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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN I HIS SE : It >X OF ΝΟκι H CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
»J^v7kXTV-EIGHTH YEAR
TIIK ASSIM'IA rn\lvHK»»!r HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 24, 11M1 ' : !:' : VV, m /m s..ÀV.KKS n F
U. S. Denounces Japan As Aggressor And Prepares 7o
Counter Jap Indo-China Moves
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Invasion Of Russia Reported Slowing
Soviet-Jap
Border War
Is Reported
Authoritative London
Quarters Declare Hit
It r's I hrust Into Rus
sia Slowing Down or
Stopped; Moscow Is
Bombed Again.
I'». I'he Associated I'rcss.)
Hitler's invasion of
Ktixsj.i in slow i ng down, it it has
π· : ι iitmh halted. a litlioritative
London quarters said today,
while .11 lînssia's hack door there
wM unconfirmed reports that
I. i iiirs and Soviet troop·, had
rlathcd on the Alanchoukuo
sihcria η I rontier.
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■ ! · ·· d th.it .1 I n u«· Κ ι --
ι ! m ! ' t ' 11 ■ 11 ill Nc\ ci. il· m tli
ol \ ' · > ι. un the cci ι try I fi ont, had
i ' «d i »y nazi ti 1 - Ί ι "w : t i ι
c ·. ' : · y hi i \ y l< ■< - «.·
• cy < ut 1 *.f»uu S< ·. u t }»ri
• captured.
(icrmaii bombers attacked
.Moscow for the third successive
m.·Ι»ι the nazi war bulletin said,
pounding "vital military objec
ts es."
Μη· Russians said that the
raiders. 150 strong. inflicted
sonic casualties in another five
and one-half hour assault, but
ι ο inilitar\ objec tives were hit.
■ i< '..ids were i m : ned :ately
ί the reported clash he
I.iiirst and Russian troop.·.
'« !.( Ii ·':. Shanghai .-a d tlu
reported to have Mart
( e\ cning in the vieillit ν ci
( :. : t ·? tu. the ι/et le ··! a Ku ,·>
• 1 - ' \ e -1 pi >eket iii " !!'. the
Loudon advices. picturing the
(ierinan onslaught as having lost
its momentum, deelarcd there
had been no re-grouping of nazi
armies for a third assault in the
da> old conflit t—such as
might explain the pre eut sl:»w
dow n.
• > · ct li.^h ι · π î ! ι ν 1 report
<. - ι .._ditin.; : aged through
' ' · · :. · I Î 111 'the t i ! IT mu ii
' : e ·1 ,.ct ι« ί ι : 'Ί1 lia Lcim i^rat
M" r.■ -ut. and tin
I . h. î I ' Ί11
mi ii·· churige m the long batlh
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i.
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! 1 '■ i :; it . ι .ι ·Ι Μ ι S , l>- had ι : cil ;i|
nst t!ic German comptes t u
ν , .,·· ici» a I,a/.I gai!i,oii
RAF BOMBS SINK
ITALIAN VESSEL!
<■ I il\ L!1. — ( AIM Tin· HA
' '· tl ' -'lay that it - bombers .sail
' ' i t l! ■«·!!! , 111 . ι \ ι > cut
y ;i the Italian island ot Panto
: it th· channel between Sicil
wd Tunisia, Tuesday.
'·' <■ · ·! t 1 talian ti♦ · tr<>ycrs e
' · ! ' e convoy itf fi"ir mediun
• ci met chant ship also was hit 1;
;· inched turpi ii· ·. the ΚΛ
11 " ι u 11. < ι ·. 11 ■ .-aid.
ΛΓΓΟΙΝΤΙ 1>
!; ,· .· July 24 (AIM -Hove
1 M P.rou«hton l"d.iy announ<
• 1 *!:ιι appointment ■!' 1 h Knc Mi
el W.I m»· ;is mi'! ι be !" ··! '.hi1 boai
'' i tecs of the North Carol,»
^ ' · : '. 11 m f t » r the treatment ot t
bc:-c ι1<»ιΛ.
Scharnhorst
Is Bombed
.July 24. ( AP) The 1'»
! -h announced tonight that I\
'ί'· . ν bombers made hca\y atta
I·1 î nii»ht and today on the Lifi.i]
ton (;< . ι !.. η battle hip Scharnho
^huh had been moved trom its
relume .it Mrcst to La Pallice,
nuit- to the south
Att.icks were also made today
he ι sister ship, the Gneisenau,
Mie-!. ,md on the dock- at Ch
b« -n. the announcement said.
Several direct hits were claimed
bo'n : attlt ships including one h;
"very heav y armor-picrt ng ' bi
on the' SciiaiTihorst.
V-Day in New York for Aluminum Drive
]· «irminfi tht» letter Y, symbolic of the undercover catnpai^n now lu*iπpc waged by the c ■· ui'-ri-d ' .t: t - in
Europe, Am. rii-aii Airlines planes thunder ov. r t lie Statue <>i' Liberty in Ni w ^ rk 11·.. .··!·. aiding the
aluminum collection in the city. Coui:·.:. . > »··: - of the p»\..->·;· metal wen gathered.
HOUSE GETS TAX BILL
Union Signs
Agreement
AFL Building Trades
Agree to Prevent
Strikes on Defense
Building Projects.
( 1V\ Tin· Xssoeiated I'ress)
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JAPANESE VESSELS
y HOVE TO OFF SHORI
San I πιιιιίμίι, .lu!\ Μ. — ( ΛΙΊ
— ΛI ore than 10 ,Ι,ιιι,ιικν· ships
\ hound lor I S. ports were re
' ported hove too oti shore today,
as a result ol \i tin- Sreretaiw
of State Sumner Welles* deelara
tion that Japans latest move
~ ι against r-eneh Indo ( hina had
- : endangered Inihd States safety.
U. S. SUBMARINES
AIDING BRITISH,
GAYDA DECLARES
Koine. .1 it I \ Μ.— ( Λ S* »—Ylr
i;iiii<» (i.iyda. author it.itiv <· t.is<i^l
editor. d< dared toda.\ tliere was
"Mispi» ion mon- ill.m wHI
founded" that I nited states suit
marines are operating with the
Hritisii fleet in the .Mediter
ranean.
Nazi Fighters
Withdrawn
From Ectst
4Four Year9 Sheriffs Face
First Test At Polls Next
Year; Other Races In State
I>ail\ Dispatch Ι'ππίιι,
Sn t)w> Sir Waltrr Hotel
P.\ II. \ KV ï !': ï I.
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hundrt il ^!.< ι ' ' ; <>'. t h»·: · ι »■·»
plet in^ t lu ί ι ί ; t I ■ ■ ->«··'!· l· '
\\ ill get .· tt -1 ' t1 «■ (".II- ? « \t >t
- a year w h:i h - ·.*Ui h: t.u
than moderate political firework ui
less bv tii.it 1. ' · tit .· antry
on shooting w. 11 and <· P/rn- di-p ·<■
t[f- t * > pay little or nn attention t<· Inc.
pi- if fairs.
Casual thaikmp pi.·1 » - n«·\t y< . ·
°n \oting m the rathei dim tutu. «
' a actually it*- only ahmit ten u.ont!
mb before the prm<ar> ballot- .ire neit
cast and Counted a .«Ί thaia ve,
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(Coni.aucù un i Two)
iecord Sum
s Proposed
individuals and Cor
porations Would Dii
Deeper Under Meas
ure to Pa\ for Defens<
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Emergency
*Jà Ίί ι
Οϊ Congress
W ? r D ep art ment
L r ·. · ir, Measur<· Which
VVouicî Retain Seleut
ees, Guardsmen a η ci
R est*» ν es in S"r ν i c e ;
Marshall Testifies.
H ■ ' i ·,■■ ' .11, 'I M —
The War department di.dbd in··
the Senate milita.'> c s.mmittee
tod;»\ a hill which would retain
-rl· '<« \ ι» l i< * » * : ι i ( itiard^i:.
;»?»î 1 r' .î-r*"e in etiw \rm\ s r
vie· 1·μ t!·<■ du» itiou ot an
envr· ••ne"t tu he declared ô\
( ongrt >.
Submitted h\ ^.erciar> M».n
the Ml:~e-4ed legislation
proposed I !. · t ( ongress declare
that the "nation.» I interest and
well.ne ot Ihe I i ili-d ^î.ite, ire
gravel.\ imperiled 1 »\ ihe inter
national situation. Il would lit!
the present restriction ot ÎMH).
000 on the number ot* dral'lc-s
who might be in training at ans
<»ne time.
,ι liai i< Ί:;. ! en il'ii'rnn t \ . 1ed · ! :. : -
inn v. liii h tue Pre :dt ·.1 v.. >ald
"emp< >\νςτι fi lo < ·■ ■ · | - i· ·ν li :· : : ' :ê.>* ·
îancl foret* of the Un ted States ,ι
\o specific mention wa^ made
in the proposed drait ol elimi
nating present prohibitions
against s ending National
(iiiardsmeii and selectees out ide
t J ι <4 western hemisphere. ( om
mittee members said tliere was
(iiv-lion whether this cotï'id be
done under the proposed lan
guage.
Till'· \Y ' ' Ci : i ! . !'(
( eived ' I ' ; l\Tai
-hall. eh;. : ' .d re u ctrd
M iipn.-al : ·;· S· ' lle:> :d
ι ( '
îtalv Claims
Is
Sea Victory
i
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ι )ed< >ed
Takes Byrnes' Seat
J
Judge Viva M. Lumpkin
Judge A lva.lo Lu m takes oafΚ
of office in Wa hington as junior
senator fr η South Carolina to
serve lit,til a :rft r is chosen at
a special election. 1!» succeeds
Janu 1 l'y πιο ·, who was ;tp
ϊΗ>i!i 1 <11 t ■ '·.· Supreme Court*
W heeler s
Peace Work
Denounced
Secretary S t i m s ο ι
Says Mailing Post
cards Urging Opposi
tion to American F.nir;
in War is "Near Sut
versive Activities."
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mini ties, in which pei cent o!
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η i ; η t'ij
(Coi ' ; Α·ιϋ oa Pa^i K:\»J
Japanese
Forces Move
Southward
American Government
Reported Ready to
impose Sweeping Eco
n ο rn i c Restrictions,
Paralleling Possible
British Military Action
Washington. uι· Î1.— < MM
Japan was denounced as an ag
gressor in French Indo-( liina
1>> the 1 nited siatrs toda\ in a
statement declaim:: American
sec u rit.\ territoi \ and interests
in tlie lar Cast wen menaced
l>.\ action of 1 ok \ ο forces.
The statement, issued h.v Sum
ner \\'"!le^ a tin. ' retar\ of
state, was the lirst of expected
counter a· -n ih»· part of
the I nited s t.. : . '-,d Kritain
against ihe in! prtsdi Ȕl' occupa
tion ot tiie I r m h eolony 1)\
Nipponese lorci's.
.1 . . .t · .--ι·! ep '·· d
; 1 : î · ι : vel> l·. ,\e arr \ ed off
I) .y · ! ■ St. Jae
(I ■< · · . ' .· . tilt C Ί '! IV.
Japan's action Welles said,
was primarily in preparatvon
for future "movements of con
(|iiest in adjacent areas." The
Philippine Mamh would he en
dangered bv su< h moves, he
a dded.
Tnd'n ; it i « »ns b< th )·· r ; nd in Lnn
! don were that the American govern
.-· :« M id . « · iv 1 S\V('( p
: ï i.l: ro ' ι ■ ·:·".!(■ > - ! : :.·* on J;,] »;:n,
: i I iel : ■ 1 ; - it I . ; ; military
1!.« .: S · .. · . . and the
\. · · {-. ·!·; ch υ ici
; \ t d ! \ . .··,,! .Tapa
ni ο !·:.··. ;'!H ί1 ai· '-Chinn.
Tliat the occupation was im
minent il not actualfv underway
ahead* was indi< ited bv dis
patches from Saigon. French in
do-ί 'hina.
W ell informed sou»··: es there
said Japanese w «rships had ap
peared off Cap st. Jacques and
( annanh I$a\ and tliat twelve
Japanese transports were en
route to Saigon from ilia nan.
Chines» island oft the Indo
( hina coa^t.
I ■ .1 ! >axi on
. .. t c· ist iin.l
d to- thC
ην which
' · iv -a id to
beei ν tht Indo-China
ί -nt !: Japaner· e
• . .1
.ip.nnunce
I .|;,ρ.,ι, 1 )
Four )
Wilson Draft
Board Resigns
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iia.'iiis - 11 luil. κ members of
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r ^ . · ! inn- ' ι ί 111 11 :: m investi ·
Itiuu ut 1111 ■ 11 ι barges.
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■•oilι second soman of the Coastal Plains
κι ·. ··> 1 've\ »T. Die'; ·
• 11 seeking
,: The board · c( i>..>od of W. L.
·' · V 1 M λ*· ter .η and
' * civ,) engineer, chairman; W. L.
S ■ ] ' -η ι 1 ' · t Kit W" Dav ί s.
rage Wil'onn newspaperman Tir. H. H.
'n> Ρ '"ι ν . ■ 1" C η chief examiner,
η -••id the τ · >■ isnatinn to
been tbr adjutant general set forth in
c-· · ' H'e d· π ·' τ··1 'hat we can
. . · 1 ■ - ν Η -. . : ι ; ' es under
et if ι
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