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EgN SA jlnotlzer Nazi Purge May Be" In M Cl i i n g Diplomats view Hess as ex-

tremely important in

Hitle_1_'_’s__ Party.

(By .l. C. Stark, Associated Press staff Writer) _.- -’

,___WASHINGTON, May 1z—(AP)—'l‘be flight of Rudolf Heal, Nari Wly leader and probably Hitler's most intimate associate, into British lunds in Scotland aroused intense speculation in diplomatic quarters lure tonight on the possibility of a split in the Nazi hierarchy.

plplenlnts familiar with Nazi politics described Hess as a tremend- wly important figure in Germany. ills power as party leader was plcngthened by hls close personal relations with Hitler dating but to

m]; party history.

As Hitler's deputy for party affairs, Hess was the controller of po- lllleal patronage and was considered almost fanatlcally devoted to the

l-‘llrhrcr.

Tall. dark and somewhat retiring, he usually wore only the brown llllrt and trousers oi the S. A. uniform-some times appearing coatlesg

even at the nlost formal functions.

Whatever the circumstances oi his flight and even accepting the German version casting doubt on his sanity, informed diplomats agreed that it would prove ii severe shock to the German people.

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latent Japan a a

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c1lUNGKING, M!!!’ l2 —(AP) -t‘.cn. (‘hiang Kai-Shck. ip one oi his rare qn-eches made pub- lli today, declared that Japan is so nearly exhausted by ll- most four years oi Chinese re- sistance that China, given only material and economic did, can defeat her single-handed)

Significantly; the Chinese leader coupled this statement with a deelarailorLthnt the res- clullon of the American people “to defend the spirit of democ- racy" would "support the policy if their government to the point If war" and that “Japanese ag- gression has now neither the llrength nor the audacity to risk a clash with America."

China needs neither the nid of an expeditionary force nor the nrllnn of a powerful navy from her friends, Uhiang said, '*'"i1ut down this enemy oi all rho would dlvoll in pence on lhe shores of the Pacific.”

Th9 lllleech was made-Satur- ill nlrln at a farewell dinner m?" b? Mme. Chiang Kal- Shek in honor of the United States ambassador. Nelson T. gmmlilll. who is going to Ans- mlls as mlnlste . 1t was rclens. "l lnr llublieatlon today.

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Speculation about a. possible break in high Nazi ranks centred 0n the theory that Hess fled Ger- many for some reason and inten- tionally landed in the one coun- try which certainly would not send hlm back.

Some sources even suggested that Hess might have been escaping from another Nazi “purge" such as the famous one of June 30. 1034. when numerous high party men and Hitler intimates were slain.

If a. party split had occurred and Hess was fleeing, it was believed here the Germans might logically brand hlm as mentally unbalanced in order to discredit, anything he might say.

The reason for the party break, 1f there was one, was a puzzle. Hess was said to have tried to avoid intro-party disputes. but: it was thought that his close per- sonal association with l-litler might have aroused jealousy among other party leaders.

It was also considered possible that Hess might have dis with Hitler or other party chief- talns about the general strategy of the war or that he might, have retained his early anti-Communist ideas and opposed any closer re- lations with Russia.

Hess was believed here, however, to have devoted most oi his time

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lioosevelfs Speech is Postponed

WASHINGTON, May l2-lAP)— Thc speech which President Roose- velt was to deliver Wednesday night to the diplomats of Latin America was cancelled today and the wiute House said that Mr. Roosevelt, ln- stead, would make a "fireside chat‘ on the night. of May 2'7.

The address scheduled for Wed- nesday had been heralded as one likely to prove Of paramount im- portance. But Mr. Roosevelt has been ill since ‘Tuesday, and a re- ceptlon at the Pan-American Un- ion which he was to have addressed was cancelled.

Stale Secretary Hull, Chairman of the Union Governors, extended on behalf oi the President an oral invitation for the heads of Latin American diplomatic missions here to be guests at tho White House on Mnv 2'7,

The diplomats, their wives and families. sold Presidential Secre- tary Stephen Early, will be invited

the White House at 10 p.m., and will be present when Mr. Roosevelt delivers a. radio talk to the United States between 10:30 and 11 pm. D

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Early said it was up to radio companies what distribution the address will receive, but added it "probably will be wcrld wide."

While Mr. Roosevelt's illness, a gastric-intestinal upset, was (he 0X- plnnatlon advanced for in», phonon in plans, Early reported the Presl- dent was "feeling perfectly fine" tndzy Mr. Roosevelt still ls in Jed, 11c said, but is "working right a- orig.”

CONVENTION AT MONCTUN

MONUIlON. N.B. Mayli —(OP)_ The Gramd Lodge o! me 135M311. ters of England will hold their

and interest to domestic political (30th annual Dominion convention

affairs and it was considered more likely that a split, if any. de- veloped over intro-party matters.

there July l7. 18 l9. district deputy Mrs. Elmer today

Hayward announced

Hess Was Clds; To Adolf Hitler

Was with Nazi-Ijeader in

drive

Special fire Preventive body ls organized

TORONTO. May l2—(OP)- Formation of a special fire sabo- tage preventive organization ln military. naval and air force estab- lishments in Canada was announc- ed today by W. J. Scott. Ontario Fire Marshal, in on address before the 45th annual convention oi the national Fire Protection Associa-

on,

The convention was addressed sl- so by V. A. M. Kemp, superintend-

ed Police, who told 1,000 delega-les to the meetings zhat Jommunlst ac- tivities still present. a problem to Canada's police and industrial EFOHIB.

The wartime strategy of Oom- munlsm in Canada ha! been t0 urgs the return of Canadian sol- dlera from overseas and to advo- cate a ceasatic‘; oi hostilities Bupt Kemp said.

The new committee, Mr. Scott said in disclosing its formation, will advise on methods oi fire rot-e;- tion in the services‘ establlsunents and also as an adviser to the De- partment of Munitions and Supply and other federal departments. He

for power

in Germany.

(By The Canadian Press)

Rudolf Hess. Hitler's beetle-brow- ed henchmen and the official No. 2 heir lo the Nazi realm. has para- chuted to the soil of Britain from a commandeered Nazi fighter plane he took aloft ln direct defiance of the Fuehrerls orders.

As a Nazi party leader and erst- while Nazl war councillor. Hess thus became an extraordinary prize of war beyond the wildest; dreams of many Britons.

So fantastic was his solo flight out of the Reich that the British Government, after thorough identi- fication of its hostage, announced it only late Monday night, two days after he landed in Scotland, and observers were still openly at a loss over what to make of it.

if lless should talk he could lay bare to Britain the entire framework of the Nazi enemy -lnformatlon of lnesilmsble value.

The first cllle that something had happened to Hess came from Ger- many Mrwday. The Nazi party an- nounced that though Hess has been forbidden by Hitler to fly, he took s plane from Augsburg, Bavaria, Saturday at d p. m., and presum- ably had met an "accident," since he had not been heard from since. Till- Nazi announcement. said he had lefl a note indicating he had "hallucinations." The implication

it... had been formed “re-

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In Nazi

Hamburg, Bremen take new overnight poundings.

' Nazis make” light-

i Stabs at Britain

LONDON. May 13 -('I‘uesday)— (CW-London had a two-hour air- raid alert starting lost midnight but there was only a brief burst of gllnllte and no planes were heard overhead.

During Monday the German ab‘ force made only light stabs at Brit- a.n_ while the air ministry announc- ed that during Sunday night's for- ays nine enemy aircraft were slot

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‘pr. Bruce urges itlompulsory ‘Enlistment n

OTTAWA, Mn l2 -(CP) — A direct demand i. at Canada should have "selective, compulsory enlist- ment." for overseas. and a reply from Defence Minister Ralston that. this was “nothing less than a blow at our national unity." enlivened the budget debate today in the l-louse 0f Commons.

The conscription issue was rais- ed by Dr. H. A. Bruce (Con. Tor-

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'Rudolf Hess

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Makes Escape" From Germany Lands In géotland

Guns in fightgr-plane were unloaded; Hitler’s former right hand man had ankle broken landigg_by parachute.

(By Noland Norgaard) (Associated Press Staff Writer) LONDON, May 13 — (Tuesday) -- (AP) - Rudolf Hess, head of the German Nazi party and one of the oldest and closest confidants of Hitler,

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“Much more Sane than Crazy” belief

WASHINGTON, May 12 _(AP) One of the leading psychiatrists Y; the United States tonight declared that Rudolf Hess. Hitler's second Lou from a ' was l _ than crazy.’

Dr. Wilfred Overholser, h€fld oi 5t. Ellzebeths Hospital, the federal government's principal lnsmuzlon for the insane, said that while lil was possible thnl. H055 "not m0 i§(_ 001's and thought the world was fiflllllllg to an end" he probably Clld a C001. sane 1b of calculation and estimated that hls chances were Fffiiffiffiybiéflg l;'f°'."°'i,,'".,',"'"'"

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many, y I o" Even 1f the man were insane he still could pilot an alfplang’ (h; psychiatrist said, "but it l] much more reasonable to think my; h, g“ 1n "l" Possession of hls facul- es and merely wished to Qgcape" from some situation that he con- sidered no longer tenablg r0;- 111m Such a" 9565M by a man who

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has landed by parachute in Britain under circum- stances suggestlng the most profoundly import- ant desertion in all history.

craft of the Royal Air Force bomb- l er command. apparently still con- l centratlng on efforts to paralyze, Germany's sea power at its source, l were announced today to have left l, Hamburg and Bremen, two of Ger-

many's great/est shipbuilding cen- tres, in chaos after new overnight poundlngs.

The R. A. F. continued “destruc- tion and disorganization of the vital parts" of Hamburg. the Alr Ministry reported, and delivered an equally heavy raid on Bremen with corresponding success in the brightness of a clear night,

Much-smashed Hamburg and

Bremen were R. A. F. targets for the third night tn the past four and an Air Ministry news service bulletin said shipbuilding yards which line the river Elbe on both sides for nine miles at Hamburg "iwere threaded and crossed with “.53. The bulletin mentioned speci- fically the Blohm and Voss yards.‘ where some of Germany's might-l lest battleships have been built. and where, it sold, high explosives and incendiary bombs added b0 damage revlously done.

“Opposte these yards on the other side of the river flames leap- ed high and, away from the dock. industrial quarters oi the town were vigorously assailed," the stnte- v ment added.

In these operations. which in- cluded attacks also on the German port of Emclen and the Nether- lands seaplane and shipping cen- tres of Rotterdam, ljmulden and

The British government announced from the} home of Prime Minister Churchill at No. 10 Down-l ing Street that Hess is in a Glasgow hospital un-l

had been discou d i by Hitler hlmselingvevouldonlnggiirg calm deliberation and planning well

l in advance which a man with a very

Elglgtggilellfigfdcangind would hardly be Sholser said- TYJlB ‘mt. Dr. Olver-

der treatment for a broken ankle suffered in float--

ing down plane near there.

Three Significant Facts

While the ‘statement did not specifically _say that he had deserted, it made three observations of seeming inescapable significance-

That Hess had brought along photographs taken at varying years_in hls llfe to establish hls identity if it were questioned.

That he had arrived in a plane which could

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18—('I‘Llesday)-- has

, _ received ch. lFrcrlch Vice-Premier Arlmiml Dar-

lan ln the presence of Foregn Min. pater Rlbbentrop. LL cm; annuunced . enrly today. ‘ The communique announc t y "leellllB did not say where 0x331: l it took place. l Observers

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considered the an-

nouncement of the meeting ,1 likply

I101’. possibly have had enough gasoline fOF 3. Few forerunner to an announcement or

turn to Germany-and thus, inferentialiy, that his; trip was clearly not a one-man offensive but a; one-way flight.

That the Messerschmitfs guns were empty-

flight of this or any other few hours after the Ger- hat Hess-Hitler’s poli-

This most extraordinary war was disclosed in London a mans in Berlin had announced t _< _ h t h ‘ qum- ‘ tical heir but once renroved-lvas missing. l ll I 9 W?‘ k d ; ably had taken a forbidden plane flight and had crac _e up. that he appeared to have been suffering “hallucin- aiibns" and had “left behind a confused letter."

onm-Purkdnle) who smd this wmzTexel, the RAF. lost four planes.

the only answer to Canada's com- plcx defence needs. ‘It came dllling an otherwise quiet

debate on the budget. Col. Ralston OTTAWA, May l2—(CP)-

Debate on illc budget ended to- night when the House 0f Conl- morls adopted. ivithollt n vote, Finance Minister Ilsleys motion to go into committee of ways and means.

said it was particularly unwelcome since it followed the appeal re made by radio last night launching Can- ada's first real recruiting campaign of the war.

"I say to my honorable friend

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-_ Find plane of Missing couple

NEW YORK, May i2—(AP)—

Bengasi was lllit from point "Blank range

LONDON, May 12 _rCP)—Ben- gasl, the western Libya axis port and base, was bombarded by pow- erful units cf the Mediterranean

fleet Saturday night from POW’- blank range, tI-e admiralty an- ln- a

nounced tcilighl, Damage was fllcted on Shipping and nlllltary ob- ‘ jectives. '

Ii. was the second fleet, bombard»- ment of that. port within a week. Mediterranean units having shelled Bcngasl last. Thursday.

The admiralty sold that. repeat- ed attacks by enemy dive-bombers proved futile, thus replying to G0!’- man and Italian claims that Brit- ish ships had been hit.

"No casualties or damage was

Searchers lute today found the wrecked plane of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Brewster, prominent‘ New York residents overdue on a

short flight, and a report that. they

were found alive was discount/ed

ns the work of a crank.

The coast guard announced that the plane was found 12 miles northwest of Middleburz. Pa., in a "very damaged condition," but that there was no word on the condi- tlon of its two occupants.

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sustained by any of l-lls Majesty's ships," the brief admiralty com- munique said.

“Fire from enemy shore batter- lrs was ineffective."

No details of the damage done was given in the admiralty stat/e-

two axis supply ships were inter-

er blown to bl s and l hit; were scored on ships in harbor.

The implication was that he was mentally llllihllallcedj and had been deranged for some time; for it was stated i that Hitler personally had directed that he not he pen; miticd to use any plane.

(Early Tuesday German informants in Berlin insisted (hut they‘ knew nothing beyond the Reich's original an- nouncement of Hess’ disappearance.)

Hitler’s Right - hand Man -

Hess from thc beginning of National Socialism ha

certain concessions bv 111.. French lYl m")? Of the Germans.

MANY A Man THINKS HE'5 Color. Aconc. SMOOTHLY WHEN HE. ls MERELY

IN A Ru-r-

TORONTO, May 12-(0? I —Mlll-

d lmum and maximum temperatures:

. ' w. - - n in the Reich's councils 0f Dawson 33 o4 stood ‘It Blue! b uL-t d“ d d Victoria 5t‘. d7 war he had held an inner place-the pin-sensor of the" llz-ep; Edlnomon M m est of mlllinry secrets and one of the most lnflueniln o ‘wagging L‘ a“ Nani f Toronto 42 50

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At the war’s outset Hitler publicly gave hlm an ex M81132“, 4,, s}, traordinary accolade by announcing that should he hlin- Qugbeg g5 5c self fall, Goering should be considered. the new Fuehrel‘ saéllliltbagOhll a; :5. and the dour and earnest Hess Goerlngs heir-apparent. 1 Ch,,,-1o.,e,mm 36 59

The story of Hess’ strange and lonely flight t0 Bri- tain, as told in the Government's announcement _ Downing Street, showed that he first crossed the Scottish coast last Saturday night (and that was the date given by the Germans for his disappearance).

He flew on in the direction of Glasgow and later-just when was -

not disclosed-hls Messerschmitt crashed. lle bailed out. Taken to the Glasgow hospital he first identified himself as “llorn." but later by his

‘ l correct name. ' merit. but in last Thursday's radio l

His photographs were examined, the Government said, "by several

cfilltied- one 591" Sllllk find ‘he 0m- ‘ people who know hlm personally." All these agreed that they were in

addltlloafic] fact pictures of llcss. To check still further. on official of the British

Foreign Office "closely acquainted with hlm before the war." was sent

' by airplane to Glasgow to see the patient,

The announcement mode the identification positive by referring to him as "Rudolf iless. the deputy Fnehrer oi‘ Germany and party leader of the Nationalist Socialist Party."

lllld hccn identified as Rudolf llcss llqvonll “all possible doubt."

public. still Il\\'.'ll\'l‘ when the news llrnlft‘.

The people spoke of ii rls all indication of serious tligqfigcli...

indication of a breakup in the Nazi lop c0mmand_

from ,

Suhst-ilucntly, the hlillisiry of llllurlluition (lcclzlrcd that he

The implications of all this, while cautiously avoided by Gov» eminent officials, lvcrc fully alul openly discussed by those of 1hr-

in Ccrlnnuy, and womlerl-ll if it could he ¢..n,<i.l.-r(-(] an authentic

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