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HJftpUhNSiE 'l / Henîtersmt 33mlu Btspairij / \ \ τ Τ \r Τ\ * ΤΤ Λ' νΤΠΤΤΤ,,ΤΛ . r.r,r, ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OK NO twknty-kk; m H 1 ' Λ ROi IN A \ \'h VIROIN ιλ YEAR lkaski' wikk sKRvira of iHtf *sxui'iATKD PRH38. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 30, 1941 - I !·.! > KVKH> Ah I UiKNOUN EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS CO.' ine name ot the Pacific (A) Japs made first attempt to establish a foothold in Dutch East Indies. Enemy bombers attacked airport at Medan as parachute troops were dropped 10 miles away. (B) Action in Malaya—British planes raided the main Jap air base at Patani, across Malaya border in South Thailand, burning at least 10 Jap planes. British were holding .'Î00 miles' north of Singapore. (C) Rangoon—000 civilian casualties result· d from the first Jap raid in Burma. (D) Australian bombers set lire to a Jap cruiser otT Minahassa Peninsula (Celebes). (E) Philippines- Ki^hting reported on all fronts on Luzon. Manila was bombed a^ain. Japs landed more reinforcements. Winant Sees Eden For Russia Report Results of Confer ences in Moscow Con sidered of Such Im portance That Secret Session of Parliament May Hear Them. London, Dec. 30. -(ΛΡ)- Unit· ci Stati Αι 11 uassadi r John Cl. W ι: fii 1 Ifil l· ·ιj,l;. ι un Foreign Secretary Anthony liden lu hear aDoat his tiap to Moscow. the results of which some sources regarded as so important I tii.it .i u i t .session oi parliament might b· c-.iilcd to hfar them. S'ltn ever, halted tii.it tiie foreign secretary's observations m Russia had led him to tlie conviction -whuv, may he unpar.cil to parlement that ti e t; mi.an war machine is m ac.ute cii ; I icuitie.- wh !e still facing the ti.ree -evcrest months ot the R .·. ..·. .·. nter. I.lie:; '·. . cxp- e'cd to disclose som · ot I «· :.cl ι-1 >11.- κ. a bi. '.ale ι next S ι ti.iy lnuiit ιp. m. EST'. I :.. . ned in c .- \\ ere c >n\ ::. · ! that Eden had in1 light home «· · ;l news from his ci nicrtncs with Jo.scl Stalin and observations behind Rus sia· I.ή .· on the ea.-tern iront. They said the two leader·' talk., wert ''of the frankest po-siblc na tuii " concerning 11.> production ot munitions and equipping ot Russia's reserve manpower from a potential big allied pool. Wcmen'sArmy Recommended W.. i.m::'·.a, Dec ;sn. (AI1)· Wo men volunteers in khaki uniforms would 1 je enrolled a private- and officer.-, η the United State.- Arm. under a plan approved today by the War π ι'.irtnieiit and now awaiting congressional action. Uniformed women'- auxiliarv Corp- to serve directly with the army m the . rcrail warning serv ice and in clei ical and other non-combattant posts \\ ,. recommended by Secre tary of War Stimson in a letter to tiie Hulls.■ inilr.ary affairs commit tee. St m : son indorsed a proposed measure by Kditli Noiir.-e Roger . Republican, Ma -acli .-ett-. calling tor establishment ot the lemale corps. Stimson -aid the -./c of the wo li.in-.. aiii,\ would depend upon mili tary requirements and estimated its cost during 1942 at $3,000.000. Heavy Taxes Proposed Wa-huigion, Dec. 3D.—( Λ Γ ι Representativ e Disney. Democi i : Oklahoma, member ol the liui-e ways and means committee, proposed iouay that (.'oner s- raise $11.000, -Ί'< 1.000 in new taxes and borrowing. h. ί make a $2.000,000.000 cut m non-deien.se federal expenditures. He .-aid he believed it would be possible ι ollect $4,000,000.000 from .: lour p. r cent withholding tax. the same aim., '·< from a voluntary savings program, -2 OOn.oUO.OOO from inert used excess profit- levies, and (Continued on l'aë<- 11-"·1 Allied Drive In Pacific Promised R-.ttuvia, Netherlands last Indie-. |»>ee. .'JO.— (Al*/—Neth erlands Indies newspapers assur ed tiie public today that allied reinforcements are on the way to the rariiie and that a general offensive against Japan can be expected soon. Bot the papers warned against impatience, said the drive could be launched only after thorough preparation, and stressed the "enormous difficulties' involved in having the allies lake the initiative. Sayre Says Link Forged Philippine High Corti missioner Says Peoples in 'Comrade ship Which Can Never Die.' Manil.i. Ρ ν Mu < Λ F'1 - Philip p : ι ι ' Hi *h t ' 'in. "iHT Francis B. Sny.'i·. -peaking today at the second term inauguration nf Manuel (Quezon a· president nf the cnt"'iinnw a 11 h. declared that the Amcrii'iin and Filipino peuples were living linked by the present struggle η "a com rade: kip which can never die." "II·. cause th·. event-· nf the last three \veei\ have ' rr:, hard." !.·' said, "we will nfit be discouraged. The real struggle is only beginning, but there can be no qu· -li >n what soev r nt its final nutei>:■ e. "Death is po-ferable : . · , a. ery. As (Continued on Page Four) New North Ca Indicated In IV Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Halter Hotel. By ROB TiiO.MI'SOX Raleigh. Dae. 30.—Sometime in tht next ten dav- the Slate Department nf CniM'i \ ation and Development w.ll make public a report nf geolog ist tu the effect th il there is nmr» nliviiu·-—and, therefore, more metal ic magnesium in western Nor'i Carolina than anywhere else in tht coiin try. That report, coupled with informa reports on t! <■ progress ot experi ment.- m processing olivine so as t( capture magne-ium. holds out giva hope for the development of a vast new industry in this state. I'i ere is much yet to be done many m tacles to overcome. Never theless, enough progress *nas bee: made to indicate that the federa go. eminent ριυθαΜ\ vinough rht Bulletin From MacArthur's Headquarters Declares 'Everything British Smash Fo\ Is Quiet In Africa Axis Loses in Vicient Tank Battle British ^ or ces Push On Toward Tripolitania; On Russian Front, Nazis are Blasted From Important De fenses. (By The Associated I'ress.) Britain's desert armies in a violent two-day tank battle have smashed an axis attempt to make a new stand after a ί'ίΟ mile retreat from the Egyptian harder, front line dispatches said today, and British vanguards were reported pushing on toward Triopolitania. the western part οι fjiii.va a..<< ι he last piece of F ••'•■nier iii.'ssolrni's African em pire. British Middle East headquarters I said 42 axis tanks were knocked nut ni action in a battle south ol Ageda- ! bia. 80 mile.-, bi'low captured Ben- j gasi. and declared that "our pres ■ ur<· on the ei. my is being main-! \i:ned." With ι rcnaica. >>i eastern Libya.; •nnquered, Ih'ili-h troops v. ere said , to be advancing somewhere along : the road to F.I Agheila, 80 miles be- ; ! yond Agedabia. Axis versions ol the Agedabia tank battle said 7-1 British tanks and j armored ear- had bi en d<-.-tr<tyed. btr. ι neither the Ger,n;)ii or Italian com munique claimed to have halted tin British sweep westward. On the Russian war front. So- ! viet dispatches credited Red army soldiers with blasting the > G<rmans from important de fenses on the Oka river — ap parently in the Orel-Kaluga sec tor south of Moscow—and Rus sian parachute troops were re ported dropping behind German lines to hamper the nazi retreat. Berlin report.- pictured heavy lighting raging on thv southern Iront, declaring that a Sov iet battalion had been wiped out and that axis force bad beaten oil a Russian attack , launched in a blizzard Survivors Reach Port New York, Dee. 30.—(ΛΡ)—The sinking of an American freighter in the Atlantic December .'i by an axis suhn arine has been disclosed here with the arrival of !!l of tli torped oeed vc.-.-cr.- 3â survivor , who spent a week in lifeboat.· on ration-· o! six onnces of water and two biscuits a day. Chief Officer Ν··ιτί.< Chadbourne of the freiehter—the America South Africa Line fi.27">-ton Saga dahoc aid one -ι aman. Anthony Castro, a Γ S. cil'zen of Spanish birth, probably bad bei η Ui I led in an explosion that followed the tor pedoing The officer said the freighter's captain, Frederick E\ an-. and l-"> other seamen had reached South Africa saf ly. acci anting lor all ex cept Castro. .rolina Industry lineral Report HFC. is ready to invest millions in the business as soon as proven, top ' ; · metal indu.-trahst.- arc inter ested. rt.r that reason the report, which already i.- at the printers, will be sent to key industries all oxer the country. This report, prepared by State geologists, only touches on the process angle, but the office has kept in close enough touch with the ex periment the TVA is making ai Georgia School ot Technology to fee! very hopeful as to the prospect-. ' mit in<* 'I · 1 studies I ι d'epiisits easily acces.-able by highway- or ■ unloads and above the stream levels instead of deep in the ground, the geologists found at least a billion l -"s of olivine in western North Car olina As olivine runs almost 25 per cent metalic magnesium, and as this (Continued on Page Seven.) MacArthar Urges (J. S. Retaliation Washington, Dc<·. (ΛΡ)— General I <ug 1.1...acArtiuir nn a.-un·.· be lake;! . , ι.,ο Japanese fur the reei nt bombing; ι ! Manila, which lie character ized "completely \ ι i.aL.ve ι>1 ! all the civilized piuce.-.s-.s m in ternational law." ι ne \var uepai im. nt /eport'.'d ill..ι damage in the inii.ppine capital 'extended to t o great i I ainedral of the immaculate j Conception, the historic college | oi San Juan Lateral!, two con vents. a hospital and at least live other cnurches and three I colleges supported by reiigiou institutions. IVlacArthur's messag'e to the War department said "enemy mercilessly bombed the open city ol Manila, using 63 bombers." He added; "Damage has bien seven· and includes all typ'es of civilian in stallations, sucn a · churches, the cathedral. hospital, convents, business and private dwellings, .wanna was deeiaivct an open city and before our anti-aircraft de fense evacuated therefrom, lie ( t: e enemy ) had abstained from attempted bombing of anything ■n Manila except military in Φ dations. "Ills present actions can only be deemed completely violative of all the civilized processes of international law. At ti e proper time. I bespeak due retaliatory measures." Cigarette Price Fixed Henderson Balks Ef fort to Increase Manu facturer's Price of Lucky Strikes. Washington. Dec 3.')- (ΛΡ) Price) Administrator Leon Kvndcr-on to-j day balked a (imposed increase in I tiie manufacturer's price ol Luek.v | Strike cigarettes by announcing a! .-all's cejlii.fi at the level prevailing! December 2'i. j Thv American Tobacco Company had announced Saturday that the | pi ice would be increased ."Î7 cents 1 a thousand to $7.10. Henderson; claimed the increase was -ought, to maintain earning:· at the current levi 1 in tiie lace ο Γ higher taxes, but til·· company declared that increased manufacturing costs exclusive of taxes necessitated the r se. Henderson's office of pricv admin- I istration has asked the company to ro.-cind the increase, contending that ' far more exhaustive studies would have to be made to justily an in-ι crease. Other companies manu I arturing cigarette.- did not boost their prices.· llendi r.-on said he was prepared to j extend the scope ol the price- lixmg order to take in jobbers and retail ors if necessary to prevent an in crease in the price of cigarettes t.. the public. FARM BENErIT LAW IS SIGNED BY FDR Washington. I)i'e. SO.— (API—· President Roosevelt signed into law toda.\ a five-year extension for two major phases of the ad ministration farm program—soil conservation payments and price supporting loan-. These activi lies were scheduled to expire with the end of this year. ROCKY MOUNT WOMAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT Kocky Mount, Dec. 30.—(AP)— Mi-. Theln ι Γ· Pike. 3fi. operator ol a lunche nette π the Wilson high way a κ· . Η··- ! ι ·ιη Rocky Mount, was fataiiv .uji red last night in an automobil. accident in Nash county State H gh way Patrolman J. M. McNair -aid toil·.;· his investigation showed that tne automobile in which Mr-. Pike was riding alone failed to make a curve and turned over three or four times. She dieu en route to a hospital hers. Food for Japanese Flyers Official U. S. Navy l'iiuto This collection of concentrated food items was found in Japanese planes ■shot down during the action over Pearl Harbor. Among them were bottles of whiskey, cider pop, calorific candy, chocolate paste impreg nated with whiskey, hardtack, tooth powder and chop sticks. Japs Seek Junction South Of Manila Lindbergh Volunteers Services Washington. Doc. ,'ϊθ.— (AP)— T!ie /i.m.v a·.· ι ·.· .|is said today ( liai It's A. Lindbergh had volun teered his services. Lieutf nant General II. K. Ar nold. chief of the air force and deputy chief of stai'f of the Arm;., said "Lindbergh's act in dicates a definite change from his isolationist stand and ex presses a deep desire to help the country along the lines he li.lined hinis. If for many years." There was mi indication on how soon then might he action on Lindbergh's offer. Last summer Lindbergh, at that time engaged in making many .s;)erchcs i :i the \nierican First Commit!· <· in oppr iti'in t·) ('resident Iîo.is \ clt's foreign policy, submitted I·is resignation as a colonel in Use reserves to President Koosevcli. The resigna tion w as accpted. Japs War η Other Cities Face Bombing T.>ky>1111 ! icial : iv.itic.'i-t η . ' 1 ed by Ai1 >. I <· »■ Λ .lap military s ι n ι ivi'^n. :. η declared . m that npi'iη t'il· I*)iiii|>i>.ι.< wei'i1 liinvin.u .ci-m liing t· selieu and predicted the fait ol Manila b< lore January 10. At the ,,ι ,.t· ::;··(· the |»>kv- . • : 11 il' (I 11 : : 11 Γ. ' my ntlu Far Eastern eiiy would lie bnmbi by the .lap; ! ,e-e . it were eutU'ei" ·'· 11111 :i - 'v I : ·■ Ill' the Ch nese government a- Chungking n ni \\ ■' i 11 !4 - he -aid. be cause ol' reports that plans we: 1 ■ ι tran - r lîi. t ι :1 :. litiad traiv portation fae lities and personn il oui Hangiuni tu Calcutta The Japan»·»» na\ \ . n eanwhil •ied a ''"mi inique declaring tli ί>elween December _'J ami 29 Jai ι:it'se naval airiralt operating ill ti (Continued m I'agc Kight) FOR NORTH CAROLINA Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight, followed bv light rain or snow beginning in the mountains late lomgin ι ι Japanese Fight Then Way to Luisiana and Dolores, Each About 45 Miles From Capi tal; Front Relatively Inactive. •Manila. Dec. 30.— (Λ1') — •Japanese forces which landed last week southeast of .Manila have ίο il fil) I their way to l.uis iana and Dolores, each about 45 miles nom the city, and appar ently are attempting lu effect a ; junction l'or a lurther advance, ι ( liable advices from the front said toda>. In t ; ίο ικ 11 : ι, * iic : u'W Al cr;c . : ί line. Mit rii'iird and e .iisoiidal. d b> I (.Jetii'i .ι 1 D. a; la.- MaeArthur. w..< Kiiict It. Γ'.ιΐι t I.ild \vc-1 throuiii; Zaag· ·. . - : ! 11.) ; ■.. u> ai.) . ' Manila. The exact position of the Japan «.'.·e in In ; ;. '· "· '■ i.i'·-' 'ι. I but \va.x uc·.· j north of lia Λ . American I v. itiidi awn con 11 .··. : :r. !:ic L.n u.'Vt ii area. J\( i. i! e macti vi . t · · · >m. re ported iii this morning'.- communi ■ ι ! . ... - t. !, : 11 til ' :.. I 11 ; Japanese, were resting their troops ; aid ι ; · ι .a i ι : u ;μ I resh · , l.« · 1 i.ev. a.-saillts. \\ terday".- nincciι;ont from [ \V; -hington .1 Japanese weic ! 1.11 id nu vctei.ii] troops indicated that I - used .ο attaching Hon«ki'i'K Ιηίϊγ 11. ing traιistci red to the I'hilip pines. S.. far all cp ·.:· Iron, the iron: . have agreed that the Japanese troops : .or \\ e: ■ > ι 114 ~~ ν - — - — Churchill i Gives Canada Victory Fledge •Ί · Ottawa, Dee. ;*:· < I * » —Tlie prime minister ■·; 1 r : ·.. 11 reporte.ι ' to the Canadian people today on th. '''tree nations' war against tin avs 1 Standing before Canada'- leaders p ai the house of commons. Wni.-ton ί Churchill pledged the light would go on whatever the odds until the united .Holts el the trie people. the world were crowned with vic tory. Crowded into the commons cham ber was a colorful gathering of sena j tors, '.members of commons, high ι serv ice officers and other dignitaries I eager to se. and hear in person the man "'ho leads th·· empii·· »>· »«· «· Japanese Standstill indicated Tokyo M i 1 i t a r y Spokesman Advances Deadline for Capture of Manila From New Year's Day to January 10; Losses Are Heavy. (15% The Associated I'rcss) A three-word bulletin from I . S. Army headquarters indi cated today that Japan's inva sion armies had been fought to a standstill within hours of the deadline el tneir boast thai they would capture .Manila "hi - tore New Year's." "livery thing is quiet" said General Doublas Mat Arthur s ht adquartc-rs in the briefest communique of the war. From the nearest ρ· int. the invad >rs .suli had more than 50 miles to yo :u ι acn the Philippine capital. Λ T'ik.v·' i:iiut:;!'.v -puke.-man as serted tli..: "in·;·, \ Mi- the 24 lay ..id battle >.1 L /.on island were moving according t.. schedule, but .•handed 1 New Yiar date for the capture oi Manila. This time he pre dicts d its fall "before .January ID." Simultaneously. a Japanese nav.i! .■om niunique .-aid Japanese naval air Tall had -unk a U. S. destroyer and two.-ai· i;a inc.- and damaged Tli mer chant ships in Luzon waters between December 22 . nd 28. .ia}lillU"M' UUU|I 1ΙΟΜΛ in land tightim, .it Muuban. (ίϋ milt's southeast ol Manila. uerc ri'pi>rtc(! in dispatches Irom the Philippine capital. American anrl Filipino shore defenders there were saitl to have slaughtered the Japanese in great batches as the\ swarm ed ashore on ( hrislmas morn ing. I nending waves of Japanese reinforcements nltimateb com pelled the defenders to fall back to new lines. Sonit* l'î'M ι·ν«·ι> expect d that a synchronized land and sea drive on Μ; p. !.. ν . in. · ή r.; and that Jap anese naval forces would attempt 10 silence 'lit· ;>.g _ Γ t ι regidor is land : rirt · ;it tii11 entrance 1·· t}"iι· bay ît■ 'ri· riij!1 i a:. Man la d: nate! es aid the two ■ i ■ ■ .· ai : ,· . 11 ' ' ■! - 1 ' i". · g d· ■, -yes terday in which four Japanese bomb ée -. ι . « · \ i: v a generally :·■.garden . · , · i.ing -alvo m an a'.iei ρt ·.· 'liée 'ile |. irtres.s. Meanwhile, \ustralian news papers s.iid British Prime M in ister Winston t htircliill has ad vised \u-i. aliaii Prime Minister tu.in ( a· :in te.it lîritain and her alii s have decided on a definite plan ni action in tin Pacific which will enormously improve their striking power against the Japanese. ( ι ) 1; ; -. ' ■■ ■.'. Π Γ ' i - : I l· e ed that .1 all! -e ll Kill thr.· agi ': .... : Ί ι do a ! ι ι ■ η Li ai;,.e:i ■ 11 ' i nos :i ··".> >f Singapore but suffered heavy cas ίϋ î !('.>. The Π ' -ι .i ai .Tap.me.-·· lusse. .η , ίι ' une in bitter land to hand lighting. Λ 15:··· .m titi ψ ι reported 111r11 Japanese warplanes raided Sm ; . : » .: o : ■ ■ · s dieang the night, η! lictnig ".--.ι · damage " Governor To Appoint Tire Boards Kale gn. Dee. Mil. -t ΑΙ' ι— Governor Bie'ighton has lceeivid nominations : r. ■. ! iiT of X.'i'ii Carolina's Id'1 ο.antic.s t..; Ill personnel ol' local tin rationing beards and probably w ill announce appointment of the board» either tonight or tomorrow. The boards will assemble in dis trict meetings on Friday and Satur day. when thev will receive final in struction.- trem the state council on ι civilian de'., use. Rationing w ill bê le. ι.lie effective January with tl· removal of the present ban aenii. t all sales
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