thirtieth year
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IV TIIK ASSill'IATKI. I'llESH
HENDERSON, N. CM FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 21, 1943
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ANUintK 113 AXIS PLANES ARE DESTROYED
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Japanese Are Trying To Evacuate Attu Trap
Yamamcto
Is Killed In
So. Pacific
Jap Admiral Who
Liuanted He Would
He Would Dictate
Peace from White
House Is Dead
Washington, .May 21 (AIM—
Ilrrr is President Roosevelt's
riaiiiiv-nl. which he authorized
fm iliied <i not it ion on the re
purled death of Japanese Ad
mit ii Vaniamotii:
Josh!"
(/.'// The Awiciiitnl I'rrss)
An Axis controlled Vichy
l»n>atli;i t reported today ihat
Washington, May 21 — (AP) —
i hr Navy reported today that
operations on Attu Island in the
norlli Pacific are coiitiuui'ni;,
v. iili (lie latest reports indieat
iiif. thai the Japanese are making
a l.»t stand in defensive liicli
ground on Ihe island's northeasi
it ii extremity.
The enemy, as of last Wedncs
dav. held an area of about 15
in *0 square miles, with a line
opposite American advancing
furies ahout five miles loin;.
Tuday's cotniminiiiue. how
rvrr. rave no information on
what had occurred on Attu yes
teid.iv. and officers said frankly
II al all they could he surr of
for Hi'- present was that opera
tion-. are continuing.
T.'cy assumed that the Japa
nese proliahly had been driven
bark somewhat further in the
nic nil'iue. although I'ng and
odd might have slowed down
llu \uicrican movements.
"trapped Japanese forces have
beirun lo evacuate Attu" in the
tinned on I'ajje Three)
Power Dam
In Sicily
Is Bombed
I. ikI-ii. May 21— <AI»)—A !leti
'(■: i' i>.iI<-)i which quoted NiH
?• i today Allied aii raiders sroifJ
di: »•<•; I'M- ve.-lvi clay on a dam in |
!• 'It e.tein S;iicli*• i:i recalling the
pi I I 'I- i datns Sunday niRhl.
i!.\l :>tf- ii'hinu ill Germany's Molnic
Tin.' i*i eat Trisn flam, winch may
hrt.i- Iflcn an Allied tarttcl. is •••
i' V. ■ r tern Sardinia <m Hie lame.-t
8il rial lake in Etimin1. Rculei >
Pi.il ile <1 ihing il as ai>'»nt twice the
fvi ..f ||,t. (luartei nulv long Kder
tl«m.
I c hydro-elcclric plant al Tils •
flam u.i. said In provide inns'. »l
Pin d'ui.i' elect i n- pnwer. The lake
v as tl<-..eiiljeil al Ill's miles ton;!
und tinve miles wide, with a storage
tii|iiicjly -•( nearly 15,0110, Wm,0"« u
hi'- icei ol water.
1' way ntil brniiKht nut whether
'he dam attacked was actuary
t'lcailn-d. nor were there details of
«.v act ion.
* NATIONS FOOD COMMITTEE IN SESS!ON
I'AMEPLATES OF THEIR COUNTRIES designate the chairmen of the forty-five delegations attending iho lirst
meeting of the United Nations conference on food and agriculture at Hot Springs, Va. President Roose
velt, in a message to the 157 delegates, urged the removal of international trade harriers and other
obstructions preventing the better distribution of Xood product.!. (International Sou ulpholo)
OPA Heads Refuse To Cancel
A,B, C, Coupons In Emergency
Mine Office
In New York
Closed Up
Lewis Returning to
Washington Without
Explanation of Mean
ing of Move
New fork. May !i — i\l'» —
I'ltitril Aline Workers officials
iiiiliouiK'i'il today llial I 1I\V
■'resilient .luliii I.. I.rui> uimlil
ro lo Washington (luriiiK llir il.iy
anil lti.it hc.nliiiiartc rs of llie
union in \ch York \\ on lil lie
rloscil immediately.
There w.i no in11• •<.*(!i.iIt* expl hi ■
lion of 11 if n r.<-, nor w.i IIm'i ** i.y
indication ts.it I .«••.*. i ." 111f • to IV: .
inj'lnn ii,caul th.it lie mi:;li' li.iv"
•|jf|-<.(f| c,.r, |!| with 111 \V i
l>or r.natil. which lie lia iuti"r.--l
since tin- .1 1 •• «.ii rli:.|i«ilc v. . c
Imi'd Jo il ■ i'l il Wei l.:
WMW oili*Ml .ml Hi .1 I'MW V
I'l ;. iili-nl .l"li < i'l .c.n v was Icivin :
for I'll 11 »i 1 • ■ I'll 'li'l 110I elaborate.
Thomas Kiiincdy. I'.MW cfiei.iy
tl'ca hi it. 'II remain in New Yo- I;
(Continued >n 1'agc Three)
Meed Menace In Midwest
Is increasingly Serious
HSv The Assoeiated Press.)
dreading waters from the
""Mueim Mississippi and Mis
sinni livers brought added r«n
"iM In Illinois and Missouri to
ds* us oilier smaller streams in
'it midwest states rose relent
•'•sl.v .enuslnR further wide
••prrad destruetion in the llood
"■'rickrii zone.
A' the two bin rivers Joined tn
"."ttvr e;irlv today, mime I en miles
""i"r.vi' l <i[ the normal eonflliem't
"t llie two rivers near Alton. III..
miitioev nf person- driven ti"ir
"|,:r bonier by tlie* disastrous Ihiofts
elo.-e In 1.000 ii» estimated by
lle<| (>iKS offieials and oilier ob.i't
■>cr-.
Hundreds nf civilian reel tills, in
' "initu; |,mi, school buys iind girls
"iiic towns, labored throughout
iiiylii in towns regarded as hi
I immiri'-nl . mini:; ••iijjiuf'iTs
iiii'l "I«l • I tic ii ' Imlfl
Ij.K-k II:' . 11 'It; V. .Ill i .
Hcd iilliciiil rii luil rrlifi
In the liii'hi'n ';imI• i«• - ;nill ({ovcTIt
I men' eli«ilnoi .mil • fiMirr.s iiiilcil
| civilian in rv.'irli.'ilniK In•hick m
hundred , : ' »\vn imd cillcs atMl
| fill-Ills I I < l! fl Criv-- Iiffnc ;il Si.
i l.uiiis >iiul t h. i' in 111 ji»»ii>. .Missouri.
Ail..in 'H i Okliihoitm more Hi.hi
110.01111 VM M lininrN'.-s. while in in
I dinim nffti'iiil •hi'1 iinnMiri.il nbucr
\ ci . c«i 111 ill il I IT.lino u rn liii ci-fl (it
Hit Hip hi mi hv I ho 11 • •• n I. Tin
Mllinlir; ;■•!» hiiii'clf - in K.iii ii.<. the
-1x111 siulc iiiiiifi liv Ihf fluiifi. ww
Mill fillflll.lU'll.
Wlnlf llifillsiiiiil" "f .11 res nf fill hi
liinrN wen millifliilifl ill Ihc MX
.• i.iic nid diiniiiKc i" <T"|)> w;ih r -
(Conlinucd on P;igc Three)
State Guard Will
Get I. S. I niforms !
Washington, May :»l.—(Al'i
The North Carolina lliiinc Guard
is coins: to lie dressed up.
Senator !;<•> Molds, \nrlli Caro
lina Demon.it. aimniMicrd lie li.nl
i.hlailiril llirinmli Ihc i|ii.irli-rni.>J
Icr corps :S,ISIIO trousers. 7..:oo
caps for |lie guardsmen.
Tlic niali rial w as mamil.icl in - 1
I'd by Cranirrton .Mill,.
Northampton
Negro Dies
In Gas Cell
I
Raleigh. May 21. l.rwi !
M'miiI.v. 2li-year-i>lil Northampton
county NfRi'M. w,*i. i-r:»-i-i■ I• I m loe !
;;as rhaniln-i at Ccnli.il I'ii "it to
day Inr 111«• mniiler i-l .litlm .\111 in i" i
Key. another Monro. l i t autumn. |
Warden IC.111>11 Mcl.caii ..nl thai j
M'mjcIjt admitted the i : in 'i m iiis 1
i hgntiis i ill*-- In-Ill lui I tin • li.v I'm on
I Chaplain 1,'iU n nrr A Watt all iimn I
hclore M'mxIv was led nil" 11 n* >;a.- i
I I'liainucr.
I Till? Nf'lil'n was |cil inli. the chain
her ;ii 10:00 a. hi., ami v.a. i>i i•
not i need dead In li'ii 111i11u11
M<iiiily was ruii\ irli <1 ;• I tin* Au
gust, 1912. term <>1 Noi than■ |«>ii Nn
prrior Court of Key-' munlcr. Gov
cinor Broughtou said yesterday in i
(Continued on Page Three)
Mrs. J. B. Gardner,
Mother of Ava, Is
Dead at Raleigh
•)
Raleigh. Miiy 21. (At*) Mrs. .1.
15. CJardniT. a!l. i ihIIht nf Ava
Ciardner, "I the nmvii anil lornicr
wife i»f Mickev Rminey. dii'il in a 1
hospital hi'i'i' raily tmlay following
an illness • >1 lliri'e years.
Mrs. Gardner had inaile her hnn-.e i
here Willi a ilainjhter. Mi <. .1. A. I
Grimes. She was a native nl Sntllh
field and for a year prior In her ill
ness was inalrnli i>( the Ruck Ridj;"
! school near Wilson.
Survivors include Mrs. Grimes
Miss Ava Gardner anil three other
! daughters. Mrs. I). I,. Creech nl
, Sniithlicld Mi- IS. C. I'carce. or
Wilistiili-Sali'in. and Miss Itcatricc
(iardlier. ol llollvwooil. Ca|.; and one
(son. J. M. Gardner, nl I'orlsiiioulii,
; Va.
Funeral details were not amiiiiinc
| ed pending arrival ol the daughters |
' from Hollywood. i
No Curtailment or
Lliniinalion in Those
Brackets Planned,
Despite Resuests
Washiiiirlui!. May 21 —(A!')
Tin- .-.nice of I'rice Admiisis
I r;i> i<.m Ijji. re.jecled a proposal
from I In- Agriculture Depart
ment to cnnci I temporarily all
A, i'. ami (' ration coupons a'onjr
pari of I lie Atlantic sealmard io
meet the j'aMiline shortage
.•merjrency.
"As far as <>|\\ is concerned,
no cm i*t ;i i I nit-lit or elimination of
A, II or (' rations now is con
templated." an Ol'A spokesman
aid today when asked al»out lie
Agriculture I»« partment's plan.
lie untie:iifI lii.it Ol'A \v<<ul(l <le
|ii'iul '"ii I'm I nliueitl <>f T rations
it i'<l I iy taxi . at irks anil iillier emii
nii'i-ei.il M'liii'li inil nil the eas!«"'ii
pleasure ilre. in.: 111 t«» rulv out tin*
perlnil nl I'liTi ai'iiey.
The Afineiili i e I Ifjiai'tmcill's |» ' ■ -
|>i <>i• 11<*• I h.v a fiiml |)i 'iilii:'l:i>n
••i i is e.iii eil I>v i'ie •' loppace "I Ik.ii'
tHi's in Hie ii<>! ttir.-iKlrrn stales e|t
vi a::"il ii" i iii.ilment i>l allotments
tu tinners in '."ii highway luers nl
ftas'iline.
(»PA »ni•»< i 'li'i-tnient was I1.at
: nine I! .ii'I < i ilii'i'^ ai'c fully ii<
esseiili.il ■ i iieiruil anil :ndiis
Irial i.iti'in
Most Of American
Forces In Pacific
Area, FDR States
President Says War
Strategy Proposed by
Chiefs of Staffs
Come to Him and
Churchill
Washington. May 21 — (AT)
—President Roosevelt disclosed
today that tin* llritisli-American
chiefs of staff would submit
some preliminary recommenda
tions tonight to him and Prime
Minister ("hurchill. and he said
probably final discussions on
them would be made next week.
At the same time, the chief
executive lolil u press confer
ence, it is absolutely true that
a large majority of American
forces outside the United States
ire in the Pacific.
The British prime minister In I
men tinned tli.it in a speech to Cm;
Kress Wednesday, and thv Pros-dent
••aid it is partienlarly true «»f Hie
Army and Navy. About half ol cir
air force is in the Pacific. he as-'
set*: <1.
Mr. Uoosevolt also i-sticd a statl
nient hailing nati tlial maritime day
tomorrow. Paying trihutv to th-.*
men who sail and hnild the merrli nit
vessels, he told reporters that they
were helpiru to mair.tain a ring 'h it
is .slowly and surely being closed
around the Axis powers.
ress report on his conference
Asked if he could give a i»ri»K
witli the prime minister, the I'res
ident replied that so far most of
the work had heen dime ti.v the
eomliined chiefs of staff—the top
military, naval and air advisors
who flanked the two consultants.
Tentative recommendations aiv • x
pectcd to ho made at a met i t* to
-ighl. he said, and tlie.se will be con
sidered h.v the President and the
Prime Minister ovot the week end
I'licy will lake them up next v
he said, .aid tin- kmK: wi'l be ir>•:i* '
out i'nd a final decision mad? on
them.
Result of D;i\ ics
Meet With StJilin
Is Not Divulged
Moscmv, May 21 — I \l">—Spe
cial laivo.v Joseph I.. I).ivies con
ferred with I'rcmirr Stalin at the
Kemliu last night and delivered
President Roosevelt's secret mes
sage—a letter that some <|uarlets
thought might contain an invi
taiton to a person.il meeting with
other Allied leaders.
I>avies was presented to the
Kiissian political and military
chief h.v Admiral William U.
Stanley, the I niled States am
bassador. and u .is accompaiiied
to the meelinc h.v Soviet t'om
missar for l-'oieicn Affairs Moto
tov. with w hunt lie previously
had conferred at leiicth.
Tass. official Soviet news ig>-n
c.v. told of the merlins in a brief
.statement rarl> tndav. hut cave
no details ol -alia! had occurred.
Chrysler Tank Arsenals
Threatened By Strikes
Mrtroil. Mirll.. May 21— (AIM *
—I)ni|»lim'i's of a slxlh war plant
of < 'hrj slrr Corporation
in a I oiled Aiilonmhilc Work
ers (< IOi slrikr move Imlay as
regional War l.almr Hoard off I
rials entered a conference with
manncemeitl and union exeeu
The walkout of day shift work
tivrs.
ers i-i Hip linmbrr plant of flip
Chrysler-DeSnto division bronchi
flip minilirr of strikes and other
idle employees in thp corpora
tion's war fartorips ot nearly '!7.
5110. II was llptroil's most se
rious stoppane since I'parl liar
hor.
l.duin C WillP. rpcion.il WI.H
dirpplor. summoned Chrysler fop
executives and offipprs of the
slrikinc I AW C IO unfons to at
tend Hip cIospiI conference and
esplaiu why work eannot he re- I
snmeil immediately pending set- I
tlemrnt of rurrent disputes.
Detroit. Miili.. May "I—<APi
—W.ir effort ot ( lir.vslrr Corpo
ration u.is threatened lml;iy as
upwards of !0.n't0 members of
the I'WV CIO rrmainrd awav
from their jobs for a seeoiul (lav
in the most serious tvork stop
page in Detroit since Pearl
llarlior.
A cmp>nv pol;csmaii oxDrr^i"!
fear the strike • which clo.-ed three
plants yesterday :iti<l di.-smplcH pro
dtiction m a I" nth. misjlit spit-,1.1
t<i th(. Imuc Chrysler tank arson.il
The spokrsn an .-aid all 35.0011 C'hi v.>
let- worker* in the coniitiy in i:hi lie
allectcd in a few ilav-.
Wnrkcij at the thru* plants « ili:
ed "lit in protest •«•••; jvii.it l).\\V
C*l(» presdient I! .1 "niotn is 'I
serilied is a ' legitimate and sori' i -
Ui ie\ ances " Thomas said. Iiowov
the strikes were not uuthori/.oH. and
added lie believed the leaders ;t»--•
(Cor.tinned on Page Three)
Arrives for Talks
PRIME MINISTER of Canada, Will hm
MacKcnzic King is shown on hts
arrival in Washington for a confer- i
encc with President Roosevelt snd i
Prime Minister Churchill, lfe was
greeted at the station l>y Lcighton
McCarthy, Canadian Minister to
the United States. (international)
RAF Bombs j
Eeriin For
2nd Night
Other Fighters Strike
Llscwliere in France
and Germany; All
But One Return
I.Miidfin, May — (AP) —
Swift iin>M|iiit>> ImiiiiIkts of llic
KAK humIm-iI ISci*lin last nijrM '
I'm* IIm- .si-ciiiiil siHTi'.-sivr nijxlit j
and 11m■ l il t ii I inn* since May I•">,
i! was announced lodav.
S •• ni 1.in• •»• 11. Iy other lli lti li Ijom >
i : . nd lighters struck at enemy
ti hi t < and diinmuliicatiiiiis at
v. id« |iri .id places in li'itli France
and (tcniuny. including I'.icnieii and
Ksm'ii.
Mim- . i were l.iirl in eneny v.m
tei an air ministry cinnnttiiiifinc
.• ;:i<!
Ilespite the scope of (lie oiw'M
tions. all the I'M' planes except
one returned safcl> to their
liases.
'I lie ISerli'i radio ai knou luilu
ed tli.it I'ritivh planes It,id been
over (ieini.ins again. Iml cliarac
Icrislicallv made light of the
taiils. drserihitig llicni ;is "ilicf
fr< live nuisance attacks." The
daily enminiiniiiiie of llie tier
man liigli command, broadcast
from Itcrlin. made no tneiilion
of flic Idlest attack on Hie Na*i
ea filial.
Det.nl> "I the ItAK attacks "tl en
(.iiv !i ,fiS|wnis were given liv the nr
ini i tiy i e\\ s sen ice.
HllllltP
I Oil NOItTII ( XI'OI.IN \.
Showers ami tlinndcrshinvers
this afternoon and in east por
tion tonight.
Sardinia And
Italy Hit
in Big Raids
22 Axis Fliers Sliot
Out of Skies, 91 Shat
tered on Ground;
Score Is 5,261
Allied Headquarters id North
Africa. May 21 — (AT)— Amer
ican fighters ami Iminhers de
stroyed 11:> enemy planes in
widespread and devastating
raids yesterday against Italy
and Sardinia during wind was
officially called "one of ilr*
greatest victory days in ilie his
tory of the strategic air Torce.
The strategical air force, un
der commaml of I'. S. .Major
General .lames II. Doolitlle, i>
made np of I nited States heavy
and medium and 11. A. 1". mc
dinm bombers.
Aiicrati <>1 a half do/en typ< par
ticipated in the whirlwind a<tinn in
which !)1 Axis piano.-- wore .-battered
mi the ground and U2 Am. pilots
engaged 'n air combat wore sent
crashing in flames.
The Allied e«mmunii|tii' an
nounced that seven of the planes
shot down were Mersburg Sili's,
the huge Cierman transports
which are capable of carrying
120 men each, or about ten tolls
of freight.
The roll rail of enemy aerial
disaster thus was bronchi to IK(i
planes in two days. Allied air
eraft destroyed Axis planes
aloft or on the ground tin- day
before in similar heavy smashes
at Iatlian Mediterranean bases.
The RAF and the USAAK di -olo.ed
in a joint communique that they had
destroyed 5.172 Axis plane.- in ail
combat in the Moditeirai can ;.i " >
between the entrance <>l Italy int >
th«* war on June in. lilin, and the
elapse of Axis resistance in Tunis,.)
this month.
< if these, n.lla wvrc : ii"l fi'uvn
by the Middle Ka.-t command quad
rons, includini: Malla-ba.sod oiiit-s.
and 1 .T.'i" in the northwest Atiican
campaign.
Since the German and Italian
ground forces tossed in tlir
sponge, however. Allied airnv.-u
have brought down H!l inoiv
planes, swelling the North Afri
can total lo I.XIfi, and Ihe list
iu all the Mediterranean area to
52KI. This does not itielude hun
dreds of enemy planes blasted on
the ground.
One American plane was lost
in Ihe destruction of the I
enemy planes yesterday.
Twelve "f tin- l!."> thiec-o!v:!'«»'l
Italian bomber-. were <i .• • • i-»» >-i
the Mila.'i air drncic of Sardinia - it
(Conlineed on I'age Three)
Reds Again
Smash Drive
Of Germans
AIomou. Mat 21.-—(M'i—Tlif
movement ul <•cini.ni Mlf-pi,
pellrd Itarces arrns> (hi- Itlaik
Sea and attempt* ul .1 \.i/j in
fantry fiirrr hi I it: III Ms wa.v
III much llic liussian .ill.uli aiv
millIiimsI ul' Novorossisk havt*
Itrrn smashed In Sin irl arliliri ;t
anil piano. reports from the
front said today.
Tlir Soviet midnight imn
tniinjiiur said that ships ul tiir
Ked ileet sank rnrmy haices
rilled witli troops near tlic pint
of Anapa, and near Kereh.
There was ii«i intmi-diali iikIm m
Iioii wliclhor the boats wrrr ir
temptiiiK In liiinu ii.die 1 riiil'niri'
nietlls In the Axis Irinip- »m\v eons
pressed inl'i I-.111 di I i n ! m the
Tannin peninsula. in win tin 1 litis
marked tin* beuinnilie. i>l <111 Anis
.ilti'liipl ill all evacnat Mill.
'I III ( i« Tl I . Ill - .-III! I'll in.
ineilt'i.l ; 11m■ 1 * nlv 11 llv »1 1 < 111. il
was said. luil .im" unable in h{i|K* .<
.sidisliictiiiy defense ata.n I harp
surprise atlaeks nmiinlcd l»y Onlu
Russian senilis iind linciilliio.
Knlir German Inlmitiy reunneiits
attempted to Inii" 1 li«- Itcd linen
northea-l nl N'lvnrn -i>k allei l:iy—
■ iiK down a heavy I»:. 11 ;iu«*. mil wi re
met with v>>lli-v- nl Soviet u'liilitc.
tin- inidinulil war bulletin .iiil. .md
thrown Iwiel; with heavy In
In one sector. ii ltn>.-iaii mill wju
Iiil nil thf flank liv sii|ierinr enemy
forces. The right llnnk inaiiiiucd In
hold, luil on the left flank lln* (ier
niiins were reported tn Inive eon it;
on until the lied army men were
tightlliR thein off with fists, l/.iy
onets and pointblank pistol lire.