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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-03
British Royal Air Force Sweeps Germans Back
''It pays to shop at G. B. & IF
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clouds but it was indicated that the German planes were largely neutralized by the strengthened de- lenses.
 A German bomb killed two of six occupants of a raid shelter in a midlands town which was attacked for the 11th straight night,
 Several homes wec., damaged in the midlands areas. Two shops were wrecked and several damaged when single German plane bombed the shopping district of a southeastt town. At another southeast coast town bombs dropped by squadron of German planes set fire to an amusement hall and demolished an other building.
 Bombs Wreck Homes High explosive bombs wrecked two homes in a south coast town and in second south coast town three homes and several shops were damaged.
 The nuisance" raid during the night had little effect on Londoners. Those who were up watched the parachute flares dropped by the new British fighter patrol and saw Ger man planes, in the outskirts dodg- ing in and out cf clouds to avoid fighter planes, searchlight beams and anti-aircraft fire. Activity was spasmodic as the German planes flew singly.
 An important new departure in the nights raid was that all ngiht work was continued without inter- ruption at war factories under plan, just adopted by consent of labor unions. by which worBayx rather remain at their posts untA "spotters" selected fr6E their se.- low workers, reported from roof tops the approach of German planes.
 It was understood that German rxisOners had disclosed that 8 vet eran German commercial pilot, well known at British civil airports be- for the war, had led recent raids on London. He had flown over the London area many times be- fore the war.
 Gigantic Planes Seen
 Air ministry experts are inves- tigating reason for the appearance over England during tfie iast two days of gigantic German 1otr-mo- tored airplanes, 1t was understood today.
 Experts were divided in their speculation. Some held that the Gernans were merely trying ogs hitherto discredited niiIti-motored heavy bomber planes. others that the new planes were transports and that their polts were studying tne terrain for favorable lnndi4g sp''S for air-borne invasion troops.
 The planes were believed to be of Junker-eo type, with . iib foot wing span and an over all length of 60 feet. Thls Is q bomber -traas:. port type, similar to commercial Junker.e0 planes frequently seen at Croydon, the great London alrport, before the war,
 Yt Is known that . number Of Junkorseo planes were delivered 70 tlle German air force last October for use as bombeFs, but the high command was said not 70 have beer. impressed, pFeferring tWinsIsictofed higb speed types.
 The sunkerso0S known llere had . top speed Of a20 niiles Afl hellT, blli i it Wan believed that this had been lneseafed io 2J6 miles, Theaa planes ean carry i7ooo pounds ef bombs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-03

Londoners were watching the sky for German planes. It was at II a. m. Sept. 3 last year that the British ulttmatum to Germany, after the Nazi attack on Poland, expired.
 The first alarm of the war had come almost at the same hour on last Sept. 3 few minutes after Neville Chamberlain, then prime minister, had concluded momen- tous declaration by radio telling the empire that Britain was at war with Germany.
 Soon after this mornings alarm sounded, the drone of German planes was heard over London.
 The alarm had been sounded after big German bomber fleet, accom- panied by hordes of Messerschmidt fighter planes, had raced across the southeast coast in loose formation, to escape the anti-aircraft gun bar rage, in an attempt to break through to London.
 British Meet Invaders
 A strong force of British fighters met the raiders over an inland southeastern town, in blue, Sunlit sky.
 Darting in and out among the German planes in a furious fight the British planes scattered them within five minutes, it was asserted and sent them heading for home.
 At. least six German planes were downed, it was said.
 Scattering as they fled the on- slaught of British fighting planes the German bombers jeettisonec their bombs miles from any mili- tary objectives, and the thunder od explosions echoed throughout the area.
 Individual fights continued for ar hour as the British planes sought tx cut of the raiders.
 British planes, returning iron the fight, executed the now familiar victory roll" in indication that they had won victory.
 Like other Londoners conducting ''business as usual" during the alarm period, Fling George conducted ar investiture at Buckingham during the raid, for persons who had wor honors for war services.
 Soon after this mornings alarm German planes were reported agair over & southeast England inland town and in the vicinity of 6 north. east Scotland town.
 Gpat at Nazi Planes
 Watchers in Q London suburb sav British fighter planes diving, zoom' ing and circling as their machinl guns spat at German bomber plane which tried to penetrate the defen sive cordon.
 Continuing their attempt to keel Londoners from sleeping, German planes arrived near the Londoi area last night end caused an of raid alarm which started ct i0;3 D. fn. and ended, after four hour ard 2i minutes. at 2;b6 q. m. to day.
 High explosive bombs fell in 6 least i've outer districts but partl duo Co the nov fighter patrol the did little damage aBide from start ing tWo minor fires and danlagln gas filain. HeFeamer bombs 6tflic Co the gardens Of a ro1laentlal ere end damaged q few homes,
 Tine first nights wofk q she lle' fighter patrol Was made difficult D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-03
0. GLENN SAXON
 WOULD ACCEPT

Hartford, Conn. Sept. 3-(UP)- Former Republican State Finance Commissioner o. Glenn Saxon said today "if 1t is offered, I probably would accept the United States sen- atorial nomination"
 Saxon, who returned to Yale later this month as 8 professor of busi- ness administration, declared, how ever, he was mot turning Q hand for the nomination"
 The former commissioner coi- ferred today with Gov. Baldwin and said he would devote two days each week. after oct. i, as c consultant to the finance department In pres pairing the biennial budget to be submitted the Legislature next January.
 He e research director for the Republican national committee and an advisor ill the presidential caFiis paien for Wendell |. Willkie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-03

(C0ntlnued rom rage U new schedule which he will submit for the teachers approval.
 For several years teachers have been complaining about their pay dates. The end of the school year each June has been invariably ac- companied by protests that final pay- checks are several dollars short of what they should be. Mayor Scully's desire to end these complaints led to the appointment of the special committee.
 Under the pay plan in effect in previous years, the teachers would receive their first checks this school year on September 19. Other checks would be due approximately each two weeks thereafter, though allow ances are made for the Christmas holidays.
 The new schedule, according to the controller, will be aimed at suiting the teachers convenience as much as possible. The total is the same, he pointed out, and the city will be glad to oblige the teachers as to when pap days shall come.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-03

(COnClnueQ from rage U
 previously had printed the speech. So why circulate it from the air with a truculent heading?
 Called It Death Blow
 As the first attack On London was being made, Berlin gave a highly emotional running account, saying 1t was the death blow for Britain and indicating Hitler had London at his mercy. German planes, how ever, have been checked number of times on the London outskirts and American correspondents re- port only trvial damage.
 Again on the day German long range guns along the French coast started their trans-channel bom- bardment, Berlin said once more the death blow was being delivered. Yet the guns failed to hit a passing British convoy and ceased firing the second day when British heavy coastal artillery replied.
 Lord Flaw Flaw has been respon- sible for persistent extravagances in his broadcasts, eliminating in his recent threat to British mothers that wherever they concealed their children, German bombers would find them. Terrorist propaganda of that kind indicates mental ab- normality. Too, the invasion which Lord Hay flaw and other Germans have pictured so vividly seems evaporating like a dream.
 Claims Disproved
 Repeated German claims that British ports have been made use- less for shipping are continually being disproved by American corre- spondents granted facilitis to inc vestigate. Berlin's reiteration that the channel is now a German water possession Is disproved by corre- spondents who inspected last week the busy outgoing and incoming shipping at the London docks.
 German announcements that the starvation blockade is succeeding were answered last week by the British request that Americans cease sending food parcels to friends and relatives in Britain, since there ig more than enough for all. These are Q few of the more conspicuous examples of the way the war seems to have distorted German nientai-
 eeIf.deception is very dangeroua in wartime. France feii from that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-03

cause. The French government be. fore end during the VET withheld facts from the people and when the truth became known, morale collapsed almost oyer night, illts lor would seem Co Do running slime fee geek1 ll, oeFmetly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-03

our political activity under the Ameyican Federation of Labor none partisan plan which is lo use every effort at ofr command 70 elect olif friends and defeat our enemies"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-03

aarIan troops would be evorsoalous ln occupying the district and that Rumanlan troops would resist them. One nunalial regiment at 0llena was reported to have refused Co withdraw when Huneafians aps preached, and to have pledged to defend the section oi lhe frontier aa6Isned io it,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-03
TEACHERS PAY
 DAYS MAY CHANGE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-03
WAR MOVES ON
 TODAY'S BOARD

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
HULL LISTENS
AT CUBA FARLEY
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situations in which officials of the
other America nrepublics sought
first to hear details of the United
States proposals.
The quiet, unostentatious Hull,
however, adopted the role of lis
tener'' to get a clear picture of the
problems facing each of the other
countries, before disclosing j ust
how the United States proposes to
help them.
Absent from these preliminary
talks was the Argentine delegation,
from which is expected TO emanate
the chief obstacles to Hull's hoped
for unanimity among the 81 re
publics on measures to safeguard
the security and economy of the
new world.
The delegation from Argentina,
a country which already showing
signs of resistance to any plans
which might further disrupt S
trade with European countries,
does not arrive until M o d a y
morning when the business sessions
begin.
While Hull guarded carefully any
proposals that he brought fl o m
Washington, officials of other coun-
tries forecast definite steps at this
meeting to immunize all the
Americas against any military or
trade threats that may grow out
of the European war.
Despite the absence Of military
experts from the United States and
most of the other delegations, some
quarters predicted at least preli-
minary action on Joint military
plans for this hemispl. ere.
What form this might take was
uncertain but some sources fore
saw measures to bring about con-
tiruing and close-working arrange
ments among all the nations on
all questions of a military nature.
What did seem certain, however,
was the United States sought to
bring the other republics into even
more active partnership under the
Monroe Doctrine, which already
American meetings from a strict
ly unilateral to a multilateral policy
for the whole hemisphere.
Linked closely with this are the
American colonies of European
countries which constituted the
primary concern of the United
States in initiating the Havana
meeting, after Germany military
successes in Europe had raised
doubts about the future of French,
Netherlands and British DOS
sessions in this area
%Skepticism was apparent among
some of the Latin American dele
cations that proposals for mandat-
es or protectorates over these poss.
essions would develop into concrete
action at this meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

about accepting the Reich's peace
'' ia effect it say. /|Eat the Ger
man about attack in England will
drive Churchill ad the British gov
eminent to ref kge in some other
part of the eitish empire. Hitler
clearly expEts Churchill to follow
the cours1( Churchill urged on tot
tering EAnce, to fall back across
the seh
That would bring the war into
the western hemisphere, presum-
aEiy see Canada become the base
IT the refugee government of the
British empire. Hitler asserts that
he has no intention of reaching
beyond FL rope in the establish
ment of the Axis new order" but
he also ir.timates that he planned
to follow a resisting British empire
government wherever it went, and
to destroy it.
Thus a matter of increasing con-
Germ to the Americas.
The strongest card for unity
Secretary Hull has to play as re-
preventative of the United States
at Havana would seem to be this:
despite a red-hot presidential cam
both pledged to the total Defense
motto, a two-ocean navy and air
power to match and supplement it.
That makes a collective Par
American Monroe Doctrine of
"one-for-all-and-a ll-for-one" near
er realization than it ever h a S
been. 3
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WAR INTERPRETIVE
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further grim object lesson to the
Americas.
Ominous echoes of the war In
Europe and the chaos that must
long follow there, whatever the
military outcome, form their own
meaningful accompaniment for the
Havana conference. There is a ris-
ing chorus of prediction of winter
famine in Europe or a scale never
before known.
A winter of want in E r p G
among the millions tra1npled r.!
the war, many of them innocfHt
bystanders, would have world vide
repercussions. Across the Atlantic
the new world is a bullying store
house of plenty, and alluring OBJ
jective for an all-conque:'iag Rome
Berlin Axis alliance already
wrestling food reserves from con-
quered countries to iced it's own
armies and peoples,
The promised Ais new ORDER
in Europe will he built on quick
sands unless its authors can con-
trive to feed ibid cloth, not their
armies and Paople alone, but the
peoples in rlstions that have been
conquered.
The forth that aggression in the
Americas takes - whether eco
nomic tor military, or through
fifth column" machinations-is
less Immediately important than
the certainty that it will come in
some form. The Havana conferees
can have no serious doubt of that,
for all Hitler's renewed assurances
that he has nc ambitions in this
part of the world.
Day to day developments of the
battle of Britain will have a strong
influence on the Havana delibera-
tons. The imm1nence of the dan
ger for the Americas, if not their
ultimate security, is bound up
closely with the fate of Britain's
fleet. What may happen within
weeks or days to that feetI or to
indicate its future disposition if
England herself falls, will be a
matter of vital consequence to the
Americas in conference assembl-
ed.
Hitler's Reichstag speech, with
its pistol-point threat of utter
distinctions of England and her
el4lpire, gave the Havana confere
ence and the world at least a hint
of what he expects to happen.
There is significance in his sardon-
ic assertion that if England fought
on, at least there would ye mo
Churchill to wage the fight there
and the people left behind in Lon
don" might have a different mind
New Orleans and other democrats
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
WILLKIE, EX-AAA
DIRECTOR CONFER
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policies. read a lengthy memora-
dunn on his views at Wilkes after
noon press conference.
In brief, the AAA administrator
offered this program:
/. cure protection of the Amer
lean market for the American far
mer.
2. An american price for Amer.
lean commodities should be inSur-
ed independent of export or world
prices.
3. active and at times aggres.
.sive government assistance will be
necessary in negotiating for tn e
disposal of SURPRISES in foreign
trade"
4. Development of new uses for
farm products.
y 5. A long range soil conservation
program.
6. Farmer-owned and controlled
cooperative organizations designed
ito reduce the price spread be.
tween the producer and consum.
err"
z. Continuance of commodity
loans ION a sound basis"
8. Retention of desirable fea.
lures" of existing farm legislation.
Willkie said he asked Peek to
come here for a chat about farm
problems because he understood
the latter had a number of ideas
on the subject.
He added he was trying to get
the viewpoint of a number of PEG.
pie on the agricultural situation
and that he would make his own
decisions later.
Willkie did express interest in
one statement by Peek-that if all
wealth comes from productivity
then the emphasis should be placed
on the production of wealth rather
than on it's restriction.
Peek said he thought many New
Deal measures had been restrict
i've. Questioned about the recipro-
cal trade treaties, the former ad'
ministration official said Il never
have thought they were worth 6
damn and I haven't changed my
mind"
Willkie also received Peek
ideas on a trade program. Among
other things. Peek suggested the
tariff commission be converted in,
to an executive foreign trade board
which would determine trade 20.
icy.
Peek also suggested COMPRESSION
al approval or reflections of any
trade agreements.
Prior to the luncheon conference.
the republican presidential nomi
nee expressed qualification that Ir.
vim S. Cobb, Charles Farwell O.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
California Hits Out
At Dempsey's Bouts

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2o.-LR-
The California boxing commission
today expressed opposition to grant
ing permits for contests involving
old-time fighters.
The action was aimed at ex-heavy-
weight champion Jack Dempsey,
among others. Commissioner Ever
EFT Sanders explained that while he
and his associates had the highest
regard" for Dempsey, they felt no
good could come Of letting oldsters
come back for exhibitions or real
matches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
FIRING IS HEARD
OFF SPAIN COAST
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nazionali, "but this is a war of con-
slant offensives in which the initia-
tive always is Germany's privilege"
While the Italian high command
was acknowledging the loss of the
cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni in yes.
terday's middle Mediterranean naval
battle and claiming the sinking of a
British warship, the official Italian
news agency, Stefani, forecast the re.
moval of two damaged vessels from
Gibraltar because-of Italian bombing
raids there.
The British authorities, Stefano re-
ported, are considering sending the
AZ, 100-ton battle cruiser Hood and
the 2%2.000-ton aircraft carrier Ark
Royal elsewhere for repairs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
COLLEGE STUDENT
FIRES AT Girl
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year was elected editor-in-chief of
the Carolina Buccaneer at the
University of North Carolina.
Bertha Toon, rs. and Martha
Dudley, SO, negroes, we're struck
by the bullets but the extent of
their wounds was not Immediately
ascertained.
Hobsoh surrendered to officers
and was placed in Jail.
Policeman Joe Jackson said he
found Hobson crying on the streets
here several weeks ago and that
the youth told him then hat he
was going to kill himself and the
girl because she doesn't care any
thing about me-"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
WALSH IS LEADING
PIEDMONT BAT7F2
Rocky Mount Player Has @,
Average; Charlctte's San.
ford Third With .34S

Va. july %
Mauling the pitchers freeIv ~
els Walsh of Rocky Noun ba'a a'
ed from seventh to first in the p;os
mont league batting rae this n $50
when a 17-point advance corn;.
him to 1852. ''e'
Meanwhile, Jack Sanford Of Ch..,
lotte, last weeks leader. had nIo "'
ty of pitcher trouble and tlrn5 g,''''
II points to a third place ~
through Tuesdays games, Frn.
Horne of Richmond lost three nois
but held second with .349. Cow
pleting the big five in offic;
Howe News Bureau RATINGS wor.
Bill Prout of Richmond .345 IN,
Joe Bestudik of Durham, .33S
Prout held the total bases ,a,i
with 1872 and was best at drivinS
in runs, having rs. Sherrard Po
bertson of Charlotte forged abo.4
in home runs with 20, while 20,
stukik led with a dozen trinIes
Anil Brinsky of Winston-Salem row.
his leading doubles total to q and
Asheville's Bobby Rhawn. still ba,
the best run maker with 70.
Richmond and Charlotte eacbI
lost three points in team barirr
and remained tied for the ten wiS
.282. The fielding chase also re-,
manned tight with Richmond and
Portsmouth tied at 1851. AsheviIIs
having slipped a point to $50 n
drop out of a three-way deadloc.
Although he had to travel fen
innings to go it, Kenneth Burkhar
of Asheville won his 18TH straio5,
game July 13, bringing his seasc,
record to Is and l and keenin,
himself well ahead in the pltcb,r,
marathon. Closest challenger wa.
Gilbert Torres of Charlotte on
7 and 2 rating. I
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
MIDDIES

BOSTON, July 2O-tR- Ar
irving here today aboard three
battleships, more than 1000
Annapolis "middies" on their
annual summer cruise found
that a three-day "shore leave"
program included-a moon
light sail' on an excursion
steamer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
New Governor Named
In French Indo-C China

HANOI, French Into-China, July
20-R-French Indo-C China chang
ed governors today in a move
which may speed Japan's grow
ing influence in southern Asia.
Admiral Jean Decoux, named by
the totalitarian government of
Marshal Philippe Petain, took over
administration of this French col
ony from Gen. George Catroux.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

WASHINGTON, July 2O.-R-
The Netherlands legation said in a
statement today that Germans in
termed in the Netherlands East In
dies received food and sleeping &C.
comodations equal to those of Eur
opeans serving with the Indies
armed forces.
The statement was issued in re-
ply to Nazi charges of mistreat-
ment of German nationals a n d
threats of reprisals against resi-
dents of occupied. Holland.
It said the legation had commune
Gated by telephone with the gov
ernor general of the Netherlands
East Indies and was advised that
the informed received ten cigarets
a day and that those without finan-
cial means were given pocket mo-
ey for refreshments.
THE health of the interned Ger
mans is SO carefully guarded" the
statement quoted the governor gen.
eral, that some of the German
seamen are actually in better ply
steal condition today than they
were at the time of their intern
ment." 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
ARMY CAMPS

CHARLOTTE, July 20-R-
The War department has ask
ed bids on six great constrEc-
ton projects, including one
each at Camp Jackson, near
Columbia, and at Fort Bragg,
near Fayetteville, which will
cost $9,364,275, the Associated
General Contractors, CarOlinas
division, reported today.