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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-01-16
Methodist W0men's
Society Prays For
Security of Nation

Circle Number One Of thr Wam-
ems Society of Christian Service Of
the pascaEoula Methodist Church
vet with Mrs w d Herring on the
Beach boulevard. Monday after
foon
rhr leHder. Mrs c A Carrier.
read a. introduction % the Pledge
Service Philippians 3 Verses l3.i4
Mediation vas read softly By Mrs
h d MafAifey u simulate quiet
hlnktne aiu1u after which Mrs
S p Warden gave = PRAYER Tor
needed strength spd guidance in
these trying times.
A. each woman laid her signed
pledge q monetary assistance upon
the table she lighted a candle IN q
tall candie-stand. from the candle
wnich had been passed to her. The
leader read quietly during this eerr-
mony and silent prayers we're Of
fered tot the h0me. the community,
the nation and the world thai We
might remain kteadfast and true,
strong and brave. during this sung-
gle OF might and right
A COPS OF TIE Methodist wom-
an was reviewed IS MFs. Carrier,
who read extracts from the various
articles. Particularly interesting
was the story Of the life Of MARY
Reed, missionary 70 India. who gave
up her life a. helping the lepcrs,
contracting the dreaded disease her.
self. Her name vas selected a. the
name Of Circle Number one. and
wIll hereafter be known as the MARY
Reed Circle
After q iew committees were APP
pointed. some immediate business
disposed Of the meeting adjourned
10 enjoy the hot ten and cookies
passed around b The hostess assist
ed BY Bills Bragg Herring. The
Mary Reed Circle viii meet next
Monday afternoon At tie home OF
Mrs c. A Carrier. Since the d.
vision Of the circles there is more
need Tor each woman registered As a
member 70 come oat and Do her
part and Il IS hoped thai those vino
have been absent recently for one
AUS II another viii presently
start attending these meetings again
KNOWING that she viii be welcomed
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0uR LADY or
CHURCH

Hew. r. J. Carey. Pastor
Maazes On Sunday ESQ ard ESQ.
49, "a ueeg day4 $50.
Mass On Holydays ESQ and $50.
Confessions IN Saturday 4so0 to
SOC aaa TOO - SEQ z. ~.
Holy Hour O. Sunday evening -
TOO.
NeFena % Our Lady o. Perpetual
Etsip on Tuesday evening At TIA.
Cataehtzm 81 Sunday alter
second Mass aaa or Saturday morn
ting Al so
Newuan Club On Sunday after
second Mas
Meeting Of o. Y. o. on Mondays
~ 7.5a p. ~
Meeting OF Altar Society O. the
ffEt Tuesday a each month 81
500 2. n.
Msefing Of school Leagne en- the
first wednesday Of each month at
7ssa ?. II.
Nesting Of The Holy Name seciety
en- TIE secend Sunday after second
Mas
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FUNERAL oF MRS.
n. y. WILKINSON

Mrs Helena wisksrson. aged 81
years. w1dox Of the late II r Will
kerson. q former resident OF Pasca-
gnuIa. was buried from the Fails
Funeral Home on Wednesday morn
Ing. January II. 1852. 81 ten O'Clock
Rev Fredrick S Reseh. rector Of 81
johns Episcopal Church. conduct
ing the service. Intermcpt was iH
Machpelah Cemetery
Mrs Wilkers0n was a native OF
Rockford. Illinois. and died in En-
cino. California. on Wednesday.
january T. SIRE resided in Pasca-
soula a number Of years before NOV
ing TO California She Is survived
BY a half brother IN Denver. and two
nieces in Santa Monlco. California
The remains were accompanied 90
P~aseag0ala by r. C. HoudyaheI of
EneIno. with whom Mrs Wilker-
son resided.
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SundaE-
! 0s0 A n Church school, Roy
a Gisens Superintendent
ii.W A. - Morning Worship.
&c ? n. Methodist Youth Fel-
l9wznIp
TIL ?. NJ Evening Worship.
Mouaay-
Ais p M Janior Missionary So
ciety.
800 P. M ". s c. s meets as
follows
Mar Reaa ciEcle with Mr1. c. A.
Carrier on Ali Road
Sarah Bennett Circle with AIRS. u.
c bassy OF Jackson Avenue.
To p NJ Choir Practice.
WEDNESDAY
7sSQ p ~ Prayer Meeting.
SO ? NJ. Choir Practice
L. W. uIaAKR
Pastor.
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NAVAL OFFICERS AND
OFFICE FORCE HAVE
ANNIVERSARY DINNER

In celebration Of the first anni-
FerSary Of the establishment OF the
offices Of the Navy Department at
Ingalls, Shiphuildine Plant at Pas
eaeoala. the hawai- afficers and their
employees entertained with a dinner
al Br0adwater Been on the evening
Of January s,
The dinner also gave those IN at
tendaiice the opportunity to bld
farewell 10 Lieutenant Commander
and Mrs Gerald Thomson. ere their
departure Al an early date for New
YORK. % which point this senior Of
ucer m the Ingalls, Naval repart-
ment has been assigned.
Dancing was enjoyed after the
dinner.
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SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH

Loea1ed Ia saipyard section. on
Henry Avenue.
Sunday
SIS A n Sunday School. A. b.
Crane Superintendent
hFW A. n. Morning Worship
Service
go p. N I T Z. Hour. Floyd
Stephenson Director.
4-s0 ?. n Evening Worship
Service
"Wednesday
TO ? a. Teachers and offleers
Meeting
4'&Q ? NJ song Service.
so 2 N Prayer Service.
). I. MORGAN.
Pastor.
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KREoLE BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday
s:45 a M-SundaY School. Mrs
John Haarala. superintendent
H.0o a a. and 7s30 2. M-W0r-
ship -sstce.
go ?. NIB T. Z.
Tuesday
2s0o P NV N. U. and Sunbeam
Band.
eco r M-sunaay School Teach
ers and officeEs meeting.
"Wednesday
7st5 =. Md week prayer sery
ices.
We invite yoa ~ worship viii
rs In al Cur services.
REV. JEWEL GOLDMAN
Pastor.
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sunday-SandAy school. 10 % A
~. Day Light Saving Time. r. II.
Lander. superintendent League.
re =. n
Wefsnip Services. iis00 4 NJ
TO ?. ~. Day Light Saving Time
&ezaay WoEenz Society q
CnflstAn Service. ever other Moa-
dAT q the z1nth.
Meaasday-Prayer meeting 7.so
P. ~
REH. ]. ?. PAYNE
Pastor.
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MRS. AMY FORBES DIES

The funeral OF Mrs. Amy Caro-
line Mayes Forbes. who died at the
home OF her son, John r. Mayes. in
P~ascagOula. Saturday night. Janu-
AIRY 10. was held Monday afternoon
II , O'Clock from the Pals Funeral
Parl0rs at Pascagoula. Services
were conducted y Rev. Kenneth
Erwin and burial was IN the Mach
peiah Cemetery.
Mrs Forbes was rs years old. She
leaves four sons. William A. and
George P Mayes Of Atlanta. Ga.
Walter c Mayes OF Mobile. and
john r. MayeS OF Pascagoula and
Il grandchildren.
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Funeral services for Enock Evan
der cowart Of Pecan. vino died at
the family residence Friday morning
n 6 O'Clock. were held Sunday af-
ternoon at 2 O'Clock from the resi-
denee The rites were conducted
by Rev. Jewel 0oiman, pastor Of
the Kreole Baptist Church, and
interment was IN the Orange Grave
Cemetery.
The deceased was 80 years old.
His death followed that OF has son.
Elmer X. Cowart who died De-
cember ~ He leaves two daugh-
tiers. Misses Eva and Evelyn Cowart
and two sons. Morrow and Larry
Cowart all Of Pecan.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-01-16

Chsisk Gaihaaan Chmreh. 31s sentf
FaeearsnIa So
Sunday. Jsnuafy H-Second
Sunday after Epiphany
Sunday. January 10.
800 A M-sundny Schooi. Mr..
H. H. schaitz. superintendent. Miss
Catherine Brakh. oFwanisg. lesson
The Drauaiit q Fishes
800 a M-Hihie Glasses.
fesm A. M-Divine service. Miss
HiifnA Melens. 1reantst: Eplstie hes
son Romans Z. Gle. Gospel lesa
son: John z l-ll.
"Wednesday, January n. Rehearn-
81 az the choir al 7.30 p. ri.
Rev. FREDERICK A. 0RARF.
Pastor.
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Mr. And MIS-. ARTHUR
ALLEN ENTERTAIN
CHURCH OFFICIALS

On wednesday evening Mr. and
ArS Arthur Alien entertained With
= Chicken and spaghetti supper &c
which their guests we're the official
boafo and tie elective officers Of
TIE Woman's Auxiliary Of tne First
Presbyterian Church u Pasezzouia
Foiiosing the supper the time vas
spent u formulating plans Tor the
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Burned As
Stove Explodes

Lucille Wells. ze. Negro woman
saS seriously burned "Wednesday af-
tefnnon when kerosene which she
was pouring over WOOD IN a stowe
exploded Her clothes vere burned
IRON her body Tier brother-in-Isw
Eugene Wells i6 also suffered g.
fefe burns on his right lex and
hand.
The explosion took place in the
Wells home at WADE Both were
taken 70 the jackson County Hos
pital for treatment The wnmauK
condition is said 10 be serious
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-01-16
METHODIST

Ire HaEEseE Fairlsy Circle VIII
mee4 On TUESDAY evening IN the
home Of Ms E a EhaYaf. Al
members are urged = attend
Tnt CeciiE Daliey Circle iii meet
Hlth HIS Ina Thompson Oh Monday
alteFnsm
Tns Aay CoEan Circle III meet
O. Mou1af afternoon. place o. meet
ing . Be announced later.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-01-16
G CONVENTION

The East Jackson County Singing
Convention meets AZ Hurley In the
High School auditorium. Sunday.
January 2sth. At ten O'Clock A N.
Everyone Is invited 70 attend and
worship with Us in singing the
beautiful Gospel hymns.
G. NJ HAMILTON,
Chairman
Mrs. n. O TILLEY.
Secretary and Treasurer.
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Sunday School 1000 A NJ.
Service. Sunday 7s39 T. NJ.
Service "Wednesday 7.20 p II.
The church where you are
stranger but once Good sinRinR.
REV T W. DAVIS and WIFE.
Pastors
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lmtIIssllallilgiHIssnII
PA6CAa0uxA


~REORGANIxED CHURCH or
gENEs CHRIST Or LATTER
DAY SAINTS

gESus CHRIST or LATTER
DAY SAINTS
] Char<h school e& A. NJ L
Barlow. supervisor.
Sacrament Service II A. M-Ersl
Sunday 81 eaEh mnnth.
zhcae League young People,
500 p. ~ each 6unday-HIldred
T1soulaM. leader.
Wonssns Meeting TOO p. ~ every
other Mcudax-Mrz. J. L. Barlow.
leader.
hao-week Prayer Service. TOO r.
~, wednesday.
Everyone cordially invited.
A. N. HARNHa Pastor
Mildred Thomas. Reporter.
pERsT BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday
s:4s a M-sunday school. W. d.
Robinson. 6ur4
iim A. M-MsFning worship
service
$50 Choir rehearsal
1sU Youns Peoples Maeting.
~ y E4tAN am
Union. Sack Dear. director.
TO r. M-Evening Worship
services
"Wednesday
Tsio p. M-sunday School teach
rs ana officers meeting.
AGO y M-prayer nerpice.
REV, L. r. unEKk.
PRESBYTERIAN
F1fst nEaebstesian ehurrh OF Pas
eagoallA.
Sunday aesloel ss4s
Worship services 1t = IA ana 7 10
D. m
The Rev George KIFkeF Of Hat
tissbuFn viii preach
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T " Henges II, Carney Humph-
sy X HI Lucas. A r May. n a.
Mckenzie. W G McIsendon. p. L.
Mcleod X NJ Richardson. l. S
Rouse. Lester Scheifler. T. II Baeot.
soesety president. ana Mrs. L. W
ulHef
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2s00 ?. M-Sunday School,. Miss
Hannah st0fk. superintendent
400 P. M-WurShip service on
he second and fourth Sundays.
7.& p. M-Afld-Eeek prayeT
meeting each Thursday evening.
J. r. PAYNE. Pastor.
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EsCATAwPA BAPTIST CHURCH

SUNDAY
1000 A M-Bunday school. Lloyd
oliver. superintendent
il.0 A M-MoFnins worship.
Tefs ?. M-EFening service each
ist and srd Sunday.
Monday
7-@ 2. NV. n. o. business
meeting.
wednesday
7.S0 p. M-sunday school council.
general business.
" c. wINnHAM. Pastor.
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Miss Plorrie Margaret Richmond
OF New Orleans and Mr.. Theodore
Conway quietly married on
the I2th day Of January. 1912. at
the home Of Rev T W Davis, IN
KTeoIe.
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Too Late To Classify

HoR quick sale Pleasure boaf
length = r. Il = cabin. Butt
last July Reason Tor selling, leax-
IL. See z + Weoc. 81 Hans
Lumber Company
04m E-I6-za f-2=z2 i-so-z2
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90 o. RascnRUn1a Street.
.1he Nrlsndn Church VITA z
WefceBae~
Dwr negnlax Services
Sunday n1zoul TOO A. n
Akefning Wor3nip Ito a. ~
Kszrz1lhsf&n elaEStce. 7s1e = ~.
Prayer Msettngs "Wednesday. Tao
p -
To th0ae Of you mot attending
ehaEsh elsswAsFe - extsEd > apsez-
~ Invitation 20 visit our Sunday
nelaoo1. Isrfnz yonr family ard nieal
with - a. the usual hour.
KEaznzETH KRWIN. Pastor.
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repairing ard reiurnisiiing Of TIE
manse a%alourninR the church in
PREPARATION fof OCCUPANCY b the
new pastor u } & Crane who
arrives IN Pascaeoslia IA February
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PRESBYTERIAN

n Auxiliary vii meet 81 Non
"a afternoon n the church. All
HezHbeFs are urged 70 attend
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Sciteduls Of services
$50 A M-Sunday School
1880 A M-AaoTnina Sermon
$50 p. M-Trainlne Union.
7.M p M-EvanEeliztac Message
TOO p. n. Wednesday-Prayer
MestAng.
The public Is cordially invited 10
xorAhip with u
MONTE A. DAVIS,
Pastor.
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During most OF world history the
climate has been milder and les
than AZ present
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ENCOURAGEMENT
From The Mary Aan Floating Hotel

:. 90 % provide better living conditions for ON ea,sSts -.
10y am RM p moved up O. the If At Is nsezss L-.sz-
A5tsr 1z move E completed. extensive lmproseeaeusx ~ 80
mans hotel working
n ofoef e 90 Eha work II vii Be necessary foF IA = ~~,.t.
esef"aos if several seek oeEInnins saturdas. January N 80
watch 10 aaF opening Announcement which yin 49,.
II TINS newspaper : : later azle.
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MOSS FONT
@M0k N6NM


ORANGE GROVE METHODIST
CHURCH
1000 A M--6unday S1bo0l. Lee
Hill, superintendent
fi.m A, M-MoFuing wura1ip
service On second Bundays
f:t5 p. M-EvcninR worship sery-
ice On second Sundays.
TsA =. M-Mid week prayer
Meeting each Tuesday.
400 + M-Womenss Missionary
Society meeting on Monday sfter
t11e seeond Sunday q each month
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CoFxer p4ne and 1--we Oak 9treet4
Eanday Janaaxy te
7.N A M. Holy Cummunin and
EeFMan4.
tesna A. - Bunaay ScncaL
fIon A. A. Morntng Prayer and
Sermon s1lafeet a. Sermon What
Is cunIr1maasnnfr
RKv. FRIEDRICH s RKsCH.
Rector.
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Market Street
SUNDAY Exhuoi ~ 1000 a. ~. q.
". Taylor, superintendent
preAHnAng service ever BanoElel
and fourth Sunday al 1lsoo A. ~.
and TO p. ~
Prayer meeting "wednesday ~
$50 p. AZ.
Everyone w4lrnm1.
A D wEsFoRD. Passnr.
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SPENCER MEMORIAL BAPTIST
CHuRCH


Sunday echoos 81 astS a NJ
xlcmiz Lindsr. superintendent.
Preaching sEfFlce every first and
fourth Sunday. - Iiao0 A. n. and
4s9e ?. ~
REv. A. d. WEXFORD. Pastor
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UNION CHURCH
Ncn-aennmtnatinnnl 9outn rns-
E1eoa1A street Heslser Miller. -
pss1ntma1znt. Mim Lena A Han,
superintsnaenf primary department
Dsoe p n sunday sezxicesA
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5. s. Sub Sinks I7,OCO-Ton Jap
 Be Carrier

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 dHl - The Navy announced that l7.000 ton Japanese merchant liner was sunk by an American sub. The vessel, of the fast Yawata class, owned and operated by the NIX lines, was probab y convertable aircraft carrier. No other details of the sinking were supplied. The Navy spokesman said that at least one vessel of the YaWata class, and three ships, frequent visitors 10 west coast ports. were converted .nto aircraft carriers, but it is P4t known whether any of these was the one sent to the bottom.
 The Navy also said The men ace of enemy submarines off the east coast of the United States remains substantial
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-16
Japs Looting
 and Devastating The Philippines

WASHINGTON, Jan. IS lPD - Japanese attack planes and dive bombers are being used incessant ly against front line and artil- lery positions of the American and Philippine defense forces on the island of Luzon. The War D. pertinent sad ground fighting in varying intensity also continued along the front Inc and Jap anese shock trooos are attempt ing aggressive l filtration.
 The Department said reports reaching G n. M2cArthur indie ated that. the Japanese are loot ing and devastating the Philip pine countryside systematically.
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Army Expansion MOren Doubles
 l resent Strength

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 lPl - s eretary of War Stimson an- nounced that the Army has start ej expanding to approximately 3,G00,000 officers and men, more than doubling it's present strength in ground and air fore es. Stimson said the increase. authorized by the President, will be made this year, the first three 5eW divisions to be organized on March Is and looking for fur ther increases of an undisclosed size next year. Camp facilities are also to be expanded, mean while.
 The extension calls for more than double the number of air combat units and creating 32 mo- torized or triangular divisions in addition 10 the 27 conventional ground troop divisions now in serv:ce, and doubling the number of armored units.
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Panama Tanker Sunk llO Miles East New York

NEW YORK, Jan. IA lHD The Third Naval District announced that the Panamanian tanker Nor ness was torpedoed by a sub marine 60 miles south of Mon taHk Point, Long Island, no miles due east of New York har- bor. The announcement said nav al rescue craft were dispatched.
 Later IA survivors landed at Newport, Rhode Island, but were not allowed to talk. The Navy did not say whether the tanker, which was first spotted by patrol planes, sank.
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LindberggIn To Engage In Re- search for Army

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is lP) - Secretary Stimson said Cbsa. A. Ljndbergh VII not return to ac- tive duty with the Army Air Corps but at present will engage io technical resea; ch on a com merc;al project in which the War Department is direc ly interest ed.
 Stimson told a press confer ence that Lindbergh called him Monday .o aak whether he could be of any use to the government or War Department Stimson add ed, T told him we are always glad to receive information, help, or advice from anyone who thought he could be of service. I asked him what he thought he cou d do most usefully and he replied he thought that at pre- sent he would be most useful in techn cal experimentation"
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RaIlying Around BattIe-Fiungry jungle-Wise Australians, British
 Stop Jap Drive Down Malaya


 1-GAF0RE. Jan. Is lP) - Ra y g arou d a fresh force of battle Qngry and iungIe-wise Australians, the British Imperial defenders of Sinpagore appeared to have checked the Japanese in their 56.ea i've toward Singapore. Two Japanese ground units are reported to have been shattered and the stifteaed defense all along the shortened front in low CT Ma sya Wss aided consider ably by aerial surpert.
 While the air force smashed Japanesa truck and railway con-
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Corregidor Downs 2 Heavy Bombers

WASHINGTON, Jan. IS tHo) - The War Denartment announced that the defenders Of Philippine Notifications shot down ? heavy Japanese bombers and hit others in a flight of 9 which attacked Corregidor island n Manila Bay. Casualties among the Ph lipp;ne troops were slight ard the De- p2rtment said only minor dam age was suffered by the island fortress.
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Russians Isolate 100000 Germans
 In Crimea And Storm MOzhaisk.
 Key To Nazi Defense In North

mans maSsed as Mozhaisk. in what appeared one of the great est and perhaps most decisive battles of the war. MozhaiSk is the keystone of the dwindling German defense corridor, on th Napoleonic road to Moscow from Smolensk.
 The British radio said a say age battle IS raging at the gates of Mozhaisk, One of the key po- s.tions which is said to have changed hands several times" Other Red forces are slowly clos ing a giant trap around Moz- haisk.
 Officially reported was the re- capture of the town of Neeyn, 35 miles to the southwest. This means that the Germans now on y have a saven-miles-Wjd es cape route from Mozhalsk.
 Soviet troops are pressing down on VolokolamsB in the north and on Medyn, south of Volckolamsk, 35 miles north of Moshaisk
 A bulletin from H.tler's com mand said tersely there was no- thing to report on the defense battles" on the Moscow and Len ingrad fronts but acknowledged lhe Russians are making a new drive along the Sea of AzoV to- ward Taganrog. 40 miles west of RostoV.
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Jap Offensive I'm Malaga Checked
Asiatic Fleet Sinks ) More Jap Ships Total Now Is "A

WASHINGTON. Jan. IS lHo1 - 1ae As.atic fleet sunk three en- eny transports and two large Jspanese cargo vessels. The F9s Fast sirkings were annou1ce1 by the Navy and brought .ae total to 24. the number of Japanese wa1sa.2 aed nos-eom5otaat ves- sals sunk by the |. s. Navy and Marine forces. The Navy gava no a7aes or identification to the five additional Japanese ships sent b me bottom.
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UNDATED, Jan. Is (PJ Mass es of Russian tanks are reported smashing at the gates of German held Taganrog, 40 miles west of Rostov, as Marhall Timoshenko' o's Red armies pressed in general counter offensive through the Ukraine and tightened the trap on the 100000 Germans in Cri- mea. Soviet forces are now bat tering fiercely at the gates of Tag anrog."
 A British radio broadcast said Russian troops are reported fight ing the invaders a few miles from Simferopol, Crimean cap ital 40 mi es north of Sevasto- pol on the railroad to the Russian mainland. The direction of the Soviet thrust against Simferopol was not given, whether it was executed by troops driving west ward across the Peninsula from Kerch and Feodosiya or from beachheads at Yevpatroiya on the west coast, or fromh Sevasto- pol itse,f. In any case the threat against the Germans chances es caping.
 On the basis of previous So- viet reports, German forces at Taganrog have long since been isolated by the Russian columns which by-passed the city in pur suit of the man Axis armies re treating along the Sea of Azov toward MariVpol.
 Soviet dispatches chronicled an unbroken series of Russian tri- imphs along the entire 1,20O- mile battlefront from Leningrad to the Black Sea.
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eentrations near Tampin, 12O mil es northwest of Singapore, Brit isa forces, fighting with fresh fury or the coastal strip north of Nalsea p ain, are claimed to a.se knocked out II Japanese .aaks and 10 armored vehicles.
 Ausies Inflict Heavy Casualties
 An official communique said an advance guard of Australians
 ashed six more tanks and in- 0e.ed heavy casualties, in their des. battle since the Malayan in yas on begsn, in the eastern part of Negri Semb.Ian state.
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US. Forces Have Not Been Dislodg. ed From Batan

TOKYO. Jan. 15 tP) - Imper- ia Headquarters claimed that 40 U. s. Curtiss combat planes were destroyed by Japanese aerial at tack yesterday on Denarpan air field in Western Lpzon. This may be Dinalupisan fzld, 12 miles northeast of Olongapo where the Batan Pen nsula widens onto the Luzon main and. That would in d:cate that MacArthur's forces have not been d.slodgad from the defense lines guarding virtually the entire peninsula.
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Japanese Navy Reported Action Of Batan Pen.

LONDON, Dec. 16 lP) - Reut- CTS reported that a Rome radio announcement said the Japanese fleet is in action off Batan Pen insula where American and Fiji pino forces are Waging a stub born fight against the Japanese troops. The report added that a night landing was effected with success, but gave no further de- tails.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-16
Honolulu Under- goes l6 Minute Air Raid Alarm

HONOLULU, Jan. IA PD - The Army, Navy, and civilians on Oahu Is and underwent a 16- minute air raid alarm this after noon Citizens said they saw no planes, but an Army statement said; Every air raid alarm is the real Mccoy. Unidentified in- struments of warfare detected the planes and until they are identified. they are real"