■~MeUEFERff> MEMORY
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOR] il CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, A l'G UST I'.'Il ,'UUI'lsÎiV-I^^^I^Yr,IKNUUN FIVE CENTS COPY
Calls U. S. Unjust to Vichy
3ΚΛ
Caston Itenri-Haye, Vichy ambassador to tho II. S., w shown (soronrf
from left) as he told Washington reporters about a conference with
Secretary of State Oordell Hull. The envoy contended his government
has been unjustly accused of planning to surrender the French Meet
end Atlantic naval bases to (iermany as a result of Chief of State Henri
retain'» announcement of collaboration with the Nazn.
Military Verdict
Draws Criticism
Representaive Young,
Democrat, Ohio, Asks
Secretary Stimson to
Reverse Court Martial
Sentence Imposed at
Fort Bragg.
\v.. : n«tun. Aug. 22— (AIM —
Re; ι c ■ : ι :. 11 ί \ <_· Yuiinn. Democrat.
Ohi ::' (1 Secretary Stim-im t<χl.ty
tu ri 1 ι:.·· what Ii" > ; 11 ci wa ■ an ui
r.i: ililiirv \ ei diet against a
seii el.. ι i r\ ift· m ild if r.
11· v. : nie thf secretary of war that
I oil Bragg. Aug. 22— I \IM —
The public relations office at
Kurt Bragg in a digest of tin·
court martial of Private John
11 .ι I iiii > ak. New York selectee
who «as sentenced to ten years
and nine months ill a federal
penitentiary for insubordination,
'Hinted llahinvak as savins that
lie Inrn.crly received wages of
Mil a day and thai lie would not
work fur S ; 1 a month.
The digest was approved by
Colonel diaries II. Klliott. post
commander, and M 1 ioi S. K.
Mnrrcll. judge advoatc at I'ort
lirasg.
M Murrrll said lhat e\
for Ilabinyah's attitude tin»
five offenses upon whirl» 1m· was
eomieted would have hern coii
sider 'il minor, hut that lie ron
tinna11% refused to obey ord"rs.
a <li h·»norable disehar£· and ton
yc;tr j·ι ; t»iι sentence imposed on 2G
y« 1 '■ Id John llabinyal; of .Ww
V"!-l··. w 11 s " ; ι nu »st amazing of |
ι/1 ; ' ^ and brutality toward a;
st'Ma · "
T: «· i«■ M· r added that Ilahloval·:. in '
dikti-d into the service on Juno 2'.$. I
(Continued on Page *'iveî
DANISH MINISTER
SAYS ICELAND MAY
BECOME CNVOLIVED
<' I'l'iilumcn. Aim. 22. (ΛΓ)
Prime Minister Thovald Stauning
s'i!'l η ,i declaration tn the lower
hmi ν .it parliament today that Ire
hind had no choice in tin· matter
"f "r' Mpation by Γ. S. troops.
Hut. StauniiiK a-crtcd. lie had
'nth in the American promise to
H',i\e the strate(.-|e northern island
after the war.
Meanwhile, he aid. there is a pos
sibility that Iff land may become di
rectly involved in the colli lift.
Lord Halifax
To Britain
ι
Loudon, Auk. :!!.— (AIM —
Lord ll.tlLl.tN. Urilish ambas
sador to tin* 1 mud Slates, ar
rived today at a British an pin t
al ler crossing the Atlantic I rum
I anada in a bomber.
The ambassador, who will re
port to I'rime .Minister (. hureliill
and the eabinet oil Krilish
Amcriean relations and the re
sult ol' his recrut visit to the
I'acil'ie coast, is expected to re
turn to Washington in about a
month.
Iran Faces
Occupation
British Prepared to
Take 'Vigorous Meas
ures' Unless Nazzis
Are Banished.
Lop.'!··::. . · ; ΑΓ>- Γ- . ιΙ',ν
well informed .--utiri'i'.· d· clared today
that Britain wa con sidei in:; "vig
CM'Mil.s nu·. I.- 'Ill 11 > IVII·;»
.Nazi mil ucnct in ι i ι ich i ran.
Authontativ e cj 11. u toi , however,
refu.sed tu cIim'u. s "projet" I'd per a
Pons" and announced ,iî nnoii that
"nu "η· rations have bejjun."
I '»u! : h înipa ι net u iîh ii .ai ap
parently wa> reaching it.· limits ..nil
iîiitam wa belivved î he ready t<»
end troops marching into the coun
try · η the shah'^ >\ ernment
c »iιipht With >ι ΠπΙ ι. h Ιίιι λι,.ιι de
η valid tu banish a reported 3,000 Ci·, ι
-nans.
Λ written answer to tin- latest
Kritish η tv wa> expected !r«»m 'he
shah today, but there apparently
was little hope ani«»nj4 tin· ohervers
that 1 ran would tall in complete iy
with Russian British wi.-hes.
An oral reply from Iran officiais
•was reported yesterday and >o;ne
sources said it had not made a
favorable impression.
Liquor, W ine, Beer Pay High Taxes
Dally l>ls|i,il< h liun-ai'.
In the Sir Waller llolt'l.
By I.V'W MMtl l
Halcigh, Aug. 22.- Anything 1 ; Κ ■
a 1-1 ι 111 ■ It-11· picture ni tin· l.ininr liusi
1 in North Carolina must include
hard liquors, beer and wine. It must
«'1· ' iηi· 1 ittlt' legal and bootleg alts.
Since there are nn figures available
un bootleg distributr n, the several
article.·, which have preceded this
la.·.; une have dealt only with estab
lished AUC stores. Several counties
have been considered, with figures
showing salvs and profits. Figures
'ή the whole state are more impres
sive although these apply only to
one-lnurth of the counties.
For the last fiscal .war ABC stores
operated bv 26 counties had gross
sales of $8.518,200.21, from which
the State treasury derived $706,
822.53 in revenue and the several
counties and cities in which stonsi
m located « I $1 ,Γ)ί)7.}>.Ί5.Γ)Γ>. Thi.s
wa.-· alter paying $133,824 l'or law
« ι c-t .·!·( nt II"U much better law
(.•tih ιΐΊΊ ."un: \·., ι - obtained ifi ί J j < · 2S
r unties sp tiding this special fund
slill a mailer ol individual opin
ion.
j The !:^'ire> are sizeable and mean
I >ubMantially le. tax lev.\>. The is
sue involved in the elections already
ι sehiduled loi Vam-v. Warren and
Franklin counties to determine
whether the ABC store·» shall be re
lamed goc- beyond eold t mures. Tin·
question is i a rifely économie. but
many good folks will not a^roe thai i«
is entirely so. One thinu i> certain
with all s rts of taxc> goinu up and
with state and federal legislators
seeking new sources of re\•enui1, the
matter of throwing awav over two
milli* η dollar income will be Given
careful thought by voters in these
,ΊΙκΙ I · t ί U11 Cl Hint ICS.
Tlivic i> another an;;lc In this
whole (|IIC linn winch ; κινιιικ sonic
concern I biidjii leer . That is in
cln.s on nl beer and wine abolition in
the ι in ·« r;i m nl tin· United Dry
Forces.
Tin· beer lull;- have a svparate set
np from the hard liquor people and
tiny are trying desperately hard to
keej> away from any direct contact
v. th each other. .lust retvntlv the
: w ne industry -i't up a central eon
'r ! agency ι>1 ils own and let it be
kn un tiiat they were not mixed up
ν th i'her beer or liquor. But to
ι he I'orev- operating under Çencral
issimo ('ale Brrtiess the middle name
o' each of them i- anathema. He is
auainst them all with little partiality
,r preference as t>· which is knocked
(Continued on Page Three)
Leningrad Citizens^ Rally To Defend City_As
Nazi Drive Is Checked
A A A A AAA A A A a a a
Casualties
Are Heavy
On All Sides
Russians Report Ger
man Invaders Have
Made No Significant
New Progress After
Four Days of Bitter
Fighting For Lenin
grad.
(B\ The Xssociatcd Press.)
Thousands of men rushed from
Leningrad to stem tin advance
of German siege columns today
while other tens of thousands
toiled to ereet street fortifica
tions for «ι death-stand defense
of the old e/arist capital, defying
nazi threats to la\ the cil y in
ruins.
Great numbers of Leningrad's
civilians were reported volun
teering for service in an "apol
chenic" or people's army.
"The s ι r u £; ι, i » ■ i'ii the approaches
'(» the city ! ιιιΐ'ΊΊι ·iii£," reported
ΐΐτ· Ru-sian army new? paper, Red
St ί ι r.
Di-patcnc- l'r< »m Λ1 · ·- e< ·\ν said that
Xhi- big :ndu>trial center. Russia's
M..*cond largest city, was now a "for
midable military camp" and that
alter four day- o! bitter fighting on
the outer perm 1er ol Leningrad':*
defenses. the Germans appeared to
have scored no s ignifieant new gains.
In Berlin, authorized ciuarters
said the Russians were hurling
fresh reserves into the battle
along the whole front and ac
knowledged that the Red army
was maintaining "islands of op
position" both in the Dnieper
bend of the I kraine and behind
German advance lines on the
central front.
Sennit mrou-ly. the Germans ad
mitted ,i new call had been made for
nazi reser\ e· η πι 17 to 4â to serve
η Hitler elite S S corps, which
has been in tin· thicl: ol the lighting
.■inn; the Russian campaign began.
(Continued on Page Four)
Thailand
To Maintain
Neutrality
Γ, , i. Λ 22. —
Λ!·· Ν ' · '· Ιι1 to at
I .. α ' ··<· yvti ing '.he
' · ' I.aang Vich
\ '. I ; i : Il '! ι p' said
I Pi). , V ; I ; ι t ■ '. I > ! ' lie SL'l'Ul 1 ly
Repeating once again Thailand's
·:·.:· η utralily
: > invader, ho
■am j> better
• rs.
In thi· people
i..\ · · ι ! ncnt fully
•ni .ι ■ ' ■ ' · d Ui *;sh a-sur
' 11 oounti y
.· v. anivd them
i Ipt II "eoni
i ·· · :· ·:·...· lirioss.''
,1 ,M'v possible
Malaya or
! ι , \ i 1 · it w.i s' ι ategi
■ 11.t added that a
.1 ; an·· -'e-aiu'lipied
! · ; ■ 1 ■ ' l 11 I ' 'i'e feasible.
FDR Assails Byrd9s Speech
Production
War Department
Check Shows Byrd
Wronti in All Cate
gories But Planes,
President Tells Press
Conference at Hyde
Park,
Hyde Park. Au<r. 32.—(AIM —
Sharply assailing liguri's rilril nv
Senator lîvrd. Democrat. Vir
Kinia. President lîoosevrlt as
serted today that while Ameri
ean production never had been
eon»!>h'tel\ satisfactory, on the
:ner;i"e ii iv;ls lm (,, estimates.
'I'tic ( '! : i I Ksccutivf tn]d ;i p»-'·
■•ι iv ! ι'ίίί · -, t'irl lie vol1 interred t ! if
: · ι ! > ■ ■ : > ι ; 11 i · >n " t in > ι.-1 r i heard and
• id a si ii'····! !>y I'.yrrl earlier in
'In· w ck in Wa-hiiuitnn which said
'Irlensi tir (1 ιγ!ιίιι was lacgiliii sc
rimi-Iy. Tim 1V ·ί ident said lie had
: nr( Mm. war department for a
• •her'; '"id liiit it had tiiiwn livid
\ν.τ- wrong in all categories hut
lilanep.
S ην Iw.dv. Mr n.wHl snirl
ι.Id the en.'ih >· down the river mi
the figures.
Iran's Reply
Is Received
Contents of Note Re
ceived in London Not
Disclosed; Comment
Expected Tomorrow.
1. >nd< m Aiiii. V.2. ( AO I) an'
\\ «·r 11 · 1 h« · I »i ; I i h-!\ u- inn re
tH''' ' that ( ïennan technicians I··
I > ; ι η ι - ! ι < <1 ! ι · ιι thM Middle I : 1 (.it
1 inp.don re lehed hoi e tonight ai
. ! nth I ·ι itain and ivtis ia appeared l"
e · · , m i ν to ι i f Γι tree.
Tin· (·< mien t- ci the 11 « >te were ι κ »
'ii -.-I., ed.
Sovicl - « >ιι ι ce . however. ; ι < · I : now i
t d^ed tii.it joint ac*ti«>iι by C»nti>h
nd H les i a to mit the nazi from
! ran \·. as probable il Condon and
Mo cow arc 11 « » t « 111 I led with t!«
The content οί the note iiruliain)
will not cx'eii be commented on be ;
tol l" ton ;ο|·| μ\\·.
11 wa )·(-laved hci e by the 1 '. > · i t i I
!·ιΐιπ ter t" Torehan. Sir Π·\κ1ι :
Wiliian: C.nllard. and already i nn
1 de con.-aderation at the l'oieign ol
ι κ ι·.
COTTON GOODS PRICE
CEILING IS EXTENDED
I \V i- h ine.t · >n. An;; I'll . (AC)
k" ; ! . .η 1 lender· on. price adn ι in ι. 1 id -
■· j tor. extended the cotton ;;rey j»oi»d
price elicdii le 1« -day to e iver prin
cipal types of Γ me ji»oods.
OlTieials said that the ceiling
' j imposed were, in general, about the
λ levels which have been prevailing
I recently.
Poiîce Patrol Detroit as Tr.^n-it strike Halts War Work
— IMionophoto.
Policemen are ««howη guarding against riots as Detroit's un Uv-owir d sir et car ai d bus system was hailed
>y ;i v.! ι ici· h.. · 1 ,!.· orhiin in r i \ ' i · >* i.etwcm .m Λ'.ί, :ί C i.(). nr-on. Τ ·, ,ι «μΙΙιτΙ by the
-X.K.L ι * ι !■ Ί1. ι·ί kiii;.; a cl'-sed .hop. The . r ,i·;·· h;· lli-d lin» - mi o! o. uikcrs on wai ·■ . h . . ··:. j*r*tmg t* ΐ'ι ir
Second Ship
Fire Occurs
Blaze of Mysterious
Origin Damages Fin
nish Vessel at New
York; One Dead,
New York. \ug. TZ.— (ΛΡ) —
Λ lite of mysterious origin
aboard the w ;ir-stranded Finnish
im tor ship freighter Aurora
raged for five hours today, the
second ship fire here within five
da vs.
f 1 « |»t ·m t1" Ι.ί)Γ)(> inn ν H iit
■ : lluil 'H; π . -·! aiM-lmi '■· · mi m
: I lit ! 1 . · ; ΐ!ι«· ii.·.»!··.· W.-I-.Ï J i nntf »!
-idm· ;i' "" ι · < >the:· ·■ <m!>< »
: 1h< err· v. Ml 1 H, mi !1 · r 1 i η : ·. Ivv(
.·;) i li"<· w ' " r<'sell''ii 1 > y ι )t >1 a <
nri ι » ι·· I >' · ι '
At the same time police an
nouncer! ki\ ni'irc death»* re
sulting from ;i Sl.r>iM).000 Krook
!vn waterfront Maze of Monday
in which the Cuban freighter
I'anuco, her pier a»^d several
harges une destroyed or hadly
damaged. That brought t'i" death
too! for that firo to 'Î5 and left
eitiht men missing.
The Auror . 1 "ι··· 1» »dlv from fit
> .iter in I !· hnld. -m „rcl····.·.
„ fI .·■ ' ^ ■· Ι· · -·ν -.I··,,
•■•ai· Kntilr- 'irJ Cliff-·.
Auihori 1 w I 11κ·ν IrvH 1 inciv
<]
ih
Armored Unit
Leader Dies
Boston, Λ · 22, (AP) Mjoi
!cutm . i Adi ( Ίι.ίfee. ;')7, t in
! ι r.-1 coiiiiii; 11 ι· 11 tli·1 Army' nrv.
■ 1 llHUt'd In! . .· dll»d tlldil.V ill \\ «
Λ1 ; » s ciiusct t < ;·····: ; 11 11< >·;| 111,11 . ι ( 11 ·
••'il It'! il il; .ι j - · ·.· brc;iLd< > w î ι du
IIIU «■ ' π I h 1 ' : ■ 1 ■ ÎI » ί > 11 ! I ( i 111 » ; ι h «
orguni/o Hit' pcfiai mc'Hninixt'd d··
It'll f ;Ulil
I Jl'vltfl < . ' 1 ->f> .'Ι. η .
Λ --t.il·· t î 1C» W'.l !' (li ,
ment - ; ι ici ' · ' ■ · · <>Γ. Mvr. w î ι
Γ;.t;il 11 In· ι i.'i t w intr»· .'il l·
lit· had ti·' Ί !" \\'«>:"in Inllowin:
ί! pr< \ idti »■...· 1Ί pi ι eu m· ini.i, ii ; <.
"sjici'iI ici'fi ' in Iht' making η
t'he armored .
WIATHIR
ΚΟΚ NMKTH < ΛΚΟΙ,ΙΝ.Λ.
Mostlv eloiid.t with light rain
and scanned llvuudershowrrs
this afternoon and tonight: part
ly «loud\ and warmer Saturday.
F.xtended weather forecast for
tht* period from 7:30 p. m.
August 22 to 7:3ft p. m. August
27—Temperatures near normal
e\eept slislul· above in Htnit*
i scattered tiiuuUtr»ho\\ er&.
Washington
Rations Gas
Washington, Aug. :ll.— (Λ1·)
—Keai or phony, the east's Ions j
forecast gasoline shortage was
pinching; motorists toda.\. with 1
the nations capital hit earliest
and heaviest.
Some Washington tilling sta
tions sold pleasure ear drivers
onl\ halt as much fuel as they
ordered Others put a limit of
five gallons en individual sales;
others went as low as three.
Vet some establishments were
complying without question
when requested to "lill her up."
Ralph Κ Davies, acting
petroleum eoordinator. renewed
his flenu;a:;ttiou <»1 prophets who
he said had "arisen to pro-claim
that there i- ·■ > danger" and
that "the w;nnin> < » 1 m im
pending short;·.!',·' are 'phonvV
Τ ariff
Hits
He!
Hh br ι
Λ *5 pf «J ν, >'
m
President i ' oosevelt
Orders l·ifi" !Vr Cent
increase in Tariff on
C r a h Meat.
drill ];<><im'vι· 11 .-Mi
>C1 (·< 111 llh'I'IMM I! '
>->! 11·(I crab meat. 1
. 1h«· eh. « · ! < » ι !. -
The ' ι('t i' Ί ι w
rieel i iii-g
•Il ! I : J X I r! ι ·Ι I , ,l· ,
I I'rniu lf> 1m I!:!
iloiTim.
The ι j ι ·. >f · ! ; » ï t !'Ί ' ··
I > Π<·«Ί II V In ( Ί I
ic«< in costs «Μ ι>r
; : 111 ίμΊ t h t · Γη
ί flrlcrminefl i. ν
ted State!
' η r ivnrh 11 ;
Durham Man
Is Executed
Raleigh. Auk. 22 (ΛΓ)—Husky
Hubert Y. Cash. II year >ld Durham
man. \va· «.ι»»!· · ' ..' In In.·
Slate nf North t ■ toiia\ ioi
the murder ni hi- w ί .
In ι scellent spin! : · v. · ·< ittrt
smilvd In .he packed w "
lier ('ash η ι ··. ι only :vi ι ·<
and 2;» seconds ί inn :.ιι·
(Continued en ί-.. " _
Kearny btrîke Continues
Government
Delays Move
President Roosevelt
Says Government
Would Avoid Taking!
Over Plant If Possible.
Hyde 1\ι Λ 22.— CAP)— :
IVcMdent 1ΐ· · ■■■■■'' t■ Ίtl a prrss I
eonlci'lMU'l' !■ "Ί > !llt> UOVlTn
i 11 < 11 ! Hid ι· ·· ' t;. :<· over the
plant » > ! ι ! 11 i-■ i.· J Shipbuilding
and ! >: yd- Kearny. |
.1 il' ' ι· . - . ·:» (!
Ιίι· : ·: cI ; ι . · : ' . ι : ι d
could not nut·.-.- <\ ■ !t-siν>" tin· govern- !
!>u lit <· · 11< 1 i ■ . tit.» till·
pi : Π 1, ! ! ! V ! ■ : : ι,-li..ll "1
SHCi.000.000 · . 1 : , ■ : ; ! ι a - 1
: CM η tied III \ ι 1 by a
irilic ,,f !ht· ! Γ ·ϋ i>f ι
ι d S ι Λ ;er
(CIO).
( '"II I CITIH'C > I :U CHI
I' ii>kJig 111 ad i i ' · ; it-t ■ -
bet w c ί ■ il ei ill ι ; 11 " y ι 'C .
Λ1 r Η. μ ι cvclt - : . ' 1..
: ι ce i ve :ι Î ι · 1 < ■ : ι ■ !
ilc- in tin- iihi: -ι a ■
SfcKVICÏ. LA ! ILIN^RIÎN
ACT IS IMPLEMENTED
li.vflr I ';irl..
! > I< m - (< Μ ! I. in*» the
! · η·-1■ >11 net, i 'ι ·
• '(•led in .m (···.
tli.it 1 lie trim ..!
ϋί l-I'Mlth- »i"
( .ii;irci in· n. If
pci >· · ι in « ' !.
'Πιο ul'tlrr \v;i
; hty ι((ι ι ; · (i
;;ct.
Babson Discusses Taxes
Already Paid in U. S.
i:o<;u; \\ b\bso\
< oji.vri^ht PMI. I'ufju^htTN luuuuial
Bureau δ ι·«
( ; |. . ici·- ter. .VI. . . J- -The
chief discussion in Washington and
1 HI aw a today ··. ι li. χι· 1·λ en
"price control" » .· \ as one
purpose of 1.»\..* t 1 !;«·< |> pc>
pie from now ι ; ,ιι; ii· ;y good.
Some change «· . ' e\\ years ago
whenth c government- were urging
us all 11 » buy · ■ · ■ » C ϊ ι u it the
politicians let us aioue . ' all times
to hy rn by expe1 cu-e the nation
would be better off :n the end
Increased Taxes I nneeessar.v.
My purpose this week -however
i- not to discuss the pros and cons
j if proposed tax b'!1 out to s'v \·
, -waders how much they .? already
ι. y'!.; : · ,\i I ir ι t. however,
ι I "aaiit hu.-hand
ι ml ■ ' ι \ ι 11 ι ■ * aiou.·-, 1111
i: saoo.ui'o.ooo
"■ i· .(! >;) ι in' lii lit' raised
.·> · ' CXC ι UlXC.- llll thllltSS
t - ; : ι ' ' ■ '1 C " ϊ : 111 tr alone
- ' ■. 'm Γ S and Canada
.Slil.iMMi.OOli. 11(1(1 a year.
Λ -ι . ι- ,i!Ic"i-c· s committed in
tlie I'niteO Si. te- every 21 second.'
a total "1 1.a 17.112(1 major crimes.
This mcraiic one l'or every 87 per
il . include- a felonious homicide
e\ t : > 44 niinue.-. ta rubbery every
:it mimics an auto theft every 3
inimités, a burglary every 1 2-3 min
âtes, and a larceny every liâ seconds.
I Dt m tin nerl on Psee Five}