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Evening star., 1940-10-16
High-FIying Bombers
Aooin Raid GibroItur

ALGECIRAS, Spain. Oct. 16 (R).-
High-flying planes raided Gibraltar
at midday today in the heaviest
attack since French airmen bombed
the British rock September "a and
25.
The anti-aircraft guns OF the
British stronghold went "all out
against the raiders. The bombers
dropped their loads from high above
layer of clouds.
For 30 minutes the anti-aircraft
artillery was in action, starting at
1890 pm, and again for 10 min
utes at 1:30 pm.
Observers here and at nearby La
Linea, Spain, were unable to deter
mine the nationality or the strength
Of the raiders because Of the clouds.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Strong Bid Is Made
By Republicans for
Chicago S Vote
Stote Really Is In
Doubtful Column,
Democrats Admit
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Stal Staff Correspondent.

! CHICAGO. Oct 16.-Politically
Illinois, like all Gaul' of Caesar
day, is divided into three parts
Chicago, "doWnstate' and Little
Egypt" The Democrats dominate
the situation in two parts, Chicago
and Little Egypt" that southern
section, and the Republicans have
long been strong in the third, COM
monty known as ''downstate
The outcome of the presidential
race. so far as this State. with its
% electoral votes, is concerned, de-
pendS on how great a majority the
Kelly Nash Democratic machine can
roll up in Chicago and how large a
lead the Republicans will have down.
state. Little Egypt" might con-
ceivably hold the balance of power
Well-informed sources guess today
at a 100000 lead downstate for the
Willkie- -McNary ticket, and esti-
mate the city machine will not have
lead over the Republicans of more
than 100000
Two things working for the Re-
publicans here are the stencil in the
nostrils that the Kelly-Nash ma
chine has become and the tremen-
dous efforts which are being made
/ to prevent fraudulent voting in Chi
cago on November 5. Not only are
good govrnmnt organizations
lawyers groups. women voters groups
and the Republicans themselves
doing all they can to purge regis
tration lists of fake names and to be
ready to prevent ballot box stuffing
, the use of "floaters," etc, on elec-
/ ton day. but two steps are being
taken from Washington to throw the
fear of God into hearts of would-bt
cheaterS.
Senate Hearings to Open.
The first of these is the opening OF
hearings tomorrow by a subcom-
mittee of the Senate Campaign EX-
penditures Committee. composed OF
Senators Hill of Alabama. Democrat
and Reed of Kansas, Republican
The subcommittee is coming here
to investigate charges OF various
kinds. including one that IT'S 5.0OC
suspicious names are on the voting
lists in this city.
The second was the announcement
by Attorney General Jackson that
Maurice NJ. Milligan. who helped to
clean up the Pendergast mob in
Kansas City, had been appointed
to have charge of a Nationwide
inquiry into irregularities in this
years presidential election.
The Illinois Volunteer Committee
to Stop Vote Frauds, headed by
George F. Barrett. Republican NOM
inee for attorney general, has prom
ised to give the Senators all pos
sible assistance in their investigation
here. There are also the Business
mems Election Committee, the Wom'
ems Civic Council and the joint
Civic Committee on Elections
which are preparing evidence OF
fraud and planned fraud for the
coming election.
The Kelly-Nash machine has
(See ILLINOIS, Page AID
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Italians Attack British Fleet
To Avenge Ajox's Successes
Flyers Loose Large Number of Bombs
On Worships at Alexandria

I suspect the British had rather
expected an attack, for the Italian
air arm had raided them after the
Ajax had sunk two destroyers and,
with the York, finished of a third
destroyer, the Artigliere.
After Saturdays battle near ST.
cily the ships swung under Crete
and then south. the men busy on
deck and below.
The Italians had attacked and
been beaten off with a loss of four
bomberS and perhaps two other
planes.
Egypt's low shoreline loomed,
and we were back in port.
Now the fight was on again. l
can hear the high whistle of the
(See AJAX, Page A-4o
Evening star., 1940-10-16
D. G. Draft Centers Swomped;
Help Is Rushed to E Eose Jam;
l,250,000 Sign Hourly in U. S.
10000 Registered
In Washington in
Five Hours
page OF pictures on Page A-9J

Unexpected thousands of District
draft eligibles flocked to registration
centers in droves during the morn
ing and early afternoon hours to-
day, overtaxing facilities and Gre
ating a serious shortage of registra-
tion personnel and printed forms.
Immediate aid was rushed to
many jammed centers, but in at
least one instance activities were
suspended temporarily due to
shortage of material.
AS calls for assistance continued
to jam the switchboard every few
minutes at the Franklin Admins
tration Building central headquar-
tiers, all reserve squadronS OF regis
trars were pressed into service, and
additional volunteers were beng
hurriedly sworn in TO aid in rellev-
ing the congestion.
An appeal was made to registrars
serving on the morning shift, due 10
be completed at pm. to return Tor
additional service at 4:3O. AT the
same time, officials began to call IN
members of the assigned afternoon
shifts hours ahead of schedule.
10000 Registered.
Bv noon il was estimated that
more than 10000 had received regis
tration certificates--approXimately
half of the expected total registra-
ton for the city. Mcfarland Jun
ior High School apparently led with
an estimated $500 registrants by
nj idaY.
Distribution of additional forms
where shortages occurred was handl-
capped by lack of sufficient messen-
gers. Many Of the chief registrars
were advised to send member OF
their staff to draft headquarters at
the National Guard Army for sup
plies.
Headquarters officials began can
vassing registration centers shortly
after l o'clock to determine the
number of registration blanks they
have on hand so that any surpluses
may be taken up for use where
shortages are reported.
An additional 10000 registrants
blanks were ordered from printing
company, but they were not expect
ed to be ready until after 3 pm.
The supply Of registration cards
was exhausted at Browne Junior
High School and operations were
suspended until the arrival OF addi-
tional material.
Estimated maximum quotas for
the entire day at few OF the CEN
ters had been reached by noon.
Make Inspection Tour.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
and Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, selec-
tive service executive for the Dis
trict, began an inspection tour OF
the As registration centers shortly
Evening star., 1940-10-16

after 10 o'clock. They first visited
the new Thomas jefferson Junior
High School and expressed pleasure
with the smooth operation of the
registration at this important
center.
At Dunbar High School, where
hundreds of shouting men stood i'm
patiently on the steps after hours
of waiting in line in one of the worst
Jams reported in the city, Commits
sioner Hazen and Gen. Cox prom
(See D. C. DRAFT, Page A-8.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Attacks on London
To Be IripIed, Nazi
Sources Predict
1000 Tons of Bombs
Reported Dropped on
City Lost Night
Ry the Associated Press.


BERLIN. Oct. 16-Attacks on
London will be tripled before the
German air offensive reaches its
peak, and tons of bombs will be
the British capitals daily fare from
now on informed Nazi sources pre-
dicted today.
Last nights assault on London,
during which 1000 tons of bombs
were reported dropped on the city,
was only zephyr" compared with
what is in store, these sources de-
clared.
We'll reach the typhoon stage
vet" they asserted. We're only
about one-third of the way there
now"
U-BOat Success Reported.
German submarines were reported
at the same time to be stepping up
their attacks on Britain's lifelines
and one underseas raider was cred
tied with sinking $1,000 tons of
merchant shipping on single trip.
The number of bombs dropped on
England during the night, 1t was
said, was 1000 times the number
unloaded by British warplanes
which flew over various regions of
Germany last night.
/ DNB. official German agency,
quoted returning Nazi pilots today
as SAYING London was "a great sea
of flames" The agency said the
flyers reported they had observed
fires throughout an area from 48 to
so miles wide.
Extensive fires were raging north
of the Victoria Docks and others were
seen in the center of the city and at
the bend of the Thames, DNB said
Planes Strike Fiercely Again.
Strong forces of Nazi planes were
reported striking fiercely again at
London and Southern England by
daylight today in line with the
campaign to give the British no
rest.
The high command declared the
British were unable to attack Ger
many in daylight and so were con-
tinuing nocturnal, planless bomE
raids on non military targets, ano
thus primarily against the German
civilian population"
This, in part, accounted for the
increase in "retaliatory attacks or
London" it's communique said.
The German Air Force, the COM
munique said, attacked industria.
plants, oil depots, airports, railway
and port facilities and armament
supply centers in Southern and
Central England.
The British lost 38 planes yester-
day, the Germans claimed, while
only 7 of theirs failed to return.
London Suburb Raided.
German sources reported improv-
ing weather conditions helped theil
attacks today, and said large-scalt
raids were made on the Londor
suburb of Silvertown, where fac
tories and an airport were smashed
More than 1000 Nazi bombers
defying British ground batteries anc
fighter planes, were reported to have
taken part in the nightlong attack:
on London, leaving "indescribablt
chaos" in their wake.
Returning Nazi flyers said Londor
streets were torn apart, houses RACED
and buildings set aflame. They sait
scenes of ruin in London recalled
the German bombings of Warsaw
Rotterdam and Dunkerque.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Count de Chombrun,
Citizen as Lafayette
Relative, Registers
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Oct. 16.-Count
Rene de Chambrun, 33-year-
old descendant of the Marquis
de Lafayette - therefore. by
statute. a United States citizen
although a native of France
registered for Army service to-
day.
Six months ago he was cap
tain in the French Army, fight
ing in the Maginot Line and
Belgium.
After escaping with the Brit
ish from Dunkirk. he came TO
New York with his countess,
daughter of French Vice Pre-
mier Laval.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Talk by President Stresses
Preparations to Keep Peace
Registration Keystone in Arch Of Our
National Defense, Roosevelt Says

from the diplomatic room on the
ground floor of the White House,
as Press Secretary Stephen Early
and Harry Hopkins, former Secre-
tary of Commerce, looked on. The
President, talking quietly and
evenly, made only minor changes
in his prepared text.
With 125,OOO registration places
polling precincts, schools and other
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Droftees' Numbers
Will Be Posted at
Board Offices

Cards filled out on registrants
today will be turned over to the
"a local draft boards tomorrow
for shuff1ing and numbering
serially. This process will be
completed in the next few days.
Watch the bulletin board at
your local draft board head
quarters for your number.
These numbers will be drawn
in the national lottery to de-
termine the order of mobiliza-
tion.
Evening star., 1940-10-16

VICHY, France, Oct. 16 (P).-Gov.
Gen. Robert Chot of French Guiana
has informed the Vichy government
that Frances South American col
ony remains utterly calm and 100
per cent loyal to the homeland" the
Colonial Ministry announced today.
Evening star., 1940-10-16

public buildings-opened at 7 am,
Selective Service officials expected
close to 16,5OO,0O0 men to register
by closing time at 8 pm.
DR.. Clarence A. Dykstra, president
of the University OF Wisconsin
newly appointed director of selectlve
(See CONSCRIPTION, Page A-8)
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Ship Reported Sunk

NEW YORK, Oct. Is LP).-Marine
circles said today that the 1852
ton Finnish freighter Hildegaard
had been torpedoed of Castro
Urdiales, Spain.
Evening star., 1940-10-16

oA lAAN
chief of staff.
Py the Associated Press.
BUDAPEST. Oct. 16.-Reports
that Turkey and Soviet Russia are
near agreement on military al
lance designed to block axis pene-
tration into the Near East spread
through the Balkans today as Ger
many poured more troops and
equipment into Rumania.
Bulgarian Communist sympa-
thizers in Sofia, where the reports
originated, said President 1smet
Inonu of Turkey was expected TO
announce the pact to the National
Assembly in Ankara November l.
Meanwhile, reports from Rome OF
an expected shake-up in the Bull
garian cabinet indicated new Ger
man pressure to make the Sonia
government more strongly pro-Nazi.
Turkish government circles main
tanned silence on the Sofia report.
but the inspired press strongly as
serted that neither Turkey nor her
"close friend" Greece could be IN
Inundated" by Germany, or by any
one else.
Steamers Chartered.
Turkey counts among her friends
both Russia and Britain.
Growing anxiety in Turkey over
the Balkan situation was reflected
in reports from Istanbul that the
government had chartered three
steamers to speed removal OF its
nationals from Rumania.
Greece also showed its concern
by calling to the colors engineering
and communications specialists OF
the class of 1896.
That action conceded with reports
that several shiploads OF German
soldiers had joined Italian forces in
Albania, raising conjectures the axis
powers might be planning a thrust
through Greece toward the Darda-
(See BALKANS, Page Aid
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Soviet and Turkey
Anti-Axis Accord
Reported Near
Nuzis Send More Troops
To Rumonio; Planes
PotrcI Oil Fields
BULLETIN.

ANKARA. Turkey, Oct Is CP.-
President Inonu received the new
Soviet Ambassador today in the
presence of the Turkish Army
chief of staff.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Foreign
Raid victims dug from London's
bomb debris. Page Al
Sumita says Japan will halt U. s.
arms for China. Page Al
Soviet Turkey anti-axis agreement
reported near. Page Al
NotionoI.
More Latin American military chiefs
open U. S. tour here. Page Al
Roosevelt stresses peace as Nations
man power registers. Page AS
Washington and Vicinity.
Thousands registering at schools for
draft. Page Al
Opposition mounts to saddling D. G..
with airport upkeep. Page B-l
Evening star., 1940-10-16
London Digging
Bomb Victims
Out Of Debris
City's Death Toll High;
Night Assault Is One
Of Wars Worst
BULLETIN.

LONDON (P).-British war
ships shelled the invasion port"
of Dunkerque on the French
coast last night, setting large
fires and apparently causing
great damage, the Admiralty an
nOunced tonight.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Weather Forecast

Occasional light rain this afternoon.
ending early tonight; clear late tonight;
tomorrow fair, not quite so cold. Tenn
peratures today-Highest, 81, at pm;
lowest. As, at 1890 am.
From the United States weather Bureau report.
Full details on PAGE A..
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Guiuno loyoI, Vichy Told

(See LONDON, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1940-10-16

(See WILLKIE, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Steamers Chartered.

(See BALKANS, Page A-l7D
The Ely miner., 1940-05-02
YE WAR TALK:

Norway continued to hold the CEN
ter of the stage, in what has been
called the Second German war. In
the south of that unhappy land, the
German invaders extended their al
ready extensive gains, based pri-
marily on Oslo, the Morse capital.
There was seemingly savage fight
ing around Trondheim and Narvik,
ports on the Morse coast, but un-
certainty and mystery continued to
screen the accuracy of Morse Front
news.
French troops swung into action,
along with English and Canadians,
in the various isolated landings from
allied transports and warships, up
and down the endless, inlet-studded
coastline. The Germans flew in
more troops and equipment. Esti-
mates of the total German strength
in Norway ranged from $4,000
Washington to 60, 900 (Paris). This
force would be merely a corporals
guard, in terms of modern totalitari-
an warfare.
AS to warships, on both sides they
continued sinking, or grounding, or
puncturing, at truly alarming rate,
according to the propaganda stories
waited to America. One German
garrison of marines, said the re-
ports, consisted of 1900 men-but
The Ely miner., 1940-05-02

then lost 1000 men in action. An
other report rumored that the Eng
lsh mines laid in Morse territorial
waters (Which precipitated the Ger
man invasion) were purely fictitious,
and that Winston Churchill had
bluffed the Germans with these
verbal deathtraps. Other "good"
rumors NORWAY aside) included the
fact that Prime Minister Chamber
lain and Heinrich Himmler, of the
Nazi Gestapo, were blood brothers
in an esoteric cult, and that Secre-
tary Sumner Welles was a Welsh
man.
AS to the English-ultra Lord Haw-
Haw, German broadcasting ace, he
was variously reported to be rene
gade English fascist, and the South
African grandson of a rabbi. Daily
he "sank' the British navy in Morse
waters, by word of mouth, and the
English public fairly ate up his
words, while his Canadian audience
was extraordinary. Most people
laughed at Lord Haw-Haw, but a
portion of the British proletariat
were inclined to take him seriously,
which led to hectic English counter
h1ocfc
The Ely miner., 1940-05-02

Belgrade of a German invasion by
the Trojan Horse method; for there
are, in Jugoslavia, half million
Germans, many of whom are Nazi-
minded. Late reports from Belgrade
indicated that Premier Dragisha
Tsvetkovitch (see cut) had succeed
ed in stamping out the uprising
when he interned Stoyadinovitch. Ju-
goslavia, ever anti-Soviet and pro-
Czarist in policy, nevertheless has
tened to come to terms with Unholy
Russia, agreed to a Russian trade
treaty, and bargained for Russian
owned weapons, manufactured by
the famous Skoda arms works in
what used to be CZechoSlovakia. 1t
seemed, all round, that national gov
ernments were just as effective mer-
chants-of-death as the so-condemned
private profiteers ever thought of
being.
There were echoes of the Jugoslav
worriment, elsewhere. Holland went
under martial law, to prevent Nazi
boring from within, while Belgium
counted foreign noses. Sweden
stretched her blackout even to light
houses, closed her important port of
Gothenburg; while the sturdy Swiss
planned mobilization of the entire
little country, and called up $4,000
more homespun militia. AS for the
Turks, they began to throw out for
eigners, especially tourists and Wis
itors, who might be carrying auto
matte rifles in their golf bags, and
wearing uniform Field Gray under
wear. No Trojan steeds for the Ot-
tomans and Osmanli!
But Trojan horsemanship aside,
England threatened dire things to
loud-speaking Mussolini, the tough
Nazi Gestapo in Poland, and the In
dian nationalists who want their in
dependence. None of these gentry
seemed overly perturbed by the low
ering Lion of London. Mussolini, in
particular, was urged by an English
cabinet minister-to put up, or shut
up. Some critics ventured to sug-
gest that His Majesty's minister
might better have so addressed the
''kibitzing" Yankees, safely over
The Ely miner., 1940-05-02
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FARM MORTGAGES.

Baldish Ed O'Neal, president Of
the American Farm Bureau fedora
ton, has let the cat out of the bag
on the real reason for his opposition
to the hotly debated reorganization
of the farm credit administration.
1t came out during a man-to-man
talk with Secretary Henry Wallace.
O'Neal is one of the loudest crit
les of Wallace's sweeping reforms,
which are aimed at stopping the
alarming increase of FCA foreclo-
sures. O'Neal fought the appoint
ment of A. c. Black, strong New
Dealer, as new head of the agency,
and explains that Wallace's policies
will result in ''loose and unsound"
credit. But in his private talk with
Wallace, O'Neal gave an entirely
different reason.
ed" said Wallace, ''you can't
get me to believe that you are sin
cerely opposed to liberalization of
the FCA. You know as well as I
do that it was absolutely necessary.
We simply had to do something to
The Ely miner., 1940-05-02
IN A M E. S
In the news

Police Commissioner Valentine of
gang-plagued New York city urged
his bluecoat patrolmen to be trough,
tough, and obnoxious" to hoodlums; !;
while Charles Laughton, of Anglo
movie fame, compared the great DR..
Sam Johnson to roast beef, York
shire pudding, English bluebells, or
the Britannia woods and moors. One
bookworm added that Laughton, in
his way, was the greatest English ra-
tionalist since the dear, departed
Eighteenth-century Sam.
A London truck-driver, knowing
not what he did, hit and mortally
injured 75-year-oldster. His name
was Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher.
He was a former M. P. But more
than that, he was one of the world s
outstanding historians, and an in
ternational cultural figure.
There, too, died the equally IA
NOUS Kid Mccoy, whom the world S
madness" apparently drove to self
destruction. The Kids real name
was Norman Selby: champ mid
dlewelght who either was on the up
and up, or else on the down and
down.
A federal district court down in
New Mexico, at Santa Fe, found
highly distinguished Mrs. Oliver
Hartman, the Manhattan "duch
ess" and "dowager," innocent of lot
terry conspiracy charges. Five 9TH
ers got it in the neck, with Jail
terms ranging from two years to
six months, and some high-toned
$4,000 fines.
Old Marshal Petain of France,
victor at Verdun in 1916, shouted for
a Third Term for Roosevelt, to the
extreme embarrassment of III-mind-
ed, left wing New Dealers, who tried
to change the subject.
The Ely miner., 1940-05-02
Passport Fingerprints.

The war in Europe has put band
age on the thumb of a certain state
department official in Washington.
Twenty times a day he removes
the bandage and uses that valuable
thumb in the departments official
business.
James E. McKenna, of the pass
port division, validates every pass
port issued for travel to Europe by
pressing his right thumb on an ink
pad, then stamping the fingerprint in
two places on the passport-one
print on the picture of the appli-
cant, and one on the facing page.
His fngerprint is on file in every
U. S. consulate abroad, and through
it U. S. consuls can establish the
validity of every passport.
The application must first be
passed upon by the division chief,
Mrs. Ruth B. Shipley, but Mrs. Ship
ley, who is neat and comely young
widow, prefers not to press her fin
ger on the ink pads.
To insure a clear print on every
passport, McKenna keeps the thumb
protected with a rubber bandage.
He removes it only when there is
imperative necessity"
This is the phrase governing is
suance of passports to Europe. Since
the war began, Americans have
been forbidden to travel to Europe
for any ordinary purposes. Pass
ports were called in, and are not re-
issued unless Mrs. Shipley gives the
nod of approval and Mr.. McKenna
gives the stamp.
1t was not a nod but a negative
shake of the head which Mrs. Ship
ley gave to an American dowager
recently who wanted to 60 to
France. The woman had lived in
France, and had cabled servants to
ship her belongings to this country.
So she came to the state depart
ment and requested a passport to
France, for the imperative neces-
sity" of bringing back her pet dog.
The passport was not approved and
Mr.. McKenna did not remove the
bandage from his thumb.
The Ely miner., 1940-05-02

stop those farm foreclosures. AS
the representative of many desti-
tute farmers in the South and West,
how can you consistently protest
against this relief for them?"
well, Mr.. Secretary" replied
O'Neal with a grin, 81 was forced
to oppose you. You see, several
hundred of my members have good
jobs in the FCA, and they were
afraid they would be fired in the re-
organization. This man Black has
them scared. He's tough guy"
Note-The New York Farm bu-
reau, strongest state unit in O'Neal's
organization, threatened to with
draw if he didn't support the Gill
lette bill to take the FCA out of
Wallace's control and restore the
old pound of flesh" mortgage poll
cies which previously prevailed.