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Evening star., 1940-09-03

Of the dictators within our coun-
try" Preceding Mr.. Roosevelt to
the platform, Gov. Clyde Hoey of
North Carolina had elected the first
enthusiastic reaction to this thought
when he declared himself in favor
Of congressional legislation outlaw
ing the Communist, Nazi and Fas-
cist organizations within this coun-
try.
Making his address at Newfound
Gap, on the Tennessee North Caro-
lima border, Mr.. Roosevelt detrained
at Knoxville and was driven the
remaining So miles with Mrs. Roose-
welt, Secretary of Interior Ickes and
Senator Reynolds of North Carolina.
Mr.. Ickes introduced the President
at the ceremony.
Knoxville streets were packed
thick with cheering people as the
President passed-with a few dar-
ing to shout I'VE want Willkie. I"
Actually. however, there seemed in
this city to be a greater and more
spontaneous enthusiasm than had
greeted the Chief Executive earlier
In the day at Chattanooga.
Visiting the latter city to make a
dedication address at the $36. 900 900
Chickamauga Dam, a major seq
ment of the Tennessee Valley de-
velopment. the President received
both for his appearance and his
address applause that seemed almost
perfunctory. ..
Talking politics by indirection in
rapping at critics of this project
Wendell Willkie having been fore
most in the opposition ranks-the
President seemingly just failed to
stir the enthusiastic reception
which might have come with a brass
band and a straightforward political
excoriation.
In fact as his first ajor SPEAK
ing engagement since being nomi-
mated at Chicago for a third .erm,
the Chickamauga address might
leave some concern in the minds of
Democratic strategists concerned
with the effectiveness of a mon
political" race for the presidency.
In Charleston proper Mr.. Roose-
welt received a wild ovation. AS he
boarded the train he spoke briefly
over a local radio station, remark
ing that his visit was a sentimental
journey" reviewing scenes Of 1917
when he was Assistant Secretary of
the Navy.
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Roosevelt
Continued From First Page.)

munitions for the Army as well as
the Navy.
That this particular trip, scruti-
nized and analyzed most carefully
for its political implications, should
have ended with another of the de-
fense inspections was not uniting.
For, in an awe-inspiring setting
high in the Great Smoky Mountains
late yesterday afternoon, Mr..
Roosevelt delivered one of his most
effective calls to the Nation to pre-
pare itself for the sweat and tears"
which must come with mobilization
of national strength in defense of
national freedom.
I'VE Cannot Be Soft"
There was little or nothing of
politics in the address as the Chief
Executive stood on the chilled and
wind-swept mountain range, more
than a mile above sea level, and
warned America that If we are to
survive, we cannot be soft in a
world in which there are dangers
that threaten Americans-dangers
far more deadly than were those
the frontiersmen had to face. q.
The greatest attack that has ever
been launched against freedom Of
the individual is nearer the Amer
icas than ever before"
With both the tone and the words
of the entire speech rejecting the
Presidents deep concern for the Sc
curity of the Nation, he interpo-
lated a phrase at one point fore
casting today's leasing of British
owned sites for naval bases in the
Atlantic.
"We must prepare in thousand
ways" he said gravely. Men are
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Prison
Continued From First Page.)

and bottomlands surrounding this
sprawling prison camp where the
merit system, using trusty convicts
for armed guards, has long been in
force.
The break, biggest in Arkansas
penal history, was led by four of
these prison guards and four pris-
oners from the ranks. The break
started in a pea field, far from the
main prison camp, while a picking
crew of 1874 rank men and 10 guards
relaxed after the noon meal.
Fellow Guards Disarmed.
The four renegade TRUSTEES began
disarming their fellow guards quietly,
but violence broke when Frank
Conley, "a, rank man serving 81
years for robbery and kidnapping,
attacked Troy Wade, a shotgun
armed guard, with knife
When Claude Martin, Al, another
guard, started to lift his rife, Conley
seized Wade's gun and shot Martin
with both barrels, prison authorities
said.
AS Martin fell face downward.
they said, Percy Loftin, Is, rifle
armed guard serving life plus So
years for murder, kidnapping and
robbery, shot Martin in the back.
He died instantly. Wade was only
slightly wounded by the knife at
tack.
The six other guards then surren-
dered their weapons to Loftin and
the three other trusty- -ringleaders,
w. E. Barner, As; Orig Harvey, 90,
and Walter Magby. These were
aided by Conley, William Landers,
38; William Heard, 80, and Leon
johnson, 80, in marching the other
prisoners four miles through the
woods to a point where the eight
ringleaders rode away on horseback
and the others fed on foot.
Two Men Captured.
Magby and johnson were cap
tured in the fight at Garland City.
Three other convicts with them es-
Evening star., 1940-09-03

mines Of South Africa and Australia,
from the bank vaults of London, but
most often from Canada. where
much was either stored before the
war or landed by convoy afterward.
Large Purchasing Stan.
10 transact a purchasing business
greater than that Of any commercial
firm and surpassed only by the
United States Governments own
procurement plans, the British have
q rapidly growing staff now totaling
more than 1000 persons, mostly in
New York. The bulk of them are
Canadians or other British subjects,
but many are Americans in high
positions.
Bushy-browed, dynamic Arthur B.
Purvis is their boss. An Englishman
with IS years experience in Canada
and the United States, he handles a
stan Of knights and brigadiers with
a brisk good humor that has made
him a popular and respected figure
in both New York and Washington
bCtWCCA WAAIu IlC COIIllIlQUcS Uy
plane or train two or three times a
week.
Limited at First.
For months Mr.. Purvjs' activities
were somewhat limited by the ne
cessity Of cooperating with a French
purchasing mission. But the very
day that France surrendered he
bought up all the untitled French
contracts-probably a sizable por-
ton Of the $4,000, 900 900 contract
total In the last year.
At first the British purchasing
was concentrated on airplanes and
equipment which their own factories
could not produce in sufficient
quantities. With the prospect that
some British factories might be
bombed out of commission, the Sec
ond years program is expanding
into new items, particularly tanks,
field artillery and shells. Orders for
machine guns, always a prominent
item, are to be doubled.
Evening star., 1940-09-03
STAR WASHINGTON c. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1s
British Orders in u. 5.
In First Year Of War
Total Two Billion
List includes Hundreds
OF Items, but Emphasis
Is Placed on PIones
BY the Associated Press.

6y tne ASsoclateo fLeb8.
Great Britain has ordered q $2,-
100000, 900 bill Of goods In the
United States since she declared war
on the Third Reich q year ago to-
day.
British purchasing agents, who
gave this figure, estimated another
$4,000, 900 900 In orders would be
forthcoming In the second year
ahead.
The British have bought nearly
everything from fire hose to air.
planes. The list rms into hundreds
Of items, but with the air war re-
lentlessly growing more intense, the
emphasis has been constantly on
planes. About 81 200 900 900 of the
first years contracts were for air
craft.
Probably not more than $500, 900, :
600 Of the first years contracts have
yet been filled. however. In many
cases. new factories-a number Of
them paid for by the British-had
to be built before start could be
made on the orders. In some cases,
items had to be standardized with
United States needs so that a single
factory could handle both, and so
delay ensued.
Details Not Available.
Details on just how many planes
have been bought or delivered, their
types, and similar information about
other purchases are not available.
Inquiries bring the polite but firm
British reply: Sorry, but you
know we are at war"
From other sources, however, in
dicatiOns are that Britain and the
empire now are getting about 10
new military planes q day off
American assembly lines. BY next
summer, they have hopes for about
10 day. Expressions Of doubt that
the war will last that long are
laughed at.
To pay the cash required by the
Neutrality Act for their purchases,
the British have been sending gold
here at the rate fabout 500 900 900
a week. 1t comes fresh from the
Evening star., 1940-09-03

not enough. They must have arms
They must learn how to use those
arms. They must have skilled lead
ers-who must be trained. New
bases must be established-and ]
think we'll have them-to enable our
feet to defend our shores.
THAT there is a danger from
without is at last recognized by most
of us Americans" Mr.. Roosevelt said
yesterday. That such a danger
cannot longer be met with pitch
forks and squirrel rifles, or even with
the training or the weapons Of the
War of 1917 and 1918 is equally
clear.
1T is not a change from the
American way Of life to advocate or
legislate a greater and a speedier
preparedness. 1t is a positive pro-
lection to the American way Of life.
We know that in the process of pre-
pairing against danger we shall not
have to abandon and we will not
abandon the great social improve
ments that have come to the Amer
ican people in these later years. We
need not swap the gain Of better
living for the gain of better defense.
I propose to retain the one and get
the other"
Task Won't be Easy.
But TO conserve our liberties
will not be easy. The task will re-
quire the united efforts of US all.
1t will require sacrifices from us
all"
. Earlier in his address he had
warned of this need Of sacrifice
In justifying steps now under way
to train a great army. More than
once, too, he spoke of the require
ment of unity In the face of to-
days emergency.
ut is our PRIDE" he said, that
in our country men are free to diff
fer with each other and with their
Government, and to follow their
own thoughts and express them.
We believe that the only whole man
is free man. And we believe, that
in the face Of danger, the old
spirit of the frontiersman, which
is in our blood, will give us the
courage and unity that we must
have.
"We need that spirit in this hour.
We need a conviction, felt deep in
us all, that there are no divisions
among us. We are all members of
the same body. We are all Amer
leans.
I'VE are free today, If we join
together now, and face the COM
mon menace as a united people, we
shall be free tomorrow"
His meaning was not missed by
this audience of some 10000 who
had preceded him by hours up the
steep park road when he expressed
the hope that in years to come
"this park will not be in the hands
OF some strange kind of government
puppet subject to some strange
kind of an overseas overload"
And of their frequent bursts of
applause none was louder than
when he announced in grim tones
that I'VE must counter the agents
Evening star., 1940-09-03
halian Dive Bombers
Report Hits on Four
British Warships
Two Are Killed, IS Hurt
In New R. A. F. Roid on
- :. Genoo, Rome Says
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
e ROME, Sept. 3.-Newly formed
squadrons of "Picchiatelli" Qittle
divers)-Italy's model of the dive
bomber-were reported by the high
command today to have surprised
q British naval squadron and scored
square hits on a battleship, an air
craft carrier, a cruiser and a de-
stroyer in furious attack.
The battle between the roaring
little planes and the warships was
said to have taken place in the
Central Mediterranean" a part of
the sea from which Italy has
claimed to have driven the British.
Malta Base Bombed.
8 An air battle occurred simul-
faneously with the air-sea fight, the
high command said, adding that four
British planes were sent crashing,
while no Italian plane losses in
That encounter were mentioned
Violent anti-aircraft reaction
and sharp fighting with enemy pur-
suit planes failed to hinder the
drive and ardor of our high-fying
bombing formations and the new
sPicchiatelli' dive bombing forma-
kions to achieve evident results"
said the high command.
Three Italian planes were ac-
knowledged lost in a raid by an
pther squadron which violently
bombed" the British naval base at
Malta.
I, The Italians accused British planes
OF machine-gunning an Italian Red
Gross seaplane while it was search
ing for survivors of aircraft lost at
sea.
I; Genoa Again Raided.
The communique reported that
British warplanes had again raided
Northern Italy, killing two persons
and injuring Is at Genoa. 1t said
three of the raiders were shot down
in flames and two others were be-
jieved to have crashed.
In Africa, Italian planes bombed
a British encampment at Gadabi,
near the Atbara River in the Anglo
Egyptian Sudan, the high COM
mand said.
LONDON, Sept 3 P-British
forces have retired southwark from
Buna, in Kenya Colony on the
Ethiopian frontier, London military
circles acknowledged today in con-
firming previous Italian reports to
this effect.
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Brazilians 10 Fly
Home With 80 Army
Planes Made in u. ).
10, ,000- Mile Trip
Will Be Accomplished
In Eosy Stages

The first aerial delivery Of Amer
ican-made warplanes to Brazil will
begin this week when a group Of
Brazilian Army pilots under COM
mand of Maj. j. s. Macedo, until
recently on duty here, takes of from
Los Angeles in six new North Amer
lean NA-44 low wing attack bombers.
The 10000 mile flight will be made
In easy stages, over a period of Is
days. Nineteen stops for refueling
and inspection have been planned.
A stop will be made at the home
of the Army AR Corps Training
Center, San Antonio, Tex, and an
other at France Field, Cristobal,
Canal Zone.
The trip will be made by way Of
Mexico and Central America and
down the west coast of South Amer
lea through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
and Chile. From Santiago the for
nation will cross the Andes $4,000
feet above sea level to Buenos Aires
and then up the east coast to Rio
de Janeiro.
The NA-44 is a two-place light
attack dive bomber, with a single
550-horsepower engine, a top speed
of 215 miles per hour and a cruising
range Of more than 1,100 miles.
Brazil has ordered 30 of these planes,
Maj. Macedo arrived in the United
States with seven other Brazilian
officers in the squadron of flying
fortress bombers which made the
South American goodwill flight last
November. Since then he has been
stationed here at the Brazilian EN-
bassy. He is a graduate of the
Brazilian Army Aviation School at
Campo dos Affonsos, Rio de Janeiro.
Other pilots making the flight will
be Its. H. E. de Fonseca, Aloisio
Hamerly, Roberto de Faria Lima,
Manoel Borges Neves and Ricardo
Nicoll.
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Timonium Stute Fair
Marks ChiIdren's Duy

BY the Associated Press.
TOWSON, Md, Sept. 3.-Chil-
dren's day was celebrated at the
Timonium State Fair today, and all
children under II. accompanied by
adults, were admitted free to ex-
hibits of Maryland's farm crops and
livestock.
Yesterday fair officials estimated
that between $4,000 and $4,000 per-
sons jammed the grounds for the
Labor Day program, the largest
crowd in the fairs history.
Maryland's prettiest farm girl,
Miss Myrtle Greer Of Hartford
County, presided over the days cele-
bration. A resident of Bel Air, she
was chosen by judges Sunday.
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Wi|Ikie Begins Series
OF Political Conferences
Hy the Associated Press,

Ey the Associated Press.
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Sept. 3.-Wen-
dell L. Willkie began today series
of political conferences which will
culminate Thursday with a cam
paign meeting of Republican leaders
from % Eastern and Midwestern
States and the District of Columbia.
The Republican presidential NOM
inee will discuss with the group
plans for organizing party workers
for the November election.
Then he will sit at the head table
at luncheon in the Masonic Hall,
prepared for the Republican officials
by members of the Order of Eastern
Star.
Evening star., 1940-09-03

capped on foot into the Red River
bottoms of Lafayette County.
The men in this group COM
mandeered four automobiles in re-
lay-fashion during their flight and
had two Montrose, Ark, farmers in
custody when they ran into four
officers guarding the Garland City
bridge. The farmers, Floyd Har-
bison, Al, and Leon Boney, II, were
liberated by the officers HARRISON
was slightly cut about the face by
flying glass.
A second group of six convicts
commandeered car at Gould, Ark,
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Horsfall of Little Rock, and drove
it to Rayville, La, where they
wrecked it.
At Rayville, the six felons COM
mandeered a car occupied by the
three young people and drove to
near Columbia where they were ap-
pretended by officers while stopping
to repair a tire.
Afraid of Shooting Children.
"A light was flashed on the car"
said Ed Drake, volunteer Office
deputy for the sheriff, land a shot
rang out from the bitches on the
side of the road.
"Gartman fell mortally wounded.
The youngsters were in the car, ap-
parently bound, while the convicts
were in the bitches on both sides.
"The officers could have killed all
the convictS, but they were afraid
of shooting the children.
"The convicts and kids stayed at
the spot for about an hour until
they slipped away across a corn
field to a small clump of woods,
carrying the children with them. !"
One posseman reported he heard
girl cry:
Don't shoot me, mister! Don't
shoot mel"
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Alexandra Traffic Post
Token Over by Muyor
By . staff Correspondent Of The star.

By Q Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. s.
Mayor william T. wilkins today
assumed the post of chairman OF
the City Traffic Board, succeeding
former Mayor Richard L. Ruffner,
whose term expired Sunday.
The Mayor automatically heads
the Traffic Board under Alexan-
dria's municipal charter.
Other members of the board who
will continue to serve are City Man
ager Carl Budwesky and Police
Chief John S. Arnold.
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Mother Sees Three
Drown in Rio Grunde

By the Associated Press.
Ell PASO, Tex. Sept. 3.-While
their mother looked on helplessly
from the river bank, q 20-year- old
girl and her younger brother and
sister drowned yesterday in the Rio
Grande.
Deputy sheriffs recovered the
body of Refugia Hernandez, 20, but
were unable to locate the bodies
of Petra, IL, and Jose, 9.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

She's IL now, grown-up, and quite
serious about life - and especially
her own future. She wants to be
a singer, and has made a good start
toward her eventual goal grand
opera.
RECENTLY MADE
DEBUT AS SINGER
She recently made her debut as
a soprano in the New York Munich
pal Opera Associations Carnegie
Hall studio. She's supposed to have
a two and one-half octave range
which musical folk say is quite
something.
Her serious attitude toward life
is seen in her reflections on how
children have changed since way
back when she was a little girl.
Speaking Of the youngsters she
used to know in Our Gang" days
on the Hal Roach lot, she says:
THAT type of child has passed.
Our Gang were all different kinds
of kids. Nowadays, all boys are G.
men or cowboys or nurses. think
the radio is to blame for this. Chill
dren of eight seem so much older
than we did at that age"
you see?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
, MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE
This is the last Of series of
six articles on the Warren Slam
Bidding Convention.
BY VIM. E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

In developing any bidding meth
cd it is necessary to keep in mind
the fact that the opponents will not
keep sehrenly silent and let a part
nership exchange as much infor-
nation as it pleases. The Warren
method, however, provides remedies
against interference bidding by the
opponents.
If an opponent puts in a bid over
four no trump, the partner chooses
his response very simply. If his re-
Spouse was to have been a higher
bid than the opponents overcall, he
bids as though nothing had hap
pened. If his response would have
been a lower bid, he signifies it by
passing. And, If his response would
have been the same bid as the OPP
ponent made, he doubles.
In today's hand, South feared
that, even if his side could make
a slam in one of their suits-hearts
or clubs, West would make a sacri-
flee bid in spades and accept a pen
atty of a few hundred points. South
wanted to find out If North had
two aces, in which case grand
slam at no trump, which West
could not overbid, would be prob
able. Thus, South's bid of four no
trump.
North would have responded i've
spades, showing four points, but
West beat him to it with a five
spade bid. North therefore doubled.
Now South could count six tricks
in hearts, two outside aces, and at
least five tricks in clubs (North's
suit), so he bid seven no trump.
Over seven hearts, West would have