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TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SE1TEMIJER l«ï, 11» tl ",;HU1,HfS; ^τκ^1^7,£ΚΝυϋΝ FIVE CENTS COPY
Atlantic Fleet Guards Cargoes
Hitler Claims Gains On Leningrad
British Destroyer Rams a German Submarine
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Throe of the most unusual war pictures over released, these photos show
a British destroyer ramming and sinking a German U-boat. Top, the
submarine has been forced to the surface by depth bombs and the war
ship is bearing down on it at toi) speed before it can resubmerjje.
Center, the submarine is cut in half by the knifelike bow of the
destroyer. Bottom, a boat from the warship picks up Gerp.an survivors
(arrows), one of whom is climbing aboard the rescue craft. London
dill not reveal where the action took place. (Central Prias)
Germans Execute Ten More Hostages
Allied Troops March
On Teheran; Shah Hees
British and Russians
Accuse Iranian Ruler
of Pro-Axis Leanings;
No Opposition Expect
ed to Occupation.
London. Sept. Ifi. — (Al'i —
British and Russian troops lo
niuht were reported ntarehire oh
the Iranian capital of Teheran
ι s the nation's ruler. Rc/a Shall
rahlavi. abdicated undei t in·
threat of such action.
ΤΙ .ι I )r. : ι h .nul I1 - .πι . k ci ι ι !
· - hah and his ι;ι >vri ι η ι irnl el
t":> tactics m ciii rvui^ « u! an ,ί^ιιί -
« lit lu expel iir del is' τ tu tin1 allii .
: C1111 ! 11 a 11. II ι it nja π ι η, Italian and
^11111 a 11 i a 11 11 a I n > η a I -.
ΓΙιι> afternoon it vva · Icai crd an
«I ■ ΊΊÎa11\'( |\ that British and fill. -
■- :ii troop were mai ( * h ί ι : : ». on Τ ι -
li'ian with plan lor immediate oc
cupation.
The shah's abdication was an
nounced before an extraordinary
session of the Iranian parlia
ment. the Teheran radio stated,
(Continued on Page Five'
Prices Strong
At Opening
Of Old Belt
Win !, .π Sal. m. Si p' l'i—-(-VP) —
ï'i'iîvs a\ ci atii'Cl ; ι r< m ι ·· i ivnts ;
I 1 und I ■ tibairo at Ι: ι piTiing o:
Oltl Iïrii»i11 1 it■ tï market- today.
In Wii t;.η Salem, whtie 1..ÏUH,
IK'11 pounds ul medium quality prim
iriH.s was offered, the first 60 pile:
sold averaged 32 ctnt.» ;■ nd othei
markets reported prices in keepinj
V'ilh the averages being pa d on !-.a-t
°rn Carolina market.-.
In Reidsville. whet, th ;nr t'<
last year was 17/!:' t ent a p · ι
and in 1939 was 11.22, the average 01
(Continued on Page Five.)
FASCIST PAPERS
SEE CERTAIN WAR
K« me, Sept. 1 (».— ( \ D— The
I · s ( ■ i s I press piolrssed toda.N I,»
loresee inevitable hostilities
with the I nited States as α result
oi Seeret.n > f\no\' announee
inent vesterdas that i nited
States naval vessels would pro
tee! .',!iips earrv in:: aid to Britain.
" I 4 I nited State· has really
arrived ι what Κ ealled the last
■ ■'* p." said ιιγ,γ in u'spaper. "What
mar:in now rem ins lor avert
iι■ ■ drama? None."
Is Approved
House Agrees to
Changes; Bill Goes
Back to Senate For
Γ inaî Action.
W.i-ΙιίιιΐΐΙοιι. Sept. Iti.—( Λί'ι —
lin il..use t;m· itroiiiiii ,ιρ
|,lo\al ni tin MS,.'·;! j.4UI>.0IIU colli
ι ι>i mil'·-·· \ ι r-ion of the now (lt1
| lciiM· i.« s. iiill. clearini; tin· \\a.\
l'tir iiual action tomorrow h> the
Senate.
\V : til· Hit .,
;idn' >'( li rei
S· !! . t II ■
1 which sent out e· π iuhii ι·-,
change.» m.icie in t: ι·ί ird
mca-.ire by the Senate.
Flurries ol critici-in develop
<'(! a,rains| some ol those chances,
partienlarU the reduction of the
ind'cidual exempli.ins fr· in
S'0Pf> to S1 .,*">t)0 for married per
sons and from S S 011 to .S75I) for
single persons, am! the elimina
I tion of the rronircment ll^it all
(Continued ûû i'û*e Five)
Hun ·.
j in!
Legionnaires
In Brilliant
Parade
Μ ι i v. .ι. Μ. ι ·. Si pi IK. ι Λ11 ) The
. \ I III ! 11 .111 ■< '.1 III ' 1 Willi ' I !i <11i< let Oil
: lli il I ..in ν 111 I <11Κ .· lib-11:11 tori
f. 11 n ■ 1' ul, i\ . ii ι ' \ v\ ung j ; 11 m 111 y
tlliU II Mllw , ; i 11. · ι tl eft.- Ill tue
.'■ιιirr.r.iii I. gum - in ill..ml eoiiven
lii.ii parade.
Λ111 \>. aiikee >.■ ·ί Up early and mass
ed li'ii-rii't'i) ; ι i · Ί ι _i tin entire tl ι rot -
milt1 parari'.· route.
ΊΊ ίο ν ι ui reli > la ι ted promptly ; 11 !)
·.. it'ST) to I'ontiime without in
- ι 1 li ι >1 * H lor : ■ 1 iea.-t Iv.ilvi' hour. ■
I , ι li . ! < ■> ί ι· >i ι p.; ι·ι| Lu !. >re the
II .'.ι,ul Inn t Iv belin o 11!
■ riot - ,. t ' .;i eut ii m ot'ficui I ...ul
. ι "U1 ι-1.(It'll ν "ί, id ρ u ticipate.
fill- ill.' I 1,1' ., w llicll got ol I i i
ng I,irt ye lerriav w ι til the
iipi ii 'lldiliw; i i e . > ι ν mlei elice ol in
toivenlmn in tl·.· foreign conflict,
-.. I·! · · 11 I >1 'III Id I |·>. till' ι Ml ilrir.
I .' i. ■ cot κ 'lit , ■ ,it cheered to the
ι ι ί Ii ι 11 men for the u:,t ίοιι,ι I
,ίΙι 11,11 -Ι ι,1 !, ■ ί ι. Sien 'ti' ι y ο I t ho
λ'.··, y Κιι·.\, C'i\ iiiiiii Deli'iiM· Direc
Ιοί ίluardia. .1 well a ,ι lue.- age
11 « -mi !'re.-nient Koosivolt iiiin-'.-lf. m
., challenge again.-! Na/.ι Germany
The convention appeared syni
palhct ic tow'iird ;i move tiuit would
ie\ei-v the hogionV traditiiniiil stiind
again. I American p.irticipiition in
loroigll w.ii-. .iii.l in,my leading
member.- weie necking support for a
resolution winch would lift the ban.
Reds Getting
U. S. Supplies,
Harriman Says
London. Sept. lti.— (ΛΙ'ι—VV.
\\ cit'll llaninian. head ol' the
I niiccl Stall's delegation to the
Moscow war needs conference,
saiil today l nited States |iro
iliii ts and raw materials already
were π "aching Ilussia in substan
tial «iiianlilies.
"Tl r\ w .11 coiilinue to n\,ch the
Ιίιι . ,,11 m increasing amounts,"
lliinnn.iii said, "we have a good idea
(Continued on Page Five).
Reprisals
Announced
Frenchmen Shot in Re
taliation for Attacks
on Men of Army of Oc
cupation.
Talis. Sept. lli—( Ai ι—A Ger
man nun commissioned officer
w is shot at line today after a
tinman firing squad had exe
cuted tin French liostimes for at
tacks 011 other German soldiers.
I'aris μ ;>l. If!.— ι \i*>—(.rn
era I ileinrich von Nluelpnagel,
command·'! of îIic (ieniian oc
iiipiiim loi ces ,ιιιη· limed today
11·-·t l*-n more hostages had been
shot in r.i: is in reprisal for at
lacks mm «.eiiniii armv men.
The evci niions were in retalia
tion lor all.ι ks on men of the
armv ol oceiiiiafion on Septein
lier (!. Ill and II. a llotic" ill
formed the puhlie.
The I'M·. · I r<"'dit t·· I.'i llv
tiinnhei uyi'inne d Three
hn lace; u η Srntrnilicr I! for
:··) attack -■ rgeant.
The t \■ « ! : ■ 111er the ·> everu
! mil -, ι ( η ' ι 1 ' τ·π· a -· ·~1·ι tt. an -
other si i' nii -erl a German
military " 11 is tired rid a ('· τ
man ··· · - a 1 a -, ai ilted. Su 11
- i'(r ■ 11 ' \ (ι-· ,,iu ult i ce r vva
ehilil·· ■' ' r >ι anhandlcd ·η
Pari- si·· Is
Λ ι . · "m 11 s.. actual a t
t;»· '-< .· ii ·· ·" ti innrehencl· it
T'<·· ( '·· ail ' ' h ···!·" .I ' d to h ■
three · ·,:··· ι \"""t"d for every
am· ν " * 11 attacked.
(In P. the η«·\ν< agency DNB
T"»',rrr»
VEATHfR
ΚΟΚ NOKTll CAROLINA
l.iii to partly cloudy tonight
and \\ eiini'sda> except possibly
a few linht showers in south por
tion.
K\tended weather forecast for
tl^e pericd from 7:."50 p. m.. Sep
tember Iti to 7.'30 p. m. Septem
ber Ml—Temperatures mostly
above normal: only a few light
show ers.
Nine Soviet
Divisions
Grand Total of About
270,000 l\ed Army1
Casualties Reported
Smith of Lake Ilmen; '
Russian* Report Vic
ory at Sea.
ι " · > s ή i- Ιι·ι1 S'rr· -s. 1
Λ <1 If [!ifl"i's !ii h command
··"»· ■■'■·' '«■'■· !·:·■ :· •iiiihil:)) ioll
«I' nine Sov t d:v's:oi-s ai<d ·!)<■
crushine. of nine o('ht divMoMs
"Willi (lie Moodiest losses"—a
f,rami total of about '170.000 men
—in Γ i *; 111 i n 'ϊ smit'i of I.akc
llinen on the la-ninsiad front.
In a pe·· ,1 : · ι ■ I ' < ■ : " ι ! κ · lue'irer'
field headquarters declared tht
stl oil;; Ion··. . ι i! ·. ! i';·. :!7lh S'il·
ith Uv : ι ! ι a ha ! 1 r. "do
C > IV e I ν ■ : ι ■ 1 ■. ; I " · : 11 t> . ('.iptlll
ni ι;· ι ; t· ·ν ρ, ma·:·-,
t. 1111 ; aiif! "> ; . <>; ; ! '.! i'ary.
t:> : ι· ; ι 1" r . a n. it il. .·. cru la
<'ι · ι ι cel.
'IT- X /1 I ■ i 11 i ' · ' 11 > -a ii I tile va
.'.laughter occurred "dtiriiiK ihe j-a
\v. oI.s" a lid n; ! ica " 11 a mash i li
blow lo Leningrad's defense army ol
cue million men.
Simultaneously. the Soviet
at my newspaper Red Star re
ported that a gigantic night hat
tie of lieavv tanks for "an impor
tun point on tile approaches to
1.eningrad" ended i:i a complete
rout of the Germans, win» left
hundreds dead on the field.
Nazi militar> dispatches, pic
turing Leningrad as doomed,
said the great network of steel
and concret- fortifications ring
ing the cit\ was crumbling under
blows of the most destructive
weapons in the German arsenal
Mure than "an Soviet bunkers and
pill boxes m the Leningrad defence
/.une wei . ιλ ;ι· ·ι 11 ci ma lied or cap
tured and Gen an Inn ips at ome
points were rcpnried mily là mile,
freun the hea: ! ni the city.
On the ■ ι ! he ι l i ont tire Νιιζι
high command that Gel : nan
t ί 'on! i 111 a < >
l-atfe Two)
Nazi Spy
W orkRe ν ealed
During Trial
New York, St \ !1 )
Tii: k.·. l'a lift ι ni·, ι · . \i t.i.u I
λιί νiees of 111 < ■ 1 I 1 ! i' I ' II ■ I
Stall·? ; : ι r corp " ·! ·:··
ant ι. bomb de\ ice
uri't' a iKiii'il
by the Genua:)
t'1 c\ idence inti ί
trial ut' Hi men ··:s > : < I"1
a.m ι·ι h ispi I'aey.
( I "Vei ni ne:: ί ι i· 11
11 le ..-aye Iran ιιγ'Ι a I
I land si en I ι ail'. I·· 1
II ; 111 · 11 · ι Γίί m ■ ι. j '■. ! !v
III10 11 . a id :
" I )i in n ' ν ι.
Texas cla ■ and ten d
('aribboan tu ι ul :
h r : ι rl red p'si ι νί ! : ν
listed n'en. The T..dd -
( Cnntim left rm i'.-u"
Ρ rani
Wins Beauty Title
Mrs. Uuth Licklider
Marri. (I women from all over the
country Hoiked to l'alisades Park,
N. J., to compete for the title of
"Mrs. America of ID 11," but when
the judges had made their decision
it was found that red-haired Mrs.
Ruth Licklider, from little old New
York, just across the Hudson River,
was the winner.
Coal Parley
Is Called
Steel Company Heads
Called to Washington
in CI osing of 'Captive'
Mines.
(Bv Ί
Tin- ht :m !
largv.-l ,!>·. .
.miniimii'il :■
t >11 ; ι ! d( ·Ι ι : ι ·
UV.-hmntun !..
uilh .ι hili..]· d
i'(i nu ne t! .ι. ::
Λ Ii. .s·, ι»γ. ·· ί Ν
Till· "(' .. It i .
' ί t'd c\(·! 11 - ; .
punir.-· which
( C'ontiniH'd ■ ι ..'.· t·>·.ι )
Virginia Leaf
Marts Strong'
I >.111\ ill··. \ .
\'i· Lîimaold I
' » [ Ί Ί It'll .. I It's * ■ !
1 < · < I ; I > with 11 ■
ill I'l'iU};?. M· in '
I * ι ι' ' til; ι η; .
I hr st.île". I;
; \ ill·· l'.'pt .rtrd
ι . \ < 1 ', I Lt I ' I HI· I I M
• ).·!· »\vt-| : i,t 1 ). :
ί,ΐ'Ππικ ;is imii'ii
bi.i'fi) whirh , ;
lu..unlit l.i (··.·· ■
I I'd I'll .)
.·; Aiiicficn"
Ikim· hi·,,,
I »·Γι H I' till' IK' -
■ it . .11 !'. ,11(1 .it
Ί (·. .1 llll'l't U .1;
which has elos
1:1 t.. tin' i::·
; ί I · 11 ·(1 '
..Id
Ward Will Seek Overhauling
Of Motor Vehicle Department
Daily iJispatcti Rurcau.
in ι Sir Walter Hotel.
I'.' !!! \KV AVI UM I.
Η .|ι·.ι·!ι. St pl. κ; The Ve
hicle Iîc}>;ι:Ί!iicnt U';n set up b\ the
11141 11κ;-1 :ιΐ .π- ι> une (if the prin
cipal reorganizations a>î?od by Gov
ernor .1 Melvilli lîrnughton; bat tin·
changes were i· ·'.· Med 1 η ι - is t en
tirely in the framework ot adminis
tration.
The l!>4li Ic.l;i-]at r·. will be asked
by Commissioner ol Mutur Vehicles
Buddie Ward to d ι ., c ·· inlete over
haul job on the laws whicii the new
department i- charged w:th admin
istering.
The 10-41 changes p it a new de
partment head in charge of the .-nme
divisions which h d been r,mction
mg ior several years. Thert vere
\ ■ rtuully n> r1 ;
gardmg highw;
lliclo regi- trat ·1
Irol.
! 1 ! :. ι
ν
till' VI
jjthway pa
Mr. W . 11 el . ... :ini 1 l't.i.i
In.·- present <1 > ..n lirait he !i :
given no indu η ■ ' any fixed na
tions along tin'.-ι· but lu· mum
plant to presit 1 :1 -e next Gonei'a
Assembly .1 ρ'.in |.>, dr.i.-l .· and t'a:·
reaching changes in the laws undo
which Tar Heel motorists now liv
and have thi'ir being. if they'r
lucky enough to be spared in tli
slaughter on the st ;· highways.
As an instance, the comm's-ione
makes no bone- ab >■ 11 calling th
present North Carolina examination
fN(Jun t.i η mmijη, | ' . < ρ ο ' J \\·*\ »
Order Taken
As Start Ot
All Meet Units Under
Specific Orders "To
Capture or Destroy"
Every Axis Raider En
countered Between U.
S. and Iceland.
Washington. *>c:)t 1(ί. — ( VI'i—
Stripped fin- action, tin 1 nited
States \llantic fleet took under
the protection of it·, cuns today
all lease lend c irrocs ic transit
on the \tluitie liclwi-cn the
"s'ort'i American «outillent and
I'eia nd.
Tilt· zero hour tor this new
phase of operations was l a.
ill . and the widely accepted view
in authoritative iiuarters here
w as H at it meant ι lie stal l of ac
tual convoy duly In I s. naval
vessels a loi'!: .1 '.000-mile
stretch of the North Atlantic.
Liter llj " in 1 ! poliej a
'inmnit'i'iti d ι ν Knox v. ;
1 <> ι >ι·' ·<!'!<■ ι · '■ ■ ' adequa' ·
. - \νι :g!Kit
■ c! ;■ ■ ' 1. "1 ,.!! .·. ; m·!!· Illidci
- ! «1 ' 1 "I iii ' , ; i t ' ' fit t ιό;·
by t \ c a! tin -;
1 Very ; ι \ ! 1.1 nit 1- t >ι··ι ΊΙΙ1 Tt-i i'fl.
Willi the Atlantic fleet charg
ed with the responsibility of
safeiuiarding Kr lish and all
other cari.o vessels in the ex
panses west of Iceland, the royal
navy could concentrate its ef
forts 011 guaranteeing safe pas
sage through the perilous 800
mile stretch between Iceland and
the British Isles.
lu a ct>11 i!j: 111 i<>: : · nve to ca-o Unt -
il'- shi).ii>!i>!> I 'in"It ί : ■. America».
: ; :t Ί flmnti; .'il v-.'ci " l; 1 : explicit
! c: missί· ·η t'i c.i1 : y arm and muni
t ιιίι> in numerous British colonies
and pu sessions, μίικ' nt them of
strategic proximity to theaters of
.dive operation.-1 and othvrs of po
tential luii.ii1 i 1 ' 1 poll. met'.
Meanwhile, adn rnsti tioii leader.;
m the Sen.iti Wei.· idling over lira
w hole broad cili»·- * i' ίι of the exisl
11 u neutrality 1 v. and the report
v.a they wen· undtrided on how
' tr tin y should ν· m st eking its
11\ erliaul.
Wayne County
Would Close
Mill Houses
! V j > '
I Λ;· '
. : ! ρ
Me
. d 1(
( Λ Ρ ι — Wayne
! 1 1 ' 1 'il , a lit
> t >nditions in
> . .. .·, · ill company
-·. .ι . π 'iitluvak t
r inferred today with
1: ::·> McM illan
al action against the
,1 the officials decid
: i !lst the
>· andatory
: a cut ut a nuis
■ ;hc ΊΙ owner
' ■■· ■ . in places
{Continued on Page Two)
Axis Planes
¥1 ! àT* *
bomb tairo
39 Persons Killed, 93
Wounded; Way Ap
parently Opened for
Bombing of Rome.
Cairo. Sept l(i.— (ΛΓ)—Cairo
suffered ils firsi raid ο I' the war
fo<la> when a\is planes bombed
tin· tils hca\il\. killing Mil eivil
I ians and wounding 93.
The Kkv| Pan ministry of interior
i-sueci a coiimum que stating that
' i 11 icrc \\i:i . ι Ian11 · in -evvral pro
• \ inei s and that anti-aircraft went
into action. Property damage was de
I ! scribed as slight.
I his apparently opened tile
wa\ for British bombing ol'
Koine, for the British last spring
warned that bombing of either
Cairo or Athens would bring re
| prisais agnjnst Rome.
■ ι Cairo ι- ι liolv city to the Moslem
* j World much a- Rome is to Catholics,
s , Although Alexandria, site ol a
(Continued on Pqpg