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No. 133.
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London Ablaze After Raids; Vw r
i Attack in Waves British I tTy- ,M
, Retaliate; Loss Held Small I - c yW-i ylJr
Br JOSEPH ALSOP. and
ROBERT KINTNER
Released by lha
North Amarlcan Newspaper
Alliance. Inc.
Washington, Aug. 23. The
value to be given recent encour
aging testimony as to England's
chances depends, in large meas
ure, on the testimony s Dae-
Br tha Atsoclatad Prats
London, -Aug. 25 (Sunday)
r.frman air warriors, in their
ground. It is remarkably impres-l f.st direct assault against the
tive. for example, that after
months of unalloyed defeatism.
Ambassador to England Joseph
P. Kennedy has now been con
vinced the English air defense
is adequate to prevent the "pul
verization" of England which he
has always feared.
It Is also impressive that in
telligent neutral observers are
arriving in this country, with
the spectacle of the great Ger
man air attacks fresh in their
minds, but in a far more cheer
ful mood than prevails in Wash
ington. Two men of this type
have lately passed through the
city both of them highly placed
officials, both entirely competent
to judge the realities of Eng
land's situation.
Just before leaving London
one of these men had a series ef
conversations with Winston
Churchill and other English war
leaders. While admitting there
were terrible times ahead, Chur
chill actually told him he would
"welcome" a German attempt at
Invasion. I
He predicted that Invasion would
prove a blunder eostly to Germany In
men. material and morale. And he
grlmlT, but determinedly discussed
RIs plsns tor a long war. In which
England would only begin to take
tha offensive In tha winter of 1942.
In reporting thla conversation, the
neutral observer remarked that
Churchill showed tha sort of confi
dence that begeta confidence In oth
ers. Aa for the other of these two men.
ha la unquestionably better equipped
than any other foreigner to Judge
England's material powera of resist
anoe. He fully confirmed tha current
good newa about English airplane
output, giving tha June production
aa 1.341 planss. and pointing out It
must have improved considerably In
tha Interval. He quoted equally
heartening figures on other typea of
munitions production. And In gen
eral, although he did not wholly re
ject the possibility of early German
victory, ha refused to accept the dark
forecasts of many American experts.
heavily-protected city of Lon-
don last night and early today,
dropped great clusters of incen-
diary bombs which lit up this
heart nf the British empire with
the orange glow of flame.
The furious and prolonged
bombing scattered fires that en
veloped whole buildings within
a few minutes.
Even after the raiders had
gone and most of the fires had
been subdued, a dense pall of
smoke hung in the morning sky.
No Serious Damage
There was no estimate of cas
ualties or damage, but first re
ports said nothing of serious da
mage to military objectives.
The intense attack upon Lon
don followed mass assaults
against the Portsmouth naval I
base and southeast England in!
which the air ministry news
service estimated the Germans
used 800 bombers and fighter
I planes.
One screaming attacx py a
dive bomber who dropped big
incendiary bomb in the face of
the full power of the city's de
fenses touched off the biggest
blaze of the night marked by
several fires throughout the
city.
Sky Aglow
As the din of battle sounded
overhead, the fire blazed fierce
ly. The flames got such a hold
that within a half-hour they il
luminated the sky over a large
part of the London area. The
blaze finally was controlled.
After the all clear signal was
given sometime after midnight,
what was believed to be enemy
planes were heard over London
Later searchlights resumed
Tha Lockhead P 38, a twin anginad inlerceplor pursuit plana, said by an army authority
to ba tha fastest military craft in tha world, it shown at Lot Angelas at it was unveiled for
William S. Knudien, chairman oi tha National Defense Advisory commission, and Major General
H. H. Arnold, chief of the army air corps. It hat an estimated speed of over 500 milat an hour.
Shown banealh tha plane, left to right, Knudten, Arnold and Robert E. Gross, Lockheed president.
Even tha American expert have
aomewhat recovered from their ear
lier despair, aa waa lately stated In
this column. They have recovered
because, after a period of extreme
suspicion, they are now Inclined to
NAZI RAIDS HOPE ASK IESSE JONES
JOIN CABINET
By William H. McCaifla
Lond.on. Aug. 2S. (Sunday)
OF) "I hope to hell Berlin is
blazing now," cried a spectator
early today as firemen battled
a great blaze started by a Ger
man incendiary bomb.
"That's right, they better get
something for this.
watcher replied.
"Yep, this war't getting seri
ous," agreed a third.
"It looks like indiscriminate
bombing to me," said another.
I was coming out of a west
end restaurant when a German
bomb whistled down and ex
ploded. Fire flared up not far
WILLKIE AND FDR
CLASH OVER NEW
DEAL LABOR AID
PIONEER VIRTUES
N SALEM SPEECH
Senator Hopes For Short
Rest Predicts Congress
To Quit October 10.
Jutt Befuddled
Green Bay, Wit., Aug. 24.
(Pi "Someone stole mv
pants with $8 in a pocket
from my car," a man report
ed to police by telephone.
Detectives who Investi
gated were met by a very red
faced individual.
Ift all right," ha said. "I
just remembered I had my
punts on under my overalls."
SENATE NEAR TO
DRAFT BILL VOTE;
BYRD HITS DELAY
Decision In Abeyance -"
FDR's Aide at Chicago
Meet in III Health.
from me almost immediately.
their swing across the skies in This midnight bombing, from
a moonlit sky, was the first di
search of enemy planes, and dis
tant explosions were heard.
Four bombs were dropped in
another section, shattering win
dows, hurling down walls and
flinging bomb splinters through
rect attack on London since the
war began, but was the third on
Greater London in less than a
day.
Washington, Aug. 24. (IP)
another . President Roosevelt asked Jesse
H. Jones, 86-year-old Texan and
federal loan administrator, to
day to take over the post of sec
retary of commerce, succeeding
Harry L. Hopkins in the cab
inet. Announcement of the offer
was made by the White House
in making public a letter of
resignation from Hopkins who
said that because of his health
he felt he should not continue
in office.
Associates of Jones presumed
he would accept, but there was
no direct word from him. He
the streets. The only serious 'd and to London proper wcre
(Continued on Page 61a.)
RUSH FOR ALTAR S
New York, Aug. 24. fP
Extra police were called in to
keep order today as more than
1,500 altar-bound young couples
stormed the five marriage li
cense bureaus of New York
City.
The current rush to marry has
kept pace with congressional
action on the selective service
bill, but prospective bride
grooms questioned today denied
they were hurrying into wed
lock to escape the draft.
Biggest rush was at the
Brooklyn bureau where approxi
mately 1.200 couples tried to
get licenses, tome showing up
at 8:20 a. m. A sergeant and
two patrolmen were on duty,
but by 9 o'clock the situation
was out of hand, and the ser
geant called for help.
Another sergeant and 13 pa
trolmen arrived. After a half
hour struggle with the crowd
they turned 300 couples away,
telling them to come back an
other day.
casualty there was an air raid
warden struck by splinters.
Three Raids
The third air raid alarm was
sounded at 11:35 p.m. (2:35 p.m.
PST) last night. The battle of
the skies continued on past mid
night before the all clear signal
was given.
It followed closely on mass
attacks on the great naval base
Portsmouth and the bombard
ment of Dover by long range
guns
The Germans spread out as
far as Wales in the night raid
ing. Bombs were dropped near
a village but anti-aircraft fire
drove off the enemy and there
were no casualties.
Nazi dive bombers were par
ticipating in the London attack,
dropping scream bombs as the
battle wore on.
the only inklings of the raid's
location which escaped the Bri
tish censor's ban.)
Crowds seeped in from the
dark, narrow streets about this
area, which had been nearly de
serted, as usual, on the British
weekend. They talked among
themselves, quietly but bitterly.
The presence of helmeted sol
diers, carrying gasmasks, gave
wartime trimmings to this fire
which already had all the emo
tion of a spectacular American
fire
(Continued .1 t'ajie Seven.)
PEAR DIVERSION
BRIDGES STAY IN
(These references to the west was out of the city and was
said to have the offer under
advisement.
Hopkins was understood to
have no plans for the immed
iate future except to rest. There
were reports, however, that he
might take the position of li
brarian at the Hyde Park, N.
Y., library built to house the
president's official papers and
expected to be opened next
summer.
The 50-year-old former relief
administrator who stepped into
the cabinet shoes of Daniel C.
Roper in January, 1939, has
suffered from a stomach ail
ment for two years.
Hopkins is the fifth to leave
the cabinet since shortly before
the July Democratic national
convention
Washington. Aug. 24. (P)
President Roosevelt and Wen
dell L. Willkle took sharp issue
in print today over the new
deal's labor policies.
The Democratic and Republi
can presidential candidates sta
ted their views in the current
issue of The American Feder-
ationist, official monthly maga
zine of the American Federation
of labor.
President Roosevelt declared.
his administration was "willing
to be judged as to future pol
icy by past performance".
'The achievements of the ad
ministration since 1933," he
said, "shall be witness to its
good faith in the future."
wuiKie asserted that new
deal labor policies, if continued.
would result in the American
labor movement's being "com
pletely dominated bjr govern
ment" with the "old, discredited
company union" being replaced
by "government unions at in
Nazi Germany."
"I pledge myself," the Repub
lican nominee said, "to help the
principle of free unions."
In his statement, the presi
dent declared examination of
the labor record of the past
seven years "will reveal that
this administration has been un
remitting in its effort! to foster,
promote and develop the inter
ests of labor, to improve work
ing conditions and to advance
opportunities for profitable em
ployment.
Salem, Ore., Aug. 24. (IP)
Senator Charles McNary, home
to accept the Republican vice
presidential nomination and to
rest, left the major tasks of the
campaign today to hit running
mate, Wendell L. Wlllkie.
Motoring through Salem to
his farm home. Fircone, the sen
ate minority leader paused long
enough to say that he Intended
to let "Willkie carry tha ball
and set the pace.
McNary will maka only four
or five speeches.
My acceptance theme on
Tuesday will bo pioneer his
tory, pioneer tradition and pio
neer virtues. Out of that I will
obtain the idea that pioneer
virtues are better than looking
to the government for a Job,"
he said.
MeNary hopes to remain at
his home until after Labor day.
"It has been a year lest two
weeks since I've been home,
and I'm the only senator who
hasn't missed a day's work in
i that time. I think I'm entitled
to a rest."
At Portland, the end of
cross country air journey, Mc
Nary predicted to interviewers
that the conscription bill wrtuld
past in some form or other
with a fair vote."
'There is an amendment by
Senator Maloney which will
cause much debate," he added.
"It would postpone the effective
date of the selective service bill
until January 1. ... Its purpose
is to give the army an oppor
tunity to make ej. drive for vol
untary enlistment and tee what
happent before the telective
service becomes effective.
Congress, McNary predicted,
will not adjourn before October
10 and "maybe not then."
Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Jr.,
Massachusets, new Republican
national chairman, will arrive,
Sunday night for the notifica
tion ceremonies which will take
place at the state fairgrounds.
Governor Harold E. Stasscn of
Minnesota, who will notify Sen
ator McNary of his nomination
will reach Portland Monday
night.
The committee In charge of
the ceremonies predicted an at
tendance of 40,000.
FIRE LAYS WASTE
TO CALIFORNIA
EDIFICE AT FANE
Virginian Asks Explanation
Why Orders Lag Of
ficial Figures Are Cited,
Interior Is Destroyed, But
Much Saved Fire
Alarms Are Sounded.
KILLED IN CRASH
BULLETIN
"Crooner" No Radical
Grangeville, Idaho, Aug. 24
(,-P Glenn Taylor. Pocatello
subject to deportation under re
cently enacted legislation.
A majority of the senate Im-
Washineton. Aug. 24. IIP .migration committee recom-
The export diversion program ' mended the Inquiry as a aub-
for designated varieties of fall.stttute tor a nouse-approea om
and winter pears produced in which would require expulsion
Oregon, Washington and Cali-iof the labor leader,
fornia. will be continued for the Attorney General Jackson, in
1940-41 season, the agriculture 'announcing the new inquiry,
department said today. I said that J. Edgar Hoover, dl-
It will provide subsidies of I rector of the federal bureau of
about 40 cents a box for a max- investigation, wat on the west
Washington, Aug. 24. (IP)
The Justice department, acting
on a senate committee recom
mendation, began today an in
vestigation to determine
whether Harry Bridges, west
coast CIO maritime leader, is estate operator, Jones entered
Democratic convention in Chi
cago and had been credited
with being leader in the 1938
administration effort to defeat
Democratic critict of the new
deal.
A Houston builder, financier,
newspaper publisher ana real
u I.!-. M, r,..,...l.'. . vr-l
..'7.1 i. lne Corvallis Laundrymen won
personal representative at the, the 0rcgon ,ute chgm
pionship tonight, defeating
Square Deal of Salem 6 to 1
behind the two-hit pitching of
Elwin Shaw. Both hits were
made by George Scales who
scored Salem's only run by
making the first one a home
run In the first Inning.
Corvallis tewed the game up
with a four run rally In the
fourth inning on three hits and
all four of Salem't errors.
It wat the first time in the
state tournament's seven-year
history that a team outside of
Salem or Portland won the
title.
Score: R. H. E.
Corvalhs 6 8 1
Salem 1 2 4
the federal service in the Hoo
ver administration
8 OR 9 CAUSES FOR
OF
Denver, Aug. 24. IIP) An
Imum quantity of 800.000 boxes Icoast prepared to ttart work onjarmy board of inquiry Investi
of pears diverted from regular tthe case. I gating the crash of an army
crooner who won the Demo-! channels of trade and told in Jackson's announcement came bomber that carried nine men
cratic senate nomination, tonight designated domestic or foreign ' shortly after Chairman King to flaming death near Denver.
Klamath Fallt, Aug. 24. P)
Archie Pool, 24, died today in
a hospital where a few hours
earlier hit wife had borne a ton.
En route from the hospital
to his Job on Sprague river, he
was fatally Injured in a collision
of two automobiles. The crash
also tent Don Hunsaker, Martin
Millard and Ernest Moline, all
ofe Klamath Fallt, to the hospital.
San Francitco, Aug. 24. IIP)
Fire laid waste to one of Treas
ure Island's most beautiful build
ings today, but several hundred
firemen and more than 50 pieces
of equipment kept the blaze
from spreading over the rest of
the Golden Gate International
exposition.
Only the flame-shot walls of
the California building remained
after the teething furnace had
consumed everything in the
interior. The huge hall cost
$350,000 to build, and housed
valuable art, much of which
wat saved.
One fireman, Joseph Flood,
waa critically injured in fall
from a 40-foot ladder.. Seven
teen other fire-fighters were
treated for minor injuries.
Thousands of persons had
grandstand teatt for the fire,
crowding into the big bleachert
nearwy, from which outdoor
spectacles are witnessed.
One favorite of exposition
visitors, the large-scale diorama
of Portola't discovery of San
Francitco bay, wat consumed
by Itie flames. Modeled by Joe
Mora of Carmel, famout sculp
tor, it wat insured for $25,000
but exposition officios valued
it at $50,000.
Wie fir was believed to have
started in electrical wiring on'
the ttage of the build lng't big
auditorium.
Five alarmt were turned in,
and most pf the fire-fighting
equipment from downtown San
Francisco raced over the Bay
bridge to the man-made 400-acre
Island upon which the exposi
tion it held.
There wat little wind, and
few embert were thrown at the
one-story frame and plaster
building wat destroyed.
Most of the records of the Cal
ifornia commission were saved,
at waa the art exhibit of Cali
fornia paintera, intured for $31,
000. An exhibit of fine printing,
intured for $10,000, wat rescued.
The California building housed
administrative offices, a great
ballroom, and number of
exhibit roomi.
Wag Law Compliance
Washington, Aug. 24..
A nation-wide drive for com
pliance with the wage and hour
law in five manufacturing in
dustriesfurniture, 1 a t h a r
goods and luggage, boott and
hoet, hosiery and woolen goods
wat ordered today by Col.
Philip B. Fleming, wage-hour
administrator.
Washington, Aug. 24. (flV
Protesting that delay In defense)
preparations was menacing na
tional security. Senator Byrd
Va.) demanded tonight that
senate "stay in session day
and night until a vote Is ob
tained" on the Burke-Wads
worth compulsory military
training bill.
In a statement, the Virginian
also called on defense chieftains
for an explanation of why "the
placing of orders for deliver
of mechanized military equip-
ment it lagging."
If red tape it to blame."
he laid, "the country thould
know It. If the blame it due)
to inefficient bureaucratic ad
ministration, it thould be
known. If it it due to the re
fusal of business enterprises to
accept contracts from tha gov
ernment, we should know it."
Prospects for a final vote)
next week on the Burke-Wads-worth
bill brightened when tha
senate agreed to restrict debate)
on pending amendment.
Threatens Proba
"I have no desire to criticize.'
he added, "but I feel I would
be derelict in my duty it I did)
not ask for an explanation from -
those In authority of thlt ap
parent delay in ordering mech
anized military equipment. IC
such Information It not prompt
ly forthcoming and satisfactory,
I will Introduce the necessary
legislation providing for a cone
gressional investigation."
Senator Gibson, making hi
first formal speech tine ha
wat appointed to fill the va
cancy created by the death of
hit father, told hit colleagues
that the time had come to legis
late for lmmeliate conscription.
The senate, ha raid, already had
taken at long to debate tha
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conquer France.
Official Figures
Byrd laid ha- hit statement
that only 343 combo planes-
S for the army and 244 for
the navy had been ordered In.
the last 100 days, and that nona
would be delivered In thlt cal
endar year.
'These figures art official
and come directly from the tec
retary of the navy and tecretary
of war,", he said.
He went on to say that an In
vestigation "convlncei me tha
the alarming delay in placing
contracts for combat airplanes)
existi in obtaining other mili
tary equipment of a vital na
ture."
"No wonder." he said, "that
Hitler hat the utmott contempt
for dem o c r a 1 1 e Institution
which are Incapable of prompt
and wise action In time of emer-
Escapes From Devil's Island
Picked Up in Florida Bay
told Idaho's Young Democrats : markets before specified dates. ' (D., Utah) of the senate Immi-
that he will "play ball" with Final dates for diversion are I (ration committee, declared
the state Democratic organiza- November 1. 1940, for Beurre ! Bridget should be deported to
tlon and that he has been mit-1 Hardy pears: Jan. 1, 1941. for Australia, hit native land. Im-
auoted in stories holding him up Beurre Bosc: April 15. 1941. mediately beraue his preence eliminated
as a radical or a "sharethe- for Beurre D'Anjou. May 1J. in the L'luled States was "hurt- tentatively
wraith" proponent. 141, for all other varieties. fuL"
Shaw and Daily; McGee and
L. Singer.
Night game:
Lot Angelet . 0 8 1
Sacramento - 2 4 1
Miami, Fla., Aug. 24. P
Eight men who said they left
Devil's island French prison
colony off the South American
coast when guards relaxed
their vigilance because food sup
plies did not arrive were pick
ed up by tha coast guard in
Biscayne bay today.
Lieut. H. P. Maley, coast
guar'i officer and federal port
captsin, turned the men and
their 28-foot sloop In which
is studymg "eight or nine" pos- Thom ,nd H0i'm: Judd and!"11 '""n Trlnidd. over
tible causes for the disaster.
Lightning and a bomb ex
I Crilk.
plosion, however, virtually were i San Francisco
'de-it to a
Uo immigration authorities,
j Through Interpreters, the
1 imen told a story of leaving
2 Devil's island in two canoes
. 4
Civil authorities' Stn Diego 2 12
attribtued the acci- Epperly and Botclho; Hebert'Mav 5.
terrific down draft" and Salkeld. I They made their way to Trln
Idad In 12 dayt. Residents of
Trindid outfitted them with the
sloop and supplies and they set
tall for Puerto Rico. They ob
tained a map at Puerto Rico
and said they planned to go to
Canada.
There wat no food aboard the
boat and the men said they had
not eaten for two days. They
had ample water.
They said conditions at
Devil's Island, offshore from
French Guiana, became critical
when supply thlpt failed to ar
rive, and guardt, no longer paid,
mad no effort to prevent es
capes. Immigration agents started
an Investigation to determine
what will be dona.
gency.
To the argument mat
scription was undemocratic, ha
had this to say:
'When I was a boy In school
we uaed to have fire drills. Let's
abolish thlt un-American and
undemocratic institution. Did
anyone ask me if I wanted to)
go to a fire drill7 no. t wat sent
down the ttalrs with tha othfcf
children, not being fully aware)
of my constitutional rights."
DUE!
Outlook for tha far western
ttatet for the week of August
24 to 28: Generally rainless ex
cept for scattered thunderstorm
over high mountain ranges aa
beginning of period; consider
able cloud and fog on the Im
mediate coast, and toward end
of period light to moderate rain
is likely on the Immediate Oregon-Washington
coast; temper
atures will average near normal
over all far western states, al
though at beginning of period
readings will be somewhat
above normal in Idaho.