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Although Clearly In Desperate Position
Red Forces Fighi On Ai Kiev
«··· » Λ Λ - - - - - - - - -
Nazi Losses
At Kiev Set
At 150,000
Some Doubt Left As
to Whether Germans
H ave Occupied All of
Old Ukraine Capital;
Pressure on Leningrad
increased.
ι !>·■ I Iif Assm ialed Press, ι
Mtlmugli ι learK in .1 desper
ate position il) tin· I kraine the
Red ai m\ reported todt\ it still
was fighting IieaiI> at Kiev and
that the Germans had lust ten
divisions—up t: I. ■ < >. IMI « I men—in
assaulting the eil> where they
claim the swastika Ha, already
floats.
Γ ! 1 < ( ici ·: ! . ■ · 1 'lid -Jl i< i
I h;it the Cl; .(I. ". · -ti Il'llll'd
i'hday, thiit ■ : .it. nflicci
i icd and 1» ..· ··,.· ■ i.'cd luirrisi m
iirrcndci'. i: , : . 'liicr resist
This left doubt whether
the (it rmans had «κ ι upicd tin·
olti I kniine capital or had mere
ly smashed into part of it. The
Soviet mid-dav eoimminiuuc
made no acknowledgment ev
eept to plat;· lis;· heaviest fight
i η v. directly at Kiev.
Λ Ιιίι,η sourit· in London ex
pressed doubt that the Nazis had
done as wcil as the? claimed in
the ( kraine.
I!ti -,,Ίΐ ii ι ret ii tin· British cap
ital admitted that K;ri'. Leningrad
:.nd evrn Moscow it1■ 11 eventually
might be lost. I)ii! said the S<>\ lot
Union would not mn think of de
feat unies the Hitler legions were
able to drive to the easterninent
depths of Siberia.
The (>ι·πmin.·· claim not only to
have entered K:0\ but to have cf
!eeted .· iu'h : e / 'i.e. -urr< mndt'd
lour Soviet . , . · · ' ··: 11.at great
city and to bt .. > nig the Russians
o\ land and it: a pell moll rush
toward the indu ti Donets basin
nd its chief city, ΚΙ ai iaiv.
The Russians pointed out anew
that their traditional strategy was
one of planned withdrawal and held
that loss ot Κ ev w > id be no in
.11«érable .gt-de
With tilt I at h -V.·· .< . t the Gvr
man-Kussian invasion ending today,
the front shaped up roughly as lol
■ tin ' ' German
. ii.:,: , : m.; Loiiiiig, ad with
.lit : e. . tl ore . e I ut the Uu.-sian.-.
. long their
( C> -m '. . : m 1 'age Two)
Russian Aid
Agreed Upon
I it-ii >cpt. *0.— l.Yi\)—All
ίιη ii·: e » 11 immediate mater
ial mi to Kussia has been reach
ed iirrt· h* t!i« \ mted States and
British missions lo Moscow. \\\
Xvcitll ilarriinan. heal of the
Ann-man <l· 1 atiou said today.
II ii rimaii emphasised that the
agreement was on immédiat!'
shipments onls and that no set
tlement had been reached on
general polit e I he \merican
delegation expiais to go to .Mos
cow soon
Naviiij; thai l ord Beaverbrook.
British minister ot supply al
reach was in the Kussian capital,
Harrison added laughingly : "I
have no concern over who ar
rives first js iiiis is a contribut
ing mission."
•Two Italian
Ships Sunk
Rome, Sept. 20. — (AP)—-Two Ital
I Mil till iii.Γ 1 : I i II ,| ! -1 ) 111 t iHg tl'OOpS
to I -11 j ν ; ι wltl ti : ι n'di n/d and sunk
"II thf cua.it ni Ί r.|..i|i. but nearly all
! '.he tπ ι ps and ι : e\\ abroad the ves
sels were .-ave.i. the Italian high
command reported today.
The rescue was made by other
! ships m convoy with the motor
ι ship, the high command added.
The British planes bombed Trip
I ob. the principal point of entry into
I Africa for axis forces, and Bengasi,
5 the advance coastal base of the Ger
man! talian tr ops.
Λ British armored car raid on Ital
ian position.-· in north Africa was
•emilsed. the high command report
said.
Airplane Factory Strikes Threaten
Coal Miners
End Strike
On Monday
Walkouts in Consoli
ated, Curtiss Wright
and A i r Associates
Plants Would Affect
3 8,0 0 0 Workers;
Higher Pay Asked.
Ii\ The Associated Press)
llna at of strikes in w arplanc
ι h ici ifs mi both coasts faced
Ut nation today, while the fear
ni a soft coal shortage cased \\ itli
tin assurance that some 11,000
miners will return Monday to
tin "captive" pits in IVnns.vl
λ ·ι ι a West Virginia and Kcn
tlll I* 1.
\ walkout in the aircraft
pi.Mils would affect more than
::s.(i(io workers.
ί ·■ ' < wrl const. ΛΚΙ. machin- i
• ι· San Diego plant of the!
(' ! lia ti'i'l Aircraft corporal ion
ty had halted wage negotia- j
t ■ ! wor prepared to enforce
cli ■ i with a walkout. George C.
V ai, vice president of the In
tel >t al Association of Machin- !
I Ihr nati nal defense media- !
. al had been requested to
ν · the dispute, after Consul ί
ο '■ ■ ι ■ I'fiisod to give a general ten
<· · irly wage increase to 23.000
' \ The present minimum
rginners is 55 cents an hour,
ν Mod men receiving more.
' <■ east, trouble brewed at
' ι if the C" irtiss Wright cor- ]
η Buffalo. Ν Y . and Air i
Λ '· . Inc.. at Iîendix. X ,1.
' ' ( '. ; : tiss Wright plant a !
employees known as "The.
Λ " no; affiliated with na- I
ι η i/at ii ins. voted to strike
ti.i national labor relations ι
■ .aits an employee reprcsen-1
election in ten days.
an ion claims a majority f ;
15,000 Workei Its presi- |
<i· ' !.. ' Kreigbaum, said a deci- I
ι .ι mass meeting imm nignt ι
■ t 11 η.. η i mi m > on the strike
- *
CIi ι w ■ ii kt't s t A r Λ -nciates
<i \ authorized a second strike
•v were nut 21 day - in J uly.
M lier, representing thp local
. lid 3011 workers authorized
(Continued on Papf* Three)
YOUNG DEMOS EL ECT
DISTRICT OhHCLRS
·. ton Srilem. S ·ρ: 20 (AI')
I ·■· V 'ling Democrat.-. .it the annual
: here this afternoon, elected
ict eh. .jrmvni and ν Ice chair
' · ' ' 1 -peetivelv. Thev included the
t..;i ... nu·:
' ' d trift Λ. IV Godwin. Jr..
of Gatesville; Miss Natalie Gould of
■ nil ili trict 1. 11 F ι iimtain of
1 !\1 : I.- ai >e I t 'reech of La
(i
d ill trict Frank Mclimis of
'■ "i'i Ίο; Mis Marv Spell of Kose
bn|,,.
LaFollette
Serves Notice
Of 1942 Fight
Washington, Sept. 20.—(AP)—Sen
ii!l LaFollette, Progressive, Wiscon
'•hi, served notice today that 1 reign
policies espoused by President
Ho-'.-evelt and Wendell L. Willkie
v' 'aid lace a vigor us attack in the
11H2 congressional elections.
Charging that the President had
"I'likcn his pledges to the American
P< 'pu· by "ordering the Navy into
ii shooting war," the Wisconsin sen
ator called upon all those "who are
opposed t entering this war to
i·1 1 bι. /L. i,,r j|u, policial battles which
Kc J ist ahead."
Reelected l;u-t year with adminis
tra!,on backing after he had indorsed
th; President's bid for η third term,
L (Follette has been a trequ.'it critic
oi administi .tion foreign pom/, y'~
though a strOi ·"' «supporter of d ">es
kc puKcy.
Graduation Exercises for Leapin' Leathernecks
Taking their last test before graduation from the parachute school at the Lakehurst, N. J., Naval Air
Station, a class of U. S. Marine parachutists jump from a plane 000 feet above the ground. The course
takes six-weeks to complete. One Leatherneck is shown jumping from the plane while others can be seen
iloating to earth. The plane is an army troop carrief.
REVENUE BILL SIGNED
Is Biggest
In History
President Roosevelt
bigns Measure Ex
pected to Lift Rev
enues Above 13 Bil
lions.
Hyde Park, \Sept. 20.—
(API—Préside-lit Roosevelt .sinn
ed today the SIS,553,400.000 lax
bill, the largest ever enaeted.
Designed to help defray the
multiplying costs ot the national
delense and lease-lend program,
the legislation is expected to lilt
federal revenues above the $13,
000,«00,000 mark next year.
K\ en that total, however, w aid bt.
only lightly more than half of the
estimated expenditures lor the cur
rent liseal year and would fail tu
ea ι ι y ι Secretary Λ1 .rgeuthau't
recommendation that government
] >< udmi; .· ϋ. mred t \·.ί :-Hi irds Iron
taxe.- a ml ι ne third from borrowing.
Τ furli.> iiierea;»· federal reven
' us. allot,:., t.,χ lull may be pro·
!■" ed lat fall or early ne.xl
year.
In one \\. ν >ι ;niiither 11. · meas
ure signed l.·>!..,> will touch virtually
I every citizen I! will require an esti
mated 22.1111(1.1100 persons to file in
come tax r ' ι n . Ί whom about 4.
noo.ooo w :i - making out returns
for the I:. ' t : e. and will impose
numerous e\<· · m "nuisance" taxe .
The incre.i in tax pay r.- filing
returns will re ilt from a provision
reducing an >m e exemptions from
$2,000 to $l.5no lor married person
and from $800 · . $750 for .-ingle in
dividuals.
Nazis Shoot
'Hostages '
ι
Paris. Ncpt. Ml.— (ΛΡ)—The
j (Hermans announced today the
; shooting of twelve more hos
tages as a reprisal for an at
tack in which a German non
\ commissioned officer was killed
I September 16.
For the first time, the Ger
mans announced the specific
reasons for the selection of hos
tages.
Colonel General Henrieh \ οι
Stuelp -. commandant ot tli
occupying lorces in Fiance. said tlui
(Continued oa Page Three)
Soviets Use
Strong Γaik
Stewart Recounts
Excerpts h r ο m
Speeches Made by
Russians Concerning
War.
By ( HARM S I·. STKH'ART
( cntr .il 1'nss ( iiliminisl
Washington. St pl.. 2u. -Washing- '
ti n's m st vi-lu..-·'· i>.■ -y today !
is Russia's. It was a.- silent as a ceme
tei.v until Urn H.tler attacked Die
Sn\:it folk. Il \'.. l;.nid diplomacy
lor .1 to keep i| ι : It know perfect
lv well what we thought of cum
niumsni, and ti al every peep i! emit
ted would he i ι I against it. The
wire.- had hardly ceased ticking. ■
howc\er. w ith the news of the nazis' !
thrust aero - his home land's Iron ]
tier, bel'ire Ami .ador Oumansky!
sensed our .-ynpathy with his coun
trymen in tin r l'uht against the axis
ill\ aders.
And d'd l· tear lno.-o, w.tli a view
to capital /inn it!
He gr.mt inter\ ev# lie makes
speeches. And th< amount of typo
graphical and mimeographed public
ity that he di-eminates makes the
United States government's output
lo· ks srantv in comparison. Our own
government, of course, has a lot of
departm' nts and agencies, each of
which turns out a release or so al
most daily, hut the entire collection
of 'cm doesn't begin to stack up
alongside Ambassador Oumansky's.
S me of hi- makç peppy reading,
too They go in Co·· strons/ language.
For instanc . I have before me an
Oumanskν account of η Russian wo
men's anti-nazi meeting held recently
in Μπίΐ'ΐιΛ- The addre- es that gath
ering's -nokeswimen spouted must
I have made Adolf's earns burn, if he
j I .ten in on 'em over the radio.
Illustratively, said Valetina Frix
! dub ν f " "u woman flyer, "The
! Hed ■ ν ι r!' ' ml· 'be final blows
to Uitle· ' "it The· battlefields
ι are strewn wit' ·':· «· «π·-··-· of nazis.
1 The iv in, ■ ■'· ed''·■·.· to death. Yet
I he's still strong and devilishly per
/Pontinopfl on I'ntyo Two 1
I WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Generally fair in interior unci
continued cloudiness near the
coast tonight ami Sunday;
slightly warmer in interior Sun
da>
Reunited
Parted in Britain two years aero,
Mrs. Geoffrey L. Louis is reunited
with her four children at Wellesley,
Ma ss., alter a twenty-four day
crossing· of the Atlantic. Her ship
was convoyed by a British warship
aboard which her husband is nava'
commander.
Party Food
Sickens YDs
Winston - Salem, Sept. '20.—
(AIM—Dozens ol rasrs η! illness
—apparent!» from food poison
ing—were reported among the
ranks of the Young Democrats
late last night and today.
Among those ill were Mrs. li.
1.. Doughton. wife of the repre
sentative, who was said to he
! resting comfortably at a hospital.
Others hospitalized included
llcnry Averill. Kaleigh news
paperman.
Mayor Richard .1. Reynolds,
host at the supper and party last
I night, asked public health offi
cials today to examine samples
1 of the food.
Nazi Defeat
Predicted
North Carolina Senior
Senator iells Young
Democrats United
States Will Not Send
Expeditionary Force
to Europe.
\\ itiston -Salem. Sept. Ill—
(AIM—.Senator \V. Ilailey told
Niirtli Carolina Young Democrats
in convention !;«■ r«- today that
"il IS 1:1(1 IK .'illii t.M' IVUllll of
possibility «''.it within 18
months the Germans w ill realize
that Hull i s ambitious designs
w ere In eond him and them and
that his sun will set in some
abandoned isle il not in a fate
far worse."
"Sooner r hi'· :'. the ι.κ>r;ile will
crack somewhere and il miist not be
in Great Britain nor 11 ; ι ί 1 it be in
the United State.-, uf America," Sena
<>r liaiKy said.
The resolutions committee de
clined to introduce a resolution
criticising Senator Itnhert K.
Reynolds for his failure to sup
port the administration's for
eign policy, as sought by some
members.
A two-way race for the presi
dency between Λ. Lconidas llux
of Halifax and Hoover Taft of
Greenville developed as the con
vention opened Thursday.
At the business meeting this aft
ernoon tin- Sixth and Eleventh dis
tricts end·m'.- d Taft for the presi
dency. The election was arranged
for later in the afternoon. Marshall
Kit rice.- ··!' \V :i-t"n S.ilem withdrew
; η favor of Taft.
Bailey told :!.·· Young Democrats
—many of the: η η of military age
(Continued on Page Three)
RAF Bomb
fort
Important German
Supply Β ase is Chief
Target of British Night
Raiders.
I lSi·; it · ι ; \ ι '
I bumbt'i-s marte ' ι I ,·ιμ
j l;.r#>e.-l Haltie ι ι .1 · 'n·
j sis supply 11... ι eastern
I runt, their clue: · · .j ; : ·.
tack* and Ici t ι .. -, I · ι ; : ;.
i uif! anioiiR il> ci<»■ .· . ···;
ι · ' ; 11 li'cail y.ird . at > < ■ ■
] mimique rc|»>rted 1
I 'i .i -1 a I ci μ 1111 11 1 : ,, a !
I >< imlicd Nanti·.·,. an - u·
< upieil l''i'anet·. < . ι,
ι il 1111 ici ir, · .-aid ι, ι : Γ. ι ι,·,,
planes \ν< ιν !μ.-ι. Ι..·· Su··', ί
ι nid.
C ί ι τ a :, 111 repi ni :
was the object (it ail · ■. ι. ; 111
ι
Iran's New Shah
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Succpiiiinjr his father, Reza Shah
Pahlavi, who abdicated, Mohammed
Reza Pahlavi is the new shah of
Iran and has pledged cooperation
with Britain and Russia,®whose
forces recently occupied his coun
try to keep it out of German hands.
The new ruler in 1939 wed Princess
Fawzia of Epypt, sister of King
Farouk.
(Central Tress)
Confederate
Flags Given
Michigan Returns
Flags and Swords to
Representatives of
coiathern States.
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(iiivernor Min \'. 13
laded Conl'i-n· : l l.iu aim
twu .-word.- > ν ΑΙ ι-ίιικ in
troups durum Ii«·: .·.··<··' the
States.
General Julit.
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Constitutional Guarantees
Circumscribe Bible Course
In North Carolina Schools
U.iily Dispatch nu.ian
in l Sir Walter llotcl.
By 111 NKV AVKRILL.
; lialrigh, Sep! J" λ graded school
di.-trict which t to make Bible
tudy .1 ι m rt I'li'iiive curricu
lum could proli.i:·:*. d·· so from a
strict legal stand)i>· ' h..t lrom the
practical point ot \ .< λ w >. ι Id have
to proceed with grt.r.e-i coition, in
the opinion ol 11.r. ..·· M.MwHan,
, North C rolina'.- att>· · · ν ι «μ: ι !.
In a recent opinion .*t !o's
t highe<t legal advisorj au:h ·> .· en:
into the matter 01 Bible cou -ο- η
the publk achuuis auu ■ ^ed a*
liiL· conclus ; >·. 1 ϋΙ be ex
tremely ά.::·. ; . priva··· be a
I course in Bible study without nin
] niiiR foul d1' tii. Suite's, very broad
1 constitutional pro\ i.-ion for freedom
of worship.
"Tlie language oi xhe constitution
; with respect to freedom of religiou.
! worship is veiv broad in its terms
and if elective i-.Mrs.es ot study of the
Bible are di . par; of the cur
riculum ol any of the public school.·
.>!' this state, great care should bt
taken ,:i the selection of such fourse:
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