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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-26
Employment and PayrollS.

Hotel help continues to be he
poorest paid of any type OF employ
ment on which the state Department
II Labor gathers monthly statistics
For April, % hotels employing l.,
81 persons were found TO be paying
thcir employees an average wage OF
1891 a week for a working week or
+8.4 hours, ON the average. These tig
ures show a decrease of 2.3 per cent
in the average weekly wage from the
preceding month, but this decrease
was due to a decrease of 3 per cent
in the average hours worked each
week.
The average weekly earnings OF
some other types OF employees. as
hoWu by the departments statistics.
Brick. tile and terra Gotta, Sl427.
cotton goods, Sl6.24; cottonseed OIL
Sl0.5l; dyeing and finishing. Sl6.72
fertilizer Sl5.53; furniture SIEGE; full
fashioned hosiery S20,70; seamless
hosiery SLASH; knit goods, $l6Gl
lumber Sl4.27; paper boxes, Sl3.54
Dulp mills, 500. so; printing and pub
ishing $28.47; rayon SlG.79: tobacco
products $2l.32: wooden mills $l7.52,
,jher manufacturing industries ST.
IS: retail trade, $l4.53; wholesale
S27.67; laundries, dyeing and clean
mR Sl247; mines and quarrles Sl4-
II; Insurance and brokerage $36.l3;
other lines Of trade $3.50.
Average weekly wage of all en-
DloyeeS in manufacturing was SlTl3
in non-manufacturing Sigh.
Grand average weekly wage of tht
2ll $50 workers reported as employ
ID by the 1920 reporting firms was
SHOT. Average hourly rate was al
cents, which Vas an increase OF 20
Ner cent over March. The average
worker toiled for 1873 hours per
week.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-26
WHITE,

". G. KOYSTER, City Clerk.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-26
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVEKILL
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Ralel9h, May 2b.-PeIhapS tht
best story Of the heated national
committee election shows how a con
gresham. who is also a member of
the state committee, flew down from
Washington in an uirplane especially
provided for him by Dick Reynolds;
then sat silent while a proxy cast
his vote for Reynolds opponent,
former Governor Clyde r. Hoey.
Reynolds supporters are still trying
to figure that one out.
The congressman is Carl 7, Dur
ham. On the day of the state COM
mittee meeting, Reynolds, who had
reason to believe the Sixth district
member would support him, phoned
10 Washington TO urge Durham t.
be in Raleigh for the vote. The con
gresham SAID he couldn't get away
because OF press of committee bust
ness.
III | send a plane for you, viii you
fly down. queried Dick. When an
affirmative answer was received, the
plane was sent, and Durham arrived
III Raleigh we'll ahead Of the state
committee session.
He sat on the floor Of the session,
side by side with Owen Robertson OF
Orange county who held his proxy.
IN every single roll call (and there
were three of them) Robertson voted
he Durham proxy against the Reyn-
bids forces, while Durham, who had
come to Raleigh in person as describ-
d. sat silently by, putting his pipe
md watching the proceedings.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-26
New Crisis
For Britain
Sinking Of Hood Plus
Crete Invasion May
Bring Decisive Stage
in War.
Nv EDWARD T.. RONAk.

Ttr spectacular GcruIdt mort.
.At44a,. naval triumph plus the on
s.... -'r. ON Crete look IINe tue
rpra.Is ut a new ana perhaps dc
r-.,e -tIGe ol inc AAIa effort 10
atnIeN' inc I','o'S "i''i' Ho''' HIT
Ic. ~ct.cted Ion I'tI.
There followed almost Immediate
w uali waning to the United
c.t,,, that "colNoy> mean shooting."
announcement OF General Maxine
liberation With Germany, and new
Japanese aggressive action in the far
ea>-
4. t.,. campaign of conquest un-
t,Ias .t.l- only logical 70 anticipate
sine, s'.ftcr blows. Perhaps. indeed
s|rst1cr cataract Of disasters" a.
WINSTON Churchill termed the crush
in. ill, France and it immediate af-
+.,.g,l,H. lies ahead for Britain be-
,,r,, any major turn in the wars
r.a..e can be looked for.
Io.,es Tnd;~c,osed
.rho ,v,en. Of Britain.s naval
IN dofcndins Crete rcoaios +,
,d rboro nov. rr,a
=,,.,.. hlav- bv the rrinnIcd 1+,1-
,,,.a. * v.eu -, f.,r, ,,,.
RI. ms. or Crete annoars nora
,n.sihilitv and oa,nobir.
Evening star., 1941-08-17

groups was left to Gen. Kruger.
Four anti-tank battalions and five
field artillery battalions were placed
at his disposal.
Makeup Of Units.
The anti-tank battalions, made
up of about TOO officers and men
each, divided into three companies
of twelve ST millimeter guns each,
are:
Gath Anti-Tank Battalion, 4th
Army Corps, Sd Army, Fort Ben
ming, Ga.
101st Anti-Tank Battalion, Sd
Army, Fort Benning.
102d Anti-Tank Battalion, 5th
Army Corps, Sd Army, Camp Shelby,
Miss.
104th Anti-Tank Battalion, 9th
Army Corps, Sd Army, Fort Sam
Houston, Tex.
The field artillery battalions
numbering 675 officers and men
apiece, are equipped with four gun
batteries of 75s, each battery having
eight guns. They are:
18th Field Artillery Brigade, 9th
Army Corps, Sd Army, Fort Sill
Okla.
72d Field Artillery Brigade, I'd
Army, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
73d Field Artillery Brigade, 5th
Army Corps, Sd Army, Camp Shelby
Miss.
74th Field Artillery Brigade, 4th
Evening star., 1941-08-17
U. 5. Catholics Urged
To Aid Foreign Missions
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-The Right
Rev. Msgr. Thomas j. Mcdonnell,
national director of the Society
for the Propagation of the Faith,
declared today that the war had
worked havoc with Catholic mis-
sions abroad and urged American
Catholics to aid them.
Speaking at the opening OF a
mission exhibit in connection with
the joint convention of the Ma
tional Catholic Women's Union and
the Catholic Central Verein of
America, Msgr. Mcdonnell said
America was the sole hope for the
support of those missions.
"Europe's help is almost cut of"
he said. european generosity in
sending her sons and daughters to
the missions, her generosity in
financing the missions, her charity
in providing the necessities for the
missions, are now all curtailed.
May America be spared the hor-
rors of war to enable her to con-
tinue her generous support of the
missions through our Catholic
laity."
Attending the convention at Ho-
tel Commodore are delegates from
lO34 German-American Catholic
societies in II States. -
Evening star., 1941-08-17

U. 5. Army Organizes
; Groups Of Fast
Tank Killer Units
New Provisional Armored
Forces to Get First Test
In Louisiunu Muneuvers
BY the Associated Press.

by tEe Associated SreSS.
Organization of three fast moving
new anti-tank groups designed to
break through the enemy's advance
units and harry and shatter his
armored forces before they are pre-
pared for battle has been ordered
by the Armys general headquarters.
The units, making up a force of
about 5000 men, have been desig-
mated provisional G. H. @. anti-tsnk
groups, and will be tested in the
great war games between the I'd and
Sd Armies in Louisiana next month.
month.
Without disclosing details of their
composition, the War Department
said each of the tank killer" groups
would be composed of three bat
talions, would be fully motorized
and would be armed with 81 and
rs millimeter guns
Built For Offense.
The intention, the department
said, Is to develop "tank-shattering
gunfire that will be flexible enough
to surpass the speed Of any armored
force and massive enough to defeat
It,"
"The basic tactical doctrine for
these organizations" the announce
ment continued, calls for enter
prise, speed and offensive action Of
the most persistent kind. They will
not wait for ali armored force to
attack. Their mission Yill be to
search out such a force and stab
at it before it gets into formation
for battlefield action"
Nine existing anti-tank units will
be combined in the provisional
groups. 1t. Gen. Lesley j. McNair,
G. H. @. chief of staff, has directed
that 1t. Gen. Walter Kruger, Sd
Army commander. select concen-
tration point at which to begin in
| tensive training before the Louis
! lana maneuvers.
I Attack With Massed Fire.
| Gen. McNair, in issuing instruc-
tions for creation of the G. H. @
| groups, said that working closely
with aircraft and scouting forces
they should locate and keep contact
with enemy armored units and take
advantage of favorable opportun-
! tiles to "attack such units with
massed gun fire"
/ If the foe attempts tank
counterattack or a counteroffensive
by dismounted troops. the anti
tank groups should exploit theil
superior mobility" to gain a more
favorable position and resume CUR
fire.
Organization of the anti-tank
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Bv NELSON M. SHEPARD.

Behind the scenes of the ap-
preaching military maneuvers in
Louisiana and the Carolinas, Army
transportation experts are directing
and planning from Washington the
largest troop movements by rail
since the World War.
BY methods closely resembling war
conditions, they are applying to the
whole tremendous problem of con-
veying some 100000 widely scattered
troops to and from combat" zones,
much of the national defense ma
chinery for mobilizing the Nations
transportation system in one mighty
effort.
Starting yesterday, when 20 spe-
cial trains left Fort Riley, Kans.,
for Montrose, Ark, the Army must
see that all these rail movements
are accomplished without interfer-
ence with the normal schedules Of
commercial carriers. That in itself
is only q phase of problem requir-
ing intense planning and co-opera-
tlOiI Ny o1 CofitSiAiSu'
Only oEce before has the Army
been handed a peacetime transpor-
tation task of similar magnitude.
During 1888 it was called on to move
100000 C. c. C. boys to camps in the
first mobilization. 1t was accom-
plished within six-week period, at
the rate of $40 men day. On that
occasion, also, the Army resorted to
its defense mobilizatio plans.
Troops to Arrive Early.
The test now confronting the
transportation division of the quar-
termaster generals Office is more in
tricate because it involves the NOV
ing of animals and equipment and
men in greater numbers. On three
occasions before December /, when
the maneuvers will be completed.
more than 100, 900 soldiers will travel
by rail at the same time.
The forthcoming concentration Of
troops will be in two areas at diff
ferent times. From September l to
30, 259, 1893 men must be moved to
the Camp Beauregard Ga) area
from distances up to 1000 miles.
For the November $50 war games
in the vicinities Of Fort Jackson,
S. c., and Fort Bragg, N. c., an
estimated 146OO0 soldiers must be
transported from distances as far
off as Massachusetts,.
To simplify the rail movements,
the plan is to have troops arrive at
war game stations from three days
to a week before the maneuvers ac-
tually begin.
Civilians Share in Job.
Dispatching Office for the train
movements is on the third floor of
the new District Municipal Center
where two Army officers and two
civilians, with the cooperation OF
railroad officials. are "bossing" the
job. They are Capt. E. C. R. Lasher
chief of the commercial traffic
branch of the Transportation Divi-
sion; Capt. Alfred B. Hurley; officer
in charge OF the passenger traffic
section; H. J. McGuinness, civilian
chief of the passenger traffic Sec
ton, and S. N. Farley, civilian chief
of the troop movement section.
AS the Official representative OF
all the railroads there is Arthur H
Gass, manager Of the military trans
portation section of the Association
of American Railroads. Without
Evening star., 1941-08-17

the cooperating railroads thus:
I'VE require advance information
and time to make preparations.
Four factors count. First we must
know where the troop unit is located;
second, what it is; third, where the
Army wants it sent, and fourth,
when it must get there"
That is all very necessary, for each
individual unit has its own individ-
ual problem of transportation. A
mechanical division calls primarily
for fiat cars, while an infantry di-
vision demands an excess of coaches.
Or in the case of a shipment of air.
planes. special precautions must be
taken to guard against possible DAM
age en- route. But the Army, in con-
junction with cooperating railway
officials. is prepared to meet all these
diversified problems of transporta-
ton.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Army Plans Rail Movement
Of 400, 900 to War Games
Huge Troop transportation Problem
Co-ordinuted by Experts Here

100 per cent cooperation between
the Army and the railroads, rail
officials claimed, the whole job
would fall down completely to the
disruption of regular passenger and
freight traffic.
Experience This Year.
These men approach the task,
however, without any qualmS. Dur
ing the past year the Army's Trans
portation Division has moved 1884
9Sl officers and men by rail. They
have overcome what seemed at
times almost impossible barriers.
But it has been thorough testing
for the problem now at hand. From
July l. 1910, through June 80. 194l.
a total of 4,226 special troop trains
were handled. The movements
criss-crossed the country. A break
down. for example. accounted for
25.1e7 sleeping cars, 1859 coaches
and $40 baggage cars used as
kitchens. Omitted are great num-
bers of boxcars, gondolas and others.
July was what the Army calls
Eight" month. Only 454 trains
bearing 199,982 men were handled.
In March, the heaviest single month,
$40 900 men were transported by
rail. This was at the peak Of the
spring meneuvers. The men must
be brought to their destination and
returned to far distant posts.
With a secrecy that has left the
public generally unaware of the
tense transportation drama. the
four experts have been arranging
train schedules weeks in advance
With yesterdays first signal. the
trains started moving at inter-
walls from one end of the country
to the other.
War Conditions Simulated.
Getting the men to the Camp
Beauregard area. for instance, is the
easiest part of the problem. When
the war games actually start the
transportation system will be tested
under simulated war conditions
Only the destruction that follows
in the wake of actual fighting will
be lacking.
AS the two opposing armies are
supposed to meet situations in the
field as they arise, so are the trans
portation officers to be left to theil
own ingenuity. 1t may Be part oi
the plan to evacuate 5000
wounded" to the safer Memphis
area. There always will be the
hazard OF misfortune. If the
enemy" cuts the main line, ther
the transportation officers will have
to resort to other measures. II
may necessitate shunting the trair
to Little Rock, Ark, or some othe
less dangerous zone. The same mis-
haps may be encountered in con.
nection with supply trains.
Once the war games begin, al
rail movements and plans will b,
shrouded in the closest military
secrecy.
During the maneuvers, every post
camp and station with men in tn,
war games will assign at least on
quartermaster officer with on
or more transportation specialist
working with him to handle tn
local arrangements. Often one O
these field route men will have
dozen trains under movement at tn
same time.
In the Municipal Center Offices
Evening star., 1941-08-17

huge map, always available. Dot
ted with special markers, it shows
the size and location of troops sched-
uled to engage in the maneuvers.
Additions and alterations are con-
stantly being made as new data
come from corps areas. Note Is
made of every scheduled train de-
parture.
The procedure for these compli-
Gated troop movements, proved sue
cessful in the past. is rather simple.
First of all, a blanket order for the
troop movement is issued from the
adjutant generals Office in Wash
ington. Well in advance OF the mock
warfare the quartermasters in the
nine corps areas send requests for
routing instructions and arrange
ments to the four traffic experts in
Washington.
The arrangements include time
schedules and orders for placing the
necessary equipment With few ex-
ceptions, the bulk of troops headed
for maneuvers will move on special
schedules to avoid disruption OF
regular train schedules. If all goes
we'll, there will be no inconvenience
whatever to the travelling public.
Problem of Horses Added.
Yesterdays movement from Fort
Riley may be taken as typical
example. 1t involved cavalry units
so the problem of horses was added.
The men involved totaled 5,1l6, in
cluding 3l2 officers. The men were
moved in 16 trains and the 5,2l9
animals were conveyed in 265 stock
cars.
For the men there were 124 tour
ist sleepers and 16 standard Pull
mans for the officers. Also in the
troop trains were 90 baggage cars
for kitchens. 81 general baggage
cars, "a stock cars for forage and
supplies and Is cars for automo-
biles and other equipment.
The average troop train carries
between $50 and 500 soldiers. about
so men to each coach. They vary in
length from to 10 coaches. with an
occasional train of Is coaches, eX-
elusive of baggage and kitchen
cars.
Estimating 400 men to a troop
train, it was said the railroads
would be required to furnish at
least $50 special trains to bring the
260 900 men to and from the Lousi-
apo r,opo,,yor;ro aroo
Armored Units Move by Rail.
Even the armored divisions are
going to be moved by rail. Off
cialS said it would take 480 fiat
cars miles of them-to carry the
heavy tanks and trucks of the 1st
Armored Division from Fort Knox,
Ky.
To move the 43d Division of Ma
tional Guard from New England.
recently, to Camp Blanding, Fla,
required AZ special trains. That is
about the largest division move
ment that has been encountered.
Tourist sleepers are furnished the
Army at go per cent of the stand
ard Pullman charges. Two men are
assigned to a lower berth and one
man to an upper. 1t is a far cry
from the well-remembered az
hommes ct chevaux" boxcars that
moved the A. E. F. in France.
Berths in those days consisted of
the hard board floor.
Bill In Millions.
The Army is rolling up a pretty
good sized bill for all these troop
movementS-how much was not
divulged, but it will run into the
millions of dollars. 1t is a part Of
the cost of national defense.
Mr.. Gass states the position o1
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Former CyeIist Neors
14,000th Mile on Trips
Rv the Assnciated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BEAUMONT, Tex, Aug 16-Wal-
ter Shearer, 4l-year-old Mt. Carmel
Qll) farmer, is on his way toward
his 14,0O0th mile of summer bicycl-
ing.
Leaving here for New Orleans, he
said his grand total mileage for five
annual summer cycling trips was
1905 He expected TO add at least
another 1900 before September l.
He averages miles an hour for a
12-hour day.
Front and back containers on his
bicycle carry tarpaulin, blankets,
changes of clothing, rubber pillows,
razor, toothbrush and a pan.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Ellen Drew Is Married
To HOLLYWOOD Writer
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RENO, Aug. 16.-Screen Actress
Ellen Drew, 26, and Sy Bartlett,
80, polo-playing film writer, were
married at Calneva Lodge on the
shores of Lake Tahoe today.
E. A. Ducker chief justice OF the
Nevada Supreme Court, performed
the ceremony in the presence Of
about 20 Hollywood friends.
Don Hartman, film writer with
whom Mr.. Bartlett sometimes COL
laborates, was best man. Mrs. Hart
man was matron of honor.
When the marriage license was
issued yesterday Miss Grew gave
the name of Terry Ray Brown.
Both said they had been previously
married and divorced.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
First CIeveIund-BuiIt
Navy Ship Commissioned

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 16.-The U. S.
S. Locust, first anti-submarine net
tender completed at the American
Ship Building Co. here under the
defense program. was commissioned
today and turned over to a crew of
81 men from the Brooklyn Navy
Yard.
1t. Robert Jordan, commanding
officer. heads the crew which is ex-
pected to take the vessel up the ST.
Lawrence to the East Coast in a
week or 10 days. The ship, first of
II scheduled to be commissioned
here at weekly intervals, will go on
coastal patrol duty along the At
lantic seaboard.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
British Gas Ration
To Be Cut in Half 10
Meet Defense Needs
Public Supports Rule
Thot Keeps Many Cars
OFF Highways

With rationing in force in the
Eastern United States, gasoline sup
plies reaching Great Britain are be-
ing diverted to the war effort down
to the last possible drop.
After two years of drastic restric-
tions in England, the public is back
ing the government in. additional
measures which entail hsrdships to
individuals while assuring adequate
supplies to the fighting forces.
British Traffic Commissioners be-
came the rationing authority after
war broke out. All gasoline in the
British Isles is sea borne and the
stricteSt measures were taken to con-
serve the stocks Commercial road
traffic was reduced to minimum by
limiting the licensing of motor
vehicles as well as cutting down fuel
zrations.
Railroads Used Again.
Bus companies modified schedules,
reducing service of some lines and
abandoning others in favor of rail-
roads which had fallen into disuse.
Motor transport was strictly con-
trolled even in the case of firms en-
gagged in important war work. Par
ticular care was taken to provide re-
turn cargoes for trucks.
Stores had to reduce delivery
services to a minimum. Private cars
were rationed down to five gallons
a month for 8-horse- power midgetS
to 10 gallons for cars of 20 horse
power or over. The rationing is con-
trolled by coupons, each dated for
specific months in a three month
period. The tag number of the car
is printed on the coupon book, which
cannot be transferred. The amounts
of gasoline cannot be accumulated.
This monthly ration will be cut in
half during the month of October,
the British Press Service announced.
The police are authorized to make
inquiries about the use of private
automobiles travelling long distances
from their place of registration.
Sometimes motorists deemed waste
full are ordered home.
Some Exemptions Made.
Supplementary rations sometimes
are granted on good excuse, but
these are being cut down, it was
said. Exceptions are made for
physicians, members of the defense
services. school bus drivers. disabled
persons who must get to and from
work and. countless other special
cases.
During October receivers of sup
Elementary ration coupons will be
required to keep a log of their
journeys open for police inspection.
The rationing, however. has not
cut down the demand for automo-
biles, although no new cars have
been manufactured for more than
a year. The price of secondhand
cars has gone up while the mileage
Travelled has ben drastically reduced.
Other factors contributing to the
reduction in automobile mileage are
the nightly black outs the longer
hours worked by most men and
women both in their regular oc-
cupations and defense activities,
and the governments discourage
ment of unnecessary travel.
The public, it was said, whole
heartedly approves the rationing Of
gasoline and often holds stricter
views on the subject than the gov
eminent.
The British public" the press
service said, sis determined that a
commodity, the whole supply of
which must be imported by sea,
shall be strictly reserved for essen
tial purposes"
Evening star., 1941-08-17

Army Corps, Sd Army. Camp Blan-
ding, Fla.
18th Field Artillery Brigade, 7th
Army Corps, I'd Army, Camp For
rest, Tenn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-16

base at Gibraltar suddenly ap=
reared off 1taly's important naval
base and chief seaport Genoa
during the early morning hours
of last Sunday february 81 and
delivered an attack which so COM
pletely surprised the Italians that
il required Is minutes 10 get their
shore batteries in operation.
Vice Admiral Sir James Somer-
vile was in command OF this
SQUADRON which-as reported by
the admiralty-waS composed of
the 31.000-ton hattleship MalaYa.
the 32.000-ton battle cruiser Re-
nown. and the 9.0O0-ton cruiser
Sheffield with combined aTHa-
ment of ii l5.inch and u 6-inch
guns firing a broadside of II tons
of projectiles). plus the p ,000-ton
aircraft carrier Ark Royal and
several accompanying destroyers.
This squadron proceeded. I'M
challenged by either surface or
submarine. in its passage through
the supposedly heavily guarded
Ligurian Sea. Nor was its progress
retarded in the narrower and more
closely patroled and mined Gull
of Genoa.
This is the most tremendous at