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HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 18, 1943
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Nazis Strike on Kuban Front
Reds Claim
Assault Is
Driven Off
I I
I May Be Focal Point
I For German Summer
Offensive; Nazis
Lose 27 Planes
lckes Vies
With WLB
Over Strike
Claims To Have
Ancwer to Coal Mine
Snarl; WLB Refuses
To Be Bypassed
Wa. Iiinjrton. May 18—(Al*)
—'I In* suit coal walkout sched- i
tiled for midnight has I wen |
averted l>y renewal of the truce |
utilil I lie end of the month. |
•li.im L. Lewis, president of
tin* 1'itiled Mine Workers, an
swered an appeal of Fuel Co
ordinator Harold L. lckes l».v
ve«|Heslii)K the miners to con
tinue work under the existing
retroactive extension agreement
unlil midnight May SI.
P" tponement of the coal crisis for
?n thn lortnight brought sinus that
a t ii u rivalry lias sprung up over
who :.l>i■ l<t settle llic wane dispute.
Heportedly ready to negotiate be
tween the ITniled Mine Workers and
tti'' • •!>€•!;• t«>rs was Secretary lckes.
However, the War Labor Hoard,
which yesterday charged Lewis with
rli.illcnging thi! sovereignty of the
United Stains in wartime, and Hiving
.mi it comfort to the enemy, left
n>> <t »uht Hi it it still considered itself
Hie ■ ■ Iv "agency nf the government"
.•fitli'.i i/ed to handle tlie ease.
Ki'om highly placed sources came
ff|'"it.. lit,it lckes had prepared a
f"iit.ill,i which he believed would
be •c( c |i| il>l(. to hoth sides, and was
le.itlv to propose it. providing the
bo:inl wmiljl let him step in.
Smne members of the board were
reported ready to resign if Lewis,
win. h.u. ciwrged the Wl.l! with prej
udice, were permitted to bypass the
!>• ml through intervention of lckes
or .my one else.
Itul the miners made it clear that
tliev still stood behind Lewis and
tin ir demands for a S2 a day wage
'•H e. portal to portal pay. and other
Concessions in any new contract.
Peak
Washington. May 18—(AP)—
Senate Agriculture Committee \ote~i
K to 2 today to recommend ptissa.tc
'•I legislation l>y Senator Thomas.
Democrtn, Oklahoma, designed I"
l>rohibit the fixing of a ceil'ng p"ic<"
<»n raw cotton at less th.m-25 rents
«• pound.
Specifically the measure "oul.l
prevent the sale of any cotton ownc'
or held by the government at les>"
than 23'^ cents until its value reac'ics
25 rents.
Opposition to the measure wo
voiced by Senators Oillettc. Demo
crat, Iowa, and Willis, Republic in.
Indiana, on the ground that it is di
rected at only one commodity.
•' E. McDonald, commissions of
Agriculture for Texas, chief sp.'k"-'
'nan for the bill, asserted its pur
pose was to bring the price of ctto.i
up to 25 cents, which he said wo'ild
Rive the farmer "some return for
hi> labor," in the price structure.
WtAIHIR
for NORTH CAROLINA.
Utile rhanpr In temperature
■nis afternoon or tonight.
GovernorMayClose
Tobacco Markets If
FoodCropsDemandl
Looks Things Over
**• r : ~-''wv ' T'TTflil®!
THE DUKE OF WINDSOR, Governor
of the Hahntnns, holds sonic freshly
cut asparagus durinK a visit to a
migratory farm labor camp at
Swedesboro, N. J. Several hun
dred laborers from the Bahamas
work the farm. (1/ilcrnatioiial)
Reid Monfort,
AP Chief, Dies
In Charlotte
Charlotte. M;tv !!).—( AP)- Keid
Monfort. cliiol «>1 the C'liiirlottc bu
lcan nl The A-mu i.iIi-iI Pre.-s |ur al
most ti n vimis. died suddenly at his
home l eu- early today after a briel
! illness, lie was Hi .vears nld.
Me a|i|ieare<l in his usual health
as he attended to his duties yestci
dav. I>ut i'itnplained • fueling ill
i about II ''clock l.i-i night, some two
hours oei"ie lie died.
Alonlort. .1 native oi Greensboro,
(J a.. had heen with The Associated
' Press since I !»-'<>.
Sui\ viiuj him tire his widow.
Mrs. Vn eiie Montoit: his niothei,
i Mr.-. <' K Mi'iiimt. "f Greensboro;
a hiolhiT. Clarence. who is now vn
the engineer enrp> oi the Army; anct
a sister, als-i of Greensboro.
The bodv will be taken to Greens
boro fm burial. Funeral services will
lie held .it a Charlotte moittiary at
p. in. today.
BRITISH SUBS SINK
ITALIAN DESTROYER
Minion. May IK.—(AIM— llrit
lisli submarines torpedoed and
s.ink .in Italian destroyer an«l
ill least five supply ships dm -
inc a recent series of Vleditei -
ranran encounters. the Ad
nihility announced today.
Proposal at Raleigh 1
Meet Would Advance
All Belt Openings,
With Middle, Aug. 24
Raleijrh. May 18 — (AP) —
Governor Ib-oughton said today
that tin? production and market-(
inj? of the I H i:', tobacco crop
nnisl not interfere with the pro-'
duction of essential food crops,
and that it mijrht be necessary!
to close the auction markets un
less a suitable adjustment is
made to guarantee no interfer-j
ence.
The governor. speaking :it a ti'i-l
State meeting of tnbnccii growers. !
dealers and warehousemen. said that
it' a crisis arises at any time jitter
the tobacco auction season opens this
fall, ho will proclaim the month of
September a marketing holiday, and
close the warehouses.
"I am in favor of (he aurtinn
system lit selling tobacco, hut 1
am not in favor of letting it in
terfere with the harvesting of
fond crops thai arc so vitally
needed." the governor said. "We
must work out soni). system of
disposing of the tobacco crop that i
will not interfere with food pro- I
duction. If such a system is not
worked out. the Federal govern
I men! may deem it advisable to
> abolish the auction system of
selling."
' At a dosed session held earlier in
tin? diiy. T. J. Pearsall. of Itocky
Mount, chairman of the joint agri
culture committee of the 1943 legis
lature. proposed that:
F.arly Openings I'roposed
1. The tobacco markets in all i
belts open earlier, ar.d with this
schedule: Georgia, July -!•: I'order i
Melt. August 5: Kastern North C'aro- i
lina. August 17: Middle licit. August |
24: Old Hell. August HI.
2 The markets close later in the
season so that growers will not have
to rush to market with their crops. ]
3. Growers to be given a reason- .
able assurance that they will get a j
constant price during the long selling j
season.
4. Sales be slowed down.
5. Ail organized effort of the to
bacco industry lie made I" keep the 1
grower informed of what the indus-;
try is doing.
fi. If all these efforts fail, a con
ference should bp held leading to j
the declaration of a marketing holi
day. during the period devoted to
Moscow, May 18—(AP) —
The Kuban front flared into
action a^ain today when Ger
man troops stole through the
forested hills and sprang upon
Lhe Russians in a violent effort
to regain important positions
lost weeks ago.
Latest Russian reports said
lhat Germairinfantry, which at
tacked several limes, supported
by tanks, planes and artillery,
was thrown back each time with
heavy losses. The German
counter attacks are aimed at
driving the Russians back from
the inner positions of the Clack
Sea port of Novorossisk.
Friii.-, (lie figures mentioned in
dispatcher, it is obvious that the
Kuban activity is hardly the prelude
|u the expected German summer of
fensive. but it is the most vivid ae-1
lion mi the long Russian front in j
several days.
Sharp fighting also was in j
progress on the Donets river
front where ifcent tank and in
fantry engagements gave way to
hot artillery duels. The big Ger
man guns were firing almost non
stop in an effort to prevent the
Russians from consolidating new
ly-occupied positions on the west
hank of the river below Kharkov.
In air attacks, the Nazis lost
27 planes during a two-day raid
northeast of Kharkov, it was re
ported.
Military observers consider the at
tacks may indicate a possible point
where the Germans intend to loose
an «jItensive.
'Traffic in Ration
Coupons in State
Is Now Extensive
lialeigh. M.iv II!.- -< AP)— There is
a widespread illegal traffic in de
tached rationing coupons of all
kinds, the U.leigh district Office 01
Price Administration said today in
announcing that investigators arc
being assigned the job of appn
heiidmg both rllers and and buyers
nvmveo.
OPA said lhat merchants have re
ported numerous instances in which
their customer- have insisted on us
ing food ration and shoe coupons
thai had been removed from ration
books "because other stores let us
use them.'*
OPA said 'hat traffic in loose T
gasoline stamps "has gotten almost
out of hand."
District OIW director T. S. .John
son said the oiilv instance in which
detached -tamps could be used was
in mail order> of shoes or food.
the marketing of other crops.
A committee or sixteen men rep
resenting bi'th growers and lhe in
dustiv will meet later today to dis
cuss the pio|H'sal.
RAF Continuing Violent
Attacks Upon Continent
London, May 18—(AP)—Brit
ish bombers, returning again last
night In the air offensive on Eu
rope, attacked targets in south
ern Germany, fighters swept
noi^iern France and Belgium,
and coastal aircraft damaged
five ships in an enemy convoy,
it was announced officially to
day.
The coastal command planes at
tacked a convoy off the Dutch coast
which was initially attacked by
fighters yesterday. Two of the sup
ply ships, in a convoy of eight mer
c'Fiantmcn and three escort vessels,
were left sinking, and were seen to
be abandoned by their crews, it wa
stated.
Axis radios on tlie continent began
going from the air this morning, indi
cating that Allied air raiders were
continuing to blast European strong
holds by night. First to go silent
was that ;it Calais.
The targets in Germany were not
immediately named. The new at
tacks were a continuation of the
smashing Allied aerial offensive of
tile night before ill which two of
Germany's largest dams were breach
ed. and devastating l'louds loosed.
;iiid the daylight attack of United
States bombers yesterday against Lo
ricnt. Bordeaux and the U-boat base
of Keroman.
During the night, enemy plane;
again struck at London. At leait
ten persons were known to have
been killed.
An Allied headquarters communi
que announcing that Alghero, in Sar
dinia. was bombed again last night,
i (heated that the air offensive also
was being carried on relentlessly
against the south of Europe.
Jap Atrocities At Peak
In Hospital Ship Loss
Washington, May 18—(AP) Ja
pan's record of atrocities hit a new
peak today with the disclosure that
a Japanese submarine torpedoed and
sank a brilliantly lighted Au-tralian
hospital ship, with a loss of 2!)!) lives.
Attacked without warning at 4:10
a. m. last Friday, forty miles oil
Brisbane, the ship capsized and sank
in flames within three minutes.
Sixty-four of the person aboard
mostly Australian and Mrtish medi
cal staff men, were rescued. Only
one <>f twelve women nurses sur
vived. There were no Americans
on board.
Survivors said huge rod crosses
had been newly painted on Hie ve.s
[ sol. the S. S. C'entaur. and Austra
; lias Prime Minister John Curtin an
j nounecd that the Japanese had been
I notified on February 5 that the Cen
; tanr was to be used as a hospital
, ship.
■ Curtin denounced the "wanton de
i liberation" of the attack, and a simi
: lar expression of revulsion over the
J enemy .s "limitless savagery" came
from General Douglas MacArthur.
Attn Casualties Fewer
Than Had Been Expected
Washington. May 1!!—(AP)—Atn-t
eric.in troops, driving to lop oil the
hear! ol hectic-shaped Attn island. ■
have captnrcd a main ridge .iitd i
may already have joinerl forces in'
a two-way thrust across the e:.rt!
end ol the island. Secretary ot llic
Navy Knox disclosed today."
Knox said American columns
v Inch landed on the north mid sosth
side of the key Japanese-held or:t;»osl
were now very close together, i! they
had not actually joined.
Thp maneuver apparently pi lchc.i
•>tI the most important Japanese po
.si I ions, and perhaps left only the
task of mopping up isolated pockets.
Knox declared that despite bitter
.lap.'inesp resistance, "our casualties
arc much lighter than nad 'been ex
pected."
'I lie secretary's announccmcn'. in
cheaiiny that the end of the eight
d«i.v-old l>atlle was near, cam-j short
ly after the Navy reported that the
Americans had firmly estiMished
themselves on the island, but that
Japanese forces entrenched on i
.•apged ridge were putting up slilf
resistance.
RAF Presses
Assaults On
The Italians
Allied Headquarters in North
Afrira. Ma> IK.—(AIM—Carr.v
in)! <»< an unrelenting attack on
Italy's Meditc-raneau islam)*,
Allird air force Wellingtons, or
the 1%. A. I'.. bombed the air
field and port of Alghero on the
west coasl ot Sardinia last night.
Itoinh hursts were seen in the
town and port areas and one
large fire in I he center of tile
town appeared to he spreading
beyond control, pilots saiil.
The Wellingtons topped off
their raid l».v machine cunning
the tarcels from low altitudes.
In routine patrols, the only
other air activity reported by
today's communique, a single
fighter encountered two junk
ers transports yesterday oft
the coast of Sardinia, and slioi
down both of them. No Allird
aircraft wrre lost.
Millions Of Deferred
Men Are To Be Called
Washington. Ma.v 18—(AP) —
Plans In draft several millions
of men in classes deferred for
physical defects and others here
tofore deemed "neessar.v" to in
dustry may operate to delay the
Induction of fathers.
The War Manpower Commission
announced Inst night rii;if replace
ment schedules providing for the
gradual drafting of some 3.000,00!)
worker-; now employed in essential
industries had been filed i>y 5.i0f)
employing firms.
Earlier veslorday Selective Service
Director Lewis R llershey told
Senate commi^tcc that "a good many
men' now cla.-.»ed as 4-F because of,
I minor physical defects will bo rirali- I
cd.
I Paul V McMull. war manpower1
I commissioner .-aid liis earlier osti
I mates thiii induction would average
I I2.(i(in a flay throughout the year si>11 1
held good. despite a sharp decline
! from Rio rate that was reached dur
ing the winter Months.
do the domestic manpower front.
McN'utt a No said that the WMC
planned to permit some workers to
I charge .iohs for higher pay if their I
current wiiges are "grossly inade
quate" '• >e1ow the prevailing r.« 1 o~
in their ("mmunitiei.
Sharp Gains
For Cotton
New York, May IX -(At*)—Cot
ton future# "iH'ticil nucbanaerl lo lit
tern cents ;i bale higher. Moon v.il
lie.- were ten !<• (•(• cenls ;i bale lii^'i
cr. July 1!'.!• 4. October lit.01! .irvl
December 10.55.
May 10.23 l!U8
Previous Today'/
Close Open
.Tuly . .
October
December
March
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10.43 I!) 13
10.35 i!»:;c
Losses Are
Terrific In
Africa Area
London. May 18—(AP)—Dep
uty Prime Minister Clement Al
ice announced today in the House
of ( >>mmons that Axis casualties
in Africa and the Middle Kasl
were nearly triple the losses sus
tained by Britain since Italy en
tered the war on June 10, 1010.
British. Commonwealth and
Fmpirp forces have lost approxi
mately 220.000 men in killed,
wounded and missing, Atlee de
clared.
German casualties in Africa
and the Middle ICast. lie said, to
toal 227.000 and Italian casual
ties 100.000.
Atlee save the figures in intro- j
limine a resolution of pride and I
thankfulness for the Allied Tu
nisian victory.
Lxpect Decisions
Soon as to I)ri\e i
On the Japanese!
Washington. May |R—(AP>—
Washington quarters said a "heat i
Japan first" slogan voiced by I
Senator Chandler. Democrat.
Kentucky, might have been sug
gested during conferences with
Inilcd Stales military leaders,
pending the outcome of President
Roosevelt's council of war with
Prime Minister Churchill.
Chandler himself said a deci
sion might be forthcoming soon,
pointing to a powerful American
offensive against Japan, and de
! clared he was "eiuutiragcd" to |
make the appeal.
Chief Jap
Defense In
U. S. Hands
Machine Gun Nests
Irritate Americans;
Navy Describes Land
ing in Aleutians
Washington, May 18—(AI')
—American forces have cap
tured a ridge which apparently
is the main Japanese defense
position on Attn island, Secre
tary of the Navy Knox announc
ed today.
Washington, May 18—(AI1)
—"Stubborn enemy resistance
from numerous machine gun
nests" is meeting American
troops fighting the Japanese on
Attu island, the Navy announc
ed today, but oficials added that
the outlook is still good.
Issuing its first communique
containing any details on the
campaign to drive tlie enemy
from the western Aleutian is
lands. starting with Atlu. the
Navy also disclosed that the or
ignal lands were at two opposing
points at the eastern end of the
island, and that the American
forces apparently are attempting
to close the gap with their move
inland.
Thp Navy communique said:
"The military situation now per
mits the announcmcent of some of
the details of the landing of United
Stall's forces on Attu island on May
11.
'"The occupation began with scout
ing parties landing at Blind Cove,
Holt/ bay, located at the northeast
United States troops were effected
at two points: One in the llolt/ bay
cm end of Attu. Main landings of
area. and. two, at Massacre bay. lo
cated at the southeastern end of
Attn.
dor the rover of riiitril Stairs
naval surface forces. which bom
barded enemy installations in
both areas, and I'uitcri Slates
Arm.v planes, which attacked
enemy positions in the vicinity of
t'hicaRoff harbor..
"Both groups of t'nitcd States
troops advanced inland, cncoun
terinc stubborn enemy resistance
from numerous machine gun
nests. Japanese forces on the
island have entrenched them
selves along a rocky ridge.
"Jn spile u! unfavorable weather
condition.-. United States Army
planes have carried <>ui several
bombing and strafing attacks .since
the initial landings were nade. Our
troops had established the position.-;
on the island and operation.-. against
tile enemy are continuing."
The Navy's description of the oper
ation- disclosed that the lorces «id*
(Continued on Page Twj)
Army Bombers
Blast Japs On
Wake Island
Washington. May 18.—(AP) _
Army hca\ > i• j»11■ ». ranging more
than 1.(1(111 miles Irom their base, at
tacked Japanese installations on
Wake Island Saturday, the Navy iex
ported today.
The communique said:
"On May l."i, a force of Army
Liberator heavy bombers attacked
Japanese installations on Wake Is
land Had weather prev ented obsei -
v id inn oi results. United Stales
planes were engaged l<v 22 Japanese
zero fighters, of which two were def
initely destroyed and oik additional
was probably destroyed."
Recoveries In
Stock Market
New York. May 18—(AC)—Ktr>r!c
market favorites shifted to the re
covery column today.
Issues touching new highs for th
year included Colgate and Oul'out.
Ahead at intervals were U. S Si eel,
Sears Roebuck and United Aircraft!
Laggards included Oneml M<.> „s
Chrysler, International Harvester, '