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NINETIETH YEAB
Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morning, Noramber 21, 1940
Prlc 3ci Nwsslands 5c
No. 204
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POUNOBO 1651 c ;-v ' ""'.l,:--
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26 4-Engined
Bombers Are
Sold England
Negotiations Also Made
for Release of 20
Air Fortresses
All Are Long Range Ships
Capable of Bombing
All Germany
WASHINGTON, Not. 20.-(JP-
Tne government aisciosea xooj
that 16 giant four-englned bomb
ers ordered for the united States
army were being released for sale
to the British as fast as they
could be produced and that nego
tiations were underway for tne
early release or 20 Boeing bomb
ers." General George' C. Marshall,
the army chief of staff, called in
reporters - and outlined the terms
of the transactions.
Marshall said he understood
that the first of 26 four-englned
B-24 bombers had been delivered
to the British last Saturday by
the Consolidated Aircraft com
pany at San Diego, Calif. The re
mainder of this group is to be de
ll ye red between now and the
first part of March, he added.
At the same time, the army
high command disclosed that ne
gotiations were underway for the
release to the British of 20 B-17c
bombers, the four-englned craft
made by the Boeing Aircraft Cor
poration at Seattle. The "flying
fortresses," he said, would be
equipped with armament and ev
erything else except the secret
Norden bomb sight developed for
the United States nary and since
adopted by both services.
perry Sight
Is Released
Marshall said that the S perry
bomb sight, which- he" declared
was no .longer used by .-the army,
had already been released to the
British.
Asked whether the negotia
tions involved "flying fortresses"
already delivered to army depots
or those soon to come from the
and the army since last May, and
some experts believed the Ger
mans actually tried it in the hea
vy daylight raids of August when
they were repulsed with heavy
Now the 'belief prevails among
observers here that the Germans
are ready for continuous night
assaults with pilots trained for
night bombing with the same in
tensity with which the Panzer di
vision offlfcers and men were
trained in Germany and tested on
the Polish- plains.
That would mean that such in
dustrial .and shiDDinr areas as
Sheffield, Birmingham, Glasgow
and Liverpool would be raided
steadily. r
SftO Planes
In Attack
About 250 nasi planes took
part in last night's attack on one
area alone, while other forma
tions and lone raiders kept other
parts of Britain under bomb fire
and the attention of the defend
ers distracted.
All reports, however, indicated
the Germans bad failed to Inflict
the same severe damage dealt to
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Two U0 Students
Injured in Crash
.Two University of Oregon stu
dents on their way to a ski gath
ering at Mt. Hood were seriously
injured last night when their car
was struck from the rear by an
other automobile and driven into
a ditch on the Pacific hlrhwav
a mile north of Brooks.
Eugene G. Checcini, Portland,
the driver, received broken ribs
and possible back Injuries and Eu
gene Cobb, Portland, a passenger,
received a concussion of the
brain, attendants at the Sa)em
General hospital, where the pair
were taken, said. Another passen
ger,' Don Closson, also Portland,
was released after treatment for
numerous lacerations.
x State police said Checclnl's car
was struck from the rear by a car
driven by Job. If Lorenxo Hayes.
Portland. ; , , .
1 1 i 1 '
Reporter Finds Getting Job
: A s A rmy Ca rpen ter Is Cin ch
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-V-Robert
Bruskln. Washington Star
reporter who never did a lick of
carpentering.' told today how he
got a carpenter's Job at". Fort
Meade. Md.f where, he said, the
pay la $75 a week' or more (count
ing over-time). - ,
At Fort Meade a conrtruction
company is doing a great deal of
building, to house -national
guardsmen and draftees. . There
has been a heavy demand for car
penters. As . a foreman explained
to Bruskln. ."all the good carpen
ters got hired a couple of weeks
even looks like a carpenter and
Bruskln, in a story la the Star,
said he waited in line for hours In
a chilly wind, along with eab-driv-ers,
clerks, laborers,' farmers, min
ers and others eager to become
carpenters. , . . - -
Finally, he reached the window
of the employment, office. Having
. 1 V . .m 4j n i4 .
tend that the employment man
Greeks Claim Italians
Retreat so Fast They
Can't Keep Up Attack
Front Held Broken Near
Results; Greek Command Claims Much
Important- Booty Taken
By MAX HARRELSON
ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 20 - (AP) - A government
spokesman declared tonight that Italian troops were retreat
ing so rapidly along the central Albanian front that it was
difficult for the Greeks to keep
; The Italian front, it was said, was broken northwest of
Koritza, Greece, some 10 kilometers (about six miles) inside
Soldier?s Burial
Is Given Writer
Ralph Barnes, Salem Alan,
Buried in Small Town
in Yugoslavia
The remains of Ralph W.
Barnes, newspaper correspondent
and former Salem man killed
Monday in the crash of a BritLsh
bomber in Yugoslavia, were In
terred at midnight last night in a
small Yugoslavian town, Mrs.
Barnes, the former Esther
Paranougaln, was informed late
yesterday by telephone from New
York.
According to he message, the
American minister to Yugoslavia,
Arthur B. Lane, or a deputy
the point was not clear visited
the scene of the crash and there
found Barnes' passport and a part
of his remains.
Because of the impossibility of
taking the remaina out of the
country, the minister reported
that services for Barnes and three
British airmen killed with him
would be held at a time corre
sponding to midnight. Pacific
time, last night, and that the
Evangelical service would be .used
at the Interment ceremonies.
(An Associated Press dispatch
stated that the burial would take
place at the village of Podgorica,
in what was at one time the King
dom of Montenegro.
(It also stated that Yugoslavian
authorities had dte'eed that full
military honor wonld be 'given
to taa -correspondent-:.d his torn
pan! one.) "
Barnes, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. T. Barnes of Salem, was be
lieved to have been the guest of
the British expeditionary force
now in Greece at the time of his
death. He had been a foreign cor
respondent for the New York
Herald-Tribune since 1928.
Payne Lead Slight
In Kansas Battle
TOPEKA. Kas.. Nov. 20.-PT
Absentee ballots still being count
ed 15 days after the election ed
ged Republican Gov. Payne H.
Ratner Into an eyelash lead to
night over his democratic rival,
William H. Burke.
The state canvassing board,
tabulating votes cast by Kansans
outside the state, quit for the
night with Ratner ahead by 53
votes. The count was complete In
90 of the 105 counties and in
cluded returns from three others.
Including populous Shawnee and
Sedgwick counties.
Thus for the first time in 13
days Ratner held an advantage
over the Little River banker and
stockman who at one time led by
nearly 3,000 votes. Wendell Win
kle's Kansas lead over President
Roosevelt at the same stage ap
proximated 120.000.
The race, one of the closest in
the state's turbulent political his
tory, has not brought a definite
contest promise from either par
ty, but both have taken numer
ous precautionary ' moves.
Fire Hits Factory
TACOMA, Nov. 10-A-Tire
believed to have started from an
overheated stove destroyed a small
paint factory here tonight. Lee L.
Corp, owner of the plant, esti
mated the loss at f 4000. of which
half was covered by Insurance.
ager would want to see his social
security card, the reporter tossed
It into the window.
The manager pulled out a
small printed form.
"Your name?" be asked "Your
a d d r e as y'marrled whoU we
notify in case of death d'y be
long to the union well, yon gotta
Join sign here." ,
Then he gave the reporter a
white slip, which said: "Bruskln,
Robert, has been employed as
carpenter, to start work Nov. 18,
1940. Assigned to section. 3. T
;Then Bruskln said' he joined
another line of men leading np to
a shack where three "collar and
necktie" officials of the United
Brotherhood " of ' Carpenters and
Joiners of America (AFL) were
signing up new union members, at
an Initiation fee of 117.50.' i-
: "The man who signed me up.
Brnakln wrote, reomplained- that
he hadn't had 'a breath of fresh
ar. for. , week .because fit -the
number of men Joining tn$ unioni
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Koritzad "Utter Rout
9
up with them.
Albania and west of the River
Oos. It was described as an otter
rout, and the . spokesman said
"very Important booty" lnclud
Ing munitions, trucks, guns had
fallen to the Greeks.
He asserted, too, that a battal
ion of Albanians In the Italian
forces had revolted and been die
armed.
In the Koritza sector, where
Greek artillery fire was declared
to be thundering down upon every
road leading from that besieged
Italian base in Albania, the coun
ter-offensive was proceeding to
night In what was described here
as a virtual cessation of Italian
air activity.
Earlier, the aetion of fascist
bombers was acknowledged to
have slowed the advance.
The city was said by Greek In
formants to be direetly menaced
by the fact that Greek troops had
gone down tonight from previous
positions on Mount Moravia Into
the plain Just south of Korltxa.
The diminished Italian aerial
attack was attributed to their rel
atively heavy losses In the last 24
honrs. The British air command
officially claimed that RAF pilots
alone had shot down or put out
or, action 11 Italian planes during
mat period.
.Along the loanlan coastal sec
tor to the southwest, where the
Italians now hold only a narrow
strip of Greek territory, defense
troops were declared to be gain
ing generally.
Before Koritia there was sav
age, irregular bayonet and hand-to-hand
fighting.
(From the Yugoslavian fron
tier town of Bitolj it was report
ed that Greek heavy bafteries, fir
ing from BJ n n t Moravia.- and
British planes had simultaneous
ly bombarded Koritxa and that
there were clear signs that the
Italians were preparing for im
minent abandonment of the city.
(Italian army trucks were seen
leaving Koritza. Greek Infantry
was reported at the same time to
have advanced to a dominating
position along the western slope
of the mountain.
(The Greek right wing occu
pied what had been the first Ital
ian line along Mount Zvesda.
forming the last barrier to Korit
za in that area. The fascists, how
ever, still held the heights of Zve
sda. Including Its towering 6, 300
foot peak.
(To observers it appeared that
whether the Italians would de
cide to make a last stand there
depended on whether any effect
ive use could be made of their
motorized equipment.)
Linn Board Votes
Down Stamp Plan
ALBANY. Nov. 20 - UP)- Linn
county today excluded itself from
the list of counties to be added to
the food stamp plan in December.
By a C-l vote the public wel
fare commission passed a resolu
tion which rejected the plan "for
the time being." The state wel
fare commission yesterday pro
posed adding Linn along with
eight other counties to the pro
gram Just before the year's end.
Mrs. Edwin Fort miller, chair
man, said the Linn commission
wishes to see first how the plan
works in other counties where a
large portion of relief eases are
rural.
40 Degrees "Hot"
So Eskimoes Eat
Ice Cream Cones
SEATTLE. Not. 10s-Life
seemed both warm and complica
ted today to Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Iblonna and two little Ibioanaa.
The parka-clad family found
relief from the 40-derree "beat"
in numerous Ice cream cones.
.The Iblonn&s are Eikln oes
from Cape Prince of Wales, In
northwestern Alaska. . They ar
rived by boat from the north en
route to the east coast to appear
at sportsmen's shows.
; The city bustle bewildered the
natives and they hovered most of
the day around the Railroad sta
on. v. -l:' .-ih i ,
They made5- one concession, to
the weather. They tnrhed the far
aide of their parkas inside and
the cotton print; lining out. In
summer weather 'style. It might
have been more comfortable, but
It looked like a cross between a
pajama suit and 'a alightly over
stuffed laundry bag.
The head of the house was am
iably, non-loquacious and. his wife
was non-conversant.'
; "She can talk If she wants to,
all '-rlgh t' :ibtonna -" explained,
"but. she's kind of. bkshfuL She
don't get around -much
Wuiinjty
Pledges Help
If New Power
Joins Britain
Signatures to New
Pact
Broaden Base in
Balkan Area
Move Is Seen as Prelude
to Axis Thrust Into
Aegean Field
i
By PRESTON GROVER
VIENNA. Nov. z0-a)-Adolf
Hitler today annexed Hungary to
the German-Italian-Japanese axis
which he thus converted into a
four-power alliance dedicated to
defeat of Britain and to the to
talitarian reorganisation of En-
rope. Asia and Africa.
By treaty, Hungary Joined her
axis friends in a military, politi
cal and economic compact pledg
ing Joint action against any coun
try which in the future may en
gage in the European or Japanese
Chinese wars.
Conclusion of the pact was fol
lowed by a luncheon at which the
fuehrer was host to the top-flight
diplomats who participated in the
ceremony.
One significant addition to this
group was his own military chief.
Field Marshal General W 11 helm
KeiteL
Broadens Be
of Operations
Observers noted that by the sig
natures of the foreign ministers
of Germany, Italy and Hungary
and the Japanese ambassador to
Germany, Hitler had broadened
his potential base of military op
erations in the Balkans toward
Greece, Yugoslavia or Turkey, or
ultimately toward Sues and Bag
dad.
Joachim Von Ribbentrop, Ger
man foreign minister, declared in
a. statement . regaraea wttn, sig
nificance that -"mere powers 'will
follow" in Hungary's footsteps.
Gen. Ion Antonesen, premier of
Rumania, left tonight for Vienna
and Berlin to see Hitler, and the
informed news service Dienst Aus
Deutschland intimated that even
his signature to the pact would
not be the last. . V "
(Informed sources la Budapest
said Rumania, Spain and Bulgar-
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Parley
s Continue
In Vultee Strike
DOWNEY, Calif.. Nov. ZO.-UP)
-Negotiations for a settlement of
the Vultee aircraft strike, now in
its sixth day, continued through
out today without interruption
and without outward evidence of
progress.
Major Sidney Simpson, war de
partment labor advisor and parti
cipant in the parleys between rep
resentatives of the CIO United
Automobile Workers and Vultee
officials, declined comment be
yond saying negotiations w e re
still under way.
Hsu IE
Today, if jom caa believe what yow read ia a proclamation,
Is Thanksgiving day all over this nation,
Save and except a those sixteea states
Which maiataia that, November tweaty eight's
The day oa which all sttoald be thaakfu
Evea if of money yow havew't a bashful.
We sappoaa evea If yoa were sleeping ia aa air raid shelter
To keep yoanelf front being blows belter-ekelter
Or if jtm took, all yoar rkJe riding In tanks
Toa coaUl stUI find sotaethlag for which to give thanks.
Aid ww eappoea If froaa yoar home you'd had to flee
Asm! tho mrals y mm -getting; were far from threa
Aad tha plaea yoa baddled wasa't evea a diva .
Taa caald stm be Ukaakfal ta be alive. .
S evea. if yeare a repabUcaa aad lost dxmgj oa tha eleetie
That's aa ca a tats day ia a atata of dejectioa
Aad avaa If yaava hhsds af towie '
Aad barbers joat look at 70a with a loak lacaaJe
Yea caa ateaai ka thaakfal apoa this data
That yoa aaedat bather ta aah yoar pate
Aad If yoa'ra worried aboat the Boose-Berlla-Moscow-Tokyo-
t Badapeot .aais:: f, ; ' t',''1.
Jtast Imagine how a few aUllk tarkeys aaast feel aboat
- ' 'jast nlaia axes... V, - .. ' w .
And If yoar waistliao sta wider aad wider -Yoa
caa bo thankful you doat owa a glider.
And If yoare a skinny before la a before and after, pictare ,
Yoa 'caa bo happy this festive day' that yoar diet hasa't a
' ' strlctarov (.' "' .-r:'- i'i , . ,
If yoa're a batcher, a baker a merchaat or chief
If, yoa'W a richman, a poorotaa, a beggarmaarthlef,,, ' '
If yoa live la Anserka, be yoa Chinese or Basque '
Yoa don't havo to ahraja lata Jd a gas aak
Aad yoa caa bo thaakfal there's a place ia the worKk
Where the flag; of liberty still flies aafnrled..:
Aad If that Isa't safflcleat reason for Thanksgiving ,
And offering libations for-the way; we are llylpi ; J
bytheres ta- reasoa good from all poiaU to Albaqaerqae
;Aad tlt rrasoav friends, Is where we start talking' tarkey. ;
THEY AREN'T :TALKIN' BUT
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Hwmm! There was bo faking wbew The Statesman's phptograpber Invited Roberta ajsd Richard Tbar
nuus, six-year-old twta ehtldraa of Mr. aad Mrs. George Thai-man. 1073 KeeosMl street, Wwt Salem, to
practice wp for their Thaalwgtviag dinner today. Real turkey drumsticks pat these looks ta their
eyes. They're ia the first grade at the West Salem school.
Few Baskets Are
Given Needy Here
Red Cross Distributes
Some; deMinto Menu
Is Unchanged
Only a few of Salem's needy
families received baskets for
Thanksgiving from organised
charities this year, although many
individuals furnished complete
meals.
The Marion county Red Cross
has distributed more than a dosen
baskets for organizations and in
dividual citlxens to families where
the need Is especially great, Olive
Doak Bynon, executive secretary,
said yesterday. Althongbrtb Red
Cross does not feature charity.
there are namee on its lists and
when clubs or Individuals offer
assistance the organization will
distribute .the clothing or food.
Names are withheld, making it
easier for those to whom the food
is given. The Red Cross yester
day distributed baskets for sev
eral individuals and for the Camp
Fire Girls, Salem high school Fu
ture Farmers. First United Breth
ren Christian Endeavor, the Spin
sters and the Sumere Japanese
Girls' club.
"Guests" at Hotel de Minto
will be served the usual stew, ac
cording to Chief of Police Frank
Mlnto."
"One year someone donated
turkeys, but too much advance
publicity given the menu brought
200 guests instead of the usual
(tor 70." Chief Minto explained.
The Salvation Army has no ex
tra Thanksgiving charities, ac
cording to Mrs. John M. Allen,
wife of the Salvation Army's lead
er here. The Marlon county pub-
lie w el rare commission has no
special funds either, according to
Emerson Holcomb, administrator,
although the legislature author-
lied the agency to accept Individ
ual gifts, he said.
Paid
Hauser's
Column
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5
Lot
Church Rites, Football
And Turkey Head Slate
Today Oregon's Only Official Thanksgiving Is
to Be Duly . Celebrated Here in
the Traditional Fashion -
Some states will observe Roosevelt Thanksgiving; today
and Lincoln Thanksgiving next Thursday, but in Salem, and
Oregon, today is the one and only Thanksgiving day of 1940,
and it will be duly celebrated.
Church services, football, family reunions and roast tur
key are on Salem's program for the day. -
Religious observance of :
T h a n k s g 1 ring will start at
o'clock with communion at St.
Paul's Episcopal 1 chnrth.f"Hlgh
mass will be held at St. Joseph's
and St. Vincent de Paul Cath
olie ehurches at 9. Special servi
ces will bo conducted at 10 at St.
John's Lutheran and 'St. Paul's
ehurches and at the American
Lutheran and Christ Lutheran
churches at 10: SO.
Seven churches will join- in
nnlon Thanksgiving service at 10"
o'clock at the First Methodist
church with Rev. W. Irvin Wil
liams preaching the sermon.
Typical Thanksgiving weather
-partly cloudy with showers
will greet the large crowd expect
ed to attend the traditional Wil
lamette-Whitman football game
on Sweetland field at 1:30 this
afternoon. Salem high schools
football team will play at Bend
In the semi-finals- of the state
championship race.
The rest of the day will remain
for family gatherings In homes
and downtown eating places, '
Inmates of Oregon's state insti
tutions will not be left out when
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Two Persons Die
In Highway Crash
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 20.WP)
A head-on nfotor collision killed
two persona and Injured three
others In Portland's outskirts to
night.
Killed were Ruben Kaser. 47,
fresh am, and Ray Donald Owen,
20, Portland.
Owen's brother, Howard, 22,
suffered head lacerations; Mary
Huffman, It, Portland, had leg
Injuries and facial cuts, and Fern
Murgy, 50. Gresham, had a pos
sibly fractured leg.
The cars were demolished.
Wet
Weather Prospect
-a .
PORTLAND. Not. 20H3VOre-
gon probably will have a cold,
wet Thanksgiving. E. I Wells,
federal meteorologist, said today.
Ha predicted rain In the west
portion of the. state, snow or rain
In tha east and storms, on the
coast.
Temperatures rose' slightly In
Ovegon early today, although Ba
ker airport, recorded 25 degrees.
Burns 23 and Lakeview 20. , - -
The temperature dropped to 2 1
degrees and scattered snow flakes
fell at Ashland today..
Fire in Dry Kilnv
Has $15,000 Loss
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 20-
(Jfy-A fire in '.a dry kiln at the
Vancouver Plywood and Veneer
plant-today caused damage which
may exceed $15,000. -
Firemen battled the blaze for
nearly an . hour.: Tho plant was
working .. on national defense or
ders, but. Fire Chief-P.- E. Dnpaul
said there r was no indication of
sabotage'.!. ; V"t. -
Thanligiviiig
IT'S TURKEY
RAR Fliers Bomb .
Huge Skoda Plant
Great Czech Factory,- Is
Said Set Ablaze by
Distance Raid
By TAYLOR HENRY ,
LONDON. Nov. 20 In a
flight, over 1400 miles of hostile
airlanes. Including the return
journey, British bombers were de
clared today to havo set fire to
the vast Skoda armament works
in German-occupied Cxecho-Slova-kla.
The plant, in Pilsen, was" the
easternmost target reached In an
overnight bombing campaign
which extended also from tho
harbor of Barfleur, Normandy, to
Berlin. .
A returning British pilot said
specifically that he had seen
flames spread' over the factory
and heard a subsequent violent
explosion.
. In the Berlin attack it was ac
knowledged that only small forces
participated, but the air ministry
said nevertheless that it had been
aa "effective" one in which "much
damage" was believed to have
been Wrought to a big factory
making German naval equipment.
A flier assigned no that job;
made a report that recalled the
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New York Man Acquires
Boise Afternoon Daijy
BOISE. , Idaho. Nov. 20.WJPV-
The Idaho Daily Statesman said
today that Louis Gllman of New
York City, member of the nation
al advertising firm of Oilman,
Rnthmann . and NIcolI, has ac
quired personal control of the
Boise - Capital - News, af terdoon
dally here. ; - ,
Hillmun Names
He a
or
By TOM COMAN i
ATLANTIC CITY,-NJ, Nov. SO
-itfysi&ntr Hlllman had his in
ning today In his struggle with
John L. Lewis over shaping of
CIO's future. policies, Ho nsed.it
to virtually nominate Philip Mur
ray at Lewis successor on a pro
gram for a united labor movement
and a curb on communists, nazis
and fascists in labor affairs.
From the samo platform where
Lewis yesterday -bitterly attacked
the Hlllman partisans and their
demands for new conferences on
labor peace. : Hlllman responded
today with a speech for labor uni
ty as a part of, national defense.
With it ho coupled a warning
of what. labor would face if fo
reign totalitarianism ranched
these shores urged CIO to main
tain tti A Hi1amAm(!i -tvfw.AeaAa
in labor action, and expensed the
hope thatjout of the convention
"will come a stronger labor move
ment. ,
Hlllman" put tha 'convention
spotlight on Murray's availability
for the CIO. presidency by- telling.'
e.
'5
Lands
Ground Forces
Scatter Raids;
Fires Put but
Second "Total Attack"
Driven off After
Two Hours
Birmingham Blocks Aro
.Leveled in v-tlour
. Onslaught
By WILLIAM J. HUMPHREYS
' LONDON. Nov. 2 W( Thursday )
ip-Nasi planes swarmed, out of
tho night for a second "total" au
tack on Britain's industrial mid'
lands but early today It was re
ported that a terrific anti-aircraft
barraga had dulled the edge of
tho new offensive.
Ground guns, firing with new
effectiveness, were, said to havo
dispersed waves of planes at
tempting a mass raid oa an oast
midlands town after less than two
honrs of incendiary bomb drop
ping which is merely tho first
step in the' '-Coventry technique.
The bombs were extinguished
and little damage was reported.
How the rest of the midlands
fared was not known.
The rapid fire of ground de
fenses and the rumble of bombs
caused observers in the eastern
midlands section to say It waa
tho fiercest attack ever made oa '
that : area. ' . - -..
Other' bombers ranged .over.
London and towns in southwest
England and Wales.
The action, however, did not
seem to be as widespread aa last
night's which covered a record '
area.
The nightly bombing of London
started with lighter-than-average
gunfire and 'bomb explosions.
Believed Beginning iv' (
of New Campaign '
. The British had 'Waited-grimly
for a repetition "oflhe assaults
which many believe to be tha
opening of a new and intensive
campaign of night bombing di
rected at the industrial areas in
stead of London.
(The British did not mention .
any towns attacked last night, but
tho German high command specif-
Ically named Birmingham,, second .
largest industrial city in England. '
as one of the hard-hit targets.) K-
The nine-hour attack last night
left a dozen towns strewn with
wreckage, tho dead and wounded,
and official decsriptions conceded
the damage was heavy.
Such an aerial offensive in its
worst form seen in the attack oa
Coventry last Thursday has
been expected byx the air foree
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Man Wanted Here
Jailed in Frisco
William . Homer Reeder ia held
fh the San Francisco county Jail
under a bench warrant and secret
indictment from Marion county,
officials at Sheriff A. C. Bark's
office announced yesterday. .
They reported that California V
authorities had Informed them of 1
his arrest on a charge of obtain- .
ing property uader false, pretenses,' .
and ' that he had waived extradi- ,
tion. , , ' . - . ' ,
According to- deputy sheriffs, ,
Reeder waa indicted last April
when he was alleged-to have sold
a house and furniture not his own y
in return for a trailer house and
other property. f
With the trailer house he left
the state, and has been at large :
since.
District Attorney Lyie. J. Page J
has received permission from tho
executive offices of the state to
arrange for extradition. and tho
county sheriff in expected to go
south to obtain custody next woe
Steel Union
o
C7
Chief;
a .cheering, convention that whea
Lewis steps out there mast bo a
-demand".tor Murray.. v
While expressing "regret that
Lewis was retiring from -ClO'
presidency, Hlllman declared: "It
la'my considered Judgment that
when Lewis steps down . there
must bo a demand for Phil Mur- .
ray. ;:;-.' ,- ;V r.:; :, -
- Murray announced yesterday
that he was not a candidate and A
did sot want tho of fl, and close V
friends said be has, aot wavered
ia his decision. , p "
. Appearing on.' the' -convention
scene after . his -Amalgamated
Clothing Workers anion iad been .,'
Overwhelmed "yesterday in its ef
fort to win support fcr new peace
conferences with AIrL. , Hlllman
said he had no "bitterness toward
any officers of the CIO.T-: J
To Lewis suggestion that those
who could not go alcoig with his
(Lewis') views on 1 a b o f unity
could leave ihe CIO,' Hlllman de-;
clared .'that the clothing workers
would not a ait, rerardless of
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