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WEATHER CLOUDY Paper That Serve Southwestern Virginia Eastern Tennessee and Eastern 72nd YEAR NUMBER 14711 THE BRISTOL HERALD COURIER THURSDAY MORNING JULY 17 1941 THREE CENTS rvn UVU Ky DIES SUDDENLY RUSSIANS CAPTURED SEARCHED AND MARCHED AWAY fff I Government May Make Choice Between Contradictory Ties With Germany and Russia By The Associated Press TOKYO Thursday July The cabinet of Prince Fumimaro Konoye which allied Japan with Germany and Italy and a few months later entered a neutrality accord with Soviet Russia an- Men in these three pictures are described by German sources as Russian prisoners captured on the German soldier searches the captives Upper right The raptured crew of a Soviet bunker walks upraised Lower right A column of Russians whom Germans say were' raptured in early stages to a prison camp eastern war front Left: A through the field with hands of the fighting marches away Version Submitted by White House Assistant Termed by Chairman Reynolds WASHINGTON July 16 The Senate military committee called on the war and navy departments and the Office of 'l Emergency Management today to draft an acceptable property seizure bill after a version sponsored by the White House had been termed by Chairman Reynolds (D-NC) and others Reynolds told reporters that a new draft of the bill submitted to the committee by Wayne Coy a White House assistant representing the OEM had aroused considerable opposition at a lengthy closed session of the committee this morning The new version proposed that President Roosevelt be given authority to seize he deemed nepded for national defense It stipulated however that this action irflght not be taken until other means of obtaining the use of such property have been Senator Lodge (R-Mass) called this draft much broader than a version previously submitted by Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson which would have limited requisition action to specifically defined military articles needed for the army and navy One committee member who asked not to be quoted by name said the question was raised whether the White House-sponsored version would permit the transfer of seized property to Russia since it provided only that the articles in question be required the defense of the United and did not actually limit them to items' necessary for the army and navy There was strong oppositing to any such course this member said Reynolds said he thought the proposal was broader in scope than the bill previously submitted by the war department i in fact too i For this reason he said the committee had directed Patterson Coy and Capt Claude A Jones of the n3Vy department to redraft the measure into form acceptable to the war and navy departments and the OEM ordering the compromise version submitted at a meeting tomorrow afternoon American Planes May Soon End Nazi Air Supremacy Aircraft Year Book of 1941 Predicts Tremendous Production Added to English Output Will Have Decisive Influence on Trend of War I ig IX 1- t- ir ry re re er th BS en ts he on y- en ic- n's ed ire ith re Nazis Claim Troops Advancing Rapidly on Leningrad Russian Warships Shell Riga (By The Associated Press) German troops were reported today (Thurs) to have stabbed to within 110 miles of Moscow and to be advancing toward Leningrad while Russians themselves acknowledged a deep German thrust to the vicinity of Smolensk only 230 miles short of the capital 1 A German news agency DNB dispatch from the eastern front declared that German speed troops cleared a battlefield of several thousand Russians encircled in a forest near Gorodishche two days ago and had swept on to the east Authoritative German sources said the village is near Rzhev on the Riga-to-Mos-cow railway and is about 110 miles west of Moscow Russian acknowledgement of the German advance to Smolensk abrupt unfavorable turn in Soviet wes contained in an early morning Moscow communique which reported that heavy battles were in progress in the Smolensk area A Soviet reference to fighting about Bobruisk which for some time had been behind and west of the front suggested that the Germans had been thrown back in that sector by as much as 50 miles Too unofficial G'man claims that Nazi troops in the north were rapidly advancing on Leningrad were in effect denisd by the Soviet war bulletins with the declaration that fighting in that sector still was centered about Pskov more than 150 miles southwest of that important city Similarly the German drive on Kiev the Ukrainian capital was described as still held up in the region of Novograd Volynski 130 miles to the west Nazis Say Reds In Disorderly Retreat Berlin's story of the Leningrad front issued not by the high command but through the German news agency DNB in advance and possibly in anticipation of early morning communique was to the effect that Soviet forces were in dis- orderly retreat and -only able to It was asserted that the Russians wore "deteriorating more and more into disorganized and that their apparent chief hope was to hold the Nazi advance long enough to prepare a new defense line The disruption of hundreds of miles of vital Russian railways was claimed While a heavy reactivation of the whole front wbs thus indicated London heard reports of a resumption of naval action Soviet warships it was said had shelled Riga the capital of the Russian Baltic border province of Latvia whose capture had been claimed some time ago by the Nazis It was added that Red warplanes bombed the city The Russians yesterday showed increasing confidence Erased upon thq fact manifest at that timev that generally the second phase' of the Nazi invasion was finding obstacles of the most difficult sort Soviet Aviation Holding Its Own Even in London where British allies have been most reserved their predic- (Sce Page Two Column Five) NEW YORK July 16 (AP) The expanding flow of American aircraft into the British war effort is destined says the Aircraft Year Book of 1941 to end German air supremacy within the next few months and make Britain the dominant and perhaps decisive fighter of the skies The year book edited by Howard Mingos will be published tomorrow by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America It predicts that tremendous airplane production in the United States added to thef greatly increased production in England may have a influence on the trend of the war in coming increase in American aircraft production under the national defense program is recognized by all informed persons to be an industrial miracle and one destined to become a decisive factor in ultimately ending the cataclysmic struggle between democracy and This year says the year book American industry will turn out 18000 planes and next year un- der present programs 30000 will be produced Since July 1940 7000 war planes were constructed and during the 20 months of the war so far 3500 American military planes once considered a formidable airforce alone have been ordered by the British and delivered the year book says Here are the year book's statistics on increased production: 2141 warplanes built in 1939 5800 in 1940 1131 in January (See Page Two Column Seven) HENRY SHIRLEY 6 Virginia Shocked by Sudden Passing of Highway Commissioner at Home RICHMOND Va July 16 (IP) Henry Garnett Shirley 66 one of the leading road engineers and chairman of the Virginia State Highway Commission since 1922 died at his home today while dictating a letter to a secretary Although he had been confined to his home by illness since the first of the year his death at 9:45 a came as a shock to friends and associates He suffered a heart attack in the fall of 1938 and never had been in robust health since that time Shirley was appointed to the Virginia highway post in 1922 by the late Governor Lee Trinkle and was reappointed by Governors Byrd Pollard Peery and Price He was one of the founders and first president of the American Association of State Highway Officials and was the only president to be accorded the distinction of re-election He also was a past president of the American Road Association Surviving are his second wife the former Miss Sara Berkeley of Richmond five children by a previous marriage Robert Shirley of Charles Town Va Augustus Graham Shirley of Pearisburg Va Mrs Leon Otis of Philadelphia Mrs Fred Patterson of Columbia and Miss Alice Shirley of Richmond a grandson Henry Shirley 2nd a brother George Shirley of Charles Town Va and three sisters Misses Mary Ruth and Julia Shirley all of Charles Town Funeral services will be conducted at 3 Thursday at St James Episcopal church here and burial will be in Hollywood cemetery As state highway commissioner Shirley headed the biggest agency which is charged with the maintenance and development of a 47000-mile system of roads He also was one of the highest paid employes with a salary of $12500 an amount $2500 greater than the During his long service with the state the commissi -ner had a number of offers from ther states of higher-salaried positions all of which he declined Devoted Most Of His Life To Road Building Practically all of his career was spent as a road builder He was born at Locust Bale Jefferson county Va in October 1874 the son of the late Robert Vinson and Mrs Julia Baylor Shirley and attended Charles Town Academy before entering Virginia Military Institute from which he was graduated' in 1896 with the degree 'Of civil engineer He played end on the football team and won (See Page Two Column Three) I 4 i SAYS REDS 10 CONTINUE FIT Envoy Says Armies Will Retire Behind Urals If Defeated in West By The Associated Press LONDON July A pledge that even if disaster befell the west the Red armies would retire behind the Ural Mountains and fight on from the vast remote spaces of Asiatic Russia was made today by Russian Ambassador Ivan Maisky he said in an interview planned dispersal of heavy and light industries vital to the war effort to guard against air attack Moscow fall a catastrophe which I do not believe will occur we will fight on supplied by these factories and growing industries hidden in the Urals "The British have a song a long way to Well a long way to the industries which will maintain the Red army against Germany a long hard way by air or For example he said that while the Leningrad industrial section was threatened by the German offensive the area was not in any case vital to Soviet war production Some air observers here supported him in the contention that Russia has plants which are for practical purposes simply beyond effective nazi reach For they recalled German reports had er claimed the sort of heavy tacks on Russian industries as had been accomplished in the far more accessible British midlands SECRETARY KNOX AT JACKSONVILLE JACKSONVILLE July 16 (P) Secretary o( the Navy Frank Knox came here in a drizzle today and took a look at the vast area 'destined soon to become one of the largest marine corps bases in the country The secretary and Major General Thomas Holcomb commandant of the marine corps were accompanied by Rep Graham A Barden of New Bern who introduced them to a host of city county and other public officials on hand to greet them This afternoon they went to Onslow Beach where contingents of marines will conduct landing maneuvers tomorrow and Friday CHUNGKING China July 16 (IP) The immediate reaction In Chinese circles tonight to the resignation of the Japanese cabinet- was the belief that some drastic move planned by the' Japanese militarists but opposed by the moderates had split the government of Prince Fumimaro Konoye A momentous turn in Japanese foreign policy was forecast nounced today it had resigned to permit formation of a government more capable of with the ever-changing world The premier journeyed to the imperial summer villa at Ha-yama on the seacoast southwest of Tokyo to present the en bloc resignation to Emperor Hirohito last night The sovereign asked him to remain in office until a successor could be chosen dispatches give no clear indication of what direction Japanese imperial policy may take as a result of a change in government but there has been recently a rising tide of sentiment in favor of siding with Germany against Russia and increasing clamor against what is called encirclement on by the United States Britain China and now the Soviet Union (The British-Russian alliance the strengthening of British American and Dutch defenses in southeastern Asia and the possibility that the United States aid might reach Russia by way of Vladivostok have been viewed with alarm in Japan) The phrasing of the announcement of its fall indicated that Konoye who al- (See Page Two Column Five) Five-Year Program Calls for Outlay Approximately $1000000000 WASHINGTON July 16 Foreseeing defense expenditures on the scale of $3000000000 a month by 1943 the Federal Power Commission proposed to President Roosevelt today a vast electric power expansion to keep the wheels whirling The program calling for the expenditure of about $1000000-000000 would be undertaken over a five-year period to add approximately 9000000 kilowatts to the country's present Capacity of around 42000000 kilowatts The Reconstruction Finance Corporation would be required to advance exceeding $150000-000 to $200000000 a to private and public utilities on a self-liquidating basis to help finance the expansion is no question about this investment being the commission said all the proposed units would be installed in the normal course of total investment in steam stations will average about $75-000000 to $100000000 a year in addition to the cost of the generator said Leland Olds (See Page Two Column One) ray said were provided for in current plans The CIO idea in brief contemplates the immediate creation of a joint management-labor council for the aluminum industry to supervise the execution of a calling for: 1 Construction of aluminum plants with a 1000000000 pound capacity 2 Expansion of the Arkansas mining properties producing bauxite from which aluminum is made accumulation of stockpiles of South American bauxite 3 Rationing of non-defense uses of power and the construction of steam generating facilities to supply the power needed in the production of 1000000000 pounds of aluminum 4 Training of a labor force under union auspices for the op- (See Page Two Column Two) 1 IP 111 HS SECOND DRAFT DRAWING WILL BE HELD TONIGHT WASHINGTON July 16 Eight hundred carefully guarded capsules were tossed about on a canvas today to insure a thorough mixing of the numbers for tomorrow second draft drawing which will determine the order in which 750000 young Americans are called uP to qualify for military training The capsules were rolled back and forth by draft officials to avoid a recurrence of criticisms concerning the order of drawing which followed the first lottery last October There were some complaints then that the high numbers which were poured into the bowl last came up early in the drawing in a disproportionately large number of cases The drawing is scheduled to start at 7 (EST) with blind-folded high government officials pulling the first capsules Weather 2000 AFL SHIPYARD WORKERS Oil 5IIE Galveston Walkout Halts Repair Work on Nine Merchant Vessels (By The Associated Press) Repair work on nine merchant vessels was halted yesterday when some 2000 AFL workers walked off their jobs at the Todd Galveston Dry Docks Inc Galveston Tex The seized Italian ship Colorado was among the vessels The men struck altar the union and the company had been unable to reach an understanding based on a master shipyards agreement worked out recently at New Orleans The agreement covers such issues as a closed shop and a system for apprentices The firm has a contract wath the maritime commission for ship repairs Washington mediators announced their inability to bring about settlement of a dispute between the Western Cartridge Company Alton 111 and an AFL union representing 550 workers in the firm's smokeless powder division However the defense mediation board said that the union had agreed to postpone a threatened strike until the board could make further recommendations The AFL Chemical Workers Union has been asking wage increases to 85 cents from present minimums of 60 cents wath adjustments in higher brackets The plant holds government ammunition orders totaling $8000000 A fist-fight episode which sent one man to a hospital marked a shut down of operations at the Patterson-Leitch steel fabricating plant in Cleveland Several others were knocked down during bat- (See Page Two Column Five) 0 ill BEGUN IT HIKE Southwest Virginia Operators UMW Discuss Derails of New Contract ROANOKE Va July 16 Virginia coal operators and the United Mine Workers began negotiations at Hotel Roanoke today on details of a district contract covering 18000 miners at 36 mines in Southwestern Virginia The new two year district contract will include the new $700 a day basic wage and other provisions already agreed on by Appalachian coal operators and the union 1 Spokesmen for both the operators and the union said preceding the opening conference that they believe several days at least will be required to work out details not included in the master contract but left to each district to negotiate These include it was explained safety committees in each mine house rents at each operation hospitalization and medical treatment Headed by Rogers of Big Stone Gap president of the Virginia Coal Operators Association and vice president of the Stonega Coal and Coke Company the operators negotiating committee is (See Page Two Column Two) Robert St John Witness- Other Vessels Damaged ed Invasion of in Low Level Raid on Balkans and Greece I Rotterdam Harbor (By The Associated Press) LONDON July 16 The RAF reported bomb hits on a 15900 ton ship and many other vessels in a daring low level raid on Rotterdam harbor today but acknowledged loss of four planes to increasing swarms of German fighters believed to have been shifted from the Russian front to the western air The official account of the Rotterdam raid said several squadrons of Blenheim bombers made direct hits manv ships including one vessel of over 15000 tons and a number of otheis between 2090 and and caused heavy damage to ware- NEW YORK July 16 Robert St John an Associated Press foreign correspondent described torrght some of the horrors of warfare he witnessed in the Balkans and in Greece during which he was wounded by machine-gumfire St John who reached New York Sunday was introduced over the Red network of the National Broadcasting Company by Kent Cooper general manager of the Associated Press who said he was proud to present the correspondent as his chief but on behalf of all the news men with whom he has been serving St John began his story in (See Page Two Column Two) I REPORTS BOMB mis on sie snip 1 (See Page Two Column One) ments about Russian counter attacks repulsed on many fronts refute German claims of confusion dismay and impending disintegration in Russian ranks All of that may come In fact the gist of war news contains some sombre items from the Russian viewpoint Chief of these is a Moscow communique acknowledging that the Germans have advanced to the vicinity of Smolensk which is only 230 miles short of Moscow Even before this communique was issued there had been indications that Nazis lq the Vitebsk and Mogliev sectors north and south respectively of the great eastward bend of the Dnieper river at Orsha were striving to thrust forward to Smolensk INTERPRETING THE WAR NEWS- CIO Has Plan To Increase Production Of Aluminum Fourth Week Of Russian Warfare Waning Without Prospect Conclusive Nazi Win VIRGINIA: Showers some- what cooler In the interior Thursday fair and cooler 4 Thursday night Friday fair in morning and increasing cloudl- ness in afternoon followed by light showers in west portion TENNESSEE and KEN- TUCKY: Generally fair Thurs-f -J day preceded by light showers in extreme east portion Thurs- day morning fair Thursday night Friday mostly cloudy with light local showers not much change in temperature 1 WEST VIRGINIA: Generally fair and somewhat cooler pre- I ceded by light showers in east portion Thursday morning fair Thursday night Friday increasing cloudiness and slightly I warmer followed by light show- 1 ers 1 NORTH CAROLINA: Mostly it cloudy with thundershowers I Thursday Friday partly cloudy and slightly wanner scattered afternoon showers' a 1 the I coast 1 Weather bureau records of temperature for the 24 hours lending 8 Included: Station 82 HAMBONE MEDITATIONS By Alley I IS PE date STRAIGHT IS PE WAT VO(J FlN IT AT MO NlNETT-MULE-A-HOUR-TOU MATTER PUT OM PE BRAKES nutMMd Tb- -4iet Ik Tr4 naiN OC WASHINGTON July 16 (A1) Philip Murray president of the CIO submitted to President Roosevelt today a plan to increase vital aluminum production by 1000000000 pounds a year The plan was sent to the White House shortly after William Knudsen and'Sidney Hillman directors of the Office for Production Management had announced that there would be no new aluminum available for civilian use and that an confronted the government in supplying fabricated aluminum parts for defense production Murray told Mr Roosevelt that since the production of aluminum at the heart of the defense the I CIO Aluminum Workers of America had prepared a program to Jirodiice 1000000-000 pounds a year This would be in addition to the approximately 2000000000 pounds which Mur By KIRKE SIMPSON The fourth week of supposed six-week timetable for smashing Russian resistance is waning with only one thing certain about the titanic struggle: that no conclusive German victory is yet in sight Even by account Red armies are still intact and fighting There has been no collapse in the north under Nazi-Finnish thrusts from the Arctic to the Baltic In the south no irreparable breach has been carved in defenses spanning the continent from the Baltic to the Black Sea Many days ago the Germans forecast victories that would stagger the world's imagination but the predictions remain -unfulfilled recent state- In this north-central area and in the companion German drive toward Kiev in the Novograd-Volynsk-Zhitomir sector lie the greatest danger of crushing disaster for Russian armies Unquestionably the 100 miles of front from Vitebsk to Zhitomir is held by the flower of the Red army A repetition there of the successful Nazi entrapment that took place in the first phase of the great battle west and north of the Pripet marshes could shatter the whole Russian defense concept perhaps destroy qven the possibility of successful withdrawal on the w'hole front That the Soviet high command recognizes that danger js obvious (See Page Two Column Two) Asheville 80 Atlanta 86 Chicago 77 Cincinnati 94 Pittsburgh- 5 Roanoke 77 Washington 90.