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3-0 Berlin Opens Fire On Mystery Plane scon AND LANGHURST SCORE TOUCHDOWNS IN FOURTH PERIOD RAULY RUNAWAY GIRL IS FRUSTRATED IN THREATENED LEAP DEFENSE DNS BROUGHT INTO ACTION TWICE 8oom ASSUB SINKS BRUISHSHIP imBsss Si rtfs MTItKPIIfflVMI fcs ffswvi swsr SENATOR SCORED IN NEUTRALITY DEBATE FINLAND INTERRUPTS PARLEY WITH RUSSIA Unidentified Aircraft Files High Over Nazi Capital tNo Alarm Sounded BERLIN Oct c-Antiaircraft gtina protecting Berlin went into notion twice tonight at 10:30 and again more then an hour later against what the government described as a lone unidentified plane flying high over the outskirts unknown plane which due to Its high altitude could be ascertained only by motor noise was taken under fire at several an official announcement said Searchlights of air raid defenses swept the skies during the firing to the west and noth so close that flashes of the gunfire were visible from central streets of the city There was no air raid alarm however to send Berliners scurrying to bomb-proof shelters and no official explanation was forthcoming for the anti-aircraft fin The propaganda ministry admitted that enemy reconnaissance planes might have attempted to fly over the capital at high altitude Residents in many parts of the city heard the firing and saw the flashesL The United Press correspondent at Hamburg reported that there had been no evidence of enemy planes then British raiders prob-' ably would fly over or near Hamburg to reach Berlin The sky was clear with few cloudy ideal fof an air raid The first firing which lasted about 10 minute broke out about 9:30 to the wrest of the city At 10:45 the loud sound of firing came from the north and flashes of the fire were visible continuing for about 13 minutes Just befon the unexplained firming authorities had moved to pre-aba re the capital for any eventuality in the belief that with the ap-parent failure of Adolf Hitler's proposals for peace the danger of air lalds was Increased -Blackout regulations "which will be enforced with Iron were tightened 1 The Berlin police increased since the start of the war wren revealed to be punishing about 500 violators of blackout regulations every night A recent British announcement that British reconnaissance' planes flew over Berlin and suburban Potsdam dropping anti-Hitler pamphlets was ridiculed by German officials at the time Authorities announced recently that gunfln might be audible without an air raid alarm if enemy reconnaissance planes were detect- ed rather than raiding bombas SURVIVORS FROM BURNED FRENCH TANKER RESCUED American Freighter Saves Reports One Lost NEW YORK Oct 14 (M) The Black Diamond Line freighter Black Hawk headed for Boston today with 39 survivors of the French tanka Emile Mlguet who had ban believed lost when the 15435 ton ship burned 'at sea The Black Diamond lines headquarters here received a wireless from Capt Raymond Hodge of the Black Hawk that one member of the Emile crew had perished but that the others had been rescued An earlier message from the Black Hawk Indicated her position as 298 miles wrest of Bishop Rock a guide point on the southwestern coast of England "Have 39 survivors of the French steamer Emile Mlguet" Capt' Hodge messaged "One lost Am proceeding to Boston" -The Black Hawk Is due at Boston Oct 21 having left Rotterdam Oct 11 with 11 passenger all United States citizens NOVELIST MARRIES NEW YORK Oct 14-LB-Ollver Lafarge author ind authority on American Indians was married today to Miss Consuelo Baca socially 'prominent literary agent Navajo novel' "The Laughing won the Pulitzer prize In 193a He is president of the American Association on Indian Affqln De Corravont Completely Bottled Up As Buckeyes Cop Big Ton Tilt By JLH EMERSON COLUMBUS Oct 144U-Ohio State unleashed a smashing running attack 'behind a fast-charging line todhy to defeat Northwestern 13 to 0l In the opening Big Ten game fa both teams before a crowd of 55622 The two teams battled on even terms during a scontesa first half before the nifty ball-carrying of Quarterback Don Scott and Halfback Jim Strauabaugh turned the tide In the third quarter Ohio State bottled up heralded sophomore beck Bill De Corravont who showed a net yardage gain of only three yards In 12 attempts from scrimmage The blond halfback played lightly more than half the game His longest gain wu a 25-yard return of a kickoff In the lak quarter with Ohio State reserves In the game Hia longest scrimmage gain wu seven yards Scott 208-pound Junior from Canton plowed ova right guard from the one-foot line for the first Ohio touchdown on the initial play of the last period He added the extra point on a perfect placeklck Fullback Jim Langhunt plunged through center from the two-yard line midway In the same period for the second score Scott's attempted kick wu blocked Neither team could click with a pairing attack but Ohio piled up 257 yards 'from scrimmage against 90 for Northwestern Not a pais waa completed by either ride until late In the game when Northwestern snared three passu for a total gain of 40 yards -The first half see-sawed 1 between the two 20-yard boundaries except for one Ohio State drive that was stalled on the Northwestern 19 by futile pairing A quick kick tor 60 yards by Scott half way through the third quaiter caught Northwestern oft balance The bell sailed ova De head to the North western 15 and Straughbaugh ehased and tackled him oq the nine-yard line (hi a punt exchange Ohio took the ball on the Northwestern 45 Strauabaugh picked up 23 yards round right end and added 11 Ptee OHIO Page 9) GERMANY CHEERS U-BOAT VICTORY Claim 86000 Tons Of British Warships Destroyed BERLIN Oct 14 LB Sinking of the British battleship Royal Oak brought official Nul claims today that Germany had destroyed about 86000 one of British warshlpe In the first six weeks of the war (The British government hu denied any damage to Ita navy other than the sinking of the Royal Oak 29150 tons end the aircraft carrier Courageous 22500 torn) Goman officials asserted two airplane carriers (Courageous and Ark Royal) one battleship (Royal Oak) one unnamed heavy cruiser and one destroyer had been sunk and the battle cruiser Hood had been so seriously damaged it would be out of commission for several months Sinking of the Royal Oak brought smiles to the faces of Nazi officiate and some adopted slogan "England bend or Officials said the high command had received cryptic message from a submarine commander stating that he had torpedoed the Royal Oak but that a full report must await the return to Its home base News of the Royal destruction was first announced today by the British admiralty and soon thereafter confirmed by the German high command So gleefully was the news received that the exhlllration almost took on the proportion of national rejoicing out having to fiddle around with foot pedate or wobble-slick? be silly eh 7 Well take a look Get In one of the latest models start ha up "Hey! They forgot something! Whet How do you make her go without a gear-ehltlT And no clutch eitha!" How? Just move a little leva and step on the gas With the new drive automatic flywheel transmission eliminating dutch clutch pedal and gearshift the car literally operates Itself with the aid of accelerator and brake It tarta from standstill In "high" changing Ita own gears through first second and third until at 23 MFJf it enters (See AUTO SUOW-Paga I) 396 Others Rescued Whan Giant Dreadnought Royal Oak Is Sant To Bottom By STARK LONDON Oct Sinking of the Royal Oak one of Great Britain's 12 battleships with perhaps 800 of her men was announced today to a nation settled for a German war In earnest It was the second major German stroke of the war against British ea power to be announced here and the Indicated number of casualties for exceeded the 515 men lost when a German submarine sank the aircraft carrier Courageous on Sept 17 Jn disclosing the sinking of this 29450-ton warship of Jutland fame the admiralty said only that It waa believed aha wu the victim of "U-boat Subsequently In late afternoon the admiralty said the Royal complement approximated L200 officers and men and far then wu known approximately 396 had been uved Lists of survivors were being given out from time to time One ef them contained the name of the Royal Oak's commandu Capt Bonn The' first announcement by the admiralty said: "The secretary of the admiralty regrets to announce that Royal Oak is sunk It Is believed by U-boat action" A later communique uld: "The secretary of the admiralty announces that so far si is at present known the number of survivors from Royal Oak ta approximately 39ft "As already stated lists of survivors will be published soon as the names hevebeen received The complement of the ehip wu approximately 1200 The above figures Include both officers and In a statement tonight the admiralty uld German reports that 88000 tone of British warshlpe had been sunk were Incorrect It reiterated that there wu "no truth" In Nazi claims that the Hood had been put out of com-mtesion through German-inflicted damages The admiralty did not disclose where or when the disaster came to the Royal Oak which wu completed in May 1916 and was credited with linking four German hips In the Wald War battle of Jutland without damage to herself But she wu attached at the outbreak of the war to the second battle squadron of the Home Fleet and thus presumably waa in the North Sea The admiralty's announcement came only a few hours after It had asserted the British destroyed three German submarines "on Friday the Of these It wu reported today that two were of the large oceangoing type The naval correspondent of The Evening News called the lose of the Royal Oak "a bad blow for the navy" but "with the overwhelming supremacy In capital ships already In nine new battleships are now not a crippling (With the Royal Oak gone Britain has 14 capital shlpe-U battleships and three battle cruisers and France seven Germany hu only five Including three "pocket of 10000 tons each The United States hu 15 capital ships) MARYSVILLE YOUTH IS DROWNED IN LAKE ERIE Falls Overboard Into Water From 25-Foot Sloop SANDUSKY 0 Oct LB-John Morey 2a of Maryivlllo drowned this afternoon in Lake Erie after falling overboard flora a 25-foot sloop Coast Guardsman Franklin Schoenwulf said the boat wu piloted by Ray Kent 2a of Delaware 'who attempted to save Morey Two girl companions of the boy on the cruise were not identified Schoenwulf uld the sea wu "very and doubted that the body would be recovered Inside several days Water where Morey fell overboard Is 40 feet deep the guardsman said BADGE IS LOST COLUMBUS Oct 14-LB police badge No 2 missing and Officer Ramsey told Columbus authorities today he would appreciate Its prompt return If found Ramsey uld he missed the ehteld when he stopped at a uniform tailor shop here SOVICT-TURKISH PACT REPORTED Moscow Said To Have Gained Hold In Black Sea MOSCOW Oct lt-UB-Sovfet Russia and Turkey were reliably reported to have signed a pact expected to prove another link In the chain of diplomatic bargains by which Russia is extending ha power iron the Baltic to the Black Sea Unofficial but uiuaily Informed sources said that white the pact would guarantee certain Ruarian rights in the Black Sea and its outlet the Dardanelles its term were teas sweeping than some the Russians sought to obtain Official announcement of the accord was expected almost hourly It wu believed to clarify the relatione of Turkey and Russia in the light of their -tlci to participant! In the European war The Turkish foreign minbter Sukru Saracoglu has been In Moe cow nearly three wake negotiating the accord with the Kremlin Final stages -of the negotiations interrupted the talks between Russian leaders and the Finnish delegation which held Its second conference at the Kremlin tonight The Finns heeded by Dr Juho Kuatl Paariklvt remained there for more than two hours KAUNAS Lithuania Oct Parliament ratified the newly-concluded Russian Lithuanian pud today after a speech by Foreign Minister Juozae Urbsys in which he asserted that Russia gave assurances she would not Interfere In internal affaire Suggestion Take British Possessioneln Caribbean Brings Barrage WASHINGTON' Oct Lundeen Farm Laborlte Minnesota suggested during Senate neutrality debate today that the United States seize British poa-sesslons In the Caribbean in payment for the war and let himself In for a denunciatory barrage trgpi administration supporters In the course of a speech opposing repeal of the arms embargo Lundeen said that If United States armed forces took over the British West Indies "there wouldn't be a (Shot because of the European conflict "They (England and France) are pretty busy on the western he observed When he had concluded white-haired Senator Connally Democrat Texas arose to speak on behalf of embargo repeal and promptly lashed out at proposition "He's opposed to Connalr ly observed acidly "but he wants us to send our Navy down to take the Bahamas by armed this man of peace! If we wanted these Ulinds the way to get them would be to negotiate for them at the conference table by peaceful "It seems to me been sitting around the conference -table for 20 Lundeen Interjected Connally asked Lundeen 'to confirm that he had advocated taking this Islande ijy force while England warfighting Germany "I'm thinking about the United States not the position of England" the Minnesotan declared "These are American islands we need them for navel bases and air bases we want Germany to get them and now's the time for us to get "Now that England has a knife at her Connally supplemented a lofty time for a great nation like ours to take "It remind put in Sena- (See Page S) MURDER LAD) TO CLEVELAND KILLER Kingsbury Run Blamed In New Torso Casa NEW CASTLE Pa Oct A Cleveland detective said tonight he believed an unidentified man found decapitated In a dismal swamp near here wn killed by the "mad butcher1 of Kingsbury the unfound 1 slay a of dozen persons In the Ohio city Police said the local case resembled Cleveland's baffling torso murders in several respects The body found yesterday was stripped of clothing end the heed still missing severed with a sharp knife or ax The mutilated remain! were partially burned over a wood fire in an apparent attempt to conceal the victim's Identity The' charred body was thought to be that of a woman until an autopsy disclosed the aex No weapon was found end only meager clues to the victim's Identity turned up Detective Peter Merlyo In charge of Investigating the Cleveland killing sald after a conference with 'local authorities the murderer of Kingsbury Run and the Mayer of the man here1 "was the same person and he wont be found in Cleveland Pittsburgh or New The New Castle slaying was "committed by a like those in he said Police had believed the victim was a girl until Dr David Perry announced after an autopsy that the torso was that of a man presumably between 20 and 30 years old about five feet six Inches tell and weighing about 120 pounds MOPS CLOSED TO PUBLIC BALBOA Canal Zone Oct In order to prevent possible sabotage by persons or organizations having Anti-American feelings United States naval vessels stationed in the Canal Zone will not be open to the public Navy Day Oct 27 NAZIS BELIEVED PREPARING DRIVE Hitler Reported Establishing Headquarters At Front PARIS Oct Sudden and unexplained inactivity on the German side of the front lines waa followed today by reports from neutral countries that Adolf Hitter and Col 1 Gen Keitel Nazi chief of the high command of the armed forces wen establishing headquarters on the western front These advices did not say the German fuehrer end general were at the front but that Hitler's headquarters was being set up at Aachen on the Belgian frontier and that General Keitel had taken personal command on the western front Some military experts took these reports as an Indication the long-expected German offensive might be In preparation The high command communique tonight reported the only German patrols active were in two lectors on either side of the heavily fortified German industrial city' of Saarbruecken The communique said these patrols south of Zweibruecken In the sector east of Saarbruecken where the Saar River cute Into France had been repulsed well those operating west of the river As a the French destroyed three of the five railway bridges ova that section of the Rhine which fame the French-German boundary particularly to guard against a surprise German attack on the southern flank The northern flank of the front between the Moeelte and the Rhine has been suspiciously quiet since Thursday Meanwhile British troops moved steadily toward the front and regiment after regiment of French artillery took up their positions gainst the possibility that Germany might try an offensiva before winter seta In NEW SEARCH PLANNED FOR AMELIA EARHART Erie Manner To Leave Honoluin Monday For South Seae HONOLULU Oct 14-LB-A new search for Amelia Earhert waa announced today by Eric Manner who said he would leave Honolulu Monday In the 95-foot schooner Hanner said he would vend a year In the South Seu searching for Miss Earhart and Edward Noonan who were lost in the south Pacific July 2 1937 while on a flight around the world Extensive searches by the Navy of the sea within miles of whet Miss Earhert waa laet reported proved futile The Valkyrie will be manned by a crew of two or four besides Mr and Mrs Hanner Hanna said he was convinced that Miss Earhart is at ill alive probably marooned on some South Sea isle Delegation Hastens Horn a Foreign Minister Outlines Policy To HELSINKI Oct Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko said In a radio broadcast to the United States early today that Finland could not accept a broposal "which would strengthen the security of one side at the expense of the other" in the present negotiations with Soviet Russia As he spoke delegation to a conference with Russia waa hurrying home after an unexpected decision to Interrupt the Moscow conferences fa a report to the Helsinki government A government spokesmen earlier said the move did not mean negotiations had been broken off Erkko said Finland was seeking a solution which would "contribute to the feeling of safety In this part of Europe where we live" "But a solution which would strengthen security on one side at the expense of the other and which would weaken the possibilities of either to assure Its vital Interests and to protect Us free national life or threaten the Integrity of nations or Its declared neutrality cannot be approved by he declared "This is the question that is at the present moment occupying the minds of the people in this corner of Europe" Observers Interpreted his statements as Intimating the Soviet government had asked not only tor territorial concessions to establish naval bases but also a mutual assistance pact similar to those with Estonia and Latvia The foreign minister said: "A future end fete depend In the end on Its own will to defend Its elementary rights' and freedom against all aggression "I cannot refrain from availing myself this opportunity to give an expression of the sincere gratitude felt by the people of Finland to the people of the United States as a whole and to President Roosevelt head of your etate and your government fa the friendship end morel support you have shown us which we understand were Intended to create circumstances on the besli of which in the present situation could be found a peaceful moderate QUAKE IS RECORDED LOS ANGELES Oct earthquake of sufficient Intensity to rattle windows and dishes was felt today in beach cities and towns southwest of Los Angeles The temblor wee recorded at 9:58 a PST (12:56 EST) on the seismograph at California Institute of Technology The quake was not felt In Los Angeles Long Beach residents felt a brief but harp earth movement HOVE LEVER STEP ON GAS IN LATEST AUTOMOBILES Feature Index Page lection IB Picture Past Second Barton Dr James MD Second Book Review I Society Crossword Puzzle a Second Driscoll Charles 4 Main Editorial Main Fashion Pattern Second Fraternal Mews 8 Sports Helen and Warren 7 Second Industrial News 8 Sports Kathleen Nome Second Musle Notes mmiiiimm Society Mews Picture Pase SMaln Mews Serial Story 7 Second Observer The 4 Main People's Forum 4 Main Poet Emily 7 Second P-T A Motes 7 Society Radio Programs Society Ripley Believe It Or Not 4 Sports Suburban News 6 Main Sullivan Mark 4 Main "ofSun Serial Story 7 second Theater Notes Society Trends of the Times 4 Main Cernlr SertlM COMICS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY By ROGER GREENE NEW YORK Oct 14-LB-The family chariot still might do to haul ashes but about after a glimpse at the 1940 motorcar on display at the National Automobile Show which opens tomorrow Longer lower and roomier dazzling In rainbow hues from Bermuda green to beige pearl the four-wheel debutantes now poised to parade the highways of tomorrow boast Innovations that In some aspects at least make last model sa antiquated the horseless carriage of the goggles-and-duster era You still have to steer and step on the gee The day when the drlva can make a fourth at bridge lacks a few rays of dawning But how about stepping Into a car and driving away with Major Football Scores Wittenberg 33 Bluflton 0 Ohio State 13 Northwestern 0 Notre Dame 20 Southern Methodist 19 Pittsbrugh 14 Duke 13 Columbia 6 Army 6 (Tie) Carnegie Tech 31 Case 0 Pennsylvania 6 Yale 0 Cornell 30 Princeton 7 Tulane 7 Alabama 0 Temple 13 Texas Christian 11 Minnesota 13 Purdue 13 (Tie) Southern California 36 Illinois 0 Oregon 6 Calilomia 0 Washington State 6 Washington 0 Catholic Central 14 Marion St Mary 0 i x-.