Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
34TH YEAR, NO. 31-44 PAGES
Sunday:   Generally  fair. Monday: Fair, warmer.
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, .JUNE 2, 1940
PRICE TEN CENTS
ITALIANS AIR RAIDS
Army Chief Backs Plan For Guard
To Be Replacements If Regulars Are Needed Elsewhere
MEETS OPPOSITION
Worried by Naziism In South America; Arms Bill Advancing
r    RO.V AM) G. VAX TINE
Washington, June 1 lUP)—Gen George C, Marshall, army chief of staff, said today that a "recognized possibility of dangerous develop¬ ments" In the Western Hemisphere makes it imperative for the army lo have spare troops ready for speedy transfer to trouble spots on short notice.
That situation, he said, motivated President    Roosevelt's    request    to congress   for  authority  lo  call   the National Guard  into active service j at his own discretion, Marshall in- ! dicated    that    the    militia    might serve   as   continental   replacements for    regular    troops    a.ssigned    to, emergenc.v  duty  elsewhere  in  thia ; hemisphere. ;
Marshall did not identify the po¬ tential Western Hemispheric dan¬ ger      areas.      bul
•l«*tol
POISED TO STRIKE SOUTHERN FRANCE
Marseilles And Lyons Are Bombed
Report 40 Dead; Planes Attacking Over Mediterranean
SHIPPING IS TARGET
Dotted line shows battle line before King Leopold ordered Belgians to stop fighting, and shaded area is the Belgian territory which Nazi,? immediately overran to close in on the British left flank. At Calais ili a gallant Allied force was discovered holding out though surrounded. Food was sent by plane. At Aire I2i French began the rear guard action to help evacuation. Al Amiens I3i and west to Abbeville, retaken by  the   French, and  on  to sea,  Germans yesterday  opened  the  Battle
of the Somme,
Nazis Claim Battleship As Germans Hail Victory
Say 3 Waiships, 8 Transports, Sub Sunk
And 2fi,000 Allied Prisoners Taken;
See France Gone, Dictators Ruling Europe
Berlin, June 1, (UP)—Germany tonight claimed that the ,33,350-ton congressional dreadnought Nelson, flagship of the British Home Fleet, had been sources said the administration is sunk and th.-il three warships, a submarine and eight transports were worried over possibility of Fifth sent to the bottom in a fierce air attack during the final stages of Column treachery in South Amer- the Allied evacuation at Dunkirk. They said 700 men went down wilh lea,    particularly    in    Brazil    and   Ihe Nelson.
Urugua.v. AAOthfr worry, they said, Sluka and Junkers dive-bombers from three flying corps, accord- is the possibility of revolutionary ing lo the official German news agency, carried out the atlacks, which trouble   in   Mexico,   perhaps   com-   ,.nnti„,ied  well   into  the  night. mining and building trades will be
Bombs   of   all   sizes   up   lo   one   released   first, toil  were  rained   on   British   navar     ^^^^^._^  mvstery  surrounded   the and   transport   ships   off   Dunkirk. ._ ,
it    was    reported,   and   troops   on   announcement by military quarters the beach were machine gunned.
Two Planes Downed I    Over Switzerland; Signal to Italy
' By United Pre«i
As though lo give France a taste of what it would be like lo hsve a new enemy capable of launching assaults against her from a new direction, squadrons of German air¬ planes bombed cities of the Great , Rhone Valley in Southern France. It looked like a signal to Italy.
In Paris, the French claimed that their pursuit ships intercepted the bombers and shot down a number of them, but olher sources said three waves of German bombers carried out raids over the Mediter¬ ranean port of Marseilles and the greal industrial city of Lyons. At Marseilles 40 persona were reported killed,
One unofficial source reported that the raid at Marseilles was con¬ centrated on the harbor and ship¬ ping rather than the city itself. Five bombers participated in the raid, it was said, coming over the harbor from 2:30 p. m, until 5 p, m. one was shot down. The ex¬ tent of damage to the port was^ot immediately  estimated.
Fascist Council Calls on Mussolini To Throw off Anglo-French Yoke as Duce's Armies Mass Near Genoa
By REYNOLDS PACK.\RD
Rome, June 1. (UP)—The National (ouncil of the Fa.scist party, meeting as Italy prepared to enter the war on Germany's side, called upon Premier Benito Mussolini tonight to throw off the yoke of Anglo-French domination in the Mediterranean.
The council, governing body of the Fascist party, declared that the Allies had "already cheated" Italy by attempting to block her aspirations after the World War and asserted that Great Britain and France were using "control of her sea" as a means of bringing about Italy's "economic suffocation."
The council asserted that, although Italy sacrificed 6(KM)(M) soldiers in the World War, her erstwhile allies—Great Britain and France—imposed sanctions upon her later (during the Ethiopian conquest) when she "moved to win her place in the sun."
Swiss Shoot Down 2 Planea
Battle of Somme Opens; French Beat off Drives
Turn Back Nazi Assault Supported hy Mechanized Forces and Stukas While More Poilus Fight Out of Inner Trap
hined   wilh   Fiflh  Column   activity there.
Oppoee National Guard  Requeet
The formal statement hy Mar¬ shall failed, however, lo quiet con¬ gressional criticism of the Presi¬ dent's National Guard request. Unlike the other proposals in his S.'^.noo.OOO.OOO emergency defense program,     this    item     is     meeting
Hundreds nf Planes Ised
The report that three flying corps participated in the attack indicated,     according     tn     neutral
of  the   sinking   of   the   Nelson,   in which  it  was  claimed  that 700  of the  flagship's  1,300-man  crew  was drowned. Bevond   the   assertion   that   the
....litary  sources,  that  900  fo  l,.'JOn   dreadnaught   had   been   sunk   the strong  but unorganized  opposition,   pi^npg   ^nav   have   been    involved,   military   spokesman   would   go   no
Congress was in week-end recess awaiting army and navy detailed plans for the President's new sup¬ plemental defense program. 11 was believed that the army would ask for $700,000,000. the navy .UOO 000,000. and that $2.'>0.000.000 wou he eirmarked for civilian training.
One    flying    corps,    these    sources   further. He declined any additional
estimated,    comprises   300   to   500   information   "for   special   military   English Chase Raider
bombers
reasons."    It   was   nol   even   flatly
I..      D  ..1       » ITI i»-. i... v,n..n   asserted that the warship had been
Ihe Battle of Flanders has been    '       .,,__,.
finished   and   won,   Germans   said
sunk bv German action and efforts
;;   and^ :::;  i; cear   oH^ i::^.i   l"  >-¦»  whether  the   sinking  «.s Id    "'   .   ¦•'"=,""J raiised   hv  an   air  bomb,  a  torpedo
and   decisive   blow   at   France   and
2f>,000
caused by an air bomb, a torpedo or a mine were futile. The spokes¬ man said the sinking "happened recently" bul declined lo say where il look place.
The  German   high  command   ad¬ mitted  new   fighting   in  the  Abbe-
This would make the total defense England,     II    was    claimed
budget     for    fiscal    1941    clo,sc    lo Pi'soners   had   been   taken, $.5,000,000,000,     including     some       The German Air Force, aided by
authorizations.   Congressional lead- resumption of good  flying weather
ers    predicted    that     final     action afler   two   days   of   fog,   attacked
would    be    taken    bv   Tuesdav    on Dunkirk and the Allied evacuation .u     i c? „
Ihe   $1,479,7,16.728   naval   approprla- fleet  lying outside  the harbor  and   viMc   region   on   the   lower  Soi^ime
lion   hill   containing   fund.s   for   the off the coa.st. where   the    '"''''"^''ha^'e   claimed
..„.,,,. ,     ga ns  bul  asserted   that  the  Allied
program   the   President   asked   on       Before the day was over the high | l^^^^,^^ „,^, ..Repulsed " and that the
7       D    . u-     WI     I Ti '¦""i"'""'*  'l«'med  that  40,000 tons   Qp^mans  made  some  advances.
Sen.     Burton     k.    Wheeler.     D.. of shipping had been sunk and thai
Mont.,   and   Assistant   Senate   Re- „„ additional four warships and l.")
publican Leader Warren R. Austin, transports   had   been   set   afire   or
Vt,   said   they   were   perplexed   by badly damaged by air bombs,
the    Presidents    National    Guard      „ ,„    „,.,. .      fi„i,,i,,„    „,„.,„„
,    ,,,,      ,        . .    .    J  J.        Fortv     BrilL-^h     fighting     planes
proposal.   Wheeler characterized  "   „
as   part   of   the    "propaganda    lo,  ,
the attacking Germans and protect   jng   at   France   bul   whether   this
indicated any German inlenlion to delay a blow at England in an al-
By RALPH HKINZKN
Paria, June 1, (UP)~-The French today beat off stronf German I Zurich, Switzerland, June 1 (ITP) attscka along the Somme, particularly in the Abbeville region. It w*« ' - -SwLss fighter craft today shot reported, and the Allied supreme war council reaffirmed the determina- down in the space of one hour two • lion of France and Britain to flght side by aide to victory, of several foreign airplanes which I The German atlacks were centered on the 20-mile front along th* flew over the Jura region of . Somme from Amiens to the sea. Here units of the British Expedi- Norlhwest Switzerland, : tionary  Force  which  were  not sent  into Belgium  are  flghting  beside
One of the planes, said to be a French troops. German bomber, was shot down The German a,saaults were said! Military apokesmen said the Oer- north of Lake Biel. The second, by military spokesmen to have man attacks in the Somme ares attacked by a Swiss patrol near been strong attacks, aided by mech-i started yesterday and were re- Bienne, fell In flames across the anized elements and the famous sumed with vigor today. Tanks border in France, German Stukas (dive bombersi, Al   and   artillery   were    employed    in
least   three   separate   attempts   to   support of masses of infantry.   The , force  the  French  lines  have  been   two   atlacks    yesterday   came    at London, June 2. (Sunda.v)—(UP)   made and each was repulsed, mlli-   noon and 6:4,'i p, m. Anti-aircraft guns and, it was re-   ^g^y authorities said. This   was   the   first   activity   the
ported,    a    squadron    of    British ,, -r    - Germans    had    displayed    on    the
fighter planes drove off a German ^ Ulthting Out of Trap g^^,^^   ^^^^^   ^^^^^   :^^   establish-
plane   heard   near   the   southeast      Some   of   the   German   assaults   menl following the German break- were    directed    at    the    Abbeville   through to Abbeville, legion where yesterday the French      Military    analysts    believed    the announced they had  regained con
^   The declaration, addieiMied to Mussolini, laidt
"The National Council of the FaMiKt party textifieM that the Italian nation, already cheated by the sacrifice of 600,000 fallen soldiers in the last war which was won for Italy and others, and later sanctioned when she moved to win her place in the .sun, feels that control of her sea has hecoine a means of economic suffocation hy nations who hope to coerce Italy's free will, and also testified that the Italian People are ready to challenge all trials and gather around their Duce from whom they invoked the complete unity of the nation and its independence on the sea.s."
The resolution of-Mit National Council waa adopted at > meeting under the prealdvnoy ef }Bktore Mull, secretary-general of the Faaelst party.
It declared that Italy has sacrificed «00,000 men to help win tta* World War only to be greeted with economic aanntlona from har former Alliea when she moved to win her place In ths aun.
'Unidentified' Planea Raid France
Washington, June 1 (UP)—Ambaaaador William C BalllM advised the State Department from ParU that .Mar»e4Uei« and l.yon, France, were hombed today by "unldenMfled planee." He gave no other details.
(It was Immediately suspected thai these weire Italimn—or Spanish—planes, as the citlea arn near the Italian border. Paris, said, however, they were German.)
coast of England early loday.
AMERICANS JAM SHIP TO FLEE EUROPE
The army waa poised. Plana for evacuation of key clllea in Northern Italy have been completed. One section of the press haa stated flatly that Italy is certain to enter the war.
It   was    learned    authoritatively , a result of the decree effective to-
that    United    Stales    Ambassador   day   prohibiting   operation   of   all
Germans were sounding the French   William   Phillips   has  made   known   gasoline-consuming vehicles.
trol, driving the Germans norlh of   ](„„ f^^ possible weak points    The   to  the  British and  French  ambas-       (A    responsible    Turkish    sourca
the    Somme    and    establishing    a   a^aoks were being directed again.st   sadors   that   he   would   look   afler   indicated  loday  In  London  that  if
bridgehead   on   the   north   bank   of   narrow    .sectors    and    particularly   their   interests   if   thev   should   be j Italy   attacks   France   direcUy   or
Galwav   Ireland   June]    (UPl  "'*   '''''"¦ tho.se bridgeheads which the French   compelled   lo   leave   Rome, [through    Switzerland     or    If    sha
The  UnU^d  States  Hne'r President      M,-"/'--.   't  wa«   reported   that   had won on the north side of the       Both   British   and   French   fm-1--^'^^-[j,*'^^:^;.'',^''^:;
Roo.sevelt prepared lo .sail for home   li«l'  "L^^.^/.^'l'^''   "''"'Z .°^^".\   "^": _ | bassies completed preparations diir-   ""''"   aSK^'-'ion   elsewhere   In   th.
The communique indicated that liquidation of remaining Allied forces in Flanders was believed lo be imminent.
were   reported   lo   have   been   shot   Say  France's  Power  Gone
stampede   this   country   into   war   <^.''^^"  «'\ "'^•^.'°'"?'"  ^°  '?'¦'^•^ "'^      The  press  lonight  was  hammer-
half  of  the  French  army  of Gen. river,
tonighl   wilh   a   capacity   load "of   ^«"«  I^'-'ou"  had  managed  to cut Say Nasi* VVI|>ed Out                          I i'ng~ the   *«'''*-''"<'   ''""   •'"'<'*"   •!*
American   refugees  from   Europe's , "»  ^7 ^^"Ji^V. German  eolumns German troops employed  In   parture of their  personnel by dip
around   Dunkirk    and    reac'h    the practically wiped   lomatic trains in the event the wai
war zones.
I coast for evacuation.    The fate of
Con.sternation was caused among   p"rT;ux"'him.sel7wai"not"vel k"nown   ""^ ^^ '^''''"f *"'^^ ''''^'  '"''''•«'¦>'   ¦"'P''«'"ls to Italy, the a.ssembled Americana when len-   hj,.g |,m ^^e possibility of his cap-   '?"''''^» ""<1' ^".'' Erench artillery   Expect Word Tuesday
tempt  lo  break  the  full  power  of France  firsl  was  not apparent.
However,   the   altitude   generally
was that destruction of the French
armies in Flanders had eliminated
her as a leading continciil,il power.
IContinued  on  Page A-10)
hysteria i
„'¦ ,      '.    ,.     n      1 the evacuation operation.
Prefers to I se Regulars '
"Under    exi.sting    statutes,     the Say Planes Foil Kscape                      i
National  Guard  can   be  called  oul xhe high command asserted that |
lo enforce  the  laws,  put  down  in- the   attacks   were   continuing   and
surrections   or   to   repel   invasion.' : that   "further  successes  are  lo   be 1
Austin   said.    "This,   to   my   mind. I expected."
does   not   include   the   question   of The   high   command's   communi-
enforcing   American   neutrality. q^e on the Dunkirk atlacks .said:
"Furlhcrmore, the President docs ..^hc    remnants    of    the    beaten
not    inform    us   as   lo   where   the British   Expeditionary   Force   todav
violations nf neutrality have  taken tried   to   escape   In   .small   craft   of |
pUce  and  so  far  aa  I   know  there „,| ^^„^^^ 3,,^ aboard warships and
have   been    none.     Assuming   that transporl.s   lying   off   the   Dunkirk
Ihere   was,   it   would   be   logical   to roadstead.
suppose that he would call out the ..-[-he   German   Air   roro*-   foiled
standing   army  and  navy  first." these   attempts   with   running   at- j
As   the   proposal   now  sland.s,   he (gj.j^g particularly by Junkers dive- 1
said,   he  i.'xnnot   support   It. bombers    on    the    warships    and i
"If this is a gigantic bluff direct- I transports.     According   lo   reporls
ed at Hitler  and  Mii.s.solinl.  I can- ,<,  f„,.  available  they  aucceeded   in
not go along  vith that either,     he sinking   three   warships   and   eight
added     Austin   has   supported   all transports of a total of about 40,000
other   provisions   of   the   prepared- (ons,
ness    program    md    most   of   the "Forty of the hostile fighters sent
President's   foreign  policy, to protect the British shipping were
Showa Need of .More .^len ! shot  down.    The  attacks  are  pres-   By NEI) BISSEI.L
w      ,    ,,,      ,   .           .It,  .-.,»..oi ently   continuing   so   that    further       , j„„     i,,,,.   1     (UP)
Marshall s  statement   ;"fl  several    ¦' ._ v.   ._j.. London,   .lune   i.    \uir/
points in doubt.   He cited the limit
ed    number    of    seasoned    regular
troops   and   said   in   view   of   that
lative notice was given that 100 or   ture^ as claimed by the Germans so who had been assigned coLs be- : ^as admitted.    The Germans have twecn decks would nol be carried. 1 brought up artillery However, it was believed the deci-       ^he high command reported:
Important [     Italians,   prevented   by   a   decree
Mediterranean    area,    Turkey    ac¬ tively will join the Allies.)
(It was announced officially late toijay In Paris that the French had broken off commercial negotiallona wilh Italy as a consequence of tha rupture    in    Anglo-ltallan    contra-
sion might be reconsidered as most of those assigned to thia space are ready lo sail.
French and British land, sea and air forces continue complete solidarity    at    Dunkirk    in    their
playing   a    particularly
role.     p"'rench   7.'i's   using   shrapnel t effectivetoday from operating sny   band conversations.   Franco-Italian
lore great gaps in the ranks of the   »asoline-consuming vehicles, looked   talks had been virtually completed!
attacking  infantry  and  forced  the   toward a .        _       . ..     j -^      -   ._      ,     ...j
Germans  lo  retire.
The   other   French    fronLs   were reported quiet excepl for scattered , after a meeting with his cabinet
"zero hour" on Tuesday,
Hundreds of Americans crowded when Premier Benito Mussolini ; trains to Genoa to catch the Man- may announce  entry  into  the  war   hattan.    Shipping officials said that
P.igorous examination of baggage bitter fight to resist the German continued despite occasional ob- , drive and assure evacuation. The jeclions by passengers. The Presi- enemy showed the importance it dent Rocsevelt came here for the attached to passage of the Somme express purpose of evacuating by counter attacking in that region. United .States nationals. Th*  counterattack  was  defeated."
To Heroes' Roll We Add Calais
artillery   fire
New consignments of American planes were reported being rushed directly into action on the northern front and were reported to have displayed excellent fighting qual¬ ities. Officials said that the French pilots   were   "very   well   satisfied"
Italy's oil fat production was pul
1.900 Americans  had  booked  pass¬ age.
Find Handful of Allies Fighting In Sea of Nazis
^ _ ^^ To  the
successes arc to be expected." w...........   .•¦¦ ,
,,       ,      J , .,      ,..       iierops    rol    of  Alcazar,   or  nut  ei
(In    London,    naval    authorities   ""roes    ron .    ,,u     ai '
as,scrted that the Nelson claim was   Amara, of Liege and of the Alamo 1
ght  a   new   name   Calais, in    the    weather-stained port   beside   the   English final   stage   and   that   the   victory   Channel,  in  the  moated  citadel, of'
missions   to   be   carried   out   with    "'  ««^'"}?"   "J"!;!   "jink' Z" uZ   '^^ ""^ """  ".'  ^f'^''-''""' '^ l^'' nut     denuding     this     counlry     of   ^"¦¦'"d„ ^ewspapcrs   took   the   line, p^^^^,,   p„rt   of   the   Dover-Calais
ground  troop.s   in  a  stale  of  suffi
"inijl..,      HUM       RHin      III       \ICW       Ul       Klir.1.    . J_«:_I   . I ..
«„j   .1.     .1 . ...'It     «/   not  even  worlh  a denial.1 1 add   tonis
and   the     recognized   pnss b .ity   of .   uti     ...   i.. t""'e
,i,„ J  •*",' ' .     '',,,. Germany    was    jubilant    tonight.       iri,.,-.
dangerous    developments    in    this   „ ... .  .      , . l  . '     there
I,..,,!    u        " >cii.i'"i>^""^ ...„,; Kvcrvwherc   I was proclaimed that
^^^''::i:L''''"::r:Z.l:^tHa   war   was   about   .0   enter   its   '""rists
more   troops    be   made   available trained   and   seasoned,    tn   enable
an Allied outpost in a sea of Ger¬ man   occupation. Deny Port to Germans
The assignment of the garrison is simple. To hold out as long as men live to fire rifles and man the machineguns. So long as the garrison survives Calais cannot be used by the Germans as the spear¬ head of attacks on  England.
Only contact with the force is by means of the Royal Air Force which haa dropped water, food, munitions b.v air to the small band. All around them the city of (Calais was said to be burning, the smoke hanging in a heavy pall over the citadel.
Germah iijfantry in the streets aided   by   mechanized    units    and
artillery   placed   on   near-by   sand   dropped  water dunes, was exerting every pressure   aroPPeo  ^a^""^
The Hard Way, But Learning
London, June 1, (UP)—The stream of wounded, worn and frazzled Tommies were pouring in   from  the  Hell  of Flanders,
One of them clung wearily to an upright >ust to stay on his feel,
"It's been rough, hasn't It?" he   was   asked,
"I've ruddy well learnt to swim, ennyhow,"   lie   answered,
back over the channel. One of our aircraft was seen to dive Intn the   ground   after   the   pilot   had
under national control following an   p„p^ ^^y jupeak .Monday
emergency meeting of the ministry Vatican (;ity. June 1. fUP) — of corporations held this morning, j Vatican sources said tonighl that The first results will be rationing p„p^ pj^, „„y ^ake an imporUnt of soap and olive oil, pronouncement on Ihe international
In   Trieste,  a  number  of  women   situation    when    he    receives    th«
with  the American equipment now ! already have taken men's places as   Sacred College of Cardinals on the
coming   into   use. i ticket collectors  in trams and mo-   occasion   of  his   «4lh   birthday   to-
A war office analyst said that  it    tor-busses. This was said to be the   morrow.
was   believed   Dunkirk   could   hold   beginning of development of a na- j     According to  custom,  the  eardi-
out   for   a   considerable   period   of   lionwide       civilian       mobilization ; nals  will convey their well wishea
lime   due   to   the   successful   flood-   scheme,    which    was    planned    to   to the  Pope  In his private library,
Ing operations along the Yser but ; come    into    full    operation    should
that il had not been decided what | Italy    enter    the    war.    In    Turin,
would   be   done   at   the   port   once ; Padua, and other cities in Northern
the   general   evacuation   has   been i Italy,    Fascist   youth    organization
completed, membera  have taken  the  places of
It was adniilted here that troops   traffic    policemen    called    to    the
which have not now reached Dun-   colors
COMMUNISTS APPROVE DRIVE FOR FUNDS
Others   said   they   could   not   see
kirk or that immediate vicinity are in a serious plight and may not be saved.
War (ouncil .Meet*
The supreme war council meet¬ ing here was followed by issuance of  a  communique  which  said:
"The supreme council proceeded with rt general survey of the sit¬ uation and drafted a common ac¬ cord covering all necessary meas- ure.-i. The meeiing showed that the Allied peoples and governments are more decided than ever to con
Americans who will leave tomor¬ row at noon aboard the liner Man¬ hattan saw thou.sands of Italy's picked  troops  wearing   full  service
New York, June 1. (UP)—The Communist party of the United Stales loday formally approved a campaign lo raiae .S'_',"i0,000 to aid its presidential efforts and to sup¬ port    its    official    publication,    the
kit marching Ihrough Genoa, where I Daily   Worker thev  are   massing   for  a  three-day       T^^e national nominating conven- review.    The   Manhattan's   depart-   "on   of   the   party   recorded   Itself
as   approving   the   action   of   stata
lire had been postponed from loday unlil Sunday an that numerous passengers could arrive in lime to sail  on  it.
Official announcement already has been made thai the Tuesday cabinet  meeting  will  have  an   im-
clent    preparation    tn    meet    iincx- (Continued on  Page A-10)
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that  France  already  had  been   re-1 shuttle   a   band   of   Allied   trooiis against  the  Allied  troops duced   to  status  of  a  second-class I ^^^^   believed   slill   to   be   fighting,
power. There   was   no   positive   word   that ^^^.^ ,..,.,....  . .   „ „   „- - .^   „,„  ...„  ......  „   reuse    program    ana    1
Releasing DuU-h Prisoners | the   garrison   had   "J't^'?"" ."^^JP*^ was   so   heavy   it   was   diflif"'t   to      The   paranel   to  Cials   most   're-j ed by Winston Churchill as _Prime   ;\tL""rI-n"ii"''°''' '" ^ curbs upon monopolies.
RAF men back from Calais said   the  citadel   troops  but  it  was  be- the smoke from  burning buildings   lieved  they  still  were  resisting.
tinue the closest union in war until, portant bearing on  Italy's position the   complete   victory." I regarding   the   war.   On   that   day
It was the flrst meeting attend-   Mu.ssolini will meet with the cabi-
conventions in setting a presiden¬ tial campaign fund goal nf $140,000 and the raising of .U 110,000 to aid the   part.v's  daily   newspaper.
The action followed adoption of a 1940 election platform which call¬ ed for support of the "peace policy" of the Soviet Union, opposition to President   Roosevelt's   national   de¬
nse   program   and   approval   of
Arfnif Hitler  issued  a  decree  re-   out   in   the   fierce   fighting   known Adolf Hitler  issued  a aecee  re racing   but   it  was   believed
leasing all Dutch troops which had to be ra-'"K " been taken prisoner and demobil- here to be still les.stiiig. izing half of the Dutch army. The Only loday was the existence ol reiuHiiider of the army will be de- this garrison « hurried a.sscmb"j mobilized more slowl.v. e.xcept for, of French Mud British infantry and the professioiMl fighting forces marines, made knoA^n^ In a rec- which will be subject fo a later I tangle .300 .yards by *"^X^' /h'" decree.    Workers    in    agriculture, force   was   reported  standing   fast,
locate   objectives.   One   plane   was   quently   drawn   here   was   to   the   . lost and several were hit by fierce   siege of Kut el  Amara during the ! .
Minister   and   by   Major   Clement   Orand Coancil ig  the ; Atlee,    Labor    parly's    leader    and   To Fight Italy's German   anti-aircraft   flre. World War, when a British garri-   member  of  the   inner  British   war       In   a   leading
Don't All Conic Back son was cut off  during  the  Meso-   cabinet.
"As far as I could judge," one | potamlan campaign bul held out In the north it was said that RAF officer said, "I passed right for four months with supplies drop- the Prioux army divisions which over the target snd dropped water ped by airplane until forced to reached the coast managed to tn the citadel, I immediately turn- surrender after suffering '24.000 caa- j break through the Germans by ed at a ISO-degree angle and came , ualtlea out of a total of 33,000.        |        (Continued on Page A-10)
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article toda.v the semi-offiicai weekly Relazioni In- lernaiionale said Italy intends tn fighl her "French and British ene¬ mies until final victory is reached" Motor traffic in Rome .(nd other ettisa waa reduced M per cent as
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