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THIRTIETH YEAR •. -tti ir rtri«i nutw"— . ^ A MWoeRSOMiit® ^ ticmtersmt Batlij Htspatrlj 1 LEASED WI It K Lr?nSB^ WIltK 8EKVICK oir 11 IK. ASSOCIATED I'll ESS HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 27, 1943 i'UULlSHKD EVBltV AKTIiKNOUN EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY TUNIS-PONT DU FAHS ROAD THREATENED * * _ * * ★★★★ ★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ + + + I STRIKES THREATEN SOFT COAL INDUSTRY A Veteran at 21 MARlN'c CORPORAL Civile Brc\v:'lor, 21. of Herwind, West Va., joined the' Marines to see action at the a-.'.e of in. Ue lo.st his left leu while de fer i:n;j Henderson Field on Guad alcanal o.;; inst the Japs, lie u shown at Oalt Knoll Naval Hospital. U. S. Navy photo. (International) Liberators Raid Italy Bij; Load of Bombs Dropped on Airdrome In Southern Italy By U. S. Fliers Cairo. April 27.— (AIM—A heavy concentration <»f Aineri I'dti Liberators dropped a quar ter-million pounds of liiuh rx |ih>-ives yesterday on tlit* na/i nil dromes in southern Italy, a ke\ assembly point for axis air < raft. "i would be surprised it' a single i pi; r.f was left intact on the ground," •i l»luliardier ol «>t tlir bombers miiiI I:.ni i all miles north ol the Tar.nto naval Ij.isc and is on the Adii.itic sea. A ci>ninitiiii<|ii<' today said lilts wese "filled oil hangers and ground ed .i:iii.ift. 1'ilots said tlie raiu \\a> tlc\ .1 -t.it ing. The Liberators made up the largest ninth air force lormatioii to raid Itaiv. (.No comparison was given. how i i. v.ith i.nd .-tiling agaiu.-i HaJ.v i '■ ii'iirh North Africa, including one by some 100 Flying Fortresses.! ..i . .i.iii i In i - .-aid tliev saw irr iii'. ii'li ii i \|i|o inn- and lil.u'l; .-moUe i" i thou and.- of I ret into the air. Duke Gifts Increased Charlotte, April i!7—(AC)—Tru. te< n| the I Hike Endowment in creased to $730.1-13 the institution's 1!MX heneficatiovs to 133 liospit il.- in North Carolina and South Can li'ia when 11 icy approved at their month ly meeting here today additional ap propriations totaling Stt«.3.r>6 to 2il luis-'pitals. The bonif's anuoi Jiromenl ex plained that the applications I >i a sistarce for these UK hospitals wen incomplete * at the trustee," March meeting. The hospitals included WooJ.u'd licrri g hospial. Wil on. S2.(!0'J. Stock Sellers Are Timid Now Yhik. April '27. (AIM * fv'llinjj timidity was priiiiiiunicd in today- siuck uiaiket. Si'li'ptwl railwav bond* won1 •T, ^ t iimriKifliiics mixed. Stark* in ti,,. minus eolunin in elnded Southern Rnilway. I*. S. nt'tt.lclu'in, General ' nrysler. (Ji >( ifiyc, I r. Scur- K'H'buek, Anaconda and Standard Oil of N. •>. American Telephone WIIS MO ex 'ei'ti'.n. registering a new WW I«>p 'fe.j lirii! were WV-tern t'nion. A t" - '1 ""at Can. Dnl'ont and .Mm • Man villc. Labor Board Sends Plea To Unions Labor Policies Enter Crucial Stage; UMW L'istrict Leaders In Policy Meet Washington, April 27—(AP) —Moiv than .*»o mini's wore sinit :<i\vn/t<iilay in the spread of a trike whie.i held ihe possibility of halting production of soft .« al i.y Saturday. I lie war tabor hoard appealed t<> the miners' patriotism not to walk out, saying in messages to l'j\:;idt!.t John t„ Lewis of the i nited .Mine Workers and other I'MW leaders that "a nation at war" needs uninterrupted pro duction. However, in Pennsylvania, 20 mines were shut down wilh 11. 100 men idle. The production lo t there thus increased to more than 88.000 tons a day. on the basis of six tons a man. About 4,tllU) me i vveiy idle- ill Ken tucky and 7.500 in Alabama. In Oh o. a UMW district president said "ii there is nut a contract between operators and the union by Friday there won't bo any coal miners g> into coal mine. Saturday." I'HW <li:,: leaders m^t iri New York tor a policy meeting but Lewis .--till was silent, lie has flatly op posed the turning over of the wane di-p>ite bctwie.i mines and the oper : tors •<> tiu* WUJ. Although I'MW spokesmen said no strikes had been authorized, they pointed "lit that Lewis had not for bidden them, and the number of idle miners wa.- estimated at more than 13.000 in the Pittsburgh and Birming ham areas. In addition, a New York source [•lose to the I'MW officials said hun dred. of telegrams were arriving at UMW headquarters, urging thv union negotiators to -land firm and inform ing Ihent that miners were ready to strike at a moment's notice. Mo t "l the Pittsburgh a::d t»ir minghntii operations are captive mines ivlm^e total output is u.-ed by * 11«. -teel companies that own thin. At Icasl two eoiumereial mines in Pennsylvania, however, were hit by I walkouts as several Ihou-and ^outli eastern Kentucky coal miners <|iii! vvoik. while elsewhere in the - tate those who continued work were de scribed by iioiii operators and union leaders a-* "restless." liitiiiu'r.oiis operators in Alabama. Illinois and Indiana have received notice that the miners will not work after midn nlil Friday. These states do : ot come tuide the Appalachian agreement now in dispute before the WL1J. but this dispute i.- the key to the situation generally. Father Kills Daughters And Self Iliiy City, Midi.. April 127—(AP) — Itaincaded in In- home .iihI de spite efforts el police to oust hiin v itii lc.tr gas. the lallier of six chil dren wt it bersei I; with ;i shotgun ttii- morning. killed two small daugh ters. woi.tided I wo others and then jhot him-elf fatally through the head. While police I red tear gas Into the h< nie after vain efforts to calm the ma . Cecil J. Lisk. 44. tifned a, shotgun "ii ills daughters in an up ' stall's bedroom, then dashed into the ba.-cnent and -hot himself. A five year-old daughter, Vivian, died shortly after being brought to Mercy hospital. I.ater Kathleen, two. also died. Geraldinc. ten, was in a critical condition, and Hernico, eight. was shot but was not believed seriously injured. WIATHfR FOR NOKTII CAROLINA. No dreldcd chance In tempera ture hut ollshllv warmer In north portion tonight. Montr like lihood of showers in mountain*. Alii es Close In on Salamaua DESTROY I f.5G A KG'D ENEMY TANK 1 *• o BRITISH SAPPERS go t!... i . !r li;:.:;..-tl<.us : •:> of administering the coup do grata to a l;n .. ctuniy t«nk near Mcclinine, Tunisia. Sappers, having laid tli. :■ i ! . :vc ch:.rgcs. i!::. h bach to safety (top). The tank 13 shown sa.hng 1:1 all directions (b-. ttani). (Intcmatio.-cl) Judge w arlick W ithdraws From Gubernatorial Race Cherry Says Contest Is Two-Man Affair; Hoey to Decide On Senate Race Italeigh. April :!i—.li >—\d viscd hi're today tli.it .In.lsc Wil soii Warlick had publicly an nounced lie woulil mil lie :i can didate lur governor. It. (irr Cherry of (iastuiiia s.-.id II: it tne hooks apparently ivcr" closed and llic Ktibcrnalori il i.n i' wool I lie hdm'fn liiisi and I)r. IC.11t*li McDonald. Cherry {id 11 111 <■ tli.it he v.i in \ surprised that W.. r 11. !:;•<! vitii drawn ir«>in thai ai.d .if I' S. Sen •itc rare, iiii'l niditv li d 1 !.•- .Mci wa di-cusscd at a liinrni • n lie li il with NVarlicU in tinsto • I. t <•' !.. Alsu ill italeii:li today « is Clyde It. Iloev of Shelby. former governor whose name is hciui: mentioned prominently in llie Senate raee against (lie iiieii/n hent. Itoliert It. RcMiohls. Ilo:\v'< name appeared in the pieture la -1 week after O. .Alas Gardner. his brother-in-law and .il o a fornvr governor, withdrew frcm .lie raee. ascribing his reason to- ill health. Ilm-y -aid today that In* v."' !cl make a definite an • iiiccvier! \\ ;ii in a few day . 11< did in t elaimratc. Hut Capitol Square '•< ic\c.» he will rtm. Cherry was here i'i a ease bcinre the utilities comn'i -in and li ny had a ease before the supuvne court. Cherry look lime. Iiiiwc it. In i .ivc a lengthy tail; v.: 1 i 1 Knhert C»vadv Johnson. tilili'itv eien'r, .vitier wlm once was a candidate for the I >• mo em tic rumination. and il.ev tail a talk Willi Governor Hi'imi'hton. House Group Favors Pacts Washington. April r7. (AIM The House wiivk nnd means cwni fee voted II lo II 11 Klay itpprovnl of the ndn'inlKlraliiin'- rerinroeal trade agreement enlially an if was recpips'ed l v the Stale de narlnient after rejecting a tcrics uf Republican amendments. McDonald and Cherry Left as Candidates; War lick Will Not Oppo.e Reynolds April :I7.— (AD — Wilson Warlick in a statement Itctc litd.i> Miiil hr had decided mil <11 It a candidate fur rov emor hi :ln- Democratic primary in \l yc.ir. Several weeks aKo Judge War v lick It. ii • Micd an annoiincrmriit in Ins intention li» seek the noin illation, since that time two oth er a- piianl*. Dr. Kalph McDon ald til t liapel Kill and (irecc t iierrv. (•astonia attorney, have turmalli announced they would enter tin- uuluriiatorial raee. V. tatenient tin id: "I v. 111 be a candidate for ftov i i primal y next year, and vavii 1 I" decision I am n i ■ 11m announcement now so i; .: 1 mn - which arc being form id . .>!•!; I la- people of our state v ih 11'>t h.i' i1 progressed so lar as to aliici i'.e Iriends ol the can didate When i|>ie.-1ioned about the pos ol his entering the nice lot Hie i'. S. Senate now that formei <» Max Gardner ha- de cided i ' ' ' oppose Senator Itobert i; Kr. in . Warliek siild lirmly: ■ I hall not be a candidate I«i> iii. I filed Slates Senate." t . i t' 'mu upon his withdrawal f foil I the venior's raee. Warlick s.td Hi..' v illi three candidates in llx' |i.ii ■ "irinjj primary a second piii election would become al ni" 1 a certainty. At a time of emer t.' iicy like this, he continued, it is d< n ..hl( i prevent a long drawn political lij;"l for the governorship, it |)<>ssiblc. Tin; committee Accepted one chance offered by Kepiesenlalive |)-W(V Republican. Illinois, thai would inel le lis a reason for stm in i:.I'll* with another nation i •••I. •' il"> -'luntry dealt with in' . lional cartels. C'bairman Dneft.uon. Der.tocrnl of North Carolina, said the mrasure, re iii \\ 11>u three years t'.e Stale de |iiiilnieni s atithnrltv .<> negotiate re ciprocal pacts with other nations, would be presented on the floor of tlie llmi • after the tux problem has been settled. CommandHills Overlooking Mubo Village Washington, April 27—(AI' > —General Douglas AlacAiihur's headquarters disclosed unlay that American and Australian troops now command hills over looJun^ .Milljo village, only twel ve niili-s south of the big Japa nese hasc at Sa'.amaua. Now Guinea. and allied patrols have penetrated within six miles of iht' base it self. Details of the allied advance were lacking, and il was not immediately clear whether Gen eral MacArlhur's forces were preparing v new offensive. Observers noted, however, iliat rreeiit communiques have stress ed the incessant art ial pound ir.K of Japanese troops below Salainaua—frequently the pre lude to an offensive—and dis patches from allied headquarters today said I'nited States airmen were making ten to 20 low i iI - ing sweeps over the enemy Jail v. The hist sizeable act ion occurred early ;n February near Wail, 30 milt .•inithwest «f Salainaua. when the Japanese lost 1.00(1 troops. At that time, the enemy was reported tail iny b-vk toward Mtiho. On the (Surma front. Hritish head (|iiarter.s said Field Mar.'lial Sir Ar chibald I*. Wn veil's troops beat nit a new Japanese* attack .-ontli of liutheilaur.K- nnd inflicted "consider able" casualties on the enemy. In the skies. Hritish and Am* rienn warplani'.s ro- luilHd v. ide-.pn ail ..t tacks on .la pa lie e river irars|<ort. airdromes, railways and otiier t:ir .'4cts. RAF Raids Duisburg Bombing; Described As One of H oaviest Of War; 17 Bombers Missing From Raid London. A|»ril 27.— (AD—llri l:iill's biccest Iwinhi'is blasted tlir meat C.crin.in iitl.ind port ol Duisliom last niclil in "one ol' the heaviest raids" ever carried out again*! Ilir rrieh. an official British announcement declared today. Seventeen hoinbers were re ported missiiu; from I lie attack, wtiit-Ii an air ministry eomniiini •ilie deserilied as highly concen trated. Last night's r.'iifl was the lit \ tune that Mritish heavy bombers Ii.kI Imcii active since tin- sweeping •> nuiM i>n Sti'tti". I!'«s nek ;iml Merlin last Tuesday night. The language of tin- e«niltnImi<|ii<~ indicated that at least 1,000 ton. of bombs were dropped on the citv, • lie weight of explosives probably ap proaching that ol the first 1.000 bomber raid on Cologne last May 30- when 1.500 tons of bombs were drooped. The night raid followed blows by swift Mosquito bombers late yeslei day at railway centers and north west (icmianv. in the Mhiticlaud. nn<I | in Krjince near the Loire river. All ol the raiding planes returned salcly to bases, it was announced. The Oerman coinmuiii<|uc, lu-ard from the Merlin radio, said several places were raided in western (>!•• many, including < 'berliau en and Mtilheim as well as Duisberg. Cotton Prices Turn Higher | New York. April V.— (A!») Cof I ton fuliires opened 5 to 3<i cents a i bale higher. Noon values were 111 to 45 cents a bale higher. Mav 20.11. .July Ml.fiV I :<iifl (iciober I!>.!»!. Previous Today s Close Open I Mav 20.02 20 oil : .loly W.JW 1 'l.ii.i I Oct< her llt.RK MI'Xi December HI.83 10 B-l 1 March 10.81 10.81 Red Army Chief • AN OFFICIAL REPORT fIOm tlio So Viet news agcncy Tass, indicated tl,c new chief of the Russian Anny general stuff is Marshal A. JU. Vassilevsky. Jle was recently aw.irUcd the Order t>f Suvorov, 1st Ri'ade, by U. S. Soviet Republics tieswent Kalinin. (International) Red Planes Biast Nazis Aerial War Reaches New Peak of Fur-; Fiercest Fightiii,^ On Kuban Front j Moscow. April 27.— (AP)—. Aviation iii'lirvii.v hail reached a new fury on (lie Soviet-German front tocla.v as Kuwiam, with in. crrascct air streiifitli. continued In lilast nazi forward anil rcai positions and communications. The most intensive action still was in the Kuban region of tln. Ca uca mis. Itert Star, Hie army newspapoi, id thai Uilluwiim j<rcat air losses, the German air activity in Hie Ku l>au slackened after April 22 but lfussian activity increased. The di -patch related thai the Gcr n ii- c neetUralcd masses ol Lmmb < : and finhtei-. mostly Kocke \Vnil" !!H(.< .1 iid .Me-.-er.-climiit l!)0s in tne T; in i 'jisittMila. and the Crimea .mil Kerch strait area airdromes. These and land t roups made a • : n- >>i futile attacks against tiu l{< .1 .H hiy lines in the Kuban valley l.i-1 week, it \va- said. (Hiwrver-i asserted that the ltod air t<>ire had struck the German air .it i*i Mich a sudden and heavy blow in the Kuban that Hitler's whole plan • >1 ,.it° support lor the Kuban counter attack hat-' colkupsed, at lea 1 lor the present. Soviet .mi,i<-ii mailo raid after raid on Hie German airdrome.- and the (vu-iiiv was re|Mitled to have lust liiiiiiu > d of plain - Laud liulitiny m the Kuban region \ ~ c<nliiii(l currently to artillery j ii <•!- and snipitijv I-1 -litit"ii other fronts also was la a lull, with artiBt ry exchange .il"itc the lionets i;vor litjc and west | ol Ko.-to\ . German Map Shows Loss Of Novgorod (ll> The /Vsmu'mIimI \ irons nulirnitoti th.it the Rns - till 1 - had Cilpl til I'd Hip stout Gt'l ]• .111 lia-f of No. i;oi'Md 0:11110 front the Berlin radio to(la\ It ti ported flint a map ptibli liotl in Adolf Hit* 1 irr's Vofhvi.-ohfr Hcohilclilti fur the lir-t t in if 11 n-f t In • -m.iMhinv. Soviet j win tor ol leu i\« . fmwod Nnvgurud ■ v.M-t 1 v in limit oi tliis line." iho l)i".iclo;i.-l. roooided by tlie A i isito'l I'm n .ill Lake Ilntcti iv.a- 1:1 I;n -I.iii iiiikI-. mot* (lie line 1.111 iilonu the we ' hank t>l Hiiit lnke ■ I<• 1111 inn miles -«-u111 "I I.eninyrad ■ it the f it nit when* M:n ■ • h. 11 Semeon ! Timodienko scored l.ii lienl uams | the winter t. 11111>;>ti;n. Near the miiiIImtii imelioi of the Iroiit. the German. said le front "loiiehes the town of 'I'.ij mum." 42 n.ile> wist of Itostov on th»- JSoa of Azov. Tin- indicated a I;11 tin r we>! w, .1 advance than tlie IUi r ns hitrt { claimed. In the Kiilmn sector, i •• f, oii( wns ■..lifl to lie "somewhere • s *voros • 1 I. and Teinryuk" on th« Tnivtuii t prnm iila. slmwitiK th« L. ntiati I hi idgehc.id in the western Caucasus was extremely narrow. Allied Armor Closes Trap Ok Germans Eighty German Tanks Destroyed in Battle Raging Since Sunday; Americans Advance Allied Headquarters in North Africa, April 27—(Al')—Al lied armored forces have driven to within four miles of the Tu nis-l'ont du Falls road and have destroyed 80 German tanks in the bitf scale battle which has raged since Sunday, allied quar ters announced today. Farther north, the British first army infantry cleared eleven miles of road from Med jez-ul-l»ab to Tebourbu and reached Toum railroad station, only 2:} miles west of Tunis, front line dispatches reported, and for the first time since No vember thv allies were again on the threshold to the Tunis plain. The same report said the French skirting the Mediterran ean had penetrated to within six miles of I.ake Achkcl, which al most adjoins Lake Bi/.crte. (Ap parently this placed the liritish end French ntlltin Ti rr>i'.«s of the twin cities of fJ'/.trlc and Tunis.) In the ,-ector between Mcdjcr. cl Bab and the Medit.-rrwicasi, t lie American* of I.iouK- ..ini (Jenc.-al George K. Pattr.:\ Jr.. (.-on lit'., ted ioi advance so rapid that Gennan rear guards were un::blc t'> bury tneir dead and ti.iSie.Hted '.wo sirn'.euic knobs, Green 11:! 1 and U iWl llill. the most heavily fortified mountains in the northirn sector. With the I'. S. Army in North ern Tunisia. April 27, a. in. —5:23 a. in. K\VT—(Al')—Amer ican infantry attacked D.iehel el Azzog. ten miles west of Slateur, and ill the area west of Lake Achkel, today, but pulled back under heavy counter fire. Tlie enemy's position is north of strongly fortified .lefua. South of Jefna. the Americans succeeded, however, in occupy ing Djehcl el .\jred. These allied tnrit-ts aee->mpanicd gains ;i!l along the 110-mile front in fijil'.ling which the allied ': <* idmiar ters eoinmuniC|iie char sclerUi d a? n! "unabated te'-'ocity." They wore participated i:i by allied .1»:• foiccs which llew more titan I CO.) sorties in an air offensive which the an nouncement .said was ot "increasing ijiten-ity." Armored spearheads of flic liriti-h 1111 southwest of Goubrllat threatened to out off the his supply base of l'ont du Falls. 31 miles southwest of lu nis. which already was menaced by the much feared Mornt'jii Koumiei's who had driven north east along the Tunisian dorsal to a hill overlooking the town. The goumiers "went like smoke" in their push 011 I1' nt tin Falls from the Miiithc >' yesterday, front line ■ I patchcs said, and wore within two mil* of the • bjcctivc. Tiie tank battle In*:?, which ap neaiea t>> the key '.<> 'ho Sre.it ight 1 ■- all along thy front, had the C.c: ni.in.; 20 t:i:i'*.< n the last -4 in'iivs. lr. tiie wild and deadlv i.-ti.ci lir?t inny armo-ed rohin.ns had reach"d •lie point only four miles from the supply l'nait r. miini! northeast o£ Pont du Fahs. and .. second column had battered il- v ay t • within six mill's <>f the a* tery. The day's most spectacular air blow was struck by Flying l or tresves which made their longest flight of t!ie north African ram paign and bombed Cirossclo fly ing field. 00 miles northwest of Home, to Rive II Once a hint of bombings to come. Loosing hundred of fragmenta tion bombs m two wave- over the • rdron-.e. the Korlve-se- -caltered de struction uiiii'i'u parked planes, and smashed buildings at the rcservo German air force ba-e. In unison with Hrili-h first army ■ iid Amei can advances. the British eighth army infantry too made ''slight advance-" in difficult hill fighting. a spokesman -ai.i. Hut tin- main theatres were 011 the ,i\. western flank where British Churchill tanks had been used in some cases t" climb peaks 2.00(1 feet high and support the infantry. The American advance in the .Tof i'ii area. too. was against "extremely difficult rcsi. lance." with the Ger man tear guard h aving heavy mine I fields behind to cover their general ' retreat. j Hut the Americans were reported I making progn-- in the valley east o£ I1 Scdjefianc and '.u;' of Lake Achkel, who«e wp.de n shore U only 17 foilat west o£ Ducrte,
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