North Carolina Newspapers

r ■* ^onr memomm. uBf*** thirtieth year Ifett2r>rs0n Batltj Utspafrlj Rl.EASED WIKR SKKV1CK or Iinvnni".'-- -- — T11K ASSOCIATED 1'ltESH. HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY I'UUDISIIKO KVKKY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY Churchill Says Britain Will Be in on the Kill When Japs Are Ultimately Exterminated Premier In Big Speech Tc Congress Air Drive Crippling Germany; Singapore Loss Called Worst in British History Washington, May 1!'—(AP) —Sit'.iiiK his jaw firmly, I'rimo Minister Churchill pledged to day British participation in an eventual finish fight until Ja i ii war industries and cities an- laid in ashes. The P>ritish, Cuiiliill said, will be in there li^i'lin^ "side by side with you" while tin-re is breath in our bod ies and blood flows in our veins." Time Is I'ncertain \V :« n TMill linish light will conic, hi- >1 (I nut specify, but his ringing prophecy of utter destruction of the emmy >n the Pacific, sounded to a join' .-fusion of Congress, went out over the air waves to the world —enemy and Allied countries alike There was thunderous applause li'-m members of Congress and high otlici • !- of this and the British gov ci-n. n!s as the black-suited prime M a Ifi" .-pi cad his feet apart, stuck In hands in his pockets in a char laten .iic gesture, and nii.de his dec-I bvation. Then, hp disclosed a moment I,id r. Iir and President Roosevelt ! hope lor a meeting soon with | I'tcmicr Stalin of Russia and i General Chiang Kai-shek of I ( hina. ( hurc-hill declared also that 111Haiti's air offensive is forcing 1 Germany to withdraw "more and more" planes from the fichting fronts to "purely defensive" op- | rralions at the expense of loss j of aggression and initiative. T! i.. he said, will prove a "ma i • ictnr in bringing victory." Sees Japan in Ashes A. for Japan's cities and war in d:;-t: ies. Churchill flatly declared: "Ii. ashes they must surely die! be!'>r epeace oemes to the world." C-Rnat Will He Curbed 'While I regard I he U-boat dan Ee; ... 111 the greatest we fare. I ha- « fitiliderep it will he met. eon t.iinc 1 and overcome." he said. AH'iding lo the aerial olfcnsive i' T4 carried out against (Jcrmany. fit mchill said the British "have been ' • tlv aided" by American day bomb ings Th<- inr-rc.ning r.uniber of Ameri c.in an<l Briti-h planes is being tell. > Ik M'l. adding: " fliere is no doubt the Allies vast ly ••hi- iin<I»er the ai- forces of (he Iv-til,. forces of Germany. Italy and Japan." Germany Weakening Britain's air offensive, he eontin (Coiitinued on Page Three) eastern housemen TO MEET ON JUNE 11 "VVilMay III. (AP) The Kast *'•1 ( uoliiia Tobacco Warehouse "" " - A -social ion will hold its ar. tiua! meeting here .June II. A. W. H'-'inng. pre ident announced. Unit97 Percent Of Pearl Harbor's Wounded Survive Washington, May 1!).—(API — M»rr (han 97 percent of the navy mm anil marines wounded at I'rarl llarlior have surviyrd. •in- <)tficr of War Information reported today. "The wounded don't die," was Ihe Uieme of an exhaustive OWI report on the treatment of I'nlt «•«' Slates army and navy easuai lirs. Its findings were summed un in these words: "Never before in the history «»f the world has the fightinc man had available «he medieal rare and equipment the United States now furnishes Its defend ers." "I all the navy and marine i>"rMinnel listed as wounded at l'<',irl llarbnr. only 2.B died sub M-twently. OWI said. 53 pcrcent I'ad returned to duty by March Ittts. while 43.5 pcrccnl were •>'111 under treatment, and fl.l" "f one percent were invalided 'r»m service. figures for Armv wounded were not available, but OWI Mid obtainable data showed that "rceovwle* are comparable to nav»t and marine percentage*." GEN* VON ARN1M IN PRISON CAMP :ORMER COMMANDER of Nazi forces in Tunisia, Col. Gen. Jurgen von At nim (foreground) enters barbed wire enclosure of a war prison vimp outside London. He was ('.own to England in an IJ.\F transport plane. British ofliccrs walk behind him. (International Hadiophoto) Food Conference Starts Its Task In Confidence Roosevelt Message Strikes Keynote; Magnitude of Problem Fully Recognized Hot S|»ni;r.». V.i.. M,i\ |!» - fAI') —Tin- I'liih-ii N;i! ion-, food conference. called |u ex plore pathways lo a world fre • from want, -ctlled down |o if ■% task today in .'in atmosphere of mingled far-reachiiitf hope and cautions r. ali.-in. Tli|> krvimlc of faith in ulli- ' mate achievement <>l world free cloin from want u.is founded in a message I mm President liuosc vell read lo I lie ciiiifirsnir's formal upemnc m'^Iiiii last night. \*lRoronsly affirming lliat llie world ours every man liis daily bread. "Society must meet in_ full." * Ihr President said, "its oiiTiualion | fo make available lo all it*. mem- | Iters at leasl I lie minimum adr- | quale niilrifioii." This en' I'icle: I note was echoed in | Ihr opening adrtrc.-- <•! .Indue M ir \ in .lone-, elected permanent chair man hy the l.» assembled tii legations. j Jones appealed for gloluil emnoniic i and political c •lluboialien t<> make j Ihr next Inn year.- Ihr • people'.- cen tury." The note of cautious realism was sounded in the address of Chairman I*. W. Kuo. of Ihr Chinese rteleealioii. speaking for the foreicn delegates. Ki" -tressed the magnitude of tie' problems confronting the conference I and -ngge-tcd tlecr tangible rest ills which could rcasonalby he expected from its deliberation: I. An exchange of views find in- 1 formation between the various dele Cations regarding actual conditions; in (heir respective countries, to pro-, iri"tc better understanding, and help' (Contnr.ied on -fagc Three) ! Nazis I>an New s On W liter Danube Slisrkliolm. >weilill. Ala\ 1:1.— < \l'»—f.rim.in iillnials pla mpeil .111 airtight eeiisi)rslti|» today on details nl tile wides|irtMll damage .mil numerous rasii.ilties paused Iiv flood waters imiiiiiiu from (In* mine sheltered Moline .mil i.iler reservoirs. Aekm.u li-ilsim; ili.il uidrspread ilrslill'-lion was eaitsiil In Un spectacular K\l' perform met*. a (irrniaii spokesman an Herlin prn 1111111< <1 lorrcspninleuls from us ini^ any specific Henri's as In losses .iI iiiiwrr plants. Thousands Of Homeless In Great Floods lili Tlie .Vsociateil Press.) Thousand* til lamilies have left their liiiims in st-aMrred sec tions or several miihvest anil Kiiulliwcwt stales as surcint; waters frinn rivers anil streams iilUliilaleil seetiinis of some rities anil flnnili <1 (arm anil river bot tom la nils. At !r;i i i-ii |iei- mi., wen* ilpjirl. Imir ilmwiird in Iniiima. unrl three fli'iilli- were ir|i'nte'fl in Mi •nliri. D.iiimki' I" i*'i•!' 'Hil properly wns liea\y ;• the iloml- sltitek IliVimtui. Missouri. Illinois. Ark.'insiis jifid [ iklahniiiii. In IftdiMiiii. whrrc ;il least ime lliird <■! tin Sl.it was unpprd Iiv the ivnrsl llii'nl hi ihii*lv years. Mime Itl. inn net ~<iiis were homeless. Mnin (Cor.t;n.;ed jn Page Three) Convictions I Of Rape Are ! Both Upheld Robeson M.en Lose Appeals in Supreme Court; 18 Decirions Handed Down at Noon UaliMKli. l'.i— (AI *) —| The State Supreme Court today upheld tin- conviction of Harvey [ limit and Pun-ell Smith, Kobe -oi! county men, .sentenced to die j in the tras chamber on rape charges, and.took similar action in the ease of Carl and Paul Lippard. convicted in Mecklen burg county on charges of con spiracy to violate the liquor I laws. 1.1 1!! decisions, the court found in« e ror in the conviction of Damon Aust« ii ill Guillord county on sec mid ili'iirvc murder charges, and in llii' conviction of Glad.v., Minler Mc K i uiii >n and Henry Kendrick in Mi.ore county on .-ecoi.d degree mur der charges. Two Got New Trial A.-. Mi-i-iti' Justice M. V. linrnhill ■rdeii d a new trial in the case of J !'eii- Miller and A. 15. Miller, con victed in Iiobeson county in connec tion with the deaths in a gunfight • if (>. I). Grim-ley and W. G. Grims !ev. The jury's verdict was that Peli- Miller was guilty of murder in the second degree in the death of (>. I). Grimsley, ard innocent as li> Hi,, death of W. (!. Grimslcy. and A. 11. Miler was guilty of manslaugh ter in the death of \V. G. Grimsley :uirl innocent in the death of <). B. Grimsley. The shootings followed .•n argument over a drain ditch, and I lie defendants pleaded self-defense. ! The Hunt-Smith decision, handed down by Associate Justice Wallace Wi- home, related that the defendat kidnaped a taxi driver on October 27, 1!»»:!. and at pistol point forced Mrs. Kldora llinson Ka.-on and her .-islet. Mrs. Klherta llir.son C'apell. into the cab. The wom^ti. walking along the road, had refused to ac <nmp:.iiy Hie defendants until they were forced lo do so. H: | ell was | released and told lo leave. ai"i Mrs. J fapell escaped. Then both men al-1 legedly raped Mrs. Eason. < Mher opinions: Sl.-.te vs. Miller. ot al. Robeson,! new trial. St. te vs. Baxter, Iiobeson, no er-1 ror. Slate vs. Hunt and Smith. Hobe-1 • •ii. no error. State vs. Charlie llerndon. Hobe-1 •■ii. no c rror. Mi-Xcill vs. McNeill. Iiobeson. new -rial. idBI Heavy Attacks By | Germans Repulsed Bv Russian Forces London, May I!). (AIM Si if i Herman alt u i: northeast of N«»v« i I. "ii tile lilack Sim and ill tlir Li k Ii.hi I, .11 • i hi the Donets river were In ili'ii • >ll I " Kiisni.iii troop* during the niul'i with losses I" the enemy. 11 if S"\ irt midday communi- i <|iie said today. At Niivnn i I:, where (lie besieg ed (■••rin in li:iv«" iMt'ii try tut; foi . davs In drive lied troops from tlx* ' inner dclrn-e . more than IIIH N'.i/is j were killed mil ;t Mobile gun ;ni(l ( i tank wci c de-troved, s:nd the com- | niiini<|iii'. winch wiis recorded b.v Tin* Associated I'ress. Koiir Inijits c.irr.vinc Germans, and | attempting 1 cross the river in the lower Kiihan. were sunk, il said. | Two Union Heads Held In Extortion ; I New York. May 10.—(AP)—Dis trict AMorticv Frank S. Ilogan im nouncd toilav the indiclmenl of Jo seph s Kay. international vice presi dent o| the union of operating en gineers. AKL. and James Move, in ternational \ ice president of the hod carriers union. AKL. on charges "f extorting more than $.1H0,IIW front constructHin vndicatcs building the S3IMI.oiill.fMiH Delaware aqueduct pro ject. The tW" men. who surrendered to Ilogan ' 'us morning, were charg ed also Willi a conspiracy to extort $703.00" iron' linns operating in New York .Hid "i".i ial up-State connlies. The indictments alleged that Kay and IVve promised that no lahor i difIiculties would develop if they I were 'I tlie designated sums, and cltaiiic'l Hiev thiealened it they were not paid. I.iliorcis would not he sent on the joh- The extortion, it was charged, started in 1113(1. WliTHCR" FOR NORTH CAROLINA. | Little rhanKf In temperature. Japan's Losing Battle Now Near Climax on Attu Island With U. S. Troops Closing In TANKS MAKE PROGRESS ON ATTU SOf/.l INDICATION OF THE PROGRESS ot the battle on tiny Atlu Island in the Aleutians is coming from the .lap radio, which lias boon admit tiiit; that American reinforcement:; have been landing steadily on the Ja;>-hc!d base. Tokyo declares that the Americans struck in f«>rco Irani the North. East and South under the cover o£ naval gunfire and with the help of a strong air atu.ck. (International) Total Axis Losses Put At 324,000 In Africa j At Food Parley Two «>i the 1. .«••• .itlrndin;: I! ' I ronlrrrnrr .it Hut spin tiivln F i • •I Kni.kI■' prc.-adt til ill >n. .• i<- .-I «li-lrK.i». ■ I \..tl'lll, I I i iini sij*i ictllltllr hi- Dr. (m. - i ii ' it I-hi r\ p< * i I ■ .1 (i'lll/illc.:, . ri iii ilrirj-.ii RAF Presses Its Bombing Of Continent l.iiii(i<ni. May I!'- (AP)—The roar of a larjre lormatinn nl' plain - n-ii lite Knjrlish channel this jil'ti niiitiii -ii)Mialli-il the con tinuation "l the Allied aerial war 'Hi I'it' Na/.is in Ktiropf • I'ter a nijrht t>i Iijrlil activity l.y t lie It A I'. Tlir strong Mi-re >\vr|il over the fsltiiiK n s<•-1Jln-.ist«-! l>- direction toward IVii I 'jii". idmu high iii the )i;i/r. K|oo<| wiilcr* Ironi the rapidly «• 1111-i-. iiu M i iK- and l iii i reservoir in Germany readied in Sn flav night's ..p: i-'.ir-ilar arrial mining, cihi11iiii' (l to proid dr\ .islatioii and paralv;.:-. iii f.rriuany's llliar and Wrsri iMliistri.il nrr.-is. .i- tin- otlrn fsive entered it-- righlh (lay of round the-clock activity. Overnight target1- of long range (Contnucd on Tnsc Three) Estimated 30,000 Killed, 27,000 Badly Wounded and 267,000 Were Captured Allied Headquarters in North Africa, May 10—(AI*)—Total j (icrn.an and Italian losses in i the Tunisian campaign, from the -mashiiiK of the Mareth line to the overcoming of the last Axis resistance in North Af rica. were .".21.000 men. includ ing an estimated 80,000 killed, I 27.000 seriously wounded and 2(57.000 captured, it was an nounced officially today. Simultaneously with disclosure that nearly a third of a million en emy troops \ver(> put out of action j in the final stages of the North Af rican campaign came the announcc m<'iit of the heaviest raid yet on the Italian isiand of Pantclleria. only •t"> miles from Cap Hon in Tunisia, eairied out by United States air I lorees. j Flyilie Fortresses smashed at the same time at thr important Sicilian hasp of Trapania, blow inn up a ship in the harbor and roveriiiK docks anil the railway yards with Imnih bursts. Photographs taken inime/iatr ly after the assault by tne large force of War Hawks. l.iRhtninRS, Mitchells and Marauders, whieh driipped 100 tons of hninhs on I'a-telleria. showed hits on six merchant vessels in the harbor, numerous fires I'rom hits on the dork ami warehouse areas, ex- | tensive homli bits on the air- | dromes, five planes smashed oil I);i\ ies, Messenger Of Roose\elt Now In Son iet (Capital Mnseow. May l!».—(AIM—Jo seph K. I hi vies—one of the world's most intercstinc mail men at the moment—arrived in Moscow this morninc beariiiR a letter from President Koosevelt ( for Josef Stalin. The former I lilted States ambassador to the Soviet In ion. who is reported not to know the contents of the letter, planned to present it at an early dale to the Itussian pre mier. Chile Breaks Off Relationship With Hitler's Satellites Santiago. Chile. May lf> -(AP)—i Chile ha hioken diplomatic rela tions with Vichy Fiance. Itumanifi. Hungary and Itolgaria because ot "their collaboration with the war et |oi(. ot the totalitarian state*,' The ami •iineenient was made to day Foreign Minister Fernandez. ' who -ani that relations have become lociea^muly difficult with countries whii h. ha\ mg accepted occupation or control by Axis powerii, larked I lie liberty that is indispensable Inr the full exercise of their sovere ignty Chile severed relations January t with Germany, Italy and Japan. Face Saving Movement Is Now Feared Enemy Watched All Over Pacific; No Sign of Reinforcements; Japs Frightened (II i/ The Associutctl I'rrss) Japan's losing battle on Attu island was reported Hearing a climax today, with I'nited States troops tightening a trap on the main Japanese forces at Holtz bay. and American light ing men throughout the Pacific kepi vigil for a possible "face saving" thrust by the enemy elsewhere. Eight days after American seaborne contingents landed on Attu. opening an offensive to drive the Japanese out of the Aleutians, there was still no sign of Japanese reinforcements en route to support the beleag uered Attu garrison. Washington quarters declared, however, that the enemy might stilt attempt to get reinforcements into Kiska, 190 miles east of Attn, even at the risk of precipitating a naval battle with American warships in the nearby waters. Observers pointed out that Mir Japanese recklessly expended ships, troops and planes in vain attempts to hold Guadalcanal and the Papuan peninsula in New Guinea, and said that unless the enemy had learned his les son in those theatres he would prohahly try the same thing in thr Aleutians. In the southwest Pacific, Japanese alarm over the Allied threat to the big enemy base at Salamaua, New Guinea, was reflected by the heavy aerial assault poured on the little mountain town of Watt, Xr> miles be low Salamaua. which serves a.s the Allied forward base. In the la.-t four days. General M <c Arthur's headquarters announced tlv Japanese have sent 101! planes to attack Wail, including 25 bonib carrying Zeroes yesterday. In ad dition, (>4 Japanese plane-, have been sent against tile me t advareed Al lied position only five miles from Salamaua. Meanwhile. Genera! MacArtliur'» bnmhers raked seven Japanese bases in widespread sweeps over enemy territory yesterday. On the Iturina front, land fighting Mas marked by small skirmishes in which Itritisli troops killed "*.■! Japanese, while in the skies l!M'' hottthrrs and fighters hammered enemy w.ilrr transport along the Bay of Ben gal coast, and pounded other targets inland. The scale el KAK operations in dicated that the British were striv ing to prevent the J ipanr. <• from moving up troops and .-upplie.. lor an invasion • •! l-.dia brlore the ar rival of the monsoon rain> U. S. Forces In Attu Now Are United (/>'// The .1 <sncitilill I'l'rxti) American troops. driving to ward a swill capture of A((u island, have pinched off Japa nese forces in the east end of (he island, the Navy announced today, and have thrown the en emy hack against the harbor l'or a last-ditch stand. A Navy bulletin said United States columns striking south from Molt/, bay and north from Massacre harbor had met. thus closing the trap on apparently the main enemy forces on the .".5-mile long island. The communique said the Jap anese fled toward ( nicagof on the northeast coast, leaving only snipers behind. Meanwhile. American fight ing men throughout the Pacific kept vigil for a possible "face saving thrust" by the .Japanese elsewhere.