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"Vl 4 mon VOL XLVINo. 134 12 PAGES PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 20. 1940 PUBLISHED EVERY DAY SIhA li Out jrace ot Davis, Party Nominee In 1924, Sees Danger More National Guardsmen To Receive Calls Draft Registration Forms Are Rushed To Various States WillkieBives 4-PointPIan For Recovery Would Aid Business To Turn Nation From 'Toralitarian'iTrend Third Term MerioIAUackOn I London AJbutes Mayo Believes 'Cows-onRoad' Solution Near OCALA.

Fla, Sept. 19 Nathan Mayo, Florida commissioner of agriculture, said today he believed the problem of keeping live stock off the public highways would solve itself in five years, "Everywhere in the state cattle are being pot under fence," he said; in an address at the third annual Marion county hog show which he praised as the first of eight such shows planned In the state this year. Florida, Mayo declared. Is facing a milk shortage as a result the establishment of large Navy and Army bases in this state. "It looks as if we are going to have' to Import more milk if our dairymen dont increase the size of their herds," he said.

have adopted a prohibition against re-election of presidents "If the great figure of Washington had not dominated the scene. i Those who had relied upon the two-term tradition, Davis said; had left one dominating factor out of view "the factor of human na ture." "It is the nature of the human animal, most human animals, to love place and prominence, adula tion and power, he continued. "Some, of course, care for all this more than others. Some love It so much that the power they, have is never gladly or voluntarily sur rendered. "The appetite growing by what it feeds on becomes the master pas sion of their lives.

Such men, even while they realize that some day their power must be laid down, can always find a reason why the fatal day must be postponed. In their minds there is always a crisis in which their services are indispensable: always some great work ia hand which and they alone. can do." Two Army Fliers Killed in First Training Mishap Another Unknown Man Dies in Crash After 'Stealing' Army Ship MONTGOMERY, Sept. 19. W) A flying 'cadet and a reserve officer lost their lives today as a training ship from the Southeast air base crashed and burned near Prattville, Ala, 14 miles from Montgomery.

The dead: Second Lieutenant Pleasant Keith. air reserves, whose home was Flay River, Mo, and Cadet Daniel W. Lowery, 21, of Ellicott- ville, N. Y. This was the first accident since the cadet training school opened nere two weeks ago as a part or the Army's, accelerat-i sir service ex pansion.

HITCH-FLIER KILLED MC CHORD FIELD, Wash, Sept. 19. yp An unidentsed pilot crashed to flaming death off the edge of McChord Field today after apparently sealiryi a joy-ride in a visiting engineer's monoplane. Col. Caxlyle H.

Wash, Me Chord Field commanding officer. Said the plane was a single motored A-17 type ship which was flown here three days age by Lieut. Dan Callahan of Wright Field, Ohio. We have no idea who the dead man is." Colonel Wash asserted. "Some one tsok the plane who apparently was not an experienced pilot.

The colonel said It must have been an Army man because civilians are barred rigidly from the field, The ship crashed in a farmer's hay field about a quarter of. a mile west of Mc Chord Field. Bodies of Two i Seamen Arrive Fishing Schooner Is On Way Here The bodies of Capt. William A. Swim and Paul Hern, who were killed when struck by a main 'mast of the fishing schooner William Hays at sea, arrived here last night from Galveston, and were taken to the Lloyd-Faurla-Com- myris Funeral home.

Hern's brother, Howard, in Washington, D. was notified and will arrive Saturday. Swim's family, in Nova Scotia, was also notified. His funeral will be held Saturday morn ing, with burial in St. Joseph cemetery.

i'-. -The schooner, which was towed into Galveston, is sow returning to Pensacola. BIG BEN BOMBED LONDON, Sept. 19. P) One of the faces of Big Ben, London's land mark clock in a tower adjacent to the houses of parliament, Is pitted with bomb splinters.

The London Evening News ran a picture today. showing the marred face. merman Neutrals Feel Raids Failing In Chief Aims Communications Still Intact and Morale Of People Is Undimmed (By The Associated Pressr Heavy bomb, explosions shook many districts of London, including the central area, last night and early today (Friday) but the Nazi raids slackened somewhat from tne intensity of previous nights." It was the thirteenth straight night assault by the Germans who dropped their explosive and fire bombs through low-hanging clouds blanketing the capital Apparently the raid was continuing early today, but a sharpened British censorship forbade publication of exact times. Thousands of civilians choked subway platforms below the city for shelter as a ring of anti-aircraft fire pierced the clouds eery time planes were heard over the city. Damage Not Great The ministry of home security at the same time officially said that the Nazis have failed to damage seriously London's vast shipyards or heavy industries; have done negligible harm to arsenals in the city-and have destroyed only two per cent of London's oil stocks.

Neutral military attaches and correspondents who 4 saw th -wreckage inflicted upon Warsaw, Barcelona and Madrid said they believed that German air force. despite Its intense raiding, bad failed to achieve Its two main purposes: disorganisation of 'London's communications so supplies and reinforeement could not, be sent to areas where invasion Is planned, and demoralisation of the civilian population. The threat of a German invaslca attempt is constantly before Britain's defenders and Wednesday night the Royal Air force onre more attacked possible jumping off places while the Germans gave-London its worse bombing of the war. The air ministry said "much damage" was done to shipping and military stores on the continent and many fires were started. Bad Weather Helps Bad weather again came to the aid of the British.

Rain last night popped a day of heavy seas in the English channel. Germany's newspapers visited their wrath upon the English for British bombing attacks upon Germany whidh, the German high command charged, killed nine chil dren and wounded 13 in Prussian hospitals. The Nasi press threatened the British with the whole catalogue of terror from the air. It also declared that. In a Rome conference between German Foreign -Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Italian chieftains, the Axis was getting together Its full power for "the last round battle against Britain It was believed that von Ribben trop and Premier Mussolini dis cussed Spain's co-operation in waging the war against Britain during their two hour conference There have been rumors of AxJs persuasion on Spain at least to permit troops to pass through that country and attack the British stronghold at Gibraltar.

Fleet in Action The British fleet and the Royal Air force gave advancing Italian columns tn Egypt a heavy shelilsg and bombing, it was the first major effort to hajt the Italian push from Libya, which now is threatening Matruh. 150 miles from the Egyptian-Libyan border. The British struck principally at water and fuel supplies and Fascist heavy artillery, rolling Into Sidi Barrani, 78 miles west of Matruh. The Italians said their air force dispersed the naval units shelling the Fascist columns and that one H.0OO ton British cruiser was "selousIy, damaged. In the Far East, Japan squared away for possible llgnung in French Indo-China by ordering her nationals to leave.

China has threatened to invade French Indo- China whenever the Japanese en ter. France to Yield In Vichy, France, Foreign Min ister Paul Eaudouin ir.dicared France probably would to yield to Japtiee demands for a held on' French Indo-Ciilna. Baudouin said France finds herself "all alone" in the Far East and therefore she should noi be judged too harshly, tiioujh the decision may not be pleasing to the "western world." Late last night, however, the French Indo-China government jajjaiicjc ui Heavier Demand On Indo-China Ask for Bases Having Connection With" War Against Chinese BULLETIN HONGKONG, Sept. 20. (Friday) CffV-Of ficial foreign quarters said today they had received information that Japan had given French Indo-China until Sunday to comply with new Japanese demands but that the French were unyielding.

HANOI, French Indo-China, Sept. (JP) New and unexplained demands threatened tonight to upset the negotiations between the government of French Indo-China and the Japanese who have sought the right to move troops and supplies through the colony to facilitate their war against China. The French government issued a statement saying: Negotiations between the French authorities and the Japanese mission have reached a delicate state, the Japanese having presented new demands which do not seem compatible with instructions from the French government and which deviate from previous agreements, but the negotiations are The statement offered no explanation of the new demands, but informed sources declared the Jap anese suddenly hod shifted the era phasis in the negotiations from their desire to move troops and supplies through the colony to a re quest for bases which could have little connection with the Japanese army's China campaign. Meanwhile, 160 Japanese nationals from all points in northern Indo-China gathered at Hanoi and Halpong awaiting a Japanese order to leave the colony. in ine day Japan announced her determination to with draw civilian nationals and con' sular representatives from the col ony to lessen the danger of un iortunate incidents" when her troops march in to take up "limited military facilities." bpeciai are scheduled to leAve Hanoi for Haipong tomorrow ana all local Japanese completed preparations to leave APPEAL TO U.

S. VICHY, France, Sept. 19 Foreign Minister Paul Baudouin indicated to American corresDond ents today that France again has appeaiea to me United States. This time for support in the Far. against Japan, but finds herself tangibly "all alone." Therefore, he said Jf she has had to yield in a limited way to Japanese demands on French Indo-China she should not be Judged too harshly, even though the decision -may not be pleasing to the "western world." Disclosing that "urgent" Japanese demands began about June 13, when France was facing a military collapse in her war with Germany, Baudouin said the United States was asked what she could do in case it became necessary to give Japan a categorical "yes" or "no." It was learned Washington could make a diplomatic protest, but this was not enough, he said.

Permits Are Issued For 209 Houses In First Eight Months Permits for construction of 209 new residences were issued by the city building inspector during the first eight months of 1940, records Show. This was an increase over the 17S total for the same period of 1939 and the 114 figure for the first eight months of 1938. Fisherman Is Drowned When Boat Capsizes JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 19. GP A fisherman, tentatively identified as George Miller, was drowned today in the St.

Johns river when nis boat capsized. His companion, Enoch Lewis, was rescued by another boat. Miller's body had not been recovered late- in the day. G. F.

McCalL another fisherman, was rescued from the river by a passing boat after be had been in the water 22 hours: He said a swell overturned his small craft late yesterday but he was able to cling to the boat until he was picked up to day. from the houses of parliament, the London county halL one of the most modern buildings in the city, reeled crazUy "under the impact of a huge bomb. Two waitresses In the great grey stone building. London's "city hall, were killed; 15 other persons were injured. Yet it was the homes and the apartments of the people that got the worst of all "these wanton attacks" the officials said.

"ProrLsionany', they estimated 90 dead and 350 wounded over last r.i;ht. Lurking in WASHINGTON. Sept. 18 John W. Davis, the Democratic party's nominee for the presidency in 1924, spoke out today in support of a proposed constitutional amendment limiting presidents to one six-year term.

As vigorous in voice and manner as when he campaigned unsuccessfully against Calvin Coolidge, the 67-year-old attorney told a senate, sub-committee that the man had not yet been born "to whom I would entrust for more than eight years at the most the vast, the expanding, -the fateful powers of the presidency of the States. Saying he could, not recall single case where a republic had survived "except' in name" after the coming of a permanent chief executive, Davis declared: "With the two-term tradition broken down, and no law to take its place, we have every reason to dread a future occupancy of the White House limited only by the ambition or the life of the tenant." He expressed belief that the framers of the constitution would President Will Deliver Speech This Afternoon Presence of Adviser To Roosevelt Hints At Major Utterance WASHINGTON. Sept. Tussling with language which, the White House declined to analyze as either political or non-political. President Roosevelt labored tonight on a speech for delivery in Phila delphia tomorrow.

The chief executive had ar-, ranged to leave the capital by special train tonight, tnspect some of Philadelphia's defense works tomorrow morning, and speak In the afternoon at 'exercises commemorating the bicentennial of the University ef Pennsylvania. A possible tip-off tliat -ad dress might take on major propor tions was the presence around the White House of Justice Samuel I. Rosenman of the New York State Supreme Court. Rosenman has frequently been consulted by the president In advance of Important speeches. j-.

To Be Broadcast But Stephen Early, presidential secretary, said merely that he didn't know whether the address in Convention hall where the Democrats gave Mr. Roosevelt his second nomination in "1836 and the Republicans nominated Wendell L. Willkie this year would be polit ical or non-pollticaL Three "radio networks (CBS, MBS and NBC bine) expected to carry the speech between and pan CST. Washington officials of the chains said no arrangements had been made for paid sponsorship of the time. Air time for political addresses mast be paid for unless equal free time has been granted, or la to be granted, to a rival party.

As a part ot the ceremonies to morrow, Mr. Roosevelt gets another honorary degree of doctor of laws. He invited Senator Ouffey (D-Pa) and Anthony J. Biddle, ambassador to Poland, and Mrs. Biddle to ac company him to the Quaker city.

About 150 U. S. Fliers In Canadian Service OTTAWA. Sept. IB.

(JF) Air Minister Power said today 107 United States pilots, instructors and air crew men have Joined the Royal Canadian air force in the last two months, and 66 more are on their way to enlist. An told, he said, about 150 pilots from the United States are in the RCAP. Each of these, because he had previous flying experience, has saved the force about $25,000 in training expenses, the minister said. U. S.

Army Now Gives Britain Better Chance WASHINGTON, Sept. WV Secretary Stimson said today the war department's advices on the' chances of Great Britain for victory in the European war were much more optimistic now than six weeks ago." Stimson made the disclosure in response to a question at his press He said military ad vices were substantially the same as press reports on the course of the fighting. Army's Searchlights: To Be Very Powerful SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19. 4JP The United States Army will have anti-aircraft searchlights so powerful that persons twelve miles away can read newspapers in the candle power light.

Philip D. Reed, chairman of the board of General Electrie company, said today that imong a dozen other tldngs his company is manufacturing for national defense are the searchlights, five feet in diameter. THUMB NAIL WAR PICTURE (By The Associated Press) BATTUE OF BRITAIN: Battered Londoners so under, ground for thirteenth straight night Nazi air assault; death and property toll steadily 'mounts as govern, ment tightens censorship on raid news; duke of Kent shaken but unhurt by bomb blast; officials declare Nazi raids do negligible damage to military targets; RAF again at. tacks Nazi continental bases; storm sweeps! channel "invasion path." AFRICAN WAR British Mediterranean fleet shells Italian troops invading Egypt along northern coast from Libya Italian mmm hfl rV K.r. l.ri.Ull damage Cu iser, dispersV other British units; major land battle looms.

AXIS WAR COONCIU Nazi Foreign Minister von Rib-bentrop confers with. Premier Mussolini in Rome on war's' next turn; possible Spanish co-operation to attack Gibraltar from rear believed discussed, also status of pro-British Turkey; Greece and Egypt as weM as spheres of influence in Balkans. ORIENT Japan prepares to take ner nationals out of French Indo-China after France yields 'to her demands to, permit Jap troops to land there for operations against China; China has threatened to invade territory soon as Jap enter. England's Fleet Bares Its Might In Mediterranean Guns Turned on Duce's Army in Africa After Hunt: for Enemy Ships ALEXANDRIA, EgypC Sept. 19.

VPy battle fleet has gone into violent action to demonstrate is mastery of the Mediterranean and to harrass Italy's advancing expedi tionary force along the 350-mile Eevntian-Libyaa coastline. All the British say. the bombardment caused neavy damage to the invading columns. The fleet's mighty guns burst against I Italian land positions night before last after it had made a three weeks' sweep ef the Mediterranean and Aegean seas. "This new sweeD of the Medi terranean I and this blasting of en emy concentrations ashore Is new proof of our mastery of the sea and air.

said an officer aboard one of the warships." "In the entire trip no Italian warship appeared and though the fleet frequently was snaaowea bv enemv planes, they made no at tempt to bomb us. Destroyers made an attack on two submarines with depth charges. Huge patches of oil appeared on the surface of the sea after both attacks." I Surprise Attack From Sidi Barrani to Salum In Egypt-the fire of the fleet raked Italian troot) concentrations ana newly established supply bases. The shelling came within 48 hours after the Italians had dug in at siai Barrani. The British maintained that it took the Italians by surprise and caused widespread damage to the bases they had prepared for an Intensification of his drive into Egypt.

i The fleet also heavily shelled the Libyan port of Bengasi, 300 miles west of Salum. simultaneously with British air 1 The British destruction of many hangars and airplanes at Bengasi, enemy transports at Buq-buq in Egypt and the blasting of artillery emplacements at Sidi Bar rani as the; result of air attacks in the last 72 hours. Bishop Tooten Addresses Meet Catholic Women Of Deanery Convene Bishop T. J. Toole of the diocese of Mobile, attended the quarterly meeting of the Pensacola deanery.

Mobile council of Catholic women, held at St. Stephen's school auditorium yesterday afternoon. His was the principal speech, accompanied by complete activity reports from all chairmen in the organization. Rev. George D.

MoeHer, pastor of St. Stephen's, said the opening prayer. National Guard Camp Contracts Are Given WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The war; department announced today contracts totalling $13,056,133 for construction of three national guard camps I for training cf units to be mobilized in November.

Among them, W. Horace Williams company. New Orleans, La, was awarded a $4542,655 contract for construction of national guard camp at Alexandria, La. War department schedule call for facilities for 64.000 men altogether ia the Kisatchie national forest, near Camp Beauregard, La. L03 ANGELES.

Sept. 19 Proposing the formation of a special tax Wendell I WiUkle outlined tonight this Jour-point program which he said would turn the United States away from "a totalitarian "1 The rules under which business Is conducted must be clear and must be stable. "2 Government policies affecting business should be consistent. 3 Government competition with business must be kept within well defined limits. It must not stop the flow of 'capital Into new productive enterprise.

"4 Business must i be given a chance to make a profit." Flans Tax Commission. Speaking before an: audience in the Memorial coliseum; Willkie contended that the Roosevelt administration had Bet up a tax structure that Is "unscientific, repressive and loaded with punitive measures. "If elected," Mr. Willkie said. "I propone the Immediate estab-; llshment of special commission to study the' whole tax question.

Such a commission must be composed of government officials, members of both houses of con- gross, business men, representative of labor and tax experts. "It should study the 'needs of the federal, state and local, governments. The effects of 'taxation upon the Individual and upon the nation must be analyzed together with the cost and complexity of administering various types of taxes." Would Protect Labor Toward the end of his address, the Republican presidential nominee said he claimed to understand some of labor's problems because he had been a business man by training. "Labor I entitled to the protection of progressive labor Willkie declared, "such as the ware and hours law and the national industrial labor relations Willkie, who received a noisy reception on his arrival here this afternoon, declared that labor laws "must be administered In the Interest of the whole nation." "Their purpose is to reduce industrial strife, not foment it," he con adc-mg: The proper function of our government Is to police the activities of Its people so that they do not Injure each ether or encroach upon each other's rights. It Is In (Mi spirit that govern-ment should stand, with relation to workers and employers, not as opponent of either party, bet as a friend- both." The oandldate said that labor, suong wiui Business and govern ment, must- remember "that we in America are young.

Tnllmlted capacity for growth. aneaa of us," he added "we are not old enough to have aa indispensable man or an indis pemsable law, or an lndespensable tneory or economies." "Good Ilonest Work Baying that the American system a one, the nominee con tinued: "We cannot stand stCl behind the guns of our battleships. Ia order to oe strong we must grow. Democracy' can exist only mm long as iU people are busy. -1 therefore propose to pet an end to this Industrial stagnation.

propose to establish tn this country the only kind of life that (TURN TO rAOK TWO) The Weather ANI TIDES FOR TO-DA dnnrne. 6:3 a.m.- aaet, 6:49 p-nu; moon-iso p.m.; rooonaet. a.m.; nxt phase ot the moon, last quarter. 24th; high tide. 11:39 tul.

a.m. Hih and .1 2" minatea earlier at mouth ot IVracola hy: and 5 min-uteo later at licainbia trestle. TEMPKRATURE Accumulated dot ficlency this month to dale, 16; accumulated dt.fio.oncy thla rear date T. i'Kht of record thi, time of year, Sh; lowest of record tiiia time of lit -pm'. 03i normal for 33.

accumulated, deficiency tali month to. date. 2.86; total for thi" year date. 0i.24; accumulated excels thin ymr to dae. 11.72.

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Sept. 19 Tentative plans for calling 37,000 more national guardsmen to active duty in November were announced today by Secretary Stimson. while airmail planes rushed master copies of civilian draft registration forms to central points in each state. The new militia orders would brine the total of guardsmen mas- tered into active service to and would principally affect the 56th cavalry brigade (Texas), the 31st division (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana), the 35th division (Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri) and the 36th division (Texas) The plan calls for mobilizing 1,377 officers and men from the 56th cavalry on Nov. 18, at Fort Bliss, Tex, and the remainder on Nov.

25, at (The Associates Press last night quoted Army, authorities as saying that all National Guard units in Florida? except the coast artillery units would be mobilized on November 25. The Pensacola unit, Battery C-of the 265th Coast ArtLlery, thus would not be called up.) 1 Camp Blanding, Fla Camp Robinson, Ark, and Brown wood, Tex. No additional guardsmen are to be called until after Jan. 1. Printing Cost $1,500,000 The conscription forms were forwarded to be printed by the millions locally, and were the first of 64 questionnaires; placards, and booklets, which will be sent out.

The total printing it is estimated, will run to $1,500,000. Army officials computed that they would need 32,000,000 registration cards, 24,000,000 registration certificates and 24,000,000 questionnaires. No explanation was given aa to the size of these figures when compared with the 16,500,000 who are to be registered. At-tha White House, the ruay produced the appointment of a committee to co-operate with the national defense commission on all phases of public i health. Mr.

Roosevelt, acting under the authority of a 1916. law, named a group of five headed by Abell of Louisville, Ky, chairman of the board of regents of the American College of Surgeons. Other members are Dr. Lewis. H.

Weed, chairman of the di-ision of medical sciences of the national research, counsel; Rear Admiral Ross T. McLntire, surgeon general, of the Navy and White House physician. Major General James C. Magee. Army surgeon general, and Dr.

Thomas Parran. head of the public healtii service. Congress Busy Mclntire said problems for the committee would be mustering 000 physicians to examine men called under the draft act, and seeing that military needs for medical help were filled without upset ting the "civilian aide" of medical care." i At the capitol, meanwhile, two committees were busy with problems arising from conscription. Rep. Patman (D-Tex), appearing before- the house military committee said that the draft act had already had the effect of "freexinr" credit and retarding sales' by installment bouses.

He urged that a pending bill to extend certain debt relief to men who are drafted Include a provision permitting Installment firms to set up a government supervised insurance fund to protect them against losses dae to the draft. ct The "senate I military committee approved a bill giving the. states broad authority to establish home defense units, or home guards, to meet emergencies usually attended to by the militia. Under meas ure, the states! could organize and maintain, inside their own borders, "military forces other than the national guard whenever part of the guard was ini federal service, or during emergencies declared by congress or the president. GENERAL KILLED LONDON, Sept.

19. tVP The re cent bombing of a West end hotel killed Major -General C. J. Bruce Hay and his wife. Hay was inspector-general of the Iraq (Mesopo tamia) army and of a British miTtary mission to Iraq 1934-37.

King George and Queen Elizabeth to hear. In Chancery Lane and Inner Temple, the debris; slid and sifted in the narrow streets and dim courts that Dickens wrote about in "Bleak House." But king's counselor in full- bottomed wig and solicitor's "clerk" in black coat and bowler went bade, to work. Way down below Threadneedle street, white-whiskered Montague Norman and the directors of the Bank of England met in the vaults. The hank, commented Norman, has been "somewhat upset, and he deplored the necessity for gathering "in this droary catacomb. Excess Profits Tax Measure Is Passed by Senate Levies Would Climb To High Figure In Event of War WASHINGTON, Sept 19.

A bill levying an excess profits tax on corporations andf making revenue law revisions designed to speed the defense program was approved i by the senate today, 46 to 22, after the legislators had added an amendment calling for huge increases; in taxation if the United States goes to war. The measure now will go to a Joint conference committee to reconcile wide differences between senate and house versions. The peace-time provisions of the senate bill would add a flat 3.1 per cent to the normal income tax rate of all corporations. For example, corporations earning more than $25,000 would be increased from the present 20.9 per cent to 24 per cent. The bill also would impose a tax of from! 25 to 50 per cent on profits defined as excess under a formula provided in the bill.

The house bill did jriot. contain the crease in- the, normal corporation tax rate. Both house and senate adopted provisions suspending existing profit limitations en government contracts lor construction of war ships and airplanes and permit-ting corporations to charge of against: earnings over a five-year period the cost of defense manufacturing facilities completed subsequent; to Jan. 1, 1940. Just before passing the hill the chamber, adopted an amendment by Senator Connally (D-Tex) to set up a schedule of income tax rates, effective in time of war only, ranging UD to 80 Mr cent on hfrhmu bracket taxpayers.

The normal tax i or inciviauats in time of war would be fixed at 10 per cent (against the Present 4 ner eent and that corporations at 35 per cent. Corporations would be required to pay a war tax of up to 60 per cent on pronis in excess of 5 per cent. There would-be a. mrific --r tion of $5,000. Veterans' Post Lauded by Chief Simpson Pays Visit To Pensacola Unit i Albert W.

Simpson of Miami Beach, department commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, rated the local post yesterday as the "most outstanding post in the state." This is an official visit Commander Simpson is making to the local veterans and he is accompanied by his chief of staff, Paul Simpson of Miami, who heads his city's unit. "Pensacola is the largest post and at the present time one of the most active of them the department leader declared. He attended its regular meeting last night and from here his itinerary of official visits will carry him in DeLand, Fla. QUAKE RECORDED PASADENA. Calif, Sept.

19. California Institute of Technology seismological laboratory today reported a "large earthquake" about 6,300 milesj distant from here in an undetermined direction. Then, brisklyv the directors declared a 'per cent dividend. In southwest London, a time-bomb Jarred the motor car of the Duke of Kent, youngest brother of the sovereign. Rubble showered the machine.

The Duke got out. unhurt, and men and women slapped him on the back, "It's good to see you here," they cried. Incendiary bombs showered down on the Chelsea royal hospital, established in 1652 by Charles II. Awakened from their sleep, the 550-odd soldiers: there put out the Jv.ii across WetuclrJster bridge Royalty and Commoner Share London's Raid LONDON, Sept. 19.

King's brother and Chelsea pensioner felt the sickening concussion of German bombs, today and London, a bruised and weary giant of a city, pulled it self from tiie acrid smoke of the fiercest all-night attack of the war. Through fire lit streets, hundreds upon hundreds, trudged in the early morning from one deep shelter, smothered by the ruins of a big building, to others not so deep. In London's Chelsea, the pleasant Bohemia where James McNeill Whistler lived and worked, the people waved their and cheered from txe ruins of their homes for (TURN TO PAGE TWO) 4.