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I On Cold Soviet Western Front
Tn." picture, just received from Europe, gives an idea >f the intense
C"M of the Russian-German battl. front. Red army machine-gunners
i were photographed in the firing line as they slowly press the Hermans
back. (Central Press)
On ta rio s Prem ie r
Scorns U. S. Navy
Hepbui n Declares U.
S. Fleet ‘Is In Hiding’
and l hat ‘Japan Has a
Much Better Navy
Than The United
States,’
I oi oiitd, I t»b. 1 — ( \IM—I*re
mi'T Mitchell I'. Hepburn of
Ontnio. noting he had been <n
t!< i/cd »t Ottawa for saving that
the [ piled Slates fleet “is in
hiding.” declared today that “the
trouble i*. that we can’t face the
ia» is—the Japanese have a much
hi tter na\ \ than the ! nited
States.”
\ i\ v Si'rn t.ii v (Colonel
Y • . Ki- \. mi id the Navy \v;.s 1
contact with the enemy, l:
‘ i*y ■ men’! been able* to find their
I” tell where they pit,” Hupburr. I
- : a T' >nto gathering
i -v aie light at Manila, sur
a gallant, I "i ce ot Ame1
Tiiry '"r at Singapo;
;e ■ at S-mg! ai. where the on< e
| . .• i 1'. S. Marines are now being I
1 .Pt-il • iv being t 'i ced ti • draw
: ' k ' • tiimugh the .dreels."
To Negotiate
War Contracts
: |-i. ilu: ' :i'll 11....: d plan : ' |>Uu >'
c lilt: ;U'I s by iu-ri a. 1..1 inn -
' in than bv 1 ■ anpt titi\ >• bidding.
U.wkcai i ay |Hi 1 .'!i., e da
. • • iv .j il md 11■ i• Si nali' dclen:-c
• Pyaiing comiiiilti'i1 t> day.
Ti cuursi’, div-iymri a. -need tin'
i ' iay i t Army and Nay • adei
i i aei.'iimpanied by tu u iitlici
i i pa is |" 11 icy rhnnRi'
I C ’"lit ract- I nr landa i d can. -
poms will I" placed fion
' -dl v w ith small " annlaetiu'ei...
li-'.itiy the ni'iiv dilticuTt armai ini!
|■■ ■ ■<tin-1;. .n t" larRor ii anufai tan r
I'm movent inflated prolits on
war orders, contracts will contain a
‘ a i providing lor re-nego; kitin',
•tier tl i contracts have been placed
ad igned.
Sub Sinking
Total To 25
Three Survivors of
Standard Oil Tanker
Reach Port; 35 Crew
men Still Missing.
X’cw York. Feb. 12. --(AI’)- Tli •
toll ol .-hips officially anm -need i •
s .'ii, or attacked off the United States
and Canada thus far in the w.n
' id today at 2:1. after ‘he. X‘a\y
reported tht 6.182-ton Standard Oil
' .it W I. Steed was sent to the
bottom by an enemy submarine off
X'i v. .Jersey February 2.
Th< announeement ot the \\ . U
Siood's fat: was made yesterday wit i
• arri\ al oi three sur\ i. ors, w h >
haft been picked up semi-eonseious
after driftinR tor two icy davs in an
open boat. No word has mme Irom
the remainder of tlie crew ol .18. as
(Continued on Page Two,
India Offered
Higher Status
I.oii'lon. Feb. 1 l. — ( \I*»—A
pivnuni'iil spokesman ribclns
v »1 todp\ that the government of
India lias been offered represen
tation at Britain's war cabinet
and on the Pacific war council.
Although India does not hive
dominion status he dcclaml that
the British government in anx
ious that it “should be accorded
the same opportunities as the
dominions, being represented at
the war cabinet and on the
Pacific war council for purposes
of formulation and direction of
.‘policy for prosecution of the
w a r."
Canadian
Youths Riot
A n i i-Conscriptionists
Shout Sentiments in
French; Several Are
Arrested,
M- til ■ I • I AIM - Rioting
,,n* -i- .■ -rending their
ser.t;*!:i *i K; enrh, injured several
policemen and Mweral civilians and
.. batten b my u indnws in a mie and
.mi -h .11 h< r d« iithi trat >n which
led tu a m-mber <»t an'e • .here hi
night.
"A:i.', . :i.i , a;»as by cin enjiti<>n”
(d- w n. di wn. d»»wn with . inscrip
ti■ >ii) wthe ery «*f han ■ • \ some
300 youth wini paraded ! land,
through i i-t end stria P- in ihi- maj' r
city ot Qucbi e province a pruvum*'
in which pemotm of French "nii-n
inak up nv-rc th.an three-'. »';r*n~ t
the total population.
Sticks, cane- and chunk' of i<-’
were wielded when ol! e; . - closed
in and one* injured polie aneii said
he believed his scalp w nd was
cau.'('d by a build
A half do/ n of the dem amt ator
were booked on charges u disturb
ing the peace.
Mrs. Roosevelt
To Quit Post
nil r . N V . Fel> 1-. ■ M AP) —Mrs
Frank! n I' R( ose\clt said t )day she
liad "always intended tu resign from
the office of civilian defense wh'Jt
tin- organization i- completed" and
addl'd sh" on ported it tu bp com
pleted ' ' t’i ,v . • n
Ilrre 1 ■ >prak on Connell Olive—
sity’s farm and hon e week program,
the assistant director -ot the OCD
told a press conference that when
the organization is completed she
will "organize herself nut of the o1
fice of civilian defense.”
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
1 Slight!) colder tonight.
j Its Defenders Scorning Demands For Surrender,
S* gapore Holds Oul
• • • m m m m • • • ■ > *
Manpower
McNutt
Group Would Have
Authority to Muster
Nation’s Workers tor
Maxima rn Factory
Gutput; Order Sub
mitted to President.
Washington, Fob. 1 9 -— N P •
\ mi'iiv'w *r re i! /;•4i«;e J
aiithoi ized to muster all w v!\’ r>
n ( ;*vmi \ for m iximi’in war fac
tory output was reported being
formed today, with Paul V. .Mc
Nutt as the prohhalc head.
'Phi* white haired V<l .1 -ecu: ;y
a., ill -b at ag it.nn: -r >\ e : :: • r ■ -f
Ind ana, and * »•■*!■ -t: •••■ hm ; <
..eg to thIM'.i ipic lie . :
In liaw hi en i . d h- I | ! • t
linti-fvcdt "'.ei' S'dm-\ liilh .a.. he.i.i
■ d the war pro. hat u m hi >,.rd I. : • .
divis i« 'll. .aid Secrt bm\ < h i .a! > »•
.: ■ ned
ft r Hie p<M.
It was learned that an exe
cutive order creating tin* hoard
was 'id,milted to President
Roosevelt a few days ago. but
that tin* President had uskcu »«».
a new draft to eliminate certain
points to which he objected.
Government sources said tin* or
der would h< issued won. but
union labor officials said ihe.\
thought .Mr. Roosevelt would
wait until In* had consulted again
with the six-man ( IO-AFL com
mittee with which lie met last
Friday. V second meeting is
scheduled for Februaiw 20.
I,abur supply v.- mu- «>1 the q a •
t ions -aid t<> have lorn di cussed bs
Mr. Roosevelt and tin* union icpre
sentatives, who wort* rei»• *i b■ i !•» *■«•
drafting recommendation* foi sun
n, sion at the confereners.
Miss Ingalls
Takes Stand
Wa.-hmghm Feb. 12 -(AIM
Laura In.gatl •. a\iab on Inal tm
failure* t,i rrgnti'! ,, a paid agent *1
the German g *\ ernmenL l"ld a
federal distriet eo ;rt jury t*»cl.i> “it
was wonderful what 1 Idler !iad d'ine j
lor the German people.”
Miss Ii gall reviewed to v
as a flier, -aid -) i had -tmd.ed aero
batic living intently became “that L
the basis ol all combat fly ng” and
then was drawn by her counsel,
James F. Reilly, into the story of her
alleged statements concerning the
German governor nh
“I have ,-ilwny> wanted to do
something di11 leuilt, ’ she declared.
“I wanted to how. during the pend
ing conflict in Luropc. that American
women can do something besides -it
on the sidelines.’’
VANCE CONVICTS
GRANTED PAROLES
Raleigh. Fell. 12.— ( Vl*i—
Among prisoners paroled today
li.v Governor Broughton were:
James K. Gordan anil Fred
Dickerson. who were convicted
in Vance county last Julr '21! of
morality charges and sentenced
to 18 months each on the roads.
Norwegians in Open Defiance of Nazis
1 hat the Norwegians are still defying' the Nazis is shown in tin - picture snn d in:•» Ki.a'Nnd. I: v.ms
made in I>obrak, a resort outside O-i The llormans ordei ! all inhabitaiv s turn ■ t" 11 • • n t.. -he
military band. Only a few responded to the command and some of tiiem turned their bad— on t•..• i*,v.. :• *\s.
(Central Prcas)
Philippine
Front Quiet
Japanese Believed Re
organizing Forces and
Awaiting Reinforce
ments.
Washington. Feb. IT- -» \I*> —
A lull in the Philippine lighting
was reported today by the War
department. which said the
cneim evident I \ w as reorganiz
ing forces and awaiting rein
forcements before resuming the
offensive on the Bataan peninsula
front.
The invader- ■ anwh ie hove «• ■
eupH’d the island of Ma-nate. ne-n
the center -•! ' • Philippi.’ areh -
p- iag .. a « m •pic a'd, r d e ' -
mg tlie fir-t i e«•••*:* e\t"its «m >f 1;.
.Japanese e■■ : ’ »n of the 1 lands.
'Hie Japane-e anp ai.ng t.» t; •
.Japanese far: er as “dear >r 1hern.'
th(’ !!:;•-! ' -aid. t" ’ * *1»’: n T
their t;«: n - and iv.-urv \v " 1; on
sugar and other erops
Report- n Aung O nn*a! 1)«nii
MaeArthurV iin 'as‘"r inriaaP'd
that the farnvi evieted hy th- -
vadeis had rm' ded into Man la
hidden in the untains * - «eao«
harsh trealna n’ A a r n ' •! tv
eon « f n lent a >' ' .’.e of la'n. ■* . 1 • i
supplies are hei • -a mg seam
said.
YELLOW FEVER SHOTS
GIVEN ALL SOLDIERS
W.i ■ ; lie: in. : ■■ 1 ' A!’' Ai
Aril v . ‘11 n ■ t~ i nv i'
I fj t... i.: V 1 -1 lie ’i r 11 * I /I I ..ill!''!
Vl'l I W ■' . /
avnibbl at -• m 1 :v■ I
Ai '■ y m.■■ i ady iv li.c
tetanus
Stiu i !i :11.*i■ ■ .. i'd :il -i > at li1 - pi v- -
Cunf'.'iTiU’C tii.it reserve oltii"'
training <•••> faininfi i i.i>- l"
college -Indent- 1 .ai boon di-tcnnUn1 ■
ed I'm lie rl mi i1 I lie war and
for si\ mi.nth.-' t ■ • realtor.
Babson Warns Of Hard Times
To Follow After War’s End
By ROOK It W. H ARSON
Copyright—194?—Publishers
Financial Bureau. Inc.
Babson Park, Fla.. Fell. UP- -I ha'i
recently been -t idyum the catalog
ot colleges -''specially those toi
women. I find the aid isam 4 eertaii
I a st aid and other war co irses: but
otherwise the -uhhets eo'ered ar'
the same as il no war exist 'I I line
almost no eniirscs- nthei 'ban sec
retarial— which prepare -indents ti
secure an income for themselves alt.a
the war.
What Are Colleges Teaching?
V’i.)<»n talking with college pres:
| dents tin > - e why I .m >.. ,m\
i icuis aboi i w ha: \\ 11 happen to tr.
stlld fits a 1 te. Jia- wii - S
say. •( )*. ' t.i .. - t.. get tha. st at ! ‘ *
to regi.-ter and to graduate them.
! The girls wall get married and the
bey> wii! ge! dratted— so why
: worry"'' They a!*o complain that
gilts arc lading oil', the income Irma
endowments s declining and tlw >
1 sim| ly eannot altord to take on any
i new instructor.** or experiment watii
new eoiuse*.
j All the above may be true, but 1
(Continued on Page Seven)
Nazis Claim Gains
On Ukraine Front
NAZIS TO EXECUTE
MORE FRENCHMEN
Vichy. I ch. 12.— ( \IM—The
nuzi authorities in occupied
France have ordered the execu
tion of 1") Frenchmen as hostages
if the instigators of two recent
attacks on Germans in the oc
cupied areas are not delivered
within the next two days.
Smithfield
Murder Trial
In Second Day
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ui' lie;. \ili n, 3.1 yi r-old la .
Shi i ill K 1
Ill - 'irk hr i
im chd i,..;
M- I .i -1 i .
'. I ). I ll i.d.sil V. . I '.II I U. 1 )
Mi dlen ici Cap Uayi
Lu'. .
\\ * mnded ami it a i ■ illy themitu t
FOUR BELIEVED DEAD
IN CRASH OF PLANE
Mrl'i rrd hard, Wash . Ft h. Ill
i \!’ i - A plane, believed to he a
. , n h. t i’ov McC'hord t ieUi. rrasli -
ert la-I tiktht in swamp land no. r
T. ' .. 20 mi’e.' e.i*t a' Seal'.'.
i'w. bmdies were retwered and
i-■ .i • <• were believed to ire ia
i-rkaije. v. iiirii was partly sub
BRITAIN WILL GET
SYNTHETIC RUBBER
1. aidia Fell 1:! Ah' Mhli-ler
of i Yi ui i t urn \. i i 1 '-on or ■ = - 1 • 1 ’
the bon- >i loi ds t ui.iv ■ at 1Y:•'
gton combii
board planned *<> pi "luce -top.iTu) t*-’
of syntbet ic i ibber ann 111. .
which Britain e\,>ccts to get > ""d
ton6.
German Claim of Ini
tiative Is First in Many
Weeks; In North
Africa. British Report
Victory Against Tank
Force.
B\ The Associated Press. >
\doll Hitler’s high command
is-crted toda> that Herman.
Rumanian and Croatian troops
had driven hat h the Russians on
the Donets river front where the
Red armies have been storming
at tin gaies of Kharkov. Russia's
“Pittsburg" in the l kraine. and
other ke\ cities,
r * he fir-1 ti e
eri • he■’ • «:«• n the .ml .
1. r Oil! ' > ■ ! : "lit 1:11 ■ cli -
’■ - u noted .!
* i ady i (-1: < m
tin the mod- \friean front.
British l e.uli*u n c i s reported
il at impel :.ii \ lire had
•a altered l .nk siipport
■ ti ifm d ‘sett near
I I M; chih : oat British
in., ile oeit ■■o'..Hied their
_■ siv f .■. : iv in the
m lie :■ . i • ? /«-»i «■ ni:les w esl
of I oh: uk
; ,■ ,, \a• • i H.thM ''
...... : >cd out 1
IB;! ('. :lo .January
. d e i . ’
Hitler Pays
Honor To Todt
In ’ 1; 1 1 i A!h- Maj. i
Gem \ 1 ' 1: tlev'
munition- awn;’ ■. and number oiu
builder, w a - e .. .co us thr inehri ;
t n d a \ • ' 0 s t
and friends the grouted road
builder th.e world ha- known"
Spec, ling it stilt! fun i here,
Hitler s.iid that Todt was like my
self. nut ashamed to wo"k for his
simple bread and was nc <■ happier
titan when lowered with, eta • nt and
di 't.*'
Todt'- death in an a r l(« u d on
the east from was mi..
Sunday
Heavy Tell
Of Japanese
is Exacted
Japanese Planes Pour
Bombs on f leet of
Evacuation Ships in
Harbor of Tottering
Stronghold; Other
Pacific War News.
/ B\ The A'lMH'i.i [• d J
Brill .!» drlemhrx >1 >ing.i;iore
launched four desperate* ( Mint
er attack- against Jan.i ; . siege
armies today and tin Singapore
radio told empire listeners— with
mu: ie—that radio communica
tion', were still in British hands
at X JO p m. 0 0 a. m. IT' l
Dispatches reaching I ondon
sa:‘i <•}'> i‘i tht* counter attacks
was sue-cessful. Tin* olht r three
tailed.
ilic Horn** radio, w hose re
port* have often been prema
ture broad'ast a Tokwi claim
that tin* Japanese liar was liv
ing over Hatties square in the
center ot Singapore.
S:;: i; i ;ane« a i.- Iv. a
north ve-t mu-..ml »i :A c.fy h d
She Tokyo report implied that
there had been a halt in tin* oi
fensivc while the British reject
ed a demand for capitulation and
that Die battle for the city hud
not >(l been won.
t\ Yak- Me Dan. cl. ! the A- -
i rioted Press, the la t nme.gn cm:*
pendent jvn .lining n Singapore. -I
I British infantry charged the . \a
nest* and drove them back at sevc a:
McDaniel’s di-patch, filed l’r<w a
The Tokyo radio, declaring
that the conquest of all Singa
pore i-lund was “only a matter
ot hours." asserted that Japanese
forces were pushing deep into
the cit\ itself after occup'ing the
famous Singapore race track in
the northwest suburbs.
Virtually unopposed in the am Ja
| pane-v « <• i' •; in-! \ i-n ola-tms .'1
I ir nd rc-i , >■ -nil'- .n
' the ii.irliin-.
Dnlilr .
I agency. -;c.i •. «
i mg In iv-m ia- ' ; i ■ I’• ' :. : -. - <■
^ Direct lut ’.‘.l ie f a-i, I: ;
(Coir : led .>: i’ .^e T v • >)
Five Army
Fliers Killed
Alcoa Workers
In South W in
Pay increase
Wa . ■ ■ : \i’) ri
national \va 1 au
rowed the d tferenta.l in t ween wage
■ rales :n in ■ the n .aid - (In n
the A It C n ny t
\mt ; wa by g".a 11 . i To corkers
n two southern plant- a -r on cents
Tin decision : vital irt;
to virtually every -.iiithern indu-trv
becan>e a sot a precedent to gove: n
future board action on altering the
accepted lower standard h>r -oi.th
orn workers, was on a split vote,
sewn t< tour.
The to ■ r bo nd members repre
senting employ, rs signed a dissent.
Five plants and 18.925 workers
were involved in the north-south dis
pute. a holdover from the old n.i
: tional •ivieu.c mediation board.