TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
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HENDERSON. N. C„ Ί I'ESDAV A ET
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U. S. Ship Declared Ύorpedoed'
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CIO Aluminum Workers On Strike
As I roups l ook ()\ cr Struck Plane Haut
! in
Mussolini Defies U.S. To Declare War,
Storm Death
Toll To 29
Nine Persons Drown
ed, Many Missing, in
Texas Flash Flood as
Storms Abate.
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t'-ai in the Texn ■ panhandle.
Plane Plant
Running
North American Fact
ory Operating at 75
Per Cent Capacity;
Men Advised to Re
turn.
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Ί lh Λ II irl ira Π A · ι : 11 ."II ι in '
• !'.··) wri t· advi <*cI 1«η1..\· I.y U'.i;'
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I l-nit which tin· Aiii'.s ί « ·· · I ; πνιτ un
> · »i'( If Γ.. Irom PlV.-ldeill Kun r\r|!
I'lie Army - contrnlled ; ι \ i ; 11 i · »n
Η mi operated today at almn .t 7ό
ί " ι' 1 «'lit ni' eapar it v. I.i«μ 11 ♦ nant
(,«»liuic| Charles M i»r. η iiaw aii
n«»uiuvd.
1 '"iv-idrrinK the rhantie eonditi<>n
tli.il p,. < . 11 |i»d 111, ,i ι,ι.ιι· \( trrday.
lVri '.vthinj; is running .^monthly."
^ud Colonel Branshaw. who is 'n
(Continued on Page Seven)
Churchill Declares Cretan
Battle 'Well Worth Fighting5
As He Defends Administration
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"woli worth lighting" and that
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p.» m 11. · il· cil t· t»C ilit.· Χ11 r ·. a
Joy.
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,ι n.Li!·' ίι\ |>!,:cr which you ta nui
be ur« 1 holding.
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11 ' οι Ί· I'lirlcrl ( ι ·( * 11 ' W'lioro w« 1 ; !
the ( ο ι n an bo now?"
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iiad imply ι o>iiUiod loi ; I1 " y an
' ι atej;ie pomt> I· ♦ them without
l'i&ht Migl;t the y η·»! .11 thi earl
-.t a.i'i · : 11 the canip.i ;i;n < Ί I !) 11 air* .id
ν be nia/lcr ni Syr.;t « 11 d Iraq η < «
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a Tin· | » ι · i ι ne mini . t; · r a Unbilled I '■ '
ν ; ι ιΓ del « ..t ai C rt.'tu tu lu r v. cak- ,
ν h1 in t c air.
income Tax
Limits Kept
Washing ton. J mie 10.— ( \ i* » —
Tlit* lions e ways ami means eom
niittee \oted lotl.iλ lo retain the
present i 11 «I i \ulual iueoiue lav.
exemptions ni SHOO loi Mirle
persons and $2.000 for married
couples.
On the basis ot this \eai s
figures, litis means thai Πί,ΟΟΟ.
(MM! pe rsoi is will file income ta\
returns oil their l!iil iin miu .
About half ol those who tiled ie
turns this .vear paid income
taxes.
\[ the same time the eun:ini(
tie tli'titied In retain the current
$100 eredit lor dependents in
addition to the spouse.
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h.cal gu\ eminent eumn.i.sMon l<»
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ι 4 wit ii ii premium ol -s;>. ti(·.
SENATE VOTES FOR
DRAFT DEFERTvïENTS
W.i hin^i''"· «lune lu. ι AI') ΤΙ.··
Sena*·· \<>ted ti κ Ι;·\ tn #4l\c IMv.-iuent
Ι,',.,. r\ (it ; * 11111 < » ι 11 >· J·» drier η ili
tnry tiaining lor men who re.ieti
their 28th birthday b> July 1 next
without having been inducted into
the armed iurcci under the cuii-cny
tion .act.
Strike Law
Speed Asked
War Department Asks
Congress to Sidetrack
Properly Seizure Bill
Temporarily.
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lui' equippinj: tin· Army. Hut w ■ ■
(Continued on Pd^e Seven)
Says Nation
Now In War
llaiian Premier Says
Ί otalitarian Dictator
ship Would Follow
War Declaration.
Κ * > 51 κ ·. ,9 ii η 10.— < \ 1 * j — i'rr
i < · ι Mussolini deriared today
iii.i ι the I nihil Slates was at
w ; ι iîc t ado" —( in fart ) ;< ml
\ ί ι L11.» 11 λ defied Iht to declare
w r rainst lln axis.
I ι al·al Slab's intervention in
I ! v. a ι \\ onii! result in a l;oiul i
1 (!i l a h a '.hip in tin· ! ni ted
Sta'as. ihr premier drrlarrd «I
a sol· inn sr--aon of tin- cliainlier
ol ;a>rs ami · ·. 11 i 11 ! · on thr first
:Mini\ i s,ιj \ (d J ι .· ! \ \ decla ra(ion
Of war.
lie rvl·ni'ii to possible [ 'tilled
siat< s ini. ι \ « ntioii in these
w ords:
' 2' Sim in . < « m 1 \ urkey remain
out oi thr w ar lhere is one
I ». » us ·-« i.ii· - l.il·' w hir'i prom
IM'S to t lit» I I !
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ViM'T" in ι : 11 « : \ > nti-ni dors not
hid lier i; · \è \ rr-.si ve Ia'Musso
lini <1 «Ii rial
" λ ·: i \ phi I iha lai atom of
war would 11 · » t modify the actual
situati(.u. u 11 » ι ii i > uni» of de
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Ιιΐ' - hip (|iiic-kly
At · ( ' ί u · \· ι in . Wvii.. a Viiitn
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h»' pl.mr ,ιΐκΐ th t ;t w.is mi îtip ■>
ι knoll .iimut It rι miles nortlnvst "
A'iunn.
He ,ii(l the ; ■ : ι1 spomod im.iet inn
it appeared possible for $&© $gç
occupants, tr. be alive.
Ρίο auction
Resumed At
L· c; i r ο ι t Aluminum
Plan? Tied Up By
Si. ike; Consolidated
Ait<*ri)ft Workers Vote
rn Strike CaH for
ί îSoî»cr Waij'es.
( \ The > ·. ·η«· i.: 1 cd î'r ess)
Ί \\ ' îI» ίι1 ( l.v CIO
uni π î ι » · f m the aluminum
in·''.· ·,· j s '■.({··· î t ;1 un >i\ plants
« : i {' - " · ' Mi'-'iniifu ;>nd Hrass
< errwf , ' ο « «I h'nil is \rm.V
«{'! »« : i1 1 · t !>f π eat normal
l>ν > ' ·»'.·· 1 ·■·'»»·, · ιι,ιrded
·· »·.··' r ν «·» - » ('dinmiindeered
ν ; ··. -i \î·! i· πι Λ via t «on < or
|)ι".ιΓμιι> vairil.iiH- pi ml at Inule
w iiiid, ( al.
.\îl» .Ml( ι if. ||10
i:!"·· f " ·. ■ ι ■ \ ί ' ' Cor;inra·
I) . .. Cl. where
η η ·*ί·Ί ;ill rl:»y on :i
'. ki ' ■. ι i i .? (1- . Ί l'.r iner a
c · < f ι », dd S70u.
tKO.Iii·.! ι. h !, la ι y /lai a · orders. :ι ·
• ·': J> ed V. .· X· .;·· :j Aliier'r;i!i',
Yesterda\. CIO die casters call
ed a strike w hich closed the
Aluminum Company of America's
pl.int .ι I I le\ eland.
Vhout 1.000 memhers of the
I'nited Automobile Workers CIO
walked out at the Bohn plant.
The union asked a ten cents an
hour increase in undisclosed
wa&e scales.
\ · · , any ni : a·'·,I siiid the firm
u ' ■: 11 ι il y. ' vLTiin icni
ni ' nd Ukjt }»."> |H'i' cent of pro
n ' ■ ι ;ic al ;ci U d pl ait was m
"(ls· I 1*1 JB
: ι■ ι.■ r> ni War Stimson saiil
al \\ a hiiinton Huit \i my of l'ie
; :·· il North American reported
II- 1 ■ iki· 1>ν the I nited Auto
\\ <>ι U· ι - < l<> had hten "broken
\\ ni. 11 .ι · 11 " alter ..">()() steel hel
met il Milliers with lived hayo
iii I tniik possession ol' the plant
"it in:, and nl I'resident Koose
velt.
I t.' : ι. ! Charli W.
*··«! 1 »<ι men had
· ■ N'urlli Anii'i'!
m : \ , Army ol'liei'i·
' ν .ι! |·!;inc-s rolling
I ;· · i■ ' · t'id IV.
■ And n ■ ■·.■■: teors are coming in",
ird. "Bviiy
Hie United
lui ·:ι I which
I'l day de
and wage in·
" . i l au;.
: 'aek t"-V. ''l l.
\ Ι I I ι " ι
affld I
ι a ι it 1111·
I
Senate Group Urges
That Priorities and
Rationing Be Not Car
ried Too Far.
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iillu'l'.
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; :»>|)ΐ·ι· .cru ι: · \ <· ι ο
rcntly 11:ι < χΐ a :>i11
,',Ιιίι· . il tin· Si n
ill- ]ia.-M's il also
il id I ' r ι· s i d ι· η t
Kim-ovi'lt sinus it.
may ivsalt in jn^-l
1hat si u t ut' a situa
' un, accnrdiiiK ti>
thèse inr nbcrs of
tin· upper congres
' η 1 chamber, aul
' bitterly.
ÛWiMà mfig
Edwaril Β.
Stctwiiius, Jr.
I.'ll/. 1 ! I ΊΊ. I!' ;)ν· IVHElds θ!' tht* tvf
«·. · pr..,i :t'i ..il miimûiMnent's
: ' ' ; r- (i :\ . π Kdv. ;s ,-r \ R. St il
ι u . Jr., is ils directo*'). (,i regu
it* ! y ' i t h ' 11\Ί r ! llllT; for
(Continued on Pa^e Seven) i
Suspended by Union
- , -K %
Rescue
Stcry Told j
Captain Pereira Re
ports Saving Eleven
Survivors of Sunken
U. S. Steamer.
Γ.ν \V \I.DI ΛΙAll 1.1 ( I<> IM.IIEIUA.
Captain of the Brazilian
Steamer Osorio.
Copyright 1941, h ν The
Associated Press
Aboard the S. S. Osorio. June
10.— ι MM—On June S at H
o'clock in the evenin ·. in latitude
If! north and longitude .'57 west I
rescued eleven survivors in one
lifeboat of the North American
ship llobin Moor, which was tor
pedoed May 1 at the position
latitude (».1Γ> north. longitude
IΓ»..''» 0 west.
Their names are John J. Bani
-, ; ι u. Karl Nilson. Virgil Sander
lin. W illiam S. ( arv. Peter Buss.
Donald Schableise, II. O. Rice,
!ί. C'arlisle. Antonio Santos.
Hug; h Murphv and P. ('. I.ccles.
\l! hut I c( les were crew mem
hers *.
! he s;»\ ed members of the
crew declared there were three
more lifeboats with "ÎX members
of the crew and seven passengers
l·» ludinn three women and one
child.
The commander of the Bra/il
i in shin î amandarr. w bich I also
requested t<» iiu c-tivate. said
about ! !>. in. yesterdav he foiiiul
pieces of bam:a:;e cunsistine of
on·' suitcase and children's tovs.
I nfortunateh nothing more
h ιs been found up to now .
\monii the eleven rescued arc
t h !«e off i : crs.
\Y<· ne conliouiim to Kaeife,
Bia/il. where w «' expect to ar
? i\ e tomorrow nii'.bt
British Near
Damascus
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WIATHtR
ι οι; noiîtii ι mîoi.iv ν
ΛΙονΙΙν cloiidv- scattered Ihim
dcrshow ers toniuht and W'rdues
da> continued mild.
I νt«*ii(l< «l weather l'urccust l'or
the period I'm m 7:30 p. m. lune
10 to 7:M0 p. ni. lune M—-Tem
pera turcs near normal, precipi
tation li^lil some scattered
thundi rt»hm\era latter part ui
period.
Rescue Ship
Captain Is
Authority
Skipper of Brazilian
Steamer Which Picked
Up Eleven Survivors
R a d i ο s Associated
Press; Other Events
Crowd Picture.
' ΊΊι«· Xssoeiated Press.)
The captain ol a Brazilian
ι iM nc ^ ! ι i ; ·. «Ici I ucii llatlv in a
πι (I iog ram t < > the Xssoeiated
Press lodax that Hi»· ' nited
Mat's steamship Kohin Moor,
viink in t)!»· Soutli Xtlantie on
Ma\ !l "was torpedoed" and
government officials m Wash
ins ton expressed urave eooeern
o\»'r nlht r reports th.it the ves
sel was sent to the hollom h\ a
iierman I Imat.
II true, il would he the first
Xmerieun ship torpedoed since
the World War.
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Washington. .1 ιιη#* !(».— (ΛΡί—
The White House asked today
that judgment he suspended oil
the sinking of the steamer Kohin
Moor until il is established how
she was hist.
One intercepted radio mes
sage given the \av> blamed a
(ierman submarine for the sink
ing and this aroused grave con
cern in the capital. However,
Stephen I!arl\. White House
press secretary, said there was
no official information. He said:
"The President would appre
ciate it if there was a suspension
of judgment on the sinking pend
ins a determination of the facts."
Karl> said it seemed to he fair
1> well determined that the po
sition of the sinking was "in
.American waters—on this side of
the Xtlaniic."
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Kk'ven sui·\ i\ · ·! - !.,i\c been j^ickcci
up.
Λ nazi spokesn an i?. purlin di.·
• '.-«·(! report 1111 ihc > ι nk i jig as
"a · :ii ..-ing aid c<>rx:t ι ada'toi ν "
Other develop nieflts crowded tho
alternai ion,; i picture:
!. Premier Mussolini virtuallv
defied tile I nited States to de
clare war against tlie axis.
II ducc. addressing the cliam
her ot fasces and guilds on the
aunix ersar.v nt llal.x's entrance
into the war. declared Japan
would he loxal It» her pact with
(«ernianx and Ital.x m the event
<»i \merican aggression against
the axis."
I On the middle east war
Iront, Hritish columns driving in
to 1'reuch ι tiled Ssria were re
ported less than ten miles Irom
ancient Damascus. the capital,
last ni«ht.
l.arl.N rapture ol tin cit.x xxas
predicted l»\ the liritish, who
s.iid theii advance x\as proccding
smoothlx.
... \\is uarplanes were report
ed to ha\r \ iolently and eon
linuousl.x ass.lulled the British
loitilied island ol < \ pi us tor the
nasi IK hours indicating that
<»eimany ma\ !»e preparing a
"sc. mid ('retc' invasion ol the
.Mediterranean stronghold
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1 Prime M mister ( hurt hill.
(C'ttnl dm 1 '.iLie Scvon.^
Mock War
On Coast
Elizabeth City Makes
Ready Ίο Defend It
self From Simulated
Air Attack..
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tnpinrniw nmlit between Γ· und 9
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tions of the potato, ie-tival.