Give To Th'e Ued Cross Fund TOMORROW—Help Win Hfcttîtersott Batlij Htapafrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA RED CROSS TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 15, li'll r,UMUM^'^TKjl-sl^:'CKN"',N FIVE CENTS COPY Japanese Ph ilippine Invasion Resolves Into Struggle ForAirSupremacy;ThousandsOfJapsDieInSinkings • · » - Λ » Α Λ Λ Λ · · · · ·— - French Condemn Reprisal Executions Congress Rushes Defense Measures Extension of Draft Age Limit, Granting President War Pow ers, and Naval Expan sion Head 'Must' Leg islation. Washington. l)pc. 15.— (ΛΡ) — \ Congress rapidly becoming ac customed to American partici pation in war geared itself today for swift action 011 bills ex tending the draft age limit, granting the President extraor dinary control over government functions, and authorizing a 30 per cent naval expansion. Tins, three measures tupped the week'.·. list of "mu.-t" legislation , •'h houses prepared to give final aipmval today to a $10.000,000.00(1 appropriation measure carrying fonds completing the equipment of an a. y of two million men and ob r, 1 "iing critical supplies for an addi t . ::;.l 1,200,000. The selective service legisla tion. scheduled for House con sideration Tuesday and Senate action immediately thereafter, u.iv designed to provide a coor dinated increase in military manpower as quickly as new equipment becomes available. It would require registration of all men from 19 through II years old for military services, with IX year olds and those from Jf> through (il listed for defense duties. Selective service officials said th.y I 'armed to begin drawing at once r. the 1,000,000-man reservoir al ia ady av ailabie in the age brackets .ρ through .'iii years old under the ι iect.ve service act as it now stands. Γρ to 50.1100 of these were expected ' ■ go to tin Navy and up to 10.000 , 1 the Marine Corps. Beyond that, plans were indefinite, out mo.-t legislator- thought tha'. the actual si/e of the Λ ry h 11c · forth would depend chietly on the ('1 iipment. housing and training lac iii'ies available Committees ot both houses pre pared to give speedy approval to a i'ill delegating to the President i . veeping war power-. Alien Assets To Be Seized Wellington. Doc. 15—(ΛΡ)—The ι H « rnmcnt prepared today to sei/.i a 1 ilion dollars of enemy alien assi Is i collateral for any American ela m- against the hostile govern iM'iits, and a sp; eial force ol G-men ; wa ready to impound the eneniy iwned property. 1'itle to the property to be taken <>\er is vested in enemy aliens living <-::Mde the United States and axis ι allouai- who an in custody. Officials emphasi/.nd that the | k< >vernmcnt does not intend to dis : n b the property ot law abiding | •'•hens. For that : ea i.n. Germans, I Italians and Japanese need not worry about their homes and their bank a> - ('••nnts unless they arc in the small 1 mority which has been arrested by the federal bureau of investiga tion. Reduced Sum Is Approved For Navy Washington, Dec. 15. (ΛΡ)—Au thorization for an expansion of tin· United States two-oc· an Navy was approved quickly today by the House "a % 11 affairs committee after the size of the contemplated increase was reduced from 900,0(10 toils to 150,000 tons at the request of the Navy. Tin mcasuio left the type of ships In he eonstriK td to the discretion "f the President nul tiie Navy de partment. but Out ι m Vinson. ;.C ontavued cm i Hero's Family ν ν ·ϊ»>' - - Mrs. Colin Kelly, Jr., widow of the heroic army flier who sank the Jap arese battleship Hariuia off the Philippines, is pictured with their si n. Colin, 3d, in New York. She declared she was "too proud" to weep for her husband. Kncx Tells Of Losses One Battleship, Five Other Vessels Lost; 91 Officers and 2,638 Men Killed at Pearl Harbor. Washington. Dec. 15.— (ΛΓ) — Secretary (if the Nav> Kn<>\ re ported today the battleship Ari zona and five other warships were lost in Sunday's Japanese air raid 011 the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. lie said f)l officers and 2.638 en listed men were known dead. Known Japanese losses. Knox said, included three submarines .nul II aircraft. Alter reporting to President • Κι... evclt on Ins return from a hur ried five-day round trip to survey the effect of the r;nd at first hand the Navy secretary told a press con 1 fcrence that aside from the Arizona ! ships d-stroyed included the old tar get ship Utah, three de-ti overs—thr ι Cass in, Dow nés and Shaw and al.»i ; the mine layer Oglala. Damaged vessels included tin- ulc battleship Oklahoma which capsizei but (•■•'η lie repaired. "The entire balance of the j Pacific fleet with its aircraft (Continued en Page Two; VOMNTEER. I HaleiA Dec. 15. ΓΑΡ)—Cover ι nor Hroue.hton was one of the fir> j tn register here tudav for civilian dv 1 f> 11 ι·. The govern"!' told defense of j ficials that he could drive a ear an lie nncred the rse of his privately OA·.ned automobile. MARRIED. Washington. Dec. 15.— (,\P) — Frances Jackson Reynolds, daughter of Senator Robert Rice Reynolds, and Crotham Henry Oertliim of New Orleans were married here Saturday. FOR NORTH CAROLIN A Fair, not aid yesterday. A spokesman for the ('.reek !>··ν ernment in exile declai ci that "-i Axis divisions—about 30IMHH) .soldier. were tied up by a "\ ·■ st pocket war" in Or ece which i< growing despite near starvation of the Greeks and their lack of arms. Swift raids iront Macedonian mountain hideouts were .-. οι ide "f 'Rose Bowl' To Durham 1'assadcna, Cal.. Dre. là.— (ΛΓι—The Now Years Day football game scheduled to be held in the Rose Bowl between Duke Iniveisitx; and Oregon State college was officially trans ferred today to Durham. V I ., home of Duke. Direetor of Athletics Percy Lc;cy ol Oregon Stat? announc ed the official transfer after a telephone conversât! /1 with Wallace Wade, director of ath letics and football coach at Duke. lhe Hose Iîowl site was aban doned at the request of Army officials due to the national emergency. The l'asadena Tournament of Roses, sponsor of the annual saine here. v. ill be represented at the contest. "It is still the 'Rose Bowl' same," said Loccy. "The only change is one ol location." Lend-Lease Report Made Aid to America's Al lies Totals $1,202, 000,000 Through November 30. Washington. Dec. 15.— (AIM— President Roosevelt reported to day that lend-lease aid to Amer ica's allies—.*>.'! countries listed as eligible—had totaled S1 .'201.000, 000 through November .'!(). Actual exports to December 1. however, were worth only $595. 000.000 he said. The third report submitted to Con gress on lend-lease activities .-aid aid extended amounted to only Sl;!. KKI.IIOO in .March b it the effort had b'on speeded I" H.e extent tha', s:!,;;·;, iiiii).mil) v. · Tth of .materials wa- made available η November. (Congre-.- has vied nearly >!"». (lOO.OOO.OIMi for lend-lease.) Mr. Roosevelt said in a l iter to Congress that the weapons from the arsenal of the demo cracies must be used where the* can be employed most effective ly and "that means we must let Britain. Russia. < hina and other (Continued on Page Two) BILL OF RIGHTS IS COMMEMORATED (By The Associated Press.) Americans commemorated today the 150th anniversary of the adop tion of the Bill o; Rights the t n stitutionallv guaranteed basic ι c>· doms of l.'nited States citizens. President IC·■ -e\ e11 will spt-ak ..·· a program to Pe oroadeast ovoi ill networks between 10 and II ο cloc.. tonight. F ravda Declares Soviet Troops Already Destroyed 'Entire Generation of Nazis;' Russians Capture Many Cities. The Associated Press.) Tiir Kussian arm\ was report i(l tclav pressing an offensive U r the extermination of all (.er 111 m armies on Kussian soil. I'ravda, communist part\ organ in Moscow. said the Soviet troops alieady had destroyed "an en tire generation of nazis." The Red army's general offen sive. northwest of Moscow, was concentrated on an effort to re store tiie main Moscow-Lenin grad connection through Klin. The c.imir.iir.i ; organ. Pravda. xti jerman tanks in a single day. The Tikkvin-Voikkov railway, southeast ι Leningrad, has been cleared of h.> enemy. Pravda said. Meanwhile, a. the Ku-s';;:is took (Continued on Page Two) Sex Maniac Is Sought Raleigh, Dec. 15.— (AIM —The bru tal murder near 1·".:.,· .;·«·»*. C'ity : ι Coast Guardsman an ; - pretty young girl friend was the work of a sex maniac, agents ,>: th· bu reau of investigation disci· ed l - day. Fred C Handy, SKI In ··!. . ai 1' y. 24-yeaι old ■ ι .il Senator Jnsiah W. Bailvy of Raleigh, w ft d elective ser\ ic·· ·:: · a I t day that ho would resign his posi t "ii \\ ;th 'lie FBI 1 i· :i.a> t.i m ι < ·. 111 be drafted : ni < ' < Λ : ·>. y. At tin- ...··! -·■ eel . ^er\ ice hcadC|i: n t". ■ ■"■> aiccd rt Ceipt of a lei lei 1 ; ! la' X,,\ ν .,iy. mg that liai ley li.el ..ρ|> 1 ied . "i comnii.--ion in the 11. al re-er\'' ; ·ι i asking that a , 'a\ be μ ail ed bel 1 re hi' In d:. ι Γ ed. lialeigh, Dee 1.1 API question of v.'lielhci .lames 11. !' · (Continued 011 Page Two) Mopme MXïÎ&r •V i~ilPPERi :· F°R 0/\0 ,, Buy Christmas Seals " k. '· In Libyan Command l Mai. Gen. Neil M. Ritchie Maj. Gen. Neil M. Ritchie, 11, is in commainl of the British troops in Libya, succeeding Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham. Gen. Ritchie's swift nu-chaniz<-.i troop* air ι·»·;> .rtν·. 1 in a new offensive pr-v. ·.· 1. c: :'· · ρ in tile ( 'yrenaican De^ei t· President Roosevelt Recounts Japan's Course of Aggression for 'the Record.' Washington. Dee. 1 — (ΛΓ> — I'residi nt Koosevelt loid Con gress today how Japan's course of aggression in the Pacific was elima\ed h> an attack on the I nited States at the very time she was voicing a desire for peace, and declared that "there is the record, tor all hsitory to π ad in amazement, in sorrow. ( in horror and in disgust!" "We are now at war," the Pressi- | dent .--Mid. "W'v arc lighting in sell df.tii-i' \\'e ; ι re ! ng .n u le?: ι ol » »l : nat ional existence, oi ο ;r rigid ; * I. ι · 1; ·. > -ilig> < t| p« Μ C " The IVo.iirMl's nit >gc w 11a c: 1 g y ■: Ai:, ι h .η. a 1 Ja pa lu e : ' - · i ' · ··'.· '>· Ρ" "Γ * Japan ·■ · ri-.,: .giit .n i.i;c Paeilic j Supporting 1 ^ summary with doeinn. n'.s and correspondence, .Mr. Ilot. rit asserted tliat the "har.ibar' aggre- -âou oi Japan in .Manchuria" ten scars ago sot j the example and pattern for the course ol < · ♦ » : ι : : 'st pat sued by the avis powers. He d: « wt π oil· ·. tint on by · . S'.ite ! hoped t«« -oi.. with Japan lor ,·· ..η· nt peace in tin 1 Mir., I · . r e go\ ci iiment. he .. · ι. ι ci (C< η t. lined on Page Tv.o) JAPANESE RETIRE OUTSIDE CANTON I it P)- The . ;<> retire !l" outside •ι· t'hinesi lie. ι at • 'l'ahi-hu; gvnrv lej'in'l Senator's Son Seems Headed For Army, Thompson Reports D:iil> Dispatch Bureau. In tit»· Sir \V.liter Hotel. Hv BO Π THOMPSON Raleigh, Dee. 15 (by wire) This mornings ;> few hours before Bri* H■ ι■ 11<1 ί'ronond J W.n 1>. Molt stiiic dn'ctor ut selective service, was t( ι- r. .. î":n;>i statement on tho case o! . 1 «î· nos II P<>ij P>;iiloy. the electivc headquarters learned lh.it the youiif s»»n of Senator .!< > s i ; ι h λ\\ Bailev h ; if applied h>i" a commission in tin Ν a ν ;il Kesrrvo. This dovelopnivn* i. c\)>ecicd li moan that no fu thrr . ι « · 11. » 11 ο }';oHjv'. effort tn ,m · nu | * h Ο « I} » I t " il [-> ο f L· 0 Π li î ! t JI f I ■> ^ f · ι \ · h « 1 : h·.- . ri·:;· ·;·. ··-··-. >n I)aiî\ tïï^piîrh Hurcaii, lu the Sir W.iïtn llolel. H> BOB THOMPSON. Nalcigh, Dec lâ. S, <. ! - · ut ο there will he η tinal dtc.-ion ai the c i.se ·1 J ι !i ics Η Ρκιι i) ,. Icy. 1 he M>n .! S· ι, it ··.· .1 W liai Icy who fur tour ι ! ι · > η t h > h ; ιbeen tryin^ tu escape the draft ·>η the theur\ 1 h η t he ι- ut ni"·' 1er \ 11 · ι · · t · hi.s < ·- » ι ï try as m .ruent of the FMI. The • ι eh tiers are that Bailey will Ι"·4> his ease and uon v ill br;·'-»:o ·« p»··· ♦ t * * • ΓΠ F' U- i ■ · ) In Malaya, Japs Press OnHongkong British Acknowledge Withdrawal From Kaloon, Permitting Invaders to Advance Near Fortress; Luzon Invasion Checked. (By Tin· Associated Press) Willi uncounted thousands of Japanese troops plunged to death on bombed and tor pedoed transports short of land fronts, the Japanese invasion of the Philippines was resolved to day into a struggle for air su premacy and the Malayan cam paign into a war of positions in jungle fastnesses. Hongkong. British c r ο « η colony on the south China coast and number two naval base in the Far Fast, appeared to be the point of greatest pressure of Japan's greater east Asia offen sive. Tin· British acknowledged a with drawal from Kaloon. a city of the colony, which permitted the Japan ese to advance to within rifle .-nut ·>! tic i.-land of Hongkong, just oft' the Kaloon peninsula. Unless this was the forerunner oC e mplete abandonment of Hongkong it represented a strategy of permit ling the Japanese to plunge into ,he CN'MTi'ity ei the Knloen pen in su! ι η «ίι lvpe that tree Chinese arm ··. • pi ..'ting at the.r rear would cut 1.·'·. : s off. London's announcement said thai the withdrawal was "progressing ac cording to plan." The afternoon communique from Manila, indicating that the Japanese were checked in the land operations at three points on the main island of Luzon, said that "enemy activities through out the day were confined en tirely to the air." \t Manila. Japanese bombs fell again at mid-day on the Nichols Field area. The British said that empire forces j protectinu British Malaya aid Sing I apore from Japanese drives based in Thailand had made a " auht w!'h ur ·· !" ι : id "very heavy fight ίηβ." S l'.ua; re. Br tarn's η :»*her 0:1 ; ii ,val ba-c in the Far Jia-t. he- it (Coi.t :::ied on Page Two) BRITISH SUBS SINK ITALIAN TRANSPORT civ ci edited today wilh ι .' ι iiKi-11 .η sb ! ρ bel τ .cd to ι ... lia! .til t r.. ; ι - i ■ τ! and destroying a hall ali· ,· ν ι .-«-1.-. tu·· <>l which, il ,ϋν :■.. .· I. v. <·:·!· picked <>f£ , : ·! ('and .i in German ('ivte. •. · ι · ι < ι - · ι ι ι - i I,. ·■ h;ch V. a at ,· · - c ■ : 'led till' I ; ; ι ! - Y . u a i'i ν ;: .nil .que π· ' : he ! ' ι ] 1 ior of I 'al i ; .;t\ declared, rc sited .· ι 1 > ug and : inkng of a li.; ' and a -al\ age tut;. California On Emergency Basis Today S 11 r : ' ■ I)· : I Γ) ; ΛΡ) Λ .. Λ ·: \ a nnoiincement that i ninij pi η· .· apparently had flown Cahlornia put the entire state ι·ιι ail emergency basis today, by • rd< : ι ! Governor Culhert Olson. 'Kneii > reconnaissance, if not bombing, planes are known to have l- i sed along oiir coast and to have covered a part of the interior areas,'' the governor -aid at Sacramento. II - proclamation followed by a feu- hours an army commnniqui which explain, d recent blackouts here wiili the words, "there wa- dc f,pile danger of air attack by plane , in the immediate vicinity. Flares were .-cen in tlm · |,.v. apparently • b opped by enemy aircraft " } ·· e times. the army a.v.· fhe:v " ^vc unidcrjihc'·} plan? near ;■ c\ τ Bav. η Ihr ' -r Atcii. dia. the ill the t supplv