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"" . V .'T "Hi . ' . . "A Growing Newspaper : The Oregon Statesman is ft steadily p -owing newspa per. Its readers know the reasons: Ita reliable, com plete, lively and always la terestlng.. ill Weather ' j . Partly cloudy today and s - Wednesday; fresh northerly ' wind. Max. temp. Blonds y . 69, znin. 58. Northwest wind. River -&3 ft. P5UWD3D tCOl inriiTTiLTH YEAH Salem Orgoa Tuesday Morning, October 1, 1943 Price 3c7 I7wssianda 5c v If .1X3 bM:MS: f l i fr : i I if) IBrrasIhi KaM .Berlin Mtare TSakm Five Moiars I 1 11 ii . 1 V t. - - t 4 -- ... . ' - - Salem Airport Gets $468,268 Federal Funds '63 .Oregon Communities on List Relesfted by CAA Authorities Nature of - Work Here Is not Stated; Recent Inspection JNoted Salem's municipal airport will be Improved for civil and military U purposes to tbe tune of 1468,268 J If "recommendations of the civil aeronautics board for improve- f 3f In Oregon, submitted yester 1 t&f to tb h.ouse appropriations vcoHftiilttee in Washington, receives legislative and execntlve approval. Ralm was amone laree num bers of manlcipalitles whose air ports were included In a list of 4000 from which S00 or fewer sites will be selected by the CAA, the army" and navy for airfields needed In national defense, the Associated Press reported ffom Washington. V Airport officials here and city and state officers have no inkling: - of what the suggested improve ments, here might entail. State agencies had nothing tq do-with " selection of the 63 Oregon cities and towns .'included in the CAA Of Governor Charles A. Sprague yesterday, but it was recalled that board of army officers and CAA officials surveyed the state's air facilities about six weeks ago. siore xnan uonoie Facilities, Plans Robert Hinkley, assistant secre tary of commerce, said the CAA hoped to Increase the 1800 air ports now existing to an ultimate objective ol 4040, the Associated Press reported. - Airport . to bs constructed or Improved were- AUtea nnaer a SitS.eOO.OOe proposal with total coat ef tbose listed In tbe four northwest states of Oregon, Waah- tortoi Idaho and Montana and In Alaska IS2.000.000. , , (Tarn to paae 1, ol. 1 ) Bb lae las1 . . Paul Hauser' Column If tbe class will open up its books to pase 25f and sUrt read ing the third paragraph down (the one marked with lipstick) it will be immedi ately apparent to ryone con cerned that this la .October, the first, and as such, ft -day to be celebrated with bonfires, barbe cues and a witch- burning or .two. It isn't because XL is ft day so . m.itv ilava after the autumnal Fal H. Hn, j. equinox (Hasn't that Hitler come yet?) or because it is 12 days pre cedinf Columbus day, a holiday observed by all banks and the cit izens of Columbus, Ohio." If yen think that's right, you're caraxee. No.' This la tbe first anniver sary of In One Ear (That's ) and marks the first time in the history of man that single indi- vidua! was able to drool publicly : for 83 consecutive days, not eo anting; Sandays, holidays, vaca tions and the day we were sick. .We Just got tbrough not count ing the vacation we went on, so it Is absolutely NOT a, coincidence that we return to our desk (some body baa been sitting at onrdesk, too. It's clean) Justin time tb get out ft birthday isxue. - Anniversaries . birthdays, gold en weddings anil eating; cheese be fore seiner to ted Inspire as. One of these things usu inspired us to .write gome ptetry. Nothing can top us now. ma-la a mcs c.marlM a va ac4s M saag to aay etd 3) siagl tos Utt mara te wrk," Cot ef snssaisa, tats tie Bark, Cf ess kiH 'sol H. Xaastt, Jr. Tkss wkeat wry frw are any !! Aa4 U yea're sir y aalaatsef It's alas aa aaatvarssry aaakar, Tr tats aay Is Oetoaer. tar IbrsW (0b 7at pest; etta tae went. Tot the edification of those not familiar with oar works we offer the following annotation. Follow tbe stars and yon can't go wrong. . As usual. The author la of ten referred to by his friends as the late Mr. Hauser. This is pure ly wishful thinking- on their part. Figure of speech. Also po ctld license. The author sever got tics caoujb. to work to be able to say he could return to it Dr. Lion Octerwanger of the Prague Mental hospital In his scnixmental work, "Cheesecake Oyster Crackers, mentions several canes which may take the laurels from the author,' but Mb c'iiims are unsubstantiated due to r;zt conditions. '"jx-- Sea gtoTe. Tbls also indicated delusions of grandeur. jis a iret the author smells, but ; .3 Let friends won't teu ftirn.. j-S :...:,.. j I if. - . m-., I Demo Candidate Due Here Today X i: HENRY A. WALLACE Vice-Presidential Candidate Coming Train to Arrive at 1:59; Wallace Will Speak for Ten Minutes '- Marion county democrats will be rallying their forces this morn ing to turn out en, masse at the Southern Pacific station is Salem to hear their candidate for ,the vice-presidency, former Agricul tural Secretary Henry A. Wallace, make aT ten-minute campaign talk from the rear of his private car on the Beaver, regular train from the south, at 2 o'clock. Wallace's appearance here will be the first of a national demo cratic candidate since Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke from the same station yard in 1982 during his campaign for his first term as president. . Chairman J. F. Ulrich of the Marion county democratic central committee, said' last hlahr" the train probably would be Btopped ao that Wallace's car may b spot ted a short distance south of the station rather than near Mission street, where the rear of the train ordinarily would stand. The 'train will arrive at 1:B. Aboard will he Colonel C. A. Robertson of West Salem, democratic nominee for representative in congress from the first . Oregon district; Bruce Spaulding of Dallas, demo cratic nominee for state attorney general; Charles H. Leach, state chairman, and Al Brown, nominee for itate treasurer. Ulrich and Kenneth Bayne, sec retary of the local committee, ex pect to head a Marlon county delegation which will board the train for Portland to hear Wal lace's address In the municipal auditorium at 8: SO o'clock to night. The doora will open - at C:30. Wallace will arrlTe :n at 1:41 and after a drive through the business district will go into a huddle with CIO and ArL labor leaders at 4:80. The Salem Junior band will play for a rally to-be held at the station here from 1:80 until Wal lace's train pulls in. Elliott Roosevelt Advised to Resign DODGE CITT, Kas., Sept. 80- Vf)-T1i9 Dcge City Junior cham ber .of eomuerce today telegraph ed Elliott Roosevelt, son of the president, asking; him to resign his recently acquired captaincy in tne air corps. The telegram read: "The mo rale of the young men of the na tion has been badly shaken by your appointment to an unde served Dositlon in the air corps. Will von remedy this situation in part by resigning your captaincy i r 'hr? Community Chest Campaign Gets off to Flying Start Islam's it la Community Chest aamnalra was catapulted into a flying start last night at a aaas meeting devoted to a surrey of social and humanitarian work: done by Chest agencies neia in the Salem high school auditorium. Several hundred persona heard Rabbi Henry J. BerkowiU of Portland assert that "I regara tvi vtroof noaitiv of the majes ty and might of democracy, that hands, i hearts ; end energies can be united in ft .mobilisation ior tinman need snen aa is represent ed In the community, Chest. enter-' prise." f ; ; : ; I"-: ' Thv also, witnessed a "uarade of tho j tjehclei' la Mcli e-ca of the seven social agencies wzucn participate In the local Communi ty Chest presented in pantomime its objectives and social contri butions to the communityy J "j Ag-encles included were the Boy Scouts. TWCA, Red Cross, St. Vin cent - de - Paul society, - Salvation Army, Hotel de Mlnto and TMCA. Rabtl Berkowit2, la ipeaklcg on the Chest drive, expressed the opinion that through. Community Chest contributions the yearning If iFushed i5 oTx. aril Warls Willlde Gaim Women's GOP Gathering Hears Candidate in Detroit Speech Change "Driver Who Got Us Into Stream" Is Plea of Nominee DETROIT, Sept. 1 0 .(yZP Wen dell L. Willkie told an audience of republican women tonight that the new deal is pushing tbe nation -"ever closer and closer to war, and added: "The closer Mr. Roosevelt gets us to war, the more people say we ought not to change horses, in the middle of the- stream. How did we get there? The man who got us in is not the right one to get us out." ,f Addressing a meeting of the National Federation of Women's Republican clubs, the republican presidential nominee asserted that the new deal now "is governing by force and by fear." "I win clean out the cynics and unbelievers, the nuts and the bunk-artists,", he said. "My ad ministration will be composed of men who believe in the American people." Wlllkie's argument about "changing horsee" summarised talks which he made While cam paigning through Michigan during the day. He told trainside crowds that the chance from the Cham berlain to tbe Churchill govern ment in England disproved any contention that one administra tion should be kept throughout a crisis. Change in British Government Cited "Lot us elect a Winston Church ill government in the TJ n 1 1 e d States," : he added, praising 'the British prime minister as a great, vigorous defender of democracy." WUlki called on bi audience to help develop "faith in democracy," and laid: "I have observed ft tendency to (Turn to page 2, col. 7) Safeway Building Permit Is Issued Swells Month's Total to Figure Substantially Above '39 Period Issuance of a building permit in Rafswav Stores. Inc.. to erect a one-story building at 1420 State street to cost $16,99S and grant ing of permits for seven new residential dwellings yesterday hronrht September's building ac tivity well ahead of the same per iod last year. Bafwav Ctnru will tinfM al CTO. oi-a- hnlMlnr with narkinr anaee on the old Rosebraugb property at 14th and state streets, a lengthy ..controversy was waged In the city council before the prop erty was changed in sone in order to permit erection 01 tne commer cial building. Tabulation by the office or city Building Inspector E. C. Bushnell Iiam1 that 1S7 narmita issued during the month carried an esti mated valuation of III, 445 as compared to 896,252 for 189 per mits issued in September, IIS 9. A w11 in e- rtermits. swelled yesterday by permits for six new - . , . . . . . n nouses to ne ereciea t 1447, 1445, 1439, 1437 and 1486 East avenue by Mary L. Allen at mat nf US 10 each, were 29 for the month and carried a valuation of $72,758. In the previous Sep tember there were li new dwell ings with a $50,750 Taluation. New non-resideniiai consiruc (Tura to page 2, eoL I) of every cltlxea for ft better com munity and city could most ef fectively be accomplished. . "A city is e marvelous thing. he said, "with a spirit and a soul of its ewnl Each eitiaen, though he lovee his city, seeks to- make it better, and finer. And, in Com munity Chest enterprises this de sire for Improvement is beat and most beautifully expressed. ' Rabbi Berkowits spoke of the Chest campaign as fostering "civ mxing influences." "I didn't Lnow what 'civilizing influences' really were until X read the stories of the German bombing; of London." he said. ' -i'- "Than I knew what they jaean, how nuca human toll It takes to make them. And X realised how great - a part Community Chest has in fostering- them In every community of which it is n part," : Governor : Charles A. Sprague acted as chairman for the meeting-, wbleh also ineladed group slBKlnr, numbers by . tbe Salem "T" Gleemen, and invocation and benediction by Ker. Guy L. Drill and Rer. Irria Williams retpect- ively. The program ' was arranged PI Tommy Hoxle. , . . - Btirniaiiient 'ProDQse&irt'Twdrffills Bonds up to 200 Million- Utilities Also Authorized if Measures Pas Ickes-and President Indicate Approval WASHINGTON, Sept. 80 (AP) Bills to set up a Columbia power administration, which, would direct the mar keting and transmission of power developed at Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams and elsewhere in the Columbia river basin, were introduced today by Representatives Leavy and HM (D-Wash.) and Senator Extension of Air Service Is Urged Liner Stops' at Salem and Other Cities Favored as Hearing Held WASHINGTON, Sept, 80-P)- More than a dozen witnesses tes tified today before examiners for the aeronautics administration that there was urgent need for expansion of air service in Ore gon. Harry A. Coffee, Portland, in surance man and George R. Dod- son, Portland Knitting muis om cial, testified they flew their own planes on business about the state because other means of tra vel was slow. They urged approval of the ap plication of the United Air Lines for permission to stop its tnrougn north and south planes at Klam ath Falls. Salem, and Eugene, Ore., and Bellingham, Wash., and for permission to make three round trips a day between Klam ath Falls and Medford, Ore. mhv wltnoaaea tt1ffl in Wort of the application of tbe start aervice .from Portland to North Dalles. Redmond and Klam ath Fa.Ha and from Portlavnd to Marshf ield with intermediate itODI. The witnesses said ths cascade mountains divided the state through tbe center, making- east and west communication and rau service inadequate to meet the needs of the eitles. a at Other witnesses mciuaea Jer- rold Owen, of Salem, executive secretary of the state's World war veterans aid commission; .an Reynolds and Dr. Paul W. Sharp, Klamath rails: Glenn Jacison, Medford ' official of the Califor nia Oregon Power company; C K. McMiUin, Bellingham bank man ager, and M. M. Boney, Belling ham Dairy association manager. SUte Senator Douglas McKay of Salem also was scheduled to ap pear before the examiners. Septe tier's Rain Is Above Average Skies over Salem threatened rain yesterday as a prelude to October but the sun broke through tbr clouds- Intermittently to raise the mercury at the air port weather bureau as high as 69 degrees. The forecast is xor generally fair today and Wednes day. September was noted this year for its 2.86 inches of precipita tion, half an ineh oter the arer age for the month; ten days of the well-known school weather, 80 degrees or over; the fall's first frost and other nippy mornings. The rainfall was the heariest in at least five years. The average is 1.8S Inches. Tears with heavy fall include 19 14, 4.84; 1911. 4.S6, and 1920, 4.45 inches. Sep tember, 1922, had only .01; 1912, 17 inch. , The highest temperature dur ing; the paat month was SS de- sea on the 1 2nd; and tne low est on the 19th, when the frost occurred. Lato Sports LOS ANGELES, Eept Eeattle iwamped Los Angeles to night by sv seom of IS to 4 and took a three-to-one isaa in mo PacLfle oast learoe . president's eup plsyoff. The Ana-els used nre piteners and (hey ftU ' looked ftlike te the Suds. '-..' '-'- ' Six thousand fans cheered wild ly aa a fight broke out between the players In the sixta tuning whea pitcher Jack Fallon of Los Angeles rushed coach Eddie Tay lor of the SeatUe nine. . Seattle : ; IS -i-ll-v'-e Los -Angeles : 14 ft ; Scrlbner and Campbell; sune. Fallon (I), Thomas (, Berry ( I ) . Strata (S), ftnd Holm. ; : ' LXJTJISVlIXEy Sect. S 0-i -The LouisTlll Colonels defeated the Kansas City Blues 1 to 0 to night to win the American asso ciation playoff championship se ries and the-' right to . mat - the Newark Bears, winners of the in ternational learue.playcffVIn the little world series, which opens here Wednesday Unification to Buy Present Private Jione IJJ-Wash.). Tne. proposal was approved by Secretary Ickes and President Roosevelt. Ickes commented that tbe purpose was to help make it "practically as well as theoretie aUy possible for local public agen cies to distribute such power when tbe people want it so distributed The bills (HH10586 and 10584 and S4390) were identical. Under them provisional authority grant ed oy -President Roosevelt under an executive order designating the Bonneville dam administrator as the coordinator of the market ing and distribution of energy from tbe Bonneville and the Grand Coulee projects would be given permanent effect The new agency would, among otner things, be permitted to make system-wide acquisition of private properties and to resell portions of these systems to local public agencies In particular areas. It could issue up to 8200.000,000 in government-guaranteed bonds to buy utulty properties. Another object of the legisla tion would be to establish a sin gle coordinating- agency to aid the marketing of power tor na tional defense Industries. Ickes said in letter to mem bers of congress from the Pacific northwest that the provision per mitting system - wide acquisition of properties was incorporated in the legislation ;to overcome what aas been "a serious obstacle- to, the marketing of Columbia river power. Bonneville Bills' Purpose Outlined Go Into Retail Business Only on Interim Basis Says Administrator . SEATTLE, Sept, 2 0-P)-Bonne- rllle Administrator Paul J. Rarer, commenting on the bills Intro duced in congress today for crea tion of a Columbia power author ity, said, it represented the de partment of Interior's "answers to the many problems we have en countered in working under the present Bonneville act." In a statement Issued here to night, he pointed out that the act was drawn to protect stats and lo cal governments and declared "the federal g-overnmenf has no inten tion of going into local retail bus iness except on an interim basis.' The statement continued: "The Bonneville act, while clearly defining the broad power policies of the congress, specific ally states that ths Bonneville power administration Is only a provisional agencf. Such progress as has been made and it is sub stantial has been mad 4 in spite of this handicap. "The legislation introduced to day provides a more effective bas is for marketing Grand Coulee power, equips us with the power to aid public utility districts and municipalities in acquiring pri vate utility systems, and in gen eral Irons out most of the techni (Turn to page 2t coL 1) Basques Bonded, . Allowed to Stay BOISK. Idaho. Sept. 80-iffV- Some ill Basques in Idaho, Ore gon and Kerada who entered ths United States illegally wiU be bonded so they aaay remain where they have settled, at least tem porarily, William K. Hart ct Boise, pres ident of the Independent Order of Spanish-Basque speaking; people of Idaho said ho met over the weekend with M. F. Lence and Rowland Fv Wyatt of Salt Lake City, officials of the bureau of im migration, ftnd agreed oa the bonding program. The amount has not been fixed. Hart added no decision had been reached .oa .whether the IS S would be allowed to remain la the United Statea permanently or re quired to leave and re-enter under the immigration quota, - - The Basques Involved ha to fam ilies, ranches and homes and have become acllra in clrie affair. . 5 Days to Register For Rooeevelt or WlUkie, h was yota sjsS veu awrt tit .:- malM . m are rcgM - tered. Only five dare are left , , to get your cams oa the pcjl books if it's not . already there. Jlegietratlon closes Saturday. Japanese Seek Tfider Control Of Indo-China Strike ! at Northern End of Railroad Causing Heavy Casualties ' 7 Englishmen Convicted as Spies; Burma Road Popcy May Chhange HAOI, i French . Indo - ChinaV sept. D(A7 Japanese forces, now firmly bstabllshed at the southern terminus of the Haiphong-Kaur ming railway, struck at the north ern jend today with a heavy aerial bomjbdment of Kunming, China. Kunmlna;. caoital of Yunnan prof lnje. Is: an industrial and com- mnpicaitiont center vital to China, and fthb Japanese long hare re garded; the French-owned Hal-phng-tCunmlng railway as an im portant key. Casoaiyes and heavy damage were reported in Kunming, includ ing a direct hit on the French BaiquS de L'Indo-Chine, demoli tion OE ft bouse occunied bv Ene- lisq ndrses, a bomb blast on the contposnd. of an English-operated hosit41i and damage to a TMCA buildlnjg and a residents in the English i Methodist mission com puuao. 1 1 TOKYO. Sept. SO.-UPV-Seven uripsni residents or Japan, reeled n the July roundup of each other's nations by Japan and Brit ain j hire! teen conricted of espi onage, the I authoritative Domel nes agency announced tonight. Three ether Britons have been indicted! and fire more are. under investigation on similar charges, the news agency reported. Their names; and details of the trial pro- cedhreiUof .those convicted Nwere withheld for unexplained "official reaonj,,,.. . ... nhefftrrests were made daring Nationwide hunt for alleged apiep in tnw-JMy. FoUowiag thii Mupn - jxntaut disclosed aui em plrO roundup of Japanese, lnelud tie London representatives of the powerful Mitsui and Mltiu- bishi-Interests. Redpetilaa; of Banna Roeld .Considered (informed British sources in Lonidqn indicated today that be- cauSethe "whole situation'-in the far least has changed. Britain in tense j to reopen the Burma road, yitsil Supply line for China, after consultation with the United Stages. The road was closed for three! months July 17 following txurn to pace 2, coL 5) Menbroich to Ajccqit life Term Witt) Plead Guilty, Make NpXeniency Request I Apology Written REDWOOD CITY. CaUf.. Sent- S O-fpV-Wilhelm Jakob Muhlen- broieh agreed today to spend the rest C bis life in prison tor the pef feet kidnaping of ibree-year- oldiMarcDe Tristan: ir which failed.1! . I ! l 1 Joseph J. Bullock, attorney appointed i by the cdurt over Muhlenbrolch's protest announced the 4 0-year-old Genaan would plead guilty tonr&Frow and ask for an immediate sentence. "He is perfectly aware that wheal he pleads entity he will be sentenced to life in San Quentin with? no hope of parole," Bullock said. "He wants absolutely no plea, j for leniency on. his behalf. Mahlenbrolch was to hare been arraigned i today, ten days after the; j; kidnaping, but Superior Judge Maxwell McNutt refused to let iim plead without the advice of 'eonnsel and postponed arraign ment nntll tomorrow, Tjsey arrived In Muhlenbrolcli's 1 1 (Turn to page , col I) OS Selective Service Act V Is Proclaimed for Oregon Governor Charles A. Spragse lata yesterday formally - invoked the selectlvo training and service act tori; Oregon 1x1 e proclamation is sued in conformance with, ft sim ilar proclamation signed by President Roosevelt. - The state executive's proclama tion set October IS as the day os jwhkh all men between 11 and SS I years of age, with certain classificationa excepted, must reg ister with local precinct boards, and appointed the county', clerk of (each county in Oregon except Multnomah to direct registration in their respective counties. The board' of commissioners was de signed in this capacity for Malt-. nosiab. -'-Y-l--.. '-..-- ' The clerks were empowered to apjpblnt the local registration boards and oversee their -work. Registration offices will be open Iron 7 a. ta. to 9 p. b. n AU residenU of the sUts sub ject to the conscription act are Chief of WPA Dies Suddenly f :'.-. t-' - - ' I Cf" COL. F. C HARRINGTON Harrington Dies After Operation Army Alan Who Never Had Voted Administered " Relief Program LONDON, Conn.. Sept. SO-UP)- Colonel F. C. Harrington, national commissioner of the works proj ect administration, died tonight at a hospital here where he under went an operation a week agt. Colonel Harrington was strick en ill while visiting at the sum mer home of his brother-in-law. William Rayburn, and entered the hospital about' two weeks ago. Physicians said he was suffering from an intestinal obstruction. He- apparently waa recovering following the operation, buA. com plications developed and his con dition became critical last night. His two children, William Har rington, a student at Tale, and Miss Eleanor Harrington, were at the bedside. 'Harry Hopkins, fir- mer secretary of commerce who is a close personal friend of Harrrlns ton, and Howard Hunter, the dep uty WPA, commissioner, also came here when they learned of the ser iousness of bis condition. Col. Harrington, SS years old. u a strapping, 170-pound offi cer who spent years in the army before entering the federal relief set-up. Born in Bristol. Virginia, he waa graduated from West Point In 1109. being No. 2 man in hia class. During the World war he served as an instructor of engineers, and afterward was graduated from the French school of war tactics at Paris. In 1S8S, Harrington w "loaned" to the works progress administration, In which he served for a Ume as assistant adminis trator. When Harry I Hopkins was named Secretary of commerce in December, 1138, President Roose velt named Harrington' to be works progress administrator to succeed Hopkins. When a portion of the govern ment setup waa reorganised in June, IS IS, and WPA was placed under n new federal works -agen cy, Harrington was continued at the helm of WPA. It was Harrington's boast that he had never voted in hislife and that he waa completely free from political affiliations. Attorney Will Assist . In Land Acquisition a PORTLAND, Sept. 80--The department of Justice has named William L. Dickson, Portland, special attorney to a as 1st with land acquisition work. The work will center on con demnation actions to acquire land for the- Willamette valley and Bonneville projects. required to register at the regular poUins; plaeo in the electoral pre cincts la, which they reside, with the exception of residents of na tional parks, Indian reservations and CCO camps, who will be reg istered by. the superintendent in charge of each. . The go rer nor urged state, county ftnd municipal officials and on the citlienry in general "to cooperate fully and loyally to the end that the taak of applying the selective training and service- act may be executed ta Oregon promptly and correctly. - y ; Registrants will receive: fdenU ftcaUon cards and be assigned a number on which their call to military training will be based. A drawing in Washington, DC win determine the order in which bearers- of 'various numbers will be conscripted. , v Listed as exempt from reglstra tloa, in, the goTernor's proclaim- A (Turn to page 2, eoL 1) Nazi Air Fleet Tries to Clear Invasion Pnfii "-w v m.m. ja, ava . ' .' Y :, ' ' Over 600 Planes Used In txiannei xirusi ; rcw - Romr TTit Tnndnrt Spain and -.Russia Figure Gibraltar .Watched BERLIN. Oct. l-(Tuesday)-V England ruled the air over Ber lin for a time last-night and early Ul the key point of bombing raids ; which spread in a large swath over the most populous and in dustrial sections of the reich. but Which . cost .the British at least three planes. In Berlin the screeching alarm which . sent 4,000,000 residents . tumbling out of bed and into the cellars lasted 5 hours and 8 min utes and was the longest of. the wan Berlin authorities said at dawn they had found evidences of only one bomb explosion in the city proper. ' This bomb- blasted a crater In a street and smashed in walls of apartment houses on both side of the street. No one was injured, however, the nazls added. A barrage of anti-aircraft fire greeted the RAF planes, compel ling the British to fly at a great. height. (By The Associated Press) Nail raiders dropped several big bombs in central London daring- the mornings darkness, bat early reports indicated the sub urbs were ( hit hardest. British night fighter planes cruised over head to reinforce ground defenses, and the raids followed mass day light onslaughts. : . . , - -. A nasi armada of from SOS to vuu pianes siasnea nx; times southeastern and southwestern England Monday where British defenders v girded for a possibl Germiii attempt to land troops during "Indian summer" weather. These heavy assaults coincided vlth four daylight smashes it London, three- of which were fought off. After dark out bonth- hers returned for the 24th straight mgni assault on the capital. - - The air ministry salt4 7 Ger man planes were shot down dxr- S . aV L. - a . shsh a aaaa a uis uio nay 10 i& xsriusn. uw'eive British pilots were saved, it east, Spanteh Alllaace Is Believed Sought. The earth-shaking battle ct Britain, with aerial bombs anf ' sides of the -ehannej. provided n continual obligato yesterday for axis discussion of; these grave items: f . - Spain's Imminent but possibly and Italy for aa aamaalt on Gib raltar and possible occupation ef French Morroco; Redefinition of Soriet Hus- sia's robs in the program for a" "new order In the eld world. . ' Broad Nasi-enf oreed reviaioBS in conquered Holland. Britain's long-range g u m e started shelling the Freacn coast, and the Germans quickly replied. Watchers oa tbe Dover coast said last night the shelljset fires ' in France illuminated the water front at Csjaia, more than SS miles disfanTNacroas the straits. . The Brltlahr reported thefar aev. ial offensivA on the continent te fllcted .hearv dam are fimi night on oil refineries, gaa works, freight yards and airdromes ta Germany, Belgium and HoUaneT. . Spain's minister of ' govern ment Ramon Serrano Saner far scheduled to meet Italy's Premier Mussolini In Rome today. t Berlin political circles sus tained an impression that sv new German-Russian - conference - waa in the cards, even though the Nasi press carolled: "All's wreiX with Russia. Meanwhile, it - waa disclosed that Germany's - fuehrer. - Aderff Hitler, had held Ions: talks -with Anton ilussert, leader , ef tier Netherlands Kails. Berlin . dispatches openly aa tloned German displeasure wttfc the hostility evidenced tT the Dutch since the May blltxkriex mads the Netherlands -Its Crtt victim ' - Tbirtv Warships . . - - .... v. ... a Retnriito Coast BAN DIEGO, Sept" I0-(V More than 80 warships- or the TJ. 8. fleet, including a dosee- MUVftsP ' tiiiivu ,ep .a " ' in ' waters, for a year, had retarstd to San Diego and San Pedro bases tonight from . mid-PaeiHc : maneuvers. Admiral J. Q. Richardson; com mander-in-Chief of the fleet, who returned to' San Pedro atctrd the flagship New Mexico, s&ii the vessels would depart for Hon- -oluiu Oct. 14. The navy prevloue ly announced - three contingents of Uncle Sam'a fighting sblra " would return to the mainland for two-week's stay to " give crews leave and liberty at ports where - their families reside, and to cb- the . fleet, ' "