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l_ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IT PUSHED IX THIh SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UKOl.MA ^t*:;^**** ___
TWENTY-NINTH YEAR 1^V^k{s^AaVkm HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANTARY H», H»I2 ‘ .. !• I \ E CRN In
Tanker Sunk Off N. C. Coasl
* “ * • • • • ••• ••• •••
Germany C onfirms Reports Of Impending Move
Military
Convention
Is Signed
Germany, italy ana
Japan Provide for
‘Proper and Appro
priate Distribution of
Military Forces;
Other War News.
i ji\ I'lic Xssociated Press, i
Hints and actual rirrumsfaii
li.,1 n iilcncc tli.it Adult Hitler
i- plotting a new move, which
h.oc appeared frnm time tn time
since his Kussian offensive was
tlirown into reverse, were given
uHui.il axis stamps today al
though what he has in mind is
still obscure.
I lie German radio declared
that a military convention sign
ed yesterday !>'■ Germany. Italy
.,nd Japan provided for "proper
and appropriate distribution ot
military forces in preparation
for operations of great striking
power which will he ol oilt
st.indtng significance."
s, , , a j.i; a ,n. 10>\v a- belore, na
il,. i, t,, the Modi ten uneai i
!: engtio lied by the 1 act
II.: r.a.al chad. Grand Ad
i. .e:, Kaelloi . and i’l tdaici
.nil's elnei , d na\ al stall. Ail
.. if ice.mil. talked high strategy
■ .it ,i lia\ arian rende, ■ ou.
■ iile. the Italians amumneed
■ a..spite adv ct s’e w eathci .
n .,,r lore y, teiilay om
,-i ■ ■ago Mst lit.a y ob
,r,li ■,': :es id Malta ' 1'
• ■ dev ti;v. pel ha|). . that tin
, i n Mal't aflat k by
• i\vn piato .
|;. ■ i. ..Me, aieed that their
• ,.e , : the axis positions at
.. i. along w ith about 14,
i ;,•! a an and Italian pi tsonei
i , :. jet, . aide war materials, wa
bed a Hit the 1 >s id tewe '
pm killed ..nil loo wounded n .1
■Inn, il I i re ot I h itisl.
i , , ..,; ;,,, ,p.-, Fi t e French anil
11 n ... the allied ottensi. .
p.ng time m - Fi Agoelia
gal the ,nn i c n ", e ■ t o.e l.Ul!
s, , |e. v, he! e tie: mf Gene: a!
. . e .a.el - l, n ees luiv e I ei .
tape. n tlie road P
j p.i ;g ' e, ,iin'L. . di P, e "ii til'.
, . ... | . g. ei 1 II" . gtt ot let -
: .• "i,, .in p gV cmmatH
l, a. an apparent soibacn
• I■ i': a ,. min . , F.'' .do iya, m
.mg.,.,, . i ti e peninsula
, :, ,i recaptured Iy a ciml
.-I Ge: i n-Him Lilian 1 tee.
.. \ rep1 m 1" mat ha' >
apii.-e t" the Genual
pie, I,,| t:!e Hiller ."lainumi itai
, ip, i.illv .ini;r, -wiedged lo.-in.
1 . „i iva The emmuuique sail
, , II |;'u all- v. ei ■ taken prisoned
' (•'. .'d..- iva,
I hit the 'ugh . and ae • I.HIIlt
• g, a y to rep"!t at the -am
, g -ge Hu lar, I'.ad latmeiiei
.’, v ’ 'atliiek.- tii1 mg the enlir
g. • . er ir.-nt Ho e..,a ; '..finin'
i ;!„ lighting was -till in pf.'
but g.,. e no indicatem ot to
trend.
Labor Peace
Still Distant,
Leaders Say
\V,i .uingl 'ti. .Fill. 1!) 1 Al'1
| ') »• I ,i by John 1 • 1 A'W 1 that t 1
AFL anti Lit ) try oner a oft t
.• f.nin*.tn ground i'»r reunion halt
it. dicit n! 11:; ♦ *( I late >ign today
organized iabor'> two big h-u-e . n
v a lad v,i'< 1 \va; ring .-ince the tall
w «■ uUi ugiee on .i way t• * < > ■
the breach quickly.
Hie ini ■- ol tlu> Lotted Mi
V. irkers at Ameriean, largest unu
and lin.auial mainstay ul the (. i
addiv ed hi plea Sat1 inlay lo l
Pi e ale: it Ph dtp Mtll t ■ '> ‘lid A
1'n ataip William Green
Although it was as-limed genera
that Murray would a sent, he tua
is. pulilie priiniiiinu'iiiritt P'l '
tune he ug and Green aid "idy 1
(Continued on I’<tge Three)
| (>K MIR l it ( \H()l.ir. A
t aid' r lomslil
MALA Y JUNGLE
FAILS TO HAL T
JAP INVADERS
He’s Rcadv
SAND
FOR
f P116AST181 Ul
'>4< flw a
yfi S f* M •>*>* Vi>'fc
v* <••(:•’..'!»J *'>'4 tv <-i\ :}«('
>t vw» vy* -t****
I
Richard Kuehinsky, 5, of South Bos
ton, Mass., helps himself to a heap
ing bucket of sand, heeding the
mayor’s edict that citizens should
prepare for raiders who might drop
incendiary bombs. The buckets of
sand are placed in convenient loca
tions throughout the city.
Nine Bodies
i
From Plane
Body of Carole Lom
bard Identified; 13
Victims Remain in
Crashed Plane.
i v,..1,1 i— i AIM
Tin ", ■ , i If Af' 1 fa
I I. . . d -fid f gilt ,,llH ;■ pf,
. s , . a.f l'l! If cl in a naiu.it., in
, ... • . • >ii Friday n ght lay in
, ;, \Yaa : , ague t .day while
.. ,, i • rough sin a1 to bring
tin tenia n : 1 •> victims down 11 on
. Ill,' a. , in (I plane.
[ The dead included M - l.,,nil>ard
; in d : • I libel and tu o Othi worn- ■
en. the actress's .. • ' !"-‘
1 | live and la Al ley fhcr aid f ell
■ j to the pilot and eo-pil' '.
i Recover. d fron the plan. ' re. k- :
| a a late yesterday ; ■ !' niati.s
I ,,f t a. o wo iien and .•<•.<••• ' 1 ''
Ho: hi,.ml hair nd
’ I contour of tier lae. " , ft'' nable
! Feign t .) Malinin a ■1 1 ' 'len,
I o', 'mum ch, tf a ■ •>
i.ody a that .a M. 1, a* A
nqu t decided that, s i < 1 '< in
n n it* - i ■, i iif i l' ' 1 ' 11 ‘ ’ 1
TWA i hit en if ,'f ' 1 '
t.» 1 .i i> An.i4«*lr - "
Anothei nq lest a
all of the bodies have ei eeo\cr
ed.
Ado Cl ri; Cla'u'a 1 ' ' " ,u’rr
Mi, n j• i\ i:;i» \\ 'i'd •' ' ■ ' CVii
\ Finin' ni gut. rem ff !
ei' I a la,lei
d I Spei'Cfi l'r. ev. •' ■ 'a*
d 11•,. ,, d; e .done • ' I- Veea
S • rdav a i v. ev.M '■ ' t" ae
f .... oaf a ': 111 bafi. t • Mo'ivood
'< s, I ,. if m 1. ■- \llgei.- were
' i ,, V ,u, . . ,. ,,,: , double
! funera'i a Mi- <! '"'r
,n t »tU .to c »eld Pi f l.v
i in -d iV ' a I a a I'm 1 i\
(i
Cotton Prices
Are Mixed
\Vu Y..i !:. .1 ,n 10 ' A'M Colt,,:
f 1111,11 ..peii-d lb •■< id'- a bale lugli
VTd Ilf . ' " ' 1" rr”1
. ,f. * "
... • 1 , ran'-'f' 1 • n~
Fierce Fighting
in Progress or in Store
for Singapore’s De
fenders; Britain Ad
mits New Retreat on
Peninsula.
(By The V satiated Pressi
Willi the .Imam'se stiM ad
vanring. Malaya's steaming
jungle land, which the British
hail looked upon as a s,>rl of
natural Mag'imt I ine for 'Sin
gapore. has taken its place as
another outworn defensive con
cept and the battle for Singa
pore today became pure I,’, i lest
of lighting men and theii weap
ons.
Some of ilit‘ : r o ' . i ■ * - ’ -:' 11
nobat in the hi-P'i'v ot th” war u .
store, il not already in progrr
one the mon•v.-itm. fluid line dr -
•n-c m Join.re stab . well tom fed
.lies of the po. otal n.i\ al i win . a
e British rail theii (i ibr.ilt.n' o ithe
rient.
The British a-know ledged a
l.>-milc retreat in .loliore'- cen
tral sector and further Japanese
infiltration along the western
coast—tacitly admitting that the
offensive was between 90 and
!*.-> miles of Singapore—while
the Japanese claimed a thrust
down that same coast to within
ea miles of their goat.
50.. n. bat n<< .'lie on' .' • iiei'i i: o'
. on r. the British impt roils mot
lake tii ir t m..: -t.intl .: tin iVt •
se thrust is toil ted liort 0 .1 ‘ 'I ior"
trait. Th i - is the u a'or ha/.i’-.l which
■I the final an: vs 1. i ! Sing:i
ire island vvitl ' nvalu lie na\ a1
n -t.illa :ii 'iis.
Whom it i ■ t ■ ■ hold Si :iga m rr inay
■ el! eoiitro! the e 1 r e ' the wa '
ii the -outb west Peril ir
Th- i'! I'leia! silence 0 Mu' 11111 cl.
ai land action indicated diet the
hlliatlC'se offensii e Iron tooth 'Id -
ta ned n tor \rlhrrlam 1- foist In
tie wa - i * oick in c linn', nm ding o : t
■"iiir o! the battle lor Sing ipiorp
11., : i u• .1 a panesr 11 w agency
-J.• '“an I ;vn : ■ p ■' ' '
■ have ca pi need Pan
ama n Be a r. Me i 1 os from Singe
A gall ml i'.O'i : \: i ei'i'-ei' .ml
F lira'.. w '
allv t> the m
no 111ii 1 >t t il ' iiuat n va d<
Willkie Keeps
Private Status
Washing'"ii. Jan. III (AP >
Friend - nl Wvt dell 1. Willkie said U
day the ltlll h'rpublienn presiden
tial nnn'.mee apparently had deeid
ed to deelme official position wit:
tin- ivernt: it-nt llocau-c he w Ins
tn pre er\ e his pr:\ ate eapaeity a
a ci 11/eii and he free to utlei c--n
st met i ve crit ioni of the itcii m i -t ra
tion'' wair c flort.
W i Ilk a' already ha- i elected .
fer ol appointment a one ol i pa 1
ot arbiters to aid the new w. i I a w
board in its effort to ettle mdn ': . ■
disputes.
WiIlkie u a - reported ' - !
inf!' .meed in his den -: >n !•> ■ 'I
(Continued on 1 ’ w 1 '
Singapore Behind Barbed Wire Defenses
Mnri-I f Time
The city of Singapore is soon through ‘ aarhe-fi wir • os surr- urn ling t • • out in.- aivn. Tm Singa
pore River is shown, with the city humane- a the far m mi. K< v t- ir,• • Sr i -?.-ilie, Siueap- re . the
plum Japan has been str.v nig to pluck sneak atlacm u.: D< c. 7.
((/• ,<* r<i! 1‘ a ss)
War Debate
is Demanded
Churcniij Would De
lay Repdrt on Wash
ington Conferences
and Far East.
I.or,don. ,'Ian. lit.— '-VP,
(iovcrn incut critics lodav de
manded an immediate purlin
mentarv dehate on Britain’s re
verses in the l ar Past in the face
id Prime Minister < hurchilt s
intention to dela> the war steal
cb> statement possible a week
Reliable quart; i\- indicated Ch •
(•}:;;! intended 1" delay a -'aUanr
on i It of his Washington Confer
ence and tne Far Fast U’U . ho na
;i chance t • study I ill,.'- c . y d<
el p ent : the politiea
. hi- h - pre-Christmas dee •
Mr Wa-hmKton.
The |)i’ir ■ mi-ti r wa- r [
eiut,ipel 1 all day yesterday and 1 ■
n e nil enri ' th hifth i.dmi
■. • , ffia hiet foreshadow
all is ■ u "st quarters n.un- .,
a,, | al-.r p ' a t * a l > i n. t .Pelt a
ir appuinl ii ,r:11 t-hat
;,l n"l pe us imn "d
■ pa i la" i1 • i *. ewe.!
| , ■ . : - ; V at III" n \’
]l1|n., pa an ailmm ’
me fit ,f • 1-1' "1" d mi
(|,a, : ■ i f Smuap e ■
Mai ,\ i ’i■ i ' it for • ■ u ■' "
the l"ii' ’ country. A 1
and »>•■' *'• ' "
(h lie .'..la
■■ rill r : ' ”d '
"t th- I’’ '
I’ll'" "
VON BRAUCHITSCH
UNDERGOES SURGERY
(.undoi 13 - F ' *
,\ln!'; I'.il 1 W ' , h
c lvj • ’ - ,n ' •' unti* ^ u- ;in "1'
•, t t ' ca • t
,,, |. had tv " ■' »nt t
• 1’touted the C..
■ NB. a iT’l i tint to
, ( . , dial, vvhu wa re
,. i ,, , aider ot the army b;
\, |.. I: Hit!.a ’ month, wa- .-aid I.
■ • ’ • • - 1 « " ■ ’ ’
ljt. u ;i c to undt i'R" a 1"0
: i • •! . i ' . i
Ochsenreiter Recommended
As Successor To Anderson
n.tiu i»i>iiiti i< i'"11'111
111 tilt- >11 W 110-r llotfl.
Itv HOI! 'IIUIMI’XIV
U.lh mil. .1 .: 1
. ■ > \ ] \ , t ■ -
Hanes, chan
C\nnlma ad\ : " >
I . ; r« K'' ' i I' -
i vruvernoi ni
| mended that (" ' 1 ’ ' *
Asheville. nv< nl
i il’M's !>>■•■■
hr in.iht- > " I ' ' 1
1 -h.l, .| M" i-.ir .1
T .Vi'i- i
t j. c i x d ► * ■ >' **
( >,■: ril li i .is lint 1". c d
| ■ , | it out ippm ntn
(V. . Ill ll till cl n do
culci .(; I -I A III. I.’l Ollgltioi : .11
and ox. . ■' n.iCKgroniid, it
dcrstuod, and when reached by tell
phone the ■ 'll agreed to take i
Hi- nan o n ill« kept a score'
ll ,e •■(). Iiovi I1 el . til l!
Ie,,-i 1 ■ . ''I ’.e MiRgi'.-ted -I"
• f ■ .. I i • 1 1 il.A.tn - II - ll 11
or- -n.ee;
Mexico Proposes
Anti-Axis Stand
Subs Thick
‘As Catfish ’
In Atlantic
All I .1st ( Cl.1st t an.idian
I*.>i t. Jan. Id.- ' \FI—Survivors
ol a Panamaiiian freisjhter, tor
pedoed somewhere in the west
ern Atlantic, asserted on their
arrival yesterday that curin'
submarines were "almost as thick
as cattish" in the water where
the> w ere atiaeaetl.
Seven in number, the survinrs
all were sulleriiiK from in.iuries
or frostbite when they were
landed from a Canadian rescue
•hip. \ll were rushed to a hos
pital. where one died shortly
alter arrival
\\ briber any other of lln crew
ol :;7 bad been rescued was uu
know n
l'|i,. stirs is ors declared they
saw i lin'd on the submarine
aftei ibandoniiiK ship and sn;
ii alb ai t! ■■ raider with I larr in
Hop ol ..htaii'.inu aid Instead tin
s nomai : o- i >r*-d on them, tlies
said
P r e rn i e r A r r e s ted,
Charged With Plot
ting VV ith Japs to Hand
Over Country.
i 1*' ! or \ssoeiated Pi ess ,
i. , ,- •. ■ , -i British t
. ' \ tii'd. Pi
; Minler C 1 ’
■ idn idl'd '.:a
inn pled . : s • • I -
w. . • , ’ ■, i i i ii i • t t ;
sii.rod "Kip ' >
iinn.unii iin >pb
Suin' ;
ck in m si at'ns I'" •
t ■ O! lenti l hii- i' ''ll me P n; ,u
t the British government
- being u eel
I, ,. it J .ifi:. : issiPilts on Jap;
' ii s .tv; down Malay
. , | c , , ; ... ;ai j , expeete
' , . i .larf : : a flan
' all in . gn ■ ’ ‘ < i >ie K "in il
, ast It ... ... i port
■ : enti>’ bn Am- ■ •
■ ('Inna nsei I In
Fl epnrt
I S.O’ ■ n .■ ' 1 ■ ..' - - -
r , • mn • • • ' • ' 1 ■’ ’■
a , ■■!'!. 7!
.satutusa cn Cats' i m Vs-/
Resolution Would Ex
tend to All United Na
tions the Status of Non
Belligerency Now
Given U. S. By Most
Latin Americans.
Rio tie Janeiro, Jan 1!). — (VP
—Mexico presented a proposal
to the Pan-American conference
todav to extend to all the united
nations the status of non-belli
gerents in their light against the
axis pow ers.
Led > Argentina, most •■! tin
Latin A f.-.ean countries alrcndv
i.ave de(\...«ii tin* United Stall's
n. .ii-l M at : e:. t. Among other thing
• ; nit d States
Ann- > .,: • • tf: and leave then' p> wt -
,v,li. :. v : the regulate -n.- Pnv
19 A; .r.ean re-*
exert ! | >re- -m <■ < m Ar.gen -
• :, i .'mi • line lip m a >• >1 id
• • •..Marian nation
\ _■!.•.• .• < v- .-aid their del -
■ . . -land they eg
■ ■ (
i • . • • • ‘ delegal." '
,e v ■•nld ->p
of relation,
tile 1 H otii
vg Kn
. t • i - d id
. , • • ! 're ident
At Least Six
Die in Traffic
ed. I it 1 ' '
•
_■ • x i ..• • ('artLae
■' "I*}11• x vi e Charles 1’ llis. ell. A
1 T K . . .d N'' 1 u ’ :vr 'M . '
k .1 | I". ..! I . 44. . ’1 ‘ i' 1 ..111 I
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l,\ m .mi. .n .mu' ...- nr •> IK- I
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A. -i _ _
Unidentified
Submarine
Sinks Ship
Thirteen Survivors, of
Crew of 35, of Stand
ard Oil Tanker Allan
Jackson brought to
Norfolk Yesterday
Afternoon.
Nor:- (AT)
—The Standard Oil tanker
Allen -Jat !\ u • 1= rente to N* "*
'i ork, wa> ! pedoed and sunk
off tiie X<• r11 Oarolina coast
yrsiei’ila; afternoon by an uni
dentified submarine, the pun
lie relations office ot the littli
naval district announced today.
()i the crew «>1 .. .. 13 survivors
were debarked in Norfolk yes
terday afternoon. I here were
six hospital eases and seven un
injured crew members reseued.
Four bodies were also brought
it* by the resc ue vessel.
Details as to the location ol
the ship when it was torpedoed,
the time and the name of the
vessel which picked up the sur
vivors were withheld h\ tin*
.naval public relations depart
ment for reason of security.
The No y d. i i t A- c the ; 1 "
• : V t th(
F y licensed licet . 1 : ■ ■
a ; - (*it!ain.; red 1 >r h The tun .
er was net armed and no atten
was made ny the sabrnnr.ne nvw
to board tin- craft "r tune pri>"ner .
Accord ins to the stories told
by survivors, an officer on th°
bridge sighted the first torpedo
when it broke water about 150
yards from the tanker. A desper
ate effort was made to avoid the
torpedo but it crashed into the
vessel amidships. No one saw the
second torpedo but a second ter
rific explosion was heard within
a couple of minutes after the
first crash.
HURLEY NOMINA I EL)
FOR ARMY RANKING
Put I ok J Hurli'v, t mer < on U y
! w . ,1 ■! ■ ih; 11' ■
An: y .1 .• ■ ' -U1 '• ' - ' ■''
. ' , • ' ; ley
I . ' , . H, A Si • newer,
U-Beat Toll
Three Ships
Battle of the Atlantic
Reaches 1 o w a r d
American Shores in
New Offensive.
lh" \sso< kited Press.)
1 h, battle nt tin* \llantii a
ph is, 01 ll»t* 1 nropean m ar
w hicli has 1 rat heel mil tow ini
the shores ot tin* 1 mled whites,
hrmiv. in o\ei ilie week end the
I - boat sinking to the >h:ndard
oil tanker Mian l.iekson tin
third sueh vietim in I* ss than a
\\ eek.
pi « . , t ‘: -
11 »i i * an.ki i u • ' '
... j , v \ . %• t ‘ -te 1 1 i; i v . 111 - . -
. ' ' . ' _ , , .
I ! ‘.M.up x p. .v: ;,i... , h;. .tight in tour
II ’ bodie.- .
n , The public reiat;* 'u • o!! ice • d tho
ft 1 <i ct l Noil
1 1.1’i, 1 :i’h.'* 11 e A i i; 1: i d.iri. * 0 1 u n
, t m • u U ■ t«. N» a V01 . iiinl was un
d tn , (1 when « \ .ta torpedoed.
j , 1. - tv, 1 .i,1 p in 1 ho current
I v ,, , p -ii,iat act i\ t v .'..nt; the
(. \ . rini v- ta.-t alsc ‘A.1..1 tankci
. 1,.■ 1 Minl; la t Wednesday. t! ••
, , . 11 cl . .11 Tluirsikt.v■
... i| .. eel I
mi,. 1.1 iiifu , t.iUi’i fi a
... . amt. ha v t trill'd "tl a gloat
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