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fighting men there.
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Gen A. E. Percival.
declares to-
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Hitler proposes to use the active
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English, come fluttering down
the difficulty of obtaining mater-
wtapons ready to combat an Imml-
decades there is hope in the bought up all available retreading
nf Mof.Hna and t.ronnlr,,
to storm across Johore Strait
coming, but presumably utter ex-
W BULLETINS
Responding to appeals from Chief
Sat-
Three other alarms were turned
there's
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■AST TEXAS: Oenttoraed ceM,
man Fail
tw.
h shore of Jta
ranged trench
ns, and heavier
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ed
in
High Command reported.
The base is second only in Im-
Enemy Makes New
Stab at Wealth
Of Dutch Indies
made on the eves of other major
Batan engagements.
The temper of his warriors as the
zero hour approached was shown
in a communique issued late yes-
German Subs
‘Bum Shooters9
Standlee Roberta, who served as
sergeant in the World War No 1.
has bs?n called again to the service
and has been ordered to report to
■dgewood Arsenal in Maryland for
training before being sent to a Cal-
ifornia Field.
ships and aircraft were shelling and
bombing the island and the battle
Alert for Offensive
Contemptuously
the El Paas area wM be
aaae aa darter tee tert
for Germany
eite^
(This daily feature, conduct-
ed by DeWitt MacKenale, Wide
World war analyst, U written
officers.
said.
with
Monday. tete Aa
I and BUI Ham-
ler
md
Mindanao Island in the Philippines.
Australian reconnaissance planes
Marshal Gen. Erwin Rom-
and
oman
RAF Crew Shot
In Mediterranean,
Capture Italians
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party
leavin
fend .
aeadat,
, to the
ce.
tp-
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Lhe
construction to proceed could be ob-
tained.
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eventags wta be
folk and square
-sye to drama and
game sand Fridays to bobby groups
and games. •------
DENTON R
i” because they are the largest
be. they have gone into action
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inflicted on the Japanese.
isli and Indian imperial troops re-
tired to the *400,(MX),000 island fort-
Whosoever he be of you that for-
sakeUi not all that he hath, he
cannot be my disciple -Luke 14-33.
Spontaneously to God should tend
the soul. Like a magnetic needle
to the pole.— nwmas Hood
suit of complaints from small t__
dealers that large companies had
The United States Treasury De-
partment has announced that U 8.
Government securities being pur-
chased by the American people to
help defray the expenses of war will
continue for the prresnt to be called
Defense Ravings Bonds
VieaLhef
Allocation for
Building Okayed
JUL____.
Jan. 31.—<4^— . terday.
MacArthur re-
Bank was at the present location
of the First State Bank
tifleatee.
The orders were issued by J S.
Challenge Control
Of Mediterranean
ROUND 1
ABOUT
TOWN
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cut rations by half
the fighting spirit of yourself and
your troops, who have been fight-
ing with courage. Your prestige
and honor have been upheld
"However, in order to avoid
needless bloodshed . . . you are ad-
vised to surrender.”
The new appeal, "To the Filipino
Soldieri," was printed on the back
of the original leaflet. ..
"Dear Filipino soldiers, there is
■ar-r
Netherlands East Indies.
boina where I
from the beating they took in the
Strait of Macassar to the west, have
at length delivered what appeared
to be their major invasion of the
Archipelago.
Aetien ef Delay
The Dutch can hope for
ruary. having started their retail
and wholesale gasoline and oil bus-
iness in their present location,
across from the Post Office. They
say. “Since the day we opened for
business there has not been a day
the place has not been open for
business ” In ai
the month of 1
give tod per eent dtoeeunt on cash
sales and credit accounts paid by
March 10th. The discount will be
paid only in Defense Stamps.
February 2 a
I their books,
r names, ship-
types of equlp-
The WPB will issue formal or-.
den soon eatablitetag a distribu-
tion system designed to assure
equitable distribution of available
supplies.
WEATHERFORD. Jan.
An inviertgetigg was amb
day into the tbtal biudge
Mrs. Lee Sims. 80. who 1
dying at her home te t
^T’ukroar-aM Weather
school boy was bold te
District Attorney Jack Be
no charges bad beta fita
an investigatiaa <rf the yo
ilation. during
nary. they will
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Saturday brought much more
pleasant weather than was offered
Friday when a strong north wind
to 9:30 a m.,
“I —Philippine Theater:
"There was sporadic fighting on
the Batan Peninsula during
past 34 hours.
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“Flying Freight Train" Ctets D^ith I4
“Little Trouble in
Batan,” So Collection
Of Taxes Is Slow
WITH GENERAL MACAR-
THUR ON BATAN PENINHU-
LA. Luson, Jan. 37 (Delayed)—
(A*>—One of the masterpieces
of official understatement
comes from a Batan Province
official in the thick of a full-
fiedged war
Starting his annual report, he
wrote: "There is a little trouble
in Batan . . which has caused
some difficulty ta the collec-
tion of taxes "
Dutch—was detailed
hraciquarters in Tok
Invaders were fight
Inland and had occi
around Sambas, 30
northeast.
a violent rainstorm broke over the
ships.
The time of the incident was not
given.
British headquarters said the
Japanese made little effort to in-
terfere with the overnight with-
drawal to Singapore Island
Japs Strike Anew
Simultaneously, Japan struck a
new barb into the fabulous Indies
as sea-borne Japanese troops land-
ed on Amboina Island, site of a big
Dutch naval base A furious battle
was reported in progress.
Amboina lies midway between
Celebes Island and New Guinea,
only 835 miles north of Darwin.
I pcrv icc ounuay
iFor Denton Boys
Lost in Action
—.
Memorial services for three Den-
ton boys reported lost in action in
the Pacific war zone will be held
|t the First Methodist Church Bun-
service is sponsored by the Denton
Ministerial Association, and Denton
ministers will participate
The boys whose memories will be
honored st this service Include
Kenneth Lee Lynch, son of Mr.
And Mrs. C. K. Lynch; Billy Joe
tNM in sswth partb
Ria Grande Valley. _
nerth tad extrema «ta partisan
Report Passenger Traffic to Be Curtailed
In Italy, Indicating Troop Movement;
Daily Air Attacks on British Malta.
(By Asaoctotod Prem)
A hint of possible Axis maneuvers to challenge British
By EDWABD UNNSDT
WITH THE RAF IM NORTH
AFRICA (Correspondence of the
Associated Pram), Jan. 31 Shot
down into the Mediterranean, IS
crewmen of an RAF Sunderland
flying boat have reached their base
wtih 100 Italian prisoners after ''
swim Ing to shore through rough -
was and hiking acroes the Libya*,
desert with the captives.
The British plane was attacked
by two German Meeserachmltta.
One waa shot down and the other
MacArthur’s hard-hitting defenders
drove off repeated new Japanese nt-
tacks in the 20-day-oid siege on
Bulan Peninsula.
"Determined enemy attemps at
Infiltration through our lines were
frustrated.” a War Department bul-
letin said. "Some Japanese prison-
ers were taken.”
The German radio broadcast dis-
patches from Tokyo acknowledging
that Japanese assault forces were
being “hejd back” by American-Fil-
ipino troops manning strong posi-
tions in the Batan Peninsula moun-
tains.
The broadcast asserted that Gen.
MommA'a 200 OOfMtrong Japanese
army had won the whole northern
halt of the peninsula
British dispatches said it was be-
lieved that all imperial forces had
be^i successfully withdrawn to
■toga pore Island before the M»-
foot-vride causeway was breached
by the Royal Navy and Royal Air
Force.
Along a mila-ertde strip already
cleared SB “ — “ -
island, the Bri
mortars. BikStliT
and recapping molds
Knowtoon said the supplies had
been distributed in such an uneven
manner that many sections of the
country were unable to meet their
requirements for such machinery ..
In addition to halting deliveries,
Knowlson directed the manufac-
turers to submit by February 3 a
Hat of sil orders <m their books,
including custi
ping addressee
ment ordered.
The WPB a
after 7 p. m. for teen-age
groups, for whatever reo-
ey care to enjoy.
types of recreation will
be offered as diversion each of the
evenings^ Mrs McCue explained,
although each person is welcome to 1
pursue the type of thing he most (
enjoys. Mondi —
given over to
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 31.—(API—
Vtolent selling in the cotton futures
market here today broke prices near-
ly 33 a bale. The principal factor
behind the offerings was Washing-
ton reports that President Roose-
velt instructed the Commodity Credit
Corporation and all other
eiee bolding useful commodities to
make them available to ether gov-
ernment departments.
BATAVIA. N. E. L Jan. 3V-(AP)
—The Japanese have effected a land
tag on Amboina Island, site oT an
important Dutch naval base midway
between Celebes and New Guinea,
and a furious battle to la prog-
ress, M was announced today.
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Ataodated Emm L«med Wire SIX PAGB8
"P '* "• 1,11
Hint Germans to
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Three Critical
Battles Rage in
d that his
■ Bengasi had f alien
--The Italians at
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up the idea of
regain the Axis Unsa.
Thsn the whole
eastward toward t
Davis.
Attaey; Bret____
_ I. Gomge B. Ftowsni, J.
8. Fowler. Bid Ford and Albert An-
derson. Denton.
prf>k^7
OV..U, woo uu I»IK1 VO enjoy uw va-. —
ble games and hobby demonstra- Parker
I Thon ths whole group sat out
. o.
Knowlson. director of the WPB In- Ua>< to .0^,straggling
^OpmtetonsDivtaion.M.re. ’Ste^'gidjd’ta
with a full hundred prisoners.
\jury Called in
\ County Court
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Twenty-nine mess are on oaQ
term, but Amtotant county .
ney W. K. Baldriteomid
urday morning it waa likely a
term, is on c
members are:
c. w. pav
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I
, It told how "General MacArthur
ported today his American-Filipino and his troops paid no attention"
defenders of the Batan Peninsula to demands for surrender In a Jap-
in the Philippines had frustrated anese airforce leaflet raid of Jan.
determined enemy attempts at in- . 10 and how a new Japanese appeal
| filtration through the lines in the yesterday.
----*■ •- ^ISVta I tWWM
Department said in a
morning communique that 1
Japanese prisoners were taken.
Fighting on the peninsula, where
fresh enemy troops have been ar-
riving amid apparent Japanese
Is-
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Word that presidential approval
had been given a WPA appropria-
tion of *90,743 to supplement the
3100,000 appropriated by the last
legislature for a new home eco-1
nomica building at Texas State
College for Women waa received
by President L. H. Hubbard of the
college
Application had been on file from
crewm.sn was told by the 30 surviv-
ors of the tanker Rochester when
they were landed today at the na-
val operating base here. The tank-
er waa sunk tn broad daylight oft
the Virginia Coast yesterday. .
The gJ3»-ton tanttf, tidipg light,
pierced the gft
-a- e— aa.. a**
snip with two tor-
•d 13 ahelto at the
^XTb^T^when^annrov^l^ 10« batUeship.
to eligible if and when approved 1 hl. m„„ .
the state works project admin- .
Due to the war emergency and
the difficulty of obtaining mater-1
lais for the building, it was very I
uncertain when authorization for
four <
story of Mafeklng.
A cluster of steaming corrugated
Iron huts In Bechuanaland. Mafe-
klnx wns inverted by the Boers st
the start of the South African War
in October. 1309 It had less than
1.000 mixed defenders and two sev-
en-pound guns, but It held out for
seven months against very supe-
rior forces, and under a rain of
cannonade.
The hero of this siege, the com-
mander of the Mafeklng garrison,
waa Robert Baden-Powell, who of
, course, was to live and dlr as the
•<*- idolized founder of the Boy Scouts.
Then 11 colonel, Baden-PoweU. be-
having with what the British call
"unconventional gayety," led his
men in reepated bayonet sorties,
dug new wells when the enemy cut
off his water, rigged up Ingenious
warning systems when the big shells
came over, just as MacArthur’s
men sound the air-raid alert with
bangtag pots and pans, and whip-
ped up morale with a regular recre-
ation system.
. A flying column relieved Baden-
Powell in May of 1M0. after ba bad
tied up 3.000 or more Bom and
upset, by his resistance, the plans
for invasion of Rhodesia
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j»UteClopggM.
. Are you as careful in pari
^BB you warn Mm ottwr fsllow to
J
* a aaM Fraa* Bure
r; B. L. Alexander and
gle tangles of Malaya, are beleag-
1 IlflWJtel In mnz<aF»i ha *♦ Imnsant *■
their island fortran* of Bingapore, following the surprise successes of
...J out Field ** " " ^1::. “ “
valorous mel in recapturing Bengasi
iwles of Batan driving back Uir British from oth-
er newly won Libyan bases.
Dally Air Raids
Malta, a fortified island
1 the men of MacArthur round
| the first month of their
! fight tn "the fox
and Corregidor.”
The third battle begins in eam-
1 ent Japan s all-out drive of des-
peration al the heart of the lush -
Netherlands East I nd les. Beneath between Stelly and the Tripolitan-
the hot, hard sun that beau on the , «**. has been subject to dally
| Molucca paaaage. the brave Dutch r*~<*s '** *••«». o. ,waB HMn uuwu aua u» uuier
fight with all their strength at Am- the1 ttermans and Italians obvi- dkms«e<i and driven off. but tba
—<- *--------- —1. -u-i 1----atoo was hit and tto
boumied
, armies or occupation ■ „
1 boys from 18 to 18 and men over 40.
immediate
that Singapore. J
I time, said:
Mr. and Mrs. J. R McCleljan and
daughter. Miss Anna, are new resi-
dents of Denton County. They |
bought the John Smith place, about i
4 miles eest of Denton. Miss Anna :
is attending Denton High School.
McClellan was In the automobile
business In McKinney prior to
moving here.
portion of the
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AMERICAN-FILIPINO DEFENDERS ^Service Sunday
1ATBATAN TAKE JAP PRISONERS
“” WHILE HALTING INFILTRATION
tlie very sinews of American and 1 has disclosed an unusual
Bi Itlsli history The British impe- ' “--* -----“*---
rials, after nearly two months of val-
iant but hopeless battle in the Jun- 1
gle tangles of Malaya, are beleag- uuv asa.vs irum me war wouio oe a
uered in the modern battlements of logical development of Axis strategy
v i
Huge Pacific Area'
control of the Mediterranean on an unprecedented gads wac
contained in a third-hand report today that pasgenger train
Hervice will be sharply curtailed in Italy tomorrow. -
The report came through Ex-
change Telegraph a British news
., directed at Filipino
troops, "occasioned much mirth
among the Filipino soldiers, who
some are continuing their resistance with
loyalty, courage and resolution."
The original surrender demand.
was showered down on the defend-
ers front lines throe weeks
Ito day before the fint vnei
v, was mho in anese attack. Signed "Command-
have been only ' er in chief, the Japanese Expedi-
Vlrtually no ' tionary Forces.” it was addressed 1
! to MacArthur.
Fighting Hpirit Praised
“You are well aware that you are
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a pore
There seemed little
danger, however,
like Honakong. would be forced to
surrender because of a water short-
agr With dense,, water-catching
jtuigles blanketing the northwest
section of the island. Singapore has
two big impounding ' reservoirs as
wel) as hidden underground sup-
plies
KeinforrrtnenU Uncertain
The question of reinforcements
for the beleaguered island colony
was obscured by military secrecy.
Prime Minister Churchill disclosed I
on Thursday that fresh troops and | --—------ •_
wai supplies had already arrived in Contemptuously ignoring a de- | u onc to you.” said the
Malaya with others en route, and surrender, the gen"®* menage That is to give up all your
j Landon and San Francisco reports held his American and FlUplno | weapong Bt once >n(1 gurrender to
uL .... Ute Japanees forces before It te too
He gave no hulL ute ,hen wf fully proMTt
you."
Along with MacArthur’s staunch
defense came an Improved allied
naval poaltion in the Pacific, indl-
derwrlteers to cut cargo war risk
1 Insuranci rates on shipments from
the United States to Southern Aus-
tralian ports from 7 1-2 per cent to
6 per cent, effective today.
Restrictions on civilian railway
attended 1
large troop movements within the 1
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work already
concen-
Tvuiiu w«u analyst, is written
today by Fred Vanderschmldt):
At the fiery points of a triangle I . ...
1 which L 1.500 miles or more along agency, from Zurich. Switaerland,
1U sides, the most furious and crit- and quoted Rome dispatches.
teal .battles in the eight weeks of ■ ~ •
. Pacific War rage today, and the I traffic have frequently
stakes are incalculable --------—
Two of them are sieges, and the lands dominated by
defense is glorious stuff torn from 1 Brit tell intelligence
.... Mnrws Of American and ■ has disclosed an unusual concen-
Britteli history. The British Impe- tratlon of German planes in South-
ern Italy.
Moblioztlon aimed at knocking
out Ma'.ta from the war would be a
suredly It will come; this we are |
determined to do." x.. -.. - —— ---— —
Steeped in Uie American spirit of ; from the west.
divisions'as'a nucleus of reserves
for a spring campaign, the dte-
BTDNKY, Jan. 3L— (AP)—Kkrcea
Japanese planes attacked Bnlato
•M Wmmmml the totand ef
Beto Gninea. a* middady today.
War Minister Fronds M. Fsrde an-
nweifl. There were no forth* 1 de-
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The year 1842 may or may not be
a big political year, but it te cer-
tain there wlU be quite a few races
ta which yo«71 want to vote for a
friend or against a political enemy.
So pay that poll tax. and you, men
and women over sixty years of age.
It don’t overlook the fact that if you
live ta a city of over 10,000 popula-
tion. you must secure an Exemption
Oertlfieate ta order to vote. Den-
ton. of course, te the only city ta
thia county where that law applies.
ThOM auto 'use stamps’ must be
K attached to yachts or motor boats
from sixteen to twenty-eight feet
lang. The 'use stamps' must be at-
tached to your automobile or boat,
U subject to the stamp, prior to
Fabruary 1. 1842.
The United States Coast Guard
needs men between the ages of 18
Japaitete frortt-Une dtepatohes
said the Milado’s armies had seised I }JrgtJ?ak„1 — W •
^dT'serei^^^nd^RM- ^’Iff^viT was noted
The conununiqupe. No mi of the
weapons reauy vo comou ui muni- • j y
nently expected Japanese attempt : (rraSS F WC Alarms
to storm across Johore Strait.
No official explanation was forth- 7 C
coming, but presumably utter ex- gqp ,
hnurtton of the hard-fighting “Aus- f --------
sles,” British tommies and Indian ! »
troops prompted the dectalon to fall Eugene Cook to be more careful
back to the island rather than at- 1 about their trash-burning. Denton
__ ------- ------ „ -------- tempt a new stand on the lower tip residents lowered their total of
Australia, and 715 miles South of Of the Malay Peninsula 1 grass fires from last week's high
... . . with overwhelming superiority in of 24 to 15 for this week.
the ah and to mass Lighting i Three other alarms were turned
TOKYO, (From Japanaes Bread-
caste). Jan. 8iv—(AF)-Japanese
„ laaperteB ■Mfigtaartan asummeed
isdey ata enemy traaegerte were
sunk and five other were sei ou Ore
er heavily damaged Tuesday and
Wednesday during a Japanese air
attack on the pert of Fadang. on the
west const ef Sumatra.
said that a large allied convoy "car-
rying troops, planes and war sup-
. plies to Singapore" had Mcaped at-
: tack by 60 Japanese planes when
“The battle of Malaya has cone I
to an end and the battle of Sing- u
apore has started." Lieut.-Gen
E- Percival. British commander
Malaya, announced tereely.
"Today we stand beleagured tn1
our island fiMtiee*."
Japanese f rortt-Une dtepaWhes'
said the Milado’s armies had seised !
JORD-CHRONK
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DENTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 31, 1942
fight and prayer, the gallant Mac- I
Arthur prepare* now for the dead- I
ly uncertainty of a sixth major . —- -
Japanese asault on hta lines on the I P®toh said
peninsula of Batan, ignoring with “wx.ss.
a warriors contempt the enemy's Uf.lt illinff
demands for surrender which. 10 * •*•*•*£
^n'.“KX : Tire Retreading
i blue sky *[Machine Orders
The question which millions of I
American* and British must toevit- |
ably ask are: How soon can we 1
get help thereT" "How long
they hold out?”
Recreation Room
Now Opened Daily
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ft HBr resis ■■ BH
The Dsnton indoor recreation
center was officially opened Friday
evsntog, when a number of per-
sona were on hand to enjoy ths ta-
t“*' ““---___L_
ttona. Tbs new center. Room 5 of
the Kornbtatt Building, wltt be
opened daily from 8:30 a. m^ except
Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Louise
McCue, supervisor, said
From 8:30 a m.. until 0 p. du it
will be used for mens table games:
from 3 p m. until 7 p ou tat
story of "bum shooting" on the part by work; 1
of unusually polite German U-boat and adult
Loading one of Britain's new Sterling bomber*, calle ed "flying freight I
four-motored bombers in the world. Capable of carrying eight tons of
over Germany. Photo arrived In New York via Clipper plane. (Nea Tele
iy afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The The Dutch can hope for little
more than to delay and frustrate
and decimate the invader. They
I are destroying the installation* of
their second most Important naval
base as they
the torch to
the enemy coveted and seised
By ROGER D. GREENE
Aseociated Press War Editor
Britain’s weary Malay de-
j fenders withdrew onto Singa-
Ipo.e Island today, destroyed
causeway to
miu ax. er- v/m*sw* wv*c c UUKCio | _
in the Exchange National Bank at the mainland, and swore to
'^hekExchan«‘‘ National j battle Japan’s siege armies
- v. . | “until help can come.”
Thrown buck 360 miles in two
Defense ' months of bloody jungle fighting,
Guard',"wW hold their next meeting out-numbered Australian. Brit-
Monday night rather than Tuesday | ,nfferf- two rra,e reTrrM.
.' in the Far Ficific today as imperial
„ ! defenders of Malay fell back ante
1 Singapore Island and far to the
north, British troops evacuated
strategic Moulmein. acrooa the boy
from Rangoon. Burma. Burma is
_r to the vast tevaaure-
India. It la also vital to
China as the "backdoor" of the
the general
held his American and FlUplno
troops alert for a great new Papa-
nese offenaive. 77.
cation of where he expected the full
weight of the attack, but his state- .
ment yesterday that it was coming
paralleled the predictions he had
cated in a decision of Marine un-
presiaem means mat tne oroject----than . oompanted by prefacnee reUng eer- I fcr£?«_ *
I MacArthur and his men. and the — 1
' 1 are no different about their
I own at Singapore.
Turn Back History
No one can answer ths second
question, but if we turn history back
ana ln mass Hg nil ng | owhm wuw were luureu
sighted a Japanese invasion convoy 1 strength. Japan's invasion hordes In making 18 in all. though aside
heading toward Amboina yester- apparently broke through the Brit- I from damage not estimated In a
day -- tah defense lines 18 miles north of | email cotton fire in the AAA Of-
“This morning at 6:30 a. m. enemy siru>ipore sometime late yester- I flee on West Hickory street, there
r. w-.,.
wax raging everywhere.” the Dutch t.roo'fi' had ^rdied“the lasf’bi'r''-
------ —....... rUr„ before J(jbore Bahru where
- , the causeway to Singapore Island
portance to the main Indies naval begins, and declared they were
stronghold at Soerabaja, Java. I ■now streaming toward Singapore
In the Philippines. Gen Douglas | oVer a wlde highway "
MacArthur Stands Firm
Before the defenders of Singa-
pore was the example of the bat-
tle stained Philippine command of
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, braced
on the Batan Peninsula against a
Sixth major assault in 29 day* of
siege after contemptuously ignoring
a Japanese demand for surrender.
Six allied transport* were declar-
ed by Japan1* imperial headquar-
ters to have been sunk and five
other* set on fire or heavily dam
aged Tuesday and Wednesday in
aerial attacks on the Sumatran
Port or Fadang,-^
The sunken ship* were Itated a*
two 4,088-ton resells and four small
craft. Tho*e reported damaged or
fired ranged from 3M6 U 10JM0
ton* by Japanese account*.
A Japanese landtag at Fama ng-
knt..<m th* wart coart oC Dutch
Borneo already announced by the
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• U»lr m,
M the area
nlle* to the
British Forces Withdraw to
BWsl Singapore Island for Anal Stand
such a curb on fast driving is the | H _ .... .... .... .
Automobile Club of Southern Cali- -----
fornla, which has written to the
President urging that federal ac- 1 | LI«La. I««Mo-
tion be taken, so that the restrict- | I () r’lUlir aJflDS
ed limits would be uniform 1 ** 1 ,yl,V
States Rationing tires and | . I
gasoline already has slowed down, | Til
traffic more than restrictive laws I II I fl Pin V.nmcS
ever did. *b there isn’t much point ; 1 111 1
in having a national law If pru- 1
dence won’t bring slower driving, ;
laws ujnn'f alfhar
Shetland ponies always attract a
lot of attention. Two from the Will
Williams Shetland Pony Farm were
being ridden around the square and
shown to kiddies at the Texas The-
atre Saturday morning, and it
wasn’t only the kiddies that were
getting a kick out of seeing them
—the old ’uns, like Doc LeBeau,
were having fun just looking at
’em.
The Senior class had been photo-
graphed and the teacher was urging
her students to buy prints of the
picture.
‘"Think how nice It will be to look
at the picture in years to come,
when you are grown up." she said
"YouTJ b*. able to look at it and
gay: “There’s Alice—she's a nurse,
and there’s Carl—he’s a business
man, and—' ”
The bad boy of the class Inter-
rupted.
"Te*,“ he said,
teacher—«he's dead “
"Life begin* at 40. and so do fafi*
1 arches, lumbago, bad eyeright and
Ml tendency to tell a riory to the
ime person three or four time* ”—
HHKNW81
was only a *10 toss, which resulted
Tokyo broadoast said Japanese 1 from a mattress factory blaze at
■ - “ .1 1029 East Hickory Street Tuesday
night. Late Friday afternoon a flue
burned out at 806 Cross Timber
but no loss wu occasioned
The 15 gras* fires occurred at
803 Frame. 431 Wainwright, Peach
Orchard Hill. 600 Bradshaw. 1100
block of McKinney Saturday, 600
block of Ka*t College. 1813 Mill
Sunday, 3800 block of North Loc-
ust.. 3017 Bolivar. 300 We*t Mul-
berry, 1704 North Locust Monday,
smith end of Avenue D. Highway 34
Wednesday, 818 West Hickory. 430
Avenue A Thursday.
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war. based on report* received up
eastern standard 1 d00med end war ; a*«qp iation.
'Tlie question is how long you wUJ frtencl* of the Sq«,
be able to resist. You have already | the public, have beet
the cut Lttt,ons kF ha*f 1 aPPrc« late j' _______________
Determined enemy
attempts at infiltration through our
lines were frustrated Some Japa-
nese prisoners were taken.
"Practically no hostile air activ-
ity was noted.
"3.—There is nothing to report
from other areas."
night in order that those members
who wish to attend the next and
last meeting of the "Golden Gioves’
will have an off-night The "Gold-
en Gloves” tournament will com-
plete it* meeting* Tuesday night at
the Teachers College Gymnasium, j "f*
after which some of Uie boys will | h„„ 1 , . \
take part in the "Golden Gloves" ?,?, 1 ,
I Burma road. Ufe-Hnr of Chlna’i |
war supplies. "Our troops have
withdrawn over the Salween River
after removing all steres and eqnip-
prevalled, but there was plenty of ---------------
r ---------------- V tog that heavy casualties had been Doujlai
.,
their twentieth anniversary In Feb-
marv kwm seivwsv ■♦•e4*A Ikole eniail . n Is
res* under cover of darkness, it was
1 announced officially.
error, a* W. A. Ponder. J. C. Colt ,
1 were were officers |
Molucca passage, the brave Dutch
the Japanese bleeding oua*y u neutralize the rock-shel- , Sunderland
ktlng they took in the naval and air bases of British ' starboard <
fighting men there. .
» <*•.«« W. ••
reported by the Red Army in its
drives against German winter Uns*
in the center and south.
The Germans, while officially dis-
missing Nsri withdrawal* a* in-
consequential adaptations to Arctic , w — —
fighting condition*, broadcast the others—18 men w( «
warnings from Berlin to Western beride it to shore near
Europaan. on-what • Russian con- the SSmedL.
‘ .. . .. countered an isolated party tf 40
a bAui- the^
The mixed band started akmg the
SovSd’Srtkfit B““*r "* “
ItaMam Bttter
The next day they met SO Italian
Kmtalttered because, they
nad that in return for thrir
help they be given favored treat-
ment if they fell into British hand*.
After that. It became difficult to
distinguish between captor* and
prlsonaM,
An Italian major publicly flogged
an Italian soldier who had mad*
off with th* wwundad gunners Dy-
ing boot*.
Mm day the guanar dtod. tad
the Italian major conducted a **il-
llary hurts;
Then th* major p
—j head for B
-uving the Britteh
' nd for
British. *
vast.
A. O. Calhoun and a sermon by | Imperial army and to hold out, a* , Holland and replaced
Rev Philip Walker, president of the Singapore commander. Lieut. I arm*e* of occupation
__ Families and
boys, as well
the public, have been invited
Mr and Mrs Claude Castleberry
In addition to special music, the , „ _
services will include brief biograph- 1 and’ brown, is to immobilize
leal sketches of the boys given by 1 crawling forces of the .*-■
---------------______________________ . --------J, HMM
Philip Walker, president of the Singapore commander, Lieut. I “"«*•• ot occupation made up of
------- ‘ ‘ Oen A. E Percival declares to- I »• and men over 4J
suredly It will comr; this we are | totended to lure ta* ^A&taimD
determined io do.” trtaklng • premature invasion at-
big craft hit the sea
1 4*®* *vww» BWU MMtaAAj VtallMI IAJ riwv
four and a half miles off Uw Af-
rican shore. One paaeanaar had
been killed in th* attack and a gun-
ner was wounded critically.
The crippled ctaL * ' *
and finally sank,
placed tn a rubber
warnings from Berlin to Western beside it to shore
KUTOpR&B* **’“*' ' * ____— —----wwnrew
, w quest would mean "
ft STS "SL'TEr’or A, nA.’fiSS-SS’JfS ;■ .
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people 01 Hingaporr, white velJow . 7 .. TT
krAU'n Am Asa **«mM«l WithcirRWTl ftll illS ftCtlW
«•» i‘:is“d
Denton: The Denton County Nb- i
tional Bank is assured Dr J P
Blount, A. E. Graham. Dr. J. P
Knox, J. T. Bottorf and I. B. Wal-
ker, all successful businessmen of I
this city, are connected with the t
enterprise. Officers include W A
Ponder. J. C. Colt and 8 J Car- j
roll.—Dallas News Fifty Year Ago i
Column.
The last line of the above Is in
cum, cm w. a. j
and 8. J. Carroll
WASHINGTON. Jan 31 —UP>-
can 1 The War Production Board, it was
learned today, has prohibited man-
t ^ffier^M^xce^o^S I Stare W
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