H Hrnlterson Bath} Btspatrtj
tTuitFct' year I^'-V,\?^ss?;^:\^^;u,v,'t^.soy hendekson, n. c., Wednesday afternoon, may 12, i\m l'uuusl^c^iuNIm:ERMOON five cents copy
T" ^ ^ T * * —
U.S. NOW Has Tools
And the Plants To
Achieve Victory
New Construction
Sweeping Cutback in
Ordered by WPB
Which May Reach
$4 Billions
Washington, .May i2—(AIJ)
_l5tcati-c the nation now hit.;
the plants ant! tools needed to'
build production to heat the
Axis, .lie \Var I'rodiRliun Hoard
today ordered a sweeping cut-]
back in new war plant construc
tion and machine tool output.
An ct ill:I Sl.dUO.IHMMMin worth
iippi'iivni K"vernmcnt - financed
i)Jait* p:i jeil< and machine tool eoii
will be reviewed liy the Wt'lJ.
mil ■ "• every ease white existjtu
«'f 1:1 eln • es eali tin the job. j
no contracts are to be cancelled and i
)l,mt c •nstntctii n stopped.
SisnaliRS the final breakim; of
he n.ncieno to.d bottleneck. \\*I'll
-ltd a .ber <>f tool-makers won! !
■o i* I th t business ; :td into £.• |
itI ni'uhict <>:t ot munitions.
Wlii'e Miyi a that the conversion,
cb w ithin the war program is on j
i scale tt unlike the conversion
hat r.c.-c t p.inied industry's original]
hanRc- ver from civilian to military
ir. ti id. n. nd that there would i>e
einpi'i.ii v uMi!' w its—and result ,-it :
mcmpl •• —WPB officials in
istci that ";:ny slack will be ab
i :>rf| -pi d y" 1 y the ttpswitifMi •
:co i f et .1 ai'tn.iatet. prodnctK.il.
"W.th tbc exception of cert.i n -pc
pre . •!• . -• me special inac'i ;i
rv. i it.'l further oxpnnsi tt o!
liitiTial pri dtictinn. the I'nitc I
tali.' : I. has lite m.ichinc t
nd 'he c.ipit il equipment i! net d
i I'ltild production In deleat the
m ' t: c \Vi l5 declared.
"eed Outlook
Is Alarming
Kaletyh, May i'S.— (Al'i -— The
• :th Carolina feed cnn.>cr\ atton
mi )u "ttuctton committee pointed
(liy to an alarming feed .-initiation
:. l 1 ■ . :i ended that pom; \ pi c -
lur.!- .all ii.i t.- laving llocks ;it
■in ! < i. inflate titipnitit.iblc p >ui
fy.
Thi mmtltee .-aid no purciii i -
it 'll.. \ clink- tin eHH pi'i.dnciUK
l.'fju-i -lionli! be made between
•l..i.' ,.nd Septeitiber 1. .nldint* l!i;it
r ..: liticl. do not ili*\ clop ... ut
ij .1 . i. e it lout lis. and t he 111. i -
U'ltv ...te is lunll.
~*J111 it- has never been a greater
1 '.lie "t protein ci 'iii eiiti ale- tti.ni
■ ' ':• . i-cut time and uiipioi liable
Hits tiotild not be l.cpi in the
Rails Lead
In Stocks
N' ' V >i!;. May 12. (AIM Quiet
freiiRth 1.1 leading rails kUhkI out
. ..ii othiTWi.-c lauded stink
•el Alii ail iniiclt ot the tune
1 ■ \ew York (.'cnlral. Southern
l> ■ 1 '•. ("hrv^ler. I'nited Aiicratt
'"•I 11 ...i C'ompi.nv I'rimiinetii
f 1 • •'' v nu b lipped included 1". K.
< ;....di tch, American Tt leplionc
ti'l International Harvester.
Dozen More Dutch
Patriots Kxecuted
l.oiulou. Ala.." li.—(AIM—|
lictta, \r(hcrlands news audit >,
said (inlay German authorities
had put <i> death twelve more
Dutch patriots. Iirincinc tu :(K the
total number of executions in the
first two days of martial law im
posed by the occupation autlioi
i'.ies.
Aimetta also announced thai
two agricultural workers xve.e
sentuccd to death May I by a
special polite tribunal and exe
cuted the same day on charges
nl lomi'iitiiii; a strike.
State 1942
At New Low
Only 8.1 Per
Thousand, Reynolds
Tells Health Board
and Medical Society
liaici:',i'i. M ... 12—( A!!U' \v:»l" ■ <
i:t(l ' kick .is n ' n.rth i .
>lacc;i ,i heax • ■ l.iail on the ;liv i- !
-inn .<1 vital statistic-. I I'. . I \.|i
Icy . !.-1. Stall I', all:-, illteer. '.old
i I i lit -es.-i- 'i : the state II" ni
'1 Hialth and tin' Xorth l°arol:ua;
Vledical Society i nlay :u l.i- ant'ii.ii f
eport.
"Tile death rate front all causes
!i l'M2 was the lowest «>n record." j
ie -aid. • there li.vmn been only il.l
lea t lis per I.HHP population.
•"There »w MU6 births record-1
I'd. 7o.li:'. more than the 29.HI 3
ieat'.- In add I: >!i t > the n I if
li.rt'i !■ i' t.c It- theiv we.e nvi;i ,
!Ka:. .a.iioii delayed oirth eerti:ic.iU.■ j
issued dm n'u tiii year.
The nedical society. which ended I
it- airiual convention today. |
heard I» Hc.vnoldV re|M>rt that •liel
S:..ic now is -pending Iiv«- times a (
; an oi> public health as it did i.; !
I'Ct! Fxaet l.uilfis were S:t.Ui:.l-i f-I
in I:il2 a> i' • pared with SlMin.o-«*i |
nine years ap>.
Speak;lift ol the t.uhl "ii venereal
diseases, he said there arc now a
!i la! i>: :i»•!» \i ereal disca e e!;ii:
"tti- received r-port- it I.Vlal lie",
mil i ated ease- ot syphilis du nu t ; • ;
year Private physicians, hospital,
ar.d other institutions reported 2.5SC
new untreated syphilis eases. Har- ;
mi; this period •"! averafje of 24.fr it! I
patient;; | or month attended p.ia
health clip for syph li-. and
Till treatments were tdininisle.cil."
AFRICAN DiViSION
REACHES NEAR EAST
Cairo. Iviy-pt. May 12—< .\ 1 *>—11 , I
Was o'fieially 111 :■ • 111 it- • I t 'day that
the sixth N nth All can armored (I
vision had arrived ill the M ddle
Kast.
A.xis Feigns
Cairn Over
New Perils
Impending "Battle for|
Germany" Findr Ber
lin Professing Com
placency and Quiet
London. May 12—(AT)—The
impending "battle for Gvr j
nany." sharply I'oeused by |
'rime Minister Churchill's eon-!
eronces in Washiiitnn with!
I'rcsitli'nt Roosevelt. found Axis
propaganda agencies attempt-1
njf to present an outward "front
»r calm \odav.
Alter fi • : v< \ tor news
>1 tht. when . :• <ii i e I'.ritish
irintf mini let >ade isltt iss -rt
iiU lie was it: . ;!•.• IW rliti ra
tio said today that (" iu hill's arrival
■ i Washinn'.' n ■ . uprise in
Scrim.
It told it - 1. V •: .t Waslli: j:
•Ml talks Would • v center less
>11 military p.-,.... on the
tolilieal situation \ i M.arked
>v Stalin . t;;t n 11 on:.
Iatliicr lite derma ■! people
were told (hat Adolplt Hitler,
whose headquarters had long
been described as on tlir eastern
front, now is at an unspcciticd
point in the west: that Professor
Albert Speer. Nazi minUtcr of
munitions, reported t« Hitler
yesterday on the construction of
the "Atlantic .•»».'" ..r.d that
"vielury willi«:iit camort.aiise"
\\ o.ild rcinai'i the %:«:•! fur uliirli
(•crinanx and her partners are
s< ii in;."
TT.i Axis itself :>•. nod the next
>ha>u in the "li.'ial war "•.iu- ba'tle
or Germany."
Hut even sis .V p: .. nul • built
p this picture '■! • «• : li'i c;>n
"le'Mv. ISerlin dt p tcin n-.M'rii
>witzerland tolil lo\vcn*d fffliljr
illoWiiitees of lo- ii in (1 : <.f
•isinj! u:.ie-l the iiiyht-: n-'.cl. of
lope in occupied countr.- ■ uc • the
.var began.
Cairo dispatchc.-, repratcd pre
vious reports ll< u Kiel.! Alarsli;>l
Kommel. wlm left Africa in time
to avoid the stiunra ot the Tu
nisian dchaclc. has assumed enm
niand of the Avis defense ol the
(Continued on I'agf Four)
LEWIS' STATEMENT
HAS KF.F.N DELAYED j
N.nv York. May 1j (.U i The
•ffiee ol John I.. Lewis, president ot
lie Unit |i Mine Wmkci .ikI to
l..y that iie v... "• i;l o| i ,*•. i, ;oi tie
lay", and thai t-suauce ol a
m ill bv Ii im mi the coal wage cli>
ilite. promised i«»r I p. in., hail been
«>.«t potted.
N'o further cNplati.ilitm w.is given,
mil there wa io• indication ol
.ew is' whereabouts
Cotton Oft
25c A Bale
New York.* May IL' (AIM C'o!
• ii luture- iipeued ti\e ten's a b,.le
uglier In ten e< ills lower. Xoo,i
allies were to SO cents a bale
ower. May 20.lt>. October l!l.72.
Previous close and open: M.iv l!n.
!2. I.'n.JL': .lulv lil.iw. 1<» <41: ncP-bcr
lit.78, lit.7ii: December 111,65. l!M».~>;
.1 .icli 1 !M!2. HMllt.
FIVE SHIPS LAUNCHED BY FIVE DIONNES
— -v.*. «NB MRS. DIONNE, ancl ",n"J"J^nuYicd Vt the Walter Butler Shipyards, in Superior,
\v T ;,;0')r0"or V.'0,1?"1 'up i/n-tctl'States. I ho Quints, now nine years old. arrived at the yards by
*Iaking their first trip to the L'*|, copyright, tit$, K<n» F*Mw*i swidicau
soecial train to SDonsnr the lauvm^in?s jn^rnauvr.uu
New Offensive on Japanese
Believed One Main Purpose
Of FDR-Churchill Plannings
ALLIED AIR BLITZ HEADS FOR EUROPE
Mti'PiNG UP THE OFFENSIVE from Tunis toward the fortress of Europe, Allied bombers set their courses
for Messina, Sicily, after having bombed the industrial area and port installations of Palermo. A few hours
earlier. Allied planes blasted Pantelleria, one of the island approaches to Oicily. (International)
Last Axis Troops Giving Up
in Cap Bon Area of Tunisia
Americans Reported In
Greek Island of Cyprus
Stockholm. Alay I'J—(AIM —
Tin- Stcokholm newspaper IJac
fiis \yliter said today in a Colin
dispatch that an American army
division commander and staff
had ai rived recently in Cyprus,
island in the eastern Mediterran
ean. and that tinted Slates
trii»|ts >\cre reported anions \l
lied unit* allegedly massing
tin-re.
(There was no Allied eont'ir
mation id lliese reports.
It saiil Cyprus might lie the
jumping till' point lor a ItalUan
invasion.
The dispatch said that the
Stars and Stripes I'lew In-side the
I'ritish flag on the island.
Cold Killed
Or Delayed
State Crops
May 12
I >.;.... to it'll t • i A
today that the
>vor N< rtli Cm
killed ili'liiyr<
i.i.rld |Hach |
l.i.vi' l general I
ciiliiviition by .
Hc-pite I:iI«
dietitian* for nu•>:
!i> .1 > ield lar;;c;
u In-..I crop is i \|
Cent If." Illiill I. '
Production < :
berries is l».
M;.i t li !• (lit-;
!" (■> we: i III! . •
pi'l'tS WO IV :>
.1. .1, M.II. -
"for Hie |m>! :
of ih,. Stale iia.
V alltane ot i: r v
haw overcome
retarded I.i-•>i . .
Mr added tii.it
aged crop- . i.
truck crops
<•< tlipll'tcd. ..nil
Sonera I crop
i A;')—The St.
r .Ituic report"" :
■ /es tliat swept
.-i.i late in April
i!l truck cron...
eel to one-t!i <1
id inn. and »le
i pri'paration and
. t two weeks.
however, in
mail Kiam- point
m average. The
. led to be I I pel
; yi'iir.
i mmcrcial str.iw
tlie lorecast for
I'ommercial p >t..
\. and yield pros
ly reduced.
' stician. said that
• weeks larmci
• • lieen taking ad
icr weather a'.d
eat deal >>1 their
,\ ities."
■'planting <>l dam
coin, cotton and
i practically l»e« n
' planting ol other
apidly advancing
I wo At Nmithficld
Arc Accused With
Robberies
.-t'Mtiiin in \' > i'J i.Mm Two
men liooki'd < »■«•-- Mcl.amb. I'.j.
■I Krwin I i' "I Stephenson. 25.
"! Dunn. won ■ laced in the John
'on eopu*\ i l l t'ere last niulit on
hiiri'e. ot i! hw. \ robbery and ati
'■inolnli' theft
State 11 vnw.r Corporal Parks
Alesandi i. I <; 'UNIioro. and Pa
'"oluiali l I \V Whilaker. o| Mount
•I .e. ;i| !■ i l e'-ili'd the men near
Kiwtn. Tin v ere chained spoci
leallv with i, III"'.: tip I. G Dicker
•>ti ;>i a I ! ' ..'alion near Sclma.
mil with tc.ilinu the automobile in
ItiileiKh.
A lesandii -aid nickcrson was
rohhed -.1 v:;.o i"iit that $ 153.11(1 had
been icentered.
WtAiHfR
mi: volt'I'll <'.\IM)l,l\A.
Sli'.'|itl> cooler in cast mil
central purlieu* • little i-hancf in
tcinpri.itin ni extreme west
portion tonight.
Pacific Area
Is Showing
More Activity
Washington. May 12 — i Al". —A
new !hn\.i 1" China's "rice bowl."
hi iHliti-nini; cliislu:- ••• ' .• \ w c;iii
!if i front, and |>:it: • >1 III"!
Kiiniii marked !:h- . I' v.ur
today.
Clmnukiir.: dispatchc- i ' i- p"
ti-: 11 i:11 danger t<• Chan.' .ij!
•: : lee vieldiiiK lliiii.ni Ii. (I
hceomp (jriivcr as .1 nvasion
vohminit Kained ,ii' 1 the*
southern shore ■•! I . Ttinjckiiifi.
lily fifteen tnllc-s an y
Previous .1 ;• i>.11it -. .'I'lmu at
tempts had been > • the I'h n
CM* -aid. but the I i.illv sic
eared a beaehlir.M
III tin- soiitim . il.-patfln
flo:i Genet.11 I >■ a . Arth .ii'
head<| mi Icm <nid ei i ightiitK
' dieuted a p' • i \ i! of the
Allied oflet siv i SI., nana
\i'\v (iiiiiit.i. w ai'-Ulcd :ti
January alter • i :i((ue>! ■
the Papuan pit.
"InteiiMlied < occur itr;
'»etwwii 'in. ' mmiI r!i'
ment.v in t <• <i ■ • t! - area ■■!
Mtilm. Iwche nl Sal.i
main, a < ■ :
•lapancse ' ' ■: t)i id
straight (I , alt »•!..
sent nine • ' 'lie Al
lied blllH* .'t Ml ■ "II 'he south
(Continued Paiv Four)
American IJonihers
Str;itc I hirhnrs in
Islinul <>t Sicilv
* ";li• «». 1 'S* |lt. M.l* I'i—( \l'»—
AnnTlr.ni lic.n * bombers. escort
ed I" I! M finhlcrs. Hindi- ;i Itiuli
1y miccc slid .ilt.tek testcrdn.v mi
the liarlmt ol < .oil.nii.i Sicily.
IiIom inn iii> .ill .ininiiitiilinii ship,
scttiiic .i 1.inker .ifire and senr
illc hits on oilier sliippiliq. ,i Mid
dle l;as| lie coiiwninhilir ;tn
llllltvccd lod.IV.
D.iinacc alone ycis done III
docks and lurltor installations.
Ilir Inillelin s.iiil. One mole,
where three ships Mere lied lip,
was reported demolished.
"The whole dock .trca was left
in flames.' Die i omnilltihiuc add
ed.
The raiders were reported In
have shot down .1 Junkers XX ;ind
.1 M.irchi 1(10 while returning In
their base.
Section Encircled by
British; U. S. Prisoners
Now 38,000; Italian
Holds Out
1 Allied Headquarters ill Nortli
Africa. .May 12.— (AIM—British
armor has made a enniplete cir
cular of Camp Bon. lias needled
inward to round up the isolat
' cd enemy forces u ho are sur
rendering freely, and is fiercely
! hammering from all sides at tiie
last remaining pocket of Tunis
Ii.in resistance southwest of the
pciiiusiila. (ieiieral IHvight 1>.
I iscnliouit's headquarters an
nounced today. So thoroughly*
had the patrols of l.ieutenaut
(it ni ral K. A. X. Anderson in
I ill rated into Cap lion peninsula
| that Allied air bombing of I5ie
homh-riddled area was called
off late yesterday because of the
dangers of hitting friendly
troops.
The Cn i m..11- ;;n<l Italians south
west ni 'In- peninsula were hem
med m .1 circular area only about
III teen mile.- across, and this w.is
being gi\eti severe piini-limenl by
tiie air lnice.- as well as by the
| tr«xbut the ci>iiiintinii|Uc s-aid:
; "The I..el. <•!' .-tillable targets indi
cated '! • .i)»j>j-<■:n-liijiti i-id of the ait
battle i \ei Tunisia."
Ileiin eil m auaitist the Hull <>l
llamm.i i v lie 1 iriti>li :il«>\o and
below He the cnclrclcd Axis army
:.,ced i " : 11 spearhead aimed by
i' r Krcn li'tli I'mp.s which dashed
: ward the coast alter crushing a
German at • v into complete and un
(I'.ialilied in l ender on the slopes
i i i i t V. in yesterday.
I'he i Mi«|Ue aid thai tile |>. i
.■!ii■: laia ;i bv the .-ci'imd l". S
Am > t'i>i'|ii and their French allies
n i, i I ansia mm total
i An I olian cnmmtmi<|ue broad
jca-t iv the Home radio said thai
i ;• i t (; >\eni Mi >-e. eoinmander
»• , in • Italian avriy. had reject
tii .. i.ii |isal b>r the Ams troop.-'
i ii<it- in Cap linn peninsula, and
i t i i ri lighting continued in th.it
(Continued on Page Four)
Experts On
India With
Churchill
White House Silent,
but Sea, Land and Air
Offensive Is Specu
lated at Capital
Moscow, May ! >—(AP)—Rus
sians interviewed after the an
nouncement of British Prime
Minister Churchill's visit to
Washington saitl today they in
terpreted it in only one way a*
presaging a second front.
Washington. May 12—(AP)
—A White Hi.use disclosure '10
day that 1' r i 111 e Minister
Churchill had brought with him
throe Indian exports indicated
the prime minister and Presi
dent Roosevelt mijrht place
much emphasis in their confer
ences 011 stratejry against Japan.
In the Church ill party were:
Field Al.v-iial Sir A. P. Wnvell.
c> inmandcv-in-cliiof <>t British mili
lary forces in India; Admiral Sir
James Somervillc. commander-in
chief ot the eastern fleet based at
(Vvli.n: and Air Ma:\-li:il Sir Uichard
Peiivi, air officer commanding in
chief in India.
Their presence here for important
wnr talks lent weight t« the i>ossi
bility that Britain and the United
Stall s minht be cliarting new moves
, In assi.-t China, pcrhap- by attempt
ing to piv open the Burma road
attain for a \ ilal supply artery.
President Roosevelt has prom
ised thai China will he used as
j a base for attacks on Japan it
I self.
White llouse officials said that
110 American officers from the
Indian area, so far as they know.
I have been brought to Wasliing
' ton for the parleys.
However, tai-ulena".! General Jo
seph W. Slillwell, > ttimaitditiK Am
erican forces in India, came to the
capital some time ago for confer
ences. as did Major General Claire
Chennault. t-i>ni>niinding American
air forces in China.
The possibility could not be
(Continued on Page Four)
German Resistance
Has Now Vanished
In Cape Bon Area
Allied Headquarters in North
Africa. .May rj.— (AP)—German
resistance has melted away 011
Cap Bon and British armor, after
making a complete circuit of the
peninsula to its tip. is slabbing
inland and rounding up tens of
thousands of freely surrendering
enemy troops, trout line dis
patches said today.
Onl> one center of Axis fight
ing spirit existed in alt north
Africa today, and that was a
I.Vmilc - wide circular area
southwest of the peninsula,
where Allied armor, troops and
planes were attacking from alt
sides.
Thousand German Troops
Killed Near Leningrad
Moscow. May I "J.— (AIM —
More lliau 1.000 German troops
li.nc been killed on tlir Lenin
grad I'ronl in the last 'JI hours.
Hiissian dispatches said today,
.ts (lie « ntirr liatllr line surged
\\ it'i new activity from llial
northern sector lo (lie continu
ing struggle around Novorossisk.
on the Itlaek Sea.
The net nut before l.enitiRrad
W li' <• I.»-ri. • v siege \\.t> broken vli
iiiirl-.l.inti.iiy. appeared I" l»e only ;i
y(ontinu <>pci'i)li'>n force., intendec
t• • «•-1.11• I»sly n new (rcrnmit sprtoi
line .11.>t iv>t the hegmnitif! of nn mn'
iind- ' iiflenyiye. The (termini al
tempt- I.tiled .tiler two .itlaeks. Ibis
.viitn mm opened up after tlie jt«
siitlll nitl have pounded ;ind damag
ed 711« (If man pithitioltf mice, it wjis
i tilid.
1h< Ked Ai. v generally held th<
initiative everywhere along the line
and tin- Kovrrni' out newspaper \z
ve-tia .-.id editorially "tin' war with
IMlenU Germany has entered ils
' deci sivr vUiilv."
T!h» battle fm Xnvnrnssisk appar
| «-iil 1 v had ves"l\<d il-HI into a l!li.
j .-win attempt t" pulverize (ho CIci
! man positions with air attacks, stis
| tamed artillerv lire and infantry
j sortie-, A in'.dnmlii cotnnilinWpic said
' "ifl cnemv plane were dcstroved in
the area yesterday against a less <>C
i clc\ en So\ iet planes.
In the lower Kulian valley, appar
enily ni'iihwest i-l Novnrossisk. an
important (Jerinan fortified position
i was reported captured ;ind a com
pany ol German troops killed in yes
terday' lij'.'itmc. lied artillery kept
up its lighting during the niglit. the
noon communique said.
licsumptmn ol German attacks on
tin- |ttls*ian l)"iiet- I ivet positions
near Lisahausk. ualc to Voro»M1nv«
, j grid \\ as reported.