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> LKASKI) WlttK HEKV1CE OK -- — V TMW- Awu< w •• - THIRTIETH YEAR »„ wllvCT OK — AS8"'''A'''B" HENDERSON, N. C„ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 21. 1U1.J i-l-bl,,.,tv,s«, »„.««*» BSaSVKHiKf"u,uu" five cents copy Enfidaville Captured By British ★ ★★★ ^ ^ U- _L_ ~ ^ "K * * * * ★★★ ★ Mexico's President Journeys North With Roosevelt I Monterrey Conference Continued Trip North of Border is first Visit Paid To This Country By Mexican Chief >:inl Ui.oscvelt Train. April i!l (AT)—The conferences of ■ uiiich President Roose velt anil President Avila Cania fix* hefran in a jjala setting at M< rti rrey. Mexico, last night, i> iit ii'ied north of the border t'u.ay. with :i Mexican chief ex ecutive oil I niled States soil for tlit ir.-t lime in history. AviS i C'aniacho was returning Use only official visit ever made clri-p into his country l»y an Aiueiic.in president, but seeur- i I:, reasons forbade the inline- i •it.'le announcement of details. Interrupting a lavish, seven-eour-o • (iiiti-cr. the t\vi» euniincntal loaders | «'• i it <1 radio addressee at Mo.:tcr i»y without disclosing in any man-i t: t'n- rr il reason for their dra- j iti.ittc -.noting. '11 ity ..poke. in-trad. of difference* between their two governments t v. hi . lri ady have been solved, of a joint s >lidarity in arms in a world ! at wri. and of the values, now and 1 ■ :• the future, of the good neighbor poliey. They dealt strictly in generalities I i- i'i-'ls of friendship and Mr. 1! i vclt promised that "the govern • > nt i f ttie United States and my < i intiyiv.cn are ready to help" Mex ' ward greater progress toward c .test possible measure of se- • v and oppotunity." He referred to tin- . ue, now apparently dead. . i '• I by Mexican exproporiati <:i '.'rican-owned oil land-. Mr. Itoosevelt declared with cm pharis: "V.Y recognize a mutual i-iter i- <if our join' n- ieni-i-.s. V-i- :-i iv. that Maxiert's resources "<• developed for the common ! !iumanity. We know that il -y ..f exploitation of the re- j ml the people of one emui- j i 'he benefit of any group in eo-i^lry i- definitely over." mc last :-ight in Monterrey ' ' •• chief executives: 1 Mreeted a harriearii* against any ' iter! peace" feelers that the ■: !:• lit direct through Spain or j • ntermcdiarle-. Creditor! internalional under-, ' :-i:: j.imI no:.-exploitation with i ; „• American solidarity: and : < Uiercd those points as basis I r p. -:-v.ar planning. I UMBERTON SOLDIER WOUNDED IN AFRICA i_W.i liimtlnn, April 21.— (AIM—Tin* j • '••I'iii'tinoiit todav announced i •In- nnmc* of :<| I IT. K. soldiei> | v i.ndcd in action in (he Asiatic. i I''IM'tui. mirth At'riciin. North ' Aim riean. Pacific and -oiithwcst ia- 1 ciiir in.1... The I1-1 included: wound- | ''d l!! north Africa Private Wll- | 1' • I.. Iliiiicrs. whoso will1. Mrs. Ola 1 A lienors, lives 011 oast Second sin-el. l.unibcrton. Liquor Plot Is Charged _ V,';. hington. April "J1 — (AP) — Charging that what lit* termed the h'tmi: trust is attempting to gain tr<il ot the industry through a "lligrain and inexcusable violation. the anti inflation program" \va | lai'l before Congress today l»y Hepre tentative May. Kentucky Democrat ; In a ■ peeeh inserted in the appen- ] '1 v "| (!,<• Congressional Itcford, May . called f'.i- an investigation l>y OPA ;l» (I declared that "the problem ai-o "11)1 :<• to the Department ot Jlis- j bee anti-trust division." lie charged that larger dMillerio ; hart 1 night control of some of tbe ind(>|)cndcnt« at prlcc* which he '•■ pud fabulous and fictiti his." lie contended that the larger dl • ttMei it U taUe a gallon of slock of independent operators "and blend it w tli spirits fo new whiskey and ";ike four or five gallons, or eve m'"0. n;-d they then put it on the '• ' ikct nndor a brand new name ;ind *<"u it. in some instance?, higher than bio old brand sold for." rr'JGHT ALL THREE OF THE AXIS PARTNERS BR!:IG!NG TO CONSUMMATION llic dream of every American fifjlilinr; rrnn. the erew of the Fortrer.s Gei-cUcc, shown in North Africa, has blasted the Japs, the Germans, and the Italians. Standing, 1. to r.: Capt. ,1. J Kramp. New Britain, Conn.; Lt. M. C. Stratford, !.<\s Angeles, Cal.; 1.1. I.,. M. Clifton, Ardnwre, Okla. Kneeling. 1. to r.: Tech. Sgt. J. E. Klason; Stall Sgl. N. K. Lopes; Stall Syt. G. M. Abraham, and Stall Si;t. J. D. Stjwe. These men boast of hitting both Axis ends. (internationalj Extra Rent A. & E. C. Pays State Total of $116,717.97 For Use of State's Rail Line in 1942 ik.iii iqii. April 21.—(AIM—Tlte Atlantic and Ivist Carolina Kail road ('»., lesser of tin* Stale imnetl Atlantic and \orlli Car olina Kailroad. lias paid tin* Stall" company S."»(>.'!17.117 acldi- I timial rent this year, it was learned today. I'he check v\a.- rccehed yesterday in Km.-t*>ii l>v K. \V. Wallace. mutc taiy-ti-ciisiii11- <it the A. & N. C. Atlantic and !•".;» t Carolina lenses the load I'rom the St.tc on a iia.-ls <it a miniinuni annual rent <>i Siln.rino. and in addition a nr. ihi; lint: per | ceiitane of giuss income o\ er S475- i .(((Ml. This per centaf'e run- :;p 1 • -1 , per cent when jjro ■ income exceeds | $7(1(1.0(10 annually. Thus the lessee conip. nv paid the State a total of SI 111.717.07 rent tor the road (i'ii m : 1012. For 10II. liie State c unpaiiy wa- paid Stu.lli7i>:i additional rent beside- the naninium $60,500. Gross innm Ihe rood lost year S1.105.4 I1I.2U as C'-mpaied Willi I $524,375.80 in 1941. Tuc bill increase was atp i'litteil (o incoin li"": fieijjht hauled to tin new Marine air ba.-e at ( lurry i.in« Schools Want Extra Month JJ.ileiah. April -!• IA P > A third i>l the -!.il« n". eh «•) nuns hiivi* indicated I' •' tltfv Will lilkc ;.dvant.i::r "I 'In iiiii'Ii ,-rli'iiil month ne.\t yi;ir. Superintendent "I I'ubtie I list rt ii't i< >ii Clyde A. Kiaviii announe ed ioday. Krwin s.'Kl be I,:'d beard "either directly <•! indirectly" from those school :.nr . ..11(1 that "IH'I o silifjir one 11;.incii<-ill<-<I i' will not adopt I 111' 11■ iit '> ''it!' (M • Mi- 'cil\ .-rliool i nil-. Krw?n ' said. all lull 2i> <*r 'J7 already had .lu- | nintii month on a supplemental basis. ! and. "I cii'M". would take advantage j of the law pM'd hy lln- livi-laliiic | aftordinfi ^tale Iinalirial barking foi | llii' cx'i'a on 'i it Ii. SUB THUNDERBOLT FORMERLY THETIS, IS PRESUMED LOST 1,ond"n. April 21—(AIM—The ad-1 mindly announced today lh.it the, s ilmnii >'ie Thunderbolt, formerly the Theti- wh'ch foundered on trials ' .fine I. !!»::!». with the I" :■ of <lfl ||v«, 1 is overdue and mu-t he presumed lost. A (let the vessel fotirdered she was raised and renamed the Thunderbolt. ! She had a surface displacement "f i 1.090 tons- Her complement was 53' men. Kuhan Delta P'igh t Reaches New Peak MANY COMMUNITIES RE-SET BOND GOALS Washington. April l!l.—(AP) —Tion.-iiry «>llici.il.-- reported today that many tomntiinitie ka\ c n set their fi>-lit.s in the record lni'akinjj SI.'{.(itill.tMM'.iMiii ,-cc ui win* loan campaign and are now turning to double their mii^iiuI • luotas. The development \v;:> r* :».*t— ctl art -all p.i»i(| !!•. SKi.lloii. (ttill.dlMi marl; and ittn- pumiui to achievement ot the «<>al well in advance of the thiec-wecl; deadline. Deadlocked Pay-As-You-Go Plan Compromise Fails; Meeting is Called For This Afternoon Washington. April '!l.— ( \i'» —Still another p«y-as-> oii-ko tax discussion w as art .muni l>> i;rpublic.in anil Democratic lr.til ers today after reports of .1 new deadlock contrasted with r.irliei word of a compromise. Lust night Ihey hud conic forward with what v...- described .1- a vir- I tuall.v complete :i|*ic-i-inf. 1. iiikIii stood to p n\ !()<• for ;ili,il('iuent 01 ap proximately alt |>01 ceiil i'l 1 SHU in come taxes. However, alter a morning 1 infer ence 111 Speaker l<'a;. Iian' nlllee. thi .speaker told newspaper men that "(here is no conclusion as vet. There hits been ti" compromise a. ri\ ed at." However. ■> special bi«piirllMin 1 on.pl01111 -«• 1 :i it't t . ei'inpo-ed <>1 ranking I>1 mociatie and ISepiibli) an members ol tin ll«>iix« v...> anil j nu .ins committee. . cu ed to " 11 \ again" In lind .1 middle 'onnil at another meeting later in tin- day Dne member intending the morning meeting beiiirid closed doors said that hopes lor a compromise had "dimmed." WRECKAGE IS FOUND OF HARMON'S PLANE Paramaribo. Dutch Guiana. April 21—(AIM The wrecked Army plane from which Lieutenant Thinniw Hnr« meti. former I'niv -r-iiy <•! Michigan ntl-Amcricnn football Mar, parochut ed to safely on April R. has been localed in (he jungles of Kit- eh Qniana. il wis an HMttfed t"d;iv. The announcement indicated Ihiit no other Mirvivor "f the rrash had been located as yet. There were iix in (he new. iSlazis Add Reserves Of Men and Planes But Fail to Regain Lost Positions Moscow, April 'il—(AIM—A violent struggle for an import ant height marked the nioiint ills buttle in the Kuban delta ;:hovc Nuvorossisk today as the German* throw in more troops in an attempt to regain lo-t po sitions. :>tn nowhere did tliey succeed iu gaining any ground. I lie Kiism.his reported today. A (1 i--1>:»t. :: i" Hod Star, the Army : c. i ,;i:i r. .i that artillery iiclion 11:t s-*■»! .. it here are more and • !.i - by the German 'i.r it- _ • :i strength from he \v;.tos hi 1 fif lilac!; sea nor'ln'.aid In the Sea cf A/ov. da. ! • i:illii>t party newspa per. pvintc.i a front line dispatch which . I I! aiuan troops were i• s the lig::t t' i it war prisoners com plained tlx (•< mans had abandoned thi-in. T'u- Co • lining mure tanks to llank the .cased infantry forces. • lied H11- - i;in line- in one -eel" in i *.— of ton attacks mov ing in from 25 to :to which w< i Hi M il ck almost immediate Iv. it wit• said. The • : 'i- Shell shoved in two tnorj fre-ii \r. ant:y regiments. 40 more t nks ••■lid t plane units but after i tw" anit:' battle Ujcy retreated. !•• \ .itg I. I'M* dead and nearly a score i.: tank- i!i .-sroyod. K 11r ! mi;'- later they tried to at tar,. a. id lo t 2f> planes shot down and < Itllt damaged, the Itus -.ills .-aid. Folkes Trial Nears Jury Al"any. < April 21—(AP)— i: | l.e Koikes. 2». accused murder in tin- "lower • Mrs. Martha Virgniia .1 .,(• . Norfolk. Vii.. appeared i - til ■ -11 • i • day 51- his eiise ncar ed i rirrnil i urt jury. \>i'i li :• !• rested its case with out ci 1! ft Koikes to the fUtnd. the st.. I. y viin: Negro, » (lining cur cook m the train on which Mrs. .t.iii'i - v ,i f it illy slashed .l.intiary 23. became jovial in contrast to his earlier --enon- demeanor. His attor iie.v pre .eu.-ly had said he would rail Volkes V» deny statements in tioduccd i>y police as confessions tli i had neuked into Mrs. James' In tii. I"v< a d cut her throat when .-'e awakened and fought him. WEATHER FOH NORTH CAROMNA. t (inllniirit cold with slishtly lower temperatures tonight. 15 Aerial Attacks Made In One Day On Japs at Kiska Jap Threat To Australia Grows Rapidly Allied Headquarters i i An - tralia. April 21—(AP)—Japan's air and ground power in the southwest Pacific is growing "with meat rapidity." a spoke. iniin for General Douglas Mac Artiuir warned today, and "tile situation i... now becoming more nienaeing on the Australian trout." "It is our hope that our lorce will grow to match the ene my's." the tkesman .-aid. The war-, mg was the latest i i a series sounded from headquar ters of top ranking military of ficials by way i>! tempering -ome what the successes < f General MacArthur's far-ranging oomb crs. ()nc of those succes cs was the sinking yesterday at Wewak. New Guinea, of a t!.tlilO-ti n ship, presumably loaded with fuel, judging from the way it burst into flame. "Our sueee.-sos in the past are. unfortunately, not the compell ing factor i i the coming battle." the MacArtluir spokesman said. "This campaign, as is aiways the ca-e in war. will be won in the future, not in the past." Mcsquitcs Raid Berlin Large Fires Started; Heavy Bombers Blast Stettin and Rostock; 31 Planes Misring l.ondon. April 'Jl— (AIM — Heavy Briti-li bomhers attacked the Gorman Baltic ports or Stet tin and Rostock last night while speedy Mosquito bomber* pound ed Berlin in widespread raids trum which .'II planes are mis inq. the air ministry announced today. The night's < 11i • - ;,l»o incliid ed mine-laying in enemy water*, and sharp attacks by l lib!--..- ami I iui:t or in ii'ber.- "ii e n y I Ivvnyn. bar ges :i nd coastal .-hipping. a com imimquc said The operation- uric layered by good weather, nd the bombing ..t tacks on Stetl :nl Ro-tock—wbicn were carried "ii* bv some of the HAK's mightiest plane—were well concentrated. ' ■ • ministry said. In the blov. at l»rrlin one A11►— <|iiito pilot sa ' the <• was a "terrific flash" in one (I -ti ' The last pilot to leave the c ly • id several fires were burning. one paricularly largo Rostock is the s:te of the Hei'ikel works anil t!:< communique said th«> port and the !l< mkckl work.s were the spocili,- target- in last night's raid. Stettin, which is the port lor Uerlm. was last bombed by the WAV Scpten.nc! 30. MUI. and harbov installation,, .at oi! relinery and lac tories were -e\oroly damaged. The Red army aii t• • rt-< ,il ■> raided Siet | tin. along with Her I in. in • Align t. ; 1041 [COMMISSIONER HOOD AND STATE BANKING BOARD TAKE OATHS Raleigh. April L'l — (AP> • , State ("onvni sioner of Hanks (tie ney I*. Hood and member.* of the | banking commission were inducted today for their now terms of office They were .-worn in by As oe ate I Justice K. IV Denny in the office -i (»o\ ernor Hroiighlon. i Hood has bee bank commi«-i»nei since IfKH. Members ol the comiris sion. who were re appointed by tin governor, are II. I). Hateman of \V son. R P. Holding of Smithfield. ('. I.ewellyn «»t Pobson. IV Ha-co-i Hlat-kwelder of Hickory and HovH Mas-agee of Henderson The S1a'.' trpsauret and attorney general are i ex officio mmbrs. New Record is Set in Number of Raids On Japanese Outpost; Solomons Base Hit Washington. April 21—(AP) —War planes of the Aleutian e< mmand bombed and strafed •Iapaiiese positions on Kiska in land in 15 record breaking raids Monday, the Navy reported to-! dav, scoring numerous hits on important installations and .-tarting Vires. In the South Pacific. a com munique aid, heavy Army bomb ers struck at the bid enemy base at Kiela in the northwestern Solomons. Another wave of lighter bombers attacked shipping i i harbors in Bougainville, dam aging one freighter and making ; evcral near hits on another. The 15-raid attack on Kiska was tho heavie-t of the war to date. Previously, the island hud been raid ed a maximum of 13 times in one day—April 15. Si:u-e the beginning of the aerial cl'lensive to .-mash Japanese in.->tal Uitio' s there the Aleutians command has raided Kiska KIT times. There still was no evidence from the Navy, however, bearing on the effeetive ress of !he-e assaults in demolishing Japanese installations •*nifl delaying or preventing the otumy Irom tuni ing the island into an air base. Gas Coupon Ring Broken New York. April -.. ••(At') C'ori ; i ■<-Hi:• m oi >(K> eotinle.'feii "T" ji.i-olaie coupons and Hit- ,irrot "I 30 "Tii was announced today I>v James .1. Malonev, supervising agent ot tf.e see.i-' service in the New York area. Maloticy said Secretary of the Tii'.ri r) MuGcnlbnu had been in icrested personally in i.c investii; * ii M ..Mi Ol'A ollinal- .i|>|• 1..1I ) • him ti> aid in checking Oi" i.ood <>t l.xigti- "T" stsimps llirco ling to wreck >-;ittoninK machine y in |.:c area. lit- t|ti<.!f«i Mordentli;iti ;-s saying thiit "these muntcrh t T stanipt ore Iml: t mu i'n the -ic*-* "I "uniniel against ••iir boys <>n the ' '''tip field.' Tin roundup of the m ui . 111' m\ t -ligation- by secret • rvtre agent.- m this1 area. Maloiu-v .-aid. Stabilization F und Approved Washington. April 21—(AP>—The Mouse today passed Kit' Senate-np proved i>il! extending for two year tin President's authority over a S-. ! (toii.imiii.iiimi >taiiilizat' on fund, but added an amendment which its au 1hor said would prevent use of the <>ni> a 'lie proposed joint S5.00O. lUKi.lll'ii inlernationai bulking fund The measure extend- the Presi dent' authority iner the $2.()O(),000, ' bilisnition fund but withdraws his power to devalue the dollar. Fairless Denies Charge ! \Vi ngton. April 21 -(AIM Bert*: i miin I-' Fairless. pre ident of th.* t'. S. Steel Corp., has entered a denial before the war pi'oducti'"! board that "the safety of ship- or ttie 11\<*s "I men have been jeop ardized" bv sub standard steel slip plied by one plant ot the ('amene Illinois Steel Corp.. a U. S. Steel subsidiary. FiiirV .- said he was certain gov e men! agencies would have aeeepl ed the 1eel plate had they been nolil ed oj the tnili'r deviation from spei i1 icationn. II: position was disclosed today hi Ihr rclca-c bv WP15 of Iho ftiil nvniites of .i meeting of the steel industry advisory commit lee on At> nl «. called to study charge* of fal sification of steel plate tcbt.-. Axis Attacks Before City Fighting is Fiercest Since Egypt; Allies Open Big Offensive To Crack Rommel Allkul Headquarters in North Africa, April 21 — (Al'J—Dash ing veterans <r. ihe eighth army have captured Knfidaviile, axis coastal anchor ~>n miles south of Tunis, in the first hours of an offensive to crack the enemy's Tunisian corner and have hurl ed back four axis counter at tacks in some of the fiercest fighting since the na/.is were thrown out of Egypt, the allies announced today. Accompanying General Sir B. I.. Montgomery's drive I'rom the south, which was opened at 11 c'elock Monday night with a mighty barrage from hundreds of guns. Ihe British iirst army has moved forward slightly in the Mcd.je7.-eI-Bab sector west of Tunis, said a eommunitiue from General Owiglil 1>. Eisenhower's headquarters. The newest Assaults, aimed ;it collapsing the mountain rim held by Marshal Erwin Rommel, were moil ed with the northwest Atrienn air force's heaviest bombardment;. o£ axis airtield> tlio campaign has seen and by violent air battle.-: :n which 27 enemy aircraft were .-hot down yesterday. Along with ether pl:ru'- -hut down on previous days but n< previously reported here, th.s score brought to 151 the total • I c*n« vr.y pl.uie.s de stroyed in the 1 -1 t"!i-e day-. "EnPdvaille h .< been occupied a .1 nil initial object ivt • captured a.'cr fierce fighting." the cum::iunicpie sadi. "Four cii'.niv c .inter attacks have been repaired. F j;h:njj c >u timies." While hundreds of allied planes ranged the skic-. air rcconuais sancc showed that I'lj ing For tress attacks mi IVtlivtn.t. fla'*. had caused tremendous d.»n\ wilh the harhur blocked by tli • wrecks of 'S ships, sunk ur damaged • »«• > t ■ :if. - ion r>: five n-.cri'liiin: vts :i do.-troyer. another naval \c si'l n initio Liv er. an official report while dam-* >c<'d ships included on moroh in! ship.-, two o.«coi-' vos-«•!-. a tanker .iiici i repa i -i !• i: o shippm:; ill the llarbm .• • : • h i ferries. ;it least t-.o if v.-hich witi' severely diuiuigcd. t rges. two ■t which were danu {««d. one .11:1.1. vine p-vbsibh dim 1.1 . id u .«• ,sht rhiint ves el Thi1 0■inn •. > 1 • ... . t h .d bic-i found that ten • o .i\ - pi ines were destroyed on Sunday mid the ? 1» j • German transpi t formation ■» wore «.lu>: up. biiiifiint; tiiat <i v's ae Ii 1 i t:.i enemy t<> !'.! .111 Stocks Reach Firmer Gro and Now Y<>rk April L'l — (A, )—Sticks turned I inner today. Showing were U. S Steel, Bethlehem. Cieneral Motors, Good' year. (> »odra I S. n•: 1 ■>•><» 1. Amer icali Tolepii'-ii \\V tin;:i-o 1 Amer ican Can, General Rlecti ic. South crn Railway and Tcxiui Co. n- IKl* ali i i ■ >111IV 1(11 .\e: i 11 \ Cd. Cotton Prices Little Changed New York April il—fAI'>—('.>) toll future* opened 8 11 !."■ cent* a bale lower. Noon values were urn-hanged t« 10 cents a bale higher. Mi y 20.25, July 20.05 ami Oetobei 10 04. Pro-. imi Today's Close Open May 20,2.1 20.20 •'uly 20.05 20.0S Oetobei IV.04 HIM December 10 <111 Iti.Oft March I0.R7 i».«0
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