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Wherever New It Whether It's In Berlin or in - Chicago, In Salem or In Labish Center. Statesman readers may " always -count , on hat ins the ..t complete story. -..: NINETIETH YEAH Hour Rainfall .60 Inch Falls; 1 in ,Brief Shower;; Bend Suffers ; ' Real; Cloudhurst . Fire Fighters Are Aided in NW; While East Has Worst Heat Wave . A . thunder shower Saturday : brought ' Salem more ' rainfall in ' an hour, .60 Jnch, than the aver age total lor me. montn or iuiy, .40 inch. ' The amount : exceeded also that which has fallen in July in any of the past fire years. About 35 telephone lines were put out of commission by the storm. but crews were busy all night and service was expected to be re sumed late this morning. . The airport weather bureau re ported the torrential . downpour began at 5:15 p.m. and continued until 1:35. This was the first pre cipitation of, any - consequence since May 27. when .28 inch fell. Yesterday's maximum temper ature, reached before the! sky clouded over and Jupe PIutIus loosed both barrels, was 76 de grees, and the minimum, 54. The telephone lines out were in the eastern and northern parts of the city and in the downtown district, inrolTing from 90 to 100 telephones.. Telephone 'repairmen explained last night 'that the ca bles, dry and hot in the summer time, draw moisture'.' during a rainfall, causing them to expand and crack. ' ' . 1 ASHLAND, July 203VHail storm damage in Wagner creek orchards near here was estimat ed by agriculturists today at 1000 boxes of pears. 'f:,-wj:; ,: Orchards . ' betw'? Wagner creek and Ashland escaped dam , age , in yesterdayt freak"- storm, although .33 of an inch of rain and hall fell here" in 15 minutes. A few peach trees were uprooted near Bellvlew. The skies remained overcast today. TILLAMOOK, July 20-iflP-Til-lamook area farmers rejoiced in .22 of an inch of rain that fell in an hour early today. Pastures needed moisture badly after one of the driest summers -in 34 years. July precipitation before noon today was .07 of an inch, 1.2 inches below normal. BEND, Ore., July 2&-VP)ln a weather shift from one extreme to the other, a total- of 1.14 inches of rain poured down on the Bend region within 20 min utes this afternoon. With the deluge the tempera ture dropped sharply from 77 to 52 degrees. - Several streets, store base ments, residences and two road underpasses were inundated and damage was considerable. Fire department and forest service pumping equipment worked over time emptying the city hall and other basements. GRANTS PASS, July 20-(V The first rain since May 31 fell here yesterVy. accompanied ' by lightning which started two fires In the Siskiyou National forest and left three counties without power for 80 minutes. The lightning was .also blamed for the fall of -26 acres of hops to the ground. Growers said dam age would be light . if the hop wires were lifted immediately, .v : Power failed for all Josephine county and parts of Jackson and Douglas counties. EUGENE. July 20-(P)-Rain8 today aided firemen who had earlier shoveled a five-mile trail around a forest blaze above Vida on the McKenzie river watershed. Although the storm, was accom panied by lightning which set 14 new blazes in the area, all were taickly controlled by trained fighters. Fourth of the crew of 130 men were, released tonight. Today's rain was the first measurable fall since June 1. A -total of .04 of an inch was re corded. : . - WENATCHEE, . July 20-WV Eleven lightning-started' - forest fires spotted , by . mountain-top lookouts after 29 had been re ported this afternoon brought Wenatchee National forest's fire total to 40 tonight. . r A major portion of the forest Is still critically dry. Fire As sistant J. K. Blair said, but Indi cated he expected all biases to be controlled before morning. Real 66Batl Here Exceeds July MISSOULA, Mont., July 20-IJP) -Lightning bolts flashed into for ests of western Montana tonight, setting 161 fires. I - The electrical storm, like one which a week ago started hund reds of fires, brought no rain. Regional forest service headquar ters dispatched fire fighters - to the new outbreaks. . . . ' Fifty blares were , reported on the Bitter Root forest, 51 on the Lolo and 60 on the Kanlksn. At Butte the second time light ning struck a livestock pass on a highway and killed Lawrence - (Turn ta & 3, eoL i 'nxih o'(7 1 nil fulfil iflinT SERVED FROM SUyton's famous Bine Lake beans were- served at SUytou Friday and Saturday nights from "the world's - largest can" aa part of the Santiam Beaa featiral which closed Saturday might. Serving sure Marie Ouunpangv Anita. Mae Humphreys, Geaevleve Wbelan and Lillian SpanioL Rainy Program Is Set by Bandsmen Marjjr Popular Numbers Included on Third .", Summer Concert The Salem Municipal band will try its hand at rain making in its third concert Monday night at S o'clock in WUlson park. r Listed for the popular section of 'its ten selection program are fWIti the Wind and Rain Jri Tour Hair'T and "Lilacs In Oie Ralni" The program; , ' ' . ,.r, ' Concert amrfli rVlngUa,' V..DU'CeM OTertvr "Roy Bl". KcadisoilB Special trnntmuti ()' ' t Bpala" . -.-i. tui (b) "Tropical" (rbumb tmpo)... : i. GonU Concert wlu ',E!rpn"..r: Wldteofl Comic oper loctioa Koa atari . rriml Chraclrit)0 "In a Uoaaatcry Gar des" ... ; KeUlbty . Xntaraitaaiaa TroBboa( mur "Saliy Trombon" Grand Selection front ,'iOBeBfTen',. , . Wasner Popnlar (a) "With the Wind and Rain in Yonr Hair" I.-wrnce-Edwrdi -(b) "tiilaea fat ta Kaia" Da Boa Karek "World Event' ... Zameenik Finaie "The Star Spangled Banner." , B. N. EtoadeBJBeyer, director. - " - " Unpampered Co w Hailed as Champ BRATTLEBORO, Vt., July 20-(fpy-An "unpampered" cow that has given 230,723 pounds of milk was hailed today by the Holstein Friesian Association of America as a new, all-time champion life time producer. r The imposing title was awarded to Ionia Aggie Sadie Tale, a reg istered Holstein in the Ionia state hospital at Ionia, Mich. "Sadie Vale"; is no "box stall champion.? . She has received ex actly the same care as her herd mates, . standing la the lineup with : them, being milked at the same time, in the same way and Koing to and from the same pas tures at the same time. : , Members of the association de scribed as "amazing-, her achieve ment in producing at-the age of IS years and fire months as much as the old champion. La Vertex Quantity of the University Of- Ne braska now deceased -produced in Iff years. -- ' The new champion passed the old record of 228.880 pounds on June 19 and then increased her lead by about li pounds daily to reach the total of 230,723 pounds on July 15, the association an nounced. Her : production has in cluede 7350 pounds of butterfat. Pdgeatit Stage By Public jls in Salem and vicinity to drive out this after noon to the fairgrounds grand stand and see our big pageant platform now ttnder construc tion." said Ray Stumbo, general manager. "We will have a pleas ant surprise for them. ' All Tisit ora who come out here make about the same statement, I Bey er realized It was so big. A; re cent California Tisitor said, 'hon estly, I have never seen apage ant buildup In a Calif ornftt city pageant this size " ; r There will b aine- platf orat on this mammoth setting 800 feet by 200 feet deep. The largest which Is 4,000 wiaare teet will hold 500 people at one time. The other - platform above that will hold over 100 persons. The or chestra pit will seat the chorus of 250 persons. ' Construction is about comple ted on the flooring and skeleton background. Over 30 workmen are now engaged ia: building the mountains, back scenes and put ting up the camouflage. All ramps ajid aUga gsij 13 " teCf lia 170 LARGEST .BEAN CAN i -.0- V HeiSeii B UUE2Q lias1 . . Paad Uauer Column The night had been cold, hat little Pierre was not cold now. There had been nights when he had cried. ."J'al wwmiT .miMt frold, Maman," and Mama Gir- andoux had tried ' to warm him by. I pressing him against her. It uvaj, duc mere had bsea .the baby, la petite Marguerite, - and she - had needed 1 more than Pierre, who was six. "Six ans," he raolH.Haasear.Jr. told the mademoiselle in the white dress. She 'had looked at him tenderly and for the first time Pierre noticed the red cross on her armband. Now le. petit Pierre, who was six, knew that she was of "le Croix Rouge." Ma ma Glrandoux had told him. . "Ella est Amerlcalne," she had said. Tres bonne.M' It was the white lady with the red eross who gave : Pierre the sweater and he wasn't cold now. It was a good sweater, even warmer ' than the one Tante Louise had bought for him in Paris once. By now Pierre had seen many other mademoiselles, - in white. They were Americans, too, and little Pierre knew that "Le Croix Rouge Americaln" was something good. It was food and warmth for him and medicine for Mama Glrandoux and milk for la petite Marguerite. ; : . 4 Until the big airplanes came Le Boche--Pierre had always taken food as a matter of course. One is hungry, one eats. ' Then the bombers-had; come and there had been nothing hut rubble, left of the little - house - in ' Le Rue Hirondelle. Then .there I was -, the long trip on the train and Pierre had been hungry. He was; hungry only: once In 1 a while now - and Mama , Glrandoux t told him t ha should thank Le Croix Rouge and pray for them at -night -j i v Pierre liked his sweater. Some times he would take it off and look at the little tag in the neck (Turn to page 2, col. t) Otto Uogg Named Head' I O f Furniture Dealers PORTLAND, Ore., July -The 'Oregon Retail Furniture Dealers' association elected Otto Hogg of Oregon - City president today. - Inspection Invited 1 oday with heavy timber underpinning so as to Insure safety, v Manager Stumbo added "We are taking no risks and - want no accidenta : of any kind. We want the stages to hold up a hundred horses and 500 men at one time If necetsary. -- Roy Simmons, t a .JHollywood scenic expert and director of the painting and ; background- scene says:- "We win - hare everything completed -on time and all ready to go for the big-show. There are now to workmen on the job. We are going to use orer one-half ton of paint which will be sprayed onto the 3.000 yards - of burlap which. is laid over chicken wire. There - are over 3000 yards of chicken wire alone." , . . - R. T). . Rennings, artist of the state highway department, will be loaned temporarily to help put on the color and srray tints and give the Waldo II ills and valleys vivid color and Ills. ' ' ' Joe Elmeral la charge of the electrical placing said: "We are using 150,000 watts. The small est globe used will be 1,000 watts J1 'Til?! CurjcnD ' 1651 Satan, Oragosu Eandoy, Morning. July 21, ISO ., rm Ti : 4th Congrcional Area Is Predicted Increase in Population of State Would Entitle if Ratio Unchanged PORTLAND, July 2 -(-Political experts predicted today that western Oregon might be given a fourth congressional district at the next session of congress. : With Oregon's population to tal sit MJ6.517; the state will hr cntitltld tCimfUistrtct- if congress does sot decrease the ratio of representatives to popu lation. New districts proposed, on the basis' of population, are: First -Clatsop, Columbia, Til lamook, Washington; Yamhill, Clackamas, Polk, Marion and all of Multnomah county east of 122nd avenue (population 299, 297). -' 1 Second Baker, Crook, De schutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson,' Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla. Union, Wallowa, Wasco and Wheeler (population 208, 791). Third Multnomah o u n t y west-of 122nd avenue (popula tion 330,438). . ' Fourth Lincoln, Benton, Linn, Lane, Douglas, Coos, Curry, Jo sephine and Jackson counties (population 248,988). The second eastern Oregon district would be unchanged un der the. proposed shift. Morse Doubtful Of Appointment i EUGENE, July - 2 HflT-D a n Wayne L. Morse of the University of Oregon law school 'tonight ex pressed fear being n republican might be an obstacle to him be coming a: member :f . .the US maritime commission, ;.; "I understand, that 'is one of the obstacles to .; my appoint ment., he said-In answer to an Interviewer's ' Question. "Because It l&jm important position," demo cratic leaders. naturally want to see a democrat : appointed. . He made it clear that he would not "fly under false colors? In order to win a position to be va eated August 1 - by Edward Mo ran, Jr., Rockland, Ma. Dean Morse also declared, re gardleaa of , whether or not . he wins the new. position,' "Eugene wiU. always be my . residence. X hare no intention of leaving Ore gon." v : .. ;5 v :, I ' Release of Tlitee Americans jked HONGKONG, July 21-(Sun-day) (ff- American, authorities said today the: US embassy at Tokyo .- is negotiating . with. - the Japanese government for, release of three Americana Joseph C. Serer, his -wife," -Cynthea and ter brother, Morgan Patteson, Jr., all of San Francisco, who hava been detained , by- police at - Formosa, The three left Hongkong June 22 In ,'a locally-built yacht, the Cynjo, bound for Calif oraia. A storm drove, them Into the forti fied zone at Formosa, where they were detained and their yacht was confiscated, ..., , . i - Senators : j J . E";--svC5"X -".:." I X ''&. 'a ni ka f V- IM rr : f tf I 1 I I I vvv I I I I II ir. v.l ..Jf- r' I ' 7 i lit ; till lit xvs, f ll I I . I r v t I vjr j.:Jt.i x f ill fill ii i r i i t i i ! i ) rifi 99 Not Gome Back Other . Opponents, of . 3rd ; ;f crm. J oimng ..Burke I Jim Reed IsiOnc MeCorm!cks Paper Also i Ba Willldel Batch . Law Is in Effect - . - " By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON WASHINGTON July 20-P- y ice presidenrGarneTr roeof third term for. Franklin- Roose velt, packed away some office be longings today,' expressed his pri ate views to a, few secretarial cronies and, friends ssy, made jready to quit the capital. -. . t' His' friends said that Garner planned" to go " to " his Uvalde, Tex., home to vote, in the primary- elsctlons on July 2 7, and might' stay there, leaving con gress, the administration and the democratic party to their own devices. " Because of his third term views, his associates said, the 71-year-old Texan felt he eould not participate in the campaign for President Roosevelt and Sec retary Wallace, nominated to sneeeed Garner as vice president. ' Garner declined to say whether he had sent any congratulatory message to the president or Walr lace, but friends said they .under stood he had not. " ' " . Jim Reed Offers to Assist Barke The third term issue had - a prominent part elsewhere In ' the1 day's political developments. " Former 1 - Democratic Senator James A. Reed of Missouri of fered to Join with Senator Burke (D-Neb)-in organizing democrats opposed to a third term. : i -The Parriibur g, vPav Patriot, newspapiaufinbllshed by .VauceA. MeCormlck, , former deiaocratic national chairman, announced Its support of the republican preair - (Turn to page 2, Col. 8) Old Qock Starts Up --and Strikes Hadn't Run for 12 Years, and Then Bong, Bong, Exactly on Time Mrs. Alice Prescott has - been wondering If her house has haunts. A few , months ago Mrs. Pres cott and a friend - were sitting Quietly In the living room when a clock began to strike. It struck the correct hour 4 o'clock then stopped. . Mrs. Prescott didn't nave a striking clock, or anyway thought she didn't. She inquired of the neighbors. None of them had clocks which struck the hour. Finally Mrs. Prescott decided that an' old family clock packed away in closet must have been the culprit, It hadn't run for 12 years, but it was the only clock around that could be responsible. It ' behaved pretty., well : after that and was as quiet as an old, dusty, unwound clock should be until just the other day. -; 1 , Then,- all of a sudden, the clock began to chime out every quarter hour "in a crazy fashion,". It was ticking, toov'i- - - Now Mrs. prescott is wondering what - haunts , have ' been . winding her old clock,- .v , - 4 Proiect Qosure; : May Be Averted . PORTLAND, July. 20-Vrha Wilson river highway project will escape a temporary closure, XL J. Griffith, state WFA administra tor,' predicted today.v ; : " ; j - Plans have been approved by the administration's engineering division - for j continuation of : the project and have , been submitted to project : control . headquarters for final ' approval, Griffith 7 said. 1 The .state .highway commission expressed fear Thursday that "a shut-down i would' be necessary about August ' 2 because ' of - a shortage of funds. . 4- ' ' -' Lato; Sports J SACRAMENTO,; July. 20rPr Portland Beavers . made . it . two straight over the - Sacramento Soloas, winning to 5 tonight in, ; Cardinal field.! The Sacs,, how ever, hell a three to two edge la-th sexiea;'' ? Two- home runa by' Bob Berg strom,' . each with two , men on, actieved victory tor tv 9 -Beavers. Ber;strom .uncorkeJ I'.i first four-ply wallop la the l.flh off Francis HI el, and repeated in -the seven thr off Frank Gabler. . Sacramento scored all Us runs In the fourth off OrrelL -. Portland . , ' , 1,0 Sacramento ,.,,.....5 4 3 OrrcU, Failln (5) and Annun tloi r.ll, GaUer (), Jlunger and OgTodowstl, , mm Gamer Leaves sFwHomeyMay . i- f i u m i . kva m m m. t m c, n -- sr i- - r . a a z . , s a - r r t t r ii i He misphn 9 US Be Watch ion. Is Centeof Activity j-thoughi .tpispb8ed to : Lihen$"A Who .May ; J:Throw Wrench no Scene; Bv J. (T. . HAVANA; July 20(AP) The United States delega tion became the center of intense activity tonight in informal conversations aimed at formulating proposals on hemisphere defence and economy, at the second meeting of American for eign ministers opening here tomorrow, r ..4 .. . - The arrival of Secretary of State Hull, with hisl staff of diplomatic, trade, monetary, andO agricultural advisers, opened pre- Jiminary consultations in which officials - of c the other American republics sought. first to hear, de tails, of the United States propos als'. ! The' quiet, unostentatious Hull, however, adopted the role of a "listener' to get a clear picture of the problems facing each of the other countries, before disclosing Just how the United States pro poses to help them. i Absent from these preliminary talks was the Argentine, delega tion,, from which is expected to emanate', the chief obstacles to Hull's hoped-for unanimity among the 21 republics.. on measures to safeguard the security and econ omy of the new world. - The delegation from Argentina, a country which already is show (Turn to page 2, col. 8) Willkie and Peek Talk Agriculture Market Security, Aid in Surplus Disposition Some of Points By , WILLIAM B. ARDKRT COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.rttrict. which produces 64 per July zO-itfV-Wendell L. Willkie received a comprehensive outline of a new. farm program today from George N. Peek, former ag ricultural adjustment administra tor,' but the nominee made it plain that Peek's was only one of many suggestions he would consider in drafting the farm sec tion of his acceptance speech. . Peek, who left the new deal administration because t his die agreement with its reciprocal trade policies, read a lengthy memorandum on his views at Willkie's afternoon 'press confer ence.: ' ' In brief, the former AAA ad ministrator offered this farm pro gram: ' 1. Secum protection of the American market for the Ameri can farmer. 2. An "American price for American commodities should be Insured Independent of export or world prices. - 3. "Active and at times ag gressive government assistance will be necessary In negotiating for the disposal of surpluses In foreign trade." V 4. Development ' of new uses for farm .products. . ! 5. A long range soil conserva ' (Turn . to page 2, col.-7) Airbner Service Status in Doubt Reports circulated here Satur day afternoon that the United Air Lines application for - permission to make airliner stops at Salem andEucene had been denied, were not fully confirmed that night. An Interview In Portland with W- A. Patterson, president of the lines, was the basis for the report, but his remarks as quoted in Port land ' newspapers Indicated that his reference was to other similar applications. He declared : appli cations had been denied : because the i cities Involred , were ' within 160 miles of existing air termin- Factory Payrolls Shoiv Gain Due to Dejerise'Pla By FRANK MacMILLEN NEW YORK. July , 2 O.-JTV-The 110.000.000.000 defense' orogram has given impetus to an unususl summer, upswing . Ia factory, pay rolls ."aad employment, ' business reports said today. V ""r ; t-rT . thonaands of workers. fhn rvaartm indicated, have found jobs In private Industry since pro duction, curves in steel,, machine- building, arms factonea ana otner plants turned upward la May. fol lowiag a winter and early spring business- alump. t - .s. Extending the : summer's , ad- rance, latest , figures - in .Tne as sociiited Press . weekly Index of industrial activity, portrayed fac tory aerations generally at tae highest July level since 1819. This gat re of industry has climbed frcaa S3. 6 late In April to 106.7 per cent In the 1929-20 leytl. A year sso It was 90.4.- . Hail -Joadlar,' electric jewer Price 3ct Ntwsstcmdn 5e Co nj ere nee f5TARK " v luisiana Demos Dislike Wallace That Means Bad Split and Actual GOP Entry in Congress Contest NEW ORLEANS, July 20.P) The split among Louisiana demo crats ; over , Secretary Wallace's nomination for Tice-president wi dened Into direct action ' tonight with the announcement of David W. Pipes, jr.. that he was a re publican candidate for congress. Pipes, a life-long democrat and nationally known sugar planter of Houma, was the second to an nounce withdrawal from the state's anciently solid democratic ran ks witnin Z4 nours, Charles A. Farwell. spokesman for the American S u g a r Cane league, last night pinned on a "WUlkle for president" button. and said "the republicans are Louisiana's only hope."-, Pipes, 'in, announcing his can dldacy, said he would seek ' the seat now held by Rep. Robt. L. Mouten, democrat of the third eent Of the crop in Louisiana's 1150,000,000 sugar industry. "I haven't deserted the demo cratic party," the widely known planter said. . "The democratic party has deserted us in the se lection of Wallace, worst . enemy Louisiana ever had." Louisiana's delegation to the national democratic convention in Chicago cast its 20 votes. for Speaker Bankhead'for vice-presl- (Turn to page 2, col. 8) . " Four Billion Bill For Navy Signed WASHINGTON. July, 20-VPi Prompt action to begin construc tion of the greatest fleet in world history was promised by the navy department today after President Roosevelt signed a bill authoris ing a 70 per cent,' $4,000,000,000 Increase in naval strength. ' - -' Within the past 40 days, offi cials pointed out, construction has been started on 92 vessels previously authorised, 'thus clear ing the way for immediate nego tiations on contracts for the first of the' 200 'combat vessels to- be added to the fleet under the new act. . ,- :; -. .,v .:. . ' Upon completion of those 200 vessels, scheduled for. 1946, or 1947, the United States will have a two oiean'" nary -"of 701' fight ing ships or 3.547,700 tons. - That record-shattering armada would outweigh today's combined fleets of Great Britain and Japan, the two other principal sea pow ers, m .rV l" V-;-- i Film Actor Arnold Dies 1 HOLLYWOOD, July 2 0-SV Wllllam R. Arnold, 57, film and stage character actor, died today of streptococcus infection. - J .;- Born In Boston," Arnold first appeared on the stage r In New York in vaudeville. He came here lly ears ago. - - - . -i v ' consumption,' cotton textile manu facturing, -steel output . and resi dential building all have contrib uted to further gains the last few weeks. '; ' " ' V ' ' 1 The giant, motor .Industry leader in the earlier stages of the rise is making an early, shift to production . of new "models this year causing a tallies off in' as semblies of old models. "-; . ; " 1 JM o to r . producers,' however, have felt. 'the; unusual summer push forward .lit a contra-seasonal lmprorement in demsnd for auto mobiles. Trade reports" said.. July sales of cars may top the June total upsetting the .normal trend for a . June-to-J uly decline. . Mirroring US and British spend ing for war equipment, as well as business anticipation of a boom in heavy industry when the defense program gets1 Into "full stride, trade data Indicated additional expansion In payrolls at many in dustrial communities ,7eatlier Cloudy with local showers today and , Monday; littlo change fa ; temperature and humidity. Max. temp. Satur day 74, rain. 64. River -4.1 ft. ; Rain .60 inch. West wind. - V "l - - No. 3 Attack by Air ie All Over Isle Shipping - Is Apparently -Principal - Target of i Bomhs Isinte hsified Italian S o u r c e Asserts-" ..Troops Invasion. Is ; Matter of Days' (By the Associated Press) ' The nrelude to the battle of thtt British Isles apparently was n ear ing its end today as far-ranging German bombers swept across tbe channel in pre-dawn attacks and rajned explosives on two sectors of England. - - The raiders I penetrated :- to Wales before they were driven off ;ny swarms of British fighters, which yesterday shot down 12 nasi planes in a daylong series cf aerial combats over the coast. . Shops and cottages were blast ed In one town in southwest Eng land ' on . which German planes dropped , more than a dosen bomba. - In northwest England, one per son was. killed and a number in jured by a lone raider which un loaded eight bombs as it flew low over a town. Quick action of the defense forces apparently pre vented the nazis from bombing any objectives in Wales. 1 Britons expected that the har assing raids, which have become almost a nightly occurrence, might develop at any moment into the massed assault which Ger many has promised. England Answers; . Command Revised Adolf Hitler has presented Ger many's last offer; the British must accept nasi peace ; terms or face what he says will be destruc tion. ! 'r '.V ' v ; ; , And the British have answered. Heedless of the fuehrer's "peae offensive, they have rejuvenated their army, command and, even while nasi bombs burst from coast to coast, begun thinking of carrying the fight back to the German-mastered continent. j Unless Britain surrenders, de clared the well-posted Itajlaa weekly, Relazioni Internaxionall, "the landing of German troops on the island is logically a ques tion of days." Warplanea are the vanguards of modern armies and Germany sect hers over Britain yesterday in the severest assaults so far on the Is land kingdom. 1 Ships, Britain's Achilles heel, apparently were the chief target. Twice squadrons of nazi bombers descended on southeast English ports to empty their bomb racks towards strings of British mer chantmen.' .".'.. . 4 The nasi airmen also struck from ' Scotland to the southern shore and from Wales ta . tb southwest.'- , Twelve Bombers Reported Shot Down ' Twelve German bombera wi- reported officially shot down acl ixurn to page z, col. 1) Germans' Sailing Vainly Protested f SAN. FRANCISCO.-Iuly 20-fSP) -Over . objections of the ' British consulate here, the Japanese liner TatuU Maru sailed for the orient today carrying a " group of Ger man nationals, among whom sup posedly was a German chemist. The San Francisco Chronicle Identified the chemist as Alexan der Albert, 30-year old son of a nasi chemical manufacturer who the British claim is making poi son gas in Germany. .'. Paul D. "Butler, British consul genera, said j he had communi cated with the Japanese consular In an attempt to halt the Germans from sailing. - "I said that we'd prefer they didn't sail, Butler declared. "It was not a protest, however." The Japanese consulate- took no action. Gravel Company Safe Is Entered INDEPENDENCE, July 20 The safe of the Independence Gravel company was robbed Fri day night and $10.39 in cash and between 31.60 and 2 in postage stamps taken. The burglars entered the of flee of the gravel company through a small window and rolled the safa out of the back door where they broke It open.' The robbery w?lS discovered by : Claude Sklncer. manager of the plant, wnea t opened the office at 8 o'clock Saturday morning." City pclke were notified, who la tarn czlu 1 the state police but no clues haf. been found. J . Eugene Hot criit Killctl :;v--EUGENB, July t$-,7r-C1s.m s E. Kimball, - 23, Eagese, wis killed aliaost instantly: to Z & 7 when his car-'OTertarcel ca tl s PacifSa big away a rail tcrili t here.A; companion, who t-inj-jred. said th I'.z'.i " -fo Tiled la loess sio-I-er : ' - . 1