Buy All Tlte Bonds Yon Can In The Second War Loan Drive
Henderson Hathj UtspatrJj
THIRTIETH YEAR Ti^MATOiiKS'.iy HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 12, 1SM3 I,u,,h,s,KxcEFTKsJNFIVE CENTS COPY
Allied Forces Capture Sousse
Russians Return To l>ur\ Their Dead
SORROW LINES THE FACE5 <;f those n n wr: i-tt a ' >• r< f.irn to their village in the Ukraine after it
had been retaken from the Nazis L>y Ktc! Army hv ( s. Taken from»an ofllcial Soviet ne\v?rcel, the phito
was made shortly after the women had buried their u.en folk at a mass (uncraL (International)
Accent on Father
i
In Capital News
Draft Regulations
Followed by Bill
Proposing Deferment;
Debt Limit Increased
Washington. April 1J—(AIM
— i In- accclit was on l atiuT in
tlii- capital today.
A new .M-li-eliw st-rviec* >rdcr
was issued •■ivinjr thousand- • >.'
dad tlnir !'ir.-t draft dHVrnn
1:1111- and a n>'asiuv n> dil'.-r
all of tin >11 <«|u iu d what may
1'f i:; f • la si \..rk of ("onirrcs.- ov
i'orc r.i.-tt r.
-M !'.i i.w liilc. i new law lifted
1 (••• nation tl di*ht lid nearly a
hutdiid Litlinn ilnh.ii- iiiM in
limr In 1(1 in tin* l'u*ttl*> Iriirt
I!»«• i'.tralvsl war bond drive in
In >.r\ ami inllatinti. piist-war
trade a»i:l lives n< v.
I>'i>!ilcisis tin < apitol Ilill.
I I. ■ >|| ,1 (I: ..!! Ii«\tdi| i.n ■'
< : i !<■ v. c t nut *• > local imar-i
iiy .i- i.iihciv nil Uii. »• who- ■
I ■!: I'll v t . r born lit ' !|'l! l.l.-t Sf I
n lii <r> scrvice call until Iii
-■••it to ;'u hoard . Tin
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' i vlj ' • itlipi k the 8*A clii
' 11 < < t« (I n new moiiji. I >. :■
ilcloi rn! of ■ 'hardship I'.i ii "
(a) i •:! i. • ,1 t• n• profpi'i i «l dr
v ic <• L' I' aiul '!
i;t.' • v.«" (• let I i lad.
fo'ini; c\rn further llian llial
tin* dialt deferment hill nl IJrp
ri'M'iitalivo Kildav. Te\.t» Ihni
niral. which would iirrM'iil li
declii>tt nl fathers until all child
less turn of drafl am* in 111** same
stale had lii'fii eallctl. was •»!.»>
l«i •-(.»«»ff w hat ciiiturt'^sltHi il
leaders hnpe.l was their lasl
business work lirfiirr a scltcdtilpil
lim-wi-i'k l/islrr rcce-s.
Apart from (h<* rtnift rii'vH pmriv
I'ii- i- \ ,. 'dcr ■ If m i
I'M id. • I' . . 1***1 .in. •
—. n tile mc »l lii<* Tt'• n■■'"v'
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lit* li ul Mr m 'I i'.'i :i |i i ■ • in* ! ,i •
lite national i!< ; i i • it fr Sl2flj
fMIII.IM|| 1.111)11 t., S>'.' 11l.ttlo>.<II><t.1 Ktlt )i>
i" • '• a l.iw w iliioul h - .-imi it
ll«' d 'I not sittn ii bct-uiw '• •'
I'ii'd . rider which repealed lit - ev •
i.' ,r nidi - limiting s:» 1.• f;<•>- 1*• ■*" 1
f"1" after i i\i . tmt •• n dor in * •
tmiiai ;•.!> out |o our war I inane
({"otriinipd oil Pane l'ivel
NAVY PH OT killed
IN CRASH OF PLANI
N •' lit. \ i. Ani il 1:' <"Al*>
r- nut William K. Seltuh '• '
Till < i;.| , V liillr'l S.llll' I
iiffit'UKiii when a Nflvv plane I ■ v
I'll "ling or i *-1 • »*f l in Httatwki' 5*ni»n<
' ' Iron N »«•, Head. N C. ' ■
''"ii ii;i\al (li tint announced ticio;
Yv ithhoiding
Levy Urged
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S|it'iiki i Itayblirn. I'« \.i i >c
. f.. i >. < : ' if«l 1 *.*i i\ : i.. lit
k'liuHTiit it Ht'iiiililiciin action tu
nsiel i|uickly a j>t'r ccul wiih
cl.iin., ' tin- 1 i\:.l>!r
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Five Persons
Die Violently
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ll|>S V. I'll li
lt. Clark. ok'voii. <•!
lite w ,i- fatally ;:i
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Buy More War Bonds Today
Hull Pleads
Fcr Facts
Secretary of State
Urges Trade Treaties
To Demonstrate U. S.
Post-War Cooperation
W.t-hiiisMon. .%|>ril 1!—(AIM —
Sccri'iiU'.v iii Stale Hull Imla*
uracil rri'fM.sl ol (In* m-iproral
traili* ajriTiiirnls lav in ortlrr.
>ai(l. n> ilrtuonslralc Dial Hit*
I iiitrii Stairs will <oo|>i-nilc with
nations not <ml> in war liul in
the |ica»T to <-omr.
•Thi' i:*:•;.>• iK-iipIf win' look t<>
anl :!:• onintry vviJh II iii
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Japan Opens Air Offensive
Large Scale
Attack Made
On Oro Bay
Twenty-Three of 45
Japanese Planes
bhot Down; Hit
£corcd on Ship
A new Japanese aerial of fen
sive which "may attain consid
entl)l«' . ("tie of effort" has beei
launched in the southwest l'a
c.fic. (ieiieral Douglas MacAr
t hiir s headquarters announce!
nula.v.
The announcement was haset
oil an aback I>y 15 Japanes;
raiders on Ora May. south o!
Iliina in New (iuinea, the secoiu
larjre scale aerial effort the Jap
anese iiave attempted in fiv.
day.
Twenty-three of the planes
were shot down in a sub-stratos
phere battle with l-ichtniiiKs and
Kittv Hawks. it wus announced,
and the Japanese did little dam
agr except to score two direct
hit; on .1 2,000-ton allied mer
chant ship which was beached.
Allied aerial losses were describ
ed a:. insignificant. -•
As in the attack l>v !H> Japanese
pi.an I. -t Thursday, in the Guadnl
<■ iti.il area. I'mled Nation* an- mince"
incut- <aid ili«' Japanese objective
wt•• i allied shipping.
There was no allied announce
ment. however. concer-.iing llie si i:
■ >! the .11(I .-hipping eoncentrat:• >"i.
The Japanese have claimed to have
suv.k ten transport- among othoi
s'iiiii- in the c; :ad;ilcanul nciian.
The ,\.iy yesterday, in a recap!)
nlat ■ n. .-aid illied losses in the lat
ter biiitle were .. destroyer. corvctte
and tanker s nk. a small fuel boat
damaged and seven planes shot
ilow!'. while .lapane e plane losse.
had mounted to ::;i.
Mac.\rthur\. I" ml>ei\- ineanwhih
«-• ■:iTittiit-rl tile . runs over Jap
anc <• ! .! ••- tr. I nio|- to the north
west nf A istl'i ha to New Ireland i:
t! norlhea-t.
The l.'AK 1-..I • I its a .-alilts
BRITISH CARGO SHIP
IS SUNK IN ATLANTIC
Wa.-Sui-gt-.n. \--d II!. (Al')
! I ( ■ d today III it
•mall It'it ;-h iiant ve.-sel wa
ll t i cd' '-d I by ,i siib-oai 11>•
c.n Iv m M i: the Atlaniie oil
the ii 'iM:< ii . of Soulh Amer
ica. Siiii\i'i- been landed al
Miami. Ha.
Draft Reclassification
Ordered; 3-B Eliminated
Deferment for Men With Collateral
Dependents and Wives Only Ruled
Out; Other Changes
W"..-Mil! • • A • I ! ii iii11 i<'it
<■1 iliMii iKk-m v t .i (• lur <k<
rci'llllY.t l<".' ;;u•?i wllli colliitcml de
pendent (I \r ivcepi i;i
till! eiise I't ITll'M lll'l ■ .1. y t'l <ltl(l
<*:ii il« iilv < ii * • : ril i ; tir«* «>r
in < i-c- wtii'rn i <1 rente hti I liip und
I»• !% al •"! v • I ■ ' v. nii"Uiir
!• f 1(1 v ! • I 'Ii • I ul V. Mr
\iilt i.f lii' war iii<im|h>\\er cm
mis-ioti.
Mai«': !>• :i1 . tin new pn'lira ill,
ii ■ titlmeil iiK'iivMMiula 1' .vt.i:<•
dlrrc'«»r.« by Mtijm Cftnenil I .t .. > - II.
Ilcv-nc''. ft rrrt • «»( oleelivc ncrvlcc.
m lulled
1 Klillii'ial i"M , ■! cl.i -- "15. 1 Ii:•
- liei i !"tm e u-e'l fin el.i. fiea«
) 'ii nf li'iMi U Ml l«"ia nil' ilejieil
drills Willi WW ii' at •• efll|;il!('(| ill nc
i". iliey ee • iillid !•> Ihc -• 'i'I"t of
llie Wiiref!"!' V" re::i Irani will lie
Jil-ieed M II ' 'as ! e eaflei'.
I 2. lll'V -I' ll "l cl :i-.\. herel'i
I f ii«c for men u■ i irt d< in 'drill ■
;• i! who tww nn| e nMjted Itt mi
I nrlivily e frnlinl i<> i ipporl "I
the w»r effort. Ilenrelcrfh I hi rla
will be u&cd lo» any . who
irant;. lide family rcl.i
tionship child in* childrci
l> •. ;(i<-I with regard !•
the w, I prior to Decern
In- i:• i two exceptioii
t(ii(j 11 iry to tind rcgti
'.i ly eilK «ucrt Hgrlctllturc \\ hi
*».i\ •ciulont.H will con
10 l \ 3*C. RrfMnml
v.1111 ;in i leirrrable activitie
ore j'.i! •••> unated as Mich !>'
the \\ v i! er commission wil
hp reelasMl ed without reference t
the l.i ' tl ■■ ' • v have children.
Creation fliWs -l-D. n nc\
, ill bo placed an
rer. -ti it therivi-e deferred i
il i ili■*< ■ • 'I that h's inductio
:it • tlie i ■ -I ' aval forces won I
11 ill m ■ i <■ hardship and pi
vati<>n in .i « •«'. child or paien
w it!) u: maintains a lion
fide i in v ■ • "tiship in his hom
aiwi >> r< "ii "f Mlctl detenu
iialioti. t cnii>'dered advisaM
that lie l»c tie'erred.
4. I'. m of the "immincnc
(C .r.n.ied '.»n Pngt Five)
WKO SAID JAPS DON'T GIVE UP?
WOUNDED JAP PRISONERS at nn American prison camp in the South
Pacific area belie the sum-Mai fervor to which they ore driven by the
todc of Bushhlo. The.-e Nipponese seem pleased to be out of it all
•s they lir.c up for medical attention. (International Sou?nfp!ioto)
Major Revisions
Made for Draft
Storms Strike
In Alabama
r.innini:h;ii!i. ,\l.i.. April 1-.
—(AP) Fo H JH?I !. «.\ <•.. .. 11
ofl .111(1 i it: it-. - .:i|1 !•»
<l.i> .'.in n .n.- tru< ■ tin- • 'i
AUlil.lll.il liiwil nl 1 l.ll'kU iltll'g
Villi:!!-.11".
TI:o Ini.-11h.• . crti- 'ti >•! li.it
Icburk. !Mi link'.- <it"
r.irmnuli.iiii. w.i- <(:"i»yt*«l.
.1. Cntni', I."' if • field
I t-p;. olitntivo. .-;n I
'I 'All |iri.«iii w I 1 ..ml
jil ItM.-i ii duM'M inj ■ < • ' Vitio
tlinnl. 70 n.l!< ■ 111 ■ til "1 I ill -
iniimliiiiii. iiiul silfii' 'in- -lino
<1| t.inoo IM I '.I II .i-:.!t l'iiru.
I t-It*| illl »ll«» Cult II II Ill
both ouiimiunitio v :i.
Pay-As- Y o u-Go
Revival Move
Is Rejected
WiislllMK' >11 A ' ' (AP) ; ;.'
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ity iiir.c II|h* ib| «• »htk «» 1
ii|t<*11 r n-jil" iy .i j i.
| t i\ Ii :: -l it -1
Tin1 !»«•;> i. ti ' > rc.ijf >i
I ho billcr i. in . ' ■ tillered i.v
Hopio*ont;iti\ ■ U • • \-v. York llo
public.111. M 1 I i ' ' V n! S' •(»•
, Hull .»:•>••<! • ' ■ ooiniulllo •
WilliIliU tn |>!>.• !"r i\l.
mihi of Hit' !•• ; ■ . : itlo agree
ments l.iw.
Hood .i k< t in it too l'i t'l i
t-i tlio !.i\ in . ■ i itoly ..I
1 Hull Ii .(I u : • cloVr ,
' riproi'.il t . do • h i .i' 'ii< inti!
tlio O'Vlitl'MtOO l I 'l "(«t\ |l.IV
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AMERICAN Pl.ANES
BOMB JAP BASES
i U'luhlnsltn. April 12 (AP)
' Two bun lnnc m o.m iiij: lionvy
CXpln-nili- .itul ' Ii t 'he
•Innnitcw nlrl' 1 ' M iimIii mi lite
S(i|nli|iitls ivcrc ii p*"tiii 1 nil.iv tiv tli'
Niivv hi :■ r m11in mm|iii• \v111cli 11 >1(i
; 11 Si i 'it .1 I.I'll "11 Klllllli. .mil tv."
Iminliitill flxMiti I on Ki I..i itl tin'
A lt*n t i.i 11
ViATHfl
roil \(ii: i ii < m:oi,i\ \
Slinwrr> .mil tliiiinler*|ornis
this iiflrrtlimn .mil r\lr'-inr iniM
rrn |inrli"ll r.itb toniclil; rnnlpi
iii 1'ii.irrii .uitl western puritan*
| tonight.
Virtually Every
Physically Able Man
Otherwise Eligible
Will be Drafted
Washing tun. April I?—(AIM—
.Major revisions in draft classifi
cations «ere made today to fa
cilitate I he task of providing llir
aimed forces this year with vir
tliall> every physically able man
hctwceil IK and I!8 years old who
lias no cause for individual de
ferment.
Selective Sen ico Director Lewis
I 'It i v .'id M .• power Co:r.
"Her I'anl \". !\4i Nutt lold a
i c n ic! cure that drafting mi
. .1 . . <■ w >111(1 he necessary t >
i \ ; the ui'iil ot 10.o00.0U" men in
torlii ixoic next Jatitial'y I.
The only grounds lor deter
incnt alter the han against call
iiiv lathers is lifted—possibly
Mime time around .tiilv I—will
lie farm work, individual es
sentiality in iioii - agricultural
work, and (lie possibility ili.it in
duction would mean "extreme
privation and hardship." ller
sliey and McVull said.
Tncy added tliat the nalion ha
v I i mill iiihi |>11\ .(ally lit men j>i
lit-1 • ^i: 117 brackci. v ith .ij»•«.it
iimher ah cail.v in ;!:••
..lined dices.
i 1 '• c • nil!ii tig 7.'i'i0.iit»t. 1 ncv
i :: • 'i.iiiiu v ■11 lip deterred f• ■.
! 't'lMiip t'V the end
c yiMi- and I he ret v ill i>e
nU ' ,c next true iii'•nth1
MeXutt .-aid Hint as a ru tilt of
■ ic new classification revision:
'i !\ li.iHKi iiiKi i hitdlcss 'iii m
u t ce in.i- reel.' -ilic.il "*i
to v iiilulilc !••!• rail « In n
ii m 1 •(-1 ,iir icached i
li • \ jire tiece.x ivy to the rn il
• w. «*!f(»rt "i tlieit' induction
i • . i extreme hard. lui' to de
A! c th .ii n.ulin.nnti. n rl.v
••• i d • • take in Ih'iti: and- at
tin dad. between the
l!'t I Hid last SeptciH't •
« V a -Hied a ftllthei breath'
' . :>i : >re coll on IhcirgniitptitgliM.
Two Trainmen
Die In Crash
! hid M.i|Kdi>. April I:'—(AP) -An
id. Hie Knur tt.iilr«>ad pa
' 'ra*ii collided with an Ind it:
.> • t'tr 'ti Hailwav li'»»tr>«"»tiv** .rid
i >!• • • c at a west side c'-o-iinj! here
|'"day and two railway eirplny<e.
' c ( - led and a third was believed
I dead mdor the > reel;avr.
V i At"C" iven were itmml X"
- "it the Big Four trfiii
i wei c hurl.
Axis Troops
Also Flee
Kai
sfonan
Final or Siege Phase
Of Tunisian Campaign
Nears as Rommel
Prepares Last Stand
(I'll 'I 'll .-Is*ftcinltil )
Powerful allied i\,i ivs drove
at a lijrhtniny pace toward «. ii;•
final or siejfe pl;;..-v >1 ihe Tu
nisian campaign "'>si;... a* C.eii
eral Sir JJ. 1,. i\l mtirotnery's
eighth army warriors captured
Sousse. only To mil« — north i»i
Tunis, anil axis troops fled from
Kairouan lo tlie southwest iio
fore other columns.
Destroy i:!g stores us Ihcv evac
uated Kairouan. the Arab lioly
city and an important air base,
anil leaving ruined anil aban
doned equipment litterbin the
roadsides. Marsh;:! Irwin Kom
j mel's badly punmicletf men were
I being furred rapid I v into a nar
row square behind tin- inoun
l tains of Tunis and Bizrrte where
it was believed they would at
tempt a final stand.
I The Italian nad German radios,
in ;tnn<»uiH -r;g the c\ .it nation ot'
Kairouan. ."ii irulcs .ill: i:-i "T
Soussc, indicated that city .... n
dened shortly alter A < !'■.
tish ard French i ii.~ had
thrust lhniii«:i the ;ril . . ■
at Kondoiik ami bci: i a . . i t >ward
the coast.
A second eighth a: y t .i■ i
vancing on K;.n .:..n l. • »• ,.: i
had b.v-pased Fa:d IV. . . i in ■ f
the iir.-i American defeat T
and trapped f >
were le:i 11 111:.t .-t:on ; ■ i.
Frwii h
I ground lo the ".i r: i n tin- l' - -«• 11: ■
ter:-il<>ry, while Lit ..to i. •: (inn ..1
I Ander.-'in" lJr i .»h I;;-. ■ ■ rm\ in. .:«•
iurther advances 11 i'i Medio/fi
lial > ana. :1a miles .-"iillnvivi of
Tun s.
| Americans •• 1 ieutinant General
Go >rge S P..:' : . t< <>i. V ml
I Pas w it: al • '1.
Some am- ed re <•( .VI.,r
I shall lo'M-.ii.o!'- . .r>v u. re lav.,;., ,1
out in the enu-t.-i-nici : rt!;\vest of
Kairouan ; ::.i ten t. iks were de»
! j-Ip i\'« d.
Thi* Irrril'ie pare <•! the Bri
I li.sh-Amerieiin air olieleivc of
the past few days was increased
even further, and 11 enemy
planes were slim down yesterday
al a !•«>-( of 11 allied planes.
Thirty no . . t :r e'iciny I,,
I We:e oijj t': m- i l"red .In, fcrrs
[ which the Gern i . have been n n*j
1: at i ' ' i ' !'.i d
prcs: I'd I'. - n• • . t Vie e
' iumbet iiiR I ! ; . en . ce<»iin1 -
eil lor i t •• s ,• ' ail n
the 1 ..-t - \ day ?•.
.Ml i t ..ii |'a* ' ' i oifd lii
lenrth.- !.• thei , •, weh;
up in fiai'ie- after an attack by
Warhawks
Flying Forlnu'es. Wellingtons and
medium again smashed .it
(('ontir.ied on I'age Five)
15 Axis Ships
Sunk bv Subs
Lftnrlou. Apr I fj i AP)-—Fifteen
n "i f :i\is vr».«cl.- Iijivp "«■( n (k'sli'ny
crl "f 'liHUilRCtl tl till' "\!c(|itiMT;im m
i by British gubmniiiwn, the ndmlntlJ.v
i aiiiiotinrci lndjiy.
| The I5i I'ish miI>:h;ii im . ciniliniinii:
In liiir.i*- t'lietny shippitii' ,iM< ni|>lmi:
to Ml|>pl> (it llUltl- it t If I II ill.in..
; liutiiinu ft>r their livi in 'I'uni *i.
• u ci i fleel.ncd |ti h;i\ i 'ill!; ei^M
Vc>sel Tl'e-e v.cie lifi<<! .. ivvti n <•
tliiini >i*eil supply ship-. one 11>«■ -
! diuiii t.mkcr «ilid live . iimII
t mipply ship
••Seven 'Hie v'ssclf. including
1 llnct' l.nCi Mippl.v .--liips «ind n hirw?
' tanker, were iiltncked nnd hit by i<>r
I |icilot's," tiir ncln n'iiHy iini«jini« . -
| nicnl