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v this week! Soon the' papers
. wtll be all of gridiron j
r , sew. For first and most :
5 7ealher
Partly cloady today sad"
Friday overcast near coast .
temperature, above normal
Interior. 'Max. temp, Wed
needayjSl, mia. 54. River
-4.2 ft. Xorthwest wind. '
complete reports,' follow the
: icames In The Origoi j
Statesman. ,
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Given Approval
FDR Speech
Pica for Labor Support
:Made in Major Talk ,
i of Campaign K
Condemns Those Seeking
to Halt Social Gains i .5
- , on Defense Basis" -! .v-
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"r By 311CHARD L. TURNER
- "WASHINGTON. Sept.Ml-ff)
Flatly approving the. conscription
of non-coo peratlre Industries for
national defense purposes. Presi
dent Rooserelt delivered a .major
address of hit 1940 campaign to
night And made ot It an appeal
for the support of organized, labor.
He spoke. In the first place, be
fore a convention of the' Team
sters union, 'which earlier In the
day had endorsed him for a third
term. He recited the gains for la
bor which he contended were the
result of new deal legislation, and.
emphatically, he aserted that na
tional defense needs require no
relaxation of these reforms. -
"I - am convinced," , he said,
"that a breakdown of existing la
bor and social legislation would
weaken rather than Increase our
efforts for defense. Continuance of
them means the preservation of
the efficiency of labor. It means
the return to work of several
million still unemployed."
The chief executive lashed out,
too,' at segments ot his opposi
tion which, he ald, were endeav
oring to make the. national de
fense crisis an excuse for stop
ping "the progress we are making
. In social and labor? legislation"
and for repealing the new deal
enactments. . -
-Declares Progress
Made Difficult
Progress, he asserted, had been
slow and difficult; 'beset by ob
struction, and by- bitter- propagan
da.", from these who had grown
accustomed to the "exploitation"
of .theinaSSejsiwlrfug-fftf them;
' VYqu wilfTSinTmber that kind
of- opposition In the campaign of
four years ago,"., he said, "when
certain employers, politicians and
. newspapers all of whom are bow
active' 1b this campaign In aa ef
; fori to mislead and Intimidate la
bor, went to the extent of putting
antrue- electioneering - notices In
jay envelopes In order to smash
the new . social security act and
-force Its repeal by electing Its en-'-mlesT
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'";"'TThat kind of opposition comes
only too often frorn those who
, regularly for three years and eight
months block labor's welfare, and
then for four months ' loudly pro
claim, that they ; are labor's true
friends from those who love the
laboring ' man' In November but
f o'rget him In January."
And, he asserted:
-. "The people must, decide whe
ther to continue the type of gov
ernment which has fostered the
progress to date, or whether, to
turn it over to those who by their
aetlon, if not always by ' their
word, have shown their -fundamental
opposition to the main ob
jectives toward which we : have
worked and to which we are def
initely committed for th future."
Bestews "Keep out
t War. Vow -...':"'
' Discussing national d e f n s
plans and reporting them pro
gressing satisfactorily with a
growing "popular unify behind
them, the chief executive said that
"In an of these plans for national
defense, only those who seek to
play upon the fears of the Amer
ican people discover an attempt to
lead -us Into war." And he re
ne wed his previously expressed
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Stagg's for GOP
President Choice
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. ll-Py-'
Amos Alonso Stage, bead football
' coach at the College of Pacific In
Stockton, Calif.. ' has given the
presidential aspirations of Wen
dell Wlllkie his stamp of approval
In a letter to Oscar W. Worth
wane. Hoi 9 attorney who played
football nndesr-Siagg from 190?
to 1909,. tha-Weteran - coach con
gratulated his erstwhile pupil up
on his selection as president of
the Willkle-for-presldent clubs In
Idaho. - - . -
Mutual Is to Air
":'V.
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Speecli by WiUkiq
NEW YORK, Sept. ll-VP)l
The Mutual Broadcasting system
aid tonlrht It would broadcast
a speech by Wendell L. Wlllkie
from 2 to i:o p. m. tfsTj
Monday from t Cof f eyville, , Kan
as a snst&inlnr program.
network explained - this
would be. in return for earryT
Ing a speech by President Roose
velt from Chlckamauga ; dam'
Tennessee - an . address wnica
repobllcank called rpolltlcaL"
vp.n and CES later announced
also would broadcast Will-
ki'a address, the former over its
n 'i-o n ' .
lie.uiiEiQ tear.-.
awl Hausers Column
i These' 1 last months' have; been
Davloua ; timoa . fnr tiik tolsimnli
editors. ' War Is ' not only what
Sherman said it r
was. but It also
plays what Sher
man I said war
was 1 with ; the
a
'1.
press . wires
"Take your or
dinary telegraph
editor. He comes
to work of; an
evening, carefully-
adjusts his
green, eyeshade
(a : badgej.of the
profession) ; and
sits down at his
1v
desk. . -. real H. Easier, jr.
There before htm Is a neat
little, pile of copy -hot from the
press association teletypes. Right
on top is an item sarin r:
. TPSILANTI THIRD ADD
SECOND LEAD BOTTSXXXXXX
A.L2H T SO.
' "BESIDES I WAS" NEVER IN
WAiiUA WAUUA IN MY LIFE."
OTT8'. ADDED
XXX PICKING UP 4TH GRAF
1ST LEAD AND EDITING TO
CONFORM
This Is what Is known as a
provocative statement and the
om telegraph editor starts acur
ring through the wisns and stravs
of copy on his desk to find some-
mug else to allay his natural
curiosity. Presently after delving
through the pile he comes on
another dab of teletypescript
which' reads:
EDITORS TO COVER DE
VELOPMENTS THE FOLLOW
ING MAY BE INSERTED AFTER
FIRST GRAF SECOND LEAD
YPSILANTI BOTTS XXX BIGA
MIST BOTTS, A FORMER GAS
LAMPLIGHTER, IS ALSO THE
CHAMPION BLUEBERRY doo
CHAMPION- BLUEBERRY
PLUCKER IN THE BLUEBER
RY HILL . BLUEBERRY PLUCK
ING FIESTA. , : .
PICKING UP XXX MISS
EOFAR.'-
This Inst adds fuel to tha ( .'
enrloalty and he frantically whips
tYura to rage a,
Hotel Blaze Hits
Dovntovn Billings
Norman Utomas, Socialist
Candidate, Is Among'
75 Who Fled!
RTT.T.mna Unn C.rvf it rm
-Fire swept through the $ 400,000
Northern hotel in the heart of the
Billings business district tonight
and .threatened other establish
ments. -
Norman Thomas, socialist can
didate for president, was among
the 74-guests of the 200-room,
four-story hotel. All the guests
escaped unhurt as employes
rushed from room to room to
warn them.
Many of the occupants, laden
with hastily grasped clothes, piled
from the rear fire escape.
A smudge of undetermined or
igin started In the basement and
In . less than three hours flames
shot over the roof dome.
The Billings Gaxette, In a near
by building, started moving valu
able possessions from the flames'
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Tacoma Lights Go
Out During Storm
TACOMA, Sept. H.-fyTV-Ta-
comas light service was disrupted
twice tonight, - presumably by
lightning, although utilities de
partment officials said the cause
of the second "blackout" bad not
been definitely determined.
Service .was restored Inside the
city within a few minutes on each
occasion, but suburban areas re
mained dark for as long as an
bour.
Oregon Soldiers to Converge
On Fort Lewis in Next Week
. Ettlre ' concentration , of the
41st division, national guard, fol
lowing mobilisation scheduled for
2 a. m. next Monday, will be com
pleted not later than September
2 2. ' Major General George A.
White said here yesterday. .
First elements to, entrain will
be advance detachments and serv
ice troops, the latter including
the 1 1 6th - Infantry's medical de
tachment of which hospital com
pany at Lebanon is a part. They
will be in the Camp Murray-Fort
Lewis area by Friday. ; i ?
The 41st's signal company will
report Sunday, September 22.
Oregon troops" will go to. the
concentration -points by motor
truck and trains at the same time
that divisional troops from - all
over the northwest will begin a
similar -converging movement. "
' ' Movement tables for the IS. 000
officers ' and men . involved are
now being- prepared by General
White division commander," nd
his staff. y - 'v-:'-
Included In the movement, but
not; destined to report' at Camp
Murray or Camp "Lewis; Is the
24 8th Coast artillery; .of .which
th headanarters baiter Js froi
Revised
Bill Set
J5
niT '-
SET
iriar
A..
4
Compromise Version Wi!
Make 16,500,000 Men
?7 Liable to Draft
Revised Measure to Go
to Senate; Speedy .
Action Seen
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11-(JP-
a joint senate ana. house com'
mittee approved tonight a com
promise version of a peacetime
conscription biir making approx
imately 16,600,000 men from 21
to 25 years old. Inclusive, imme
diately liable to call for a years
military training, v 1
The revised measure, to be
polished up finally by the com
mittee tomorrow, goes first to
the senate, with quick action pre
dicted there. The house then is
expected to give final legisla
tive approval before the end of
the week. Both houses previously
had passed the bill in different
forms.
Striking out a house provision
to delay the draft for' CO days
while attempts were made to fill
the army's quota . of 400,000
trainees by voluntary enlistments.
the joint committee voted to fix
the age limits of those subject
to draft at from SI to 45, in
clusive. The house had adopted
a 21 to 44 age bracket after the
senate had fixed the ages from
21 to SO. inclusive.
The conferees approved a mod
ified version of the "draft in
dustry" amendment Previously
voted by the bouse. Legislators
said the changes were designed
to surround-government selsure
of Industrial property with, safe
guards so that such drastic action
would be prevented except in ease!
of imminent national danger.
Profits Ceiling "" V
" Ther struck from .the measure
a senate . amendment -placing a
celling on profits on guns, ma
nltlons and other supplies simi
tar to t.h-rfltlIVUiUtt. -w
mUct on airplanes. -
Lt.-Col. Lewis Hersney oi ine
joint army and navy selective
service committee told reporters
the eomlttee's action in fixing the
aae limits at from 21 to 15, in
clusive, meant that aproxlmately
16,400,000 men, would be subject
to registration. - -
Of these, he estimated that ap-
oroxfmately 5.000.000 " finally
would be qualified for' military
service after all-deferments have
been made for those with' depend
ents, those physically unfit or
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Hi-0! Posse Rides
For Roundup Show
Twenty-two members of the
Marlon county sheriffs mounted
posse, with their mounts, will en
train at 4 p. m. tonight for the an
nual Pendleton roundup In the
eastern Oregon city;
-Members of the posse, led by
Captain Lee U. Eyerly, will travel
by specially chartered Pullman
coach, while their mounts - will
ride in a, de-lux horse car. with
padded walls and . partitioned
stalls. -
Coaches will leave the local sta
tion at 4 : 0 7 p. m. with the regular
Klamath train north, and. will be
connected with an express train
leaving Portland at 4:20 p. neu
The party will reach Pendleton ta
the early morning Friday.. .
At the roundup, the posse will
give riding exhibitions similar te
those presented by tt at the, stats
fair, and will appear In parade
the Westward-Ho. .
The posse will return Saturday
night.
Salem. r . X y ? . "! '? : .
. The coast . artillery regiment
will -flrst.be- sent to .Camp Clat
sop, 1. near Seaside,: and : win. be
moved to Fort Stevens at the
mouth, of the .Columbia on -completion
there of permanent-barracks.
:-.,
-In the . meantime ' a drive - to
bring the- 249th from Its -existing
strength of 199 men to full
peacetime strength ot 474 has
succeeded. ' with the - additional
men' to be InduetedTlnto theregi
maX before leaving for ; concen
tration points r - '
, The 142nd infantry regiment
and the 14 4th infantry . are also
completing recruiting campaigns
to provide, them with full quotas
of personnel " before being taken
into the federal service.
. All regiments - in , the - division
will be . given" basic , training "for
the first few weeks of their mo
bilization period, .General .White
announced yesterday.-, ". "V, '
The division will ultimately de
rend upon 'men brought S3 under
the selective service acf now be
fore congress to ' bring :itself up
to its fall war strentth of 20,000
ENGLAND'S KIIIG AND QUEEN
i.'
Old West RarinV
As Roundup Starts
Record Crowd Sees Events
From Pendleton's New
- Concrete Stands ?
PENDLETON, Ore, Sept. t-
(ff-ThJ old"-west rose . from Its
grave with' a whoop and a holler
today as Pendleton ushered in Its
annual big Show the roundup.,
4 Before a. record first-day crowd
of 4000 in the new -evnerete ana
steel grandstand, bronsed knights
ot the. range began their four-day
battle for top honors in riding,
bulldogging, calf roping and steer
ron'nr.
. Bill . McMackln of Trail City,
SD, -all-around winner last year
and in 1927, flabbergasted the
crowd by "pulling leather" In the
bueklng event but the spill came
after the gun and Judges credited
him with a ride. His fast time of
19 1-5 seconds in bulldogging
made him a hot competitor for
bis third all-around win and per
manent possession of the Jackson
trophy. .. ,v."-.
Everett Bowman of Hillside,
Aria.; top-hand in 19SS and 1925,
also put a finger on the trophy
with times of 21 seconds in bull
dogging and 22 4-4 seconds la
steer roping.
Already goggle-eyed f over tha
arena show, visitors tonight wan
dered through the Indian village,
danced at Happy Canyon and test
ed their luck on the green' tables.
Prominent Scion
Plunges to
PHTT.AnTCT.PHIA. Rfttlt- 11-fJPi
-Borden Harrlman, 24, member
of America's famous banking and
railroad-building , family ana ne
phew of the US minister of Nor
way, . plunged to his death late
today from a window .of his
eighth-floor room in the Central
TMCA. - .. --
His . lather, OUver Harrlman.
died Jess than a month ago.
Harrlman's family confirmed
tentative identifications by Phil
adelphia police..
.In-the room police found this
note: . :
"Godls earth Is kindlier than
some men know.1?. . . - ' .
in tha sockets of Harrlman s
crumpled blue serge suit they
found TS cents, rour geys ana
an engraved visiting card. - .
rhiri waa a letter in the room
from the young man's mother.
Mrs. Grace carley iiarnman. w
24 Gratnercy Place, New ; York.
She bad written: ;
- "I have no money to send you.
Suggest that ;rou eome home."
Welfare Expenses;
Set at $56,4330
5 Tha Marion county public wel
fare commission yesterday -ap
proved a budget totalling $54,
485.60 for ; general relief work
during October . at 1W regularly
scheduled meeting at the, welfare
offices on Liberty streets
. .The budget provides fo an ex
penditure of 110,500 on general
assistance, $34,540 on old age as
sistance; at a general average ot
$21.50 per case; and $7924 for
aid to 'dependent children ' at the
rate" of $43 per case, r r; V
'The. board also discussed prob
lems arising from individual cases
and other details of administra
tion. ' .- .
a
Ib aa historic scene. King George and Qneea Elisabeth of England
. (center) inspect damage done to a corner of Buckingham palace,
. the royal reaideBce, by what British aoorcea described as a delayed
action bomb. This pictaro waa cabled from London to New Xorsu
Ming dnd Queen Daring
Bombs in Lon don Raids
Cuckinghsm Palace Hit,' bat no One Is Hurt When
.. Delayed Action lissile ' rtr6es' 6jV-.-J. v '
"... . King Viiita Raid tei
" ' ' "'' wBr Tr Aaaxjclated Press)
LONDON, Sept. lli--The British let It be known today
that a nazi time bomb had blown away a corner of the north
a v. a a a 1 It. .W.
front or massive isucjemprnam
closiire was made, England's young king and queen were dar
ing new bombs in a poor section of their capital, earnestly
doing their part to keep Britain's chin up.
! The king and flueen were nov
in the palace, their only Lonaon
residence, either when the bomb
bit Sunday night or when it ex
ploded yesterday. -Only
household staff members
were there when the bomb landed,
an attendant said, and they were
in air raid shelters. There wre no
casualties from -the fall of . tha
missile or Its explosion which, dug
a crater IS, feet deep and 35 feet
wide two daya .'later. ,-
: The king knew that the bomb
had landed even before It went
off. He returned : from .Windsor
castle' Monday in the interim be-
tween the bit and the explosion.
He and the queen bad 'continued
their tours ot, bombed areas, know
ing ' that, the time-fused missile
lay burled in the grounds of the
century-old, palace. "V: T-v'". ' '
. On tour today 'they paused be
tween ."take cover" and "all clear"
in a southeast London air raid
shelter, , . -i "t ; ; ... . ' ;
; When the sirens howled their
majesties-- left- their - car-and ; walk
ed downstairs, under 'a police sta
tion, and for. more than 10 min
utes their presence helped' illus
trate the class-leveling that eomes
with bombs. "
In the bleak, half-light of the
cavern their, majesties : sat on
hard, wooden chairs in the. center
ot the room; ringed by a com
pany ot 20 which included over
ailed air .raid . precautions work
ers smeared . with the dust' of a
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DdYraffilFo
IBelda
PROVO, lUUh, "Sept. il-iflVr
Sheriff .John 8. Evans said . to
night the body ot a youth found
In a railroad - ear ' here Sunday
had been Identified positively as
that of Ronald' Buck, 18, son "of
Robert Bock of Jerome, Idaho.
! Identification ' was ' made', tha
sheriff said," by Sherman McDon
ald. 14. of Salt. Lake City. .Buck's
companion on a recent hitch-hik
ing trip.
. Earlier the body had been ten
tatively identified as that ot Rob
ert" Hard wick ot Waukegan; ; I1L
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Bend Guard Company i
i : , ' "At Full Peace Strength
'---'- . . . -.
; BEND, Sept. 'll-V-Company
I : of the .Oregon . national guard
reached, its "full "peace-time , en
listed 'strength . today, - nearly ' a
week ln'advance ot the dite set
for mobilization. :" , I . . :
Captain ;Z: L." Chute said the
company had nearly a dozen men
over-full strength-to .be used' as
replacements If any were reject
,Ml fc&Z?! anfitness.- 8t I
VIEW PALACE BOLIB DAMAGE
oaiace. dui even wxuie me cus-
ArmyWiU Spend
; Millions to Build
; WASHINGTON, Sept. ll-ffV-The
war department reported to
day : that it had under way or
planned :$ 70,3 14.4 57 worth of
temporary construction to house
the expanding army personnel. -.
-: The work will include barracks,
tent cities, headuarters unit, stor
age space and incidental facilities.
The largest amount- involved
$4,745,450 was for Port DU,
NJ. - .- --- ' -
'. Among places, where other con
struction is under way or. plan
ned, : the amount Involved, the
purpose and type of work,-were:
i Fort Stevens,: Ore., $150,000,
harbor defense troops, temporary
bar racks and facilities; Fort Wor
den, Wash $150,000, harbor de
fense troops, temporary barracks
and facilities; : Fort Lewis, Wah
$1, 170,785. additions to 41st di
vision, miscellaneous units and re
cruit reception center, temporary
construction. .
; Painter Dies in Fall . ,
!TACOMA"SeVKllVHugn
Meiklejohn, 53, Tacoma narrows
bridge painter, was fatally injured
late today, when another .work
man dropped a can ot paint on
him, causing him -to' fall ..off. the
structure to a scow, in the water
below.... He was : dead on arrival
at a hospital here.."- ! ;Z : .
Fiery Churchill Girds Nation
For Invasion Within a Week
. LONDON, Sept. ll-(V-Adolf
Hitler's unrelenting' bombing of
London civilians has kindled a
flame in British hearts that ulti
mately win destroy "this wicked
man," Prime Minister Winston
Churchill declared In a broadcast
today as he girded his nation, to
expect a nasi attempt to invade
this fortress island, perhaps with
in the week. "r : - - ,
. A full-scale invasion i " . may
be launched at any time now upon
England,' upon Scotland or upon
Ireland or upon " all : three,"4 he
warned. . .
.r The next week may be the
most critical in England's long
history, he added, and, like Ad
miral Nelson of old who broke
Napoleon's Invasion project. he
said he expected every Briton to
do his' duty.". ':.: ":-. u.
! "This is the time for everyone
to stand, to hold firm, as they
are doing," he said. . '-
German barges and convoyed
s
1
Smothered in Hop
ICilii, V orlier Dies
Slerton Johnson, 64, Falls
in Dry Hops on Kaneh
. ; Near Aurora ,
. .... .. 's ' .
s:-II erton ' Johnson, 44, Battle-
rftund, Yk'lhh., died of suffoca-
. . . - .. . . .
o m- an-: eigne .eei oeep nop
kiln.' on ths'Lee Qu&n ranch near
. . - . ? ML .
fallen oft a runway over the; kiln
of Huffy. dried hops. - ; . . ,
Leo, Dykes, Portland, -who was
working with Johnson in empty
ing the kiln, told Coroner L. E.
Barriek that he heard his partner
s'l three or four times and found
he hac, disappeared in the flaky
mass of favI's'ht hops. '
' Dykes said heshovC-ta-4ia-son
to stop yelling and save his
breath and called for help. A lad
der was brought and Johnson, un
conscious, was found, but in at
tempting to lift him the ladder
toppled over and there was some
delay in getting" him from the
hop pit. : . -;. . ' V i
' Johnson was apparently dead
when pulled back to the runway
from .which ha fell and was pro
nounced dead soon after by Dr.
Olese of Aurora, who was called.
. The body was taken to the S. H.
Miller mortuary at Aurora. John
son has two sisters in Portland,
a brother in Olympla, Wash., and
another in San Francisco. .
Thomas to Speak
At Meetings Hjere
Norman Thomas, socialist can
didate . for president,, will Stop
briefly in Salem n e z t" Monday
morning before continuing on to
Portland, - local -socialist leaders
said yesterday. 'v-:. : -X:. '
The' candidate will arrive at 10
a.m., address a political rally at
the old high school at 10:30 a.m.,
speak: at a luncheon at the Quelle
cafe at. 12:15 p.m., and confer
with local party members', before
leaving- f orT Portlandwhere he
will make an evening address at
the Benson high schooL. f '
- Thomas will discuss the social
ist attitude toward .national social
and economle problems during his
addresses here.. - ?
ships are moving down the con
tinental coast from v Norway to
southern France, ha said, inter
mittently pounced upon by Brit
ish bombers and warships, but
mainly moving close to shore un
der, protection of German shore
batteries in France, h
If this invasion is going to be
tried at all, it does not seem that
it can be long delayed; tha wea
ther may break at any time," he
said.
Britain's navy Is ready and the
RAF still strong, and in addition
the nation's regular army and
home defense guards are fdeter
mined to fight for every .'inch of
the ground in every village and
in every street, ha continued. '
-.fThls .wicked .man, I Hitler),
the embodiment of many forms
ot hatred, this monstrous product
of former wrongs and shame, is
nw resolved to try to break our
famous island race by a process
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London's Gini
r
Roar Barrage
Against Raids
Adrniraltyv' States Light
. . Naval Forces Are
in Action.
Onl rT20 Bombs Dropped
; pn ; London as, Steel
- . Curtain -Thrown 7 :
(By The Associated Press
British bombers smashed aaaia .
at Berlin . early - today in a 42-
minute attack, while over Loosen
anti-aircraft . gunners raised -a
barrier of steel v and flame thai. -
diminished the force of. the fifth -successive
night offensive against
the embattled capital.
The raid on Berlin fired a
factory, Germans said : the - bias .
caused little loss. In mid-Berlin.!
oomos xeu in me ramea tlergar-j
tea, a few blocks from Adolf
Hitler's official residence.
Nazis said their "curtain bar
rage" held most of the' British.
planes away from central Berlin.
The British said their fierce
anti-aircraft defense, throwing a
ion or sarapnei into tne mooaiit
skies every 10 minutes, was se :
el recti ve -only; 20 single bombs
and no clusters - were dropped,
although- hundreds ot German
bombers ' flew against the city.
Two . German raiders - were
brought down. ; . V"
Nazi -: formations in some in
stances withdrew from their ter
rific barrage without droppimr
bombs, and the air ministry- said - -90
German planes had been" abet
down in Wednesday's resistance
at a cost of 17 British planes;
Eight Naval Units . . ,
in Strong Action l '
At the same time the admiral
ty anneaneed officially that light
British naval forces had begun -"strong
- and repeated offensive r
actlon" against hazi shipping ana
ports which - were , "rital, f
Adolf HlUer "in the 'event of aa
attempt' to invade England. - i"
Hescue squads of soldiers ana
eivillana, dug in ruins . at Dover
after- long-range German artH
lery again shelled-that potential
"invasion . beachhead" b .... ta
English channel." ' !
Earlier German dive-bomberw '
raided the port city.
Details ot the navy's counter
thrust againsct German shlppta -and
ports were not divulged by
the British admiralty. . : ' ',
7b -heaxr. .vtstalned London
barrage cheered the mlllloas.aga?
huddling underground in the fifth
straight night of mass German
aerial, attack. .-
The furious tempo of the war
waa stepped, u in both Germany,
and Britain by. bomb raids ea their,
capitals which' brought daasitgw'
to the historic reichstag In Berw
lln and King George's Lonaen
residence, Buckingham , palace.
It was the first time that build- l
ings of such significance in tbe
German and British nations haa
been touched by war. " i
Defenders Heed ,
CbnrchiU's Warning r V
Throughout the United King
dom, millions of defenders rushed
to battle stations at the waralns;'
of Prime Minister Churchill that
the Germans might attempt the
long-threatened Invasion of Brit
ain at any time. The admiralty -said
light naval forces were tak
ing "strong and repeated of fen
sirs actions" against German tea
preparations for an Invasion,
v Churchill in a broadcast called
the next week or so" as vry
important for Britons and echeed
Admiral Nelson's historic call fer
every man to "do his duty."
The prime minister declared
Britain, would fight for every ian
of ground. -
Giving emphasis to Churchill's
words, the nasi g u n s on the
French coast oposite Dover S d - .
nasi! dive bombers combined fee
the worst assault on the chaaja4
port since the battle ot Britain fce
aan. The heavy sheUiar waa de
scribed in London as a screen for
a German - ship convoy moving
down toward Boulogne. : . - i
- The terrific price in lives that
London is paying was told ofnial
ly . by tha air ministry and the
ministry of home security. They
put at 1014 the dead In the first
four nights of the huge attack
most of the fatalities coming Sat
urday, - Sunday and Monday
nights and the injured at abeet
4340. , x '
Nazis ABgered. p -by
Bombinajs' . -
German : sources, evidently m-m
gered at the greatest British raid i
on Berlin which damaged t h f
hallowed reichstag -building and
dropped bombs near the of fteial
residence of Adolf Hitler, threat
ened that nasi airmen would dump
10,000 plane-lo ad s of bomb
daily upon the London area 1b a
mighty new offensive to begin at
once. j . " ' V
British authorities in . London
received news of that threat with
out comment but when the Ger
mans began their night attack n .
London they were met by tha
war's fiercest anti-aircraft fire.
The ground guns cut loose at the '
rate of 24 rounds a minute as me
Germans began unloading bombs.
The British disclosed that Back
Ingham palace had been damged i
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