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THIK'l'IUTH year I.KASKI) WIKI5 SICIIVICK OK THIS ASSOCIATED I'HK HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FEBRUARY- 4, 1943 IVE CENTS COPY _ PILOTcD ROOSEVELT TO MEETING LOOKING OVER THE ROUTE of their momentous flight to Casablanca are Captains Howard M. Cone (right) aticl Richard Vidat, the l'an Amoricaii pilots who handled the controls on the clipper plane and r ,.rt | lane that carried President Roosevelt to Africa and hack The tliera were photographed at clippcr base near Great Neck, L. I., N. Y. Liquor Referendum Measure Introduced Price ol Rutherford Oilers Bili Calling For Stale wide Vote To lie Held Nov. 2 i;.ilei:;li. lit.. 1—(,\r>—l!rp rr-«-iil.• I i\ i Price of Kulherlord. lir\* spatici Itaptist leader .in<l rll illM-rilicd "personal ami piititii.il tlr.v." today introduced a mi .i-iin- in tin- house a 11 ■ 11 for a statewide referendum on tin- -.ili- and manufacture ol liquor. I In tiill rail - fur an election N'o\e»iil»er "J. Ill 13. Tin- i«i ure i: entitled "an art !'i)'i • :'n it hi 11,.i-lin!• :11ici .sale of nit i in- li'i mr.s mi North Car olina ami provide for a statewide vi.te 'ill Hie jji ii|»i>; It ion." Il • xc111•* lii|iii>i i'ii( lii'i il Ijy liiis-1 pit.'il .in.it'ii'Hini.s lur treatment !•' i ' i-:•» .ml dne> tin! apply tn. ale' ! : i-| tur scientific chemical, •:> . ■ . II.fill f1a!. : e«l cmal and flllilia |-r|i".-e lin II8U Ol tll">se within ii| ■ i procure tlic stune ias !••• . tn,- i.i.r ii;.ictine ..I pat t: a I meil'i m.il. antiseptic, toilet. Kii-nti' - i hemic 'I. iin-f lianieal and viu I . p cpar.it n m-. • •!' product i' i i Pe\ emft" purposes. ■I- ■.'.I'vi'i'. flie '"11 allows persons ii.: c: 'p. . cillu r wild rill '.vat'd. I :;rape. . Iruit- or lierrie.- " • i 11 jt domestic wine- for , i- >! -Jr.- i.r their family git" Ti e me., lire ill '> Sillow the :• .... I'll- ..1 cider "havitu: only mcIi .,!. ..'...In- c--iitciit as natural may produce." 1 • ■ • lire 1 .rtlier o.itlsiws the It.hi • >ii .1 i tn p< >i"t.it ii in nt Ii ti'iil Hie stall*. e\ce|il .. pro vided >ii -'n ■ t Vilatii'll i dcemeil ii i • i;..i. punishable .•! the I. i of Hie court. I ' • > i He .-late., thai it pt'" hall ;>,II int.. el led !•<* (lav . iit'ei She p'-cial eh \ "ii il .i ma "le i cast iii its favor hill 'Ii-.' tin .-el in its entirely lift re peal. 11 it a iiiacriy vote is cast h»;.mm ' ta'i vvnle prohihilioii. Itali- , provide thai fiHiiity >i hi elect ion .-hall up 1" 1 til indues tin each precinct •ml '• ' "Hi- '.t tln« indites hall be kiU'V.n in- m lavr "I th( act and "in . pp . i d. Otherwise regular fl«-i-ti- 11 s ■ i', . 11..11 I ie elll"! ced. I'lav w.i the ntilv signer i t Hie bill. METHODIST STUDENTS TO HOLD CONFERENCE l)urli;im. Keti. i < \|») TJi'• No: ; 11 • > 1111.1 Methodist Student Conic v will Imhl il.s ;inmi:il III! I-I.li;; t i»i.- year hi the l>uke Mcmn.il Methodi t church lu re- li'oin I i i In SiiihIiiv. A11| >■• >x: ii i;i f cl v l!.r>n student » gate represent inn Jill I lie Methodi t college:; iif North Carolina are e.< peeled tu attend Tin* < "Uferciice llienie i- " I > i cipline.- for ("In ■. 11; i Living." U. S. Food Aids Russia Wickard Declares Supplies From U. S. Are Keeping Russia In the War Washington. Fell. •!—(Al't— Srerelar.v of Agriculture W ick - unl tnhl the llniisr foreign affairs committee today that American food is Keeping Kiissia in the war and contributing to the vic tories of the Soviet army. "I! is tin* men—Kii.ssian men -i wh<> are winning the all impoit mi i battle there." he said. "I! it if ;i « supplies «>l American loud liieh are going ti> the.-e men. fr.ielt"ti 11n»ii:;11 it is 1.1 She total Sll|i|>!v. v.ere to he nil " i tomorrow. they would almu.-t surely have tu -top fighting-" Wiekard. as food administrator.1 lisiilied in connection villi legisla tion authorizing emitiinianei ol the (Continued on Page Kivu> rowr.it i'I.ast sot out Wilmington. I'eh. I (Al'l Ten talive plans li.'ive hern mapped i>y city otfici ils to -ei-k legislation mi ahliiig municipal ownership ol the Tidewater I'owei Co here. I lower power rate- for tir . area: are lieing sought. Babson Says Farmers Need Mo re Men And Equipment It\ UOCHT. \V. KAIISON link-mi I'.hI;. Kin.. 1"'el>. I ThroURh the nun ii v of iny neiuhlmr. W. ''mil Slnrlie.v. mie ot Amerieti's in'»-t *iKf sful farmers. I have j««st re tiiriiwJ I mm ;m mi .peelion I I'M' '"I'm- Inicl; farm--. Tliw tliotiicif ir.icl.. whieh rilise II"' pi'ii . Immiis, ciinliflower. tomatoes. Ull-Ullll,. , i,| lid ircsli vegetables whicli ymi art- eat in p.. l'»r Oner Farmers Are lllflil llu'se farmers want ii" money from Hi«> ii'ivetiimeiil. All tliey a U ts tlie rij'.M in Ijiiy pl'*w.*', Irart'"" 'rii^.ks anrl In employ a :aippl.V worker . "iiii ia>' is Ihe most nwtlerl „r all. -I.et me Rive a few 'llii:.iriili<iiis. Mender.1-, moreover. kihiw (hfll i iin not represent the '•"•■ii lil.ic lull im usually very eri 'I "f Hioir demands. The lime has '"lived, however, when farm pi'" i "it |i;,Vl, |munitions df war. (mm everywhere are ^fi'inu (hiit |iiey are ii"l al'le Jj**trc trnckt and twee wry tw»1". potato framer* nre very «••»! in their attitude rei'arrtinu ^ 'i liinulmi hiireaiiei ats. t' " 11 that the i;<(\ertitiH'Ml has heen promise lit them that lalior "»l«l lie KMpphert How ever, a *o"d potato Rtowers hart their po liil"r frozen in (lie* ground The,rj •'ill' now I >r. ■ <■ t !«•; 11 lv telling tin- j eminent reprcM ti1.il lye-, 1li.it lliey | iil'e going t<> reduce liieii iicreiige, 'i|- slop production .illogelhcr. unless Ihey luive more as.- iii'tiuee Hint labor will be given lliem. Fowl I'anic Ahead? Kiirin organization. i .: n 11 c 111 v de mand that Ihe work v.cei; l»«* in creased from to Iioiii ! " a I. o thai t one-litird of Hit* people in manulae j (tiring iiifliisIrie eoiild lie returned I lo Ihe ffirms. 'I'hey take the stand 1 (hill lliere i:.- no km on lot the fnrin j crs lo he short of l«tl>«»" whil<. me'i in innhtifacttiriug Indus! ries un winking such nlmrl hour-. 11 is cer-1 lam th;il unless Ihe government iin inediiilely talies a more M-ei.il ;i11 i tilde relative lo Ihe need, of f irm el's fur labor. fjji.soline. I ires iilid other e<pii|>inen1 need.-, there will l.e .i de creased produi'lion of farm pi'.duel, K\en iio\< there .n«' indications oil i <It ii- lie lioii.u;e of teed Tin gov •iiiinittl i\: lli.il l.'t'ioei tifiidd produce mon* hog . eiillle iind ehjel; en., i'd yel it forget tin* iurporliinee it sufficient fred for livesloek. There ire indie di >n llmt fiirm waj;«.s rniy -50 1 Inch 1 '>11 In V11 rent per hotn (Continued on Page Thrtcj Attempting Escape Froin Caucasus lo Crimea, GERMANS FACE DUNKERQUE' ★ * * * * * * * * ****** * * * * * Solomons Sea Battle Develooirts JapAndU.S. Heets Spar For Opening 't itanic Struggle Believed Shaping Up 1 o Decide Control Of Guadalcanal Washington. I'VI). I—(AP) — Like nvi» 1m a vy.vi-ijjlil boxers I.1 .in ' « .n li other mil. flicking Mhl.rivi- i mi I punishing jubs i'-i•• ;ukI then-, tinted States .iihI -i;:i'jiiH'Sc naval units arc lii.'tin uv. riujr in the southwest i'aciiic i'or ;i stance from which ; l r<i\v a haymaker. I' rout this iiirncr there was only w old that air aiul surface rnguKemeiits "arc continuing," i:ul il appeared irom the Navy's ■ est i a in I Dial a titantir struggle u.is shaping lip lor control ill' (•liatluicanul island with its all important airfield. Xaval poke.-men repeated that ia"11 .-.ides had .-offered los es, hut i,lie •.! I!n in emphasized that "the .' le li thii.^t is a sparrinc for |x»si 11-. ..ilii the two major fleet units ten ye! joined in an all out slugfest. Like- angry hornets, the bombers ol (jeneral Douglas Mat-Arthur's . !•. c >i:tinued to haruss and di.lracl the enemy by raiding his II..1S .11 New llritain and Uougain ville Mauds. A hig Inur-motorcd Liberator bombed a Japanese warship at H i«le llay. \r« llritain. after driving oil an enemy lighter, liesiills were not observed. A report Imm MacArthur's head quartcs lotay also said thai Klyins ! Iees.se; had raided Rabaul itself, 1 vii.il .lap oa-e for the battle of tin- Solomons, lor the filth consec utive night despite heavy clouds whieh hampered a check of the dam* age done. A Klyins Fortress on a rcroii!..ii.-sanro mission later was at t.u-iicl by l."> Japanese fighter planes. 'I ne 1 >i;a ship knocked two of them ' wii and returned safely to its base Towering fires were started by a ('.••lalma medium bomber in a raid .11 an enemy airdrome at lltlin, on I:• - ■ 111 \ ille island in the Solomons. I'iro also were started at the Gas mat ■ airdroiiie on New llritain. .News ot the engagements between tiava! units, which may in- the laru t t yet arrayed in the Pacific war, w.t withheld here because ot inili ; v consiilerat ions- Japanese claims I.... t two United Stab's battleships and three cruisers had been sunk \v« re described by a naval spokes man a "grossly exaggerated." Sec ict.ay Knox said the Jap.me-c were '.i.iig for information. 3. T .. A in me Axis Ships Sunk British Submarines In Mediterranean Take Heavy Toll Of Merchantmen London. I'Vli. I—(AIM—Nine axis Simply ships ami »nr anti submarine vessel have been sunk !>.v Itrilisli submarines in the Mediterranean in (lie |»asl few (lays, (lie admiralty announced today. In addition :i northbound trans port and .mother l.iijlc vessel were allaekod and ill**:i* d<- Iruelion i. con sidered im■»»ithe announcement -aid. S'iII ijiot'n- :.mall vessel wag e|jorled damaged. The ,m1i-^iil»niannc vessel and live i>i (lie supply .-tups were sunk l>v until ire "II tin eastern Tunisian era I. till .idjilll ill> ml. while ail oilier w.i driven ashore a total loss. Two sin.ill .-nppl.v ships were re ported in I. iiv I'M perloes off the Til nisian coast. "Dm iin: I In- i operations ineffee 111 a I Iin m i ••viierieneed lhal ;it Hi#- time wa llionuhl lo lie enemy slioie li.ltei'e-." Hie communique said. "It is presumed it was thii to whieh the eneinv referred in <• recent inoad'a t when they claimed Uimtire trom armored patrol car? hart destroyed a Butish submarine.' 0. S. STRATEGY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC is becoming evident. Dispatches indicate how presiirc is being applied from Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, and Australian and New Guinea bases on the tentacles of the Jap supply line running down from Truk, the main Jap naval base to the North. MacArthur's air forces .'.re pounding Ihe western arm of the Jap line while Henderson Field bombers are concentrating the full force ol their fury on the eastern arm, which extends to the airfields at 13allale and Munda. ManpowerFoo! Of 6,400,000 i In War Effort! Washington. Fell. I.—I »I't — Chairman Ihtnalii .M. N'cImiii <il Ihi- war itrndurlioii Im.ir! loul the Senate imia* :i r.\ roiniiuUe today the nut ion Mould draii from a "pool" of (i.illlMHM) pri sons this year lo nn'cl growing demands ol tin- arint'i! fmcfs ami war industry. hi I• ■!<} 11 it- dosed i.nit- iifi i.l 2.700, i lii'in less i' iii l.ilOU.OMI Women, *ld mi'ii. .it'o.ooit This pniil. ' session, will !«t 1100 Witrkcr- 11 r .. ti;il industrie-. 8110,1100 boy* ! uti employable. mi linlni defectives, n.-t 'itt\v fiOtl.ooo | .< lii llt-ll'llll Willi. V. I'' I.s sen11.11 infill . Nol-Oll'.'. I lil' • It'lHII'll'l.' iiV I.odjV ol eouiuiiltcc 1111 Meanwhile. Ill C'lMII fllll.l* Krossional ii' i ate us a v. h"l on pi'oriilnu fit 11>1 ll'.i11-<11 i: manpower <i ii Lodge said based nil l!n ! ISM2. i>> I which lie women won id cos to Iml. ii II,000.00)1. I>ui in". 11 ■ scrtoil. Nel ' i aililitniii.il in munition Io,i\ iiii: :{on."i»' culture's in.mi H |>liysuially \\.t «ii. i nn. ami • avail.liiir by tin niinlii nil i' - wen- di-oh ■ at li •■•<*; ill .*■ lUKOtls vvh .ill i<l I. ..I mhi i*i iii n' with liir Nen i spooled in decide . tided In t in: iii.ilo ivt - ligat i' hi nl the m's ligiirc weio ■I 11mil I'« i't luhcr, nl. I ill.'l, duriiijt I :;on.ooo men and i .'n I hi' arn i''I .•'! - total 111-11:;111 I. fori i una I. I ,inine a.— I | .illlll.lllMI Would lie nei'drd .tiller iv.ii jiia 11'. I he pool for ann i tn'I'll,'.. Jap Reserves Into China C"I«»1I»kUiii. I' ncse iinny i" Jnptin h.'id, < thnn ii liind flivi<- i"n border wtn"' <•< »nt imii ri!i lie Ml id | I power : liorl ■ ' i lied stif f <■ | Inst troop:; : strength Besides "" lie t"IH .1 I"' i Iinere ni e I resources i Tliey l|«v« ' for wriip mel •' Chin.i. Imih luiviiu: i«*i >i • ■ ■' I(I;iiiiciiK .nut plyiiu: II"' Van dummy :;no l>e 1 (Al')---A Chi ii .• irI 1ml.iy lli.it moil* II flKldei i iii'mi-e Ihrce Tlwi • >• Y-mii.ni r.uvm.i ..^il riuhlinu Wiis v. i feel inn ;i num V..I: .llill IIK'd ill il 1 • ' v. .• i.-ini! the (■■■it "fve her own ■ i'iIiow'i rhortnKc. nferer > ■ the .l.i|> ■itij{ ,i OiortiiRe of •■•!•«•»i .i 1 ! «•-.'i drive < •(•.-I »| •:«-f i .HCilS Of • Ii nit-IriieliniH Imi Im •! v 11 e eliliill • iiiv eoeii v vhips ■t/e li.i' c moilllled • CI !nl. WCATIlfF roit sou l ii » \it<»i.i\ Occasional slmwrrs this .ilirr nnoli ;ind Imiieltf Willi shRhll.v higher temperatures. Manpower And l ax Confront Congress GOVERNMENT TO END POTATO TRIAL CASE Wilson. Feb. 4—(AP)—The gov ernment expects to complete today iI.-n case against .13 corporations and !ti individuals on trial in U. S. dis trict coirt here on char Res of violat ing the Sheridan anti-trust law in the potato industry. .lojin W. Aiken, chief counsel, told Judge C. C. Wyche at the end of i yi -.terday's session that he had only one mure witness to call and a man lier of documents to offer as evi dence. The only witness examined yester day wa.« II. U. Mohat. a department ■I .lii-ticp economist and business i:\ilyst. who identified a compilation lie had made from the sales reports of the Atlantic Commission Co.. a defendant, and also numerous charts and tables relating to potato prices in 15)40 and 1!>41. A recess was ordered early yester day afternoon to permit defense law yers to study Mohat's testimony be fore cross-examining him. Japs Stage ' Night Raid Bombers Attack Ships Off Guadalcanal, Indicating Renewed Jap Aerial Activity i Willi tin- I'. S. Fieri in the South Pacific. Foil. 4—(AIM — The first niclil homhittc attack h.v Japanese i>l.inrs on American ( surface vessels onvoritiR «i|icra lions at Guadalcanal was report ed today. The results of the attack were not disclosed. The enemy airmen. dropping mys teriously onl ol the night sky. struck jif!<••* diir 1, <>n .l.iniiiiry 2ft while a unit of the southwe-t Pacific fleet was cruising near Guadalcanal. The assault indicated a resumption <•1 Japanese "tir activity strangely absent in the Solomons area within recent weeks. Fleet officials recalled that encm.v pintles dropped flares (luring the night hat tie <>lt Savo island August ft. when three I'. S. cruisers were Mink, hid the January 1!!' attack was the first instance of actual night bombing. NMV OHK I HS Camp l.ce. Va.. Keh. +—(AP) — Nine North Carolinians were among f.rtft officer candidates who were commissioned second lieutenant:- at the Army's <pi«irtcrmasici school here. Coordinated Inquiry Into Manpower Needs Up in Senate; House Studies Ruml Plan Wash ins Ion. I'cli. I.—(.VP)— A move in coordinate* investiga tions of Mu* nation's manpower requirements was launched in llii- Senate today while the House ways ami means commit tee. searching for an acceptaable pay-as-you-go lav iilan. took up again a New York banker's pro posal to wipe out last year'tr lo aehieve that goal. Vice President \Vj« I luce, who nor mally ;i-si)>!is Si ii.iIf hills to com mittees. touched oil llir iiiiinpowci in(|tmy issue when In- left to Kit members to decide whether thc\ wanted llii' educational aiui laP> coliiinittc-o or llir military alfair Croup to consider ie;;i-lalmn crcai inn an overall war niobilizalioi agency. Heardsley lininl. ehairman of the New York Federal Keserve iiank and advocate of skipping last year's taxes, was confront ed with the same Treasury op position he fared last year in his appearance before the ways and means committee. Itandolph I'aul. Treasury depart ment counsel, has told the commit tee 'i f Uuml plan would prccipitatr inflation. I'aul -aid Hie Treasury had Kiven "scrioii.- consideration" tu i i>l.in to collect taxes on 1 !I-1U income i>ut subslilule tlif lower rates el The Senate was expected to coii lirni, by an overwhelming majority, the nomination of Judge Wiley 1.1.mill Tlutlcdgc of Iowa lo the Su preme Court t'n.-S'ble oppo itinh li\ Senator Feigu-on. Michigan Mcpub I lean, subsided when Ferguson dis (Conliruied on Page Five) * Axis Troops Are T rapped In Caucasus Reports Say Russian Warships and Planes Already Smashing At Sea Escape Route (It if I In Asxnciutril I'rrss) Axis troops by the tens of thousands were apparently on the verge of a "Black sea Dun l:erque" loila.v and some reports declared that Russian warships and places were already smash ing at German transports a.; the invaders attempted a sea borne escape from the Caucasus t«> the Crimea peninsula). Latest Soviet dispatches said upward of 250.(Hi0 German troops and their satellites, jam med into a narrow coastal strip in the western Caucasus, were in imminent danger of being split apart by Russian columns driving toward the Sea of Azov. Soviet headquarters reported that the Ke(l armies were now only 30 miles from the great German base at Rostov, whose fall would cut oft' the land "escape corridor" of Hitler's Caucasian armies, after captur ing the town KaKalni'ska.va on the Sulsk-Kostov railway. On the Tunisian Iront. :■ 11 i<-< I head riu.nteiv reported that British troops I.ad captured a li ii < ifiht miles soul li ra.-1 ill Finn Ariida. in the bitterly :or.tested Pont du Falls sector 33 .1 ili\ below Tunis. An ollicial bulletin described 1 iie (Continued oo Pane Thre.M RAF Raids Hamburg Large Bomber Force Attacks Nazi Seaport; 16 Planes Missing From Night Sweep l.oiulou. Kelt. 1 — t.M'i—Koyal air force I'omhers heavily at tacked llambii'-i: l.i«l nichf in a raid in which Hi planes arc miss ing. il \\a-> announced today. The not (h (icrnum seaport pre viously had liccn homhed only last Saturday night. The llntisl) It -• - itidtcalcd .1 f«*ic«» •f upwards u[ !>• tnher.s i>ii f'p irostiinption 11 •. * llu v were mi li o •rdcr of it per ccnt. A Hrilish statement said: "I liiinburji \\a- heavily att.icl'.cd >v itnr Im- -be last nicht H niir iii'vralt are nii-.-infi." Mcotmhile (here wa> slight one my ctivity (nir ena-tal jiit.i.. oT tunth .1 I Ktiul.i d • 1: I> ! ' ii . : 1 •. I'm in vorc driip|H'(l ..1 ill rcH inl but t was stated .ndhm it.itivclv 'iic.v "iiised only lii'.ht damage. No cas .laltie.. weie rcrivled. negotiation (Jt rost- War Peace Charter' Advocated Washington. I'rb. I.—(AP) — Srnalor Gillette. Iowa Drino erat. in I roil nerd a resolution to day which would put the Sm all- mi record as afi|iriivinc lliv basic principles of lite Atlantic charter anil advising President Riiiisrvrll li» negotiate inimc ilialrty a "|tost-war peace char ter" Willi other I nilcd Villous. Gillette i ,i member <>f the loreittti relation-. committee. The resolution would mite and ad visi" Unit I 111* proposed formal treaty stress the following point.-: "Tlir joint iKnaforirs neither !.rrk noi dr-ire nsRi andisements tei rilorial 01 othcrwi-c. Thai they re spect and will approve the right of ;ill people under propel lutiltv to the form (•( under wh'i't iliey will live Tlmt they will < <t1l.-'tn>i; <!• in tin inruxil.it iiif" nl ;i in. i cniliiidynii; f<>r nitlliic toi pn .t-Wiir eoll;ilxn,ili<hi k» niiiifitiiiii jMMi-c iiitl sci uritv tlironnh I mil (he wurId, 'I'liiil Ihry • »u»iiv« , tin- lin e .mIv for in-1 ,ind < i|iii(|iMp cull.iliur.it h in l>v , 111 slj'.lliiliir ii's In i Hccurc for .ill Million .in ccinniiiic | ;id\ iinci'iiu nl. improved l;d»ir .l;uid 1 .inls. uci.'il cciuity, iinrl .ii-cc;s on ! fnir Jind c«|ii il trims l»y :iII people*!* [In I lie r.iw m.'itei mIs iind Hit* tiiU'f I iiiilintiiil criiiinuM ' i ll <-li,min i .,f (lip win Id Tli.it ">' Scniilc :-ii|',(!c~M Ihfit >nrh p.i'p"M*d trc.iiv ii ijjhi be entitled 'in t'niicd N'.iti'iii iKH-t wai peare charter'."
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