Hwtîteramt Hathj Htspafdî
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN 7 HIS SE TU ).\ OF NOR I H CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AITLK.\0( )N, -ILLY
:i11 t'UB,.,S.U.V ^K.JV Λ,·ΤΒΚΝ,«,Ν FIVE CENTS C0I>Y
U. S. Νανγ Troops To Iceland
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Russians Set German Losses At Million Men
Sisters Vie for Beauty Crown
A WC«
»
As California seeks its fairest dau^Hter for the title Miss California,
sisters I'hyllis (left) and Lois Davis, of Santa Monica, enter the com
pétition. Ultimate goal, of course, is the Miss America title.
' PERU-ECUADOR
BORDER QUIET
Two-Day Flare-Up in
Renewal or Border
Dispute Reported To
Flave Died Down To
day; Charges and
Counter - Charges
Made.
Omi* . Kcu.id- .! ily V (,\P)—Λ
t\V<» day 1 ;, I ! ι ;p ι Ί I) : ill lighting
and I " m il >ing raid lu t'.\ e : ! 'i : .mil
Ken idi il' v. a- ι ■; · ιΊι <1 ■ ! ι "ilt > Ί -
patch) ti. liaVI· died di \ η '. ■· I .■
Ecu:,dnr charged I'cru with I>■ >iiU
cnl and military aggression m the
centu y old fπmticr dispute.
Advices reaching Guayaquil said
there had been no tight'in; since 1 ,-t
night, and military oiTcials -aid
Kciaid 1 Would · ηιΙ ii" i'i■ ni"i iv
ment- becau-> frontier di tachriu ni.->
and local i\ -vives could handle the
situation. Λ medic Ί detac.'iment
will he -ent l·· care ί r the wounded.
(The Peruvian pre.- di noimeed
Ecuadoi lor the "augi'i -.on" and
said Ecuador was trying to start an
inti rnational scandal in border fight
ing to present the houndar·. question
as ",i problem interesting all the
America
(iilliirint; crowds paraded the
capital streets, waved Ecuadorian
(Cootinned on Page Two)
RAF Raids
Continued
\
London. July T. (AP) P'itisii
faombci > pounded ( icrm.in occupied
France twice l« day in ;i continua
tion <»f an air offensive which a re
liable observer >aid has c-mrned Ge·
man communications on a deep are
iroin Lires! ïo Kiel and softened Ger
man deft uses along a thousand miles
of the eonl ιικ ntai eoast.
il·· credited the repeated attack
With:
1. Hampering German personnel
find material movements, this also
weakening the German drive into
Russia
2 Slowing production of German
armament, oil and oilier war sup
plier .
3. Smashing facilities the Germans
reed to invade Britain.
4. Smoothing the way. if Britain
sends an expeditionary force to the
continent.
Glass Slated
For Honor
Washington. July 7.— ( Λ I* )—
Carier (ïlass. elderl,\ slalesniaii of
( apitol Hill, staunch supporter
of President liuosevclt's recent
foreign polio alter years of bit
ter opposition to the New l>eal,
was expected to become the presi
dent pro tempore of the I 11 it·'d
States Senate sometime this
w eek.
The S.'i-year old Virginian, a
senator for the last :>1 years of
his half century of public service.
as the choice of the Democratic
majority to succeed the late Pat
Harrison of .Mississippi.
Registrants
In Old List
Youths Listed July 1
Will Take Place
Among Older Draft
Registrants.
W hini'ton. July 7.— (AP) —!
\. ί 1 "1 ..| the newest draft roRi.-·.
" nt ill ■ 1M-year-olds who woroj
"i>( si up July I will lie mixed in
ν ; 11 : th'«M· "t older mon registered ι
ΤΙ - ν a- annuiinted niliciallv to
il,ν I>\ I'.rig (Jen. Lewis 1! Horshov,
deputy director "I selective service,
whii nil il had been decided to in
titrate the names ι if the new regis
trants instead of placing them in ι
μιιρ,Ιο eruiip either ahead of or be
hind the 11 -1 of the men previously"
siened up.
Before local selective servir 1
hoards can undertake the integration
process, a new national draft lottery
must hi- held in Washington. < )11 i —
] rials indicated that it would be or
I dered for late this month
In the lottery, t'v new registrant
in each draft board area wifl learn
their relationship to each other by
having •sequence numbers" drawn
The total ol numbers drawn in the
(Continued on page two)
Nazi Drive
Declared
Stemmed
Reds Report Fighting
Growing in Fierce
ness; Hitler's High
Command Silent on
Reports Stalin Line is
"Broken".
I Hv Til" \ssociatcd Press.)
* K u-^ii π snokesman ·- : ι nl l:t t<
Ind'l.v thai Adult Hitler's in
V"iwn Ii mI tost nearly ί -
000.000 men in dead and wound
ed in lti days of blitzkrieg at
tack, and a Moscow eommuni(|Ue
declared Soviet Red troops had
stemmed the n-tzi onslaught
alone the entire front.
The Soviet spokesman. Vice
Commissar of Foreiçn \ffairs S
Λ. Lozovsky, estimated German
casualties in the tirst I ! davs at
I 700.000 and said the German
ι daily average loss «as GO.000.
Lozovsky s ; ι ici the lighting w.e
I growing in fierceness. but that 1 ; ;.
ι sia felt no lack of manpower
f'reviuLi· ly. the Kus.-ian- I: ! c
: timated ..bout 2.51)0.000 troops wei'i
thrown into the original iliack on
the I'SSR frmitie:·
.Meanw hilc. Hitler's high com
mand was silent on reports that
li../i coli'^ins had "broken" the
Stalin Line—presumably in the
I k raine sector.
The iilfieial German news agency
said nazi troop., in the two weeks
lighting had captured nearly all the
territory |{us>ia acquired since Sep
tember 1. 1 !):>!( including tne west
I ι II Ukraine, w e-tei η White Hu
He- .ii abia, Northern Hue- >v in...
hilhuani.i ..ml I ,.ιΗ ia.
A Moscow bulletin -aid Kussi η
(leientier:- h..ι! driven the German
back li live key seelors el the L'.
000-111 i 1c battle! ront.
1'hc Soviet high command said
Kussi.m troops had seized the of
fensive in lica\ \ fighting from
the Baltic to the Black sea.
smashing the Germans along the
Berezina river and hurling hack
a nazi drive aimed at the north
flank of the Stalin Line.
i)NB. oflicial German news agency,
a.-serled German troops : ad "broken"
the lin· . which runs 75 mile !.·■;>
in some plain - No details were
given.
Kqu. I ly vague, the Berlin rat!ι·1
aid ( lern an columns had pie:. . d
the line at sev ral poini.-.
The Russians reported cfficial
l> that the Germans were using
wood and canvas tanks to pad out
their panzer columns, described
as self propelling and carrying
machine guns.
The German high command
said avis troops bad captured
( ernauti. capital of Sovictizcd
Bucovina, in a drive toward the
Russian raine.
Λ Red Ariuy bull··! in sa id Î ;it in
the Bessarbian sector, "the enemy,
-ill ί»·]'!η,ι» \ es ν h» ι νν ln*>es. \ν,ι·
thrown b;ick to his pre\ mus posi
Α Μ".(·ιι\ν ι ■11 ' η ι η 11 η i ι j ' ι » · declared
heavy had blunt d the C»c■ r
man di \ e to the ea t. and Ih t ( I· :
man attempts to ero>- the Dnepr
river near Hobnii.sk, on t h central
(Continued on Pace Six)
Panama Canal
To Be Closed
By Night
Cristobal. Canal Zone, July 7
(AIM The commandant «»1 Cristobal
port put into effect today new re
gulations undir which ships will not
ho permitted !«» clear or enter Cri^
tol)aI and Balboa harbor- betwce·]
the hours of sunset and sunrise.
Captain C. K. Coney, U. S. Navy,
in command heie. announced that tin
regulations, elleet ce immediately
would continue m ellect throughout
the present emergency
( 'ri- tobal and I ' ilboa are at the
i'anhbean sea and Pacific ocean (Mi
trances. respectively, oi the Panam ι
Canal.
WEATHER
KOK \OltTII < \KOU\.V
<loud\ with occasional show -
rrs this afternoon and tonight'
Tuesday parti* cloudy with
showers in scattered localities.
HONOR FIRST U. 5 FLIER TO DIE IN R. A. F.
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' (·),·.-ι 11 " v.* · ' :i .il S; Ci'·; ι'. . L ·!: : i, ι · -.l.ng · .·· .. a .■ r -.1 t ·1 Lt. \Y .. Fisk*.. a n.iVve
I Niw Y >(·;·. wi.o \ . '· ■ ;i. î .Λ · t . ! :> t : ' d. \. · er\ 'ûl1 With *'m H y,.i A : 1· vr. Note ·.■.-{ oi
I Geon Wash ngton next to Winant. The ceremony was a part of London's observance oi America's Independ
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ηη ΓΓ5' κ * Ii
Iramc i cil
Near Normal
Oniy .^84 H ighway Ac
cident Victims Over
Week-End : Violent
Death Claims 628
( li\ The \-s(ici;ilc<I !'π·>-ν.)
Vinli'iit (Iim1
Hi.· l.-iiu In.i in·.· !> .·■ ■ . *
elm.η ν I
I ( '( · '
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jHTHH.l \l.
.H'A till' !!·':!( i
I lu I>o tin· e!;
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DeGaulleist in U.S.
t'apt. 1-YIK \rai;o
Si-îf-oxilotl from t.. ivi· France
fur 15 yi-ar.· and >.· »v t.·.· mander of
all merchant m ■ t" the Free
French government, Capt. Felix
Arago brought his flaj hip safely
into Hosion ilarl r running
tin· war gauntlet f · ι Λ: ·■.·;». He
ie iroin the Basque r· an of south
ern Fi'uiu ..
Tieup Looms
At Alton
Defense Mediation
Board Asked to Take
Charge of Negotia
tions; Other Strike
News.
ί Β ν The Yssocin ted
F ; ι : 1 i ι « : ·■ .
union at ar ·· ;· 4
I .-I'lllo Π ι ! : ι ■· < ·!Η ν- ν :
A FI. Cf μ·: ι <·.,* W
I ill 'In A1· !.. I:;. ;·! · '
i Ο Γ!1 ('.. ν !. . (' · · : ν
board y- <u :d y l·
; i)l' -· * :
Old -. \FL < ·. .· ·:
; Ci1 ! 1 : [ )■ ι :. » \· .«■ ··
; ment - I r: . d :
! bo I η Li :: . (it
Old- .Ί · ·
1 mod in.y t : · it *:·.» .· -viu
! illivc· V. ( ' ι ■· ! ' ! ι : ·
M r 1 , »> ·
ι board i" art. ' ·; «· i·
The union* had planm
S
to C"ll' M:,r ' ' '
Τ e ι' . «·.
(Contin ed (il; Pag<
British Be^in
Heavy Assault
Upon Beirut
V c i> · Br ii
troop- ' i ' ; ■ ; ■ - ·
rhI'd tin ;
Be : .· ■ .· ■ ■ I Λ :;.i
Γ·'η ittfiir ' ι > ι - I ' ι ilt ■
fenders ' 1 ,
ri\ or. .il* · ■ '11 ο: tin- ·
Lebane-i
Freni' : ' e '..St.tl
;ir a, I .· :\> · Beirut, i
were l)t ι 1 !. ,·· ' ·
Tlie 1).· ρ ·ΐ'1ι d
heavily h.\ Β ' - .. ' "ι > ''ι ■ '.^h ' 1
"lit the e.,i !.. ' · ι : ·.«! ·· . :·. · n.ivsil
sun- ni B: · » ! ' "if shotc
later inim d . ' -·'
British plane- .·\ id.-ni'v e neon
t rat iiiR up ή · h · ■ 1 · t:! ι' ι ν 1 ■ ni.-,
slackened tli· : · limn- .·! Bi rut.
hut three η ■· .! d · !,· -aid 1" .
have been mad. upon the city, never- ;.
1 helei-'s
lleavv Fn m i·· ed ■ '
' >rn nd ····· ι»ι.·η<·ο v> · 1 «nid
"ι- blocking two British Indian dc- '
' i Hment- at Bfir I·''· /"i «' he1 t!v :"
1 ' r ' h ί re îrv nrt t·· cut π from Bar; ,
<*··' é t n 'e- " ' e
Press 1
ed !"
-e ι ,?d'
•day.
L'ninn
I \\ e-l
.ed t : ι < ■
l-'re.l
.
ι Id
<
No Details
Given As To
Strength
President Roosevelt
Informs Congress of
Far Reaching Step in
America's Foreign
Policy; To Prevent
Nazi Occupation.
Washington. Inl* 7.— (ΛΡ) —
Forres of the I nited States Navy
arrived in Ireland today.
In accordance with an under
standing between President
Koosevelt and tIn· prime minister
of Ireland, naval foires moved in
to supplement and eventually re
place lîrilish fori ι s w hich have
been stationed there to assure
the adequate defense of that
rountrv.
M: i; ·;. ι ri Congress
in a special message of this far reach
ing . .. : ι· .mi policy.
Ms. Koosevelt -aid tiir I nited
States ι ι * u I d not ^nrmit "the oc
cupation b\ Germany of strategic
outpost- in ;!h \tlantir to be
il-<·fl :i^ .1 ir or naval liases for
eventual attack .i u .i i il-1 the west
ern hemisphere."
\t tiir same time, he said this
country had no desire to see any
change in the present sover
eignly ol those regions.
In r 1 tiy which
eventually bee; me virtually inde
pendent < \eipt !».: retaining allegi
;·:;α ' a :iy i! Denmark.
Vftei (.nniaiiv overran Den
mark li eland separated the last
tiw.
I he 1 niti d state» already has
taken similar steps to insure that
(îermany will not occupy CJreen
I.nul.
M· If 1 t-'Id C'·'tigress that
•iv.I- ·- i.md Ijy Germany
would constitute a serious threat in
li.ree d, : : > ι 1 n> :
Γ:.( .in-: the steady
ι li;!."· )>i . !... η—\v hich
- . ··· : · !' .··. ρ ' icy clearly
apprn\ fd i>y tl"< ('·.tigress,
"The threat agftinst Greenland and
·:.<· ' ' t: the North
Αι·"·: λ . ι ' ;i ng the
-hinds w i'!i I . -ill .1.
"Th ■ '.':.<· ' ' . -hipping
il ! ,· N' . Λ·: :.· e "
ΤI. ι re ν ' 'ii..:. .h of just
i \ ed in to
• . Λ:: · .· .1 iv>t wheth
•i .. ιΊΐ" i iited by
• ι id i ca te,
..ι is might
κ ·. k< ι nst other possible step
pos-)ble Ger
' ι \\ est· · !ι hemis
■ to Con
• M ·. ■■.··Capitol
' · ■■:·'■:.· exchanged
■ ' . : the prime min
ster u! Ic· !; nd.
Delegations
lam Capital
Stewart Says Compe
tition Grows Terrific
for Defense and Allied
Projects.
!>\ I !|\t;ils 1·. STI \\ ART
·· · · '■ · > !'·>; ' un is t
ν 7 Local dele
i < ' il· γ. ι. in try are
■ ■ ■ ; : ν η .·: Washing
■ ■ ' !!\ 1 nanced in
• .···: of the
«··· · i *ht .1' —. icracies
. ' < . V ■ ; · ; Ί11 inl·; for
·ί· 1 i -c and
ι · * .< Britain.
>■ 1. ι·· Κ la. arc
' ι v., π and al
■ 1 i ( i.r.'jwts will
.M'\ 0·
It - · .· adminis
■aiioni like DirectoF William C.
I' ! ·' I'oductinn
' : ' n f that these
'····< 1 " " ·!in 'em.
:· · ν .i ι recognized
• · · ■ in:!'c- which
t'e suitably
11'i.ited 'ο ·|η· île 'em Γη>m.
'!' uni il. · ! .v ich an outfit
Nil' K· !·■■"' tin disappointed
•i\ >■' ilily appeal
*tatc» ' senators
d: : ι·: ■··· ι I'Tita*ive- to pull
l. :u. πι the.: tiehnlf. Generally
(Continued υη Page Two)
Old North State' Ambulance
Plane ίο Be Insured Against
Loss lii 1 ransit To Britain
Daily litspalcTi Πιιπ-au,
lit l\u W u ll».-r 1 Ι(ί·"ϊ
By HI \K\ AVI KILL.
Kalci'di. Jiil\ When Tar IK «
hil \Ό .· Ill ).·CI' ! I >< ·. ! ) .000 I'm pi ι id i. 1
>1 a I ! Villi; .·! 'V 1 « »!· lilt' ! I '
t.i in 11m· I>r: 11- ! I ! gel the · »..:«■*i '
merry ship. 11it ■ subs t·· tii" t ■ ■.
1 rarv, St - ' ;.!ur ( i · · !
Poi t ira : 11 < '· ; ' Old .\ni I1; - ' '
Kund. .1- ·. : !
J t dlOU '! 1 : · 'I'd t l· * :
"when" Î ' : ι · ■ ' ul <
il". bee ι · al suluîf y ·
t id'-nt th.it tl·· ι: ι ? f* 11 1 i> ·
ι r^ani/rd . ii id be | >iv: ■ »<i t · ·
MiiTr^.- til! (·" Ί1 He I nt
tJl.lt SMIIH )11,11 . Ipluvt".
I i t · ι ; 11 s ο I < .ι ι« 1 - >;id ;t · - ; ·
!»:*ltinu )hin. »·«»*.♦ him :
i'lllllll'Jl til bu.\ MlbulaillV : ' II··
which in:id» > m< tour oi "<- ι
Carolina th<· ' (,ek in .1 ·ι·. Ii. 1
:u via i i- hip. 1 ' ' I !»'* nt t i 1.11 tîîi"« ·
Hid ·. halt' ι Ninth t'a ι « · 1 ϊ 111.111 -
will tin no 1'·
But back to the ubs. Mr. Pou sa Η ^
that tin· S7 >.·" 1 · bo raised ri^rr
»t only 11 ι ! ο» >st ι ·! t ho si1 · > ·
)Ut ι -uilii · " ; purr! a>e ! ·. ·
la«>yd' . . ι ι " « ■ ' her agency. nisU'
mrr th:it it 1 safely dehvc; ι d ·
«η the clh· r de
Thus s h · ι : Id ' turn out that th^
'Old North St ' (that's how toe
plane is t« » e< «hristened) should
jc sent to the · torn by one of ιύ^
ν
■ ι ! \\ ι .1.1 tu ·■. 1 ! h < ι η ii de
t,i· . : or
· ii»id .H:·■;!.( ! -i : : |>lace.
' ! ' ' I · · , ! ;ι I . · dc
( i \ ι '111 ij.il ly
1 " ■ > i ν r . 1 :. » ι. ! · !u ι [ Γ
Ι \ ·: ' !i l ';.!·..!· ! .! >alily
η ou in ι r oh the Atlama ι ti ansit
1 h M ι . I · i· t 11 Ο
: · α ' . ι · ■ the
ι !; 11 ι i · : ·! ; * ' ; , hince
•i e
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• .: lia
ai. · : * i i. n.
In <ii · ; ; . to
a < M. i '·■.·■ S: · : · ■ :. t i h.ive
. · · . . · . ν , · : i <i
t t.. :;rt. Î'.V . ν. Ι,ι ι . i lKiM'd,
! : ! · . ,«· i.; « 1\ \ ·. ■ ι ::λ·14 't
: North C ν» lina b< U . <· i eing ship·
od ..br< ·;.ι1. Ali Pou ...cl
i i< ,.ιιΐι· ii.iiu'i'.l ι·.· ! ,. · η 1 unds
I ready in hand, but ht ■ > · ed high *
. p!·· « i'd with 11 »t· dn\c - prioress
> c 1 i 1111.
The woik «-i o.iganization shouH
e completed within the next week
: 11 t days". >aid.
< ' l. : t ι Mt ly t < ' * · 1 t Γ
ι lUM'.li Γ imiltlttl'C. lu il (1 . d \ <·!>'
y Fr< d Bow m« β of Chapel 11 11,
th Gov» « nor ·1 Μι \ illr 15i ouch
•n a:- honorai ν chairman, i.· to :-ct
(Continued ou Twoj