THIRTIETH YEAR
Hrnftgrgmt Bmlij
WSHHY WEWOftMH.)
LlOAtiKD WlttR SERVICE OK
THE ASSOCIATED I'HKSS.
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 1, 1943
I'UBMSIJ ISO EVRItY AKTEKNOON
EXCEl'T SUNDAY.
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FORTRESSES BLAST AXIS DUNKERQUE FLEET'
RCM/ViEL RETREATS IN TUKIZ: \
ALLIED FOPCES CONTINUE to kick the Axis around in Tuni: !a. It<. °
rod's trcojv, Luck on G;.bcs (1), wire shelled by naval tin.13
from the mm. 'iY:i;.ine and Matmata (1!) arc in the .hand. Mont
&>mcry'i lJi.^hth Army. Americans arc |u:_hi 'V ior . .. .Mil ?'id
*'titiiinit ««t" I.I G::cttur (3) and cast pi' M.iklu»>s-'. >'••« I.- i. !< .i*
Ousscllia (4) have banged n salicnl ' iU tSv G > . li.ic i# Koi .i:
c: it close to Bizcrte, flu i' t- i;.i» i irst .-vrmy, jicitj b> Frcnch
troops, arc hammering en*. .'a5; ;£ Taharkr. i'j
48-Hour Work W eek
Generally Accepted
Order Into Effect
In 32 Areas; Fourth
Term Issue Injected
Into Ca-pitol Talk
Washington. April 1 — (AIM —
Tin- Capitol cvi «| c.irlv fffpi'ts
of the JH-lioiir work week whirl)
wrnl into el'lrcl in 1!! luhnr-short
areas across thr rounlrt today,
while increased <1111srcssion.il in
tcre-t indicated new action on
such issues as a fourth term, an
allied food conference. an anti
sahotaKe l>ill and farm prices.
A y ' I aftccN i .'i< -h >\vcci
compliai cc with the 48-hour week
w.v. .1" !•> -Jimi ; ■ ! ccnl." war
manpowf i ..mi .n.ci.i',
iiddri:: that no ciirtv- i I • pen dt"
fiance !i • ! In en fit '■ I. K>:cinj>
tlon ll'iilli-sti were lew.
Another angle ■•! the general tabor
picture was the prcotetinn of com
petent ob>erver* that . r.radual li(|
uid.itn'T! .,r the
1' tfliiftmn
board's lab .r product.i.n di
Impending. Two rew unit i "man
power !..<:•»»" and the now «m;m.
ageincnl . . • , 1IM ; • ....... , , c|
cd to obi »rb the lew r meti • . which
rema n l • the div;-- -n
Til#. flkllff I. 4
_ „ , Ml <1 ill ^ ils
forced 1» I lie front as Republi
cans angled fur Democratic sup
port before introducing a Sen
ate resolution proposing a con
stitutional amendment limiline a
president's tenure in office to
two four-year terms. Senator
Duller. Nebraska Republican,
who saiti he and other Republi
cans planned to offer the resolu
tion soon, added that an informal
canvass indicated "several" Dem
ocrats would support the meas
ure.
Congressmen exhibited a vcarnin"
to sit in on a t'mtcd Nations con
ference <>n post wai fond problem
lute thla month, which Pre id en I
Roosevelt previ>u-ly bid indicated
would be Strictly ;hi executive ses
sion. If.fl'ienti il lawmakers of 1> >th
major parties said they Iclt Congress
(Continued on P.i«c Two)
C'flARTKR IXSI'F.D
l'rtlriub. April 1 i AT> -Secretary
of State Ti.ad Kmc today issued ><
ehnrter of incorporation to C. *C.
Hatchell Packing Co. of l.umberton.
to carry on a slmiRhtrrina business;
authorized capital lock. $25,000; sub
scribed stock. S4.onn, by C. C. Hat
ehell. .T. L. Hatehell, Sr.. and Dav'd
H. Fuller, all ol Lumberton
Soions Pi&a
Visit To Front
W.i-hinjjlMi. Atiril 1. (AIM —
!'ri>i*lfi»! !:«.• .li wjin ivpmi
< <1 !"<!; y ti> havcMven tentative
approval to ii propositi 1 iiiit
■ncttiljt'r.s i>! |hc St-|kiIi* will' in
\ o.ilifialmy ci>miniHoc inal;e «n
in*pecti mi trip to ihc Ainci ican
licld li i 111 HI Mm 111 Al Ilea.
ill li lit r< In c< c-^ional
If..• U-i -. the resident wji j-.iid
In li:«\ t- tilled lh.it i! nch ;i trip
i- made. Ilir in.s|K'i*tiun i;reiip he
limited to i 'iir members <>i the
O'llllliltU't'. \sltirli i- headed liy
Senator Truman. Missouri De
mocrat.
Wallace Gets
Big Ovation
\ alparniso, Chile, April l--(AP)
— Vur President Henry A. Wallacc
wn« acclaimed by <-ln>w(etl "vivas'
frism lame ai'.d enthusiastic crowdt
n Chile's second city today.
Accompanying hint were Pn idenl
Riots and other officials of Chile. II<
planned to return ti> Santiago tonighl
to attend a -reception in h: honor
An inspection of Chilean naval fa
cilities hare officially terminated
Wji 11,ice'* tiiit to Chile, hulled l>v
President Uios a^ havinij opened
new phase of under?landing in Chi
lean-Amor lean relations."
I* ★★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★ ★ * ★★ *
Axis Beset By Invasion Jitters'
* Chute Base
is Reported
Lin Norway
Allied Parachutists
£aid Established
In mountains; Italy
J>hows Invasion Fears
I„:.ndon. April 1 — tAP) —
Siiiiis di increasing axis inva
sion jitters irom the ISulkan
i rentier to tiie .Scandinavian
'(Hiun^ula were highlighted to
uay by a roundabout report
that allied parachute troops had
established a base in the Xor
tn unta.ns and had sal
i:«.-t out in raids on nazi-con
r< iU i! factories.
Tin- Norwegian Roverr.mcnt
in-exile here—commenting on
the report—declared that "Quis
liiiK ami the Germans appear t-.»
!u- generally alarmed" but said
i> could not sive any confirma
tion.
tin story came to l.< ■
! St. ;i: patcues whirl >
i. Ilied uaraehutc ba-e wax « iw
! •) tiie Hardanger mount:
.'area, a . ideal district toj •! . .
{ . and th.it i: was eqtti|
I. mi tent->!'<Kital .station.
i Tl't. London Daily Pros ii.-i
11i;cie. man radio as saj
are limiting the . • >»
i i-it-. -'lid to be British •'
j ..i-gi^r.t-.
(In the southern hordci <>' • "
allied invasion arc. meae .
the Italian prcpacania i»d:iNier
announced tiiat Sicily, i.if »f.e
toe of the Italian boot. I
come "a fortified outpost .1' ■
liitropean continent itself .
au.\ and all attacks comii • •>;>
the Mediterranean." Or' ■> ~
t« relay Italy announced
mobilization law to be ap • '<
event of invasion.
I i»e I >.ri\ jvjan -a>ci in ?
j from Madrid thai .'iaO.OOO
. iirh shipping immobilize
ilfiTaiH'iin shut- the
I occupation •! .-outlurn Fi
ll. con ordered sent t.> Gc
I i ther p ' Ms In Saidinia j:;c
"The obvious inference U._L ..
| Ii inkcrqur ti- being collected
;<>r liomtnol." the Mail said. Emer
gency crew.- of Italians would man
tl.e ships, the paper said.
STATE'S WAR LOAN
QUOTA $62,000,000
Richmond, April 1.—(AP)—
Hnitii Leach, pie-ident of the Fifth
P. du al Reserve Hank at Richmond.
iiri today that the district's quota
!"i- the second war loan campaign
• open April 12 would be $.150,000.
ooo. exclusive of the investments to
|i>e made bv commercial banks.
North Carolina'* quota is $02,000,
! ooo.
NEW RATION BOOKS
FOR EATING HOUSES
Washington. April I—(AP)—OPA
aid today it plans to issue a special
type of ration book for use by small
!o(id-serving establishments.
The new book will be similar to
the meal-calined goods book now i:i
use by householders, and will elim
inate a complicated certificate sys
' tem of ration points for the small
eating establishments, although larg
| or places will continue to use (he
j certificates.
CRASH VICTIM
Oastonia. April 1—(AP)—Tom Mc
C'M'ver. 31. of Shelby, died in a bos
pi In! here today of injuries he suf
fered in a collision yesterday be
tween an automobile and an Army
truck.
Hubert Wright. al.< i of Shelby, wn>
kilted in the accident.
National Political Scene
Overshadows State Races
Dalit Dispatch Bureau.
In tIn* Sir Walter Hotel.
By I.YW VI S MKT.
Raleigh. April I Capital i ily ie i#
dents .'irifl vi>jl<>i:i who have display
ed hiiv interest in politics during the
pn.*t work hfivc devoted ut'ention lo
'national rather than state affairs. Ai
| most nothing has been heard about
governors, lieutenant governors or
| house speakers; a flood deal has been
I said about prospective race* for the
tTnflod States Senate and House ot
Representatives.
Those in hi eh enough positions to
make a cpiote bv riiiinc of mi.v value
arc just as reluctant to be quoted
on the senatorial situation as they
arc a bruit the governor, but "off the
record" thev talk a little more freely!
One man from an eastern county
whose reputation for political acu
(Continued on Page Two)
DIRECT HIT ON ALLIED CONVOY VESSEL IN PORT
nANGER-~jr THt VITAl MEDITERRANEAN CONVOY RUN nrc riot over oven when ottr ships arrive hi port.
t hit on a convoy vessel in an Algerian port endangers not only the bombeil ship
' - s and gasoline cargoes of every convoy member berthed nearby. In this cn
a •. v! vaves of Nazi planes raged all night. (News of the Day from International)
7» 'j |[ ^ . .. . . 1 • A
I eaee Sia&i
U..J Jt'fi.f-rCJ-1 «*# -P-.V.-,
A »•<?„ M.-.v -r-tii:t •
-• * t•> * •"'.j'lvv
Nri^r oiv.y
\ "■ ■ •! 1 ■■ *. —
•r .• ii jii' • ry
• .!,( i •) ' •.(»■ iii.it • ( ne
... ■ . in s .••••!• :-. »j»*i < .Is
i • • •. i: • i> .: ■ »»-»* .■ of
* .• i.'.f.i, he
•! • < • . Of
Oil
Welles, in an addres.- to the Cham- j
ber of Comnivrti1 <>! the state ol
New York, declared thai our a!lio; ,
remember that U'ter the victory >.
1918 the United St..tc.-. "withdrew |
from almost cveiy I>•■"in ol praclic:•!
operation" with friendly nations in
the reconstruction tasks, and "made
no effort to win he peace."
"Our allies an a king thcnise've.
now whether wi will again follow
that same course.' Welles said. "In
a very real senst tlie decision !! at
will be made will regard to the re
newal of the tradcugreements act will
be regarded bv pe 'pies throughout
the world as an fcid te t of our Ii
ture intentions.
"Tlie.v will set in that decision a ;
clear indication js to whether Hi"
people of the I liited States have <
determined upon 3 policy of interna
tional coopcratio lor the future, or
whether they \\ II once more turn i
back to that roar I of isolation which
leads to inevitable disaster."
Welles -aid thlt the creation ol
reliable and permanent pcace is th •
greatest single interest and objective
of the nation, hi! voiced an opin
ion that the greatest obstacle to suc
cess in the nevt project was de
featism.
LaborDemands
Rigid Ceilings
Washington. Afcril i—(AP)—La
bor leader? "inssted" .it a confer
ence with Pre-iiont Hoosevelt t"
day th.it rit d > lings be established
on all priccs ' retail stores and
a.-ked for lai" representation "at
the top" on v •tnmenlal aRcncics.
particularly tli war production
board and the ui r manpower com
mission.
Those presen! onipriscd the com
bined labor win board, representing
the CK), AFL d railroad brother
hoods.
They said P lident Roosevelt re
ceived Ihoii \ i and took notes on
what they said. _ i
WEATHER
FOR NOKTH CAROLINA.
Continued warm tonight.
TO**91*
CHINESE CRUSH
13 JAP ATTACKS
JAP BASES AT KISKA
AND ATTU ARE RAIDED
\Vashingl"U. April 1—(A!') —
American bomber.-' ami ' inhiers
••aided .lap.iiie.e !)■•?.ii us on Ki.
ka island in I hi* Aleutians twir.:
Tuesday ;u;d attacked Attn is
lan.i (iiiiv. tin' Navy reported
l<>d;iy.
One bomber w.y losl !<, 1
aircraft I fi e.
Fourth Term
Query Refused;
Wu.-hinyt 'ii. A!>:• i 1 —(,M')—K . ■
Walker, !>»•:.- •ciatic national cuaii' I
man. said too; y ;t wa- too early t »|
cliscu> president.al candidates
that he wo-..',il like to n ail iii'. > e |
:nent between 1 lie two !• i<»r pti'-ics
lor late lialii ' a! i ••>n\i -i :u>,ls and a!
>iiort 1!>14 camp. . I.
Iu'P 'iIiHk So . |> i ii-nU'renee on i
a trip thri'°.ii'h a dozen v.'cs'.-'.i
states. \Va':;»r • id il hi v int j
<ie I'rwidenl Itim evclt ;.i run lot* a I
lourlii term. j
"I'll not difrus candidates al this I
time." he replied.
Wulkor >.■!<! he heard some discus-i
sion on hi v.esltr ;> ol the i
sib'lity of Govcmoi John W. Drickcr
hi Ohio or M r "fiell Willi; a* be:".; the
Republican candidate next year. 11"
reported tli ! I)> m.'iratic |>:iity pi\
peels for 1S»M ''looked very go uI to
inc."
FOUTItlSS ItAll).
London, April 1 (AIM • The I
na/i-conlrolU'd l»u'ch i.idio said m
a broadca»l retorded by the A«>- 1
elated Pre.-- todax inat I."ill persoiis
were killed. -Itic injured and thous
and.-. made honiele-s bv llie U. S.
Flying Fortress raid yesterday upon
Rotterdam.
Counter Attacks
Launched by Chinese;
Allied Planes Active
On Far Flung Fronts
(By The Associated Press)
Generalissimo Chiang Kai
shek's Chinese armies have
crushed a series of K! Japanese
attacks ami launched 17 of their
iiw is during the nasi work. a Chi
nese spokesman saiil today, while
on other far Pacific fronts the
alties striiek al I lie J Milanese by
air freni iiurma to the South sea.
i"!.«* Chinc.-o spoki > iiai> s vip,Ti
indicated ih..I Japan was making lit
,le headway in her now all out i»i
cp ive to k:>ock China out ■ >{ the
Ai off i 'I summary declared thai
; c ,-ili..it :i :t .-'iiitheni llupch. in
•••iilral China where tlic Japanese
•,.\e in en uitaiking in in cightcoi
ai"ii drive, had been "very mueh
-l.'i'ili/.i il and improved'' ,-inee last
ivcek.
Kir !• Ii.«■ west. ;.t China's "back
I.i, along the YuanaulSunna fron
i r severe fighting e. a- reported li
re the Jiijk ■ esc attempted
in ca p*i:"i• the t-iwn oi Talo. south
•1 the Murina l\oad.
Oi> the Kill ma front. 1J AI' war
pi, ilies hl.olcd railw.i> yards at
the .latiiini'se - oeeiipied temple
city ot .Mamlalav and set oil fires
racing in other towns in that
see tor.
in the southwest I'aeilie. Oenerjd
Douglas MaeArthur's Iicad(|uartei\
111j • • • ft ci that allied plane, carried
:t i deva laling three-hour assault
n the hig .lapanc.-c ha-e at Sala
iiiaua. New Guinea, and al.-o attacked
Lea.
Direct Imnili hits' tore a HO-ln.it
iiule in the new ITill foot Japanese
■aipply bridge across the 'l imber riv
er in New Guinea, a communique
■aid. heavily damaging the span
which forms a link in the enemy's
U'cwak-Medang coastal supply roado.
Babson Analyzes Activities
Of First Quarter Of Year
r,\ mx;i;it \v. h.aksox
Copyright—19 n—Publishers Finan
cial Bureau. Inc.
Washington, April 1—-The first
quarter of 1943 wa - marked by sev
eral outstanding events in busine.-".
anrt finiinee. .Sumo <■!' these are re
sulting i:i vital chaoses in our eco
nomic anrl family lilo I have spacv
to comment upon just a tew ot '.hem.
< on*rcss Rcliiw Standard
We entered Ifi-t.'t with a.better |>
litlcal situation than had existed for
some time. There has been con
tinued evidence th.it the caliber o!
Congress has improved It remain .
however, below the standards of the
democracy it represents. This mayl
ii il be the tiiuM of t\>ngrc*«. itself
Iml the limit til Hit' voters who eled
the Co'igi-oss. Kvoii in those strln-j
r< nt I mos people <irc failing to take
m ii tere.t in government. Until
they Ho. we can expcc'. little of u
constructive nature him Washing
ton.
Commodity Prlccs
The prediction 1 made in mv an
nn;it forecast lh.it there would iip
continued . pressure to pierce price
ceilings hns materialized. There has
l.ee:i .ilniost a complete disregard <>1
k'. I price cc'ihnK . Inflationary
force* are set for .1 good ride and
(Continued on Page Two)
Many Ships
Nearly 100 Fortresses
Have Begun Smashing
At Axis Ships; Allies
Advance in Tunisia
Moseovv. April 1—(AIM—A
Tass usspateli iroill f .;uisailiii\
Stvil/fi'luiiil. r.riimk-a-1 today l>»"
the- .Mu.-.cm uiUu, »aid that cttn
rci!lr.i!iir.^ of and hos
pital .itil railway trains
had hei'n obst rved in ports of
southern Italy.
"Tlii'ir is I'vrri indication tliat
Italian authorities are iirrnarinj;
1'or mass evaluation of axis
lumps from Tunisia," the dis
liateh said.
It said al*i. that hospitals
which w ou!i! accommodate al
least t)0.(il:U patients liad been
set up in Na pies, according to
Italian reports.
(I'll 7i ly.-'ncitili<' /'reus)
Allied headquarters disclosed
today that ail armada of nearly
I . S. Klvinjr Fortresses,
tin- largest sinjrle force of its
type ever massed, lias beguu
smashing ;it axis ships off
southern Sardinia in what ap
peared to be an attempt to
wreck an enemy "iMinkerqtie"
fleet f< : i .-cape fn.nt Tunisia.
I >;s>>atche.-< said the trivat
>1 i*ik iiiff f«>;ve< oi Fortresses,
stroii-rly escorted I»y fijxlitevs.
attacked the Sardinian port of
Cajrliari yesterday, hitting five
merchant ships and 21 smaller
craft.
In (tic allied raiders
c!estr<\\cr <>i dam.isrd ">T air
< t:<t 1 mi the eround anil shot
down I I avis fighter planes in
uCudi.o on lh»ve Sardinian air
itrumi's it v.as annouuccd.
A- •. i i i»ts. e<
h ;i -y it ,i. iii.s-.sed oncniy
«.-}■» i I > ;• 1>se S.:i*;li.m V.nri'HWS, 111 -
tacUiiv; a • .ix-\ e-.-i-l c- ' ivny with
thiw .<• nits: .i Inrw merchant ship
.Mink. anotli.-r !•■:: I.him and sink
in:;. tv'n «'t' i :i flame*. a large
' m'.i'i.u i t\v 1 Six Cienn.in
liniiN-'s w!- i :: .»t * - ■ ; ■ ' 11 in inter
cept the Rlit :h< !•■ .. . re shot d »\vn in
tlje sen.
A'i al lied slants retimed from
Ihu • ■ in . the comi unique . aid.
Mear \\ liil»*. allied military
<lli.ilirf. said Itrilisii eighth army
lrii»|is liad advanced twelve
ndlrs l;t-\i<iul ncv ly-rresipturc J
Oudrot in southern Tunisia, on
the cuasial liicliwu.x tii SI'.-ix. and
wcrr skirmishing villi avis rear
giririW dim in well above the
<i;dios bottleneck.
The v irding "i a United Nation*
«•< nw tniquc suggested thnt Field
M.i-.-hal I. v n Itoir.r.icl n.iuht foe
;-*teii.ji!in:; a new stand alter four
d iv . of ret c .: i •-> m the Mnreth lino.
In tlie north, the British first army
(( <1 n I'.iije Three)
Rommel Still
Rated Strong
Stimson Says Force
L.irgeiy Intact and
May Join Von Arnim
In Northern Tunisia
Washington, April 1—(APi —
Secretary of War Stimson said
today thai German Marshal Er
win lioinniet apparently still has
tin? hulk «if his TuiiMan force
intart and that a .strum; chanee
remains lie ran el feet a tini.m
with axis forces under General
von Arnim in the north.
In such iin c.eiit. tin.* >cfrcl:iiv
It>ld a pres.-. ctiiilorencc. the vneiny
,11 Tunisia could oiler strong resist
ance and "befo:-. thr filial phases ot
the north Alrican campaign. there
will ill all probability bo a g"od
deal '<1 heavy lighting."
Honimi1: -u'io ri , n •npoitint <!_•
fcai flt the Marcth lino, tho War
.-ccretary al. due principally to tho
kill ; Jul le :n> >if Miilish (Jen
< t;il M'ii it t;< ti. v ,iii(l I he eoiifbo ot
In IIritish eighth army.
!. Iinialfs i>( i. - I 's-;cx arc incom
plete SIi•:i < I'litimii'd in a rev iew
"i the vva:. i'lit larjjc Pimibci'i t»l"
(ici'ivoi and II ili in sohiTcrs 1'iSiV"
: ceil Killed, several thou.-.ind wound
ed and taken prisoner. and the al
lies have captured and destroyed
large amounti of axis equipment.