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Rate Proposed
65 Ships
Sunk By
US Subs
Flanagan Rubber
Co. DestroyedbyFire
Nazis Execute 24
More Dutchmen
101 Planes Lost By
Axis In Malta Raids
Japs Retreat
50 Miles; Get
More Troops
Column at Lashio
Still Encircled by
Chinese; Place of
Battle Unrevealed
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Berlin 1
House Ways and Means commit-
tee’s staff of tax experts today
proposed that the normal individ-
ual income tax rate be boosted
form four to six per cent, and
that personal exemptions deduc-
tible in computation of the tax
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to the White H
Roosevelt’s sig
it would PM
enroll a maxim
be intended
man people.
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been carried out with the loss of
only two American submarines
by enemy action.
Conn., led the unsuccesaful fight
first to restrict and later to de-
feat the measure. He contended
that it "casts a shadow on the
sanctity of the home."
2 Transports
And Tanker are
Hit by Bombs
Bring to 24 Total
(Jap Ships Sunk or
Damaged Since May
4 Off Australia
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Women’s Corps
Bill is Passed
WASHINGTON. (UP) — Ths
Senate, by a vote of 38 to 27, to-
day passed a bill to set up a wo-
men's auxiliary army corps. It
rejected attempts to restrict the
women to service in the United
States.
The measure, which has been
home.
Luetze said that of 1,400,000
y.
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2"xnwademmprobdhie that many
damaged planes got back to their
bases in Sicily.
Under Gen. Viscoupt. q""Tiger"
The plan, offered by staff chief
Colin E. Stam, would continue
the present exemptions of $1,500
for married couples and $700 for
single persons for purposes of
computing surtaxes. The present
exemption of $400 for each ad-
ditional dependent would be con-
tinued in all cases.
Stam’s plan called for surtax
rates ranging from 11 to 80 per
cent, compared with the 12 to 86
per cent range proposed by the
treasury.
Stam originally opposed any
lowering of personal income tax
Gort, the new comnander, the
heroic British and Malta garrison,
and the 270,000 courageous civil-
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no doubt that the Battle of the
Coral Sea was but the opening
of a new, grim phase in the
Australian zone, one which in all
probability meant a knockout fight
with the faj i of Australia and
New Zealand in the balance.
The Allied planes, led by Flying
Fortresses and crack atalina-
Consolidated bombers, with fight-
er planes in support, were search-
See NO. 2, Page 6
the army to
of 166,000 wo-
oyers of the Javelin
7 a normal comple-
ruined by the fire belonged to
c stomers, who had brought them
in for ———
Moresby, New Ginea, MacArthur
reported, and attacked the air-
drome on Horn island, off Cap.e
York at the n<
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be lowered to $1,000 for a mar-
Hed couple and $500 for single
persons.
BORN TO FLY—Cadet A. Viator
(his first name is Alex) of Vin-
ton, Louisiana is one of hundreds
of “Hell from Heaven Men” at
the world's largest bombadier
school at Midland, Texas who fly
night and day over vast ranges
perfecting their bombing skill.—
(Air Corps Photo from NEA
Telephoto). *
offensive."
The Berlin radio
se No. 8, 1
The news,of
ings, potentially
highly probable that the waste
barrel, placed just outside the
building, had been' set fire, and
that the flames had spread to
other parts of the frame and
sheet metal structure.
The flames already had caused
considerable damage before fire-
men arrived on the scene.
J^E^Wuel
>P commander, at
ms conference, migh
Hotels Taken
Over by Nazis
Are Bombed
Anti-Germans in
Paris Strike New
, Blows; Petain and
Laval Conferring
declared "substantial agreement"
with Sadler.
The third comminaion member,
Ooi. Ernest O. Thompson, was out
ot the state on a trip with Gov.
Coke Stevenson. ,
Thus it appeared that Texa oU
Heinkels and five Junkera-88 dive
bombers, the Admiralty's com-
munique said.
The Jackal was taken
after being damaged but
be Mink by our own forces sines it
Production Favored
L.
ship have been damaged
April 1 by submarines.
Underwater operations
how false must be the German
claims of relatively light casual-
AUSTIN. (UP) Railroad Com-
missioner Jerry Sadler paid today
that he favors a 1,400,000-barrel-s-
day oil production level in Texas
during t he last half of May, and
Commissioner Olin 8. ©uberson
total and the “all clear” at Ni
NEW YORK. (p_meBr
ish radio, in a brondcaat record-
ed by CBS, reported today that
26 addtional French hostages
have been executed by the Ger-
man authorities at Rouen.
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strongly reinforced by crack Spitfire fighters, have shot
down or damaged 101 Axis planes in 72 hours, and the toll
taken in the furious raids of the last 12 hours is uncounted.
(London aviation quarters saidp— ■" ---- '
that when it became possible to
: that
the great German-controlled Bour- Stire war.)
ges radio transmitting station and
the derailment by a mine of a
freight train near Parthenay in
ary tor non-
with the re-
gular army.
Sen. Francis T. Maloney, D.,
WASHINGTON (UP) — Sec-
retary of State Cordell Hull in-
dicated today that any protests
from Vichy regarding negotla-
tions about future status of Mar-
tinique, Guadalupe and French
Guinea would be disregarded..
SAN FRANCISCO. (UP)—
The presence at "unidentfied
aircraft^* tote identtied M
triendiyacauned- a 21 minute
.uin
u.lit
etdengn
Government Pierre Laval.
Terrorist activities, as well as
American negotiations with auth-
prities of Vichy Martinique and
the British camoign in Mada-
gascar were on the agenda even
before news of the Pans bombings
arrived, it was believed.
It was understood that the
government had no direct infor-
See NO. 5, Page 6
Up to 6 p.m. yesterday, guns
and planes, some piloted by Amer-
icans of the Royal Air Force
Eagle Squadron, had destroyed 31
enemy planes, probably destroyed
Believe Vichy,
US to Agree
WASHINGTON (UP)—Diplo-
matic observers today believed
there was a good chance of a full
agreement being reached between
the United States and Vichy
colonial authorities on the future
status of Martinique, Guadeloupe
and French Guiana.
The agreement may be reached
before the end of this week, it
was said in informed quarters,
and give the United States sub-
stantially all it asks in these
colonies.
From the agreement the United
States is expected to get com-
plete immobilization of the French
aircraft carrier Bearn and two
miiaars now in Martinique, dis-'
mantling of airplanes stranded
there when France fell, and
probable ui* of tankers and
.merchant vessels now tied up in
Martinique.
• The United States is fully de-
termined that Martinique and its
sister co'onies in the Caribbean
area shall not be put to any use
beneficial to the Axis. But, since
the areas are not considered in
any immediate danger of being
used as bases for Axis operations,
this country seeks to avoid a show
of armed force against admittedly
weak military forces if a settle-
ment can be reached otherwise.
LA VALLETTA, Malta. (UP)—Malta’s defenders,
the German occupied zone.
Two of four 460-foot pylons
at the Bourges station were de-
stroyed and it was believed that
service of some of the three long-
wave and short-wave stations
would be suspended for months.
Radio Paris, however, continued
to broadcast occasionally, possibly
through emergency arrangements.
VICHY, France (UP)—Terror-
ists have bombed six Paris hotels
and restaurants requisitioned by
the Germans, advices from Paris
said today.
German authorities isolated the
entire areas affected, including
the principal downtown business
districts and the eastern railroad
station, in an attempt to trap the
terrorists responsible.
Subway traffic was suspended
in the bombed areas.
The world famous Marguerite
restaurant and the Ambassador
hotel were among the hotels and
buildings bombed. All had been
requisitioned for German army
use.
Three other central Paris hotels
were bombed, as was a hotel in
the eastern railroad station area.
French police aided the Ger-
mans in blocking off the areas.
The new terrorist outburst came
one day after the dynamiting of
Since then there have been al-
most constant raids by German
and Italian dive bombers, heavy
bombers and medium bombers. ■
Hie Axis raids reached a cU-
max duriag the week-end. Ger-
man and Italian forces came ever
for what they thought would be
a routine bombing. Suddenly
swarms of new Spitfire fighters,
some manned by Americans,
raced into them.
It was the first time in all
their raids that the enemy had
not had overwhelmingly superior
numbers.
Sunday morning German dive
bombers tried to attack the dock
yards. They found themselves
flying into a heavy artificial
smoke pall. Before they reached
the smoke covered area, the new
spitfires were ripping into them,
and many fled, dropping their
See NO. 6, Page 6
Urges Aid for
Dependents of
Men in Service
McNutt Plea Made
Before Study of —
Bill to Hike Base
Pay of US Forces
WASHINGTON. (UP) — The
LONDON. (UP)—German occu-
pation authorities executed 24
more Hollanders on charges of
leading a secret anti-Nazi organi-
zation, bringing the total execut-
ed to 96, the Aneta News Agency
said today.
Three others were sentenced to
prison terms after trial on charges
of espionage, possession of arms
and aiding the enemy.
Trinity Hits
Record level
LIBERTY, Tex. (UP) — The
Trinity River today rose higher
than ever before recorded and,
despite sandbagging, threatened
to block Houston-Beaumont high-
way traffic.
A stage of 28.8 feet was rec-
orded as 1.62 inches of rain was
adding to the flood hazard.
Three miles of the Southern
Pacific mainline was under water
and train service was halted at
2 a. m.
Lowland residents had been
warned for several days and Tex-
as Defense Guard planes patrol-
le4 the flood in case anyone was
marooned or -needed help. —4—
Backwater south and north at
Liberty was rising slowly, but
damage here thus far was prin-
cipally to crops and gardens.
At some points the flood was
■even inches higher than the level
of highway 90 between Houston
and Beaumont. Open dirt levees
were thrown up Where sandbag-
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British lose
3 Destroyers
LONDON. (UP)—Throe British 1
destroyers were sunk in the Hast- 1
era Mediterranean during -a series 1
ox EUEeCK8 DY Wiermen planes, the
Admiralty announced today.
The Rome radio, broadcasting an
Italian High Command communi-
que, reported earlier that German ।
fighter planes ‘attacking in waves’
sank three of four Britah destroy-
ers encountered north at the Af- I
rican Gulf of Collum, near the
Egyptian-Italian border.
Two British planes escorting .
the destroyers were shot down, the 1
Roms radio adAed.
The Admiralty raid the three
destroyers lost in the action were
the Lively and Kipling, sunk by
enemy bomba, and the Jackal
which was sunk by its own crew
after being badly damaged.
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. ging was not possible. State pa-
trolmen and highway department
exemptions. The Treasury last
week proposed that the exemp-
tions be cut to $1,200 for a mar-
ried couple, $000 for a
person and $800 for each
tional dependent
o2Pne“hahut
Kerch
where
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Petain returned to Vichy by Malta had been bombed 2,200
special train from an interrupted tha— up to last Saturday.
Riviera vocation and went at once
into conference with Chief of
- —.—. — —.22 House today tentatively adopt-
TBsrnimmemgf" ..2 .00
- men to $50 a month.
The Kipling
1690-ton destro
class, carrying
ment of 183 men each and <
Fire which broke out about 6
o’clock this morning gutted part
of the Flanagan Rubber Co.
building on East Main street,
causing damage estimated at more
than $2,000.
About 76 tires, many of them
brought in by customers for re-
capping or retreading, office
equipment, plant equipment, and
supplies were burned. Some dam-
age was c ne to other machinery,
and to about a ton of rubber
WASHINGTON. (UP) — Fed-
eral Security Administrator Paul I
V. McNutt urged Congress to-
day to establish a system of fi-
nancial assistance for the depen-
dents of men in the armed forces i
“for the sake of national morale.” '
The House, meantime, was ।
scheduled to take up a Senate
bill to raise the base pay of en-
listed men in the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps. The bill pro-
vides for a minimum of $42 for
privates, and -the corresponding
rank in the Navy, and would boost
the pay of the lowest grade of
commissionoed officer in all three
services.
McNutt told the House Military
Affairs committee that he was
in complete accord with pending
legislation to provide family al-,
lowances for dependents of en-
listed men. The bill provides for
federal contributions to match,
and in some cases to exceed, 1
those that an enlisted man would
be required to make to his de-
pendents.
See NO. 4, Page 6
—
workers were on guard and con-
voyed traffic between Liberty
and Dayton.
The previous flood stage recgrd
was 28.1 feet in 1908.
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ilyandtha
,60,000,000
■rage are <
idler’s prop
pitted in 1939. The Lively was of
the 1020-ton Lightning class, which
includes some of Britain’s latest
destroyers, built since the start at
the war.
The Admiralty said that "It to
known that more than 600 officers
st 1
14 Seamen Die
In Burning Ship
MIAMI, Fla. (UP) —Fourteen
seamen died in the flaming wreck-
age of a medium-sized Dutch
merchant ship kindled into a
“fiery torch” by two torpedoes
from two Axis U-boats, survivors
said today.
The torpedoing was the 12th
announced by the Navy since
May 4 from which survivors have
been landed at Florida ports.
Twenty men were saved, in-
cluding the ship’s master.
Survivors said that when the
vessel was hit, orders to launch
the lifeboats Were given, but so
; quickly did fire break out that
14 men caught in their quarters
below decks were unable to get
away.
Those saved swam to liferafts
which freed themselves before the
ship went under. They later were
picked up by another vessel.
Survivors thought wo sub-
marines must have attacked -
them at once because the ship
was hit by two tropedoes almost
simultaneously. They seemed to
have been fired from different
directions.
The Navy announced the sink-
ing of two American ships last
night.
Survivors of one believed the
. appearance of an American Na-
val vessel saved them from be-
ing machine-gunned by the two
submarines which had sunk their
ship.
They said the naval vessel fired,
several rounds at the U-boats,
but they did not know whether
they had scored hits.
“It was a beautiful sight to see
the precision and speed with
which the Navy went into ac-
tion,” Capt. H. K. Johnson of
Miami, the master, said. He wit-
nessed the counter-attack from
a lifeboat.
teU the story of the “Now Royal
Air Force" in Malta it would be
WASHINGTON. (UP)—Amer-
ican submarine raiders, continu-
ing their attacks on Japan’s long
supply line with great success,
have sunk or damaged at least
65 enemy vessels since the war
started.
The role being playeu by Amer-
ican submerines in the battle of
the Pacific often has been over-
shadowed by the more spectacu-
lar naval eng gements, such as
last week’s in the Coral Sea. But
in their quiet way, the under-
water craft are more than doing
their part by relentlessly pound-
ing at enemy craft.
More than one-third of all
the ships sunk by"fde navy dur-
ing the war have mn sent to the
bottom by submarines. The
Navy announced yesterday that
three more Japanese ships had
been sunk in the Far East by
submarines, bringing the total to
42 sunk, 12 probably sunk and
11 damaged. At least 17 of the
torpedoed ships were warcraft.
Submarines are roving all sec-
tions of the far Pacific battle-
ground. Their victims have gone
to the bottom almost-within sight
of the Japanese mainland, in the
Celebes Sea off the East Indies,
in the waters around the Philip-
pines and in the vast spaces be-
tween the Philippines and Ha-
wait.
Yesterday’s naval announce-
ment did not reveal the scene of
the latest sinkings, but said they
were not related to the Coral
Sea engagement. The vessels
sunk were a destroyer, a naval
cargo ship and a medium sized
cargo ship.
Here is a complete list of the
“bag” of American submarines
in the Pacific since April 1:
One light cruiser, three tankers,
seven cargo ships, one naval car-
go ship, one destroyer, one sub-
marine chaser, one auxiliary
cruiser, and one combination pas-
senger and cargo ship.
In addition to the light cruiser
believed sunk, two seaplane ten-
ders, one supply ship, one barge
transport and one unidertified
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GEN. MACARTHUR’S HEAD-
QUARTERS, Australia (UP)—
United States bombing planes
have damaged two Japanese troop
transports and a tanker in the
latest attack on enemy invasion
forces in the northeastern zone,
Gen. Douglas MacArthur announc-
ed today.
They brought to 24 the total
of Japanese ships sunk or dam-
aged, including at least three
transports 'and two tankers, since
May 4 when the naval-air battle
of the Coral Sea, greatest of the
war, started off the Solomon
islands.
MacArthur’s planes Scored
direct hits on two enemy trans-
ports, believed crowded with in-
vasion troops, off Kessa, in the
Solomons.
. They showered bombs on Jap-
anese shipping in the area, and
it was indicated that they might
have scored hits or near misses on
additional invasion craft.
The tanker was damaged by
two hits or near misses in a plane
attack on the seaplane base at
Deboyne island, in the Louisiade
island group off the southeast
coast of New Guinea.
The planes damaged a big sea-
plane and scored direct hits on
stores and buildings which were
left aflame.
Japanese planes did slight dam-
age in an attack yesterday on the
Allied airdrome area at Port
CHUNGKING, China. (UP.
Japanese reinforcements and vet-
eran Chinese troops are fighting
a furious battle on the China-
Burma border, a communique said
tonight, following a 50-mile ene-
my retreat ' i Yunnan Province.
The communique said that Jap-
a anese forces trapped in the Yun-
d, nan Province sector had received
55 reinforcements and were attack-
ing Chinese positions. The sec-
tor on which the battle was being
* fought was not announced.
(Dispatches from New Delhi
said that the Chinese had driven
the Japanese back in Yunnan
Province and that other Chinese
units operating south of the Bur-
ma town of Lashio were expand-
. Ing their attacks. A Japanese
.column was reported still encir-
cled near Lashio. Chinese forces
that moved up the Irrawaddy
__river were said to have joined
Chinese troops attacking Man-
dalay.) •
The enemy’s 50-mile retreat in
the north was from the west bank
of the Salween river to the Yun-
nan Province town of Mangshih.
(A dispatch by United Press
correspondent Darrell Berrigan
from Calcutta, India, indicated
that the long-awaited spring
monsoon had arrived in Burma
to hamper the Japanese offen-
sive and aid the Chinese-British
defenders.
(Berrigan said the roads of
% lower Burma were ribbons of
sticky mud and airfjelds had been
flooded. Though the Japanese
e. are now operating in.the “dry”
country at upper Burma, much of
their supplies must pass through
“wet” lower Buraia. The Chinese
had predicted that the monsoon
would mark the turning point of
the battle of Burmafbut no news
of- its Start had as yet passed
m s See NO. 1, Page 6
WASHINGTON. (UP) — The
White House today announced the
cancellation of President ROose-
and men from the three
safe so the total _____
ualties cannot be heavy.’
During the air attacks on
destroyers. Beau fighters at
RAF dstroyed one Heinkel
and damaged at least two a
Sadler raid that
Axis Has Lost 1,363
Planes in 10 Days
LONDON. (UP) — Allied air
forces, taking an ever-increasing
toll of Axis aerial Et-sth, have
destroyed , or damaged 1,363 ene-
my planes during the past 10
days, a compilation of United Na-
tions communiques disclosed to-
day.
The biggest single victory was
scored by reinforced Royal Air
Force pilots over bomb-scarred
Malta, who shot down or dam-
used for retreading work. It
be reprocessed, however.
Origin of the fire could no
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WITH COMMANDOS — Capt.
Randolph Churchill, son of Brit-
ish prime minister, has rejoined
the Commandos after creating
criticism with recent speeches in
Parliament.
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