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Cing And Queen Escape In Raid
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issscue Workers Search Powder Plan t Ruins
Buckingham
Palace Hit
By 5 Bombs
Lone Nazi Dive Bomb
er Drops Salvo Dam
aging Palace in Day
light Raid; Other
Raiders Drop Bombs
m Downing Street.
(By The Associated Press.)
Safely huddled in a palace air raid
cjm;v»r> King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth escaped uninjured today
when a lone nazi dive bomber
screamed down from the clouds and
dropped a salvo of five bombs on
Buckingham Palace and its precincts.
Witnesses said the German raider
came out of his roaring dive into
a glide—with motors silenced—to
check speed and get a better aim at
the palace.
Other nazi raiders, flying low and
fast over the heart of London, drop
ped incendiary bombs in Downing
Street, where Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill resides at the famous
IsTo. 10. No damage was reported.
After the raid King George and
Queen Elizabeth inspected the dam
age to the royal palace.
"Their majesties, who were in the
palace, were unharmed" the ministry
of information announced, but three
members of the palace staff and three
plumbers were slightly injured.
Two bombs fell in the palace's in
ner quadrangle today, a third hit and
wrecked the royal couple's private
chapel in the south wing, and the
others exploded on the roadway be
tween the Victoria Memorial and the
palace gates—where great crowds
gather to cheer their sovereigns on
special occasions.
The raiders dropped countless
salvos of fire and shriek bombs, set
ting London's fashionable West End
aflame in a series of bold daylight
attacks.
Batteries of anti-aircraft guns set
up a terrific barrage and royal air
force fighters slashed in and out of
the clouds, engaging the raiders in
dogfights.
The daylight assault took London's
bomb battered millions by surprise
when the air raid sirens shrieked the
i h 't warning at 7:33 a. m. (1:33 a. m.
EST), less than two hours after the
"al! clear'' sounded the end of the
capital's sixth straight dusk-to-dawn
attack lasting eight hours and 30
minutes.
The first day alarm lasted 53 min
utes. Sixteen minutes later the raid
ers appeared again—among them
several great four-motored bombers.
The second alarm lasted four hours
and nine minutes.
Official casualty figures up to
Wednesday night were announced as
1,175 killed and 4.270 wounded since
Hitler unleased succcssive night-long
attacks on London last Saturday. •
British Patrols
Fi^htin^In Kenya
Cairo, Sept. 13.—(AP)— British
patrols were reported today to be
fighting hard against large Italian
forces on a 20f<-:nile front in Kenya
colony, hundreds of miles south of
of the Libyan-Egyptian border area
where Italy's main offensive is be
lieved imminent. <
British Planes
Raid German
Objectives
London, Sept. 13.—(AP)—British
bombers struck heavily last night at
Le Havre on the German-held
French coast, where the nazi army
has been reported concentrating some
of its most powerful units for an in
vasion of Britain, the air ministry
announced tonight.
A German tanker and a supply
ship were hit at Le Havre, the min
istry said.
It also reported that a British bal
loon barrage had snared a German
plane early today.
Berlin. Sept. 13.—(AP)—English
planes bombed Germany's principal
industrial city <>1 Essen, seat ol the
Kiupp munitions works, last night,
authorized .sources said today as Ger
man bombers were reported to be
hitting London's docks and factories
with "extr.ordinary accuracy."
Bui the Bi itish bombs missed their
iau tri;1! targets, these source* said,
d ! t a woriu . ! residential quar
. • !, : ;: o. :!v. c ty.
At Least 39
Killed And
125 injured
■p.age to Hercules
i ,»wJer Company
i :\nt Estimated at
'.'r.Mjn Dollars; FBI
\^i°ates Pos«ibil
i i ■" Sabotage.
X. J.. Sept. 1.1.—(AP>—1
- m-ked through a
-- «•:' mouldering ruin
i i». i>vnv victims of
v -:>>n< that leveled the
vder Company's plant
t ! : >t 35> men. injur
• - anc. causing an esti
,'iHO damage.
C. Hunt. of Wilmington,
■go of the c >;npany*s ex
11:-fiit expressed belief
v .>1 four or five more
• !.i be recovered.
. ;.v i ike'.y we'll never be
• c *»10 ,,f the
Hunt stated. "The men
v i ..»i;vrned are lost."
•::» Is of the plant and
»vted the toll of dead
j'>. In point of t'atal
i y - bhist was one of the
plant disasters in the
-• v.
v manufactures smoke
id other explosives. It
n fulfilling numerous'
• nse contiacts. Today!
R: eau of Investigation,
:ivestigating pos? i b i I i t ies
• _e.
was of such intensity that j
;do was roc!:ed lor miles',
liberations were felt as'
!) nbury. Conn. 125 miles
Thousand- in surround-1
relieved there had been
.. i
Young Demos i
In Session
St;.:. !3.—(AP)—With j
• indicating attend
■. -et a record, the annual
: the North Carolina
.ats got under way here
'i ■ ; Greensboro, key
-ed the >tate and national
' • . forecast a rousing'
- v in the nation and
d the young party i
v k vigorously to "in
a.iorities in North Car
it:- • • night J. M. Brough
Democratic nominee
. '. i!! >peak. Also on the
' R.iJie-ertative Harold
no George Gordon Bat
York attorney.
License Clamp
On Export Of
Plane Plans j
ngton. Sept. 13.—(AP)—
tto... c\eit clamped license
it today on the export of
i!- and supplier for air
vv to "further strengthen
:...! defense.' '
' idential proclamation,
•hie at his press conl'er
i' 'I to the "export license
(nt used for producing
»r luel and tetraethyl
plan or specifications
• design, construction or
of. s;;ch equipment, and
'' tiorss and descriptive
information of any kind
the design 01 construc
■1 ' or aircraft engines.
t proclamation." a for
<■! ' said. "taken with pre
the effect of putting
' 'rol of the President for
!>o.-es not only the air
• ?ines but also the plans
for building them."
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'••ii NORTH CAROLINA
::'Pv }"•»»»•: sl#»\v?v ri-'n?
1 i:: 1 s tonight and Sat
Monarchs, Churchill Inspect Bombed Palace
Prime Minister Winston Churchiil is shown (left) with King George and Queen Elizabeth a? they inspected
damage don*.1 to Buckingham Palace, one of the monarch's London residences, by a delayed-action German bomb.
The British rulers were not in the palace when the ex plosion occurred. Phot was flashed by cable to New York.
Willkie Off On Campaign
Tour; LaGuardia For FDR
Drive Against Slot Machines
Brings Indictments In Wake
Raleigh. Sept. 13.— (AP) —The
Wake county grand jury indicted Joe
Calcutt of Fayetteville. two other
men. and the Vending Machine Com
pany «>t Fayetteville today on charges
of owning illegal sl<>t machin.< winch
were operated in Wake county.
The indictments apparently were
a part of a statewide drive against
slot machines launched by Superior
court judges.
Earlier in the week. Judge R. Hunt
Parker had expressed a desire to "get
the higher ups"' when he started
hearing cases against 7§. alleged op
erators of illegal slot machines. Mon
day at Edenton Judge W. C. Harris
was quoted as telling the Chowan
grand jury that "the judges have
agreed that these machines should
be outlawed*' as he directed them
to investigate the situation. He said
the judge that followed him would
continue the light.
Yesterday at Durham officers seiz
ed 91 pin ball machines as they acted
under orders of Judge Henry L.
Stevens.
Judge Parker directed State Bu
reau of Investigation agents and
sheriff deputies to start an imme
diate search for. Calcutt, R. W. Boil
ing. identified in testimony its an I
auditor of the Vending Machine]
Company, and C. C. Bishop, alleged
contact man f..r the company here, i
•Judge Parker directed that bond
of 35,000 be required of Calcutt. $2,-.
500 of Boiling and SI,000 of Bishop.:
Calculi was specifically charged;
both individually and as the Vending
Machine Company with the owner
ship of illegal machines on location!
in Wake county which were adapt-!
able to free games or giving returns'
on which wagers might be made, i
Bishop mid Boliing were named itii
individual charges oi the same na-;
tuve and both were charged with,1
conspiring with Calcutt to distribute
the machines.
Judge Parker ordered 52 of the
alleged operators ol the slot machines j
to pay court costs.
Babson Believes
Mexico Dangerous
Economist Says Mex
ico is Becoming Can
cer in Latin America;
Sees Little Chance for
Trade in South Amer
ica.
BY ROGER VV. RABSON.
Copyright 1940. Publishers
Financial Ruroaii.
New York City. Sept. 13.—When
I first began to travel to South,
America, I would refer to the people;
there as South Americans. Thereup
on. the leading newspaper men—alii
of whom were friends of mine—
would say. "We are not South Amer
icans; we are Latin Americans."
Continuing to think I knew more
about the situation than they did. I
then began to refer to them as Span
ish Americans. But again they ex-j
plained thai the largest country in;
South America—namely. Brazil, is
Portuguese both by biood and lan
guage. I mention thi because so
many readers forget that Snanish is
(Continued oa Pafic Five)
Jones Named |
For Cabinet
Washington, Sept. 13. — (AP)—
President Roosevelt nominated Jesse |
Jones today to be secretary of com-!
merce.
The nomination had been withheld
pending passage by Congress ol' a
resolution permitting Jones, a resi-1
dent of Houston. Tex., to retain his'
present post as federal loan admin
istrator while serving in the cabinet.
Jones succeeds Harry L. Hopkins, j
who recently resigned because of
poor health.
HOUSE OF LORDS
IS HIT BY BOMBS
London. Sept. 13.—(AP)—The
House of Lords has been dam
aged in recent air raids, it was
disclosed officially tonight.
An incendiary bomb that hit
the hoa«e in one wins; o»" the
I-ouses of parliament was Quick
ly extinguished.
Republican Candidate
to Tour 18 States and
Make 69 Speeches;
Senate Committee to
Investigate GOP Po
litical Advertising,
(By The Associated Press.)
Wendell Willkic was off today on
the la-day, 7.200-mile tour of cam
paigning that will take him into 18
states for 69 speeches, one a major
address on the third term issue.
Before leaving Rushville. Ind., last
nif.'lit V'illkie discussed final plans for
his swing to the Pacific coast with
hi.- running mate. Senator McNary,
Republican National Chairman Joe
Maiiiu and Minnesota's Governor
Harold E. Stasscn.
At Chicago, Willkie told a crowd
of welcomers in the union station
upon his arrival that "I am going to
give you the truth in plain Indiana
language so tiiat no one can mis
understand."
"My speeches," he declared, "will
(Continued on Page Five'
Should Lose
Canada Prefers Her
Independence, Not
Union With U. S.,
Stewart Declares.
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington. Sent. 13.—Of course
Mayor Fiorelln H. LaGuardia of New
York is the essence of the Yankee
Canadian joint commission which is
fixing up that mutually defensive
compact between Uncle Samuel and
our Lady of the
.Snows. Not tnat
tho other com
missioners are
not ;ill right, but
Finrello can no
more be any
thing but the
v—1 !,<!b of any
activity he's in
volved in than
soarks can fly
downward.
Fiorello
LaGuardia
sides want it.
in pvincime
the Yankee-Ca
nr>H inn r)iok°r '«
pac-v enough to
arrange, for botn
There are some
Continued on Page Five)
! Leaders Predict
Passage Of Draft
[ Bill By Nightfall
j benaie aria House Ex-!
peci Quickest Possible
Action of Compromise
Agreed Upon by Joint
Committee of Con
j gress.
j W;>-Rent. 13—CAP1—Con-!
, ;rrnsvionni Wdcrs confidonlly pre
i r1:rtn«"i thnt peacetime con"crip
I tinp 1 * * <.-1 • • i :np wou'd be on !ts way j
to the Whit'* Hou-e by nightfall to
beenmo 1.)-^ low o.' {.ho land.
In both Senate and House the plan
wns obtain the quickest possible
•.HV/'- r''i tbp c^mnromise version of j
I ^•.'•'•,-^-\Vadr\Vorth compulsory
I r(?y- r'.r> bill worked out by a joint,
conference committee to reconcile the
dirfn-en.ee between the two chambers
on the measure.
With acceptance of the comoronuse
generally t?ken for granted, the day's
bis; question was how long it would!
take Congress to conclude action on;
the precedent breaking bill which!
orders registration of 16.500.000 men
between the ages of 21 and 35. Some
said it would be only a few hours,
others that it would take most of
the day.
The Senate received the compro
mise version first and Majority Lead
er Barkley, Democrat, Kentucky,
called the chamber into session an
hour earlier than usual (at lta. m.)
to expedite consideration.
House leaders were ready to act
just as soon as the Senate approves
the legislation and sends its across to
their wing of the Capitol.
The compromise version caused
some expressions of dissatisfaction—
! chiefly from legislators who fought
for the 21 to 31 age limit and the
GO-day postponement in starting con
' scription. There were no signs, how
I ever, of attempts to stymie action on j
j the legislation.
| Willkie Makes
I Peace Pledge
Chicago, Sept. 13—(AP)—Wendell
Willkie told' a crowd in the stock
yards today that "if you elect me
President I shall never send an
[ American boy to figh in any Euro
I pean war".
He also pledged himself to "build
a domestic economy so strong that
no dictator ever snail seek to strike." I
Standing in a hay wagon in the!
j heart of the huge packing house dis-!
! triet, the Republican presidential l
ncminee contended that the admin
istration had failed to solve the un
employment problem and contended
th'ct President Roosevelt in his re
cent address before the Teamsters
union "promised labor everything
except jobs."
"The failure of the last seven and
a half years,' he said, "has been the
failur eto produce jobs. No amount
failure to produce jobs. No amount
can cover up that abysmal failure to
produce jobs."
Willkie declared that he stood for
rrontinued on Five^
Appropriations
Set Record For
Peacetime Year
vVa-.'njjtflan, S pt. —(AF)—
Coufftcs'i lias appropriate* 813,
127,427,195 so far this session and
may be a^k^d to approve Si,500,
090,000 in additional funds be
fore adjournment.
In addition, it has authorized
cnother 8.^,^53/'°/'. •) r ex
penditure in future y?av:;—the
actual cash to be v t <.i . . yjjse
Quent sc-siens for a svuui *i>ial
of $21.383,509,294.
Apprapriaiions and wmmit
mcms tor dofeiise account for
rr-'. t!:a:i 815,000.500,300 at that
total.
t/ungrreFSional records show
that the S13.127.427,195 in direct
appropriations already exceed
those of any full peacetime year
in the nation's hi tory. Last
year's total was $9,719,258,467. (
Only the World War outlays )
were greater—§18.881.940,243 in |
the fiscal year of 1918 and 827,
065,148,993 in 1319.
The defense outlays include
86939,635,906 of actual appro
priations, S3,646,082.009 in con
tract authorizations for the Army,
Navy and Army air corps, and
4,610,000,000 in a single author
ization for a "two ocean" Navy.
Italy's Air
Force Busy
Series of Bombard
ments Along Egyptian
Coast May Be Prelude
of Offensive.
Rome, Sept. 13.—(AP)—Italy's air
force in heavy dav and night bom
bardments ha= dealt ounfching blows
at British positions along the Egypt
ian coast, an Italian high command
announced todny amid unofficial re
ports that an Italian drive into Egypt j
already was under way.
It was the fifth successive day of (
such assaults, often the prelude of
an offensive.
The high command communique,1
did not mention any land offensive,
but one military authority said "an I
operation" already had begun in!
Egypt. Ho disclosed no details, how-I
ever, and other high fascist sources i
expressed doubt that Italian land;
force" actually had crossed the Brit-'
ish defended border.
But indications mounted that both'
the steadily increasing Italian and,'
British forces along the desert Egypt- i
ian-Libyan frontier were preparing'
for major action. Day and night, the |
Itjflian communique said. Italian j
bombers have hammered at British
f Continued nn PnCP F'vpI
London Is Chaos—"This Is
Only The Beginning" Says
Ranking German Official
Berlin, Sept. 13.—(AP)—London is j
chaos, according to Hans Rechenberg, I
Economic Minister t Walter Funk's!
right hand man who has taken part!
in several of the German air raids—I
"and remember this is only the be-1
ginning."
Summing up his personal impres- J
sions in an interview today Rechen- j
berg asserted that one dock seqtion
T>f~"fcondon had been splotched by
fires, plowed by bombs and blanket
ed by smoke.
"Summing up my personal impres
sions." he said, "I can only say that
London is already a scene of chaos,
I -md remember this is only the be
-Tinning. I
'Thrp>.:nbfH;t greatrr Lop<3<»i and
nil nlor.jZ the iv.itsi-irt-:. indn.ctrhl
o'ants alternate with warehouses,
electric power plants, gas and oil
tanks and munitions dumps. All these
are doomed as our attacks continue.
"Ordered life in the British capital
is well nigh impossible," Rechenberg
declared-.
"My formation when I started out
after dusk last Saturday was given
as its objective the destruction of
provisions and storehouses slightly
north of the u-shaped bend of the
Thames." Rechenberg said.
"Our fliers were happy at last to
have an exciting errand x x x.
"If I could reveal to you how
many planes started that first night
and have been starting since in in
creasing numbers, your hair would
stand on end." Rechenberg said.
"Our 'eggs' were of formidable sizi.
too. If they were dropped on this
mini?.t'*y yon rpd I r>»'« rr,w
■it'"ng there wouldn't be anyiiir.jg
left."