* ^ *· l* y* ïtettîtetstm HaUg îBtspafrlt ONLY DAILY NL Λ SPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR 'τηβκα%^ίατκΕκρΑβμ?ρ HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON', OCTOBER 11, lit 11 ^uwlismk^evert^aktkknoon FIVE CENTS COPY German Threat To Moscow Becomes Greater; Soviet Reserves Enter Battle Tank Plant Faces Shutdown The Pilot's Parachute Didn't Open! _ _ · Lieut. Kenneth Κ. Elliott, pilot, was killed when he leaped by parachute from this twin-entrined licht army bomber before it crashed and burned at Chandler Field, Atlanta, tia. The parachute failed to open. The plane was one of three en route from Lony Beach, Cal., to New Y oak. (Central Près») Japs Charged With Subversion Soldiers Get Holiday Thousands of Troops Engaged in Man euvers Plan Week Ends at Nearby Cities. C ndtn, S. C\. Oct. 11.—(AP)— 1 Τ . iiisands of Lieutenant General II ..u!i A. Drum's First Army soldiers ! irmed out of their bases, camps ■ nit bivouacs t day for a w<.ek-end | ι·f recreation after a stren.ious week , "t held training initiating the two' Mths maneuver program l'or the I c '"Unas area. Reports received at public rela '."iis hiadquarters told of prepara tions made in cities within and ad ining the lO.UOD-square mile area to entertain the officers and men of th'' First Army. Xumer us dances and parties were arranged, sleeping and eating facili ties were offered and other meas ure? taken to insure the comfort of the visitors. The Army assigned hundreds of trucks to the task of t an porting the soldiers. Λ second series of field exerciser will be inaugurated Monday with ! each corps operating within its own area. The next week will see an ex pansion < f the scale of mimic war fare, one corps being pitted against another for the first time in this maneuver. The n·: xt week will also witness the mo/.ilization of the entire First Army for the first time. Advance units of the first division, pride of the Army, arrived in the Candor, N. O, region today to prepare for the Cuming ■ f the remainder of the division. Peace Move Proposed Washington, Oct. 11.(AP)- Amid administration and congressional el forts to give more and more aid '.o Great Britain and Russia, two sena tors—-Adams, Democrat, Colorado, and Nye, Republican. North Dakota —suggested today that President Roosevelt tender his good offices to bring xbout peace in Europe. "I am one of the minority group which believes that the President might offer to help in bringing about peace," Adams told reporters. Nye asserted that Mr. Roosevel' undoubtedly could "make a substan tial contribution toward peace" and added that "if our present foreign policy is followed to its ultimate end, (Continued on Page Three.} POWER CONFERENCE MOVED TO ATLANTA Washington, Oct. 11.—(AP)— A meeting υί public servies commis sion and utility representatives of the .-outhea.-t scheduled for Octob;v 14 to consider a power emergency induced by drought was transferred by the federal power commission today from Charlotte, N. C., to At lanta. The m ve was made, the commis sion said, to provide a more centrai location. A formal statement was issued by the power agency warning that civi lian curtailment in the use of powt r may become nece. ary again in the southern states, due to depletion of hydio-reservoirs during the drought. Tax Research ! Under Present Revenue Setup Daily Dispaicli ftureau. ill the Sir Walter Hotel. 1S,\ IIKN'KY AVKKILL lialei^.h, Oct. 11.—There isn't going j to be ny luad appointed for any tax | research division of the departnv. nt ul revenue·—not any time soon ail least: η r is there going to be anj j special and separate tax research | divi.-am sit up at all. That's what Governor J. M. 1 Broughton told news men, adding that there will be increasing empha is placed on tax research by the pres ent personnel of the revenue depart ment. This method ot study ng taxes will be only about a fifth a- expen sive as it would be to name a rt ,-earch head and set up a new unit, he added. Under a 1941 act the governor was authorized to name a tax research head, but the statute was « ptional and not mandatory. Govern r Brough ton said it would cost something like $lâ.0()0 to go through with that plan. Nothing was said about that angle, but it is generally accepted by the news men, at least, that the reap pointment of Commissioner of Rev i nue Λ. J. Maxwell is really what put an end t. any immediate pros pects .Ι a η w tax research divi >.. n. The almost universal idea is that the po.-t was created especially I·τ Λ1 Maxwell on at least one or two οmnts. possibly both or a com bination of both: ( 1 ) it would pro vide a cushion for the commissioner to fall on if he were booted out of the commissioner post and (2) it would keep for the state his admitted value as probably the greatest tax expert in North Carolina. But it now seems that 'he g oyer nor's most recent statement com pletely knocks any tax research bu reau κ nt of the picture, though tax research work will be given special attention under existing setup. Gillette Asks Probe Iowa Senator Urges State Department to Approve Proposed In vestigation. Washington. Oct. 11.— (AP) — Senator Gillette, Democrat, Iowa, urged the Slate depart ment today to approve a pro posed senatorial investigation of the activities of Japanese diplomatic and other represen tatives in the I'nited States. The Iowa .-mat'ir arranged to sec Seep- rii v <·:' Sîat·. H .11 t day for dis (.··; of a re.-.iltit:i'H which he and Sella'··! .I.-iiti-son, Democrat, Color i ·. 111. ottered la -1 week calling for an •!H|iiiry into rcpoi ts that agents of axis powers were organizing η n quota aliens and "dual citizens" into ;;r .·:··.· ho 111· t · this country. At that time, Gillette, assured the Senate he had received approval of tin· propo.-al from the federal bureau 11 investigation and th intelligence services of the At m y and Navy. "1 think the time has come," Gil lette told reporters, "t drop the policy of appeasement we have fol lov.-d with lap π 1 have no doubt in the world that if the German armies are successtul in their effort to crush Russia that .la pan will broaden hostilities in the Far East. "We may find th( η that some of the oil and other war supplies which we have sent to them and which are being stored f r an emergency are being used against us." Franklin ABC Vote Today Louisburg, Oct. 11.—(API—Voters of Franklin county balloted today on ! the question J retaining or abolish- j ing county-operated Aleoh lie Bev erage Control stores. In spite of spirited campaigning j by those favoring absolute prohibi-| tion and by supporters ol the liquor j contr 1 plan, a light vote was fore cast. Political observers predicted that about 4,000 votes would be cast as compared with a normal vote of about 6.000. WEATHER FOR XORTII CAROLINA Continued fair, continued cool, possibly scattered light frost in the mountains tonight; £unday iair. slowly rising temperature in the interior. Mediators Seek To End The Dispute No Settlement in Sight for Jurisdictional Dis At AFL, Conven tion, Labor Leader Threatens Split in Ranks. (By The Associated Press) Aimy tank assembly lines faeed a passible shutdown today as a result of a jurisdictional lal or dispute between the AFL •and ( !<), while from the former «roup's national convention at Scuttle there came a warning that there might be a further schism in the house of labor. The threat to ei.ntinui: tank produc tion arose at the plant of the Spicer Manufacturing Company 1 Toledo. Ohio, makers of approximately 7(1 per cent of the transmissions for army tanks, "jeeps," and half-tractor military vehicles. The company has a contract with the CIO United AutomobM. Work ers and employs 2.200. The firm get-· T.'nv 'Darts, howovpr, from a subsid iary, ι,·, .li'lsdale (Mieh.1 Steel Pro ducts company. The AFL recently won a c llective bar ;ainin? election among Hillsdale's 800 workers and Spicer CIO men have served notice that they will not handle the AFL made parts. When existing stocks are xhausted. Spicer oflicials said that 'ιnoduction. already slowed 'to a trickle, will stop. Federal and state labor mediators sought to end the dispute and a con ference has been called for today. The rumblings cf further pos sible trouble in labor circles came from James M. Duff\. president of the National Broth erhood of Operatives Potters. He 'told the AFI, convention at Seat tle that domination by large unions would brim? about "not two great labor organizations, but three—and n bic union controlled the ΑΙ'Ί, and that "th"re are sufficient memoirs now affiliai ed with the AFI, who. iml tin ti t ηrl 'if power st ρ will be ready to participate in a third gruup." Proposal Is Rejected Air Associates Refus ed Recommendations of Mediation Board to End Strike. Washington. Oft. 11.— (AIM— Tin' defense mediation hoard announced today that Air A·· -oeiates, Inc.. o' Bendi\. N. J., had rejected board recommendations ι r settlement of a 30-day strike at the company'· plant. Dr. Frank P. Graham, chairman of the board panel which handled t11■ case, said Thursday that if the recoin inondations wore rejected the g<>\ «·· ·· ment might be asked to take over the plant. The company makes aircraft ma terial and parts. The striking C'lO-Pnited Automo bile Workers local had voted 1 a - τ night to accept the recommendation and return t work today. In a telegram to the board, how ever, F Leroy Till, president of the firm, declared today that tiier. wa no effective strike or interruption of production at the plant, and the company would return all strikers to their former jobs without dis crimination "as rapidly as jicbs be come available." and ''the company will continue to cooperate to the fullest extent possible in maintain ing maximum production of essen tial national defense materials." On Thursday, in issuing its sug gestion for settlement of the disput·?. the board accused the company ο Γ (Continued on Page Three) Jap Ships To Sail For United States 'As κ e s u ι t of ar. Agreement With the Uïiitea otaies,' 1 hree Ships Will be Sent hum Japan to the Α ω C i iC C-03St. Tokyo, Oct. li.— (.VI')—The Japanese loreii;n office an tmuncrd leday iisat "as a result of ai: agreement uith the I nit-d Slates government as regards dis patch of Japanese vessels in America, the imperial '· vei'imcnt lias decided to send rep >-hiiis ·ιι Ιυιη Ιο the I'ac ifTc coast of America." The.v will he the first such s'iiliiicrs cilice the British Ain'-'ican freeziiiq; of Japanese credits. Tin iii.-t ship to leave will be tin Tat -111 :i Mar·-, m <ν·»..ι,·;· j-, ·. Honolulu and San Francisco. The V' : la .Viaru i< scheduled tu >ai! ; ι on· Yi Ι · ania October 'J'' ii 'ήί \ Vanemver and Seattle. The T:. ,» Ma . will -a I 1 r mi Kobe the a dav and call a; Vol: "itama t\v<. day later. Γ. S. Air.basi-ad r Joseph %C Grew would not comment, b it otlu lib: -y snui'i' . .xpressed ;belie! there would be no general .Japane^i ■xi'dus from the United States. Observer-, however, pr. 'dieted :■ rush among native Americans and \merie: ns ol Japanese descent, par 'icula.lv those of military age, for passage to the United States. Economists In Dispute Just How Less Buying Now Can Prevent Post-War Slump is Un certain, Stewart Says. Iiy C IIARI.KS Γ. STEWART Central Pros- Columnist W.i Ji ingt m, Oct 11. -Ju>! iiow ;hr discouragement of civilian buy ins*, while the war lasts, is going t > nivvent a post- :·· • pgeney slur ; isn't apparent lo a go id many eco nomists. The theory, a.· explained by ind viduals like Treas ury Secretary Hen ry MnrHenth.iU and Chairman Marrinei S. Ecoles of the '•'9 te-, il fU'tervC System's board of >\ ei'iii 1rs, is that, if c '"s.micrs wi\l •Diitent themselves. 1 >r the present, with only the bar est lit re - - . : es of life, late: .in there'll bo Mich an accumulated demand for everything as t·· .ρ··: industry to produce like ''urv ι ■ > 1 ν —and t} ι ; ι * ΊI prevent a < i ; > -.-:· in. Tho American Bankers Associa tion's ei'unnni ,· :> · .,·>· eommissi in, which ought ' 1 undcrst nd such problems pn tty well, rather mildly indor-es tli . >· "I":.·· cummis siiiû's lu.ad, W lî.iii.t :;· . Burgess ol New Λ··... (1 ··· ' .; tar as to deny, like Km·· M 'igcnth. u and Keek's, that u ι .. . .·· a depression, b .! I1.·· doe- sa\ 1:..·', : won't neees -arily be ine\ ,t.ii>!c not if the pub ,.·■ \ :i postpone ,t> · lying, as Henry ,ιη·) M.i! ι n; r ree· 'inmentj. Κ ' will tlu· publie do it'.' Henry 'ami M.n in·· evidently think not. ' an- ·' ,· .ι · a- d How coerce it? Wh\ ny μ ,ing : rices so high that it - mply w.11 1. · to economize, j Well, price.- . ' · ' ndency to rise I of their own volition, without any government.i' Ah, but that kind of an auto ,· ·.-·■.- just what ail hands are t:\n 4 ·« -perately to prevent, and it'- a\.o atic that in flation alw y s ,s !·'!' 'wed by a slump. National Price Fixer Leon Hen derson's particular job ι to put a lid over the threaten tig "upward spiral", as he calls it. in an uncon I trolled inflationary direction Sec | I retary Morgenthau and Res-rve 1 j Chairman Kccles don't w nt ;nfla- j ; tion to become rampant, either. They 1 (Continued or. Page Two) 1 Secretary Morgcntliau Ousted in Panama Arnulfo Arias In a bloodless coup d'etat, the Pana manian government of President Arnulfo Arias, often accused of fascist tendencies, was overthrown, the revolutionaries seizing control by capturing the Panama police headquarters and jailing three of Arias' appointees. Arias had just flown to Havana, Cuba. (Central Γι cue) Arias Sails For Panama Havana, Oct. 11.—(AP) — Dr. Arnulfo Arias, the ousted president if Panama, sailed from Cuba today for Panama aboard the steamsh :> Cefalu, due to ai'rive there Tuesday m rning. Arias, whose flight from Pan;)·' : last Tuesday before dawn opened t:s·· way for establishment of a regime pointing toward greater coHaborati with the United Stales, had said t.'s;.· he intended to return to Panama ι y ί plane. Lease-Lend Bill Is Sent To Senate Washington, Oct 11.—(AP)— ilea: ... . , i> . ι i "vi r who Iniin,u j house api'·>\ : . . i .η any ban mi aid to Russia, tin new $5,985,000,000 ! lend-lease mi > . *·»1 Sen..te 1 da·.,' with i" · t ·· '!>■ act mi. Λ- ill t!ii II· 1 lu· m>ly ! major fight revolved around fruit less eft»·: t · ! '.·>· ol the fund bl III}· ■ ■ " II ' Si .·, ;,·· government, the Senah laced a simi- j lar contri'Vei .·>·. ' 1r;.tio-i leaders expressed eotil dence the Mouse act ion w ! 1 ι d. The measuri ρ,.- ise lat · yesterday, IV2i! t.. r. ' τ mil two days of be.ite hundred and thirty Dem.τ . : !»ι> lie publicans, one Farmer-Laborite and one American-14ibor:te \ · ■ 1 : bill on final pa.--..'.a I crats. .36 Republicans and t}.. ■ I : · gress:\'es V ted no. War Games Take To Air Charlotte, Or!. il —'. \t 1 — l.ai'Ker t arolina eitii s «ill w it ni'ss f;irI\ October ill simulat ed bombing tor the first tune when several hundred two motored bombers ol l ie \rni\ anil Na\\ will sw um over lue t\.»> states bringiim lr •-cla,\ e\ ereises to be held niuier tno di rection of Brigadier - lieneral Walter II. Frank b> the third interceptor command. Details ol the broad plan for this first mock air warfare in the southeast were received to day from General Franks head quarters at Drew Field. Tampa. Fia. Charlotte will he the location of General Frank's command post during the maneuver period. October I y - VÎ 4. and the I harea'tr army air base is destined '» tie "destroyed by aerial bombtiii; ' unless the interren'ors turn back the waves of bombers. Reds Appeal To Britain For Invasion Thousands of Rus sian Reserves Moving to Front are Bolstered by New Tanks and Fast Planes; Nazi Forces Press Onward. (By The Associated I'ress) G ' ' ^ π a.~-e- ,.j i! us- iiin ) (serves wain .y die -ed lui" winter action and !> .1-1 red by new t, ill:-. and fast planes, were reported moving up to tin-· I rent today as General Fedor •'"'ι 1! German anniej? pressed "ii o\ i i blood soaked battlefields in ι steadily mi "Wing threat to M scow. As the war entered its 16th week, the Russians appealed more urgently to Great Britain to create a diversion by invading 'western liuropc. Thus R>'d Star, the Soviet army newspaper, de clared: "Now the main forces of the German army are chained in the eal.t. creating most favorable eoniStions loi civilization of other fronts of the anti-German coali tion." Afield, Russia's sorely pressed ar.nie.- fell back to a shorter de fense lront during the night and were reported !o have slowed down the ten-dav old German drive η JloMuw. but Soviet dispatches ad mitted a grave new danger had arisen :n the Vyazma .-ector, 123 miles west of the Û. S. S. R. capital. "The danger is great," said Red Star, conceding for s north of the S. ,i ni A. · wii! apj · -aching com pletion. It true, :· would pave the way for a direct tier: ,,n ass:, .It on the Π η r;ve: port . : i; .. ·„ ·. gateway t > Ίie v.'.il t'auc.i an oil fields. In tli'.· north, around Lenin grad. tlie German high com mand said eleven Russian at tempts to break out of the old e/arist capital failed yesterday and that !8 super-heav y Soviet links were destroyed in three dus of fighting. lids o| lied army reserves v.i ι· m -, il r>j ρ · , the front in a steady stream, but the Russians ii ι· le η ι lté ia : . conceal the dark - Meanwhile. Prime Minister Win -1 a l : ι ' : rei·, ved a den and by ■ g · : a Γ· : -ι t id en t s for "im ·>*' : .·* ' ■ ' πΊ ie\ e près · a ■ 1.' ■ an ailies." I ο hint of a Γ . e\;« (i · \ f <νν·' going to ι G ' : on r,,gp Fourî RAF Renews Night Raids l.'ind'ii. ι ii'i ll.-~ ( Λ11 )— More that) "_!·'·> i ; : : 11 - h bun bel- roared ,· t ·> :iii' channel dm ng the night .ι tin' i ; Λ Κ -1 r lu-k at Germany's in di'-'i I; .· and Khineland, au !!)· % ! ι : ι· ■ meed today. Simultaneous assaults were launch id ο!ι ducks at KoUerdt.ni, Ostend, nunkii(iui' and. Bordeaux un the Gern.an-occupied channel coast, the e soirees declared. Thi· raid.- .m Gtrmany were th