THIRTIETH YEAR
Hmtft resort Bmht Htspatrh
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1 t'm k K,\ sj socW , N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 2, 1943 —
l'UUUSIIKK KVKItV AKTEKNOON
KXCEi'T SUNDAY.
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First Army Smashes Nazi Lines
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BOMBERS BATTER JAP SURFACE FORCES
TOMMIES' VICTORY SMILES
STILL SMILING, even though battered and patched, arc tlio^o liritish
Tommies, members or Ihe British Eighth Army. Tliry wore photo
graphed just after the victorious assault on the Marcth I.ine in Ttmi. in.
This photo was radioed from Cairo to New York. (International)
Politics Boils to T op
Of Legislative Dispute
Fourth Term Tax
And Reciprocal Trade
Issues in Spotlight
Of Capitol Stage
Washington. April 2—(AIM —
Politics boiled tu tlx* lop of (he
Capitol cauldron today on fourth
term, lax and trade agreement
issues—with hot legislative un
dei currents concerning labor
leaders and war brokers—but
the heat was temporarily turned
off manpower draft legislation.
](<>;>■■ i >1 K-itit - replied l<> rational
Democratic Ch;..rm«m Kr;i..k Walk
er's suggestion f"i' a shoi 1 ISM I cam
paign v. Mh tin.1 retort lii.it Now Ileal,
ers had already picked President
Rotisevell lor tiieir eandiilate and
naturally were ready lo go. Said
Ilaiii^on Spangier, OOP national
chasimoi, "it i-. a matter ol regret
that New Dealers have waited I >
m.'.Ue the propositi ol late political
conventions until alter their candi
date has already been selected."
Possibility that party-lu.e ditlor
encc., over ircome tax abateiueiit
might he settled i>y a rendezvous
down in Dixie was rumored mean
while. The town talk iiad it that
Chairman Houghton. North Carolina
Democrat, of the House ways and
means committee and Kepre dilative
Klilit.'on, Minnesota Republican, op
posi: g tpiaiierbaeks in the cpiarrcl
over the Kuml skip-:i-yoar lax plan,
would g<> into a huddle lor harmony
Somewhere in the south. Diughton.
whose Democratic lineup licked the
plan on the lloor. headed for hi '
North Carolina home and KiiutMiii
for Florida.
Another ign of potential political,
harmony ol a purely temporary .sort
(Continued on Page Three) 1
Mosquito
Planes Raid
Nazi Cities
Lu::(lnli, A|»til -—(Al')«
S|Hvily M<> <111i 1 ■ liomix'i"
i diivvii chit Ti i r ;.it<i
Klir.ini; in wv Urn (SeriMany
yesterday, droppvd del y«*d jto
I urn i. iiilis I r.iin :i 1 .> • .ill
(cct .iikI sped ji\v:iy while Cior
mnns i Jiic :. t ww 1111
gupinx lit thetn ill i i«»n :• i.
ItAK |>ilu!< said Ihrir bombs
smashed lit rough t!ie r<»ii <>f ;i
railway wui'l: ..! I r .u:l
|Ml\VUr ?l:i!<tti 1m i iI
dl. A' Kliriinit .i i ex
plosion" w .i> r.m rd. j>.! ■'
and it w:ii> lielicvori .> jjasfiliiu*
dump WJI • 111!.
N' in- i>i Hit Hi ; 'i ill tu \
ll»t ;ill<l Kllly !.'.•< ilV II Ill I i.. . -
its wen- si^iitnl .hi !!.»• 11'i!i.
Nine Nations
Accept Bids
To Con! erence
\V»>lihl!!liin. Apiil : — (Al'(—
Nine loinili !«•«., hit liiiiiut: Soviet
Jftisvii .ilri'.iiix li.iv •• ariffdrd
tlit* I'liitcil Stall's invitation to a
((.'icitiiiiU'd en I'.km- Throe)
Revenue Receipts for March
Justify Legislative Optimism
Dally Dispatch Bureau. I
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By I.VNN MSBirr
Raleigh, April 2 -With titles tax
collections tip 000 or about .'{."1
per cent, and income yielding -SO.
570,0110 or 43 per cent more than in
M >rch last year, t lio monthly report,
of the State revenue department
would seem to support the optimism
« f Governor Broughton and a ma
jority of the legislators as expressed
in nearly every action except re
fusal to lower the sales t.ix rate. ,
I"i every classification of general 1
fund revenue whieh can l>c forecast
■ at .11. except in Schedule M privi
lege taxes. I!M3 March collections
were well ahead of I!»Ili. Privilege
collections fell off about Sll.oon.
There was a drop >f more than a
hundred thousand in Kift taxes, and
a jump <>f nearly five thousand in
inheritance taxes; but these iwcif
items <• n n«-. «•, he ••slni .tlcf. They
are j isl Ktie -**''•
Tulal (iivcnil !ii'kI n'cipti f• »i
March i'i mc '!•• )>li< Mm <••'. ! i
<,( $23,506,027.01 on norease
$7,131,874,20 Ma roll Iant year,
a Jump "I 3<!.V!> per ••nil. Kur the
nine month ■ the enn;ont fUcal
year March 31, ■ • ! >t i| take
s.i'i ;!'•!>.'>. O.fiO. ( cvfii i
million (ioll.ir . or
ovt'r 1'"' 1 i'>l""l'lin:j j.ci >.) • Mir
prev i >us ye,if
((iisol.iU' last's r itili: < ■
downward trend, f,.il rig thrcc<(|iiar.
tern <>f !• million dollar undtr
March—which Hxoll had 1 illon be
low the March be loir -fur ,i <li i|> "1
T15.ll! per ornt Thr -ijln i fiM, <l'
cllnc >n Ki'-^oii <• revenue • ■
(121.02010, «ir Xd.07 in • cent. Thi."
continue*! flrclm,- \\ n,>i nnr\pri |.
(Continrcd on IVge Three)
Fighters
Shoot Down
16 Zeros
Results of Attack
On Ships Not Noted;
Japan'? Air Losses
Mount to 902 Planes
\\ ;i-Itiri.i.rt«.11. April 2—(AI'J
I —American bombers battered a
Japanese lorce of rive destroy
< i'> southwest ol' kolombuiiKura
almost at the same iimv
iij;lil< r plane.- were engaging "5I>
!>. I'» .1 apanese Zero t'ljrhters
; and sh"n»uiijLT down l(> of the
(!•« liiy planes. the Navy report
] 11> imiay.
in tli" Solomon islands eit
in iits. six I'nited States
planes wen* lost in the aerial
e<>n.!>at. fought northwest ot
iiuatlalcai'.ai island. but two ol
tin* pili.ts were rescued.
Kcsiilis i»C the attack by
bumlicrs on tlir Japanese surface
I'orce u ere not observed, the
Navy ri ported in communique
No. wliieli told also of two
more attacks on the Japanese
base at Kiska in the Aleutians.
Si".tiling il >wii <>t Hi Zeros in the
I aerial iln.Ltiul:! oil' Guadalcanal
I in i.nght ii Kti2 the number of Jap
•u- ■ plane announced here as lo.-l
:.i She Solomons.
'\< nil i i;i! explanation ot lh<.
t «_- hi tin- Japanese lorce in Hit
i in.til.- ir,,n.il area was given. Il wa>
jin-s iMic.l because «>t the prcit'nci
jit a caruo v...-el in the group '.hoi
it v.a> engaged in carrying .supplier
In i ne iif the Japanese bases in ih«:
Si'li'inons area, possibly thai al imieh
, battered M inula.
Missing Pigs
Are Mystery
I'hieaxo. April 1—<AI')—-The niys
11 iy i.t the mi.-.siiiK remained
V. iciy 11 it* I'hiejtao stock yards
■ i . wmlc hoi; |iricf.s reaehiri peaks
;M«|fl.'llf(l prev;ou-ly since Oct iber,
i!>ju. riii- tup ye Iciday was Sl(».
' we witt si ivciird breakiI-g 1942
. p; in-.; p ■; crop and buyers at tin"
market have awaited an expected
IIimkI .>i porker.- (lady .since lllf lir.-l
■ l!:t- year. Wlnif salable receipt*
i March were Moderate, they were
v. Is.>:!-uadc'iualc to meet demand ;
and i : were held at consistently
Iiij'I. level*.
I.:\estoek experts were unable
.(lvalue (ieliintc reasons as to why
the lii>:{> were not be.ni; marketed
in laruc ituinhers.
"The piji.-' were horn alright," they
•aid. "..nd the usual number grew
to niatn ity. The tanners have held
back oinf to latten them up. Ixit
can't no on lorever. Maybe, the
black markets are siphoning oil a
con; idcraMe supply. Anyway they'll
not coming to market."
Jap Convoy
Survivors
Captured
l.'jndon. April 2 (AP)—lieu*
te . in di.,latch frnm an advanc
• • I . !l c:l Im c hi New Guinea,
repot i") today that special Aiis
a p trols on (SondcnnllKh
' .iTid Hie T r o l> t i a n <1 island,
'it captured hundreds of .lap
a'ic-e .-tfvivoifrom smashed
eon\oy«. hi the Ili-mark sea.
M i i i!i in I no Japane-e wore
llril t,< I hey offered resis
i.itieo. the dispatch s id.
(Allied airmen have smashed
repeated Japanese attempts in
]■( cc.it ii nth to reinforce K»'ar
in hi orthenstern New (»ui
, in , Mod notable was the do
liurtioii i| a 22-ship convy in
the P. >i ai l; sea early in M reh.
,i a !1 of which allied head
entailer- estimated that some 15.*
(100 Jap met death,
President Vetoes
Bankhead Measure
As 'Inflationary7
V
A Lick at Axis
»
AN ENGLISH GIRL 'Iocs her share
for the war e.iort by sticking sav
ings stamps on a 500-lb. : < !> at
Trafalgar Square, Lone'.-.. When
the liomb is fully covcred with
stamps, it is to be taken over Ger
many on a raiding plane and
delivered. (International)
Reds Join
Feed Parley
Russia Will Send
Representatives
To United States
I Conference
Mo-cow. April 2—(AP)—Tin*
Soviet I 11 i<>ii has accepted an in
vitation from the Fuitrd States
to send representatives to a
foiled Nations eontereiiee on
posl-war I'ooil questions, is was
announced today.
President lloosevelt announced !
plan.s lor I"- conference several
\v< <■!; ago Washington. indicating
Ihen liiat it Id be limited strictly
to executive -cssions.
Peliber.i: ■ over Mich problems
a. lood iir.•(i,i< tion and distribution',
nuti't • n. 'i commercial and finan
cial . rr.im< •cits for the entire pro
gram are m-: edllled to begin April
■J7. at point as yet undesignated.
The State department recer.tly an
| iioiinced th 1 governments have
been invited send their technical
expert* tin conference.
While it vas known that Hus-ia
had been in ted to participate, to.
day'* off.ci .i announcement was be
lieved to l»i the first indication of
the Suv ie! < lion—and it immedi
ately gave e to speculation con
cerning otl.i conferences on varied
posl-war p 'Cms.
19 CAMP DAVIS MEN
ARK MADE CITIZENS
Wiln - April 2—(AP)—Nilie*J
teen en I * < <1 "en from nearby Camp
l>a\i wen- naturalized in superior
com I hcr< ■'tt(l((e .John .1. Iturney
ainini-tccil tin* oath ol citizenship,
M AV MARSItAI.
(Srcen*l»'>: •. April 2—(AP)—Major :
Kd'-e.v Uidnc of (ireen>horo today
Vftol; live" !)'< duties of I'. S marshal
f >r the • I- e district ol North Car
olina loll' "g his official appoint
ment vesle flay by Judge .Johnson .1.
Haves.
WEATHER
FOII M»nTll CAROLINA.
Colder tonight.
Bill to Exclude AAA
Benefit Payments
From Parity Formula
Returned to Senate
Washington. April 2—(AI' >
—Branding it inflationary and
dangerous. President Uoi.sewii
vetoed today tlie Kankhead bill
to increase farm prices by e\
cludinjr payments in fitruvii; ■:
the farm parity price formula-.
Itcliirning tin* measure iii!>i;M
ed to tin* Senate. Mr. Kmisrvt'l!
said in a mes-age:
'I am compelled to this action
by llu* dei*|i conviction that t'ii-»
measure is Inflationary in «•!».«i _
aeter. It breaks down tin* bar
riers we have ereeteil and whii I*
we must maintain in order to
avoid alt tin* disasters of in'ta
tion. It is wholly inconsistent
with our stabilization program
and. therefore, dangerous alil.e
to our constructive farm polio"'
and to our wliole war effort."
Adn'iri.stration opponents "l the
l»i 11, which won ea-.v victory in » i 11
Uou*e and Senate, have estimated
it would add approximately
000.000 to the nation'* anmi:.! i > >ct
•.ill.
It takes a two-thirds vote of
both the House and Senate t'i
override the President ami make
a vetoed tiill law. Tin* Kallklicail
measure originally p:i»sed llr*
Senate by a vole of "I. 't'ti •
House showed a standing vote hi
its favor of 1 111 to III. l ew •>;>
posed it in debate in cit'icr
chamber.
At the C'apitol. Dem icratii- 1 .• .
Iiarklcv ol Kentucky .-a id the S« n.. .■
might vote next week I" overr <It• .a
veto but Ihnl the House might sus
tain Mr. Iloo evel'.V rejection <>t tin*
measure. |x-niti:tu out tin* socall..;
"city" vole is much largi r :h*i\.
Senator llankhead. aullmr ol ;>■
measure, said a dcternnm .1 effi *
would in* made to override the
despite the President's .; -•
exclusion of In*, elit payments
limning farm price parity : m
Would !>e i'.ll: >; i' ■! Iv ill elie*'
and "dangerous aliki* t" our con
structive farm policy ami to <•...■
wliole war el fort."
aIr. ItiMisevelt i litendcd 'i.< nn
:u;e would go lievond Ihe jjo, 1 of
parity Income am! give farmer* "an
uinvarra: led honu.- at .«■ e\pen. e • i
tin* consume:*."
in- sain mi' funnel is
tially In-tier nil' than in (lit- !;«»l
H ;>r lull w on Id nut remain sn "if
wo sot Iiiiim* an inflationary (<ir.
liatld."
What In1 called the preso':' "i
!i>i fat orable |i< iti i <>f A":r;
funnel's. hi1 -..ill. ran !>e hi- .1 .. >
if Ihe general stabi! at inn ,
iittverak ami tiii- will .-nr.* •■•{! "• ly
n' all groups pmi'|)! those i -i
\ ei v margin "I ;>-t:teliee .h ■ w i I
i'V 1" recognize t: it lor tho il rj*.it n
l'*f> not only ear not expert I > i
pi mi Ihoir I ■ us Ktniulu •»!>. lilt
ir.iiil indeed Ik* u llinjt to !>«>..r then
f. snare ill the i • ! >>f stabi.i it i
Mr. Roosevelt himself e~<> inted
llu bill might »wclI Hit* iwl r iiv
in^ more than ■*' per cent .i ai a id
i.dr more than s 1 .iiiiii.nini.iinii i
riHiKiimvrK* budget unci wr i!
Irihdred million dollars tu '.m • r
hi feeding Ihr ar <*d force- an ; • ..;i
|:ly niir allies.
I'rgilig adherence to the -t i! / i
1 on program. Mr. Kooseve't rtided.
"I appeal t" the eonsideroci jtld.J
1 n( 111 i>l the Congress Jo ro.i«s t the
HanUhead Itill which I jim .o',i;, in :
Unsigned. II will li"t help I ho ■■
\\ iiti his inured.ate war dM.i .lt
It \\ II make it infinite!'.* h i •
for the fanner to protcct i m;r]
from wartime nila' nn and po t-wnr
eijao . It W ill add to the ■>
uf thii -i* most heabily burdened. I
<\ill in.ike the v anting uf i,.o w
mine diflieult • »! gravely in-.p.-nl
{.iir chances <•! winning the iicaie. '
BANK'S DEPOSITORS
BEING PAID BY FDIC
Hlaek Mountain. April J (AIM
Thomas A. (' iivvfnfdi fpprp en e
the Federal Deposit liisnranee C >.
poiation .is |n| laling ngen' . >i tin
Hank of Mlaok M Mint m \\ h , ,: •
I'd March If!. Iia> begun payment «..
elftinw tn deposi'
The bank held held deposits i
bout >5|.nnn.nnn at 'he time of »i..«
inc -ind it i.« estimated that prai
rally the entire amount is eovcrcd
by :hc FDIC.
Finds $13,901
• * * - 1
O.N THe LOOKOUT f.,r metal scraps
i;i n jiuili yard in Now York City,
litUo Frank KominsUy. 13, came
ncrons it wooden box. Inside the
bo-j was a tobacco tin containing
$1.1:101.31. Frankie turned it over
to the police. If the money isn't
claimed in ix month:.. it will be re
turned to the boy. (International)
Sales Agent
Under Fire
Navy Asks Congress
1 o Aid in Crackdown
On Representatives
Infest ing Capital
WashiiiKiitn. April 'i——
The .Na\> iiffii-ialy a»l»cd Con.
gri*** toii.o fur aid in cracking
ilimn mi manufacturers' repre
sentatives wiiu "have their of
tices in their liats" and sales
"of little ability" recoiv
:»t.: "■'tilraueoits fees" lor produc
war contracts.
j>. . Ieuivj.it.ve
.. . . .lacob K. Da
■ .. . !•' tilt* under.
\ o! tr.< N".i\v and a former
1 c r« |iiv c.i'ativ c from ()hu>.
. ' i! .-«> n.n ,il committee:
; ...1 ..I: aitent should
:<■ i )lv :.n- inti'odue
i{< .i new . (I tint • d artifle to the
:i i he hi I-.',! receive
■ I. ti c il . the emergency
1 !;. the l.ict tliiit siibse
- • 11 r«.- wliich ho
i :>i turn a ingcr. well his
!I 1 . ji>tl'oli<>:v.ieal tiK*
t I i i' i\:n v t-cll had
el it lo ajji-lit.- rep
• • i: i ■ e i 1'iHt lactur.
.- and said their annual
ins ; aliped from $20,000
iii of oia- half million dol
.:i the case of a few.
i ; Id ",i,e (.• iMiitlee the ureal
'> ■ i -.il. ■ auetils originally
I c ployeil because ol their la
r:tj with government procure
. 'hod- "their know-how in
mi.en' 'Ir.or than because
... ty and experience
prod els they \iere at. I
.'i : to sell."
Anderson's
Army Drives
Near Mateur
German 'Dunkerque
Escape' Threatened
By Gains; Americana
Join Eighth Army
(11 y The Associated Press)
British first army troops havu
smashed (loop into the vital Ger
man defense zone in north Tu
nisia. an Algiers broadcast said
today, and are storming toward
Mateur. only 18 miles south of
the enemy's potential "Dim
kerqne escape" port at liizerto.
The radio said Lieutenant
General Anderson's forces were
now "pressing on the retreating
Germans in the vicinity of Ma
teur" after a thrust from Sed
jen.aiie. 25 miles to the west.
A bulletin from allied head
quarters save no details of the
first army advance, but declared:
"Our troops continued to push
northward and eastward beyond
Sedjenane." *
British vanguards. spearheads.i !.y
.fierce tribal warriors ol French Mo
rocco, were reported to have driver,
six miles east of Sedjenane two days
ani>. and yesterday's allied commun
ique said General Anderson's offen
sive was making "good progress."
Today's war bulletin from Genera!
Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquar
ters said the front was "generally
quieter yesterday." but "our patrols
were very active over the whole
front."
Field dispatches said Marshal S>
win Rommel was flying in fresh
troops and battling for every toot
of hi.- dwindling north African hold
ings.
In the south, an Algiers broad
cast declared that I". S. troops
driving eastward to the sga from
Gafsa had met the British eighth
army as General Montgomery
pursued K o m m e I northward
along the coastal highway som»
•It miles above the Maretli line.
'•Junction between American and
British forces is now complete." the
radio said.
In the skies, allied warplnnes
swept in waves over Rommel's lm«*
of retreat along the Gulf of Gal>e<
coast, inflicting havor on his ar
1111 red columns and spreadii g <lc. ;h
among axis troops.
In the Russian campaign. Soviet
headquarters said the Red armies of
the Caucasus had captured three
more v illages on the approaches to
Germatilicld Novorossisk. Ilia'.'!: Se.i
naval base, but elsewhere on the ton •
battle line the mild and slush >'
spring bogged down operation-.
Dispatches said the entire front,
extending from Leningrad t ) ihe
Black sea. resembled "a great slits'-r
lakc." with transportation drive, s
working night and day to keep si
ply lines open.
MCRKAY CHARGES
Washington. April 2—(AP)—C'lO
President Philip Murray charged to.
d v that lives of American and al
lied fighting men "are being en
dangered nnrt Jnst because of mstif
fieient supplies, or delays in slip
plies reaching the armed forces."
In a statement on overseas ship
ping. Murray said "waste, confusion
and lack ol planning are holding
down the efficient use of our avail
able shipping resources to an alarm
ing degree."
Nazis in Africa Expected
To Fight to Last Man
LiikI.ii. Ajiri 2 — (AIM—The
.. :i Id i- .t Klyinjj Fortress |
(i . S i <1 . w - interpreted
today <lc. :.'r IIH tlx: |»• »>.-1l»lc •
■ c 111«I |• >t>.11>]«■ late if any axis
iit'i , ! tn duplicate Dunkcrqiic in a'
I iclii •' fi iMii Tunisia. I>i11 unofficial i
., ... ,.r. nnnciitcd it was more like- j
I Iv the na/.i would liKh*. to the death
I tinder ordcrt* (nim Adolpta Hitler lo
: buy nui'c time for defense wt the
; continent.
Mr pile the c -t i men nd mater
ial. and its effect oil the morale of
the (icman |K'o|ile. such a stand
wn .'I lit the recent defcnse-mind
• (.•!<•■ ri plivi-d I iv Hitler mid his
:< i .it sliil I wlx'i faced with the
I: '• .ii;; pmver • «t tin- allied on-'
si. IWJ.
. i|i of doom fo. Colonel f»en
i i i' .I'irj'en von Arium'« hnxtilv-fln-1
, 'h« «-rt amiv and Field Marshal!
; Ei win Rommel's veteran Afrika
Korps wmld bo dictated by these
ncccssit ics:
1. An attempt to delay the allied
mopping up of north Africa to the
last minute, taking the heaviest toll
in the hope <»f gaining time against
tlie inevitable invasion of the con.
tinent.
2. The need to husband whal Is
left of the Italian war fleet again-t
invasion day, rather than risk the ex
treme losses that powerful allied air
and sea concentrations might inflict
on covering vessels as well as any
evacuation fleet.
Reports reaching here from Bern
indicate that Hitler already may
have given Marshal Rommel orders
to hold to the last man, but Rom
mel probably will not be sacrificed.
These reports indicated Rommel
would be named commander in chief
of the wholp southern European
coast and would direct defenses iroiti
the Italian shore to Spain,