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TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR ™iTga™DRSOF HENDERSON, Ν. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER (>, 1ί)41 ,'';β1·1"ε.χ\ι'ε1·τ sunD1ytkknuon FIVE CENTS COPY
Moscow Believed Principal Goal Of Germans As
Hitler Launches New Offensive
^ A A a ^ A A AAA A A A I
Repatriation Plan Proposed
Canadian Bomber Down in New Hampshire
With its two 2.r)0-poun<i high explosive bombs inches above the ground, a twin-motored Canadian bombing
plane is shown in a field near Greenland, N. H., after making a pancake landing. All four occupants of the
ftlnp escaped injury. Cameramen were kept a long distance from the plane, which will be repaired by
United Stales mechanics. (Central Press)
Hitler To Make Peace Offer
Indo-China
Stands Firm
I
ι
Broad New Japanese
Demands For Conces
sions in Colony Are
Rejected.
Singapore. Oil. (i.— (AIM —
French Inrio-Chiii.t ! as turned
down broad new Japanese de
mands whirl· would tighten
Tokxo's «rip on that eolonx and
make a χ il lual arsenal of Sain
on. lexical jumpin^-olf plaee for
am Japanese seat thrust against
this newly reinforced British
naval bastion, reports from Iiulo
China said today.
Tlii'M· ad\ ici .-aid t)ιc Japanese
demanded complet control of cen
sorship, e.iDti'ol I all establishments
• . .. I
in tin· l-; mranh liav area below
Saigon and tlie right to build an
arsenal and other military \v rks in
the port city itself.
The .lapane-c v. re .-aid further
more to have eailed upon the Hanoi
government to require American oil
companies to provide tank laeilities
sufficient to stori 30,0(1(1 tolls of
kerosene.
New- of the .Tapani e demands
toll wed .ι broadcast by the British
Malayan radio la-t Friday night that
the .Japanese. despite ν hemetit
French protests, already had . -eiz"d
warehouses and other buildings in
Saigon - dorl. area. These facilites,
it is believed here, are wanted by
the Japanese to store munitions and
military equipment.
Yanks Win
The Series
Barnum Pitches New
York to 3 to 1 Victory
in Fifth and Deciding
Game of 1941 World
Series.
Ebbett's Field, Brooklyn, N. \..
Oct. (i. The New York Yankees won
the fifth and deciding game of thi
1941 World Series brre this after
noon 3 to 1 from the Brooklyn Dod
gers. winners of the National league
pennant, and again set themselves up
as the World's Champions of
baseball, after a lapse of one year
New York won four games, Brook
(ConUiued on Page Seven.)
Chief Justice
Praises Work
Of Brandeis
uQUii> ϋ. cRANDEiS
Washington, Oct. ti. (AP) C'hiel
Justice Stone paid tribute today to j
tin· " t ; : ι ! « ■ · devotion to the publie'
u ι h ni oi Loui.- 1). Uialuk.-. retired
Supreme C .tirl justice \v!io died last
night at the agt ol' ill.
A : tati ....·ιιΐ pi ai. mg tin· juri ι w as j
ι ead I.y the duel .1 u t !c < \\ ιι il the (
court reconvened I r the ben.lining
ol it-· new it no American llags at j
the front ol tin building were placed 1
at hall -tait in men.ury Ί the jli.s- (
tice.
l'lie I a : : ι : ly a nir i. inc· ίΙ that the I
funeral, lor which a rangements I
were incomplete, would : ι strictly
private and reque 1 d 111. · t no flow ■
ers be sent. Memorial ser\.c. would
be held later, the announcement
said.
Parachutist
Still Stranded
■
Sundance, Wyo., Oct. fi—(API
Snow. wind and rain conspired with
Devil's Tower today to keep a daring
parachutât trapped on its barren
turret.
Just as it ha- defied ι 1 'ding ele
ments for countless cent iras, so the
1,280-10 t volcanic spire, w :th the
aid of snow and ice, impeded the
gruelling job of climbers trying to
scale it- sheer side-- to rescue 30
I year old George Hopkins.
La-t Wednesday morning Hopkins,
to win a $50 bet and to draw atten
tion to another planned aerial feat,
dropped t the forbidden tower iront
an airplane.
Conquest Of
Reds First
Nazis Expect Peace
Proposal to United
States and Britain
Would Be Accepted.
Cairo, Oct. (i.— (AI*)— Adolf
Hitler will make a new. peace oi
ler (o Britain and the I'nitcd
States as well before the >ear's
end. according to information
reach in» here.
Hitler, according to one .Amer
ican rccentiv arrived from Ger
man-controlled territory, expects
to be able within this time to an
nounce that Kussia has been put
out of the war and to state that
lie is going* ahead with his "new
order" on the continent and
ignore Kngland except to carry
out reprisals ag lu list her for any
bombings done to (jcrmany.
Tin UiTiiuins expect that Kngland.
ill 11 r π pvriod of such ;ι stalemate,
would accept a peace, this informant
.viiid.
The peace cilfer forecast is given
considerable credence in I><»lh Hril
i ll and AmiTican dipl'-mutic quar
t'ers here, hut both are certain that
tin· ni it r will he rejected and that
the w.ir will go on.
.\re »rdi i ιh » tin information, 11 it -
lei will colic»'litrale CJennaity's lull
,war-\\ agin,. pov\ er again, 1 liussia in
the next IX \\ eek.- ill tllV hope <»|
making sufficient gains to tell tie
w orld he lia - put the Sov iet I'iicm
out ol the combat and crushed bol
she\ ism.
Attacks on lint.mi and the Near
Kast would be h'eld to .i bare4 mini
mum while all strength possible
would be turned on Kussia.
Ark Royal
Is Damaged
Iimne. Oct. (i.—(ΛΡ)— The· 22,000
tiill British aircraft earner Ark Reiyal
w a** damaged r eiiotiMy i»y it torpe'd
hum an Italian submarine alter the
an' attack September 27 on a British
Mediterranean convoy and has re
turned to Gibraltar at Mow speed, a
,-pecial Italian communique announc
ul today.
Tl:rce· of Britain's biggest battle
ship.-, th·. Rodney. Nelson and King
George V, also were in the naval
loi-nation against which the Italian
submarine attack was reported t
have been made last Wednesday.
(The 33.900-ton Nelson was de
clared by the Italians previously to
have been hit on the bow by an
aerial torpedo in the air-naval battle
^Continued on Page Five)
Prisoner
Exchange
To Be Made
As Arrangements are
Completed tor Ex
change of Wounded
War Frisonera, Britain
Agrees to Repatriate
Civilians.
1. ii :!:>n. Sic . fi.— ι — (Ircal
lîrilain today adeis'd flermaiiy
ol n< . willingness to effect a
mutual ιc;>auiation ui all Hrit
isii ;>iid (> rinan civilian war
prisnm is cxccpl men ■>■ ΐικήίιη;;
an··, ami |)n>;ji.ji"t) Uiai thi'
Ciiilril States act as intermed
iary in order that r palliation
ui ci·. ill..!.s may iic curried oat
uiih Un 1 a>t possible delay."
llii . 11111 : > 111 nc : 111· 111 wa mad.- a
1Ικ· w:.v was paved— I y n;t.i> br >ad
ca.-ts J rum government to govern
ii.cut niTn.-s the Knglr-h channel- -
lor an exchange tomorrow· I the
wounded war prisoner.-; who have
been ready i > .-ail lor several days
from the English port of New Haven
t Dieppe.
Trips aero.-- the channel will hegit
at â:.'i(i a. m. (12:30 a. m. EST) to
morrow and continue through Oc
tober 14. The war' will 1>. stopped
in the channel area- involved until
the exchange ot wounded prisoners
is completed.
Maneuvers
Are Begun
Two Months of War
Games Begin in Caro
linas; Peak to Be
Reached in November.
Camden, s. C. Oct Π—(ΛΡ)—
Siiki.cr. 111 tin i· ist Army. liMUMIO
strong, ι ok to the fields and woods
ti ni:. \ ii ill· i 111 ' '.ι I pha.-c ι I a two
111. h it ! ι 1:1:1m \ : program tli.it \\ ill
11·; «·! 1 it-· peak during Hit· last two
week- ni Nov ember when : II ele
ii rut · ·; an np-t> date a nr. y will be
! 11 '"ι urn into in ι ilated battle.
( )\'t'r ail area approximat- I,' 140
miles long and !!·· miles wide, cover
t "η··! llll l(ii I I'M ( '·; flp Kl\'fO
Fire Damages
Bus Garage
Charlotte. ( )ct. (>.—( ΛI ' ) Λ tspef
' taeniae iΊit . wilh i'lames lfapm>» a ·
ι ingli as 100 ht t. ami accompanied
ί !).v a serifs ol explosion.-, ushfrcd
! in Kirf Prf\fti«»n Wffk I'oj t'har
I « » t tf liremen farly today willi an
estiniatf d loss <>l $1.00,000 lor the
Atlaiilic Bus (. ' »i poralion.
The lire swfpi through tiie bus
'Con tin nod on F«vpt
I Tar Heel l'<
But Boiling
Dailv Hwpatrh Rurrau.
I /ι the ^ir Wsàli*mr Motel
By III NltY AVKRll.l.
Raleigh, Oct li The Tar Heel po
litical p.it (i ' ny nothing mort
than unmet. indeed it is eve!
getting that a. and there seem:
; no reason to expect it to reach thf
boiling point any time soon.
That's the aipression this cornei
gets after makaig a lot of vain ef
forts to unearth something remoteh
approaching t h t · sensational in thi
j way of speculation over next year'
1 primaries.
I In the usual and natural course o.
Nazi U-Boat and Its Victim
• *
The Nazi censored caption with this photo read: "A steamer sunk by a
torpedo from a German U-boat." The vessel founders but does not tro
down, so the submarine commander proceeds to sink it by gun fire, lie
fires directly at the stern of the sU*p jutting out of the water.
Florida Hurricane
Does Little Damage
Vance Draft
Quotas 45
In November
Ualeigh. Οι·!. ii—( \l'i—((iiot.i-·
j untlcr which I.Kfil North I'aro
liniaus—1,5.'HI whiles ami l!.;i
Negroes—will be inducted i 111 < >
I the Arm) dm in;; November were
announced iuda.v !ι> state selec
tive serviee iieail'.iuarters. in the
tilth lirait call. The selectees will
i cut. ι the -.ci v ice at I'ort lîraKfi.
Quotas In (trail board in
< hide;
Whites: November I!. Vance
30. Granville 15.
Negroes; No\ ember 19. W ar
it il l.i. Ir.inklin II; November
'!(>. Vance 15.
Wrecked
Plane Found
Tue .h. ·Α ι
' Wreck.:;'.
army ι " m,ι. :
day ni^lil wit
! abnud ivii
Franc, c , |„ a
Αι tin· Ί
The li » 1 I ··
an ai in.v |ilaia
pili>ted I>;· 1 .n
who l'aiii cil
I. (AIM
1 ' ι red Π lu
, : nice Tiiur;·
ici-is and mon
imlay ι hi San
ni FlaK lall.
base reported.
sighted by
ίο Tuc.-on base
.1 ('. Cochran,
irmati >n here.
( Γ nu tinned on Piiee Five
Nassau and Miami to
Be Chief Sufferers,
But Damage is Slight
and No Fatalities Are
Reported.
Miami. Fla.. Oct. (>.— (AIM—
A small hurricane whipped
across extreme southern Florida
toda\: leaviiuv little damage in
an area prepared for much worse.
Vismiu and Miami appeared
chic! sufferers from the swîRIn
moving tropica! disturbance, hut
even there the propert\ toll was
slight and no fatalities or serious
injuries were reported.
Λ !) .. wtMiin'r bureau ad
\ .···»> . Γ ' ; !1 ;■ il ι ll'li'il! 11' -η ('» »Μ -
p..et 111. : i* 1u' '■ -t'.l through tin
2Γ·-η ■ !ι t < · ί. ι···: t νη Mi;! 11 ; ι an».
Πμιπγ It <1 V Uld ! ι mil) the C ί U i !
< ·ί Λ!' · t h ; : : · ·! ning bet wen
Everglade.* and Kort Myers.
Warning against relaxed vigilenese·
\ ery danger»>u " w<mid einn
plett* 111' ι ' '· 1 , I a reel y set
t led inland < < a ! : ; l· '· ·· .da With-·. *
loss ot inteii-ity.
I lui I ic. ! '« \ ·, : « (i . · ! · ' \
ι d f roi ι V. ;i.aii- 1 'i.nta < î ο
on Kl< >rida > w e- : e nul ; ·
the path in tl < gull weie ad\ ! .<·<; 1··
11r» e<\ d wit h cant ι· >ι
II igiuvt wind- ι ej · ■ ted ' · 'a
weather bureau throughout the* pas*
age of the se u*i ι 1 · · m ·. ' · « · u lui t iu
1.ihki mile out in th·· Allan" <· tia .
Ugh tin· I > a 11 a m a . ' ad and .ic: ■ >
the i· ' Kiorida e ■ . . ν < < i
I gllMs ι ee· ·:'ded at t i ;t 1 'a ι. . ·« < ι a .. 11
Ail'W : > st .Ipl.ilie i <a- e ne, he! r
Nassau experienced winds ..· Ingn
: as 102 miles an hour. Sweial Mnai
craft were dri\en a>hore at the duke
ot \Vind>o! ' ι a])!ta 1 e:ty. The dul.e
I and hi. duehi .·· are in Canada on a
\ ai .at ι « >11.
►lilical Pol Is Simmering
Point Can't Be Located
, events tlit ,·ι·η..η ■ ■■· > >·. 1942 would,
} ι ; ι \ c i >een a ι m ■' - ! ι W. i> · ley
who Mis .n the μ ·. Ν· th Carolina
, seat, was for a long lime a bitter
i end opponent of President Roose
velt's do-iH'.-t :.· ι··· . t ■ ;
exceptions Mich a- Ιό see md
ed FDR's 1936 nomination in a
flowery oration) ; and, say. two yean
ago would have found himself l'aeec
with fo:1!· ·ιia 1 > 1 c Opositmn — probab
ly fr ι ■ r sue . important figun
as Congre.· -man Harold Cooley of thi
Fourth district.
B' t η·η\ all that's changed. Sena
tor Bailey has been one of the ables
defenders and advocates of the real
istic foreign policies ot the dminis
'ration (and it might be .^aid par
renthelieally 'that the senator is al
ways one of the "ablest" on an;
[ (Continued on Page Fivej
WCATHFR
FOR NORTH CAROI.IN V
Generally fair and continued
j rather warm tonight and Tues
' day.
Push Begins
Along Whole
East Front
German Pressure
Against Leningrad
Seems Dwindling;
Offensive M a y Be
'Gigantic' Operation
of W h i c h Hitler
Hinted.
Π\ The I·'cl Press.)
^ '. I )( \\ ' 'ti ι M (M 1 Clisi\e.
with Moscow pet haps as its
principal goal and lin siege of
Leningrad subordinated, appear
ed to Ι;·- el»··r ;»:!»■ todav ο» the
long eastern Iront
Autii' ι.ι' s !j·■«·· m L-mdoii
v. !:.(·! !; ·<·■.<· - - the turn . ί
ii· »w in its
Kith wet . I u. ··■». · « . N,ti
·' · « ; ■ « · i... ιi been
:a: nr.' (i . ■· τ- ι,, mi. w it} ι the
P< >ibli i ·.■ t ; ti ■ ■ υ I : · i« Leningrad
• i'ea : e Gr": . .i aetivily seem
ci 1-. 1 : ;j\ ! ■ (. . ° i ι. d i t ■ d
The oil i sis e i»a> be the
"gigantit operation of which
\doIf Hitler iiinted in his speech
last 1 ι ida\. \t least that w as the
line taken by Ge<nan comrnen
tators.
Berlin, however, gave no in
dication o! the goal oi the new
drive, hut Dienst ans Deutseh
land, a commentary scrxice close
to official cireles. said tin «»|>
erations w ere so great as to be
"similar to the opening of a new
campaign."
There was speculation in London
that the major objective was the
ι ν v : t;i 1. w;'li the attack de
veloping especially from the area of
Roslavl, about 230 miles southeast of
Moscow.
S. -me L"iulun war «>bscrvei\s were
inclined to a k whether the indicated
Moscow push wiii not part oi an ela
borate si to c »\ er u( ι the failure
t>» liiia i... .. ::l :. d "u : ill the over
whelming *wiiti ess* oi which the
German high c ·. m ..'.ti once boasted.
While the German* were talk
ing tluis about a new turn in the
war and their hiL.li command
was claiming the capture oi 1
000 more Russian prisoners in
the southern I krainc, Russians
declared their Red armies were
in stronger positions man at any
time shut the beginning of the
in χ asion.
Ί . ■ i;,. . !..:i! cd their
armies hav< π lied back the German
besiegers ol Leningrad as much as
two t .... ι ·. t } lit :. 11 d
had pu lit d ... . i . ' h .■ : L'l miles
on the southwestern sector—in the
L' kraine.
NEUTRALITY PARLEY
SET FOR TOMORROW
Ilxde Park. Oct. G.— t\l\>—
1 ilt temporarv \\ lute House an
iiiiiiiu'i ti todax tu it Secretary
ΠιιΙΙ. \ it i*ri sutenl W allace,
five senators and two House
members would confei with
President Roose\ clt in W ashing
ton tomorrow on revision of the
neutralitx »aw.
Wage Fixing
Is Opposed
President Murray of
CIO Says Wage In
creases Not Respon
I sible For Prices.
ι 1 ' (i I Ai ') — IVt'ai
(li :il 1 ' ;» M r "1 (ΊΟ took the
in : ' ·<.!..> llui tin if wa> no
ri,e> ty lui lede: .i t<>r»tr<>1 ol
but that some kind <>1 price control
legislation apparently was "iimmd
>atel\ noce-saiy."'
Ralph Hetzel, Jr., head oi the
ι.(·< 'tii ■ ' i· ()i\ ι : ι tin.· CIO, read
a statement ··! Mia ray's views to the
> House banking committee. Murray
ts ι' a a 11 π l :r a. a lung illness.
The CIO head contended that wage
inert·.ι ' s were η t responsible for
current price increases, adding that
• this argument was "being used as a
new touchstone t·» justify attack
• upon organized labor l'y those who
h a \ ι · always sought labor's destruc
■ lion."
• I Price control legislation pending
(Continued on Page Five)