TWENTY-NINTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 22, 1!»-12 KKN',UN FIVE CENTS COPY
War Brought To West Coast
LOSS OF TOBRUK ALTERS ALLIED PLANS
Subscribes to Drive
t
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C. P. Radioplwln
Signing on the dotted line, Gen.
Itouglas MacArthur subscribes to
Australia’s 35,000,000 pound liberty
loan drive. He invested one thou- ’
sand pounds. The photograph was
'aken in Melbourne and radioed to
New York.
Churchill
Confident
Anniversary Message
to Josef Stalin Says
Enemies Will be
Brought to Knees.
I.oiulim. June 22.— (API—A
message from Prime Minister
( liiirchill to Josef Stalin oil the
lirst anniversary of the German
invasion of Russia said today
"the fighting alliance of our two
countries and of our other .lilies,
to whom there has now been
joined the vast resoruees of the
1 nited States, will surely bring
our enemies to their knees."
Y"ii can count on us To assist you
!. every means in our power," the
I minister added.
i :ie message contained "a renew
' expression ol our admiration lor
’ ■ ni.igifieent di ten eel your ..1
i e,, guerilla hand and civ ilian
v ;,i rs" and expre- ed tile e< uiv le
t that "tiui.se achievements will
ei | mil led and surpassed in the
i mg months.’’
t il i i hill recalled that Britain
a would enter her lourth year of
t ■ war.
lie told the Soviet premier that
!' •• reeeut British-Kussian 211-year
; ’ reflected the progressive
.'lengthening ol relation: between
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Major Turn
In Strategy
Necessary
British Forces Which
Escaped Axis Sweep
Dig m Along Egyptian
Frontier; Russian
F ront Now Flolds Cen
ter of Stage.
( /> '/ / // < .1 .■ I ril I’ll )
j I hi■ while l lav; i hat I hit! orcii
I o’ it N i iiiil.i;. loo! ning' nvcr To
bruk's ,'hai v iv il b;t incudes as a
I final, mute concession ihat a
1 superior ax's force had recall
1
I (piorcd ! ,ih\ a marks a major
I turn in .lie st ratcgvms of war
! on iwii .Miitincuts, if not in the
J whole world.
So extended and intertwined
arc colas and effects of tins
v'aiiinv capitulation that mili
lary experts were iianl pressed
I to trace them all, hut it was oh
| viotis hat the axis triumph was
| forcing a drastic reshaping;, il
not postponement or abandon
ment . of smile plans ot the
I’nited Nations.
Home, first to claim the eap
\ lure of Tobruk with six Hr it i -
I i.xh generals reported among the
prisoners, proclaimed today:
"Occupation of Tobruk has
been completed, and axis troops
are marching toward the Egyp
tian frontier."
Tlie British forces which es
caped flu1 axis sweep were dig
ging in along the Egyptian fron
tier.
i ne Hiller command credited a
1 PTinan mosq .it*, boat flotilla with
complete destruction of a formation
nl small British coastal era It and
freighters fleeing from Tobruk yes
terday morning.
One patrol ooat. s.x coastal eratt
and a 4.500-tun freighter were sunk
and three other coastal craft cap
tured with 175 men aboard, the L! r
hn communique said.
OH the Dutch coast, the Germans
.-aid. three ot Britain's mosquito
(mats motor torpedo craft—■were
sunk ui an engagement last night
u ith i Irrm.in m:m. sweepers and sev
eral other British \c • els were badly
damaged.
In the air war. blow and coun
ter blow were struck by the Brit
ish and GErmans last night. The
Germans tiomiieil Southampton
in their heaviest raid of three
weeks. KAF formations of 300
to 300 planes attacked the Cier
man naval base of Emden Sat
urday night.
By daylight today a large force
had another go at the French
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.
Nazis Report
Street Fights
Itcrlin, (From German broad
casts), June 22.— ( AIM — In hard
street lighting, house after house
in the shipbuilding section along
tile Sewernaja hay on Sevasto
pol's northern defenses "as
stormed by German troops to
day according to high command
sources.
A group of Russian forces "as
surrounded and annihilated, it
was said.
Japs Are Held
In East China
Chungking, June 22.--(AIM—The
high command indicated today that
tlie Japanese had been heid to vir- i
Mially no gains in six days of light
ing for the 50-mile central section
°f the Chekiang-Kiangsi railway
which remains in Chinese hands,
A communique said that Chinese
troops who were forced aside when
the Japanese smashed through to
their advanced positions had clo.-ed
in on key points behind the .Jap.me.-e
lines in sharp tinea’ to the r.\ .a.tr-'
‘ 1111...41,.i■ 1111 ii ■ .11.rI ,ii•)■ r - 'em
Nine Persons
Die Violently
Charlotte, June 22.—(AP)—At
least nine persons died troni vio
lenre in North Carolina over t lie
wt ek-end.
Mrs. H. L. Wilson, 20, of Monres
villo, was lalally injured in an auto
mobile aeeident on tiie Charlotte
Ststesville highway.
Alfred Hartsell, 18, of Concord was
drowned in Rocky River, live miles
from ins home, while in swimming
with his brother.
Oscar Cashwell, 20-vear old car
penter of Cumberland Mills, was
shot to death in his home. County
officers said his wife was being de
tained in connection with the shoot
ing.
Ransome S. Robinson. 28. oi near
Morganton, was fatally injured when
run over by an automobile n. ar
■Icard township.
Harold Frederick Steed, 18, of near
Durham, was drowned in a swim
ming pool, two miles from Burling
ton.
Nathaniel Terry, assistant chiel ot
police at Creedmonr, died in a Dur
ham hospital of injuries suffered in
an automobile-truck collision.
Two unidentified Negro boys were
drowned while swimming in the
Cape Fear river at Fayetteville.
William Charles Matthew son, 21.
.1 Sanford, was killed in an auto
L.ibtii in almP u a. Sant" d
Wo Gas’—
Motorists
Stranded
( By The* Associated IVe- .)
Dry gasoline pm m ps strand 'd
thousands '>1 mot n'i-P- along the
Atlantic seaboard yesterday a.
summer'.-- first week-end brought
an increase m ti a\ e! and e\ -
haiisting demand. on 1 * I h. a
stations.
As harried dealer hung 1
••no ga: " . ign-. dr 1 \ er .1' .
empty tanks \\ 1 ; e foi erd t1»
k a\ e their ear parked a! •: e
roads ide or ha\ 1 tin m tow ed P •
parking 11 >1 and ga 1 age
Philadelphia wa- Imrde 1 'ml
with all ol its .'PaCD stat ions 1 i >
ed by mid-atlei in->n Sunday.
Many 1 notori t . including tour
ists, were stranded and . ou r war
workers were unable to gel to
their plant.-.
Ill \Va -hinge m. only t ie . t . • •
1,000 station remained open and
the American Automobile A
nation w as flooded v. ill: tov. m
ea 11.- I ron 1 ga*-le. iii"l|irr I
Midt<i\vn New York - 1 u >.: ■"
Million. were reported "• n
dry” but the city’.- millioii- tom:
subways and bn.-es to eouie.
-Puts. ‘
Legion Meet
Hears Chief
North Carolina
Legionnaires Told U.
S. Now Has Less Sup
port Than Ever Be
fore.
Asheville. June 22.— (AIM —
National Commander I.ynn
Stain baugh of the American 1-e
gion told the North Carolina de
partment today that Americans
should not delude themselves
into thinking that this war yvas
comparable to that of 1 f) 17-' IS.
This country, today, ho said, not
only is the arsenal of democracy n d
must tight on larl'hmg battle: lekls
with less support from friends than
ever before.
"That war was bu' a preliminary.
^v •)11 ii*Uc• t ' ■ • >'c>1 ‘ ,
Joint Statement by
United Nations Lead
ers to be Issued Soon,
Presidential Secretary
Early Announces.
Washington. Juno 'll.— (Al’i —
Vital conferences between Presi
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minis
ter Churchill were described to
day by the White House as pro
gressing day and night in a
"very satisfactory way" and it
was disclosed that the two
Cnited Nations leaders expected
to issue a joint statement later
on.
Thev up- conferring together and
,d -o with mi!ihiry. and an ex
;w■ 1 ■ * oi doth co ntrie.-.
TIi.-. oiiii-h was revealed by Ure-i
detit a! Seer !ary Stephen hotly. lint
he had nothing to add on specific de
tad- of tiie conferences, such a>
v. la the;' Mr. l\oo>e\'( !l and the
p ; ■ . ni in ister wet e focusing their
at ten! i"i’ prneari ly ■ Ml tin- (|lie ! ion
: opening a second liglitmg limit in
K IP ipe or ,mi pi I-.- idle sle|is I" stave
,11 a n even more flee vi • d I eat at
the ! aid o| the ax..-- am :e ill north
All lea.
Tie- t dement t r. • i Km ly lh.it
eotifereite - It11 \vr i cent lining w a
the lii ! iV'M .,1" ail tile n et ric
he r a1 'ii- 11 tile I *re ; let," cnf!
Cu irchi 11 -.lice die 1 at tei a r. ved in
•:;: eeotitry Tlinr day.
EmmonsW arns
Of Dangers
H mi; 11 ,1-1. .little -- —(AIM- - Warn
that the United States \ e'airv
ever the Japanese ;i the ba 111 ot
Midway "ha- g;\*en many people a
sense ot ei ity," Lieuti mint
i Jencral Delu C Emmons tod ty
urged i u iion-r .-idents to leave the
I lev a I.m land- as soon possible
Alth; nigh American air and na\ al
forces early tins month routed the
largest feet Japan over sent across
intirnation.il dateline in what may
have l>fon ,ai attempted invasion ot
the United States vest coast, it
dangerous to us-mne the enemy wd
not retie n. - on (lend al K muons,
eemmander ot the Hawaiian depart
ment. U. S. Army.
I HEAI HER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Continued warm and sultry
except slightly lower tempera
lures in northeast portion this
afternoon and tonight; some
likelihood of a few thunder
sJjhw ei in -« aii« i o»I lot aiiut '
iSeiietks
Measure
Senator Pepper Tells
►ier:U .c Proposal is
lavored by President;
Ceorge Leads Fight to
Send Bill to Commit
tee.
Washing!. i:. .1:;!i■ 22. ( A l’)
—S< ■natnr i'(• 111 >( • r. Democrat.
!• It: i'ili.:. toll! • };•* >rliat I ■ tolla.V
that 'inn ••!>!;!•:• a’.i! ia M'i/.ill V I Ilf
■paytil' at of ■'••.wnriii ri '• ■••m-l'it
in • \ •. a- im- uf w ar ac
.n \. :i - ■ n’c:i!'tl w it li I Ttrsi
•'.ci!‘ it— ! \ i-it's ;• c i! r a !
.Hiiiait's.
1 lin> tling Unit llii m.iMimim
rest id llie measure would not
c\eccd s.'.li.000.0(1(1 ,i \ ear. Pep
per urged immediate Senate pas
sage of (lie hill. ( liairman
George. Democrat. Georgia, an
nounced. how ever, he would
seek to send (lie measure to til”
Si nate finance committee for
further study, although it prev
iously had been approved by the
education and labor committee.
"I cannot but feci the -on. -
’ irs who aro Hying to : • thi logi
l.i lion in. tin- I innneo e r.n it too d
tint lool go; ei. isly n -y no • ■:
legislation.'' Pepper - mi.
"Thi.- lull omaiared :. in
President e the United Stales and
I challenge any .-ena'cr to show
whine any bill has had n ore care
ful consideration." he add; d.
In an effort to a\ nd having the
liiiasuri1 sent to the finance eon nut- ;
tie. Popp r ol iered t. accept an
amendment by Sena' ■ • Taft. I{e;r.m
lie m. (fhio eliininating a priiv -ion
authorizing benefit payments to civ
ilian .lei'i'ii -e pei'-omed n ineed i:
practici> blackouts The S n; te ■ teri
the ilent IU- la-t y*. e. ;. in' Pi on.'!
said t clay lie wi 1 not b,i< ■ ■
re ci insidero! ion ot 'ini' nie
1 in.. . re
monthly iion fits ging iron sin
to s;:r> I ! an . tin f war ac
tion.
Rommel Drives
Toward Egpyt
< aim. June li.— i \!M—_ Driv
ing forward without a pause
from their rapture of Tobruk,
ua/.i mobile columns have
clashed with British forces onl>
a few miles from the I'.uvptian
border, the British reported to
day. as the allied position in the
entire Middle Iasi appeared
threatened h\ the disastrous
rout in l.ihva.
The British command said the
(lash occurred twelves miles
northwest of I'or1 (apu/yo.
which is just across the border
in l.ihva.
States Must
Meet Threat,
Green Savs
mr
\-f.c' : 1 In. .lime AIM (j,>\
mii *1 I )\\ i j.ht H ■»i : 111 in ■.
said t* .day that il :• t \\ .re t .
justiI’v t hci;• l; a :v 1 •11 - »rtiiiiee n
the federal \ te tho\
"by eitlu ( n i 1 tra
*i \ e we iklu ss. ,:bd:ra to tin'll ; ight
tuI responsibility."
He . - ide the state ent d -
lit'"- prepared b>r the 34th annual
session -’1 thr Nat >nal Conieienco ot
(loveriuM's hci r
"W • list eel thi
dm - mi and al t. : :’v w ar r :er
i>onf\
Cbw ernor Cl.« on s.-.d t; .1 n -a . u>
ne\ * r heloro. tate l. a m r 'it n; must
meet a hifih standard : t'll'o e lev
:n can vine on a nun her "1 Os>en
- (• l » s i as c a t ;
afted and n era b’.y n
} health pi decti >n; j ->\ i.- ■ mi
• i ■ i * nd i
!orcement • *t law • ' • •: , :. -ot . :. .»t
' Cl Urn inti.'
Prefers War Work
I’rctty enousrh to Kraeo the front
line of a Broadway production,
Mary Urban hi. of Tided -, Ohio,
pr f > ■ the >l> she has. She builds
j,\ |i: :: armv, one of the many
w .. in the Vi’iil; fac
tory that o • 'too j.i.„, r.'ill
LLtlc c.
it )
:
j
Sinkings in Atlantic
and Adjacent Waters
During Past Week
Total 25 Ships.
(I>\ 1 he Associated I’resxi
The t niled Nations today
counted .'a incrcliant ship- slink I
in the Atlantic last week as the |
deadline neared oil Hitler's order j
for even more intensified l -boat ;
activity.
The Navy added one to the
tolfl yesterday with the an
nouncement that a small Nor
wegian vessel had been sent to
Hie bottom of tile (lull ol Mexi
co. This broimht the announced
loll in the \tlanth and adjacent
waters to ’;M) since i’eai 1 Har
bor.
- U ti north ol t
\\\ ' a ■ ■ and I re; a; :ii and t\; -
to I', i ; i . el 1 eel. i K d.i> in. ale -
1 i ' threat Setud it...
Mi'py 1 T! 1 deik '.ye J. . . !
. 1 !
! •, • ;,, ll • . • , : . , 1 ) - j
: 1 , j
, . t. l j I
FDR SENDS MESSAGE
TO GOVERNORS MEET
Vncvillr. June 'll.— ( \P —
President Koose\ elt >aid tudax
that within tilt* da.xs and months
to romr tin peoples ot this world
would determine l>\ tlieir work.
h\ their sacrifices and through
t*he instrumentalities of their
armed lore's whether genera
tions to come shall lix'e and work
as free men or slave slates."
Hr mad* the statement in .1
message to the National ( on
ference ot (inventors. in ses
sion hen*.
Three Killed
In Explosion
. -
it
.hired Dui..y r<\ :«n e\pi“ - n winch
wrecked .!i of tie 1. • >« ■ y P w
d< nt - ten
Penn.- I\ m .. o-. o -long e. ntm\
aged.
1 ... . • ;d :t • 1 ' .1 ■ I
•* j
Oregon Area
By Jap Sub
t
Aitack Last Night on
Seaside-Astoria Sec
tor Follows by 24
Hours Shelling of Van
couver Hland Radio
Station.
I /• 7 ■ ■ '' (/ l‘i i
1 . • ;iof lonely
\ <• 111\ i * .. ■ 11 ,ii < amnia's
lie:' ->• ( a- and gunfire
up"b lie Hi..'! pi last g I’orn
an iinicii :. . i .■ ■ <••• • u hirkinjr oi l
'li"i' lod.i; In'' i.L' lit war to the
'1 i i" mill t x|iect
.•till I’acitif ii"!-i ; west.
i i e ii. -. at point- sep
arii. ■ a, f. ■! r.dn -d miles,
'■at:. ; "Xac',v ~1 1 hours
.: ; ' :. H. . r i ’• irt > indicated
> hat l'o ca.'.,a’.: a - and little (lam
ay i ■ \\ el*' - i i I i - :ed at either spot.
1 ir-t l.i! a1! was a iliimimnii
go\i-i iiiitioil radio station at Ks
l.o.oi I'oint. (in the western roast
i I tain, inner island. I lie shell
ing there he;.m ai 10:115 p. m.
!’t\ i Saturday and i nntinued for
.1 hall liour,
. ..i • * . : .!a:*.m :i the beach
("■>*.no the
• 1. • '• '...id (leneral
K- ■ (.• : al . i aii i :n chief
Ueii !! e • A
■ * : ■ ice wei e
t in n. at 1 1 All o clock last
ill;lit. residents from Seaside oil
the net an to \sloria on the
< olunihia river, at the northwest
tip "i Oregon, were awakened
h> the sound of gunfire and the
whine ol speeding missiles,
s. . ■ .anted in the
ea i tile Army . aid
in . e western de
i■!.-1■ - n in ' i . t s.a. Ki.iiiciset).
niudent 11 ied
i . - in-led I.") min
.bnes re
nt iinnis agreed
■ . - i the nig had
■ t i ■ ' any teit eer
\ i. -i : re 'nan nine
\ ' :a. Seu
' ' ■ duty, .-'i tar
• n a : ' ; i ;. i. resid
ed that
. ■ .. i-d n.-Tde. s
•• « I '■ lie of
i can
: id . ertean
.till in have
■a ' • nin lhe
.' naiie.-e,
Sevastopol’s
Forces Retreat
Moscow, lime 1-.— (MM—Se
\ astopoiv (blenders dropped
hark from the north and south
l‘orlres>es miurdim; the Crimean
naval base toda\ hel'ore enor
mous (ii iman pressure, exerted
e( aseh*ss|> despite the heavy
< astialties. estimated at 100.000.
whieh .ims forces have suffered
in less than three w eeks.
WPB Staff
Shakeup Near
-CAP)—
. 'ii the war
: i. n.ng a re
:.■ ■ ■ o ii ci iis. pro
c need tin.- week,
i. WPB'.- opera
■ .t c ci :;i"re tightly
in ' strategy,
ii.-. .[ i c j -.mnel changes,
- . n : day, w li be the
it W 11. Harrison,
; \\ i’lt j -.i n bui division,
■in- \\ .tiiii '.mc.U, where he
• \ \\.. '.. ,c over an irn
' ■: i i i p ic rement set
s' '■ ' lie >■ • cc i .'UPP’i.V
i 1 _ alive in plans for
i ' c to bring WPB
! ■' .! Ni'l- m and the
A ■ > ‘ X ' i cl .' o! -tat! into
. view toward
l I l _ ' 'c:'\ •' ■>. , r p-oduc
c iig military
Ferry Command Pilot Gets DvC
v
U. S. Array Air Ff*r»*e Phot#
A Distinguished Flying Cross and oak leaf cluster is pinned on Major
John B. Montgomery by Lieut. Gen. Henry IL Arnold, U. S. army air
corps chief. The awards were made in Washington for two outstanding
flights by Montgomery while on duty with the Ferry Command. He re
ceived the medal for acting as navigator on a flight to Scotland under
adverse weather conditions, and the oak leaf cluster for his job of co
pilot on the flight that took the Harriman mission to Moscow.
FDR-Churchili
Parley Continues