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_____ONT.Y PAHA' NEWSPAPER ITP.LISHEI) IX THIS SECTION OF M>RTII CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
1 W 1. n I X MX I H \ LAE . hi. as.,,, , \ n'AiVVV'1 HENDERSON, X. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, H BRUARY 20, 1! 12 i , I-'I\i. ( j yrs COPY
Japs Attack Bali, Land On Timor
Red Offensive Unchecked,
Red Star Claims; British
Cabinet Is *Streamlined7
Sir Stafford Cripps,
Fori acr Ambassador
to Moscow, Emerges
as Outstanding Figure
of ! burcbdl’s New
^ ^ 'yp'r*1
< V\ }':\r > , Pi rss)
K u* i i d*vla» o'! tod, tv that lie;
gn at x111f r off *n ive w as r:*H
ir oil i:J)rli*Tk'd. crushing
t<:> ma ;• nitJir ** aU.ck with
blood;,ssrs. a!’ I the S ;\ i« t
inn\ newspaper H?*d Star con
tidenth nrrdi< ted the defeat of
Vdoli Hi le?**, heralded spring
rampaign and ihe collapse o| his
• riniev, this year.
" !■ ■ ' 1 ' ■e>o-. rc« ull! mean
'’ i * \\ i* air
• ■ al lib’: ;,li- vdy had
]'i>» fi.'inn.noo u Ihi i;i, and
I
1’iimr Minister Winston
< hurchill countered the dorm of
rritici m over British military
reverses in north Africa and the
I ii IVt ?ii* ! \ “streamlining" his
war cabinet in a shakoup m
which the d\;iamic Sir Stafford
< ripps. former ambassador to
Km>sia. «-merged as the outstand
ing ne .v figure.
• • •' v ■ l i ! 1 ! ::: fh •
■ ' 1 .:. ' * :
>■ W:n -!■.!T • bright y >u!ig
■ ■' : • 1 at i !■ I to h..d hi <•:;
. m-her Mate
: ' .dale Ka.st.
( ■ • ’! ‘da.* inner c i: a.c
ers©< caupod bv the
- j ' : i -'tcj jicd Out.
Hiin an early n. ruing
'1 1 - ’ nut oil li a* air a i:: essage
S ■ St.,. : d (i voted a» Ger
• i - a \\ i..,he d Soviet
i ' 11 t dor1 ;
- • leierm red to do a. is part’*
,-i Ad*.1 f ll.b r.
S’ .ppeii •:l v. a. e. :•:ne’ rank
> < .-hakeu}) were:
i a :’Cl I** . ■ : er |)l-< al ne -
M i . wlm , ; . pilin' I . Ill"
■'u Slates sin 'i lly i nr pool i’u;
I ’1 •••.!
AM K hi; hy Wmid. di i.icclli , ■:
' • ••M-hMjuor:
A1' . .1 C i U’l'iiwimd, lab m iuIiiI.-Ut
v 1 l mttulio.
bu!Ii 11n iron 11111 i'i‘ I mid head
ki vvloda d that the Rip
' i t *.11 ’ nil tin >:: - - ; vo, and
• i led in" lin.'iia -tantiated elaim
1 Red army I'mv, mi the 11m
1 : "lit had iicf'ii i ni irrh d
’• thi 1 ■ n't h .M i man ' n ml. had
'• :• ■ malit a 1.11 ill 1 lie sntn
lb eft ! 1.1T1 ] I •
Aruba Again
Is Shelled
U-Boat Makes Second
Raid on Dutch Oil
Island; U. S. Fliers
Attack Sub.
St. X.ehola-. \. a;'.. IHVI.. Fob.
;"t—( AP)—Revenge w. t.he prin
i>al thought of this oil-imp.wham
■ "le island today after it - inhubi
■aits - United States as well a
11 itch - ildiers among then -had x
P ricnecd the second U-boat b . n
(h,tent in four d,.y
Uoincideut v. ith a • ''In '
1,1 torpedo attacks on oil tai
"be-e \ !tal water.- of: tie i ■ . ' 1
Venezuela in enemy - wm,trine • ■ '
shell, liurti.ng into the area ot the
great oil ret m-:ry here a! dawn ye
t rday.
U. S bombers already were a! >ft
°t' |t trol and unloaded explosives
s' quickly that one pilot was eon
talent the U-boat had been damaged
At iba's two great refineries were
Unto icheri.
ftff the island, however. and with
ii Tim :niles ol the Panama canal,
a tanker living the flag ol Panama
Was torpedoed and two snips at
anchor in the Gulf of Puna, off Pori
of Spain. Trinidad, were damaged
Wednesday night liv < xplosions
presumably caused by U-boat at
1 ' - The two vessel ’vniained
atlodl. r
first Lady
Gut Of OCD
\\ ‘nil !«:*’. !*•]> 10.— (AD
L: Lleanor Koosevelt toda> ic
i cr post as assistant di
l erto: o) the oilier of civilian
dt f< nse.
.James M. Landis, director, ar
' I*t d tin resignation in a letter
\o:r;ng ..latitude tor her "vision
a id ene-gx." hut savin he could
not ask tier to continue "to give
so , real!;. <.! >our time and youi
r jllanli x
Alls. Koosevelt recrntlx made
J i.ow 11 her intention to resign as
' .n as her division w is lorn
tionhv. efficientl.x.
Loth Mrs. lioose\ (’Its letter
a..(J that ot i Midis made teier
er-cc to the recent outhursl of
criticism at 0( S), which resulted
(’(t'i.*'da> in tlie resignation ot
Airs. ££ooscv< lhs protege. Idoud
(! "»: «-r Max ids (hancx. Miss
i hancx resigned lies Sldi-K) pos
sitien in L.e cnMdrcn’s unit.
Vessel Sunk
Axis ‘.Pocket Size’
Submarine Sends
Freighter to Bottom;
All Crewmen Saved.
>' •' ! F-" > 2D. • ( AIM - Th*‘ i
4.' ", IF . / 1 .at'. Ire ghter * Hinda :
was mm ; y ;m n\i> s111>:;m."'to. do- |
< . d . :. . j ~ . ." ..! tin- At- j
j la; ‘. ‘ Wddne.-day a;:« ; no< w ,
wo’i 1 .:*'n s i lin'd the* >;. >n -• •- idie |
' !- . (mentioning. .-aid the m m ine I
1 ived at th( U
I ! ji'th nn\ al dis’r et .. m wi/a'd ;
11 !» :i-1* id details <>: th• sm . ng attar j
t; e t nt we c; e\v . «1 4C v. wrked up
; ; ■ m 1 \. n ! 11 obi mt - i -y ,t r- i-c io .dm)
d ] led lane TSie men were re-- j
eu d .dter drill.ng and n-v. ing ‘w 2D |
Wa . hrt i’ho U i/i! an on ■ '
hi- y .i nun).a ' , j t • , I .1 » i.i Lea ■.
<er< a ul (•(■I'D v at llir e! i d) a • \ I
h« '.a '.a- he. n ch legated to act .. I
■ -11 oil"otoi O -I "<!'■ Ill tin oaro ,•! ;
it; on • iti- in • a- iiii-il 11, hi t a - - !
ir.-mhi. .
1,0 I I . i'l\ II N' ,|-| I i".
SENATORS DEMAND
COAST DEFENSES
V. ,. i .n, K-l>. :;n ■ A I'
I- , , 111 I ! al <M 1.1 *. > V. 'I -ill nv!i I
' .! . -I ado'in.ito p
fit- 11 |- i lol' 11: • - ,'l Aim : -II 0" l -I
iiio
Sm.ion W.il.li i I)(>n '.(■! it. Va
o ns.* 11 . Kvi-fl ill, - - ■• Vii'Rin
, i.'ii. ,, 11 .lol n on, (I\o[>u l) I ioi n. ( ■ -1 ■
in - ortinn by Soorota v ot \\
Stun m that d -|nt il "I b'l oo 1"
hall onoi.-v ooa-'al laid- ... an lo
, tard i .11ons.\ e cl.-. whore
Issue E x peeled to
Cause Friction Be
tween Congress and
Treasury in New
Levies.
! ; ■!, I- ■ . \r*! A
ra:H -Hi - i.' . p > ;• i ..i i ■
iy 1 * imp hi ! - if lav a a ■ ■ v <>.
1’rii‘t a n i»c.‘tu eon lea i ■, o apd
T n
i •orf.ed agreed « n tic gonordi jj' inr -
plc> o| a m •• :7.iH)(M)(in.(K)0 re' ii w
rai - ing pro,m am.
Trea- ry ..pi).,, til. :j p-.
was sit'd to have boon •\nrtw--d
111 ugly at < rontorenee •: ('hav
pia.i Co* ja. i >i mo< r Oei.rgia, ■; i
• he Sop it • .panee c min id'’' . a:ai
I »■ mil!' n. 1) or ; at. Xorti) r r.diaa.
•: ’: a- 1 i- »u • .. a v and p oap> (mp
• i'1oo, wit! : t a- nry repro-witath .»• :
•
already re'iected ^ P. |
i .• -■ a i ’s able portion !
It,vcmics- -
Fish Denies
Propaganda
V.,. i ngim . I-', ■ Mi I AIM
Repre ont it < H; liltm Fish Re
p; I lie;-,i . W\ Y . tnld i■ | M't'M -
I*’fiii> ti : • ■ . . pep nda of
■ y k : ’ :(i 1 I - l \ IT g. 'Ill' "111 "I "IV
!! 11■ i*. ili: i1!v .i .ndireeilv. v. '!:
m.\ kmiv. ledg" nr consent."
Fish was awaiting his cal! tn ttic
ment vitne >ain.-t Gemge S\ !
veslei' Yirrerk, a registered German
agent dial'ad with withh'lding in
11 TI ea' nil r (I d I \v law tn b" j
!"d u i’a lii' S'.,t" deilarlmont. The
t an i'll a n i i the trial \va- delayed 1
)V other matters thi- nr ruing.
SALLY RAND HOPES
IT’LL BE TWO BOYS
Ink. I' 11’: F I ). .'II. (AIM '
. I'll Groen
hc lam by.
The eov. in' a 111 i (lane"i hit in.e'
i "•(! -la m ;ar\ ft
WAR FUNDS TOTAL
TWO YEARS INCOME
Washingt» n. F'*K \I*) — j
The war i*?‘Mhu lion ho od said
today that authorized outlays for
war. ulus war funds requested
of < on:;i'.'ss, totaled an esti
mated 81 aO. 100,000.000.
The sum was onl> slightly
under the national ineome for
1039 and 1910 eoinl)ined, esti
mated at S140.709.000.000,
Proposed Civilian Defense
Reorganization Pigeon-Holec
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Motel.
|;> BOB lilOMI’SON
I; ,1, -aK 1- (-b. 0,1 Tin- proposed
i:-'M .111ci rcvdulizutiur. of ;
i ■ . ' .:. d u n-o oil' ids ■ i
Car .i.ru, has, lor all practical pur
pos • been pijscon-holiied.
Instead ol getting a top-ilight
man to take charge ol defense or- j
ga;);/.ation. and giving him the au
Inm-ity nc*ce>sa!'y to get som, thing
d'Cit-. the governor has decided to.
h a:: of! ce man for ihout SJ.JOO j
a year and leave Ted Johnson in :
the double role of director *»1 delense j
and state rationing administrator.
The governor and the American ,
Legion are at loggerhead.'. He j
think> Legion leaders have d dined j
totake hold of a job whieh is right
down the veterans’ alley. 1 hey j
think he has played polities in the
appoint).iC , "•! local detent chair- <
non and i> nut willing to appoint
i good man and give him tno mithon
'■;> to oloail up the situation. 11 Stale
... H. L Mo.Uillan a 'I Mill
Joyner, one of tie. Legion K'.idei-.-.
ax re not su close to tne g<>\er:r>r
there probably would lane been an
.•x pi os ion before now.
There are two sides -»t this argu- '
merit, as there are to most, but ut
ile or no progress has be°n made
toward settling i In the meantime,
the country a at we It looks al
most as if it will take .1 1 w German
bombers over X >i t.h Carolina to
spur everybody e mcerned into set
tling their dilTtrcnces and settling
down to work.
The governor set up the state de
fense council early last summer—
long before this country was at war. j
Director Johnson was “borrowed” ‘
(Continued rn Page Seven)
The Shaw Limps Home From Pearl Harbor
a • • —
( . I*. I* fume photo
With an onici eney bow and » temper hi . . the U. S troy r Shaw arrives t a West Coast ’ rt
under its own | ver. l’he Navy ri ort we I adv < . a new bow to refit the war h | I ,g
‘ ,Jut>- 1‘- ':aRC<] al 1 ,al1 llul ■” • • • •••*"• soon will be ready to Clack icicle at the Japanese,
Japs Bomb
Mandalay
T ... I B .1 ■ ! I
■ ist- '. Ki :'.‘i -( A!'' ..ei
'■ i! ' ay t ' ■ lU’-c Imnib
nude 11n-ii i'll -t a. .ai \ a.-tei i>.,..
• f Maniia . son as: 1 vet It
wi. .rt a : lift'd Is .s y taasrsa ,n
Till' Bias a is W at Ksilins' .-ms
i - ) mite i r 1 1. ... a
rail mail ta Bash:., ti mas - a; tit.
B a a ii' ad.
"So: . a m.s... ■ -.. . i .. t,
miililari iis;.,l iat iaa- j. ■ ■ . • v n
: aid.
"All .1 '|.aa. -a airs. • ra ..
with.Hit as.", t.iis a - mil" rnei: y
plane."
U. S. Planes
May Be Based
In China
(■..•IIIM.-MIM I-'"" Ik. I . \ I') II- ...
dI n ( hint t- nu■,• «#! Icm.-ix i
Main air i»;i i • L'’ i * 11 <’d St.m
plant w;tiiiii *. i.i'.p disianc.-'*
• Ii.p.in v. .i- \ i,i"ixl i#\ 1 ormorl , i
?ei - tod.iy Mv- nlt m| ti,*’ -
::1 men‘ \ i iI "I Ma i* »r (It*n< :m I .J- >s<-p,
W. St I i . i - ; >11 1 ■ ;
d(M)t I? mm-,- , ■!•
Wllilr the • Whit" lion
.•miMimrt !'!(•• • . ’ Id•.m nar;. !) ;■ u■
( ■ ;■ i . • Pi ])!i
nl tarv "HI .id ('
tOIlim:: m . ph dir Pm
inicrm.mt ..' ! . < • m* r «-I lh»- ('.
Hi ■ c \l. ', <' m - I i )H ( \ r( | S' -i
Would I'll!' - I . ( , .(•-.•! : • * 11
(I• • 11rr ! i . • ( : m- K.i -
Will’ pi Mill ip
Nazis Launch
Sub Offensive
1 . :ir| • . l\
an' i l b n. c
i »| ai a t a v, : 1 i;
I 'aiUni S’ a
1' *• Par.'
The.-i' m tin
i n' dim* tn 11!
Imcnt. the na
• i . a' tha a
February ! ’
[hay raided. d
Ihr* a bare t)
:h«a 1 area ; t 1
BEEKEEPERS TO MEET
AT WASHINGTON. N. C.
C illege Smtirni. lb .• ■ ■ J;i I' "
-The • mi ;.i m i-’ii’g .1 1 m \ C. i
St; te Beeke.pe - • ■■ ■ -'
held Frit iu\ . M i e: :M. el W-.-nf
1. 11. X r . '1 \\ . I:!' nil I'll ' • " i I *•’
Iiv Prol F li. All ..<• ':eu. Stan C - -
lege bee .-pee... i. i .mi ei" e'u:
treasurer n 11• a- - e at i >n. H'-auI .
County i- .: i■ Agent \V 1.. Me -
Aaii.y and othei representatives 11
the extern mu service are cooperating
in arranging the meeting.
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
( imtiniuil 1 old tonight.
f RESIDENT’S TALK
vVILL PICTURE WAR
U :I - >;. 5 ■ !» 'M \I*>—
V!' addn-s i*‘ - tl“ii 1 Roos**
v«’ll will make to the nation
;\I • n id a \ nv hi. Cl While House
*.a',d today, mav touch on strat
i'.•, it's hut probahix will he direct
ed principal!* to Urn presen
tation of a !»*• lure of a world
at war. as Mr. R<m«a v It see** it.
The President < a.iceP,,d his
press eonJVrenee toda* because
lie still had a head cold.
t
pm
Seaboard Train Crash
Injures 42 Passengers;
Ct thers M ay Have
itecn K-Hiec1.
• 1 • • 1 . I A c;. > ( k i c
House Gets
Pension Law
For Repeal
\V . T1 n,!. • 1 I \P s-'
, : | | t I .(■ ■ pi'n ,'Ml !
I e\ pret; iplv tow :i d too |
Flense todat In ci •nplote ihe lav- I
t 1'act ■ tht widely
!i ! 1; 11 t,i 11 o\ : : > I• -1 liy car nils nl
til) and iiiil'.’t v i■ i - nlilly federal |
pens '111 nl' S'! 11
i '.n ..th Si nati nd i1 e |
were in week-end recess. House
ygreem ) t to Un- Senate .,i'; •. niusl
wait i util Monday but • "n. r nun
Ra ■ p< ck, of t 'm H< ■ i\'!a eri -
u e committee, d ‘here \\, -
doubt a tnajo.:t. i • • a vd ua.-t •»
C c; mm. t ■ e e S t u d ying
A r m y - N a v y Money
Bxil Wants to Know if
Appropriations Are
Being Spent As Rapid
ly as Made.
V.'..n, F-i. JO.—t AP) A
1 .i*u '7o.yu 1.901) A:-: y
: . ■ Path
' hi h
hind i' >11g.\ ■ ii.. i appropriate >n<.
P f’.t g ,;tit t::.'' . i Congress up
prove* tlu- p, ndaig bill in its pres
.t w ill :s;ie voted military
• Pi >;•'*pi ia! :• »iia and authorizations
•;.i: ' ig s7 1.7dii.fi hi.7nt! miuv January
o ■ ittt ■ m»■: if '(•;•- >;iid they
a latu-d to icarn tiier the pru
: . peeded
I. . • ' : . . S Kn.-d.sen, then
ft. . t!;t* ( >PM, reported t«.
the 1 1 . ‘" i i: ;.i t while ( ’ 'llgi'i• - .
; i,: f i ; ‘ l >.")(>,000,000.000 ip
to 1 M,it '. ' iy ;i: >•» ,t S7,000,000,
iioo iw . i !' nn n spent then
(Hhor \\ .-]• cit-p,
ncI: id.ng l. -• .O'
Arnold el. «-i • ■ : A
if! aw O' cp i.p. ’ i
in • they eon
. y »i ’hi' . g ! wtnry.
AP Writer
Escapes Japs
.* i
Mr! );r ir|
Y K
iil 1:4,1
MM."
GF.N ERA L EISEM iGWER
GETS NEW ARMY POST
w. - ,■ i . - V A>
| >o in men t 1 ’> .... i, ■ I', 1 .ela, i
Dv gh!
plans .. A - my gene: ai a ; lr: 1
Bngactlei Geneia 1 Harry I. !'\\ ark, ■ ■
today as ta, - niy pre-Pea liarr'ir
holdover among heads ,n the high
ee i maud's live divisions.
Th, W ar department , iiiiuiiin' d
la-t nighl that Kisenhowor would
s leeeed May-r General Leonard T.
Gerow. win, was shitted to eommand
of the 29i : divi'i 'ii. Kisenh aer had
been cha f of ■ t:i; t of the 11 "o ,
■ s; II nti.ni'. Tv ;
Java?s East
Gatewav
w
Under Storm
A>heel Warships and
Planes Attack Japan
ese Invasion Armada;
Australian Ships Sunk
in Air R* id on Darwin.
' 3»' file \ssm dated Press.)
•lapahs sea-herne inxasinn
armies stormed a' ■ eastern
eal' a> to .1 \ , tudu ■ attack
ing tin island nf Hal- and land
mg troops on (lie .jninlh owned
Dutch - Portuguese i land ni
I iinin i |- I,, i;
rite Dutch high command said
allied warship* and submarines
attaet - d v* uanancse invasion
armaii.. •. rid Itali la-t night.
..I
• ■ ' hc.ivi ly at the
1 ' it1 rei't Ini - mi
' •' erui-ers. two
■' -1■ 'ft- and wgi !
da a t ha . v ;t|. } wk.-J i.t’.J'Jj i'
t" the alia-d deienders.
■ ' ■ ■ - . t rep >i-i
h-iit.eg plane were .-hut down in
• the g I Jute: na\ al
lia. . t S it I,.a,. ,i ;|.
' ’ • • , 1 ,
'11'ai'' 1 ■: ’! t - 11 a i • a : ioadip lartras
of Oftll - P W '■ a ,
} nitei Nati- ’i- i ■ a and in the tar
Tilt' lit *\\ assault completed a
halt m-on arc of Japanese bases
threatening Java from the north,
extending from lower Sumatra
on the west, then through Bor
neo and ( elebes islands, to Bali
on the east.
Imperial T<k\<» headquarters
said that Japanese tioops. pro
tected h> the guns of warships,
landed at dawn on the moun
tainous .'500-mile long island of
Timor. The landings were exe
cuted near Dilli and Koepang,
the. Portuguese and Dutch cap
itals.
! ;• aae no mention ot revi.
i tnr.ro, :■ • Au.'1 raliaiT and D itch
: , . .-I. , n to ha\ e occupied
the 1 »*-, • i ; ■ .n . .f the i - Sand
h e' . ■. •; . )(■•-. gyps'i:n and
put i ■ m . ! r- .it the ea -tern
tip of :' e ! ■ ■ ltd archipelago,
only * . 1! ..r ; of Da. v. in,
And ; d : a
Coupled w 11!i the grave turn ol
events in the Indies, Tok\o
headquarters asserted that
( C r: t; n a d n P; gc Three)
FRENCH TRAWLERS
SUNK BY BRITISH
1. i !• i AIM \ Ki'ii: -
I" i i > m ■ n ;i-,i'i -.'il' that
till-.-. 1)1 ■. . n 1% I w * i
. ■, - ! - i tl-i Tron. '
i . t B .-ray
Japanese invasion
Hordes Now Only 80
Miles From Burmese
Capital City.
TV*
I.'.:—- ■ IV •,-! troop.
. " • . . : I'I i: .!(■.- to the
nm tlie. •
La • • i ‘I- oaMiemont
■ i ted Brit landing
■ "<i • « ,• .: hea\ v
d.11 r * attar . . h ' Rang'" n \va -
■*'ta > svu a* hear .it h.v it*m4r tii: t the
: ei da g of th
t ream
L'i— • the B lin river line prob
ai'I\ war.,;.i na*an the British would
u.u.r P ia!i back upon the Sittang
r.vcr. 30 mile> to the west and the
la-1 natural barrier protecting Ran
goon
W'th me menace n» Rangoon el ar
, ly defined, t was estimated that ap
t' 1> 1200.000 Indian residents
had dcuartod from the city, bound
;t n ■ T . i .