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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Sunday 1 Fair, cool. Monday: Cloudy, warmer. 34TH YEAR, NO. 35—72 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1940 PRICE TEN CENTS U.S. TOLD NOT TO ANTAGONIZE NEW EUROPE'; RUMANIA GIVES IN 'TO AVOID CATASTROPHE'; 7 SERIOUSLY INJURED IN 4 ACCIDENTS HERE Three Hurt When Truck Hits Culvert; Two Injured in Wyomingr Ave. Crash CITY WOMAN HIT Drunken Driving, Hit-and-Run in Harvey's Lake Smash Seven Wyoming Valley residents | were seriously Injured In four sep- j srste automobile accidents here vesterday and a number ot fatal- ^ ities at local mines, plus scores of nther accidents, mostly attributed to Inclement weather, brought one I nf the most severe week ends to I this region in recent years. More thsn a half dozen persons are in precarious condition at local hos- pitsls. The heavy rainstorms caused ; most of the vehicular collisions and j property damage was great. Five i motor vehicles are believed to have heen smnshed beyond repair. Sev¬ eral of the accidents are attrib¬ uted directly to slippery streets. Three persons were seriously In¬ iured, Iwo of them believed lo be dying, when a Chevrolet truck pur¬ chased but Fridny crashed into a culvert st Pritchard's Corners, .Sweet Vjlley, Inte yesterday after- . nnon. The vehicle was demolished j In the crash. Man Thought Dead I ,'?lnte Police of the Shickshinny detail reported one man killed in i Ihe accident bul he was found tn j h» nlive, although in dangerous | rnndilion, when removed to Nanti¬ eoke Genernl Hospital al five -irlock. Fred Kaliliva, 29, ot ,%Ofl Front sireet. Warrior Run, sus- ained a fracture of the skull and tevere lacerations and abrasions. He was the driver, police reported. Peler Bolkewlc?;. .31 of 220 West Union street, Nanticoke, sus- lain^'d severe head injuries, Hii , condition is grnve. John Cichy, I 34. of 177 West .Noble street, nn- nther passenger in the truck, re¬ reived severe scnlp and knee In- Jiirie., in the crash. His condition «'«s reported "only fnir." The accident took place on the Hunlock's Creek highway, in front nf th" Ox Bow Inn at about tour nclnck. Pnlice snid that the group ivere tnking a ride to try oul the new truck when it lett the road snd hit the culvert. They were not removed to the hospitnl until «ppro.xiinately three quarters ot sn hour. .State Police immediately rushed to the scene after the crash was reported nnd were working Inte l«.'t night in an attempt to estab¬ lish the cause. Although the hospitnl gnve Kalitivn's address as 2.'1.'S West N'nWe street. State Polled snid that pspers nn his person indicnted thnt he resirled in U'nrrior Run, ! TwD Hurt in Forty Fort Two F.xeler brothers are in seri¬ ous rondilion nl Nesbitt Memorial Hospitnl ns a result of an acci¬ dent in which they figured in Inst svening at Forty Fort, A < ar in , «"hicJt lhey were riding, which wns nperaled hy Joseph Delina of Pitts¬ ton, spun around on Wyoming ave¬ nue, nenr Hughes street, crashing into a utility pole. Removed to lhe ho'ipital were Michnel Bone, 2.'i, ind Jnhn Bone, 27, both of 23.'5 ^nvnnia street, FIxeter. ' Becnuse of the seriniis injuries to 'Continued on Pnge A-loi Nazis Repair Their France I Nazis Will Fight | Any Move to Cut Their World Trade; iWarn Latin-America French Fleet Still Doubtful HIT U. S. POLICY Say it Has Hurt Relations with Europe's Leaders Radio picture passed by Ger¬ man censor and flashed from Ber¬ lin purports to show German con¬ struction battalions repairing dam¬ aged roads in France. Rehabili¬ tation of the vanquished country ment. I Berlin, June 29 fUP)-Naxls pointedly warned the United Stales today againsl adopting an inimical i attitude toward the "New Kurope" ; as the German nation awaited the I signal lo begin the long-threatened I tolal war agKin.st Great Britain, Referring directly lo nexl month's economic conference of the Ameri¬ can republics in Panama, called by I President Roosevelt -the aulhorila- I tive magazine Berlin-Rome-Tokyo j issued the sharpest warning to I both the United Slates and the j Latin-American nations again,st in- ; terfering in European affnirs. The article's significance was indicated by the imprint of three slars, the by the French people also hns sign that it had the approval of been urged by the Petain govern- , Foreign Minister Joachim von Madrid, June .10, (UP)—(Sun¬ day)—The official news agency Cifra reported from Tangier, international zone, today that in¬ formed sources there had said all French .North Africa would abide by Frnnce's armistice terms, but that there was doubt regard¬ ing the attitude of French fleet commanders. The agency said that the re¬ construction of French Morocco waa placed in a delicnte position owing to the British blockade which now includes France. It said that Tangier quarters re¬ ported that nil North African militar.v commanders hnd agreed lo abide by the decisions ot the government of rrcmier Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, Whether the French fleet would submit to orders to return to its home base was uncertain. Many French Warships were reported at the British hase at Alexandria. Report Carol in Rome Asking Duce to Halt Demands of Hungary, Bulgaria; Red Army Taking Ceded Territory 'Without Incident' But Rumanian Paper Says Country Soon Will Get Justice; 100 Soviet Divisions on the March , By HENRY T. GORRELL ' Kucliaie.st, Huinania, June SO (UP) (Sunda.v)—King Carol II wa.s sh'\<\ in unconfirmed report.s received here toda.v to be in Home .seeking; tiie support of Premier Benito Mussolini to foi'p.stal! an,v demands b.v Hun{(ar,v and Bulgaria for tlie territories of Tian.s.vlvania and North Dobiudja. Tlie report tliat Carol was in Rome emanated from Zurich, Switzerland, and could not be confirmed here immediatel.v. .As it was circulated in Bucharest there were indications of di.saffeclion between Russia and the Cionnan-ltalian Axis over tiie Soviet march into Be.ssai'abia and North Bukovina. j A spokesman for the Russian lejration was indifiTiant about an editorial in the newspaper CurentuI, lonjr an organ for Tl Army Announces Forming Two 'Panzer' Divisions New Corps >Mn Have Terrific Sinking Force, Superior to Nazi Units. Army Chief Believes; Ready by Fall Washington, June 29, (UP)—The army announced tonighl the Im¬ mediate creation of a fully mechanized army corps two full divisions comprising over 18,000 mecnanic troops, more than 1,400 tanks and armored cnrs, and over 13,000 automatic and semi-automatic weapons. These two new division.s, capable to striking with deadly effect at speeds upwards of .'lO miles au hour, will be ready to take the field this tall and the army said that they would be the equal, if nol the superior, of any of Germany's famed Panzer armored units that hav. overrun much of Europe, NM 10 STAGE L TO TEST DEFENSES Submarine Nets Laid to Protect Pacific Entrance C'OmmanderH Assigned Acting Secretary ot Wnr Louis Johnson placed Brig. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, now lommanding the only ^ mechanized brignde in the U. S. i army, in chnrge of the new armored corps. His headquarters will be al Fort Knox, Ky. One of the di¬ visions will be commanded by Brig. Gen, Bruce Magruder, former com¬ mander of infantry tanks, the other \ by Brig. Gen. Charles L, Scott, re¬ cently promoted from a colonel in charge of a mechanized cavalry regiment. Gen. Magruder's di¬ vision will be ba.ied at Fort Knox and Gen. Scott's division will be at Fort Benning, Ga, , Most of the present tank units now are located at Fort Mende, Md., Fort Knox nnd Fort Riley. Kansas. Authorities said all of the "0.'5 tanks needed for Ihe new- corps will be read.v bv early fall and thnl additional armored groups will be created as soon fs malerinl and personnel become available. Every armored vehicle previousl> used by the infantry, cnvniry, field artillery nnd olher motorized ground forces will be tised in this new swift nrmy corps. Keniilt of Kx|ierience .lohnson explained that the deci¬ sion to create nrmnred divisions resulted from analysis of last Ma.v's mnnuevern In Texas and Louisiana in which 70,000 regular nrmy troops participated. He add- GOP Committee Will Meet Wilkie To Name New National Chairman Philadelphia, June 29, (UPl The Republican National Committee lo- iny deferred organization but ap¬ pointed a sub-committee of 12 to meet with Wendell Willkie, the ^lOP presidential nominee, to pick sll officers, including a national chairman. The commillee originally w-as scheduled to pick the chairman to¬ dny as an important anti-climac- lic epilogue of ;he amazing na¬ iional convention which selected Willkie as the party's standard hearer. Some GOP leaders believed the 'Ommittee', action in deferring the "election was laken to mean Ihal lohn D M Hamilton would not be retained Rut other sources, usii- ""y well informed, predicted Ham¬ ilton would be retained, despite the break hetween him and Alf M. Landon. *"" up lo Willkie Actually nil nf ,hc com'hiittee 'meers will be selected hv Willkie. ^slter .S. Hnllanan nf Wesl Vir- »mia. who was named chairmnn of " "iib-commiltee, said the group ouid meet wilh Willkie in New > "rli oexl Week, , '» Todayg laaue Kdilnrisl C_» '^"••Ifled B_il ^'•'" :::::::::::::::: Si" 'lovles A—i7 Story Bf^-t Soda! ,., 7~\. A^IO All Republican leaders were con¬ vinced thnt for the coming cam¬ paign wars againsl the astute poli¬ ticians ot the Democratic party, an experienced professional will be needed to head the GOP board oT strategy. Nnmed to Ihe sub-committee in addition to Hallanan were Samuel F. Prvor jr.. Conn,; William F. Knowl'and, Calif.: Ezra R. Whitia, Idaho: Werner W. Schroeder, 111.; Mrs. Grace B. Reynolds, Ind.: Har¬ rison E. Spangler. la.: Sinclair Weeks, Mass.; William Slern, N,D.; Mrs. Worthington Scranton, Pa.: Henry Fletcher, R.I.; and Frank O. Horton, Wyo, To .New 'lork hy Vacht Just as Ihe committee met, Willkie, all "tired out and ready for a long rest." left on a leisurely yacht trip to .N'ew York. With his wife and son, Philip, 20, W'ilkie boarded Ihe yacht ot Roy W, How¬ ard of the Scripps-Howard news¬ papers. Others on the yacht were Howard, Mrs. Howard and Russell Davenport, who handled Willkie's amazing campaign which made political histor.v. , Willkie said he expected to leave the yacht al New York Cily "some¬ time Mondny morning." He was gay and cheerful when he left, shaking hands with all the dock workers and waving goodbye to the crowd, Onlv ed that "apparent developments in the character and use ot mechan- i-/ed power in Europe" had aome¬ thing lo do with the move. In addition, Johnson revealed that under the army's long-range mechanization program the flrsl battalion of the «7th Infantry at Fort Meade and other outfits em¬ ploying heavy tanks will be organ¬ ized into another group lo be known as "general headquarters reserve units,' The army does not use heavy tanks of the 70 to 80-ton si;:e ill the German ond French armies. It uses the smaller, fast light and medium varieties with maximum weight of about 16 tons, bul oflii ials indicated that the new heavy tank units might be aboul f.vice that maximum size, Chaffee I.#d .Mechaiiixation It will be General Chaffee's joh to organize these heavy tank units when equipment becomes available, Chaffee, a slight, wiry former com¬ mander ot a "horse " cavalry troop, has been a brigadier general less than two years. He was placed in command ot the army's first mech¬ anized brigade after conducting sensational mechanized troop man¬ euvers at Fort Rilp.v, Kans., in 19,18. He comes from a family of illustrious military men. The new armored U. S. division, Johnson explained, is a completely self-contained combat unit with supporiing forces. Il hns a head- qunrter.s staff with signal units, a r-connaissance squadron of planes, scout cnrs, motorized riflemen, a combat echelon of lighl and me¬ dium tanks, motorized engineers, armored field artillery, four bat¬ teries nf howitzers and anti-tank guns, and service detachments ot maintenance experts, supply troops and a motorized medical battalion. AddilionnI Men Co-operate To nid in speeding up and co¬ ordinating the rearmament pro¬ gram necessary to supply the army with armored division malerial, the National Defense Commission an¬ nounced that it was bringing addi¬ tional kev men into its service. Chairman Emory S, Land of the Maritime Commission will serve to co-ordinate shipbuilding activities both navy and merchant- under William S. Knudsen, the commis¬ sion's ryoduction chief, I Others named included Isador Lubin, commissicner of labor sta¬ tistics, to nssist Sidney Hillman on labor requirenieiits: President A. T. Wood of the Lake Carriers As- sociition, Cleveland, O.: President Ted V. Rodgers of American Truck¬ ing Associntion. Washington. D.C: F. C. Horner of General Motors Corp., New Ynrk, and President Arthur M, Hill of the National Association of Motor Bus Opera¬ tors as consultants to Ralph Budd, in charge of transportation prob¬ lems of the commission. President Roosevelt also brough' Owen D, Young, retired chairman of General Electric Co., into the defense organization. Young ai' assignment tn I Balboa, C, Z., June 29. (UP) Army authorities said tonighl that a "simulated' airplane at'acl against the Panama Canal would be undertaken during the night or tomorrow by 1,5 navy bombers in a lest of the Uniled Slates Army's canal defenses. Five different "attacks" will be made. Eai h squadron will be com¬ posed of three planes. The planes will use flares instead of bombs. The planes will not dive down on Canal defenses and the altitude of flights will be de¬ termined by the ceiling. The land defense units will not attempt a counter air attack. Only high army officers were in¬ formed of the maneuver. Lay Submarine Net« The navy, meanwhile, was under¬ stood to have placed nnti-sub- marine nets along bo'h the Pacific and Atlantic entrances to the canal "for training purposes," Reasons for placing the nets In position where they could be swung across the entrances to the canal were thoughi to be In connection wilh the reported arrival ot the United Stales fleet from Hawaii, The fleet was expected to reach here Friday, although oflicials pro¬ fessed they had no knowledge of its movements. Army I'nits .Maneuver Meanwhile, the United States Army units here engaged in large scale maneuvers tonight, but their exact nature was a military secret. (Continued on Page A-10) Ribbentrop, i The warning came at a tim when aerial activities over Britain and ominous warnings in the in I spired press foretold that the I Bliizkrieg against the British Isles ' was about to begin. The eighth consecutive air raid on Britain took place last nighl, the German bombers penetrating as tar as Wales. At the .same lime, German airmen subjected the Channel j Islands to terrific bombardments while they were being evacuated by Britiah government orders. A "New Europe" Now The grealesl significance was at¬ tached here lo the article in Ber¬ lin-Rome-Tokyo, Reiterating Adolf Hitler's thesis — "America fnr Americans, Europe for European" - the articles empha,sized that the Monroe Doctrine wns applicable to this side ot the Atlantic as well ns the other. That Americnn doctrine ; il wns said, imposes restraints ot non-interference with European af¬ fairs upon the Americas, The new world, il held, must reckon with the "New Europe," I Europe's trade policies In the i long run will be clearly Influenced i by whether Europe is to deal wilh a friendly or unfriendly America, the article continued. Of President Roosevelt's pro¬ posals for a huge Americnn cartel ; to compete with economic penetra- I tion of the Americas by totalitarian 1 countries Berlin-Romc-Tokyo warn¬ ed the Western Hemisphere againsl I being misled Into the futile use of weapons for Intervention In Europe. It also warned the Amerlcns nol to sncrifice their own Interests for a Frnnce "which alread.v hns col¬ lnpsed" or for an England which "faces the snme fnle." Attack r. .S. Foreign Policy ] Referring to the United Stales' "moral responsibility" for the Americas, the article said: "It Is no string ot successes which the Roosevelt regime has to lay before the American republics. By its foreign policy It has succeeded In recent years In making consid¬ erably worse lis relations with Ger¬ many, Italy, Japan and Soviet Russia," Commenting on the attitude and activities of the United Slates with (Continued en Page A-2) TO T 'OF AXIS ITCHED Red Army Found Far Greater than Needed in Rumania Rritain Raided Again London, .lune J». (LP)—Knemy aircraft were reported over Southeast Fngland and the Vlidlande late tonight and anti- alrcritft defenses went Into action. A niunher of homhe were dropped In tlie Midlands, A number of incendiary homhe were dropped In rural dts- tricte of Northeast Kngland. There was nn damage and no raniialtien. Hnmhn also were dropped on 8«uthwe«tem England. No rasiinltiee were reported. By HAROLD A. PETKR.S Budapest, Hungary, June 29 (UP) — Hungarian sources speculated to¬ nighl on whether Russia would heed indirect hut unmistakable "go slow" signals trom the Axis powers in regard to tcrriloriai acquisitions in the Balkans, Hungary, itself, adopted a cau¬ tious attitude toward Its own de¬ mands on Rumania reportedly on the advices of Rome nnd Berlin but several factors ndded tn the uncer¬ tainty over Russia's actual aims in .Southwestern Europe. Ru.ssia, it was pointed out, enter¬ ed Bessarabia with motorized in¬ fantry forces far disproportionate to Ihe dimensions of the task. In Ihe second place the harvest is only two weeks awny and both Riim.tnia and Hungary musl release a rertain percentage of their troops, thus making any further Soviet push comparativel.v easy. Rumor Oil Field Lost A flood ot wild rumors mean¬ while continued to cloud develop¬ ments here, \ One report that lacked official confirmation was that Rumania had begun evacuation ot the hig Galnz oil cenler, jusl ouiside Ihe southeastern border of Bessarabia, which the Red Army occupied. This rumor, indicating Russia's desire tor the oil nrea, was strongly discounted by responsible Hungar¬ ian sources who said they Relieved il likely Russia would delay any further demnnds on the Rumanians, (ItM'man and Italian interests, which said "Rumania will be jfiven .iustice and before man,\ months Bessarabia will once more be Rumanian territor.v," Resentment over the Russian move \\as evident in some quarters here. Thousands of members of the Genitan minor¬ ity youth movement were reported aian airplanes. It was considered CHAMBERLAIN WILL MAKE SPEECH TODAY Arita Says Japan Must Dominate in Far East Foreign Minister Has 'Monroe Doctrine' For Eastern Asia epted a temporary few of the delegates re-j aid in the National Youth Admiii- n Philndelphin nnd the city lislrntion nnd Civilian Con.'^ervntion niainffdini"i'"'*»'i ¦ , . ._ T-r-v* after a hnislerous week, was re- Corps program for training I een turning to normal. ' nicians, Tokyo, June 29, (UP)-A long- hcralded statement by Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita on Japan's considered place as a world power turned oul loday to be a radio ad- dre.'.s lo the nation in which he enunciated the doctrine that Japan dominates the Far East, Japan is determined to regard I easl Asia and the southern Pacific ! as a correlated sphere wllh Japan as the central stabilizing influence, Anta said. Declaration \ ague The foreign minister, declaring a j mild "Monroe Doctrine" for easl i Asia wilh Japan al the core, was somewhat vague and his speech followed the familiar lines of those dealing with Japanese foreign pol¬ icy. But he did round up the Japanese attitude wilh the unrais- I lakable pronouncement that Japan would oppose any outside interfer- ] eiue in east Asia and the Soulh Seas, He said that the European war had demonstrated the danger of past blunders in which geographi¬ cal, racial and cultural relation¬ ships had been disregarded and he snid Ihal such blunders must be rectified. j ' "The countriea of eaat Asia and' >H. the South Seas are geographically, historically, economically and raci- all.v very much closely related to each other," he said, "They are destined lo cooperate and lo minis¬ ter to one anothers' needa for a common well being and properily and to promote the peace and progress of their regions. "The uniting of all these re¬ gions under a single sphere on the basis of common existence and in¬ suring thereby the stability of that sphere is, I tliink, the natural con- clu.sion," I. S. Affected (In London a responsible source, without directly mentioning the United Stales, said the olher powers besides Great Britain would "wish to consider the implications of the new Japanese policy de¬ clared loday in the Far East."i "The idea of establishing first a righteous peace in each of the various regions and then establish¬ ing collectively a jusl peace for the whole world long has existed al.^o in Europe and America," Arita said. "This system presupposes a sta¬ bilizing force 111 each region . . . to secure the prosperity and stabil¬ ity of the sphere ... it also pre¬ supposes that groups will respect the political, cultural and economic characteristics of the others and will co-operate to meet the needs of all tor the common good. "When the present European war (Continued on Page A-2; London, June 29, (UP)-The Brit¬ ish Broadcasting Corp., announced tonighl that former Prime Min¬ ister Neville Chamberlain would make a radio speech tomorrow al 8:45 p. m. 13:4,') p. m. EDTi. The speech will be broadcast through¬ out the British Isles and overseas, Including the United Stalee. BRITISH SUBMARINE IS BELIEVED LOST supporting the King and his new N'ational Pnrty. This was inter¬ preted lo menn that a solid front was being organized to presa for resistance againsl the Russian in¬ cursions. Reds Keeping Agreement Al no time, however, has there been any indication thnt Russia intended penetrating beyond the line ot occupation to which Ru¬ mania agreed. The ministry ot propaganda announced that the new Russian-Rumanian border fol¬ lowed Rumania's pre-World War frontier, running from Russian Poland, where il jut/i into Rumania along the .Suceava River lo the former border line running norlh from a point where the Suceava bends southward lo the Pruth River, thence down the Pruth lo the Danube and then to the Black Sea, (In Moscow, the official Tass News Agency said thnt Soviet troops had entered the towns of Storozhinets nnd Gerlz, in North¬ ern Bukovina. and occupied the stations of Novoselitsa nnd Lip- kany, bnth on the Pruth River south of Hotin. Mechanized units approached the Pruth ."i.'i'! miles southwest of Mogilev-Podolsky. and reached the town of Pyrlilsa, 49'- miles northwest of Kishinev. (Parachute troops were said lo hnve Innded nl Bolgrad, In South¬ ern Bessarabia, nnd near Renl, near the confluence ot the Pruth and Danube Rivers i i Tremendous Re<| Force From reliable quarters the United Press learned that In occu¬ pying Bessarabia Ru.ssia iLsed more than 1,000 front line aiplnnes ' including hundreds nf bombers. .More thnn IOO divisions were said lo have participated in the march, ii.sing modern equipment including tiO-ton tanks. Refugees fleeing before the Red Army said they had left their homes at the flrst signs of the Rus- ' London, June 29 (UPl -An ad¬ miralty communique said Inn';ht that the submarine Grampus was overdue and presumed lost. The Grampus was the ninth British .¦(Ubmarine lost since the start of the war U.^t Sept. 3. The Grampu.s belonged to the Porpoise Inline laying i cU.s». It was completed at a cosl of $2,040,- .160 and was launched on Feb, 25, 1938. The submarine carried a normal Qomplemenl ot 55. The admiralty aaid that the next of kin ha^i been informed of their presumed deaths. significant that all refugeea will he given homes in "Old Rumania." the nncient principalities ot Mol¬ davia and Wallacia. I Rumania accepted the Russian I occupation "in order lo avoid a greater catastrophe for toulh- eaatcrn Europe." Propaganda Min¬ ister Teofil .Sidorovici said, "but we shall strive until this injustice ' is corrected." The Red Army occupation of ceded territory was carried out "withoul incident." the new propa¬ ganda minister said at his first press conference, Rumanian troops retired in or¬ derly fashion as the Ru,ssians ad¬ vanced to take over the Ressara- bian and Bukovina areas. Ths propaganda ministry said that neither Dorohoi count.v nor the lown of Dorohoi in northern most Moldavia were included in the ler¬ rilory ceded to Russia, as had been reported, hut it wns emphasized that the final border line remains indefinite pending an official state¬ ment expected shortly, "Time Will Bring Justice" The Rumanian general staff is¬ sued a communique saying the Red Army, advancing peacefully as the Rumanians withdrew, had reached a line running through Kukovina and Bessarabia provinces bul up to noon Saturdny apparently had not occupied half of the ceded terri¬ tory, Soviet representatives, how¬ ever, had taken over the remainder. "We accepted thia catastrophe to avoid a greater catastrophe in Southeastern Europe." Sidorovici said. "We do not hide our grief, we hnve been rendered a great in¬ justice. "We have suffered and are suf¬ fering still, but time will bring us justice. We shall unite all our forces to fulfill our sacred mission. We shnll strive until this injustice is corrected." Rumanian oflicials emphasised, (Continued on Page A-2) More G-Men in '5th Column* Work; Jackson Warns on Witch Hunt* FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO MOVE CAPITOL Bordeaux, Jiinc .'» lUPi The French government will shift the capital from Bordeaux to Clermont Ferrand at dawn tomorrow, it was said lonight. (ReporU from Irun, Spain, to¬ day said that the tirst contingent of German troops already had oc¬ cupied Bordeaux, whence the gov¬ ernment fled after the occupation of Paris and Tours.l Clermont-Ferrand is about 210 miles southeast of Paris, in South¬ eastern France. The government will evacuate Bordeaux In four groups, starting at dawn, Sunday, it waa said. .Saraiiac Inn, N. Y.. June 29 lUPi Attorney General Robert H Jack¬ son ssid tonighl that nn Monday the government will put l.'SO addi¬ tional G-.Men on the trail nf Fifth Column agenLs and "is fully pre¬ pared to deal with foreign spies and their "dupes" in a legal way, he added. In an address before a conven¬ tion of the New York Bar Associ¬ ation, Jackson said that the anti- spy campaign must nol be turned into a "witch hunt" imperilling the constitutional liberties of Ameri¬ cans. "Our liberties Aland in more dan¬ ger from our own excitement than from our enemies," he said, Frgues \\f Keep Cool Jaikson urged that citizens and law enforcement officers keep cool heads to prevent "any form of hateful treatment or repression which would tend to make sullen enemies of those who wish lo be good Americans." "I can give you assurance that, as yel, there is no such number ot these mischief makers, nor is there such cohesion among ihem, nor have they such positions of pnwer or influence that America need be panic-.slricken.' he said. Jnckson urged the nation to avoid mistakes which give a»sl«t- nnce to the "Fifth Column." These h* Usled m; "I<''irst, we must permit no tamp¬ ering with our civil rights, for Uio flrst break in that bulwark will provide the opening wedge for those who seek the breakdown of our democratic system, "Second, we musl prevent law¬ lessness and mob violence, tor by destroying law and order we create the confusion of which the Fifth Column thrives. Reactionary Policy Wrong "Third, we must not alienate the Alien who wants to be loyal, for by so doing we drive him into tho camp of the Fifth Column., "Fourth, I would regard • ro- iclionary national policy as the greatest aid and comfort a 'Fifth Column' could hope for, "The so-called 'Fifth Column' consists of a small corps of foreign agents, cushioned in a much larger group of sympathizers and dupes, whose immediate objective is to sabotage American morale, slow up production, stir up strife, cultivate hatreds and destroy confidence In the government," Dispatches from Euro- pean countries are now subject to censorship. ^
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Issue | 35 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
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Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1940-06-30 |
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Month | 06 |
Day | 30 |
Year | 1940 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Issue | 35 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1940-06-30 |
Date Digital | 2009-08-14 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | English |
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Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
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Full Text | A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Sunday 1 Fair, cool. Monday: Cloudy, warmer. 34TH YEAR, NO. 35—72 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1940 PRICE TEN CENTS U.S. TOLD NOT TO ANTAGONIZE NEW EUROPE'; RUMANIA GIVES IN 'TO AVOID CATASTROPHE'; 7 SERIOUSLY INJURED IN 4 ACCIDENTS HERE Three Hurt When Truck Hits Culvert; Two Injured in Wyomingr Ave. Crash CITY WOMAN HIT Drunken Driving, Hit-and-Run in Harvey's Lake Smash Seven Wyoming Valley residents | were seriously Injured In four sep- j srste automobile accidents here vesterday and a number ot fatal- ^ ities at local mines, plus scores of nther accidents, mostly attributed to Inclement weather, brought one I nf the most severe week ends to I this region in recent years. More thsn a half dozen persons are in precarious condition at local hos- pitsls. The heavy rainstorms caused ; most of the vehicular collisions and j property damage was great. Five i motor vehicles are believed to have heen smnshed beyond repair. Sev¬ eral of the accidents are attrib¬ uted directly to slippery streets. Three persons were seriously In¬ iured, Iwo of them believed lo be dying, when a Chevrolet truck pur¬ chased but Fridny crashed into a culvert st Pritchard's Corners, .Sweet Vjlley, Inte yesterday after- . nnon. The vehicle was demolished j In the crash. Man Thought Dead I ,'?lnte Police of the Shickshinny detail reported one man killed in i Ihe accident bul he was found tn j h» nlive, although in dangerous | rnndilion, when removed to Nanti¬ eoke Genernl Hospital al five -irlock. Fred Kaliliva, 29, ot ,%Ofl Front sireet. Warrior Run, sus- ained a fracture of the skull and tevere lacerations and abrasions. He was the driver, police reported. Peler Bolkewlc?;. .31 of 220 West Union street, Nanticoke, sus- lain^'d severe head injuries, Hii , condition is grnve. John Cichy, I 34. of 177 West .Noble street, nn- nther passenger in the truck, re¬ reived severe scnlp and knee In- Jiirie., in the crash. His condition «'«s reported "only fnir." The accident took place on the Hunlock's Creek highway, in front nf th" Ox Bow Inn at about tour nclnck. Pnlice snid that the group ivere tnking a ride to try oul the new truck when it lett the road snd hit the culvert. They were not removed to the hospitnl until «ppro.xiinately three quarters ot sn hour. .State Police immediately rushed to the scene after the crash was reported nnd were working Inte l«.'t night in an attempt to estab¬ lish the cause. Although the hospitnl gnve Kalitivn's address as 2.'1.'S West N'nWe street. State Polled snid that pspers nn his person indicnted thnt he resirled in U'nrrior Run, ! TwD Hurt in Forty Fort Two F.xeler brothers are in seri¬ ous rondilion nl Nesbitt Memorial Hospitnl ns a result of an acci¬ dent in which they figured in Inst svening at Forty Fort, A < ar in , «"hicJt lhey were riding, which wns nperaled hy Joseph Delina of Pitts¬ ton, spun around on Wyoming ave¬ nue, nenr Hughes street, crashing into a utility pole. Removed to lhe ho'ipital were Michnel Bone, 2.'i, ind Jnhn Bone, 27, both of 23.'5 ^nvnnia street, FIxeter. ' Becnuse of the seriniis injuries to 'Continued on Pnge A-loi Nazis Repair Their France I Nazis Will Fight | Any Move to Cut Their World Trade; iWarn Latin-America French Fleet Still Doubtful HIT U. S. POLICY Say it Has Hurt Relations with Europe's Leaders Radio picture passed by Ger¬ man censor and flashed from Ber¬ lin purports to show German con¬ struction battalions repairing dam¬ aged roads in France. Rehabili¬ tation of the vanquished country ment. I Berlin, June 29 fUP)-Naxls pointedly warned the United Stales today againsl adopting an inimical i attitude toward the "New Kurope" ; as the German nation awaited the I signal lo begin the long-threatened I tolal war agKin.st Great Britain, Referring directly lo nexl month's economic conference of the Ameri¬ can republics in Panama, called by I President Roosevelt -the aulhorila- I tive magazine Berlin-Rome-Tokyo j issued the sharpest warning to I both the United Slates and the j Latin-American nations again,st in- ; terfering in European affnirs. The article's significance was indicated by the imprint of three slars, the by the French people also hns sign that it had the approval of been urged by the Petain govern- , Foreign Minister Joachim von Madrid, June .10, (UP)—(Sun¬ day)—The official news agency Cifra reported from Tangier, international zone, today that in¬ formed sources there had said all French .North Africa would abide by Frnnce's armistice terms, but that there was doubt regard¬ ing the attitude of French fleet commanders. The agency said that the re¬ construction of French Morocco waa placed in a delicnte position owing to the British blockade which now includes France. It said that Tangier quarters re¬ ported that nil North African militar.v commanders hnd agreed lo abide by the decisions ot the government of rrcmier Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, Whether the French fleet would submit to orders to return to its home base was uncertain. Many French Warships were reported at the British hase at Alexandria. Report Carol in Rome Asking Duce to Halt Demands of Hungary, Bulgaria; Red Army Taking Ceded Territory 'Without Incident' But Rumanian Paper Says Country Soon Will Get Justice; 100 Soviet Divisions on the March , By HENRY T. GORRELL ' Kucliaie.st, Huinania, June SO (UP) (Sunda.v)—King Carol II wa.s sh'\<\ in unconfirmed report.s received here toda.v to be in Home .seeking; tiie support of Premier Benito Mussolini to foi'p.stal! an,v demands b.v Hun{(ar,v and Bulgaria for tlie territories of Tian.s.vlvania and North Dobiudja. Tlie report tliat Carol was in Rome emanated from Zurich, Switzerland, and could not be confirmed here immediatel.v. .As it was circulated in Bucharest there were indications of di.saffeclion between Russia and the Cionnan-ltalian Axis over tiie Soviet march into Be.ssai'abia and North Bukovina. j A spokesman for the Russian lejration was indifiTiant about an editorial in the newspaper CurentuI, lonjr an organ for Tl Army Announces Forming Two 'Panzer' Divisions New Corps >Mn Have Terrific Sinking Force, Superior to Nazi Units. Army Chief Believes; Ready by Fall Washington, June 29, (UP)—The army announced tonighl the Im¬ mediate creation of a fully mechanized army corps two full divisions comprising over 18,000 mecnanic troops, more than 1,400 tanks and armored cnrs, and over 13,000 automatic and semi-automatic weapons. These two new division.s, capable to striking with deadly effect at speeds upwards of .'lO miles au hour, will be ready to take the field this tall and the army said that they would be the equal, if nol the superior, of any of Germany's famed Panzer armored units that hav. overrun much of Europe, NM 10 STAGE L TO TEST DEFENSES Submarine Nets Laid to Protect Pacific Entrance C'OmmanderH Assigned Acting Secretary ot Wnr Louis Johnson placed Brig. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, now lommanding the only ^ mechanized brignde in the U. S. i army, in chnrge of the new armored corps. His headquarters will be al Fort Knox, Ky. One of the di¬ visions will be commanded by Brig. Gen, Bruce Magruder, former com¬ mander of infantry tanks, the other \ by Brig. Gen. Charles L, Scott, re¬ cently promoted from a colonel in charge of a mechanized cavalry regiment. Gen. Magruder's di¬ vision will be ba.ied at Fort Knox and Gen. Scott's division will be at Fort Benning, Ga, , Most of the present tank units now are located at Fort Mende, Md., Fort Knox nnd Fort Riley. Kansas. Authorities said all of the "0.'5 tanks needed for Ihe new- corps will be read.v bv early fall and thnl additional armored groups will be created as soon fs malerinl and personnel become available. Every armored vehicle previousl> used by the infantry, cnvniry, field artillery nnd olher motorized ground forces will be tised in this new swift nrmy corps. Keniilt of Kx|ierience .lohnson explained that the deci¬ sion to create nrmnred divisions resulted from analysis of last Ma.v's mnnuevern In Texas and Louisiana in which 70,000 regular nrmy troops participated. He add- GOP Committee Will Meet Wilkie To Name New National Chairman Philadelphia, June 29, (UPl The Republican National Committee lo- iny deferred organization but ap¬ pointed a sub-committee of 12 to meet with Wendell Willkie, the ^lOP presidential nominee, to pick sll officers, including a national chairman. The commillee originally w-as scheduled to pick the chairman to¬ dny as an important anti-climac- lic epilogue of ;he amazing na¬ iional convention which selected Willkie as the party's standard hearer. Some GOP leaders believed the 'Ommittee', action in deferring the "election was laken to mean Ihal lohn D M Hamilton would not be retained Rut other sources, usii- ""y well informed, predicted Ham¬ ilton would be retained, despite the break hetween him and Alf M. Landon. *"" up lo Willkie Actually nil nf ,hc com'hiittee 'meers will be selected hv Willkie. ^slter .S. Hnllanan nf Wesl Vir- »mia. who was named chairmnn of " "iib-commiltee, said the group ouid meet wilh Willkie in New > "rli oexl Week, , '» Todayg laaue Kdilnrisl C_» '^"••Ifled B_il ^'•'" :::::::::::::::: Si" 'lovles A—i7 Story Bf^-t Soda! ,., 7~\. A^IO All Republican leaders were con¬ vinced thnt for the coming cam¬ paign wars againsl the astute poli¬ ticians ot the Democratic party, an experienced professional will be needed to head the GOP board oT strategy. Nnmed to Ihe sub-committee in addition to Hallanan were Samuel F. Prvor jr.. Conn,; William F. Knowl'and, Calif.: Ezra R. Whitia, Idaho: Werner W. Schroeder, 111.; Mrs. Grace B. Reynolds, Ind.: Har¬ rison E. Spangler. la.: Sinclair Weeks, Mass.; William Slern, N,D.; Mrs. Worthington Scranton, Pa.: Henry Fletcher, R.I.; and Frank O. Horton, Wyo, To .New 'lork hy Vacht Just as Ihe committee met, Willkie, all "tired out and ready for a long rest." left on a leisurely yacht trip to .N'ew York. With his wife and son, Philip, 20, W'ilkie boarded Ihe yacht ot Roy W, How¬ ard of the Scripps-Howard news¬ papers. Others on the yacht were Howard, Mrs. Howard and Russell Davenport, who handled Willkie's amazing campaign which made political histor.v. , Willkie said he expected to leave the yacht al New York Cily "some¬ time Mondny morning." He was gay and cheerful when he left, shaking hands with all the dock workers and waving goodbye to the crowd, Onlv ed that "apparent developments in the character and use ot mechan- i-/ed power in Europe" had aome¬ thing lo do with the move. In addition, Johnson revealed that under the army's long-range mechanization program the flrsl battalion of the «7th Infantry at Fort Meade and other outfits em¬ ploying heavy tanks will be organ¬ ized into another group lo be known as "general headquarters reserve units,' The army does not use heavy tanks of the 70 to 80-ton si;:e ill the German ond French armies. It uses the smaller, fast light and medium varieties with maximum weight of about 16 tons, bul oflii ials indicated that the new heavy tank units might be aboul f.vice that maximum size, Chaffee I.#d .Mechaiiixation It will be General Chaffee's joh to organize these heavy tank units when equipment becomes available, Chaffee, a slight, wiry former com¬ mander ot a "horse " cavalry troop, has been a brigadier general less than two years. He was placed in command ot the army's first mech¬ anized brigade after conducting sensational mechanized troop man¬ euvers at Fort Rilp.v, Kans., in 19,18. He comes from a family of illustrious military men. The new armored U. S. division, Johnson explained, is a completely self-contained combat unit with supporiing forces. Il hns a head- qunrter.s staff with signal units, a r-connaissance squadron of planes, scout cnrs, motorized riflemen, a combat echelon of lighl and me¬ dium tanks, motorized engineers, armored field artillery, four bat¬ teries nf howitzers and anti-tank guns, and service detachments ot maintenance experts, supply troops and a motorized medical battalion. AddilionnI Men Co-operate To nid in speeding up and co¬ ordinating the rearmament pro¬ gram necessary to supply the army with armored division malerial, the National Defense Commission an¬ nounced that it was bringing addi¬ tional kev men into its service. Chairman Emory S, Land of the Maritime Commission will serve to co-ordinate shipbuilding activities both navy and merchant- under William S. Knudsen, the commis¬ sion's ryoduction chief, I Others named included Isador Lubin, commissicner of labor sta¬ tistics, to nssist Sidney Hillman on labor requirenieiits: President A. T. Wood of the Lake Carriers As- sociition, Cleveland, O.: President Ted V. Rodgers of American Truck¬ ing Associntion. Washington. D.C: F. C. Horner of General Motors Corp., New Ynrk, and President Arthur M, Hill of the National Association of Motor Bus Opera¬ tors as consultants to Ralph Budd, in charge of transportation prob¬ lems of the commission. President Roosevelt also brough' Owen D, Young, retired chairman of General Electric Co., into the defense organization. Young ai' assignment tn I Balboa, C, Z., June 29. (UP) Army authorities said tonighl that a "simulated' airplane at'acl against the Panama Canal would be undertaken during the night or tomorrow by 1,5 navy bombers in a lest of the Uniled Slates Army's canal defenses. Five different "attacks" will be made. Eai h squadron will be com¬ posed of three planes. The planes will use flares instead of bombs. The planes will not dive down on Canal defenses and the altitude of flights will be de¬ termined by the ceiling. The land defense units will not attempt a counter air attack. Only high army officers were in¬ formed of the maneuver. Lay Submarine Net« The navy, meanwhile, was under¬ stood to have placed nnti-sub- marine nets along bo'h the Pacific and Atlantic entrances to the canal "for training purposes," Reasons for placing the nets In position where they could be swung across the entrances to the canal were thoughi to be In connection wilh the reported arrival ot the United Stales fleet from Hawaii, The fleet was expected to reach here Friday, although oflicials pro¬ fessed they had no knowledge of its movements. Army I'nits .Maneuver Meanwhile, the United States Army units here engaged in large scale maneuvers tonight, but their exact nature was a military secret. (Continued on Page A-10) Ribbentrop, i The warning came at a tim when aerial activities over Britain and ominous warnings in the in I spired press foretold that the I Bliizkrieg against the British Isles ' was about to begin. The eighth consecutive air raid on Britain took place last nighl, the German bombers penetrating as tar as Wales. At the .same lime, German airmen subjected the Channel j Islands to terrific bombardments while they were being evacuated by Britiah government orders. A "New Europe" Now The grealesl significance was at¬ tached here lo the article in Ber¬ lin-Rome-Tokyo, Reiterating Adolf Hitler's thesis — "America fnr Americans, Europe for European" - the articles empha,sized that the Monroe Doctrine wns applicable to this side ot the Atlantic as well ns the other. That Americnn doctrine ; il wns said, imposes restraints ot non-interference with European af¬ fairs upon the Americas, The new world, il held, must reckon with the "New Europe," I Europe's trade policies In the i long run will be clearly Influenced i by whether Europe is to deal wilh a friendly or unfriendly America, the article continued. Of President Roosevelt's pro¬ posals for a huge Americnn cartel ; to compete with economic penetra- I tion of the Americas by totalitarian 1 countries Berlin-Romc-Tokyo warn¬ ed the Western Hemisphere againsl I being misled Into the futile use of weapons for Intervention In Europe. It also warned the Amerlcns nol to sncrifice their own Interests for a Frnnce "which alread.v hns col¬ lnpsed" or for an England which "faces the snme fnle." Attack r. .S. Foreign Policy ] Referring to the United Stales' "moral responsibility" for the Americas, the article said: "It Is no string ot successes which the Roosevelt regime has to lay before the American republics. By its foreign policy It has succeeded In recent years In making consid¬ erably worse lis relations with Ger¬ many, Italy, Japan and Soviet Russia," Commenting on the attitude and activities of the United Slates with (Continued en Page A-2) TO T 'OF AXIS ITCHED Red Army Found Far Greater than Needed in Rumania Rritain Raided Again London, .lune J». (LP)—Knemy aircraft were reported over Southeast Fngland and the Vlidlande late tonight and anti- alrcritft defenses went Into action. A niunher of homhe were dropped In tlie Midlands, A number of incendiary homhe were dropped In rural dts- tricte of Northeast Kngland. There was nn damage and no raniialtien. Hnmhn also were dropped on 8«uthwe«tem England. No rasiinltiee were reported. By HAROLD A. PETKR.S Budapest, Hungary, June 29 (UP) — Hungarian sources speculated to¬ nighl on whether Russia would heed indirect hut unmistakable "go slow" signals trom the Axis powers in regard to tcrriloriai acquisitions in the Balkans, Hungary, itself, adopted a cau¬ tious attitude toward Its own de¬ mands on Rumania reportedly on the advices of Rome nnd Berlin but several factors ndded tn the uncer¬ tainty over Russia's actual aims in .Southwestern Europe. Ru.ssia, it was pointed out, enter¬ ed Bessarabia with motorized in¬ fantry forces far disproportionate to Ihe dimensions of the task. In Ihe second place the harvest is only two weeks awny and both Riim.tnia and Hungary musl release a rertain percentage of their troops, thus making any further Soviet push comparativel.v easy. Rumor Oil Field Lost A flood ot wild rumors mean¬ while continued to cloud develop¬ ments here, \ One report that lacked official confirmation was that Rumania had begun evacuation ot the hig Galnz oil cenler, jusl ouiside Ihe southeastern border of Bessarabia, which the Red Army occupied. This rumor, indicating Russia's desire tor the oil nrea, was strongly discounted by responsible Hungar¬ ian sources who said they Relieved il likely Russia would delay any further demnnds on the Rumanians, (ItM'man and Italian interests, which said "Rumania will be jfiven .iustice and before man,\ months Bessarabia will once more be Rumanian territor.v," Resentment over the Russian move \\as evident in some quarters here. Thousands of members of the Genitan minor¬ ity youth movement were reported aian airplanes. It was considered CHAMBERLAIN WILL MAKE SPEECH TODAY Arita Says Japan Must Dominate in Far East Foreign Minister Has 'Monroe Doctrine' For Eastern Asia epted a temporary few of the delegates re-j aid in the National Youth Admiii- n Philndelphin nnd the city lislrntion nnd Civilian Con.'^ervntion niainffdini"i'"'*»'i ¦ , . ._ T-r-v* after a hnislerous week, was re- Corps program for training I een turning to normal. ' nicians, Tokyo, June 29, (UP)-A long- hcralded statement by Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita on Japan's considered place as a world power turned oul loday to be a radio ad- dre.'.s lo the nation in which he enunciated the doctrine that Japan dominates the Far East, Japan is determined to regard I easl Asia and the southern Pacific ! as a correlated sphere wllh Japan as the central stabilizing influence, Anta said. Declaration \ ague The foreign minister, declaring a j mild "Monroe Doctrine" for easl i Asia wilh Japan al the core, was somewhat vague and his speech followed the familiar lines of those dealing with Japanese foreign pol¬ icy. But he did round up the Japanese attitude wilh the unrais- I lakable pronouncement that Japan would oppose any outside interfer- ] eiue in east Asia and the Soulh Seas, He said that the European war had demonstrated the danger of past blunders in which geographi¬ cal, racial and cultural relation¬ ships had been disregarded and he snid Ihal such blunders must be rectified. j ' "The countriea of eaat Asia and' >H. the South Seas are geographically, historically, economically and raci- all.v very much closely related to each other," he said, "They are destined lo cooperate and lo minis¬ ter to one anothers' needa for a common well being and properily and to promote the peace and progress of their regions. "The uniting of all these re¬ gions under a single sphere on the basis of common existence and in¬ suring thereby the stability of that sphere is, I tliink, the natural con- clu.sion," I. S. Affected (In London a responsible source, without directly mentioning the United Stales, said the olher powers besides Great Britain would "wish to consider the implications of the new Japanese policy de¬ clared loday in the Far East."i "The idea of establishing first a righteous peace in each of the various regions and then establish¬ ing collectively a jusl peace for the whole world long has existed al.^o in Europe and America," Arita said. "This system presupposes a sta¬ bilizing force 111 each region . . . to secure the prosperity and stabil¬ ity of the sphere ... it also pre¬ supposes that groups will respect the political, cultural and economic characteristics of the others and will co-operate to meet the needs of all tor the common good. "When the present European war (Continued on Page A-2; London, June 29, (UP)-The Brit¬ ish Broadcasting Corp., announced tonighl that former Prime Min¬ ister Neville Chamberlain would make a radio speech tomorrow al 8:45 p. m. 13:4,') p. m. EDTi. The speech will be broadcast through¬ out the British Isles and overseas, Including the United Stalee. BRITISH SUBMARINE IS BELIEVED LOST supporting the King and his new N'ational Pnrty. This was inter¬ preted lo menn that a solid front was being organized to presa for resistance againsl the Russian in¬ cursions. Reds Keeping Agreement Al no time, however, has there been any indication thnt Russia intended penetrating beyond the line ot occupation to which Ru¬ mania agreed. The ministry ot propaganda announced that the new Russian-Rumanian border fol¬ lowed Rumania's pre-World War frontier, running from Russian Poland, where il jut/i into Rumania along the .Suceava River lo the former border line running norlh from a point where the Suceava bends southward lo the Pruth River, thence down the Pruth lo the Danube and then to the Black Sea, (In Moscow, the official Tass News Agency said thnt Soviet troops had entered the towns of Storozhinets nnd Gerlz, in North¬ ern Bukovina. and occupied the stations of Novoselitsa nnd Lip- kany, bnth on the Pruth River south of Hotin. Mechanized units approached the Pruth ."i.'i'! miles southwest of Mogilev-Podolsky. and reached the town of Pyrlilsa, 49'- miles northwest of Kishinev. (Parachute troops were said lo hnve Innded nl Bolgrad, In South¬ ern Bessarabia, nnd near Renl, near the confluence ot the Pruth and Danube Rivers i i Tremendous Re<| Force From reliable quarters the United Press learned that In occu¬ pying Bessarabia Ru.ssia iLsed more than 1,000 front line aiplnnes ' including hundreds nf bombers. .More thnn IOO divisions were said lo have participated in the march, ii.sing modern equipment including tiO-ton tanks. Refugees fleeing before the Red Army said they had left their homes at the flrst signs of the Rus- ' London, June 29 (UPl -An ad¬ miralty communique said Inn';ht that the submarine Grampus was overdue and presumed lost. The Grampus was the ninth British .¦(Ubmarine lost since the start of the war U.^t Sept. 3. The Grampu.s belonged to the Porpoise Inline laying i cU.s». It was completed at a cosl of $2,040,- .160 and was launched on Feb, 25, 1938. The submarine carried a normal Qomplemenl ot 55. The admiralty aaid that the next of kin ha^i been informed of their presumed deaths. significant that all refugeea will he given homes in "Old Rumania." the nncient principalities ot Mol¬ davia and Wallacia. I Rumania accepted the Russian I occupation "in order lo avoid a greater catastrophe for toulh- eaatcrn Europe." Propaganda Min¬ ister Teofil .Sidorovici said, "but we shall strive until this injustice ' is corrected." The Red Army occupation of ceded territory was carried out "withoul incident." the new propa¬ ganda minister said at his first press conference, Rumanian troops retired in or¬ derly fashion as the Ru,ssians ad¬ vanced to take over the Ressara- bian and Bukovina areas. Ths propaganda ministry said that neither Dorohoi count.v nor the lown of Dorohoi in northern most Moldavia were included in the ler¬ rilory ceded to Russia, as had been reported, hut it wns emphasized that the final border line remains indefinite pending an official state¬ ment expected shortly, "Time Will Bring Justice" The Rumanian general staff is¬ sued a communique saying the Red Army, advancing peacefully as the Rumanians withdrew, had reached a line running through Kukovina and Bessarabia provinces bul up to noon Saturdny apparently had not occupied half of the ceded terri¬ tory, Soviet representatives, how¬ ever, had taken over the remainder. "We accepted thia catastrophe to avoid a greater catastrophe in Southeastern Europe." Sidorovici said. "We do not hide our grief, we hnve been rendered a great in¬ justice. "We have suffered and are suf¬ fering still, but time will bring us justice. We shall unite all our forces to fulfill our sacred mission. We shnll strive until this injustice is corrected." Rumanian oflicials emphasised, (Continued on Page A-2) More G-Men in '5th Column* Work; Jackson Warns on Witch Hunt* FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO MOVE CAPITOL Bordeaux, Jiinc .'» lUPi The French government will shift the capital from Bordeaux to Clermont Ferrand at dawn tomorrow, it was said lonight. (ReporU from Irun, Spain, to¬ day said that the tirst contingent of German troops already had oc¬ cupied Bordeaux, whence the gov¬ ernment fled after the occupation of Paris and Tours.l Clermont-Ferrand is about 210 miles southeast of Paris, in South¬ eastern France. The government will evacuate Bordeaux In four groups, starting at dawn, Sunday, it waa said. .Saraiiac Inn, N. Y.. June 29 lUPi Attorney General Robert H Jack¬ son ssid tonighl that nn Monday the government will put l.'SO addi¬ tional G-.Men on the trail nf Fifth Column agenLs and "is fully pre¬ pared to deal with foreign spies and their "dupes" in a legal way, he added. In an address before a conven¬ tion of the New York Bar Associ¬ ation, Jackson said that the anti- spy campaign must nol be turned into a "witch hunt" imperilling the constitutional liberties of Ameri¬ cans. "Our liberties Aland in more dan¬ ger from our own excitement than from our enemies," he said, Frgues \\f Keep Cool Jaikson urged that citizens and law enforcement officers keep cool heads to prevent "any form of hateful treatment or repression which would tend to make sullen enemies of those who wish lo be good Americans." "I can give you assurance that, as yel, there is no such number ot these mischief makers, nor is there such cohesion among ihem, nor have they such positions of pnwer or influence that America need be panic-.slricken.' he said. Jnckson urged the nation to avoid mistakes which give a»sl«t- nnce to the "Fifth Column." These h* Usled m; "I<''irst, we must permit no tamp¬ ering with our civil rights, for Uio flrst break in that bulwark will provide the opening wedge for those who seek the breakdown of our democratic system, "Second, we musl prevent law¬ lessness and mob violence, tor by destroying law and order we create the confusion of which the Fifth Column thrives. Reactionary Policy Wrong "Third, we must not alienate the Alien who wants to be loyal, for by so doing we drive him into tho camp of the Fifth Column., "Fourth, I would regard • ro- iclionary national policy as the greatest aid and comfort a 'Fifth Column' could hope for, "The so-called 'Fifth Column' consists of a small corps of foreign agents, cushioned in a much larger group of sympathizers and dupes, whose immediate objective is to sabotage American morale, slow up production, stir up strife, cultivate hatreds and destroy confidence In the government," Dispatches from Euro- pean countries are now subject to censorship. ^ |
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