North Carolina Newspapers

3 Hettlterjgim ®mlg Uispafrft _ ----- ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA tWKNTY-NINTH YEAR i-kaser wire service of , --—-— _the assiii'iatki) press, _HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 21, 1942 M" ex'<'ept sl-ni>aytkknoon FIVE CENTS COPY Crisis Near As Result Of Sinking Orli/. Has Been III and Inactive for Nearly Two Years; Acting President Ramon S. Castillo Has Headed Government. i; . Aires, I title 1. i ,\ I' i i’ll -uleiil Ki il k rt < i ,\I. iiili/ ;iimI inactive for neai'lv (hi. signed his resigna ii ia.v just as the "pru lii'iiti isutral" administration nf a' I’resident Kamon S. (a.'ti 1 announced it was pro :■ -til vigorously to Germany again ' the sinking of an Ar rent! i flip by a German sub marine. Willi ( astillo in control since Oil / retired July 3. 1910, \r guilina lias been steered along raiilnni- paths and is the only Ann i n an republic besides ( bile Hliiih maiiilai'ts relations yyitli the .iris. O i/ resignation, (lidding to turn (tic responsibility for the gin rnnirnt over to ( astillo in ininic well as fact, is expected in In- received by the Senate liiis .1 In noun nr evening, i ■ .good once bcliire. An , -! . ’.940, in an interna] polii . but tlie resignation was .o, reconciled to Ins phy ■ that Ins near blindness remedied, lie already ha inive his personal effects ' • csidential mansion. Thus left with i e.'poiisibi lily ,i (thug of 1110 tim-e public atie situation created nv of the 1 reiglilcr 1 i. 1 the Atlantic o .a.-1 "I tut ri«i'ii' .ni/ Guinazu. annmiiuril .11ti i a lung conference with < as lilln lli.it ;i protest was being nude in Merlin against the sub m.ii ini' '‘aggression." office circles said tlie .'.'as in "most emrgetic mi Ruiz Gr.inaz.i: !ui: dl I ' the circtini-tanci . tin i ■ .■ ■ : \ cd most energi tic cnii "i n and con-equcni l.v the pi'n '■ ' demand lull categoric . at . dccause tin.-, act is ol such “ a r that it c.mmit be di — • i ,u detense ot the mi\ crign Rite. .. il another Argentine ship e■11 ■ u tlie wtir was handled ami t'li'h ihllo’s administration c.\ 1"’ a.-sttranee that Germany tike restitution al'tei tin 11 the damaging of another 'iitly brought German e.\ 1- 0 _■ 11'' re jTet. case, which ha. nrnu..c.'l 11;me public, may cat), r a Min m Argentina's lorcigu P'jlii ■>. An i 1 iiial police guard were ■ tlie German ei1iba--y la A ; foreign office .-piike man •’’ii '-(I that Arcgntina was itik "i ions view of the de-truc tn-n ' the Kin Tcrcero and the kill . e of her erew. Third Class Postal Rates To Be Hiked h" hingt.)ii, .June 24. — iAP) The *' ' ways and means committee ■' 'cd today to require the Postof : department to raise rates on . l::1|d cltis.. postage, or periodicals and ;"T.ci tising matter, enough to pay ‘"C c-st ot handling them. Representative Cooper. Democrat, i o'n.i said it had been esiimat- 1 l'd tii.it [|le department was sutler- j j!,8 S2ti,000,000 annual loss in de ot that type ot mail committee directed the Posl "!:,ce department to submit a rc P'in iieiore it raised either second ('r third class rates. Second cla ‘"lc , ettecting newspapers, would j* ••• Cd a total ot $78,Otm.miO un i'1 " c.iinmittee decision iast «crl. 'tad this was the amount ol tm' I,.n" ■ ■ h'1 icit m handling 1 ml ^ ■» - • • •. 111 f* V coining is Wasted That old adage about necessity be ing the mother ot invention cornea to the lore in St. Kli/.abeth’s Hos jntal in Shanghai, China. A Chineje nut so holding a baby uses an Amer ican Hod Cross rice sack as a blanket a'<' . its original contents hail boon removed. The thrifty Chinese also use the sacks for making sheets and clothing. (Central Press) Tern Little Surrenders Statesville Man to Ap pear Monday for Trial at Charlotte on Liquor Charges. ( harlotte. .lime ‘M.— ( \l’t — Toni O. I.ittle of Statesville,,, member of the state Democra tic executive committee under indictment here for alleged li quor law violations, posted SI.000 bond todav for bis appearance in superior criminal court next Monday. I.ittle .: I elide: (1 to St.de Imre i t inn was in ought hei c . ist night. St.n.' t i' ,! ulge W. II S. turgv vn :■ sin-el a ea|>i:. - lor h i - ar . ' vt a iav Utei a grand ju \ in i i 'mi ■ ' ■ |'!.i• at■- d liiir in a la g" IM i ... I' mii.’:” : ackct a I leg' dly leaded \ (I I.inpard. Tl i Utile and e gli! nth" • ndieted wi'h h:" 1... - I 'irn -i I lor Monday before .ludgi I! av yn. '['I: State allegid that I a11 le. a (inner Iugitive o| t irr l"i 'he S'a'e irisim department. go (led Ik| m illipiaent- into C'hn: lot te. v. Iie>'e. the •ilati >1 i they wire old : 1. ;i ia.'d retailers. Holland Says Army Should Guard Roads 4 — A lie. da .Illl'" .’I ' AIM C"\ '' mr S|» sard I. Holland ol I- irida old tile National (I m er i i"i ■ C 'oil I " - - re jodav that .n h ipini 'll tin \rniy. inst ad of state or ioeal an horities. shoo Id provide all - i irotec‘.ion needed for highways and bridges '. fill t" • l.'taiv operations. Ill an addles- prei ia red to! > 11' ivery at tile I mal ..I tin- eon ferent'(’'. Ttth animal se-.-m: . CJover mr Holland aid: ••[t mu-' he ia-e, ign1 ted that the \ ra v ind tl e st ites h ive d fIerent degree ,,| o lee.' n the iirotei'iion ,f a In alge o' highway The slat • would. and I think pi'o| al ly weigh tin- I'o-t of complete guard protection against the vest of repair or replacement, taking info consid eration the a va dab] i l.v ol a Itci n.ite routes to handle c-sen! il lrghway trill l ie • The Ai my on the other hand , ■ h not consider the loss ol a \ it.il or dge final the -ingle standpoint • •: eeoiio . n . nor could it tolerate, as could ■ ,i ms, the delay oid incom< n :onc(. ot ,s.ng detours and alternate Imigei i • ■ Me- ” Ooi ernoi Holland shared the spot ght "j tie conference’s eln-ing nro :,;ii' u 'h Oo\ ernor .Julian T’ Heil a vViscon in, who nged hi, neees tv e Mi a,:' t 11 art to ■' Ml til" Soldier Pay Allowances Bill Signed President’s Signature to M e a s u re Opens Way for Reclassifica tion of Married Men Through Aid to De pendents. Washington, .lime '!?.— (AIM — I’ri'-jdcnl Roosevelt signed the service men's pay allotment and allowance hill today, paring the way for iin ineial aid to depend ents id' fighting men and rc clasificatinn of married men for Hie draft. Pro. 'ding f. r led; r 11 p yments t ■ -1fI>;>I ■:o lit allotment- Irnm .service mrii' jj.iyeliccio to support their de ! ' m|itlic legislation also con tain- a pr- i v i mu t ii'imi' at ing a r m gre.--,, ; policy that select :ve serv ioi -ia,u!d "not break ip the insti tution "I the home." To any i t th - policy. Congress v : ite 1 to :lie bill a ithurify fur selec tive ser\ ice oi l cials to defer any and all categories ol men having de iii■nde'i'■ ".at: wi> n: th- y aiainfain a bona fide fiiu.by relationship in! their heme. Under this provision members if tlie H nise military affairs com mittee said, selective service prnb ibU - mu could set up separate; '.'.maps within th registrant.- mm. in Class In the lirst group would be j ■ .non vvit!i a v.sirking wife, in the ! , next men with a non-working wife, then men with me child and on down the line. Before any men in 4 Cla.-s M would be inducted, all eligible registrants I rum Classes 1 and 2 wmil be called. The legislation recognizes the fi- j panda] aspects ol dependency but | * ill part- fri in existing p I icy in that j * re- - the family relationship. T'ne 1111 it i sent and allow once pr<» ill- apply to men ill tile Army up p • and pub icling the rank of line ei g. ant .md ii tlie Navy to men m to and itiel ding third ela.-s petty if 1 icers. CCC Loses In Senate U'.i lillial'"!. .lane 21. ( A I') Ail- ] in' I .!■ mi ri i"i't 1 n ecnlinue the 111111'11- ii "t tin1 t-1\ 11i;in ca- i ! i. •!, ciip' sul lend i new set hack tn I..'. wl: ii tin Senate ;i pun ipi ia lions i’"i: !'iiltee deelined i" • apply $811,- . I Id ;■ "i . ki'il I"! I:h ■ e purposes. ,\ ; i r • i::: >» • I -.aid t' >r cm i '■ n it t('(- vot- i i ei I | i e. «i to c: ;t nl I ■ CCC I unds as j c . .site i ec.ii' .11. v "Hive. I 'rc\ : * 'll' — ; ! I\ Me l !"•( e hud taken simihii ar- j 1 loll. e SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHAKES NEW ZEALAND -- I r, \V> 1lmet"n. Net Zealand. June 24. i \ 1 * i A se\ i'i " e.irthipiake shook : tin' northern land d New /ealand 11 ml.iy. - In Well nal"ii. the shock was the 1 wo: I led .n ii,all.v yeai's. Chim ney.' were lelled and windows wer • hrokcn. Thus lar no casual!ics have .urn i cpnrtcd. _ i Senate Gets WarFundBill i W.i.'IcngtnH. .Ini!'' 2 » i AP) i A rcci *i d-shattrrmg Army ap- * proprialion> lull of *42.320.003,- j HOH reached the Senate today less than .1 week alter arrival there of a hill authorizing an 1 unprecedented * 8 . >3 0.000,DUO program ot naval construction. 1 Both were passed by the l' I louse unanimously The Arn \ supj>l> hill, nil- ^ pha>i/mg mech § i/.ed striking ^ drength. i> designed to outfit 2s and equip an am > I 4,.">00,000 |( men b\ July 1, 1943. I * The n r a 1 construction mea> ure, conreidr.it mg on floating eruisei carrier—dost r • * \ e r cate gory. plus 1.000 torpedo boat'', >uhe ha « • and natrol craft J* vei o evpe 'tei t.. 1 -reive t 0>> “ ' ^ ‘h • ai. i Jap Forces Lose Kiangsi Province nr* *T“r • I own lo Chinese Gets MacArthur N:Ae Dittle Danny Gilford, It) (left), re cently wrote to Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur 'to convince liis pal With him, Jackie Fahy, that Pearl Har bor was not held by the Japs' He is shown shaking hands with Jackie after receiving a reply from Mac Arthur which said that Pearl Har bor was under the American flag. “They didn’t take it,’ the note read, “and don’t be afraid, Danny, they won’t take it.” (Central I'ress) Nazis Break Red Lines Wedge Driven Into Defenses at Kharkov; Furious Assaults Made at Sevastopol. M < scow. •In no 21.— 'AIM — Reckless charges bv hundreds of navi tanks followed by infantry have driven a. wedge into the R( d army defenses on the K har kov front in the I kraine and are bringing overpowering st'euglh to hear against the far outnum bered defenders of Sevastopol in Hie Crimea, the Russians con ceded today. Pi patches to IzvesUa from be eged and hard pressed Scv;..topol echoed that the fight for tin im h,riant _oi ! continues ' \v th mi bating ferocity" and said uperinr nemy force.- are furiously pres; ing iwai'd 1 he town." The gi'■ "rnment new nnnoi no iii ,t -aid thousands of German dead tiered the battlefields alt" e ,.v Park again-t the Sovii t-h'Ta ha - ■ .11 at which the (lerr an . ha . e urled tanks by the score ;.:rl in intry in waves. At a -ingle point "it the Kh:n I: r. - nt. the German- massed fkr! lam-, i an onslaught which began on June 2. I ll st anniver-arv of the German ova -i< n. and has been incrcasia.g uiistantly in lury and force, -aid in sian di patches. At Seva-topol. the overwhelmin': iree o! the German offensive was tdieated by a report that the nazis i nt two divisions of infantry tup i ibi.OOO men) and numerous tanks ito the attack in a single narrow trip. Broughton On Committee Ashev ill»\ June 24.—(AD—Him ational Governor- Conference elect - ti today the following executive nmmittee: Gov v mors Herbert Fv. O'Conor o! laryland. Leverett SaTTorl Stall of lassaehuset:-. J. 'Ah Broughton of forth Carolina, John W. Brickcr of )hiu. and Herbert B. Alavv of Utah HIATHIR FOR NORTH CAROLINA Continued rather cool tonight, with -lishtlv lower temperature near the coast. - I YVeslern Claw of Jap anese mincers Pushed Back Along Chekiang Kiangsi Railway; Ike// Drive Opened in Chekiang Province. Chungking, June 24.—(AIM — The Chinese command anuounc i e cl tonight that its armies in | Kiangsi province had reeaptur- j ed Kweiki, thus pushing hack • It- » . ;.lu i! el.m id the l.tpanese j: ■ iv \ kick lias come within | a" is ill s of closing on the strate ! ki tig-Kiangsi railway. At the same time a mnruinicjii! ■aid that a.hiM) Japanese troops haw I started a new drive in Cm k.tsng pr.i ! vine ■. east of Kiangsi. i > id ti war ! Li.-hui, important h.giuvay cento: I 175 milts sooth of Hangch >\\ and ] midway la tw.cn the end and the rail In" whore fighting previnii'ly had centered. (Japanese brwidca.-' desc'ibt d t*n j new thrust as a strong • hi -nsive an I said Li- a li wa s "the la l airport still in rn.m.v hand.-" in Chekiang pro vince.) Kv, ski. ,-eized bv the Japanese on June 1G, was the limit of the in vader-' advance along the railway I horn Aanekang. its wtstern ter I minus. The Japan.se c ilimin driv ing in the east was last reported a !it I tie west of Shang.iao, which is 50 miles east of Kweiki. China's need for more planes and big guns in anticipation of a full scale clash with tlu Japanese was believed here today to have been a prominent factor in Chinese For eign Minister Dr. '1'. V. Soong's re cent discussions with Preside nt J Roosevelt and Prime Minister j Ch irrhill in the United States. Observers have noted increasing I indications that Hunan urmincej. ; one of the rich: st sections of China "nd an important bread basket for Generalissimo Char g Kai-Shek's armies might become the battle -ground for .- itch a major test of j power. Rubber Sab aj^e State Chairman l ri^es Support Rah i’ll. •> me 24. An appeal i>. 1 ' \ ‘ rv man. w<unan mil chi Id ini \| rill Carolina t*> accept and fulfill a 1 quota of t least five p > mds of scrap rubber to lie turned in to a gasoline j service station before .? me 30 in tin : petroleum industry -crap rubber ; I drive, was made t ala\ by T A. Ald ridge, chairman of the X. C. Petrol- i rum 1 ndust; ies u- in 111it tee. To m et a ! ive-pi> ind qa >ta. M . j Aldridge pointed out. it will >e ! necessary I - ome people- to turn in double nr triple their quota, in ! • icier to make up for the small i children and the adults who are un abl to meet the ir full qtiola. Cm the ha- is of the last cell- an i average of five pound- per capita would produce around 11 .lldli. 1 1 d : pounds of scrap rubber in Xortii Can linn, exclusive of industr al i scrap. War Council \ To Convene j _ Washington, dune 24. ■ (API— President Roosevelt today called a special meeting for tomorrow of the Pacific war council, which Prime Minister Churchill of Great Britain and Prime Min ister Mackenzie King of Canada w 11 attend. Stephen Parly, a presidential secretary, in announcing tile call, did not say lor what purpose the j meeting was arranged. There was to have been, however, a regular meeting of the council today. It wa.- announced that Mack enzie King was en mute here for the meeting. Special i ■ parl ance was believed to lie at- I taehed to the meeting because oi his planned attendance, since Canada usuaPy is repp sen ted in council meetings by its m‘n i is.ci net e, 1—.. g n lOii Ac c Cl at * i.i^ . 1 Lexington Skipper Still showing his sadness over the loss of the* carrier Pe.r, nfjton, Hear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman is shown during a press interview on his arrival in Now York City. The giant aircraft vessel, said Sherman, sank on an even keel “with color* flying like the grand old lady she always was.” (Central Press) Sub W art are Toll Mounts Navy Announces 13 Sinkings in Twelve Day Period in Carib bean Sea Area. (By The Associated l’rcss) Wholesale death aod destruc tioo the like of which the Span ish Alain never saw in pirate days was wrought h\ enemy submarines w hich over a twelve day period scot lit I'nitcd Na tions merchantmen to the bot tom of the Caribbean. T:;.s was disclosed by the Navy yesterday on the blacket day of its announcements ol ship Milkings since the war began. and with the an nounced loss of two more vessels in in' AiKiiuir .-woucci to .iiiy me w.u ntal of western Atlantic area sink fas. aide- : ui in,git. with 41! known dead tinci 87 s; ig in the Caribbean inkings ore a ring between .lime 3 and 14: three dead and 83 missing in the .'me 15 sinking of a medium -i/ed lh S meieuant ve-.-el oft tlie New England roast and !; ve dead in the Inrpeii ling of a British freighter ilv, same Ua.\ in the -ante area. The Carii'bean \ ethos were live J. S. ships, two medium sizs d and lliree small: : :\e Br.i :sh merchant nen, foul di m and one » mal I: i no! ,m 11 a a! , n ir ,\ ■ >rw g. an md one I )i.teii ve- -el. all -in 11. AXIS VESSELS HIT BY RAF TORPEDOES Cairo. .Tula 24 \Pi Tim RAF inno nin d l..\- I .11 in' peiio planes -cored hits n I v. .. a \ l - morel Hint hips end a de.-'r,>vt r in the central \k dll erra I :ea 11 ye torda . Cotton Prices Are Mixed New York. .Tim, 2 4. -(AP)- Cot ton futures opened a to 2d cents a bale lower. Late forenoon values were 5 cents .1 bale lower to 10 cents higher. Stocks Keep Fair Balance New York, June 24.—(AP) — Stocks ..lainta.ned a fairly good bal ance today despite a generally leeble demand h,r the leadens. Prices continued the narrow and indecisive swing of Tuesday and ■peeulative contingent:- were appar ently lw.iiting -oino clewing of ideas as to the real axis r ins i” At! iea nd R'.-sia a \\a l. ikrai s-1is 11 v. i li»i L ill. Artillery Opens Heavy Nazi Attack Furious Shelling of British Defense Lines Indicates that Battle of Egypt May Have Already Star ted; Patrols Active. (By I lie Associated Press) A violent all-night bombard ment by axis artillery indicated that the battle of Egypt may al ready have started today as the British reported that “very strong" enemy columns of tanks and motorized infantry were racing along the coast toward the Egyptian-Eibyan frontier While definite word was lack ing that yield .Marsh*! Erwin Rommel had launched his offen sive into the ancient land of the Pharaohs, military observers pointed out that a heavy artil lery' barrage usually signaled an mminent land attack. Throughout the night, dis patches said, big axis field guns shelled the British defense lines and enemy patrols stabbed re peatedly for "soft spots.’ Dispatches from ( ario. head quarters of General Sir Claude Aueliinleek's imperial command, said axis armored forces were swinging southward on the Lib yan side of the frontier, appar ently intending to strike into Egypt many miles below the Mediterranean coast in the hope of outflanking the British. Light German-Italian forces en gaged the British west of Salum, in the coastal urea, in an evident at tempt to iiiii.-K ui mmei s iiunKii.g scheme. It was expected that Rommel would launch his ma n blow around Fort Maddalenn. 50 miles southwest of Salum. and Bir el Shegga, 20 miles farther south. "Mucli eiu my movement was ob served southward from Gambut,” British imp rial headquarters said. Garni' : has 45 miles west ot the Egyptian bolder. A ( ario communique said Brit ish mobile columns roved the desert west of the main British lines yesterday and engaged small forces beyond Salum, Egyptian border port. An Italian ,var bulletin, claiming Pie ses re v 33.noo prisoners m the tall 'il Tobruk, reported terslv: "There ii.es neen local activity of elements in the Egyp Dispatcht 'lid that British war •hip- wc ri aueuver'.ng off the coast. p' opa: cd w mm their de vastat y lire on the axis invasion armies. M bile the British laced a grim new test, their Russian allies fought oil a series of attacks in the bloody 20-day old battle for (Gontiiuu (I on Page Two) YUGOSLAVIAN SHIP SUNK BY SUBMARINE Washington. .Tune 21 ■ (AP)_The Navy announced today that a small Yugo.-lavi.in merchant vessel had been torpedoed in the Gulf of Mex ico and that survivors had been landed at an cast coast port. Pelley Must Serve Term Raleigh. June 24.—(P)—The Slate supreme court today af firmed the invocation of a sus pended sentence on William Dud ley Pelley, former leader of the Silver Shirts of America. Pelley had appealed when a sentence of two lo three years, passed and suspended in 1935 after his conviction in Buncombe county of violating the State's securities laws, was invoked by Judge Don Phillips in Janizary. Tlie Silr or Shirts leader has hern at liberty under $10,000 bond.