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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-01-15
Air Battle
Fought Over
Singapore
Japanese Land on Is
land in Dutch Archi-
pelago Just South of
Singapore; Jap Bomb
ers Shot Down Over
Co,regidor.
DIV The Associated Press.

Y,,,n's invasion arp,ic. were
nirturcd nv Tokyo headuuar-
TORS today a., driving into the
r,iu-l,4hed ]iune|es of ,Johorc
state les, than l1G miles north OF
S~inp,norc white British and
Dutcb nI,nrs foupht lJapancsr
raiders in , fierce battle over
S;nqaporc itself.
.rnhnrc stat, j., the last defense
6rll,rarF before oar
AVS reports reaching London SAID
~,13panesc troops had landed on an
Sand i'm the Dutch archipeIago, iust
got'fh of Singapore. in a new threat
=, RrraIn', great Far East strong
The report, al o declared that Jap
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-01-15
Sunk off Long Island
SAL Train
Hits Truck;
Driver Killed

Wake Forest, Jan. l5.-(AP)
A truck driver Wa killed, and
several railroad passengers were
Slightly inJlrcd, today when a
bakery truck and a southbound
train Collidcd at a crossing a
mile north of here.
The SeabOard train. en- route
from New York to Miami, WAS
partially dcraiied, The railroad
officials said the engine and TWO
cars left the track.
All of the passengers were
able to continue their journeys.
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-01-15
DAYLIGHT SAVING
MEASURE PASSES

Washington, Jan. l5.-tAP)-
Congressional action was com
pIetcd by the House today on
LEGISLATION for universal nay
light saving time which would
advance all clocks one hour.
The measure will become cl-
fectIve 20 dlN' after lTcsi-
dent Roosevelt signs it.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-01-15
Reds Launch
Great Battle
At Mozhaiisk
Direct Frontal Assault:
Lcosed Against Ger
mans Massed at Key
stone of Dwindling
Nazi Defense Corri-
cor; Other News.
CDN The Associated PrcsS.l

RUSSIAN shock troops We're re-
"c'l"d MASKING il a direct from
tai assault today against E0.OLU
Germans maSscd at NozhaiNk.
81 m les west of Moscow, IN what
appeared to Ec II of the great
est and perhaps most decisive
battles of the war.
MoZhalSk Is the keystone OF the
dWlndIIng German defense corridor
ON the N~apoleOuiC road from Mo
ON, to Smolensk.
The British radio sand that a say
age battle Was raging It Il, gate,
of Mozhaiah.
Other Red army forces, slowly
closing a giant trap around
NozcaiSk, were official, report
cd to have re-capturcd the town
of Malyn, 50 miles to the south
west. This meant hat the Ger
mans now had only a 70-miic-
wide sea route from NoZ-
haisk, with Soviet troops press
ing from NolokoiamSk in The
north and Malyn in the south.
Nolokolamsk Is 35 miles north OF
MoZhaisk.
a bulletin from Adolf I"Iitler'S hi2.
command, teracly noting ~tdCicnsiN.
battle . ON the Moscow and Lenin.
grad fronts. acknowledged that The
Russians We're making a new drlV,
along the Sea OF AzoN toWarC
Tagamog, 10 miles west OF Rosto\
un-Dun.
The offensive was termed 'unsuc-
cessiuI.o
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-01-15
Jap Liner
Sunk By Sub
Sinking Raises to
Eleven Total Of
Enemy Vessels Sunk
by u. S. Undersea
Craft.

Washington. Jan. 15.-Thc
Navy announced today that a
/. ,000-ton Japanese merchant
liner had been sunk by an
American submarine.
The vessel was of the NaWata
class, owned and operated by
the \. \. X. lines, and probably
convertible into an aircraft ar
rier.
y Navy spokesman said at least
one vessel of the YaWata class of
threa oh p>. lIcquent visitors to west
coast ports, had been converted into
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-01-15
Three New
Divisions
By March Is
Camp Facilities to Be
Expanded; IS, 900 Of
ficers to Be Commits
stoned; Air Force Re-
~quirements Are Modi-
fled.


Secretary Ntimron announced
today the Army had started en-
banding to approximately $500
GOO Officer, and men, mor than
doubling its present strength III
ground and air forces.
Stnn>uu SAID the liner use. author
led by Pre-. dent Roosevelt, would
be made this year, with The first
three new divisions to be organized
by March 10.
Looking to further increases OF M
disclosed s.ze neHt yeaF. camp lac.lI-
ties are to be expanded in the mean
while.
The expansion, announced al 4
press conference. calls for:
Mere than double the number
of air combat units.
Creation of 50 motorized or
triangular divisions, III addition
to the p conventional ground
troop divisions nov in service,
and doubling the number of
armored units.
A proportionate increase in
anti-aircraft, engineer, and SINH
lar special units.
Formation of 50 or more mill
tary police batt1lions to replace
troops now guarding critical fac
ilities in continental United
States.
4 large increase i'll the num-
Der of men III training CenterS to
provide requirements for all or
ganized units and the personnel
for the additional units to be
created in the spring of l943.'
As a part of this vas: expansion,
Stimson announced at the same time,
5000 officers VIII be commissioned
in special officer candidate schools
this year and requirements for ar
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-01-15
Leaf Prices
Near Record
North Carolina Tobac-
co Growers Receive
So Per Cent More
Than For 1910 Crop.

North Carolina tobacco
received S121.S5l 1856 for their
lyll %tlue-cured oDacco crop
an increase of SO per cent over
1910, the State department OF
agriculture announced today IN
its final summary of warehouse
reports.
Although the crop was II per cent
smaller than in 1910. prices PEI
pound we're 73 per cent higher.
The price average of 1888 cents a
pound for first hand sales was inc
second highest on record. This figure,
however. was 40 per cent lower tha'
the all time record. set in 1919.
WarehouSemen reported the tota
sales Of 428 500 ,667 pounds. The SIN
|flnc-cured markets which operated
last month sold ~4,l35,490 pounds o
leaf for an average of Sl6.4l a hun
dred,
Two North Carolina hurley mark
ctS reported December sales OF s.
l4l.538 pounds averaging BIZ
cents. compared with 3,6SO.oo@
pounds which averaged Sl868 toi
the corresponding period last sea
son, The hurley markets are d
Ashc"illo and Boone
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-01-15

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Evening star., 1942-02-24
4S Jap Planes Destroyed
Since Jan. I, Army Says

The score of American warplanes
fighting in the Netherlands Indies
was placed by the War Department
in a communique late yesterday at
8 or more Japanese ships sunk, "a
damaged and 48 enemy planes de-
stroyed since January l.
To this toll, six medium Jap
bombers were believed added yester-
day as a result of raid on a Jap
anese-held airdrome at Denpasar on
the island of Bali A formation OF
flying fortresses bombers executed
this raid, scoring several direct hits
and returning to their home bases
unscathed.
The summary of losses was re-
ported as representing incomplete
estimates. officials said it excluded
full returns from the air and sea
battle of Bali and all blows dealt
by the Navy and by forces of other
United Nations.
American losses were not listed
but the War Department had re-
ported in previous communiques the
destruction of four heavy, long
range American bombers. Two OF
these were downed in an air battle
over Menado, Celebes, on January
19, in which nine japanese figher
planes were sent crashing. Two
others were marked off in the SUBJ
sequent running battle of the
Macassar Strait.
In the raid on the Denpasar air
drome the War Department said
direct hits were scored and runways
were damaged. The six enemy
medium bombers believed destroyed
were on the ground.
The battleship damaged presum
ably was the capital ship twice re-
ported hit in the Gulf of Davao IL
the Philippines in the early stage o1
the Indies invasion.
Evening star., 1942-02-24

and attended high school In Gulf
port, Miss, before returning here to
attend George washington Univer-
sity.
His widow, Mrs. Dorcas Louise
Barker Hickox, also q native Of
Washington, lives at 405 Tenth street
NE. with their 8-year r-old daughter,
Dorcas Ann.
The of1cer's parents live at 902 G
street NE, but are now In Florida.
He also Is survived by q sister, Mrs.
George E. Deaner, Of Hyattsville,
Md, and two brothers. william A.
Hickox, OF Washington, and NAL
colin Hickox of Wilkersburg, Pa.
Destroyer Launched in 1920.
The Truxtun, Of 1900 tons, was
launched September 28, 1920, from
the william Cramp g. Sons ship
yard at Philadelphia. She was q
type Of ship built for use during
the World War and that accounts
for the Nays communique refer
ring to her as q World War vessel.
Miss Isabelle Truxtun Brumby,
daughter Of Rear Admiral Frank
Brumby, was sponsor for the ship
at its launching. The usual compile
ment of a destroyer of this type is
between LIS and $50 men, with the
wartime requirements generally
bringing the figure closer to $50.
She was the second Truxtun to
operate as q unit of the United
States Fleet, and during the 1920s
she was in the Yangtze patrol with
the Asiastic feet.
The Pollux was a converted vessel
that was formerly owned by the
New York and Cuba Mail Steamship
Co. She was completed in January,
1910, by the Federal Shipbuilding g.
Drydock Co. at Hoboken, N. j.
She was one of the newer vessels
taken over by the Navy and was
accepted for service May "A, 1941.
and later converted into a general
stores ship by the Brewers Ship
building & Drydock Co. at Hoboken.
Her complement of men was not
Immediately known.
She was placed under the COM
mand of Comdr. Hugh w. Turney
when commissioned.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
fight for Wage-Hour
Suspension Renewed

Representative Smith, Democrat
Of Virginia said today he would
offer his bill proposing suspension
during wartime of all Federal max
imum-hour and overtime-pay stat
utes as a rider to the second war
powers bill which is due up in
the House within a day or two.
Mr.. Smith sought unsuccessfully
to have this legislation included
In the war powers bill when it was
before the Judicial Committee.
His proposal would affect II stat
utes including the Wage-H Hour Act
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Viereck
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week about collaboration between
Viereck and Senator Lundeen on
some of the Senator's speeches.
On one occasion, the witness said,
she heard Viereck remark to the
Senator concerning a speech they
had prepared: I'VE made one mis-
take-we forgot to put in headings -
Testifies About Speeches.
Another time, Mrs. Spielman re-
called, she saw Viereck dictate a
portion of a speech which Senator
Lundeen later delivered before the
German-American Board of Trade
in New York.
This was an address on German
American trade relations, the wit
ness explained, adding that she had
prepared some material on it at
the Senator's request, but Viereck
had rewritten the manuscript.
In the course of his cross-exam-
ination Mr.. Morosini read portions
of the speech called "Six Men and
War;" which has figured promi-
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Immediate Induction
Is Ordered for Men
Passing Physical Test,
Recruits Will Receive
FurIouehs to Adjust
Civilian Affairs

The War Department today
ordered eliminated the pre-in-
duction period in which selectees
could wind up their affairs after
they were sure they were phys
ically qualified for Army service.
In the future, the War Depart
ment announced, selectees will be
inducted into the Army at the time
of their physical examination.
1t has been known for some time
that the Navy and Marine Corps
have been enlisting number of
men qualified for Army induction
after they had received their physi-
cal examinations. 1t was under
stood that the new system, which
reverts to the procedure originally
followed with slight difference,
was ordered to prevent men from
volunteering for Navy or Marine
Corps service after they were sure
they would be inducted into the
Army within few days.
Difference In Procedure.
The only difference between this
and the original procedure is that
originally men passed strict local
board physical examination in the
course of processing" while under
the new system local boards will
continue to give screening" ex-
aminations rejecting the obviously
physically unfit only.
The rough screening replaced the
strict local board physical examina-
tions. when the selective service sys-
tenn started giving men a Today no.
tice period after their Army physical
examinations.
Originally, selectees were classified
in la after they passed their local
board physicals; were given a Today
appeal period and then local boards
notified them that they would be in
Quoted in 10 days. On the day of
induction they took their Army
physical examinations.
This was replaced by the pro-
cedure now in operation when the
Army started rejecting large num-
berc Of men sent for induction after
they had resigned their jobs and
MADE all arrangements for leaving
civilian life. To eliminate this dis
ruption. the second system was
adopted. Men were given the rough
screening. allowed 10 days for ap-
peal, ordered to take their Army
physical and were given another 10
| days, after the local boards had re-
ceived the physical examination re-
ports, before they were ordered to re-
port for induction.
Immediate Furloughs.
Henceforth, registrants will be
given a notice of induction instead
of notice to report for their Army
physicals. After the Army physicals,
those who pass will be indicted i'm
mediately. Those rejected will be
sent back to civilian life to get back
their jobs and begin unwinding their
affairs.
The War Department has assured
the selective service system that in
cases where immediate induction
would cause undue hardships, the
registrant will be given an imme-
diate furlough to adjust his civilian
affairs. 1t was understood, however.
that the man would have to resign
his job and make all possible other
adjustments before he reported for
his physical examination.
The new procedure will not inter-
fere with the registrant's right to
appeal. The only difference will be
that he will have no time to make
adjustments after he knows he is
going to be called.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Admiral BIandy Denies
Old Navy Shells
Are Inefficient
Age Is No Criterion
For Ammunition, House
Committee Is Told
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Rear Admiral w. H. P. Blandy,
chief of the Nays Bureau of Ord
nance, said today the Navy was
using some ammunition made more
than a decade ago, but added that
mere age is no criterion of its
effectiveness"
He appeared before the House
Naval Affairs Committee at an in
quiry ordered as a result Of a radio
report quoting an unidentified
naval lieutenant as saying that
anti-aircraft ammunition aboard
his ship in the Pacific was made in
1880 and was only 80 per cent effec-
tive.
Admiral Blandy said that both he
and Secretary of the Navy Knox
were "very seriously concerned" over
the report and added. Il am not 60
ing to stop until get full informa-
ton"
Chairman Vinson disclosed that
the committee had been asked to
conduct the inquiry. and to hold
open hearings at the request Of
Secretary Knox himself.
The greatest danger Of the re-
port" the admiral said, sis that Axis
propagandists will seize 1t and
circulate it in South America"
Repeatedly, Admiral Blandy en-
phasized that all ammunition was
tested at regular intervals, and that
the Navy had received no reports
of its ineffectiveness.
ANY report which is based on
age (of the ammunition) is untrue" :"
he said at one point, after declaring
that the Navy had tested some am
munition in storage since 1920 and
found it slightly better than
normal"
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Sheriff Always Carries
|Comero to Get Evidence
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DARLINGTON, S. Sheriff
Charles A. Brinnell would as soon
be caught without his gun and badge
as his high-speed camera.
For the sheriff always backs up
his evidence in a court case with
an ample supply of photographs
and many times his pictures have
solved important crimes.
Up to two years ago he nadn t
operated any type of Photographic
equipment. But today he uses high
speed and regulation news cameras
and develops and enlarges his own
prints.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Housing
Continued From First Page.)

of the Presidents emergency funds,
outside of this bill
Part of the confusion" Mr..
Snyder wrote, regarding the previ-
GUS hearings, was due to the fact
that the co-ordinator of defense
housing and the Federal Works
Agency were presenting new needs,
while the Federal Security Agency
and the District government were
presenting existing needs"
In approving the home recon-
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Russian Attacks RepuIsed at
Various Points, Nozis Claim

BERLIN From German Broad
casts, Feb. "a (P.-The German
Army and Air Force repulsed Rus
sian attacks yesterday at various
points on the eastern front, the high
command said today.
Night raiding planes caused big
fires in Sevastopol. the Russian
held base in the Crimea, a COM
munique reported.
"Air force formations continued
to destroy Soviet railway lines" it
said. In these actions to the south
east OF Lake linen Goo miles be-
low Leningra6 several transpor
Evening star., 1942-02-24

veloped on the 24th anniversary Of
the formation Of the Red Army-it
was announced that more than a.
900 Germans had been killed In re-
cent savage fighting in which the
Russians captured numerous points
on the approaches Of . large SOUTH
western city. (This may have been
Kharkov, industrial center 400 miles
below Moscow
Massive barrages were laid down
Sunday, the Soviet radio said, while
troops were marshalled for the new
thrust toward Smolensk.
The Soviet Information Bureau
said simply: "Our troops engaged
the enemy in stubborn battles and
continued to advance, occupying
several populated places, including
the town Of Dorogoduzh."
Capture of Dorogobuzh placed
the Russians halfway between the
German base at Vya5ma, presum-
ably bypassed, and Smolensk, and
gave them possession Of the term
mus OF q branch railway line con-
meeting with the main Moscow
Smolensk railway IS miles to the
north.
The Russians destroyed 20 Ger
man planes aloft and eight aground
while losing a dozen of their own,
the Information Bureau said.
Large.scale combat was reported
continuing about Leningrad, were
fixed German positions have been
under fire Of both army and navy
guns.
NEW YORK, Feb. "A (R.-Rus-
sian troops have captured the vii
lage of Panino. IA miles north of
the beleaguered German base at
RZhev, "as well as a number Of
fresh places on the Leningrad front" "
the British radio said today.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Ships

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Atlantic duty since June, 1941. He
was ordered to active duty as COM
manding officer of the TruXtun
September %, 1941.
He was a native of Washington
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Nozi 'Chutists Reported
Used in Leninqrod Area

STOCKHOLM, Feb. "A Op.-Ger-
man parachutists have been used
for the first time in the Leningrad
area in an effort to stop the Rus
slams from breaking through Nazi
defense lines, the Berlin correspond
ent of Dagens Nyheter reported
today.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Russia

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two field wireless stations The en-
emy lost more than 100 officers and
men killed"
Coincident with this activity-de-
Evening star., 1942-02-24

Maybe you can't buy a new tire,
but you can still get Defense Stamps
and Bonds.
Evening star., 1942-02-24

trains were destroyed, and parts Of
the line Of the Murmansk railway
were heavily hit"
Eighty-three Red Army tanks were
declared to have been knocked out
Of action In four days Of fighting
through yesterday.
Evening star., 1942-11-12
116 Doctors Registered
For Seminar Next Week

One hundred and sixteen doctors
from the District and Virginia and
Maryland already have registered
for the third annual postgraduate
seminar to be held Monday through
Wednesday at Howard University
College of Medicine and Freedmen's S
Hospital
Planned especially for the general
practitioner, the seminar IS spon-
sored by the District tuberculosis
Association, the Medico- Chirurgical
Society, the Social Hygiene Society
and the Maryland and Virginia
tuberculosis Associations.
In addition to special clinics to
be held at the hospital, specialists
In tuberculosis, syphilis and ma
ternal and child welfare will lee
ture. Those who will be on the
program are DR.. Orville L. Ballard
OF Waverly Hills Sanatorium, DR..
Ralph r. Scull, Provident Hospital
Of Chicago, and DR.. Armen G. Evans
OF Western Reserve University,
Cleveland.
Special guest speaker for the
luncheon, to be held Tuesday, will
be DR.. Martha M. Eliot, associate
chief of the Children's Bureau.
Evening star., 1942-11-12
Phi Gamma Delta Plans
Fete for Servicemen

Members of Phi Gamma Delta
Fraternity in the uniforms of the
United Nations will be guests of
honor tomorrow evening at a Fiji
Warriors Smoker" to be held at the
Potomac Boat Club, it has been an
nounced by Cecil j. Walkinson, in
charge of the event.
A special invitation has been sent
Col. LIE Roy p. Hunt, U. S. M. c.,
of the University of California
Chapter, who led Command A of
the Devil Dogs at Guadacanal, it
was said. A floor show and motion
pictures will be featured.
Evening star., 1942-11-12

ture and Life" at 4 public lecture
at $3.50 pm. Sunday in the Willard
Hotel. This is the second in a series
Of lectures sponsored by the Charles
Carroll Forum Of Washington. Pre-
siding will be the Rev. Bernard r.
Hubbard, S. j., the glacier priest.
Evening star., 1942-11-12
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English Poet to Speak
Alfred Noyes. English poet and
philosopher, will speak on 'Litera-
Evening star., 1942-11-12
Large ROaster
for Better Meals

Just in time for holiday enter.
tanning. Will hold an l8.pound
turkey. Blue enamel roastsr with
time-savinl, self.bastin1 cover.
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Evening star., 1942-11-12
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Evening star., 1942-11-12
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Evening star., 1942-01-08
Mud Stains

Do not remove mud stains from
rugs or carpets until the stains are
dry and then rub briskly with Z
clean stiff brush. This helps pre-
vent stains.