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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-05
MAN
BROWNS IN OHIO

Port Clinton, O., March 5.-(AP)-
The unitC.m-clad body Of Private
Harold Janer Holmes. IS, attached to
the signal service company at Fl.
Hayes, Columbus. O., was found
here yesterday IN the Portage river.
Officers from the army's Erie prov
ing grounds, where Holmes was sta
toned, identified the body and re-
ported he had been missing since
January.
Dr.. c. c. Sheldon. Ottawa county
coroner attributed death to drown
ing. Holmes is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Matte Holmes. of
Franklinton. N. G.
a new style hair-do. We are told,
derives its motif from the defense
program. HMM, calls for plenty
OF hat pins, no doubt.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-05
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY ANERILL AND
LYE NESBET
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In tho 81: Walter Hotel

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In tho 81. Walter Hotel
By HENRY AVERJLL

Raleigh, April l.-North Cardinals
tax collections Tor March zoomed to
a new high for all time, as the grand
total reported by the Department Of
Revenue scared to Sl6,774,655.6 SO.
That was S2,758,746.70 above the
previous record Of Sl4,Ol5 ,906.93 set
last March, making the proportionate
increase 1868 pei cent, so far ahead
OF the old mark that there can hard
ly be said to be any second place.
The tremendous March increase
sent the cumulative total for the first
EIne months Of the fiscal year up
sharply to S68, 1888, SOAPS, a 1919 per
cent increase over $50, 1888 ,3l3.C3
poured into the states Golfers be-
tween July |, 1889 and March 81,
1910.
As was to be expected because OF
the big rise in income tax collections
the 'reVenue division general
fund.- collections were up much more
than those of the motor vehicle bu-
leau' on a basis OF total revenue,
but on a percentage comparisons
basis the motor vehicle division out
stripped the general fund, 20.7 per
cent 10 19.49.
Total revenge division receipts in
March were Sl4,O65, 423.98 as COM
pared with Sll,77l,362.05 Ior lasi
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
Vichy Protest
Made Against
Raid On Ships

Washington, April 1.-(AP)-Gas-
ton Henry-Hayc, the French anbas-
sador, today delivered to the State
department for tranSmittal to tn
British government a protest from
the Vichy government against the
Smelling by British WarShips of d
convoy Of French merchantmen oil
the coast of Algiers.
The ambassador explained to
newspaper men that since there was
no direct diplomatic intercourse be
tween Nichy and London the French
government was asking the friendly
cooperation of the United States in
TRANSMITTING the note.
Hcnry-Hay, also said he would OK
lain to State department officials
the details Of a barter arrangement
indcr which food StuffS have been
exchanged between the occupied and
~4nocCupicd n IN France.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
Prompt Series of Steps
to Increase Flow of
Supplies to Britain and
Greece Expected; May
Act to Halt Defense
Strikes.

Washington, April 1.-(Ap)-
President Roosevelt, rested after a
short fiahcrman's holiday in south
crn waters, returned to the White
House today.
He was met at the station by his
S n, James Roosevelt.
Tie President had indicated
his return would see a prompt
series of steps to increase the
flow Of military supplies to
Britain and Greece.
There also vas rason to be-
lieVe that NT. ROOseVeit'S home
coming might impart renewed
impetus to efforts to end labor
disputes which have been trOubl-
ing industries contributing to the
national defense program.
This belief was encouraged by the
fact that the President, while en-
route, brought his personal influence
to bear in an effort to lorcstall a
threatened ticup in the soft coal in
dltstry-a number one luci source
for the steel mills so essential in the
defense production scheme.
The hints were strongest, how
ever, on the subject of a quick
Continued on Page FlVe)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
ASrnara.
Captured
Capital of Eritrea Ca
pitulates to British;
British Advance Else
where.
Cairo, April l.-(AP)-AS-
mara, capital of Eritrca, capitu-
lated to the British today, it was
officially announced tonight.

Cairo, April l.-(AP)-Furthcr
extensive advances into Eritrea and
Ethiopia were reported today by
British general headquarters.
Hundreds of miles to the north
west in Libya, British advance ele-
ments were reported to have been in
contact with "enemy"-presumably
Italian and German infantry and
mechanical units-in the Mersa
Berega area.
The latter, indefinite as it was, was
the first report in several days of
movements in the north African
phase of the campaign against ltaly's
African empire.
The Ethiopian campaign was said
to be rapidly nearing Adds Ababa,
capital of that part of Italian East
Africa, with British forces astride
both the Adds Ababa-Jibuti railway
and a highway.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
Vinson Would
Take Over
Strike Plants

Washington, April l.-(AP)-
Chairman Vinson, Democrat, Geor-
gia, # the House naval committee,
introduced today legislation to per
nit the government to take over the
Allis-Chalmers and other strike
bound defense plants upon deter
mination merely that such stoppages
are interfering with the defense
program.
Authoritative sources have limited
that such a measure might be otter
ed with administrative backing Vim
son said, however, that Il am doing
this on my own hook"
In a statement to neWsmen he
added that the legislation vas de-
signed to apply to strikers what the
CONSUMPTION act now applies tc plant
owners
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
Bill Would
Freeze Cotton
Under Loans

Washington, April Il (AP)-
Chairman Smith, Democrat, South
Carolina, said today that the Senate
agriculture committee had unani-
mously approved his bill to freeze
stocks IF cotton on which govern
ment loans have been made.
The measure directs the secretary
of Agriculture to take title to all
cotton under government loans and
hold it until Congress orders other
wise.
Smith said that the government
had title to about six million bales
and loans on another 1890, 600 bales
The Smith bill would permit the
secretary of agriculture to use the
loan cotton, providing this did not
interfere with normal market chan
nels, for relief purposes, for national
defense, o. for exchange.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
Axis Demands Ships
Tw0 Wounded
In Harlan
Strike Riots

Harlan. Ky, April l.-(AP)-
Two men we're shot and wound
cd today as picket lines formed
in the Harir.' county coal fields
after the United Mine Workers
of America ordered miners to
quit work last midnight until a
new working contract is nego-
tiated for the Appalachian area.
Earl Jones, about 81, a mine
guard, was wounded at the Mary
Helen Coal Corporation.
At The Harlan-Ccneral Coal
Corporation, Frank Joyner, 81,
identified by the police as d
picket, was shot in the leg. 1t
was not Immediately determined
how JOINER was wounded, police
said.
The sheriff arrested and
charged with the shooting of
Jones a man he identified as Bill
Gibbs, about so, a miner from
the Black Mountain mines.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
Trailer Homes
For Workers

Washington, April |. - (AP) -
After an inspection by government
officials, so auto tra!lerS, the first
FOR defense Shlpyard workers a
Wilmington, N. c., moved out OF
Washington this afternoon en- route
to the North Carolina city.
The trailers, each lowed by al;
automobile, were expected to begin
arriving in Wilmington tomorrow
and officials said all probably would
be there by Thursday. Meantime, an
other group Of 50 was reported on
the way by another route from fac
tories in Michigan.
The trailers are furnished with
stoves, hunks, electric lights ana
ether COnNCnlenceS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
Protest
Is Lodged
State Department and
Axis Embassies De-
cline to Make Notes
Public.

Washington, April 1.--(AP)-
Germany and Italy have de-
manded that the United States
release axis ships taken into pro-
tcctiEe custody during the week
end and also release members OF
the crews. it was reliably learn
ed today.
The demands were made IN
n"tes oG protest lodged with the
state department by the axis
embassies late yesterday.
The state department and the EN-
bass,C, alike declined to make pub
lie the contents Of the notes.
In neither note was there an
mention Of sabotage-the ground
which the government gave for tax
ing over the ships-it was under
stood.
Secretary of State Hull indi-
Gated that the protests were re-
reivinG Scant consideration and
would have no. effect on the gov
crnmcnt's policy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
South Boston
Hit By Fire

South Boston. Va, April lap
Twelve business structures, lncluC-
ING a large warehouse, were destroy
co today by fire which was brough'
under control shortly before noon.
City officials estimated the loss
would exceed 100000. Origin OF the
fine had not been determined.
The fire was discovered IN the
lear Of the Big Four warehouse
where more than 40 used cars were
stored. Exploding gas tanks IN the
cars he!1ed to sprea,: the flames
along the nearby avenue and down
q street.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
President Hints
OF More Defense
Posts For State

Raleigh, April 1.-(AP)-2rcsident
Roosevelt, while inspecting Fort
Bragg yesterday, indicated that I'D
ditlonal defense training posts might
be established in North Carolina.
Governor B%roughton said today
that the President had expressed
qualification about the progress made
at Fort Bragg. Mr.. Roosevelt also
declared that progress made at Fort
Bragg and other defense posts in
North Carolina justified the location
of other posts in the state.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01

Measure Would Per.
init Purchase of For.
eign Food Under Ger.
tain Restrictions.

Washington, April 1.-(AP)-Sen-
ator Adams, Democrat, Colorado,
sought today to compromise a Sen
ate controversy over Army and Navy
purchases Of Argentine canned beef
and other foreign products by offer
ing an amendment to a $4,000, 900 de-
tense appropriations bill permitting
such purchases under restricted con
oitiOnS.
With the administration planning
tC seek reconsideration of yesterdays
81 to 20 vote for prohibition of such
Continued Ga Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
Roosevelt's Return
To Speed Aid Plans
One Killed
By Explosion

kcarny, y. j., April 1.-(AP)
ORC workman was killed and
two were seriously injured today
in an acctylene gas explosion in
the hull of a I. :. Navy destroy
er under construction on the
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company yards.
The cause of the accident
and extent of the damage had
not been determined.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01

T TO THREE

Roanoke, Va. April l.-(AP)-
Three members Of the crew of an
eastbound Virginia coal train We're
motive boiler at StcWartsNille Sta
ton, ten miles easi Of here.
The explosion tore up several rail
lengths Of track but none Of the $50
cars of coal left the rails.
Cause of the explosion was not
determined immediately.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
TROOPS
OCCUPY BASE OF
GERMAN AIR LINE

LIMA, Peru, Arrii l.-(AP)-
Peruvian troops have occupied
the workshop and hangar OF the
German air line here. There are
two Junkers airlinerS at the
hangar. The occupation was car
iied out last night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
Devastating
Result Said
Four German Cities
and Rotterdam kaid-
ed by Bombers; Brit
'sh Shipping Losses
Lower In Week Ended
March g..
(By The Associated TrrsS)

NBy The Associated PrcsS)
British royal air force raiders
we're declared today to have
smashed at five cities of Germany
and German-Occupied territory,
injected a new type of high eX-
rloSivc benin into aerial war
fare with devastating" results.
and bombed and machine gun
ned German troops on parade.
The London air ministry said TIC
fAF made assaults n four cities in
he reich, and the nazi-held port of
Rotterdam, Holland.
Berlin said that British night raid
ors, flying over western Germany
bombed the Bethel charity hospital,
eleven patients and injuring
five.
A London c0mmunique said
the new type explosive bomb was
introduced in the raid on Fm-
den, nazi port and industrial
city.
Houses took to the air wien
the bombs b'rst," the British
-1xgg ta
fContinued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01
j. S.-Mexico
Pact Ready
Defense Agreement
Provides for Recipro-
cal Use of Air Fields
and Bases.

Washington, April l.-(AP)-
The United States and Mexico
today signed a convention pro-
Vidine for reciprocal use of air
fields which will permit Ameri-
can military planes to speed to
Panama in the shortest possible
time.
Washington, April i-(Ap)-Ihf
United States and MeNlcp, it Wa.
learned authoritatlyc}y today, have
concluded negotiations Of a deGen>C
agreement providing Tor reciprocal
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01

THE DETAILS.
Here are the items which went
to make up North Cardinals big
gest month Of all time in cOllec-
ton of taxes:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-01

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Evening star., 1941-01-21

Fire now has $4,000 Red Cross
members, new high record.
Evening star., 1941-01-21

formation centers at New York and
Boston, the number, direction, ap-
proximate speed and probable OBJ
jectives Of the invading bombers
are plotted and charted.
Through a complicated system OF
mathematical computation, aided by
colored arrows and markers indi-
eating the type of invading" plane
the time spotted and the track of
invasion" officers of the Air De-
fense Command determine how
many interceptors go aloft and their
mission.
The operations board In the in
formation center enables the air
officer to direct the interceptor
planes directly across the track
of the incoming bombers.
Maj. Gen. James E. Chaney, re-
Gently returned from England, where
he studied air defense methods, is
commanding general of the air de-
fense command, which operates
under 1t. Gen. Hugh A. Drum. 1st
Army commander. = -
Evening star., 1941-01-21
Mrs. Roosevelt
CONTINUED From First Page)

Of local board trouble in formu-
lating a policy toward men Of draft
age who have married only re-
Gently. She said some selective
service officials seemed to feel that
some Of the local boards policies
have the effect of making the de-
sire to marry illegal.
Rejection of draft selectees be-
cause Of health defects is running
higher than 1t did in 1918, Mrs.
Roosevelt also told her press confer
ence. Her announcement was based
on incomplete statistics given to her
by DR.. Dykstra.
At the same time Mrs Roosevelt
pointed out that confusion caused
by rejection of selectees at induc-
ton centers after some had given
up their jobs is being gradually
cleared up as hometown physician,
become more familiar with the
Army's higher present-day stand
ards.
Principal causes for rejection, Mrs
Roosevelt said, are defects In teeth
eyes, ears and the genito- urinary
system.
Mrs. Roosevelt said the fact tina
Evening star., 1941-01-21
New Air Raids on Malta
Reported by Germans

BERLIN, Jan. 81 R.-Scattered
German combat planes were re-
ported today by the German high
command to have attacked airports
on the Mediterranean island of
Malta for the second successive day.
The high commands communique
said three planes failed to return
from operations Sunday night.
Armed reconnaissance flights over
Britain as far north as the Orkney
Islands were recorded yesterday de
spite most unfavorable weather"
Some objectives were said to have
been bombed.
CAT Valletta, Malta, the British
last night said 10 axis warplanes
were shot down in heavy raids
on the fortress Sunday. Eleven
of the planes were felled by
British fighter planes and eight
Evening star., 1941-01-21
Housewives Fight
|ncendiary Bombs
In London Suburbs
Three Alarms Sounded
In Capital After Isles
Have RoidIess Night
Ey the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 21.-Housevives
were reported to have dropped their
kitchen work in town on the out
skirts of London today to smother
fire bombs unloaded by a German
raider.
Three alarms sounded in the
capital after raid-free night
Throughout the British Isles British
accounts said the Nazi incendiaries
were extinguished as quickly as they
fell.
A single German plane was said
to have made four machine-gun at
tacks on an East Anglican town, then
dumped high explosives. Accounts
of these attacks said only one person
was injured and only slight damage
done.
London Suburbs Hit.
London's first alarm came late in
the morning and the two others in
the early afternoon.
An official announcement early to-
night said there was considerable
enemy activity over Eastern Eng
land in the daylight hours. but that
no important attack developed.
"A few bombs fell in the outskirts
of London and at points in the home
and eastern countless it said. adding
that there we're very few casualties
and some damage to houses.
(The German radio reported
targets were bombed in London at
noon today and that direct hits
started several fires in another
attack on anti-aircraft batteries
and barracks at Aldeburgh, in
Southeast England. The radio
said a German bomber severely
damaged a 4.500-ton British mer-
chantman off Northwest Ireland)
Bad weather over the English
Channel, which was said to have
prevented any major air operations
by either side during the night, gave
way today to a light fog. Heavy
seas we're running from south
westerly gale which lashed the
Channel during the night.
The shifting weight of Luftwaffe
attacks on Great Britain showed up
today in an analysis of the casual
ties.
Province Casualties Heavier.
Of 1880 civilians killed or in
jured in the peak month Of Sep.
tember, three-fourths were ir
London.
The position was reversed last
month, with the provinces bearing
three -fourths of the announced
8,800-odd casualties.
Plane losses over Britain dropped
sharply. German losses for Sep.
tember were placed by the British
at 957 planes, against 318 British
The December score was given az
80 German aircraft and nine British
Evening star., 1941-01-21
Air Corps
Continued From First Page)

cester, Salem, Brockton, Framming-
ham, Auburn and Webster.
Capt Frederic H. Smith, defense
controller at Mitchell Field, reported
there had been a dog fight" over
Worcester and that an attempted
bombing Of Brockton had resulted
in the enemy" being beaten of to
sea before vital objectives were
reached.
Two invading enemy bombers
roared in from the sea OF Bellport,
Long Island. where they were spotted
by volunteer observers of the Air De-
fense Command. and were inter-
cepted few minutes later by fighter
planes over Port Jefferson.
In making the interception about
II miles from Bellport, the fighter
planes, which took of from Suffolk
completed their mission in the first
test Of the four day experimental
exercises of the Air Defense Com
mand.
A second initial victory" for the
defending forces came simultaneous
ly few miles from Providence, R. l.,
where two more bombers were inter-
cepted by three pursuit ships from
New London, Conn, as the in
vaders" flew in from Narragansett
Bay.
Almost at the same time, spoilers
reported q flight Of bombers flying
high in the vicinity of the Massa-
chusetts shoe manufacturing city Of
Brockton.
Almost continuously, the New Eng
land air raid information center at
Chelsea, Mass, received reports of
approaching planes from Massachu-
sets lookout points in Webster, Au-
burn, Worcester, Framingham and
Salem.
Capt. Smith reported that the
work of the civilian. spoilers was
excellent"
Men Of the Flying Corps, the Sig
nal Corps and the Coast Artillery
Anti-Aircraft, cooperating with
thousands of volunteer spoilers, were
q the alert throughout Northeast
ern United States for further at
tacks" from the sea.
The first appearance of the EN-
emy'- bombers was quickly trans
mitted to the information center at
New York. plotted and charted on
the huge operations board, the track
determined and orders were issued
for the interceptors to go aloft, all
in matter of minutes.
Some 10000 observers, mostly
American Legionnaires, telephone
operators and Coast Guardsmen,
man the 100 observations posts over
the 18,000-square-mile area.
Use Filter Stations.
From these observation posts,
through filter" stations and thence
to huge operations boards in the in
Evening star., 1941-01-21

by anti-aircraft guns, the report
said. This was a declared total
of 80 German and italian losses
for three days.
In addition, three other axis
planes probably we're destroyed,
and nine damaged, the British
account said. while only three
British aircraft we're lost, with
the pilots of two reported safe)
Informed sources said German
planes had bombed three British
merchant ships totaling 1880 tons
in the last "a hours.
The merchantmen, of $500. 7OOt
and 1000 tons, they said, were struck
north and west of Ireland.
A vessel of 6,000-800 tons re.
ported hit two days ago off Harvich
England. was reported by scouting
planes to be sinking.
Evening star., 1941-01-21
Peace Group Is Asked
To Stoqe RoIIy Here

An invitation to the Keep Amer
lea Out Of War Congress to stage
a national anti-war rally in the
District has been issued by the
Washington chapter of the organ
ization, Seymour Etkin, acting Sec
retary, announced yesterday.
The mass meeting will be held
"as soon as possible" in an attempt
to defeat the lease-lend bill, the
secretary said.
In a statement issued yesterday
Mr.. Etkin described the bill as
nothing less than q declaration OF
war" and added that this is not
our war"