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Evening star., 1940-07-14
Malta Rubbed Out
As Attack Threat,
Italians Declare
British Mediterranean
Bottle Fleet Declared
Split in Three Parts
BY the Associated Press.

ROME. July 13.-Italians claimed
tonight that their war planes have
rubbed out Malta as an offensive
threat to Italy after blasting with
bombs British Mediterranean bat
tie fleet which split into three parts
under punishment from the air.
Fascists said, also, that constant
Italian air bombardment over far
flung fronts in the Mediterranean
and Africa was preventing some L.
300 British planes there from ever
being used in the defense of the
British Isles against German on
slaught.
The official Italian radio in
broadcast heard in New York
by the Columbia Broadcasting
System declared that Italy has
definitely decided the contro-
versy of the airplane VS.. the war
ship" The radio said Italy built
up her air feet while others
built super r-dreadnaughts land
for this reason I" Britain has
been handed bad defeat and
will be handed others in the
future)
Virginio Gayda, the editor who
often speaks for Premier Mussolini,
(See ROME, Page A-l4.)
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Roosevelt Nomination Assured
Barring Direct Refusal to Run;
Foreign Policy Plank Debated
Mississippi District
Sends 81 to Cast
Its Two Votes
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. July ia ten
tative roster published today
showed 1882 delegates had been
selected to attend the Demo-
cratic National Convention al
though the total number of
votes in the convention is only
1904.
Ignoring committee warnings
to choose delegates equal only
to the number of votes allotted
each State. Texas, with only 46
votes, picked 1872 delegates,
more than any other State.
Mississippi, with only 18 con-
vention votes, picked l08. One
Mississippi district alone sent
81 delegates, with only one
twenty-seventh of vote each.
New York, with the biggest
block of votes-94-selected
only 102.
Counting alternates there will
be more than 3,400 State rep
resentatives in the convention.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Rodio Programs, Poee F-5
Complete Index, Poee AZ
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, July
13.-James H. r. Cromwell booked
plane passage tonight for Chicago
for a hurried visit with Democratic
leaders before taking a clipper plane
Tuesday to Honolulu and the bed
side of his Tobacco heiress wife, Doris
Duke. r
Mrs. Cromwell Thursday gave
birth to q child three months pre-
maturely, the infant dying yester-
day about IS hours after birth.
Mr.. Cromwell originally had can
celled plans entirely to go to Chi
cago and the Democratic National
Convention, but because of inability
to leave on the clipper until Tues
day, and reassured Of his wife's
condition, he decided II might as
well'' make a flying visit to Chicago.
Fishing in the Jemez Mountains
northwest Of Albuquerque, Mr..
Cromwell was una ware of the trag-
edy following Ms. Cromwell until
advised through the Associst ted
Evening star., 1940-07-14

than a foot behind the winners
racer.
Five times before, the 1910 champ
had driven his racer down the
course on Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
and five times he had gone back
up the hill to move on to the next
flight of eliminations. After the
fifth victory, he had become champ
ion in Glass A, composed of boys
13, IA and Is years old, and was
entitled to race with the Glass B
winner for the city title, and the
(See DERBY, Page A-40
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Roosevelt on Cruise
Down Potomac With
Justice Rosenmdn
Political CounseIor's
Visit Recalls Role in
1882 Campaign
BY the Associated Press.

While the Nation speculated
about his third-term intentions
President Roosevelt left for a week.
end cruise yesterday with his long
time political counselor. Justice
Samuel I. Rosenman of New York
The only other guests for an
overnight Potomac River trip were
the Presidents physician, Rear Ad-
miral Ross T. McIntire: his per-
sonal secretary. Miss Marguerite
LIE Hand, and Mr.. and Mrs E. E.
Bartlett, jr., friends of Miss lie
Hand.
There was no announcement from
the White House as to the pur-
pose OF Justice Rosenman's visit
here, or how long he would remain.
Long Presidents Adviser.
His arrival here at this time re-
called that in 1882, during the ses-
sion of the Chicago Democratic
Convention which nominated Mr..
Roosevelt for his first term. Justice
Rosenman was constantly at his old
4AACAAO ciUOw Ill aIOdIly.
He was the man on the Albany
end of the wire whenever there
were telephone consultations be-
tween Roosevelt leaders in that city
and in Chicago.
Mr.. Roosevelt is understood to
have leaned heavily on the advice
OF Justice RoSenman when prepar-
ing many of his important ad-
dresses and pronouncements when
Governor Of New York and since
becoming President.
Acceptance Expected.
In political quarters here is was
accepted as foregone conclusion
that Mr.. Roosevelt would consent
to be drafted for a third term.
Speculation centered about what he
would say in accepting a third nom
lnation and who would be the vice
presidential candidate.
Senator Norris, Independant. of
Nebraska, advocate of a third term
for Mr.. Roosevelt. suggested Sena-
tor Minton of Indiana would be
a good choice for the latter post,
Hes a very able man, has been
loyal New Deal supporter, and
comes from a politically important
region in this election" Senator
Norris told reporters.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Crew for Mercy Ship
Offered Without Poy

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 13.-The Ma
tional Maritime Union &C. I. o.
offered today to furnish . crew
without cay to man a mercy ship"
to evacuate children from Europe.
O. In telegram to Marshall Field,
chairman of the United States Com
mite for the Care of European
Children, Joseph Curran, president
Of the union, made the offer on
condition that there be mo dis
elimination" between children of
wealthy and poor families and that
q steamship company provide the
children free passage.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Britain only Beginning Fight
Admiralty Chief Tells America
; Italian Destroyers Sunk, BottIeship
And Cruiser Damaged, Navy Head Says

ian planes had been destroyed in
the Mediterranean through the gal
liant skill" of air corps based at
Malta and that mo less than IA"
Italian submarines had been de-
stroyed or captured in one month
of warfare
In addition, he said. Italy had
lost three destroyers and sustained
heavy damage to battleship and
a cruiser.
The British cabinet member called
on those in the great United States
of America whose sympathy and un-
(See ALEXANDER, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1940-07-14
DR.. Soong Expected
To Replace Dr.. HUI
As Chinese Envoy
Chione Koi-shek Soid
To Wish Report on U. S,
Attitude Toward War
By BLAIR BOLLES.

Departure of DR.. HUI Shih. the
Chinese Ambassador, for Chungking
and post with the Chinese govern
ment there, and the arrival in WASH
ington OF T. v. Soong, Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek's brother in law
as his successor was expected here
yesterday. The news of DR.. Hus
contemplated return has been
printed in China. DR.. Soong, presi-
dent of the Bank of China, is now in
New York on an unannounced mis-
sion to the United States.
Chang Kai-shek is said to wish
to confer directly with DIR. HUI on
the American attitude toward China
in its war with Japan. DR.. Hu is
scholar known as the Chinese Ben
jamin Franklin" DR.. Soong is a
business man skilled in dealing with
Americans. He was in Washington
Monday on a mysterious errand that
took him to the White House.
The whole of Asia suddenly has
been turned into a diplomatic front
of the European war. Eugene OFT.
German ambassador in Toxic, ap-
peared in private advices reaching
here as the chief inspiration of re-
cent Japanese gestures toward Indo-
China and Hong Kong.
German Diplomacy Active.
German diplomacy is enlisting
the support of Japan to create an
eastern diversion Of both American
and British-principally American
attention from the European war,
with the primary aim of keeping
the American fleet in the Pacific
Ocean. far from the scene of the
fight between England and the Ger
manhattan axis and from the Pan
anna Canal defenses on the Atlantic
side.
Great Britain, occupied at home.
Is inclined to nullify the German
aim by making concessions to Japa-
nese demands, such as the British
agreement to close the Burma road
to China to certain goods for a tenn
porary period, but the United States
is prodding England to hold firm in
the East.
Except as matter of loss of face
for England, the United States Gov
ernment, it is said, sees little injury
to the cause of China and her
friends in the Burma road restric-
tions. Supplies for the Chinese gov.
ernment and the Chinese army have
moved up the Japanese held
(See FAR EAST, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Family Of Three Killed,
AHurt in Bus-Cur Crash
~ the Associated Press.

~ tES AsSoclAted Press.
GREENSBURG, Pa. July ia
family of three was killed and Il
persons injured today in the COLI
sion Of an automobile and a bus
on the Lincoln Highway l mile west
Of this western Pennsylvania COM
munity.
The dead were Samuel H. Call
thorp, IS; his 63-year-old wife and
their son, Merrill Calthorp, 80, all
of Greensburg.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Jul y13.-Paraphrasing
John Paul Jones Il have only be-
gun to fight" Britain's First Lord
OF the Admiralty, A. v. Alexander,
told Americans in broadcast to-
night that the British hope to fight
out the war and destroy" Germany
from their besieged island homeland.
In the last eight days, he said
the British may have shot down
as many as 100 invading German
planes fthe Official figures exceed
80 for certain.)
Mr.. Alexander said about 20 Ital-
Evening star., 1940-07-14
ID Hurt in Window Crash

W1LKES-BARRE, Pa, July 13 (A9.
Fourteen women were injured to-
day when they were pushed through
two display windows by a crowd
gathered at a sale in a central city
store. All were taken to hospitals
for treatment for cuts and bruises.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
BY GEORGE H. HADDoCK.

Bill Jennings, a slender, grinning
blond youngster, whizzed down
1,000-foot stretch yesterday in
home e-made coaster racer to nose
out 12-year-old Billy Warner for
the 1910 Soap Box Derby champion
ship of Washington.
A yelling throng of spectators
estimated by police to be in excess
of 10000 persons-cheered the Is
year-old champion as the two racers
flashed across the finish line with
the nose Of young Warmers car less
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Mission in Costa Rico

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, July 13
R.-A United States military mis-
sion arrived today to instruct the
Costa Rican Army in the United
States policy of continental defense.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Severe Donooe
Hoods Guns
Is Reported
By the Associated Press.


CEUTA, Spanish Morocco, July
13.-The 42.100-ton British battle
cruiser Hood. the largest warship
af1oat. was declared in reports from
Gibraltar tonight to have suffered
such severe damage to her gun tur-
rets that repairs cannot be made at
the Gibraltar naval base.
Source Of the reports from Glib
raltar was not made clear. and
cause Of the asserted damage was
not mentioned.
The Hood has been reported put
out of commission at least three
times during the current war. and
each time the British have denied
the reports. The Germans claimed
to have damaged the big ship badly
last October and last March, and
only last Thursday the Italians
claimed they had set her on fire
with air bombs.
The British Admiralty said the
Italians did not even hit the Hood.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
British Deny Damage.

LONDON. July IA Sunday (P).
The Admiralty early today denied
that the gun turrets of the British
battle cruiser Hood were damaged
as reported in Ceuta. Spanish Mo-
rocco, dispatches from Gibraltar.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
.6PIanes Fe||ed
In Straits Fight,
British Assert
81 Ships German
Loss in 10 Days,
London Reports
BULLETIN.

LONDON. July IA Sunday
R.-Early this morning German
bombing planes flew over North.
east England for the third sue
cessive night, but they dropped
no bombs and were driven of by
British fighter planes.
Evening star., 1940-07-14

The Evening and Sunday Star Is
delivered in the city and suburbs at
75c per month. The Night Final
Edition and Sunday Morning Star at
85c per month.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Health Program Suggested.

(See DEFENSE, Page A-120
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Weather Forecast

Fair and slightly warmer today and to-
morrow; gentle northeast and east winds
becoming southerly tomorrow. Temper
atures yesterday-Highest, 76, at S pm;
lowest, go, at 4 am.
From the United States Weather Bureau report.
Full details on PAGE Az.
Evening star., 1940-07-14

(See FAR EAST, Page A-3D
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(See PLATFORM, Page A-2)
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{See CONVENTION, Page A-6.)
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(See ROME, Page A-14)
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(See ALEXANDER. Pae,
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(See CHILDREN, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1940-07-14

(See DERBY, Page A-4.)
The Valley settler., 1940-07-12

SOIL CONSERVATION "OH~S
Ii case Of partnership in sO~s fiol6
crops which ere to '7e ~ecsured for
Soil Conserve tion, + IS Necessary
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cree OH how t'ev vont the Soil
Conserve ton App1 ict tor ~:cdo cot.
t both pcr5ies claim the crop cnd
cannot cCreo on Tho is to He reid
tie field will not e cons i1erod
2or rcw2ent. The most On pro
coe1lre Is for the fGr.-era to 81
vide the payment Ga the crop is
dtv1Qel, or if clsh rent is lid
TOR l.nd the renter failing THO
crop t.! kos The Soil Conserve ton
To- grr1ent ana The owner receives the
benefit frOr. the GOOD 9rGctlco.
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s0~~as lions which ii IT help vcu
decide Whist o" %. ne .oin thing
t8--c0.2e to sore agreement 50 re
win know how 70 maize your applica-
5ion.
The Valley settler., 1940-07-12

TIE ~! 5luo LEADERS, Will no13 G
O:nce At Palmer on JUL 90. Pro-
Goods will . used "a send % on
S 5-oa1ion toCe:s to the \" Round Up
s / Flirbcnls. Put on vour 81 .
rcrs cnd have great zinc st the
.23at d-nce OF the -oer!!
The Valley settler., 1940-07-12

GEORGE BI38E7 PASSES
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|diod It Silks. Eo VS. IS INC a9s
liVoG in Alc.3ka since 1906. 10
ives Aorn in Einno SO tc.
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-11
GOVERNMENT SUES
 MAJOR OIL GROUPS

WASHINGTON The Govern ment has fled suit against the American Petroleum Institute ard g major oil companies, charging unlawful monopoly and price fixing, in violation of the antitrust laws.
 IL is contended the defendant firms controlled virtually all of the crude oil available for refin- ing and put. Independents at a competitive dissdvantage.'
 The Department of Justice has asked the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia to restrain the companies involved from acquiring oil reserves for n.oacpolistic purposes, and for dissolution of the American Pet roleum Institute.
 It was said that should the suit be successful lever prices vii prevail for the consumer, and higher prices for independent oil >. CllcerS.
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-11

SHANGHAI, Oct. Il (P0-De- spite Japanese denials, usually well informed sources insisted that 14,000 Chinese soldiers of the Japanese-d dominated Nanking government were concentrated outside of Shanghai while rumor had it that Japan plans to take over the international settlement or the French concession on Oct ober 18th. The puppet regimes troops were said to have moved yesterday to new positions be- tween Shanghai and Woosung, at the fourth mouth of the Whang- poo River, about 12 miles below the city. Rumors of impending forceful action against the for eign areas Of this otherwise Jap anese-controlled city were link ed with the impending reopen ing on October 17th by Britain, of the Burma Road which sup plies the central Chinese govern ment
 Japanese authorities sought to
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-11
United States and Britain Discuss Possibilities Joint Defense Action
 In Pacific Disclosed in Commons

UNDATED, Oct. 10 (P)-Dis- cussions between the United Stat es and Britain on the possibilities of joint defense action in the Pacific was reported by R. A. Butler, Undersecretary of for eign affairs, in a statement to the House of Commons. The dis closure indicating the tightening of the Anglo-American bond against the new Rome-Berlin- Tokyo alliance, came as London CTS trudged throggh debris-lit- tered streets after another night of terror from the skies.
 Civilians Learning of War
 Home Secretary Herbert Nor rison, talking on greater de- mands for greater air raid pro- tection told the House of Com mons with scornful irony that if Britons expect eon9plete inn munity from {. exploding, bombs, they should sue for peace. They now know what to expect when they enter war We are now ex- periencing as civilians, what the soldiers experienced in the last
  war. We must go through with it or surrender and we are not going to surrender" he shouted as the House roared its approval, Bomb Hits St. Paurs Cathedral A German bomb crashed thru the roof Of 250 -year-old St Paul's Cathedral, burial place for Britain's warrior heroes.
 Nazi airmen reported four great fires ragged in the vicinity of the Houses of Parliament.
 r. I.0r1on the p~isi4h a'r ~-'-
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-11
British Warships Bombard German Held Cherbourg-Nazi Raiders Drop
 496.O0O Pounds Bombs on Both Day

East infiltration of German troops into the rich Balkan oil kingdom.
 RAF Devastate Part of Hamburg
 The DNB news agency report ed with its usual frankness that British bombs spread "devasta- tion visible over a radius of five eighthS of a mile and left in shambleS and ashes" two sections of Hamburg. Casualties were list ed as 3 killed, 15 seriously wound with many more slightly wounded.
 496,CO0 Pounds Bombs Dropped
 German warplanes attacking London for the 36th consecutive night reported they dropped 496.000 thousand pounds of bombs on the British capital alone. Other Nazi raiders tripped their bomb racks ever twenty provincial areas from the Than es Estuary through the great in dustrial M:dlands to Liverpool, where Hitler's command report ed big fires were left raging.
 The Germans. also reported that RAF bembars attecked Am sterdsm Killing 18 and wound ing % in the second assault on the Dutch city in a week.
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-11

istry didn't disclose when St. Paul's was damaged hut ''the famous church" was reported hit by German raiders last night dur ing the longest and fiercest at tack of the war.
 St. Paups great high altar, known to thousands of American visitors, was destroyed when the bomb ctashed through the east roof of the domed edifice.
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-11
Runlanian Credits in U. 5. Are "FrOze"

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (P)- President Roosevelt froze Ru- manian funds in the United Stat es, by extending the order pre- viously applied to other nations occupied by German and Russian troops.
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-11
Noted Labrador
 IVA SSl on ary Passes Away

BOSTON, Oct. g (P) - Wilfred Grenfell, aged 75, noted medical missionary to Labrador, died at Charlotte, Vermont, at his home at was announced. He was noted for more than forty years work caring for the spiritual and phys ical needs of the Eskimos, In dians and fisher folk.
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-11
Anchorage School ! Taper Anchor" Wins Award

MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. II (P)- The National Scholastic Press Association announced that the Anchorage High School Anchor was the only Alaska winner of awards for educational institu- tions for high ranking year books. The Anchor is in the first class.
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-11

UNDATED, Oct. II (P)-Brit- ish warships bombarded the Ger man-held 'invasion' base of Cherbourg on the French coast, attacking boldly in thick dawn haze and set huge fires visible forty miles away the London ad miralty reported No damage or casualties were sustained by the sea raiders, the admiralty said, adding there was no naval op- position by the enemy although it was known that enemy light forces were at Cherbourg.'
 The admiralty said heavy and light forces engaged in the as sault. the first sizeable naval ac ton in the English channel since the bloody retreat from Bunker que last June.
 NaZis Minimize Effect of Raid
 Nszi quarters minimized the effect of the .bombardment, assert ing that. only a single British cruiser attempted" to shell the big shipping port and it was routed by the fire from German coastal batteries.
 The Germsns acknowledged however, that RAF bombers. striking before dawn created hay oc in the great north German port of Hamburg.
 Britain Freezes Rumanian Funds
 Britain followed the example of the United States in "freez- ing Rumanian credits, amid signs of a break in Anglo-Ruman ian relations, following the Drag Mach Osten" or March to the
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-11
Passenger Barge For Mckinley at { PM.

Agent Wilcox of the Alaska Line announces that the SS Mt. Mckinley will arrive Nome to- night at 6 pm. and the first and only passenger lighter will leave the river at 2 pm. Following is the list of 162 out going passengers:
 Mrs Hazel Smith Ruth Smith Clara Smith Ted Leonard Mrs P C Sthay Robert Sthay Mrs Ray Brosti Geraldine McDermott Mrs M s Cappelen M s Cappelen Florence ESeh Silverio Ruiz Mrs Lena Moerder Roderic Wagner Mrs Harold Bill Ray l. Phillips Kenneth R Rock Percy Ipalook Mrs Percy Ipalook Elmer Ipalook Thomas Ipalook Mrs Grace Biggins Sara P Taylor Harry Dobson Andy Witchel A w Jones
 Mrs " F Baldwin Stetfen Anderson Mrs. w H Cameron Mrs Oscar Brown Warren Semon Nivia Christmas Mrs Paul Mckay Edwin A Nudge Marguerite Glavinovich Carolyn Glavonivich Chas Gillis
 James Sanborn Luke W Munz
 Roy Bassett
 B E Douglass (Continued on Page Three)
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-11
London Suffers 36th Consecutive Night of Attack
Rumored Japan Plans Take Over
 international Settlement Shanghai
 Chinese Puppet Troops Are Sent

stem excited rumors that are cir culating since the United States state department suggested Thursday that all Americans leave the Orient.
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Head of Puppet Govt. Shanghai
 Is Assassinated

SHANGHAI, Oct. 10 (P) The municipal police received a re- port that the head of the Jap anese-sponsored puppet govern ment of Shanghai, Flu Saio En, was called from his home to Jap anese-controlIsd Hong Kew and there assassinated No other de- tails. were given.
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