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Hfcttiterjson Batin Btspalrir __ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OK NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA _ TWENTY-NINTH YEAR mS.*' HENDERSON, N. C„ THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 15, 1942 ''r',;uslV.;v A.'V :....G; UN""N FIVE CENTS COPY Air Battle Fought Over Singapore Japanese Land on Is land in Dutch Archi pelago Just South of Singapore; Jap Bomb ers Shot Down Over Cot regidor. ilk The Associated Press.I Japan's invasion armies were pictured by Tokyo headquar ters t idav as driving into the rain-la-.hi d .jungles of Johorc state, less than 1 10 miles nnrtii oi Singapore, while British and Dutch planes fought Japanese raiders in a fierce battle over Singapore itself. Jill, in■ -tat'.' - Ha' l.i.-t del' 'll -<■ , '.wark be!ore Singapore \\i report, roaching London -ant .' ;..inese troop, had landed on an .aul m tile I Hileli ai ehipelago, ju.-t c ■ !h o| Singapore, in a new threat Hi it., ill great Far Fast st ri nig - hold Tiie report a 1 o d dared that .Tap ■ , .(■ t, uve n i wing d'iw n the ,1 > i ,..-t i'oa-1 had outflanked the • , ■ i; ' Kndaii. 100 miles not In n. S iigop' re. and that its fall was ini ii' n! In the Philippine war theatre, the War department announced today that defenders of the Philippine fortifications shot down two heavy Japanese bom bers and hit others in a tlight ot nine which attacked ( orregidor island in Manila Bay. ( isualties among the Amer icans and Philippine troops were slight, the War department said, and only minor damage yy.is snt fered I" the island fortress. An of: n : 1 T, ikyo 1 imadc-nst di cl;,red : 1; a I Japanese troops were n> ra pro am (li-r.it al Douglas klac.'y1 tl ur's A u'l'i iran-Filipmo deloiuici sou'.hw ai': into Katun peninsula Iron Hoi-mo a. A bullet m .i. imperial .f.ipanes a.a.y in adipiai'.its said Japalte.-c (Continued on Page Sev n) DAYLIGHT SAVING MEASURE PASSES Washington. .Ian. 1 ’—I M’1 — t ongressional action was com pleted 111 tile House today on legislation lor universal day light saving lime which would advance all clocks one hour. The measure yy ill become ef fective ',’11 diyy alter ITesi- ; dent Roosevelt signs it. Leaf Prices Near Record North Carolina Tobac co Growers Receive 53 Per Cent More Than For 1940 Crop Raleigh. Jan !•>.— <A1*) — North Carolina tobacco farmers received S127.K51 856 for their 1941 Hue -cured tohaco.o crop, an increase of 53 per cent ovei 19f0. the State department ot agriculture announced today in its final summary of warehouse reports. Although the crop was 1 1 pt t't’tv small r than in 1940. prices pe pound were 73 per cent higher The priee average of 29.83 cent- - pound for first hand sale- was tin s eond highest on record. This figure however, was 40 per rent lower tire the all time record, set in 1919 Wk rehouspnien r ported the tola sales of 128.609.867 pounds The si' Use-cored markets which operate! last mor.'h sold 1.135.490 pounds o leal for an average of $18.41 a hun dred. Two No, *h Carolina burlev m o k et renorted rVcember sales ot 3. 141.538 pounds averaging 31.2. rents. compared w ith 3,680 05 Pounds which averaged $18 68 fo the corresponding period last sen Vt»n. Th ? burlev miu’kets Ashtvilk ;;nd Bjonu Three New Divisions By March 15 Camp Facilities to Be Expanded; 75,000 Of ficers to Be Commis sioned; Air Force Re quirements Are Modi fied. \\ tsliingtun !.m 15—— Secretaiw Mimson announced today tin \rmy had started ex panding tti approximately 3.000. 000 office!«, and men. more than doubling its present strength in ground and air fortes. Stic -• .. .-.i (i the me. aUti. thru1 new d.\,-;<>ns to b<- urgani/.i d i by March 15 disclosed >i/e n year, camp fac;h j ties arc t« • be expanded in the incan ! wnile The expansion, announced at a press eonference. tails for: .’More than double the number of air combat units. Creation of ?>'l motorized or triangular divisions, in addition to the .7 conventional ground troop divisions now in service, and doubling the number of armored units. A proportionate increase in anti-aircraft, engineer, and simi lar special units. Formation of 50 or more mili tary police battalions to replace troops now guarding critical fac ilities in continental l niled States. \ large increase in the num ber of men in training centers to provide replacements for all or | ganized units and the personnel for “the additional units to lie created in the spring of 1943.” As a part <»l this \..M cxpan.-i n. ! Si »n a:a miiced at the same ti" <•. | 75.(>(M) .\\ 11 be is»mmissioned jin special <iffavr candidal - sc!i"<i!-: this yea: and ;■«wi■.moments f<t p.r (Cent:*'. ;ed -n Page Three) Price Bill In Committee .\p A •• '• \ today nil . . m , xre} tion,. . id. \ .1 f>i" Jap Liner Sunk By Sub Sinking Raises to Eleven Total of Enemy Vessels Sunk by U. S. Undersea Craft. Washington, .Ian. la.—The Nav\ announced toda.\ that a 17.000-ton Japanese inert haul liner had been sunk b\ an \ineriean submarine. The vessel was ol tlie \ awai t class, owned and operated b.\ the V \ K. lint's, and probably eonvertable into an aircraft car rier. A N;.\y nd ;d least t one \t sel the Yaw; la class of tli v i p* i.i'ipient vis tors to west coast ports, had been converted into ‘.Continued on Page Sevitp) Reds Launch Great Rattle At Mozhaisk Direct Frontal Assauk Loosed Against Ger mans Massed at Key stone of Dwindling Nazi Defense Corri dor; Other News. (The Associated Dress.) Russian shock troops were re ”e> i »(1 masking in a dir < l fron tal assault toda v against S (ierman> massed at Mozhaisk. 37 m les west of Moscow . i « what appeared to be one of tile i.* lat est and perhaps most decisive battles of the war. Mu/ haisk is tin* key dwindling Gei tin dclense < 1 cn tlu' \ti|)<>k•< mic 11 aid i. ■ • . .\i c"\» to Smolensk The Hr;11: h radio aid Ik. ' a age battle w*is raging a! gah - .■•I M izhai.T. Other Red arim forces, slovvl.v closing a giant trap anmiiil .Mozhaisk, were officially report ed to have re-captured the town of Malyn. 33 miles to the south west. This meant that the Ger mans now had only a 70-miie wide escape route from Moz haisk. with Soviet troops press ing from Volokolamsk in the north and Malyn in the south. Volokolamsk is 33 mile- n<>: Ih 1 t Mozha isk. A bulletin from Adolf Hitler's big command. tersely noting "deten r- •! t ,,ttlc an the Ml c-.\\ ar 1 Lenin i grad iron*..-, acknowledged that the Hu-nans w uv making a new driw j ai"i:;' the Si a ol Azov h-w ard I Tag.ini • >-g, K> miles west . ■: ih-.A"\ - "ll-Dnll. Tlie <1 len ;\ e \\ as tei med “ msili - re -.-1U1.” ( ; 11 i::.i! i de- el t t Ighte. wci e n - porl ad ,ii I nidi ai to he e:: pf >\ a ig iw-'-man tanks in the HI Agheiia pb.a-e ot the hattie of Libya, i -! them being midget machine - Inch Dalian had tea d and d. eaiilecl after the 1*141 Lik.y.m e m I »a:.gn. i )therw i-e the Line m p:c! av v. a _ Avoid Debt, Babson Says ! ‘Spend and Save Wise ly,’ Economist Says in Warning of High Fed | eral Debt. B' IMKiI K \V. BAUSON I( (iiivright 1012. Publishers 1 mancial i Bureau. Inc.) Ilabs,'ll Park. .Ian. 1 a ' " ' ccci:: rep' at ul 11. cum111iHoc ■ ■. i;-os selltia 1 expenditures he r i ey Sen ate:- Byrd is a step ;n i; an 1 di rection. This con or. dice I. . rets mi - mended slashes in ii'Di-dop-e e H"\ rnmental expendi'a.re-. - : eou d result in sa\ ings totaling $1.71(5 tlfio. Ofil daring the con eg i e..l v. r he ginning duly 1. In all ... ::y the comm i ttee': -uggo-1 ion adopted in tnto There - ,v0'' ennsiderahle sympathy 1 ■ ’ t ici.il Washington toward many of the sug gestions. rnquestionably. - ih'tantia! savings u ’ll he made m tai aid. public works. WPA. (AV. md WA expenditures as was indicated in. the President’s budget me age The Federal Debt K\ on it' a gi". at part ol tie- ybove nientioned sum is withdrawn from non-defense measures it .' 11 not nave much el feet upon the n .t "tvil • debt. Savings wall undo-a .to.t A in' tra listen ed to tlu* aril a ■ out pi gram Her at lea 1 ■■ ■ ' on i ox I pendi’er’s ..re .d.s.iluteiy nm- arv and v I oe of more in od de prac tical value. In a lighting " I essential that national expt nditures ri e t i a maximum foi tei < tion and that otlit r expeiiditores he kept to a minimmi Tlio.-o who 11:i\ e red rt .1 tlmir per ' sonyI debt need net not he vneorn . ed over the nat.on d de: k tlmugli 1 ' expect u to he o\et $75 hill on by th‘ end of the year. Kxpenditores tor direct and indirect md in id ud federal ' aid for the past six months of the i 1 __ j , cCcHtinuei en P^'e Sv :r.' The Western World and World War II ATLANTIC » UNITED NATIONS A* Wip wrtfc Ax# ALSO ANTI-AXIS ] *>GSNTIN> ] I URUGUAY 1 I Wl«t. Am Tm _ _ , ,,on>fd U S ''I1”'- b0""'d , | FRIENDLY NATIONS XXX* 1^" I Piohwh Ajrf or ‘Syiapatfcy' to U SI I its ports Pro Am I 1 mmontrtl *ctio« j$ Tliis map^hows how the Americas, with war to the East and far to the West, have lined up for the Pan American conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Traditional anfci-United States sentiment has dv,indit'd in many l.atin American nations in the face of the common danger. In some of the countrie>. MU'iii; pio-Axig minorities are busy publicizing the old story of “Yankee Imperialism. ((. < ntral / cess) Ship Sunk Off Long Island Enemy Sub Near Coast Two Men Dead in Sinking of Panaman ian Tanker 100 Miles From New York, bor. \» u York. Jan. 15. - \ P Disi losiir • that an cnem\ sub marine bad deliberated circled a Panamanian tanker just off Pong Island, exploding two tor pedoes in her port side and one in her starboard, was made toda> bv Navy officials in detailing the closest approach oi actual warfare to the nation's east coast. lb Admii al Kdw ard t ’ Kalbt ns, N < j > ' n a v a !..■ • .I - i -ed that the at*..e„ by an nd nuMi ban ■ • •• . :e-e i d and wore m ‘ g" »d - |u ' 1 \ e; t. • "> ■' "' » '.'/ate!' jand Adni: K. b* v. 'tided t.ne j N-\y d pa: Mia? ' e \ e - i e.’ivMUuted a en i„ na\ The tori 1 ed at 1:110 | m. I 'ST -ai \\V,i:ii'Mh. \ ' t‘> , e YInnta . I' ! ! - land, little nan e than 100 • ile> j . ■ New York harbor FOLGER WILL RUN IN 5TH DISTRICT \V :■ • m-Salem, Jan 15 -i APi~ Rvnri entative John Folaer of Alt Any. IV' . hi • Ihi' Fifth district. j ;11;11:i1 ' i mi t..Ja\ ; e i* a candidate I for re-eleei 1 ieet to the Dem oeratie pi n al \ ,n Al i\ , Tin 1 ■1 aii .' . anijaiati for tli,- , • | nv T! ■ v ,i. .1 H V.'ullii'i n .ini! Dr. D C Sue a bi it! a For >\ oi I OH NOK I II t VHOI.IV \ r.iir tonie111 in ■ in i. Ii rliaune i U| UtuiiiClalUlc. Welles Sees Argentine Success of P'an-Ameri can Conference May Have Been Bound Up in Meeting. Rio dr Janeiro, Jan. la.— ( MM—I ndersccrctary <>l State Sumner Welles of the I nited States anil Foreign Minister Fu riijiie Ruiz fiuinazu of Vrgen tina consulted for i."> minutes today and success or failure of the Fan - American conference at hand may have been hound up in that meeting. The two el :i tile A: gent me' hotel ! •■'•! and. leaving the plac ‘ separator. . they withheld preei e ci nment n their talk. Argentina ha <h< iwn -: yn ■ ot holding o .' again-t any general Pan-Am r:e;in breach 1 relation- with the a\ i -. Whiles left Ruiz (iuinazu's hotel room smiling. He said he had “a cordial and pleasant con versation with my old friend, the foreign minister of Argen tina.” Welle- and Hriz (lama u a: the heads of them nations' delegations to the third consultative conference of foreign min -ter of the Pan-An e.v ran republic . 'Their talk va in the nature of a preliminary cmi.-ultation Newspapers Favor Censor, Price Says \V.millin'!. 11. Jail, la (AIM - My r. in Pi .,•«•. d n irlm of i t'll-, .rship -aid tiKi.a\ that Hill! per tint ol tin newspapor and ■ .nl ■ • nduslrivs wen m favor ol voluntarily withholding nous whieli might be of \aluo io the enemy and that "uere not crossing the bridge .>I threats or penalties un til we collie to it il we do." "And 1 an not sure «v are going ..._ . I .n rage Sc. -u) SAL Train Hits Truck; Driver Killed Wake I nre>t .Ian. 1">.— ( VI*) V iruck driver \s as killed, and several railroad passengers were slightls in.otien todas when a bakery truck and a southbound train collided at a crossing a mile north of here. The Seaboard train, en route from New \ ork to Miami, was partialis derailed. The railroad officials said the engine and two ears left the track. VII of the passengers were able to continue their journeys. (Continued :i Page S- v . n) Johnston Farmer Kills Wife And Man Si: til field, .i. n 1a. A I *) A middle aged .h'lmMon county t.i: mm v.a- lodged in a! undisclosed i.nl ' » ida.s charged vs ' . double murder and | a near ! alal •: < »t mg. Deputy S e J Monr t Parket 'dentil led tin a- Herman Alien, about 3a. "i M' Four Oaks section, j The motive o! tne "hooting was not immediately .imv. tamed. Tin* dead were 1: led by Parke a" Mis. Kuth Allen. 30, wale ol the suspect, and (' p Paynnr. 33. who lived about m\ .ties Horn the A» len'." lann. The wounded mail, Pai i.ei o w a." Pradv 1.. <• 3ti. 1»i other >i \l. Allen. The deputs said Unit Allen -ho' j Kaynor it the latter3 hot e a > I 3 o’clock tlii a tdng. The su>pcc: then went t tin m< f l 1 er-m-law, Mm NcLun Lee. and 'ho' Mrs. Allen and in m Parker sal 1 Sheritl K L Post* and Deputy ; J. Whitley arrested Alien at t>:3() a m. while the "U-pect was changing a tire on ai automobile. Allen gave . up without o t'uggle. Deputy Ekirki * said Allen told of ficers he was drunk and did not re vC-nkiUied ... Pug* ic .p. Second Ship Sunk Near Coast Guard Bringing Survivors From Ship Sunk 15 Miles From Hampton Bays, About 75 Miles From New York City. Non York. Jan. 15.— (AID— The (oast Guard station at Quebec. Long Island, said toda\ th.it survivors of a ship attacked oil tin* Long Island roast were being brought to shore. Details of the attack were not immediate 1\ revealed. It was the second such attack in these waters in two days. 1 was understood the attack occurred about 15 miles offshore from Hampton Bays, about 75 miles from New York city. Headquarters of the third naval district here had no im mediate confirmation of tin* at iack. The dut> officer of the Quebec (Hast Guard station said sur vivors were being brought to Shinnecock Inlet, which links the Atlantic ocean with Shinne cock hay. Senators Make Charge Of Bungling Governmental Red Tape, Labor Selfish ness and Management Greed Hampered War Production, Investiga tors Declare. Washington. Jan. la.—i.\Pi-— The Senate defense investigat ing committer charged tndav that American war prodiie tinn had hern hampered serious lv hv months ol official bung ling, labor selfishness and man agement greed : report v. ar ,ntp .' \ esh of "hu - , • . i • .... ,d declared i i . p . i . - ,,f :enniie , ,i • . \ . -v (ilano t f the are l.r-.i-> i ■ r ii' n "ii a-nn rmei en piovo' - md mated. - automobile indust. ■ ■a mi to is ‘iitmoo ei ill v. ith n ' ret.i o i - (Continued >n Page Three! Lindbergh Will Not Fly Wa.shin.gtm Jai Id ■ v:1 Chat le V Landbergl ■ ml e t , n to ill.‘v w •t:u Arn \ , o Se , t, .. A a Hem - 1, s: n .ii -.. ol • il.i.v. out tor tin ; present will engage in teehnieal re search on a eomnietvi.il prop et i i which the Urn department is di ; reetly .nierested. The sei ret n > told h t ■ - fereitee that landbergh, formerly ai air corps reserve colonel, coiled m •io- hist Monday to ask whether It could .11 ot unv use to the govern • out or the \V r depart went. The ie\t day. St..nson sad. land hergli e- 'Peri od \ it! l.ieuteium General H H A imld. ylnei i .. \rmy a -ircO' slid Hobe-'t ,\ l.o air*
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