Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS political campaign opens up as ickes replies to willkie acceptance speech canada LL U S defense board formed fierce nazi bombing raids continue E EDI TOIlS NOTH NOTE when opinions opinion are expressed in these columns colum ni they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper new paper released nel ne eaid leased by western newspaper union at W M 6 N n M aw IS v Q k 1 special chairs were reserved for hitler and Musso mussolini lint at the bo empire tea party held recently in london by the he overseas league to celebrate the then non arrival of the he dictators highlight of the evening was the scene pictured above when a telegram legrain te was received by the marquess of willingdon purporting to have come from hitler and mussolini apologizing for their reticence on this day of days which incidentally was victory day the he first day hitler said he would be lu in london ACCEPTS and takes stand in flag bedecked bedecker elwood ind wendell lewis willkie accepted t the he republican presidential nomination and gave an outline of the political philosophy that is in my heart mr willkie stated his belief in la a bors right of collective bargaining old age pensions unemployment in su burance sura rance regulation of security markets banking and interstate utilities rural electrification minimum wages and maximum hours and the existing farm program of hla his foreign policy he said 1 I would do everything to defend american democracy and I 1 would refrain from doing anything that ln in aured it I 1 trust I 1 have made it plain that in defense of america and our liberties I 1 would not hesitate to stand for war our way of life Is in competition with hillers Hit litt lers way of life of defense he said some form of selective service Is the only democratic way in chih to assure the trained and competent manpower we need the first task of our country Is to become strong at home ile he challenged the president to meet him in face to face debate wild harold in what was declared before delivery to be the administration answer to the willkie speech secretary of the interior harold ickes original third said the president could not adjourn the battle of britain on which american traditions may depend to ride the circuit with mr willkie Will kle said wild harold it if mr is so eager for a debate I 1 suggest he challenge his running mate senator mcnary with whom he Is at greater variance on domestic and foreign issues than his speech of acceptance shows him to bo be with president Roos roosevelt evoIL DEATH in the Alter afternoon noon without a combat soldier being landed on her shores england feels the threat of invasion tor for the first time since william the conqueror thousands of german planes in daring daylight raids bomb british airfields and munitions factories germans bombed london in 1916 18 but never with invasion as the objective whether england can keep the nazi fliers from her industrial defenses is the real test maj alexander P sky american plane designer believes ile he says england will vill win or lose in the air it if NAMES NAME S in the news louis johnson who resigned as assistant secretary of war when henry stimson became secretary may bo be given a higher job joining the white house secretariat as coordinator of national defense edward J noble connecticut republican who has been associated with the new deal as assistant secretary of commerce resigned to devote my time to national defense the following day he joined the willkie camp death claimed walter P chrysler sr who began industrial life as a mechanics helper and became one of the leaders in the automotive field ile he carried life insurance su rance the famous dionne quintuplets Quintuple ts were given their first communion pone plus cabled a message germany gains the mastery in the air over england the american expert believes it will bo be insignificant from a military standpoint whether it then decides to land troops or lay waste to england by systematic raids ile ho believes the test will come when the germans begin to inflict serious damage in the interior of england in daylight raids with rela tive immunity and at night meanwhile the royal air force is paying nightly visits to germany and german held territory norwegian and channel ports the ruhr and airfields in france and belgium are suffering in one month the R A F dumped tons of ex plosives plo in the industrial ruhr waiting at channel ports are several armies of nazi soldiers with faces turned west italian victory overwhelmed by a superior italian force british troops evacuated british Somal Soma lland liland vast desert of north africa it is not the first time british surrendered ground there in IND 1010 when the mad mullah led a native uprising they retreated to the coast in the world war incited insurrections proved too troublesome and they retreated again washington the cabinet fourth recent change in the cabinet came with the resignation of farm secarl ry henry A wallace who is the democratic candidate for vice lice president an indio indiana na dirt farmer claude it who was undersecretary was elevated to the department head paul H appleby who has been assistant to wallace since 1933 becomes the undersecretary der secretary meanwhile jim Far parleys leys resignation rc as postmaster general is effective as of august 31 and there is a well placed rumor that harry hopkins may resign as commerce secretary to become business manager of the roosevelt library at hyde park the army proposals for changes in the conscription law leave army brass hats with wry faces navy secretary knox told a house committee it is later than you think assistant war secretary patterson said A year is a luxury we may never enjoy 11 passage ot of the national guard mobilization bill started the military training hall ball rolling units of the militia which are marked to be called for a years service will be permitted to return home tor for about a month following the present maneuvers efforts to limit their service to continental U S were defeated original plan was to call men into service september 1 and an additional november 1 best pla plans ns now call tor for in service jay january 1 none before october 1 due to long debate in con gross gress this force however Is not regard od ed anything but a minimum germany has under arms and japan but we are not aiming at so large a standing army war department hopes for a peacetime regular army ot of but capable of being expanded to this however would only be a skeleton force fl hawaii awall philippines puerto rico alaska and canal zone require regular troops the air force would need another are needed tor for harbor defense not true if i j IN 5 41 07 41 james cagney po yular star str ikes this political pose dur luring ingan an interview with tile the press in in which ho he denied charges of affiliation with the communist party cagney was among a group of hollywood motion picture personalities against whom the a accusation cc was made in new york at the time cagney marle made his first plane piano flight flight to tho the coast to appear voluntarily unwarily vo unta rily belore before congressman dies and diger differ with his accuser john leech emphasizing that ho to believes ira in the present form of U 5 government and has always upheld it I 1 TREND R E N D how the wind Is blowing 1 1 manufacture electrical power for or the week of august 3 reached second highest all time peak representing a g gain a in of 12 per cent over same week last year building the federal reserve board announced that defense orders have pushed construction contracts to the highest level in 10 years agriculture farm land sales are picking up both to investors and to tenant operators a survey of farm realty sales organizations by the northwestern national life insurance company indicates investors seem to be turning back to the land as a good bet in a war conscious business world BASES not at horne home nazi air marshal hermann goering writing in facts in review and tree free publication of the german library of information 17 battery place new york said if american defenses are what they should be particularly if american air force is properly developed ve loped built up organized and strategically based america can defy any group of powers less than a week after the publication li was circulated president roosevelt announced he was holding conversations with great britain tor for acquisition of naval and air bases on british possessions in this hemisphere later prime minister winston churchill told the house of commons that britain had decided to offer suitable sites to the united states in newfoundland and the west indies on 99 year leases he said england was not asking for any advantage in return naturally he said no transfer of sovereignty Is involved faces north meanwhile president roosevelt met prime minister mackenzie king of canada in a joint announcement they revealed a permanent board of joint military defense had been set up the board will survey problems by air land and sen sea as well as material and personnel personnel may mean a commander ln in chief already Is being selected in case can ada adais Is invaded and the armies of the tao two nations are called to act as one agreement for a military link sets a definite departure from established policy for both nations america never before has made such an agreement eyen during the world war being only an associate of the allies miscellany its a pleasure C L in elizabeth N J the city as sessor got a letter from philip woolf jeweler woolf sold said that since ethe the assessors last visit his business had improved and he felt his personal estate now rated a higher valuation 1 I 1 will gladly pay the additional taxes woolf said it is a pleasure the assessor said the 1940 taxes could not be raised but he will be glad to ob oblige 1 I e in 1941 1041 1 fl I patrolman thomas moran who has be been en on the cleveland police force s since I 1 nce 1805 1905 surprised a burglar in a store near his home ile he thereupon made his birst arrest in 25 years moran was off duty nt at the time 41 fl stamp collectors who spend mil lions each year to get letters on new fast air mail routes have another to seek cy williams city engineer of miami fla left for the now new york worlds fair on a bicycle e with 1000 envelopes bearing the cachet fir first 3 t flight bicycle mail mai 1 miami to new york |