- L fitfttjtersnn HatUj Utspatirlj ' ^Mk^o-1"?...3.?uv'CE or - THIRTIETH YEAR 111K ASSOCIATED i'UESS. .'-mm. HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 24, 1943 I'UULISIIKD KVIJi - AFTEll.VOON EXCEPT SIX" ' ~ FIVE CENTS COPY AMERICANS STRIKE !N NORTHERN TUT" <* ★★★★★★•* + + -— C'JNKiNG Tu?S FCR AFPJCANS WH'LC TWO MOROCCAN SOlDiERS AN3 AM ARAB watch closely, U. S. Technical Sergeant Honnard, of IHuiijunk, Calif., demonstrates the correct technique of clunking. He uses a doughnut and coffee served by an American Hed Cross clubmobile crcw in a canteen set up at a rail depot somewhere in French Morocco. (International) Threat of German Coup Figures in Finn Crisis Final Showdown is Now Expected In Little Nation's Strange War Triangle Washington. April 'M—(Al't — Tie threat of a nazi coup in 1 inland, inspired by Hitler's blowing Ours for his "Kuropruii j I*irlr<-■«>"" and designed to set up a iUO per ccnl pro-axis govern ii.was mtii in diplomatic •in.uters here today as our of tin1 k•triors behind Helsinki's newest cri-is. And it wii.s expected to force .1 f.n.i! .• :n>v cluw .1 In the little nations Mianj'.e war triangle. l/.li -t move 111 the Inn;! standing tli.-comer eri.-is eame yesterday 11 no>t i»f tlie A111erif.nl legation stall n-lclctily left the capital and :i strict censorship was promptly i'. im;. <: i.ji .i| political di>;iatciie out of Finland. 'I lie State department describe.! the move as "administrative." and c!ei!i id to throw further light 011 it: but the capital watched clo.-ely I ' ic what bearing it might have mi the question whether Finland is to li;- i:|> still more closely to Cer II any or attempt to separate hcr.-eli lii.in Hitler's war against Russia. Jt wa • teen in some quarters here and abroad as another American move in a "war of nerves" amcd at pry 11;; Finland lco.se from her n Ji 1 ciates. Another view. Iioweve.. wtis that mounting nazi pressure and 'he menace of a German-inspired coup called for precautionary evac uation of all hill a skeleton legation ^tafl. It wtis recalled that about ISO Americans, diplomats and others, fell into German hands when the G« 1 mans occupied all of France I 1 -I November tmd the Vichy govern ivi ni broke relations with the Uritcd States. l-o l:ed at fiom the point of view *'f (icrmau strategy. Finland's situa tion seemed an integral part of the crisis facing Hitler's "fortress of Ku rope." WAI I ACE RETURNS TO UNITED STATES t( '■ l'raiK|tlilla. C'olonibia. A|> il -'AP) Vice President Ih'iry > Wnllnee left bv Pan-Ai ier* '* Airways at 7-30 a. 111 today ; ?.I;aini. ending l is l.atin A11 • - ' 1 K'an ton:-. ||c js due 111 \*..ui 1 'his evening. ( ■ I' mbian government repre sent ntives and local authorities bade the Wallace party farewell "t the airport. Ship Sinking is Dedicated To Martyrs fr me where in New Ciuir.ca. A|).;! 21—(Al'i—A Liberator b dc.-iroycd ..ii 8,11110-ton •lit{•;uic*1:11 . ch.iiilinan today in the vviir area's tirst avenging blow drc .'.ili'd l.i l!ie memory ol II. t- .V-ieri 11 , lie c \ ecu toil in Tc |;yo. Tin* l».:; loin-cngined bomber c.i. •,■"11 I!h* !.i|» .11 She Hismurck sea while "'i .i rcconnais-iince mission iictvvwii Kavieng and Kabau! and ,-et it :ifiiv wilh a .-Imiij; <>{ bomb-. one of which exploded nil till- I'tuv. I : I- p'lot, l.ieutcmint .Jullll M. Stu: ijf'iM of Lexington, Ky., Ic.inied ol llie Tokyo cxecu I in hi-. return irom tlio ii i-.mi ii. lie suggested lluil the f in . ii>; I'.' regarded as a retal iatory measure Ihe Japanese could I'lde-talid SI urge • . iki crew return lo ;i w iriM welcome from l.icu ten.iiit (>cni •..! (in rue ('. Ken ncy. - iiilhwe-t I'.icilic air force commander, wh> immediately awarded Ihein air medals for mei iton. as achievement. Sturgeon's crew included Staff SiDv.int Karl S. Sasser. Mt. Olive. X. a gunner. Bond Drive Nears Goal Kiel:- April 24.—(AP)—Total bond -uli«criplions for the filth fed i i| re erve district's second war loan drive now amount to $332,808,* i. Iliu'h I.each, chairman of the war Ii i.iirc committee in charge of I Die i uiip.'imi. -ai l today. The fifttire* represent sales of! I>'."'I ■ through the clo>[» ttf business j Tl ii da> The district's (piota is 'MlO.dlKI. I. ach explained thai the figures i core cut sales to private investors find do not includc those to com ncrcial banks and dcalois, a niattei being handled separately. Nazis Count Heavy Loss Almost 5,000 Troops And 500 Planes Lost In Ler-i Than Week; Red Aivmen Attack Moscow. April 2-1—(AT) — The furious German counter at tacks in the Kuban region of the Caucasus, which in the last few days had approached .lie intensity of an offensive, slack cued significantly today as the Germans counted several «hou sand of their dead in addition to a heavy loss in airplanes, tanks. guns and munitions. Rus sian front dispatches said. the dispatches Rave no imme diate explanaion fur the cess ion of the nazi attacks, which had been marked by numerous futile charges against the Kue -• sian lilies irom the Black sea coast near Novorossisk. through the Kuban delta to the coast of the Sea of Azov. The Germans lost almost 5.000 men and almost 200 planes in le-s than a week—probably far in excess <>r :i>.c losses they had counted on, it was reported. Dispatches yesterday had rep the use of fresh axi< reserves In their Caucasus bridgehead-. The l'ury of the air lights did not slacken in this sector, however. The 'led army air forces r.iidot-. a German air drome, causing a num ber of cxplosii n< and largo fire-. Russian fliers also struck mv <> their biggest blows of the war V their military lnr>»et« and now were working on a definite plan. i Miners Shun WLB Hearing Wash infill m. April 24.—(At')— Neither President .loltn I,. Lewis of the United Mine WurUei imr am of his associates showed nj> today as the war lahor hoard formally be giin consideration «•! tin union's v.a^j dispute with soft coal operators. TJie board assembled for a pre liminary hearing willi only the op erators represented. No UMVV official had made an ap pearance as the board began the hearing called for the announced purpose of getting a stimmaiy state ment of the issue.- and to arrange procedure and timing for conduct ing the case. In New York. K. C'. Adams, press representative for Lewis, said he was in New York eilv and "has no plans to go to Washington today." Allied Warplanes Pound Jap Bases In Pacific Area . On the Mend ^ RESi'NG in the Oak Knol! Naval Hospital, Orl:1iin»(>. (I titer national) FDE Orders Strike's End Celanese Corp. Union Given Until Monday Noon to Begin Work Picketing Continues W.isliiiul'ui. 2t.—(AP) —President Knoscvclt today or ilert (I strikers al the t'elenesr »f America. ;il Newark, N. .1.. )i> return In work immediate ly and Ravi* llit-m until noon MiiimIiv to comply. Non-compliance by thrin. ho viid. will result in government steps lo see In it lliat the plant is re-npencd. Actin;: mi the recommendation of the w.ir labor board, whdfc repeated >>p|K-als to the workers, members of ((' >Mt!ntto(l on Page Six) 8,COO-Ton Cargo Ship Sunk in Bismarck Sea; Jap Patrol Wiped Out Close to Salamaua (I!ii The \xsociit t nl I'l ess) General Dou^'ias Mac-Arthur's headquarters announced today that allied warplanes pounded live Japanese liases in the is lands above Australia, carried out IS strafinjrs attacks on en emy troops in New Guinea, and sank ;in 8,000-ton sliip in th:» Bismarck sea with a single hull's eye hit from a 500-pound bomb. Tlip communique also disclos ed that allied vaneuards wiped out a patrol of 20 Japanese troops within six airline miles of the hie enemy base at Sala maua. New Guinea. * -- Apparently Ihe attack was hit and run, since the main allied forces were last reported some 100 miles below Salamaua. al though patrol fighting had been noted in Ihe Mubo sector twelve miles below (be enemy base. Meanwhile. Prime Minister Church ill sa:d in a message to General H. H. Arnold. U. S. air force coin-, mander. that Briti-h fliers "earnesi ly look forward t<> the day when they will lie able to fly side by | side with their American comrades to attack Tokyo and other cities of Japan." Churchill denounced Japan's ex ecution • »f American aviators cap tared after the raid on Tokyo last year a.s "barbarous" and declared the allies would "strip thi- cruel and greedy nation of their power to molest the civilized world." On the Burma fro t. Briti-h head-| quartcrs reported 'hat Field Mar shal Sir Archibald P. \V .vfcll's force> inflicted casualties or the Japar.eso j 'ii renewed cla-he> along the JJay of! Bengal coast. A commuriqne said the general j situation remained unchanged in the coastal area, where the Japanese have thrust t ward the Burrpiy-Indt i frontier while the British dug i i t • await the imminent approach of the monsoon rains. AUTO MISHAPS CLAIM TWO PERSONS' LIVES Wilmington. April 21.— (AP)—Au tomobile aooifteM ill this iircii in the ; last two d;iv> claimed the lives <>i two poison-, with :i third serious!;.' injured. Clara Kdcns. nine, wns fatally in iured when t'-c bit yelc on which sT.e .incl her sis'cr. Hetty, were rid ins whs in collision with a truck .if Scotts Hill. Hetty suffered a broken arm and other injuries. Howard Hewitt, :tl>. of the Maple Hill community of Pender county, wns killed 011 the highway a mile south of Burgav when struck by a truck. 'Wariick for Senate' Boom Develops In the Sir tt'ziior Motel. Daily Dispatch Iturcau, By LYNN N!SIH.T Raleigh. April 21.—The surprise clement in Max Gardner's ronuncia tion of candidacy fur the United State* Senate had been largely dis counted for those who have followed the reports from this bureau. Sonic of the intimations that he would fol low* through to final determination of .Hie issue in the primary hove been so definite as to bring protests from Gardner himself and from his frlctids. Information upon which these predictions were based came from such reliable sources as to con vince this writer the job ahead of Gardner to win the nomination wa much more difficult than he lirst thought. There i* confession of surprise that j retirement came so soon. Fact that it \vi'- inn 'I cnrlv is greatly to O.ii'dM ■ i' • reached bv a pi'(M'o.« of elimination, and hv fittinc into the picturc puz zle a few * agrant pieces. First to Ik- riiminaicii—and ii e.in tuit br easily done—is Clyde R. jrfc>. for forty years a Democratic \Rir liorse and the most popular man\to leave the sovci nor's office since ZV» Vance quit to go to the Senate 'ft/ years ago. It is almost unanimously conced ed thai if lioey had entered the race at the time Gardner did. lie would have received Mich spontaneous wie* eliimation as virtually to close tin lists. Simple fact is. Iloc.v did not care about cant! to Washington anr. personally doesn't want to go now. There i* everv reason t'» beltc' e that (Continued on Page Six) French CavcsSrymcm ASSIGNED TO DUTY outside a gov ernment building in Algiers, the Spahi above is typical of the color ful Frcncli colonial cavalrymen who a A.- Hghting side l>y fide with oiir boys in Africa. (International) IL So Trocps Are Praised Alexander Lauds American Staff For Efficiency hi Moving Troops Ailit-fl H>M• from one sector of the Tit 1 front to another. "When the Fl Gactar baltlc was 11? ■ d. it v dee ded to employ si.e I'-ited States Army troops in i >■ -lii« r sector for the next Mop toward the final phase thai will be (Continued on Tape Six) Where is Rommel? V'!iiv| Hcnd'pi.n'tci'> in North Af i cn. April 24—(AP)—General Sit Ihuoid Alexander'.- headquarter:- an n< iinccd today that a captured duett in nl indicated that Marshal Krwir Hi.mmel. the German commnt.der it Tun,si:i. had left Africa. A st. tcP'f t i1 by the head 111' rters t . the 1 fllh urttijr (frotipMid "A document. dated March II), re (i,.•(' Colonel General .turner \ i .Vnim - general officer com n >" ha\" N.'.m :n Nfriea dm ha: the Kasf damaged -,1ip.-. !h • ad miralty said, v.vre a c-aircr and a tanker. Co 'i t.— mea-are? by the convoy pr?vrnted direct •! nervation of the re .i!: <•', tile : ■■■■ eti hit- on those two ve <•!-. 'Iv. . m ii iqu 1 «»id. hat breaking up i ises were heard from both. Four other sh>p« listed i~ damaged also were believed to h ae sank later, the adin;i. iiy c!ei-!. a. AMERICAN Pi ANES ATTACK AT MUNDA i \V.is!iin!!,.>!i April ?.! — (AIM — I Amrrian hotn'.HT- nrd ! at ' tacked the .tapuneso air base at Muncii. 111 tl'i mitral Solomo i> j lands n&iin Thursday, the Navy n period todav. , ant .«i 1 raft weapons and scting tin; ti> three grounded enemy p anc-. Other raids were carried out ngninst Vila and Kahili, the latter in the r 11 thvv ten S-n-. wlii'i* : on Friday bomber. and I liters as I vaulted one1: v p.i 'i.m>?• t Kekat 1 i Bay. n seaplane !>::,-e . t Santa Isa bel island. Soft Coal Wage Pact Is Extended Washington. April 1! I—(AP)—The ; war labor board today ordered the r.lmost expired wage aurccnic t bo tween Appalachian salt eon 1 opera tors and the IVited Mine Workers ■ extended pending M'ttlement of their i di-pule and fleeided to proceed with i the ease with or without tin? par ticipation of the union. Ignored by President .lohn L. • Ih-wi.s and other oflicc r. "I the I'MW | at a preliminary hctirins today, the ■ board announced it would follow the ; normal proecdu-e >•! setting tip a - three-man panel whieli is to begin clo-cd sessions next Wednesday.