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Communique Says
Japanese Massing Troops
To Strike In Force A(
Mac-Arthur's Positions
By Harrison Salisbury
UP Staff Colli'spoililenI
WASHINGTON, .Ian. 9— (UP. I
—Powerful Japanese forces are}
massed against Gen. Douglas;
MaeArthur's forward lines in
obvious preparation for an all-
out assault on Bataan piwince
and Corregidor fort!ess, "ie war
department reported today.
An ominous note was i'ldicat-
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NUMBER 181
Red Army Lifts Sevastopol
Seige In Smashing Offensive
Powerful Drives
ed in the terse communique, the f\ j ri
first word on MaeArthur's Maud I lit lllto r.llfMllV
to be made public in 21 hours. llHU
1*1 Rear At Leningrad
Acting Chief
Devoting almost their
attention to
entire |
redistribution
Bank Robber
Captured
their forces and the movement I
up lo forward areas of strong
reinforcements, the Japanese]
virtually ignored MaeArthur's
positions as they concei.trated
on preparations for the climax
of their month-old campaign to I
win domination of the Philip !
pines. Ill Kobcrl l>owson
Mac-Arthur's report said than UP s'all Coirispoinleni
Germans Keeling Back
Under Blows From
Finland To Crimea
j LONDON, Jan. 9—(UP)—Red
j army reserves striking at fal-
; tering enemy front from the
Crimea to Finland today had lift-
ed the siege of Sevastopol,
smashed through seven new
towns on the central front, and
launched a powerful drive that
cut into the Axis rear lines in
the Leningrad sector.
The German forces lost 250
dead and much wyr material in
1 hi; first phase of the new Rus-
sian drive in the Leningrad see-
St e POWERFUL Page 8
$55 Today On
Red Cross Fund
With the donation of $55 Fri-
day morning the wartime Rod
Cioss fund continues upward
toward the goal of $4,000. Dr.
Albert Brann, chairman, reports
a total of $252*1.59.
In times like these the drive
for Red Cross funds should be
intensified and while our hoys
in blue and khaki are bravely
def' ruling our nation at the
"combat operations have dwind-
See ASSAULT Page 5
British Striking
Hard At Fleeing
Axis Libyan Army
Hy Waller Collins
I I' Stall' Correspondriil
t'AIRO. Jan. 9 — (UP) — The
main axis North African force
fleeing into Tripolitania is hard
pressed by British mobile col j^pr*
umns and the Royal Air Force.
and the guns of British naval
units are shelling Get man and
Italian positions from the sea.
British middle east headquart-
ers said today.
A Royal Ait Force middle east
headquarters communique said
that an Australian squadron of
(American) Kittyhawks fought
more than 50 enemy planes in
the Agedabia area yesterday,
shot down seven and seriously
damaged several others. The
Australians, outnumbered more
than five to one, lost only one
plane, the RAF said.
Kill'my (loops, which two
days ago began withdraw-
ing from Agedabia, 90 miles
south of Benghazi, under
• eover of a sandstorm were
I'igliling a sIiiIiImiiii inr
guard fiction and the Lritisli
pursuit continued*to he ham-
pered hy had weallii r and
mine fields, he . li|uai: i
said.
Enemy resistance . !> an,'
south of the main Ageuabia El
Agheila ro.ul was stubborn,
more so than axis resistance
southward, the communique
said.
"Our advance southwest of
Agedabia has been delated by
further mine fields which evi-
dently bad been well sited and
laid." headquarters added.
The communique said the
Royal Air Force had a most su"
ccssful day yesterday, especial
ly in operations against. German
and Italian troops still holding
out in the Halafava pass area I under a preferred priority rat-
of the Egypt Libva frontier, j hig, Marvin Hall, state lire in-
The axis forces in Halfaya pass | surance commissioner, announc-
were subjected to an all day j ed today.
bombardment of theii' defenses
by the British navy.
The communique said the RAF j
scored direct hits on transport j
vehicles and on coastal ship-|
ping being used to carry stores i
.1. I,. Pinnick, oi Dcnvei
( ity, Yoakum county admitted
lo Fori Worth police thai lie
ami a partner robbed the Sn-
('.in National Hank in Lamb
ei.mity of S. 489 early Monday.
Pinnick was ai rested as he left
a Fori Worth tavern alter a
■ pending, drunken spree left
liiin with S!):m of his share of
the money. (M5A Telcphoto.)
Oil Industry Asks
j
Military Guards
TULtvA, t>kla.. .Ian. H — ,UP)
Oil industry spokesmen sug-
i. mil' part is to aid in Red j gestet-l today that L nited St.itos
' ■> fui is at home, the chair- soldiers ol' state military units
an said.
Additional donor.-:
Mrs. C. A. McCorkle S 1.00
Sen. George Says
10 Billion Tax
Bill Necessary
Would Be Needed To
Produced Required Revenue
During First Fiscal Year
lly .lames Khepley
I I' Staff Correwpondenl
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9—(UP)
—Chairman Walter F. George,-
D.. Ga., of the senate finance
committee said today that in or-
der to meet President Roose-
velt's budget plans it would be
necessary to levy taxes that
would bring in new revenue at
a rate of $10,000,000,000 a year.
After a tax conference at the
treasury with Secretary Henry
Morgenthau, jr.. and other con-
gressional leaders George said
that additional taxes would be
needed at the 810,000,000,000 an-
nual rate, if S7,000,000,000 in new
revenues is to be produced in
the fiscal year which begins
! next July L as proposed by Mr.
! Roosevelt.
The reason, he explained, is
j that some taxes will not begin
| to yield revenue immediately
j and thai the increased national
| income subject to taxes contem-
plated under the war production
j program will not take full ef-
I feet until late in the year.
"The problem," s a i il
George, "is even bigger than
appears on the face."
George said that if Mr. Roo-
sevelt's proposal for a $2,000.-
MaJ.-Oen. Waller It. Weaver
is the new acting head of the
I'. S. Army Air Corps. His
headquarters will he in Wash-
yigton.
Japanese Tanks
Crash On Over
Bodies Of Dead
Swarms Of Dive Bombers
Employed Ab Invaders
Attack In Full Force
BULLETIN
WITH BRITISH ON
WEST MALAYA FRONT,
Jan. U—(UP)—Japanese hea-
vy tanks forced a break-
through on the bitterly-con-
tested front north of Kuala
Lumpur, British military
sources said today, and th,e
battle front has assumed "a
serious aspect."
By Harold Guard
VP Staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH AD-
VANCED FORCES ON THE
WEST MALAYA FRONT, Jan.
9— (12:10 a. m.)—fUP) — Japa-
nese heavy tanks, crashing
through the jungle over the
bodies of Japanese dead, were
thrown against the British lines
today in a general offensive.
As they hit the Emnire lines,
swarms of Japanese dive bomb-
f'LAIM BRITISH COLLAPSE
TOKYO. Jan. 9 — (Offi-
cial radio recorded hy Unil-
••«l Pi'hss in New York >ind
Sa Francisco) — Radio
Tokin said today. British
resistance at Kuala Lamnur,
•wtewav to Singapore, was
collaosin" under .lananese
ilt'tick. Tli«* Jananese said
the Keitish have lost more
than half their men and
cotiionieiif in the month-old
battle.
4A Slip Of The Lip May Sink A Ship'
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Movie starlet .lane Itiissell >bov\s a group of workers al the
California Shipbuilding company. Long Bcach, California, new
navy poster aimed at driving honijt* the theme that "A SLfl'
OF THE fill* MAY SINK A SHIP." Judging from the attitude
of the workmen, it looks as if she got the point across. (SEA
Photo).
-TODAY'S
WAR
.MOVES
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Jackson 5.00
Mrs John Schremser 1.00
Mis. iMiddle Kiesenberg 1.00
lit In. ' .stern Bell Tele
phone Company 10.00
ii and Mrs. Chester
Jones 2.00
A friend 2.00
I should be detailed to aid in pro (|(K)J)(KJ annual boost in* social se
i tecting refineries, fields, pipe- eurity collections is taken into
lints and other petroleum facil- consideration the annual rate of
.. . , . I new revenue would have to be
ities Irom the danget of sub,..- s;j2.(X)0.(MX),000 instead of $10,-
Iti ported today
Previously reported
Total
teurs.
The suggestion was made by
the Weekly Oil & Gas Journal
which added that protection of
such properties, especially in
| "oengested aieas".of the Texas
Preferred Rating
v '
For Fire Fighters
AUSTIN, Jan. !)—(UP)—Texas
municipalities may purchase
new fire-fighting equipment or
repairs for present equipment
S"lilf'i vi '• coast where sabotage might
seriously cripple the industry,
S2." 2l.ri!) merited special consideration."
"Investigations have
that saboteurs could seriously
disrupt the Industry's opera-
tions and cause heavy damage
it these and other points if adc
quate protection is not provid-
." said the publication.
The protection of oil facilities
as depended mainly on private
industry itself since the na
lion's entry into the war, al
though in some states home
guard units have been organiz-
ed for that purpose
000,000.
He emphasized that he does
not necessarily favor such great
hikes in taxes, but that he was
advancing the figures to make
clear the problem now con
fronting the government in
seeking ways of paying for all-
out arms piVxluction to defeat
our nemies.
George said today's conference
lown I was purely "preliminary." The
treasury, he said, did not pre-
sent a program calling for any
specific amount of revenue. But
further conferences will be held
— probably on Monday — after
the staff of the joint congression-
al committee on internal reve-
nue studies the treasury's data.
The treasury, he added, pro-
bably will be ready to present a
program to the house ways and
means committee around Jan.
15, but it may be delayed a few
days.
from Hripoli to the beaches at
gulf
of |
various pouts on tin.
Sirte..
tin X"w York the Columbia |
Broadcasting System heard the i lly John It. Ileal
British radio broadcast that 20 1 Ul* Staff Correspondent
FD May Block Move To Give
Agriculture Price Power
damaged Axis aircraft had been
found hy the British on the
landing ground at Agedabia.)
'Weather Forecast
By United Press
WEST TEX A"s—Fair this af-
ternoon and < ght with little
change in ' iperature in the
i El Paso a " 'id Big Bend coun-
try. else re mop'tv cloudy:
colder ■ r will move into th ■
Panhandle this this aft nno' ti
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 tUlM
—Administration leaders believ-
ed today that President Roose-
velt's intervention in the price
control fight assured defeat of
the propo d to give Secretary
of t.; rieult ire Claude R. Wick-
ird ■ o power over farm price
■eilin. .
Sen. lohn H. Bankhead, D.,
Ala., leader <>f the farm bloc
fight to restiicl price Adminis-
trator Leon Henderson's power
to place ..rice ceilings on farm
products, planned to go ahead
and southward over the south i with the amendment.
plains this evening and tonight;
slightiv colder east of the Pe-
cos river and snow flurries in
the Panhandle and south plains
tonight: lowest temperature to-
night about 5 degrees in the
Panhandle and 12 degrees In the
vicinity of Big Spring.
Before the president's opposi-
tion was made known in a let-
ter to Senate Democratic Lead-
er Allien W. Barkelev of Ken-
tucky, the farm bloc claimed 50
votes for the Bankhead amend-
ment—enough to pass It.
Bankhead said he always has
been "an administration man,
■ but added:
"There is no reason to agree
on everything You can't do that
even with your wife. There is no
principle of government involv-
ed it's purely a question of po-
licy."
Barkley. who thought a Sat-
urday session would lie neces-
sary to complete action on the
bill this week, said he thought
the administration had enough
votes to beat Bankhead's amend-
ment.
Mr. Roosevelt did not refer to
that amendment specifically but
he expressed opposition to the
principle involved. He also op-
posed a i •vision proposed by
Sen. Re .ei t A Taft, R.. ().. to
ad miniate, priec centrol with a
five-man hoard ftstead of a
single individual. .
"1 am somewhat disturbed,"
he wrote Barkley. "by reports
that a board has been suggested
as a substitute for a single re-
sponsible individual. 1 am also
disturbed at the suggestion that
control over agricultural commo-
dities be separated from all oth-
er articles and vested in the de-
partment of agriculture.
"I strongly hope that no di-
vision of control will be made.
The whole price structure is
linked together."
Although there is strop nip-
port from both parties foi price
control legislation, several sena-
tors expressed opposition to the
entire bill.
Sen. W. Lee O'Daniel. D.. Tex.,
made a speech describing the
measure as "an anti-agriculture
bill." he said a sounder way of
combatting inflation would lie
to have the government stop do-
ing the things it Is now doing
which tend to create Inflation.
l.onis V. Kccmlc
ftY ilir i tilled Press War l>csk
Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wave It's
decision to switch his headquar-
ters to the Dutch Indies indica-
tes Britain's determination to
make an all-out defense of these
island storehouses of vittd ma-
terials if Singapore falls.
The Japanese already have a
foothold in the Indies, having
occupied Sarawak in North Bor-
neo. Unless driven out, they
should be able to get the dam-
aged oil wells back in produc-
See WAR MOVES Page o
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Lions Promised
75 To Attend ISO
Event At Abilene
Already more than 75 Sweet-
water people have indicated that
they will go to Camp Barkeley
Saturday night to participate in
the second weekly Sweetwater
night at the U. K. O. recreation
there, Henry Marshall, presi-.
dent of the Lion's club said to-
day.
Directors of the club, which is
sponsoring the party and pro-
viding doughnuts and coffee for
the event, met at club quarters
See LIONS Page 1
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Nazis Open New
Offensive Oil
iDiplomatic Front
By N imI Russell
UP Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Jan. 9 — (UP) —
Germany, developing a new dip-
lomatic offensive, moved today
to improve its relations with
Hungary, sought to persuade
Turkey that the allies wanted
its Dardanelles Strait, told Bul-
garia that it would be "erased
from the map" if the allies won,
and warned Sweden and Switz-
erland that their future lay with
the axis.
Speeches made at Budapest
last night, when the Hungarian
government gave a reception
to Joachim . von Ribbentrop.
German foreign minister, gave
point to reports here that Hun
gaiy had been asked to police
the Balkans because Italian
troops were needed to guard
against the possibility of British
invasion of Italy.
Hungarian Premier Ladislaus
Bardossy said Hungary kne>\
the duty it would have to ful-
fill "in a new and just Eur-
ope," and Ribbentrop said:
"The connection between Ger-
many and Hungary has novv re
ceived a new meaning.
I
j ers swept over the jungle and
I hurtled down in furious sup-
| pOTt.
A brigadier who had reached
| the front line made his way 15
[ miles back to bring the news
! that at last the Jaoanese had
j onened with their full striking
! force.
The attack wtis launched in
>-«.ne Slim -river region, north of
Tanjong Malin, or about 50
miles north of Kuala Lumpur.
In the first assault the Em-
pire troops cantured one tank
intact after killing its crew of
five, including a lieutenant
whose equipment included a val-
uable Japanese tactical hand
book, maps, charts, and a camera
with negatives which were rush-
ed the general staffs.
For days the Japanese had
been sending bicycle troops fn
advance of their lines.
Opening their general offen-
sive, they put light tanks into
action.
Vow they were using hea-
vy tanks, which came with
cannons roaring and mach-
ine guns spitting into the
tliin-held line of Commando
and other troops holding the
advanced positions.
Couriers from the front re-
ported that the Japanese were
suffering almost incredible cas-
ualties. At times the attack was
being held for hour after hour
as each succeeding Japanese
shock force was wiped out by
the cool, stubborn defenders
with concentrated machine gun
fire.
Wounded started coming from
the front, to say that they had
seen no such fighting in other
areas. The Japanese, they said,
were advancing as if dazed into
direct fire, and there was no
cessation of the stream of little
brown men who came on wave
upon wave. Now, the wounded
said, the Japanese were using
every trick of warfare — except
to face the bayonet. They were
still mass fighters.
It was admitted that the fury
and suddenness of the Japanese
offensive had cost the imperial
troops some transport and some
territory.
But all reports said the the
Empire casualties were light,
and all emphasized the frightful
toll that was being exacted in
Japanese lives.
All Defense Unit
Officials Called
A meeting o' all chairmen and chiefs of civilian defense Units
is to be held Thursday night at 7:30 in the commissioners' rooms
at the Municipal, building, R. C. Hoppe, secretary of the civilian,
defense council announced today.
At a meeting Thursday night in the city commissioners' rooms j
, Chairman Lee Langley, who is
j city coordinator for all defense
! work, appointed Daltchi Moore
| vice chairman, and with mem-
bers of the council discussed I
'.plans for further organization
for all-out defense in Sweetwat-
er. The city manager was nam*
j ed secretary.
A thousand volunteers are
needed to fill in the ranks of
Damage Suit On
T&P Settled With
Court Approval
Settlement of a S52.745 dam
age suit against the Texas and all city and county units of de-
Pacific Railway in a case grow-
ing out of death of D. L. Bollin-
ger and a daughter at a Loraine
crossing on May 1, 1941, was ap-
proved late Thursday by Dist-
rict Judge A. S. Mauzey. Jury
trial had been waived.
Mrs. Maudie Bollinger, the
widow, and chief plaintiff in the
case was awarded $3,896.47, El
vis Bollinger, S73.21, Marie
fense now organized, the coun-
cil learned. It was planned to
hold a definite period of regis-
1 tration for a week or 10 days in
which all citizens will be asked
to volunteer for the services for
which they are best fitted. Date
I was not set.
At next Thursday night's
meeting the council members
and leaders of departments of
the safety work are asked to be
present to give reports on pro-
gress in naming sub-leaders and
Hurst, $54,93. making the total obtaining volunteer help Milo
amount of settlement $4,545 with
attorney fees allowed. The
amount of awards was paid into
court by the railroad.
Bollinger. 02. and the daugh-
ter, Zoa, 23, were drivin
through Loraine, in
county at the time of the acci-
dent. The plaintiffs claimed
weed growth obscured the vis-
ion of the man and daughter who
was driving, and claimed furth
er that the railroad was respon-
sible for their death, and des-
truction of their automobile.
The Bellingers reside in No
lan county
Tax Collections
Coming In Well,
C1
Collector Says
"TaT-i collections are going as
well, if not a little better, than
is usual at this time of year,''
Raymond Bishop, Nolan counts
tax assessor and collector, said
today.
January, always the
See COLLECTIONS Page 1
Roth, chief of volunteer partici-
pation. is taking volunteer appli-
cations at the Board of City De-
velopmeK1 offices in the muni-
cipal building.
The department of public
works and utilities setup has
Mitchell completed, except for ad-
dition of employe and volun-
teer members. The city manag-
er has charge of this group.
He has named Roy Duckett
in charge of the public works
division, and under him, J C.
Morri-., rends: Bob Blair, sew-
ers. and Fred Goad, water Dan
Shipley of the city engineering
department has charge of demo-
lition work.
T. P. Johnson heads the utili-
ties division, with J. C. Pinson,
telephone; radio. George Dotson;
light and power, Dewey Geer,
and gas. J. D. Hoi brook.
The other departments grad-
ually are being filled out in like
fashion, and the registration of
volunteers later will bring t-ach
gfoup to'full size. The mayo*
and Hoppe have asked that all
leaders fill in their staffs as soori
as possible.
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More Unpopular
Weather Tonight
The weatherman came for-
ward today with an unpopular
prediction to add to the frigid
history of the week now almost
past.
He said it was going to be
colder.
Citizens who have been liv-
ing in hopes of relief from win-
try attacks as persistent as Jap
anese onslaughts in the Phil-
ippines. were advised to entrench
themselves for another cold
wave tonight. He said the tem-
perature was going to fall into
the 'teens.
Whether you take the official
forecasts with or without -alt,
the fact is that this particular
promise had the support of
some advance notice in th :
form of a decided drop in the
reading here this morning
The first hint arrived about
4:30 when the wind shifted
northward and what had been a
comparatively balmy state ol 31
degrees alwve zero rapidly de
velopeil into an unpleasantness
of 21 degrees around 8 a. m.
First Aid Class *
W ill Meet Tuesday
The first cms- for women un-
der the Red Cross first aid train-
ing set up. directed by Alec Ed-
wards. will meet at the sewing
room at the relief office Tues-
day afternoon from 3 to 5, Mr.
Edwards announced. The class
will meet, again Friday after-
noon at the same time and will
continue to meet twice weekly
on those days for a period of
five weeks.
Teacher of the el'-- will 1 «
; either Fire Chief A •' Forgay
j or Jack Slupley or Lloyd Hog-
! ers, firemen.
If sufficient women apph lor
i the course a second class will
be organized to meet Monday
and Thursday afternoons, and u
mens class will i>e formed tu
meet Monday and Thursday ev-
enings if there ii-. demand-
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