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HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 16, 194:
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K.VHI'T SUNDAY.
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Reds Sweep Inio Donets Valley
f* « w n n it x x W ^ "At A
Allied Troops Attack Jap Survivors In New Guinea
Air Forces
Continue
Poundings
Americans, Austra
lians Break Through
and Destroy Another
Section of Lnemy De
fenses on Sanananda
Point
(I! ji Tin A we in I nl I'riss)
General Douglas MacArtline's
headquarter.; announced today
thai American and Australian
troo|»s. attacking 11»«• last pocket
of resistance hy survivors of a
15.00(1 man .lapanese invasion
army on the Papuan peninsula,
had broken through and de
stroyed another section of en
emy forward positions on San
ananda l'oint.
Meanwhile, allied air forees
continued to attack tlie remain
ing Japanese positions in New
Guinea and spread out in a
widening circle over Japanese
footholds in the southwest Pa
cific. The enemy airdromes at
Madanf: and Finschafen and a
supply dump at l.ae were the tar
gets in Xe« Guinea yesterday.
One Japanese bomber attacked
Port iVJeiivliy under cover of dark
ness lull no damage was caused.
In Simon. American and British
warplancs blasted the Japanese at
both ends of conquered Burma.
U. S. Army fliers operation from
bfl*es in China heavily as.-aulted the
J;ipanese supply base at Bhamo, in
norlhern Burma, dive bombing a riv
er craft loaded with -applies and
wachin»> Running other targets.
British headquarters reported
that patrols of Field Marshal Sir
Archibald I'. Waveil's army beat
off a Japanese attack near Rath
ciIuiik. 25 miles north nf the
eiiemv base at Akyah on the Bay
of Bengal coast.
Indi.i — Cairo I la's anti-aircraft
drfcu .es rung up a 1(10 per cent score
during the riuM when three .lapan
ese bomber- attempted to raid the
hig Indian metropolis were shot on!
of the sky by a single BAF fighter.
Grew Warns
Of Jap Trick
Former Ambassador
Saye Peace Plot May
Include Pretense of
Defeat as Ruse
Nnv York. Jan. IB.—(At*) —
Japan may try to trick the t'nit
rd Stairs again, litis lime with
a pence plot, former Ambassador
In lanan Joseph (', (irrw warn
ed today.
Ii> 'in address prepared for
delivery at the Woman's Nation
al Itepnhlieall elnh luncheon.
CJrew predicted that the Japan
rse will pretend defeat, if nec
essary. to catch the I'nited
Stairs off guard with a sudden,
smashing Mow.
fircw, who iis ambassador in
Tokyo in January. 1041, warned his
government <>f a planner) "surprise
nmsK attack ;ii I'carl Harbor" leu
months before il took place, explain
ed the possibility of a "ju-jilRU''
peace maneuver as follows:
"In my various talks around tlx
country I have repeatedly stressed
the view that the Japanese will mil
crack. Tin- i.-. to say. the Japanese
military code floes not admit of sur
render. even when it is the only al
ternative to aunhilation: but this
does not mean that the Japanese will
stand up to be shot down t«> the last
man when some other silternativ<
pre cuts itself, such as runnuif! away
to fight another day.
"The essence of 'his peace "llen
sivc art is that by letting the ad
versary take the initiative, and b>
giving way and simulating defeat
the adversary may be lulled int<
dropping his guard: then, when tin
adversary lias advanced too tar ant
is off balance. In- is destroyed by c
M'nck recovery and a lightning at
tack where he is weakest."
Gets Navy Cross
Lieut. Col. James Roosevelt (above)
of the Marine Corps, eldest son of
the President, and fifteen other offi
cer# and men, have received th«
Navy Cross, second only to th«
Medal of Honor among Navy dec*
orations, for extraordinary heroism
in a raid on Makin Island. The
cross was conferred on the group
on Guadalcanal Island by Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in
Chief of the Pacific Fleet.
(Central Pret*)
More Miners
Join Strike
j 5,100 UMW Unionists
Walk Out in Protest
Against Increased Un
ion Dues
Wilkcs-Barre. I'a.. Jan. 16—
(AP)—At least 5,100 additional
anthracite minors due to report
I for work stayed away from their
jobs today in the face of a new
war labor board ultimatum or
dering 10,000 to 17.000 others
to end their 18-day old wildcat
| strike immediately.
After the order was announc
ed. strike leaders in Washington
voted to propose resumption of
production Monday.
The new idleness eiime a.s rank
and file members expressed dis
satisfaction over the WLB ruling.
They would not permit Ihr use of
their iiiunes pending local 'union
meetings called for late today and to
morrow to decide whether the order
will he heeded.
Three of the live additional locals
out today had adopted resolutions
Tuesday sayiVK they would strike
iiivtoss a 50-cents a month increase
in dues were eliminated by January
! 15.
Earlier today t'MW leaders—
| both insurgent and loyal—had
said they anticipated the strikers
I would go hark to work Monday
in compliance with the war labor
| board ultimatum, which directed
i them to submit their grievances
—including a demand for a 52 a
j day wage bonus—to processes
provided in their working con
| tract.
■ HIV >ilill I'M I I ('I
1 Ihiil nn)i'<ji the walkout ended il
i would us<* ;ill the power ;it its rom
j niiitul lo compel resumption "f prn
| duel ion.
I Thr statement was laken as a
strong indication that if necessary
the* board would ask Provident llnosc
velt to seize tlio strike-bound mines
in the name or llip government.
Wljtl said the walkout had endan
j Rrrcd (hp prosecution of the war
I by renting a hard cord shortage
j throughout the northeast.
Cotton Prices
Are Higher
New York. .fan. Ifi. (AP)- Cot
ton futures opened 35 to fit) cents a
bale higher.
Cotton futures closed 5 to 40 rents
j a bale high<*t\
Open Close
March 10.68 10 rr
May 10.57 10.56
S July 10.48 10.4R
October 10.40 10 3R
December 10.3A 10.32
| Middling spot 21.42.
Jap Forces
Get Beating
In Solomons
Americans Shoot
Down 30 Jap Planes,
Damage Three De
stroyers and Set Cargo
Vessel Afire in Wide
spread Actions
, Washington, Jan. 16—(Al'j
—Hit- Iviivy announced today
llial American lurees in the
. ulomon islands had shot down 1
>\j <Japanese planes, damaged1
viuee nesiroyers and homocd!
.tint leit i>ur'iiiiik •' cai'K" slnp
ill a series of actions apparently
resulting Irom determined en
tity alii nipts to reinforce and
supply Jap troops on Guadal
canal island.
On Guadalcanal itscll', a com
inuiiiiiiit* said, /tinencaii Iruupi
cuntinucd to advance against,
'•stilt enemy resistance." tiains
of o.OOO to 4,000 yards were
reported.
The heaviest day's lighting report
ed in niu c0iiiinuuu|uc occurrcu on
!• riciay (Solomon s time) oegmning
Willi an attack by a single recon
naissance plane against a group of
live Japanese destroyers iti miles
northeast ol the Knssell inlands,
which are t»0 nautical mucs norm
west at the American airfield on
ouauatcanuf.
'1 ile reconnaissance plane scored
one direct hit and two near Ims on
one ol the destroyers and when last
seen the vessel was allame.
Later Friday morning a force ol
dive bombers, escorted by lighters,
attacked nine Ja;i destroyers which
were about 14(1 miles northwest ol
Guadalcanal. Two ol the destroyers
were reported seriously damaged.
Twelve Jap Zero fighters attempt
ed to intercept tlii^ attack and eighl
were shot down. One American dive
bomber was forced down and live
American lighters tailed to return
from the action.
Also during Friday morning, an
American plane patrolling the air
around Guadalcanal engaged and
shot down three Japanese Zeros.
There was no letup m the lighting
during the afternoon. Army Fly
ing Fortresses with Army tighter
escort went into action against five
enemy destroyers 37 miles southeast
of the Short land islands and in the
general vicinity of the Japanese air
base at IVIiinda. None of the enemy
vessels was hit, the communique
Scim, uui twelve enemy iioai-iypc
planes attempted t<> intercept tiie
assault and they were shot down.
No American planes were lost.
Friday evening, a force of dive
bombers with fighter protection at
tacked an enemy cargo ship 'XI miles
northwest of Munda, scoring two di
rect hits and leaving the vessel afire,
i twelve enemy Zeros, shooting down
: twelve enemy Zero,-. shotting down
I seven of them. One American fight
i er failed to return
Stocks Meet
! Resistance
New York. .fan. I«. (AP)- lie
sistance to tin- stock market's for
ward drive developed today and,
while favorites continued to edge
higher, many recent leaders made
little if any headway.
Prices were best at an active open
ing in which sizeable blocks of low
I and medium-priced issues crowded
i the ticker tape. Activity slackened
later but the turnover of some 500,
| 000 shares was one of the largest
• for a Saturday in the past several
i months.
WEATHER
FOR NOKTII CAROLINA.
Continued mitil. with slightly
higher temperatures. Some like
| llhood of occasional light rain.
U.S. Soldiers Take Time Out to Fight Fever
"l-IT'TT ' ' ~ffiM J ii w ra—mr *rmrni -"■m i w
Our soldiers trot n kick out nf fighting the Japs on New Guinea, but fighting jum-h !'• .ir is s»>i 'thing else
a^ain. Pvt. Uale Myers of Payton, 0., is driving a jjep-lnad of hugcuril U. K. i' i victims (if jungle
fever, to a plane which will lly them to a base hospital. These boys tuu^'nl in <imi- mi fc°.' '.■< front.
<('. .it.;l I'.raat
Reed To Ask
Showdown
K a it sab Senator lo
Seek Early Action on
Measure to Legalize
48-Hour Work Week
Washington. Jail. 1U—(AIM —
Senator Iteeri. Kansas Itcpuldi
ean. announced todaj he will
attempt to force an early Senate
showdown on his oiil tor a 18
hour work u eek.
He told reporters he \vll "hrinii
action lo get a vole on Ihc bill"
within two weeks.
Reed's nica-iire would amend l)i"
fair labor standards act of 10HK >o
that time and ;i lialf overtime pav
for employees would start after -IB
hours, instead "I In hours, where
there is no rontraet governing sueh
pav.
In (hi s session. Heed a l.cd th;d
his bill "lie on the table." where it
now re ^ .ubict l<> con kIi i iImmi
on the floor whenever the sponsor
thinks he had enough voh to pa • ■
it. lie said li« fancied" Hie oppo^i
tion would ino\<'_lo refer it lo the
education md I.• i»• n eonuiuttee when
ever it is called up.
HI.! OMI.S MAI!INI..
Camp l.e.leurn'. N. Jan. I<». —
f A1 *>- -Second I.ieiitenant VV. K
Stanley, forinei mayor ot Km.ton,
N. C'.. wa. m-idu ited today trout Hie
officers indoet rotation eour e here
and became .1 lull fledged Martne.
Jungle Beaver
l
Grinning at you from behind that
board is I'apt. tester Scocal, of Ann
Arbor, Mich., attached to tho U. S.
Medical Corps on the Huna front in
New Guinea. The Doc is proud of
his two-month growth of shrubbery.
U. S. soldier* who fiirlit in the New
Guinea junirle<* find Hint hoards pro
vide protection against mn.<quitoos,
(Central Frees)
! Legislators Hold
j Short Meet Today
Rail Dispute
I Mediators Fail
I
I
, Chicago. .I.iii, l(j.—(AIM—The
I national mediation bnurd an
nounced today Ilial it had ,'ihan
I dotted its efforts to mediate
wage and closed shop demands
ol mole llliill !)(tll,llllll l|on-opcrat<
nm employees of clu.ss 1 rail j
r< Kids.
A statement issued li.v the
hoard expressed eon I idcnce,
however, that the dispute eoulu I
l>e settled without re.sortinn to
a si l ike vote.
No threat to llie wartime iait
load transportation v tcmcxi. i
at tin. time, tne statement made
eleiir.
American Legion
Commander, Speaking
at Fori HraRR, Warns
Against Optimism
i
• firl Iti.ici:. .Ian. Hi.—I \l'i—
('iimin.imler Home Wnini:
the American l.eqion. speal. mi:
here (inlay to llie troops it Itii
military reservation, uaniid
ac.imst "tin* current Inlr ol hm I
liiiiisin" :■ ml addrtl lli.it "11 e
have only just lieatm In liultl.
"Wc have not ve' aehteved i m- i
Klc ..Iralctpc victory <•! ini|N»rtalict
he said. To lie sure, ve ha* e had
heartening sucee i* in tin* So' iim'.i
New Guinea and Afrint lint let us
not forget th.it llitlet d'Hiiin.i'e- n • • r
of Kuropf and lh<* .lap ate m po ••
session ol ,i fai i i lorn •'titptie, lm
li<*mnii eommaridei .-aid.
"Unfortunately, most of oin nr. ,
pie in llii. country ari* aheady Ii*- j
ginning in di - ii the im-ico anil in
llirc welfare of Hie world We n n 1
first win Ili<* war. Too many of m<<
peop|»> are faking Iheirf effort Ir«*i.i
fighting a war to di eo ion
I whsil should he done in the fniuir
for the Sandwich l-laivl Hottentot
or the I'alegouinu Moohy."
The xprnkci toM I he nitHer# that |
"war more than evel before ,i ■
ymmg man's i ih. It ii neen slream
lined since nut* dav The concent
now is on -peed, more speed and till
more speed. Out n»h on the home
front is to keep von supplied with
the gun*. the plant's, (lie tanks, the
ships and the ammunition that von
need to field with, t<> sec that noth
ing happens to slow down or diver'
war production."
One Local Bill Is In
troduced; Letter Asks
More Funds for Feeble
Minded Children;
Graham County Asks
W;ne and Beer Elec
tion
ItaleiRh. Jan. !G—(APi—Only
•tin- lull, a local one. was intro
duced in I lie legislature today as
I••• • It the sv/ile and house hold
ton1 minute sessions, with about
ill assemblymen present.
'I hi' In.'i t* icceived :i letter from
tiiniKi VV. Kn l«>e i>f Charlotte ask
int; 111 'tu n ., cl appropriation for
teelile minded children. lie sug
lie led I'i.iI the nmi.ey l>e lised t"
i-til.nue C.i will Ti.iminu School at
I ti 1 ii t t>. I> ■ il«l a new school for
• Iii-iii "u-i -ln-if hi the tate.
Ml*' ■ ■ (hi l<*el>le minded chil
• 11• -ii In -ill , - ini-Uiinn the State
■ -1111 li i ' in i inti-d a Ioiir time
a:;n. and. lie ..ml there is m> rea
• ••I t■. w hi 111■ 111 liter the war t>>
i icl.lr Mi.it i>nilileiii. His letter
i I'-ii mi I in the appropriations
• i .ii , 11. c.
The Inure also received a peti
tion from <•I'.ih.im county asking
th.it voters hi- allowed to ballot
on •ii-lber wiij- nid beer could
lie sold in lli.it -otinl.v.
I 1 •• : ii11■ in- .t im-elinK will
l-l- l! !' |i \1 ll'l.l.v
Ui iii ■ bile members ol the joml
. in . ii <• . i ti ii 111 lee .ttidied the
I '.■• ii 'I'll • .1 h mil . State tie
i • • hi iiii*i "linn i reipiest bv
\ l|..\i il i i,.-i i| .1 Van B MetN
•i in * - . 11. i Mi 'i lo which would
• • i: i-i| ti.i My in <>i uani/inc two
• ' i ' .hi p mies >111(1
i i ciri n in e(|inpnient for his
rli pat tun til.
(.•Ill- I1 .Ii" I I -1 • luld th(> coin
iii ili'i in • • >ii:11• <»l; liitor for a
• • 11|>li-ii.< ii- ■ % ippropriaiion to
I- •• • (• i : i i (in.inl iiinnier train
in <; • il ml idditmnal SMI11.
1 i I.i -M il the War depart
• i'iit >11 n-■• ii supplies In the
jjuai'!
A s| 1 mill [-I-: i'.i. i« in the rernm
"•• ili il i-.nl ■ I IK,.'>7ti tin the
•:l ■ was a -khy
' limn I- ' 1 .'ilcy Wiiil).niie and
'li ,\1. • i i • • I'.i'11 • ci i-l ,n v and di
i-i 1 i -il St.iii- l.ilir.nv cniiimis
I'-n I I 'li l tin lni'liV'l lor Slate
•ol 111• i ii" In- linnstcd from
SlMMI.IItHI I'i V iKMi
U. S. ARMY BOMBER
CRASHES IN OHIO
f-Ke. Id, .Ian |r. (Al*>— An
Ami v Iiih.iIkt i i i lied near Is11it.i
il ii|.(,!iii'.l'i I.i i i ^ht. killint; "about
it'iv ol I icci - inrl men." Oowen Fielct
luilil'i tclalurn ntfieer Captaill E.
If. I'i\-i anii"iineed today.
Searchim: parlies located the
wricl.ai*' ' lew l inn after the plane
wa tep.ifleH iiii -iiiK. and Davis said
apparently the entire crew WM kill*
• cl.
Semi-Circle
About Nazis
Is Closed
Baltic for Rostov Be
lieved Near as Rus
sians Prepare to Storm
Across Donets River
From the East Bank;
Cther N ows oi W ar
(Hft llh AsxitcioIvil I'rcss)
Russia's triumphant atmies,
advancii'Lr m» a 2f»-niile front,
swept hack into t.iio iJonets val
ley today, closet! a M'tni-circle
around the jjreat (ierman hase
yt Rostov and engulfed .'!<i moiv
towns in synchronized drives in
| the Caucasus and the I >• >n river
region.
Dispatches from Moscow .said
the Red armies had hattied their
' ••ti tu the east l>ank of tha
I Donets river 20 miles southeast
of Kamensk. while other Soviet
columns rolled into the Siil-Ma
| n.vch hills over looking the Ma
nych river southeast of Rostov.
Front line reports indicated
that the battle for Rostov itsclt
was about to begin, with tlx*
Russians preparing to storm
across the lionet* river—last na
tural barrier to the city—in a
climatic drive to cut off perhaps
500.000 (icrman soldiers in
southern Russia.
I /urtany endangered by a wesr
Ijound Soviet column only fill miles
I away, Hostov was newly menaced
I by another Hu.ssian army winch cut
■ Ihe Uostnv-Mn.seow railway and
I readied a point !lo nules northeast
of the key German citadel.
Red army headrpiartcrs said the
nazi invaders were "in complete
J rout,'" retreating 20 miles or more n
day and in their haste abandoning
Kl.UOl) head of cattle at one point.
Simultaneously, black news lor the
axis came from almost every front in
the global conflict.
TUNISIA—American and HAK war
planes blasted 2.'1 axis plane troni
the skies in the biggest scale aeti.il
dogtighting of the Tunisian cam
paign yesterday, allied headquartv. -
announced. Eight allied aircraft we:c
lost.
U. S. I'-.'Ui Lightnings and B-Za
Billy Mitchell bomber, attacked 50
axis trail port planes otl the Tunisian
coast and shot down seven ol tuu
big troop and supply-can.'ring air
craft. wluch were apparently ferry
ing reinforcements to Tunisia.
Scv< ii other planes were dest toy
ed when the Germans attempted to
bomb advanced allied ai lield .
WEST EH N All* WAK Allied
wai planes gave llitlei Knropean
lovtress" anothei night of terroi,
blasting the nazi U-l<oat base af
(.orient, Fiance, tor tin- second nigiif
in a row. and pounded targets in
western Germany, Holland and Bel
gium.
The Hriti:h air ministry .-aid l>i£»
flies wcic left t,iguig in tti< dock
area at Loricnt as the H AF'.s big
bonitx i . truck ill bright moonlight.
Other KAF planes, striking in
fiirce. -hot up at lea-t IS railway
engines along the na/.i-oei opied
coast.
NOKTI1 AFHK'A—Brill I>e,.d
(|iia<*tri > ii (.oi ted -i iiui y t •••»i• •«ty
on 'tie long stalled Libyan trout and
declared that General So* I'-. I..
"Montgomery* eighth an \ utlu'ed
casualties* on the axis in e.eral
#eelurs."
Tim quickening action ' >11 ■ "it on
the heels of German icport that
General Montgomery was prepainig
to assume his offensive against na/i
Field Marshal Krwin Hommcl's
Airika Korps in the dcsul .some 180
mile* east of Tripoli.
Iraq Declares
War On Axis
B..i,hdad. .fan. HI,—(AP) It
was officially announced todav
that a stiite of war e\i i be*
I wee 11 Iran and the axis iiationn.
Iraq already had broken re
lations with the axis. The rup
ture of relations with Japan
came in November, Mill, and at
the same time diplomatic rela
tions with the Vichy government
were ended.
She was the 31st nation to de
clare war on the axis.