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TWENTY-EIGHTH \ EAR 'τη^ΖΙ^τ^ρμμ^' HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NuYEMREK 12, l'.'Jl kVt^ VaVkkno,"n FIVE CENTS COR
Axis Armies Reach Black Sea
Finns Reject Ù. S. Warning
fen Little Puppies Get Tidied Up
AVh.'ii Hi'lci: Zapf, of New York City, was ton months old she was piven a puppy, an Irish setter. Helen is
::ow two and a half years old and the setter has Income the mother of ten puppies, to whom Helen is
godmother. She is washing the little ones here and hanging them out to dry in the time-honored way.
( Central I'ress)
RAIL STRIKE IS CALLED
Mediation
Is Biocked !
Mass Resignations of
CiO Members Stall
Machinery of Defense
Mediation Board.
Washington. Nov. 12.— (ΛΡ) —
Defense mediation hoard rnu
i hin« r\ was stalled today h\
failure of ( SO hoard m mbers to
appear, adding a n· \\ compl ca
ll. :i t-> ï lf;te;| m «tes defence el
: ·ί! ίs .«ircadv tbr ate ned hy re
newal of the ciptivc coal mine
strike.
: * t*t Γ et · ιI th.1 \\ h')ι■ - :i 11'
.;· · ■ <>i Cl() members ιr< η»
1 · iM..,rd - lino momiit'iN ,»! ('on- |
\Va>-hin;> ten. Nov. 12.— (Λ1*) —
\ngril.v protesting the defense
mediation hoard's i* to 2 ruling
against a union shop in captive
coal mines. < ΙΟ l'n sident t'hili »
Murra\ and Thoma . Kenned*.
s■■«.·· ιr\ treasurer of the mine
v\ « i ι r ν:*» ii*;iu d from the
media τ » hoard ν t 5 :!<· >. send
i:·". a I ; 11 * i* iv President Moos -
'»< Ii (I 'lnuiiiiinj· the luliUf..
î !i;-\ s t iô «t \\ as a d ·η ia! of
tin· "u: ion's 11 M of normal
·.>' w.h and legitimate aspera
· ··" α ,h] con?irm:»tion '»i the
"tradiiiitinl open vhop policy of
the anti labor employers.
" · !1 · ( 1 uted tin -■ w ί· «i π \ ·
to intç nsify the correct η υί C ngi *
Λ W11 to House si ci »tary, Wi li
Ha>sott, said, meanwhile, that :
: ■ ,-umpti«ή tli.it 1 Yrsi-d» r.\
<·\ t 11 wa.·· ι;<>πι^ t»> see that tin
(< ' >nlinaeri on I*arfe Three)
V iciiy Officer
Dies In Crash
\ i-hy. Nov. ! !.—(ΛΡι—Gon
< rai < Taries Huutziffor Vichy's
w .·.■ minister. was hurnt'd to
(!<■::t.h t.d.iy when a plane in
» "ic'i ho w as returning to Vichy
lM i.; a tour of north Africa
or. hod i:; southern 1· ranee.
;■.( »en other persons lost their
I.vi - in the crash.
1)· ath of the general, who
M'.ne:! the l'UO armistice lie
twecn Gorni.ui> and I rune, was
reporietl shortly after officials
h.i'l mad" known their concern
ί'-.ir him.
lli plane had been missing
more ti.au si \ en hours.
s
Y
t I
(1
η
m th;i
Hve Onions
invclved
Operating Brother
hoods, With 350,000
Members, Strike Be
ginning December 7.
< hicago. Nov. Ι ί.— (AIM —
< liiefs i>( tlic five opcratini;
brotherhoods in the railroad in
dlistrt ordered tlirir 350.000
members toda\ to strike begin
■ιin/; cei.îlier 7 for a .'>0 per
i t !iί increase in waai's.
The men \\ ι ■ instructed lo
leav e tlirir .jol.s |>i ι ;ressi ν.Ί,ν o:i
December 7. S and !>.
Th·· nirn'i .· .. : 11-tl ! > y the liv<
duels ! ·.·:«· .-pi ,;.:.:i·.·. iv»th rho .·(·
read '
" I'll;· ■ ■;'■■.· · ·" · i! I
I. .■ t:w Klit f'i's, lir >t i>r
: d . !' I. ■ · '
Kngineuten, Ordei ■>:' Kail way Cnn
Ί nd S w it it's l" η in η <■!
Ν"! th Λ > ■ : "ea ;.ΚΙ! . ' γ ■' m1 : th ,J
ko- ..·! · .il: , n\i.U I it t'v.
u! y a I'd by a
ι :: ι i -t I : 1 ,r,| ha - bet 11 set I
■ (! a. ni. Sunday. December T. (î a. m.
M nday, I)i ■ 8, and H ;i
Tn <i ."> . I >« <■· ■ · r ! ι 191!.
"Τι.ι ιΊι " : ! t κ· ίΊΐ'πΐ'con
i
j I ■ Κ -Γ,ι -I ' ' ■ : ' 11. ι I Hill 111
I I'd ' I· t .1·! ·:: "d nut .ce t ι
' ·' · <· ;.:···.·· tl!'1 ;|i the fi lier;.:
ha ; ι t ni ' ■ ;:ι 11 i< ill
] Ί. (. ii'ivurd immediately."
The stat nient was .signed by At
! 11 \ . ' h η .· t c in. nid < iiel ο t '1
Urnthorhi'Md -ni !. utive Kngi
neers: ('. .1. G iff. assistant prsidem
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireiner
; and Kit-M·· met II. \V 1·' · ■· ;.··
dent. ( >rdi ! ut I {. ι : I Λ av ( ί a'tni
((' lit in ed .'Il l'as.· '! ·.:· <·)
Six Elephants
On Sick List
Ail·;·; ta t : . N-\ I:! · VI')
a 111"'. 'in. ''-d ι \ at ι \ n ;. ι ; < · fit·
r 11 . r ; t . ι π .ι e ι m ■ ι - lit·; i already re
e , in red 11 > '.hi death Ί ten ana; il·' l!
e Aï! nta
: W d te: Me' Ί un. chiot elephan
»i keeper for thv Ringling Brothers ant
.'! Banimii and I;. iliy circus. said th
s -ι\ elephants refused tn eat tiii
e· morning. adding "that's a sure \\a,
1.1 tell when these big fellows ar
• sick
He bi'iiifiht ·'·" elephants here Te
ι the lu :d di"d .·! > enie pois·mill
ii At la la mIiv last Thin -ah ν
private detective. Edward Mullit
was quoted l\\ .< ut wsiiaper today a
say ι tu; ti it t'a ρ··ι-οη deaths wet
a clear cast til ma.-s murder ot th
e elephant-·."
d t'ii eus otl leials euuld nut be reach
ed tni' vlaboration ι if that statemen
f They were aboard a train, en ruui
heie from Macon, Ga . and stalled fc
,i wreck ·» the Augusta yards.
North Carolina Gets Share
Of WPA Defense Projects
Daily Dispatch lîureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By BOH THOMPSON
lîillt'lgll, Nov. 1L'. l)\ : .-".1
Ί run-of-the-mine proii'ct- ami ex
( ' lsiu» ul ι ho 'J(S armorie-- ι till eii'\ < ι
111 '111 'it.- it In,lit betnrt· til·. «.·'.·.■ · -
H · lit lA'e.'imo 10(1 percent v.. : imnd
eii. the U',,ik Pioject- Adr u ! - -
tn>n has spent mors' than ST.UiHUMa
"Ί nationaPUeiense project: in Noitr.
'I'olina during the last 13 or 1·!
"Ninths..
hi addition, tiie WPA is nmv
spending a; a considerably faster
on ■ -le\ i ll airports. ϋιι deion·*
"■.His ami ion,· more armories. It iia
;i!'|n-i\cil pr,'j, ets n·;' nine other air
I·"·"· arii two armories, the con
traction n! which is expected to ge;
started in the near lutmt?.
It· national defense activities aie
probably the reason that WPA joke
have become as passe the Fold ,
juk'es of yore. Down around Fay
eUe.iile. -where WPA put m all »h«>
money Γ.ii· the construction ot th
ι \\ ■;ιcI to Fort Hragg and bui
ι : the road.- insult· the reset'
ν \ coiisirivr the agency
I.:.· That is litei aliv 1 r
an md Camp Davis and Marin
! : ι. r ίι·;> m ( in. !n\v county. The:
Wi'A ii. : only luiilt road- ο
a I ο ι α. i;ηΊ( d tie malaria cont11
I : iit:- \s n il are expected to maU
ii . e- οί mosquito-bitten soldiei
and marines safer as well a- ι nn
bearable.
Many ol these projects which ha\
a national delense angle are eq .. ii
a; important to civilian hie attei '■
war. However, such road widenii;
and coi i-truct ion job.- ι tho ι don
on S routes I. 17. i >. \.
ti4 and 7f> were specifically request
id by military authorities and a
leads ha\e been ot great important
m the movement ot troops an
t auipinent.
The widening and improvement ι
(Continued on Page Three)
ev f\ ? r
5
Mussia
cntinus
3
Answer is Ma4e to
Secretary Hull's
Threat of Loss of
American Friendship;
Nazi War on Russia
Γ'-o-'neideη ta-, They
Say.
v'p|s:n»<i. Xov. 11 — Λ !' > —
î'fj (««day turned down a
' nil^d States \v:irni,Mr to with
draw froiM the w»r ·■»»·' t Kus
m.» en nain of Jo·.·!*-·-* **»T»rican
friendship and insfsW ■ h° was
^till I'm», h tin ρ a d^f-n-ivc war
;»°a«pst fhp Sovi< t .
Th" decision was mad pir lie in a
, ,.r\ ■,ftor ;ι ι ■' v
• ' :'w :: \ ι ι nn.ent. II""! " · - <· m
Ν<···< μ : π : in Wa hington by tT. S
Soc ι* '.. ν ut' Slate Hull
Finland, the Helsinki erovern
»»'n ;,(ix jsi^d the F*n-»t"d States,
does not want to continue the
fight against Russia a η ν longer
than fier vital security demands
hut she cannot exn^so herself
to future peril by artifically in
terrupting military operations
before the objective is wholly
realized.
The note said the defen- ν nature
' f the struggle was not a 11 ered by the
Finnish army's effort to "make harm
less and man the enemv'- attack
! .-·■ - brvond the 1939 borders."
it -;u(l that if Finland lv»d had sn<
1'ieient strength during »!·? 19H9-40
winter war cbe would '· ^·ο Η'>>ι·
the -ame and "surely nobd->y would
ha'- e doubted the justice of the Fin
ni-h operations."
Berlin. Nov. 12— < \pi-_The
Finnish reply t<> the I'nit-d
States was declared I··. \VH
hehnstrasse spok· snv.n fodav
to have produced a f<~'·Ι;η·τ of
"iox to live i>< this '' are · ' where
there are Mich hrave p<- >!ilrs as
! he Finns."
The spokesman sa·'* th" r^nlv
tu "pressure I· *
' r.r'rieiiii I'l ■ -ident" isfifufed
τι "ear hoyini; of t''e hvsteric
'(I man in the White House."
The government saitl that the
"·■ ···(! St ι·· .ι I ass:;·· · 1 K:n
la' Γ - i'11 : of a( 'id ,1 ν 1 '
in; ι. i'd ηee had ·· P"r 1
■ ; i ν ( 1 ι" η v."
"I·· ' ' id in r.elf in- · . ι- ι , ■
. m any - : : d,: ngi"."
.· η re added.
It c\n .. s:»··! was .ι i-oiividene
·! G< : V' 11 h ι li nil . · πν'Ί'η
, , -.1 nee w' . Λ
· I : ' landing ;.:.>ne ■> Ta■ ·■
ι u< I if F 11!'-' · : ·Ι '
Κ.,·; · .1. ·.·!·:<' - 'ι'·· ■ ·■.!,!
ι ; · , · I in,· 26. I · I g a ·· ·
" the ; -'· ν :i
■ ■· .i : . ■ nc'di· t ι IV ;.··-·
•he 1 !i"!· '40 « ar. l>ut the government
1 · ·. la; ill','.as still V.,':.' ."
·!. - ai Lands.
Lay Leader
Sa vs Church
ν
ι Needs Union
Dmlian . \ \ 1 Li. (AP) I. . ν de
legate- tn tin X :'h Carolina \h'.h
Iidi t eoiiii· 1 fa were toid today t!ia
the church ι led a "CIO ui ·"i
Christianity η Operation," v. it
lunger working hours r^d increas
it p,i liees I.>,· tin· , ·
non κ·· 'd "i ' '■ eiini'inin r··..1
1·' I' Win ! Westlieid. Ν Y
[ ;ii ι' κ:, in ' · Methodist el
•ener.i 1 1 ; lav aetivit .;··. :
Ire· >ed :»·. | :··ι enee lay drlou.v
"Wι· 1 . ι ■ picKeting, \\ . ·
sa id. "hut ' ι Ί' «-nr laKn ι ··. ·
bit - ria> ■ ι··-aribe.1 we du h..\
sit d '\\ l: dnWIls. stil>
V ι α'·" ' · ι · η Page Three 1
VEiTHfl
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FOI! NORTH CAROLINA
Fair, continued cold but not
t quite so cold in northwest and
extreme west portions tonicht:
\ Thursd.o fair, slowly rising
temperature
FDR Gets First Red Cross Button
President Roosevelt is shown being · η rolled as a member of the Ameri
can Red (,'ross by Mi. - Adelaide Whitehouse ol Washington, 1». C.
She is assistant director of Volunteer Services of the national organiza
tion and is seen wearing the new volunteer uniform·
Powder r
Blown Up
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drpur:.·»;· ..
in w.'M»ck 1 ;
ing s·. \ r:
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vîov 12.— (ΛΡ —In ai
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Kr .λ' l\9,?tClcîF3
Bcrnb Naples
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—
Church Paper
Taken Over
(ATM- Ti
:V.ι : ■ ■ ' ' ' t. \ ofed tr
j ί:.ι iii'ii· tmanci
responsibilitj 1 th< Biblical R
■ <ii :. ·-: ·■ I'· ' .«a/.ine ai
M i | ti i\Vt Ί r 1 t > ι -1 Ιοί"' ,
■ ; . · ■ - Γ SU·!·
Or Slcmn : ■ ' posit .m l;i
.·:·· i·.--.. · ' ( i . ! ί · - w i
Λ . Γ .·. ·· S
ι ι . ν
Γ ··> t·;» !κ r.li . ·. · · 1 · ·· ···>η\Ό
! ·. ' 'hi1 Γιΐ
IH \t y ν η * η \ 11 ! the pîVM
(l'îiaiH'ial ) emergi tu->
Tin· »·. m oui : ■ - ' 'i' : irt ■ ι ι
•I ' ! ! M l ', I i ; y I'll!· lllllldlMU ■ ! till c
■ ν·1 ' '.at1. il - ï t ht- "i a.na/m· ■ in '1 ■ tu
: that a' t!:r l'iui ni a yt al .t nias 1
( com*· -fit >["· irt"t«
is Failure
Hitler, Having Failed
to Starve Britain, May
Be Forced to Attempt
Invasion, Prime Minis
ter Teils House of
Commons.
London. Nov. 12.— (ΛΡ) —
Prime Minister Churchill de
clared today \dolf Hitler had
failed to hring Britain to her
knees through a starvation block
ade and thus in i g î t be forc
ed into attempting invasion "as
soon as he can -crew up his
rourage and make arrangements
to ι Ue the plunge."
1 he prime mini h r told a
< Ivering housr of commons that
il ad hi 1 ii harm d through
5... . i. ι * '3 m ! > i' on · prisoner.
1 ■ » : ιi; 1 ■ Η - ν w lu» t le w from
• η. . :S<*ot la .·! '!h'à1 11 i t -
1 ι ? : ,:.ιliv conn' · ù more on
. ι\:·. t ii· S.iisii than on
invasion."
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,r ei
CVC
■•.■ut mi·!.
•,i.i :>..i
develop
Γ i L'C
Oil Fields
Of Caucasus
Critical Stage Reach
ed in Battle of the
Crimea; Betore Mos
cow, Soviet Dispatches
Report Nazi Forces at
Standstill.
ί Tin· Associated Press)
Adolf Hitler' ( nnum iirmirs
\M-' i reported to h r. «· : <·;ΐ'·1ΐΓ(Ι
the K! k sea coa t toda\ just
hi !·>\\ Kerch, gateway to the
( nuc is». cii fields while on thr
central front the Riis-ians de
clared tlic> h:uî h.iîtlrd t!te cr
mans to ;» standstill with more
than 70.000 nazis Pilled and
wounded in the ί 1-day old drive
on Moscow.
Soviet d: ;i 1 >■1 ι· . 'ted.
ever. that Gernian troops ^ had ad
I cow. but · aid the situation had been
I -tiibil.zs'd. 'Γ ί' Germans . > : ri their
I advance force- vv« ic within 31
! miles of Moscow at one p< int.
Narofomir.sk lies on the Kaluga
i Moscow highway, about 30 miles
! east of Mnloyar·'.-hi vet-. the sce»ie
• ·! licnvv rec. r, t ί . £/h 1 : η :.·
\ bulletin from Hitler's licit'
headquarter·, s.iid German and
Rumanian troops had planted
their battle flags on the eastern
shore of tue ( rime a after "sharp
pursuit fislitine" and nazi front
line dispatehes reported that
Kerch itself was jammed with
fleeing Red arm ν troops.
li true, the arrival ··<' . ι χ ι - force
along lin· Kirch strait \\oa!d aiean
a critical stage had !»o<*n reached in
tile battle of tin (". .. a-a. Le than
Ι·.μι· ni : 1 os wide, the .-trait : ■ urn
ably would offer only a minor ob
stacl·. to nazi voterons of the con
quest of Crete across 7à noies of
open water Beyond the -trait,
the Ca ,ca.-an mainland. are situate"!
the great vvel'.s providing much of
Russia'.- ..il -1 ppl.y
The German- - .id th :r dive bomb
ers were infl et nu havoc lv>th at
K( 1 Sevastopol i< tr y 1 a
h s-e- in η en and η a ter ail
The G at to 5 t ; 1
a a. the
H .-.- ans ; cl;! owledginn they had
•\ thdrav. 1. :r· >v. the ra ! t.iwn · >f
Bakhchisarai. 30 miles northeast of
the i■ a lia. 1; - , naval base
..... g . ■
a ' ' :!nl armie.
;■
'a o1 : en.-a , a l'a η r tac trial h'· 1
fail. d.
Jap Council
In Session
\V ;ii -1 : » ι ·.
' Ν \ \ >'
, η.',ι;
» the
ti
J ! >\ tit : ·!
I. ; ■ . " )\\ ill: ! 1 the il' ''!·
;hn '·. .1 w ;·γ betwren
■:«r. !·.. Τ ! -. · J 'Suites.
• t""·■_»! 1 *iLJ ti:·· \
C : : r Vugo,l.i «
: :. ' · t· ι · « ι ; } :·.(·! i' Jjpam,
IV ;mci 11 : ι ! y
i-'ees-etary Hull bays Γ inland
is Evading The Real Issue
id W., ,·. Ν \Γ S.
"· ii t.·ιy ··. M;.·, il .v<i :
* *! press conference îi'day that lu· bc
u l:e\ t'd 1' ιniai;d, . ι ίπι *.!η·
ι- Unn : η S'ii·. - · . ■ ■ ι i m>i.ι
er ;ι Soviet Finnish peace, was evad- ·
ι- nu tl . lia! ν>ιιι·
ι- Hull . ddi d that . . r>* \ηη·ι ;.·3η·. j
je i""· had not understood what hel
nt cal led t : : e < \M emek mi ρ ι tant an i ι
effcctiv·.· c ι>·,ΐ·ο· th.· Finnish j
ι - !'niw> wer» making '. > Add: H:tler':
ν - cause hy participation in the general
ι- will·.
ι·- Replying ' 1 questi ms, Hull said he |
hart » ' seen 'he text of Fm'and'.·
no! ι . bri hail ί .m ; ; !'. ■ 1 rlf. : of it 1 "< > ■ ·ι
press reports.
II \ » \ « ■ ι ho wont nil. thi- is not
111 . ; τ w is ■ > ι ; t ■ ; ■ ·■ it· i
;u: ■ i hi· tl UK ' tlit is- jo h il
been must > leurlj expl - i d in \v>riU
i·. -led i\v ;υι \··;ι ;.'i ivri't·.·pond
ci". !ι ·ϋ IJi-rlin last niniit.
Ho then i|.. ted {nun tho Ass'ioi itfd
Press report from Berlin describing
G nnan reaction t.» miht; y de\ elop
nients in ari a- mar Li " "grad. lug
R - îan city noa: Finland.
Tins report. Hull asserted, do, ■ -
h -how- that F inland is · "ving ι·■>t ι
now military action beyond her
trontier.