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More Nazi Planes Shot Down
PRISONERS BAGGED BY YANKS IN TUNISIA
Here aic some <»f the hundreds of Axis prisoners taken by the Ameri
can forces in the recent Gafsa-Gabcs push in TunMa. They seem
h'Pl'y ahout beinc bagged by the Yanks. General fcisriihowcr. the
Allied commander-in-chief in North Africa, announced that in the
period since March l(i. -1.630 Axis prisoners of uInm ISO were Germans,
were captuicd by the Americans alone In Tunisia. (International
Radiophuto.)
Russian? Declare
No Major Success
Scored; German
Losses are High
Moscow. April 20.— (AIM —
I i rye vale German at larks have
increased in tlie Kulian ili'll •
area nf I lie Black sra roast, ami
repurls today saiil the Germans
lud attained numerical super
i< »it\ ill sumo places. I»ul despite
I lie weight nf llieir attacks tliev
were reported to have gained
neither any major success nor
anv new territory.
Sh.irp midnight assaults. support
ed I y ;i :(|uadi'on of tiinks. ga\c
• i!, ;i wedge in Soviet positions in
• i i nm'.i cl'iscd sector but the llus
-l»n . 1(1 they had IIiimwii the (»«•:
in.ili i ii:t. The Gorman- lo-l 4>M»
do kI in one sector. said tlie mid
day < •iiiiiiuiiii|ue.
"I 11»• iiiizi iitt.ieks were inoilllled
Ii'mii, i e.ir the Sea of A/.ov I" lac
Im i ii' ni NoviiniM'i.ik and Ilit' Gcr
in .ii air I (tree continued '<• lend tin.
; > • 111hI tronp. heav y Mippoit. The
• ■ill: hi. were n.il. however. I>y d
'< ' Plied Kus-ian an ic.-i<lancc and
cfleetive anti-uirciall lire, which
combined to down IT enemy planes
since yesterday.
South of Balsklcyn the Germans
I1 i Km dead a they tried to .nia-h
into Hod army bridgehead ■ alotu;
tlie northern Done!;, and f«>r the liist
timo m a long time a Clerinan loree.
although <i small one, attempted 1"
attack on the Smolensk front, hie
Hn i.in- Miid.
Soviet big guns bla.-tod al Gel
man positions on the Volkhov fr«>nt
xuilheast of Leningrad activity that
nnj'.ht be a prelude to offensive ac
tion by either side.
Spirited aviation activity continu
ed all along the front.
Fighters
Bomb Kiska
Wa hington, April 2». tAl')
AmericatA fighter plane.-, doubling
i,s light bombers, dropped 17 ton- oi
cxtilo i-.cs on Japanese positions on
Ki-ka in (he Aleutians, the N.is v ic
I'orted today.
I'i the south Pacific American ;iiuI
•'apiineso planes exchanged bombing
•it'acks <in Guadalcanal and Munda.
I ho Navy communique said:
Oil April 18.Japanese po it loll* oil
1 k« were attacked nine time.
'oimations of Army Warhawk and
I'iK'itninK fighters. Hits were scored
in 'lie Northhead, Snlmon lagoon curl
train camp arras. Fires were started
"t the subrmuine base area."
CIVILIAN SUPPLIES
MEASURE IS FAVORED
W. April 20—(AP)
- The Senate hanking commit
tee unanimously approved today
lc£islat:i<ii 1«> sol up ;in iifirucy
to assure productinn .iik) distri
bute -n hi needed supplies to
ci\ ilians.
Strongly opposed i>v \v;ir pro
ductioii Ijn.iid .:11;• 11 Donald
M Nelson .Hid w.ii manpower
Chi. I Paul V. MoNuIt. tiie 1)|II
v.i "Id (>iii|Mi\ver a civilian siip
ply ..;!:i ;iii-li.iloi- to determine
liei ! lor i ;il !■ ■:.it. Asilhonlativ.
p ! -■ n< who w.l.theid the use ■ I
tin i!' :i; iik .a: t. however. it hart
the back.il>; o! ec■ ■ n• •:11if stanili
v.ali •!! Director Jamc.-. F. IJyrnes.
Rcxcbel Hit
At Least Five Dead
In Siorm; Property
Damage Estimated
Near $200,000
I!fell Square. April "JO—(.AI'I —
A tiirn.idn that lasted less than
tun miniilr* laid waste Hie heart
ill' Kovotiel. Ilertir county rntti
ii)miiIy (»f less than 100. killed at
least live persons, and wrought
pioperly damage estimated at
nearb S200.000.
ll.it i v liniliiiuvwo'lh. Jr.. :i news
papcrnian who m .led the scene two
hull!.- alter lite Iv. tor -truck in mid
iiltci tio 'ti yesterday. -.lid .ill the dead
were Nou " ' identified litem as
1. nr.y H'ish. and 15; lite Hush. .'Id.
si-lci-'. iid llcrlhii W.vmiin and her
two -•>■; M children.
Fifteen or twenty persons were in
jured.
Ilolliinsswoi'111 : >id Stale highway
p.ilrolmen and hti-ine.-s melt esli
11 .lied the damage at $175,000 to
$21)0,0110.
Kasletit area and district officials
of the American Hod Cross in a con
ference in Charlotte at the time the
storm ftruck. promptly dispatched
representative* to provide medical
need'. (<« d. clothing and shelter for
the vie! ins.
,t. II \Vcaver. Hieh Square lawyer
1 who went t" Ho\ohe| after the slertn.
J said 'I cut a 50 yard -wath through
. the hu. *es di 'rlcl. demolishing Iw >
two - torv building', the Methodist
church, several other bu-ine*a house.
(Continued on Page Six)
Tornado
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TOURS SOUTHEAST
ArmyCamps,
War Plants
Are Visited
Trip Started April 13
Carries President
Through Six States;
Soldiers Found Fit
Aboard Ko;»scvelt Train. Ap
i"f 1 —ts—(AP)—President lit
e\c;l is makinjr a second aiajoi*
inspection of Anu-rica's expand
ing war effort and tias seen 'Lens
of thousands of lit. bronzed
troops which, he indicated, will
be used to hammer out or main
tain a second trout in Kurope.
Weaving through (lie south
(tii stales by special train and
motor, he lias visited a Marine
Corps base. a H'A.VC training
eenter, and five Arinx posts, and
reviewed division after divi-ion
of fit looking lii;111inu men. villi
months of toughening In-lund
tlieni.
Aiieau in mem may n<- giory
<11 the Kutopcan ronliuonl.
"Tlie troops you have seen \\ il!
do a good job in Europe?" a reporter
asked at ti pre>s euniorcuce aboard
his train.
Mr. Roosevelt replied that he
would say so from what he had
seen of our troops in north Africa and
here back home.
The Chief Executive permitted an
announcement today ih.-i ne had
toured Virginia. North Carolina.
South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama
and Arkansas as a seipiel t«i live
swing which look him from border
to border and coast to e 'art last I.ill.
checking ui> on military ami war pro
duction cstablishme s.
He left Washington April IS.
The Chief Executive told the
press it was hard to pick out
what impressed him most, lie
thought it was the ureal improve
ment in troops of all kinds. a<
compared with what he had seen
on his trip last September. He
said he thought the couutr> was
turning out snappier troops in
better physical condition.
Morale in general be described i.
very, very high, and he asserted liv. •
men looked awfully lit. He .-poke. I
too, of the permanent value ol the
educational and physical trainin.,
programs in military camps.
The officers and men. he id. arc
eager to get in the show and K«'t i!
over with.
East (all. Hie Chuef Executive .>.<i
he had found Washington lagging la
behind the rest of the nation in war
spirit, ai d he declared In- thought
exactly Ihe -ame tiling now. alle;
seeing the southou-1.
The people away Iron' t i• t* nat ■ nal
capital, he .-aid. have a much Ih>
ter sense of proportion and pcrspec
(Contimied on Page Six)
Three Stills
Discovered
In Prison
ReidsvillC. Ga.. April 20—(AP)—
How three whiskey still-, were lound
in Georgia's .-late penitentiary prior
to the mass escape ot 25 of the in
stitution's toughest conv icts w;.- re
veil led todav bv Warden 11. II. Ou
Vall.
UuVall. asked about report- that
prisoners had been making whiskey,
said one still <>f 50 gallon capacity
was found in the nn on cunning
plant, in a wing of Ihe main build
ing, and that two smaller on< . had
been found. The di coveres were
made March 10. just after he took
over as warden. DuVall said.
One of the smaller liquor plants
was foiled In a tunnel leading from
the boiler room to lite main btiild'ug
This disclosure came alter DuVall
told how convicts planned week- in
advan>;< for last Friday's mas* break
working hour after hour to cut
thrngh specially hardened bars with
steel wire, then put them back i
place with soap. Confe sion by uv «
recaptured prisoners aided in the rev
elation
Eleven of the 25 convicts who fled
the prison remained at large today.
ALGERIAN CONVENT IS TARGET FOR NAZI BOMBERS
lifts-en nuns were killed and several others were
The nuns were killed and injured while at prayer,
nearby air raid shelter. (Official I'. S. Sien.il
injured when Nazi bomber* blasted Ibis convent Alciers.
Sixty orphans housid in the convent were sale in a
Corps Uadio-tclcphoto. (International Soundiiboto.)
Anniversary
.Luxembourg Radio
Goes OU Air Today;
Night Raids Made
On Nazi Transport
I.niiddir. \|iril '!0.—(AIM—Tin*
Luxembourg radio went off tin
air sliortl* alter noon today.
Renter* reported. indicating that
allied lionihrr* iniislil lie oli-.eiy
iim Adolf liitler's alln birthday
liy a daylight bundling of f.u
ropeau targets.
Tin* main Danish radio station
at Kaltiiuiliiirq al<i» went off the
air about l'!:.'50 p. m.
Lotidon. A) il 20.—(AP) llritish
li«iit tr.'cr and lighters -truck
main Inst n iiiit at the croiikitig Cor
•liiin I rati?!"1 ' system over a in;
stretch • r< " He Ktll'opc ml (lei
many.
The air ' 'ittMrv news services
-'Hid thai t!>«• HAK fii'hter shi|is
ranged • ' na/.i rail lines ami
road.- li l> i'tan.v. thrmiuh !>■ >rtit
ern Franco and llnlliind and into
n »rthwcstei n Germany, and Whirl
wind bombers attacked shipping in
llie channel.
Two aire ill wore missinu from
the night i'•lis. the news hcivico
said.
The I. < c Iliu bombers were be
lieved ' • I e remained at then
ha e- < 11.11' t! >• night.
Itrih-u leatiwhile. en.i »yed .1
raiidlc.-s nii:lit.
PRESIDENT TO MAKE
RADIO TALK TONIGHT
\V . • April 20— (AIM
—president Rfiosevelt will id
dreys tl*e nation tonight at II
n'eloei; FAVT m a speech l> he
br«>a<'i over all radio net
work . 'lie White Hoilsc has an
noiinceil.
Suli.iecl of his lalk was not
given in the While House tin
roiimniieMi. i-sued lale last
night.
WEATHER
I Of; NORTH CAROLINA.
< ontinurd cool, with Mightly
lowcr temperature tonight.
Hitler % Hi rth day
Gives Little Cheer \
Ghost Voice
Interrupts
I."lifliiti. A|i.
pnWt'l'lllI J{l|ii:t
till- I'.I'I ill: i
(A I')— A
< . rii|iU'(l
■II
.ik iii i r
day by shun tin
"Tin- 1*11* ;r»
riiifv li
Wi«S lllllll."
II.II I '1
Till- \ • • 11 <• i
" Till - h< in
|K»\V IT III i l I
iiw.-:.
rillllf til 11:
Uiinc I ' I\'. I
fiilltu. < 'li
(l<>\\ III.ill.
11 it It :
.v ..I I lit U
v.ill lie dVf
.>ll ]Ik- hUi
Tin
W.lVI' it'll,
it i id Hit
Hill- tl.;
llllibli
Nazi- furk
Pact Signed
Commercial Treaty
Provides Exchange
Of Important Goods
By Two Countries
Ankara \|»rll Pi (ililawili—
i Ai'i—\n nltirial <'<iitiniiitii<|ii«.
atiitmimiil l»il;i> that Tlirki->
ami (irrtti.ni> li.nl siKin-il a now
<(•ililiii-ril.il atrci-incnt to r\
i lianur ciinil* rmiivnli-iit to alioiii
Sltn.OllD.IHlti i arli ill tlif ni'%' ,vr i;-.
Ill I ■ \V (I "i fit' COIIIIMll K|i II
I'ii ;. w II 111111 h (ii'l'ti jitiv ' : n\
■ -1.■ 111 i.il> i" which Ocrinniiy ni
| tin-lie p.' 1 I' llfi ni|> -i'(;iin c ' .ni'l
I (Sri'iiuitiy will > i • i nl Turkey "iitriii?
til.-il u«•<•«I ■ I I'i'itiruliii- inij" rliiiu'C
(Otu> Tiii'Ui h i'.iw in.ill j.il
poll,ml In (tinniinv i dir.• ii'. l»,i;
there v\.u no -pvi-ific indication that
t ■ Turkey,'
(Continued on Page Six)
German Broadcasts
Offer Grim Then.
T o Indication Gi\«n
Of Speech by Hitler
f.'iiidon. April 20. — (AP)—•
\<l..l! Mill, r nlrliralril bis 51th
I irilnl.it today with tii>. arinir*
i.'i ihi- defensive ill I'urope and
ils milinots. an<! ii.nl liltlr to lell
ili (mmii.in people to relieve tlie
;;iiimii!'-s in Die situation sliouUI
In- deride In make his usual an
!,n« is.ir> ailiiress to the nation.
I •• IV: .1 radio pictured him
I. 'Ik : \ f nl Iik bh'thci; y
I It: .-. the location >>l
uiiit.M-losrd listening to
tl . i marked the* boRin
■ . • i (»< *i';:iiv - ;,n:> i;i| tribute tn
i • I'lielm • There .-till was no in
itimi, liuimw, whether Hitler
i !t \\ ulfl speak.
I I lden>1 brought pi'O
. t- i>l I't ..pai;atula .MilH<
.||(i lit ; 1:111,11-1.ill Ciiil'l'
•n iiipi'-Hif". :ind !' wns
■ v till r. a tliuy outid
i ii : In- n •!i<»n.
! iii i' 1 riiirtIi year anrt
v il hai<li st 'ace Ii"'.
imi i>i ii wiiy out nf its hur
iti- . id -ulleruiK>. an* ;it present
> In i in -i^lit." (I 'i*l»b«*ls »aid.
• 11 th< |ie(i))le must nhmilder great
pi i ,'iii* tl eir evidence.'" sir
.1 i ■ better i" I .mi the devil
ii ;iljt ; ill di.-C'nd ami to con
, !i Hsidtastly mi ;i lii-torical
n I; tt at be I'ins t<* bo found
• ' si !.•• liic* htcinninu ol trie
1 Our inn i- '"I'd a imiutamiitkm to
> . \ ii !iu' pi .tplc h.vlmy J lit -
• :> in l i>l(ii< ol (lie veieh "
\v,* v.'ll j-hnw tie wot Id our
■ • . U I:,i that IHI. .ii I'iiniint In*
nM|i i'ii'(l iind our certainty of tin;
! eternal HK'iilncss nl (rri many." Iio
i<l in a lone slij;liH> more hopeful
! til. II CioeblH'Is.
REPRIEVE GRANTED
CONVICTED MURDERER
I; ili iyh. April 2ft. \l'> Paroles
< "i> inner liaHiav.iv CrnjM .tjnd
1 'i • > i :<<» dav rrpi ve had lie"11
i'ii i Clyde tii a .''.I. eon. iHca
(" t il i n !*■ Mint\ laid ' H lobcr of
i .iiul m'IiHiu'mI I i die, Grass
i. ' i have died Ktidn.v.
I i i ?a ni thai new evidence had
oeen reported rnd n rnnlion for a
I new trial probably would be made.
70 Junkers,
42 Fighters
In New Total
Allied Air Offensive
In N orthern 1 unisia
Continues Scorching
Pace of Victories
Allied Headquarter- in North
Africa. April l>o—(AT)—The
allied aerial offen ive. contimt
iiiK its .-rorchiri'V pace against
the axis air ferry mute and
warplane nests. cut down -1
more enemy planes yesterday,
brinjrinjr the -IS-hour total to 112
of which To were Junkers 52
transports, a communique from
General Dwijrht i>. Eisenhow
er's headquarters announced to
day.
Raising its total on the flatn
ShiiAiv battle over tile Si
cilian straits, where troop-laden
German transports tumiilcd out
of the sky like leave* in a forest
fire, allied headquarters said
three more enemy fighting planes
had been aeeotmted fur by Amer
ican pilots and their UAF and
South African allies from the
desert air force. This ini| the
total of enemy losses in that sin
gle battle at eight transports and
til fighters.
The tierce, but .-*• incwhnt slark
0"!i'd offensive '.vi! I-. ntin id yester
day against Marsh;.! !'.: . , It.iimnol's
aerial ferry route ami resulted in the
dost met.<»r. >»! Uvelvi • • .1 Linkers
3L\s and tigli:. • <• i.niiuii
<|i:e yaid.
Four more axis j>l:n<-. destroyed
in other lighting ■: i> •:id
eleven in rto.l . . *i .»i - s unlay
brought t;ie twe-day toll t.• 112.
Auainst these losses, the com
muni(|iie saiii the allied had
twelve planes missive vesterday.
Kleven were announced missinc
the day before, a two-day total
of 2.1.
(.\ V; lta o'Memtejiciue said two
Junkers 52 and two Jankers
bombers \* t |i do , u by .Malta
Spitfires yesterd; y. and Valletta dia
patcho; .:i<i ih -d .1 il.r .. ,r>2 H as
accounted for l»y Mouiuito bombers
from the fortress isle.
(In I.i'iul .n, it was a.-sumed these
three wen1 i:i add'! n n ih< tigare
of the allied he.ido larkr e ' iinurn
t|lie. bringing the two-day total t •
72 ax's transports or 117 pianos.
im- r.""'nn. nir t ■•'rniiiiis
nioiMiIrd a roimtrr alliclt in the
rcnlrai foitiir against French
fnrcfs holding Out-rt Iicbir. snulli
of Iti'ii Ar.ida. I>n ( I lie French
bc.il off the u'saull easily.
The •, :r i o .t<i their wn'
patrol nrtiv ty elsewhere, but the
fart 11<at new.- w "i ui 11 • m the
land fr- nts- w . ■' I'm .i.-, an in
(('or.'.'ivavi on I'ye S'x)
Allied P'anes
ContinueRaids
On Jap Basis
W'a hin#tnn, A|»i*iI 2<». ■ .\1 '> —
Ocnerol botiRlns MiicArllun's hend
<|li; rHv- announced 1 *•»I■ • v llial ti
lled wiirpliincv. o|h rating alone de
spile lite enemy' mi' ntiliK ininl
strenjj'h. iiit.ieked 11\ • • Japanese
bases vesteiday hi tin r land abo\«:
Australia.
< >ti bulb >id< the Ircincndoun
sirunule control "l ihe «<>ntb\vest
Pacific .-kic.- bad sl.'rk» ned appi
ciahly.
Targets hit l>y mule l.'nited Na
tions plane-; included tinny alt
drome- m Dutch New (tallica. New
Britain. and New (iuinf.i
A .-mall .lapaiie-c hip .do was
bombed nil Tranimbor island.
On the Burma front. British bca<I
((iiailn reported Ilia' Field Marshal
Sir Archibald I'. Wavell's forces iiin
bushed .'nil .lap.inc..c ti tops on Mayu
I rid|ie. along the Bay ol Bengal kill
ing "a and wounding "many more."
, otherwise the situation remained
unchanged us the British held strong
defensive positions after falling back
i from the Mayu peninsula, while
I RAF plane..- raked Japanese ground
| force# jn low level stacks.