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Hrnitersmt IlaUij Htspatrij HO ASK I» W IKK mtiivno - - THIRTIETH YEAR ^?V^E»L> wl,tK skuvick of ~ 77 ~— ■ ASS"nATKl' HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 26, 1943 ''UUUR"MEa^TEHNOON five cents copy JM azis Retreat Before Americans £Z?<SERAL BEN LEAR AWARDED DSM c:r::-r u c=onGE c. Marshall, chief <>r staiT of u-.c u. s. Am y. pins l. •• ! 'i i lied Service Medal on Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear (right), cni unliiig .ifHccr of the Second Army. The award was made prior ;o a luncheon commemorating 45 years in service. (International) LL S.-Finnish Break Believed Imminent Helsinki Advices Indicate Small Hope For Any Change In Policy Stockholm. April '•!(>—(Al'l — A break in diplomatic relations liftttiTn the I lilted Slates ami I inland appeared imminent to il.! \—perhaps only a matters of , hours—as advices from IlelsinUi iir.iieateil little possibility of a i in 1'innisli foreign pnl'iv uli'-li might ease the situation. lile till? Finni li public was l'e I vd deeply disturbed by the pro — !'< <' of a break. Finland's official i if'ii wi.s .summed up Icr.-ely by ..i cc close ot ilie ! ii.' with llie.-o Words: "Tiie American- cannot expect ! tn tie a noose around our own tic e | 'I he stall nient was .1:1 obvio ■- :-'f en ee tii Ameriean desire- that ! .1 ■I !'.<l rettle her dilU'rcnces with liu a. break her tie with Ccn . uy I «ind withdraw from the war. lie1 many has been reported 1 ill", .■•run; pressure on Finland 1 >1 flip i'|i her military effort.- ' '. t liu.-i, ;m:l to aid tin- na/.i in 11 li : ing a ypring offensive agai: Lciiiu-I grad. ISi'lvrt.N were etirrenl 1.1' ni • :i li' l Wa.-liinyli::. already had hr ! i :i | II lal. ■>! y. itli F.nlarid. but they v.er. III ei died a;; "premature" by a him' 1' ' in h 1 i.e.mi ofliee source m liel-i Mlll.i. Finland is the only country f i :! I.esiilt! the na/.is with which tit.• I'i tiyl Slate.s lia.s maintained re I 1 tinns. Kuban Delta Front Quiet M'jciw. April 'JO—(AP)—Halted I y heavy losses in their counter at tack- in Ihe Kuban delta of the w1 'rn ('aaticaviis. German lorces prod-i 'I'd i.t various -cetors of Ihe loii.;j Kuioian frort trxtay. but there wersl no leports ot important enisancmciiis and ihe mid-day commuiu«|ne .-.u ! nothing of signilicance had occurred. Doth sides wage aclivc scouting! open I .li, on alinn t all front- an 1. the ii-iiin,uniipie said loo Gerni.iii> were killed during a minor actij "n the Donets river front and ni'iie in a light eiiKagcmcut 011 ihe we-tc rn front. There wa.s .-cattei'- i artillery activity. Appi'rently the temporary aetivi'v wist (,f Rostov had died down a there were no further rep »rt> of oi> crrt i s in th's area. SINKING IN (it I.I New York, April 28—(AP) 1 " V!'!;ini> early (hi- month of 1 m ■ Norwegian freighter in the (J Mi vico one of four allied and lieu 'nil we-{ern Atlantic ineirhan' I" •iniiiiu-ced last week bv Ihe N'avy - '".irked th" first iinnonnrcd dc.-'i I.' 11 of ii vessel in those water in more than seven months. M'NAIR'S WOUNDS ARE NOT CRITICAL , Washington, April 2(>—(AT)— l.ieiilcn.rM General l.esley J. Mc Xair will tie incapacitated scv eiat works as a result of the wounds lu» received in Tunisia last Friday, the War department leported today, adiliiiK that he was not eritically injured. Axis Losses Allied Headquarters in North Africa Says 66,000 Men Killed, Wounded or Captured: Allied Headquarters in North Al'iic.i, April '!(>—(AIM—Allied headquarter* anuotttieed today that tin* avis Inst (>(>.000 nieu, killed, wounded and taken pris oner from January I to April 13. Iii the same period, it was added, (hey lost tanks. 3.(100 vehicles. i ;;» mills and :! I ships M'lili In laiitl Itaseil aircraft alone. ' < i| :i\ |km niincl losses. .'!(>.(HI(! V. ell p:i<io||tT illlll till' others vvi t i ,.|- wounded." Hie officiiil , re nccnti ! said. ••|ii .. ;■ moat." the announcement .nlili ei. "■ i i: I'trees destroyed !)!(! e emy j ,.n.' s. probably (le -tl'oyed L'71! n:« - rid ilanagcd another iiBli. Allied ; ir raids accounted lor another .•■a! lie > planes destroyed on tho g i (1. Land based aircraft also sank eleven U-boat-'." It said lTi.it ax- -hipping losses did not include lho.se inflieted by the loval naval. "The li'.-se- in e:emy ships now listed as aulhrnllcally sunk during i . . ii e period include eight mer chanl vessels, two tankers, two bar i:< eleve. Met! submarines. two do -lieyeis. ene eruiser. and eight ves • els "f l1 dentiiietl types," the state ment said. ALABAMA MINERS DECLINE TO WORK IVi it.ini'.lianv Ala.. April 2(1 — (AP) ■—Approximately I.inn miners cm I>li ye ' liy lie Kepublic Sleel Corp., (ailed to report for work (his morn-1 in:: n the newest developments in, Alaban i s coal situation. A eenipany spokesman said thej »!.< • eauie to the mine bul decline:!, I" work. He said : o demands hiil been i: ide on Hie company and , (.(:■ e ''..I lie believed the stoppage •.< i n .-e-1 l>v general HIsatisfaction' over what he said was failure le nogtointp a permanent contract in the Alabama field. ******★★★★★★★★★★ ★★★★ AIR ACTIVITY IS RENEWED IN PACIFIC I Kiska Raids AreResumed After Lull Fcur U. S. Fighters Down Five of 30 Jap Planes in Battle Off Guadalcanal Washington, April 2U—(AF)— | Four iiiiu'iiuiii i.fciucr Pi-tins en gaged ten enemy lioir.bers and ml Zeros off Guadalcanal islan.l. tlic .»avy rc|Mii led today, anil shot down live ol the .lapanc e fight ers. Two of the I'liilcd States planes failed to letuui alter Ihe aerial battle fought !)5 utiles northwest ol bttnga 1'oint on Guadalcanal in the Soloinors. Washington, April 2(>—(AT) —Gambling their navigation skill for a chance to slow ii{> construction of a Japanese air oasc in ihe Aleutians, American iliers have resumed their bomb ing raids on enemy installations at Kiska. For two days the United States pilots apparently were carthbound because of ft.g and stoims which in the north Pa cific can roar up into plane crushing blasts in a matter of minutes, but yesterday tlie Navy disclosed the raids have started again. Despite storms, bombers and fighters took off Saturday to roar down on the rocky i-i.iiul near the end of the Aleutians chain, loosing explosives and strafing enemy positions with machine gun fire. The weather was so bad. Iiow cvrr that the pilots were unable to observe rc-ults. Meantime in the south Pacific the much-bombed Japare-e base ai Mu da, New Georgia island, again felt the blows of Avenger torpedo bomb ers. Dauntless dive bombers and Wildcat fighters. Some indication': were seen in the south Pacific lliat the reccut coinparnlivc lull in operations. high lighted in recent days only by news of the occupation of the I'liice i-land by American forces, might bo a pre lude to r.ew offersive aclio!is. It was considered logical thai an\ •nih offensive actions would include clo.-.c collaboration between Gem rai Ilouglas MacArthur. directing south west Pacific operations, and Admiral Wilinm F. Halsey . commander o!' U. S. naval forcse in the .-outh Pa cific. The liritish announced fr-nn New Delhi that the Japa.esc had Im ch cri an attack on allied po-ilinns in the Mayu river area of Durma. but snid there had been no change in the lines, although the f.ghling i:< ■"'iinued. Delayed dispatchc- from !lu:-:aa said five Japanese planes were de stroyed and four others probably we.'e shot down Eur.day when V't tne.ny aircraft atteiopted a r. id on ;<n advanced American airbn-e in Hunan province. China. Only one of the American planes was dam'iged. None were lost. American bombers from Chn i ra'dcrl the lead and zinc mi1, 's . t Nantu in Hurma. scoring direct t its on the plant and st •:age sheds. Race Trouble Is Averted Greenville, April 2(5 — (AP) — Prompt arrival ol State highway pa trolmen at Grifon Saturday night prevented serious trouble by a crowd of Negroes who tried to storm the jail and prevent police from detain ing Hosa l.ee Picolt. Negro, on char ges of being drunk and disorderly and creating a disturbance. Highway patrolmen brought the woman and her hi^band. John Pi cott. and her two brother-., to the county jail here. Pnlrolmcn from Greenville and Kinslon under lite command ol lieu tenant Le ter Jones were on the scene in less than 30 minutes after Ihe I rouble started in a cafe. They cleared the street of Negroes and by 10 p. m, the town was quiet. AXIS TROOPS KNOW WHEN THEY'VE HAD ENOli-w SURRENDERING ITALIAN SOIDIE3S in North Africa (top picture) arc no longer a novelty; surrendered Germans (below) are speedily becoming less of a rarity. The young Na.-.is, of the »5th Panzer Grcna * ciicrs. wearing medals of various types, smoke their last looted cigars with enjoyment, (international) Russia Breaks With Poland WLB Plans iCcal Panel Lewis Refuses To Nominate Member; Hearing Scheduled For Tomorrow Washington. April 26—(AIM— The war labor board pushed ahead lod:i.v with plans to set up a faet-liudiiiR three-man ] jianel to hear the soil eoal wane di ptite lie-pile a refusal hv .liihn j I,. Lewi-. president of the Cnitcd Mice Workers, to nominate a labor member of the panel. Sporaiir -iiikc outbursts have linen :* !•• trom various part of i | the App. ■ .411 field. Uniontown. Ph.. repo: '.eel li.tllH) minors .-tupped | work .11 !!■.'' area. Some steel com pany "c e" mines chew here also, j went down The board was expected to an nounce ils selections today of per * ens !<■ cut the public, i'ldiis-1 try and labm* on the panel. A pro-1 liminary n.oiing is scheduled for tomorrow i iul hearings on the dis pute it>eli .ire to start Wednesday, the (I i.v .. '« : a meeting ot the UMW policy i it tee in New York. New York. April 2(1—(AP)—loan] L. Lou . president of the L'ni'.eci Mine V. ir .or-, declined today an | invit.itio '! the war labor board t> i nomin al' ibor member to a three I man WI.I! panel which will hold | hearing- in the wage di-putc be-] tween the union and soft coal mine operators. K C. A(tams, press jcpresentalivo for Lews. (I at 11:30 a. m.—dead line 1 me !< : the WLB invitation— that Lew had no intention of ac ceptii g the invitation. RAF BOMBERS RAID NAPLES OBJECTIVES <••• ■ " 26 — (AP) ~ H«?avy ; HAK l» ' - attacked the Italian i port oi Naples attain Saturday night unloading explosives near a railroad station. ..ii .i steel works and a 'hip yard. i Middle Last air communique ; anrouneed todnv. I ."tic range fighters were reported to have et an enemy ship on fire earlier in the (fay in the Ionian ea. All pl iiie- returned safely from these i.r.d other operations, the communi qiie Mild. WFATHfR KIR NORTH CAROLINA Scattered ll*ht showers this afternoon or early tonight. Navy Denies Nazi Claim | Of Sinking i " 4. Washington, April —(AI'j — The Navy denied today Cicrman claims tti:i 1 the airemit car: :cr hanger had been torpedoed and sank in tlie north Atlantic. (I5y The Associated l'res ) The Berlin radio, in an othor wise uneon! irnii d report, said in a broadcast last nijiht a fjcrm.it! submarine had mi::1: the l l,r>im ton U. S. airerai: carrier Kangi*!* in Ihe north Atlantic. "One of 0111 submarines h.is sunk in the m.ddlc north Atlan tic the United State.; aircraft c..r licr Hanger. uhifh was employ id lor the guarding ot a convey lane across the Atlantic." tlie an iio;i ceme:.'. rre led by the A»- | sociated l'res . . (i. ActioriDelayed On Deferment Of Fathers WashinuI'Hi. April 2(i—(AIM — With Secret.i y Will- Slim-on \ n' imiiisly 11|>|i' in;: i!s enactment. Sen ate ronsidera! 'ii <>l a proposal 1 • grant bi.t: lift (i: 'II exemptions !•' Withers was p"-tp >ned another uci .. today. Senator .In! Colorado Dnim t-siil. announced Irs deci-ion t wn.i until next Mundiiy belore mm hiss t • c*si 11 ;> another measure to which Senator Wheeler planned to oiler .11• amendmev.t prohibit! K the calling H prc-l'oarl Harbor talhcr.s for the remainder of 1913. Stinison's views we:<• made kivuvi in a letter dated April "JO and made I public by the Senate military an. con m Mee lie -aid approval (•: ' i WhecTer proper ,ii would lie "unjust j tied." "The War department is advicd. by the national headquarters of the | selectiv e ..ervicf system that a* nl j January I. I!H.'!. more than 8.000.000, registrants Irom III through 'M years ol age were clas-ified in the defer men! caIcjjory of ,'t-A. and Hint more than fl.otm.ooo of -ucli 1.umber were classified in 1h'- deferment category • ■I a bcniiiw I hoy hnvc < no «i iiiiii'r children under the use ol li;." Stim-oii wrote. "The propocd le;;-. lation. therefore, presents the simple i.-sue whether the war effort em .■•tier, wi'hout serious impairineul, the withdrawal of (1.000.0(10 etc t who are eligible for training and service from the national pool yt , manpower. Plainly, it can not."' ' Nazi Accord is Charged Polish Government In Exile Accused Of Being in League With Germans Moscow. April 2G—(AP)— Soviet Kussia severed relations with the I'olish government in exile yesterday, accusing it of being in league with the (Jcr mans in carrying out a "hostile campaign" against the Soviet t'liion in connection with the deaths of several thousand I'o li-li officers near Smolensk. I - I'mnmi:-ar Molotnv hand ed the I'olish ambassador a bitter : • denouncing the I'olish govern ment. the news agency Tass reported. It charged the Poles with carrying i'ii a hostile campaign again I the Washington. April 26—(AIM — The Slate dciiartment expressed regret today over the break in diplomatic relations between So viet Kussia and the Polish gov ernment in exile. Asked for comment, a depart ment official said that without lelcrenee to the mrrits in the matter of the differences be tween these two governments, and without knowing as yet the lull facts, it was willi regret that the government learned of this 1 development. S"vi<t Union alont! the same lines as the recent German propaganda Hitanbcs. accusing 1 lie Ru'sians of liv deling in.lHM) Poli'h officers near Smolensk. 1 he Hnssian note fatly charged that the (icrmans had killed !ii'- Polkh nfficcw. Die P«>li.«h g>.» ernmcnt, t-> pleo>c II.Hi -"s tyranny deals a Ireacher l>!ow t'> tiv ■ ' t I'lron." Mnl tude sa d. I In Soviet Kuvcrn r t i- aware 'liat this hostile enm i linn agan.-t I he Soviet Union was undertaken by the Polish govern >• iv t in order to exert pressure for the purpose of wresting from it the tin tola) concession:: at the expense i e the interest of the Soviet Ukraine. •-.■it I'.yelodtns-i.i and Soviet I. 'h tianin. "All the e i-ircunislanc" compel t ie Soviet Kpvormncnt t recognize that the government of I oland. hav iiiix «lid lo the path of accord of 11 lei's government, actually have <l -i I'ltintied allied relations "ith the l'ssi: and adopted ,i hostile attitude toward the Soviet Co On tin strength of all above. 1. el gov einmcnt has decided lo se r rela tion:, with the Polish government' West Wall In Tunisia Gives Away American, French And British Units Continue Progress In All Sectors Allied Headquarters in North Africa, April 26—(AI')—Ger mans were reported in retreat »)ii the American manned north ern sector of tin Tunisian front and that there w.re indications that the mountainous west wall was finally giving away. Even «;s a field dispatch said that tiie Germans had begun withdrawing from positions be fore the second U. S. Army corps Ihis morning, headquar ters announced that the French 15)th army corps, serving at the "hinge" between the British first and eighth armies, had won five mountains without heavy opposition and wiped out a German salient that had poked dangerously into allied lines. A military spokesman said Colonel General von Arnim was definitely to have committed most of his armor to "flalil it out" acainst British tanks whieh pene trated the narrow plain east nf Ooiibcllat. between tlu* French and American sectors. "This is a vital arcs." tiie spokesman said. French. British :r.d American units were declared n :i enmrruni* que to have "continued •• • "o.uiy progress on all sectors."' with pi-.ver n.l jiir support again.-* ium\ de tachments who were str"'.«i'.y ci n testing every inch of gro-i :d. An important mountain p • dom inatir.g the road from A!e.l..vcl T-ab to Tehourbr.. was tear td by Britisu infantry and : «.f the last axis resistance in in at'.e.K ich a spokesman termed "a ••-..m ls.'icent of tort." ••The remrants of the gmv.sin veie captured." the cor ..ii.'i •: le Infantrymen opened a i"'i r the tanks in 5his linal t:?rj;| to mclaim tin* mountain. v.vej-'i h."d !v;-nged hands three ti'-.e* ii the Jj.-t ten days. Other na/.i .'tionrf ho'ds. however. remained "n the sec tor. 20 miles air'ine we.-i Tunis. y< sterday a.i axis g •. •• n v. i.i' h !■ i-l bee-- holding <>u! n t; ci » s v.r'oy finail.xy v. liq . t'.c c ainuinici ie said. Allied aircraft, han tiered Salurdiy by poor wcatiter, re.-limed heavy ; t t.iCks 4-n eremv trai : • : i •»«:«, tier, and several fires v eu ' ted on a 'I ntii.-iaii : leld. A • . r ..t v'i n«.iles also were set afire Fighter escorted t;l • e*i- and catried ■ ..it sweeps over hie b. tlit area ms-roying sive.i i ici y (s daring tie rl.iv. T . 1 e I ii«-i planes- were l<vl. but !.v> ■•t the pilots are know: to be ,ife, the c. n,muiii(|ue s. Id. New Authority For Byrnes Expected V'ashingon. Apt it L'fl—(At')—Ea. iy Senate approval wa* pi «'d:cte;l to day for n civilian supply a(CllCf measure described by Seniito- 1 i, Republican "f Ohio. one of !. ii tlmrs. ;is :i flip Uiward clothing t■<• > n«>mic .-tiibili/iiti t> l>:recto .tames F. Kyviiy. with «n itli • • t v thai would make turn .in assistant pre-ideiit. Strongly opposed by WJ'U chair itiiin Donald Nelson, IH«* bill wo'ild separate riviU'i- supply : > • ■ 1' 1 • • i * y from the win- production t»«»;i'tl, !*'v tnti the now setup equal < laimant powers with the Army and Navy. Hyrnes would have the final word in settling disputes over allocation!! between those agencies. Senator Maloney, ('onn«" i'cut Democrat. yoiri he would attorn)''. to c:ill lip the measure this weelc and while objections arc expee'ctl lo dc* lay its consideration until more se'vi tors from unofficial I1', i ter vaea'inrM, administration lieutenants d taern was I'ttle doubt the bill would pa j bier.
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