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Steniteirsim Hafltj Uispafrir ________ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA 1 \\ EN I \-NLNI H ^ EAR 'tVim HENDERSON, N. C„ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 1, 11M2 ruHUSI kxPeiV P; ,'UN FIVE CENTS COPY RAF Bombs Suburbs Of Paris • * • • • • • • • m m m m * m m - - Japs Score New Gains On Java ‘Too Little, Too Late’ Again True Danger of Loss of Island so Great That Major Part of Scorch ed Earth Policy is Car ried Out; Defenders Far Outnumbered. (By The Associated Press.) ■lapail's invasion hordes scor ed new pains against outnumber ed Xmerivan. British and Dutch troops in the critical lour-da old battle of Java today, and (lie danger was now so acute that M l headquarters announced the major part of a scorched earth defense policy had already been carried out. ,\ I’l-. v.i i.• rji■ ‘ broadcast -aid .lap mo o mechanized units this imirn ,!io imohofl a point wv-t ol the big 11 ,t.-iI ine ai ho' at Soerabaj c. m . i lorn .l.v... and I here cla lied with os i i ..mo- li ving desperately to i.ah Hu' .lajianese onslaught." Once again, a tragic story of allied numerical inferiority—in planes ships and men—emerg ed lrum the struggle for IhV, last I uitcci Nations stronghold in the I ndics. Dutch quarter.- in London said that only about all,000 allied troop.-, a, ,,ng thei "a lew thousand Amer ican- and British." were lighting a^ lo.i-i ;:.j."ii0 Japanese and that the Lnited Nations naval forces had sui lered 'a crippling blow” in attempt i.oudon. March 4.— (AP) — Vice Admiral C'. E. L. Helfrich has been entrusted with "a spe cial mission" and has been suc - ceeded as commander of the Netherlands Indies naval forces by acting Rear Admiral .1. .1. X. van Si.ivcren. the Netherlands government announced today. mg to halt the Japanese invasion I’leviou reports said the Dutch ad an army oi 100,000 to 200,000 : loop-, reintorced by "many thous .d," ni American. British and An - p.iliaii -oldiers. to c mibat the < non ysea-borne attack. A bulletin I mm N'KI l.e..dquartei - c ineeded that the invaders "suc ceeded m making some headway at (Continued on Page four) Blasts Shake Honolulu li ■. <. 11; 1 March A < \P> Three ■ ■ • \ p 1 os i on s h ook H on n 1 u l u to d y ’ min dialely alter Vcivamiug a:r i I . ren.'- wakened the city at J:l » y official aid. however* there v. i no nir raid and that ‘he sirens s"’mded inadvertently. I he cause ot tin explosions was not disclosed. Honolulu police said a number «>: window.-- were broken l>y the cou ch.* si ou. EMDEN RAIDED London, March 4 -( \P)—The C’,i : n an naval port ot Linden was raided and mines wi re sown by an* in enemy waters last night while* the RAF Was making its maj'-r blow against Paris, the air ministry dis closed today, listing two planes a> , the night’s total losses. Cripps Urges , All-Out Drive London, March 4. —(AIM —.Sir Station! Cripps, government icndo. in the houst ol' commons, appeale 1 to the United Nations to follow th« all-out example ot [fus.-ia in the world t.ght against nazi-i-m and fas cism in a broadcast speech to the United States today. "We now are all allies together to drive aggression and fascism from the world," Sir Stafford declared. He warned repeatedly that the al lies’ recent h ’.'ivy setbacks would be followed by fit. tier reverses, but m sisted that “moi ’vn war. on the gigantic and far ft ng scale upon which it now is being ' aged, is not finally won or lost as the -udt of term,.rial „ains here or tt.c.e Japs Infiltrate Los Angeles Area ACTIVITY RENEWED IN LIBYAN SECTOR C .11. Mu I 4 (API \ it: iii-l! i •cl i, a in ”> wees.-1 ally engaged,’ j lermaii torn )Ut t rI he Libyan battle zone. ; ariqua communique ams • a. •• a t day. , l! s.ad KAK ;; i "ii V L .1 r-h adv ance t< re ' a ' n and i •epctTeri tiad. arid lory i .v had ■ •: red tin* v. 11: dra a..d ■ -ra! a v s 'UtposL and patrols. Tax Plan Gains f avor House Ways anti Means Committee men Generally Favorable Toward Proposal. \V:i i:1"n, \la-e Hu- dnggi i ,ng 'limine : . • )\ npc i-. i h\ ’ll ’Id 1 ' '• 1' " ndi\ i<iuals and cd-p at n get . unex epee tedly oday l i ■ 1 In 'c \v. y a • .•nmmitti enien. allia 1 gn s »• n: hougilt tile b<i: ».st might ; >m " teep. Those who thought !d da .a vere apt t< • be too .-eve e a < > he opinion that “a mwe pan! nethod’*—such as a genw.d ax might be deeidt d on '1» i •ai>e the ST.OIMUMlO.nOO in .v\\ g r aal revenue which President Id • e- j elt has asked. It was evident tliat the comm;tie ntended to go ahead with plans :«• , vrite 11■ cv\ n tax bill independent- | y. even though :t- members for tie* j nost part appeared in gen. ral ac- j .a,nl wit!) tin1 oread lea t1 * res ol l he j rev''num nda11 ai- s emitted yester- j lav by Seeivtai v M >i'gi nil u. GEORGIA LAW SCHOOL DROPPED FROM ASSN. Bloomington. tnd.. March 4 (AP) Suspension ol the University >f (Jeorgin Unv »chi ini ' r<im the As- I sociation 'I American l .aw Schools.: effective next fall, because of the "gros political interference with the Ui.o I'sity <if Georgia by Governor Eugene rahnarige" wo. anii..nnccu today by Bernard C. Gavit secretary I of Uiv js.uu.ttion. Nipponese, Aliens as Well as American Born, Hold Leases on Land in or Adjoining Nearly Every Strate gic Region. Los Angela March I - (AP) — ■> nthei n e'ali: h i nans, inn long lave kn.'iWi tlial .Jupuni'.- ■ luid in- : iitrated n.n dt ten e vikil areas, j lad that tai l en plKia/.i d with star'.- . in:: clarity lnd.iy. Ik 'ink Attorney j, *iiii Dock*, eiii . - uli,re exhibited j , ap shin 11.. \.n;■ .in e h >ld leases I land in m adj" nmg ne.il ly * very j p n gii' a a . ni liereabnuts. Japan* -c .n • ■ n. .. well as Anieri- j in a Hi. In nd .. k ■ 'n- strategi ■' | iii-lme I.f the l’ai ’s Writes hills, s 11a• nulp •- is nl tii barbi.’.' defense an ii that an Land under ruse ii.ci nils iwarii's van'll could ed I'm tarv 1 tidings, large other Japane-e U ' e inciudi land 1! ft ]• ;, < 1 j (I:! 1! 11 g I'M*'C Vital , osol ire( •.■s'. i-. r > \ i a i i I n »e : ’ i L' Angekw :< ill illy. ()\vt‘iv Y '•< > ■)■.ct 1: i< t, which "i: -::t ,.i• i ! i. A.:g( les and :,iny 11111 i rit a1 .n 11 h■ ci I'mtry. Evers ••'!«' highway. Powerline right <>! way. \'i; 11, i ■. I). •.J. i ;»nd Lock heed air •i al t laetorim. H, ,.! : * ; !'i. S .•!»a! Ill -ii field uni id m • t . I ,ong I iracii munici •al airport. \' ; • ,,dly c\ cm i.jnr re*.incry and nl tank :.11 m :n i he harbn’- area. Frenchman Blames U. S. Ik > Unoccupied France. M.irclij L (AIM Fntmer Air Minister Guy I .uehambre declared today at the war| guilt trials that inadequacy <>i Unit ad Slate aircraft production wa one oa >n French defense efforts fell -hoi l. lie teki the coin t ti > mg hnn and lour others on chargm ol respon -.f*1111\ for kick ol propai .h i*'ii tor btc war that he and lonnci Premier Daladior a.-ked France', pureha--ing agent m the . pring «>t 1938 whether American industry would bo able to absorb the slack in French produc tion. "We learned.” he . d. "that it wa ne more possible in the United States than in F'-.me to improvise] production on the pur of the mo ment.” He said he wa iieormed that all American md strs o old provide by April. 1939 wa- I On v n-tis P -36 fighters New C Of U. S. Troops Reaches Ireland AIR RAID ON PARIS CALLED LEGlllMATE \V;i ! mpt-n, M;m 4 <AP) The Briti h bombing ! !w‘'-nr< in be .suburb.- id ib.n > - le"itimni mrj! u:v of w.ir. netim' Forretnry of St-1 • Wejlw told it jLi c-nferonce today. Welle- wa- a bed b>. r mment on i Fond'iii report that die bombing might : > an t: ' e.: ! allied at 'i ::ipt to cea> Fie \d b;. go’ eminent away from c<dlab<na with na/.i Gei many. I le replied that. a wil ]• I c alear tha* tin* bombing <>! factonw n occupied France n : mg war ma terials lei- Germany wa. a legitimate measure of war. Japs Again Raid Darwin Details of Damage Not Available; Bombing Follows Attacks on Two Other Cities. Sidney. March 4. — (APT- -The Japanese have carried out another laid on Darwin, on tic north coast of Australia. Prime Min,-ter John Curtin announced today, but no en - tails are as yet available. The new raid on the far northern harbor, of potential prime imp i t ance to the United States fleet i tie Pucilic, followed two "irmy a.r as-aults yesterday on the Alt-lr; ian mainland. At Broinne. 700 mils d >wn western coast from Darwin, an RAP communique said the Japanese ltieted -nine ca-ualt.es Tit r \\, ,e no ca.-ualtits at Wyndlron, 400 mu down the west coast lri m Darwi.i. which also was raided. Death renalty Raleigh, Mulch 1. ' At’) P X: nth (■.arnlmu -uptenir ..it i"da\ denied a new Inal * > ■ " ■ " Al.mnm; Cert ie c, u mty whit" man u u senlcneed la -t August to death I s the 'laying "I I■ d He •. , !■ e clerk. In an act cm w! 1 1 ad '1 ■1 ■ i 1' < 1 of upholding the AM.inta' ('" t I .a , Ra i I road, tin- e" t laid th.it ee tain ru | ilovri ■ i ■ M not loi ee 11 a i ailmad la rr\ i -s ri "I'liy f" tei A i m H ig I lie 1 ' I '''-'’re Daniel \s. ('a.-uai'y t' 1 puny. V- ’' -on. new trail. ('"ley \ s ACI. v.'il ' IP a'P. ia"d 1! iv kin ft a! \ -. Land i'.atu. Halifax, reversed Kinmre vs. Ai ai "inent-. Halilax. all irinecl. British Report Burma Success Rangoon. March ! - lAH) Brit ish headquarters announced today that tank-Mippnrtc.l British ml, ntr.v units "have linen in contact with the enemy northeast m I'egu and have ini lieled ra- ia ll ie i Thit fight ng pi esumably wa ■ .dong the Sit tang river. which runs from northeast .•* I\ gu into the gulf ol Martaban.) The eoinmunique -aid RAF light er planes attached the .fapane.-e po sitions "m close' support ol our land forces' today, while British bomb er' were credited with successful low level .m irks y, -jerdav on enemy transport oolun us, particularly siaii cars. One British bomber was reporu shot down m an encounter with a strong flight "l .Milanese fighter planes, one ol wnu.li the KAt shot OUl "L tin k No Derails Released Fei . Mr; Arrival of AJ;'stif,oal Troops; fEoldicrn T ransferred F?'r-m .1 remand to Lon t1 c r. i 1 I | ( VIM _ Ncvm ! . : he I I'liiti-I Stall's Oi: ■ ' ‘ . ;i l.wulon today 1 <’ i n ircl.i ml. : n. Mar-‘i >.— i \|M 1 i'il ' ! I'l'lilinuaI ■ . • n c: (is in northern I i'i* Lai \. d toil.) \ by t •• 1 r dcprrlinonl. ."i'll l i of ties cuntin a i'i tii ' <• is of the first t ’■ arrived in north ei :i Ir land January ill. iuv not (li closed. c:.-no! no ill! i'i:. al ii would do public I i designation of urn!.-. liii'T coinjei hi m and strength, the pdl i i ci: iiarka1 .mi. '-ailing dale T o'l:i r fteia i- ■ h Ike movement : ; rival of a. rst contingent 1 ndcr tile conanand e| Major Gen eral ill --ell I’. 11: rile era amnmneed y the dooai kni'id eii .1 nuary 26, and the !■>!!..wing day Major Gen era i .limns K. Glu nc.v. who had been stationed in London with an Amer ican mi sinn tor several months, wa. designated a commanding general rif all United State- Ai n y lorces in the United Kingdom. Small Firms Into War ngton, W 1 1 (AF) Ik i.■ ■ ' 'ii Chici I)"ii,.ld 31. Nols >u i1: ti■ : • ••: Army a:d Xavv today P -ands lore .a the nation’.-, lactones into war production !•> mi-pendmg competitive bidding :. am- c intnicts. ’Per! ctly capable .-mall linns’’ had ; ct' opened H im getting into war pr liuaP i \Y1-.m explained, because "under ■ pcid;\ •• bidding large Ci i:. i . '. alt cady hold ex ton ne v. ' : ' .ct : often able to unfit] n.ii • a i! :: :an :i! acP.i: \vh-» arc n i i ng . ■ y ar work at all.” ‘ . th.< • t i ■ !a- i lag. .a t aa* noncefi »rti i • | • : the mar t,na .• m. n !r* m smaller cone. . ;a a.g a « kirger plants l rcc mo . • at rate* . ,g ace; ! • ('rated pi* 11 ’ ich in a tanks, plan - and g g n. . More Blows Promised I.ondm . -M 1 ■ AIM Sir A i ' - i hi Sind.i . niindi'i . lie cl... .1 today :n,it ,:lic RAF would synch'll i/e ’ i.. -i I nlou s a! Ciermaii i! d y ..Mil tj> a ’ u itil tile ex it'd y 1 t ( . S t a blidI t i g: 11 e: - and dive bomber.-, wall den .on -1 ale - a pi r . la n el In" Gen .... ■ a -be no! d..-t.,nt future". At 1: " '■ 1 : • " -er\ ed 11 ■ tiee that Hr la ■ ■ nd ‘‘Gorman ; <:■ .d ,d.• a a . ■■ i lank engines, a a e-g.ae- e d ’. >■: l ies to go on unhindered a'eroly be cause il is situ ted ill one .mod ter ritory o| France." Hast ugh:'.- at tack on industrial targets in the su burb- of Paris in which h said .-nine buildings were blown hundreds of feet nt > the a.r represented no change ot RAF policy, he said. B! At KOI T. Sa" .li. n 1’■ ,c. to Rico. March 4. . ( Al’l I'lli - Ua : i.'ia! capital was blacked "at today troni 3:05 a. m. in 3:4o n There wa- no imme diate explanation. FOR NORTH < AROI.INA Continued rathn cool but with slightly higher tcn.t t-raturc tonight: light rain beginning in the moui < mis h c.irt' viioriiin. Two Enemy bhips and Several Smaller Craft Sunk in Surprise Air Raid. Washington. March 1 — MM — Two enemy ships and sevc.*r-»i small er vessels wire dt >tI'oyed in a siidi den surprise attack by General Douglas MacAr’d; '> -mall ; m lorve on .Japanese insinuations and ship ping m Su: :e liay. north ot Bataan, the War depai tmont announced to day. Large I1 res were -tarted on the docks m t Congapo. i.irm-.r United States na ai station in Subic bay. and on (i ande . land, a commu i. que reported. He.cry explosions nioiig enemy store- followed tin* up "1 10,00ii tojis and an il con p >j i - u • :a iestroyed. .: t:: on: , ai. ' d a I o two i ri'iics of 100 ton- each. Mountaineers d:> iv. Vessel Sunk In Collision Pin lack 1: ... M. . ' i \P -Vt allied nat -m II'eighte. u .: <U5 Ui-' was .. and - i ■ 1,in laii.u ■ ' "a; - di "! i w I’--. Del.. .- « .. .water tod.,'.. K < i ep. ar mi.- sing. Thi- ra\ ..1 ri et an nounced tin' 1! it'-.i Ireig'i'er Gvp sum Prince was s nk iti e.'llisi'in I with the ".c or. Yoco, shortly after 6 a. in KWT. Six men wire pieked ' p Coni a raft and 13 additional men. inelu.i ng the pilot. were reseued CoaO Guard boats. The Voeo. owned by the Standard Transporatation Company ot London was chartered by the Soeony v en an Oil Company in Attack Two Hour Ratd Di rected at industries Equipping H 11! e r s Armies is Described as Warning Agamsl Col laboration. ' B\ I Ilf* A- >)• !., i«-fi }*, , 5 5 t bond war lactones hi ih, siiD: ;>s <>} (imnaii-iin«ipi> cl Puri* v , ?i re ported today to h i itio ted ,i loll (J 1 i ! to o » • pi : >;*i, killed more than 1T o u d md 250 hous< • • i tv\ ■» hour attack di 'i nhed a* a warn mg aguu/st 111! tier t'Elaboration with ( i t • t ; >, a 11 y . AlltliOl • : 1 \ r I niidoil q uar P'l s said t h - * ass.juit (anted out k»-sl i• i -it hri hi moonlight, w as ih; !:• l oI mar. t-i • *. Bri tain would deliver against plants helping to equip Adoll Hitt r s armies. ■ 1.. I ■ 11 '; , 1, i , . b. ' • , \ . ' ; i i ci: ( V) j i j| i, i \v >; ix.ar, i.i peace! ii. been "p • rating 24 lum . nufat - turng 40 :!i;tn : sl!l pk.nes" for the Gc t : even lish D!e>. Informed Loudon (|uarters said the attack might indicate the end of the long continued al lied attempt to coax l iiiet ot State Detains Vichy government away from a policy of collabora tion with the reieli. Immediate speculation arose as to the Viehy governments reaction. particularly whether Detain would now turn the -'till Powerful French fleet over to (iermuny or even plunge France headlong into war against Bri tain. VV.'i.lo the British e; pen-i/.ed 1 *... * % factor •• . Mar.-hal Detain issued this state:.. ml • indignat i> n ..mi take on tiie eh a: - peter •>I a ! i.. t : i. i! (■,. t, i -11 ■ > j j 11 o. On ti;»< i E, . .*i a :.i i ;•( ait a i),ii U'tm I'ri' llilliv ! .i Id !’radqi:..i - "annihiUitt i Ht u i!iptiiu; I" i lines at So* '■ *; • a. in t Italian bubs Are Reported Off LI S. Coast tin' r. s • . - i.i!" - Confession In Killing Police Chi< . y and Pa • 1 ■ In ill .1 V. Pelt on , ■.! a p > •! ■ graph record \va. made •!' 'h< Jc - ey City youth’- eonfe-don. The rcc • r«.i \\ a> list intr -dueed Peelt t> e U it the \ ■ ■ ■ s ind M iV'CWi >■'- body Previous y 1 . iid she had heard Mi ill < or tell Kil:- he must leave ti. 1 limit’. \\ here he w.s staying. Tjpe iurv w, - -eated yesterday, rhe solicitor -aid he would pres. fo. a death sentence for K11 i>. who had been h**» lv vi Rrev or. Arrested in Gas Tank Area Some of the forty-seven Japanese aliens taken into custody by the 1' ederal Bureau of Investigation at the Olive Tree Inn in New York are shown being taken to the police station for questioning. The raid took place after a Japanese was arrested when police saw him prowling around Consolidated Edison gas tanks near the East River. (Central Press) Reward for Vigilance ■ I Staff Sj-t. I->-•]>h i. Lockard, of Wi 1'.]arn-• i>"rt, 1 \i., ■ >wn wor 1. ; g at radio apparatu-, warned of ap proachinu Japa: -c aircraft at Pearl Harbor u Dec. 7. He passed ht< informal ion to a superior od'uvr, w ■ . • As a reward for his vigilama f sergeant ha- -i sent ti ■ ieOffieersTrainiiigScho.il, I' > rt M 1 n u;}., N. .1.. win-re he may q.u.»ify for a coin' ■ (Cent/ 11 Press)
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