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" »■ "•» T Mum ianuart n. INI < ii'jj*' . :\z£ ■. k Inflicts Heavy Losses Upon Japanese in Savage Counterattack — Guerrilla Band Wrecks Japanese Airport; Casualties Among MacArthur's Men Moderate : . ~ •-1 Washington, Jan. 21.—A smashing counterattack which drove the Japanese with heavy losses out of the portions they had won from General Douglas MacArthur's main force, and a daringly successful lunge by Filipino gorillas against an enemy .airport were added today to the sega of the Philippine defense. One of General MacArthur's guerrilla bands swept out of the mountains of northern Luzon in a savage raid on the airport at Tuguegarao in the Cagmyan Valley. Taken completely by surprise, the Japanese fled in confusion, leaving 110 dead on the field. About 300 othere were dispersed, said a War Department communique, and only slight losses were suffered by the attacking force. On MacArthur's principal front on the Batan Peninsula, American and Philippine regulars launched a fierce attack against Japanese who, by infiltration and by frontal assaults on the center, had succeeded in penetrating the defending forces' lines. Savage Fighting. Describing- the firghting in this section as particularly savage, the comnl unique said that Mac Arthur's forces hurled the enemy back, recapturing all the positions they had lost to the Japanese and inflicting very heavy losses on the invaders. Casualties among the. Americans and Filippidos were relatively moderate, the department reported. Although the attack on the Japanese-held airfield at Tuguegarao was merely a raid, with no indication that the attacking force caught or destroyed any planes and with no apparent attempt to train possession of the field, it was the second official report in two days that resistance of Philippine-American ground forces was not confined to the determined battle of the main body of troops en Batan Peninsula. Only yesterday the department received from MacArthur a report that Filipino troops on t^e Island of Mindanao were engaged in sharp fighting with a Japanese force about 35 miles north of Davao. Today's communique, reporting the airdrome attack, referred significantly to "one of General MacArthur's guerilla bands." Guerilla Baads. Then is bo re—an to assume that guerilla bands an embattled civilians, aimed with nondescript weapons. and sniping at the invaders without military control. Mobilization of MacArthnrt army, which began last Angsst, was never completed, and the larger islands at least of the Philippine Archipelago c CHnic ; « iville, Feb. 6th Farmers Now May Apply For Ne>w Tires and Tubes |T ■ _t .$8$3§S|j Farmers of North Carolina an eligible to apply for permission to bay new tires and tubes for farm implements and tracks used in moving food products to market, the U. S. Department of Agriculture has been informed by the' Office at Production 6. Tom. Scott, chairman of the North Carolina USDA War Board, has outtin«t the procedure fer farmars Wishing to purchase new tins and tubes. First, Mr. Scott said, obtain application blanks at your local rationing board. Take this application to an inspector for the boaad and obtain a statement from him that the tire or tube to be replaced cannot be repaired, recapped, retreaded or otherwise placed in usable condition. If the tire or tube can be repaired the fanner will be notified and he will, of course, be unable to secure new products. Next, present the statement of the inspector to the rationing board with an explanation of the purpose for which the new tire or tube iB to be used. Farmers are eligible for new tires and tubes for farm tractors and oth«jr implements for which they are essential, and for trock| moving farm products and food to market. Tires and tabes may not be obtained for tracks which transport such products to ultimate consumers. Tires and tubes may not be obtained for any purpose unless they are to be mounted immediately, Mr. Scott pointed out. If the applicant meets the stewards of the local rationing board, a certificate will be issued allowing applicant to purchase from any dealer, providing the board has sot already reached the monthly total of certificates is may issue, Mr. Scott added. • - Astute observers in iha United States scent a revived appreciation of character and som^ signs that the dollar 'mark may not represent unquestioned success. Thirteen Jap Planes Also t>owned; War Menace to Australia Increases Singapore, Jan. 21.—British artillery firing point-blank over open sights appeared tonight to have beaten the Japanese offensive to a halt in northwest Johore State, and Singapore's anti-aircraft batteries —d fighter plane* shot down at least IS enemy raiders in the beat day's work yet for the defenders of this baae. The R, A. F., too, was in heavy and effective action against the invader's principal air bases, Kuan A series of special evangvUstic meeting will Mfcin in the Farmville Baptist Church, Monday, January 86, and will be continued through February 1, according to the pastor, Re*. B. B. Fordham, who has invited Rev. Charles B. Howard, pastor and teacher of the Bible at Campbell Ctflege, Boies Creek, who is well known as an educator and as an outstanding Bible student, to deliver the daily messsge at 7:80 o'clock in the «rem*■ The song serrices will be of great inspirational Tains also community is invited to attend and take part in these. S The first of the Fiat Aid Bed Cross clssses for white persons to be conducted here, will get underway tonight (Friday) at the Municipal bnilding at 7:80 o'clock. iW First Aid class will he conducted on Wednesday and Friday nights for five weeks by Dr. R. t. Williams, beginning at 8:00 sad lasting for two hears. The courses, which are being conducted in Greenville, Farmville and Ayden, are designed especially for civilian defense and among the studies wfll be that of poisonous 'gases, how to detect and combat them. Or. Williams 'said today that he expected 40 persons to. be enrolled for the first class. Anyone interested in joining the class should register at the Municipal building immediately. ' >A First Aid olsss for colored citizens will begin as soon ss organisation plans are completed according to Dr. Williams. Hie first meeting ef a Home Nursing class for women will be held Tuesday evening of next week. Dr. Williams stated that 40 women hid already registered for this course, which wfll be divided into two _ -i.: JW Hil) and will follow, wmfoff for The battle cry was: "The battle for Nmww is over; tig* road to full victory lies adead!" ■ The remnants of the seventh German infantry division, the third motor division, the $Uet infantry regiment and the 197th infantry division were being pushed back westward by the vlctotioua Rusei&ns, today's communique said. , "The Germans ace suffering; heavy lcaeee, particularly in the south," the bulletin adiML la reeapcanng SMcnauuc, noiaoui o£ the German advance on from the wart and a point at which the Germans had erected their strangest type of fortifications, the Russians captured at least 20 runs, 76 motor vehicles, three warehouses with munitions and other equipment, according to "incomplete preliminary data1* given in the communique. . .V On the southwestern front a series of violent German countersttacks wen repulsed with the aid of cavalry, other dispatches stated. The Soviet Information Bureau's official communique said that the Red Army is "irflieting heavy blows" on the Germans and that it was continuing its advance, having occupied "several inhabited localities." Fierce cold maintained its grip on a huge area both north and south of Moscow, bat it failed to chill the enthusiasm of the Bed Army on any sector of the vast front, dispatches indicated. It was 40 debelow aero in Moscow yeeter or six trains filled with frozen - and wnwded German soldiers rolled westward every day from Moshaisk in the last days of the German defense of that key dty, Mozhaisk railway workers said. Bn—isns soldiers entering Mozhaisk foond.it masked with new German cemeteries,.-well-filled with the bodies of soldier* and officers. • The town itself, however, was not ao badly damaged as some others which Germans have occupied Front-line reports said the Russians found orders by which the Germans planned to take a large proportion of the Moahaiab population with them in their retreat, but of the final Soviet for Fountains Mr. Vwtori for the Chicod section and Mr. WilUrd for Stokes. Mr. Nufer, Assistant Director of Civilian Defense from Baleigh, in detail the regulations for practiee black-out and aim for the real Hook-out, if and when same becomes necessary. He suggested that every town adopt an ordinance to that a. black-out can.be enforced. J. P. Kittrall, Chairman of the salvage committee reported that some work was being done for salvage paper and other needed materials but that the organization did not seem to be perfected. R. R. Bennett, County Agent reported on Mb com-1 piete organized wotk throughout the county for the raising of scrap iron. A motion vat aioBtMi mrnioatiny fell the farmers to get all «f their scrap iron and scrap metal, paper *nd all other salvage material and turn it in to the proper places so that it might be utilised in our dafense effort, and also requesting the }unk dealers to break this junk up forward immediately to the terminals so that it might immediately be put into use. A further motion was unanimously adopted requesting all government officials and agencies to cut down on the use of paper in issuing so many unnecessary bulletins. The meeting, was well attended and sveryoue warned anxious to perfect Pitt County and its various townV-W Si North Carolina'* 60,000 4-H Club n embers are ready to embark on a seveo-point Victory Program, according to'L. R. HarreU, 4-H Club leadar it the N. C. State CoHege Extension 3ervice. 'J. The basis for the program was laid lows in a discussion of civilian defense at a recent conference in Washington between 4-H Chib leaders and Hi*. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The program calls for: (1) interpretinjr to the commnmty the four Freedoms: Freedom from Pear; (2) making every effort to produce and ronserve needed foods in 4-H Club projects; (3) saving for victory— metals, burlap, old pap«wi38Sf| (O Developing indivi^ and sommunity health; (S) learning useful and mechanical «ni»« i ad volunteering for civilian defense work; (6) practicing the democratic procedure; and (7) understanding the social and econimic forces at Wt&r'in this country through discuslion groups and other orgaiflspd acHarreU explained that the seven Since the uutvaira by her crew, it vu the, too, wwrt to the Ciltvaira, a vu built in 1906 by the Latvian Shipping Her home port wn Rig. These attacks marked toe. the enemy ■truck at llfij i i AH foar -hm. , The •; j •'• / 4 bercnloeis Clint opened in Fannville, Monday, January 19. Thia clinic is held under the aaapices of the Htt Connty Health Department. Patients are first given a fieoroseopic examination and following this an xj»y w made if thought necessary. The xmy not only makes the final diagnosis but is the hast means of making'' an early diagnosis. Dr. Ennett, the Health Officer, stated that oh aosount of tj» generous support of the TubereMoeie Seal Sale by the citiwms 'of Fannville, all deserving patients are given free xrays. ine rainy weatner reaucea toe attendance at tin clinic. The clinic was conducted by Dr. W. M. Pack of the Sanatorium Extension Department, who presented the following statistics: No. at adults clinic 39. No. of children attending clink 7. No. of old cases examined 7. No. of new cases found 5. No. recommended for home treatment 8. No. recommended for Sanatorium treatment 4. " Dr. Peck, who for the past several years, half held clinics in Pitt County, (tnssr4 the fact that the County is badly in need of a County Sanatorium particularly since the State Sanatorium attempt* to limit its admiarfona to early cases, and even here ine to the long waiting lists, it is ■ome three or four months before * patient can be admitted. A County Sanatorium should be able to admit SHIS The chief value of a County Sanatorium is that it takes the advanced ease out of the home and in this way' prevents its spread to other members if the fam>'ly. GREATER Despite record-breaking exports to Iter allies, chiefly the United Kingdom, stocks of important foed in Canada are greater than for many pear*. > Final Report A-. Ku nr. ?>! lUn nit Drive V. County Responds To Appeal of Chief Executive; $10,876 Raised For the Red Cross Grsetmlle.—J. Nat Harrison, Pitt bounty Bed Crow chapter chairman, vho conducted the war relief fund :ampaigji in the county, has isstied he following final report: "In a proclamation calling tor the raising of a $56,000,000 war food for he American Bed Cross, the Preaiient of the United States said, 1 ippeal to the American people to nake this campaign an overwhelming success.' . jgp|| It gives me great pleasure to report that PHt County has respondtd to this appeal, and has again Measured up to its full responsibility n this campaign. Final reports on ill fronts have now been received uid the total amount collected to late is
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