The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 1

11 1 9 Serial Story His Christmas jffl if VdfrA Every Dey in THE BEE VX I saaaanri '1 7 'i5 A 4 War Newsli Our Readers Are Cautioeed Tket Wer I News rom Abroad Is Subjected II To Rigid Censorship II HOME EDITION I A V' 4 MANILA SEEN ON VERGE ALL 1 i 4 i' I CONCEDES REVERSES 1 1 1 IM iru TT 1 7 A A a a V' 1 6xkx ighting Is Heavy 1ST CITIZEN DIBRELL greet night THE WEATHER 0 (Turn to wage Story N'o1) northern route also for new terms to I were recently elected Marshal! city treas warmrr with fog and drizzle or light rain last night at Hospital here patient since was attrlbut 1:9 llRBWssf had Army Ordered iu neep secret local recruiting office 4 this morning of an order received today from the War Department in Wash ington that no further names of men enlisting places to which they will be sent or In what numbers volunteers come forth may be made public Chief Machinist a Mate Bos well in charge of the local navy re cruiting station stated today that no such order has been issued in his department The army recruiting ofiloer declar ed that according to the order only inconsequential details In the future may be released to newspapers such as changes in enlistment requirements and possibly appeals for men with specialised training MORE BONDS OR BOMBER SMITHTOWN Dec The directors of the Suffolk County Pollcii Association voted last night to pay out of the association's treas ury a bounty or 500 in defense bonds to the crew of the American plane that drops tho first bomb on Tokyo QUEER STORY The city auditor Carl Coley Is plan ning to keep close check on all phases of city work and the council also is to be kept in touch every thirty days on how the city's money is going' Islands Around Hawaiians Raided LONDON Dec Wamall Unit ed States islands within and below the Hawaiian group have beenvat tacked repeatedly by Japanese war ships since Dec 17 a Tokyo broad cast recorded by Reuters said today The navy section of imperial head quarters was quoted as saying that hangars wireless stations snd other military installations on Maul John son Sand and Palmyra islands been destroyed was last of the Kiwanis for outstanding supper meeting VN VILLE AND VICINITY: Siow ly temperature with pero' sionai very light rain thia afternoon and tonight Lowest tonight VIRGINIA: Slowly rising tempef ature generally fair on the eanfl 1 occasional very light rain In lateriuf tonight poMlbly some freezing rain in mountains north CAROLINA: Cloudy and siigntiy (AMonal night silver service at a at the Danville Hotel was the tenth in line of sue Will Be Holiday At City Hall Louis proclaimed Club civic held He cession to be tapped for distinguished community service and last night made a brief expression of surprise and gratitude after being presented with) the sliver emblem by Landon Wyatt 7 ollowing the usual custom the decision of the special committee which surveyed the services of sev eral Danville ellglbles the name of the winner remained a dark secret tut Mr Dlbrell had been invited to be present with other guests and was wholly surprised when he was asked to come forward to accept the tok en Mr' Dlbrell is a partner in the arm of Dlbrell Brothers leaf tobacco dealers known throughout this country and through the Seven Seas Landon Wyatt who made the ad dress of presentation lauded Mr Dlbrell for the work he has done dur ing recent years for community wel fare religion education social serv ice government commerce and in dustry He haa been frequently call ed upon to load civic drives of one character or another and only re cently led the Community Chest cam paign to a successful finish He Is a past president of the Danville Ro tary club past president of the Dan ville Chamber of Commerce and Dan ville Tobacco Association president of the Danville A as well as being a member of the Police Commission Outalde of his leaf bus iness he has many other Important business affiliations Particular ref erence was made to Mr Dlbrell as a man "without political ambitions who dislikes publicity" and who gives hliftaelf sincerely to any taut to which Awociand frwt Uarod Wira Danville Va Wednesday Afternoon December 31 1941 OUNDED EBRUARY UN NO 15910 (By The Associated Press) American and ilipino troops battling against appar ently hopeless odds were reported still offering resistance inflicting heavy losses on 4he today after executing a further adjustment of their lines ATTEMPT TO EVACUATE WOUNDED MANILA Dec (3:30 1 :30 A (AP) A dramatic attempt to evacuate 300 seriously wounded Americans from Luzon Island on a ship flying the United States and Red Cross flags was announced today by GenerabDouglas MacArthur MANILA DISPATCHES CEASE NEW YORK Dec Private advices receiv ed in New York today indicated that the fall of Manila is imminent They suggested arrangements based on the assumption that the capital of the Philippines shortly would be in Japanese hands Between midnight and 9:35 a only one brief dispatch had been received by New York Associated Press headquarters from its Manila bureau That reported General Douglas attempt to evacuate 300 seriously wounded from Manila by ship Censorship might have delayed later messages The Tokyo radio broadcast a Japanese claim that an invading cnlumn advancing from the southeast was within 20 miles of Manila The fallof Manila would not necessarilyjxgan lhe end of th Philippine campaign United States and Philippnes armed forces presumably would continue resistance in oth er parts of the islands Reds Let Up LONDON Dec While AlMf Hitler wan telling Germany that the new year would see Rus sian power smaahed the Kulby hev radio was broadcasting to the Geimans today that 1942 we shall chae every German out of Russia and score final SALT LAKE CITV Dec The plane been made yet to carry the bomb (which been made yet cither) that might induce an earthquake "The Idea la rather riys Dr Hyrum Schneider Utah University 'geologist "iris very' doubtful if bombing could disturb nn earth Numerous persons have consult ed the professor about the matter ittely he said Tomorrow wUl be a holiday at(tlie city halL Mayor Gardner co stated this after noon adding however that there might be some essential service which under the prevailing emergency would require writ but the heads of the varioue departments will be judge of this Mrs Henry Langston today re i celled the welcomed news that her brother Harry Broslus and his wife are safe and well at Hlckam ield outside Honoilu The brother is attached to the army Mr corps at Hlckam ield and his wife is a nurse in the base hospital serv ing that air centre This was the first word received by Mrs Langston of the safety of her brother since the war began The monthly' report released 7 this morning by red Hatcher police 'jus tice court clerk on court activities during the preceding 30 days show ed that despite the war and a gen eral feeling that police activities have declined since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor more arrests were made in December ending today than In December of 1940 Comparative reports show i that in December 1940 371 arrests were made in December 1941 395 arrests were made To the contrary of causing a de crease in the number of eases coming before Magistrate Carter the ar has apparently caused an increase also evidenced by the fact that im mediately following the declaration of war a number of men were towed into court on charges of 'drunkenness pleaded that they became intoxicated because they could not bear the thought of the nation at arms There was a decline however In arrests between November and De cember though the November total was also smaller than the October number According to state ment there were 31 less cases la De cember than November and 335145 less turned into the city treasury a total of 3976995 having been en tered into the city treasury in No vember as compared to $941850 last month Of the 395 arrested 331 were found guilty 56 acquitted and eight sent to the grand Jury While arrests for drunkenness in creased in December from 158 to 179 the statement showed violations of traffic ordinances dropped from tR to 44 Other causes of arrest in eluded assault 93 disorderly con duct 18 driving recklessly' 13 speeding 25 violating A stat utes 14 and shooting fireworks in city 1 Bomb bursts rise from Herdla airdrome on the Nazi occupied coast of Norway in the raid on German bases by British troops naval vessels and aircraft This picture the London caption ex plained was made from a British Blenheim bomber (Picture1 by radio from London to New York) Temperature Reading by The Radial Thermometer General MacArthur's terse munlque Issued at 11 a (9 EST Tuesday) said: "The enemy Is driving in force from both north and south dive bombers practically con trol the roads from the air "The Japanese are using great quantities of tanks and armored units "Our lines are being pushed back" (Japanese military spokesmen' first bad declared their alm was to subdue Manila by January 1 but only Tues day they changed their schedule to "before January Lee made his trip to the vicinity of the southern front lines between 7:30 a and 8:30 a (Censorship apparently kept him from filing details of his trip) Before the report that the Japa nese were within 30 minutes driving range of Manila they last hd been reported 45 airline miles from the capital But a wide lake the Great Laguna De Bay lay between that area and the capital and they ap parently were forming their force to skirt that body of water on first class roads There were two columns Involved' (Turn to page 5A Story N'o 9) 1 Re Capture Kerch' Gateway To Caucasus uehrer Ac knowledges Landing Of Strong Russian orces To Blur Dream Of Taking Vast Old ields Picture Is Con trast Of His Message Year Ago Promising Will Bnng Greatest Victory In Workmen Starting Construction Of New Water Tank J' Workmen have arrived to start the construction of Danville's new elevat ed water tank in North Danville cloee to the North Danville reservoir It will be tome days before the work of raising the steel beams willbegin as the ground organization is now being perfected A small oftloe la being built and the various sec tions of the trimmed steel being sort ed out It will probably take three months to build the pre fabricated steel tank which la expected to im prove water pressure on the higher level of the Nerthslde The Workers Council of the irst Baptist church will hold its last meet ing of the year this evening at 6:30 o'clock at which time supper win bo served The meeting will see the completion of the business with the filing of reports reflecting the paat activity ORT KEPT CLEAR LONDON Dec Reports received here today said that lhe Russian fort of Archangel on the White Sea normally jammed with ice in winter waa being kept clear so supplies and material can be deliver ed from Britain and the united States via the Stephens Succeeds Holland In Senate SUOLK? Vs Dec Vot ers of the fifth state senatorial dis trict yesterday named A 8 Stephens of Isle of Wight county' to the Senate seat vacated by the death of Holland of Suffolk Isle of Wight voters elected Ernest Howard Williams Jr 'of Smithfield to the House seat which Stephens had occupied since 1930 Neither man had opposition in the special election Both are Demo crate The fifth district include Suf folk and the countlee of Nanscmord Southampton and Isle of Wight TDHPERATUMS 7 yesterday dear 2 a today (date) 7 a today today' 47 (etat Brother Of Mrs Langston Reported Safe Late News A VfHufcherson Rites Tomorrow At Long Island uneral services for A Hutcher son of Long Island Va will be con ducted there tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev Nester and burial will follow: in the family burial ground nearoy ws Mr Hutcherson' died 7 o'clock at Memorial where he had been a Christmas Eve Death ed to pneumonia His age was 81' He waa horn in Pittsylvania county and tor the last 35 years had been making his home at Long Mr Hutcherson is survived by five daughters Mrs Coleman Rowland of Gretna Mrs Ballard Shelton of Chat ham Mrs WUlle Shelton of Dan ville Mrs Monroe Haynes of Hurt and Mrs Walter Rowland of Gretna: and three sons Johnny Hutcherson of Long Island Burton Hutcherson of Altavista and WUlie Hutcherson of Long Island Commissioner Edwards Assumes His Duties Tomorrow O' Berkley Edwards who tomorrow assumes rank aa Danville's new com missioner of the revenue was sworn In by Judge Henry Leigh in the office of the clerk of the corporation court soon after 10:30 o'clock this morning Sworn in which they were Eucene urer: Holt Lyon city sergeant and George attorney All four swore to uphold the na tional and the state constitutions and to give a faithful performance of their duties Mr Edwards who a month ago left the public utilities department so aa to become familiar with his1 coming duties has spent all of this month as an observer Inthe commissioner's office He will be aided by Miss Em ma Ragland as chief deputy and no other changes will be made to the of Cce staff By the same token Pryor Rag land retires to private life tomorrow after serving Danville for many years as commissioner and for many years also as assessor Mr Ragland haa been confined to his bed for well over a year and decided not to make the race the last primary Marshall is now the dean of the city staff entering tomorrow upon his fifth term During his In cumbency he has never had opposi tion and he has served the city 15 years and 45 days He handles thou sands of dollars of money and he fol lowed the usual course of executing a bond for 3125000 after he had been sworn in today City Sergeant Holt Lyon enters his fourth term also At torney Bendall Baptist Workers Council To Meet Annual Award Goes To To bacco Man And Com munity Leader Dibrell winner trophy 0 IGHTING ONLY 30 MINUTES DRIVE AWAY By CRONIN JR MANILA Dec Greatly outnumbered Ameri can and ilipino forces north and south of Manila be ing pushed by hordes of Japanese infantry tanks and dive bombers General Douglas MacArthur grimly ac knowledged today The southern battle line tts only 30 minutes from the capital by au tomobile early today An Associated Press staff reporter Clsrk Lee made a trip to that front and back this morning in an hour (The ominous tone of General Mac morning communique and the fact that the Japanese were within 30 minutes driving range of Manila indicated that perhaps the tall of the open and defenseless capi tal was imminent) General MacArthur's field head quarters communique declared the Japanese dive practically controled the roads from the air 1 (Thus the invaders we in posi tion to make full us of tanks and armored units sent to Luzon Island with great fleets of transports) com City Officials Sworn in by Judge Leigh British Bombs Burst on Norwegian Coast Conservatism Watchword in City Affairs Council Starts 1942 Alert And With Sails Reefed A II Arrests nere a Continue In Spite Of War Stalin Exhorts Troops MOSCOW Dec Soviet fighting men who smashed Axistroops in the Crimean panhandle during a 4S hour battle recap turing two cities were exhorted by Premier Joseph Stalin today to rid the whole peninsula of the Ger rl mans their: Rumanian and Italian Lifting of the stx week siege of Sevastopol the Soviet Black Sea naval base obviously was an in termediate objective Japs In or Surprises OTTAWA Ont Dec UP) 4 Prime Minister Churchill praised the defense of the Philippines by American and ilipino forces today and said he thought the Japanese were for some surprises before the fight ended Asked by a London reporter at press conference If he thought the British would hold Singapore he responded "I sure Italy Drop Out OTTAWA Dec Prime Minister Churchill declared today that he hoped the decisions on grand strategy for the future con duct on the war to be made in conference with President Koose velt would be expressed "in dteds and not in He told a press conference that he did not have much hope of if Italy falling out of the war soon "im afraid the organ grinder has the monkey too firmly bybe he said I Heavy fighting took place south Adegabta yesterday and con slderable damage done 'to the armored Ione of German Gen Erwin Rommel the British an noumed today Rommel used the full strength of his tank force and strong tn fantry elements in a determined effort to present a British sweep around hl southern flank today's communique said A heasy engagement resulted Many of the German tanks were smashed and much motor trnns port was shot up Report Casualties TOKYO DOC (G 1 1 a 1 Broadcast Recorded by AP) A Japanese army communique today claimed that 3000 British and American troops were killed and000 captured from the start of the war In the ar East to De eember 26 Japanese casualties were 743 killed and 1199 wounded the com munique aldv Dutch Need Aid BATAVIA Dec The Netherlands East urg ent need for more fighter planes was stressed anew today as Japa nese air raiders killed three per sons and wounded 19 In scattered bombing raids in the provinces Raid Jap Settlement LONDON Dec The BXavli radio said today that Dutch naval forces had carried out 9 raid on a Japanese settlement near the central provinces of The En Indies Ji Stop Hitler BERLIN Dec (Official Broadcast Recorded By 11 Adolf Hitler in New order to hl troops declared today that the Russian winter counter at tack "must and will be and that the year 1942 would see the Soviet power broken com pletely Addressing his troops on the eastern front the fuehrer assert ed that "Germany docs not want and cannot afford to he Involved th battle again every 25 years and engage in a new war for be or not to "A AND EGGS CHIUAGO Dec Butter tceeipta 403855 steady market un changed Eggs receipts 11339 steady mar ket unchanged (By The Associated Press) Reiehsfuehrer Adolf Hitler standing? at the crossroads of a new year acknowledged sharp reverse for his Crimean armies today as the once con quering German legions were reported in retreat on all fronts Just a year agot today In a New message to bls troop Hitler boasted: year 1941 will bring comple tion of the greatest victory of our By contrast this was the picture today: The Nazi invaders hurled back as much as loo miles before Meecow Driven 60 to 70 miles in retreat from their deepest penetration on the the Leningrad front And a new threat developing1 in the ar South with RusslaY Red armies storming back into the Crimea to blur Hitler's dream of capturing the greet Cau casus oil fields across the Strait of Kerch A bulletin from Hitler's field head quarters conceded that the Bussiane "during the last few days again laud ed strong forces on the Kerch penin sula and hear eodosiya" in aa at tempt to lift the siege ot Sevastopol naval base counter measure have been the communique de clared and asserted that German and Rumanian troops in bitter hand to hand fighting had captured a large number of Soviet positions and knifed deep into Sevastopol's defense system On oflcial Russian announcement said the fortified city of Kerch gate way to the Caucasus and the Black sea port of eodosiya 55 miles to the southwest had been recaptured yes terday Retreatirg on both these seotors the enemy is being pursued by our (Turn to page 5A Story Ne 3) tt: ierce ighting Reported In China CHUNGKING China 'Dec SI UP) ierce fighting rages along the en tire northern front where the Japa nese are driving toward Changsha a Chinese communique said today Chinese forces the announcement said are holding positions firmly on the south bank of the 'Milo river 0 Two Motorcycles Now Equipped or Radio Reception i A Two of the Police Department's motorcycles have been equipped wit radio receivers The officers caa hear instructions from headquarters but they cannot talk back as in the case of the police cruiser cars Testa made yesterday revealed a good range cf the riders saying there wa less static interference than In the police cars Soviets Storming Back Into Crimea In Large Numbers LNDIBRELL New Day io Keep becret ir iijri Men Who Enlist AllLAIM LU The city of Danville today is clos ing its fiscal year and is preparing for a new year which will make heavy demands on councilmanic conserva tism The city ends its year within its budgetary plotting with one or two minor exceptions and passes into 1942 with some unexpended balances and with a new budget operative as tomorrow which the council pared to the bone While the country was not at war when the budget was framed the finance committee and Obi Minor ita chairman' par ticularly felt the drift towards hos tilities and the committee reallzad that a war year would mean a mini mum in capital investments and holding down to the lowest figure the overhead of city government Ranking also as a conservative Is conwky president of the coun cil and members of the finance com jmlttee which is the ways and means group 'of the city administration Mr Conway haa been preaching con servation1 of municipal assets and a restriction to expenditures for a long time Danville win undertake ino new projects during the coming year un less the war program brings new in dustries or new bureaus to this city the purpose of the council as explain ed by a spokesman today is that city shall safeguard Its Investment keep up its existing properties and keepthe contingent fund unimpaired as far as possible with no one knowing at what time the city might be called on to make emergency expenditures 'The new water tank which fi nanced by council bonds was ap proved and the steel for it cut before war came and so will be pushed to completion The city's overhead may run ahead of expectations The war programme has stepped up the civilian police and the' necessity of maintaining armed guards at essential services pads the payroll" its 1 Hordes Of Japs vii fneer Stiff Resistance 0 Dramatic Attempt to Evacuate 300 Seriously Wounded Americans rom Luzon Apparently oreshadows Last Stages of Battle for Philip pine Capital as MacArthur's Armies all Back Under Assault of Overwhelming Jap Infantry Tanks and Dive Bombers Turnpike Bus Has Been Put In Operation 5 oncle Hubbard has begun opera tion oi his ranklin Turnpike bus and announced this morning sched ules of the new passenger service The bus Hubbard declared leaves Callands at 6 a 9 and 10 and arrives in Danville at 7:30 a 3:30 end 11:30 Each hour of arrival he pointed out (win put the passengers in the eity In time for the various mill shifts The Danville terminus Hubbard said is the city parking lot on Canal street since that site is believed to be the most centrally located The bus leaves Danville at 8:15 a 4:15 and 12:15 a from the parking lot and goes by Schoolfield to pick up ranklin Turnpike residents there getting off work 'Rates the operator stated have been fixed Theecloser a rider lives to Danville he said the less the fare will cost 'Hubbard declared that he will attempt to operate the bus at the present rates but that later It may be become necessary to raise them slightly for the 60 mile lournev from Canllands to Danville and back Heading towards Danville th bus turns off at New Design and proceeds down the new belt line to the River Road and from thence schoolfield Aubrey Clark has been named driv er the bus i i 1 V1 Am ri A.