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Buy War Loan Bonds And Help Win The Victory Over The Axis
Henderson HatUj Btajratclf
rHIKTIETH YEAR ITinrAs.WA"rKi,K,^»OIr HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 15, 1943 ''L'l!L,s'V::ir^s^.^KT''"NOoN
V&iWMstr NOoN FIVE CENTS COPY
British Storm
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Enfidaville Line
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i^ost War Flans,
Taxes, Farm Funds \
FJem and A it en tio n i
Secretary Hull Opens
New Debate in Pledge
To Small Countries;
Bond Drive Gains
Washington. April 15—(AI')
—Accompanied by reports iiiai .
tlii' Japanese have shitted iVom
oiieti.se to "jiK^ressive defense" |
ai>;l new assurance that Amer
ica will champion the rights ol
bilk- count ms. a tiio ol quar •
I ci ' u inp. . »-«l tile lapitol niel-;
oily lot,ay unite the >var bond j
drive roi'ed oil past the $4,000,
MHi.OOo Mark.
'i he squanbles centeivil on ,
posl-wnr plan-, taxes anil 1'arni
unds.
I'cples Hi mk..11 v.atious ihi' w.irl I
ever h:.d it straight I'rum Seen t.i. v
of State 1 In 1! thai Uncle Sam will i
c tiiinc to l>»i>U nut f,jr the little!
k!low. Speaking be lure the IVu |
American Unit n last night. Hull vin
hi o.i.-iy advocated worldwide atten
.ii to tne good neighbor policy as
a s '-'l "I global Magna Carta. He
,-tre. s< tl the importance of the prin
e pits "i.11 which the solidarity of
tin hemi pherc . based." and adde.l
|>• iiiUdl.V tii.it iiie.-e principles "arc
• i exclusive property of the c 'lit:
nc: is ol the Americas . . llis
niivieii.s rcfirences to international
pi'.-: war planning had a reverse
p .:: lit I .n the statement of Kenat'ir
II . m W. .1.mii-on hi Califi'i'ii.a. one
of the original Senate "irrecoiicil
;ii;h s" who defeated Amerrran :ul
here ce to the League of Nations
titer the last war.
A member of the Senate foreign
relat • lis committee whieh will pas
on several pending resoluti.>ns in
\i-h .ng Senate commitment on po t
vrar world collaboration. John.-on
told reporters:
"11 iw can we possibly t«*l 1 what
c n(lit';o-.> will be when this war
« ds'.' I: is foolish to say now what
v.e will (!■• Thi« mat tor should not
!i.i\i- I'l'in br light belore the Senate
Klsewheiv in the Senate, seven He
pii' i'i H.emliers •>! the finance
ilicc night I" dynamite the
"i ' ii t again Kuml plan lr«>m
the I Ion - * • ways and ineaiu .'"niinit
t< <■. lisir.irg the fuse with an m
•1' ' ••••e l (.) tiie .-kip-a-ye.ir v.-te
l■ t njj.iiic 'ii:e ta\e.- -ti a pay
;is■ vn:i go basis. Hepresentativ »•
Kiml mii. Minnesota liepubliean.
" hi i nig i>f lie publican -u:»p< •. J .>
the plan recently rejected .11 tile
H<ii! r. to l!l!l. sanl the actimi
"•■■■ ns grounds for asking" rir
•' tax iv.casure from the e 111
Conn ittec troubles »>ls«» plagued
(hi1 £707.040.844 Agricultural depart
nn"il iipproprl'itio:) lull ii>r the fi
(C'ont ntied on Page Two)
OP A Delays
Price Limit
Ceiling on Cotton
Will Not be Made
While Market Open
To Normal Trading
Washington. April IS.—(AIM —
OI'A said in a statement toda>
no aniiiiuneenicnl rpgardinc pot
ion prieps "will l»p made duiine
Hip cotirsp of trailhiK in tin- pot
ion market in wrdrr that thprp
lip no intprruption of normal
trading."
The statement was issued. i —
fnlIy. to cnuiili'iiict report* Hint
> lidden nnnonueeinenl <»l I.
Hunt con'ml mi eottiin priee- iniuiit
be made today.
Priee Aditiinisl i ator I'lcnti^
'• " ii aid la^l week that, inni'
J' ( idi nt Hmisev ell's "hold the line
ordei. hp \va- prepming ewitrol: 01
< • .iiul the prinetpal i|Ur.«tn»ii
• : the l nt few dnvx hii.- born Ihc
<i <l« ,iiid form of the antieipaled
der.
Thp OPA ulntcmenl left open the
i 1 ■ jliiv i>f some annoiiiieeiiieiit t<»
nuyinfl "if nnv jdntotnenl w
in .<lr. ji will be iiftei' the el«>.e
'h • maikef'."
CoMipreiiees between the wai l""'l
ndniinlntrnliriii on dei.nK were* un
der .lood to be holding up the order.
'iucv/ii io the Ssr/
EzLISVcO TO Be YHE YOUt:C23r rr.il
"r ever to have on ser icc in tiie
I-'- • • N*' • I' ''.if. 1/ 11 {Jraham,
1.' J! jUilon. I . . i i...i;ii hoin»
r. •<! "ii -iiiu tiio
of twelve. dWla i- . Jcrnn of
two major I-nttiff action.; i;; the Pa
\ C...C war 11;yluii rnslional)
Aid Fledged
Mac Arthur
Secretary Stimson
Premises Planer
And Other Material
For South Pacific.
tVa.diisiKlon. April — AV>—
% c»n>i:intl v ini reusing fiiiu of
i'.ircr.iil and ulin-r miliI ll'y --«ii»
plies was premiM-d tuda> !>'•
Sc: retar.' War Stimso.? for III.'
Fiirccs iif Cm-iii r.il Dnuithi"
\rllltir in Ihe *t»nt!i\\I'aiiin.
'I in • :ii/.i!i'v t hi. pit i "ii i
U m'ihv i.| , i( t ii' | I.-... Iron. An.—
trnlia f'ir addiiioni'I planes to hicm
tile I! ••!'. .1 '.-'.'■l -• .'-IP lIU'-l I
activity ..i rec nt week*. Sliinson
•; nl •"we will ';t-«'|» <>ill* American I
and An.->I .•! i lliers supplied »il:i
mifficirni planes mil wily to replace
111!!' Iil. (> lull to bltiM ll|> Oil! .11!'
Icraft in counter th« increasing enemy
j.ui ; ttacU.-.'"
!'i .. . > !... y I Ihllt tiell ap
pt» |j (or additU i id material ran <•
ho till .HillI> Ir«oi' all theatres of
{operation'-. added that p Mir hi*
J fioial »I 1 t * win*
\v«iii Id 1m n I • » Mm clulU* 11
IhfV t i!r(« » »>n>- till'i (irinaiifis. |
I \ , | st ■ t*n 11«* tin til lied
roajl.Mu <1 rliii-lN «»l -ti»l t. «hnrtfoci
WitS iff flu* ovraill • ec|tiiro
incuts ol all llie I lilted Nations, Ims
1 the "uiv dillu'i:I' la.-K" "I allm-at
,,u. ;i limited supply i • meet large
demand
Draft Eligible
U.S.Employees
Under Fire
Wa-h n-1 ill. April la—* (AIM—
•I'j.,. 11, I \ al lati s commit*
it-il t-'ii.iy that Selec
ti\ «. Si n h < Director Lewi* B. Hoi
kIiov ii " rwtlve lo .ill drafl
' t»- .;»•«< - I" re*'a*-.* then file, "with a
N |(.u ] , , Mini* all delei'inetil- <•!
£.,.\ c mil* - < ployecs not lli"i 'ii«h
|V iu.<tifiod b> mipporling evidence."
••(i ivei'i" 1 made )" - '1
'(ju ,.v,r ,. " iiicrcp>rt cn-ie ted.
,n iic leileral cm'oi; mciit m hav
j inn adopted Hi nerol policy "i hlf*
in>i "drail elmiMc e •■n hi the HI
, in .'!!! ipniip oil a Ii t «a miss l>a~i-i.
with little nltempt lo define fl policy
w hereby n < n or women led subject
In (tie draft" W'i'.ld !»<* given put
erencc in hirinu.
The e'lm-niia-e'. el; r|!e was eon
1.lined i" i repml of special - ill
ci'i nillt' i- -tlldy :'i! deli'i 'cut piill
i cic of Government ogcneic^.
Mac Arthur
Japanese Assaults
In Southwest Pacific
Result in Losses
Nearing 30 Per Cent
(/'it The \.wt'iuh I'iWks)
(h ik imi l)Mijjias .>!ac.\ri lull's
headquarter disch <•.; unlay
that suicidal lo--cs raniriitu uj>
ward of :'.0 jut c\ nl weir in
riit'ti'd i.n a •!a|iaiu,M> a iniad;^ oi
7"> to 100 pianos aiU'inptin# in
raid Millie May. N« w (iiiiiK'a.
Init simultaneously new official
warnings wcr.' sounded on ilu*
need for jsivaWT allied stron.irth |
in tin* south Pacific skies.
A spokesman for General .Mac
Arthur further declared thai a
Kreat Japanese enmhat fleet was
concentrated in the Trtik area
"within three days* sailing dis
tance <if NVw Guinea."
The • pnkeMiian said the .Japa
nese a!>« had ai>!>rt.\im.ilelv
1)00 tons <»f merchant yliininis
tiased at Italiau!. New I'.ritain
atone.
•"Constant convoys iprraling be
yond rnnpe <■! mir nir-"•'•ree a,-e
being pushed forward to rein -rce
the •. nein.v." the poke man dee! rod.
Striking in force fo- 'iii tliiif! ';nv
in four days, liie .lap.; lese I --'; la
planes detinilely shot down and 1 >
others were so badly damaged Ihcj
prob:d>ly failed to re ie i .eii ba-es
:n yeterdav's ra.d Milne !" v
:t was announced.
Previous attack-; included S :nday"
45-jilane raid • n Oro IViy. N'cw (In
nea, where 24 were >i > ; down, .md
Mor day's 100-pla e assault "r; Port
Moresby, where 37 were destroyed.
The .Tapane-e also lost 30 aircraft
;r. -i <><:.,..tiwL- .... rin ./i .! •.
Renews Call
nal Mnnd in the Sol<■ t»i> >ns. on Ap.il
7. makine ;i cumulative eight-day
total of 130 planes knockcd out of
action.
Meanwhile. new drvclnpmrnts
:»rose in the \V.isliiimto*!-.\ustra
Ii:i discussion of allied -lratri;> in
llir soulliwr^l Pacific—lunched
•iff li\ (icnrr.il sir Thomas V.
Hl'imcv's disclosure lliat Japan
liail • masked '20 J.OOO lirst lint*
troops in the islands -.hove Vus
tralia and mav l»o ovpfclerl t >
launch a rnmi'linc!; offensive at
any moment.
In Washington, military . utli >
tic.- expressed bcli( ' that Ihr Japu
ih' had passed from i ic otlen \ e
to "aggrcsjivs defe'w" and declared
liicri' w.i- little* danger thai the en
emy would attempt I > . 11-■ k«• ag.i <'
Australia or any iIn-.• important al
lied citadel.
Ill Melbourne, I' i • M I'ster •' 'iin
Curt 11 said that the .l.ip.i'if.-e had
been bt'ildinu tip air l.'i iv-jlh in the
South mvi- theatre ! r the la t tv 1
month aid that pnwert.il itt V- 01
Australia e Id be osiieclo.l -0011.
Retail Trade
T 0 Improve
Babson Says Outlook
For Buyer and Seller
Js Gradually Clearing
Despite Pessimism
Itv K4XiF.lt W. H MtSON
Copyright—IJM3—Publishers I'i
naneial lltirr.m. Inr.
New York. April 15—At one llw;
ill his lift*, my lather way a -mill
town merchant. Ilcnre. 1 have a.
ways been interested in and j«vn 1.1
tailors. All "I II* come iii'm closer
thetic toward the iirablciiw of
routed \\ ' 11 the busine-:. .1 retail
iiiU th.in v\ e do with any o!!,ci i.vpi*
o< enle: pri-e or illdtislryy |-'r iii"
cradle to the grave. ue are ail cii.s
Corners of relil store .
Appreciate Vmir Itrtailrrs
The re'ail bti-.ne-s h<>:ild ti'i| iv
thought 01 bring confined s >lelv
In department slow, d 'iig stores,
sperhlty shops, grocery chains and
(Cor,tinned on Page Three)
SFAX NATIVES RIDE BRITISH TANK
The natives of Sfax afforded the victorious armies of («rm:al Montgomery a rousing welcumr as tin- pur
suers of Koimnrl entered the city. Above, jubilana ii:l.ai:iia:it- ctansbcr aboard one of Hie tanks tliat
routed the Afrika Korps. Official 1'. S. Signal t'wrp* 1'hoto radivrd trom Algiers. (International Kadiu
phii io.)
RAF Raids
Stuttgart
Nazi Industrial City
Is Heavily Bombed;
23 Planes Missing;
London Has Alert
l.lllltilltl
Britain'
hiillliiti •>
lia/i-litSll
(rikr ,;t
rit'. nl SI
rciilrali'ii
liiir.il'ti •• I
III 11:1>tI \
J** 11 Mi* .
t • III
^ pril 15. —lAl'i —
pitM it! ii| l°itiir i'!i!:iiii'il
i.11 til 100 mil'-. aero**
lniiifM- last ifi-lil «•»
r . . li-rmun imlii-iriai
• m i.1 in a hivlili coil
;nl l r<> iii whirl)
I ii!. il li» .-rliii ii. llir air
iii.. niirril I till .i >.
. utliei allteii p'. ■ i
d • be H11 - ~ I • i .
- llll t.. Iiaxe till .
I in:
: <•( I
At !<•
I'l - V. «
big I:
•riiv '
wiuit
nifilil .
11 i\VII -
ttiK a I :
timlil
age jiih!
lite i ■
llir • .<
Tlmr
reported
ait' 'Hit
t: v atilU'iau . en',
irk i*|»• n St 'ill: .
" .iiki mil* "i t!cr
, -i t;1111 cni; ii"i i1
be.ivv." I'lif laiuot
nliliftl.' iiiiiii
iitins tin- raid \\ a ■
I WejltluT.
(il'I Mlail I ;llt Ii;' 1
I ~lmt d'WIi l>\ tie
I I s.
iiir IWee. whenii
<•1; at lint.i.n \\ Ii
Ka.-t An«lia in.'I
•niiisr eMu.t \ . -
in l.'-ndoli it . . -!
Mnreli it. Sn'i >• it.r -
cs were eauMxi by
(ill tin bt•!! 11 It'll 111
tormmt plane > >vrre
»i <>\cr Ii it.i ii und
bn.«e lit Fiance.
BROU HVON DENIES
CLEiV'tL.iNLY IO NbGRO
\ I 15—(AIM (1 i\i-i
i declined today in in
l i t' «>f .lohii Henry
g Ihc execution 1»
l9-year-o|d Canidfii
it \\!it» wiii c»tiviclcd "t
■it mother i-i Camden
N< iilcinber 20.
VIATHIR
I (>l! NOHTII ( AllOMSA.
< nutitltt'-rl eold hui wilh
v|ii;liil\ In hrr Ii inporalnrrx in
llir inleti»' loitiglil. s|k\\ |v t-i,
i ii u Irinprt a lit lt'» l"riil,i,\ aflr r
IIOOII.
OWI Men Charge '
News Suppression
a r
Raid Record
Gu-aud Plans
Army r'urge
AIkUt-. A|»; t! »•"» AI' >— An ini
1 M<>I t..-> • :VC . I U'lil.V i» .1
';t-iii" >! 1 li i" (• '' "'t "i 'I "• •'1
puiKf
till* I
army.
1:
I deitxl ci'iiuiMT'dcr.s "I the land, mm
,il<d I ' ,' I i ' i him i»V
Mii.v 1. :|i<- i • i -I ollu-f ■ \vi)n
!i,i«| . I I'M n i f i 1 r ( e 1<> tiul11 "ii
, *hf II ii. 'i.i i re c "I JI if «il
!«•»• . i '•• M - ..I 1V1..M
; Olfii ; - • 'I■ • ••i i* ci nsideted un it
fur <1 iJ\ i'' t f i'1 iiii iifft 1 > i . ' m
lift?, <ni«l till* 11 ci*. wlvwc name
mil v iiii| lie u -i <1
| It v.n- ntnteil 1h.il it iv.is not <lei.
\\ hc'l i t!ir\ tin ii would it , jfcj
| ti. filll.s. : ;i1|ii|l l>ui IhU v.. cull
I (iiliMrd unlikely In viwv ol Clin id's
(ii el ;iU'in that 1 he Knnch
I should I'f -in.ill I'll! Iiifch in <|'i;.lily.
I'OSTM \ ST Kits
\V;i>.lun;:l"ii. April l.v < AI * > :■
I Senate ••••i'In n ' rt liie>c X >i t ( ,
•*
.11*>IIII• I I W IP-'lMll M,ll . '. ill', i.
! Wilbur A. Tike rikewllc.
riUeen otafr IV,.en
Resign, Declaring
a hey are not Allowed
To Tell Full Trutr»
<u\ i \!i:\ I
Washington. \pril l.~»—l.VI'l —
I .lticii roeetitly nsiemd mom- j
Iht.% n! the ol'ficf of war infor
mation staff said in a statement i
ih.il tin;. were leaving
••'>i < .!(• »• uf mir lorvielion that
>: • impossible fur us \ \ \ to
t.-II the full truth.''
t; .>>«• the state-i
i ill..'i Iv denied jy OWI
! . IT I ).i\ I WOI'O Milt did
> •:. n ;:u. New York book puo
•i.l lifiu v i-'. Pi ingle. Puilizor j
: <- wriicui; author. |
i - i- .» ••nly one is>ue—I lit* deep
: .1 'I n: t-iiiiil ••!»• i.f li■ "tio-t pros- |
i ••!) ->i \ iir intm inution," their |
>t. t. lll. nt said.
• i t .i pros- i iMifi-renco yi'«
it l.e l>«lie\ed I lie* resigna
\< <• dao ' ■ ,. el.».-h i»l pci- j
• "J "'t. i «*n: hoped most uf
v.i i • it.-ti;iieii would reeon- J
Thr ••-inning employees said.)
• . t1..11 pi-i -"ti;i|;ties wore ti"l ,
■ .<• In; their resignation and 1
added:
V • vr detiie> that promotional
ti- 11 , i 'mm ;i p- nper and power- 1
■ ■'! ii lolling the story of j
r.ut «c fie it, the HC- j
• • >\V I on the homo front !
n ih il i-v Ihu'ii pi ossuto i
protoi sliel; salesman- I
•< information. TIiomj
would treat us stupid am!
• - i~i e.Iho men and wo- 1
i I'ii.ted State They <ie
• I-. i- Dial the only of
i appeal the Atlierieun pllt)
itm i' i- the selfi-'h one of
v. hat's in it lor me?' "
ARMY PL ANE CRASHES
iNLAR TH0MASV1LLE
I'll > \ die. April la—(Al')—An
\ i n sint plane era hod in a
• < ilea notilh of het«. in
o p.l<-1 to an undetermined
e\ telif.
; itier v. is brought to City Me
p . ;n 'IIimiiij.'H lllo. He
...I ' <• plane era: h( d bernu.-<j it
i ran out of gas.
Allied Forces Drive
On Three Main Fronts
In Northern Tunisia;
Other News of War
(/»// Tin . I.ur/V//, (I I'ri ss)
Allied headquarters disclosed
today that General Sir 15. L.
Montgomery's IJritisli eighth
army had bejrun In storm the
main axis defense line at En
fidaville, .">o miles below Tunis,
and that German and Italian
prisoners captured since March
20 had risen to 0.000.
"Our troops continue their
advance on most sectors of the
Tunisian front." a communique
from General 1 hviyht I). Eisen
hower's headquarters announc
.ed
The war bulletin ».ii<l l.ieuten
ant General Anderson's British
first army pressed its offensive
north of AIeiljez-el I5.il), "1 miles
southwest of Tnnis and seized
"an important hilltop over dif
ficult country in tin* faec of
strong opposition."
Italian headquarters reported
"lively lighting all along the
front, particularly in the west
ern seetor" where the British
first arm> i» operating.
Field M.
las' .-traw gra.-p
bridgehead v. >
assault in ;it I
tors, and :t \va.
axis chieftirn \
■ .I' dwindling ;n
lies rct'n:(iv;l :r
plant's destroyer
least l!l iixij ail
and others de-t
ye.-terday.
All mi; with !l:
advance in tin
fliiarter.* ann< .
Montiicnu >
lian 1
i- Ui-i
miners
\; ican
• pil:cil
the ill
enemy
iiid.iv. At
shot'dow ii
Ihe ground
.re
fenx's on the I: Mi
"French I
succcsiful advunee
hills t > the we-t <
line, niid ye.-terd.
•l"tl pr..—>iin -I •
t|ue said.
Front il:s|)i!<h
i \ !l
•; I arniv •
: Ilied head
it Gfner;il
II! V ti n. .p.,
e emv tie
line."
i i 'mod the.:'
the range of
hi Kntidaville
'ptured over
: ■ I c :v.miini
<.iid Marshal
Cold Harts
No€» Crops
Early Truck Crops
Retarded; Berries
And Peachcs Hurt
By Unseasonable Cold
Kaleifdi. April 15. — —
Frank I'aiker. state \eritiillurr
Departtni'iti crop sprciiilint. saiil
today that roroul cold spi lis had
appreciably rciurdrd early truck
crops and harvest dales wnuld
he much later than usual.
DuiiMigc to virio > (gardens in the
east was not Uclivvitl great. in
many ill litem, and --in 11 cmp
corn, tobacco and cutton. veir -
aged by heavy r.im- mid luiil.
The strawl erry • utlnok pointed 1 >
;i 42 pel- cent reduction tlnoiiiftiout
Hie -tiiti*. while in I'.e Wallace area
(jnmi'i> reported that be;i\y trusts
of the Inot three weekt had eut the
crop by inure II ;in i pi < • ni
The pencil ei op ot 1 In■ -;ni<l111it
eommereial an i had I•«-«•»! e •um.lv
hurl bv the wcaibe 1\m'.«i .tifI tn
dic.iliotts were that i' • late will
not make halt a lull cn>;> >>(
peaches." and added tli.il nac i of
the loss was ttot vet jlp|i.licit. nice
the lull extent • •' the dame'-a* could
not l>e deleimined until green
peaches appear Inter in the pring.
Production of cabbage and Ictt" ce
was expected to lie approximately
12 pet cent less than I, t ?< n- Al
though low temperatures ol Kebiti
iirv and March eon idoi.ibl.v d img
ed the wheat crop, the injury lias
largely beet overcome, Paiker said,