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Oklahoma City Times
VOL. LI. NO. 84.
Evening except Sunday.
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LATE STREET
PRICE, FIVE CENTS
The Tiny
Royalty9 U. S. Refugees Reach Gotham
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Road Program
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Dr.
Dr. Robert Millikan, discoverer of
Senate Foes
One report quoted Wilburn Cart-
Bill Will Pass
LOOK UPON this giving of a
1940 and $659,000 for 1941 also has
princess
suitable quarters.
tioned. Moon said it has been resub-
The American Legion
an honor-
Stake in the maintenance of the
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Coach Gallagher
Dies of Pneumonia
City Bombed
Silently—By
Cosmic Rays
It Cant Pay
Hitler s Bill
Nazi, Soviet
Strain Grows
Cain Intensity, But
15 Raiders Fail
More Military Routes
Demanded; Carmody
Femi Looms as Factor
Rainfall Is General
Over East State Area;
Seagull Wins Bout
With Big Airliner
Bell Clothiers Clash
With Perry Merchants
Mentor Won Wide Fam
For Wrestling Teams
to break London's outer ring of de-
fenses.
year to Uncle Sam as the pay-
ment of rent for the space you
occupy here. Every citizen shares
an obligation in a democracy.
Few sacrifice anything save in
a dire emergency. Then windrows
of desolate dead testify to the
unpreparedness of the nation. In
four years this America would
have trained reserve of 4.000,000
men. This would insure our in-
dependence of the whole world.
Moreover it would produce 4.-
000.000 stockholders in the U. S.
A, who have something more in-
vested than mere money in a few
which ranged from Scotland to Wales,
causing two air raid alarms in Lon-
Dies Asks More Funds
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.— (UP)—
Chairman Martin Dies of the house
un-American committee aid that he
would ask congress Wednesday for an
additional *100,009 appropriation to
investigate fifth column activities in
every Important city in the nation.
and
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state highway No. 29 from Lawton to
U. S. highway No. 81.
Raid Alarm Is Error
BERLIN. Aug. 28—(/Pi—Berlin had
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milted with “explanations.”
The chief engineer said It would
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for Want Ad Service
apparently came no nearer than Mc-
Loud where a high wind ripped down
power and telephone lines.
Miami, Okla., reported 2.30 Inches
for the second heaviest rainfall in the
bureau wanted emphasis on military
, roads.
Roosevelt , been returned to the highway com-
can find
These instruments, held by Dr. W. H. Pickering, left, and
Dr. H. Victor Neher will soar over Oklahoma City Wednesday
to record on film the strength of cosmic rays.
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rone declare that with these "occu-
pation marks" the Germans are tak-
things they learned to appreci- _____________
ate. They would be a part of a signed the bill authorizing
team. They would have learned mobtlize the national olard '
government to get even an approx-
imate figure from the Germans have
killed and one German plane brought
down by anti-aircraft in night raids
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tip 500 miles at sea by t
States destroyers forming
will be sent up by free balloons to
| record the intensity of the rays at
i altitudes up to 90,000 feet
three German planes were shot
down in the single engagement.)
London Ring Holds
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senate Wednesday a new effort
to defer the conscription pro-
gram until congress should de-
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By J. W. T. MASON
(United Press War Expert)
Russia’s absence is the most signifi-
cant factor of the meeting at Vienne
of German, Italian, and Balkan states-
men. called to try to prevent an out-
break of war in southeastern Europe.
Stalin considers that Russia has major
interests to protect in the Balkans. He
Fain, measuring up to 3.60 Inches
at Chandler, Tuesday night doused
almost every section of eastern Okla-
homa. but hope for rain in the west
73%
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28._(P)
—Supporters of compulsory mil-
itary training defeated in the
termiae what effect latitude has on
the strength nt cosmic rays.
Their procedure here is similar to
of the Instruments and parachute in
good condition.
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L.SRejects Hitler Hurries Axis Envoys
To Patch Up Peace in Balkans,
roads administration said the program
consisted of purely nolltlc.il roads."
Administration officials seemed In-
clined to believe that the program had
towns having "the biggest attack of Stillwater. Perry's arch rival, Monday bill to pay postage. There is also
the war," and the widespread use of night. Their game at 7:30 p. m. will promise of a $5 reward for the return
incendiary bombs indicated the Ger- 1 head a ladies' night tripleheader ‘
mie rays are here to find out more
Germany’s Daylight France Fears
Attacks on England
Neher. associates
mall or express the instruments to
beat the weather bureau here ana a dollar
and works of art—all purchased
with their special marks—back to
Germany.
does not regard
failed.
It is pointed out that the credits
nf the Vichy government abroad are
been placed before John Carmody,
federal works administrator, who has
mission with several prelects ques-
explosive bombs were dropped, but | ---- • —
the government said damage was done C Ji s F l 1
only to houses, and that the attacks 3andlot Lalendar
were indiscriminate"
No casualties were caused in Lon- Till I? . ~
don., ram. MH, , , Hlolds F ast Uames
The capital had two alarms, one of
Threatened by Soviet Clashes
over the road bureau.
The royal party planned to drive to
Hyde Park Thursday and be the
4 n. m.
5 n. m.
6 p. m.
munities came reports of individual mer Oklahoma City Indians.
NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—(P— After a perilous voyage during
engammmmmasammisnspveata;
The,,, began at Petsamo, Finland, August 16
carriedthe vessel through mine areas north of Scotland at a time
when Germany was proclaiming unrestricted warfare in British
-------waters.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, Aug. 28.—
(P—A mixed Rumania-Russian com-
mission began investigation Wednes-
day of a frontier clash which is re-
ported to have caused the death of
hundreds of soldiers near Adancata in
and Mussolini's assumotion
• On the Want Ad pages you'll
find descriptions, locations and
term* offered on lots of new
homes. The Want Ad columns
are devoted to your neighbor's
offer to rent, trade or sell
everything from homey new
houses to used lumber . . . little
personal messages . . . and op-
portunity after oppotrunity.
Make it a point to read these
interesting columns today . . .
and it is almost positive that
you'll find something that you
have been needing or wanting
incidentally, are made by the folks
vlto make balloons for balloon dan-
cers.
Attached Is an envelope, which
contains a card telling the finder to
draft until January 1 while attempts
were made to supply the , xpanded
army's manpower needs by voluntary
one-year enlistments.
the saying that "officials of the public
n o u ii c e m ent acknowledged
"heavy attacks.”
(In Berlin, the Germans
claimed to have bombed an un-
designated British airport at the
mouth of the Thames. They de-
clared that eight British and
on Wilson's Packers
cost $30,000 000 to complete all Ihe
military highways which the govern-
ment wants. These include:
dwindling and efforts to obtain
flesh credits have been balked one
reason given is German refusal to
set armistice costs.
Informed sources declare that one
huge part of the occupation costs
to the French are purchases made
by German troops with "occupation
marks," the value of which is based
mainly on the French ability to re-
pay them as a part of Armistice
terms.
Observers from the unoccupied
The Gassers played the tourney's
first errorless game as Pitcher Leo
Hatley turned in a four-hit exhibi-
tion.
state. Newkirk had .03. Okmulgee
1.42, Ponca City .12, Sallisaw .47.
Shawnee 1.14. Tulsa .25, Vinita .16.
Ada .43. Ardmore .05, Durant .18.
Idabel .50, McAlester .34, and Po-
SALZREIG, Germany. Aug. 28. _ Cp) _ Adolf Hitler
conferred Wednesday with axis diplomats in his lofty
Berchtesgaden retreat and then sent them off to Vienna
where, starting Thursday, they will try to induce Hungary
and Rumania to compose their territorial dispute lest it
flare into war.
Foreign Ministers Count Galeazzo Ciano and Joachim
\on Ril bentrop. representing i he two ends of the Rome-Ber-
lin axis, lunched with Hitler and then took a plane for the
capital of old Austria to meet the foreign ministers of Ru-
mania and Hungary and their aides.
Adding urgency to the peace-making attempt were re-
ports of Rumanian and Iungarian frontier incidents and of
bloody clashes between Rumanian and Russian forces.
------------------ u uv pen- .....Jo, .u,- Edward Clark Gallagher. beloved
ator Maloney (D., Conn.) to delay the ments "nd ate from tin plates in the wrestling coach of Oklahoma A. and
H —" "* '-------- .... common dining room. M. college. died in an Oklahoma City
hospital Wednesday morning. He was
brought here from Stillwater several
days ago critically ill of pneumonia.
Gallagher, whose Aggie wrestling
teams dominated the nation and swent
him and many of his boys to Olympic
and international recognition, will be
buried in Stillwater.
Funeral arrangements had not been
completed Wednesday, but services
probably will be held Friday or Sat-
urday in the new athletic fieldhouse
which bears his name, Gallagher Hall,
on the A and M. campus. School of-
ficials will be in charge.
Gallagher came to Oklahoma A.
and M. college as a student in 1904
from Hennessey highschool and he
has been there ever since except for
a two-year absence in 1913 and 1914
when he coached at Baker university.
He is survived by three sons, Don- I
nell, Enid; Clarence, a physician, i
Oklahoma City, and Kenneth, a coach.
Hobart; three daughters, Mrs. Walter
B. Sanger, Yukon: Mrs. John Whip-
ple. Stillwater, and Barbara Galla-
gher; his father, Alfred Gallagher.
Perth, Kan.; one brother, Clifford,
Lafayette college, Easton, Pa.; one
sister. Mrs. Bessie Dorvark, Topeka,
and Mrs. Gallagher.
(Picture, Details, Psge 13)
Miners Oppose Draft
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ing from the country everything
consumable.
They are reported also to be
sending much Jewelry, silverware
With a battle between the Bell
Clothiers and Perry Merchants, The
Oklahoman and Times state sandlot
baseball championships will begin
reuKeem aboard the U. S. army transport American Legion. (Wirephoto.)
Casualties were lighter elsewhere.
The British reported downing one
bomber by anti-aircraft guns on the
coast.
Counter Attacks Continue
Britain again attacked her conti-
nental enemies Tuesday night. Switz-
erland had an air raid alarm, the
usual indication of a British bombing
attack on Italy and the Italian high
command admitted British raids ex-
tending from north Italy to Ethiopia,
but minimized damage.
Incendiary bombs fell everywhere,
but the British reported bringing their
fires under control quickly. The Ger-
mans have been making increasing use
of the gasoline bomb. which consists
simply of a drum of gasoline and a
mechanism to ignite it.
Two trains were reported machine-
gunned in the course of the night
raids. one a freight and the other a
passenger train. No casualties were re-
ported id either attack, although bul-
lets ripper through the tops of the
passenger coaches.
London's two night alarms, short In
comparison with the preceding night's
record six-hour alarm, found the cap-
ital's inhabitants more phlegmatic.
An increasing number remained in
bed rather than go to an uncomfort-
able shelter.
to question certain projects and call
on the state to justify them, approv-
ing the program except for these
items.
Although Elliott said he had not
submitted the program officially to
Washington, reports from the nation's
capital Indicated there had been at
least an "informal presentation.’’
Carmody's Hand Is Seen
Moon said the manner in which
tile program was rejected was "very
unusual." It is customary, he ex-
plained. for the road bureau merely
Two wedge formations—one of 18
and the other of 21 planes—sought
The Norwegian Crown Princess
Martha and her children, fleeing from
I Scandinavia, were taken off
f anrorlo n,c.C, American Legion down the bay by a
c^onceae ui at t coast.guard cutter. They landed at
he Battery, where arrangements had
Lurn made to take them immediately
to the Waldorf Astoria hotel.
Reception L, Simple
The reception at the Battery
ably was the least spectacular ever
accorded visiting royalty. A small
crowd huddled in the rain outside the
covered pier and watched the crown
princess and her retinue whiz past In
j a motor caravan. A. the crown prin-
cess' request, there was a minimum
of ceremony.
by the lessons of respect, by dis-
cipline, by the sharing of emer-
gency rations in the field, by the
pulling of a brother out of a
mirey swamp, to give and to
help and to cherish the things
which most of us have taken too
long for granted. No enemy from
the outside can assail a prepared
nation. It is doubtful whether
one ever will after this country
decides seriously to protect it-
■elf. But regardless of the
threats from the outside, the
training of your son and mine
will protect us from the dry rot
AKLAHOMA CITY is subject Spolcesmen of the axis partners were
U, , u. u . anxious to tell the world that Von
to a daily bombardment Ribbentrop and Ciano would not brow,
from the outer regions of space, heat the Hunganian and Rumanian
NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—(P—A sen-
gul smacked into an airliner as It was
about to take off from La Guardia
field Wednesday and flew away under
its power, which was more than the .
airliner.did. « . Berlin Got the Jitters?
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 for a minute,
got. Its wind back, and flew away.
The airliner retired to a hangar
for repairs.
287 across the Oklahoma panhandle i two points in the north of England,
from Colorado to Amarillo, Texas, and hie ministries of air and home secur-
ity said in a joint communique Wed-
was picked [
Iwo United i
Meanwhile, the White House an-
nesday morning, with damage done A 7-0 defeat
to house property and casualties Te- de"
caused. "Including some persons
killed."
heavy toll of the favorites as the
Oklahoma Natural Gassers plastered
Both formations were broken up.
the British said. One savate 30-
minute battle raged from middle Kent
to the Thames. The residential sec-
tion o fa town was bombed.
Although an apartment house was
hit, and glass and shell pieces scat-
tered thick over the town, only three
persons were Injured
Night Raids Kill 18
The first formation of 18 bombers
with fighter escorts roared over
Folkestone on the southeast coast and
began dropping bombs inland.
At least 10 persons were reported
Underdogs continued to
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U. S No. 66. 69 and 81 across the
state, U. S. 77 southward from Okla-
homa City, U. S. 62 from Oklahoma -------- — — i . . ... -
Citv tn Henryetta. U S 266 from mans may be employing new tactics, which Will we the elimination of
Henryeta to Warner, U. S 64 from The bombing was particularly heavy | Stillwater-Barbour Transport
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Ciano and Von Ribbentrop Instructed
At Berchtesgaden, Then Go to Vienna
in Meet Rumanian, Hungarian Ministers
wright, third district congressman, ns
permitted Immediate setting up of
conscription machinery, with registra-
tion of men from 21 through 30. but
which would have prohibiied calling
, men into service until congress de-
bonds. They would have a living clared the step necessary.
Paid Circulation Greater Than Any Other Evening Newspaper Published in Oklahoma
"Evenins Edttionaot tha pa okuanoman enuereo acne ozvanoma ciy Ukiangma, poniorie . econo cia as mata underhtnrict or maren 3, at
EIGHTEEN PAGES- 500 N BROADWAY OKLAHOMA CITY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1940
that elsewhere. Three instruments
The Weather
LOCAL— Generally fair Wednesday
nisht and Thursday; slizhtly cooler
Wednesday niaht.
STATE—Occasienal scattered thun-
dershowers Wednesday niht or Thurs-
day, except generally fair in extreme
west portion: not so cool in Panhandle
Wednesday nisht.
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The Burke-Wadsworth measure, on
the other hand, would be effective &1
once if enacted. All men between the
ages of 21 and 31 would have to
register immediately, and the first con-
tingent—probably of 400,000— woula
be selected for service soon afterwards.
There was a division of opinion as
to whether the Maloney substitute . - —.......- -----
would get more votes than previous fading Wednesday with a fore-
proposals for conscription delay. cast of fair and moderate tempera-
The senate worked Wednesday un- tures.
dercsanuoinyolved,.debate limitation There was a trace of rain twice In
Which, restricted the asgregate time Oklahoma City accompanied by light-
utlteSarkin "wonstsinconce2io X nine and thunder, but the rain
a wearying 11% hour session which
ended at 10:30 p. m. Tuesday night.
miles and five bridge projects A
secondary aid program of $658,000 for
clare existence of an emergency.
SPRINGFIELD, III., Aug. 28,—)-
The state convention of the Prog-
ressive Mine Workers of America
(AFL was on record Wednesday as jj p:
opposed to the conscription bill before 1 1 A:
Clear Skies Foreeast
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• The unofficial guerrilla con-
flict involving Red army forces
occupying a large area of former
Rumanian territory recently
ceded to the Soviet Union under-
lined Moscow’s position as in-
terested in the outcome of the
Vienna conference but unin-
vited
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don. and hitting particularly four
towns in the southeast and north-
west.
Great numbers of incendiary and
Warner to Fort Smith, Ark . U. S. on two towns in the southeast and on
j changes.
If you have the instruments, you
I can measure the cosmic rays in your
own kitchen. There are cosmic rays
in your kitchen, no matter how clean
you keep it.
The scientists will leave Friday, in
all probability they said Wednesday. 1
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By a 55-to-27 vote. the senate re-
jected an amendment offered to the
Burke-Wadsworth bill by Senator \ guests of Mrs. Franklin D.
Wiley <R, Wis.) which would have until the crown
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prob- । Carmody and Governor Phillips have
been warring over reconstruction of
roads in the Grand river dam area
and the latest development threatened
to intensify their feud.
30 Million Needed
The program provides for construc-
tion. repaving or improvement of 177.9
a four-minute air raid alarm begin-
ning at 8:54 a. m. Wednesday.
Authoritative sources said a me-
chanical error at the main release
switch caused the alarm.
was notified by J. A. Elliott, fed-
eral division engineer at Fort
Worth, Texas, to "make over”
the program. It was criticized. he
said, on the grounds that there
was not enough emphasis on
strategic roads designed for mil-
itary use.
Two Bridges on Highway 69
Under the federal aid plan, the gov-
ernment contributes 53 82 percent of
the cost and the state 47.16 percent
Moon said Elliott specified only U. S
highway No. 69, which crosses the
eastern part of the state from Vinita
southward. The program includes no
projects along this route, but the
state aid program, to which the gov-
ernment contributes no funds, calls
! for two bridges on No. 69 between
Muskogee and Wagoner, costing $600 -
000
Sandy Singleton, chairman nf the
commission, said the board did not
learn until after the program had
I been submitted July 22 that the road
Bucovina
Meanwhile government officials
confirmed previously denied reports
The instruments are housed in that a Russtan plane making a recon-
steel balls Each unit consists of two naissance flight over Rumania Tues:
balls, one containing an electroscope day afternoon, wn: shot down and fell
and an ionization chamber and the, onto the Dorohol-Botosav highway,
other a clock, barometer and other They said alao that about the same
' odds and ends, Including three flash- ume a Rumanian plane was fireri
light cells. The balls are sealed and on DV a Russian pursuit plane, but
I have an internal gas pressure of 30 escaped into the clouds
pounds. n another aerial clash two Soviet
* • * planes were reported shot down Tues«
HE balloons carry the instruments day. by six Rumanian fighters.
1 to a heg,ht nf rd nnn 4, on nan -hese developments cast a new
f«t then broak TSeLstn.m.ima troubled light on 'clarions between
tumble, but a retty red parach e Rumania and her great neighbor to
opens and ihe nstuPi . .. the east, Russia was reported to have
brought snly to earth The balloons intensified the strain by closing the
< • ■ • 0 frontiers of the occupied tersitory tn
prevent any return of Rumanians ex-
cept under strict control. Thousands
had fled before the advance of Red
armies.
Hungarian reports said Russia was
reported increasing demands upon
Rumania, who ceded northern Buco-
vina and the province of Bessarabia
to the Soviet two months ago. Pre-
viously the Hungarian government
had accused the Rumanians of shoot-
Th? scientists hope to discover ing down a Hungarian bomber, adding
whether the rays grow stronger, to the general Balkan tension,
weaker, or neither as the latitude
IF I WERE a lad of 21.
with no responsibilities, I
should not wait for the selec-
tive draft.
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IF YOU WAIT for your num-
ber, you may get your year’s
training this year, you may get
it next year, or the year after
that. By volunteering, you can
go now and get it behind you.
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IF I WERE an Oklahoma boy,
I should offer myself immedi-
stely to the 45th Division, Na-
tional Guard, because I should
like to train with my friends in
an Oklahoma outfit and be at
Fort Sill, close to home, at least
until Christmas.
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IF I WERE a mother, I should ।
not look with horror upon the:
thought of my boy being a sol- |
dler, but rather I should be
grateful that my boy and my
family was prepared to do its
share towards contributing a
mite of defense in return for the
grand privilege of life in the
United States.
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MY IDEA ABOUT this na-
tional defense program is not
that it is preparing a generation
to die. My idea is that it is pre-
paring a generation to live more
sanely and securely. It is not go-
ing to take something from your
boy. It is going to give something
to him.
FOR ONE THING it will give
him a stronger body. And since a
sound body develops a sound
mind, a year with the colors
should equip him the better for
his business experience. A year
out of the life of a boy means
nothing so far as his career is
concerned.
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HE WILL RETURN to you with
an appreciation of his parents,
his home, his town and his
country. Maybe I know only the
wrong kind of boys, but those
with whom I come in contact do
not seem to think they owe any-
body anything for the freedoms
they enjoy. Probably we are to
blame for indulging these, our
own, but we should not deny the
fact because of complicity in the
fault.
2'i hours just before midnight and,
the second of less than an hour
shortly after midnight Few planes
were heard and anti-aircraft activity
was light.
It was the second successive night
of heavy bombing through the coun-
try. the action far outstripping day-
light attacks of Tuesday and approx-
imating that.or Monday night, which grinding its undefeated list down’to
Was the heaviest night assault of the four teams at Sandlot park Wednes-
wan <ia,v night.
Biggest Raids Spread ! Bell. With a lineup which includes
From an increasing number ofcom- Lou Brower and Frank Lamanske, for-
(hat they are responsible for regiment-
ing the Balkan countries.
A Bid to Britain
The more Germany and Italy show
effective power in forcing Rumania
and Hungary to come to terms the
less will be Stalin's satisfaction. There
is growing evidence that Russia and
Gel many are moving apart as their
interests clash in the southeastern
area There is the uncertain element
In the situation which must give con-
cern to Germany and Italy. Several
days ago Germany suddenly annexed
the neutral area of Poland which was
to remain an independent buffer state
between Polish territory taken by Rus-
sia and the area of previous German
seizure. The reason was obscure at
the time Now. however. It seems ap-
parent this was a counter move to
Russian border attacks against Ru-
I mania, which had been concealed by
censorshin until Tuesday.
Russia Getting Clear
By occupying what remained of in-
dependent Poland. Hitler moved to
strengthen his position if it becomes
necessary to strike at Russia, stalin
well understands this German tech-
nique. for immediately afterward Rus-
sia countered with a surprise gesture
of frendship toward Great Britain.
Moscow's Trade Commissar Mikoyan
Informed British Ambassador Cripps
that "discussions of far-reaching pro-
posals" might result if Britain would
abandon her "hostile attitude” to-
ward Russia. He said Britain could
demonstrate friendship for Russia by
releasing gold and ships held In Brit-
ain. which belong to the Baltic state*
recently incorporated in the soviet
Union.
Simultaneously with the ne uncer-
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BERN. Switzerland, Aug. 28.
—IP—Swiss and neutral econ-
omists foresee financial diffi-
culties for the French govern-
ment at Vichy unless Ger-
many presents a moderate war
bill quickly.
Delay in fixing a definite cost of
toe army of occupation, which by
the armistice terms France is to
pay, is lending to weaken political
and monetary affairs of unoccupied
France.
Reports to banking and business
leaders here are I hat the daily cast
of the German occupation ranges
around 400,000,000 francs, (nomin-
ally about $8,000,000.)
The Vichy Rovernment is under-
stood to fear the Germans may add
a large part of the cost of their war
against Britain to that figure.
So far all efforts of the Vichy
Dr. W. H. Pickering Pasadena representatives into signins on the
Calif, said here Wednesday. ' aavadcenne any document prepared m
The, bombardment is in the form At the same rime they left no doubt
r Duet-ke cosmic rays, and so far that differences between Rumania
5 anyone knows iS harmless But and Hungary must be settled quickly,
mat % a large part of what is known
about them, and Donor Pickerins and New Russo-Rumanian
Air Clashes Reported
The two doctors started at Bismarck __________ >
N. D and ar? working south to San
Antonio, Texas, in an attempt to dr-
if
I
The state highway com-
mission. mystified at the gov-
ernment's rejection of its $5,-
057.916 federal aid program,
prepared Wednesday to seek
conferences with officials of
the federal road bureau to
learn what demands must be
met for approval of the proj-
ects.
I Van T. Moon, state highway
engineer, said the commission
ary escort.
Virtually all the 897 passengers were
Americans fleeing countries under
German and Russian domination
mobilize (he national guardandnother ott FarisEadiopisturbing
army reserves—a force or 408,000 or- ningcorrespindentPoptte pive-win
Servceand men-for a years active Times who was " passenger,f"olarin
whe.i.. c. j , . a dispatch 10 his paper how radios
i Wheeler Concedes Defeat on the ship picked up German sta-
Hopes dashed by the senate's 54-to- tions which described the trip as a
-9 rejection Tuesday night of a pro- "wanton voyage" and "criminal follv "
Posal to limit conscription to a time Lord Haw Haw. British-born Nazi
of war or threatened Invasion, oppo- broadcaster, declared "only a miracle
sition leaders resignedly told reporters could bring the ship safely through the
their fight was over. danger zone.”
"We've put up the best fight we ' General hardship due to overcrowd-
know how." Senator Wheeler (D„ ing. Tolischus said, was aggravated bv
Mont.) said gloomily. "We did the ’ much seasickness Thirty persons
best we could do. Now its up to the were sent to the ship's hospital and
house. two women died from heart disease.
Only one major proposal stood in Cabins were given government
the way of a ilnal vote Wednesday gue518. women with children and the
as the senate began its thirteenth dav eider y, sick, while the rest slept in
of debate—a substitute bill bv Sen- iriple-tier bunks in troop compart-
otar NT-I.I.. . m . • •2 mante en- - +- r. .
LONDON, Aug. 28.—()_
German bombers smashed j
heavily at the Kent coast and
the Thames estuary leading
to London Wednesday, and
British defenders were de-
clared to have shot down at
least 15 of the raiders.
An official British an-
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