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Local Pictures - A dramatic scene on fhe crtdlron Saturday la Port land; eee It on Sunday port page. The Statesman leads In local news photos. 7ea titer . Partly cloudy today prob ably rain Monday; little ehans; a In temperature; unsettled, ' j variable wind. Max. temp. Saturday, 64, tain. 55. Southeast wind. PSUNDOO t&5t -, - ... NINETIETH TEAR Ccdsra, Orson, Sunday Morning, September 23, 1940 IMc 3cs Newsstands 5c No. 153 - . m Wallace Visit Tuesday Has Spotlight 'Arrival Time now Listed 1:59 p. m.; Crowd to Turn out, Plan Republicans Plan Series of District Rallies ; Start Wednesday By STEPHEN C. MERGLER Salem, with Its native son can dldate tor rice-president, has ran to assemblages republican In na- , tare In the national campaign so rar, but on tpesaay its attention will tarn for the day to Senator Charles - L. MeNarys opponent. Henry A. Wallace, former secre tary of agriculture and President Roosevelt's running mate on, the democratic ticket. His coming definitely snnoun eed only Friday, Wallace has vlr- taally caught local party workers hy surprise with the result that -plana for his reception are rather impromptu. There will, however. le a crowd, a band and banners. P. F. Ulrlch, Marlon county dem ocratic central committee . chair man, announced yesterday. Ulrlch said he had requested all precinct committee men and wom en to come to the Southern Pa cific passenger station Tuesday afternoon and bring their friends He also is Inviting all state and county democratic candidates to he present and take a bow during the half-hour get-together before the party's . chief campaigner ar rives. Ten-Minute Talk J Is Anticipated : A reTision In Southern Pacific schedules, going Into effect today, means that Wallace's train, the Bearer, will arrire here from the south at 1:59 p. m. Tuesday, three minutes ahead ' of the time an nounced Friday by Oscar Chap man, adrance man for the nation al committee. The train is expect ed to stop long enough to permit the nominee to make a ten-minute address from the rear platform. It may also pause at Albany at 1:22. Chairman Ulrlch says that" the size of the crowd that will greet Wallace Is "problematical" but he mi-rmm -mm fc f" PTIPRa . X000, Tha- m . F V M T - ' lem i uiuor oanu win ve ov iuo iur tlon grounds at 1:20 to keep early arrlrals entertained. Former Secretary Wallace will delirer an address on farm and power problems In Portland at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday. - Next democratic party person sge due, In Oregon from the east Is National Chairman Edward J. Flynn, expected in Portland Fri day by air. He may make a noon luncheon address there as well as hold a brief organization confer ence. ' That Mayor Fiorejlo LaQuardia ef New Tor k, leader of hi depen dents on the democratic side, may also rialt Oregon early In October Is probable, according to word from democratic headquarters. . Gorernor Harold X. Etassen of Minnesota, who captivated all whom he met at tie McNary noU flcation luncheon and ceremonies, may return to Oregon In October to speak for the republican pres idential ticket. Leaders t state campaign headquarters are urging that he do so. The day after Waflace'appear aace in Salem, Marion county re publican will start their cam paign In earnest with the first of a series of district rallies, Wednes day's to be held at the Salem Heights community club house at 1 n m. with Dr. R. FriBklU Thompson, professor of social scl ence at Willamette university, as the speaker. Homer Smith, Jr., Doris Woodburn, Ralph Dent, Lea ta Bates.. Frank Hrubetx and Dora Stacey of the Salem Height,' Rosedale and Liberty precinct are In charge of arrangement. The program will Include music and a refreshment hour. - - .October 28 la the tentative date for the Turner district rally. Scarcity of democratic cam paign material complained ef r party heads In Salem extends also to Portlandf where, It 1 reported, uch shipment of pamphlet and buttons a are receired from na tional headquarters are .quickly distributed to meet the local de mand there, with the result that the only supplies reaching the up state are those than can be ob tained directly trom the national committee. , UOU SUk . , said County Chairman Ulrlch yes terday of the MOO "FDR" nations he receired last week. , . Republican campaigner are harlng an easier time of It, with ample supplies of buttons, stick ers and leaflets being the state committee and the Will-kle-McNary dub. It may be an oversight; and again. It may not' That at least three Marion county democratic candidates hare omitted the party delation from all or part of their ca;K!2n publicity xnaterlal. Neither cards nor placarda for Avery Thompson, for district at torney, were observed yesterday to ruts to -whSch party lie belong. , was the case a to Eher- 11 A. C. Turk's pJctureposters rI to tie pesters cf Frank v. Vrrr. EUrsrtca'a detaoeratl nom tase for county treasurer. ; HP 21 to 7 Margin Over Bearcat WU Defense Improves Second f Half, Offense 1 Nerer Gets Going Maloney Standout After DeFreitas Gallops to : First Touchdown By RON G EMM ELL MULTNOMAH STADIUM, Port land, sept. 38- (Special) -The score, 11 to 7, doesn't begin to tell how i badly Frank Maloney and his Portland U mates out played our Willamette U Bear cats here: this afternoon in the It 0 football opener for both. The drlring, charging Pilots weren't the least awed by Wil lamette s heralded man-ln-motlon artillery, almost erery shot fired from . which turned out to be a dud, and they took command of the scoring column with lee than lire minutes of the ball game played. While the 'Cats did a better job of holding off the Pilots in the second half, they were just as offensirely Impotent against the low. swift charging blue-and- whlte line in the fading momenta as they were at the start of the one-elded spectacle. DeFreitas ' Rams Back Punt to .Par dirt The game was four minute and. 10 seconds along when Full back Eddie DeFreitas hugged Al Walden 11-yard punt te-hls bar re 1-11 k chest . and steamed his way through a field of prone Wil lamettes for the Portlanders first touchdown. Two minutes.' before the quarter was orer they had another, this one coming on an eight-yard, pitch from Maloney to Bicknell, who ran the remaining 11 untouched. . BT iia tt a IV alia 9m atvuv. j wmw ermasv W a VI a the-Pilo'.(-dropklckei beth-eoa-4 rerslons, a he did also for a third-quarter toueh down he lugged across, and the Cliff dwell ers held a 14-0 lead as the second quarter opened. ' With the help of a break and ome lucky aerial juggling, the Bearcats reached pay plot their only time midway of the second quarter. Center Pat White recor- e r e d Reeerre Fullback Frank Perry's fumble on the Portland 13, and after two line plays netted a loss of two yards. Gene Stewart pitched a pass erer the goal line that Halfback Ted Ogdahl snagged after it first caromed off Snd Bill Reder's fingers and then rico- (Turn to page 1, eoL 1) Courtney Cooper Is Found Suicide NEW' TORK, lepL lf.-(Sun- day)(VDeteetIre Caswell Ja cobs said I early today the body of Courtney Ryley Cooper, S3, writer and former circus press agent, was 'found hanging In a Manhattan hotel room. The body; Jaeobs said, was dentlfled S by Cooper's wife, lo cated at another hotel. An unsigned note, found by Jacobs on a dresser, said, in my clothes is 143 In cam. I think my bill ia about fS2. Glre the hotel $12." Cooper, ! whose death apparent ly occurred someumo rBiru7, wss born 1 In Kansas City, Mo., October SI. Xt0. He was a special writer for the Kansas City Star; from lilt to 1013; New York World It II. and the Chicago Tribune and the'Denrer Post la IUI.' J tt. bad contributed to maga zines since It 11 and Written more than 800 ! stories on circus life. Ie wrote sererai mono acnpis, neludlng j "Weary RlTer". and Wild Cargo," ana sererai ousts. Federal Fiinds ruois rue Election Willkie'h Charge TONKKRS. NT. Sept. JMJP)-A .(...rtnr audience which wouia lot let Wendell L. WiUkieJear, the piatrorm xoni -r aaaall the new deal a "a foe which ha more public money than any g orernment body erer had in Ue world and which will use the full sower of that eny to arreci mis ict.uv. . - Addressing a special session of the republican etate conrentlon at the Empire City JUr a hurried ' airplane flight from Schenectady. NT. Willkie d blared he wanted to build a "new world." He said he had "only one great promise to make an effectlre, an expanding, an Impregnable democ racy." - i t ' ' . The chant of "We want Win kle." and "Gire us more," brought the candidate back to the flag decked, flood-lighted rostrum af ter he twice started to leare at the completion of his speech. - 'After .harlng aeen millions ef Americans and realixing more than X rr did before how pre cious a tLlag 1 this American v-j t. j . -if jtr ' - - ' " - t i v . . r MUSCLE MEN" TO AID CHEST KICKOFF 'S 5 living stataea fn bronze coached by Fred Smith of of the TMCA wfll hare an Important part en the Oonunnnlty Ciieet kickoff program Monday might at the senior high school anditorlnm. The scene posed here Is "Industry. . Chest Kickoff Scheduled Monday Night; Mayor Urges Registration Plan Nears Completion Election Boards Will Aid Draft Sign-up Oct. 16; Forms Will Go out Organization of the state's elec tion" machinery for the registra tion of Oregon men between the age of 21 and S6 under the terms 4-th-selectlre serriee act is well under way and it is expected that late next week the county clerks of Oregon will . recelre all forms necessary for registration and in structions in tbelr use. Gorernor Charles A. Sprague said Saturday. The gorernor rerealed that printed regulations gorerning re gistration were receired from na tional headquarters Friday and placed In the hands of Lt. Col. Elmer V. Wooton, state director of selectlre serriee. A sufficient quantity of these regulations for use by all county clerks and reg istration boards is expected within a week. Under the selectlre serriee act and accompanying regulations the election boards throughout the state will serre as registration boards on October lt. Subject to instructions from the gorernor, the county clerk of each county will designate members ef the election boards as registrar with the prorision that additional re gistrars may be selected and as signed to rarious precinct wher- erer it is deemed necessary. No compensation will be paid the re gistrars for their day of duty, lt being assumed by the president that cltlxens composing the boards will consider this in the light of their personal contribution to the national defense. The" county' clerks are also giren the task of proridlng the proper registration. places, which will be the regular polling places. Some augmentation of the elec tion machinery personnel Is neces- (Turn to page t, coL i) Hodge Resign Position, Philharmonic Director PORTLAND, Sept. lt(ff)- Leslie. Hodge of San Francisco announced his resignation today s conductor of the Portland hilharmonle orchestra. H said sponsors failed te ob tain proper financing;. to Influence -; - ' - way." he said. "I want te say te you in all confidence that If we de not prerail this fell, this way of Ufa will pass." i Declaring his . program weald require "sacrifice,' he added that the time haa come for Americans to "glre to the gorernmsnt," In stead et accepting rdoles and debt from the new deaL Thomas E. Dewey, who led en the first three ballot at the Phil adelphia conrentlon whleh nomin ated Willkie, Introduced the can didate. (:- He told the vast throng that New Tor k state had "11 years experience with Its natlTe son "and as a result prefers Its adopt ed son Wendell I WlUkie," Willkie made his first campaign bid for the 47 electoral rote of President Rooserelf home state. . The candidate stood in ' a big speakers , stand facing the crowd which Sheriff George A. Casey of Westchester county estimated at Tl.t0. : ; - - ; - -r Willkie stood under bright flood (Turn te psge 1, eel. 9) UlilLiLZn AT- Keynote Speech by Rabbi Henry; J. Berkowitz Will B Featured With "Parade of Agencies"; Qiadwick Issues Proclamation On the eve of the kickoff rally scheduled for Monday night at 7:30 o'clock in the senior high school auditorium, Mayor W. W. Chadwick today released a proclamation in support of the fourth annual Salem Community Chest cam paign. His proclamation reads: For the fourth time in the history of Salem, our people are uniting in a concerted ami to raise funds for the character. building A, and charity instltu tlohs of our city. Vr The mayor and the city coun cil join wholeheartedly in this morement. As mayor of the City of Salem, I earnestly urge all of our citizen to giro liber ally of their time and money to make thle Chest campaign a great auccess. As capitol of the state, lt is our duty to show leadership. Our success will benefit similar campaigns throughout Oregon, On to rictory! W. W. CHADWICK, Mayor. Rabbi Henry J. Berkowit of Portland will he the principal speaker at the kickoff meeting, at which O or r n o r Charles A. Sprague will preside. Rabbi Ber kowit' subject will be The Am erican Way, which is the central Idea in the slogan for this year campaign. A feature of the program will be the "parade of the agencies" directed by Tommy Hoxie; a pre (Turn to page 1, col. 1) Robbers Captured In Two Hours Flat GRANTS PASS, Sept. ILTV State Police Corporal Lyle Har rell.aald three men who robbed a Roseburg garage 'attendant were captured today, just two hours later. ' Harrell and State Police offi cer Jay Williams halted the men at the aummlt of Mt. Sexton. The men drew guns but surrendered without resistance, Harrell said. He identified the men as Silas Griffin, 3d, of Williams; , Joseph G. Hyde, 17. Klamath Falls, and Vernon G. Wearer, 11, Klamath Falls, and said they admitted the garage robbery as well as the slugging and robbing , ef A Grant -Pass serriee - station at tendant' Thursday and a $100 holdup at Lakerlew Tuesday. - Iato Sports BKLIJNGHAJf. Sept. tlT.-UPt- An alert College, of Paget Sound eleren. ef Tacoaae, piled up u- perflous yardage la midfleld and then capitalised on the break to score a 11 to e rictory erer the Western Washington 'college' VI kings In a non-conference game here tonight. The Loggers con fined all, their scoring Ho the second ouarter. . ' College Football " (By Associated Pre) Whittles 7, Fresno State 11." Occldental 11, Santa Barbara Stat 17. ' Albion Normal 40, Eastern Oregon College ef Education . Idaho Southern Branch 7, West ern State t. Mississippi lt. Louisiana Etate u. of Louisrm e, cmcinnau 7. Central (Pel la, la.) 0, Dubuque U. 11. - Mississippi State 15, Florida 7. Monmouth (111. 0, Belolt 11. Union (Ky.J 15, Tusculum e. -Baylor 17r 'North Texas Teach: ers 10. v ." Mississippi Col. 10, Centre 11. Midland o. Mornlngside St. Full Support Rescued At Newport Reef Bbird-Luck Postman Seeks to Cross in at Wrong Spot; Overturned NEWPORT, Ore., Sept. 1 The coastguard reported here to day that lt rescued four men from the bsy yesterday after their yacht schooner Lellanl orerturned. The 15-foot boat, owned by Ar thur La Belle, Seattle postofflce of ficial, left Berkeley, Calif., Sep tember 11 for Seattle. Those rescued, , the coastguard reported, were La Belle, Robert Finley Elner Haughan of Seattle, and a man named English. "They tried to cross ia too far north where there ia quite a reef, a coastguard surfman said. The craft lost all of her rigging, but the hull was not damaged, lt was aid. SEATTLE. Sept. 11-P)-A saga of marine ill-luck reached a cli max yesterday with wreck ef Ar thur La: Belle's schooner Lellanl at Newport, Ore.. La Belle, a reteran of the World war "lost battalion." had sine 1118 cherished a desire to return to France in peacetime.' An em ploye of the postofflce here,, he spent four years building the 15 foot boat with the intention of sailing her to Europe. .In order to (Turn to page 1, col. 1) Auto Hits Train, 3 Persons Hurt ir . : - SILVERTON. Sept. 18 An au tomobile driren hy Henry Kuseh nlck, of Silrerton crashed Into the sldo of the logging train at the North Water street crossing- about le:10 o'clock - tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Knschnlck and a six-months-old child. Elurard, -were injured.: Mrc. Kaschnlck nith fxdsl la- Juriea and cuts and . bruises else where, was the only on hospital ised for tho night and her injuries though painful ware not consid ered serious. Mr. Knschnlck suf fered chest Injuries and was treat ed at the hospital. Edward was thrown, sat of the ear; and was found beneath lt by J-H. Wllhlte, first person to reach' the scene. the baby's Injuries also were not eonstfered critical. Two ether ehQdren. Betty Jean and Henry had only cuts and bruises. The au tomobile was almost demolished. Chile Has Severe, Extensive Qnakes SANTIAGO, Chile, SepC lt- CT-A Tiolent earthquake was f sit in Santiago tonight. The epicenter was not' immediately determined. Ths National Telegraph said damage was suffered from Oralle to ' Conception, about'' TSO 'miles, and ' that the temblor was , felt Tiolently at i Oralle, Valparaiso and Los Andes.. .' - Residents of Santiago fled to the streets ia fright. - TTTT iUi Soviet Sphere In Axis Plans stery Japan Interest Requires ' Understanding With -. Russia, is View Konoye'Says Nation now Ready to Assume Role' - in World Shakeup (By The Associated Press) The share asslned to soviet Russia in axis plans for reshaping the world remained a mystery Sat urday night as Britain fought on doggedly to keep Germany, Italy and Japan from realizing their ambitions. ' Also unclear was how Russia and Japan, the latter the axis new junior partner,; can arold friction in the orientWhere the German-Italian-Japan ese pact recognizes Japanese leadership,- All discussion of future plans came from Berlin, Tokyo and Bomev Moscow was silent. The member of the newly-enlarged axis, informed nasi said in Berlin, hare agreed just what share of their spoils they expect to giro Russia. But they did not specuyr It was not known either wheth er Russia was told of these plans In adrance of the signing at Ber lin Friday of the new three-power military, political and economic pact with which the axis confront ed the world. In Tokyo, well-informed sources sadi Japan must try to bring the sorlet union lntothe framework of the new alliance and the for eign office spokesman himself said that . "the imperial gorern ment Intends to adjust relations with all nations. Pact With Moscow Japan's Vital Need In Informed quarters it "Was rec ognized that Germany might not help Japan in the event of a clash 1 with it usSla, -Therefore, they In dicated, an immediate effort for an i understanding . with .Moscow may be expected.! Where the United States stands under the alliance plainly a threat of war by all its members should the United States become lnrolred with any one also stirred conjecture. Berlin left for the future to tell whether the flow of American arms and mu nitions to Britain might or might not cause a conflict. The din of bombs and anti aircraft shells echoed through empty London streets again, the start of the fourth week of re lentless nazi air siege. Last night's raid followed two day light alarms. German military sources in Berlin, saying German raiders had dumped 1160 tons xf bombs (Turn to page 1, coL 1) Centralia Kidnap Charge Admitted PORTLAND, Sept. 1 S.-(jp)-State Police Captain. Vayne Gar dens said. Arlie Lewis, IS, alias Richard L. demons, admitted tonight . the k tdnaplng and wounding of Charles. Null,' SB, near Centralia, Wash. ..State Troopers William "Genn and Ralph Grenf ell and City pa trolman L. A. Chrlstensen ar rested Lewis at Newberg, . Ore., where he had. been employed for two days in a plumbing shop., . G u r d a n e said Lewis ; had waired extradition and - that Washington authosltles were en route to take him,, to Centralis. . Null.' a automobile salesman, was ; forced to drire from his home to Little Hanford Taller where his 1 assailant struck him on the head and robbed him of IS last Saturday night. A bullet tired as he fled . struck him in thev abdomen. .. Still My FDR Parades Air Power for Foreign Diplomats9 Benefit WASHINGTON, Sept. ItXff The United States paraded thun dering hundreds of warplanea before foreign ' diplomats today in a demonstration which Presi dent Roosevelt explained . was "Just a gratifying- flexing ot the kind of fighting, muscle democ racy can snd does produes.' '. The , unheralded and. Impres sive display ot America's Increas ing air. power . came, by coinci dence or otherwise, close on the heels of the German-Itallan-Jap-anese pact interpreted by many as aimed at the United States." ; . Ths - representatives ot : these and other powers had been In vited to attend , ceremonies in connection with a cornerstone laying at . the new Washington airport told only that Mr. Roosevelt would make an address and that some transport planes would land. v 1 '.-., .. Bnt they had no mors than settled Into their seats when from all directions ot the compass came roaring flights of army and navy 'siimdL Aiir - - v- , " - ------- y - .... . ... - .- j f Suburbs of Berlin. Ports A long Coast Heavily Raided German Attacks on C off hy Anti-Aircraft Fire Tliough. Other English Cities Pounded Many Qvilians in Germany Killed or Wounded, Admitted; RAF. Believed Using Heavier Explosives now BERLIN, Sept. 29. raiders, attacking wide areas suburbs- earlv todav dronned a "substantial number" of iyilians, a communique announ ced, v. - : .;' : British bombers .were active in northern and western Germany and, the Ruhr industrial area, but their bombs struck residential areas without attaining military object ives, it was said. , The communique said gunfire southwest of ; Berlin turned the raiders away from the city, and that one Austra lian plane was shot down, but Peace With Japan Declared Possible But US Prepares for All Eventualities, ' Welles Declares at Forum CLEVELAND, Sept. 2S.-UF)- The state department's under-sec- reury suggested today that far eastern problems still can be set tled around a conference table but he declared this nation is pre paring "for all eventualities," and hinted at an impending extension of Pan-American defense policies. : The under-eecretaryf4 7-year-old Sumner Welles, appeared he fore Cleveland's foreiga policy as sociation. At one point he was asked: "How far hare we gone in the development of Pan-American pol icies to paTe the way for equal re sponsibility by all Pan-American countries in the defense of all America?" ' Welles, speaking calmly and solemnly, replied: "I think there is no republic in this hemisphere not willing, pre pared and disposed and I may say eager to share in a common respoislbility. There may be an announcement shortly that will clarify what I mean." Welles gave the association the most detailed analysis of foreign nolle? that has come from an authorised government spokesman in many months. Speaking of the far east, Welles declared "there Is no problem pre sented which could not be peace fully solved through negotiation" if "there existed a sincere desire on the part of all concerned to find an equitable and a fair solu tion which would give Just recog nition to the rights and to the real needs of all concerned." "Would . the - Japanese have stayed out of French Indo-Chlna lt t the United States navy ' had been at Singapore 0 days ago. and if so why wasn't it there?" demanded another member of the audience. "My long training makes it dif ficult for me to deal with hypo thetical Questions." Welles . re sponded. "As to the second part, (Turn to page 1, coL 1) . Three Are Beheaded ' BERLIN, Sept. 28.-KSV-WH-helm Sehwabe. 19, Paul Bugla, 10, and Walter Jenner. el, were be headed today for mutiny in Muen ster prison. They are charged with using war conditions especially confusion during an air alarm to attempt escape. warplanes sleek, w r 1 m pursuit ships and huge bombers, circling and wheeling tUl the air seemed tilled. Altogether, officials said, titers were 149 army planes snd ICS navy; and marine crafts , Raising his hand to them, the president smilingly observed that hs had staged "surprise party" for ths several, thousand who had come to the ceremonies. ' ' v Then, - in serious rein,- he said the roar ot ths planes was "sym bolic of our determination to build up ' a - defense on sea, on land and -in the air capable of overcoming any attack." r. "They represent In a- small way, he added, "the power we ultimately must have and soon will have.- . . - He went on. to say that we all .hops their ' missions will k ways he in the ways of peace." rWe shall strive . with all of our energies and skills to see to lt that they are never called upon for missions of war. But the (Turn to page 1, eoL ) . an? London Are Beaten (Sunday) (AP) British air of Germany including1 Berlin's bombs which killed and injured millions of Berliners spent two nours ana iv minutes in cniuy air raid shelters, due to two. alarms. The first, after midnight, last ed one hour! and 41 minutes, the second, which soon followed, last ed 28 minutes. Only one anti-aircraft gun was heard firing in the city itself, and no planes or bomb explosions were heard. Anti-air-craft guns on the city's outskirts were more active, j Germans said the raid appar ently was intended to drive the population to the cellars which are becoming chilly as tho north ern autumn advances. Neverthe less,, regulations requiring cftlxens to take cover are being enforced rigidly. LONDON. Sept. l.-(Sunday)- British capital dwindled away st dawn today after what " officials " nights" of 22 successive dusk-to-dawn raids. ,; Anti-aircraft fire was credited with keeping most of the raiders away from the often bombed cen tral city district. A few German planes which skimmed swiftly across' tbe mid city area dropped incendiary- . bombs, but fires were e x 1 1 -guished quickly. Three small fires burned as bright . beacons below the flashes ofr -exploding anti-aircraft sheila in the skies over the capital. Fire men extinguished the flames aft- ' er 15 minutes but the raids west on. . British bombers counter-attacked furiously at German, bases F across the channel along the French coast. Observers on Do ver's cliffs saw hundreds ot bant ing explosions in almost an un broken line along the French side. Ttiasi flo ati aa Vln 1 ATltrf fkinev nravlAtielw aaoH aa a ""9m sr ws -y suu -sr dicated more and heavier explo sives were being used by the Brit ish In an attempt to annihilate nazi forces which have dug in on tbe coast. . f v " . The-Brftlsh raids continued into the morning hours, as London stoutly took its 22nd consecutive, night assault from the nazis. :-..' Some of the Invaders Dew to , within a few 'hundred feet of the ground. Other bombers at the same time were attacking along ' the southeast coast.' Late last njght, the air minis try said Britain had lost seven planes and shot down six German craft during the day.' , , Germany's ever-returning war planes, starting tbeir fourth week of the siege of London, forced this capital's populace -'under-ground twice Saturday but Brit ish reports indicated that the in vaders were answered blow for blOW. ' The first daylight alarm shrilled in mid - morning after - another -night et recurring raids which left new rains smouldering in Lon don, the ehlef targe, -nd eth er English, WeUh and Ceottteh towns. - ... Again Saturday afternoon. -shesi thouaands of Londoners w r starting for the countryside with ' visions of rest and. nnlnterrvpteel sleep, another alarm sent tke-etty to shelter below ground. -1 - , But ths BritUh reported heavy sir attacks on their own aeeewat and declared that the steppedVss pace of the nasi air assault had been at the cost of 131 planes - lost yesterday " alone. Thus, for 1 the second successive month,' Brit- ish claims of destroyed German warplanes rose to more than , A report from, Dover said ths RAT was believed to have de livered Its most violent attack so far on German Invasion bases across the channel.. Houses on the -English side were shaken by the explosions . and observers could see the flash, both of bombs and of s heavy German anti-aircraft fire. - 'r . . :. . ,. -..-V Buildings, warehouses and lum beryards, the air ministry report ed, were, set aflame by British bombers in a three-hour bombard ment of Lorient, Atlantic port la the naxi-occupied sone of France ? 'V
