Hgnitergfltt ©atltt Stauatcfe
'"- iim i fcfciKr '
THIUTIimi YEAR
HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 11, 1 \m
EXCK1V AUNDAyl liHN<JUN FIVE CENTS COPY
Army Unfits
Deplored By
Broughtcn
Cannot Progress With
Population Only Two
Thirds Fit, Governor
Tells Doctors
lialcigli. May 11.—(AP)—Gover
nor IJrouglilon, in ;i welcoming ad
der- t«><l:iy in the 450 members of
tin- North Carolina Medical Society
,,i it convention here, deplored the
fart lli.il • i «liii'cl of North Carolinians
in Mod lor military service have been
rejected.
■ l-'ri>m the standpoint of the na
lii nV ulctv. we cannot progress with
a population only two-thirds fit," he
.■aid.
lie aKo termed "deplorable" the
prevalence ol venereal disease, "es
pi ; .1111<>!»(• the Negro popula
tion "
•\\'r can't have a healthy North
Cat. in i l>v having simply a healthy
white population," lie said.
The medical profession, public
lie ilth. the -chools and the home all
must cooperate to remedy this sit
a.iTion. the governor added.
Kaiiier I Jr. Donald S. Cobb, of
(!• dsl»ii'o. president ol ihe medical
society. .-aid ill his annual president's
add us s that "the practice of medi
"ir.e as we have known it is uti
lic V'iiiK profound changes."
"There i- talk of the establishment
of .i postwar lederali/.ed program
»h.;i would lend to destroy tin- prac
tin- •>! socialized medicine in t!n~
and other states." lie added.
Axis Planes
To Dispute
Sea Lanes
V.'. .Kington. Msiy 11.— (AI*)—Set"—
uii. 1.1 the Navy Knox, romment
ii.:. i ii the Allied victory in Tunisia,
tod;.v that the German air toree
iimi abtcdly would try to keep Ai
li< il lumping from using the .Vledi
tfi i .mean route eastward, but "they
won't be able to prevent us."
Kn ix. talking at a press confes
nire. declined to estimate how long
.1 \ • iiJ l.-f after the filial clean-up
!: I'm;, i hciore tlit* Medilei I anea.i
n'ini- iMiiiii In- iliiown open with
>u| |ii> -!.i;• operating under an Al
i.ii'.lnell.i Ironi the noi llici n rn.i
'•! A! km. lie said, however, that the
i jii-tuug oln iously would he ol "ire
i • iiloii adv,uitagc" because ot tin
}': rtciung ol the mute to tin- Mid
di which lie estimated would
uvi r.ige about a.OOtl miles.
A.-Ucd whether German planes
Ii"!:: the eontinent and from such
.i-. Sardinia and Sicily would
t> l ti v to keep the great inland sea
cl" mI in Allied shipping, Ktrnx .-.nil
tls it thev "will alti'inpt to. undoubt
etliv. hut they won't be able to."
S.. 1'iig a the Axis hold.- Sicily,
tin I-.:; ii l.aittl at the toe ol Italy, tin
fiiin \ .hi tiireat to convoys will re
i' .nil lairly high. Knox indicated,
ami lie said that ••possession oi
f-!' lv by the Allies obviously woulu
be ,i tremendous asset."
Rulings By
Atty-Gen'l
On Statutes
KiilciCh. May 11. (AP)— A'>»•
n?y (ii'iii'iiil llarrv McMullan ruled
t ■ (1.1 v (luit "notwithstanding the fact
Hi.it thi- 111111v; time for
iti ;i municipal election litis expired,
the voters may write in the name
"I tiny peivon for whom I hey dc.»n»*
1" vole unless such practice is pro
hibited by ;i lueii I net."
In another opinion, also intended
answer questions tliiit arose in
iwent primaries tind elections. Mc
Mulliin held thut a "person must he
•i registered voter in ;i town to hold
the oftiee of mayor of the town. "
JHhcr rulings:
The powers tind duties of con
stables arc co-extensive with the li
init. of the county in which tire are
appointed.
A soldier who is sent to si military
ruiup in North Carolina for traii«
1,1 H would not he a resident of North
Carolina within the meaning of the
(hvoree laws of North Carolina. <"
cotir.e. it the soldier lived oil tin
re.-cr\ .ition and intended to make
North Carolina his home, he would
be a resident.
A justice of the peace doe- not
nave jurisdiction of a case of speed
upon the highways,
STORM WARNINGS UP
ON ATLANTIC COAST
\o .".m"'0. F,;l" M.iv II.
,1 1—flic Jacksonville wc.itner
"•ircau issued the Inllnwim:
warning today:
sm.ill craft warnings are <lis
"onth of llaltrras to lei
\tfrom St.
•'larks to Tampa Bay."
LED BIZERTE PUSH
Ill the final drive on Bizertc,
American troops were under the
command of Maj. Gen. Omar
Bradley, infantry and artillery
specialist. llere he is shortly
after his soldiers entered ti»'
city. This U. S. Army Signas
Corps rndio-tclcphoto has just
been received from Alnca. (In
terna tional Suundplioto.)
GOP Fights*
Clipping Of
WPB Powers
Claim Plan Opposed
Would Merely Set Up
Another Agency To
Increase Confusion
Washington. Al;iy II (AIM I.cg
i-latino In iiip the War I'mdiiction
Board ol its aulhority over civilian
mip|ilie- landed in a bramble pilcii
<>1 Republican opposition today when
il was Idled over to the House t>.»
the Senate.
Representative Wollcott, Repub
lican. Michigan. ranking minority
member of the House Banking Com
mittee. which Rives first considera
tion to the measure, expressed Inc
opinion that it ".-ets up another
agency which is bound to contuse
the whole sel-ltp." and declared:
"I'lili'-.- a In! ol rt-ti ictinn- are
written into it. ii will encounlei .-till
p|.'ii.-ition :u the Untie."
W.illcnlt s.ud he construed the leg
islati'in a.- an iittempt to settle !>y
congressional action friction between
the War Production Hoard and tiic
M ined ittrci - over priorities sought
by In it b the armed forces and civ il
iaii agencies.
The bill would empower an ad- I
miinstrotor appointed bv the Piesl
dent tn determine the need- for ra
tioning and tn a ce.tain tlit* types
and t|i<anlities ol niateiial. inan
pnw. i and titlier services necessary
tn keep the civilian populations
"healthy and lunctioiiilig ellcilive
I.V."
The new agency would replace the
office ol civilian reiiiiiren.enls re
cently organized bv WI'IS Chairman
Donald M. Nelson.
Mr. Churchill Adds
Own Felicitations
jl o Cicn. Kiscnhowcr
M.iv II. (AIM Prime
Mini-tri Churchill, in .1 eotiuialula
tor\ 111 s.im- l>i Cciki.iI llvviuht I).
Kisi'iilmwi'i. -aid today that the
"Silllllltillll'<l|l> il«l\ illllf III tin I Srit —
ish ;imiI American armic- side hy
m«Ii- into Tunisia iinil I5i/erte give*
•in iiimurv full i>| h<>|H' for tlio Inline
• it the world."
"I.el inr aflil my li.vrtlrlt conjjr.'i- 1
111 l.it>n~ I" thusi- which have been
sent vim by III- Majesty and the w.ti* I
cabinet mi the hrilliaiit le.-ult of the
North African campaign hy the
minion under your supreme direc-1
lion."
Churchill also sent conm'.it illations
t'i General Alexander, Tunisian J
ground t hicf. .iikI Air Marshal Sir
Ailhur Tebc.'cr. air inimi .mdei. Ilei
a.>l;cd Sir \ 1 tlm■ to relay hi-- iiica
-agi tn Mlljol Oct tend .(limes II.
pool it tie. Lieutenant Carl Spat/.. Air
Marshal Sir Arthur Cnunnifiham and
An Vice Miii hid II. 111 v Ilinadhurst.
They o-tnntatidcd various air torce -
111 the Tunisian campaign.
(Scneral Ki.-eiilmwcr replied In
King (ieorgcs me.--age expressing
•pinfoiitid apprecialHii."
Ilr siid the king'- congratulations
1 wen conveyed to all ranks.
WESTERN CAROLINA
FORESTS REOPENED
Atlanta. Ma.v II. (AIM National
foie t lands 111 Western North Caro
lina were reopened to public use to
il. I'v onle "t Higmnal Koie.slfr
«t 1 •><*!ii 1 C Kucher. C. S. Korcst Sr»
VICC. Ilftel llvi' dav- clo-uie due • »
I,,, hazard?-. Weather conditions
,| ,iiim lli p.i.tt two day:, have re
din < d tin hazards t" ;i point where
11 iiii.tl ";f ol the Ndiitahaia anct
Pi-gah National Foreit can bo re
aiimed, he ;,aid.
CAP BON CLOSED TO GERMANS
*********
******* ****
Waveil Is
Pushed Back
Near Border
U. S. Air Forces Blow
Up Seven Jap Loco
motives and Four
River Boats in lndo
China
Washington. .May 11 — (AI *)
—A Tokyo broadcast asserted
today that Japam se troops roll
i injf back Field Marshal Archi
bald C. Wavell's ISritish forces,
had advanced within twelve
miles of the Indisi-iSurma fron
| tier in the jrravest threat of in
vasion yet to confront India -
Mi.nno.
The locale of tin- thrust was
not disclosed, ami confirmation
was lacking front any Allied
! .source.
British headquarters acfciHiwIvtlvctl
I I luce ilav- ar.o. however. !• t Ma:
I nll.il Wiiveil's lesions hail hcoit \v th
I drawn from ISiithdauujj. ::\ty mile
I north of the !>i:i .lapaue.e ba\' at
I Akyah. unilor pies-lire i>y enemy
infiltration forces.
Other Pacific wai development
saw 14 L'. S. air torcc plane- blow
I up seven locomotive - and blast toil:
' river boat-1 in two clays of s'.rat nu
sweeps over Japanese occupied Indo
China, which adjoins Uurnia in t.ie
north.
In the southwest Pacific. General
Dnuftlas MaeArthar's headqiiarle:
announced that Allied bo,:,hers left
l!i) fires rauinu in an assault mi
the .Japanese base .it l».>bo. Dutci.
New Guinea.
CIO Textile
Assails Ban
On Strikes
New York. May ||. (AM) X.no
hundred dHcuaH In the liiird in
niai convention ol il,«- T« \tiie U'
its Union n| Aiiici u.i (t * I < > > have
adopted iinaiummi-ly a >*■-• >1 ■ iti-■(»
dcnoiuictim tin* S< naii - pp >\ i ii
Connallv lull In make it a cm e .'■>
toincnt strike* in wartime in in
dustries taken o\i. by thi \nii
ment.
Geninc Uiilzani. union «• vt i-iii :\«
vice president. introduced tin.* :t.
iilulioii appiovcd l>> Hit- delegate
yesterday.
The ie>n|ution charged Dial the
bill introduced by Senator Tom C
nally, Texas, was "a ni<>\e toward
mil law 11ik tin- riftlii ol Hie union~."
The measure. Hie n-.-<>lti*i 'ti nm
tiniied, would "ciimt.-li lirci.ion <>l
the National War l.abor IJo.ircl 111
enurt reviews at the option or h
ealcitrant employer
The Connaliy lull now is belore
the military affairs committee of the
House.
He;ivy I);i\ K.iitls
On Continent Miule
By Allied Bonders
London. Ma.v II.—(AIM—The
sky over the ICnglisli rlianitrl was
filled today with two-way traf
lie limine .1 day of slurp ac
tivity in which Alliril bombers
fielders haltered the continent
anew and the Germans raided
an Kast Antli.in town where
girls were killed when an inn
was hit.
Hie Allied formations swung
across the ehamiel soon after
noon, and for some lime nianv
more squadrons headed toward
France.
The raiders began streaming
hark across the channel front
the direction of Boulogne short
ly after noon.
Accompanying the air activity
was a short burst of shelling bv
German hie cutis on the channel
between Itoiilogne and Calais.
WEATHER
I'Ot: NORTH < AISOI.INA.
Slightly cooler tonight: scat
tered showers and thunder
storms over cast and ccntral por
| tlons tonight.
AXIS PRISONERS TAKEN IN TUNIS
in Tunis jli.i after i' lell to Allied fttrees. t hi-. ph»u> shows si.me Iho many Axis prisoners that
v.eir t.ikcn ni'livc. An American-made tank pas%es the jisuneis .is it r<<!l> into the Tunisian capital. This
i- .in iillici.:! «;>iii.-.!i photo just received in the t'. S. f.ow tin- Aim: Sirnai Corp-. via radio photo. (Interna
tional Soimdi»':iito.;
Ncn/crcssisk Defenses
Fighting Bloodiest
Since Stalingrad;
Soviets Charge
German Lines
.May II — « A1') —
!vt tl .\nny tr-ops. crawling I'or
j wan I. yard >•> yard in sonic «»f
I !;c lt!<ici!ic.-: I'i^lilintf of ilici
ii - .111-t •• t •" i: 111 war si life the
• lay-- ni' * . liivrrai!. battled I'tir
ioii-iy t lav itliin t!i<• (ii rmaii
I dc!i i;.-c • - at X«»v«»ros>i<k. j
!mi ii w.,- reported tlicy were
rm«1 ii • • .-I < ninjr Axis resist
ance.
!;e|i| ■ ij» . le .1
tack till* (icrtnaii . ipuly
liius ull ■ . Hie front l>ut a|>|>ai
i !111 >• \\ . iiivi -11:1 in h;il! i u
tile !!• ■•. .I•»>i.• .mil | e Hi i re
in ill- r• - • ,.i.> |>avlu'<l into .«■
I tors ol tin in tn fvctl mi- <
•. i : ■ • at':ifks.
Tank; ,-<l carj;. motorized ar- j
:-:!Iimv vy I it-Id pici-i: v.« •
II 11- i Ii (• e Ijccii lirmim.l r
l>v the Ci>
'I'll- • miiliiqiie t->ld !• -v.
. !{f<| ' . f. ill iff 11 .-triliueil lit .
lilt* (!• cm-hf* In I !;i- N \ ■
ro '.i; • . killing in iiiv • i the
i in n ) I iImiik an Am i-<- ii-i 1«•
attack > r .■■•■clion the 1» '
ll«- /.imi < i«Tinans were I.illi-.l.
TT .. '
(I I on I'aae I-ivc)
Ten Killed
In !iiast in
Alabama Mine
Civil. ■ .Alii.. M.iv II. ( AIM ]
—Ti'ii <■. «.rr Killed mill 11\« j
i.IIh'" • ■> 'mi lifil l<Kl;i< in ;ni
t'xpl.>- ■ ' I"...«•• • «*<.:»! mini In.
■ •I I'll \ i I5\ I 'i ikIucI - (' i -
; |.nv;ili. only niilrs \v«-~l <>l Ih i i
K. II V. : Mi.iii.mcr n| llic rniii'
! illl'l i v: -I ' «l<'| ill I IIU'll' ill till
ciiiii|i,ii . • il lli( It'll Imtlir wen
IkiiikI l.» ■ ''Hi' news slmiily .iin-i
III :i.
I'ic\i ■> Kv« Ivc nl llic '■> jinn
II.kIi I • ill II Hie I'NIlliiM' II III
I'linvrt I (I ...I'M bmuuhl mil. live m
ilicin i > •> Ijliiinxl.
I;.\l'I.OS ION IAKKS l>l„\( i:
IN Wls'f VIIUilNIA SIIM I'
I'I.,it*lr Inn. W. Vii.. hiiiy II.
(AC) An i \|'li»inn l"llnv.ril liv
ll.ii- «• I miikt* iu*cii vveil in flu.
Illume I l.i.ill imil nf tin- C'iirliidO
..11rI i'.i nil ('ln'iiii('iil» ('in |>11r.111 ui
j > I"-, ii> Ik'Ihi ■ i p. in. t<Klny.
Till' «'\lrlll nf llm lilii.-t w,i: iml
<i closed by c>nip;iny
and there was no inlorniu*1
, tion to injuries.
Japs Planning For
Attacks b\ Air ()n
American Mainland
i!!> The A»»iui;i|i'i| I'rcs.i
l.ienteiiaiil <<rnir;il \s!iinaii
I'riiira. in a Tokyo lirn.itlrast ir
|mi ;<•'! Ii> the ith lilii'i! to
<l.n tli.it (lie .l.ituiic-c air tiMic
iv interior in Inimical Uniiul
' lUi . Itul claimed .lapanrsr
"spiritual slrcnitlh" is Miiurinr
hi that ill tit«* Yutcrir.ui*.
I'lic OWl iiicn.il it'll <.riicr.il
1 rliira director ol' 'In- arroiiau
lii.it ill.ins linn ni military
a\ ill ion.
(■literal t'cliiea. appealing lor
RIIMllT I'lflll'K. still .l.lt'.lll must
attack till- Vincii .ill mainlaiul
li> air. lii- -s.itel tin !'.iiitn \«.u.
whirli lit Icrnii-tl : in- "ili:|i.i: allrl
r«l war ni years " v.otilil sunn cn
trr tlir iritii.il pliase anil tlc
Ii rniiue whether Japan would
cat iir lir cairn."
Axis Forces
Surrendering
By Thousands
I iimIiiii. M.i* II — (Al'i — \ .
I ii U' li i'xiiiiiiiiii:iiin- iini.iiiv.is'.
Iriiui \lmris I'Mii hl n.ii«l (icr
111.'. II lull's III I in- /.ll'll'lll.HI
timiiiil.iiti• w rsl nl <"a|i Jtiiil,
li.i* !• .i-l.i (I I in .11 irisliri* I i*niis.
I In- riiiiiliilili:i|ili- s.i ill I In
I l-rli'. ll ri'lliM.llllll-l li.nl ili lli.iml
i-(l iitii iiiMlitiiiii.il sitrri'mliT mid
III.11 .ill w.ir in.iliii.il In* luinili-il
ever—in iriiinl ••m-r w till Clie
( .isiilil.ilii .1 l»i mill.i.
( Ii I I in . t - .mull, ./ /')•<|
Am 11 " .is. iv'iH in -t ic.it!i
V'M !'« -'fli'd siiriTlK'rr
in:' Ih !li>- liiuiis,iiiii- ;i.» [in |'.i i
ti-'i |- M'st Ai i:i,\ sIjuiiimciI : • ,
i|i ur i I " I'ilill' SlI.H'HI t ' -VI
ami Italian solilh r* niuidl' .! mi
i ;i|' Ii' ii |x 1111>-11:;i iii Tiiii i,i
tn<!jiv.
i 1'int li in* iii'c* iimt s (Icrlar.il:
A I'iitr wnrsr than Dunkirk
has iim i u In-iiiicii Hitler's Af
rikii K"rps.
I).iti:rl IVItiee. A "i- ili'd I'. "s
i-ni it j.-Milr ■ . , i Hitler's limed
S' if A ll'MlpS llilll IM M'llll- ,1 I ll -> | II-I ,1 i«'
!. ni'li- ii ii i'i- their 11vi s nil-,
till- -i-ky I: lis "I (lie I'i ii lie ln'i;;
|ie-.in-iil i. w hile "II Ihmt the I'.ri
11.»11 llee' s:iif-.lie(l Am.. illi|'.s |^
te ■ i-l n ■ !■ ■ e iM|ie.
"T e •*" !.li'.-e tin* rtnee |»l'"i!(i
German cl.v. ; -ns i. .ile. th.it of the;/
(Continued on Page Thicc)
Casualties
Of British
Are Heavy
Commons Given Fig
ures on North African |
Losses; Contrasted
With Prisoners
May It. (AIM—Clement
I; Mi •. i >n'v (p.iiiu- ii.ini-ler. tnlfl
the Iihim i>t Ciiniiiiuiis today that
i ' in n v Intel su tiered 1.
H • i- n. l:.t- ill the 1111.11 of
■ I'. ii Tunis and Bi/.eite.
..in! .i tt.ijii ni' ii.liHi . nice April I';.
I l.r »•!l-.Ii! army's casualties from
Ac '■'> ti> May .'! wore just ovei
itieliidinii woundvd .nul miss
inti. he .• ,iid.
i • i • I '-m- . he /.lid, compared
alMMHl Axis |>nso»er«—
(1 t . .» t . ■ • May a. ami
tin- ri.i iiImt i : Ams prisoners is
•' .>;i.111 > inniiif!."
'i cle|)inv prinu minister guvcl
tin- :••>.. i:-ciil appraisal ul I lit? J
•_ iltli.il'' a. lu ted mi the I
Am.- hi ihe lirs! ueiiei'.d war state- I
. a . thi ■ II nine ini e the re
!• ii.nv II the Casablanca j
• i \il.iiia e inferences.
,\< ., i>,ii-ih'<I the -tatemenl with j
i the "veiy practical exam- |
: .i . A..ail e.-•i-ration" between I
(Coir.tmed on I'age Five)
U S. FIGHTF.RS BOMB
JAPANESL AT MUNDA
W.i hint','on. May ' i AI*)- Th<
\ i ep • led tor' ■■ t .1 A men ea 11
• .:iti 1 l I.' 1 rul attacked
. p • . • ,i< Mia-'i.t and Van
•tua. m ili* central Solomons, ;
ikI.iv. .nul -taiti I ,-eveial fires.
GOP Resists
Trade Pact
\V.' ,\l II. (AI')--Hc-;
• n M < »t i -»• i (•: • wcic 11 -
• il «*•«:!f« roiii i Iiy llirii li'iiflrrs j
i \ iiii'icl iiitlit.>• i ill's Hull .in al-;
it pi " "iild lii- i .ulr In line lip thf |
p t> uliflly In-hind a nvi\p lo lip
pl> r 'ii;;n siniijil vH" eliccks <>n '
I'm fli 'ii l!iM««cvclf* reciprocal liiirti*;
iijjn « mi ill-.
I'lii' i • * v '.irclmu. with tlopub- |
rr, hi l.r.nli i .tin' Mint in. of JVIfissa- i
etui en pi i ■ idinc. M't for tlio
llnii <■ Chiiml»rf prior in opening »( i
i| i- i-cii'hI fl.iv nl drliiilc i»n n mums- .
i i sli'iirliiii; the J'iisiilrnt's trad-I
111• 1111• • 111 >* for iiiinlher three
.VfJIIV.
\!c inu liili". I'cinnoratir leaden-1
i i •»i •• • I Hii ir Inn hi .in effort in
i i ii n n\ n tin- "vl'i" amendment.]
which they argued would deal I
in n oi to the whole reciprocity i
p: The \otc is due tomorrow. |
British In
Flank Move
Trap Nazis
Enemy Loses Nerve
and Thousands Sur
rendering; Escape Ap
pears Impossible
Allied Headquarters in North
Africa. May 11 — < AI*)—Gen
eral iJwijfht I). Eisenhower'.*
headquarters announced today
that British armor had forced
a c<>m|>le(e breakthrough on the
neck of Cap Hon peninsula, clos
ing that blind alley at its mouth
| and pocketing enemy forces
which still wore 1'iKhtinj.r fierce
ly to the south and west.
Advancing from the Hamman
Lif area on the north side of
the neck, the British First Army
crossed the base of the penin
sula to the outskirts of 11am
mamet on the south side and
took Soliman Grombalia and
Me 117.el lion Zell'a in the center,
the communique announced. (A
Reuters dispatch from Allied
headquarters said the British
entered Hanimamet early this
morning.)
Scorched by Allied lire from Imd,
sea and air. the remnants til ihe
German and Italian armies, whieli
were crowded on; ; Cap Hon ap
peared to have lost their verve a Her
lii . bolii. swift stroke l.y U. :'.ish
armor and the prospects of a last
.-iaiid on the mountain-ribbed penin
«;!a were diminishing. The opjMsi
;.oii from these tro >ps w.u slight. and
the trapped soldier* we.v n-\ined to
surrender at the lir-t opp an.ty as
Hritish naval lnm • scoured ne.i' t y
waters in what was described as a
"mopping up" ot small pa ties at
tempting a disorganized c-.*i|>\
Pilots who eontinued to ,-v cep me
beaches reported little .cliviiv and
.-aid the cornered enemy apparently
had recognized the futility o: at
tempting to get away, while huge
tires bla/.iiig along the road- of the
bomb-riddled cape indicated the Ger
mans already were burning their
supplies.
More than 5.(100 prisoner; were
1akon by the British in t '.eir light
ning •hiM.-t :.cr.• Ihe pcn'.r ula. in
cluding (>(>o members of the crack
lit -man G.-c tig regiment vli'ch
had ( 'light slivngly around llam
man 1 ii from ei.tvet.elied oni buried
tanks. This unit appear d to have
lost its nerve along with other units
wh"> were surrendering in coi> panics,
even though their ammunition and
supplies wi i'e not yet exhausted.
Captured along with the flood of
pri.-oucr.- were messages ef encour
agement se:'t t i the front lines by
!><>th Adolf H'!er a-.d Benito M is
sulini. It was not known when tne
messages were sent, but there was
no e\ idelici that they had had any
effect on the enemy's resistance.
The Xa/is attempted to .-top th;»
British drive I v using their tan';s.
drained of fuel, as fortresses, but
wlien th" Hi tis'. renewed their dead
ly assault s.stcclay morning nppo
s lion cracked :d 'ho armor of Lie'.t
tcnar.; Genera! K. A. N". Andess'in
>wrpt tin >tigh ; .-"nth coast are*
Willi but little difficulty.
Loan Drive
Goes Above
18 Billions
Washlnclnii. >la.v II.—(AD —
The Treasury luis postponed un
til September tlx- third war loan
drive because of tin* success of
the second—which it described
as the greatest covcrnmenl fi
nancing campaign in history.
Daniel Bell, under secretary of
the treasury, said yesterday thai
$.Vr»3:i.ono.nno. more tlien was
oriclnally soueht was subscribed
in (lie drive which sold a cranu
total of SI8.533.(100.000 in se
curities.
As a result. Bell said, another
«atnp;>in:i. scheduled to open in
I AueiisI, has been postponed »
| month. ,. J|