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s- The Weather CAST TEXAS: Partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday except wide ly scattered thundershower in extreme east portion Monday yen tie to moderate southeast and south winds fresh at times on lower coast Thought for Today King t'r-i ch'cfjy s'reu'd m-rate Ci: pe-cy ie src-ve their wrk? Pe-n CORF ft CHRIST! TEXAS MONDAY MORNING AtCCST 11 191 ESTABLISHED VoL 58 14 Eilht Faaes PRICE FIVE CENTS Hurricane Rakes South Carolina and Charleston Is Former AT County Cer icl'ovt'' new vc'ins Naw an rjiaduutel Avuteiv on Furious 'V Centers on Naval Base at Portland 3 Mure I lian 100 German Warplane Clash Willi i' Defender in Awesome All-Oav llomhat Thai 4 Take Terrifir Toll of Men Planes and Shipping LONDON Aug t2 (MamJay) (T Losing little time In Oie Nazi ncnal warfare upon Civat ltrltain successive waves of (icrmait wuvplanes Atlompted to break through defenses 1 lines hi the northeast cuat early today several hours after jmoie than -100 Swastika-marked planes lushed l0o miles of oiasts in a gigantic air fight Thu British reported I the fresh Oerman attack wax repulsed by heavy' fire from ground batteries After the firing in the great air battle had died down aliieg Lily land1- gun-girdled coasts last night the Hvitish Air Ministry claimed an official total nf f-0 German arplnncs islundown However the Ait Mtnstrv new enue in i'1 1 v- tir ol the dav-oig fighting iiillS lOlllClld German pianos Vi i down rorllaiul Navy The said they lost Jii plums (Genuany claimed 8) tint idi planes brought down with 1 1 1 'i 1 1 itei Ktcr Ship in Ihirltor Georgia AIR BASE CHIEF Alvo nernhord wil command the Nava1 Air tabon nt 1 i i the noimreii He was Tiom Ii'- Navi'! sei vrenol vnv '( I to 'nil fti fit CHf cit r-i j''r if pi in u'ir I I i Cut Off From Communcation I i i in Diirkni'os I IimkIi'iI 75-Mile Mow 0 TOWN Aujr 11 (Ti-A 73 I It hurricane oul of tho tropics1 the to hit these shores since the turn of the century appeared tonight to have ccrrd inland after hav- ing loosed its fury from Sa- vannfth (7a to (uvrgrtow ti trilos up the coast from Charlestown Of all the cities in the storm's path Charleston pea red be the wore! hl fin 'M from enoTmuniciil-or and South Texas pea'? of floors pressed a Wiliry-u iu search last night for six Moian cotton piekers one of whom shot mid killed 11 Mead 71 former Wiiinvy County judge' early Saturday night in Santa Margarita The men entered Judge Mead' siore in Use small town hvated six miles eat of ifiond il! held up the aged i man ami his wife taking an 'unestimated sum ef niouey from the rash register One of the six rohtieis shot 1 lie1 former judge killing him UV' nt 1 xe br 5 1 4 vc Mr to i b'- to tfu 4 Air ISasc Line Bond Vole Hit Itiiililing Afire Vi XI i Ii iirt i'l IirTw I ni-'l hiil 01 1 'l r- 1 1 iv i (to 1 1 lO hi I'loix: D-'tJ'il LIJ' -A I -IK'- i Hr- ir i --A n-fi 1 iiv rl i -if 1 i 4 r-! 1 1 1 -rt -m'i i 1 'IJ'ltV I'niir-lv 1 a 1 1 Iw I 1 1 ii 1 ji W'1 i i ii ft 1 -i 1 it -v sic 1 if 1 1 ti 1 i (: I 1 1 Mil- iivt 1 SLilr i i 1 vx ni nf 1re I a I it mhn i-t 1 1 it 1 a I i Mr ii i skirl iimi liM SmiiiI irst! nVNlM'Cd i'Dli iflftrtUth i rrp -p sl'-ir jj fo ijif fc ttTfc jt lrpfjrvi PP OlViti 1 1 c' I rtt 1 uv lf fii f' fliul 1 ti Ii 1 -1 Ut T'i- 4 iSi'r 5 Tu ins Llinnieil Willi Slayin 01 SlcpfalluT milky Oil 1m liciilni lo Diuifli III (aillmi I In It 'MIRACLE BABY" Mrs Monroe Swinney cf Van Texes is shewn holding Vevio Marie Comper hesicie the oven which she used cscn incubator offer doctor said the prematurely born boby could ret live Now 2 months the infant weighed pounds ot birth Sue weighs 3 pounds 2 ounces now The doctor it was a miracle" that the rmte Survived Louisiana Flood Situation Serious Einrrprney Call for Medicine To lllied As Relief Worker Ex ieiisile Marooneil Families np-I i I iut i-ioirn- jh'V' i'v the oi mr 7500(1 piipui-lii-n i nes tonight Tiiiii ii lUnHiori hv hifiii Powi was nu expected he rexioicrl until mrwniow The only Krnn iwunliy in to' i siiv-ii oea ncjuo woinai was -tilu i'y fly ms S' in Ss-vannah Ga sired and hilled Tncic was an inn ruin lepocl fit Clini'Ievioii t'-l i 1 prrorx wcie eleelurU1Ptl lalien hfih tension wire Rnl Reports Iliitnlreils lliunele 1 In Jmrlet(iii WASHING TON Aug II 'be Gen ChiTie Sum: -n ail 1 mf army (i'irf -f It and Pfi) I Cross reprrientiitive st C'ha'i'-'' I ton icpo'led tonigr4 that ii ore loan 400 persons were rtiv-I en mm hv the I rsne which truL-K iht rity 7 i o'clock tonight I The Ameucan Krd rii'-s reeeiv- 1 od a eies-agc funn 1 1 837 pi i epnrtinc I tul the Susnrnorall mrtnaied there wer1 undared by rising iirte which were expected 'to rearh a msxlmun iriiS sal(1 rftht j1 aj 3 ni toiuonow hureau e-a 'e vinrt vel'civ wouM fnlinje between 50 and miles on hour ihioaln'nt n-jnt streets un-afe Slaled Tomorrow Revenue aiisril To Relin1 llniulv Official ert Qid fieri ('III I-1 reci a SIJ'OOl) the nivil wall i line lion by (er Supi-lv 1 1 Tsty AtP: nev 1 ii 0 1 1 i': ic Ml i 'I'! Ucl'l I IIP ll Ic- 1 I Mivii Ii Hi I 1 KH! lic uired tfii been perferlcd by the civ ifcpm In-ent f- Ire i ruar in l( 11 iv rune a iii-i Kuu said tlnst Hie vvininls will hr i-aid riue out of revenm-trom Me srrle cf wiicr and thul thinugh this piiicciiure liie would not lr requiK-rt to ic any kind of driiioiii! lax leiy in (ninn: ine irtiirincnt oi 1 lv ine iinrciiale 1 ih-v lei iuld iriiiot' iicaililuf 1 hiiui Hitii I'oipI if1 in in ntval an ti -ui'ing slitui -rlv o--! liib enlcii-ri in! a roniiict the t'ifiiis -1 1 Supply t'ip I nuilri 'lie line explained i'uri luse al ul Tb I' A j-lljl il-Ied b'W -f" ei the nlv'- vigtii Pi Iiiiv line at any time fill nay from ihc heginnmg nf ur-tn'i'l f'i a 'liee pil In rxceoif 51350(10 estimated co-i Hl iro Tip nnv Jo rxer-Ci'e thj npuin fnlling plir- io la payuii nler' Hie I ves woi be e--iii-iisberf in iur puire 1 Nucees fviriiif-nsr Jim Cody freeing frnti'il hire Ktetirm (My Mall Ruilding Mary ludge 3 206 Mesnulte Slmet Ii Ed-irds pre-idmg juiiBe i'-n net 4 hevtnn lfeit S' mniei 0 Linar and Garage 1201 Sdect Mr 'H f' 7 Mreet jOn-jcj pre- Naval It lie IlmilM'd ai 1 (tniifif 1 J'1 1 I'l 11V 1 cd i' 1 1 it 1 1 1 1 -J I I 1fl(viM 4 -1 1 1 "i 1 imI 1 1 1 A f' Hi 'tD! r-: i'4 11 rd Ah Hl-Krbir "Mb 123 ferrems i 11 ii'-rf! I1' i f'Ul 'C Frj'lr ti( -1H0 pLfP1' ir 'D iD iL in KlJip -I'li i 1 iilliri'lrrn iSlIIMliy f'-i UpikI nnrhti1 i n-iAfl! iff ut MVtilh n-rtl front hoip Fir Lnnif of tfi1 Hut otlii'r I fights of ini! ft! M'phr Brilisli I roop Transport Sunk 120 I in's lu-f Will'll fk-rl 'I rerpcilofil IklNDON Aug It Sinking Un niiig a- iTponcd t-infght by LAFAYETTE La Aug 11 1' Krhe-f official torts mi! emrigrpcy inii for tn rhrek threatened epidemics nf dsphthci ji Typhoid nrt nv-l'in-i lhe iij-I inundated Malland southwest of nt-it wrcre priori of irnier propoi turn has developed fn'Ii-iVinR 1 vrr' tii-piral yloi'm The cal! to Scn lr-f Pie Amei icn Itprt Cro sod nihpr toh vtri rrniU of li plioid and diphthei a are tn thp flench rt iri(-ied i-iilfrird forced the evacuation or rendered h'Mnr-lc'-- renvtrd 311(100 perinn The i-k of r- rt rei- Ur rmwley a riiy of in 000 jp an unrirtrinmH whose population ei-hern -veiled Hi 13 333 hy refugees a- rendered rrt (0- -t I inurr dillii'ud ovevniKhl hnr'ipc and li 1 400 npi- Mo of (he white iTMdentf there hnn' A nL r( rtr-oe ihrr plphi and uiuai IP ntd rMiaun-en rf fond rupplics re Ciosa in two helt us fuNpd leave in irmns ol box care Houses Inundated Views -lorm which struck a max-' muni inrt veined of 100 mile 1 nn hour grartu'illy w'i- rimra-inr in intercity lie said the c- 7fi It when his rneiue was rnl ii re men 11 reported wn- nn- possible to learn the cxh mnrs-hcr r-f rie I orn I by em to evacuate them Approximaicly S00 women and pricuaie faeililies house anrt fhildren were brought out 1 feed groups' hut gave no annul lnriiufi'nt and housed the indication whelher 'he ra a ihvi cooirccnily building here Hushj4h0 homeless would overt nil calls went nil this mormrg ire phos on hand-j i-'und up sufficient rriik for the j(nuss rvn r0t1i li-r Cooper r-e youngsters AshVy Rivers he nid wrre m- Few white person- were aboard relief train arriving here fct 7:30 a a carrying more than brriracBled negroes forcibly 1uk(n 1500 1 iron badly overcrowded c'm' into which they flochcrt Armv Supplies Sought Meanwhile relici authoriie here eert an emrrency rail to KMUrtcarrf whwi about i UEf 'I HA Aug I An r-'ifl Amc: lr- Iyi i wer 'jd i nf lor I "(Cff eojgr i Vi vn I 'III' 1'1 fjf tl- "-Ill piltn i Valiev Vf 1 "Jin Vut'lnt vrie ill er) in H-e luriv if A Wtlil Fair jurjur riii'c hf'i-r heating before fiiiIie He I ft Haying ell Hri pea- Inc II' pil 'c'lHn'is hone nr(U-by He 'iiv nu whore lnd tlieie are oi'ui rig ot! well vvi- louiul I iv Depuf iron ef EJec'i ind lfFny I it of Wichita Ktlfr Hi bis head airi iew fi and (i-judge PC'r batteied by a hoe and j'oe! i T' ii rcgri iiriri emplnyees (Jllir ill ii-niv and In- son VVilic wit- i iif tssommi rRFss 'ng 1 1 ir-U'iirion i I'lJi'e' and i 'j lac foil if hnI ftnU ti ii Pi'iUatld mi Ni-i iiir riiiieii 111' fnrre unci i-i-i-t wrre re i '('HUllt ii- ciii(fte iiifuuiia-llaV-'-irg sl'WS Ilf i i i I I i ii- said ll -i I- i nf OU'UIltlllg "fjilll i'" In 1 i -1 V-rir iiiut iiiiirerttv lomirsf if a vvi- over Uvea i pie plini- noiriiiir IVi t'ind i fi'u- tor ies (-luti oiuniind -iri i'u-ii ui: ini pUiiH's yrrg i- IVuutiUg will wifi PNrt oftinnl tleimin news hi'i'nry dr if-rnted INiiiluuf as heavily abet iciert I he Ni'i homiers Tiirjf vrre s'nri In ric1 lived eveiv 'iii the harbor Vr tViU ol viuiive ere raid to l-ii i i line i o'fscrs bcva i i i' I lnriiiiU lif-in- I ritni n( i ii fliers wlm srCilii- erl i -ia j- ji iiev aaiif je-i ti -l ml ii hill bur works ii iiini1 i 'li'c itoicrj i 1 i-if i ut ve bmi'ivj tl jf I -IIV if '-Dips blit ll- i -r i if li'U'oi and wUrer vee i oo ni itic great-fi-l air ic i-w- vt ir ci llje whole i i-i ii lYu-Hand on lor I I Invar on tuc eat UaM le rtMi-t vlree fil'it a i iii i ll M'ri N'ir bombr i sf-iif- and rti'-iroyer planri i-r I for iu supremacy over He ti ri'- rbrnrnei Ai one time 'in Gcrni'in vne I I a 1 rvt that Jtnfieh plniev ire i i' 'Hue hot bin)' wit I Hr iy a railin end PNB i' itfi high cmnmand i-'tm-rmimrpifs and information from ci iiri murees gave a I -iii'g 'ii'mi of the miw aerial 't 'Se of 14 German pine wai kiv' dyed nilvOy Mlm liril -cpar-ilc firm i the lVrU'hd hU Nail ituhta'v iourre said Gmeiri i aider attacked a cmvoy of 71) tnereliuntiiien escorted by 14 nvaliim liie ErglivU Channel Uomb hir wt re cli luted on sev- era conveying wtiriliipi' some of CrewTiieii nf tho frt fighter reiuii'lmn leturmrig fmm the at-t(rk rej-triid on aevrrat 'emere including three which 't Nre end a vessel of stu'id Ebuo t-ms which wa aunk Anotrser pnno-tmi hifi wa said auffeied feur hit and to Wt cf um irii s'ud to have remained behind burring Afrert jnm pit fir fighters sent iut firm- mwrr the German air mrn were quoted as saying two squadrons' of hurricarw fighters anompanied the convoy' and one of these planes wss sent spinning trio the tea A There was no full report yet nn the outcome of the raid but DNB said it was made by "relatively weaker bombing forces" and waa merely assignment" The convoy was said to hive been sailing a south-southwast course when it was intercepted about 12 miles northwest of the port of Margate at the mouth of the Thames Army Pilot Killed in Crash of New Plane 5 LAS VEGAS Nev Aug It Ml In a newly delivered army airplane Lieut Laurence Weinberg of New York City pi ungeo to hi death today in Lakt Mead behind Boulder Dam near here The B-T13 chip waa one of tin which Wemberg and fellow offi- cer picked up at the Vultee Air- craft factory near Loa Angeles to fir to Kelly Field Texas They stopped here last night ImcKc Persons llrporlnl Lost in Yarlil Lxplosion ClM-l (illlld ftKfiiii l-'iiil To IvsterioiiH Sforv 'Vue In i i 'l If lie V- i i i 1 III! I i i r- It I i til il Nr i-v ii1 ti ri 1 i 1 I' 1 my Kdv ri I 're I ri f-n'i tf ln'e four rir i ri lit I g'itli in T'lre I I i I 1 Hire le if fi'l I ii lid 1 1 i' i i re fr Hr Hiete I'i'ail i-' Iiioinn a re-v iirt mat lucre no any Uf' lp ('nasi Guoil iiij'ivn h-- ridii' i cp i ci dir rxili iine li-r frr of Miry y' a NX- wnretn ('p'in Lri'-viri- refmilrri if went I 'i-eue m-ti fniind ni over jefe expanie anri rieli'il'e evuicfni Kat a jlup had jone down Tiie mvileinnir rriHiii failed o' eonf irnaimn afief two horns rf inva-OMjatioii but the Gnast Guard continued mi imiuuy alwfig Ih" jism hiwftfr coiti't on hi ht ft'lniuao proi-ure because he cxpccl to get clmled Sinyw-y A Is? Angeles rn fjiid $2333 for a privile tinniiort plane rriy him mites the countty held tts burinew rnen hired 15-mtIe railrosid Ur 2 ho rtcKw'pwt nfid officials discovered that one the city water meter readers had just been guess ins the for five years and after sweltering on one of the hottr-t nights of the year the Klamath Fail Ore rity council dn-co'-ried tne radiator were on--' A Scotti-bluff Ne'o man got a hole in one and make much noise about Gfeaure hia wife got a longer on the ame course! overmgiv Mav Suiii" Voles L1 For Conscription Repiihlienu Nominee Fx peeled To Support Draft 1 Aug II re Capitol Hill Wendel! VVdikie nv-ght endorse the principle of military conmp-i bon hi address accepfm? the publicans were known to he pro-! ccruirj cn the rcc-mire that the niur-mrc would take a position somewhat siaiilar to that assumed by President favoring conscription in prirxiple but Ic-av- ihg the details to Cnnsress Senator Wheeler (D-Munt) re-1 rently challenged Witlkie to say what he thought about con-crip- tion The Republican nominee re- 1 plied that be would cliscu-s this along other jfs'jeg bis tx- ceptanre speech at Elwood Iridi next Sstnrdav I If iuppc-rfs crnstrptlrm Capitol sbitegisfi hi tL-Teirert bwe percept -fe eftect on t-re way Republicara in hoh Senate rn the Burke-tV'idswor'n ccrscrir- tion rvrf--iic Thu foe Semite Reputlirans hfive shown thrrvvjvfs tofce about es divided as -ocra's on tuei rrefsuve would rc-rjire tire ta'-y fid Repubkciirr Setsfere North Dakota i I ne-sH Ihc ilaymg i vun'eudercri lo VVichita ri- irturred them They are treed on juvnnlr courts tirA ran nitty I cd tn 4 urtd 21 yer old V-airr Co mriL 1701 Aiio-fda Paul MarLneau I whle ve'-d-a their rrolhn staled li bd w'crger Svho-1 £203 tiireslrned mem If tot prewiris Tnr rerum the Vaj- i icy View Hr Souiri 1 'JnVi 10 1 Chirk Area-' lnder Tcx laws -riror in- i Of ERi'-' rctri i slaying rairer ran be to fit re s' hen America a le-1 Mr Aiidrew pre tidirg judje 1 ir ricctia for the i Ine ol- 4 that iraliy f- tirg into our t-irie" titanm rre IiBhn-rt fbreveit f-xiit diy off from bs lour ef KiK'ord rfrlen'es Indiie taid to -fed fue s0rm suficttrs but it wse believed it would be several days before the whole area rit aired Patrol freeing the towns of Gueydn Lake Arthur and Estherwof-d I 1 i S'xfrrn iutbciitorred United i 1 I' Vf Tl OS II State? brds might 1 Hint ull IIVv7 ill here from Lake Charles aid New Orleans today veresent to the I I -wp villages and to other havers forjw lluUl A ji refugees which had t'cn sp'dled from airplanes scoutlrg the area! Other boats arrived hourly fori rerruc a'id relief work Crop damage jiiiiicuierlv to rife whrfh rtnuuds here ntakira CTowlcy the r-f the States was al KOtNIGSRFRG Germany tMive spokesmMi said nMa'red fhe information from the £tvc i ihe Finish Admu'lly Tire arimiifiltv aid ti ship waj torpH-ed wmle nanspMrt sere- ce out del not ay wh-re i i St" en hundred ind fm-fy sur xlxfir birn lanwd out rt the t0ii i umber nf fchO who ere ibniiid" tire annoumenrrt said Lloyds naval rrgUif hats tA Mohaired Alt i treneci by the rnil lino npeii-tTg nut cT Egypt At atamt Hie same time the teirpc'iiture at Moran Wyo was 26 at Harnohirep Wyn it was 105 A Sun Diegn Ian dancer had to rail olf a performanfc reirrehndv wi)ed her Ian and a vulture was retired from the New Ymk Zcki after 38 years because coins A five-year-old Nebraska eity girl got a set of false teeth and two movie star set a camera kus rei-ord ol 56 2 aeconds In New York a 203-pound woman barricaded herself in a phone booth for several hours and police were called to make boy take a bath -rei And in Rochester a man got three montha for violating a law against "tickling the feet of a minor without her 1 Blame ll on Ileal or Humanity Digest Of Dizzy Doings Suffers No Relapse evcrei millions vviayiAug II Jf Walt her funk I Orvri IirRlity of proKiHnt pnd rfl Crowley Signal vw i I ninirior roundly scored free trade au'pinord publics! on hurfdy rstirpx the United '-e nff H'e HiS'a'cs iy ard declared that fcirrrr is le salvaUon Hu houands of head nf nncl i world comrerp He agreed with Av! Chorle A LinriVngh that: rd Prer-iict 31 Fire lion 1431 Morgan Street Maynard Herbert presiding judge Preontl 12 Ld vatd Faro: an Hi5 C'haiTbfiJum S' VV Krly C'o-Ahrg presi'ing -net 13 ltert Air Co- 132 A gw Street VV Feilv residing Pjrcmcl 14 No 2 Fi SiMion 1823 Leopard Strut Dudley Fi''ioimtins prcsidog judge i-recin't 13 G1-t'rrix Huild'ng ffu Sam Pu S'reet Tom Whelan fre'id-'S i 1 St oor 2512 Kvcpi4 Mrs XJora Vetters ie-firg l'-dco Prerirct IT Dr Pepper Bnf-tlirg Co Shell Rrd Jhun Pa or presiding judge preeinel J8 Breaker Hotel Hsifier pre-idreg fbdge 1 "re ne-t fre-rnl eih'WCi t'pen i-lzf's Quake at Lima IVrii LIMA Pe-o Aug 11 egrere'jari sro'ff! 4n: dv ten grt at 2 2 tESTj GLADWIN HILL NFAV YORK Aug II '-IV-U he the beit or it my be the hUfTiiiniiv hut ifa Urn hot tn tiru it-about it" here without luMner orin is your weekiy dige-t ot dizzy doings (Ard If yu temk etimg any remer you rr tor get a shock! The citv or Zurkh Switrerland banned an Amen an Cowboy movie betause there was "Un much shooting tn it- and a human from A-iam iVu applied for sen sre in the air rorpr beesure he was 'tired of Tne Soeiahft Labor candidate for pre-idrrt explained that he asrit making any campaign forma arid D-oaher of SPRINGFIELD Mo A vs IJ hs-e been v'g'-rrsiy crdrai Cme was k-iri a-d toe rrea-utr it hat tourd d-f five wce Injured tonight 'vhcd frede- in other Repwfclcin tens-i two mferirrrc3 cclpdec tors Senate? MNtry cf Oregon the RopyMfcii ard rrr'yrom Manorv 1 Hawley Ciare drd tf Hi'iicy vrts tiKcn rear! sored by Herman Goorng Fork that German vic'ry in tre ar would gga-n make po'sifcle always should have hreen: pescefu! economc competition the irferc-'t of si natien psi-bcipaing in world trade" He declared that British had been demolisned and Gorging spflkr briefly ra'i'rg aTenvn vi the fair' efcrn n-d Semi-offclal sources pimted out the appear rce Jtf the ftr't S''uet exrioit here es irdtrtive of German trade trerdr IV Al'TO COILISOX to Aurcia Hevrltsi Her tos was ral from ftnciured rkull Surilarly iri'serd mi Mrs Oitr D- of Jepiin Her Jo- hjifri a acre ULvi'y on he tvo young irre fir t'o Vic e-Prcrideriy hss been silent or hs rut frici-di have i he prsM scp''i't t-i ecm- froimre ire i'ey v-ruld rct be ssrr'rijf'f In i ri tim voting it cn Li'hl.

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