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New\fe or i itenlterantt Srnltj Sispatrlt - J ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OE NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA _ TWENTY-NIN TH YEAR l,1,lUHENDERSON. N. C.. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, .JANUARY 1, DM2 ir':LIS"S ^:s^.^ L IN E CENTS COPY i Of Manila • ••• • • • ••• ••• •• • • • ; Axis Mediterranean Bases In Raids HeavyLoss Nazis Mass For Venture In South War Industries, A Sub marine Base and Air drome in Greece and Crete Are Objects of Royal Air Force Foray. (B\ The Axxoeiated Press.) Britain's little eastern air •force appeared todav to have struck heavily and for the first time at a potential new axis of fensive in the Mediterranean re gion. with raids <:n war indus tries. a submarine base and vir droni's in Greece and Crete. Tli* . i.-. earn' d out Tuesday night, vv- re reported >•:;!>’ today :r the Can royal mr I'oi ee c iir.mumiiue which a! • l 'hi u! tresli ..n' assauh' nil I ii it... I: - Meditei lanean base oi Malta. For days now. since tlio Ger mans stalled their retreat ii Russia, there have been signs that Adolf Hitler was preparing for some new face saving ven ture somewhere along the Medi- i terranea n. There have been repeated re ports of a massing of German air power in Greece. ineluding planes withdrawn from Russia. An i.1 i-ervor arriving recently s'. Istanbul. Turkey, from Greece told' allied authorities that the Germans' were building new airports in Greece I (Continued on Page Seven) U. S. Freighter Sunk In Indies I’,,-,tav.ii. Netherlands Ea.-t Indies. ,Ian 1. i AP' A Netherlands Fast Indies fn: :• tuque -aid today an American fre.ghter was attacked yes dav by Japanese pianos i northern Ka t indies waters, set afire and abandoned by its crew. Forty-eight men were' rescued, one was missing. The communique said: •In the northern part of this ar chipelago an American 1 reighler was ^ attacked by Japanese aircraft. The ■ ship wa- set afire. ••Fortv-eight members m tlie crew were picked up and brought to shore ' n, riying boat of the Netherlands 1 Indies navy which heard the distress I ..ign»als and went to the rescue. •■iXir member ol the eivw o( the Americarj ship is missing. Aliy of the U. S. T' ">• --■» : . 4: General Tomas General Tomas, ruler of the warlike diminutive Balugas in the moun tains of central Luzon, the Philip pines, is the newest ally of the United States. He recently ap proached a group of American oftic ers and informed them the Balugas had decided unanimously to help the Unitec States fight Japan. The Balugas previously had captured three Japanese airmen who had parachuted to earth. Churchiil BacklnU.S. Strategy Conferences Resumed as Prime Minister Returns to Washington. Washington, .Ian. I —('P —~ President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill today re sumed conferences cn world wide strategy designed to smash avis aggression. The prime minister return-d at !) a. ni. from a four-dav visit to Canada, w here he confidently declared that "deeds, not words' would in good time disclose the specific results of the confer ences. The prin ' ip nist"r welcomed the ,'nv Year by • lrnpn-inK n vie' •• v oast d a midnight ceremony n ho dining car oi Ins sppri.nl tram ■ , mewhor in Vermont" with mom >ers of his .staff, now-paner convs iundent . the train crew and porters. Churchill rai.-ed his glass with hi" (Continued on Page Seven) Reds Report Mew Victory Over Nazis j Kaluga Recaptured cn Moscow Front; German Tank Com mand Smashed; 250, GQO Hitlerites Routed! Sou'h of Moscow. <«v T!i:> Assrviated 1’ressP '"hi' >!'• ) :rv onrnrl the new year today with the announce ment of an enormous new vie- , lory on the .Moscow front and a menacing Crimean peninsula drive. Russia announced the re-cap ture of Kaluga, the smashing of ( ol'-nel General Heinz Gude lian's tank command and the rout of si\ German army corps of appros:imately 250.000 men in fighting south of .Moscow. Tlte Red a: my also claimed it luid destroyed a brigade 0 Hitler's hand I picked Kiitf Guards, who had been I flown 75n niiles tr< . Krakow to hal' ‘.hem. and was beating its way for ward on both the Leningrad and Crimean fronts. German . Moscow .-ai*. were lea,-: ;ng their wounded together with | their arms in tire deep snow as they (Continued on Page Seven) Farm Benefit Cuts Opposed Washinf.ti'll, Jan. 1. (AH) A joint congressional committee's pre liminary recommendations for sharp ri duet on. n. ; an:, appn ipriations | .lid t \ |'end 11 u i e- drew lire today! from House agriei lture committee members. Approx matciy $ H)(:,ii()(i,(I0( 1 ol the $1,3o((,(XXi,(Hill me joint committee i -aid could bi‘ sh.a\ed from the federal [ budget during the emergency would i eim.e 11 om the I )e| artment ol Agri- ! culture or agencies operating thro ugh that department. The committee s recommendation! mi abolition of the Farm Sccurit; Adrnini tratmn was unanimously op posed by agrieulturc committee members. Rep. .'sentate Kdwm A Hall. Republican. New Hampshire, ex pressed the opinion that "everybody including the farmer must share m the del'en.-e el fort, but the farmer should not be singled out to carry the public load." Babson Sees Business Decline ————— Average Set Below 1941 Economist Predicts Higher Farm Income and National Income, Severe Taxes. Bv KOGt.It VV. BABSON Copyright 194!. Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park. Mass.. Jan. 1—As long as World War II lasts, the total U. S production will continue to in crease. I estimate an increase in na tVnal income ot o9 billions lor 1942. 1 Vs bringing it up n. 5q5 billions , fcipared with $76 billions in 1940 T“...* Ing this national income for 1942. I am taking into ; ccount probable in crease.- in prices and wages. These figures do not mean that more goods will be produced: in fact 1942 will show a decline in the real wealth of America. Unfortunately, the increase in the industrial production will be in the defense industries. Nineteen-forty - two will show considerable decline in the non-defense industries. It is well for my friend Odium and others to talk about shifting over manu facturers of lawn mowers to making battle tanks. To a certain extent this (Continued on Page Seven) ROGER W. BABSON’S THUMBNAIL OUTLOOK FOR 1942 l TOTAL BUSINESS: Defcn.-e production will bp up sharply: non delcnse down sharply: average below 1941. 2. EMPLOYMENT: The above also applies to employment and to wages. 3 FARM INCOME will be up 10-20 per cent in 1942 over 1941. 4. DIVIDENDS AND BUSINESS EARNINGS have passed their peaks. 5. LABOR: There will be far fewer strikes in 1942. g COMMODITY PRICES will strengthen somewhat, psp.cially the prices ol imported goods. 7. TAXES will be severely felt, especially by the white-collar group who can t \pcct no pay inct ea>e>. o. RETAIL TRADE will be a little off in 1942 compared with 1941. 9 HIGH-GRADE BONDS should decline, but GOOD STOCKS should sell higher. in CREEPING INFLATION will continue throughout 1942. China’s Gift to U. S. in New Zoo Home jr.H John Toe-Van of the New York Zoological Park staff is shown back in the Bronx zoo with the two baby giant pandas he brought back from Tibet. Presented to the U. S. by Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, the pandas were brought to New Vosk by Tee-Van, who traveled IhMHKi miles in bringing his charges home. Formal presentation was made b> the United China Relief. Tar Heels Decorated Two North Carolina Naval Aviators Hon ored for Rescue of Army Fliers at Sea. Hi ii ilulu. .1 an. i. i AI'' N n m I Arniy ;ni ini'll win > I:a'i win aiii :11 ill two small lile falls loi lour day.- m 1 a raging. -I lark-info-1d sea wet e rescued dramatically hy tltc crew ol i a Navy plane which braved 4li Inn' j wave-, the Navy ri \ t alcd today. The pilot and co-pilot ot the Na\.. slop. Ensign I’. M. I >ler ol Ivan hoc. N. C.. and A.ailam Machinist , Mate Leonard Wag'd.: r oi Bakcrs vi1 io. N. C. we i e i so re led v. Illi the Navy cross lor the heroic rescue by Admiral Chester \V. Nsrutz. com mander in chief ol the I'ac lie lleVt. The Navy pilots ighterl signals from the life raft at tills.-: l'uesda.v a considerable distant e Iron; Oahu is land. The Army plane had been low ed down al sea low day ember ae.o the fliers had drilled bunmeds oil miles, surviving tv. o sev ere storm; which wiped out i: ost oi their emei gency rations. Auer radioing wr pcemir ion to effect the rescue, Fisler set the Navy j plane beside the two l:le ralts. 1 tw army men clambered aboard. Lieutenant Earl .1 Cooper. 24. o. Stevens Point, Ur.. pilot of L e j Army ship, was tec last re-cuv a. j "The action of Ensign Ei.-ler and the . whole crew was nothing less trem heroic," he said t- •day. "I'm convene- i ed that the heavy sea.- ran 40 teet high. Tlrcv took a tremendous risk. I BOMBING OF TOKYO GIVEN DEFERMENT Washington, .tan. I.— U\l*i — Tokyo got a deleremtn from one quarter today. Secretary of War Stimson was asked t» reporters wheth er the War depai -.nenl was plan ning to carry out General Doug las MacArthur's recommenda tion that there be reprisals for the bombing of .Manila. "We have a long way to go be fore considering that." Stints^ said. "We have other things V> consider now.” WtAIHIT FOK NORTH CAROLINA. Rain and warmer tonight, fol lowed by colder in the mountains b? early morning. Commandos Again Raid Norse Bases County lire Ration Quotas Announced Washington, .(an. 1.--I.VP) — \ iut.il nl .'.S'! tires and 2.103 tubes for passenger ears, motor cycles and light truck wilt he ra tioned in V.r'h Carolina tills i month the office of price ad ministration announced today. For trucks and husss-s. 3,810 tires and 1.8(13 tithes will he ra tioned the announcement said. The county by county ration quota included: Vance -— 22 automobile tires. 18 tubes: lit truck and bus tires, 33 lubes. Franklin-—l(i automobile tires, 13 tubes; 25 truck and bus tires. 21 tubes. Granville — 20 automobile tires, 17 tubes: 25 truck and bus tires, 21 tubes. Petain Calls Self Exile’ Ye y. .lap. ! ■ AI ’' .'.la rsiai j 1 V.ain ■ ked Go many today to ben ill m aid that Ft nt tee 1 1h" oil,;. gi,-;n power ren.i hing oul.-ide a coiil'lict wb.ieh has put "the platiei in iiumes” u*. that l c.iiio- "avogm,c,i her duty *o\va rd Eu 11 . pc rhis came n a New Yeai ine.s -age bio.idv i-t to the Fanu i nati n by the aged oiaal oi -talc, who di - eribed his .>vvn status as "partial . ole' presumably a reference b the divided Mala i F ranee, oc cupied and mini tl| ed. I’etam s ri be .a allowed only halt libet ty" but that under the cir cumstance- In was trying to do his ■ est He admitted to the French peo ple that dhe government which pick 'd up the heritage ol defeat cannot claim to be always getting your sup port.” He expressed hope for relaxation of Germany's armistice terms "so that-France's dignity un be restor ed.” German Patrol Vessel Sunk and Sea Com munications ‘ C o m - pletely Disorganized.’ London. .Ian. 1.— (AIM— The admiralty announced today that Britain's Commandos have car ried out a second raid on the Lofoten islands off the northern coast of German-held Norway. "i his time, said an announce ment. the specially trained raid ing unit spent several days in the islands, using one harbor as a fueling base. Some German prisoners yyere captured without a fight. The raiding force included Polish and free Norwegian units, sank a German patrol vessel and "com pletely disorganized the enemy's >ea unicati >n " in the area and es• eaped without casualties or damage to equipment, the admiralty said. Tin- v. as the third such announced action against German positions in X n ay w ithin tv.ai montIts. FIVE MEN KILLED IN BOMBER CRASH Mims.la. X. V. Jan. 1 i API - A "a in-engmed Army bomber crashed into a gravel jut in Garden City park ‘ti Long Island today, killing live a cn m tuntly. Ky witnesses said the plane struck i high ten- ion wiro half a mile fn>m the pit and exploded twice after striking the ground. One Killed In Tornado Mobile, Ala.. Jan. 1 (AP) One man was killed and more than a dozen persons injured today as a tornado dipped into ■ uburban Theo dore. lc\ (ding four buildings and damaging six others Eight persons were brought to hospitals from Th odore. winch has a population of approximately 1,000. The twister cut into the business district about 7 a. m. and apparently did not hit elsewhere. .Among those injured in a cafe were several per sons en route to the New Orleans Sugar Bowl football game. Is inflicted On Invaders Latest War Depart ment Communique Fails to Disci o s e Whether M a n i 1 a Stands; Nimitz Fore sees Possible Loss of Islands. Washington, J.i:i 1.—( VIM — The War department reported today a major battle was in pro "rrss n,>.•(!; of Wanilu and Philippine defense forces were infiielinj; heavy losses on the in vaders. The com mu ni(i ue announced at the same time that three is land'. of Hawaii had been shelled !eu nr.- submarines hut there was no casualties and virtually no damage. The eomimmitjiie reported Philippine developments up lo ShaO a. in. 1 ST in !■ ss than all words, failim; to disclose yvheiii er the Philippine capital still stood. 1 he ei mil i an n i i: ; d at press conference l.v Secretary Sr. i -nil. who praised Genera! Dnugl.i .MacArthur's defense nl the ...>a • i as "masterly" and at the - •••.!> *: commented that tin invaders were veteran, hard-lighting -naliers and ably led. Slims' 'll t"ld .ip. | w''' : tlie \Va department had not instrueti'd G a era! MaeArthur to puit the Philip pines in even: of a forced vapituia :inn to the Japan se. The Secretary said reports the invaders were a "mob of badly trained youths" were "as crron ous as they were well iutcii tioned”. lie said "we have Co face the facts" of Japanese strength, and added: "1 am confident wy can and will defeat the enemy in the end but we cannot by looking thro ugh rose tailored spectacles." lie x pressed bel ir f tin ' the cm ■ had suffered heavy la- c- - tuy •in lighting had been "very •a lt m tainc I" k 1 \ • \i l-’i I i forces and the J; pane-e mad t.. cm :': j the attack t" enpa do d' renders. St in i -nil decl i: icd i ■ i- .Minviit • i I criticism of the order m.ak ng Man ' an open city, observing that “wlv n I wir people are Idghlmg under a :iai-t I ski111’ul ..under n a druggie | which it had been recogn /ed for J i ya ars a nuld he extremelv uphill when it c.u e. t!:ere ho'ild bo , > criticism fia ,;t, us.’’ (By The \ssoeiated Press.) The If! 11 H'd State- on tin- N ev. (Continued on Page Sov-n) THU 1.1 AH N KIIJ.lfD. I ..ingley F i !d. Ya.. Jan. 1 ( AI ’ > . Sv. ei". mg old a is 'Hereto runw ay i a I tei losing a wheel, a plane at I ..mg ley Field .ci a bed into a group . .1 i laborer-, today, killing three and in ! .iUriug one. Prisoners Riot And Kill Three Guards Bridgeu ,i ;cr. M.i ... .km. 1. i.\P) —Throe guards wore si.un today in rioting delinquents, confined t.. the prison dtp;:rlinrut ol tl.o Bridge water stale tar.!., who al.-o fired io lea.-t one Iniildiug. sending liana racing through tin- .- fracture. fhe rioters -uncnderd. the prison office reported, alter state police em ployed tear ga.-. Firemen quickly controlled the flame.- which were confined to a wing ol one ol the buildings hous ing delinquents who were sein ing sen | tences ranging from indeterminate terms to life. Superintendent .James K, Warren said the rioting broke out us lie was ; walking through the yard. He heard i the inmates veiling and immediately rushed guards into the building Sev -tu! ini^arje weu mu tree!
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