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SEVENTH INNING
 TIGERS-H Higgins grounded out, Myers to F. Mccormick. Tebbetts grounded out, Werber to F. McCor- mick, Werber made nice play on a sharp hit ball. Corsica was called out n strikes.
 No runs, no hits, no errors, none left.
 REDS-Werber grounded out, Hig- gins to York. M. Mccormick grounded out, Higgins to York. Goodman bounced out, Bartell to York.
 No runs, no hits, no errors, none left.
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sections of Berlin, damaging apart
ment houses stores, hospitals, and
residences, the Nazi press reported
today in angrily threatening retail
iation on Great Britain.
The injured in the apartment
house were said 10 include three
children.
In a southwestern district severai
explosive bombs fell in a public
park. In another suburb several
bungalows were wrecked by explo-
sive bombs that dug huge craters.
In the southwest incendiary bombs
hit a radio store and others fell on
the sidewalk in front OF q dance
cafe.
In other parts of the city-chiefly
the west and southWest-incendia
les and several unexploded bombs
were reported. A number Of apart
ment houses were evacuated because
of the damage, the newspapers said.
The press published photograph
of one British bomber that was
shot down. It fell in a street In a
western suburb, crashing on the
walk in front Of a villa.
tT'he west and southwest parts of
Berlin contain many railroad OBJ
jectives, but also include some of
the best residential areas of the
capital)
Newspapers promised that Ger
man bombers would retaliate with
heavy blows against Britain.
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DAUGHTER OF WAR
PREMIER IS HELD

Bridgeport, Conn, Oct. 21--(UP)--
Mrs. Germaine Frank, New York City
daughter of Frances World war pre-
mier, George Clemenceau, was held
crininally responsible by the coroner
today for a fatal automobile accident
Aug. is at Danbury.
Victim Of the accident was 3-year-
old Donald Tagliavento, who was
struck by Mrs. Franks car while
crossing a thoroughfare. Coroner
Theodore Steiber said Mrs. Frank
was driving at an excessive speed
in the business district and would
have seen the child in time to avert
the accident had she been travelling
slower. She was arrested on a charge
Of, driving motor vehicle SO Is "a
cause death.
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NSOAtuAuCO 4AOIu rage ~
Democratic Chairman Edward J.
Flynn suggested that the president
speak in Baltimore without know
ing tat the only available hall had
been leased by the Republicans.
Other Appointments
Other presidential speaking APP
pointments, Early said, have been
tentatively set for Oct. % in Phil
adelphia, 9:15 to 10 M; Oct. %
at Madison Square Garden, New
York, 10 to Ii p. m; Nov. 2 in
Cleveland to 10 p. M; and Nov.
4 Hyde Park, New York, 10 to IL
p m.
A battery" of speakers will adj
dress the nation from Hyde Park.
Early said, and the exact time of
tbs presidents address has not been
sea.
Early said that the president will
not travel farther west than Cleve-
land, since "the reasons which have
kept him basing on Washington
are as compelling. today as ever"
Early pointed out that Americans
were bombed" while the president
was at Hyde Park over the week.
end. He did not name the location
of the bombing, but it was assumed
he referred to the Italian bombing
attack on American oil refineries
at Bahrein Island in the Pension
gulf.
In response to questions, Early
said that mot to my knowledge"
has the American secret army bomb
sight been released to Great Britain.
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Fire Equipment Need
Becomes More Urgent
Summit Road Home Burns to Ground; Lack Of Neces-
sary Supplies Once Again Attacked
PROSPECT

Prospect, Oct. 21-The home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stanton of
Summit road was swept by fire and
burned to the ground Saturday. The
fire is believed to have been caused
by an overheated stove. Fred Ber-
ger, brother Of Mrs. Stanton dis
covered the fire, and sounded the
alarm. Philip Nirka, neighbor,
answered the alarm Immediately and
entered the burning building with
Fred. Both boys searched the rooms
in the midst Of smoke and flames,
but the search proved the house
unoccupied. Fred was hit by a coll
lapsing partition, his hair was sing
ed and he suffered minor burns.
The owners, Mr.. and Mrs. STAN
ton and their Is months old baby
were away at the time of the fire.
The house, which consisted of four
rooms, vas burned to the ground.
The house was covered by insurance,
but the household furniture was
not insured, and was completely
demolished. Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton
and daughter were given haven at
Mrs. Stanton's aunt's home, Miss
Marriet Berger, who lives nearby.
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Offensive Smash Made
On Germany, Italy
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Speaking first in English and then
in French, Churchill used all his
eloquence in an appeal to the
French people to support the Bri-
fish cause, arguing that Frances
sole hope for freedom is in British
victory.
The speech is to be reIayed over
short-Wave breakfasts throughout
the World, so that every corner of
the French Empire will hear it.
Churchill's plan to appeal direct to
the French people was announced as
reports reached London of increas-
ing French popular sentiment in
favor of Great Britain.
There were reports direct from
France of both disaffection and
sabotage in German occupied terri
tory and that controlled by the
vichy regime.
A vichy dispatch said yesterday
that German authorities had tight
ened again their control over move
ment between occupied and unoc-
cupied territory.
They announced severe penalties
for exporting foodstuffs or money
from occupied territory.
They ordered the people of the
Paris suburbs of LIE Vesinet, Croissy
and Chatou to Mount Guard over a
German army motor park after a
whole park of German automobiles
and armored cars had been wrecked
by saboteurs. All motor traffic in
the localities was forbidden after 8
p. m. until further notice.
Italian Planes Busy
The Axis air forces engaged in
activities equally far flung. italian
planes yesterday attacked the island
of Bahrein in the Persian gulf and
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BRITISH TRIED
FOR MUSSOLINI
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other side of Italy, and including
the midway province of Alessandria.
According to some reports the
British raids were carried out in two
waves, of which one took the east
ern side of North Italy while the
other took the western side.
Summary of Results
A summary of results of the raid,
as given in the communique, was:
Verone, dwelling and charity insti-
tute damaged. three persons killed
and IL wounded. Pavia Province,
two homes destroyed, four persons
killed and one wounded. Alessandria
Province, three buildings damaged,
one person killed, two wounded.
Communities of Borgio Vetezzi,
small fires caused in forest, one
church hit, some houses damaged.
Bombs dropped in the countryside
in two other areas.
Italians claimed a distance record
in their Bahrein Island raid.
1t was officially asserted that Ital-
ian planes flew $500 miles to bomb
the oil-rich island. It was intimated
that they flew back to bases some
what nearer the objective, presum-
ably in Africa.
According to a high command
communique, the heavy bombing
planes attacked ref1neries, fuel de-
pots and pipe lines in the Island
and started fires which could be
seen far away. All the Italian planes
returned, the oommunique.
(American capital, particularly
the Standard Oil Company of CAL
ifornia was heavily involved in the
Bahrein oil Development
Reports spread that the planes
flew in the Stratosphere for most of
the way, coming down only to be re-
fueled at secret rendezvous where
tanker submarines awaited them. It
was believed that. the planes re-
fueled somewhere in the Mediter-
ranean on their outward journey
and somewhere in the Arabian Sea
on their way back.
According to reports, the planes
were refueled in 20 minutes under a
new system of synchronization be-
tween planes and tanker submarines
Of a tonnage of between 5000 and
900.
1t was reported also that the Ital-
ians were developing feet of sea-
MISUNDERSTANDING which would
take off with long distance bombing
and alght at sea to re-
fuel the bombing planes.
Rome claimed new bombing dis
lance record in the Bahrein Island
attack. In their longest previous at
tack flights, Italian planes had
gone to Gibraltar. hoo miles from
the Italian mainland.
Itakzn Raids
Cairo, Egypt, Oct. a - (U.P) ~
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U. S. EMBASSY in
LONDON WAS HIT
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Two air raid alarms sounded in
London up to early afternoon.
German raiders, usually single
planes, also attacked the home coun-
ties around London, the south coast,
the southwest of England and sew
eral northwest towns, causing some
deaths.
Five workmen were killed in a
south coast town. Another died in a
northwest town, where there were
ten other casualties. Bombs caught
the workers as they were running
for shelter.
British Raids Described
London, Oct. 21.-(UP) - British
bombing squadrons, in a suddenly
Intensified aerial offensive, bombed
German and Italian targets over a
550-mile front between Berlin and
industrial northern Italy during the
night, it was announced today.
Military targets over Germany
generally, and the invasion ports
along the English Channel were
bombed. Big British raiding fleets
cruised over Berlin and the indus
trail triangle of northern Italy. Naval
guns on the Kentish coast of Eng
land joined in q bombardment of
German guns and concentration
bases on the French side.
Zurich and Berne, Switzerland,
had two air raid alarms during the
night and Geneva had one, the Swiss
general staff, in a communique,
charged that British planes had vio-
lated Swiss territory several times,
flying over the Jura frontier south
eastward, and said that Swiss anti
aircraft guns at several points fired
on them. The Jura Alps are on the
Swiss-French frontier0
LAST night Royal Air force bomb
ing planes carried out extensive
operations ranging from Berlin to
northern Italy, an air ministry COM
munique said. Targets were at
tackled in both these areas as well as.
in other parts of Germany. Attacks
also were made on invasion ports"
Attacks ON Italy
The raids, including the first at
tacks in several weeks on Italy prop
er, came after persistent reports that
Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal, new
chief of air staff, would at once order
intensified offensive tactics on as
Stunning his duties this week.
Reports by United Press reporters
and other observers along the Eng
lish southeast coast indicated that
the Royal Air Force had made one
of its biggest raids Of the war on the
invasion ports.
At dusk series of tremendous
bomb crashes told watchers along the
Kent coast that British planes were
bombing the invasion area. Every
10 to IL minutes from then on for
many hours there was similar series
of explosions, in evidence that the
British planes were attacking in
steady waves. The ground shook as
the bombs exploded, % miles and
more, away. Flashes of bombs, para
chute flares and the bursting shells
from German anti-aircraft guns
could be seen through the slight
mist that dimmed the moonlight.
Observers estimated that at times
bombs fell at the rate of 100 a
minute.
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WIFE OF PASTOR
LOSES HER JOB

Boston, Oct. 21-UP)-The wife
Of the Rev. Keith G. Kanaga, who
with another Boston clergyman
Was named in the nations first in
dictment for refusal to register for
selective service, had lost her job
in physicians Office.
Mrs. Kanaga's dismissal on
grounds that patients objected to
her husbands action was disclosed
last night at Mount Vernon Con-
gregational church where he is as
sistant pastor.
Meantime, the Rev. Harry H.
Kreuner, pastor of the First Bap-
fist church who was indicted with
Rev. Kanaga, announced he would
attempt to register with his local
board today. If called, he said, he
then would ask to be listed as a
conscientious objector.
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also, 1t was reported by British
sources, American-owned wells in
neutral Saudi Arabia, The Bahrein
field is also American
This attack, Italians said, was
made by long range planes which
flew 1890 miles and were refueled
by submarine tankers. Refineries,
fuel repotS and pipelines at Bahrein
were bombed and fires started, Rome
claimed.
The German air attack on Bril-
tain cvontinued at a moderate pace.
By sea, according to the German
claim, the most notable series of
submarine triumphs of the wah had
been scored. Berlin claimed that
327 900 tons of British shipping had
been sent to the bottom in little
more than 48 hours. This astrono-
mical total, 1t was said, was achieved
by the sinking of q ships in single
British convoy and II more in a
second convoy through mass sub
marine attacks. There was no pre-
cedent in warfare for such attacks
and the British characterized the
claim as a "whopper" invented by
propaganda Minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels.
Japan Meets Hitch
In the Far East the japanese in
dictated that a hitch had occurred
in negotiations for oil supplies from
the Dutch East Indies and SEQ
Kobayashi, chief Japanese negotia-
tor, was returning to Tokyo. The
Burma Road was bombed again and
Shanghai forecast a Japanese drive
to dominate all foreign areas in
China and particularly that, of
Kulang-Su, the foreign settlement
of Annoy.
Germany said it expected to fol-
low up the signing of it's trade pact
with Jugoslavia by negotiating adj
ditional pacts both in the Balkans
and the Near East. Belief grew in
Athens that the axis would not at
tempt a winter campaign in the
snow-filled passes of the Balkans.
In India Vinobra Bhave, Mohan-
das K. Ghandi's token soldier in a
passive resistance campaign, was ar
rested by the British for making
pacifist speeches in Indian villages.
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dor to Belgium. Members of the
state ticket and local candidates
will also speak.
Organize Workers
At each district meeting plans
will be made for organization Of
workers for election day. The en-
tire city will be canvassed, street
by street.
The schedule Of district meetings
announced to date is as follows:
2-4-Thursday night at 8 o'clock
at IL Beacon street.
2-5-Friday at 8 p. M, 70 North
Main st.
2-6-Tuesday at 8 p. M, Irving
Pasternak's home, Fern st.
2-7-Friday at p. M, 10 Chapel
st., Waterville.
3-3-Tuesday at 8 p. M, 70 North
Main st.
S-7-Thursday at 8 .. M. 70
North Main st.
4-1-Thursday at . p. m, Franco
American hall.
5-s-Thursday at . D. M, 2a2
Lounshury ST.
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to make a speech in opening the
state nominating convention without
endorsing the national ticket.
The other big political fish still
unlocked by either candidate is
President John L. Lewis of the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations
Lewis recently has conferred with
Mr.. Roosevelt although he said last
winter that he would be "ignomini-
ously" defeated if he sought a third
term. Then it was reported that
he planned a statement this week
endorsing Wendell L. Willkie, Re-
publican presidential candidate.
Lewis refused to confirm or deny
that repoAt.
President Writes Speeches
Washington, Oct. 21-(UP) -Presi-
dent Roosevelt returned to the
White House today to begin work
on the first of the five political
speeches he will deliver before cleo
ton day.
The first will be delivered We'd
nesday night.
Mr.. Roosevelt left at his Hyde
Park home the Earl of Athlone, gov
ernor general of Canada, and his
wife, They had been his weekend
guests there. The Earl and his party
leave Hyde Park this morning for
Ottawa.
Lord Athlone and Mr.. Roosevelt
conferred Saturday and Sunday but
White House attaches said the con-
ferences were strictly informal.
There was no comment on reports
that Mr. Roosevelt planned soon to
further increase American aid to
Great Britain. The visit of the Earl
was described as a social CALI.
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Closest Election In
Years Admits Farley
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finally left the cabinet, Mr.. Roose-
welt gradually was easing the party
chairman away from the council
table to make way for comparative
newcomers. Farley was one of those
who believed that Henry "A. Wal
lace's early Republican affiliations
should have barred him from the
national ticket.
Statement Repudiated
Also at issue was last springs
column by Ernest K. Lindley in The
washington Post quoting Mr.. Roose-
welt as having told callers that Far
ley's religion was a bar to his NOM
nation for President or vice preSi-
dent. Mr.. Roosevelt repudiated the
words attributed to him, but there
was no persuasive proof here that
Farley or some of his friends were
convinced.
Farley's assistance would be well
come now to the Democratic cam
paign organizers especially Il; such
states as New York and Massachu-
sets where there are large Catho-.
lie communities. But his determina-
ton to avoid public endorsement
was indicated last month in New
York when as chairman Of the State
Democratic Committee, he contrived
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TODAY'S BOARD
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the Nazi financial stability. The war
is costing Germany about twice as
much as it is costing Great Britain
and any large increase in expenses
would threaten inlation.
At the same time Germany is I'M
able to enlarge her barter system
about whose success German econ
omists have been so duly enthusiast
tic, as substitute for the use of
gold. British bombings of German
industrial centerS have demeged ex-
tensively the output Of manufac-
tured goods, while scarcity of raw
materials and the transfer of work.
ing men to the airy have added to
Germany's handicaps.
Thus, the Germans are short of
domestic manufactures to exchange
for all urgently NEEDED imports from
Jugoslavia and other Balkan mar
kets. The only lternative Is to COM
pei the Balkans, where possible, to
accept Germany's future promises
to pay, at least in part.
Before the treaty with JugoSlavia
was made, at the end of last week,
Germany already had been taking
SO per cent of Jugoslav exports. The
new agreement gives Germany only
10 per cent more material, mdica-
ting the primary cause of the nego-
titiaons was not to augment Ger
man supplies, which under normal
conditions could have occurred
anyway.
Economic conditions in Germany,
however, are increasingly abnormal
because German capacity to pay for
imports is dropping This is appar-
emily the fundamental reason why
the Jugoslavs were told to sign a
new trety at time when German
and Italian troops had been concen-
trated near the JugoSlav borders.
and why Berlin says other south
eastern nations in Europe are to be
next in line.
The confession of economic and
financial difficulties within Ger
many, which the Jugoslav treaty in
dicates, cannot increase German
prestige in the Belkans and else
where. Rather, it must cause con-
illusions of fundamental weaknesses
within the Reich, despite Hitler's
display of military power Confidence
in final German victory thus
should decline
The economics section of the Ger
man high command, previous to
tradeoutbreak of the present conflict
warned Hitler of the enormous i'm
portance of freedom of international
trade in wartime, based on Ger
many's sad experience in the World
War. The accuracy of that convic-
ton of the German army, made by
Major- General Thomas. head of the
economies section, is now beginning
to appear.
Great Britain's power of endur-
ance is associated with her ability
to maintain foreign trade on nat
ural economic basis, thanks not only
to the British fleets command of
the seas but also to Britain's ma
tional wealth in gold and foreign ex-
within the continent Of Europe, now
must take notice of cracks in her
foreign trade position. which will
hamper increasingly Hitler's ability
to fight a prolonged war.
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WALLACE MEETS
WITH LAFOLLETTE
Vice=PresidentiaI Nominee
Returns to Home State
After Conference

With Wallace motorcade, en- route
to Mason City, Ia, Oct. 21-(UP)-
Henry A.. Wallace returned to his
home state of Iowa today after a
conference with Sen. Robert M. La
Toilette, Jr., Prog. Wis, which
caused political observers to predict
the Roosevelt administration would
support progressive candidates for
state offices in Wisconsin in ex-
change for support by the progress
Sives.
The Democratic candidates for
vice president met LaFollette at his
Madison, Wis, home and conferred
for Is minutes Sunday morning. He
declined to comment on the signi-
ficance.
Sen. La Toilette recently announc-
ed that he would support president
Roosevelt for a third term although
he does not agree with some of the
Presidents foreign policies. Former
Gov Philip F. La Toilette, founder
of the National Progressives of
America third-party movement, is
campaigning for his brother, who
seeks reelection to the Senate in
November.
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Joseph M. Cunningham, member
Of prominent local family, has
been sworn in as first deputy con-
troller of the City of New York,
climaxing rapid rise.
He entered the controllers Of
flee in 1888, and soon become a
deputy controller. Later he direct
ed a broad investigation that ex-
posed tax department frauds.
Mr.. Cunningham, who will act
as executive assistant to Con-
troller Joseph McGoldrick, sue
ceeds Col. Arthur McDermott, who
resigned to become head of the
s9Iective service board in New
Fork. .....
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The Ladies' Guild will meet at
the Parish hall on Thursday night
at 8 o'clock. The committee reports
very favorably for the supper to
be held November 7th and are
asking the housewives in the parish
if they have any dishes they are
not using, and would care to donate
them to the Guild it would be APP
preciated.
Mrs. P. j. O'Connor is i'll at her
home on Sylvan avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Winters
and Miss Irene Winters visited at
Milford over the week end.
Regular meeting of the Washing
ton Park Community club is sched-
uled for Tuesday evening at the
Community house at BIS o'clock.
The committees working on the
dance to be held on November End
is asked to make their reports.
This dance should be a great sue
cess both financially and socially.
There will be refreshments served
and an orchestra to play for dane
ing. for both the older members as
we'll as the younger ones.
Mrs. Annie Sullivan of Keefe
street is getting ready to make her
annual trip down south.
Miss Mary Burns has returned to
New York city where she is study
ing at the Drake school. Miss Burns
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne Burns of Sylvan avenue and
a sister of Joseph Burns, one of our
popular Democrat newsboys.
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italian planes which raided British
Bahrein Island, in the Persian Gulf,
also attacked wells of the American
Standard Oil Company of California
in neutral Saudi Arabia on the
mainland nearby, British sources
charged today.
1t was said that the italian planes
violated the Holy Moslem City of
Mecca in their flight, and that they
had flown over both Saudi Arabia
and the neutral state Of Yemen, in
violation Of an italian promise to
conduct no operations in these areas
during the Moslem fast Of Rama
dan.