• Lieut rmm memorial HEWDGW^ON N.C. Hettiteraxm BrnUj Htspatrij ':mi1KA loKWrKRViVS."1' UPMlwIK-m. «. - THIRTIETH YIOAI! "aKusaay^r HENDERSON, N. C.. THURSDAY AKTEKNOO N, MARCH 2D, IMS I'UliLISlI HI> KVKIIV AKTEKNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY British Beat Off Axis Attacks **★ ★ + + _A_ I ~ * x * * ★ ★★★* ★★★★ Colorado Governor Halts Induction Of Farmers Says Acticn Taken Under Draft Fewer Colorado Executive Recently Declared Farm Workers Needed To lV?.'iet Crop Goals Denver, March 25—(AP)— Governor John ('. Vivian order kI today an im.ncdtale hait l > thi' iiulncli< 11 «.I" Colorado farm workers int • tisi* m ined ion- ... The Kovornor, wlio recently asserted that Colorado Tvar ci.i > goals coult! not he attained un less workers were permitted i t stay on the farms. amiumcrl liis action in a Utter to briga dier General Harold II. Kicli ardson, .state director of selec tive service. Governor Vivian said lie \va» l.tUiiu; the action "under the power and authority to adminis ter the selective service system within iny state tinder section U03.ll of the regulations Rovern iiiK this agency." The cove, nor t<«1<1 newsmen he had ju;t received word Unit of a quota of OR inc:i, inducted i.i Delta county in western Colorado recently, 22 were farmers "who in the opinion ol the county as-'Hl are es eutial t • the operation of the tanns from which they wre taken : n:l »• i!l ne.-d to be replaced." General Uicliard > n wa n-1 avail able for comment imincdiaU'iy. Stimsori Sees Heavy Losses Washington, March -a -(AIM - Secretary i I War r-»t111 . ii toiia.v picuictcu favorable i>i in 11 to limi lan campaign. i>'■ t ; aai .1 v. >ulu he paid lor wiiJi lua.y ea laltie . lie.' attribute ii i . < e 1.1 tin I i nisian campaign in pari I<> tiie . ei i ot heavy day alio n ::n. u-uubi :e; attack. on (leiii.any and lie; man o'renpied ti l l it-»: >*. Tlie.se attack-.. He told a pre . en; lin 'ie.'. make it necessary l->i (■ rin.iny I" keep larfee noinOii ol ii^utm;: plane- a; hoi i •. I'he German peplc. Stun on saiii. .ire "d m.iiiilni; ^rcatei 11j.;i:11n^i plane pioteclio.i' anaiii -1 Aine. -can ami liiiti.li h'imbiiii: tai I . And ".-iih— Germany i|i>-.-., ii •! kmiw where we will tribe ti'-\l. sie is lorced 1"> (li per.-e TTTesc plane.-. Ihr'.iif*h"ill (he entire country an I > re11pit d territory." The War mciclary icferrcd .-pe nile;.Ily to two pi nt raids on Veue sick. near lirena n. ami on Wjlhcluis haven as "remarkably succc-.- ful." CAME OUT ON TOP 19 TIMES y> i* **■« \ — COUNT IrlE FLAGS on the side of this Grumman Wildcat as it stands • •a Henderson Field on Guadalco«ial. Those 19 Jap Hags represent 1!) Zeros knocked out of the sky. The score was made by a number of iJilTercnt pilots. Plane captain, Technical Sergeant It. \V. Greenwood, from Jnmc.vport, Mo., is in the cockpit. Navy photo, (/iilcrnolioiml) Army Lists 434 Missing In North Africa Action Scrap Leaf Sells At Peak liali'igli, Miirvli 2"t.—(Al1) ! An- average |»i i«-e i>l SHOD l<» i • ;»j» t'.ili.icco mi 1II1U wsts tin* I hit',In-..i on rirorcl. \\\ I'. Ilcririol;, I"li;icni niiii I.rimy .spreiali.st io: llif Halo I) p'.rlment <>1 Agii ei.dMiie. iiiid tndny. S.m.i|i s; I •. were (lu- : t nil Host in' it rent years, T.i>!il!.77l ; iimii . ..ml I loth irk ml tin \ i in.-." I l>v tIn* tact ili il /; .oil , ] • a I ft* ■ IVCIO p.illl |.>r (Alii till" 1 i 'i.cT urilrii. (if Inlciri 'i ami i . i iylliiujt tliiil would ;i lie wtis Kept out i.l the ..crjip ! ule. • ,. • 17L EETS MOW LARGER, CHURCHILL DECLARES bfiiuUm. Miirrii (AIM -I'rimc in Churchill declared today ili.it the United N.'t»• »n- li.ive ;ill'i;d Mill '..nil.lily hiifiti thets than I'ir.v had .it Iiie woi>t num.rut in tin1 L' l»i..il w.ii' and tin improvement is | >titiiittJUU-" 'nil- ■ I,dement wa- niadr in reply In a 11Hi*.-111>ii in Hie hull o "I com mon mi shipping In: r . Other States Pass New Laws To Meet Wartime Problems Daily Ilispulrh Bureau. In the Sir Waller llolel. Ky 5.VNN NJSBKT Raleifjh, Mareli -•"» — F'»rty -1 v<» state legislatures convened in .li.n uary of this year, a number <•: tln'm be inn still in ses-i< n. The record therefore is ii"t complete. i>' • t in formation supplied hy the ('"until •>f State Governments «• •!»(;• i!»- a partial list of rlnitm.- with respect to tax»s and surplus foods. At least four • tale.---North Car" I na. California. C'onneetieut and Vermont—granted the governor I 1 reaching war '.iniepowct ■. Nine stateg had previously adopted -mi lar legislation. and since the avail have done so. able r< port was compiled "titers may five states—Iowa. Maryland. Nro Ynrk. West Virginia and \Vi«- its n —took definite step, t > allevi.ite war time tax burdens ■> tie ii i by reducing various '■ *■ I N ■ ' 1 •flu, Nevada and Vermont madp -ui> "tantial reduct "it and e.-nee > mi in taxes due by sen ice men. while Montana granted uniil :< month* fftcr the war for payment of r: Co-no tnx by men in the aimed serv ice •, Vermont wc:*t even further #nd voted a $l(i a month bonus for "r{cn Mountain boys in the Army, N:i< >• .nid Marines. I)i laware enacted ;i special war t;.\ hi olio - con; on each ten ( ;:a cite and i lie |ht cent <>n gross n.e. Idaho lev.cd a new special ! iKjiiur tax. .laniiaiy and February, live slab-- in .ill .s North Carolina t had est ihlislud p • t-war limri front ' cuircnl Miiphi-e . Michigan author ized a fifty million dolliir lund and i II.ica'oil $2ii.iiii(i.(iii0 a.- ii starter.I |l:miii- author./cd \e tinenl of $0(1. 000,000 iii war bonds. Aii. ni-as aril | Maryland \o|ed .ticli inves'inertl if .-iiiplu. without IiMiig tire artiounts.1 Ai k. n:-; -. like North Carolina, uu thori/ed c'.in'.ie.- and miiriicipalilicn tn invest .-urplus iii pud-war fund.^. Monl.r ;i voted $80,000 a year ',<> be held in reserv e tor corMnicthn j • ■f capilol building- alter the war Many .states amended exMinv pen-ion and retirement laws so as to require able b id ed per ■oris to continue working. At Ihejtnmc timvl laws affecting the labor oi women rnd children were revised ii enable more of I hem lo be employed in e- | >< • i industry. California provided for retired seh<>o| li-achets and stale employee over 7d yeai of age lo slay on t'r.c (Continued on Page Six) North Carolinians Among Casualties . Announced by War Department Washington. March M.—(AIM —The War <l<-;ianmt-iil iml.iy made public (in- names of r. S. Army personnel missing in action in nnrtii Aliica. 'I'lic list included for Xnrlli ( uroliiu: Sl'l JJt'.illI liolK'V .)( I ii i on I i. l!;ui I'llViltO JilllleS I , on. 111.. Wile, At M>II, live- ;il 2I«i < Mill. I'i iv ;it'j Fn -t ( i wi>' i v. ill-. Mi : Li . live on 11 i.< .(. ii; ii;il I'.Iiiici Mr:.'. iir:?ic I'. I • .11 ■ I'livale L. K. A'I.hm l"|MllllllCI\ Ai I I • .ii i on to I, Smitlil I'i i\ate Kir»l i i < (.•.lilllil <il Ciold'rH.. i (i.'OI'HO l iil;i i. \\ c I Walnut si 11 i 1. i . ( <il*| ■'tfilI .I..tin- I > 11. Will'. All:.. Illlll'li II iil«'.V. 'ill of I, lliii.rv. ('. I.. i;«irr» .. ;.i!ii.i ('. I 'nil - . A'.i -Iin illi'. • Illl' I . : ' ill m • •!'. Km-1,,n. •• .Jr., whose -\ii.iiii-. 11\ < K. I .11: iiillill.ll linlil father. II.iivcv (. I'.ii i I Willi. Private Hichaid I «f Mrs. Uismc .ii; ,.nii. lTivate Ldv.i.nl : Mrs. Nora Judi;i Technician I C. Lanier, -on oi !i. Heula\ ilk-, puitt \'.. I. II I Ii.- inotner, 11» I ill 'till :I>Ijoii ». i M l,, whose oil. lives .11 line-, \vlm>e ios, Ijvcx iit •li'ffM son, .soli i on oi Im hi ii •IUlljiC. Mill ol n<- ifo.-ciiiii. •nit- Kcmiciii >ei i M. I«,1111i'i. . In II. .-oil III' mute i. I i.ml. K. I.iiy . I«iv 1 <iti. route* Stephen C. Al. I.oiif;. route <;.-,itl«' Fred I... Ii I • 11 i i i Ait'ii I <ck . !ii el. Mi. \V. ill \ i . I'un i. Private .1 Alls. lierllia I. t'ciineelon. Private I'n < i toll, soil III III.. 2. Sprint; tl"i Private Fn-t ( Lony, sen ol J 2, Hoxboro. Tectum i.in I Mcneiiiim. chum ot 111 l i • Jlive. Sergeant wife, Ali .1 ■it Four <. Pliviil. i soli Ol Mi 2. St. ■ '. ■ I'riva c I' I ■•■Oil (>| Ml li. Hi' X, Ktjilo:i-..nil .. I'i iv iiie I '< ' Mis. Li./c Sp;v«.\ City. Koi'K'nuiI C.n l (• S!i icUiand. In-oili er ol An liu I.- Strickland. louli* 1, Smitliln id Technician l'"i 11 Ii (iiarie (Hen Al Stroud. -"11 'I I'.arni.v Slnud. route I, Seven Splint's. (('mil lined on P.ige Six) Chi I F. (>. Ilicltii' Tom I). I J. S Tilth. . Spivc.v, route I. whose . lives ! iridic, route Smith, route .•o|l «>f Tauor WEATHER | (>n XOKTII ( AltOl.lNA, Slightly warmer tonight. Price Chief T|~ I' On Farm Bills Bankhead and Pace Measure Would End Free Stabilization, Brown Declares Washington. March —(AIM —i'rt sident ltoiisrvrlt announc ed today i lie creation in the ajjri t-ulliire department of an ad ■iiiiii.>(i;i1i.>ii of !«ih| iiritiliirtiiMi .tl tl t!i (rihution (si !><■ lit ad d liy Chest", r !'. Davis. |ii"-idcnl til Ihc t \ (i flu I l.csirve Hank at St. t...uis and former director of the AKlicuUuril Adjust m-nt Ad minis! ration. W:ishi';,*;tou, March "15—(AIM —»';!((• Administrator Prentiss Blown averted today that enuct nieiil of the pending i'.acklicatl and Pace farm hills would "end the stiDili'/.ation ol prices" and stabilization of wages as well." In I tiers to congressional lead ers. I'rown e\iiressc.l "deep op position" to the two hills and said lie hope I they would he re jrc'un liy t'< .tgre-s. Tir- !'.. niihefld bill.-. passed hy t!r. lihim ye lerri.iy arid now In-line the Senate, wo,. d climi: a to yvoniinoni i.cneiit p:>ymvnt.s in tigiirinu parity prices fur asrieulturui pn chtct.-, wli.lo ire Pacc bill would increase parity price through inclti-ion of farm la bur en ts in the parity formula. Taken tofipthej, Brown said, they witlid i.i -e liic let.i 1 price ul fo.id between 17 mil ii! per cent, incroa-e the iinnti.il Inod budget of eonsum ■ by thre ■ .:iid lhrcot|uarlcr billii dollar, si <1 <• : the k ivormiicnt an ;>'!«• i:ioi...t mi. .:■■(! oiii' ipiart'.T bil Hi i?ciollar.i a .'.ear. "We must face the fact that radical change in the cost of food means radical chance in the 'lit'le .•■leel lormtila' as well Itrown wrote. "If Coucress rc onircs the cue. it must accept the ri speiisiliility for the other." I'.row11 •• il be I el larin price; nd farm me >1110 already have been 1,1 < • 1 1n io\ 1 . inerea.-inu il" l„ . e 1 I ! i t i < 11 Align i. I!i:t!>. aiitl jiiti uiry, I!'I white |»i ecu farmer. |ia> :iicri a I :*'» p.-r c. n'.. ISrnov. 11 aid. "I;.: o III it e wli i.i' ;iil o 1 flit bel par.ly ;•! "ia- time Ibe v.ar broke III All '. 1n cbed a lex el la |it'1 e u ivo par.lv 111 January f Ibis v. a '• ••Jvit ive priei 'lie larimTs received • I nn' lime, as much ) Js pi hi- . . . pay." in continued. ill il Ib«". • •■!-«» I I en lour lone. I , nniel iiei' • •! |irod.ii' I I:<ill me 'ii ' t 'lsl 01 'ureil labor, i lli- in at ers reeeivi i tlierefoie ! yield In ' mer for I. ow n I t iior and ■' hi. family, a belter iilnrn 1; . be lia< ever before know 11." ELEVFN PRISONERS ARK GIVEN PAROLES j h L'.'i - (AIM Xathan Crawl"..1 iftivl 11 Waynr • i ly in N' 1 !).*:<:. .iikI sciiIcik • il In Ui (<■ . ■ .ir.-. fw mmmiihI dcui'ff ■ tmirilcr. mciB i " |»' i "H< j |>;• i>alt■« 1 i'.v <I"<\fi iii•!' ISriiiiKii ton. Al. i | ■ was Clir l'V IJpiwn. | M-nti-niv i-vrnmlif in .I ium v. i 1943, t" for as null with :i deadly \ ■'>. Mine Cave-In Dan %ges City Pitt A!:.roll L':. -(AIM— A in' r i\<■ Ihc \\ <•) si in tlu 'i IVnii'vk i mini' field I years slrnel; this mining: i i lB.nno la>t nicht and Hit* ui c till .-iiiKiri; t«*<iiiy from mi : ni>ro than I '" cracked and tv. :i>mcs and buildings. The i- .'iid fire departments iditl tiii>rr no indication of when tllC eait 4 11^ would PTN. Yaw ii i i ! <••. ires developed ill 11nwn< a vi nw nl . II hikc* a-,d trees 'illed .ind >.ini;. W'.i tci i»:i mains mapped Kiir men led holm 20 In 2A fori deep i d ,;n alcd I he i>\erall sink ing nl fi i\c to eight led in vaiy Inr 1 c' \ S100 nan high -.hit I build • bdilly 11.•< 1 , <1 j,.n f.l'cmvil Ji'.llt'il !<«• Wullj It uulil t:( 1 Inpsc. CM THE TUNISIAN BATTLEFRONTS fTUNISIA, units of the British First Army ho!<l the area ...• ; 1;l! .v.' Medjez-el-Bab in spite of continued attempts by I" . t' .! !.: Jurgcn von Arnim to push them back. American troops : .• r v • :_•«! i i have taken Mnknassy and nre said to be pushing or. 1 n a two-proiiRed drive in central Tunisia. These forces \ :l <>;>: lilv try to form a juncture with units of the British F.ighth • • • now nankins the Mnreth Line arid attacking Matmata, i. ...v.i-.Jot Ir.c Miong Axis fortifications in tliis area. (Intcrnaliotial) Flying Artillery Bombs Jap Bases NAVY REPORTS RAID ON JAP POSITIONS \\ ill' i1 \l.ii oh tili. (A ) I !•. :.I\ -. ■ I' ll. <1 I.Kli.v that I' Am ii i .nut Novy titi Ii< i | >1 I .n r a(lacked .1 '!>. II"c | "II at Kliaill, .ill cm j • > .ill !■ i ii I Ik* nm lliwe t~ i-tii S..i..ni"! A l.ri'V.a .stalled I>v tin* ;.lli I i ■; I. winch onin j. .J UV In. ii.-;. Real Estate Babson Predicts Increased Activity And Ris ing Market For Good Property Bv ISOOI < I'P.vtIKlll—1! 1 cl.i I'nbson Par i In* war )>i" i - authority tu > cultural a (I > • mcrcinl ii 1 news fur all | lor those a inn trade:;. C in ll.'sS lll.lt regulation. VV. BABSON l'lililishcrs l-'inan !'iii ran v„ - . March 25— at (I has Riven i dential. aKt't' t.V|H*- of coin This is good rtivo buiklcTK and ith tin* huild ..*:■* ti i limited !idcf"*;his new I.V 11 In most 1 wluw v..t war proline1 Iv under ings. 'I'" rnent.-. '•*' tiful in i"" tals have ' though an hair our c t proper'v. 1 property, ed by Ihe « one-third > 1 CompartMi VI'lUIIV.' "I ettie.- i »'« ; ion of reai mixed. V" they are tjiiuiu oait I.slate 11 t >\VI1H. except mil*: ated lo ■ii- v.e are jjront , ':i irujle dwcll ,;.u line of aparl e .. : pace is plen ! nice-. Cilice ren ■reti hard hit «tl i \isls in ah ml Saie.- oi rc-idenlial niv <>l ten I-hie it -eiously affect ie(|iiirenifnts of a n |» .ymcnl. Mi a year ago. Ihe .-•I..: .-ales in most [•a I • I dlv lower. . .is lo the tin* country ■I oplimi'tii-. ; inilies The opin oiitlooU is a whole In some < .dcnlial (Contiit • d on Page Tv.o), ■ Bombing and Strafing • Runs Made Over Jap • Lines at Mubo; Ship Hit at Kaimana Allied Headquarters in Aus • lr;ili;i. March 23.—(AT)—(im cral Mar Arthur's "fl.vins artil lery" made 21 humhiiiR and , strafing run- nvrr Japanese lilies al Mil ho yrsterdii.v. firing :!». (MM) rounds from cannons and machine cutis into enemy posi lions guarding the approaches io the Japanese New (>uiuca liase al Salaniaiia. allied lieadtiuar lers a n noli need today. Other allied plana* carried mil rt.ix ami niuli' attack. on la lliuif! em • > ha. <v. iii the I land a hove All trait... .>:(firiiiK hits «m shipping and air drome areas, and one Immlxv" on a recimiioissance mixsion sliol two Ju panr. e fighter plane on! of Hie air in a duel over \Vewak. New (luiiicn. a eointnnni(|lle declared. The eiieinv' plane- al«i were in Hie ,sl;v bclnrt! (Inyliglil ye lerikiy, raiding allieil Ita e al Oro |lav .unl Millie Hay in New foiinea Hi 111 lie effect. it \\a> .-aid A f».IHIO-lon merchant hip \va i- - polled hit by Ihc all.ed Imiuliei.<< near Kaimana. Duieh New (•tiiiira. and two -mall coital ve.--els w en damaged nil the Kai Mauds wlieu' medium hnmhers also struck at cnemy-ncciipied town:- in low level attach.-. American Guns Shell Nazi Field Heavy Artillery Duel Marks Day's Battle For Mareth Line; Red Gains Continue (/•'// 'Ulii Asxacittl<tl I'nss) General Sir I!. L. Montgom ery's eijrhlh army troop-; were reported warding off Fierce axis counter attacks ii: a salient at the upper cm I of the Alarcth line ni otiiliorii Tunisia today, while farther up the front U. >5. loiitr range 1V» mm. guns shelled .Mt/zwima airfield, only 22 miles from the sen. A bulletin from General Dwicrlit I). Eisenhower's licad miarters saiil the battle fur the .Maretli line continued yesterday, marked by heavy artillery duel ing. To the north, the communique said. American patrols scored local Rains in the >lakuas<y area. "In the Cinf:;:i sector, American patrols? carried nut offensive opera tions with Micce--." the communique declared, and :• 11 ioct aerial squad rons. attacking by night and day, bombed and shot up axis concen trations along a 20-m le stretch be tween Maretli and (tubes. From line dispatches said U. S. troops yesterday won control of the In -1 mountain ramparts overlooking liio narrowirg axis corridor betwe n M:il;nassy and the sea and pushed on toward Mc/./.ouna under heavy axis bombing attack.-'. Ii. S. patrols clasticd wiUi axis force-. in an indeci-ive action at a I•• >i111 twelve ti.ill.- south of M.ik n assy. Despite C'.eneral Montgomery's ini tial setback. I,"i«lon quarters said there was "no rca-on for gloom," and added: "We niu-l remember that the ene my lias been working lor months to | strength! n the Mareth line. It took us nine ila\- to yet through at El Alamein and I don't think we need In weep over ti• iretreat." Kin k IV a range ..f 20.000 l« ail about eli- "n m il's—Ameri iti I .org l"m" rifle.- were reported In In, !• I;n• • '.i-d 'Hi! live axi< planes ■ iid ■ ii! ■ a 11 v rle ti >ycd the Mez/.ouna •i.-M. "The port ' now u eless to Pie axis," .i I . S artillery officer said. In urn ilicm 'J'uni.-ia. Lieutenant (v'mriiricd i>!i Page Five) Scott Backs Face Measure IJ. j 1 • -1::» . ?.l ■ r«-h 2a - l.\l'i—Coin in- t-r ni Agriculture W Kerr Scott let! today for Washin|{ton to i 'Mi v Mi <■ si'Htal leaders <>n !' I' • '* . . Iiii ii would include jl.ini w,n tigunug the prico |ia ; : ir I lit? agricultural products. Scott wi one of the original bock* < ni "'i p re lull, which has passed .':fi i eNpectcd to go t'.i a• Si*nate !;•'e today. !'• ■ •!'» !e.i\ ■ 11u lor Washington he lie,ter.ited his de/ite to ",-ee that the runner- ure paid sufficient prices ! for their products so that they can v.ieel !;«!>• .r co ; and increased prices 1 for larni machinery."' Everybody Turned OutToHelp When Nazi Tanks I hreatened With United Slate.- Forres in Cen tral Tum.-a. March 2.{, (Delayed)— (AP)—Everybody from cool; |.< s\vitrlil>«»i»i-rf operator and truck driv ers in hup 1 r»"» mm howitzer battery Hitched in loday to help stem a Ger man tank drive. Tliey were <o c.iger to uct a high >core thiil when tli(< aminunition r. n I >\v lliev rushed i fresh sunply of shells tip mountain slopes in relays by hand. A slory nhnwlni typical American hallle ingenuity was told l\v Battery faplain .tames P. Mulcnhy. 1!.'! oi Orlando. Fla. "Our four ;*nn did veil." lie id. "We fired several hundred rounds iiom oiu ttUnii oud those Germans don't liivr our xhclta landing in their laps." "II was a real emergency ;md we pooled everybody I rot n kitchen help to truck driver* to stop tho nniii The* were .ui vipping l<i get in anil do sumetliinu. "At line poi* t t;inks were still com ins toward lis ;it 2.500 yards mid we only h (I -jo hell- left. When the first ammunition truck cotn«j in sight the iioys ui iliiwn ;»:id grabbed the lv II- right ofl the trucks and lugged !lie:n hack Ihem-elvos. They did a r> ally amaxng job and they hadn't had . 'iy sioe|r for two nights when !llO h.itlle irted." , (Continued on Page Two)

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