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Br JOSEPH ALSOP. end
ROBERT KINTNER
Released by the
Iforih American Newipaper
Alliance. Inc.
Washington, Sept. 6. Before
long England's power to with
stand an all-out air attack prob
ably will have been put to a
..final test. Some time ago the
cables began to bring word of
new German air division head
quarters being established on
the channel and North Sea
coasts, of large reinforcements
In planes and pilots being
brought up, and of other signs
of preparation for the long
heralded attack in full strength
on the British isles. American
observers are strongly inclined
to believe the attack will begin
this week.
Only the future can show the
outcome. It is encouraging,
however, that as this is wi.tten,
perhaps on the very eve of the
crucial day, the wisest and best
informed American experts are
unexpectedly optimistic in their
appraisal of England's chances.
IJARDLY more than a month
ago, they awaited the first
big-scale engagements between
the English and German air
forces in a mood of almost sui
cidal gloom. In Berlin, German
air officials had made the claim
to American attaches that it
would take no more than seven
to nine days to drive the royal
air force to refuge In Scottish
and Welsh bases, or even to
destroy It virtually in toto.
Examining the statistics on
comparative air power, the
American experts dismissed
English counter-claims as new
evidences of the complacency
so long prevalent in London,
and accepted the German pre
diction almost at face value.
Then, during the opening
phase of the air battle over Eng
land, the English counter-claims
were largely substantiated by
the R.A.F.'s performance. Care
ful checking showed that the
English air loss figures were as
accurate as possible under the
. circumstances.
There was a surge of good
cheer among the experts here,
and even the most pessimistic
(Continued on Ptga Ten.)
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Sumas. Wash., Sept. 6 (IP)
Principal Dean Vale of Sumas
school revealed today the sus
pension of an 11-year-old girl
member of Jehovah's witnesses
because she refused, on religious
grounds, to salute the flag.
The girl, Merle Knight, said
she was taught that "homage
shall be paid only to God."
Vale said the suspension was
required under a recent ruling
by Attorney General Smith
g Troy that it is the duty of school
directors to suspend or expel
children who refuse to comply
with flag salute orders.
Washington, Sept. 6. (IP)
The senate confirmed today thej
" appointment of Frank C. Walker
to succeed James A. Farley as
postmaster general In President
Pno-pvplt's cabinet. I
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIEUNE REPORTERS
Lewis L'lrich viewing with
alarm the names of fishing
lures spelled without capital let
ters, the fish not caring much
one way or the other.
Dr. Sherman Landoh Divine
blaming the Democrats for the
present deplorable condition of
the postnffice. he being unable
to find his mail box amid the
debris.
Merrill A. Bencka telling how
he was too big for one kind of
service he liked and too small
for another in the World war.
he having to be content with
what was assigned to him.
MASS ASSAULTS
F
OF
Nazi Formations Too Heavy
to Count Battles Rage in
Half Dozen Areas at Once
London. Sept. b.' OP) The
air ministry announced tonight
that in air battles over England
up to 5 p. m.. 38 enemy aircraft
had been destroyed. Fifteen
British fighters were lost.
British fighters destroyed at
tacking German planes "at the
rate of one every two minutes"
in the Nazis' great aerial thrust
at England this morning, the air
ministry said.
By the Associated Press
London, Sept. fi German war
planes too numerous to count
assailed Britain today in a
mightier - than - ever offensive
which seemed designed to wear
down the royal air force and
smash its bases to clear the way
for land invasion.
All over the London area and
southeastern England the planes
of besieged and besieger tangled
in a series of non-stop battles-
The fourth attack of the day
on London's own defenses came
in early evening, causing a 36
minute alarm.
Wave on wave of fighter
escorted bombers swept like a
tide against the London area,
following up an all-night attack
which lasted seven hours and 33
minutes.
While the fourth London raid
was under way the air ministry
announced RAF attacks last
night on the Fiat airplane en
gine work's at Turin, Italy, on
the German-held French harbors
of Boulogne and Calais and on
the Cap Gris Nez (France) em
placements of long-range guns
that had battered the English
channel coast.
To meet the onslaught, masses
of British fighters took to the
skies, setting upon at least one
formation of 200 bombers and
battle planes and fending off
bomb attacks on airports in the
London area.
The air ministry said at least
34 German planes had been shot
down. Nine British planes were
lost but the pilots of six were
reported safe.
The air ministry said that
"intensive" air battles resulted
in turning back attacks on sev
eral airdromes as the Germans
attempted to smash their way
up the Thames valley toward
London, but that only "slight
damage was done to ODe factory
in the area.
A row of 40 houses also was
damaged in a dawn raid in Lon
don. Splinters killed a woman in
that attack.
Later reports indicated 350
bombers and fighters had cross
ed the coast to make the first of
the series of attacks on London
and the southeast.
The London area had its third
alarm of the day at 12:55 p. m.,
(3:55 a. m., PST) after the long
est night raid of the war seven
hours and 33 minutes in which
strewn wreckage showed the
Germans had succeeded in get
ting through to drop bombs in
virtually every district around
the London balloon barrage.
Sewers were hit, a gas main
wrecked, railroad stations hit
and communications temporar
ily knocked out, an air raid Micl-
ter containing 1.000 persons hit,
a hospital demolished and
houses and shops knocked to
pieces. Two persons in the shel
ter were injured.
The all clear signal ended the
third alarm sounded at 1:54 p.
m.. after 59 minutes.
While London was undergoing
this non-stop raid, similar alarms
and attacks were occurring thru
out virtually the rest of Eng
land. Then the raiders returned just
as Londoners were going to
work.
I Antiaircraft Doomed ana ex
plosions were heard.
Curls of smoke from the ex
haust of planes so high in the
I sky they were invisible gave
I spectators the feeling of watch
i ing a ghost combat.
I The morning alarm lasted an
hour and 11 minutes, and then
Just after noon Londoners were
sent to shelters again by an
I alarm that lasted 59 minutes.
To Exile
King Carol, II (above), was
reported today aboard the Ru
manian royal yacht with Magda
Lupescu, bound for an undis
closed destination following his
abdication in favor of his 11-ytar-old
son. Miahi.
LEGION ASKED TO
RADICAL PARTIES
Seaside, Ore., Sept. 6
A legislative bill to bar from the
ballot any party advocating ov
erthrow of the government by
force was advocated last night
by Eugene E. Libby-
Some states already have pass
ed similar legislation, Libby.
Americanism department head
of the American Legion, told
delegates to the annual Oregon
department convention of Le
gionaires. He also urged that all high
schools post plaques bearing the
inscription: "This Is an Amer
ican high school. It is supported
by taxes paid on American
homes and industry. The prin
ciples of democracy are taught
and practiced here."
The Dies committee investi
gations of un-American activi
ties were strongly commended
by Libby.
Ray Scoffern of Astoria be
came grand chef de gar of the
Oregon American Legion's 40 et
8 yesterday at the annual con
vention. He succeeds Dr. B. F.
Pound, Salem.
Waldo O. Mills, Salem, was
elected conducteur; Ralph An
derson, Baker, commissaire in-
tendant; Oscar Schultz, Pendle
ton, sous de la porte; Mose Pal
mateer, Salem, Howard, Prestel,
Grants Pass, Shelba Jennings,
Pendleton, Dillard Kreiger,
Baker, chemlnots; Dr. Pound,
cheminot nationale
Klamath Falls post received a
trophy for the best stunt; Baker
post for the best drum corps.
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Salem, Sept. 9. (IP) Ore
gon's national guard of 8,208
officers and men will become
part of the United States army
at 8:00 a. m. September 18
when the guardsmen assemble
at their home stations for fed
eral mobilization, national
guard headquarters said today.
The Oregon soldiers will
leave for camp about Septem
ber 23 and probably will stay
there at least one year. The
249th coast artillery regiment
of about 700 officers and men,
will train at Camp Clatsop,
Ore., while the rest of the troops
will go to Fort Lewis. Wash.
Gov. Charles A. Sprague
signed a mobilization order to
day. Only about 20 officers and
men will remain in the state
when Oregon troops go to camp.
I but these men will go into fed
eral service a short time later
!so they may supervise the con-
! scription of about 3.000 men
under the conscription bill
I which now Is befor congress.
ABDICATED CAROL
FLEES ON YACHT
WITH INAMORATA
Son Miahi Left As Front in
Axis-Aligned Dictatorship
Antonescu Is Dictator
By Robert St. John
Bucharest, Sept. 8. (IP)
King Carol II, yielding to de
mands of Rumania's new mili
tary dictatorship and liotous
clamor in the streets, abdicated
today in favor of his 18-year-old
son Miahi, and fled into exile
aboard the royal yacht.
Reported with him was red
haired Magda Lupescu, his as
sociate more than of a decade
ago when he relinquished his
right of succession to the throne
for gay Paris exile . and let
Prince Miahi reign1 as child
monarch under a regency.
Destination Unknown
The destination of the royal
yacht which sailed into the
Black sea from Constanta was
not known. The king boarded
It after secret departure from
Bucharest by special train.
Back of him in troubled, dis
membered Rumania Carol left
his son as the front of an axis
aligned military dictatorship
which already has started a
wholesale roundup of important
political figures in Carols dec
ade of power.
Princess Helen, divorced wife
of the abdicated king, arrived
by airplane to be with her son,
one of whose first regal acts
was said to have been to send
for his exiled mother. She was
said to have come from Dres
den, Germany, but this was not
confirmed.
Pension For King
Government circles reported
that Carol in exile would re
ceive an annual "pension" equal
to $60,000, adding there was
long debate at the palace dur
ing the night over Carol s de
mand for a financial -settlement.
An annual payment was de
cided on, it was said, but Carol
likely will be dispossessed of
much of his extensive property
holdings in Rumania. He was
reputed to be one of the wealth
iest men in Europe.
Prince Miahi immediately
was proclaimed king-successor
to his father, but only to be
a figurehead ruler under stern
General Ion Antonescu, to
whom Carol had first yielded
his kingly powers and at whose
demand he finally gave up the
throne.
Carol was believed by some
to be en route to Egypt.
Gangs of the anti-Semitic
Iron Guard, which Carol had
outlawed and hundreds of
whose members had died before
his firing squads, roamed Buch
arest, beating Jewish shopkeep
ers who failed to hang pictures
of stalwart' young Miahi in their
windows
Much of the clamor for
Carol's abdication and Miahi's
succession had come from the
Iron Guard.
Police made no effort to con
trol the excesses of the guard
ists. Street celebrations of
Miahi's rebirth to kingship of
ten masked the depredations of
the guardist squads.
SEVENlEllTS
F
Enlistment of seven more
youths in Medford s national
guard units was announced to
day. The names of five recruits
had previously been announced.
The new men are Dclbert E.
Grout, Theodore L. Taylor and
James R. Ackley, Medford. and
Dennis P. Dorsey, for Company
A: and Benny Longwill, Vern
White, Roy Dusenbury, Med
ford, for headquarters detach
ment. First Lieut. James W. Grigs
by. commanding headquarters
detachment, received instruc
tions today to reinstate Second
Lieut. Charles O. Reed when
mobilization becomes effective.
Reed was discharged when
headquarters company was
changed to a detachment and
th personnel was reduced.
I baseball
Washington, Sept. 6. (P
Manager Bucky Harris of the
Washington Senators was ban
ished from the game with the
New York Yankees today for
pushing Umpire John Quinn in
a fifth-inning protest that Char
ley Keller, Yankee outfielder,
had swung at a third strike.
National
(First game) R. H. E.
Brooklyu 3 7 1
Philadelphia 0 10 0
Fitzsimmons and Franks; Hig
be, Syl Johnson and Warren.
(2nd game) R.
Brooklyn 14
Philadelphia 3
Casey and Mancuso;
Wilson and Atwood.
H. E.
18 1
10 1
Smoll,
American
R.
H.
4
12
St. Louis 3
j I
-1
Chicago ...... 6
Auker, Hudlin and Swift; Rig
ney and Tresh.
Score: ,
New York.
Washington
R.
. 1
- 3
H.
8
10
Ruffing and Rosar; Chase and
Early.
EARL FEHL LOSES
ANOTHER EFFORT
TO GAIN RELEASE
Salem, Sept. 8. (IP) Former
Jackson County Judge Earl H.
Fehl lost today in another at
tempt to gain his release from
the state hospital, Circuit Judge
Calvin L. Sweek ruling that
Fehl still is insane and la un
safe to be at large.
In a written opinion. Judge
Sweek said that Dr. C. A.
Lochrner, Portland alientist
who testified in Fehl's behalf,
"did not appear to be an en
tirely disinterested witness" be
cause he was in frequent con
sultation with Fehl's attorney
during the hearing a few weeks
ago.
Judge Sweek also said that
several other witnesses, who
testified that Fehl was sane, are
friends of Fehl and likewise
were not disinterested in the
case.
Two Portland psychiatrists,
appointed by Judge Sweek to
advise him in the case, had
found Fehl insane.
NAZIS BEHEAD FOUR
FOR TREASON, SPYING
Berlin, Sept. 6. (IP) Four
men whom the peoples court
had convicted of high treason
and espionage, were beheaded
today. They were Wilhelm Bus
son, 48, Josef Kaiser, SO, Ru
dolf Worm, 31, Karl Zink, 30.
London Slum Dwellers Refuse
To Desert Bombed Dwellings
By Draw Midd'eton I
London, Sept. 6. (Al People
of the slums walked silently past
bombed houses in the stifling
heat.
An old man and a young wo
man, eyes red from weeping,
stood outside one house.
"I'm not going to leave, I'm
not," the old man kept saying.
"I've lived here 59 years. I'm
not going. They'll steal my
clothes."
An air raid warden said help
lessly, "I took 'em to a relief
center where they have beds
and food. They came right
back. They won't leave."
Small Military Damag
- The - slums, narrower
noisier than New York's
and
east
side, were the first stop of a
three-hour tour of areas bombed
last night, a tour that covered
close to 100 miles and revealed
only one bombing that had done
military damage. Many others
had inflicted damage, but not
military.
The old man's house was Jur
a shell of dirty brown stone. A
bomb which had landed in the
backyard had blown away doors.
The ceilings had fallen in. Debris
a foot deep was piled on the
floor. Dust covered the walls
and pictures, pathetic photo
graphs of weddings and christen,
ings.
I DRIVE
OPENS FOR LOCAL
Defense Committee Backs
Effort to Enroll 40 Young
Men Before Mobilizing
First intensive enlistment
campaign here in the present
international emergency was
begun today following the in
itial meeting last night of Med
ford's national defense commit-
A B. I U T 1 ft ...
Chamber of Commerce. (
Purpose of the campaign Is
to enlist more than 40 young
men in Medford'a two national
guard units before September
16, or within the next 10 days.
As part of the national defense
system, the national guard units
here will be mobilized Septem
ber 18 and dispatched to camp
September 23 for a year of act
ive duty. Upon mobilization
Company A will be increased
from 86 to 114 men and head
quarters detachment from 11 to
26, under the present under
standing.
First undertaking of Med
ford'a national defense commit
tee, whose appointment by the
mayor was authorized by the
city council, was to arrange the
national guard enlistment cam
paign. Steps wera taken last
night to acquaint th . public
thoroughly regarding service in
the national guard and to en
courage enlistment now as most
beneficial for the recruits.
The committee also made It
clear that the boys at camp
wilt not be forgotten by the
people back home, for a motion
was approved unanimously to
create a fund to provide little
extra conveniences for the
guardsmen, not so much be
cause such things are needed
but more to keep th soldiers
reminded that th home folks
are standing behind them.
The fund, it was decided, may
be utilized in any way that will
serve the best interests of the
guardsmen and will not be lim
ited to providing extra table
delicacies. It was pointed -out
by Capt. Carl Y. Tengwald that
army food is as good as the
men can get anywhere, that it
is prepared by experienced
cooks and that the meals are
properly balanced but he added
that it was a great joy to . hear
it announced, for example, that
ice cream would be served with
(Contlmwd on Pas Sis.l
Louisville. Ky., Sept. 6. (IP)
M. H- Davidson, 93, quarter
master-general of the Grand
Army of the Republic, died to
day after a heart attack.
"I was in the shelter." the wo
man said suddenly. "We were
there for hours. When w came
back we found this. Damn them
what have we done?"
A soldier led a wounded man
down the street. The man's head
was bound and one arm was In
a sling.
"Been hurt, he has," said the
soldier. "Wants to see what they
done. Wouldn't believe me when
I told him they hadn't touched
his house."
Shelter Hit
One bomb had hit the top of
an underground shelter in a
square. All windows in all
houses in the square had been
i blown out. I could sec th wo-
men cleaning.
An air raid warden said,
"there were 1,500 people inside.
Dion t touch a one.
The bomb had ploughed
through the earth and concrete
and opened a hoi two feet
square in the top of the shelter.
People in the square looked
dazed and tired, all except the
kids who tried to shinny over
the railings and see the crater.
I law two houses near the
square smashed to bits.
"They dropped six In 150
yards," a policeman said. "They
didn't kill anyone but two young
fools standing on top of the
shelter."
! Certif ied Pilot
j22
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Mrs. Thomas A. Culbertson
(aboT), is in first Medford
woman io secur a privet
pilot's certificate through train
ing at the local airport. Sh
passed her written and flight
examinations yesterday.
(Story on Pag 11)
TO CHANGE AGE
LIMIT IN DRAFT
Washington, Sept. 6. (IP)
The senate, completed congres
sional action today on the 13,
251,486,392 defense appropria
tion to aid in equipping an army
Of 2,000,000 men and build
two-ocean navy. It now goes to
th Whit House for President
Roosevelt's signature.
Washington. Sept. 8 (IP)
The house refused twice today
to change th registration age
limit of 21 to 44, inclusive, In
the Burke-Wadsworth compul
sory military training blU.
On voice vote, Representa
tive Rees (R-Kans.) lost in an
effort to broaden th spread to
include men from 21 to 54, in
clusive, and Representative An
derson (D-Mo.) was defeated, 181
to 47, in an attempt to make the
brackets conform to the senate's
figures of 21 to 30, inclusive.
rlees argued that "men arc
just as fit at 55 as they are at
45," and said that if responsibil
ity of military service was to be
shared equally, "you might as
well include another 10,000,000
men up to 55.
Action Plea Renewed
President Roosevelt at his
press conference today renewed
his plea for speedy congressional
action on conscription, the de
fense tax and appropriation bills
but declined comment on the
house ' vote yesterday to delay
actual drafting of men for a 60
day period of volunteer recruit
ing.
The president said he - could
not comment on any of the three
major bills pending except to
say tempus fugit (time flies).
.The excess profits tax bill
now is pending before the senate
finance committee. The $5,250,
000,000 emergency defense ap
propriation bill awaits final sen
ate action befor going to the
house.
FRANCE CONTINUES
Vichy, France, Sept 6. (IP)
A new cabinet for th Petain
government was formed tonight
with Pierre Laval retaining the
Important post of vice-premier
and General Charles Huntziger
as the new minister of war.
The aged Marshal Philippe
Petain remains as chief of state.
An important assignment was
, that of General Maxim Wey-
gand, former generalissimo of
the French armies, to go to
French Africa to assume charge
of all political as well as mili
tary matters.
(French Equatorial Africa
has broken away from trie
Vichy regime,- according to
General Charles de Gaulle,
leader of th so-called "free"
French government in London,
and there have been reports of
dissatisfaction in French West
Africa and French Morocco). .
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