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; Gofng'Away? ; , Going on a vacation thia . Booth? Let The Statesman follow y o a to bring ' r -V from home, along wttU word and. up-to-the-minute -photo pictures of Iftitl ' rrom abroad. CSUNOQO 1651 Salam, Oregon, TnMday Morning." Aucj-asl 13. 1819 Prion 3cs Hwtand 5c No. 113 o o 99 M (0ITe f V N y Kyy VSS x- --! J 1 111 V A U I vnt bttonUt aottli vial ; riid'K v Vy ivlWy lv I vvy. Ma. tp. m.. , V,mrr JMaDB. TOAldffr Mflrnlflff' Jl ru-ma 1 4 I0fl a y TTT' IT .Hull. 66lDau LP' U : Senate lineup Much Altered By DraftjSill Burke Is Administration .' Backer, Norris Sides . r With Vandenberg . Dictatorsnip" "to Result From Conscription,5 Liberal Asserts ' By RICHARD L. TURNER ; WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-av X prediction by Senator Norris (Ind-Neb) that peacetime; eon scrlptton would result in "dicta torship" brought Senator Burke (D-Neb) to his feet today to de clare that, on. h contrary, it was "the only democratic way to- pro Tide an adequate national - de fense. " "'It recognizes the obligation of all to serve, and to adequately train '. for that serTice,'" said Burke, a co-author of the pend ing: bill. "Rich and poor, all .classes, ' races and creeds are treated with exact and equal 'Jus tice. Instead of being contrary to the principles pf American liberty and freedom, this proposal is lm plicit with the spirit of true Americanism." In exact contradiction of Burke's assertions, Norris had previously told the senate with characteristic fervor that "compulsory military training" in time of peace cannot long prevail in a democratic form of government - without 1 leading that government . into the realm of dictatorship.'! He predicted -a huge standing army, militarism extending into the' years, and women eventually working' in the fields- to support the men in uni form, as consequences of the pass age of the bin. ' I Stlmson Is Unfit -Wheeler "Declares " , ' Otherwise, the senate second day of debate os the subject pro duced a charge ' by 8 e sTt 6 i Wheeler CD-Mont) that Henry I Stlmson is "unfit" to serve as secretary of war, an assertion by Senator - Vandenberg . ' (R-Mieh) that voluntary enlistments should be given a further trial before re sorting to conscription, and a statement by Senator Clark (D Vo) that the army favors the bill because It would mean swift pro notions for the present officer personnel. - ' Toward the close of the day Senator Barkley of Kentucky,! the democratic leader, said that those la charge of the bill bad decided (Turn to Page 2, Ool. 1.) !Paul ; Hausers Column ' Did you ever try to catch an antelope? Well, neither did we, but our antelope, sagebrush and warwhoop authority, Mr. Gem- meu, assurer us that antelopes can be caught with a rope- if the r o p r pos sesses a sufflcl-r cnt skllL We hav heard that the. ante lope Is a very speedy and flighty sort of beast and, al though A we . have never . aeen an antelope In the flesh, have no ". -reason to doubt It. That Is what makes us a little dubious about establishing an antelope dairy. ' You've heard -of moose milk and mare's milk, which the wild Mongols prise highly, r but tw doubt if you ever, gave much, con sideration to the milk of the ante lope. That's .where you're differ ffer ; ' as ent from Dr. J. R. Haag, blokndeal survey chemist Oregon State college. Dr. Kaag has beea coiiBidrrlag aatelop . milk. - We don't know whare or how the good doctor caught his ante lope, bat he had one available. What he found out was amazing. A good, healthy ; antelope, the doctor found out, will yield milk which Is 1 S r per cent . butterf at. This Is a figure which should make your old-fashioned cow dai ryman jealous, because cow's milk averages only I to 5 per cent butterfat,? The doctor also found antelope mUk twice as high In protein as cow's milk or about the same as evaporated milk. T We're Just waiting for Infor mation from Dr Haaff on how; ' to catch and milk an antelope before we trip over to eastern v Oregon and run down a model . dairy herd.' " '. r -' While meddllnr around In the scientlflcr -world we might report that Dr. P. K. Klrsten, the aero nautical engineer, has taken time1 erf from atratollnsrs. to design an air-conditioned bed. Ton want it t:t, ycu tarn a d!lal; you want It coil, rcti turn aaother diaL Tt'3 is probalsly a good thing for reople like us who can never ?emto adjust tJie bedcovers at t'-'t fine pclat ol comfort which 7 (Tern t? Tszi CoL 8J. j r i War Sufferer benefit ; 5-4 in jp Red , Cross County Quota Believed "Filled and - -Fans Get Eyeful By ROK GEMMELL : ; . Gather 'round and listen to the story of the Greys and the Mays, who battled through nine innings of . the great American pastime last night at free-given George E. Waters park so that the Marlon county Red Cross chapter might today look an J80TJ0 war relief, fund quota in the face and like it. The chapter needed 11124 be fore the Greys and the Mays start ed crossing hickory sticks, and when the sheckels were all count ed, Milton L. Meyers, chairman of the fund J drive, stated it was Ms opinion the $8000 quota had been reached. I Meyers counted up to $1039.10 from the1 220S customers who packed the park grandstand- 184.10 short of rilling the deficit but said he was certain that un collected sales at the state capitol and state penitentiary would more than reach the mark. Victory went to the Mays, by a 5 to 4 scare, In a ball game worth a half buck of anybody's money even if it wasn't going to help feed or clothe unfortunate vic tims of the struggles across the big pond. Crosswbite Whiffs 14 It went to the hustling young sters, despite 14-strikeout serving by the Greys' elongated Luke Crosswbite ;who dished up as as sorted a bunch of strikes and balls as any baseball fan-ever laid a peeper upon.. ' , Too, the folks who forked out for swset' charity were treated to a vaudeville performance by pen itentiary : inmates that In itself was worth a goodly piece of their change. , Vocal numbers, a-tapj dance, iami numnernarpxana-sojo and a' flown act we th, contri butions by the cons. In addition to a well-played ball game. - It, wasj the first .time In more than two decades an Oregon peni tentiary team. played outside. the prison walls, and the whole affair was made possible only through the hearty cooperation of Warden George Alexander, the state board Of control. Owner George Waters of the ball park and Biddy Bishop, ball park: business manager, who acted as master of ceremonies. The Mayn with King Carl di recting, moved out In front with two -runs in the third and three In the fifth, before the Greys started their crowd-pleasing . at tempt to overtake the neads-up youngsters. : BiUy Taitt, husky third saeker of the Mays, drove In the third frame pair of tallies with the second of his. three blngles for the night. His third, along with singles by Bill Rei man, Tom An derson and "Salem's own George (Turn to Page 2, CoL t.) Bill for Bridges Deportation Fails In Subcommittee WASHINGTON, Aug. Legislatlon for the summary de portation ef Harry Bridges, west coast CIO leader, was sidetracked by a senate subcommittee today in favor of an Inquiry by the Jus tice department. Over the opposition of Chair man King (D-Utah), the group adopted ja substitute resolution which would direct the attorney general to Investigate Bridges im mediately and ehip him back to Australia if be were found to be an undesirable alien. -King, i overridden by Senators Austin (R-Vt) and Schwellenbach (D-Wash), served notice that he would aeek to have the full im migration committee reverse this vote and ' accept ,thei original measure approved JuneilS by the house by a vote of 852 ito 20. England DoesnHEvenThink OfiDefeaL Says Mrs. Barnes ; By WALLACE A. EPRAGUE "The day that was declared, we all expected the bliUkrieg to begin Just any mlnutej Then it Atrfnt'eome. and durinc most of the winter the war wasn't even a subject of conversation In nf land." I- -. ' ' r These were the observations on a snnny; peaceful Salem after noon of Mrs. Ralph Barnes, who if !b nittier Panouna.tlan to Salem friends and Willamette nni- Yertity. classmate not po many years ago. ".. i ":' TJ. . - ' - She made them while sitting in a swing on the front porch of her husband's parents, Mr. una Mrs. v f HarTipH At SJ5 Nartli Capi tol, a plac8 : which seemed ' very known :as "political realities'! rked that her hus band: for many years a, member" of the European sxau oi wte te York Herald Tribune, is "now in Beirut, Syria, half a world away. She made this ract mown wna some emphasis, lince for a num A Ball Game Wowed Ball Fans : At Charity Game ' t .i V. Hoto, capricious clown of the state peaitcnUary, who played a . Joe., rol ia the prbgraaa oemted. by - tausateo .dwriaa; las - aright benefit pat at Oeerg K. i Waters park. Btateanaaa Photo. Guard Will Start Mock War Today Northern Iteda to Wear Uniforms, BInea' Co Forth in Denim TELM, Aug. 12-GPr-Wlth nine days of gruelling training behind them,' 41,000 soldiers were poised tonight in nine ' camps flung throughout ' southwestern Wash ington to move into a 100 square mile combat area tomorrow to fight a four-day "war" designed primarily to teit the fighting fit ness of national guardsmen from eight far western states. - The moek war, provoked by a border dispute" between the northern "reds', and southern blues," will start tomorrow night when ' "over-the-top" orders are Issued by the chief umpire Bri gadier General Henry T. Burgin of the Presidio, Monterey, Calif. Concentration of the opposing armies was complete tonight as final contingents . of the regular army's third division arrived in the : Centralla-Chehalis region, rrom Fort Lewis to Join the south ern "bines," composed chiefly of guardsmen from California, Utah and Nevada. Training tapered off today as general staffs of the southerners' 26,000-man force and the north ern group's 16,000-man army laid 11th hour battle plans while sol diers prepared their equipment for war. , The northern army, composed (Turn to Page 2 CoL 4) ber of weeks, almost since' she sailed " for " this country on the liner. Manhattan from Ireland on May 2S, 'she has I had only a haxy f idea of ' what corner of Europe 'Mr. 'Barnesthas been' in. She hast known jthat ho was traveling, however, land was get ting farther" and farther ' away from Germany, and I for a reason: The reasqn is that Mr. Barnes and a journalistic colleague were,' de nied the privilege of the German Ministry of ; Information's press conferences and ' telegraph facili ties last May, and were ordered to leave the Reich within 24 hours. y-" . ...f " : "-. " ' i " Herr Goebbel gate the reason that Mr. ' Barnes writings were Inimical ' to the German Reich: but whatever the f pretext' the correspondent has since traveled In a more or 'less leisurely fash ion through the war-trouble Bal kans, until now he is in Syria.- . Mrs.. Barnes and their, two chil dren Suzanne and Joan, however, (Turn to Page 2, CoL - -. ' ? :r s -i- ; Death Toll 35 Li rfericahe Loss MilKbiis Beaufort . Vicinity; SoutH Carolina, Hardest Hit T in SundayVUlow . Charleston Hit; Flood! Damage in Louisiana Also Is Mounting 7 ATLANTA. Aug. 12.-jIV-Th . known death toU In Sunday's hur ricane along the Georgia and South -Carolina coast rose to .21 tonight as rescue erewa penetrated further into the stricken areas Property damage was in the mil lions of dollars. i . The Red Cross in Washington said eight negroes perished on Ladies .island of Beaufort, EC This waa in addition to 25 negroes previously reported by the Red Cross to hare died at nearby St. Helena Island and two fatalities at Savannah, Ga. Beaufort county, which ap peared to have been nearest the center of the tropical storm, wss hardest hit. Communications to Beaufort had not been re-estab lished late tonight Worst hit in the Charleston area appeared to be rally island, where Russell Mogowan, Charles ton attorney and resident of the resort estimated property damage would run 11.000,000. - Insurance adjusters estimated damage at Savannah would run between 1850,000 and 11.000.000. Industrial plants in the Charles ton area were hard hit. Loss to them was estimated at $500,000. The whole coastal area between I Turn to page z, coi. ) . Hatch Condemns - Convention ook Demand Own Party Cee Solicitation From Corporation WASHINGTON. Aug. It-UPV- senator Ha ten (D-nm) charged bis own party today with evading the polities laws and demanded that It abandon its "convention books" carrying advertising from corporations. He contended that any pur chase of the book would violate the Hatch act. As for its advertis ing, the senator eonceded that the solicitation before the Hatch law was enacted probably was technically legal but held that it was "clearly an evasion if not a violation of the corrupt practices act ' which forbids corporations to make political contributions. "There is just one thing to do about this convention book." Hatch told the senate. "Regard less of whst the cost msy bo or what effect It may have, it should be discontinued right now." Edward J. Flynn, democratic national chairman-elect, said In new -York: "There never was any intention of placing the book on sale. It will go to 100,000 or more democratic speakers and workers .like any other campaign book." Oliver A. Quayle, Jr.. democrat ic . treasurer, said yesterdsy the national committee " planned to send the book to state and local organisations which might sell It for 25 cents, the price printed on the cover, if permitted to do so by local laws. . On this point Attorney General Jackson today issued this an nouncement: "Since this statement may be Interpreted by others to mean that state laws could make per missible, that which a federal law prohibit XHhink It only fair to point out that no such view has been accepted or approved by the department of justice.". Nazi Propaganclist Qeannp Proceeds BUENOS AIRES, Ang.'. 12.-4?) -Argentina's . nasi propagandist cleanup . drive netted two, more prisoner and brought reports to night ' that another man ordered deported apparently has already fled the country. ' Gtndarms . who mad th ar rest .said they found pro-naxi leaflets hinting. that South Amer icans should learn to shout "hen Hitler and accept German pro tection - - . i , - First Fern Ridge , Concrete Ponred . EUGENE, Aug.-1 lJ-ip-Form on the 200-foot spillway of the Fern Ridge dam received- their first concrete today. , - , ; The Fern Ridge dam will be the ' first completed unit in the Willamette river basin project. More -. than 'a million pounds of reinforcing and other structural steel will go into the 10.909 cuble L yards in th main dam structure. Hundreds .. ofi JPlaik2& a - - . im '.-".-, -i - Berlin Claims ' Air iigTie Channiel Ai!i 213' British Planes Are Rained, Nazi Count; Freighter! Sunk Driving Bleet Away Also Is Aim; Airmen Won't Fight Back, Jleport BERLIN, Aug. lt.-(Tsdy)- (i9?)-Clalming virtual control of the air over the bomb-splattered English channel, German sources predicted today that anccossiro raids would stab steadily inland until "not even London" would be safe from bomb-destruction. Hailing reports of tremendous ruin to Britain's coast defenses and naval bases in three days of stepped-up aerial blitzkrieg, the German press said the battle fleet Britain counted on to hold oft di rect assault might already hav been forced to clear out of chan nel bases. The Germans claimed 2 IS Brit ish planes wrecked in the three days of fighting, last Thursday, Sunday and yesterday including those smashed by bombs dropped on airdromes.' Sunday and yesterday, the Ger man reported, 114 were shot out of the air, 71 yesterday and 02 Sunday, to German losses f 4 It yesterday, and ST Sunday. . rrom tho.rauasux ax too. At tacks they, looked more and more like preparation for the long-ex pected grand scale invasion. Mansion Airport Claimed - Destroyed The Great British naval base at Portsmtuth: where huge fire wer reported, the airport at Man sion, declared to have beea de stroyed, and the port of Margate on the Thames estuary, gateway to London, bore the brunt of the assault along th southern coast ef England. The German radio' reported the British lost 48 plane in th bat tle Over Portsmouth alone, where IS German plane were shot down. It said 15 British plane were destroyed at Mansion, IS of thesn on the ground, and claimed heavy losses at th airdrome ef Canter bury, Lymp and Hawking. Still other nasi squadron screamed down on barrage bal loon-protected British convoys tn th accentuated campaign to de stroy Britain's shipping and har bor facilities and demoralize her people. The Germans asserted a dive- bombing attack on a eonvoy east of Southend sank two freighter (Turn to Pago 2. CoL X.) Adequate Defense; Favored bv WCTU CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-4V-Th Women's Christian Temperance union adopted a resolution today opposing war in principle,' but favoring "adequate national de fense and preparedness to Insure peace. "In Order to promote efficiency. help maintain discipline and in sure physical fitness," the resolu tion said, "we earnestly urge that defense plans provide for refusal to grant permits for sale of al coholic liquors, including beer and wine, in canteens, training camp and territories adjacent thereto." The -union' slth annual con vention also deplored the "crea tion, of war psychology 'and hys teria. pledged itself to remain on' guard against "the dangers from foe within' our nation known a th fifth column. and arged that all possible effort be mad to keep America out cf war. 2 liif aht8,i Names Are CROWLKT, Lali AugiSw-tPV- Two children .born to southwest Laoulslaua- refuge, parent' will bar occasion to remember the floods that Inundated their home In th summer ril40. - ' A boy born yesterday at city hall 'was? christened High Water Broussard. A. negro boy born -the same day was - named Submarine Johnson., s. .' - . . Senators; mm 3 ' JL West, Coast Immigration Station At Angel Island Swept by Blaze ; : i ? r t Two two story banding wero destroyed by ftre oa Aagei Islaad, C8 immlgraUoa statfam ta San Frudsco bay. This aerial view shows the adsntaistratioa boildlag. ose of the street arcs .destroyed, xn this balldiac tho sVpoKatioa heartag of Harry Bridges, west coast CIO leader, was held last summer. Damage was estimated at S30v OOO. Qao pcrsoa, a soldier seat fire, was salarod. Fifty worn em France Rumbles With Discontent Lnrnl Slay Co; Trial WiU Start Today of Former National Leaders VICHT, Franco, Aug. W.-iFf-Franco, swiftly roorganislag eivU- lan life in her shriveled territory J awaited tonight the opening of court action , to puniah leader who took her into the disastrous war with Germany. Public' Prosecutor Cassagnaa will present a complaint and de mand secret investigations aad heartag tomorrow when tho su premo "war guilt" tribunal whoso-Judgment will bo CajJ- meet at Riora. N sines of those to bo called wer not announced. Chief of State Marshal Philippe Petals will address the nation In a broadcast scheduled at 7:2 p.m. (11:10 a.m PST), tomorrow, a few hoar after the tribunal con venes. . (Reports In 8witserland before the French government broke oft telephone communication said Vice Premier Pierre Laval, desig nated by Petsin as his political heir, was among a group of off dais slated for discard. . Laval is said to hav lost fa vor especially with army leaders who . ar determined to protect th high command from any "dis grace" at the Rlom trials.) HUton Qnits His Legislative Post PORTLAND. Itfv 12.CV- Frank HV Hilton, candidate for mayor of Portland, sent Governor Spraguo hi resignation as state representative from Multnomah county yesterday. "A . man should not hold one publlo otfleo while running for another, Hilton commented. Nineteen More v Are Arrested by Japanese - TOKTO, .Aur. lS-PV-Kew ar rests of foreigners wer reported today amid a flare-up of anti- Brttlsh feeling In .Tokyo and signs of official pressure on other na tions to withdraw from China. Domei. 'Japanese news agency. reported It foreigner bad been srrested at-Dalrea. In th Japa nese-leased territory of Kwan tung. on charges ,-of dlaseminaU ing anti-Japanese propaganda and possessing short-wave- radios. Their, names and nationalities wer not disclosed.. Most persons previously Jailed in Korea and Japan proper in an anti-erplonag campaign hav been British, k" . About 2000 demonstrators at an anti-British mas meeting be neath German-Italian and J pa ses flags were restrained by po lice from marching On th Brit ish embassy here. They adopted resolutions de- msndlsg Britain's full withdrawal from the' far east' and advocating ItiacM t from th walslaad to help fight la a oetcntlosi ward were escorted Uns Bnllelins PCX tICBMO L TH, Eaglaad, Aa 9r-VFyMOivmm of Ger saaa Hetanel bosaoei their attack ess a towm "today bat ptly drrrest off. BERLIN, A a g . ia(Taea dy-(VDXB, omdU Ciisws reported today at 2M plaaes. NEW TOBJC, Aa lt-W-At leaat 400 ItaUaa aoldier have beea klTIed la aa illbaaisa which has beea ta pre- ataeo Friday, tho Brttish wireless reported la a broadcast heard toalght by NBC The report followed aa Ital ian broadcast vehcsaeatly deay la: Brttish new agrary reports of disorders. The British aasHwacesaeat aid that nearly SOOO Albanians were under arm la tho LissJ datti district aad aaother 000 la tho Mat! area, birthplace of the exiled Klag; Zog. . It said three ItaUaa warships took; troops to the Albanian port of Daraaso ' yesterday a th fightia: spread. SIMLA, India. Aa 12L-V-Eporadi bat deadly warfare has brokew oat aaew oa IadU's wild northwest froatier. Britain ha tried for tloao to s a b d a naaraadinar tribesmen, ' Mnttary asrtberhles reported toalgbt that two officers had beea killed aad 14 aattre sol diers woaaded la a clash which coettho mountain raider flr Tho British began February 23 the latest of saaay casB. paigas ta SO years to break tho (Turn to Pag 1, CoL J.) Foreigners closer Reme-Berlla-Tokyo ties. Britain already ha announced her decision to transfer her troop from China. -. . . - ' . Bef or th meeting convened, Takichiro . Sum, . foreign office spokesman, had hinted other na tion should consider withdrawing their military. forces from China, i Britain' decision. Sum, said, emphasised Japan is assuming re sponsibility fsr peae and order at Pe i ping, . Tientsin and Shang hai and that, rbecaus ef changed conditions, it now is problematical whether it is necessary to main taia troop In those area. . . Ia Shanghai, opposition to any mev to allow United State ma rines to take over the British de fense sector was expressed by the Japanese army newspaper. Talri ku SMropo. When Ike Brttish de part, the American ' marines will be the only important non-crtental element of the Shanghai csfeos forces.) '.' : : . ' news agestcy. that SO Brttsah ptaaes had beea desuoied ta sir he tiles dartaa; yesterday's saaes raids oa Eag laad aad listed Gertaaa loose Artillery and Italian Fliers MayBeAidihg: Heavy Loss to Invaders x Claimed ; 39 Planes ; " Downed Monday - ; Bertnas" Belierea t Firing From French -Coast at Dover DOVER, EacUsd, Ann. : It , (Taesdar) .T) Oenua . plaaea swept ta an ose the Cbaaacl ' this nsoraiag and attacked Bri taiasi noatheast roast for the third ccesslre day of asassed raids. Takla; advaatago of a low . eefliag, a big formatioa of raiders flew la saasked by flomdx ; aad raked the ballooa barraire with saarbiae-caa fire aad Ugb caaaaa. Two of the balloons were seen to falL - i For half an hour th drone cf airplane motor was hesrd ahor the clouds, accompanied, by th rat-tat .of machine-sroxts and heavier thud of cannon. -Some of the ballets strata streets along the waterfront Numbers of plane could b heard overhead for a half hour or more before, the raid started. .The-battle above the elosda apparently equalled, if it did not actually exceed In extent, the pre dAwa.actlTlty which ha. ushered tn tho past two days of. violent German raids. ' i - Observers . at a listening post said th enemy planes seemed to com over in ware very two or three minutes. '. . One, eye-witness said It "sound ed Ilk thers wer hundred of plane in the sky t ose tinve. LONDON. Aug. lX-(Tneaday)-(S3)-Adolf Hitler's losg-thres. ened . aerial htltikrieg oa BrUaln burst into a sa!Vthroatd roar of destruction txisy as naxt war plsaeo struck st every corner ot England.- They thus carried into the third consecutive day a ferocious s sault which began with flights ef 400 or more planes, leaped I III or mor yesterday, end reached undisclosed numbers tki snoraing. .Th air ministry's . nasi bon score en planes destroyed Men day morning listed f 1; German and IS British. i There wer indication that th onslaught-nay now bo backed by cannon fire from tho continent and possibly sided by I Lallan air men. l j t From northeast;, northwest. sot th east. otIfwest from every direction came reports ' ef en plod lng bombs. Reports of dam ago wer confined to etvUi&m structures as the nasi novelty "scream" bomb hurtle down. 89 Iavadhmx Plaaea V Destroyed Monday . Brttish fighters, as tl - aircra ft gunner and searchlight crew teamed-up to make th sky a deadly Jungle for th Invaders. Th raids this morning snd last night followed np those ef th wave ot awastiks-flauntinr bombers which dropped tons ef explosive Monday on .Britain great naval bases at Portsmouth. Southampton and Dover. Seventy or mor German plao continued to hammer against tho English coasUln between Dcvar and Portsmouth until late last night after the Brttish Asserted their defease forces had seat st least St to destruction In tho Monday conflict. Kin British plane wer missing. At en southeast coast town. house wer damaged by expl slons which at first wer attrib uted to bomb but later wero be lieved to hav been dtc to gn fire." Gm Ar Believed Firisqr Acreee Chaaael : Supporting the belief that th Germans at last have unllmberwd thtlr coastal cannon against Ear land was ths fragmentary nature of this report, which got threat from London only after 10 hear sad which said British amtberW ties were "investigating.) Hector Bywster. naval expert of The: London Nsws Chronicle, devoted hls'artlde today to "Gas Across tho ChsnneL" deciari&g that they-could be effective ny if tided by aerial "spotter."' "Th Germans msy aad ctr tainly bar mounted long-raxir guns between "Calais tad Boe logne,, he wrote, "bst they will be simply shooting lata tb bis unless they tars ellecllT inci ters aloft; and we may be tea fldezt the spotters win fcT a rouch tim from tie RAr. There were slrocr rcrncrs tLal Italr. Germany's slly, st lit u participating In the raid en4- (Turn to rft 2, cou 7)