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Ν ■ ι man from Mars but a dare-devil parachutist, Arthur II. Stamps
is ι i. lured in Chicago as he prepared tu make a J5,000-foot leap in the
j'.;. ι ; et' science. The load of instruments he is wearing was designed
to reveal his reactions during the descent 'rent the stratosphere and
provide data for u.-e in traini.ig paratroops.
British Ships Shell
Tobruk Besiegers
'Successful' Bombard
merit Said to Have Re
moved, at Least Tem
porarily, One of
Sources of Enemy
Fire Power.
U"h RritMl Warships Fast nS'
Tut : nl, I.ihv.i. Ocl. '?!.— ( ΛΓ)
— liiiii h warships Masted Ger
m,in bin: rante artillery ill the
ursti ι ι; desert in a surprise night
Inn■·.'· id'rent I.ist ni.'ilil. pump
in^ hundreds <if slieils into lb·'
riiriin batteries.
. ' - ί T.- ' Ι:·· d
br. · : ).· H' hi eh ι ■ \ pi ivt· ,-h ·
•ι midnight.
Ml (In- project!ves fell in the
li' · !·-.ι sericiisH <1 twicinr.
it imt destroying. tlie heavy
(iernini rims which for weeks
luivr been throwing eight-inch
sin IK ί 11 : ι > the lîrilish garrison at
• m 1 uρ(Γ d Tohruk.
<·<·:'- d·' ■ τ ι In d he b>
' tempiirarily nil·, of tin
• ··· -v In ν pinver in til ·
Ρ · ivv'- -uciden ':· 'i-tig of "'·<>
1 ' : 'i '\v ■ π S 1 and 'ί'
1 ι a\ ii·· ! ■ ·"' |he bat ; !·
'» · ' ■ · ■ ι! a tli"' ι and '.·'its of
stfel nto Tripoli April 2:i.
ιriment v. a- imilar l·ι
1b ' i,·,· "il tin ' ν <"Γ ,ι Fînt
toward U m·; . i
nd ere\v nu a ,1 >er alna π I
" · IV ••ilrl'it.!! r iii'tii.ti '
; 'liai eut delight in a Ηι;ιη··>·
ι bif; gun .■ 1 h ί eward.
FDR Wants
Early Action
To Lift Ban
W ;. ι ni. ( let. 22. ( Λ F' > ΊΊ ■
White House emphasized today thai
ϊ ' ι . i ι · 111 Hnusevelt wanl'd early at
:· I ' ; ■ ν < '· ,;igre- · !·> fill tiler lK'U
1 · · ι ' ί > ; révisa Ί1 t'i pell-lit Amer
h '!:■,( ι,ter be ligvi etit 1" >rt>
Stephen Early, pre idential secre
b,i > ' Id ι · ι>< li ters that tin· I re
(li'ie a !·. ι ' ■.· s age asking I it '■ "K 1,1
the ban against arming America;'
; ι ii'· ι; did in it el· ise tin· -
1,1 el limiting another .-t etini v\l:
11 eh ve.-sels from combat /.one.
«l'1· belligerent ports.
Karly br,ι ight up the subject at h
bu - ci nierenee to clarify a presi
dent.,! report yesterday to a r»·
I1'1 etc : question as to whether h
J'··! · ι' S· I l etai y ut St; te 1 lull ill fa
V'-riiia repeal of the belligerent poi
sed inn.
Κι : iv -aid the Pre ident replie*
by saying he had sent a message oi
th;it. and that if it wore re-read ι
v.niild grow on the reader.
"'· " anted that cleared up for him
se'f. Kai ly continued, so he askec
the r .·■ ident about it this morning
invasion Idea
Is Rejected
! err! m Oi l. — tAI't—The
iof .in immédiat ■ British in
vasion of Ccrman-helii western
l'.urope to open ;t second war
front was ic.ieeled toda\ 11\ lïrit
ain's < > 1 ; · : i ■ .ι I secretary, who
termed such a -tep madness akin
to "committing suicide on our
t nenn's doorstep."
I.ord Mci.vn;'. the coloriai sec
ret'H'\ . told ilie house of lords
that I! \i su ecus in recent w eeks
i a·, e forced the Germans to keep
in- I i : I<f ■ >ι· planes along the
coasts facing lîritain tiian 011 the
Kie-sian front.
At the same time informed
s1·m ces s.I'd the Germans were
hliiHii^: heav.s to'lit n ations in
l e ( liais area I■ 111 >10 immediate
111/1 iuvusii% effort was lore
cast.
Fort Bragg Air Base
Put Out of Action by
'Enemy' Bombers in
Air Maneuvers.
\V. '1 ·.·. Ί 1 si '1 ' ■ p!or Com
mand "II Muneuvei . Oct 22.—(AP)
; I ' Ίΐο K;i 1c! . t K· · : it: aug was
I "desti 1 :ycrl" I'.v . ·■ .a ·. Ρ :gllt of
! ' 1 nein.v" 1. ··> b- ! · i-a r'y t xlav in a
I continuât! 11 of ·'· ■· third .ntoreepto;·
I <·· unmarut' . 1. —ti!i-j> ! hi· mtheast
crn aircraft warning sen ce.
\η A vu. ν di -patch tiii Char
iot! e headquarters of Hi igadier Gen
<·.. ! Walter II Frank, commanding
'he tii "ι! int rccptor command. said
Γ ο I·' "id headquarters had ord ···
■ :l nl.tus which '"escaped the bomh
I ί ·" t 1 take refuge at the Florence,
S C .îirnort and continue operations
1:1 ill ■; temporary bas . Pope Field
- . vital center of aerial defense m
t! Ca11 Unas.
Μι a η while, a communique issusd
i-v ·'.■·■ . »>·· and la<t night indicated
·'· " ι ·, m Ν were in prospect for
M" ' · hi' ί c! : ai · tin· morning and
i h. 'l -ton hi the afternoon and
1 night.
; S " ilatinii wartime conditions ns
• I closely as possible, officers at the
■ι. ■ aid headquarter- here released
ί thi- terse communique:
•■Τ· η enemy transports uni ading
1 at B*rmtida, 20 at Bahartas. Esti
i( mated r int.. c onts to enemy air
1 [force- - ί \ -n'iadrons med'om bomb
■ ers Bermuda, ten sqiiadr ns both
I medium and heavy at Baham 1
i Continual reconnaissance of both
.Continued oc Page Five)
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G e r πι an Occupaiion
Authorities Order
Arrest of Additional
50 Hostages to Be Shot
Assailants Are Noi
Arrested.
Vichy. Oct. Τ!.—<ΛΙ»>—Mar
shal I'hilipp · retain, chicf of
'tale, announced to the Fr'-nch
nat:en tcday that 50 of their
countrymen had heen shot hy
German occupation authorities
this morning in retaliation for the.
assassination of German officers.
His bp adcast followed news that
the s cond German officer assassin
.'id η 18 } ι ! ι ; : r s met d-.ath yosterda;.
η lïuideaux.
Admiral Jean Harlan, vice premie;·,
' ι, ■",ί·(1 hi chief on the radio, in a
<■! .'■ i-i emotional appeals to the
··· mil.ice by France's highest authori
1 i ο s.
I'»■ Ίi: ;>>.· marshal and the admiral
icc'ised "foreign powers" of having
·."·:< d the recent series of assassina
ti ns.
There wre no details on how
the first 50 hostages were shot
at Nantes. Another 50 are sche
duled to die if the two men who
shot Lieutenant Colonel Paul
IfoKz. chief of the nazi field iren
darmerie at Nantes, are not cap
tured by midniffht tomorrow.
In measured tones Pc tain ann· une
ed to the French:
"Against officers of the army of oc
cupation shots have been fired. Two
are dead. Fifty Frenchmen this morn
ing have paid with their lives for
the- unnamable crimes. Fifty other
will he shot tomorrow if the culprit
are not found."
The second fficer was reported
to have been shot bv two youths m
the Ιϊ· i:le\ aid St. Georges in occu
■lied It·.1-1. oix at 7:15 p. m. la-t
night The Germans ;mm· diately de
mandid the arrest oi .~>t) more French
men as hostages.
\V'tn''ssrs of the k'llings said four
youths shot thé officer and fled.
The ν de.'er ' bed tbe a allants as rc
. · nibling workmen and put their ages
s between 17 and '20.
OPM Hits
At Strikes
Interruption of De
fense Production'
'Greatest Help the Ag
gressors Can Get.'
Washington, Oct. 22. (,\P) The
ollice n| pr duction management
called today fur uninterrupted de
It list· production declared in a
formal statement of labor policy that
'the interruption of work by strikes
or slowdown·; i>; the greate.-t help ih·.1
!'(.'>■ Si M S (.'tin $Ot."
Officials .-aid the statement, was
the one forecast by President Κ o.-,e
vclt last Friday when he said the
OPM would soon have something to
ay about defense strikes.
Drafted by the OI'M cuincd. cm
| posed of I").rector General William
S. Knuds η, Λ- ociate Director Sid
ney Hillman. Secretary of War Stim
son ar.d Secretary of Naxy Kno\, the
ami unccmcnt merely reiterated and
emphasized President Roosevelt's
stalem nt to the \FI, convention at
Seattle urging mediation of labor dis
putes.
Cotton Market
Turns Higher
New York, Oct. 22 (AP) -Cot
ton futures opened 3 to 6 higher.
, Mid-day values were 3 to 8 point
[ higher, December 1 ti 36 March 16.63
! July 16.81
Neutral Observer In London Says
German Attack Hailed
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50 Frenchmen Executed By Nazis
British Decorate Two American Eagles
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Two members of the American Eagle Squadron, which is serving with the iloyal Air Force, are shown
(right) in England receiving congratulations from other members of the squadron aft-?r being decorated
with the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroic exploits in the air. They are Flight Officer G. A. Daymnnd
(left) and Flight Lieut. C. G. Peterson. (Central I'rest)
Hull Calls Sinking \Piracy
Steel Plant
Still Struck
Detroit Steel Workers
Refuse to Work; Bir
mingham Strike
Ended.
(By The Associated ï'rc-s.)
Strikers at the («real l.ak-s
Steel ( orporatiun π fus ·ιϊ to re
turn lo work today in Detroit
alter CIO union chiefs refused
(Icniumis agreed upon i>v the
strikers last night in a vote to
resume work and warned t!iat
tile Army would take over the
plant il it remained closed.
In the meantime. Iiowex er,
CIO strikers at a lib inini'Jiam
steel pl.t is t returned to their iiiiis
as disputes rotiniied ill airplane
industries 111 ( alii'ornia. New
Λ οι k and New Jersey.
ΊΊ,·.· striking ·.·. .r.ber ·.! ·.::· : i. el
U (ΐΐ'Ι.'Ί ( Μ'κ.ιΐϋ/ι ι.: l'on ■ · "· ·
.1ίο ( Irea! 1 .ake -1 eci |il 1 η' :> m '
return t 1 v. ' ι i. 1 ' ' ι : ι e : ι ; ' ι· ■ ■ '
1 (S . uspeeieil strike leaders be ttiu
I stated l.-.v il:e uiin.il and lli;it :
! contrael In· .. .ttttl · Witti
I pany. l'on m nl iie : rejeeti .I
I icmands.
John I )ι ιΙι'.ίΊy. S V.'( )( ' re!'.I""
rector 1 Γι ι : η C 'hicaj. ι. I' ■ I ci '
ers the "Λπιιν aln ady 11 ; ι. ·
orders to move in" and tin ,, ■ i.
ment bad notilied the SU ι >■ t : i" ■
strike would 11· ·t lie tolerated belae
they balloted la.-t night.
The plant ha heavy ·: · i< :
high tonsil·.· tee! i.- d in Αι : ν ' ;
and othe! deleiι ·■ · ·|uiliment aid
plii.vs 8.6(H) pel -no
In voting to μ.. ι i.iek tot!· ;
the union men declared thc.\ ·' ·.
prepared to walk out again ; ·· .
wage adjustment were not n. ■_
ed and il th.· Ul:.<·!1 l'a ; led 1
state 1(5 >u- )κ-el.·■.i t;'.1.,· lead·.
Eight lumdit d :· >·:>iOets ..I ; · t
• United Mine \V<•••kers decided 1
night to go back · work at the s:
Sheffield S'ei i i Iron (\· ; ·
furnaces ami · > -. ι-iduets ρ : nt
Birmingham. ..It· 4b torni.
; settlement were rt '. immediately :i
nouneed. Γι ·. >t reports - 1 1 ' ·
dispute rev 'bed η the ΓΛΓΛ" d> -
: mand for a eio-ed diop contract.
A strike of 20,000 AVibama coal
miners, members >1 a differen' cii
vision of the CIO-UMW, remained in
effect despite the Slo. s-Shefield .set
tlement.
Threats of ·.· touts contim\* . '
the Ryan Λοι . · 'leal Company. San
Diego, Cal., and at the Bell Atrerait
Corporation's laet iries at Buffalo
and Niagara Kail-. Ν. Y., while a
sheriff again ν ..mod of impending
violence at the plant of Air Asso
ciates, Inc.. at Budix, N. J., where
CIO automobile workers struck Sep
tember 30.
Greensboro
Editor Dies
Greensboro, Oet. 22. —(ΛΡ)—
Earle Gndljey. editor-in-chief of the I
Gn'•■nsboi'ii I):lilv News since 1918 !
and vice president of the Greensboro
News t ' · · Μ ι J ) ; ·. 11 %' ν I;.eh publishe- the:
Daily Mews ,.η.1 the Greensboro Rec
ord, died in \\ '. -i y I,ont; hospital
. oortly aft·. : noon today.
Mr. Godlny ".a. admitted to the
hospital Satui^ iv when his illness,
which he had suHercd foi the past
three month.-. ι ddi ; turn f n
ll'ii U'l'i.-o, Hi t.·.·. ··. w.i- attributed
; η anaemic e ί d:! ι· >ιι and
.a "mil' poi-oning. Hi v...· lit y car
ol age.
Huge Damage Caused
by f ive Hour Raid on
Italian Maritime and
industrial City.
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]·.. > ■ 1 toi-od the
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WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Generally lair tonight and
Thursday, slights rouler tur.iu'U
Ships Save
Lehigh Crew
Vessel Flying Ameri
can Flag Sunk in At
lantic; Sea War's Toil
Now Ten Ships.
Washington. Oct. 22.—(ΛΡ) —
Secretary of State Ilnll toda>
labeled the torpedoing of the
American freighter Lehigh oif
\lii<;» an act "in harmon> with
all the definitions of piracy and
assassination."
ι ! 11 ·'. ■ »Γ it vssel living tho
ι·· ι ; ·..!! . ι ! ι ( i 11 ' ιΊ \ elhng wit!i
ut ( . between Bilbao, Spain, and
.less
(11 I . , t Λ ; ' · . '·
I i 111 i spt»k' sh<»rtl\ after the
maritime < cmmissitin said it had
hei η advised ni the icsciie <»t
all the Viivricans ot the Le
high crew
Twcntx twn men were land
ed a 1 P»:illui;vt 1 tin Kritish
ship \ inn .nul *! ;! I'reetown.
Si nee the erew included only •5·1·
officials e\i>ir-s m the belief
that the others were stowaways.
The news lit. ι . «ht . .· π
ief to this capital, pt : >ed throng
t still wt ;■ :
(Continued on Paize Five)
Neutrality Act
·/
Repeal Fight
Gains Impetus
\V : ■ !!. u. · :"J , ΛΡ)- The
t r· 1 \· · H-d 11 .»
I a S.-imU* c;>»i
pa i g ' e ti t ral ; t ν
art c.mp'.i '.y 1 a thorizi'n;
Λ.or .-..ι -i.})- : . ' · e s von
■oas aiiywheic.
Another m\v ' \\ tl-e do
mand made by Wendell L. Willkie
:uid 100 .t the country'·; leading Re
publican figure·, ίο, flat repeal if
the entire act.
The big question apparently \vr.<
un longer Senate concurrence ·η tho
Houso-appro\-ed revision which
would permit the arming of .-hips,
but whether the House resolution
would be broadened to end all près
cot prohibitions η the movement
<·' American Hag ships to belligerent
per'.· or through combat zones.
Both Armies
Exhausted
By Fighting
German Offensive
Against Moscow and
in the North Reported
Bogged Down in
Howling Gale and Al
most Impassable
Roads.
I.iinclon. Oct. — (ΛΡ)—Λ
li it: li ranking neutral military
observer -aid J ο da ν tliat reliable
information from Russia indi
cated tin liirmati attack on
Moscow and in the north was de
finitely halted.
He said indications were th;it the
peak of the German assault had been
passed.
"Unci· .btedlv Hitler will order and
carry new attack-," the source
-a:d. "but he will not again be able
to muster anything like the .strength
lie :j;i· u.-ed up in the past two
week-."
He asserted, however, that the
Red army, as well as the Ger
man army, i- "exhausted by the
gigantic struggle." which may
mean that a small factor may
tip the scales one way or the
other.
He said that the German ai,,iy it
tack in the Donets basin "appears to
kick the power of previous attacks"
and that the Germany army now
seemed to be "punching here and
'iicre looking :··ι· a weak spot."
He pointed out that Hitler had
failed tn achl· ve the decisive result
pri'iMsi-d .·» h.- peeeh of Oct ber
κ..· day ;·*:»*:· the attack started.
The German offensive was re
ported bogged down in a howl
ing Russian gale and all hut im
passable roads on the fiercely
defended immediate approaches
to Moscow*. Advices from the
Soviets reported that the capi
tal. however. i- being forced to
fight off a wider circling threat.
K\ cry yaicl o! the bai;lei ield in
the M>>;;,!!sk cet ιr. 57 : ..le· west of
the capital, is coveted by the bodies
u! ii Geniiai:.· said ■■ Moscow
11 .idea - * >| a T:.-s dispatch which
■ ci'ibi'd tin repa !m· of striing na '.i
ik. plant- id motorized inlantr/
lack.- loi;, wed by :a\age hand l>
nrl l:,ul'.!.iig m Uu--ian co,inter at
d,
lad
I ι. f π ι> ; ; id a v. mit" v. ,nd
d piling snow deep on the
I'll'!
cm
>· ■!'!:■
ments
9 ·
r rice rixing
By Leaf Firms
Is Denied
I ■ : ' ;... ι ::j I \jP> --
L w λ· ΛΙ> · iisol t* ■ 1 ci the lo
bar." ..h'i : . : :■ . .ni ry iiiday 111··
I )i ·.- ι-ι ■ 11 ! 1 ' ι ι .1 < ί :. 'ni to show that,
the "h,κ three" deli luiant C'iiiipana·
had ai 'i'O ι g· '.!·«·»· .11 setting prices
t'l. ' ■ .1 1 1 : ι id 1 if t-.
V ιΊ ι Λ. Bi .«:!> ·.» ■>: Π··ι>ι sjotown.
Κν.. following counsel for the Amer
.1 " 1' ■ e·· ι 1 any and pieced
a: ' .■ \ t!.c II . l!i y ni 1 id
ι- ι ν : : .1 ' ■ tin· 1 ury
foi "a' deii :-c. dt" :al d:
"I. au» tt & Mvi'is lias a right—
ii: ' ■ > : and ! aa\, - -;o soil their
; : ν a: tin y please, or
: u·. ' ■ t:a · λ .. v. pre vided
•1 * ■ < y d. t wit: "Ut combining or
con· :··· 'is ν : ' 1 other ira η."
Bradley said the government had
I a e d 11 ■ '< -tiiveiiy to show that a
ee-tixing c'lisiiiracy existed and
"a. "as. 'ii-t that you have sw rn
testai ony of all c ninected with these
companies that no such conspiracy
1 \ sts "
Liggett & Myers, the lawyer sail,
has "never inaugurated price
chaoses. and when it made changes,
it had dune so "in the exercise of in
dependent business judgment on th :
pan oi its executives."