High Point Enterprise, The (Newspaper) - January 18, 1942, High Point, North Carolina THE WEATHER HtR warmer THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE HIGH POINT Southern Furniture HUK capacity 18 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS HIGH SUNDAY JANUARY 1942 COMPLETE NEA PRICE FIVE HREE JAP SHIPS SUNK OFF TOKYO BAY John Lewis Proposes Merger Of CIO And AFL RAF WREAKS HAVOC ON JAP INVADERS Lines Attacked y Bombers Planes Defending Singa pore Also Strike At Barges Along Coast By YATES of British fighters and which lave been longing for a chance to catch Japanese at a have found their opportunity and wrought among freight cars and truck convoys along 110 120 miles north of Singa jore an official state lent said It was disclosed authoritatively ttn Saturday that plane reinforcements have sent the Malayan and these may have taken part in the British air The Aus government was declared Ito have taken a firm stand in the of hastening aerial help to Ithe battle of Singapore in which Burma City Raided By Jap Bombers Labor Leader Says Country Needs Unity Green Says AFL Peace Com Ready To Meet With Group From CIO By The Associated Press John Lewis called tonight for a joining of CIO and the AFL under unified and competent and met a ready response from clared their position was de William Green of By DANIEL DE LUCE Two waves of Japanese bombers raided Moulmein di rect hits on two Buddhist while in land fighting in the invaded nar row neck of Burma border ing Thailand the British de favorably in the across the Gulf of from is the site of an RAF An intense barrage was hurled the 14 Nipponese and at least one craft was believed few civilian casualties were but the military forces escaped Rangoon had a night with no enemy air ac in this which the Jap radio had threatened to bomb on SMALL INVADING FORCE About 250 Japanese troops had fresh Australian ground forces infiltrated sector gone into As this vigorous air attack was proceeding other airmen struck at concentrations of barges ships along the west coast where a picked Japanese was attempting to cn its foothold among the man swamps south of the Muar on Page 1 15 and near the center of the thin Burma The British first announced skirmishes with these invaders British forces in Burma have been augmented swiftly since the eruption of the war in the South west first rate Chinese troops have joined the imperial the In an open letter lo Green and President Philip Murray of the Lewis labor impera requires coherency in order to give maximum assistance to the nation in its war effort to defend American liberties and American He proposed a resumption of the negotiations between standing committees of the CIO and the i AFL which he himself caused toj be broken off in GREEN WILLING Our committee stands j ready to meet with a committee from the CIO at any Green replied in a We regard a partial at to the repeated appeals we have made since 1939 for resumption of to adjust differences be tween the CIO and j There was no immediate mont from but since he I is a of Lewis United Mine Workers and rela tions between the two men are NEW LABOR BOARD MEETS FIRST of the 12 members of the new War Labor board are shown in Washington at the first meeting of the Seat ed left to Chairman William Davis and Frank left to Matthew Walter Roger George Thomas Kennedy and Ab sent at the time the photo was made was Dean Wayne Russians Crush Nazi Rear Guard Right Flank Of Army Under Attack Navy And Marines Have Sunk 27 Jap Ships Since War Began Planes Have Accounted For Eight More Philippine Severe Assault By the Associated Press sinking of three more Japanese time close by Nipponese by the Navy but from the big land battle in the Philippines came word that the enemy was smash ing at the right flank of the American army on Batan pen Blow Struck At Indies By the Associated Tress Apparently held at a high alti by the islands antiaircraft I two waves of Japanese I bombers struck another glancing I blow today at the strategic naval land air base on in the Coming over in groups of the attackers aimed their bombs at the harbor I But a communique from theln high issued through the news agency declared I the raid had caused very slight The raid was the third in suc on The high silent as to Ithe progress being made against I Japanese forces which landed on Celebes and Tarakan last week also reported an assault by eight with an escort of j three on a Celebes air Eight bombs were I but there was only slight damage land no One civilian was killed in st rat ling attacks by on two unspecified places near Am Newspapers of the proud fly declaring that 77 per cent of the personnel of the islands com on 1 Urging a resumption of the con in the hope of finding a common ground to bring peace toi the ranks nf he Eastern Burma Plane Crash Kills Eight Army Air Force Bombing Piane Crashes North Of Oregon FORT GEORGE including three second were killed today in the crash of an Force bombing plane miles north of the air The Second Air Force reported the dead as Second Lieutenant Fran Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Private Home addresses of the men were not Rescue crews from the Pendle ton Air Base were a I the The announcement gave the time of the crash as close it was believed probable he given his approval he opinion that the force will be j said that he addressed the hurled against the Japanese in j letter as a member of the CIOs French and Thailand standing negotiating lo sever the invaders communi cations and thus paralyze the drive on Day after reports have reached here of fully equipped Chinese forces I It is idle to discuss position along the for previous failures of such The sequence of events since the last some two and onehalf years have en certain obstacles and fac tors of control which then SUCCESS PROBABLE It is my opinion that under conditions existing at there is justification for the belief that a further effort could achieve x x x The importance of this and the meetings herein project can scarcely be Labors task in the effort to over come the enemies of our nation is greater than that which befalls any other segment of our popula If labor compose its major internal then the government will be aided in the Continued on Page 5 Two Freighters Crash Off Coast Of New Jersey Poo Charge May Foretell Drive BY CARL CRANMER NEW little lisle of Fernado athwart American air supply lines to the 1 Middle is the alleged scene of an incident which may mean that fullblown war is coming soon to West the Fascist mouthpiece of nonbelligerent la Free French destroyer invaded the port of this just off J shore from the former German the and seized three Axis This may be West Africas Alt or it may prove to be another of the numer meaningless happenings which have added to the mystery of this There seemed to be consider ably more involved here than met the because Free French headquarters in Lon don issued a categorical denial of a report it called partly because the Germans promptly took up the at tributing the attack to British American col off the New coast to the Navy Department an one of them sinking and the other catching The United Fruit Steamer San of gross was The Santa Elisa of the Grace built only last was ablaze off Atlantic Survivors from the San Jose were picked up by the merchant steamers and Charles The was reported to have 18 and the OConnor in the first mate and third mate of the San A Navy spokesman said that other survivors had been picked up by a third merchant by Coast Guard vessels but it was Nations Near Accord Argentina Expected To Go Along With Neighboring Countries In Axis BV HENRY BAGLEY RIO DE foreign Aranha said tonight that the conference of American for eign ministers was near agree ment on accepting the proposal for severance of ing the A proposal to this effect offered by Colombia and Vene zuela has been opposed by Argen who is chairman of the PanAmerican told the Associated was surprised the proposal had been I hope to have a statement he I am not sure we will succeed by Monday but we hope to put it Acting President Ramon Castillo of Argentina told the As Press in Buenos Aires last night that Argentina was pre pared to impose upon Axis nationals and diplomatic representatives to prevent their sabotaging the American war ef He said his government was ready to subscribe to any agree ment to safeguard the common in in Many private talks outside the conference rooms were directed toward swinging Argentina to ap proving severance of diplomatic Chile appeared veering toward Argentinas previous stand against complete The impression persisted that the Chilean decision would be dic by her own national inter on Page Z Red Advance Continues In Several Sectors Parachute Troops Used Rv Press The Soviet army newspaper Red Star reported today that the Russians had the German rear guard on the Kalinin front northwest of Moscow and had obliged the main Nazi force to accept bat tle on posi The Germans tried to break away from the Russian the paper and organize a retreat to a planned defense but the swift Russian advance overtook The Nazis A navy communique said that a United States submarine sank three enemy merchant ships off Tokyo Bay on which is located the Carole Lombard And Ail Others In Plane Perish Gain By The Associated Press LAS carefree screen actress Carole her and 20 other occupants of a luxurious TWA crashed a flaming death last night on foot Table 35 miles southwest of Las Searchers on horseback reached he scene nearly 18 hours found the shattered with bodies scattered for hundreds of yards up the mountains Among the passengers were seven officers and eight enlisted men attached to the Army Ferry returning to the coast for new Because of the soldiers Army guards were sent to the scene to take A patrol also barred the highway into the moun tains to I Pending launched strong I tions by Army and coroner with back was nn cd by a screen of artillery and mortar the newspaper con but the Russian offensive leaving the enemy on time to improve his The Russians reported they had broken into deep German de fenses in one there was no indication how or when the bodies would be brought A hike to at the base of the would be sary to bring the victims to CONTINUE ADVANCE sians continued to advance on several sectors of the eastern overcoming enemy resis tance and breaking his counter the Soviet communique said The communique added that Soviet troops occupied several populated places two regional centers on the Moscow The Russians claimed they de seven battalions of Nazi infantry and brought down 36 planes in the last two Seven planes were declared shot down near Moscow The Russians admitted the loss of nine Red fliers destroyed one rail way set two and burned 23 freight cars of war Continued on Page I destroyer and identifying the k whether all of the San erf vessels as two German and one ping list her normal It was not quite two years ago complement as that the British destroyer Cos The survivors are being brought among steamed into ashore but the Navy declined to Fjord near disclose the ports to which they set a hoarding party on the j aro taken German prison ship AHmark and freed 300 British The Germans shrilled protests and it on Page 8 No details of the Santa condition were made public here but it was assumed that she had been taken in tow by Coast Guard Washington By RAY TUCKER HEELS The Allies decision to set up a unified command in the Far East may soon give them aerial superiority over the Japs in that vital While forecasts that they will gain if within few days may he excessively the combina tion may soon have enough rein forcements to Tokos attack on available plane has rushed to the Malay and the Netherlands Kast Indies as a result of appeals from the defenders in that Merc is the story as pieced out from fragmentary The United States has turned out at least aircraft since the trag edy of Peart a majority of have been to the scene of the Pacific General Wavell has transferred at least 500 of Britains best machines from North Africa and the Near The Dutch had oOO mostly of they withhold of them from active until assured that this country and England would replenish Now Queen men nre throwing bombers and into battle with reckless The next month will ee an other batch of about dispatched to this provided events elsewhere do not interfere with the present If the forces defending on A HIT AT FULL SPEED Undersheriff Glenn Jones ported from that seaport city of 35 SHIPS SUNK The announcement of the three j new sinkings ran the total score of Japanese combat and accounted for by the navy I and marines since the start of the war to at least In army planes have accounted including the battle ship Todays was the third successive communique reporting navy suc Yesterday the navy an its submarines had sunk three Japanese transports and two cargo vessels and on Thurs day it reported the sinking of a i On the other side of the war the navy communique said enemy submarine activities off the northeast coast of the United States reference to Nazi which have torpe doed two vessels in the distant ap to New York harbor and sunk another off Nova STUBBORN RESISTANCE The War Department told of the Japanese onslaught against Gen eral Douglas forces in the ari Which was encountering stubborn Aircraft and artillery are sup porting the assault which it was believed here is aimed at turning the flank of the outnumbered Am troops and pre venting any eventual to j Corrcgidor Batan Peninsula is a British Direct Route For Supplies re the By KENNEDY AP British Poles and Free French have won Pass and there by gained a direct route of supply to speed their drive toward Tripolitania for a Showdown with the axis in North unconditional surrender of the axis defenders of the canyon shortcut through the coastal escarpment on the border yesterday morning was announced by the British It rubbed out the last GermanItalian stand short of the Gulf of 300 miles to the Battered by beset from all and cut off from the Mediterranean by British capture of Salum jast the axis garrison failed to make another Tobruk from which to menace the rear of the entire Brit ish RELEASES MAXY Pointing out the big ty in supplying forward British units via a 100 mile detour around an a British big craft seemingly hit at full Many or the vic tims were burned beyond recog Thus ended the idyllic of the actress and Clark idol of thousands of feminine mo on Pace 8 Americans In Foreign Legions To Be Transferred President Roosevelt announced tonight that an arrangement was being worked out for the gradual transfer to American armed forces of those United States citizens j now fighting under other Axis flags who desire to make the He emphasized in a statement that all the transfers could not be made immediately without re ducing the effectiveness of their present units and that pending completion of transfer arrange ments Americans involved could best serve the interests of their country by remaining in the branches in which they Prior to Americas entry into the hundreds of citizens of this country had joined Canadian and British air forces and other while others resigned Amer in el rugged strip of land lying between military commentator in London Manila Bay on the east and the hailed the surrender South China sea on the Just off the Sip of the Peninsula lies the heavily fortified American Corrcgidor Forced to abandon defense of MacArthur withdrew his troops into this area for a last stand against the enemy The terrain offers natural defen sive advantages which the genera was quick to Presum ably his line runs across the upper end of Baton from sea to Thus the right flank is anchor ed on Manila and guards a that follows the bay shore to a point near one reason Mac Arthur chose Baian for a final stand was that the bay and sea protected his and barring a night landing by the made it easier to keep the Japan ese troops always before as a real victory giving the British a clear field to intensify their push against General Erwin Rommels axis forces in the El of the operations will release many good men for other he at the El la front at present have not been the lack of men supply transport is the big He estimated that the surren der of the at brought the total of Hie current campaign to still others from forward opera tions and yet to he WON AND LOST BEFORE is the end of any hope the axis command had left of get ting back into the in thr near he Because of the strength of the Continued on 5 War Analyst Thinks Red Front Decisive BY KIRKE Wide World War Analyst Six weeks from its grim opening in the Pacific that war area still grips American attention but the most important and pos sibly decisive front of the Axis Allied conflict still is in The armies opened a new and little publicized offensive on a wide front northwest of the Mos sector this week which could commissions and formed a volunteer flying group lo help 1 guard the Burma Road to prove more disastrous for Hitler A few also have joined the Freeban any other phase of his great French I winter His whole grip on One of the best known of the I Northwestern from the American groups is the Eagle great bend of the Dnieper west of Squadron of the Smolensk to the is mcnac The President mentioned by Russian Americans fighting in Rri VITAL POINTS Canadian and Allied units southwest of Lenin the south of Continued on Page 4 the and the springs ot the Volga River on the southern slopes of the are vital strong points for the whole northern flank of the German winter Down the Volga the northern flank merges with the Moscow central sector in the Rzhev reg That upper from to the River north of Lake is the most rugged and difficult for military opera tions in all western De spite that and the added handicap of a Russian Red armies have developed within the last week attacks of even greater strategic potentialities than the grinding battle of the bulge before Except for the 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