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ïtettîtersmt Bmhj Htspaf ONLY DAILY NLASPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NO Κ ι H CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR 'thβEahsociaBtkdrpΑκμ?8, HENDERSON, Ν. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, ( X'TOBER 7, 1941 ',ubmsËx:ce,-t s,unl>aytkrno<jn FIVE CENTS COPY Young Survivor Tells Of Sinking Of American Ship Hi" de .'aniero. Oct. T. (AI') — A l'J-ycar "Irl survivor of the Panama fliif· tanker I. ('. White declared today that "one and pt rhaι> two" unidentified sub marines torpedoed and sank the American-owned ship without vvaininK in a midnight attack 600 miles oil Brazil. H. W. Ackcnnan of Charles ton, S. said in the first in terview with any of the 17 sur vivals brought nere by I h ν res cue ship i)ci Norte that the sub niarine or sueiiiariiies fired only one toi pedo. lîia/.ilian port authorities who boarded the Del Nort'e earlier said they were told the ship was shelled as she sank. The port authorities boarded the vc svl for routine inspection while United Stales embassy and naval officials took depositions from the 17 survivors aboard. Ackcnnan said the three men missing from the tinker's crew ni 'M •■;ilmost survly drowned." lie identified the three as a boatswain named Rankin, an able seaman and an oiler. Aekerman declared the tan ker was attacked by "certainly ont' and perhaps two submarines (>00 miles oil Brazil during the dark, moonless night ol' Septem ber 27-2«." "I was asleep when a torpedo hit sC|Uare anndship about 12:lf> a. πι.," said Ackrrnian. "Su were most of flic other members of the crew except a group of nine playing poker in the crew's mess. "Bill we got topside in less than live minutes and had two boats overside Willi 17 men in each m les than ten' minutes." Port officials said that despite seven days on tin· open sea will) a limited ration of sea biscuit and three cups of water the men appeared in good condition. Negotiations Collapse For Prisoner Exchange Germany Insists on Prisoner-For-Prisoner Basis for Deal, Britain Holds for Exchange of All Sick and Wound ed. London, Oct. 7. (AP) Negotia tion- for the war's first exchange of wounded prisoners between Britain and Germany collapsed today be cause Gvrmany insisted that the deal be on a prisoner-for-prisoner basis while Britain held ont for an ex change of all sick and wounded with out regard for numbers. Britain's war secretary, Captain 1! D. R. Margesson, charged in the house of commons that the negotia tions failed because of "a flagrant broach of faith on the part of the German government." Ih· announced that wounded Ger man prisoners, who had been put aboard two hospital ships at New haven poised to leave at any hour over the week-end for their homes, were being disembarked and sent back to camps. Germany holds several times as many wounded British prisoners as there are wounded Germans in Eng land. Caption Maig'isson, quoting ar ticle (iil of the international conven tion regarding treatment ol pr: on er- of war said the exchange hould be "without regard to rank or num bers." (Berlin, agreeing on the reason for failure of tin· (teal, gave the figures as 1,511(1 >eriou !y wounded Britons in German territory compared with 5(ill wounded German- in Kngland.) MEASURE WOULD SET THANKSGIVING DATE Washington, Oct. 7. (AP)— The House passed and sent to the Senate legislation yesterday to make the last Thursday of November in each year after 19)1 a "r'gal holiday to be known as Thanksgiving day. The House judiciary committee re ported to the House in approving the legislation that presidential proc 1:.m liions changing Thanksgiving from the fourth Thursday to the third Ihursduy in November "only made for confusion" btil "there is no law living the date other than the President's proclamation." The President fixed 8ie earlier date in the hope that a longer inter val between Thanksgiving and Christmas would improve trade, but he has announced that his hopes were ni>t realized and that next year he would revert to the later date. Tornado Rips Kansas City Kansas City, Oct. 7· (AIM—- Λ furious torniido, the second destruc tive storm to batter Kansas City in sis weeks, ripped through the east ern edge of the city and suburban communities in the Blue river val ley last night, leaving three persons dead and at least 135 injured. The storm first hit near 43rd street and Kensington avenue in Kansas City, moved northeast thro ugh Fairmount and several smaller communities and struck last in Sugar Creek, nearly ten miles from its point of origin. Fairmount, between Kansas City and Independence, Mo., took the ■brunt. Hundreds of homes were de stroyed and many industrial plants along the Mine river were damaged or destroyed. No estimates of pro perty damage were available, but one plant alone suffered a loss ol 5>aii ooo. Parachutist Frightened By Crowd (ieorgc Hopkins Atop Devil's Tower Sundance, Wyo., Oct. 7. — (ΛΡ) — Peuple scare George Hopkins, but six night al ne atop a ruck spire leave him without qualms. That's how the 30-year old Texas parachutist voiced his reactions after he was eased to the lias· of Devil's Tower after dark last night by eight veteran mountain climbers. "Were you frightened up there or coming down?" was asked. "Never was," he replied. "But I'd rather climb back up than face that crowd." The headlights of several hundred cars glared at the white garbed dare devil and the weary men who saved his life—and risked their own— through twelve peril us hours of climbing and descending the 1,280 foot. volcanic formation. The San Antonio adventurer drop ped 000 fce( to the top of the rock by means of a parachute. 11 is in sniration was a $50 bet and the de sire for publicity as a parachutist. LOCAL DRAFT BOARD BUDGETS ARE CUT Iv'aleigh, Oct. 7 (API An offi cial of state svleetive service head quarters said todjjy that the budgets of practically every local draft board in the state would be cut under new tables of board expenditures pre p-ovfl here. Draft officials said that local boards could handle ttieir reduced budgets as they saw fit, either by cutting salarie; or reducing the size of tlleii clerical etafis. Hitler Aims At Moscow St. Mary's Bridge Collapses Heavy Train Causes Fall Of Big Span Vital Defense Freight Movement on River is Blocked; Two Train men Carried to Death in Engine Cab; Sabo tage Discounted. Sault Stc. Marie, Mich., Oct. Τ.— (ΛΙΊ—Th"» mammoth bridge across the St. Mary's river buck led benc/ith a Ireight train early today. hurling two trainmen to death as l.,e engine plunged into the water. and blocking vital defense freight movement. One of two great spans in the bridge collapsed as a heavily loaded I>11 luth. South Shore and Atlantic train started to cross from Canada. The locomotive, dragging two freight ears behind it. dropped into the river. Four men were riding in the lot·· - : .olive. Engineer Hazen Willis and ;' inductor Dave Monroe,'trapped in the engine cab, were drowned. The other trainmen in the locomotive climbed back up the twisted bridge i girders to safety. Suspicions of sabotage were discounted by authorities, inas much as tin bridge, which spans a vital canal through w hich come freighters bearing precious ore from northern Minnesota. has been under guard of Fort Brad.v troops during the defense emer gency. Soldiers at the fort were routed out of baracks and extra guards posted at the bride, which is just above the great Soo 1 cks. Nunu r ous vessels were forced to anchor in tIi0 river for an indefinite period. Railroad men and military authori ties prepared at once to begin the task of raising the locomotive and the two cars .lit of the river so that vessel trafic could resume. Cranemen End Strike Steel Plant Walkout Settled; Week - Old Cleveland Strike Hits Auto Plants. ( I5y The Associated Press.) CIO cranemen today ended a two day work stoppage at a bi.u (>arv. Intl., steel plant, but a week-old Irikr at a Cleveland factory forced 'he Studebakcr Corporation to close down its passenger car production line because of a shortage of frames. The cranemen. whose failure to im - port to work Saturday midnight forc ed the Carnegie Illinois Steel Cor poration to halt the operation .>! twelve blast furnaces and 53 ο|Λίι hearths, voted last night to go back to their jobs after the management had agreed to meet a union grievance committve today The absence ol 'fit cranemen m key positions affected operations of nearly the entire plant employing 23,000. The Studebaker shutdown at South Fiend, Ind., was declaivd by company officials to have resulted from a lack i>l auto l'ranie> caused by the strike at the Midland Steel Products Co. in Cleveland. CIO employees ol Midland struck for wage increases. Midland also makes (rames lor army "jeeps" and Hudson, Huick and Fold trucks. Willys-Overland of ficials said their work on army "jeeps" would have to be curtailed unless they got more frames, soon. WEATHER FOR NORTH C AROLINA Cloud with occasional rain to iiiulit .iiul probably in east and central portions Wednesday somewhat cooler Wednesday aft ernoon and night. IXtcndcd weather forecast for the period from 7:30 p. m. Oc tober 7 to 7:30 p. m. October 11 — Heavy rains Tuesday and Wed nesday. cooler first part of period. Nazi Bombs Rock Hospital Ship A hiiiro German bomb explodes with spectacular violence alongside a British hospital ship in the harbor at Alexandria, Egypt. The vessel had just arrived with troops wounded in the Mediterranean an ι. ( Central I're us) Iceland Is Vulnerable Military Quarters There Say Island Would Be Hard to Defend Against Nazis. Bv l)Iti:\\ MÏDDUTOX. Reykjavik. Iceland, Oct. 1. (de layed)— (Ai') Despite it., remote ness this keystone position in the battle ut the Atlantic could be high ly difficult to defend il the German.· should decide to make an ali-out ef lort to capture il, whatever quantity ol troops and equipment tlie United States were to -i nd. informed mili tary quarters -.i d today. These source.- said thry were sat i s tied Iceland i- a l'ormidafile pnsi tinn and that the Γηί'·\< Stall's Arm;, and air corp W'iild have 'ipp.irtuiu tH· In iiml.ι· i: much stronui r. lint twi ι ye.11 - if war have demon stiali'd that tile German high com mand make it plans on a Hiandio.se scale and is unsparing ol ι · η and equipment. Germany ; Id be likely ' a t taek Iceland ' a one re a ι ίι ι h ily clear indicat a that she ι- !o mu tin battle of tire Atlantic because of Hrit— ish-.\meric 11 >·< cupat ion ol this is land. ml eu quarters said The |(!«ll cup 1 and might then e\ - pend hips and planes witlm t stint Ιι ι ac(|Uiri' tin - inc!imparable ba e for ant : subn ;a ! i ne act i\ ii a . M ihtary ·· urces s.ι id II,I e Ι! an;; (Continued on Page Severn SERBIAN PUTSCH SMASHED BY NAZIS Berlin. Oct. 7.—(AP) (".era an troops and tu 11 companies ni ( Ί ■ -a t i a η s l.a\e ma aed nu'sra led bv an attorney's d.. ighter in th west Serbian town ο Sabac, tii . ithorl tative news service 111··η-1 aus Oeutshland -aid today. Rebel bind· had stormed Sabac, the report said, far outnumbering German s Id stationed then· The Germans, ne ■ · thelcss. were said to have "o'li ii il heroic resistance" U. S. Plane Production Hits High In September Washington, <»rt. 7.— (ΛΓ) — l'nited stilis warplanc produc tion should reach ί,.">(»() ini 1 il.ir \ craft mnnthlN l'y the end of l'ttl. a responsible defense production official said today. September's new liijfh of 1 .Ml 1 I delivered military planes—in cludinv, training as well as com bat types—«as not a chance pro I duction spin t. ΟΓ.Λ1 officials said. but a token that the na tion's plane producers have reached their objective of sus I tallied increasing quantity pro duction. "We are definitely over the i hump," au Oi'M aircraft spokes ι mail said. I mo no reason y\liy '2.50(1 militai \ planes a month I should mil lie produced h y the end of the year." I 'yen it output in Οι loiter, No vember and ί ><·ι ember should not >urpas.s but merely equal S">)!"inlier deliveries, it was not ed. the year's production would total IK..'{!).'! planes. That figure compares with the estimate of IS.11(10 Riven in February by William S. Knudscn. OI'M di rector Relierai. Frankly jubilant over the pro gress. OI'M officials pointed out that the record was set in a ."-0 da^ month with work interrupt i ed bj the Labor I>a.V hoiittaj. Neutrality Law Course Uncertain Shah Of Iran Hopes To Form Democracy By I)\Mi:i. IJE LICK Teheran, Iran, Oct. 7.— (ΛΡ! — Shah Mohammed lii/.a, for 22 days the titular ruler ol thi· oriental king- I in ul Iran, .-aid today he h pea to visit the United Sta'e- after the war and gain guidance winch would ι help him make hi.- co m'.!y "a real j den ι icracy." "Λι erica and I ran bould i e the be t ,.f I riends." declared the 21 year ; old -hah who was elev ated - .dclei.'.v to !h ■ th'One w!v η lu.- lather audi 1 rated iii-d'-r British Ru.-sian pi cm-ure ist month. In a β! ι-m imite interview—the first g uiled American eorre- pondent the y> img ι il le1 e\pre.-.-.d confide!, c that if Britain u on the war Iran ten t ν,;·! ■ litem· ty would be as η - i d and she would be given a chance to pi Ul ess tou ard the goal he al !■< ι m 11 η ι· d out for h· !'. ΊΊ:'· ■ hah i ' m I i cited that he count ed Britain—and the United N'.iV '" ire the w>rld of an i ll· 11 v. ο eh in H s' nés will have j ' ο; '· w1 rk o il their own exist- ι in··· 'bout tbi· h c .. itv f main t'lininu large ai mii - and needing only : small police ' >rce for inter nai ecurity." 1)11 iS \T I'M Km b n. < )ci. Λ π rt from ( I ra. iigcr-. tod \ · I II · · ■ · Jones, negro, wh· ■ ci. · ■ ! ' · be 121 \ ars • : age. 11, ι · i ·!,·ί! ':<,■·. As a s I ave slu wa- · .· I . 1 .oui- Desmond. 1 wh .-ι· ['lai !a! on w .<-· a short dis ! ti.iice west ·< Kinston. Acq.iaint anci's wi ll· -at l · d the woman was : middle med ·.·!"" :>·«* War Between tin St.- 'i·· b( m She remember· d trim ν ..»·! · ·' during the war. j President Advises Congresisonal Lead ers He Favors Arming Merchantmen and Permitting Them to Enter Combat Zones. Washington. Oct. 7.— (AIM — President Roosevelt was report ed authoritatively today to have advised congressional leaders that he favoring changing the neutrality law to arm American merchant vessel* and to permit them to travel to belligerent ports and now forbidden combat zones. Those who conferred with the ( hid Hxccutiw on the neutral ity issue reported, however, that In· u.is uudcc^led whether to re quest the two changes in a sin gle message or first to ask au thority lo arm the ships and then recommend later an amend ment '.ο pi tmit them to travel any yy here. ( >ii' ;· · ι··.. ^ itive If.idiM at White il ·■· ting today aid tin. re :· : I ν w- unanimous i;gre< ■ ■ Ίΐι step ι., .ι ι ; ι ' i · · . as eimsidcr abli ,..·;·«···.· \ ■ ι >i1 'COduri·. ( >iu , t'>"-i P>n ticulariy inyed 11.'. :· < .' -a - be made .it ! once was Harry L· Hopkins, lease-1 lend i.iln int't.i i:\iir i said. 1 Jen · u■ r11 :.» 1 a - .· I '.a rkley | .n dieted a del alite cl· . η \ν· add ι λ. ; cached tin .ancithei Wl:ii<· Mi him· ennli'i em ι Complications were added to the siuu'tmu by I'.m .· Hidden re·, er sal of policy mi the arming of mer- | chanlnien. Senator Connally Democrat, Tex., hiIV. eve· , was inclined to look on l'an.a : :a'.- ,n J i. >n a.- a n· » m for m . ■ralii\ modilicalion. contending thai ;would lu-!p peed authorization lor the arming of American flag ships. t The Panamanian division, reached by the cabinet council yesterday . d flatly P.m .."a hi iicel'o! t:i and hay e ··,rn tl an. - h..h registry in or· combat zones. CHINESE FORCES FIGHT IN ICHANG ChungK.t g. 1 7. -(AIM- Chang Kai S'.ek' ..ι . an.. Ii η g tl'. · ι ' [own c i.m'.ei : nsive, have entered lehaia, , 'id a . 1.jilting in the street.- o{ that westernmost outpost of Japan, military spokesmen said toda\ . Tehang. in \v< stern Tlupeli prov ince, con.-titutcs the spearhead of the .lapant si· effort to dr ve westward along the Yangtze valley t ward the wartime capital of Chunking i riie spokesman said forces of I China' mid continent armie- cut· red I Iehange this morning, climaxing an 1 oifeusn e. Nazis Ciaim Gains North Of Azov Sea Great New Offensive Launched on Central Front; Entire Soviet Nation Mobilized to Meet Ne w German Assault. ' Ιί\ 1 lie \ssu iated Tress.) \doll Hitler's in\ ision armies havi launched a great new of lensive ui' the central ι Moscow) front, aiming at a knockout bp lore winter sets in. Hie Russians acknowledged toda.v. and the en tire Soviet nation is being mobilized to inert the assault. 1. ! I»· ι: ι·., tared the nazi a unties as turning in toward Moscow away from the vast flank ing ; ■ 11 ; 11 · !,, ι ; ; , a.) . : ; the north Old tin ■ L",. . . ! it' .· · .-nuth, Hit .er's high command emphasized Ger man progress on the southern front, claim : .· ι ,ϋ ι : \ : , ca le bat lk- in uth ί1 : in· ι .. ■ ' Azov . Vdoll Hitler's lnu.h command claimed victors over the Rus sians toda> in a un at new battle in the I krainc nortii oi the sea of Azov. but l.ondon military quarters reported that the Ger mans had been checked with severe losses and that guns of the Soviet Black sea fleet were heavily pounding the invaders. Front line dispatches to Ked Slat*, the Soviet army newspaper, reported a violent battle was raging on the centra:" 'Moscow) front, with Mar shal 1': : ι iiishenk. Λ- troops striking fierce blows against German armor ed wedges dr.vfn nt«> the Hu.ssian lines. Soviet infantry supported by tanks and a\ iation were reported to have attacked hea\ ν German troop con centrations. de.-i''->ying 198 tanks and killing mure than 1.0(10 nazis in three sectors. Red Star said a Soviet tank bat talion ambushed a nazi tank column southeast ·>1 Kiev, the German-hold Ukraine capital, and smashed seven tanks. Bloody German losses were rcpiirtco, hi iv a11 well. On the northern front, the Kcd aimj announced that Lenin grad's defense Willis nad smashed lit (.ei man earth and timber forts on the approaches to the old czarist capital, silenced two artillery batteries and put other nazi siege weapons out of ac tion. Masses of German troops were said to have been dispersed by Soviet I'iri. Λ bulletin η ϋ. Hitler's field li'ead cjuarters indicated that the battle t .! Λ, \ ,-e;. v. as part ot the ' ^;.a IK '.· dc\elopnieiits"' wliicn ;:.i > ; : '· · ! 1 declared iiad liegiai ui. ' Wcîiik .--day. "tii π an tr· ■·!> .-Inmldcr to I.· id» . \ : · «il the allied ι· ■ ι ; :. ι a ι -ti the delcated (Continued on Page Seven) WORKS PROJECTS GIVEN APPROVAL ι ΛΙ')—Piesi , . ι' 11 n.-e public ν : Sti.Llo.i.iî 1U was : s ; : M. Car liistrator. r ii 11. K, i l'oi'd, Ν. ■.ι in.iiou; •. ι·, in:!.··., ι ■(■! ι , : mal lac .. 1,:.ί.ι\ eweraga 1 11■ . ml \\ jk'i lacili Maneuvers In Second Day I I : : S c. < ι. T.-· f AIM — Ad·.;.!.· n ι:κ. rod iith divi . i η v.' · .ι■' : " leading ele i! a army thi.-> \1. (ii ; .il Charles M. rhoi ! rst corps entered upon the second day ot its field maneuvers in the Chester region. llu· ..de lip of the remainder of the corps, principally till <»··. d \ ·!! and the 30th. ι ι .nu· troops ι was establi tied early la.^t night after the opposing groups had spent the i>i.ι . · 4 Ii"! lia y ai taking up assign-· ι d positions. l ia eerie of action was on a line runi.inu gem rally fom Chester to Fa rid roar,. Headquarters .-.aid 'today that "awn i\eness" was the feature of tin lia;!"' m vetnonts. Tin· eav al y. both horse and mech anized. w. - report· (1 to have been on tin· ove all ι· ".lit. while at the . ami' tiint· loot patrol, proved a men ! dee to mounted men.
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