North Carolina Newspapers

ïtettîtersmt Satin Utspafrfj _ ONLY DAILY NL Λ SPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NO Κ I H CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR HENDERSON, Ν. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, (>( T( )P,ER 11, lit 11 FIVE GENTS COPY United to Defend Iceland ν British and American fijîhtinK mon in Iceland are reported hittinjrit off well tope'her, a? this trio woulfl indicate. An American sailor (left) is shown with a British Tommy and Tar taking in the sights of Reyk javik, shortly after arrival of a new contingent of U. S. forces at the North Atlantic outposL U. S.-Japanese War Likely, Norris Says Ν e b r a s k an W h ο Voted Against U. S. Entry Into World War, Is 'Not so Sure That War With Japan Would Be a Bad Thing.' Washington. Oct. II.—(AIM —Senator Xorris. Independent, Nebraska, de» lan d toda\ that an American Japanese contlici ill the Pacific might develop "<iuick as a «ink" it' {jermanv should defeat Soviet Hussia. and he added that lie «as "not so sure that war with Japan Mould be a had thiiiK tor us." The 80-year old legislator, only re mamma ine'iibiT who wwt .1 Senate \> 1 ti · against » n'.ry nto the last World Wat. ·..·<! that a ι ί· · man Victory over Russia might lead Japan to interfere with Λι;.. :'ii an -hip ping 111 the Pacific. The I nited States, he assert ed. would not tolerate an\ siieli interferonee. and he disclosed that \av> officials had advised him "they could sink the Japan ese fleet within two weeks." "Λ111 n· ;gh the\ may be a 'utile op tiniisl !c." he -a id. "I beli \ e we eiml.! lick thrin ( tl ι· ,1 .pain -»■ ). It v. oaki lu· a mm and war. and it would not be a q .' ' ι! ol sending an army. "Λ \a■ y 1 · ·· ' Id ice that our bombers could set the whole island ablaze in on" night, b cause Japanese cities are built of wood and are just .0 m icli tinder." No ι s 11;lt· the-11 ι1 1 ( ideations 1 » new· η "il as a Senate appropriation sub-committee started closed head ings on the House-appro\ed $5,985, 000 additional lend lease appropria tion. part ■·!' which may be used ' 1 help Ku.sMa. Southeastern Power Famine May Be Near Atlanta, Oct. 14.—(AI1)—Definite curtailment in use of power in Geor gia, Alabama and Team -sec ,i,ay be necessary within two weeks unless water supplies are replenished by heavy rainfall, Leland Oids, chair man of the federal power commis sion, said here today. Addressing public utility commis sioners and power operators of seven southern states, he said surveys ind: cated that the three states menti 11 ed have a possible drawdown in ri S'-rvoirs until October 26. "There appears to be a bare tw· weeks supply in Commonwealth and Southern reservoirs without sonu definite curtailment." lie added. The federal power chairman took over the meeting after iiTTTv com missioner* f the seven states, in . separate session, voted to name ? committee to cons id-.r possible pool ing of all southeastern power includ ing that distributed by the TVA. Summing up the discussion, Stanlej Winborne, chairman of the Nortl' (Continued on i'age Eight) Neutrality Debate Held In Secret Washington. Oct. H.— (AP> —The House foreign affairs committee considering neutrality law ri\ision went temporarily into secret session today despite stormy protest that this was l"star chamber" procedure. Before am witnesses were called. Chairman Bloom. Demo crat. New York, vigorously gav elet! dow n attempts of Represen tative Vorys, Repuhlican. Ohio, !·) p.': (·■ certain material in the committee records. 'Vorys souslit permission to recrrd a letter which he and three other Repuhlican members had addressed (·> Bloom, protest ing Hie limitation of the hear ing to two da\ s. together with telegrams received 1>> the chair man from opposition witnesses. Person Mob Case i ο Jury In Outspoken Lan guage, Judge Grady Demands Members Be Brought to Justice. Roxboro. Oct. 14.— (AIM—In outspoken language. Superior t ' ; > il r I Judge llenry Λ Grady ordered the Person count.\ grand jur\ toda\ to bring to justice the "misguided hoodlums and in consequential nobodies" who at temepted unsuccessfully last August io lynch a Negro charged with raping a white girl. "It is your duty to bring them all to justice." said the white-haired jur st. who added that Governor Brough am was especially interested in see ing that the ringleaders were pun isht d. "You and I are white men," said Judge Grady. "As white men we make the laws of this state. The Negro hasn't anything to do with nuking the laws." "We as white men hold the Negro up to tli same laws that white men ibserve. Yet, I blush to admit there are white people in North Caro :ma who think the Negro should not ΙιίιΜ· -ι- fail a trial a.s a white man. "Governor Brought η is horrified • ,| ·:; ·· rl · · ·.<· such a thing as this near-lynching happen :n the old -tate of North Carolina where we nroless to be hone-I Christian genfle Ι1ΗΊ1." At the conclusion of the judge's charge. 111 grand jury liled s:lenfly out of the room to begin it- investiga tion- It had in its. hands a confiden tial report of the state bureau of in vestigation. Judge Grady said that he did not (Continued on Page Two) Mediation Fails In Strike Inter-Union Fight Halts Production Ouiput of Army Τanks and Other Combat Vehicles Hampered by Dispute; 100,000 Workers May Be Idle By MH-Wr ek, (By The Associated Press) Λ d< adloek developed today In n '«il, itions !" settl an inter -union dispute which lia.·; seriously lia; · nered piodueti η el Army lanks and other combat vehicles. At the sain·,· time, government of fieials and automobile ;> akers e\ press d increasing concern over a Ί ·\ί■ ι· ■ >fl which threatened to make 1 (10.000 workers idle by mid week. and labor trouble- continuer; . : : ι. ι " de (Deration ; at two gulf v.ist shipyards. The tr ubl over tanks involved " t lactone··· in different states, and 1 d.-pute between rival unions -the Pnitcd A ut· mobile Workers—CIO •mH the United Automobile Workers AKL. ·:··· UAW-CTO work r- at the ■»:·:ι··."· Ma'rifaet'.'rinR Company. Toledo. Ohio, where transmissions ad·· f··:· 70 per cent of the \ ■ ν tant.;·. r"f ; ed 1 · handle parts <!·· I·ν f. ,. Γ \\Y AFL members a' •ι " H'll.sflni . Mich.. Steel Product c mpanv. a subsid arv of the Sp c ·; ' inn. The Toledo factory also produces '"nnsmissiens for most of the Army's 'r 'ractor and "jeep" combat ve hicles. A settlement conference at Hills d: 'e br : ο early today after 1 â hours talk, with no apnarent prospect of early agreement. Federal Mcdia /Cnn+inned on Pice Two) Bergdoll Seeks Release From Prison \ V... h.ngton. 1 ·.·· M. -(AIM Ivtr'y release of Grnver Cleveland Bergdoll, widely public:/ <1 World War draft dodger, from the I'liitcd Stales Army disciplinary 11 ; 11 " :. 11 · ' · at Fo-t Leaven worth, Kan.. \v:i.·. indicated today in a reque t by Attorney General Li id die lor disnii-sa! of 2Ii year-old in dictments pending against him and , other ρ· rsons. The .Justice department announced ; that Gerald A. Glecson, United; States attorniy at Philadelphia, had j been instructed to ;i-k iMsmis-al Ί j the old indictments, returned be tween July, 1918. and June, 1920, j under the 1917 selective -ervice act. 1 It was learned simultaneously that j 1 (Continued on Pago Two) CORBITT COMPANY AWARDED CONTRACT Washington. Oct. 1 J.— (AIM — The War Department today awarded $787.500 contract to the ( orbit! Company of Henderson. X. C.. for six-ton trucks. Many Officei Since War G Washington, Oct. 14. (AIM - A long list of field officers, ranging from second lieutenants to major I generals, have been relieved of their commands by the Army since the Louisiana war games, ;md military quarters heard today that the re I moval of several others was likely. In point of numbers involved, Vie - hakeu ρ has been matched in Army 'm tory only bf the wholesale World War removal of AEF officers in France by a process which the Army grimly terms "going blooey" because the reclassification board which iudged officers' merits sat at Blois. An> ious lest morale be shaken, the War department thus far has shift ed the top commanders as quietly as possible Nazis Near Moscow ft A A É A ft Α λ m α λ a A Nazis' Flying Sub Threatens Allied Shipping C. P. Radiiiplioto According to the official Gorman caption with this vadiophoto from Berlin, this new Heinkel 115 sea plane carries between its pontoons torpedoes which strike under the wut· ' , similar to those carried by U-boats. The flying submarine, says Berlin, will suon be used a^.i.nst Allied shipping. Churchill Declines Debate Russian Aid Kept Secret Prime Minister Says Discussion of Conflict in East Might Be Detri mental. London. Oct. 11—(ΛΡ)—Prime Minister Churchill placed a screen «ιΓ secrecy around the question of aid In Russia today, refusing to permit the house of commons to debate the subject of British help and declining to discuss the course o! the battle before .Moscow. In a bri.f parliamentary exchange. I.abnrite Emanuel Shinwcll, adv" i·.lie ni a British diversion in tie.· west, had a>ked for a debate on aid a 11;;- a. The prune minister bru s - t| ·eI\ br .shed aside questioner. . how i. ver. "M ; Sh.im· li": ;'d not suppose," declared Churchill, "that he has a ι ;, ι η· ; ii Ί_ν 1 ti : ese mat t, ι-, I it'.. ·, -ι·,· any ι a- m at all timt "η the situation m the east. 1 am sure it would likely do more Shinwa ,·,· 'ι':..:! "then· eon-idera : i ι ' H enutlt y about tin v. ! nd sp · . (if the assistance 1 Rus Church ill a ai 1 ' y : a 11 · ι : · 111! the Gai " . 1 "η, i.-t ■ vinuslv be ' 1 11 all command w > > are i cting th ι eat battle." German Radio Ship Brought To U. S. Port l'a I- tela ( >ct 14 -ι AI' ' - -The 11... expedition ship» captured by the United State- Navy ot'l tin coast ■■! (În η land al ter a eei et w ; elo s stat.' η ; .ai ii a set an tbeie. arrived at Boston today m the custody of the λ > .— l.ii' Bear. The small 60-ton nazi-controlled \ e- -el. ! Ν ι i; we.; eg ' I y. wll 1 11 the Navy i.'a ■ eep'en Λ · ei a·, η de fense w a'e' - 'ai a a; Scntena >er." and her crew ■· · arrived dur ing the nuirn ng at the entrance a', the haibnr and achored. The 1-1 nr. lnraier flag-nip ι.) Ad miral Richard 1* Bvrd- Antarctic expedition, attc. communicating w.tn local naval a uhorit es. subsequent ly received orders to proceed to a berth. Authorities said that the person nel of the seized ship \v uld be brought to the imm,grata η station and would be s .biected to '.he es tablisred procedure for dealing with foreign nationals brought 11 American soil. The Norwegian craft was identi fied as the Busko. Maneuvers in 3 Areas One of Ρ r ο b 1 ems Based on Country's Fundamental Defense Against Invasion. I Camden, S. C\, Oct. 14.— (ΛΡ)— I In three separate areas of the Car-! olinas. officers and men of Lieu te- ] nant General Hugh A. Drum's Firs' ! Army went through another phase ni battle training today, with one of the problems ba.-ed on this country'." Iundam'ental defense against a l'or < · : : : : ι invader. The problem was assigned to the sixth corps commanded by Major General Kail Truesdell, and operat ing in the Mt. Gile:d-Bisci.e-Troy re.; oh of Ni u'th Carolina. It was tire task of this corps, made ni if the 26th or New England di v.-inii, and the 44th, composed of' New York and New Jerwy National Cin;,ni-men, to destroy an imaginary I enemy force that had landed at i Charleston and advanced norlhwai 1 j before reinforcements and additional | supplies could have reached it Iron abroad. An Army ,-pokesman explained ; that on account of the great length el this country's coastline it was im (Continued on page two) WINDSORS SEEKING REST IN COUNTRY 1 i.i 11 ί more, ( )ct. It- -( A Ρ t 'I'm- - (hike and duchess of Windsor sought rest and relaxation in rural liait: ■ill· county today following a turn ultuous welcome in which this staid id city outdid itself. No official engagements were plan ned. Instead, the royal couple 1 oke.i forward to a quiet day at the Salon ι farm estate f the duchess' uncle. General Henry Warfield. There \\ ! 1 be a small family gathering tonight. s Relieved ames Started General George C. Marshall, chief of staff, said in discussing the ori ginal intention to remove officers deemed incapable of maintaining strict discipline and handling troop to the best advantage that it was hoped to avoid "stirring up a polit ical mess' and al ο "die bitterness and recrimination" of the World War. Secretary St : ;i on has discouraged the use of tin term "purge" and contended that publicly identifying otficers involved would be unfair. In military quarters it was con sidered inevitable that the reshuffl ing procès .-h id be largely at the expense of Xat nal Guard and re serve officers Three Guard divi-ion heads and one corps commander have been relieved. Arias Arrives In Panama Cristobal. Canal Zor.es, Oct. H.— < AP> -—l'allumas ousted president. Ariiufu Arias, arrived liere from Cuba today aboard the Ilonduran steamer Cefalu with the avow ed intention of re turning to liis homeland, where a bloodless coup last Thursday overthrew his regime. When the steamer docked, however. Arias remained in his cabin. His first ai t was to reject a demand for In* formal resigna t on. Galilio Snlix, who had been Arias' contact man in the old re.srim", brought ι document of resignation for the e\-president \ to ■· i 11 but he refused. RAF Attacks German Cities I.· nci il, Oct. 1 -t. (ΛΡ; - Iî< .va] ;iir | lorce bombers attacked Duesseldorf, j '."ιΊιigne and other . .Iijective.- m west ','πι Germany last night in the re-I \ itah/ed British aerial ot'lensive, the ..ι -11> announced today. Λ ., i 1 !. il ci ·. the air ministry acl- ' ded, ίι] > ; : 11 ; 11 ""Tt i the docks at Bou logne. and .-Ιιi|>|nng was raided ufl the I*' ! ι ; ι e : ι and X 'hi lands coa; ts. I Five aircraft were acknowledged an -uig. It .i- the ι'.-urt .·.<\ < ■ !iti\ e night, ..-•alill up. >il lir. ! . .ne of a st l ies .ιr around-the-clock attacks in • : ι r,·. d mi c ; · : .my t ierman- ! occupied territory since a long period! of had weather kept the bulk oi Bri tain's air men g ι . m led. On the nome front, the air minis-ι It,ν and ι· · ;ι\ I me security reported slight ac'.r. ity. NAZIS EXECUTE 77 ΓΗ FRENCHMAN Pa. ( >. ' : t ΛΡ) —The 77111 Fri'iie:: ·. ι :. ■ Gar: m firing ' squad- v. a ex ted tin- morning as German ·: tit s pressed their [ light against monistic and ther | p|...-aig forces. The Parisian -1 :. ■ t to death today' \\ tr: d I.H.! day- ago by a Ger ii ai ····!.tary curt on charges ol' ρ .. •e- 1 a expl..-" e-. the occupying a, ι : ! ι ill ι1 - iinn.. .need. VtATHIR FOK NOIi l ll I iROLINA. Parti:· cloudx tonight and Wednesday. st altered show ers in the mountains W'cdsiesday. Slightlt wanner tonight, cooler in north portion Wednesday night. Intended weather forecast for period from 7:30 p. m., October It to 7 p. m. Oc tober 18—South Atlantic states: temperatures average above nor mal. Slightly cooler extreme northern section middle period. Little or no rain except lie lit i showers extreme South Florida. Long-Range Siege Guns Sheli City Vanguards of German Invasion Forces Battle to Within 65 M.iles of Soviet Capital; Rus sians Report Vast Slaughter. ί î » s The \sso< ialetl Press.) German and So\ i»{ armies were iejiorted locked in a grrat new battle tod.o near historié Borodino. which Napoleon crushed Ihc lïussîans before liis entrx into Moscow in 1X1'.!. and na/i long-range siege guns were said to be already shelling the capital's "outermost defense belt." London advices said German vanguards had pushed as far a.s .Mozhaisk, only 60 miles west of .Moscow but had been driven back toward Borodino, which lies ten miles in the west. Berlin dispatches said the nazi war " ■1 ' 1 ino ·. thundering ever closer to Moscow over the bodies of fiu - ιΐιΐι .- · Uici - v. i.'i icll as they charged in raiiks 15 deep. Road.- and fields were described by the German.· as thick with Soviet dead. Adolf Hitler's high command said 500.000 Red army troops had been taken prisoners so far in the Vyazma and Bryansk sec tors. and reported that Russian resistance in the blazing ruins of Vyazma had been "definitely li<i uidated." DM!, the official German news agency, said the Russians fired the town and blew up the chief buildings before thev re treated. London advices said advance Ger man tri'.'i».- had reached Mozhaisk, ■ iiout midway between Moscow and lallen \'yaznia. but had been eject ed by fiercely counter attacking Kvd army forces. The thrust apparently marked the cl-'sc.-t approach to Moscow since iiic Ge: nan oflcn-ave began October 2. \ Berlin spokesman indicated also that nazi columns had en circled Taluea. 100 miles south of Moscow, and rolled on. leav ing Soviet forces there to be mopped up b> German rear guards. It true, this would mean that the Germans already had advanced more than hall the dis tance iront Brxansk. the scene of jmich of the heaviest fighting, to the I'SSIt capital. The Gen: .at.· erted that still He·*) » r lia.a c i . : : n mui mg di iwn • in Mii.-o w : ···. Tin· Valdai hills to the northwest was nearing the Mos cow-L'i'iia'.gi .ai ι ail·,· ay. No jii.î.i .Il ίι v. ! '! trie m 11 itig (Continued on Page Two) HEYDKICH DISSOLVES CZECH SPORT ORDER 1 t __( AIM —Dissolu great eh nalion . ' .ι■!'. !.a been or • el;* !'■ -lector f'T ; •jirotfi'torate» } ie.vdr.ch, it was ' od y. ·. "π·(| ίιν the < : ν ,·. D.enst Whether Sok 1 al ii:. . .and -i ..r vv as ■: .· d..-ι-ΐο ed. ■: t· t t h ι · sport or . a- branches in . v\ .■ Id, had been ν " t-!'··· ins (.;.·! - .i«■ \ ng the British Ships Are Damaged I' ι ι >,·· ! I ΆΙΜ A 1 Irilish la"·" hip a;d a 1 M.ano-t. ·ι\ cruiser were torpedoed by Italian airmen \\\i> surprised them in the eastern Mediterranean yesterday, the high c. · ■ 1 . Ί t "lav. and the cruiser \\a.· declared t.. ! .ve h.-ted hea\ lly. Tin violent lire from guns of the two .:>> raid ..tilers in a formation I two battleships and several cruis » :·· .aid ch'-tr· vi'i · badly damaged one of the raiding planes, a com i iiiniue .„id, but all 'returned to their ba ι s In other actions over the Mediter ranean and north Africa, the com nmmqiir reported, eleven British (■lams were destroyed by Germans and Italians. British aid raids ipon the axis held ports of Derna and Tripoli were oit'ieially acknowledged, but a com munique reported no damage or easualtif , and said one plane was k shot down.