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1 GOOD MORNING! PRESIDENT E. F. now ROOSEVELT based in intimates Northern Ireland will be enlarged. It would not be giving information to the enemy for the President to come right out and Well are in this war to win and say so. know more troops will be needed.

a we 62nd YEAR -No. The El Paso Times THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1942 'REDS BEAT FLANKING ATTACK Russians Say Forces Moving Relentlessly On SOVIETS CLAIM ADVANTAGE El Pasoans Will Gather Tonight To Dedicate New $321,000 Livestock Exposition Building CHOWN above is the new $321,000 Coliseum and Livestock Exposition formal opening. The arena has been smoothed and packed and the dedicated here Thursday on the building to make it steel Coliseum now is virtually complete. building, finishing paint, Workers swept out the have. tested lighting and sound equipment.

arranged the speakers' platform and put up tables for the barbecue. Literally hundreds of flags. American and Texas, and plenty of bunting have been strung from the great steel network that supports the building's roof. Officials have planned an elaborate program for Thursday's open- All Right, Pal. All's Under Control Somersworth.

N. May 20 (AP) -State and county officials were raiding an illegal horse race betting establishments when the telephone rang. Sheriff Stphen W. Scruton answered. "Is this Eddie?" a voice inquired.

"Yes, this is Eddie," the sheriff replied. "Well. get everything under control right away," the voice commanded, "the cops are raiding Dover (a nearby town)." "Don't worry about it." said the sheriff, "everything's under control already." 'FASCIST ECONOMICS' Hoover Urges Full Powers To President New York, May 20 President Herbert Hoover asserted tight that President Roosevelt might be given dictatorial economic powers to defeat the Axis, but warned that the nation must secure recovery of all suspended liberties after the war "if liberty is to live." Mr. Hoover, addressing the 26th annual assembly of the National Industrial Conference Board, which also was addressed by Under-Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, said that a steady decrease in economic freedom must be expected as war goes on, and there must be no hesitation in giving the President great economic powers "and upholding him in them." Economic measures necessary to win total war, he asserted, are "just (Continued on page 2, column 1) Sell Your Used Furniture Through A Want Ad Last Spring a family about to move, instead of giving away to the junk man a number of pieces of used but usable furniture, SOLD them for CASH through, Ads, the and inexpensive received little enough money to pay the moving man.

That's news, not "advertising." That's an idea for EXTRA CASH to buy War Bonds and Stamps. For Action, Phone Your Ad Today to Main 6600 Ask for Ad- Taker 3c THE WEATHER. IN CITY El Paso and Vicinity: Continued mild temperatures Thursday. 5c and slightly New thundershowers Central Mexico: warmer. Mountain over Scattered Range Continental late Thursday; afternoon Divide Elsewhere Report of The Associated Press (API -The (UP)-International News Service -Central Press Elsewhere 141 WAR DEBATE ENDS British Plot Second Front On Continent London, May 20 (AP), Britain intends to make "a carefully planned attack" against the Nazi-held Continent, the government assured the House of Commons today, but until such an attack can be prepared it regards the continued bombing of Germany as its best contribution to the common war effort.

Speaking in the absence of Prime Minister Churchill, Sir Stafford Cripps, lord privy seal and government leader in the House, said that bombing Germany is the best way of assisting Russia "until such time as we are able to make a carefully planned attack upon the Continent of Europe, which we intend to Concluding a two-day war debate, Sir Stafford wound up 15 of oratory covering almost every aspect of the war and war-planning. In reply to critics who assailed what they termed Churchill's domination of the nation's war directorate, Sir Stafford praised the prime minister as the possessor of unsurpassed experience in his tasks as defense minister. The Government, Sir Stafford said, was ready to face a vote of confidence if "any substantial body of members" desired it. To critics of Churchill's absence, he added that any specific case was put down involving question of confidence in the prime minister. then he would take part in the debate." The critics covered a wide field, renewing many old grievances.

Emanuel Shinwell, Laborite, summed up by saying: "I doubt whether any government in history has been more often and regularly excused for its failures." Sir Stafford said that Churchill was absent because he had nothing to add to his recent statement, and then when two members asked pointedly why the prime minister was not present, Sir Stafford replied that it was "not possible" for him to be there. On plans for current conduct of the war, Sir Stafford said that Britain was continuing to give Russia priority on available war sup. plies, because "no price is too high to pay" for Soviet support. The bombing of Germany, he added, is interlinked with the whole strategy in all the various theaters of war, and it "proves the falsity of enemy propaganda that we expect someone else to win the war for 'Allies Point To Heavy Raids London, May 20 (AP), Forty thousand incendiary bombs and "great loads" of the biggest explosives from hundreds of bombers were showered upon the German industrial center of Mannheim last night, the British said today, and even greater attacks employing up to 1000 RAF and American bombing planes a night were promised for the aerial offensive against the Reich. Air Ministry quarters said the 000 fire bombs, were dropped by one detachment four-motored Stirlleaving hundreds of fires for the succeeding waves of Halifaxes.

Lancasters, Manchesters and Wellingtons with their "heaviest high explosive to shoot at. Intelligence reports quoting the raiders said the destruction in the big chemical, armament and engine (Continued on Page 2. Col. 4) Baering Down On The News By ARTHUR "BUGS" BAER Distributed by International News Service The farmers are looking for the spots where they plowed their hogs under. They want to plow them up again.

This is going to be a big year for hog. hominy and grits. With rubber and tea about washed up we are going to depend less on peninsulas and more on ourselves. A fellow told me there would he a black bourse for secondhand teaballs. Well, I used to dunk them for cross-eyed millionaires in the Union League Club.

We are going back to the American way of living. That the fellow with the means reach at the boarding-house table is the man who longest will live. Building which will be touches have been completed El Paso's $321.000 Coliseum and Livestock Exposition Building, the largest, and this finest, structure, Southwest. of its will be opened formally at 6:30 p. m.

Thursday. Thousands of El Pasoans are expected to inspect the huge edifice, attend a barbecue, and witness a special dedication program that will mark its opening. An army of workmen Wednesday were putting finishing touches on the building in preparation for the opening. The massive concrete and SOUTHWESTERN PIONEER Mrs. Henning, Long- Time E.P.

Resident, Dies MRS. C. S. HENNING Mrs. Charles S.

Henning, 85, resident of El Paso 34 years, died Wednesday in her home at 1801 East Nevada Street. Mrs. Henning, who was born, in Buffalo, N. was the widow of the late Charles S. Henning, who was chief engineer for the Mexico and Northwestern Railway and El Paso and Southwestern Railway and to 1928.

was stationed, here 21 years prior The pioneer El Paso woman recalled seeing President Lincoln's funeral train. HUSBAND FIRST WORKED FOR SANTA FE In 1880, Mrs. Henning. then Min- nie Valentine, became the bride of Mr. Henning, a young civil engineer.

and came west with him, Gallup, N. M. Mr. Henning came to work for the Santa Fe Railroad. which then was buildir; land route.

The railroad was called the Atlantic and Pacific. When workers finished one task, they were sent on. and after six months the Hennings went further west into a more desolate country in covered wagons. The Hennings at one time had to carry water 15 miles to camp and once they had to (Continued on Page 2, Col. 8) EL PASO, TEXAS, 011 Finishing building given a final cleaning for its ready for the program.

ing. The program will begin wtih a grand entry, featuring three principal characters, "Uncle "King Cotton," and "Miss Nelson will the role of Sam. Dorrance Roderick chicle will be King Cotton, and Miss Winifred Porter will play Miss America. Uncle Sam will enter the north gate of the Coliseum escorted by a military color guard from the Fort Bliss Anti-Aircraft Training Center and the College of Mines band. HEAVIEST IN HISTORY Stiffer Income Surtaxes Voted In Committee Washington, May 20 (UP).

-Increased individual income surtaxes ranging from 12 per cent on the first $2000 to 81 per cent on taxable earning exceeding $200.000. were written into the pending $8.700,000.000 war revenue bill today by the House Ways and Means Committee. The rates were less drastic than those proposed by the Treasury and they constituted indirect rejection by the committee of President Roosevelt's request that it limit net incomes of to $25,000 annually for the duration. NO ESTIMATE MADE OF SURTAX YIELD No estimate of the increased yield from the higher surtaxes was made by committeemen. The Treasury called for an additional $4.300,000,000 in individual income taxes and $3,060,000.000 for corporations.

It proposed that the present $2000 surtax bracket income on which six per cent is levied be abandoned and that the new rates be 12 per cent on the first $500 of taxable income; 15 per cent on between $500 and $1000; 18 per cent between $1000 and $1500 and 20 per cent between $1500 and $2000. The co committee refused to divide the first bracket, but raised its controlling tax from 6 to 12 per cent. Under the revised rates the surtaxes would not reach 22 per cent until taxable earnings exceed $6000. The 81 per cent maximum surtax would apply to taxable income of $5,000.000 as well as $200,000. The Treasury's graduated increases would have levied at the rate of 86 cent on- income in excess of per $100.000.

Surtaxes are paid on income which remains after all legal deductions have been made, including personal exemptions, contributions, bad debts, etc. The 10 per cent credit on earned income up to 000 which is allowed for purposes of computing the normal income tax is not allowed for surtax purposes, While the surtax rates approved are not as steep as those proposed by the Treasury, they would add millions of dollars to the nation's income tax burden. This load would be further increased by two other committee decisions reduction of exemptions for married personal, from $1500 to $1200 and for single persons from $750 to $500, and mandatory filing of joint income returns by husbands and wives. Meantime, the Treasury revealed the American people poured more than $15,000,000.000 into its coffers from Jan. 1.

to May 15. It said government receipts from taxes, borrowings and all other sources amounted to $15,797,000,000, a record I collection for all time. Full Wire Leased, debut at the barbecue and building Thursday for the first time are due for a surprise. It is the largest coliseum in an area bounded on the west by Los Angeles, on the east by Fort Worth and north Denver. Seatling capacity is more than 7000.

The arena is practically the same size as the one in Madison Square Garden. Back of the Coliseum is an array of modern livestock facilities, which lead into the main building. The Coliseum has an air-cooling system of 12 giant blowers that whip fresh air through the building. Injured EP Army Flier Ready To Tangle With Japs Again "And remember. try not to think of of them have given their lives before for a greatest of all, America, and the people who The above is part of a letter received by 1111 Rim Road, from their son, Lt.

James L. Air Corps somewhere in the Pacific war "I'm still very much alive and will try to stay that way," the 22- year -old flier said. Lieutenant Naylor was in an airplane crash while in action, but said in his letter that he was recovering. "I sent a telegram stating I had been injured." he said. "I received a two-inch gash over my left eye and a six-inch gash around the left side of my head.

Also suffered from minor cuts and shock. I was conscious for three days and was semi for a week and a half. YOUTH ESCAPED FIRE BY SHEER LUCK Lights will be extinguished and a spot light will play on the group as it marches toward the platform. The band will play "Columbia. Gem of the Ocean." Flanked on each side of the group will be Boy Scouts with their massed colors.

As the group comes to within 20 feet of the the platform, it will halt and the band will play the "StarSpangled Banner." Officials predict more than 3000 persons will attend the opening. El Pasoans who will see the giant by all that happened should have been burned to death. but by sheer luck I got out in time. I expect to start flying imfly a faster and better plane than mediately and think I will a get to what I have flown. Lieutenant Naylor the letter on his birthday, wrote, I'm high and mighty, 22, today," he said.

"I guess my birthday present was the appointment of General MacArthur as supreme allied commander in this area. And also. the Allied victory off New Guinea today. "I can tell you that we all feel a lot better since this good news. As I see we will start to move now and the Japs will be stopped at last.

"Things have been pretty bad over this way so far, and I've seen enough to make a guy want to sit down and cry like A kid. Nearly all my friends are gone now. guess that's the hardest part about the whole business." A post script the youth wrote said: "I have received no mail and do not expect to." William M. Kerr Dies; Swung Vote To Wilson Los Angeles, May 20 William M. Kerr, the man who swung the vote of California in 1916 from Charles Evans Hughes to President Woodrow Wilson and caused his rea election.

died here today, The 64-year-old registrar of voters was responsible for discovering an error of 10,000 votes which had been credited to Hughes. When those votes were placed in Wilson's column. they swung the state to the Democratic candidate. 1800 TROOPS SAVED. Melbourne, Thursday, May The Navy Ministry announced today the Australfan sloop Yarra, subsequently sunk, removed 1800 troops from the blazing transport Empress of Asia.

when the former luxury liner was sunk off Singapore Feb. 5. United 14 PAGES Tanks Reported Fighting Vainly To Stem Assaults Moscow Terms Kerch Battle Continuing Despite Losses. Moscow, Thursday, May 21 (AP). The crushing Red Army offensive around Kharkov was still rolling ahead at dawn today over ground "littered with wrecked German tanks and machines," the official news agency Tass said.

Fresh German reserves have been thrown against the Soviets but five villages have been recaptured by the Red army, and an attempted German counter- -offensive 80 miles south of Kharkov in the Barvenkovia-Izyum sector has been checked, the dispatch said. Moscow. Thursday, May 21 Semyon Timoshenko's Red army of the Ukraine is grinding up masses of German tanks struggling in vain to check its drive on Kharkov and is storming ceaselessly westward on a broad arc around the vital Uranian base, it was announced officially today, Holding fast against a threat to his left flank 75 miles southeast of Kharhov, Timonshenko's men snuffed out several German attacks on a 20-mile front in the region of 1zyum and Barvenkova, a late com-' munique of the Soviet high kov waged offensive battles, remand reported. enemy panzer attacks and (Dispatches reaching Londo1 said advanced," the high command anthe fighting in the Ukraine had nounced. "In the region of Izyum erupted on.

a new front with the and Barvenkova, our reRed army launching an offensive in pulsed several enemy attacks." force around Taganrog on the Sea Earlier unofficial Soviet reports of Azov.) from the Ukraine said an the Kharkov front we are ly powerful Red army offensive was now consolidating our wiping out or turning back in shatthe Soviet radio said. asserting that tered confusion seemingly endless all German counter-attacks had columns of German tanks and big been beaten off with heavy enemy fleets of enemy planes. losses, with the Germans reeling The late communique said fightback in retreat, abandoning their ing still raged on the Kerch Peninars, and ofter pursued by Soviet sula. where the Soviet radio said mechanized units. the Red army had been reinforced "Our troops fighting toward Khar- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) individuals like me--lots cause, and we have the live there- know." Mr.

and Mrs. J. L. Naylor, Naylor, with the Army zone. IT.

J. L. NAYLOR. JR. Mexicans Hold Secret Meet With U.

S. Consuls Mexico City, May 20 The Guadalajara correspondent of the newspaper Universal reported that a "secret meeting" of military and civil authorities, attended by the United States and British consuls and labor leaders, was held in that city tonight. The correspondent said "reliable reports" indicated the chief topic of discussion was organization civilian He defense said those in the at Guadalajara) area. stressed the point that "Mexico is now in danger and adequate steps Should be taken to meet the gency." French Force Down 2 More RAF Planes Vichy, May 20 gunners have forced down two British planes over West Africa, it was announced today, as Pierre Laval, chief of the government, conferred for hours with cabinet members fense. Apparently inspired by tween French and British off Algeria, North Africa, officials here disclosed that on May 10 anti -aircraft gunners forced French, British plane over Konakry, Senegal, and that on May 18 another British plane was forced down at Port Bouet, a minor seaport on the French ivory coast.

No details of either incident were revealed. Konakry is on Tombo Island, 70 miles northwest of the British naval base of Freetown and 420 miles south of Dakar. Relations with Britain were strained further by a 30-minute flight of RAF planes over Vichy last night. The planes dropped tracts containing a pledge by Presi- charged with colonial de- news of yesterday's clush be- dent Roosevelt that France's occupied possessions would be restored after the The tracts were marked "Printed by the United States Government; distribution by RAF." Laval had just returned from Paris and the lights were still burning in his offices when French anti-aircraft gunners opened fire on the RAF visitors. Today he conferred ont only with cabinet colonial experts, but with several generals including Henri Dentz, whose defense of Syria still stands as the most effective French resistance to aggression against the French Em- Chinese Report Stiff Battle Raging Against Japanese Foe By MILES W.

VAUGHN United Press Writer Asia and the western Pacific Ocean was in a state of pause with the United Nations awaiting an indication of where the Japanese intend to hit next in a major campaign and the wily Nipponese making feints in all directions to mask whatever their real plans may be. Developments included: The Chinese claimed they had smashed two more invading Japanese columns--one advancing from Burma into Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's southwest defense zone, centering around Kunming. capital of Yunnan Province, and another attempting a new southward drive from the Japanese base at Yochow. in the Yangtze River Valley near Hankow, towards Changsha, capital of Hunan Province. A third Japanese drive, launched from the coast in Cheklang Province south of Shanghai, was still gaining ground.

Chungking admitted. There were two possible (Continued on Page 2, Column Chungking reported heavy fighting against Japanese troops invading Free China on three fronts Wednesday and in London it was predicted that Russia would be brought into the war in the Far East if the United Nations should attempt an invasion of the European continent. In general, however, the great war for the control of U.S. Building Up Air Arm Wastes Of Africa, Asia Conquered By H. A.

PETERS, United Press Staff Correspondent, New York, May 20. The United States Army is rushing planes across the South Atlantic and Africa in daily increasing numbers, the weight of which is beginning to be felt effectively both in the Mid-East and India. If the present rate of increase is maintained, and there is every indication that it will be, American air power may be expected tip the scales and give the Allies air superiority in outlook is definitely encouraging. India and China as they now have Numbers of course cannot be given. in the western desert.

but it can be said that not a day On a flight across the passes but what some effective unit ferrying route from Delhi, to of the air arm is delivered at the America, I had opportuni.y see fronts, ready to gO into action. at first hand the scale on which Maintenance and overhaul are kept deliveries are being made. The (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1).