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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
u. S. Vessel
Sunk By Sub

New Orleans, May 22.-(AP)-
Ninety seconds after two torpedoes
crashed amidships d medium sized
United States cargo ship plunged
to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico
Saturday, May Is. carrying to death
at least 81 members of the crew and
gun crew, the Navy disclosed today.
The attack and sinking came with
almost unprecedented speed which
contributed to the heavy loss Of life.
There was no time to use the radio
to summons help and the 10 sur
vivors rode life RATS for about 30
hours before being picked up. Five
were hospitalized in Galveston, Tex,
when brought ashore.
The submarine was not sighted.
Two torpedoes struck 80 seconds
apart, many Of the re dying in the
engineroom which was directly hit,
Henry r. Gore. of Wilmington, N.
c., suffered injuries and is in the
hospital at Galveston.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
u u. S. Ships
Are Launched
In "a Hours

Wellington. May %. (AP)-
'N'nfy-scVen merchant ships are
"''H- launched today as the nation
'','i''~ national Maritime day.
described as Americas greatest
.''> l%atnchlng in rs years, The ship,
"'I|'d Hiding into the water shortly
"''' mIdnlght with the last launch
1rS rchcduled some 23 hours later.
',e h'ur, IN most cases, is determln-
=" ~ tide conditions.
H~"Valchlngs are being held in -
""' ON all coasts and the Great
''Ne>. because Of the maritime COM
''N''"nS policy of not announcing
n'"'''hihgS in advance, no schedule
Vas made public. 1t was announced,
."ofet, >at one yard would launch
I,,'oo ~hlpS, six yards two each, ana
l. lizards n each.
NeeI laylngs will Immediately fol-
WV me iaunchlngS in some yards.
'ouf completed ships go into serN-
on Maritime day, the commission
announced.
IN" original schedule called for
' 'aunchlng of 80 merchantmen,
lllee were put INTO the water
,"I''el IN the week to maze the ways
"'H.Iaple for new keelS.
maritime day the commission SaIu,
marks the Inauguration OF a two
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
Daily Dispatch Bureau
In the Sir Walter HOTEL
nv ROR THOMPSON

r leigh, May 22.-The Depart
mont of Conservation and Develop
mont has worked out a plan when
may keep a small North Carollna
industry open during the wal ana
,dd ore,tIv TO the states production
income thereafter.
h idea is to woge a selling cam
naien among the operators OF chaih
stores IN the state, urging them 10
sock North Carolina products IN
.heir North Caroliua torres wherever
NJ -, o4~p-s= Is = .. =
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
Nazis Claim
Initiative
At Kharkov
Hitler Throws Enough
Flesh and Blood Into
Defense of Ukraine
Steel City to Check
Russian
(By The Associated Press

(By The Associated Press)
Masses Of German reserves,
flung into action after naZi tank
assaults failed, appeared to
have checked Russia $ Often
sive in the eleven-day old battle
Of kharkov today although the
Red armies reported that in one
sector they had smashed q coun-
ter attack and ION the fields Of
the enemy, broke into a popu-
lated place.
The German high command
asserted that Soviet attacks
against kharkoV had been
thrown back and that Hitler's
armies had seized the initia-
tive.
For the first time, today's Sow
let cotninunique omitted men
ton of any general advance.
During the night of May IL
p, We carried out offensive OPP
erat!Ons on kharkov," the Rus
sian command said tcrseiy.
This indicated that Marshal
T~imoshenko'S troops still held
the initiative, at least. but it
GEMS clear that Adolf Hitler
had noW brought up enough flesh
and blood reserves to mold the
Russians where steel panzers
were blasted into retreat.
FHont line dispatches said yester-
day the Germans We're rushing heavy
reinforccmentS INTO the l20-mile
battle line, with naZi infantry units
supported by only 10 TO IS tanks
instead OF mass mechanical forces,
Battles continue on the east
ern part of kerch peninsula" a
Soviet midday cOmmunique
said, again countering official
Berlin claims that German
troops had completely overrun
the eastern Crimea.
British military quarters said
German counter blows on the Izyum-
~BarNenkoVu sector, so miles below
kharkoN, had bitten a chunk out OF
the southern flank of the Soviet
drive, but declared there were no
indications that the bite was being
increased.
As the Soviet campaign ragged
into its twelfth month. thou
sands of American troops train
ing in northern Ireland were told
by General Sir Alan Brooke,
Hritain's imperial general staff
chief. that their chance to fight
no doubt will come soon"
1--WE shall expect great things
from the Americans when an oppOr-
tunjty is given Them" Sir Alan said,
after a tour inspecting United States
soldiers who have been toughening up
IN maMouVerS since january,
He told correspondents he had a
high opinion" of the tanks and guns
the Americans brought with them
overseas.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
German Subs
Claim g Ships

Berlin (From German Broadcasts)
May 22.-(AP)-Gsrman submal'-
ines have sunk 20 enemy merchant
ships totaling Ill 500 tons in the
Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico
and three others aggregatlng l4,Oo0
tons in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the
nazi high command announced to-
day.
The sinkings in the ST. Lawrence,
a special communiquc said, were
executed by a single submarine
which entered the gulf in defiance
of the guard by numerous naval and
air forces"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
Spies Reported
Landed In Maine
TEXAS YOUTH SENT
TO REFORMATORY

Corpus Christi, Tex, May %. =
lAP)-George Clyde Hengy, Jr., who
confessed he killed his mother be
cause she compelled me to take dane
ing lessons for about y years" was
sentenced yesterday to remain in the
state reformatolv until his 21st
birthday.
The l~6-year-oId Hengy, arrested
at Roanoke Rapids, N. c., pleaded
guilty to a charge Of juvenile de-
~llnquencv before county Judge Joe
Browning. The charge was the only
n that could be placed against him
under Texas law.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
Maine e % of
Civilia n Defense
Warns A g a i n s t
Foreign Agents; New
f. ngland Residents
Told to be Vigilant.

Augusta, Me-, May 22.-(AP)
y rancis II. Farnum, state di-
rector of civilian defense, said
TO-DAY that accurate information
is in the possession of police and
Army authorities to show that
foreign agents have recently
been landed on the coast Of
Mainc.'
"Ot.trS have come into the state
1He. The Canadian border or from
other parts of the United States, y
Farm aid in a prepared statement.
lAcF=lfe here for nc good purpose
""d '.tF are in our midst now. They
come H. plot, to damage, to destroy"
Only Yesterday civilians and
members of the volunteer dc
tense corps were warned by
nlted States and state officials
IN Boston to exercise especial
Na'chiulness for enemy and
nth column action along the
New England coast.
N.t1gtmes a special agent is sent
'' '#s country to perform some
SINGH taSk.' Farnum added. He Is
Ire l.fra hitter, or the hit and run
'''H'. once his assignment is COM
'',fd he tries to make his way back
Il" MS native land or to join other
Pe .n this country"
fd'n.,M warned that it was en-
'..'.\ possible that the emmy may
''''"H' 10 land parachutists or other
,..-''ruo troops in Maine" and added
wal .n attempt may even be made
ISIS"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
Southern Solons Block Move
TO Divert Benefit Payments

WASHINGTON. May 22.-tAPD-
Southern congressman have won
from the Agriculture department
a promise to abandon plans to
divert upward of Sl25,000. GOO in
government benefit payments
from cotton and tobacco to so
called war crops under next
years AAA farm program.
The promise was made, althorlta-
tive sources said todas, in connec-
ton with the Senate approval We'd
nesday of a measure permitting the
department to sell up TO $4,000. 600
bushels OF goVernment-OWned wheat
for !iye-toci- fed at below rarlt'
Pre-. Til. rz3sure -ss opposed
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
Eight-Point
Platform
Is Adopted
Major M L d O n,
Convention keynoter,
Says Nation Has Un-
d erestimated War
Task; Orderly Gov
eminent Processe S
Pledged.

Raleigh, May o. (AP) -
Meeting in the midst of 1.-The
crucial test Of our long history"
the state Democratic convention
today adopted an eight point
platform which pledged the con-
t%inustion even in war" of the
open and orderly processes of
self government
The shauoW OF War lay across the
biennial gathering of North Caro-
llna'S Democratic party from the
time it convened at noon until it ad-
jOurned its deliberations. In keeping
with this mood, the platform and the
keynote address, delivered by Major
l.. p. MCLendon. were concerned
chiefly with the war.
McLend0n, a veteran of this
first World War. told the dele
gates that the American people
had underestimate the nations
war task.
We might as we'll here and now
realize. that tina liNG> Of d len
thousand American soldiers anC
sailors. the expenditure of a hun
dred billion dollars and the produce
ton of thousands Of tanks, airplanea
and guns will not win this war.
1t is going to take that and many
times all OF that The casualty list
Will grow until nearly every home
will mOur the loss OF their blOOC
kim
The platform praised Presl~
dent R%oOsevelt's administration,
particularly his wise and effec-
tive handling of the foreign and
defense policies" and it Landed
Governor B%roughton as one of
the great governors of North
Carolina"
The platform gave these "assur-
ances' to the people of the state:
l.. Their State government will be
operated in accord with the sound
est fiscal practices. The budget will
be kept balanced.
2. Present State taxes will moi
Continued on Page TWo)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
Nation Nav
Take Autos
r ber Coordinator
Newhall Says Requisi-
tioning Possible; Tire
Situation 'Grim.'

Washington. May 22.-(AP)-
Rubber COOrdinatOr Arthur B.
NeWhall reported today that the
government ultimately might
have to requiSition automobiles
to haul workers to and from war
plants in areas where other faci-
lities were lacking, if the ma
tons tire were vast
cd.
NeWhall assured a press confer
ence, however, that he saw no need
for requi>itiOning tires this year or
in 1913, and that in my case they
would not be taken to be ground up
for reclaimed rubber, but only as a
mearS of solving a transportation
problem.
simultaneously. NeWhall and three
top war agency officials issued a
Joint statement on what they call
ed the grim rubber situation. In
dic9ting their belief thH tires might
have to be yielded up for war pur-
poses.
"If the time should come when
(Coptipuod on PAGE TWO)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
Young Men 8 20
Years Old Register
June 80 For Draft
New Registrars Will Not be Subject to Mill.
tary Draft Until They Reach Age of 20; Regis
tralion Is Fifth Under Existing Law.

Wilmington, May 22.-(AP)-
Precedent Roosevelt today set
June 30 as registration day lor
young mon between l8 and 20
yea Of age.
This viii complete for the pre-
sent The registration of the ma
ton tHanpoWer for both fight
ma-4nd non-combatant wal duty
and Njll be the fifth registration
under EXISTING law.
Ta-ua men 10 aad 10 years of
aGo .iGp VIII register between
-. fin. and 9 p. m. on June 50
WITH not be subject 10 the mil
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
Local Markets Being Sought
For Goods Produced In State

business to plants which can't get
war contracts and, at the same time,
save transportation costs and con-
gestiOn.
Governor Broughton has been in
terested in the plan and has named
an advisory committee to consider
it. jim Coad, secretary of the Hick-
DRY Chamber of Commerce and pres
ident of the N. c. Association of
Commercial Secretaries, is being
considered as the mar to do the
selling job-if he is i["ested.
Irving Hall, contracts distributor
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
Cruiser and Two Mer-
chant Ships Reported
Sunk in Battle of
S outhw Pacific;
Japs Advance in China
Coast Drive.

BY The Associated PreS>)
Allied submarines were Off
ciaily credited today with sink
ing a 1,lO0-ton Japanese cruiser
and two merchant ships totalins
$4,000 tons in the battle of the
southwest Pacific, while United
Nations warplancs knocked out
II more japanese planes in at
lacks on enemy bases in New
Guinea and Timor.
General Douglas Mac.Arthur's
headquarters identified the
cruiser as one of the Nako class.
built in 1926-'21, with six eight
inch guns and a normal crew
of 604 men.
on the critical China wal front.
American and other missionaries left
KinhWa today as Japan's furious Of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22
Special Communicate
From Rome Says YES
sci of Maryland Class
Sunk off Brazil.

Rio dc %.Janeiro, May 22.-(AP)
Official Brazilian and United
States sources. commenting on
the official Italian report of the
sinking of an American battle
ship off Brazil's coast, said today
they had no knowledge on any
naval engagement III these
waters.
Rome From Italian Broad
casts), May 22.-CAP)-The Ital-
ian nigh command said in a
special communique today that
it's submarine Barbarigo sank
a United States battleship of the
Maryland class with two torpedo
hits off the Brazilian coast Wed
neSday.
(Therc was no confirmation
from any ource to bear out the
Italian Claim.)
The communiquc said that escort
ny vessels of the United Stat
naval formation did not reply to The
It gave the time Of the assorted
as $50 a. m. Rome time, ant
he place as 100, miles west Of Tho
Brazilian island Of Fernando Moron
IA, 1925 miles off the easternmoSt OK
remity Of Brazil,
CThe Barbarigo, with a submerged
displacement of l,260 tons and sur
ace displacement Of 94l, has elgh
torpedo tubes. Tn" dlsplac"-
nent of the three Maryland elias;
oattIeships, the Maryland, Colorado
md West Virginia, range from 3l,8Ot
$4,000 tOnS.)
The italian communiquc put the
displacement Of the %battleshjp at b.
700 tons and said that it mounts ei2h'
6-inch guns.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-22

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-17
sTEST QUESTIONS

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions Turn 10 page I
for the answers.
!. The Commonwealth Of All
strslis consists 81 5 s or I teder-
ated states.
2. Consu rer rstionlnE IN
World War l was compulsory or
voluntary in the United states
;. The top kck" IN Army
slang is the commanding officer,
summary court martial, or first
sergeant
4. In 1910 Henry Ford refused
TO make Rolls-Royoe sirplane en-
gines for England. Do any planes
he is making now &c 10 the Brit-
ISL Army
S. To which country do the
Azores islands belong?
8. Pork Is the meat o. hogs
and mutton Is the meat q sheep.
Prom what animal does veal
come
:. The weight u rails on rail-
roads Is measured by pounds per
foot or per yard
: Who Was known a. The
Rail Splitter :"
2 Nellie Gusts was step
daughter. step-grsndosughtsr or
second cousin az George Wash
irEtnn=
N Orhciia q TIE heroine =
which OF Shakespeare E-zSsl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-17
. Our Opini o n So
. There Is Virtue in Cleanliness

Public Works Commissioner Bergersen
gave voice Wednesday 10 an outstanding
criticism that has sorely perplexed natives
Of the city a. well ss visitors. He bluntly
charged that the dirty. cheap-looking ap-
pearance of downtown streets was blamsble
to merchants who. contrary to city ordi-
nances. sweep out sidewalk refuse IN front
of their shops into the street. This practise
nullifies almost completely the eity's efforts
TO wash and clean the streets mornings be-
fore stores are opened.
There are occasions, the commissioner
declared that even cuspidors were empted
into street curbs. these. of course. coming
from the interior of the stores. The official
urged cooperation OF the merchants 10 avoid
such praetises and reflected that All mer-
chants we're not 10 blame but the results
were the same For those refusing TO CO.
operate, vigorous enforcement of adequate
ordinances will be attempted.
Carelessness OF this sort counts against
a city's appearance, casts slurs on its popu-
lation that Is not deserved, and increases a
burden on city utility that has plenty 10,
do with limited funds without having its
good work undone by few individuals
lacking in civic appreciation. Cleanliness is
next to goodness That might be good
text for all who come within the scope Of
the officials criticism.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-17
D Vital Character Passes On

Death Of Gen. Hugh s. Johnson. the
iron pants Of NRA fame. al the national
capital following several months siege Of
pneumonia has brought To close an excit-
ing and colorful career. Since 1884. Johnson
had applied himself 70 writing a newspaper
syndicate column and continued TO the last
his biting criticism Of failures in the ma
tional administration.
Gen. Johnson was the author of World
War draft bill and served as judge advo-
cate 20 Gen. John ]. Pershing in the first
world war. Vigorous in his diction, biting
in his sarcasm. and brilliant in verbal
combat, Johnson was never one TO sit down
on the sidelneS He wanted 10 be in the
thick OF things and when, after being top
member OF the Roosevelt administration, he
broke with the president seven OF eight
years ago over policy. the husky soldier
carried on in his accustomed fashion. He
never 'pussy-footed" he always shot
straight from the shoulder. and though one
frequently quarreled with his views and
viewpoints, he captured the imagination Of
thousands who admired his recognized
courage and interchangeable energy.
Gen. Johnson had his place in the scheme
OF things and though he was ofttlmess a
burr under the saddle of the Roosevelt
administration, he played fitting part in
the national picture and his memory will
linger long.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-17
, Those $500 Miles

Broadly speaking, it is good news that
the average automobile tire on a civilian
automobile is good for another $500 miles.
II will not, however, prove notably helpful
TO the individuals whose treads are smooth
or the others whose fabric is peeping
through or the few who literally are run
ming on the rims.
Moreover-and this is the meat in the
coconut-the estimated average won't help
those optimists who intend TO drive as usual.
convinced that God will provide when their
castings or inner tubes collapse. You can take
the appropriations for synthetic production.
the experiments with guayule and the
stories about available South American
wild rubber, put them all into cement box,
and sink them in the deepest available
water, so far as normal civilian tire supplies
are concerned This is bitter war. And if you
have that 7,500-mie average of use left in
your tires, you'd better husband it as you
do your virtue.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-17
A REMINDER FOR
THE COMPI.ACENT

Editor. The Times: While read
ing today. not for the first time.
Winstan Churchilrs novel. THE
Crisis" the thought occurred to
me that the following excerpt
might be well for some OF our
compliment citizens to think
over:
rs war a thing 10 stir the
blood
Az, while the day lasts. But
what OF the long nights when
husband and wife have lain side
BY side What of the children
who ask piteously where father
Is going, and who are gathered
BY sobbing mother to her
breast7
So in the midst Of the cheer
which is the ssddest in life
comes the thought that. just
one year ago. he who is the
staff OF the house was wont TO
sat down just 30 merrily 10 his
morning meal before going 10
work
Why had they not thanked
God for peace while they mad it
See the brave little wife wait
ing on the porch Of her home
for him 10 90 by. The sun
shines, the grass is green on the
little plot, and the geraniums
red.
Last spring she Was sewing
here with a song on her lips.
watching for him 10 turn the
corner But now, Hard, Was
that tho heat 81 drums7 Or
Was il thunder
Her good neighhors come in
A. the little gate behind her.
She does not hear them Why
does God mock her with sun
light and with friends
Tramp, tramp. tramp. They
ar. here. That is his company.
And that is his dear face. VIII
she ever see Il again Look, he
is smiling brsvely as II 70 say
a thousand tender things.
VIII. are the flsnnels in your
knspssck You have not for
gotten the medicine FOR your
coughT
What courage sublime j. Il
which lets her wave al him
On. those guns OF Sumpter.
how they roar in your head.
Aye. and vii read again through
40 years OF wioowhood
The black cloud is today over
millions Of Just such American
wives and mothers. is America
BY apathy. profiteering and
Sqashbling going 10 prolonE the
deluEs down through the years
We can already hear The enemy
knocking - our gates.
SAN H. DOUGLAS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-17
. We The Women
By RUTH MII.IETT

Mrs. Housewife is al it again.
She has the rugs up. the drap-
cries down. and the furniture IN
the middle of the floor. It's
housekeeping time again.
This year the little woman is
lacking the job with more en-
ergy and more enthusiasm than
usual. It's as though she Is de-
lighted TO have a hard job to set
her teeth into.
Even though there is no posi-
bic connection between her win
dow washing and war work, she
feels like she is doing something
II she is just working hard at a
job that has visible results.
She can't get at the enemy.
30 her feelings sre finding an
outlet in the homely job OF
cleaning house.
II she goes az il with a
brighter CLEAN in her eye and
with little extra push and
drive that's why. She's work
ing off steam.
She cant get at any Japs-
but she can get al the dust and
dirt IN her own house and she
is doing II with a vengeance.
It's a little bit psthetie-but
it's true. Women would like to
clean up a messy world. But
thev haven't what II takes tn
fight wars. That is out Of their
class.
So they put tho conosntrs-
tion. the effort, IN. drive they
would Like 70 put into setting
the world 70 nights, into
strengthening up their own small
worlds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-17
, HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, APRIL II

Benefie aspects are dominant
today but adverse planetary in
fluenoes may affect labor and re-
tard industry.
Heart and Home. Women Will
watch and wait for news under
this oonfiguration which sub
ordinstes all interests 10 reports
from war fronts. II is a lucky
date for planning and for start
ing important tasks. ldleness
now becomes a disgrace FOR
young or old. Liberty and all
that the American way OF life
represents hangs upon desperate
speed in accomplishing work
necessary for the successful pro-
gress OF United states war plans,
which must give the utmost sup
port 10 the Allies.
Business Affairs Wholesome
activity IN the stock market Is
indicated despite apparent ner-
vousness among investors. Two
months foreseen as marking
supreme crisis for the nation
have been passed coursgeously
but many dangers continue to
threaten.
National Issues: Because OF
necessary censorship. criticism ot
our defense program may ne
widespread but secrecy Veils
splendid preparations 10 meet the
enemy on land and sea. AZ home
and abroad. Along both the At
lantic and the Pacific coasts
stretch hidden fortresses and
countless emplaeements Of can
non.
Persons whose eirthdate il is
have the sugury of a year OF
advancement and new associa-
tions. Girls may be tickle IN
their love affairs. also in their
devotion 10 war tasks.
Children bern on this day prob
ably viii be prudent. industrious
and guided by common sense.
Nevertheless artistic talents and
sympsthies are foreseen.