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MacARTHBR'S AIR FORCE SINKS FOUR JAP SHIPS One 10,000-ton, Another of 8,000 Tons and TVo Smaller Vessels Sunk In Daring Raid Which Set Fire on Docks of Former U. S. Naval Station Washington, March 4.—Two enemy ships and several smaller vessels were destroyed in a sadden surprise attack by General Douglas Mac Arthur's small air force on Japanese installations and shipping in Subic Bay, north of Bataan, the War Department announced today. Large fires were started on the docks of Olongapo, former United States naval station in Subic Bay, and on Grande Island's, a communique reported. Heavy explosions among enemy stores followed the fires. One ship of 10,000 tons and another of 8,000 tons/were destroyed, the department said, and also two motor launches of 100 tons each. Many smaller vessels were damaged. The text of the communique, No. 133 of the war, based on reports received up to 9:30 a. m., EWT: "1. Philippine theater; "In a sodden surprise attack General Mac Arthur's small air force swept over Subic Bay destroying several Japanese vessels. Among the enemy ships -destroyed were one vessel of 10,000 tons, one of 8/)00 tons and two motor launches of 100 tone each. In addition, many smaller craft were damaged. Large fires were started on the docks of Olongapo and Grande Island. These were followed by many heavy explosions among enemy stores. "There was practically no ground activity in Bataan. "2. There is nothing to report from other areas." THE REV. FRANCIS JOYNER Littleton. — Funeral services lor the Rey^Ffryftfiifl Joyner, 89, widely-known *HT Unloved retired Episcopal minister of Littleton, were held Sunday at St. Alban's Church and burial followed in the littleton cemetery by the side of his wife, who was Miss Sarah Elisabeth Lang, of Farmville. Conducting the services were a cousin of the deceased minister, the Reverend Isaac Wayne Hughes, of Henderson; the Reverend D. P. Mo&re, of Weidon, and the Reverend J. Q. Beckwith, Jr., of Wilson. Mr. Joyner has served St Alban's church as its rector for 18 years, during which time he also served Ridgeway, Jackson and the Middleborg churches. He went to Littleton in 1901 after a period as rector of the Epfeoopal church in Aurora, and during his long life spent in the ministry wrnd for * period as Arch-deacon of the Convocation of Raleigh. After his retirement from active ministry a namber at years ago he was regarded as the "Community Parson" by issideats at Littleton, recognising no distinction of creed or nee whan thp opportunity to serve his fellow mA or to administer divine rites was peaapttod. His activities among the Negro im» were widespread and among the thnog of sorrowing relatives and Meads who attended the funeral was a large group of negroes. Mr. Jojraer was the fourth son of Dr. Koah Joyner and Emily Williams Joyner, of Pitt County. His father was a large plantation owner and volunteered and served, as " r the entire period • the foorteen-yearat heme to "man the * ait uuservauwi rwi For Week March 9th The following- Air obsu i era for this week ere listed Mew and Mwy toe requested to eeoMtt posted MhttH st the City Brag Company and Pout Office tor Hours Scheduled to serve: LeRoy Bass, R. N. Freeman—M. G. Thome, Mad: Carraway—J no. D. Holmes—Woo ten's Station — Rnfet Lee Smith—R. A. Fields. Tneaday, March 10th. L. E. Walston, Geo. W. Davis— J. R Shearin, W. H. Duke—James R Lang—Wooten's Station — C. M. Paylor—C. C. Simpson. Wednesday, March 11th. F. M. Davis, Jr..Lewis Creech — Elbert Holmes, A. Q. Roebuck—Rev. B. B. Fordham—Wooten's Station— L. T. Pierce—Zeb Whitehurst. Thursday, March 12th. Harry Dixon, Joe Flake—Matthew Gibbs, Fred Moon—R H. Knott — Wooten's Station—W. A. Pollard, Jr. —G. M Holden. Friday, March 13th. C. W. Blackwood, Lin wood Joyner—J. B. Roberts, H. W. KempFred Trevathan—Wooten's Station— Hy. D. Johnson—J. H. Moore. Saturday, March 14th. James Wheless»Archie Cayton —T. L. Albritton, P. K. Ewell—W. J. Rasberry — Wooten's Station — M. V. Horton—Irvin Morgan. Sunday, March 15th. R. D. Harris, W. R Diuto Aiax Allen, Pat Ruffw—C. S. HqtahMss— Wooten's Station—F. A. Williams— J. Y. Monk, Jr. Paul E. Jones, Chief Observer A. W. Bohbitt, 1st Assistant C. F. Bauoom, 2nd Ass is* sat. ATTENTION MEN I Registration for the second First Aid Class will be held at 8:00 P. M., Friday, March 6th, at the Town Hall. Ii is very important that all should take this course, if possible, as part of their Defease duty. Dr. R. T. Williams, Chairman Medical Service Conwittee. CLUB SUPPER SUCCESS Lath Morriss' delicious brunswich stew, served by the Woman's Club at the City Cafe on Tuesday evening was enjoyed by a large number'of guests. The Rotary Club also participated in this event and was served by the ladies in the Rotary rooms. Mrs. J. H. Moore, President of the Woman's Club reports the supper as being very successful and makea to thank all who helped in any way to make it so. Raleigh, March i^ooumMkntr of Agriculture W. Kerr Saott today urged North Carolina cotton gram* erg to plant their fall quota o£ wtton this year as a "needed contribution to the national defense prog-ram." North Carolina farmer* arr. eligible to plant 980,161 aares in eetton this, year. The 1941 crop was planted en 80$467 acres, although farmers were eligible to plant 979,760 acres. "Many of the products of the oetton crop are now in gveat demand and are anential lh the war effort," Scott emphasized. "It is well known that there is a definite domestic shortage of vegetable oils and that the cotton crop is the major soaree of vegetable oil prediction. The cotton crop is a major asoree «f ■ London With U. S. 'hoops in Northern Ireland, March 4.—Thousands more cheering:, husky United Stttea fighting men have arrived in a northern Ireland port to augment the force* that has been in Ulster for more than a month, it was announced today. Details of the landing of the fleet of transport and supply ships were withheld until the soldiers, their guns and their other fighting equipment had been scattered to the secluded spots throughout the six Northern Ireland countries and the ships had left port. Compared with the ceremonial landing of the first contingent of -the AEF to Europe's part of the World War last month, the latest arrival was a routine job carried oat with typical Army and Navy clockwork precision. Like the first contingent, most of the latest arrivals are mid-westerners who had bean in training in southern army camps for a year. But there are some rejft-eeentatives of eveiy part of the country. They came in. full field equipment and with their guns ready. The white - haired troop commander waa a colonel from the mid-, die west, a veteran of artillery campaigning in the first World War and five years commander of the same unit, which was with the Rainbow Division. First ashore from "the first shipload, the colonel saluted Maj. Gen. Raasel P. Hartle, U. 6. Commander in Northern Ireland, and said "Glad to be here, sir." Meanwhile his soldiers lined the rails, cheering and tossing American cigarettes to the pier to start' scrambles among the dockworkers. The honor of being first man in the ranks to land waa given to Waster Sergeant Dorranre Mann, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, who served in the first World War with the colonel commanding this contingent. London, March S. — Several hundred United States troops arrived in London today from Northern Ireland. Sugar To Be Available For Home Canning Needs There is no need for housewives to tay id •■torn «H»r for home canning now, says Dean I. O. Schaub, director of the State College Extension Service. The War Production Board says, "every effort" is being JBIMie to have sugar available this summer for home canning. Dean Schaub says that scores of housewives are buying more sugar than they need for normal family caasMnption, with the explanation that they "want to be sure to have a supply on hand to do home canning." "Sash haying is not only unnecessary, but alto unwise," the Extension leader declared, "because it aggravates a situation that it already difficult The supply of sugar for heme tanning may be somewhat limited, but the War Production Boeid has promised that it will be s«£9cisct to enable housewives to can wtat they need." : « A WEEK pF President Rooeevelt wrote War Production Chairman Nelson, "The months just ahead are the critical months of the war. Victory depends war production we are able to get from our factories and arsenals in the spring and summer ot IMS—This is total war. We are all under fire— soldiers and civilians alike—we are all belligerents. To win we moat fight." Chairman Nelson announced * "continuing national drive" has been undertaken to increase production immediately in plants which now have war contracts and to convert other plants to wa JT' product] on ms I speedily sad as completely as possible." He said the program will entail 168 hours work per week for every machine in war plants. Awards for outstanding industrial accomplishments, and establishment of Joint labor management war plant committees to consider suggestions "from all quarters" for increased production. The President in a radio Address, said "We Americans have been compelled to yield ground, but we will regain it—soon. We and not our enemies will have the offensive; we, not they, will win the final battles; and we, not they, will make the final peace. Actually we are taking a heavy toll of the enemy every day that goes -by." Mr. Roosevelt said, "Germany, Italy, and Japan are very .close to their maximum output of planes, guns, tanks and ships. The' United Nations are not—especially the United States of America." He asked Americans not to stop work "for a bingle day—until the war is won," not to demand special privileges for any one group, and to give up conveniences cheerfully when necessary. Foreign Relations. Under Secretary of State Welles announced two agreements signed with Brazil to strengthen hemispheric solidarity and to provide lendlease aid . to Brasil. Lend-Lease Administrator Stettinius reported 1 endease aid for January reached 1462,XX),000, and actual shipments have now exceeded two billion dollars. Allocations for lend-lease purposes sotaled more than $12 billion as of February 19. * s The U. S. and Britain signed ^ pact ' postponing indefinitely final settle- ; nent of lend-lease costs. The pact :ommits both nations to virtually unlimited free trade. And provides 1 final terms of the settlement "shall ' >e such as not to buiden commerce wtween the two countries." Mr. Welles announced the Vichy French Government has given the Lv S. assurances it will not aid the Axis be- 1 fond terms of the Armistice agree- 1 nent*. Production and Conversion. The War Production Board said ' sonversian of peacetime industrial'1 plants to war production will be 1 'over the hpmp" by l?Ue Fall. Com- ' slete conversion of the automobile (Continued on page 2) Final Repori§§§ j On Pitt Fund —' nm Total Of $1,116*53 Is Raised 11n Paralysis Drive J ■ -■ Greenville, March 5th. — Jonathan i Overton, treasurer of the 1M2 Infantile Paralysis Campaign Fond, nade a final report today, showing1 :hat the net amount received in Pitt »upty for this yew ia $1,116.63 igainrt a quote of $810. The following amounts were tumid injto Mr. Overtop from the various communities of the county: Kuibyshev, March 4.—Tired German armies have begun a general retreat across the whole central and north fronts and are hurriedly throwing up a fourth defense line, stretching 460 milec from Slovakia to the Baltic, well outside Soviet territory yttoper, a government official said tonight. ' Political Commissar Y. L. Karobka said at a public lecture that Red army forces were advancing on all fronts, in some sectors exceeding the German invasion pace of June and November, and were "compressing the ring ever tighter around 100,000 Germans trapped at Staraya Russa." Already, Karobka said, the Germans have withdrawn their prised panzer units behind the third line on the north-central front, hinged at Smolensk, 240 miles west of Moscow. The fourth line which he said was being erected from Slovakia to the Baltic would put the German defenses in Poland and the Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia. Karobka added that the Russians have cracked the German siege lines around Leningrad at two more vital pooints and have encircled several other garrisons in their front-wide advance. (The German 16th army enclosed at Staraya Russa "cannot escape" and is being "methodically annihilated" said a radio Moscow broadcast heard by United Presr, in Lonion. Other advices reaching London said that strength of the trapped Qermans had been reduced from X),000 or 100>000 to 60,000.) Karobka said the Germans had intended using their third defense line is springboard for a spring offensive probably concentrated in the south, nit even though they held advance joaitioms in that area, the new retreat to the north would imperil heir organization. Furthermore, he said the German striking power has been weakened! ttxisidorably by the winter-long Bus- j dan counter-offensive and already he Red army has achieved technical superiority in some arms, notnbly artillery and automatic side, irate. "At the same time," he asserted, 'Anglo-American supplies are oomng in steadily." 1 , Reliable information from Gernany indicates that a Communist novement there is. growing, KarobLa said, citing reports that anti-war eaflets had been circulated recenty in Berlin and were "avidly read lue to the, fact that 60 per cent of he homes have lost someone on the •astern front" (A- Radio Moscow communique teard' by United Press . in London laid Red forces on one sector of he Leningrad front destroyed about >0 pillboxes and dugouts, two tanks uid 12 vehicles while capturing hree heavy guns and 19 light ma•bine guns. Th* Germans were said » have left more than 660 dead on he battlefield.) (Radio London, heard at the United Press listening poet in New York, juoted. Moscow reports that the Germans had lost more than 200 planes n three days due largely to desperate attempts to supply the 16th irtr.y at Staraya Russa.) Rotary Club Enjoys Tj ■ A » —^ ^ "Esm ii immii — interesting Program The Rotary Club enjoyed a Branswick staw supper served by the Senior Women's Club an Tuesday evening, for the benefit of the Public Library Fund. § Following the supper Botarians John B. Moore and Dr. Paul E. Jones had a fine program awaiting in the person of Miss Margaret McKinney, local Spanish and English teacher. Miss McKinney chose as her topic, "Toward A New Word Order." In bringing out the economic, social, political and spiritual implications of this new order, she rendered those present a real service, by reason at her cogent) factual and clearly worded statements. ' The Club's indebtedness to Miss Mc Kinney was well expressed by vigorous and sustained applause. Following this section of the program Rotarian Irvin Morgan spoke with eloquence and evident sincerety on the attitude of Paul Harris, founder of Rotary, toward peace. Making reference to an incident in the life of Paul Harris in 1906, Mr. Morgan drove home one of Rotary's main purposes; the establishment of worldwide peace. Even in the midst of war, whan all energies are being beat in the prosecution at that war, it is well for America and Americans to remember that we are essentially a peace loving nation, and to make preparation for that day when once again we shall return to peace and normalcy. MRS. EMMA L. JBICKS Raleigh, March 6.—Mrs. Emma L. Hicks of 702 W. Morgan Street, 72, died at Rex Hospital Wednesday morning after an illness of a few days with pneumonia. Mrs. Hicks moved to Raleigh from Conetoe about 18 months ago- She originally was from Pitt County and a member of one of that County's leading families. Surviving are; four sisters, Mrs. Loue EL Cobb, Mrs. J. L. Jackson, Mrs. Florence M. Stokes, and Mrs. Lena C. Cox, all of Raleigh, and one brother, Joe K. Cobb, of Farmville, Si C. Funeral services were held Thursday at two o'clock at the MartinYelverton Funeral Home, conducted by Dr. John C. Glenn, pastor of Edenton Street Methodist Church, after which tbe body was taken to Pitt County to the John A. Cobb family cemetery, where a short grave service was held at four-thirty o'clock. Sanctioned By House Ways and Means Committeemen Washington, March 4.—The staggering income tax increases proposed by the treasury for both individuals and corporation? got an unexpectedly favorable reception today from House Ways and Means committeemen, although some thought the boosts might prove toe steep. Those who fcRought the increases'! were apt to be too severe expressed the opinion that "a more painless" method—such as * general sales tax—might be decided on to help raise the $7,000,000,000 in new general revenue which President Roosevelt has asked. It wns evident that the committee intended to go ahead with plans to write its own tax bill independently, even though its members for the most part uppearecf in- general accord with the broad features of the recommendations submitted yes sivsrssrzfsjz command acknowledged today, and so imminent vm this Island's peril that the defenders already had completed most of the job of demonfehing all upon it that would be of value to the enemy. > But, sfRpped though they were of much of the Dutch /lee* strength* and outnumbered aloft and aground, the Allied forces yet fought savagely on—holding the offensive in their unbroken aggressive spirit, tragically unable though they were to hold it in fact (Hie Netherlands government in London announced a drastic change in the Indies command by which the Governor General, Gen. A. W, L. Tjarda Van Starkenborgh Strachouwer, transfers command of the land fighting forces to Lieut Gen. Hsin Ter Foorten, and Admiral C. R. L. Helfrich takes "a special mission," with Rear Admiral J. J. A. Van Straveren commanding the remaining naval forces in Indies waters. Fight To Last. (At the same time, the government called upon every Dutch commander in Java and elsewhere in the archipelago, era. those cot off from help, to "Fight on to the las*." (The communique said the command shift was incidental to departure of General Sir Archibald P. ^/avel, erstwhile United Nationa supreme commander in Java, to resume his former India command, but • authoritative Dutch quarters said that the Allied powers had taken "a crippling blow" with the loss of two Dtuch cruisers in the Java sea naval battle 14st weekend, that a counter-offensive at present was out of the question and that "it is therefore a bitter struggle, but The Netherlands army will Fight to the bitter end." It was estimated that at least 86,000 Japanese were pitted against only 10(000 Allied troops. (There was no explanation of |J Helfrich's "special mission." He had | taken over the Allied naval command on February 11- from United States Admiral Thomas C. S«Bi. Bonner Making Effort To Help The Tobacco Farmers Washington, Frit. 26. — Congressnan Herbert C. Bonner accompanied !>y Mr. E. Leon Roebuck of the Harris Hardware Co., Washington, N. C., conferred yesterday extensively with the War Pixxiuction Board in regard to flue nhea^, for tha roattU'acture of flues to be used in tobacco jarns. Sometime ago, Congressmen Bonner, Barden, Folger, and Durham, ilso Mr. Roebuck,. had a conference arith the Office of Production Manigement on this subject and a high priority rating was given this material by which it could have bean produced. Subsequently, the War DeparfeOMUt objected to the rating ind it was reduced to ttt-A-6. The mills roiling this material than id vised the dealers that it could not le processed under this rating. Yesterday, the War Production Beard -aised the rating to A-3. Mr. Roe>uek of the Harris Hardware Company feels doubtful as wMfather
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