Panama City Pilot (Newspaper) - September 13, 1940, Panama City, Florida i CONSOLIDATED WITH FREE PRESS BAY SEPTEMBER 13, 19<; 10 Second Tim Ml TO SPEAK AT RALLY HERE OF DEMOCRATS Dance at Glen to Follow Speeches at Rally In City Park Carl general chairman of a committee in charge of plans for a rally of young Democrats of West Florida here said this morning that he had received assurance from Governor Fred P. Cone that he would come here to Gray said the governor Join Colin state school and Bob i in addressing the gathering of young Democrats from cities and towns from Tallahassee to A large delegation of Democrats from headed Byrd state lis expected attend the business session will be conducted at the hotel at 4 p. m. with speaking in City Park at 7:30 p. m. arid festivities closing with a dance .at The DEATH TOLL IN POWDER BLAST MAY REACH SO Bodies in Tangled Many Injured Not Identifiable MORE DOGS ARE DEAD Investigation of Still Under Way City authorities and officials of the county health department this morning were continuing their poisoning of more than - a score CUy within and 20 Jl In trie section of the | Chief of said an effort to one of the dead would be today W. yrt from due would bes asked to assist investigation to mining what poison was being Storm May Curve Away From Coast JACKSONVILLE - - The feather Bureau today said a tropical hurricane Atlantic ocean was north of Turks Island in the West Indies at 7 a. and appeared to be curving more to the thus taking It away from the Bahama islands and An advisory issued at 10 a. said the center of the hurricane was about 150 to 200 miles of Turks island vat 7 a. northwestward 14 to 18 miles an with indications of recurving Turks Uland is about 750. to 8Q0 miles southeast of and 100 miles or t V storm by gales over a wider area arid by hurricane winds an hour or near Caution advised the Bahama waters advisory House Pastes New Citizenship Code Passed swiftly by the House dent Roosevelt's code aimed partly at fate Congress m sands of living f foreign 4rniy^eiher jpr met take of BIB Offices with foreign governments Advocacy of A antM N. J. - workers poked through a fled mass of smouldering ruins oday In search of more victims of terrific explosions that leveled the Hercules Powder plant at least 35 Injuring 125 others and causing an estimated Officials of the plant and state police expected the toll of dead to reach 45 or 50. In of yesterday's blast was one of the worst powder Blant disasters in the nation s The company manufactures smokeless powder and other it was engaged In fulfilling numerous national defense Today Federal of Investigation agents investigating possibilities of In the last three months the company had received in contracts from the federal The undetermined was of such intensity that the countryside was rocked for miles Reverberations felt as far as 125 miles to the Thousands In surrounding districts believed there had been an exploded in two terrific and was followed by a series of concussions and a fire which raced through the ruins and surrounding The flames hampered efforts and for a time threatened an underground Twelve hours later another ex- sent shivers lenvil It in but loud enough arouse Hysteria Sweeps Hysteria ran this iter dawned of the 1,5.00 workmen rushed to the 2,000-acr.c, factory - Anguished - of wives to the shrieks ' Chief Harry deserving the the plant as said he saw arms arid legs torn from ' the enormity of the residents discussed the disaster with philosophical res kind of expect things like up one Catholic clergymen and rabbis rushed to the Dover hospital to single out members of their pastorates from among the 1 Wane Than War One of the Rev. E. Glenn van of St. John's Methodist ' saw hell in France but It Was nothing like He was a U. 8. Army chaplain in the World ' Of the seven were twisted and burped beyond of the Injured could not be Identified because they were too badly burned to be 0 0-0 0 Picture Drama Of Sea Battle - British Shells Sink Italian Cruiser 0 0 - i of the world's fastest Bartolomeo But it wasn't fast enough to Ret away when the cruiser Sydney caught it in the eastern Here's Italian almost hidden bv as the Sydney's gunners the The battle was sham and disastrous for the 2. The Italian cruiser Bartolomeo a sharp smack in the nose from sharpshooting tars aboard the Australian cruiser Here she wallows her bow shot away and her bridge and vital tower - Congressmen From Georgia Fare Well ATLANTA S. Gibson Of Douglas appeared assured as representative from day ofthe Democratic Georgia's Eighth Congressional 1 of Waycross was his two Rep. Braswell of Alma and Emory Bass of the of. Unofficial complete return from the 20-couhty South Georgia Rep. B. Frank Whelchel of carried 14 of the 18 in the Ninth district for Hugh Petersen of the First district carried 18 coastal Georgia defeating his lone Albert Georgia congressmen were unopposed for the 3. The victorious cruiser Sydney pulls alongside seamen from the sunken Italian ship They cling to awaiting rescue CHILLY WEATHER ENVELOPS U. S. Mercury Hits 57 Degrees In Panama City The Associated fall temperatures again enveloped the greater part of t h e nation today although warmer air was moving southeastward from mercury registered 57 degrees here last Winds of hurricane were reported north of Turks Island in the Bahamas bUt there were indications that they would turn away from the Florida coastline into the The lowest temperature readings were in the Birmingham reporting 42 Meridian 41, Chattanooga 41, Memphis 43, Atlanta 55, and Nashville 43. Board to Act On New License Law 1 A new ordinance regulating to occupational go before city commission for final reading the regular meeting 7:30 p. today at city Swank said other than reading new ordinance relating to license fees the commission had no matters of importance on the m Food Prices Up A Little CHICAGO - the the American family takes a bit as better barometers of 4. desperately toward a explosion rends the cruiser Bartolomeo of It sinks to the bottom of tho M. S. Sydney has upheld rule of the waves more before the European war began a year market statistics indicated but there has been hint of wartime skyrocketing of food Food costs - to last September's sharp resulting from a speculative and hoarding rush to were food costs in general because retail prices usually reflect varying conditions in different attributed much of the price bulge since the first of the year to domestic conditions such as the expanding defense program and increased industrial which is putting mote funds into Among Items whose current the lowest in five the | wholesale price is below that of average is approximately 3 per j 31, 1939. are cent higher but still 2 per cent pork below the peak reached and items now priced tne war | Statisticians based their hogs on than GADABOUT TEETH HOLLID A Skinner's finally have caught up with He lost them while swimming in the surf at Ocean N. last He figured they but waves washed them and a mailed them w Today is Friday the 13th, but Skinner just That's because he was able to tackle a big steak for the first time In four BAR GROUP ELECTS GAINESVILLE T. Gainesville will head the Eighth Judicial Bar association for the coming He succeeds W. and will take office FRENCH CITY IS FINED NAZIS City Penalized For Cutting of Phone Wire CAR back seat of Mrs. Carrie Burley's automobile has served as the for two of Tonl The latest arrival is a girl born after Mrs. relief had started with Mrs. Price for a another of the Price was born In Mrs. car in 1938 under similar France of the German Army of whose maintenance Is costing France 400,000,-000 francs at the official exchange a fined the of francs Nantes was fined for cutting of a telephone line used German officials the night of Sept. 6-7. The city last month was fined 2,000.000 francs for a similar QUEEN HOME Italy Helen of started Little Demand For Driving Licenses Bay county motorists are purchasing new driving licenses at a slow records In the office of Judge C. S. Russ Only atout 200 motorists have obtained new permits thus the judge The new licenses are due 1. Judge Russ has added extra helo to his regular staff to DRAFT EXPECTED TO BE PASSED BY NIGHTFALL Expect Conscription to Be Law of The Land By Tomorrow WASHINGTON leaders confidently predicted today that peacetime conscription legislation would be on Its way to the White by night fall to become the law of the In both Senate and House the plan was to obtain the quickest possible action on the compromise version of the compulsory service worked out by a joint conference committee to reconcile the differences between the two chambers on the With acceptance of the generally taken for the day's big question was how long It would take Congress to conclude action on the which ders the registration of 16,500,-000 men from - the ages of 21 through 35 possible military Some it would be only a few others that it would take most of the The Senate received the compromise version HMc and Majority Leader Barkley called the chamber into session an hour earlier than usual 11 to expedite ' NEGRO FREED IN KING AND ESCAPE IN AIR SHELT Fashionable West End Raids Resumed on Burglary Admitted The Associated Safely huddled In a palace raid King George Queen Elizabeth escaped jured today when a dive bomber screamed down the clouds and dropped of five bombs on Palace and its Witnesses said the raider came out of his live into a with motors checkl speed and get a better the m Other Nazi and fast over the heart of. dropped in dead-end of where Minister Winston sides at the famous No. 10f;Ni damage was After the King and Queen Elizabeth the damage to the royal who the were Ministry of Damage Slight The great blasted by a bombl only last was ' Standing alone In the at the west end famous the 100-year-olal palace makes a to - The raiders dropped salvos of fire and shriek setting London's West End aflame In a series bold daylight fell in the inner a third gyal couple's Meen the Victoria the palace One negro was freed of murder charge on a verdict directed by Judge Ira A. Hutchison in circuit court and Willie - Thad Knighten and tried g argument counsel was at a local negro Emmett white was convicted of grand larceny yesterday when a jury returned a verdict against him for the theft of a fishing sem belonging to B. F. 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Louis i San Francisco Seattle Washington Myers Key west Miami An denly plumr and then dropped a salvo ly over the center of the The explosions came In Buckingham has been the London residence of sovereigns since accessible Queen Victoria In 1837. Slamming batter I e gunl sent up a terrific spitfires flashed in the clouds engaging the in The daylight assaults Vo London's by when the sirens shrieked the first warni at 7:33 A. M. a. ESIT less than two hours sounded the sixth straight lusting sigl hours and 30 Lasts 53 Minutes fg The first alarm lasted 53 Sixteen tr raiders appeared them several 4-mqtoreq Fires broke out in several Lc don and a red over the West Official casualty Wednesday night brought toll to 1,175 killed and wounded successive the empire capital v Breaking silence on of bombed patches to disclose ar buildings areas by bomb are 1 Somerset In the Piccadilly St. G| w -I er rs also night churches brie German they and forays ' Belfast reported a plane dropped salvos bombs on ' northern damaging several In southeast Egypt 0,
