Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 August 1940 — Page 3

SATURDAY, AUG. 17, 1040

200,000 WELCOME | WILLKIE IN ELWOOD

Wait His Stand on The Pay-Oft Issues; ebay Pickpockets Helped by

‘Warning’ to Bands played until late in the night. The Gy owd. Homer Capehart, ringmaster of

| Times Special the event, was riding around, check- | ELWOOD, Ind. Aug. 17.—At

ing on traffic. At midnight cars were | 8:40 a. m. the loudspeaker at | streaming into the park from all] Callaway Park told the assembled directions. Along the roads leading | crowd that pickpockets were |

Blazing Sun Shining.

form in front of the high school.

to Elwood, families had parked in| ) ; vo corn and wheat fields A on the | Working in the erowd, shoulders of the highways. | This morning they were moving again and at 6 a. m. the crowd was | . Tt estimated at 25,000. At 9 o'clock it| [eit at his wallet pocket, giving had swelled to 100,000. At noon ijt| anV pickpocket who might have was bursting the 200.000 mark. And | been nearby a swell idea of what when the Willkie train arriveg half| Pocket to pick. | an hour later, Mr. Capehart proudly | ” =» announced that the crowd was) “250,000 at a minimum.”

Sun Blazing Hot

“Watch your purses,” the speaker warned. { Nearly every man involuntarily |

While cheering Republican | throngs today gathered at Calla- { way Park to» honor Wendell 1

| WwW - ivr 3 » The weather was blazing hot. Re- kts, Dative SON BY hou 3 "| him he is the Republican Presi freshment stands were doing a ter-| ; , ; dential candidate (surprise! surrific business. More than half the prise!) The Monticello Mfg C throng was already in Callaway .. Elwood was at work g- %0 Park seeking out vantage’ spots. oo ib : It was turning out hundreds of The other half was milling about . . " : fender signs for cars, which read: downtown. People walked in the, ““.p Co th middle of the streets, every one of Seve € man of today

them decorated with some kind of ® ope of tomorrow.” ia Willkie gadget. So, to prove its non-partisan

Even though only official cars | attitude, the company is manuwere permitted in city traffic, there I2Cturing signs which read: was more automobile movement Wendell L. Willie, the Hope downtown in one hour than in any ©f Our Country. normal week in Elwood’s history. "“ nn = Press cars, ice trucks, beer trucks Things have the darndest way and photographers cars rushed up of getting mixed up. and down and trucks with amplify- For instance: All the tickets for | ing equipment moved in and out, the Columbia Club’s bas pilgrimage s making announcements. to Elwood today top honor Wendell Bands in Steady Parade L. Willkie (R. Ind.) have been ; a i signed, in the due process of busiOn top of all this noise, came the | ness. by guess who? incessant hawking of wares. From| Bowman Elder (D. Ind.) the reall sides came the strains of “God| ceiver for the Indiana Railroad Bless America.” Bands were parad-| which owns the busses. : { ing down the streets, one after another. Horses and buggies paraded up and down. Children clutched toy dirigibles and balloons. Men and women sat right down on the curbs and took off their shoes te rest. Tt was an amateur photographer’s parade. Limousines carrying notables passed bv without notice Airplanes rpared overhead stunted high in the s=kv. trying “attract attention to the smoke writing But behind all this excitement was a serious undertone What was Wendell Willkie going to sav? What was he going to sav conscription? About national defense? About agriculture? About Mr. Roosevelt? All these questions were expected to be answered when Mr. Willkie! mounted the platform at Callaway Park to face the battery of microphones, pull his acceptance speech out of his pocket and start talking.

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[Newsganermen § Save Him From Public *0ff-Record’ Address.

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to visit him, but their contersation |was short and it was not until last Inight that he found himself discussling politics seriously again.

Goes to Bed Early A few newspaper working and lounging in the Lollis | Hotel press room and all was quiet. opened and in

NEAL J. M'CALLUM, secretary of the Indiana State Republican [Suddenly the door Committee, went 16 his car, [strolled Mr. Willkie. He sat parked near Callaway Park, to sofa to talk “off the record” with

get some official stickers. The ~ car was cone. Good naturedly, the correspondents. Other reporters

Mr. McCallum said the theft heard he was there and they came wasn't going to spoil his day in to join the conference. The press nH ® ® room guards came in, and they were SOME MEMBERS of the com- | joined hy everyone in the small mittee suspected that there were lobby. Then came hotel employees.

a large number of counterfeit : “official” stickers on ears. They Persons from the dining room and several from the street, including

knew how many were printed and the traffic officer from the corner

there were just too many in evidence. When newspapermen became ap- | prehensive about what appeared to | be developing into a public speech | they broke up the meeting. Mr Be : 30.000 | Willkie walked through a smalll of the rows containing 399M. ‘Hawg outside the hotel and strolled Only the center section in front ,..x to the Wilk home. He retired of the platform was reserved. | early. ‘ 2 = Tonight he expected to return to Rushville to rest Sunday and then

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EARLY SPECTATORS were allowed to take seats on the fringes

HOMER CAPEHART, ringmaster of the show, rode around in an open car. vendor kept shouting, “Look, (day. Then he will board a special folks. there he is, the Great Cape- train to travel to a Minnesota lake hart!” resort where he will be the guest of Governor Harold E. Stassen, chairman of the national campaign advisory committee. There in seclusion he will begin work on

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A cruising station wagon with two out-of-town policemen in the front seat and two other men seated in the rear furnished a little unscheduled entertainment. Moving slowly through the crowd that pressed into the streets, they did some close harmonizing of the barbershop brand over a portable broadcasting set-up rigged on the top of the car.

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The formal entertainment program was started at 10:15 by Walter | | O'Keefe, the radio star, who said | [he represented Vermont and cast 16 led to make when he starts a | votes for Willkie. Ad libbing at|... i (0 coast campaign beginning | rapid fire, he kept more than 15 000 | out Sept. 15. sealed in the park in good humor a

and tried to make them forget the IT’S A CRUSADE,’

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As early as 6 a. m., residents along Road 13 were out in their yards to get a Sight of the motorcade te Elwood. Overalled youngsters counted license plates and shrieked to one another when an “official” or “press” ear rolled by with a sticker on the windshield ” »

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THE crowd joined In God Bless America,” at the so great ma carried it

Hn WHEN SINgINg park, the volume was the loud speakers downtown Elwood n

Times Specind

ELLWOOD. Ind. Auz 17 — Take vis, former Elw None of the special trains arrived fo Syaith IT Iieviy f6iher vei lat the stations on time. Theyrtin-plate worker, and take from reached the city limits en schedule, the same James Davis. U 8 Senbut tecause me mass Te ator from Pennsylvania. this 1s the which made the special yards re- 7 olitical demonstratio ‘semble the Grand Central Station p h 3 Felioh wo lin New York City, they could get American history. no further. Passengers on many | Jim, who whooped it up for Mectrains got off at the city limits and | Kinley on Elwood streets 44 vears paraded into town. |ago, returned to lead Pennsylvania's E & {300 delegates down Anderson St. in

4 the first state demonstrati RAYMOND E. WILLIS, Republi- willkie Day SgnsuRUoy of

can candidate for the U. S. Senate, | {established headquarters at the Stiliwell Hotel. He said the en-|

thusiasm exceeded his expectations. | ‘demonstration for a man. Never was there more enthusiasm for a

| party or a cause. | “This is not a campaign—this is la crusade.” | The parade was marked by a 20[foot banner, black on white, bear[ing the words “Pennsylvania dele- | gation.” | Marching with Senator Davis were Senator Jay Cooke, James Torrance, Pennsylvania state G. O. P. chairman, and Mrs. Caroline | Huber, vice chairman,

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It was hard to buy Elwood Most of the tions were converted drink stands, for sound.

gasoline in service stainto softmost of them wired ”

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“press,” “official” _and cars could get into downBut once in, the driver could go where they pleased but at snail's pace to avoid running down the overflow from thc sidewalks. “No Parking” signs were heartily ignored. The ; city’s parking meters were turned off for the day. = ¥ =

A fence rail, ich Elwood vows was split by abe Lincoln, was erected downtown. It said: “Lincoln split this rail—watch Willkie split the New Deal.”

Only “guest” town Elwood.

Said the Senator:

= on Senator Robert Taft of Ohio was to ride Clara, a Cincinnati elephant, one of three brought | here in freight cars for the occasion. «The elephants’ toenails were done in whiting.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record! DEATHS TO DATE County City il 23 35 . 39 46 —Aug. 16— injured. .... 11 Accidents Dead . .. 0 Arrests

FRIDAY TRAFFIC COURT

BIRTHS Girls Rol. Ola Gunion. at Rebert, Marie Heider Orev. Virginia Cole. at Ralnh, Marv McKinne: William. Betty Grover. at City John. Betty Baremore. at Citv, Glen. Doris Rando, at St. Francis

Henrv, Lucille Duvall. 21 St. Vincent's INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Partly ; Shade. at Methodi AN ORFCAST arty

ert. Blanche Welshan. at ethoaict cloudy; possibly thundershowers tonight Edith Bohall. at Methodis and tomorrow; not much change in temEva Hughey. 149 S rental, | perature. ‘Rove os Minnie Hamnton. a! City,

Cases Convic- Fines ases C asil. Virginia Burne, at Cita Jean Snitzer, at St a neent’'s

Violations tried tions paid | Love Margaret Thom at

Colgnan at_Coleman Coleman at Coleman

Total 58 75

OFFICIAL WEATHER

ee United States Weather Burean

1939 1940

| —— — Be Sunrise. wear 2:38 Sunset “en P39

* ' TEMPERATURE 15. 1939— 1 Hm...

Mack B

—Aug. . WN ST TODAW

£:30 a. m

4 Jam

DEATHS 54, at Methodist,

69. St. car{cinoma, ay

Mary Pirtle, 58, at 3007 N. t: | Pulmonary, tuberculosis. DERE; asco itloc 28, at 2034 High! | Place. berculosis menin jus Shiva is ildman 4 at N. Ri i Dr., cerebral hemorrhage IugSviw Edith Jones, 27, at oleman, brain ab-

scess. Ulysses A. Foster, 1448 Lee, 367 WwW.

iG to53 $130 Fred Wilson, | encephalitis | Nettie Hale,

Totals

acute

at Vincent’, e northwest. portion |

MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records | in the County Court House. The Times | therefore, is not responsible tor, errors in

Kenneth, Elnora Slock. at 5703 Shelby through street CORRECTION | Deficiency since Jan. All others ..... 3 21 Francis Hospita ii not much change in temperature. night and in extre dershowers in south portion; cooler to‘names and addresses.) tomorrow showers, cooler in north portion |

. Thomas St Speeding os 2 4 SIR v ipcedt & r fa m ershal. Hazel Gullev. ai Met st TTT Reckless drivin 2 12| Juck, Aileene Donewaid. at odie 0 Stop A Failure Pr Milford. Dorothy Moore. at 1108 W. 35th Harry, Eileen Munden, at 2032 E New Precipitation % hrs. ending Disobeving traffic ork. Total precipitation Swe an - » "= Seals ..:.... 3 : ?| Yesterday's Times reported the birth of Prunken driving : 70 a child to Charles and Marv Pressor at : MIDWEST “eke 8 a City Hospital The child was born at St. | teiniana J arily cloudy, ered thundershowers tonight Ilinois—Partly cloudy tonight and | morrow, occasional scattered showers; slightly coo tomorrow. Lower Michigan — Partly cloudv tonight and tomorrow, scattered showers or thunnight Ohio—Partly cloudy, followed hy showers | in west and north portions late tonight; at night. Kentucky—Fair tonight. cloudy followed by local showers and

Durward Freeland. 22. - Gladys G. Short, 16. of 821 E. 23d. | carl T. Irwin, 47. of 15 N. Belmont:

73 N. Layman: 23 at ar14th,

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” 4, | tellaSclerosis, ‘ tomorrow partly | a thundershowers in afternoon; not much

change in temperature.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. Station Amarillo, Tex. Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland nver . Dodge City, Kas.

corPaul at ieee

Jean

Ohio 75. at City, fracture of

Carroll-

33. 01. Troy. Tan of West

of 2722 E 30, of

Minerva J Edna L. Thompson, 37. of 3220 Conural i: | enverte Reson, 66, of Bridgeport, n Byan 2 21 S. Holmes. ¥. Wallace Swift, 50. of = N. Seridian: |p, Jamies Richards, 28. at Methodist, pneuMyrtle E. Jackson, 54 of Pinex Cour Robert Baward Scott, 25, 4 Lobk, balm F. Franklin. 33. ot. Lebanon. Ind. "Craig. 22. of 1408 N. Belleview: Wiliam Rogers. 59, at 2516 W. Washing68, Methodist Roval FP. Wampler, 29. of 915 West Drive : . uff place: Martha M. Heims. 28, MEY Si oavraiiis. nlev Jose 37 Jacksonville, Fla. AEP Poracne TF Darling. 29. of In- Delbert E. Moore. 42. at Veterans, mitral | Kansas City. Lindley B. Wilson. 36, of 1017 N. Jeffer- ; ; at 3818 Central, | Ios Angeles son: Florence Schauh. 35 53293 Colles onary Seclusion Miami, Fla 527 - 1 - ta: " Lim 21 252 Mobile, Al Adis Mildred M. Lime. - ot N. Samuel Grimes, 64, 901 E. Market, | New Oren: Sop. chronic mises ditis, : Martha Livingst ; nod 73, at 35 N. Kitley, Gkiahoms City, Bri: Aswiek. bronchiLis Conner | Omaha, Neb. . ortland. Ober sin Antonin, TeX.

50. William Wilmoth, 66, Long, Frances M. Read. 39. of 2 no Robert Lipchitz. 39. of 505 N. Delaware: ghgces ~Chanlev. 19. of 703 Somerset. Edwin Carpenter, oar at City, general peri1605 N. Delaware of 958 N. Penn. | tonitis Pp diananolis Athletic Club Harry M. Flint. 47. Little Rock, of 2203 College. : cit Donald J. Smith. 20 of cine erine Lingle, 60, at etnodist, ear- Minneapolis-St. h a udev: tw Y Edward ©. Hutzel 22. Nia 1 33% JDudler, Grove w York Wiliam EB. Ba: cke Bittshuieh Madison, an (Erancisco :

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"53, at 714 BE, Jowa, car-|St,

Washington. Washinton | G..

GETS UP EARLY

| | reporters were

on a!

stood up as he address a local audience at a cele- | A bration in Memorial Park on Mon- |

eight major addresses he is sched- |

SAYS SENATOR DAVIS

“I've never seen a greater or finer!

. | THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Was Planned

This is the héadquarters where the thousand and one details of the notification ceremony were arranged. Even here the souvenir salesmen had penetr ated as the group in the front

vard indic ates.

South Anderson St.

was the nation's “main street” for

the day. A parade a minule was in progress

thre nghout the morning and early afternoon.

FAVORITE SON 72-Year-Old Doctor Heads $1,000,000 DAY

Notification Medical Corps OR MAYBE MORE

Eight of them are cruising lin the park. Eight others are sta-

By RICHARD LEWIS

Times Staff Writer

ELWOOD, Ind. Aug. 17.—A T2

year-old doctor of 45 years general Nes.

practice in Elwood is directing the | |medical and nursing corps on duty #4 give first aid to all who need it. born here and who never has practiced anywhere else, and he feels he is equal to a task] |the like of which ‘dreamed of.

of 100 doctors, {teers and 30 of them from Indianapolis. and surrounding towns.

first 10 to 12 cots. are on duty tents were set up primarily to treat

there will be many of them

and saw ing,” ‘this heat will be one.”

car on a downtown siding has been converted into a hospital and scores can be treated at once

CANADIAN PREMIER

ican republics in the defense of the Western Hemisphere

Roosevelt tion to Prime King of Canada when they meet at Ogdensburg, N. Y.,

sized that Canada were entirely separate from | those | British

not involve the proposed sale of 50 over-age Government

ican naval and air hases in Canada, couraging and, possibly, with United States financial assist-

ance, provision couid be made for use of

a marily Canal,

Two others, equipped with two- | way radio, are cruising around ElwoQd and are taking directions from the’ State Police airplane which is who was flying constantly over the town. Arrangements have been made with neighboring communities to take care of persons who might be thurt in highway accidents within a 50-mile radius® “This is one big comer ,said. “But we feel that the setup is adequate to handle any emergency. We have a feeling of confidence in the ability of our doctors and nurses to take care of anything that comes up.”

Dr. Frank Newcomer,

is that man—

he never even job,” Dr. NewHe was being assisted by a staff

all of them volunThe others are from Elwood

Park are four large each equipped with Five graduate nurses in each tent. These

In Callaway

aid tents, ”n

. un n THROUGH vesterday this morning the police at Elwood fears had only two accident calls. One “ for a car that ran into a ditch and had to be pulled The othe was for six-vear-old Shirley Miller df Elwood. She was bruised when struck bv an automobile On wav to Mercy Hospital, Officer Ha: E. Duggins of the Kokomo po-

and into

was

1eat victims. Dr. Newcomer

“When 1 looked out the window out the blazing sun this mornsaid. “I said to myself tough on every-

the

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A Nickel Plate Railroad Pullman

out of the car when a door opened {He has a lacerated face and a broken left arm

War AND F. D. R. TO DINE Bulletins

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Eighteen ambulances stand ready

S. TO GET BRITISH SECTOR SHANGHAI, Aug. 17 (U. P). —British military authorities said today they would turn over the former British defense sectors of the International Settlement to the United States Marines on Aug. 22 unless the Japanese take some drastic action.

believed that President might make this invitaMinister MacKenzie

It was

this evening. the President emphathe negotiations with

Although

he is conducting with the Government for maval and —— bases in this hemisphere, pri- EMPTY PARACHUTES FOUND for defense of the Panama LOND@N, Aug.- 17 (U. P.).— they were believed io be German parachutes were found in closely connected in objectives the Midlands today. but there was Ship Sale May Be Linked no evidence that men had landed m them. Two of the parachutes He said the latter ni heen seen while Po were falling. Nothing was attached to them,

negotiations did

destrovers to the British Some authorities expressed diubt that the President is seeking Amer- PREDICTS ARAB REVOLT ROME, Aug. 17 (U, Pr.) .—Italian occupation of all British Somaliland merely is a matter of a few days and as result phere will be a general uprising of all Arab populations against the British Empire, Virginio Gavda wrote in the authoritative Giornale d'Italia today.

but thought he probably was en-

the Canadian Government to strengthen its fortifications establish new bases, bélieved that some

It was

these bases by the armed forces of ils

all the nations of this hemisphere.

ether

|isphere defense

WStates,

occasional scat- | and tomor-

8 thunderr in east portion to-

HINT DIPLOMATIC MOVE BERLIN, Aug. 17 (U. P.).—Diplomatic quarters reported today that Germany is expected to make an important diplomatic move in connection with the war within the next 24 hours.

HARPOON WITH HYPO NETS BIGGEST SHARK

West Indies Preferred

It was believed that Mr. Roosevelt is seeking from Britain sites ‘or bases’ at Trinidad and ,k Barbadoes | { Islands, off the northeast coast of South America, which would close | the last unguarded approach to: the Panama Canal from the Atlantic side. It was considered possible that bases might also be sought on British islands, such as Ja-| maica, the Bahamas and Bermuda. although these were not considered as strategically important. Inclusion of Canada in the hemunion might oba cash payment

MARINELAND. Fla 17 P.).—A vicious tiger ing 13 feet in length, largest captivity, has heen caught and transported alive to the Marine Studios oceanarium here, Capt. Sam Dondahville, tured the man-eater with the aid of his erew. sucecgssfully drugged the shark with a special hypodermic harpoon, which insured safe trans portation back to the oceanarium from West Indies waters, The tiger shark is found only in warm waters. has a blunt head which tapers to a long slender tail.

Aug

viate the need for for island bases. some officials believed. They pointed out that the British Government could cede the sites tin Canada. which could make them available to the other nations of the hemisphere mn return for the cash outlay, probably by the United for fortifications and other (military Works.

who eap-

* Handles G. 0. P. Publicity . Lead Bolting Democrats i

Along with the full Republican National Committee came the staffs of the various organizations. Here, Franklyn Waltman, publicity director for the G. 0. P., jots down some last-minute notes at the Columbia Club as he gets ready to leave for Elwood and the publicity

around |

lice, who picked her up. was thrown |

shark exceed- | m |

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drink

- tioned at principal downtown. cor- Retired ‘Water Works Head

Directs Activities of - Concessions. a

By EARL HOFF 17

limes, Staff Writer ELWOOD, Ind, Aug. Charles E. Barnes, a retired water works superintendent, is mahaging a one-day million-dollar food and concession enterprise, He's the Willkie notification

committee's boss of everyone selling, food, drink or souvenirs. In reality he is the manager of the 350 stands erected.on the principal streets of the city, the 116 others on the grounds, the 650 others selling refreshments from hoxes strapped over their shoulders and the 200 souvenir vendors plying their wares here, there, and evervwhere y His estimate iz hased on people spending $5 each Nn

200,000

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The committee gets rent from the stands on the grounds, $1 a foot and an average of 10 feet is allotted to a stand, but there was one big one, 50 hy 25 feet.

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Trucks from Indianapolis and Chicago packing firms already had brought in 70 tons of meat and more is on the way. Stands had 100.000 hottles of soft drinks when they opened and more were stored in Elwood to meet demands later in the day. It required 40 tons of ice to cool the refreshments and it looked as though a new supply would be peeded, ”

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Six inspectors from the State Health Department were on hand to inspect the meat, but packers gave assurance that it was already Government-inspected.

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The 40 restaurarits end cafes in town were doing a landcffice busiThe cafes were (he places at which beer or were available None was the stands ”n nN

had on hand 30,hushel baskets reinforced so they could he turhed over and converted into’ chairs, The sign over his stand read: Buy your seat early. sit pretty with Willkie n

ness. too ony liquor d at

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Reside a* picture of Willkie in a restaurant there was a sign which read “Thank God America is peace, and that good *foods served here and not rations.” #8 ”n n

The souvenirs included small elephants for the coat lapel to huge ones made of paper mache. Popular with the youngsters were balloons bearing pictures of Mr, Willkie.

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There appeared to be no gambling. Even slot machines were not in operation. To keep people from playing them, signs were put on them reading: “Out o1 order.”

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The crowd was big, but it was ust like another Saturday in Eiwood. All the crowd was downtown and out at the park. Back on the red brick, tree-sheltered side-streets everything was quiet an occasional car turned away from the main part of town to go exploring Residents sal on swings and fanned The more enterprising stands in their front

their porch themselves had soft

Two of the nation’s outstanding bolting Democrats also flew in to Indianapolis late vesierday, hound for Elwood and the notification On the left is Alan Valentine, executive director of the Demaocrats-for- Willkie organization, and John W, Hanes, former urntler-

ceremonies,

secsetaiy of the

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TOTAL BLOCKADE ORDERED BY NAZIS

Air Raids on Britain Slacken As R. A. F. Hammers at German Areas.

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— harbor installations and fields and gun emplacements southeast England. The German High Command gave score as 89 British planes downed, 22 British balloons downed {and 31 German planes lost. They |said a British destroyer had been

upon aire mn

| the

yards.

cruisers. blasted at Port Bardia and sunk off the Isle of Wight and 25, Fort Capuzzo in Libya, near the 000 tons of shipping destroyed. | Egyptian frontier. Two Italian planes which attacked the fleet were shot down, | Participating in operations against Russia, Greece to Confer | Britain for the first time, said the

Diplomatic circles in Athens re- Germans, was a new plane, a Dor= ‘ported that general staff confer- nier-215, described as an improved ences between Greece, Parke and the famed Dornier “flyRussia were imminent as tension 3 t & " hetween Greete and Italy height- I said Berlin raid on the London

ened The Germans admitted fhat carried out about 700 Gers man planes

Munich, shrine of the Nazi move ment, was bombed but said that no i Air raid protection workers dug into the debris of London's south-

damage was done and that only [one British bomber apparently made 3 | west suburbs which had been [battered by German bombs. It was

[the attack | believed the casualty list from

New Bomber in Use

version of ing pencil.” that

was

was in

the area

Not Retaliation, Says London Nazi sources also charged that the yesterday's attacks would. run high, British raided Weimar, shrine of The rescue workers were hampered German poets and musicians, and by delayed action bombs which the dropped ombs in Goethe Park near| Germans had dropped yesterday and ‘the house where the poet lived and | Which had been exploding throughon a Red Cross station. out the night and early morning “There were no military objec- hours. Authorities said the worke tives anywhere in the neighbor- ers knew the locations of the bombs hood,” these sources asserted. and had warned all persons to stay These attacks, London said, &Way from them. were not merely a retaliation for the bombing of London's suburbs. They were part of a British campaign to blast the centers of German power and paraylze German initiative both for the air blitzkrieg and the possible invasion of the British Isles. | The Air Ministry reported officially that the Germans employed fewer planes in yesteiday’s attacks than on Thursday despite the {widespread nature of the raids {which reached into London's metropolitan area. It had been regarded unoffictally that 2500 planes had participated in the raids The British and German accounts of vesterday's aclion differed sharply.

Residential Area Bombed

British admitted that the I'ilbury Dock region and the industrial southwestern suburbs of London were‘hombed hut minimized the! military effectiveness "of the raid They said no German planes flew over London proper. They charged that German planes swooped low to machine-gun and bomb Easthourne, described as a completely residential area. The prevailing British was summed up by a joke that flew through London. One Britisher asks another: “How did you get on during the air raids?” to which the second Britisher replies: “I enjoyed |every drop of it.” | The British gave the day's: score 4s 75 German planes shot down and 18 British, with 10 British pilots saved. | Final tabulation of Thursday's bag brought the figure to 180 German planes, the Air Ministry said.

Cry For Retaliation

Londoners were angered by the attack on the suburbs and many suggested: that British planes strike at thickly populated industrial dis tricts in Germany. The British have bombed military objectives around Essen and Munich. British planes also have flown over Berlin, but have never dropped bombs on the German capital. | London authorities believed that the attack on the suburbs was intended to break down civilian morale and that possibly many more such raids are in the making. They speculated that the Germans would offer the excuse that the civilian populations were sufficiently near military objectives to be raided Many persons in authority believed that the German press re. port; were intended for consumption in Japan and Spain to indueée those nations to enter the war on Germany's side In East Africa Italian successes against the small British forces in Somaliland appeared to be continuing. The Italian High Command reported the British “fleeing along |all fronts.” British reports have : {hinted for several days that the attitude g,itish troops, heavily outnumbered, have been forced to retreat and there were some indications they might be evacuated across the Red Sea to Aden.

Deny Bombers Were Italian

The Italo-Greek crisis showed ne signs of easing. The Greek Governse |ment announced that new reserves would be called to the colors Aug. 20, At the same time, 1t denied that |the planes which yesterday bombed | « ’ two Greek destroyers were Italian A Smoking Ruin {aircraft Rome also denied the The German account, in con- pombing. (trast, claimed that the East London | he attack took place as the de= slums were “a smoking ruin.” They |stroyers were en route convoying asserted that the “fir over England’ passenger ships from the Island of has been fought free” of British d€- Tinns, where the Greek “cruiser fenders, but at the same time ad- Helle was torpedoed and sunk by mitted that British fighting planes an unidentified submarine Thurs cutnumbered the German raiders. day. They claimed vast damage of | The Helle was sunk ag its crew [London docks, arme plants and was disembarking to atiend a holy power installations and said that day ceremony ashore. More than during the night raids were made on | 10,000 religious pilgrims were on the “other suburbs of” London, on the island for the celebration and four arms factories of the Midlands, on of them were killed when torpedoes the Cardiff, Newport and Bristol aimed at the Helle crashed into a —— | seawall on” which a crowd of men, | women and. children was standing, Twenty pilgrims were injured Several units of the Greek Navy leit for Tinos vesterday to convey the frightened pilgrims to the maine land.

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TUTTLE SUMMONED | BY SENATE PRORERS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (U. P), —C. B. Tuttle, treasurer of the S. S, | Kresge chain stores, will appear be toe the Senate Campaign Expene ditures Committee next Wednesday to explain letters he wrote to cer=tain employees suggesting they cone tribute to the Wendell L. Willkie campaign fund. Chairman Guy M. Gillette of the | campaign: committee invited Mr, | Tuttle to appear. Mr. Tuttle's letter was read on the {floor of the Senate {wo weeks ago [by Senator James F. Byrnes (D, 8, C.) and caused a bitter partisan debate. Mr, Tuttle, in a statement issued in Detroit, said that he had only sent the request for campaign | contributions to Michigan executives |” the Kresge company

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The letter was sent to the Gilletts committee by a Kresge employee, Mr. Gillette invited Myx, Tuttle to ARDAGE Bid explain ile soli