Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Sunday:  Fair,  warmer. Monday: Fair, warmer.
1
34TH YEAR, NO. AS- fS PAGES
WJLKES-BARRE, PAt, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1940
PRICE TEN CENTS
Britain Strikes Back at Japan
New London Defense Stops Cerman Night Raiders; Willkie Says American Way of Life Is Threatened
less Mu Burma Road May
Leaves Prepared Speech As Crowd of 55,000 Cheers Him in New York
ME ON PLAN TO
NCREASEU.S.TA)(
41
London Street Scene
'Government Must Belong to People; Not the People To The Government'
Empire Citv Rare Track, Yonk- er«, N. Y., Sept. 28 (UPl—If the Republican part.v does not win the November election "thie way ot life will fall." Wendell U. Willkie. GOP presidential candidate, toll ,W,000 cheering Republicans here tnnight.
Promisinir.  if elected,  to bvllld  a
"new   world."   to   meke   "nn   effer-
fcftive, an expanding, an impreicnable
f   rtemocrary."   Willkie   went   beyonu
his prepared text to tell the great
crowd:
"I want tn say to you that If we do not preveil this fall this way ot f life will fall."
Thunderous rheere greeted al¬ most every sentence of his address, snd the crowd roared "Yes" when he asked them whether they coula fulfill hil campaign pledges.
He had arrived, after a dramatic dash from Schenectady by airplane and automobile, only 'w'," minutes before he was scheduled to epeak. Held  on   Roetriim
Concluding his prepared speech, he found it impossible to leave th.- rostrum, the shouts of the crowd compelling him to spenk extempor¬ aneously for leveral minutes long-
f   •'¦ I       "Thie   ll   a   peoples   fight."   he
I    told them.   Cries of  "right,  right'
a greeted  his  statement.
m 'We must win. we cannot fall." he went on. "We will fail our gen¬ eration and our times If we fail."
Wiilkie's extemporaneous re¬ marks, including his sssertion that "this wsy of life will fall" unless Repuhllcsns win the coming elec¬ tion, did not go out over the national radio network carrying his prepared address. His broadcast time had ended at 9:30 p. m. EDT. Interrupted by Applause
Tt was a clear, cool night and Willkie spoke in a solemn tone.
The crowd interrupted frequently with applsuse as Willkie charged that "the doctrines of the .N'ew Deal must lend to the end of freedom."
rThe Republican nominee snid thnt there "must he an end" to doles, debts nnd the emergency. Willkie added tn his prepnred speech a brief plea which stirred hil audience nnd brought them to their feet cheering.
"T call on you and each of you." he snid. "to loin In this crusnde for the preservation of American democracy."
Willkle tried to stop with thnt but the crowd wouldn't let him. After five minutes of shouting "We wnnt Willkle"  the  crowd  got him.
But all he snid wns:
'7 want to say how delighted I «m thnt this convention nominnted my very dear friend. Bruce Bar¬ tnn.   for United  .States senator."
He referred to the action of the Repiihlicnn state convention which hnd been meeting in White Plains nnd ndimirned tn Empire City. Demiind a Speech ( While Willkle was still nt the rostrum women in the crowd be¬ gan shouting "We want Mrs. Wijl¬ kie,   Where's   Mrs.  Willkie?"
Willkie stretched his nrms. waited fnr the noise to subside. Voices In the crowd demanded: 1
"We  wanl  a  speech."
One stentorian voice cried:
"Tear up your mnnuscript and five lis a speech." I
Willkie  returned  to  the  attack.   '
"T wnnt to say to you." he said •eriously, "thnt if we do nol pre¬ vail thig fall this way of life will fall."
Speaking extemporaneously, he cried. "This is a people's fight." Phoiits of "Right" swelled from the a'idience.
"We must win. we rannnt fail." Willkie snid. "We will fail our gen- •rstion  and our times if we fnil."
'Each of ynu gn out nnd preach the doctrine," he plended, nnd ns he warmed to his suhject there *'ff shouts: j
Tin nn, gn on, now you're hot."
Willkie, appearing a liltle tired, leid he expected each party worker •nd candidate to do "his joh" and jlsserted:
When  November  comes  I know • Continued  on   Page  A-.1i
House-Senate Conference Agrees; Cut Penalty Tax
Wa.shington, Sept. 28 'UP) House and Senate conferees agreed tonight on main features of the pending excess profits tax-amorti¬ zation bill, which is designed to speed the defense program and raise   nearly   .51.000,000,000  more   in
j revenue by 1941.
I Agreement cnme on the exces.s profits  tax   features,  the  nmortiza-
\ lion    section   having    been    settled
] earlier this week. The action bi>oke a   seven-day   deadlock   over  differ-
, ing provisions of the bills adopted by the two chambers. Rcniainiii'', differences were to be worked oul at an unprecedented Sunday ses¬ sion tomorrow morning. Kil! Penalty Tax
I In ils present form, the bill In¬ corporates some of the liberal fea-
, tures   of   the   Senate   measure,   in-
! eluding elimination of a House pro¬ vision for a 4.1 per cent pennlly levy fnr eorporatinns computing their excess profits taxes hy the so-called "average earnings" meth¬ ods. The Trensury had advocated retention  of ttie  penalty tax.
The conferees also agreed to a .Senate provision for a ,1.1 per cent flat increase in the normal cnr poration tax rale but provided that it would apply only to firms witri a net income of more than $2,'i,00n. The increase brings the total cor¬ poration  tnx  rale  to  24  per  cent.
I exclusive of excess profits levies.
' The Treasury estimated that th^: flat increase would give the gov¬ ernment about $220,000,000 mor.' annually.
In eliminating the 4.1 per cent penality provision for firm." com¬ puting their excess profits r.n those over nnd above the average figure for the years in3B-.19, th^ conferees agreed to count as credit against excess profits 9.1 per cent of the average earnings during the hase period. Thus, a firm which enrneii an annual average of JIOO.¬ OOO for the 19.16-39 period would hi i able to get credil for only $9.1,000. Count Invented Capitol
The measure also given a cor¬ poration the opportunity to com¬ pute its excess profits by the re¬ turn on invested capital method, whereby all profits over eight per cenl of the invested capital would be considered excess and taxable (Continued  on  Page  A-3i
News   correspondents  have  writ¬ ten   of   Inches   of   shattcered   gla.ss
In   London   streets.    Scene   above.! a pane  of gUlss whole,  after Nazi passed by British censor, shows not | night   raid.
Siam Now Copying Japan
Hanoi, Indo-China, Sept. 28. I UPi-Thailand (Siam) renewed demands on French Indo-China today and a Siamese military plane machine-sunned native po¬ lice 40 miie.s inside the Indo- Chinese frontier at the town of Mougthadeua.
Local French officials said the demands were so sweeping lhat they could not be decided upon by colonial administrators, but had   been   referred   to  Vichy.
Secrecy was maintained on the nature of the demands. Recently Thailand already had presented demands. The attack by a Siam¬ ese plane indicated that the Thai¬ land authorities may be attempt¬ ing lo speed up a 'Vichy decision by tactics resembling former Jap- ane.se methods of applying pres¬ sure.
EARTH SHOCK FELT IN CHILEAN CITIES
RAF Gives German Bases Heaviest Pounding
London,     Sept.     28.     (UP)—Thei Royal  Air   Force   lonighl   pounded German invasion ba.ses on the coast of   11 ance   wilh   terrific   blasts   of high explosive bombs.
The   authoritative   British   Pre.ss Association   reported   that   the   at¬ tack was helieved to be the heaviest, of the war.
Houses on the British side of the Straits of Dover rocked from con¬ cussion of the explosion of the big < bombs 22 to 30 miles away across the channel. j
Flashes Color Sky '
Watchers   along   the   coast   saw vivid   bursts   of   red   and   orange flashes   In   the  sky  and   sheets   of j flame licking up from the ground.
Hundreds of bombs were dropped in an almost continuous line.
The explosion and the great fires were said by channel residents to be the greatest they had seen from the French coast since the RAI- started its almost nightly raids against  the  invasion  bases.
There were Indicntions thnt the British had employed bombs of the heaviest caliber.
Berlin   Raided TSrIee
Berlin. Sept, 28 (UP)-Berlin ex¬ perienced two nir alarms toniglit as British planes struck at the capital.
The first raid lasted one hour 4.1 minutes and the second 30 minutes.
Washington 'Raided' by 400 Army, Navy Planes
Santiago. Chile, Sept. 28. (UP) A Strong earthquake was fell here al 9:2.") p. m. tonight. The state telegraph .said the shock alsn was felt in Valparaiso, Chilian, Parral and  Concepcion.
It   was   not  yet   known   whether the shock caused any damage.
REPORTS HIS CHEVROLET STOLEN
A 1937 grey Chevrolet sedan, bearing Penn.sylvania linces num¬ ber 13-J-O. was stolen from central cily  at  5:15  last  night.
Bernard Shoenburn of 82 Soutn Welles street, city, owner of the vehicle, reported the theft to Wilkts-Barre   police.
Lovely Scenes She Used fo Sketch Aren'f There in London Anymore
'i Today'a laaue
Kdltorlal	
flassifled  	
rnljtirs Movies
Storv
Sporte   	
Social   	
¦•dio	
C—t B—IS
 C—«
 A—JO
 A—M
 B—1
 A—U
Fnllnwing Is a wireleeaed let¬ ter from Dan CamptwII, a Inited Pre«« staff correspon¬ dent In homh-sc«rred London, to hie wife In New Vork:
London, Sept. 28, 1S40 (via wirele.ss)
Dear Rachel:
There's a sound of crashing masonry and glass \»histling through my brnin that time will never muffle.
There's al.so a sore spot in my heart and there would be one in yours if you could see whal they've done to the Inner Temple. iThe Inner Temple ia near the great law court.s building on the Strand in Ihe heart of London and part of it in recent years hns been used for dwellings.)
Many of thase lovely things you .sketched last summer are gone. The towers and minarets, the arch¬ ways and Ihe stained glas.s win¬ dows are blocking misloric little streets in a twisted ma.ss of rubble. Windows Arc .Skeleton*
Vou remember the window over the court on which we lived. It'.s pretty tragic now. The church steeple is still there, rotiindly arro¬ gant, but pock-marked by bomb fragments. Many of the stained gla.ss windows arc crunched under¬ foot.
The windows of the barristers' dining hall, with which you tnok hn arti.st'a license, are powdered dust on the pavements below.
Vou look through the leaded din¬ ing hnll windows and it Is Ilk* gazing through a skeleton. The old
oak ceiling beneath which Tem¬ plars dined hangs in shreds. A bomb tore through the wall, sweep¬ ing down the length of the hall with a blast that blew the door from its hinges and crushed bronze statues of Knights Templar. Th.' oak benches now are match-wood. Historic treasures still are buried under   piles   of  debris. j
The tower that used to sit no \ cockily atop the law library waa pulled down the other day because il was hanging dangerously ove-- the great inner courtyard. There is a big bomb crater in the side¬ walk below and a • ragged hole atret'hes right up to where the clock used to be. Inside is n shambles of law books. "That Lovel.^  Walk ..."
Next dnor to the building in whirh Charles Lamb was bnrn ynu remember that lovely walk along the gardens overlooking the embankment there is a great up¬ heaval of pavement. A bomh struck there several mornings ago and it was an inferno where a gas main  broke.
Vou    aren't   to   understand   that the   temple   has   been   levelled.    It , hasn't.   But it is rapidly becomin,^ I like  a set of Wedgewood, slill  re¬ taining  its  character hut wilh  the j dinner plates cracked and the cup.^* and  saucers chipped.
For   several   days   ancient   dust hung    over    everything,    mingling with  escaping gas. They're picking ¦ up  the  pieies  now,  hut  they  can't I ever  get  them   together  again  the I way ynu saw them. j
Love,
DAN.
Surprise 'Attack' Features Dedication Of Capital Airport
Washington, Sept. 28. (UP)—A powerful air armada of more than 400 army, navy and Marine Corps planes, some of which flew In from naval aircraft carriers off the At¬ lantic Coast, made a surprise "raid" on the nation's capital today.
The aerial demonstration wa.s staged as an unannounced feature of dedi::alory ceremonies for the new $13,000,000 Washington Na¬ tional Airporl nt which President Rooisevelt hnilcd the thundering air fleet as "symbolic of our determin¬ ation to build up a defen.se. on land and in the air. capable of overcom¬ ing any attark." When completed in mid-December, the field will be the biggesi and most modern civil aviation center in lhi.s country. Take Capital hy Surprise
Capital residents were taken by aurprise as 240 army and 165 navy and Marine Corps aircraft -from speedy lillle pursuit ships to giant, four-motored "flying fortress" bombers -closed in over the city from  all  directions.
After criss-crossing the skies In massed formation, the planes pass¬ ed over the airport in review be¬ fore   the  President.
Laying the cornerstone of the airport's terminal building, Mr. Roosevelt declared in a nationally hroadcast speech that the planea whirh had passed overhead "repre¬ sent in a small wny the power we ultimately must have—and will soon  have."
"Rather   let   me   describe   this   as just    a   gratifying    flexing    of    the kind of fighting muscle democracy can  and  does  produce." Lessen Dangiy of Attark
The President noted that the mission of these planes was peace¬ ful and expressed the hope it al¬ ways would be so. He pledged lo strive "with all of our energies and skills to see to it that they arc never called upon for the missions of war."
However, he added, the greater the nation's air force, the less will he the danger of attack from abroad.
"Our newspapers and the radio tell us day after day how increas¬ ingly important aircraft has be¬ come   both   M  •  weapon   in   the
New Chile Dock Fits U, S. Warships
Santiago, Chile, Sept. 28. (UP) —The ministry of defense was reported tonight to have given flnal approval to plans of a pri¬ vate Chilean-United States com¬ pany to build a huge drydock capable of accommodating the 45,000-ton battleships which are to be added to the U. S. fleet.
The drydock will be located at Cnleta Membrillo. fishing harbor nn the southern rim of Valparaiso Bay.
The dock will eost $5,000,000 and take four yenrs to build. One thousand men will be employed in  its  construction.
hands of rggressors and to those who fight for their continued na¬ tional existence," Mr. Roosevelt continued. "These repnrts explair^ why these squadrons of the army and navy nirforces. the thunder ol which still rings in our ears, were a prelude to the ceremonies here this afternoon a prelude to th^ completion and operation today even of this civilian aviation cen¬ ter—the Washington National Air¬ port."
URGES CONFERENCE OF PACIFIC NATIONS
San Francisco. Sept. 28 (UP) - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, chairman of Pan American Air¬ ways, today urged the United States to call a conference nf Pacific na¬ tions to discuss ways nnd means of preserving peace in the Pacific area.
Whitney,   back   from   a   clipper tour of Australin and the Far East suggested Manila ns the conference city   and   predicted   thnt   "out   of such   a  conference   would   come   a peace   that   would   last   for   many years." I     Whitney    suggested    nations    in¬ vited  to  the conference should in- ! elude Japan, the Dutch Indies, Aus¬ tralia, New Zealand, the Philippines "and   any   other   interested   coun- j tries."
"If .lapan's intentions are peace¬ ful,"   he   snid,   "she   will   have   a , chance to prove it, nnd if Ihey are j not. the other nations of the Pacific ¦ will  have  their chance  to get to¬ gether for their mutual welfare."
Is Noted In London
May Be Using Night Fighters; Suburbs Hit
THREE MAIN BLOWS
Combat Planes Make Bulk of Nazi Attackers
By EDH'ARD W. BEATTIE JR.
London. Sunday, Sept. 29. (UP) A new British air defense tactic apparently held German night raiders at bay over London this morning and the central part of the great metropolis was unusually quiet. There was no hint as to what the new method was but the anti-aircraft fire waa much lees intense.
Intermittently the drone of air¬ plane engines could be heard fol¬ lowed by brief, sharp salvoes. Anti¬ aircraft batteries fired less often thnn they had for mnny days.
(This reference may indicate that the British are employing a continuous patrol of night fighters lo keep German bombers away from London and fight any planes which break through outer de¬ fenses.)
It wns the Mnd surressive night of hnrd-hitting German air allncks but the British were confident ss ever in the ability of the Roynl Air Force to counter the Luftwaffe. Crack at .Suburbs
The Germans plopped down high explosive and incendiary bombs in
; London's suburbs but appeared lo be avoiding the central pnrt of the metropolis, where heavy attacks usually sre made.
Raiders, operating singly or In groups of two or three, tried to glide in wilh motors silent bul were picked up by anti-aircraft guns every time. A few small fires start¬ ed by incendiary bombs were ex¬ tinguished within 15 minutes.
During the evening two raiders dropped high explosive bombs on a southeast coast town and dnm- nged some buildings. Four cas¬ ualties were reported nnd It was fenred othera were burled In the debris. Fighters MiU<n Three Attark*
The Germans made three main thrusts at Britain todny, employing about   100   planes   in   each   attack.
I Two were directed at London  and
I one at Portsmouth, site of the great Royal Navy hnse which has been attacked repeatedly by Ger¬ man  bombers  with  little  reported
j success.
I Rnch Germnn wave consisted In large part of fighter planes rather
, thsn   the   usunl   group   nf   bombers
1 with fighter escorts. The nttncks were henten off. the nir ministry reported, with good results bul be-
' cnuse most of the nir battles were fought hetween fighters, lo.sses were almost equal.
i The score was given hy the min¬ istry ss seven British  pin nes miss-
, ing.  six  Germans  downed.
j     Litlle   damage   was   inflicted   hv the (Germans although a few bombs fell  in  East London. Is This the Worst? The   question   London   asked   to- (Continued   on   Page   A-3)
Prefers Suicide To Conscription
Westport, Conn.. Sept. 28. (UP) -John Sombathy, 28-year-old Bridgeport sign painter, shot and wounded his sweetheart and st- tempted suicide today because he feared he would be drafted for military service under the con¬ scription  law.
As they sal in his parked car Sombathy asked Mary Camman- dini, 21, to marry him immedi¬ ately in the hope that he would he turned down by a draft board. When she refused he shot her in the head wilh a .32 caliber re¬ volver. He then turned the gun on himself but two shots went wild. Then he took Miss Cam- mandini lo the Norwalk Hospital, where she wns being treated for a wound in the left side of her head.
Sombathy gav^himself up to the police and wa^|^arged with attempted   murd«r.
"I suddenly came to my senses," he said, "and drove Mnry to the ' hoepltal and gave myself up."
Be Opened Soon; Axis Eyes Spain
British Moving Closer to Russia; Expected to Seek Agreement with U. S, On Naval Defenses in Pacific; Hitler Thought Ready to Act on Status of Spain and Balkans; Position of Soviets Still Obscure
By UNITED PRESS
War \\'K% on a world-wide diplomatic front Saturday night.
Britain preparpd .sharp counter-action against the new Berlin-Rome-Tokvo militai-y alliance. Adolf Hitler engaged in conference.s which may lead to new Axis moves involving Spain and the Ralkan.<i. fhe position of Soviet Russia in the fast-moving world diplomatic drama remained obscure.
Berlin in.sisted that nothing in the new Beiiin-Rome-Tokyo pact was directed at Russia hut admitted that the Anti- Comintern Fact, directed against Communi.sm, is still in effect.
London bi-Iieved that Russia had been isolated by the pact I and was preparing an answer to Japan. It was expected to be in three parts: opening of the Burma Road for Chinese supplies, agreement with the I'nited States and .\ustralia on Pacific defense que.stions giving the I'. S. the use of Singa¬ pore and other bases, and a shift of dominion trade away from Japan.
Russia remained silent as usual. News of the Berlin-Rome- Tokyo pact was printed cryptically on the front-pages of Moscow newspapers adjacent to the flrst word the Soviet puhlic had been given U|»(r Qfatm»o troops had landed in ' Finland. There wa.s no editorial official comment.
Hitler Plans New Diplomatic Blitz
By JOSEPH W. OBIGO JR.
Berlin, Sept. 28. (UP)—Adolf Hit¬ ler tonight was believed to be col¬ laborating with hia Italian allies on new diplomatic strategy designed to clarify the position of Spain and the Balkans in the vvar against Great Britain and the Berlin-Rome- Tokyo  "new world order".
German sources anticipate (Je- velopmenta concerning Spam with¬ in a few days. It also was expected that the fnr-reaching Axis dipln- mntic offensive would embrace the Balkans, touching particularly Jugoslavia and Greece.
Hitler met at length today with his foreign minister. Joachim vnn Ribbentrop. and Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano. The same official secrecy shrouded their discussions as prevailed be¬ fore announcement of the Berlin- Rome-Tokyo military alliance. How long Ciano would remain in Berlin wns not known. Confer with .Spaniard
After Ciano's conference with Hitler, it was understood that the Italian foreign minister met wilh Ramon .Serrano .Suner. Spain's spe¬ rial envoy, and they were reported to have exchanged documents. Nature of the documents was not indicated.
Little  light   was  thrown   here   nn the  qiie.stion   nf  where  Rusaia  fita | into the "new order". I
Reich Marshal Hermann Goer- ' ings Essener National Zeitung suggested that Russia already hnd made her position in the European war unmistakably dear snd sug¬ gested thnt the pnct "will permit nn improvement in Russo-Japanese relntiins." i
Still   Anti-Coniniunint
Al the snme time, authorized German sources confirmed thnt the Anti-Comintern Pact. instigated Berlin and Rome ns a bulwark ngainst Communism prior to the signing of fhe Ru.sso-Germnn treaty, still is in exi.'^'ence. Signa¬ tories to this pact included Ger¬ many, Italy, Japan, Spain and Hungary.
(ierman sources did not, how¬ ever, indicate any relationship he¬ tween the new Berlin-Rome-Tokyo pact and the Anti-Comintern  Pact.
They insisted that the new pact should be regarded as a "red light ' against any attempt to expnnd or prolong the wars in Europe and the  Far  Easl.
Asked     what     effect     the     pact
might   have   on   Russia's  supply   ot
i war   materiaia   to   China.   German
sources  said  the  "decisive   point  is
what   effect   the   material   suppli«s
might   have   on   the   course   of   the
; war."    Russia's assistance to China
i was   placed   in   a  category   simiUr
' to the United States destroyer deal
with  Britsin.
"We are not of the opinion thit'. i th" sale of ,50 old destroyers whi'-h i probably sre useful for convoying '        tContinued en Fftflc A-12>
Britain to Counter Jap Aid to Axis
By FREDERICK KIH
London, Sept 28. (UP)—Great Britain tonight sought to solve the puzzle of Russia's position in the "new world order" of Berlin-Rome- Tokyo and prepared counter moves as her answer to Japan's adherence to the Axis.
Unanswered questions nbout the new pact chiefly revolved around the Soviet Union but there ap¬ peared little prospect of an early answer. The lyOndon Evening Standard summarized the situation in these words:
"A latent community of intereet exists between Great Britain, Russia. America, China, India and the millions of free men who lovs freedom on other continents. Can diplomacy turn that grand agree¬ ment Into solid resultsT" May Reopen Burma Road
Britain's response to Japan waa expected to be quick, sharp and concrete.
These steps were expected:
1.- Reopening of the Burma Road Oct. IS to give hack to China her chief route for military supplies to wage war against Japan.
2. Conclu.'ion of Pacific defense arrangemenls with the United States and Australia which will in¬ clude use by the US. Navy of Singapore and other British base! in that area.
3. Diversion so far as possible of raw materials from British do¬ minions which have been going to Japan, to Britain and the United States.
Britain AdmiU Mistake
Even before signing of the new military pact it was understood that Foreign Secretary Lord Hall- fax had told Chinese Ambassador Quo-Tai-Chi that Japan's action in French Indo-Chinn had created a new situation with regards to the Burma Road. This route waa shut off temporarily last July at Japan'a insistence.
That action now was regarded here as a mistake and comment was general that Britain had learn¬ ed her lesson so far as appease¬ ment in the Far East wa« con¬ cerned.
The Chinese ambassador was ex¬ pected to confer with Prime Minis¬ ter Winston Churchill next week regarding  the  reopening.
A British spokesman said that "Japan might find that the gov¬ ernments of the British common¬ wealth are steeled in war experi¬ ence and are in a different mood from a year ago." Russia Enrirrled
I     Reports   were   that   Japan's   *m- (Continued on Page A-12)
Diapatchea from Euro¬ pean countriea are now aubject   to   cenaorahip.
t