TWENTY-NINTH YEAR 1TV^l;ls^VKn1^u:s.uK HENDERSON, N. MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANE ART 12, 1942 ' FIVE CENTS COPY
REDS BREAK NAZI WINTER DEFENSE LINES
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Japanese Drive Within 150 Miles Of Singapore
Bases Taken
In Invasion
Of Indies
British Acknowledge
Another Retreat on
Road to Singapore,
Indicating Loss of
Kuala Lumpur; Jap
Air Forces Active.
115, The Vs-cieialed Press)
Japan's all out gamble for a
quirk, sweeping victory before
the united nalions can take the
offensive carried her troops
dangerously closer to Singapore
today, touched off a preparatory
artillery battle along the entire
Philippine front and stirred up '
hornet's nest of resistance in the
Net In lands Past Indies.
Dut li lighters b land and air
struck at invasion footholds
gained b\ the Japanese over the
week-end and acclaimed that,
with allied aid. they showered
two Japanese cruisers, a de
stroyer and two transports with
bombs.
Tile ' '• ' ' ■ •!' the land, sen .1 i
vas still n the
i a'.anvi "c '.uatin.il u is m.> i.it
:ig r |y. de -t: 'clic l'ary
Fur ; ni tin* Dutch hai
X’ni'ed S' ,it's v. irsnips and \meri
cati .1 .1 \ sdral an planes.
The l>ut: li surprisingly found
it possible also to help in the
defense of Singapore. V P. I
fighters were said to have shot
down three Japanese raiders at
tacking the P.ritisb base this
morning.
In th ■ Pi..1 to* tic-. W ishingtun
......,, . \ i: ‘ ■ ilory ha ttle
; m, i the t ntire front
(; ;,i t , it\ or: o . ,i ami air
... ■ , .m m-.: , .1. Itirl rati .»s
. :, • • new Japanese offensive
The .! ; . Me -e i :d Meg. it ate.I an
port n i 01 their way to
■ i Smean.ov w.th the r: . ' are of
K .ala 1. . Mteir.
L.-S •! K ...I . 1. at.| nr ee.oui
.a ge t e ly ... Itr Malaya, was
.(heated a e m.v by the British
■ hen they ; * n .vl dgod another re-.
: . .t i.n th I', i,id to bongo, *■ .re - •vvitlt
i. .ova! v. p it. oi- net ore Ser
i ban, ... null i iieast ot Kuala
1. . : p .. 1: e Jopam « billowed the
.-. . . . t ... t h hea y .....
Tokyo annul-mi til officially
that In i troops on Sunday en
tered Koala Lumpur, one of the
greatest (enters mr crude rubber
in tlie world and capital ol the
teller, ited Malay states. Kuala
l.umpur is in Selangor.
V Uh Krili,e withdrawal to
the < crcmban line, the battle tor
Singapore moved into another
stale ot Malaya, \egri Seliinban.
the last one on the northeast
before .inhere, which takes up
the southernmost tip of the
Malay peninsula.
Ac: a i:a: row strip of water
! - tie ,l.,1 i.ire shore 1 it's tilt* i>
i .mi ,Singapore, bristling with
: ,ilci ■ I..rti 1 n ations and
naval installations—the place which
l-., |;: i .. ng ha-, e called their
i; alt.ii ..! *.:• .- Fa-?. pivot of united
n.it;.in- strati gn al hopes in the Far
Fast.
11rg.irilless of the sweep of the
Japanese through almost two
tliirds of .Malaya in little more
than a month in year. Singapore
will he no easy nut to crack. The
most Die Japanese can hope tor
is a costly victory after a terrible
siege.
Tin- .lapane -o -up; 1 monied their
. .e p.v. .n it Singapore Iron- the
i. thwe-t u th tierce air attacks.
- Japanese lid that a paekt d
■ I> train v. .,s * ppled P om tne
t..n'K m-.ii T... )iin by a bomb hit.
((’or,'ini,id on Huge Three)
HENRY MOSS & CO.
IS INCORPORATED
11 !i• Ja i. 1- (API t'ertiti
e; ti - • • t in . p,nation tiled in the nt
' ■■ ' i i re. secretary ol state,
today included:
Hemy M is ,A C'n. Inc. principal
otl'i . . Hi ndi i ■ ,n. N to engage ii
gelier; I opp|\ all 1 ! t realltilo busi
ill- V.e-i e . oiai lock. istOn
win i , 1 toe! $300 bv Henry
M iss. F-. nk II Hu ks and Williar
W FIIingt-.nl, all ot Henderson
Shipworkers to Repair Pearl Harbor
“Komember IVarl Harbor'’ is 11 m slogan of these shipworkors, who volunteered for transfer to the
Hawaiian : aval has? 1 he men are shown parading pa-t the r< \ ing -rami a' :he IP hp n, \ y.% \lVV
lard as they piepaivd to lea\e for Pearl Harbor, wlmiv they will repair the heavy damage done by
J a pa nese bombers.
Allies Seek Bases In Eire
U.S. Airmen
Chiang Kai-Shek Has
Plenty of Soldiers, But
is Short on Officers
and Fliers.
B> ( I! \K!.l S I’ ST! V, \KT
(Central I’rcss Columnist)
Washington, Jan I" (lea •
Cm ,nu Kai-Siu C ina' g >\ -
ei; 1.; enla! and m i.larv he aln .a:. |
AH< : ' : re s, 1 1 e miry. j
'in lii'i '-Cl an a and at Tad.nd, ha.'
ini : ante d to
:
it .a hi airier and '
i •: italny n-c .. |
t A e ; i r
11 my : a- r- aij<;
ill the aviator- h< ;
.Mil ,;rt. I hit that. |
tar a rank- j
tnd-t ;le land ;yiit- :
*r- an- e> : .a., rued, j
le has aaad m »n- |
p< >\ver nt h i *v. 11, |
ae c .vs.
Ip'.. * X l " ' ’ i ! k ■ I i •
Chiang Kai-shek
It u : : • :■ i •
he'd have 1 -n ,n -if! icien’ 1 ■ 11 1
with China's p.>pulati< n '!'•■ y m.i :
light. ! — ■ ■ Wn.it t in- ,iv. < Ivii’l,. ;
iva'd. , k"v \ t . i- a 1.!’ 1.■
strategic specialist to v • a- • c- :
; on •■ j (■l ivally me
qna'e ' "e,
Ii' ■ air • quite undei stand
aviation speeia i. - Is w ! 1 i ' -'! i i.v j
help! ul tn Inn.
And. i•! e I • ' 11 !|i- •
ieal and expi>- '. e siippin
edly.
Experts he kept
generalship .- iy ■ that < • . a I
nr.-t-ratt cimimaiidrr-.n- hiel hut
they agree that I"1 and ■ deil'y i
shnrt of well-train d a.d- .>t the j
job of field operation-.
What’s known as an "exnedition
. y foree" I r. an a hrid, I la"■ igll. :
would be iiperflumis.
Maybe it would be inlrre ling t '
I evil’- , what the naive Chungking
means.
••K.ng" a I- m- en pi '.i I ' 'V nr
north. P k.ng norllie' n eapila! j
"Nan" nv e: • n’h N.ar. in; ’ •- ;
(•rii capita! "C’lun'g" nv '1 n
t a n or a Mol her Tim - Cr • ■ '
other e:n i'.il. ... Chiung rhn.-e
•o' 1"-elf a* tel the .t ap- had ore ,
pied Peking and set p ■ pnppt'1 g" - I
erri en! in Nanking
Syllabi s lik" "I i M ’ " gi‘ e
1 go. 2 a ul vi 1 Cut- hk< - <*
The\ Do Make Seese
1 111: tralively. • en iple • ("•• lie e
i nrownee are called Sli oilrng and
! Shansi H vmi know a hit - it Chinese
thesi designatioi mak sense 1 5c
! twi I'll S'aint mg and Shan-i there'
ll mnnntion range No".', a n "iinlatn
j - a-li.in ' "Tiing" ' i an- east
••Si" means west Shant " 1 east of
(Continued on Page Three) i
Hemisphere
Parley Nears
liio dt* J.inirio. .Jan. 1 ..— (AIM
—Foreign ministers ol American
republics converged upon this
capital tor tin* conference to de
termine tile western hemis
phere's stand in the uoild war.
The conclave starts January la.
Two plant's nrr.iini; Sumner
Welles. I nited States undersec
retary ol State, and aides reach
ed Belem, in northern Brazil to
day.
Excess Profits
l ax Changes
Indicated
W . - he.;' • . la; ! 2 • AP 1
sk:n ml the ;i.»- r !. m c m c« •(.
tion ( in pm-duet.iot
: ’ a i .. * ' - Sc . . . a1 • i: c
M. liter
grew ing i• vp>.11!t i■: ..f tin* . * pu’r ■ ;
l .it tin' V-1 ,i in y In explore
new ! leltl.- "i t' mi. Ci Min.i i !y . h i
he v.- n ■ i;11 iiu■ I‘i’ v. i iuId !>■
-ti ' ng ip; rt : i pw.md i i>i-mi
tn fill j i- ‘: ri M 11 . |. ." ’ll* i .' i i’ll
Nazis Fight
Typhus Fever
Pern, Sv. hr. i. Am 12 - AIM j
' Jr! IV. t*< b.: 11! llg an Oi. t in ra.; !
rd luind> ' (is «>i adu.t n.d d »et |
and n:irse> to tin* t a.-tr. :. ! min mid :
e~'abli>!'(*( 1 an anti-i pidr • e era’- r
W. . til- .... ..1-1
l 1)1 "1 tie Sv. ■ - i < ■ X:11. Hill
7. it i,ng n-jii m tin! 1 ■ n i.iy
A . • ■ -'■ ii ain lift*,” tin
can icr ul typhie i ilted Na/. ■
s'tldit'is, wt’;iMine 1'imi\> clnl!i:ng fui I
Iing pei i'd> v it ; . ' i g them,
the ttewspa pel - i A. <■ i' ' ll bes I |
with lice.
"The abn n ti nd we.ilh
: !■ f,.i'i!.” .1; e t; .ii’. \\ inter
;i. t itv in ... i . Me .it clothing.
f.'od and .shell, r t " tie. ti ■ ■ i' - ■ imt
iiHTia- ng pain.-i.ikmg examinuti-.m '
el hi tilth e..nciii111iis. tlu’ disp.itcii I
said.
viiEm i
FOR NORTH \ROI.IVV
OeiH r.ilh fair and warmer to
night.
De Valera
a
Renewed Pressure
Brought to Bear on
Eire for Use of Ports
arid Airfields.
London. Jan. 1!— (.Vi*)—Bri
tain and the* l nib'd States were
reliably reported today to he re
newing their pressure for bases
in neutral l ire.
New overtures, combined with
a converted British press cam
paign for ports and airfields in
Lire, both to defend the islands
and to aid the allied war Pi the
Atlantic, so far have been main
I informal but ofli ial, it was
said.
V m*’ M ' K. • .n Je Valera
■I V " . • - V • ! i thi/.'d V ith
. . p
a •< ’ •* Hire
• " '! t •' ... , Mpi
fW Uni' ri
SfC p-e • • • • d •.■
p , 1. , U-j.
;
n.!"*.■! . .! in n* ? *•. • 1. attle
\t!;,nt tow u'd
rron'biMfd •• T .o')
Georgia Law
Invalidated
\l ■;
Hit's < tat1.itt
longed by the .l ist ee depart w-nt ;
"pooling
.1 u>t,iv I>yrn*'s \\ ■>’ ?h« d t * 0
tit vision. .1 istiee lb : m i1 - did n- t p.n
tieipate.
' 1 !ie leg■ *-]a‘ • <n .:ti»* any oe
"is a: .moil che.. t a ml ^windier." -..
tvt to punishim nt. w '.*» e >i tract -*ti
te» perform p 1 -. a -<•: ' ee \ '.v
intent ot obtaining 1 .-new in ;ui\ amv
and tin n i t carry -. it t
vent.
Under the law it al-o was >pec
lied that piv ■■ •! i>l the pop.’ rae1. tli ■
procuring el tlie n nry and la lu.
to perl* ! m th st\ ice or b> ret v i
n ey v it n t e r es t
good and .-uliiewnt cause." e.-n-'i
tuted "prc>umpt . e * v; ic*'
intent. _^ _
U. S. Fleet
Not Idle,
Knox Says
\Ya oi.* * m i
Serretarv oi t. t* . v •. Kno\
su. s t<.J t\ J:.al whil* tit * \mer
i .t' t is ;i i idl. • 11> early
('>51! 1' l\ * M!!I\S (!(«\\ ii could ! • '
« >■ . i i .e . ,ipun,,se lirei
arcs t1 .!: In. bait! «n the Ai
M. i . It Ho war’s most
nnj. e i . * .* ,,11.
’? 'e ‘ >o. I .«»}>. he said
in a *|iret it prepared lor the
annual i nited States ( onl'er
(iii> i .or's. i-. keeping the
sea 1.: ot en !> ‘t\\ i (ii America
and Hr i:io ir 1 to bring about
ti c d : i. ot tetter' (*ermau>—
“our :;r .il enem>." I he greatest
li:i **.ii . Hill i > pian ot co!i
('••• ,( r n \ said, w ■ i • ‘ nited
States' productive capae;t>. To
i . «i .1 firil.in- and Ku -
• • . < . I r made \ .> t n his
: :il ii?* «r *.!” just .in lie did
l lie added.
Axis African
Armies Run
Short Of Fuel
.1 an i ll i . *. i Willi iii«
axis Aline.in In;.; la enrp.- :ep».v.i
running -I u t "I I. a -1. it j > ■ Br;!;.:i
Middle East c .in md den ued
clay .. maintaining ’ p.-g.-. ,s‘
u;i tin v treating lu.nums and
Italians m ;1 i ■ K1 Aghei area des -
File British -.ml ila :; planes ‘Mi
tile a Me.a- n;i ei.e-nv supply col
as ns ai d :;. r trsii-purls."
In the lialMya-S l;.;;i urea nil lilt
Kg. p'.ian-l.i.'iyitii rrnntier, where an
a ed ax. gal 1 ...III ,s defy is; Br -
atlari. . 1 :i B. tish .... ,( the
' ii.. flip; , -ed an . t 111!) r
tid I tali n isone yesterd j
Tiio north African army ol > i.
i 1 I Knmii.t-I \\ a- eported fall. .
■ a sitiwly ; sum Agodiibia \\ .' .
a inninl. fmf ■- - lashing at '
a illy re.-a-tmg rear guani. '
/1 T. 1.
State College
May Advance
Graduation
JS’ate C» -lit
<n date
meally ti
ck; try as
i;: a1 e war ; ■ u . i;
The prop.» vmm .id d
■mm-’ only sen:.mm-.: i\m th it
ROTC .J ’ < : e. .m
■ eai
her the
v. o ;]. i i, accept able.
Il d en set vr .1 e.e 7 and 8. Under
pi, . ,: , . . , 1 • • .•, ; • • , .i -vV,, Ll ’ d 1
be a ho 1 M; y 1’ «ud 14.
Wickard Fears
Food Shortage
\\ • -p Mil. .1 a 14 \! ‘ Do- i 1
. r t \j e t**d and a- ye’ cn -ar ib!e j
.it* . i i :>.>n ti i - country !m food. |
r - i« ’ > : Yes vulture Wiekard r- |
,i..\ v ' md A • t'fie in.- against i.>e- 1
• "m-erned about c
■: '
lb
terview e
katurdav. de-pit
lent I
trato . i inp-M ’ e: a m: the j 1
(Continued on l’agt iraee) I \
No Jap, Please!
H' Yip. C‘ v - at a
1 • , .
s’,: -1 r ■> m:r n sta!.*-s I. • r an
■
i‘*a s \ irtoi'y I*'ii i*t. J{<> w \ ins
s ■ ; *adi - ■ .. ( • -1
1 • •
a. . ■ d ; > ..of
t*.-.* manun -j ion
Defeat
Chinese Report Japan
ese Forces Retreating
Northward From
Changsha.
( himgh r . .1.1 *1. I F—lAP/j —
'*i new-tonon ottcissive power oi
(ieneralis imo ( hiung Kai
Shek’s hirers has wrested suc
cesses from drives against toe
fa];mese on lour w idely sepai a(
»d fronts. communique an
nounced l t-A.i \.
On on trout, the announce
ment said, tv villages have been
( a ptureri in a new oi [< nsi\ e
wh a ajii'-ently endangered
the entire position ol the Japa
nese hirer- along the luin^hai
i vimid ith of tin \ « How
1 i\ , ; .
• M :e
t ,v. . \ \w, and ioiM
n . o ; i! l! i list win.'! e\ '
<•'.! ilUi-:; .UjpamvM* \\ i.i» .>!,• ;i \
i 1 iak th
I.iiiu,hai aiul 5* ip;nu !!
; .i;lw i' n .tl 1 U n : • in.u . u
*> ai!i i • i--<‘ \ 1 •.• j n . in
H"iian pn \ i <
■ ted last 1
This \\‘i * U • • ■ -
• the .1
SHADES OF HOSIERY
WILL RE ONLY FOUR
l'!• .1 12 . API Not nrt •
' . : (| U ] ( ’it-. ■ \
Ii.ific.s ' si• ad * ■ ‘ ' i' . 1 1 ’ !. i 14
■ . i ... . •
y Taylor 11 Dur'i if . f Cf.irlollc
... iif, \ . i 11 . 1m.m '. ' il i
." i11 1 .1 *11 Vs .1 », :r>
: ilyvins i flH'i' ut trderal rvy
dotorf oi dai'f I
Strategic
Lyudmcvo
Russians Report Rup
ture in German Lines
Between Vyazma and
Bryansk, With Heavy
Losses to German
Forces.
Whm-iiw I : \ ■ ’ ' — < <11 -
i ii -11111 ): - in soldiers have
lii'ii .* icv (Jennan winter
ili'li'. jin between Vyazma
■■ n I lb ■.. ,i- U. mi the central
front. i apti:: aim llic sled pro
dutim; i -liter of l.\ udiimvo, it
was reported today.
, i . lev. mile
i Biy
titisk.
\ mid-day cominur ique re
ported continued sjeresses, chid
of which was '‘annihilation ol
l.liltl <.ciman ofliccrs and men"
and destruction of five anti
.. i.vi a 11 batteries and three
(tench morler halt' re duriim
a two-d.iv battle on tin souto
v. c -.ti'i i t rout
S' .i-t t: • i - h:o.t i-eui . a lift'• . r
populated place" ..lie, anti: hi late-.i .'
German oiinnpv hath.: m n tin
ii "1 ! : ' ,.u:i v.: j ci • :! 24n :. i
ei -1 "< o and do 'no ed ■:\
t ■ .; .. ar: dne: unidentified see
(Adolf Hitler w a . d Jam: rv 1
n Stuekhn . t„ to Lot
:i..\ < -d ip in adqonrtc:'- at S': ■ '
. and 225 i ve.-l of Most
Gt .Hi . t'ted thi
p i rde.• ■: 1; men '1 ■ hold t ..
Via ' ,.-15: ' : one all e-i
(A Britis : broad st heard
••V t BS ' Ku sp"ki -
. the R inns et
m -v no P rv i : ,n lii.v. Toe loetihty
tin- :.d\ oi i" it tjiv rn, ii o
II o:h! mean tr.o the 15 -- an.- had
po ily e ttired city
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hoi i \' 1st- ■ood
Romances
Vnd A
B». i :. w 1 >• w eiv : ,in ied at Pah
U". ■. ! . Fla.. ... ‘ Mom: ,v. v ed at
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The 1 v• • > n e % an due bad: tl
\* ei v • it,,it Ma*ke\ ran art rtnii^
to K" t Bo>t«in. while hr will ar
1 a. i 'hr IT d .Jam- ary 2J
The ~1 -\i a; old Mu'k'.'v and hi
B> \ ra Id ati- V, t't' I * \Vr •'
ai : :«'d 1 \ tie IT tllrnn Li it/ at
’i r Ba’Un I Bn bv?erian dunrti wain
nlv hi parent . hi.* i.der «.nd two
oi three lriend.- in attendance.