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ïtettîtersmt Hatlij Utspafrlj ONLY DAILY NL ASPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NO Κ ι H CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-EIGHTH \EAR ^^KD^^R^aœRv^c^or HENDERSON, Ν. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOIîKR 10, 1 ίχ41 ,,L'BI'ISKx\r?EPTIunda"ttkrnc>on FIVE CENTS COPY Nazi Drive on Moscow With Hitler reported throwing all possible strength against Moscow in a desperate and bloody effort to capture the Soviet capital before winter sets in, Russian spokesmen admitted the Nazis bad driven tank wedge» into the Red lines at many points. This map shows the mam drives being made by the Germans. (Central Press) Southeastern Asia In Anti-Axis Front President Roosevelt's Special Economic Representative Tours Area, Declares Supply of Materials to Axis Will Stop. Manila. Oct. 10—(ΛΡ)—Henry F. Grady. President Roosevelt's special economic representative, said today he had received as surances during; a comprehen sive tour of southeastern Asia that the axis would be shut off completely from the world's largest storehouse of war mater ials. lit· t-.ld a pres.* conference that officials of the Philippines. China, Malaya, the Netherlands F.ast Indies, India, Burma and Ceylon had pledg ed thiir efforts for increased produc tion and expedited deliveries to the United States and Britain of several strategic materials. Grady also reported: 1. The United Stat s probably will increase supplies of industrial mach inery and war equipment to south eastern Asia while guaranteeing the absorption of any increase in prnduc 11 η that may result. -. China within a few weeks will have an "effective" air force com posed entirely of American planes. •i. Throughout eastern Asia, ex cluding Thailand, there is no indica tion of appeasement toward Japan 4. Japan will be unable to put the Burma Koad out of c mmNsion with (Conti'"ind on Page Three.) News Service Not Denied To Radio Washington, Oct. Id.- (AP) — I'-d win M. Williams, vice president oi United Press Association, told the communications commis on today that the UniUd Press never bad re fused t supply news to a radio station because of the objections ol a newspaper client. He made the assertion after being questioned about several instances in which testimony showed news papers receiving United Press serv ice had objected to the service being supplied to a radio station in the same territory. "We have had objections occasi n ally, and I would say very infre quently," Williams said. It certainly has not been general. In no case has the objection of a newspaper pre vented a radio station from getting the service." Wililams was questioned during commission hearings which are be ing conducted to determine future policy t ward applications of news i>apert Cor broadcasting licensee. PANAMA S STATUS REMAINS THE SAME Washington, Oct. 10.—(AP) — President Roosevelt declared to day that diplomatic relations with Panama would remain ab solutely unchanged as a result of the change of presidents in the Central American republic. lie told a press conference that he had talked about the Pana manian shift with the State de partment last night and that ap parently it was made in accord ance with the Panamanian con stitution so that no question of re-recognition was involved. RECESS IS TAKEN IN TOBACCO TRIAL Lexington, Oct. 10.-—(AP)—Trial of tho nation's three largest tobacco companies and 20 of their executives was reefs rd today until next Thurs day as both sides completed their in troduction of evidence in the 18 weeks old case. The length of the recess declared by Federal Judge H. Church Ford made it appear almost certain, at torneys said, that the case would not reach the juiy until the week after next. Judge Ford said he would set no time limit on the attorneys' argu ments to the jury. 74th EXECUTION MADE AS REPRISAL Paris, Oct. 10. —(AP)- German authorities announced today that the 7 1th pvrson had been shot as re prisal for attacks against the Ger man occupying forces. The announcement said Gaston Pinot was shot today. He was con demned to death last Tuesday for il legal possession of firearms. It was said also that 15 militant commun yits had beesn interned at Amiens on orders of the preftrt of Somme department. This raised to 45 the number of communists sent to concentration camps in that depart ment m the last several days. Maneuvers Bring Shift In Command I I Camden, S. I'., Oct. 10.—(AP) — I The First Army came to the con j eluding phase of it.-> first week oi ! maneuvers in the Carolinas today with a new commanding officer for one division—the fourth—-and with the prospect of undergoing more strenuous training next week. Major General Clifford R. Powell, New Jersey political leader and vet eran of the World War, who had (Continued on Page Three.) Despite Tremendous Losses On East Front Nazis Still Advancing • AAA Λ m Λ λ λ λ — - - - - - Strike Threatens Tank Production I AFL-CIO Dispute Involved Jurisdictional Dispute Halts Production at Plants Making Parts for Tanks and Comba! Vehicles; Dr y dock Workers Strike. 'By The Associated l'ress.) Stoppage of the Army's tank production was said by War de partment officials today to be threatened by a CIO-AFL .juris rliHinnal dispute inolvinç the Spicer Manufacturing Company at Toledo. Ohio, and its sub sidiary. the Hillsdale. >Iich., St<-n| Products Company. The Spicer company makes 70 per cent of the transmissions for all the Army's tanks and also for most of the half-tractor and "jeep" combat vehicles. Officials ;it Washington said the trouble started at Hillsdale with :< jurisdictional dispute between rival AFL and CIO automobile workers. The AFL union won a nation; 1 labor relations board Bargaining election but rowing continued and the plant was closed temporarily this week by request of local officials. The matter reached a climax wh si ι CIO United Automobile Workers, who have a contract with Spicer, de creed that they would not handle parts from the Hillsdale concern, where the AFL is the authorized bar gaining agency . Spicer officials reported to the War department that unless the CIO boycott were discontinued the com pany would have to halt work on transmissions on the "half-tracs" and "jeeps" and that materials were on hand for only about a week's fur ther manufacture of parts for tanks. In Brooklyn. Ν. Y„ 500 employees of Robins drydocks walked out at noon today to prote t. union leader said, the I'mployment of two non union worlds at the shipyards, which is busy repairing both Amor ican and British ships. Company of ficials refused to comment on the walkout, staged by local 39 of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (CIO). Bertie Negro Is Executed Raleigh, Oct. 10.— (AP)— George Piele, 20-year-old crippled Negro, today became the first resident of Bertie County to be executed in Cen tral prison since the State took over tin task of inflicting capital punish ment on March 18, 1910. Peele was convicted and sentenc ed to death for the slaying of E. W. Gray, 78-year-old Windsor store clerk who surprised the Negro while he was allegedly robbing an office safe, j Gray, who had been waiting on a customer, was said to have walked J in unexpectedly on Peele, who was in the act of rifling the safe. The negro then allegedly picked up a rifle lying nearby and beat the old man to death. Witnesses said the 165-pound, five foot nine inch Negro maintained the same expression he held during the I trial. His last words, as attendants j strapped him in the death seat, were ! I'm innocent." Rehabilitation Of Rejectees Is Planned Washington, Oct. 10.—(ΛΡ) — Λ program with an immediate objective of rchabilitation of some 200,000 men rejected in the draft because of physical or mental deficiencies was announced today by President Roose velt. He told a press conference a ques tion of building a str» nger race of (Continued on Page Three) ι 40,000 Civilians Aid Coast Defense Test Exact location of this "filter board'' in New York City is a military secret. Operators are shown moving markers about the huge map as watchers telephone in reports of "enemy" planes. Defenses against air attack are being tested along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Massachusetts, with 40,000 civil iuns manning· observation posts. Army pursuit planes, bombers, anti-aircraft artillery and other military units are participating. (Central Press) (Air raid r- in Vanee county .tur.ight will ο · pirate in similar test>, warning of the move ment of "enemy" planes moving in 1: >m the coa.-'t. Vance county i> the m st wes'ernly point which the planes will reach tonight.) Panama Reconsiders Order Guns Ready For Ships Navy Has Overcome Shortage cf Weapons; Congressional Action Only Is AwaitecL Washington. Oct. 10.— (AIM — ^Merchantmen |>\ving th·.· Mian tic danger zones can lie arm (I just as soon as ( onfixess gives the word, administration leaders dis el< sed today . because th<· \;n \ has sufficiejill.v overcome the serious shortage <:1" prnp-r weap ons which existed earlier this year. "There will lie enouTh guns for the ships in th- At ilmtic as soon as the necessary revision of th'· neutrality act is a< · >m;>lish ed." an informed admini- '.ration source said. Although t he \.n > i : · . >'\ π 1 have a s rent >i:at: guns ;n ι .· ι ι (Con > ini j<-il or Ι>· Τ''·· 1 ι * ν. a Pilots To Organize Charlotte. Oct. 10.- (Λ!') ( ', ganization of tin· ίί;ιο pi)·.t. ,·ι χ.·ι·ιΙ. Carolina into a uniformed, Λι··\ trained civilian air defens·.· · r\ · . was in its preliminary phase.- :··<ί.ι>. after av iation leadvi> had been ^ . i". the green light by national and ' defense authorities The first step in b.rming tl.<· X Carolina wing id civ ilian air de:· ·ι < guard service \va· taken hei'e y. -1er-· day when I'. S. MeGinni.s ut Wm ston-Sakm, president of the Can.In.; Aero club, confi ned with Frank I Dawson of Charl'.'.te, secretary and treasurer. WIATHtR FOK ΝΟΚΊΙΙ CAKOI.INA Showers this afternoon follow ed by clearing and colder: fair and colder tonight; Saturday fair and continued > ool. Extended weather forecast for the period from 7:30 p. m.. Oc tober 10, to 7::!<> p. m. October 14: South Atlantic states—tem peratures below normal in the Carolinas and (ieorgia at begin ning. rising thereafter to near or abovr normal in Florida; very little or no rain. Gayda Says U. S. Backed Panama Coup Romp. Oct. 10.—( \Γ>—The authoritative fascist editor. Vir Rinio iia il.i, today accused the I iiitcd States of responsbility for vest relay's coup d'etat in Panama. Writing in his newspaper II (■iornale d'ltalia. ne said the coup w is intended to set up a new regime submissive to Washington orders and "intri Klies." (TIic Itvrlin radio broadcast t'ie comment that "it was recall ed 'ii the Wilhelmstras.se that e\all> if years had elapsed since I'lieodore Itoosevelt. by brin :ii" .i!">nl the separation of Panama I'roai Colombia, obtained for tli" Initial States control over tin· Isthmus of Panama.") fchang Falls j important City Had Β « e η Westernmost Outpost of Japan's In vasion of China. Chimgkiim. >a'tJidiy. Oct. 11. — ( IP)—( lines,· military head i ' rt is announce·! tonight that t1 ··■ < hinese armies driving east rd along tin Yangtze river I κ! < ip'urcd Icliang. important port which has been the west [ ι nimiM outpost of Japan's in \ a· loll. .<· ■ ''nt. shortly after ■ i-lii:..1 ■••ν·· ι v. iId celebration in til·- ν , in· ι ·. ι ' : ι; 11. with thous ands "i ici shattering the inuli! ι. !·· N'· y ran through the sin vt w.'h ι \tr ι ( hinese leaders declared that the lehanp victory ι not ycl con ceded by the Japanese) «as China's greatest since the battle of Taeirheliang in southern Shantung province in l!C»K. when the Japanese drive y\as halted \\ it 11 heay y losses. Icliang, Hi κ ι miles from the -va and in.· t important Yangtze ι ver port between Hankow and the meat gor ges of the river which lead to Chungking, has been in J.ipanest Ψ 1 (Continued on Page Eight) Vessels May Be Armed New President Issues Statement Pledging Collaboration in Con tinental Defense. l'a iiama. Oft. 10.— ( Λ1' )—Λ \ coup d'etat government pledg ed to collaboration in continen tal defense is reconsidering an order made Monda\ b.v ousted President Arnulfo Arias which haired the arming of merchant ships lbins; Panama's flag. Λ ι·;.. !:.-t · . ; . :· -aid today that s. Hue dec · η ; he question ·— wliii·!. ..!'<ι·: · .■!.>· United States owned vessels shifted to Panama registiy in·:·;: : 'in in nrality aft to farr\ v. .t: .· ■ to Britain might be anr. . ι need ; 'day. Hicardo \dolfo de la Guar dia. the new president sworn in late yesterdax as the republic's (third ejiief ex.ecuthe in one eventful das alter disclosure that Arias had flown to Cuba, issued a statement declaring his government "will lie inspired In the most absolute sentiment of collaboration in defense of the continent, maintaining al ways national dignity and the greatest respect for contractual obligations with the government of the I Hited States." On "i'!"id Washington mui'cos (Continued on Pane Three) Harriman Says Russia Receiving Aid London. Oct. In · API —W. Averell Harriman, chief of the Amer ican delegation foi a d to Rus ia. said at a ριν.-s confereiuv today that United State~ od was being given to strengthen the Iranian railway to carry Ainei ican-Bnlish supplies to the Red army. The railway runs from the head of the Persian gulf through Iran to Bandar Shah on tin· Caspian sea. "We are not gi\ ing lip service t > an ideal." said Hai r man. "We Amer icans are giving practical service to Russia." Harriman assorted that "my judg ment is that the Soviet leaders will ieaa their people to fight to the last." Huge Forces Are Thrown Into Drive Soviet Dispatches Admit Invasion Armies Continue to Gain; Atmosphere in Moscow, However, is More Confident. (By The Associated Press.) Soviet front line dispatches admitted today that Adolf Hit ler's invasion armies were still advancing "over mountains of I German corpses" in the Bryansk sector of the nine-day old battle ι for Moscow, smashing through by sheer weight of numbers at several points. Red Star. the Russian army news paper. said the Germans were throw ing immense forces into the new push aj'ter being routed earlier m •he Bryansk sector, 220 miles south west of Moscow. As an example. Red Star said two nazi tank divi.-ions and two motor ized infantry divisions were hurled again.-t a single Red army unit of undisclosed size, and that three Ger man infantry divisions led by 1(10 tanks attacked another Soviet unit during a one-day battle. Other Soviet dispatches, how ever. asserted that despite the renewed fury of the German on slaught. Hitler's vast encircle ment plan before Moscow had collapsed and that at least some of the trapped Red armies had battled their way out of the nazi nutcracker. The atmosphere in Moscow itself, contrasting with yesterday's official acknowledgment of a grave emer gency. was distinctly more confident. The Soviet command was report ed t<» h;>ye opened the floodgates of Russia's mighty manpower reserve, throwing masses of fresh troops in to the bitter conflict. The Germans declared that the gigantic armies of Russia could be virtually disregarded as a menace to ί Continued on Page Three.) Russia Still In The War W...-hinge m. Oct. 10. — ( A Ρ ) — President Hi">-e\ elt, answering a pre-.- (Ί inference query. declared to da> lie had 11 · π pert ;.t all which w . ..i..i .nTcale that Ht;.-- .a had reached the ρ int in her resistance to Germany where .-lie might have tu aeeept all armistice. Asked whethei he had any knnw leriu. .ι: In u a letter :n which he 'in' ι -ed Ρ·· ,e: ,Ji isef Stalin all 1 ··i.-.-ilile An.er.can as- -tance had r, ai·11.-<i P>er!.: . Λΐι Rons', veil said he had a hunch but did not cleaborate. Τ. ι an ι ..·> whether the matter w.i- iii'· ι*! :itere-( to the govern ment. lie replied in the affirmative ln.l -aid it was not a matter of sur prise. I British Planes Bomb German Supply Ships Londuii, ()et. lo.- (AIM - Tin· Hrit ish fliel arm. operating nil Norway, lias smashed heavily at Germany's supply I'.ute to her forces on the north Russian front, the admiralty announced today, saying that lour -upply -hip.- wen· hit and one of them abandoned by its crew. The admiralty called this sweep "lurtlier succes.-ful action" by th<; British against the enemy's sup plies and sea communications with ins troops on the north Russian Iront." (The fleet air arm off Norway in dicated the presence there of one or more aircraft carriers.) The fleet air arm carried the at tack to German objectives on land also, destiiying electric power pylons l on Grond island, the admiralty said.
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