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4 A I WITHDRAW WINTER LINES Berlin Says Eastward Push to Russia Finished Until Spring. REPORT DESERT ADVANCE Adolf invasion arm- Chiang Kai-Shek had launched an offensive against Japanese-held Canton. China, which baa stood up under four years of undeclared hostilities with Japan, formally declared war upon tho rising sun empire and Axis-allied Germany and Italy a. well, effective last midnight, Cuba formally upon Japan. Argentina opened her neu- thwartftd in their violent tral ports to United States warships twd-months-okl drive against fl (1 Chll announced an ngreomnm j.

with Argentina for fortification of Moscow, were officia ly ac- strnltg of Magcllnn( whcro Gcr knowledged to have withdrawn ninn raldor3 sheltered nt times in io winter lines in sector after! tho World War. Sector along tho Russian bat- fjlcfron). Stirring speculation thai Hit- may be up lo some new; Iriekeiy, a Berlin spokesman (Continued from page l) laid the Nazi push eastward r.nt "new order" would parcel out as EARLY NEWS IS BAD, ROOSEVELT tvas through until spring. Germany has no strategic Japan's share of the world loot "the complete and perpetual control of the this winter," he said, whole Pnclflc-nnd that means no lat because of the! only tlle Par Knat not ly a of tho Russians had occupied Trth Cc ntral mil -center. 110 milos -Tapan, ho continued, was southeast of Leningrad.

i Soviet dispatches said the trategy nnd he arldcd tlicse Germans had been blasted fromj UOKS voluntarily withdrawn, as the Nazis a 10-day battle which cost dead. Reports reaching London the Germans were falling "Remember always that Germany and Italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the United States at this moment just as much as they consider themselves; at war with Britain or Russia." And he made It plain that there rould be no complete victory while the Hitler and Mussolini regimes re- innlned tintoppled. With this in mind, he announced that, the Lend-Leaso program would as much as of Moscow's defense "afepaitently planning to dig in oil 'a; line 'extending through Rzhcv, Mechosk and Orel. On the North African front, the British announced a new junction between the long-sieged garrison and the main British Imperial forces at! that the job. of American declared 'that Axis cs to U1 ut the Were retreating more rapidly westward "under the vigorous pres- fittfre our forces." headquarters said Brlti-sh troops had recaptured Gambut, coastal' base -10 miles east of To- bruk, but admitted that strong German and Italian forces remained the western perimeter of To- bruk's defenses.

A British spokesman said Axis held three aldjlg the Hiufaya and but declared the doom of these last centers of vast quantities of munitions needed to supply both the armed forces of the United States and the other armies and navies of the world which wore fighting the Axis. In talking of the mighty production effort necessary for a long war, i Mr. Roosevelt, in effect, told the people to expect to feel the pinch. He was confident, he said, that each would mako his contribution cheerfully and he refused to speak of those contributions as sacrifices, There was no need to worry about the food situation. He reported that supplies were ample, for domestic and Lend-Lease use and he did not organized Axis resistance in eastern Libya "seems Inevitable." At sea, the Fascist high command believ sha11 have to curtail the said an 'Italian ship with 2,000 normal usc of articles food for Brltish prisoners had been tho resent torpedoed off the coast of Greece Huw cver, he continued, there was that rescue-operations' were i a deflnlte shor for st ni under way.

consumer purposes. More than half I of the metals now goods, ho said, would have to bo diverted to arms production. Therefore, many articles would have to be 3'iven up entirely for tho duration. The Chief Executive did not explain the seven-day week policy which he announced for industries, but Sidney Hillman, OPM's associate director, said that not mean that workers would have to work every day of the week. The objective, he said, was to get defense production on a 160-hour basis for DEPT GIVES FIRST REPORT OF SUCCESS IN WAR (Continued from page 1) bases In southern Thailand since dawn Monday.

Dutch warships have also gone into action against the invaders, the dispatches said, battling to check Japan's sharpest new threat to Singapore at Kuantan, on tho Malay east coast 200 miles Singapore. north of tho week, with the other eight hours devoted to maintenance work. Most of the Netherlands' fleet was President Roosevelt minced stationed In the East Indies when to Adolf Hitler's Invasion armies last summer, and presumably these forces were the British. the German news agency, cfuoted Japanese naval authorities as announcing they had reason to believe that the new Brit- 'Jsh battleship King George had also been sunk in air attacks off 2Vfalay. There was no confirmation elsewhere that the King George hit or even involved iu the air-sea battle.

dispatches from Manila said six Japanese troop transports-, liteavily escorted by naval units, wv.ro attempting to land troops north of no words iu talking about the initial reverses in the Pacific, and he said that the Japanese swoop on Hawaii had been as brilliant in its execution as it was dishonorable. "So far," he reported, "tho news has been all bad. We have a serious set-back in Hawaii The casualty lists of theso first few days will undoubtedly be large." Ho also said tho nation must be prepared for announcement that Guam and Wake and Midway Islands, far out in the Pacific, had been lost. The forces in tho Philippines, he Frank "Woods Prank A. XVoods, aged 75 years, died oC complications! at 9:60 p.

tn. Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1941, nt his home In Mercer R. D. 2 following an Jll- ncss of five months.

Mr. Woods was a son of John and Nancy Eastllck Woods and was born at Stoncboro on Juno 29, 18G6. Ho had resided In the White Chapel district for 37 years. Ho was an organizer of the Mercer County Wool Growers' Association and was engaged as a farmer and a breeder of purebred Aberdeen Angus cattle. Mr.

White was a member of the White Chapel Methodist Church and taught the Adult Bible Class for many years. Surviving arc the following sons and daughters: Clarence Grove City; William Mercer R. Raymond 'Mercer R. D. Mrs.

Clatr Heckathorn, Mercer R. Clalr Mercer R. Mrs. Budd Robinson, Fredonia R. John at home; Mrs.

Mack Supplee, of Sharpsville, and Paul Mercer R. D. R. Woods, Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Hayes Fry, of Stoneboro, and 29 grandchildren.

Mr. Woods was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Kmma A. Grace Woods, on Dec. 22, Rev.

R. K. Rumbaugh of the White Chnpcl Methodist Church will conduct services in the Cunningham funeral home in Leesburg at 2:30 p. tn. Friday, Dec.

12. Burial will be in Millbank Cemetery, Fredonia. Friends may call until 11 a. m. Friday at the Woods residence.

Baiter Boyrt Fnncral Funeral services for Baker Boyd, retired Sharon steel mill employe who died in St. Petersburg, will bo held at 2:30 p. m. Monday at the homo of his son, Lawrence Boyd of Norris Avenue, Sharon. 2,303 ALIENS IN Boards of Review to Determine Status of JO, Crawford School Burns to Ground An hour and a half after 17 pupils had been dismissed for the day, the Deckards grade school building near Cochranton burned to the ground Tuesday; afternoon.

Tho flro at the two-story, brick building, formerly the Deckards High School, was discovered at 4 emy" Suspects. Washington, Dec. 1.0—(/P)—Attorney General Blddlo said today that 2,303 Germans, Italians and Japan- i Marlan McDanlcl, the school's teach cr, said the blazo apparently started from an overheated stove. Tho school Is located In Wayne Township, four miles east of Cochranton. LONG ISLAND'S SCARE IS TEST "Definitely No Detected, Army Official New York, Dec.

5 P. tn. Cochranton firemen and Mrs. york awoke today to flnd lt was ORC had been seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and are being held temporarily by immigration officials. Biddle said at a press conference that the aliens would bo given into the permanent custody of tho Army, as in tho last war, after their status had been determined by tho civilian boards of review to be set up In communities In all parts of i the country.

The "enemy aliens" seized Include 865 Germans, 147 Italians and 1,291 Japanese. The attorney general said that the arrests made in this country were all completed two hours after CONNEAUT LAKE DAIRY DAMAGED Fire Losses Run High at Crawford Cream Company Plant. Fire of undetermined origin swept tho order and in Hawaii within through the Crawford Creamery three hours after the order. Some of those seized will be paroled after a study of their cases, tho attorney general said. Company plant and retail store en First Street In Conneaut Lake borough last night, causing unestlmat- OTHER DEATHS Charles A.

IVhelan East Orange. N. A. Whelan, 78, co-founder, president and board chairman of the United Cigar Stores Company of America, died yesterday of a heart attack. -Lucy Sarclnella Miss Lucy Sai-cinella, aged 24, of 1026 Dan- Avenue, Farrell, died in Buhl Hospital at 11:15 p.

m. Tuesday. Sho was tho daughter of Mr. ind Mrs. Pat Sarcinella.

She has been removed to Reinsel-Giroski funeral home. BERLIN SENDS U. S. NEWSMEN TO HOMES (Continued'from page 1) messaged back:" "Rudy (Rudolph Josten, German employe of the staff) will fill in. Lochncr (Berlin Bureau Chief Louis P.

Lochner) cM have to leave for home now. Sec you." Asked if they would be interned, 10 answered: "Wo don't know. All American correspondents have asked to leave for their homes Berlin. Bye-bye old man." There the connection was broken. Tho Berlin connection was re- tored at 1:05, when Josten filed a irlef story that, as tho foreign of- Ico expressed it, "American jour- lalists no longer exist for you." The wire continued in operation vith Josten able to file.

500 people are to be named to complete this organization, along lines set down by the state council. At the same time, It was reported by A. Bruce Dcnniston that the Air Raid Warning system, cooperating with tho Army Corps area was already set up, and it was Indicated that steps would be taken to co-ordinate it with the Air Raid Warden service, for local safety. The matter of additional housing facilities in connection with persons connected with the establishment of the Keystone Ordnance Works was discussed by Donovan H. Henry.

George Emerson, chairman of the Jamestown Defense Council, presented to the local council the efforts that haTO been made to increase the precautions for guarding the Pyma- tuning dam against possible sabotage, and the results obtained thus far. After discussion of the factors involved, it was moved by Mr. Henry that all industries in Greenville be informed of the need, and through tho local council tho samo action in other Valley communities, to present a united request to Jhe State Defense Council. C. D.

Rissell moved that Major John D. Cutter be named to inform local industries today. Pamphlets which have been sent out by the State Council, covering activities of the committees for whom assign me nst-, have thus far dream; tlv roaring fighter planes and scurry- Ing air raid wardens had been hero, all right, but. tho enemy hadn't. New England and Long island breathed easier, too, after an apparent misunderstanding that put northeastern seaboard on the alert for attacking bombers and caused two air-raid alarms in this city.

Major Gen. Herbert A. Dargue, commanding tho First Army Air Force at Mltchel Field, said "definitely no planes" wero detected and explained that what looked authentic turned out to bo a mere test. New York, Dec. raid warnings wero sounded In Now York at 8:41 a.

m. (EST) today after similar warnings had flashed over Long Island. The all clear was heard at 9:01., ed damage. Firemen from Conneaut Lake town and Conneaut Lake Park tho burning building for moro than Uts al1 two hours and were able to bring tho blaze under control. Joseph Van Korngut, owner and manager of tho large creamery plant, said he "had no Idea" how- large the loss would run.

The loss is Albany, N. Dec. Herbert II. Lehman (D) today ordered immediate "practice black- York been made, were pointed out by big task, Invo! ficcs of time -'ributed. It was 'Iairman that a orsonal sacri- on the part 1 wer punishment, but defending themselves vigorously, and later developments bore out the hard fight tho islands had on their hands.

Advices from the Philippines indi- Manila, the Philippines. In Tokyo, Capt. Hidoo Jlirakle, Imperial headquarters spokesman, asserted that "the Japanese navy that the J'Wneso air force la has already smashed tho main force US1 Germnn equipment in its raids. of the United States Pacific fleet" i lnt sources tho German and eald that Mikado's navy was i orwln Bhclla fil otl cannon-car- determlned and prepared to I ry Japanese planes had been control of tho air and seas in the u3t)ltlfifc together with other Items Pacific, Indian and Antarctic equipment. However, as one He warned the Japanese people, Al anti-aircraft gunner however, that they must be prepared od t(he Ja I 1s we down wero to carry on against the United Bttttea artd 'Great Britain for If' OUTLINE LOCAL DEFENSE PLANS (Continued from page 1) rangements for the meeting were made before receipt of instructions to do so which came from Harrisburg yesterday.

A statement from Governor James issued nfter tho meeting of the state council was read and of every citizen, an well as every member of the council, lay ahead. Distribution of the burden is to be made as widely as possible, and the use of volunteers for all kinds of local defense work will bo sought. Means of registering volunteers, both among men and women, are to be worked out within the next few days. Those present at last night's meeting 1 included tho following committee chairmen: Housing, D. H.

Henry; Labor Relations, D. D. Richards, and James Clisby; Mobilization, R. R. Hutton, Ralph Callahan, and Major John D.

Cutter: Plant protection, D. E. Gruver; Education, A. Bruco Dcnniston; American Unity, Rev. Paul L.

Swartz; Welfare, C. D. Rissell; Women's Home Defense, Josephine Carter; Health, Drs. F. S.

Bakewell and J. A. Doyle; Finance, John R. Loutzenhlser; Agriculture, J. C.

Joslin. M. A. Blair, general chairman, presided. The remainder of tho chairmen, who were unable to attend last night's meeting-, are James O.

Dirnmlck, Industrial rela- only partly covered by Insurance, he said. It was estimated that damage to the retail store alone would run as high as $9,000. It marked the third tlmo In nine years that fire has heavily damaged a Van Korngut plant. On February 16, 1939, the large creamery plant, then located near Harmonsburg, burned to the ground with a loss estimated at $35,000. Jn November, 1933, the old Harmonsburg creamery was destroyed by fire occupatlon of for a loss approximated at $25,000.

0 nMrl Supremacy Is Japan's Claim (Continued from page 1) custody throughout Japan since the UNITY PLEDGED ATG.OJP. RALLY Partisans Celebrate Sharon Vote Victory at County Dinner. Republicans, celebrating a Sharon election victory of last November, pledged aid for the United States to gain a far more important in the war against Japan night at a banquet In Sharon First Presbyterian Church. With 425 persons on hand, the i otherg wero darn aged, with no loss outbreak of tho war. In a virtual broadside of communi- ques which kept crowds gathering in front of radios and newspaper bulletin boards, the Army and Navy sections of the imperial Said Japanese landing parties had been set ashore successfully in the Philippines north of Manila in joint land-sca-air operations against Philippine resistance.

Declared that previously-reported tho United States Pacific island of Guam had been confirmed and that Japanese military and naval forces now were securely established there. Japanese naval units were reported officially also to have approached the mouth of Hongkong Bay and sunk an 820-ton British naval tug. The announcement indicated that the vessel was doing patrol duty. A member of the navy press section of imperial headquarters asserted that "all Japanese aircraft carriers in tho Pacific still are carrying out their tasks with full force" contrary to rumors abroad that one had been sunk. Tho communiques said Japan bad lost "not one warship.

They acknowledged only that two transports had gone down and two School Head Is Rotary Speaker A vocational talk by A. Bruce Dennlston, superintendent of Green- villo public schools, featured yesterday's noonday meeting of the Rotary Club at the Rlvervlew Motel. Mr. Dennlston's discourse was concerned with various county and city school systems and the duties of superintendents under the different setups. The speaker was introduced by John G.

Bost, club president Lee Bolotln of Sharon was a guest at the meeting. SENATE HOLDS OFFINQUIRY Quiz About Pearl Harbor Defeat to Await President's Word. Washington, Doc. Walsh (D-Mass) of tho Senate naval affalra committee said today that President Roosevolt must be the Judge of when Information about war operations should be given to tho American public. For that reason, Walsh said, tho Senate committee would make no effort to question naval officials on tho extent of ship losses In the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The White House previously announced that one old battleship and a destroyer had been sunk, with other vessels damaged. Walsh said he was satisfied, that tho President had told all ho could about the Pacific situation, and "Tho President, as commander in chief, is in tho position of having to determine tho lino of demarcation between giving as much Information as possible to the American public and of refraining from giving Information that will bo comforting to tho enemy." tions; John Stocber, recreation; David Van Ilarllngen, Boy Scout On the economic war front Ihe United States extended its Italo-Ger- Offlelal Tokyo quarters, denying man blacklist to Include Japanese purported United States claims 1'ii'ins in the other American repub- the sinking of a Japanese aircraft. h'cs. Carrier off Hawaii, said American Meanwhile Cuba joined the list of Observers "might have seen a United hemisphere nations which have. de- States vessel believed to be Ihe t.T.

dared war on Japan, and Chile 8. Enterprise aircraft adopted a benevolent neutrality, an- sink after being hit by Ja- nounclng that the United States and paneso bombs and mistaken it for a 'i' Allies against Japan would ho Japanese warship." nnn-bolh'Kerents and thus Japanese headquarters acknow- allowed full us of Chilean ports. ledged the loss of two transports sunk, two damaged and 13 army planes destroyed. The Navy had previously admitted 38 Japanese naval planes missing. A Tokyv war bulletin said the of Wales and the Repulse sunk within 21 minutes of each other In 4 battle with Japanese timbers, north of Singapore, In the most disastrous single blow to tilt- British navy in tha wholo war.

A Tqkjo communique, quoted by German radio, said Japanese Pittsburgh Livestock Pittsburgh, Dec. (Pa. Dcpt. hogs 300, tic- uvo and 5 cents higher. 160-180 Ib.

n. 10-15; 180-220 Ib. 11.00-16; 220250 Ib. 10.75-11.00; 250-290 Ib. 10.5075; 100-150 Ib.

10.25-75; roughs 9.00- Salable cattle 75, calves 125; sheep U'O; prices steady and unchanged. Monday afternoon, discussed. "Our message to Hie men and activity; and A. IT. Dorr, consumers women of Pennsylvania," the gov- I commil lee.

ernor's statement, said, to re- Kai-h of the chairmen is expected main alert and avoid hjstoria, to 1 to namo additional members of his largest number to attend a political dinner in history of the city, politics was all but forgotten as everyone was urged to support President Franklin Roosevelt and the government in the present, crisis. James Malone, an assistant district attorney of Allegheny County, the main speaker, urged everyone to forget party politics and show the world America was united. Mayor-elect Myron Jones pledged a government fOr the people of the city and said that with co-operation the great victory would be achieved during- the next two years. He cited among the biggest problems those of finances and of congested traffic conditions. Joseph Shatto was loastmaster while Campaign Manager Ralph Johnston presided.

Republican leaders, including Councilmen-cloct K. H. Whitehead, Joseph Harris and Oliver Phillips, and Republican office holders, including those in Mercer County as well as tho city, were introduced. Arthur Collins, Sharon, elected to controller, was the only county-wide candidate named last, month. go about their daily tasks as usual until now task.s and responsibilities arc placed upon llw-m by future developments and to iiu-el those new responsibilities a.s they taking 1 them In stride with the coin-am- and steadfastness which have already been the heritage of 1'emi- sylvanians." It was revealed in tho statement that the governor hud invoked the Act of 1917, which sues him the authority during time of war to appoint special police for the protection ol' private and public property, anil stated hi: is prepared to make appointments of such police any iml us tries and utilities which may recommend qualified men, to I.e paid by Hie industry using them.

In subsequent discussion, a rnotiun Kev. I'aul Schwartz adopted that the local council recommend to tho authorities of utilities serving the area that committee, in tho numbers sary for adequately carrying work allotted to it. neces- on tho Pittsburgh Produce 'Pittsburgh, Dec. S. and Pa.

Dept. demand fair. Applea none, about steady. No. 1 hu.

baskets and bu. crates Virginia Delicious T.fiO-Cr.; Pennsylvania Roma 1.35-10; Now Mclntosh l.f.0-75; West Virginia Delicious 1.50-G5, Hlack Twigs 1.35•10; Ohio Stnymans l.SO. Potatoes 28 cars, No. 1 100 Ib. sacks Ciiippowas and Katah- dins 1.75-2.00; Pennsylvania Russet KuralH 1.25-50; Idaho Russet Burbanks 2.B5-00; 15 II).

sacks Maine Chlppewas and Katahdins 29-Iil, Pennsylvania Russet Rurals 25-27. L3uttei- easy tubs 92 score extras 30; fiO score standards S9 33-y SS score Eggs firm; white extras 41; white standards 40; brown extras 39; first Jn Manila Bay yesterday -'ition of the Treasury Dee. that Japanese naval units Bank Receipts $57,809,341.99. American submarine off tho Is- 9f 180 rnljejs east of the Treasury Report sank a U. S.

Washington, Dec. po- said the fit Expenditures $145,086,033.24. Net balance $2,054,938,659.93 Gross debt $55,231,154,812.08. Increase over previous day they appoint qualified persona to act is guards, and that their reeomiiK'n- ilatioiiH svin to ihe author- Uy. 37: cum-nt receipts 30.

Government In a discussion of first-aid train- unchanged. ing, it was suggested that the local i steady and unchanged 1 council co-operate with the Red Cross on the establishment of a training school In Greenville. White the state council jecoin- i mended that an Air Haiti Warden be appointed, it was tx-ported that this had Already been done, Chief of Police U. R. Hutton serving for the area south of Green villa to Clarksville, who in turn reported appointment of Carl Zimmerman for the area north of Greenville, to Jamestown.

The dividing line of the areas is Main Street, Greenville. Deputy wardens for each district, of of life on any of them, and that 51 planes were missing, 13 army planes and 38 naval. A terse announcement said that the Repulse sank instantly and that the Prince of Wales, crippled and in flight from a first air assault, was destroyed in a second aerial attack. Wild excitement greeted the broadcast, cut into all Japanese networks, and Emperor Hirohito dispatched a message of congratulations to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander in chief of the combined fleets. Capt.

Hideo Hlraide, spokesman of the naval press section, urged restraint, however. Ho told a national I rally that Japan had smashed the main British and United States naval forces in tho Pacific but must be prepared to carry on the war for a decade. Contrary to British and American expectations, he declared, the qualitative strength of the Japanese fleet had risen tremendously since tho 1922 Washington conference where, ho said, Britain and tho United States forced on Japan an inferior (5-5-3) naval ratio in hopes of preventing- a Japanese naval victory. But the smash on Pearl Harbor, ho declared, has reversed the ratio Tho International Association of i "The Japanese navy will con- Milk Dealers, accident prevention tinuo to let actions speak in proving to the world the superiority of the Japanese navy." "Special for small fleets in The privy council met in a 15- the association's "Vehicle Accident minute plenary session with tho em- Prevention Contest." peror, Prime Minister General Hide- This is a coveted prize for dairy ki To jo and other cabinet members fleet operators. Only two "Special present.

(A radio report heard by Awards" were issued for tho entire CBS in New York said an important Safe-Driving Award Is Won By Local Dairy committee has notified Greenville Dairy Company that it has won the United States, and only dairy in Pennsylvania award for this contest year. no other foreign policy decision had been dis- won an cussed in Tokyo and might bo an- noiinced today). Dodgers Acquire Don Padgett for $30,000 Chicago, Dee. Padgett, bijj outt'ieUU'r-catx-her of (lie St. Louis Cardinals, was sold to the County won first place in tho coin- Brooklyn Dodgers today for i-ash es- petition for large choruses at the Big Beaver Grange Wins Chorus Event Uniontown, Dec.

Biy: Beaver Grange of Lawrence FRISCO BEGINS TO FEAR RAIDS City Reprimanded for Failure to Heed Monday Night Warning. San Francisco, Dec. 10 Stung by an Army general's reprimand, San Francisco dropped Its easy-going ways and began today to learn how to respond to air raid warnings, and if need bo, how to live without a light "This is and destruction may come from the skies at any moment," Lieut. Gen. John L.

Dowitt, commanding general of the Fourth Army, said in a blunt rebuke. General Dewltt heaped scorn upon San Francisco for the manner in which it responded to flrst mainland air-raid alarms of the Japanese-American war Monday night and early Tuesday. Tho general's warning of tho danger of death from the air spurred other west coast cities, from Canada to New Mexico, to make blackout and air raid preparations. General Dewltt said the conduct of some San Franciscans who failed to heed the blackout orders was criminal, and said persons who doubted the reality of enemy planes H.S. SINGERS IN KNOX FESTIVAL Greenville Mixed Chorus to Have Largest School Delegation.

Tho Penn High School mixed chorus, which won Class A honors in tho state-wide competition of tho Pennsylvania Music and Forensic League at New Castle during the last school year, will send 19 singers to tho P. S. M. A. festival chorus at Knox, Clarion County, tomorrow, Friday and Saturday.

Ronald Teare, muslo supervisor, said that Penn High would have the largest single school delegation at Knox. One hundred fifty high school singers from about 20 district schools will comprise the ensemble. The district festival chorus performed last January in Greenville, It will bo recalled. Local students slated to go to Knox are Martha. Mossman, Barbara Graff, Mellle Ghost, Marlanna Peterson, Peggy Dorwart, Suzanne THzel, Peggy Harry, Elizabeth Kreps, Do- loses Muster, Dorothy Harnett, Eva Schmldl, Ruth Beaver, deraldine Moyer, Betty Lou McDowell, William Cooper, James Thompson, Jack Hawes, Donald McCllmans and Hur.

old Rcichard. Harry Wood, also was selected for the all-district chorus but will be unablo to attend. During their three-day stay at Knox tho students will bo guests of Knox residents. District participants in tho state festival chorus, which is to sing nt Coatesvillo in January, will bo selected at Knox. Hull Sets January Conference Date Washington, Dec.

tary of State Hull today proposed a conference of American foreign ministers to be held at Rio Do Janeiro, Brazil, in the first week of January. Rome, Dec. The Fascist editor, Virginlo Gayda, said today that Italy and Germany, like Japan, would Ignore declarations of war by "minor Latin republics of Central America." He. that th geographic rieces- sltleS of these republics were understood in Berlin, Rome and Tokyo, but that their "total, passive, risky enslavement" to Britain and the United States "is less understood." Weather Bureau May Be Restricted Washington, Dec. W.

Relchelderfer, chief of the Weather Bureau, announced today that ihe Weather Bureau hopes to continue normal publication of weather forecasts, especially during the winter, except for occasional omissions at regional Information considered of military or naval importance. So far, ho added, the only change has been a slight restriction on ihe radio broadcasting of a few weather details on tho west coast. Picture Jap Airmen As Human Torpedoes London, Dec. (JP) Vichy radio broadcast a Tokyo dispatch today asserting that tho Japanese wero acting in a manner that was "inane, foolish, idiotic." Some buildings wero bla.cked out completely during the period, while the street huge advertising signs continued to burn. The lights of Alcatraz Island gleamed brilliantly in San Francisco Bay, while three miles away in the an air warden banged on a householder's door and demanded that he turn off a light iu the bathroom window.

A one-hour blackout starting at 2:25 o'clock this morning was pronounced nearly 100 pel- cent improvement over the previous The Army made no immediate announcement as to tho reason for the alarm. Evidently no bombs had been dropped. Other extensive blackout areas included Seattle, which was darkened entirely from 12:30 a. m. until daylight, and the San Pedro Harbor district in Southern.

California. Neither had an Japs Offer "Liberty- Manila, Dec. Japanese planes dropped leaflets Monday over the province of Ilocos Norte in cx- treino northwestern Luzon urging tho Filipinos to revolt and stating "Wo are here to finish tho war in tho Far East and liberate the Filipino 1 released their torpedoes and then "flung their planes straight at their objectives, thus repeating the famous exploit of the 'human which marked tho Japanese attack on Shanghai." Tho dispatch, quoting the newspaper Nichl Nlchi, said Japanese flying boats "flew an unprecedented distance to reach Pearl Harbor" and that "not a single one of our airmen expected to return alive." Juke Boxes Hit By Government Ruling Washington, Dec. 10 government today prohibited production of coin-operated gambling machines after Feb. 1 and simultaneously told manufacturers of juke boxes and certain other coin- operated devices to curtail their output 75 per cent by the date.

Women's silk Stockings and Cos- tnme Slips a specialty at Moss', Dr. C. J. Palms OPTOMETRIST 54 Chambers Avc. OKlco Hours 9 A.

M. to 5 M. Evenings By Appointment timated at $30,000. Padgett, who is 28 years uld, music festival opening the annual i convention of tho Pennsylvania State be-on a mis-fit for tho Cardinals for Grange last, night. fivo years, although 10 was Tho title for small groups went to nizcd (is one of tho outstandin hitters in the National tho Brandywino Grange of Chester County.

tl.in WOMEN PLAN DEFENSE (Continued from page 1) Carl Zimmerman, Thiel Woman's Club; Mrs. Robert Ginn, Civic LeaBue; Mrs. J. R. Dugan, Mrs.

Pettr Brath and Mrs. Basil Junk, and P. T. Mrs. William Bales, Dames of Malta; Mrs.

D. W. TiUcl, study clubs; Mrs. Paul Titzc-1, Order of Eastern Star; Miss Ruby Smith, teachers. All the different local organizations will be contacted as to their parf.

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