Russians Mop Up Ai Stalingrad
Jap Bombers Raid American Lines On Guadalcanal
Nine Zeros
Are Downed
Attack is First Made
In Daylight Since
Nov. i 1; Three Raids
Made During Night
(iuadalearal. Feb. 1 — (AIM
—Japai <-'• dive and horizontal
l»i>?n!»«•!"-- raided tin* American
army'-1 l"i*«»nt linr position.- on
(Juatliiifaiial today, while Army*
and .Marine lighters eiitfa^ed in
hitter duel with Zeros liijrh
jiinvr the Moody island.
It wa- the . l'emv's first day
light aii :.'".iel. 011 (iuadalcaiial
-ipce N aeinlx-r II. Twenty
t'iii' iii\ 'tonihers. IS hitfh level
lii,|iil»i.d Zeros appeared
our th- i-'.md in mitl-moriiiitir.
Ai'H'ii'.ot IikIiIit-. riM' from
I|. i (| i .mii I •■•til anil attacked
llir t.iiil'Ts. Ttirri1 ui-ri- ctoR
fi;W> .ill .ivrr the »k> as Wild
r.ilv. and Warhawks
nurril ini'i tin- tray. Nine Zeros
wiTr •.!»«»' 11 • iv> n tin- certain, and
*.i\ nthcr* iirolialily wore do
vlni* cil.
;> •: llxTS IHillKlliOd to
•lull tin1 American do
; iul ground
re pressing the
I. is! ri I It'll stand. The]
i • were toiTiwod by the
'. mbor-;. Xoi'r of eitlicr
,• -hot down.
■ 'I v the .laps raided
;l airfield from :t a. m
• \v«- i three separate
I" • t til < e. fi\ e and
• .il! •! wliirli dropped
•• o bay. Tulagi island.
<■: wept iver at high
it any bonibs that
ii exploding from the
'i dalcanal Navy anti
. >t d«>',vn one ol tile
over Tulagi.
d vv:i* the second at
i ii.A '..ii t .n the past throe
Five KiHed
Accidentally
C- •••• Feb I—(AP—Aeeide" t
tdoU .r. t live lives in North.
Carol in .i irina the week-end.
Sum l.ee I.cake. 17. "I Simp-on
villo. S. (".. killed near Concord
:n ;in I. .1 :ii which three trucks
v;m- nvolved.
lh 'i ' llardv. eight. was struck
m«l killed by* a truck at Scotland
Xrrk.
The ii'irly .it .1 C'hildei-.
«f Smitlifteld. whs found beside «»
Rillw :.y h; home. He uppsir
ently ii il I,ecu >,j« |,V a train.
Mlii-rt ,\ 'I'iiwIcj, 511. Seaboard
AirliTic- II • ly engineer. wa~ killc i
i aee 'li nt in the vards of the
railway in Waleiuh.
M' in f- lib. Angier eon-table.
I I inn lio-iiit.il from bullet
v »"'I . I.. II,'irnctt county offi
r''' ;• i<I. lie ii Dieted alter shooting
h's vv-le with the same aim. Mrs
t "bh it critical condition in the
•nv- In. pit ii I.
President I
Withdraws
Flynn's Name '
Washington, Fob. 1 —(AIM— I
Pre ident Koosevelt told Kdwarci
.1 Flyvn today lie was complying
icluctantly with a request to
withdraw Flynn's nomination to
i>e United States minister to Aus
tralia.
Tlie formal withdrawn! was
received by the Senate a few
minutes later.
The action came in the lace
mounting Senate opposition
:t-.r< atoning confirmation ot the |
former national Democratic |
chairman, and marked the ad
ministration's first major rebuff
.11 the new Congress.
Last night Flynn re<picsted
that the nomination, facing a
battle for confirmation in the
Senate, be withdrawn.
Democratic Leader llarkley of
Kentucky told reporters before
the withdrawal notice was re
corded in the Senate that he be
lieved Flynn's action stamped
the New Yorker as "a man oi
patriotism who thinks more of
ihe welfare ot his country than
(Continued on rjaoT^'i!
China Pact
To Senate
Washington. Feb. 1—(AP)—Prcsi-j
• ient Uoosevelt transmitted to Die
Serate today, with a request lor |
ratification, the treaty by which the
United States relinquishes extra
territorial rights in China.
The treaty was signed here .Jan
uary 11 by Secretary Hull and the
Chinese ambassador.
"Accomplishment of the abolition
of the extra-territorial system in
China." Mr. Roosevelt said in a mes
sage to the Senate, "is a step in line
with tin* expressed desires of the
government and the people of the
I'in led State.-. The spirit reflected
bv the treaty will. I am sure, be
gratifying to the governments and
the |H»ople of all the Cnited Nations."
The treaty would abolish such
iliing.- as this country's rights to
iperate its own court.- in China for
the handling of case- oi American
itizen.- and to operate gunboat.- oti
('hinc.-e rivers and in coastal waters.
Connecticut
Law Upheld
Washington. Feb. 1 — (AP)—The
Supreme Court dismissed today an
attack upon Connecticut legislation
which prohibited physicians from
pre-eribmg contraceptive devices to
•naiTiod women when such action
w 11 - deemed necessary to preserve
ife or health.
Chief .lustice Stone read a brief
iiflcr "ii litigation brought by Dr.
Wilder Tilr.-ton. a professor at Yale
Medical School and a practicing phy
-ician at New Haven.
He .-ought a ruling as to whether
'lie statute prohibited him from pre
rnbjng contraceptives to three spec
Hied married women when he
tli" ight this procedure was essential
lo their welfare.
I>ismis-al was ordered on the
ground that the doctor has "110 stand
ing to litigate the constitutional ques
tion which the record presents."
Assembly Enters Fourth Week
With Little Work Completed
It.iilv l)h|i;i<di Ittiremi
In lite sit Willi" Hotel.
It\ I.WS MSBF.T
Iliili-mli. Ki-I>. 1 The li'i:* Gett
1 ''•»! <•'! iiiy toniulil begin* ils
'■•nth lull week ,;iihI observers'
iiKne tli.it |.nij;n -s i. .<l<- tliis week
viiIn.,||v di ti uiiilie leiwtli "I 'be
M-ssinn. Vrtci in lecisliilor- we p'•>
^ilillity ..i sine di' iidi'iui'imtcnl bc~
'■•h- t»,. i,f (|l(. nioiilli. Iitt' smnll
'""'.iil.:1it\ n| (icltitiu Hnmml) before
ntlv in t|„ week "I M:«'«l>
11 te wit ml record of completed
t» lti.it i. tin' ttiittiltei «•! bili--®
riiliti«-rt .mil ljiw. is
'"l"• X ivt • Hiiiing Hie piist \\<>eK
®nly two bill; xlnlcwldc Import
tinned by the presiding offlectf.
'in itithorixed investment of $20.
Odtt.iHHt w.ir rcsc,AO futtd:
"""tin t i x« mpted members :»l 'be
nVi:,n. arm»ci loro.- from payment
of noil fax.
TImmo familiar with legislative
m oeedure. Iiowev or, including old
timers among (ho member.-hip. State
officers .m»l newsmen. see ii" hccm*
1011 for pessimi-m. .\ greaf deal h<i»
fx en aeenm|tli«hod hv hard-working
committrc.*. One veteran illustrated
it thi.* way:
"Making laws i- like building j(
house. Ktr-I, you've C"' to locate 111,1
(••rials. than arrange for buying and
assemble ther Then you have In
din down t<> -.olid base and lay the
l>iimri;>li"U Ity the time the found.l
tinii i- on w ith iho ground, the jol>
is half «t«inc. Then Iho frame strue
flire, gawky and nn ichtly, mils! he
construeled l.a'er the roof and the
walls: finally the interior finishing.
After weeks of work there is an tin
(Ontinuel ->n Fagt Iwo)
LEADERS IN HISTORIC CASABLANCA CONFERENCE
President Ktio'evelt and Pi iiiu' Miiii.Mu hvii . iiicUiitd with
top-rankiue men of the land. mm ami air ;orces .>! »h:-ir historic t'asa
blanra. I.cft to rirlit behind the famous p iii arc I icn(t •s uit General
II. II. Arnold, chicf of I". S. Air Force: \dmiral truest .1. Kins.
eoiiiinamler-in-rhiei »i ilir l". S. Vi.\ (•<->« r il (ii iiirc i . Marshall.
I". S. Chief of Staff: Admiral Sir l)ndli'< round. riiiel ol' ItritisIs Naval
staff: General Sir Alan Francis Brooke. cliicl <>i the Imperial General
Staff, anil British Air Chief Marshal Sir < haiies l'orl.il. cliicl of air stall.
Jeffers
Testifies
Rubber Administrator
Denies Calling Army,
Navy Men Loafers
But Charges Meddling
Washington. Feb. 1 — i M'1 —
l(libber Administrator Wiliani .M.
Jeffr«-s told Congress today thai
"the job of the Army and Navy
is to field anil not to r;in busi
ness and direct the civilian eron
omy."
Denying he li. fi MI A v
nnfl Navy men I«t- " .I'-tlcrs
charged 11i.it serv c<- "ii •• ■ 11 • <i
projected themselves irlo the » ■
program, lor w hich he - iui mi' ' <t
the Army nor the Na\y w : :»•-!»• •»!
siblc.
.loffers t\as railed liv .1 joint
House military-naval committee
to explain statements attributed
to him in a speech in Hiltimorc
last week lo the effect that \rim
and Navy officials were imped
ing production in synthetic rub
ber plants.
Chalrmnn Thon t ■ 1 . T» '11
cral, said at tlx t.-.< 1 >. ' <• hoe
ing the committee had ■ < told I '
•Ieffer> criticized "the A v n<l the
Navy and thise I" ■ 1 •' <l<
lay in accelerating 'If nr.
"I did not say 'Attm .• 1 ;<I N.ivv
loafers'." Jeffer.- 1<>I<i tl • • ' iltee.
(Continue! •••! I'.
Negro Admits
Train Murder
Albany. Ore. I'< • I < M'» »"'>
crl K. I.cc I- A• I. "-' a born
20-ycar-nld on t ithern l*a
cific limited tr.• " marie a detailed
.statement eorroboi .•! tm .r earlier
confession that l>c '-'• e«l Mi.- Mai
tha Virfiini'i
lower berth 13 II '' iys I>
Irict Atlornej H 1 '■ Wemrcl. r
said today
Wdnrick aid I hi I Antjelcs Ne 1
Kro would 1«c arraicned later tod y
lo determine whether he will I"' held
for the Linn cour try • <nd Jury
fnlkcj! arrived here yesterday from
Los Anceles. where he was arrested
after the train • •••ved there ;it th<
red r>t, it - nin lhi"ii::li Oregon audi
California.
President Calls Conferences
After Return To Vv ashington
Mr. Roosevelt Sees
Hull, Congressional
Leaders, Other High
Federal Executives
U.i^liiiutiin II—i M'l —
II.nK from hi-, momentous nip
In north Airif.t. i'ii'>iili'iil Koitse
vell Ini-ied himself today v. itli
coiili'rciiei's v ill: T'.'ivt.irv Hull,
roimressional >i.tdris, and other
liiali exeeiilive*.
White Ifi'iiM- officials s.iid the
( liii l t.\ei utivr looked line upon
Ills arrival h. ik in llir c.ipit.11 I
and apparently mn> not iirnl by
liis .iourni'.v ami the leu-day con
ference >vith Mime Minister |
( hnri hill.
' Mr. I;..i-'t Seeretai> II.'II;
liriol iv I.i 1 id art .uiued .111
extended ci>n • «■ with him today.
Sunnier V.\ ■ ider.-erretarv ■ ••
Si.,! . .1 -,i A<i H 1 -ild I!. N'ai!;. j
rommnnding A tin naval forces
in Kuropca . w« • ! ■. were scliciiiilcdI
for separate •; s.-inlis with tile
t'iiiel Km ri.: •. . ;<!terr.oon.
• I.,Me ! . Mr. I,11---N-i-l t
:rranKcd 1 nui with House and:
Senate lead* ■*ii pa 1 res whieh
Presidentii Se< > Stephen Kor-I
ly said was I 1 purpose of giv
itiH then: "a : 1 • j■ • ■. • 'ii hi- "rip and
unions eonte ■ > held dining his.
tri|i."
Mr. Ii<>• 1-1 ■ • ed to tile rap
ital last nigh! cnipli-!in« the Ki.-t
hiii nt hi - 1 •: '• 1 A Her
nmfcrciicGs 1 Si Tetancs Mull.
Stimsiin ;.nn il wii' production
Chairman I'• M Xelsoii. and
•ither 1</i f! ' i1. he i.< es
peeterl 1 ■ ' ' -eps neee sary
•n (hp d |»|on iti il lary and home
riiinls t< 1 |m 11 • 11 t the commit*
ineet niade : ■ i< a
It wa- jut I • • flays if'er tin
blanea c ended that
In I'residt "* 1' •'! the White
House. T* «inii 1 .v have* claps*
ed since he Ii here and beenmo
he first l'ie d. ' <\a to tly in a
pi; ne. ( 1 1 1 et foot
'•n 1 .re ;n the nation was
lit war.
Mr. I! ■ • C'h ■ -ehlil. with
ASIIfRx
Mil; Mil: III < MJOt.lNA.
t older tonight.
MANY 'PLEASURE
DRIVERS' CITED
FOR VIOLATIONS
Itnieitth. Feb. I — (Al'i — The
State (>P.\ oftice Siiid today lli.it
more than l!.*»ti violation- ot the
bail on plea-uif iti .vnm ttf.v
recorded n }i! I'oiinhi's i'l eastern
North Carolina o\l*i the v.iei,
011(1.
Director T. S. Johnson . t
nio.-t ot the plea.-u.c drivers
were cited in the Wilimnut i;
area, where til driver.- vveie
lagged around the bcache- and
I>lea>nre centet . and i:i I>
where 53 violat:'i notice- n >
issued at a doublchoadct !>:•
i.etball game.
Rutledge
Approved
Washington. Keb. I — fAI'i -
Senate mdiciarv ion rn
ll-tn-0 approval today : >
nation oi .Midge Wiley I • '
;is .'in associate* .iiistice ot
preme Court with t"
withholding their \ '
until they could deb
stand on President i; ■ u -
enlargement bill 11
Senator Ferg \l •
publican, told rep<
ruined the que-1; • i 11 1
stand on the com i < < >
and h;>d not receh >1
answer" as to vvh- ' 'he l>
ot Columbia .; >pe I mo'
been ;i back- ' ! ' I' ''
Which was withdrawn iflcr a i
Senate fight.
HARVEY THOMAS, 66,
PASSES AT WILSON
Wilson. Feb. 1 t.M'i Harvey
Thotiia-. 'Iti. \eti an "• ' !'
Who "scooped' the ■ ation ■ v V< ■ •
row VVil'onV Hcrcptancc <•' the nmn
mation for president the fust let'
died of a lieiirt ->11 I; he e yi«-!ci
day. In recent year* '•< ' id bee
connected with new-pape here an i
it Fdentop \ sup .t"1 n ' t T' niiias
i« connected ut"h th* D.ni.v Tin-es.
II Duce Says
Last Battle
Gives Victory
I.timii'ii. Ki".». 1 ( \Pt — IVeiniei
Mussolini told • dicncv of lawist
\ t.'div \ ietory in t!»i>
wo 1,1 . ■ ; • Hie >ide winch "i
; I • h ' i j! ;i <|k;ii tcr-houi
■ ii th< piu'iny" and thai "It
:: . ttic that briniin victory."
T..i- ■! m- - |i • .i- "somewhere in
«v ? . er\ ance ol the
i the f;ii»ei>t ini
ade.c-1 !>v the
• TlU ll !>> tin* A>m'
! -> i>! Libva.
i : .en It::•>•*
i month* to
:ui declared
return to north
' ie where our
• • we have
I . - ■•! n«r po\\
<• :i .-cried.
Death Blows
Delivered
To Invaders
Hitler's Losses
Are Estimated
At 240,000 Killed
And 46,000 Captured
(/»_// Tin Afsnciitti il I'riss)
I iii- Russian.- were delivering
tlicit la>t death Mows today to
tin* halt-frozen, starving, des
perate remnants of the mighty
army which Hitler sacrificed at
Stii'.ingrad.
Relentless attacks added an
other ".mo (,|- more dead and
others t-apt tiled to the toll which
the Kn.-sl;<:is placed officially
ai •Jii'.ooii kili'-d s« ml -Ki.iMMi
t., >• a 'it ve Moodiest
trap of ilie war.
On the north African front, a
German armored column, com
posed of units which won fame
in Poland and Frailer, were
checked alter a six-mile drive
throimh Fa i<l l'a» and on Inward
Siili Itou/i.l. *."> miles west of
Sfax. hut the thrust was re
carded as primarily defensive.
• MIICCl ul \ i ,11(1 it V II
tended apparent!y to help !'."d .1
coastal r iTidor tor Marshal H0111
niel's withdrawal, and to break in*i
allied preparations for a .sustained,
showdown '»!!«it.-ivo.
The British eighth nrmv 'Mean
while. announced the occupation of
/.u.n .. (!."> nulls v. i -t i>l Input. and
pu.-hed steadily westward Mi contact
with Hommel's rear guard.
I: Htis.-ia and Africa the com
ot dele it.- v. as iie.r. > I poll German.
Itiunanian and Italian e>matidei.-.
The Russians aniioiineed the
capture ol Stalingrad of field
.Marshal I'aiiliis. cifiunandcr in
chief of the sixth German army.
13 oilier German general*, anil
two Rumanian generals.
I iit. German liiyh command ac
itiU'Wledued today :t.- mn'Ii nrmv,
under Field Mm shal Patilus, had
men "nverwheliiied alter more than
two !i•.iii*t■ - •! hiT.iie defense against
>ii|te; • II -aid other Ger
ii an- .■ Id -li .ii the northern
part Stal 1 ad. it held out little
hope t'.rtn
On (lie Tunisian Ironl. the
dorks al Bi/crtc and the port of
(t.ilte- «ere battered anew yes
Icnl.n in <l.i> Hull! attacks from
the nest, and a comniuiiiiiiie said
l!t .i\is planes were destroyed
with a loss of five allied aircraft.
An Hal an submarine was .-ink in
t!f w. '• i Mediterra: e.iii by a Ca
ll. (i an deMinyci
Tin c iptur,. i«r /.cava put the
I'.: • si with t; 35 milcj of llic Tu
nis : border, and the M<>race« radio
;i ;• lied tliat the eighth army had
i : id till !••« n i :: tile coastal
read beyond thr town.
The French in north Africa an
no meed the < xec ti n eleven axis
parachutist spies. caught wearing ct
\ It. iloi! ■ - .m • j allied lines, and
the exeetition >t two Arabs con
victed • antiiij: them.
\. •• - wew announced bv the
It- -- in- ' I s v I'ttiilly the whole
- nit-."". Soviet front, where the
(li'i v a'l Have been Ihriisl Pads ill*
■ Ihc line a year an- every
where l»»it In the Rostiw j»cct/>r and
n v. estrone northwestern Can
A expropriations Committee
Ends hearings On Budgets
—i mm—Ki,n
-< 1 iliilr. (Ilr
itii l.i»
i c|> u I llir 111-.
• mi ir.. iii. i. j itiii pri'iMri'd
In • >i rdilf itn l>ii*iiiii.il spnid
ill.: ilili In 111!' r.ilciiil.ir of llio
< m i I V--imhh
I'■ i • • 'I.,- Hi.He liiijiri
' ll in -ir |ni1 rn
I • 1 ' • • • 1 ' «). •• iHMriiijs. liis
'< r. w In i
■ I <i< ..• I line .il llv
i'|>i-timg "i i li luliii'i!.
i • n i1tc<
wl • , Die 1 IX bill ll. li
1 ' 1 ••> ' I- :i . 'ill- fix
<il I'lniisd.ix ,i i|i< (liMdlinc |o
Mimi iiii'
I I V. n • licl Iiol
iini ' ■ (ii ii i.il A. .-t-inbly v.il
iivr<1 ill <> n'elocU. Hepie-cn
! ':.\i St' ovt ■: fJniUord i- expect
■omIu
c-tipiti«>n »f
S. ,i' •!.>'• ■■■ ■ vil• ■ • •»i (mine I"i*
<U-inu|iK lit women find unls.
A speedup in committee work f
• hi 1!ii- < - lci;i li'ii* <• -l.itf. I'ro
pii ill- on which (MiiitriMcc iictlon f
I expected include the nine-month
i -I'll '"I lllli lOpcill n| 'lie -.lie- I.in.
( Ulici l>ill" -tilled !<• ,-ecci\ e curly sic
i lion hit the iik'hwiio!* !"• modify tlio
I'diiciili"H .imciidiiH'nt" :irl<>|>tc*r1 in
the N"\ciiiImt election. to reduce
. from i>> iMuht ttic number ">t cm
[ p|..vec nrcr .' \ !<• niiiUc the Hll
• employment compcii>iiti>>n iliMli'iinco
• iict iippliciihle i" .in employer, to li
:t iihx-iitee I >. 11 lot iippllciiti'ins to
. the .ibsent voter .itid In icj-lnct
1 picketing.