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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-22
Daily Dispatch Bureau
IBY LYNN INSECT.

Raleigh. April 22.-During the ten
years ending June 30. 1913. the.
stat, Of North Carolina collected in
General fund rcvenue the sun of
yll4.Gl2,956. while il spent for all
purposes other than highway S375.-
LIB. leaving Il surplus us of tina,
cate of $3y.370.633.
The current issue of I'VE, the
People" magazine published by the
E.',h Carolina Citizens ASSOCIATION
pc, vniS IN easily understood tabu-
- .urm the full record of rcccip,s
..Hj disbursements by items, along
Win some interesting running COM
HrutS.
Nniic no general fund receipts
"rr definitely earmarlird lor any
specific purpose. there is almost
startling balance between the take.
from income taxes and sales lake;
and expenditures Tor public cd.cac
ton, and between beverage tax re-
{, pts and money spent tor CHART
able and correctional institutions.
tn, source and destination OF ,,,,.
money Is shown rs follows:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-22
Schools ReCeiUe Blk
OF State Expenditures
OUer TO- Year Period

S'al'ial reduction in revenue wou,d
NC reflected IN decreased service m
'ieSe iieiaS. Combined income and
S'ieS TAX yields fell cigh, millions
snort OF educational appropriations
Wniic beverage taxes returned Sl63
VIZ" more imam WAS spent for hos
pitaiS' charitable and correctional
ACTIVITIES. 1t is also noted that the
existing rcvcnu bill yielded only
SAl"!i surplus over expenditures mn
III me war years brought trcmcnd-
Gus Jumps in income, sales and hr,.-
'i'"'s taxes. Income taxes alone
accounted for ten million dollars OF
me increase III 1913 over 1912. sales
nearly two millions and brv-
criSr larcS over one million.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-22

More than 200 k.nds Of Jobs in the
Army Air Forces are filed by mc.-
cES of the WOwcM's Array CORPS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-22

how far away from the Original ..g.-
pose the Unions have Developed. E.
the l6O total only i are .~s...u....
rural community in members
There are 22 urban community ......
making 80 community organizations.
The others are distributed "s .,.-
lows: Federal and State employee.
20: schools and colleges. 10: u.s,.r.-
pal employees. II: industrial. -
The last group includes Newspapers.
manufacturing plants. pan!., .'.i
ties, and all other industrial! D.,.,..
groups. Then there Is al Greens ,u.n
Il League Central Union. w..yr Cd
sort OF clearing house luY o'hrr url...
Instead of individual membership.
il is made up OF otHcr crti. ,..ua-.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-22
. .... 81
EXPENDITURES

Total ............ S375.272.323
The magazine article makes no
attempt 10 argue for OF against any
special form Of taxation. but the
i~Ibula:ion itself shows that more
than 30 percent of the money WAS
spent Tor education. charitable or
correctional services (including hos
pltt!>) and debt service. Any Sub
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-22

GROWING-Thc 100 Statc-chart-
cred organizations have apTroxi-
matcly 10000 members with be-
tween two and Il half and three mil
lion dollars capilam2atIun. The IDEA
is growing. and that growth has
largely taken i, away from It's orig
inal conception. The first union in
the country was organized At Loves
Grove under sponsorship of John
Sprunt Hill of Durham Ia provide
credit facilities for rural people who
did not have access 10 regular banks
or lending agencies. The idea took"
and a division WAS set UP in the de
partmcnt of agriculture 10 supervise
local units.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-22
Credit Unions
In State Grow
At Fast Pace
Daily Dispatch Bureau
BY LYNN NISBET

Raleigh. April 22.-P"puiaritv Of
credit unions in North Carolina j.,
reflected III the fact more now unions
have been formed in the State this
year than in any other common
wealth. Ten unions have been or.
Eani2cd since January |. six within
the pas, SIX weeks, according Ia D.
X. Graham. chief uf the credit union
division III the department of ag-
riculturc. There are now 100 State
chartered local units and % oprrat-
ing under Federal charters. for a
total of 1873 unions. There are about
ten thousand local credit unions IN
the United States.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-22

BREAKDOWN. - breakdown of
the 100 units now i~unctioning shows
Evening star., 1944-04-07
| East|and Praises valor
OF Jewish Fighting Men

Declaring that Jewish fighting
men had distinguished" themselves
in every major battle, in every
way" Senator Eastland, Democrat,
of Mississippi last night called for
Harmony and tolerance in Amer
ica."
He spoke in an Army Day program
over the Mutual coast-to-coast
network, under auspices of the jew
ish War Veterans of the United
States.
The Senator praised as 100 per
cent Americanism" the organiza-
tion's statement of principles: ITO
maintain true allegiance to the
United States of America, to en-
courage honor and purity in public
affairs, to combat whatever tends
to impair the efiiciancy and per-
manency Of our free institutions,
and to encourage the doctrine of
universal liberty and full justice to
all men,"
| Citing statistics, he said $500
Jewish men participated in the
Spanish American War, 225,000 in
the World War, when there were
$4,000 casualties and $500 deaths
among their number, and 1000 re-
ceived citations of valor. There
were Jews out of total of IS who
received the Congressional Medal of
Honor.
1 Already in this war, he said, 1880
proudly wear the Purple Heart for
wounds received" and, he added,
"it was the hands of Meyer Levin,
flying with Colin Kelly, that re-
leased the bombs that sank the
Japanese battleship Haruna."
Evening star., 1944-04-07
Troops Abroad 10 Greet
Kin in Easter Broadcast

Easter messages from members of
the armed forces overseas to their
relatives and friends at home will
be broadcast over the Army Hour
on Easter Sunday.
Featured on the program from
$3.50 to 4:30 pm. on the National
Broadcasting Co. network will be a
chorus from This Is the Army" the
service play now touring Italy.
There also will be a chorus of COL
ored troops from England and re-
gional broadcasts of Easter services
at various camps.
Brig. Gen. William r. Arnold
chief of Army chaplains, whose
office is sponsoring Holy Week serv-
ices at all stations where Army men
are serving, yesterday issued a let
ter to uniformed chaplains in the
form of an Easter message.
THE longer the war goes on
Chaplain Arnold said, "the more
we feel the need of a strength
greater than our own. - y We must
be soldiers of God. using spiritual
weapons, If we wish victory on the
battlefield to bring peace to all ma
tions. Therefore, hand in hand with
Gods Son, we go through Geth-
semane to the foot of Calvary to
learn the lessons of spiritual war
fare"
Evening star., 1944-04-07
Methodists 10 Elect
Al Least One Bishop
Al Atlanta Session
Rv the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
ATLANTA, April Election OF
at least one, and possibly two. new
Methodist bishops for the South
eastern jurisdiction will take place
at the quadrennial conference which
will convene here June 26, Bishop
Arthur J. Moore announced today
Bishop U. V. w. Darlington of the
Louisville area will retire at the
conference session because of the
age limit of the church. and Bishop
Hoyt M. Dobbs of Birmingham
announced today he would retire
because of i'll health.
Bishop Moore said this jurisdic-
tion now has nine bishops. an ex-
cess of one on the basis of church
members in the area. He said this
was due to special arrangement
to provide for European mission
fields and the continuation of the
arrangement would be determined
at the general conference to be held
in Kansas City in May.
The nine bishops expected to at
tend the conference are: Bishop
Evening star., 1944-04-07

husband In Rock Greek Cemetery.
A native OF Birmingham, Eng.
land, Mrs. Austin was married or
December %, 1880. In 1910 they
came to this country and Mr.
Austin became assistant clergyman
at st. Thomas Episcopal Church
here. The following year they
moved to Oxon Hill, Md, where he
was rector of the Episcopal Church
and in 1914 he became the second
rector of All Saints Church.
Once active in church affairs
Mrs. Austin was a member of many
ladies aid societies and the Rec
tors Aid Society. She was a men,
Der of the board of the Episcopal
Children's Home of Washington.
She is survived by three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Winifred Savage of 3941
Evening star., 1944-04-07
Mrs.. John W. Austin,
Rector's S Widow, Dies

Mrs. Alice jane Austin, 81, widow
of the Rev. John Walton Austin
rector of All Saints Episcopal
Church for nine years until his
death in 1923. died Wednesday at a
nursing home here.
Mrs. Austin died one week before
the 21st anniversary of her hus-
bands death. Funeral services will
be held at IL am. tomorrow at All
Saints Episcopal Church, Connecti-
cut and Western Avenues, Chevy
Chase, Md, with burial beside her
Evening star., 1944-04-07

Legation street NV. Mrs. Dora
Padgett Of Forestville, Md, and Sis
ter Madeleine of st. Mary's Episco-
pal Convent, Peekskill, N. Y; a son,
Eric Walton Austin of Hawthorne
N. j.: three sisters, Emily, who is
the eldest and is 90; Florence and
Marguerite Austin. all of England; /;
IL grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1944-04-07

Darlington, Bishop Moore. Bishop
Paul B. Kern, Nashville: Bishop w
w. Peele, Richmond; Bishop c. w
Purcell, Charlotte; Bishop J. l.
Decell, Birmingham: Bishop w. T
Watkins, Columbia; Bishop James
Cannon, jr., Richmond, and Bishop
Dobbs.
Three Southern Governors will
address the conference, which will
be attended by 600 delegates The
Governors are Thomas L. Bailey OF
Mississippi, Ellis Arnall of Georgia
and Spessard l.. Holland of Florida
Evening star., 1944-04-07
Supply Firm Here Denies
Violotinq OPA CEILINGS

The Beacon Electric Supply Co.,
300 block of Seventh street NV,
has filed an answer in District Court
denying charges that it violated
'OPA regulations as claimed in a
suit filed last month by the Office
of Price Administration. The firm
made general denial of the charges
it had bought and sold above ceiling
prices and had failed to keep proper
records.
Evening star., 1944-04-07
I'D. {. Men Enter
Services Tomorrow

Reporting for induction tomorrow
are 73 District men who have quail
fed for the armed services on their
preinduction examination.
In addition, three volunteers were
sworn in yesterday at Fort Myer.
Wesley l. Rosso will go into the
Army, and Herman j. Carter and
Gerald E. Boisvert will enter the
Navy.
Included in the District group re-
porting tomorrow are 48 for the
Army and Is for the Naval Forces.
The list follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
Tanks Hit Jops Back On Biok Isle

Allie d Headquarters, Southwest Pacific, June g. (UP) American sixth army troops, resuming their advance toward Mokmer airdrome on Biak Island, broke through Jap anese resistance on Mokmer ridge and today controlled the plateau overlooking the approaches to the strategic airfield.
 A spokesman for Gen. Douglas MacArthur said the reinforced U. S. troops were 'mopping up" enemy pockets on top of the ridge, which they reached in two days of fight ing up the steep slopes.
 The action was the first since the Americans halted their drive earl fer this week while achievements were brought onto the island to bol- ster the Sixth army units.
 Tn occupying the ridge, running parallel to the shore line about 200 yards from the beach, the Ameri- cans gained positions dominating the coastal roads where the Jap anese had set up strong defenses on the approaches to the airfield, ly- ing less than 900 miles south of the Philippines.
 Big Liberator bombers of the Fifth air force joined in the drive and pounded the enemy's ridge de- lenses and the airfield with 30 tons of explosives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
StiIIweII
 Closes InOn Jap Foes

Chungking, June B. (UP) Ut. Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell's troops slowly closed the ring around the isolated Japanese garrison at Myi- tkyina today, with Chinese and American columns driving from the north and south against the rail and shipping center in northern Burma, and airborne Chindits ap- preaching from the east.
 A conmunique said the Chinese forces had advanced to the railroad station in the southern section of Myitkyina, while the Americans pushing fro mthe north had reach ed the edge of the city.
 Front dispatches said the Ameri- cans had driven into the city prop CT, although the extent of the pen etra,A,n was al1ot disclosed
 The railroad station reached by the Chinese was held briefly by the Allies IS days ago, but was lost dur ing fierce fighting in which the building changed hands several times.
 Large quantities of supplies and a truck load of ammunition were cap tured by the American troops in the drive through the city's northern outskirts.
 A column of Chindits reached the east bank of the Irrawaddy river, across from Myitkyina, the com munique said, and opened an as- co ttlf m tho xyilloOa nf WainOno a uy in an apparent attempt to seal the possible escape routes of the beleag- ured Japanese.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
Noxon Bears sUpAtTrioI
BY JOSEPH NOLAN

Pittsfield, Mass, June 3-(UP)- Three witnesses, including doctor, were ready to testify at John F. Noxon Jr's retrial on a murder charge today as the prosecution be- gan introducing evidence in an att tempt to send the crippled socialite to the same death he is charged with having devised for his imbecile son.
 pr. George P. Hunt, Pittsfield pediatrician who treated 6-month- old Lawrence NoXon until his cleo trocution last Sept. 9, was expected to be among the first of more than IS witnesses summoned by district attorney Charles R. Alberti to in- troduce photographs of the death scene and of the child's arm burns. Alberti also was to question two State Police officers.
 In his opening statement to the superior court jury Alberti said that "the Noxon child's arm was cooked and such cooking could not have been caused in five minutes as the defendant told police"
 He also promised evidence that the trouble cord, in which Noxon said the baby became tangled. did not actually cause the burns but was merely plant" set by the defen- dant to confuse investigators.
 While Alberti assailed as untrue and impossible his story of the in- fant's accidental" death, the 47- year-old defendant sat unconcerned in the screened prisoners dock, his two canes hanging on a railing in front of him. Unflinchingly he heard the court clerk read an indict- ment charging that "by assault and beating he did kill and murder" his son. The defendants loyal wife, Margaret, was absent from the courtroom for the first time during the trial when the district attorney cited the infants mental subnorm- alities and sought to establish mercy killing as the motive for the alleged crime.
 Accompanying jurors on a view of his home, Noxon seemed greatly concerned about the lawn and shrubbery and remarked that next summer he would like to see more hoIlyhock plants in the rear of his house.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
FDR IsCoy With RivoI

Washington, June 3. (UP)- Sharp-eyed political observers who thought they had caught President Roosevelt in an Admission that he would seek a fourth term weren't quite sure today whether they had or hadn't.
 For a moment yesterday. however, some of the representatives who were his guests at a reception were certain of the Presidents intentinos. Greeting one of their party, Rep. William Lemke, R., N. D., who ran against MT. Roosevelt as the Presi- dential candidate of the Union Party in 1886. the President said:
 How are you, Bill? Are you go- ing to run against me this year?"
 The Congressmen said the Presi- dent blushed deeply. and before Lemke could reply, added quickly:
 That is if I'm candidate maybe it would be better if we both not run"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
Narcotics Mon Held By Police

Boston, June 3. - (UP) - A care bartender was arrested outside e south end night spot early today and in his nearby apartment police reported they seized enough Mari huana to make 10000 cigarettes.
 Police said 1t was the biggest haul Of the narcotic ever made in Boston.
 The bartender, James M. Rogers of Boston. was quoted by police as saying that his customers included college girls who visited the night club to hear hot jazz bands.
 Police said that more than 100 cigarettes and SIS reputedly re- ceiyed from sales were found on the man at the time of arrest. Five pounds of Marlhuana was found in Rogers apartment. according to au- thoritieS.
 officials said that Rogers ace knowledged selling the cigarettes for 80 cents each. They added that he had been watched since finiSh- ing q sentence imposed on Q mar eotlc charge two years ago. He wat charged with sales and possession oi narcotics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
Cop Claims Right To Pension Poy

Boston, June 3.-(UP)-Ci.ger B. Garrett of Milford, who was jailed for extortion after serving as head of the Boston police liquor squad during prohibition days. claims the city owes hi mpension payments for the past i4 years.
 Atty. William 4. Murray of Mil- ford said the first declaration in the case would be filed in superior court at Worcester July 3.
 Garrett was retired from the po- lice department on half pay of siO50 a year in 1929 because of in- juries suffered in the line of duty. A few months later, however. then Mayor James M. Curley stopped the pension on the grounds that Garrett was not entitled to it.
 Garrett was released from jail in 1888 after serving two years. He had pleaded guilty to charegs If extortion and conspiracy to extort-- charges based on protection" which he alleged granted certain persons while he was head of the liquor squad.
 The Garrett case. including a nationwide search for him after he disappeared, cost suffolk county and the City of Boston a total of about e10.00e.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
McNutt Gets Cold Shoulder From, SoIons On Job Control

Washington, June 3 - (U.PD = Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt was scheduled to discuss his new job control program with a group of senators today in an ef- fort to swing behind the program . congress which thus far has main- tained for the most part a possibly ominous silence.
 He was to have lunch with several senators who particularly are in- terested in manpower problems, inc cluding Warren R. Austin, R.. Vt, and Chan Gurney. R.. s. D., both members of the Military Affairs Committee. It was not known whe- ther the conference was arranged at the request of McNutt or the sen- ators.
 The few cngressnen who have ex- pressed themselves co far have been critical. Representative William J. Miller, R., Conn. denounced the program as illegal. holding that it puts into effect a national labor draft without sanction of congress.
 Senator Mon c. Waleren, D.. Wash. a member of the Truman Committee, said he doubted ll such actapn was necessary and wondered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
ALLIES BYPASS LANUvIO IN NEW DRIVE
Rome ToBeSpared If Not Defended.

BY ROBERT V. vERMILLIoN United Press War COrrespondentA
 Allied H e adquartera a Naples, June 3. - (UP) The Fifth Army by-passed the beleaguered fortress oi Lanuvio in the fighting ad- vance up the Appian Way to the outskirts of Genzarld today, and the Allied cofn~ mand replied to Pope Plus with a pledge to spare Ror1d from battle unless the Ger mans defend it.
 American artillery pounded Geli4 zano, IS miles southeast of Rome and halfway between newly-caps tured Velletri and the papal sums mer home at Castel Gandolfo, izt preparation for imminent assault, German small arms fire from Gene zano was diminishing, but heav1 guns emplaced in the Alban Hills above hurled rolling barTages od the Appian Way.
 American forces at ValmontonA 10 miles northeast of Velletri, struck out west along the via Casilina, the other main road toward Rorne against fierce enemy opposition.
 Another American column rolled southeast from Valmontone along the via Casilina toward @ junction with Canadian forces nearing Alatrii some IS miles distant, and a French column driving through the Hills south of the highway.
 Pledge
 As his armies closed in on Rome from positions as close as l3 miles away, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, supreme Allied commando in the Mediterranean, formallH pledged that Allied military author@ ities would take every precautio1 in their power consistent with esd sential military requirements td safeguard the population of Rome and its historical and religious monuments"
 Though he made no reference td the Pope's speech, Wilson released his statement less than 24 hours after Pope Plus XII yesteroay ap@ pealed to the belligerents to spare Rome and its people from battle.
 ''The Allies have undertaken and will undertake military action against Rome insofar as the Ger mans use the city. its railways ana its road for their military purpost es," Wilson said.
 If the Germans choose to de& fend Rome, the Allies will be obliged to take appropriate military meas} ures to eject them. It therefore ia the sincere hope of his majosty,d government and the United States government that the enemy will not make this ill-considered choice"
 Wilson noted that the Allies vera deeply conscious of the unique po- sition occupied by Rome as one of the chief historical, religious and CCOntinued on Page 2)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
LNewThreot Hurts Nozis

London, June 3-(UP)-The can- deStine radio Atlantic said today that the high command of the Ger man air force had called an emer- gency meeting to consider the prob- lemS posed by the opening of an AL lied shuttle bombing circuit between Russia and western Europe.
 The fact that Americans now were operating from Russian bases was hailed here as an affirmative answer to the longstanding ques- tion whether the Soviets would per- init the Allies to use their bases for action against Germany.
 Some observers speculated that the announcement of United States air bases in Russia undoubtedly had prompted some uneasy reaction in Japan.
 The Atlantic radio broadcast said the German high command called a hurried meeting to decide on the re- disposition of the Luftwaffe, now in the position of trying to defend the Reich from the east as well as the west and south.
 The same source said the Nazis were voicing grave concern over the industrial installations which were transferred to the east out of reach of Allied bombers but which now lay within easy range of the shuttle planes.
 Tt is feared that not enough fighters and anti-aircraft guns can be shipped east to meet this situa- tion and give these plants adequate protection" a purported Berlin re- port of the Atlantic sender said.
 Observers here regarded it certain that the resources of the German air force now must be strained to the breaking point, with the new burden of eastern defenses coincid- ing with the massive upsurge in the pre-invasion bombardment of western Europe.
 The waning and dissipation of Germany's air strength. they said, is bound to be big factor in the com ing invasion of western Europe and the concerted Allied attacks from east, west and south.
 Word of the shuttle bombing was received here as proof that the aer- ial "encirclement" of Germany had
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