tUttlxj THIRTY-FIRST YEAR LKASICH WIKK SKItVlCI-: < i|.' '1*1 IK ANSUflATKO I'ltKSS. ilt«MJtjK&ON, N. C., SATUKDAY AKTliKNOON, APKIJ. s. 1«>11 I UULISIIKP KVI.KY AI-'TKHNOON K.XCHi'T MM.a y. 1'IYh CUNTS A COPY HAVY IS NT OV DEFEAT OF JAPS Political Isolation Of Germany Is A im Of New U. S. Moves Asks Speedier Aid IT. GEN. Robert K. S. Lim. China's top medical officer, arriving in the U. S. by air from Chungking, urges local authorities to speed medical nid to China Fatalities mnong Chinese wounded, he says, have dropped from 50% in 1!K!7 to about 6To at present. (International) Democrats Cheer Gains Over Prices Republicans Claim Serious Fumbles on Wages and Prices Wellington. Apiii iAI'i Ad nun; (ration el.hi to hive held I lie line .ig.nn>' nidation !nr the pa-t year drew cheer.s trom Senate Den:ocr.it today but Republican scorekeeper.■■ charged fii«ntumbles • >11 wage controls and pi !<■«• iib^ide .. Democratic Leader llarl.lcy, i>| Ki'ii'ucky, termed "optimism ttia' is .Hi t'fied" a report by heads <>t the Offices of Kconomic Stabilization. I'nrc Admini-li.ii,"ii and War Food Administration and tin- Wai l.atmr Hoard, which aid prict - and wagehave been kept stable -ne'e IMe idelit Roo.cvclt's "hold the line ' order wa issued a year ago todav With ie-. enllilisi.i in. Ailing l!e)>llbhean l.eadei Willie .a Maine cijminented tlt.it the t"in "Hirial "i ecommendcd thim-clve and their Work pretty highly And while Ihere \va general agreement that the stabilization act would be extended loi another year. Senator iiutler, Nebraska Republican, renewed demands for abolition of coiistimci food price sul> ulie .. Also, Senato|- Tall, Ohio Kepuhliran. said there i> a steady increase in labor co: i. and uncontrolled raw materials, which is driving many .mall business men out of im me and bringing abou' black market . U. S. Bombers Strike Again Upon Berlin ljMiriiMt. April K.— !' iiun-cMuMeratin} itetiirals i> expected in the near future. They are necessary t< prepare for the day "I' invasion Fresh efforts may he expect ed, if the) have not already heel ui'dcrtakcn. to have Turkey am Spain shut off shipments of es seiitial meials and clamp dovvi oi» espii najjv anil to };rt Tiirkei into the war before ii is too late Ki>kI nut's sever ii- «• i»'' • i minim i'ti 1 h os with Ireland, when- Axi: diplomat. still ii ... . •!". in rcmfiiivcil by a |nii:t)i \m<- i t, 11 ap peal to ilie lii-li i-nm > ;ii i lir> u with thi* etieim \l;ny •\i ssed Sweden ti break her remaining e<>inincrc!al tie with Cientiany. S«nlon's resistance In (ii'l'ltian pres: are woiiltl in- iimm-Ii strnnm-r it Finland Mere out id' lie' war. and liopc persists here that a liie-so-liiimsh peace will yet lie agreed upon in luiii i i sli i I. (ieriiian innate and In pruvirir a shot ill thr arm lor tiie dolili(C'liitniliefl mi i* • • Sr..) RELAXED ABOVE 26 New York, April S—i \i'i— New York City ilralt l.cadtiiiai Il ls announced today i'—iiiis el nationw iilt* orders Iroin Major (•ciicial tlcrslii.f, n.ui iii.ii selective M'rvict' ilin-ilor. lo hall inililrtiini of all mi", nntrr than !l> mmis i lil. "who an- maKihi; a roiilrilinlion essential aariculturr, war iiroilui lion or war supportiiiK activities.'" "1 In- order is to In- appliivl. olIiiiaI^ said, until ilr.ilt hoards arc satislii-il that tlir |>i occs-.itu; 01 nu n iiiidi-r '!U is completed. ( oloni'l .MrOmmitt, rii.v selective sfrvicr dim tor. s.ii I the ordrr. which wrnt out to all Stall- directors, applied to all men more than 'Hi "even though such men have hi-en loiiml aceeptahle for military serviee or liave liren ordered lo report for indiirton or pre-indiletiou pliysieal examinations." Colonel McOcriuott inlcimcd the !8(l loeal hoards in New York City that (lie order was "el feefive immediately." This means, he tolil the hoards, that even men seliediileil for induetioii .Monday who are over !li ami who eome within the new classification v. ill not hi- indiicteil pendiiic liirtlicr instiuelioits. No distinetirn is made hetween fathers and lion-fathers in the natinnal order. < olnucl Mcllcrmolt said. Moreover, lie added, "it is not required thai they lie 'necessary men' or i-ncaRcd in aetivities listed as 'essential.' or in iieeupations listed as 'erilieal'." Althonch indlietions of men over 'Hi will stop, .MeOermott said, "it is nrt eonsiilered advisable" at Hie present lime to postpone pre-indtielion physical examinations for this ace croup. STATl: HO Mill IS NOTIt'll.t) OF OftDKK BV W ASHINCiTON It.'ileiuh. A|iri| >1 < AI * > > C'hiirles Jonas ui Slide «• I<•« 11\ i• mt vice hciid(|uarters. said li il.iv Ilia Icli'ur.'inis had Ik en sen! !<• nil N'ortl Carolina nrafl liiianls ordering then In h;ilt induction «»l nil urn over 'Ji years "I a«e now in essential jielivi 1 lie.-. J < mi is s lid the N'»rlli t .n din lm:ir(ls were ttnl lied liter reccipt n n directive Irnm Mii.i>>r General I,e\v is II. Ilershey. nntn tia! ^Icitno ser vice director. Jonas - aid ller.-Jic.v' (lirectix <• Weill In all selective serv ie I tiards in the twit ion. The order. Jonas said, applies I' all mill more than 'Jfi. "even llimip1 sti< h men hsivc been found accentibl for military service. <«r have beet ordt red to report tor induction o t IiiviliCliv.il pii; 3.ti I c.-..iilUliUtiWH». RECKONING DAY NEAR TWO YEARS AFTER BATAAN NIMITZ—"We Will Cut Straight to the China Coast" ELLICE ISLANDS GUADALCANAL CORAL SEA Q FIJI ISLANDS ON APR. 10, 1942, tho 2G.850 starving, diseased, munitions-stripped American and Filipino defenders of Bataan were toned to give tip the rocky peninsula. Their terrible fate on "the March of Heath" was h nightmare sequel only recently revealed. So April in. 1911, two year: After, intent on avenging Bataan, U. S. ships, planes and men crash b< the very gate to the Philippines and echo the famous lliur pledge: '•\Vo will return!" The map (with an inset (1) showing the island of Luzon. Bataan and the locution of lite "March of Ucalh") illustrates the pre out oour.-c of our driver, wliieh grow in intensity and pi' I: up in speed. Shaded area indicates territory entirely in U. s. hands, but it must alto he noted that even though the Japs luf.o it<>t been di. .en <>tf Ilabaul is helple.. ; llie Marshalls have virtually lmn mopped v.p; t ie elenviiiR of Nt >v Ci nnea pioKio.-cs with Hie smashing of lle!l:.ndin: liie .lap fleet has l>een chased into hiding; we can icad:ly s>n ,h at Ti uk and the Pacific1 i lanes have been Dcnetialed to Pulnu, which is 5 ■ i miles iriuii Mindanao. (Internal iona\ > WILlKiE AFTER QUITTING RACE THIS INFORMAL PHOTO of Wendell Willkic was snapped as ho arrfved in Union Stiitiun, Chicago, while on his way to Now York, llo h:.d .in. t informed reporters that he had nothing to say about politics. Some horns bcf iro, lie had announced in Omaha his withdrawal fiom Ihe i!• 11 Hepublican presidential nomination race. (International Sound^lio'.o) Republicans Worry Now Over Wiilkie's Silence W.iliili«loti. \piil Ii • (.\I'> Wi nd. II I. Willi,!. . win. w i i'.••n.nl i iiy i«ii• of hi l{i |>iililii'.itt cillics ill ! "f:il*:iiil* • *i much," iiijiv jjivi* lu-j vvni i i.'d Ii:n ly Hie silent I rentmi'iit I■ n° ;i n hile. Aides .ml lodiiy Hiiit Wlllkic probably will jjn In Knshvillc, In■ I , soon |..i .i ii- t. Willie nunc >>l tlicni pio|i i ll In |ic;il; lnr the vein-'I prosiI dcnli.il candidate. Hicv nil they would I" siirpri'iil il lie niiikcs known In I tit in«- pi.hi within the next lew weeks. Willki' 's ;i>>i-111>t v. illidiaw ill frmn Ihc presidential txec without any Inn' ;i- In Ins Inlin e pally course has left Kcpuhlicitli officials wondering it lie will support (lie nmveiilion's iiiiiniliee. II- hail nothing whatever in ssiv Hon." ii ii I' Tuft. who i?- supporting ' (Juvei n'i .11 ill ii W Bricker of Ohio i for 'lie iioiiiin.ilton * } There rem.nils, of course, the pos Hermans ;iinl llumaiiiaii' vvitc report" :l ir !litilil i'loin Odessa toda\ a - t!i> Russian army drew tijjht a arc which pressed a> c!< M- a. nine miles to the northeast «>l" the hitf l»lack Sea 1 port, scene i.l lon^-drawn So-j \ iet resistance in 11)11. A (ils)iiilcti i\ l .t.11:. I'n .IK". !ti lit—! S:i iin in i tlx- third Ukl'il in. i . : i:iy eilllght .1" enemy column h 11 vim: in'ii: in- ci'.y along , .1 :i;iriii\v mii.ldy pod 1. n'tiiwcst ot the |i irt. and aciiievi d si> great a > ii'priM' that tin i i.ciii.. was tumble • til | >111 up iimMiiiuv. I In.' n ail was severed. lie said. ' hundred- tin ill. ari< •wrrr • thrown bad. into the icy l)i icstct ' S'.\ llll|)> (beat p.uiii swept through lit ll>' ouiskirt villages a iltissun c.iv.ilrx .mil tanks, tollowed l»> inlantrv, broke down one defense line lifter another in the fivc111 ill--wide land corn.lor apliroaeliiiii: Odessa from the north east, ,1 correspondent rrmiilcil. '1 lie rear ol battle sounded 111 Odessa's ,stierts. • Korly-five miles northwest lh«* I'.laii. Si'.i 111H:i.|iuli. . 1 li<• I{■. 1.i. 111.. hie. ( cue ' fled still another mi|> iif tlie • ncm.v. I ive tn .i\ dlv 1.-ions, i'imiiI pi isllig !!.'i,(HIII !u "ill.lllKI 1111 i'i, '1 l>i>\ flic rail junction •>( Itnzdolnya, which w.i captured Wednesday. \ nussian eoinniuni'itie ssiid .".aim lb'] n ail;, were killed and mo <■ tiiau (t *-iiitiiiii**tl "ii 1 age . .1 , t M LAlfBLfc 1«it: \oi< 111 t Midi.in \ I'.irtl yeloudv southeast loio.;lil and Sneda> ; eoiitinued mild. ]ViuiijM>W4'ir-i )rafl f *i<*imi'f (in Uriel' i'lini! U';isIiiiu!! >ii April !'• < \|'j T n.. j is ^li<" ■.i.• • ■ |> .(•: find |> ■ lure I :is "1 today: AW Kl<>ii|> I - iiro uvi " > N'n "it (k'fcrniW'l; ii-' '•'. ■ • I (it"" Slji'r ttii I director "i in.hi i employed 'II farm I \n&, merchant murine or Army] transport Am* uroup ihro.iah i!!' -;iry i* <•••' iii war i>i">xlnctioti I or war effort, ipportmtj u irk. this | I I eipnrcincnt !t> t»«* " Inc 'ly ipplicd." Aliv Croup :tn iiul over Niri'-Mry i man r«*f|uin*t ■■ t» In- implied less | Mrictly. ' K.ithciln tn 2ft .. p No consideration lis lathci 1'ti to "!i 'I'n lie Kiven so consul* rut ion " ' i iioii-fiilliei . oilier dcicrmci'.t i-.'.ois being c^ual. :in .*im ! o\«-i -^rii'ip l- iMicr- to !»• K V ''11 innri 111 •«•■•;> I rim- fin • 11 • I !'" I h'i i n ;ilri iily on.pi •>'• •'I in <*s&:ii1ial ■»•(■ iji i!inti Will ix' l l»,v \t .I)11 i i'i ('ii.niiii.-vHiiHT McXull. limit Director llershoy and n ll<»i >• military rim initio winch has boon '•on denim Hi .11 IcilM.ilton, to ap ply i!' mediately for surli work. Today !■ >i 11 tlial! boards were ill m ii •' ol tile I itrst selective m'ivicc ustruclions on the drafting «>i ii\.nl >lc men. nM ructions dividing tho '•! <11 .<:• aj{e into the three .i*c brackets. Ail ' i.u' dependency as ,i test for ■I'll" cut lin> long simv yielded lo joii MMitialitv accordtd j.io dcii-i ni'nis in preference to nonfathei-. In tin- cast- of men over .in tl.c •. .. da wcio toid to &> coax* Jap Rc?fi Thrust \ I PKMITINC; lu ri'.ul: tji*' liuiiKi-iV-.-am railroad lino* (A) .lap fortes nvading India are rcjxirml to have a ken >t >tnp i'l hinliw.iv ln'twivu the upply base* ui Imphai and Kohima H) but art" meeting with .-.tiff re.-i>anee. The .laps arc claiming gams it Tamil (C). .in important link in h«' road. (International) Slight (ji.iin M;ulc B> I. S. I orces In Arc;i Below Rome All tori II. i S«! irt. , \ ,p|. \i»: :l I \P) An Aim" i«~:»ii <•-m>."|I p;i'lo|, ,(!!'• .1 h.'lj'p millliirt it!i I'm' Cirri .11 •, 1 i •• ' ili!iIu:lit!v impriivmc 'ii«% Allied inrs 'Ti Ihc ••cn'r.il scrli"1 of t'li1 H'.icIiIh I l»' i'\ !l '' I <\ III' 1(1(111.11 t• .mi" iih'cmI '.i>'T.iv. '»ii tlir i'i i lliii.I. of (In* 1 •»*;•'*!»icttd, VIm-iI .1-11 111- Mtorliirs j»|»d ink muaiiicl ;i«"liv«* awl men y >ii I m: v I-"' in nit. ills- riiiiiiIiIiiilj loin .It.-I 1, .■ hiVnl Allied lull .(I .1 ,i lullk IIIl*OC I. .' ||. •'1 Ol ( ,1 ,:i mil. IkOA Kim lie Tile Xa/i.s c.iilni el to |.o.:i ;i • trust- lit* i i.- in the Iiimi'IiIkmiI, ut l< in' i' v I!" i • iii nrrl on !|n ;.•!«•!» i Mli'n i '<-1 o'K'iuy mi >! ' |iom)s were ir. -.1 . .1 I II.- "i • • • I IlilllltlH'l < h.v. .it ' .11 i I i- • •im'ltll'V I tot II- It.ill I I ' t;iv. flvillll .llll»li I Vim "I'I "• nl il«-.I i'i iV I till 'I i iwmv |it:i)t«>s i -i . toss o! tlirw Alliril ■ ■' " i. I mil r\ rt i tlici |||,|I1IV- . Reds Reach < Stalin s Orde I hikIiiii. \piil s.—' \l'i—|ti*cl army iriMPK have rrachtil tlit* I /rclmslov.ii. I;II 111.1 ititII frontier in tlieir nil line westward offensive. 1'remier ,1o»ef' Stalin .in nnlimed t«ifl,i> in ,i special nriler nf the tlav. Marshal /.luikm's funis have llilieed np tn "our stale frontier" at I lie foothills of (lie » arpathia lis a hint! a 121-mile front." anil are "pushing the retreating e lie m v after i.iptuiiiii; more (haii jO additional itlutc;. in IJu 28 Warships, 160 Planes Lost By Foe Not On« American Warship Damaged; 25 A irplanes Lost I'niteil Stairs l'ac:fic Fleet I lr;t<|i|i,ai i. i . i'< ai l Harbor. April S ( A I' i Vjtvy officials \v<•(> miles t r«ui t In* Philippines for three day- while hundreds of planes l»a><-d nil aircraft curriers show• ii.| <(<. Unction iii tin- Caroline , nt"r< than 1.«»'»«) miles \vi ■ t of Tnik. >•••» 'i i 1 d .inaged and . ly L' • j .in v • • i ,-t a.- the price :• liking 28 enemy planes, damagiiig 18, incltidiiiu , n.iiili -nip. definitely de:ll i :■ KM) Nipponese pl 'ii' ■ I 1 i.v r< -,;i u •> I mere ind i>trev itiii i ;• t Patau. Yap, \ ' l it a:, per' Jlii'. IV..i «»1 ii it liisiits ;i warsliiit mi. -i'i ! t'i • IjsU liirec per l !: Iurr . :i ■ . : ■" t.:r. !■ • and iJ .it TruK. u In i:- e:rein> -hips herr ' '.ink. si\ t ;niai.t .ii « anil till iii.;' . til tr< ■ i*il i -I February " ! in li'i Man "i .i w hrrr lun rm-'ie. t Ii• ;i-. \\: n- '.link, nine (laiuar.cd a:;».l planes wiped • nl. • •(I I (Mucse n ival base ftSO miles vast oj the Philippine. ;.'i i ill' liles tioin Pearl llaiii"' . v.i-. •.rv. iielini i .nc! powerfully hasted l I ' ■ ■ nay. Large win ,-hip i.e i in n •• ' 'i'i|>iiuld be. fi 1 •• t. a '....el I-,.! ;l;« could nili ' j Ai i eh 21). hut mi the • ::l ' . • " Hi a tleci: R .lap in .' i' i p«-ii u d land severely damaged by a subtnariiu wh.ch Mippci , iim jvi'veniug destroyers Then, thro igh!< • ie were wrecked aground in fit- watei Jap Pressure Strengthened In India Area N'c". 1 »• In. li i >. April li. (AIM .1.11win• i■ pressure ill thr ill' l ' iii. .i t ., i Indi.i wa- reportrii t.'ii.iv l>y Ami ■ il M<>imtb:itten's "■li' >itii<| ii'. i • . bulletin said no •II Ill' r»U i I • ,1 • Imvc vet t.iki ii |>I.• K .li. in it i ii ilc in>i Ili "I Ini. pi '■ ' '• 'in .1 i i .1 ||ir liuplialM. IIII'III Inuliw IV MnHlltl.nl iliterscctliin In i *m Hi. i• • 11* • I ilrlrii i* >*l thr plnins. .i.ip.ni' .1*11v 'v in i|i<* Kohemiu nr.i v ' lie i ilinl hrri' Sis «>f ;» pi.*whi ■: • • 1111 • I do. Iiiwn is imi..>i t.mt t.i i i in., .i (inniiuitiienlioiM i il'r \rnga!-Assam i i" \ ■ • ' ii.il thr north I '.I I - 1 ' I . : r i it | ,t 1 il l i .tosepii W si .ii • • ii .irii iIn* Cliinu iiir sup» ply 1 ••ill** Tlw Ian frontier, hcvcral days ago.