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Nazis Report
Six Divisions
Are Annihilated
Russians Deny German
Stories; Stalin Changes
Staff of Commissars
Berlin, July 21 (U.R) Offi
cial nazi reports claimed to
day that six Russian divisions
have been "annihilated" and
that a "larger number" of
Soviet divisions are trapped
and in danger of being crush
ed in the area north of
Vitebsk.
The German reports claim
ed that the luftwaffe is hea
vily supporting operations for
the encirclement and destruc
tion of Soviet forces which the high
command said are proceeding "ac
cording to plan."
QThe official DNB news agency
aid German low-flying bomber and
destroyer planes heavily blasted the
assertedly trapped Russian divisions
north of Vitebsk and, operating east
of Smolensk, inflicted heavy casual
ties, destroying 340 trucks and 26
tanks.
On the far northern front a Sov
iet warship of 3,000 to 4,000 tons, a
Soviet destroyer and a 2,000 ton
merchant ship were said to have
been sunk by German bombers and
the wireless station near Murmansk
was said to have been shelled and
set afire.
The official news agency reported
that a Soviet division was "com
pletely, annihilated" by a nazl di
vision in a bitter battle In the region
of Mogilev, 80 miles southwest of
Smolensk, on Saturday.
Steady Follow-Up Claimed
On the northern front, DNB re
ported, the "remains" of five Soviet
divisions were wiped out with the
r apture of several thousand prison.
Qrs, Including many troops which
deserted to the German lines.
DNB said that German-Rumanian,
Hungarian and Slovak troops
were steadily pursuing Russian fore
es on the southern front against
weak rear guard resistance.
The high command said opera
tions for the wiping out of encircled
Russian troops are proceeding "ac
cording to plan."
"The vast Russian spaces and the
masses of troops involved inevita
bly extend the time of operations,"
one informant explained.
He added that the splitting up and
encirclement of Russian forces con
tlnued "Irresistibly" and that the
Russians were suffering tremendous
losses as they sought vainly to break
out and retreat.
Stalin Changes Staff
Moscow, July 21 (U.R) Heavy
fighting was reported today in the
Polotsk-Nevel, Smolensk and Novo.
grad Volynsk areas and Josef Stalin
made more changes in the Soviet
Dlefense organization by appoint'
ment of four new vice-commissars
of defense.
Outside of the main German
drives in the Polotsk-Nevel, Smo.
lensk and Novograd Volynsk regions
it appeared here that the Russian
German front had become early
stabilized with only desultory com'
bat in progress.
The latest change in Soviet de
fense organization followed closely
upon the assumption by Stalin of
the post of defense commissar in ad
(Concluded on paite 9, column 8.)
Salem Boys Tip Police,
Slayer Under Arrest
The Dalles, Or., July 21 (U.R) The murder of John Kar-
len, 77-year-old retired Wasco county sheepman whose bat
tered body was found in an alley here Friday morning, has
3een solved by the confession of Ir-
U.ln Jones, 20-year-old Canby, Ore.
youth that he "beat up" the aged
man and left his body beside a
loading platform in an alley here,
according to Malcolm W. Wilkinson,
Wasco county district attorney.
Jones was arrested Saturday at
Canby and has signed a confession
admitting the assault, Wilkinson
said. The Canby youth was brought
here and placed In the Wasco coun
ty Jail Sunday afternoon.
Also brought here and held as
material witnesses are Dick Drin
non, 16, and Peter Schweigert, 17,
Salem youths who provided the tip
that resulted In Jones' arrest.
Reading a description of murder
suspects as broadcast by state po
lice. Drlnnon and Schweigert walk
ed Into the Salem state police head
quarters Saturday and told their
story. They had been in The Dalles
wlth Jones Friday, and all had been
ir Inking, they said. About 10
o'clock Friday night Drinnon and
Schweigert retired to a room and
Jones went to a beer parlor to get
more liquor. Jones returned later
and announced that he had "rolled"
an old man and had obtained W,
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Bringing The World To Salem's Door, the new United Press high
speed transcontinental wire was plugged In at the Capital Journal
office this morning. News Editor Steve Stone (left) and Dick
Nicholson, of the U.P. Salem bureau, look over some of reams of
teletype copy 50,000 words In 14 hours each day this wire pours
into the Capital Journal.
Fast UP
Capital Journal
Capital Journal readers were moved closer to European
news centers today when the United Press stepped up its tele
type service to the newspaper to
high-speed circuit will pour
news room at the rate of 60
hour, 50,400 words a day. For the-
first time in history a Salem news-
paper will be on the transcontinen
tal trunk wires of a major press as
sociation. From 1 a. m. to 6 a. m.
the high-speed trunk wires will
bring ' news from foreign capitals
while the news is happening.
At 6 a. m. a special wire, pro
cessed for Oregon clients only, will
start to give the state, country and
world news that Is breaking while
the Capital Journal is getting ready
to go to press. It will not stop Its
steady flow of news until 3 p. m.
each day.
Already the Capital Journal Is
the only newspaper in Salem with
two major news services, the United
Press and the Associated Press, and
now becomes the only newspaper
with leased wires running Into Its
news room almost around the clock.
Never before has an Oregon news
paper outside of Portland been on a
trans-continental news wire trunk.
The results to the readers of the
Capital Journal are obvious a more
complete coverage of war, politics,
peace, sports and every day hap
penings. Whiskalanfes in
Noisy Raid Here
Fifteen strong, a group of Eugene
Whlskalantes boosters and prop
agandists for the University city's
Oregon Trail pageant and celebra'
Hon, which opens there Thursday
descended in a noisy, fun-spreading
visit to Salem yesterday to pro
claim the attractions of their three
day festival.
Parading with a sound truck
through the downtown streets, the
visitors proceeded to the state fair
grounds where, before a crowd of
250 persons gathered from 13 west
ern Oregon counties for the annual
picnic of the Willamette Production
Credit association, they staged
series of mock sessions of their
"Court of Missing Hairs."
Among those tried, convicted and
sentenced were Morton Tompkins,
overseer of the state grange, and
John Ramage of Woodburn.
the Salem youths told officers.
Acting on this information Ore
gon state police, accompanied by
District Attorney Wilkinson, went
to Canby and took Jones Into cus
tody Saturday night. Jones admit
ted knocking Karlen down and
kicking him in the chest after he
had found but little money and
Karlen had refused to write out
check. Jones said, however, that
he did not know that he had killed
his robbery victim.
At an autopsy performed by Dr.
Joseph Beeman, state police path
ologist, it was found that Karlen
died from the results of a ruptured
liver and hemorrhage of the brain.
Four of the aged man's ribs had
been broken.
In his signed confession Jones de
nied premeditation, saying that he
merely had intended to "roll" the
old man, who reportedly had been
boasting about having a large sum
of money on his person. Karlen at
one time reputedly was quite weal
thy. ,
It ' is expected that first degree
murder charges will be filed against
Jones, according to District Attor
ney Wilkinson,
Wire for
a 14-hour a day basis. A new
copy into the Capital Journals
words a minute. 3b00 words an
Six Lose Lives
Oyer Week-end
(Br the Associated Press)
Drownings and traffic accidents
claimed the lives of six persons in
Oregon yesterday, and two others
died of week-end injuries.
Two Donna, Ore., brothers, Wil
liam Scott, 16, and Lloyd Scott, 6,
plunged into a swimming hole in
the Mohawk river near Eugene, and
failed to emerge. Their bodies were
recovered.
Another--Lane county swimmer,
Ruth Martin, 13, Springfield, disap
peared In the Willamette river three
miles below Coburg.
Lifeguards at Seaside sighted Mr.
and Mrs. Elmore Lyle, Portland, in
dlflculty far out in heavy surf. Be
fore they could give aid, Lyle, 33,
was washed to sea. HU wife was
rescued.
In Portland Mrs. Elizabeth Bud
well, 83, injured In an automobile
accident last week, succumbed at
a hospital,' the city's 20th traffic
fatality of the year.
Injuries from a fall off a 40 foot
cliff while fishing a week ago prov
ed fatal to Fred Hill, 51, at Marsh-
field.
A. L. Bashor, 60, Portland, a pedes
train, was killed by an automobile
just outside the city limits last
night. Robert M. Mulvey, 26, em
ploye of the district attorney's of
fice at Oregon City, told police he
did not see Bashor.
Near Salem, Merva Rodenbcrger,
28, Lebanon, was fatally Injured in
the collision of an automobile in
which she was riding with a truck,
Conduits for
Airport Get OK
Installation of conduits under the
paving now being laid on the north
south runway, at the Salem airport
which will be necessary to lighting
of the other four runways to be
Improved by WPA, has been author
ized by the civil aeronautics author
ity, according to word brought back
from district headquarters in Scat-
tie today by J. H. Keeffe, resident
CAA engineer.
The authorization Indicates a fu
ture CAA appropriation to install
surface-flush runway lights on all
runways at the airport as soon as
they are completed, according to
Keefe, who estimates the cost of the
additional lights at $16,000.
Paving operations on the north
south runway, which was to have
been started today by the Warren
Northwest company, sub -con tractors,
was delayed by the non-arrival of
a carload of asphalt.
Davies to Set Up
Pacific Coast Bureau
Portland, July 21 (U.R) Lawrence
E. Davies, former Portland news
paperman and graduate of Willam
ette university in 1921, stopped off
here today enroute for San Francis
co, where he will establish a Pacific
Coast bureau for the New York
Times.
Davies, who married the former
Edna Gilbert of Salem, was In Paris
for a while with the New York Her
ald, but for 14 years has been Phila
delphia correspondent for the New
York Times.
Silver Quotation
London, July 21 VP) Spot and fu
tres bar silver were quoted at 23 7-16
pence an ounec today, up 1-16
penny each. The Bank of England
maintained its gold buying at 168
shillings per fine ounce.
(Roosevelt:
To Extendi
Tea Kettles
And Milk Pans
Stand in Stacks
Millions of Utensils Go
For Airplanes as Alum
inum Drive Opens
Washington, July 21 (IF)
Headquarters of the office for
civilian defence, which opened
its "tea kettles for airships
aluminum collection drive to
day, said early reports from
volunteer canvassers indicat
ed "better than hoped-for suc
cess" in the nation-wide cam
paign. Some officials in Director
F. H. LaGuardia's office said
they now believed the drive
might return 30,000,000 or 40,000,000
pounds of salvage aluminum, in
stead of the approximately 20,000,
000 pounds earlier hoped for.
Telegrams have been coming in
from "cities all over the country,"
reporting enthusiastic response, an
OCD spokesman said.
Typical of the early reaction, it
was stated, was that in Frederick,
Md., where a survey of the expected
donations started today. A chicken
wire inclusure into which the metal
is to be dumped when action col
lection starts'. Wednesday Is alreatiy
half full of worn out pots and pans,
Washington officials were told.
Million at Work
In urban centers and cross-roads
village more than a million volun
teer workers set out to get pots and
pans and any other articles, such
as old automobile parts and fittings,
which may be smelted down and
turned to defense uses.
Plans' for prompt employment of
all metal gathered were so far ad
vanced, officials said, that In a few
months the little stew kettle In
which Mrs. Jones boiled her hus
band's breakfast egg and the skil
let in vhich Mrs. Smith fried her
morning bacon would likely be part
of an American-made plane drop
ping British bombs over Germany
or perhaps part of a tank in this
country's own mechanized forces.
Knudsen Sets Goal
The aluminum campaign was or
ganized Jointly by the office of ci
vilian defense and the office of pro
duction management. William S.
Knudsen, OPM chief, set the 20,
000,000 pound goal, saying that
amount would be needed to sup'pl
ment normal aluminum supplies to
meet defense requirements the rest
of this year.
The civilian defense office said all
old aluminum would be turned over
to the treasury's procurement office
for allotment to smelters partici
pating in the defense program.
A small start toward the collec
tion of old aluminum utensils to be
used in the construction of air
planes was made today on the
courthouse lawn. The county coun
cil of defense is supervising the
project which, it is hoped, will re
sult in several hundred pounds of
the metal being collected. A high
fence, constructed with steel posts
and chicken netting is being erected
just to the north of the spruce that
is used each year as an outdoor
Christmas tree. Persons having old
worn out aluminum pans and simi
lar articles are requested to bring
them to the courthouse and t
them Into the pen.
Officers of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce shortly after noon to
day stretched a wire fence for
stockade over a portion of the
courthouse grounds where o 1 d
aluminum will be dumped . The
fence is at the west entrance to the
courthouse building. Boy Scouts
were gathered at the building this
morning preparatory to their drive
ringing door bells to gather up the
old metal needed for defense.
Another Milk Price
Boost Requested
Portland, July 21 (Pi An I
fcddl-
tlonal increase In the price of milk.
recently boosted a cent a quart, was
asked by millc producers ot the
Portlr"d area Saturday.
Dairymen listed the growth of
army camps, British and defense
orders and the hot weather as rea
sons for the Increase.
Milk Board Chairman C. E. Orelle
said he would call a hearing soon.
Woman Dies
After Crash
On Cut-Off
Mcrva Rodenbergcr, 28, of Leba
non, died about 10:30 o'clock last
night from Injuries received four
hours earlier in an automobile-truck
crasn on the Twelfth street cut-off
a mile south of the city limits. Les
ter P. Logsdon, 23, Beaver Creek,
driver of the car, was uninjured.
The Logsdon automobile plough
ed into the rear of a truck loaded
with heavy planks and driven by
Dothan Eisly, Salem route 5. He re
ceived severe face and hand cuts
and a light concussion while Charles
Merrell, Salem route 6, his passen
ger, received a cut right hand, pos
sible broken bones and severe shock.
All three injured were treated by
the Salem first aid car crew and
taken to the Deaconess hospital.
Both the automobile and truck
were headed south around 6 o'clock
with the accident occurring Just over
the first hill south of the city limits.
Logsdon was attempting to adjust
his rear view mirror and apparently
failed to see the truck.
Miss Rodenberger was thrown
through the windshield, receiving
deep face and neck cuts and a frac
tured skull. The two men in the
truck were jolted out and the truck
left the right-of-way.
Logsdon is not being held by state
police who investigated the accident.
Exporters Gel
Blacklist Names
Portland, July 21 (U.R) Portland
exporters have received a 50-page
volume containing approximately
1,800 names of firms and persons
with whom they are asked not to
do business, Howard E. Waterbury,
Portland manager for the depart
ment of commerce said today.
The blacklist is known under the
police name of "the proclaimed list
of certain blocked nationals."
The persons on the list are to be
regarded as German nationals and
not article covered by the export
control act may be shipped to them
except under special circumstances,
Waterbury said.
Waterbury said the list is of little
value locally since exporters here
were quietly advised not to deal with
Nazi firms some time ago.
Naples Bombed
During Night
Rome, July 21 (U.R) Fifteen per
sons were killed and 24 wounded in
a British bombing raid on Naples
during the night, the Italian war
communique said today.
Five anti-aircraft militiamen
were among those killed.
The communique said the popu
lation remained calm.
It was announced that beginning
tonight the blackout will begin half
an hour earlier throughout Italy, at
10 p. m.
British planes also raided Ben
gazi, on the north African front,
and axis planes bombed Malta, the
communique said.
British attempts to "reach the
axis lines" in the Tobruk area of
Libya were repulsed, it was said.
Enoch Winslow Ross
Dies Near Molalla
Enoch Winslow Ross, 91, pioneer
of the Silverton district, died last
night at his home at Molalla, route
1, where he had msde his home
since coming to Oregon In 1880.
Mr. Ross was born In Ohio, June
18, 1851, and came to Oregon in
1880, marrying Charlotte Porter
March 16, 1882, who died September
10, 1928. Five sons and five daugh
ters survive. They aro Custer Ross
and Dr. Dick Ross, both of Salem;
Donald Ross, Silverton; Orant Ross,
Ontario, and Errol Ross, Silverton;
Dora Ross, Portland; Mrs. Amy
Bristol, El Hambro, Calif.; Mrs.
Dercy Haggerty, Alberta, Canada;
Mrs. Kate McCleary, Molalla, and
Mrs. Jennie Oingcr, Seattle.
Funeral services, not yet com
pleted, will be held Wednesday un
der the direction of the Ekman
Funeral home at Silverton.
FDR Nominates Wilson
Washington, July 21 (Pi Thomas
M, Wilson of Tennessee was nom
inated by President Roosevelt to be
commissioner to India with the
rank of minister.
Asks
Army Service
British Claim
Success for
V Campaign
Propaganda Battle Said
To be Impressing People
Of Occupied Countries
(By the Associated Press)
London ( July 21 A Brit
ish Broadcasting company ex
ecutive asserted today Brit
ain's "V-for Victory" cam
paign to raise an underground
army against Germany was
the first pitched propaganda
battle of the war" and the
British apparently "are win
ning it."
The executive, European
news editor, N. F. Newsome.
said the V drive was one of a
scries of experiments to test the
readiness of peoples of occupied
countries to accept leadership from
London.
"There will be other things to
worry the Germans," he added.
Newsome said there would be
other leadership experiments "until
one day we feel able to give the
word to the underground army in
Europe to go over the top for us in
the final offensive"
Britons claim a "V" army of mil
lions are mobilized' throughout Ger
man conquered nations in a whist
ling, tapping sign-painting cam
paign aimed now at nazl nerves.
Germans Quickly React
Newsome said the best indications
of how the victory-V was catching
on came from the Germans them
selves In a "feeble counter-attack'
by attempting to embrace the V as
a symbol for the old German word
"Viktoria."
The British, he added, are turn
ing this against the nazl propa
gandists by broadcasting word that,
since the German government ap
proves of the chalking up of V-
signs. nobody need hesitate about
joining the campaign.
(The German radio broadcast to
day a 500 word account of how V
signs had appeared throughout oc
cupied territories, attributing this
to "the tremendous Viktoria cam
paign." The broadcast was record
ed in New York by CBS.
Nazis Use Wrong Word
("The German motto," it said,
"'Viktoria for Europe' has taken
Holland, Belgium, Norway, the pro
tectorate (Czecho-Slovakia) , the
government general (Poland) and
Prance by storm."
(In the various territories, it cit
ed the use of V on official cars
trains, street cars, banners, pamph
lets.
("Pins of the German symbol
have been distributed for the Red
Cross" in occupied areas, it said,
"Thus the German Viktoria cam
paign is off to an excellent start.")
Britons insist the proper German
word for victory Is not "vtktoria,
but "sieg."
More Aggressions
Planned by Nazis
Washington, July 21 CP) Sumner
Welles, acting secretary of state,
said today that the United States
had Information that Germany was
planning new steps of aggression
against remaining independent
countries in Europe.
He made the statement at a press
conference but did not go into de
tails. His comment aroused specu
lation, however, on the possibility
that he meant that Spain and Por
tugal might be due for attacks.
At the same time Welles disclosed
that tho United States had prom
lsed full support to Bolivia in the
event that an International incident
arose from an alleged attempted
nazl coup in that country and from
the ordered expulsion of the Ger
man minister there.
Corps Headquarters
Moves to Albany
Eugene, Ore., July 21 (U.PJ The
army construction quartermaster
corps today was being moved from
Eugene to Albany in order to be
closer to the projected Corvallls
cantonment.
Capt. T, E. Dittcbrandt said ft
survey crew was busy at Albany and
preliminary work was under way. An
office will be- maintained heie to
handle remaining developments In
the Lane county area, he said.
Congress
Poole Tears
Through Log
In Fast Time
Stay ton, Ore., July 21 Obert
Bergland, Silverton logger, came
here Saturday to watch the log
bucking contest and left with third
place in the competition, feature of
the closing day of the second an
nual Santlam Bean festival.
With shoes borrowed from i
friend in the crowd and a saw ob
tained from a similar source, he
sawed through the 32-inch red fir
log In 3:20.5.
Alfred Poole, 45-ycar-old Stayton
logger, cut through the big timber
in three minutes and three seconds
for first place which brought him
$25 cash and a new saw. Raymond
Branch, Mehama logger, was second
with three minutes 15 seconds. His
efforts brought him $10. Alfred
Poole was his own filer while
James Poole filed for the other two
contestants.
The festival netted aproximately
$1000, H. C. Saalfeld, general chair
man, announced at the close of
the dance Saturday night. The mon
ey will go into a community cen
ter building fund. Over 75 children
took part in the afternoon races
sponsored by the Salem Cooties,
Marion post No. 661, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, in charge of Oliver
Michaels.
Warner Backs
Mr. Roosevelt
Eugene, Ore., July 21 (U.R) Pull
support for President Roosevelt's re.
quest for extension of the period of
service for selectees and national
guardsmen in the army was advo
cated today by Milo J. Warner, na
tional commander of the American
Legion.
Delivering the opening address of
the annual state Legion convention,
the national commander declared
"we can't build an army and have
the members come and go like the
snow.
"Songress should work out some
system to keep the majority of the
selectees and guardsmen in, so that
the organization and effectiveness
of the army is not disrupted," Warn
er stated.
"We of the Legion feel that this
Is a god time to enact legislation
putting into practice the principles
or universal military service. '
Warner also advocated the passing
or laws providing some tyne of bon
us for selectees and guardsmen at
the end of their service.
Meanwhile the 40 and 8 com
pleted its one-day march yesterday
evening with election of Mrs. Marian
Somerset, Astoria, as president. Oth
er officers named by tho group arc
jjucuie Freeman, Portland, first vice
president; Eva Grey, Portland, sec
ond vice-president; Hazel Alden,
Seaside, historian; Pauline Lcnne
villc, Portland, chaplain; Helene
Warner, Portland, scrgeant-at-arms.
Indian War Vet
Dies at Tillamook
Tillamook, July 21 fP A veteran
of Indian -wars, Minny V. Stillwell,
84, died here yesterday. The form
er Tillamook county deputy sheriff,
born in Yamhill but a resident here
since 1872, Is survived by two chil
dren, a sister and a brother.
Swarms of British
Planes in Day Raid
London, July 21 (U.R) Swarms of British planes raced
over the Dover Strait today to make one of the greatest day
light raids on the French invasion coast, and soon the sky
seemed tilled with bombing and
fighter planes flying In all direc
tions and at all altitudes down to
chimney level.
Tho dramatic daylight raid came
only a little more than three hours
after a great fleet of British planes
had made a five hour raid on the
defenses which thousands of Ger
man troops are building urgently
along the French coast apparently
In the belief that Britain may at
tempt an invasion.
During the night also the bomb
er command had made a raid in
forco on the Rhlncland and had
bombed docks at Rotterdam.
The air ministry said the bomber
command planes made ft sustained
attack on Cologne and started large
fires In Industrial areas.
Fighter planes attacked German
airdromes in France throughout the
night, it was added.
In the daylight attack on French
Gravity of
Situation Told
By President
Warning Sounded That
Military Force Must Not
Be Allowed to Crumble
Washington, July 21 (P)
Declaring that America was
in "infinitely greater" danger
than a year ago, President
Koosevelt asked congress to
day to authorize extension of
the one-year period of active
service in the army of selec
tees, national guardsmen and
reservists.
Unless the extension is
granted, Mi. Roosevelt said,
the nation will be taking a
gravo national risk and disintegra
tion of the army will be under way
within two months.
Responsibility for maintaining the
efficiency of that army, the chief
executive said in a message to con
gress, rests solely with the legisla
tors, .
Mr. Roosevelt dramatized his
request by trying an Innovation.
He transcribed the message on rec
ords so that his words might be
broadcast to the nation and the
world,
The president emphasized that
conditions had changed since a 12
month limitation was placed a year
ago on the service of selectees,
guardsmen and reservists.
Situation More Grave
"Today it is imperative," he said,
"that I should officially report to
the congress what the congress un
doubtedly knows: that the inter
national situation is not less grave
but is far more gravo than it was
a year ago.
"It is so grave, in my opinion, and
in the opinion of all who are con
versant with the facts, that the
army should be maintained In ef
fective strength and without dimi
nution of its effectivo numbers in a
complete state of readiness. Small
as it Is In comparison with other
armies, it should not suffer any
form of disorganization or disinte
gration." Therefore, he said, it would be
taking a grave national risk unless
congress were to make possible the
maintenance of the present, full,
effective strength of the army dur
ing the coming year and give
training to as many additional
Americans as possible.
Ho added that it would be a "tra
gic error' to eliminate about two
thirds of the trained soldiers and
three-fourths of officer personnel.
Opposilion Strong
The steps which the chief execu
tive took to underscore the admin
istration's desire for extended ser
vice during a period of world crisl3
was considered to some extent an
acknowledgment of a strong oppo
sition existent in congress. Com
promises have been advanced.
But Mr. Roosevelt said he was not
asking congress for specific lan
guage In a specific bill. He said
that he hoped the legislators "will
(Concluded on piiRO 10, column 7.)
occupied territory today heavy
bombing planes with strong fighter
escorts attacked industrial targets
In tho Lille area.
At least five German fighter
planes were destroyed during tho
raids and four British fighter planes
were missing.
At 8:15 a. m., the British daylight
raiders began racing over toward
Calais. Soon it was apparent that
the British planes were striking far
inland, apparcnty without opposi
tion Torm tho German fighter
planes they wero challenging.
More and more planes joined in
tho flight toward Franco until the
sky was thick with t)"m. As suc
ceeding waves of planes camo back
to tho English coast, new waves
swept over to the attack. There
were planes of all sorts at all alti
tudes and In all directions.