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n Hvnitersmt Hatlp Sitspat rh ' ----ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA ^TWENTY-NINTH YEAR _HENDERSON, N. C„ FRIDAY# AFTERNOON, F EBRCARY •», 1H 12 FIVE CENTS CORY mternoon lea at a North Ireland Canteen C. P. Rufliitphoto A member of the AEF (left) and a British soldier team up to enjoy their afternoon ten at a British War Keltef society canteen in Northern Ireland. The canteen ia operated by the Y.M.C.A. I Canal Zone Highway Complete Army Trucks Use Route Vital Defense Unit Added to Panama Canal Facilities; Road Started in 1940. Itilho.i, ( anal Zone. Fell, Ii.— i \I*> — A new Panama ( anal safeguard lias been established in a 48-mile trans-islhmian hinhuav. over which Army ma chines can travel ocean (o mean in lun hours. \t i , iv.- I (if i. mto is cully a out’- I ,a ... led troll loiei.vd tin hul;I. tic i: -c l n ipieal iunuli’.-. bill Army 1 rnversed it for the fir l t n IF u'i i k, deii.niistratini; il - .iv.i;, y m any emeri'encs in\alvin,.1 1 "i i \ Pol eonal and iln-ely paiollia- j ■.i h.vay. The highway adds a third and u ell-separated roule to the canal and railway which hitherto were i the only avenues of lieavi Iransport across the Isthmus of Panama. I leu nn 111 l)ei-e.liber1II If. a .. | nit Fat al '/'■• ai" and Republic ■ • '■.nan a enle: pi e., t! " hnthwuy a ■ ed enni liunv pnil . anar flu- ... Slab an.I r naiaa eiPen (I the v. ar ay., a-t I m in Deeei ihei . I !U I. Fanal ili I onse ulltlb .rit is pi mpt i . .1 a a i peri pern i -a in i it the 1 ’ n in i j ft n publ ie rnaclj odmini.-t nil inn Fear ti.nl .hi i' s '"yen n I" H* I Mule revered hejihae!. lull ana j deep | O' me- le t | mil all III 0 rip.l ' I way "I'ign i.d |y pi a 11 led la]' e- in. e: end halide. Air Raids Predicted Wit ii ngtun. Fell, (» ( W) — With Po \\,nn:ng that tin1 h«»me iront < * Id I-.. i|; lor hostile aor il aMack . 111 >u- i a p p r n p r i t 1'' ' ’ t-'d.iv rt i d i; i. intruded UmI •*' 1 hi), 000, 001 ho voted for the cix ih.m defen -<■ The iimnmit xv; i - the biggi .4 •ingl" deni in ;i $ 1 (50,590,(511 omnibus ap ! • '.pi mtions lull which Ihe commit - tec ml to tie House lloor lor ac t ;• .11 "Knemy air raids upon continental : I'nited Slates are to be expected." I the o. .11 II ittoe said, in approx ing the , cf. ili.m ilefense allotment. ‘but th | general military opinion that they (annul ho conducted on a -enle ap proaching m any degree the inten ity or lroquenoy of the l aid- "U Fngland o! the continent of Kmop' Leaf Markets Closed Early Wa-hington, Feb. fi. -(Aik- 1 n° current tobacco market >ea>on ha> been characterized so tar t>y coin pat ati\ o 1 > high prices and rat id oiling *4 the crop, the Agriculture d partmeut reported today. Flue-eured markets, tor the first time on record, were closed by the end of the 1941 calendar year. Most of the hurley markets have already closed. Th department >aid better price." thi." year resulted principally Hum a high rate of domestic cm umptr u of tobacco product.", part c dar.v cig «uttk; and cigars. Axis Press Speculates On Invasion Bern. IVh. 0.— ( \T) —T in* axis press lor the first time spe culated ti--:l;i.v that tin* I mted Stale'- and Britain might attempt invasion ol l urope in the spring. The Italian Admiral iHieci, writing in the Review Oggi, pre dieted thjit the British and \meri;ans would remain on tin* defensive in the Pacific. d< voting their lirst offensive effort to preventing tin* axis from launch ing a new drive against Russia. The invasion, he said, most likeb ''ill he directed against the Balkans or northern Scan dinavia. Nazis List Sub Sinkings Off America ; •; ■ ; (In .. m. it-.. - i 1 i ■ :■ '' AT i \ ii.i.|.ic : rom I : ' I . . . I : ' _ I > I | 1 I 1 11 I 1; " t d - tl.i-, i ( it "enemy" hip- which 11.c <.’■■■: - ; n hiRli coi " mil -mil yi' lei ci.is h;id IM ' ii uni- by I ■ -1 ■■ m - oil ■ tu t i ■ • ol \i th imci ira. II ' o ■ \\ Idt lie. It . i. ip" i.c ■. u.:::. . , , , i. r, ,;ii: ip 1 I, .-tint ; . St - . T.!)27: .I tlu; PI i . .' I n are' oil h ted It, |i p lit P. r. which h- m cvc.. » ' . ; 1 1V dllHTCIlt tnllll.pl' fl) ( I P, . io\ . la nl the i\ who, c. I,, p . lici'ii ol l icially ami'nmet'd | !>\ tin I’m o'd -Stale'.- i- lilt1 11 o i ■! 111 - - In 11 a only \11 ici lean hip in the j |i-i I'lic \a\ y iji. pai tment .;nm ,! iih' eil .launary 111 that slit1 h. d Rone j the day be l t ire. Tht Ai "! : . lam1, one ol die world - im "' t m e j 111■ irIi 11- . i. Sv, cdi.-h. Iln oilier pim ,-ii c ol linti-h i'cri. try 1 Aliens Held In Vallejo West Coast Raids by FBI Agents Net Near ly Two Score of Axis Aliens. Yiillr.iii. (ii. I • ■ (. ' AIM Raid.-, oy federal agent.- in ar a- adjacent tn two mg wept cm ; nava! yards have tell to t!ie a i rest ' i a t n- m rly 1 w score a si- alien.-, i ■ -a .la pane.-e, and -ei/mv i■! il l -, y iejial ling.-. map-, weapons, cam' ras and radios. Tim latest i'aid a da Fill agenis. per i.natty led i>;. Yai I’mper. head .a the San I'Yanci-cu office of the ledcTal bureau ol investigation, fell with surpii-iiig .- idcienno.-s last i I gilt in alien e-' a till 1 'alt in Yal Inin, which i la i' tl:e M.ii'e Islan 1 navy yard. UY'dnc-da.v ntla KM I agents seized Id Japanese on it abridge island, wlm-h lies striileg e Ily lie: the navy \ ard at 1 iremei tun. Wa ii Among Hi \'a lie i ; ■! ms raid'-' i ia-1 night wa- a Japani'se laundry, winch, p ilme aid. laid Iiceu la11nder mg elnthes Pn Mare I.-land workers. The KHI agent.--, a ii«i|r Pi n with Inn.it officer iiiri- ’ d : Me than a c ire i .1 a 1 i' a i in- , i a i' an. Those’ iz.ed in. iud d ::.. ■ i■ ( mi mans and i nr Italian. Tim re t v. n Japanese, j N ini1 iP' tii. i ‘ .' er, - i derm 1 I: el 11 till' m 'III I'M a I ' i all!.. Tile ■ re l v i re ret-ascii. V.'llei.. e. "1 " ' tin lann dr.s raided i d 'it .ant tor m my y ar inn. tin ' ' y y ird to I peek up laundry ROOSEVELT TO NAME NEW SOVIET ENVOY Wa' h'iie!'"i. !■'<■: I It ' A1 ’' will. iait ciisi'I' >.- ing wt. lie 11 el in minet for tlm p,i l |’re .lent K-m i" elt fold a pi t -s c inference today lie soon wimid appoint ., new amlia.- -ador to Jiu sia. Tar Heels In Rebellion Against Daylight Saving Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By BOB THOMPSON Raleigh, K. Ii. (i. There an nn dercuri’cnt of rebellion running deep in tin' hearts of North C andinians I'-peeially about sun-lip. No tell j 1,0 what may happen when the alarm ducks sound the zero hour next Monday morning. Already the • ■ali,.Is are humming their hymn to t| ,. tunc of the Marine Corps song. It goes -omething like this: K, ,m the mountains around Murphy To the -Imres at Kitty Hawk, We'll I mill e umtry's battles Pay the tax and never squawk. Wr i t \ cry pa-tri-o-tic And we ll shell oat our last dime: To wm we'll do most anything— p,ut to hell with daylight time. It', a fact that insofar as Gover nor Broughton has be n able to dis cover n d eve" the most pro-Roose , ( |,F ,,_ ,nti-r,sis. il out to-win-the w ar Tar Heels are enthusiastic about the hu.-in -s of moving the clocks ahead next Sunday midnight. .And n any of them feel that this time the Pita.deal slid Lm-U'-i jointly laid an egg. News i' ache lialcigh that in many counties, especially in the west where the sun rises I dor, the schools will counteract 111 • clock moving by starting classes an hour later, which will be the same—if you understand what they moan. Chero I kee county has gone bark to c n trnl standard time and asked Clay, I Graham and Swain to come with I them. Opcr tors of one-shift indus | tries have written the gov rnnr that | they vvfll save el^h'J icity ra/Ther 1 than waste it, by starting at eight o’clock rather than at the now seven which will be beloi " the >un gets up. Plants on war or defense work, or any others with enough orders and materials to fill them, are running on two or three shifts and the j change in time won’t sav ■ any cur j rent in their plants. One shift doesn’t inquire any more light than the other when it’s dark and the sun won’t rise an\ earlier, regardless of whom it shim s on. Tne farmers. perhaps. have (.Continued on Pa^e T .o; i Nazis Ask Italy To Send P!.anes • ••• ••• ••• ••• Japs Llatm Naval Victory Tokyo Says Dutch Fleet Annihilated Propagan la Effort Overlooks Known Dutch Strength; In Philippines, Jap Ar tillery Batteries Are Destroyed. (1V\ The Associated Press.) Tokyo headquarters issued a high sounding claim today that Japanese naval planes had “vir tually annihilated” the entile Dutch Indies fleet—two \!.l cruisers sunk, a third heavily damaged—in an attack in the Java sea. south oi Macassar strait. In addition, a Initcd States cruiser of the 7.050-ton Marble head t\ pc w as listed as badly damaged and another 5,000-toil ship sunk. (>»A-i*.iisly a propaganda cl fait, the Tokyo communique made no atteiup- ' to reconcile it claim that three cruisers made up the * entire” Dutch Indies fleet wit It the known lad that a large part of the Netherlands Hu ropean Meet -considerably grea’e. ! m strength escaped to lar Hacilit waters before Germany invaded i Holland. Dome! reported that Japane e j planes also sank, a in.nun-ton .ship.: set a (l.nun-Pm \ esscl ain't* and ,-r-, - ' ed bomb hit on three e:'.::ser. and1 dt ’: pyei .:: tin si:. i ' Mala In the Philippines, a War de partment bulletin reported that American gunners had ri» stn>.\ - •ed Japanese artillery emplace ments on the south shore of , Manila Hay. The Japanese batteries had apparentl.\ been brought up lot an attack on tin* island fortress of ( orregidor, which guards the entrance to .Manila Hay. Japan’ in . .. <»n hordi •. alien*<v min Ju ring m* u •• than 2(M)J)i J> w r; • • X mg newly ; emloreed by troop, departing 1 r• ■: nine Iran ports m ' Lingayan (lull. 1 1 <• i m les n<>rth • >1 Manila. Ilie War deparlment said. In Ihe seven-day old siege of Singapore. British guns ihundei ed defiance to Japanese troops massed across the mile-wide Strait of .Inhere, w hil“ It M Hurricane lighters battled IBs- ( ing Sun planes in the skies over head. ()ther Japan* <• plane . a * p! e.c. I ’l 111 h troop the ma th - w o * the island, mi'meting them to 1 *» \ level bombing awl machine g aining, attack . ( m other h . in the tw ■>-:*• n11. | old conflict: I hitch Hast i1 w MJ imad<jiiai - trrs acknow 1* '. .cd mat J a pane < • 1 r*x>ps had cap*lin’d the town ot j S a 111 a r i n (1 a. tin 1* m * r 1 h **i J a, • a - | lira1 occupied Bilik I'apan on t! -■ east coast ot B* ; neo. .Japanese pla • - renewed attacks on towns in rn t Java: others were ighted over itlieaS Borneo and the east coast *>: Dutch Sumatra. , Burma .Japan* sc bobbers in seven waves blasted a' Rangoon, the Bur-* mese capital, setting fires in subur-j ban resident ia 1 * 1 i Ariels London milil my quarters s.n 1 Briti-.h delrndw of Burma wer* standing Inn the Salween river line. 101) mill* » ast ol Rangoon, ano that there haw been no general i change in the past 24 hours. j — Scott Urges More Cotton Memphis F h.b - (AIM W. Kerr Scott, North Carolina comm ssioner [ of agriculture, urged today that cot ton farmers be allowed to increase their production ten per cent. Scott was one of seven southern commissioners ol agriculture attend ing thv annual convention ot the Association <>l Southern Ag icultum V.’t rki.-i . h ii 1 ed I 1 ! J Americans Lawn Seven. Jap t lanes R *»u: ai;», l i• li. t>.— < A ! . ,• : )j \ aJimteer air? I;: ;l - ; *.« I t r lots shatterc#l a hi ; 1 ip.on "*e d : !i ,ht air raid <( <j j . .1 T shooting do-', a - a » lan s and probal>l> rh slm i' ton 'min’. a ( *: - m:n:i' in :m.nunced. Sm . ;|?e .Japanese planes lnim.n.id ). this ua> a certain *■<(.!.■ i.l cm* downed o.Jt of thi ■''* i;u i I I •. two mil i three—one <}] 1 *: Mi aUst an‘ui • ml: at tie - I, is*, i ii' tar sutlcrcd b> the cut !2i\. I.c Xtneriians al.*nc "hot (• v. i s( u ii of tin* t ’.tal I or sure . d w . i a existed w p,h live of those pro buhls dc"U • • ed m the lit ice blow dcaii t«i* raiders, w i;o Lad com* i«a k l>\ d.i> light 11it r poinidi.i-; Rangoon lor the third straight mghi Pension Law Stirs Talk Congressmen Debate Repeal of I wo-Weeks Old Measure Provid ing Retirement. ..:i. I-Vij. (>.--(AIM C '.’i- j oi.- ady ore di » *. ng >. n."io!i" for retired .-i « ■imo -cntatives. no 11i*H'rs ol the Senate . . - .i manic r and m.gnt • .... u in ua* house llo n •.ip|>• 'it and criticism <*: i . a:11nh has bicome the ir.lliv iof L ohgresS fid 1 j ■:. 1; III':, pi C.C Del'll' >l'l ol. ( , It" .-c civil servic c«. mu • J :.' a . dc the pro . ’ ■ o c;. . 1 .-crvice bill v\ :,ici; o i'.r. ,ii ill .gned J .Hilary jb al ■ >ia• -l ii ..neruus meni bi J'.> and • ■ ' n 1 .ipul"gie - to make. I ne n. 1 :n >i b*d . ..1 i etire r( 1 nut l »\ ern:i; : i' t ; y ci - Senator Cm •• . he; m;. ■ K 1 .>0 w ho I.' < t) > t O! .- .-ill nd h.i ' een a cm said he would m ... os . :v ; •! .; 4'ivr! iimi'til pen. i til. t i j - , n- o i tie among those* eligible to ret.: next •)annary 1. ..:i• ler te. ii" oi * . bill. Calling pensions for electiv m licial" ••socially in o,..r,.l". Cap; ' told repoi h i " ne wa- coin inceil to .t the ITU a.- in w otlld not h \ e pa - d Congress :I a ma.joi iiy of the mem hem ii.id been watch ng the pr w . .mil - Ml the t n-page mil closeh CIVIL. AIR PATROL COMMANDER NAMED fh;.! K- - i W A ih R \i■.. i■* ■ : 'el men i p.ibl ic rela 1.>.i;- 'll - ■ 1! Ihe No vth C11 .1. n;i \v: mr >! ! ;e i \ I an l. ■'i '1. today announced 'a] >)’■ ■: atm- nt Squadron command r, tl ; third squadron. Hob And i-on, ■! 'Vi!.-oil. FERRELL TO PILOT ROCKY MOUNT TEAM R i ,.\ Mo nt Feb <!.—lAP)— Gcoi-ro Ferrell, veteran outfielder, wus ii..1 ■ .ai .Rer ol the Rocky Mo; r.t t■ Ui• • - ' r -State I aaiR r’ tiidav 11\ F; W -r<■ ; head ol the local i . -e:>all el ;h Ferrell was n Martin. \ Hie. i:» tin- s.in-i ie..u a asl -*'a son. His 1 ne at G lit i Col e near Ore n-hor.• Hi - a 1 other oi Wes Ferrell, fo. m.-r Yt.nkei , t, -t . and Riek Ferre!i ,.un<- - ■ t . 't. L , B. o Egyptian Premier Mustapha Nahas Pasha Head of the Wald. Egypt's largest political party, Mustapha Nahas Pasha, has been asked by King Famuk to form a National Union Government to replace the Cabinet of Ilusein Firry Pasha. The King’s decision \v - satisfactory to the Jdrilish Government. (Central rrctt) Election For Egypt New Cabinet to be Chosen Through Gen eral Election, Premier Announces. » ( aim. I i-h. (>.— (\P)—TFie ligvptian parliament is to he dis solv'd to make wav tor a general eh elion. Premier .Wustapha Pasha emit irmeri toda.v . ‘We shall not govern distaton allv hut llirough a fret i\ elect ed p.trliaim at.” lie said adding assurance that he would abide laithlulh h.\ the British-1.gyp tian treatv which makes Egypt an ails ot Britain, i lead . ' • ...*i ]>oliln .1 i : tni.'.-cd w :.i : a cabinet »n ■. ' .' i riTust the ground th.P : .a , • • ntai ;• . !ir 1 mns had b< -i . DEMOCRATIC DINNER CHAIRMAN APPOINTED I-', C. M' Tv..1(1 - i ' i*.i\ d ; I , ) || •; ’ii ! n ■ ) | ( ] (| \. ■ ■ In . 1-y 21 ;c m ; • \ ■•■(■■■ ' a. Inc 1.) , v li V .. M. i ,| . Sc i\vi 1 ,t | ; [lie . ..:, 1! ii ,.11■ ’ ii ii: ■ i ARMY CAMP SERVK I FRANCHISE GRANTED \ turn. i'lllSt ' and the Anns g . nd also be tweer < • *d■ 1 • ; and 1 h■ Ai " > cun p. _ WEATHER FOR NORTH t XROI.IX X Moderate to oeeasionaHv Fhmvv showers this afternoon and to night. ending in w est not lion earlv tonight, ^nghtiv orn IM 1 lvotinn 1 I p Admits Need In Russia Goering Return? From Visit to Italy; Goeb bels Acknowledges Dissatisfac tion at Home; R ed Forces Extend Advances. ' «>\ Tiic Associated I’i css. i Gcrman.s's ianuil an ton e, the instruments which pulverized resistance in Belgium. Holland and Trance, have called on Ital ian warplanes for help in the battle with Russia, it was dis closed today b\ the na/.i high command. The disclosure coincided with an announcement that Reich xnarshal Goering, chic! of the (»ci man airforce, had just com pleted a visit to Italy. It was the first time Italian planes had been mentioned in action on the Soviet front. T >day - Hod army 1' . ,:i \ c I ]."»r;«-u planus destroyed Wedne - • day against tun Rus.-ian plane i i n g. j C - anmdentaily. Germany’ Prnpa ganda Alii: >tei G.u f<bek am.imwledg I ud that c* ■n.-iderabk di a ti.-Tact, urn 1 vvas .-tilling in tile reieh over the | canij-.iign in Russia and food arid luei shortages at home and exhoi ed the Germans to maintain “de | j)oi 1:■ ent and morale." 'Mi 111' I li, IJ l I I Hill. .Tllll * siuil Semeon Timoshenkos l k riim* armies were reported to have re-captured* lVtropavlovka. and the Moscow radio said "violent lighting" was raging in the Kursk-Kharkox sector and also northwest of Moscow. Tlir S . i l bi ■>adca -1 said IvUs. ian troop.- v..<■ I attbng at the ap proaches t" 1 '.. n de ignated "in v .. -V" -a •; e n •: ! . • •’ Kalin,n * .nt • • - Vei 1.11 1,111... I '.HI n.iir • i. ’ - 1 j « 'lit i e; In i : ;!. V ' ' • Mi, i 1 4 t < > 1 t .lehr ; . Akdar i uni oil r< a.■ *n. Br.i: ;. axi con ai’.uii leatn »n hue • AIMED SEA BOSSES ARE ABOVE AVERAGE the !•>::, ,J y: .•,• . ...... ,.,| dii: u.; .Ian.... \ ■ |. : . - lit moiiiii . ad Pacific Council Functioning \\ a >‘- iiig l on l i h E.- \ V 1 — L; esid« nt Loose volt asserted to da.v that a IVn il a cnuiii il had been in operation here and in I ondcui lor a month and that there was \er\ ; lose coopera tion in the- activitn >. I'he ( hirf 1 \erutive. replying to press c cmlermcT questions, said tin* council was handling questions ol both a militarv and political nature' and that u liad oliices here and in London '-JueMions ol a purelv militarv nature. In' said, are referred to army and navv chiefs cd staff while those of a governmental or uolim al character are laitf* be fore tin* appropriate governmen lal bodies in W ashington and in the British capital. lie pointed out that the Dutch government in exile has its headquarters in London and that the British dominions also are • cure sc nted there
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