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'» MAjSilfOWEicHullimonj, Jun. Z (/!►}—Col. John M. Andrews or Federal Selective Service headquarters declared today the time may come soon when a!* available manpower muni be made available at once tor the total defense effort.CONSIDER SHIFTING PLANE FACTORIESWashington, Jan. Z (A1)—President Roosevelt disclosed toduy that the question os* moving: airplane '.and other war Industries from inilneraltie seaeoust ixiinis to the Interior waj rwciviiiK new consideration.GROUP BACK PRICE CONTROLWashington, Jan. 2 (/P) — Abroad-termed wartime price control measure was approved today by a Senate banking: subcommittee.Rubber Shortage Will Hi! Girdle ;Countless Feminine Items Expected To Be Affectedriif.nes in west PortionVOL. LVMI — NO. 1. S/aVrBSE2SSftANNAPOLIS, MD., FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1942.HUUI’IIHHN I\KYI AN’I-SUNI.V IFAll/VTWO CENTS.JAP TROOPS OCCUPY MANILACity And Cctvite Evacuated By Defense FovcesF. Marion Lazenby Named Chairman Of County Tire Rationing GroupROOSEVELT, CHURCHILL AT PRAYER SERVICECommittee Will MeetTomorrow For OrganizationWASHINGTON, 'Jan. 2 (/?) —Maybe Pop wilt have to sacrifice liis automobile tires to beat the Axis, but^-svhat abuui Mirs America, who may lose her figure?Wait* till she realizes what, the war is going to mean in terms of foundation Garments. Not to mention garters. And bathing suits.And o curt less other feminine itomsin which elasticity holds the secret of success.While the rubber shortage first may have rather- sitting up nights with a shotgun before the year is over to guard his tires from itching fingers of desperate neighbors, the ...... «•»» six)Women's Church Group To InstallChristian Service Society Will Induct Officers Sunday NightA special service lor the installation of officers for the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of /.lt;*hrtiry Methodist Church will be held at 8 P. M. Sunday In the church auditorium.Dr. J. Luther Neff, pastor, will induct the officers.The slate includes Mrs. William F. Joachim, president; Mrs. W. F. Lyons, vice-president: Miss Naomi L. Brewer, recording secretary: Miss Lillian Unthicum, corresponding secretary: Mrs. Ernest Hawkins, treasurer; Mrs, William Bewail, mwo-huy of missionary education: Mrs. Norman Wells, secretary ul Christian social relations and local church activities;XjCvd CVonZr PnvAfiv c*v»*.Ata rtr /ifF. Marion Lazenby, chairman of Che autemiobie lire rationing board for Anne Arundel county, has called an organization meeting of the group ufc il A. M. tomorrow at his offices in the Annapolis Dairy Products Company building. West street.Other members of the county tire rationing board arc R. Bennett Daniel!, Greenock, former treasurer of the State Bar Association, and Francis J. Huth. Annapolis.Made By GovernorThe board appointment was announced by Gov. Herbert R. O'Conor, after the members had been approved by the Office of Price Administration. They will work under the general supervision of Louis C. Burr, State tire ration administrator.The Governor announced the personnel of boards iu each county, with the exception of Allegany, where two boards were organized. The boards will have to complete the groundwork of organization before the week-end, as the allocation of certificates for the purchase of new automobile tires and inner tubes will begin on Monday.48 TiresUnder the Federal rationing allowance for January, Anne Arundel county is allocated 48 passenger, motorcycle and light truck tires and 40 tubes for these tires,SALE OF NEW AUTOS, TRUCKS !S PROHIBITEDlt;C»Mt!i»u#iI •«* Tu«r Twc - -STREET LIGHT BLACKOUT SUCCESSFULCol. John DeP. Douw, civilian defense director, today said the test blackout of street lights In Annapolis and suburban territory Wednesday night was a success.He said all lights were out within a minute and 15 seconds after the backout order was given.Rationing System Will 8e Established By January 15WASHINGTON. Jan. 2 (fP)— Sale of nmv passenger cars and trucks was prohibited throughout the United States today under government orders mobilizing the entire American automobile industry for war production only.To put the country’s army on wheels and give it the guns, planes and tanks to fight with, the factories wliinh in peacetime made four times as many automobiles as the rest of the world put together will be required to halt all manufacture of new. cars and light trucks for civilian use within a few weeks,” it was announced.Deliveries Prohibited The 450.000 passenger cars and the Irht and heavy trucks now in stock with dealers can be bought only by government, Jend-lease and !:the most essential civilianafw 'V,llbto1n Churchill and President Roosev^f. (center) leave Christ church, Alexandria, VaV ”ld,|)CW durlMff New Ycar'* Player services. At left arcI'* * lt;U? b*cktfrmir*.d) Lerri Halifax. To the right of the PresidentZ T ailt;ie: 0en‘ E’ M Wati#* I*resid';ntial **- —Additional Gilts To Red Crossusers! Pending eBtobTtihment of a Martiratiarthg system to handle dis-tribunm of these automobiles, the purchase, sale and delivery of all new cars and trucks is prohibited.The rationing set-up Is expected to be In operation by Jan. 15. It will be supervised by Price Ad-mlnistntor Leon Henderson, whose office yesterday Imposed drastic quotas reducing by about 90 per cent the number of new tires and tubes available for sale to civilians.,The sale ban had been expected by the automobilft fnrlut.rv hutFirms And Individual: MwU Cwi/nfcution«F*? War RaliefCivilian Defense To Be SubjectAdditional contributions to the Red Cross emergency war relief fund were announced today by the local chapter. Anne Arundel’s quota in the nation-wide $50,000,-000 drive is $20,000.Of town Meeting. Befens* jews Douw, Doris-'And Basil To SpeakPlan Series 01 Diminishing TeasWill Help Bundles For '{Huufudrnter^ ^ .....The gift3 fellow:Frank J. Sazama......... $10.00John O. McNelly.......... 5.00Jack Francis............. 3.00Mrs. Lillian n. Karaite .....5.00Presto Lunch ............ 25.00Citizens may learn their specific roles in preparation for emergencies at the town meeting on civilian defense at 8 P. M. Tuesday in Iglehart Hall. St. John’s College.Speakers will include Col. John DeP. Douw, civilian defense director; Capt. R. O. Davis, Naval Academy defense' officer, and Po-r'nw.iMrs. St. Clair. Smith, president of the Annapolis Branch of Bundles lor Britain, and Mrs. C. L. Austin, president of the Naval Academy Women’s Club, will give the first two of a series of “diminishing tessv Tuesday for the benefit of Bundles for Bluejackets.Six guests will be present at each tea. each of whom will be expected to sponsor a tea to whichM'ARTHUR UNITES ARMYAND CONTINUES TO MEETATTACKS FROM JAPANESENaval Hospital Personnel Remains At Cavite_MacArthur Reported To Have Fallen Back On Corregidor Island And Baton Peninsula—Japanese Make New Landing In Malaya—British General Declares Help For Singapore Is On The Way— Chinese Troops Join British In BurmaManila and the nearby naval base of Cavite fell to the Japanesetoday, but the War ard Navy Departments said both places hud previously been evacuated of military and naval supplies and equipment.“The loss of Manila, while serious, has not lessened the resistance to the Japarest? attacks.” the War Department said.The Navy said all equipment, records and stores not destroyed by Japanese bombers had been removed from Cavite, but that the naval hospital personnel remained to care for the wounded. The Navy had more than $25,000,000 wortn of property and supplier on luuid in che Philippices in Junz this year, most of it centered around Cavite.BRILLIANT TACTICAL MANEUVERThe War Department communique declared that Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s brilliant tactical maneuver in shortening his lines, per-mittirg him to strike harder, coordinated blows at the enemy than if he had elected to defend the city.Advance units of the Japanese army entered Manila at 3 P. M. U A. M., E. S. T.i. Domei, Japanese news agency, said General Mac-9Arthur himself had moved to the heavily-armored Corregidor fortress, whose 12*inch guns and bristling anti-aircraft batteries make it apowerful defense, bastion.General MacArthur brought his southern and northern armies■ ■ ’nAPAtogether shortly befaro Manila was taken. Tho exact position of the Amerlcan-Flliplno lines was not given but it was assumed to haveboth flanks anchored on the south Chinn Sea, with the fortifications of Corregidor and adjoining islands providing pivotal protection for the rear,Tokyo said the defense forcer had fallen back to Corregidor andathe Baton peninsula.#•Invade -YoloThe War Department also announced that a small Japanese force had landed on the Island ofFlanes SoughtAnthony J. Diraond, Alaska’s representative to Congress urged
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