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ïtettîtersatt Hath; Htspafrfj ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF ΝΟΚΓ1Ι CAROLINA AND VIKGIMA TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 17, ID 11 ''υΒ,',Η,^Ι(;κΓτΗ8^ΝθΑϊ.ΚΚΝυοΝ FIVE CENTS COPY At Least 31 Men Are Killed As THREE SWEDISH DESTROYERS BLOW UP ···· ··· · Explosions In Harbor Are Mystery Full Lxtent of Disas ter U η k η ο w η, As Flaming Oil Hampers Rescue; All Three Vessels Comparative ly New Swedish Buiit. Stockholm. Sept. 17.— ( \I') — —Three Swedish destroyers hlcw up mysteriousl> and sjnk torlav while at anchor in in »*ist coast Sv. edish port and t'rst report s said at least 3! men were killed. Casualties were feared to be higli. but the full extent of the disaster was not known because of flaming oil hampering desper ate rescue efforts. ' 'tic ni l iCl': . X '. 1 : ι > ncd of ! iccrs and 24 m - w crc killed, '■/* Ίι - eleve: ; ·, · . « itij-i cd in the < Xplosil ill. Swedish ; ι ! ; t h · : ities >;n(l liny could lint ;ictίiiml 1er the blast which apparently, started en fine ship and ank all three, nc alter the other. Tlic cvpV'sJons occurred in Ilaarl'sjaerden harbor, a fjord on the Baltic seacoasl south of Stockholm used by Sweden's rapidh expanding nav\ as u proving ground. VII three destroyers were re lative^ new and Swedish built. The 1.040-ttm Gutcborg. c mpleted η 1SI36, was said to have blown up and sunk first. Explosions full wed m th sister \csscl- Klas Horn and Κ1 a s Uggla. each ol' 1,(120 tons. The Klas Horn sank quickly and *'·>· crippled Klas Uggla went down later. Detail ..· the series hla.-t- still \\ ere · ί i.-c . ι ·. ■ • wove··. a ■ every available ciiastal boat put out to res*· :e s;irvi\ ·. md · ·· · \ er the bodies ■ I the dead I'rna. '■·<■' burning water. (A dispatch from Stockholm to Τ : ι c Swedisi Λ ner':c..n News Ex change said a boiler explosion aboard :'·<· Got·, borg was the can e of the di-aster This would "id cafe that a · !"!inition may have !>ecn .-el off and i .; the other ship? ) FINNISH NEWSPAPER PROTESTS PUBLICITY IN SWEDISH PRESS lh ..· ■ Irn : ;md ·. · ■' I·' » : · II.:·. Ί t h;in(i ol' S· \ i : I ;i ι Tin· Sv .-«it-Ϊ !· ιρ·" ι! \v;i.- id. : vr |Hti ' · <1 rti injllriou- t·· ! I ; ι ! ' η I ι . h ·'- ν othfr j v.'isi >ir in- 1 . | iiOpiiUunci'' 1 nil • 1.11 till ι ' 'ι· I i, 1 , 1 ' 1 "t ' IlK'il Executions W** itf· i o increase German Occupation Authorities Warn French of Further Re prisals For Assaults. Γ î »s. ( 111 - ()( ' unifd I r a nee. pt !" — V 1* ) < «cr in in author··! ies ι nnonneed today that -s'loolini*· of hostages in re prisal tor li n ks on (ici mans (icimans would he extended to ine'tid·· nol i.nh nmnmniisls hut "a!! " lasses ol the Paris popula f;on." Tin· 'it:- in 1 'η ι"·' r .-ι·. a .ι Gér ai .-··:· c ι ·-. d died ι. diet \\ ·.·'(! ι : ! ι «·;«·(! Mondny ι ; π ide» ' * i ! cil . ι !a ut m de • ■ 1 ! 1 · ( ' ιΓ ! ι 1 11 prev mil . tt; eks "M members ·»ι the army ol occupation Τ e new * nmmeed in nil I ' ι piijiri and p<»:!< d on walls • thi" i^hout tin· <atv. rend: "11 attacks c<»ntinné, Ile occupa I t' >ii aulh"îit ir- will shoot increas ing numbers <>1 'n^tai-ie . and these ' ho ta^ic- no longer will he taken ex clusively lr<>" .· »τiu C'liiiniuui t , hilt ι i nui all cl a - so of ihv Paris t population.'' ν t he aildicr v. a tin eeond report i ô sifun . α r'a ι' - w ith ι η 9 few wçeks, Reds Gain Ground In Smolensk Area Nazi Forces Suffer High Casualties More Than Ten Thou sand Germans Killed and Wounded, Vast Quantities of Arms and Ammunition Seiz ed, Russians Claim. Moscow, Sept. 17.— (ΛΡ) — The lied army, in a smashing; I counter attack only .>0 miles j northeast of Smolensk. has thrown German forces hack westward in an right-day battle in which more than 10.000 Ger mans were killed and wounded, Hussion dispatches from the front said today. The battle occurred in the direc tion o! Yart evo, which is on tin· niiiin highway be'ween Smolensk ; 111 r i Moscow. Vast quantities of arms rid ammunition were seized, accord ing to the army newspaper, Red Star. Another dispatch reported the recapture by Leningrad's army defenders of a strategically im portant crossroads village lying on one of the approaches to the citv—a maneuver declared by the Russians to have wrecked German plans for a new thrust against Leningrad itself. Another Russian success claimed was the recapture of the Lake Ladoga island of Tahmassan from | the Finns. The Soviet information: bureau said about 80(1 Finnish sol-1 diers and officers were killed and) lour launches and two motor boats ; . link in the battles for the island. Tl'.'e Yartsevo battle was an ex tension of the Russian counter at tack of last week in which the town ol Yolnya. (it· miles east of Smolensk wa- recaptured. This in turn wa. part of a two-weeks battle in the vicinity ol Bryansk. 1:30 miles south fContinued on Ρπιν Three.) 'Dark Horse' May Enter Senate Race Daily Dispatch f'uiimi. In 111»· Sir IVnltcr Hotel. By III NKY Λ Y Kit ILL Κ leigh, Sept. IV. Senator Josiah j W liai ley is mil likely In turn pale [ with rear il and when il occur.-., but there is a "dark horse" senatorial candidacy announcement brewing ι ιu111 here ill Haleigh, within less than two blocks of the Sir Walter, .vliei" .·. many political eggs have been hatched or scrambled. I Yospccl i\e blo-hued eipiine i. M-cd man 1 '. 1 )icksi >n, who ha : lie1, er l>i ι η a candidate for any p > l htical ο I lice, hut who admit- per il a p.- "proclaim.··" is a belter word that he ha., been tremendously ef fective in the campaigns of numerous it οι 111 ο net ι on I'aL'e Three) LaGuardia Nominated I New Y rk. Sept 17.—(ΛΡ)— Mayor Κ. Il LaGuardia emerged i from an apathetic primary as the Republican mayoral nominee today - as virtually complete returns from yesterday's balloting gave him fil.766 votes to 48,56!) for John H. Davis, former presid. ul of the National Re publican club. The may or will be opposed in his ■ I.id for a third term by District At ! rney William O'Dwver of Brook lyn. Tammany Hall selection who was opposed for the Democratic 1 nomination. Supported by Wendell I,. Willkie, whom he opposed in the 1040 presi dential campaign, and by District Attorney Thomas K. Dewey, whom he opp -ed in an unsuccessful race against Governor Herbert H. Leh man, LaGuardia carried three υί the • city's five boroughs. Oil for East Burns ; ' - " '"{«Γ' , C. P. Ρ hone photo Ton cars of crude oil, 100,000 gallons, intended for tlie eastern seaboard, ;■ ) ii|i in billowing clouds of smoke on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, afur derailment of a til-car train. Sparks apparently ignited the cargu. TAX MEASURE TO PRESIDENT Biggest Revenue Bill in History to Raise $3,533,400,000; Mr. Roosevelt's Signature is Expected Promptly. \\ ι' hiiiKtnn Nipt. IT—i.\!')— 1 inal Senate ipproval sent to President Uoosevelt toda> the S.'!. ■>").'!. llHMKiO ta\ bill—hi^gcst revenue measure in history and one designed In help del'iax the lin.unlink tus! ni national de fense. The Ir.L'isI ι linn. w liirli w ould ilium,·· heavier hurdcus on \ ir tuallv ι \.■ t \ rili/i'n and corpor ation in tlit- rouiitr> . was cx pn toil to ri'irnr Mr. Roose velt's si«naturr promptly. I inal approval < ani<· on a voice vote. Tin· lull's heavier taxes on in dividuals and corporations v\ on 111 lie effective on incomes for the current c.ilemlai ν ear. while mosl ot Ihe excise, or "nuis ance." taxes would ko into effect Οι tôlier 1. Axis Forces More Active Near Tobruk Cairn. Sept. 17 ίΛΡ) 1 |<·,ι\ ■ ■ x is -.hi Mini; "I 15rit ish I'nrward po : -11 ΐ < » 11 in the Τ ι >1)1 uk cirea was ro ι ·■ ·' ' · ιi ' ' \ l'a· T Îr i 1 i h M iridic Kas I.· ι<l<11; .. ; today a- Ha· Nort! ι πι ϋ He ι·; t v.irt rr continued it I .■·tepped-up pace coinciding w ith tin • ! at'::· .as ,η.-,Ι heat. .V -· ·· 11·, fHimlar nr. a «if Ethi'i In : · lemnanl ■ ·Ι the 1 lalial \ I .1 \ ι ■ I i"i'i ι I it· ii ·:;ι·(1 .since cap • a then mam I'orces. wt'athe ii· ν liavc permitted re ui ptii η in British offensive opera· ι · 1 '.·ΙΙιη!'. m 11 ι- Tnbrlll >' .. -a ' ■ · ί I ·· ' I '-ail! I till ; ■ ■■ ■ ι ι. · ιΐ:·| .ι Ί' cril-od a ' In·;: \ ν Ί t · ' I-a - ;. !1 111 · "Hill .'lilt • \\. ·.; ι ί 11 ■ t ! v.. ι1 ■ ι " ted alial British nc-connaissance unit- woi especally active in aniic ΐ ■ ;! ■ » 11 * » t ρ.. ilile major a xi.· ι >11 ι·ιι --1\ e FOIS N'OHTII ( VtîOI.IN V Fuir to sli(;htl\ clniidx tonight and Thnrsdiv: little change in ' teilijieraiuic RALEIGH MAY VOTE ON WIDER LIMITS 1 . Sep'. 17. - AIM Tl " up: rnit· ι « >11 rt paved ΐ 111 ■ v\.■ ν tll< e.\ tel ! ί,,,·· ' ;. 11. ι .:i \\.... .11 :(i' η 1 la i 1'iliit upheld. with Mie . .. !.. λ p., - , ,1 Iiy lin i l.· ; K-u i .mtliiι]Ί/.ιιι,:4 a vote mi 111'.' Living Cost is Rising H e η d e r s on Tells H ο u s e Committee loodstuffs Have Ad vanced 8 Per Cent in Month. U'.. -h Mi.nl· >n. S i ι κ! I ι ( ΛI ' ) 1 ' ' "■ 11i iuii·!. < »n, ι »■ hv ci nit ml ad - ' ■ : · ι · * i , 1« 11 ! ii( i li>d;i.v that μιηί ι ;u · n »i ι»11 I μ μ ι : 11 : ; ι μι j »·· u · con >)'»1 Ι· L'.i 1, 1111 » j ι π ri'N-nl ,ι month a^c I f*'· ι ·! I >;ιμ(· 1« · »d>tll11 - had in 1 ·· < (l pci' rant. I\< ι u ; 11 η j.· In ic l in · ι π y hrl'oiv th( I 1 · ' 11 ι · 11 a 11 i. i 11 ^ <··,·· ; · 11 î t ι1 < ' 'Ίΐ a b i I tinpnuiT the Pu ι d » ί 11 1·' iMab II h ce: liny: I · ·ι |>! I Ι'ΊκΗ γμιΙ 111 ; 11 nar îln' lir-nin^s it* ' ' - < d hrr< · \va M' <|i «< !'l! ; ' '1 v· ):« Ί··- a!' ■ prim- t \ t ι > .·. hci1 ar( < "a; ; » n 11 ϊ ι : · 1» n.ei c;t (".'il' t iv ' 11 pri'-c a 1; «j wlmv "i κ\ι; ι ! ϋ ι η.·; t. 11 · 1 Up m < a ι ι u t." i 1< · <\··; h ib ι U'd a - j >i 'ta 11 y | · i '■ · ' - ' daily mdax howiiiM tH.it -N- »·.« ( ι. » κ I i 11 f · had ιιηί ca-rd 1 : ■ 1 1 Γι to 1 Γ)V oil S ! : I ·» : I '·» and nu tit.! date were Mill trend "i'K upward In tl ' · period I mm All lli t«, September (i, he >aid. tin '"in II labor statistics all chu i'"xllty index, based un the 11)2 ( ( 'ont f r 11 ioc i tin I'atre Throe) (ίΙίΙ I TINiiS Μ11 \\ aukee. Sept. IT.— (ΛΙΊ — Λ message «if « iufr from I'rime Minister Winston Oiurcli ill ut' <,icat Hrilain. expressing thanks to the American Lesion lor "the help \ <>n ire bruising I» ii'ir common cause" was read I" the l.cgion's national conven by Commander Milo J· Warner. "J/*!.?. 3 In a "Free Country" Charles Davila Charles Davila, Rumanian minister to the U. S. from 1 to ïί)-'ί8, ar rives at Jersey City aboard the Exeter from Lisbon. He explained that "I wanted to Ret back to a free country." Axis Rait! Pretested Egypt Sends Notes to Berlin and Rome; British Reprisal Against Rome Ex pected. Cairo. Sept. 17.— Ml') — The I·'t.\ plian government has pro tested lo Berlin and Koine, sources hen- slid today, over the a\is bombing of the Cairo area. Cairo. hcado uarters of the British .Middle Vast command as well as the ■ apital of Kg.vpt. wlrch is a nnii-ltrlligcrrnt all* of Britain « as homhed (or the first time carl\ Tuesday liv axis uai planes and .'!)( nerons were saiil in have hern Killed and 93 \\ oundeil ( ΊΊit' 1 'l ■ 11 ' I'd ,i British tliιίμt Λ ρΐ'Ί 18 < 1: 11 it inn «main t Ruine in tin* event that cither Ohi 1Ό or . \ 1 h ι ί ι - ' ι I h μ ι il)"d. In a 1 ' 11 u 111 i 111 ·. i iicicU ill t' a t III ciieie . A then - ' attacked liv air raid 111 ■ 11' \\ " ιι (The r.i high ci'inniand an ni imced 1 ι ■■ that Ce'i'man rnnibal plane·· I ; ' ι ι . · uled the a i rp rt ι it 1 Icliupiili- < 'aim M· ndav night, ea us i ng i1 ι· and c\ | > I ■ I - H ill < in hangar ι I inns dumps. ) '•'v"hi.v " l inha'd'ant of thi 1 ■ ιrU - t M 1 ■ city in the worlr! ·. hen Brit η would liât· ; ealaned. hv I ιtmhine !!· e T! i "as m1 i: t. til as is mi ■, ! \ . \ η ! ; : nid d hv an re .;«·· t"d ι I ■ ' inti-n'i ·; nut t· Γ1 att 'k ("i"<c "a-I height u n'l n'lt 'in \V( re l· nib tin in the ι. ing the <■ t\ for the raiding niants Funds Releas Of Capital h Go To State ll.iilv Dispatch Bureau In ll-.c *ir Walter Hotel, is χ ni\i;v WIIMII, Raleigh Sept. 17, Closing u ! North Caiulina's industrial I >a 11 >1 u a i iifliee in Washington will save tin I state ii" money contrary to w ha , seoni; tu bu a buineu hat picxalen ' opal:· in Renewed Activity On North African Front Is Expected Britain's Αι my of the lMiie, Keiniorced by A rn e r i c a η - M. a d e Planes and Tanks, Be lie ed Laying Ground work For Offensive. London. Scpi. I— (At'i— Si»ns ' I increasing aciivit\ on the North African war front stii i cd belief here today that lîrifain's arm> of the Nile, re inforced by American-made planes and taiiKs. ma be laying the Kroundv.'iirU for a new of fensive aimed >1 driving axis loices out of I.ibya. Dispatches from Cairo during the pa - t : .-.ν ilny ha\ 1 tnld <>t repeat ed . . it.; his ..In;-,;; the Kgyptian LiD.v :i ironticr, which indicated to obse;.f.r- that the British and axi lorce. were cautiously feeling each ilher out as a preliminary to pos sible action on a larger srale. Official circles declined to speculate oil possible develop ments. but one source declared there seemed every reason to be lieve the situation in the North African desert would be "boil ins" by early October. Weather conditions in the des ert will be ideal by then for military operations. liiiw many η : η the British have available l'or a push into Libya i a military secret, but it .· believed here that General Sir Claude .1. K. Auchinleek. η ν commande;· in the Middle Hast, h - 75(1,000 at his dis posal. The Middle East air command is reported now t · boast almost a. many plain· there were in Bri tain at the ·. ■ ak i f the war. Spe( ♦ : 1: 11 '1 ·, anus . ί Hi,· Nile il... :it liu ·. e vva- stire'i ! '■ ' .'. !:e:ι the regular e ίι ; · ···. Can lieudi|iiaι lei ι ' > i inac countablv. W ι ■ ·ι : ! rnnvnl. howe\ er. it ■ · ·,. ■ : >·■ I that tw > G(" ι lia 11 ci! · 1 a ■ I ; ,ei ie rlaleil 3 Γι m 1 j.t ■ lui ai·,', the week-end ! '. > the point from t 1 Tin G. UV ■ \ icw ed lie ·;> by the nazis t , . i'■ ' i 11 ■ 111 ni.. Ger:· . 1 le,. • ι I in Ι,ΊΙΚΙ·.· , .· ■ I I 1 liai ■ ι 1 !r: 11 li pu.-.li . ... a, RAF Bombs Karlsruhe I,·indiin. 5;··;.» π ι a m ra hv.iv . ■ ι ■ pi ptilatinn, wa · t ί V" » It'!'1 ι . ii . ·. ι t ; 11;* i· t in linti-h ι t >\ I· m \v< tir» ! ; night. I : ;n I ■ ■' 1 ah rt f'.o inili>s .mil. ι il I·' ark flirt. I '11 >!.:·. ,· i · Η ·· '·> · >1 ΠIM 11Γ I, a 1 >!<■ ■ ■ ' inlan·!. ι: ι■!' ι "i Knclan-l. hi ι - Ο ι ■ nui' fia η ι ι "f r !· ·· hill", tl.p C'V.'I n· I adinj; hmnln . a r!,· ! ' ■ . id ed By Closing idustry Office Advertising What Ml h ' I ' tll.l1 the $|, .VU) niiii'thlν · l|. · '■ ; '"ί ι" lintcn •hv ι if the Wa 1 >i:'t >n >>ΓΙ ί«·<· wil In - lient 11 ν the· .-la'- "I ■ ι I in); ill \ is a in un Minn· < · 1 h ι »·: ' \ ily. n> · hiuiv vet knnws what In Iainu'ss tn tin " ··;..!· con (Continued on Par·» Λ ( 11 Ί' a m ijor ijee !\ DVl'l' :d ( >n· ι ' port Leaves Spitzbergcri mEJt. IWÈ^SÊM This Norwegian girl guide was one of the 1,000 refugees who volun tarily left Spitzherjren for Eng'land after British, Canadian and Free Norwegian fortes raided the Spitz bergen Islands recently to prevent rich coal resources from being used by Nazis. i>lu· will aid in Britain's war eti'orts. Allies Enter Hp ι i eiieran Iranian Troops Stand Guard to Prevent Dis orders; No Τ rouble Anticipated. Teheran. Sept. 17.— (ΛΓ)— Russian and British stall offi cers entered Teheran today as their ineehani/ed forces sur rounded the capital. The Russian forces had come down from the northwest, the British nρ from the southwest, leaving their previous /ones of occupation to take over the capi tal in the wake of yesterday's abdication ot the ruler. Iteza Shah l'ahluvi. and iiis succession by his ! ν car old son. Soviet '··'! tv· "'ps h<d pitched camp on the northwestern desert at the edge of Teheran after the IJi-iti 1 ... ι ' !«.m W. Λ. Κ. I- !..ul • till.y de ol nl·" ι. ; u U ; 11 - < mid ai'rr, ι The I r.oi t the i η s ι ' η te to ; ι ;. anrliiiL' tin : i I :\l > r,ι r- back. when 11 11 1 I li f 5 r i ι ! ι ;ι I, .· 'Ί)<ιr'(m{ ι,, ; . ' , V. ! i ;hc · '■!···.; j .'M! ι 11 i, ' lYberan. s \: < \V Iranian t >·< m » ι · - ·-' m! si. rd m Ihr ■ strrH- c»|' Γ·· > , pr<" ιu ; ί*·. iinst it i ι ι British :ι lid Κ ussian h · ι· · ' m ι *'· «I !'κ· ca pita ! ι > on .· »» μ·- >11· dit «·< tions were {}· i'»'« id oc <U?>.N it»« it SOU!»' < » ! « î c m 1 ' \ II was c\fi'· ' '!·.ι t th< I! us I sians. whose molori/ <i advane" :: 11 : < ι d> \\ <·:·.· ! I ;i :<» mil· s luirlh nl* 1 ιι<· '! · ·"·*'«Τ(Ι ι ν - \\ou!<l Ι».- II,. * ! :<· rut<·' ! (Am ί ι li t ! 11 ' ' (PontinuoH . : >".·· ''Ίη·ρρ ) Hemisphere Is United, Danieis Says Mil\v;mk< S \P> C ■ linental .-.nlui. ' > ' .,· .·>Μ déni·· "•racv in κ! ι · ! .· ·,·:· .,·> ·> ι l! ΙΓ (Il μ1 Π' . ' Λ ' 1 ι ■ ι Ί (·| I'll >1 .losoplii, Π S ,. ■ Ίμ --.id ι :·> Μ»·χ;ι·<>. * · mm ι u ti'in of 11 ic Λ · · ι i. ι ■ 11 ; ■ ·.!.!> Daniel.-. ' - ■ .-:■■■ I'V ,·: t hi na\ j din ι Γ - ' \\ ί Ici W ; ι ! . d> el a red tli.-it «·· >|vr..tii>n "Γ al 1 ! it- ι κ ι >j ill ■ " "> .·. w rid m u ' t ill dl'Tcn ι ' W.I- . 1 V I ir 111 ill! ,ΊΙΙΗ'ΙΙ1 that strcii.nτIπ»'d them 1m \ nul ;m mail *·';,! w «·. 11 ·· ■ 11 - 11 ιιι.ίΊ-. Ir.iiH-ii tli·* t 'id tow.ι>·< hemispheric· solidarity from the tint i>f Bolivar, "tin· liberator,1* Quutin from speeches and statements ο Pre-idr'-.t ι; :· · .1 ! d. - .· I.atin American nation to -h w thil Ihe Λ a·· rie.ι .· .· '■· "v.'kπ tu, ι ·, α III ' lit* I I ■ ^1 ll\ I II I * t '
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