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The plane stopped. The door

Willkie te the thundering roar of ©

phatograph was taken, Mr. Willkie

Raw, someway (hey managed to get Rim to the avntomobile that teek

him te Rushville

Willkie Grins and Hoosiers Shout Greatest Ovation

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8h Macse main street was packed The parade slowed fnails pace. Nn Ing hit hat and

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down to Willkie still way grinning Broad in Central Mmaiana hag gone to hed, Red fre Became more CAONsPIcHouE even the smaller villages Ras were decorated with fagk an dpietures with mobile spotlights trained on them At 11:43 the sirens on the leading Automobiles nereased to a seream Rushville wag straight ahead SAK a celebrave been in Rushe

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Today's War Moves

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Mr. Mason

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AROARD UNITED AIR LINE aloft with Wendell 1. Willkie is

Presidential campaign. Its a bit bumpy but it doesn't this airliner, Who ate going aboul

R. en route to Indianapoliz Being quite common in this unorthodox

seem to matter much to others on their conversation and other little

businesses as if it wee an everv-day occurrence. That is certainly true of the man who may become President of

the United States. He sits calinly

up front with Mis. Willkie, pouring

through a stack of newspapers from here, there and everywhere that

were loaded aboard. He loves ne

wepapers and keeps his secretaries

seurrying about to get every new edition. ACROSS THE AISLE in a single seat, sits Russell Davenport, the writing man who became enamored of Mr. Willkie months ago, was convineed that he was an unusual fellow who would make a good

President, resighed his job on Fort

to promoting the utility executive for President.

une Magazine, and devoied himself He's still promoting,

now that the nomination ix far behind Quiet for a time is the mop of Willkie hair, The Republican candidate may worry about things, but he never

gives any outward sigh. He seems By Franklin D. Roosevelt to tackle

to have that ability possessed also a problem, tussle with it, qeciae it,

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and then cast aside. Never did a

than the man who sits up front

and vet he faces the biggest

Interlude Among Clouds—Now Willkie Belongs to the Crowk

By THOMAS I. STOKES

man seem in more eomplete repose hour of

hig life—the acceptance address he will deliver tomorrow in his home town of Elwood. Ind. which will open his campaign [or the Presidency

Hitz hair=the index of his already today and will be again For three quarters of an hour

energy—has

been electrically alive

vesterday it waved under the Colo-

rade sun as he stood in the back of an automobile and tossed his big arms, his right hand clutehing his straw hat, to the thousands and thousands of folk gathered along miles of streets to see him

THERE WERE INDIANS and cowbovs and cowgirls, and some whe

were just dressed up that way. It

Willkie enjoved it.

was a gay occasion, And Wendell

He rises to the people in the mass A erowd waved him goodby as he stepped aboard the with Mis. Willkie, at Colorado Springs words of farewell through a loudspeaker, and someone else

air liner, {ew nice sang one

Somebody said a

of those innumerable campaign songs that spring up in otherwise plaeid

breasts in times like these, and die sung Within thit plane, Mr seclnded-—that ix, except for have let him be—mare =o until November, and mavbe for fou

Willkie is away a qozen perhaps,

, most of them, unhonored and un-

from the world, isolated, newspaper correspondents who than he will be again at least I or eight vears

WE'LL WIN, SAY Hitler Sends Picked Armada (GOODRICH RITES

*6.0.P, LEADERS

Airmen Against London

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ARE SET SUNDAY

Martin Heads Group Here France ig measured in minutes by the fast-flving bombers Former Indiana Governor

For Conferences at Columbia Club.

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very grass yoots. It: as evidence in the South Novth If the election were held toda) theie's no question ih my judg:

much in as in the

and fighters,

| At one point on the south coast wave after wave o German bombers made an attack that lasted 1 hour and Ld ‘minutes’ and caused several civilian casualties and some

damage, German bombers skirted were chased away by British that the raiders again flew up

London's outskirts earlier hut fighters and Berlin reported the River Thames where one

ment that Mr. Willktle would be of the biggest attacks was made yesterday,

elected by a substantial majovity “Th fx my Judgement that this trend will increase in volume as the dave 20 by, The American people A¥e against a third term and their

| Britigh sources said that in the last five da R. A: K\

Germany had logt 407 planes

ve of mass fighting without crippling the) As long as the R. A. F, remaing ¢apable of fight-

one hope of putting the country ing back, they aid not believe that Adolf Hitler would tr)

back on its feet is through a

change.” fave He'll Sweep Country

Rep. Ditter, whose job is to held affectiveness of Rritish defenses we hing blowg of dive-bomber attacks, that “when Wendell Willkie goes attacks are known to be directed against the R. A, F's ad-

elect a Republican House of Reprecentatives, expressed confidence

hto office next year, he'll have a substantial majority of Republicans in the House.” “I feel sure My, Willkie will sweep the country,” Rep. Ditter said. “The work of our committee is independent of that of the national committee, but the reports (we get on My, Willkie's popularity lave surprisingly good. My. Willkie s ldvhamie personality has caught the fancy of the public and challenges the attention of every common ene American” Senator Townsend, too predicied My Willkie, after Ris election, will have a Republican House, hut pointed out that the Senate still will remam Democratic “for a couple of years” Halleck Enthusiastic, Ton “There arent enough Senate seats up for re-election thix year for ux ta overcome heavy Democratic sald, “but

opened. And out stepped Wendell There he i!” A minute after this Was engulfed by the crawd. Nome

den-—Were xinging, cheering ang Flower: were tossed at the Willkies | and he stood up to give them the | happy Willkie smile The piocestion went around the square and then headed for the home of Mrs. Cora Wilk, Mrs, Will Kies mother. The Willkies gathered on the poreh pose [or pictures and shake hands with the neighHors Finally, they went side OWE remained. wendell came out again by himself ing there, he soft] seemed to be a little choked up “Night, folks” was all he said A few minutes later the Wilk homestead on Righth St. was dark

ma jority we expect to pick 1 oerats Senator Townsend added that if Mr. Willkies speech tomorrow brings a popular reaction, “hell go over with a bang.” Rep. Halleck, whose speech placed Mr, Wilikie in nomination at the Philadelphia convention and who has been in conference with the nominee at Colorado Springs, also was enthusiastic over the public acceptance of Mr, Willkie, | Chairman Martin, Senator Town{send and Rep. Ditter spent the day at the Columbia Club in conferfences with party leaders from | sections of the country,

MEZZ0 SOPRANO IS SYMPHONY SOLOIS Mick Bhular Flanders, mess so prane, will be the featined soloist during the fifth Symphony at Sun aswn at the Indiana World Way Memorial at 5 p.m. Sunday. She ix

a pupil of Mrs, Lenove Frederick son

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hase Portland hax heen hombed tepeatediy. But an inspec tion by correspondent: shows the damage to have heen slight with ne! warships harmedq At Southampton, iktent target for the Germans! shipping passing in and o the port without molestation Dover, where the Germans elaimed mastery of the air” the shops are open, business as usual foreign correspondents remain there to describe dog fights in the any ana over the Channel Kueh results ax thee do not dicate Britain is being bombed i surrender The British say in raids there were 2000 “sorties” hic death today from a seventh floor meaning flights over British teri- ledge of the First National Bank tory by planes flying mdividually | Building. in small and large formations It is estimated that the Germans!| can make little more than 8.100

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hirnished hy the thdianapolis Ove cesta of the WPA under the direction of Reid BP. Whistler The concert is sponsored by the tof junior League Mis. Reoth T Jameson, president, will preside Roy Scouts of Troop 31 will usher,

SHOUTS, DIVES, DIES

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. 16 (U in. 2). Shouting “Here 1 Come” to a nto horrified crowd in the congested business center of the e¢ity, a man tentatively identified as Joseph 1

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INDIANAPOLIS FORE CAS ToPavtly |

to invade Britain,

In Berlin, however, repeated claimg were made that

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vance coastal baseg with the

‘ weakening under the Many of these

object of driving the Britigh

inland and rendering their defense against bombing raids less

effective,

432 Bombers in One Armada

Germany had huvled a 43

the southeast coast eavlier

The bombers were accompanied by an unknown nume ber of German fighter and destroyer planes,

32-plane bomber armada over

If the fight

erg were in the customary proportion te the bombers the total planes assigned to the single raid was over 1000,

| The raiding armada was comprised of six waves of tee The first, second, fifth and sixth waves compriged '®' also named him The third and fourth waves numbered

hombers, 54 bombers aptece, 108 each, The sky exploded over t

he southeast coast when the

the presen! huge German attack started. British high level and low level Goodrich 1e . up fighter patrols pounced on the (German attackers and dogquite a few seats now held by Dem- fights broke out over an area of 100 square miles,

Attack Lasts Hour and 45 Minutes During the night the midlands area, heart of British in-

tion,

dustry and site of some of her most important war produc: que Alpert was heavily bombed and occasional German bombers E. Watson,

dumped their deadly cargoes at other scattered points,

In the morning hours today there was a lull, ports flashed in of new German flights

southeast coast where some

600 raiders appeared in the

course of yesterday's attacks,

| Rritith experts agreed that the

Then reover the battered and an uncle, forming the partners

Was 76, Mad Suffered Two Strekes Recently.

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dence tomorrow morning and will he in state at the First Presbytesrian Church from 11:30 o'clock Sunday morning to 1.45 p. m The serv. ices will be conducted by Dr Guatave A. Papperman of {former pastor of the church,

Wanted to Join Navy

As a vouth My. Goodrich planned Aa Naval career and prepared to enter the U Naval Academy at napolis a naval sible, He

ties,

career physically fo law Republican chair man of Randaiph County, He rose to state committeeman, national committeeman and state ehairman Hig first bid for public office was in 1916 when he was elected Gove ermor, He wag acclaimed ag the first Governor to practice business

turned ax

then starting

principles and meghods in the trans |

saction of public affairs, Served U.S, in Russia A!

retired

of his

in but

the end term

he te business life

Harding sent

next vear President

him 16 Russia as a membe) the Russian Relief Purchasing Commit Coolidge and Hoo

important

Presidents io committees horn at Win. Feb, 18 1864 His John Rell Goodrich Putnam (Edger) hoy he helped his widowed mother and four brothers operate a small farm, Another [brother died m infaney, | He graduated from high in 1881 and entered DePauw versity, where he studied law, His classmates included former Sena J. Beveridge and James

governmental Ay Goadarich chester, Ind, parents were and Elizabeth Ag a

was

gehool Uni

| After being admitted to the har in {1886, he entered the law office of Enos LL. Watson, father of James.

ship of Watson, Macy and Goodrich Success in Business he went

Later inte partnership

aerial blitzkrieg might last a month’ aged. One bomb left a erater 30 feet With Judge IL. J, Monks and John

[or more, 50 long as there is favors {able weather, and that wag eoncentrating on an effort te destroy the Roval Air Force--pars tienlarly its striking power The yaidg alsd were believed intended to palanece German air losses in fre.

quent raids on shipping and harbors peared calm and showed no signs were farms

along the British coast, German sources asserted that the daily mass raids initiated Sanday would he continued on an ever.in

resistance wag crushed, The Ge man press said the Air Force had need hut a fraction of its power and) had “great surprises” in stove for] Britain i | The High Command i(reated yes.

[terday's raids routinely in todays giate in northern Italy and said a pag

communique, asserting that “Brilith reports that move than 1000 German planes participated” were “exaggerated.”

| Roth Claim Air Superiority | DNR, the Official News Agency,

Germany|

wide, The attack on Crovdon home to London's 8000000 that German planes might next at tack the eity itgelf and attempt reduce it to ruing as they did Wa caw Nevertheless, evervone ap

brought

of panic The Rritish continued te hurl counter-hlawg against their appon ents, During the night, long-range

The instiimental program will be creasing seale until British aerial British bombers roared high over making too much

the Alps and blasted at Northern [taly

Rome Reporix BR, A. F, Raids Rome admitted that two persons were killed and five wounded In Rritish attack: on Marvate and Ol-

British bomber was shot down nea: Tarvin, From Cairo the R. A, F. re ported it had also blasted at the important Italian seaplane base of Bomba on the Adriatic across the Italian peninsula from Rome, British raids were carried alse to

people

Robbing in Indianapolis under the firm name of Monks, Robbins and Goodrich

In 1904 he {emporarily left law to devote more time to politics and husinesg interests, which mainly mines, utilities. grain and bank He was finan successful in the busine and he often said he "had te on himself to keep {rom

elevators clally world cheek

| He was married in 1888 to Miss (Cora Frist of Lynn, Ind, and had one son, Pierre, who now is a proms ithent Indianapolis attorney, | Resides SHrvivors ard 8S,

hig wife and son, other include three hrothera Percy E. and, William W Goodrich, all of Winchester, and a granddaughter, Miss Nancy Goodrich of Indianapolis,

| Headed State Commitiee

From 1001 to 1910 he was chair

quoted the High Command as say- Massawa, the Italian base in Eritrea Man of the Republican State Come

vesterday's Owens, 50. Brooklyn, N. Y. dived to ing only 520 planes—200 bombers and Colboleia.

In Somaliland

the mittee, Mr, Goodrich considered the

and 320 Messerschmitt pursuit and pattle still raged between British greanisation of the Indiana Public

destrover eraft—engaged in yesterday's assaults on British airdromes, harbors and coast defenses, The Nazi press claimed that the

German Air Force had established a, thorities admitted the situation in|

complete superiority over the Brite ith Air Foree—an assertion quickly matched by the British, The constantly increasing inten city and scope of the German raids wae said in Berlin to be part of the High Command's carefully pre pared plans for the final reduec[tion of the British Isles | The general opinion appeared to he that the air force would con tinue ity mass assaults in an at [tempt to reduce British aerial bases Arms industries, communications and harbors to impotence,

Nagix Silent on Pere Hour

The “softening up’ phase com pleted, invasion hy troops will fol [Ow, the Was assumed, but official [sources discouraged speculation as to when the “zero hour” would fall, | Rerlint roster of objectives bombed included the shipping and industrial facilities of the Thames, Cardiff in Wales, the vital wes! England port of Bristol, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Elgin, Sheerness, Chas! itham, Rochester, Southampton Portland, Portsmouth, Birmingham, Hull, Searborough, Rrillington and | Middlesbhorough, British pilots, already tired from days of strenuous action, {ought (through. av the day and night, landing only to refuel and rearm, Roval Air Force guards remained on duty throughout the night at [Crovd®n Airdrome-— Britain's busiest alrport—digeing through the ruins {for bodies of bomb victims, ‘Their task was difficult because no lights could be shown-—all Britain was blacked out. | | The attack on Crovdon was the closest vet to London, although early in the war German planes had flown over the city without dropping hombs, Many homes in a street ad [joining the airport were demolished jand their accupants killed or in jared. The Afr Ministry did not an noinee the casualties. Many other homes along the street were dam-|

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and Italian forces and Italy report. ed her bombers had attacked Malla and the railroad between Fuca and Marsa Malruh in Egypt. British

Somaliland was “rather eritical” THe Italian press spoke angrily against Switzerland for allowing British bombers to fiv over her neutral territory and kept the pressure on Greece although denving that an [talian submarine fired the torpedo Which yesterday sank the Greek cruiser, Helle, It was said in Rome ofelal eiycles that a British submarine prob ably did the torpedoing It was added that the incident was similay te the one in which the line Athenia wax torpedoed and sun in the North Atlantie at the beginning of the war, Greece wag preparing for trouble A general mabilization order was be lievedt to be under consideration fol lowing a naval mobilization vesters day. Greek suspicion that an Italian submarine sank the Helle was strengthened by reports that Italian planes attacked the Greek steam ship, Frinton. London revealed thal Britain was contemplating an offer to United States of use of her West Indian harbors and air bases, but denied that the offer wag connected in any way with her desire to ob tain World War destroyers from the United States, The row over the British defense area of the Shanghai International Seftlement was still sputtering. A Japanese Naval spokesman said that Japan would insist on the whole of the area which has been divided with the United States under a ten tative compromise,

CLIPPER IN NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND, N. Z, Aug. 18 (U R) New Zealand was brought today within 12 days of Landon when the Pan-American Airways’ Cali fornia Clipper slipped down. upon the harhor's waters just before dawn on its first passenger Aight rom the United States. The clipper took off from San Francisco Saturday.

the !

his his

greatest term Aas

Commission during

Service achievement Governor, He later served in the following capacities: Member of Great Lakes St. Lawrence Tide Water Associas tion, chairman of the Indiana-St Lawrence Waterwavs Commission, memter of the International St Lawrence Waterways Commission appointed by President Coolidge In 1924: member of the National Con servation Commitiee appointed by president Hoover: trustee of the Roosevelt Memorial Committee, member and trustee of the Amers ican Relief Administration; mem her of (the Russian Relief Com mission: member of th Indiana Rankers' Association and trustee of | Wabash College, He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi [raternity, the Preshyvierian Church and the Mae sonie lodge, Taken II in In the last few vears he has been affiliated with the law firm of Goodrich & Emison in Indianapolis In August, 1037 the former Gov ernor was confined te his home in Winchester and the Winchester hos pital for abservation of a “nervous heart,” He went to Baltimore for treatment and then to Florida. While he wag Governor, an auto. tomobile aciden! injured him so se. jrously he used a cane for the rest of his life,

Wife Shared Earnings

| Known as a wealthy man, Mr (Goodrich said he always gave half (of every dollar he earned to his

wife, In later years he lived al family home in Winchester and in Indianapolis. He gave £150000 to Wabash College, $50,000 to Hanover College, and $50,000 for a park in Winchester, My Gioodrich's from Wes! Virginia when their son was 1 vear old and were pioneer Isettiers in Randolph County.

1937

the

parents moved

Chicago. |

1920, |

1 the

HE NOW BELONGS (o the crowds. Henceforth he will do most of his traveling by train, for that is the way to see the crowds, from a back platform. Up and down the land he will go, never very far away from the multitudes, never very far away from the pack of counselors, politicians, and well-wishers that cluster about a man rumaing for President He 1s having. up here among the clouds, his quiet hour, Ritaann, We are descending upon Kansas City people below We follow him from the plane He is escorted along the concrete runway to a platform He stands before the large crowd and immediately becomes alive and vibrant. As the erowd roars, he climbs on the railing, and waves and throws hig hat in a wide, sweeping gesture. The crowd calls for Mrs. Willkie and he lifts her to the railing beside him

Formally introduced to the people a few moments later, his hair rises to the occasion With vigorous gestures he condemns the Pendergast Democratic machine and calls upon the people to suppress it And new, as he swings his arms, the hair fg all over his face That is Wendell Willkie as America will know him in the weeks fo come

5 Killed in Powder Blast

Pr) sald the men killed had worked for when the firm from five to 20 vears. small. The blast occurred in a one-story Co. frame building in which gelatine was being packed into eylinders. Those killed were: Joseph Bates, 55, of Joplin, the foreman; Leroy Crampton, 34, Carterville: Sidney Dietz, 43, Carthage: Lloyd Brown, 34, Prosperity, and Harold Gallagher, 28, Wehh City

From above we see the

JOPLIN, Mo. Aug Five men were Killed today an explosion demolished a unit of the big Atlas Powder plant 10 miles east of here The plant is engaged in filling munition orders for Great Britain but those killed were working on a domestic order George |. Barnes assitant plant manager, said there was ne suspicion of sabotage, He

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