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NO. 175-DAILX WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1941 4 -TOknVa r'trXTTG Hamilton Count and FIVE CENTS JrAuTO ll.lVL.EJ UJ-Ul J-O Campbell and Kenton Counties ELSEWHERE Mastery SHI MMMiMaMMMMMWMMMiMMMMMM At Prague, Mask Say GkurcM mm, Says BOASTS Five Towns Attacked FIFTY-EIGHT Added To List. SHORTAGE Of Planes Is Faced Of Eome Denied American War Supplies Arriving, And How! At Near East Docks; Yankee Beer Finds Outlets; Too In British East Coast; Heavy Casualties Due By Hitler Since: Soviet Invasion, Is Belief. i Prune Minister cites witi -In Ship Losses, Too, But Warns Of Optimism. London, September ZO (UP) A eport by Prime Minister Winston Churchill that British shipping losses have dropped two-thirds and i It London, October 1 (Wednesday) (AP) Strong formations of Ger man planes heavily assaulted northeast costal areas for hours during the night and rescue parties this morning were bringing the dead and injured from the debris of wrecked buildings- Five towns were raided by the Nazis, using heavy explosive and fire bombs, the latter including some "screamers," and it was feared casualties would be heavy.

The destructive air assaults were accompanied by a brief cannonading off the- Dover coastal area by German long-range guns firing across the Channel in brilliant moonlight. The shells, falling in the water, were believed aimed at a convoy. Large fires were started the German raiders. They knifed through antiaircraft fire and Royal in with tracks on and ready to be driven is a big help in speeding up their delivery," a port official said. "They practically come wrapped in oil paper." Planes, however, must be assembled after landing.

Other vehicles come in great wooden crates, one crate for the chassis with the motor already in it; another for the wheels and various other parts which must be put on. The twin crates for each vehicle bear identical numbers and are kept side by side through the whole trip to avoid mix-ups. Once ashore, the goods are moved away as fast as the overtaxed facilities will permit. American technicians, notably Lieutenant Colonel Edwin W. Piburn, are aiding the British with the unloading problems.

As a result of this traffic, Egypt is flooded with American canned beer, all the well-known brands and many new ones since it comes packed in cases of 12 cans, which can be loaded conveniently in the left-over spaces around the ships. These are landed at a cost of three piastres, or 12 cenU, a can, including the Egyptian tax, but by the time they reach Cairo's crowded bars' the price is up to nine piastres (36 cents). Profits sticking to the fingers of various middlemen are the subject of much controversy, but so far the price is holding firm. i BY EDWARD KENNEDY. Cairo, September 30 (AP) United States war supplies are pouring Into the Near East in such volume that they are seriously straining the limited unloading facilities Of Egypt's ports.

In a visit to various ports, I have seen ships bulging with planes, tanks, material, and general merchandise, discharging their cargoes amid feverish activity day and night. More than a score of United States ships already have arrived in this area with lease-lend supplies. These are in addition to British, Danish, Dutch, and other freighters coming in witji troops and cargoes from Great Britain and all parts of the British Empire. Although many miles of railway have been constructed, new wharves hurriedly built, piers lengthened, and other steps taken to help the vessels disgorge their cargoes, the congestion still is a serious problem. Tanks are being set down in lighters, completely assembled and fueled, and driven toward the big desert ordnance depot to be readied for war service.

"The fact that American tanks now are coming that Germany ie short of airplanes gave rise tonigh(. to a belief that i Adolf" Hitler has thrown away his superiority both in manpower and airplanes in the Russian War. Churchill told the of Commons that the German plane shortage and the arrival of American supplies had eased Britain's peril, hut he said Britons musV make every possible sacrifice to hetf Russia keep the massive German (and armies tied up in the East. I Competent aviation experts, crtm- Lausche, Blythin Nominated hienting on the speech, said GeK many' last chance to gain master of the nkiea over Western Europe; a prerequisite forinvasion of Brit ain, apparently had been lost. 'i'POnTS TO UPRISINGS.

Laborite' C. 1.0, STRIKES in struck another of optimism; saying: "Nothir i Is more impressive than evidence i Germany's check Russia hasle46 the upsurgence of the 'li 'f Balaved ipountries of i i' A inner- as Ji "Gestaoo. was a Air Force night fighters which roared to the challenge. The flames were quickly controlled, however. The Germans apparently were stung into retaliatory action by five-hour R.A.F.

assaults Monday night upon Stettin, German Baltic base for the Russian campaign, and on Hamburg's sprawling water front and yesterday's daylight R.A.F. pounce on a heavily guarded German convoy off the coast of Norway in which a torpedo hit was reported on the biggest ship in the procession, a medium-sized mer Rounding out the picture of the last 24 hours of R.A.F offensive operations, the Air Ministry reported night and day attacks on the northern French coast, including the docks at Cherbourg and Le Havre. Tuesday afternoon one armed Axis merchantman was re ported fired off Cherbourg. The British lost eight bombers Continued On Fage 3, Column 4. Mayoral Race Arnold' S.

Johnson, Communist candidate, received 1,480 votes. Lausche recently resigned from the Common Pleas bench to enter the He was a key figure in grand-jury investigations of gambling activities and the closing of the notorlousV'Harvard Club Blythin called for a continuance of good government arid, upheld his plan for the city to purchase the Cleveland Railway," Company for the equivalent of approximately $45 a Sweeney's campaign slogans were "Elect a liberal Mayor" and "Keep our boys at home." He termed his campaign a "war and called upon the support of members of the America First Committee, An attack on Blythin's transpbr- Continued On Fage 3, Column 8. New Owner liams, Vice President of the ern and Southern Life Insurance Company, and Kyte. John Dee Wareham, nationally known in art circles and long'asso- ciated with the pottery, will con tinue as the institution's director. Immediate steps are being taken to fire the kilns.

It is expected that new pottery will be forthcom ing within a month. Wareham expects to have most of his old staff with him, including Ralph G. Leeds. Among artists and decorators who are expected to be available immediately and to form the nucleus of the new decorating staff are Elizabeth Lincoln, E. T.

Hurley, Sara Sax, Lorinda Epply, K. Shira-yamadani, and Wareham. Since the pottery, was founded Continued On Fage 3, Column 6.. For Cleveland Cleveland, September 30 (AP) Frank J. Lausche, Democratic Judge known as an antigambling crusader, and Edward J.

Blythin, Republican incumbent who succeeded Senator Harold H. Burton by today were noml-SHtfor-' frV Vf riflnpYWTOM primary. a Lausche held a' commanding lead in returns from light balloting in which less than 50 per cent of the 438,000 eligible voters went to the polls. Blythin's total held firmly above that of Congressman Martin I Sweeney, Democrat, who held a less substantial lead over Republican Arthur H. Day, former Judge of the Ohio Supreme Court.

Complete returns as tabulated by the Board of Elections Lausche 68,013, Blythin 46,973, Sweeney 32,296, and Day 29,890. -i Auto Dealer Is BIDS OPENED On Barrier Dam. Lowest Offer For Flood Work Is $2,4311,642. Sherrill's Proposal To Re-locate Route Studied By Engineers. Eight concerns submitted five bids yesterday for the construction of the Millcreek barrier dam and appurtenant works, a pump house and a.

portion of the west floodwall, which is the initial unit of the flood protective planned for Cincinnati by the Army Corps of Engineers. The lowest bid was $2,439,642., It was "submitted jointly by Ferd J. Robers Construction Company, Bur lington, Wise, and LaCrosse Dredg ing Corporation, Minneapolis, Minn. Other bidders were the. following Patton Tully Transportation Company' and Badget Construction Company, Memphis, Joint hid.

J2.483.140.50: Feeels Construc tion Company, Minneapolis, and 'Jnited Construction Company, Winona, join bid, Ferro Concrete Construction Company, Cincinnati, $2,698,420.50, and, Spencer Prlntlce and White, New York City, $2,593,689. The bids, opened by Lieutenant Continued On Fage 3, Column 4. All Patriots, Masaryk Tells Yank Hearers. Praising Sabotage Success Three Cabinet Members Arrested, Czechs Report. Moscow, September 30-r(UF) The Czechoslovak underground radio station "National TJnlty" was heard here tonight urging the people of the protectorate to organize a general strike in protest against German repression'.

(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Fifty-eight more Czech hostages fell under the volleys of German execution squads yesterday to bring the total to at least 88 dead revolutionaries within three days, Ber lin announced today. Those who died on the third anniversary of the Munich agreement whereby Britain and France sacri ficed Czecho-Slovakia in the hope of appeasing Adolf Hitler were listed in Berlin as a professor, a retired Colonel, two Jews, six "Communists," and "men of no po litical importance." The BBC in broadcasts heard in New York by NBC and CBS reported the 58 new executions ahead of Berlin's announcement. It has done that on three occasions now, and the BBC totaled the Czech dead at 95 to Berlin's 88. Germany said the hostages paid with thauUivea because of attempts to overthrow the German erected protectorate of i. "THEY'RE ALL Jan Masaryk, son of Thomas Masaryk, founder of Czecho-Slovakia, in a CBS broadcast to the United States last night from London said the real reasons for the executions were: "Production in our factories has gone down as much as 50 per cent The wrong munition is being sent to the wrong depots, gasoline, tanks, and gun3 get fired, the railroad schedule is thoroughly mixed up, and all this is done quietly without, fuss and the real guilty parties are- Impossible to catch, and the Gen, eral, baker, and candlestick maker pay the price for their fellow patriots.

"And don't make any mistake, they are all patriots." Masaryk told Americans that "all our sabotage has nothing to do with any, other 'ism'" than patriot ism, not even Communism. BLAMES MUNICH FACT. "A lot of my people and decent people all over Europe are being murdered tonight just because they love their own countries as well you do yours. It is to a large extent in your hands to determine how long this will go on." Six Czechs were executed Sun day, 24 Monday, and 58 yesterday." Premier General Alois Ellas was arrested, and three former Czech Generals were executed. They were General Joseph Bily, General Hugo Votjo and 'Brigadier-General Frans Horacek.V sThe German charg avainot fjonprftlfl described hV Masaryk as non-poJIUcai army 01- son." "What shameless nonsense, Masaryk All decent Czechoslovaks are traitors to Germany's new order.

We became prospective traitors very proud prospective Continued On Fage 3, Column 3. Ttfis Morning THE ENQUIRER Page Walter Winchell 2 Dorothy Thompson 4 Editorials V- Frank R. Kent William H. Hessler.i' 4 Society News News of the Courts. Amusements 10 Radio Programs Bridge News Fashion News Serial Story 10 .....11 Woman's Page Sports Danny 13 Markets Finance 18 Real Sstate News.

2 journey's End 21 Vital Statistics 21 By Newsman Who Saw Convoy Attacked. Battle Lasted Only Hour And Italians Lost It, British Contend. London, October 1 (Wednesday) (AP) How British warships, including the damaged battleship Nelson, beat off wave after wave of Italian torpedo planes in a furious battle lasting just an hour was related early today by a special correspondent of "Reuter's News Agency who was aboard the aircraft carrier Ark Royal. "It was hard to believe it all happened in 60 brief minutes," the correspondent wirelessed. "A sudden distant rumble of gunfire was the first sign of the approaching battle.

"Far away to port, we could see the gun flashes ot cruisers and destroyers. "The whole length of one of our battleships seemed ablaze as her tremendous anti-aircraft armament roared into action. "THEN SKY CLEARED." "Throughout the morning the vi tal convoy of large merchantmen carrying stores, munitions and troops, with their majestic escort of battleships, cruisers and destroy ers, had steamed through blinding rain squalls and under heavy clouds. "In such' weather shadowing air- could get but a hasty look at 'the miles of ships before' fighters roared after them. "Then the sky cleared and we were, bathed in brilliant sunshine.

"As guns of the escorting war ships opened up in the distance, an officer spotter aboard shouted: 'There are five torpedo "One attacked a destroyer and was blown to pieces. Fighters from the Ark Royal were engaging the enemy and not one bomber got through the line of warships to the merchantmen. "There was a brief spell of quiet. Then with bewildering rapidity a second attack developed this time from starboard. "Four or five dark shapes shot low over the water toward us through a murderous barrage.

"Ahead of the aircraft carrier a big two-engined plane staggered, Continued On Fage 3, Column 2. FOOD SPURNED By Hess, Paper Says. Twice Began Strikes Because He Had Been Treated As War Prisoner, Report. London, September 30r-The Lon don Evening Star declared tonight that Rudolf Hess, former Deputy Fuehrer of Germany, twice started hunger strikes in his place of de tention because he had been treated as a war prisoner' rather than a "special envoy" since he made his sensational flight Scotland last My There was no confirmation from any otljer The Star, reporting that Hess was being confined "within a very easy distance of London," said he was contending' that as an he should be allowed to return to Germany at once. When Hess, then the No.

3 Nazi, flew to Scotland alone, early in May in one of the most sensational episodes of the entire war he was reported widely to have brought peace overtures from Hitler. The Star- implied that Hess now was living in comfortable quarters, "Some of our very senior officers who have been captured by the enemy now occupy decent villas. Has Hess a villa or something better suited to his higher rank?" Government officials, who have been silent regarding Hess since his spectacular landing nearly five months ago, declined to comment on the Star story. The only thing the government has disclosed is that Hess was being treated as an officer, and that he has all the privileges granted by the Geneva convention oh treat if Of Pottery, Attorney Reveals NAZI DRIVE East Expected To Go Into Summer Of 1942, Germans Say; i' Russians Admit Retreat To Rich Donets Basin After Abandoning Poltava. (BY UNITED PRESS) A member of Adolf Hitler's gen eral staff tacitly admitted today that the Germans expect the war in Russia to go into next summer, as dispatches from the fighting front told of widespread Russian counter-attacks and bitter hand-to-hand fighting.

Admission that Germany expects the Russian campaign to continue well in 1942 was contained in an article by Colonel Scherff predicting that German troops would stand the Russian winter better than the Russians themselves. "Th snrine will show further that deepness of area also has dark aspects for tne aeienaer, Colonel Scherff wrote in the Nacht- The article said that "In order to make success contestable for us the Bolshevik rulers this winter must be in position to mobilize new millions, lead them against a broad wall of our Eastern Front and then storm which shows no 'conSeditagtt 2 Column 6. "Resi Foreign Poli cy xi Pittenger of DulutU, vorea ior, inm has held high rallies- in me siaie For a long time Charles A Lmd- bergh was such a hero tha talk ex- isted of having him reestaolish a residence there and run for the Senate in 1942 against Senajio Joseph H. Ball, a follower of Wendell Willkie oh foreign policy. A survjey of the reactions of the nine members of the Minnesota congressional delegation to public opinion'hack home was made after their return to Washington by a correspondent of a Minnesota news paper.

These Congressmen are in a good position to know howthe winds of public opinion blow, snd they were Interviewed on theii' of the situation. As a result "a change gned Walter E. Schott, Cincinnati automobile dealer and widely known in business circles, was the success ful bidder for the Rookwood Pot tery, which was sold at a i bankruptcy auction Monday for $60,500, It was disclosed yesterday. Lawrence H. Kyte, attorney, who made the successful bid, said that nonrepresented Schott in this trans action, and that "the pottery will be operated on the-same high plane that it has been conducted in the past, with adequate capital to be made available to enable it to re gain its former enviable position." Associated With Schott in the venture are his wife, Mrs.

Margaret C. Schott, who has been interested in the affairs of the pottery for many years; his brother, Harold C. Schott; Charles M. Wil Make 30,000 Idle. Production Of Aircraft Equipnienf Crippled By Another Walkout In New Jersey Auto Dispute Is Called Unauthorized.

(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Three Detroit automotive plants employing 30,000 men were shut down Tuesday night by departmental strikes of Congress for In dustrial Organizations Automobile Workers and another C. I. O. walkout crippled production of essential aircraft equipment at the Bendix, N. plant of Air Associates, Inc.

Approximately 10,000 men were forced into idleness at each of the three factories. No defense contracts were affected. The strikes started in the Dodge paint department, where dismissal of employees was protested, and at the Briggs plant were transfer of seven workers was branded prejudicial to seniority. Headquarters of the United Automobile Workers (C. I.

said the actions were un authorized. At Bendix, the U. A. W. estimated that 400 of the eligible employees of Air Associates, were on strike to enforce consideration of wage gain demands.

Several strik- 'conttmieTcTFage 2, Column 7. a- whiMT set forth for the reader so that he can see for him- i iu. trend in ConETeSS: ceil, llio i.ow.. h. imr been one of the most strongly Isolationist states i th onnntrv.

When the House ti tha extension for another 18 months of the time to be served by draftees only one of tne nine Minnesota Congressmen, William A. Peer, Wife Jobless London, September SO (UP) The personal column of this morning's London Times contained the following application "MIDDLE-AGED PEER AND PEERESS Energetic, capa- We, former with military and business experience, good linguist (French and German) latter good organizer, two and one-half years gen-, eral nursing experience (London and military). Do-sire suitable employment together with accommodation; No salary; London or near South or Southwest England preferred." No address was listed, only a Times box. Minnesota Congressmen Found small, exclusive, fanJcal Smith said. 'Now Vhcn its huge Swollen form covers the whole of Europe, it becomes corrupt and in His reference was to both Churchill's speech and to re ports here of a tide of revolution, terrorism, famine, and suppressive execution throughout Europe.

Lees-Siith said Churchill's speech enabled Britain to regard two possible methods of German defeat-invasion t-id the battle of the Atlantic with a good 'deal more confidence. MIGHT piG SELF IN. But he pointed out that Hitler had another method: "If he can dig himself before our full re- sources are developed, so deeply that it would be exceedingly difficult to dislodge him, he has the prospect of keeping the war at something like a stalemate which, with the Nazis in control of Europe, wpild in fact be a victory for them." 7 Lees-Smith said that "if we could so equip the Russian Army that it Would be anything like the German, the end of the war would be In sight The Germans now have lost in Russia as many men as they lost in the last Churchill also- told Parliament that Britain would not hesitate to bomb Rome if circumstances warranted such action. It was a warning to Italy that the renewed aerial offensive, said in certain quarters to be designed to knock the Junior Axis partner out of the war, might be extended to the ancient capital for the first time. If the Red Army is to remain a Continued On Page 2, Column YEATHER WFORECAST Washington, September 30 (AP) Ohio Considerable cloudiness Wednesday and Thursday: cooler Wednesday.

Kentucky Partly cloudy Wednes day and Thursday, Cooler In north Wednesday. Indiana Party cloudy with sea sonable, temperatures Wednesday and Thursday. for September 30, 1941, ending at 7:30 p.m., seventy-fifth meridian time, and a comparison with the corresponding day of the last two years and normal: Temp.Hu.Wd.-Vel.Rn. Weath. 1:30 a.

m. 57 81 5 Cloudy 78 57 0 Cloudy 1941 '40 '39 Nl. Highest temperature 92 69 52 Lowest temperature. 54 50 47 Precipitation 0 .49 Sunrise, 6:34 a.m. Sunset, 6:21 p.m.

TWENTY TEARS AGO. Ohio -Fair." Temperature, 74-46. FIFTY YEARS AGO. To Supporting Roosevelt In Charles E. Bennett Former Advertising Manager BY EDWIN W.

WMblnctoa Bureau, 1387 Nat'l Vnn Bid. SFXCIAI, siariTCH TO ibi xhqdikxk. Washington, September 30 Soundings of public sentiment are convincing the administration than whenever it is considered nec essary to take further steps in the carrying out of forelgil policy, those steps can be taken with public acquiescence. The recent va cations' which the members of the House of Representatives gajbUS.ma.n. have had back in their districts, instead of encouraging them toward isolationism, have had the opposite effect.

That is a purely factual statement for which abundant evidence is now available. It is accepted in the pri vate conversations in Washington of both isolationists and interven tionists. On doe not have to drink a whole barrel of wine In order to get the flavor of it nor does one have to hold a general election to get a fair understanding of trend or nnininn in the country. 1 Charles E. Bennett, former ad-' vertising manager of the Cincinnati Times-Star, and a prominent figure in the church, civic, and charitable life of Cincinnati and Norwood for four decades, died last night at Christ Hospital after a long illness.

Although Mr. Bennett was active on the policy-making bodjes of various charitable institutions during his long career, much of his work in these philanthropic enterprises as well as that of his wife, the former Mary Leonard Elliott, who died three years ago was of a more personalized nature about which little was known. Among the couple's chief interests were the affairs of the Union Bethel and the Salvation Army. A native of Evansville, where he was born 75 years ago, Mr. Bennett came to Cincinnati as a young man and immediatey en- in the prevailing Minnesota attitude toward President Roosevelt's foreign policy" was nofed "The and Senators'," the correspondent: wrote in his "define the change differently and aren't unanimous about the degree of change, but they agree as to its generally reaction.

The change is away from extreme isolationism. "Representative Richard P. Gale of Minneapolis comes closest to summing up in a sentence what the "Co-taueoron Fage 3, Column 5. 23 Comics Ohio Fair. Temperature, Continued On Fage 3, Column L.

Charles lw Bennett ment of prisoners of Her is one instance of that v- I.