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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-17
Burma Battle
So Miles From
China Lifeline
Vital Road II Perl
as Jeps Crack
Whole British Line
By DARRELL BFRRI"N\
rtrd Press >faT ,u'rr'r''1'nt

RANGOCN HWu Faa r
The i~-pclal dc.c. az Burma
c>tabn>"co q tr.r' .r.N 81. "l'>
from The Burma t.,a tod j., haN-
inc retreat, before Cd japanese
ofef SiVe that cracked 'n. Sal
wen River '1C Al al. points
Abandon the railroad town
OF Thator and 1.-THE C11ro area
between r and the Nalwecn as
tar north US papun. tho defenders
UithtrfA no Tho west bank OF the
Biln River. which ho,> from
north 10 south into The Gulf of
Martaban. They thus shortened
their lines and consolidated their
forces but generally advanced tho
-5aPapcSe - miles westward from
the Salween.
The battle front was vaguely
defined IN official reports bat the
imperials appeared 10 hc with
drawing or a general norih-South
line - apparently 10 all back
eventually on the SIuanC River,
BURMA ROAD IN RAID
The japanese were approx
mately IS miles from railroad
junction which would enable them
10 fan out for simultaneous strikes
west al the Burma road and south,
some 40 miles. al RangcOn
The British withdrawal probably
had enabled the invaders 10 funnel
their -f@fees~ffatts- a-stfunrrr-Spcar
head in the southern sector
Nest of the Salween Burma
hears the appearance of a knubby
shoe. with Rangoon at the ball OF
the foot. The battle zone is in the
high heel, and fighting steadily is
mounting toward the Rangoon-
Mandalay railroad 49, first portion
of the Burma road which is al the
instep.
BY withdrawing northwcstward
from the heel sector. the British
have shortened their battle line,
measured from Papun, nearly 90
miles.
UPS CONSOLIDATE LINES
ne SAME IlldlltuNtls UNIV l .
probably has permitted the Japa-
nese 10 Join their forces which
struck across the Salwcen in a
pincers drive from Martaban, Al
the heel tip. and from Paan, 30
miles north of Martaban
An Raj communlque said our
bombers and fighters have at
tackled enemy positions in the Pa
pun areas" probably indicating
that the Japanese have started 8
new thrust 10 the west.
Papun is 10 miles west OF the
Salween where il forms Burma S
border with northern Thailand. II
is 100 miles north of Martaban
and almost due north Of the Japa-
nese lines in the south.
Fighting in the zone had not
been mentioned previously.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-17
SHIP E\PLODES

- ship exploded before my
eyes and blazing oil spread over
the waters. We heard screams
from the sailors a. men from
shore attempted without success
10 put out obatS. The fire ig-
nited oil on the surface Of the
water.
several men from the tanker
managed Ia swim ashore. Mean
while IA second ship WAS set shre
nv a torpedo An dincendiarv
tracer shells were ~hizLing over.
head. apparently aimed at ths
refinery
"\a fires were started ashore.
about two hours later when
the excitement died down |
heard another explosion and
learned that third tanker had
been tOrprdoch Al the pier. \
hole was blasted through itS
bunker hut IL was not set ahre
a. II was empty.
There was no sign Of panic
on the island. The populace r."
manned calm and apparently
ready for any eNentualitN."
a United Press Aruba dlSpatC'
SAID alrp.anys had been sent out q
warn i 'ankor>. in Caribbean
waters near Aruba 20 make f0r
port a. once All tanker Saiing
were cancelled until further orders
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-17
Oil Island
Attack
Described
BY CHARLES Is. ENGELKE
United Pres stan Carrrannndent

BALBOA. c. T.. Feb. M
Lieut., Gen Frank NJ. Andrews.
United States commander in the
Caribbean. reported today that at
least ono of the Nazi submarines
which sank possibly six or more
tankcrS deep in United States de-
Tense waters and Shelled oil in
StallationS AT Arubia is believed 10
have been sunk.
American air and sea forces
searched tho Caribbean waters for
additional Nazi undcrSca craft.
Andrews Indicated that the
U-boat may have hcen sunk off
Aruba where he personally Wit
messed the German attack. He said
that there was 50 much oil on the
surface of tho sea around the
Dutch OIL island that II was diff
cult 10 he certain whether the
NaM submarine hadybccn sunk
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-17

ATOW We have the ca
- ont of the bag -an,
u moi only tho did tom
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-17

'at. but Maria and the vii,
litter of diNcreditahlp kiltcr
Mr.. Churchill Is being
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-22
MONDAY, JUNE %, 1912
Demand For Negro Schools
Urgent Problem Of County
Expected To Get Consideration in Budget Fix
ing for Coming Year; Accumulation of Funds
Over Period Talked.

on PettigreW street. This would pro-
vide only for the building program,
with no allowance whatever for q
new site on the east side Of the rail-
hoad. 1t is estimated that at least
thirty-thrce Don WOuId be neCeS-
sary to meet present demands.
If nothing is done now 10 begin
accumulation of funds, only a small
part of the necessary cash would be
available by l945, and at that time
il is doubted if the public would be
willing to accept increased taxation
as now, in The opinion of those who
have studied the problem.
No definite action has been taken
by either the school board or the
county commissioners, although the
commissioners have discussed the
plan of issuing bonds each year in
the amount Of t~Wo-thirds of the
previous years liquidation, as pro-
vided by law.
The whole problem is chcdulcd
TO receive consideration from both
boards in connection with shaping
the new budgets for l942-43, and
some decision Of one kind or another
is anticipated soon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-22

Increasing demand for larger
quarters for Negro school in Hender-
son is taking on the aspects OF an
urgent problem for the county, II
was SAID today by Superintendent
E. NJ. Rollins, who has given much
thought lately 10 its solution, and
who is considering several proposals
to be laid before the County Board
Of Education and the Vance Board
of County Commissioners.
a recent grand jury in superior
court severely criticized conditions
IN Colorod schools and State Fire
Marshal Sherwood BrockWcll CON
demned the Central Colored graded
school, which, however. is still in use
for want of better Accommodations.
Mr., Rollins observed today that en-
rollment and attendance in the
colored schools is growing. while
that in the white schools is dcclIn-
ing.
Three methods of providing funds
for a building program are open
10 county authorities. One of these
is for the voters at an election to
authorize a bond issue; a second is
for the county commissioners each
year 10 issue new bonds without
4 vote of the people in the sum of
t~Wo-'hlrdS of the amount Of bonds
retired IN the previous year. and a
thlrd'lS by lcVying taxes over a period
of several years to provide funds.
Those who have given consiarra-
ton to the problem say that the
problem should be met at the pres
en- time as far as possible. Economic
conditions arc improved end a tax
could be met better at this time,
and, while il would be impossible
to undertake a building program
during the war emergency, accumu-
lation of funds could be started, it
is pointed out.
Some calculations that have been
made show that a ten cents tax levy
Tor four years would yield approxi-
matcly $4,000 annually. or $4,000
for the period. Issue of new bonds
each year for four years in the
amount equal to tWo-thirds of debt
liquidation would provide an
estimated additional S52,422. Togeth-
the two sources of funds would
aggregate approximately Sl25.OOO
over a period of four years.
This would provide two small
schools, M on eech side Of the rail
road, It is pointed out, and would
include use Of at least the first
story of the present Central school
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-22
Mercury 81,
New Top,0n
Day
Suffo Heat
Continues T O
Night w i t h Little
Change in Maximum
Today; Skies Clear
All Through.

Sunday was the longest and hottest
day of the year thus far. ACCORDING
to official records today. The NAV
mum mercury reading in the aftcr-
noon was 81. officially announced nv
the Weather Bureau observer TODAY
Today's weather forecast was f1.
continued hot and sultry weather
this afternoon and tonight.
There was next to no stirring of
the air Sunday or Sunday night
and many people found their resi- for
the night wa, distributed by the
stufty atmosphere, with no relief to
be hand.
According to the calendars, june
p is the longest day of the year. or
fiCially, the sur rose Sunday at l31
a. m. and set at 1872 p. IN. Summer
officially began at 8.37 a. m.
Several days at this immediate
period the days are virtually the
same in length and the nights
al o, but much shorter. Daytime
Sunday was calculated at Is hours
one minute, and night as eight hours,
80 minutes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-22
White Schools Will Lose
3 Teachers; Negro Gain 3

elementary grades has tended down
ward. The opposite has been true
OF the c0lorcd schools.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-22
Two County
Principals
Quit Posts
w. c. Poe at Aycock
and A: G. Gay at
Give Up
Schools Here; Success
sors Not Named Yet
for Coming Year..

D...
'IiNlp"ls Oh TWO oi vance collh-
w. I'VE iur'l cohSoilda'eo hiGh
SN.I""IN nave reSlgheo ana VIII no'
I(,uI' leHt year. Ine'f successors
nay not peeil nance II was III
uounG @ NE Once Oh
f. w. huIIi'lS'
W. roe, Wno mas Deen principal
'o hlsh School. our mics
S"Nl "i 'nt c'ly' S"ihe'1lne IKE d
UoI,,. oI 50 years, n"haeo IN ms re-
S,E.!"..pl' several days ago. DaNlo r.
way WHO Has served DIS pilnClpdl OF
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-22
STEVE
is CAMP BUGLER

Steve Flanagan, son Of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Eric G. Flanagan Of Hcndcr-
SON, is camp bHglar at Camp Fdecr.
ton, the summer boys camp of the
Raleigh Y. M. G. A.. Of which W
d. Payne, Henderson high schoo.
principal, is director.
Mr.. Payne writes that no Other
Henderson bows are at the camp, but
that a limited number could be en-
rolled. Boys interested in attending
the camp should address Mr.. Payne
in care of Camp Edgerton (Y. NJ. G
AZ. Raleigh.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-22
ARE BACK
FROM KIWANIS MEET

Mr.. and Mrs. f. O, Falkncr re-
turned Saturday from Cleveland.
Ohio, where they attended the an
nual convention of kiWanis inter-
national. Mr.. Faulkner representing
the Henderson club, of which he is
president. He said today the con-
Vention was both successful and en-
loyablc, and that III delegates and
visitors were in attendance from the
CarolinaS district. He and Mrs. Falk-
nor were away the week.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-22
c. OF c.
WILL MEET TONIGHT

The board of directors of the Hen
deiSon Chamber of Commerce viii
meet at 8 o'clock tonight at the or
ga%nlzation'S offices. it was announce
ed today by Arthur II. Surprise, sec
rotary.
a number of important matters
are to come up for discussion and a
tuil attendance of the directors is
desired.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-22
CAN 0 ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Puge Four

!. Which critical wal material is
derived from bauXite2
:. Name the President of the Con-
2. Name the President of the
Czcchoslovakia provisional govern
mcnt in exile.
3. Pitcairn Island is in the Indian.
Atlantic, or Pacific Ocean?
4. Is the o a star, planet, or
satellite?
5. India is essentially an a~gricul-
tura[ country, true or false
6. Was it possible in 1880 for
Amerlcan-born women to lose their
citizenship without leaving the coun-
try or taking the oath of allegiance
to another country?
7. Who wrote The I]nnocen>s
Abroad?
8. Complete the saying, Fine
goods come in small --."
9: Seeing eye dogs generally are
which breed?
10. What was the name Of George
Waohinotun's mother
Evening star., 1942-12-30
i. ). Will Continue
Radio Propaganda
beamed al Finland
Nations MutuoI Bon on
International Activities
Won't End Air Proerom

Radio propaganda from the United
States to Finland will be continued
in spite of the restrictions on Amer
ican International activities inside
Finland imposed by the Helsinki
government, the State Department
said today.
The department disclosed it has
banned distribution of Finnish
propaganda in the United States,
acting in reprisal after the Finnish
government asked the American
Legation in Helsinki to halt its
propaganda activities
The restriction in HelSinki means
the press section of the Legation will
be abolished. and its distribution of
pamphlets and releases. prepared
under Office of War Information
guidance, will be ended. The Amer
lean counteraction puts an end tc
activity bv the Finnish Information
Center in New York.
The developments came on the
heels of stir raised by an owl
broadcast from the United States tc
iiiioiid ucSSl iOliiS HillcliCdli dio-
pleasure with Prime Minister Ran
CELLS attendance at japanese En-
baSsy party in Helsinki celebra tine
| the attack on Pearl HarbOr.
These new moves are developments
in the slow deterioration of Finnish
American relations.
The American Government vii
take no extreme steps with respect tc
Finland before the arrival here OF
Arthur Schoenfeld, American Min
lister to Helsinki. who is on his way
home to make full report.
The Soviet government is main
tanning pressure in the United States
for break with Finland.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Japs Score Advances
In Mountains Of China
~ tl,e ksSociated press

b. the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Dec. 30.-Several
Japanese successes in a mountain
Gus angle pointing southwark to
the Yangtze River in Hupeh and
Anhwei Provinces were reported to-
day by the Chinese communique. ,
Heavy fighting was in progress.
the communique said, in the region
of Lotien, Hupeh town at the north
west tip of the angle, where the
enemy has converged two columns.
About 81 miles to the south. at
Hsushui, midway point between the
river ports of Hankow and Kiukiang,
which has changed hands several
times, the communique acknowl-
edged that the japanese again had
taken the city.
1t said the invaders also had cap
tured Kwangtsi, at the point Of the
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Freedom or Slavery Issue
In War, Norris Declares
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Dec. Ex-senator
Norris, Nebraska Progressive, said
last night that after the war I'VE
will not be able to do our part in
the drawing Of the peace treaty
unless we maintain the fires of
human freedom at our own fire.
sides"
Senator Norris spoke philosophi-
cally of his defeat for reelection
to the Senate after 40 years of
service in speech at a testimonial
dinner given in his honor by the
Union for Democratic Action and
the Nation magazine. and then
launched into his subject, After
the War, What?"
The outcome OF the present war"
he said. will determine whether we
are to have free world or whether
a dictator shall make slaves of all
the peoples of the earth who do not
belong to his race.
I'VE will emerge from this contest
free people or we and our de-
scendants will become the slaves of
a master who knows neither JUS
tice nor mercy"
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Anderson Given Stay
OF Execution in MiIey
Robbe'y-Murder Case
Attorney Tells Governor
His Confederotes Soy
He Is Innocent
BY the Associated Press


FRANKFORT KY. Dec. 30
Purported Startling new evidence"
brought Robert H. Anderson. 81,
former Louisville night club oper-
ator, stay of execution yesterday
for his part in the robbery shaving
last year of Marion Miley, golf star,
and her mother
Gov Keen johnson granted the
stay from New Year Day to jan
uary % on plea for time to make
investigation of the evidence that
might clear Anderson.
Anderson'S attorney. S. Rush
Nicholson OF Louisville, informed
the Governor that Thomas Penney,
SO, and Raymond (Skeeter) Baxter,
70, both of Lexington, convicted
with Anderson for the murder of
Miss Miley and the fatal wounding
OF her mother in sl30 robbery of
the Lexington Country Club. Sep
tember %. l94l, had declared An
derson had no part in the crime.
E. Lawrence Tucker, the Cover
nor's attorney, said Nicholson
SieAiihNo ClhlCy lldu WIlILPIl IpC1Gr
stating he named Anderson as his
accomplice "out of spite" and Baxter
had written that he was forced to
involve Anderson by police pressure
and duresS'
AT Eddyville where Penny and
Baxter are to be electrocuted jan
uary %, Warden Jess Buchanan last
night said the two men denied anv
revelation of new evidence relating
/ to Anderson and that Penney de-
clared his testimony at the trials Of
Anderson and Baxter when he was
States witness against them would
| stand.
Earlier. the warden recalled hav-
ing read letters Penney and Baxter
had written to Anderson's attorney
| stating they had not seen Anderson
on the night of the robbery.
AT Lexington, Police Chief A. B.
| Price asserted, There's nothing in
| the world to the story" that new
evidence would clear Anderson. He
denied BaXter's charge of police
! pressure and dureSs.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Hospitals Could Add 745 Beds
Without Building, WPB Holds
Maverick Says 172 More Could Be Supplied
Here With Only Minor Construction

however, that this be done in the
District.
1T is understood, he added. that
we are urging hospitals all over
America to make maximum use of
space just as we are now doing for
the District hospitals. Many hos
pitals throughout the country are
using sunporches, Offices Railways.
puglic waiting rooms and recrea-
tional room and doubling up in large
private rooms"
He said he did not regard this
practice as the most desirable, but
that past experience had proved it
could be done without too great a
lowering of good patient care. He
added that the dire situation of war
demands that it be done.
"As to the factual situation of the
number of beds and the utilization
of space" he went on. this can be
ironed out by reasonable men, but
of the principle involved in saving
critical materials in order to win the
war there can be doubt"
Projects Not in Hand.
Mr. Maverick pointed out in his
report that the WPB survey was
started in November, before any OF
the projects now under study were
received by the governmental divi-
sion. He revealed that on Novem-
ber he sent a memorandum tc
Fred Searls, director of the facilities
bureau, suggesting that Everett w
Jones OF his division and N. F
Mcdonald. chief hospital consult
ant Of the United States Public
Health Service, be assigned TO make
the survey.
The province of the War Pro-
duction Board" he concluded lis
not to tell how the District is run
our only province is to cut the use
of critical materials, and this we
must do. Therefore, I suppose sug-
gestions will be permitted-espe-
cially since ] live in the District
as we all do, with our families and
children
That being the case, there is GER
tainly some group who can take this
problem over-probably the District
of Columbia Medical Society, the
Hospital Superintendents' Associa-
ton and the District Health Depart
ment or the United States Public
Health Service. We of the WPB
have no right to interfere in the ad-
ministrative details of hospitals We
can only do our job in ways and
means of conserving materials and
the utilization Of space"
Evening star., 1942-12-30
U. 5. Navy to Present
; Subchusers to BroziI
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla. Dec. 30.-Three
American subchasers were to be
transferred to the Brazilian Navy
in colorful military ceremony to-
day with United States and Brazil
ian naval ofncials attending.
Rear Admiral James L. Kaufman,
commander of the Gulf Sea From
tier, will make the presentation for
the Navy Com. Harold Reuben
Cox, head of the Brazilian naval
mission here, will accept the ships
for his country.
Admiral Kaufman. who will speak
in both Portuguese and English. was
in Brazil from 1927 to 1881 with a
United States naval mission.
The transfer of these ships to
the Brazilian Navy" Comdr. Cox
said, means much to me and my
countrymen.
1T is concrete proof that the
United States is doing everything
possible to help us in our battle
with the German submarine fleet.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Shoots Departing Wife,
Then Kills Himself
BY the Associated Press.


HAGERSTOWN. Nd. Dec. 30.-A
37-year-old cement plant employe
killed himself yesterday after criti-
cally wounding his wife with a shot
gun as she went through the front
door of their home.
County Investigator Wayne Sell
man said Francis F. Bachtell shot
Mrs. Margaret Bachtell, 80, As she
left the house after her husband
ordered her to pack her clothes and
leave.
Mrs. Bachtell was taken to the
Washington County Hospital. where
physicians held little hope for her
recovery. They reported she was
paralyzed by a wound In the back
Bachtell shot himself through the
head, Mr.. Sellman said.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
BY b. J. McQUAID,

Correspondent of The Star and Chicago
Daily News.
PEARL HARBOR. Dec. 80. -
Tough minded realists here, re-
tlectlng the very same attitude
found common in my six months
service in the North Pacific, look
for a long Pacific war: some even
give it a good chance of outlasting
/ this decade.
Many observers doubt that the
American public is psychologically
prepared for war Of this duration
and magnitude. Their reigning
dread is that somewhere along the
line efforts will be made by certain
| interests to effect a compromise
settlement with the japanese, and
that such a movement may win
popular support.
The conventional strategy Of a
/ stepping stone approach to Toxic
via the myriad islands of Melanesia
/ Micronesia and the Indies. involv-
| territory bagged by the Japs during
/ the first months of the war, is still
/ regarded as theoretical possibility
! Practically, this is now nearly every
| where regarded as project de-
manding impossible OUTLAWS of man.
power and material.
soft Belly" Strategy.
Instead observers here are think
ing and talking in terms of the
soft belly of Japan"
The phrase is borrowed from
Winston Churchills recent ap-
praiSal of the Mediterranean situa-
ton. The strategy it signifies is
strikingly similar to that fore
shadowed by the American occu-
patton of North Africa.
The soft belly of Japan is, rough
ly, that area of the Pacific lying
between the Jap homeland and the
, Asiatic coastline north of Hang
chow. To employ an inelegant
figure.
Whereas Japan's tough backside
southwestern and mid-Paciflc bases,
/ her soft belly, thrusting its loose
/ folds against the long ASiatic coast
line, is in hundred places vulner-
able to the dagger thrusts of am
/ phibious attack.
Use of Chinese ManpOwer.
! The reconquest of Burma and
parts of Thailand and French Indo-
/ China is an indispensable prere
( quisite to such kicks in the Jar
belly as our Pacific leaders joyfully
contemplate. This means a huge
land and air offensive, the estab-
lishment of ample supply routes to
China and subsequent large scale
utilization of Chinese manpower.
Sea power would by no means be
idle in such an offensive Already
it sets the stage by securing Ions
Pacific supply lines to Australia
and India and whiting Japan's of
fenSlve power to point where
she appears ineXtricably contained
in her own areas in the Western
and Southwestern Pacific. But ses
powers ultimate role will be real
lied in great amphibious belly.
kicking expeditions. which can be
organized only after the China coast
has been cleared of the Jap scourge
Land-based airpoWer, surface anc
subsurface sea forces can then joir
in ripping up through the sof
belly toward the final goal, the
Toxic jugular. 1t will take years Of
hard fighting. For long months
the war in the Pacific must con-
tinue to be holding war, wal
Of fierce, bloody attrition, taking
terrible demands on the men wag.
ing it, yet war whose importance
relative to overall United Nations
strategy obviously is regarded a,
secondary in many high quarters.
/ Dread and Skepticism.
Pacific observers share profound
dread and skepticism lest the coun.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Four Killed in Bombing
Of Town in England
BY the Associated Press

LONDON. Dec. 30-Four persons
were killed today when three Ger
man planes bombed the residential
districts of southwest coast town
in q raid which lasted but a few
moments.
The raiders. believed to have been
F-W 1905, first dropped bombs, then
returned to strafe the town with
machine-gun and cannon fire. Some
persons were trapped in wrecked
buildings.