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Washington. Aug. 13. The
personality of Harry L. Hop
kins is rapidly becoming an ad
ministration storm center. His
management of the president's
affairs at the Chicago conven
tion, besides offending James A.
Farley, caused a number of the
most eminent new dealers to
tear their hair In impotent fury.
To the new dealers, because. of
his closeness to the pfesldcTit,
Hopkins is invulnerable.1. '
Recently, however, he' seems
to have been attacked from an
other quarter. Ed Flynn 'of the
Bronx, having inherited Jim
Farley's chairmanship of the
Democratic national committee.
is carrying on his predecessor's
war against the new dealers' in
terventions In politics. And it Is
reported on excellent authority,
that his first foray took the
form of advice to the president
that Hopkins ought to stay out
of the political picture. Specific
ally, he is said to have requested
that Hopkins be not invited to
take a formal part in the pre
campaign conference between
the president and secretary of
agriculture, Henry A. Wallace,
at Hyde park.
Originally, Hopkins partici
pation in this meeting had been
widely advertised. It was inti
mated that he was coming to
Hyde Park especially to be pres
ent. Then shortly before the
meeting was to take place, one
of the president's staff told re
porters that Hopkins was not
coming for the meeting after
II, that he was a permanent
guest of the Roosevelt family,
coming and going as he pleased.
and that, in fact, his presence
at Hyde Park was strictly acci
dental. Whether he later sat in
on the Roosevelt-Wallace talk, is
rot a matter of record. The
point is that an effort was made,
apparently i n response t o
Flynn's plea, to minimize his
Importance as one of the presi
dent's campaign advisers.
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CALIFORNIA AREA
Los Angeles. Aug. 13. (UP.)
With over 23.000 acres of valu
able timberland and watershed
already destroyed, four major
fires raged out of control in
southern California today, defy
ing efforts of over 2500 forest
rangers, CCC enrollees and vol
unteers. Most destructive blaze was in
the Los Padres national forest
near Santa Barbara, where 1.000
men battled to control a fire that
already had destroyed at least a
dozen cabins in Foster Glenn
county park and the Painted
Cave area. Damage to the latter,
a summer playground, was esti
mated at sum
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIEUNE REPORTERS
Radio Ham Myrl Cromwell
coming all the way to Medford
from his domicile in Montague,
Cel., without the leg of mutton
he promised the local fire lad
dies over the airways, he, how
ever, going home loaded with
luscious Bartlctts from this gen
erous town.
Enid Funk cogitating what
the should adopt as hobby, she
leaning toward the collection of
steam rollers. Betty Vilm reveal
- ing hers to be collecting menus,
her favorite of which came from
a swank Hollywood spot.
Sherf. Syd Brown taking a
lesson in horticulture from the
county courthouse landscape en
. gineer.
Geraldlne Wilkinson. Sr., and
Earl Herendeen reviewing their
respective teeth tragedies caused
by consuming roasting cars.
MAY TRY LANDING
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observers; view
Aerial Blitzkrieg Continues
Softening Up Process-
Guns Fire Across Channel
London. Aug. 13. WP It
was officially estimated to
night that 500 German planes
participated in mass attacks
on Southampton and other
coastal targets today.
By the Associated Press
Hitler's 3-day-old aerial blitz
krieg against Britain struck in
chain-lightning attacks by 400 to
600 Nazi warplanes today, rain
ing havoc on towns and military
objectives all along a 200-mile
front on the English channel.
British censorship veiled the
toll of death and destruction.
Berlin reported 69 British RAF
olanes were destroyed wan only
13 Nazi planes lost, while Lon-
don said a mid-afternoon tabula
tion showed 57 German raiders
downed.
RAF Counters
With the "zero hour" appar
ently near for Hitler's threat
ened attempt to invade the island
kingdom, huge waves of Nazi
bombers and fighting planes re
turned to the attack this after
noon. Swift-rising RAF fighters flew
up to engage the raiders in dog
fights, twisting in and out of
low-hanging clouds.
Attacking in waves of SO to
100, the Germans were using
their ace pilots.
In the four big days since Hit
ler turned on his aerial assault
power full-blast, starting last
Thursday, some 2000 Nazi planes
have crossed the channel to
storm Britain.
While British RAF Spitfires
and Hurricane fighters roared upi
to meet the Nazi sky raiders, the
censored London press warned i
that a German attempt at actual
land Invasion may be imminent.
Zero Hour Near
From two other points one
belligerent, one neutral came
strong intimations that the long
awaited "zero hour" is near.
In Berlin, Louis P. Lochner,
Associated Press chief of bureau
there messaged:
"All signs pointed today to an
early zero hour for a Nazi of
fensive against England with its
climax an attempt to land Ger
man troops on the British isles."
In Berne, Switzerland, foreign
military attaches agreed that an
attempted Invasion of England
may come within 72 hours.
The Bern dispatch also said
reports were current there that
40-mile Nazi "big berthas" at
Calais and Dunkerque had al
ready begun laying down a cross
channel barrage behind Dover.
Simultaneously, the English
censor, after holding back a dis
patch from an Associated Press
correspondent in a southeast
coast town for 24 hours, finally
I passed a cabled report that
I shells were falling on a coastal
; town there.
Prepare for Landing
If true, the Germans appar
I ently were blasting at British
I beach and shoreline defenses to
prepare for troop landings.
Nazi strategy appeared to be
aimed at blasting the coast from
Dover to Portsmouth, rendering
the channel waters untenable for
defense by the powerful British
home fleet and paving the way
for a possible troop crossing of
, the narrow channel.
Berlin reported that Marshal
I Goering's air forces broke
through defenses of British pur
I suit planes and anti-aircraft fire
. to bomb Portsmouth, base of the
I British home fleet, and destroy
: planes on runways and hangars
I at an airport there.
Barefoot Bomber
Unable To Escape
London, Aug. 13. (Pi
Railwaymen who helped a
Serman pilot out of a plane
(hot down in a stubble field
in southeast England took a
novel meant to prevent his
escape.
They took off hit shoes and
locks.
Bare-footed, the pilot didn't
iirige
I "Ironsides"
Parking lots have replaced picket lines for horses for mechanised cavalry "somewhere in
England." Soldiers are shown here getting into a group of new armored cars with which
a famous cavalry regiment has been equipped for the defense of Britain. The new "Iron
sides," as they are dubbed, can travel at high speeds over rough terrain.
ITALY TO CLAIM
SLICE OF GREECE
By the Associated Press ence with Willkic, asserted that
Rome. Aug. 13. Authorita-j tne latter "did a good Job'' in
tive Italian circles indicated to-jhi, reCeut farm conference in
night that Italy would claim Des Moines, the conference
slices of both Greek and Yugo- tended to increase Willkies
Slav territory sooner or later as ! ,trength ln corn belt states,
due Italian-ruled Albania in ajmndon added,
"general settlement." jn Missouri, the former Kan-
Virginio Gayda, authoritative . sas governor asserted, factional
fascist editor and often Musso-
lini's mouthpiece said the Ital
ian government expected Greece
to "answer for its new crimes."
Gayda declared Italy could not
tolerate Greece's "acts against
the independence of Albania"
and accused Greece of designs
on Albania.
With the Italian-Greek tension
mounting, friction between Italy
and Yugoslavia was reported by
the fascist press.
Rome. Aug. 13. (P) Italian
troops in British Somaliland are
fighting the main British forces
fiercely in an attempt to reach
the seaport of Berbera after oc
cupying Adadleh, about 50 miles
to the south, the high command
reported today.
The battle is continuing in the
Adadleh zone following two days
of sharp fighting in which one
British plane was shot down and
the Italians lost one plane, a
communique said.
Italian fliers were reported to
have resumed bombardments of
the British Mediterranean base
at Malta yesterday, setting fire
to oil storage tanks.
U. S. SETS LIMIT
ON PLANE SALE
Washington, Aug. 13. IF)
Arthur B. Purvis, chief British
purchasing agent, disclosed to
day that the United States had
offered to supply the British
with between 1,300 and 1.400
of the 3.000 fighting planes
monthly they had requested.
Delivery of the planes, however,
would not start before "late
1941." he added.
Purvis said this smaller pro
gram had been suggested by
William S. Knudsen of the de
fense commission.
The British wanted the larger
number starting next January,
but Knudsen suggested that
they plan on a smaller number
beginning "late in 1941."
Germans Behead
Amsterdam Spy
Berlin, Aug. 13. 4P Ger
many's guillotine today took the
life of the 2Jth person sentenced
to death so far in 1940 for
treason. He wat Myndert
Meeuwissen, 30, of Amsterdam,
convicted May 23 of betraying
military secrets to an unnamed
j foreign power.
Ready to Meet Invaders
Landon Tells Willkie Kansas
Swinging Toward His Corner
Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 13. IIP) Alf M. Landon, 1936
Republican nominee, told Wendell L. Willkie today that senti
ment was swinging to him .in Kansas and that he would
carry the state in November.
Landon, who drove here from
Denver for a political confer-
differences among Democrats
were redounding to the benefit
of Republicans.
Demands Fund Return
Colorado Springs, Colo.,
Aug. 13. (IP) Wendell L.
Willkie demanded today that
the Democratic party return
to corporations immediately
all funds collected for the sale
of advertising in Democratic
campaign books.
The Republican presidential
nominee agreed with Alf M.
Landon, who attended the
nominee's press conference,
that "it is the policy of the
administration to see how
many fraudulent votes can be
cast by machines ln Chicago,
Jersey City, N. J., and the
Rronx."
Asserting that even Chairman
Edward J. Flynn of the Demo
cratic national committee should
"understand that there is a
limit to political ruthlessness,
Wendell L. Willkie said today:
"I am gratified to learn that
Attorney General Robert Jack
son and Senator Hatch (D., N.
M.) have Joined in my cam
paign to prevent the Demo
cratic national committee from
brazenly violating both the cor
rupt practices act and the Hatch
act by the sale of Democratic
campaign books.
"The corporate advertise
ments in these campaign books
were in many instances obtain
ed from the corporations be
cause such corporations either
hoped to escape punishment
from the federal government or
receive reward from it.
"It is a step forward that this
method of raising campaign
funds has been eliminated. Even
Boss Flynn (Edward J. Flynn,
new Democratic chairman) cer
tainly ought to now understand
that there is a limit to political
ruthlessness."
Russia Supports
Bulgarian Action
Moscow, Aug. 13. P The
nffir-ial Snvift rtresi asserted to
day Bulgaria'i territorial de-
mands upon Rumania have the
support of Soviet Russia.
"The Soviet Union always
has taken a position of support
ing Bulgarian demands upon
Rumania," declared a statement
appearing in both the govern-
mcnt newspaper Izvestia and In
i Pravda, communist party organ,
1 The ttatement said the Bui-
garian claims are "just and
well-founded. "
' I a subordinate."
EVASION OF LAW SAY$!:.';M
FATHER OF HATCH ACT
Washingtop, Aug. 13. IIP)
Democratic plans for a souvenir
1940 campaign book were under
the fire today of one party mem
ber who called the projected
publication an evasion of the
anti-politics law.
Senator Hatch (D.-N.M.), fath
er of that legislation, told his
party publicly that "the only
thing to do now is to discon
tinue the book and obey the
law."
While Hatch criticized the
campaign book, Senator Miller
(D.-Ark.) announced that he
would introduce an amendment
to the corrupt practices act mak
ing it a violation for any per
son, firm, corporation or offi
cer of a corporation, directly
or indirectly to solicit funds
from employes for political pur
poses. The controversy over the
Democratic campaign book, led
Edward J. Flynn, the party't
new national chairman, to dis
claim Intentions of placing the
publication on sale.
Vichy, France, Aug. 13. IIP)
Admiral Jean Decoux, acting
governor-general of French
Indo-China, was reported today
to have taken "necessary meas
ures" to face any situation aris
ing from concentration of Jap
anese troops on the Indo-Chinese
frontier.
(Shanghai dispatches have
said that Japanese demands on
French Indo-China included
right-of-way for Japanese troops
to operate through Indo-China
against the Chinese province of
Yunnan and both Japanese land
and naval forces were said to
be ready for Invasion of Indo
China if the privilege were re
fused). Official Apology To
English Comedienne
Hollywood, Aug. 13. IIP)
Grade Fields, English comed
ienne, and her husband, Monty
Banks, have received an apol
jogy from the British parliament
for accusations recently voiced
there that the couple had taken
j large amounts of cash from
England when they cam to the
j United States.
LONDON PAPERS
TOEHIORDS
Statements Distorted So
Much Couldn't Even Rec
ognize Them Says Envoy
New York. Aug. 13. (IP)
John Cudahy, United States am
bassador to Belgium, who was
reprimanded for giving an inter
view in London on the Belgian
situation, said today that "all
the London papers except one,
the London Times, distorted my
statements so much that I
couldn't even recognize them."
Cudahy returned on the Dixie
Clipper from Horta. under in
structions, he said, "not to talk
at this time."
At the airport he called the
state department and also put
ln a telephone call for Miss Mar
guerite Le Hand, President
Roosevelt's secretary.
Shocked by Reports,
He told reporters he was "vio
lently shocked" when he saw
some of the London reports of
the Interview.
"I am absolutely puzzled by
my position," he said.
Asked whether he had resign
ed, he said, "I haven t resigned
yet. I am going to issue a full
statement later.
"I am like an officer In the
army who Is called before his
general and cannot talk before
he gets thcr. It would not be
I compatible with my situation as
unrc a, tulips uctu in iiaiii.1.
"I have no fear of the opinions
of my friends. The others, I
don't care about."
Asked if he had criticized the
American army, he replied, "I
was a member of the U. S. army
in North Russia, and if I criti
cized the United States army I
would be criticizing my own
army. I am being questioned
about an outrageous statement."
VETERAN LEADERSiLEGION CHIEFTAIN
Chicago. Aug. 13. (,P) Mrs.
Ida B. Wise Smith of Evans
ton, III., wat re-elected presi
dent of the national Women's
Christian Temperance Union for
the seventh consecutive time to
day. Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin of New
York, vice-president, also was
re-elected for the seventh time
by delegates to the W.C.T.U.
66th annual convention. Both
choices were unanimous.
No Newt Today
Washington, Aug. 13. l!P)
President Roosevelt cancelled
his customary Tuesday press
conference today, the White
House explaining he had no
newt to give since he had held
several press conferences In the
last few dayt on a tour of New
England defense projects.
French in Midst of Plenty
Hungry Account Gas Lacking
By Ralph Helnsen ,
(UP Staff Correspondent) 1
Vichy, France, Aug. 13. (U.R)
France, desperately attempt
ing reconstruction after her de
feat by Germany, is on half
rations In the midst of her an
nual harvest.
Consumption of meat, drlry
products, sugar and coffee has
been cut by SO percent, and
even more severe restrictions
may be Imposed this winter.
But the French government
it determined that no French
man shall starve and French of
ficials ridicule foreign reports
that France faces famine.
Great Britain's blockade and
Canada's recent suspension of a
100.000-ton wheat order, how
ever, admittedly aggravate
France's supply difficulties and
authorities are giving anxious
attention to the question of distribution.
BASEBALL
National.
Brooklyn. Aug. 13. (-PI The
Brooklyn Dodger Philadelphia
Phils game was stopped in the
second inning by rain today,
with the Dodgers ahead 3-0. The
game will be replayed tomor
row as part of doublcheader.
Score:
New York
Boston
Lohrman, Joiner,
R. H. E.
.18 1
.491
Brown and
Danning; Tobin, Masl, Berres.
St. Louis 8 12 0
Chicago 17 0
Shoun and Owen; French,
Root, Raffensberger and Todd.
(10 innings) R.
Cincinnati ................ 4
Pittsburgh 3
Thompson, " Shoffncr,
H. E.
8 2
10 1
Beggs
and Lombard!, Baker; Bowman,
Lanning, Heintzelman and Da
vis, Lopez.
American
Boston 15 1
New York 9 12 0
Bagby, Heving, Terry, and
Peacock; Russo and Dickey.
II. S. ADMIRAL TO
EI
Shanghai, Aug. 13. (UP)
Admiral Thomas C. Hart, United
States navy commander in the
Far East, is due here tomorrow,
it was announced officially to
day, in ono ol a fleet of six
American submarines.
He is coming to support a
proposal, bitterly opposed by
the Japanese, that United States
marines take over vitally im
portant defense sectors of the
International Settlement now
held by the withdrawing Brit
ish garrison, It was said in re
liable quarters.
The British decision to with
draw troops from Shanghai and
northern China faced the Inter
national Settlement forces with
the problem of absorbing the
big British defense sectors. The
question was whether the Jap
anese should get any of the
British area and thus extend
their domination.
VISITS PORTLAND
Portland, Ore., Aug. 13. UP)
Raymond J. Kelly of Detroit,
national commander of the
American Legion, said today his
organization "might be divided
upon some of the issues" ln the
conscription bill now before
congress.
Kelly, here on an official visit
to the Oregon department, de
clined In an Interview to give
his opinion of the bill.
Commander Kelly was greet
ed at the airport by Washing
ton's Gov, Clarence D. Martin,
who arrived by army plane
from Camp Murray, and by Niel
R. Allen, Grants Pass, Oregon
department commander of the
Legion,
For distribution, rather than
any disruption of food produc
tion or Imports occasioned by
the war, Is France's chief prob
lem. And distribution depends
largely on gasoline supplies
which. In turn, depend largely
on whether French tankers can
pierce the British blockade.
At present, distribution is
almost at a standstill and the
inhabitants of both occupied
and non-occupied Franc are
living on previously accumu
lated stocks.
As toon at these stocks are
depleted the French will ex
perience the paradox of food
shortages In the midst of plenty.
simply because there it no gas
oline for the truckt which
otherwise would be carrying
butter, cheese and eggs from
Normandy to Paris, or fruits
from the south.
CONGRESS DEBATE
DELAYS PLAN FOR
CONSCRIPT DRILL
War Department Now Hopes
to Have 900,000 In Uni
form by January 1, Word
Washington, Aug. 13. (IP).
Senator Wheeler (D., Mont.) as
serted today that the army gen
eral staff was "utilizing tha
present crisis to saddle conscrip
tion on the country" even
though compulsory military
training was unnecessary for the
nation'i defense.
Washington, Aug. 13.-
Brig. Gen. William E. Shedd
said today that the amount of
time required by congress to
consider conscription legislation
had brought about a postpone
ment of war department plant
to have 900,000 men in uniform
early this fall.
The department now plans to
have 900,000 men ln uniform
by January 1, Shedd said, "and
even that is an optimistic pro
gram." The assistant chief of staff in
charge of personnel appeared
before the house military com
mittee as the senate began its
third day of debate on the
Burke Wadsworth compulsory
service bill under wnicn men
between 21 and 30, inclusive.
would be required to register
for service.
Revision Necessary
The army schedule had call
ed for registration in Septem- '
ber and for 400,000 conscripts
called to the colors October 1.
Shedd did not touch upon any
new time for registration but
testified that the fact that con
scription legislation had not
been approved, together with
its necessary appropriations, had
necessitated revision of the pro
gram.
His outline of the program
showed that the army Included
regular soldiers, volunteers, and
conscript trainees in the 900,
000 troops. Legislation for call
ing up the national guard and
other reserve categories for
training and use anywhere in
this hemisphere has been pass
ed by the senate and was ap
proved by the house military
committee yesterday.
It won legislative right-of-way
to the house floor from the
rules committee today.
The senate military commit
tee, meanwhile, decided to in
vite Gov. Herbert H. Lehman
of New York to testify Thurs
day on his plan for creating
home guard units equipped by
the federal government. . These
would serve only in home de
fense.
PREPAREDNESS GAINS
SEEN BY ROOSEVELT
ON NEWJNGLAND TRIP
Washington, Aug. IS. (IP)
President Roosevelt returned to
the White House today from an
Inspection tour of defense pro
jects in New England, where ha
expressed a conviction that tha
national preparedness program,
though not fully under way.
was making progress.
That was the way ha ap
praised the defense program in
a chat with reporters at the end
of an Inspection of defense pro
jects from a corner of Main to
New London, Conn.
The inspection tour ended last
night at New London, with
signs pointing to hit starting an
other before the week closes to
the maneuvers of the first army
in upstate New York.
The trip had supplied him
with evidence, in New England,
he said, of the speeding up of
the Intricate processes of turn
ing dollert into guns, warships,
submarines and torpedoes. It
showed him, too. expanding fa
cilities for training recruits to
man and operate the finished
war equipment
King Beet Churchill.
London, Aug. 13. Prima
Minister Churchill was received
ln audience by King George to
night. -