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No.. 136.
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THE
CAPITAL
PARADE
Br JOSEPH ALSOP. and
ROBERT KINTHER
Released by the
North American Newspaper
Alliance. Inc.
Washington, Aug. 27 As the
details are slowly filled in by
men in a position to speak with
authority, the picture of the
tragic last days of France grows
increasingly unpleasant. Episode
after episode points the cruel
contrast between the courage
the essential guts of the French
people, and the rottenness and
vacillation of their political
leaders. Since these are tales for
our times, it may be well to
record here two of the most
noteworthy.
Both concern the dreadful
time when the government had
already fled from Paris, when
the front of the armies was bro
ken, and the final disintegration
was in progress. The protagonist
of both is former Premier Paul
Reynaud, the brilliant man who
had been right from the start,
but who could not muster the
force, moral or intellectual, to
retrieve an almost irretrievable
situation when the reins of pow
er were at least transferred to
him.
The first episode took place
while Reynaud was driving into
Bordeaux from his headquarters
in the country. Police precau
tions had been taken to ensure
the roads would be clear and the
word had gone through the
countryside that Reynaud would
pass. Here and there along. the
road were little knots of simple
people, waiting for a glimpse of
the man in whose hands the des
tiny of their country was placed.
At one cross-road, where the car
was halted by an obstruction,
there was a crowd of perhaps
four hundred. The old men, and
women, and children swarmed
up to the motor to speak to Rey
naud. Half of them were refugees from
Parle little people, who had bundled
their poor belonging, onto cut and
made their way. aomehow. out of the
atrtclten city. Most of the othera. were
refugees from Alsace, who bad not
teen their homea for many long
months. Pushing and Jostling to get
near the premier, all of them shouted
to him to resist to the end. Suddenly
tha voice of one of the Alsatian
women rose above the others, crying.
(Continued on Pe 61-)
BASEBALL
American League'
Chicago . 3 5 1
Boston 2 5 0
Dietrich and Tresh; Fleming,
Heving and Foxx.
National League
(First game)
Philadelphia 0 3 1
Pittsburgh 5 9 1
Mulrahy and Warren; Sewell
and Davis.
(Second game)
Philadelphia 2 8 0
Pittsburgh 5 8 2
Higbe and Atwood; Bowman
and Fernandes.
Boston
15
9
Chicago
Errickson and Berres; French,
Root, Bryant and Collins, Todd.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRtCUNE REPORTERS
Orpha Beer consenting graci-
ously and then reneging Just as
graciously regarding the release
of a bit of travel news she knew
about.
Bessie Thompson going out to
serve some legal documents, she
not knowing Constable Nick
Young had returned to duty to
take care of such things.
Frank Bash working ever so
lndu,triousl sorocin. uo hS
industriously sprucing up nis
lawn.
hnihi anri flnwrni he
even getting up at the crack of
dawn to wield the mower-
Harry Watson walking right
up to Jan Garber and really tell
ing him off about thisa and
that.
BRITISH DESTROY I
24 ENEMY PLANES
IN AIR BATTLES
Germany and Italy Raided
Kent Coast Scene of
Fierce Combat.
(Bf the Associated Press)
London, Aug. 28. Berlin's
methodical bombers set Lon
don's air raid sirens scream,
ing again this evening for the
fifth consecutive night after
hammering all day at the city's
outer defenses and taking
losses officially placed at 2 to
1 for the Royal Air Force's de
fending fighters.
Tonight the Germans were
ahead of their self-set eve
ning schedule. All the city's
sirens howled a little before 9
o'clock, about a half hour ear
lier than Tuesday night, and
they were preceded by a 20
minute alarm in one outlying
London area.
Just before the alarm the air
ministry, in a communique,
stated that 24 German planes
had been shot down up to 8
p. m., compared with British
losses of 12 fighters.
The same communique said
the raiders had tried to pene
trate the central defenses all
afternoon, but that their only Im
portant damage had been to a
Thames estuary town. The morn
ing, also, had witnessed constant
attacks in this pathway to Lon
don. - ,
Italy Visited
Rome, Aug. 28. W)-
British
air raids over a wide range from!
northern Italy to Ethiopia were
acknowledged today by the high
command, which also reported
that Italian fliers had carried out
a violent daylight attack on the
British oil base at Haifa, Palestine.-
Sharp opposition by Italian
fighter planes and anti-aircraft
batteries limited the effective
ness of the British raids on in
dustrial centers In the upper
Italian provinces of Piedmont
and Lombardy, a communique
declared.
London, Aug.
28. (iPl The'
British air force "attacked mili
tary objectives in Germany,
Italy and enemy-occupied France
last night," the air ministry an
nounced tonight. One British
pl.ie failed to return.
New War Tactic
By the Associated Press
High-flying German bombers,
thundering across the channel
inV-shaped waves, subjected the
British isles to a new type of
"ordeal by fire" throughout the
night and early today dump
ing great quantities of incen
diary bombs and drums of time
fused gasoline.
London dispatches said the
widespread use of aerial flame
weapons indicated a new nazi
tactic of terror and destruction.
Two big waves of Swastika-
marked bombers swarmed over
the coast of Kent, in the Dover
region, and headed toward Lon
don
Swift to tfieet the threat of an
other daylight bombing attack
lh. .mnWi mnital. RAF
fighting planes roared up to
halt the invaders and engaged
them in a terrific 30-minute run -
ning battle from middle
Kent
to the Thames estuary about
30 miles. London reported the
Nazi formations were split up
and driven back.
Raiders Repulsed
London, Aug. 28. German ,
bombers smashed neavny at me
Kent coast and the thames estu-
ary leading to London
ana ermsn aeivnuci.
clared to have shot down
at
least 15 of the raiders.
An official British announce -
ment acknowledged "heavy at -
tacks."
(in Berlin, iiie Gcrriaiia i - ieum -
ed to have bombed an unaesig-
nated British airport at the,
-. U I ,W. Tt.nmA. In.l'ir A ' .
' .", ncpuDiican unrw ilhnw uj-
! ,cene of devsttion' Ther de" set into political circles today
. . .,,,, ttritiah anrft... ... . .
- ..
three German planes were shot,
down in that single engage-
ment.)
Two wedge formations one
of 18 and the other of 21 planes
nought to break London
outer ring of defenses.
McNary, Family Hear Notification
Senator Charles L. McNary (right) nervously bites his lip and Mrs. McNary strains to hear
Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota notify the senator of his nomination as the Republi
can vice-presidential candidate. Charlotte McNary. S. seems NOT a bit impressed by it all. In
his acceptance speech McNary charged the Roosevelt administration with fundamental errors of
government, but credited it with "certain social gains" in the last seven years.
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HITLER ASSUMING
PEACEMAKER R0LE1F.R. APPOINT "AIR
TO CALM BALKANS
LI.. nn.rv fajmc. Crra
Hungary UaitTlS LnilCai
Fuehrer Fears Spread of
War in Europe
By the Associated Press
High in his Obersalzburg
mountain chalet, Adolf Hitler
enacted the role of behind-the-scenes
peacemaker in the Balk
an crisis today.
The
Italy's
Nail Fuehrer received
foreign minister Count
Galeazzo Ciano and presumably
dictated his desires for mainten-
ance of the status quo in south-
east Europe, newly threatened
with war betwen Rumania and
Hungary.
Count Ciano then left by
plane for Vienna, accompanied
by Germany's foreign minister
Joachim Von Ribbentrop, for a
4-power parley tomorrow with
Balkan representatives aimed
at settling Hungary's claim on
the rich Rumanian province of
Transylvania.
Hitler has previously expres
sed a stern wish to keep the
flames of the main European
conflict from spreading to the
so-called "Balkan powderkeg",
for two reasons:
1. To Insure the uninterrup
ted flow of vital oil and food
supplies from Rumania and
Hungary to Germany for the
battle against Britain.
2. To permit Germany to
concentrate on Britain alone
without having to divert troops
by taking sides In a back-door
i conflict in southeast Europe.
-
Budapest. Hungary, Aug. 28.
tip) Hungary
accused the
1 Rumanian
air force tonight of
sending army planes on reeon-.
naissance flights over this coun-1
try's territory ana acniea tnai
one of its own bombers had at-
tacked a Rumanian airport.
BACK GOP. TICKET
Minnfannlia. Auff. 28
, H ik Shn,.Mri. Minnesota's
,wmor ,cnator ln congress, who
surprised the state a few weeks
: ago by abandoning an 18-year
affiliation with the Farmer-
Laborites to seek re-election as
LI: .1 . . 1 ..
"J iiuui...i. .... .uHK"..
Wendell Willkie.
Never In his long senatorial
i career he first went to Wash-
ington in 1922 has Shipstead
declared unequivocally for a
s. presidential candidate of either
I party.
WILLKIE DEMANDS!
i
DEFENSE CHIEFS
Rushville, Ind-, Aug. 28 (P)
Wendell L. Willkic opened his
presidential campaign headquar
ters on Main street today with.. a
demand that President Roose
velt appoint immediately assis
tant secretaries for aviation in
the war and navy departments.
The Republican nominee
drove here last night irom In
dianapolis, stopping at an out-
I lying restaurant in that city to
listen by radio to the acceptance
speech of his running mate, Sen
ator Charles L. McNary of Ore-
igon. Willkie had flown to In-
diana polis from New York
Following up previous criti
cism of the administration de
fense program, Willkie issued a
statement saying:
"In connection with my sug
gestion that there should be cre
ated a position in the cabinet for
aeronautics, I want to make an
other suggestion immediately.
The president should appoint at
once an assistant secretary for
air in both the war and navy
departments.
'These positions have been
vacant ever since the president
came into office in 1933. The
failure to fill them is in part the
cause of the present lamentable
situation with reference to our
aeronautical development.
"At the time he (Roosevelt)
declared, he was not making
these appointments 'in the in
terest of economy.' I doubt if In
view of the subsequent expendi
ture of sixty billion dollars by
his administration that that is a
valid excuse for continuing the
vacancies which would cost
$24,000 a year to fill."
KILLS SELF FOR
LOVE KIN'S WIFE
Los Angeles, Aug. 28.
Police listed as "suicide by
shooting" today the death of
Walter Williamson, 22, who
came here two months ago from
Spokane, Wash., and, said of
ficers, fell in love with his
brother's wife.
The brothers wife, 22-year-
old Mrs. Edward Williamson,
i told Dective Lieut. P. K. Parry
Walter threatened to kill himself
unless she eloped with him.
When she refused and he locked
himself In the bathroom, she
telephoned police. As Parry
and the other officers hammered
on the locked bathroom door
they heard the shot and, break
nng In found the young
J bleeding to death.
man
ROOSEVELT SIGNS
MEASURE CALLING
GUARDS TO DUTY
Mobilization Order Due
Sept. 15 Year's Train
ing at $21 a Month.
Washington, Aug. 28. UP)
President Roosevelt has signed
legislation authorizing him to
call out 396.000 members of the
national guard and army re
serves for 12 months of active
duty.
The White House announced
Mr. Roosevelt's action, saying
the measure was signed last
night.
Congressional action on the
guard legislation finally was
completed last wek. It was
represented to congress by mili
tary experts as an essential pre
liminary to draft legislation,
since the guardsmen and re
serve officers would be used in
training and organizing a con
script army.
Now that the legislation Is
signed, Mr. Roosevelt may sum
mon the guard to duty at any
time. The army high command,
it is reported, has set Septem
ber 15, tentatively, as the date
for mobilization of the first
contingent. "
That contingent probably
will number 53,000 officers and
men, but there has been no an
nouncement as to the units
from which the men will be
drawn. There have been Indies
tions, however, that those units
probably would be the thirtieth.
forty-first, forty-fourth and
forty-fifth.
The September 15 date was
agreed upon, some authorities
reported, because the army de
sired to give guardsmen two
weeks at home between the end
of summer maneuvers and the
beginning of the 12-months ser
vice period. The last maneuv
ers end August 31.
The guardsmen and reserves
called, including all those sum
moned to duty In later contin
gents, may be assigned by the
president to serve anywhere ln
the western hemisphere and on
the Philippine islands.
Those on active duty will
draw pay at the same i.les as
are prescribed for the regular
army based on $21 a month
for enlisted men.
Fire Disrupts Phones '
Corvallls, Aug. 28. ) rire
seriously damaged the Down
Ford garage today and disrupted
telephone communications into
Corvallls for several hours.
Washington, Aug. 28. OF
The war department announced
today award of contracts for
; 870 airplane! to cost 14,-1410,233
BELT WILLI
ON FARMISSUES;
Senator to Return to Capitol!
Next Week Confers With
Party Heads.
Salem, Ore., Aug. 28 (P)
Charles L. McNary followed up
his formal acceptance of the Re
publican vice-presidential nomi
nation with a round of confer
ences with national and state
party leaders today.
The veteran Oregon senator
"Charlie Mac" to 12,000 persons
who gathered for his notification
ceremony yesterday said he
hoped to complete campaign
plans early and retire to the
seclusion of his farm home, Fir
Cone, for a few days.
He expects to return to Wash
ington, D. C. and his post as
senate minority leader shortly
after Labor Day.
Representative Joseph Martin,
Republican national chairman,
announced that Wendell Will
kie's far western running mate
would make six or seven major
campaign addresses, the first to
be "somewhere in the midwest"
after September 20.
Martin said the topic of the
first address would be agricul
turea subject McNary describ
ed aa "close to my heart" in his
30-mlnute accoptance address at
the state fairgrounds.
The vice-presidential nominee
criticized the Roosevelt admin
istration's farm program, partic
ularly its reciprocal trade treaty
system, which, he said, had
failed to "dissipate, alleviate or
liquidate the uneconomic condi
tions" facing agriculture.
He said that in spite of sub
sidy payments, farm income dur
ing the seven years of the new
deal averaged two billion dol
lars less annually than during
the previous seven years of Re
publican administrations.
He added that "any secretary
of agriculture would be ham
pered by the reciprocal trade
system."
Boss Flynn Jibes
New York, - Aug. 28 (P)
Senator McNary s address for
mally accepting the Republican
vice-presidential nomination was
termed "one of the best Demo
cratic speeches of the camnalizn
thus far" by Democratic Nation
al chairman Edward J. Flynn in
a statement issued today through
the party's national headquar
ters.
"Of course, as the Republican
vice-presidential nominee he
found it necessary to poke a
little criticism at the administra
tion," Flynn's statement said,
"but he left no doubt that he
approves of the Roosevelt social
aims and that he is proud of the
votes he cast for new deal measures."
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War Bulletins 1
Cairo. Egypt. Aug. 21. P
Alexandria, British naval
base, and Port Said, at tha
northern entrance to tha Sues
canal, were raided by enemy
airplanes early today, but no
damage was caused and Ihare
were no casualties, a British
naval communique announced.
It was the first raid of tha
war upon Port Said, which Is
guarded by the British fleet in
its control of the canal and
by British land forces In mili
tary agreement between Brit
ain and Egypt.
Alexandria frequently has
been attacked by Italian
planes.
ALIENISTS HOLD
FEHL IS INSANE,
Report to Court Says He
Suffers- From Paranoia
and Delusions.
Salem, Aug. 28. P) A re
port by two Portland psychia
trist that former Jackson county
Judge Earl Fehl Is "suffering
from paranoia and is Insane
was admitted Into evidence this
afternoon in proceedings in
which Fehl seeks release from
the state hospital.
The psychiatrists, Drs, James
H. Hudelson and Wendell H.
Hutchlns, were appointed by
Circuit Judge Calvin L. Sweek
of Pendleton to assist him In
determining whether Fehl was
safe to be at large.
"The danger to society," the
doctors reported, 'is evidenced
by his (Fehl's) relative lack of
freedom ln thought and by his
acting from a central delusion."
The doctors continued that
Fehl has a belief in his personal
importance and that he believes
he is being persecuted.
The hearing will end either
late today or early tomorrow.
L
BESTS AIRLINER
New York, Aug. 28 W A
seagull smacked into an airliner
as it was about to take off from
La Guardia field today and flew
away under its power, which
was more than the airliner did.
The bird, flying blind through
a heavy rainstorm, struck the
airliner's left windshield and
chipped the glass. Stunned, the
seagull fell to the plane's wing,
flopped around a minute, got Its
wind back, and flew away.
The airliner, transferring Its
12 Boston-bound passengers to
another ship, retired to hangar
for repairs.
bare you been, en relleff..
Mawspaper Polls of America. Ine.)
SENATE APPROVES
FEDERAL CONTROL
FOR WAR PLANTS
Business 'Sit-Down' Pro
hibitedWheeler. Bitter,
Holt Makes Sensational
Charge.
Washington, Aug. 21.-
Tha senate rejected today by a
43 to 41 vote a proposal to delay
actual conscription of men for
military training under tha
Burke-Wadsworih bill for two
60-day trials of voluntary en
listment.
Washington, Aug. 28.-
The senate wrote Into the Burke-
Wadsworth conscription bill to
day provision for the govern
ment to take over manufactur
ing plants when necessary for
defense purposes.
Described by its authors. Sen
ators Russell (D., Ga.) and Over
ton (D., La.) as a prohibition
against any possible business
"sit-down" against limited prof
Its provided on some Items of
the defense construction pro
gram, the amendment would
confer broad powers on the
secretaries of war and navy.
Under Its terms the president
would be authorized to direct
institution of plant condemna
tion proceedings whenever eith
er secretary "determines that
any existing manufacturing ,
plant or facility is necessary for
the national defense and la un
able to arrive at an agreement
with the owner of such plant or
facility for its use or operation"
by the war or navy departments.
The departments would - be
empowered to take over tha
plant and operate It pending
court action.
Near Final Vote
The senate was pushing tha
conscription bill toward final
passage late In the day when tha
Russell-Overton amendment was
reached. It was prepared re
cently after defense officials told
the appropriations committee
that some contracts had been
delayed because of "profit" con
siderations by manufacturers.
With passage of the measure)
apparently assured, Wheeler ask
ed why the senate did not "go
the whole way" and "attach
declaration of war to the Burke
Wadsworth conscription bill."
Senator Holt CD., W. Va.) told
reporters, meanwhile, that he
had received information he
considered reliable that two pro
administration members were
canvassing the senate to deter
mine whether there was suffi
cient support to obtain passage
of a resolution declaring that
a state of war existed with
Germany.
The contention might be
made. Holt said he was In
formed, that a state of war
existed because of statement
antagonistic to this country
made by Hitler and Mussolini.
The West Virginia senator re
fused to disclose the source of
his Information or to name tha
senators he said were Involved,
IN INDIAN OCEAN
Berlin, Aug. 28 (Pi The
sinking of the second British
merchantshlD within a week by
' i i f o ra r.lH.n nnrfllln0 in riisw
tant waters was announced to
day by the German high com
mand, which said the 0,001-ton
"armed" tanker, British Com
mander, had gone down ln tha
Indian ocean.
(Radio reports received In
New York Monday from tha
British Commander said she had
been stopped and shelled north
of Madagascar off the east coast
of Africa by an unidentified
ship.)
The high command announc
ed last Saturday that a raider
had sunk the 8.708-ton steamer
Turakina In the Tasman sea, be
tween Australia and Mew Zealand.