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V Centennial Pictures :
Keeping a- Centennial
ecrapbook? Wether you are,!
r not, you will want toaee
? . the Statesmen picture re-'
. view of Salem's lOOth birth-'
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TcalIier
. ; Geaerallx fair today aad
XVedaedy fogs iacreaslas
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Hobday mliu S3. Hirer
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Paul HauierV Column
r Where are they mow?
J - ' Those old, tauilijur faces?
If hardly aeems possible that a
town could
change to great-1
ly ' brernlght' ai!
Sal e m. ha. a.
. --Where Saturday
-' banting - bloomed -
-and h e.A'jj d ml'
napped"'lil"wlLa& I
; eyer blU of ftigl-
tlTe'' hreexe' there
were, 'If o n d a-yi '
tnt .ia'n was?
- greeted-, by a
host of shining
faces;.-
The. banting
waa itriDDtd
away to .await the state fair, the
- " old ' dresses , were packed again
In mothballs and, the drains of a
. thousand bathrooms were clogged
with: thick and wiry bristles.
. Salem - Jumped forward a
hundred year quicker thau
you could "- say Salem Centen
nial Commission. Incorporated.
- .In1 fact, some of the boys re-
toned from 1Mb so fast that
they orerhot the mark and
are .- still trying to find their
- way back from , next Friday.
The towA of Salem, which
seemed' more aliTe with an 1840
motif than; it ever waa with
1940 one. can go back to sleep
now. but It will be -known for a
long time as the town where the
Sunday Morning Lawnmowlng
and Shrnb Pruning; society wears
the fanciest shirts In the world.
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- The boss could save himself
a lot of his time and our step
if he'd Install : a water cooler
next to our desk. ' r .
HOMECOJUNO
.- Or '
The Sad Plight jof a Whiakerino
Who'is this charming stranger
Who sweetly speaks to me,
This man of face unbearded
With a chin you .-can actually see?
This can net be j my darling,
This can not be 'ajtxi u
This ,With,cheeks unfurry;f
With chin ao smeothv and '19x7
Oh. go away, fair stranger.
I do not want you near.
Go, smooth-sharen stranger,
And send me a pioneer!
raxKT r raise pept.
WlttMt tH loan. ( Deris Smith to
iixtx tba Mc absv and wlUMt tas
XXaiTsraity f Oragoa'i Hone Bobla
m te sot tk final teach Us
Mts sua Bel gansMl ths ttfMlnc
facta fr kis panthooa aWp
Itu4 ataaa tka SaUm adsk
hava Wa aat a mt auk seaaa.
. AJaz KeQara ta i Sagaaa BtUtar
OaaraV. - ' i 1
And. all in all. 1 it's a pity Jason
Lee' didn't settle on Skinner's
Butte in the first place. --
- MARITIME NOTE
The commander of the Wheat
land Ferry reports -that during a
recent dinner party aboard, one
of. the. guests yelld t"Witer!',
and ; three .Italian. , submarines
came to the surface. , ,
Evidence of Reds?
Plotting Promised
LOS ANGELES. A u g . l-VPf-
District A. Attorney -Buroa FitU
said today he would present to a
grand Jury, tomorrow 'startling"
evidence : that -communists ulti
mately hope tp OTertbxow the gor
ernment and would assassinate
Henry Ford and other prominent
industrialists unless . they "play
ball with them. . . -
-Twenty two months of, Inresti
gation into alleged communist
subTerslre activities on the Pa
cific coast hag resulted, the dis
trict "Attorney saidr In the arrest
of two men and, disclosure that
Infiltration of communistic activ
ity haa extended, into the motion
picture industry I ?
. -Some of the grand Jury- testi
mony will come from investiga
tors Fltta said had Joined the com
munist party two years ago to
"spy on the organization's oper
ations. Other evidence will be
submitted, he declared, by more
than two score persons, Including
several connected with the movies,
who received summons today.
Fitts declined to reveal the
.identity of any of the persons
called, but said they included
some "big names" In Hollywood.
Italians Say Air
! Battle
ROME. Aug. 6-VlUJy launeh
. ed 1 a systematic aerial offensive
- to destroy important British bas
es rtngin Italy! African posses-
i aions, it was reported today by
' stefani. official Italian newa
. agency. --- - -
Italian air raids over the Anglo-
- Egyptian vSondan, Kenya and
Aden wrecked gome of BriUln's
most raluable centers oyer the
weekend. Stefani said. f '
Among them were remote air
field hasUlyt b'aUt because of
Italian bombardment of regular
airdromes.- -:. '. -1 '
Heavy aerial blows eJso were
reported by the high command,
which said 14 British ships were
gfcot down la Africa Sunday -ln-
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Gut if Board's
Plan Affirmed
Marketing . ol . Nearly 36
; Million Pounds Gains .
Board's- Approval
Principal Office to Be
in Salem; D. Walker
Named Chairman
Hop growers will sell all of
their 1940 crop and 8000 bales
more if the US secretary of agri
culture adopts recommendations
made yesterday at the closing
meeting in Portland of the new
national hop control board's first
session under the new Industry
wide agreement and order which
went Into effect yesterday.
The board estimated 1940 hop
production In Oregon, California
and Washington at Z5. 000,000
sounds, or 176,000 bales; and
recommended that 36,432,539
pounds, or 184,662 bales be fixed
by the secretary of agriculture
aa the salable quantity under the
new 1940-41 agreement. C. W
Paulus, managing agent, reported
on his return here last night.
Salable Quantity of hops In
1939 was first fixed at 147,000
bales and subsequently raised to
157.000. . : '
The 1940 quantity proposal
would cut the surplus to a point
at which brewers would ;save a
nearly- normal carryeTefi; Taulus
said.?" :v: '7v- -Walker
rfnaaimously
Elected Chairman - v;
Senator Dean H. Walker of In
dependence was u n a n 1 mously
elected and Installed as chairman
of the hop board at yesterday's
meeting. Other officers elected
were: O. I. Becker, president of
the United States Brewers asso
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Paper Mill Fumes
Held "Not so Bad77
Other Cities Have Worse
and Do not Complain
Council Informed
Charles F. Davis and Paul
Pierce, presidents respectively of
the Salem locals of the papermak
ers and sulphite workers' union,
don't believe the paper mill sul
phur fumes are so bad.
They pointed out in a joint let
ter to the council last night that
Camas, Wash.;" which boasts the
largest paper mill ' In the world,
has worse fumes and that there
is no complaint. - that, for that
matter. Oregon City. St. Helens,
Vancouver, Longview, and-Taco-ma
have worse fumes and no com
plaint. "To our knowledge," their let
ter said, "no mill in America has
been able to eliminate the fumes
originating from the manufacture
of paper."
The letter eta'ed that the pa
per mill payroll la 970,000 month
ly and that the mill employs a
high type of worker.
A council committee is investi
gating the sulphite fume problem.
Lightning Fires Blazing .
MISSOULA. ; Mont, Aug. iiJT)
-The forest service said today
lightning fires were blazing In
the Bitterroot. Kanlksu. cabinet
and Kootenai forests, the. largest
moving " across S 5 0 acrea of yel
low pine near Darby, Mont.
Bonneville and
Linked as New
PORTLAND. Aug. 5.-V-Tbe
Pacific northwest greatest trans
mission i line, t 13 ft-mlle circuit
connecting i the generators ? of
Bonneville and Grand tniee
dams; was energised today,
Bonneville Administrator Paul J.
Raver announced. ' V : i -i -
The line, capable of carrying
power at 130,000 rolts, waa com
pleted Friday at a total tost, in
cluding engineering, acquisition
and clearance of right-of-way, of
nearly g4.O0O.00O. v -
Normal : construction, of the
Bonneville transmission system is
at its peak," Raver reported to
Secretary- Ickes. . The entire
program is moving forward at a
rapid pace.; This- will, permit us
to clear- the . way .for any emer
gency", construction 4 which" con
gress may: find: necessary to im
plement - the northwest'' indus
trial contribution to national de
fense.', . ,': -' - : . -
- Bonneville's ! construction engi-
SurpJ
,&&ex& sail tar .cemsletioa of tka
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BROILED GRAPEFRUIT ON ROADSIDE MENU
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Broiled grapefruit is a late idea oa the -food pages and there was plenty of broiled grapefruit oa the Pa
cific highway 10 miles south of Salem yesterday morning when this trailer loaded with grapefruit
and oraage caught fire. The truck, running from Ixm Angelee to Seattle, waa safely detached from,
the trailer. Fire developed from friction developed when one of dual tire went flat. Statesman
photo.
Homes Imperiled
By Stubble Blaze
Standing': Grain1 Destroyed f
by Fire Near Silver
Creek, Reported
8ILVERTON. Aug. I Fire
starting in the city dump about
11 a. m. today Jumped Silver
creek west of town and threatened
several homes before controlled.
Fields of standing grain and sev
eral acres of stubble were de
stroyed by the blase, which waa
fanned Into life three times after
once thought out. Volunteers con
tinued to patrol It last night
The Mt. Angel fire department
was summoned to protect the W.
C. Larson home. The fire sped
to the Audney Tokstad service
station and burned completely
around It
The Victor Madsen, Mrs. M. J.
Madsen and L. H. Myers homes
were in the path of the blase, and
both Sllrerton trucks were re
quired. Some small timber also
caught on fire.
Over 100 volunteer fighters had
controlled. the. blase for the first
time' about Z o'clock.
A representative, of the. state
fire warden's office advised' the
city, council tonight to send .a
crew to the fire and make every
effort to. have It extinguished
during the night.
Moraleda -Wreck's
Death Toll Is 67
PUNTA ARENAS," Chile, Aug.
S-t-Death toil in the ship wreck;
of , the Chilean state railways
steamer Moraleda was placed at
6 7 tonight . as the ' Chilean de
stroyer Condell rescued It sur
vivors from ' Faraway . Island at
the western entrance to the
Straits of Magellan.
The 785-ton Moraleda, which
struck a rock and sank, carried
8 0 passengers, i The rescued in
cluded the captain .and lodge
Roberto Sahr of Punta Arenas.
Grand Coulee
Line Finished
circuit set a new record for high
speed line building. Construction
started August 7, 1939. Surveys
were begun August 25, 19 3 S less
than two weeks after appropria
tions were made available.
Completion of the Bonneville
Grand Coulee circuit , gives : the
Bonneville power administration's
transmission system a total of 441
miles of line. - - - . ,"-'-:
Raver said the new line "means
that the entire Columbia river in
dustrial area ' is , now within the
immediate reach . of two of " the
greatest , power, p 1 a n t In the
country.1? r - 'r -: v -
"By next January, some of the
large industrial centers of Puget
Sound will also be - tied In - by
direct, high voltage lines,. Raver
added. "Others will-be connected
thereafter if . necessary funds are
provided...- -; :-. J-,-:--? :
, Initial deliveries ' frbra ; Bonne
ville, toward Grand Coulee will be
seat over heavy conductor' cables
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Heat of Flat Tire?
Causes Fire Ttat
Destroys Trailer
A five-ton trailer and Its cargo
were destroyed yesterday on the
Pacific highway 10 miles south
of Salem when heat generated
from a flat tire ignited the rear
tires.
Owned by the Pacific Refriger
ated Motor lines of Seattle, the
trailer waa bound north from Los
Angeles to Seattle with a mixed
load of oranges and grapefruit
and several items of general
freight
Karl Searlght and 8. T. Barn
hart, drivers of the combined
truck and trailer unit reported
that they saw the flames .through
the truck's rear view mirror soon
after the fire started, but that
they were unable to quench them
after stopping and uncoupling
the two units.
The cargo, as well as the equip
ment, waa wholly destroyed.
White Russian Is
Slain by Giinese
SHANGHAI. Aug. . -(Tuesday)
(JPy-A. Chinese ' gunman today
kiuea i. capt. Paul Yankosvky,
white Russian J director of the
Japanese affairs eectlon of the
French concession's police.
The killer rang the : bell of
Tankovskys apart men and shot
him when he opened the door.
Tankovsky was a former offi
cer In the czarist air force and a
former soldier in the French
foreign legion. r
: Tankorsky waa the . second
white - Russian slain here within
four days. . Charles Metaler, lead
er, of the white Russian com
m unity in Shanghai, was shot
down by assassins Friday in the
American defense : sector of the
international settlement.
MeUler had resisted . attempts
to, reorganize on. a .pro-Japanese
basis the Russian emigrants com
mittee which he. headed.
Montreal Mayor
Is Under Arrest
MONTREAL. Aug. S-(Tues-day)
Pi Mayor Camllllen Houde
of Montreal has been taken into
custody under' the war measures
act, it was announced early to
day by Superintendent H. R. Gag?
non of the Royal Canadian mount
ed police.'.
' .Opposition Leader R. B. Hanson
had charged in the house of com
mons oa Saturday that Houde had
"openly defied the law of Canada'!
by urging the public to disregard
national registration August : 19-il.-,
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' Gagnon said this morning: "
1 Mf. Houde his already left for
aa internment camp. He was tak
en into custody shortly : after 11
o'clock last night in a joint action
of the provincial - police and the
Royal Canadian mounted police."
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Senators - '
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JEssoiiri, Kansas
Primaries
"ivsism ' ' is a till issue
in Show-Me State; New
'Machine' in Race
IT. LOUIS, Aug. I.-P)-Llke a
cat with nine lives, the issue of
"bossiam," instead of dying with
the Income tax conviction of Tom
Pendergast. former Kansas City
political leader, was alive again
tonight as Missouri's voters pre
pared to go to the poles tomor
row.
A new so-caiied political "ma
chine" waa In the field Mayor
Bernard F. Dlckmann's St Louis
administration w h i c h backed
the city's excise commissioner,
Lawrence . . McDanlel, . for - the
democratic gubernatorial nomlna
tlon against a cry that it. was
seeking state-wide domination.
TOPEKA, Kas Aug. I.-flJHt
was primary eve in. Kansas, but
no last minute appeals to voters
were broadcast no confident pre
dictions of victory issued,' and the
summer's record of not a single
campaign speech by a major can
dldate went unbroken. '
Most of the republican candi
dates for reelection are unopposed
for renominatlon, and the demo
crats have few. tights for the op
posing, candidacies, resulting ; in
one of the qui est est primaries the
state has known '
'Political leaders .predicted not
more than 350,000 of the 850,000
registered electors would rote, '
Julius Streicher .
Is Reported Dead
LONDON. Aug. t-npL-A Reu
ters. British - news agency., dis
patch said tonight Julius Strel
cher, governor of Franconla and
Germany, a No. 1 Jew-baiter, was
dead according to reports from a
well-informed source in Germany.
Streicher, 55 1 years old, waa
with Adolf Hitler in Munich last
November S when s bomb ex
ploded in the beer hall soon after
Hitler-had departed.
Streicher was the spearhead of
the anti-Jewish movement in Ger
many for years, and founded the
national socialist party In Fran
conla where he was district leader.'
-Like many of Hitler's' compan
ions from the old days .when the
party war struggling to power, he
had served several Jail terms.-He
was with, the fuehrer in the abor
tive Munich putsch in 1922 and
waa Confined to Landsberc peni
tentiary with Hitler.
Heat Comes Back -
After SHofEncls
'5 .'.-..i . J.'f -i- :'... ; ;
Salem's weather business pick
ed up to a hot 97 degrees -yesterday
to demonstrate that the 100-
year-old elty hid been especially
favored during its Centennial
celebration, v - -: "" V-
The ' maximum was reached at
2 ;? 0 p.nu The minimum-waa f 2
degrees. '---t--fC ' b. "-;.' .
The forecast - is for continued
fair weather today and Wednea-
asy. out wim ucreiuiu( iug ira i
the.cofu-t ,.4--
Facing
Solcaier Draft
roved
7:
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o1n ;3VIaj9rity ; vGuard
little' Opposition,' Shows'
on That but Big Issne
Still Gaining Heat !"
By RICHARD L. TURNER .
WASHINGTON, . Aug. "S-GPV-
Leglslatlon., for compulsory mili
tary training of the nation's youth
finally received the approval . to
day of the senate military com
mittee, whose chairman. Senator
Sheppard of Texas, asserted "oa
the senate floor, that he 'firmly
believed Adolf Jlltler intends to
attack this country, , ' .
- Ready, after many delays ; and
postponements, for. consideration
in the senate proper, the measure
awaited only the paasage of a bill
authorizing . President Roosevelt
to call out the national guard and
army reserve officers for intensive
training. : . '. -
So deep is the feeling on the
peace-time 'draft issue that al
though the senate debated the na
tional guard bill throughout the
day, the conscription question en
tered repeatedly into the dLtcus-
sion, A battle of unusual propor
tions obviously awaited it : r
The conscription bill and -the
national guard measure were sev
eral times declared to be compan
ion pieces, but opposition to the
latter was apparently negligible.
senator wnewer (iMont), a
leader of t h e antl-conscrlptlon
bloc, said for one that he saw no
Objection to the guard bill. It was
requested by President Roosevelt
and the war department on the
ground that developments In the
war abroad had shown that the
guard needs special training. .
-;-beppaids stllement that Hit
ler plans eventually to attack the
United States was made in the
course of a brisk exchange with
Wheeler.
After the latter had disputed
Sheppard's contention that a na
tional emergency exists at the
present .time, and argued that
there waa ao need fer compulsory
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Committee Named
To Pick WU Head
Resignation of Baxter Is
Accepted but He'll Be .?
Acting President ' ,
The Willamette university
board of ' trustees accepted the
resignation of Bishop Bruce R.
Baxter aa president of the insti
tution at a special meeting - here
yesterday.- but' requested him - to
continue as acting president in so
far as his new duties with .the
Methodist church will permit.
A nine-man committee was ap
polned to recommend ' a , candi
date to sueceeed Bishop Baxter in
the presidency.' Heading, the com
mittee is Amedee Smith, of Port
land, who was chairman of the
committees that selected Dr. Carl
O. Doney more than 20 years' ago
and Dr. Baxter six years ago.
Other members i are A, A.
Schramm. Corvallls; .Governor
Charles A. Sprague. Rev. J." C.
Harrison. Paul B. Wallace, presi-
dent ox the board and Dr. Chest
er F. Luther, faculty representa
tive, Salem; Rev. Guy Goodsell,
C. L. Starr tad Judge James W.
Crawford, Portland. f
No candidates for the Willam
ette presidency .were suggested, at
yesterday's . meeting and no ' spe
cific time set for the termina
tion of the acting presidency. :
Five campus appointments were
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Mill i .reek Hrifi&e W iden in&)x
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Job Let; Work Starts
Bid of Tiesko and Hannaman,
Salem contractors, of 14490 for
widening of the bridge over Mill
creek between - Division and
Broadway was - accepted - by vtne
elty council last night over fire
other bids. -Zv. u.-' ' '-: : ' ' " '--,-';
Work oa the project, which will
remove a Bottleneck on-, uoeiry
street; will start soon and is to
he completed before October 15.
Other bidders were Henry Carl,
S S 10 r Barkemeler - and .Sarmel;
Portland,; 14150; JIcNutt Bros.;
Eugene 5270f Avondale Con
struction company $1249, : and
Bar ham Bros. fSSSO. :,-- ,
, The council "passed ordinances
providing change of aone from
class 1 residential to class ' S
business for s e lot on '- Center
street east of 17th street and for
change from class X residential to
class g business for the block on
which Sacred . Heart ' academy
stands and where a new Catholic
school will be erected. -. . A
Provision of fees for runs
made" outside city limits by .the
fire department - were made ; in
Ger
i:ian
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'CVselyjeare'Gilt
terFemLlteport From Toim 1 H
All i WirMess off 4
j. 4
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HijTidesHint of InVasion;
?4 (By the. Associated ;Pr?ess);i 5 ;. , j :. :-,
- A sudden and rnysterioni movement ol 19 BritisH war-
ships from Gibraltar toward 'the Atlantic ocean and the si
lencing of the entire German radio system for. approximately
six hours fanned the possibility of blitzkrieg to new propor-v
tions early today. :'?!. . . ; . ( : .
Whether the long-threatened German attempt to invade
Britain was! at hand was a rnatter for speculation,1-but the
juxtaposition' of events made; it art ominous possibility, r
The shutdown of the German ; wireless for . "technical
alterations"
aouncement
was carried in f a terse English-language - an
heard by the- National Broadcasting company
at 10:22 p. m. (EST) Alonday
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Centennial Held
Terv Successful
Financial Report not Due5
for Several Days; Big
Stage Comes Down
Salem Centennial 'officials icon
fined, themselves yesterday to
"very successful" statements, of
the celebration's financial out?
come pending Ian audit of expend
ditartis, and Sipt&KA;
General Manager Irl 8. MeSher
ry said the exact amount of ticket
sales from the Centennial pag
eant would not he known until
the auditors had counted the tick-f
et stubs. He said it would be
"a week or 1 daya" until the
Centennial commission executive
committee would be able to make:
its final report. ?
Receipts from the celebration:
were still coming In yesterday. In
the form of purchases of souve
air pageant programs, of which
a supply was left over and la
available at Centennial head guar-;
ters, McSherry added.
Rasing of the 300-foot long
pageant setting was started yes-
terday. A portion of the large
stage may be j left In place until
after the ceremony August 27
notifying Senator Charles L. Mc
Nary ol his nomination for the
vice-presidency.
Most Budgeteers
Selected
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All hut five . members of the
council -have jnamed representa
tives from their' wards for places
onthe' citizen's budget Committee
Selections to date are:' . - - 4.
Ward oneFred Keptune .by
Alderman E.' B. Perrlne; Ralphs
Cooley by Alderman. James Nich
olson. ;i .. i:--
Ward two i-Roy M. Lockeneur
by Alderman S. B. Laughlln; Max
Page by Alderman Frank Mar
shall. ! ;
Ward four - Tinkham Gilbert
by Alderman Gertrude Xobdell, ' .
Ward fire-Fred Paulus by Al
derman Darld 0'Hara;- T. I C.
Peerenbloom: by Alderman . Ross
Goodman.'
Ward seven Armln Bergerlhy
Alderman' Bert T. Ford r Hannah
MarUn by Alderman C.VF. French.
By Mayor Chadwick L. P. Le-
Garie. 1 :, ...4 ' )i
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another ordinance passed. The
ordinance provides a minimum tee
of $25. a fee of $50 for the first
hour for working fires and $25
for each additional hour;
Turner road Inside of the city
limits was officially made Mis
sion street by passage of aa ordin
ance, '--.n
: Mayor Chadwick, on motion of
Alderman 8- B. tAughlln, appoint
ed a committee of the city record
er, city engineer and city attor
ney to work out an inventory sys
tem for tie eitr. --' - -' -'
e An - rather thought It the cus
tom 'of all business to have an an
naul .inventory.- tAughlin-said,
and it rather surprised me that
Salem has never had one. h
Rodney C Hawkins requested
the council's permission to place
20 . refuse cans - on downtown
streets, which; he would "maintain
for the privilege of selling adver
tising on the cans.. r..'V -T- ,::i--V;
Joe FItxgerald's bid of $$48 was
accepted for painting the city hall
roof. - Vr':-- -
- Condemnation of a building-at
if finnt)i waa ordered. . -
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Already
JR.ddio
-Shut
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Msri for-
technical
a. Laaaji.a uuuj
to De eiiectiye until i4 :15 a. m.
est) Tuesday.
.he ' announced reason might
be entirely accurate, but wartime
observers recalled that every pre-
vlous blitzkrieg-has been preceded
and accompanied by clamps on
communication facilities. !
The British j warship movementa
. ilm a
were reported from La Ldnea. . '
Spain, the town that sits abaft. I p
that British fortress rock. These ; 1
reports eaia tne snips itrst neaaer . 1 . ?
Monday, morning toward the Med- j f. '
iterranea.n..wlera-thT htm rnna f 1
before, but then circled about and 5 :
headed toward the Atlantic. $. 1
" From: Gibraltar - to 5 Southamp- J
ton, ; England is ;lHliatlei j
roughly three i days' steaming time
by a large squadron, possibly less
by T taster individual units. - The
report took more than 12 hours ,'
to reach New jYprk via Lisbon. j
This move, itoo, might be mere- (
ly a British feint; might be an
exaggeration from La ,Llnea- r f
many of whose residents hare
been kicked put of Gibraltar for
various reasons over a period: of
many years; pr it might mean a
sudden sharpening of t the com- j
paratirely Quiet war of the laat j
six weeks.';' j . . .
Britain's shores today and !
through Friday are being washed
by the highest tides of August,
and the long range weather fore- j
cast calls fori fogs and calm seas f t
' good omcni for a wonld-be ia- ; : , -
vader.; ., j . J; V 1 ' V
But Germany's Fuhrer Adolf" ? ;
Hitler j has been known to cross L.- f f ?
up Mil prognosucaiors. i :
. His"f air force this morning was
Continuing- Its; raids on. Britain
apparently1 at about the same
tempo as usual.;- - ; t
The air war continued In the
spotlight; during Monday. " - '
; Raiding , warplanea; blasted a.
munitions . dump at Gibraltar;
Italy.; began i a systematic aerial
campaign to destroy V Important
British i bases around Mussolini's
African possessions; the British
reported destructive raids against
Italian and German objectives in
Africa: and Europe; and the Ger
mans told of raids, on British antt- '
aircraft-positions, oil tanks and
shipyards. J -;: t ' ,. ;1
Butl still the expected German
blitzkrieg on . England T did not .
come, i W lta tne ' month's hignest -'
tides running on Britain's shores,
defense watchers were more alert
than ever for a German attack
The British said their monthly
accumulation of planes ' now' ex
ceeds that of the naxis. They said :
that British aircraft production is
on a par with Germany; and .that
Canadian and United States pro
duction put' it over the nail flg-
ure... . ":r k:: . J;., , i
Russia added Latvia to the red
union and waited for today to
accept " Estonia's bid for admis
sion Into the USSR.' Lithuania
already has - been taken ' in " and .
Estonia's 1 entrance will-mark the
clean sweep by Russia of the
three Baltic states.
Bulgaria and Rumania will
reach an agreement, by Saturday
under which southern j Dobruja
will be - returned to Bulgaria,
sources ' eloee to the ' Bulgarian
government said. This settlement -
was ordered by Adolf ; HiUer
and Rumania' still has to negoti
ate, on. Hi tier's orders with Han-,
gary for Transylvania. ' " ;
A British dispatch said a Dd
Ish r ship with "several' persons
aboard struck a - mine and sank
Sunday night" whCe leaving Co
penhagen harbor. The passengers
were believed saved; Copenhagen
port traffic waa suspended yester
day.; . " , ' r 4 ii - I .-
France, strlTlng to rise from
defeat, will par her citizens la v v
proportion to the size . of their
families" instead of the usual
merit-based salaries, outh Min
ister Jean -Tbamezaray ' announ
ced. He said French women wci'.l
return to thelr,prinie traditicnai
nurnose In life being in their
homes, having children and lirlnsr-jf:
i t.n iiDtfi.t rin."
only to raise strong useful men.
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