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TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR lTH™i^**nlHvRwn°r HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 12, 1011 ί'υι"''8^'ΕΓτ^·^:ΓΚΚΝυ"Ν F1VE CENTS CQPY
22_ To 30 Cents Price Range Indicated^ As
Border Bell Leaf Markets Open
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Meets Death On Pow er Line Pole
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Γ.(·: aid here is p i : ,·. th·· « .·· ·.. eed.v ' ..· occurred on Orange
street late Monday afternoon when two men of a Carolina Power & Light
(' ; ..ι \ Liu· i·row Wi α· ι .α '.riHMti U ■ ' 1 η >: ' .>· ' 1> >>ι th» pole i
J. Walter Gaddy. Γ » ·· >-t 1 ι·!··\». '' Ι'· ΛΙ : > .η.»·!. Ian· crew !·>■·»
.. ι H'uded by a bil'. i · f r !;· I ■·! I . : ' ι · · »·! ' ι ! 11 ■ paven .i-lit below
ν :■ 1 'emeu cut }i ι ~ I" it : i'' ao\ ο ,·; I ;. 11 i 11 ·· aaparintl. wa- dead
\\ .··:· l:l!i'd Irian t e top of tar pole Mcllai »1 .-uttcivd a d ^located right
u:ru m the fall, alter being shocked severely when he attempted to res
r ι (I . id,v. Tlu· !' i ι « ι · an I a a ■■.·. MeDan.cl ι U W 1. a,: ■' m On tin· other
icii· . : tin pole, with οι ι ! \ a hat \ . - ιοί» ; ■ ■ : a · I· ;. . .1 hi ι W ι ί I Have .
assistant ure chief. Gaddy v/as 38. Bruce Clyde ·' irdan, was electrocuted
1 . ι : : > · ; t-i polo nearby.
Knox Confers On
Shipyard Strike
President of Kearny,
N. J., Plant Had Off
ered to Turn Strike
Bound Plant Over to
Government for Op
eration
Washington. Auk· —(AI")
—Navy Secretary Kim\ and I..
II. Corndorff. president of
Federal Shipbuilding and l>r> -
docks Company, eonferre.d for
nn.re than an hour today on the
company's offer to turn over its
strike hound Kearny, X. J·, yard
to the Navy, then adjourned
their discussion to a later hour.
Other than ;i brief announci'Micn!
by Corndorff that the cunlVivnr·.
would be resumed at 3 ρ m there
^'· no (|i>el(isiire regarc^ :ig the
meeting.
The 'all shipyard executive de
clined to say whether the Navy in
tended to accept hi.- offer, made yes
terday. and thus restore work or
$403.000.000 of defense shipbuild
ing contract.
Sidney Hilhnan. associate d 'fe
tor general of the office ■>'. produc
tion management, participated m 'ht
conference for a time, but left aheac
of Corndorff.
Knox withheld anv hint ot h
attitude toward the company's offe
! (Continued on Page Fourj
I
Border War
Breaks Out
( B\ The Associated Press.)
Κιl;I111ng between Irontier torcc
ol Keuadoi and Ι'ιίίι began an-ei
(luring tin week-end, each govern
ment blaming the other l'or the ou
l)i oak.
Tin· Peruvian foreign office issue
. ι · ; : :. 111 » ic 111 i · last midnight sayin
I . .! ,..a ftiree> staged a nunibc
.. ι · . ·· ..Ilacks along the Naj.
: a: th.it each was repulse·
inique said clashes occui
n o ' ι ι>ut yesterday.
ι . . . j;.: -ecretarv general sa
.· ι.; it»· h;>t night that IVruvii
(Continued on page two)
^φ·ϊ»ΤΤΤττ·ι·τ -w
Nazis Say Odessa Is Doomed
Russians
Attempting
To Escape
German Troops Re
ported Storming
Down Both Sides of
Bug River; Troop
Laden Russian Trans
port Sunk off Ukraine
Coast
CIVv The As*ociatecJ **ress.)
German military dispatches
pictured Russia's big Black sea
port of Odessa as doomed to
quick surrender *<»day. with nazi
troops storming down both sides
of tlie Hue river and Keel arm>
forces desperately attempting to
escape by sea.
ΠΧΠ. tin* t » t ! i < · i ; ι ] Gorman news
..μ< ncv, reported Gorman bombers
..heady had sunk six troop-laden
Russian transports olC the Ukraine
coast near Odessa.
The Germans declared inland
avenues of çsoape from both Odessa
and Ochakov. fartlier east, had been
\ I Γ1 I ! · . 1 1 V flit 11f Γ
Battle maps issued in Berlin
showed the nazi push forming
a Iiurc bulge deep into the south
ern I'kraine, below Kiev, and
nazi front line dispatches assert
ed German troops also were clos
ing in 011 the I'kraine capital.
Violent aerial battles were report
ed raging over the Mood-drenched
held. a> Sov iet v. arplane> smashed
..I Germanv infantry and m«dorixed
I lorce and na/.i pur ml planes at
! tempted to light tliem off.
I All major artene> behind tin
Soviet line in th<■ "i.thrrn Ukraim
were reported jammed with retreat
ing^ Hed .irmv troop. . under Hailing
<»11cici;· bv Germai warplanes. Th.
German. ;;;d : iil traffic \\ as di -
ι upiod. w ill·, rvon 1 r;.iii - derailed ι :
damaged m a ingk >ect >r.
The Russians made no men
tion o! Od'-ssa. The\ declared the
Hed arm> ^ti 11 holding firm in
I the Smolensk s.ilient. as fighting
there went into ils ÏSth day,
and in the Bel Tserkov sector 50
miles south of Kiev.
Λ Moscow communique said the
Red army w;i· putting ip a slub
j born 1 ight auain-t .-troiig German
drives on tin· no rt 11 and » ί ith flank
i>i) the Solt.-i >cctor 1Lλ1 imle south
. Ί Leningrad „ and the I'man . . « .
midway between Kie\ and Ode>>a
The German- acknowledged a new
Rir-siun raid on Berlin last night but
v.tid only two planes reached the
general region of *.<· capital.
The Russians .-aid fires were .· tart
( Continued on I'age Four)
Broader l ax
Base Seen
Chairman George
Says Senate Commit
1 tee Will Vote to Lower
Exemptions
χ Washington, Aug 1-.—(AP)—.
I' ί ' ! ι, 11 : : : μ π ί i c : ^e. lïeiunrrat. Geor
u gia, of the Senate finance committee,
«· voiced the opinion today that tin
committee would v-u 1 reduce per
t -onal !MCo vie !,l\ ι \ ι I ' : .1! til $7f>(
:··;· -aigli !·<·: ·η> ...id Sl.fiOO loi
liai·: !od r.>aple ·. ,ι reoniimended b>
tile Trea-ury.
l'le.-eiit I'M . 11J > : 1 ■! ι - allow $800 foi
single per.», on and Sli.DOl) for thost
Alio aie married·
tie >rge a!-·· .1 ill.:! he expect
ed ",-oinc readi ;-tmeiit ol persona
.πι- ι ■ e !»\ ■ 'e be ruade bj
'he ι: 11111 îtee : η·! " ι ! I im>lu'> i t
work .»i the 11'.".'. Si.LMfi.0(10,000 ta>
t ι · '-^'·;ιu. .ilre.nl\ .pprov.'d by th
Hoa>e
Λ the ee ■ "ι e e .nvened to Ilea
a new g:' ...p ■' \\ .'ne-ses testify οι
j specita see! ίι» 1 the measure, Sen
J ator Nye. Rppubl.can. \ '. th Dakot;
1 suggested that the presen: ten per
cent defense tax be Matched by
! 15 per cent lea<e-lend supertax t
J help meet the cost of Briti.-h aid.
Far East Crisis
Believed Heading
Toward Explosion
(lî> Tin· Associated I'rcss.)
In tin* Far Fast crisis. a series
ol su il't-breaking developments
indicated that events were mov
iin; incvorahly nearer the e\
1111>-.on point.
I. In Ι>οιιι1οη. authoritative
iiiiurters drelarcd that *if Japan
wants war in the I'acil'i. there
«ill he war. if she wants peace
ilicrc will he peace."
'! In Tokyo, the militarist
newspaper Kokumin said the
I niti-il States and (jrcat Britain
had heen warned that any lur
thcr anti-Japanese pressure
would hrins ahout "nothing hut
the worst situation" and tnat
Japan was lient on pushing
ahead with her new order in
east \sia.
3. In Melbourne. Australia's
l'rime Minister Itoliert (i. Mcn
zics called his war cabinet into
a secret extraordinary session.
and Opposition Leader .1. II.
( urtin commented solemnly:
"The time lias come when
Australia asks loyal and devot
ed service from lier sons. I put
it as plainly as I can to every
Australian that (lie safely of
this country is at stalte."
4. in Washington. Senator
George, Democrat. ( irorgia,
ranking member of the Senate
foreign relations committee, said
"il definitely is in the range of
possibility that the I nitcd States
might break off all commercial
relations with Japan."
5. In Shanghai, the Japanese
arim spokesman. Lieutenant
( wlnncl Kunio Akiyama. declar
ed his government was gravely
concerned over the possibility
that Kussia's big Pacific port of
Vladivostok might become
"America's Iirst line of defense
against Japan."
Darlan Is Minister
Of National Defense
Darlan Given
All Military
Authority
Vichy. Λ iir. 12—( ΛI* )— .All
military powers of unoccupied
1'rance arc concentrated in the
hands of Vice i'reinier Admiral
Jean Darlan in > decree dialled
for publication today, it was
learned, and ( liief of State Mar
shal retain «ill address the na
tion this evening explaining the
step.
retain, it was said, will broad
cast (hat the lieu measure is to
increase the unity of the French
nation about the person of the
chief of state.
Ilis announcement, it was
said, is considered of such sreat
importance thai it will be re
broadcast two hours later.
Money Bill
Sharply Cut
Senate Appropria
tions Committee Lopj
Over Billion From De
fense Measure
Washington. \ 12.—(ΛΡ) -Th
Senate :*ι j; »r .'is committee c
S14,i) 1 defense mone
bill today, lea. a total of $5
H2H.:i26,i)411 .il and $1.0(1(1,110(1
00(1 in i-oti: ι... ' ithoi'ity for til
Army, Na\\. .lime commissic)
! and other am·! , t
Λ.- passed ι ■■· "1 i' Hoiw the bi
J carried $7.1(m>.;:7:'..256 in cash ar
; $1,000,00(1.i)!in ii contract author!:
De-cribing ' as unprecedcn
cd in ϋ iii...ml. Senator Adam
Democrat. C.' ■, ί said the con
mittee memliei- 'ted unanimous
-I to eliminate ■ 11 use-approved fur
of S1 ,,'147.0V·! 1,11 \rniy ordnanc
j This fund w ■ ι Id have providt
I for the purchase of tanks, anti-ai
I craft guns, anti-tank guns and oth
! equipment .u mechanized fore
j in addition to the potential 3,00(
ι j 000-man arir\ for which the W
ι ; department no λ is buying ο. . ηti
equipment.
Anti-British Vice Pre-|
mier of France Holds
All Military Powers
Under Reorganiza
tion of French Cabi
net
Vichv. Λ : : ' 1 (ΛΡ) — Vic
Admiral Joan Darlan was named
I minister of nat.···: > lefense today
j in a mirgani/..! ' the French
cabinet which <··>r · ' ·ν·1 .ill mili
| tarv ι Nnvri'.·. in ! ι ι
I )arla n, win ■ 1. I ' ■1 c r I led t'c>r
"loval" collabora: - Germany
a lut who has ρ ■ " eked lîri
tain'< war role of
France, was placed V ' J' of the
fol|'iw;nu by ! id, \ '
I G. lierai ..ν; · ' .f na
tional delense
L' Distribution , , ■: the
armed force
.'Î ( ieneral :n pec· : he ι mi
nd Mrces.
Admiral Darl "i Τ ■ 10 :old
the French people ·· that
F ranee m ι M clea\ ι 1 . in ■ <<r
neri-h and >a <1 t · Κ ru···
nnisl he a wholelu / i , . ;
collaborator to me it
peace settlement and , < place
in the "new Fur >pe" ' .1/ s
had promised.
The admiral's ant -Γ. ctiti
•i en' hecame open .1 " : : ' \ . ' r
the I In ! isll fleet att ,·..■! I
η a ν a III! ts off North V ·
1.1 · ike certa i 11 the ν il i ' .11
in t· ' CJerman hands. < V ! ' a· ' ! :c
if the P. r !1 -Il lia ν ν he 11 ; - · ■ 1
!" 11 as "piracy".
Thomason
Says Russia
Can't Stand
Texas Representa
tive Urges Extension
of Army Service as Na
tional Defense Mea
sure Against German
Aggression
Washington. \im. I I.— ( AIM —
Representative Thoni-ison. Dem
ocrat. Texas. called on the
House toda> to extend the serv
ice of the nation's citizen sol
diers because, he said, on the
basis c»t expert militar> opinion
Adolf Hitler is "going to take
Russia" and then I upland will
he "next on the list".
4 F'j rι ν ι · nid England." Thomasoi
said amid applau e. "I hope .- lu
stands 1 >ilt there"- not ;i man on th ι
floor who doesn't know if he fail·
who will i»· next i»n Hitler'- list."
Germany has 2()<i seasoned di\ is
ions in the field with 4() more a
training, which w ill be ι eadv loi
service thi fall, he aid. adding:
"Oui' army has Ά'λ divisions anc
unt ra ined."
While explaining he could not
* reveal information that had been
' given to the military committee
in executive session. Thomason
(Continued on Paye Two)
RAF Raids
Are Resumes
Heavy Bombing As
saults Made on Co
logne and on German
Occupied F r e η c 1
Coast
London. Λιι:· Κ! ι \i- T!
HA Κ liO! 1)1)1 Ί 1 ( ' . ' ' .
ions daylight . > ii!.:
great air armada
coast of Cïer. ι 11 > ι■ · 1 ! Γ
a non-stop foray which sharply ft
iH'wed ISiitam'
ten.- i ves aga in.-t tί,·
The raid on t!.ι■
1. nd metropol ;
thi. Μ ι ' 111 \J_ I'lr Λ
ί. I > 1 \ the he; . e '
yet made on (i<
ι Ί ι t ht Freneh ο ·.! '
• in Mich l'(tree that .·!.·«
I English coast ga\ e up trying
S c ount the number · ·ι
j High flying ;
mg fighter plane 1 ■ ■ ' ■
both "V" and diamond to it oi
Cn>\vd.- giitlu ■ ^
; u a tell the j- peel ι ι
Blenheim homlu
to have cari n-d . ' : : '
I '"lonne, tin· tli d \
this city mint the ·: .·.
War.
Stewart Asks: How Will U. Se
Regard Stalin If Axis Loses
Washington, Aug, 12. — Suppose
v Ku - .. ι · ''itmiu > t put up a 1 . t !.\
- effective light against the Nazis
pt-rlui}·- : '.1 : c :it ing mure or le» but
e still keeping HL rr Hitler's forces too
n iuily tK'cui'.t'd >>11 their eastern tronl
t" .strike out i'«»r
■ dabl-y in any «»t
ι : direction'.'
\:ui Mippose the
\\i> κ finally l;ck
ii tli.inks, in con
-icii-. able nu l to
tlus M :-l'uvitc d
tract :■ ii.
What. then. - s -
ins to In our sulv
-equent feelms to
ward Joe St..' n
He's pre e:i ment
ly representative ol
Jcomrmini.-m It'·
only a matter ■:
ai pveeks since considered r.im rm»
' at least, «>t iht Moodiest tyrants u
ι realion. The ·. >, j> ,
\· > 11 Ici barely .. . ί
Washington an ι'· ·ι
Une Onniansk;» \ Seer· H
■ nui l'ndeiseere:. \ A ■ ,; \ ι Γ
stantine the glad hand every t,
hi' oalls on 'em l:i t * icy m\
him to drop :n .<· .i ί him
at home in nni If » un oil ice. .·'
11 a i* r ν Hopk : ! : - \ .lor in sell
; pi omise him all the aui u e ι an
j lend to im in h; scrap with A'
and Benito Mns-olin..
Alright, stipp -e the war end?
islactorily to the demoei aeies. \
the Russians entitled to a good
, ot the credit lor it We ; Ί the ot
democracies will he iaidt r no .-ι
amount of obligation t< 'em.
But how about .!■ e Stalin —
li - r mmunistic gang'
It'- true. .Tor didn't ι :mp into
rumpus because of any democr
ι (Continued on Pa se Two)
Growers Are
Pleased
With Prices
I
Openinp i> a y Sales
Brisk With I op Prices
as High as 50 Cents a
Pound; Offerings
Heavy on 16 Border
Belt Mark ts
Florence, S. ( \up:, 12—(AIM
—Λiir1 ion markets of the C'aro
linas Hue—cured border belt
j sw iinn' into action today and
j opening prices were reported
unofficially ranging from 22 to
30 cents a pound.
Tin nine South Carolina mar
kets in the belt averaged about
15 cents last season while the
I seven \os!n Carolina markets
last yea1 raged 1 β. 14 cents.
Tli'· C> F · η arkets. first
! !< ■■ MDcn · · < c .i:t !*>·. averaged
23.06 cvs ι s ! m \v< ek.
first reports said farmers cen
cralh appeared pleased with
priées and a number (if points
reported not a single grower
dissatisfied with the priées paid.
I t Τ ; Χ. ρ market
•î« i ν ' · Hiding and good
·■·»·( Γι i <· Vc 'yos with the
exp rt r11 : η ι·- I vins little. The
!.;··: .. '·!»· i- there brought
m ; ,·!·γ;ι5<· ot 2:! cents. Prices rang
ed from 4 tn 3i! cents. There was a
considerable qualify of good smoking
tobacco in the 2t;-30 cents range, but
muci rmnnii'ii leaf in the 6 to 10
cents class. There Was an unusual
■ 'v' : ddlc .cades in the
•'tee· ·" or '·■ e! - :.t Tabor City.
Wit te ι Ν Γ . the average
ρ:·.<i I··: ·! e bettor than expected
I · :y ::· · :: the first 20
rows was 26.85 cents. The prices
; ! λ iv :, ' Ljed 1 4 t·· 37 cents and
more than one million pounds were
S le Snper\ ; Lawson Jordon
1 ΛΓ 11 : ιί -. 1: ge-< market in the
·■·!'. . ι ;' li d ··. ' the 31.688 pounds
••ici ci ,'.g tee 1 ··-· 20 minutes f
' · .... t ι e l>! ;ight an average
• 26 l!> eent-.
: |>r.η |i;iiu. I^awsiiil sa.d,
t.* 1 gi«id quality
Λ total ot 1,800,000 pounds was
•d . ' Λ! slims.
y v. s.e, e T.-,11,000 pounds
• . · ι .vesage price paid
ι ..suites ot the
. · .vnts. All Con
f .11 with
·- | : y g· nid" qua i
. sis high as
.V .... S.lies Supervisor
!.). 1· li ι .. .·. . torings were
.. . ·;. et ·.., ,tsc smoking
s. s t sit the first
, ut as itind 28
; e Loris η ar
i · 1 · ml .- Id for an
ι : Oftenngs
s si.it. light in
s ν pounds on the
c \\i ι i irked.
A- K.n. ' : .r the first
2 to 37 cents
ave was 2iS
good quality
fi 17.'· oOO pounds.
• iltlO.OOO to 400,
■ ί t at Pamplico
averaged from
v. described as
1 ). · ί. . ,v anninc! 300,
th·· floors, the
•o 36 cents.
** t hour's sale
t ·
!
7
(Coi'tit iei Page Twol
Jap Troops
Τ ο indo-China
I Π Κ1 1
Μ.π Λι ; \·2 .AIM - The Jap
. / .un ■> ι ·.! .lid >·. planning to
ι 18(1.000 troops in
' F:ci !· i -China, the majority of
1 x : 1 C.anbodia adjoining
tin· i. ; ι Thailand, it was learn
ed π ; i authority tonight.
Tim .J.ip.iiuse will enter Thailand,
K 1,1 reign obser\pers believed, as soon
a.- they are organized and prepared
;'lcl tn meet the British troops now sta
nall tinned along tin border between
Thailand and British Burma and
■and Malaya
The Japanese now are in com
:he ι iete eontrol of Indo-China. The
-atic ! Indo-China government has been
snipped of its administrative pow
1 *·'' "· . —
I ΟΙί NORTII < UIOI.IW
< onsiderahlc cloudiness. scat
tered thundcrshowers tonight
and Wcdncsda* : not imite so
warm Wednesday and over <·\
tri'inr north portion tonight.
IXtcnded weather forecast for
the period from 7 : :ί 0 p. in.
August 12 to 7:M0 p. m. August
l<i—South Atlantic states: Trin
l<« ratures generally ahove norm
al e.\<ept near normal in North
Carolina. scattered thunder
i showers mui,. ted for the period