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Itenltersott Hath} dispatch ___ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER LCliLlSHEI) IN' THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-NINTH YEAR ,ft!SStfiBWS??S8.Vr HENDERSON, N. C„ SATURDAY AFTERNOO X. JANUARY 3 l!M-> >•. ~~ FIVE cents ( mV I ' "-----— | Corregidor Beats Off Attack • ••A m m m. - - _ _ _ _ ■■ I Hitler Faces Heavy Losses I • British Bombers Blast Nazi Warships in Brest -- — " - — m -» The G re at; pocket battleship.- Sehanil.orst and Gnct.-i na :. (art. w ’ei;t ., ,d erut.or at/ Kit'ten (ar iim-. light), damaged and undergoing tin. rs in H. 's', n • i;Te ’ mm dm. KAF <i'ivlight bombing at tack. i i: dm t reunit'd French city. Twr of t: e four-motored raiding platm- can lx seen Periodic raids on the city have kept the warships unfit for duty, and at the -aim ;t:t e moo mtdc a .-hammes ut the dock-. British Tell Sea Losses Detailed Report ol Convoy Sinkings Made to Show Price Germany is Paying. London. Jan. —(AIM— Tin* loss nt lour British warships was acknowledged by the ad miralty today hut, breaking a long standing rule ol silence, it told Hu British people the price Ciermany is paying to attack \t laniic cmniiys and the royal navy’s success in guarding that vital bridge of ships. T\V" • >l the 1" t Ih-il h v ..whip were fee 7.1 V. > -1 • • rnn-M' .\rptiim ; s 11 r 1 the d( tn-vt r I'', mdull «r whir!. H een •; 'Hill i< | i u- id. ent d< >v. 11 .1 the Ah dite, r;i*ie.-iii after trikin mine The other tw> w mv r d« tn-yw Stun!- y i 1 • Tiner \mei i« n war ship. ml the iiuxdu.ry '• ,!i ,p All duel t v Hie < i >1\\ bile (i h.in Pm < lei mun u ,r Inp Hun--' -v. \ ! h tin Briti.h : id ruptured md e«*mertri into u wiiiplatie-hvuiing com--; giuii diun TIm- e tw«> were uni. by P >r;»*•(!<x m u P-ur-duv running battle agape ((‘ nt in; *c 1 on Page Six) Nazi Thrust Into Turkey Held Unlikely i, i!i; ’. Jan ■' (A P \ miti t: IV I'm: I! ■ 111 a 1 * isaid ! J ■> 'I, It (Jon:,all at ti :n|)t I" (If Im Turkey this winter wa- ••extrenrHy unlikely He said there u as not ling avail able in London to sugg st sum an attack was contemplated beyond "t’a .peculation in all directions sine Hitler took command of the Germmi army." Questioned about reports o! Gci man troop., roncciitra’i at- .util oth ul \ it ics m I he Balkan ar> a ano hi .her they might signify an ..ttack on i 'Key, the comiuentatoi de dared Imre had been recuneit rumors 11... Hitler intended to movi in \ -acinus m \ directions. He aid u. lei ritory through which th. fi'Tin.iiis v - lid have 1> operate to attack t in Ke.v v as "voi.v ,,lt i,, ip* •• • dh cTunrlt poet tranij.-N' tnou taciliUcs. __ British Bomb Brest Again l.ondon. Jan. — l.Xi’i—Brit : li Ironbrrs raided tiie German oceupird naval base al Brest. 1 rail ", where the nazi battle ships (jiieisenai! and Seharnhorst have been lied up for months, and also liil the German At lantic base at St. Nazaire. oc cupied France, the air ministry announced today. The ni'' ministry said mines also were laid in eiieni' waters. No lireraft were missing after the operations, it said. The attack on Brest was ati other in a long s( ries of raids a"ainsl (lie lair of the German battleships on the Mlarifie coast. Peace Plans Stewart Says Allies Want to Be Sure They Do Not ‘Win War and ! rise Peace.’ r,\ < it \k t j s r sun \kt , Centra I Press ( oil.moist I V. 'oimi, :l. Jan :t.- Ti. I mr nJ, v. m tin- I; -I wai hut "i -I tile peace" i- a i ent.ii k In In heard, generally scvi i-;il lane.-, ill the me- every il.se :n "| the kind ■ : tei ns d : hello, ve wniM to ait'ei on at the end o: our ‘resent is in' 1 n't I osnni - ably we and the rest I the di inu c aa"s. inchidine pin- Kins a. will dictate ’em. and the axis bimen -. pii i.-edly wit 1 all their fuehrers. T. .1, ve ■ htarists. inston 1 hiirrlnll ui cc> amt sympathetic i i initios li quidated. will have l" acquiesce, whether ll v like ntn conditions or net. It w on't he to our o\\ n uttered though, to lose anotliei peace. Se what we'll need a> dictate will be some term of one that'll stick. There are pr tty sure to he diffoi - cnees of opinion on that subject ! i ,e -ehool ol thought's to the ef fect ilia Woodrow Wilson iutd tin rght atea. with tils League oi JVa .CvuUbUea i ”U) Wavell Commands In Pacific Sea Forces Under Hart U n i f i c a t i on of All Anti-Axis Sea, Land and Air Forces An nounced in Washing ton. Washington. Jan. 2.— ( AT) — The White House announced to day unification of all anti-axis sea. land and air fortes in the southwest i antic area under Bi itish (ieneral Sir \rehibald !\ \\ a veil as supreme command er. M t '*' ■ • ' Major ( rCtUW.i 1 G H ni-'n■*•! of the United St ,\:iTiv ..* c • p, . was named ti| !« • o*n, ii.mder for that I nder the direction of Gen era I WavcM. \dmiral Thomas ('. Hart, commander of the Ameri can Asiatic fleet, will he in chaise of all naval forces in the ■ren am! General Sir llenrv Townall. the new British Com mander at Singapore, will he chief of staff to (ieneral Wavell. w ho will take over his unified command in the near future. T h < \:' ■ 11 House' • nco-mont, i -urd by Pro dent ltoo>evelt and Pi'iinu Mobster Win-tun Churchill Grout Brl'.nin, disclosed further (Continued on Page Six) Mass Slayer Back In Jail 1 etth- K. ! . Minn., -fan .“> . AP) Richard I )t . b e. 1 (f-yt-ai -old con fessed ina>< -'ay i . w a back in tin' M*»i i . on county re! today after aii exciting 28 hour- •>( liberty, but his felon companion, The slorc Grist. -11. wit 1 i whom hi* escaped Thursday night, was hunted by an ever glow ing po se. Debit! w.i fi/ed last night ut , larm near SoOir.-ki. twi'lve mile * oiithw est of here, where he said he had gone t<> i.Tender after deciding he had "cau.-od enough trouble.” He ' offered no resistance when a high wnv patrolman and a puxe niembct 1 took him into custody. Fho youth is under indictment cluo • ng he lew Iu> lather, mother, i fri .Hid hrothei in his farm home 1* 0 |l* l e | ip; C : i , I | Ik O \d (hoi, i lo'Vd. lor* it U c --L t«.U Urn fli/d Red Troops Re-Capture Vital City Maloyaroslavets Turning Point in Na poleon’s 18 12 Inva sicn, Falls lo Russians Bitter Cold Fails tf Stop Reds. (By The Associated I’icns) A German sequel to Napoleon's disastrous retreat Irom Russia in the winter snows of 1X12 stared Adolf Hitler in the face today as Soviet troops were re ported to have recaptured the historic city of Mai lyaroslavets. 65 miles soutnwest of Moscow. It was at Maloyaroslavets that C/a, Alexander 15: imperial Russia: unities i rued the tide id the Napol eonic invasion, compelling the Freud to lull back across the trozen steppe , lands with terrible losses. Only 20.000 of Napoleon's origma army of 500,000 troops got out alive A built tin trom Hiller's field headquarters complained anew of the bitter weather conditions, declaring: ifriensive liamn; ill me central (.Moscow i s elms con tinues despite intense cold." On the same theme, th. Borin radio reported: "In one battle on the central sec tor. the boNhevikt attacked for foui days and live nights without inter ■ option. Our troops had almost n re a and this w a - in t.ie .-e, c . ,-t voi, and snowstorms." Unconfirmed reports eiietdated 11 Sweden that the Germans wer. dready building delens.:s along hi | Polish border, the jumping oft 1 in I ol Hitler's attack on the USSR la | lone 22. Heavy blows t.i the Germans at sea were also announced by the British admiralty which re ported that at least three r.a/.i ll-boats and two long range bombers had been destroyed by the defenders of an Atlantic con voy. More important than the de struction of the Germ in raiders, the admiralty said over !I0 per cent of the convoy, comprising more than 20 freighters, .cach ed port safelv after a four-day running battle. Ibis nil force- were o!lirieli\ ■ .-redded with having kill d 10.0,1; j 1 >. 1 /: officer and men in the -is dr j 1 k ruid Iron: IVe'-mher 211 to .21 - . overage of 2.300 daily and a mai day eonimunii|ite today reported i. .2311 invaders anmhii.at d 01 t’- 1 e . .cal engagement..''. In the Ci'.na'.i. S' >' ■ ' 01 pa iehe I .III I i . I.ssiae I Ol'l'i' - V. Ill'll d I o', e til 1 ( haa nans from Kei'.'a . 1 id I'd "I > 1 v I had re-eapt1.red 1!) 11: "c . 't l.-m-nt ill pm -lilt of til German . who imv were appa 1 cm lly Ida 11 ng ba . to-va " their mam sa'ge am e- ar -onrl S w - ' a - lopol naval base. (>n the north \f> 1 m - but : the German and It al r n Inch e->m mauds acknowledged tlie Briti -li p .p I ■ re oi I ’a rd i.i. ;. • i ' - n -Id u - . the I..hvan-Kgypl . t nt -a Pm mi : M is-..!: ■ -.' h gd .and sahl ol her a\- f. a i-e '.' 1 ■ ■ " 11 h .1- i mg out ai nearby S.alum. A 1 tr t ish sp. iki'sin n id t he 1 . \V • > >. ) J ; > 1■t | y t • | • (* j ■ > ('f' • • . ■ , • • ; |, 1 , 1' battle sretur in westn-n l :>ya Budget Bill Parley Held Washington. .Ian. 3. fAP) Pro 1 dent Koosevelt called in his budge i inkers today to whip into lina ! shape the government's fiscal hal anee sheet lor the 19-12-43 fisca j year. It was the only engagement h i made for the day, but White Housi i officials aid the remainder of th. time wa purposely left open for an; other important conferences th Prr ndent desired t<» hold on the spu o! the moment. Mr. I’oo eve It will confer Monda; morning with Democratic leaders 01 plans for his personal appearane before the new congressional sessio( * to deliver his state of the unioi message Officials aid definitely today h would not appear on the openin' day. This was taken to mean that h probably ■‘•old ki tin < ip'lc III. Ju. Final Tests for Flying Wing . .... • I hr '• ■- 1 u tt.iig I* slvwn as it was given final ground tests at Hall.ns ia*. Mu ('lu-sion Kshelmnn (right), designer of the plane, ha* rained it t! .• ''Spirit of N'ational Defense.'' Success of this model may lead to la>-.; r t\)'cs for possible me by the navy as carrier-born® fighter.**. Paul Halims, Eshelman’s mechanic is at left. Chinese Report Changsha Victory 1 5,0 0 0 Japanese Troops Declared Kill ed or Wounded; Tokyo Hints of Pre paration for Another Setback at Hunan City. Chungking. .Tan. — ( \i‘i— China official^ claimed toda> a favorable and decisive turn in the third battle for Chang sha, Hunan province capital, an army communique declaring 15, 000 Japanese troops had been killed or wounded during Chin ese counter attacks launched yesterdax morning. The “fierce battle of anni hilation" still is raging, the Chin ese communique announced. It said nost ol the 1 >an < unities were caused by iivr end .u artillery lire mid down by iiu C ( wen * * „ press tl .1 m es e >m a 1 1 Japan already has : i red \w ■ lunvii! :at:ng and eriniis del eat.- in at tempt' I" ea| * :re and : >ld (': :,nigsi :n i city f ' ; . . ' ■ r delea 1 - va ■ • n ( )(*•;.. . . 1IKHJ, ..iai . Hill. 1* i‘ Cn .lapane.-e may be . • ’ I I 1 If! .* *' 1: * .* i > * ,\ a ■ -■•11 ,n 1; • T.ikv i-r.-adea t «>: • dispatch from llang. quarter a .ay me I hi Japan- ■ • I tin y -eeupn’-.i Price Control Bill Ready For Senate W i. -l... : A!’ A ! ir\i ble wartime j • e< . •• ' i . n r dt sighed 1" e tv . g iTii ' ( . ■ i y tndav .-.deration. Affecting tualiy every ; the nation's e •: n :e! a! 1.'« ': u o.; s emed it''.. :.g . h«-..• ■•o | lion which i a\i ed the I! -11s• • las I \> \ e bei 2i> Mr be, < t S- a! inkm| e* >m notice w • ; %» d ■ i' . .■ i tei ct..r. ! last night to e<annlea- '1 ■ o | the bill, a 11hoi;g•: tin fn st -e--,..n - the 77th Congress already was end led. Congress reconvene'- Monday. ili.it leaders indicated that Senat* id. hate on the in-asure w«> Id not h.‘ I gin 1'CiHiv Wednesday Senator Bn T)emo< gan, who will erve .. flu. . "anage 'for the bill, -aid it would aid the ail vut " ai effort >y stabil hng { I of everything from 'guns to hatter.' WiATHfK FOR NORTH < AROUN \ Rain tonight, probably mixed with sleet and snow in the inotin> tains; no decided i hnic’ *n tern •/c utters Congress Ends Long Session Was.i.ng n, Jan. (AIM — Congress was in adjournment to day after a record breaking string of 7JO continuous days in ses sion. Technically, the legislators have been in continuous session since the third session of the 7(ith Congress, on through the first session, just ended, of the p. m. yesterda. the House at 77 th. i The Senate adjourned at I !:?'! 12.4G. The members have only a short respite from their duties The second session of the 77th Congress will begin Monday. President Koosev It will address a joint session Tuesday. Hatteras Park Development Faces Delay I> illy Dispatrli Bureau. In the Sir \\ alter Hotel. B' BOB THOMPSON Kiiluig! . 1 Rre— f ■ 11 ■ V .. 111':':.; ..' i • ! ,mi the i- :.. rut ..: ti.i Ii ■ , ' ■1 . i: I eul . i... ' I <1;mbl (i\'i ! e ■ ■ I: ’ . ’ 1 hit'u (‘.’ i n ■ 11 ■ 11: .lei: ’. t1 ■ i : i : V . :! : C . li.u, II i". er, ^1 ]>a v • in 111: 11 ii m .: la i -1 1 n .| u :n; the! win ii peare . i hi, e Hi, . ill r.il • . inmeiit will ahi’.ul v :h il.e plan III i wee!. \;, i11 m AI . m -.. -he .: . ■a Dare C"iin!' a r,> I , etary . ■ t tin' i'iaiin11 '-inn. I h (i ’ ieed !',. Tim iih -rr .'ire . a eil't 11 the hen s ei llin. > Plnpp ,Pii : as; I lie!un it ip I.,! cl ael ua11\ ..I * i a- > tilte ii,:w I .i : :■ -I :eali\ !h 'Da ,ie: e (Cun:.ed on Page S,\ ' New Hosiery \ Styles Shown Now York. .hm :t iAP) Manu facturers of women's mo>i ry have start, cl to introduce spriyg line*, i notable for the virtual absence ol i i silk stockings, trade quarters said . today , New types ol rayons, using liner . thread and knitting up into unusually A shot r hosiery, were included a' . price.* t<> id into ’lie old retail silk • hosiery brack ts >i SI and SI. 15 a pair. Nylons were generally unchanged x from fall pi'ic* •* hut more were ot ' fered. While all-nylon constructions : were available it wa behoved in 11 the trad that later there would be a i sw itch to nylon with re. n or •' «11->. !j tups to nmw'i' t- the limit do supply ; 1 of nylon yarn • | 1 .isle stockings alsi <ppf ared. one t I 1 \ pc a* • >’ rn i ,, «te 1h i • i >: At-- ohi-i, Jap Fianes Bomb Manila Naval Base At Least Three Japan ese Bombers Shot Down; U. S. Casual ties 13 Knifed and 35 Wounded; Island Fighting Continues. 1 P.i ! lie ' ssnci.i led Press, i 1 > i id i -.liri-iv! t haUerics beat afl .1 i iiilrnl live-hour at t lek Iiv -la;,anesi' planes u|ieii < orregidoi island lortress at the entrance to Maml.i. the War de partment said today while on tile nearby H.itan peninsula, (iciural iii'ii'a.is Mae,Arthur's "last stand army ot American and tilipiu-i troops still battled against Japanese invasion forces. \ War department communi 'ine said at least three Japanese planes wen shot noun in the assault on ( orregidar. s! ii ighuld n i t i u ■ i r::r11'i;11 damage mi the : irtre.-. Al luT.e.n e;e- ti: 111 a a i the utter v, hieh took plu,-.. yc-'t-erday. v,< ■ iled ;;; i:; i hat . i i lie v.'i i.inrit • i Imperial 1'okyo headtiuarters ■ .know I -dll d that the t >. de fense forces were pulling up "desperate" resistance in the Batan mountains northwest ot Manila hut asserted tin > wore doomed to annihilation within a short time. To J;i|,title e red: i 1. :"ie : , i < 'kj'11 I'll tide,] t 1 eetueeii .1. ;, . -n - lumps ■ Ian ing ct.pin: m A : by stun "br;t\ tg furi fire" giving ti ■ iudi.ei title p,,rtrt yt : : , ! 'he citv'.- led in i m.ire-1 : ' [ • War depart.::, n; . mnuniipo - i'ui'ting lli.it mil Ail.el lean mi.; Ph. lipping- temp- m e y. .Ii■ i ;.■■ ■ 1. Hum the c ity .- d;.v ,ig " A German aide hrmidcast. <u - ng dispatehes !r., i Tokyh -ted : ■ t'tt.u it mi C''i-regid. . v. tis .ntcwi; : i" prevent the an eel .if reinfon e ent- fur Genera! Ai, , Arthur'.- i le; ignored ti*/«»j)>. On the Mala van front, spirit ed British resistance was report ed ofTiei tli> it) have beaten oil three new Japanese attack* b.\ land and one b\ sea is the* in vaders increased their pressure in the drive toward Sin apore. 1 > 11 . Kit: K.I : ; . id ] i • .: V: , , .; i ,m , - sun!-, miid a :,j ■ _v;. !tM , t r;: r . . , •. , • ... ... rpe p J lire boards May Ration New Autos B.i ii \ l hsjuli ii f»ur* .t ii, In lie sir \\ .»11 * <• 11 ot<*1. I'v BOY I HOMPSOX a. * ., The -iii - re h wm! ! V. net!; - ■ >i; can bny a new •' > * y *' ' ' not you call •. Iw I". • • I the upiriNl ' ’' e w • \ •.. i >ei 1' nr. .i , toiii; i h< i . . I ’ i ’»»rtan? agen • •• - in an\ county. , ’1 ■ " •• 1' - uai not i' ah/e Jm • '■ ■■ h . ,:iic Stv th-y ' the\ la.d ag:-ed to - \ .• the go\en , ment. Ye tordey. pun reci {»t ol .. tele grapl .c req a ’ i !• . ank 1 Jaiie . i the oltiee -f p; .• e admin, trats-n, • : . tiled oi :1 ay. a - and w ho o; • cci to not il y « \ lutoniobile the state 1 that the -ale of new car.- and '.rucks ! had been ' am. d until .lanuary la. By that turn4, areorhog tn the gen ei a’ bel u ' plan.-' v ill hav e been ’ w "i kei 1 out t< > rat i< >n new auto :: oh.He- a new t.re- w: 1! he rationed next week and thereafter. Kxpeeling that the OPA will call upon him to set up tin* state or ganization lor regulating the sale > f e n iu t as it viid with tires. Gov ernor Broughton -aid that it was hi intention to turn Ihe automobile a . if ntiiue.l op Page Si\)
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