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" " — _ — GERMAN OFFENSIVE RENEWS *AnU ON KHARKOV FRONT N« Details As To ProgrtBS of fighting; Russian Lines Hold At Sevastopol Moscow, Jut lL-Otnm troops have started another offensive on the Kharkov front after last month's heavy figrhting in which the Nazis had claimed the "a«nihilatk»" of three entire Red amies early today. A communique which told of a further firm Russian defense of Sevastopol throughout yesterday said: "On the Kharkov sector of the frsnt a battle took place against the German Fascist troops, which had taken the offensive.'' The communique did not indicate the outcome of the fighting in this area, when the Russians recently said they had thwarted Nazi plans for a big spring* drive on Rostov, gateway to the Causasns. More heavy losses were inflicted on the Nazis in their repeated charges against Sevastopol, but the Kharkov action may' be the beginning of another large-scale Nasi drive to reach the Caucasus oil fields. _ Kharkov Front. The communique gave no hint as to the extent of the Kharkov fighting which rolled along a 100mile front between May 12 and May 31. After the first major spring action in that sector the Russians declared they had killed or captured 90,000 Germans. (The Nazis themselves claimed to have destroyed three entire Russian armies —totaling roughly 600,000 men—and that 240,000 were captured.) Red airmen were credited in a suppplementary communique with destroying or damaging 300 German trucks with troops and war materials, two ndhmy trains, a hangar, and patrol boat Tuesday on various sectors of the front. Elsewhere, the n jssians said, no important changes had occurred. From all available reports, the major fight still centered around Sevastopol, and at the end of six days of increasingly savage warfare the Russians were reported holding their main lines. The German besiegers won some local successes at the price at many casualties, Soviet military dispatches said, but the bulk of the Nad forces was being held to original positions. Aliens Want To Stay In America Aaherille, June lft..— The enemy alien hearing board of western iJSrth Carolina yesterday completed hearings an applications from 23 German and Hungarian aliens interned here who seek to remain in the United States. The hearings, begun last Thursday, were secret and no announcement was made as to the identity of the applicants their reasons for wishing to remain in this country or of the board's action. Increases To Affect Cigars and Cigarettes inn ' ' W SPECIAL MEETING iV *,,"wfW'SS ••Ava |E-T;.: >•" Mr. a R. Chalkley, of th# federal Reserve Bank of MilMiiid. Va., wffl be in Greenville fliwliiy night, Jane 16th, to explain Regulation! TC or Consumer Credit The meottag will be held in the Court Boon of the Municipal Building on Tuesday night, Jane 16th, at 7:80 o'clock. Every business man is urged to attend. Mr. Chalkley will be glad to answer any queatior.s, MM* P» T» U. S. 0. Dr. W. M. Willis, chairman of the local U. S. O. drive for fund* reports that a total of $375.16 has been contributed so far by patriotic citizens here. The list of contributors appear.below. All others wishing to donate, please call the Chairman in the next few days. I A. C, Monk ft Co., $60.00; Ffermville Oil £ Fertilizer Co., and Bank of Farmville, $25.00 each; T. C. Turnage, F. M. Davis, Sr., John T. Thome, Mrs. F. M. Davis, Sr., and Mrs. j Florence Thome's Kindergarten $10.00 each. $5.00 contributions were made by: I Jake Joyner, Dr. John M. Mewboro, I Ben Lang, J. H. Harris, W. A. Allen, R. O. Lang, Mrs. Eddie Carraway, James Lang, T. E. Joyner, F. M. Davis, Jr., Fafraville Laundry, W. J. Rasberry, J. T. Monk, Jr., J. W. Bass, J. O. Pollard, LeRoy Rollins, Irvin Morgan, Jr., R. A. Joyner, and Robert Rouse. B. & W. Chevrolet Co., John B. Lewis, $3.00 each; Belk-Tyler Co., and Eli Joyner, Jr., $2JW each; Davis Supply Co., Lynn Eason, Hadley Bryan, Mrs. J. W. Parker, Dr. P. E. Jones, City Drag Co., Mack Fredman, J. H. Paylor and Josh T. Dixon,* $2.00 each; W. A. Pollard, Jr., $1.50; |h. N. Howard, Mrs. H. N. Howard, G. A. Rouse, Roy Bowling, Clifton Corbett, Mrs. L. P. Thomas, Mabney Pollard, Red Gardner, C. E. Modlin, Mrs. C. W. Blackwood, Louis Alex, Mrs. R. O. Tyson, J. L. Creech, A. W. Bpbbitt, D. G. Allen, Theodore Moore, W. L. Freeman, R. E. Belcher, E. C. Carr, C. a Hotchkiss, Briley's Service Station/W. C. Wooten, Robert Lee Smith, R. A. Parker, H. C. Nichols, Prescott's Cafe, lbs. J. M. Hobgood, Mrs. C. E. Moore, Mrs. Miranda Cobb, John Stansill, Charlie Rasberry, Mrs. J. Y. Monk, Jr., L. E. Walston, George Monk, Frank Allen, Frank Williams, Mrs. Mack Carraway, R H. Knott, W. D. Fields, Elbert Holmes, N. Cannon, N. Thomas, K. Cannon, Sam Lewis, Map Joyner, LeRoy Parker, Mrs. Cherry Easley, Tom Ryon, Kathleen Moore, Whele«8 Drag Co., M. G. Thome, J. W. Joyner, B. S. Sheppard, B. M. Lewis, Mrs. Harry Humphrey, Mrs. C. J. Rasberry, Mrs. J. Y. Monk, Sr., Hubert Joyner, Clarenee Dail, Mrs. B. O. Taylor, Pat Ruffin, Bill Duke, George W. Davis, Billie Burke, Richard Harris, Robert J. Wainright, Mrs. W. Leslie Smith, Bill Fisher, Frank Dupree, Ed Artia, Pender Co., Mrs. Ted Albritton, Mrs. Spivey, Walter B. Jones, Farmville Flower Shop, and Dr. W. M. Willis, $1.00 68ch I ...i ,'| la * -'-Ui- Aii, nA PHH mmmtm Washington, Jane 9. — Rationing of coffee, tea and cocoa Is "quite likely" but there is every reason to believe that basic food, clothing and housing necessities will be filled even though the war effort is accelerated, Joseph L. Weiner, War Production Board official, said last night j$ DeputjfjDi rector of WPB's division of civilian supply, he said at a press conference that shortages of tea, ooffee and cocoa due to lack at shipping and Japanese conquests show no sign of improvement These beverages, he said, probably will be rationed, along with sugar, as soon as distribution becomes "hit or miss." He would not predict when such rationing would be undertaken. But he indicated the program would differ from the sugar limitations now in effect He pointed out that a block unit system, under which consumers get a choice of the three beverages, is in fores in some foreign countries. Although lie insisted that Americans have nothing to fear except sacrifice of some of their comforts, he made these five suggestions to consumers to improve the food situation: Dont hoard or overbuy. Don't waste food. Eat flesh fruits and vegetables to conserve tin. Use locally grown vegetables to reduce transportation needs. Eat substitutes for fish and pork. Allied Headquarters, Australia, June 10.—Japanese-occupied areas of New Guinea and Portuguese Timor were fired by General Douglas MacArthur's airmen yesterday and 13 enemy fighters were destroyed endamaged In combat, against a loss of two allied planes, a communique said today. ' A deck-gun attack by a Japanese submarine against an allied vessel off the southeast coast (probably in the Tag man sea) was reported to have been unsuccessful.. The communique said Japanese installations at Ermera were the targets in the aerial thrust against Timor, which lies northwest of Darwin, and hits wen made on motor vehiclas fhd buildings, starting fires." Many large fires Were declared set in the Lae-Salamaua area of New Guinea in a heavy attack pressed heoft depita strong fighter and anti lS-to-two victory constituted ••ever reported in a single in the southwest Pacific wea. gain that the Zeroes, although Midway:; area but battle maneuver* are continuing: in the Hawaii-Dutch Harbor ana. The Navy said the first Japanese attack on Dutch Harbor on June 3 resulted in few casualties and no serious damage, appearing to have been made "primarily to test oar defenses." the Japanese planes which flew over the harbor six boon after the initial attack were "engaged solely in reoonnoissance," the Navy said. Gen. MacArthur reported within six days allied naval and air forces sank seven and possibly eight enemy submarines, two heavily loaded armed supply ships and an armed transport, and also badly damaged a 7,000 ten vessel. Allied lose in the Southwest Pacific were two cargo vessels. In air raids over Rabaul, Lae, Salamaua, enemy tanker sunk and runways, airdrome installations and parked planes damaged. Three allied planes were loet, The Navy said allied merchant ships losses totaled 21 dtaing the weric, including nine U. a ships. U. S. production of plans* has reached the Isvel of "nearly 5,000 a month," and J>y next year we will have reached the PrwrfaUmt'g goal of 10,000 a month, the Senate Appropriations Committee announced. Army Air Forces Commander Arnold congratulated the Vega Aircraft Corporation at Burhank, Calif., on being six months ahead of schedule an production. WPB Chairman Nelson, after a tour of the automotive industry in Detroit, said the American industry could "more than double pres1 ESS&SS**}& program would be ah}e to take care of "all war production and essential civilian needs".by 1944.. Despite the fact that almost twice as many light arms are required per man since the development of parachute troops, the army has enough weapons to arm every soldier in the U. S., and all it am send abroad under present shipping conditions, War Undar Secretary Patterson reported. Bfe isaid over-optimism regarding production schedules is unwarranted, however, because of rubber, nivkel and copper shortages. A record total of 58 ships woe delivered into service during Hay, while 66 other ships were launched ' and keels wan laid fof 76, the Maritime Commission reported. This compared with 86 delivered and 51 launched in April. The President asked Congress for an appropriation of 11,100,000,000 for the WSA to acquire and operate merchant vessels to carry American anna ■ fr ,1 -ftA; | Federal agencies asked labor-management committees in 800 war production plants to keep American workmen fit ind healthy because sick and injured var production workers are now caa ing a less of 6,000,000 work days ejiiy month. War Declared Again* Balkan s Made Await Washington, June 9.— Postpone ment of any nation-wide gasoline rationing' until a comprehensive survey is made of the country's available scrap rubber was predicted In Congressional quartan today. Senator Democratic Leader Berkley, Democrat, Kentucky, taid be understood such a survey was being contemplated and other informed legislators added that H was likely President Roosevelt would await the results before deciding whether it was necessary to put all private automobiles on short fuel rattens. Barkley told lepoitiHB there were all kinds of estimates on the amount of rubber that could be reclaimed from the Scrap pile, ranging from the 10i000^)00-ton estimate of one big business executive down to a War Production Board expert's guess that only 700,000 tons would be obtained. Meanwhile, Price ' Administrator Leon Henderson reported to a Senate committee that it was likely that slightly more than 800,000 tons would be reclaimed in 1942. Henderson informed a special committee investigating the gasoline situation headed by Senator Moloney, Democrat, Conn., that 6,000,000 tire caps probably could be made from this amount. At'the same time Henderson expressed the opinion that no combination of tire conservation measures vfeich did not include nation-wide gasoline rationing could hope too avert "a serious trwwportation crisis.'' jSjjSjyp Washington, June 10^-An acrimonious fight on the Booh floor shaped up today over the demands of an economy bloc for war-time abolition of the WPA. 4 : Lea than a weds after the House refused funds for continuance of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Sep. Taber (R-N.Y.) said he would move to wipe out a proposed $280,000,000 appropriation designed to give WPA employment to 400,000 persons a month. "The WPA waa created because at the depression and mwnployment,'' said Taber, a ranking minority member of the Appropriations Committee. "There's no depression how here. There's little unemployment now. And there's no need for the WPA in w&rtima," The New Yorker contended that persons now on WPA rails could find work in war industries, on farms, or in plants producing essential civilian needs "if they're" aminded to." But Rep. Cannon (D-Mo.) chairman of the Appropriations Committee, maintained that war not only had not eliminated all unemployment but on the contrary had thrown persons out of .work in some sections because of curtailment of peacetime manufactories. ax; pp ! • " "All of the vast-war production," he said, "is concentrated in about a .1 i j _i ■ ■ n*,.« udozen states, mere most oe sojiie provision made for those who have lost their jobs in other areas, and we the United States warships haw been with the British fleet for tome tine. Whether they hare been in action against German destooyers, submarines and airplanes raiding the Arctic supply line to Boasta, or whether they have sought a fight with the German battleship Tirpitz lurking' near Trondheim, Norway, is still ssent. (A British broadcast heard in n New York by CBS revealed that the American warships were escorted into British waters by His Xa*w ty's cruiser Edinburg, which was soak May 8, meaning that the United States force has been abroad at least since that date.) Authoritative sources refused to United States task farce is under the command of Admiral Sir John Tovey, commander-in-chief of the British hone fleet. They pointed out, however, that American naval units in British waters during the World War were under Admiral Sir David Beattj, then eommandsr of the British gmnd fleet. Plenty of Action. There is no doubt, however, that the American navy is in for plenty of action in this srea, srd that the Americana are tcr it Admiral Giffen's signal to the British cruiser which met his titsk force to escort it to the British bnae was: "Please set the oours* and wa will conform." The exact use to be made of American ships also is a secret, hut it is safe to assume that it will take over seme of the home fleet burdens, which are to: . ^ * 1. Feed Britain. 2. Prepare the way for an Allied array which one day will invade Eu*ope- SKIS 8. Blast a path through enemyinfested waters for convoys taking essential munitions to Russia, fl1 Full Anglo-American naval partnership,, begun with the loan of some old American destroyers and strengthened by America'# benevolent "neutrality patrol" later ordered to "shoot on sight," new is a reality. ft Is the renewal of a partnership first formed 26 years ago when Bear Admiral Joseph K. Tannic led an American destroyer force into Queenatown to join the fight against the Kaiser's navy. The talk now is far bigger, with Hitler commanding the whole coast As moat of yon probably know the 4ih of July comes cm Saturday of this year. The quartern of clodn* fee the 4th has come txv our attention. Please notify this office as soon is ponibto youz opinion of whether you are in <mt of closing cm Saturday, the 4th, or on Monday the 6th, or whether you am In favor of dosing at all. We hare had reports fto>n the various towns surrounding us as follows: Tarboro and Kinaton closing all day Saturday, the 4th; Wilaon has not reached a Monday, the 6th; Rocky Mount dosing on Saturday, the 4th; Greenville only clewing one hour from lltOO to 1200 for a parade on Saturday the 4th. Plana let us have your decision as aooo as possible. Farmville Chamber Commerce. Asked Shorter Hours On Tobkcco Market Wilaoa, June 10-—A shortening of idling hours on Eaatern Carolina tobacco markets has been proposed because a shortage of labor in factories will make it neeeasary to slow ap tiie flow of the weed from warehouse floors. fl^vV The Eastern Carolina Tobacco Warehouse Association, announcing the proposal, appointed a committee to confer with officials in Washington oh the daily selling hours. | . The association postponed its annual convention in Kinston from Jane 16 to .Tune 25 in order that the committee nrfll have time for the Washington conferences. „ ~ Thousands of farmers of the United States an shifting from the production and marketing of cream to the production and delivery of whole milk, reports the U. S. Department of Agricult ure. Mexito To Pledge Full Co-operation Ilia': * "Wf \.?,r"' ': I' ^lTy! . ■ 5? f SIRpfrMS Waahinton, June 10.—Mexico will formally pledge her adherence to the oaoae of the United Nations at a flag day ceremony at the White Houae next Sunday President Rooeevelt has w*wd the representative of all the glJjuted Nations t» gather ia the hixtoTic east room Sunday afternoon, it «nu announced today at the White Houae. He wiO apeak to them briefly and the Mexican ambassador, Franciaco Castillo Najera, will give his country's assent to the declaration of the United Nations. This win be dome through a letter <rr By Ms signing the declaration, which waa promulgated here on January 1. Twenty-six countries signed at that time and Mexico will be the $7th.
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