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RAF Nearing Parity with Nazis
Royal Air Force Repulses German Air Raiders
President Asks Money be Lent to South America
Churchill Affirms Britain’s Final
Answer For Fight to Finish As
Nazi Planes Renew Onslaught
War Is Costing Britain $35,600,000 A Day And Income
Tax Is Raised to 42i;2 Percent
UNDATED. July 23 UP) —
Prime Minister Churchill tacitly
affirmed Britain’s “final answer”
to Hitler for a fight to the finish
against the Nazi conquest, by
avoiding to comment during a
question period in the House of
Commons. Churchill indicated
that the Empire’s last word in
reply to Hiter’s appeal for a
Nazi-dictated peace, was spoken
yesterday by Lord Halifax.
Authoritative quarters in Ber
lin previously said Hitler would
hold off the zero hour for Brit
ain’s destruction only until af
ter Halifax and Churchill have
spoken. Even as Churchill thus
ended all talk of peace, German
planes showered fire and bombs
on British cities in widespread
attacks. Nazis in Berlin declar
ed “The die is cast” for the
bitzkreig against Britain.
The staggering cost of the war
for Britain was highlighted when
chancellor of the exchequer Sir
BOTH HOUSES ADJOURN
FOR A FEW DAYS
WASHINGTON. July 22 —The
Senate and House voted, in the
absence of legislation labeled im
portant or ready for action to re
cess untl Thursday.
Senator Charles L. McNary
said another recess might be ag
reed to Thursday, as the regular
legislative session will start next
week.
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox urged before the House ap
propriations subcommittee quick
approval on legislation to give
the Navy Department another
Kingsley Wood announced a one
shilling increase in the British in
come tax to eight shilling six
pence per pound, bringing the
basic tax to 42’,;> per cent. Wood,
said the present emergency war
budget would meet expenditures
of about $35,600,000 per day.
Hitler’s command said Nazi
warplanes bombed cities in Edin
burgh, Aberdeen, Chatham,
\ Sheerness and attacked airdrom
i es near Portsmouth, Bristol and
the Channel. With German raid
ers droning across the channel
j throughout the night, dropping
i bcmbs on shipping and country
1 side, the British fighters were
decribed as “continually racing
out to sea” to drive them back.
A dozen swatstika-marked
i planes flew over Wales at one
time, in the biggest sky attack
! there since the war started, but
fled, dropping many of their
bombs in open fields in the face
, of hot anti-aircraft fire.
billion dollars to make possbile a
two-ocean navy.
In the Senate, Senator Henry
F. Ashurst asked for speedy pas
| sage of the House-approved bill
I to deport Harry Bridges Pacific
Coast CIO chieftain.
THREE REPUBLIC PETITION
FOR UNION RUSSIA
MOSCOW, July 22 — Expan
sion of Russia’s strategic posi
tion in the Baltic continued as
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, in
dependent republics since 1918,
| petitioned for a union with Rus
sia.
France Will Be Turned
Into One Huge Farm to
Produce Food for Nazis
GENEVA, July — Germany’s
plans for France began to emerge
as a scheme to create a satellite
totalitarian state west of the
Rhine wrhose function will be the
production of food for Germany.
Evidence that the Nazis intend
to lose no time in getting French
agriculture back into production
was seen in the demobiization or
ders issued by the French au
thorities under German direc
tion.
These orders call for the de
mobilization of farmers and farm
laborers first regardless of the
military class to which they be
long. Orders alio have been is
sued to the French military au
thorities to release all work hors
es for use on the farms. Tractors,
trucks and other motorized equip
ment that may be useful in ag
riculture have been ordered turn
ed back to civilian uses.
It was learned from Nazi sourc
es that the French Fascist lead
er, Pierre Laval, and his aides
plan to tolerate no opposition
from French members of parlia
ment or liberals to their plan to
set up a totalitarian state forth
with.
Opposition to the plans of La
val to railroad a production act
through a national assembly and
has already made itself evident.
GENEVA—The censored press
in unoccupied France carried re
ports that Petain's government is
"only transitory” and will make
way for a new regime with Pe
tain as “chief of state” like Gen
eral Franco of Spain.
The dispatch from Vichy to Le
Petit Lauphinols of Grenoble,
forecast the resignation of Presi
dent LeBrun and his replace
ment' by Petain who said he
would “only accept the title of
executive power” with the trium
virate composed of former Pre
mier Laval, General Weygand,
and Adrien Maruqet, former min
ister of labor, to dominate the
government under Petain’s titul
ar direction, the report said.
AXIS POWERS MOVE FOR MEDITERRANEAN CONTROL
I P 250 500 I
I ~MHes |
Latest war moves both diplomatic and military, centered in Mediterranean-Black Sea areas as Ber
lin-Rome-Moscow axis moved to gain control of those wateryays. Germany (1), according to British
radio closed the Franeo-Spanish frontier, with 60.000 German soldiers reported in Spain for a pos
sibe rear attack on Gibraltar. German radio claimed British ships in Spanish-held Tangier had fled.
ed sea. Russia (2), with one proing already driven into Rumania, was expected to demand of Turkey
■* concessions in the Dardanelles, guarding the Black Sea, or in the Kars region lost in the World Mar.
Germany, Italy and Russia were reported working together in dealings with Turkey.
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LEWIS SAYS LABOR ABANDONED
John L. Lewis (left standing), CIO chieftain, told the Republican resolutions committee labor ‘‘has
XO cause to feel any confidence in the Republieanparty in recent years." He said the party would be
of "great service" if it becomes this year "the party of the people."
Great Britain Reported Nearing
Parity With German Air Force
Fought Off Attacks Nazi Raiders
c
London Spokesman Asserts Royal Air F-.>rce Planes
Have Shot Down Between 4 & 5.000 German Planes
UNDATED. July 24 ;(/P) — The
citizens of ancient Rome under
went air raid scares twice be
fore dawn as anti-aircraft guns
blasted at a “phantom flight” of
British warplanes reported head
ing toward the Italian capital.
No bombs fell but the Italian
command reported several per
sons wounded by falling shell
splinters.
Great Britain is now reported
nearing a parity with the Ger
man air force and fought off the
slashing attacks of Nazi raiders.
A London spokesman said the
Reich lost a total of 4 to 5.000
planes since the war began.
A terriffic sky battle raged ov
WINDSORS ARE
FLYING TO U. S.
LONDON, July 17—It is oflftc
ally announced here that the
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
have arranged to fly via *he
Clipper to New York this week.
The two will go to the Bahamas
where the Duke will assume the
duties of Govrenor General.
RUSSIA AND SWEDEN
IN TRADE PACT
LONDON—A reliable Swedish
source says that trade pact neg
otiations between Russia and
Sweden are near completion.
Swedish industralists are said to
fear that Sweden is not capable
of producing the steel rails, lo
*
er a southeast cos.-tal town and
more tha” 6) German and Brit
ish planes whirling in combat.)
Two Nee. craft wert shot down.
Four other German raiders were
reported destroyed by swiftly
counter-attacking RAF fighters
elsewhere in Britain.
The Nazi command blaming,
bad flying weather for the lack
of activity yesterday said its air;
forces sank a sub in tire North
Sea and destroyed two patrol
boats and a mine sweeper in the,
English Channel.
There is still no sign, however,
that Hitler has ordered the zero
hour for his threatened huge
scale assault on the British Isles.
comotives and rolling stock Rus
sia wants to purchase. It is con
firmed that the agreement calls,
for Russian payment in substan-j
tial oil deliveries.
ALCATRAZ PRISONERS
ARE ON STRIKE
ALGATRAZ, Cal.. July 19 —
Nearly 100 convicts in the Fed-1
eral Prison on Alcatraz Island
refused portions of their meals
today.
Prison officials said that “while
nothing untoward has happened
they are keeping a close watch
on the situation.
Approximately 250 prisoners
on the island, Warden Johnson
said, are on a partial hunger
strike which began last Monday.
MORE MONEY TO LEND
TO SOUTH AMERICA
WASHINGTON, July 22—Pres
ident Roosevelt asked Congress
to increase the lending power of
the Export and Import Bank by
$500,000,000 so that the United
States might be of “greater as
sistance to our neighbors south
of the Rio Grande,” in a special
message, coincident wi ll the
Pan American Conference at
Havana.
The President said the war in
Europe is preventing the flow of
surplus products of the Western
Hemisphere to their normal mar
kets and cautioned again,.”, the
“cut-throat market of those com
modities we all export.”
NATIONAL INCOME
TO BE STUDIED
WASHINGTON, July 22—Com
merce Secretary Harry Hopkins
announced the expansion of the
Commerce department’s "nation
al income studies. The Secretary
said the new studies have al
ready heen started.
The new study is designed to
give more concrete data on na
tional income by describing in
detail the products of industry
in a given year. From this study
the national income division will
be able to supply data concern
ing the amount of food, cloth
ing, household appliances and
automobiles produced in any
year since 1929.
The national income divisia
will summarize the output of
dreds of commodities in 70 or
commodity groups. The
will be principally u-ed
business service aside fr
provision of backgrour i i
tion for national dcv'.n'
Secretary said.
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