Clcvckmd 1lldlan, i Partly Cloudy ,. Come Within ilal'-Game or lOW A-ParUy cloud, toda, aud j DetroU Tlpia tomorrow; cooler In IOUth portion , See 8&or, oil rue • Wa,. -- 10.., a Mornin, NeID,paJJe; , IOWA ' CITY, IOWA SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1940 11VE CENTS , ' VOLUME XL NUMBER 254 National Political Rouudup . Jf TH.: ASSOCIATED P~E88 "ABBIN,G.TON Secretary lfillltce to quit agricultural post !AI campaign for v ice presidency; .rues AAA will be used as po- -b It' rPowerfulSquadronOfftoMeet IIilcal machine, I COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO, Italian Planes Bomb GJ ra a Spreading Menace of Flotillas ,We/ldell Willkle's manllg~rs are ------- IIPOrted considering formation of I new porty, such as a "democra­ Se d P' td G d C .p t p Of Nazi Torpedo ,Motor Boats tic Wlily party," 10 enllble ,south- 611 democrats to vote fbr Wil,kle SUf.fers con reSt ent rante onscrl tton owers Admir41ty Acknowledges Loss or Crippling Of II!II yet retain their democratic Jt«islration, Major Attack ,* * * • Half of 21.Ship Convoy Before Combined WASWNGTON'-Paul V, Mc­ ~utl says country Is too confused In Two Da s Senate Military To Exempt Married Men J Raider Disruised as Sw~dish Air, Torp,edo Boat Attack Dl' issues ot recent ~olitical con­ ItDtlons for anyone to forecast y GAg "· S~ ril B·· h BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ilIe outcome of the president elec­ Itep0i18 From Spain roup rees FreIghter t {es at rltls LONDON, July 26-Britain and the Frenchmen under her lion now, "I'm going' to keep my flag manned for sea tonight a powerful squadron of French JIIIj\Ith shut until the country cools Indicate British Ship O M July 20 after men o'war to meet the new llnd spreading menace of flo- 1If," he says. n easure NEW YORK, July 26 (AP)- .r.·om the Davision MADISON, WIS, - Dr, Glenn Hit, Docks Damaged The rescuers of the crew of one of they hud sailed, drifted and row- tillas of marauding nazi torpedo motor boats, attacking in Frank, chairman of the republi­ By THE' ASSOCIA;ED PRESS COlUfcription Bill Will two British ships sunk by a Ger- ed 640 miles in a week in a leaky Britain's waters with clouds of German bombers. can program committee, announc­ PenalJZ' e Draft Do' dgers man vessel in West Indies waters lifeboat. They had been placed in The admiralty, in the careful language of the "silent ser- ed he was willine to accede the GIBRALTAR, July 26 - Be- said today that the raider striking F h h' f . SIIPporters' requests that he seek sieeed Gibraltar, assuming more With Fines, Prison at British lifelines was a new and the boal after spending three days vice," disclosed that "a number of renc s lPS 0 varymg !be republican nomination for the and more a position af import- ! fast 10,OOO-ton vessel disguised as on the raider, sizes are now being manned and prepared for sea" both by U, S, sena te. ance as the keystone of Britain's WASHINGTON, July 26 a harmless Swedish freighter. These Bl'itish sailors said the men of the "free French naval forces" and by British sea- struggle for supremacy in the -Congress approached a history- Capt. Holm 'Brynilsen Of the ship carried 300 men and had a men. At least one of these, it disclosed, already has been WASHINGTON'-Secretary of Mediterranean, today underwent making battle over compulsory Norweglan freighter Leif quoted speed of 19 knots, which makes operating "successfully." . WlcuIture Wallace, disclosing its second major Italian ae.rlal military training today as the sen- cre)" members of the British her far faster than the British This new coup of Winston Churchill's "fight to the end" kdaY that he intends to step out bombardment In as many days. ate military affairs committee freighter Davisian, 6,4!l3 tons, as 'freighters carrying food from the government was disc\o\!'ed while the adm\ra\ty acknow\edgoo of his cabinet post to campaign Long - range Italian bombers agreed upon final details of a saying that the raider came along- West Indies and South America the loss or criru>ling of half of a 21-ship convoy before com. wr the vice presidency, iSSUed a subjected the towering rock to measure granting the presid8llt side unsuspecting cargo carriers to England. bined nazi air and torpedo boat attack in the English channel. waled denial or what he termed a 30-minute pre-dawn attack but broad p6wers to conscript an army with the help of the Swedish flag They said the raider had the Moreover, the German bombers struck for the first time 'loose charges" that the vast AAA made on $Outhwards after being from among 42,000,000 men: . and then blasted them out of the name Narvik painted on her prow t d t ff th t fIr t rth lId Itt'up would be used as a "politi- picked Qut by searchlights an;! Chan'man Sheppard (D-Tex) water with disappearing six-inch when they met her JUly 10" 240 BO,~~, ~ a clonV?Ybl o b ke ,:f.?~s SOh oya 1S hno ern f,rehat!l,. ' raJ' machine." , antiaircraft batteries, TIle: Srltish' said 1he senate bill revised to guns. , miles' nort&east of the Virgin is'- !:'i""m~ vu ne:ra e, ac 'ouol'. ore Wftt c ers saw 19 mg '~"'lng that the charges show said' no C,lIsualtie,s res~lted. " me~t we;; ' an,d · navy' r,tep~rtment The Leif picked up 25 cl'ewmen lands:',; . ,r,' ,: '. b~tween the' ships: iln;:i , t~e'; attackers, ', w;tlile British fighteJ"!! , Y the e:::;.d .",:'n: .; ,:"s" '" £Ee~:gr!~;ra~~~:r~~~~be'sald in a 600-word statement: border(~ep~re:'~o~ in Spam 'U:us'f~:osssaid fau/r pe~-. :~~:i:ti~~~si~~~~~~nb~w~ek. One of the committee's n!~~ fi- WI·II'I· am S. Kn'·'·u ·. ,ds ' e::n~ ~~ ,~,:",. "" e"·: v ,'~.' e:.: 'a:' I's ' ~E ,' l' ~a' '~~ rb~e~.e:~ Pst.!aOn.tt:deaOW;:neJI , .:;~d0: ~e.v. r~, , ~e triple-A (lrograms are' ad- sO!)s, ,o".e woman, :vere killed nal ads was to insert penalties of ministered in the counties by and ' 37 ' mjured by ~ mo~'e thl;ln a five years in prison and $10,000 t' 'A " ". ' ,,,' 't' P' '. , ,'. AntI-aIrcraft guns went; 11)- , Ulmer committeemen, elected by score of ,bombs dropped by six fine for "draft dodgers," .' To ,Accelerate' ,.. ' ·r.m·a'· ' m~ '. en, ;',: " r~ ' g,:r' lJ\ j 'm' i to aetion 'tonight in ' Wale~ !belr ,fellow farmers. These men I~i,a~ b~m~Ts, Td~es~k:::~~S ThoDias Pr'~sts Brig,' Gen. William E• Shfedd , " _ ~ 'I U , ~ .( . , apd southeast and southwes,t .~ DO'l'n the employ of the fed- sa e or ress ra 10 • At theothe.r end of thl! a):;'tol , above, assistant chief 0 f sta f 0f , . ' t, . ' , ' I·'. I ' M'11111 gOY(:J'nment;• their limited t er,. d oc ks ne9'l' ~n arsenal, , wlltet Mayor Fiorellot LaGuardia of ew the , Umted• States army, is shown • • ' ' 1 , . r England after enemy p ane,.s lipenses are paid by their 'niegll- t~nks , and a .hotel were dl\~aged York 'City 'and Owen I), Young, as ' he told the house milltnr y af- F' 'D' J'S' ,. " D ., <' '-- were heard. Heavy explosions hor farmers, and many of them and a number of lesser bUlld!ngs industrialiSt told o' the ho~se roili- tairs committee that no married lVe ormant Rains Cause eri'ous am. a~O"e ,. wElre heard near the southeast' , I f S levelled. s.evera~ h9uses ' were t A " 'tt' th f ~ed a men would be included in the t " !rrve a. a rea sacri ice. ome d (!d' La Lin by anti ary ... omml ee ey avo, c m- Sh' d p t coas . ot"the committeemen are demo- a~r~':ftt P~~11 trogm:ts, - TPuhlSmOry {ta1~d1ngt' Wlhi1e 'd~dortmanf proposed draft of 1,500,000 men lpyar s u • • • , , • '. '. • • . ' " .,' Gunfire and explosions also aa ,.... some repu bll cans, aneI some (Other reports received in 0 as: ~['esl , en la ca n I a e 0 for . a, year's compulsory military I Pod'ctwn IOWa' ' IJ eat' W' ave Is Bto k en;". 'BU t F1 00 d W a t ers ..... ere h, eard near th e)'TI 0 u th of the ~bed Of other parties ' or Alg~iras, Spain, said ()il~sheeted the ' S~laUst. pal'~~; protes.ted the trammg, n . ,r u ,Hu' ri- V'arl'0' U' 8 S,:"C' U· 'ODS f",' ••, .. .:, , Thames river. " ~ members 01 no party. These waters in ,the ' port of Gibraltar peacl!tJme cOIJSCrwtlon , .proposal , , ,"" Intent ' on 'sapping the baSic ~~8 woul<l-and shauld--viJC- . and b~tsjde the- harlJor ,indiCate. 6i as ' ''~"etti?g ~it1e.r~sm : without rD I Ph t · l;JY ' F;DWARD 'E. B'oMiR ' strength of the Geiman air for~. Ii«lsly ,r~ent any attempt to t at least OO!! S'r.ltiSh ship 'Was hit ~ tntl r. , ';' . ., ~l;.l.eVea S · 0 0 .w S]l!,NG,{,O~, J .uli 26 (AP)- DES Monas, Jl.ll.1' 26 (AI?) ..... Rotkr1sltltld'r the MF aguin blankeut,f Gel'- .. \bern 0,' the program tor t (A ".laconiQ ltalian,communlque Uride the senllte- eomnllttec s . Preparations to put, five "dor- Heavy rai!)! tell over a large part washed out at points be~w.een many'sindustrjal areas with bombs ~al purposes," TIl ere 1 y '$aid Gibraltar was bill th/i: orga~a~ol} which wo~ld Contest Results mant" shipyards to work and to of norlhern Iowa today, breakin~ Clermont and Postville Qnd b _ Thursday pieht, Oil storage dumps Wallace also said thot regula- "bombed effectively") conduct regtsb:atll)n and selection • speed the production of warplanes the heat wave, but causing ser- tween West Union and Elgin.