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Reds Drive Nearer Smolensk
A • • • A A A A A A A A A _ _
Allies Cheered By Address
Giant Army Transport Rushed to Completion
A twenty-five ton Curtiss Condor III twin-engined transport is living rushed to completion for the Army. A
Curtiss Hawk -40 pursuit plane is dwarfed by the huge transport on an adjacent assembly line. The big
plane is designed to carry “thirty-six fully equipped infantrymen," light field artillery, and one or more
reconnaissance cars, (( •„', ,/I’ress)
Two U. S. Ships Run Aground
Pianes Hunt
Sub Raider
Army and Navy Air
craft Search for
Enemy Sub Which
Shelled California.
Washington. Fell. 21.— \I’i —
The W ar department annomu cd
lodav Dull Ami) and Xav.i air
craft and mi; face \ e■■■els tune
started a search for flic i neniy
submarine which shelled the
Banklinc oil refiner) near 1.11 -
m nod. ( al.. last night.
Tile depart men t's ci .’•.miriia s
s.nd dan age 1 mm the she!ling v. u«
m gh! anti ntj casualties v. -re ro
portid. The submarine, apparently
• lap,me a’, lin’d 25 lomul- ef live
meh -hell- al tile refinery, the de
1 ai tment said.
In the Philippine : gill eg ‘In rh -
partn iii’ aid. tin re \\ 11 nu gi .mud
.•• tiv.-y iin t il In r - tie in la last 2 1
hours, hut enemv uirernfi dropped a
luiinher of uicouilima Ivan!'-.
GERMANY CLAIMS
EIGHT MORE SHIPS
la a ! 1 ( Kn.ii (i la at: P.i' ' e i t- j
Ken 2 1 • ( AI ‘ i -• A -pa 1 (lernian
h ;g'n c a r: aa: id cumn tin qu a d to
day that 1 tern an sulnii.n no "pel'ai -
mg in ’ •. i - Atlantic ,r.d 'I th"
Ami'! lean cn, i hari it,!, a/ a a t more
Ships total;ng (i.'I.OOO tons.
Five o| the . hip. w ere said to ijc
I inker.-.
Navy Using
Old Shells
Navy Chief Declares
‘Mere Age is No Crit
erion of its Effective
ness.’
Washington. Feb. 24. (AP) Bear
Admiral W. H. P. Blandy. chief ol
the Navy's bureau ol ordnance, said
today that the Navy was using some
ammunition made more than a de
cade ago. but added that "mere age
i- no criterion of its effectiveness.
He appeared before the House
naval committee at an inquiry or
dered as a result of a radio repent
quoting an unidentified naval lieute
nant a- saying that anti-aircraft am
munition ’ aboard his ship in the
Pacific was made in 1920 and was
only 20 per cent elfeetive.
Blandy said tha. both lie and Set
retary of tin- Navy le’ox were "very
seriously concerned” o> ■' 'he teport
and added, "I am not going to stop
until 1 0et lull information
BRITISH WITHDRAW
ON SITTANG RIVER
Loudon. Feb. Z\. —(AIM —
British troops have withdrawn
to the v\ est hank of the Siltung
liver alter inflicting lieavv
casualties on the Japanese troops
invading Burma, the all-India
radio said today, quoting official
accounts.
Recognition
For Worker
War Production
Workmen to Get
Awards and Honors
for Meritorious Serv
ice.
W ngi :i. lb n 21 1 Al>> W r
jiri iduct a m i >; I ici.iI.- have decided "ti
i |m hi it inn campaign In pc I
America'.. a-m output t*> leak i g
ivm'kr: - I' cl 111 ir imporlanrc an I
responsibility in the war.
11 w.i.- h arned t hat tin
await.' only the nod from Pro rl< nt
Roosevelt and that War Product m
Chic; Donald M. Nelson had agmeh
to accept it' leadership.
Tlies are its main feator. .
1 Special reel ignition p.r ■ i ■ 1' 1 ■ -
i si perfuirnanccs by nd •• ■ 1
w niters.
2. Aw; rd.- pi plants turnmg n a”
alilo production jobs.
;; 'I’r1 ps fiir foremen and a.' s'kci -
)■ i nmiiier Army maiieio. ei I- i -
mil them to see the actual 1 mei alum
of the tanl.s hall tracs, 3 in a’ld
trucks.
4. Reports by con mnndv
l ighting front on except; mul pci -
formances of planes, vehicles ana
weapons in actual combat.
Lend-Lease
Aid Tripled
Washington, Feb. 24.—(AP)—rhe
rate ut lend-lease aid to the other
Uivited Nations has tripled since
Prarl Harbor, it was disclosed today
m an official report.
Kdu ard R SlettiniU'. d the lend
■ lease administrator, -aid n test •
I niony made public by the nate a;
! prop:aations eommittte that dining
i the first eight and one-halt months
Lit the program such aid averaged
about S1 41.000.0011 monthls . emu
pared with $338,000,000 in December
| and $462,000,000 in January.
He also disclosed that the an
: ferrying service across the Atlanta
I In the Middle least. eroah d last sum
! mer and operated with It nd-lease
funds, had been extended " o that
i the bombers lur our lighting loioe-,
i as wen as those ot our alia can h.
I imvn u.i that route to the fighting
are '1 !k .outliei'i Pavin' •'
Fatalities
To Be Heavy
Destroyer and Cargo
Ship Broken to Pieces
by Storm on New
foundland Coast.
Washington. I'd). 14.— (AIM —
The Navy announced today that
the destroyer Truxtun and the
I . S. S. Pollux, cargo ship, had
cim aground in a storm off the
coast of Newfoundland and been
losi with a loss of at least 189
officers and men.
The heavy toll of personnel
was attributed by the Navy to
"the extremely difficult surf"
conditions caused by a raging
gale in hitter" winter weather.
Kt fort - t" put 11 ne: ashiire i reun
i n- -.t nl.ei: ■ i si - i 1.1 led. A breeches
In my I mill's v. as i ;gged to a ledge
• -I-a le" el. i i -■ e - ir\ ivnis were
wa. -lied he e lieh.re I hey could I "
g,:!* II • '■ 1 -11. ■: ihe ("lilt".- that
I ined the re el .y -In me.
The T11.1 \ti ::.e Navy said, broke
op alnio.-t in- leili.itel.* alter ground
ing and iot alto ward the Pollux
also went to pace under the pound
mg m! a violent sea.
Such a dot irvive owe their res
e in I a" the Navy de
clared. " i ' .1- •"tiiHe.s . ell ieient and
m many r ■ rmc adion of the
pi.>ph- h Si. I.awrene . Newfound
land.”
The c.111. i Pollux, a converted
merchantman, had a normal com
plement a a na.al store shin of If!
i .I: eei s and I fin men.
The 1.1 ‘ l; i -1 ■ ii Truxtun iv:i- a
11,; -11 deck fo'ir-staeker completed
in !92! and capable cit 35 kneits. 1 ler
eompleim nt called for 122 men.
Chiang’s Trip
Foreshadows
Air Route
Chungking. Feb. 21 (API- Chi
nese Genera 1 isMi!'.'> Chiung Kai-Shex
has returned Iron; his all important
visit to India, a govern cut spokes
man announced today, alter a flying
trip foreshadow ing the establishment
ot regular air transpori as a new and
anportant addition to China's supply
line of war material.
The need for such new routes has
been emphasized by the closing of
Rangoon as the "feeder” port tor the
Burma Road. But the spokesman
reiterated IT,at China is sell suf
ficient in food, has enough clothing
to get along, can manufacture her
light arms, and has a quantity of
heavy equipment wanting to be ship
Iped iht. p u"
§
Defenders
Of Java Set
For Assault
Lor. c • o n I >, e v: ip .ape i.
Give Enthmia.s ;e En
dcr^era n<: o Ares:
Pert Loop- ' e I t ’ ?
Speech: Ch nr chi'! Pre
u c'r:y.
( L .\ T!v 's:m : ,r<I press!
5 -ir!; nt Rim s " »•»«»f*-*• -*
1 ’■ •* '*i 1 »'i‘*'d %' ’ ■•’s would
take tIk* oftc ;i-i\n:sed
• w • : • •» ••••« • Ml I i -
axis lands f«>n ,v * ? r’-ri. of
Java gird* .1 for a iTmactic as
- ’ ’ v a n;*n*- 'l a-'v rno in
va dors
T’i • '• « A. - -,! '-ore tha4
a -i/ able A KF ’• ouj; 1 *• »< already
(>n the ! ■)(•' ■ i. Mr !E> ■ o
volt d< cl !\ d t ■■■ • I' T ‘ d St 'it'
ll irees :m tlie ! • P:m i <';c *-v t sP'.rl
:lv growing vnd that “thousands >1
Ame ie;.’i tr- 'j arc 1 d:\v in th :•
area.”
London newspapers rave the
President s speech an onthusias
tie endorsement, with the Daih
Sketch commenting that Mr.
Roosevelt “gave the world a
tremendous message of confid
ence and cheer.”
Axis reaction was typified bv
Domei. official Japanese news
agmiev which asserted that the
address was like “a pep talk b\
an irate football coaeh” a*d that
“a noteworthy romnrmt.nw was
furnished by the report that a
Japanese warship was shelling
the American mainland it ahoui
the same time lv was speaking
from the White llous"."
In London. Pro c I1 n > w Wi
strn Churchill acknovvh dg 7 that 1 >
the i iment Japan holds smeri'irky
in the air as well a- “waning com
mand of tli. ,-ea" in the fa Paeil a
(Continued on Page Two)
Electricians
On Strike
St. Li nil-. Fell, k 1. - I AP) IA mr
hundred maintenance workers ol the
Al l. < (pi loting l'ir.gmeers Union ol
the Union Fieri r e Company ol Mis
souri began a said'evil -trike at three
generating plants of the company hid
there wa- no immediate lack > '
pi i\\ or.
The plank- all'eeted were Calmkia
and Venice. Illinois, number k and
Bagnell dam. Missouri.
Maintenance men at the St. Lou
County (in.- Company also joined in
the sitdown.
An <>it u uil ol i ho Skali.000.lino
utility sain the controversy wa- iiu
the transfer of an el plover Iri-io "lie
plant to another
UKTl’RNS TO ( 1IIN \
( hiingking. I eh. M.— I M*l —
Generalissimo < hi.mu Kai-Shek
has returned from his visit to
India, it was announced today.
Coach Wolf
May Enlist
Chapel Hill. Feb 24 (AP)- Ray
Wolf, head e. ..eh it the University
of N<irth Can lina. said today h ■
would confer with Navy officials
Charleston. S C. tomorrow on his
acceptance ol a naval reserve com
mission in phy- icn! training w ork
"My plans a- as th \ ivy or
as to my connection with me Un -
versify are so mdrtmito that I wo iL1
rather not make any Tatemrnt,"
Well said, "hnt 1 v ill go to Charles
ton tomorrow for an interv iew with
N;o v ol fie al
'vTolf said C'i c . Frieiusiin. bai 7
field coach. Jolmmc Vaught, 1 in
coach and Bo Shepard, busings- man
ager oi a tli 11 tu- would accompany
him to Charleston.
Woll -coached far Heel I", Thai
, teams have won 38 games, lost 17
and tied 3.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Colder tonight with snow
; rmitunuiu, ’ll the mountains. I
U. S. Navy Nurses Held by japs
Here are 1'our of the five U. S Navy n : -• who v. re s< rvii n the
Island of Guam in the I’.u-ific when it v.: • raptured hy Hie .). p-. the
Navy Department amiouitoed that they are "deemed likely prisoners
af the Japanese.” Left to riirht, top, Doris M. Y< t:- r of Philadelphia,
l’a.; Marion 11. Olds of Cniruipt, 11. , ii ,. [. .. lacks m of Union,
0.; and Virginia J. loyalty of Ai.i . U.
(Ci ntrat Pi i
. Tokyo Reports Wide
spread Damage in
Series of Assaults on
MacArthur’s Bases.
To!; Vi i. (From J a panes;- brna i
c-a-t Feb. 24 (AP) Jap me e
a.. mbi r.- earned widespread
n a -Tie- el assaults again-l
Ut .led Slav - po-itioits in tlie Samat
.i - - • i’.al aan pen m --: la d
in.; •:.!• a-t 1a - da\ -. Domei report -
i ' d > a di : - tel from a Jap
the uni’-1 ter- eilr;iimi- rad no 1
• iiiri : - -iiiiil 1 -al lei es Miniriav j
and 1 * ndleatod O-ener ! |
■ ; I ' - -1 - t .! . I f1 d
bi b I in mi Jap
.-eas by mi -
Unileil st- • ■' eia
last Fridav
These Mu;.,
a< rial til let-,, t• -• ! : • * • ■ i ; ’ 1 •
ii! cund and 11< t • • i
Argentinos
Fight Duel
D:i; M \,.V . T - ; , \P
Raul T;.i> rtiii. *.• ■; Mid
t
mi’Un ‘ \\ .mi ti n\ "
illd ..V -
iddre.-; ii '
-rare t tin- a:
The c eia
md tie-i-iii ‘v
■irohibitim: d •
hertly alter c!
Longer Hours
Bring Strike
San i’e-i . t’.!1 Feb. 24 - (AP)—
"tie da\ 'luti. ii.ilni) niemlie-s ot the
’IO Shipyard \V- a !;er- Union o1'
\ eel - - i. wal iced ; -i' the jol) of
■mlding $81 .000.000 wortli of de
-trnyirs for the U. S Na- y alto
eight liners y e-tot day They -a-d
Bethlehem -'el Uomoanv demantt
d that they W"i! ten-hour shift
Whether 1,300 ie. employee
quit the night shift atte. igot houi
nr worked ten was nol ie[ e.t
Utliol spokevmeil e- e i . ,
: able
FDR Right,
But Wrong,
Nazi Savs
•s
F< 24 \; ' esidcnt R evelt
twice and \
h - W .>i. r.gmn sj)< ech last night,
German radio commentator said
today.
He \\..< right when he s * id Gei
manv. It.ily and .Japan had staked
'hi .i ia.'t ounce ol en rgics"* to e it
Ang! -American supply lines all
1 g *■; tiie globe, he declar d.
Ho ... r.gnt when he mid axis
i <■' s >41* in a - at it- peak, 'he cem
ent ntmui add that it
H ' ai the commentator—he
ming - pr<>d - -
tion would not, increase.
Lease-Lend
Settlement
Agreed Upon
W.'.Mi.imtmi. I F \I»> —
\n \ la Vine ■> m mi cement
nn in >ad p iiuipUm tm post-war
'o’ !‘ . ' t i a a 1 .aid c\
tciideu viia . 11 h . iii w as an
nounced t ia h\ itr \\ hite
It l a use.
1 ’ • r:J ■■ It too early
i e • i del Inc
" ' . d :• a • o leu eivt, UlC
• • g■' e• ‘i'a'i'’ -el aii: a " i1;ndamentaI
' • im lu ied expan
■ t -
can . elUi ned ' ;he l mted Stale.'.
Vichy Reports
Big Red Drive
London Ft e. 24 i \P) Tin
Y:ch\ rad > . - i.em'ii ' klay broad
casting a - luicnl attributed to m<
Gorman isms* t;... the Him-ians luu
launched their Uiggest ol tensive o
the war and that the relict oi Len
mgrad was expected at any moment
'Our troop.- on the Leningrai
trout are m great danger.’ Yiclr
(|iioted th(' Berlin broadcast.
(No such German broadcast wa
heard ov New York listening post
and Vichy's version m.»y *»«• pro
paganda derngoro 1.. loh i » *‘o
Nazi Escape
Route Again
Endangered
Dorogobuzh, \7> Miles
South ol Moscow
Smolensk Railroad, is
Captured; G e r m a n
Freni: Line Reports are
Ligue.
(Dy The \s>o< i ti* I I'n-ss)
IJus-ia's urniits drove i ■spear
head against tin hint ol the
(irrman “escape ( un-id*.r" from
Most ow tod thre Pil
ing tin* main n.i/i route id re
ire a t v ith f Dor
ogobu/h. onh 1mils south
of the Moscow - Smolensk rail
road mid-.av In tween VvaziTia
and Smolensk.
D .... 1 ol
|
. >
j milcv northwest . i M.»cow. and
| guards the la-rth 11at:.. erf the witii
I drawing nazi invaders.
Adolf Hitler’s field hcad
(luarters again gave a vague ac
count ot li" hting on the long
winter-hound front. asserting
that “at various points forma
tions of the army and air force
repulsed more enem\ attacks.”
German night raiders were
credited b> the high command
with setting big fires in the R us
sians fortress al Sevastopol in
the Crimea.
More In an 14.000 Geiimi - were
I declared F> ii.**. t neen k - d in r*
! cent Kiissum assaults winch yield' d
! numerous points n the approaches
L- a t: . o.-he: a c:'y perhap
Khark<.\ and c • • ■. ed fighting
i was :-ep.»rted am Len.ngrad.
Indicating \dolf Hitler is un
certain about the power of his
spring offensive. Norwegian
sources said the Germans were
ordering uIHROOO nairs of skiis in
Norway—perhaps for another
winter ot liyhline on the eastern
front.
British Favor
Indian Aim
London, Feu. 2;
Lrilis! govern , :
| India', politic! 1.
I Crani>orne. win* i
the week-end >1
met. dt elan < i
ei mm m \ »
; Chiang Ka - > . . ■
en,: 1 icn.t.
“We are m
th.e e! C
the lndiii* (
Chiang K
the cau.M
•'id L- ■. 1
U. S.-Owned
Tanker Sunk
Five Lives Believed
Lost; 28 Survivors
Landed in Florida;
Two Torpedoes Hit.
West I’alm It . h I !a I eh.
-L-- \H' —An \me> iean-uw ned
tanker. IL« . LST-ton Republic,
oi Houston le\ was torpedoed
fox an enenix submarine oft the
\tlantk eoast with .01 apparent
loss ot five lives.
Twenty-eight survivors, two
id them s|ightl\ injured. were
brought ashore, the \av\ an
nounced today.
The 382-toot Republic \va> owned
by th(' Petroleum Navigation Com
pany -1 Hn iston. The Navy did not
make publie the spot at winch site
l was attacked by two torpedoes from
' the enemy raider.
Captain Alfred H. Anderson. 52.
- Houston, a veteran of 36 years at
sea. said he didn't .-ee the torpedoes
- but *’ti c e wa re two expiosion.s—ju^i
- like that.” and snapped his A .-iv.
• sharply