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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,<n President Roosevelt £ave con
K'' -men a preview of his Thursday
night address.
Such a stvp, it w is pointed out.
v."iild ref|iiire congressional repeal
- it least revision of the neutrality
•'■it. 11 ice that law specifically pre
fab,t.- American commercial vessei
in m carrying other than small arms.
Another piobleni would be to ob
tain the necessary guns in view ol
11a· keen dvmand for such weapon
by the United States Army and Navy
iiiid by the British as well.
30th Division
To Release
3,000 Men
1'ort Jackson, S. t'., Sept. 13· —
(Λ1')—Authorized to release 3,000
sulci i ors I rum the 30th division here
at the end ol their year's service, ol
licial.·» announced today tliat Ι,ίίΤ.ι
s Idiers would be sent to their homes
hi tlic Carolinas, Georgia and Ten
ncs.see next week.
Those men volunteered for service
in the division a year ago durmj.
tli*- few days that the- units were
-stationed at their respective armor
16s before being sent here.
Officers said the releases and the
dat's would be:
Tuesday, Λ00 men; Wednesday, 300
Thursday, 2.": Friday, 250; Satur
day, 250.
Daily releases Π decrease aftei
ritx week, averaging from 50 to 7f
untu the 3,000 have .-en turnec
loose, ii.e number of ι<_'· -es b;
states was >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 '
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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 :;<i towns and villages
and ir.ilicted .1 loss of almo.'.. 10.
000 Gi iiiians 111 a long, bloody
battle.
Τ I re German ci 11 \ ο was reported
made by twelve German infantry di
visions (about 180,(KH) men) and two
I.ink corps.
Dispatches said the 17th and
24th German tank corps were
routed and estimated that be
sides nearly 10.000 officers and
men, the Germans lost more
than !f>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
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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
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US. WILL SHOOTΔΧΙΓ
RAIDERS ON SIMT,.
Although President Roosevelt s radiiTaddress did not «I. ■ >rk
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 <;.|\ <la declared today that
tin· i'nitcd .Mali"· had issued a
"de facto d'il, ration of war'
:k>(' 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 <iiornah d ' '. ι lia.
"While Κ ι! ι od ' ■('rmaiu
have sought to 11s. ihc limits and
conditions of tln-ii ν ι> \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