Del Rio News Herald from Del Rio, Texas • Page 1

Rio NEWS-HERALD SPECIAL MRS8KNGKK gKEVIOt In owe you do not reoelva yoitf News-Herald by 6 p.m. 140 and a copy will to sent you. DEL Rid, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 16, 1940 NUMBER DROP 1,000 TONS OF BOMBS ON LONDON R50NNEL LECTEO WORK Campaign Opens Thursday Morning With Breakfast selection of the pewh- fW the Boy Scmtf sustajlnlni scheduled for Thursday mom- the stage is for the entire work, 4o be completed noon tomorrow. The officially pets under way wfth "ast for the workers at the Hotel at 8 o'clock Thors- morning. County Judge Orover C.

Poole, chairman of the Val Verde: of Boy Scouts, announced morning tup following teams: Jr. S. Bradford, captain; Lonsr. H. Conger Jonea and ifebBet Chief W.

S. Brown. IB, M. Tex" captain; fi, Rev. Fred Ross and Vernon Call.

Walton, captain; Monte Clark, Chattel Russeft and H. J. IN VAL VERDE COUNTY Scouters On Luncheon Program 1 Ooldberg. captain; It. A Buchanan Jr.

and O. Boothe. mtsgJuttier Oennys Fire Chief P. Sebmat, Chwiton, captain; Utt 8. Palmer and Alton captain; C.

STAOB on Five With lite News MORNING 'AT ft of four men breskfwA from which at a wW event they will proceed to up Job order, MEN BE DOING HOUSTON HABTE Houston prominent Angoto publisher 4 of the Standard-Times and energetic Boy Scout boostcjr in this area, will be the principal speaker at the joint luncheon cf the Del Boury Club cuui I Rio Club at the Ros- wfH HMe! Thursday noon. luncheon will -have BS guests the workers in Boy Scout drive which wJll the successful con-, summation of the campaign. a nationally knowa fig- DOti ft. BALDWIN ure In the newspaper business, has been an ardent, supporter the Boy movrmcnt i.i San Angelo and vicinity He is expected to on Scout work and Uie benefit Scouting to the cotnmunitv aad the na- tlcn, Don C. Baldwin, new Boy 8etut chief executive for the Concho Valley Council, with headquarters at Ban Angelo, w3I be Introduced at the meeting 'and will speak briefly.

post, 'where he had beeh activfr in an executive fw the floy Soowts of America. F. D. ROOSEVELT CALLS DRAFT U. S.

PREPARATION FOR PEACE IN NEW WORLD President Roosevelt in a message to the naHen at Its young men ft refister under the selective service program, duty to Dei Rio and to the a They will bt to the present ot Ur this world ll as well as helping the future have buut men 1 which will inhabit 10 Wt to sXirngthon amy, "Is a prognuu A preparation cur country, LATE NEWS NAZIS MOP PLANES Oct. dreat of knocked down tmiOanet mtd sobmarloea wen reparfted en raate today Bomaaia frotn Oemuuiy to Black naral tnUninr HWV The Romanian Mmt la prepartnf 100 apart- YOUNG MEN ANSWER DRAFT CALL Booths To Remain I Open Until 9 I O'CJock Tonight Regsitration of men from 21 to 35, inclusive, was gointr forward in Del a check of the various registration places In the I city showed early Wednesday after- i noon. It was estlmat more GOO hsd registered by noon, no accu- rate check being possible since cards are filled out by those re- gistenn- and no complete list Is attempted. Trv-k drivers, ready to leavr Del Rio early this morning and wish- In? to register before leaving on their regular runs, waited for the opening of registration places at 7 a.m. Nine were waiting to register at one registration place at 7 ajw.

Wednesday. Registration will continue until 8 p.m. Wednesday in an attempt tp give all within the age limits an opportunity to be listed, Aliens as well citizens and native born residents of this from New Orleans, In Del BJO for nr the day, registered at one pteje I INTfl WAR and a subject of Great Brltian also registered. ROME. Oct.

16 The possi- IntO; jthe registration place at hUlty that Great Britain's reopen- Hotel Wednesday -morn- jfng of the Burma Road would pro- Ing rushed a mart eted in white vldfe the 'spark to touch oft the and out of breath, demanding, American powder keg and bring betwecrt gasps, to be-registered lilted States intb the war was Axis Forces Meet Resistance In Balkans Noii planes, troops flow into Rumania. Russia masses great force on frontier. Bucharest Constonto Italian troops threaten Greece on Albanian border Turks, Greeks line Bulgarian frontier Malta (BrJ Mediterranean Sea Iraq oil, now going lik to Britain, likely target of axis thrust SYRIA Cyprus British fleet here Tobruk Italy sweeps toward Sues with aid of German troops AIR SEIGE RAF Planes Hit Back in Attacks On German Cities Tlir Associated' Press The OrrniBii air force, officially asset-led to be cracking back at Britain for "senseless" attacks on the Gr-rma.) civilian population. claimed today have loosed some 1.000 Ions of bombs on London from- 1,000 night-riding warplanes, sprrading havoc through the British capital. Tiic British themselves acknowledged a titanic attack not only on Lrndon.

but the Midlands and southwest England, where points the worst and longest laids on recent weeks. With scarcely a pause for the dawn, the Germans renewed their onslaught daylight, the British reported. is The ministry of information acknowledged the nigh I attack was "of a heavy nature." but contended the damage "was not as great as raids in early September." A schocl house used as a shelter leveled. The famous London Squars was piled with debris from shattered JAP-BRITISH far Nail and an iMexattan German and BmiiiMvkwpa faced each the AGBBOONT NBAB a hurry. His registration revealed he was the barber on the limited, esstbound and stopping in Dei Rio only IB minutes.

A passing motorist gave the barber a ride back to the station, and he "made connections." Since the law required men within the age limits to register wherever they were, regardless of their homes, men were registering in Del Rio from a great many other states. Clerks working in the registration all volunteered. County Cleark W. A. Hopkins pointed out, and ate serving throughout the without pay.

BULLIONS REGISTER WASHINGTON. Oct. 16 the second time in the life of most Americans, the young manhood of the nation registered in mass, today for military service. "It Is a day of deep and purposeful meaning in the lives of all of us," President Roosevelt said In a brief widlo Millions of men who answered the same call 23 years ago saw their jrtep into line. Borne veterans of the those who tied about their ages by en- at 13 their advanced tcday by Mario Appelius, military commentator for Mussolini's newspaper II Popolo D'ltalia.

The re-opening of the Burma Road was characterized as Winston Churchill's challenge to Japan, which was almost sure to bring the two powers into conflict. Resistance in the Balkans, from Turkey, Greece, and Yugoslavia, and possibly Russia, may check axis forces there In their southward plunge, apparently aimed at the British fleet at Alexandria, the Suez Canal and vital Iraq- oil fields. Map shows likely aggression routes. (NEA Telephoto). 6ERMANPLANES TO TRIPLE AIR RAIDS ON LONDON UNIDENTIFIED PLANES STRIKE AT GIBRALTAR AliGERCIRAS, Oct.

16 Hieh-flylnf? planes raided Gibraltar tet- mid-day today in the heaviest attack since the French bombed (lie huge rock in September. Anti-aircraft guns were in action for 30 minutes, then "went out." Clouds prevented identification of the planes. Girl Suffering Hi 0. Morris Moderator Group British Submarine Is Reported Sunk By Italian Craft ROME, Oct. 16 of the British submarine Perseus after a violent artillery duel with the Italian submarine Toto in the central Mediterranean was reported today by the high command.

At the same time, British and Italian air forces exchanged new blows on the Egyptian front. BERLIN, Oct. 16 on London will be tripled before the I German air offensive reaches its; peak, and tons of bombs will be the AriTI WnilTlH British capital's dally fare from UUIIU 1Nazl sources pre 1 To San Antonio "We'll reach the typhoon stage yet," they asserted. "We're only one-third of the Way there now." I hurled more than 1,000 sinking bombers at London last night in Serious condition of Miss Jessie Mae Sutherlin, suffering from a gunshot wound In the arm. led local physicians to send her to San Antonio Tuesday for expert i.

uirouii,) Ul LAIJCII, stepped up attacks'that left scenes I attention the Santa Rosa Haso. "indescribable chaos" in thelpital. British capital, Germans were told.) Miss Sutherlin was shot in -the British anti-aircraft fire and I right, arm at close range Saturday night flghter planes failed to halt! on a highway near Del Rio. Local SPEAKER the intensive raiding in which each of planes dropped a of bombs, informed Nazis said. Returning Nazi-fliers said London streets were torn apart, houses razed, and buildings set aflame.

They told of "deadening detonations, terrific concussions" and a sky reddened by fires started by their missiles. Berlin, meanwhile, passed the night without feeling the force of British bombs, although a midnight air raid alarm sent Its inhabitants Into No RAP planes ap- The main strength of the Royal dropped tons cf high explosives on Germany's naval bases at Keil. Hamburg and on plants at Gelsenktrehen, Magdeburg. Sazerbergen and freight 1 yards at Schwere, Krefeld, Hamm and Soest. Some forced from their objectives by bad flying weather, unloaded bombs on munitions and airplane factories power sta- tions channel "invasion" ports.

Berlin had an alert, but ho planes were observed. Nazi fliers drscribed London as lit by fires and the bright, moon, illuminating scenes of collapsed houses, crater-torn streets and general desolation. They referred to Die London fires as reminiscent cf the Nazi air destruction wrought ui Warsaw, Rotterdam and Dun- kcrqiic. and asserted London's supply lines must have been crip, tiled- lor a long time in the future. The British said the German used the heaviest high-explosive i.ombs yet- employed, as well as the biggest time bomb, which plunged down near a famous building.

The Germans even swooped low e.iough to machine-gun the'streets the British.reported pe.spiu> widespread reports Of the presence of Nazi raiders by day, light, the air'and home ministries said "there has been hardly any i enemy activity over the country The admiralty announced that British warships shelled "the invasion port" of last night, setting fires and causing great damage. Urges Brinkley To Return Here termed the heavier attacks on London ratda. Inspired by Jkunb attacks" by the RAP. Rio Weather Information physicians stated the lower part of her arm was badly burned from gunshot, powder and that the bullet coursed upward above her elbow. X-ray pictures showed the bullet, which had been notched, had divided, onfc portion emerging and the other portion breaking into several particles, shattering the bone of thel upper arm and break- ling bone particles about the frac- LITTLE ROCK.

Ark, Oct. 16 iVP). 1 half-page advertisement ap- Consultations led physicians to peared In a newspaper here today the decision that the needed the signature of the mayor, expert medical care unavailable in other public officials and private Del Rio. County Judge Orover C. citizens of Etel Rio, Inviting Dr.

and members of the Val ohn R. Brinkley and his family to "come home to Del RJo." Dr. Brinkley moved Ms hospital the girl's treatment in Santa I from Oel Rto three years ago. Rosa Hospital tn Ban Antonio, I The advertisement asked that he She is to have the services of bring his family and, hospital back Dr. Edward Oayo, wegntaed by to the Texas community where it physicians as one of the most out- been operated Verde County Commissioners' Court made the necessary arrangements for m.j..vuM«> mo UlUfit puj.

standing bone specialists in the en- ffg fluthwUn was Accompanied to SUp Antonio Uy a local pbywcian for Plans Announced.