THIRTIETH year
Itettltersmt Hatly
» LEASED W1KK —
LEASED WIKR SKI;VICK .
Tills, ASSOCIATED I'UKSS
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 10, l\m
^vicToni
BUY
PUUL1SHED EVKItY A KTERNOON
EXCEI'T KUNDAV.
FIVE CENTS COPY
WHERE ALLIED BOMBS FALL
^
FORMIDABLE AIDED AIR FORCE UNITS continue to blast Pantellcrin,
dropping hundreds of bombs that arc reducing military installations
t-> shambles. Reconnaissance planes flew over Spezia to determine the
elTcct of the Fly ins Fortress raid of more than 100 planes made upon
that city the other day. Bombers from the M'ddle East Command
pminded Messina. San Giovanni, and Roggio Calabria, on the toe of
Ilaly, hitting the ferry terminals and oil duirp.s. (Inturnnlionnt)
Air War Mounts
On Russian Front
Widely Separated
Fonts Report Action
Aa Fierce Prelude
To Land Offensive
Moscow. June 10—(API—In
crr.isinnl.v vigorous air battles
uric reported today from widely
separated points of the Russian
lr<>»t as the German air force
and the Soviet plane fleet con
tinued to ficht it out in a prelude
to a land offensive.
I) itches from Bataisk. ton miles
f t of Rostov, disclosed that air
tii'".t iS had Hated up again in the
!>• :i river valley. 'I he vicinity
111v and the mud flats of the
Ikr iiave beenmr u cemetery tor
"■ .Innker.s and llciiikel planes.
:i i''ported.
Ti < n ws of the Hon basin aerial
. i:n«' on tile heels of German
i • I thv* Volkhov front li<> miles
1 ' ■: I.eninfirad. where 24 Gci
ii I'iar.e.s were reported shot down,
f l.vi to lfiti German planes were
>i< I ' I destroyed in Ku-sian bomb
Mi: iads on Gvrman airdrome.*
I'.i'' i'.iv ni|(ht.
I.aml aetam played a minor role.
'I •• S ict ikioii eonimtini<itie. as
r > (l l>.v the l.ontlo'i Soviet radii*
nv ' r. told i.f recurrini; action in
' • 1 han k area, but asserted a
.'M rtlaek was driven back and
to ' man plant* was shot down.
•\ 'i ■ i e<- iinaissanec plane was
'I'.-.vn on the Smolensk frui'.t
(i : ■ U tin- 11mlit ai d a company "I
'i was killed, (lie war bull'
1" ..i;o said.)
Steps Taken
To Eliminate
School Fires
It'leigh. June 10. (API A spe
' il I'Mnniil'cc recommended to tIn*
Si Me chool board today th.it spec
" 1 ii'pj. bo taken to elimin.itc fire
' which, it said. not only do
•tn.vifi property bill severely dis
rup'i-d the course of education.
Ii' addition to recommending that
••'"li >afcgunrds as removal "f trash
piles |j(. set up. (he committee sus
sled that temporary devices f"i
occasional use of school buildings be
'''"iiraged. It recommended thai
J"vit doois and corridor* rot hi
i'1'icked even temporarily; that all
•"'tidings be provided with adequate
' ''Us; that al>andoiH'd school builo
"tRs l)«. sold at the earliest possible
i'1'iinent, principally because <>t ties
fw.-.-.ers mi those buildings, and that
elfee'ive principle of furn.n'
•""I f'lel room segregation in all
M'liiwil p|;inis jo fhe state lie strictly
adhered to and enforced.
I lie li'tiird accepted the report aim
'""icd it over to a committee "( ib
Wn for further study.
HtAIHtk
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Mild temperature*, not murh
ehanifp in temperature with •»
"CW widely srattenrd »1iowers
'hi* afternoon.
Jap Evacuees
Do Poor Work
Los Angeles, June lo—(AIM—
The chiet administrative ml :vr
oi ine Poston, Ar;/... Japanese re
loeiitinn center lias U>ld a Ui.s
subcommittee that many of the
evacuees won't do good work for
the $19 a month the government
pays them.
Others. s:.id the officer. An
gu.-tus K. hmpie, are donu .$at
i.-tact< ry duty tor whicn an otiv
Sirier woidd reecive S'-iiw :i
month, hut they are in the mi
ll. uity. and nvst are clencd
wnilviTs trying to Iniiid an e>:
lierii'iice ivcoid to insure em
ployment alter the war.
"The attitude ol many Japs mi
camp." Kntpie informed the ••■'in
iiiitlfe. "is that theiv is no in
cci I ve. that the gowriiincnl
piaci'd thrm in camp again*!
their will and that it is the duty
of the govenment to luritish
tin in food, shelter an*l el"thiiu;.
\V( have tried to chai se ttm!
attitude."
U. S. Fliers
Raid Munda
\V;i. .hine in. (AC) 'I lie
! *»':ivy reported todj\ ;i new air ,n
I t irk acain.-t tin- rnniiv ah hasr .a
Mtinrla on New (lei.ixi.i i- land -i
, Ihr i. ii*i 11 Kolomiifi ol |he .-iiiilh
I Pacific .iihI :;aid also that known
J cii'-my Ins:'1- oil Aft (I island in tne
\|rni .in ii..v.* stand ;it I.<! 15 meii
killed .nid I' ' taken prisoner.
i io (ofla.v the Muvv had ii;
noiinn d 111<- I;illnm of I .JtllU Japan
le e'ii Attn and the capture «il la.
I Only a lew .-traunlers remain oil
I Hi..I A' ti.ni i.-l ind.
i The tt.ick i»n Mimda was one <>t
la srnes aimed at keeping that lielri
nean : <■' American pi>-itions in the
Km ,-eil i lands and on Guadalcanal
on! it| cffcctM? operation.
Air Forces Pound Invasion Islands
Ickes To Fine Coal Mine Strikers
Most Miners
To Be Fined
$1 Per Day
Fcnailisr. Provided
Under UiVlVV Contract
Vvill Be Enforced
By Federal Mine Bossj
WnshinjitMi, June 10—(AI1) j
—See ret ;i iv lekes said today
that miners who participated in
the June 1 t«> 7 walkout from
itoverniuent-opirated pits would
be lined in accordance with
their contracts. wnieii usually
provide pi na>ties of i>i per day
u a tun it mils to work with
out "rood reason.
ich.es acted a.; federal boss of i
i Ihe mines.
| Atii t of John I.. Lewis' 5:;0.
000..<1:1 toiled Mine Workers
| were out from June ) tlirmu!i
.Tutu 5. making them liable for
I'lirs of S.i carii for the five
i d?y alsenc? Iroai the mines,
i ruder llic contract. the penally
I morey soes lit seleete:! charities,
i AIDioukIi the I'MW contends >v>
contract was in force alter midnignt,
May SI. li kes -aid tiro fines wou'.il i
j be levied under the terms of the
I contracts because he had declared'
I ai taking o\ th.. mir.es for the g >v- I
j eminent April i that the contracts
were bcinc, extended indefinitely I
I pendirg agreement on a new con
| tract.
' rhc government mine boss declin
ed at a p. ess confefer.ee to say w'le
I ther be would recommend an 'n
I crease in price ceilings which ve
j portedly would bv? called for to put
into rlfect a tentative agreement
on a now contract by Lewis anci
some Pennsylvania soft coal opera-1
| tors.
Service Men
!
And Zooters
; In New Clash
l.'ts Aug'-les, Juno 111—(AT') —
' Service nr.-n .mil /mil suited juve . 1 If
t «;ii»f»sl^ clashed ill now p.lehed bit
j Ill's ill <»til Iviiii* districts today. ,uid
• i young woman was attacked by
[ three rii!s mi .1 downtown stive I .ted
badly .-l.i lied in an assault whi m
pi.life . may or may rot liav be -ii !
I'll outgrowth id the fiw-day w.is'
lare.
'J'ho woman. I'.etty Morgan. said '
.• he \v;.- taking a morning w all, and •
had approached the entrance ! the!
Third treet tunnel, when three g.rls
wearing hi ick skirts emi'rg<d and I
said, "IaM's Ret her."
Black skirts often arc worn by tl"?
"black widow" gang of girls wh > 1
in the past have accompanied their I
zoot suited boy friends on then dep- (
rcdatmns.
Some 125 zonlrrs avd other juvr- ]
nilo< clashed with approximately JUS (
service men. mostly sailms and Ma- ,
lines, in outlying Walts early to
day. The service men braved .1
l.arrage nf stone* In e.nne to grips
witli Hie y out lis. Fighting ragvd lor
more than an hour, police said, and
a number of the zoo! suited lads
were do-trousered.
There was gun play in nearby
A/.usa, although the incident may
not have bevn connected with Ih ■
service man-znoler rioting. A l.i
ycar-old boy, said to have been toss
ing gasoline flares into a theatre, was
shot in the leg by a special officer.
Warren To Be First County
To Pay Off All Indebtedness
Dally Dispatch Hiireau,
In tlir Sir Wniicr Hotel.
Ity I.V.NN NISIUT
ftalrigh. June 10 Barring some
i nrilunx cn rontinernry th;il would
1 ll<|llll< ItllllM fil.ltc ( .NpCIKllllIU' llf
■'•■tis.dri'iililc urn.- i>) money Warren
will lie "lit <il drill in less
j tliiin "lie year. Hit* lirst of I hi' 100
(nnnlii1-! In iil iiin that happy posi
tion ut .i general ion.
Yhrre will n'lniiin several lliuii>
jutd dollars worth '<>f outstanding
bonds of iiidix ichiiil townships. dis
j trirt- and municipalities in tin
rounty. but I here is only $6,000 left
I of the county debt. Thai is exported
, t,. be paid off next March.
Most of the larger counties have
drill service arrangement* designed
I to get them in the clear armmd 1900,
provided no additional bonds have
11" be issued. In ninny instances the
I bonded <•« Iii now resting upon the
■counties is a hangover Irom tiie jo.».
j tiding period ol Ihe late twenties,
■ when counties and eities were sln\
I tng to outdo all their neighbors in
building roiids. bridges, scttools ancl
courthouses.
With (lie ndvenl ol state road re
sponsibility in Hi.il. <ind birth 01
Mhe locnl govci nnirnt comniis inn to
supervise iniinicipiil and county fi
nance* iibotii the stunt* lime, then,
ii.i~ been !c-s need for boi l owing
I jmd more care given to arranging
j payments on such loans as had to
| be floated. Through the early »:.*
i pression years, however, excessivo
(Continued on Page Four)
NATION'S MINERS RETURN TO WORK IN COAL PITS
SOME OF THE NATION'S 500,000 MINERS arc shown back at work in the pits of the Nerve Coal Company
at Throop, Pa. Coal Administrator Harold Ickes in a telegram to United Mine Workers President John L*
Lewis stated that the week's stoppage ot production deprived the nation of 11 million tons of coal. Ickc3
demanded that miners and operators act "to the end that there be no interruption." (International)
Mine Group Signs Agreement
Anti-Strike
Bill Emerges
As Challenge
Washington. June 10—(AIM —
An anti-strike hill so hrn.d it
might lie us:-d to outlaw walk
outs in any war industry emerg
ed today as a congressional chal
lenge to labor controversies that
interrupt production on tiic
home f'ont.
Its punitive features polished
liy a jo.rt conference conimittcc.
the measure goes to a House
that ottcii has voted restrictions
on ograni/.ed labor only to see
thrm languish and die in the
Senate.
\VI»cIIht'-i{ w II
quick
there or ;i\v;i I ■
i v. .1:
it prin-.-'r Iv
tu bt- seen At.
dent *{iios«".
measure, v..'.
provide:
Alithnri/.. f.
tilki« <>\ II'
a work : '"i 1 1
threat".': cd.
lockouts 11
K.stal»li.si:i! ■
as a statu!
poena j>i >\\<
all war in:h; '
Hcqnir
rotary <>i I
Inbor H'l; ' •
pute, wiii
can lie <■ • I
elapsed ;i i ■ 1
for that ii
conduct! li !■>
Kc<|iiir< r 1
its dceisi i
the labor : •
sors said
issuance "I
mainten.ru ,•
|i ilile ■ etl U'ii
i- dipute at wii
di: eeted. )»11 ■ -. 11
• 111 dniiot 1- l'n
. ttitude Inward
;tl .-ui».-t.i!ii-r >\ '
»•!' the I'rcsiden
'•r pla".ts 111 \\ 1
has nee.it red 11
awing .-tni.e.
eases.
11I tiio war 1
y agency with
•11 settle dispute
• >f notice t" tile
W1.IJ anil nit
Imard nl .1 lal»-r
■i.\ isimi tli.it tin s
1111 i 1 :iu days
majority ha:; \
mi a secret 1
• • NUili.
that the tt'l.ll
hin ttie conlmi
n< act. a ino\e ;
gned In prcve:
' ised shop or 1
. <lcrs.
I il;
ha', e
. nte I
i.lllnl
linlil
sp HI
• t i.i*
llll ill
Milk Rations
May Be Next
Snp'/m:"" ' <"ni.. -In-r 10—( M' i
—Milk m. > • the nt'\1 eiimni'id'ty
In h<- i.ill" • I ii lodoinl authoivy
disclosed ! • 11.. \.
The vm !<"•«' iirlmmislnitidn. '!t •
oflici' "I pi < <• adm iiislriitimi and i.ic
dairy indiist y >t'e studying \v;iv. i I
limiting «■ l an consumption of
milk, export nu .i rioelme in tip
plies la'.i'i ii- - year. said T. f>. St Us
chief "I H;ii! v mid potillrv in the
WKA.
Stilts, ii speech prepared f>i
deliveiv I it I he C'iilif»»rn isi
Council. • .i"i I'W'H offlVors had ciiii
eluded |li. t the Rovoremont inti>t
curl.i i (••m.vv!npli<in of fluid milk or
cut down "ii the manufacture <.i
such product- .is biitltr, choose. evaj'
I orated and dried milk. The latt."
alternative was snid to bo nut
1ho fpie-tion hecnuse manufactured
I products now moot oniy rssenli ii
i military and civilian needs.
Martin Offers
Biii Providing
AllowanceHikt
Itopn on:.,tive Martin. Kopubli
1. tain e AI.it;iI>. itopubli
can '>l Massachu-ctts, lli'j Hc
!>■ Ir• I.. !i ! 1*nloader. said lie
would introduce today :i bill call
1I-: .1 "II plT colli IIHTC.Ise in
in. (.iiiii.i'iit .- roiitrbutiun to
depcmiciris <«i :uc:. m the armed
l«'l ll'S.
• ) Oeliovc this actum i.s nec
»\> iii i..i- i.mo." >.iid Mar
1 i:"» .-■(hvu.II.v ii view i»f the
!>:.■ pool .o induction. on :i large
itvl*.". '.it tiio lathers of small
cli.Idi on.
*Th:» bill reflects only a .-mail
contribution toward remedying
;m injiiMico. Tin -o who an* cm*
Idoytd ;t good •%. . ;i ■ .i «i *nla
i i ■. will ii- ! i|iiaitol over v<-ii—
liiliiil.nu tlio Mipprt Die.
d«-po i|.-nt pan-:'Is. tin- wi\c< and
tin t*!iiIdron "f tin n • i who wiii
' . our i>i ttlo 1 , in '.-iltiia and
,-o< urity."
A .- i r 1111 ■:' inoas :ii'. allth'in*.
ini* ..n inon-.i !•' I'l l roi't.
lias Ihi ii introdiici in '!.'■• Sen*
av •>\ S. iiiit " : ■
can In Mil*.- ai . • ai
t in it~ hoi. : iii^M !' mi
U a.siimet 'r..
NO NEW GASOLINE
RESTRIl ! ION MADE
FOR MIDWEST AREA
i. i» i An- s-.».
i III" < i 'crii
"li v licit . ii *ro
I* • ' • oiposr jjh—
i: i e '.i lot i' lis "i.
i \ itnl In df
ln ni triiair. Itsilph
I Mi. t ■ mi I Iim; i.p
■ t 2, enibi .10 tig
• :i . won id havt
• oa.-t herau-e
r io> i.i o lackin>;
.'.i.'iiiil supplies to
■a rd.
Miners To Get
$1.30 Increase
Under Pact
Washington. June 10.—(AIM —
<»ne group of coal operators J
broke from the deadlocked Ap
palachian joint wage conference
today ami made a separate peace
with .John I.. Lewis and his
I nited Aline Workers.
The agreement, between the
Central Pennsylvania Producer |
Association, employing l!,r>.00((
men. and the t MU. was repuri
cd to call for a wage boost of
81.3(1 a day lor underground
travel time. Lewis originally
sought S'i.
This Midden development tossed
more c<infusion into the already com
plicated w;igc ncKolialions. Kach side
accused lilt- nther "I In'iiiK ton stub
uorit.
I in- piecemeal pad «'ii- affirmed
!< I niul.t i>y botlx l.«ewis and C'hai
le- < >'Ni ill. spoke-man fur northern
opi'.'atoi s. w liii in this case \v;i.» act
n.u only fur the Central Pcnn.«yl
\;1111.. ui itiip which operate.- in the
Cli .11ield licit.
l..-v.i- said he v. ready to olfei
tin -..me term*- llie othei opera
!i :i irpl'lyinR -J.iii.immi men. The
la I or ehieftain suid he brllevcd they
would iceept.
The -eparate agreement must be
proved by the war labor bonrd
which e.ill* <i .i iHthlie hearing today
i.ii ; I! th« |iltase> •! the entile row.
I.i-wi-. who has ignored the XVLfi
(•■••ice lerl thai the settlenient wa>
>ul>.ieet tn "all pi'ipei lv authorized
•. t • rin.ent aucncii Willi WI.15
nt.11. the p.'el could f«»rm a ba»is
t• • i l'i iii i. l j i aet i i Ilie coal iields.
COXVOV ARKIVKS.
I.ili-lnll. June in .(AIM -A M/e
..hle new contingent ol I'nited
SI ii s soldier* arrived in .i British
p>il recently all 'r ,i la>l. itncvent
tiiI tup. il was announced early to
• .ay.
Tin- g/oup included more airiv.eii
i'>- tiic fwiftly growing eighth I" S.
an force and engineering tini?
Draft Age Father's Chances
Or induction Now 17 In 100
\\ i .hrip 1"—(API—A
• 1 t <• clumm. <>f bcitu
j. ,| •. I Ii)n T If artlV'rt force* bc
i,• , • • • vi .• i»i»oarod i •«!«•>■ to
be lib' ''I I < "t'l "f
,.\i■ : " t ii.ii i t > next year m;iy 1>i*
i\(- ■■■. 11 ntilrw hci\y cnminltltw
lei ■, :nrM)i< if(ll.v I n;c replace
iiiellt.
l' i I.it n i ^ Kciiernlly will lv
fi, 1 ft ««f«*.! PSIS M ■' ill HM-IC1S.
In ' i ie >iiSi>xik fur others sum* »n>
| i .<■ - 'II the l>,i-is n| latest war
• • . • • • roiii11 sion-.clect vc *er
\- j<-' • . mines:
li :! rp o| tli"M" w i 1 h children
b' a brf'M* last September 15 n
exp<c'.ed '.o btsin before August 1.
;>nd e\<n il it t;irts then it is 1111
*.« hccMirr uenet il ;inH he;i\y
f"i rn«ther ni" t'i it leji.-t.
Ther<< me nearly is.oom.oimi cii-.ift
jifjc (ii"ii-fiii in 1 fathers utilv about
•i.noo.'ino o( them .it in \-t ciulH ii"
expected t" be physieiiill.v aeeeptable
;i: rl tlV mined seiVres W ill take
il> but about I ..VI0.I100 men ill Jill
bet\v< en August 1 .uiii January 1.
I'M I
T »vnH making up tiiis 1 ."iWI.OIlO
the srrv XT'- get around 70,00(1 "I
tin* 100.00(1 beeom iik 11! vciirs "Id
melt i "iitli. and should net 3.»o.oimi
from litis sourer from August »n
not coutilinc the youths past 18 who
were dcivrred lo tho end ol tin
schiol year.
Commando
Raid Tests
Defenses
Pantelicria and
Sicily Are Bombed;
Commandos Complete
Lampedusa Mission
Allied Headquarters in North
Africa. June !'•—(AI')—Aili.ii
air forces. steadily uiiiltliiiK
away at axis resistance >11 .he
Mediterranean outposts, have
executed new air assault* on
l»oml»-scarred I'anti lleria ami
Sicily in <••::!!•. c: is:; with a
scouting raid by Mritisli cnn
niuntlos ajfainst Lampedusa. it
was announced .<>dav.
Striking in darkness trout llic
mm Monday night. tin comman
dos tested the defenses of I.ani
pedu-a. tiny Italian prison isle
HO miles south of the invasion
stepping stone of I'antclleria. ami
retired with light casualties alter
completing their mission, a head
quarters communique said.
I (A British naval communicinv is
I sued yesterday at Malta said light
surface ru-.cc.s had carried out ®i
coast reconnaissance ot the island
Sunday night. l.oiid'ii sources, al
though unable to recorii-.: • :iie • i
• itfei\ nee. wire ■ c';ned to bi!<vo
the two anno .1 c. t nt- referred t >
a single aniphil>."iis operation.)
Two field !!'•:].< and 'i nv.mbiT of
machine Rims wVre said to have en
gaged the i'<in:ma: do patrol .\lmid iy
night. The landing party returned t >
Briti - h \ essels iftshore. all of which
escaped damage.
Twelve c.eir.y planes were t"-p >; led
shot down on the Par.'cller:;' 1 adi
; n"? at Iva-t three i»y ;he An e ic.n
flier.- fri n. Middle K:.st basi - Oita
ai'ied plane was lost ove» I'mt :l
lerl 1.
1'he strength of ths Panti-:!eria
as-: ;ilt was not disclosed, but it iin
(ie.se >red the allivd cje" • natio.i,
announced 111 a special com:' t:ni(|.iO
ye terday. to bins! thin Itat'. . out
| post "until it collapses."
(The Italian*. wbo vest.•. g
t 01 i"d an allied demand for s .
d.->- of I'an'elK-ria. declare:! t" I'.y
I frmn the Ronu* radio! "As »*nch h ■ur
1 Ro'.V by we await the enemy at I'.oi
I teiiei a. We are ready and •?' : "t
V'oni tiieir Middle Kast air h.is-s.
' U\K l"iic 1:1: gv ! ters ag.nn \ t
j acfos. to the At fiean se.i. w v. 1 !'»«•>•
: fink two ling voxels. 1c.: .in •!1 • 1
I sinking, and a t"urlh on it s i< .
badly dam igcd Three smiitli'i* ves
sels wtie aVaeked.
CHICAGO POLICE
HUNT KIDNAPERS
Chic;|so. .liit-.r 1" lAt't. |V.i:ce
of the Kensington district hunted
with meager clue: today I >r two Xe
liroen who a 14-yeai old hoy report
ed. kidnapped .. • • I • 1.r 1 uirl -h ■
I walked along .1 S" It 1 R de si ect
| »ith liiio last it gl:t
I Rocco Cnn dcca ho told ' i 1 : ■»
! lice the men ''>«• :: nt •
Ian nutomohile and ,-pcd awiy si id
. be did : ' .1 • t1 I- gi I' nan < ■ '
| that she evidi tl> v. ■■ an .n . 1 hi •
arcc of •> "tliei T n p y 115. v. b •
was Kt \
$250 Reward
Is Offered
j K Sr . • M..i .e. .1 e in—
I (AP) A $2f>0 ;vt has liren of -
feted hv 1 >■ !<• he: t IV.v uht U'.no
I of Wtnxlon-Sitlci . N i". f«»i the re
Icovery "I the •<:% >t his so*'. Ifnb
in: PvvW.iii .!. . 2". wlvi .«f>
I pnrcnll.v drowned in L;ikc Sebntto
| l;i«! Saturday whilr* ennoehw with
M ?- M.irRnrcl K rlinrdo, 22. "f Gran
ville. < »hio.
Dc]>:ilj <111" ! t - lid st.ite iisll Hivl
game warden* hnve grappled titmut *
eessfiillv for ttv«» d:tys i-r the lw«li»<.
They announced yesterday lh;>t the
■ operation* in iiif 200-fool depth i
' the west s;d<« "I the big Ijikc had
■ been KiisiH'ndfd temporarily
I Sli"i;'> .ifter this .itiivmi cement.
. Dr. Wnrc offered the itwnrd with
1 !■»i- comment
' "I v ill cheer!,illy t> >v this sum
I subject to • positive identititiii
t nf it v body iltlionch I urn not
' ;i m in of me.ins 1 feel. too. thnt
. when one ■>: the bodies i« found, th"
» other will he discovered ne;ir by."
B TV Wire - p,i«»o; of the Ardmn'p
Methodlkt church in Wir,3trr-Salem,