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Evening star., 1940-09-18
3OONazi Planes Are Turned Back
In Great Batt|e East Of London;
Ribbentrop Leaves TO Meet Duce
London Bombings Held Worse
Than Worsow's or Rotterdam S

supplies and reinforcements
could not be sent to the areas
where invasion is planned and
(2) decentralization of the civilian
population.
They added that the British
government would be compelled
to adopt swifter and more effec-
tive methods for housing. feeding
and clothing refugees bombed out
of their homes if civilian morale
is to be maintained at the pres
ent level.
Comparing other bombed cities
with London, one British CORE
spondent who claims to be the
worlds most bombed man" said:
Rotterdam caught a packet,
but it was all in one section.
If you could fit London'S bombed
areas into a section of similar
size, the ruin and damage would
be far greater than Rotterdam's."
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Nozi Engraving Plont
Is Closed by Chile

BY the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, Chile. Sept. 18.-The
Chilean Investigations department
disclosed today that an engraving
plant equipped to make emblems
showing the Chilean flag with a
SWaStika background has been
closed.
The department announced that
persons concerned with the pro-
duction of such symbols would be
prosecuted for ''infraction of a law
for internal security Of the state as
we'll as an outrage to the national
symbol
officials said the plant in the
center of the capital was operated
under the direction of a group
known as The Association Of
Friends of Germany"
Evening star., 1940-09-18
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 18.-Twenty-
four British barrage balloons driven
by the wind disrupted Swedish rail-
way and electric power service last
night and damaged homes in Den
mark.
Balloons were seen this morning
in the district north of Stockholm
on the east Swedish coast. The
Swedish air corps and anti-aircraft
guns and home guard units we're
used to shoot the balloons down.
Presumably yesterdays gale along
the English Channel had loosed
great numbers Of the bags.
Many electric trains in Sweden
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Conveys Found Using
English Channel With
Regularity Of Trains
AZ Ships in One Company
News Writer Accompanied
As Wurship Passenger
By II. J. ]. SARGENT.

LONDON, Sept. 18 IN "A, BY
Radio Gums roared out from the
warship, in which had embarked,
soon after we left our base at the
Thames estuary to take charge of a
convoy that was to go up the North
Sea to a destination hundreds of
miles away A German raider had
been spotted 250OO feet above us.
Immediately alarm bells started
ringing all over the ship and the
crew went to the action stations.
Although the ship was flying one
white ensign in normal way, two
more ensigns we're hoisted. one above
the other, on a little mast behind
the bridge.
Men at detector instrument were
calling out their figures. Suddenly
with a crash that startled this writer
the 4-inch guns sent their shells
| almost perpendicularly into the sky.
Altogether "a shells were fired be-
fore the raider disappeared behind
| a cloud.
The plane made no reply, and
our shelling was largely an indica-
ton to the Nazi that we were not
caught mapping.
Meanwhile, our convoy, composed
mostly of SLOW, small vessels of the
/ coastwise type and one or two me-
dium- sized cargo liners, had been
forming. All told there were % ships
! 10 be Shepherded, through lanes
swept of minefields, by warships and
| a plane Of the coastal command,
which was ever present above on
one side or the other of the long
line of ships.
Plane Always Above.
1t may not always have been the
same plane, but whenever you came
on deck there was a machine fol-
lowing or leading. 1t was almost
, like an albatross flying in the wake
of a vessel mile after mile and day
after day across the endless waters
After the diversion offered by the
German plane things settled down
and, to a layman, the handling of
the convoy by the captain of the
Warship was a revelation and
delight. The captain maneuvered
his own ship almost like a picket
boat in and out of the line of lum-
bering merchantmen.
Station keeping is not an easy
thing, especially for captains who
have rarely navigated in company.
Yet these cargo vessels kept their
| positions and their course in a man.
ner which, to me, appeared to be
| beyond praise. This would have
been the opinion of my captain also
because he seldom, if ever, made
any suggestion as to the navigation
! of the convoy to the commodore
of the merchantmen, who, although
technically in command of the con-
voy, was always very ready to listen
to advice from the warship.
In spite of the many declarations
of Paul Joseph Goebbels, the Reich S
Minister of Propaganda, that no
dog may bark in the North Sea
without his permiSsion-and that
stretch of water is indeed a German
lake-convoys pass up and down
with the regularity of railroad
| trains
| Sees Old Destroyer.
was permitted to take this
trip through the courtesy of the
British Admiralty. On my first
afternoon at sea a northbound
group passed the southbound con-
voy at exactly the right time and
Evening star., 1940-09-18
U. S. Embassy in London
Menoced by Time Bomb
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. ia time bomb
fell in the neighborhood OF the
United States Embassy last night
1t still was unexploded after day.
break today, the embassy stan re-
ported.
All persons in the building took
refuge on the first floor during the
night. One member of the staff
said: I'VE certainly had q hell Of a
night-they were popping all around
U.s."
Evening star., 1940-09-18
indians Lead Mats,
5 !, in Sixth Inninq
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpfcIaI D!SpatCh 70 The Star.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 18.-Ken
Chase was wild and the Cleveland
Indians were leading the Nationals,
3 to l, in the sixth inning of the
first game of today's double header.
The Tribesmen scored all of their
runs in the second chapter, on hits
by Bell, Pytlak and Weatherly and
four passes, three of which forced
in runners.
Evening star., 1940-09-18
MoIey AssoiIs Roosevelt
For Third Term Drive
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 18-"What
this country needs, Raymond Moley
declared today in a talk sharply
critical of President Roosevelt's S
candidacy for third term, is a
good, honest, industrious, competent
hired hand who, after a few
years, is not likely to think he owns
the place"
Mr. Moley, former brain truster"
and confdant of President RooSe-
welt, spoke before the Advertising
Club of Minneapolis.
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Years Peak Tides
Now Running off
Britoin's S Shores
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 19.-The
highest tide of the year Tapped
Britain's beaches today, but no
troop-laden barges of Adolf
Hitler took advantage of them
to attempt an invasion.
The sea will take at least a
week to return to normal level.
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Italy Organizing
Drive on Alexandria
And Suez Canal
Troops Took Sidi Borroni
After March Through
Sondstorm, Dispatches Soy
BULLETIN

CAIRO, Egypt CP).-Heavy and
successful" bombing of Italian
troops at Sidi Barrani, Egypt, was
reported today in British head
quarters communique.
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Sullivan's great playing key to De-
troit'S fine showing Page Ais
Young but earnest grid squad busy
at Dewitt School. g. Page ALI
Versatile SWEET solving some G. w.
U. grid problems. Page Ais.
Evening star., 1940-09-18

(See SARGENT, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1940-09-18

(See ROME, Page A-40
Evening star., 1940-09-18

(See LONDON, Page A-20D
Evening star., 1940-09-18

Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer to-
morrow; light, variable winds, becoming
gentle southerly. Temperatures today
Highest, 80, at 2 pm; lowest, SIS,
at 6:10 am
From the United States Weather Bureau report
Full details on PAGE Az.
Evening star., 1940-09-18

Sees Old Destroyer.
was permitted to take this
trip through the courtesy of the
British Admiralty. On my first
afternoon at sea a northbound
group passed the southbound con-
voy at exactly the right time and
Evening star., 1940-09-18

(See WILLKIE, Page A
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08
Bases for Italian
Attack into Egypt
Bombed by British

CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 8. CUP)-
British aerial forces today struck
at italian Libyan bases from which
an offensive might be launched
aSainst Egypt. bombing Bardia and
other Mediterranean coastal OBJ
jectives and Fascist naval units.
A Royal Air Force communique
said that there was considerable
air activity on all fronts, with
British planes gathering valuable
material about the threatened Ital-
ian drive into Egypt.
Shipping in Bardia harbor Gust
across the frontier in Libya) and
store buildings were attacked and
one large building was demolished
the communique said.
1t added that in reconnaissance
operations on Tuesday that a Bri-
tish flying boat shot down one
enemy plane near Tobruk, the
big italian base, and that the sub
marine base at Massawa was raid
ed both Tuesday and yesterday
Reports indicate that direct hits
were scored on a naval vessel, the
Quay and submarine" it added.
During another raid, buildings
were damaged All of our planes re-
turned safely"
LIN London it was suggested that
the British would make a stand in
the hills before Berbera)"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08
It's Not Enough
Say kationa|ists
OF Offer TO India

BOMBAY, India, Aug. 8. CUP
sources close to the India Ma
tional Congress indicated today that
1t might be impossible to COOP
crate with the British war effort
despite new concessions by Britain
toward the goal of dominion status.
The Nationalist leaders appeared
dissatisfied with the program, an
nounced here and in London, for
greater Indian representation i'm
mediately on the viceroy's eXecu-
tive council, for creation of a war
advisory council including Indian
princes, and for establishing ma
chinery for new postwar con-
Stitution.
1t was said that there was a
general feeling that unless the
congress demand for national gov
ernment were conceded, the con-
gress could not cooperate in war
efforts.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08
BY J. w. T. MASON
United Press War Expert

Italian operations in British So
maitland are meeting with success
as one of the consequences of the
German threat to invade Great
Britain. Uncertainty regarding the
intentions of Hitler is compelling
Fofle British to keep most of their
army at home, making it impos-
-sible to distribute adequate forces
to some outlying parts of the en-
pire.
1t has thus become strategically
essential for the British high COM
mand to mark off various areas
for retreat in case of attack, with
the expectation that the final dis
position of these territories viii
be determined at the peace con-
ference. Somaliland is one of these
small sectors that must be left
TO its fate.
MuSsolini has shrewdly realized
the British difficulty in adequately
protecting the little country with
its fanatical Moslem population of
350,0O0 and has taken advantage
of the opening to score Italy's first
military victory of the war. The
military worth of the conquest is
negligible for further prosecution
OF the war, but it will help to
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08

the Far EdSJ.
The ultra nationalist newspaper
Kokumin described Crews visit as
another instance of stupid meddl-
ing by the United States"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08
II Duce Catches
Foe in Squeeze
Aided by Hitler

strengthen italian morale for the
time being.
Since Italy can control French
6omaliland, which abuts British
Somaliland, the Italians now are
in a position to unity their entire
east African empire, including
Abyssin1a, in a single bloc. This
territory, however, is isolated from
Italian supply stations. 1t forms
a corner of Africa, from the south
ern part of the Red Sea to the gulf
of Alden and the Indian ocean.
The coastline cannot be used for
supplies because of the British
fleets command of the shore. The
internal land boundaries are
blockaded by British Kenya and
the Sudan. If the war were to
continue for another year, italian
supplies in the region would be
seriously diminished with no way
of replenishing them without TAX
ing Egypt.
+, 1t is reported from Rome that
the Italians have this intention
Such an enterprise, however, would
require a vast assembly of troops
and equipment and would necessi
tate military direction of the high
est order. 1t is difficult to see how
the Italians alone would be able
to execute double spearhead
thrust against Egypt.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08
italians DrivinQ
Toward Big Port

ROME, Aug. s. -UP)-Italian
forces are converging on Berbera,
capital and chief port. of British
Somaliland, reports in usually re-
liable quarters Indicated today.
italian forces were reported to
be advancing at blitzkrieg speed.
Todays high command communi-
que announced the capture of zeila,
second port of the British pro-
tectorate and also an air base and
camel caravan certer, after a three
day march across the desert by
regular and Fascist militia infan-
trymen and balloon tired armored
cars and native camel units.
Reports said that the italian van
guard entered Zeila at dawn yes
terday and that the main forces
followed shortly.
The italian flag was holsted on
the house of the British chief agent.
Thousands of camels were cap
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08
linda Dominion Status Still Goal
Of Great Britain, Commons Informed

LONDON, Aug. 8. (UP)-Domin-
ion status for India remains a goal
of Great Britain, l.. S. Amery, sec
retary of state for India, told the
House of Commons today.
Immediate action toward estab-
fishing greater representation for
the people of India was announced
by the secretary.
Amery told commons that:
Differences between the IN
dian communities which prevented
achievement of national unity can
no longer postpone the proposed
expansion of the viceroy's council
and the establishment of body
to associate more closely Indian
public opinion with the central
government"
The viceroy of India will, Amery
said, "invite a number of represen-
tative Indians to join his councils
and will establish war advisory
council containing representatives
of the Indian states and other in
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08
German Bombs Menace
300 Refugee Children: Raj
Downs Cham eI Raiders

LONDON, Aug. 8. (UP)-German
airplanes resumed heavy attacks on
the British Isles today, dropping
two bombs close to a northeast
England sanatorium housing 300
refugee children and battled royal
air force fighting craft over the
English channel.
The air ministry said that at
least nine German planes-Six dive
bombers and three fighters-were
ehot down today in battles over
the English channel. Two British
fighters were reported missing.
The German planes-after two
days of comparative calm-return
ed to attacks on shipping and raids
on land objectives.
Royal air force fighters engaged
the Nazis in several air clashes in
the channel area, where ship con-
voys appeared to be the detectives
Residents along the southeast
coast reported that a number OF
German planes also had crossed
high over the coast line and were
engaged by defense fighting craft
The fact that the German planes
were flying very high indicated
that they might be headed fol
important daylight raids on lane
objectives in Britain.
In the bombing close to th'
sanatorium, all of the window
were shattered.
The admiralty said that British
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08
BRITISH PORTS MINED BY
GERMAN DIVE BOMBERS

BERLIN. Aus. UP)-German
airplanes in raids during the night
laid mines off a number of British
ports and bombed the Leyland Mo-
tor works, the Vickers Armstrong
Motor Works near Chester, airplane
works near Yeovil, factories near
Plymouth and anti-aircraft and
searchlight batteries near Manehest-
er. Cardiff. Dorchester and Plym-
outh. a high command communique
asserted today.
The communique said that one
German submarine had sunk three
armed British merchantment total
ing $4,000 tons.
British planes raided northern and
western Germany during the night.
the communique said, dropping
bombs without causing serious dam
age"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08
Hong Kong Port
Closed to Japan
By British Chiefs

HONG KONG, Aug. 8. CUP) -
British authorities refused entry
into Hong Kong port today of the
japanese steamships Kaiju Maru
and Shirogani Maru as the result
Of a dispute over navigation in
the Pearl river leading to Canton.
Japanese had detained a British
steamship at Canton after the fail
ure of negotiations to open the
river. The Japanese Ksd demanded
the right to station inspectors all
along the Hong Kong border, as
serting that supplies still were
crossing it into Chinese territory.
The British steamship was re-
leased later but British authorities
threatened Tuesday to refuse entry
to Japanese ships until the dis
pute had been settled.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08

tured, it was asserted.
The high command communique
asserted that Italian planes had
httao;:ed the British airport at
Wajir, Kenya, destroying three
planes on the ground and setting
military objectives afire. British
plane was shot down in an all
fight, it was said
British planes caused slight dam
age" in raids on Diredawa, Ethiopia
ar,l Massawa, Eritrea, the COM
munique said.
In the Eastern Mediterranean
the communique said, Italian air.
planes seriously damaged two ships
Of a British convoy of five vessels
escorted by Warships.
1t was reported that Italy might
be aiming in its African operations
at bottling up the British Eastern
Mediterranean fleet.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08

terests in the national life of In
dia as a whole"
o. He said that the government had
agreed to establish a postwar body
representing the principal elements
in India to devise the framework
of a new constitution.
Meanwhile, Amery said, the gov
errment will welcome every prac-
tical effort on the part of the In
dians themselves to reach a friend
ly agreement regarding the propos-
ed postwar body and the outlines
of the new constitution.
Agitation for independent gov
ernment or for dominion status in
India has been largely under lead
ership of the Indian nationalist
movement of Mahatma NJ K. Gan
dhi, but there has been sharp con-
flict among the various India fac
tions on the form of any new con-
Stitution
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08
Japanese Clique Demands Action to
Exterminafe British; U. 5. FIayed

TOKYO, Aug. 8. (UP)-A group
of 1876 members of the House OF
Representative today presented to
the government a resolution advo-
eating strong measures to exter-
inmate British influences in East
Asia.
The resolution was adopted short
ly after the newspaper ASahi had
declared that Japan would push its
program for a greater East Asia
lin silence and firm determination
regardless of the attitude of the
United States.
The Asahi comment was in con-
nection with the visit of United
States Ambassador Joseph Clark
Grew to Foreign Minister YoSuke
Matsuoka yesterday.
The 1876 members of the lower
house, which has 466 members, in
cluded former Minister of Commu-
nications Ryutaro Nagai and sew
eral other eX-members of the gov
ernment.
The resolution they presented to
the government called for "a deter
mine'1 stard" against Britain and
for strong and effective measures"
in order to exterminate British in
fluences in East Asia.
ASahi said that Grew visited
Matsuoka to demand" an eXplana-
tior' of Japan's negotiations with
Indo-China and that he had sought
to sound out Matsuoka on Japan's
southern expansionist policy in
order to assist Great Britain to
regain its dwindling influence in
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08

the only serious injuries were to
women who were walking along a
country road"
The leaflets mentioned were
those containing extracts from
Adolf Hitler's surrender or die"
speech.
Bombs were dropped on Wales
during the night and homes were
damaged by several bombs dropped
on southwest England.
Anti aircraft gun fire was heard
last night from the coast of north
ern France, and it was assumed
that Royal Air Force planes were
raiding as they had been through
out yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08

bombing raids on German held
bases had resulted in the apparent
destruction of a huge German Oil
depot near the Norwegian port of
Bergen, where three tanks with
capacity for 1900 tons of oil were
blown up or set afire.
The children, altered from poor
homes in industrial areas, remained
quietly in their beds even after
the first bomb had exploded.
One of the bombs fell just behind
nurses home, one of the Sani-
torium buildings, where $50 adults
were asleep.
Homes nearby were damaged bv
the bomb blasts but there were no
casualties.
Some excitement was caused
when, after a German plane pass
ed over a northwestern England
town during the night, a rlyster-
ious white powder was found in
the streets.
Preliminary examination indicat-
ed that the powder was harmless
but it was handed over to experts
for careful chemical analysis.
An air ministry-home security
ministry communique on the night
activities of German planes said:
Bombs were dropped on variou!
parts of Great Britain last nigh
by isolated enemy aircraft, bu
/ apart from broken windows littl
damage was reported except at on
town in northeast England wher
sanitorium and shop propert
suffered considerably.
I'm one part of north Englan,
leaflets were dropped.
= Casualties were very few an,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-08
Sea Battle Heard
In Mediterranean

ROME, Aug. 8. UP)-The Gior-
male D'Italia reported in a dispatch
from Valencia, Spain, today that
cannonading heard there indicated
a naval battle was in progress at
sea between the isle of Formentera
and Algiers.
Formentera is about los miles
southeast of Valencia in the Med
iterranean and about 50 miles
southwest of the Baleric islands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-05
Partisanship Out

The acceptance speech of U, s. Senator Francis T. Maloney delivered before the Democratic State Convention in Hartford yesterday showed an inclination on the veteran legislators part to place Amer ican citizenship higher than partisanship at the present crucial moment of our history. It was simple avoWal of his be- liefS and philosophieS that the Meriden senator voiced to the enthusiastic gath ering a take-lt-or-leave-t matter-of- fact statement. It was no appeal to party loyalty other than to point out that the Democratic party has a duty to perform in this crisis
 The national safety on this continent and our successful competition with en- dangling alliances abroad depend upon broad vision, wide discernment, and an ability to make decisions quickly and decisively at such times as these. The tried and true legislator of the type that Senator Maloney best personifles seems to be the prescription right now. America cannot choose to experiment with a terrible war in the offng, whose flames even now scar this land Of ours.
 Connecticut Democrats apparently got off to a good start at their Hartford con- vention. Judging by the reflected opin- ions of some 1000 members of the party gathered from the states 160 towns there iE to be wholesale stormlng of the polls next November that the Democratic Party may fulfill it's obligations to this nation and its millions of peoples at moment when just such liberal and foresighted government is demanded
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-05
60 Per Cent Rejected

It is a little startling to note that 32 per cent of army recruiting applications In southern New York have had to be Projected for reasons of physical unftness. Almost another 90 per cent were rejected for other reasons -- for instance 5 per cent were too young, another per cent had criminal records. Perhaps this is not as bad as it sounds. In the coun- tries at war or in those which knew very well they were going to wage war; stand ards were not so high. The U. s. Army is still refusing men which if war were present or imminent, it would be glad to take.
 Still, it is well to note that the physical fitness of our younger men is not what 1t ought to be. In spite of standardization, does anyone think it is not gruelling physical ordeal to drive tank hour after hour, day after day, or to take the air again and again and again with all too little sleep? Despite excellent results achieved by the eco in physical develop ment of thousands of young men, there is still plenty of room for improvement.