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1 \VENr<r\-NIN1H YEAR ‘An Aass"_HENDERSON, N. C., HUDAY AFTERNOON, .MARCH 0. 11*12 1' 1: :,'v'i!A A 1 ' N FIVE CENTS COPY Allied Forces Abandon Balavia Morgenthau Urges Increase in Debt Limit Borrowing Power Near Legal Limit T reasury Secre tary Asks Speedy Congres sional Approval of Bill Raising Federal Debt Limit to $125,000, 000,000. Washington, March <>.— (AIM — I'hc House yiays and means committee unanimously approv ed today legislation to increase the federal debt limit from S65. 000.000.0110 lo the record break ing total of Sl‘Ja.000.000,000. f lu action came quickly after Secretary Morgenthau bad testi fied tiiat thr Treasury expects to run oat of borrowing power be fore the end of next mouth and had expressed strong opposition to any forced savings plans at this time to obtain revenue. Washington, March 0.— ( A1*) —Revealing that the Treasurt expects to run out of borrow ing po'.vi rs before the end of next mirth. Secretary Mnriren thau asked Congress todav to yive speedy appri.val to a bill increa the federal debt limit from $63.,000.000.000 to *125, 000,000,(100. Since the unprceendentetl bor rowing anticipated b.v the gov ernment is for the purpose of producing "ovcrwhelming quanti ties of war materials." iMorgcn thau suggested that the growing debt "should frighten no one lint our enemies.” Ho explained that on February 28. the Tn a ; rv had S1.400.000,000 bor rowing powers left and said "it i- ; ti ticipated that the borrow ing a d.lmri tv will be insufficient to cover the (!■ i 11 issues that will be required dining the month of April." The lace amount of the debt on the latest Treasury statement wa .<(>2.428,0(58.181. Morgen! am op'dict ed the debt would rise to <70.000. 01)0.000 by next June 30, and to $1 10, 400.000.000 by June 30. 1943. Stock Market Remains Weak New York, March (>. - (AP) — Stuck.-* continued to operate under war and tax handicap.- today al though the .-specialized weakness ot yesterday seemed to ha\e laded in most cases. Fra eta -nal declines predominated at the* .-tart and, in -cattered in stance's. recessions of a point or so were con. Trends steadied near the fourth hour with a few rails tacking <»n small plus signs. Sizeable blocks ol low prices stocks helped lilt the \ olume. CREEDMCOR ’PHONE EXCHANGE IS SOLD Raleigh, March fi.—CAP)—The utilities commission today authorized the Durham Telephone company to purchase the Creedmonr Telephone Exchange company. The price was $20,000. Philippine Drive Halted By Sinkings Washington. March (i -(API—I he War department reported today thin, the .success of the Subic bay air at tack announced two days ago was believ ed to have dislocated Japanese plans for the immed ate renewal oi the general offensive iguinst Gen eral Douglas MacArthur.- forces and that enemy activities in ti last Js hours n. Bataan were "negl - ible. The dei 'rtinent said also i .d i Japanese ..''my order dim m Filipinos m o. upied areas to s render guns anc, blade weapons - cv ery description vvs... interpreted by MacArthur as indicait. e voders were afraid of a ""imlar up rising First Warship Launched In Gulf ( . 1*. I*fnmt phulo Sliding down the ways, the Id S. destroyer .A >»/ d ’- piuiuvos into the warm waters of the Gulf of M* \ico, the tir.-d e■ limit to hunched in the Gulf since the Civil War. Che is tin i d * v hearing that, name. The first was transfei red to ( > • i Id . ;d.:i, lvnamed the Ui<t'uhaiiL, and is now in active . « . ... New Appropriations Bill To Congress War Department Civil Functions M o n e y Measure Asks Funds for Panama Canal and Flood Control Pro jects. Washington. .March (i.— .AIM — \ >.'!.■)«. 1 'd/.S'M appropriations hill lor Die War department ci\il functions. emhraritiR huge funds l'or Hie Panama Canal and tor Hood control projects reached ( i >s t«*da> wi.h Die messaRC tha; the expemiltuies were an e* venti.il part ot the nation’s war effort. In t cl. S 17 ' - ; foi maill te> .a m r and ' ■ j * 'oi.' ii Ml file canal, s'. jli.i 'i1 ! - a ., ; • (1 Ji ifk > : n< -v. in i a >i i* mi i ••!.'!: uet ion, an J sd ;.»7.»'»•,i i <i "•!*.: ii. j ‘.Headier (1 r ne (11 en r I d. i n, jover jv 11 • ; i he i a ,.; . C h.nah had the A .. M id: ’ mnv,,. ed demands ^ i n nt um me !a \< - hie'!' . .e and econn . i * \ i.'id a:« aneeded to <_ i*i .md mi ' ai - overloading at the t : > ’ a 1 mt e maaete assur (a |a-! .dai>le ope rat ion a.' .; . - Him !i■11; >t 11portanee.’’ addit ha tin Dana ( a 111 d I; a n t. H ;e :: casino can it'd: S .7 i i . . i i • ;:« a a ! flood C()ll i , . sidhP.j-l.not) for pro ject- i die .A; i mppi and its tri ia.aa • .did hin.Odl) lor those on the Sa« ran ento. > 1a.iMUi i11; hy, mo ice I lac power at tile Foi : i’er,. da a. and tS4,lull. (Mm) at the Fjonneville dam. s'.’’n r the U. S. soldiers Ii* ad.dA'h) tor cemetenai expense.-. sJh . .d-10 tor the .'via da i n uni ca. iOio. n.’ni ussion. Japan Honors Sneak Raiders Tokyo (From a..; .mr e Broad cast^ i. Marcdi ti . Ah’ • An account of the December 7 I'ltudiation ot Pearl Harboi and a.- .mil - on Fnitcd Slides w ai -hip * « i ' v« * '-poehu attack I loti! a” ed today by th- .lapatio-. m piheadquarters. This was in the lom. .d citation* and alder-death pi >•;a«duais by two ranks of nine <>: the il- tilla oiiums I (The text of tin* broadcast, not ei. lirely received n account <>t static lntei 1 ei i iire. u - ted that the spe cial attach ! 1m ii; w a >> adr up et GLASS INDUSTRY TO BE MOBILIZED \V,: hmi;ton. AL. m: U Ai* > T. > ■govei nmcnt is nobil /m.y industry mi a \ ast <•. = 1»•. ed today, to lake -»\ ei the i- -»»•«! 1 pi a cine, tin can- "nth u .An- ol .jar.-, 0 r !e- and cup 'fins which for a.'.-:1 ly handled tue bulk • f to«»d j• «• - are. or \ be. Linava 1!ah!c. a.d v. ar pi«»due’ 11 pro^i • ' 1 1 1' > ' ed pn iciiief n ■ : t -ndai daa d bottle.-." Alien Homes Searched Surprise Raids Last Night in Charlotte and Vicinity Include 35 Residences. Charlotte. March M.— ( \l‘ — I*'I4I agents. in cooperation with state highway patrolmen and ( harlolte a n d Mecklenburg counplcteil a thorough, surprise search of the resilience of nen enemy alien in < harlolte and vicinity. The raids were made m 1 "1 the Incat ion 1 it the An: > • a-c. the quartermaster depot ana d>. facilities here which might m 'im aged by satioteurs. Approx inanely (In (a -rn ian aid Italian aliens live in some 35 1 ilt nee- m Hu- .re. 1 and persons v > pos.-e.~sed e.mil .'.hand article- wir e placed under ai rt -t and will be gi 1 1 hearings Ijeio'e 'hi1 alien enemy hearing hi'ard No tab dal 1 .11 m th. re-iilt o! the raids v. a- idea ed. Cotton Prices Turn Higher New York. .March u. 'API lo, ton futures opened nucha..*, 'd 'o 1.3 1 eats a bale lower. liade was very quiet and al 11000 \alUt- ,\ere 10 to 15 cents a bale highei. March 18 Id iul.' 18 88' ind I .ee.ii.li." Red Forces Recapture \ukhnov F.us. ian iincircfement ci iXazi Army About Sir. ray a Ku;sa Coupl od With Tailing of S t r a t e g i c City in r z he v- V yazma Sec tor. < /* * sOf •’ !• 1 r V’ v*.-.) ?! Hr 1 ian eir i* • ! t« nt of the Ifilli (ierman army about Staruya Kussa wa- coupled to day with a cons notion of the nuzi-keld R/.hcv-Vyazma pocket < ■ 1 ' t iUl.ll l'0». . ...uJUfi.l 1 C < pH' v of Vt 'd nf:v. V;!!.I!!ii>\ a I'nia river town l«u i. ■ -t • jv>- pnd fir • ile 1111'?-.- i of \'v ;• Hi;,, skirted i:t Hu .-ian t.hruMs westward toward Si >h : S et iu h»i ced l y (U . an tr< oj fei l ie i ea ; oy plane. Hu.- : in. reported more than mm r » •.a:i- w«ti killed aion^ one naie 'i tie or 1 > r alter Ued a; my detarh ! !• id } '■(!• Hated them imr dr.-pin 1 • a\ y :rt: iiei v i ire: that la*1 i iorim, • i" i \ er aoandoned then- wounded and tadod t i dr.-tr* \ they a nd;- n dunajs. At hr nine weeks without an alarm. Moscow was raided again last night. Although Soviet anti aircraft shells blazed speetac tiii'l.v over the capital, some ctainage and casualties resulted from the- bombing, which the Russian radio described as ‘‘at random." Bad weather kept thy British air force grounded for the second night m a row. The air mini-try. however, -aid photograph: taken in daylight by a daring acred sc cal confirmed the .. a.-t damage that raider- had re ; ted in 1 i eted Tuesd > night Fivnc!: iact'u in the Pa:: is .. e; producing war materials for Ch - many. British Hold Burma Front Bond I. Alarm (>. i.AP) Th. Bi ’tid d ; 1atmmi in Burma has n> w«11 .-enc1 i .n the past tin ee day- am w.th ihmam •!! and Pegu, .-.trategic ra; iunctioii 4b mile.- to the north, .-tu .a e in 1 iritis!: h: ml.-, a military con; men’atoi declared today. 1 le admitted tile po d: >n ol the de fender.- w a. -ituii.'. blit in ..-ted 1i:.d “it i- no w oie today than it v. a yc:-t( la\ tl day before o day bet > a e that." The e m n entator derlarm : a ;t t: Bi i 11. h and tb.e all it'.-, Ind ia:: 1 o ■ j • and (Tune e. w ere putl mg a “ i agnifieent 1 i ” althougl 1 > outnumbered b\ the' dapam , lumi whirl 1 ce i pa ges the lower Sittang river earlier th week. Tom Mooney Is Dead San Francisco. March (>. (AP) T<»n Mooney. 38. labor leader w In .-eiAed 22 year.' m prison lor the 19It S.-m Franci'-co preparedness parariv died ■ c earl> t(>da\. The gray-haired Mooney, releasee in 1929 tr<>i: S.,n Quentin prison where he had grown old. underwent his lo rth < at •-»iu;ua! opera Tim last Monday He was believed recovering >ati Iactonly onl> yesterday, hat at 12. a. m. today he lapsed into uncon sciouggess and died at 2:2.3 a rn HUT Moone\ and Warren K Billing were convicted respectively ot til's and second degree murder in tiu blast which killed ten persons am injured 40. President U'.lson intervened an Mooney’- death enlenee was com muted to 111 e impi unmont, th. same sentence Billings . . r**cei\-ed t OK Mil lift CAROLINA. Continued i cither cold with slights lowei leii.i eiatiircs lo jiight Going to the Axis—Ey Air Ji • v.' - • ' 'an bomb.' a a a n in n n .. . : urin.Gj i'b.j.n . t • • Inanco Di '. i: .: • i • a r. .1;.... - "i '! : i t f at 14 ham!!; in - hi panniL. T: v- . 1. bt l-tk.Mi 1.1» a p la lit * * ’• <i .. i l h lii.a’a . ■; I iv.- ami l n • 1 iv in bi a 'vd Vo the A ,a the air. ((/. • ' • /V, h$ > j ? >■ fj fJ>Fp f JL H *.!.• O' v w A* $o 2.76 2, 737,000 Ap propriations Measure Provides Vast Addi tional Fund s for Army, Lend-Lease and Maritime Commission. \\ ishington. Mardi (>.— (AD - \ Si. L7(>L7:;7dM)0 appropria tions hill—the* largest m history -.is signed today b> Presi dent Koosevelt to provide vast additional tunds for the Army. 1 nd-iei aid t:id the maritime on miss t.ti. i ! :- w allotment brought to ii; a ' an S i \ LOUh.MhUioO the lota . * |»j op'Filed tit us lar for deb ie•«' and war during tlie V ar . iOtl ! 1) : and IM4IL i:t . i 1 >23.000,0(11). !" <! jl ]& «* . T < * ^ ililis 1 rial Nears i .i . n tile >tand ’ t>•cl. % : ; \ i ■ t ; i.- al‘ lit *«-11 or ' }• ■ '• V than • a Eli - Li!uit : v.i r:; i'\a;: i:: ,’ on oy S. , 'i C. ( ' • y. n li • • . : : ; the t■•title!-.’' j thee n 11 ' t - ,, . avellittg t uglt aln ost every -tate. The ’ in' began Monday in John ston < its u| - th t ■ - tost iii 'i , . y |-< ■!ioi -■!: ■ Ws that th< yi tl ■ d confe - d ' >r tal killing M B« e B 50, o: nage: ■ if the 1- „i! S..I ’ n At o > lion,, after she lord belrsnded and fed hini. Yesterday Mr, Florence Ed's tin d iendent ■ mother, said 'll. Eil:s h..d sintered a set .-’as childhood ac o non' and tl:..t ’here was a strain . f n.-anl" a h!- family. Cl i\ *Vi /\ Li\l SIjlj Orf LisJiVE Sii'siCS 12 SHIPS M - jr **• fTV>; W * *•>' !» m da Delegate to Laxpio-rc i’c . ■: C . at ing Gi at xL*. t4 oC# \\ ■t'-il. Iini' -i i < J j • i i {! mi sii.*n f«; Hi parlmch .-.mu .: . . d * r'i'inii- 5. • ■ * - 11 >i Aim'i'i' "i ■. Slip pi.' • ! : !'• i . ... . \ .1 tiit: - IV. :. (i I' ; • I • • - • ■ • r J • • , : . , • ' , .,: . I ‘ Patrols Active Near Tiniimi Ivh. o ( !'r. I'.,;- :... . -to. ! MaiH 11 li. <Ai‘. \ . i • • i'rn> di> , pemed st! mg lo t i «> ;iro; - m ;• n ('iiuil 1.. . ;.n desert neat T • ■ i ■ ... . t>.» 1 1, u-> \\ est ni'' T..hr s 111 e !t:ili n high command , reporo'd t<-dav. | i . . - . l 1 •e111 Ital .u' ' (, i ., , *• t >,. , _ desert t ighl :m, :. • 1: I et>\ a. The !la■. I t t \ i'h|- lured I | sove . i! , ,t • e - i it'll Til" i Ik itisii a ithvii» w ’O'" n uT.ine 1 gunning . ad ■ 1 .■. Hie high COI .Old 'Old tlu i' k ish air torce . ... had atU.eked I t. 1 .aid ". • (I hen* y ; clanu.g To '»•! kk- L ' *'■'\ • ise-d Invaders Cut Island At Center Outnumbered Dutch, American, Australian and British Troops i'all Back to New Positions; J a p s 25 Miles From Bandoeng. III.'. ' V .nil I’rc.-s) 11 • ■ . iu killuv 1 > ' ' ’«1 t... troops : ii**! JioaiKi t'c ’.v reck nil ■•apit;• i '■ . i ia and that *' •1' ■' ' r* ; i n ited N a ..i'1'i being niy '.uperiur i inm- amid 1 a- i laming all over tin' Bi; I,d .Java. .\( \ cr(hciess Dutch troops in it terrhu frontal assault wore r< ported to have driv en the Jap anese tr.-m section of the plains ol Baiidocnc. headquarters of the M I • ommand. ** Reuters dispatch said -he in vaders ! ad retreated to the north while the mountains resounded with artillery fire. Reuters also reported the Jap anese had been thrown hack in some sectors of eastern Java, where the enemv was driving toward the great Soerabaja naval base. lim;u*. i;ii i *ky<> hca. .quarter.' -nid .1; | slli'Si \ r. mps completed 'iccnpa!ii*n oi' Batavia, in west >•! n Ja\ a. at 0 :M0 o'clock last night. Anrta. the Dutch news agency, said pra< ticallv all of w estern Java had been overrun h> the invaders and that Dutch. Amer ican. Australian and British troops had fallen hack to new positions. \ bulletin from M I headquar ters admitted the capture of Jog jakarta. a eit\ of 140,000 popu lation. in a Japanese thrust knif ing almost to the south coast of .lav a. 1 or all practical purposes, the OTi-mile long island thus was cut in two in the central section. Tiie l.Hiu! o munique declared tied : 1 v ' ' . *.;•>!•! V - MTIOUS but still i: ' • - .i::<i .-oid fierce bat t K'v.« i'i ... ughout the is land. \. ’ • allies I’fl'ei ing des Du’.ch 1. * ' . • . e -aid 1 -» hav e re The thimd' • -1 • rt: 1U -ry fire was . ...; in : as Japa ■ <• • Biiv ..Biv i : i«. were reported le. than 2.j mile- away. 1 1 ■ i * « * e- dun ns w ere . g .. • ■ • is .ght toward . . ,.•! m ea t e: ii Ja\ a. ..nee In 19, with j m •.. * •< ■; • jmj.ii ii •! (500,000, v ia 1 ( n ■ ndon I>is’-ati i - in Bandoeng in - dicatcii Duti ii • outnumbered al (C' : ge Two) Mobilized AH Mrn up to Age of 60 Liable for Military Service; Invasion Be lieved Near. s ilm \ \i.ih li e. — I AIM — 1’rinn’ Miuistri John 1 urtin -11 limitli-d .i pi in I.mi.Hum tu par liament lulls' making all Vus li ill.in im > up tu the age of lilt lialili tor unlit.in service. \' I ■ a i l as' i' ■. urn calm .1 I’. C ;: u a i.-kcd tne. ■li* MV-ta:: a cs t«> authorize in”.' u ai !• tan a e;i.'iire t<> raise satin.nut).uuii. Since the beginning of the wiir i ament has granted war '■ sm ..|',■ ! • ■ | . aliens totaling S9315. 1 000.000. A set oi member ot the Austral .111 i .u In’S | ” "I tabiy will be sent to W n 'li sli.trti.v te discuss nnit n ,t*ii interest. an official alnit tunc 'ai lit .-aid. Ma.lt ; General lleniy Guidon Ben nett. v. is' cuninanded the Austral aii |n a: foree in Malaya, declar ed letiai that an invasion attempt .gi,:: -t Atisti ' is a mutter of
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