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Evening star., 1940-10-08
70 D. T.. Guardsmen
To Go on Active Duty
With Draft Staff
LocuI Bourd Members
May Be Announced
This Afternoon

Twenty members OF the District
National Guard State Detachment
were called to active duty today to
round out the staIf of the city's Sc
lective service Headquarters, while
announcement of the personnel OF
the "A local draft boards and the
Board of Appeals was expected soon,
possibly this afternoon
The Guardsmen, first unit of the
Districts militia to be inducted into
Federal service, will be under the
command of 1t. Albert L. Cox, jr.,
and will perform clerical, transport
and other duties incident to head
quarters administration Of the Dis
trict draft.
Members of the detachment, most
of whom are employed by the Fed
eral Government, will serve for a
12-month period. They will be given
food allowances and living quarters
made available st the Guard Armory
at Sixth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV, in which the District
selective service headquarters is 10
Gated
Others Called to Duty.
Senior non-commissioned officer
of the detachment is Master Sergt.
Robert L. Van Swaringen. Others
called to duty include:
Technical Sergts. Philip c. Geraci
and Warren C. Snyder; Stan
Sergts. Lester F. Christensen,
Clemens j. Trabor, jr., and Thomas
j. Mccall; Sergts. Donald E.
Christensen, Robert C.. McTierney
and Irving Schwartz; Corpls.
Hamilton L. Dashiell, David E.
Osborne, Charles A. Kenny and
Paul F. Wachholz; Pvts. First Glass;
Harvey j. Berse, Anthony F. Zilin-
sky, william Nicholson and William
P. Hutchinson, jr., and Prvts. Bur-
ton Loving, Simon Sherman and
Clarence Lung.
Compensation for the enlisted
men ranges from $120 to $4.20 per
day, in addition to their food
allowance.
The detachment was called to
duty under War Department
order, issued by direction of the
President.
Nominations Made Last Week.
The 120 members of the local five
man boards and the seven-man APP
peals Board were nominated by the
Commissioner last Thursday, ard
the list was sent to the White House
(see b. 6. DRAFT, Page ABB
Evening star., 1940-10-08
German Raids Diminishing,
Commons Told; Discipline
For Dukur Error Revealed

the
LONDON Oct. 8-Winston Churchill announced in
the House of today that Britain would reopen
the Burma war supply to China in answer to Japans
pact with Germany and Italy and declared Japans new
allies would not be able to help her long the British
and United States fleets "are in being"
"Thev will bel" the Commons roared back.
Gn Toxic British Ambassador Sir Robert Leslie
Cragie Japanese government that Britain had
decided not the BritishJapanese agreement the
japanese Foreign Office announced)
1t was another the British Prime Minister'S dramatic war
reports and he with this peroraton:
Long of trial and bulation lie before u.s. Not
only great dangers many msfortes many shortcom
ings many dsappontments will surely be our lo
Death and sorrow will companions Journey hardship
our garment: constancy valor only shield"
Hints at Secret Clauses Axis Pact
The Prime declared fatty that the thee-Way axis
japan States the United States
comes into the contained secret clauses and then
cried dehantly:
the branches of the Engsh-peaklng race Is &C
customed to react threats of violence by SUBMISSION
reception of this strange and l-oalanceo
Evening star., 1940-10-08
Unseen Raiders
Rake London
In Rush Hour
Crowded Streets Are
Scenes Of Havoc; Full
Bus Hit by Bomb
By tie Associated Press.

6y tbe ASSOCldteo fIcsS.
LONDON, Oct. 8-Elusive Ger
man raiders flying so high they were
not visible to their victims slipped
over London in four lightning raids
today. dropping bombs helter-
skelter among streets filled with
buses and pedestrians in one of the
most calamitous attacks yet expert
enced by this bomb-wise capital.
Bombs which fell without warning
blasted a bus filled with passengers
into almost unrecognizable wreck
age, knocked a row of nearby shops
into a mass of rubble, blew out half
the loaded windows from the front
of a row of famous houses several
hundred years old and did much
other damage in many streets.
These daylight attacks followed
a night-long raid in which a large
West End store was wrecked, a
famous West End Office structure
damaged. a church roof collapse
a hospital hit, huge pieces of
masonry torn from a large bank
building and considerable other
damage done. Censorship prevented
more definite identification of these
objectives.
Raids Called "Murderous."
The British Press Association
described the days four raids which
came as Londoners were going to
work as "murderous"
The bombs were dropped from
such q height that at first pedes-
trians thought the explosions were
anti-aircraft guns shooting.
Then pedestrians and bus pas
sengers shouted and scrambled for
cover. Some were believed killed
when the store fronts under which
they flung themselves were crum-
pied.
Stretcher bearers and ambulances
dashed to the scene. Trucks were
pressed into service to carry away
the wounded. First aid was given
the injured beside piles of debris.
After the first attacks the ROYAL
Air Force could be seen in action
and soon at least so German planes
appeared to be engaged, scattered
all over the sky.
Many could not be seen except by
the thin trails of white exhaust
smoke which traced the sky.
Three German planes were shot
down in today's raids in which
bombs were dropped in London, Kent
and Sussex, the Air Ministry said.
English Shell French Coast.
While the Luftwaffe swept in for
the daylight blows, England's long
range southeast coast guns shelled
the French coast near Boulogne,
where mysterious, smoke screened
Nazi movements were detected over
night.
German guns apparently opened
fire upon a British convoy near
Dover about an hour before the
British guns began their quarter
hour shelling of the French coast.
No shells fired at the convoy were
observed to have landed on the
British coast.
The German shells shook houses
on the Dover side at intervals of
about three minutes and columns of
smoke marked the hits by British
shells on the French side.
High over the arching shells. at
least three formations of Nazi
raiders streaked up the Thames
toward London. The third fight was
reported turned back by British
fighting planes, but some of the
first planes got through to the
capital
Activity Across Channel.
The sudden hustle of activity
across the CLASSY smooth Channel
appeared as something new to OBJ
(SAe InNnON page A.20
Evening star., 1940-10-08

Lloyd Lehrbas, Associated
Press "rouing correspondent" ,Dho
1Uon the Pulitzer prize honorable
mention a1Uard for distinguished
foreign correspondence in 1889,
has Just returned by clipper from
France. He spent three months
studying the Petain-LaDal an-
thoritarian government at Vichy,
then trapeled to nearly every cor
ner of unoccupied France to see
ho1D Frenchmen are living in
the aftermath OF Frances COL
lapse.
Evening star., 1940-10-08

declaration, in the United States,
has not been at all encouraging
for its authors"
Mr.. Churchill also charged the
tri-power pact "in a secondary
degree is a point against Rus
sia." although primarily" aimed
at the United States.
Mr.. Churchill's long war re-
port made these other points, even
while London's anti-aircraft guns
rumbled family in the distance:
/. Hitler's month-old air total war
fare on London and Britain's other
great cities is diminishing in force.
although $500 people have been
killed and 10000 wounded since
the start of the war and despite the
use. since September 7, of an average
of nearly 400 long-range bombers
daily.
Disciplinary Action Taken.
2. Disciplinary action has been
taken against persons responsible for
"errors" in the Inflated Anglo
French expedition against Dakar, by
which French warships were allowed
to pass the Straits of Gibraltar and
defend the Senegalese colony.
Mr.. Churchill disclosed that one
British battleship and one heavy
cruiser were damaged at Dakar,
that two Vichy submarines were
sunk. two destroyers fired, one
cruiser was hit and the crippled
battleship Richelieu further damaged
by the British.
He reaffirmed Britains backing OF
the Free French" cause.
Again. the Prime Minister kept
the British on the alert against in
yasion dangers, declaring that Ger
many was keeping several hundred
short-range dive bombers at home,
perhaps "in reserve for a general
plan of invasion"
Mr.. Churchill conceded that the
property damage from the German
air raids had been severe, but he
declared at the present rate OF de-
struction it would take Hitler 10
wears to demolish half the homes Of
London and quite lot of things
are going to happen to Hitler . .
before 10 years.
ReOpening of Road October II.
Mr.. Churchill set the date for the
reopening of the Burma road at
October II, date of expiration of an
agreement with Japan under which,
the British had hoped, Japan would
reach an agreement with China on
ending their long war.
AS for Spain, Mr.. Churchill said,
she hovers between war and peace,
but she needs peace and Britain
hopes she will again take her right
full place both as a great Mediter-
ranean power and as leading and
famous power in the family OF Eu-
rope and Christendom.'
The British-supported attempt
September % by Gen. Charles de
Gaulle's free French" forces to take
over Dakar, in French West Africa,
he went on, resulted in series OF
accidents and some errors which
have been made the subject of dis
ciplinary action or now are subject
to formal inquiries"
Neither the first sea lord nor the
inner war cabinet, he said, were
informed of the approach of French
warships which sailed unmolested
through the Strait of Gibraltar
until it was too late to stop them.
Casualties from the incessant
German massed air attacks on Brit
ain are diminishing week by week,
he said. Since September Z, how
ever, the bombing and machine
cunning attacks have cost Britain
(see CHURCHILL, Page A-40
Evening star., 1940-10-08
Prime Minister HurIs Defiance
At Axis Alliance With Nippon;
Events Move Toward Showdown
English Envoy Here
Cancels Plans for
Flight Home
BULLETIN.

The Agriculture Depart
ment today suspended it's
wheat export subsidy program
to Far Eastern ports with the
exception of the Philippines.
Heretofore the department
had subsidized exports OF
wheat and flour from the Pa
cific Coast to Hongkong and
Chinese ports, most of which
are under Japanese control.
Evening star., 1940-10-08
B u|Ietin
Peruvions Mass Troops

QUITO, Ecuador R.-Reports
that Peruvian troops were mass
ing along the Ecuador Peru bor-
der were published today by
all Ecuadorean newspapers. The
Foreign Office announced 1t
would issue communique
after an investigation.
Evening star., 1940-10-08

>20 2 1927 8 I
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Detroit --OO1 900 600 1
Cincinnati 900 900 2Ox- 2
SUMMARY:
Runs batted in-Ripple, Myers
Two-base hits-HiEEins, M. Mccormick, =.
Mccormick, Ripple.
Stolen base-Wilson.
Sacri6ces-Newsom, Wilson.
Double play-GehrinEer. Barteu and York.
LETT on bases-Detroit, 8; Cincinnati, 5.
Bases on balls-On Newsom, 1; on Der.
ringer, 3.
Struck out-By Newsom, 8; by Derringer. I.
Winning pitcher-Derringer.
LOSING pitcher-Newsom.
Cmpires- -MessHs. Bsllanfant IN. ~, BAsy
"a. L., Klein IN. L.) and OTmS6V "a LIZ
Evening star., 1940-10-08
Box Score

Lombsrdi batted for Joost in 7th
Frey ran for lombard in 1th
Averill batted for Newsom in 9th
Evening star., 1940-10-08
Weather Forecast

Light rain this afternoon, ending early
tonight; clear and cooler by morning;
tomorrow, fair cool. Temperatures to-
day-Highest, 81 at midnight; lowest,
81, at $50 am: 60 at 2 pm.
From the United stares weather Bureau report.
Full details on Page Az
Evening star., 1940-10-08

(See OFFENSIVE, Page A-12)
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(See LONDON, Page A-30
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(see WILLKIE, Page A-6J
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(See PROBES, Page A-4)
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(See CHURCHILL, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-10-08

Most people in Washington have The
Star delivered to- their homes every
evening and Sunday morning.
Evening star., 1940-10-08

(see LEHRBAe, Page AID
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

heritance. Such people should keer
away from drugs"
Marta continued the story:
1T wasn't long before he real.
lied Pat did not really care for
him. Of course, he had money and
the Bridges had lost all they had.
Then she discovered his habit and
once they had arrived here, she
made plans to have him put in a
hospital for treatment.
He told me she meant to keep
him there and control his estate.
His nerves were completely shat
tired. He did not know what to
do, so he sent for us without tell
ing his wife. He thought she might
prevent us from seeing him."
ut makes a clear picture, Mar
ta," Sidney admitted. Adam
CROPPED in a fog but he knew we
YER his friends"
Il couldn't tell Captain Plow-
man of Adams weakness" Marta
said. 1T would have put him in
such a bad light"
Il understand, dear. Neverthe-
less Ploman must be told. An
autopsy will reveal that A d a m
used morphine. For your own sake
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
. SERIAL STORY
->' new YORK JUNGLE
~ WRAY WADE SEVERN
WADE SEVERN

successful and cannot be employed
without the consent of relatives.
I imagine Hugh, as the nearest
relative. might not wish them to be
tried"
Abruptly Sidney switched tn e
subject. "Barkes said he saw a
shadow against your curtain at
6 o'clock last night, Marta. Have
YOU an idea who made it"
A quick flush burned Marta's
face. She turned from him, and
staring out the window at the drip
ping trees, green now from their
long drenching.
IF we are to play square with
Adam, Marta, you had better tell
me all you know" he said gently.
Marta faced him, eyes despair
ing. 1T was Adams own shadow
the chauffeur saw" she said sim
ply. After you left me, he came
tn my room. He wanted to explain
before 1 met the others. l had
gone down the hall for a shower
and when l returned he was stand
ing by my window. The curtain
had been drawn"
A quick frown darkened Sidney's
face. Langdon's conduct remained
inexplicable to him.
Don't judge him too harshly,
Sidney" Marta said in a low tone.
You we're in California when he
came back from his hunt in India
last year, after he'd had that ter
brush with a tiger. The beast
would have done for him but for
Hugh" She swallowed. Now
wish Hugh had not been there.
We would have been spared all
horror"
Helpless to offer comfort, Sidney
waited for her to 60 on.
The tiger had ripped the sheath
If a nerve" she said. The pain
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
BOILER RUSTINC
DANGER SLIGHT
Wade Makes Public Opinion
BY State Labor Com
mission Chief

There is nc immediate danger of
boilers rusting, was the reply For.
est Shuford, head of the state labor
commission, sent to J. E. L. Wade,
commissioner of public works, when
Wade asked his opinion on the salt
water rusting boilers.
However, Shuford daded that boil
ers should be washed every week
and kept thoroughly clean during the
salt water situation.
O. L. Bradshaw, of the state de-
partment of labor, sent by Shuford
to confer with Wade, suggested yes
terday that Wade contact all boiler
users over the weekend in order to
keep check on the boilers. Wade
has wired r. P. Guy, of Baltimore,
for a list of the present licensed
boiler operators in Wilmington.
r. F. Hill, Jr., assistant engineer
Of the state board of health, when
asked his opinion of connecting four
deep water wells for use of the city,
replied to Wade, recommending i'm
mediate connections to large deep
wells for supplying fresh water to
the distributing system. He added
that chlorinators for continuous OPP
Grafton must be installed with pumps
on each we'll.
at Weldon will not be satisfactory
for Wilmington as it does not remove
the salt from the water. He strong
ly recommended that Wade take i'm
mediate steps to get safe and ade-
quate raw water supply for Will
mington,
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z SERVICE, INC.

was dreadful and impossible to
bear without the aid of morphine.
"In Capetown they operated and
he recovered, but soon his nerves
began to trick him. He would wake
UP at night covered with cold
sweat and imagine the tiger was
tearing at him. He had never be.
fore known the meaning of fear.
He knew it then, and it became
unbearable."
$50 he continued to S tn e
drug" Sidney guessed.
yes" Marta admitted. when
he got back we decided to fight
fear as well as the drug-together.
He and Hugh and I came down
here and we saw him through"
you dear grill" Sidney's eyes
were moist.
HE thought himself safe, Sid
rey. We believed it, too. He de-
cided he must prove himself by 60
ing on another hunt and though we
tried to dissuade him, he felt that
he had to CO."
That took courage" S idne y
commented.
adam was fine, when he was
himself" Marta went IN. HE con-
tracted fever in the jungle and lay
for weeks at Patricia Bridges cou-
SINS farm. The doctor gave him
morphine"
so the fight had to be fought
all owe again." Sidney unused.
1T did," Marta admitted. He
wrote me in despair. I decided
that if 1 showed my faith it would
help, so I" she hesitated a long
moment and continued-'I wrote
him that when he came back we
would be married, and that I'd
take a long vacation until he was
himself again."
Greater faith hath no man."
Sidney breathed.
II should have been justified,
but for one of those slips of fate.
An inconsequential bit of inbound
ed gossip, based on someone see
ing me with Boris several times"
you NEAR when a report of
your engagement to Lesencoff got
into the newspapers? 1 saw that,
Marta"
How Adam got the paper in
Capetown, I don't know, but no
doubt all papers available
there. Unfortunately he saw the
announcement and did not receive
my letter."
Then he took that for your an
swer to his call for help" Sid
rey said.
He did. He simply gave up and
when he believed that Pat cared
for him, he married her. She at
tracted him, he admitted, but he
did not love her"
adam had a bad nervous in
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Sen. Connally Warns
Against F. r. Defeat

NEW YORK, Oct. 26-R-United
States Senator Tom Connally Cd
Tex, member of the senate for
eign affairs committee, declared
today that an election draft of
President Roosevelt would be on
strued as "a reputation of Ameri-
can foreign policy by every dicta-
tor and every totalitarian govern
ment on the globe"
Senator Connally made his state
ment at a press conference called
by Democratic National Chairman
Edward J. Flynn.
At the same conference, Flynn
produced a letter to President
Roosevelt from Henry I. Harri-
man, past president of the cham
Der Of commerce of the United
States and member of the business
advisory council of the department
of commerce.
In his letter Hartman promised
the President his vote because he
said he believed Roosevelt "can
better serve America in this de-
tense period"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

YESTERDAY: Sidney follows
NelIa to the swimming pool, ar
rives in time to see Lesencoh div
in, save the drowning girl. Iht
director insists the girl attempted
suicide. He notices a bruise Oh
her head. Lesencoff has an alb
for his presence in the neighbor'
hood, expresses no regret over,
Adams death. Nella REEVES bu'
is unable to speak.
MARTA REVEALS A SECRET
CHAPTER XVII
After the doctors second visit,
everyone in the house knew ina
Nela Langdon was a victim OF
psychic dumbness. She could not
speak. But he had administered a
narcotic and had held out hope
that when she awakened from the
sleep induced by the drug She
might be herself again.
People afflicted with p h i C
dumbness or blindness became SO.
he explained, because they had
heard or seer sights so terrible
that their nervous systems refused
to recognize them and relate them.
In Ne]la's case, a nervous inheri-
lance from an insane grandmother,
made her a ready victim. The
question in all minds, including,
Captain Plowman's, was: W h a t
would Nella relate when she did
return to normal?
What can Nella have seen"
Marta asked Sidney when they
were alone together in the library,
later in the day. Can she be pro-
tecting someone"
God knows" Sidney replied.
ITO guess is to accuse, and I am
not prepared to do that. Neither,
l believe, is PloWman."
aren't there drugs that may be
used to free her."
Eyes, but they are not always
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

in other family budget items such
as rent, house furnishings and mis-.
cellaneous items.
The mid-September living costs,
she said, were about 2 per cent
higher than the were in August,
1889, and or per cent below Sep
tember, 1889, which saw a brief
but sharp upward turn in prices
after the start of the European
war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Little Change Found
In. Cost Of Living

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 R =
The Labor department said today
that there was very little change
in the cost of living from June to
September.
Secretary Perkins said food costs
were lower in September than they
were in June, and that there was
also a slight drop in clothing costs
during the period. On the other
hand. there were small increases
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Man Who Didn't File
For Draft Is Jo3.,

s ROCKINGHAM NC Oct. 2s-oa
Special Officer ]. ]. Heene1 P~
n9unced today that he had srrj an
Thomas E. German, 30, 1 VII O.
charge of failure to reaist on ;
the compulsory militarv 4,eF fa
program. Heeney said Corro ~a1aIn'
MN he was born in BuffaIo N 'o.(
and that he was in Omaha. NaS 7.
the time of the registratjon '0'' a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

Australia and New Zealand have
a combined total of 80, 842 miles of
railways.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

frankness is wise. Plowman is :,
natural gentleman. He will not
cause you a moment of unneces-
sary Distress"
'"There is no such thing as a pri-
vate life in my profession" Marta
burst out. "Tell Plowman what
you think he shout dknow, but ask
him to protect Adams character
as much as possible" 2
To Be Continued
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Army Plans Hospital
At Charleston, S. E.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 Up =
Senator Byrnes D-SC) announced
today he had been informed by the
army's surgeon general, James C..
Magee, that a hospital to accom-
modate 1000 patients would be
built on the Ashley river, IS miles
from Charleston, S. c.
He said orders for construction
would be used as soon as the site
was acquired, and that options on
the property already had been OBJ
tanned.
Evening star., 1940-12-18
Service Orders
ARMY.
INFANTRY.

INFANTRY.
Daniels. Second It. Henry =, from Ran
smith' Mhrffn, t. ecl Gao Estn w., from ph!liDDtn.
coRse1 Man esoTss ss Ss R Adis from phppn.
pepartment 70 Fort Banks. & Mass
Mckee, Mai. william H. from Fort worth,
ds 1oaa toh9 70 M Mo-
BuTnap. II. col: Arthur +; from New York.
Pa5kin, Il; col Charles Mcp,: from Erie,
aeS eno Il ee eo to GoEts reFs custer k Sm Seh San An
Bowen, 1t. Col. Arthur r. from Denver,
Colo; to Camp Wolters, Tex: ~
connor, Maj. Emmett M from Dallas,
Tex, to Camp Blandng, Fla.
FIELD ARTILLERY
gssn t ss2 EEiRs'a,3 cs!1 calves.
YORK to Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.
ps1Hs5 ms5a Il cG EdTiq Edy, a1sss from Rich
COAST ARTILLERY.
Brown It. cI.I Col Robert O. from New York
ysEE + ps$i os;ssis 2 from New
La%aHh deh wssh M 1ofoa q Por Rnfd vi t. ca
Lewis Wash. to Hollyr!dee, N c.
Cochran. First 1t. James M. from Fort
Lewis. Wash, to Hollyridge, N. C.
oUARTERMASTER CORPS.
Rarey. 1t. Col. George H., from Baltimore
to Fort Benning. Ga
Edmunds Maj James 3, from Fort ORD,
&C CalifI to % TSrt L.n9 kn9x Ky ,rou .,...o
Vile. Ind, to New Orleans.
Mqnps IN Mo5tsrey ~ CO.. dsii HiEan l. from BROOKLYN
ENGINEERS.
burg, Ind, to Wright Field. Ohio
Galloway, Capt. Gerald E., from Washing
ton to San Juan, P. R.
MEDICAL CORPS
Smith. Col. William H., from Camp Shelby,
Miss, to New Orleans, La.
SIGNAL CORPS.
% caIif.. to No Monterey. ay y Calf from 0'fAele''
sothwel rcsnx Capt FTede5ck e. from Ase..
Mics. CAPT. at: Edmund W., from Aberdeen
Proving Ground to Langley Field,
Robbins, Capt Asher B.. ir;, from Aberdeen
NAVY.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
Davis. Comdr. Ward p. from Naval Acad.
emy to U. 8. S. Idaho.
Winslow to U, s. $ Litchfieid:
Stokes. 1t. Comdr. Thomas M. from Navy
SUPPLY CORPS
1vanhoe, 1t. Comdr, Forrest. from o. o. 8.
| Chester to Norfolk, Va.