| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayne germany continues pounding britain As autumn stormy season arrives italy reports deep drives into egypt oct 16 betas set as draft registration day NOTE aben opinions opinion mo are expressed in these columns colum ni they are those of tho the news analyst and not inot necessarily of 0 this newspaper jiin Ti in by western newspaper union THE WAR IVAR britain waits while self propelled barges were poised at french channel ports waiting to carry german soldiers on an invasion of 0 england prime min later churchill culled called a secret session of parliament tides were favorable for the nt at tempt by sea london was being bombed day and night almost without letup and reports said big bertha guns were shelling the british capital from the french const coast buckingham palace homo home of the king was wag bombed three times in 7 4 X LONDON ENGLAND that classic crack by former premier chamberlain that the she nazis had missed the bui meaning they had failed in their conquest quest attempts is recalled to mind by this one in a i london street it was wrecked by a german bomb in one a of the raids on the die british capital no one cne was hurt says the censor as the driver conductor and had taken shelter lit in a nea y raid refuge five days craters appeared along the strand in fleet and bond streets in leicester and berkley squares houses in fashionable pic adelly adilly and the slums of cheapside were demolished tho the bank of england was hit by splinters the house of parliament did not go untouched subways and railroad yards were damaged in 10 days 2000 were killed and injured in london londo clone berlin radios warned that london could choose between the fate of pulverized warsaw or surrendered paris the british replied that the germans hope was to force king and government to leave the city thus gaining a moral victory they said there would bo be no evacuation of the capital they warned citizens however how evero that hillers Hit lers attempt at invasion might come within a few hours and that only hitler knew when the signal would be given lit in nazi nasi territory the gerkins Ger mins faced handicaps however while their flying was not stopped by heavy togs fogs gales in the channel made shipping perilous and british fliers were not forced out of the air they plowed the fields of nazi airmen at schiphol phol and ipenburg enburg in the netherlands around calais dunkerque Dunker que abbe vine ville and antwerp they dropped calling cards in congested berlin weeded out gun em placements along the channel near boulogne sunk barges on the coast wrecked oil all tanks and rail sidings through german areas hit the bosch spark plug factory at stuttgart docks at hamburg and ammunition dumps in the black forest but throughout the british were fighting against superior odds egypt in the near hear east the british were pressed by italian armies which invaded egypt and pushed on to vital oases there was no declaration of war egypt which had threatened to join the british it if the italians crossed the border showed shored no inclination cli nation to resist at once the italians captured sidi barroni 60 miles from the labian border on the fourth day sidi bahrani is only miles from alexandria one of the main british strongholds strong holds and miles from the suez suc e canal by that time the british had revealed the strategy of their campaign with only troops planes and 1000 armored cars they were hopelessly outnumbered plan was to retreat to a shorter line thus extending tho the italian forces before engaging in a major battle registration oct 16 the day october 10 16 will see young americans between the ages of 21 and 30 36 march to polling places and register for the first peacetime draft in the nations history the date was set by president roosevelt when he ha signed the measure over which congress debated more than three months after registration local boards it Is intended to have about will shuffle the cards and give each man a number then a series of numbers will bo be drawn in washington by lot when the numbers ore are drawn each man with a corresponding number in a local boards file will bo be put down for service in that sequence questionnaires will be sent to each man in the order in which their numbers were drawn asking about dependents pen dents physical disabilities etc on tile the basis of this information each man will be classified as follows class 1 available for immediate services class 2 service deferred because due to employment in necessary defense industry cl class ass 3 service deferred because of dependents class 4 service deferred by law judges legislators etc meanwhile washington will decide on a quota for each district based on population and the number of mon men from the area already in ar hundreds 0 of young national guards men in 26 states who are mobilizing ire are busily engaged its in getting their first taste of a duty in A federal deral service here are some 0 of I 1 the boys learning the iris ins and outi cuts ol of machine auns i 1 ns at the regiment armory in ke to york the army or navy enough men then will be taken from class 1 I to fill out the quota each man will be given a physical examination if he cannot meet the bequir requirements c ments he will be passed over and the next man inan taken when draftees arrive in camp they will be given another examination physical and mental those not measuring up topnotch will be placed in separate sections for physical care base pay will be 21 a month for the first four months and 30 a month after that service will b be e for one year but may be extended by the president in case of emergency first call nov 15 the first cadre of will be called to camps about november 15 successive calls for about men each will bring about into training by january 1 on that date the army expects to have 1000 ODO men under arms including regular troops and national guards men on the same day that the dratt draft measure was signed national guardsmen guardsman Guards men in 20 states reported to their armories morles ar for active service which will extend for a year and the president gave orders to call out an additional on october 15 swinging full tilt into the defense program washington also 41 fl heard president roosevelt ask congress tor for an appropriation of to defray expenses of the first year of training of draftees 4 C saw president roosevelt sign a 8 s supplementary upp le defense appropriation al 41 fl awarded 21 11 aviation manufacturers orders to prepare for construction of plants planes at the rate of a month this production rate will be doubled within a year in the headlines in cs ba Bankrupt Perry county in eastern castern 0 rn kentucky tiled filed a petition in bankruptcy in the federal court it Is believed tho the first county in tho the nation to take suc such h action steel ingot production in august amounted 0 anted to tons it was th the e third largest in industrial his tory Wheat grain experts in chicago predicted the canadian spring wheat surplus at bus bushels holso second largest on record education fear that defense jobs and conscription would cut into collego enrollments w was as dispelled when fall enrollments showed a normal figure university of california was one of the few below last year tho the drop being living costs government survey aided by private commodity experts indicates cost of 0 food Is not likely to rise much for the balance of this year in communities swamped with defense contracts acts rents will rise overall over all costs may go up 2 to 5 per cent by spring POLITICS democratic president roosevelt mado made the first official speech of the campaign when he appeared before the teamsters union colv convention entson in tho the D A R s constitution hall in washington ile he told them the gains of collective bargaining maximum hours and minimum wages and social security must be maintained ile he said his one supreme determination was to keep war away from these shores republican wendell Will willkie kle grew hoarse in a single day of receptions in chicago reported unequaled since lindbergh rode through the loop the official opening of his 15 day tour designed for the winning of the west was in Coffe coffeyville kan where he once taught school from there ho he went on to oklahoma texas and a tour four day campaign in california the greatest attention any republican presidential candidate candida tc over ever has given that state speeches raised the issue of the dictatorship of a third term ile he said roosevelt was the godfather of the unhappy munich conference and declared if president roosevelt should be reelected elected re you will be serving under an american to totalitarian tali government before the third term is over DEATH the speaker william B bankhead third speak er of the house under the new deal to die in office was the victim of overwork the speaker exerted him self in active days and tedious nights in the extended congressional ses 1 A PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT is pi pic C lured here leaving the me church in jasper alabama after aate attending dirt the funeral services lor for speaker william B hank bank head an army aide attached to the while louse house is pictured avith u i i him slon when he agreed to speak at a baltimore political rally ills his physician protested but before he could speak a blood vessel ruptured in his abdomen he died tour four days later mr bankhead father of actress tallulah bankhead was burled in his homo home town of jasper ala president roosevelt attended the ceremonies sam rayburn who entered congress in 1913 after being speaker ol of the texas house of representatives at the age of 31 was named fourth speaker under president roosevelt miscellany 41 hundreds of families whose wage earners have been imported to philadelphia for employment in the navy yard are living in automobile tr trailers all ers just outside the gates conditions brought a protest from nearby housewives who told the city council that lack of proper sanitation was a health menace similar conditions are reported in other defense industry towns including bremerton brewerton Br emerton wash newport R I 1 and mare island calif C 1 one of the first acts of the new postmaster general frank C walker was to authorize three new stamp issues carrying out a national defense motif first day sale is in washington october 12 A ono one cent stamp will depict the farmer and laborer the two cent the army and navy and the three cent security education and conservation C L A campaign to turn over some of the ardys hying flying fortress planes to england is expected in washington reason given will be to test out the super american air i fighter under combat conditions |
