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TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR HENDERSON, Ν. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SKI I'KMBKR 2:», 1!» 11 ''1:uiisV:^-,k.i^i'^daytkknoon FIVE CENTS COPY
Picturing Chaotic Russian Retread Axis imports
50 Red Divisions Destroyed
Over Million
Troops Dead
Italian News Agency
Declares Russians
Fleeing From Dnieper
River to New Defense
Line of Fast Bank of
Don River.
ι I ! > The \smii Mini Press. I
S doll 11 i ( I < r hi.,!' command
today π ;ι.ι· ii'ii tί■ 1 <lrs|ruction
">l .)(> Sovi't arm'. divisions—
about 7."ilM)U(! troops — ami 111··
capture of IlKIS.IIOtl prisoners 111
the blond, trap I T. mile-, cast of
Kiev, while I«:·». ·,ι dispatches
pictured scelles o! chaotic retreat
hy Russia s armies in the
I kraine.
The cieiini.tiidi ι i»> cliiel' of the
Soviet liitii army \\;.s listed
amoiii th. pii-. ,.···ιs.
Ί he 1! t ii . . · agency
■aid Huit Η··.! : · ··., i. 11 led baeiv
from the Dnieper river were flee
ing in disorder without artillery to
1 ward u ni ', cklfiiï*. .un· ·:ι the east
! Dank 'u till' I >' ι!: 1Ί\ IT.
; Ii true. !■·.: v. mtld mean a huge
ι scale retreat and the abandonment
1 ni the great Donets river industrial
' basin.
The news agency quoted pri
soners as saying that Marshal
liudyenny. cummander in chiet
of the t kraine forces, had been
relievi d of his command and
temporarily replaced hy Marshal
Timoshenko. \\ ho commanded
the central front.
Hitler'.- field headquarters, in a
special bulletin on tin lighting east
nf Kiev, -aid Gvrman troops slash
; ing into fuiir entrapped Russian
armies had already captured 570
tanks, 2,100 guns and great stores ot
ι other war l>. ··.■:>·.
Authoritative military quar
ters in London, a< know l'.dging
that the Soviet armies in the
south laced "an uglier situation
than ever before in the 94-day
old struggle, dei hired neverthe
less that a more optimistic out
look was developing on the
northern front.
aid Lev n«r...i. *!.e Uritish
said, the situation was η·>ί unfavor
able. and nnrtii oi Leningrad un the
Karelian - :i. mu- tin· lia.- ■ lan.s
i were said to be holding the Gcrroan
ed Fini xiniately tin.'
1 lin·.· of the 1 >;v- I !I40 I · -η V· ; .
In '.!,<· '.'.a *1 ■ ι i . 1 i* λ 11 admit
ted '■ ; , Iί ·, ,u) I I aid dil
culn ffieient
; ; ; ,'e-e -
ι:.;·, K! :,a'ia i\ and
• ι ,·. m agency
,i ilea lull were
» '' 'e a> attempting
rev t« d ly closing
; /ar ,-t capital.
Reds Claim
Nazis Hailed
: ι :·. i I. ; k< llmen,
.id. i » 11 ■ .Ml troops
v. ί ( il i et t.» a
5 *:.!!■; ; ϊ · I . ■ · ' 1 ' ' .(i ci !ï SUC
iiVd St;ir,
,'< ■· ! . : y. ' itν ! red lo
\ I . . ' , : . . I . . ' - '1 t ίΐΊΚ'Γ.'ΐ!
\ \ . · . · . !;,»(} ('(ιst the
' ( . !, , m υ to jo.(ΗΚ) killed, wound
, ed and captured · nd dented (in -
I armies
had been cm ted in the sector ISO
1 !lti .. ι " it-^'d .-ce··
olid city.
German Army
Casualties Set
3 At 3 Million
in
in
>- ι κΐ·>". -( .\l')—Three
"i million in une-third of the
ft' naz. .ir i.\ -ha\c ocon Killed, wound
ed .'ι· . η -·!ΐίί aller three months
al ol war with Hit s.a, Soviet Ambas
e sadnr Ivan M. Mai.-k\ declared to
30 day in an adefres- 1 t : -re the Ameri
can Chamber of Commerce,
ft- I Tin- German high command's an
t- nonnr.ment I. ! w ek onccrning
1" I'n nan h>»e> \ν:ι> "utterly ridicul
rd
' Contint on Pactf»
U. S.-OwnedMerchantman Sunk Off Iceland
Germans Say
U. 5. State Depart
nt Gives No Hint
as to How Vessel Met
lier End; Nazis Say
Ne Specific Word of
Sinking Received.
\\ .ιS ·ρΙ. 2.1.— (ΛΓ) —
lin· vca war add d another
\ im it.' ι; owned merchantman
lo its loll tod.it and the capital
w .nul red whether tins latest
^ 11 ■ U » 11 ! w is in. .nit to he an ope;i
rhaMeii.ic to President Koose
lelt's --111 >. « t on sinlit oriler which
luned the "defensive waters" ol
the < iiited Stall's to all Nazi
raiders.
I'lie newest victim was the
freighter I'ink Star, owned h>
the I r.ited States maritime com
ini-sion anil under I'anama reg
istry .
I'im.. St;ir wont down l;i.-t Fri
11.. > . tin- Stlltl- : ! 111'! it iii cloi-Jll
ι. ' ! 11ui11. ;ind she ι net hiT '. nd
ι I led; nd in tlu'
lin nil. ficni, :,j.— i .ti ι—.»u
thori/cd Geii.ian sources ex
pressed the opinion today that
whatever happened to lit'· Amer
ican-owned steamer I'ink Star
"it h;\s done in accordance with
the laws of war."
Ihey said, however, that no
C.ernian submarines or other
overseas craft had specifically
reported the sinking of the
Panama-registered I'ink Star,
liul added that messages had
lieen leeeived concerning sink
i 11 u s out of a his convoy.
" Die vessel was I'anamaian.
not I nited Stales," an authoriz
ed source declared, "and we have
not heard vet that Panama is
|(a:t ol the I nited State., I'ii ■
vessel was sunk in waters clear
ly dt lined as a (iei:-ian opera
tions area."
1'hese sources declared that
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
drove America another step
nearer war with liis statement
yesterday that the I nited States
neutrality act should he chang
ed.
(Mull told reporters at a press
conference tlnu iie and Presi
dent Koosevcll had said at the
lime the neutrality law was en
acted that it would he as likely
to vet the ! nited States into war
as to keep it out )
v. 1< ι that . .tin id tin· In.-.- ■ I
t ·. h'. ! κ τ Ann r ι < ·; ι il - < ' .·. n'.'i 1 \ ι · ι·!
;> I III 1 I II· hi, IH'l'l: llll liCJlI.ll nil- at
t ι·. HI til'· I S (Ιι tinsel < ; 11 « · ·
!'! n · .11 II |i all il ι 11 it Ί it ni t i■ l'lui.
Star' iniiirig w;i ■ silent on swera)
details. Nothing was said about th.
late nl the IM men in her ci eu am
then was un hint i| a. In linw In
η ■ Ί In end h ν a h. ■ nt ·. turpi ·■ ·. at
;,ei ial bnnib nr the guns ni a -ui'laet
I ι II ll ι \ι I ai. :· ill 111 ni IIU|U1' ,V enuk
ι lie; t ι it ι n ia 1 inlnnilatinn ι>n the.
I he Inealinn nt the : hip's sinking
Imvi ;i. v. a (· 'finitely placed sunn
"...I Mill I III I h "I Iceland nu tilt
ι "ί πι I'ii nt .- ea ei iiiini un icatinii:
\ 11leli Mi. linn t \ ι It .pi en ic ally ha.
f! ill ι ' _ till Na\ y t·· keep clear.
ΊΊ nip had no American citizen:
ill her crew.
Texas Coast
Is Threatened
By Hurricane
! "t O'C ,ιιιμιγ, Sept.
(ΑΙ*) Λ rapidly dropping ijuhmiioU1
; 11 id a ι : ing fiait· blue η dust u
to (ill miles au hour at u.iybreak l·
d; y aid.eated t Coat Guod observ
er.-. here that a howling tropical hui
icanc was b a ring down on thi
highly exposed gull eoast fishing vi.
luge.
The I'nited State·. weather 1"
reau's adv isory at 2:;>0 a. ni. (CST
placed the center of the disturbane
abolit 1 miles northia-t ■ ' Brown.·
Mil. . moving ρ th .· "■!·" iva a:
Barometer at Coast Guard stilt a·ι»>. ,·
iC'ontinued on Pige Five).
In Doghouse, Honest
Missine for five hours ami believed
kidnaped, '2 '.··-year-old Helen Erk
kila emerges from the doghouse on
the I'av linn, Ν. Y., estate < f radio
commentator Lowell Thomas, where
■she had retired for a peaceful nap.
lier father serves as a butler in the j
Thomas establishment.
ί Central l'rcss) \
Battleship
îs Launched
Secretary Knox Urges
Neutrality Act Repeal
at Launching of New
Warship.
Mass.. Sept. 23—(AIM
— Set τι tary ut tin' \av\ Frank
Kiidt today watched tin· huge
000-ton battleship .Alassa
chusi tts slide down the ways of
the lor.· Ki\er shipyaid> ami
tin π declared to a crowd aI
thou-.md·. ait: iidinu the launch
ing that ilie neutrality a< t was
"( rippling the cflorls of iliis
eo'.mtr.v and sin uld be inuned
iately repealed."
"Till iv . i. ,:d be un 11. t nd i c-;i ρ 1111
' ;." -ο u'hu ai r H > 11to keep War
y t: ' ι:ι , tile .\avy
. ι ι rctary . liullled.
"We hi;i t v .· te in» time m re
pi a I ; ι :g the neut 1 .111 ty act.'
Tin. mighty i\i ai-ach · i.-itu was
!.i .'·..'■ ι v. 11:11 -.. t a .slip a p.
The I.eel of .. new eru rr, the U.
S S. Flint, wa laid on tie pot just
Yaeated i.\ the Ma .· ae!.1 a.si 11 bclore
tin· Iji ι >·. .·! tin battle, iiip had entered
tii,· water.
Knox a: .-eited that recent events
il I: a· H i · 111 I runt !:-'d a,.ale "the
pi " j'cet ··! \ et iry dim."
11·· ii α ί la'··· imi tin- ex
ei'pt ■ - a;. In..', the e , laltie in
Ιίη.-- ·, v. ' ' t e.i ι atci than m any
I .other conflict In history and that
! i a i 1111 ■ 1 a I ! 11 a I ; ; 1 "a direct
bearing un n. r own situation."
He said li was possible that the
battleship .last launched might have
to "participât, in another tight ten
m ;n liberty."
Γίκ- Μ·ι ifh 11 Ί ; and other bat
11 ·: ι · I 1 :i.'hr>i and building w uld
carry the heavies! guns of any ship·
all· at ...'id would participate in tin
! job handed tu tiie Navy of "seeing
; tl:*-1 tin . va 1: ne b tween thi
c. ι' \ . ' .1 Cii'eat liritain are kept
I; ι." he said.
STETTïNIUS URGES
NO RESTRICTIONS
ON AID TO RUSSIA
pruniumi'i« u^■.
Russia.
At the same time, however, mem
bers said SU'tt ni;;. expia.:ird that ι
was not tlie ρ Ίίΐ'.ν of the goverr
mont now t aal liussia through til
'end ! a-e prog ran but emphasize;
,· view oi the uncertainty of the fii
I lure any restrictive provisions wouli
b; especially under.-table.
W. ■
formi d
Stettin;
lend-1 ·
Sept 23.—(AP)—in
. ι Kciward li
(|. n: -1 at;>1· of tht
u. 1 a M"li ι
i'.tee eon
; ι ; ; , η1 iil.Ottu lend least
Neutrality
Act 01 'War
Senator Noiris Ex
presses Doubt That
Congress Would Ap
prove War Declara
tor.; Fish to Present
War Resolution Next
Week.
Was!' i I : ;tc ■!!. Si I t. ι Λ Ρ)
Sim;: !· ·ι Ν · . . ΙικΙι-pcndt ni. Neb
raska. 1 ■ ι :;■.·· 1 ρ ν ;■ ■ ■ ί ι· ι>·-al ο!
the μ: 11 ! \ a ' "\\'< ■ : ! ι i ; t·; ι !ΐ war"
:ι ι I he \ · ■ ι -il 11 : ( Κ : 11J1ha' Cot ! -
■J··.- :v<· a >; cla ration
< >n the i: . · t . i) of ;l declaration
i \ I: ■ i>:· 1 . ι ! : 11 : \e Fi h, Repltb
: r \cw Y""k. was ready with
·!·<· |>mli'·! ■ ·η 'hat tli" II >uso would
• il> v. i; ■ ·. <· than to 1." 1 fo
. nil ".ir.ct cl h intended to seek a
hi.wdi-v. ii next week with a re.-olu
: ι a calling I' r in mediate war with
' lermany.
Nor: made :t dear that he in
di l' d the ρ ··'·'.v th · odmiiii .(ra
*i η iaid pu..· :ed regarding freedom
"f th. >··. The United States, he re
marked, c-.uild ne t recognize any
German attempts "to map off the
ccans and tell us where we can and
■annot go."
The veteran Nebraskan. only sur
viving member who cast a Senate
vote against th. catinbyV entrance
in the la-t war. c.m-i tentlv has sup
ported the administration in foreign
affair-. He emphasised to reporters
today that he thought all po.-sible aid
should he giv η to Great Britain and
Russia.
Neve their- . he contended that
"changing the neutrality act to send
ur ships to belligerent ports would
mean war. And il we decided to
:"'<M nun-bant .-hips that .night give
Miller a right to -:nk them under in
ternational law."
Three Killed
In Rail Crash
S;in Francise >. Sept. — (AIM —
Λ heavy frt ight engine running with
I wiit cars (·.>11 ■ fi<·<I head mi with tlie
crack We-tern I'acilic Kxposition
I''lici· in a tori ι ! ■ * crash hum· tit mi les
\\ st ni here late last i1 tillt. Three
: trainmen died and t · 11 other poisons,
.·< \ en Ι.Γ then pas. engers. were in
jured.
Kngineer Ia ■ ιk I lul l a· id Fireman
Α. A I .ι ι V\· 11. i ■ 1111 of ( )aklatid. were
frii. ίι· 11 and 11>irned t'> rleatli in th"
the flier's engine. ( kc. r l.ane. ul
I >.ιkI ad. ha .^gaucman nil the flier
dii d in a hn· pital.
The i ,idln'd wa ■ turn up I'm· .".IH
feet, the rails h nt like hairpin- η Etc
the engines a tangl d ma-· uf -11 h > k
ing teel.
Nazis Report
Red Offensive
Merlin. Sept. L'.'i. (AIM Simul
taneous Ku sian e· h lit· r nllciisive
η the mirth, ei uti .,1 and · >n 11 m ■ i'
'Sectors well' reported in ' Irrinan wa
dispatches tonight lor the in t time
although all three Wei'· d ί la'ed li
j have licen repulse I w ith .'iHU.OOO ρπ
j son « - already ι a.i-n .n 111·· em·.; elo
I ment area ca ι · ι ·ι| ι nit 1 ·ν I lie fier
; ma: i- east el K ie\.
These capture . anno need 1>\ th
I high command iu a pecial com
1 n'uniiiue. o\ei shaci ·ν. ed the Sovit
counter thru-1 - .· far a- German,
i was concerned.
No details of am- of the Hussia
attacks were given except their lo
cations: '.hi1 I.'emr.grad sector in th
north, east o[ Smolensk in the cen
1 ter and around Poltava in the sout'i
'lid miles southeast of Kiev.
Π\Μ aid "Utissian ad\ ancc f;
I east 111 Smolensk collapsed undt
German lire."
Authorized so 111'Ci s aid the batt
1 e.a-t ..| K:· 1 «is destined in the
opinion to go down in history as or
I , ι the greatest annihilations in hi:
tory, it not the greatest.
British Warship Re d in California
—I'lionophoto.
S*i ir . I.y ;,n Italian a-r ;«>. p> d« ru-.u· C ·. · V II: ' . ·. Lut ν,κ 1 \1.. ν l.-!and navy
vr. rd in Va He jo, C'a!., where it bas been repaired and ni dt adj ior r.trni ti> l'iee. The 9,100-ton warship
iu· ut twelve 15: ·. ; l'.:.t· i SUiti \..rcL
23 Vessels
Now idle
Maritime Commission
Offers to Sponsor Par
ley; Plane Workers
Take Strike Vote.
(B.v lin' Vssociated Press)
\ seamen's strike kepi more
than a score of ships needed for
defense and lease-lend aid ridins'
at anchor toda.\ and American
Fédération of I.abor machinists
reported a strike vote was beinfi
taken at a west ι nasi bomber
plant.
Th«· mat .t · . ■- · . ι : . : - s t · ! ι ! ferec
ι in jut · · : ··> ad ;; di.-puti
it Washing
\ r vvai
: ados ronti
in appeal by
lie Seafarer
nit o!
Ill
The eleven-day old strike
spread to three more vessels in
i Me Atlantn ..iid i.ulf ol ."Mexico
last niftht ami S»>crctar\ John
liawk ol Ou· ><\Maiers Interna
tional Ï ni nil saitl '·> sli i *)s were
idle.
Chairman I- s Land, srnri>n
C ' ι
aid
111 1'opiV-l ' ll VIIM'd |Η·|
n i union .1 tu 11·ι> up
πι.·, said 1ίι· t \va> d'sdupt
ιρρπ
ded
delen < .1 .. :d
eracics."
Tiii* union ! .a'-peril :
·: ι M ' S ||)|· ι; ι lilt' ι \\
and ί.; d ί· d . fin
I lui. ...
! At the
:■ . ' ! ;,t ; 11 11 ;
l.j, 111 a tile \\ ι
Se.iι.■ π rs Il
. ... ..id Λ
Γ..e and : . . .. ai \ . t
li a 11 > 111 . ; 11 .. .m; a gener.
I ti .i,r rcferend-au.
Λ ; S.ai ! ) Λ ι ! e.ni I·'· di :.
I i· il I ■! 1 .a: ; . 1 -, anni >ui ι·
ng the strike vote, said that a cot
I e: eiu'e w ι * ί ι Λ! ι' Κ 1 -. Fh ι
■ ι .del it ι . dated Ai fera
. pi Ί at ii il :. . ed te -et tie tl
! i» e iy \\ ... : ι w.il'ke
nut e \ ι !"i ". . iv .H ii : aim ρ. ι \ ι a
• ••ι beginners.
ATI.ANTIC STORM
MOVES NORTHWAR]
\V::.-hin:·.·..! Sept. 23.—(ΛΡ) <
I the ba>i> ul a.-e:vations Lip ti> 3.
I ;i. ni., the weather bureau issued t
• day this supplementary warning ;
tile storm η the Atla.ltic ocean ι
North Carol,η .
ι '"The Atlantic storm was cent!
. I at 1 a. m I I'.ST about aâ degrt
. 1 north and longitude 73 degrees
minutes we-:, or about 121) mil
ι- east of Cape Hatteras. l'un u; η >rt
ward or a little north northeas
v. ard a'v ■ it 11 niles ρ hour, .
I tend, d bv gali s ne r center a
strong winds over a wide area '
Rural Housing
Program
Is Approved
Raleigh, Sept. 23.—(AP) — The
Ea: tern Carolina Regional Housing
Authority today asked the utilities
to m mi sm on lor a certificate of con
venience and necessity to allow
housing project.*·" to bo built in eleven
rural counties.
D. L. Ward of New Bern, attorney
ior the authority, said the feu. r.o
government already had allocated
s·,050.000 for the work, winch he
described as the fir.-l rur.il iiou.-mg
program in the country.
Under present plan·· of
th-e total \\ ou Id be u.ril ο ,· rural
hi'LHe. and S.>00,000 wouid be is-eu
for houses in towns ol less than 5,
Oi;0 per.--ons.
Ward predicted that work would
begin within (50 days.
Washington, Sept. 23. (AP) i'i:·
United Siate> liousmg Authority an
nounced t< >di ι y President i « > . * \ t · 1
had approved United State lioi; ·
il ig Authority a) >propnat a »n. total
mg SI.') .7i).ί»U() to pro\ kle nev
ι home ο r a.09-Ί low inc'ine lamilie
j by con. 11 action of : ium cl·. arane
! projects ai cities and rura
i counties.
Alia ·η., ' I;'.' project a j » » > ι o\ eu \v ...
Eastern C'arolina Regional s 1«·ιι. .
Authority, -.·> units and $495,000,
\\ INHSOKS Λ Τ Λ S VYH.
Miami. >· j't. 'S.'. · .\i ■ ; i'in
; Duke and : Hiehesï ol u mdsor rei co
rd Alia! ; e ! : a i î < ' ' d j.i.Uir t· - i.. >
I on the 11 r.-1 leg οί a . ix weeks toui
111 the t d s·,de and C . im.î.i .m
were gp > a· 1 by th" chctr ο 1 . e. ·
i ι al thon i.d Miam.mi. .
SHIFT ANNOUNCED
IN CLOCK CHANGE
Haleigh, Sept. — :Λ1'ι—
Governor Brought·)·) asserted
today that il North Caieiin.·. goes
on a daylight saving time basis
next summer it <-hould do so
as part of a daylight saving time
measure "on a national basis."
The governor made the asser
tion in annoiineing a shift in the
changing from day liglit say ing
time to eas'i'in standard lime
from midnight .September ÎX to
2 a. 111. September '2K.
Movie Chain
Owns British
Interests
Wash in:'.!· r
Pi · -idnit
l.oinv's. In·.·
ι inp.iiiy li.'id
mi tllr C..i
] 111 ( · : 111 " t . : ι ' i
j An -Indian
! The Ifcslim
:,k> ubc.n:;
] k-ged war pn
C'a! Kidim.
. St'ii
!m al
d
Experiment In Cooperation
Pianned For Wayne County
îlail.v IHspatch l'iireau,
lu I hi' sir U^lli-r liotet
li> III NKV AVi Ιίϋ.Ι.
I i ; ι Κ .: ι. S» ,r.. IN!. Wayne (ι ι .*
hits been fclccted es a sort oi guinea
|)ii> fi If :■ ■ lit i.l r I.>!>t i .11 . I
and c 1 . 1:1 111 a.am Γ···... \
j 1st ai;; j ·· nces .·.· Hi ,>ι λ at·.·
; j;r.ι::ρ I tin· ·n dinai ν citizen.
Λ <μιγ:'.\ nut: .liana I pr i.iecl w.ll
: be tin· ιirlr, and up in ta· decree
11 !' r ι j a : ' ί:ι η I c. » >rd ' a linn ..·
Clin d 1 depend th ■ sucee-s it t ; ι ·.
! nndert . ,:u. which will involve it
1 k a-1 ti !· !.· ·' eminent units. ei\ ic
clali ■ ι 1 the like.
"HEATHER
ΙΟΙ! NORTH ( ΛΚΟΙ.ΙΝ \.
I.iir toniçht and Wednesday:
little change in temperature.
ΙΛίι nded weather forecast for
the period from 7:30 p. m..
September 23 to 7:.'ΐ0 n. m. Sep
temper 27—Temperatures near
normal or siïghiï.v below ; gen
1 erallj lair.
Λ meeting in Wayne. · ably al
Cîuld. !m,;· .. A ll: I t : ■.
near Γι 11 ill c Id work « · ■ I'
ll : I ho underta!; in;;
π u1.i;. been bn u.ehed ,.ι 1 ·
μ·ι un d the end ir.>ei : .ν
. OL'iii
lîiu i; 1 » 1 11; whole : t:u
univi'i ..11,'·'-. ci.ii<>'v 1«·ι(·:« ·. · · .· l->
improved nutrition. Tin defense
ciiHTU· ·!»'> '··. !'11 int. ι . . relic!
the la ' th <: 1 In mendo.i> percen
tage at the people are undernourish
ed either from lack of enough foo<
or lack ol' kn >\vledge of thi· ]>r ·ρι·:
lood c. scntial ; . good diet and goo<
hi alth.
And so the 1c. ders of the Stab
Health Coordinat.m: Service recent·
ly set out to e ,·. t can bo ac
complished by a c . tel <.·!i'm*t 01
the part of all · . ' ι:: ageneie
which might he In ' ' nto a cam
paign for proper nut . t. >11
The State Board ! 11 it!·. 1!'
Department of Pub! ,· In-trn-t:■ >1
i the Rural Electrification Author!^
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