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Paul Uauscr'i Column
Probably th most comfortable
chairs erer Inrented by man are
barber chairs and shoe ehine. par
lor cnairs. we
bare often con
sidered baring a
barber - chair in
tailed lor
lounging -pur-1
poses only tn our!
den, when and If I
we get 'ft den.
We're . goingr to I
put , one In our
prirate car, too,
when we . bring
in our first gush
er and buy . , a
rtrivatn ear.'
Aa for !aboe aia.HMtr.jr.
shine parlor chairs, we're not so
sore that it's the ' chairs that
make the comfort, or the" solace
some -people find in baring a
soft cloth. slapped across their
tootsies.- . - -
Let us be among the first to
admit that a shoe shine chair has
Its problems. The chief problem Is
presented '' by those iron stand
ards oa which f the ieet are sup
ported. With a really energetic
polisher slapping his best keeping
one's feet on the irons is like
keeping your feet in the stirrups
while ridipg a rodeo bucking
horse. We hare even seen some
equestrians forget themselves and
post -while getting a shine.
We hT a failing for all
shoeshlne stands, but our fav
orite is one oa Geary street in
San Francisco where the seats
are in the open and parallel to
the street and one may have
a grandstand tieir of the hu
man race for the price of a
shine.
Among the bits of chaff inter
spersed with the news we're liked
lately the story of the elderly
negress -who testified In a traffic
accident case that she didn't see
tie collision, although ihe vai
riding in one of the cars.
. 'I was looking straight ahead
and praying," she said.
The cross-examiner hopped on
that statement and asked, point
idly why she would be prayingi If
the hadn't seen the second car.
He rave up when she answered: ,
: I always prays When I g
is one of them, things.: and
s keeps rtgU a praying ,'ta 1
gets oat.
Uack of the Week dab Lon g
John Steelhammer, the barrister
and sometime statesman, brought
a four ? point buck back from
Paisley. Reports that he sneaked
up behind the deer and served It
with a habeas corpus writ instead
of using his musket are unveri
fied. 'l
BIARITIME NOTE .
Tha commander of the
Wheatland F r j yesterday
ordered all reserves to report
for duty to bring personnel up
to fall peacetime strength. A
potlnck dinner will be serred,
be said, and 10 per cent at
tendance la expected. -
La Guardia Spouts
And Pulls for FDR
NEW YORK, Oct. 9-(i!P)-Msyor
P. H. LaGuardia declared fcwlay
that "our country . . . cannot be
properly defended by any 'smart
alec who throws slogans and pi
grams." 'It is in the good hands of the
conscientious, hard-working ' and
competent president of the Un.lted
Btates," JjaQuardia said at : a
ceremony opening the new WPA
bullt civil aeronautics admlnliitra
tion at New York's 4C,OflO,C0O
municipal airport. ." .
Asserting that the president ls
working while . others are talk
ing." the mayor added:
"As I go through the day's vorX
and see the contributions to ; this
country 'made as a result ot Presi
dent; KooseTclt's plan and poliey
- and then go home at night and
read what some two-by-four meas
ly little politician, now Tunning
for public office, says, X say to
myself, hooey
Barnes Rode out:
Bombing Attaclio
Qn Board Cruiser
.'Rilph Eanscs, 'ion cf S. T.
Barnes cf flalem. was jecectly
aboard a British cruiser attacked
la the Mediterranean by Italian
bombers sad torpedo-planes, his
father reported yesterday morn
ing after reed-ring a recent copy
of the New York Herald-Tribune,
of which Barnes is regularly Lon
don correspondent.
In a story written for his news
paper," ths younger - Barnes de
scribed an attack In which Italian
bombers narrowly missed stirs of
the British Mediterranean fleet,
which apparently were cruising
off the coast cf Africa in the cen
tral part cf the esa.
One of the fcomtcrs was thot
down, te wrote, and ethers were
chased away by pursuit planes.
Torpedo-bearing planes which
' loosed tie'.r cargo Tero t'to dis
persed ty the Kritljh, and the
missies readily avoided by the
British, seamen.
Ths correspondent s wire, is
bow at the bene ct tcr father-ia-law
in gaLsm. , . .
Willlde Holds
New Deal Al(!s
' 'Big Business'
Says It Pretends Hating
Big Boys and It Hits
Little Ones
Jackson Avers GOP Has
"Nothing to Offer -America"
Wendell L. Willkie asserted last
night that new dealers "have pre
tended to hate big business" while
actually ."stepping, on the neck of
the little businessman," while At
torney General Jackson declared
that "the republicans have noth
ing to offer America" in the face
oC totalitarian threats from
abroad.
Speaking at New Hayen, Coaa.,
Wlllkle cited figures which he
held to show "that big business
under the' new deal has fared far
better than little business.". lie
outlined a program "for the re
building ot American - business"
which included stabilization : and
simplification of regulations, tax
revision, and government research
laboratories to be at the disposal
of small industries. . .-
Jaekson said in a radio speech
at Washington, that the republican
presidential nomine was "taking
both sides of every issue,, adding
that "he icolds Mr. Rooaerelt for
his forthrieht statements shout
i the aggressors and the . next day.
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$3,277,939 Asked
For Institutions
Budget RequestA Will Go
to Legislature; up
0366,939 .
The "state legislature "wUl be
asked to appropriate -13,277,939
for" seven . state tostltatloni"
1S41-41, or $3,,S39 more thrfa
; received for the current blennl
sm, the state budget division an
nounced yesterday. -
These institutions had request
ed 14.460,988 for the next two
years.
The 1941-42 requests include
1400,000 for a treatment hospital
at the Oregon state hospital here,
C 6,7 20 to place institution em
ployes on a 40-hour week, and
12880 to boost salaries so part
of the employee can establish and
maintain homes . off the Institu
tion grounds.
The i state hospital requested
$2,039,816 for the next blennlum
and was allowed $1,682,797. The
1939-4 appropriation for this in
stitution was $1,211. 142.
: Decreased appropriations were
requested by the state peniten
tiary Fairview home, and the"
state training school for boys. The
1939-49 appropriation for the
penitentiary was $720,119. It had
requested $685,270 for the next
blennlum but this was reduced
by the governor to 1108,125. Re
quests of the- Fairview home were
reduced from $780,656 to $505
753. , .
Other institution requests for
the next blennlum, appropriations
for this blennlum, and amounts
approved by Governor Sprague,
follow: !
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Biggest Ship May
Sail Ocean Again
NEW YORK, Oct, s-iTV-The
unheralded arrival of ISO British
seamen? gave rise - to waterfront
reports toduy that the Queen
Elizabeth; fastest ship . in . the
world, would soon leave for, troop
transport service between Aus
tralia and Egypt, :
Travelers from the near east
have reported that Ansae troops
have been pouring Into Egypt for
defense against the Italian drive.
Navy Continues to Prepare
; 'As': Far East Tension Eases
WASHINGTON. Oct.
The navy eontinued today to pre
pare tor a possible emergency In
the Pacific, but a slackening t
diplonatia activity appeared to
reflect diaaiaiahed tension gener
ally ia administiation ; quarters
over the far eastern situation. "
Secretary Knox announced aft
er talks with high naval strate
gists during the week that the
personnel of the fleet now la the
Pacific t would : he: reinforced Im
mediately, to rail o it fall strength.
H said 200 men woutd Join the
fleet at once and-sail back to
Hawaii with the - warshirs now
on the 'west coast undergoing re
paira. "
At the press conference at
which he ancounced the fleet re-larorcc-ment,
Knox answered 'a
number of questions concerning
the far aet situation.'
Htf a?d he did not concur In
a published statement; that the
administration feared war with
R
aalio-Directed Sq udd$
ToBeek Contributors
: ; A lmkesZ-Mrk)Q
Unique Means of Getting
Qiest Program "Will
' ;: Over KSLM at
"Sauad cars" of the Salem
Salem's. streets tonight touch
trols. And yes, they'll have a
vited to tune in and enjoy the
more active part.:' The hour is 7:30 and the program win be
on station KSLM. ;...,".
V As one means of bffsettin'? a dearth of solicitors which
has made it impossible for Chest representatives to interview
some citizens, even some who nave contributed in past years,
this novel program, is designed to expedite the collection of
Educator Hay Be
Draft Director
DR. CLARENCE "JU DYKSTItA
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DykstrayaiMuU
Draft Job Offer
Wisconsin U President
Confers During Day
WitliFDR
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9-Fy-Vr.
Clarence A. Dykstra, president of
the University- of Wisconsin, took
under, consideration tonight the
Question whether he would accept
the job of draft director.
Dykstra conferred with Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary of
War Stimson during the day.
Talking to reporters afterward,
he did not jsay the post actually
was offered him, but asserted that
the president had . discussed it
with him. It was a matter re
Quiring "some considering, he
added. .!' :
Lieut. Col. Lewis B. Hershey
has been temporarily directing the
military conscription program.
Should Dykstra be appointed be
fore Oct. 1 6, he would supervise
the registration and conscripting
of men ot the ages of 21 through
35. Oct. 18 has been fixed as the
registration date.,
On another defense front, the
senate passed' a bill authorising
"home guards' fn states - whose
national units are in federal ser
vice. The legislation goes back, to
the house for action on senate
amendments, one of whichl would'
place the home guard units under
supervision of the . secretary of
war. This change was designed to
meet complaints by organized la
bor that the house-approved meas
ure would have made possible the
formation of "vigilante" groups
to suppress unions. 1
Japaa la IS days. 'I don't tllnl
anybody known," he added. .
A. number of official showed
lessened preoccupation with the
orient as a potential, danger spot,
Kesponsible la tone measure
for this was Japan's reaction to
the British notice, that the Burma
road would be- reopened, for sup
plies to China and also Japanese
reaction to the state department's
advice : to . Americans In the far
east to consider coming home.' ''
; There was ', no apparent . ten
dency In Japan to magnify the
Burma road decision as aa inci
dent Jikely to lead to immediate
drastic reprisals.
At the same time .the Tokyo
foreign office spokesman, Yaki
chlro Sum a, expressed surprise at
the American movo to get cat
tionals out of tho far east. He
said "We can't understand the
necessity of it," and added that
Japan had no intention of ad-
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"I male
Pledges for Community
Be on Air ?7ves.
7:30 Tonight
CJommunitv Chest will cruise
after the fashion of police pa
radio hookup. The public Is in
fun--arid perhaps take even a
Chest subscriptions and pledges.
- At the radio staUoii there will
be an announcer .with a map be
fore him ipoa Vhlch th jpity is
divided into districts. If, at the
announcer's Invitation, a" citizen
calls in to report that he has not
been Interviewed hy the Chest
and would like to contribute, the
announcer will call the squad car
assigned to that district, instruct,
ing him . to call spon the pros
pective ontributor." The latter
will give his street number, and
will be asked to turn en a porch
light so it will be easier for the
iCiuad car to ind the addf est v
Persons solicited in this fash
ion ar urged to require that the
Chest representative present . his
credentials, so, that no cash con
tribution will fall Into the hands
of unauthorised persons.'-
One reason for the adoption of
this unprecedented nethod ot io-
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Predicts Hole in
jomess iMuniDers
lplbyment to Rr ?.c7i Pr-?t
. UX lyi CHliHUCI ;
' ib 1945 ?
PORTLAND, Ore-Oct.4 -JP)
Jobs resulting from national de
fense expenditures "art going to
knock, an awful hole la unem-
ployment, Dr. Paul Eliel, direc
tor of the division, of Industrial
relations at Stanford university.
said today. T --.-..':-
- He told the second annual con
ference of the Pacific Northwest
Personnel Management associa
tion that approximately 1,500,000
positions would he created daring
the fiscal year 1940-41. The nam
ber will Increase to 5,615.000 dur
ing 1941-42, he predicted.
Dr. Kliel asserted that the de
fense boom would last ''certain
ly through 1944 and more likely
through .1945,? with the peak of
employment probably., being
reached In the spring of 1942.
"It is likely that toward the
end of this year or . early next
year, we actually may have' as
many as 400,000 persons em
ployed in the aircraft Industry,
he said, adding that peak em
ployment In shipyards probably
would be 300,000. :C"
Of f icer in Guard
AttemptSm
CAMP MURRAY,
The adjutant general's office said
tonight Capt, Sterling E. McPfaail
of Bellingham, commanding offi
cer of Company X, 1 6 1st infantry,
Washfuigton national, guard, was
In critical condition at the Iort
Lewis hospiui with, a self-inflicted
bullet wound la his chest
The statement T revealed Capt
MePhall was admitted to the hos
piUl shortly, before midnight last
night and that two blood trans
fusions were1 administered today,
.v The bullet was from a standard
SO calibre service rifle, it was
announced. The official ? report
said Captain -v McPhail had re
eelred. notice of hie disqualifica
tion on. physical grounds. ;
1 He eeeeeeded Capt. Victor
Roth, retired, cf Eelllngham, . as
c oar any cormander thcrtly. tu
tors mobilixation, national guard
records revealed. "
. : riEbsionniyDies
' v.nrrrfT3 frt srv-Th death
of Eir Wilfred GrenfcU. noted me
dical missionary to Labrador, at
his Charlotte. Vt, home was an
nounced tonight by- Mits Shirley
Smith, secretary of the New Eng
lan d Grenfell association.
He was 75 ' years Id and- had
been in falling health , for some
time... ; ri.
Eir Wilfred had been noted for
mora than 40 Tears for his work
in caring for the spiritual and
pnysicai neeas ot xeaimoa, ju- i
dlans and fisher folks of Labrs-
Americans Fill
Sliangliai Ship
fines' Offices
Passenjrer Liners Booked
Far in Advance as
" Crisis Feared
Approval Sought, of Plan
: to Reserve Tickets
for Citizens
SHANGHAI, Oct S-CfpV-With
passenger liners already heavily
booked far In advance, travel
agencies and' steamship' offices
were besieged today, by Americans
fearful of the gathering United
States-Japanese crisis in the Or
ient. . ' - - ; . '
: Many American - businessmen.
accepting the state department's
counsel to get out of the Orient,
started liquidation of their 'hold
ings and church1 societies stepped
up arrangements to assemble their
missionaries who wish to leave at
likely points ot embarkation.
How many of the 9000 Cauca
sian Americans and 3000 nation
als of . Oriental stock 'would de
part was uncertain, but it was re
ported that S00O Slight be re
moved on the liners President
Coolidge and President- Pierce in
early November.
Seek: to IAmlt.
Places to Citizen
It was tald that itate depart
ment representatives were trying
to get shipping hoard approval
for the two United States liners
to carry only American citizens on
the early November trip to the
United States. Many Europeans
and Jewish refugees new have
reservations, - . I . :
United States naval and marine
officials declined to discuss plans
lor removal or service families. It
was reported, - however, that a
transport might be sent soon to
Shanghai. -.
Besides about -1200 marines
composing the American defense
forces In ' the Shanghai interna
tional" settlement, 'the. : United
states : hag -a. -small garrison at
TlentsinW ... w .-- ji
. A Tokyo dispatch quoted the
Japanese - foreign office spokes
man as expressing surnrise at the
Americans' home-going.' -
"We can't undersUnd the ne
cessity ot it, he said,, asserting
that Japan had no Intention of ad
vising her nationals to leave the
united states.
" The American-owned Shanghai
newspaper, China Press, declared
that Washington and Tokyo : had
fixed their courses and that "a
headlong: collision appeared in ed
itable unless one of them changes
its coarse bat if there should be
any torninr about the chances are
it won't be the United States."
Shanghai Paper
Predicts Us Win
Weighing the Chungking cen
tral Chinese government's nosl
tion In the light of anr Jananese-
American war, it predicted that
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on
As Amy Captain
DAYTON. O. Oct 9-PV-EHI-
ott Roosevelt rolled up to Wright
field in a small coupe late today.
satisfied a challenging guard who
delayed him, and got orders to
report tomorrow morning as a
captain in the US army air corps.
Roosevelt, who drove here with
his wife from their Fort Worth,
Tex home, will serve la the pro
curement branch of the corps. -
He s a 1 d he had "absolutely
nothing to say,, then added that
he .was. '"keeping out of any . po
litical fights arising' over my com
mission." ; Roosevelt ' ' who . was
commissioned Sept. S3, his SOth
birthday, remarked . then that he
felt Impelled to offer his services
if they can be of value.? This
will be his first military experi
ence. - '
Since all officers quarters at
Wright field are taken, Roosevelt
and his wife probably will live la
downtown hotel. A captain's
salary ; is , 9 2 0 0 monthly. Harried
men receive. $116 a month living
aUowanee. ..."
Film 'StCfcoscri"
Britisli Aid Head
ESATTLE., Oct , . l-iD-After
presiding: at aa auction that raised
6 000 for the royal air force, Vic
tor McLaglen. the 1 r 1 la movie
star, was named national presi
dent of the Seattle-founded
Friends cf DriUin. lac, today.
McLarlen, who .last night told
a formally dressed audience that
the . time would come -when ."the
British empire will merge ; with
the United States, said he would
attempt activefy to extend the or
ganization's scope. There are now
FBI chapters here, at Portland,
and at Aberdeen .
To raise the "tlx grand last
night HcLaglen, a native cf Brit
ain but now an American citizen.
auctioned items ranging from his
autograph to a race horse from
his stable, sight unseen.
Duty
British Dig for Bomb Victims v
In Debris
V
Jy.
British sources say bis 1m the ureekacs of at Xoadm JiospiUd as air
raid precaution workers cug la oenns- xor victims, acscnoea mm
men tad wonta 9 yean old cr older, rictare cabled from Ixndoa
to New k ork.
State Puts Okeh
On Sewage Plans
f tzle vBosrd Recommends
50,000 Fiind to Aid
- Salem System
Plans for a SS86.430 sewage
disposal plant for Salem were an
other step on the way, yesterday
as the state board of control : ap
proved the scheme and voted , to
recommend a legislative appro
priation of 150,000 for the
slant's service to state Institu
tions In and around the city.
. Approval . by the legislature
would precede a bond issue elec
tion to finance the city's share.
The project will he built with
WPA labor.
The recommended appropria
tion Is 18 per cent of the total
estimate, a proportion equal to
the portion of the city's popula
tion In the Institutions. The state
would also pay the same percent
age of the maintenance . cost,
11750 .per year. Another: appro
priation to provide service tor the
capitol -, buildings , and the- state
fairgrounds will ' be ': considered
later, v - r
. Engineer John W. Cunningham
of Portland estimated the costs of
the ' Improvement to consist of
$205,200 for sewage disposal
plant $144,230 for Intercepting
sewer on North Front street, $37,-
000 for improvements to city sew
er lines. He recommended a
$400,000 city bond Issue.
Portland teller Held
For $20 Embezzleme
PORTLAND. Oct. SiW-Deputy
FTJS Attorney Laird MeKenna said
today that Frederick P. Strelh,
11: teller at the Livestock Kenton
branch. First National Bank, waa
arrested: last night on a federal
charge ot embeasling $20. : -
Etreib waived preliminary hear
ing and was. held - for federal
grand Jury under $3000 oona.
Bfitish Night Bomb Raider
Fire Big Essen Krupp JVorli
LONDON, Oct- 0T-Bri tain's
night bombers, have set , ablaze
the center of s th great, German
Krcrp' work tt Essett Ue?t - tls
oil refineries In Hamburg a ring
of spreading , fire : and pounded
the naval base of WUhelmshaTen
with more than 15 tons of bombs;
the air ministry disclosed tonight
Sweeping ia over the. glowing,
newly bombed. - coast,"
waves of royal air force bombers
struck' deep into . Germany last
night for a series cf assaults that
rivaled any previous foray.
First cf alt th bombers swept
ia from, the North, sea on Err men.
Officials said 'the, raid lea;'i.t
8 il5 p. m. and "for the next hour
and a half the whole area wai
systematically bombed with high
explosives sad incend'aries." ."",
"The docks were repeatelly hit.
Fourteen fires were started in
the first part cf thai attack," tie
official narrative tzXi,
At the sprawling port of Ham
burg, the raiders attacked . In
waves. 1 : ---- '
Troai .the reports received,"
of Londoh-HmpMr:
r
US Action Stirs
Japanese Papers
Heralds More Pressure
on Nippon, General
Press Reaction
TOKTO. Oct lO.-(Thnrsday)-
(ypWapanese newspapers today
interpreted United " States advice
to Americans to get out of the or
ient as a prelude to greater pres
sure on Japan and Inquired whe
ther this Indicated that Washing
ton was resigned to an armed con
flict, '
Most papers disregarded - the
US department of state reasons
for the withdrawal advice and
treated the move, .together with
the British decision to reopen the
Burma road to China, as partial
answers to Japan's accord with It
aly and Germany. . .
Newspapers said the 'withdraw
al advice was a great shock to
American residents of the orient
and reported the United States
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"No lliird Teraw
Goe lip in Smoke
NEW YORK, Oct. l-(ffr-New
Yorkers craned necks today . to
watch a plane scrawl in giant
letters across the sky "No third
term.".
i It .wrote - the Inscription - four
times. - -
8.'' g. Pike of the Sky-Wrltlng
Corporation of America declined
to- say 'who paid . for " the display
but added that it was ."naturally
a republican. - V.
He said the firm also had con
tracted with a democratic group
in Connecticut' to Inscribe the
skies over that state shortly with
the slogan, "vote for FDR."
"We are In the skywriting busi
ness and are strictly non
partisan," pike explained.
1
said the air ministry, "It Is clear
that m . higla . percentage of direct
hits were obtained. A ring of fire
is r:cn t;;rc2dbr, after ess at
tack, ss though there waVa leak
age ot petrol (gasoline) from one
of the tanks ignited." - - ,
Att.a Ilrujp works; the bul
letin tiid, a ealro cf touts, "fall
ing In the. center cf th target.
set fire to several, buildings.'
Other bombers" used the fires Jo
guide them to the plant. - - -
, Ths lavas! on ports, particular
ly Calais, got It hard. The- harbor
at Calais was boshed for eight
trsrt; quays at Flashins;v The
I'. iLprliTif?, were; attacks! heavi
ly direct LiU were): --reported
scor&d on the docks at Le Havre;
B o u I o g n e'g searchlights were
smashed." - - -.----
A factory . which makes nickel
alloys for Germany's' planes and
submarines was . raided "success
fully" east ot Frankfurt, officials
related, end a single raider laid
a line of bombs across the mote
at the naval bass of BrunnsbutteL
"A string of large fires' flared up.
Fnnofl Phiih
otei
f
j Many Wounded '
Busses Upset, Rail lines
Hit by Great Sticks
of Disaster
! Heavy Raids Also Aimed
at Other Areas, but
London's Largest
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LONDON, Oct lO-(Thursdav)
-(-ifore than 50 districts cf
London suffered the blasting atd
burning of high explosives and
Incendiary bombs last night and
early today in one of the worst
1 overnight " German air raids yet
directed at tbls capital.
Among the objects struck were
a, famous church, one the city's
oldest hotels, and a promenade
known the world over."
There were two . lulls in the
assaults early todays but each
ended as fresh waves of nazis
sailed in high over the anti-aircraft
barrage to drop new bombs.
One stick-of bombs straddled a'
district which has been persis
tently attacked since , the air war
began. "'..
Prime-Minister: Churchill him
self, watching the awesome con
flict, saw one raider shot down
; In his -own constituency. (This ia
, the Epplng district of JEssex, Just
to the northeast of London).
.The1 plane .was hit high in the
air,-and searchlights trailed, the
three - parachuting nazl - filers to
i earth. - - -":..-.
Simultaneous -raids were- car-' .
1 ried : out against Wales, Eoath
I west and northwest England. They
all were i heary hut nothing. U
the battering London was exper
iencing. Early this morning London had
a brief respite but the raiders
were back again with a concerted
effort to pierce the curtain of
steel hurled skyward by anti
aircraft batteries. ! '
Great high-explosive . bombs
and incendiary 'breadbaskets' .
upset basses,' struck at rail lines
and spread fire and debris from
one end of London to the othefi
last night and early today as as
unbroken procession ' of German
warplanea assaulted the city by .
moonlight. . - , .
From northern , environs to
southernmost tip, the capital
trembled with the shock of the :
exploding bombs and the shud
dering crash of sn Incessant anti
aircraft barrage. -
Dla of Bombs - -V.-,:
d Gnu la tense
So intense was the din that, it
was st times , almost Impossible
to tell which noises vtere those
of bombs and which were those
of the defensive guns. -
As an example of the severity
of the conflict ; however, few
hours after, the early startbf the Kit
raid eight districts of the city had
been hit '
(Presumably this means such
old geographical . divisions as
JIayfair, Westminster, Elephant
and Castle. Biaomsbury find the
like. 'Names and locations of the .
affected districts are not .per
mitted by the censor, however.!
On employe of The Associated
PreS -reported seeing at least 14
fire b om b s fall in a four-mile
walk. .
One big London bus was upset
by a bomb hit which" injured a
number of . passengers and broke
the driver's leg. A passing doctor
borrowed a bobby's tin hat ' and
set to work treating the victims.
A .passenger on another bus,
describing a direct hit, said: -"Our
driver decided to make
for the nearest shelter when
things became too hot. We made
the, archway in front of , a well
known building. Then we heard
the bombs coming down.
Bus Passengers
Thrown in Air
Most of us were able to fling
ourselves to the ground, but some
were thrown into the. air and
against the building.
"Paving blocks, glass and bomb
fragments were strewn over a
wide area. , ' v
A pedestrian who was posting
r (Turn to page Z, 'ctAnI).
Four Die as Array
rack Hits Train
rorjrwBrs n " rw s v.tv-
Four persons were killed and nine
Injured, four critically, la a col
lision cf an army truck lotisi
with picnickers and a freight tram ;
on the t ort sensing mgnway er
here tonixbt. The truck, burst Into
Cames sfter ths crash. ; -,
'Tfca:dft&J are!
1 Urai Lawrence P. Lack. Wife
Of a Fort Banning sergeant turn
si to death when she w?J trapped
tn the ab of the truest. .
1 An f-ht-mont!i-oll bor. SO! Cf
Private Thomas Powers, cf Fort
penning, crushed to deatn.
Tjsir, r.&fir T. mr.ft ndna Mae
Lack, daughters of Mrs. Lack, who
died of injuries. , . -
nf ta c!na ttrttzt lJ":rri,
t'Mia rns was held fcv array ry-
slcians for the recovery c f:ur.
Many were burned ty Ufa r.-L.:e3
wsich enveloped the tract .