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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUHLISIIEI) IN THIS SECTION OF NORl II CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, ΑΠίΓ.-Ύ ϋ<», 10 11 ,,|:BL,s,^à:r;K8!-slÎÎ7BRNÛO* FIVE CENTS COPY
NAZIS DRIVE 50 MILES NEARER LENINGRAD
Air-Borne
Nazi Troops
Being Used
Parachutists, Troop
Carrying Planes and
Gliders Expected to
be Employed by Ger
mans in Great Drive
on Dnieper River.
viasses oi Russian tanks were
repoi U (i 1) > the (*n mans to toe
counter attacking Nazi lines on
tin lower run iront
late today . win it' elsewhere on
Hie 1.ÎUU iiiii; haitlc* line a
Russian couniir oileiisivc was
said to have re-captured live
Soviet villages.
Tiie ioeaie oi tin· lied army's
counter oi tensive reported by
tiie officiai So\ ict news agency
lass, wa.s inn disclosed except
that it was in a "western direc
tion"—j>ossii)il\ un the central
front guarding Moscow.
Tin· Germans said Ked tanks
in largt formations were at
tacking Nazi trc.ops storming up
to tiie Dnieper river in an at
tempt to co\ er the retreat o<
sizeable lied forces eastward
across tin* river.
(By The Associated Press.)
Adolf Hitle r s invasion armies
have tightened the ring on
Leningrad with another 50-mile
advance, the Russians acknowl
edged today, driving to the Nov
gorod region 100 miles south of
tiie old czarist capital.
A Ked army bulletin al··. indicat
ed that the German? were beginning
t> · u>e ii i! -! '"ΠΗ ι : imi! ■ η tin· W-day
"Id conflict. reporting that a number
big !n r - : : ι * · »:·.·< i .lunke: - trans
ports loaded with light tanks and
inn , l:.,d her; ι - ·:' \ (Ι· ·ν. η.
Coincident-ally. British military ex
j?:vdiclcfi the Germans
λ ι .Id n.;,Li : : ivedented use
.-mash theii' wa\ ihtuss the formid
»bΚ' barrier ι tin Dnieper river, in
the southern l/kraaie.
Authoritative la .! al. quarter·· rani
tilt' C r « Ί Ί 11 .'1M > had 11 \ . Utied tilC lllHsS
111 parachutists, troop-carrying
p!aiu> .. !. I _i4 ί ι c i t 1 - m|i·1 ; ι · they ex
-;U (i .ι tin· kittl· «·: C :vtc -· to
. :.4 : i ' -in·!; c. : ι ι ; ,rr.noney a - tiie
I)! «·}.(·! V ■
(«erman inilitar.N dispatches
said 1 !ï«· left whiff of (ieneral von
Rtindstedfs arni.\ estimated at
1OO.UîM' men w .is mh aiiriiig
iii'-si qili resistance toward
tiie _ir.it hrnci « * i ii'c Dnieper
ri\er. silt a tî. ni:; industrial
rit\ of Dnieperopetrovsk.
\<I\ it s reaching; I.andoji in
dicated that Marshal Scineoil
!»ud \ e«n\ had succeeded in
w ithdraw in:· a «eat many of his
troop* across I ! ι · r\\ cr, hot that
Ins forces were bcl:c\cd to hp
weak m lams and depending too
much on old fashioned horse
ea\a irν
h . : deelar
·'·.■·. " ά < re aue
tl'Ulig
: ·- ' ■ : 1 ..iik ot t:i·;·
) · - 1\ ,> ian>,
!'■«· «rand
s« - ! ioionse
( .crm ui di>pai< hes said that
na/i sic · mm s were intrnsilying"
the attack on Odessa. Russia's
hi:; lîlaek sea port and that in
creased pre sure was also being
exerted on Kiev. tiie I kiaine
capital Na/i acis.il observers said
Odessa h a Imi was littered w ith
(Contained <>: 1 'a^e Two)
Domei Charges
British Plot
Λ . :.· - MM λ F \l
: cvci l.shly
• ■I . \ h ..i.."' I)οηκ·ι as
l WM.s the
.. · ιi· 'ι ι.\ .·. ο ··....?! qua!iln*d ob
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perately · in maintaining the
t ; r - · I : ι a ι ! a il d ni
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I. îa »i i< "Γΐτη» ».··' ontpoôt in
• tlw.i-lri ι Λ ·..." the agency de
el;» red.
I !« ι .ι- II· ■ In .11;« titif* the
'Γ I..tid ί · · |>! v. 'h ti ;iditn.»iK\l
diplomatic adroitness vvl ilo trying to
let third powci ι <ck l-irilish ehest
I > r i t ; ι i 11 \va .^aid al-·· to be actively
··**·■«! ! ni; tip η thrr dispute,
th i"i c'Ji either in 1 i mi da ' ion or a p
IV- « -fm^nt of T!' · land therebv to
American Mention ι r» Thai
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U.S. Planes
May Ferry
Hp WÏ ·
lc iiussia
Reports Says Routes
By Way of Siberia
ami Over Extension of
South Atlantic Ferry
Roule Have Been Ar
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Pan-American .Λ 11 w »y
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uimiont of Amoi îe m ηιΠι
i- Ί) t« > Iîu ,i. p; h t ici liai -
ι plane.· . al > \va report -
• .»· de -n ion.
iifurmed lci*islaiur. wh
at he remain a η any mou
■ ■ .· : - a ι .(i the Iîu -an ha(
chain ->r l.mdmn field·
• a s o t hat not un I ν bom
' a i-elativi Iv ! ■;!. •-•an.; ,
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the I ν II- Ml:. W(M"e
I ng to a - η?· ·· tin- re j >< ·!
d« h \ orinu the pi..ne . :
aid. i! was likelv th.,! Pal
ν . m Id be a- ked tu e t ai
. < · : la r tu the ι . »ute . hii
liuuM-vi'lt d : -el · ed M· .<
^\ be e -1 a ! ) I i · bed tu Air,
I hi ί e tu the Μ ι (if Ile I* « ι
w<inkl h·· utili/'-d.
to tilkc planes through tlx· I
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·. ; 11 the 11 > Jill > .'t 11· >>m J
e-lend credit to the Soviet. |
Brooklyn Fire
Bomb Scare
Exploded
Ν ί; Au; 2l» < Λ Ρ) Γ·
' · i a a t «ι! m-Ui:·.· m · .· » t h ·
' : » il ι r î i 11 ; ; - >1 tin· 1 ·· »l J> ι
and the Cuba Mail Line eat g
■ «•i. was id ι id hn il y ι ■ · ι L ι \
• ' i : -et >v L'i y I II Ht'r Lu m ι ι I > 11 k
iinivr.s un the ve sels after
«luiekly di.-appeared when
ml lh.it 1111 » ι * » · than UK) >im
• ·· (■·> \\·. » ι■ m ι· compartment
i 1 ! <· \ rssei.
î · eporti said Fin Boat Lieu
Λ r t il ι1 r 1 ' rae ■ ' m "er found
■" hi »ml>s" ami that < 'tic t » t
1 <"·.ploded al t<·! d1 e 1 ery
' ' ι1 h scare earn· m the mid ·'
' ' tii'.ation hy .ι ι·· ·' h«».n I
W hington int*» \\ · '·' 1
' ' »«)(> fire that t<..I· a· '
and re-ulted m mi ·· t ·
72 person.· .
ABC Store
Daily Dlsp:»trî» Πιιμμιι.
In llw· Ki»· IV^Ilrr lintel.
Ity I.YNN NISlii T
· · uh. Ami. :!(» Nmth Car»»·
t 11«· t't-a ury lias a thre· -
·· :' million dollar interest
1 :' ' ■»· ol' ABC" ..tore- in the L!'
1 ' ■' un>v operating them, am
counties have twice thai niuel
!l i ·.·(! Ri-j)ui t ι ι -1 made publi<
by the : ite ABC board hm/.ί tha
during the fiscal year cnriiti;·. Jum
1 ι. ici ., ι. ■ ' t ; t \ 1 pi·
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· ■]< I tin· > u u ! ι til' AliC
' ' >:■ Uteri $7llt).f»22 S3 to tin
i'.itc ci-noi'.l fund, while the pro
MM-iaimng in the count if
aniOMntvr) f ·> SU597.835 55 Th
states share o( this take went i'11
New Nazi Battleship in Action, Says Berlin
«, C. l·. Radio/tfuttm
Ac cording to the official Nazi caption with this photo, which was flash· <1 by ra<lio from Berlin to Ne w York,
a new (Jrrman battl· -hip is slmwn firing her 15-inch g-uns at sua. The turrrt ftf'wi^vnH-nt is similar to
that on the battleship Kixrnarck, sunk by the British on her maiden emit;* in May.
Detroit Transit Union Strikes
Stalemate
At Kearny
Detroit Without Street
Car or Bus Transpor
tation; Shipbuilding
Plant Still Idle.
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Enter French
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on legal »ale lajut· . New
44 Billions
For Defense
Washington. Λ us. -0.— (ΛΙ*)
— Allocations tor t In* defense
in grain topped the S 11,000.000,
000 mark loda> and legislators
expected α forthcoming request
lor more lend Hase funds to
send tlx* overall total to about
$50.000.000,000.
House appropriations commit
tor statistics show d that Con
gress alread\ had appropri.ited
S'»7.-iMI. ' since .Tul\ !.
15) 10. ior the \rmv. \ ι\ \ ;md
related urograms. in addition to
the original ^7 000.000.000 le is··
lend oui ! \ \ lor .! id t;> Γritain
Inetuded in the tot.il was a
supph'mi nt > > d«-l"nse hi!! c.ir»\
inn S(>..")S'i.SÎMi M îH. mosti ·. ior the
\imv, which Coni'iiss appro'· et!
1 ist week. I his uifasi!'·" now
■Mi'iifw President Koosevfit's - i g -
nature.
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Brooklyn
Fire Death
fell Is Nine
Bodies of Four Long-!
shoremen lake η
F r ο in Walerfront;
.Cpccial Board of In
quiry Begins Second
Day of Investigation.
\cw York, Aim-. *20.— (AIM—A
poliee launch took tin· bodies of
four longshoremen. three of thein
Negroes. from the Brooklyn
waterfront at the foot of Con
gress street today, raisin.: to nine
the known dead in the Monday
fire which destroyed a Brooklyn
pier, the ( liba ΛI. ι i 1 line freighter
ranueo and numerous s mi 11
craft.
I ); - '\vnit l: ·.· j \ rn ; Hie eau
■ I 111!· I ,i ' ■ ι·ιι :ι|1|κη
■nl ly ι , ' : . : | , ■! ! t ! si linn:
nr, pi*, ι 1 ■ > \ -'il Γι .·■ i ■ m 'S whit:
τι» \ l'fi wί 1 i ι ν mi? \ >· ·<■< I.
Discovery of the bodies rc vised th
)o.lice eca pi t u 1; ' η t·» nitu· Un· » v\"
lead, 13 missing. including fou
ïcvir.cn and cVvni -lo\ rdmc-. an<
51 -lili in r>i"i.klyn }■ ■ »~pil.il> <> 11 η
it lea -1 7LÎ injured.
Λ spec lui; (1 ·! ι κ ni ν we
nt.ι it.- second day session int.. tr,«
•ause of the $1 >500,000 blaze as polict
iissipalcd a p-vMbihty that : abota^i
night have been at the I>■ itt« >iu « »
Ik tragedy and destruction.
Three b< >n !--h!;e cylinder wen·
li: c< >\ cred -n 1 i e I l'nd. .. : th·
uined Panueo, which gave rise t·
: he sabotage theory, but ii was lea rn
·< 1 that : "iv th; \ HiO m!. . oh |
lects weί'ΐ u .« <·".?,partnvnt an.»ard
the \ e. (. '
Nazi Plane
Over Iceland
Creates Stir
Reykjavik, irrl.iml Vue. 20.—
ι \ I* ι—Λ si η ni r (.< · in ·, piano
toda.\ ΓΙ«·\\ o\ ci S · ! '■ r.ipilal.
c 11 ■ < ■ 1111 i r ( i h\ { > : : ! ï»riiisli
troops—lint ' unhs.
Tin* pl.i ih\ i;i.1: t : ; t ; i .1 ί icr
mn it t u η moto· ' · ? isk
i 1114 p is i!i( ν ι : r i :iiled
Si.1 tes shot in I ! · ' · w low
ovrr i<«l.i nd s (il 1 mhici
pluies pu i's ι ! : ■ * 1 :i
I'rcsicirn t Kin < . !·,< pro
( l.i ian·*11 le· I 1 ;id ; ιικοί
point oi Λι-.ί'ί .< .: ;i ' · · -!·!»» π·
driVnsrs ii; I In \ ' I : ·> 11. .1 ml
strong ( >1 i 1 < - cl M.·. : ! ! :.\\ r
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Japan W arned
Against Move
Ι·;,Ί>{ would be n^ardei
.ill r \ ir.Mi.t I y -· ι <
tive qtuu ters said \ xIm.v
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'I'h.ι il.ui'l ii" λ pec 11 if .
Hi; hill·. naiion'
w 1 m Id i ί ■ m;i ι η ' ;i : r. t'd
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• is no doubt v.
'η!·!·· η t ' - !<·<-!:n«
land's indrpoiulfu'
n< ol : ■
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fois vomn < \ι:οι ι\ ν
P»* tl\ clonrlx ims «·η
southeast coast, slir.Mlv ,<»«»''·· in
east anil north central port»*1»»»
tonight: ffenerylh fan and η Ί
Thursday
Protests Removal
Hugh ίί. (îrant
Former L\ S. Minister to Thailand
(Siam), Hugh (i. Grant cabled
newspapers in h;- 1 ■· r:ie city of
Birmingham, Ala., that "my re
moval ii was Jand tl t
"interests host il*· ?«■ American (i v
ernment" wer·· ! c-·:»"».sihle. lie said
he would "announce facts on ar
rival in Washington." The State
Department r·· -vntly announced ac
ceptance of Grant's resignation.
Time Limit
Given Iran
Britain and Russia Re
ported to Have De
manded Expulsion of
Nazis Within Week.
London. Vutf. 20.— (ΛΓ) —
Britain has given Iran (Persia)
about a w eel* in w Inch 1 <► ails
wci a British Russian request
for expulsion « » t .1.000 (irnnau
tourists anil te; linn ians said to
have lilleted into the <ountr>.
authorilath e quarters said to
day.
They :v.ua ί· sal I ic.ent
l|W !■ :· 1 ! *·!» · .< i-.y.
Althmi-i. .;cv ii- i>ted
t h ; 11 I > ι " * » ι -on ; an ulti
matum M. « . Γ> t : s 11 and
Russian t' ■ ·> ·; ·· ···.·· :'t<*d po.sed
»n Iran: .·«·. ' ί nu-s.olr
direct art .· : * ■ " κ· ·νι rn
:nent sit nid ' y 'lu· all ad
; ι worn η ! · ' ! . ι -
Pre ci. Τ··:·ΐτ.ίΜ
aid 1:. π ν ..
ires and had ι >' ' <■■.· a<lii
' iunal arii » · · \ no
-t ii nfit h · Ί ' ι j ί, ι m in
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GOLDSBORO MAN
TO DEFENSi POST
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Streamlined
Division Wins
Fort lira.;-. \Γ \;
1 »\ V;i λ η t. ' . « · Ί : ι Λ ι
ι.»η dru\ IV, I, . . ..· Γ..1,
hat team <■! 1Λ · SC., Κκ „
across the hi. .».<ι.ι - : .» Ι.'.ί y
iv -οι va t a u ι !.- < * - in; ;ιί. oh
.U'cti vt'S.
Today's r\< · -ni !h\
first phase of the
! l'mips h I \ < 111 ; h - cd '
tonight and w ,
' ' 11 a s e torn· · r· > >· a ί
"·■»·"' η t di -el· · ed
Ί . .e flaw η tin.
'It h I livismn' m1,1 I ' ' ν striknu
tlie center .·: tir (·' .· t .Tarksor
■ten'- Γ>« »si tl« ·Ι1 :o d 1 r !!})th ani
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