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THIRTIETH YEAR *fASBU wmc NCKVICB or
1.HESH. HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 8, 1943
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Axis Armies Flee Toward Sea
★★★★ * + ,1, _i_ A- _A_ -A
Cost of Living Subsidy Being Talked In Washington
New Commander
v . #
NAi'ACD to succced tho late C.cn.
I rank M. Andrews, Lieut. Gen. '
Jr.cob L. Do vers (above) becomes
c >T.!r.andcr of American forccs in
t-ie European t'icntrc of war. Gen.
Uowi-s recently completed n tour
'•( that war area and is well pre
pared for his task. (International)
Senate Body
Approves
RumI System
Would Abate 1942
or 1943 Levies, Under
I" inance Committee
Propoal Voted 12 to 7
w.,.n-;tm. Mi,v <AP>—The
S« it,'( r'lii.iiicc Committee voted 1- j
ti> V .i|>|)in\,il today fur .1 modi lied |
Vf Moii the liiiiul-Ciirlson pay-as- |
yon-:;.- I.i . collection tnca.-iiie. whim :
W'-ui I ahalc either tin- till- or Mil!!
liabilities <•! I,is payer*. whieiievt r
io lower.
In p. n i ;|-l>rc»kinf? time. Hie mm
nvi'<v computed its general work'
<•» iiir -l.ip-ii-year legislation, which
^ r , led i<v only lour \ otes in
the lf.,u which ;i('o|)tc(l 11i-1 t-;nl
:i r.i. ret I collection plan providing
f'»r ba'cment of the two lowest
hi <' • i. '.| taxes on ISII2 income.
The n mttiiHc revi-ed the revenue
'•■I! i iher today to provide lax
■>l>at< hi fur nil individuals mi the
Ib.i- m| (itlier their 1!H2 or 1!HH in—
I1"1 1 . v.I.ichcvrr is lower.
I Sin itiir I .a Folic tie, Wisconsin Pro
Isie iv.\ ...iid the group voted to
IttriUv out df the bill a provision urs
locr which the 1942 levies of all per
$2 Billion
To Be Used
(To Cut Cost
I
Would Support Price
Ceilings and Still Re
lieve i'ublic; Applies
Only to Food
I
\\ a<hiii^t(«:i. .May S—(A1') —
A .s^.ooo.tHHUIOO-a-year Feder
al program lor subdiliziiitf «.lij
i American cost of ii\ in>r was ru
! ported authoritatively today to
• under consideration in iiijrli
I administrative quarters.
The report followed yester
! day 's official announcement that
meat, coffee and butter subsi
dies will be swunjr in to support
price ceilings in the nation's sta
bili/.aton fijrlit on June 1.
'1110.-0 subsidies will cost approxi
mately S4ttu.tlOO.itmi a year, according
jt> unolticial estimates. The two bil
lion dollar program reported under
study was said to include plan* for
subsidizing canned fruits and vege
table. and a long list of other foods
— but nothing except funds.
'1 nc first program, announced hy
Price Administrator Prentiss M.
Brown, is aimed to force ii ten per
tent cut June 1 in the retail cost
of beef, veal, pork. lamb, mutton,
cut fee and butter. It will be fi
nanced by the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation through one of it.-,
subsidiaries, under what officials ;aid
was a specific authorization contain
ed in last October's price control
act.
Flat payment of a cent or more a
pound will be made to meat pnekers,
butte: manufacturers and cof'.ce
companies for their products, on con
dition that they cut their prices ac
cording to the program. In adopt
ing this plan, the government re
jected n proposal to buy direct from
producers and re-sell at a loss to
processors.
Despite the "conditional" imn'Va
tions that the program might oper
ate on an optional basis, the unof
ficial consensus was that it would be
compulsory throughout, with the
penalties provided under the price
control act. Officials, howeve:'. de
clined to discuss this j»hasc of Ihe
plan immediately.
Wilson Airmail Is
Given Decoration
For Persian Duty
Cairo. Ilcviii, .May 8.—(AIM —
Five American officers who ser
ved for nine months as lest pilots
on (lie Persian tilllf supply
route, flying more than .>00 I
hours in hazardous weather to
lest planes urgently needed by
the Kussians. h ive been awarded
the distinguished fl.vitnr cross.
Tlie.v inclnde Captains .lolut
IV. Coffer, of Louisville. Ky.. and
Kiluin (». Dean, of Wilson. N. C.
Tlie.v have now returned to the
1 nited Stale*.
.-•in Willi net jni-iiMic- up I" $.*>,00(1
would in* \\ 11m•<I "III. iiml submitted
the MM2-IJM3 Hlteniiilive. Formerly
Hii- provision h;i<l been designed to
iipplv onlv to those with income.-,
noose $5.(100.
Successes in Africa May
lases Oil Crisis in U. S.
Wellington. M«y 8.—(AP)— The
'nil# Allied triumph ill North
' " ' •' viliil stroke in ridding the
1 i incjin of Axis resMano
»-■ > i• i• 11» t<> oiifrc this country", ml
'"liific KitiU'riiilly, Jifimti.r.s said
Kliiy.
Kyi" before 1h{1 fj|)| of T(|!)ts
was announced. Imvmakers
..' ' vj'de the cloM.st study of
'■ M>|)lv and demand fur pctroi
•' l>:'id.,iets foresaw the possibility
"ii en if| Kasoline and fuel oil
7'1' in the United States once
; '•xi is cleaned out of the Medi
™nenn iircH,
,yt<tr Mnloney, onncrliru*'
wcrnt, said Army and Navy ol
ficial- had iis.-ured liini lh.it 11 tore
would be "some rrltrf" in the home
oil nisi.- when (he Mediterranean is
H.iide -afc asain for Allied shipping.
In addition I" 'ho «»iI that might
move from Near Kast sources to the
eastern Mediterranean by (linker,
MaMiev pointed otil thiit a pipe? line
r,tied .'it fia.Otm barrels a day cap
acity extends from the oil fields
along the Persian gulf to the eastern
end "f the Mediterranean.
Truiinm himself no strategist, Ma
loney conceded there might he a
holt:iK'' tankers or some other
(Msoti which mighi hold flown the
nmolint of oil which could be moved
l<> the Allied fighting forces by way
of the Mediterranean sea.
YANKS MAKE IT ROUMDUP TIME IN TUNISIA
Allotments
L p in Some Areas
Raleigh. May K.— <AP)—Tno
Stale Oilier of Price Administra
tion announced today that sugar
allotments lor industrial users in
I'asiiuotlaiik and ten other North
Carolina counties had been in
creased because of chances in
imputation as reflected in regis
tration for ration book No. 2.
Industrial users include soft
drink bottlers, bakers, candy
makers and others. The increases
are for allotments in May and
June, and the OI'A indicated they
ininht be continued. \Va.vne coun
ty was granted a ten perccnt in
crease.
thousands
Or Prisoners
Are Taken
Eisenhower Declares
All Remaining Axis
Soldiers "Will Soon
Be in Graves'
Allied Headquarters in North
Africa. May S—(At')—It was
officially announced tonight
that "many thousands" of pris
oners have been captured in the
Tunisian offensive, and the to
tal. to lie disclosed later, is ox
peeled to reach five figures.
KKMAININO AXIS TROOPS
SOON TO "BK IN ORAVKS"
New York. M:iy 8—(AP)-Licii
Unant General Dvvight Eisenhower
declared today. in a broadcast from
Allied hcadq larters in North Africa,
tha: "the oniy Axi- soldiers remain
ing in North Africa soon will be in
their graves." and that "we have set
our hearts on complete victory."
S|n ki' a over the Mutual Broad
casting Sy.-tem. with General Henri
fiiraial. General Eisenhower official
ly turned »ver American-made mili
t:ir> et|U pment to the French army,
lie read a message from President
l;<xise\ (lt |>ra.>mg el fort of Ameri
can W'Ulir: - lirni.-hing supplies to
the Any. and added his personal
praise 1 r tiiose "whose labor is de
voted t" lurning nut military equip
ment.
STATE SUMMER TERM
TO BEGIN ON JUNE 16
Ualeijiii. May B—State College's
summe i ti will begin with reg
.1' 1 Juno i(>. KegKtriir W. L.
May» r announced today.
("out inning its accelerated train
u i 'U . inaugui ;.to i last year.
• ie college will give a full term of
\\ 1. d>r. iu .1 11! wee!.- period. In
acld.ii *i tin- div i.-ion ■! teacher edu
cation • <1 :!-,e Textile School will
I'lfcr !«c.ali/cd work in their re
spective fields fur a six-week* period.
Kre.-lti! an work w ill be available
• if .■-lu.lent.'- desiring to begin their
college work in the rummer instead
of waiting tor the lall term.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS are making themselves at home oti the Tunisian range, rounding up batches o£
Italian prisoners who arc r.ot loo terribly downhearted over Tailing into American hands. Yanks, above,
armed with sub-inachine tuns, ride livid ou a group of Mussolini's empire builders. (International)
Germans Fight Desperately
To Stem March of Russians
Near Novorosrisk; Mere Coal Miners Strike
Germans Slaughter
Own Hesitant Troops Qq f J
Red Army Driving
Near Novorosr isk;
Germans Slaughter
Own Hesitant Troops
Moscow, May S—(A!*)—An
extremely violent kittle was re
ported in projrn'ss today in m
area only nine miles fr> 1:1 Nov
orossisk, as the (ierman- pushed
lip reserves, tanks ami motor
ized artillery in an attempt l<>
halt the Soviet advanc toward
the JSIack Sea port.
In the face of irrowin..' resist
ance, Red Army units v hii'i
turned southw;rd after . t
injr the Germans and the !i;t
manians north of the Kul>aii ri
ver from those in the south were
driving hard to follow up the
force of their first thrift in
the direction of Xovoros — k.
There wii • im indieal; n '•
wns surrounded. t>at e
wore tm tliI've .sidt-- ..::i'
hard on the are.
The German- re-u1 ••
.sagging I 'l'Ci" Ve.-ti i d ' <
several heavy tnnk le: e
tacks against the l!ed ,\i \
At this P'iit. Id!.--!.Hi ;i.\•• •
CI'S -wfrnped in ti> damn i '
plosives ill the Axis inl;.i.t:v. in\ -
ilia them into flight.
A rrcmt di patch >1 : • !•'
er.s captured in the I; a" < . e
told that it \\ !i ili pint ■ li t > l "d
German inrantrv dh i- • •• ■ h. il h'.-ii
shot for aband n.' u ;■ »•! ns
against orders.
Pravda, the inniiniiiv-i l >'t v
newspaper. reported )!i : I r Gc m
right wing i- res!in : :i t i.'y
defended range "I him:i • nt . n
and that it will be diflic.il' dis
lodge them.
Cotton Mixed
At the Close
Now York. May ;; (AC) ('<>»
ton futures "pencil • i% • ■ cent- • b;i!"
higher to ten con' l<-v < t. 1'nliii c
closed 20 cents a l«al<* i'nvei In It n
cents higher.
Miiv
.filly
October
Oeromlicr
March ..
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weather
FOR NOnTII cai;oi,i\ V
J.itdr rhangr in temperature
(onighl.
Workers Idle in Three
States Despite Roose
velt View They
Cannot Strike
I-itlsltumh. I'.i.. ,M;iv 8.— (AIM
— i'niirieeil hi.niliril striking
eoal miners urtil li.uk In work
> near ( .ilili;rnia. I'a.. hut
another ' mother mine iiiiil.
Ii a\in . moi< i!i.i 11 'J.tiOO workers
in three ••tali'- .-till idle in the
t'aee til l'r<Mil* in Koosevelt'.s in
(iie.itiiin Hi i sinec miners now
an- iro\ ri nr.ii lit employees they
are not liee in strike.
A .-jiiiki • 'i- the .Jones &
1.. • • i: * 111111 S Corporation said j
v "i I. ailliopm mint.- at !
I It • t . n. !' led to report furl
1!n* 7 ;i. iii. '.
I" yi Vet-tii Ni>. I mine
.it ('..iiioi: est i>l four .1. &
I. jut • ' their job,-. early
i i. v ..i «• 1last muht Willi
N <>l ilio United
?>i .lie \\ >' 'lit* >ii ii if I in e .1 !
i!.t • • I . ' ' tills of other mill- 1
II - v. II ' I'M work stoppage
unless operate>rs '
:'ii i ri v illi the United I
Mine \\ • the end ol the lit- '
l -tii-d.iv tMiei. ( .Hue from UMW
(i I -t ■ • > 'ei n IVmisylvania.
Tw<> i i:»outs iii 1'eiitisvI- .
■ :.11ki iitul ( ' *ie protests ii^ailisi
; it 111>i- ni operators to line
cmployi t t.il.inc pai'l in iinau
tlioi i/eil - |'. ior to the fteitei. ■ I
lint clov ii . I Friday midniKii',
v.htn t! ^ i . i'd eontraets expir
ed.
Rallies Occur
in Stock Mart
Now York. M<i.v )i. (AP)— Wnll
Slue t..n! • •'her <-|i;mg<> (if iH'itrl
l >d % .mil. wi'li niiiiiv of Krirluy» j
; !.!■• lii-t.ii.in i' -tenu is returning ■<>
i *li< imiv ii nek mnrkci fnvn:- j
ill ii • i i i 11iictliiri>> In more limit
<1 ixiilll.
IJjnl . wc ik.' ! hi yestcrdny's sell- I
Vd .• i'* rl ick nllrr .1 slightly ,
i 11;'i't. Tlioy were followed
I by r;. ! motor# find upct'ltllltoi.
I I • ( l i:<»(TTl;r>
M.i '• y )• (AP) .(ohnnv .1.:
p!>»•1' . i rlcrfinetted todiy |
I U >:!•• -in:III! .1 |i:<'cr of ClcdVTll 1
1 ccjtiipiiuiil .il .1 lui'iil industrial plant. I
Kxplosions Aboard
Gibraltar \ csscls ,
Ma\ Be from Subs
I..I l.ilir.t. Spain, .1 \ X—( \l'l
—Three \ iiilcnl explosions shat
tered the e.iini ot <.iln ilt.ir ha\
at (> a. 111. toila> alter wliieli
British na\.il tuus beaehed three
mereliaiit ships in the liarhor. A
reported att.iek In \\is subma
rines was not eoiiliriiied imme
diately.
ATTACKS 111 \( K .MAKKKT
l.\ m >
i-li;liiii.i 1i.
gil ■•'line, il l- ( 1:
|»' Ilatiun 11:1. l>
ee.s-4 T fi»ii|> "t
cm tors v. •
North C.'trolii
t lit' fill !!• (1
rapid|\ a- 1
T C<<11P<<11
M • l« aid i .
lack market
• . Pel. ii.-i' Tl'J»Hi>
■I r din;: tip c\
111 ' ■ \ chielt? <>p
l»c( 11 eul
1 <1 >T i.|iicinK 1 i'l
ni* -urvc.ved
nil all es(•(■-»
(I ami de- trnvi-d.
U.S. Ilanes Speed Blows
Or Jap-Held Attn Island
Wii.-hiiiKti'ii. M.iy 11. (AP) —Am
erican |>1.1r!• • ;i(imc from new
r.chiiiici i• ii in tii< A lent inn i
l.ind li.i , < i i i« l up lh< ir ;iltiick~
■ •ii .l.ip, in fil(i Attn i.-lnnd. I In*
Nuvy (li '■■ <i ' "i.iv. raiding it
*V\ III III! I'- I'll T t ■ l,l\ .
Tin1 .'•■:«* it.\111 y lighter- »t
tncKi it ' < Ium' mi Kiska
i>iiincl. winch 1 liii h;i.- been tIn*
most In*;i\ ih l>iimbed ol tlit* two
biiM's, live time .
A|i|>.m Hi I> tin- Ai'cricsin force n|—
(•liilccl i*i*iti 11 m • I*.i i' mi Mcliilka i*
l:iinl. \\ Ii it'll i- • hi I \ ii! ii. lit M-; 11 unit's
In>ni Ki U.i ntwl from \)tu.
Ill tin- Sollth P.icillc. Mliy i- l.isl
lircoiniiiu tin* iii'iiitli ii( bombs f*»i
tin* ,1,111. ii if ***1 * ;i1 thrir Ii;im*s in I lie
.iiinuN* .uhI ii'onntiiin country «»r
Dutch \c« (iiii'ie.i.
Itiiiiumtf liv (liivlmhl over rli.«
l.incrs to. u -' t-- lire *hr plater
tion el Ofrmtiric Itchier;. I.irutfn
ant General George C. Kctiney',
!' -n■ I>»•••>- h;r> r lainrd death and de
vastation nn tho onomv in thnt nrcn
ii!t-. 1 (l iilv nee May I.
!'!h latoM hl>>\\ w;i.i stniek yo.s
ti rl.iv In \«ivli .ilian-pilotod bnmli
;■ i; nst wliieli is inmc Hum
"mi ivIIf- ti Hi <>f Darwin. Fires
wh'rli i'" ill l>c -roil "i> null's away
rated -illri the raiders blnslrri at Ihr
,ii-di "Mir. on \x liicli wore Japanese
bomber.- .Hid lij{)itri>.
In I'.iiiiim. Ihr Japanese have made
.> new ad\ anrr cast of tlir Mayu
ruler m llnrma ni.H have developed
a •■(Inrrt thrral In our position* ill
tlir llnibedaiinK arra." fitly miles
north "I Akvali. tlir Hritih announc
ed in a romniunlqiir InHny,
'The runny hove obtained a po
sifion a-trido Ihr Miitindaw-Halho
dainm n-ad about four miles above
I ho latior r.lv I ho eonitntinicpie said.
"IVspilo substantial actual eiisunl
tiei intlid'd hv "tn troop.-, ihr Jap
anese have succeeded in reinforcing
i their forward units.
Allies Plan
To Destroy
Enemy Army
French Populace of
Tunis Shower?. Allied
Tanks With Flowers;
Thousands of Prison
ers Taken
Allied Headquarters »n North
Africa, May 8—(A1*)—United
States and British troops press
ed hard today upon Axis rem
nants driven from their strong
holds at ISizerte and Tunis in
a spectacular .'iG-liour offensive,
and French forces took over
Pont-du-Fahs and hijrh jrround
to the east to roll up the rijrht
winj? of the enemy's southern
front.
"Many prisoners and much
equipment has already been cap
tured. but exact figures are not
yet known," it was announced
in a communique from General
Dwijrht D. Eisenhower's head
quarters. "The advance con
tinues."
The surprisingly abrupt conquest
of Tunis and Bizerte. achieved by
:t messing ol overwhelming superior
forces of men, tanks. gun> and planes
I came one day short of six months
after the Allied landings in North
Africa.
Allied land, air and naval
I forces are bent upon one tiling—
! destruction of the last vestige of
the Axis forces in Africa as a
prelude to carrying the war
across Ihe Mcditei^anean and
| into Europe.
With liaison severed between
the survivors of Bizcrte and
| Tunis garrisons, and the south
1 ern front yielding before attacks
of the British First Army and
the 10th French groups, the cam
paign was in its final bloody
stage.
Allied airmen, who provided un
precedented aerial support for the
ground offensive, sank fourteen
small cralt. set a destroyer aflame
and damaged several other vessels
iin the gul! ;;itd harbor of Tunis, and
sanl; three more vessels at the en
trance of Tunis harbor, the com
munique said.
This followed up widespread at
t. cks Thursday in which further re
ports diseased three Axis destroyers
were .-'in!; and three others damag
ed and 2."> vessels were sunk i:: at
tack- on Sicilian ports.
''Light and medium bombers, fight
ers and fiuhter bombers of Ihe tac
tical air force kept up intense at
tacks on road.- congested v. !*!i enemy
starting numcrutu fire*." the com
troops. desti \'v.g n any vehicles and
imini(iuc said. "Enemy air lields
near Tuni- were attacked."
The conimuiiiiiue said that ar
mored elements of the Itritish
First Arm* entered Tunis at 2:50
p. m. yesterday after having ad
vanced some miles ill SB hours
against stiff resistance, including
many mine fields.
"In the north, troops of the
second I . S. Army Corps had
cleared the important town of
Ferrvville by 4 p. in., and at 1:15
p. m.. their forward elements
entered Hi/.erte." the bulletin
said. '
Isolated croups of A sis soldiers
fought overnight in the narrow
streets and thick walled houses of
Tunis and IVizerte in an effort to
win a few hours reprieve for col
mi's fleeing eastward in a clouded
"imble along (lie few northern roads
.-till in enemy hands.
Airmen who struck at ship
ping in the Straits of Sicily said
tliey saw a number of boats
carrying troops heading for Si
cily. indicating a partial evac
uation was being attempted, but
it «as on a small «eaie and a
large percentage of the ships are
urine siinK. ll appcarert most
probable (bat the Axis could not
attempt a laree scale evacuation.
A delayed disnatch from Hi/ertc
by Harold V. Boyle. Assnciiilcd Press
correspondent, said happy French
residents of that naval base show
ered flowers up'in American tankf
which led tlip thrust into the city,
wept with iov and waved their fin
fiers high in the V ,-icn for victory.
A company "f I'. S tankmen and
two companies of tank destroyers
made the initial entry, sweeping in
i from the Southern area under ar
tillery fire. The flower* of the
: French were removed about ton min
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