■1 U%J\ • •n'* 01 a Oracle happened in the nevs today, it begun t.iis mcrning v.ith the officiul Berlin bulletin about the sir v ur . .he Nazi ni-jh co. uand announced that in the fighting over Britain yesterday, one British plane was shot down wnile VWw- three German planes were lost. For the first time Berlin has A stated tne - . ' A r ■" • ' Ifl * <-<X-4?L i - c > t in a di y 0 xxx«bct^i«- ^ lost more than the loyal ,J r lorce. Usually, it nas been the other way round, tne Germans claiming to have snot down huge numbers of British planes, with a loss of only a few of tneir own. t This afternoon, the miracle w‘as made complete. London cebied a story of how British fighter planes had ambushed a fleet of two hundred German bombers and fighters, and drove them away - an ambuscade in the clouds. In this action, t.ie Britisn announced tne losses as 1‘olj.ows - four German ~>lanes snot down, while the R. A. . lost seven. Tne Air ministry exoluins this unfavorable ratio by citing the weather. "Cloud cona itions made interceptions difficult," says tie ^ir ministry bulletin.^Today w.s tne 1’irst time the British have ever stated tnat they lost more than tne Germans. Usually the score na s been about tnree to one j_n favor of the u ... 1 times six to one W a R--2 ^rtrer.~^»-r-r T^i-rrvrj j^—b4«t>fl -ifi ■ e-S—afralH:—rrr!<»:^ —^1^'U^-B- Trr^4-tri^y cifv-rmt cl !Tr>fi^*^*4^-fr4-wfH. The latest -erlin lulletin states that all nay ions Fazi bombers struck hard at Londcn - inflicting huge damage. The British, on n the otner hana, announce tnat today was.^he quietest ii raid uay s ince tne beginning of tne bombing of Xondon, —brief^ bk-i-r' Ttriu—aiarnr Lonnoners, however, were not particularly encourc.ged# There nave been luxls before, always followed by a more violent storm.ana 'hen n^ght came London’s misgivings realized, - the last word from the British capit v»ere anti-sircrt ft fire end bombing, i.ir raiders over tne city,- ^ blasts of heavy explosions here and taere over London's wide area* , pritisn counter-attack was going strong today. The hri vichy, <* «» »"* a,”r““‘' ” “ rwrl « Hoyhl n,« 0 or« •« «*»“ “»"■ Gemt ns. Invasion bases «er*. blastea, set afire - held by tne ld r-erman transports bombed end sunk. warehouses in Hemes. 'ne verier! s-ty tu-t seven 1 transports held in readiness for the intended invasion of Britain were hit ana wrecked. London reports that R. u, ?. Doitbers, operating aitong clouds, struck a shattering blow at C-erniany,s Dordmund Lms Canal^ one of the vUal waterways in Kitlerland. ' ritish pilots vent aivin.^ down tarough clouds an. dropped heavy bombs on the aqueducts supplyin tne canal with water - smashing the aqueducts tn i tying up the canal. ' e ^onaon admiralty announces that a British n subi a^ine sank, a German transport cn September ^cond, a big The Stock holm story oeolareci that there were four thousand troops xnisx aboard tne transport, and a neavy loss of life followed t n torpedoin;;. London now makes the formal claim, the British submarine having returned with its report A di&tiaguished visitor dropped In the studio a few jioaents ago. he is a Canadian, Just back fro:u the otner side. Ana, he is doing soTie exceedingly ixiiportcjit work in con lection with the vic*r. £>o, I aia going to ask hi.n a question or two before I hurry on to the rest of tonigiit,s news. His name is gajor Fred J. hey. His home when he is not rushing about the orlu, is out in the Canadian prairie, at Winnipeg, but even the Wild ftest hasn't taken away his ultra ultra ^ntlish accent. ilajor Hey is the head of the National Council of Education in Canada. So far he has dona .tore than any other person to get children out of ^ngiand, over to this continent. Major Ney^what part of England do you bring the children?f^sa* A *AJ0h Only from the parts where there is the greatest danger, the Couth and bombing is going on. East coasts where most oi the h^avy And, children the outskirts of London• SOU tell *e that hundreds have been brought over Lre&dy. In the ne s we have had a number of stories to the effect that there has been, opposition to the bringing of \ ^ .ii-1 - k, child, on l ro.u »ihat about that? jiaJOu The cry w^s that only tho children of the privileged classes *ere bein6 brought over. But, that is not true. As far as possible we are iceeping children together. bringing out entire schools, and, in sorae cases the military nas moved into the scho 1 as we have taken the children out —— sons ana daughters of clergymen, doctors, sea-faring it famillos. and so on. Just ordinary youngsters. Bo you expect to bring any more? VjB-^ I 7 ^ I M returnln£ to England as soon as possible. It seems to me that this Is going to be a long war. Ana, poor old England is going to be devastated to a frightful extent, before we finally win out. For win we will. Our big problem Just now is the financial one. No money can be brought from England, .very pound Is needed to buy war aatarlals. bo, v.e need all the help we can get to flnanc. tn. trlntW nr =««,'» f~. tn. -r •«««- I.U., tn. .nn«» « “>«■ “* depends. iixlx* Lvciything Major Hey ia. is doing under tiie auspices ui ui*e National Coui*cil of Education in Canada* in ioronto* I nave ^nown Major Ney for nany years* and he is always unvoting al* of ills ti.ae to altruistic work* doing things for oiliers* ~£Le Ow r.epcrto r. t t:ie . ritish and iimerican Oovernments 1J Ve 0I?ened t,n important series of conversations on the subject of mutual defense - Secretary of state Hull conferring with Britisn Ambassador Lord Lothian and tne Australian Minister to .Soin ten, r.icaard Casey. The mention of the Australian indicates that the defense conversations concern the Pacific Ocean in particular. T is London confirms. One angle is - Indo-China. j Today we hear that the Japanese have presented what amounts to an ult netTun to the Trench Government, demanding concessions in the Tench colonies on the Asiatic mainland. Jaoan now is particularly demanding naval and air bases in Indo-China, and t;ie negotiations have come to a standstill. Today’s dispatch pictures an exodus of Japanese residents from the rench colony, which mi*ht txxx make it seem as if Tokyo were anticipating trouble. In Lonoon the British Government spokesman was asked v/ue tier the subject of Indo-China was included in the defense conversations now being held in Washington. ..nd he indicated yes. He used these words - "I don't see why any specific subject should be exexuded. DI7 ' The Lonaon report states that the talks goin^ on in shin ton may have a aecided effect on tnat famous Asiatic highway - tne Burma Hoad. At tne behest oi' Japan, Great Britain closed the Burma Hoad, along which vital supplies were going to the Chinese ^rmy fighting the Japanese. The united states protested against the closing, out London didn’t want to take any chance dn a clash with Japan. Now, however, the Wxx r-.rma Hoad may be reopened as an artery of supplies to the Chinese Army. It may - Great Britain sees the likelihooa of getting United States -r Bast. The Washington conversations are s„ia to envisa. e a program of join. BrlU.h and om.rtc.a oonrrol of th. or.-. - Stares fleet to P=H.. "“1' *“ Britisn fi..« ***» ««* «' ““ F“t,”r' “ 11 , i ht -r«nt the United States the t hreet ^ritain might gram suggested that reex mr tn «ia Particularly - Singapore, ar,rt r ir bases m use of naval ana an „ ct TO is mention of a sharing of 4-hp Trar East. iu-a the Gibraltar ol the .ar ? t seem to be a logical , a vyy air bases might seem Asiatic naval and xxx air r the naval and air bases to the „ to the leasihS °f tlie nav follow-up to inti vnre British American tie-up • 4-*,p rbi’ihbean. lore United States in 1 UiLt’s increus. y in the wind. ±n \'i shington todey, Secretary of state Cordell Hull was asked about the conversations between kix himself, the British, ... 'sador and th# Australian Minister* He responded trat the t Iks have been going on with, a free and frank exchange ot views* ris statement was cautious, guarded - non-commital, even. He was asreeu whether the diplomatic talks were considering ^siatic naval ana air bases, Singapore - in particular. The Secretary’s reply, as given by the United Press, is as follows, and non-commital is the word^-The u. P# dispatcii reads:- ’’livery pro and con of the world situation has been a topic,” Hull said, but he coulu not recall any ■particular reference to an jjierictxn use oi British ifori.Q wide nava bases. ’’Singapore might have been mentioned,” he said, ”but it was not dwelt upon with emphasis.” So reads the dispatch ana wnet a forgetful Secretary of State! At the time in the diplomatic exchanges, when naval and air bases and Singapore may or may not have been mentioned, tne Secretary must have been day dreaming about a fishing trip aown in Tennessee. mmmm TilLLKIE '^e’ore tLe Seriate saxsxix Carnpaicn ConL.ittee today appeared Oren Root, Jr. he’s tue cnaimian of tne two thousand '"iilkie-for-fresident Clubs. Only twenty-nine, a novice in politics, he jumped into prominence in the T.Tili<ie movement and juickly .cot the re nutation of being something of a political wizard• Tne . enate Campaign Committee is keeping an eye on election activities, doing a sort of nolice job - to preserve politics in a proper state of purity. Speciiically, tne committee is allying the Hatch Act, with its limitations placed on money snent in behalf of candidates. A presidential candidate is limited to three million dollars. There were charges that tne iime-for-Preeident Clubs were being used as a means of dodging tne latch .ct Limitation. So Oren Boot, Jr. was called upon to testify. He stated that ViilUie tola tnem not to raise ,r,„a .«» ..r. "u"- ’“•* ”” a.n„». .ilia. T“ l"“bU“” ■ „ ... ,o.« r..«r! Ctlon. M »■« »»«*»“• “a0”*1 candidate else placed . n . e ssociation for "lUKie Democratic Clubs. Cominittee and on D„nt „they live up tc his directions - which ’’If,” said Oren Hoot, they wiU - tne aggregate for the campaign will be Of course they _______________ - ' I t W w ^ WI'.LKIE - 2 leSb taan tnree million dollars.” And that is, under the Hatch Act limit There were questions about the Willkie Magazine Fund, which is based on advertisements. Oren Root stated that the Willkie Clubs had nothing to do with the Magazine Fund ROQSSV LT President Roosevelt’s trip to Pnil^delpnia today ap;ain raised the delicate uestion of political or non-political. Re rent to the ziljc City of Brotherly Love to receive an honorary de ;ree from tne University of Pennsylvania* *pttiie That’s non-political. Lntirely academic. .1 nft* ■) ho ncr r 1«i^-?-trmee-4re-a n e-1 ee t i an- or-4n. —aatrtr Also, the £xRxi.:xx x resident at >■ it*»v;ent tc tne -.'.tvy Yard, w-.ere tne thirty-five thousand ton battleship Washington is being fitted out, where the forty-five thousand ton «ih*i superdreadnought New Jersey is being built, and where they're rushing Plans on two other superdreadnoughts for ^erica’s • - and that’s not a subject two-ocean Navy. Defense inspection anu of politics or partisanship. J^The high spot was an address at Convention Hall - where Franklin D. Roosevelt was renominated for tne Presidency four . ’fendell iViilkie was nominated this year, years ago unc wher© > « mil of boliticai reminiscence. So what 7he surroundings were full oi pon ^ +iie air and the rule is tnat if about tue speech? It was on the , nolitioal speech he pays for the radio tne President makes a poUti ROOSEVELT--2 time* lt,s a non-political address, the time on the air is free. mis t i terncoa it was Iree, no cnarge. So what did the President s^y? —ire—r^pn—any-thin<* ■frhat-- ttay—n^t--be- «n-b^ ee^- "tt? ptri ^♦.t^'^Tie nearest thin-: tc politics »—^e—rj^*e4-a-etifria 1 aowas a remark or twc about government and business. Txti'S paraitrEpiiT /V rhe presidential voice declaimed:- "Iven today tnere -.re, I regret to say, demands tor a return of government to the control of tnose few - vhio, Decause o- business ability or economic omniscience, are supposed to be just a touch above the average of our citizens.n Kow, he wouldn’t be meaning Wendell Willkie by that^ TTue illkie xahat achieved fcuae as something of a business ^ « ev^dui. — butri^ht now hefs being ’’plain folks” - the way of a wizard, A Lidate. KIDNAP A kidnap sen.iation broke in California today. A pair of snatchers seized a three year old boy, son of wealthy and socially prominent parents. The father is Count Mark de Tristan. The mother is the former Jane Crhistenson, member of a family of lumber and shipping magnates. The child a Y' was in the care of his nurse, who fought to save him. She was ove rpowered by the two kidnappers and in the struggle seized the hat of one - a grey felt hat, a possible clue. They left a ransom note with the nurse. It demands a hundred thousand dollars and has a strange sort of signature. It’is signed:- „ 4 „ TA-C -*&- VWtU* (As'^c <rv\ ’’Unconventional Eccentric. -{ t A x cLrC- \ Japanese gardner saw the kidnappers get away ia. their car and gave chasa in his own auto. - ^ they saw they were pursued tney stopped, hhreatened-the Japanese gardnwr, with a gun and drove M* off. ***** the-P.B.1 is on the job,, the GJien with their long -record of eatebing kidnappers. Soviet Hussia reports a find - a real treasure. Not of ~ola, diamonds, rubies or pearls - but of old bones. \/l/ ..... - .^.J> Uiaiu^ SaoK to tne ice age. In paleontology, oiberii is notable for tne -re t number of mammoths that are duc: up - ttiose nure exephhnt-like creatures with tne immense and sweeping curved tusks. The palfontological find reported t . is not i ... oth - but something far oioer. it’s an ancestor of tne mammoth tribe. The difference is in the tusks. The ancestor of the mammoths has tusks tnat are straight, not curvec. science kno s the -iant critter as elenhas antiqus. Its remains are extremely rare, only a feu fragments found here •———-Nw % and there. The elenhas antiqus just uneartned in Siberia, ho we ver, is a complete skeleton and in a remarkable state of nreservation. e>.s for the paleontologists ~4-xy~i ^