time. Presidential Secretary Stephen Parly said il was "unite an extended confer ence." "The ibject was, of course, China n a military sen.-’ Parly said. The pres iii iit ial secretary said hat today' u ajor parley w ill he •on the -object o| ship building and ‘ ;hi|> iso." it was lie who said the i;o;ting v, a.- niio of the mo -1 im- , mrtaiit yet hold. RAF Planes Bomb Emden London, June 23.—(AP) British \ mi i . sir..-lied at the German . in\ al Im o. ol Piiuh n fur the third ; imo m lour day last night and it ( vas rel aid.y reported tlie attaek was icavy and meeo-- till. Tim -call of the attack was in- I heated hy the report that six piano- ; cere report; d missing from the op- \ , • I ■ration. I i ( libel l!AP lorees raided na/.i air- j ields and other targets in the low j ■ountries and Prance. 1 Flying Freight Supplies To C New iJelln. Juno 23. - (AIM - The lying freight; r- ol the United Stales 1 ei rv command. plus .'Vrmy bomb ■rs and lighters, are giving the im- | dements ol war to Generalissimo "hking Kai-shek s l iiinese aimie- I iospite the increasing i my ol til 5 noiisoon eii.-iin and the glowing . catch fulness of Japanese fighter c quadrons in Burma. i Medium and heavy bombers, i ighters. gasoline, spare engines and pan parts are moving in a small a tream from India to China. f Ferry command authorities said i |,e planes continued the run c hrnughout 1 tie monsoon although a egular airlines usually suspend op ■rations during the period. 1 I'h dre; u n to keep the flying r -1 •;ta. and .’.'iViOat planes m tire t More Troops To Egypt ★ ★★★ ★★★★★★★* ★★★★ Guerillas Fight On At 7 obruk _y Parachute Traps Hunt Last Faces Fall of Tobruk Said to Have Ccme After Week of Dishearten ing Luck for British Desert Armies; Water Supply Bombed. With I’.nLish forces at 11;i■ - lava I’ass. .June 21. (llelayod) — (AI’) Sonic of the defend ers of fallen Tobruk still arc fighting: on their own. resolved Lo die rather ilian be captured. They are the quarry of tier man parachute troops, the first used in all the bloody warfare an the desert. I’uracli utists floated down from a moonlit sky at several points on the Tobruk outskirts, silling into the numerous can yons in search of the British, Indians and South Africans who stayed on for last ditch guerilla fighting. The fall of Tobruk, the last major illied lorlress in Libya, came alter wo days ol the fiercest desert Tight— ng and a week of disheartt ning luck. When a British armored force ought contact with the mam axis orces but drove inlo an anti-tank rap during a dust storm on June 13 he chain of events leading to the donning of Tobruk had come to a •limax. Axis nun and armor finally closed wound Tobruk five days Liter. The main German mecnanized forces were concentrated to the tast. aided by constant daytime dive ;nmber raids and high level bom bardment by night. Despite this blazing hell ol heat md fire. Britain's young soldiers n Id their ground and met the Ger nan and Italian infantry hand to land even alter the enemy's tanks : id driven through a five-mile wide ;ap in the eastern defenses. Karla r bombing ol Tobruk water ower had left the fortress’s water ■ dilation m difficulty and the out lumberod defenders were tackling a wavier force ol guns. Till royal air force attacked time md again, smashing the enemy and ns supplies without rest but the ■in my was able to concentrate near y all his air strengtn at that one key pot lor the linal iffort. NAZI PROPAGANDA ON RED-JAP FRONT New York. June 23. (AP) - An i x is propaganda campaign, pro laring advance excuses for a Jnpan e attack on Russia or signifying irdcnl German desires for such an 111;uk, was launched today on the lerman radio. Tokyo newspapers were quoted at ength as saying that Britain and he United States were fomenting Russian attack on Japan, that this vas a main purpose of Prime. Min tcr C' h u it'll ill's visit to the United llates and that Churchill soon would ;u to Moscow to put the proposition ip to Pr< mier Stalm. ers Carrying hinese Army ir was strengthened by China's im erative needs and by the announc d determination of the British, imericans and Chinest to reconquer Surma at the earliest opportunity. Big planes that were made mainly or air traffic across the United tates have been stripped of littings nd hauling gasoline, engirus, and rums ol gasoline into central Yvn lan province from an airport in orthcastern India. Between that airport and China’s rmies is one of the world's toughest lying routes. For approximately 500 tiles Hie planes flying through fog, odge Japanese fighters over Burma nd skirt mountain peaks. Although the Japanese periodically ill the sky over Burma with fighters ,ot a tingle American height:r ha. Safi <1o\vTi. I U. S. Navy Plane Do*vns ip in Midway Batde •’*'**' ... -"■iw.." —■ ■>-wwwpfwww<wp!iji.w.i . - mm This photo was taken (lurm" the battle nl \lid«a' i Island and shows a I . S. Navy lighter plane (circle) in a vertical dive as Jap plane that it lias .just shot down burns in the left background. The i.mokr ( Kadionholo) mi ;dc at the right i '.he v raw ol another Nipponese plane. The powerful l . s. naval air and sea forces de al d a strong Japanese armada at Midway Island. The picture was radioed from Honolulu to the I . S. 88 Are Lost In Sinking Enemy Sub Sinks American Freighter in Three Minutes With-! Two Torpedoes. An Fast ( oast Port, June '111. — (API-1T wo torpedoes tired in quick succession by an enemy submarine sank a medium-sized American freighter in three min utes off tbe coast on June 15 with a possible loss of X8 Mvrs —tbe heaviest in American eoas 1 tal waters since the war began —tbe Navy announced today. Eighty-one persons, including 25 I United States soldiers and a num ber of crew members, were re-uwd Forty-four were In-ought to this port. 37 to another. Members of the crew said tli.it the torpedoes struck within a minute of each other and that the vcs. el. run ning full speed, literally plunged be low the surface about 75 miles off the coast. The ship sank so rapidly that nom of the crnlt’s ten lif'bunt could be launched and deck gun could not be tired. i They said that many ol the Bit reported missing apparently were trapped in cabins below clock--, as .the attack came at night while many of the crew were not on deck duty. The rescued, some of whom yi away on life rafts, were picked up 1>y vessels which were nearby when the attack occurred. U. S. MERCHANTMAN SUNK BY SUBMARINE Washington. .Tunc 23.- (AP) The Navy announced today that medium sized United Slate- merchant ves sel had been torpedoed approximate ly 75 miles oiT tiie New England e-ia- t and that survivors had been landed at an east coast port. Stock Market Is Stronger i New York. June 23.—(AP> -The stock market dug in for selective , recoveries today although demandi, was oven lighter than in yesterday' - ji selling. m Fractional advances appi tired her-' land there tit the opening and, while i many leaders failed to register pro gress, plus marks were fairly well l distributed near the fourth hour. WEATHER you VOHTH r.AKOi IMA. Sxifc'utl. COOii^r tuing’M British Leadership Censured In House AMERICAN SUBS SINK JAP SHIPS OFF CHINA COAST London. .Innr *23.— ( \i*)— \ Renters dispatch from ( hunk king suit! today that I'nited Stall's submarines operating oil the east China coast were report- 1 ed to have slick four ol seven .Japanese vessel** which rccentl\ ielt Hongkong for Shanghai. BERGBCLL ASKS TO JOIN FLIERS New Y■■;■! . .June - .\I•) 1 illuU' ( ' Il*\ 1 ‘ ‘ !|l(l III Li* 1' > l i . j t * * I 1, ) ! ■ i > ast and n ed At h n ney ( h tiem I i lidd'h ■ •• i: * \ l a |ii'i i i I . . | >.. ■• .* 11 . " hi a *1 that he : .iglit enlist "t ’he U. S. nir corps and redecn hinisei by ij . . enuntry lh . IK 1 tngdi ill' plea v a - cent.. a ie, I m I I* tie ent to liiddlt by .h>.~.i■ |>li C. I't a .ii si in. w I a i 11 'Id Middle Uml it* l- [ lull's pte.It. i a! -t W.I li.it a t: let. . . i nbta in free: Cotton Market Opens Higher New York, -bine A.I' • (A mi tut.nes opened l!n I" rent a aite higher. Parliament Members Learn of Heavy Naval Losses in Libyan De feat, Demand Ac counting be Made by Prime Minister. London. June 'l'.).— (AIM—Dis satisfaction with Britain's mili- ; tarv leadership flared openlv in the house of commons todav as it n reived its first accounting of the defeat in Libya. Mthough the heartening news came that Britain's desert light ers have been reinforced and that none reinforcements are on the way. the house learned that tlie naval side nf the Libyan struggle cost Britain seven war ships. including a light cruiser, and .10 planes. t'len!’ lit iv. At! Ir-•. tit»!: • ini< >i| -rrre- . Lily. atle ‘Mr rep.»rl n tin* .ilrciuv "1 P r " « M ini lei' t'h avhill. in the I’n.lrd Slate-. »ut "ilered little e\ i >ark w •: ie 11 j - - Med the British j eighth ■ y i.. du Kgyptnm berder. , Tlie house, apparentlv deter mined to fix the blame for the defeat, cheered when a conserva tive member declared that some members “no longer have con fidence in the militarv direction ot the war.*' A:- Pie ■ .!.!>« i del i amdixi te K'a A : :el i Vi;.: i hmiselt Would re: .rn • go .. : .11 M.dement and , a..- a a r ;hi a..; ••'!’. A an\ a ins quo— j • . S:: Sla : i d i': :p|> . !• *rd privy 1 , m\.I and .« ,uIt i ;;i the Mm i>e. an ' ' that tin re v. . ild ■) a two- ' ale ■ n lahya .'"<>n. i (' *ntinned on Page Two) Nationwide Gas Rationing In Offing, Wills Declares .V I.e. :lle. .lieu ’2A ( AP > Go. - •mnr Wniiao. II W.!1 el \' I'munt i - ii! the A4th ini 11,, i i NaP.-tia! Co rn lrenee l• day Pi.it 11 .t.• ' - vide gasoline rationing was "in the •i l ing" primarily beca ise ot the rut - - >cr shortage. In a speech p epa ed toi d 1 very t ,i lunehei n. tl t Yt ml eliiet exe • Uti\e 'aid he liirni hr- prediction ipen thi result- ol a national - ir ey. "It s based oil nibb- r siiortage. i"t on gas"! nr di-ir. 'alien -and if icople ol thi.- eiuutry know this I 'olir-ve they w ill accept it." lie so,id Governor Wills said lie had po'ii- l he governors "1 the other stoles on hi ir reaction to the price lixr g and ■aliening program and had on.oun ered a number of c-implaint', -any >t them, he said b -• ■ d on e-nflivi ng instruction; troiv. the nat. nu! i3lpl ici l. S . .1 >.i.d. "i; -i i' s tu me i i rt been a n uch greater t ii -| i: 11 ih p.ii t a t!ii- Amen- 1 a.in pit;. i. i .piT;,U‘ than there ti.i.- ni'i’ii mi ilit part i•; the federal • government t > arc mplish conrdma- ' tiun." 1 i A mn n - ' was devoted to M an ..pin "i'll!!, disi issnrn u))"ii pro- 1 g i'- - ol : ., war. m winch ■ relit lugil ti 4 , i-rnnn nt ol! i-1;i!- participated, i'hin included .Iissc .loins, seer retarj >1 I'onmiiTci and chairman ol ' Imn: Robert P. Patterson, under- i lion: Robert P >’ «tti rnson. aider- I sect etary of War: Ralph A I Sard, as- i - -taut . '-ii '.my of :he Navy: Don- : aid M Ne|-iin. chairman "f the war I i" ■ 111u' 1 in iniai'il: Leon Henderson. p dn list ato Paul V. McNutt, 1 chairman ol the war manpower com i ission: .lamps M. Landis, director < ot m’ ilian detens' and ,h ■■ ph B f.a. man. d'rec'or of fhi rff.m . 1 d:- > o'-n'p 1 amp elation U. S. Planes Join Attack On Germans More Reinforcements on Way to Bolster Britain s Defeated Li by an Army; Ger man Paratroop As sault Now Feared. (By Tlic A.- ^iatcd I’ross) ]!i'itain - (Ic.-i rt armies have already been reinforced since he jolting defeat in Libya, it ,vas announced officially today, nit at the same time fears weiv* •x pressed that the Germans ,vere preparing; a ntass para •hute descent behind the British ines in Kgypt. While tne crisis remained acute and the Egyptian govern ment began recruiting 50.000 vol unteers tor air raid precautions, tile British ambassador declared confident^ in Cairo: ■'The situation is satisfactory. "We shall heat the enemy de cisivcl.i. The population should remain calm. Have confidence. East year the situation was much worse and in spite of that we won." A i ■ '.val sir n.ree communique dis •loscci tli.it mg Pile - motored United States Ai nomber- had joined in hi dt veinping buttle "I Egypt, st acking the axi.- uj>| l'y base at Ben ;a> j. Tin. American I her- and royal air sci plane- starteii many tires and nil.vied damage on piers and railway 'dings, the communique said. London mililan quarters said thee expected Marshal Erwin Komnic) s ucxi move would be synchronized with an invasion of Ee\nt h\ thousands of ns/i paratroops anil glider-borne in l aiili \. An Italian communique said axis vanguard had now reach ed the l.g.vpl frontier. ''The po.- : on o difficult, but the iff!:'. 1 "i Iubva -till continues,” De ni". Prone MinisU r Clement R. At loo toot pin ::a:: on', in London. "Wi still ha. e strong torees in the a I- i .oid s.n• -:antiai land and air re al o ■ cuts nave an arriving and tlu r.~ are . oi the w ay." ’i’n I"..ii. ■ i ..if:, e me.and said lplt'ted mopping i1 ■•per;it - ..: To:.r,.k. which fell kium.v , a .. 1.(i-m ,u assault, and ei . o r, ,.;i 1 j;;.0(H) prisoners ad ueen taken. f 'n ire So\ ;el ligidmg iron!, Rus a. ...me- ■ • g i.: Jespcra tely to "id tie : "■ ■ u .m.pants of Sevas i and ei : -e: ol new at ! ees - the So\ .o' -.i- d .item's said led ai :i:> : • I ■: eements were O..o..,! I.: S • ny sea, and de la red :: - R..-.-...a garrison had oirm-fi ■ . . German “*./* -fhrust tCoiitm ,- ii .oi I-age Two) Legionnaires Hear Daniels At Asheville • V-llc- die. June Ilk. — (AI1)—Jose i >..n.ei-. statesman and editor, •d : :a\ tl.at 'when the United fates u a . tt.a-ked on the day of cairn. i • tiers ol the American •of,."it were an ong tin- :irsl to tend tm am. iU ..tioii that glorified it-n in l!ll7-' 1S." 1 kill .o!- n ... a l lie - i.iloment in an iidre.-- prep i ed delivery before in aim i ii. ! • -in enli. >n ol l he North ai'. >1:11.1 depa - 'ii out ol the Legion. He p .used inc coinage and valor ! T!-■ Aii or .-..n soldier in the first Co ld Wa ,,nd -a.d the true char t'lor o' 'me An.ei a-ati man ol arms .a- dc-n.bcd a, the kindly attitude i if-* - i > oenipation toward the onqaeied. lint, re n. "y. , paused to bury "Ur dead e-■ ■. rude- on the fields then they had fallen in supreme ie'otion and in what they truly be at cd wii: a war against war. Your nemorx "I tin- World War is not mar ch by any ae1 ol yours that brought he riis llusionnn nt that came when statesmen so-.-ailed, fumbled the '-1!I and siirrendered the victory. . ” 1 hi tin program was election of tlfii'eis. Henry L. Ingram of Ashe torn was unopposed for the office '! department commander to succeed x. L. Mckhiiar. of Raleigh.
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