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HARLINGEN, McALLEN, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. SUNDAY, S^^TEMBER 8, 1940
CONSCRIPTION BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE
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TRY TO HALT
APPEASEMENT
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Finland President
Ill, But Not Dead;
Reynaud, Daladier
Also Are Held
Brownsville To Get
Largest Visitor
GAS COMPANY
SUES M’ALLEN
Baby’s Burns Fatal
In Apartment Blaze
Almazanistas Deny
Revolution Plans
8 Per Cent Profit
To Be Free Of Tax
FAMILY 0F4
IS WIPED OUT
BY ASSASSIN
Miss Philadelphia
Is ‘Miss America’
At Beauty Pageant
San Antonio Priest Is
Near Death
Issuance Of Bonds
May Be Halted
PRESIDENT OF
PARAGUAY IS
CRASH VICTIM
English Train Crew
Outwits Nazi Ships
HEAVY RAINS
SWEEP VALLEY
Senate Group Balks
At FD Market Plan
More Are Forecast
For Sunday
Finland—
Scandinavian
remove
woman
without
ASUNCION Piraguav — <4* —
General Jose Estigarribia. president
of Paraguay, and his wife
LONDON—Britain, in thj
thick of a back-to-the-wall fight
against German air siege, has not
forgotten that a victorious war
means an offensive war.
Officers say the British army
looks forward to a 1941 campaign
"somewhere in Europe ”
Troops will be the spearhead
of the offensive which the army,
from recruits to red-tabbed staff
officers, firmly believe will “win
the war.”
They !! be
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dmo where Estigarribia. hero of
the Chaco War with Bolivia, fre-
quently spent holidays.
Details Larking
Up to a late hour Saturday night
no details on how the acctdent oc-
surred were available.
Commander of Paraguayan armies
in the Chaco War and the nation's
hero in that conflict with Bolivia.
Gen. Jose Estigarribia
And Wife Killed
“war
cases.
They were plac-
ed in detention at
Chateau Chazernn.
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GEN. GAMELIN
IS ARRESTED
615-FOOT SHIP
DOCKS SUNDAY
Mrs. Leon Trotsky
Piles Up Evidence
Against F. Jackson
FBI, VALLEY
POLICE MEET
ELDORADO. Tex.—Fmello
Benavides. 29. Mexican half breed
ranrh hand, was charged here Sat-
urday night with the murder of
Henry Calcote, 31. Schleicher
county ranchman. The complaint
was signed by District Attorney
O. C. Fisher, San Angelo.
Changes May Balk
Senate Approval
Attempt Kidnap Of
Magda Lupescu
tures made by the Republican Na-
tional Committee. He said:
Answers Wallace
General Jose Estigarribia.
hero of the Chaco war and
now president of Paraguay,
was killed instantly with his
wife in an airplane accident
Saturday night.
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of
Valley citizens have received special
invitations to attend the rally for
Wendell Willkie. Republican presi-
tined for an unannounced foreign
port.
Docking for the record steamship
is exnected to attract a large crowd
of spectators to the Brownsville
NEW YORK—(4*>—War-swollen
factory payrolls have helped give
autumn retail and wholesale busi-
ness one of the best starts in many
years, trade reports indicated Sat-
urday.
The population flow back to
the cities since Labor Day brought
with it a big wave of buying at
the nation s retail counters, in tex-
tile. metal and other wholesale
markets.
Counting on further stimulus
from mounting arms spending and
expansion of payrolls in war in-
dustry. some trade observers fore-
cast the greatest autumn demand
for consumer goods and factory
materials in a decade.
1 leers dived and grappled in the city
greatly increased by the demands
of national defense, is working out
a program of close cooperation with
local officers.
resaca here from dusk until 9 40
pm for the body of Juan Herrera,
about 35. resident of a ranch near
here who. two witnesses said, fell
or jumped in the water 100 yards
below the Scott Brown Bridge.
Little was known of Herrera here,
but police learned he had been sick
for some time. Before locating the
body about where it was seen to
go down, workers were serious’v
hampered earlier by a near cloud-
burst of some 45 minutes duration
which filled streets from curb to
i curb.
HARLINGEN -Most of the Valley
| continued to catch up on the sec-
tion’s rain quota Saturday, many
sections reporting showers during
the day and night, while heavy fall
was again recorded at San Benito
and at some places along the river.
Residents of the section again
ienjojed lower temperatures which
came as a relief from one of the
hottest, dustiest Augusts ever ex-
perienced in the Valley. Sunday's
W party of peace, he spoke the truth
because I shall never lead this coun-
try Into any European war. And
when I say that I mean it”
~~ position. Some were already sug-
gesting
were I
killed Saturday night in an airplane
accident
The 52-year-old president and his
wife left Asuncion at noon to spend
the week-end at the presidential ,
country residence at San Bernar- rontnnwy It>
tended that since the War Depart-
ment actually planned to induct
no conscripts into the army before
the second week of November, the
national defense program would in
no way be delayed.
The opponents of the Fish amend-
ment on the other hand, sternly
charged that some were backing it
in an effort to “scuttle” the bill
and others for the purpose of post-
poning the actual draft until after
Damage Admittedly
‘Severe’ Sunday
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Rv The Associated Press
LONDON — (Sunday > — The
mightiest and the longest aerial
assault ever made upon this capital
raged for eight hours and 18 min-
utes Saturday night and early Sun-
day amid fire-reddened skies and
exploding bombs which did ad-
mittedly “severe" damage in the
heart of the world's largest city
The alarm which sounded at 8:32
pm. Saturday <1:32 pm. CST> fi-
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were "at least aremature.”
BROWNSVILLE—Valley chiefs of
police and sheriffs here Saturday
afternoon heard the Federal Bu-
rea! of Investigation's program for
close cooperation with local officers
in behalf of national defense.
The meeting, held at the Browns-
ville Chamber of Commerce, was a
closed session which was addressed
by Earl Richmond of the FBI.
Following the meeting. Mr. Rich-
mond gave nut a prepared state-
ment which stated that this was one
of a series of similar meetings be-
ing held with local officers m all
parts nf the country.
The meeting here had no special
significance, it was stated.
The Bureau, whose work has been
IRON GU ARDS
LONDON SEEN
RUSHVILLE, Ind. —(4»>— Wen-
dell L W ilkie. Republican nominee
for president, declared in a speech
at an open air meeting here Sat-
urday night that ”1 shall never lead
this country into any European war
and when 1 say that I mean it.”
‘I Won’t LeadU. S. Into Foreign War’ Says Willkie
WAR BUSINESS
• • • • •
ZOOMS PAYROLLS
BOOSTS SALES
Near Fleet street, the newspaper
center of London, pressmen and
llnotvpe operators thronged the
streets. They watched a plane
caught in searchlights.
“It’s ours.” said one. “Looka the
light it's showing and there am t no
anti-aircraft"
Off to the south there were re-
BUCHAREST. Rumania — OP —
Fifty Iron Guardists. armed with re-
volvers and dynamite, were re-
ported authoritatively Saturday
I night to have attacked former King
Carol's special train as it crossed
WASHINGTON —UP— The House
passed the Burke-Wadsworth peace-
time conscription bill Saturday
night but with a provision that
the actual draft be deferred for
60 days to permit further trial of
the voluntary enlistment system.
A vote of 207 to 200 reaffirmed
the earlier, tentative decision to
defer the actual drafting of men.
This provision is not contained in
the Senate bill and it. with other
changes, raised the possibility of
i time-consuming delay in getting the
two houses to agree on the final
form on the measure.
21-44 Age Limit
The House measure would require
all men between 21 and 44 inclu-
sive to register and make them lia-
ble to the draft, while the Senate
bill fixed the age limits at 21 to
30 inclusive.
The bill will now go back to the
Senate with a request that the
House amendments be approved.
The Senate will decline to do so,
and each chamber will appoint rep-
resentatives for the task of bring-
ing the two bills into conformity.
Since the 60-day postponement
provision was defeated in the Sen-
ate by only two votes any effort
by the conferees tn drop it—the War
Department is opposed to the pro-
vision—would encounter intense op-
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Ranch Hand Held In curring thuds of bombs.
Texas Tragedy
They have confidence in the
army's ability to "assimilate and
improve" Germany's technique
in the Polish. Flanders and
French campaigns and in this
nation's industrial ability to put
an army in the field fully equip-
ped for modern war.
Equipment, not training’ is the
biggest problem. Most officers
say there is not enough nnw to
permit a major counter-blow
against the Germans this fall.
That
mm-
then
-----j a compromise formula
which would involve retaining the
House’s aixty-day postponement and
the Senates age limit figures.
Amendment Argued
Up to the last, the postponement
amendment, whose author was Rep-
Fish <B-NY> was a subject nf deep
controversy. Its supporters con-
Mexico Derailment
Delays Train Runs
MEXICO CITY—UP—Traffic on
the Mexico City-Laredo line of the
National Railways was delayed 15
hours Saturday by derailment Fri-
day night near San Miguel Allende,
in Central Mexico, of a freight
train.
The train due here at 7:55 a m
from Laredo Saturday m >rning was
They declared 87 British planes
had been shot down to 26 German
losses.
Heretofore concentrating on air- I
ports, armament works and de-
fenses around London, the Ger-
mans said now industrial sec-
tions of London, the great harbor
works, and the east end suffered
heavily. East-end streets v
torn up so that traffic could not
continue, and at least two gas-
works were exploded, they said. |
dential candidate, to be staged when
the nominee visits in Amarillo the
morning of September 17. it was
revealed here Saturday. Most of
the invitations which were sent out
in the first batch mailed by Amar-
illo Willkie boosters, came to the
Valley, following report by J. A.
Clements of Angleton, who recent-
ly visited the Valley, that interest
in Willkie's visit is high in this sec-
tor.
Those to whom special invitations
vent out include J. M. West of
Houston, publisher: Van R Wiggins,
editor nf the Valley Morning Star.
Harlingen; W P. Briscoe, chairman
nf the Harlingen Texas for Willkie
Club: Grade Calloway. Edinburg.
Rio Grande Valley district chair-
man of the Texas for Willkie Clubs; I
lP. H Graning. McAllen. Hidalgo
Nounty chairman of the Texas for
Willkie Clubs; Si Casady, editor
LONDON —44b— Two Nazi air |
raiders were reported Saturday !
i night to have machine-gunned an
English train just after it had left
a station on the southeast coast.
The engine crew was said to have
shrouded the train under thick
black smoke and to have kept it
going. forecast calls for partly cloudy
Drowned Man Found
After 3-Hour Hunt
ELDORADO. Tex —<46- Bullets
from a 30-30 rifle wiped out the
Henry Calcote household of four
near here Thursday. Bodies of Henry
Calcote, 31, his wife. Dardanella
Calcote, 20. his daughter. Patsy
Irene. 2. and his mother, Mrs. Emma
Calcote. 69. were discovered Satur-
the border into Yugoslavia.
Amid a rain of bullets they shout-
ed that they wanted tn
Magda Lupescu. Carol's
friend The train sped on
■ stopping
Head For Canada
Meanwhile, some diplomatic elr-
’ cles here said Carol and Mme
Lupescu were planning to take up
their exile in Canada, where she
has large property holdings, after
Her husband tried to comfort her spending some time in Switzerland
WASHINGTON —0T— Opposing
President Roosevelt s request for a
4500.000 (mo fund to promote “order-
ly marketing’’ of western hemi-
sphere products, a bipartisan minor-
ity of the Senate banking commit-
tee Saturday called it “a grandiose
plan to control the world price of
commodities produced in North and
South America."
The minority report was drafted
under leadership of Senator Taft
'R-Ohio» who said loans to Latin-
American nations would be “futile,
wasteful, and unwise" and would
"seriously injure, and not assist,,
the producers of South America
and the farmers of North Amer-
ica.”
.......... j i April 30. 1939. and took his oath of
heavy daylight raid of hundreds office anrrd great public rejoicing
the following August 15.
Previously he had served a short
term as Paraguayan minister to
Washington.
Once Was Exiled
Estigarribia. who one* was exiled
from his country, abolished the rep-
resentative regime last February
18. assumed dictatorial powers and ,
drafted a new constitution for the
The gas cnmpan.i further contends FYo'fonco T* 1 j) n c Foi* avowed purpose of “protecting and
Bv The Associated Press
VICHY. France-The three high-
est leaders of the old France—
former Generalissimo Maurice Gus-
tave Gamelin and former Premiers
Edouard Daladier poaaup
and Paul Reynaud ' —
— were arrested
Saturday in the
blame"
were
in
BERLIN—<46— (Sunday) -An
unending German offensive by
all types of planes hurled "sev-
eral million pounds” of bombs
on London Saturday and last
night in an onslaught so gigantic
the Nazis said it put everything
previous “in the shade"
German sources emphasized the
tenacity of the British defenses,
but said the B^’ish were unable
to stem the cc nuous waves of
attacking plane*.
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VALLEY LEADERS ARE
INVITED TO MEET WILLKIE
HARLINGEN — A number
LONGEST RAID | ~Hero ~Lies^ ] DRAFT DELAY
FOR 60 DAYS
SAN ANTONIO—<46—Knowledge
of a revolution brewing in Mexico
over the disputed presidential elec-
tion was denied here Saturday by
Edwardo De Neri, campaign mana-
ger of Gen. Juan Andreu Almazan.
, radio anti-administration claimant to the
Saturday night broadcast a report ! presidency.
that President Kyosti Kallio, of Neri when asked about the pos-
WASHINGTON— <46—The Senate
finance committee decided Saturday
to exempt corporation earnings up
to eight per cent of invested cap-
ital from the proposed excess prof-
continued the struggle amid mili-
tary blunders when it was obvious
she could not win.
Daladier was premier when war
was declared: Reynaud took over
later and was in office until just
before the surrender Gamelin was
head of the Allied land forces un-
til he was ousted in favor of Gen-
eral Maxime Weygand.
Daladier. it was reported, was
taken into custody at his home in
Vaud use and as he was led away
he told his son:
"Whatever happens, remember it
was not I who lost the war."
Nazis Boast Of Gigantic Air Raid, Say Damage To Heart Of British Empire Is Terrific
aircraft to stop our planes were
unsuccessful," one source said.
“New waves of planes flew to the
attack as others rid themselves
of their bomb loads and flew
back to their bases.
"Tremendous damage inflicted
on the nerve center of the British
empire had to be paid with sac-
rifices but at this time the only
thing which appears important
is that the German air force
bombed London tn broad day-
light.”
in the west city limits. The Valley
gas company asks that the city com-
mission and all employes be
strained from selling any of the
bonds.
was
“strong forces." and was “in re-
prisal for the night raids of the
F“gli<h air force on nnn-military
• • in the Reich s terri-
tory.”
‘ Efforts of the British anti-
McALLEN—The Rio Grande Val-
ley Gas Company filed suit in 92nd
district court at Edinburg Saturday
against the Citv of McAllen seek-
ing to prevent the city from issuing
bonds for the construction of a mu-
nicipal gas system.
The court is asked to declare the
ordinance issuing $125,000 in reve-
nue bonds void and any bonds al-
ready issued to be null and void
The court also is asked to declare
a contract between the City nf Mc-
Allen and the Texas Automatic
Sprinkler Company of Dallas null
and void The contract is for con-
May Halt Bonds
The suit was filed for the No-
vember term of court and it is ex-
pected to have the effect of pre-
venting issuance of bonds because
it is the practice of bond attorneys
not to approve bonds where there
is litigation.
The Gas comnany contends that
the ordinance issuing $125 000 in
revenue bonds is illegal because the
city is attempting to bind itself by
agreement not to give anyone else
a franchise to sell and distribute
gas m McAllen while the bonds are
outstanding. They do not mature
until 1955.
Eyewitness Tells Of Raid
Willkie spoke to an audience ga-
thered for showing of motion pic- FV1 1 IIT TW* T ®
2 i 1 otal W ar Hits London
"Henry Wallace, the democratic
vice presidential nominee said re-
cently that the Republican party_was
the party of appeasement,
can mean two things.
"If he meant working out
promises with the dictators,
he was 100 per cent wrong.
"But if Mr. Wallace meant to say
that the Republican party is the
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BROWNSVILLE
vessel ever tn visit the Port of
Brownsville, the SS Panamanian,
is scheduled to doct Sunday after-
noon-at 4 o'clock, according to the
Philen Shipping Company, agent
Six hundred and fifteen feet long '
the SS Panamanian is 113 feet long- j
er than the previous record boat j
the MS Kimikawa Marti, which j
! scaled the tape at 502 fret.
The visiting vessel has a 67 foot I
beam, can 'load 15.000 tons dead-
weight. and has a 90 000 bale cubic
capacity, the agents state In compa-
rison. the MS Kimikawa Maru had a
62 foot beam, could load 9 604 tons
deadweight, and had a 59.000 bale
cubic capacity.
The SS Panamanian is sailing un-
der the registry of Panama, and
i will lift a heavy cargo here, des- hi^ attendini""phy'sicia7’Mid
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archbishop's life was only a matter Frank Jackson, confessed assassin
of hours.
The archbishop, whose 78th birth-
day will be Wednesday, was stricken
with a heart attack Thursday.
Visitors to the hospital Saturday
included RL Rev. Msgr. William
Turlings of Lafayette. La., a close
friend of the archbishop, and also
Most Rev. M S Garnga. coadjutor
bishop of Corpus Christi.
Bishop Garnga was consecrated cent.
by Archibishop Drossaerts. I French.
Signal Light Flashes
I saw a signal light in the glow
above the fires. For a few mo-
ments there was a steady fire of
guns, then flashes dotted the glow
over that section of the city.
A fire truck sped past The men
hanging on the back were sing-
ing. "Roll Out The Barrel."
The fiery glou turned familiar
sights into a fantastic dream-
u orld.
The Griffin atop Temple
Monument, which marks the
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Firemen Sing, Golfers Plan Matches, And
British Morale Remains High
J
near Chatel Guy- GAMELIN
•n The specific
■rcusatmns against them were not
(hade known, nor was anvthing di-
rectly said as tn their trial.
But the present government of
Marshal Philippe Petain in its long
preparations for a series of prose-
cutions against those it holds re-
sponsible for France’s fall has
charged that France was not pre-
pared for war. that her then heads
knew she was not and that they
that no city can give an exclusive
franchise for operation of any util-
ity and cannot legally contract away
these franchise rights. The gas
company’s present franchies would
not. however, be affected by the
city's agreement with regard to fu-
ture franchises.
Ne Nnlice Given?
It is claimed by the gas comnany
I that Article 268-A of the rexised
Texas Statutes provides that a city
! contemplates issuing bonds with-
out a vote of the people must pub-
weather
showers.
Seed beds and citrus got a good
wetting for the second straight day
as farmers rejoiced, their cotton be-
ing practically all harvested.
3 Inches In San Benito
San Benito experienced the sec-
tion's heaviest fall Saturday, a rain
in excess of three inches being un-
officially reported about dark Sat-
urday. At Thayer, on the river
below Mercedes, good rams were
also reported, the fall throughput
Saturday and early Saturday night
being estimated at approximately
one and one-half inches. The river
was reported as pretty low there,
and as being about normal upriver
its tax.
Chairman Harrison <D-Missi said
the change from the House bill was port,
made in the interest of simplifica-
tion. The House had voted to
exempt profits up to seven per cent '
of the first $500,000 of capital, and
up to five per cent on additional
capital.
VALLEY SUNDAY i 4 4
monitor-Jterald 10
■atarae m Mini •(*•> M aestaffic* t* BarHar**. Tasaa,
Many buildings were declared to
be shambles.
Authorized sources said 500
German planes took part in the
day's attacks against London.
in a special communique, the
high command said the rttack
the first yet made by
day after neighbors became alarmed
at their absence.
Bodies of Calcote and his mother
found at 1:15 pm. Saturday
the kitchen of their ranch hnm-*
10 miles north of here His wife and
baby were found in a pasture mid-
way between the Calcote home and
Eldorado,
Rifle Kills All
All were killed by shots from a
rifle. Officers placed the time of
the slayings as Thursday night
Officers and a hastily formed
posse are searching for a 29-year-
old Mexican employed at the Cal-
cote place off and on for the last
three years. Last Thursday he went
to the Jeff Enochs place adjoining
the Calcote ranch to work. x The
Enochs family saw him last at about
6 pm. Thursday. Mr. Enochs’ 30-36
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ATI.ANTIC CITY —./P- “Miss
Philadelph-a.” in real life Frances
Mane Burke, a 19-year-old. brown-
haired miss. Saturday night was
crowned the 1940 "Miss America"
at the annual beauty pageant
L .’i
I
in a
FORT WORTH—OP-Billy Simp-
son. 13 months nld son of Mr. and
Mrs. B C. Simpson, was burned
fatally Saturday when fire broke
out in the Simpson's south side
duplex apartment
Valleyites Invited To
Amarillo Meet
BERN. Switzerland—^—Swit-
zerland. whose sense of hospital-
ity is frequently at odds with its
anxiety to avoid political compli-
cations. prepared a subdued wel-
come Saturday- night for the fugi-
tive ex-Kin* Carol II of Ru-
mania. Federal authorities an-
nounced they had granted to the
deposed monarch the privilege of
a temporary stay in this country.
Thev kept secret the place at
which he will stop.
Rumania’s new dictator. General
Ion Antonescu, moved to consoli-
date his power by taking over four
cabinet posts and issuing sweeping
decrees providing investigations nf
persons who became wealthy under
Carol’s ten years of power.
The Guardistn bent nn removing
Mme Lupescu tried tn stop the
train at the town of Timisoara, it
was said here
The band nf 50 fired pistols and
threw stones The fireman on the
locomotive was reported seriously
wounded
Pursue The Train
A number of the Iron Guardists
seized another locomotive and pur-
| sued Carol’s train
Others took taxicabs and tried to
beat the train to the town of Jim-
bolia at the frontier. When they
reached there they were intercept-
— i ed by a company of soldiers which
20 Iron Guardists were arrested.
Here in Bucharest. General Ion
Antonescu, adopting the significant
title of "Chief of State." called
upon the Rumanian people today
to curse the memory of their for-
mer leaders.
Urges Curse On Leaders
The general. Rumania s military
dictator, went to the country by
radio to explain why he forced
abdication of King Carol II—it was
to "save my country” he said—and
suggested nationwide prayers Sun-
day "for forgiveness for our faults
which brought about the misfortune
of our brothers who remain under
foreign rule."
At the same time, he declared.
A NTON IO-oPi - A f t er
slight rally Friday night, the Most
Rev. Arthur J. Drossaerts. arch-
bishop of San Antonio, took a turn
for the W’orse and lapsed into
consciousness Saturday.
So grave was his condition, that
_ _. . I the Trotsky said Saturday she believed
of her husband, was present at a
previous attack on the Russian
exile's home May 24. The fatal
attack on Trotsky came August 20
Mrs. Trotsky testified before
Judge Raul Carranca y Trujillo
She said she based her belief on the
fact that various persons heard a
man in the May 24 attacking group
speak Spanish with a French ac-
Jackson has testified in
HELSINKI,
£sidio)-The
that President Kyosti Kallio, of Nerj when asked about the pos-
Finland. was considerably improved sible eventualities should Gen. Ma-
Saturday night after being seriously nuel Avila Camacho, adrrrtnistration-
ill for several days. backed claimant, be installed as
The radin said reports published president, replied that f the people posted for 10 p m Rail officials said
•broad that the president was dead of Mexico will have to resolve on cause of the derailment had not
By DREW MIDDLETON
LONDON—14*»—The glow’ of fire spread over sections of London
Saturday night as German raiders launched a night-time attack after
striking hard at the city late in the afternoon.
Taxis were huddled by the curbs and buses careened madly down
the Strand.
The city appeared dead at first but as you walked there was plenty
of life. Men and women in evening clothes, forsaking elegant dinners
at elegant restaurants, were madly flagging buses
"The children! Oh, the children!" cried one woman
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thing?”
reported that at least 65 German
raiders had been shot down against
18 British fighter craft.
Most Savage Blow Yet
The Germans struck this.
most savage blow yet to fall in the
battle for Britain, at 8:32 pm. <1:32 Estigarribia was elected president
pm CST» Saturday night after a A—h..
struction nf a gas line from the E The longest previous alarm was
M Card gas well in the eastern seven hours and 40 minutes Sep-
city limits to the industrial section tember 5-6.
Just after midnight, the Air Min-
istry—officially calling this "the
first big Nazi air raids on London—”
reported that at least 65 German
nally ended at 4 50 a m. today <9 50
p m Saturday. CST».
As dawn drew on. the great fires
set by Nazi incendiary bomb? (seem-
ed to be abating somewhat, but the
heavens still glowed red. and a pall
rJ,/\ IT ATT AT white smoke drifted overhead.
I IJ fl AL I II r, AL while fire eng.nes and ambulances
; still clanged about littered streets.
Authoritative sources described
the damage as “severe.” but urged «
observers to consider it in relation I
to the general war picture and to j
nreparations for just such an at- .
tack "and worse." which had been
expected ever since the war began
The full ferocity of the attack,
following an hour and 42-mtnute
raid Saturday afternoon, came in
the pre-midnight hours.
Damage Is High
Afterward, an occasional plane
roared over to drop bombs, and
searchlights still groped through
the morning sky.
Even after the “all clear." reports
still drifted in steadily of addition-
al dead and injured, of demolished
homes and damaged air raid shel-
ters Traffic was re-routed •" “
number of localities.
The longest previous alarm
seven
had been quickly summoned. About
cient boundary of the city of Lon-
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