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1 hilippine Defenders Battle Grimly Outside Capital;
Manila Falls To Japs
A A A A AAA A A A AAA AAA
Alaska Delegate
Urges Defense Of
Aleutian Islands
‘PI anes, More Planes Lots cf Planes’ For
Defense of Stepping Stones to Alaska Are
Necessary, Dimond Declares in Washington.
\V,. : II, .i.'ii. 2. i AP)
IIIn rill ti 1 i t ngthenitlg of the
strateg c Aloutian island , po
tential 1 'ari | le i; mp.arts ter the
rich tea t• i y of Ala ka. and eon
eet'ti. t ' n m the ai -a ef "plane-.,
n u e 11lan-. ■ i a , nl plan'. w a
ing-d ti.rl .v by Alaska's delegate
t. ■ i ' ,,gn - Antlnmy .1 Dim-mil
lie e . p: i ■ e.l hi opinion in tin
no : . . i' I lowing the \'m y's
(1: o < , i e i r 1 ' r t1. i week 11 :a t
♦'.iaptme-t vessel are suspected
nl be;ng n the ■. ieiui'.y nl
K' ulitii ." an i - land oft the
A la - k 1 pen i n-i I la '.vine1 i ei"-n t
l.\ 1 ,.i - I '-en traiisl"i'in< :i into a
1 no declared tha* tin
ii"i'tli\>.o-! eorner ol the ■•nti
tmgent needed “plenty ol all
type "| plane., and as many
iv.'. al \ r (Is a r.m be pared,
and g.ven pr- >tr» i >n ,.g.. n -t air
attack' . until We eat ell p with
and • ink any J.ipane-c sub
i • a. in. • <>p. rat og in those
i-'i • • I. .n ad a. into kn< - : 'dge
( the regif n, Dina*nd font. oded
11'.ah . ny Japanese otTen a\ •• di
i i *"d again I A laska n< c : aly
• . i:;o t..rt in lie* Aleutian i -
1 t’d . Inch ' rt tcii m top; og
. t • :i« ■ l.i.-laoii alinr l in Ana
And lie -uggesV d also that .v
a tli net bo ado by tin - i<*nnt y
t > 1 < e !. o i Soviet i •! u - . h. ■ •
K inandor.-1;y . lands v. hah he
no r !l:t A :at'c tin h' tin*
A ! V : in eha ■ n b* *t h 1 «r -elf
I . • »!• ii n and a a elo ei ba ■
hv ,tei i d operations against
J.n
Jap Troops Occupy
Changsha Outskirts
Heavy Battle Rages
For Control of Hunan
Province Capital,
Chinese Report; Cas
ualties Said to be
Enormous.
( hungking. Jan. '2.—( \I’> —
Japanese occupation ol the
northern suburbs uf ( haiiRsha.
Hunan province capital and silk
center, was acknowledged hv the
Chinese todav as lighting in a
shifting, nn-iiuartcr battle for
possession of llie eilv raged
without a pause.
,\ Chine.-e eninniunique .nd Hi"
halilc ill northern Hunan provinc
v. .1 .11 a- l innl singes and ('lime e
oldiei vvvre fiercely resi ting at
tack- on the outer cietenses ol
Chain; ha.
JaI am e ii mp. .siipp a ted by air
emit toired their way arms- the
l.iu.v.mg nvei into the suburbs ves
teiila.v. the Chin'e-c central news
ngenev reported. Simultaneously,
.lap.an e warplanes attacked the
heart the city, unloading es
p|o .v e 11 i • a l<I w level and imi
ch 1 lie giInnitig tile streets.
c it 11* r 11 man pro' met' townm
elttding the important railway junc
tion of llengynng. a bo ’ Kill mile
south ot Changsha, al o were bonih
i't 1
The r a u battle tor Chatig-li t vva
in | >t ■ ■ a,i *• on the plains In a t Inri 1
of th,- ,■ 'y ot titm.nt i' population.
Ca n.iit on both • ide weiv sum
to be eilorilicuts.
Tile Chinese also were engaged in
bloody hand to hand lighting in the
eastward province of Kiangsi and
were reported directly attacking the
vv me-licking city ol Khaoting, in till
... province ol Chekiang, rough
ly aim unli-s northeast of the Chang
sha battle /one.
Anti-Strike
Law Favored
Washington, Jan. 12 — t \IM - Re
newid demands tor anti-strike legis
lation arose on Capitol Hill today.
Declaring that a voluntary agree
ment between representatives ot in
dustry and labor to end strikes lot
the duration ot the war had tailed to
solve the elos. d shop problem. Sena
tor Ball, Republican. Minnesota, pro
posed that Congress consider legisla
tion to require the registration ot
union and regulation of their opera
tion.
•■Ii the closed shop question is to
„. |,.|| m the emergency period to
th. bargaining activities ot unions,
Ball e. lined, "then there ought w
Kf son . oft of regulation by the
unions, t ■ ought to take the torn
of federal .e nance to the man in
side the detetis plant that he shail
not .Jenied m f" membership
which would deny him a job and that
uni-n lections .hall '•> ■ oudtieled
Jam,. . __
GENERAL JAPANESE
OFFENSIVE EVIDENT
( hungking. Jan. 1.— (AIM—“It
looks as if the Japanese now are
launching a general offensive
against China." a Chinese mili
tar> spokesman declared today.
"We welcome it." he asserted.
"This enables us to dissipate the
enemy 's strength. Both side must
suffer, hut the Japanese are at a
disadvantage. They cannot af
ford to lose as much manpower
as China."
Stiff Terms
Given Spies
First of Espionage
Ring to be Sentenced
Gets 20 Years; 33
Face Prison.
New Y'*ri.. .Ian. 2 (AT Heavy
pn .in (miVikv worn imp i today
in Hi"i.i;]yn federal court •' ’ne first
of tiie ',Y,\ per. on.s involved a ■ world
wid< e pmnage ring.
.Judge M'»rtimc*r W. Hyer ad he
i p.re him 1 I persons com - ted IV
ee: nl >f*r 12 - - I eonspiraev t< * a d r< g
! ter ng a agents ->1 tJ.ei y •• vd
conspiracy to delivoi to li-itnany
vital American defense sene' . an i
i 19 other- who pleaded gu lly > one
or both counts. Maximuii p'-im-'
I .'.entenre on the two count- 1 as 22
year .
Herman Lang, 10, one tin, nn
[ ployet' of the Xordcn eoi pany.
I manufacturer *»1 bomb got \\ no
I \va- accused of deliv ering det :1s ol
the secret instrument.- to Gei : any,
was sentenced to 2d year.-, two years
on the first count and 18 years on
, flit' second, the terms to run con
currently Lang was one ot lho>e
j e- 11\ ieled.
Fa craft Hoeder, formerly employ
ed b'- die Spei : v Gyroscope Go., who
pleaded guilty to the second count,
wa -enteneod to Hi years m pri-on.
Gotirt attache- said about thrpe
I hours would be required to sentence
! all the defendants.
, 1,000 CASUALTIES
IN RANGOOD RAID
Kang on, Dee. tin. (delayed! —
(AP)--C.'i s.iailies in the Mr.-t tea -
Japane-e air laid ip,111 Rangoon are
new known to haw totaled 1 .bbh per
j -on.-. I.o-se- ni a second attack ware
j officially d scribed as negligible.
1 The Rangoon radio -aid allied ait
lo se totald six plane.- and -ix lliers
iin a defense estimated to have cost
I the .1 ipatn-e 4P aircraft and lt» an
men.
The wreck.- of 2b Japanese planes
were -aid to littei various place
aK-ut the e.-ly i':-l . . ff ".'if
Sale Of New
Cars, Trucks
Prohibited
Complete Utilization
of Industry’s Machines
and Men ‘Might Short
en the War by Months,’
Hillman Declares.
Washington. .Ian. i. — ( \l‘) —
Sid in > llilliii.in. associate Ol'.M
director, pi rdht ii today that
complete utilization of the auto
mobile inciitsUy's machines and
men "might shorten the year
months. amt declared both
ir.anagt tticnt and labor had un
animously recognized the need
lor halting civilian automohil'
jirnduction.
Sale nl new automobiles and
tracks was prohibited by a
government order mobilizing the
automobile industry for war pro
duction.
Hillman disclt i I that plans lot
'.In : j i it's! ,.m I c;i si ■ 1 !.>h • a I a I -
j/at.on nl the mdii try'.- workers and
machinery v mid in- propo-ert to '
| j, .nl ktbo:-m.magctn 'nt-gnvernm ni
I c nlerenee here Monday.
Reprcsentativo- al labim urg.iiiiza
I tauis ut the aatnuMhile and automo
bile parts indnstri.. have been in -
jilted, loget! e: with the mdnst r.v .
advisory cm t i 11 ee. 11 1 nan
1 Hilhnan said. In 'h ar.mns and m.tn
j ageaient in tile ant.bile indus
!ry had plans In pnnm-e. and tile
! OPM wm.ld oiler a program re-ult
ing j sen i w eeks of di-c i-snn with
enyin eritig and teciinical experts.
II Ur hi and IPrec'.or General
I William S. Knud on ol the OPM hot
! will pat ' ieipate in the lit animile
eonl'erenee, which is expected to Ja-t
for .-everal days.
Legislators
See Reverse.
i4s Inevitable
Wa Inns'..111. -Jan. - i AIM A. -
eept ms the iall "i .lamia a itie\ li
able under ihe crnem-lancc... Icrix
lat« l'. a.- cit'd I ..lay that when the
Dinted Stale lia ■ i a Hied t ml!
-trciis.H the cily w ; i 1 He redeemed
I Y.m-i ns t lr. ■ h. i". e rcmstailee m -
l iei ed In the .lapnne -e invadci bv
A1.icrie.in and l''ilipmn troops. Kena
! tnr Markley nl Kentucky. the IVin -
ci at ic leader, - aid
-We have trelcd .mi m' v l,. ex
pect such temp, a a i y re. ci -c- until
| the lull lurce nl' nm puw cr has been
j dev eh .pod."
Chan man I'minally, Democrat,
l.xa.'.ol H. Senate foreign relation.'
enmmittee told in- colleaR'a's that
thci e was "no cause I'm depres, am
by reason >. 1 the lull nl Manila.
'•'Will'll vve Ret leady.'' Connally
declared, "nl ennrse vve shali re-cup
turv the Philippines."
( it her comment:
Senator Nye. iiepubl.ran. North
I laknta "This i ■ a nimpiet. I iilt'dl
mi nt nt what vve have been told lm
la years would be true m lia event
Ini war in the Pan. tie. I don t doubt
i hut what ultimately vve shall re
i deem our. elves thete il vve want in
! do it. II vv ill he a Inns, hard pull."
265 Violent
Deaths Occur
On New Year’s
(By The Associated Press)
A total of 2t>.» person-* lost their
lives over the New Years holiday
in automobile accidents, drowning.*,
falls, shootings and by other violent
means, a nationwide .-urvey showed
today.
Automobile accidents accounted
for 171 of the total. An Army
l ooinoer crash on Long Island took
five 11v.• ltn(i three workmen were
: (CenL-v.ia*ci •' Page Four)
Auto Industry
Charter Members of Colin Kelly Corps
Major Floyd P. Showaltor (left) is shown swear!• y a; - ad'I - as members of the newly-formed Colin Kelly
Air Corps at Detroit, Mich. The corps is named in honor of Captain Colin Kelly, Jr., the U. S. army pilot
who lost his life in tiie Philippines after he had bombed and sank the Japanese battle-hip. :• ■ //„,'
(Central I'm ss)
Anti-Axis
Pact Signed
Document Pledges
Solidarity and Pledge
of No Separate Peace
T reaty.
Washington. Jan. 1.— ( MM —
Ambassadors and ministers of
anti-asis naUou» ram to i.ie
Siate department today to sign
what Panamanian \nibasMidor
JV»i (iuartiia d'*seribed as a
joint part of solid u il\ and a
pledge that none of tiie nations
would sign a separate pea»*e.
The S 1.;te drj>;•!*:i on? dec d !■.
n .j.r . i: v c !: t. ; . t (; ; »< 1 ,.i
would he tvvrtilr i i!I debt!I -
a - i oprtv (Mitul:\ e
t Ight-Mg tie: n\. .1 1 .ml 1 M .
l:ud u 1. fixed the 1 mat'i. •• .
During the I e. M.;
1 i\ t :■ n! tti. I >.lie::. Tv e .u.
Luxe ■ • Pa
Pa t:r.-A- o ;r,,i . .m.:: ie ! .i !
(Continued on i’ S . n)
FLEETS IN PACIFIC
NEED AIR SUPPORT,
SPOKESMAN SAYS
I,' ll.; ■' ;!
>11111.i — i n i. .■! ' ■ i
i 11 and A11in■,.■.!1
the MUti: !'•:( .If ' I. > .
tain adftMi.p
Hr -r: ; P ■ .p. .
even he .i»I« t n- i. . .r< n ,. r .
Smgap •’ • ■ .i a 11..
ing i!'"!»: ; < -M d s
•II .v • r i . >■ i.
!<('(’}> tii»* ! 15 ■ ■ i' ■ ': • 11
nation. iviff nr 1 . ‘ ■ .1 1
run tin* alia- rj . • ’ l da • •
Jap-.
• n ;t t.Cr • ■ !!• • (.ft
handling at *'nt n • n’
CONDITIONS SET
FOR EVACATION
OF FRENCH ISLES
Merlin ( 1 ■ ' ■ it'1 ‘ 1 '
«"i bv A ! ’' I'. ::
Vichy, e.ip.'al ■ a ii". , a ;•
reporteiI tnd.it . ‘. 1 A. -
miral l.eaI:\. I'n ' i S 1. aim m -
sadnr, had pn-enied i ■■ 1 . • r a •
dd mils ter e\ ecu:,. m .: :!■.■ 1 is ; :
ol Si I ’ierre and Miquelon > Frt e
Freneh force'
Amuni! these cnnditwns. il v. a
said, were estahli heient nt a pel
litanent, unitnrmvd Veeiica i o n
tr | ciimntissinn. and ini .ranlee i d
the island 1 .d i'" it nt .'he! e
e\ tended nr U- t il -n t the I t..' .:
Slates.
"WEATHER
fl)K NORTH < AROI.INA.
Fair and much colder, mod
erate cold wave this afternoon
and tonight, tempe.ature near -0
in the mountains and about
Incline an the caai I Uratiht.
* t tare
Bardia In Africa
Recruiting
Breaks Record
Washington. Jan. i.— < \I‘j—
li.ring l\‘, In si two weeks ol
fighting against the J.Vsnese.
recruits to the l ailed States
Arim surpassed tiie total for
the entire month of '.VI a \ . 1917—
th • veenod month the nation was
in the World War.
I.w'n with a len-d.i\ lag in
reports from regional headquar
ters o\• i the nation. 12.(>">7 new
nn n e keen listed here and
( olonel Harold V tiilherl, chief
of ret mi' in:’. estimated toda> the
h.al I • . the muni!: probabl'
\. al:! • high as 79.000.
Din in day, 1917- I’he Inited
>\U s <«»•! • e;l v.;ir on \piil 7.
I'll thci'i were onl.v .'!!».,‘»S9 en
list men's.
* :.d l' 19 f 1 rush to the
< olors. it h r -erniting oil it -s of
(ho \i el x \.» v \ ai‘d W trim*
( tr |is file i , nd w orkiiu* o\ er
tfm•'. ss ;■ \ i*i i; 11 to j11. re :*•«• with
1 !i« end >' i )iolida\ season.
L run esc
In harma
lirm
. *« j i t ;• .1 : «*nti . r ‘
l;; :■ I* • • e diet < >; V. . ■ C...: ie t
Australians
Bomb Jap Base
Melba;II in'. \ • .1. Jiilli. - —
i \P) Royal Au.-t n ail force
i , i ! •. ‘til :. ri s and damaged
•ih’pi.v pi ■ inn) 1 ..lid buildings in a
small scale att.ici. an Kapingama
Kanpi. in the .Inpanesc-cnntrolled
Caroline I-..uni-, the RAF said today.
C round in-1.. i i:,s and sea
planes \\ i'l l- majoi la.^cis the com
tConuaued on Fsp- t .'
l
Fall of North African
Port Removes Threat
to British Lines; Rus
sian Armies Smash at
Mozhaisk, Near Mos
cow.
(By The Associated Press.)
The British announced the
rapture of the north African port
of Bardia today.
F»:Ti 1 t:1" ■ ji yvithin the hi ' liw
day «• *11ecr‘<‘d a new dri. e .*n iiai -
d i. n»-,. u a- I Jbyan- Kgy pia i i *. tr
ee . n i del tu ehn.inate it a - ;
l! at t• * tee;: -apply and i - im.
e-.d i11111 mning ,'ini! n tie v. *-v
1" ;edab.a. where the mam leave
C.i.c' 'd.
Weuirw hil- Hussia’s L c d
armies wen* reported smashing
today at (dnnan held Mozhaisk,
tin* Led of the great threat to
♦ iosc.'U. alter \d.dl llitlet
i a -lied to i!u front in an attempt
to halt tin retreat oi his halter
ed in\ asion foi i es
;., i i ! ■. i n« S ■ risk, i fvQ nnie
\ < u >. ■ \ j• ■ • ; ■ a inplis \\ ere re
I'm t< d F i, Led army com
mand. wo. i .miimuu-ni the re
i.tpturc at si.intsi, an impor
tant ul and \ *lg.. river city Ida
miles northwist .<| \Insrow . and
Kaluga. 110 miles southwest of
the capital.
The ml! "1 Shirih,. .m.g . 4a
a.'i Si >u!; ' • • K.d mi ii
• ■ i • ■ 1 y ,, | • ■ \ 1. . :., i;
S. •' - 1 : y eu (»ei -
?: delt ii«:lt ,t.<•
i i . tTs re
*: eat mg 1 .« - \ . e ; milling
•'t lb .i i‘lit •1 ,: ' ..ii ' el bad
i been
AMERICAN W ARSHIPS
BOMBED BY JAPANESE
Bala' ia Jan 2 (AP) Tl I)utc
Ka-t Indies h.gli c ml vM rted
today lhat '''in ' r 1 " u •. ■ -ii.p be
haves w 1.irh aiv c;' 'in'! .iting v
the Not erland Na > id • ■ at
tacked hv Japam-M plan - in tie
nurth; i n part ul the Indie- a'vhlpel
agn without sufiei ing " rrr - dam
age."
The Indies eon a mil d the C. S
warships were aiding "in the d' len-e
ot these ivginns."
An oflii'ial eunmiimi'i■ ie sad that
in the same area Japanese anvr ift
al-o a narked hv> U. S plane The
A-.v! -nr. . irm iv e net dam.-.^cd
Naval Base
Of Cavite
Evacuated
American Soldiers
and Marines and Fili
pino Troops Man De
fense Arc Against In
vasion Hordes Press
ing From Two Sides.
< B\ T h<‘ Associated Press)
•Taii.-mc'c t r- have occu
pied Manila, tie War depart
tie nl a am iiinced t >• d a y . as
American ami miminu tri.uns
ui;t>ide tie- v,mi!:J kittled the
invader- in a erne last ditch
stand.
Thi War dep; rtmeat said
■id\ a nee < lemei’ts ->!' he mika
d in\ a dun ! unit - < titered the
ci!v at p. m.. .Manila time ( I
a. m. KST. I
The loss oi Man'll. \*. Iiito s“
riops. has not lessened tile re
sistance to the Japanese attacks.”’
the War department said.
Simultaneously. an official
Tokyo broadcast asserted that
part of General Douglas Mar
\rthur s forces were attempting
to cross Manila Ba\ to Correei
dor island fortress and that
other \nierican and Filipino
troops were cut off on the Batan
peninsula north of ( orregidor.
T! •' broaden ■ 1 :d Jmpanese bomb -
ei's wore -l'.'’. ng : the tr ops mov
ing ems> {he bav.
T!:o fall of th• * P): ppino cap Mi,
V h - 1 liciirr,.: MacA: ’inir iast we" .
1 • i n a tc d 1 - 1 e f o n d
»'• ip i tv.t> day ..iter t :*• d- idlinc >ti
a .Jnp;vm,'C : - ..-1 that they W't-.dd
tak Manila *”i>ot’«»i*»' New YcarV ’’
Washington. Jan. ‘2.— ( \l*> —
I he Na\ \ announced todax that
the n;i\ a! base it < a\ ite. ten
miles from Manila on .Manila
Ray. was evacuated before the
Japanese entered the Philippine
< a pita I.
\ Navv communique announc
ing the e\ . euation said all
equipment and stores had been
removed prior to the withdrawal
from the submarine base and
nav\ yard.
Vnnouncement of the evacua
tion meant it w as t iken for
granted that tin naval base was
in Japanese hand' or short In
would he
A <• n i 1 i " ’ nc had
.•ml • .V wore
(C m • ; P; go Five)
11 m ( 1 JO Pi \K
Pome \ -/• i i • or\ to \P) —
Ja*i ’ - Bei ito Mussolini will
add» e- p in !< ! ,-s row
and (In- new sp <• • l! Pi olo said
he would ; > ;«lrrs * vicar and
pic. ise" mi el nination of **oh
s t 1 • I ■ • ' -eiation between
the In-me : d war fronts.
War Plants
May Move
President Discloses
Study is Being Given
to Protection Against
Raids.
Washington, dan 2 (AP) Pro
iit‘1 B lh" 1 to oil d i .' ed ti • d.• v that
Pi Q ‘ t!on - m 11'■ • \onl*. 11rplane air 1
other wai indu-trie- iron vulnerable
MMoiast |" in1' to the interior was re
ec*i\ me new ron.-adei ation.
lie told reporter- that America
mu-’ h-arn by experience and un
do - <nd that ometimes it is impos
sible to take a whole.plant and move
it from one locality to another.
Certain division of a factory, ho\«
ever. In* said, might be moved back
from seaeoast at a moment'-- notice
lh -ugge-tcd too that perhaps )>rodii(
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