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Henîtersmt Hmhj Htspafrlj Airr * rr ■« » * »· » —■— — — — - — — ONLY DAILY NL ASPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOR ι 11 CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR HENDERSON, Ν. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 13, 1!H1 ^UBL,s,ÉxcEl^v 8ΓΝη1τΓΒΚΝΟΟΝ FIVE CENTS COPY In Face_ Of German Claims Of Gains, Russians Say Nazi Thrust Is Slowing Down Hull Urges Modification Of Neutrality Law^tis 'aunc'1 Secretary Is First Witness Congress Told Solemnly that United States 'Cannot Turn and Walk Away From the Steadily Mounting Danger.' \V 1 I iuglon Oct. 1.",.— (AIM — — Si'i dunes. Hull and Stimson jointd Iida.v in ursine; Congress not only to repeal the prohibi tion ainst arming American merchant ships hut to permit them to enter combat zones in ■the interest of expediting deliv er·. of lend-lease goods. "I h'lirve that the repeal of this humiliating provision of law would nut only conduce to re gaining our self respect upon the ocean." Stimson said, "hut lli.it it would materially promote the safety of the vessels which we are now sending out and the safe lauding of the munitions which Congress has decided to make available to the nations w hose defense is vital to our ou η defense." Washington. Oct. IS.—(.VP) —Secretary Hull, urging prompt revision of the neutrality act to permit the arming of merchants men. solemnly told Congress today the I'nited States "cannot turn a;id walk away from the ste.idih mounting danger" of the nazi campaign of "world Con quest." Testifying as the first witness be ' ··· the House foreign affairs com ttee on proposed repeal of the against arming Ameri i merchant shins. Hull declared ·· pi s'·>\ i" nmént "is today and has been thoughout the course • ι th war sinking cl· fenseless ves sels" of thi- and other countries He declared the nazi military •"..chine was engaged in a campaign ] of conqiiest "unprecedented in the j anno!- of history." In addition to removing the limitation on the arming of mer chant ships, Hull told the com mittee he personally favored "repeal or modification of sec- ] tion two of the act which pro /ιίίπκ \nmrioin merchantmen from ente ring combat zones." Il·· '-.ο lie: ocrâtic Leader McCor rraek f Massachusetts made the flat j prediction that before the week-end t1 Hou>e would approve amendment "I the neutrality act to permit the arming of merchant ships—and do it "! ·.,· a sub-tantia! majority." lit- ioi"cast went unchallenged even by Republican opponents of re vision o| the neutrality law. Wither Ri presentative Fish, Re public in. New York, the ranking η iuority member, nor Representa tive Tinkham. Republican. Massa chusetts, were present when the b'arine started and members f their office staffs said both members were alventing themselves from the proceedings in protest against the ncL tion i.i the majority in restricting the inquiry to two davs of almost com pb telv closed sessions. FDR Urges Speedy Action On Lease-Lend I Wellington, Oct. 13. —■ (ΛΡί — I'if-idont Roosevelt urged congre. ■ iotuil leaders today to speed enact- | K-nt of the $5.985.000,01)0 lend lease appropriation and received a.~ ■ suranee that the oill would reach tn· Senate floor earl^· next week. Senate Majority Leader Barkley οί ! Kentucky reported that the approp riations committee would begin heal ings tomorrow and finish them with in a few days. II.' told reporters that Mr. Roose velt had urg'.'d that the measure be expedited "All parties." Barkley said "were anxious to get action as soon a- possible so they can make con- j tracts and assure continuity of sup plies." After the Blitz A Russian peasant is shown return ing to her home in Nazi-occupied Russia following the passage of German blitzkrieg units, according to the Nazi caption with this pic ture. (Central Press) U. S. Wants Fair Peace Sumner Welles Leads Drive Already In Progress For Proper Peace Settlement. IS\ ( IIAIII.I S 1* STJ WART (t'entrai I'rcss ( iihimnist) Wash : nt?;' n, < )i t. 1 li 1eking H't I.!· is rtO'Bii.mi by the State depart ment ;■< ti day's n;n<t mpi tant bus: mi.·- .The department is at a deal Ί pains, however, to emphasize its opinion that licking h;m s no mop1 it· · : . iii" η ο vv 111, ι : ι l'ii' j υ υ u » ti\ nu up 1!κ· r i S h t kind of \\ i'i'Uiw ..-le peacv will be. liter lu· l.'i-k'd. State I'nder-sec· retai·,· S ι m il ο !" Welles does m st of the j) u b 1 ic speaking on the .subject, but there's no question that lie t χ presses Sec auinner weiiee : ·ν Cur de 11 Hull's views a in.- own. Secretary Hull's the- during hi^ whole caret·!·, in tin· llou.-e of Rep resentative . Hie S nato and the De partment oi Stale, has been that it'.; a fatal n.istake lo: nat; ίι.· to try for economic ad', au: l;i - over ne an other- bad I \ η collectively and. in th; long run. bad for the nations, individually, that actually succeed ι Continued on page two) 15 Killed in Accidents Automobile Wrecks Take Heavy Toll on Carolina Highways Over Week-End. CtosiTotte, Oct. 13.—(ΛΡ)—At l«ast ; 15 per-ons died iiver the week-end ! Γ in.i n i s tin y π ce \ ed η - : m 1 < · acrid; nts on North Carolina I ligiiways. I (;..i:h. J- Λ. El 1er. 79. of Charlotte, a- fatally h1 rt in an aotomobile r■ nt near Mt. \iry. Grandus Scot! Chandler. 7. died : in.i ■ :"i- ·s received when lie was y a c: r in Smyre village η a. Gast 'ilia. π..··! Shr!'!!ι >· 17. of Raleigh, was hillfd in an automobile-bus col li on η' ar Raleigh. Two nutfinob:l»s collided on a ' ]■■ ■' ·\ miles ea-t f Rorkv "T ar.d 'a,i:e. Λ. Johnson. 17. Tar -..p ··-> .T-r:y Τ ■ -as, 3(1. ι ! ; ■ r-kv M'.unt. were killed. C :-.! l>:«i<o". 16. of Snnrtanburg, S. ■vas fatally injured in an acci ι■ ' between Lincolnton and Gaf ■1 11. Kenyon. fii). of Raleigh, was -;i!< d today when his car and a truck Two Fort Bragg soldiers were k: 11 d near Bynum yesterday when their o'iided head- η near Fayetteville. i' nyclr hit tin rear of an automo i|e and crashed into an Army truck. They were listed as James M. Haley. '^0. and Robert E. Ost, 21. Virgil Priest, 27-year-old tobacco man of ScotMwo. Va., was killed in an au torn bile-truck collision Sun day about one mile from Williams ton. Corinthia Β iwen of near Ply mouth was killed while on a bicycle riding party in celebration of her 13th birthday. A car smashed into her bicycle. Thomas Cecil Brovvrr, 2D. of Siler City was killed near Ramseur when his car got out of control and left the highway. Louis Calcaterra, 25. f St. Louis. Mo., was killed near Shelby when his car overturnc'. John Mundy of C oleemee was kiled when struck I \ a car at a street intersection. Far! McDana·! 11. : -ley. 19, of Asheville. was fatally injured when truck ly a hit and run car. Maneuvers Are Resumed Camden, S. C\. Oct. 13.—(AP)—i S■ 11 c)iι■ r- ni' the First Arnvy returned today tu thi ii iïftensive training man "liar- alter a w ( k end <>t leave dur- | ing whieh many of the 359.000 men in Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum's command were entertained by tin· cities and towns and indivi dual citizens of the Carolinas. The heat wave with temeperatures rimnihg into the 90's, which made the first week of field exercises unpleas ant to the tro ps clad in winter j clothing, .appeared broken with cooler days and crisper nights in pros pect. As in the first week which in '"r.ntinupH on Page Two) Southeastern Power Shortage Renews Old-Time Controversy Dally Dispatch Bureau, In lh<* Sir IValtrr Hotel B.v HENRY AYERILL Raleigh. Oct. 13.— Back of all the statements pro and con on the al leged power shortage in the south eastern stales lie> the perennial con te-t between advocates of private and public oporation ot power plants and the cq ...11V perennial effort of the ledera! bureaus to take over con trol ot ι", t ι y th ing in sight. Thu.-. there a strong current of | opinion. hold. for instance, by North | Carolina's utility commission chair-) man. Stanley Winbornc. that all the conferences whicli have been called and will be called by the Federal Power Commission had. and will have two undercover objectives, (1) a weakening of belief that private companies can adequately meet an emergency situation and ('.!) estab lishment of a federal overlordship over production and distribution of power through the section. Neither Mr. Winborne 1101 anyone elst· acquainted with the situation denies the fact that there is some thing of a power crisis in the south east, but they du hold that the rea sons for the crisis are almost exact ly the opposite of what (lie federal oificials would like to make it ap pear. I Thus, claim the advocates of pri- ι \ ate ownership, the only critical shortage in power comes from Ten nes ee. wheiv the federal gov em inent ha.- taken over power produc tion and distribution through the TVA. There it is pointed out, no auxiliary steam plants have been provided, with entire dependence placed on the huge hydro-electric units. On the contrary the private companies of North Carolina and other states have provided for emer (Continueà oo Page Five) On Way to Nazi Prison Behind Eastern Front mm. Disconsolate Russian prisoners are shown marching through a Xazi-held town behind the Eastern Front on their way to a prison camp, according u> the otliciai German caption with this photo. Supreme Court Rulings Made RAF Raids Nazi Cities Fires Spread Over Large Area at Nuern berg in One of Heav iest Raids of War. London. Oct. 13.— (ΛΡ)—I5ri« ain sought to relieve pressure <111 embattled Russia last night by striking at industrial Germany with one of the heaviest air raids of the war, setting tnan> fires which "spread over a large area" at Nuernberg, m ••ne of the nazi party's annual congresses. Nuernberg. an industrial ο nter in l'.av;iri:i, was tin· principal objective. ! c< mmunique said. "Λ number el targets in west', ra and η rthwestern Germany al-o attacked." the air mini-fr·. said, and authoritative sou re s added that ntor. than '500 planes took part mi tin· raid The loss of eleven British planes u n acknowledged. The German high cmn "d ; nowledged the bread ·*■>·' ο and '; severity of the British air forays, setting the British planes In - at ' Its communique -aid place- :·, .t, northwestern, western and . ··:tίτ< 1 ■ ι Gernv-nv were railed ; n i "at \ iou.s places buildings were d ·γ y.· 1 or danvged," an unusual admis-ion, l'or Berlin. ΨΨ' Confederate Veterans Atlanta, Oct. 13.— <ΛΓ> — Dixie s below d Confederate vet erans w nose spirit κ rows stronger as tlicir numoers diminish, rally again tomorrow when they open llieir annual two-day convention here. Only 50 of the KOO still re maining .vieh ii: (.il > are e\ peeled to attend. 1 hex are tin· physically vigorous win» each year swear by a mighty rebel yell that the last reunion is many years hence. General John K. Scott of Dal la·., Tex., commander of the fjans - Mississippi department, probably will preside instead of General Julius K. llowell of I'rMol. \titular head of the orgaui/atiin, who contends the reunion is "illegal" because he did nul .all it into session and iiir that r< asen lias indicated he v. ill nol attend. IV"! It I i S Γ Λ. Τ \ î . Oct. 13. Rokind Wilson ο unty II tantly S m i; around which, is ririv • W M . C 'i ■ nt'i \' ( ' M in by ·Ι. H (' .•truck bin ν · : ■ luti r4 a ( i i . ' U V." 'it:! li; ί·1 Λ\η McDonald Defends Labor In Textile Meet Address Daily lHspali h r>urrau. Ill the Sir Wal·..* ·ι»ι<·| By m:\RY AVERILL Raleigh, Oct. 13.—If there v.. . any in North Carotin who thoa^..: that Dr. Κ ; 11 ph McDonald lia.- n>. >μ·« any dislanet to the "right" ol 1936 stand, or that he might be ;n clined to pull hi- punches on e>i." versial matters with an eye to politi cal advantages, the Nniversity ol North Carolina professor's speech to the state textile conference at Dur ham yestcrdav must have come as complete di.-illusionment. On the contrary. Dr. McDonald went all the way in defending lab or's attitude toward the defense crisis: praising ts patriotism and de claring that it more than matches the record of any other group. Thi. in the l .ce "I a eoncededlv wide spread conv'i't on among Tai Hrel of all classe; that labor has impeded defense preparations by the strikes | which have received much publicity | all over the country. I Y ·.«· η μ·1"'' ϋ.ιΙ not hi >r ;ho , address, but according to a synopsis I : . ed by ! ι McDonuiii ■ was sot .·· : . .11 the ver\ :.. ' ag aph: "Λ" ι ι a-an labor is \\ .π ι ^ the v.'.i. ; democracy." Il·· : ci; !. »... text through··,,:. . m ■ ■ 1 <>f labor's pa 1:'. >i iv '· ,· <·.' ,i: 1 Ί'ίι :·,· '· -ι ι Mr le-s strikes and lal' ·: than at any p< raid u!' - da·; ion in our nation's hi.-· · ν He ( . >ted Busine. Week to the eff( ct that in the first > :x months . · t: ·· i· . :· .· program ι there wore few, ·· ί-,Ί ν- lost in ! strike^ th in in any .·' ,··■ e, imparable I >d since pas.-age .>t the Wagner act. 2 Γ:· ·,·:)Ίν a' ·· ·:·.· which have iiia'urred have - ^Ived un organized. p:irtiall\ - .' in iz d or newly organized workers. In indus» tries which have been we'' ·α.···ιϊζ ed very few work stoppages have (Co: Unued oz. Page Five) Communist Case Heard Court Grants Appeal Which Would Open Way for Straight Out Ruling on Party. \V. Oct. 13. — (ΛΡ)—Γ Supreme court agreed today to re . λ Ά litigation which would open Uv.' . y :· . straight out ruling on (··mi!mini;.-t party ad· ι 'in vertii.'ow of the l':uUd St.,'.ι ^ilVl 1111111 lit. ! : n ;. . .n. ! ' ted an a ppcal by Wj - h in, state -cert V.'.Vn.i tut i. lit .1 .. ,t ol a dec!-. ·η ! ,v ti i».· t ·. cit ι ! ' · t net court »it S;ui Francisco cat c< iiing his American lifi-M.-i !:.·:>· had Whet t η it prevent tl . · _ the l ni ted St; tes g ν en ncip ι issue. Ttu.- ν e than :i.V> «uses acted ι.;> ■ ν the :. ·; session ol tis« 1 ni de\. te ! >ng ζ: anted a .li. tico .ie ;■. i' el ' pet ■ tii »n l'or a ι e\ e\\ .. ι lee mi ι ; ι ■ id" ir.:· thai the leder ,1 ;.':t . ι '.eteer ·; ; act tint.- η t apply 1o r- of a lab r union alleged ' ha\ e : eq lired v.-ik r> of trucks .·:·:«·· ! it New ■'· ty fi'i'in - titside tin· Mate to liire a union member to driv e and unload This was the ι"::*st case involving construction of the anti racketeering act to reach the tribunal. Acting upon ther outstanding con {Continued on Pnge Five) DUTCH COMMANDER KILLED IN CRASH Batvia, Netherlands East Indies, Oct. 13. ι Λ§Μ General C J. Beren cli· it. Λ-I. r ,ιηΙοι in chit· Γ οΓ th. Xi'tli. . ιΐκί- I t ! ml:·. . ■ ι ι : ■ y. w !·.ilKci in a | . n chash today >hort ly after a conference with Britain'.·; commander in chief for the Far East on joint defense measure. Four other occupants of the plane and five native children were killed as the plane landed on a native hut and burned. FOR NORTH < \ROLIN.V Fair tonight. Tuesday i>artl\ cloudy: slightly warmer followed by showers in the mountains by night. tourner Attacks Limit of Human En durance and Wear and Tear on Motorized Equipment May Inter vene iο Stabilize Ger man-Russian Front. (15\ Tile Associated Γ'-ess.) In the lace el Germany's I claim* that her Russian sweep had carried within 10(1 miles of I Moscow on the west and south. IT ii i ι τι dispatch's [!c< hired to day that uiii ( »*'·'?: ι a η (lirust had hee ·. slowed d■ ·,·. : and that the ! lied aim* had hummed counter attack» at several points. A h London 1 - ' : · ι τ 1 · G ·· ;iii offensive had i ■ ' : ' c■ II ii'iared v. >'Tin i ■ . ; ".· ..·<· !■ ·.'ι or three d . -Ι ι.;··.Ι tlu.t it Wiis <iuit> ι ' ·ι·. ': >· ('■ m drive might be stopped 70 or 80 miles short The limit of human endurance and the wear and tear on the thousands of tanks and armored cars ni ν intervene to stabilize the Riîs-ian-German Iront with ."Moscow iintouehed athe first snows of winter blanket the plains, perhaps smothering Adolf Hitler's hope ol a pre-winter victor. The Russian dispatches said that tin Get 1 -: ι .■ · t i "ί η hiwed. particularly .n direction of Vyazma, v. :.:eh tin Ge aams have reported pa sed and already in the pi ocess ni being m vpped up. Vyazma is 125 miles west of the Russian capital. One nf the Russian counter at tack- ν .· id to ha <· ivcaptnred I a town le·..: Bryan k, 210 miles I southwest of Moscow in the region ··! the (ii η drive on Moscow from the south. .\ii"lher ι·" 'iter a'tack was 1;.;.. . ft ·.···. I h1· 1 and east of Biy; iisU. 0:v! - !·· ι t" the Ger ■j mans a week aco. 1 )espit(· tin- 1 ! -an re · ι tance, a dispatch : · ·· e ΛΙ ■··.·. ·.·.· newspaper j Pravda acknowledged that the Ger j mans still wen· .·\ ίιικ "il Moscow ί and the only ο .· ;.· η \\ a whether the Cl I . . ι ι a ill. ! ι ι i 11 a · d 111 its moment . ι sh : l ol the goal. Hi· · · · en .streaming : Men.lily int.· ·.· e Hu- ian 11 'til. it was • · < . nt ■ ain taiinnu : al sup· . an ity for ' a I e. a· !' . I r. wi re report ed. Ad ··' II · ι h ι '· claim ed capture oJ more than 350,000 Rus , ι ! ι ι · ■ in · ; · ci· ible battle CAPTURE OF 350,000 RUSSIANS CLAIMED Πι. 1. Λ Ρ ) Adolf >unced : - (, . 1;,ι ι an pi - ■ ι I·'»: y.m-l>Yyaz $ ■■ .il 1 : etι to ι1 ■ , : mu wl. : le ( Jerniau dispatches reported that a new nazi • . i ' :.1 liijli Kus I! Ml. . ,.· ..I' : r l: m . e.-t uf the : S ■, ι· ' M'i n't ; . · head Nazis Give IP)! · 1'eace Aims R. € ΠΙ Ο V cl 1 of Churchill, Eden and Their Colla borators Described as Point. Bel !ii>, C >i 1 ι \ 1 — Ke nim .il (.1 15: i - h Vrimc Minister Churchill. l'orti;n Secretary Anlliom ! den and their colla borators w a- described bv au thoritative sources today as one of Germany's war aims. I Answering foreign rumors of Ger ί man peace feeler.-, these sources I said: j "The fuehrer has .tatrd that a clear military decision will be ob ] tained ag·. ;i-t England " j 'Only after π hav spoken and CI ι ! 11 and Eden have been re I moved by the English people thern > (Continued ca Page Two)