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 larly announced by the admiralty, but includes all losses suffered by our merchant ships since the be- ginning of the war on whatever ser- vice they may be employed by the many hazards of the sea which have to be faced by all merchant ships in peace or war time.
 1,900,00O Gross Tons
 up to the middle of August we lost just under 100000 gross tons of shipping. It is true that this figure does not include ships which have been seriously damaged but which have been repaired and have returned or will return to service. Many ships in fact have been brought back into service which, in ordinary times, would have been re- garded as beyond repair.
 Those are our losses. We prac- tice no deception to ourselves about them. We have no desire to con- ceal them from the rest of the world. The enemy would like you to be- lieve he succeeded in stopping ous communications with the world. Those of you who live in seaports will know what to believe of this since you see our ships and those of our Allies constantly arriving loaded with cargoes and coming back for more, while if there are any German or Italian ships in your ports, they have been there an ex- tremely long time.
 German Claims Refuted
 "The Germans claim to be block ading us effectively. Four and one half million tons of imprts in 6 single month of intense enemy attack by both sea and air leave me very well satisfied"
 He said exports to the United State for July 30 per cent above the pre-war average.
 Twenty five per cent more ship ping left our ports with cargoes for all ports of America than in 6 more peaceful period" The period from January to April, when the war was at an ebb.
 Therefore. under the most ad. verse circumstances we have yet ex- perienced at sea, we not only are bringing in the supplies we need, but we are also maintaining c slib- stantial export trade"
 q will not prteend, the seas are as safe as I should like them to be. The aiaks of lesing ships and men are peFiiousIy large. ft is no light task to keep the seas open. but the cause of democracy and freedom nov de- pend on safety in seq traffic"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
By HARRY HICKINGBOTHAM United Press Special Correspond

By HARRY HICKINGBOTHAM United Press Special Correspond.
 ent)
 Folkestone, Aug. 26-UP)-Thirty German dive bombers attacked this coastal town today in a sudden raid that caught citizens on the streets by surprise.
 I was among the townspeople on the streets as the German planes flew in over the coast. When I got back to my home I found the roof of my house blown of and the win dows broken.
 But the telephone was working and I am using it to phone this dis patch to London.
 The raiders dropped both high ex- ploSive bombs and incendiaries but the fire bombs did little damage.
 I first saw the leading bombers at a height of about 5000 feet and mistook them for Spitfires. Then saw their engines and simul- taneously bombs began to drop.
 I dived for doorway between two large houses and sprawled out fiat on the ground.
 Bombs screamed down all over the town.
 Raiders Engaged
 Anti-aircraft guns opened up im- mediately and British fighters flashed into the air and engaged the raiders.
 There were many dogfghts and as I lay on the ground and looked up saw one bomber flaming toward the ground some distance away.
 The fighting continued over the coast and the sea for some time.
 The raiders, believed to be Mes serSchmitt bomber fighters, dived to within few hundred feet of the rooftopS before releasing their bombs.
 After the all clear signal sounded I toured the district and noted that a laundry had been wiped out by two high explosive bombs. Only a small staff was working in the plant but three of the workers, two ot them girls, were killed and the oth- CTS were injured.
 Many houses were damaged and in one section close to the sea eight houses were demolished and others badly hurt. Fatal casualties were confined to the laundry workers.
 On one road every house on the street had been damaged. At least five German planes were shot down in this region. Three of them crashed into the sea and pilots of two bailed out.
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quired to make up the difference.
 Italy Reports Sinking

1GdAy 1OCpUEtS OulAAAS
 Rome reported that an Italian sub- marine had torpedoed a British tanker in the Atlantic and that Ital- ian planes bombed Alexandria.
 Istanbul reported that trouble was likely in French-mandated Syria un- less something is done to repatriate demobilized French troops. It also asserted that shipments of large British guns toguard the Darde- nelles an dthe Bosphorus had ar- rived.
 Reports from the Vatican sug- gested that Portugal might be ready to cast her lot with Germany and Italy provided the axis powers guar anteed her status quo after the war.
 The Balkan situation quieted down again with word that a Rumanian delegation would go to Budapest esday to resume territoria eWndl Wednesday to resume territorial talks broken off at Turnu Severin Saturday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
WHEN LEIGH DIVORCED

London, Aug. 2e-tUP)-B British Actress vivien Leigh. was freed from marital bonds when the court today made absolute the decree Nlsl obtained by her hushand, Herbert Leigh Holman. Holman named Laurence olivier 10 his divorce ace ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26

The song Yankee Doodle" was inspired by the motley appearance of American voluhteerS at Fort Ti- condcroga during the French and Indian War.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26

The first book printed in Amer. tea was the "Escala Espiritual de San Juan Cllmaco": no copies are known Co bo in existence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
Fleets Of Nazi Planes
 Meet British Bombers
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A
 Kent the British county that extends from Dover in the southeast up toward London.
 Nazi Planes Hit Everywhere
 German bombers were attacking ardromes of the Royal Air Corps the DNB agency Said while fighter planes engaged large numbers of British defenders and shot many of them down. British planes reported shot down in attacks on Deal Fokestone Canterbury and Cambridge the agency said Other air battles fought over the English Channel British anarcraf fire was described as weak and efforts impede the German attacks by use of barrage balloons said to have failed DINE claimed that the British suffering losses in the ratio of five British planes to one German whereas the rato
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GREAT BRITAlN'S
 SHIPPING LOSSES

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SCHNEER STORE
 :. LOSES $5,OOO
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TWO AIR FIGHTS
 THIS MORNING

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10 HeaVy ExDIoeiOng

An air raid alarm was sounded ct 1920 .. rn. during tho first 10 min- utes 10 heavy explosions, the rever. beratlons Of which could be felt iu mld-Berlin, were heard from the
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WAR MOVES ON
 TODAY'S BOARD

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non shells in their attack. Two of the balloons came down in flames.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07

people will have to decide whether
they are going to follow the chief
of the Fifth Column in this coun.
try-Col. Lindbergh-or are going
to follow General Pershing."
Recalling that a "cross of re-
cognition and merit had been be-
slowed on Lindbergh by Marshal
Goering, Pepper said that Perish
ing never received a medal from
the head of the German
air corps"
Senator Lee (D-Okla) said tina,
if Lindbergh had not earned the
German medal when it was pre-.
sented to him, he has by now
earned it."
Closing the discussion, Senator
Holt D-WVa) said that eff we turn
back the pages of history to 1917
we find that almost the same ut.
terances were made against Col.
Lindbergh's distinguished father,
Congressman Lindberg, who voted
against entering war. I fear the
same result Gentry into war; may
come from this war-mongering." 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Hosy Asks Expulsion
' Of U. S. Communists

.,r1cu Aug. g. R Com
sisml said Governor Hoey,
l a,o,,i be expelled from the United
States. uo,s . communist
;, IN educational institution ne
IN a,ss ar to be given the rap" he told
OusA North Carolina Food Dealers
uie IF we find that there
a. y communist in an office Of pub
lie trust, he ought to be kicked
out" ,ho,,+ s,,h.
versive elements in educational IN
.t;,,,t;ons in general, he made no
d di,s reference to the University
If North Carolina, W h h was
cbsraed by some of its trustees re-
cently with encouraging commu-
nism and wildcat freedom"
Congress, he went on, should out
law German bunds in America and
every secret organization t h a t
seeks to overthrow our govern
ment."
Another speaker, j. M. Brough-
ton. democratic gubernatorial NOM
inee, promised the merchants that
he would do his utmost to remove
the sales tax from all foods bought
for home consumption.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Lindbergh;s Pro-Nazi Speech
Sharply Raped By Two Senators
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-R-
Takind issue with Col. Charles A.
Llndbergh's suggestion for Ameri-
can Cooperation with Germany if
she wins the war, Senator Pepper
O-Fla) has termed the aviator
the chief of the Fifth Column in
this country"
Pepper replied in the senate yes
terday to Lindbergh's Sunday
speech at a Chicago peace rally,
about the time Senator Wheeler
O-Mont) criticized General John
J. Pershing for proposing that at
least so American d%estroyers be
made available to Great Britain.
Wheeler told the senate that the
suggestion was "a step t w a r d
war;"
Senator Lucas (D-1lD followed
Peppers criticism of Lindbergh in
a radio speech last night in which
he said he was mot only amazed
but somewhat shocked by Col Lind
bergh's attitude of complacency to.
ward Adolf Hitler"
Pepper told his colleagues that
within a short time 1.-THE American
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Behind The Screen At
Washington

WASHINGTON.-It isn't general
ly realized, but the law apparently
reads that the President could send
national guard troops to fight in al
least certain parts of the new world
without any authorization by Con.
gress.
The word apparently" is used,
because there is some conflict Of
opinion. But here is the setup:
The Constitution authorizes the
President to call out 1.-The militia
to repel invasion, put down rebel
lion or enforce the laws. This was
always interpreted to mean that
the militia, or guard, could be sum.
E..oned to fight invaders only il
those invaders had already crossed
the border.
In 1912, however, Attorney Gen.
eral Wickersham handed down a
ruling on the matter which con-
siderably changed possibilities.
Wickersham ruled that the mill.
tia could not, in the ordinary course
of things, be sent across the Dor.
der. However, he said, if the in.
vaders had been repealed in this
country and it was necessary to
chase them across the border in or
der to capture and disarm them,
the militia could be used in that
way; furthermore, if an invading
force were mobilizing beyond the
border with evident intent to in
wade the United States, the militia
might be ordered to cross the Dor
der and ''repel" them before they
got there.
How broad the Presidents pow
ers may be is open to some ques-
tic1. If European troops should be
landed on one of the Caribbean
islands, for instance, the matter Of
their "evident intent to invade the
United States would probably be
or the President to decide.
The exact degree of prepared
ness which the national guard has
today is kept secret.
The guard contains IS fully or
gained infantry divisions of the
so-called square" ~type-four in
fantry r -iments and three artil'
lery regiments apiece. In addition,
there are 81 air corps observation
squadrons, four cavalry divisions,
81 anti-aircraft regiments l har-
Dor defense regiments and three
mobile tractor-drawn 6-inch gun ar
tillery regiments the whole com
ing to a total of 242, 7O8 offers
and men.
What is kept secret is the state
oil the guards equipm.e nt. Large
sums have been voted in recent
years-$43, 600, 900 in 1889, $71,0OO,-
600 in 1910, and $88, 0oo, 900 for the
comm. year.
It is known that much Of the ma
tional guard equipment which has
been on order has been diverted
to the regular army on delivery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
ulVATl0N ARMY
LEADERS JAILED
In. Detain Seven, All
''1 1,Danese, On Charges
OF Espionage

o Aue. e.-CR-Seven Sal
IoH.rmy leaders, reliably report
d''0' al Japanese, have been
ar .uspicion of espionage,
r''. a,tic. announced today.
~ var office said that those
to- included the japanese COM
'....lu-ch!ef of the organization
Manu. IA, its world headquarters
s' ,ardon. The arrests were made
n ',,v Vs. 81, and the seven are still
detained. confirming the
iDS ofsce announcement, said it
val anable to state the nationality
was under arrest, and the locale
,ssrise was not given
lAs usually reliable quarters how
was said that all were be-
s ''.zsd arrested in Tokyo.
Ds nsa arrests came with a country
~ Inv roundup of Britons suspected
s| ~sniopage, who at ore time num-
o. esrsd more than a dozen' including
Dssuv prominent business men, NOW
ran' seven have been released.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Non-Alcoholic Beer
Given Nazi Workers

BERLIN, Aug. 6.-R-Germans
have begun drinking non-alcoholic
beer as a beverage that can quench
their thirsts and even be consumed
at work without detrimental eff
fects."
An idea attributed to absentious
Adolf Hitler and converted into reali-
ty by German chemists, it has just
begun to flow from thousands OF
beer-taps.
How it is brewed is a secret, but
it looks like beer, tastes like beer
and contains the same ingredients
except the alcohol.
The new beverage, production of
which has been fixed temporarily at
1000, 900, 900 gallons a year, is said
to fill a gap left by wartime restric-
lions and rationing of coffee substi-
tutes, milk and tea.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
LUXEMBOURG MAY
BE- ANNEXED SOON
Berlin Says Speaker APP
plauded For Terming Peo-
pie of German Race

BERLIN, Aug. GAP via radlo)
Formations of German p ollc e
marched into the capital OF Lux
embourg behind brass bands today
the German radio reported.
Luxembourg police held back the
crowds lining the big a d e
ground which had been festlvely
decorated, said the broadcast, and
the people applauded when a speak
er referred to their country as
''old territory of German colonial
ton"
The speaker, state councillor 81
mon, who is the German chief OF
Luxembourg's civil population, con-
tinued:
THE population of this country
is of German race. It is OF Mo-
selle-Franconian character, just as
much as the population of the Trl-
err (Treves) district and of our
beautiful Moselle country"
While not specifically announc-
ing annexation of Luxembourg by
Germany, Simon emphasized that
the "artificially-applied exterior
French varnish'' will have disap-
peared from the face of Luxem-
bourg in a few weeks, after which
the German character of the coun-
try will celebrate its resur-
rection." 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
COPS COUNSEL !!
DEFENDS RULING
Want To Observe Law
Says Fletcher Oh The
Hatch Measure

WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. -CR-
Henry P. Fletcher declared today
that the republican national com.
mittee, for which he is general u
sci is Leaning backwards to oh.
serve strictly" the spirit and letter.
of the Hatch act regulating came
paign contributions and activities.
Attorney General Jackson had
challenged Fletcher's Interpretation
Of the law, which the republican
leader held limited campaign gifts
to $4,000 only when applied to .
national committee or organization.
After Jackson said that the jus.
tice department would not render
advisory opinions on the law
Fletcher asked in a statement:
"Is Mr.. Jackson, by a general
denial of my Interpretation, trying
to intimidate contributors to any
committee working for Mr.. Wen.
delD Willkie? If not, will he tell me
where I am wrong? We want to
observe the law!
Surely Mr.. Jackson must bN
aware that subsection 10 (a) express.
ly provides that the limitations inns
posed on contributions shall not
apply to contributions made to OF.
by a state or local committee or
other state or local or~ganizations.s
Senator Hatch D.NMl. author Of
the act, told the senate yesterday
that Fletcher's opinion was an ex.
position Ito evade the principle Of
the act.n
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Army Transport Will
Bring Americans Home

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 6.-R)-
Seventy-six Americans, including 10
children and II married couples, left
Denmark for the United States TO-
day by way of Finland's Arctic port
of Petsamo.
Eight more are scheduled to leave
tomorrow, after which no Americans
will remain in Denmark except those
whose duties keep them here ana
those who, for personal reasons, are
determined to stay.
They will be Joined in Petsamo by
other Americans being repatriat' !
from the Scandinavian and Baltic
states, and will sail with them Aug.
10 on the U. 8. Army transport Ame-
rican Legion, (which arrived at the
Arctic port yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
GERMANY DENIES
STREICHER DEAD
No. | Jew Batter In Perfect
Health Or His Farm,
Berlin Says

BERLIN, Aug. 6.-R-German
authorities said today that Julius
Streicher was in perfect health on
his farm, Bleikertshof, near Nurn'
berg.
They made their statement in
comment on a London report that
Streicher, governor Of Franconia,
was dead.
The report was published by Reu-
ters, British news agency, in a dis
patch dated 1.-THE German frontier"
Streicher, it became known, was
relieved some time ago of his duties
as gauleiter Nazi party district
leader for Franconia but his name
still appears in the masthead OF
Der Sturmer, Jew-baiting weekly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Railroad Brotherhoods
Oppose Training Draft

CLEVELAND, Aug. 6.-R-Op-
position to the CONSUMPTION bill was
expressed by presidents of five big
railroad brotherhoods in a communi-
cation made public today.
Compulsory military service in
time of peace is the very antithesis
of freedom" said the letter, ad-
dressed to chairman of COMPRESSION
al military affairs committees. 1t
said thousands of unemployed would
enlist voluntarily "if given an op-
portunity."
The letter was signed by Alvaney
Johnston, Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers; D.. B. Robertson, Lo-
connective Firemen and Enginemen;
]. A. Phillips, Conductors; A. F.
Whitney, Trainmen; T. C. Cashen,
SWitchmen,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Berlin Radio System.
&. Closed Down Today

BERLIN, Aug. 6.-P-Berlin's
short wave station closed down two
hours earlier than usual this morn.
ing. 1t was explained authoritatively
this was done to allow a technical
overhauling of the transmitter.
Listeners overseas had been in-
formed by announcers for three con.
secutive days the overhauling would
be done early today, it was said.
NBC in New York had reported
hearing the German announcer say
the entire German radio system was
going off the air for technical altera.
tons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
BY MILTON

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
OF all the lands of anomaly and
paradox in this troubled and tan
gled world, Fire Southern Ireland
takes the bun.
Considered by the hulers of Great
Britain a part of the British EN-
pire, it is to all intents and pur-
poses an Independent republic.
The British Empire is at war
with Germany, but Fire is neutral
andra German minister sits, bland
and easy in the legation in Dublin.
Presumably he maintains r a d i o
communication with his home gov
eminent and sends in many a val
liable tip about British doings.
Citizens of the Empire are being
taught to hate Hitler and all his
works. In Fire many hate Eng
land as ardently as they hate the
Nazi regime which has prosecuted
Catholics.
The bulk Of the people would
like best to be left alone. AS to the
belligerents, their slogan probably
would be: s.
They want no part of the war.
They would like to go on raising
their pigs, cultivating their fields,
and selling their very good ham,
bacon, eggs and butter to the ultra
receptive British consumers.
They do not like the idea of being
regimented in a Nazi-ruled world.
But they cannot forget Irish
wrongs" They have long memo
ries about British rule. They are
peeved because Ulster is divided
from. the rest of Ireland. It's one
Of those chickens come home to
roost for John Bull.
But suddenly it. has dawned on
the people of Fire that, whether
they, want to live in peace or not,
they r in very real danger of
having their neutrality disregarded
and their country invaded.
Some think England may start
it, to beat the Germans to it. 9th
r think the Nazis will crash in to
establish bases from which to at
tack by air the western ports and
airfields of England.
In Ulster, closely tied to Britain,
there r some Ulster and British
troops, as well as some air forces.
They could easily cross the mag
mary line between Ulster and Fire.
MANY GOOD
SUB HJDEOUTS
Germany's task would not be SO
easy. It is a fairly long flight for
transport planes, whether t h e y
come from the channel isles OF
from Norway Or Belgium. If the
NaZis ousted the British from Ice.
land, that little island would prove
an easier jumping-of place for al
invasion Of Ireland.
But there is still another chance
for the Germans. It is in the long
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Tax Relief Promised
Defense Contractors

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. -LR)-
Congressional tax leaders called on
national defense contractors today
to go forward with the defense pro-
gram on the strength of assurances
that they would be permitted to de
duct from their taxable income the
cost of defense plant expansions.
Chairman Cooper D-Tenn) of the
house tax subcommittee gave out
the oral statement in the presence
of William S. Knudsen, national de-
tense commissioner, who attended a
closed meeting of the subcommittee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Six Workers Killed
By Colombian Indians

CUCUTA, Colombia, Aug. 6.-R
-Motilones Indians were reported
today to have killed six oil work
ers, including Robert Wiesner, a Co.
lombian oil engineer, with poisoned
arrows.
They were among a group Of sixty
workmen attacked yesterday in the
Cataumbo jungle country at an Oil
construction company.
The Motilones tribe has made a
series of assaults on pipeline work.
ers and labor gang encampments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-07
Peanut Industry Agents
To Discuss Diversion

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-R-The
agriculture department announced
today approximately $50 representa-
lives of the peanut industry would
meet here August Is to discuss a pos
sible diversion program for the 1910
crop.
Invitations have been extended to
members of the four large coopera-
tive marketing associations, indepen-
dent growers, millers, shelters, pea
nut oil mill operators and peanut pro-
duct manufacturers.
Among grower representatives ex-
Tected are officers and members of
the Virginia Peanut Growers Coope-
rative, Waverly, Va; the G. F. A.
Peanut Association, Camilla, Ca; the
Peanut Sterilization Cooperative,
Nenton, N. c., and the South West
ern Peanut Growers Association,
Eastland, Tex.