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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
Aluminium,
Strike Near
War Labor Board De-
cision Denying Wage
Increase Called 'Un-
fair by Leader.

Pittsburgh. Aug. iS.-tAp-
international headquarters Of
the aluminium workers union re-
ported today its members have
urged that general strike he
called in the War-viiai aluminium
industry unless the war labor
board rrcunSiderS its decision
denying them 4 wage increase or
President Roosevelt "intcrvcncS
directly" in the ease.
Met. y. Inuuricn. president Of The
CO union. issued Il statement
charging the boards decree. an
uuuuccd last week. was an "un!an
action cndangcrIng The "whul,
aluminium production program and
warmed mat the industry nov i,
confronted with demands from In,
rank and Tile for general strike
/uuulICn called meeting al union
committeeman here for "Wednesday
and invited representative OF tn,
CO tinted Auto Workers uniru
Wh. represent employees ni tn,
Aluminium Company of America
Vernon. Cal. plant.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
Island Drive
Raises Hopes
OF Chinese

ChuugNinG. Aug. (AP)- The
'c>"UndmC blows OF United State;
forces in tar off Solomon islands.
which arc attracting widespread at
'cn'ion and stimulating hope here.
soon viii relieve japanese pressure
IN China. government spokesman
said today At pres, conference.
"Th" epoch rrHliing battle is sure
- have important rCpcrCilsSions
1"r". H." spokesman said BY
drawing substantial portions of ia
"dn'S naval. land and air forces into
'hC. w'd-parlfIc. the japanese in
'NiNhiy Wi nc forced ir revise their
"Muargu rr -" continent"
In" American action in the
""'nm"n> J. - ururnstratIun OF "ex-
optional courage and an impressive
Hrrri 81 the might of America"
&C spokesman asserted.
We arc deeply in'pre sed by the
.'1I'n,i,y ut the eliot"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
kittrellWreck
Is Attributed
To Laxness

Washington. Aug. l8.-(AP)-
The Interstate commerce COM
mission reported today that
collision of the Scaboard Air
Line railroad al kit,rclL n.
G.. III which eight passengers
we're KILLED June II was caused
by failure Ia provide adequate
flag protection for the preceding
train and by failure property To
control the speed of the follow
ing train.
The accident occurred when a
freight train crashed into the
rear nf u passenger train which
had stopped near the KitirCll
station.
The commission recalled that
Il similar accident had occurred
on the same railway al Mon
cure. n. C., June 8, injurinc
three employees. and commented
In; I both Investigations dis
closed lack of proper super
vision i'll the enforcement of
rules"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
REYNOLDS FAMILY
EXPECTING BIRTH
OF CHILD IN FALL

Was hingtGn. Aug. lS.-(AP)-
senator Reynolds. Democrat.
North Carolina. acknowledged
today u report that he and Mrs.
Reynolds were expecting the
- 81 CHILD sometime i'm the
TAIL"
asked about the report. first
heard in North Carolina. Rcy-
nolds said. well that's one thing
can't deny" Mrs. Reynolds. a
daughter of Mrs. Evelyn W. Nc
Lean. is 20. Senator Reynolds
il 81
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
g. s. Air Forces
Open Onensibe
Against GERMANY
II i g h | y Successful
AM-American Bomb
irs Att@clz on Rouen
Coupled With Raids on
GuE7kcrcue and Cher
bcurg; All Bornbers
Return.

An American Bomber Sta
tlCL ~ Briiarn, Aug. IS.-(Ap)
~ growing american bomb
IEG ".Icn'i\r to smash at naZi
Str'hEmnluS IN Germany and uc-
cupI,H Lu."Fr IN coordination
with the kAr' until the war is
Won WAS under WAY TO-DAY after
mighty successful. ull-Amcri-
can HomD."g attack ON the Ger
man-hcld railway yards ut
tOu,m. France.
Twelve flying fGrlrc>>rs, with
Eligalirr General Ira &. Eakcr
III one al the leading planes. flew
yesterday through I'LL the anti
aircraft fire the Germans Of
frrcd. mastered the best of Ger
many'> fighter planes and left
their target under II great pail
oi smoke and sand"
Six other flying fortrcsscs
executed diversion attacks on
Dunkrrquc and Chcrbourg.
All l8 of the giant bombcI5
returned safely Ia their base.
They We're escorted to their ;ar.
gets ~ RAJ. Canadian and United
States Fighters and two of these wer,
lost. But the fighters shot down tw,
G'ncr"i EakCt down The boys wcr,
@cant Kent l.. West OF West Block
ION. Ala. belly gunner" in one o.
the !"rirr>sr>. blasted another Ger.
man Fighter out of the sky.
II WAS an American show and from
General E>i,Cg ON down the boys wcr,
delighted. Flying al heights whcr,
tanE->upp!.Cd oxygen was almoS
constantly necessary. the for,rcSSr:
: hardly bruk" formation thruughou
Continued on Page Two)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
u. s. Bonbers
Busyh Egypt

Cairo. Aug. I8-(AP)-Middlc
East headquarters of the United
States Army air forces announced
today another series of successful
operations by heavy bOmbcr$ against
TObruk and in the Mediterranean
August II and - and disclosed that
for the first time American medium
bombCrs had gone into action with
the raid on Matruh.
The heavy bombcrS set fire Ia an
axis merchantmen guarded by two
dcStrCyCrS. and hit TObruk harbor in
StallationS and wreck which was
being used 10 moor torpedo boats
there.
"All our airplnncs returned safely"
from all missions. the American an
nOunCcmcnt said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
Auto Plants
Strike Peak
P rod NC ion O f
Weapons at Rate 20
Per Cent Above Best
Peacetime Records.

Detroit. Aug. lS.--tAPD--Al-
van MacNulcy. president of the
autOmOtivc council for war pre-
ductiOn. said today that the an
t"m0tivr industry was grinding
out the weapons of war at The
rat" of $1,000. OOO. 900 worth
year. exceeding its peak peace
time pace by more than 20 per
cent.
Assuming necessary materials are
available. he added the industry Ill
tlmatcly will be operating on il ST.
600. COCOON a yCar la is.
"ThiS.' MacAUlCv said. is com
parable 10 producing l5,0O0.00O pas
ScngCr cars and commercial vehicles
Dr nearly three times the indus,ry'S
annual oUtpIi; IN lis best pcacctlmc
years
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
Reds Regain
Lost Ground
Along Volga
NJ a r S h a | Timosh-
enko's Forces Launch
Strongest Counter Of
fensive Since German
Crossing Of Don; Nazis
Gain in Caucasus.
(by The Assoc lated PrcSS)

(Hy The Assoc lated PrcSS)
Russia : armies We're report
ed to have driven the Germans
into retreat below Stalingrad
today. rccaptur.ng several miles
OF lost grounC in the critical
struggle for the great Volga
steel city. and elsewhere in the
glohal war sign : appeared that
the allied star vas rising.
Soviet dispatches said Mar
Shal TimuShciko> force
Launching one al the strongest
counter attack. since the Ger
mans crossed the lower reaches
of the Don. had generally i'm
proved their positions in one
sector. 95 miles southwest of
Stalin"rad.
Red Star. the Soviet army
newspaper. said Russian shock
troops StOrmCd enemy occupied
hills. captured 4 defense section
hurricdly erected 10y the Ger
mans and destroyed several fir
ing points.
simultaneously AArll Hiticv's .icld
headquarters acknowledged that the
Red armies were attacking German
linc~ west of Moscow and noted hard
defensive battles" in the WANNA
and R2hcN sectors. Wcsi and north
west @: the USSR capital.
While the Russians hurled
back the invaders Soviet head
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
Anti-Axis Feeling
Mounts In Brazil
Street Demonstration
Spread w ar Fever
Following Submarine
Sinking Of FIVE Braz-
ilian Ships in Three
Days.

~" de- JancirO, Aug. H.
NV - Street demonstrations
spread war fever in Rio dc
''n'Irn this afternoon as resent
m'hl rose over axis submarine
SINKING nj five Brazilian ships
!" me na>t three days.
IN" Brazilian steamers Barc
Ihl hNaba, due To take axis
"'"l"mdl> To Europe. were held
IN port.
""', .''Wc noon Il crOWG tore
i" '|''..u IiJ@a from the Office of
wv !''-H..- newspapers and march
:" '' .'.' '"rcIgn ministry WhCr" Il
.P'N'..aH Tor the demonstrators
declared ''',''
'Th.. demonstration is tn shov tbo
hi@~.!.n government that people
VIII '...D" tho government any
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
Federal Debt
At New High

Washington. Aug. 1S.-(AP)-
The federal debt climbed S3.652.-
869.6O1 10 new high of $751;
382.775.OO2 In the first half of
August.
War savings bonds sales in the
fortnight amounted 10 $685.
S55.n8S. which was somewhat
less than half the mCnih'S quota
III S3ij QGG coo
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Little change in temperature
tonight. scattered showers and
tliundcrstornS ihis afternoon ana
tonight.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18

Elo dc Janriro. Aug. Is. -
hfI - Indignant BraziIians
"'i''d dnNiOuSly today for
s""'pi'lc count of the missing
'r"m live Brazilian ships. in
.'"uInS "nr troop transport. sunk
W 'hrrc days by axis Submar-
ines.
III" government. bitterly critics.
"'S "'' aNIs for disregard for the
n".' elemental concepts of human
,,S"i>' promised that the attacks on
n'"|'''''n property and lives would
"'' (" unpublished.
T. h"'h'"ts containing many survivors
""hl IN" five ships have arrived at
tL",'N,HI points. it was announced.
, inc loss of life is generally cX-
p p 1" be high. The five ships
"''"' q total of 365 crew mem
,.n' ana one was reported 10 be
'"r.,iFlng so passengers.
r,,n nioo others carried N unknown
pnDcr of passengers, including
, H." troop units on the 1901
pa D., h""p"nGS. In addition 10 the
I nn- ."F' INC ships lost were the
o. ION Annibal Bcncvclo. the
hs'p'~-'on Araraquara. and 1915 ton
'r'' ana the 2.169-ton Itaviba.
a.. large crowds gathered al the Of
n n,u 81 the Lloyd Brasilicro Navi-
FIN t;'.a Lines to learn the fate of rela-
N'S on the ships.
,c, Mno>hlngton. Aug. l8.-(AP)-Scc-
,"ry ui State Cordcll Hull de-
p ,"SC,ed today the torpcdoing Of five
m"Iiian ships as another of the
tb" IawlcSs and inhuman acts of
"'S axis powers.
e,oa o'l'mcnting at his press confer
h,., on the loss of the Brazilian
n, r"' including some carrying
,b. , The secretary declared that
i,,,. ans powers were inrlicting these
INV and inhumar acts on neutrals
''r, OclIigercnts alike.
'" recalled that he has had oC-
On '9 make similar remarks be-
v,,,, 9n1 wsrnpd that he probably
''" h''s "CCIsion ~ peak n2Mu
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18

.CVnti2Ied on FugC I.,,
Evening star., 1942-12-31
Louisiana 10 See Army
Maneuvers in February

1t, Gen. Lesley J. McNair, COM
manding general of the Army
Ground Forces, announced today
that 1943 Army maneuvers tenta-
lively were scheduled to start Feb
ruary l in Louisiana.
A corps Of the Sd Army is slated
to stage its battle problems in
Louisiana under 1t. Gen. Walter
Kruger. Sd Army commandine
general Tennessee maneuvers un-
der 1t. Gen. Ben Lear, command.
ing general of the I'd Army, are
scheduled for late in April
Subsequent maneuvers will be an
nounced later. Aggressive action ir
a variety of combat circumstances
will be stressed and supply in bulk
will be emphasized sin SO far a.
practicable" Gen. McNair declared
He said infantry, armored forcs
and tank units of the two armie,
are being assigned to combat prac.
tice areas IN the two States.
Evening star., 1942-12-31
WlB Reported Refusing
Preferential Hiring Order
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The War Labor Board, an au-
thorltatlye source said, refused to-
day to order preferential hiring in
the controversial Great Lakes Ship
ping case involving the CIO Ma
tional Maritime Union and four iron
ore ship operators.
Maintenance of membership and
checkoff of union dues was awarded
the union instead, it was learned.
The boards action rejected a
unanimous panel recommendation
and sustained the position of Inland
Steel, Interstate Steamship, Beth
lehem Transportation and the Inter-
national Harvester companies
They had contended, and the
union denied, that the preferential
hiring clause proposed by the panel
would violate a declaration by Pres
ident Roosevelt that the Govern
ment would not order the so-called
closed shop"
The panel report said that the
boards standard maintenance of
membership clause was not adequate
union security in shipping case of
this nature. The companies argued
at public hearing earlier this week
that the preferential hiring would
interfere with managements right
to hire and promote on a merit basis
and would therefore hamper an i'm
portant part of war production.
Evening star., 1942-12-31
Socialite Raj Pilot, Born
In u. s., Gets Honor Cross

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Dec 31.-Air Commodore
Whitney Straight, a socially promi-
nent American-born fighter pilot
now with the RAF in the Middle
East. was reported toay to have
been awarded Norways War Cross
by King Haakon.
Commodore Straight, who became
a British subject, was credited with
having saved many planes from a
field which the Germans were irving
to occupy during the invasion Of
Norway He was shot down over
the English Channel later. but
escaped.
Before the war he was we'll known
as an auto racing driver.
He was born in 1912, the elder
son of Mrs. Leonard K. Elmhurst of
New York and London, and the late
Maj. Willard D. Straight. banker.
He is grandson of the late William
c. Whitney, who was Secretary of
the Navy, and nephew of the late
Harry Payne Whitney.
He was married in 1885 to LADY
Daphne Finch -Hatton, daughter of
the Earl and Countess of Winchel.
sea.
Evening star., 1942-12-31
Victory Tax Effective
Tomorrow; Applies
To Payroll Period
Levy to Be Withdrawn
On Full Amount Earned
Including December Time
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Internal Revenue Commission
er Guy T. Helvering said today
that withholding of the 5 per
cent Victory tax, which becomes
effective tomorrow. must be made
on all wages for payroll periods
which end on or after January /.
Taking cognizance OF confusion
over the application of the victory
tax to wages covering a pay period
which includes part of this month.
Commissioner Helvering issued a
statement to clarity.
II an established payroll period
ends on or before today, he said,
no withholding of the victory tax
is required. If the established pay
roll period ends on or after tomor-
row, the statement said, the tax
is required to be withheld from the
full amount of the wages paid in
excess of the withholding deduction
allowable"
The victory tax applies to all
wages in excess of $l2 week and
all income in excess Of 1924 a year.
Mr.. Helvering gave these eX-
amples:
/. In the case of an established
semi monthly payroll period ending
on the 10th and the 25th day OF
the month withholding is required
on the entire amount Of the wages
paid in January, l943. for the pay
roll period commencing December
26, 1912, and ending on January
10, 1943.
2. If the payroll period ends on
December 81. 1912, the established
monthly payroll period ending on
the last day of the month, no with
holding will be required.
3. In the case of an established
weekly payroll period ending or
the second day of January. 1943
Withholding is required on the en-
tire amount Of wages In excess Of
the Withholding deduction paid ir
January for the payroll period De.
cember n. 1912, to January 2, 1913
inclusive.
Evening star., 1942-12-31
lDr. Fishbein
SCOTS at Fears
|For u. S. Health
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-Dr. Morri,
Flshbeln asserted today in a signed
editorial in Hygeia Magazine that
Fears Of breakdown in American
medical and public health services
are unwarranted by any evidence
now available.
The editor of Hygeia and of the
Journal of the American Medical
Association continued:
Far more serious is the attempt
to create such fears as a basis for
political intrigues or manipulations
for political power That is a dan
gerous threat to national morale and
public health"
The editorial said the health of
the people lis now the best that It
has been in our history" and that
unless some epidemic. like that of
1918, should sweep the world, these
excellent conditions should continue
to prevail"
Evening star., 1942-12-31

hallway of the first floor found
James H Warren. %, who died later
a. Garfield Hospital, asleep on a
blazing sofa.
She told police she attempted to
lead Mr.. Warren, his clothes aflame.
to the street, but that he ran to a
window instead and jumped to the
street
Police said they believed the VIC
tim fell asleep on the hall couch
with lighted cigarette in his hand.
Precinct Detective Joseph H. Hunt
was investigating the case for police,
while the District Fire Marshal's s
Office also had launched a probe.
Miss Matheney. who police said
was a waitress. made her statement
at the precinct when she came to
pick up her purse dropped on the
street.
Evening star., 1942-12-31
Arqentina's S Relations
With Axis Dep|ored
By Britain, Officially
Buenos Aires Reports
Of EneIond's Sympathy
Denied at London
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 31.-The Brit
ish government today officially
deplored Argentina's policy of
maintaining diplomatic relations
with the Axis.
The text of the Foreign Office
statement said:
ut is understood that certain
agency messages and press articles
emanating from or published in Lon
don have been quoted in Buenos
Aires, and that one article has been
summarized in an official informa-
ton bureau of the Argentine Minis
try of Foreign Affairs in such a way
as to suggest that his majesty's gov
ernment are in sympathy or in
agreement with the policy of neu-
trality now being followed by the
Argentine government.
The fact, however, is that his
majestys government deplore the
policy of Argentina in remaining in
diplomatic relations with the enc
mics of humanity.
They are astonished that an Off
cial Argentine publication should
apparently have attempted to sug-
gest the contrary, since they have
been at pains to leave the Argentine
government in no doubt of their
views
Informed circles said the false
impression that Britain condoned
Argentina's policy grew from an
erroneous dispatch that the British
government was satisfied with Ar
gentina's recent action in limiting
the amount of wordage Axis diplo-
matte representatives could send in
code
Evening star., 1942-12-31
Eleven Are Indicted
In Probe Of Boston
Fire, Killing 489
Charges Kept Secret,
But Grand Jury Hits
Officials Loxity'
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Dec. 31.-A grand
jury today returned II secret
indictments in connection with
the Cocoanut Grove Night Club
fire November %, in which 489
panic-stricken persons lost their
lives in horror of flame, smoke
and gas.
simultaneously, the 20-man Suf-
folk County grand jury issued a
series of findings and recommended
tlons, declaring there had been
'laxity incompetence, failure to full
fill prescribed duties effectively and
also lack of complete knowledge of
duties" among members of various
departments charged with the pro-
lection of public safety.
In lashing statement. the jury
said it intended to record its con-
clusions even though such evi-
dence may fall short of establishing
the wilfulness or corruption re-
quired to make neglect of duty a
criminal of1ense."
I'VE have found shifting of re-
sponsibility and tendency by
various officials in different impor-
tant departments who relied toe
much on their subordinates without
exercising sufficient and proper
check on such subordinates," the
jury said.
We have found no complete CO.
ordination between the buildings
department, fire department, po-
lice department, and licensing
board, with respect to various types
OF inspection intended to be made
to insure public safety in addition
to protecting the public health
morals, ct cetera."
Evening star., 1942-12-31
Fate Of Mummers' Parade
Will Be Decided Today
By TIE Associated Press.

B! tie Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31.-Phil-
adelphia's last scheduled Mummers'
parade for the duration may be
called of because of bad weather.
Worried by four days of adverse
weather, a Mummers' committee
meets today to decide whether to
march tomorrow, postpone the color
full New Year carnival to Saturday
or cancel it entirely.
If the weather is bad both New
Year Day and Saturday, Grand
Marshal Charles E. OHalloran says.
there will be no spectacle
Six hundred of the merrymakers
are marching in olive drab and
Navy blue this year anyway, and
some months ago those left behind
debated whether to arrange parade
this New Year Day or invoke war
time ban Immediately.
The servicemen themselves, learn
ing of the proposal, urged that the
parade be held. Mr.. O'Halloran said
about 10000 are expected to be in
the line of march-2,000 fewer than
last year.
Evening star., 1942-12-31
| RommeI Leaves
Only Bird, Cat
| Alive in Sirte
Iy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SIRTE. Tripolitania. Dec. ~ (de-
layeO Marshal Erwin Rommel is
scorching the earth on his westward
retreat and Sirte is another ghost
town added to those stretched across
North Africa.
1t has been picked clean of every
thing valuable, even to furniture,
and demolition crews have done the
rest.
Below the town lay large airfield
with the wreckage of four Axis
planes The field has been plowed
to prevent its immediate use by Al
lied planes.
Correspondents who arrived today
found only fat cat in a doorway
and bird. Shops and houses were
deserted and bare. The town once
had population Of $500.
Evening star., 1942-12-31
Whole Divisions
Are Destroyed,
Moscow Says
$4,000 Men Slain
And $4,000 Taken
Prisoner in Drive
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Dec. 31.-A special
Soviet communique said tonight
that the German Army in Stalin-
grad lis liquidated completely"
The communique added:
"Ninety-five thousand Ger
mans have been exterminated
and $4,000 captured as prisoners
of war.
In the course of the battle our
troops completely destroyed the 5th,
9Th, 9th, 18th, l4th and 18th Ruma-
MAN infantry divisions"
Another special communique an
nounced that Red Army forces had
occupied the railway station of
Obllvskaya, taking important booty,
including "an echelon of aircraft"
Obllvskaya is on the CHR River in
the great bend of the Don 80 miles
west of Stalingrad and 100 miles
southeast of Millerovo. 1t is on the
Stallngrad-Likhaya Railroad.
On the central front our troops
continued to advance" the COM
munique added.
The special communique on the
Stalingrad victory recapitulated
high points of the siege. 1t said:
Results of six weeks of fighting
on the Stalingrad approaches:
In the course Of September, 1912,
the German Fascist troops were
matted by the Red Army before
Sta.lngrad. The wars trend dis
closed that the German strategic
plans to capture Stalingrad, cut of
the Central European part of the
Sovlets from the Volga and the
Urals were hurriedly formed. with
out taking into account their actual
resources and the Soviet reserves.
I'm complete contrast was the
SoVlets' strategic plan for surround
ing and defeating the German
troops at Stalingrad, drawn up bv
the supreme command of the Red
Army. This plan was carried out in
November and December, 1912,
Evening star., 1942-12-31
Theoter Moqnote Dies

MILWAUKEE,. Dec. 81 LP.-
Herman Fehr II, an organizer and
former directing head OF the old
Orpheum vaudeville circuit, died to-
day
Mr.. Fehr retired from the show
business in 1919 and returned to
Milwaukee to resume law practice.
He entered banking the next year,
and later became chairman of the
board Of the National Bank OF Com
merce.