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TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
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TUB AHSi M-IATKD FRBSI.
HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER :J1, l'.'ll
'UBJ.isHK.ii eve κ* ak.kkmkjn FiVK CF\TS C(>i'\
EXCEPT SUNDAY. I 1 V Ij
Fall Of Manila Is Imminent
···· ··· ··· · · · o·· I—
Germans In Retreat On All Fron ts
Hitler Fails
In Schedule
German Headquarters
Concede Reverses in
Crimea; Invaders
Driven Back as Much
as ICO Miles Before
Moscow.
(By The Associated Press!
Reichsfuelirer Adolf llitler.
standing at the crossroads of a
new year, acknowledged a sharp
revers" for his Crimean armies
today as the once conquering
German legions were reported
in retreat 011 all front.
Just a year ago today, in a Niw
Year's me-sage to hit, troops, Hitler
boasted:
"The year 1941 will bring comple
tion of the grcatc.-.t victory of our
history
B\ contrast this was the pic
ture today:
The nazi invaders hurled back
as much as 100 miles before
Moscow . . . driven (it) to 70 miles
in retreat from the deepest pene
tration on 'lie Leningrad front
. . . and a new threat develop
ing in the far south with Rus
sia's Ki d amies storming back
into the Crimea to blur Hitler's
dream of capturing the great
Caucasus oil fields across the
Strait <;f Kerch.
Λ bulletin from Hitler's lield
headquarters conceded that the Rus
sians "during the last f:\v days
again landed strong forces en the
Kerch peninsula and Feodosiya" in 1
an attempt to litt the siege of Sev
astopol.
"Necessary counter measure have !
(Continued on Page Seven)
Weaver Heads j
U. S. Air Corps
Wa hingtnn. Dec. 31. (AP) —Tliej
as.-igmnent ni Major CJt'Mt'i;i 1 Walter!
H. Weaver a.·-· acting chiel of the air
corps with headquarters in Wash
ington was announced today by the
\\ a ι doperai nenl ·
The orders relieved Weaver ol his
assignment as commanding general
ol ttie southeast air corps training
center with headquarters at .Maxwell
1'ield. Ala.
As acting duel ol the air corps,
Weaver will direct all .· upply and
training operations ol the air lorce.
Wca\er is a native ot Charleston.
•S. C.
Tin Under
Priorities
OPM Order Prohibits
Use of Tin in 29 Dif
ferent Products; Other
Rulings Made.
Washington, Dec. 31. (AIM—The
government today prohibited the use
alter March 31 ot tin in 29 ditleitnt
product- including musical instru
ments, tin foil, toys, household fur
nishings, jewelry, buckets and vari
ous novelties—and ordered an imme
diate 30 percent reduction in tin used
lor such purposes.
N'o new restrictions were placet
on tin used in cans and other con
tainer- but the OPM priorities di
vision said a conservation ordei
would lie issued shortly limiting pro
duction and use o! those i'ems.
The factory price of cigarette- \va
frozen at the Dvcember 2ti level 1>
one ol a series of new regulations is
sued to liait 1 ising pi ice.- or to con
serve materials lor war use.
Another order fixed the retoi
prices nf new tires and tubes at level:
ol the standard prices issued b;
manufacturers November 26.
In addition, the OPM told woo le:
manufacturer.- that their supply ο
new wool f(» nun-military produc
tion such as ci linn clothing wouli
be restricted d u ι ; 11 f · 'he next threi
months tu half or le,-.- I 'he amoun
they used during the same iiprind u
«lyn.
Did They Mean United States or Japan?
_ , You. damned^
PU Go to tk cLwf^y/
Japanese flyers who bombe,1 Pearl Harbor came equipped with crudely phrased propaganda leaflets a·
well as high explosives. Pic: ired here as it wa=i reproduced by duplicating machine on rough foolscap, the
propaganda leaflet advised m its English heading—"You damned ! Go to the devil." Beneath this greeting
were drawings of an aircraft carrier and battleship exploding, a fish spitting destruction, and a caricature
of President Roosevelt. The Nipponese characters lead. "Listen to the voice of doom! Open your eyes,
blind fools!" (Cadrai Press)
Washington
Has Practice
Raid Alert
Washington. Dec. 31.— (ΛΡ> —
Historic Pennsylvania Avenue
was likr Whitehall under the
nazi blitz lor 15 minutes last
niîht as the capital city held a
practice air raid alert in deadly
serious ruliearsal for possible
danser to come.
The blackout was not q oite a
black, tin· sirens were nut quite a
mournful, th streets wi re empty
ul pedestrian.»· who might bo call'.'d
to help smother ! iîc bombs, and tin
explosive sound effects were missing.
But otherwise downtown Washing
ton might ν . II have i>c η ι·: uti
London during a Hull in any one ■<
the âl)·) or su raids from the lull
Fiance to the battle of Russia
Oxer much of the res! ot Was ·>2
ton street light.- were din ■: i-d a:i
turned off. advert:·,ng 'gn- w r.
darkened and restaurants and dru·,
store.· op"rated by candlelight 1 1
•well-shaded lamps .for the alei I
period.
Civilian llefeiiso Director Fiorolli
II LaGuardia. touring th· darkenec
city, considered the practice black
out very satisfactory
NO MORE MESSAGES
TAKEN FOR MANILA
San Francisco. Dec. 31.— (APi
—(.lobe Wireless announced to
day it would accept 110 more
radiograms for Manila. Other
radio and cable companies ac
cepted messages "at sender's risk
only."
The brief, bur'nesslike com
ment ol' the communications
companies made 110 mention of
the advance of the Japanese
armies toward the Philippine
capital.
German Tank
Losses Heavy
At Agedabia
C'a io. Hoc 31. 1 VP* -Hoax
fighting took place -outli of Ad<
, gabia ya Uerday and corvsiderab
damage was done to the armort
bices of German G.neral Krxx
I Rommel, the British announced ti
day.
Rommel u ed the lull .-tlength
his tank forces and strong infant]
1 elements in a determined effort
: prex'ent a British sxx ep around h
I southern Hank, today's communiqi
' said.
' : A heavy engagement résulte
■ I Many ot the German tanks we
1 "
I (Continued on Page Four)
War WiU Take Half
Of Nation's Income
State Tax
Receipts Gain
Over Last Y ear
Kal.-Uyh. llec. :;i. — (AIM —
North C arolina tod i. ended the
first hall of tin· fiscal year with
ils revenues rumine; l-i.âl per
ccnl ahead of (he same period
ol I il-10- ! 1.
The tax report, released In
Revenue ( ommivioricr V.
.Maxwell. showed liiat cv( r.v
major source of income had
soared \» II over last war's lig
ures to all lime records.
Total ucneril fund taxes were
S!»,<)(>(1.1107.118 for lleeember nul
S:.':).8SS.0eS.::t lor the si\ months
period, compared w it 11 SÎ.1Î0,
.">!>(). II! and >ΐ7,1β.'«.Γί0.:Μί respec
tively.
The Kasolin? di\i-io:i reported
receipts of S'*,7 ri.K.V:.."»for !M·
c η her and S I 7.1 86.8'?.'!.82 for the
si\ monti... compared with
Λ » 4.S 17.5.; and >■ I ."..fil !, i M(.7 S.
Churchiil
Lauds Defense
Of Philippines
ι Mtawa. I >··■ ::i. ι AIM- Prinio
Minister L 1111 praised the de
fense ut tin· Philippines by A: îeriean
and Filipino forces today and said
lie thought th'e Japanese we;e m tor
some surprimes before ihe light end
ed.
A>i;ed by ,ι L· melon rep iter ,;t a
:-:e-.- conference ,1 he thought tit
British would hold ringapore. he it -
spi'iided "I sure do
The Japane-e "have .^oinethm·;
coming to them some of these days,"
v he asserted in an.-wer to a question
as tn when tire ;< 11 ie- would bom']
the Japanese
j I le : c. ·ηΐ inning t> di -en gran·!
' strategy ot tiie war \\ ith President
( Roosevelt, he said, and he added that
he hoped the decision.·- wouid be ox
pressed "in deeds and not in words.'
if '
WEATHER
KOK NORTH CAROLINA.
e · Cloudy and slightly warmer
with log and occasional drizzle
1 or light rain tonight
Republicans and
Democrats Join In
Support of Presiden
tial Arms Program.
Washing ton. Dec. Γ>1.— ( Λ Μ* ) —
( <niΐίicssit.ιι.ι 1 loaders agreed en
thusiastically today t > Pre
d( lit Roosevelt's program for
channeling half the national in
conio into the war of.oil in the
next fiscal year.
I )■ uiuerat- and I! pu' i.c mi ■ alike
declared Ih.rc was ι ;. < t the -light
e ; I· iiht that Congre .· v. >ι11 d h"ii ί'
every qualified request I'm· funds ί·
build up the nation'.; I.gi.mg power.
The only question that botli
orecl aii> of tin m was wii"th?r
machines and manpower were
available to absorb the 30-edd
hi'lions of dollars to bo poured
into the industrial military struc
ture.
As to that, however. Senator
Austin. Republican. Vermont,
the assistant Republican leader,
sa't." that the President obvious
l\ was Ihoroushh Informed on
the industrial situation and know
what could !.c done iviore ap
proving such a \ as( outlay.
"Oui' expenditin >■ are going t.. be
I ι ;!ed '.nly hv oi.r capacity m ιη
riu-tnai facilities and .n tiame.l
■ ■ ι;,. , ιΛ ;st:n t..Id rep >rtei's.
"The ν :II be η (p.:· sti »i; an < it
LVngi w appropricitni ; tli · nee ssary
'! he Ι'ι ι sident t > M ci pre - ·η
fcrence yesterday that military ex
penditι re- weuld l'each 27 per e. lit
ol tiu i:::t; )i:;.l inc<in; · by the el
el tin.- 1 ! - i'a 1 year en .lline 30, 1942
H;s pre.-ent plans contemplated αι
ercastng that outlsy to 50 per cent in
the ensuing y ar, lie .-aid.
Hocutt's Estim
For Bus Safety
Daily l)i-pal h Uureau
In the Sir Waller Hotel.
Γ.» ΒΟΓ. . liOAiPSON
i! deigh. 11 ■ " ■ The
winch Du ei'· i ( ι ι 11 ί 11 ni 11 ί
Highway S.ueiv Π ι\ - ·ίι a ked
tin· proposed -ιΐι "Ί I -alety ea1 ι
pa.411 will Ih cut amund 30 percent
according t" preliminary estimati
n! the budgi ' ii ■ ι eau
The 11-411 1 ' ■ 'lulled to approx
niately $."» .. \ ·,.ι to train the di \ -
ei. alternate driver, patrol and chil
dren ol 1 . eh "i the Slate's mme than
I 4.800 sell el buses But sometbint,
1 between S2 .">0 and *3 is all that will
, be forthcoming.
1 Before the council ol state mel
yesterday the governor said that lit
; intended to asi; toi .. 5>25,001> ailoi
Hitkr $ ays
€r
1942 Ί c See
*' α
ÏL
Μ
Λ& tix Jèk ^ '
C ε rra c. « : tu : L r c r De
clares 'berr.iuny Does
IV ο ί. VVari an J Cannot
Aiio?*d to Le Involved
in Battle Again Every
25 Years.'
Ι·|:·\ ; '·fie'» I broadens! le
ordil 1)· .■·,»'». !> ···. — I Λ! —
λ d |. s*i<| (·. i> t "v u Year's
rrd'.'r l'i hi - tr^i>;>x. ii; -hired lo
duj lha! lii·' Utopian winter
count r at! M-k "mu t and will be
ii1 . . ι ί■ il Γ ;-t the · ear
' : f !.ί - c the Soviet power
1 r;.l ii c<.moletel\
Aiidi i.i . ί.ι II on ·..·· ea-t
' ' · :. ■ ' ! ' niai ι* a η η ι η
ι ' 1 ! ' i .; viih : ' liât ,ικ,ιιη
■\ ι ; y > t . · ·. ^ i .. 'i . : ι .
ι · . ! ι ■ : eî.-ni.i. y con
•i.i . ' sa or. , ■ Ii' merely thaï
l'c gang ο in^l»-American ant!
ïi-v ι foil,- iaν .1 ' j ' ■. ..
I.or.ilai'. Dec. :> 1.— ( ΛΓ —
While Atlnli Iûller w.'.s telling
(.erman\ i; al ίι·e New Vear
v.mihl see lîa.ssian pnnor smash
ed, tu iÎril>.v.she\ ;aiii:< was
liroa.li asii i,. tu ili · (iermaiis to
d;i» thaï 'Mi i:;;; we shail ehase
ι ν ι y <;. rna:i oui of itu--sia and
si tire iinal victory."
jv il.< t:lf;>li machinations.
"The bind which has been spilled
il this war -Kail be. we hope, the
la- ' t ■ . ,-| i : a d in Ktir.-ι» · loi sen
erations."
tie. fi:ial wards were these:
"Vie si,all. ihiret ore. ask God
Almighty t.ia! ti e \car 194'ί will
lain , th" de-ision for the rescue
ci' oi!" jh'.:f)l - aiul ni the nations
allied with lis."
tin ' ; ι -lie ell last New Year's
îiitl·. r -. i:1'! i'latlx "the year
l!«ii will '. ria ; completion of
the itrea c-'. \ ictory of our his
tory." )
! : .1 .or a! * a j·,·... i.i-i a', u m
t ι : : Get m ι. , .id · 'Vi r tin
ιi : ι ,ιιιίο.
Ill ■ I t' roitoi '..'ι ·· ont ·
th ■ ι ■ i iy . - ·
an! I ; ii tl i 1 1 · ■v;nr
even ;;!.<·!· tl:*' outi-iv. ·> >.l :.i.* ι.ηκ m
- ■··ί ι .
Κ' ι|· till' 1 a i lu 1 (.' ni t i · " a I n _. : ·
I · irts ho Ma 111 <d liri !.. : : . ' 1 '
United Ktatf -
((.'lia!;·, ii'fl ι. i 'agi · i- >ur)
Enemv Alien
tJ
Order Issued
Washington, Dre, 31. ί Λï '> -At
1 « ι n·. - y C it ne. ι : Π · id !· ■ 1 > >< i;i · -rd, vr· i
ail German, .Japanese and Italian na
tion a L· in tl". · 1 ■ rated St;it* ·.*, Puerto
iv ic- » ι id ti.r Vu :»in I ι .d ;« > . ur
n t■ ct : ι .· i'.<ι 11 m "··: . h· t
ι . ;·<·< : . ri .· ; ι id c : ·' ;·· \· »
.Mil .·. i-s ! 1 ρ I! .Ι.,ηι. .I V Γ>
1, .· οι di r extendi ; a pi evious
one ι. . ' · ι η : : env · ; . J ι ( · ι j - .n \. t * -1 -
rrn - · ale . V · ft::· · 1 lor turn
lnu πι lii»· oiddt . I'quipn.i ill a!
Γι viciy h .> ι ; i ts i.
The J·ιï.. 11> lor : r to r ply
! · »ri ι·; 11; ι ν ■ »; t !h.· ' ,rlr> ai id »« »> -
m' ■ : 11 τ ι : :iu ni :· ·. 11. ι · durât i- ·..
ate Of Funds
r Cut In Half
bus salety eai paign and souk; other
thai the.-e "other mattws" included
11·.- S1 n.uail π. nev -aho »·.- v.hii.i
• ii i it ' \» I '«mi ·<· !» i. 11 n ·"· -ei ;, >
!)>·,'..ι tnio:·. ni Slotoi \'. i u-le.
tl',1 ι it piO\ il I i.iVI ι III Ot
the new officials' sala ι ies. But by the
! ';e llu' etnirii'. 1 ι, λ th S'>\ ei not
.1 I i.i.i t a ! v.r.l I! I > Peyton,
ι -1 ; 1111 direetoi Ί tin· budget bu
ieau, who inlon: "d I ■: tlia1 by
shifting allotments of the depart
i· t ut - total appropriation. Vnough
money could be found to pa ν the sai
ary of Commissioner Bodie War<
and lu- assistant and to finance tin.
(Continued on Page -e n)
riong Kong Hero
Admiral Chan-chak
Hero nt the battle for Hong Kong,
one-legged Admiral Chan-chak led
British officers and men end 100
Chinese soldiers in a wild dash from
I f ι >n tr Kong when t ht Japanese
closed in on the island. S i/.ing five
speedboats, th>· party a. :.ifd Jap
units in a series of eiu.inii'ments
that la-ted t'oui days nil the South
China coa-t, finally »·■·;. inr safety
mai' the Kasi Kivei on tin· coast.
Allies Try
r. ^ w %+ *t
Nerves War
Japan Given Cause for
Concern Over Possible
Operations On Wide
Front.
Wa.M.uu'.oii. Dei·. 81. (AP. -\\ .'n
he batik· lor the Philippine.- in its
■rucial hoar. the allies invoked wai
jf nerves technique against Japan
oday tn mask the grand strategy ol
jperations that might develop any
ν hi i t- aiong a â.000-mile : ι ■.ηt
The 11 verwheli η i ng J apane.- c ai.; u·.
.veic smashing clo.- r t·· lh·.· gates ··.
Manila, but Tokyo exhibited signs >il
.iiieasme.-s ove: tile possibility >t
ie\ ehipments elsewhere.
Whether the allied "neiv.s" > 1
•i us.vi· presaged a lightning tin'
.■gainst Japan at some unexpected
point was a subject of lively conjec
; ire here. wher. .ill eyes were on
the tidi· ot lighting in the Phillip
Tlu· capital realized thaï il the
le: iti<· pre.-suu tin· Philippines
iv re to be relieved it would take a
snia.-iiing surprise attack on Japan
ai some other part of the vas1 Pacific
theatre.
The character of allied pronounce»
ciiiiited to keep Japan
>n that .-core.
ipane
t
American
East 1:
nosite eii'i
It was
■ Mch end
It
.fiel ·
ly in
:1 I'ce,
and
11
tin
111
ing
V ar holiday pei . >d
U. S. Buys All
Cuban Sugar
Crop For 1942
\V gt Dei
enernn.ent ;.· concrete -t· p- 'uict.i;
pi. 1er; American ι···ιι.» .mer
... .inst s· >>ible .i.t ,-'n.»· ι i„
ar.rt sky ι . \ t.au r :ι'1'· 1 ''.· ···'··· ·
mg tn . > t: filk · τ I ιο 194
Cuban ,r ι·. m"· cr. |
The 1r;.!ts.u·!! ;· ' .· h..ndi.
by the govern ment-owned defens
supplies corporation, was aenounc
t'd la.-t night at a ti".e wlun war i
the Paciic clouded pi■ ispei't.·· >1 lio1
ting ti ι thei supplies from the Phili,
pine islands
Government author.tits said tl
deal would make available to tl
United Stat - upwards ol' liait of ι
annual needs In recent years th
country had depended upon Cuba h
only about 30 per cent of its π
quirements.
Λ part of the Cuban crop, hov
n or, may be turned ov r to Ore
Britain and Russia under the le-it,
lend n^ogram
Japanese
Pressure
Increasing
American anu iilipino
Dei entiers Battle
Ag ainst Apparently
Hopeless Odds; Dive
Bombers and Armored
Units Active.
ι lîy I itc As-.-i i.tled i'ress)
American and I - i I i j>· ik< troops
battling against apparently
hopeless odds λ .le reported
still offering "strong resistance,
inflicting hea\y losses 011 the
enemy today after e\ri uting a
further adjustment of their
lines.
While the faîî of Manila ap
peared imminent and the arinv
attempted to evacuate liOO se
riously wounded Americans
from l.u/.tiii island, a war de
partment <ommuni(|tie indicated
that the '!.">-day nld struggle
>.vas not yet ended.
••'I ho t !.«' . V ι ' · !; II·.) til ONfl-t
pic nil ί . all . aits Willi
■jstensivi· .... -11 i! vc bi·.· bers ar.d
: tin ι . nique
s;ii d
The War department's bultein
.·· -vei ι'1 ί t;u· h 11 i ι : : r > -. ' ι,ιΐι;»η as of
Ha'iu a . ι KS'I ill : a ) ρ m. Man 11:,
time)—indicating that the .Japanese
in. a ..m hcrdi'.- had exactly 30 inin
iti - ii v. iiici to make good their
original boast that they would take
Manila "oelare Χολ Yea :
Λ·ϊ'ιιi^t an hour latei the Navy
. it-j >a Π 11 icnt annual a" ιί , ' a - .-till a ι
communication with the city.
I . S. Army headquarters in
the Philippines reported that
General Douglas Alar Arthur's
forces were falling back north
and south of Manila under the
assault of Japanese, infantry
tanks and dive bombers.
A Domei dispatch from Shang
hai asserted that Japan's inva
sion font's were only Ï0 miles
from Manila, striking northwest
from 1.anion Bay.
Oilier a\ s ripais biuadcnst uy
the Gorman radin perhaps spread
ing thoi ι Ian ι ! a.r "lea r" pn ipaganda
anese had ad\anced w.thin six anci
; ont·-1· :'h and ! ur : r : les ttf 1 he
! Philippine capita!.
Sa! : a 1 lant'c1 siy. and Λ- ■< aa' '"i
Pros.- correspondent reported llr.l
; in ■ μιι,ι!·ι·πι hall It· I·· .· v. as a hart
30-mim i< (ii -ι l.i y a 111 · :v.< ■ ij ί le from
i the captai this » ·ning.
Oenpral Mm Xrthur's fi "Id
headquarters gave tlii^ summary
of the desppratp situation:
"Thp I'liciri is driving in great
for!·!· from both north and -outil.
"Ilis di\c hmnhrrs prai tiealh
control tin· raids from thp air.
"Thp Japanese are using great
iinnititics ut tanks and armored
units.
"Our Inn's arp being pushed
Tuskcsree Institute Re
port Lists One Negro
Shot to Death in Gas
ton County.
: : κι-..·· V il. ::: ι AI'*
Tu>ki :;'. i in ' 'ii'. reported todav
•h ,· : ... p.M .... I' \. , wer
lynched 1941 an I in 1!) »nhei in
.-tuncos nt'eers o: tl ·· law prevented
, - Ivnehing.
T! .■ r. p.·:·· ;i ■·'.! ι. ν Or Κ I '·.
i'1. ■ I ■ . · i'· ■· ' .·! till' Negl '
school, saui the lynchtngs compared
1 ν .11 ι i\"·■ ii 1940 "Ί 'h ii· in 193!·
The four lynchings were in Flor
1 'da. Georgia North Carolina and
S.iuth C. · 11 ' 11 .· ι. ih ■ institute report -
- t'.l Tin· ' were accused respec
tively of attempted rape, stealing,
0 fighting with a white rnan and work
ing on a job from which whites had
s been di charged, tire report added.
Dr. Patterson siinnviarized the de
tads of the alleged North Carolina
lynching as follows:
April 13. 1941 Gaston county
(near Cherryville). N. C.. Robert
it Melker. Negro: cliargt altercation
;- with white men: shirt to death in his
homp