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THIRTIETH year Itettitersmt Bathj Htspaftlj [£ i.KA8BJ> J* IK ■_ BEKV ICR or - ———^__——— THE ASSOCIATED 1MIB8S* HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 22. 1943 I'UULISIIKD EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY ALLIED PLANES CONTINUE TO POUND ITALY r* w M If 1C X X Campaign On Attu Nears End | FLOOD HALTS OPERATION OF INDIANA RAIL YARDS V# » » HERE'S AN AIR VIEW of the inundated Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad yards at Peru, Indiana, after waters from the creeks and rivers of the vast Mississippi tributary system had flooded them. Six mid* western states have been hit by the backed up waters, driving at least 82,000 persons from their homes and causing property and crop damage that continues to mount hourly. (International Soundplioto) Soldiers, Civilians Stand Guard As Mississippi River Rages In Everrising Flood (I5.v The Assoriated Press.) An iiiny of .soldiers, engineers and (i-.ili'H defense volunteers slued Ruw.'l t .day along a 10(1 iniU> Iriipt ■ ■I in*' Mi-sis;tppt river choked hy waters from a score of trih utiirie-. rcadv to meet the imminent (i.iiiRci- from the ever-rising "lather "1 *'iitcrs". I: .in Alton. Illinois to southern C |r" (iiradean, Mo., some *1,250 !: i"p patrolled the river front, an I" * . i ( ijarded hv army engineer;, at .V I.'.hi.; as the immediate concch tr.*ti**n point in the six-state nnd v. i Hood /one. Floods Wreck Fort Smith Water Supply I 1 Smith. Ark.. May (Al') —Kiit Siniill authorities today or <lc:i-(l use >>i wilier limited ti> drink 1 U .f 'I conking, threatening arrest .iikI |.| i. vcutHm lor iiny violations. a tlic Milling Arkansas river snapped trmpMiary conduit* strung on ui iiiiiiy built pontoon bridge. The .nmy reported the 500 fool t>.'ii carrying 3 emergency watei iic, ln .kc louse :it one end as thi II'-ikI niiuiiit'.'d toward the reeorc ■II v iin.( crest established here las weel;. There were no casualties • soldiers patrolling the bririgt but smiie equipment was tost. The city of 40.(1(10 which normallj 7.(100.0(10 gallons or water dailj I'"' Msclf and nearby camp Chat lee li.nl u reserve of between It and ! 'mill'in k;i|Ions in storage. Mayoi Chester Holland said it would be a '••■is1, live days before new tvmporarj lines could be laid and "the reserve hand must be tniide to last." Tin city's regular conduit was broken bj '•1st week's rise. Ihcic was r.o fear of a food short •'Re. Transportation facilities bj '"■id and rail were available only ti »ie south. Stocks Show Little Trend »w York, May 22—<AP)—Th« st'ick market today was mainly • ' ' l> 1-"k-and-listcn affair and. whih s« ;iitf-rrrt steels, rails and spccialtii" I' 'do a little hradway, numcrou adt-iK Kut nowhere. I'living tendency was blamed part ly on the cloudy union labor out l""k in the coal and motor fields 'he slill unsettled tax situation an< 'he desire of many customers 1' •'Wait thv next phase of the Alliec 'iffen ive in the world conflict. L There were '>ilicr points of dn jjer in Hie immediate area. however, with the Illinois river on tlje rise iiloiiK it ~'l" mill* front and the Mis souri river roaring out ol its channel •is it lu-iired it> junc.ion with tiii Mississippi near Alton. While llootl conditions harassed thousands ol families in other parts of the flood area, in Indiana, Ai°k<ii: sas. Kansas and Oklahoma, Ihe im mediate concern wsis in the s'uithei i sections ol Illinois and Missouri. The homeless total in tin- entire area wa.i well above the 1 no.ootl mark and the (British Destroy 313 Enemy Ships In Mediterranean I j.nnilon. Miiy HI! (AIM— llntish naval and iiiiviil siir lorrcs .>:uik or .it lojisi :si:{ enemy vessels in the Mediterranean rlinmu the North Alriean eampaiKn from the hattle of l-:i Ali'in.ni! I.i t October to I lie* v ie'.oi y at Cap I . the admiralty said tod;iy. Tlic trial did not i'lehide subma riiii's firstroved •>! dainaijed or :!<• or •10 shi|>« sunk or 'lamatsed l>v mine<. Kirty-sis of Ifir total «w wjir ( ships. British submarine the most siiiii'ssfiil. iirroiintiiii* for i!2<! ol thi' total. Mussolini Has Pledged No Separate Peace Stockholm. Sweden. M.iy 22—(AP) - I'remiei Mussolini (old Adolf Hit ler :it their ((inference on April 12 that It ilv would make no separate pence hut proposed that Italy and Germany should make peacetoKCth er when a "dead point" had been reach ed in the war and no one could CMii'i'ier. it was reported here today. Muss'l iu .ilso -iiKed Hitler not to start any "adventurous offensives." according to informjitinn reaching neutral sources. A Swedish newspaper said Musso lin raised three other points in a four-point program: 1 Italy has 110 imperialistic am ' hitions and wants to cultivate the friendship of smaller fCuropcan coun ' tries. 2 Italy desire- to make peace s with the Catholic Church and lead the way in .i reconstruction era of rc'viioiis tolerance in Europe. 3. Italy wants Jewish pcrsecu . lion halted. I The Italian premier was further » said to have told Hitler that no morr I Italians would be sent to fight on the Russian front. damage to crops :ind property rearh 1 ed millions <il dollars. Tin- numbti of driitl was I I Jt in Indiaiiii: .'! in Missouri: 1! in Oklahoma, and 1 in Illinois. Thousands ni soldiers we're in the flood zone and weir aided >jy 25,00(1 civilian defense volunteers. The American Hed Cross in Wash ington announced properly damage in the flooded areas of the Missoiui arid Mississippi valleys and will ex tend linancial aid to families. (>i ticials have estimated about Ioo.iilii) persons were homeless in Jlliuois, Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas, Ok lahoma and Kansas. State's First War Plane Eehaves OK Daily Disputrii Bureau. Ill the Sir Waller Hotel. By I NISBHT. It'aicigh. Mil v Toil tlioii-anH or more Nh.IIi Carolinian*. including most ol the employees nl Kailrliitil Aircrall. ;• Ii«l iti<-i<it)inu (inventor liroughtnu mid other I»i•; .shuts in state allairs, waited patiently for more thim an hour Thursday to see the first war plane ever IttiiIt in North Carolina take to the air. The dclav was caused hy Test Pilot Hcnson making absolutely sure the ship would Ho what it is supposed to do in taking olf and staying up. The vicarious thrill of jov that went over ihe crowd when the newly christened "Alamance Regulator." made of plywood but looking like a gleaming silver fly ing fish, moved swiltly into the clouds was expressed in a lusty cheer. It was more than a new airplane making its first flight: it was more than the culmination of thirteen months work and d«\sirc "" part of the workers who had built the plane. It was notice to Hitler and Tnjo that North Carolina had added army gunner training planes to its other contributions of Liberty ships and shell loading and troop tiaining, thus giving more certain assurance of complete victory. This was not the I li st plane built in North Carolina. The Wright brothers constructed the IVst ever to fly nearly forty years ago at Kitty Hawk. Others have been built a Elizabeth City anH at Burlington aim perhaps other points in the Slate. The Alamance Regulator is the first war plane ever built in Hie state, and the first of any kind built in a Carolina plant that assures assembly line production. All over the large (Continued on Page Three) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Cooler cast and central por tions this afternoon and tonight. Attu Japs Split Into ! ThreeGrcupsj Attu Village Wiped Out by Planes; Mopping Up Now Underway; Tokyo Boasts Fight Just Begun Washington, .May 22—(AIM— .American I (trees on Attu island | i have splashed remaining Japa nese troops there into three croups, the Navy reported today, and (he final phase of the cam paign to restore the island to ] American control is now under way. The three enemy areas were listed iv a communique as C'lii car.of, at the northeastern tip of the silan:l. Chicago! valley which runs southwest from the harbor, and (lie northern shores of t.ake ; Nicholas which is southwest of the harbor. Attu village, presumably the j sister of the enemy's Chicagof harbor position, was wiped out by aim.v planes yesterday, the Navy reported, and a fuel depot and other installations were set afire. Today's report oil tiie Attn battle followed a declaration by the Sec ictiiry of the Navy late yesterday that the campaign was successful and ■ it had already entered the stage ot I it.oppirg lip. Kr.>m today's communique, how ever, it was obvious that the mop piinj up involves .some stifl righting I since (lie Japanese, although split into tint*e groups :ui(l pinned with their backs to th? sea. were in rough country and capable of putting up Mubborn local resistance. TOKYO BOASTS BATTLE FOR AT'IT ISLAM) .11"ST BEGUN < I;>• The Associated Press) Wasningtoii, Alay 2-—While Tokyo ui>;,;,it-ii in.ii a it-..I light "Irom now developing on Attn, latest icports indicated today that Ameri can troops were moving 111 against the last nest ot Japanese resistance with thv '.rapped enemy survivors lel't no choice except to surrender or die. :->< ci ( taiy ol the Navy Frank Knox declared that the 12-day old cam paign was .ucccssful and that it was only a question of time before Hie J.ipaui'.sC num.nils bottled up at the i.orthca.-t lip "t the islands were fi-| nally overwhelmed. Isno\ also . tated emphatically that American war-hips controlled the( sui rounding waters and that no sea-' onrnc escape was possible. Tokyo lorccast or a tightvr Jap anese delcusc was based on the as sertion ili.it tin- .Japanese garrison had "given up" its advanced posts hi order to shorten its lines. Willi Attn under the stars and .-tri|»i's, Washington quarters express ed belief that Japan would stiller a serious blow to her food supply through American control oT import ant fishing grounds in the North Pa cific. These quarters .-aid a campaign to ! close the grounds to the enemy | would probably be one of the first mows ol the American command as (Continued »n Page Three) FDR Policy Of Secrecy Riles Press Of Nation Hv ( IIAKI.KS P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington. M'l.V 22.— Details of PiTsirtcnl HooseveH's and Hrilish Prune Minister Winston Churchill's latest Wellington confabuhit ions na turally will l>c piofnundly conl ideti tiiil for quite awhile. Snmc broaoly general broadcasts have hern jinrt a-c jesill being emitted. but they lire Iim> cautious to lie very infer* •native. Particulars will have to wait for future history. The situation is all military se crecy today. It is quite undcrstand jable. Advising the enemy in advance of what i> coming for them would lie obviously poor strategy. The s.iine rule prevailed during World War No. 1, and it may liavt been as strictIv enforced then as now. At that time, however, it was not so conspicuously emphasized as it is today Officials who had inside facts t" leak simply (In) iin| leak their. Now. tlicv do leak. the pro; i> warned. i<» Mop them hushed up. <>i |nil)lic."li<»n "i Mh'iii will Ik- in-,-, sonahlc And llil* pi!--, h.i.- heen K"M<t iilinul koepni;; tin- hii.-hei on. I Wiis coiinoi '■ (I Willi lilt- liMecils* fnrciKii publicity (known as flic "Conipnl'." under (ionrj;o Croc I) and we disseminated ahout .ill we jsm— Kim id. Ini'1 and indiHciciit. I <un nor mi sun- 'hiii ii wii.« not ahout as 01 fi-c-livi- a* inn i ■ ii .oi>inp. winch we had in (luil era likcwi-c. VVc were In lievcd. anyway. II we hud .1 .-.lii-iil; of had luck uc admitted il. II the luck luincd the other Wiiv we touk credit fur that. too. and all the bystanders swallowed oui accounts coriespond IiikI.v umiueslionuiKly. Thev I mured that we were telling (Continued on F;<gc Three) Has Narrow Escape RAF Wiiw COMMANDER Arthur Jtiiv Donald- n shows what hap pened to his hclinct when an enemy shell ripped past. The shell came through the cockpit as he at tacked an enemy air lield. Knoeked unconscious, he recovered, and tlc-.v back to his base. (International) Idle Miners Returning To Work Decision Time Near In Long and Bitter Coal Controversy; Chrysler Workers Ordered to Jobs (By The Associated I'ress.) The number nf idle miners in the nation's coal fields dwindled today, with only about 3.800 workers Mill out of the war vita! fuel pits—but elsewhere the overall labor picture was clouded bv conflict mu develop ments. The back to work m«>v«- came n-- :• three-man I act lindinK p uiel <>l the War Labor Hoard issued a report in Washinuton on the --'ill coal eontro versy in which it left >pen the way for Kraftint* substantial pay conces sion.- to the miners. The lii|>nest stoppage in coal pru duetion was in Ohio when- 2.500 men were out at lour uum-. It api>e.'i'"fcd thai decision time finally w..s at hand m tilong and bitter eoal wane controversy. The full WI.I5 started a I'ciy "l the re port loday and hoped • v.iite a v er dict early next week. I'.aek to work treed also were un derway al strike all<T''-d var pro duction plant-- I', c "lit > lei Coi poratlou in the I >;-1. ■ »it area. Wai\ outs which mi: -n said wen uiMiutliori/ed i> ;t wlncli eom|Kiny o. ficials termed • ' d. lilt L'7,a00 war worker- idle tod.iy. Lender. ' ; I \11tomoLilc Workers (<'I«»• and tin- I'monai WLI! at 11 ' ''d a no army and ii;i\ v i< • • ! infill, then ordered the • to the jobs. I'i iiii ; < i the ill pu e is renew ed ■ working contrast that expired ' N"> i m-d.|'ni.in leaders iu.no' n th .t collective iia. gainim: ha "•■••nipletely britken dow n" tin a i-'iiite t'i"ii denied by company i»lt.■ ■ • • ■' 285 Enemy Planes Lost In Th ree Days; Allied Losses Light New Troop Chief NEWLY NAMED commander of the United States armored forces is Maj. Gen. Alvan C. Gillcm, Jr. (above) who, up to the present, had been acting chief. He succeeds Lieut. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, who replaced the late Lieut. Gen. An drew:; as commander of U. S. troops In Europe. (International; Communists Ask Sisters To Dissolve Resolution Declares Form, Methods, Regulations Obsolete; Hinder Workers in In War Effort Moscow, M;iv (AP) — In (he midst n| the daily increasing coop eration iictween Sn\ id Itussia nnd hi t .tllii . thr executive committee ■ •I the Communist International has asked its sisters in all parts <>l the world In dissolve. The resoluliini said the form.*, methods, and regulations of the (*< «t ii 11111 n have hecoine obsolete ..nd hi soiia■ c,i-c have actually hin dered workers ol ihe world ill their hattle against Germany and her siittelitcs-. Tli.- actmu was considered here an open admission that the C'om nutcrn which had stood for solidi Iicaiinn ol the workers "I the world ii nd* ■ i the Cointnunisl banner. should dissolve and that the workers in each country should Ret down to the job ol heating Adolf Hitler. Many foreign observers in Mos cow saw in the decision one of the most significant gestures yet toward complete cooperation among the na tion- whose primary objective is the defeat ol Nazism. Explaining the action, the commit tee's resolution declared there was no time now for a formal convention ol Ihe bianchc.- throughout the world ill wartime, and recommended that they cease their duties under pre vailing regulations. "Kvcn before the war it became clear that together with the increas ing complications in internal and in ternational relations of the various countries, any sort of international renter would encounter insuperable ob-tacles in solving the problems facing Ihe movement in separate counties." -aid the resolution. "Peep differences of the historic paths ol Ihe development of the vari niis countries, difference# of Iheir character and even contradictions in then social orders, differences of the level and the tempo of their econo mic and political development, dif ferences finally in the degree of the consciousness and organizations of workers conditioned different pro blem* affecting the working cla>& of the different countries." Fresh New Ruins Left in Yerterday's Raid, Which Claimed Additional 96 | Enemy Planes Allied Headquarters in Ninth Africa, May 22.—(AP)—Allied war plane- lelt fresii ru.ns smoldering ■in. Italy. Sicily, Sardinia, and Pan telleria today and marked up a three-day toll of at least 2K5 Axis planes destroyed in the pre-invasion offensive against southern Kuropc. Allied headquarters announced that American bombers and fightei» alone destroyed !K> enemy aircrali in Italy, Sicily and Sardinia yesiei - day, blasting 1!) Axis planes out o,* the skies and smashing ti" more mi the ground, while a Tyrole dispateti I said U. S. heavy bombers destroyed | 10 enemy fighters during a doublc J barreled attack oil southern Italy. The additional victories were won at a loss of 7 allied planes, a better than 12 to I margin, whereas on the preceding day. the Americans de stroyed 113 enemy era It with a sin gle loss. The total Allied lo.ss for the three days was 12 planes. Big American Liberators stepped hard on the toe of the Italian boot, dropping 300,000 pounds of high ex plosives and incendiary bombs on | the port of San Giocanni and Keg i gio Calabria. A spokesman said it was a "thrifty plus" attack, but did not give the exact number of plane.* in the raid. A fascist communique listed 101 killed and 112 injured in the two iowns. U. S. gunners shot down at least 10 Axis planes attempting to intei cept the raid, and all the big Amer ican planes returned safely, it was officially announced. Synchronized with the U. S. as sault off the Italian mainland, other power! uI Meets ul allied raiders ham mered relentlessly to southern Italy * outer island defensive, setting fire to airdromes in Sicily and Sardinia, and shattering targets on Pantellariu island. 45 miles oil Tunisia. Fighter-escorted U. S. flying fort resses were credited with shooting down 9 enemy aircraft in attacks on airfields in Sicily. Altogether seven allied planes were lost. Meanwhile, ii \\a- announced that Premier Mussolini and Adolf Hitler had exchanged "slerctyped" congrat ulations on the 4th anniversary of the Home-Berlin pad. but Hitler neglected to pledge lull aid to his ally in the event of ail allied in vasion of Italy. Britain's New MosquitosRaid Berlin Anew London, May 22.— (AP)—Britain's new and speedy mosquito bombers returned again to Berlin last night to blast target.'- in the lleicli eapital for the third succe.-sive night Other British planes laid mine.- in enemy waters overnight w bile mos quito bomber.- attacked railway tar gets in France and other planes sank two ships out of a live-ship envoy ciff a French coast. The alter-dark attacks followed up yesterday's daylight raids bv Am erican flying fort reuses on important basis of German U-boats i>n Wilhcm j shaven and Kniden and carried into the ninth night the aerial offensive which many sources expect to turn soon into a death blow attack against Hitler's Europe. The British rcpoiled live bomber.; and one fighter plane missing troiu the night's operation. The German high command's com munique. as broadcast from Berlin, ■snid "major damage was done to property in Wilhcm-haven and Kin fien by the American bombing yes | tcrday. but claimed 11 ot the loui engincd bombers were brought down | by German fighters and naval anti aircraft. It was announced oflicially (hat i whirlwind fighters anil bombers sanv. two enemy ships and damaged a I third, a medium sized motor vessel, I in ii convoy of live ships surprised off Cherbourg. PI BBTA I'll I UINNI.lt I NT SCHOLARSHIP (TP Chapel Hill. Mny 2l—The Pan Hellenic scholastic cup, which is j ,iWinded ciieh year to the University sorority maknig the highest acade mic aver ge. has just been won by .the Pi Beta I'hi girls for the second straight year. High averages are nothing new ! Villi the Pi Betes. The »>rori!y has j ranked first among the women's or i ■ganizations on the campus for the ! past seven years, and las year it ltd 'all the men's fraternities, too.
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