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THE BEE THE WEATHER Fair tonight fair and (lightly warmer Wednesday maximum about 90 degrees light northwest wind TIIK RKPl'BIK'AN VOL36NO 6433 FRESNO CAL TUESDAY EVENING SEPTKMRKR 3 1940-16 TAGES (TWO SECTIONS) V-ar-1 rkH OM IT JSIJ it PrMn I'alil iP-e nftr rail 0 InMi) 1Ar 1 Hi rni lainim II Ik Maaikivl Nazis Set 'Mile High7 Port Fires RAF Balks Two Thrusts At London Former Mayor Of Fresno Dies In South 'U Gives Britain 50 Destroyers In Trade For Naval Air Bases Roosevelt Informs Solons Of Leases In Atlantic Caribbean England Pledges She Will 'Never Sink Fleet' Carol Escapes Gunmen Shots Fired Into Palace Wild Assassination Plot Fails As Guards Kill One Of Three Attackers Transylvania Slaughter Reported DEATH CAlLS Fortnrr Maifor A Swm-drrland i rha died May fn HnlJinmnd BUCHAREST (Rumania) Sept JT)-Three awawln made an unsurresKful attark upon King Carol' lift tonight breaking through a heavy guard at the palare gate and firing even hoia at the brightly lighted window of the royal residence At leant one of them wa reported killed by burnt of fire from aoldiera and guard in a quick ntraggle in the palare garden Then all the dead ronnpirator and hi prenumahly aur-vlving comrade were bundled into the marhine in which they had arrived and driven away 1o an undinrloned destination WASHINGTON Sepi 1- (4 An agreement to trade fifty overage American destroyer fnr chain of naval and air ba aim in nririxh possessions in the Atlantic and Caribbean wai an noun red today hy President Ronaevell At Ihe same time the stale department announced that Britain promised this country "never to surrender or ink" hef fleet The rhlef executive nt mngre a message containing first newi of the historic trade of warship for defensive bases I not Inconsistent In any Arkansas Troops Hunt 28 In Convict Terror Four Sleyings Mark Prison Outbreak Fugitives Hold Girls As Hostages sense with our atalui nf peace' Roosevelt told the legislator less is It a threat against any na i Is an epochal and far reach Ing a' of preparation for rontl neiitai defense in the face of gtavt danger" Protect roost I 'anal Port By the exchange the I'nlieil State obtained sliea for outposts to protect her Atlantlr roast gulf ports and the Panama Canal and ai the same time received that If Britain ever has lo movo her fleet from home waters It will he sent to fight fnr other parti of the Empire Including Canaria Along with his mesMge Roosevelt sent congress an exchange of notes between Secretary Hull and Lord Lothian the British ambaiM'lor consummating ihe negotiations rnri a 4200 word statement hy Attorney tirnrial Jackson holding Ihe president has power to make the trade without congressional action Rights in sites for Ihe bares other than Newfoundland and Bermuni were put on a ninely nine year Iraro basis in return for the warrh ot which ihe British long have (ought Roosevelt Says Plan Will Keep Foe AtJDistance Lawmakers Praise Condemn Proposal Soma Call It 'Act Of War' ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON Sept 3-- 'T1 -President Roosevelt said today Ihe rhlef xalue of air and naval base acquired in British own colonic strewn from Newfoundland to British Guiana I that they will keep the enemy away from our front door Furthermore the president Britain Backs Plans For World Jewish Army LONDON Scpl 3 The war' second year began with announce-mcnl of plans for nvruillng a world wide Jewish army nf at least IDOntn men to he equipped hy Brllain and to fight alongside her against Get many and Ilaty A Abraham head of Ihe political department of Ihe New Zionist organization said most of the remitting would be carried on in Unllrd Stales law would prohibit recruiting and enlistment in this country of such an army American Jpwa might enlist without penalty in such an army abroad providing they did not swear allegiance to a foreign power Representative Bloom Democrat New York chairmen nf the house foreign affairs rnnimittce called the plan fantastic SF Gets First Rain In Three Months SAN FRANCISCO Sept The first rain in three month drenched the San Franc Isro Eaj area today A light precipitation began at noon and an hour later 10 nf an Inrh we recorded Shortly after 1 o'clock Ihe riln reached conaldT-ahly heavier proportion Scope of the precipitation was not determined immediately although Marin County to the north and San Mateo County on Ihe Sen Francisco Peninsula shared In the unscheduled downpour The last rain In San Francisco inch wa recorded June 1st drrpped a hint that further history making step may he taken to provide additional distant base for the proterilon of America and the:" reeled Western Hemisphere The United Elates will acquire The president emphasized the ood air bases in Newfound There will he no other cost it wa said except for rompenMtlon to property owners whose lands may BERLIN Repi 3 Net! waxes of German ralilet roared to the against anuihern England this afternoon Infnimed sources said after hours of hauling thla morning In which fifty four British planes were if ported de strayed Again the raiders charged Intc defending British planes Al least fifteen of the Brilish planes destroyed this morning wrrr on the ground Germans said while txaelxe German plane frilled to return Milo High tire Keen The cloud of smoke and flame were reporied shnoliitg more then a mile high over four of England' nax-al bases end harbors inday German alt men who returned from night attack marking the start nf a second year nf war with Britain Smoke wa shooting 63D0 feet into the air over Bristol southeast England port the filer Mid They mentioned Swansea and Cardiff both In Wales and the great aoutn England nax-al base of Portsmouth a places where other fires as hlg had been started hy ihelr bombs In addition the high command said four other of Britain's most Important harbors and navel base -Liverpool Plymouth Port Is nd and Poole -were heavily allarked and with Ihe aim of destroying warehouse and plrrs The high rommand said hangars nnd hsii-irk at a ailing of airports al liornrhurrh Graxesenil Erst-church and Detiing all In southeast England on Ihe road which Ihe alt fore I attempting to blast to I on-don were partly destroyed by fur in yealerday'i day raids Armament plants and airports In central England also were atlackcri Heavy Toll Monday In almost rontinuotts air fight the high command said ninety three British plane were destroyed while twenty three German planes wrre missing The Nazi press tf viewing the achievements of Ihe past twelve months found the situation thoroughly satisfactory from the German point of view Newprpra said lhal despite the best effort of the British naval blockade they found no cause lo grumble over the food situation In Germiny and declared adequate supplies of oil were available to keep the Nazi air force aloft until Britain ha been smashed Solons Revamp Factory Draft WASHINGTON Sept Members of the house military committee said today they had approved an amendment to the military conscription bill to permit the government to take over on a rental basis industrial plants for production of defense materials Chairman May Mid the amendment was accepted hy a vote of 12 to 11 II la a substitute fnr a senate provision whlrh would authorize the government to take over and operate such plants The house dobaled military con srrlptinn In speeches railing It variously direct road In and a policy needed sec lo it that our nation Is properl) defended" ronscription Is tin-Ameriran undemocratic and Representative Fish Republican of New York declared to gallery applause The house amendment differ from a similar 1916 law In that It does not require a finding that war is existing or Imminent for It lo be put Into effect The amendment sponsored hy Representative Smith Democrat Conner) lout would authorize the government to place an order for defense supplies whlrh a company would he required to fill If the ronrern refused the contract the government would proceed to operate the plant produre supplies and pay and compenM-tion or rental Takes League Post GENEVA Sept 'Al-Sean Lesler deputy secretary general of the League of Nations today took charge nf the league as temporary successor to resigned Secretary General Joseph Avennl Planet Fight Over City At War Annivartary Rifat Ara Held FLIERS HIT BACK British Bomb Fos Adroit Channel Areas From Nor way To Italy IONDON Sept Two German attempt In smash through London's air defensea failed today against the combined fire nf Rrlt-lah fighter planes and anti aircraft guns The second attempt kepi London under air alarm for one hour and ten minutes from 2:10 to 4 Rrlilsh and German plane fought spectarularly over the Thames Fsluary waterway to I-on-don marking the first anniversary Britain' going lo war with one of the ronflicl'a biggest air hatlles Observer said ai least WO raid-era were healen off In mldafier-noon the air ministry announced twenty three atiarklng plane had been destroyed It admitted the loss nf fifteen Rrlilsh planes hui declared the pilots of eight were safe In Berlin Brilish losses fnr the day were reporied at fifty four planes thirty nine shot down in battle and fifteen destroyed on the ground wlih only twelve German planes missing Pome Rearh Metropolis Apparently some German planes reached the metropolitan area hut at such an altitude they could not be seen from the ground Shortly before the warning sounded persons in one Tendon area heard the now familiar heavy drone of a considerable number of unseen Nazi raider and (he rapid hurst of British fighter planes' machine gun fire While the fight progressed Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his cabinet min 11 er attended In Westminster Abbey a service commemorating the first anniversary of the war The tale afternoon aim slanted through the (all windows and in the dlstanre could be heard he faint booming nf the anti aircraft guns The all dear signal sounded shortly before the service ended Bomba Fell On Germane The heavy thudding of bombs heard across the English Channel from the- southeast coast this afternoon Indicated that the RAF was striking bark at the German trying to smash the big guns whlrh have been firing on the English roast from Nazi occupied France The air ministry announced tar-gels from Norway to Italy were al tacked yesterday and last night hy Britain's bomber squadrons which aimed especially heavy blows at a power plant at Genoa a dynamite works near Cologne and gun emplacements on the Frenrh coast Italian Rail Point Attacked The dynamite work at Srhle-vusrh northeast of Cologne and the Important railway junction of San (Continued On Page 4-A CoL 6) Galti-Casazza Former Opera Head Dies NEW YORK Kept Glulln Galti-Casazza whose 27 year old tenure a manager nf the Metropolitan Opera Company made the American organization one of the foremost grand opera companies of the world la dead Discoverer of Caruso Chaliapin and other great alngera of the era Ihe 71 year old impresario died in retirement Sunday al hla ancestral home in Ferrara Italy and wax buried privately yesterday Because of his dealhhed request announcement of his death and burial was withheld until afler the fuheral He was general manager of the Metropolitan from 1900 to 1915 Madam France Alda the opera singer received word of the riath of her former husband from whom she was divorced In 192ft by cablegram In Nexv York Galti-Casazza' second wife was Rnsina Galll who died in Italy last April An appreciation of both artistic excellence and box office appeal xvere hla outstanding tralti aa director of the Metropolitan Gatti-Casazza brought Italian opera to the Melropalltan at a time when productions were mainly German He encouraged Amerlran composers and alngera and during hla regime he produced fifteen American works which had approxlmately 100 performances In all he staged some 5000 performances For seven years CaM l-Casazrs and Arturo Toscanini aa conductor worked together ol the Metropolitan Bui In 1915 their friendship moled and ll was not until 1932 that they were reconrMed NEW 1941 PHILCO RADIO Smartly designed new 1941 Phllro of fine tone Many exclusive Phllro feature make It an amazing performer And It's an amazing MB QP value at BUFORDS FAR TERM 932 VAN NESS AVI PHONE 3-5204 Where Your Credit la Good A Sunderland 74 li Summoned In Hollywood Hospital ILL FOR YEA Civic Leader Served As Head Of City From 1925 Until 1929 A (All Runderlsnd 74 a for-mayor of Fresno and a resident nf Hollyxcond fnr the past few years died tnrisy In a Hollywood hospital He had been in poor health fnr the past year and a half hut entered the hospital only a short lime ago Sunderland xvhn fnr Ixventy year had hern head hanker for Ihe Woodmen of Ihe World Ijodge with headquarters in Denver Colo left Fresno ten years ago and had resided In Hollywood a part of the lime since Sunderland In recent years has hern the huslne-a manager fnr Walter Huston stage and screen star Huston Is the hit-band of Sunderland's actress daughter Nan Sunderland who has appeared on the slage with Huston Wax Mayor One Term He xxas mayor of Fresno from 1925 to 1929 During his residence here he llxed at 713 University Avenue Born in Pavilion Sunderland had lived in Fresno more than forty years Most of hla life was spent In commercial ererprlso he having begun hia buainesa career al the age of 13 Sunderland xvaa Ihe son of and Mercy (Cronkhltet Sunderland the former of an old New York Slate family and the latter descendant of the Cronkhlte of Mayflower fame who later migrated from Massachusetts to Connect i-rut and then New York HI ancestor boasted artlve participation in lha Colonial and Rexolui innary Wars His father was In business st Clovis for several years coming lo the valley some time after hia son's arrival Following hla education In the Pavilion public schools Sunderland moved to KanM City Mo where he worked as billing clerk fnr the Armour Packing Company He ter became manager of the Kansas City Towel Supply Company and during that time wag married to Mist Lillian Gilliam Moved Here In ISM Sunderland and hia wife moved to Fresno in 1M9 and engaged In viticulture near Kutner Colony They later moved fo Clovis where Sunderland xcas employed hy the Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company running the hlg planes In the mill for four years Directed Plays While living In the Temperance Colony diatrirt Sunderland who gained considerable experience in dramatics In KanM City organized a dramatic rompeny end for two Winter he directed play Proceeds derived from the production were used to construct a commu- nlty hall He direrteri plays In Clovis for several years the first one being staged In an old warehouse He was assisted In Ihe later enterprise by Ferguson and Fred Ewing Shortly after hla removal to Fresno he waa elected a memher of the board of trustees While a memher nf the hoard he served a chairman of the building committee which attperx'lsed the erection of the rily hall He served as secretary and treasurer of the Fresno Home Parking Company fourteen years and In 1914 and 1915 he was proprietor and manager of a drug alore Elected Mayor In IMS In 1916 he assisted In the nrgnnt-zation of the California Peach and Fig Growers and acted aa secretary-treasurer of the ronrern until he waa elected mayor of Fresno in April 1925 Sunderland assisted In forming the Fresno Community Chest and served fnr a number of years as one nf the directors was president (Continued On Pag 4-A Col 1) iroux whose replacement already ha been anonneed Ange Bayardelle administrator of New Caledonia was replaced by Paul Nnuvrl De La Fleche Dispalr-hes from Sydney Australia on August 3rd raid New Caledonia refused to rerognize the German-French armistice and pledged support to Britain In continuing the war New Caledonia which lies about 673 miles east of Auxfialia has on area of 8M8 square mile and a population of 57610 Paul Patterson publisher nf the Sun paper of Baltimore who la a pasenger on a California clipper Indr of the Parlflr reported from New Zealand yesterday that the New Caledonia Council resigned in protest at lha appointment nf a new governor Previously dipper passenger reported the rnuncfl had gone over In General DqGaulle hut that George Pellrirr then gov-ernor apparently was remaining loyal to the Prtaln government The Island la the xrorld'a largest producer of nickel end an Important producer of chrome Frenrh officials hsve ascribed trouble In some of the colonies to lack nf communication with the home government In tendon the hesdquartera nf Grneral Charles PeGiuHr leader of dissident r-rmch forces announced the soul hern Pacific Isle nf lahltl has derided to continue In (he war on the tide of Britain Memitlme in northern Tranayl-vnl men died in rmed rlaahe between Rumanian and memher of the Hungarian minority and there wa a proa pert of even arealer eulbreaka Defying ordera from Rurhareet to yield Rumanlan! fouaht tor possession of rommiinlra-: Ilona railway atatlon and military barrarka Only yeelerday aeml offirlal Cr- man aouree here anaereri by demonstration against Germany and Italy declared that Naai troopa would occupy all of Rumania unleaa thla nation wide agitation waa rhecked Today It waa aalrt on hlh authority that by September lSlh Germany's panzer divisions would line Rumania's Ruaaian frontier along the southern border of Burovlna and that thl harrier against any further Soviet penetration would he harked up by Rumanian military force The shooting rang out Just at 8:55 s'rlnrk While crowd strolled casually along In front nf the palare an automobile with three men hailed al one of the palare galea They jumped from the marhine and ran Inside on the driveway one of them crying "Long live the Iron ta pro Fascist hut strongly national Jatir organization) Then they began firing rapidly at the palare window uni II the surprised guards fell upon them Famphlets Scattered Left In the palare ground were heaps of crudely printed manifestos reviewing the situation whlrh led the government under pressure of Germany and Italy to agree to give up northern Transylvania to Hun gary These leaflets officials said contained "scurrilous on the king All telephone cnmmnnicatinn was almost lnalantly rut off Flag flying over the palare aig-naled that the king himself wa In residence Conference Being Held Inside the palare at the time nf the attark the tired monarrh'a council of ministers was reported holding another In an almost end' less series of meeting that had followed the crisis Scores Are Killed In Rumania Clashes CLUJ (Rumania) Sept -Rumanian sourres reported today that eighty Rumanian soldiers and peasants nd 100 Hungarian soldiers had been killed In a battle between the villages of Negrest and Cerleze last night In the Satul Mare dia-trirt Rumanian nrflrial here said the fighting should he regarded as an Isolated Inrldent They also said they believe that Rumanian resist (Continued On Pago 4-A Col S) Jn The Bee Today Ctllinjr All DojfSa 3B Cartoon BR City Nrwi In Brfofaaiaa 44 ClaulflH Advertising 6-7B Club News BA Comic 4B Contract Bridge 7A Crossword Puxxle BA IVrothy Dlx 7A Editorial BB Financial New Markets KB Health 7A Household Art 7A Glorifying Yourself eMMm 7A Mary Hampton BA public Think RB News Behind The Ncwim RB Patterns 7A Radio 5A gerial Story RA Social News RA SpArt (tlMIM I IIImS'iIR Vital Statistics RB Weather IB Your Bahy And Mine 7A BENEFITS of BRAN and the PRECIOUS WHEAT HEART 1 DUTCH CRACKED WHEAT HEAD SWJOACfUIN BAKINCTCO CUMMINS PRISON FARM (Ark) Sept Sudden death and rerapiure today rut swiftly Inin Ihe list nf thirty six mnvlrts who shot their way to freedom here yesterday hut one draperale hand alill held three youthful hostages In nearby Louisiana National guardsmen were railed out Posse gunfire killed one of the six holding two kldnnped girls and a boy In swamplands near Columbia Ia and another of the earapes waa found dead on a sandbar In the Arkansas River a few miles from the prison He apparently drowned while frying to swim the river after he and thirty five other prisoners killed a guard and fled Three of the escapes Inrluding two of the ringleaders were retaken near Garland City Ark early today and three more subsequently were recaptured In verloua places not far from here This left only twenty eight at large with most of them believed on fool in the heavy woods around here Posaemen Kill One The young ronvlct shot to death near Columbia was known to offi-eers only as Frank He was felled hy the bullets nf several posaemen in this area Just as he raised hla tun to fire at pursuer In an effort to break through the lightening cordon He died only about fifty yards from where he and his companions killed Frank Gartman of Columbia yesterday when he approached their parked rar while they used two kidnaped glrla end a boy as shields made hla break while the posse nf WO to 1000 armed men awaited reinforcements of 100 state patrolmen sent along hy Governor Sam Jones after Sheriff Er-skine appealed for national guard help About 4 A today some nf the fugillves were seen emerging from woods four miles north of Columbia in an apparent effort to rearh the road hut fled hark to shelter when farm dogs harked at them Tracks Inside the woods Indicated these killers still were holding the three they kidnaped yesterday near Rayville La See From Plane Later two airplanes patrolling the swampy thickly wooded swamp section reported seeing two groups nf men presumably the convicts indicating they had split In their efforts to break through the cordon Two bloodhounds were sent Into the woods and only one returned leading to the belief the other had been shot Gartman Columbia automobile dealer waa shot and killed when as a citizen deputy he approached the parked automobile of the convicts shortly after midnight The ahdurleri persona are Anna Laura 'Diamond daughter of the Rayville marshal Vnnrlele Williams and Jerry Harnlgle all about 16 or 17 years old Most of the escapes were believed on foot In the dense woods and bottomland surrounding thin sprawling prison ramp where the merit system using trusty convicts for armed guards has long been in force Led By Trusties The break biggest In Arkansas penal history was led hy four of these prison guards and four prisoners from the ranks The break started In a pea field far from the main prison ramp while a picking of 114 rank men and ten guards relaxed after the noon meal The four renegade trusties began disarming their fellow guards quiet-iy hut vlntrnre broke when Frank Conley 14 a rank man serving twenty one years for robbery and kidnaping attacked Troy Wade a shotgun armed guard with a knife new base will he entirely under Amerlran rontrol rather than under Joint administration He could not My when-work might alart on thm aa final derision on their specific location will he left lo a British-Amerlcan hoard Parfy Lines Defied In Strong Solon Comment WASHINGTON Sepl an art of war" rried some "one of history's greatest ao-omp-lishments" said others when word reached Capitol Hill today of President Roosevelt's exchange nf fifty overage fnr offshore bases in Brilish possessions The romment divergent though it was did not follow party lines The tranMction evoked some of the strongest statements heard in months Sene'or Nye Republican North Dakota characterized it ax while Speaker Bankhead Democrat Alabama spoke glowingly of fine Barkley Guffey Approve Majority leader Barkley of fhe senate and Senator Guffey Demn-rtat Pennsylvania both predicted the public will give although they rnneerieri there will he rriticiani from senator In what they railed the Other romment: Representative Wadsworth Republican New York: I recognize the value of the new air haws use of which we are lo acquire A for the transfer nf the destroyers 1 make this observation: Congrexi would not have authorized It Representative Marrantonio American Labor Nexv York: If the president ran do this I won't he at all surprised If hla next move la to have fighting Senator Minton Democrat Indi ana: The agreement looks to the defense of Amerira both in giving aid to England and establishment nf these bases so badly needed over here Schwarts Favor AM Senator Srhwarl Democrat Wyoming: England is fighting our fight now 1 favor any aid we ran give them Senntnr Clark Demnrral Idaho: Tranafer of destroyer amount substantially to an art nf war Chairman Vinson Democrat Georgia of the house nax-al committee: It's a forward step In our total defense plan Rcpreaenlalive Cole Republican New York naval committee Fifty overage destroyers Is a reasonable price 1 don't see how It brings us any closer to Involvement In wnr than purchase of the destroyer for rah Reprerntative Knutson Republican Minnesota: The whole world's gone crazy Representative Marlin nf Masxa-rhuselta house Republican leader and Repiesentatix-e Rayburn nf Texas house Democrat ir leader both declined Immediate romment Representative Curtis Republican Nebraska: I xvlsh the president would reveal to all nf the rest nf these secret war commitments he has mad a member of the house laud and In the islands of Rermtida( the Bahamas Jamaica Lurla Trinidad and Antigua and In BrK iah Guiana The right in Kiases In Newfound land and Bermuda- are generously given and gladly received" the president aald In a special met sage other bases mentioned hsvo been acquired In exchange for fifty of our overage Jackson Rules Deal Ok-h The president enrlnsed an opinion hy Jackson dated August 27 1940k "regarding my authority lo consummate thl arrangement" Jackson Mid the arrangement "may ha concluded aa an executive agreement effective without axvalting ratification" The senate wax not in session today an the message went only to the house meeting to debate the senate approved ronscription hill Nax-al sourres In London Mid tho destroyers will he taken to Britain manned hy British crews and with British names They Mid the air-naval bases although remaining under British sovereignly xrlll lie under the flag of the leaseholder the Stars and Stripes Ready Neat Friday The navy department here announced that Ihe first eight of tho fifty destroyers most nf xvhlch have heen on neutrality patrol ara at Roston and should he ready fnr de livery hy next Fridav They will ho sent to Canadian port with their present crews it was hM There they will he taken over by Britlih seamen The others will he ready requested" a announcement Mid and they will he "In an operating condition" with full armament of gun torpedo tubes and anti aircraft marhine guns They will he released as rapidly ax tho (Continued On Toco 4-A Col I) American League Detroit 2 6 2 Chicago I 10 ll i) Hutchinson Newhouaer Smith and Tehhett Knott Seat! and Tresh Only game scheduled National League St Louis (I 3 12 (1 Cincinnati 4 7 0 McGee Shown and Ftdgettj Hutch Inga Guise Beggi and Wil- son Only game scheduled imm No Need to Delay liberal terms of tip in 14 weeks to iwy makes It posit hie tor )nu to your needed glasses right now Four Months To Try You may wear the glasses 1 fit you for four months' If you're not entirely satisfied I will gladly refund every penny Siltemn? ni Destroyer Comment Reserved By Berlin BERLIN Sept (Ul -Authorized German sources said tonight that they were not ahle to comment as yet upon the Angln-Ameriran destroyer and defense baM agreement Chinese Kill Shanghai Newspaper Executive SHANGHAI Sept Mb-Liu Ilan-Ha a naturalized Japanese who recently waa named president nf a pro Japanese Chinese langnaae newspaper was shot and killed by two Chinese gunmen today In a restaurant in the International settlement The assassins escaped The newspaper executive whom Liu waa to succeed was asMsslnated June 26th German Catholics Elect Sacramentan SACRAMENTO Sept Karl Nlssl Sacramento was elected president nf the German Cath'o-llc Federation of California and San Jose wa chosen for the 1941 meet-ing as 350 delegates brought to a rlne a three day Joint convention here with the National Catholic Women's Council California Branch The Catholic Women's Union elected Mr Elizabeth Ann Marshall nf San Francisco president Plane Tragedy Probed LOS ANGELES Sept 3-lUB-The rrash of an open Fairchild pine which fell on a Los Angeles street yesterday killing- Pilot Wallace Shaw Glendale Is being Investigated today Authorities fixed no official call fnr the rrash hut quoted witnesses a saying Shaw apparently lost control of the tiny craft It was demolished Petain Denies Empire Rift Colony Chiefs Dismissed VICHY (Trance) Sept Premier Marshal Philippe Peiain declared today the unity of the French Empire "forged by a thousand year effort and remains Intact In hi first broadcast addressed directly to France's colonial empire since the armistice with Germany Petain declared attempt no matter from what direction or concealed tinder no matter what Ideal can prevail upon this unity' The Vlrhy government however has acknowledged a rebellious movement In some French possession In Afrlra and General Charles De-Gaulle self alyled leader of "free has claimed ihealle-glanre of all Frenrh equatorial Africa for hi forres still allied with Rrlfain There have been signs of dlMffection also In French Inrto-Chlna and New Caledonia France' South Parlflr possession Asks Fnr Ohedianre Peietn rrlllng hi message Truth And Confidence declared that the first duty of Frenchmen today to obey and the second "to aid thr government In Its work without any reflection or In hi broadcast retain referred to the empire as the of the Frenrh rrown" At the same lime the official journal published a decree dismissing the governor of New Caledonia and Ihe former governor of Frenrh Indo-China General George Ca- Train for Self Support Preparation for a business rareer require a much shorter time than other vocations A Four a training enables young people to set a foothold In the hiMnesx world -to earn a good Income and lo advance to a position of responsibility Come Inlet's talk ll oxer It ra seaM I ran I IX rallrsr flltc wall man far rtsllf Ualrastls (Mltatlaaa NAME ADDRESS Central California Commercial College rng rarsxco gyp Trris raism.