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TWENTY-NINTH YEAR Un,,l:As"iTTHENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY IB, DM2 '',u''xUi'i-i'T UG" ,1N""X FIVE CENTS COPY
Jap Island Bases
Blasted By Fleet
In Feb. 1 Assault
Navy Department Reveals Details of Assault;
Hi Ships Sunk. 41 Planes Destroyed, Military
Bases and Radio Stations Wiped Out.
iu i i (.i ni: hi k\s.
II i:• *i . T II Feb. 10
a t 'lilted Slide F c; i
• ived 1«> i :* i: d' l«i J y an
. 10 ship- and wip.d out
i n mbita/v \ ilia go.- in a
■ • assault nn the Japanese
h :y 1.
Mo , :, plane-. including
end bnuiber.s. also were de
uid inur i din .stat .ms left
?.dements were made by
t id ay m their first
i ' .nt ''! the attack nn
..II i mi (I ilbert I - land
• . i .• ajar oft en a\ aimed
the Japanese from the
aid . one 2.000 n lies
» I r« ' ■ a ! I (I a 1) n! 11 j
1 1 inn A 1 i-t ra 1 la, lie.
■ 1 d art Mite "I slip
t n. l ’ n 11 e d State and
' ' Pa:- was- tbeat: e.
en' 11mU !1 a J lie Fel >| I
■ .an ine the at tack said
' y • U>- • *1
d noag- d. 11: my run v
’. >yi »1 and installation.'
" li ' i la. ai il% battend. Ii it y,r. a
n,; i. * *i ■ ■ ’l enemy |. p>-r,-.)
It i bleated ! a,i 1 cue,11.\
ia ..,I ar,,i chant shiin>.nm* aim;
isc tli I Imuii/ll Ion I’iiiij.ioly .a
a,Id. . I bo.olid t, ii.. v. on' dam
o4td.
bi,i t a 1 ol .at; ■ ora .jubilant a -
U di • •oril : ia ,u<ve - ol Ilia
> itltli li , , an ai a ol it.iii
I" i1 'll . I• 11; i • ;, ,av ,-i iol;a pi o -,.i. -
a illy
"We -' , |>ree:se!\ I.. . . in 'i
I -I . , I i iy III I, m ■ a. a: a : i
* f I al
r. a 1 , III a ' da til
a > .!• • i enemy ■ n, •■!.
1 ai ,11 ' . a da . aiad . a
1, I ' 1 if i ■ ■ I'1 •:. I ■ 'ill'll*';
mla" ’mm|i||.
II:" "a • ah I'll! I ,;, ■ ■' ■ '
Id ; t ■ I ’at a ha e,
Ta,. a M.a I
an a io-a nr •!■ ■
I' ■ i 1', 'a ! S' a
! It 'To
• n. a a a
'foots ■ d Pi.
Senators Demand Acte
On Parity Price Bill
M e a s u r e Pushed
Despite Wickard's As
st rtion That it Would
Raise Nation’s Food
and Clothing Bills.
i- ■ i:: AIM .V
: . i' : ■ ! : ,y I .11(1 (I
. . ' .if : ; t* Si‘C!'i -l.i ry \V .chard'- j
. 1: . : .ell a policy would i
* he nati n‘s l « ul and cl 'thine i
\ '.linn dollar mnualiy
I h o i . i Jemoerat, ( >kla -
• .iu ad. I). "Ofi.it Ala -
l « "t to. lT'f or "ii. ! >va. and
. I ). !•' "rat. t io • 1 v a. htr- - j
■ ' ;i measui e \vi ich \\ oiild pi o- |
' \ e'ai. i ent !: mi -oiling 1
•a" parity pr'*vs it- dig •
• • >ek.- il 'in. . ci»t’f r. |
' or tana ;>: • .1 ids.
o charged that the secretary
A. fidtuiT*. in < pjiosing the biil.
• \ ,ng to keep larni prices 'ow
0 ean t'oi i f Congress to let hi n
• a paying i ml lion- of dollars o(
1 p.; v11 < nt 1 » fai Men'-. and
. o i o .ia mtic e« 'lit;' *1 o\ cr agi i
AID-TO-CHINA BILL
SIGNED INTO LAY
■.f,.,: V i. f • AIM- A •
: Ipi .pi !,at ng SalMI.IIII'I.Oni) f< l
< ,'iii i igned ‘"day by
1 , i lbnise\ el!
•in a -are main a\ aila'ole the .
• ■ 'A Inch v... . j '.cd In be
! ii .it: ilhci bill ciMfcd l.i !
I'!: I ’i csii lent I i.-kI 1 equest cd
■ '-billion dolhi.s I'm China to i
'e hei internal ceonou y and j
• a • er u a r effort
Allen Says
Wife Untrue
•I. add. Feb. la (AIM A
\. , , ,,' ilily and in
.. a - t'-ld "ii the witne s stand ;
•t i i a eimi l here today b\ 1 ier
\;len. Ba-year-old farm laborer
1 » . ged a. till triple murder.
. v. la. first U>"k the stand ui
.n fiePMV-o yimtetday alUrnomi.
! 1,'hmI .a- hi- liim.iiei on*' witne.-.
innriiaig and \va.- >laled l" rt—
<i t" the wilnes.-. land this attei
fi.o defendant, aeeit ed of killnu
1 \. o . Pm mother, and a friend.
id.yiuM . -aid that oil the e\ e "
• r illing his wife had told that she
1 I had immoral relations with Bay
end that the a-.-ignations were
■ ' m g d bv her br ither, Brady Lee.
!‘ hurt me -o bad it made me sici:
"i. tli#• ••!« .aanai ana 1 tried to drown
■ nows m liquor," the del end •
• ’ .ad. "I didn't realize what l wa
doing I wa just a!»»ut crazy. Ile
od that he recalled shooting his
te .aid Lee. but c< uld not remem
L* i any other event.** (»i the night.
Allen was conv icted "t homicide in
Ikhn and sentenced to from live to
■M*\en years He was convicted of
I'D ding H Man son Hodges in a row
»>\ e; nis fust wife, whom he later
ih. civ.cd.
Ill Alien Roundup
( . I*. Vlumr photo
Two Japanese Binhihi-t priests are
pictuit ii here after beinii- taken in
to custody by the F.B.I. in euneni
alien roundup. Thuy are B- v. Koyo
d'amanaka and Hoshin Fujikado.
lamaaa! i w;i> .-aid t*> he a former
t o!.yu poluv 1 • r;i"f.
(Central Vast)
Radio Industry
Mobilized
W.i -h.ngtnu, Feb Ik 1 ' I ’:
The war production bmotl 1 *1:11'1 ■11 '
ori today it mi u'doi : ' ‘
nun.mill r.iil!• i .>11;111111.• >• t i 1 ■ ■
try to coin it it cid'n ■' '
arm.- product nil w ithiii ' .» oi M
four months.
H the ci m ci ion
pli-hcd willun that pcriou ' l'".i <1
declared in a virtual ■: ' 111 the
go verm nen t will lake "i or n in- m
verted plant.-, break up 11■ ■:r rgam
zation.-, and give tin.r ,|iiiimicnt
and labor, "to other plan'
economy where they coai.i he ni". -
ilized for war production."
The civilian output <>l the ;nd -t v
recently wa- ordered cut tu per cv:,t
under the Hill production.
Churchill
Faces Storm
l.onilon. I eli. I t— M’1
ti.im poluieai observers nie
(licted today that the govern
ment of Prime Minister l hurt lull
had onl.t a slim change of rid
,iug out the storm of popular in
dignation which follou ol the
escape of three German -hips.
Churchill might explain the
defeats in \frica and in the
Pacific, these sources -aid. hut
the humbling of two of Britain's
fighting sera ices within sight
of the I nglish coast "cannot be
explained a .a b; matin'.
1 Putting Up ‘Stout Resistance Against Great Odds,'
Singapore Still Stands
Reds Advance Into White
Russian Breakthrough
Into Republic Border
ing Poland Threatens
Nazi Flank; German
Warships E scape
From Brest.
(IV* i he \-.sociaPd Press,
Russia's triumphant armies
reached White Russia today,
striking into the German- held
repnhiic Bo? (h i mg old Pola nd,
while at mm, R.\F homhi-r* pur
sued three of German! * might
iest warships which escaped dar
i11l, 1 > vesterda.! from their hat
tired haven at Crest. I i inee.
White l: ■ l' .rib : . It ' 0 than
! two w reds :• . •.
k o\ 1 : ■ . < t h« >
• ioR: ieo}' di. « ‘ e (B- man nm ' it
•; ,• .. l . ■ . - • M
While the Kcd armirs hurled
\ilo!l Miller's haltered legions
hack toward their startin'' point.
J ugkind souk lit to block the es
cape ol the powerful German
sea raiders, who ran a gauntlet
ot air. sea and shore bombard
ment in Hie inistv Strait *>I Dover
\ • -sterda v
I.onden dispatches '•aid it was
believed 2h.it tin il M s biggest
bombers wen- making a desper
ate effort t > desfrov Hie nazi
squadron before it could reaeb
11: e Helgoland bight and the
freedom of the \oith Sea.
The (ai! lniih enn : and ai !
it lit: io the 'Hi: ’ 'll' I
Ik- uml I. rl I'. I . r t'' -! i ‘
... 11, l!mi *11 .■ mill lit RAF
Hi' iml dev. n.
M d I t
'I ,; ly , , .ft i .. I ti :i III <;■" num
',lc.
Tl 1 • II If I ' '■ H-cing
I |m.rl : "I 1 ■ II "1 111"
|<ii,,t tl rl pfrd nd 1 liter r
deed I" III Tl l.n■ M t enough
| In bring I lieni :■ 111' 1:4 11.111 i bolort?
! 'Ill'll I nd. i v
.....■ illy. II.. TUMHi-hm l>n*
j III .bin Si-li .. i t mid (In.. ■
;inrJ | };, • 1 i'l.fWI'1- ♦ | ‘ (•}■'.: •: I’l l I '
: Kukcii rh dlcn ;• d th I' it 1 - n >
. 700-11! i If vovtlge I"", ''ill t!'" :
i X'nrtii ' . I i '"I! I1!" At bill' '
i ri'|i;ii: \:irtl ;d Bn -1. whci • 'In > ' ■ i
been tl'i targets ol (Hi raid
i ’! : f (tm ■ i .■ ii - prt ibably b ;i d
idi.>•'i them to s'lirlacc- raiding.
Ax: atli iff. tmiii I' n aid the
lird i'i i.11ngi lit nl' Rnssia'i "
j i ■ be u fd .a Iho ii iz ex >1 tation
j Kui | ipo's 'all .r I'o mr'i' ".itli'i
11 '"i: tlie I 'I'ra'lie ™bad arm d i■
j Germany Tuesday.
MRS. CLYDE R. HOEY
DIES AT HER HOME
Sio li'v. i’i I. i\:> M
Clyde R. Hoev. wile I '
K«>\ riLti . died 71jdth»n:y a’ ' • 1!•••
home here earl'y today >i a h< ai t at
tack.
Funeral services wall held at
2:30 p. m. 1.»moriaw a! CYntra!
Methodist church here
BRITISH WARSHIPS
TO MEDITERRANEAN
Berlin (Ft n O-rn n Broadcast, i
Feb 13 (AP) BNB broadcast a
report a'd iv 1 • •• So: i. til I ""tin:id
units of Hit British fleet rrr. od i”
(1 ibraltar . nd lot' n the tyVcctn n ol
the Medil' rranr.m after diking fuel
4tid provisions on board An a rcraf*
farrier and two eraisers wire among
11 tile ■ .aaine. o‘ 1 •. >i oY -uid.
The Japs Pour in on Singapore
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I
This map shows a elnscup of Sir gapnre fity. whore British forces arc fighting a game, if Imp. ■ -<, battle
against Jap invaders. With Jap i i e sh ick troops swarming toward the citj fr >m three directi n m li
tary experts look for swift tormina! ..in of th" battle for the island fortn • Tim T f i.dors are making
the invaders pay dearly, but lacking air support, they can do little to hail adv.v ■■■.
(Central Press*
Willkie Favors
Advancement
Of Mac Arthur
I .I. Kcb Ai
I mu I,! ('.eiiei I, 1 >o 'T ■
lo a post \va- . optoi, r c
p-.11 ■. b! e only :■> the I’
1 ad\ i calaii i.y W elide !i
: it'll tape" in tii Army
A throng oi i ..i'll) lime
| liicir :' cl. C,m ’a -
i | *!t .-menl i*i !'•" * nee pie
Philippine h ru' n >n i.
“Keep Pure,' it-raliv- ;u
j hand- oil' in'. .' ' i:. i ^ Wi!
i i .id 11.»1111u ;■!i 'ee ii. .
U. S. Agencies
On War Basis
\V ihniigio'i. i'V i:: i Ai’ i ■ - A
a :uoan oi 1 tiler coin i 'ting She
rih 1'iTiiiii‘ii! tsc to a iv;irti■ iie t.a
President Ron c . !; di elo ed today
he had told the lead.- of all I'edei
agencies til ! ' 'A a - ’ ‘1 •:
that manpower released by ne i
m.4 1 he u -iy: v <' k ne "e;
lv channeled nh» defense w* r.. "
Me ' r.iti*1 i it! 1 '< < tlu dep.n ' ■
' ■ : ret
i that practice I i> all ;;<»\ eminent de
1 part nenl- and «• \ ic nad Icn^tii
er.ed tlu* vvi•: k • eer. \ nlunUi: dy t •
M h'mi In ’ - • had
- l>• *eij :i• h«-u! -
II is neces-a. ’ the i * « uetd i.
to c pitali/.c on tli..- . cr .. *•.
.! would reie, e C\\' If" d C
pinyre- fur v i wui’k ..n 1
help relieve t n* -h.<>rt <.n .u u
tor individual.- .aid govern ’ cut •»:
j ice- and hi 1; r.cep pi" »;> 1 •• 1 ■' "
c. ■ - a. dine, i111.» ’hr national capit.il.
King Carol
Unwelcome
\V; * hi net a. mi, t M I At1' Km
Carol. li'th '•11 ed m.m rob
miln:a. v.' -aid no! be w - a ■
| conntr> a- a leader ot a "ir K -
| inanian movement. act mg S m"
| of Slate \V< lie- -aid today
Welles " i ced -it > pm
: fercnce aboi" "port tba’ ( mil
present in Mexico. w.a- plannn.g 1
come to the Cmted St ites to organ
J a free Rumanian nan cment
The uruter-ceretai >' reni.cd i
hesitatingly and emphatically that
in the opinion of tills go', .'rumen'
j such a move by Carol \v. Id not >
I conducive to the w ar ettor'
WEATHER
KOK NORTH CAROLINA
< uoliiiued i old louifiilf.
President Defends
FSA As Essential
Admiral Hart
Holds Title
Washington. I eh. 12. — * .\I*) —
%dmir.il Thomas < . Hart who
was reli wed earlier in the week
ni the < rnniand ol l n't *c 1
Nations sea iorees in the soulii
wcst I’at hit because ol illness,
i*. coinin'; home. I'resident Roost* -
*. (It as .» rt il t«.da> . with the title
ci tummamh*! in chief oi the
Viu:p !i it.
Sir told a press conference
that this h si;n.iiio*i s!ill »‘\i.sted
lot a section oi the fleet. al
though for p-.irposes ol coopera
tion willi Ihc » nitc*d Nations,
the \morh tn sr;, forces in the
Paeilii buttle area 1: cl been
i all <1 the in force', oi tiie
south w est I* .. i! ic.
Ingalls T rial
[Nears End
!: 11 ■; t n. Ft ; !." . .MM
! ...'il ,| In- ,11 , , ■ ! CM:, .1 I \ I ,
pi'" .cell Ian .. ".ni (■ c i \ "; ! i ,c
i. ; •a cracl.pul” t«x.iu\ m el » n;;
!! • ■ nipin ill effort 1
|- M 1. n i M ' . t .! ( ;.M :I'.ail gov
K t >i ,• •;; 'i | «* t isn- ,t. o' t pi .ruled
( F Rt vl I
?"i :icy. said the . u.l: : \ V\ a "o \\ • -
in'1111s ;. I" !i* "1 Cg"':cm."
JA? DIVE BOMBERS
STRAFE OWN TROOPS
w ■ ••• :• K. ■ J» •' \P> -IV
.. ; . : 1 .r i.,ms. .i vi' In >mb
C! I . A VI I!.-r:i' 1 guns
p i , ,- i., Pgl-ging In til
I • i .... ■ ■ ■. i vd t'iduy 'ov
the W.i il. i' ' ' i ■
Tiio di\>• b.. in*. . < 'ly sup
po ling . !g ■ v e» "'.I : '1 lu'~
I-,.,; t, ..vnly bn" vi d ,nd I'udiiiio
gunned it it vwn a.i.intrv. w' di
hva\ V rn.-ualtio. :i V nr ....uqui' .'aid.
Victims "I the m.sttik. attack
\\ *•iv identified as clemont.s • i the
122nd .1.ip.11 iOm1 i't‘i2'; t cii1 1 ip ^' h
vil • ii toll __ ,
No Poll Faxes Paid by
Farm Agency, Presi
dent Declares; Op
position to Poll Tax
System is Reiterated.
j I'M f-idfiit Hm t • \ * •! i declared loit.d.
i i. .d uren opposed to
. *,i\ i.i’i : r added that tlu* Pain
1 Sn ly Ada iiustration had 11«•
■ot i. ; \ ,11.54 any -.11011 luxes,
lit ml 1: ; til .i pit'.-.- eoiiierenei
; I.. ! PSA tenants have a uiidyt , ,
n- air- r\ n y ntve 1; y <>.
. n • ’ -it. eiopiiii.M. a bed to sleep
. : .01 1 \ iiiii -. And thro.
;>iidnri-. hr .-aid. allow the tenant to
put (b ■•.' :. .mi item lor a poll tax.
At * ;re . • 'UP • ener Ta*■•'day tlu*
fi r !' Xt . M V ,. as told that C. B.
Bald r. mm PS.\ ad11.;n 1.-1i ator. had aci
: 1 a•'t*. 1 i . f 1. ut e<»tigre>-iona;
Par , Pm,.' ‘"a PS.v had paiu pon
; , Pit' Ma id . aid lie (let ia, -
, -d that all t . ■: - ■ ■.. pi run-r had
.. , „ r i 11 ,1 ■ :, I M | 'I tol III,;
' ' ' '
! ,\ 1 ’ imi 1 ron .r. ■ ■ aid iie diet
' 1 1 pay poll
p;i 1 .' finely e -
; c • 1; 1 a l P P • ir a. ! >0 .-itualion -
Negro Pays
For Murder
X
I at t'euti ai i'. ..'
'1 m« X• r 1 ' d none: *
,i X(
NOTHING TO REPORT
FROM LIBYAN FRONT
Hi ,t h : 11U ! 11 1 : 1 ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■ sia\ n I hr I.i’■, -
y;ill 1 t 1 : ' ’ 1
accoiding to th< ! ’ I V r bn
comn ■ ■: o. Hu 1 re re 1 ■' deta
nil those.
BRITISH AIRPLANES
BOMB SICILY BASE
I:, i (Froi Italian B: 'ado sts).
Fob 13 , AIM I>i ih'li ar raid,
alt;.r*t lhrlaiS;r,ly a i ni.gnt
and thr n ght before \v tl, hath rx
plosn os and inoonclinrv .>'■ b”t
l thoro was little damage, tiw It.., n
agi . ,
Russia
lap Hordes
Press Near
City’s Heart
Even 1 okyo Radio
Speaks oi ‘Firm Re
sistance at Singapore;
WaveiI M ay Move
Supreme Command
Base to Australia.
< E ' ! ;.! \ > •!»<• J.l ted Press <
I■*i'; i is 11 !: »oer • 11 defenders
11 : i ■ i ■ 1 • ': -1>t i• a111 *‘ of Si ti
ga • i rc port (I holding
gnml\ on line within two miles
ol tii•* cif A In ft toda . and .1
broadcast at 10 p in. "oi:g »pore*
time 1 • a. in. I.W I d o fared
will: a touch •>, proud detianec:
“There f ample evidence that
the Japanese forces are tint hav
ing evert thing their own wa)."
The broadcast said th.re had
been “no great change in the
general line. 1 he Tokv» radio
asserted that Japanese tanks
had battered their w.n into
British “(amps along the Sin
gapore racetrack .just outside
the city.
i B> The \ssoi iated Pres*
\ terse, drama tie message by
Lieutenant (Jeneral \. I Be? -
ci\al disclosed that British de
fender^ ol Singapore •'till were
putting up “"h ut resistance
against great odds' today as
Japan ' siege armies pressed
within two miles ol the cil>
heart.
\nn\ Minister I ram is l ord
ol \iislialia said he received the
message from (ieneral Percival
at l:'!u p. m. Singapore time
< T:.‘10 a. m. L\\ T>.
I \en the lok.so radio spoke of
“firm resistance"' al Singapore.
Dm e. • ii: a .;■! .Japanese new -
igcney. «•-•!a'i‘1 i*• • i that t• .<• invader'
vnv -t:!; ?' • :• !<*- 1 !’* a? i'vj\vnto\. it
Sing.a" ■. < ' • ie th*• British
' w a - teadily
Iii Australia. Prime Minister
John ( urlin summoned parlia
ment to meet a week Irom to
das “because ot the continued
deterioration ot tin* situation in
tin* Paciiic."
111 the Pun 1 Indies, thi* Nil
command reported i temporal'.'
slackening ol U:« man' - pr« lift
ed lapanest dm - aimed .it -lav a
amid ominous hints that the
I piled Nation«. muh command
iniftht he prepariiift to tall hark
to Australia.
I), pate •
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^ . Page Two)
Norris Wants
Act Repealed
. ’ rll’ ,, • ;i •••rilU"
■ nd
• \\ ’ e* ; ■ ■ '. e1 sy
•• j i{ .»,•!.• d>:''*ntnig the
: , J ,. • ! . • . • ; - t . 1 t).! | ft c i \ ; i i < i it
* mrale
I . V. I i1 • the fit .11 .1 Cl >11
■ , ■ ■ V I' the
,, . | yea the house,
a i 1 ,■ ... as . ./• d at the public in
j,oii: • ,n ’■ eh l . .net had been
,, , ,-j iix j | . (■,,i 11 ■ a r>\ ■ iver th 1
vi pinyn.fill a i nto tainei - to direct
, . ■ n , , ; I i,-. 111 the III ! ice for
,-i\ lain deleuse
| ..jo • ... s id. lie seldom had
,.(4 eh \ I .lent aid • Ustainert
!i 1.1 iurn t• ued by
. ,i t .oi u v.it tig to open
g . nment pension roils to its mem*
hers Nonas said he n ver would
accept a pension f|om the govern
ment _