thirtieth year
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HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 29, 1943
i'UliUSliEl) KVEItV AFTEKNOON
JiXOEI'T SUNDAY.
FIVE CENTS COPY
NAZIS SCORE SLIGHT GAIN IN TUNISIA
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I FOR Orders Miners Back to Jobs
At 10 a. m.
Saturday
President Roosevelt
Says He Will Use
All His Powers
i c Open Mines
Washington. April 29—(AP)
—! -t -<i(lciit Roosevelt appealed
to .-.it coal miners, of whom
already are idle, today to
return lo their jobs, and said if
tiny do not do so by 10 a. m.|
Satunia.v he would use all his
pi v. i r as President and com
nunali •• in chief "to protccl tho'
iiati<<n:>! interest and to prevent i
!ii.'ti:.i' interference with thej
>Uivi f«;l prosecution of the!
war."
A'li-Mi eainc also from tli? ]
I -: i.! litvo branch of the govern- j
nit ii(. ili<* Sciulr voting to con- |
>;<!(■!• en IMnnrkiy a bill by Sena- i
!nr ( nnally, Texas Democrat, au
tl!"ri/'ni: the government to
>c:*e -triick mines or iidu^irbl
II 111 IV t'onnaly called Lewis a
•\Url;it,:r."
V -i-r i tioi.ps might bo called out
■ i' i!i< : ' dispute was only a iivt
*. ■ i [ peculation at tlii- stage. See
" -..:ry »: War Stinison .-aid "I havo
!i i (•■>.. enl" when asked at hi? press
i'e whether the Army had
any pi ■ fur moving soldier* into
u - - tVJtcEriS PLAY CARDS AFTER WORK STOPPAGE
i in ———MMBWW. *
A GROUP OF MINERS in California, Pa., play carcis after stopping work until they hear from the head ot
their union. John L. Lewis, President of United Mine Workers. They said they wouldn't return to work
until he had ordered them to do so. Appeals by the War Labor Board to Lewis to halt the walkouts went
unanswered, it was Reported that about 16,000 bituminous coal miners were out. (International)
me mine ueicts
'I i Kxecutive stopped in'.ti
'i.r v.vir.e dispute bctww n ir.in •">
■ i . , . aSors after it had been turn
i .l o\c: 1 i him by the war l.sbi.r
!'i ard which lias been ignored by
1 : it.i hi- associates in the Ur.it
< ;t Mine Workers.
Mr. Koosevrlt sent toll's rams
t» l.rwis anil Thomas Kennedy.
mm ri l ir-. -treasurer nf the union,
ill which he a'ked the men in 'he
mint's to "resume work innue
ili.idh and submit their ease 'o
the national war labor board for
I:.Mi tli'lcrmination."
•urinu impiirtaviv of the]
eti n w as the fall <•! St c
1.. bur iVi kins for ttie w<«:-.»
!> to "cease* at uncc." ami
' o| Colonel Itoalle W . in:;,
Ave1' n Legion national eni;v . n
!h.i! the threatened fill! sc.li'
i|i|MUe "is a stab in the back of
the Atno.'ica fighting at war." .
Trie 1 1 said its orders" an.! ij»- I
lieals for continued production dm - i
ntu i "li;.'.ions for a new con! act 1
tin kc y to the spreading crisi — |
l-..d been ignored, leaving it n*» re- i
• nr-. l»ut to refer the case to the!
Prevalent.
*-t 'Pi'iiiK the steady flow of the
it i al which fires war production
»' • 'i< mi -teel. power, Iranspor'a
l ":i I'lid other front-, soon wcnld
< ' I't'le coiinlte-s phases of the na
! ■>'" war effort, and Mr. T'.oo>e
x «*M' fii -1 action was expected t-> be
'•> Iiii a tn the miners on thai basis.
11' I tlr;.t fail, sonic observers look
1 ■ ■" ti 'ops tn be moved into the
«' .'I lields t i as-nre protecion ol
1 -• >ii«'i tv and of employees wishing
to work.
'•>' late last night. nearly 150
ii 1 i were c'o-ed by spread oT mi
an 'rmri/cd sirikes with some Td.Otin
Miners al endy idle.
Ihe contract, subject of the clis
Jitiic. covers most soft coal oj-era
J "is in si>; -tates. lint is n;'H as a
has 11 wane agreements in sceral
"lb": rtates.
See&
Gcideft Era
Economist Optimistic I
Over Opportunities
To be presented
In Post-War Period
BV KOCiKi: \V. BXBSON.
(°o|>.vri?l>f I'tililislwrs
Financial Bureau. Int.
li.ilis'in I'iiik, jMiisj... April
We 1 i!I ha\ e ii lonu way in kii l>« -
I hit 1J11 - rlni.il > in- |. ended, in.I
I Jim »|itiini"lir. Tho knifiur the war
Ihe niarci i> ii- i :><i. Sonic arc
impatient over Ihe -i.nvni-s '.villi |
which a "second limit" i- hcmi!
nix-lied, bid .11 Alrie;i. in sicppcd-i p
allied I»iii111jj:>}.*. "1 t!!i- (iiiililit III aim
ill other ways we already have
sectmrl Irmil. "llu- livi ■ nl many men
ill"*.' hoinfi siivcd l>y cautious <iiid ]
thorough policie I ' vt •» i.nlli
ill our iniiitai'v Icadn and ha e ii"
nrm-chiiir rcconiniendati'inj to nuikc
Illcm. As an w inon i l, however, i
sun justified ill Ioo|-.i: l Imv.ard to
sonic; ol the upporntniii awaiting
us.
(■rncrsil I'ntsprrily.
Winston Churchill lins iircdii'lcd
thsd, ill I he <Pil oi tin v.ai, tin- I »i-t>—
i.-li |M'n|ile will have at their di.-po al
more money per capita tli .n ever
lie lore in lit- rati ii" la l>»i . lake
wise in the t il led Stall- lie.- aver
age person v II have considerably
more money mi h-.nd md lar j:rcat
er purchasing |xnvcr tlitin ever be-I
(Cor:t:PiiwI I'll Pa.4c Three)
Early Lineup Precipitated
By Hoey's Announcement
In llic Sir Waller Hotel.
I>»ll» dispatch Itureau.
iiy i,vnn Nisnin.
Ifcleigh. Aprii 29 General align
""•ii• > i Mipixirtcrs nl Gregg Cherry
l"r governor and Clyde I!<•«•>• I"1'
'•■iiiiior into one group, and support
11 "I H:ilpt) McDonald for governor
ani Hubert It. Ke.vnolds for senator
another, is expected by ;■ ma
j'»nty .,f tin- political leaders around
( apitol Square and visitors from ov
er the .-late attending the supreme
enurt and utility commission hear
ings here.
I h« it will he enough eros- mi
r'*'»t< iinil overlapping of vnitinu
s'iciiglh. however, to make it by no
means unanimous, according to ear
ly reactions to rapid fire develop
mints Tuesday. Early Tuesday morn
ing Wai lick was a candidate for gov
ernor, and opposition to Reynold
was still looking for someone who
could lead the fight to unseat hini.
11 Won* m« i n W. i! el li.m t ,(l,en liini
Ijcplf out i""i i.ii'c. iiImI by Min
down II ' v lux I en' hiiiwcll c(|Uiirt'
ly into the v*;' *i■ 11«• Iifll'l.
There i-" n ittinil ifliliilv bclivccii
the politif.'il -tipporl "f Clirn v and
• hill "I 11"• • \ hi t a.- there is be
tween iM> I >•• »i■ iltl and Reynolds
porl. H i* affinitv. and not identity.
For instiinee:
A prominent attorni v from
illgham. forinei -i tiator I mm Itien
mend (oiinty iv.hirh vent for Me- |
IVmild i'i I't'W!) -.iid Wednesday In*
• IioiikIiI Aiel'oii. Id mid fill lenft
in tnal co'inlv < >n ih«' other Iwind. ;
the folk who have heretofore voted j
for lit \ t 'id- ire fml plea.M d Willi I
! i iM>i.iti• »11• stand, rod they will
forget how they voted agam.-t lloey
for governor and tfive him genet
otis support l»f tne Senate.
On the other hnnd. h Raleigh Jaw
(Cor-tinucd on Page Thicc)
President Returns
From 2'our of U. S.
Ohio Mines
Now Struck
Cleveland, April —(AIM —
Five eastern Ohio mi e- -iMclui
iny the .state's laruc t —were cSo -
<-(I today l»y a w> .1 •..»:<of
I'liitrd Mini* Wiiil.t-r- tui 'ii ! .
tin- i'H iic.-.s refilled.
The extension intn Ohio of |
work stoppage- whicit alnady
have made some i • i, • ••
idle in other states halts daily
production nf about Iti.'ipii t i
of coal a- d affect.-; 2.H0" or r •• •<•
i mployt i the eonipanic added.
Cabinet
Resigns
Northrn Ireland
Prime Minister Quits
Po?t, Ending Long
Dispute in Party
Itrlfust. Northern Ireland. Ap
ril 2!)—<AI'»— I'riiiH' Minister
.lolin Miller Amlri'iv.s trndered
his resignation today to I lie I hike
of Ahercorn. minister of com -
merer, would he asked »o form
a new eovernment.
Tlio Ulstet Unit nisi party, ol
which Andrews i a ni'inher, held a
fotir-luilir meetim: .< lerda.v af
which demand- it <•!i• in tlic
cabinet were I card.
Willi Andrews' resign ill >t went
the resign.ilion of !iis entire cabinet.
The. move cndi d four innniii ol
recurient dispute- within the I i
ster L'nioni i paitv in wnich -nine
critics charged Hint the 72-year old
Andrews wn< too old to conliniic ins
job effectively.
I'AtiOl.l (.It *N1 i n
Italeigh. April 29 (AP)—C«ol
Bilker, co"\ ield in liolte-on cnuniy
in September. t!MI. of second de
cree mo ili r and sentenced to Hire.
tn live yeas. v i paroied today by
Covernor Urmi^ li.ti.
SUKDIMII MASK ItOMItl tl
Stockholm. April 20 (AP) The
in wspapcr Aftonhladel said today
three bombs had been dropped by
"a foreign plane" at I a m:, on an
island outside the Swedish naval
base ol Karlskionc.
Mr. Roosevelt Voices
Idea of Year's Work
i or the Government
Youth After War
r or
Vi .i-liinKioti. April :0—(AP>—
I'l •rll cnilrd a "iO
w.ii in |i<<1 ion tour toda\
witli an idea i'iut the youth of
.Anietira. making use of indus
trial plants an.l military camps,
niiylit well uiv•• a year's scrvice
to tlu-ir :;uvi-t miii-nt in the post
war i*ra.
He had tr.iwlrd 7.G32 milt's in
17 days, rtn . .1111; up 011 widely
M-.illcrt-tl v.ar . tivities and drop
Mezieo to confer
Manuel Avila t'a
Iiiiifj dou 1 1
\\il!i l'rcMlit-i
luai-ho.
AJr. It...,
: impiifty : 1:.
vinced
and tin- i .
their .strirt .
ik'i m;j wli: '
is wnii. \\ i t! 1
" i• 11-iTI :
III- had •
({ram Id ul 10.
benefits ti
i1 i nli l alei"'
I'll in M'rviiv
r«irms li .ii ■
IIHI'lf lis. V'li
thought tin ir •
tended to
ill «UI!€• 1 111
t)i>ji cli
military . . 1
live prof • I'd
I'ontrihiiti-ii
enimcnl. \ 1»;•
ops. lit' .I.
parllv \.
The I" ,• .i.
April 1:1. V.I
lli.s 111 • r
I no.si of I'.,
t<. Mo .
mill':. hl'|.>\ ill:
1 IT rilid 1 I
till' Cl>Ullt: v.
t .id reporters ac
tual the lri|> eon
the arnit'll force
1 factories arc in
• that he was won
i, inc. alter victory
:;'ps and plants 111
!• been invested,
cil'ic plan or pro
lie emphasized the
1 >.il condition anil
iat men anil wom
I war worker unt
il in tlif last few
< indicated that lie
ning should ho ex
1; men and women
rr we win the war
i- term "compulsory
the Chief Kxeeti
speak of a year's
crvices to the gov
program that devel
i.l»ly would be only
loll W'a-liinjjtor
he returned late
id swung through
astern states, down
lex ico—nearly 15f
norder—out to Den
■ ;gii the middle ol
.I.M» » \srs ItOMBFI)
\V. '1:i»•;I;. \pril '29—(AP)—Tin
N'av.v re|> today thai an Annj
'i struck heavily ,r
1 •••>• of Japan's m.iii
11 I he south Pacific
v liili •• ■ • Tih Pacific an Amcri
c:." na\ ■ ce bombarded Japanese
ricci r < il Attn island.
WEATHEP
lot; N'OKTII CAROLINA
1 "nullum il cool this , iternoon
anil lonichl ivlth illjjhlly lower
temperature in cast portion.
Tokyo Raid
Forecasts
New Raids
Japanese Are Warned!
To Expect Attack;
Morgenthau Reveals
Japanese Atrocity
(Hit Tin Axxociatctl I'nss)
Tokyo sounded a new alarm
today with the assertion that
the United States was "making
all kinds of preparations" to
bomb Japan atrain, while in
I Washington Chairman Rey
i nolils, North Carolina Demo-i
crat, oi the Somite military com-1
; mil tee e arned vhat vlie I'acific'
conflict may continue for many
years.
"It is MiiriJr, in my opinion,
to permit the .laps time to dig
in the smith I'aeilic." Keyimlds
declared.
Cohicidcli tally. Senator (hand
ler ot Kentucky binadca-t an ap
peal to citizens to prod Congress
into reali/alion or "the danger
which the country faces from the
I'acific."
Tokyo's lorccast of a new Amer
ican bombing as-aillt on Japan came
in a domestic broadcast, int Tcepted
by U. S. government monitors, put
ting Japanese air raid wardens on
the alert.
"A raid similar to that of April 1)1
last year will be earned out." the
broadcast said.
While rmphays fell on Ihc
I'acific struggle. Secretary of the
Treasury Morgciitliau disclosed in
San I'rancisco flial the Japanese
had commit ted another horror of
bloodletting.
| Morgenthuu .-aid iie had received
a cablegram from China's General
issimo Chiang Kai-Shek declaring
that revenge-mad Japanese troops
butchered every man. woman and
child on the China coast region where
American airmen tound haven after
the 1!U2 raid "ii Tokyo.
Go era I Chiang -aid the Japanese
"reproduced on a wholesale .-cale
the horrors which the world had
seen at Lidice"—referri; n to tier
many'.- mass executi n ot every male
adult in a little Czechosb >\ akian vil
lage last June in repri-al l<>r the
assassination ot Kcitihard Ilevdrich.
na/i overlord of ISoliemia and Mo
I ravia.
Other developn cut.-, in Ihc far Pa
cific Will"
Australia—General 1) >uulas Mnc
, Arthur's headqua :ei announce;!
that Dutch-manned I'. S. planes
bombed and machine gunned two Ja
panc-e ships in the Ai'afura sea.
Othci allied planes attacked the en
emy in New Gui <... New Ireland
and New Britain, and 'nylc l". S.
Flying Fori res.- lou.irit <•(! seven
j Japane.se fighti-:* and returned I"
, their bases undamiued.
Burma—Briti Ii hoacl<|unrtcin said
| Field Marshal Sil Ar< Ii bald P. Wa
i veil's force* beat oft ■ ■ si rics "f Japa
nese infiltration tlu.i.-ts "ii the Ara
I kan front, along Ihe Bay of Bengal.
Kusso-rolish
Agreement
Is Sought
I.ondon. April 29—(AP)—Prime
Minister Churchill anfl President
Roosevelt were rcpmlid in diplo
mntie circles here today to have
reached an agreement "n the course
to be followed in attempti; U to patch
up the differences between Soviet
Russia iind the l.ondoi. Polish gov
renmenl in exile.
Some .sources deduced ;i personal
•ippe.'il would lie made to Premier
Stalin of Russia I" cooperate in the
move.
It was tinder.oliHKl on good aillhoi
ity here that eitliei -or perhaps both.
— the P>i it:-.h .iiid I'nited States iim
ba-sadoiwere scheduled to confer
with Stalin and no lnrther confer
ences w re pl.mned here currently.
However. Mrit h Foreign Secre
tary Anthony Kdeli and Ivan Mai«
ky. the Russian ambassador to Lon
I don. talked about the situation this
I morning
The London l>aily Mail said
Churchill and Roo-evclt had been
in direct contact, presumably by
trans Atlantic (elephone.
The Russian government severed
relations with the Polish leaders over
(Continued on Page Thice)
i-erry Plane Pilot
m ^ _
A.TTRACTIVE VCGA JOHNSON of
•New ^ ork City, a member of the
first graduating clas; of the U. S.
Army Air Force ferry pilot school
at Ellington Field, Tex., is ready to
^carry out an assignment. She will
.ferry planes from factories '<>
,bases around the country. U. S.
i,Air Force photo. (Jntcrnalional)
Red Fliers
Renew Raids
German Transport
And Airdromes Hit
In Heavy Attacks;
I 50 Planes Destroyed
Miisniw, April 29—(AP)—The
Kcd air forae Is • continuing its
ln-ivy attacks day and nifiht
upon German communications
and airdromes, the Russians re
ported today, declaring they hart
destroyed more than 50 planes
within :il hours, had raided two
cr-cinv airdromes and had
smashed German truck supply
columns.
A military reviewer of the Mos
cow News reported the Germans
were experiencing great difficulty in
protecting their supply lines across
!!ie Kerch Straitfrom aerial blows.
Tne military expert .said Soviet
plane «•! ;.li tvpes were taking part
in raids in lia>se sections on the
Irinni nl the Kuban valley in the
Cam i . a*. \v«.-lI as in the northern
Doliels basin.
li v\ a. indicated these attacks In
creasing daily, rather than slacker
ing.
There wa< some increased activi
ty 1 lie lar.d lighting.
W ilhelmshaver
Raided Heavily
L'lifliin. APnl 2!» -(AP)—l(AF
I: ..Hacked the (Ionium naval
Im-. <>' Willie! i hr.ven l.i t night and
lairicd • .lit uii|>i ecendciitel mining
o|ie:-.iti.iii in i;.iltie waii'i'5, jt was an
nounced today.
Twenty-three hnniliers were re
ported niis.-ing Ii'om the ini-sion*.
which marked the resumption ot
large -e.ile raid on the continents
after a one night lull. *
A fli.-pati li I mm Koike lnne said
that I»iu formation'; «d Inu'i living
bonilier.-. which in.iv have been
1 lilted si,itf— crall, m coined acre s
tin channel tin. iimiutii! in the di
rcd' i "I Aliliov> I li- 'ti<l Uoulognc,
m northern France, indie.iting a ro
suiupti' 'ii i i i "un.l-tlie eli'i k pound
ing ol the continent.
SKXTKXCK < 03IMI TF.I>
Italeigh April !?:» (.'J')- {iovcr
p. nighton cop anted today I"
1 e • 'v • nl the 'lo.dli sentence
ol llan.y \Vil• • •n.«. V ;i >. convicted
in Catawba county on an arson
vital JO.
First Army
Forced Back
United States Troops
And French Unit Gain
On Germans' Flanks;
Other War News
Allied lit adquarters in Xorth
Africa. April :i'.>—(AP)—Tank
supported German shock troops
counter attacked twice yester
day northeast of Medjez-cl-Hah,
and althoujrh first repulsed with
heavy losses, finally compelled
British first army vanguards to
withdraw slightly even while
United iStatrs and French
troops' gained anew on the
flanks.
The second I'. S. Army corps
was announced by tin* com
munique to have "made further
progress and gained some im
portant ground" in it- push
through tire hills of north Tu
nisia toward Matenr aiul Ilt
zerte. The litth French corps
in the south, operating at the
hinge between the British first
and eighth armies, was credited
villi additional local gains.
The fir.it of the r.azi counter at
tacks against the Iiriti-h penetration
was launched by infantrymen slip
ported by U<) tanks at 4:40 p. 111.
in the area twelve m'lcs >rth ol'
?4cdjcz-el-lial>. The Brit h defend
ers hurled it back in one ol the
bloodie-t battles of tin m :th Alricun
earn paign.
The Germans, however. teformcd
and put 011 a second attack which
dislodged the British adv.ir-.ee unit;
and sent them a short distance back
to new position-. Fighting continued
throughout the moonlight night.
Tanks and artillery boosted the stand
of the British infantrv.
| The Americans were reported
i to have made their sains in the
niirtli in a bitter strugirle over
difficult terrain. There was
heavy fighting in the area we*t
of Jcfna. and Bald IIsll. US miles
southwest of Bizertc. remained
the scene of fierce comhat. Other
encounters took place in the im
mediate vicinity of Itaid Hill.
Knontv troops fating the Ameri
cans and the British first army -uo
now contpoed entirely if German
units. On the eighth army front
win-re even more difficult terrain re
stricted opera tio to patrol activities
with lit! 1c British gains. the a\i
forces wire reported to lie 31) per
cent Italian and TO per ci-nt German.
General Sir 11. L. Montgomery's
army h;\s advanced about seven
miles along tlie coast toward Boii
Ficlia >iiiee the -tart of his pres
ent oflcivive, three miles in tlic
center and two on the lelt.
Low clouds hampered air opera
tion*. i n! allied plane destroyed 17
axis aircraft i:-. the fighting over
Tunisia and rel: ted . • .mil neiin l
Mediterranean traife while two ,i|
leid planes were rej»orted ii issn
l.ight bomber^ and lighters bombers
tarled fire-. in axis-held areas and
destroyed vehicles, the communique
::aid.
(»nr enemy ve-sel. idcntiiied by
western desert air ierce observers as
;i landing craft, was sunk in an
aerial sweep over the Gulf of Tuniit
and three other-, two of which vwro
believed to !><_. :.-olnie carriers, we* •
left aflame. Another shin was set
afire in the Sicilian straits". Sev
eral others were daevged.
I'. S. l.iberalor bombers of the
ninth V. S \viiiv air force -truck
imiiltaneo'i-iy in da.vlirht ye-terday
at the axis 'apply parts el Naples
mil Me-sin >. (.'aim c tmniuniques an
ii' iinu'd. laul shot down five of the
ax s tighter- w'-ieli challenged them.
TKAWI.liK SI NK
London. Apr I ?ll—(AI')—An aim
ed enemy Irirwlet wns sunk off tho
Dutch coast by liuht British naval
forces before dawn thi> morning
during a brisl. fighl. it was an
nounced officially today.
Definite Air Superiority
Held By Allies In Tunisia
iiisiir Miperioritv in north Africa
i. liie outstanding ;id\int'-,y pos
sessed l».V tin? allies in lli< ' ''tie for
Tunisia. Secretary of War "'In son
. s.i (I today. reporting thai t. <rin2
| tin |>< rind March 2!f to April 24 al
i 'ied liters destroyed I,ufi4 enemy
I |>li lies while losing 270.
I (it the enemy aircraft destroyed,
the secretary told his prcse conter
ence. Hf>f) were combat planes and
205 were transports. Ficrtu life:iti»fe
nisian !ro: t. lit1 s.t;d. with slow but
satisfactory prn;:>-e-s lteinn made.
The .xiliiiilion in Hie southwest Pa
cific h;i< improved somewhat. the
secretiny ic|«irtr(l. with indications
th:it the number "I Japanese plane
and surface vtv-seU ha.; reclined in
Ihc last two week'. There is si ill
a strong possibility of ji .(jipanesu
offensive, however, and for that re . •
"ii the Army is ending General
T)oii({liis MaeArthtn* all p«>- .ifolp re'u
forccinail.. jiurti' ■ !»•»•» lima",