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Statesman. -
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lfonday; little change In :
temperature and humidity
light rain Monday. Max.
trap. Saturday 72, mbu SOW. .
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SurrenderlMndon'Demandi
- Weekend M JBeenned
Invasion Peril
1 -
. Is at Its Peak
Neutrals Aver
Xerial Assault Slackens
Slightly; British Hit
MJump-pff" Ports
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Destruction of Greatest
GtyThreateped if
not Surrendered
fRv The Associated Press)
London's main network tt anti
aircraft runs roared into action
early today in full fight against
the seventh German aerial assault
since Saturday morning.
It was the first time during the
night that the anti-aircraft guns
sounded off. They had remained
silent when British fighter planes
alone threw back three successive
German attacks between early
evening and midnight.
The number of alarms . in on
night represented a change in Ger
man tactics from the continuous,
air-nlghtair raids which have kept
Londoners huddled sleeplessly In
shelters during the nights of the
- Britain's own bombers struck
heavily at nail ''invasion, ports"
on. the coast of France in another
thrust at possible Jumping -off
places for a German attempt to
Invade Britain."
British Are Driven
Back, Berlin Word
Several B r 1 1 1 s h bombers at
temped to enter Germany late last
night; BerliiTTeports said, but an?
thorized German sources said they
were driven back' by strong anti
aircraft fire.
The relays of German" bombers
hitting London and other sections
of England gave grim reality to
the double threa of devastation
and invasion hanging over bomb
shattered Britain.
At the close of a week of the
fiercest air assault in history, in
which desolation and privation
has sprayed from the skies on the
British capital, these two dark
i forecasts were" made:
1. That this, In the opinion of
neutral military observers In Lon
don Is a weekend of "intense"
crisis, 48 hours In which the men
ace of German Invasion is stark
est. 2. That Britain must surrender
her empire capital to Adolf Hit
ler's armed forces or see It pulver
ired as Warsaw was.
The latter came from a well-informed
' German spokesman in
Berlin; f
There was no hint of. any Ict-ap
in the i harrowing " raids during
which,- German sources said 4,
000,000 pounds of bombs have
burst on London.
Midnight (3 p.m. PST) ushered
In the first day in eight tq, start
without an alarm.
Bombing Lighter
Than on Friday !
The last of six alarms Saturday
began at 9:36 p.m. (12:36 p.m.
PST) bat was over 17 1 minutes
later. Of the six, several were
s) lef and the bombing yesterday
apparently, was lighter than in
(Turn to page 2, col. 6)
Germany Tightens
Grip Upon France
VICHY, France, Sept. 14-P-Unoccupied
France was practi
cally cut off from the outside
world today by closure of extra
ordinary vigilance, tightening
passage along all Its borders. -
Americans were .: among - the
hardest hit.
The Germans tightened the re
strictions on the border between
the occupied and the unoccupied
sones, letting . through a trickle
of refugees homeward bound, but
refusing entry to all others ex
cept for the most urgent reasons.
The Germans are also result
ing departures from the occupied
territory. - i
(Travelers returning to Chan
cy, - Swltserland, from the unoc
cupied lone said today defeated
France: fears the Germans might
take over the entire country .with
in a few weeks.
, Twenty Americans now in Par
le are vainly attempting to get
permits to leave.
Uiluauhie Man Killed,
Portland Toll note 42
, PORTLAND, Sept. 14.-V-Jobn
F. Schneider, 60, "Milwaukee,
ras killed by an automobile to
nfght, boosting Portland's traffic
death toll for the year to 42.
', Schneider, a pedestrian, was
struck by a car driven by John S.
Mullan of MUwaukie, Patrolman
George Phillips reported.
G uardsmeri
1 ' ' ... -
To Join Uncle Sani
Army
More Than ,1000 Recruited to Offset Discharges
Granted; "Will Train in Home Cities! First
Week; Physical Examinations Slated
Oregon's national guardsmen, 6073 ) men and officers
strong, will leave civil life and enter the United States mil
itary forces at one minute after midnight tonight for a year
of active duty. By. 8 o'clock Monday morning the guard per
sonnel will have assembled in armories throughout the state.
Recruiting of more than 1000 new men last week offset
many discharges granted to men
Fear Bottlenecks
In Industry Soon
Huge Employment Gain Is
Forecast; Economists
Scan 'Difficulties
By IRVING PERLMETER
ASHINGTON, Sept. .U.-4JP)
Administration economists, antic
Jpatihg . vast Industrial and em
ployment gains In the next year,
urged immediate action today to
prevent Industrial bottlenecks
which might touch off It spiral of
rocketing prices.
The! recommendations were
made in a memorandum prepared
tor circulation among high offi
cials, particularly those concerned
with defense. ;
While the report has not been
made . public, it was. learned that
the economists set out these gen
eral conclusions and recommenda
tions: ;
Immediate expansion is neces
sary particularly In the number
of railroad freight cars and pro
duction facilities for steel and ma
chinery. Unless more are built,
freight cars are expected to be
100,000 short of requirements by
next fall. Steel production is slat
ed to hit "practical capacity" by
January. The machine tool Indus
try needs 25 per cent more facil
ities.
Business is expected to produce
employment such as the country
has not seen since 1929. Depend
ing on how fast the defense pro
gram gathers speed, Industry is
slated to take on between 2,500,
(Turn to page 3, col. 1)
Insurance Scheme
For Soldiers Due
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14-jP-Presldent
Roosevelt recommended
to congress today that it adopt
legislation to preserve for draftees
during their year in army service
the insurance and benefit cov
erage under federal programs
which they have in civilian life.
Promptly, Senator Vandenberg
(R-Mich.) offered and the senate
approved an amendment to the
excess , profits tax bill which he
said would carry out that re
queeet. Mr. Roosevelt recommend-,
ed legislation "preserving insur
ance protection under the social
security act, the railroad retire
ment act and the railroad unem
ployment Insurance act.
Although the senate agreed to
the Vandenberg amendment, it
was expected that an administra
tion version of the legislation
would be offered later. A social
security board spokesman ' said
technicians were considering sev
eral proposals for continuing the
drafteees' insurance or benefits.
Will hie Hits Foreign Policy
. .. Of FDR; Has Voice Trouble
By WILLIAM B. ARDERT
- EN ROUTE TO KANSAS CITT,
Sept 14-5V-In a voice ao hoarse
that aides summoned throat spe
cialists from Chicago and Califor
nia, Wendell L. Willkie charged
today that President Roosevelt
'Has been one of the principal
contributors to the breakdown in
Europe." , ,,'.'
Speaking in Peoria, 111., after
A eerie of rear platform address
es had strained his voice, Willkie
said huskily: 'Where was Frank
lin Roosevelt, this great, indispen
sable man, when - Germany .. was
reaching out? If h had given en
couragement, this . thicg would
never have happened. -
"Franklin Roosevelt, instead or
being one factor for the preser
vation of the democratic way, has
been one of the principal factors
in the destruction of the democra
tic way." ' .' .
Although declaring that the
president's motlres "are always
noble," the republican presiden
of Oregon
; s
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with dependents or for other reas
ons, said Major General George
A. White, commander of the 41st
division. Granting of discharges
was shut off yesterday until aft
er mobilization, when more time
will be available to Investigate
applications for release.
Soon after' the guardsmen as
semble In their respective armor
ies Monday they will undergo fi
nal physical examinations, and
those who are found unfit for mil
itary service will be discharged
before the movement to concen
tratlon training points at Fort
Lewis and Camp Clatsop begins.
The men will drill in the vicin
Ity of their armories this week.
General White announced. Port
land units will use park blocks
and adjacent areas.
; First movements. of 41st divi
sion troops to camp . will begin
(Turn to page x, col.4)
Passenger Killed
In Plane's Crash
CCC Foreman Is Victim;
Pilot, Army Officer,
Gravely Injured
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Sept. 14.
(P) A private plane crashed at
the CCC Camp wimer emergency
field today, killing a passenger,
Robert "G. Patterson of Atlanta,
Ga., and gravely injuring the
pilot, Lieut. William L. Harley.
Patterson was a foreman at-
Camp Wimer, located in the Jack
son county mountains about 10
miles northeast of here. Harley is
commander of the camp.
Witness said the plane clipped
off the tops of trees in an at
tempted landing and flipped over
on its back. The plane, owned by
the Grants Pass Flying club, of
which Harley Is a student mem
ber, was demolished. . .
Patterson, about 20, died at a
hospital . fcr 1 $ou4,s after the
crash. The widow surm.
Harley suffered skull, chest
and jaw fractures and was badly
crushed.
Mott Is Expected
Wednesday, Word
Returning to his country home
near Zena off . the Wallace road
Wednesday, Representative James
W. Mott of the second congress
sional district will come back to
Oregon for the first time since
last spring, Mrs. Mott said yes
terday. Mott, a member of the import
ant naval affairs and rules com
mittee, was elected for the " first
time In 1930 on the republican
ticket. He was called back after
a brief vacation last spring when
foreign affairs necessitated special
congressional action for defense
of the United States, i
tial candidate said that "It
doesn't do any good to have noble
motives if yon don't know what
you're talking about."
Referring - to , a - statement ' by
Henry A. Wallace, - democratic
vice presidential nominee,, that the
fe publican party is the party of
appeasement, Willkie said: "Ap
pease ri 7 He (Roosevelt) has ap
peased the democratic world to
destruction. Of . all the men I
know who have any acquaintance
ship with international affairs.
Franklin Roosevelt is the . least
qualified to lead t hi nation."
Willkie asserted . earlier , in Jo.
lie t, TaI., that Mr, Roosevelt once
"telephoned Hitler and Mussolini
and urged them to sell Ciecho
Slovakla down the - river at Mu
nich." i Lem Jones, Wlllkie's press sec
retary, - told reporters later that
the candidate had "misspoken
and that he bad meant to say that
Mr. Roosevelt telephoned ' Hitler
(Tnrn to Page 2. CoL 2)
Early Monday
iilrittcdl
On
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Jraft Bill Has
Of Two Houses
Sixteen Million Men to
Register in October;
900,000 to Serve
Additional Funds - Asked
at Once; Training Is
Five-Year Program
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1-(JP)-
For the first time in United
States history, a peace-time draft
bill won final approval of cong
ress today and the president's
signature, expected early next
week, was the last remaining
step necessary to start the ma
chlnery for raising a conscript
army of 900,000 men.
The revised bill, requiring 16,-
500,000 men aged 21 to 5, in
clusive to . register for possible
service went through both houses
by margins of almost two to one
today, thns demonstrating how
sharply Hitler's onslaughts abroad
rwe reversed the traditional
congressional aversion to peace
time conscription.
The millions of America's young
manhood will be registered by
some 700,000 local election offi
cials on a day to be set by the
president, perhaps early in Oc
tober. In mid-November the first
batch of '75.000 draftees are
due to be called to the colors.
Under - the war department's
plans subsequent iealle. Wo aid
build a p the army to 400,000
early in 1941 and. to 900,000 by
the spring of 1941.
Nearly 2 Billion
More Funds Asked
The president, anticipating
congress' action, dispatched a re
quest to Speaker Bankhead for
an additional $1,733,886,97 for
the defense, program, including
$24,825,108 to start the draft.
Obviously prepared before cong
ress finished Its job, this pro
posed appropriation would speed
the conscription processes. Al
though registration may take
place when the president has
signed and fixed the registration
date, the legislation requires that
appropriations must precede the
actual calling of men.
The final congressional actions,
approval first by the senate and
then by the house, of a compro
mise version of the legislation,
came quiekly at midday after
brief debate. The senate approved
47 to 25 and the house 212 to
124. 1
This compromise version in-!
eluded authority for the president
to take over and operr on a
rental) basis plants from which
the government could not obtain
defense orders as expeditiously as
desired. At the Insistence of the
eenate, the bill had been shorn
of restrictions which, several sen
ators complained, weakened this
Industrial section and made it
unenforceable in the courts.
One of the last words spoken
of the debate was by Rep. Mar
can tonio (AL-NY), who called the
measure ."a prelude to war, as
time . and events will demon
strate." Will Keep 000,000
Training at All Times
Although the bill permits only
900,000 men to be under train
ing at any one time, that does not
mean that only 900,000 will be
drafted. As conscripts are mus
tered out, new men are to be
called. Under the army's plans,
the drafting process is to go on
for five years, the time limit set
in the bill, and about 4,100,000
men are to be trained.
The recruits will be drawn from
men without dependents, win re
ceive $21 a( month daring the
(Turn to page 2, eoL 4)
Lato Sports
SEATTLE, Sept. 14.--The
Paclfie Coast Hockey league read
mitted Spokane to membership to
niaht, accepting the offer of Den
ny Edge for a franchise in the In
land Empire city. ;
Edge said his team would play
weekly games on Saturday er Sun
day nights la Spokane, beginning
Nov. 2 or Nov. 2. ,
Seattle will as formerly play on
Wednesday night, Portland on
Thursday and Vancouver, BC, on
Monday, -i" . t , ....
The ' league directors elected
Fred "Cyclone" Taylor as presi
dent and agreed to name a Spo
kane man as vice-president later.
VICTORIA, f Sept. 14.-(CP)-
Chuck Nlckason, Vancouver, ' to
night scored a second round tech
nical knockont over Bob Patter
son, Dsaver, in the scheduled 10
round main event of a fight card
here,
Final Approval
Ban,! BrfMmg
rurcliasedby
Pioneer
Firm Headed by, B p s h
"Bays Structure Which
'- Houses Its Office
Permanency In Mind, Is
Statement; Building
H'Eretied, Itf 1909 :$
Acquisition by purchase, of the
United States National bank build
ing on the northwest corner . of
State and Commercial streets by
the Pioneer Trust company of Sa
lem was announced yesterday af
ternoon by 'A. N. Bush, president
of the trust company.
The building was purchased
from its former owner, the United
States National bank of Portland,
for a consideration which was not
revealed.
Built in 1909 by the former
United States National bank of Sa
lem, of which the late J. P. Rog
ers was then president, the five
story building is constructed of re
inforced steel and concrete, and
Is finished with a tan brick facing.
Since April, when it was or
ganized to continue the business
of the former Ladd and Bush
Trust company, the Pioneer Trust
company has occupied the banking
quarters on the ground floor of
the structure.
Prior to that time, the building
housed the Salem branch of the
United States National bank of
Portland. Acquisition by the Port
land bank of the Ladd and Bush
bank in March, however, resulted
in transfer of all of the United
States National's faculties to the
Ladd and Bush building. .
Mr; Bush, in commenting on the
purchase yesterday, said: "The
Pioneer Trust company has ate
quired the former United States
National bankJbuilding in the be
lief that by so doing It will be in
4k position .'to afford ae people of
Salem and Of the (Willamette val
ley a broader; and more adequate
service. i
"The trust company is itself
permanent institution, and it has
wished to exemplify its lasting
character by the acquisition of
property which Itself has been in
timately associated with the
growth of this community for
many years.
Included in the purchase were
the fixtures now used by the Pio
neer Trust company, as well as
certain fixtures installed in offices
occupying the upper floors of the
building.
Rumania Becomes
Iron Guard State
BUCHAREST, Sept. 15-(San-
day )-fPV-Creation of a totalita
rian iron guara s c i e was an
nouneed today m a decree by
Genera) IbU Antonescu, Runia-
n3-military dictator. L
The decree1, setting up a state
patterned on nasi lines, establish
ed the Iron guard as the sole Ru
manian political party.
Antonescu, at the same time,
announced a new cabinet with
himself as chief of state, premier
and minister of national defense.
Horla Sim a, "fuehrer of the
iron guard, became vice premier.
The leader of-the Bucharest iron
guard, Vasile laslnsol, waa named
minister of labor, and Antonescu's
nephew, Mihail Antonescu, was
made minister of justice.
Mystery Blast's
Cause Is Probed
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 14
Authorities sought ' dynamit
ers today for questioning about
a blast which rocked southeast
Portland and damaged an aban
doned municipal water works last
night
Sheriffs Deputy Holger Christ
opherson said a 20-foot piece of
burned fuse was found leading
from the 50-foot brick wall of
the long-abandoned building en
the banks of the Willamette river
across from the Waverley country
club. vi .- "
. Little damage waa done to the
structure, although excited- resi
denia reported the blast . jarred
windows and moved pictures in
homes. ; f
tdian -Vessel
Struck by Bomb;
It's all BKsthke
TOKTOrSept. 14-Cfp)-The II,
9 09-ton Canadian liner . Empress
of Asia was hit by. a test bomb
dropped by Japanese .naval pilots
engaged in bombing practice off
Oshima Island, at the mouth, of
Tokyo bay, bnt suffered no dam
age, the Japanese admiralty an
nounced tonight. Tout Chinese
crewmen were Injured.
Japanese officials harried
aboard " to . apologiie ' and naval
surgeons attended the injured. '
Trust
Speaker of House Dies Suddenly;
Nature of Illness Was Concealed
V
f
WILLIAM B.
Italian Engineer
Reported Seized
Philippines Ship Boarded
Only 100 Miles out,
Reported at SF :
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. le-UP)
-United. States naval officers to
night sought to Identify a British
warship reported to have seised,
an Italian engineer from a Philip
pine freighter within the Ameri
can 200-mile neutrality limit.
Waterfront coreles heard the
new Philippine motorship Dona
Kaurora, . which left San Fran
cisco early this morning for Mm
nlla and the orient, was halted
only 100 miles off the California
coast.
" The report was persistent but
lacked official confirmation.
Captain M. C. Ventosa was re
ported to have radioed that he
received no receipt for the man
taken by the British, and to have
asked for instructions. H. H. Pier-
son, west coast manager for De
La Rama steamship company, the
Teasel's agent, said he had re
ceived no direct word from the
ship's master. He said he had
heard from several sources that
the ship was hoarded. -
J?ic:n'said if a man was taken
off he assumed It the Italian
engineer, furnished the ship un
der contract by her builders. Tho
freighter slid down the ways at
Trieste, Italy, less than two years
ago and was on her second voy
are. After arriving here last
week from New York she sailed
(Turn te Page 2. Col. I)
Socialist-Labor
Petitions Okehed
Petitions filed here Friday for
establishment of a Socialist-Labor
party in Oregon were sufficient,
Dave O'Hara, in charge of the
state elections bureau, declared
Saturday.
O Hara. said the petitions con
tained approximately IS, 918 sig
natures and 'most of them were
found to be valid. The law re
quires i 12,29 8 signatures! Check
ing of the petitions was nearing
completion Saturday.
The new party will hold a con
vention prior to September 20 to
select nominees tor the November
election. , ' .
ten PUD Elections Slated
If Petitions
Final petitions and - requests
for elections for the creation of
It people. utility districts In Ore
gon had' been filed in the offices
of the state hydroelectric commis
sion Saturday. '
The "time for filing these final
petitions expired at 5 p. m. -
Officials said the petitions had
been referred to the attorney gen
eral fof checking and that orders
calling the special elections prob
ably would be issued at a meeting
of the state hydroelectric commis
sion here next Monday. - i-:;
The special . elections, if called.
probably will bo held in conjunc
tion with the general election In
November..-'.' ' ' .'.
Districts for which final peti
tions were filed, include: :
Coos district (for second elec
tion); embraces 892 square miles
and Includes all municipalities in
Coos county except Ban don. Popu
lation 20,478. Assessed valuation
20.770,920. Nominees for direc
tors, Hugh M. MacLean, Jim Mor
1
r
BANKHEAD
Weekend May See
Mexican Outbreak
Independence Anniversary
May Be Occasion for
Serious Disorder
MEXICO CXTT Sep V 1 4.--Rumors,
unconfirmed but perslst-
J ent. circulated in ..official and- po-
I uucai quarters lomgni inac -10-
1 morrow's Mexican ' independent
anniversary might become the
occasion of disorders growing out
of the claims of supporters of Gen
eral Juan Andren Almaxan that
he is the nation's president-elect.
General Manuel Avila Camaeho,
the administration candidate, has
been proclaimed president-elect,
but Almazan remains a claimant.
Dispatches to the ministry of
national defense and the attorney
general's office reported every
thing quiet throughout Mexico to
night, but the rumors continued
that either tomorrow or Monday
might witness organised disturb
ances in various sections.
Dempsey Holding
Ltad for Senate
ALBUQUERQUE. NM. Sept.
le.-Lipy-Rep. J. J. - Dempsey.
fighting congressional champion
of the Hatch "clean-politics" bill.
held a consistent lead tonight on
the basis of returns from his
battle to wrest the democratic
senatorial nomination from In
cumbent .Dennis Chavex,
With returns in from 98 of the
state's 1914 voting divisions in to
day's' first New Mexico direct pri
mary, the count was: Dempsey
8069, Chaves 5724.
In the democratic gubernator
ial race. Incumbent John E. Miles
pulled away to an early and sub
stantial lead over his opponent,
Clyde Tingley, former governor
and present mayor of Albuquer
que. .. , ...
The count, from 103 divisions.
gave: Miles 9681, Tingley 4114
Hatchery Is Burned '
MILTON-FREEWATER, Ore.,
Sept, 1 4 OF) Fire swept through
the Casey hatchery five miles east
of here today, destroying build
ings " and equipment valued at
110,000 and. 1400 hens.
Are Approved
ris, Harry XL Sculr. B. F. Perkins,
Roy Robison and Hardee Mast.,
Clatskanie district: (final pe
tition): embraces 87 square miles
In t Columbia county, including
Clatskanie. Population 2480. As
sessed Talittlen 81.950.270.
Nominees for 'directors, Grace
Kent ' Magrnder, - I A. Hattan,
Char Is A. Kynsi, John W. MIc kel
son. Willard T. " Evenaon, Fred
Nlemela, George Mlnkbff, Jacob
E. Jolma and Vleno Rantala.
' Clackamas county district (fin
al petition); embraces 724 square
miles, excluding city of Can by.
Population 5 M00.' Assessed vain
ation 1 122,085,917. Nominees for
directors, Ed Boeckman, Fred W.
Bates, James M. Mellien. Albert
F. Eytnan and Henry M. Dubois.
.Central Lincoln district (final
petition);- embraces 88 square
miles. Including city of Newport.
Population 2010. Assessed valua
tion 8 t.l 02.0 00. Nominees tor di
rectors, P. E. Fullerton. Andrew
(Turn to page 2, col. 5)
Stricken When :
Going to Make
Political Talk
Only Modern Memher to
Hold 3 Top Posts in "
National Honse
Vice - Presidential Hopes
at Chicago Recalled; .
.' Popularity Shown -
I. i .
- -WASHINGTON. Sept, 15-(Sun-day
) 6PV-Speaker William B.
Bankhead ' of - Alabama died at
1:35 a. m-'(EST) today In Naval
hospital. He waa CO' years old.
His death was due to a rup
tured artery in the abdomen. . He
had. been unconscious for-four-
hours before his death.
The democratic leader was
stricken last Tuesday in Balti-.-
rmore where he had gone to de
liver a political address. At that
time Dr. George W. Calver, capl
tol physician,, announced that the
speaker had fainted as the result
of a painful attack of sciatica.
Dr. Calver j explained that he
had withheld the true nature of
the Illness because Bankhead waa
able to converse with others and
read newspapers and he did not
wish him to learn how seriously
ill1 he was.
At Bankhead's bedside when he
died were his wite. his brother.
Senator John Bankhead, and a
daughter, Mrs. Eugenia Hoyt of
New York.
Famous Daughter
Arrive too Late
Tallulah Bankhead. stage and
screen star and the speaker's sec
ond daughter, was en route by
train from Princeton, NJ, where
she appeared tonight with a road
company in, 'The Little Foxes.
Broadway stage success of last
season. She started for s Washing- .
ton Immediately after the per
formance hut failed to arrive be
fore her father died. .
' Bankhead had not been In good
health In recent weeks and Dr.
Calver said he sought rto dissuade
him. Just before he left for Balti
more, from going through with"
the speaking engagement. The
speaker protested, however, that
he had "promised the boys. He
became 111 before he could de
liver his address.
When Bankhead left for the
nearby city despite Dr. Calvera
advice, the physician followed him
and on his arrival foand him
unconscious. ,
William Brockman Bankhead,
whose popularity on eapitol hlU,.
spanned the traditional dlvV
of sectionalism, was th'only man
In recent political hidory to hold
the three top-ranking democratic
party jKwitions in the United
Stata house of representatives.
He served as chairman of the .
rules committee, as the majority
leader, and as speaker. . y
Unanimous Choice
to Succeed Byrns
Colleagues elected 'Will"
Bankhead to the party leadership
In 1934 after his period Of serv
ice aa rules chairman. At the
same time the late Joseph Wv
Byrns of Tennessee was made
speaker. Before that, the two jobs
had been divided between the
north and south.
In 19 3 8, Bankhead again made
political history when the house
unanimously elected him speaker
12 hours after Byrns' sudden
death. He was the first legislator
from his state to become the pre
siding officer.
. Politics was the birthright of
Bankhead. Of a family which has
been represented under the eapi
tol dome by at least one member
for more than 50 years, he was
first elected to the 65th or "war
congress" of 19 17-1 8. -
His father, John Hollis Bank
head, already had a distinguished
record in the house and senate.
In 1930, ten years after the elder
Bankhead's death. Wills elder 1
brother. John Hollis Bankhead.
2nd, went to the. senate. ! : -
The Alabama brothers formed
a t e a m in the Interest of the
southern farmer. Together . they
sponsored the Bankhead cotton
control act of 1933, which became
an important part of the Roose
velt administration's farm pro
gram. They led the drive for aid
to. the tenant farmes.: .
In 1940, Alabama 1 delegates
went to the Chicago dmoeratie
convention determined to win for .
. (Turn to page 2, coL 1) "
Full Schedules
Of Blajoi Grid ,
Teams 'Piiblislied
" So yo wast to kaew who km .
playtag ' whom la the f ootball
season; about ready to break
arooad oto earsT
. Yom doT Fine! Tnrm to page
8 of today's Stafeemaa.
. There ; yoa i will t find the
schedule . of every major foot
ball team ta the United State.
Inclading tho ' east, midwest,
sooth, south wewt, Rocky rooaa
tain and far west.
; Bmggeetioa: Clip out this fall
page schedule aad post it where
yoa. eaa watch it throssh th
seaeoa. Observe that last year's
scores are included. -