P Hgttftgrsoit Uathi iBisnafrh HI
iihtieth year rr V ifH*
Henderson, n. c„ Monday afternoon, may ,7 ^ —
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Congress To
Battle For
Own Powers
Two Government
Agencies Dispute Its
Authority; Pay-Go
Tax Measure
Is Included
\\a-liinjrlon, May i7—(AP)
_\Vli.-it may shape ii|> as the
bii-i' week 1 lie* House lias had
yiiuv IVarl Harbor, gets under
way today with a fight between
and two government
.•ijrtia-ies.
Hoti.-e leaders, building their
pro/rjsin around Wednesday's
scheduled address by Prime
Jlini.ti r Churchill, hoped to ob
tain ad ion on a $.'10 billion ap
propriation for the Navy, a $72
tnilli' n supply bill for the Inter
ior Department, a pay-as-you-go
tax measure and a final contro- \
vi r-i:d labor measure.
Tlir appropriations committee
luil pending before the House
.in amendment to prevent use of
miv funds in tlic bill, or in any I
othrr appropriations measure,
for payment of the salaries or
e\|iei;srs of William E. Dudd.
.Ir.. and I>r. Goodwin It. Wat
son. ICC employees, and Robert
M<-ses l.ovett. Interior Depart
ment official serving as govern
ni< ul secretary of the Virgin Is
l:i r.ils.
Ah impropriations sub-committee!
hid rcoinmenried on April 21 that |
W.it.-1 n and Dodd be dismissed :is l
"nni:i for llic present to cc»ntmtiir
in government employment." Ar.d
the - iine committee last Friday made
a similar recommendation in Lov
cl!'s ea-e.
!>» i us 1 ul the FCC to dismiss Wat
son . nd Dodd. and nnnouncement by
Inlen ir Secretary Ickes today that 1
he viiild retain Lovett "so long as i
I h ive legal power to do so." brought
the issue to a head today.
Appropriations committee
ini'iiihers said they would de
mand a roll call vote on the
mine to cut off the trio's pay
anil termed the controversy a
field to determine whether Con
Cress or Federal agencies were j
running the government.
Disposition of the matter today
wruld give right of way for action I
1".mnrr.>iv on the Navy appropriu- I
tions bill.
Somewhere in the program will
I Vc sandwiched the pay-as-you-go tax '
I bill by the Senate Friday.
House Democrats
Plan New Fight on
Skip-a-Year Plan
Washington, .May 17—(API— !
Speaker llayliuru. Texas Memo
rial. said today Democratic lead
ers will make a third and final
lialllc against llir modified Kuml
plan when the House voles to
morrow on whether tn aeeept a
Sevate year embracing the skip
a-ycar proposal.
I'arly leaders held a meeting
«ilh Kavhurn. while House Re
IMihlieans e I a i m e (I sufficient
strength to send the Senate ver
sion to the President's desk.
Republican Leader Martin of
Massachusetts said lie under
stood "at least six" House mem
lirrs previously opposed to the
"skip-a-.vear" measure are now
ready to support the modified
I!mill hill. This would he more
tli in eunuch to overcome the 20fi
?(!."> defeat suffered by the hill in
Hie House two weeks ago.
Uayhiirn said he did not know
"hat kind of compromise might
Ik- worked out if the Democrats
succeed !n their efforts.
WEATHER
fOR NORTH CAROLINA,
nr. ,""""1lct, warm this after
'" on and tonight.
- -^DELEGATION to food conference
■——k
/ > , 1 ,
PICTURED IN WASHINGTON are the U. S. delegates to the International Food Conference which is sched
uled to open shortly at Hot Springs, Va. They are (I. to r., seated): Murray I). Lincoln, executive secre
tary Ohio Farm lJurcau Federation; Josephine Schuin; Judge Marvin Jones, chairman. Standing (1. to r.):
Paul II. Appleby; W. L. Clayton; and Thomas Parran, Surgeon General. (/ntcrnntional Soundiiholo)
WLB Says Lewis''
Stand Is Defying
U. S, Sovereignty
Kenansville Has
'Breezy Argument
On Its Election
Kenansvillc. May l«—(AIM—
The citizens of this enmity scat
town held their liirimial niiriici
pal election on May 11. but they
haven't fettled the nfficc-hold
inc business by a long shot. They
siller have tliseovcreil that:
J. R. Grady, who was eleeteil
mayor l»y a six-vote marjorit\.
is not rccislereil as a qualified
voter of the tow 11.
One member of tlic board of
aldermen. E. Tyndall. also
is not a locally qualified voter.
Not only that, hut they held
tlioir election a week late, ae
eordiiiK to regulations prescribed
by the Slate legislature for mu
nicipal lecctions.
Now they don't know who
.should bold office, the incuiii
brnls or tlie newly eiceted of
ficers.
21 Violent
Deaths List
Plane Crash
Chin I..tic. May 17. i AIM A iii -
vi'V lod;.v indicated lli.il ,il !<• i l ;'i
pci.nns flicil tiv \ iulciii'i' in North
C";iv<1111i t iIiii iiil; tin- v, eel.-end
KlUhlccii Hi llic '■ wi n- :i.|iI:imn
who died in (In- era li id ll - ir .i my
(roup cai rii r jil.ni'■ .imiii I . i ide
<•1 Gliigcrciikt* iimiiulaiii, near Mor
(l.'intnii. Saturday.
Aiillinrilii "I l-int lliiinini;. (la.,
till* pliine". home lia-e. wiilihclil
names llii \idiii'- |n iultii|; noti
licat lull hi Ihc next ul I.in
Mrs. 1. 1111; 1111 Kmalie Welch. 12.
vviin struct Iiv .hi automobile and I
tally injured a lie ei" cd .i down
town Mreel m (i-i Ionia.
The cight-ycar-old daughter of
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All Rubber Plants Will
Completed This Year
Washington, May 17—(AP)—1-v
«ry jiliint jn the synthetic rnhlw't'l
program wilt be completed by the
1"<I '"t this yt iir, Williiim M. Jetfers,
'•Hector, reported today, but now
t'ris cannot be expected for a loni{
tim.e
Jotters, in his third progress re
!•"'t. said essential drivers would
net 12.otto.noo new tires this ,vc;m
•"..ooo.onit synthetics and 7.0011.000
pre-iYiirl Hiirbor type.
Jeffers' report followed ;i warning
''.v Petroleum Administrator IcKc*
""'I Price Administrator 1'rcnti*
j;r"wn that "drastic steps" will be
taken unless cast const motorists cut
en\vn on their use of gasoline.
Ickcs declared military epei JttP'v1
require "uceans <«f nil." awl he s ii<l
Ihe east <»ast i using i'<m-i(ler.ibl.v
more cas'hne than lue ."iti.lMMI 1. 11—
rels a day iilliitlid l'»r civilian use.
.Infers implication that mill me
ratinnin# might lie pi -I'-uyeil throng')
I ft |4 was seen in hi assort ion (hat
.'fO.OOO.OiHi tiie i- "the probable ruin
imum replacement pr-'gram that the
country cmu net hv with in Mil l, oven
by keeping pic.-nct conservation mea
sures."
Hy 11)11. tii" count "y will hiive
gone two year.. with less tli;in o»"
(piiirte: "I the normal roplncome'ir
r.f tires, .iiifl with im new cars, he
said This aeon i \ilate«l rteficit indi
cates that new tires nui-t t>e provided
to keep Hie < •iintiy going.
Declarer Issue Now
Is Whether Mine
Head Is Above and
Beyond Law of
The Land
Washington, .May 17 —(AD
—The War Labor Jioanl .-aid
today that I"nit<•« 1 .Wine Work
ers President John !.. Lewis
has challenged the sovereignty
ol' the United States and Lhe is
sue now "is whether -Mr. Lewi.
I is above and beyond vlie laws
j which apply to all other citizens
of the United States."
The hoard issued the u::anim"lis
j statement alter a mcetm;; with sat:
coal operators. which Lewis an.I
j other officers of the LT. :\I. \V. had
j been asked t<> attend lo make nr
i raiiRemenls I• -i- resumption ol cuii
■ tract negotiations.
'I lie hoard statement, however.
| • if 1 n.>1111:.about lhe next step
to Ik* taken id the soit coal wa^;;
disp.ile t" head oil a Uneaten'd lie
I lii ui> at the eMii: ,i<j<i|i i ; the |i .
cat fifteen day truce tomorrow* ni '/i.
"Tin- issue," 'said tin* statement,
"now confrontim; tlir nation iti
tlie ilispule K whether .Mr. !.i
is above and hcyoml the l.ius
which apply to all oilier <-iIi/.<
ol tlir I' li it oil Stairs. "
'•The labor dispute in iliis ease,
like all i ther laour disjuite-. - . t i
ai the iurisd eliiin of Hie N ' "ii i
War l.ahor Hoard tinder e\ >
order !>•»!7. ol .lanuary 11!. 1!U2. fu
ller the national policy "i ei mic
stabilization established by t!i< nei
of ColiKlf'SS oi ()rtobe> L'. I!1*!! i*.d
the President's exccu.ive mil' : <>:
October '.i and its s:'| pli men! . i.
sued in accord.nice with the act ol I
("otinrc.v-. ii any wane adju-lu« t i
justifiable op the merit-, it n.u ' l< •
approved hy the National W.e I.. ■•■•r
Hoard, and it il is such .- *•> n i|n <•
ail increase in t!ic price o| |.. iduel
produced, then it could not lie p at
into effect until it i. al • ajipnue I
l.y the director ol economic t.ibili
zation."
"This law applies lo lln* coal
miners ami coal operators as well
as to every otiier citi/cn of the
fnited States.
"In demanding a w.^e increase
and nt the same t.n . • * i in:: to eel;
the approval of the National War j
delations Hoard. Mr. l-ewis i de
fying the lawfully established pro-1
ceduro.s of .the government of the
United States."
BRAZIL AIR FORCE
BLASTS SUBMARINE
Tlio de Janeiro. I'. ■/I. May 17 --
CAP)- The llraxiliiin . ir lorcc has
siiok a U-ho.it off Macio. it was an
nounced today.
Transmission oi i :e information
was authorized hv the iira/.iiian cen
sorship.
STREET WORKERS IN
CHARLOTTE STRIKE
Charlotte. May IV (AIM Work
ers in the cilv .-tree' division today
mined emplove- of lhe .notary de
partment in the live-day-old work
stoppage in what spokesman have
termed a protest against retention of
John Marhee as head of I Mo depart
ment. The- o nro around HO em
ployees in tiic street division.
| Su^ar Ration Not
■ io Be Varied Now
Washington. Ma.v 17.—(AIM—
The vKriTiit susar ration will rr
f.iain m.chanced in the next ra
li-Miiint p: riod heRinnincr June l,
llif Otl'ice r.f I'ricc Administration
today.
Sii»nr stamp No. 13 in Kation
l»r.:»k No. 1 will lieeomc valid
.lunt i. and \» ill lie uood for five
pr.umls of surrar through A^'cust
15. This maintains the current ra
tion ul live imiuiuIs of Miliar I'or a
period of two and one half
imintiis. Stamp No. 13 expires
.May 31.
I
Food Parley
Will Start
Or* Tomorrow
I'. ! Spriiv;. V.I. May 17.—(API :
—AinUI surroundings steeped in
• *• i •! ii "Mir In ilii' United N'.i
timis fund conference will strive be
unini:;'.; |..ninirow. to determine Imw
I<» -<|iiec/.e .. decent living lor two
I >■ 11 i> >zi people out of four billion
Siew* of productive Isuid.
l^i iletv.i i!i Hie lavishly nppnint
itl lioit-i Him I tomes tend hotel rep
• ■ niiit i of !; countries who will
IH'iid Ilii- next two weeks drsiftini^
I he lirsf loiifili outlines of si more!
i mi for table |m iwar world will have '
t':i i ■■ •: i ■ • i ill i very Isieility fori
tneir own comfort.
Nuv i'.-i'i i re|»irleri« a.-signcd to
it in * in i . i •uiereni-e on post
! :•!: will i-<- denied iieeess to.
ssiiy tlx oj ■ ■ ■ .im(I cloning ses- 1
inn.. and tl.i . every move sibout j
■lie i.«ii11'I \ I i•! under wsiteliful ,
rvr . of jirnil d H'oops.
1'lie mipie.-sinii was thut every el
ect v ill lie mm i ■ to shield the dele- |
U.i'i lion .! quit loners they do
not want • • • :ee.
Insi.-inueh .• the eonferenee will I
ili . ole it ell ivelv to postvvsir
line lion- it \ : consider the food I
nut eloihio:* i' il of the world sis ^
,i win If il' ' • • ielv the countries j
now (digued I the Axis.
\ :• i ii-i i H in. I i • \ pi ■ i't s estimate that'
iiIv about (I • percent of Ihe
Iot.11 laud .ii« the esitilt consists
i ( ulti\,it. 11 • Ii ■•il: in other word*,!
,.limit lour hilhon acres must l>e
mode lo -upplv the food sind eloth- I
mg needs ol sum' two billion human |
beings.
Hull Makes Pica
lor I rade Pacts
In Postw ar World:
\V.*«slim:t..ii. May 17—(AP)—See-j
relsiry II 1 icd rcncwnl <>f the
ad niirvili limn' ;»>ivpr to negotiate
I'ffi)>?-<i«-iiI trade |i;icls loriiiy with the
nscrtion that !!:•• time lifts iirrivcH
(<• "char". 11n* :cncral direction of our
po.-twiii r i-. ml in-Kin to make
dtcisiiitis on policies."
A!»iic ii itiii imfiir,. the Senate Fi
nance C• i ■ :t> e in liclialt of Hoiwe
ic.;!s! 't >< i : .i two-yenr extension
the ecmontg net. Mull ,
I t i "cleareiit extension"
r• | Hi authority wmld ho of "even
:<n .lit 1 -i" »■ tl -innificance" thiin
it. mi I'ittiil adoption.
*1*1 :»• <•(•! ' i.i a i*i slate said that the
"t*i'i'iii• i ' • ii' cw the executive au
t»ioity i •» iniko reciprocal trade
. u i < • wilh other countries pre
•antid Cniti'ii'-. wilh the first -i«nif
ifimt )• ' "! tlie country's hiisie sen
1 nient toward 'lie future." A vital
factor i t ic economic, political and
rr:irr cm -if (lit postwar ycaio '
is involved. lie said. |
Heavy Reinforcements
Sent to Attu by U. S.;
Use of Gas Is Denied
British Planes Destroy
Big German Power Dams
Plants on Ruhr and ,
Eder Riverr Blasted;
Flood Waters Cause
Heavy Casualties
London, May 17—(AP) —
British bombers attacked Ber
lin, the Uulii- and the Khiueland
valley last ni^ht, and burst two
of the largest dams in Germany,
flooding the valleys of the Ruhr
and Eder in htitfe waves.
Sir Archibald Sirclair, ail' minis
ter, said walls of the Mohnc and
Eder dams wero broken. One back
ed 134,OOO.OUO tons ol water, and tin
other 202.(M)0.<iii(i tons, he said. Thou*
destruction constitute a powerful
blow to industrial Germany, he
added.
The Germans themselves re
porlcd officially on the licrlin
radio that Hie flood tide look a
heavy toll ol casualties.
Sinclair'-, disclosure was made hi
a speech celebrating Norwegian -
dependence day.
"The operation was one of ex
traordinary difficulty and haz
ard." thp air ministry declared.
"Fight his Lancaster bomber,
were lost with their precious
crews, hut Wins Commander
Gibson, who commanded an air
craft engaged in the operation,
pressed home the attack against
strong defenses and regardless of
danger."
Sir Archibald called the "T? AK at-I
tr.ck on Germany last night "a tron- |
chant blow tor the victory of the J
Allies."
lie electrified the crowd by say
ing:
"I have got news—great news—
for you today. The bomber com- I
mand struck last night heavy blow.-;
of a new kind at the sources o! I
German war power."
The minister praised the bomber j
command staff and "those superbly j
daring and skillful crews who smote1
the Germans so heavily last night." '
Subsequently, an air ministry com
munique said the Mohne dam haci
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TWO AXIS VESSELS
SCUTTLED BY CREWS
London. M;i.v 17. —(AIM Two
Axis vessels attempting l<> brcal; 1 lit - 1
Alliorl blockade of the continent have j'j
been sfi tiled after interc pii '
liritish warship.-, ;m Admiralty cum- 1 I
■ .unique .said tonight. j |
I. S. Submarines
Sink Six Vessels
•Of the Japanese
Washington. May 17. (AIM - An - |
erican submarines raiding through
Pacific waters have uni; ix enemj
ships. including one de troyer, and '
damaged anothel Japanese vessel,
tin- Navy reported today.
A communique reporting the <:>
sti'iielion told al-<> oi a torpedo bom
ber attack on lour Japanese ciirRn
^hips oil IJuin. in the norlhern Solo- j
mons. One ol the cargo ships was ;
set afire.
This damage inflicted by Amcr- !
ic.'in submarines brought to tin- !
number of .lapamvc ships sunk, ami i
probably suni. or damaged by un- ' I
dersea action in the I'acilie since the «
war began. The ' • ta 1 announced by
the Niivv include- ll>2 enemy ships'
sent to the botlom. Ut> pt • 1 > a I > 1 y sum;
and -tG damaged.
Sure cf Victory
PRIME MINISTER Winston Church*
ia pictured in Washington as ha
broadcast to Great Britain on tkm
third anniversary of the Englisk
Home Guard. He described the
present time as "great days" and
said that he and President Itooss
velt were discussing and mapping
invasion plans. (Internatiotial)
Allied Planes
Bomb Base on
Tiber River
Allied Headquarters in North
M'rica. .May 17—(AI*)—Allied
Himbers roared over Home in
>rijrl»t moonlight last nijrht and
•lasted the Lido di ltorna sea
Mane base at the niou'.h of the
I iln-r river, 1"» miles southwest
>r the Italian capital, it was an
lotmced 'ioday.
Heavy IIAK bomber.*, which car
ied olii liie itl.ie.i. Oomiicd and ma
hine-gunited llip seaplane ba.se's bail
ors, mooring:- and plane.- at will
i ith ro 'ei lerence Hum enemy
if.lHers ami aliiv>-t n > anti-aircral't
pp<>siti<<:'..
"Hursts were Men among parked
ireraft." the communique said.
Tivi' halt:;.lis were set afire."
Nn limnlis were <1 ri>|ipe<l upon
(lie riernul C'it.v. but the raid
marked the closest approach of
Allied ofli-nsivc to its outskirts,
tieniial Dw:ght I). I'.isenliower's
■ •ado liters, meanwhile, offered a
•u new figure.- which pictured the
ninellsity o( the Allied push tint
up Tunisia in such shy I
rder.
ISccausc there was a shortage
of rolling stock. 70 lociunotives
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PRELUDE TO AIR ATTACKS
' AMERICAN FORCES nowTbaltling Japs on"A(tu~in the Aleutians arelre
ported to be in sight of an early victory. Possession of the island would
place U. S. planes within bombing range of the strong Japanese has#
{of I'aramushiro, about 750 miles away, and Tokyo, approximately 1,700
wiles c(T. It would make untenable .tan-h"'"'. K'V=.. '"wf "rational J
Land Forces
Backed By
Sea and Air
Jap Radio Blares
News of Attack,
Alleging Use of Gas;
Washington Other
wise Silent
(/>'»/ The Axsuci<tt<<l Press)
Seaborne American forces are
landing: a series of reinforce
ments in the seven-ilay-old bat
tle of Attn island, a Tokyo
broadcast, said today, and heavy
fighting now is in progress on
the northern coast of the key
Japanese outpost in tiie Aleu
tians.
The Tokyo radio said United
States troops, striking in a
three-pronged offensive, were
attacking under cover of aerial
and naval bombardment.
There was still no indication of
Japanese warships attempting to
challenge the Americans or to bring
up reinforcements.
While emphasizing "tremen
dous numerical odds" in favor
of the Americans, a Japanese
army spokesman asserted that ,
Japanese garrison troops had
made a number of damaging
counter attacks, and were hold
ing their positions.
The spokesman. Major Gener
al Yahagi. army prct.s chief,
was quoted by the Tokyo radio
as declaring that I'nited States
troops, atctmpting to land on the
east coast of the 35-milc-loni; is
land. were "completely annihi
lated."
The main attacking force, ho said,
effected a landing on the south coast
last Tuesday morning, and succeeded
in moving inland, but counter at
tacking Japanese -oldiers assertedly
drove them back tu the beach that
night.
A third United States contingent
the broadcast said, and a pitched
landed on the north coast in a syn
chronized attack Tuesday morning,
faille is developing there.
The spokesman also made a propa
ganda charge that the Americans
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HUGE TOLL OF AXIS
SHIPS OFF AFRICA.
Allied Headquarter^ in North Af
1 it'll. Mii.v 17.— {AI *)—Seventy-line
vessels were sunk. 103 probably
Mink, and 120 damaked by Norm
west African air force units from
November 8. 1!»»J. to May 13, 11)43,
it was announced today.
BANKERS TO HEAR
STATE PRESIDENT
Haki^li. May 17.—(AP)— II. P.
ii"ldinu. ol Si- ithtield, president,
headed .in arrav of speakers bdlcct
lor siddn >se- bctoic the North Caro
lina Hanker- A»ociati<m at its 47tn
annual convention here today.
W ild Rumors
Teli Peril '
Of Italians
No Invasion Defense
Expected; Report
Says King Is
To Abdicate
Borne. Switzerland. May 17—(AI'l
—Italy's grave position in an allied
controlled Mediterranean was being
hammered home t" her people today
as a part of Premier Mussolini's re
doubled efforts to tighten his de
fenses. reports reaching neutral Swit
zerland said today.
At the same time the situation con
front mg Mussolini gave rise to a
flood of rumors concerning the in
ternal situation in Italy, the most
sensational of which was a report by
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