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TWENTY-NINTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., SA'I URDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 81, HM2 , F, :N FIVE CENTS COPY
Abandoning Resistance On Malayan Peninsula,
British Fall Back To Singapore
Causeway
To Mainland
Destroyed
Far to the North, Brit
ish T roops Evacuate
Moulmeiri. Across
Bay F rom R an goon;
Aid for Singapore Be
lieved Near.
( Bn i hr \v.m iat<d Press i
Ri'itain ,-iil'« r.•(i tun grave
rev cr.-cs in ill.- i a i I ’aid lie today
as imperial d. ndei's nf Malaya
l<il bark oni.i Singapore island,
and far ' ■, 11](. norl li. Ilriti -.ii
! roop> o' aeaal 'd si rateu ie Ah ul
naan, aer - the o.ay from Ran
gum!. Ilurtna.
llurma i- the gateway m , iie
vast treasure bouse India. !'
is also vital to < 'hit 11 as tin
“bark door ol m- llurnia
Road, lifeline of (’hina's war
supplies.
"C)nr t r<lops ha v e withdrawn
over t he Salween idv er aft t
reitv>v ing all -gores and lapii|>
ment." a licit ish bulletin said,
aiding that heavy •asuaities
had been infiicted on \!a- 1 apa'u
■se.
The Salween river empties
into the <luif of .Martaban at
Moulnieii:. 1(1(1 miles east across
the gulf from Rangoon.
Japanese dispute!:".-. said
Moulmein had been left virtually
a "ghost eity
Willi llie collapse ot British
resistance on the Malar penin
sula Singapore authorities de
stroyed the causeway to the
mainland and called on every
man to battle Japan's siege
armies ‘ until help pan come."
Thrown hack 350 miles in two
months ol bloody jungle lighting,
the outnumbered \ustralian.
British and Indian imperial
troops retired to the S40ll.000.000
island fortress under cover ol
darkness it was announced offi
cially.
mini nr, P .gi Two)
CASES OF TYPHUS
FOUND IN TURKEY
I. '.-in, .1. • t ■
11 • V(,i . > , • > ,. (1 tli. il
i'CCl!
Car ]R.at i oning
To Be Started
February 26
\\ .id i ' m .fan. 21—( \l*>
Hu ni i it t* «m price administra
tion annmm. ed toda> that new
, .its pui'chased. hut not deliver
ed. prior to the government
liec/inu order fanuarv 1 would
he released after I 'ehrliars 12.
Mso. the Ol* \ said, automo
hilt* rationing would h*-in ltd)
mart 2(» instead «»I l ehruarv 2
as had been planned.
V the same v • I’r re Adi in -
i-P •p.i- Leon llcn.it : <m disclo ed
; n the rat oninu pr-m uw hold up
• ;>• ndmc final detta i•.in *1 ion oj “e!. -
i . purrlue t's eoiltemplated re
■! all c; : m de i :ei hands b\
th.e end of 1942. except about 12U.
• a ii i units wh ie!i \\ , 11 1 >e ’ntdd 1 nick a >
w ernnlent st<mu p;ie
1 It wa> estimated that dealers ami
i anut aetn rer m have ab-.ut 221.
Ot)n new automobiles, m addition to
. . t upply, v hit 1 will be
, -ui .met to rationing.
Hende -< -n a d it w ■ ■ i elt that the
pi olein ot ears purcna-ed hut not
• whvtwed la-uld In* di post'd of l>t -
lore tilt actual rationing plan wen4
into operation and that the two
week.- pei iod between February 1 l
and February 2d therefore was set
.1--de to permit local - ationint*
L .4 d I. <1. .4.; up 4! .at plu.il i <n
Another American Immortal
The first man to be awarded tlie Congressional Medal posthumously in
World War 11, according to a War Department announcement, is Lieut.
Alexander li. Xininger, Jr., of Gainesville, Ga. The award was made
on the recommendation of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who cited the lieu
tenant for conspicuous gallantry and bravery above and beyond the
call of duty in action with the Japanese near Abucay, Bataan, in the
Philippines. ' (Central Press)
Navy Appropriation
Measure Approved
I
Senate Committee
Unanimouslv Passes
$26,485,265,474 Bill
After Limiting Presi
ential Power to Lease
Ships.
Washington. .Ian. til.—-(.M’i —
The Senate appropriations com
mitlee unanimouslv approved a
record breaking Navy lund of
Siti.4!)a.,J65.471 today after lim
iting presidential pnyyor to trans
fer stiips of the Navy.
Senator Overtoil. Do . . !. 1 .mil -
no, said the committee a . < 1 that
ing <if any shit bo • < eted to
: ui ler ci ill voy vc sel -. bind "0
hips provioed for :n the huge lull
"emergency eon truetinu
"I tlim!; tin Hindu!."it d! l><■ '■<' -
lactorv to the ad t item an i
; :dg. t bureau." t ) ert n . id us In
■ ■ pi enc >1 t- Id ! . X l,g
.reuu i ■ ■(] a-1 fio i V to leu i■
. 1 ins had been s . I muted
Phe mensun ; 1' t 1 il( a]tpc -
I ■ atimi in cinure . '• nil I; ’• ay. wil'
prnvidi funds lor about fhi.ll(M) air
i an . for the n:n y
DESTROYER BUILT
IN RECORD PERIOD
(./ II111 V. M:, . .1 1 : ! < AP
On the yy iy i.tlit.ten
n until -. or about hull t i e ; u aeet in"'
lierind for a ye- el of liei type. the
U S de lroyet Bat ton \y as lamicln A
today ,,t tlie Bethu ie m S' ■ ('om
u my' K .re I?iver plan*.
Plant officials said biter .-lup- •’!
the iinie design pm!wibly v mid ■
built ey t n more i| ue!:ly
sTibvti i t: i it i id)
Sti .ei;Iu .Ini, .lue. ■'' A f ’ ) ! ut'
S’vedi It -teai' ei lb dull. e;e rving
tint) Finnish child en to S‘ "'idinlin.
yens freed ye-terduy by t ■ ■ I'inn -t,
ice hr aker Bnin ft >m ice Hues m
the coastal waters ott I ’"
168-Hr. Week
In Textiles
Charlotte, .Ian. til (AP1
Itoyal, secretary-trea-nrei ot P'"
Southern Textile Association. s.,id
today that extension of production
op rations to around 168 hours a
week laid developed into a general
trend among Carolina's mills.
Relate rly few mills have ‘h:;s fat
placed all departments on the arnun't
the-bloek bases, he said, hut in many
plants d pnrtments are on the long
schedule to overcome unbalances to
assure maximum efficiency and out
put for the mills as a whole
Royal forecast that this trend
would result iu a -toady increase lot
ti xtil mill operative Mm.v adrit
1 oai yeomen may I" on i 1 wed. c
kaid. . _ . r " ~
EMPLOYMENT RISES
TO NATIONAL RECORD
Washington, Jan. 31.— < M*>—
Secretary of Labor Perkins said
tod.iv that civil non-agricultural
employment in the t'nited States
rose to a reeortl peak of 10,910,
000 in December.
This represented a gain of
.>.000.000 over December, 1939.
the previous high in employment
and the secretary asserted that
“there never have been so many
persons employed in civilian
\\ oik.”
Wickard
To Testify
Senate Farm Bloc
Asks Statement of
Policies Under Price
Control Measure.
\Ya..li mgt an, .Ian. HI . \ i M -
Kill'll tilt! (Ml itoi bn la id'
IV. drill lio. revel f <• dr . in of
agl i.' 11 'raj p. oi , Hi 'm price
d ml i i .1 lav. and ( :111 < <I 1 > "•:1 dary
. .. Agneultim■ Win.a: • i ' • ■ lor «'•
>tatim mii ni hi, |><.1 ni. iiidi'r the
men 'tire.
The Semite agra nil . * -In'
iinitnnned Y\ iekard ta te d > at Cl
rleseii se ■ a mi in ran 1 iert a i111 bn
reel mi t ■■ la Im sent t j wi! 1 I a n t -
..light nut to go nnit'li m > ! airily.
Ii. igning the pi ee control bib
ye-terdiiv. Kie-ni'-ir Ii ' 'I -aid
that there was rwii dame i in a l"'n
vi mo vcliieh pre\ enl- die lining "i
ceiling- "I i.grieult'.i'iil !” • at id- be
low lid per mil ol pa dy. a basic
pi ire e;i 1 cl I tilled to go e ■ ■' 1 met -
equality ill purchasing power witll
other- Although the I ’re deni mid
that, if need be, Congre v n Id he
a ked to correct the 110 per cent
parity .eetion dy amending the lav,,
a i iipc !■ embers made it plain
'that any -lull propo-al would pro
a i ol ter eonlrnver y
FIRE DESTROYS PART
OF DANISH CAPITAL
l.mdun, .Ian, HI -- (Al’> - The
It'on.e radio, quoting d'-pah ie - it "in
Stnckholn . said ("day tha; • duar
ter ol Copenhagen. die capital ol
(triii .an-oeeupied I leiiniat a. h.ul ileen
destroyed by tire.
(The di .patch did in l " me <> d
wlietln r the lire was darted aeiuden
tally. by rneendiai i-in or ny attacks
,,l n’riti’-h bomber- which have been
raiding Danish military objectives).
HIATHIR
KOI! NORTH ( AROI.INA.
Showers llii' afternoon, end
ing ill north portion early to
ng.id i olilef tuuisld.
Medi te rran ean
Italian Rail
Movements
Curtailed
Hitler Believed Mak
ing Ready for Chal
lenge to British Con
trol of Sea; Attack
May Aim at Knockout
to Malta.
(By The .tssociatcd Press.)
\ hint of possible axis maneu
vers to challenge British con
trol ol the Mediterranean on an
unprecedented scale was con
tained in a third-hand report
today that passenger train serv
ice will he sharpl.N curtailed it;
h ilv tc morrow.
The report came through Exchange
Telegraph, a i-irmsh n v.- genes. |
j trom Zurich, Switzerland, and quut
1 ed Home dispatches.
I Restriction* on civilian railway i
! traffic have frequently attended i
large troop movements within tin
land* dominated by Hitler. British
intelligence work already has dis
closed an unusual concentration <n
German plane* m .-outhern Italy.
Mobili/aticm aimed at knock
ing Malta out of the war would •
be a logical development of axis
strategy following the1 sui prise ,
successes of Field Marshal Gen- j
eral Erwin Konunel in re-cap
turing Bengasi and driving back
the British from other new Is
won Libyan bases.
Malta, a lortified i .land lying be
tween Sicily and the Tripolitaman
roast, ha* been subjected to daily air
raids lor week-. The aim ol the Ger
i mans and Italian- obviously is to
j neutralize the roek-*neltered naval
land air ba.e ol British lighting men
On the Russian front, re-cap
ture of 46 more villages and
towns was reported by the Red
army in its drives against Ger
man winter lines in tbe center
and the south.
The Germans, while officially rii. -!
mi ng na/.i withdraw.il' as incon
sequential adaptatimis to arcticj
lighting eondil ion . hit mdca.-i warn
ing lii'ii: Berlin 1" western Kuro-|
peniis on what a Kll iaii coiiquc. t
would moan.
A London D uly Mail disputed (
; i'i . 'in Madrid • •• 1: »i a Spanish g<*\ - j
| eminent n->peratmg pa- i\ ely .\ i t h
| Berlin - aid Adoll t lit iw h.id \\ ith- |
, drawn all In actn <• d■■>. r- i"ii." Iron.
I* ranee. Bclgi m and 1 mlland ami |
' <'[;laeed the::: v. :1a ai nim "I oe
eii|ialm»n made up 1 >l m>y ti'"Ui lb
to 16 and men ovn in Tin account,
lit com r. may hr ntrnded to Inr*
the allies i111.» leaking a pcmalmc
i invasion atteaipt 1 rom tin* est.
Hi tlei j>i«*})•' • l ■ n o tlii* active
! div ision as a miek us ol reserve lo.
a prmg campaign, the dispatch
.-.a let.
()n the ii' -rlh A! i ican front, 'Brit -
i-h headqum lei reported “no
I change" in the situation around
I axis-captured Bengasi and said two
columns o! in penal Indian troop*
iiad broken through German en •
trapment lines to rejoin the mam
British toi ees.
Premier Mussolini's high c. mmano
as cited that the Bri till wm c cu
tinning to retreat under heavy a\:
pressure, with the scene oi hallo
being steadily extended.
AUTO TAX STAMPS
REQUIRED MONDAY
Washington, Jan .'it i AIM I.
gaily, today is the last da\ to hay
I automobile use tax -tiekei A ted
• eral law require.- that the t.ant'.
Jon oar.- Monday
Blit tin Treasury acinuBed t had
I no systematic way of enl "‘ring the
j tax, and would be glad to to o' "i"t"
| ists’ money whenever it ' "me- in
: Congress rejected the bulk of a
J special appropriation that the Id eas
ui'y asked l'oi i nlorcement ol this
tax.
The stickers cod $2.0}).
AVALANCHE BLOCKS
GOTTHARD RAILWAY
Bern. Switzerland. Jan HI - -(AIM
'—An avalaehe shortC alter midnignt
1 blocked the Gotthard .me mam
rail route from Switzerland to Italy
J —d«railing at lea. t lour Height ear-.
Imp track was expected to be
cleared for resumption ot 'r.ut c by
; la,.. • *,. .< '(,■ : uit'-o . . I
President
Turns Back
lo His /asks
W.r 11 mgt'in. .!;t J ] (AT)
I ’h-. kIi-iiI 1, n t . !: : ii> 1 irncil
back U> In \\ mi time in k>. “v i v
gi atel ;il,” hi' cU clan-d. or the
natwnw ide »• li inat -n ol hi
fitllh birthday v. men ; dneed
line" inted . .:n. 1 , hue light
again infantile p i<. a I\
Twenty-threi 11. * M y .v • « i star
lent glamor to the birtnd;iy e ‘1 -
brat en here. They had luncheon
at t ie White I h m - • •. v' : t n * • d
the I ’resident's "thank you”
l»r» »adca>t t<1 lie nat i* -n. and mad
personal appearanr - at half a
dozen l . : ' ■
Mr ib m .- i \ ( . • repn >t nted the
('hie! K\i e ' i\a at t li eiP t ing «•:
his (>a()-j)o mil bir'lulay eak , the
highl .gi.t .. ia ie.' .a t id d i >
tl- ;
The IVr- ah ‘it wa- h ' t W■
group ol int im;i a- l riend ; '
v\ nii • Ilmi. e dinner nrt civting h:
broadea t to toe m Ili ms < J
Americans gather d lor ('innm .
dance and pa: tie.- in a!! pa rt -
of the nation.
Auto Tire
Ban Widened
Orders for Retreading i
and Recapping Mach
inery Rationed Under
New Order.
Washington. .Ian d 1 i \I' T < (
war production ■■ ,i: cI. il :::u i
d h -day, ha.- pi • *11.1>:t* d earn.;'
t; i it r ol Inn- : • ’ readi ng and in v. 11
ping machinery : om filling any :
thor ordiM's ( \n-t |)t those neeompmn
led hy pivlVivnm' rating cert i Idea la
ddie i >rd i 1 «*!•(* : - tied hy .1 S
Know I-on. direct ir ol ’lie WPK in
dustry opeiat. : division, .•> re
d< aloe that * : « . .pana had
b(■ i ight ip i! i v.. dai • !i r t.real in ;
and recapping "his
Know I . ni d the up : es had
been di>tril>na u m . ieh an en \ on
manner tli.it " any eet . m ef the
e« Hint! v w er- i iible to mo'-t the re
p’iremei'P :• ; ach nviehinery.
Ill add: t ■ ' ■ • halting d d w erie .
Kllowlsoii (In n-d the m mul.nrtur
i'i - to subn t h\- I'Vhrna! v '.l a 1 is1
nf all order ■ >n their boon . :nrl id
ing eu tomer ' names, shmpmg ad
din' --vs and ty; • of equipment - •
do red.
I he WPP. - : dv
o-m e.-tabl 1 I di-'t rib'll 'on hys
lorn do- igiv. d • an- < ou t .’ole d s
trihution ol a\ ad . > 1«• - n|)pi:es
Hero’s Son Safe
Arthur M acArthur
a
This is a recent portrait ot three
year-old Arthur MacArthuv, son of
lien. Douglas MacArthur, heroic
defender of Bataan Peninsula ir.
the Philippine Islands. Word hai I
been received that both Mrs. Mac
Arthur and little Arthur are safe
in the Philippines.
(Central Press'
Drive Near
In Army Air Coi ps Re-shuffle
These otficers ol tin. 1' S. Army A r Cm;w ci\ .uiak i •> the
shakeup announced by the War d partment 'hop. 1 ♦ •!t. (’nl Edgar I’
Suren-on. assistant chief ol air staff, has been relaxed m p .ty
and a-.signed as director of bombardment aviation on the ■
right, Mai (Jen. Marlon K. Yount will be in ei urge <>l t irirng • ‘-in.Pbii
law per.'Uim.l required lor the 19-12 airplane j >i' m lind inn program.
Mott- -in U-! -. Iirig. (Jri: Carl Spa,it/. ehiel of ar* ill. n»igncd to d t\
as cine! ol the aii I re< m t i niand wit! - - ink >1
eral. Right. Maj. Clem Frerieriek L. Martin, xho was in charge ot the
a:r forces at Hawaii at the tin ol the Peril Harbor attack. \\:!I be
c«•rnmandmg general of the second ary .nr ! cc n Fort Wright, \V.. a.
Welders Walk Out
At Tacoma Yards
Renewed Strife Be
tween Independent
Welders and AFL
Union Causes Stop
page of Work at West
Coast Shipyards.
Taeorna d \ I *1
More than . i in.- 1.1 So \\ eld
ers eatpl - v I >* l n oma
\ aril" •*; t;.< . i ! aroma
Shiphuihiiit: ■ oil were
id! toda\ strife he -
lu een t lie i "«i i it u elders
and Ml in:. • ; ii w liieli l he>
ha\ < heen .. ( • 11.111 d
)■ i;i.«:11 1 '.!.•• AF L
lime. . an i **gi nv« ■> .i r< 1" mi da>
The midnight .-lift
1 n a d d 11 i ■ : i 71 ; *
i product np*
Nazis Bomb
North Ireland
r.n : m - k o.
Untied n\ l »< :
ops u t( 'ala>
(The RAF i Brit
lane a t 1 e d •
rippled a l Jerm.m nr m: s^anci
omher over nm them Ireland whei«
everal thousand Amern-.n ii m
re now ha<eri a tl; \;.ngi;ard • >t «
r,»nrt \F.FA
\ tary inst t t
oast »>1 England, not t : ’.lu" des
bed also was 1 \ ■ ted b> t <
g' eon n ind to ha' e h- ait i .
w 'd *• •'
BRITAIN’S YOUNGEST
CONSCRIPTS LISTED
London .Ian. .II.— ( \I*> —
Britain's youngest conscripts,
hoys ol 17 registered today at
labor c\« hanges throughout the
nation tor pre-service training
until tins becoii'* subject to
regular .trim service at IK 1 1
Blame Fixed
For Air Crash
W , I .1 \!>I
.! M l Iolut 3iJ ,
tIlf I ' ■ ■■:■■■ ■' mii.a" .
til. •: ■ aai
If t. 'll
1 An", i
w m" mill
1 > 1; 111 f. .mi
and tin • ill
l»>wt i- : f |
2 Failin'.
F. II" !. m \
I m It'll t. i III" I" Ilf ill". '' ' ' ' j
1 nlfiiff m liif .m pin ii fiii . ; J
i-f.ili/f If "1" " appnnii'h I" a -t.it;
init f nidltinn
PRICE CEILING SET
FCR RADIO INDUSTRY
W.f I1 ii:" i . 1." H! ( \l’t -Til a I a
min e to •diivk | ■ < I: mp.'. L ie of! i. v !:
,,| |,1 m In m.-!: id I. ill h ■ l'iX«'d I
manutaetm « i eh.n grs ! • honm i p
radio and tel \ ismn -m-. pho.a >- I r
graphs and adii tubes.
The ceilings uecumo effective Fen
riiarv 9 and pmviu- that the l arteries a
may nut charge mmc 'inn 'ue high- s
t'st net price o! ()ctuL i la. 1941. or
the 90-day period prim to hat date c
No new models may be i .. set *d i
after Kehrnai \ 9 im‘m mi1 \ .p- I
prJv tj uu tm