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I MOUNT CARMEL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1942. MOUNT CARMEL ITEM. EIGHT. especially in matters of military and naval strategy, to subordinates. For months Churchill, largely out of loyalty to his colleagues had resisted demands for a cabinet reconstruction.

It appeared now that he must give in. SINGAPORE SHELLED CALCUTTA, Feb. 14. (U.P) -British Imperial forces outside Singapore City, were lashing in fierce counterattacks today at tank-led Japanese infantry assaults, as the city rocked under a Japanese artillery bombardment. Fighting centered at the water reservoirs of the city.

The Japanese were throwing the best of their troops against the Imperial lines in wave after wave, and it was asserted, Australian troops, defending that vital sector were thrusting out in galant counter-attacks. The siege of Singapore entered its third week at 8 a.m., and the Japanese, who had long since announced that Imperial resistance had been broken, were still taking terrific punishment in their relentless attacks on the Imperial line. All over southeastern Asia, British, Netherlands and Australian radio stations listened for the Singapore station for news of the situation. (At London the Cable and Wireless which had maintained service to Singapore, announced that henceforth none but government messages would be accepted to or from Singapore.) Desperate as the situation was, all reports indicated that the Imperial forces were holding their line and beating back Japanese attacks on the reservoirs at the center. It was reported from Batavia that shops remained open despite an artillery bombardment which the anese 1: had turned on the city in impotent rage at their failure to break the Imperial line and win easily their biggest triumph of the war, Singapore, in announcing bombardment, had said that the Japanese were shelling the city mercilessly and it was indicated that airplanes were joining in the attack.

British artillerymen, sweating at their guns, were pouring a rain of shells into the Japanese lines and it was said that 400 shells an hour were being hurled into one small sector. Reports indicated that the Japanese were making their biggest drive on the reservoirs, hoping to cut off the city's water supplies. But experts said that because of the heavy rain fall at this season, the water situation was unlikely to be a big factor for several days. JAPS USE PARATROOPS BATAVIA, Feb. 14.

(U.P) -The Japanese today opened a large scale alr attack on Palembang, important oil center on Sumatra, dropping hundreds of parachute troops, but an official announcement said of the invaders were killed and that the "situation was not unfavorable" to Dutch defenders. The paratroops, dropped at three places near Palembang, were brought over the island, which lies just across the Malacca Strait from Singapore, in more than 100 transport planes, which were accompanied by fighter planes. The attack on Palembang, in which the Japanese had been ing increased interest all week, was the first officially confirmed use of paratroops in the five-week-old invasion of the Netherlands Indies archipelago. During the early days of the invasion air troops, reportedly were dropped over Medan airport, in north Sumatra, but this proved incorrect. Too Late To Classify FOR RENT--Small apartment.

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Schmeltz At Home Here William Schmeltz, 74, member of a well known Mount Carmel family, died at his home, 20 west Third street, an apartment in the Langis building, at 5:05 o'clock last eve ning, death resulting from a complication after a year's illness. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning from the Higgins funeral home where there will be viewing Sunday and Monday. Requiem mass will be celebrated at 8:30 o'clock in Church of Our Lady, of which Mr. Schmeltz was a parishioner, and interment will take place in the parish cemetery, St. Mary's at Beaverdale.

Kindly omit flowers. William Joseph Schmeltz, a long resident of this community, was born here on May 26, 1867, a son of Samuel and Annie (McDonald) Schmeltz. He was a painter by trade and years ago played clarinet in the Mount Carmel Citizens Band, an organization which later merged with the Raeder Band. A sister, Maggie, with whom he resided, and a brother, Edward, of Shamokin, survive along with two nephews, Thomas, also of Shamokin, and Edward, of Sunbury, Colliery Working Time Scheduled To WorkMONDAY P. R.

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Forty-two cents per day is the average cost of feeding each man in Army cantonments. According to scientific computation, the prospective mother has one chance in 8800 of giving birth to triplets. More than 19,000,000 people have received federal checks during the Roosevelt administration. Australia produces about onefourth of the world's supply of wool. Coal Prices Colonial Colliery Corp.

For Mount Carmel, Kulpmont and Shamokin Stove $6.60 Chestnut $6.60 Pea $5.15 Buckwheat $4.00 Rice $3.15 O. B. Colliery Discuss Aid For M'Arthur By Mack Johnson United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (U.P.) Military experts today believed that the only way of reinforcing Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces in the Philippine Islands would be with a large naval convoy from Hawaii.

They admitted that such a project would involve the risk of. a major naval battle with the Japanese and doubted that the United Nation high command was prepared to take such a chance at this time. The situation was further aggravated by the threat of the quick loss of Singapore and the possibility of a Japanese thrust soon at the last important Dutch Indies naval base at Soerabaja on the Island of Java. They said that the loss of either or both Singapore or Soerabaja would be a major setback to the already slim chance of reinforcing MacArthur. Hawaii is 5,000 miles from Manila and any attempt to send troops and supplies over such a long supply line would almost certainly precipitate an outright test of U.

S. naval strength with Japan. Thus MacArthur's heroic men, holding out on the junkle-like and mountainous Bataan Peninsula against at least 10 to one odds, faced- the prospect of probably fighting on indefinitely without large-scale aid. The question of aid for them was raised in the Senate yesterday by Sen. Millard E.

Tydings, who demanded immediate dispatch of fresh troops for the "brave fighters of Bataan." It would be a travesty, he said, if their stand proved "but a sham due to a approach to the greatest struggle in all history." "I would like to see a convoy with sufficient ships, airplane carriers and arms to make a fighting effort to get to the Philippines to save Singapore," he said. "You can't win the war on the defense. Japan 1s. on the offense and she is winning it though thousands of miles from her home bases." But military and naval experts agreed that the lack of a nearby "free" major naval base from which to start such a convoy made such a feat virtually impossible. They pointed out that such all effort would call for running the blockade of Japanese naval and air forces now operating around the Philippines.

Possible supply lines from Australia and the Dutch Indies have been made hazardous, if not untenable, by Japanese successes at New Guinea, the Celebes Islands, Borneo, the Malayan Peninsula, and Hong-Kong. Despite the apparent hopelessness of getting aid to the Philippines for the present, MacArthur's men are holding on with no indication of being disheartened by the grim prospect of having to "go it alone" indefinitely. They are believed established along a line about half way up Bataan Peninsula with the right wing anchored in the area of Pilar, an important highway junction, on the Manila Bay side, and at a point approximately directly westwadr on the China Sea. They are bolstered by the island fortress of Corregidor and three minor strongholds guarding Manila Bay to the rear. After two days of lull, yesterday's War Department communique told of enemy dive bombers pounding American lines, and Japanese patrols undertaking "aggressive action" presumably as part of the effort to wear down the defenders AIl l'li FOR DANCING FAMOUS BANDS and Call! at Your on Bluebird Victor Records REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR DEAR MOM (27738) Sammy Kaye 1 BLUES IN THE NIGHT SOMETIMES (B-11436) Dinah Shore MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL HAPPY IN LOVE (B-11401) Glenn Miller I SAID NO! DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS (B-11391) Alvino Rey 0 0.

WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER MADELAINE (27704) Sammy Kaye Stecker's Book Store 20 North Oak Street. Ash: about the New RCA Victor Long Life Needle Malayans Try Not to Let Japs Get Their Goats BIG MID-MONTH SPECIAL -VISIT THEAPPLIANCE DEPARTMENT For The Following Bargains: $6.95 Electric Irons $1.50 Floor Sweeper $3:95 $10.50 Waffle Iron Electric Irons $7-50 up Glass Coffee Maker Sandwich Grills. up up Electric Toasters Bed Lamps Complete up MANY OTHER ITEMS Come Early-Supply Limited Guinans Laura Ingalls Is Convicted (Continued from Page One) mittee rallies. The defense admitted as much but insisted that the flier had been engaged in private age work against the Germans, impelled by the fact that she had been three times turned down when she sought a job with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Reilly in his summation called his client "a bit of a crackpot" whose only ambition was to serve her country.

Special Prosecutor M. Neil Andrews called her "a charming German agent," "this Mile. Mata Hari," whose real aim was to pave the way for Adolf Hitler and become "Mrs. Gauleiter of the United States." Hospital Admissions ASHLAND HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS: Monday. Wednesday and Friday, 7:00 P.

M. to 8:00 P. M. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 2:00 P. M.

to 3:00 P. M. Sunday, no visiting hours in the wards. OPERATION Anthony Procopio, Mount Carmel. ADMISSION Paul Kopek, 412 Columbia Avenue, Atlas.

DISCHARGES Charles Bloom, Aristes. street, Kulpmont. SHAMOKIN HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS: Tuesday, Saturday, 6:30 7:30 P. M. Thursday, Sunday, 2:30 P.

M. to 3:00 P.M. ADMISSIONS Mrs. Bertha Long, Mount Carmel; Mrs. Verna Malasheski and Mrs.

Mary Masiak, Shamokin, and William Meisberger, Brady. BIRTHS Paul and Martha (Coveleski) Holda, 248 Center street, Mount Carmel, a boy. Lloyd and Lucille (Krum) Ritzman, 942 west Walnut street, Shamokin, a boy. Earl and Arlene (Rockwell) Boyer, 509 east Sunbury street, Shamokin, a girl. Defenders Slow Enemy Invaders (Continued From Page One) criticism.

The escape of a German fleet past the English coast within range of shore guns, plus the desperate situation at Singapore, brought even the utra-conservative times into the chorus demanding the scalps of members of Churchill's government, if not that of Churchill himself. So bitter was the criticism that some thought Churchill would have to make a vigorous defense to assure even himself of the continued confidence of the House of Commons. But the general demand was for a merciless shake-up in the cabinet. to weed out the weak men and especially those who had any remaining taint of appeasement, and for Church to delegate real authority, SCALE OF MILES 0 200 North Sea EIRE: Irish Sea GERMAN WARSHIPS DEN APPARENTLY ESCAPE, HEAD FOR NORTH SEA BASES ENGLAND: HELGOLAND EMDEN Strait of HAMBURG Dover English Channel, GERMANY: BRITISH, NAZI GREAT COASTAL GUNS BREST BATTLE JOIN THE FIGHT BOURG HERE GERMAN WARSHIPS: LEAVE BASE HERE OCCUPIED FRANCE: NAZI FLEET RUNS GAUNTLET Map shows how German battle fleet slipped out from Brest where the British had held it prisoner and moved up along the coastline of occupied France until sighted by British reconnaissance planes off coast of Dover. Hundreds of British bomber and torpedo-carrying planes sought to break through the aerial "umbrella" of Nazi protective planes.

British and Nazi coastal guns on opposite sides of the Strait of Dover entered the furious fight. Using smoke screen successfully, the Nazi fleet, comprising the German battleships Sharnhorst and Gneisenau, the Prinz Eugen and smaller craft, escaped into the North Sea--probably into the German sea haven, Helgoland. Natives of Malaya are shown fleeing with their possessions, including Japanese invaders. and ferret out information on their strength. Receiving PARTY AT CENTRALIA Members of the Willing Workers Class of the Centralia Methodist Church were entertained Thursday evening at the home of Mrs.

Maria L. Lewis, south Troutwine street. Mrs. Lewis, familiarly known to her many friends as "Aunt Maria," will be 80 years old tomorrow 50 the regular meeting of the class was turned into a joint observance, that of the anniversary of Lincoln's birth and the anniversary of Mrs. Lewis' natal day.

A luncheon was served with a large birthday cake adorning the center of the table and the room decorated in a patriotic color scheme of red white and blue. Mrs. Lewis, who is enjoying the best of health, received the hearty congratulations of her friends and today members of the Item staff joined in extending best wishes. Those present, beside Mrs. Lewis, were Mrs.

H. J. Heffner, of Ashland, Mrs. Jesse K. Gunder, Mrs.

Evan Williams, Mrs. Charles Mochamer, Mrs. George Getchey, Mrs. Frank Kreischer, Mrs. John Wills, Mrs.

Edward J. Troutman, Mrs. Oscar Fetterman, Mrs. George Jones, Mrs. Harry Kimmel, Miss Gertrude Fahringer, Mrs.

Daniel A. Michael, Mrs. Harry Small. and daughter, Libby. goats, in an attempt to escape Receiving Applications For C.

C. C. Northumberland County boys who enroll for CCC camps on Friday, February 20, 1942, will benefit by regulations recently effective which give them a cash camp allowance of $12.00 each month. The allotment to the enrollees' family will be $10.00 and the remainder of the pay ($8.00) must be deposited with the commanding officer in camp. The Northumberland County Board of Assistance is receiving applications for enrollment of boys between 17 and years of age, unmarried, unemployed and in good physical condition.

Application may be made at the offices of the Department of Public Assistance located in Shamokin, Sunbury, Mount Carmel and Milton. Enrollees may be assigned to any camp in the Continental United States and applicants must sign an agreement to accept such assignments. The major divisions of the work and training program of the Civilian Conservation Corps as now planned will be: (a) Aid in war work constructions. (b) War resource protection and development of natural resources which are indispensable to a Nation in time of war. Young men who are interested in this vital work and who qualify under the requirements mentioned above, should make further inquiry at once and fill out application forms not later than Wednesday, February 18, 1942.

Lincoln Club To Hold Banquet This Evening The Lincoln Club of the Auxiliar, to the Sons of Union Veterans, this City, wlil hold its annual Lincoln's Day Banquet in Hotel Belgrae this evening. Approximately sixty reservations had been made for the affair up until this morning. BIRTHS Dr. W. A.

Lustusky reported the following births: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mariana, of Marion Heights, a Mr. and Mrs. Emil Chikoski, of Excelsior, a girl.

Card Party By St. John's Rosary Society Sunday Evening Feb. Sharp St. John's Hall Willow Cherry Sts. Admission 44c, tax included.

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