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TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR ^κ,^Β;^ΐ^«Γ»κΡΗΒ58υ,Ρ HENDERSON, Ν. CM WEDNESDAY* ΛΕ TERNOOX. .11 LV J. l'.Ml ir|:,JSI!1; 1 ,:-.!:.-N„xA'v"i,tr rfoû^'ftfc.^TS COPY
PARADE AND PAGEANT CLIMAX CENTENNIAL
Hitler's Juggernaut
Declared To Have Hit
Bloody Blow On Reds
Κ\-(ι<>\ cninr ( ) pens Centennial
ΙΛ-πιμ CI « ·\ί·! il"! C'iyde R Fifty ι.- shown here nuikifiy tin ]irmi':p.'i!
addn · ,ίΐ !:.f njM-niii.n ι - ! > 1 «Ί the t!r t - < ί.. > llend» r- η ('. nten:i .il. Tiu·
even! ·· ' i 'in 'Hie ; nuivdih .iimivcr-jiy <H the c ·ί Hi . ϊ ι u t Î ι « · lev. u
1 yy t: « · \ · · ι 111 ('..·< >i t... ι ί I.. ii 184 1. and the sixtieth :mn:\ ersarv .>i
the !<· : ' ii ·>1 Van»*· ' > n aet ot ':n let;i>l.it me υΓ 1881.
Russians Indicate
Long War Expected
Preliminary Negotia
tions for Purchases of
War Materials in U. S.
Taken as Belief Nazis
Can be Halted Short
of Victory.
W'a .hum!· ··:. July ' (At') S ft
Rusj ! ι indicated that it expected a
I' 'IV ■·'· .·"· T"d. \ i.\ I . .·«,·. (1 -It: V. ·:
ρπ·! I ' : Μ. y ! I. :■ '! ι,it ;< <u. h >r the | HI!
ch.. «· ■ '! vital -upphf- in tin· Unit
ed State
1« I " ι · : - ' ' η t η 1 ■ c : : 111 s 111 » j ) ρ i 11.
}·,«!(· . II. h . ι i · ' ! I. ι 1 ;i (Mil IX·
sp.nvd v. t looked upon 1>\ some in
W.i In··, :··< a .1 S.· . t ·■ \ ρ ι * e-ion
el ι it l«lf IK ·· li t W df >pitf
mit·: 11,. · IC»·· · t.·',,·! i II · able
1nll.it] l ί , t Μ : IICUi"! I'M/:. rietf
sh«Vt ·■; \ ictm y
I η : "Πι if d nil c 11 (iff i.d 1 h ; · I
Russian representative in this coun
try III 111' Ulbted l.v .Iff ,r,\ I : I · ! I :.. . 1 :
tf\v «'NCcption . deliver;. on any pu
chases the\vf*nade is bound t" be loin; j
df t» I t fd liff , ι ■ f (.1 th t-.fl. te.
bel if \ f th.it the Kih i.m . ι if t ! ι mi. -
ing in term- o| a Imij* ι auge pin
gi; m :
It w ,i c\ id'·ιd. the ι· .iiirc's p<>in{
ed "lit t ί .ι «· · -1 upphfv ι i'»w
available 1 « ■ r S· <■, ie1 purcha.- e wci r
ton in ^li^ible In < Mit .ni y t:« ι u* i I > i ·
effect mi the present tidt «»1 lH i
and. I urthf in ι· »if. it w mild tike the
material* too long t« · ί·.»·ι to Russia. :
II the Wed Are y ι .iblf to Mab
ili/e th· f. ι t«· ι η Γι nut m t.nie t' » take
ad\ an tau·· "I the t ill ι un and the
Hli i.m \\ liter. · une ·« ί ace thought
the American m in pi nductmn
mifcht be . ι ί » l« t<» u | > p I \ hflp to the
Soviet m a liuutfd dfuivi· before
spring olfen>i\e timf m 1!H2.
Red Cross
Nurses Safe
Wa hington. July L' ι Al') Tlu
Ameiica.. Ke«i (Ίο .mimunced to
day it h.id "(i-tiniif word" tiiat Wed
Cr»·. nui.» · ii.:.· mg me·· their .-hi,
\va> torpfdi'fd la.-t week are .ill sate
on land.
Γι · \ · >u In . ι χ American Wed
Cro. iiiir e mi the same in. it λ\ < rM
known t»· ha\e readied land. Th;
cithei · were1 beheved to have been
sicken ι « j » b\ ntlur rescue .-hip
Tin beliel has just been confirm
ed, Wed Cr<officials said, but they
did nnt si.v at what port the nurse.
had landed.
The 17 iiiir-e were part of a stall
goinj.: to England to operate the
American Wed ('rnss-Harvard hos
pital Nineteen other American Red
Cross nurses are known to have
leached England saiely.
U. S. Spends
Nearly
13 Billions
Washington. Jul.s I.— ί\Γ) —
The Trcasur.s announced today
it spent SI *>.710.000.000. includ
ing S0.01S.000.000 loi defense. in
tin last fiscal war. The expend
itures were S."». I Ο.'ί.ΟΟΟ.ΟΟΟ above
income.
An official review of the fiscal
year which ended Monday night
showed hum· increases in hot!»
expenditures and revenues over
the preceding war. hut made no
mention of the program for the
new year which includes
000.000 of anticipated spendiiiL· as
a result of the defense program.
Four Negroes
Die In Wreck
At Warrenton
War: cut ι »n. July 2 - - ( Λ Ρ) — Ft 1r
I)ITS*·11> were killed and three others
seriously injured when their auto
mobile collided with a truck about
a mile I nun · ere early t< «lay.
The sheriff's off'ce here said .11
were Negroes. One of the chad per
sons was identified by Ins driver's
license a- Cecil Ralph Howe of New
York cits
Th« 111 re· injured persons were
' »«.< η I .ι I. < · - ρ 11.11 in I»'·, him!;, Rap
id- One of them was tentatively
.di ntilied ,i nie llill < » !" New York
cit>. Tin nil er two were childri n.
.ihoiit ten .nid la yars "! -tu'e.
The truck wa> <»n!y slightly dam
aged. nd t h « · di;\er wa not detain
ed. Τ t sher.II- elei k said tin
truck w.e from tl «· sandhills sec
t i« »r\ ni' ΧμΠΙι (. '.ι ·■"! :n.i ,ι nd wa>
carrvîiil; peache.- to iiuii'ket.
RUSSIA MOBILIZES
CIVILIAN OthLlNibh
Mosciih. Jul) — Ι.ΛΡ)— The
Soviet Russian cabinet ordered
general, compulsory training ul
civilians today for air anil gas
defense.
The order applied to all men
between the ages of Hi and t>0
and women from 18 to 50 years
old.
Russians
Retreat On
Wide Front
'Lart*e Fart' of Soviet
Armies Trapped East
of Bialystok Reported
Smashed; German and
Finnish Troops Start
New Drive.
( Kv The \ssoci ·(«'(I l*rcss.)
\ « I« ; 11' Hitler's mililar\ j-ii" «;·»!■
» * : * » · ( w .is l"« I · π'ίΙ Ιο have dealt
.ι ν. stau·':· riim Mow to I* us
*ia today with the smashing of
"a I,!»··.·»' part" oi' Soviet armies
trapped east of Bialystok—#*sti
m.it'd at 100.000 troops—and the
capture of IJfd Arm.\ prisoners.
In ulrlition. tlx· (ierman high
command announced that ''im
measurable I taken in the
battle included 100 tanks and
î»00 field eannoii seized or (le
st ro\ed.
Russian troops worn do eribed a
!'·*11'<'.itirm -«η ;i wide i'rnnI. sulTcrin.·'
hca\y ca.- ιΐ; !'μ·> iindcr the -t rating
of the η;..'. 11 « ι îv alio. while ( Icrinall
and I·'; ht 11. !i · : ··.,·· ndlcd it» i >· t ! ι
r.SSIv ! run !· .· ':.r ιfi in ι n« \\ ill . ·
t< w li ft la-nihgrad. HllS>iaV · < < <»!> ;
biggrd city.
Far to the north. Russia's ice
free Arctic port of Murmansk
was reported to have been in
(in man hands since yesterday.
a< cording to a Keiitcrs dispatch
from Stockholm.
\\ lule gigantic ! ». · 11U · raged <»n
land, the British radio . c|)<>ried lha
unit if the ϊίη Mil I Hack m\i !c« !
ladled and drMr· .ved the (lem ai
occupied naval > e at Constanta, or.
the Rumanian coast.
The Berlin radio quoted the
na/i high command as sa y in:;
that German troops had "smash
ed strong Soviet forces in the
area oi Kaunas and captured
their entire arms and equip
ment." including i)l armored
cars 'âO guns. anti-aircraft
(Continued on Page Five)
U. S. Marines
In England
L'. u ici ι >11, July L'. ( ΛI ' » — Λ π \ il
■ ι .1 1 'iiitccl Sl.it· Mai in undci
the (·' iimnand ol Captain .1 « · 1111 li ! I 11
t. ι tak<· o\ « ι .nuard (I < ft u· .it tin· I
S. cm · 11 w a ηηonneed « >11 .e..i : iy
toda\
The Marine .i! t t-i he quartei eci
out ide London toi a few clays, it was
.s.ud. .uni tir u ti an 'ei red : ■ lull· I
in·, ι !" the ι " ti 1 >;i .--sy t « · rel !e\c ; ι : r ι. e ( 1
1 .«md-iii 1 bbie w ο ha\ e Ιμπι
U U ; ι ! d my the c 111 ) 1 < 111 * ; 11 i e il e a d < ι ...it
(1 .
Th< M rue a ι r i \ ed ysterday .t
.ι I Vit i>h ι»· 'i t Stir\ :\ >r- of the
furiner Dutch --tea mer Maarden.
which was Mink while taking Ala
ruies and American I\· cl ι
mur-c· tu Kriglarui. are expect d here
shortly.
( At 1< a1 ι «ne Marine ah. >,ird the
ship and some nurse- were feared
lost. Re cue <>l th others were π
ported 1 » ν the 1 'nited Sta:< \ i\ v.)
Tl e I Tn : ted St tc lied Cm - 1
today it w.i- rep it«d "unofficially*'
to their headquarter* that six iiur-es
from t ht ship had been landed in
Iceland.
It wa ai η leaned from a rehabh
lTnited State i-ince h**re that .nine
Marines had been landed in Iceland.
POLISH LEADER SAYS
WAR'S 'FAVORABLE
EVENT' FOR POLAND
London. .July '2 (ΛΡ) Genei .
W'l iiv law S km-,. . premier of tnc
Poli -h gov ernment in exile, declared
today tile German invasion of Soviei
Russia was a "fa\ lable event" an^
that Pole- could e ν peel the Ru> m
to re-tore So\ let Polish relations κ
their pre u ar status.
"Restoration of territories sei/et
by Russia will now be only natural
and justified." S korski declared at ο
luncheon in his honor.
Quccn (il Henderson Centennia
μι·:'.· · · w...- ι · ,ι·ι :· . ·! î. »· II· ι de · · ·π (Vntrm:i Tui.-i1 y
ninliî l*i st "l ' 1 : ; ' · * '. "! ' ' ι "t * t · ï ι : r y I i 'ri tr>" | ) i ι l; ι
.II)' fi· ' i >. ι t ι ' : ;Λ *:ic !.. ! ■ ! i: T t i · . · - ! 1 .,!;«( i>: \'li!uv { i 1111 \ . The C\ ! il
m ι.. )"li ι ·( i Mit· · -lu liii'iii * » * - ; ι ! ι ? 11 \ ·'! ,,.1'V .-i t,'i« cri 1'.· ; î ι l; 111 !;.«· c'y hV ; j :·
Sl.iU· !i·:; i«.î un- <» ΙΙίΙι. ii'K1 : « -.\lic'h ;,:ir: · \ < · r >. 11 y .»! T : ( · ί j m ι ; » 1 i ι > η 01
V.iiic. ι · 11 ; : î > i »y ■··' cl ! i : ι Su.îc legi- lutiuv m 1881.
Knox Denies Rumors
Of Convoy Activity
EAGLESQU\LRON
DOWNS 3 5 i.AisES
I .nn< 1 Ml î ·' I s i. \ j' - 1 ■;·
\l Λ ! s \ ί 11 : » « : ι ! ,ι ! ι, «ia< I rs»i
(i. \. ι (<!'iiiiuii pl;tlH*s
( hi-. u t< r 11 < ·ι 111 i'i ι .· I·,s ( \ CI
not tin ι it ί ' ι ! it \\ ,îs it > * » t « · < 1.
V !»..(! · » I <. : i m υ ι ; ! ι η - - s
weir Γ'.ΊΐιιΓί, il ilcslro.N ril in t!:r
11 In ?.<»■. ) \ . i:il η ν· · : ■1. t1 .··
Ii.\ I lo>t U\ < mhrs > ami ν.·\ <· 11
fltiilli'l·-s.
Wave! Sent
To in ia
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Fort Brum
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With M'\ ιτ. ι i I · 1 i li
MEATHtR
ΚΟΚ Ν Ο IS ΤΙ I ( ΛΙίΟΙ.ΙΝΛ.
I .ιit* Id parlb cloud \ ΙηηικΙιΙ
and Thursda\, except fur a lew
afternoon thundershow ers al
scattered plaits in \\es>i portion.
Navy Secretary Says
No American Vessel
Engaged in Convoy
ing, Involved in Com
bat, or Had Suffered
Any Losses.
n.· · · . -t.. ! lui -ι AIM —
S. ; il. ν \ . · ' ■ Ν I ! ■ : Î.Ucd to
ll (! tl no \ n i .ι · - ssrls oil
■- ' !.. ni : ι>.t ! : «ι! : . aurd ill
; " \ <»\ πι I : 11 i >. . > ; involved
i.i . ι.ηι!» 11. h : il ins loss
« ; lil.· : · {I" " ι ! t ■ \» 111 \ loss
»! ι·ϋhii>nii .!l.
raise !
cfi th<·
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Mon
Knox
«· tor
N. C. Author
Ends His Life
In Mexico
\ .ι : · . r ■ j il.I uni ' · · : ! J .
He was auth«>r ni the wiri
book "The Mind nt the Soul
1 h :iui Mi - ι '■> I . !■ » vvii· '
wed Inst Christinas i lay, an i
IMiii - V -■ · '..nit to(1;:\
creiiiat <>n ' îiic l"uiy.
Amlvi -. id· μ 11 :d Μ ι -
Π ..nie I s itiiiwu,,, viy up" n
(Continued or.
v^e Fiv e)
'Century Of Progress' Is
Thriiiing, Impressive;
Parade Great Spectacle
Thousands See fviarch Through Business and
Residential Sections; Pageant Repeats Tonight
and Thursday Night.
Wit h the mammot Ιι ptiPack' ο
I'nlln V. i I : tin I i f-1 |H( I : : t al ! f >t ι
1 ' I · < ι .· ' ! < — |ι;ΐί'ι .111! til· I 11 Ί Ί il Ί ·ι|
Tax Measure
Is Drafted
Η ο u s e Committee
Complete Preliminary
Work on $3,504.400,
000 Revenue Bill.
Wii-limçHiii «'.:!> ' iM'i —
» IImin ■ m .ivs and :nt a· f.
committee completed Ihe pre
liniinar\ drafting ol ι s:;..~>0l.
100.00(1 t;i\ bill toda\—SI 100.
000 ;ihu\r its i*t\&I— I 1er vot
ing trill.11 i \ e) \ to increase the
capital stock tax on < orpora
t ions.
lie;)]. nt itivi ( ooper. Demo
crat. Tennessee. a mcmhcr. an
nouncd that the committee had
agreed tentativelx to raise the
capital slock tax from the pre
sent rale ol' S'.10 per S 1.000 to
Sl.:if>. lie saiil this was estimated
to yield slS.000.000
The committee also voted 1 « »
impose a t« n per cent manufac
turers excise tax on < utlery
which would produce an esti
mated SO.ooo.000 and to in.rease
the present withholding tax on
non-resident aliens and non
resident foreign corporations
10 Ι-'î per cent to .'7 l-'i per
cent
Statements
Please Soviets
Τ5· ϊ · ·.
time Limit
In Strike
Defense Mediation
Board Sets Deadline
for Company Accept
ance of Ruling.
Tin· fit fei ■ ;· · .,rd 1«ί1
Ml .it·- ! · ■ KS'I t.,ι· ,.ι·.
I , . · 1 j . . , ■ , · , · n
t'.irt
dation t tin Ml.
I 'i ι ■ ι ■ \\ 11·. ■ -I, I
• llli iki· Il p. 'H ill " ! k ■ τ and 11 ; I -
a\ fi t ι '1 \< · * !.··· iu'\t S: nda v.
I : . ι s, ■ ι ι >
M l'\ I'll II ι- I ' II·· . .lull' I V η. ν ι ι
I ' ι'ι" '"II· '1 " · '■1 !:· lid.-·
almut >: ι >' ι. 0011. min η dofi n-· md'·
lor , ·■ , un : ■·· Tl ■·
board's recommendation was made
Saturday.
Tin h iard h: do··! nl tl it the
sole i<-iu , \\ 1 · · 1 ι · t la ι · ·ι · j >.m>'
- lia 11 · · ·υη ' ί '. lu· AFl. 1 · am a -
barga η i 11 u aiicnt IT mi· e ·>ϊο em
plovci' ot :ln Λ :'· 1 plant s:m 'ki-liv^
powdfi d1 ; « ·" Γ' ι ■· ι · ,■ ι ; ι li.iao
vvoi ki·: > m i!l t the pi nt Tin· union
va> η ·: r d hv 11 · \ ' η · : Labor
. ••':||!·>!!· Γ·· · ' 'd llllt *"· ι··ι" V
• .ι- ί at · 11. · d ι · nt'« ' "H "t \\ it li
en on Page Tv υ)
·ι·\ fin > ι ιι! til· t lu.· afti rnoon,
Ι,ί ·! ni' il;. "( i ntury of
< · ι.!· i.'iiiai i··.· lu aliim rcachcd
a climax today.
1... ' ■ : ;ι..:· , 111 v. ..· alir st
i»!· ... ι·ιί ... the best
h inn "i it kind ever offered in ihis
<■€·:,·.·!. 11 ci ! · . cil led expccta
: ι ' tan ; ..ρ! mi tic manag
1 .·. . » »i it.»* ft n'.en
Ί a. ' ; <a κι ...ight the
a : gi- ; .·. ; ι : ■ : .e cut 11 <. week's
.. .g . ..· 1 ; . :■ d ]jsJj the
...... a - * ,;mi ■ ι ι ί ...rate array of
I· .at- e . c 'ill .11 tin- city.
.V ν ι · ι : ι ci i-d t.. the best
ι mi ,·. · η· t■ ; ιged to
: : tin .t.-1 riding
. ' ι · ■ · ; · ' v. a that tiie
-i. . ; . y . e\1 i, : -. t was in
■ - Ih ■ ;■ I'd Har
.· · ι " · ΛΙ ' ·' c nd and the
' y tii i I'd
I'm - ... ·>· a.»kfd in name
hree others for honorable mention,
j'it fin nd their job s difficult that
• · : : · U:,it d"/.'. η .nste.id.
!' · t \·. t 1 fd Ιι1.! ,ι: t!if order of
;he committee's estimate of their ex
i · ! . .' · ' i ι : : acnes al high
• '■ · McPhei -Vn
! '. · · ι ' : : y. Carolina Tele
phone & Telegraph Company, C a ru
ina Power & Light C mpany, Hen
:)■ -mi Automobile Dealers, South
ί ; \ ' - à ! Il-2âc S' .res,
Stevenson Theatres. Henderson Vul
nu ι .any. là. G. D:iv: &
Sons Company, First National Hank,
Henderson Tobacco Board "f Trade,
Hende i: 1. .·> club
Y : ϋ .. :: ι H appi· ι ng on the
Si -cf · a· .-t ,.tcd :l«»at ol tne
. V M : -, My. Huff. De
ll ·..·, * ■:: K! /iibeth B· nnett
and Ma y Τ a if: . ..nd 'lie ifftper
.' .· I'·, ,ι s, ·· was by Mcl
, 'ii P.i'-i y They \η>π· t be guests
i Si ■ ' t dinner at the
v..net 11· 'tel c filing.
ι)···· I' V ι '1 ■ flit: that at
'"actf·'! part c:, \.r ,. · 'enl a ■: was t at
... · ' ! ■ igshcads. each
; ■.' · ■· ι· a·,') · epresi tiling
"·. η ' "■ π 1 eh leaf tobacco
• -1 : · Pcioi 1 iurg for
■ · j . These
... ι flc.. ii ;. S Ί P. ci and an
tl · ■■ ..·; ,·.·· >i ι··.lured
ι ■ ·.· · ·'· Γ .ci·-· who
helped
■ : -s··.· · : . ; hi this
11 s : h -· 9(1'
!· ' id- ! rum
Oxford. 1 ."ii;-burg. Rocky Mount,
!!«··■).Iff on. :':i add -
! ! .!:·:. ι high
. 1 g!· ι·.· rps spon
11· ·ai' Κ wanis
;·ei·. .·■ 1 applau.se
Τ . .! ■· \ th Ch"si
1 ' ••fd Rock
• \ <h Ci.arnPtt.
" a · a. residen
■ ..η ta Belle
··· · · 'ad wr.twai d
' "d r ·ι\ cd north
t : ι be ginning
\! ' in··iple braved
' ■ · . -d .ni 'ai'i· Two I
Japs Decide
On Policy
No Announcement
Made as to Moves De
cided Upon at Im
perial Conference.
Ί ··!;>·· I .·> : \ 1' )■ The J;ipa
:.·· ι : m■ ι>ι ni ,,nimuneed today
·!···· ι ti ua> taken .it an im
!···. . riviii ή Id tin unrnmg
' ι1 ··ι,■ I policies to
m : ! > I ! · · : « U a t ..II," If t did
<·«'·< ; i· ii ' . ι >iI the de
cisions.
Th< announcement was made after
a ii·' : ri m · t t h ·_· imperial
palace attended by Prince Konoye,
K>·· · .t·· Mim-tei Yn ike Matsuoka
and :> embers o| the high e inmand.
le. m ..uthoritative outline of what
-•■•i i iiirees said may be regarded
• Ja|">an's course in international
Mails, the Diplomatic Review to*
(I i\ ir -sod ·Jlorts to settle the con
el ·,· "■ < '· lia. tin· strengthening of
ί e. ' Λ nhen· ni co-prosperity,
•d ni· i" \ anri i| both Japan's axis
.ΊΙμπι·· aid -κ ι nent'.ility pact with
Κ ι ρ· Russia