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GANDHI PRAISES AP’SMVERAGE ,^p_Th'C Story Of News’ Quotes His Famous Com ment To Reporter BY GLADWIN HILL «E\V YORK. Oct. 19.--When .A-tma Gandhi was sent to pris Mah® the British in 1932, one ol ,"st people he spoke to was an Associated Press man. Months later Then he was re i cpd a hundred miles away, un expectedly and in the dead ol vht to avoid a demonstration, fhe first face he glimpsed through P darkness was—an Associated ss man, James A. Mills. “I suppose,” he said in whimsi cal delight, "that when I go to the hereafter and stand at the golden “ te the first person I shall meet * ijl he a correspondent of the As sociated Press . . • i xhe ubiquity which Gandhi re marked was a phenomenon of long Standing. when Jack Binns sent out the fh-st radio distress call from the sinking liner Republic in 1906, it was not accidental that the ^Asso ciated Press had the news tc spread over the country within a few minutes. AP representatives are everywhere. Tfcs wireless op erator in the lonely station on Nan tucket Island who picked up Binns’ message was—an Associated Press man. He was one of the thousands ol “stringers”—part time space-rate correspondents who form an im portant element of the far^reachi ing system of coverage that -has made the AP the world’s greatesl news institution. When the Athenia same a year ago. no passenger list was im mediately available on either side of the Atlantic. Yet, through mes sages that poured in over its news lings reaching into nearly every hamlet from coast to coast, the AP was able to compile a compre hens've list of the Americans on the Athenia hours before the U. S. state department had even a sketchy list. The story of the growth of the AP—an organization maintained by some 1,400 of the nation’s princi pal newspapers on a cooperative basis—from a single man into this comprehensive newsgathering sys tem is chronicled for the first time in “AP—The Story of News,” a 500-page book written under the sponsorship of the AP by Oliver Gramling, assisted by William A. Kinney—both AP staff men—which is being published Monday (Farrar and Rinehart.) 1 CATALONIA CHIEF PUT TO 1 m Himmler, Head Of Gestapo, Is Touring Spain’s Larger Cities MADRID, Oct. 20.—GP)—The execution of Luis companys, form er president of the Autonomous government of Catalonia, after a oourt martial was confirmed here today. During the trial Companys was said to have blainea former re publican Premier Juan Negrin for prolongation of Spain’s Civil war. BURGOS, Spain, Oct. 19.—(A>)—' Heinrich Himmler, head od Ger many’s Gestapo, left here tonight by train for Madrid. He is in Spain on an official visit. 3 France built the first sea-going, armor-clad vessel in 1858. The American-made Monitor was the second such ship to be put to sea. DIES TO DEMAND CHECK ON SPIES Threatens To Reveal Infor mation On Work Of Foreign Agents CHICAGO, Oct. 19.— (£>) —Rep. Martin Dies (D-Tex) declared to night that “if the government doesn’t define or adopt a firm and uniform policy putting an end to political activities of representa tives of foreign powers in the United States, I propose to make public all the evidence I have on the subject.” ”f' want a clear definition of policy from the federal govern ment as to what it plans to do about consular representatives of Russia, Germany, Italy, England and other countries engaged in po litical activities in this country,” Dies, chairman of the house com mittee investigating un-American activities asserted in an interview. He added he referred to “activi ties not connected with their of ficial functions.” v Dies said that while much evi dence had been made public con cerning un-American activities, re.r cent evidence obtained by subpoena in New York, Texas, Los Angeles and other parts of the nation had been turned over to the State de partment. LONDON BOMBED IN HEAVY RAIDS (Continued From Page One) was sounded but another alarm was given soon afterwards as the raiders returned to the onslaught. The raiders attacking London ap parently came over the usual routes—one formation crossing the Kent coast at Dungenes and cir cling to the west of London, an other streaking up the Thames Estuary direct from bases in Hol land. From the rooftop where I watch ed, it seemed to be heavier even than last Tuesday’s big raid, rank ed as the worst London has suffer ed so far. Time after time I had to duck as bombs crashed nearby. t The German planes were com ing over in the largest formations they have yet used. There was easily 15 to 20 in each wave and the waves were not more than five minutes apart. But no matter how large the fires they started, quick work by fire fighters brought them under control in about an hour. Before the night raid started, more than 1,000 women and chil dren'had been evacuated to York shire during Saturday. One of the first bombs in the London area demolished a public shelter. Persons crowded into the shelter were injured only slightly by the first hit, but other bombs came down on them as they strug gled to get out. Six Houses Smashed Another heavy bomb smashed six houses on the outskirts. A crisp, clear October day set the stage for the Nazi day raid ers but only one alarm sounded in the capital before nightfall and only two bombs fell. The heaviest daylight blow, ap parently, fell on a southeast town where a dozen bombs were report ed dropped and some houses de molished when RAF fighters at tacked a Junkers bomber. Two Nazi bombers were reported offi cially shot down during the day. S3 BOYS ON BIKES STRUCK BY AUTOS (Continued From Page One) said Sandy, l-iding a bicycle, was struck by a negro driving a Model T Ford. The negro, they said, took the lad to the hospital but left without giving his name or ad dress. The lad was reported in an “un satisfactory” condition at James Walker Memorial hospital last night. Also being treated there was Gil bert Thomason, son of B^ H. Thomason, of Colonial Drive, whom attaches said was in a “critical” condition. The lad suffered an arm fracture, deep lacerations of the head and a possible skull fracture when knocked frpm his bicycle while riding in Chestnut heights. The car which knocked him from his wheel was reported to have been driven by Billy DeCover. The accident occurred about T p. m. Last night at 9 o’clock police ar rested V. H. Westbrook and charg ed him with driving an automobile while under the influence of intox icants after he allegedly struck Wade Spooner, Postal Telegraph delivery boy, and knocked him from his bicycle at Third and Prin cess streets. The lad was treated at James Walker Memorial hos pital for lacerations and bruises and was released. Attempt To Break In Plane Hangar Foiled MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Oct. 19.—(£)—An attempt to break into a huge hangar housing 150 planes after' all alarm and telephone wires had been cut war disclosed at this Army air base today. Sentry John Tulk reported he heard a window break in the eight acre hangar, and that when he ordered a marauder to halt the men jumped to the ground outside and escaped through a marsh. Col. E. B. Lyons immediately ordered all civilians barred from the field, and doubled the guard. 3 Red Cross Broadcast Set For November 10 WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.^—OP)— Katharine Cornell will make her first radio broadcast Nov. 10 on a program launching the annual Red Cross roll call. Announcing that the actress had consented to do several dramatic scenes, Red Cross officials said others to be heard on the program would include Norman H. Davis, Red Cross chairman; Clifton Fadi man Rayond Gram Swing and Bob Trout. Leopold Stokowski will conduct the music. The three major networks Will carry the program, 1:30-2:30 p. m.,, EST. 3 Southern Freight Train Derails On ACL Line NORFOLK, Va„ Oct. 19.—Ml— Twenty-two cars of a Southern railway freight train were derailed three and one half miles south of Suffolk on the Atlantic Coast Line shortly after 9 o’clock this morn ing. Immediately after the crackup tlie cars caught fire and burned for several hours. Among the cars were three tanks, two of which carried cot tonseed oil. The third was an empty gasoline carrier. The Pacific entrance to the Pan ama Canal is east of the Atlantic entrance. 4 RED CROSS ROLL CALL IS PLANNED Annual Funds Campaign Will Be Staged In Wilming ton Nov. 12-30 _ i The annual Roll Call of the American Red Cross will be con ducted in Wilmington under the lo cal chapter’s auspices November 12-30. J. Henry Gerdes is chairman this year and in cooperation with Mrs. Ida Speiden, secretary, and other members of the Roll Call commit tees, has already started pl/ns for the appeal which because -of world conditions should find immediate response to the goal ret for Wil mington. Among the things that the Red Cross is doing now is the collec tion of blood for transfusion. More than 6,000 voluntr rs from all walks of life are donating their blood to the American Red Cross wfor treatment of vyir-ounded sol diers and civilians in Great Brit ain. 1 THIRD VICTIM DIES HICKORY, Oct. 9.—UF)—Three year-old Bruce Teague died today, the third victim of a shooting that cost the life of his another and six-year-old brother, Coleman. 3 Witnesses Barred WALLACE, Oct. 19.— (A>) —Mem bers of Jehovah’s Witnesses, travel ing religious sect, were barred from this town today after the arrest of ten members and several weeks of threatened disorder. Ten of the Witnesses were im prisoned several days ago on charges of distributing religious literature without a permit and now are await ing trial. Their arrests came after repeated warnings from city officials. Mayor Aubrey Harrell instructed Police Chief F. L. Boone today to arrest every representative of the sect found distributing literature. None was reported tonight. The Witnesses protested arrest and jisplayed copies of the constitution guaranteeing them religious freedom and supreme court rulings. Fahnestock Expedition Yacht Sinks On Reef HARTFORD. Conn., Oct. 19.—(/PI —The yacht Director II, carrying 18 members of the Fahnestock ex pedition to the South Seas, struck a reef about three miles off the beach at Gladstone, Australia, to day and sank, Bruce Fahnestock said tonight. All those aboard'escaped without injury. 3 -- Eight rainbows have been seen at one time. 4 BETTER BUSINESS GROUP PLANS MEEI Session To Be Held Mondaj Night At 7:30 0 Clock In Assembly Hall The Better Business Club of Wil mington and its trade area will meet Monday night at 7:30 at the Tide Water assembly hall, it was announced las tnight. Members were asked to note the change in the hour of the meeting. R. W. Galphin, county farm agent, will be the principal speak er, using as the subject of his topic the background of agricul ture in this section and coopera tion between business and agricul ture. Dr. H. G. Willis will give a de scription of the work being done at the soil research laboratory near Bluethenthal airport. At this meeting, it was announc ed, the club will continue its des cussion as to what definite steps k ~ TT~7,7rTT.. II should be taken to "get for Wil mington what it rightfully deser ves.” 3 l - Sullivan’s Pitching Wins For Holy Cross NEW YORK, Oct. 19.— M*—'The big league pitching of Tom Sulli van and a couple of "breaks of the game” gave the Holy Cross football crusaders a 13 to 7 win over New York university today before 12,000 chilled customers. The first break of the game really settled the whole ’ling. This came when Len Bates, the Violets’ husky negro back, was hurt early in the second period, after N. Y. U. had taken a surprise firs luarter lead on a 51-yard touchdown march. With Bates out, the Violets’ pass defense, strong up to that point, collapsed completely. So it was no trick at all for Sulivan to concen trate his pitches on Bates’ replace ment, Bill Galu, and toss for one touchdo\yn in the second quarter and the clincher in the third. 1 Bananas were a popular food of the ancient Egyptians. 4 A Improve Your Store With 0^ FLUORESCENT M/ DAYLIGHT LAMPS ^5^ A. B. BLAKE 123 .Market Street Dial 5189 $rop/) THIS ISN’T / A HOLD-UP [ IT'S A \ ROUND-UP j Roy Rogers, Republic Pictures Star, who heads up Magic Chef’s third annual Old Range Round-up, says: DON’T BUY A NEW STOVE TILL YOU’VE SEEN THE NEW MAGIC CHEF “ALL-AMERICAN” GAS RANGE HERE IT IS! The very last word in gas ranges, incorpo rating the best ideas of 615 home economists and experi enced homemakers. Designed BY women—FOR women. They wanted more oven and broiler space, more shelf space, and other conveniences. And they got what they wanted. PLUS such popular Magic Chef features as • Automatic Lighting, Red Wheel Oven Control, Lifetime Guaranteed Burners. Now’s the time to .round-up FASY TERMS your old range and save money* F0B AS long on a new Magic Chef. AS 38 MONTHS FREE! 7 piece set ol Aluminum Cooking Utensils to each purchas er oi a new Magic Chef during this Old Range Round-Up! Limited Time! -—-—-— Just a Few of the New Request Features Larger capacity oven, and more roomy Swing-out broiler with handy warming compartment. Disappearing back shelves, and top burners widely spaced . to take four big utensils. Chrome lamp and new Minute-Minder. As advertised in leading national 'magazines TIDE WATER POWER CO. • • THE MOST IMPORTANT NEW CAR ANNOUNCEMENT DODGE HAS EVER MADE A DODGE presents to America a Great New Car with FLUID-DRIVE For 26 years, the public faith in the Dodge printed word has been a valued Dodge asset. Dodge has found it sound policy to make the performance of its cars exceed its promises in print. The enthusiastic adjectives used in this advertisement represent no departure from this policy. They are used because the facts demand them. This IS the most important new car announcement Dodge has ever made. This IS the story of the greatest car Dodge has ever built. To say less would be to slight the full and simple truth. / ' C L DODGE CORPORATION THE GREAT NEW DODGE for 1941 is longer, lower, roomier. It is completely re-designed; beautiful and distinguished in its sweeping new lines. It refleas what smart Americans call “good taste”. These things your eyes will tell you. But you’ll need to “feel” as well as “see”, to get the full thrill of the new Dodge Fluid-Drive. Only by taking the wheel, on the road, can you experience the miracle of this new and wholly effortless way of driving. Dodge Fluid-Drive frees you from the nuisance of gear-shifting and clutch-coddling. A touch of your toe on the accelerator or the brake becomes the complete driving operation. You use your hands merely to steer. * * * DODGE FLUID-DRIVE lets you start off in high and accelerate to top speed without shifting gears. It lets you slow down to one mile an hour ... then move quickly through traffic without shifting. Halt at a stop light, then, glide ahead without shifting or declutching. You can climb hills at one to five miles an hour in high, come to a dead stop on the hill, then start up again... still in high. You can creep through heavy sand, dig out of rutted roads, plough through snow... all without declutching or shifting gears. And without stalling the engine! Like many truly great things, Dodge Fluid Drive is simplicity itself in design and operation. There’s nothing new to learn. You simply cut out two old and irksome driving motions . . • gear-shifting and declutching. And when you want extra-fast getaway, Dodge Fluid-Drive gives you an EXTRA surge of power at a flip of a finger, in “second”! * * * IT IS OFTEN SAID that Dodge is one of Amer ica’s most economical cars, in its consumption of gas and oil. Now comes Dodge Fluid-Drive teaming up with Floating Power (which banishes engine vibration) to give you a new standard of silken engine performance. An oil-like smoothness that makes you forget that old mooted argument about the number of cylinders. Now, for the first time, you get the remarkable economy for which Dodge has always been famous, plus a new velvet-smooth flow of power that puts to shame many an engine with more cylinders. * * * SOME DAY ALL CARS will come to some thing like Fluid-Drive. That’s inevitable, with traffic congestion crying out for simplified driving. But Dodge is the lowest priced car to give you Fluid-Drive today and now! Your 1941 Dodge will cost you just a few dollars more than the price of the smaller cars; (Fluid Drive optional at slight extra cost). Dodge can give you this extraordinary value because its vast organization is especially geare-1 to produce fine motor cars on a huge produc tion basis. Over 30,000 men are now engaged in produc ing this great new car. They are true Dodge craftsmen .. . imbued with the idea that only a dependable car is worthy of the Dodge name. * * * DODGE HAS BEEN BUILDING that kind of car for 26 years.-An extra quality car at a budget balancing price. A car for the man who wants a prestige product as well as a low price. There are a lot of such men. That’s why Dodge has sold over 3,600,000 fine automobiles. Why, also, there are more Dodge cars on the road than any other fine car in the Dodge field. * * * THE 1941 DODGE was conceived in the indus try’s newest and best-equipped engineering lab oratories. It is the result of years of testing and re-testing. Even such a factor as the type of rubber used in Dodge was specified as a result of re search by our engineers. And there are no less than half a hundred other new improvements in Dodge for 1941 that came from the minds of these same engineers. We’re tempted to tell you about all of these exciting innovations. But you’ll get the thrill of them best if you go to see the car ... and discover for yourself its vast wealth of new comforts, new conveniences, new luxury features. * * * A TRIP TO THE DODGE SHOWROOM will confirm every word of this message. A ride be hind the wheel will supply an experience no words can convey. No matter how much MORE, or how much LESS, you expea to pay for a car this year ... by all means look at the big new ... great new ... dependable Dodge. Ride in it and experience the thrill of Fluid-Drive for yourself. Ask your dealer for a free book that gives you the whole story. Once yin pilot a 1941 Dodge with Fluid-Drive, we believe you won’t be content until you own it! ♦Fluid Drive optional at slight extra cost ' • . i SNOW'S ESSO SEBVICENTEB, 3rd and Market Streets
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