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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Sunday: Fair, slightly warmer. Monday; fr'air. 34TH YEAR, NO. i5~-48 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1940 PRICE TEN CENTS NAZIS BAHERING LONDON London, Sept. 8 (Sunday). (UP)—Hour-after-hour German planes in squadrons hundreds strong are bombinj!: London this morning in what may be Adolf Hitler's win-or-lose gamble to knock Britain out of the war. It started at 4:57 oclock Saturday afternoon. It is now the early hours of Sunday morn¬ ing. It has exceeded in length any previous raid and the German planes are still coming over. They are still dropping bombs. But landon's defenders are fighting back blow for blow against the German challenge for air supremacy. The light of parachute flares casts an eerie reflection over the great metropolis. The jarring roar of explosive bombs rocks this area and that area intermittently. Anti-aircraft guns crash on and on as British fighter planes zoom do^^ir upon the raiding squadrons. Clouds of smoke roll up from fires set by the bombs, but London's fire-fighters are working valiantl} and by midnight had most of the big blazes under control. The raiders, singly or in formations of 100 or more, paraded across the capital without interruption until the small hours of today, leaving great areas of the eastern industrial section aflame and scores of homes, factories, shops and public service works in ruins. London's defenses fought back but still the raiders came. In a midnight communique issued jointly by the air ministry and the ministry of home security it was said: "Enemy attacks have been repeated in the I^ondon area tonight and it is now apparent that the scale of his attacks on London has been the largest yet Conscription Bill Is Passed by House Coes Back to Senate Because of Changes in Age, Delay, Industry Vote Is 263 to 149; Largest Attendance Since Congress Met; For 1,200,000 Army By .IOHN R. RRAL Washington, Sept. 7 'UPl The House tonight passed and returned to the senate the Burl<e-Wads- worth conscription bill imposing the firsl peacetime drsft of man¬ power in United States history, Th* vote on flnal passage was :'B,1 to 149 with one member voting present. That wss he largest num¬ ber of House members on the floor sine* th« Aru 4$y of Congress last Isniinry and included all but 17 of the present member.ship. As mem¬ bers voted they lefl the chsmher. The messure goes hsck to the S»n«te because nt changes msde during the week's dehste in the house, fhiet ot them sre: 1, - An increase in the dratt age limit. The senate would make men hetween the ages of 21 ajid 31 subject to draft for military ,ijrvlce. The house bill would select men between 21 and 2, A provision in the house hill providing a SO-day wait In invoking the dratt while Presi¬ dent Roosevelt issues a cnll tor 4nn,000 volunteers. If that many young men enlist in the army there would be no draft. The senate hill contains no such pro¬ vision, .1 Different methods of com- r'lllng lndustr,v tn co-operste In the national defense program. Roth senate and house proposals, however, would empower the government to take over and operate plants of recalcitrant owners. Passage came with galleries fill¬ ed with spectators. The vole was a new climax In nne of the stormiest egislative battle In years, during which a senator was hanged in effigy on the capital grounds by women demonstrating againsl the draft, and two members nf the | house staged a fist fight on the flnor. j RInrk Ijut .Minute Move The last action preceding passage was defeat by a vote of 241 to 171 of a motion hy Rep, Dewey Short, j R.. Mo„ to recommit the hill to the military affairs committee. a (Continued on Page R-fii I Says RAF Caught On Way to Berlin I Berlin, Sept, 8 (Sunday), (UPi I Authorized sources said today ;hat German anti-aircraft de- I tenses had intercepted two waves of British bombers, one of which was believed to be heading to¬ ward Berlin, The British craft appeared over Germany in the early hours, it was said, one squadron flying to¬ ward the southwest and the other moving eastward in the direction of the capital. The second wave was inter¬ cepted over the Ruhr Valley, it was reported. The Germans were able to intercept and rout the attacke-s, it was said, because thi* Relc'i's air defenses had been altered to fit the regular pattern followed nighl after night by the British. Berlin Blasted By RAF Swoop Down Through Gunfire to Bomb From Low Altitudes CALLED 'IMPUDENT' ROOSEVELT ACTS E Denies Story Hc Would Helo Nation Send Meat to U.S. Raid Leisurely to Give 3-Hour Alarm; Make Many Hits Berlin, .Sept, 7 (VPi Berlin suf¬ fered the higgest and most intense air raid yet made by Britaiii.<i Royal Air Force today while the German bombers were alashinf al London. The British bombers were de¬ scribed as "impudent" in their nonchalance they skimmed down through a hail of German anti-air¬ craft fire lo drop bombs and para¬ chute flares from an altitude of 3,000 feet or less. Official statements said that at least three persons were killed and 20 wounded in the raid. Light up C'hanrellory One daring British bomber crew roared over the Unter den Linden and dropped a parachute flare di¬ rectly above the United Press ottice. Its eerie white-green light plainly illuminated Chancellor Hit¬ ler's chancellory and other offices ot stale on the Wilhelmstrasse, French and Fighting in Chiang's Forces Act as Japs Get Rights to Railroad By .lOHX B, MORBIfl Shanghai, Sept, 7. (UP)—Rein¬ forcements for French garrisons and patrols were rushed to the Chinese border today after French forces had repulsed Chinese troops which violated the Red River Valley ot French Indo-China, The skirmish, in which one Frenchman was killed and two were j wounded, followed reporLs lhat French authorities at Hanoi had agreed to Tokyo demands that Jap¬ anese forces be permitted to use Chinese Are Indo-China «- the Haiphong-Yunnan Railroad for an attack on Chinese in Yunnan, Whether Japanese tioops already had gone into Indo-China waa not known, 200,000 Oiinese Bnady Dispatches trom Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's capital at Chung¬ king said that 200,000 Chinese troops were ready to march into the French colony at the firat sign that it had been entered by the Japanese, That the Chinese did not sa.v their tropa already had moved waa regarded as some indication that the Japanese had not yet act¬ ed on the Hanoi agreement. French advices from Hanoi aaid that the French were maintaining (Continued on Paga B-6) Nazis See 'Beginning Of the End' 'Greatest Victory' In Aerial History Claimed by Berlin FULL FORCE USED TO KILL CAROL T FRANCE ARRESTS German People Hear Radio Reports From Battle Planes Hyde Park, N, Y., Sept. 7, (UP) - President Roosevelt acted quickly today to explode reports trom Argentina which might have cre¬ ated a serious menace to the New Deal's chances ot carrying the agricultural West for the third term. Through his secretary, Slephen T, Karly, Mr, Roosevelt strongly denied reports attributed to Dr. Leopoldo Melo ot Argentina that he plans to attempt ratification of the United States-Argentine sani¬ tary convention immediately if elecied next Novemher. Bitter Point In West The convention, for five yesr.^ subjected to a cross-tire of opposi¬ tion from western congressmen and IContinued on Page B-«i Race to Border Sees Staging of Wild-West Gun Fight By HEXRY T. GORRELL Bucharest, Sept. 7 (UPi A band of more than 100 Iron Guardists,' dressed In green shirts and heavily armed, ailempted to assassinate abdicated King Carol II tonight as the train bearing him to exile sped towrd the Jugoslavian frontier. This same plane or another i The would-be assa,ssins, seeking droned right through German anil- revenge against the former mon- aircrafl fire tn drop a whole string '^''eh upon whose orders hundreds of flares right across the center "f their leaders had been slain in Rumania's recent blood.v past, at¬ tempted to stop the train at Tim- isora station, near the border. of the city from west to east. Then il swung around and dropped an¬ other string trom east to west a litlle further soulh. Dozens ot flares were in the air simultane¬ ously, lighting up the sky, which was decked with the explosion of AA shells, flaming onions and Uke Wild lA'est Movie The train pirked up apeed and hurtled through the station hut some ot the Iron Guardists suc¬ ceeded in boarding It, A running tracer bullets from the ground de- ; gunbatlle, American wild west style ensued in which hundreds ot shots tenses. Bombs Drnpiied LeUiirely By the light of these flares the BritLsh airmen lessurely dropped their bombs. The alarm lasted nearly three hours, from 12:15 a, m, to 3 a. m. were exchanged belween guards on the train and the attackers. Reports trom Timisora said one mechanic aboard Carol's train was killed. The report said there were no indications that an.v member ot America Prays Today for Peace And strength to Defend Heritage Bombs fell In many regiona of the ex-king's party was wounded, Ihe city and correspondents con- The assault took place as Dic- diicted on a tour by the propaganda tator Ion Antonescu was rallying ministry were allowed to point out his followers to the task of recon¬ structing the dismembered nation as a German vassal state, Laya Curse on Fleeing King The dictator, an official com¬ munique said, ordered an immedi- I (Continued on Page A-lO) that many of them tell close to legitimate military objectives. On tell on the Tegel railroad sta¬ tion on the cily.s' northern outskirts near to the Borsig arms plant. An (Continued on Page B-6) The greatest power remaining i't pi-ace in a war-torn world bows its head In solemn prayer toda.v and I asks God "to grant to this lanl and to the troubled world a right- emu, enduring peace," In response to a proclamation issued by President Roosevelt, set¬ ting aside the day for peace pra>- ers. Catholics, Protestant and Jews will gather throughout Ihe countiv to beseech Gnd "to make us rev¬ erently grateful for our lierilag' and firm In its defense," and to grant permanent peace to na¬ tion.s of the world," I AU Faiths. All Pla<-e« Amidst the greatest armament snd defense program in the na¬ tion's history, Americans of all In Today's Issue r.illtorlal C-« Classified B—U I l*olitie» C-S ! Mo\les A—1« Story B—12 SporU B-l I Social A-U ' »MI« B—ll faiths will gather In country meet¬ ing houses, nn ships at sea and In the huge stone churches of the city, to pray. At Hyde Park, N. Y.. the Presi¬ dent and his family will attend services at quiet St, Janies Kpisco¬ pal Church conducted hy Rev. Frank R, Wilson. In New York City, speci.il ceremonies will take place in i acore.^ ot churches. At St, Patrick's Cathedral special statements will he offered after each mass. At Episcopal churches a special prav- , er composed by Bishop William I' . Manning will be read. .Many syna¬ gogues will observe the day in prayer. Philadelphia Episcopalians also will pray tor British victory, ac¬ cording to the Rev, George Cop.'- j land, I At Chicago, Archbishop Samuel A, Stritch gaid: "It is particularly tilting for Catholics on the birth¬ day of our Blessed Virgin Mar> tn pray for a world peace," Special services throughout the 1 the city will be held in synagogue^ j ,ind churches. lVf7/fcfe Pledges Not fo Lead America into War Ru,'«hville, Ind,, Sept, 7, (UPl — Wendell L, Willkie pledged to¬ night that he would not lead the U, S, into any European war if ne is elected Presidenl, "And I mean il," Willkie shout¬ ed amid the cheers ot Rush county Republicans, who had gathered .n the open air at Rushville Memorial Park for the "world Premiere" of three official Republii,m casipaig.i motion pictures, including films of Willkie and his runnlni4-mate. Sen, Charles L, McNary on their In¬ diana and Oregon farms. Denies Appeasement The Republican nominee made his anti-war pledge as he denied the assertions of bemocratic Vice- Presidential .Nominee Henry A. Wallace that the Rcpiiblican party is the "party of appeasement," j Willkie said Wallaces description I could mean "two things, and if he meant working out com prom i,fe.i with the dictators, then he waa 100 per cent wrong," i "If I am elected President theie ! will be no appeasement with any ! dictator, ' Willkie said, "If he I Wallace I ment to say that the Republican parly i.s the party of peace then he spoke the truth. "I shall never lead this country into any Fvuropean war," j As the crowd applauded, the can- ; didate shouted: "And I mean it, T don't do things by indirection. That waa nol the kind of «chool I went to in In- | diana," i Favors Aid to Britain Willkie reiterated his position that the United States should ex- '.Continued on Paf« A-10) FOR'KUILT' Reynaud Orders Taking of Self, Daladier, Gamelin ¦Vichy, Sept, 7 (UP)—The govern¬ ment revealed tonight that Edou¬ ard Daladier, Paul Reynaud and Gen, Maurice Gamelin have been arrested and confined to Chateau Chazeron, near Riom, where the French "war guilt" Inquiry is in progress. The flight to the United .Slates of former air ministers Pierre Col and Guy Lachamore was alleged to have prompted the government to order the "preventive" arrests. Daladier Rule Applied The government's action was taken under a recent extension ot an original Daladier decree em¬ powering the state to take under "preventive" arrest persons whose internment was considered neces¬ sary for the public safety. Marshal Henri Phillipe Petain widened the scope of the decree to include persons considered dan¬ gerous lo public safety and na¬ tional security. The government's decision to ar¬ rest and confine Daladier, Rey¬ naud and Gamelin was said to have been taken at tha cabinet meeting last Tuesday, Arresl<>d First Daladier was the first tn be ar¬ rested and he was transferred to the chateau last F'rlday. Gamelin was engaged in writing a report on the di,sastrous mili¬ tary campaign when the inspectors arrived to arrest him at his Dor- dogne counlry home. Bonnet Blaiiie« British Georges Bonnet, who was foreign minister during the Munich crisis and the succes.sion of crisis which finally terminated In war, has be¬ come the chief aid to the Riom supreme court judges in preparing their ca.ses against former French political and military leaders charged with responsibility ot In¬ volving France in war. The former foreign minister, who was one nf the chief negotiators of the Munich pact, has compiled a record of duplicate diplomatic messages and telegrams which passed between the European chan¬ cellories and he is striving to prove that war could have been averted several hours before the invasion of Poland if the French and BrilfSh governments had accepted Musso¬ lini's offer to participate in a con¬ ference, Bonnet's thesis is fhat the British governmeni refu,«ed the Italian offer and pres.sed the French gov- | ernment to fulfill its military obll- gationa as an ally. j By .lOSEPH W. (iRUin, .IR. Berlin, Sept, R (Sunday) (UP) — Several thousand German war- planes, dropping millions of pounds of bombs on the London area, to¬ da.v were reported b.v Nazis to have won the "greatest victory" In the history ot aerial warfare at "the beginning ot the end" of the Battle of Britain, The.v called It the greatest air attack in history. Every type of German warplane was said to be ordered into action. Carrying out Adolf Hitler's tl.reat to retaliate tor every British bomb dropped on German.v, the Nazi air force was sairi officially to have blasted factories, harbor works, utility plants, airdromes and man.v other objectives in London and Southeast England, Huge flres were reported raging in and around London. Two bomb¬ ed gas works near the British cap¬ ital were said to have exploded, the buildings being reduced to cinders. Subway stations were crushed, ac¬ cording to the Nazis, and traffic brought to a standstill in attacks that included mililar.v objectives at .Silverton, Woolwich, Greenwich and other objectives. Kighty-seven British planes were shot down during the day, accord¬ ing to well-informed Nazi sources, while 26 German planes were lost. Warn of Sacriflce* The German wireless last night warned the German people to ex¬ pect "heav.v sacrifices" as a result of the raid on London, presum¬ ably in counter-attacks by British bombers, the Columbia Broadcast¬ ing System reported. Another (^ierman broadcast by the propa¬ gandist, Bnown as Lord Haw. Haw. said that the German attack had not yet entered "its decisive phase.'' but the Nnzi high command woul 1 dictate 'he methods and the pace ot battle henceforth. "The German air force Is cele¬ brating one of the greatest vic¬ tories in history,'" Nazi sources said, "It is a great triumph at a small cost," These sources said that Rritiiii anil- aircraft guns had been "virtu¬ ally useless' ' against German planes, and that the attack wa:-i continuing with full force througn the night, "It is the beginning of the end," one Nazi informant said. Sre RAF Handicapped Nazis said they heleived that the British would flnd it difficult tn make reprisal raids on German cities In view of the fact thi> German plaines could shuttle had: and forth from France to Britain while the RAF must fly a long route to Berlin. Normally, the British have been able to carry only about ion kilo- <(~'ontinued on Page B-S) nispitlches from Euro¬ pean countries are now subject to censorship. '^attempted. Our defenses actively engaged the enemy at all points and the several defense services are responding admir¬ ably to all calls being made upon them. "The action proceeds and a further statement will be made in due course." Reports tabulated up to midnight showed 65 German planes shot down and 18 British fighters missing. Two British pilots were safe. Damage was .severe, especially in the slum and working class area.s of London's Kast End. There were many fatalities and many, many wounded. In .some districts witnesses counted a German bomb in almost every block. If the (Germans were concentrating on any special region it was the Thames area—the great waterway which is the artery of London, its banks .jammed and crowded with huge wareiiouses, refrigerating plants, gasworks, docks, quays, ship yards and heavy industries. Over the Thames since the time of the first late after- no<m attack the .smoke hung so heavy that it seemed to be thicker even than a lyondon fog—smoke from fires set by the hundreds of incendiary bombs, large and small, dropped by the German airmen. Early tlii.s morning word came from high governnient quai'teivs admitting that what wa.s described as "some fairly severe local damage" had been caused. But tiie.se quarters emplia.sized their belief that the dam¬ age wa.s not .serious so far as the whole national war effort wji.s concerned—in fact, they said, the governnient feels the nation has been prepared ever since the outbreak of war to face much graver aamage than has yet been done. The Germans, it seemed fairly certain, had thrown into the hattie their crack planes an(i their crack pilots. Their new speedy four-engined bombers, only a few of which had previously been seen, started coming over in numbers. Ace pilots were guiding many of these machines. Today is a da.\- of national prayer. It is a day oi prayer both in Great Britain and the United .Slates. Many Britons j will go to their churches later today and pray that the Ger¬ man threat can be parried and the way won through to ultimate victory. Trying to Sow Terror Among London's Teeming Population i The Geniians, it was felt here this morning, are trj-ing 'not only to raze legitimate military objectives—plants and ! docks and warehouses—but also to terrorize London's civilian population. They have succeeded In arousing fear and respect for their bombs, Cilizens huddled in air raid shelters for the night before the warning sirens sounded. But there was no evidence that lhey had aroused tsrrtw. Some residenls ot bombed areas were stunned. Many mora were angry and cried tor vengeance. The attack was not limited entirely to London, The engineer of a train steaming toward London reporled two Messerschmitts dived and machine gunned him but missed, I Residential districts appeared to be the worst hit. Communications were disrupted here and there but aome busses and trains operated throughout the raid, authorities having left it to the discretion cf drivers whether to suspend service. Subways operated normally until closing hour shortly after midnight, j After the noise ot bomb explosions and airplane engines subsided, the clang of flre engines remained. Dwelling after dwelling had been set on flre, but in many Instances the flames were quickly extinguished by air raid wardens, A vaudeville theatre and a store In the London district were hit during the night raiding. In which (Jerman planes continually circled around the capital seeking to break through a powerful antl-alreraft barrage. Twenty-one German planes and tive British fighters were offlcially reported inroughl down in the first fierce attack on the city's defensM, but the toll mounted as fighting continued Into the night, j F'ires were caused In an indusrial area of East London, It was Statad officially, and damage was done to lighting and other public servlcei lin addition to dislocation ot communications, "The attacks also were directed against the docks," the ministry of air and the ministry ot home security said, I "Information regarding casualties Is not yet available Bombs ware ¦dropped on the industrial installation on the north bank ot the Thame* Estuary, causing flres." Attack Follows Attack as Hitler Carries Out His Threat Carrying out his threat to retaliate a thousand-fold for Brilish bomS- I uig of Germany, Adolf Hitler hurled warplanes by the hundreds against the London defenses and tierce fighting raged thrwtghout South England frnm the Thames estuary to the southern coast and at many Inland points, I The first big attack, after a series of stabs at the south coast, began in the l..ondon zone at 5:,'(7 p. m. and the tury ot battle had hardly died out when a second attack-this time in darkness—waa started at 8:30 p. m, j Parachute flares were'dropped by the German pilots. Then eame the ! Heavy thud of bomb explosion.*, clearly heard by persons In the center , ot Lnndon, Again and again the flares threw a gari.^h glare across the j «ky and each time bombs dropped toward a target. Usually quick bril- j 'iant explosions and tires followed. Screamer bombs were used by the attacking forces. Time bombs alas vvere dropped and residenLs of one Liondon area were ordered to evacu¬ ate after a delayed action bomb was found nearby, Frnm a tower over Lnndon, the United Press correspondent eould see explosions in quick succession, some of them brilliant flashes ef incendiary bombs. The aerial fighting began on an unprecedented scale »ath Britlah ' (Continued en Pag* B-4i smms^msmmsmmmmmy^mmsmmmmmr^PA
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Issue | 45 |
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Sunday: Fair, slightly warmer. Monday; fr'air.
34TH YEAR, NO. i5~-48 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1940
PRICE TEN CENTS
NAZIS BAHERING LONDON
London, Sept. 8 (Sunday). (UP)—Hour-after-hour German planes in squadrons hundreds strong are bombinj!: London this morning in what may be Adolf Hitler's win-or-lose gamble to knock Britain out of the war. It started at 4:57 oclock Saturday afternoon. It is now the early hours of Sunday morn¬ ing. It has exceeded in length any previous raid and the German planes are still coming over. They are still dropping bombs. But landon's defenders are fighting back blow for blow against the German challenge for air supremacy. The light of parachute flares casts an eerie reflection over the great metropolis.
The jarring roar of explosive bombs rocks this area and that area intermittently. Anti-aircraft guns crash on and on as British fighter planes zoom do^^ir upon the raiding squadrons. Clouds of smoke roll up from fires set by the bombs, but London's fire-fighters are working valiantl} and by midnight had most of the big blazes under control.
The raiders, singly or in formations of 100 or more, paraded across the capital without interruption until the small hours of today, leaving great areas of the eastern industrial section aflame and scores of homes, factories, shops and public service works in ruins. London's defenses fought back but still the raiders came.
In a midnight communique issued jointly by the air ministry and the ministry of home security it was said:
"Enemy attacks have been repeated in the I^ondon area tonight and it is now apparent that the scale of his attacks on London has been the largest yet
Conscription Bill Is Passed by House
Coes Back to Senate Because of Changes in Age, Delay, Industry
Vote Is 263 to 149; Largest Attendance Since Congress Met; For 1,200,000 Army
By .IOHN R. RRAL
Washington, Sept. 7 'UPl The House tonight passed and returned to the senate the Burl |
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