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News by Associated Press AftkANSAS Saturday. HOPE, APRIL 25, 1441 VOLUME 42 NUMBER 165 Star of Hope, 1899; Press, 1927, jConsolldoted January 18, 1929. Newspaper Enferprlsft Ass'n Associated Press WAR TAX British, Outnumbered by Germans, Give Up Thermopylae Pas Waves of Nazi Daily Bread Sliced Thin by The Editor -ALEX. H. WASHBURN- Total Defense "You Con Defend America" presents the National Defense problem so simply and so graphically that General Jphn J.

Pershing and Rear Admiral Richard Byrd have 1 appealed for its nation-wide distribution. Locally, E. McFaddin obtained several copies and mailed them out to Hope I am certain that the others will agree with when I say it is the plainest and most forfecul presentation of National Defense yet made. Here are some excerpts from "You Can Defend America" (Circulated by Morale Re- Armament, Judd Detweiler, Washington and San Francisco): "Once China built a wall. 'Red Rises Other Streams Fall 26 Foot Mark, Still Rising; Bureau Says Flood Threat Over Red river went a foot over the flood mark Thursday night, showing rise of feet for the last 12 hours, bringing the water to 26 feet, it was reported from Fulton Friday.

said the water continued to rise despite clear signs sent out by weather bureau. The bureau warned that the water would go, feet -SiinanyVtFul- ton jammed with livestock and people who have been forced out of bottom lands, and others arc still moving in. Little River, near Saratoga, has been out of its banks the past four days and continued to spread ovei additional acres of land. Observers the river showed signs of going to 31 feet, 6 feet above flood stage The current seemed to be considerably swifter on Red river. Large ful: grown trees floated down the river Crews of workmen were called Friday to dislodge driftwood accumulal- around the piers of the railroad and highway -bridges.

Flood Threat Vanishes LITTLE ROCK 5 )- Flood threats vanished from Arkansas streams Friday. The weather bureaus, reporter falling stages along the Arkansas upstream from Little Rock, along th White upstream from Newport, and on the Ouachlta upstream from Ar kiidclphia. "The Arkansas will rise slightly a 0Pino Bluff, will full at Little Rocl and points above," the bureau said "The Ouachita will reach 28 to feet at Camdcn on the 28th." The Red-, river rose 2.9 feet to of fool above the 25-foot flood stage at Fulton. Bottomlands between here and For Smith drained slowly after overflow along the Arkansas Uie past week. Bain Elected Rotary Head Warren Man Is New Governor of 138th District HOT SPRINGS 5 Bruce Bone of Warren was elected governor district 138 of the Rotary Internationa Friday at the closing session of th annual convention here.

'She lived behind it. Sine laughed at her enemies. She felt secure. "Soon an invader came from the north. Three times China found the enemy inside her gates.

They 1 did not storm the wall. They did not go around it. They simply bribed the gate-keepers." The pamphlet likens France to hina, for Fracne, too, built a ic Maginot. "Today," continues the pamphlet, "America builds a wall. "A ring of steel.

Ships and planes and guns. But is this enough? "Does Ameirca have what China lacked? What France lacked? Does she have total defense?" And from this point the parrtphlet aunches into a terse and gripping nalysis of our nation today, calling or Sound Homes, Teamwork in In- ustry, and A United Nation. Those lines of defense, the authors ill the They must be I "France faile.d:ii\ the factory before she failed 'at "the ffon't; Her people forgot how to pull -together. 'sacrifice. Men infused her zero hour desperatfori.

was no substitute for was lost." iris.an as stirring a message as you have read anySvhere tlu's land with the emergency con- ranting it today. These few excerpts ive you an idea, but you should cad the entire pamphlet for a new lew of your out of langerous complacency by the crash if falling empires in Europe. Troops Storm Historic Pass But British Deny They Have Begun Embarkation From Greece BULLETINS By the Associated Press British cxpcdUionnry forces was reported to holding unbroken line north of Athens nftcr falling hack from the "hot gntes" of Thcrniopylntc pass. Authorized sources conceded that the plight of the hard-fighting BEF contingent was "most serious" but they were putting up stiff resistance. Informed sources in London said that a good many of the BEF troops would lie evacuated if it was found the move was necessary.

By the Associated Press British rear gun I'd troops hopelessly outnumbered fell back from the jloody "hot gates" of Thermopylae )ass Friday Adolf Hitler's invas- on armies lunged forward in a fjna drive toward Athens, less Iflj rules "Hftfer's high i hat Nazi units had ''thrown the onerri: out" of the historic' pass, Overcom- ng strongly fortified defenses whor lie British and a handful of CRANIUM CRACKERS Noted Names Lust names are of famous persons and arc remembered much longer than their first names, but it is interesting to note the names given them, some unusual, some commonplace. Could you have called the men in the following groups by their first names if you had known them as children? 1. Musicians: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms. 2. Presidents: Arthur, Hayes, Polk.

3. Rulers: Napoleon (the first); Emperor Joseph of Austria- Hungary; Duke of Windsor. 4. Inventors: Whitney, Morse, Fulton. 5.

Poets: Whitliw, Tenneyson, Sheliey. Answers on Comic Pugc Fulton Bridge Port of Entry Revenue Crews to tt Check Gasoline, Overloaded Trucks LITTLE ROCK Several additional ports-of-entry stations will be established jointly by the Revenue Department and Highway Departmen shortly after July 1 in a move to reduce bootlegging of non-tax-paid gasoline into the state, and to check incoming trucks for overloading, Revenue Commissioner Joe Hardin said Thursday. Employes of the two departments now arc making observations to determine sites for the proposed stations. Mr. Hardin said sites had been ten tatively selected at Springdale, Wash ington county; four miles west of Al ma, Crawford county, and at the Ful ton bridge, Hcmpstead county.

Ports-of-entry stations are in operation at West Memphis, Blytheville, Corning and Lake Village and another is nearing completion about three miles south of El Dorado. The new stations will be manned on a 24-hour basis by three employes from the Highway Department and one from the Revenue Department. "It is our information large quantities of bootleg gasoline are being brought into the state Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana," Mr. Hardin said. "With additional men on duty at main ports of entry we should be able to cut down on the bootleg supplies and increase the amount of gasoline revenues." Ankara, sources said Friday that Turkey had, decided to inspect all German ships passing from the Black sea.

through the Dardanelles to dclcrnihie whether they were carrying war materials or troops. Hies had wo days. held out for more than The German break-through came 41 lours after Nazi quarters in Berlin jrematurely declared Wedncsdaj the pass had alread; jcen taken and liiat the British rea uard had been "annihilated." Heavy German Losses British East, headquarter acknowledge BEF troops made a fur tlier withdrawal, "inflicting sever osscs on the enemy as they fell bacl toward Athens." Earlier dispatches from the Helleni capital itself declared that gray-gree waves of Nazi infantry forming' pass had baen driven off! and tha the Germans had brought up heav 6-inch guns to snell the de fenders, In London no attempt was made to conceal'that withdrawal of the British expeditionary force was "in the cards" but the British radio declared Thursday night that so far "not one British soldier has re-embarked from Greece." U.S. Patrols to Go Anywhere; FDR Expands Patrols, and Hears Greenland Is Axis-Occupied WASHINGTON President looscvelt declared Friday that Arncr can neutrality patrol vessels would iperate as far into the waters of the even seas as may be necessary for he defense of the American herhis- there. He told a press conference; however; hat the was not thihk- ng of escorting convoys at this tirhd.

Also, the chief executive said, there a possibility that Greenland was Jartly occupied by Axis forces. He nid that he did not know about this but agreed this statement was urprising. He replied in the negative to a ques- ion whether occupation might be by ifth columnists. From ROME, The Rome representative Fascist newspaper Popolo di Roma declared Frfclay Italian and German, submarines would attack U. to Britain if Washington went so far as to send them across the Atlantic.

The newspaper said that from th American plan to extend ts and naval patrol to mid- Atl.arili£ to it is stqpV 'it will -be the-' turn -Uo Hitler's he British war Britain relieves Germany pt libality 'snoiild unforeseen everlts 'occur." The broadcast, transcribed' by CBS was a reply to Tliursdjay night'i speeches by Navy Secretary Knox and Secretary of State Hull. Axis Breaks Even With Napoleon in the Extent of Conquest Up to 1941 THE 1,065,077 Square Miles "Escape Ports" Bombed The German high command pictured chaotic destruction among ships waiting in Greek "escape ports" to remove surviving BEF troops. Stuka dive-bombers were reported to have sent six vessels to the bottom and damaged 14 others in the past 24 hours. "These were so sevcrly damaged they could hardly be usable for embarkation of the British expeditionary corps," said. the German communique 4 Germans Held on Draft Act Violation LOS ANGELES FBI agents Friday jailed four Germans on suspicion of violating the draft act after a search of 37 Germans preparing to sail on the Japanese steamship Buenos Aires.

A Thought Let those who have deserved their punishment, bear it While conceding another major setback London officials insisted the climax of the 20-day-old battle of the Balkans was less serious than the episode at Dunkerque in the Allied escape from the bloody fields of Flanders last spring. The number of troops and the quantity of ship material endangered by the German drive in France w-js far greater, the British said By Bcncficiiil to Mankind destroying many injurious sects, ladybird beetles are of great benefit to humanity, but few persons recognize this beetle in the larval stage, in which it does its greatest COTTON By the Associated Press NEW ORLEANS Open High Low Close May 11.15 11.23 11.15 11.18 July October December January March 11.13 11.14 11.14 11.07 11.14 NEW YORK May 11.08 July 11,07 October 11.05 11.04 January 11.01) March 11,03 11.20 11.18 11.16 11.13 11.12 11.14 11,15 11.14 11.17 11.15 11.14 11.10 11.14 11.15 11.14 11.10 11.10 11,05 11.09 Middling spot 11,31 11,08 11.07 11.04 11.04 ll.UO 11.03 11.11 11.12 11.10 11.10 11. Ob 11.09 District to Get Mayor Vacancy Left by Death of Senator Sheppard By JACK STINNETT District'of Columbia is going to have a new "mayor." The death of Sen. Morris Sheppard of Texas left vacant the important chairmanship of the Senate committee on military affairs, and Senator Robert Rice Reynolds, the North Carolina booster, was in line. Since Senator Reynolds was chairman of the Senate D.

C. committee and therefore "mayor" of Washington and since, by Senate rules, he can't hold two such jobs, he will have to join the list of ex-hizzoners of the national capital. "Mayor" Reynolds came in only a few months ago, but with a good deal of fanfare and now is undoubtedly the time to review the accomplishments and failures of his administration. Although "Mayor" Reynolds' first official announcement was that he would like to see horseracing in the District, so that Washington's ex- checquer might be fattened by the racing take that now goes to Maryland, his suggestion wasn't even dignified by introduction of a bill. Traffic, instead of getting better, got the government had to resort to a drastic plan of staggered hours for federal employes to try to avoid the bottlenecks on the Washington streets that brought traffic almost to a snail's standstill around 9 in the morning and ia the afternoon.

Taxi Drivers Skeptical The only physical effort to improve the traffic situation was the start of construction of an underpass at Scott Circle and the consensus of taxi drivers was that they are building the dipunder the wrong way and that it would help only a little bit. The "Mayor's" daughter got fined 55 for running a red "Mayor" told her it was her own headache and she said, "It seems to be." The housing situation grew steadily worse and trailer towns increased around the District's rim. on a par with New York and London, where you can get an unlighted, dingy unfurnished room in the soot belt for about the same as you pay for an eight room house in the The hotel and rooming house GERMANY ITALY 182,471 sq; mi. 119,800 iq'. mi.

AREA MI.) 34,064 33,000 10,629 16,575 124,586 999 12,704 11,775 127,596 59,830 72,425 42,808 95,558 50,257 March, 1938 March, 1939 April, 1939 1939 April, 1940 April, 19.40 May, .1940 May, 1940 May, 1940 June, 1940 1940 1940 March, 1,941 April, 1941 April, 1941 Austria Czechoslovakia Albania Poland Denmark Netherlands Belgium France Hungary Rumania Bulgaria Yugoslavia Greece GRAND TOTAL 1,065,077 Mediterranean Tax on Coffee, ar to Be Proposed New Bill Offered to Broaden Roosevelt's Priority Power WASHINGTON The ways and means committee said'FH? day congressional tax experts gested levy of excise taxes on sevefaij foods, the use of automobiles "an'dlair-J; planes, and on insurance- in connection with, plans, 'to 7 billion dollars in newi, rT These and other levies, proposed the staff of'-, the joint qongress'ionafev committee taxation, be? irSS? addition to a long list of excise' 1 taxes proposed by the partment and would yield-" 661 million dollars. Food taxes proposed by the -cbm-jSf mittee staff were levies of' 5 a pound on coffee arid cocoa, 10 and one Nazi Occupy Greek Island Plane-Escorted Troops Take Island of Lemnos ATHENS German forces carried by plane-escorted troop ships landed Thursday on the Greek island of Lomnos, 40 miles from the strategic Dardanelles, and subdued a small Greek force after a four-hour battle. The Ministry of Home Security disclosed indirectly that the Germans also were on the neighboring o) Samothrace. "We understand," said the commun- ique, "that the island of Lemnos reported that the German commanding officer at Samothrace demanded that the authorities of Lemnos surrender the island by midnight of the 23rd, having threatened if it were no surrendered to occupy the island by force. "The small infantry and gendarme force on the island put up resistance." At the same time it was reported German forces attacked Evvoia, the long Greek island off the eastern Greek mainland, but were said to have been repulsed.

(Continue4 NEA Service Telephoto With the overrunning of Yugoslavia and extensive advances in Greece, the Hitler-Mussolini conquest combination has passed the million square miles mark to reach a point about equal to'that of Napoleon, though Axis holdings hi Africa push the current mark even higher. Map illustrates the extent oC-occupations in the last three periods oC European coh- quest. pound on tea, pound on sugar. Broaden Priority TM WASHINGTON Rep. introduced legislation ministration request" Friday to.lgive!| the president wers to establish priorities supplies for pr tish.

aid. yinspn'said he introduced jthe'Cb'Ull ftt'the direct request of defense pro.ductiq"'" 'and-nusAssociate for deliveries to be made isiing-. for and naval contarcts' the b'ill -'wquld give to establish'-them for deliveries tinder contracts contracts for the government nation whose 'defense the deems vital to the defense'of United States. Roosevelt Raps Col. Lindbergh Says 'Copperheads' Known in Civil War Also President Gol.

Charles A. Income Tax Tour Begins Taxpayers Must File State Returns Before May 15 Representatives of the State Income Tax Department are starting out this week on their annual tour to confer with taxpayers regarding the filing of state income tax returns, which must be completed on or before May 15, according to Miss Elisi- jane Trimble, State Income Tax Director, The State Director has notified 1. L. Pilkinton, local revenue inspector, that Mr. R.

Bearden, Auditor of the Income Tax Department will be in Hope on Saturday, May 3, for the purpose of assisting citizens of thjs vicinity in filing their state income lax returiis. WASHINGTON Roosevelt placed Lindbergh Friday in the category of Civil war "copperheads." Replying to a question about Lindbergh, Mr. Roosevelt said there also were an awful lot of appeasers at Valley Forge who urged George Washington to quit because he could not win against the British. Mr. Roosevelt was sharply critical of those American who, he said, had taken the attitude that the dictatorships will surely be victorious.

This, he said, is not good Americanism, and it is a dumb attitude, he odded. Nazis Release Shipping Toll Soy 1,900,000 Sunk Since Beginning of War The Nazi navy has brought into port or confiscated in occupied ports 872 enemy ships totaling 1,900,000 tons since the beginning of the war, the German high command announced Friday. Thursday and the day before the high command added, 71,600 tons of British shipping have been sunk in British and Greek waters, including 30,000 tons by "one warship operating overseas." It was acknowledged that two ace submarine commanders, Commander Otto Kretschmer (known to the British as the "wolf of the and Lieut. Comdr. Jaochim Schcpke, had failed to return (the British have announced that Schepkc is Krttscluner a prisoner).

dead and Nazi Shipyards Bombed By RAF Ports of Kiel, Wilhelmshaven Heavily Hit LONDON substantial loads of bombs" were dropped on the big German shipyards of Kiel and Wilhelmshaven by the RAF Thursday night after the planes penetrated heavy curtains of anti-aircraft fire, the air ministry news service, said Friday, The two places are Germany's largest centers of shipbuilding, cradles of many a German submarine and surface warship. Also attacked were targets all along the German-held coast from Norway, Holand, Belgium, to France, the air ministry said. Shell Buried 26 Years Explodes Sergeant at Camp Robinson Seriously Injured CAMP ROBINSON Sergeant William Bain of St. Louis was injured seriously Friday when a 37 millimeter shell, buried there since the world war days, exploded in his hand, Sergeant Bain lost his right thumb and suffered cuts on the arm and an eye injury. It could not be determined whether he would lose his hand or his eyesight.

The 35th Division accident board immediately began an investigation. Cigarct Invented Thus An Egyptian soldier, during the bombardment of Alexandria, in 1832, rolled some tobacco up in a piece of Indian cartridge thus was "invented'' the Definition of Cutter Ghangeslj 90 Per Cent of Coast Guard Can't Define Cutter By JACix STINNETT WASHINGTON Well! Did I cause consternation! I asked the Coast Guard to define a cutter. And if there was a hurricane in the binnacle, thai- question set one in motion. If my simple sampling was accurate, about 90 per cent of the Coast Guard doesn't know. Here is how.

it happened, 'a couple of stories I did recently on. 'the'V Coast Guard, I mentioned that it had 485 "cutters." I explained that a cut- ter was any motor ship over 26 feet in length that had a commanding' of' ficer. I was wrong, but blame' it on my mis-informant. It seems 'that abqut six months ago the Coast Guard changed its mind about cutters. ter," they said then.i^ to be a motor ship a commanding officer." But what a time I had getting the second definition out of them'- Some readers who take seriously had come back at 'jne and.

said I- didn't know a. cutter, from a sardine' boat. "Just what is a cutter?" I asked, on the second visit. The commander to whom I was talking wasn't quite sure, He called a dozen colleagues. They weren't sure.

Finally there was oho who was positive and he had docu? mentary evidence to prove it. A Hamilton Braiii-Child Before we go into that, let me tell you about ''cutters." The Coast Guard was the brain-child of Alexander Hamilton, who "envisioned a fleet of cutters, which would pro-r jtect the United States revenue sources against smuggling." In those days, a "cutter" was a "small vessel, with a single mast; mainsail, a forestaysail and a jib." They were used in the British navy and for coastal duty. At the same time or in years soon to come, a "cutter" also was a double-bank oar bogt, with 'A was herea'ftep auxiliary sail, carried principally on men-of-war, sometimes in nests, witfo: one boat fitting inside another. The term also has been applied to any sloop of considerable draft and comparatively small beam a "war ter cutter," The Coast Guard, having inherited. the term from Alexander Hamilton, started its own terminology and then (Continued on Page Four).