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88th YEAR. No. 35,144.__WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1940—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ** THREE CENTS.
German Planes Blast Britain
In Day-Long Raids as Hitler
Peace Bid Meets Only Scorn
- 4 -
Lightning Attack
Made by 17 Ships
On Southern Port
, BULLETIN.
LONDON, July 30 <£>>.—The
Ministry of Home Security an
nounced today that “for the
month beginning June 18, when
large-scale bombing raids on
the United Kingdom began, a
total of 336 civilians have been
killed and 476 seriously wounded
in air raids.’’
S» the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 20.—German
bombers blasted the length of Brit
ain from John O'Groats to Lands
End today in pointed emphasis to
Adolf Hitler’s “last chance" peace
offer, which found Britons coldly
contemptuous.
Roaring across the coast in the
early morning, the Nazis swarmed
over the country throughout the
4 day in one of the worst raids of the
war.
The dav-long attacks were capped
In mid-afternoon with a lightning
raid on ships anchored in a south
ern English harbor. Seventeen
planes let go their bomb cargoes
with a mighty din, but apparently
no ships were hit,
Anti-aircraft and fighting planes,
kept busy fending off the attackers,
broke up this foray. One German
plane was believed shot down in
the Channel and observers said two
others might have been downed by
anti-aircraft fire.
In Southeast England four Ger
man airmen, one of them wounded,
were taken prisoner when their
bullet-shattered craft fluttered to
earth.
Defense forces battled raiders over
Southwest England, Wales and
Southeast Scotland.
A lone Nazi bomber let go three
bombs over a Northeast Scottish
coastal town, badly damaging a
school.
Several Towns Bombed.
Bombs were dropped on several
towns in today's raids and at one
point a German plane was reported
to have machine-gunned civilians
on a railway platform. The Air
Ministry said a number of houses
had been destroyed and ’•eported
"some casualties,” but no deaths.
Two of the raiders over southern
England were officially reported shot
down, bringing to 15 the number of
Nazi craft destroyed in the last 24
hours.
Ten German planes were shot
down yesterday when 30 British
fighters engaged an enemy forma
tion of 120 aircraft over the Channel
and 3 others were downed by anti
aircraft fire. At least seven fighters
were among the Nazi planes de
stroy ed.
British planes also continued!
forays against German bases, exe
cuting daylight attacks yesterday on
barge concentrations near Rotter
dam and Boulogne and on ware
houses at Le Havre. Naval bases at
Emden, Willemsoord and Harlingen,
sis well as airdromes and oil depots
further inland also were bombed, the
Air Ministry reported.
Ready for Strength Test.
Britain ignored Hitler’s “final ap
peal” for peace on his own
terms and indicated she is ready
for a test of strength, undaunted
by Nazi threats driven home by one
of the worst air raids of the war.
i A scornful silence was thg gov
ernment’s answer to the German
dictator, who yesterday gave Eng
land the choice of coming to terms
or facing “total destruction.”
It was intimated that Prime Min
ister Churchill might have some
comment to make in the House of
Commons next Tuesday, but official
circles pointed out that he had em
phasized only last Sunday Britain's
determination to fight on to a finish,
and they declared that Hitler’s
"offer” scarcely merited an answer.
The press and public were more
vocal in their reaction to the
Fuehrer's speech, which was viewed
In many quarters as nothing more
than an effort to drive a wedge be
tween Mr. Churchill and the people.
Hitler's assertion that the British
people were being led astray by their
leaders in continuing the war was
heard by the public by radio and
was read in the press, which carried
full texts of the speech. They were
able to hear Hitler’s full argument.
The London Times summed up
the issue by declaring that Hitler
i,had admitted the “perfunctory”
nature of his offer by failing to men
tion any terms on which peace is
possible, and added:
“We can do no othfer than fight
to the last extremity.”
New Problem for Navy.
The British Navy was confronted
with a new problem when it was
announced that a German sea
raider is "at large in the Atlantic"
after sinking two British merchant
ships—the 5,228-ton St. John and
6,433-ton Davisian—near the West
Indies.
The raider was believed by the
Admiralty to be a converted mer
chantman.
The government meanwhile desig
nated Lt. Gen. Sir Alan Brooke as
commander in chief of the home
forces to succeed Gen. Sir Edmund
Ironside.
Sir Alan, a World War hero who
saw action with the British forces
In France in the current war, is an
expert on gunnery and machinery
and has played a large part in
^ mechanizing the army.
Gen. Ironside was elevated to
field marshal and kept on the active
list, it was explained, "to be avail
able either in an advisory capacity
or in command." It was his second
shift in two months. On May 26
(See LONDON, Page A-4.) i
'Rowdyish' Reception in London
Dooms Offer, Berlin Believes
Harbors and Supply Depots Among Points
Raided, High Command Declares
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 20.—Smashing blows
at Britain by sea and air were re
ported by the high/ command to
day as informed German quarters
saw hope for acceptance of Adolf
Hitler’s “last” peace offer doomed by
its "rowdyish” reception in London.
Summing up the latest aerial
forays against Britain, the high
command declared that the Nazi air
force had bombed harbor facilities,
supply depots and anti-aircraft de
fenses, sunk one 5,000-ton merchant
ship and damaged three other mer
chant vessels and a destroyer.
In these operations the Nazi losses
were only three planes, while 27
British planes were shot down, a
communique said.
A single German submarine also
was reported to have sunk 24,700
tons of merchant shipping.
The British air force was acknowl
edged to have carried out further
raids last night on Northern and
Western Germany.
Official quarters maintained silence
on the reception accorded the
Fuehrer s peace offer by the British,
and it was believed unlikely that any
statement would be Issued im
mediately.
Informed sources said, however,
that German radio stations would
keep on dinning Hitler’s words into
English ears until the proverbial
man-in-the-street knows exactly
what is in store for him if he
does not get rid of the ruling "pluto
cratic clique.”
An English translation is being
broadcast "frequently,” they said.
Authorized Nazi quarters refused
to accept the reaction thus far made
available from Reuters, British news
agency, the British Broadcasting
Corp. and individual newspapers as
the true voice of the British people.
Next Step Up to Fuehrer.
These commentaries represent the
opinion "merely of the plutocratic
clique,’’ they asserted, adding:
‘What strikes us is the haste with
which these Insolent commentaries
from every capital of the world
were issued.”
It was emphasized that it now is
solely up to the Fuehrer to decide
the next step and what it will be.
It was announced officially that
(See BERLIN, Page A-3.)
British Warship Sunk
In 3-Hour Battle,
Italians Claim
Rome Acknowledges Loss
Of Cruiser; Nazi Attack
On Britain Held Near
BULLETIN.
CAIRO (A5).—The British res
cued 545 men from the Bartolo
meo Colleoni, Italian cruiser sunk
in a Mediterranean naval battle
yesterday, a British communique
asserted. No casualties were suf
fered by the British in the ac
tion, the British said.
By the Associated Press.
ROME, July 20.—Italy today
acknowledged loss of the cruiser
Bartolomeo Colleoni, but claimed
the sinking of a British warship in
a three-hour naval battle in the
Middle Mediterranean yesterday. At
the same time she declared Ger
many’s attack on Britain was only
‘‘a question of days."
This word came from the authori
tative Fascist w«kly Relazonl In
ternational!, which described Nazi
air raids against England as merely
a preliminary to a great naval oper
ation.
“A certain time is necessary for
extending military operation over
English territory,” the weekly said.
"The English may be more clever
on defense than on attack * • * but
this a war of constant offensives, in
which the initiative always is Ger
many’s privilege.”
The weekly said reconstruction of
Europe would be begun by Adolf
Hitler and Premier Mussolini alone
only after “absolute and complete
victory.”
The Balkan countries, particu
larly Yugoslavia, were warned that
they would have to realize there is
a new European order in which the
Rome-Berlin axis “it not inclined
to tolerate” outmoded “mentalities
and ideas.”
Italians have objected to the way
Yugoslav newspapers accepted Brit
ish versions of the July 8 naval bat
tle in the Mediterranean.
The Italian high command de
clared that two Italian cruisers had
Inflicted serious damage on British
warships in yesterday’s naval battle
near the Greek Island of Crete.
The Italians reported the British
warship was sunk in flames by
bombs from an Italian plane.
(The British Admiralty yester
day reported sinking of the Bar
tolomeo Colleoni in battle with
the Australian cruiser Sydney
and a small destroyer force, and
said a second Italian cruiser had
fled. A British destroyer was
said to have rescued 250 of the
Bartolomeo Colleoni's crew. The
British did not report any losses
to their own force.)
The high command's communique
said the battle pitted the Italian
5,000-ton light cruisers Bartolomeo
Colleoni and Giovannia Dalle Ban
dae Nere against a British force
consisting of two 7,000-ton armored
cruisers “of the Sydney type” and
four destroyers.
“Despite the superiority of the
enemy forces,” the communique
said, “our cruisers engaged in battle,
inflicting serious damage on the
enemy.”
Hood, Ark Royal May Move.
Stefani, the official Italian news
agency, said British authorities at
Gibraltar are considering sending
the crack battle cruiser Hood and
the 22,000-ton aircraft carrier Ark
Royal elsewhere as soon as possible
because of Italian bombings of the
British base.
Stefani said Italian planes in their
raids on Thursday dropped bombs
close to the dockyard where the
42,100-ton Hood and the Ark Royal
were being repaired and that other
bombs “seriously damaged” supply
dumps and dockyard equipment and
caused “indescribable panic” among
the workers.
The agency’s new detailed account
of the raids said the Italian planes,
(See ROME, Page A-4.) '
A
Hull, Reaching Cuba,
Is Confident of
Parley Success
Thinks Consultation Will
Demonstrate 'Vigor and
Vitality' of Americas
By GARNETT D. HORNER,
Pf«r Staff Correspondent.
HAVANA, July 20.—Secretary of
State Hull, who fought as a soldier
42 years ago to help free Cuba, re
turned . today to help formulate a
co-operative program for defending
the hard-won economic and political
independence of all the 21 American
republics against rapidly intensify
ing new dangers.
Coming here td participate In an
emergency meeting of American for
eign ministers to consider measures
for insulating the New World against
European war repercussions, Mr.
Hull recalled that It was his first
visit to Cuba since his service as a
captain of Tennessee volunteers in
the Spanlsh-Amerlcan War,
Different Kind of Fight.
Expressing happiness at being in
Cuba again he said impressions
formed during his comradeship in
arms with Cuban heroes have been
treasured memories for over 40
years. It was a different kind of
fight facing him this time and he
was confident of its success as he
departed from Miami. He said he
was returning to Cuba as "a friend
among friends."
‘‘We are meeting to discuss prob
lems essential to the life of the
Americas,” Mr. Hull said. ‘‘I have
no doubt that this consultation will
prove to be an added demonstration
of the vigor and vitality of the Amer
ican republics working together in
their common interests.”
As the representative of the
Nation upon which most of the
financial and military burden
would fall in any joint defense
scheme, Mr. Hull’s principal task is
to reconcile possibly conflicting views
among Latin American representa
tives so that the Americas may pre
sent an effective, united front
against any form of peril that might
arise from war developments.
Conference Opens Tomorrow.
The conference, opening tomor
row with a welcoming address by
the President of Cuba, was initiated
by Mr. Hull soon after German
troops marched into Holland, Bel
gium and France. His principal
concern then was about the danger
of Dutch and French possessions
in this hemisphere—particularly the
Netherlands West Indies which would
menace the Panama Canal if con
trolled by a hostile power—falling
into Nazi hands.
The United States proposed that
<Bce HULL, Page A-4.) I
Two-Ocean Navy
Bill Is Signed
By President
$83,000,000 Asked
To Start Work on
701-Ship Fleet
By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt has signed a
bill authorizing a *4,610,000,000 ex
pansion of the Navy designed to
give the United States a “two-ocean"
fleet capable of meeting any possible
hostile combination.
The White House announced the
signipg today, while Mr. Roosevelt
was cruising on the Potomac River.
The Chief Executive already had
asked Congress to provide $83,000,
000 to start work on the new pro
gram which, when completed, in
1946 or 1947, would give the Nation
a total of 701 fighting craft built
around the world’s most powerful
single aggregation of capital ships—
35 dreadnaughts.
In addition to about 200 new sur
face ships and submarines to cost
$4,010,000,000 with the additional
facilities they will require, the new
law authorized the Navy to acquire
for $600,000,000 a total of 15,000 air
planes, 50 per cent more than the
previously authorized maximum. If
the President deems them necessary,
even more may be ordered.
Provision for Shipyards. '
To expedite construction of the
mammoth fleet, the new act au
thorizes an appropriation of $150,
000,000 for essential equipment and
facilities at either private or naval
shipyards, an fcdditional $65,000,000
for expansion of facilities for the
production of ordnance and muni
tions at either Government or pri
vate factories and $35,000,000 to ex
pand the Nation’s limited armor
making plants.
Besides the 200 combat ships, the
law also authorizes construction or
conversion of 100,000 tons of aux
iliary vessels such as tanks, sea
plane tenders and repair ships, and
a $50,000,000 fleet of small patrol
and escort vessels and motor tor
pedo boats.
The huge armada, with greater
range and striking power than any i
other in the world's history, was de
signed to enable the Navy to meet
attacks in the Atlantic and Pacific
at the same time, if necessary, and
to meet the enemy 1.000 miles or
more from this country’s shores.
In recommending the unprece- i
dented increase, which the House j
and Senate approved with less than
three hours' debate, the Senate
Naval Committee declared it was
necessary because “the possibilities
confronting the nations of the world
today, including those of the West
ern Hemisphere, are of a most se
rious nature. It added that “our
present Navy, including the vessels
and planes now authorized, may be
inadequate to meet successfully pos
sible or even probable international
situations which may occur in the
near future."
The new law authorizes a 70 per
cent expansion of the fleet, which
would add 1,325,000 tons of com
batant ships to the Navy. For
reasons of military secrecy, the
exact number of each type of ship
in the new program was not dis
closed.
Increase by Tonnages.
By tonnages, however, the in
crease in each major category
would be as follows:
Battleships. 385,000 tons; aircraft
carriers, 200,000 tons; cruisers. 420.
000 tons; destroyers. 250,000 tons and
submarines, 70,000 tons.
The completed Navy of 701 fight
ing ships would include 35 battle
ships. 20 aircraft carriers, 88 cruis
ers, 378 destroyers and 180 subma
rines. Congressional sources esti
mated it would cost about $2,000,000,
000 a year for the next seven Years
to construct this gigantic fleet and
maintain the ships and facilities
already in existence, and about $1,
800,000.000 annually thereafter to
support it.
Some of the cruisers in the new
program are expected to be much
larger than any now in the fleet—
possibly as large as 28,000 tons, com
pared with the present maximum
“treaty cruiser” of 10,000 tons. The
new type would have greater range
and striking power and would be
designed for duty in the South At
lantic or far Pacific.
Car Thieves Snatch Purse
Two men leaped out of a car early
today In the 2900 block of Tilden
street N.W., snatched a purse con
taining $34 from Mrs. Anne Milton,
42, Tilden Hall Apartments, and fled
on foot—leaving the automobile be
hind. Police soon solved their ap
parent generosity. It was a stolen
car.
Summary of Today's Star
Pfge. Page
Amusements, Lost, Found B-9
B-16 Obituary ...A-12
Church News, Radio-B-14
A-10-11 Rea! Estate B-l-8
Comics ..B-lf-lS Serial Story B-9
Editorials ...A-8 Society -A-7
Finance_A-13 Sports ..A-14-15
Garden Page A-8
Foreign
Tientsin French consul missing; car
found bullet-riddled. Page A-l
Italy claims British warship sunk in
three-hour battle. Page A-l
Nasi planes blast length of Britain
in day-long raids. Page A-l
Britain ready to meet Nazi Invasion
threat. Page A-l
Latvian President removed by new
Communist regime. Page A-S
Notional. /
“Two-ocean” naval expansion bill
signed by President. Page A-l
Hull, reaching Cuba, is confident of
parley success. Page A-l
Porch and portico campaign planned
by Roosevelt. Page A-l
Congress may stay in session during
political campaign. Page A-4
A
Washington and Vicinity
Traffic survey to determine need for
city bypass. Page A-16
Construction strike here ends in
temporary settlement. Page A-16
Editorial and Comment
Letters to the Editor. Page A-8
Answers to Questions. Page A-8
David Lawrence. Page A-9
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-9
G. Gould Lincoln. Page A-9
Constantine Brown.- Page A-9
Jay Franklin. Page A-9
Sports
“Yanks are coming!” warning now
sounded to rivals. Page a-14
Zale win over Hostak falls to clear
middleweight muddle. Page A-14
Close light on for championship at
Rappahannock show. Page A-1S
Amateurs pressing pros in open golf
event at Chicago. PageA-18
Miscellany
Nature’s Children. Page B-6
Vital Statistics. Page B-8
Service Orders. Page B-9
Bedtime Story. N Page B-14
Letter-Out. Page B-14
Cross-Word Pusale. Page B-15
Winning Contract Page B-15
Unde Bay’s Corner. Page B-18
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V SENATE
Bullitt Arrives on Clipper
To Confer With Roosevelt
Praises Petain as 'Thoroughly Honest';
Empress Zita Among Ship's Passengers
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 20.—William C.
Bullitt. Ambassador to Prance, re
turned from Europe on the Dixie
clipper today to confer with Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary of
State Hull after having been out
of effective contact with them for
more than five weeks.
Among other passengers aboard
the clipper were former Empress
Zita of Austria and her daughter,
the Archduchess Elizabeth, who had
to leave their Belgian exile because
of the war. Another clipper ship,
the Yankee, also is due today.
Ambassador Bullitt explained that
despite the war turmoil in Prance
he had been able to communicate
with United States officials most of
the time, but not in the volume
nor with the certainty and privacy
necessary for the normal transac
tion of his duties.
He indicated he expected to re
President Signs Bill
Extending Hatch Act
To State Workers
New Law Also Limits
Size of Campaign
Contributions
By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt has signed
legislation extending to many thou
sands of State and local govern
ment employes existing restrictions
on political activity bv Federal
workers. It also limits the size of
campaign contributions.
The White House made its an
nouncement today.
The new law, which will affect
officials and employes working on
projects financed in any part by
Federal funds, becomes effective at
once. Its author is Senator Hatch,
Democrat, of New Mexico, who also
wrote the original Hatch Act re
stricting political activities of Fed
eral employes.
Concessions for Nearby Residents.
Persons covered by the act would
be forbidden to use their position
to influence the result of an elec
tion or to take an active part in
political campaigns. They also
would be prohibited from coercing
other employes for political pur
poses.
The bill also restores to Govern
ment employes living in nearby Vir
ginia and Maryland the right to
participate in purely local elections
and to serve as town and county
officials, subject to regulations of
the Civil Service Commission.
Limit on Expenditures.
Individual political contributions
in campaigns for Federal office
would be limited to $5,000 in any
calendar year, and no political
committee would be permitted to
spend or receive more than $3,000,
000 in any one year.
In 1936 the Republican National
Committee reported expenditures
exceeding $8,000,000, while the
Democratic National Committee
reported an outlay of more than
$5,000,000.
Penalties for violations would
range from dismissal, and under
certain circumstances withholding
of Federal funds, to a line and im
prisonment.
Various elective officials would be
exempted from the prohibitioh
against taking part in a political
campaign.
turn to France. He is going to
Washington after stopping off at
the home of ms brother Orville in
Philadelphia.
The Ambassador declined to dis
cuss possible developments abroad,
turning away, among other queries
the question:
"Do you thing England still has
a chance?"
“That,” he said, "is future, isn't
it?"
He spoke freely, however, about
what he had seen.
In German-occupied France, he
said, "the French people have all
the magnificent qualities they have
always had."
He praised highly French Marshal
Petain for having done, despite his
advanced age. “everything possible”
to restore order in such disrupted
fields as communications.
He declined to comment on Nasi;
< See BPL1JTT. Page A-2.)
B u II e t i n
BEAUMONT, Tex. The
Dies Committee was told today
that the Communist party has
obtained information through
which it could demoralize within
a few hours the City of New York.
Maps and photostats of every
industry essential to communica
tion, transportation and life it
self in the Nation's industrial
capital has been obtained by the
Communists through a writer's
W. p. A. project, committee
sources said it learned. Two in
vestigators, George Hurley and
Steve Birmingham, brought the
evidence before the committee.
(Earlier story on Page A-7.)
Dutch Colonial Officials
Are Held by Germans
By the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, July 20 (Via Ber
lin).—A number of persons con
nected with the Dutch colonial ad
ministration have been taken into
custody, it was announced officially
last night" in reprisal against what
German authorities described as
“mistreatment” of Germans in the
Netherlands Indies.
At the same time, all mails to
Netherlands overseas possessions
were stopped.
A German spokesman yesterday
intimated Germany would act
against persons now in German
occupied Holland because of alleged
mistreatment of Germans in both
the Netherlands East and West
Indies.
Nazi Charges Held Groundless.
By the Associated Press.
A Netherlands Embassy spokes
man said that there was “no rea
son” for Nazi charges reported from
Amsterdam, accompanied by threats
of reprisals, that Germans were be
ing mistreated in the Dutch East
and West Indies.
Germans who were quickly
rounded up at the time of the Nazi
Invasion of the Netherlands two
months ago are being treated "de
cently,” he said.
Germans Taking Census
In Alsace-Lorraine
NEW YORK. July 20—A British
broadcast,heard by N. B. C. said to
day a German commission had ar
rived in French Alsace-Lorraine to
take a census determining persons
of German and those of French
origin. ,
Passeau and Gallagher
Fined for Free-for-AII
kv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 20,-Claude
Passeau, Chicago pitcher, was fined
$75, and Joe Gallagher, Brooklyn
outfielder, $50, by President Ford
Frick of the National League today
for causing a disturbance in yes
terday’s Cubs-Dodgers game at Chi
cago.
Mr. Frick said he fined Passeau
for throwing his bat toward the
mound after being "dusted off” by
Pitcher Hugh Casey and Gallagher
for leaving the bench and mixing
into something that was none of his
business.
(Earlier story aad pictures on
Pago A-14.)
Hottest Day of Year,
With Mercury at 95
Or Above, Forecast
Fair and Continued
Warm Predicted
For Tomorrow
The hottest weather of the year
was expected here this afternoon
! as the mercury reached 91 at noon
, and large areas of the East and Mid
j west sweltered In the season's rec
j ord heat wave.
I Fair and continued warm for to
day and tomorrow was forecast,
with temperatures today climbing to
95 degrees or higher. The 95 mark,
established earlier in the season, is i
the high for the year.
The mercury rose to a maximum'
of 93 degrees yesterday afternoon
| as two persons were overcome and
! a third was fatally stricken while
at work on a construction job.
l An autopsy was ordered to deter
mine the cause of death of Jubal
Booth, 56, of 1428 Monroe street
N.W., who collapsed on a construc
tion job in Arlington. Va. He died
a few minutes after being admitted
to Doctors’ Hospital. Physicians
were uncertain if death was a di
rect result of the heat.
Mercury Moves Up.
The mercury sank to a low of 74
at 4:30 this morning, but during the
morning started to move up, reach
ing 85 degrees shortly before 10
o’clock. The relative humidity at
that time was 59 degrees.
Those hospitalised for treatment
were Clarence Robertson, 16, of 2
South Courthouse road, Arlington,
who collapsed in the 3200 block of
N street N.W. and was removed to
Georgetown Hospital, and John P.
Roahl, 74, of 2106 Taylor street NE.,
who was taken to Casualty Hospital
after being overcome in the 1200
block of C street N.W.
Both victims were reported to be
in improved condition today.
The mercury reached a'high of
93 degrees at 3:15 p.m. yesterday,
accompanied by a relative humidity
of 48 per cent* The humidity was
oppressive all day, hovering in the
high 50s most of the time.
Heat Wave Moves East.
The hottest weather of the year
was reported from the Midwest to
day. At Chicago no relief was
expected before Monday. The heat
wave had blistered Nebraska and
adjoining States for days before
spreading into Ohio, Pennsylvania
and other Eastern States yesterday,
the Associated Press reported. The
heat was blamed for six deaths and
there • were five drownings.
Temperatures of 100 and higher
were expected again today In Ne
braska, Kansas and Iowa. Maxi
’mums of 107 and 106 were reported
yesterday from Northern Nebraska
and Sodth Dakota.
A mark of 98 at Lancaster yester
day was Pennsylvania's highest tem
perature of the year, and the mer
cury was soaring there again today.
New York City expected its highest
temperature today, and New Jersey
experienced a new summer high
yesterday. Fair and warmer weather
was in prospect for most of New
England.
Julian Reported Member
Of Farley Syndicate
87 the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, July 20. — The
Plain Dealer says it has learned
that W. A. Julian of Cincinnati,
Treasurer of the United States, prob
ably will be one of the members of
the syndicate which will finance the
purchase of the New York Yankees
and place Postmaster General Farley
in - charge of the baseball organi
zation.
Completion of the deal will prob
ably await Mr. Farley’s resignation
as chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Committee.
Father Kills Baby in Nightmare
About Mad Dog Attacking Her
Br the Associated Press.
MUNFORD, Tenn., July 20.—A be
reaved father told today of a night
mare that made him leap from bed
and kill his little daughter under
the delusion she was a mad dag.
Magistrate C. L. McCain said Reu
ben Flynn’s strange story had been
investigated and no charges were
being filed in the death of 3-year
old Helen Marie Flynn at their
tenant farm heme Thursday night.
The family was awakened by the
child’s screams, found the 25-year
old fattier flailing her against the
walls of a bedroom where she had
been’ sleeping with her parents.
Awakened, Mr. Flynn told dazedly
of his dream that a dog was at
tacking Helen Marie. The baby’s
skull was crushed and she died
in a few hours.
• The Rev. C. B. Retts, a neighbor
quickly summoned, said of the
tragedy:
“As soon as they got Mr. Flynn
awake he hugged the dying baby
in his arms and would hardly turn
her loose. Be is a poor but kind
and gentle man.”
Roosevelt Plans
No Long Tours
In Campaign
White House and
Hyde Park to Serve
A$ Bases of Drive
By BLAIS BOLLES.
President Roosevelt Intends to
make a portico and porch cam
paign for his re-election to a third
term, it became clear today—from
the portico of the White House and
from the porch of his home at Hyde
Park, N. Y.
Wendell L. Willkie, the Repub
lican candidate, may follow tradi
tion and stump the country, but
Mr. Roosevelt has made it known
he feels the state of the Nation ’
and the state of the world require
his presence near his base of presi
dential operations.
In order to get some relaxation
from the fatiguing week of the
Democratic convention, Mr. Roose
velt plans to journey today or to
morrow to Hyde Park for a visit
lasting several days. Last night
he boarded the presidential yacht
Potomac for a trip down the Po
tomac River.
Roosevelt to See Wallace.
All plans for the campaigns of
the major parties, presidential candi
dates remain vague, but some idea
of the Democratic intentions may
become available next Thursday,
when Mr. Roosevelt talks with his
running mate, Secretary of Agricul*
ture Wallace.
It is thought here that Mr. Wal
lace, who as cabinet officer has made
speeches in many sections of the
country, will go on a campaigning
tour and resign his cabinet post.
Speculation here centered on Chair
man Jones of the House Agriculture
Committee as his successor in the
cabinet.
The known Willkie following has
~fen augmented by a number of
Democrats, following Senator Burke
of Nebraska out of the Roosevelt
and into the Republican camp. The
two outstanding new Willkie sup
porters are Irvin S. Cobb, humorist
and native of Paducah, Ky„ and
Vance McCormick, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee in
■1916 when President Wilson ran
successfully for re-election to a
second term.
r important immediate
?f the Democrats lies in the
choice of a successor to James a.
Farley as national chairman for the
1940 campaign.
Farley Quit. As Chairman.
Mr. Farley yesterday at a post
nation*1 committee
meeting in Chicago arranged to give
up his national chairmanship Aug
on as chairman
of the New York state Committee.
,, Walker, once chairman of
the National Emergency Council, an
early New Deal trouble-shooting, co
ordinating agency was the favored
Farley successor in the public spec
ulation. Mr. Walker is a close
friend and advisor of Mr. Roosevelt.
The committe reluctantly ac
cepted Mr. Farley s resignation. He
has been a good omen for the party
since he assumed the committee
chairmanship. Mr. Farley opposed
the third term and is expected to
head the New York Yankees base
ball chain.
Unlike a number of other Demo
crats, Mr. Farley, is sure to sup
port Mr. Roosevelt at the polls and
in the field. He said he would at
the convention, and he is noted for
holding to his word.
Question to Come Up August 1.
The question of Mr. Parley s suc
cessor is to be taken up with Presi
dent Roosevelt August 1 by a com
mittee under the leadership of Ed
ward Flynn. Democratic leader of
the Bronx. New York City.
Coincident with his announce
ment of his prospective retiremerlt,
Mr. Parley issued a formal state
ment expressing his appreciation
for ‘‘happy association” with Demo
crats all over the country.
“I have remained in public life
at great financial sacrifice because
I love politics,” he said. “I have had
an opportunity now to accept an
attractive offer in business and lh
Justice to my family, because of
my financial situation, I am going
to accept.
‘‘Before leaving, I shall co-oper
ate to the fullest extent with my
successor as national chairman in
setting up the machinery for the
coming campaign. I have said re
peatedly that the American people
want the Democratic party to re
main in power. My opinion has
not changed, and I pledge my full
support to the Roosevelt-Wallace
ticket. •
Vice President Gamer, who be
comes a private citizen next Janu
ary 20, no matter what ticket wins
in November, maintained silence to
'See POLITICS, Page A-3.)
France and Red Cross
Discuss Prisoners' Care
By the Associate! Press.
VICHY. Prance. July 20 —Andre
Francois-Poncet, former Ambassa
dor to Italy, conferred with repre
sentatives of the International Red
Cross today over the care of some .
1.500,000 Frenchmen taken prisoner
of war by the Germans.
Francois-Poncet, who was- named
French delegate to the Bed Cross
yesterday, has ordered a census’of
French prisoners.
Under armistice terms, Germans
held by the French already have
been freed, but the French' need
not be released until the peace
treaty is signed. The Germans,
however, are repotted to have
agreed to release members of the
sanitary and medical services.
A government communique said
today the Ministry of Industrial
Production will order shortly finan
cial aid necessary for private in
dustries wishing to get back into
production.
The government will directly.
finance work of rebuilding railroads,
roads and navigable waterways.