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Japanese Ph ilippine Invasion Resolves Into Struggle
ForAirSupremacy;ThousandsOfJapsDieInSinkings
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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 <iui··· so cold in west
' and central portions tonight.
Tuesday increasing cloudiness
and somewhat warmer, followed
by ligM rain in the mountains,
m jfteruoi 11 ar ris'.'.t
New Revolts Red Army Presses
In Occupied Counter Offensive
Territories Of Extermination
France Says High
Number of Executions
Provoke 'Profound
Uneasiness Among
Frenchmen;' Serbs
and Greeks Active.
(By The Associated Press)
Coming out openly against an 1
order of the German occupation
authorities lor the first time since
tin· armistice. France last night
condemned a German order for
the execution of 100 alleged
Jewish communists and anarch
ists in occupied France.
The French acknowledged the
100 were "delinquents" instead
of hostages such as the Germans
have executed in groups this fall
hut said the very high number
provoked "profound uneasiness
among Frenchmen."
The Germans s;iid Saturday the
100 would be shot in reprisal for
"ι . rent attacks against the occupa
tion troops." They also lined the
Jews in the occupied zone, 1.000.000.
000 francs ($20.000.000).
In partitioned Yugoslavia and
Greece, several hundred thou
sand axis soldiers were reported
tied up with steady and strong
resistance by Serbs and Greeks
in a small scale war.
Draja Mihailovic, a colonel in .!u
Yugoslav army before the Germans
over ran his country last spring, has
been promoted tu the rank ol a w.ll
general for Ins "magnificent work"
in organizing the Serb resistance,
the Yugoslav government in tviu
>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 .-.<ici to in
wiping out occupation I 1 r<ί·-. giving
1 the Greeks some food and equip
I ment.
1 WILLK1E HAS LUNCH
WITH MR. ROOSEVELT
Washington. Dec. 15.- ι.ΛΓ)
President Koos'-velt invited Wende
L. W11 lk if. his Republican rival a"
the polls last year and a subsequen.
str us supporter of hi- loreign policy
to the White House today foi· lunen
It was con-idtred likely th.it the
Chief Kxecutivc wanted to discits.
with Willkie a conference .-et ιο
ί Wednesday which Mr Koosevei'
hope- will lead to a working a give -
1 .'nent between labor and indu-try 1
! ι liminate work stoppages in wa.
I plants.
Axis Attacks
) !
; Repulsed
I In Africa
London. Dee. là.·--(AIM- Indian
troops, fighting with Britain's north
- African army, were reported today
•t to have repulsed two axis counter
- attacks south ol Gazala and destroy
- I cd It) of the 40 tajiks participating,
rt j The Indians captured 21 axis oi
" liceis and 350 men, advices Irom
the Libyan war front said.
Thi.se dispatches declared that the
German-Italian front at Gazala, re
ported yesterday to be about 41
miles wide, had been narrowed to
2à miles under continued British
pressure. Gazala i.- approximately
, 40 mile.- we t of Tobruk and about
loo miles from the Kgvptian bord·, r
] Mopping up operations in the area
I between Gazala and the Egyptian
! frontier were said to be progressing,
with the number of German and Ital
ian prisoners steadily mounting. It
■ was acknowledged, however, thai
j axis troops still were holding out i!
Hard,a nd Ilalfavin (ilellfirr) Pa-s
, 11 · ' ι j (- ti in the t''g' pt > 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.
<B> 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<!
that the Russian- had re-captured
Solnetschnogorski. 31 miles north- ι
ivest ni Mo. cow. and ea.-t ot Klin,
having taken 42 communities and 7Γ>
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 ··!. . <!
no good leads as to the identity t ν
slayer had been uncovered, .·;·! t
(Continued on Page Two)
Young Bailey
Seeks Naval
Commission
n.ik'^h. Dec. 1 Λ ΛI » .1 . · .·,
Il I' ι 1 '>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.
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