Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 94, Ed. 1 Monday, September 9, 1940 Page: 2 of 16
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TWO—MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1940
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Peggy Stewart,
18-year-old ac-
poured out. hsggard and crim, to view
the damage and go about their busl-
Order by Mail—or Phone. Include Sale Tax
Postage Prepaid Within U. S.
who had lost three children.
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Visited by King
LONDON. Sept 8. — (Zi — King
George made a three-hour tour
Monday of the London area* hard-
est hit by Germany'* air raid*, the
east and southeast districts.
everyone ha* been wonderfully
breve.” he Mid
In one district he went down into
Progress for Sale
BY BOLGAR J. JOHNSON
PrwMdwM ZfwMuS* of Lift
TIFE for the next twenty years
Ljwill be vastly different No
matter what happens in the po-
litical field, we can be sure that
new inven-
tions will
have a vital
effect
New devel-
opments like
frequency-
modulation
radio, strato-
sphere flying
and plastics
are already well on their way
into our daily lives. The main
"bottle neck," however, is get-
ting their benefits before the
public and persuading people to
accept them.
This is the job of selling, and
no country is better equipped to
do it than ours, with Its,tradition
of American salesmanahip. In
the future as in the past, the sell-
ing of useful new products will
create new joba and raise the
standard of living.
If it weren't for the aaleeman,
most of as might still be reading
by candles or traveling by stage-
coach . . . many of onr factortea
wouldn't be running and many
•< na wouldn't have jobs ... and
iou tx*rr suppose
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make rr out.
in life insurance we coaida’t hare
bronght security to a fraction of
those who have it today.
The people of this country and
Canada make up only 7% of the
world’s population-yet they
own nearly 70% of the world’s
life insurance!
a shelter where a number of women
and children were seated Some had
leg* and arm* bandaged
He talked sympathetically with a
woman who had lost three children.
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ire always in such a
heir beat foot forward
care who they step on.
YOUNG people are growing
1 up in a world which, with its
new conveniences and new lux-
uries, will tempt them to "let to-
morrow take care of itself.” In
this new world there is as great
ja need for someone to sell fore-
sight as there is for someone to
sell the newest radio set Other-
wise our progress may enrich
the present only to impoverish
the future.
Competing with ■ hand red
transient influences, the life in-
surance agent must offer a
sound and proven means for ac-
quirt ng sectftKy . . . individual
and family security that must he
won by thrift, planned with wis-
dom and maintained with pa-
tience ... the only kind of secu-
rity that la worth anything.
It la this that makes his job
important to all of us.
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nonnel and workers in defense Indus-
trie*. such as shipyards. Of this
.....ROTHSCHILD’S HAS THE CLOTHES^
Tib rwuUr Moaday mlu*. b srwridM
by th* laatitut* w LU* Imvum t*
■ It Its Prwid*nt t* *a«ak to '
PnUey owner, Addrwa inoolri**
Oud Street, Nr* York Cltr.
she was positive that children never should
rest assured it was not irrever-
LEILA SIGNS THE PLEDGE...
WILL YOU PLEDGE, TOO ?
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uWhite Cardigan coat with
glass buttons. Literally thousa^
schools have adopted this garrrwti
m e t i I A > to
Young Actress Weds Cowboy Star
tress, and Donald Barry, 29. western film star, were heading to-
ward Canada for a honeymoon Monday after their marriage
in Hollywood. They are shown here smiling through the wind-
shield, of their car as they started north. (Wirephoto.)
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aocne place* vtaited.
The mayor of one place told the
I’m not fussy about many things.
But I’m mighty fussy about my tea.
LIPTON’S TEA is the only kind 111
drink. Once you taste the extra
good, rich flavor of LIPTON’S,
nothing else will do.
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The bride gets carried over the
threshold but after that she does all
the pickin' up.
Maybe I shouldn’t ke<
young couples advi<
ways thank me fc_ '
LIPTON’S TE
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to the pound, too
try it?
LIPTON’S TEA
* 'world-famous for flavor' ’
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Measure Provides Five and Fourth
Billions for Another Phase of Big
Defense Program; Record Peace-Time Sum
HYDE PARK. N. Y.. Sept. 9 -4Z>—Preaident Roooevelt signed
Monday a S5.2514MJ92 appropriation bill carrying funda to help
provide vital equipment for 2,000.000 fighting men and expedite
construction of a two-ocean navy.
The biggest defenae appropriation since the last war, the
measure shoved defense commitment* at the current congres-
sional session past the Si5,000.000.000 mark.
Ths measure has these tor iU broad*
objeetlvaa:
j Complete the total equipment re-
1 qulred for the army of 1,200.000
men which the pending conscription
bill would raise,
n Procure reserve stocks of tanks.
Io guns, artillery, ammunition and
similar "critical" Items, which require
a long time to manufacture, for an
additional BOO.000 men.
Q Provide 14.394 more warplanes for
the army and 4.028 for the navy
which, with those on hand and ap-
propriated for would give the two
forces approximately 33,000 planes of
aU types,
a Permit work to start on the ma-
W Jority of the 200 warship* projected
under the 70 percent naval expansion
program designed to create the "two
ocean" fleet,
r Provide approximately 8472,000,-
D 000 for new plant facilities, gov-
ernmental and private, for the pro-
duction of defense material.
In addition to funds for munitions,
the bill carried 8220,000,000 chiefly for
new housing for army and navy per-
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the little mice, with a scr;
questions were answered properly. She knew it was safer ________
the corner than in the midc le of the block; she said it was safer to walk
- than to run accross streets;
play in the street. It was evident that-Leila had been well trained and
that she showed unusual wisdom.
The growing proof of
answer the last question:
street ” There was no hesitancy about the unexpected
she wrote. /
If those around the booth chuckled, i--------J ;w „„ __________
ently. May the confidence of this little one never be confounded! She
has more wisdom than w<; she does her best and leaves the
Divine Power.
Oklahoma City Times.---
President Signs Bill to Finance
Two-Ocean Navy, 18,422 Planes
From Two Direction*
Late Sunday afternoon costal anti-
aircraft batteriea best back some Ger-
man plane*, but aa the «kv darkened
the Nail fllen began to break through.
The attack grew in Intensity until
midnight, when there was a luU. New
Nazi squadrons appeared, however, and
kept up the bombing until davbreak
Most of the raiders struck from the
east but lomc i woo ped in fiom the
northwest There were scattered re-
ports of bombings elsewhere along the
east and south coast* and in Wales,
but Landon bore the brunt.
Most of London's millions stayed in
hiding through qie night—in public
er private shelters, trying to get some
rest. 1-
FVw ventured onto th* streets, but
when th* all clear signal came they
Many Walk to Work
Bomb craters pock-marked many
•treats, forcing traffic to detour. Taxi
eabs were in constant demand Bus
aervic* was irregular. Some buses,
abandoned during the raid, were
smashed by direct hits or collapsed
walls.
Most workers had to walk to their
•ffices and factorle* Msnv of them
wer* sleepless except for what rest
they could get on pillows and blanket*
they carried to th* shatters.
But Britons were advised to be
School opened today, frhe ’ Slow School” signs are back in the
streets. Let s do our best 10 safe-guard the precious lives of little ones
whose restless, impetuous f<et may carry them into danger. Let's pledge
— L- ___ ccrcf^l around school zones—for to take a chance
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C HE was a tiny little g rl, four
father was interested in t
king he had not
nights.
We shall all h
•leep by day and
night." the king c
Wherever he went
men. women and chi
about him. shouting t
not downhearted.
. _ _j«p givin’
__ ice, but they al-
for tellin’ ’em about
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tastin’ and it’ll give over 200 cups
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r or possibly five years old, and her
testing her knowledge of safetv at the booth
of the Woman's Safety Bi reau of the Chicago Motor Club.
side of a small folder there was a safetv pledge, an^ this,
awling babv hand, signed “Leila.” All the
e * r to cross It
amount. 8128.000,000 was earmarked
for the national guard to provide
housing in connection with Its recent
mobllteatloo
Stephen Karly. presidential secre-
tary. aald th* navy “within th* hour
of the signing of the bill will begin
swarding contracts." and that th*
army would have contracts totalling
8324.000.000 ready to award in a few
days.
In a memorandum sent to the pres-
ident. James V. Forreatall, acting navy
secretary, said the department was
prepared "to allocate to navy yards
and to award contracts for the con-
struction of all combatant vessels in-
cluded in th* authorisation bill- and
also to award contracts for ordnance,
aircraft and accessories, and public
works, to a grand total of more than
B3.700.000,000.”
through th* third floor of another
building.
One man. trapped In hi* kitchen
while flames licked at him from above,
finally was rescued. He commented:
"I worried about my will, but I can
make a new one now.”
The raids provided London news-
papers with ammunition for fresh
jibes at Hitler and Goering.
The Dally Mail's cartoonist summed J
up the British reaction with a car-
toon depicting a stem old Father I
Thames looking fiercely in the eyes of i
a scowling Goering appearing over1
London as a huge shape labelled
Nail air terror."
Old father Thames was saying i
"well, what am I supposed to do now .
-look frightened?”
"What the raids mainly reflect to
th* impotent rage of Hitler now that
he realise* he's at long last met hi*
match," aaid th* Dally Telegraph.
"No words are adequate to express
the admiration due to the fortitude
with which the people of London have
endured their gruelling ordeal,” the
newspaper continued.
French Do Obeiscence
VICHY, France. Sept. B —(jp>—Tbe
Petain government of France, by
agreement with Germany, withdrew
recognition Monday from all except
the Nail administrations In German-
occupied countries.
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ready to take even more One air
ministry official commented ■
"We have not yet reached the top
note of this crescendo of air attack.”
(Berlin boasted Monday that Lon-
don has not had a tenth of what is
coming and Naus blamed bad weath-
er for Monday's 12-hour lull.)
Train passengers caught by the raid
Sunday night took shelter in stations.
Some bombs struck so near that win-
dow glass showered the floors.
Passengers stranded In one station
saw a German bomber smash into a
barrage balloon. Plane and balloon
plummeted in flames.
Rescue squads worked feverishly
over the ruin* of a nurses' home to
reach a nurse trapped beneath tons
of masonry several stories above the
ground.
were reported” On*" damaged”^'"ho*^ I her Pullon from a bed wedged crai-
• - work™ tottering walla.
iniurad Three other nurses trapped in th*
crew. bulldln« werfl beltoved dead
'' Nineteen niurses and patients were
Injured when * direct hit hurled a
Tree-ton water tank from the roof,
yards across a quadrangle and
Men—here's the best all-wool gabardine
shirt we know of. Regular 3-inch point
collar—three-button cuff and regular full car-
length tail. Perfect for riding, hunting. ^7 9D
gol.fmg and all outdoor sports. /
thi< fact came when she was required to
W ho must look out for your safety on the
—4 answer. “God,” ~
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poMlbto results th* German* could 1
hop* to gain from *uch tactic* would
b* the breaking of civilian morale.
Bven th* moat realistic officials don't
expect this to happen.
•The Germans, aa usual, are bad
psychologiste." they declared. • Kit-
tel simply doeant understand the
British mentality "
Describing the raids on Germany,
an air ministry bulletin' said many
sticks of bomba strewed the Blohm
and Vos* shipbuilding yards and that
two fires were reported close to the
mouth of the Ebe tunnel.
"Undeterred by the storm of anti-
aircraft shells, the glare of search-
light concentration*, patches of thick
cloud and much ground base, the
raiders cruised above the
area on the banks of the
the bulletin
"Methodically pinpointing their tar-
get, th*y released salvo after aalvo of
heavy bombs and hundreds of incen-
diaries Repeatedly, stocks of heavy
bombs were seen to crash across the
docks and port installations "
Returning pilot* declared they could
see the glare of the. resulting con-
flagration* in the aky as far away aa
•0 miles a* they beaded down the
river for home
Th* raid* on London Bunday night
were made by ao estimated IM ma-
chines.
Fires Guide Invaders y
In relays and singly the ruin-
spreading raider* struck through a
clouded, lightning-streaked aky. guid-
ed to their target* over the world*
largest city by red glow of fires'land
the incessant thunder of the London
anti-aircraft barrage.
The attack surpassed the eight-
hour and 18-mmute raid by 700 Nazi
planes Satur^gy The London pre**
declared unanimously that invasion is
the direct objective of the full force
air war.
An air ministry official aaid Sep-
tember to "undoubtedly a very critical
month of the war" and added that
even if England had four times her
force of fighter planes "it would still
be impossible to prevent some of the
bombers from reaching the ca pt lai.”
As the gray dawn ended London's
latest night of horror—the last raid-
er* h*d disappeared shortly before the
long alarm was lifted at 5:38 a. m —
the uncounted dead were still being
dug from the wreckage of buildings
and police and air raid wardens
searched for delayed explosive*.
Fires could be seen in almost every
direction from the heart of the city.
Btnka dive bombers carried their
■creaming attack to the center of
London for the first time, plunging
close to earth to direct their blast*.
Bombs fell near the. houses of par-
liament In Westminster, which lie
alongside Westminster Abbey snd
other landmarks. It was stated offic-
ially that the parliament buildings
were not hit.
Business Houses Hit
Two world famous museums were
damaged. iThe censor prohibited their
identification)
At least two time bomb explosion* .
pita'l where docton and nurse* worked J? JMged.
Bomb, hl, u,rw o,h.r bmplul.. *-i ..XJSTibSTbiSI hi SS1
mollahln, • »mi 0< on. of Item. I 7.,., ,1.7 17. mr
■arth-.tekln,..nploolon. told tb.t' tank the
the raiders were using their biggest
bombs Report* from Berlin *ald aome.
of Germany's largest planes were
carrying "super bombs" over England,
seeking a quick showdown with pow- |
erfui blows at Britain's defenses. The[
huge bombs were laid to be capable
of leveling everything within a radius
of 500 yard*
Public services were reported tem-
porarily disrupted. Many homes and
•ome mercantile buildings were dam-
aged. Some of the business and pub-
lic buildings hit were in the center of
th* city.
Heavy explosions shook The Asso-
ciated Pres* building, knocking down
a staff member watching the raiders
and a photographer setting up his
camera for a picture.
Some sections of the city, however,
apparently escaped with little or no
damage There was no sign of bomb i
ruin along main thoroughfares of the |
Hyde park area, the Strand or Pica- i
dUly.
nurse directed the rescuers to
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Gaylord, E. K. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 94, Ed. 1 Monday, September 9, 1940, newspaper, September 9, 1940; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1759311/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.