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NINETIETH YEAR
Ecdairu Orton. Thursday Mcrniag, July 11, 1910
Price 3ci Newsstands 5c
No. 63
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Mane
State's Case
Is Rested in
Deputy Trial
Marsh Concludes Showing
Evidence; Defense
:.' tl to Open
Bowers , S t a t e Auditor,
s Identifies Checks -During
Day
.Special Prosecutor Francis E.
Marsh rested the state's case, early
In- the afternoon yesterday in the
trial of William York Richardson,
charged with larceny of "523,520
. of Marion county funds.
Marsh's action, which occurred
in the third ifay of the trial and
after only two days of testimony
by prosecution witnesses,- con
trasted strongly with the ten days
required to present state's evi
dence In the trial of David G
Drager, Richardson's one - time
chief in the Marion county treas
urer's office, held last February,
It was not known whether the
prosecutor would Introduce more
evidence during: the rebuttal perK
od allowed, or would depend on
that already introduced in the tes
timony of Bernard C. Davis and
Floyd Bowers, state auditors
whose investigations of Marion
county bocks in 1935 revealed al
leged discrepancies In the treas
urer s office. - ;
Bowers, who was In charge of
the 193 8 audit, held the stand
during the morning; session. His
testimony consisted In identifying
-hecHs issued on Marion county
funds which were allegedly in set
tlement of personal obligations of
urager ana Richardson.
Conflicts Shown . J '
by Aaditor . t -j "
The auditor also told of con
flicting accounts, which Richard?
son gave f shortages . on-the
treasurer's books after, these were
shown to him in NovenrtrerH938.
He reported Richardson as say
ing that he would "go to work on
it and try to check It out" when
the question of the shortage was
first presented, to him and told
that afterwards the defendant
said that the shortage extended
(Tnrn to page 9, col. 7)
I
Paul Hauler's : Column
We were wishing yesterday
that our desk: were larger. If It
were larger, about as large as the
news room." in
fact, then we
wouldn't have
needed to bother
cleaning it out. j
It was getting to
a point Where ' t
strangers needed 1 1
a guide with..: a '
miner's lamp to
get by it end an-
i
w e r coming
around . taring
if they could
dig under it for
skeletons. Paul H. Har, Jr. j
So we . cleaned it ; out and
found: - ' .: L. 'if:J
A letter frora - V. A. -Balle-
t y n e , jr., proteatiag that the
Wheatland' Ferry is:, really, the
HS Daniel Matheny not OUR
Wheatland Ferry) , . . A let
ter from Mra. Roland West of
tiie West M nab room company
... an old pipe and no tobacco
... A note from our good
friend Marion Averill written -on
the stationery of the Hotel '
Edmnnd Meany in Seattle,
built in : such - a ' peculiar way
that every room is on the cor- .
er. : . , t . k , ,
Bob ; Taplinger, .the , Warner
Bros. ' press , agent. , thanking us
tor a column and advising . ns
tbey can't let ns have Ann Sheri
dan this summer , . Calling card
of Bert Iladdow Creighton, Lieu
tenant Commander, United States
Kaval Reserve . . . Long letter
from Graee Elizabeth - Savage - of
Topanga Canyon, "Calif., and pic
ture inclosed of her and Betty
Lou Lacy . . ' 4 Spurious . missile
which was really from Dorothy
Keeton of Kankakee, Illinois . . .
clipping telling about a fellow
who h e a r d a package making
funny noises, dunked it in a tab
of water, and theh beard the
package, still noisy, gurgle, "This
is radio station KTSM, El Paso."
. . . Two forgotten letters, war
back from January, ! and one a
special delivery, from 15. D. Mc
Donald of Portland who was wor
ried about wild horses (Our horse
authority assures as, "Mr. McDon
ald, that wild horses are good tor
naught and that only one in s
thousand would make a rideable
critter.) . .
' Found a f 1 o e k of old - bank
statements jind cancelled vouch
; (Turn to page 8, col. 5)
Our
Senators
Mayor's Proclamation
I by the power rested in me as Mayor of the Gty
of Salem, Oregon, do. hereby proclaim that Monday, July
15, 1940, will be the official date upon which the general
wearing of Centennial costumes by the male residents of
Salem shall begin. 1 :- ' '! i! ,
I farther proclaim that beginning Monday, July 22,
1940, all female residents of Salem shall don Centennial
garb and wear it from that date until the end of the
Centennial, August 4, 1940. - - -'' -
. . Let it further be proclaimed that the Chamber of
Commerce, the Salem Whisk erino Club, the Salem Police
Reserve and others connected with the : celebration of
Salem's Centennial, shall be duly constituted as agencies
to enforce the wearing of costumes.' "
? W. W. CHADCK,
5 ' : . Mayor of. Salem
City's Aii
thority
In Costuming Decrees
Kangaroo Court Trial,
for Those Who Do not Ahide hy Rules
for Centennial Garb
The 'authority" of the cityi government was placed yes
terday behind Salem Centennial commission's plans to "en
courage j every citizen to don
bration of the capital s 100th birthday.
Menj proclaimed Mayor W. W. Chadwick, must "go
1840" beginning next Monday, and women, he decreed, are
expected tq appear in the styles ofO
1840 to I860 by July 22.
Enforcement oi the mayor's
costume decree will be undertak
en by special committees from the
chamber : of commerce, the Whis
kerinos and the city police re
serve, E. H. Bingenheimer, chair
man of the costume committee,
announced.' ,
s. Whether! or not men of the city
wear old-fashioned coats Is op
tional but they are urged at least
to put on a pioneer type of hat
and brightlcolored shirts, Bingen
heimer said.'
Styles for women call for long.
full skirts and the frills of "1840-
Threat of trial by kangaroo
court and i; penalties of fines or
confinement in a stockade to be
erected by the Whiakerinos face
non-conformists, according to a
release from " Centennial head
quarters. The release goes so far
as to say that "in very extreme
eases kangaroo court defendants
may be dipped in an old-fashioned
horse trough.
Jap
anese Demand
-Insult" Apology
SHANGHAI,' July 10-flV-AntI-
Ameriean agitation based on the
recent arrest of Japanese gen
darmes by United States marines
culminated, tonight in a mass-
meeting at which Japanese resi
dents demanded an official apolo
gy for the ."Insult." .
It was a sober gathering, how
ever, devoid or extravagant
speeches, and some,, observers
gathered the impression that Jap
anese officials were beginning to
soft-pedal the excitement.
Domei, ' the Japanese news
agency, did not mention the meet
ing. - $ -; - J--: " " r '
The newspaper Tairika Shimpo,
however, printed a fresh diatribe
against' the US marines for their.
senseless.: cruelty'. " and. said -rll
gendarmes ? had -been injured
through rongh- handling during
their five-hour 'detention.-.'--- '&rt
Colonel : Dewitt: Peck, United
States' marines commander, said
only 4 three jot Mho IS, Larrested
while armed and in civilian cloth
ing In the United States defense
area. Lot the International settle
ment, were bruised badly enough
to require ."iodine treatment."
' Blaze Destroys Home
A small four-room house at
2384 Adams street owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Larry - Wrlgnt - was
mined and all furnishings oe-
stroyed by a fire which broke
out there; Ute yesterday after
noon. The ! Wrights were away at
the time. .
Hot Words Hurled as Fran ce
Is Voted Totalitarian- Rule
vtp HY.r France. July 1 0H?V
Bltter accusations or responsibili
ty for Fr4mee's defeat by nasi
legions threw the national assem
bly Into aft uproar tonight as it
formally voted approval for Pre
Marshal Henri Philippe Pe-
tain to form an authoritarian re
gime for vrhat s ie
t. filial Joint! vote of both
houses wis announced as 569 to
SO with 15 abstentions.
Franca ! thus wm sfloruy
wir totalitarian constitution
-rnAtAA f ter those of the very
axis powej-s which, conquered and
ended thti thira repuonc.
Fetain Was absent loaay.
Pierre i Laval, f orm er foreign
minister ind proponent la years
past of c:,oeo Franco-ItR'.iaa rela
tions, represented the 8 4-year-old
marshal-premier. '
Laval sail the new constitu
tion would be presented to the
people for approval la a national
referenda".?, but he did, not say
tow tLe v:te would ce conaoctea
Stockade Punishment Set
garb appropriate to the cele
.
tity to tall in
$33,000 in Bonds
Street Assessment Take
Provides Funds for
Retirement i
The Salem city treasury has ac
cumulated enough cash in Its im
provement bond sinking fund to
make possible calling in another
I Ti.H0 0. worth of Bancroft bonds.
City Treasurer 1 Paul H. i Haaser
announced yesterday. -
Hauser said a resolution would
be presented to the city council
next Monday night authorizing
the calling of this sum in bonds
which would otherwise mature In
1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944. They
are bearing 34 per cent Interest..
The city's street Improvement
bond debt, if the latest operation
is carried oat, will be cot from
$400,107.30 to $312,107.30 by
the close of 1940, the treasurer
said. The city has paid off 841,
000 regularly maturing this year
and already -has called in a S14,-
000 block of these bonds in ad'
vance of their normal retirement
date.
The rapid bond retirement pro
gram has been made possible In
part by heavy receipts of street
assessment : receipts. The city has
collected $37,147.79 from this
source in the first six months of
the year, or an average of 86191
29, Hauser pointed out.
Jungles Geared l
By, Salem Police
Salem police officers cleared
out the . city's' "Jungles," hobo
camps .in the Southern f Pacific
yards and along Minto slough as
Chief Frank A. - Minto declared
war on the. squatters who- inhabit
them. ; -! " . . -"It
'always gets bad this; time
ot year . and these fellows cause
lots ot trouble," Minto explained.
"I've told my boys to make them
move on and to tear down their
shacks.. : . ; ;
Thieve Collect $71.59
From Highway Mart Till
Thieves who got into the High
way Food "store oa the j Pacific
highway a quartet mile north of
Salem sometime Tuesday night
took 8 7 1. 6 9 in coins and currency
from the till and- from a hidden
money sack, according to a re
port received by city police from
state troopers. j
in divided, impoverished, tihoccu
pled France. . ' - - .
Germans now occupy, half the
country, France's soldlera are In
concentration camis or ton the
march to them, and the French
navy mainly has been seized or
sunk by Britain. ; ? i - ' j f
Today members la both parlia
mentary groups sought to place
the blame for France's heavy de
feat, and. the Toots' ot bitterness
were deep. X -;-:v-
Aged Edonard Herrlot, presi
dent of the chamber of. deputies,
leaped to his feet soon after the
session began to shout a violent
defense of Edouard Daladier, for
mer premier, and other promin
ent absentees, when their names
were hissed in a roll calL
Paul Heynaud, the premier who
succeeded Daladier and who was
pushed . out of office . wUea he
wanted to continue the war
a gainst Germany from 1 French
north Africa, eat Impassively, his
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FDR declares
Overseas War
Isn't for US
; i
President Asks Congress
for Billions More
for Defense
States "We Will Repel
Aggression Against
the US..."
WASHINGTON,; July 10-UFV-
Fresident Roosevelt, declaring the
country must prepare for ''total
defense," asked congress for $4,-
S4S.171.957i additional for - the!
army ,and navy today,, and pro-
ciaimea tms two-iom policy:
We win not sena our men to
take part la! European wars.
"But. we will renel aggression
against the -United States or the I
western hemisphere."
The huge outlay, which would i
brnig the session's appropriations
and contract authorizations for
the armed forces to 810,100,
078,270; is designed to sive the
nation a start on its "two-ocean'
navy, a combined army-navy air
tnrrtk tt ihnnt 3ft AAA nlanen and
modern veapons and equipment!11 brief ceremony to President Roosevelt's oval office Henry Stimson, republican and secretary of
for a land force of 2,000,000 men. I state in President Hoover's cabinet, was sworn m yesterday as the new secretary of war succeed
A measure authorizing t h e
two-ocean" Inavy was approved
by the senate late today, after one
hour's debate! and without a sin
gle audible fno." This measure,
which passed the house some
time ago, carries no funds but
permits the navy to lay its plans
In anticipation of later approprla
tions.
Senator Connallv (D. Tex.1.
during debate on the bill, said
two-ocean navy was needed so
that If we want to make faces at
Europe we can, or If we want to
tell the Japs where to get off we
can do it." !
Measure Provides
: w
- Themeasare, authorizlig a
seven-year building program to
-aa tnn ...vi.. i..
now goes back to the house forV"a""'
.i i. j . i aav mornxag. " 1
In a special message wariiing
of
grare danger to democratic
rr TTA rZ.l " .
tbrnnti VJrmT.na worv f
through sacrifice and work a&df
The pledge that so men would
v.,
be sent to European wars brought
immediate, . approving" J response
iromfOM.Hiwatuw
, - . . . .
who have expressed fear. that. the
nation was heeding .toward war.
a great victory for the
(Turn to page 12, col. 1)
Finger Pressure -
Tells1 of Suicide
fadPi?reS; Ifl
fading press are of a dying man si.
fingers "confessed" suicide today.
nr. Jo-enh eTnari Bf th state
crime laboratory said John Len-J
non, 35, GOale farmer, slashed
his
wrist and fractured his -jaw
chewing a dynamite cap until
by
it
exploded. The man, unable to
speak his denial of an attack, in
dica ted replies to questions by
squeezing the doctor's-hand.
Sheriff M.f (R.,; Calhoun r st
Helens first bought Lennoa -was
beaten la -ir attack-but . could
find no evidence of; a .scuffle v
Six Mcmtlisr
In Traffic High
.. i
Itfiffc 1 ft A mnaiu UllAii In traf-
fic
1940. Oregon set a new high
of
record since 1137 , i jr - I
Twenty nine more persons were 1
m.,,,- .!.- .. 1
1540 than during the first .six
months of -19 1 9, Secretary, of
State Earl Snell reported . Wed
nesday, , i
The June total of 35 was a new
record; for the month and was an
Increase tt 10 over June, If 39. f
Eight of those killed In June
this year were! pedestrians.
Late Sports
LOS l ANGELES, July 10-ffV-
Nlght game: : --
Portland - f ' I 10 1
Hollywood i . r,.7, ,.7 at 1
I Fallin. Irwin! ( 6 ) . Hfleher ( S )
and Annunzior Tost, .Moncriefl
(71 and Monzo
SAN FRANCISCO. July. IQ-UP)
-Night game: 1
Seattle 11- 1
Ban fTancisco u x
D. BarHtt; Webber M51 ahd
Karse; Epperly, Guay (3), Bal-
ou iiy ana sprins, uotemo.
SACKAMENTO, July 10--
NJ,cht game:
Oakland
Sacramento
.4 9
.3 12
1
3
CantwelL Buxton (9) and w.
Ralmondi; FreStas and Ogrodow-
sk:U - IZu aimSX-'
i BAN DIEGO CallLj July 10-
(P)-Night SBti ' i
Los Angeles ; w
San Diego I. i : 5 12 0
, Weiland and ! Hernandez; Tho-
znts and Detore,
STIMSON TAKES OVER AS WAR CHIEF
ing narry n ooarrng, resign
Kelson (right), administrative
Telemat).
; Convict Has Fast
Trip to Bull Pen
I He Has 30 Minutes Time
Between Escape and
, Punishment j
from state k prison annex
peif la S r miaatei waa tie pace
set. the last step an unwilling
tone, oy jjo.tu. ouuimiwi, -
L,. Z
I lu f..
fere 10 o'clock, made his way to
wby Fairvlew home, took
physician's automobile and
headed toward Salem and, he
T'Z, ir "m
I thought, freedom.
But police radio interrupted
1 OlWUniU JWW.M-V " " -
pjjj George Edwards heard
broadcast concerning hi
cape. Edwards, cruising on South
12th street, spotted the stolen
automobile and gave chase. Si
monsen abandoned the car i In an
alley - near Leslie and University
streets. Edwards used hi two-
way radio to notify headquarters
he was leaving his patrol car, ana
caught his man on 12 th between
Mission and Leslie, at 10:07.
mainpVnenUy. on
. h-,,iMl11 nn'or
Simonsen. 13 minutes later was
t.MnHV.i otTa rters
hole' disciplinary quarters.
i ,,: , f. ; s , 1 i
Says Wct Roads
Okeh for Defense
ORTIJLNDi' " J tt I y KT.-iVrV
Greatmotor tmcki?" loaded ; with
flmmehse logs have tested the mil-
itary -value ;of -three major trans-
state highways;--'-1-"
Henry -FCabelI- of -Portland,
chatrinan ; of the i state' highway
commission; told the; Reed college
Institute of northwest affairs th
Oregon coast, Pacif ic and . The
Dalles-Calif ornia routes could
meet any stress likely to be Im-
I. r?4.-5l?A"UL!;
"i?!w:;Z
r4 s " T" '
in uidb oi . war, w tunBH
"Under present conditions.
though, military necessity should
come before civilian necessity in
future road building. That is good
investment because out of every
Ln.r in hniiiiinr mads for
defense. 95 cents would-be snent
toP roaa,; that would be serviee-
able also in peace time.'
Given Ride, Bed
JAbuI Meal, Then
fRolbs Benefactor
ROSEBURG, July 1 MaVAe-
cused of rob bing his : benefactor.
Lawrence Levi Lewis, 21, of Can-
yonville, . was under arrest here
today.
State Police Sergeant Paul
Morgan said Lewis admitted he
stole 328 from' John D. Burt,
Newberg, niter the latter had gir-
n him a rida from Portland to
creswell, bought him a meal and
fiaa provided a bed for the night.
; J.forran m&lA fewis ia on tiarola
from a burglary sentence In Lane
county. He probably will be rs
turnesl to Eugene. -
r Drowns ill Surf .
20UIIKAHNIB, Ore., July 10-(JVy-A
strong undertow swept Ar
thur Churchill, Jr., If, Portland,
to his death' In the Pacific ocean
hers today. He was surf bathing
Kith 'his brother. Jack, 12, who
atttnpted a rescue, and Gordon
Scott.
ea. ouinsan .cimi.eri is snown laamg ine oatn or on ice irom rwty sj.
secretary in the' executive ofice, in the presence of the presidentAP
She Went Places
Wrong Places
On Her 1st Ride
KANSAS CITY, July 10-(JF-Mrs.
Met Anstin went places
today the first time she took
the wheel of a. car but they
, were the wrong places.
' , With her 23-year-old daugh
' ter. Christine,, beside her to
-lv 4Tfce, ; fir JatendeJUi::
; hack odt of the family drive
way. Instead she went forward
Took off a corner ot the Au
stin ?arage.-. . '
,- Tore off a corner of another
neighbor's home, j
Sped acroae Jackson avenue
"Nothing was coming, praise
the Lord,? said Mrs. Austin
jumped the curb and halted.
. Daughter Christine could
neither help nor give advice
; she fainted early in the s wild
jaunt after her head j bumped
the top. f ' ''"
With neighbors crowded
about, a small, excited ma a
shouldered bis way through. It
' was Mrs. Austin's husband.
' ' "Wht was the accident, ma
ma 7" he asked anxiously.
Tm the accident, Ed," was
-the reply.' '
Paraguay to Get
I New Constitution
ASCUNCION. Paraguay. - July
10-(iP)-Pree. -Joe Felix BsUgar-
rlbia tonight promulgated a new
constitution for , Paraguay. - v
j The "constitution, according to
a statement issued by the minister
of government andTtahor; Alejan:
dro Marino' IngBesias widens con
siderably : t h e administration;
powers In the social and economic-
' ipheres - ahd ? centralises fall
chirge'of the country's affairs in
th hands of the government. "
To collaborate rith the admin
istration,' the constitution creates'
a state council representing gov
ernment, rural industries, finance,
commerce,, education, religion and
the army and nary. . ! -
It prescribes five-year- terms
for the president and members
of both chambers of the congress,
and establishes a universal com
pulsory Secret ballot. " ;j v.; ':'
;.. The constitution; will be sub
mitted for the approval of a pop
ular plebiscite August 4.'-
Bfitish'Medite
MayMidveW
' By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Europe's war has flamed Into
action in the Mediterranean the
ater on British initiative.' That Is
the most salient fact of the car-
rent war news. : "' .
It outweighs in significance the
disputed results of the first brush
between British and Italian sea
power, the. German-Italian moves
to avert a war in the Balkan store
house of the axis allies, or the in
tensifying German air and tub
marine attack on England's sea
life lines. ";-- ? ;;--. H: ;-;. .
A striking British naval' suc
cess over Italy at this juncture
might well shift the whole scene
of the eastern war stage. It could
powerfully Influence; the attitude
of Turkey, of Greece, even of Rus
sia. It could defeat the purposes
ot the axis-Hungarian conferen
ces In Munich' and confront Hit
ler and Mussolini with increased,
not lessened, economic menace at
their Balkan back door, jj :
Whatever else it means, the It-
alo-British sea; and air clash in
the Mediterranean is a stirring j
new notice that Britain means to1
mm
.1
r' if
State Buys Lots
On Court Street
Miles, Spauldinir Areas
Added to Property
for Capitol
Purchase of the two remain
ing nnnrt itrut nrnTWrtl., In til
tblocX fating-the'new state library
building was announced t by the
state board of control1 here' yes-
terday.
Sought for inclusion In the ex
panding capitol group site, the
state obtained the Charles K. i
Spaulding property, 915 Court
street, for 325,507.50 and the
B. C. Miles property at the north
west corner of Court and Cap
itol, for 327.382.50. the board
disclosed. The large houses on
the : two nrooerties eventually
will be moved away or razed to The British said "a few per
make way for construction of I sons' were Jellied by high explos-
tsothr Htat offlea bnildnlr.
The two purchases will be paid
for from a $100,000 fund appro-
nHntM - h fh iPtHttiatnrA
for addition a to the capitol
.,n. tb,- win ho hA tnitfai
..noiiinD frnm th tnnA ..
Atn rMnf frnm so
tor .Rufus C. Holman, the board
AtilA tn tel7fiinh nrernn'i del-I
egauon in congress urging it.
support of
establishment of a national ceme
tery adjoining the Lincoln : Me
morial cemetery in Portland.
Deschutes Packer
Returns to Camp
BEND, July -10-JP)-Descbutes
national forest - officials recalled
ground 'parties and anrt airplane
today Because Bruno ;Heopfner,
-veteran packer : missing for - '0
hours, f arrived safely - -at ".Horse
Lake.".-:
' iHeppfner, ' object ; of a wide I
hunt, did- not 'explain' his diffi
culties but foresters believed he
had trouble with pack horses. He
turned up 10 miles from where
he wr last sighted on a trip from
Blow Lake to Williamson moun
tain fire camp. ; -
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Wrens ind Home.
LAKE HOPATCONG NJ ; July
10-5J)-Paul GroTer . will have to J
buy a new pair of gym "trunks
A pair of wrens built a nest in
the red ones he nung on a
clothesline in the backyard.
1 a r i.state encampment.
by Prime Minister Churchill that
Rritaln doea not rotosa to r flrht
only on the defensive,; V
With that engagement, Britain
t.i- mttrr.A i,wv. .f.
MdJtrrTin sratat.Un.' tha lfiO.
mile span of sea between Sicily
and Tntitdi. RHtl.h mlr itid wi
power is on the move from Gib-1
raltar at the western entrance of
the Mediterraneans and from Al
exandria In the eastern end.
The "objectives of these British
and naval forays cannot be deter-
.fnnii,.'t!.th .. ti.i.
lan aeconnU of the sea-and-alr ac-
tiona. Romoheld that thev were
aimed at bombardment of Italian
ha in Kioliv or lMhor. Tha I
T j-rs A v et A wi 4 wet If w 1n t)n,f,l that I
they, were designed to feel out It-
.it.-.w t jiI..i,i. I
a h. tv, mah inriM! t innllM
that atetvs ar being taken to
hHnr n9i,. rnwi- to decisive
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14NaziSIiips
Brdught Down
Fights
150 Planes Take Shares
? in Biggest Air Row '
of the War
1;;4
Fighter P lane s Escort
;; Bombers First Time j
". Since Start ' '.
(By the Associated Press).
' LONDON, July 11-tThursday)
England, on guard and ready,
watched through the dawn today
without any indication along the
coastal no-man's-land of nazi in
vasion ,w h i c h commons .was
warned last night might come at
daybreak. '. . i
Britons speculated whether
thin warning, by Sir , Edward
Grigg, undersecretary of state for
war, was tbe authorized first
word that the zero hour is near.
Most members of parliament.
however, took the statement as
only an indication that Britain's
defenses are ready and the next
German move Is awaited. .
Sir Edward said:
"Tonight thousands of dur sol
diers will be on the alert, wait
ing for an attack which may come
In several places at dawn."
He spoke while the thunder of,
bombs and the rattle of machine-
gun fire still signalled the great
est air fight of the war over Eng
land an attack which Sir Ed
ward said might be only a pre
lude to" the worst.' I
S7 Raiders
Are Disabled, v
. British battle planes and coast
al guns drove the Germans off
late in the day. after, shooting
down or disabling 37 of the raid
ers. '!- : i. '-
Acknowledging the loss of two
British planes, the air ministry
"rttv th8i" J???'
fights throughout the day 14 Ger
man bombers and their guardian
fighter craft,' sprung at .England
from close-range basea in Franc
and the low countries', were , shot
out of the sky. Another 23 were
reported "'so severely damaged
that theyjjwere unlikely to reach
home:". , . ;
The 1 raiders concentrated oa
breaking down coast defenses and
I smashing shipping out of the nar-
f row Straits of Dover.
lives inland.
At times at least 150 planes
battled simultaneously along the
coast the Germans trying for
hits on ship and attempting to
I break through British defenses
1 for inland attacks. .
Unlike raids of weeks ago when
the bombers came a few at a time
wimoui. usuicr jcoiciu.j -
"l, J ff
ward oft the British Spitfires and
Hurricanes.
SO Planes Aid
Bomb Squadron '
One squadron of nine big bomb
ers was guarded by 60 lighter
warplanea. The bombers were
guarded within two full circles et
Messerschmldts.
British pilots called the fight
the same old story-4-British air
jTictory against odds
Some - of ', the British fighters
planes literally dived J through
,y4 (Turn - topage S, col. 6)
ield to Head
Foreign War Vets
1 CORVALLIS, Ore., July 10 -
(JPylrm D. Canfield, Medford. sen
r vice-commander, was elected
deoartment commander of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars today
at the concluding session of the
1 Oregon encampment.
Other .officers included Louia
Starr, Portland, senior vice-com
mander; William Baer, Bend, jun
ior Tice-commander; Walter Ake,
Portland, judge advocate: Dr.
J. W. Ingram, The Dalles, surgeon
and Harry - W Indus, Portland,
chaplain." W. E. McGufflo, Port
land, was re-elected quartermas
ter.
Bend was awarded the ,1941
. v...r
military training for the youth of
nfrVVi; expanB1on ot ia vCl-
iB" iu ."'"".r' .1.
nBi forces including extended
training for organized reserves.
r"erTe "lcer ,ra,nl11 .'TP
IBa i TiilB military iraixim
r"'
Medfordj Jacksonville
Will Have Dial Phone
MEDFOnD. July lOHTWack-
ville will get dial telephone,
HT 25, and 'Medford will jg t
them August 3, the i'acsric ieie-
phone &. Telegrarh company sail
tOdSVj .
The switchover w-l reira
Hill, a mlnuta ia both conr:i an-
ijoal
muster, la eacn ij
rural areas -vi.i - -
service, which cost crprcx.
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