H L Γ . * ·— ïtettîtersmt 3Bmhj Utspafdj ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOK1 11 CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMHER 13, l!»ll ' ' us'!^:m,V^-n^'krnoon FIVE CENTS COPY Glamor Girl Comes Home M - Betty C· rdon ot New York, a native of North Carolina who was ι ι· l>\ Now York scci ly as "Glamour Girl of 1911." perched atop a Mi ·, r upon her arrival in Raleigh. N. C . for the debutante hall the night , Si'j>:i m her 12 at wh.eh he ana 143 other belles were list <1 to make tin : : mal bow to s· >ciety. She -aid , 1 ! : ; - s of Frank Howard i New V . her ehief marshal, would prevent him fr· m corting her !" the ball. ]{ >crt l'an of Durham, N. C.. one of four assistant marshals, was chosen to do the escorting. America May Arm U. S. Merchantmen Authoritative Quarters in Washing ton Declare Step Is Likely as Supplement to President's Shoot First Orders. Washington, Sept. 13.tt-(AP) Tli · of American merchant ships j v.. d*•scribed in authoritative quar- ! te - today as a step likolv to be pro- ! 1 cd by the administratif \ sup-1 Γ · filling Pre ident Roosevelt's or· ; tit" to the Navy to shoot first at «'V- warcraft in American defens··1 ν atcrs. Discussion of such a move intfn sl.tcl with news of the torpedoim; el ill American-owned freightei car rying lumber to Iceland an attack '■n h occurred Thursday morning j hu' which was not announcvd until jvstrrday. I 'he arming of mere h.mt i' .en wa - I ted to have been discussed | hi ifi'ly at a White H■ ■ : <■ eonfvremv | \vl,t available Four lumen. I new selectee.- '* (Continued ΰΐ» - Three) SEAMEN CALLED OFF WAR ZONE VESSELS New York; Sept. 13.—(AP)—The Scalurer.» International Lnion of North America (AKL) railed a vvalk jut at 11 a. ni. tEST) today over a v.ai-bonus dispute, ordering its nembers it '"all ships bound tor axis Jr allied ports." 'This strike will affect all ships bound, lor axis or allied ports," said John Hawk, union secretary-treas ui r. "We are naturally not against carrying material to England, but since the Nazis are sinking boats re gardiez ο!' location we want to pro tect our men. The operators show η signs oi negotiating." In New York harbor, three ships with cargoes of supplies for Ameri can d fenses bases in Bermuda and the West Indies cancelled their sail ing.·. as the crews walked out. Gas Problem Undecided Senate Committee De cides to Let Reported Shortage Iln East Work Itseif Out. Washington. Sept. 13—(ΛΡ) — Informed sources said today that a special Senate imcstig-atifig committee had decided to let a controversy over the reported eastern gasoline shortage work itself out. The railroads contend any shortage can he eliminated by using surplus tank cars. Λ group ni major oil companies l'avor construction <>|' π vast pipeline from the mid-continent field-, In provide additional sup plies. Acting Petroleum Coordin ator Italph K. I)uvies has refused to accept the railroads' estimates I and has urged that the pipeline he built. "If v.i ι -1 :( bark ; I'd watc for a low v. "· lis. e\ ■ rybody will kno\ who i~ right." aid one member f til five-man si nato gi· up which he boon inquiring into the reporte shortage. "Somebody is wrung an 11nif will tell." Meanwhile. Senator Walsh. Demi crat, Massachusetts, wrote Davies th: he had information that the easter gasoline scare was "baseless and thi the curtailment and rationing orde W' '*e un.uist'fied." Senator Maloney. Democrat. Co necticut. chairman of the special cor ', mittee, said Davies had furnishi [Γηνtinued «n Pafe Three.) With Only Eight Ships Missing, BigConvoyMakesPori Reds Report New Successes ' *9 Nazi Drive On Bryansk Relied Back Heavy Losses iniiict ed on Germans, Rus sians Declare, includ ing 10,000 Casualties and Many Tanks, Ve hicles and Guns. Moscow, Sept. I··—(ΛΓ)·—The lied army was reported today to have rolled back a great German offensive on Bryansk. !!:J0 miles southwest of .'Moscow, to have recaptured :;0 tanks, <>00 vehicles and hundreds of field guns. The Germans broke through to ward BryansK midway on the Kiev Moscow railway, late in August, ac cording to th'ese reports, but were defeated by a Russian counter of fensive which began 13 days ago. In the sector about 150 miles northwest of Bryansk, persistent lied army countvr attacks were . aid to have recaptured Setolovo, a village 111 the vicinity of Smolensk. Two German regiments were reported I broken through in these counter at tacks. Near Uussian-recaptured Vcl nya. within 50 miles of Smolen sk. these reports said, the Ger mans failed in another "psycho logical" attack. Two hundred shooting, wild-rid mu nazi motorcyclists, they said, sped aci oss a field toward Red army positions, but the Russian infantry held their tire until the attackers were within dose range, then scat-: t t'ered them with rifle and machine 1 ] gun fire. I Dispatcher· from the Bryansk Iront indicated Itu si,m infantry. ar~ : tillery, tank and planes, working in close harmony, were carrying out! ι pincer movements against armored j nazi wedgw and destroying them j piecemeal. I At the same time an increasing threat to Κιι·\, capital of the Ukraine, was di.-closed m official ac knowledgment 0! the fall of Cher nigov. JAP NATIONALIST DECLARES JAPAN READY TO FIGHT Tokyo, Sept. 13. (ΛΡ) Seigo ! Nakano, extreme national) t political leader, told a great mass meeting to ' day that Japan was prepared to fight to the last man in the event slje can not reach a sett lament of her differ ences with the United Staets through diplomatic channels. Nakano, whose speech was adver tised as a reply to the Roosevelt Churchill "Atlantic charter" dis counted the pos. ibility of a Japanese rapproaehnient with the United States and Britain because, hr said, ! their positions :ie fundamentally op posed. RUSSIA MAY GET WAR PLANES SOON London, Sept. 13.—(AP) -—- The flow of British and United States made planes t· Russian war fronts 1 is expected in well informed quar ters to be increased soon through • a lerry manned in part by Ameri s cans, it was disclosed tonight. .1 The ferry servie, similar t that rl which now brings made in-Ameri ca bombers across the Atlantic to 1 Britain, is likely to be considered it I among problems to confront the | η ι forthcoming British-United States it Riission Moscow collaboration oun •s ference. it was said. W Avert!! Harriman, head of the American mission, is expected in i- London within the next few days d and will go on to Moscow with the I British delegates after briefest talks 1 here. Grim Shadow of War Over the Soviet Front /'. H mil ophoto According to the caption with this Soviet photo, a Red plane is casting its shadow as it drops hujre bombs on German artillery positions somewhere on the vast 2.000-mile front. ruffs of smoke at lower right indicate spots where bombs have exploded. Three buaib. can be seen hurtling tu eartlu Gay da Declares U. S. In War U. S. Shooting Zone vnitfù STATES I'M*"* /fTrPHtk. .}■ \A vo"O. - -. . ' C' ^ - ;· _ />*/ VJWWf»^ ■ — szCBraz?? ^ V V TACIflC Ej ^OCEAff ύμί: mm CHIEF DEFENSE > ' Zrk the limits of America's defense waters, the areas outline·! ι:: ! ■ map above give the approximate positions regarded as our ·.·h . f ..· t\ i.-e zones in the Atlantic. The President declared orders had h π, given the nation's armed forces to shoot any Axis vessels sighted in if ti e protective zones and that America would demand freedom of ι ■ πι the Pacific. (Cintra! I'rt *x) Leaf Prices Hold Firm Brisk Sales Charac terize Opening Week on Middle Belt; Av erages Announced. Durham. Sept. 13.— (ΛΡ) — Brisk salt's at firn» priées char acterized the opening week of 1941 auctions on the Middle Belt tobacco markets. Seven of the nine markets reported sale of 6.(184,332 ponds through Thursday for an aver age of 25.46 cents a pound. Sales here for the period amounted to 2.3.Ï8.466 pounds for a 30.13 cent average. L G. Cheek, supervisor, said Durham market sales through yes terday were approxima: < ·... Ilili Ρ . ι η c! - al about 30.3(i c< Μι anwh ile, the Stale I > i!« ··..! agriculture departm n:. !< .· ,;h aniiiuiiieed tlie.se avi i ,:g l ; Hit Middle and Bright Belt : Middle Belt: ι Initiée leal—good 37, I. ι : low 1! Γ>, common 15.50; orange ■ κ i ι if. leaf - g< >od 38. lair 35, lov. 3D ι η ' ·η 21): lemon cutters -go e. 4n fair 3!), low 38: l.mon lug- --eh >:ci line g -ml 30, fair 30; 1 >i priming!- cicice 3!·. fine 3,"., go* .1 30 fair 2t>. 1 \ ! I: nondescript- t>;.'«<) poorest thin 5. Bright Belt: Orange leaf good 33. fai 35. lov 29, coinm η 20 50: orange smokin leaf—food 3D. fail 37. low 33. com mon 23; lemon cutters -good 13. la■ 40. low 38; lemon lugv choice 3f fine 38. food 37 fair 'Ml: nondescrip —best thin 9.50. WEATHFR FOR NORTH CAROTIN V Fair tonight a>id Snprtav; slightly warmer in interior Sun day afternoon. Says Axis Is Prepared Italian Editor Says Washington Has Is sued "De Facto De claration of War." Heme, Sept. i:;.—•(.MM — Vir fiinio <;.|\ (' Itali aad »' ennaux would adjust their war plans to meet what he called ι threatened at tack hx th" 1 nil· ! Mates in any part of the world. (In this sense, Gaydu apparently ι ) 11 :1111 a dec]. λ.ι: a^Iuallv i>111 without 11■ u. I «··mtras!· ed with a for: ,.ϊ "·» .πι e" cl·· nation.) "■ΐί'Β!? "The world >- ■ ι1 with a de facto déclaration ο) «ai hx the Washington L.ineiir ι it whose confines are net i.- iilied and whose fund.unci,t.ils are not de termined." the autoritative fas cist editor wrote n the news pa per II \meri can war-monri'ir laves the door open for it- w i1 h all parts of the world." '' ι!·!:πί1 of President Koosi", !i shoot first order toi S w r· ι . 'tin \rncr icui defc nsi\ c waters Fascist observer too! for «ranted Λ '"rie: il entι \ ( ;. vd ι réitérât ■ «'ar cliins would fire on V · . iran .ships ' ncee saw ' ' va ■ rin to ί ·ί·. we will Γ l»Ki;si |v< [v s'i W 1 n-ton ' API Cïeneral .1 ho ,T " une 81 year old 11 u] ■. \. < ier ι '·Ί1 ouietlv ··· · eiiion·»· t Walter K· "il ·"<· where frieiifls said '■■· ·· v, lergoinfi his annual pi; y · ! «···>: >p. Cotton Closes 1 To 6 Lower Now York. S pt 18 ί.ΛΡ) Cot • tun futures opened 7 to 9 higher. Fu ' hires closed 1 to ti lnwcr. middling I .- pot 18.59n, uncivilised I Open Close October ; December ; Tanuarv Mnrch . . ι May July . . 17 97 17.89 18.18 10.08-10 18.18n 18.38 18 29 18.01 18.40 18.58 18 44 Three Ships Torpedoed, F our Bombed British Convoy in At lantic Battered by I wo U-Boat Attacks and Air Attack in Rag ing Storm, Narrowly Missed Raider. I.ondon. Sept. 13. —(AP) Batterer) by two I -boat attacks and an air assault in a raging stosni. and just missing a fight with a German surfaee raider, the hulk ot a British convoy in the Atlantic nevertheless reach ed nort with the loss of but eight ships. the admiralty said today. Ί hree ships of the convoy were sunk b> torpedoes ant) four In bombs. One ship damaged by a boni h later foundered in the gale, it was said. 'he adinna 11 : l; i 11 y praising the '< induct ι m .if the convoy, .η w- ' ί t il ι h j„rgr measure for 11 ingmg llir 11 ; ; 11 m ]■ : 1y of the craft through the hazardous situation to lieutenant Commander G. A. Thring, ' S. ι m command of the senior seorl ship. (Tin· Gennans claimed today 31 hips— 28 merchant ships of 164,000 Berlin. Sept. 13.— (AP)—U boals. still slashing at a Brit ian-hounti convoy in the north Atlantic after President Hoose \clls shoot on sight orders to the t . S. Navy, have sunk four more merchantmen and three es cort vessels, the German high command declared today. The new bulletin raised the loll claimed from the convoy to 28 merchantmen, totaling 164. 000 tons—31 ships altogether In cluding the three war vessels. Two merchantmen, totaling 11, 000 tons, reported yesterday as pre^kbly sunk, were included in luis newer, unqualified claim. 1 irsl announcing the assault on the convoy in a special com munique yesterday, the high command said it included 40 ships heavily escorted by cor vettes and desiroycrs. ton- and three warship.· were sum; II running attack on a convoy of lu -111 p.-. ) : .-ea the convoy was at "ΊΊ 'Ίΐ l.r.-t by I -1! ,i and two ships were hit and sunk in a few min ute.-. according to the British ac C Oil tit. Brandenburg picked t r1 mm one of the 1 i w hile the sloop 1/optlord lowered a boat for the res ' · ' · 1 crew 11 ifii and went Bait r the Dept ••i'li ! it·]· I-·' . ι : loaded with 11 ·111 the ec md ship, v. |.y -i\ lour-engined ■ ι i·;.·· ' twelve hours later. One merchant ship was sunk '· ■ Λ · others sank soon, "t the fourth was liip had to be bandont (i. Λ '1 ' ·. : a i; by a bomb ■ liit··.: i.t e ild carry on. ■ i' ι tin· survivors of ••'I, u'*· ""ί '·>;ιί · hip··· • ··· ' I attack was ((Λ ntiii .ea on Page Three) Eighty Nazis Are Interned From Iran 1 ! :» .u,. li ,ιι. Still. 13.—(AP) — Eighty Nazis bound for internment 1 ii and Siberia lett here by Ιι,ι,η t ι ·., while British and Rus >..11 li I 111 1,1 t: ll.-tcllod L Π ίΐ Ι'ί tatlOn. t·· tin ; -ieg heil." echoing through Tela: an palatial marble depot. Seventy !\\" ι·ι the group went by .-1 ί ι.· ; : 11 ti .1.11 in Ahwa/., in route to lnd:a. while eight were aboard one ··..»·: ni' a Ka/A .η train with Siberia ■ is tin ii destination. Allied displeasure was manifest ■vei a series ol excuses and asserted misunderstandings whereby the Ger man legation tailed twice t deliver I the prisoners and finally produced only 80 of tfu 27.) men demanded of it. With about 4(H) men and 41)0 wom en and children still sheltered under the swastika flag at the German le t;' ·:' suburban compound, German Minister F.rwin Ettel visited the sta tion and personally saluted most of ι Ih se being sent away