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of of of of of of of of of of 3 3 TWO THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN. ASHEVILLE. N. TUESDAY, JUNE 1. 1943 ENKA AND UNION CONFERRING ON NEW CONTRACT Representatives Holding Meet At Vanderbilt Hotel Negotiations on A new contract between the American Enka cor-' poration and the United Textile Workers of America, representing plant employes.

are under way at the George Vanderbilt hotel, it was learned yesterday. Representatives of the company and of the union will go back into conference this morning at the George Vanderbilt hotel. and union officials said last night there was A good prospect that an agreement will be reached. Frank Crane, of the North Carolina department labor, and D. Yates Heafner, of the conciliation service of the U.

S. department of labor, are taking part in the conferences. Negotiations here were begun After representatives of the company and of the union held a conterence in Washington. If no agreement is reached by Friday, it was said last night. the case will gO before the War Labor board.

Members of the Enka union were given a report last night on progress of the negotiations and voted unanimously to extend the present contract pending further developments. Representing the union in the negotiations are C. E. Earnhardt, International first vice president of U. T.

T. B. Sluder, president of the Enka local: Ted Rhodes, Hattie Lou Rhodes, Tom Boone, Earl Setzler, and Robert Dowis. Representing the company are Leo Moritz, assistant to the vices president: T. H.

Iserman. New York counsel for the company: W. A. Egerton. local counsel for the company.

and James Merrimon, assistant to the plant superintendent. -Continued From Page One BYRNES TALKS gram he disclosed that 100 fighting ships were completed in the first five months of ship every thirty-six hours." The size of the fleet. he said. will be doubled in real fighting ships. Emphasis On Carriers He said that emphasis in naval construction this year was on "aircraft carriers to give air coverage to our convoys and to our attacks, and escort vessels to destroy the enemies' submarines." Announcing his 100,000 airplane figure as "bad news for the man Mr.

Churchill calls 'Corporal he reported airplane construction figures: June 1. 1940, to June 1, 1941- 10.143 planes. June 1, 1941, to June 1, 1942-ing 80.248 planes. June 1, 1942, to 60.000." Byrnes declined to predict the number of planes to be produced in the next 12 months, but added that "to keep up day and night bombing against the Nazis and the Japs we must continue to step up our production." the theme that "America means business," the war mobilization chief used the figure of 44.830,000 bombs manufactured in three years to give "some idea of what we have in store for our enemies." painted a cautious but still optimistic picture of steps being taken to curb the German submarine menace, saying that within a year and a half the navy would have more destroyer escorts--the new anti-submarine vessel ha any other single class of fighting ship in the fleet. New detection equipment, plus a step up in airplane and escort vessel anti-submarine activity, he said, "contributed to the splendid record in May when we lost fewer ships and destroyed more submarines than we dared to hope for." Outer Fringes" "Thus far." he said, "we are on the outer fringes of this war so far as personal deprivation on the home front and the loss of blood on the battlefront are concerned.

We have been in this war almost AS long as we were the last war. So far our casualties in this war have been only 86,862. Our casualties in the last war totaled 233,184. This will be a much tougher war." Looking down "a long, hard road ahead," he said "we have not yet a firm foothold anywhere on the continent of Europe, excluding Russia -Japan still holds her stolen empire rich in vital war resources-. thousands of our boys are prisoners of war in the Philippines and the flag of the Japanese aggressor flies in place of Old Glory over Corregidor." Because he was the featured speaker at a festive observance on BUNIONS Get this quick relief.

Lifta shoe pressure, sootbes, cushions the sensitive, spot. Costa but a trifle. Scholls Zino pads Weather ASHEVILLE DATA (May 31. 1943) Temperature Highest 89: one vear ago 84. Lowest 62: one vear ARO 59.

Absolute maximum (this davi 89 in 1937 Absolute minimum (this davi 42 in 1930. Averaze temperature for the day 75: normal 66. Precipitation Data For The Month Normal 0.12: greatest amount 7.75 1n 1909: least amount 0.71 1. 1914 amount for the past 24 hours ended at 7:30 p. m.

none: excess for the month 0.64: deficiency for the vear 0.27. 8 m. 63 3 88 Hourly Temperatures turem. m. 67 D.

th. 89 10 m. 72 D. m. 11 m.

78 D. m. 84 11001 82 8.1 D. m. 84 11.

83 2 D. m. 86 Sunrise 6:14 sunset 8 8:41 p. m. FORECAST Carolina.

South Carolina and Georgia: Continued warm Tuesdav. scattered thundershowers. WASHINGTON. D. May 31.

U. 8. weather bureau report of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station Highest Lowest Prec. Atlanta 69 00 Boston 70 54 00 Charlotte 92 70 Chicago 67 Cincinnati Jacksonville 74 Key West 00 Louisville Memphis 85 Miami 89 Minn. -8.

Paul New Orleans New York Portland. Me. 66 Richmond 90 Washineton 84 66 Wilmington 88 68 -Continued From Page One COAL STRIKE after 9 p. m. that the union would have no announcement to makemeaning that it was up to individual miners whether they reported for work today.

Lewis left a Washington hotel about 11:30 p. remarking that he was going home and would be at his office in the morning. Asked whether he had talked with interior department officials, the UMW chief replied "no comment." His response was the to all other questions. Lewis had spent an hour on one of the upper floors of the hotel, but whom he visited or conferred with was not disclosed. Resume Talks Today However, Lewis and the operators were scheduled to resume negotiations at 10:30 a.

m. today. The United Mine Workers, it was learned, had not budged from their demand for an increase of S2 a day to settle the portal to portal (underground travel) issue. Bargaining conferences with the operators recessed at 5:30 p. m.

subject to resumption at the call of the chair. Secretary Ickes, operator of the mines in the name of the government, appealed earlier in the day for quick agreement. "It is imperative," said Ickes in telegrams to Lewis and Ezra Van Horn, chairman of the joint wage conference, "that an agreement be reached between the operators and the miners speedily and that collective bargaining be concluded." Although Ickes stressed the nation's need for coal. he did not specifically request either Lewis or the operators to extend the truce expiring at midnight. "I urge that both sides proceed without a moment's delay to compose their differences in order that the uncer minty which is interferwith the maximum production of coal which this nation requires for war purposes, may be promptly eliminated," Ickes said.

"Each day of delay aggravates the situation and constitutes a potential threat to the prosecution of the war." Twice before Ickes stepped into the coal problem. On May 2, after the miners had worked for a month under an extension of the 1941-42 agreement, Ickes. and Lewis conferred on production problems and out of came Lewis' announcement the miners would work that for 15 days under a truce. The truce expired May 18, but was extended again at the request of Ickes. The miners are under orders from the war labor board to continue production while negotiation of the portal to portal (underground travel pay issue negotiated and to report back to the board by June 9.

UMW officials, however, have consistently refrained from acknowledging the board's authority to enforce a stay-at-work order. $11 Is Snatched From, Negro Man In Alley Eleven dollars, a 10 and a onedollar bill. was snatched from Chester Ray, a negro employed by Goode's Drug store, yesterday afternoon in an alley beside Vick's cafe, according to a police report. Ray was carrying the bills hand when white boy about 18 years of age took them and ran. GRANTED PATENT Three men of the American Enka corporation have been granted a patent on the manufacture of mixed textiles.

it was learned yesterday. The patent has been assigned to, the Enka firm. the part the textile industry and its workers are playing in war production. Byrnes opened his address with high praise the men and women of the industry. However, he made subtle use of the occasion to liken a striker in industry with a slacker in the army.

After praising the labor ment generally for seeing "that there is no interruption of war production." he said strikes actually were rare and that in 1942 only 1-20 of one per cent of the time of war workers was lost in strikes. HEAR BETTER Sonotone with Come in for a free Audiometer test of your hearing CONSULTANT BERT E. BOWLOY LANGREN HOTEL JUNE 1-2 SONOTONE OF CHARLOTTE INDEPENDENCE BLDG. CHARLOTTE. N.

C. -Continued From Page One INVASION COAST tackers. Eight fires were left blazing in the field area. Aerial photographs showed many grounded planes were damaged a at Capodichino, but no figures were given. An Italian communique said this was the 70th raid on Naples since the war began and considerable.

damage, was, done. injured It there. Large formations of bomb-carrying Lightning fighters raged over Sardinia, hitting railway yards and stations, dock installations and a transformer station at Chilivania and shooting up a railway station, three trains, a water tower and a factory at Alghero. Six ships were damaged at Aranci in Northeast Sardinia and hits were seen on the mole, shore buildings and the railroad yard. Several waves of American medium bombers and fighters ravaged military targets on Pantelleria after British Wellingtons had bombed the island Saturday night.

Fires Still Burn While Britain's big bombers remained grounded Sunday night, the first anniversary of the raid on Cologne, reports from 00- cupied Europe said that fierce fires still were burning in Dortmund, Dusseldorf and Essen, all hit last week, when the RAF went over Saturday night to bomb Wuppertal, in the Ruhr. "The air ministry meanwhile announced, that damaged the a RAF synthetic recently oil plant and chemical works in the Ruhr valley capable of producing 100,000 tons of synthetic oil allnually. Rescue workers still dug in the ruins of a church at a Southwest English coast town where German bombs killed at least 18 children and three Sunday school teachers Sunday. In addition to those known to have been killed, there were 24 hildren injured. 14 of them seriously! and an undetermined number of children and teachers still missing.

A. German communique, broadcast by the Berlin radio. said of Sunday's raids on Britain: "Fast German bombers raided harbor towns on the English coast and southeast coast and dropped bombs of heavy caliber on installations of military importance." -Continued From Page One Dealers To gangster and a racket to have a black market." Mr. Driscoll explained. "Any merchant who buys goods at a price higher than he is supposed pay and sells them at a price greater than the ceiling price is playing in the black market although he mine "demands is merely supplying of his customers and meeting competition from some other merchant down the street." He then told how the food merchants of Charlotte and Mecklenburg county had gotten together in an organization that was making remarkable progress in stamping out the black market practices that SO often grow out cf lack of understanding of the regulations and a harassed situation due to bewilderment about rules and regulations.

"You are not going to get rich in this war, and a lot of other people are not going to get rich who may have thought they were, but it we can't keep this matter of prices controlled you will wake up one day and find your business gone. wiped out by a sudden an inevitable drop in spiraled prices. A huge banner was stretched across the courtroom saying "NO BLACK MARKET GOODS SOLD HERE." It WAS displayed AS an example of what some of the larger food stores are doing to keep the black market business to a minimum. Several complaints of shortweight in products being shipped into North Carolina were heard. and in every instance the merchants were urged to report specific information on these items to the OPA office.

News of Public Record BIRTHS Pyt. and Mrs. James Calvin Wallace of Asheville, R.F.D. 2, son, yesterday at St. Joseph's hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Robinson of 156 Swannanca avenue, a daughter, yesterday at Biltmore hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stines of West Asheville R.

F. D. 3, a daughter. Sunday at St. Joseph's hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Ballard of 111 Montana avenue.

A son, yesterday at Mission hospital. REALTY TRANSFERS George C. Sheban to Mary S. Stewart, property on Marcellus street. Kittle M.

Cunningham to Frances Stewart Cunningham, property on Coleman avenue. Henry G. McKenzie to Everett 0. Buckner, property on Biltmore avenue. T.

C. Weaver to Sarah C. Peet. property in Reems Creek township. Hilliard Greene, trustee, to Eldon Burnette, property in city.

Troy Rice, et al, to Erskine Gentry, property in Beaverdam ward. J. F. P. Tate to Hilliard W.

Carr, property on Mount Clare avenue. J. C. Causby to James J. Alexander, property on South Liberty street.

Committee Of Y.M.C.A. Meets This Afternoon The building renovation and debt reduction committee of the Y. M. C. A.

will meet this afternoon at 5 o'clock at the A review will be made of the program already conducted and future projects will be surveyed. Harold R. Cory is chairman of the group and Stacy Smith is treasurer. "Popular' CHECKING I No ACCOUNTS BALANCE ME 81 Cha BANK of ASHEVILLE INTERPRETING THE WAR NEWS -By Associated GLENN Press BABBWar Analyst Every Reason To Believe Allies Are Winning Battle Of Atlantic, Decisive War Phase There is every reason to believe that the allies are winning one of the decisive battles of the war, one that will contribute even more to the ultimate victory than any of our triumphs thus far. This is the battle of the Atlantic, the grim, almost secret struggle against the -boats on which Hitler has staked 50 great a share of his hopes of averting destruction.

Unlike great land campaigns, this contest? is without the brilliant climaxes that make the big headlines and set the bells to ringing. There is 10 final citadel to be stormed, no great army to be beaten into capitualtion. As long as Germany continues fighting there probably never will come a time when it can be said definitely and finally that the battle of the Atlantic has been won. Captain chief of the navy's public relations' bureau, says that "even on the last day of the war we may expect to lose some ships." But as long as the allied navies can keep shipping losses to current figures and the shipyards, especially those of the United States, can maintain the current rate of production Hitler definitely is losing in the Atlantic. His primary objective is to prevent the delivery of the great military resources now flowing from American factories to theaters of operations across the Atlantic and in this he is failing.

Today or tomorrow the German high command probably will publish its usual monthly report on alleged submarine sinkings, covering May. Judging from the tone of Berlin's recent comments on news from the front and from figures already broadcast, the total is likely to' be one of the lowest since the battle of the Atlantic began in earnest, probably around 400.000 tons or even less. The allies do not publish any comparable totals and experience has shown these German monthly reports to be exaggerated. But even taking them at face value for the sake of the comparison, it is clear now that allied shipbuildings, especially the output of American shipyards, is piling up cach month a tremendous margin, well over 1.000.000 tons, over ship losses, The goal for American construction this year is over 18.000.000 deadweight tons, or 1,500,000 tons a month, which is approximately four times the sinkings. And the evidence is that this rate already is being achieved and that the year's goal will be But equally is the reachedortant work of the British, Canadian and American navies and air forces in keeping the submarine menace in ever more restricted bounds.

In this respect a striking change was been wrought in the submarine war in recent months. The rate of killings of U-boats has been rising rapidly and the wolf packs are finding the hunting daily more hazardous. This is reflected in Berlin's own accounts. The high command's Sunday communique said that "our submarines in recent days have been engaged in the severest convoy struggles in the North and South Atlantic." The fighting, said, is marked by "great embitterment." A German naval officer, writing in the Voelkischer Beobachter, said "it must not be concealed that the battle (in the Atlantic) is indescribably difficult and demands unimaginable determination in the pace of the weather and the enemy's defense." All this the cautious statements supported leaders testifying to a favorable in the war on the U-boats. There may be.

probably will be, setbacks in this conflict still to be endured. But the current trend seems to have continued too long and too surely to be reversed by anything Hitler can do. Unless he can do something to change it his hope of halting the transatlantic flow of the output of American war industry dwindles to nothing. Byrnes Describes How We Carry War To Foe SPARTANBURG, S. May 31.

illustrate allied forces are carrying the fight to the enemy, James F. Byrnes cited tonight the sinking of four submarines that attacked 8 convoy and the destruction of a Japanese battleship at eight-mile range on a stormy night--by means of radar. The wholesale destruction of submarines presumably was the victory announced in London May 12. The admiralty said four and perhaps 10 U-boats were sunk after they attacked a convoy. The sinking of the battleship had been announced last November by the navy, but it did not disclose at that time how radar mastered the eight -mile range.

Byrnes gave no details of the convoy results, saying only: "The submarine is still a deadly menace, but our attack against the submarine is even more deadly. Recently one of our convoys was set upon by a pack of Nazi submarines. They got one of our merchant ships, but we got four of their submarines." As for radar, the device which uses boomeranging radio beams to DRIVE LAUNCHED TO GET WORKERS FOR NAVY YARD Representative Of Civil Service Will Visit W.N.C. Towns The U. S.

Employment service announced yesterday that the Fourth Civil Service regional office has launched an important and urgent drive to recruit persons to fill various critical positions at the Norfolk navy yard, Portsmouth, Va. Types of workers needed immediately are auto mechanics at $9.12 per day, electricians at $9.12 per aay, helper trainees at $5.36 per day, laborers at $4.64 per day, machinists at $9.12 per day, mechanic learners at $4.64 per day, pipefitters at $9.12 per day; shipfitters at $9.12 per day, electric welders at $9.12 per day, and riggers at $9.12 per day. Opportunity For Women These positions will pay time and one-half for over-time over 40 hours per week. Women are now accepted for the helper trainee positions. They should have completed a defense training course or an NYA training course.

Minimum age limit for the helper and laborer positions is 16 years old. These positions offer a splendid opportunity for women to participate in war effort, USES officials said. Those men not immediately subject to the draft, 4-F. and men 38 years of age are acceptable. Housing accommodations have been completed at the navy yard for approximately 8,000 workers, and the navy department will aid all persons hired in obtaining such accommodations.

Frederick Sheetz, representative of the Asheville civil service commission office, will visit a number. of towns throughout Western North Carolina for the next month in recruiting for these positions. Schedule Announced Mr. Sheetz' schedule follows: Marion, June Lenoir, June 3, and 4: Boone, June 5, 6 and Spruce Pine, June 8 and Hen- DRAMA WILL BE PRESENTED AT PLONK SCHOOL "Letters to Lucerne," a threeact drama by Fritz Rotter and Allen Vincent, will be given for the third time by the Plonk School of Creative arts in response to special requests, on Friday at p. m.

at the school, 1 Sunset parkway. The play will be the final feature of the commencement program the school got under way last week plays, rewhich, citals and a banquet and dance. Dramatic readings of "Riders to the Sea" were given yesterday afternoon at the school by Miss Laura Bryson. She was assisted by Ethel Terrell Weaver and Miss Mattie Green, pianists. This afternoon at 3:30 o'clock an open class in Dalcoze Eurythmics will be presented by classes at the school ranging from the primary grades through the high school and creative arts school.

Tomorrow at 3:30 p. m. the pianoforte recital will be held and on Friday morning the graduation program will be held at 10 o'clock. Third Officer Brewer Taking Special Training Third Officer Edith L. Brewer, formerly of Asheville, recent graduate of the officer candidate school Des the Moines.

WAAC has training arrived center, Fort at Jackson. S. for 30 days' special training with the 49th WAAC headquarters company. Upon completion of her training. she will be assigned to another station with a headquarters company.

DEATHS AND FUNERALS THOMAS INFANTS Donald and Daniel Penny Thomas, infant twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Thomas of 16 Cullowhee street, died Sunday night in any Brief Asheville funeral hospitalces will be conaucted this morning at 10:30 o'clock at Berryman funeral home with the Rev.

Jchn Inzer officiating. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery. Survivors include the parents: 8 brother, David Walter. a grandmother, Mrs. J.

M. Barnette of Spartanbarg: and the great-grandparente. Mr. and Mrs. J.

A. McMillian of Blacksburg, S. C. WILLIAM F. BOWLING William F.

Bowling, 60. of Chattanooza, brother-in-law of Sanford Erown, Asheville attorney, died yesterday morning of a heart attack in Chattanooga, it was learned here! yesterday. M. Bowling Was a veteran real estate and insurance man of Chattanooga. The widow is the former Miss Cathrine Brown of Asheville.

MRS. BESSE GRAY MURPHY Mrs. Besse Gray Murphy of 22 Piercy street, West Asheville, died at her home yesterday at noon following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Azalea Methodist church with the Rev. Mr.

Masters, pastor. officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers will be S. T.

Lewis, Wayne Coone, E. Corum. C. R. Browning.

Dr. C. M. CheaW. L.

Maynard, E. J. Patterson, and Max M. Roberts. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr.

P. B. Orr. Guy M. Sales, C.

R. Browning. Dr. C. M.

Cheaale, W. R. Riddic, the Rev. B. O.

Miller, E. E. Brown, the Rev. Dumont Clarke, James G. K.

McClure, and A. C. Reynolds, Jr. Mrs. Murphy, who was born August 16, 1905, came here seven years ago from Burnsville.

She was 8 member of the Burnsville Baptist church. She is survived by her husband, Joe M. Murphy; a daughter, a Miss Carolyn Jane Murphy; three sons, Joe, Richard, and Ronald Murphy: two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Phipps of Asheville and Mrs. Nellie Harrison of Azalea, and three brothers, Ralph Cooper of Asheville and Walter and Robert Cooper of Azalea.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Berryman funeral home. JACK SHIPMAN Funeral services for Jack Shipman, 77, who died Sunday morning in A Morganton hospital following long illness. will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p. m. at Boylston Baptist church near Brevard.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will remain at Dunn and Groce funeral home here until time for the services. Mr. Shipman 1s survived by a son, Gurley Shipman of Florida: two daughters. Mrs.

Louise Higgins of Asheville and Mrs. Dovie Horse Shoe, and 11 grandchildren, and one -grandchild WILLIAM DONALD FRADY Funeral services for William Donald Frady, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frady of Biltmore. who died Sunday night in An Asheville hospital following A brief illness, will be conducted this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock At New Salem church at Skyland.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Brownell-Dunn and Lovin funeral home is in charge of arrangements. THOMAS P. BARNWELL. Last rites for Thomas P.

Barnwell. 53. of Swannanoa, who died suddenly at Wilmington Saturday morning. will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Swannanoa Free Will Baptist church with the Rev. A.

B. Lowry, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Berea cemetery near Swannanoa. The body was removed from Harrison funeral home to the restdence last night. Mr.

Barnwell was employed as a carpenter by Robinson Brothers. contractors of Asheville, and was recentl transferred from Brunswick, to Wilmington. Surviving are the widow: one daughter. Mrs. Thomas Jackson.

employed by the U. S. civil service commission and stationed in Florida; two sons. Thomas P. Barnwell.

of the navy air forces, stationed in Miami, and Richard Barnwell of Swannanoa: two brothers. W. E. Barnwell of Biltmore and J. H.

Barnwell of Black Mountain. Mr. Barnwell served in the U. army on the Mexican border, and with the navy in World War No. 1.

MORRISFUNERAL HOME FINEST FACILITIES AT MODERATE COST 140 Merrimon Ave. Phone 120 HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS OLE 'OMAN AIN' NEVUR AN' WEN I'SE CONCERNED, SHE AIN' NEVUH SORRY 6-1-43 The Ball Mark Office) -Continued From Page One STONE TO sociation, and Henry P. Chandler. director of administrative office of the United States courts, will ad-dress the conference at 10 a. m.

in the United States district courtroom in the post office building. The public is invited to attend this meeting. On Friday afternoon at 2:30 Ben Moore. U. S.

district judge, of Charleston, W. will present a memorial to George W. McClintic, the late judge of the U. S. district court; at Charleston, W.

Va. Following the memorial proceding James J. Robinson, reporter of the advisory committee on rules of criminal procedure appointed by the supreme court of the United States, will address the conference on the proposed new criminal rules. Following this address there will be a discussion of the proposed new criminal rules in open forum. The annual dinner of the conference will be held at the Battery Park hotel on Friday evening, June 11, at 7:30 o'clock.

The speakers at the dinner will be: Francis Biddle, the attorney general of the Maurice Morris, president of the American Bar association, and others. On Saturday, June 12. Col. Kenneth Royall, judge advocate generals office, in Washington, D. will address the conference.

Following his address reports of committees will be made as follows: "Selection of Jurors" Judge Harry E. Watkins. "Deferment of personnel and Bankruptcy Coleman. "Law Clerks for District Judges" -Judge Hayes. "United States Chesnut.

"Salaries of Law Clerks. Secretaries and other Soper. "Review of Interstate Commerce Commission Dobie. "Habeas Judge Parker. After the reports are made there will be a general discussion of them.

Claude M. Dean, clerk U. S. circuit court of appeals of Richmond, secretary of the conference, will be in attendance. STATE REVENUE, EXCEPT FOR GAS, SHOWS INCREASE RALEIGH, May 31.

-Revenue collections for the first 11 months current fiscal year amounted to $87.658.395.94, including income from the gasoline division. Revenue Commissioner Edwin Gill said today. Collections in the revenue division amounted to $66.918.266.95. as compared with $54.084.571.77 for the same period last year, and the gasoline division netted 128.99. compared with $29.233.591.95 last year.

Income tax collections accounted tor the largest item in the revenue division, amounting to $31.740.739.10. compared with $22.048.081.23 for last year. Sales tax collections, second largest. amounted to $16.060.862.08. compared with $14,413.825.29 for last year.

Beverage taxes accounted for $4.527.148.15, compared with 065.63. In the department of motor vehicles, collections totaled 630.44 for all classifications, compared with $10.180.277.17, for the same period last year. Small Truck Stolen And Then Returned Oscar Merchant of 290 Biltmore avenue reported to police yesterday that someone broke into his place of business Saturday night, took out a small truck and drove it 12 miles. and then parked it in front ct the building. Police are wondering whether the thief's conscience got the best of him, or whether he had some "job" to do that required the use of a truck for a short time.

-Continued From Page One Dependency: draft outlook: May 1, there were approximately 1,000,000 selective service registrants 18 to 38 years old in class 2-A, as necessary men in essential civilian activities, or in class 2-B, as key men in war production other than agriculture. There also were around 2,000,000 men with dependents who are engaged in essential activities, many of whom will be reclassified into class 2-A or class 2-B. from former class 3-B. In addition, there will be deferments during the remainder of the year of registrants who become 18 each month, such as students who are completing scientific or professional courses. "On the other hand, on May 1 our pool of physically fit men between 18 and 38, including those becoming 18 month until the end of the year, was about 000, of whom around 900,000 must be deferred during the year AS necessary men in agriculture.

(In addition to nearly that number already deferred.) "This leaves 5.100.000 from whom approximately 2,700,000 must be inducted into the armed forces by the end of this year, if their goal of around 11,000,000 men is to be reached. There then remain about 2,400,000 of whom it is estimated approximately 900,000 will be men deferred for dependency reasons, leaving 1,500,000 as the maximum number of men who can be deferred for occupational reasons other than agriculture at the end of this year." RAMSEY SPEAKS AT MEETING OF MISSION UNION D. Hiden Ramsey, general manager of the Asheville Citizen-Times company, was the speaker at the meeting the Interdenominational Women's Missionary union held yesterday at the First Presbyterian church. Mr. Ramsey spoke on "Better Race Relations." He said the problem of race relationships is not new, citing many incidents in the lem out.

He also statOld Testament, where this probed that one of the greatest advances has been the elimination to a great extent of lynching. Mrs. Fred Thomas, president of the union, presided. Mrs. J.

B. Stewart led the devotionals and Mrs. Charles Waters sang. Approximately 50 members were present. DISTRICT MEET TO BE HELD BY DRAFT BOARDS detect distant enemy planes and ships, even in fog or at night, Byrnes said: "On the night of Nov.

14 off Guadalcanal. there lay a Japanese battleship. It WAS a stormy night. Eight miles away was a ship of our fleet. With the use of the radar ship with its second salvo sank the Jap battleship in the blackness of night, eight miles away.

"Is there any wonder that the Japanese Admiral Yamamoto who boasted he would dictate the peace to the U. S. in the White House, has quietly passed away? "Let me give you some idea of what we have in store for our enemies. A week ago last night there occurred the greatest and most devastating rAid in history. The Germans know what it did to Dortmund and its war industries.

Our bombing strength being added with increasing intensity to the strength of the British. The tonnage bombs that we have already produced is sufficient to load our planes for 542 raids the size of the Dortmund raid, and we are producing more every day. "America means business." Summary Of Day's War News (By The Associated Press) Mediterranean Allies continue air offensive against Italy, as 300 planes bomb Naples, Foggia, and other objectives with loss of only one plane. Algiers Generals DeGaulle and Giraud set up new joint council to govern France. China Chinese turn Jap offensive in central sector.

U. S. airmen raid Jap-held Ichang. Chinese and American airmen down at least 23 enemy planes during day. Russia Germans announce their troops are advancing near Smolensk.

Russians report exporatory attacks by Nazis along entire front. WOODMEN TO MEET Woodmen of the World, Balsam Camp No. 1, will meet at the Odd Fellow hall tonight at 8 o'clock. The speakers will be the Rev. M.

L. Kirstein and J. M. Cauble. Music will be by the Rambling Three.

dersonville, 'June 10, 11 and 12: Brevard. June 14 and 15: Franklin, June 16 and 17: Murphy, June 18, 19. 20 and 21; Bryson City, June 22 and 23: Sylva, June 24 and 25: Waynesville, June 26 and 28, and Canton, June 29 and 30. Persons residing in the above towns are asked to contact Mr. Sheetz on the dates mentioned at either their local USES office or to see their local civil service commission secretary in the post office.

The Asheville office of the civil service commission, situated at the USES office, 86-88 Patton avenue, will also accept applications and offer immediate appointments with transportation paid to the Norfolk navy yard. Other positions with transportation paid are available government shipyards on the West coast. Persons performing war work of equal skill are requested not to apply. Recent changes in draft regulations, current policies, and mutual problems will be discussed at a district meeting of draft board officials this morning at 10 o'clock in room 310 of the courthouse. Officials from state selective service headquarters will speak.

Attending will be officials of the four Buncombe county draft boards, the two Haywood boards. and boards in Henderson, McDowell, Transylvania. Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, and Polk counties. Penland Is Returned To Craggy Prison Camp John Henry Penland, escaped convict captured in the Campbell woods Sunday by Asheville police, was turned over to Craggy prison camp officials yesterday. He is serving a sentence of three to five years after being convicted of breaking and entering.

Penland had served about nine months of his term before escaping from Craggy Saturday. BETSY MAY BE SOLD BY CITY AS ZOO CLOSES City officials are negotiating with two animal dealers for the sale of Betsy, elephant at Recreation park ZOO known to thousands of children and grownups in this section. An agreement is expected to be reached in the near future for the sale of the animal. it was said. Betsy is the last of the animals left in the park zoo.

The monkeys, last to leave before Betsy, have been shipped to the Cleveland. Ohio, zoo. They were given Moore General hospital recently, but it was found that army regulations would prevent their acceptance. Hospital officials had planned to build a monkey house for them in the recreation area. For two of the 20 monkeys, at least, it will be like "old home week" at the Cleveland 700.

Fletcher A. Reynolds. zoo keeper at Recreation park in 1926 and 1927. is director of the Cleveland 200 and is well acquainted with these two particular monkeys, "Doug" and "Mary." The latter were purchased by the Recreation park zoo in 1926. Mr.

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