thirtieth year
art ^ '<>• • .
iirmtersmt SJatlu BtstJairh
R I«BASEI) WIKR SKKVICK nir
T,,E ASSOCIATED I'UESS. HENDERSON M P. «ATIinnAV AI-'TI^DMAnv TV* a xr *r
HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 15, 1943
I'L'ISI.I.SIIKI) KVIiltY AFTERNOON
EXCEl'T SUNDAY.
FIVE CENTS COP\
552 Nabbed
As Dodgers
(M The Draft
3 Bi Head Edgar
Hcover Reveals
Kound-Up in 19 Cities,
With 15 in Charlotte
Wa-iiiiitfton. May 15—(AP)
- - ,>; (.• ;••! agents arrested 552
!>;..• in 1!) cities yesterday on
<!•;>.! I;iw charges. Director J.
1 i;\ir lliover. of ilie .Federal
ll'.n i an :>f Investigation. .111
n<ti:iu*«'(i today, in one of the
lni-i- si days in the bureau's
iii.-i' i y.
i; itivrr saiil lliat "no massed
ra it*, or dramn-t tactics were
uwl," Suit that the arrests were
"tin- Moults of painstaking in
\ —I'ttiiti-iis to locate individuals
t»lm iiatl become delinquent with
«!«<•' r loci'I hoards for various
sea .ms. such as failure to rc
jioi I lor physical examination
,ii><! Induction. failure to return
que- (iiinnairrs. not nntif.vini;
their draft hoard of clianees of
•i d<l ress. and other delinqucn
iirs."
11 • \ ev said that 137 were arrested
••i New York City, and 81 in San
I'i a:n -isen. Fifteen were arrested in
Charloit1.'.
Ti'e FP5I has inquired int > more
:h;m IM'O.IIOO complaints nnder the
siicc'iec service law. Hoover slid.
:• i located ard nvide available
: mod forces 86,543 men. In
'I I.I i'i. eorvictinnjt have been ol»
' ■ • ! .'f.:;:ji~t 4.002 willful violators,
i. I nltnces aggregating 8.721 years
i!i pi i '» have been imposed.
BUS DRIVERS QUIT
IN LANSING, MICH.
I. lining. Mich., May 15.—(AIM—
! . 'I:i'. ei s in Michigan's capital city
j v..iiktd nut today, depriving an area
nearly 100,000 residents of their
n - nf public transportation.
Th<>iisands of war workers leit
: luij; on streets corners by an
i morning walkout of employees
: t <• Intercity Coach Lines were |
i In thumb rides to their jobs, j
"!'• n- decision to strike, made at a
• •mi; ol Local 1039 of the Amar- j
; ited Association of Street. F.lcc- j
• Itailw.iy and Motor Coach Km- j
■ 'iiy<ts. was reported to have been
n t<|uencc of failure of the Wai
'r ii»• .r Hoard to act on a wage ques- I
1 -j it. dctaiL of which were not dis
,t: , d. j
> _
Liquor Sales
Decline In
Past Month
I !:.ilrit;li. May 15 — (AIM — AI'C
1 s,, t|l(. state's :.-> wet counties
1 - i! I ,.">H5..') I 1.55 •.vnih ol liquor
1 «' April, a ','iviinc of nearly
ft spin imi) 11• >111 March sales, and an
m i' i . c over the $1,161,578.25 re
■ ' iii April last year. A lit' Ch.iir
J in . <',nl Wiliamson reported today.
Williamson said that gnllonagc sold
' : in"ii!h probably was below that
tlie previous April, the ir.erease
hi revenue being attributable to
much higher Federal taxes'
A compared with March, sale- in
ill .it the* counties were off. while
;iii increases were noted in L"iioir.
^•;i» Moore. New Hanover. Vance
-•id Washington.
„ ^ i'cs by counties: Beaufort. $35.
<0lir,o: Kdgecomb. $61,627.20; Greene
»i:,fi.35: Lenoir. $81,110.25: Nash.
S 18.630.65; Vance. $38,239.75: Wil
* S78.339.65: Warren. $19,230:
IJ'niiam, $163542.55; Wake. $136.
• !li .70.
Americans In Greatest Raid
As Air War Rages Unabated
On Most Of Hitler*s Europe
THEY MEET IN BEDSIDE REUNION
»<nn m iuuim oi ncr nose, "Lassie" tolls Frank Wright in Bollcvue
Hospital that his seeing-eye is with him again. When a New York
taxi struck him dosvn, she fled in panic, but was found and led bac'.t
to him. Wright's condition was reported as critical. (/ sicraai:u.:a!)
Next Coal Strike
Move Up To Lewis;
Operators In Line
Bey of Funis Is
Ousted ;is Knemy
l.oiiddii. May l.'i—(.AIM— The |
Algiers radio said today lli.it
General Henri (iiraud lias de- I
posed Hie Ke.v of Tunis for en- j
daiiKcriiiK security of Tunis.
It said a successor had heen ap
pointed. lull did not name liiin.
The Ite.v had hceu elevated to
"kim" li> tile Germans in return
for his collaboration (luring the
German-Italian occupation.
——_ j
I I
Cotton Firm
On Closing
New York, May (AP)—C'<>t- |
in itiliiopened Umi cents n l>;ile .
higher t" five ccnl# lirwer. < *• »ti• >11
f • It III ■ e! • <-il leil H'll! I'.lie I"\V- |
i or i.i L'.'i ecu' Iu::Iiit. .Middling .spot. ■
'..I T'l
Deadlock Over Tax Bill
Appears As Possibility
,Mny S—(AP)—A pro
;>•, ''<'<ifllfirk over abatement of
I , "u" >"-!,r'.« income luxe*
ft!,v, "day in the pathway of pay
c'"'"" '!lx legislation as Mouse
K-iii.rUt'n'' !nadCr* S,""d Pnt ""
c/hv'' 0,1 ipf difference pn:««
fine 0 '''""e last week and the
hy u"' Senate last
•fllrri i lnf"rmed Capitol source-;
'* difficult situation to coin
promise.
\Vrtlth»lH'»K 'w* seemed sure to
stiirt .Tilly 1 l)»th sides ukiiyed them
un iiit! Hie Treasury ;i tentative
CH'cii lii;h| )<> .-ft up its collcctiou
systrm.
W th tin* iiltiitcmmt issue iipiuir
rntl.v hinging "" which side give*
I nd. fir-t step toward the sh nv
down due I" early next week
' when the House formalVv considers
' !!ic St?n.de action.
UM.W Chief Silent in
New York; CIO
Council Asks Increase
in Mine Wage Scales
Washington. May !."> -<AP>—The
DCXl HHiSC ill tile Milt i til V. il'.'.O ci i - -
pule appeared I>t." ui> in John L.
Lewis today as the i.|ic .. >: s . "ci jit
eel a War Labor Hoard ni'dcr l > re
sume bargaining a:d continue pro
cllictiiin <il (lie war-vital fuel.
In New York, the pre-ident hi the
1'mtcd Mi"e Workci.-. v. thheld im
mediate comment "H the tt'UVs in
terim directiv -der. tir > leaving
.some doii!>t as t• > whether the fifteen
day truce in the v. <i; -}».ilt» would
lie extended alter i! expiration next
Tuesday midniul:' ■ : whether an
other wurk tnppa^e v. Mild follow.
However, a week after the ease
was certificated to tlie WI.I5. Lewis
told President I! cvelt a renewal
of collective barbae.in:; i ilie logical
means of prov idinn i -lice and eq
uily t" all part es, whieh indicated
the hoard order n iuiit suit him.
The operator* had urged certifica
tion of the case I" the hoard, while
Lewis denorncerl the b • id as '•prej
udiced" and defied i'- authority.
CIO FXKM TIVr IIIMIIII IV
I'M A FOK MINT WORK I Its
Cleveland. May l"i (AIM—The
CIO excciit've b Mi d today asked the
Notional War I - "■ Hoard to grant
an equitable v .i.f adi.Ktmcnt I i
John I,. Lewis' I'nited Mine Workers.
"Only in thl< manner eai th"
hoard reali>lica!lv dis'iia ue its re
sponsibility to dcleriniiiti the case in
a matinei* dial \\"!l hest serve to aid
the siicce-sful pro^eeutinn of the
war." the hoard - rr| in a revlutio*!
adopted tinaninioiisly at a snec'al
policy meet'iic on the current eco
nomic situation.
WfATHfR
HOIt NORTH CAROLINA.
I.itlle chance in temperature
tOllljfllt.
Italy And
Kiel Among
Objectives
German Blitz on
Ln^Iand Never
Reached Such
Heights;
S.imdoit. May 15. — (AIM—
Slum; formations of Allied
planes crossed II:o channel to
ward itir ISuuliii;ur area of flic
Krri:i'!i coast late today. keeping
in it:nlion a sustained aerial of
I rosier against the Axis.
Ti e driitie ol' lioinber engineri
and escorting lighters continued
for sisiste time. An hour later the
si!t:i;d of returning planes was
heard.
( 1 'he S«i dish radio reported
thai Oslo. Norway, had a fir
leeii-minute air raid alarm early
totiiy. and anti-aircraft and
lighter planes went into action,
the Federal Communications
t i.'tPinission reported.)
I.oneoii, .May 15—(A I')—A
I'our-pl.v sweep by American
bombers yesterday in the great
est I'mvc they have mustered in
tile wa!, t(i|>|ied tiff two days of
par; ly/.ii'K. record • shattering
aerial blows at German-occu
(Cor tinucd on Page Three)
Embargo Is
Imposed On
All Workers
Washington. May 15.—(AP)—A]
semi-rigid ct- "argo was clamped to
il. iy "ii the 'Vcmclit of virtually
II v.'niUi i.' ■ "i" out of any town
in Ii• Mtdd!< Atlantic states or liio
na't m' i-;ipit.il l ' take jobs with new
employers.
Si ntu Italic y. essential worker* I
in Virgim . .\'"i'th Carolina. West I
\"11 jni>i:i and ' i- District of C'oiun:
!>ia ware tn<i their present ollices
unle-s the i n ploycrs or the I". S.
Kmpl-vmei • -• \ ice gives them per
mits to woiU lor others.
The einli.nK" and job-pen. eflei-l
tive i iiincdiati ly. were ordered by I
Leo It. Wi ll- ding director of the
War Maii!>""<: ConimiHsion's region]
lour mi hi': •: .'v of WMC Chairmaa
Paul V. Mc.Vill.
Wert . nl Maryland and the
Hampton I- I -Norfolk sector or
Virginia wiilil "e controlled by pn -
iir.iiii - aln .«lv adopted locally. Tile
regional mil. pplies only in areas
v. ithi'iit pi • - of their own.
The Muiile Atlantic program
marked . slop in the WMC's
movement i" "I uiket the entire na
Iion with I"- control plans, all of
them bi si (I upon agreements bv
managed.ci t-lahor committees. Me
N'ntt call 11.» agreements voluntary.
Charlotte
Man Heads
State T. P. A.
Wit: ■!!-S.ilent. May 15—(AP) —
Dill ,\; l.'Wi itice. editor and pub
Ii: hot ' If Mecklenburg Times, "f
Char! itc v » elected unanimously
pi es dent ' ■ .iftcrnoon of the Not lit
("at - h i division of the Travelers'|
I'roteit ve \--"ciation nt the annual;
nvcnti« '■ He ."ticceedcd A. A. Hut-i
fin. oi Wil.-on. who was named to
the In-..id i'! directors.
i iM .Hirers elected were:
J. (i. Houston. Wilson, first vice
pie- fie 1: I'd Mann. Washington,
vcrond vie,, president: J. E. Hol
iifoiil, Durham. third vice president;
.1. Ii. Pel 're. Wilson, fourth vice-pres
idint. W. I'. Martin. Winston-Salem,
fifth vice president.
X.lived l.i t'ie board of director.*
were: Dr. I-aac W. Hughes, of Hen
derson, who was also named chap
lain.
Embargo Is
Imposed On
All Workers
Washington. M;iy 15.—(AP)—A]
scini-i i^kI was clamped to
il. iy "ii tin- cnielit of virtually
II v.«• i!vi ■ "i" mil ill any town
in Ism* Midd!< Atlantic states or the
na'i m' capit.il t<» takf jobs Willi new
employers.
Sin ii!:.iii' .. essential worker*I
in Virgim . .\'"rlli Carolina. Wot I
Virginia and ' >■ District of C'oiun:
iiia were tuci their present offices
unle-s the i n ploycrs or the I". S.
Kmpl-ymei ' -• viee gives them pc.
niits to wurU mi* others.
'I'lii; einli.nK" and job-pen. eftei-l
live i niia diati ly. were ordered by I
Leo It. \V"il- tting director of tin
War Munp"" <: ConimiHsion's region j
lour "ii hi': •: .'v of WMC Chairman
Paul V. MeX'itt.
Wert . nl Maryland sind the
Hampton I- I •Norfolk sector or
Virginia wiiiil "e controlled by pn -
gram- a In .«lv adiipted locally. Tile
regional mil' pplies only m areas
v. ithoiit i . • - of their own.
The Muiile Atlantic program
tniirked . »1ep in the WMC's
moveincni i" i'l inket the entire na
tion with i". control plans, all of
them bi m (I upon agreements bv
inanagcn.i'i t-labor committees. Mc
Nntt call Ha agreements voluntary.
Charlotte
Man Heads
State T. P. A.
Wit:■!! S ill m. May 15—(AP) —
Hill A; l.'Wi ince. editor and pub
lahet ' t:i:• Mecklenburg Times, of
Char! •;!«-. « - elected unanimously,
prcs dent " - .iftcrnnon of the Not 111
f'ai •; ii.i division of the Travelers' I
Protiit ve \ssiiciation at the annual
nvcntl< '■ He ."itcceeded A. A. Muf
fin. o! W l-' ii. who was named to
the board "! directors.
nM •liners elected were:
J. (i. Houston. Wilson, first vice
pre- de ' I'd Mann. Washington,
second vie,, president: J. E. Ho|
iirook Durham, third vice president;
.1. Ii. Pet re. Wilson, fourth vice-pres
,d< nt. W I'' Martin. Winston-Salem,
fifth vice president.
Named I" the board of director.*
were: Dr. I-aac W. Hughes, of Hen
derson. v. lin was also named chap
lain.
CHINA'S TOP MEN MEET YOUTHS
%* *
jr %&> - •
PICTURED IN CHUNGKING arc President Lin Son (left), 81 years old,
end Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. They addressed sessions of the
China Youth Corps leaders. President Lin Sen later became ill and
fainted, but is reported to be resting comfortably. (International)
Turk Ambassador.
In London Called
For C consultations !
I
German Generals
Goinjj to Kn^land
Madrid. Mf.v lr>—(Al'l—The
ofil'cial Sparish :;nv; accnry
said in a dispatch from Aljte
ciras today that eight (iprmaii j
and two Itali.ni generals, includ
ing Colonoi General Von Arnim.
who commanded the defeated
Axis armies in Tunisia, arrive:!
at Gibraltar last night en route
to Great Britain as prisoners.
Sharp German
Attack Made
At Leningrad
Moscow. May l.'i -(AP>—A sharp
now German attack on l.eningrnd.
in an assault preceded i>y .1 heavy
iiilillery bin li'Rc. . .11 ■ 'id today
J».v lied Star, otfic.a! ...'my news
paper. in dij-patclir- :i> :r, tiic front.
Following tlio J:<■ ' .'Re. G01
man infantry ;id.< i toward the
city in what the d patch described
ajf "chains" ol men
Russians trm>| - tile iitt.ic'i
with heavy fire tint resulted in
heavy lns-es. !>• ' !' e Geni'sans weiv
continuing t - " k . the newspaper
said.
The German.- m.ide seve:; addi
tional attacks ;. single day. at
tempting to i: n line i'i
the I.e- ingr. I Kt'd S:,r - 1 i
and breakn. ' to fortit <■
linns at one ; T! e Kll>s'.'in
ruahed reinfi rc« cnts to the ea.
Iiowevcr. :'ne in w.»paper .-aid and
"the e t• 11'> .• x> . • exterminat
ed."
It was too |.,ni\ to say whether
this was '.' ... of anything
import.>:; n . > if tt Germnn
offe; s" e. '1 iii .iterl consider
able (So. .in |' 1 >een massed
along tiic Imn. .1 I ' .in". ..nd that
the invading ;.rm\ .'.as able to strike
hard.
In the K ban. the lied Army eon
tinned its nten-ixc artillery bom
bardment Get nan-held Novoros
sisk. hut the 1 • I iiTt other act 011
In other 'attic .ik .1- of tiic Kub'Mi
delta, fightivg slackened nomewhnt.
although there Vis e ;aidiii.' :•)
siilt mar*he< ncpr hte Sen or Axpv.
The furious air hatlle was eon
tinning "!• iind dov.n the f: >nt with
the Hi: sian. bonihi g. shelling md
machine-gunning railway lines, sta
tions awl Jut ction* behind the Ger
man line*. Night after nigh!. S >\ ict
airmen htive been pounding junc
tion*. b it tr.ii - moving 111» Ivemen
dous f|u«inlitie« ol supplies for tho
Gern m soldie . continued to arrive.
HIGH-UP BRITISHER
SEES EARLY PEACE
t.oiidou. Miiv la.—(AP) —
B,i ron Kcycs. .1dmir.1l of I he
fieri and founder of tho com
mandos. declared today: "I have
a feeling the war in Kurcipe will
br over boon."
Axis Frantically
Rally (or Invasion
Blow; Turkey May
May Join Allies
I.onilun. May l.">—<A!')—As
<•••1 tiiaii> watched Turkey lor a
turn ill' events that might bring
her newly-ecinipped army into
tile war. the Turkish ambassador
ti> l.oudon. Itauf Orbay, was dis
closed today to have gone to An
kara lor consultations.
The departure of the ambassador
ciMiic ..mid frantic efforts of the Ger
man-; and Italians to rally their re
sources against an invasion in Bal
kan territory adjoining Turkey'#
sphere of influence.
Il tollowed a notable increase in |
Hritish-Turkey military collabora-!
tion. ilie Turki.-h ambassador was
stated aiithuritntiveiy to have gone i
home for "test ""d renew con
tacts-.
Acn><< Turkey's western border in
Bulgaria. seven more "communists"
weif reported by the Paris radio to !
haw been arresters in the long police
••a'v.p.iign to cpiell political opposi
I'oil to the Axis war.
Ktnniinian railways were reported
by l is-, to have been turned over
!•> German authoritaties.
A number «>t Italian garrisons in
Yugoslavia were reported in a sup
pl< men to the 15-issiau communique
to have rioled in protest against the
failure of < nicer* to send sick and
v.ounde i imai home.
MORE U. S. TROOPS
SAFE IN ENGLAND
l.oudon. May l.*».— (AI')—An
etlit r convoy oi I niled Slates
troops re.iehed a British port re
ccntb without lo*>. it was ilis
closed today.
ini \ Kits it v i \sitin;
I.IKl'TI'.N.WT IX NAVY
■•I Hill. May 15 —Marvin E.
W i. former University cushier,
been eoini-issioned a lieutenant
i tiie Navy, and is now at Columbia
niversity for indoctrination. Mrs.
\V oriai-d and then two daughter.-.
\nn and \'a: ev. are remaining here
lor tlie present.
Plans Laid
Carefully
By Leaders
Tide of Battle in
Aleutians "Going
Satisfactorily"; to
Open in Pacific Soon
Washington, May 15—(AT)
—American soldiers and sail
ors, fighting since Tuesday for
possession of tin- Aleutian is
land of Attn, stood tint today
as the possible vanguard of ii
mighty force the country ex
pects eventually to sweep on tc
Tokyo.
Tile lack of fresh news from Attn
which lies at the- western end ol
the long string of island- pointinq
across the north Pacitic to the Jap
anese homeland caused no apparent
worry in the capilol. where hope:
for success were buoyed bv tiirsi
factors:
1.. A l)i-Iii-f ttiat the high
command would not have or
dered the operations without
making arrangements fairly sure
of winning through.
2. The statement by Sccre
tary of the Navy Knox late yes
terday that "it is going very
satisfactorily."
3. Japanese dispatches, speak
ing of "crack" American forces
landing in numbers superior to
the defenders, a possible face
saving in advance idea.
4. The American command
knows how many Japanese are
ou Attu, Knox said, while de
declining to give the figure.
Asked whether the operation i.
part of a general plan of a Unitot
States offensive in the Pacific, hi
told a press conference today tha
"when you seize enemy territory i
certainly can he called offensive.'
Bui would not talk about possibU
other offensives.
Knox commented that the nmun
tainous. cold, treeless i>land is "tougl
terrain" for fighting, its difficultic.
comparable to those of the jungle:
of Guadalcanal island in the Soutl
Pacific, where it took seven month:
to expel the Japanese.
And the belief that sulisequrnt
stabs soon may strike at south
western. southern and central
Pacific strongholds ol the ene
my's ocean empire seemed at
least partially borne out by:
1. Recent conferences betweei
General Douglas MacArthur. com
mander in Australia rind the south
western Pacific area, and Admira
William F. Ilalsey. Jr.. commande:
in the southern Pacific.
-• Empha.-is on the Pacific silua
t ion by choice of hjgli - officials sit
ting in on 1 he conferences here ol
President Roosevelt and Prime Min
ister Churchill.
3. Expressed opinion of qualifier
authorities that no maior Pacilit
move would have been started un
less Joint nrniy-iiavy-nii* power was
set t" continue the offensive series
all along the line.
High\va\ Traffic
Is I <e\ cllinj* Off
()\ or the State
Raleigh, M y 15.—(AP)_An ap
parent lc. cling oil in the decrease o|
traffic mi rural highways was not
ed today i>> the highway and pub
lic w orks commission.
James 1 lurch. engineer of statistics
and planning, said the decrease in
April was 4.T percent, as compared
with April. I1MI. exactly the same
dmp which w i- recorded in March
He .-aid Apiil iraflic was higher in
volume than March, but attributed il
to normal increase 111 farming op
erations.
Italians Told Plainly
Navy Cannot Save Them
1 >lav 15.—(API—The
nnc.is* Italians have born told
t>lII1111\ by one «f (heir leaders
thai (lie Kalian navv cannot pre
\ nil an invasion of" their land.
'Mir admission was reported
In (lie Koine radio in a broad
cast recorded b> the Itritisli mill- !
isirv of inrormation today.
The Home annoiineer said the i
secretaries of war. aviation and I
the navy s|>oke at a six-hour |
emerceney session of the Ital
ian Senate, where the naval sec
relar.v said flatly his ships could
not halt invaders.
The Italian broadcast atlempt
i <d to calm ii . hearer*, lio\U'\ei,
willi oilier assurances lliat
measures were lieing taken to
protccl the country acainst an
Invasion, and declared (he war
seerelarv lold Hie Senale lliat in
ease of a Mirrcmflll enemy land
ing—a possibility thai eannol lie
overlooked — special rationing
and supply plans already have
lieen worked out."
Meanwhile, a llcutcrs dispatch
said lliat the official Journal of
llie German Foreign Office
promised thai Hie German army
would fighl for every Inch of
Italy, apparently an attempt to
stiffen the morale of tlic Ital
ian;..