n Itettltersott Saily Btspalrlt
_ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THl^ SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND Vlki.IM.^____
TWENTY-NINTH YEAR ll^gUF HENDERSON, N. C„ FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY Xi, 1HI2_‘ " 'Vv ■' H\E ( EM > ( olo
Japan Strikes At Australia
Germans Drive British From Agedabia In Africa
In Russia,
Red Armies
Pound Nazis
Genera! Rommel’s
Forces Launch Full
Fledged Counter Of
fensi ve in Nor th
Africa. Scoring Set
back to British Drive.
i !5\ Tlie \ssociated Press.)
Kussia's v ictorious lied armies,
repeating the triumphs of their
forehears scored against Napol
eon in IS1 drove the Germans
.’)! miles west of .Mozhaisk in a
seven - mile - a - da v advance today,
w tide on the north African front.
Itiiti-ii troops underwent a
startling reverse.
Itiitish Middle Past licad
ituarteis acknowledged that avis
mechanized forces, striking !)0
miles northeastward from I'll
Vgheila. had re-captured Ago
d.ihia. and it was apparent that
General I rwin Pommel had lav
gun i lull Hedged counter of
fensive.
Aged;.iu.i. tin- mu .1 la id axis |
I.aid ..Itci till- al H on • el an vit
h.,d In an throw 11 hack Hi HI : ulc
: i. tin- Kgy iiti m-Libyan frontier.
11(1 . ,dc- south of Bengasi on the
C1 ,i 1 ol Sirte.
A fa.: I bullet' 1 -a.d axis troop...
celled by a swirling red an ;
■..ins !m god : .fv. ;inl ! n r, ti.'
Mel . B. "...I - eel .1; . .1: de leUtll-]
t , t s 1 : Aghc. 1.1. "O the -etotta fi.i.r
vv tint w .: - de- e i is 1: 1 - . 1 "recoil - !
11.11 -s.inee II ! 111 re Vi !e. (lay
• By V'.i 1! r.g, on: light o revs had
V tlal: ..WII 1 a t ol Aged.li '.ill. wlltcii
:he ini'h.y 1 eeupied. ’ B..tish head
d ""'tel -aid
\slomsneu o\ me nciouck. .u
the peak of the British drive to
ward Tripolitania, London mi I -
it.ir> quarters suggested hcav\
aerial reinforeemenls Aiust have
reached the Germans and Ital
ians.
These quarters said the men
tion ot light forces” withdraw
ing from Agedahia iiulicati d the
main British force had not yet
attempted to stop General Koin
mel's counter drive.
]’i 1 *.• ( hr ail ii .gh • oi: munci i * -
. ted : »•: S r that tie: an .aid Hai
ti ti • ;■ ..re lull -.11 uj ii;i the de
li ted - 01 > nd c • • the U
■ i( • i. •. n 1 e ' o ,; i • ten Brit ish
t nks. 4li gun and e than l(<t>
• •hicl'e
( i\i the S' -• iet . i td tin- retreat of
11.tier ' ha Here d a. . a - along the
X.a.oleenic mad is-m Mw.haisk h>
nleta.. . .. : irtliet endangered
: . Kus.-iai liner . feezing clown
,,i'. tin- 'v.-r.ri. c..i i id. i " o' Vy;i/.mii
l-'r. i.l Imr u.-i ..ml. • nd Wu.-.-iiin
.i'.mtj,- ..t, ...in:'. .IT.. deep snmv
d : i ;ii tin {;. : i.... 11 rear guard
■ ,(»iv 4• i 11 ii'.'ni v>.rzimi
and II..'. ..’lid K. d ,i i > !"i re- wen
i. ni i mi; dc n ir. nr: tin- n. • rt I ir; i > t tr
rut nil t ... mum na/.i r..Ilium
\ i;, d a, ii; ,• la dll t ill . uill. ill I Hid
the rapt ire ot !!• irdimi. H\ elve miles
\.. r. ! . ■: yio/i.ai.-k. aiid a! l ’ varuvo
1 ivr mile- t'arthi i wr-1.
Hearing Set
On Knudsen
Nomination
Washington. Jim ■' '■ <-\P)
<'hau m.iii t'h.mill ■: . I )■ 1 •1' bn'ii
till I:y. -aid today a a la. > all
■ iihrunui itti c had . dt-rrd 1 ■'“ '"H
nr\t v.' rk ni Prr-idrnt !!• ■> rlt
n,ninti.it -ii ,.t Willi.uu S Knud.-i'i
IT.,11111 OPM rliirl’, a. a lirulruan
general in tin army.
Chandler -aid Senator \u in
V. limin'. 1 In ■ i'-talit Ki-pudlira
leader, had askrcl Unit thr hrarm
hr held
,\u -tin \i a 11'’! available linin'
d, drlv |o| , o': a i . i T 11 hu! ( 'IKIU'III.I
Kevin Id -. O' ... i!. N " 11 h Caiolm
..I ‘ thr lull r .iiiiillH'c -aid hr hu
t ii lied • or to l!"' ubeoimadt'
o \ r. a I I.. |... t; I air: ot proles'
1 i.i• Kniid ■ • 11 apt "11111 ml
Weynnlds aid omd U\e. o teh
i;r,u i romplainod ' 11-1' 'hr elrvatie
"I . I 11inn lu thr lu !h military p->
.... ,11)1.1 1 I.l- O an lib o' >■ offert i:
on ..11. Mi* I'" ab-'nl n.mit
Knud: • n u la "too ml "’ll
.tUtVv i '!■ t'i upyi c A . ." • pr:
cure.r.vn*.
Tojo Offers '
China Peace
Japan’s Premier De
clares Peace Possible
If Cb’na Rectifies Mis
taken Ideas.
Tokyo. Jan 2:; (Official broad
ca t recorded by AP) Addn using
parliament this al'tcrnnon. Premier
Gene-al Tojo reit: rated 2a|i
... Hi, gn, ... to accept any Ch a a c
:ng er'ures ha peacclid mrom ne
• 1 that regi m* change.- ds ut
titud
Hr dee la red d ..' d'h nigh .bipall
lies been fight ,ng ('ll mgr ng ' '• ': ■'
vrers she still regards China as .1
. s'tei nation ; nd I n it rhnng »d
.. jnd about re \ g Ch ngking ,
. .. 1, ODen ... ... ■ she only red ties
'' 1 .' , 1 ■ g a spoiled child
... . lered !>> Angl i-Ami
j r.1 " th p-r ' r ■ me'rd.
j Hr - ■ i • f.n'.ll
! Chm 1 • dd ’ " 'vi,h lhr c1,
j anpenrat 1 of Anglo-Ainei can in
! f ] a i * • n (■ t1
..y .• • -'ie for China's h •' d
rr ' ■ , ak ■’ and 1 take this "
■ (■: 1 s;. 1 n to mgr them to d > so." he
j said.
Brazos’ Crew
Jettisoned
Much Of Cargo
! .n . , .... .a thr American
i rVoighte'i' IV a-tmk .lam airy 12
| after a collision with, an umdenti Heel
. .. sel m sniunariiu - "r‘ ' ’"d At lan
1 ,, ;,nal water '—d 'i' e hours
; „g to iettnon liie cargo before
1 faking In flic lifeboats
Snn ivors reaching here vestci -
I (lav. r 1.inr;denf witil a N vy a'l
nonneemrnt th; t the UiCHon ship
had 1 men unk ; nd the '''’l.i'c emu
.. ,, ri . ,if| 11'rv abandoned dim
.. easting top- ot sugar int •
' f| .. While their heal w is found;
Vl'n If. . ■ n-vr .!• old ' a'l'iail of
m. Y01: -< "n. • 1" ■' 'U : ; lv"'’ "
, ,1, .. inrk" lease to the Nt \\
' y ,,'klpi erto Rico te.i- sn p eom
I ..v aid - . tli*' ninth \m*'i a-an 01
’ ad "■(!' vi'sa'l to lie unk m damaged
I , .... u r ie. ideid off the Allan
, , , , ]},.* 1; 1 1 b‘n (< y>
; ' ' j...! ' or.-.! md 1 til u il
a . 111 . . 1 of Caur H ‘dei- m th<>
1 \ ..ibmnrine.. tornedo'd
, 1 ml er Allan J - ■ ■ n So",' .v
and U a 'll. ' .
. ,, ,„|,,v hot v ill, hen y h-ses ,1
n life .
.1 |,| the fit'll me ‘till 1 ie
„ , | No. h.lt' Y.I TU'fM.need thill I ti
ll in ..hr of tea -enmeu p- ed on d
h e , and 111 — - to I'.e ' been
1 ... die of din'*' •
:hinese ambassador
DOUBTS PEACE TALK
1,uiulon. Jan. 2.1.— (AIM Hi.
V. K. Wellington Koo. Chinese
ambassador to l.ondon. told a
press eonferneee today he
doubted "very niueh" the rumors
that China might conclude a
separate peace with Japan.
He said that the "situation in
Malaya and the South Seas in
genera! gives us cause for anv
il t.v," but that he km-w the
government and the petiole were
"confident of tlv ultimate out
eome of the struggle ■
1 veil if a statement about a
separate peace had been made,
he declared "it would not in any
way reflect cither the feeling,
tin* sentiment ot tin* determina
tion of the Chinese government.
Price Bill
Completed
Amendment - Patched
Control M e a s u r e
Ready for Final Con
gressional Action.
Washington. Jan. 22.— (\P> —
\n amendment-patched wartime
price control measure w inch some
sponsors said "may prove noire
unpopular ll an new taxes was
ready for final congressional ac
tion today
Weary Senate-House eonterees
agreed on its terms last night
after nearly two weeks ot legis
lative blanket-pulling which
ended in adjustments id w ide dit
ferenees between the two
chambers of Congress and the
White House.
Ropre ventativ e Steagall, Denwctat.
Alai. a. wlu■ teamed vith ^tv •
I), ,, lie colleagues to ’meal; the
ronfei'ence deadlock, predicted that
the 11" se would ace. pt 'iic oiil a
amend d in conference because tlicu
we e compromises on both dc
Senato approv al likewise was l"i"c
s on by Senators Brown and Bank
head.
Brown, who -aid the measure
might prove even I'm-. popular than
taxes, estimated that food cost might
rise as much, as 11 to I a pci ee:H
under the eomprnmise mm.-me In
f.iu-r of rest! let ions placed "ti farm
juice ceilings.
Bankhead, who spoils wed tie
amendment to give the Secretary ot
Agiuru! ti; r a virtual veto powei
over |u re ceilings of l.mm products
was jubilant over conlercnce acceju
ance ol t,hi - prm t ion Presiden
Roosevelt openlv ..p|in . d Hie rr
.tricl ii n. f ob i (a a I s .Hotel
that the Chi f Fixei nHv e nlvv a.v s h ir
an ace m the Imle. becau e both tie
jiiarr adminr H a1 > air! me Seen
t 11 V of Agnei ill i cry < -nly at hi
j»1(m. 11re.
1<|R MIRTH ( VROl IN \
I iinliinlPiJ rj.lrf v. itjv allghtl'
i-r- *.\ mini' ‘'in- ta night
Fund Asked
For Planes
Army Officials Re
quest $12,525,872,
474 Appropriation to
Build 33,000 Planes.
Washington, J.m. 2:’. .\P < i '
house heard a soiei ■ ' :
for >pccdy action on ..
474 appropriation l
plane, to help aehie\ e e
owl the I! ..-••'.an imuh h • M-l'
iterranenli and the Paci'. •
[' S and ts allies.
< Ipenmd dm do on the nipt' >" •
c nu-u pel opt i.d ha
m,I taly ! aid a. the history .a. 1 a
*«,•■. — '-Chairman (. annoii. l)e i
era . M n n , a the Ho. e app . -
print :< 'in (. m .11 ec ’ • ■ < «* •: 1
lent,tic.-:
■•The V. h 11 • ue ol til. war d
i> |,,i. i .p t ,. i aid : hi a a; e.iiit .
.'a ;h< a ; raiy l.i h " "1 th
C.aine.n i the laet that the
a.,...., ,■ ... a . ady I,-r donate only
1. . a day Pie- da t 1 I: m
| . .;;il - heated "the a’ity aim
iin;inmi;!\ ' 1 nmirc
e in ..■■•: the
pruyrnin "
He noted t t the 33 1 •
he nr, ■ ■ . a ■ tld ! ’. ' ”
| v(. |' , i.ait I!.h
of 60,000 i ■ . a • - till- yea
lit)() ai lid ’
laeiih n ee th I H H. A n"d
deputy eh e ha. ... said ha
''a.';:: n.Vn!
11 u-r appi
"We are : l ady
altaimneiu ;f t 1 ■ 1 ■
pia I a, re, ire : ‘ id’ '
fillet inn e nr ’ • >peiat a a
e.nifiirren'!y 1 a. d h a ,n(l " i ■
sive kimek ’ t.’a.yy
"Now. y a ire .a". . n v e
a. interact ' time ad ■ antar • nt tin
' enen y It : • > ■1 • dered e-- - all. the
funds for h a ’dram lea at.' a !
able at the e «rt e.-t n> aa ■ data
order that "a i re-en! n > ■ ' -
prepare Im f in'ther l aanh aa ai
that the lie" :;it-i 1 iti«-~
perilled"
Stock Trend
Indefinite
\\... V i : la 'Id
nev.s i in. lael y . Ill .1 lilti. r.i the
n| init.-tand 'Pit bullish '’.ek m.u '•<
I material luday and leadim: i-i-ui
dealt mainly in ■ mall I ran a mal ' a1'
I.ilion
y-1i\ ilv a I m z! pel '1‘ fl ■
tart 1- .11 I he l reap I |y leeh.- l l i I
i ; t-f 11. d d' .-'•'! to 1 1-1.a" . in la;hd
Im. rr t.-vi- Tl-rml WI, m.!-'
f.. ... .. I .a < -ai- -
AFTER SUBMARINE TORPEDOED CILTVAIR A
Official l. S. Navy Photo.—C. 1“. Phoncphoto
Ti„. , ..irvicv. i!.,. Latvian steamer Cdtvaira at . :t ...■ . li'w nl > y an . m my -d.mn.ano o!t tne
' . ,n„ i,vo. 'Uvcnty-unr n nha ..| ;|u- Cillvnnas nry have been P ■’ ---*»••» **
at tin Charleston. S C. C. a-1 C.uard bjee. am le ... . . . . ;<1... Y,,,k
to -nlva-e the shade a \e . I were picked u.v ny t! a- I. >>;' l>"> ' '
This pu t : i been approved !oi publ-vat n by u Navy depot Intuit_ __
War Appropriation Submitted
Argentina
Proposes
Compromise
Leu..aer a ioposai for
cUjj.ate oi iveiations
V. ! ;i Axis Nations
SuLm’iied to Confer
ence Leaders; Early
Action Expected.
I; .. ((■ . I. .1 1:1. J3. . AP»—
A : men-: r. ... . li ' .1 .;.
<■:11.. 1 < . 'be An n
publics would l< i ■ on tin
te e • .i! i i.i 'i!. tii tin- axis
tl >ut A
Ur. Km-iqne Hu G ft
r. d !■ ■ haII an )mu-- ' 'Ia- In ; dl
l’. a/ilian and Unit- a St. ■ c dele
gation a 'bort time nd
v. as raj- . 'ad iill «.> -d : • by that
.. r pro| .is;11 to '.he pi.at : .r r iptur-.
.f rein',-ms.
The - -.inter p no -a t he.x- -. n i re -
a d. ad bt on (rafted iy Rai
S Ca ■ lo. acti < pri ' il Ar
gentin Tin- Ar.'t.-'d an > ■>'.I- a ,y
balked .■! Ire ]a ex t. r.lata '
I ni- eon fere.ice's ant a - r. r
tmli.
R Guiiutz.il : l t ked vil
Osw aid" A ■: n.h.i. Hr:'.:' ' f--i'i 41
minis' r Tin > veer.■ ini -,'cd by t'a
ed St ite- t'-l i -I -< err! \ n! S' '.
Sumner Well"- IT ' e .tiler m- ■ li-ad
ers.- expect. l a. nc-et ediat
!y to a d v the A:' i o'
M, Hire bile. ked ov< e|ieated
elav.'. a group
Mmid .max Gib ,. tin- Dumma-an R.e
ptiblte. and la' tg . t.i.k.-d : .clay
■ drafting i " a . ' . ' -J t
turn t I 1 .re ■ .tel m a the \ •
e n!eren--e
CHINESE GUERILLAS
RAID JAPANESE BASE
■ y p... .! , . :•:; i.U11 :
!: • it r id • re!;.veil t 'day ai : e
•' a.- I 'uine-e guerillas V a:l
.. i ■ W11 " (vi and store .««i
,• | ^ ..i line iiooflcjd
• ; X'f ' :;cv Ml
y the
BBF , i d d:
; : * • h ,n :m0 Japan
ESPIONAGE AGENTS
TAKEN IN TURKEY
'<-]>>*1 (• ii ■■ ■
•n !n Till':.
age* ring with r. ii a-.d; n r: 1:
Iran. riu ami
F i \ o • o ; t • *
od as Syi an
1.,ivr lx on •• n:a
paganda age no •
I hat Bad Now s
About No More
(jirulos Is ! rue
i n, \\ (; i> i • • pt - io - t idav.
declared. ' 1 ••do : u! i •
I la "to. • \ ! < d •
I aetin ing g ; <he
dution gan . m . . : a- d trim
bolls, ft o-oi . n,;;.o;; n • a: d
eap>. lawn and garden b -o ; M
■ indeed
b< >w ehold items
Fxtending ulroady -1: .ft g«
oi nment control • ••.<■; t'lie rubber
• i<iu >trv. 1 ht boa r. i made |)11!»i
1 !•'! ' eld 1 11" pi ( 'dUfh
v 1 x' ’anut ael iired;
.. id ,«1 | >d • ’em < p iota- for
ol p d . . nd d -
, •• ti d t um c nie nbher
ei\ i ban good I •• *d .red ! • • '
7.» povrii! I>or • i o. . 111 turn.11
i "AIT. ■! i1 -i •>■■ " ■ ■■■
■ ppul.-lt. .) .11 I" .III' . * '
I n..' 1,' • V: ■« ■■■.'•
v j Mni 11 oni i J oi • .i iii 1 • >
: j* -• i'x t •
Allocations Chief
William I., halt
William L. fiat! 1 of the
ail powi-i t'ul U '|Liir« i ' < ’o:nmii
!■" under the War I’-eductions
J‘ aid headed hy i.e-i a ,\1. Nei~< u.
He will determine a ■ 1 -n of ci it
.• al materials t<> the Ara;y, Navy,
i .-end - Lease. Mariiime 1 * a,mi a
sad tilt* Board of Kcumunic \V arfar* .
Slow Spee
Ahead!
Governor Bro u ghtors
Instructs H i g h w a y
Commission to Mark
Dangerous Stretches.
Kalci h. .Ian. 23. — lAl*) —
(idvcninr Bioughton instructed
the hi-'.hwa\ commission todu>
to slow down traffic on dan
«*erous end vital roads, and gave*
a blunt w a mini*, to the highw i'
patrol to enforce' the new regula
tions.
Mai: i •. :>< : -■ »na! appeal ance . ■ -
said
• < • '1 • * 1 1 •*/
iv i:.;n .. a- to slow down trai
. , . . so Arc telle •. and l’1'
. .
!l • p id the* ( oinmission that if
hir'hwa' i nrolmen couldn't cn
l.o . tin- new reg u la lion*. “there
as- - ' w ho v. ouid like to
succeed them."
p ,; . : after he had in
CONVICTION UPHELD
LVt SUPREME COURT
Pearl Harbor
Attack Report
Is Due Soon
.. p ' AP)
I ■ I 1 . ■ i v • . I ••
p;‘,e ' !'.r "!.■ MU I’.- il-l H.ll
ill r. ... ||-.| :■
A. m ’■ Pi - • IP-'"'" ■
I ‘
H -. * prop;inn« tin- i'p-n
Mi I. i - ■ 't ... lu-tIk
l'li, l • .. ■ ' A I i - ■ ■ "If 1"
: i,i' I . "! Ilf .' '1 I'"' 1 "
11 ,.,t, , ■ 11 1 hi r'-p. i t .
f i • i.. h. .• • l\ ".hi •1 ' J
S
(hr pi-, - • . ll !l
v ith \ "
■ i i - _ . * A'
Troops Land
On Islands
Down Under
New Guinea, Solomon
Islands, and Probably
New Britain are In
vaded; Mac Arthur's
Forces Repulse Heavy
Attacks.
' 15' Th< \ssociated Press.*
lapan's march of coiniucst
struck dire. tl\ toward \nstralia
toda\ a> -ea borne Japanese
troops landed in New Guinea,
the Solomon islands and prob
ably \i w Britain in a sweep
b-epardizing not ouh the land
down under'' but al*>;» I nited
Slates routes to the Pacific war
/one.
.1 ; V p|p , . , ; j, ,S T, , ,
Blu/ing forth like a star shell
against the somber background
of the Pacific struggle, a Wa:
department bulletin reported
that General Douglas MacAi -
thin’s heroic defenders in the
Philippines again had beaten
oil all Japanese attacks with
I} 1 ood \ losses.
It tro.ui ' . • < ( i. had
iched *tit i neav\ . .
m Hie |... • 24 hours only t.» be i.a '
iiy a Withering lire frm Genoa!
1 .Vh,."Anhui '• Aimc-i ican-Fii.pin« ho
oc 'ii Ba!«!i peninsula, «.cto» Ur:
( / . .i , .. . Mae.'. ': tXi > rb'd tie*
! lii.uiai.s attacks without regard to
In general, the news was dark
from all fronts in the far Pacific
con 11 i< t. relieved only h\ Dutc h
bombing successes and word
from Washington that the i nited
‘slat* s was beginning to pour a
stream ot reinforcements into
what has been, until now. a lop
sided struggle.
( ritual hours again were at
hand in the battles of Mala> a
and Burma.
. • 1 . ' . .,
*
fight .J a , -a". r- : i;>.- and h ai i
- ,»• rts i tin sn a ni Maea.-sar, be
Di.'e! ii ne and (clebes i —
M 1! itar.N t.''.: ’ • «•» ; -aa-i/ed the
11a , be .eii, i t. a .hi pan new t. ■!
! Tla v. a; had i ■ ell i fought to
; b-i ; a \ v, *i»:U e,o a ,U a. ;ig dl.
2 .Jan.ni a a ! , >. ged ,. new link in
[•_ , ., .’.•(If1 | . ; •
Old e • o : ]'1 an Tokyo
' Indif- Sn gaporc,
' n •
! • \ \ (mne.i and m
1 i’iu ■ . • n a " v ni. ' rpand
' ! t- Of " '.'ft'. An. -
:ei (ifnera 1 T -jo
n vav as ured of
;11 "greater a A
... n.d uf An ;e ;e ■. ai
; i n ii * i e• .. i !igiitl\ the
end ’... i e * a 1 ied lor
’ •• • t‘" • : n S i f -at i
A : !; ,. 111 ; a d
t ■ • ■. > j | •, {
• . !' ' t; ' i ’A I'ig; i’ into a
• .. ’. . «• \\ it), ti O
: • le front
... .] -an. !>•-.- than / 0
ELECTRIC NETWORK
UNDER DISCUSSION
l la gh. .if .1*1 i1' •
. .. ..... d
;■ ,, i; }• A ’ ft I f ■ "111 ?.."*•! here
nth ■ to di.srnss plan to
i , ,i . , P n \roi »h ( a. •.!,. .. into t
: giant notvi m l
I'm p. mo. I \« hirh o ... !.i « I .-n.irp
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