Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 61, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 1, 1942 Page: 3 of 10
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Borger. Tvxat
Sunday. February 1, 1942
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Chinese Chase laps
To Canton Defenses
CHUNGKING, Jan. 31 —i/P)—
Japanese troops are in full re-
treat toward Canton tonight after
being defeated in a five-day bat.
tie with Chinese forces east of the
city, an official Chinese commu-
nique said.
‘‘The Chinese army is in close
pursuit of the retreating Japu-
nesc." the official announcement
added,
Tlie Japanese were declared to
have been put to disordered flight
ed they had lood stores sufficient
to hold out in a long siege. Re-
serves have been built up for
months and. while the Japanese
claimed capture of a mainland
water reservoir which supplied
the island, there are two more
reservoirs on the island itself.
Thus it appeared there was no
immediate danger of a water
shortage such as forced the early
capitulation of Hongkong.
The lone bright spot, as it has
Freezing Survivors Of Torpedoed
Vessel, Listen While Radio Urges
Now Is Time To Buy Winter Coats
Japanese Advance On Singapore
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SINGAPORE
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after suffering a smashing defeat j boon frequent|y, in the ‘ Pacific
in the Waichow area, east of Can-
ton.
i panorama was Gen. MacArthur's
,, ! stand in the Philippines. At latest
Canton, South Chinas greatest , IC|K)rt his troops had beaten off
metropolis, is some 00 miles north determined attempts at infiltra-
of the Japanese-occupied British tjon in the 29th dnv of their stir-
Crown Colony of Hongkong and | ring defensive battle. Japanese
m ^aPanese ^anc^s since i prisoners also were taken, Mac-
, ' ' Arthur reported, and from Tokyo,
waichow itself is an important i by way of Berlin, came the grud.
))oit on the east river and could j j>jng admission that the American
be oi vast advantage to the Chin- and Filipino soldiers were en-
ese in their drive to liberate Can. , trenched in strong positions in the
ton and possibly Hongkong it-
self.
A. B. "Shorty" Cahoon, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ruel Cahoon
of Phillips is stationed on an is-
land oil the mainland oi Wash-
ington state. Cahoon is located
at Fort Flagler. Washington and
is in the Coast Artillery Harbor
Defense of Puget Sound. He has
received his first rating. Cahoon
is the operator of one of the
power plants "that sends the
mighty beams of light out over
the Pacific in search of any in-
vaders of our country." is the
way his duties were described.
He reoprts that he likes his as-
signment very much. He says
"It is very interesting work and
one really has to be up on his
toes at all times." Cahoon was
employed at the Phillips Re-
finery warehouse before enter-
ing service in October.
HAMILTON, Bermuda. 'Passed
by III Itish Censor- bin 31
Thirty-four survivors of a British
merchantman torpedo early te-
dny were landed here this aftei
noon by a United States destroy-
er.
The crewmen said that after
sending three torpedoes into their
vessel the submarine tried unsuc-
cessfully to smash the three life-
boats in which the ship's hands
escaped.
Those arriving here were from
two of the lifeboats. The third was
understood to have been picked
up by another rescue ship.
The survivors said their two
lifeboats, lashed together, were
sighted by an Atlantic patrol
plane which guided the American
destroyer to the rescue.
As they drifted through the bit-
terly cold wind a portable radio
brought along by one of the men
was turned on and ironically, the
first thing they heard was a New
York station broadcasting a fur-
riei's announcement Now is the
time to buv your winter mats
O'Daniel Working
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ic rubber.
The senator said that at pres-
ent it was planned to have pri-
vate capital finance acetylene
producing plants. This would be
sold to the central plants, which
would be financed by the Defense
Plant Corporation through the Re-
construction Finance Corpora-
tion.
Under this plan acetylene would
be produced at many small plants,
using the surplus energy of exist-
ing power companies. This,
O’Daniel said, would avoid the
problem of building new power
plants.
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Map shows Singapore approaches as viewed bv the Japanese
looking south toward the British fortress. Increasingly heaw air
raids were made on the base as the Japanese advanced to within
18 miles of Singapore island. (NEA Telemap)
"The United States Coast Guard
Needs Men Between The Ages of
18 and 31."
Texans To
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without reducing salaries.
Dallas was in a dther
cussing a plan to stagger business
hours in order to relieve traffic
pressure in the morning and eve-
ning rush hours.
dis- The idea was that some stores
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I erybndy wouldn't lie living to get
to work at the -ame time
I'he cdie and town i appment-
lv weren’t waiting for the statu
government to act Gov Coke
Stevenson .aid nothing had been
decided officially It seemed cer-
tain. however, that all state de-
partmonts would go along with
the time change.
Marshall wondered whether it
should pass an ordinance to make
everything formal From no
1 quarter, however, came any in-
I dication that anybody officially
objected to getting up earlier.
I Not even the thousands of sql-
I (tier hoys scattered throughout the
state Reveille always has come
| too early for them anyhow.
The Associated Press, whose
wires thread every state in the
union, won't skip a beat in
switching over.
—
DUMAS, Jan. 31 — oPl —
County Agent J. B. Waide fig-
ured out that there's enough
scrap iron on Moore county's
j 225 farms to build 13 medium
tanks or 3,600 five hundred
pound bombs.
He believes each farm holds
at least one ton of scrap that
has outlived its agricultural
usefulness.
New Gun Mounts,
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across the bay from Rangoon, vi- j
tal supply port at the start of
the Burma road.
Far to the east Japan thrust out
another claw of the huge pincers
grasping at the untold riches of ;
the Dutch East Indies. A full-
seale land, sea and air offensive
was directed at the island of Am-
boina. site of the Indies' second- i
ranking naval base and in strate- |
gie position to command the Al-
lied supply lines from Australia
and the United States.
This was the fifth front the ;
Japanese have opened in the In-
dies and the Dutch command re-
ported that fighting was "raging
everywhere." while the defending j
garrison simultaneously sought to
destroy all installations which
might be of value to the enemy
Australian reconnaissance planes
reported the invasion fleet con-
sister of four transports with a
protecting force of three cruisers
and four destroyers, and the
Dutch said a series of blasting
air attacks preceded the majoi
offensive
The evacuation of Moulmein.
which left the Japanese in con-
trol of virtually the entire nar-
row Burmese Panhandle, was
carried out alter the small gar-
rison had fought off several at.
tacks and inflicted heavy cas-
ualties on the enemy. The Bri-
tish withdrew to the west bank
of the Salween river, and mili-
tary commentators predicted
that from these positions they
would be able to offer consid-
erable stronger resistance to
the Japanese columns which
now have thrust 70 miles west
ward from the Thailand-Burma
frontier.
Singapore's defenders announc.
Batan mountains.
Elsewhere in the Pacific there
was only scattered action. The
Japanese, striking by air at
numerous points in the Indies,
also sent 11 planes over Austra-
lian New Guinea in a daylight
raid and announced that earl-
ier in the week they had sunk
six ships and damaged or fired
five more at Padang. on the
west coast of Sumatra.
Australian bombers attacked
Japanese-held Rabaul. the capi-
ta) of New Britain, for the
fourth time, and scored hits on
at least one ship.
Harry Argovitz
Returns From
Insurance Meet
Harry Argovitz returned Friday
night from Dallas where he af.
tended the 13th annual Tri-Cities
Sales Congress that was held on
January 29th During the lunch-
eon that was held at the Adol-
phus Hotel in honor of the South,
land Representative at Dallas, Ar-
govitz was one of the 67 South-
land representatives to be made
a member of the company's hon-
or club. Mr. Argovitz received a
| certificate in the Honor Club and
j also a genuine leather personal
i honor club rate book.
Among honored speakers were
j K B Hhursman, General Agent
i of the New England Mutual Life
Ins Company; Paul Dobson, of
Northwestern Life Ins Company;
John Marshall Holcombe, Jr.
Manager for Life Ins Sales Re-
search Bureau and Dewey H
Mason General Agent for Aetna
Life Ins. Company.
Stars of 6.5 magnitude are the
dmmest which can be seen with
the naked eye.
$ DOLLAR DAY $
PACKAGE REPAIR
$ Buy A Package-Pay On Pay-Days $
PACKAGE NO. 1
PACKAGE NO. 2
Rings. Pins. Grind Valves,
tighten Brgs. Correct front
end. Reline brakes.
$12.50 CASH and $8.42
MO. FOR 6 MOS.
Install clutch; adjust brakes;
correct front end; inspect
motor supports; tune motor:
paint car complete.
$15.00 CASH and $10.50
MO. FOR 6 MOS.
When Last Tank
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land were set off, and chunks of
the structure were hurled into
the sky.
Defending the approaches to
this fortress on which Britain has
lavished $400,000,000 in recent
years, the Br itish in seven" weeks
of exhausting warfare had beat a
retreat of 350 miles through the
swamps, streams and rubber
groves of Malaya, regularly out-
flanked by the infiltration tactics
of Japanese snipers landed on
each coast each time a determined
stand was made on a natural line
of defense.
The Japanese now have all
the rich rubber and tin re-
sources of Malaya, afld the
question was whether they can
also reduce this fortress and
thereby win a free passage in-
to the Indian Ocean and strong
position from which to attack
Java, the citadel of the Nether-
lands East Indies.
The fall of Singapore would
permit Japanese air and naval
forces to sweep into the Gulf of
Martaban and possibly choke off
not only the source of supply for
the Burma road to China, but also
undo the work which has been ac-
complished in building up a threat
to Japan's flank in Burma.
By withdrawing into this is-
land, 27 miles long and 14 miles
wide, the British were attempting
to do what Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur was doing in Batan pen-
insula in the Philippines.
Johore strait on the north is
one-half to a nnle wide, and the
Japanese most cross it,
The British for daYs have been
preparing for the attack.
Hidden pillboxes dot the low,
marshy shore, mines fill the
surrounding waters, fortiiied
islands guard the entrances to
the strait and artillery occu-
pies commanding positions.
From four main airfields and
smaller hidden fields a rein-
forced RAF with Hurricanes.
Blenheims and Buflalos is able
to give considerable air protec-
tion.
Singapore itself, “The City of
the Lion,” located on the south
side of the island, is out of the
immediate land battle zone but
its polygot population of Orien-
tals and Europeans of more than
700,000 people has suffered many
hundred dead and wounded from
Japanese air attacks already.
26 Billions For
These Packages Figured For Chevrolets.
We Will Figure An Individual Package For You — Any Make
opinion, he said, that it was "bet-
ter to have our own men manning
our ships.”
The mammoth appropriations
bill, including $23,738.86.").474 in
proposed cash outlays and $2-
756.400.000 in contract authority,
is scheduled for senate considera-
tion Monday.
BARGAINS AT
MONDAY,FEBRUARY 2ND.
FANCY
TERRY TOWELS
8 FOR
1.00
This may be the last at this price
thirsty terry towels . . . white
. . white with colored border . . .
buy a supply at this low price!
SMART
COLONIAL SPREADS
1.00
80 x 105 Colored dobby centers
with colored and white crinkle
stripes . . seamless . . . scallop-
ed!
WOMEN'S COTTON
RAYON FROCKS
Gav spring prints in cotton and
ravon frocks . many styles to
choose from . . . they’re standout
values!
FAST COLOR
1.44
DRESS PRINTS
RELAX IN COMFORT
CHENILLE
HOUSE COATS
3.00
Just received in lime for Dollar Day
. . . Lovely soft chenille housecoats
. . . in pastels and white . . . wrap-
around style . . . you'll marvel at
this big value at PENNEY’S.
WOMEN'S
Rayon Panties
A giand buy for
you . . . women's
smooth knit rayon
panties in several
smart styles ....
tailored and trim-
med styles!
RAYON SATIN GOWNS
This one is hard to match . . . fast
colored dress prints . . . lovely
colors, smart patterns . . 36 inch-
es wide ... at PENNEY'S!
7 YDS.
1.00
CHILDREN'S
WINTER COATS
Our entire remaining stock of
childrens winter coats at this low
price ... a big value if we have
the size!
5.00
COTTON PLAID
BLANKETS
Gay cotton plaid blankets . . . size
60 x 74 . . . stitched ends ... a
l>ig value today . quantity limit-
ed.
2 FOR
Stand out value at PENNEY’S! Women's
rayon satin gowns . . . dainty trims . . . smart
styles . . . color tea rose.
WOMEN'S RAYON
SATIN SLIPS
2 for —1.50
Women's smart rayon satin slips
. . . bias cut . . . tailored and lace
trimmed styles . . a stand out
value at PENNEY’S!
1.00
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What Helps Border Helps You
PACKAGE NO. 3
PACKAGE NO. 4
Rebore, pistons, rods bear-
ings; correct front end; inst.
U joint; adjust brakes; re-
place spark plugs; new bat-
tery: tighten body.
$11.00 CASH and $6.45
MO. FOR 12 MOS.
$25.00 fender work, paint
complete, polish, install new
seat covers; install new grill;
install 1 door glass: install
2 running board mouldings.
$21.00 CASH and $7.75
MO. FOR 12 MOS.
COLITIS
Often Accompanies Piles
BIG VALUE
UNBLEACHED MUSLIN
13 YDS.
1.00
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TAILORED \ t
RAYON SLIPS VN
you . . . tailored rayon sat-
in slips . . . bias cut . ad-
justable straps ... at PEN-
NEY'S.
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MEN'S HEAVY
SWEAT SHIRTS
Men here’s a big value for you . . .
good heavy quality sweat shirts
. . . full cut sizes . . . ideal for
many jobs!
2 FOR
1.50
HEAVY WEIGHT
CANVAS GLOVES
We worked hard to get this one
. . . men's heavy quality canvas
gloves . . knitted cuffs . . . better
stock up!
7 PRS.
1.00
BIG VALUE!
CHILDREN'S ANKLETS
Misses and children’s good quali-
ty anklets . . . pastels and dark
colors . . . most all sizes ... a
big value!
14 PR.
1.00
81 INCH UNBLEACHED
SHEETING
Good quality 81 inch unbleached
sheeting . . . delivery and market
conditions make this a stand out
value!
FEATHER
4 YDS.
1.00
BED PILLOWS
Good quality striped tick . . . size
17 x 24 bed pillows . . . filled
with curled hen feathers ... at
PENNEY'S.
2 FOR
1.50
Quality unbleached muslin ... 36
inches wide . . you’ll find many
uses for this bargain!
36-IN. FANCY OUTING
This fine outing was a sell out last Dollar
Day . . . good quality 36 inch fancy outing
. . . light and dark stripes . . . better shop
early at PENNEY’S!
We Have Been Rebuilding Cars For Manv Years
$ WE KNOW HOW $
FOB EVERY PACKAGE DEAL SOLD ON DOLLAR DAY
WE WILL INCLUDE OIL CHANGE. WASH AND LUBRICATE
$ WITHOUT ADDITIONAL CHARGE $
GET YOUR CAR READY FOR THE DURATION - NOW!
Dauii Ckaunotfat Co.
The McCleary Clinic HE215 Elms
Blvd . Excelsior Springs, Mo., is
putting out an up-to-the-minute,
illustrated 122-page book on Piles,
Fistula. Stomach and Colon disor-
ders. and associated ailments as
shown in the chart below.
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WOMEN'S
SMART DRESSES
Clear-away of women's smart
frocks from our regular lines
size range is broken ... a big
value for you!
Tailored Net Panels
New spring tailored net panels in
wide rough weave—shadow mesh
—all over designs—all styled with
2 loop top—ready to hang EACH-
CHILDREN'S
SNOW SUITS
Borger
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Phillips, J. C. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 61, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 1, 1942, newspaper, February 1, 1942; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth737484/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.