lit Game Near.
- Salem's two major foot
.ball teams, Salens high aad
Willamette, play their first
games - September 27 aad.
8. Keep posted on "their
prospects, read - the States
niaa sports pas'
Weather "
Fair today a ad Senda?
bat wtth occasional cWmmIW
sew ta east portJest today.
Max. teaap. Friday 70, ma.
42. River - ft. horth wid.
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Relatives Are.
Ready to Pay
$100,000, Say
Nurse Attacked; Retains
Man's Hat Which Is
One Meager Clue
Child's Safety Assured
in Note ; Police Stay
out for Present
HILLSBOROUGH, CiHU Sept
SO JP) Ths Count sad Conn teas
If are ds Tristan, whose three-year-old
hoy was kidnaped near
their home here today hy dark,
hook-nosed man, are willing to
pay a requested $100,000 ransom,
It was disclosed tonight.
"We are ready to meet all de
mands of the man," said a state
ment by Louis S. Catea, wealthy
Industrialist and ateptather of
the countess.' V, V-."';,.A;
Cates asked law enforcement
officers and all others to with
draw from the nclnlty of the
house "to sire the person hold
ing tbfl boy every opportunity to
communicate with ' ns. ' ''
The Tlctim of the abduction.
Mare de Tristan, Jr., "was snatch
ed from his nurse, middle- aged
Mary Foley, with whom he was
walking in the fashionable resi
dential quarter, .The .- ransom
note, left with the nurse, J was
signed "Unconventional Eccen
tric." "- ) v v 7X-1
Authorities, In first reporting
the kidnaping. iai3. tifOjnea.were
tnrolTed - one who snatched the
child, and "a- second who drove
the kidnap car. Later, they said
It was uncertain there was a
second man.
Hat, Ransom Note
Principal Clnes
The kidnaper struck the nurse
to the ground, grabbed the baby
and ran. In his flight he lost his
hat, which, with the 00-word
ransom note and a meagre de
scription of the kidnap ear, was
the only clue at hand. '
The distracted parents were
near collapse as FBI men took
charge , of the first big kidnap
ease In the nation In many
months
Law : enforcement authorities
later said that at the family's
request : they .were withdrawing
from the case temporarily to per
mit contact with the kidnaper.
Newspaper reporters also with
drew from the De Tristan estate
to the Hillsborough police station.
The note was specific tn direct
ing the manner in w h 1 e h the
1 100.0 00 was to be paid. The par
ents were to "secure money leis-J
rely, at your convenience,- me
Instructions said. "Avoid atten
tion you have ample time."
Equally specific were Instruc
tions for contacting the kidnap
er by means of an advertisement
In the automobile section of the
classified pages of a San Francisco
paper. '-
"Should, as a result of inter
ference, our position become un
tenable," the ransom note warned,
-it will be difficult to control this
matter ; . . we hate absolutely no
desire to make your loss irrepar
able." Good Treatment
. of Child Promised
On the other hand, the instruc
tions said, '?you are dealing with
Intelligent and enlightened peo
ple and you needn't fear en un
justifiable act , on our part. Oa
the contrary, our little captive
(guest, rather)- will be most
charmingly treated. ...Tour
child's supervision has been ; care
fully selected In advance." ;
Th eountess, the former Jane
Chrlstenson, is a daughter of Mrs.
Louis 8. Cates, wife of the presi
dent of Fhelps-Dodge corporation,
a big copper company. The count
Is a son of Count Louis dt Tristan
f France.
Cates and Mrs. Cates were at
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River Survey Is
Agreed by States
PORTLAND, Ore.; Sept. t0-m
-The Oregon sanitary authority
anuouncsd today that Oregon and
Washington bodies had tentative
ly agreed os a Joint, survey ox
Columbia river pollution, f - ":
The board also voted today to
direct Lebanon. - Ore., to ? elimi
nate .pollution in the South San-
tlam river and Marks slough.
Several other cities and Indus
tries throughout the Tualatin
. and Pudding river watersheds
were warned to cease polluting
the streams. ;
The next session of the state
legislature win he asked for ap
propriations to provide sewage
treatment works at Salem, Pen
dleton and Woodburn state la
tltutlons, the board added. .
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Family Willing to Pay $100fi00
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Campaign Issues Neto Deal
And 3rd Term Says JVillkie
By WILLIAM B. ARjHCRT
r ABOARD WILLKIE I4 TRAIN
ENRODTE TO SAN FRANCISCO,
Sept. iO.riaWendell-L. Willkie
appealed to , democrats today to
vote for him. because, he said, the
present campaign is "not a fight
between democrats and republi
cans." but a "conflict between
those who believe In the ne. deal
philosophy and those who do not."
Speaking at F r e s n o, Calif..
Willkie was cheered ; by many
when be asked whether any dem
ocrat would vote against him "b
t am adrocatinz that no
man should oeeupy the office of
president lor tnree wr-
A few shouts of "no
were in-
TmwkA ' with scattered boos
and cries of "we want Roosevelt."
The latter came mostly irom
,nrfrn NMlnr that. Willkie
said, I may say In response to
these occasional inierrupuoH.
. . . they are the only kind of ar
gumenta I ! have heard in opposi
tion no until now.?
There was applause as Willkie
conUnued: j "To people in the
valley have a- tradition of voting
the democratic; ticket,; andl re
spect that.' i - -
But I would Uke for you not
in the spirit of ballyhoo, not in
the heat and bitterness of the po
litical campaign to think pray
erf ally and thoughtfully about
electing a man to a third term
when every leader who has ever
lived la tho history of the repub
lic (for whom the people nave rev
erence) fcaa said It Is a dangerous
tbir."
T. iUkle was showered with con
fetti and paper aireaxners be
iforniia
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TRISTAN
drove through Fresno streets to
the courthouse park.
"It makes no difference whe
ther yon vote for me or vote for
the candidate who la running for
president on the other ticket." he
said. "Anybody, can look at a
crowd like this and tell that de
mocracy in America still fune-
tiona. . . . I appeal to-yo not
upon any narrow basis of parti
sanship. This la not a fight be
tween democrats and republicans.
This is a conflict between those
who believe in the philosophy of
the new deal and a third term and
those who do not."
Willkie was Introduced by
RanreaentalTre . Charles . Hall ark
(R-Ind) during a stop at Sacra
mento.
' Willkie, declaring that "appar
ently we- have developed a new
technique In American polities."
added that "the technique is trav
eling about at public expense and
thea saying you are not engaged
ln politics.
"The American people may. be
in fever of such a technique, but
if they are they hav4 abandoned
all the traditions of the demo
cratic process." ,
The republican nominee added
an expression of his belief in the
democratic processes and conun
ued: '1 would say the new deal
is conducting this campaign, along
the Uns of that great statesman,
Ed Fly ii n of the Bronx." Flynn is
chairman of the democratic na
tional committee. -
Declaring that he had ; been
riven "a lot of free advice," the
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Family
Elmer 7ooton.
May Be Named
To Head Draft
State Setup Is Planned;
Major Pound Expected ;
to Be Assistant
Marriage not Definitely
Bar to Service, New
Ruling by Army '
Expectation was veiled In
Portland yesterday that Colonel
Elmer V. Wooton of Salem would
be named executive officer In
charge of conscription for Oregon.-
Colonel Wooton, head of the
national guard state staff, con
ducted a selective service school
at the armory here in August.
Major Benjamin F. Found of
Salem, Major George X. Sandy
and Captain William H. Adams
are expected to be designated to
assist Colonel Wooton.
- The task of serving as liaison
officer between the war depart
ment and Oregon officials admin
istering the draft law has been
assigned to Sol Rlehanbach, Port
land real estate man and reserve
major. It was announced there
yesterday.
WASHINGTON, ' Sept. lO-MEV
Army officials made it plain to
day that married men ' will not
be exempted from the draft aim-
ply a a d automatically because
. - U UiUllUiltl .cue, M.t
point is to , be decided hy the 1
local draft board on Its own mer
its, and. If necessary, after an
inquiry as to whether the wife or
other dependent -Is actually de
pendent upon the draftee's earn
ings for a livelihood." ., " ,V :
Officials of the selective serv
ice system reversed a previous
opinion to set this forth todsy.
Meanwhile, .preparing to provide
ahelter for conscripts, the senate
passed an Appropriation of 1338,-
123,1 SS for building barracks and
other facilities!. Previously ap
proved by the house, the measnre
now goes to the president.
Also connected with the finan
cial : aspects of the draft, some
tl,C0,000 a month, officials es
timated, will be distributed among
the local draft boards for clerical
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Bouquets Planned
For Willlaes Here
Charlotte MeNary to Have
Hole; Train to Arrive
at 4t55 on Sunday .
It's not os the announced pro-
tram bat Salem's - reception , to
Presidential Nominee Wendell
Willkie at the Southern Pacific
station here Sunday - afternoon
may include the presentation' of
two bouquets to the prospective
first lady of the nation. ' "
Five-year-old Charlotte Mtxary,
daughter of wnikle'a , running
mate, is expected to present Mrs.
Willkie with a bouquet of roses.
Mrs. McNary, who will board the
WUlkle special train, at Klamath
Falls tonight. wUl leare the tram
upon its arrival in Salem. ' - '
The other bouquet, of dahlias
nicked from the coast garden ef
Joseph Craren. Dallas banker, will
be given Mrs. WUlkle by Mrs. M
E. Barrlgar. of Neotsu, NorthLln
eoln beach town, with whom Mr.
WUlkle boarded when he taught
school at Coff eyvllle, Kan.
,Tht WUlkle train will arrive at
the station here at :BS pn. Sun
day and pause long enough for
the candidate to deliver a ten-minute
address. The station grounds
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Oregon Gty Man
in Crash
An Oregon City man was in a
local hospital last night and an
other in Jail after their car
plunged through a bridge rail on
the road to German's hopyard near
Clear Lake and dropped ten feet
to the ground. The driver, Leo
SmiCh of route, one,' Oregon City,
waa taken to a hospital suffering
from severed tendons on the right
hand and possible rib fractures
Sergeant Farley . Mogan of the
state police took Smith's passen
ger, who was also slightly Injured,
from the first aid car and piacea
him under arrest.
Others treated by the Salem
first aid car craw yesterday includ
ed F. F. Snyder, route three, who
cut off a thumb while using a pow
er saw at 1H Fairmount. -
Injured
Japan Demand
On Indochina
Held Modified
Break Believed Averted
Though Nippon Ships
Reported Moving
China May Tate Hand In
. Defense; "Territorial
Right not Involved
HOXGKOXO, Sept. 91fP)
Tbe Brttlsh-owaed newspaper
China Mall reported today that
"slaee yesterday xaoratng" Jap
jus warship have snoved la to
Tesaktas; bay as a persmaatvo
restore" to bade P Japaaeeo
aeffotlatiotas for military rights
ia French Iado-Chiaa,
By C. TATES McDANIEL
HANOI, French Indo-Chlna,
Sept. Il-(Saturday)-aj-The gov
ernment of this French colony an
nounced late tonight that japan
had modified her demands for
-limited" military facilities la
Indo-Chlna and conversations
were being resumed with aa
agreement expected. '
! - During the dsy, the negotiations
had broken down and the head of
the Japanese military mission hsd
said plainly that the world now
could look for a "crisis."
. The new communique said:
"The Japanese military author
ities having modified the range of
their demands, negotiations be
tween the Japanese and the Indo
Chlna government have been re
sumed In a more favorable atmos
phere. ?
' "It Is believed these conversa
tions will' terminate in aa agree
ment taking account of the inter
ests of both sides. It is empha
sised that during . these negotia
tions Indo-Chlna's territorial In
tegrity and French sovereignty
over the country were never open
to question." ... ..
TfcusJov the eeeonr time aiaee
SepUrl. aa open split was-averted
at the last minute.
Major General Issakn Nlshlha-
ra, head of the Japaneso mission,
who had announced he was leav
ing for. home, remained la Hanoi
with some of his staff.
It was sot announced whether
others .who already had gone as
far as Haiphong . would return
here.
HONGKONO. Sept. Il.-fSatur-
diy)-C5)-ChInese press reports-
unconfirmed elsewhere declared
today that sn understanding had
been reached for Chinese-French
military collaboration tn the event
Japan lnvadee French Indo-Chlna.
These reports said the French
would allow Chinese troops to en
ter Indo-Chlna to oppose any Jap
aneso Invaders. -
It was said the understanding
waa reached la a hurriedly sum
moned - Chinese French confer
ence at Kunming-, capital of the
Chinese border province of Tan-
HONGKONO, Sept. ILWSat-
arday )-) -Highly connected
Japanese quarters here said to
day Japaa was prepared to take
action aiming at the seizure of all
French. Indo-Chlna if France de
clined, to permit the passage of
an unrestricted number of Japan
ese troops through the French
colony.. . i.
These sources said the Vichy
government allowed the entry ef
Japanese troops without- restric
tion as to number, but that Rear
Admiral ' Jean Deeoux gorernor
general of the colony, was Insist
ing on a limited number. -
Japanese residents of Indo-Chl
na xre given Instructions to com
plete their evacuation, according
to the reports here.
Martin Declares
He's for Willkie
PORTLAND. Ore.: Sent tH-ZS
-Former . Governor Charles H.
Martin formally announced tdar
his support of Wendell Willkie
and Charles McNary, republican
presidential and rice presidential
nominees. -
Describing himself aa a life-
long democrat, the retired army
major general said that "Like
Mr. Willkie. I too feel that my
party haa . left . me I have
not left the party. .- .
A third - term for - any presl
dent Is hostile to the fundamen
tals of our American system and
especially, the democratic I arty
I know.T he concluded.
Silverton ;Eleven
Ties Coast Teim
TILLAMOOK, Sept. 10-(Spe-clal)-811verton
an d Tillamook
high school football teams bat
tled to a 7-7 tie in their season
opening game here tonight. : "
Tillamook' scored in the first
quarter.: Smith, fullback, hitting
the line for the touchdown. In
the second period Silverton punt
ed into coffin corner, .blocked the
second down punt and recovered.
and on the next play Harry Hage
dorn went' around; end "for 'the
tally. .
As HeavyLosses Occur
Earlier Reports of Many
Explained; Barges Sent out for Test
Landings Riddled hy British
By JOHN A. MOROSO, 3rd
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. (AP) A former Dutch artil
lery captain told today of rebellion among nazi troops train
ins: for the invasion of England, and described columns of
mutineers being; marched back to labor camps with their
hands trussed behind their backs.
The story was told by Capt. Carl Ter Weele. 37, who ar
rived on the American export
liner Exeter from Lisbon. ' Other
passenger said the morale of the
Germany army had suffered such
a severe blow through heavy loss
es of life daring practice maneu
ver that Invasion of Britain now
ls unlikely.
They reported also that occu
pied-' Franc and Holland were
teeming with civilian Informants
who told the British when Ger
man ships and self-propelled bar
ges put into the channel for "ex
ercise maneuvera."
As a result British submarines
and planes were waiting, and
blasted the troop carriers out of
the water, bringing death to thou
sands, they said.
A high-placed government offi
cial of a conquered nation who
asked that his Identity be with
held said German officers told him
an attempt to invade England by
suicidal, that practice
maneuvers had cost the Germans
10,000 men.
Robert Sol berg. it. vice-presi
dent of Armeo International cor
poration, makers ef sheet steel
and airplane parte la France, said
that when he went to a French
channel port to try to reopen a
company factory he aaw hodlee of
German soldiers being washed
ashore every day. .
"The Germans made no attempt
to actually Invade England." he
ssserted "They msde practice at
tempts which were repulsed with
heavy losses. ' The news of these
exercises slipped through to Eng
land and British submarines sank
the steel barges." --
Solberg said the long ,ranre
guns being used to shell Dover
were captured French guns ' of
SI0 and .310 caliber. He aald
they were based near Calais on
railroad cars and the British had
bombed the area severely.
. John J. Mangan. Paris corres
pondent of Time magaslne. like
wise reported heavy loss of life
among German troops engaged in
practice maneuvers.
A US government official, who
asked' that his nam not be used,
said "England will win this war if
she can keep the morale of the
people up and the BAF In the
air."
"These sir. attacks only make
the people mad and they flxht
back twice aa hard."
. The Exeter brought in XtO pas
sengers. 17 Americans, the rest
mainly refugees. -
Enrollment Well
Above,'39 Figure
Enrollment . la Salenr nubile
schools at the end ef the first
week yesterday i reached a total
ofsne. 104 above the figure
of SOS t at the same time In
191S. Superintendent Frank B.
Bennett said last night.
. The . senior high school had
the 'largest gain since Tuesday,
when the last previous check of
the entire system was made, go
ing from 1151 to 1710. If now
has 101 more students than at
a. similar time last year.
Parrlsh Junior high school
raised , only two from 904. and
Lea lie Increased nine from 444
to 4S3.
- The elementary schools as a
whole went up from 30 IS Tues
day to 3131 yesterday, 49 over
the figure in 1939.
Ivory Toiver No Protection
' Says FDR at College Fete
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. SO-IA")
In the hall where the democra
tic party gave him his second
nomination' tn. 1931, President
Roosevelt declared today this ls
no time for any man "to with
draw Into some Ivory tower" and
hold himself aloof from the
"problems and agonies of ' his
society." . J
' Merely by averting his eyes,
the president said la an address
to. students and alumni of the
University of' Pennsylvania, no
man can sever the bonds which
unite' him to his society.'
He spoke at Convention hall
where, three months ago, the re
publican party nominated Wen
dell Willkie to oppose him in the
November election.' His address,
coming after an Inspection of key
Philadelphia units In the nation's
316,000,000,000 ' .defense pro
gram, climaxed the University of
penmrlvania'a 200th anniversary
celebration.
Before the speech, the presi
dent " spent nearly " two - morning
hours inspecting the Philadelphia
Troops Revolt
s
Bodies in Channel now-
France Tightens
Belt Drastically
Meat Limited to Equal of
One Good Steak Weekly;
Sugar, Soap Scanty
By JOHN LLOTD
VICHY, Franee. Sept. 30-aV
The French public, face to face
with "the consequences of war
and defeat in all their tragic
reality." heard the dolefal news
today that it must tighten its
belt drastically beginning next
Monday.
Severe rationing for both oc
cupied and unoccupied France
was announced by the govern
ment, which gave as its reason
the destruction and deterioration
of harvests and Uvestock In the
war sone. poor grain crops, and
"enormoua" drop in milk produc
tion, and the British blockade.
The measures, admittedly the
strongest possible la keeping with
the public's health, provided pen
alties uP to one year In prison
and (000-franc fines for frauds
and for destruction or misuse
Here's how the diet of thejkck
French peole ls arrected; "
No one will be allowed to eat
more than 13.C ounce of meat
a week less than the else of
one good American steak. This
Includes beef, pork, sausages and
any other kind of. meat, canned
or fresh, and means there will be
only -about two normal meat
dishes every seven days.
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Most Guardsmen
r Will Pass Exams
Only Nine in Company B
May Be Discharged,
Prediction Blade
. Nine men out of the 103 la
Company B, Salem's l(2nd In
fantry national guard unit, prob
ably will be discharged because
of physical defects. Lieutenant
Dow IL. LovelL' company com
mander, announced last night af
ter army medical examiner had
completed their checkup of his
outfit. All five of the company's
commissioned officers passed the
rigid examination being given all
guardsmen before they lea re
Monday for a year's' army train
ing. - -r'
Results of medical examinations
among the 34tth coast artillery
regiment men stationed here had
not been summarized last night.
Colonel Cliftoa M. Irwin, regi
mental commander, said an in
complete summary . showed . he
had lost 49 of the" 90 men he
had above his peacetime quota
of 174 men and S3 officers at
the start of the week.
. The 349th commander yester
day sent IS Salem grfardsmea tn
command of Lieutenant Michael
J. Melchior, regimental supply of
ficer, to Camp Clatsop to set ap
tents and ' otherwise prepare for
the arrlral of the main body of
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aavy yard, the skyscraper naval
hospital here, and tho army .quar
termaster depot. .
He told newsmen his navy yard
visit convinced him that . the
United States has learned the
art of speed in an emergency.
Warship 'and airplane construc
tion at the yard, he said, was
going ahead at a . much faster
tempo than a year ago. .
The-president drove tlv miles
from the navy yard to the auditor
ium through the heart of the na
tion's third largest city cheering
crowds estimated at 100,000 by
W. A. Landroigt, chief of the se
cret service's Philadelphia, force.
greeted him along the way.
. Not a seat was empty in the
auditorium as the president In a
black academle robe, moved onto
the stage with Mrs. Roosevelt. He
began his speech after receiving
an honorary degree of doctor of
laws. -
. Declaring that the present per
iod was one of relspae in world
civilisation, and that the complete
(Turn to page 7, coL 1)
PiiiiitiveRM
On Berlin Due!
Says Churchill
'Weather Halting German
Onslaught on London;
Some Borahs Fall
Africa Monroe Doctrine
Discussed in Rome; y
Spain Is Wooed
. (By The Associated Press)
Flames caused by exploding
British bombs swept for. mile
along the French coast betweea
Calais and 'Boulogne early today,
as the royal air force again pomad
ed Germany's "invasion" concen
trations there despite fierce re
sistance.
The biasing flight was plainly
visible from the British shore.
Nasi . defenders sent streams of
shrapnel and rocketa aloft.
Meanwhile, nasi raiders kept
up an intermittent attack on Lost- -doa
and the Industrial midlands.
They withdrew briefly from Lxm-
doa and then resumed the on
slaught. British censorship did not per
mit disclosure of exact raid per
iods, nor immediate estimates of
the damage. But the raiders Dew
orer London for hours, dropping
flares in central areas before re
leasing their cargoes of bombs.
Subway platform far below the
city's streets again were choked
with civilians but they were heart
ened by official assurances . that
RAF counter-bombings were roU--lng
up heavy damage in Germany
and German-held territory.
Retaliatlee Balds
Comlas; Sy CMef
"Don't worry they'll get It
Prime Minister Winston
Churchill retorted . when -crowds
standing on the wreckage of their
bombed London homes demanded
reprisals sgalnst Berlin.
Thus far British raiders hare
confined their main attacks to
continental nasi concentrations
and supply arteries In Germany
feeding those bases. The object is
to destroy the threat of nasi inTa
tion. reduce danger from the air
to a minimum, and aUow British
factories to speed up production
for the day when the British can
contemplate a large-scale counter
offensive. Right now the British
word ls -hold firm."
The British already have noted
a slackening of nasi air' attacks.
because of bad flying Weather.
Despite thst weather, t British
bomber rained explosives early
yesterday on the aeaedaeta amp-
porting the Dortmund-Ems, canal
over the river Ems near Manster.
attacked other transportation ta
cliiUe la westera Germaay, aad
dived oa miles of nasi base oa tho
channel coast.
British fighter plaae la yester
day! most spectacular battle
broke ap a formation of 309 nasi
planes falling upon them from
cloud-lairs, authoritative sources
said. . :
Berlin set Germany's air raid
casualties at 3000 dead .and
wounded, to Britain's 10,000.
lioaroe Doetriate
for Africa Talked
While the German press cried
for a "mercHeas" accounting with
Britain because of raids oa Ger
many, authoritative source ta
Berlin said the converaaUons of
Foreign Minister Joachim voa
Ribbeatrop with Premier Muss-.'
Hal ia Rome were aimed at de
signing: a new "Monroe doctrine
for Africa in other words "Afri
ca for the Europeans." meaning
the axis powers and their friend.
Expulsion ef Britain from Afri
ca and it rale by the axis power
would place the latter close to the
Unitfd States newly steeulred Car
ibbean bases, -the Hamabrger
Fremdenblatt pointed out.
. The -Rome conversations were
held while Italy was occupied la i
aa of f eaalve against. Xr$ t aimed
at reaching the Eaes canal. Brlt
aia'a vital nearreastern artery. ,
May Offer Spain
Part ef Morocco
"Indications Spain would be of
fered part of French Morocco and
possibly British Gibraltar in ex
change for her aid oa the axis
aide were noted by some observ
ers. These indications appeared
la the Italian press which Largely
covered the Rlbbentrop-Mussollni .
talks with stories from their cor
respondents la Berlin. -
Some writers also Indicated the
axis fully Intends to supplant
British aad French Influence ia
the nestr-atera countries of
Syria. Palestine, lrae and Trans- .
Jordan.
The Italian 'high command ac
knowledged that British bombers
still were harrying fascist troops
along the Egyptian-Llbraa coast, '
Striving especially to smash Ital
ian concentrations already wedged
10 miles -within Egypt,
British head nuartera t Cairo
said RAF bombers' possded Ital
ian positions at Eiil Earranl.
Egypt, and Begnast, Libya, tor
hoars Thursday t!stt. '