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XXI. NO. 221 MCE mm v. s. Pr Bnmm mm BOMB REDUCES DOVER HOTEL RUINS Four Alarms Over NazisSay Men Wmriagh 35 London During Day London To Be Registered i ite Ruined Only A Few Bombs Dropped And Damage (Appears Light; GerrnansApparently Peacetime Draft Legislation Passed By Both Houses And Sent To White House Testing Coast Defenses; Neutrals Warn Bt LOUIS P.

LOCUNER Of Danger Period Today'; President's Signature Expected BERLIN, Sept. WV London will "bt bombed relentlessly unlpss it I Joon turrenders, a well-informed source told foreign newspaper, men today. ri ranee Fears I WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. (AP)Peacetime draft This spokesman declared that one third of England's war potentials legislation, reduirinjj registration of approximately 500,000 men 21, through 35 for military training, was h- (By the AiMOrUlcd Iren) LONDON, Sept.

-14. German -raider nwice dropped bombi In tna London area today, carrying on their Ions campaign' of attrition, while neutral military sources declared that the next hours "Is a period of Intense danger of Invasion to Britain." Four times up to late afternoon are within the British capital, ks well as 46 per cent of the nation's ImpoiU an that the city therefore Complete Occupation nally approved bV congress today arid dispatched to the WhiteJIous, ii a mUitary objective or the first The President's siirnature enactine it into law is expect t' macnltude. None In Future ed td be affixed earlyiext week, setting in motion machinery which will sendhe first 5,000 draftees to camps French Still Bitter Against "No city of the future will be the city's lr raid sirens sounded. in November. bullt'along London's lines," he said.

British But Now Hope for Their Victory "The attack on London was un y) the third all-clear coming at 5:05 p. (11:05 a. m. Eastern Standard Time). rhtnuige Light Tne nouse tooc tne nnat legisia- the step this afternoon when lt ap- dertaken as a measure1 of retaliation Knox Says By The Associated Press for months of planless bombing of CHANCY.

Swltierland, at Uie proved a cqmpromlse between senate and house versions of the con-scriptioh measure a short time after Cermcn civilians and non-military I There was no specific indication K. rench border. Sept. 14 P) De It). S.

Fleet objects by the British." this source as to damage but It appeared to feated France, struggling to solve the senate gave its assent by a 47 to Insisted. A be light. Much of the Nails aerial actlv serious economic and political prob -The British apparently now NEA Tclephoto This cablephoto shows the bomb -shattered remains of the Grand hotel at Dyer, England. The bomb' that reduced it to ruins injured Guy Murchie, Chicago Tribune war correspondent, and killed his Australian assistant, Stanley Johnson. Murchie was sent from Chicago to EhglanaSat the outbreak of "Greatest" lems 'engendered by a disastrous! think because thejt havent bombed Ity seemed intended to tes Bri war, fears that the Germans mav Oermtny In the past two nights we take over the entire country with- therefore.

ouitiThey apnar. the war. At right and left of hotel (center) are other bomb-wrecked structures. tain coastal aeienses. The Royal Air Force, mean-while, went on with its urgent as- In a tew weeks, travelers returning tntly look tt lt football match HONOLULU, Sept.

14. Intensive study of the United from the unoccupica rone aecuueu where mor onfone side Is evened 24 vote. A-'AA. A A "'-'A-y; noase Vom; The roll call 'Vqte In the house as announced as 232 to 124. 'The final version included pro- vision fo rthe president to take over Industrial plants, "on a rental basis, when necessary to get defense or- dera filled expeditiously.

The senate's action came jrfter lt had sent the bill back Jo a joint Ignment: -to aiash the bases from States fleet In action has convlnc WillkiePuts today. up by an error on the other. ed Secretary of the Navy Frank Swiss Concerned German Brilkb which the Nazis might be expected to launch their lnraslon-at tempt across the Channel. Senaterln Quandary Oi Knox It Is the "greatest" la the 8wIm leaders also were saio to 'Vmi caht fiaure human values Senator Says A ForeignAgents Caused Blast FDR With world. be concerned over the prospect of way 0ne oerman life may be Channel IUses Hit m.V control of the entire Lmrthten British lives and more Secretary Knox, seated last iub mr uimiwut t.

ni. night In a hotel room from whose iciku-owiob uwuti, i -j-ne tact is, me uerman peopie bombers in strong force last night TaxMeasure renate and house conference com Dictators link between SwlUerland am ndow he could see a portion of were challenged by continuing Brit Attacked German shipping In har mittee by a 27 to 33 vote last night outsldt world free of Axis domina ish attacks and now the German with tnstruOlene its eonferees to tion. bors-Md-docks on the French, and Belgian coasts, adding that barge peoples' alrforce Is giving Its reply, Only Four Men in the World (At Vichy, the Petabr government If the British havent been over Must Either Reverse Former Decision or Discard the concentrations were wrecked and insist on the 'adoption of a house-approved clause giving the government power to commander indus WASHINGTON. Sept. 14.

The senate found Itself in a quandary today over excess profits tax Consider Themaeflrea In here in the past two nights lt is not ock facilities set aflame at Bou met last night to study the question pf food substitutes. The French thefleet at anchor In Pearl harbor, spoke with quiet conviction: "TheNjnlted States baa the greatest, the most powerful, and the most effective fleet on the high seas anywhere in the world." The secretary had lust returned from a five-day Inspection of dispensable. He Declare! Work of Finance Commi because they didn't try. but because gne. Calais, Dunkerque, Ostend they couldnt.

tee trial plants where the owner proved recalcitrant about accepting or speeding up defense legislation. It had eltheito reverse Itself on a Ux formula itapproved earlier this vear or to throw. Into and Antwerp. The bombing of press began preparing the nation for severe restrictions a the full Import ofihe $8,000,000 dally cost EX ROUTE TO KANSAS CITY, barges near Rotterdam also was "General' Weather and 'General Fog; allegedly England's powerful Sept. 14 vf) Wendell L.

Willkle, KENVIL. Sent. 14. fV- i ji a ik. hirii This provttlbn, much more crastlo reported.

-y: ULP UUWUU WW iwww v. I of maintaining the German army ol campaigning through the corn, belt. allies, are proving to be the British-1 Activities of "foreign agents" were wnrk b- 1U flnance commit, lhe neet aumK wr exercise. ir Weather conditions in the Chan tlon was brought home.) at sea. said today at Joliet, 111., that four men In the world Hitler, Musso nel were described as slightly less travelers asserted the Oer- than a compromise version previously written Into the measure by the conferees, was adopted quickly by Uto joint committee and the "The fleet personnel, botbxen- tee.

This situation was created by a trs' big enemies. While I don't claim no more British planes will reach Germany I do say they can't come farorable for sea-borne Invasion lini, Stalin and President Roose ans virtually nave empueo. uie lUted men and officers, Is the, than for some time. A stiff breezel move by Senator LaFollette (Prog- move oy rawr occupied gone of reserve stores of velt regard themselves as indis over In large formations." ure returned to the senate for tense pride of every American ctU- Wta) to sen who love. hi.

country he was blowing and there was mist blamed today by Senator Barbour R-NJ) for the expllosloni1 at the Hercules Powder company that killed at least 48 and within five frightful minutes blasted more than a score of buildings of the 2,000 acre plant. Bond Checked food and such merchandise as tex pensable." This source said a civilian with n. over the French coast. tiles end rubber. recommenaea jjy uic wuuiuk "I don't happen to think so, said.

drawal from London would simply (Continued en page 6. column 7) While the. army, navy and RAF Germans alone are able to added the Republican presidential Both the Navy and the Army make things worse for the city repared to "repel boarders' goods, for there Is no regular need more and better bombing people, who then would be exposed nominee, whose voice was extremely hoarse as a result of a heavy Continued on Page 5. Column 3 other which would tax at excess profits 411 earnings over those equal to eight pci cint of a corporation's invested capital plus an initial exemption of .15,000. 4 A.

rail service, ana onor vne uerman La Guardia Says G.O.. P. Sought Aid planes, Secretary Knox said. to hunaer, rain and cold. "Evacuation Is Murder While state police checked mem and better anti-aircraft defenses speaking schedule In Chicago yesterday.

mUitary authorities, have the gasoline to operate truck transports. (Continued on Page Five. CoL 5) also are needed both at Labalna "Evacuation is plain murder." the bership "rolls' bf "the Oerman-American Bund against the roster of Dancer For Hitler Changes Her Name "We have a man In the United NEW YORK. SeptH VfV-May- roads and Peart harborbe ad source declared. ded.

or La Ouaraia asserteatpaay wibi Impreved Version, Tin. plan, LaFollette said, is an "improved version'' of one which he nut forward several -months ago and 'The area around the capital' he raid, was industrial and contained States who aays: 'I am Indispensable because of my knowledge foreign Was it extraordi Japanese Drop Bomb On Canadian "Republicans begged me xm thelr knee. to iupport WWl: beforehls speech Thursday night endorsing numerous military objectives. Union President which the senate then wrote into "We decline to accept the-guilt Ship Accidentally plant employes, Senator Barbour In a statement In Washington said he believed "when the facta are known, lt will be discovered that It (Thursday's explosion) was due as in the case of the Black Tom (Jersey N. disaster of the pre-World War period to the activities of foreign agents.

the session's; first defense tax Mil. Convicted Of Theft nary skill when he tried to promote the Munich pact? "Frankllrt D. Roosevelt has han President Roosevelt. for what Is now happening in Lon "And Prvor know, that and so It was eliminated from that meas don," he continued "England declared war because we brought Dan- e. PITTSBURGH.

JSept. Mariam Verne. 21-year-old entertainer whose dancing won favor from Adolf Hitler, has changed fcef stage name, her mother said today, because she wag victim of anti-Nazi persecution which caused her embarrassment and cost her engagements wherever he' went." ure subsequently by a senate TOKYO, Sept. 1 4. WP The dled foreign affairs in the iabt seven years In a bungling and in NEW.

YORK, Sept. 14. UPh-George Bcallse, former president house conference committee. rig back into the Reich. Her gov does Congressman Martin," he added, referring to Rep.

Joseph W. Martin. Republican national chairman, and Samuel F. Prycr, Japanese Admiralty announced tonight that naval filers acciden competent way. One day ho is an erhmcnt made the worst mistake The finance committee, on I the of the Building Service Employes' Interventionist.

The next day he Investigations other hand, proposed after approxi- tally dropped a test bomb on the International Union I AFL), was In addition to Uie New Jersey weelt 0f hearings and any military leadership can make, namely in underestimating the enemy's possibilities' and overestlmat- Canadian liner Empress of Asia, rnnvictprf earlv today on rive is an Isolationist. Whatever crowd he happens to be talking to is what he advocates." (Continued on Page Five, Col. 6) injuring' four Chinese crewmen- study that excess profit, be deter countsof an Indictment accusing Mrs. Albert C. gtaley jsald her The navy at once sent surgeonsMng its own.

him tit stealing $9,662.27 of the The British government has the and official representatives aboard Jr Republican eastern campaign manager. The. mayor's remark, wers prompted by Pryor's criticism of Uie speech. Exiting Carol union's funds. daughter Is now pursuing her career under a.

new billing no longer as "the girl who danced for Hitler." She declined to disclose possibility of saving London, even to give what assistance they could mined on. the basis of a corporation's average earnings from 1936 to 1939, inclusive. The corporation be allowed an 8 per cent wff niu tin ooo flat exemption. van oral aeiwlnns court iurV. now after 5.000 lives already have and express prompt apologies.

ater deliberating for 1 1 and General Motors To Make Machine-Guns WASHINGTON, Sept, 14 W) -The War Department announced an The announcement said there been lost, from the fate of Warsaw. The German air force will continue the new name. three-quarters hours, reported convidtlons on four count, of Gold Star Mothers Day Proclaimed WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 President Roosevelt, by direction of a congressional act, today proclaimed the last Sunday in Septem was no other damage. The Inci Beginning consideration of the dent occurred while a naval squad third degree forgery and on one Its relentless attacks unless the British government acts." tax bill yesterday the senate gave but listless attention a LaFollette agreement 'With General Motors Corporation 'today for the mass iMany Weapons Used In Negro Feud ron was in bombing practice off Oshlma Island.

count of grand larceny. The Jury coiAd not agre on five remaining and Senator Vandenberg (R-Micn) production of machlne-gur at an ter of this and of each succeeding ttjicked the committee measure counts of grand larceny. estimated cost of 681.000.000. year as Gold Star Motner'a Day. Contracts Salle face, a maximum aen- and Chairman Harrison (D-Missi ROCKY MOUNT, N.

C. Bept. 14 tence of five years on each forgery defended. It, scene of the battle, aP' State Scores 9.6 Per Cent Population In Barcelona SITOES. Spain.

Sept. 14 Former King Carol ofNRumanla up temporary residence today to a hotel overlooking the Mediterranean coast. 18 miles southwest of Barcelona. He left his special train with his red-haired friend, Magrta mpescv her four dogs, and ten member, of his retinue last night and reserved four rooms for himself on the main floor cf the hotel count and ten year, pn the grand proprlately enough, was Blood- Pencil To Be Draftee's First LetFor larceny charge. field, a section of Rockr Mount.

mme Bomb Ruins -In. recorder's court it appeared a negro family named Battles Palace Gateway Weapon To Attack Questionnaire TOMATOES 8HIFFED OAFFNEY, Sept. 14 (AV- The Plane Motors WASHINGTON. Sept. 14 WV SoUth Carolina scored a population used a broom, a heated flatlron will have to be returned in five LONDON, tiept.

14 A time a shotgun, a walking htick and Increase of 9.6 per cent, between first commercial load of from Cherokee county was sold this By E. C. Daniel WASHINGTON. Sept. 14.

-WVr days. On the basis of the replies the bomb exploded In front of Bucking several rocks In a feud with 1330 and 1940. WASHINGTON, 14. (P) The War Department announc week savannah. Oa.

local selective service boards will ham palace today and demolished a family by the name of Fox whose Preliminary returns from theV The prospective draftee'a first wea ed today the awarding of contracts arrange the classifications of po-' huge gatepost and a secytion of iron weapons wei a pistol once used 1940 census, as reported, today by the Census Bureau, showed that pon will be a well-eharpened pencil or a well-filled pen. Young King Mihai Welcomes Mother totalling more than S239.000.000, tential consrrlDts. For example. If a during the Spanish-American war, lencirg. including one for the manufacture The miisile presumably was drop' Eouth Carolina Increased 4 from man's wue was an mvaua ana ne And his first order under the stick and a pop bottle, Injuries weje minor.

fr of RbllstRoyce airplane engines by Back From Exfle; People Pleased ped yetterday when jfjye other bombs 738.165 to UW5.815; compulsory military service pro was her sole support, he obviously wuld be qualified for deferment. the Packard Motor Car. Company. fell on the palace and hbLpresence in the capital. BUCHAREST, Sept 14.r-WV- gram due to become law In a few days will be to attack a question of Detroit, at an estimated cost The eight pages of questions axe Tourists Praised By N.

Y. Police i ne meeun. oi -1 Young King Mlbal. sttft and for of 162,448.000. divided into 13 series covering these i king and his mother, wno was naire more lengthy than an Income WHERETO GO Number Not Told" mal in the uniform of, a Rumanian general subjects: ,4 Ux blank and as searching as a For Cooperation, Then Get Ticket The number of engines covered IX GREEXWOOp general, welcomed hiss mother.

divorced from Carol II and exiiea by ilm a decade ago, occurred In the very station through which .1. Physical condition" (men with census-taker's list of Inquiries. CHARLOTTE. N.1 C. Sept.

14. by the contract was not disclosed and Mrs. Welborn volunteered that TODAY certain physical handicaps will be Princes. Helen, borne, from ten By this means, assuming congress she was 6ft the scene all the time immediately. A' tentative agree raced the bullet-riddled train bear STATE: George Raft, Ann Sheri deferred.) year, of exile, today.

A- finally approves a 21 through 35 age At court, a lieutenant was as' The meeting between the serf range, the government expects hun ment with Packard to go ahead with arrangements for production of the Rolls-Royce engines, under founded to find a tourist who dan, Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lu-pino, to "They Drive By Night" with Gale Patrick, Alan Hale. loua-faced. 18-vear-old monarch 2. Dependency (those with dependents who rely them for support, will be deferred.) 3, Information for military and would take up her time to see Jus dreds of local draft boards to find out how many of the ISAOQJWO.male STATETv Late show at 10:15, ErrOl a license from the British holder of the patents, had been reached and the tall, ch'eaut-halred Grecian princess took place at the border railway station of JlmUo- lice done. The Welborns were true cltlsens.

he said. He had citizens in that age group will be eligible and qualified for military Flvnn In "The 8ea Hawk" with navatauthoritles (to become a part them chauffered back to their au "-PrDnke Welborn thinks Officer McNally of Manhattan precinct No. New York City, is a 1. bit too conscientious; -v It all started with a vacation in -the big Mr. and Mrs.

Welborn parked on Fifth' avenue one fine morning. When they met again at the car Mrs. Welborn was watching an Infuriated street 1 cleaner attempt to convince a motorist with the aid of a shovel that tie motorist had violated the law previously." Brenda Marsfiall. Claude Rains. l)a.

service. It also had announced contracts tomoble In a patrol car, of each drafted soldier', army record); Despite an official announce for the purchase of 176.396,892 CAROLINA: Johnny Mack Brown. Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knl.fit to Today Welborn received a let The questions number more than 100. They ask everything from the ing the abdicated Carol and his friend Mme. Magda Lupescu Into exile six days sgo.

crowds of cheering Romanians threw flowers at the exact spot where a group of Iron Ouardist. were arrested a. they attempted to slop the former ruler's train. The royal train Immediately be-gatfjheslpw ret urg Journey, to Bucharest wiij many scheduled stop, to permit public ovations for the king and his mother, who I rt her villa In Italy yesterday. ment that General Ion Antonescu, worth of Fighter airplanes from ter from New York a summons 4.

Religious convictions against war. If anv (those with a well- the nation'. military dictator, have to appear Monday In West of Carson City." Chapter No. 3 "Adventure, of Red Ryder state of health of a man's wife to whether he. himself is In jail Not would accompany Mihat.

the gen the Be.ll Aircraft-Corporation of N. and the Republic founded record as conscientious objector, will be exempted from com- eral remained in Bucharest for wtlh Don "Red" Barry all of them will have to be answer Aviation Corporation at Farming- traffic court to speak for himself or Send a check for $5. Officer the cop on the Fifth avenue beatt-wovld be on hand to teTl trstate reasons." -SrjTDAY ed byany one.reglstrantJ)utj)nli dale, Long Island, NY. hen his automobile struck the those which apply in his case. tleaner'i fTt batant service.) 9.

Legislative, executive and dtclal officials (various high gov-' (Continue! on Page Five, Col. 5) fmateTy 1 20,000,000 worth of other miscellaneous contracts were Rumanian, expressed, belief that new disputes with Moscow ovir a frontier Incident required CHURCHES: Services at all local churches. Attend the church of 'your choice. The questionnaire will be dis all A patrplraan came up, asked If tributed toon alter registration and announced. The charge: parking overtime anybody mad seen the fight start, t-" P-Ap.