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DENTON,
VOL. XU
NO. 219
Russia Launches
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Big Drive on Finland
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(By Aasouiated Preu)
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Hitler Makes Self Supreme Master of All Germany, As
Enemies Hopefully See Possi ble Hint of Internal Trouble
ACK BACKBONE
^OF JAP BASES
ROUND
ABOUT
TOWN
we say a judgment
a than for something in
we cannot abide John
ler planned a
ao desperate
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rials, memtx
score regtata
the capital.
The 46-98
subject to I
be claseii
skills for
jobs
Traffic Ocp
your autoa
feed mow' P
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wheat
iting and non-combatant
itetife interference with
Retail Sugar
Sales to End
Tonight for Week
$
Jon anyone without contidera- the i
of Me person . . . who in my derat
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devices:
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be carried
war again
tion with i
to state fa
ahaD ratal
for blow. .
The hint of
“I am not q
the autumn of 1939
might,
cent di
and your tires
o right now
> efforts for
, purge." predictions
Berlin radio, the British
tiers again
tionol para
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m
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auction program ever
■ But that program can
President Would Halt
Wage, Price Advance
Corregidor are still answering the
enemy in Bataan.
Those were the salient rep< ‘ “
day from the broad sone of <
in Asia and the Western Pacific
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I WFA oonuumity
K'S.®
It was stated in this column last
week that C. E. Miller was elected
secretary-treasurer of the Denton
Country Club That was an error
as BTW. <Bill) Bass, who has act-
ed as treasurer at the organisation,
as well as for many .others, was re-
named Treasurer of the Club.
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— • V ‘I eon-
their terw_raMs_on^»ra-
Ten Little Rock. Arkansas, gso-
cers were fined a total of 33.250 by
Federal Judge Harry H Lenly,
Eastern District. Western Division
Of Arkansas, at Little Rock on
April 30th. for violation of the reg-
ulations of the Department's food
stamp program Assistant U. 8.
Attorney William H Gregory rep-
resented the government.
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Cease Devises ■&,'
It cootaimd the same oratorical
“vices: t* '•
England B» Mm should
l out to continue the air
ist the civilian papula-
new means, then I want
before the world . . . t
Hate tram naw on Maw
Another Instance of when a lost
was advertised In the Claaeined
--1 of the Record-Chronicle
dog came home “after
i ad" that his owners
KILLED IN GYMNASTICS CLASS
AT SCHOOL
HOUSTON. April 27.—UP) Free-
man Baker. 17-year-old freshman
of Lee Junior College. Goose Creek,
died today of a broken neck receiv-
ed Friday in a tumbling hymnsrtira
class at school.
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TO STABILIZE LIVING COSTS
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Of Bombs Against German Objectives.
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Germany’s military as wall as civil
overlord during the winter crisis
on the soviet front, should now de-
mand strengthening of his dictato-
rial power and was hailed both In
Britain and Russia as a sign that
Nazidom's home front was crack-
dlspatch from
to tom quoted i
irw toM Moods
xmid not open any now
Ye shall do no unrighteousness
in judgment: thou shalt not re-
spect the person of the poor, nor
honour the person of the mighty:
but in righteousness shalt thou
Judge thy neighbor.—Leviticus 19-
15.
Commonly
falls upon
him which
Belden.
The extraordinary power to re-
quire absolute obedience Dorn every
German sms voted at Hitler's de-
mand by the Reichstag after he had
addressed its uniformed members
in a speech aimugely mixing his
imual bombast and confident pre-
dictions of Victory with a new un-
dercurrent of anxtoto.
One of those predictions was that
Soviet Russia would be the decisive
battleground of the world conflict
and that B would be a eoeno of
Naal triumph.
But Hitler** demand came Im-
medlstrfy aftaPIH had concerted
to the Relotatag that the Gasman
army survived a *• thiBatenina oa-
* ** end suffered hardships
the Reich bad boon un-
pFVMIWi ntiring ww i^mnie coin
From over Denton County, as
throughout the imtion, Monday
between the ages of M and to were
registering with the U. 8. govern-
ment under the selective service
law and given kb-niiftcation cards
which they are required to have
with them at aU ttawa.
RsgtetraMfn piaeee, o n o a s d 7-7^
throughout thw county at the usual '
polling places, were filled with men .
waiting to he r aglet IT) rt from the
opening hour. 7 a, nr. They will re-
one registration place.
Men who were not in Denton
Monday were to regteter at some
place, and cards later win be ex-
changed between selective service
boards Registration cards thia
time required the same informa-
tion as did those Of the last reg-
istration, and were an off-white
color.
•JKJTWJS
*d by occupations Efwt
possible war production
WtiiiWMR
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The London Daily Herald declar-
ed It would not. be surprised if Hlt-
mrfve
that Ito accomplish-
ment will necessitate a * —U
Ae broadcast by the L.— _
Hitler turned from his assurances
that the next winter would find
Germany readv on the Russian
front and made this demand:
“For this purpose. 1 expect, how-
ever, one thing: That the nation
- ■ - e and act
____ . every ease
the service of the greater
eauee which decides on our ex-
istence not Ute Strictest, unreserv-
ed obedience Is shown .
“t therefore beg of the German
Rsfchstag explicit confirmation that
X am legally entitled to hold anyone
to his duties er to sentence to cash-
iering or to oust from office and
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dog was
Column
where the <
reading the
wanted 'em back. TWO mighty fine
English setters strayed last Wed-
nesday from Carl Smith's kennels,
east of Denton. He placed the ad
Thursday about ’em and Saturday
afternoon Don and June returned
home .
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WASHINGTON, April M
Retail sugar aatea cease at mid-
night when a one-weok “freomT
tion. expecting a heavy demat
soon as the "friwn" period
ggJgS’X’SL’
Wide-ranging Allied bombers an-
IntenslflcaUon
of enemy air activity in the Aus-
tralian theater yesterday by blast-
ing again at Japanese bases at Lae,
New Guinea, and Bougainville, in
the Solomon Islands A Sunday
attack by the Japanese on Port
Moresby. New Guinea, was reported
beaten off.
At least four planes were de-
stroyed by the Allies at Lae
MUitary sources at Allied head-
quarters in Australia voiced belief
that the continuing American-
Australian offensive in the air, har-
binger of all-out action being pre-
pared to crack the backbone of Jap-
anese bases facing Australia, might
force a speedy showdown.
The Japanese can 111 afford to
sit passively tn their present island
lodgments while the Allies build up
To clinch this aerial sovereignty:
the British bad the promise that
United States planes soon would
bo working with them wing to wing
in a campaign which already has
shaded Germany’s own 1M1 blito.
The prospect of United States
collaboration tn the work of de-
struction was not new. It developed
from the recent visit to Britain by
the United States chief of staff.
General George O. Marshall. But
American partteipaUon in the of-
fensive was still In secretive prep-
aration.
, Last night’s RAF pounding. at
Rostock. Baltic port, of exit for sup-
plies and troops to the Northern
Russian front as well as a great
plane-building center, was followed
up-by another daylight — “
the northern part at captive
Before noon, great L 1 _
formations of the RAF had wing-
ed across the English Channel and
back from the direction of Bou-
logne.
British air power was coming as
dose as It could to opening up a
second European front while the
Germans still dallied, with a great
diversion of their air power, on the
Russian front,.
In his neichstag speech Bunday,
Adolf Hitler dropped a hint of ex-
^•rndhwr^wiSarr^ ... J? the
coming winter, wherever It finds us.
German railways will be better able
to meet their tasks than in the last
winter.”
He spoke of Russia as the only
front on Which the war would be
fought- whatever such a statement
is worth.
- Tarts Bis»wrif
FTans von Papen. his ambassador
to Turkey, appeared today to be
trying to impress a French news
...
wnicn
as bar
many o
thie rear; that she Must defeat
Russil before fall because she could
not face a fourth winter of war
there.
Hitler's promisee y set urday of re-
prieal against the British, of a
great victoriouK decision to he work-
ed out by the Germans on the
eastern front and of a rule in Ger-
many MNdEgRobWriDaNasi judge
Asserts $25,000 Should Be Top Net Income
During War; Proposes Heavy Taxes, Includ-
ing Income From Government Securities.
LONDON, April 37.—UP)—Adolf
Hitler made himself the supreme
master of Germany yesterday, with
flat powsr even above his own Nasi
a chattel 1
against Cleber
WPARecreation
Projects to Close
SAN ANTONIO Aprll
Wlth four-fifths of the WPA rec-
reation program workers In Texas
engaged in war services, arrange-
ments are being *
pend an normal
recreation
'fairiy way, aw».^aB. •
rtj ra;
for prepared <
trial purchases, enjoyed in a 1909- gggi of urill mean that wages
the
Japan, first targets of Allied
air attack. In the Tokyo-Yoko-
hama and Kobe-Osaka areas
are concentrated a big ahare
Of the egymy's industries and
many air and naval bases.
DENTON
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■rease by many billions . combat. "The Japanese were . United Nations can strike back full
in a tight formation with 34 planes force. Japan has a big job on her
R*y,n* flying in echelons of nine, eight I hands and little time In which to
and seven respectively I got the J do it.
leader of the echelon of nine and' .12 l‘“
two out of the right echelon of swered the sudden
seven planes
‘Tlie other two pilots of my
flight got two apiece and another
of my flight got one. The other
flight from my squadron was In-
tercepted by Zeros They didn't do
so well for our boys got three of
them. The battle took place high
over the sea and lasted only a few
minutes, with the Americans suf-
fering only slight damage and no
loflflcfi "
Allied communiques reported no
change tn the Philippines during
the week-end. Enemy air attacks
on Corregidor were said to be de-
creasing and only minor operations
were reported on Mindanao and
Panay. where a Japanese force waa
said to have been repulsed at Baa
Remegio.
FresMeM la dam 1-C
WASHINGTON, April 37 —Co-
President Hoowwalt and the bulk
of 13X100,000 other American In the
46-96 age group were called upon
to register today to complete, w-
cept for the 13-30 year olds, the
nation’s inventory of manpower for
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war <
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ght sweep over <m jrarJOa, tt^ BSOCWd idg.
bocnljcr - ocRftri m over
AF had wing- week-end and will continue after
todar where neessaary. Today wm
R elay for most, however.
The chief executive, who wm gg
last January, arranged to regteter
along with other wfctte House gf»
flcials in the cabinet room of the
White House. Ha waa not exempt
drapite his position as coBMnander-
in -cnifI 01 wre amini rnrces
TP mvmw aawud^^w^MwwwB
lb WM UIKwrBUMMl Ulgl IIP WTMlltJ
be given a 1-0 daeriflnatten, which
covers those already in militasy
service.
American Legion ofTi-
mb of Oongrem by the
The heavy rain was accompanied
by wind at the Mrs N E Fairman
farm, southwest of Denton, last
week, blowing away a section of
the bam Frank Butler, who lives
near Justin, thought he was being
forehanded. During the heavy
rains, he fell that he would be able
to get his car out easier if he park-
ed it down the hill from his house
The rain came up and he saw his
car floating off with the current.
Die car can be recovered. Rev J.
D. Gray, former pastor of the First 1
Baptist Church of Denton now in !
New Orleans, had the honor of I
uniting Senator Connally and Mrs
Morris Sheppard tn marriage last - —— - ---------
the required objectives are not at-
1 tained, and If the cost of living
substan-
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MONDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 27.1H2
Out at Japs in Pacific Areas; May
Force Speedy Showdown in Section
AU4XD HBADQUABTna II I IfO Omf Tfl
ALLIES w to
bombers taensd out agam yeetefday ran ■ f>|/ n * fll/nm
to blast enemy barns at Lae, Ngw
Guinea, and Bougainville, in the
Solomon Islands, it was announced
today
At least four Japanese 1
were destroyed in the raid on
—one In the air and three on
ground—a communique said. T»
Military quarters expressed belief
ths: the continuing Allied offensive
might force a speedy showdown in
trJs vital war theater.
Asserting that the Japanese cxxild
not afford to remain passive while
war bonds. u,x A1Ues steadily built up tfGg.
Wage bituaUon 1 striking power in Australia, them
The president, discussing stabili- quarters declared the enemy would
sation of remuneration, said he 1 hare to adopt one of two courses:
; thought no legislation was required
“under present circumstances " He
The Chinese in Burma have im-
proved their positions against the
Japanese drive, the indications in
the Australian theater of war point
toward an imminent showdown with
Japan, and United States guns on
Bv C1.YDE A. FARNBWOBTH
AwmetaMg Fraas Whr Bdltar
While the RAF cracked the whip over Weetern Europe
there were aifiu today that on the Eastern front that Russia
had launched upon an offensive to knock Finland out of the
war and outflank the Germans on their main northern an-
chors about Leningrad and southward.
Nearly 3,000 Finnish soldiers were
reported killed last weak in this
apparent offeiislve likened in hit-
ting power to the coupe de grace
dealt the Finns by the Red army
two yaars ago to end their short
winter war. . ,
Russia and Finland foi*ht that
earlier war, with Germany on the
aMeUnaa, over ibe Russian demand
for Finnish territorial teaeehoT *
shield Leningrad. Tfw battle
now are drawn up well inside the
Finnish frontier of 1930. said dis-
1 patches through London.
> Ths present Russian drive 1
I have the additional effect of
tectlng the lease-lend mark
in the slush and mud from Lenin-
grad south to the Crimea.
Die Finnish high command mid
the Russians wore attacking on the
Karelian Isthmus and In the Vi-
cinity of the Stalin Canal north of
Lake Onega but asserted that the
attacks had been repulsed.
The RAF ruled the skies at Waat-
ern Europe today in its greatest of-
, fenslve of the war, a strategical
. factor upon which the whole course
' of the conflict may depend.
U threatened devastation of oon-
; ten of German power, one by one.
In the deliberate manner of the last
, doubt would bo epeeded tm ’
against RUHBL-1;:
It was>wtia>atod^hatl 1 JOOjDOO
pounds had boon dumped on Roo-
Btates
which Congress had been writing . Sat-
before taking any action on re- [urday. was viewed by observers g»
a move intended to thwart Jap-
anese expansion to the east or -a
possible attack upon New Zealand.
It was reported that the Jap-
anese had been concentrating ships,
men. supplies and planea In urn,
Marshall Islands in apparent prep-
aration for some new operation. ,
In the event of a Japanese drive
to the southeast from the Marra-
alls it was presumed that flg
United States fleet would be called gun
upon to play an important rote, be 1
Some observers saw the possibility
that a great naval battle might de-
velop somewhere between Hawaii
and New Zealand
The possibility that the dangar
of direct attack upon Australia la
still present was voiced by Army
Minister Francis Forde in a stater
ment at Canberra warning Mb
countrymen against Invasion. — .
trails is not yet out of the woods
and may hare to meet a Japanese
attack tn force at any time," he
■ said.
Grounds for Forde's comment on
ths improvement In Australia's de-
fenses were seen in the reception
a iiich greeted a squadron Of 34 Jap-
snese bombers, escorted by fighters ,
which raided Darwin Saturday for , also reported that
I the first time in three weeks,
nf thF air ha.tt.lA nv*r
war by the gov-
and. therefore by the peo-
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prices go up.”
Then, recalling the old .
that "that which goes up must al-
ways come down,” the president
spoke of the hardships and heart-
aches in the yean after the last I
; war. We do not intend after this I
one, he said, to present the “same
disastrous situation' to the brave
( men fighting our battles today In
all parte of the world.
today. ",
Civilian recreation pi
erated by WFA Mil M
*3 SXStt MS
llment mwnity fscilitiee are on
mying abreast of poputotiem
oUmt wm said. > ’ "
at existing scales."
Then he gave a brief summary of
the government's labor policy, for
strictlve labor legislation
Organised labor. Mr Roosevelt
said, has given up voluntarily Its
right to strike during the war.
Therefore, he said, all stabilisation
or adjustment of wages will be
handled by the War Labor Board
machinery which -he said had been
accepted generally by labor and In-
dustry for adjustment of all dis-
putes.
After remarking that strikes were 1
at a minimum, the president said
that in all fairness, existing con-
tracts must be carried through to
1 their expiration date, with existing
1 machinery for handling labor dis-
putes continuing to consider in-
equalities and the elimination of j
sub-standards of living.
Week Over 49 Haars
Most workers In munitions indus-
tries. he said, are working far more
than 40 hours a week and should
Id ac time and a
T OtttorWHa. he
pay envelopes
Henry Cunningham, erstwhile
rain-maker, denies that he had
anything to do with the floods—
<■ that he was only Interested In get-
ting that 'needed rain' However,
he U willing to submit to punish-
ment for over-doing the rain busl-
week.
Marvin Hare of Plainview is one I continue Jo rise
weather-prophet we vrtll never ask I “
to talk about the weather again A >
year ago, he prophesied dry-weath-
er; a flood followed, and this year,
during the drouth, he said it would
rain before Wednesday. You know
what happened. Marvin rays he's
off the weather business.
■
orts to- |
conflict
M4 USUI KI1U MBC HWICIU rWCiflC
Corregidor, rockbound fastness In
Manila Bay. the Philippines, un-
derwent its 350th air raid alarm and
the War Department said Japanese
dive-bombers struck there and at ■
nearby Fort Hughes.
Japanese guns in siege positions
on Bataan Peninsula to the north
and on the shore of Manila Bay to
the south shelled Corregidor for
four hours, and the answering fire
of the Americans "broke up a hoe-
tlle troop concentration In Bataan
and set a truck park on fire," the
Washington communique said.
Japs Warned
Japan's premier admitted today
that the battle of the Pacific and
Eastern Asia had no more than be-
1 and be called on his people to
„ ready for attack on their home
ialaMta
Chinese veterans commanded by
Lieut. Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell on
the Burma front have regained an-
other toehold in the nght for Ume
on the Burma front, recapturing
Hopong and bettering their position
to guard Mandalay from the south-
east.
Thia did not mean that the Bur-
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in a week which the Chinese fight-
ers had wrested from the enemy
Mandalay remained under dire
threat from the Irrawaddy Valley to
the southwest.
Indicating how much better the
situation might be in Burma with
sufficient air power al the com-
mand of the defense. Chungking
" ‘ the American
i Flying Tigers encountered a flight
Hero of the rir battle over Dar- [ of five enemy planes last Saturday
win was Lieut. James Morehead, near LoUem and shot down all five
~. C“7. ~““— ■ without loss to themselves.
ally accounted for three of the 11 j' Weald Beat Menseen
— ---* **"* —’■ Straining for conquest of Burma
“My flight and another flight ahead of the wet monsoon coming
1 from the same squadron just jump- In mld-May and jockeying with a
[ ed right into the Japanese forma- I fresh show of air power for South-
! tion." said Morehead In telling of 1 west Pacific positions before the
* paneae were . United Nations can strike back full
Ith 24 planes t force. Japan has a big Job on her
WASHINGTON, April 27.—(AP)—President Roosevelt
said today that during the war “no American citizen ought
to have a net income, after he has paid his taxes, of more
than $25,(XX) a year” in proposing to Congress a seven-point
program designed to combat the upward spiral in living costs.
I obligations; for this promotes sav-
1 Ings, retards excessive buying and
1 adds to the amount available to
I the creditors for the purchase of
1 *- -A- 99
stabilise the
growers for
lands.
1.—D> keep the cost of bring
from spirant* upward, we must en-
courage all citisens to contribute to
the «Mt Ct whining thta war by
purchasing war bonds with their
earnings instead of using those
earnings to buy articles which are
not essential.
- «E.-To keep the cost of living
from spiraling upward, we must ra-
tion ell essential commodities of
among consumers and noC tnerefr
from spirting upwu_, — .
dkWtfllt and inwt ulhn»»nL
Cl s®l<4rx 11 ess I smw^a
buying, and encowrU* to® Paring
on or dew; mpnfvfw.
■
1—Attack Australia directly, or
J—Attempt to capture all of New
Guinea and the string of Islands
to the south and east, with a view
to cutting American supply routes
to Australia.
Weald Thwart Jape
The landing of United
forces on the Free French
ther)aw requiring payment of time
and a half for hours
excess of 40 a week.
Only an all-embracing program
will suffice to keep the cost of liv-
ing in check, Mr. Rooeevelt said.
When the cost of living spirals
upward week after week and
month after month," the president ^'.‘‘of’oklahomk city?~wto pireon-
said. “people as a whole are bound -
to become poorer, because the pay I enemv pianes shot down,
enxptaps will then lag behind ris- : — - -■ -
Ingiretail prices The price paid for 1
carrying on the
enunent
pie. will
if
The future of America lies In the
hands of men from 18 to 38. inclu-
sive. It is a bitter fact that the
future of our nation Iles on the test
of might. But that Is the fact of
war. And in modern warfare,
might is frequently measured large-
| ly in tones of supremacy in the air
America, therefore, is now en-
gaged in the greatest aircraft pro-
duction program ever conceived
“ " "... _ _i be given
meaning in terms of air supremacy
only if we can create the manpow-
er to keep our planes flying
The key to the manpower needed
for modern military aviation is
youth The safety of this nation
demands that every healthy, intelli-
gent young man. from 18 to 26, In-
clusive. determine at once whether
or not he is qualified to serve his
country—In the U. 8. Army Air
Forces.
The future of America Is In their
hands. To few men In history has
a greater destiny been offered
On page 3 of today's Record-
Chronicle appears a largo adver-
tisement relative to the new offi-
cer’s training plan for 100,000 men
—II to 36 A special examining
board will visit North Texas State
Teachers College soon From them I
you can find out if you can quail- I
fy for officer s training In the Army
Air Forces.
80 evident is the need that every
young man from 18 to 26. Inclusive,
who can meet the new simplified
requirements, is Invited to apply
for aviation cadet training at once
Under the new training plan, com-
missions can be won not only by
college men but by high school stu-
dents and men tn other walks of
life who have not completed formal
education Married men. too. are
now acceptable as aviation cadets.
You are paid 875 per month from
the time training starts, with prac-
tically all your living expenses tak-
en care of.
a striking force in Australia, they
said.
By thia reasoning the Japanese
would have to attemp one of three
courses— invade Australia, broaden
the island Invasion front with a
view to cutting American supply
routes to Australia or attack New
Zealand.
Weald Thwart Japs
The recent tending of American
troops on the French island of New
Caledonia—subject of a pending
protest by Vichy to Washington—
eras viewed by observers In Austra-
lia as a move to thwart Japanese
expansion to the east on the flank
of the supply route to Australia.
It was reported that the Japa-
nese have been concentrating fresh
invasion foiwee and material tn
their Marshall islands in apparent
preparation for some new opera-
, tion which may bring the United
States fleet into action. Borne ob-
servers foresaw the possibility of a
great naval battle somewhere bo-
tween Hawaii and New Zealand.
tenses, at least to the Rostock area,
had broken down.
But Hitler waa striving to make
good his threat of reprisal Bath,
100 miles west of London under-
went its second successive night
raid. Last night's was "short and
sharp”, with gdaaatro damage and
"fairly heavy" casualties. The as-
sault waa not go heavy as on Sat-
urday night, however, and the raids
could nowise ba compared
those at RMtodk.
More Register
Js? With Government
In War Effort
This Monday Is the last time sug-
ar can be purchased for six days,
as the sugar-ratlonlng will net un-
der way In the early part of the
coming month. An extra ten
pounds of sugar will be allowed for
putting up strawberries.
That anticipated "Easter Rain"
did not arrive, but no one has been
found who begrudged that error.
Probably the rain of the other days
r of the week made up for one Bun-
day's rain. Bunday's high tem-
perature wm eg with a tow 90. A
, year ago the readings wore M and
The black baas and white perch
anglers and the squirrel hunters
I are making preparations for the
opening day of the season. May t.
Die fishermen report tote of white
uareh have boon caught, and thrown
Saek. In the closed season and the
- seuirrei luinteio are looking for-
* ward to plentiful game.
Would Tax Bonds
Mr Roosevelt also declared it
was Indefensible that those who
enjoy large Incomes from state and
local securities should be immune
from taxation while we are at war”
and urged that state, municipal
and similar bonds "be subject at
least to surtaxes "
Flatly opposing suspension of the
♦0-hour work week law. the presi-
dent said
"Most workers in munition indus-
tries are-working far more than 40
hours a week, and stunt Id continue
to be paid at time and a half for
overtime Otherwise, their weakly
pay envelopes would be reduced ”
Mr. Roosevelt reported that "all
strikes are at a minimum "
The president will discuss the
program for the nation in a radio ‘
address tomorrow night. Senate
Democratic Leader Barkley said af-
ter a White House conference The
hour was not announced immedi-
ately
The program, outlined In a mes-
sage to Congress, was the admin-
istration's plan for gearing the 1
economy of the nation and its peo- j
pie to emergency war conditions.
nn his duties."
Although he promised ultimate
victory, toe man who once declared
thst to® Huagten “enemy already
is broken and wUl never again rlee.”
set no date tor triumph and indi-
cated to toe Germane that they
must fight through soother winter
-----‘ a. the speech ran toe
it as Hitler's In the past
tion of “endlom German
Of dire catastrojm? for
1 Empire and impreca-
te! toe "Jewish tatarna-
purpose. I expect.
hk«: That the r
entitles me to
mraotf. fa
where in
continue to be pal
• half for overtime
Mtid, their weekly
would be reduced
This apparently
on efforts tn OongreM to abandon
tHm Imrer rMMiiirirMr of tilTW
worked in
attack tn force at any time," he
pie to emergency war conditions.
Frspoaes Heavy Taxes
The chief executive also proposed I
heavy taxes, holding personal and
corporate profits to reasonable lev-
els. stabilisation of prices received
by fanners, discouraging credit and
in/;tallment buying, rationing of all
essential scarce commodities, and
stimulation of the purchase of war
bonds Only taxes and stabilisa-
tion of farm prices Mr Roosevelt
1 said, require legislative action.
But he added in his message,
read to the Senate and House by
clerks:
"I assure the Congress that If
viir icRjuiawi vrajvsv
1 tained. and If the cost
Biiuiliu cuiivinur vu iw ouwjvmii-
I tially, I shall ao advise the Congress
and shall ask for any additional
legislation which may be neces-
sary."
Mr. Rooeevelt said there were ob-
vious reasons for taking every step
necessary to prevent a rise in the
cost of living, which already has
moved up about 15 per cent since
" end which
soar "another 80 or 90 per
luring the next year or two."
Lists Objectives
There were the objectives
the president listed for Con
"1—D> keep the cost o
from spiraling upward, we must tax
heavily, and in that process keep
personal and corporate profits at a
reasonable rate, the 'reasonable' be-
ing defined at a low level.
"2 —To keep the cost of living
from spiraling upward, we must flx
ceilings on the prices which con-
sumers. retailers, wholesalers and
manufacturers pay for the things
they buy; and ceilings on rents for
dwellings In all areas affected by
war industries.
“3—T» keOfk The cost of living
from spiraling, we must t* ' "
the remuneration received by in-
dividuals for their work.
“4,—To keep the cost of living
from spiraling upward, we must
—x, received by
products of their
I
Grant New Trials
In District Court
Three motions for new trials were
granted in District Court by Judge
Ben W. Boyd Saturday, and the
cases were ret for May 30 Judge
Boyd opened the spring term of
District Court in Gainesville Mon-
<tay.
By motion of the defendant, the
partition suit of J. W. Bateman
Jr. as guardian vs. Fhe Klepper et
vir, wm granted • new trial. Mo-
tions of the plaintiffs served to get
new hearings in suite of Joseph Q.
Parsley vs. National Life Insur-
ance Co. and E. R. Foster va. ton-
ory Garter. ’ ‘4 •
In toe Taylor Ounnlngham va.
Bam Cunningham cmo, the prop-
erty in question wm found incap-
able of equitable partition and or-
dered sold with proceeds being par-
titioned.
Bale of property M Mked for wm
rf living authorixed to the Tommle Frances art mured Me hope-
Ktabillxe el vV. fax. Mrs Myrtle Car- fU| Rngpjrjon of his enemies that
by ta. ruth et aLintt. G®™*ny »® «» d®*P internal trou-
Oounty National a winter of near-oatae-
Bank Of Drntxwi WM BW»rdrd 51.-
r»3.86 and authorised to foredore
mortgage lien to its suit
leber WUketeon.
The president proposed stabilisa-
tion of wages and salaries of indi-
viduals. saying “I believe that sta-
bilizing the cost of living will mean
that wages in general can and
should be kept at existing levels"
and asxed repeal of the provisions
of the price-fixing law law which
allow farm commodities to rise to <
110 per cent of parity (Parity in '
the price designed to give the added*
farmer a return, based on Indus- ! —
^.4*1 I^.a.^4 Ire - IfMMl !
14 base period » in general can and should be kept
"We must flx ceilings on the - - -
prices which sonsumers, retailers, I
wholesalers and manufacturers pay
I for the things they buy.” the pres-
ident said as he outlined his plans
to keep the cost of living down, and
added "ceilings on rents for dwell-
ings in al) areas affected by war
industries" to the Step* that must
be taken
stabilizing the
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