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Sally '<r l&i&p&tth THIRTIETH YEAR *jJFi^£KD W,K1 HEKVICH or Tub ASSOCIATED I'll ESS. HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST :*0, PUUJL18HED EVEUY AKTKKNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY, FIVE CENTS COPY Germans Evacuate Taganrog ~ *★★★★★ ★★★★ Fleeing Danes Shot At By Nazis Many Drown As Gunners Sink Boats Military Dictatorship Clamped on Kingdom; Fires Blaze Fiercely Among Scuttled Vessels Stockholm, Aiitf. :»()—(Al' —HiiT fires blazed fiercely t<; day iimoiiK the scuttled luilk of Denmark's naval vessels i Copenhagen harbor, ami .ol shore liaxi patrol boats an planes shot al Danes flceinjr new German military dictator ship clamped upon tlie rebel lions kingdom. Iicfujrecs streaming into Sue den said scorces of person drowned as the na/.i gunner sank many small motor boats sailboats and fishing smacks ii the Oeresund, the narrov stretch of water between Den mark and Sweden. Tin- Germans ignored the usual Copenhagen blackout dur ing the night. Street lishls ltlazrd brightly as patrols in tanks and armored cars toured the eity enforcing the martial law decreed by the German mil itary commander who had in terned the ageil King Christian X in his castle and set up nuzi rule to replacc that of the re signed Danish government. Nine naval ships, two of their small destroyers, leached safety in Swedish ports yesterday. Anothei torpedo boat arrived at Landskron;. last night, raising to ten number now clocked in Sweden. Nazi troops surrounded the royal palace at Amalii'iiborg, but the royal guard blocked all entrances and ex changed a barrage of gunfiru with the Germans. Uesisiar.ee ceased only when King Christian X gave the order. The \enerable king, who will be 73 next month, was interned in a castle outside Copenhagen. Nazi troops were p >.-te<l around the castle. (The London Daily Telegraph re ported from Stockholm this morning that King C hristinn was expected to abdicate. This report said diplo matic circles in the Swedish capital were discus*in# formation of a free Danish government in London.) Traveler.; reaching Sweden said the Uani.h cabinet promptly resign ed when the German demands were presented. A!1 were said to have been arrested, although there appear ed a possibility that some may have been included among a group of civilians brought to Sweden l>x the fleeing naval vessels. V.DKN ItKTCKNS IIOMK London. Aug. 30.—(AP)—Foreign Minister Antony Kden returned i< Britain by air Sunday from Quebec where lie attenled the Allied stra tegy conferences, it was announced, New'Hornet' Is Launched Secretary of Navy Knox Hints of Greater Blows Against Tokyo as Ship Replaces Sunken Vessel Newport News. Va., Aug. 30.— (AT)—A great name in I lie his tory of (lie I'llitcd States Navy was re-barn today with the launching of tlie aireraft earner "Hornet" amid cheers of specta tors wlto a moment later heard Secretary of Navy Knox hint liroadiy at plans for large scale aerial blows against 'l*>kyo. Last yeai's bombing of the Mixing Sun cii|»iljil whs "only .1 small sam ple "I the lar bigger raid- to come," Knox asserted in ;i speech a nuiini'iit after his wile sent a bo!lie of cham pagne foaming over the bow of the .ship which i t places the fla'.top of the fame name stink last year in the Santa Cruz islands. The launching ua - delayed <15 minutes because of faulty lunclion in>» of (lie launching mechanism. A few minutes before the lloinet was to slide into lite James liver. J. li. Woodward, vice pre.-ideal and gen „ (Continued on Page Two.) NORWEGIANS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST NAZIS RESISTANCE AGAINST NAZI RUIE in Norway increases daily. Shown here is a crowd of Norwegian patriots surrounding a school in Oslo in which French slave laborers arc quartered. A few moments later Nazi troops drove their cars onto the sidewalk to disperse the crowd and later arrested many of the demonstrators shown here. This picture was smuggled out of Norway. (International Houmlpliolo) President in Capital Diplomatic, State and Military Officials Called for Conferences on Quebec Meeting Washington. Auk. :;0—{AIM — President Koosevclt returned to Washington today and. as a di rect follow-up on tin* Quebec war conference, scheduled ap pointments w i t li diplomatic, stair and military officials. The lisl included Itr. T. V. Sonus. Chinese foreign minister: Secretary of State Ilull: General George Marshall, Army chief of staff: and General II. II. Ar nold. commanding the Army air forces. Prime Minister Win.-' mi Church ill of Britain is expected here with in a week to pick up .-nine of the loose threads of the Quebec meeting. There was reason to believe that this forthcoming meeti: u would cen ter mostly on political -peels of liic war and on a post-war program. Hull went to Quebec principally tu consider such problcn in acmss the-table conversations with Hritish Foreign Secretary Anthony Kden. An official announcenient at Qiie bec said tli.il the war against Japan played an important part in tiie Anglo-American deliberations, and Soong went from Washington to -it in on the latter staue.- ol these conferences. Presuin<i>>y his eiigagc inent at the White Hoise today was for a continuation of talks on stra tegy against Japan. Marshall and Arnold also were at Quebec. Mr. Hoosevelt. after delivering an address in Ottawa. Canada. Wednes day, spent a ^e\v days resting before returning to Washington. Jap Attacks Force Salamaua Retreat Planes Attack Japs In Burma Nov.- Delhi. Auk- 30—(AIM— American li-21 heavy bombers dropped more than I'J tons of bomhs on Japanese - occupied Myitkyina in northern ISuraia yesterday while liAK tighter trols j .ill: more than •>" loaded .lap nc.-e .sampans in the Irra waddy and Hunters Bay area, allied communiques annouiuvd today. In the American nt'.ack, a tenth U. S. Army air foree com munique said. heavy destruction was caused to an enemy-occupied building. Thc. eomitrmiquo added that the crew of .< lone l!-2l reported excellent results from a raid on enemy barracks in the Kuauk pyu fiamroo Maud area off the southwestern coa t of liurma. AMERICAN AIRPLANE INTERNED IN RUSSIA London. Auji. 30. — (AIM—Thc Moscow radio .-aid early today that . m American plane had landed on lius-ia's Kamchatka I'enisula Aug. 12 and it.- crew w;i- interned. Kainehatk.i i- north of I'anunoshi ro. the .lapaiie-o North Pacific island outpost which h - been raided seve ral times by American airmen ba.-ed in the Aleutians. Defenders of Jap Base Force Allied Troops to Yield S ome Ground in Fierce Fighting Allii-il llad<iuarters in the Southwest I'acifir, Aug. 30.— <.\r»—i ierte Japanese rnunlrr attacks along the entire front at Salamaiia. New (•tlinea. have loreeti allied troops to yield ground at some points, while in the Solomons Amcriean infan trymen have landed unopposed on Arundel island, just west of New Georgia and within artil lery range of Japanese-domina ted Kolomhangara. •Our lamps have been forced l<> g,\i ground > 1 it>htly in .-miic points i>i the Salatiiaua siTtur," said it i i sin.iii :tl (icneral Douglas Mne Ai'MiinV headquarters. 'I !;■ Iicartqliartci s roimraiique s;.ni h. rp ground righting was go ing >n along the entire front "with tin iii' iny launching frequent cmio tei at' <!.- tn preserve his ham pre.- id positions." Ai- H-in and Australian troop-. pir.Vi ii|»|jnrted by iiircralt. slowly i! t I'llindieiilly have been |«-1 o - i 11 u •!. the Salaniana atrdron-.i* (ini'it past 11 w weeks;. The alr <i;• >t11> l» . t two mill - Iroin tin i :lm>. a which the town <•! Sala l.l.ma "rated. Su|J|' ■ ' 'iK 'lit' allied ground Inrccs attack • iines made low level sweep" iigains' riii niy barge hideouts and waleii installations at Salamatia. Near l.ae. tea miles east i>! Sala niana. l iving Kurtresse. dropped -H t<>tt- itl ■ Us. destroying three .ut iles and barges at Vueo I'oint. *Growing Pains' Expected In Development Of Mining In the Sir Waiter lintel. Daily Disputed Tltireau, By I.VNN NISKLT. H.il- iKli. Am;. .'III.— Hcecntly ani'is ed iiitcivs-i in North Carolina min erals lias been .ellccted in tiie un usual number of ch.u'ters granted by liu secretary of slate !<•:• mining eor poratnins. Thole is every indication tiiiit within the nc.-1 few year Till Hcliii may liccnim' as well known lor its mineials :i- it is for ils tobacco, ftirnitlire iiiul textile products. The prospect is not entirely pleas ing. There lire angles and complica tions in pri duct ion oi minerals that are not encountered mi the more familiar fields of agriculture alio manufacturing. The element o| e'nancc is perhaps no larger in min ing operations than in farming, hut it is definitely more pi'minenl than in cotton mills or cigarette factories. Mines and oil fields have been the Iiarii'ional siiclu ■ ■ >:iiI ill..! crooks have used i«i se, ..irate j;; 11111 >! t cit i/.en- I.'iiiii their Idc savings. I lei etotore sue': promotion* have fit-alt with propcrtie- ' >ut west" and a .any Ihoiiindx i North Carolina dollars have been .mil; in them. The scene now is hem.: arranged closer home. There is (In .iddiMonal appeal lo state pride and patriotism, a(ided lo the litre of tpiiiliches. So far the Slate securities commissioner, who under the law ■ tin secretary of state, charged with .idininistnition ol the law ■ governing sale of stocks, has not had to move >n <»n any pro posed promotional ,-ch'incs, hut he is« watching development- very closely. The last legislature ,'iilhoi i/.ed em ployment of a securities inspector iivI •' few weeks ago Hairy Houston was put on the job l!i -ides Walch (Continued on IVye Two.) 21 Miners Die In Blasts Bin: _ liim, Aug. .'[(I— (AIM — Twenty - \i dead were called '.i> day li" the two n.i t*n|»1«»si-»n Which I1"'-' Saturday and early yes level y !" «• through the i,'c|>iib]i« Sic el 1° i |>"rat ion's No. 2 Say ret o coal n; jC here. Twcn'y-tiircc others y ••••<• burned sever •! 'hem critically. The mi oT the cv\i>lo.-:i,ti.s wa unknown. A i'i» 11 pany 8|Mikcsn:au estimalef thai inn i'i the regular • .Slit crew of |:;.i men made their way to .safety unhurt between the csplo-ion.s. WEATHIir Kill NORTH CAKOI.INA fslichtly warmer this after noon. tniiieht and Ttirsday foro iionii m ith w i d r I y scattered shcurrs and thunderstorms. New Regime in Bulgaria Faces Fight Country, Unsettled by Death of King Boris, Presents New Problem to Adolf Hitler Istanbul, An*'. :;<>—{AI ■) — iliilv.trin. unsettled l»y tin- <lr.itl; of Kinjr l»oris. presented a po tential problem io Adolf Ilitl-.-i today as I'remier Hojjdan i'lii iov si rove to reconcile conflict ii!K elements in the nation which inside his position none too secure. The five-member re;ency. wliirli. iici'iirdin; ti> German broadcasts. will rule in behalf of the buy Kins Simeon II. ap parently is dominated by an anti German. pro-iiritish ehureh lead er—lb<> metropolitan of Sofia. Stefan, who has protested against Kestapo aetivity in Bulgaria and acaiiist anti-Semitie laws passed during the last two years. Tilt Queen Mot iter loaima. .-ic u id meniljer ol 11 io regency, also is re garded a> decidedly ant.-fierman. Princt. Kyril, brother ot the late king, iintl I'hilov are both pro-Ger mati bill lar from strong. while tKt fiftb regent is a politically unknown supreme court justice. Composed ol such diverse ele ments. seems highly unlikely that thi., regency will be able to prevent the orphaned Philov government from collapsing and being replaced wilh a military cabinet. In that event the leaders uf the government probably would be se leeled !r«>m the military which is entlm-ia- :.t ally pr i-Genr.an. Such a government doubtless \v->uld ot oli.iiit i«i (ie man desires and might break oil relations with Itus.-iu and agree to ii,.. :inie the chief buntiM o: the defen.-e of Greece or even par ticipate in tht. Russian war. Ten Persons Die Violently I Charlotte, Aug. 30—(AP>- At least leu )>■■.. ■ •:i.- clicil violent do lii m North Carolina over the \vr* ■.-( nd. Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskill, 6(1. and 1 er gra.'.d-dn ighter. Anno Kit: . ! • >n:. were killed and her son. Willi.i n Gaskill. all of Wiliningt »n. .-ui fered biokon r:i>> and head M.inries ; when a bus struck '.heir pinned <m.' iii Ch rlotte. l)..le King. twelve, daughter ■ : .Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Ring, was struck by ;in automobile ami latally inUi.td i:i I trojit ot her home Mi mile.- ea.-t of I Oreonsb >. • on tin- ISiirliiigt'in rnad. I Mr . A. .1. Starling. Jr.. «•' Wil ' m;-.!•!••!> was ,11-1.iu: 1 v- killed w!ie:i I struck by an automobile a- she step* pod Irom a bus on the Wi ghtville Mcurh highway. Tw ' |>er.-"H- identitied i lions velt Mailman, •*•"> and his >•>•!. I>cd rii k II llmaii. of Paint Fork. ;i Al.idi k(. eounty. were killed w en the ^u'.mnobilc in which they \\' o pas stMige: i«\ «•: turned near Hot Spring.-. Tw n ■' .<■! - we e injured. Four soldier were killed In the crash ■! an Army cargo typo .m plane ear Garland. They we. o iden tified l'o|>e Field author lie- .is Second lieutenant ISich rd (.'«. Ship ley. pilot, Searsdale, <M. Y.: SccoikI Lieutenant I Inward II. Johnson, i" pi In'.. Kayettevillo: and Sergeants itobei: M Aniier.-'in San V.-idv. C'al.. .mil Hubert II Knowlt 'ii. !!•• cheste;'. X. V. Welles' Successor? U. S. AMBASSADOR to Mexico George S. Messersmitli (above) is bcintf mentioned for the post of Undersecretary of State to replace Stunner Welles, who. it is reported, submitted his resignation to Presi dent Koosevelt. (International) Fortresses Raid Orte Important Rail Center North of Rome Is Hit for First Time; Other Places Raided Allied Headquarters in North Africa. Aujr. — (Art—Mviiik Fortresses struck at Orte. rail way center 10 miles north or Koine, for the iirst time. an>7 medium bombers delivered heavy new blows at vital rail targets at Torre Auuuiiiiziata on the Bay of Naples .vesterdjy in the methodical daily destruction ol' the Italian communications system. At t-.IIIIC thill- li^ht . : il medium humbi'i's. dive l.'on.bei.md lighters auged tar and wide ovei the toe nl Italy. laying waste the enemy's gun (>•>.-11i 'lis and rail anil road hulls am! encountering only ^iiu11• opposition in tin aica already i ported nearly di scried. After ttv heavy pounding l>y Am erican 11-211 Maratiili . . 'i.-i.e Aii r.imn/.iata railway \. ru au. in were smutched lad night Ijj ItAF ano Canadian Welling!' Twenty i neiny j '..in- were de stro.ved in the day and night opera- | ; i<.11-. 17 ot them shot down by Imtn i r- and a lighter e-e.i.t iii the raids, j Tillet allied plain an ; ■ ili.u. s: id | an abed lieiidl)l.:.i' < i am.one. Sunday'.- lar re 11 :i» . :. attack.'- i followed a bombardment ol an enemy artillery buttery n tin Ciihi-I : > ■ .hi i oast near I' a • i '< 1 ~ at ill - iiiy . Iteinoon by a I'. i'.i •: tilli-erj .mil d« >i:..yer. Tin return lire -•! the I coastal butteries v.a- inelfectivc, said I an allied naval announci i < lit. I Goebbels Halts Flight From Berlin Ltindun, Aug. 80 (AIM—A mass iniiiii'tKin ill Merl :i le-.dents t., tile* lield.- .mil forc».-.!> > in I'lniKliim I lit* lily t.. e>e.ipe I'ut,iif allied ;.ir i;ikI> 'i:1 ■- l> im- n barred i»y propaganda Mill >'i')' ,1 • t• 1 (f »(*ti!i«*! . .iiv: llinjt t'i [lis|i;itehe- 11<>:si Spam <; ,!h I- m. Imi- ;nx> tii.it .'im 1' nl,% :t Merlin may le vc his in.:>ie V.1^!1' vvfth<»nl im approved rea son. ;"H* Merli line j• ••nlfiit >>1 the Madrid liewspape: ABC said, ex plain.iik tluit the rule \va.- ;id(ij»ted (Continued on 1'atte Two.) Peanut Growers Ask Increase In Price Set For 1943 Crop Wahilr.itnn. All?'. :>(».— (AIM ,\ delegation dl tte:irly KM) pe n u Kt'ower- I om North I -no .Hid Cciiini,! today urjjecl j;>v trntnenf <11 !<•!..I 4 I., | j,j ||u, '•ii peanuts t., «.« cents j, pound (i,,. >< ill'. Tli'v addressed their rec|ue.-t to ,i IV 1IpI-i.ii. pie idcnt of the On "ma ity Credit Corporation and asswiiiu win* f««id administrator. I lie ( ( ( .ind the Win* food adp i-trntiou recently announc <1 tin urowcis wmi|<l he paid ,.pp,..vl ly 7.2 (flit:- ,i pound. The CCC winci h.i subsidizing the cr-p v. ouli luni i •! I 11 n- |h,iiiu!> |,i imikc.-siii'. I": S.6t II | fund. I.i ir lt<>uci Scilhind Nee I;. N. C'.. iit'1 lllii <<> -111,111 lof | ho )J|n\\ ( : . divhircd (lie rc<|t otrri Jt.t; ceiit» price \\ii- (lie .-imic ;is the one m'I j for the i!i|J crop by the officc of ' iidiniiii>1,iilioii when II i"|lcd IkicI; price.- from .i|>|i|(i\inmlc|v 10 j wnl.'. Iii> 1 \< ar. "Wo lliink «*iir dcni.iitd i- very i i" lie dd I.m (I. "piirliculiirly j when vou consider incrcaycri ■ "I pi ■ Klitrf !• ii. Kvrn I he Aovcrnnitnl ■ d' -,i! I;ii>ni ci'.il- hltve c,lined 17 j cent iinrl ni.v y »i (In- growers i-pori ii much higher fis*" • Move Comes As Surprise Development Berlin Communique Says City was 'Evacuated According to Pian' After Being Destroyed London, Anjr. •"><>— (AI') — The Germans announced today the abandonment of Tajranroj?, southern anchor <»1" the 1,500 mile Russian front, in a sur prise retreat indicating the nazis' entire southern front po sit i» ns are crumbling. Witii the fall of this import ant Sea of Azov port to the vic toriously onrusliinjr lied army, the capture of Stalino, Hitler's southern front headquarters 70 inili-s to the northwest, may fol low soon. Taganrog, said the Germans in their daily high cumimiid cnm munititic. was "evacuated accord ing to plan" after being "ciim pletcly dsetrovcd." It was an other of thf. so-c:ill:'d "strategic withdrawals" which German propagandists have been at pains to coin.* s:. mzi tiiuinphs 'Hie li.II Taj'.: iuog i- as a snip; i.-e. • 'iii >• u im n no report «>f Ir uy i.„:" .1;: n this re gion rec ntiy :.<!i c :tii-•: M< -iiw or Berlin. Im*. n.c |> •Mtmii <il the city had boe oil, .ously imperiled since the l.'ussiai!.- raptured thf railway • lalii'ii hi li nelsl:n - Amv rnsievka ins! a week ago. cut;. ^ Taganrog's mly rail lino :•> ti;,. no in and west. IJniietsUo-AmvrnMevUa is 4(1 miles north ol Taganrog. Kvaeuation <>t Taganrog makes it clear tint the whole right flank of the German army is compromised and indieates that a general pulling hark, started with the Soviet offensive in the Donets basin a few days ago, has lieen stepped up. Tagat.rog had been heavily forti ticd In- the Gersr.i's, and its re capture bv tin* I{u.->iaiis indicates the powe. 1 in* i i.out lied army drive. l...-t year-.- Soviet of tensive, which lieu :i v. 'h tiif victory at Stalingrad, wept mi p. >1 Ko.-tov in tlii- regi 'it. h ■' stoppfd .iu.-t short cast and r " l <•! Tag .irog in the laci' nl \ "Ifiit na/.i dc!ciisu of the city. There was n-i immediate indirn t'i m whetiie.- < if in an> would attempt to stand a lew miles west uf Taganrog <»n the west bank of the Mitts river, or withdraw soma (ill miles farthe:1 to lite west to Marirpo!. The lifil.n ii i said the Ku-sians had s iUercd h< a-.y i mainly tin • gh mini I Ui. left l>v the re treating lit-. i. .n tin. Taganrog area. TWO ARMY BOMBERS COLLIDE; 14 DEAD 1 l.i. \ ai l Neb.. Aug. :ill.—(API Two loin cng iif.l • i i iifi - from the Harvard A i v A. H i e collided and er shed near here late Saturday night. killing all 1! men aboard the piano, t if lia.-i- pub'i.e relations of ticc announced : ulay. The plant's wi ic on a routine night flight, thf base rfjiorlcd. N. C. Prison Gets Award War Production Board Presents Its 'National Service' Pennant for Aid in War Effort K.ili'ieli. \tic. SO.—(AIM—The war production hoard has awarded its "national service" liennant to the North Carolina prison department for its contri bution to the war cflort. I'enat Director Oscar I'itts said today. Tin1 pennant i.» mi ilar ti> the "B" award gi\cn l>v the U'1'15 to plants ami r- ;•>!■ oat.-'ancling achieve tneiit mi producing war material*. Ai 'UK the things being done by the prison system uro frnduction of shirt- at the women'.- prison here for i.-c I'v the Naw: extra tarni efforts m raising additional Iniits. vege table*. eatlle and hogs: the manufac ture ot w asliei > and tool boxes for the Navy: the teaching of prisoners t-> he welders: and supplying labor to repair the railroad from Golds hoi o to More head City. A pennant raising ceremony will b held at Central Pri.-on on a date i to be ft 1 ctccl.
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