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ïtettîtetsim Hmhj îBtspafrlj ONLY DAILY NL Λ SPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOR l H CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR γτηβTasoriaKtkdrpr·»?* HENDERSON, Ν. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON', ( )( "I t (HER i>, VJ11 a!-NDÎ.ï'!'BKNWN FIVE CENTS COPY Adolf Hitler s Press Chief Declares Russia 'Militarily Finished' aaaa — — — - - - - - - Roosevelt Urges Revision Of Neutrality Legislation Resolutions Introduced Immediately President Declares it is Time for United States to 'Stop Play ing Into Hitler's Hands, and to Un shackle Our Own.' Wii'-liiniton. Oct. !).— (.MM — President Roosevelt·, asserting it \ias time for the t'nitrd States to "stop playing into Hitler's hands, and to unshackle our ov n." urged Congress teday to revise the neutrality act speed ilv t<» permit the arming of American merchant vessels. In a special message he also left th" door nifn tor further revision liter to "in·· out an other major prohibition, that prevention American earner ships to travel to belligerent perts. Savine " Ad"'f HitW "l>;i< o' fercd .'ι challenge which we a< Ameri cans en"! and will not tolerate." the Pres:H'-nt said: "We will not lot Hitler prescribe (1., ·. ■ ■ trr-■ of the world on which ( 'dps mnv travel Th η η ' "nine to lie driven from ι-as either by his submarines 1 irplanes. or his- threats. "We cannot permit the affirmative d· <· use of 'ιr r:chts to be annulled ;· ! diluted bv ^ect;ors of the nett t'-il'tv ""t w'ueh have no realism in the licht οΓ unscrupulous ambi I· n- of irndmen. 'We Americans have determined ,,··'■ pnurso. "\\ro in ton Η to ρλ "· >nt "η*"» th^ <ρριιγ tv ΊΡ-i thn ■ ο 1 eg ν ■ t y nr.d the honor of nur PMintrv. "\V< i η top Η ίο pyiini'1 n 41 ' nolip·· of jn* footinrr tho frppfjoni ,,f t^'" ^*1 .· apninst d«»in:n it ion bv nnv foroim pnwpi* wbiph has hppomp pr.-v H v-ïti» •t d»»^iro control thp ν or Id Wp shall do so with all η; ι y strength rind all nnr hoa»*t and nil out* mind" pmv η njrllv f r Imn^nvnt the Provident'*; messairo. introducing l»i?ls in Ιΐ(>π«ον ropo'il <lio l;* ' η<·ί provision acainst fl»o irnvp" nf American m°r 'hml vessels. Π· -t'luti n< nfprpd in the Senate *>Λ' ΓΊι,ίιι-ιμ ,. ίΛ Τ Vn-) t T''vk. f » f fhn forp ι'? n rolnf'ons rnnv · » > r ι · · · f lip TTOp^p bv Chair "· ρ m ■ ·η. η moprM · Vnrk. of M>o r 'fi'ji'n :ιΓγ,|Γ ftmun U'nnld snppi τ:^·«1Ι'· "·41 i/o ihn Pro îrl"Ml dur in f thp ppi-ir.f] nf national emergency to on FMVO^ Steel Mills Are Struck CIO Workers in One Plant and AFL Union ists in Another Halt Defense Work. (By The Associated Press.) The Buffalo (Ν. Y) Forée Company, busy with $13,470,000 i'i defense orders, was struc k to day by CIO steel workers in a disnute over higher Hases, bar gaining conferences and rein statement of three discharged union men. The Steel Workers organizing com mittee. claiming η majority of ti-.e plant's 1,500 employees, called thv walkout 24 hours after an authori zation vote of 387 io 27. Union sour, ces said their wage demands were a ten cent increase in tin· present basic scale of 44 to 50 cents an hour. Construction of the govern ment S8.000.000 San Jacinto <Texj;s) ordnance depot was at a standstill today because of an (Conliiiuea on 1'age Threaj Conter on Neutrality Act C. P. y hone photo Senator Tom Connally (left), Texas Democrat, and Representative Charles A. Eaton, New Jersey Republican, foreign affairs committee men, leave the White House after conferring with President Roosevelt about proposed changes in the Neutrality Act. Greatest Offensive is Opened By China TROPICAL STORM FARTHER AT SEA Jacks· >n\i lie. Kin . Oct. it (ΛΡ) The v.i atln . 2"»11'·'il today issued the.· in:!· ... πι·; ad\ ιs<>iy: "Acivi οΐΛ !):.'·{0 .ι. m : the tropical distur,.nee was central at 7 a. in. t KST ) abou' L'T.i milt's south of Capo Hatti'ia near latitude .'-î 1 degrves .in minute- north, and longitude 75 de grees west, mining slowly, south eastward, attended bv a very small area o! moderate gales." New Problems Given Troops In Maneuvers Camden. S. C.. Oct. <J—(ΛΡ)—Λ new ,-et o! problems laced the men and 11 leer of the First Army's three corps as tin \ returned today to sep arat training exerci.-e· after a short lull in operations lolloumg the ini tial pha-i o! training m.an-uvers. Preparatory to the re imption of field work, the ,-econd corps, com manded by Major General Lloyd K. Fredenhall, was reduced t two divi sions instead ot three, losing the 44th temporarily in order that the latter might furnish opposition for the sixth corps, commanded by Major General Karl Truesdell. Public relations headquarters here was without details of the exercise planned for the sixth corps but it was believed that the 44th, made up of Guardsmen from New Y rk and New Ii I'm y. would act as a red army in copes ng the return of the blue 26th H" ·' \"w England Guard unit, to its base near Norman from the dt l'en e po- t on it took up west of Norw I \ C. a a concluding phase o! the firs t field pevations. In the first corps area between iPnntinnfH on Pn fp FMvp* WEATHER FOR VORTH CAROLINA. Fair. slightly cooler in east portion tonight: Friday partly cloudy followed bv showers in mountains hv "light, warmer in «est and central portions. Eighty Thousand Chungking Troops At tack Japanese Along All Fron s. Shanghai, Oct. f).— (ΛΡ)—The greatest offensive of (he Chinese army in four and a quarter years of warfare is apparently under way, Japanese army sourees saitl today. They reported that 80.000 Chungking troops attaeked Jap anese forces October 3 on all fronts of central China and said fighting was still in progress north, west and south of Jap anese-held Hankow, Yangtze river port. Japanese said the principal Chi nese objective was Ichang, which Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek or dered recaptured, and it was ac knowledged that a Chinese division had occupied some frontal positions there briefly, 'l'he .Japanese declared tl'r'v |;iler recanlured those positions, with Chinese losses of 300 dead and lull prisoners. (Chinese said Tuesday their troops were battling with Japanese in the streets ol' Ichang, a Yangtze trvaty port and westernmost zone of .Jap anese penetration. Λ Chinese com municiuo late last night declared ti\'. strategic points around Ichang had been captured and that the Japanese position in that city was precarious.) Japanese sources admitted that (Continued on Page Kive! Bad Weather Halts British Air Activity London, Oct. 9. -(AP)—Bad [ly ing weather ovi»· the continent pre vented royal air force bombing op erations again last night, making the longest period of inactivity in offen sive British aerial operations since tl ■ start of the German-Russian campaign. The last British night raid over the continent was tht? night of October 3, when German-occupied Rotter vContinued oa Page Five; Panama's President Flees Land Flight Noi Revealed Until Successor Was Sworn in Today; New Head of Go/cm iimer* Reported to be Pro United States. V'inumi. l'anami. »>:·!. !(. — (AIM-—Panama's reputedly nazi minded président. I)'. \innll<i Arias, has lied the rountr.v in s-ercey. apparently ilntl"r |>>>Iiti eal fire of a faction tavnrini; collaboration with the I nited States, it was d:s he-ed here tnda v. Si> '■•eerctly did Ar:as H"e liv airplane at 5:30 a. m. Tuesday that his departure was not re vealed nnIil a sin sso- was sworn in tliis niorni'iir. Neither h:- motives Γ r having the country nor events leading up to the Midden development were elear. bllt the e ιΐ"ί· ν vas <γ.γ·Ί His foes accused him of being anti American and pro-nazi, wore said to have feared his nationalistic policies mi<rht jeopardize the country's rela tion; with the United Slab's. On tb^ i-urface. thee "■·>■; no indi cation that other than int ■ nal noli tics were in the background of the nr-ident's flight. The supreme court of Panama to fPnnîinnort nn Prtrr . 'Πίγογ » Nazi-Turk Pact Signed Trade Agreement Pro vides for Nazi War Produces in Exchange for Raw Materials. Berlin. Oct 9. (AIM Conrlusi.'n [ π!' ;i German-Turkish trade treaty ~ j volving 20<i. (100,000 roichs 11 . ι rk - j (nominally ΐΗΟ.ΟΟΟ,ΟΟΟ) un each sidt was announced officially ! ηΙ,,υ. 1 ; I will run until Mai eh I. 1 II-ΐ.ί. j Λ spokesman .-aH Miat th·- naet, signed today at Ankara, called on Germany ι11 .end war ma tri ia i ana iron and -tori product in rHιιιη ι■. I Turkish exports of raw materia!· j/i'incipa lly eotti m, t· ■ ! ·. ι ι ■ ι. . >i ι j ,.nd mini . Germany'·- an l>assa;i-a I·. Turkey Fran/ von I'apen. Dr. Κ a ι ι < 'Indiu . Berlin eroiioniii· expert a->d I'm ! ι .n I Foreign Minister Saracoglu igned thv treaty. Babscn Says 'Cobwebs' Are Greatest Danger B> ROtil.K \V. BAUSON (Copyright. 1 î»11. I'ubliMiers lin.in rial Bureau, Inc.) New York. Oct. 9,—Nixl to truth, the greatest need today is for faith - faith in God. faith in America, and faith in o n· fellow men. On the other hand, the greatest danger lies with fear fear ' ' death, fear of sac ritiee. and IVar of losses of various kinds. Yet. there are many column ists. authors, and even politicial lead er.s who make their livings crying "Wolf! Wolf!" when there is no wolf. The Latest "Bad Wolf" Ev en radicals are now pretty much ag/eed that o r generation has noth ing to fear from socialism or com munism. They have entirelv changed their tune as to this fear. Karl Marx is no longer the · ;dol and they havé lost faith in the proletariat. They in i itead tttiiv cl α "ΙΠίιΙΙά^βίΊάΐ ι6\ - ÎU I'm ν '.]! picvnd to believe that ■ i >i. ,. -ni ;Hind.s will become vv. thU ' ■-' · .-late competition, " : :. 11 \ ι c ι ■ : τ· ring all era when thr "■ ι ί : ; ; : ί : · ' \ ill >eei une the owe. - rr ' t > ι 1 '(hieing property and w::l op- ' il ng technocratic line- Τ!ι«·.ν ·..> : .· tin· "managers'' thereo: will be > v.craey of the mit ion. t ■ ;.'a.v of bankers and capitalists in general. Managerial Revolutions Have Always Fxistod To -on e extent. '·μ· calamity howlf aie cl'ins ' ' !n causing it- to take ..··· "in- 1 e" in the form of vocational edue.it on f r our children' U'i-e parents . >· railing such pes-:mi-tic talk to their chil dren'- attention so that the young people will not denend :pon what (Continued oa Pase Five) Death in Karelia Finns marching past the ruins of a church on the Karelian Isthmus, no-man's-land in two wars, are shown glancing at a fallen Russian soldier. Finnish troops are reported to be pressing on Leningrad. (Central Prest) SPAB Bans Public Or Private Building Reynolds Weds Heiress \V.rsl-.ii:«: ». Or: 9 -ι.Μ'ι- Sena 11-Γ lirni rt K. Kevin .Ids, of North Carolina. Γ>7, and 19 y< u' >ld Kvalyn Mel.can, hcirt.-.-, une reported r-\ π; · ·ι l'ico in have been married today t : a ι r.vate ren m π y. Ί in· ι were performed at noon a: "Krii ndshi|)," palatial estate of ΛΙ !■ . i!yn W McLean. mother ..Γ '.he : rale and owner of the famous H I ι ι ill Tie. vows wei c tingly, "I the Washington municipal ■ Id : .. :.<» : .Mr-. McLean. It v.. '; · .e a' ii'- fifth and the ; nie'- ! ,r-t marriage. :> l-d. In.- i'..t aid He has t\v > daaidi'· r· and a ■ ·η '.»> previous Mrs Mel." η v. tli ··'>· mem h('i ol the 1 u'.di ·' lainly who was 1" η .! .dye Robert K. Mat X κ lit \ iniltls' family at Flm ida ■ ι■ ι ( Λ It. ι ' ι ' "Fricndsl-1 : p," ■' d 1 de |i ft for a i I ' . : ! ' Ί Η V m Ο 11. Ruling Has Effect of Suspending Ν on-Es sential Construction Projects for Duration of National Emer gency. Washington. Oct. 9.— (AIM — The supplies priorities and allo cations board issued a sweeping polio decree today 1'orbidding the stail m an\ public or private construction which would use critical materials essential to the nation's defense or to the public health anil safcU. ; ■ ruling the SPAB an nouncement said, to power, naviga ti.ni. and Π·· ti ■ ' ' 1 : r·>.iccts, offic · building·, i»1 ' hotels, high was s. ;111 ri c\ I : c 111 tion. Its t fleet v.. ι ' ι pend .-ia" ι non-esse» t..1 1 ■ .·>' the dura t h iii o: t ! : t1 m': y. SPAlî offi cials said. The ruling carried tlie impli cation that the priorities divi sion. headed by Donald M. Nel son, by using its pi ioril> power to deny materials to projects it deems non-essential, could block public works projects approved b\ ( oimri'ss. The SPAB announcement said the new policy means ti .it two chock - will bo applied heieaitcr to every building project: 1. Does this construction involve the 11 so of appreciable quantities of -'ueh critical mater . ' ' - as -tee!, cop per. br.iss. aluit atii'r. and bronze? i: ectlv nee ! the e nstrucli e rv f, r national : > or el· ar 1\ nt ό 'hi he; Ith and safety Ot the civil':·!! population? COLONEL KENNEDY COMMANDS BRAGG Fort P.:.,s,- Oct !> (AP) -- C'olonel .1 ol ι : ι T Kennedy a native of Orangeburg. S C. was named to day commander of Fort Bragg, the public relations office announced. Colonel Kennedy, who "ha- been commander ot the GHQ field artil lery brigade at the post, succeeds Colonel Ε P. Parker, .ir. eo-miander of the field arti'lvi y replacement center, who was acting as temporary head of the oost until a -urées oi Colonel C Β Elliott va- appointed Colonel Elliott was transferred to Mississippi state. Colonel Kennedy is now on ! maneuver duty m the Carolina». Million Reds Said To Be Encircled Germans Claim 110 Day War on Eastern Front is Virtually De cided, With Remnants of Soviet Forces in Re treat. ( li\ The Associated Press.) \dolf Hitler's press chief de clared today that "the Soviet t nion is militarily finished" and that the 110-day old war oil th«> eastern front was virtually de cided. with nearly one million red army troops caught in two vast encirclements in the (jer man drive on Moscow. 'Πιο sensational pronouncement, which was not elaborated by any de tails ol specific land gains, came I ·>η. Dr. Otto Dietrich, arriving in Berlin directly from the fuehrer's eastern Iront headquarters. "From the springs of the Volga to the Sea of Azov." he assert ed. "remnants of Soviet armies everywhere are in retreat." The Berlin radio broadcast a Shanghai dispatch quoting "Soviet quarters" as reporting that the Rus sian government wa- fleeing Moscow There was no confirmation else where. Keyed with nazi claims of tri umph, the (Jennans published a special order ol the day issued by Hitler a week ago at (lie start of the new offensive, declaring: "Today (Thursday, October 2) be gin.- the last great, decisive battle of this ytar. It will hit the enerrr/ destructively and with it the in stigator of the entire war. England herself. "For if we crush this opponent, we also remove the last English ally "il the continent." A special high command bul letin. heralded by a fanfare of trumpets, declared the Russians had not a single division left 1'ii11 > fit for batile on the entire t ront. l)r. Dietrich said between 60 and 10 Russian divisions—900. 000 to 1,050.000 troops—were hopelessly bottled up in the Bryansk and Vyazma sectors, facing imminent annihilation. Once their destruction has been completed, he asserted, "the cam paign will develop when and how we wish." To Britain, he added this warn ing' Let the English attempt a land ing in Norway. Holland, Belgium or on the French coast and they will learn what reserves we till have." While the Germans thus proclaim ed a cli : aetic turning point in llie world' greatest military cam 11, u· . :'n>· Ku.-sians acknowledged lliev had v. ithdrawn from Orel, key town (ii! miles southeast of Bryansk (Continued on Page Throe.) Britain Sees No Remedy Pressure on Russians Cannot Be Eased by Re-Opening Western Land Front. I.itnclon. Oft i).— ( \P)—Ger main's ιηίκΙι!\ new drive to ward the heart ο I Russia—im nerilim: the armies that guard Moscow—was viewed today with mounting eoncern by the British, w ho saw no real hope of easing the pressure on their Soviet al lies by re-opening a western land front. With .supply as tho chief moans : aid. British and United States ■■■•n> tn Moscow returned to Kngland loaded with data on Rus sia'> needs and pledged to deliver \ the goods. Newspaper military commentators : took the view that the next few week> would decide thr fate of Rus sia's main armies, now locked in one of the mightiest battles of his i torv. Authoi itativp sources declared the twin diiw Adol\ Hitler launched northwest and southwest of Moscow in a race with winter had created pockets in which vast Russiau forces ■ might be trapped. _
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