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PL * -TV M; MO•<IAk. 1 \\ K.\ I \ -N1N1 H \ EAR 1 thk'.x " ''i Vi T'r 'ti-K,'ss.lF _HENDERSON, N. TI’KSDAY AFTERNOON FEMRI 'ARY ] 7, 1!»I2 l'^,!I',SIKx^,F^,srNl^^,;UN','’N FIVE $32,070,901,900W ar F und Asked • ••• ••• • * . * Churchill Says Nazi Ships Were Hit Australia Mobilizes Situation In Atlantic 1$ Eased British Prime Minister Declares Gneisenau and Scharnhorst Out of Action For Long 1 i m e ; Helgoland Bight Raided. I'.' rile \sso<'laird Press. I I'limr Minister Winston ( hnr tliili announced today that crip pling aerial Idows inflicted on the Mibb! ton German battle shins (•neisenau and Sell u n ion-I in the battle of Dover sir.lit n mild fn cp the na/.i sea raiders out id action for some time and that "before they can again play any part in the war" new British ships would he re id\. 'simultaneously, the German high command disclosed that Ihitisli bombers have already begun attacks on Helgoland bight, where the (wo battleships and the cruiser Heinz Fugrn are n-polled to have taken refuge alter escaping front their hmnh batin ed haven at Brest, Frauen. ■ ' 't . < I smart <>t disappoint annoyancc i: ay rei mill :n ■ •ml that tile final forfeit wa ■ ■ ■ -ted. there i no doaht that V ■■ 1 position in the Atiantie. so i heing worsening, is defmi'e - ’ >i l'tiurehill declared in L<>n ■ a . hill .-aid the German High/ l.i at the t-M l ranee to the Channel, w.i "di eicledly d lo ii and that "a threat ( aiii'a'V by the -liips there , - ■ • ,o\ cri." iiiiiri good news loi the I lit ••(I Nations tame from the Rus sian war front as a bulletin from V doll Hitler’s field headquar ters acknowledged that Soviet troops had scored a break thro ugh (ierman lint's 50 miles southeast id Vyazma, on the Moscow front, and the Berlin radio conceded for the first time that the Bed armies had advanc ed ISO miles in some sectors nue the beginning of their win ter offc nsive. 11 'in high command a verted 1i;t- K it.- -inn !>'',(! through t had been encircled and ”an ! i! 11c<t by counter attacking (»ei 1 m after heavy lighting, with 5. 1""* S"\ let troops killed and 1,8-iSl t. • • pri <• »ner, but I mm the broad - ; * * ot tlie imp*u t .mt thing \va> 1 in- ole i ion of . uch an advance. On tin' north African front. British headquarters reported that (•cnnaii reconnoitcriiig de tachments had withdrawn from positions in advance of the main ,ims hues near Ain el (iazala, 10 to 50 Hides west of Tobruk. [’in- 11 ight mean that Field Mar (Continued on Page Two) Republicans In Farm Bloc Wa -h: ngton, Feb. IT (AIM A lam bine proposal to prohibit si,l'‘ o! u<*. 1*1 nment-held crop -urplu.-ej ht’lou parity price levels guinea 'tong Republican support today and 1 1 tration leaders ct>nc< de 1 tha’ Serial- approval of the legislation was likely. Senator MeNary of Oregon, the nonty leader, .-aid he would sup port the measure when it comes up l iter tins week, and Senator Brown, Democrat, Michigan, indicated h was at raid he was leading a losing light against it. MeNary told reporters ho had agreed to back the proposal oflered b> Sena tor- Gillette, Bankhead. Ru-seh and Thomas, because he felt it upheld the whole principle on which tin legislative farm program had been based ---that the iarinet -a-'iild re ceive the parity pro.** i-*r n s product t-nd ng to give bin epo d h ;>'ing v t tlh other* Just a Breeze for the Boys in Iceland 1 American soldiers somewhere in Iceland got their first taste of an arctic winter when a wind from the North Tole blew in at bb miles an hour. The men in the picture are trying very hard to cling to Mother Earth. A warehouse was wrecked by the gale. (Central Trees) Aid To China i Advocated Congressmen Urge Material Aid to Chiang as Quickest Way to Stem Japan. Washington. Feb. 17.— (AP) — Congressmen called todas lot all-out inatcri.il aid to China as tin* quickest way to stem Japan, and pledged meanwhile that millions of American men and thousands ol American planes eventually would dominate every hattlei rout. Senalnr Austai ul Yen n:. tin1 ;i ml 1 lepubllean le.ak . .. .ed that e\ cry c!l"i l he made i . gel Mipplie. and eipu i pmen ’ in (.ienera 1: s i m ■ • t’hlang Ki Slu rmics a- the most el fee!i\ e inm ediate step.-. Repre entativi Maa>. Kepubiiran colonel in the Marine Corp- avia I mu re e> \ e and ranking minority leader <>l the' 11 • ■ ■ e na\ al aflair committee :'Sued a -latement' de claring tfial Hie United States -hare i re. pon-ih ! ;y lor the l.tll ol Singa pore beeau.-e the fleet, t ('ll i p< m a r 11 \ crippled r>\ the Pearl Harhoi .,u... ... could nut ht'lp the delendm. 1m ■ "1 bit." he coni inued, "we pro:m. t our enemic tilts ‘The Yanks arc coming. Timu plane and their war.- lup- a e o a - mg. The tread ol their led by tb • millions will he heard m A • a. m l a. rope, in .Africa. Then plan'1 by the >n»i e.s of thou -and.- will darken the >kie aho\e Tokyo and Herlin. Hie i rivei tank ■ II p n i< 1 11 < hattlei i < >nt in eveiy emnci "l i lie world, their nundred ol u ai hi}1 - Will seek the s-ea-. hel"ir tin >e.a is out. next year, the year alter in ever inereaMug number. . 11 mi: •• fresh and powerlul land that ha- • il ly begun to light." President Roosevelt • only emo llient on the situation \va in the same torn.*. He pledged to .\* w /.ea land Mini ter Waller Na--h that tie* United States would not lalter un til the wai m the Pacific wa> won. Oil Industry Asks Curfew, Rationing BRITISH PLANES SINK TWO SHIPS London, Feb 17. -(AP )— nrit.sLi | eon -till emnmand aireraft mil; tv > Ismail .-hips yesterday in the liny j oi Biscay. it was officially announce-1 ! today. An air ministry eon munique sa.d ■ a third ship in a com oy vvas le'.t down by the bow aider the ittac1; in the bay. formed i>\ die n»a-t Lm >»1 Spain and German-oeeupi d France. Northwe.'t German ports and .1 ! in Ids in IF -i land v. ere ! >’a*d 1 - tar gets oi the bomber command raids last night. Fr p« ' ■ yesterday and last night, two planes vein reported, •missing. Vandenberg Urges Probe j Of Ship Fire Washington, K*■ i>. 17. (.MM Si'n- ’ alor Vandenbci g. Ih'publican. Mich igan. demanded today that the .\a\ y department 'ake pu!> 1 ;e ..II 1 he "c<ild , blooded lad " -urroundmg 111«* | burning ol the huge lima .Vn;,audio " 'IJciiu*nibta the Nonnandir' ma; well hecojiic a challenge rennl oniy to •IteincmbiT Pearl I larhorV' tie.' Michigan senator aid a- he intio duced his re 1 'lut ion cal I ing lor a Senate investigation of "tin shock ing all'air." The enntor -aid loss <»| the huge liner, which was being converted foi war purposes. "represents a M.- n war tonnage efjiiivalent In about halt (Continued on Page Two) Ickes Advocates Pipe line Construction; Gasoline Famine on East Coast Imminent Because of Shipping Difficulties. Washington, Id). 1'.—AIM — Si-c-rdarj ol Interior IcUrs told a II ouso committee todav the oil jndustrv had rc< ommcnded im mediate closing of all filling sta tion- in the east from 7 p. m. to 7 a. m. weekdays and ill dav Sunday, and rationing of gaso line if this becomes necessary to offset fast dwindling stocks due to war loss and diversion ol tank er ships. Tim secretin > . w im is pm nnim e . 1 >n 1: n; i!«ir, ci; f i iml sj.v wiial nrtm , he mnien plated mi th.i* industry’.' ■i f inn. I * ■! t i id r' v»himmnd 1 he cnji• t met mn . >: ,:1 .sMn.nriii.mmi pip- • line -y tee1. tVe : Tex;,. to the m I i - dclphia-.\ew Voids area. Th pel -!c w indu- 1 r vy. ]<■ . !e tified. i(*i - «rn • * • * * d 1h;i| "step- he taken to ci.i :.n •• «• t«. t * I (it . - e- »n.'-1.*11pt mn of net rolenm product ■; to t (i<1 extent t. • d ppI’nx 1:11'11 e's- ] > per c( n1 I ri >n •■lit h Is rl imm; the period Kei *i n. y 17 t . \ on | 17 The industry i ep«-i t aa I it was "impo.-'Siiiln ;i t t • i t; -. e ’ • - p-edict j w heth'h' or not t ■ » t II Here ai y Ik y-.nd 1 hat ■! . V wlv n total ciMi'iimnt i- -1i imni: -!v i a 1! .-> n: f si i hst anti ally.” Newspapers Expose ‘Gyp’ Hospital Insurance Scheme Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. R\ BOB THOMPSON Raleigh, Keb. IT What Insurance Commissioner Pan Honey ‘.‘ailed "gyp insurance companies, operat ing through alleged advertising agencies, h. ve been trying to launch a campaign in North Carolina through newspaper and radio ad vertising If and where these el torts are successful, they will not only | result m defrauding the public but also make the newspapers ana broadcasting stations inadvertently j guilty “i r .; "'latl'C ‘I till. law. The latest cl'lorl. !•> snlint hos pital insurance in a company han- . r.ed by the law <>; -he -late through a newspaper advertising ea.npaign. was brought to Honey - attention by the North Carolina As-oeiation of j Afternoon Dailies of w hich the Hen derson Daily Di-p tch - a member. ( Whether or not any papers "teli" for the scheme lias not ye; been re |)orted to the eonnii.— inner. Not long ago some a the '.adio stations iii the state were taken m b\ a ' '"l'■'r.Mnued ,vi o—a C'"?) Sugar Ration Forms Speeded Wa hingh *1:. I-- :■» IT (AIM H: e-o <• ol the g<' ri'iiim'nt printni-i office and print >hnp> throughout the country rolled today wi‘n (THOM biggest printing ndei -the proparati »n «>1 Tnu.unO.OO') fnnr. ■. on rd> and bonkleN ! v the rat oning of sugar, to he ;n tin hands of hu-,. rationing ngencio> hy Map’h 7. Wilhii • ( >!e tim< ift Hint date. po.-db!y a week or two. tin* registration •: e\ e y adult and child will take plant' at puhlie who »1 houses. office oi once adm n.idrut aw sotirc* a said. Kao! .11 got a e >p\ "War Kata n Hook ." eon!; ning stamps for the purch;w . -ugar for the following 28 weeks. HEATHEN I-OK NOKIII CAROLINA. Much colder tonight. near freezing temperatures in m tciior japs Force Withdrawal, In Burma Japanese Bomb and Machine Gun Islands in Bun'Pa .Strait, Blast ing Bath i or Invasion of Java; Philippine Fvont /active. 5 V i.iled i n- . • i. M ; .in! i Mil ill « i i" (» m«»Ml /alioil cl r\ **ry 1 ‘ in 'eiii • ‘ i. ' uslr.iiia today in;. ; ’•> iv. .vi i I < itb-s press ed i t**1!m a to lava. llu* lent < ! ! !h* I ):iit-ii Indies, and tor •ed a »»*\\ Kritish withdrawal in Hit* : ; I■ i* 111 hat tie of Kurina. blasting a pal! for invasion. Japanese planes bombed and machine gunned several islands in the narrow Min.la strait which sepal..tes Java from > .mi.tt: a I I the Mi neb • . , ni'ii duvet hi! on . ■ noth* n t ttadv pr ably j;i\ a . - tie In. I ;; - land barrier ; LMi.ii'diii.g Ati-Iruli.i ; -n, invasion uy j 1' it!; ‘; . ! ■ ,.,ut i:\vnrd I) i - t;.<| }11; r. i i Suu.iln il’t■. XI..Mi!,.. t. 1,,, . rvi :-. s.ild j . 1! i, VU'IV MI'I : t . 1 ne situation in ncii*nhnriiiK Sumatia. .(loss the '!() mile Strait oi Snnd.i. remained ou st ure lollowim; Japanese capture (.1 Pal'-mhan:;, producer ol ii.il! ol t :<• Indies' petroleum output I >.it« • O'i i i Ihe si <irclied ;: 1 ! .1! . M a SI ()().()()().(K III I t j. ,n'!'.-d Japan' .net that -mly v * i . .i* ' * .y p...>r quality In ii; Philippines. (.eneral Dmiei.n. Ma< \ithui s hi aduuni lers r. emted mere isinu Japa nese an aaJ artillery bombard nient .: ml d f lared th.u hi wo men and ' i ^! j l r * * 11 had hccn Kill ed and ethers wounded when the in\ ad* bomicd an uude len led rein . . . cm at ( at alien, behind tin \ merit .to lines. RAF PLANES RAID CASTEE VETRANO I ‘ ' ! * I K: *. I '. .IV I I 111 I’!,ill! .. 'I I’ I. I'll ..IIS II I U. S. Coasts Defenseless, Walsh Says W a -I. i figt "■ i. j-V ' 17. 'AIM Chairman WaFh, D'moer.ii. Massa chrsett . »! i:,. Senate naval coir. i told i: Sriii.n- P *d:.\ that P.e (.• ’ Pie l :nted Slates v. ere •‘a! : dehawde • ami that as a - t ia\ night < > on it a « id h«> m « ••- to til ing the N ' . leet the War ii " i- assert on during MhOOO vilian deter. - •. :| •. ' • ai .-ttoi Senator .loin "• P- j ' fa1 a .i'm. had aid Pa •• • a .uit .r.i .te deh nse o| the Pat t eo.,,’ Wii!;!i -a • o, rticle reo i it I.\ : ;.a i }»i • i ' ■ • • d :e •M’"'*' tile .. • • ' ci; o! tie - tense at the City I» and the ’. . : . La* I delei m ■ .art, . a. rrt on tie- east ». -t ad ui tli r ;lt. a* ”. i i : k ■ 1 h«J ' ‘ 1 i.-1 Arms, Lend-Lease And Shipbuilding Covered In Budget Redden Heads State Demo Committee Kaleigh, Fen. IV (Al'i • vf. Hi-ri.il II.-I i. -..•It in <; ..r-.-N.’.l 1,1 • ...llillti I! -II.I'll campaign lor non - nation aiid election in In d a y man 1 \ ej< led • •hah i: ,m ■ a the Mate 1 >emo . i »it .<• I' Nua: i\ t> committee. He it-. <d.- Kmcry it. Denny "i (... ;• -a..i manager oi Brough ea :paign, who recently \.'a . j i"-a:ted to the Stale sa le' • « miirt. Krd.ien. entered hu the party ■ a !\ , •• ■ • < in iiomiiiinrd 11 the i'ln . • el :ng bee m - ii. • r11 y .. P-r 2 ; :n. m tin mm ol tin* . • ■ oi repn i t | A. <■ 11 T. Allen, party i-.-retary, j; r eidert. T1 e c<»: i. 111 it teen en. ..... ai t al lowing t lit* Wi.-he.- ol the ciiiel cxecut.ve. decided that the .‘'ate and c< »ngr» •.-> if >na i Democratic party e >\\\cnt i< urn won Id 1 e i mid in Kaleigh on May 22. County c< •; i. ent ioii> w: 11 he held May 16. I ..’ New Credit For Russia Billion Dollar Lend Lease Arrangement Being Negotiated; No Details Given. W.1-;i.11”1 ■ 'll. Feb. 17. -i Al’ -OI --ill •• ■■:((•!- said today a icw lend ka.-e eredi t ot approximately SL iiiiii.iiOii.ihU) was being negotiated tor La • t.i 11. Russia rceeix cd a >dni - la: si i ii H i,i)i h i.i ii in ( red i t. (Hi anal - aid this initial credit had been nearly all allocated and 1 new credit n> needed soon in ord- r weapon.*, tnLu- :a \. 11 need. Alt !i";ign . H the materia1 | pr.un ..Hi under the tir>t S Lonn.onn. 0011 ci edit lun • am d< '1.er<d t•• tin i; ans. th( t tat of these • ipp! ies i> a 11' ixvever. it w a- • . d , .nicialiy . that Inc entrance ’no ITi.tt d States into the ; ai created .-err shipping d:! i ten : t ie-. The nexv credit n the ne gotiation stage and the . \ a ' amount and dot ' l.e- "died L Ml x take the ' a a mom - War inatei iaL :• > i • n pa d :n k nd. ■a a credit i■ ■ oc « j•.< d m any n - - a - 'nc L . m.iy t ind ix ai'. able attei the war. Commission To Investigate State Hospital cm::,:! .--mm e •: po-ed m business ,md pi • 1«‘ i• mai eii and at lea-t , »nc ‘a .»'r<.i:i. v i I !h‘ appointed i !.v ( Im\ n il, 1 , mgl.'on ft' maiie | what hi' de-e, heri a- a "CMinplelc | and imparl :ai" aive-t igaf ion of the State hospit I tin t IV! gantnn. An \KI g • m fit roadeast ' warned .lav.i - 4(>.00<UM)0 pe «ple late j today tl t " t ■ • - v is ' the g t< t»1 .Java and -omh will storm the.se gate- ” Tlie govern >r disdt• ed h»da\ tha1 the State Board *»i Charities and Public Welfare had eoneui red w !li his suggestion that the special con,- , mi-sion be appointed. Broughton said that the commis sion probably would be named late this afternoon, following a meeting n his oft ice o| the board. The com mission w ■ 11 decide itself what line* its investigation will take, but prob ably will interview many former ; • a • 11 n t t h t i n. 11’11 f l ■ u j Precedent - Shattering Appropriation Meas ure Sent to Congress; Would Raise War Ex penditures to $142, 000,000,000. Washington I eh. J7 \r —. \ precedent-Nh.itlcriu:-. 2!.070. 001.000 a pprnpi iations hill lot arms, lend lease aid. and con struction of men haul ,hips at the rate ol two a day »\enl to ( ongress today with the message that “nr\er in ..II OM-un iias a nation been fated with the war costs of the magnitude that con fronts Us." : • ( ■ • ( r ■" ■ >>t ' ■ ■ 8 ■ : defense pro grant expend * ;.id down *h :i> I'm I '' ■ • . ■ i . Tlie Mouse appropriations committee bluntly declared that “the Inited Slates had embark ed upon the largest production of war materials e\vr under taken l>\ any nation. It asked immediate action. “Billions upon Pillions * t dol lars and tin* output of more than hall of our factories '.’.ill he geared to the manufacture of munitions, tanks, guns, and other implements and articles for war use." said the committee. As sent up to C piu 1 Hill by nnreau of budget, the nr . d rad-; iur: (.1) $28.888.<W :l * ' • \\’ , department, inci .d.ng $ 13.252,200. min designated !.u oidnauec and 1)11.51 2.1100 to expedite product ion. The del agency appi - >pnai :on.' co.u - mittee ii • d .i H.iuse u - pi e\ ent d \ erwon d ••• -re than had -d In .* an." UP to Pie allies in the P-rw i lend-lea.-e a.d. (b) $8,852,000,000 thar Pic mar tin.r c O .ni'- - a * n Rem- Adn iral Emory S Ratal, c n Uiission cha , - man. d :>ci< •>. -p that the cog p : iet i m program < ni< mph.tcd 2.877 Piin With a 80.82 P 12! ; 8.1 1 -imago and total exp no,' o • $0.7-14 840.058. inelud:u_ * 1 nd • a 1 ■ • ■ iu-ndin:; bill Hr I'';.:' !!112 Pied'd called I or 78,0 • r] (c) $5.4:11».«’‘11,jn.11 8 • -;fi- lea c 11 PI’1 ' ’■ .torn in tin "• pm w -.-as list ed as !ond > ! 8 ■ 11 :i '.i ••' , i:d S- - •7 ary .-f .\g: ic d ■ \V . , • d ent rated : • • <i c‘ . r: a,, ‘ . ci <nu“ Unity Test After War Worldwide Organiza tion to Follow War Talked in United Na tions Capitals. K\ ( i! \i:u > r. •'ll w \ 1:1 l s•:i(i.11 I’rcss I dinmuisl i W • . IV 'V .. !:, • II. ;| x. nr ! ■! i " pe :n ■;'.> tlial ' : 1 y IV V (1(1 .... .. s. ■ : . I . ... 1 lit ! • nv.ni'iil f o d - ■ ■,"ii a all Eliy 1: i; .iking |h■ • - pics l:a.- been sug gest'. d i ' ': . >; C. il l ihe i’(i I'niied ,\ i! ns "i ' 'd ,y in vi idc si" era! tlvi! speak other lang uages. They all ' rale • ■: a ■ or les Lord finlitux though. S> me have kings and queen . to in s'ire and a few have presi dents \\o,« e. issify pretty dielatorial ly N( ' tl • nselves de'o .(••• i'm - That is. they have* in the past and do yet. That they'll still • • m>d on Page Two'
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