Kingsport Times (Newspaper) - January 19, 1942, Kingsport, Tennessee Knows Wher WEATHER FORECAST Somewhat colder afternoon and High 68 low 46 noon M Precipitation 91 Vol XXVII No 16 Kingsport Jan 19 1942 10 Pages Five Cents HOME EDITION azi Sub Sinks Third U S Tanker Berlin Radio Warns Axis Plans Blow Thf and j Hitler is from tn time his n was thrown into Axis although what he has in mind the German position Russia reported further inert ny a major army Ladoga aimed j pr nff Tnp j end if the German line fronting is 25 cast of that city second nf German that p military convention signed by Germany Italy and j lapan provided fnr proper and prnnriate distribution of military in preparation for operations of power which will foe of i now as before turns to the newly strengthened by f hnt naval chieftain Raeder and of naval p tp ff Admiral Riccardi to'krri last at a n k V AA T Japs Make New Advances In Malaya Feared Hit Jury I By Ferguson Abandoned The name of Charles DeWitt Byrd IS today was placed on the Sullivan county war dead honor roll A telegram received this ing from the navy department by Mr and Mrs B Byrd 57 Roller street parents of the lad officially stated that ail hopes for the recovery of Byrd Invaders 95 From Singapore Lewis Appeal Before CIO By Torpedo Axis sub- marine operating off the North Carolina coast yesterday torpedoed and sank the Standard Oil tanker New Murray CIO president today advised John Allan Jackson to bring to three L Lewis president of the United tankers the toh of underseas boats Mine Workers of America that he off the United States Atlantic coast i would present Lewis proposal for Wednesday ia resumption of The of survivors of a j conferences to a of the j torpedoed Panamanian freighter at i The executive board here Jan east coast Canadian port or M nut a loh r-r indicated that at least a era n TYi nrp pui out n d J entered a more critical fourth vessel had been sunk in phase today as the British nis predecessor as Dad's A Real Hero in San Francisco Bay area hospital R E Thomas Jr in the sneak attack on Hawaii a an even bigger to hit young son than He is to all the rest of Mexico Asks Non-Belligerent Status For United Nations g the law Judge I guson told the 13 men The court opened this morning for the regular term with more 160 oases on the docket for i hearing during the session I Judge Ferguson in addition to i giving the grand jury the points of I law on which to consider tions and various duties re- quired of he jurors told it that under the of Rights it was performing a duty that has heen deprived of people of several coun- tries in the world today Procedure It is an unusual proceeding now But the Mediterranean is big A -n that region might be Turkey with the idea of i nf the zone eluding thp Canal or Spain at reducing Gibraltar fr Or nf American conference today to give all the united nations the status defendant Africa or the plainly in their fight against the axis powers he objective of turning the countries offensive in Libya Surviving are the parents two brothers Roy and Ted Byrd and one sister Mrs Clarence Wilson Dante Va Democrats'Set April 4 As Primary Date The announcement failed to dis- close the extent of the British treat but it appeared that forces on the coant must he j well within 90 miles of Singapore itself Stiffened Resistance While the communique did speak of any withdrawal in not the central sector along the railway to first reported lost last night the department said ground op- by Japanese troops against American and Filipino troops on Batan peninsula in the Philippines had become of a desultory nature General Douglas MacArthur that Japanese were harvested crops and food stores Washington fP War and had dispossessed Filipinos of Ion Director Donald M Nelson their means of transportation Single To Head Auto Changes Probable it i Ji n i Singapore it was the first time that will appoint a single The first tanker reported been mentioned ar to direct the conversion went down off Long Island official dispatches j the automobile industry into war Wednesday and the second Krom The Sullivan county i for men to meet as grand jurors Democratic executive committee anese last week Rio De presented a the Pan- j return indictments and then day set Saturday April 4 Announcement to be tried by the date for the Democratic verses came in the Segamat is about 15 miles u of Gemas which fell into Sources close to the new war chief confirmed that while his plans day The survivors from the nian boat who were landed in for county officers State primary plans were a from the front of stiffening Brit- of the new re- were noc yet it would Canada said submarines were e face of reports be a Pretty goon that as thick as catfish in the Tn al Italy Malta Stands Out possibilities the af will free of the regulation rif position of Malta shiPs to limit their stavs to 24 island just south pnd figures The proposal came as the n-H stepped ministers of 19 American re- of island has publics exerted pressure on thp that Chile to line up in a solid offensive there perhaps in the western hemisphere severance of style of the fnr Crete stands relations with the totalitarian nn thr Axis order of business tions A officer just Argentine sources said their n London from Malta said wished to present a hat the air attacks were promise proposa stoking up a little bit trit that tbf were putting lessons of Crete j i in which State primary plans were resistance and a Led by Argentina most of the Latin-American the stipulation that no of confidence e declared the United States Among other fingers and by our of will be required as a Official quarters were silent un this means that United States warships can enter leave their ports we are one of those countries to the vote Candidates will be the question of whether air Tt is a wonderful he required to post a fee of j had come to the declared when they qualify for the fense of Singapore but reported If we lose this war and I don't ies the attacked think we will is of Wednesday March 4 j Japanese transports on roads sible we will be deprived of the i waj as the qualifying deadline tne sector and had bombed L right to have grand jurors and The primary election board will and barges off the j petit juries and be grabbed be composed of W S up 2nd shot or placed in Cox T J Burrow Arthur n e of such an- waters where they were attacked ce fnr the automobile which yesterday's favorable op- has heen offered 5 billion dollars which included the down of four more BULLETINS Tavoy Abandoned Rangoon forces have withdrawn from i j m replace entirely r The subcommittee few tration camps even for such minor j rOad and F R Morrell offense as expressing Candidates now making an- Kills SB craft the situation in the pines obviously was progressively deteriorating Since MacArthur took to the peninsula more than two weeks ago to open his last stand the relentless Japanese pressure of superior manpower has forced him back 20 miles even though every enemy assault has ers beyond those of fact-finding been repulsed with severe losses ascertain they suggested to success but was careful whether stand had a chance of Tavoy Hie southern Burmn port against the invaders or some other of their plans for the Japanese air raiders which of i yesterday at what lies ahead when i trivial the judge told the nominations are A N Hawk a heavy blow at Singapore yester hp The States presented dealing with he the Red just across from pied Thailand a communique announced tonight Asks Billion in- grand jurors Kingsport for circuit court day had killed 56 persons and He also explained the reasons For Copenhaver Bristol county jured civilians crime and in doing so laid 7 D For the first time the British ac It was disclosed meanwhile tne crucial Thp War Department hinted of retooling conversion at what lies automobile plants and the jt mentioned the sharp skirmishing reduction facilities of to regain lost American positions blame at the feet of society Four Causes Hal county attorney Lewis knowledged the raiders had done of the war pr the entire industry in a single war i These positions apparently were ot purely local value but the Who the new czar would ne of their recapture carried jie asserted tHat they were strong to exnet 1 high price for ar attempt at landing in Malta hut ment of health and of a committee to with juridical and postwar aviation and j tions j Can Take Punishment The first outlined numerous sures to hp taken against potential Malta air alarm more fifth columnists and the control of than times m this war so far It recommended and two other shown a capacity for creation of a consultative emer Washington JP asked congress today for in supplemental appropriations and fnr the 1942 and years fnr the War and superintendent damage in the naval base area Some speculation j reminder that MacArthur is The conditions that society and T R Bandy county i communique reporting that e nara ing the point where he cannot con- i had in I fue oil Kanzler long-time associate of falling back from strong office pot Several blazes still were of to positions just as strong r i -i 1 a n j 1 it mils to exist is responsible for a judge all incumbents number of cases that New candidates seeking to this court for he said are W Allen for county ing when the communique was You can trace nearly all cases superintendent of schools Jerry sued and find that they are in court Mottern H H At least two raiders were shot caused by one of four factors j Mr namely environment lack of and cation lack of proper moral judge Universal Credit Corporation there is no replenishing the automobile agency who i dwindling ammunition no sign of oa n no ing tremendous closely based gency committee for political de- Serial The shore of Sicily is only SO away The Italians announced today that adverse the yesterday con- attacks against ob- one nation might be made svi of Malta able to others Jt was perhaps that Defense and economic to coordinate these sures The Chilean delegation asked for bilateral or multilateral accords under which the gold reserves of put to hard ment camp labor in an inter- Check Jap Drive by no Malta at- tees met during the morning but by pwr did not announce their topics Thp Italian high command in The century-old boundary dis- fart another pute between Peru and Ecuador Thr replacement of General Mario which frequently has flared into army chief oj staff by armed conflict was discussed for Vittorio Ambrosio hitherto half an hour by Dr Enrique Ruiz commander nf the Eleventh Army Guinazu Oswaldo Aranha and announced in Romp Julio Tobar Donoso Foreign on of Argentina Brazil and the eastern front no sign Ecuador A settlement was believed but the German high near command made much of an Other nations with Brazil ent setback in he Crimea where ing an active part kept 1 declared today to have Feodosiya em the southeast coast up considerable pressure to bring stopped thp onrush of the was reported re- Argentina to a today off almost ceaseless by a combined possible I Kumanian The communique said 4.600 were prisoner at ing and the conditions surrounding j the crime The grand jurors were told that a certain element in the county i was eyeing the actions taken by I this term of court A criminal fears a quick and if he this court is cuting offenders the criminal in the county will be reduced This is one of the best ways to j Hurley former secretary I States marines captured by the I crime in any he said war under President Hoover and Japanese at Peiping had been You don't have to be lawyers World War veteran was judges to be good grand jurors today by President Roosevelt just use plenty of horse as a brigadier general At the same time Hurley's office D Lyons county I st roved and two more damaged the said I defense activities At Hard Labor re- ports said that United Patrick Hurley Brigadier General Washington fP- Colonel in 80 ith the pitched j 0 miles of Singapore at one recently became of the auto- motive branch of OPM Small Business May Get Agency reinforcements ranks thinning European male Britons under business not already serving in the get a government agency of forces were ordered to register its own to handle its needs and Wednesday for military duty Rankin McNeeley Leaves for Navy problems as a result of being conducted by two cial house committees Japs Impatient i for all the Sabbath lull there was evidence of i nese impatience to conclude the j Philippine adventure victoriously with a minimum of additional de- lay though the costs may run somewhat higher A big bulk of the imperial army and navy forces employed in the Luzon theatre could be used with heavy if not decisive advantage on the Malaya Operated by and for owners of small business establishments the land Netherlands Indies front new agency proposed by a Justice j where the loot promises to be far Department official would serve richer forum a trouble-shooter and The fruits of MacArthur's Chief R X Runion head of the advocate for the small operators stand were apparent on the Melbourne Imperial rushed to the aid of hard-prespprt Indian troops in thp Muar battle north of said today Guy Holcomb head of the Peninsula and in the Indies crease wars thp crime rate in- 1 bomar already had left the country that Rankin McNeely 934 Watauga business section of the Justice De- and warned the grand sealed orders The White St is the first man in upper East division who The Japanese offensive toward Singapore although still h nn the to announce Tennessee to be accepted in the made the suggestion to a special ground was encountering the son He also torn them tni ne on tne leys assignment but said that the intelligence branch of the Navy house military committee was land and air resistance which alert for enemies within j would not be a line officer Leaman Homer Hurd called upon today by the made possible in part by the part of the was another recruit scheduled small business committee to time which MacArthur's unbeaten i duty he said the taxes in the coun- j were due for a rise and ant it would be unwise to a of hfl Off f jail at this time but they am S Knudsen to to leave today He enlisted in orate on it Requested to army had purchased the senate for the rank of naval air corps and will work in i with him was Thurman Knudsen former mechanics head of the division But tho nizh command also found it to report ft the time that thp Russians had launched heavy attacks along the front The tbat the fighting in prepress but gave no indication of the trend Tn air warfare thp claimed to damaged several of a British convoy in be Guif of following up a claim nf that a British had been sunk off Salum anc that ports of Britain's a munitions ship off the Shetland islands and a chant ship cff Russia's Arctic port of M u r re a r s were bombed Russian and troops described by Russian sources as the of the German forces were resorted a hitter hand in the flaming streets i of a sian kfy point 57 miles west of i Australian General Calls On Men To Strike Japs First Not to Wait must not let that affect their and t headed by On The Southeast Malayan that the Japanese never can be defeated by playing a waiting game General Gordon Bennett called upon men today to wrest the initiative from the in- vaders by beating them to the punch wherever they try to strike got to go out after thp Japanese and get them or else they'll get us declared Bennett who is directing the fight for Southern Malaya from his quarters somewhere in Johore of pride in his Australians for the way they have conducted themselves in their first clashes with the Japanese Bennett ex- confidence that his men plan of action Tn this war as in the last I war he said the know they are better than the enemy The Anzacs always sume that No Man's Land be- longs to them and they are out to take it from the enemy ther he's German or Japanese confidence in his men and his strategy he explained did not blind him to the dangers and difficulties created by nese infiltration methods He in- however that the sharp blows already dealt by tbe the arrival of fresh British troops in the line and executive to lake care of the port and they should point R production and Is foreman 1 H Tetter dis- J Henry Parrott 5th dis- J H Watkins 4th Fulkerson 5th W B Chapman district 18th R O Bradley I district Claude Green 3rd JR E Johnson 12th district Bruce j Price 12th district and E C tie 11th district Seven more cases were added to Government Critics Demand Quick Parliament Debate On Malaya Issue Heroes of Wake Arrive In Japan As War the docket this morning and were Broadcast Re- set for trial on Friday The added corded By little signs cases iof their ordeal except beards and Dee W Johnson grand larceny soiled uniforms men East until he had a chance to James Powers aiding and abetting Wake Island by the Japanese study fully every development of in grand James arrived at Yokohama yesterday i the political situation since his i lies today demanded an I diate parliamentary debate on I Britain's reverses in the Far East in the face of Prime Minister i Churchill's intention to delay the war strategy statement possibly a week Reliable quarters indicated Churchill intended to delay a statement on results of his ington conferences and the Far increasing support from the RAF would be able to carry out his i had made him optimistic felonious assault The prisoners included pre-Christmas aiding and in mander Winfred Cunningham de- Washington I grand Jake Rogers scribed as commander of the United Bud Wyatt driving States forces on Wake Island and drunk and Jake Fritz possessing Nathan Daniel Teters civilian in whiskey charge of 1.050 defense employes After the juries were charged by on the island the court of cases con- This group was the second to tinned from the last term of court reach Japan The first prisoners started from Guam departure for The Prime Minister re- ported engaged all day yesterday and today in conferences with high administrative officials which foreshadowed some changes -in the war organization although most quarters agreed While there was considerable enemy air activity in sections of the Indies MacArthur was ing valuable enemy aircraft pied elsewhere and Japanese troops that might have been ex- the footholds gained on Celebes and Borneo were busy in the jungles and mountainsides of the Batan Peninsula And the necessity of supporting the Philippines operations with Ival units left so many leas war vessels available to hunt for U S which have in- active in Asiatic waters j Two Kingsport Drivers Injured i An official of the ask for assurances to the people j Transfer Motor Lines said today of this country Australia and in that onc of the freight trucks was the empire that everything in an accident at sible is being done by the stock Va Saturday night and that ment to defend and secure this two drivers were slightly in- jured was in prospect Indicating disappointment that Churchill would not speak Edgar Granville Liberal National member of parliament served notice he would move at the next sitting of Commons for an adjournment of the house to discuss the urgent state of fairs with regard to the defense of Singapore and Malaya and to vital communication of the Brit- ish Empire The Oscar Gobble and no shakeup in the cabinet itself i be successful Moving for adjournment is a Willard Kingsport parliamentary method of de- in the but according i to the official they were not injured and should to Kingsport taday or debate It must be ported by at least 40 members to
