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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1940
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France Beaten, Say Germans
Roosevelt Promises to 'Redouble' U.S. Aid to Allies
No Pledge Of Military Help^ven
President Sends Cable To French Premier As Zero Hour Nears
Paris Numbed by Capture As People Hide in Woods
Once Cay Capital Now City of Dead Conquerors Enforce 9 P. M. Curfew Streets Deserted But For Nazis
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MEETS AMBASSADORS
Planes and Munitions Available as Long As Battle Continues
i By FREi>F:RK;K C. OCCTIKNER
Paria, via German Army Air¬ plane Courier to Berlin, June ],^. lUP) -The swastika flies tonight from the Arc de Trinmphe, the ' Eiffel Tower and the Hotel de Ville.
In ¦ few day* Chancellor Adolf Hitler is expected to ride through Paris.
I arrived at the French capital on R German-escorted tour ot the front. I found that Paria is like a city of the dead.
All over the city the German troops have raised the swastika banner and the Nazi war flax. The flags flutter over empty streets where only a few saddened citizens are to be seen. Pnrlslnna Hide in  Wood*
They told me here that possibly 70 per cent of Paris's 2.8.10,000 citi¬ zens have fled the city which many call  the  world's  mosl  beautiful.
Man.v of the Parisians are hiding in the surrounding woods in th' park-like hois de Boiilogue and other forests beyond the metro¬ politan  limits.
Now, 24 hours after the entry of German troops into Paria. a few of her citizens are beginning to   filter   back.
By JOHN A, REK'H,MANN
Washington, June 15. (UP) — President Roosevelt sought today to bolster French resistance against Ormany by pledging to "redouble" his efforts to furnish the French army with planes and munitions nf all kinds so long as it continues to fight.
The pledge was contained In ¦ personal message to French Prem¬ ier Paul Reynaud. sent in response tn the latter's final "desperate" ap¬ peal fnr American aid. Mr. Roose¬ velt stressed the his promise in¬ volved no "military commitments."
At  the  same   time,   he  told   Rey- | naud   fhal   the   United   Slates,   in ' accordance   with   its   fixed   policy, \ would   not   recognize   any   French territorial    conquest     by    German force. I
The  message  was  cabled  shortly | after  Mr.   Roosevelt   conferred   for more   than   an   hour   with   Count i Kfne    De    Sainl-Quentin,     French amba.s.sador   here,   and   Lord   Loth¬ ian, British  ambassador.    He noti¬ fied them that the cable was being j transmitted. Pea** Rumor Denied I
The message also coincided with * scheduled meeting of fhe F'rench rshinet at Bordeaux. The cabinet wss summoned hy President Albert Le Bnin to consider new problems ! raised by fhe lightning success of the Oerman armies in Northern France,
Rumors   circulated   in   Washing-   review   of  German   troops   at Inn and New York that « separate   time.
Only a handful of stricken resi¬ dents remained to witness the clat¬ tering German tanks, armored cars and motorc,vcle units sweep down the broad boulevards where no German troops had set foot for nearly 70  years.
Those few who stayed behind clustered in doorways and occa¬ sional street corners watching the Germana   come   in.
As I entered Paris at 8:,'!0 last night I saw fhe American flag still fl.ving over th'- American embass.v on Ihe Place de l..a Concorde and I understand that U. R. Ambassa¬ dor William C. Bullitt Is atill in the city. .Narl .'Sentries F^ier.iwhere
Although fhe Fuehrer is expect¬ ed here within a tew days ll was not  believed  that  he  would  hold  a
this
Several thousand German troops had reached Paris by laat evening and more thousands were pouring into the city through the western end northern gates Saint-Cloud, Neuilly, Aufeuil and the others— by the  hour.
German sentries in uniforms of field grey paced back and forth with loaded rifles and bayonets be¬ fore the Hotel De Ville and other administrative buildings where the (Jerman army administration was j hastily improvising its headquar¬ ters.
Patrols    of    German    troops    In armored    cars    were    fanning   out trom  the  center  into  the  suburbs. At   Pont   Neuf  across   the   Seine I an  anti-tank  gun  had been  aet  up I by  two grim-faced  German   troop¬ ers.
Steel-helmeted guards stood on duty at Ihe gates to the beautiful Tuilleries   Gardens.
Soldiers not on duly strolled along the boulevards and the Champs Elyseea enjoying the mild evening and a respite from their driving advance across northern France. City Deathly Quiet
I was one of a group of 10 for-
French Army Chief Meets Cabinet
Government Leaders Adjourn Session Until Today
Plane Made in Ameriea Helps France
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LOOK TO AMERICA
Paris Newspaper Admits Situation Is 'Compromised'
French peace was imminent but F'rench sources here said that the reporL" appearid to be "inspired 5y eertain quarters" In New York. They d'clined  to  elaborate.
Mr. Roosevelt aaid that the Frenih battle for liberty "consti¬ tutes the cause of popular institu¬ tions throughotit the world." And s« long as they lontinue the fight "¦«n long will they rest assured that maferinl and supplies will be sent In them trnm Ihe United States in ever-increasing quantities and kinds."
He prefaced the message with prsise  fnr  the   F'rench  struggle.
"I/et me reiterate fhe ever- inrreaslng admiration with which the American people and their gnv- ernment are viewing the resplen¬ dent courage with whlrh fhe French armies are resisting fhe In¬ vaders of French soil," he cabled. Nazi Conquest* ignored
"I wish also to reiterate in the most emphatic terms Ihaf, making everv possible effort under present conditions, the government ot fhe 'Inited .States has made It possible for the Allied armies fo obtain during the weeks that have just passed airplanes, artillery and munitions of many kinds and that Ihis government, so long as the Allied governments continue to re- »l»t will redouble ifs efforts in that direction. I helieve it is pos¬ sible to say that every week Ihat goes by will sre additional mate¬ rial on Its way tn the Allied nations. "In accordance with its policy not to recognize the results of con¬ quest of territory acquired through military aggression, the govern¬ ment of the United States will not consider as valid any attempts to Infringe hy force the independence j snd territorial integrity of France. ' ^'n .^lilitary Promiae
"In   these   hours   which   are   so heart-rending      for      the      French People and yourself. I send you the Hssurances of my utmost sympathy i «nd 1 can  further assure you  that ' •0 long as  the  French  people con¬ tinue   in   defeise   ot   their   liberty which constitutes the cause of pop¬ ular    institutions    throughout    the wnrlil,   so   long   will   they   rest   as- •ured   that   material   and   supplies j will    he   sent    to   them    from    the United    States    in    ever-increasing fiusntities and  kinds,
T know that you will understand that   these  statements   carry   with
¦ eign correspondents, including Ihree American newspapermen, who were brought to Paris from Brussels in the company ot officers of the German high command the propaganda ministry and the for¬ eign  office,
VVe reached the French capital within 11' hours after the flrst Ger¬ man mechanized units clattered in Ihrough Neuill.v and around the Arc De Triomphe at the Elolle and
i down   the  Champs  Ely.ssees.
I 1 fnund ths rity deathly quiet and orderly. A 9 p. m. curfew has been imposed b.v Ihe German military command for all inhabitants. The blackout  is  still  as   full   and   com-
I plele  as   hefore   the   French   aban-
! doned their capital.
The onl.v sounds after dark are the heavy tread ot the hob-nailed boots  of  German   troopers   on   the
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sm APPROVES LINOBERGH WARNS BIG RELIEF BILL;
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Urges Strong Defense First; Gov. James Charges 'Meddling'
Washington, June ].^, (UP) ~Col. Charles A. Lindbergh said tonight the United States is courting disas¬ ter by war-like intervention in thf European war without having pro¬ vided adequately for its own de¬ fense.
"Our present danger results from making gestures with an empty gun aftci we have already lost the draw," he said,
Lindbergh spoke over the Na¬ tional Broadcasting Company net¬ work nn the subject, "Our Drifi Toward War," It was hia fourth puhlic discussion of national af¬ fairs in recent months, during which he has presented an isoU- tionist viewpoint Several other speakers, including Sen, Edwin Johnson, D., Colo., Rep, Bruce Barton, R.. N. Y., and Gov, Arthur H, ,lames of Pennsylvania, apok.» on defense snd the international situation in what amounted to a virtual forum ot the air on those subjects. PlttniHii Answers Tonight
The Democratic National Com¬ mittee i.nnouiiced late today that Chairman Key Pittman ot the Sen¬ ate foreign relations committte would reply lo Lindbergh during a broadcast Sunday night from fl:4."> p.m. (ESTi fo 10 p.m. Subject of PIttman's address will  be "Col.
"lem   no   implications   of   military , eight months after July 1.   The bill
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HELPS REFUGEES
Action May Foretell Adjournment Next Saturday; Taxes up
Washington, June LS lUPi The Senate passed the »1,224,791,3.S7 re¬ lief bill tor 1941 today and Its finance committee approved a $1,- 007,000,000 special tax measure de- j signed to defray some of the rearmament  costs.
With these steps taken in rapid- fire order al  an  unusual Saturday session. Chairman  Pat  Harrison  of j the    finance    committee    predicted | congressional adjournment by next t .Saturday.  The  tax  hill  will  gn  be¬ fore  the  Senate  Monday and  Har¬ rison   said   it   would   he   passed   by Wednesday  and  thus  would  be  no bar  to  adjournment. j
Refugee Aid,  Too !
Senate passage of the relief hill was by voice vote and came after : numerous attempts to amend the measure were rejected. It carries j $,W000,000 fnr civilian refugee aid to war-torn Europe and $10ii,000,000 for expanding the surplus food stamps and export subsidies, ; Largest item in the measure is .?97.').00O.0O0 for the WPA for the first eight months of the new fi.scal year and Administrator F. C. Har¬ rington has announced that a con¬ siderable portion ot this money will go for airport construction and other military and defense projects. The relief bill now contains $113.-
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proved hy the House and it has an   Lindbergh's  Misconception   of  Our amendment     sponsored     by     Sen,   Foreign  Policy."
Lindbergh  urged  his li.steners  to demand    that    Iheir    congressmen hall  any  move  to enter the  Euro- i pean wiir hut, instead,  concentrate I national effort on rearming against ' any    aggression    in    the    Western Hemisphere. ,
"Our people arc solidly behind an adequate     military     preparedness, • land no one believes in it more Ihan ] 11,"   Lindbergh  aaid,   "but  we   must another ' not confuse the question of national the   defense wilh the question of enter¬ ing  an  European  war ,  .  . arming for  the  defense of America Is . . . an  integral  part "f the destiny ol our  nation,   but  arming   to  attack the    continent    of    Rurnpc    would (Continued on Page A-13>
By  STEVE  FlILTOX
Tours, June 15 (UP)    The French
Cabinet, meeiing with Gen. Maxime
Weygand   and   the   chiefs   of   the
armed  forces,  tonight examined In
j detail the French military and dip-
I lomatic situation.
There was  no  announcement of j what  decisions,   if  an.v,  have  been made but the cabinet will reassem¬ ble   tomorrow  for  further   deliber¬ ations. The session was held as the high command reported In its com¬ munique   that   German   forces  still were   driving   ahead   and   that   a I flying  column   of  advance  guards was   en   route   to   Chaumont,   ].^.^ miles  southeast of Paris  and  half , way  between  Paris  and  the  Swiss ¦ frontier. Want  I'. S.  Assurance
Before   the   session   it   was   said
that   word   was   being   awaited   of
President     Roosevelt's     reply     to
I Premier Paul Reynaud's "final ap-
1 peal' for Anierican aid.
(In Washington. President Roose¬ velt made public his reply to Rey¬ naud promising to redouble Amer¬ ican aid lo France and declaring I that no change in French indepen¬ dence or status wrought b.v mili- 'i tarv power would be recognized. It was nnt known whether the reply reached the F'rench govern¬ ment In time to be placed before the  cabinet  session).
The cabinet session was held at j Bordeaux, new seat of the French 1 government, and lasted for three ! hours and 4.'i minutea. There was I no elaboration here of what diplo¬ matic matters were considered In its deliberations. At Pershing'* Headquarter*
However, It was apparent that the question ot American aid weighed as heavil,v in the consul¬ tations ot the government as the German advance toward Chau¬ mont,
Chaumont was Gen John J, Per¬ shing's AEF headquarters during the World War, How close the (iermans are to the cily wns nol specified by the French communi¬ que.
The high command said that German pressure Increased between Troyes, 80 miles southeast ot Paris and Saint Dizier, 110 miles trom the French capital. The drive is apparently   designed   to   cut   com-
Cabinet May Clear Way For Peace
Headquarters of Hitler Say Frencti Leaders Favor Capitulation
BRITISH DENY IT
Invading Nazis Claim Maginot Defenses Widely Broken
Ground crew of Frenrh Air Force I somewhere on Western Front. Pic- ships were of "first order" where loads bombs Into American-made j ture passed by French censor, used. American planes are parlici- bomber,    for    us*    against    Nazis 1 French    have    reported    American' paling   over   French   battle   lines.
Rumania, Yugoslavia May Change Regimes If France Is Crushed
Enyland Will Fiyht on Even if France Quits
Great Britain Claims Peace Rumors Spring From Nazi Propagandists and That Empire Will Continue Struggle; Critical Situation Is Not Minimized
London, June 15 (UP) Great Britain and France were said in authoritative quarters tonight to be united in unswerving determina¬ tion to continue the war against Germany together despite their re¬ verses on the battlefields ot F'rance.
There was no tendency to under- ! estimate   the  gravity  of  the  situa¬ tion but  news ot President  Roose-
Budapest, Hungary, June \fi.  lUP)
Germany's sledge-hammer blows in France resounded In the Bal¬ kans   tonight.
An increasing tendency to lean I toward the axis powers, both polit¬ ically and economically, was no¬ ticeable throughout southeastern Europe. i "''' "'"'''  ¦"'"'•'  ^'> be  so  urgent that
Tv,o,« ,..•,« v,i„i    „» ..1V.1. ».^,.    "'^ President's pledge musl be ful-
Inere were nints of possible gov-   ,.,,   .       ...,        * ,    y        ., 1 ^^       i r, f,||p()  .swifiiy  nnri  (hg  mililarv  slt-
ernment changes In both Rumania uation was described as so grave and Jugoslavia should fhe Ger- that vast malerial assistance is felt mans succeed in destroying French here to be vital to the Allied cause, resistance   altogether. ! ***""'••  France's Plight
The battle gning on in France Is
overtime   In   an   effort   to   Upread defeatist and  separatist  rumors.
There wa.s no effort to minimize the critical nature ot the military situation but it waa said flatly that ii'pnrU of imminent French ca- piliilalion or collapse had no basis in  fact.
One authoritative source said: The German  and  Italian  propa-
velt's pledge  to redouble  Anierican   ganda   machines   today   have   been
aid  lo the Allies brought  a  ray of hope into the gloom of the hour. But   the   need   of   United   Stales
Bulgaria continued d policy nf strict neutrality and kept militarily alert lest Turkey and Greece be¬ come   Involved  in   the  war.
Greece was extremely nervous for
two   reasons    her    military   weak-
neas   and   a   food   shortage   reault-
mVnTcau'^ons"'beTwe7n "the^"French j Init from the Mediterranean block-
more than usually active in cir¬ culating a variety of rumors de¬ signed lo shake the mutual confi¬ dence nf the Allied peoples. The main theme of which there are many variations Is thaf disagree¬ ment e.xisis between the British and F'rench civil and military authorities.
"Stories to this effect  have  been
reproduced In many languages felt here to be equally the Battle of from German and Italian radio Britain.
Mr. Roosevelt's statement that his pledge to Premier Paul Rey¬ naud carries "no military commit¬ ments" was fully understood and appreciated here.
"It would seem hardly necessary
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Stern   frontier   forces   along   the : «d«'   Severe rationing was adopted  j^  ,^y   ^^^^^   Preaident   Roosevelt's
Maginot line and the main troops \ '^'s week,
in the center and west. ]     Hungary,   though   most   friendly
As  part  of  this  drive  the  Ger-   toward   Germany,  was   attempting mans  were  also  reported  to  have   U>  keep  Hungarian   Nazis  in   line, crossed   the   Seine   at   Romilly,   28 miles northwest of Troyes. Situation I'nchanged
The high command reported that (Continued  on  Page  A-lOi
There are now six minority groups, each with its own "fuehrer," and It appeared likely that Germany would have to decide which ones to  support.
140,000 Get Higher Pay In New GM Contract
Detroit, June 15, (UP) A dead¬ lock on negotiations for a new General Motors contract with the United Automobile Workers, (CIO), was broken tonight when John R. Sleelman. chief federal labor con- cilator, announced that "a tenta¬ tive  agreement  has  been  reached."
Sleelman     said     conferees     had reached an agreement on wage in-1 ratification  by union  membership, crease   demands  for  approximately       President   Walter   P.   Reuther   ot 140,000     workers     in     GM     plants   t^g unions GM department said he throughout  the  nation, | would call a meeiing of the UAW's
The agreement climaxed contract G.M council Tuesday and that he negotiations which began early in , w-ould "make public the terms of May and broke down as the union's j j^g contract after the council has executive board authorized UAWI g,vf.„ a recommendation to the President  R,  J,   Thom<ts   to  call   a   membership."
generous response to the appeal by Premier Reynaud meets wilh the .sincere gratitude of the British people," an official said, "His as¬ surance that the United States will redouble Its effort.s lo send planes and munitions to the Allies as long aa fhe Allied government-s con¬ tinue to resist is especially wel¬ comed and the explanation that only Congress can make commit¬ ments of a military character i,s fully understood and appreciated," Scoff  at  Separat.e  I'eace
All suggestions that France might seek a separate peace with Germany were indignantly rebuff¬ ed here where it was asserted that the propaganila machines of Ger¬ many    snd    Itfll.v    were    working
NAZIS DECLARE FULL VICTORY IS WANTED
Prentiss M. Brown, D., Mich., re¬ laxing the 18-mnnth mandatory vacation for WP,\ workers who have made an "honest" attempt to find private employment. The WPA fund is to carry an average of 2.032,000 on its rolls each of tho
strike if necessary to obtain a sat¬ isfactory agreement.
Treasurer*8 Tax Sale
goes back to the House for adjust ment of differences. War Profits Bill Offered
As the Senate took up defense measure, expanding Reconstruction Finance Corpora¬ tion's lending authority by $1,000.- 000,000. Sen. Tom Connally. D.. Tex., introduced a war-proMs tax bill which was approved by the tContinued on Page A-2>
Today's Independent contains a complete list of Luzerne county properties that will be offered tor sale al the court house on July 9 by the count.v treasurer for tax delinquency, in conformance with the law. The list will be publish¬ ed the next twn Sundays also. Tax delinquents may remove their properties from sale hy pay¬ ments tn the county commission¬ ers   before   Jul^   9.
Federal labor conciliators enter¬ ed discussions after a shut-down had threatened the corporation's plants, which probably will play a key role in national defense pro¬ duction.
Details   nf   the   agreement   were  .	
wilhhcld,    Sleelman    said,    because       Berlin,  June  15.   (UP)    The  oflli- the contract muat be submitted for   cial DNB news agency said tonight
that the war would be fought until "the remains of the British and French troop.s on the continent" are destroyed.
"The British lie mini.stry," said DNB, "is presently just as in the autumn of last year again ilis- seminaling rumors about armistice or peace negotiations. The purpose is to divert public opinion from recognition that 'he Anglo-F'rench situation is militarily lost. Today such matters are no longer to be discussed. Instead the remains of the British and F'rench troops on the continent will be destroyed."
stations. In authoritative London quartera lonight attention was di¬ rected to the origin of these rumors which are completely devoid o( toiindallon. II is stated that the I Allies continue as hitherto in fhe closest consultation and complete agreement." England Expectit Attack
The ofhcial view here was that the war goes nn no matter what new blows Germany may strike, no matter what losses the Allies may suffer,
Britain look the view that the war front is moving rapidly toward the British Isles whatever the de¬ velopments across the channel. While exerting the greatest efforts to aid the desperate military plight of France, the British were turn¬ ing on the heal on the home front.
The possibility was being faced that Britain might hav? lo carry on the war alone and Ihal Germany probably will not be long in launch¬ ing a direct attack on the British Isles.
F.D.R. JR. ENTERS FIRM OF NEW YORK LAWYERS;
The blanket wage Increase de- mand had been the chief stumbling block in negotiations for the last two weeks. The union demanded wage increases which would tolal an  estimated 110.000,000.
The company'* counter-proposal was tor a 2'-.' per cent vacation pay allowance and adjustment ot wages in individual planLs where justified. The vacation pay offer was under¬ stood  to  represent about $6,000,000,
The seriousness with which the government viewed the dispute be¬ came more apparent June 13 when Sleelman, who seldom leaves Wash¬ inglon nn labnr matters, came here to deal  personally with  representa
BRAICHITSCH KI.N I
KILI.EO IN ACTION <
Berlin, June 16 i.Sundayi. (UP) - The Voelkischer Beobachter car¬ ried a death notice today signed by Col. Gen. Walther von Brau- chitsch, commander-in-chief of the German  army.
It announced the death, at the front.* of  his  brofher-in-law.   Lieut.
Dr.  Ernst  Rueffer. and hi* father- live* of the union and corporation.in-law, Georg Rueffer.
New York. .lune i^ lUPi - Frank- ' llll D. Roosevelt jr., son of the president, will join the New York law firm of Garey & Garey within the next few days, it was learned today.
Young Roo.sevelt, a recent grad¬ uate of the University ot Virginia law school, was hired by Eugene Garey, senioi partner of the firm and long a friend nf James Rnose¬ vell,   eldest   son   of   the   President.
Roosevelt was married two years ago to Ethel du Pont. They have a year-old son, Franklin Delano Roosevelt  III,
OERMANS IN ETHIOPIA WILL HGHT ALLIES
Rome, June l.'i lUPi The Italian government announced tonight that German lilizens residing in F^thiopia had requested and been granted permission lo fighl wilh Italian colonial troops against the Allies.
The viceroy of Ethiopia, it was announced, gave his consent afler the   reque.st    by   fhe   (German   cou-
By UNITED PRKS.S
The (iernian,s claimed early Sunday that they had bleach¬ ed the MaKinot Line on "a «ide front," captured \ eidun, driven the French into precip¬ itate flight and brought the Battle of France to the verge of a triumphant conclu.sion.
German troop.s marched on the streets of Paris, Geiman generals could preen them¬ selves in \ er.sailles' Hall of Minors where the .\llies dic¬ tated peace in 1919, and (ier- man tanks thrust southward in a titanic effort to turn France's S.'iOd.OOlMKIO eastern defense system which extends from captured Montmedy to the Swiss frontier. I In Berlin, the Nazis said ; F'rench capitulation—if the . (iM'mans \vi,shed fo accept it —wa.s imminent, and there I was talk of a possible "coupe de main" by French leaders eager for peace. FRENCH ( WBINET IN SESSION
But in London the British angrily denied that a separ¬ ate peace between France and (iermany wa.s impending and as.serted that, in any event, the war would continue, even if Britain had to fighht it alone.
And frnm French sources then* were indications that French re¬ sistance would continue al least a little while. The F'rench cabinet met for three hnurs and 4.^ minutes under President Albert Ijcbrun and announced that another meeting would be held tomorrow.
The French high command in a communique at Tours admitted the (Germans were driving toward Chaumont. LL'S milea southeast of Paris and halt way between Paris and the Swiss border, but insisted thai a German frontal attack on the Maginot Line had been unabl* to reach the main defense works. Maginot Line Brok>n
The German.s were attempting in two slashing drives similar lo the tactics employed in winning the battles nf the Meuse and of Flan¬ ders and fhe firsl phase ot the Battle of France-to cut the .Maginot Line off from the main bodies nf F'rench troops in the cen¬ ter  and   west.
They claimed the capture ot the cily and citadel ot 'Verdun, where .Marshal Henri Phillippe Petain uttered his memorable "they shall not pa,ss" in the World War, and progress elsewhere along fhe tomt which extends fo the coast ot Nof> mandy.
They also claimed that the Mag¬ inot Line itself was broken through "on a wide front" in furious as¬ saults soulh  of Saarbruecken,
The French, whose forces under Generalissimo Ma,xime Weygand were attempting to establish them¬ selves on the Loire river 130 mile* soulh of their lost capital, con¬ tended that withdrawals thus far had been in order and that the military situation in Normandy and directly south ot Paris was un¬ changed. Stateaiiien  May Want Peace
The Germans—and the Britleh called it propaganda—said that a strong peace movement was grow¬ ing in France among such leader* as President Albert Lebrun. Mar¬ shal Petain and former Premiere Edouard Daladier and Pierre Laval. They asserted that France had lost her best ports and sources of war malerial already and that, in addi¬ tion, she was now threatened with IContinued  on  Page  A-13)
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