Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Sunday;   Cloudy, warmer, rain. Monday: Loral storms.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1941
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JERSEY CITY WATERFRONT ABLAZE
Iraq Signs Armistice with Britain
No 'Dunkirk' in Crete; 'Trapped', Say Nazis
War   ^uiiiiiiarT
Report Luftwaffe * Pounding Ships Blasting Column Of British Army Seeking Escape
By JA( K Fl.EI.Si'HPB
Berlin, May 31. (UP) Germany claimed that 12-da.v.s hard fighting by an unprecedented air-borne ex¬ peditionary force had won domin¬ ation of Crete tonight and had bat¬ tered the Rriti.'sh fleet back to the fringe.'' of the narrdw Eastern Mediterranean seaJi.
Tsnzi sources were confident that the BritLsh would not be able to achieve another "Dunkirk" or an¬ other "Greece' In withdrawing their hard-pressed forces from Crete by sea.
The Luftwaffe, unchallenged ruler of the Cretan skies, blasted relentlessly at surviving British columns which sought to make their way to small port on the South Cretan shore, and pounded an"w British naval forces which ventured in the vicinity of the Island.
The German air force was said by the high command to have da'^- aged two more British de.stroyer.s In addition to the score or so of warships already reported sunk or put out of action in the crucial test of air versus sea power waged around Crete. j
Attaek Island of Gavdoa :
There was no respite for the British, the high command asserted revealing that German forces have ' attacked the small ialaiid of Gavdos Just off th* 'llulitHmKfUmi! coast, where some British had taken refuge and destroyed A signal sta¬ tion  located  there. I
"Marching British columns were di.«persed by bombs," said the offi¬ cial nXB news agency. "Artillery In transport was destroyed and the firing of anti-aircraft batteries was iilenced by direct bomb hits. The Luftwaffe attacked with particular ferocity the masses of British troops on a southern coast seeking ¦ doubtful opportunity to escape.
"Here there were scenes of panic aninng the  British   troops  reminis¬ cent of the embarkation from Dun¬ kirk and Greek harbors." Canea Rntirely Ruined
A propaganda compan.v reporter telngiaphed the Lokalanzieger that residents returning to Canea found "a dead city."
".N'ot a single house remains whole," he reported. "Onl.v with difficulty can one pick his way through the rubble. It is a picture ef ruin and destruction a.s bad as that I saw in Poland and France." The air force harried British columns moving from Central Oete over mountain roads toward the small ports of Hierapetra in south¬ east Crete and Spakion. in South¬ west Crete. German forces were reported nearing both of these harbors, entcrable only by small cr.ift nf light draft, and both were henvilv bombarded by the air force. Slany rrUnners Taken
Large numbers of prisoners, both Briti.sh and Greek, were said to have heen taken, more than 1.000 British south of Betimo who were cut off from the main force of New Zealand and Greek troops by a sharp advance of Nazi mountain troops, and 200 Greeks, seized in Eastern Crete by Italian forces.
British troops south of Retimo Were said to have capitulated when they found themselves surrounded, •tirt the official DXB news agency *sld  that  long   columns  of  Britisii
A Pleasant Relief
By  rnltj-d  Pre«» I
The British believed Saturdav night that they successfully had put down the Iraqua uprising against them but were resigned to the loss of Crete and anxious as to where the next German blow would ' ' fall.
! In London, authorized spokes¬ men said the armistice request meant that the Germans had failed to stir a general Arab uprising. But it was admitted that the Nazis ' had control of Mosul in the heart ; of the Iraquian oil fields and that further difficulties could be ex¬ pected.
I'yprua May Be Xext Under   terms   of   the   armistice ! which the Iraquians were reportei! : to    be     seeking,     the     pro-British Prince  Regent Abdul   Illah,  ousted ' by   Rashid   Ali   April   4,   would   re¬ turn to Baghdad and set up a con¬ stitutional form ot government.       | I     In Crete, the exhausted defenders ' i were seeking to re-establish them- | selves in the hills above Suda Bay, ' according to the British, and were in    headlong    retreat    under    the pounding of German dive bombers I and   the  pressure  of  (Jerman   air- ; borne    troops,    according    to    the Nazis. i
I     The    New   Zealand,    Greek    and British   troops   had   kept   the   Ger- I mans at bay for 12 bloody days and ' were on the verge of collapse.    Be- j tween     them     and     any     possible chance of evacuation was a range nf   mountains   which   the.v   would have   to   scale   In   order   to   reach the   south   shore   of   the   narrow island. Many observers were agreed the , Nazi  assault  next would  fall  next I on  Cyprus,  British-occupied   island off the  coast of Syria.    Control  of Cjprus would complete the (German pincer   movement   at   sea   around
Turkey and give Nazi troops an¬ other vital stepping stone to the Near East and Suez.
The Nazis held control of the air over Crete and claimed that their dive-bombers, now In easy striking distance of Tobruk and Alexandria, had driven the British fleet back to ths fringes of the Mediterranean.
The British, however, disputed the Nazi claim of air superiority in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Royal Air Force said Its bombers had met and vanquished a strong German formation over the sea, shot down two planes and damaged m.'iiiy   others.
British planes bombed Axis bases in  the  Italian   Dodecanese   Islands and   Axis   planes   hnmhed   British bases in North Africa and Malta. Virhy Kelntions Bad
Relations between Britain and the Vichy government of France appeared to be worsening. Vichy disclo.sed that the British had bombed the Tunisian port of Sfax a second time, and in Berlin the official DNB new.s agency quoted French Vice-Premier Admiral Jean Francois Darlan as charging in Paris that Britain had launched "a pirate war" against France.
Germany bombed the Liverpool- Mer.seyside area of Western Eng¬ land Friday night but not on a large scale. Four bombs fell on Dublin, killing upwards of 40 per¬ sons and damaging .scores of homes and shops. It was the second bombing of Dublin and the ninth of Eire.
In Britain, arrival of the fir.st food shipment under the lend-lea.se act was hailed as the start of a "bridge of ships" which would spell victory. At the sajne time, the British government ordered ration¬ ing of clothing, starting tomorrow and including everything but hat^ and infants' wear.
Crete Delay Blame Sabotage Broke Nazi  ^^ Fire Destroys
Arab Plans Britisi^juppiies
Stubborn Delay Gave Time to Spoil Iraq Coup
LEADERS FLEE
Resistance Ends With British at Gates of Baghdad
No, the lovely young lady pictured above Is not in any entangle¬ ment, any plot or shipwreck. All it is that justifies this addition to the front page is that she has been chosen Ivy Queen at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo. And don't you think it i.s nice to have some¬ thing besides parachutists and other kinds of killing, shooting and fires? . . . Oh, yes her name is Edith Alexander and she lives in West Newton, Mass. We regret the photographer did not supply the telephone number.
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OVER 22 BILLION F
Defense Costs ' Now Expected to Reach 50 Billion
By SAMM)R S. KLEIN
Washington, May 31 (UP)-An official budget revision tonight forecast federal spending of $22,- 169,000.000 for the coming fiscal year, including $15,500,000,000 for defense.
This is an Increase of $4,689,- 000,000 over the January estimate for defense spending and brings to $43,000,000,000 the total of appro¬ priations, authorizations and rec¬ ommendations for the army, navy, lend-lease and other defense activ¬ ities for Ihe fiscal year. I p to .V) Rillloii
British  Empire  orders  of $3,710,
MAY SWELL TOTAL OFNATItSDEAO
Little Hope Held For Dallas Resident; Others Are Serious
START INBRITAIN
Cards Ready; Ceremony Greets U.S. Food Ship
See Effort to Destroy Seapower; Bacl< 'New Order'
000,000 and Reconstruction Finance prisoners of war arc now niMiihing   Corporation    defense    loans    would (Continued  on  Page  A-11) (Continued  on  Page  A-11)
Sen, Ceorge Says Crete Proved Only Airplanes Can Stop Invasion
Washington,    May    31.     (UP) — however,    that    any    German    in-
Chalrman    Walter   F.   (jenrge.   D., vasion of B'ngland will be success-
Ga ,  of  the   foreign   relations  com- ful."
mittee said tonight that the Baltic Responsible   British   circles   have
Of    Crete    demonstrates    that    the expressed the opinion, George said,
British   Isles  are vulnerable   lo air that   the   invasion   of   the   British
Invasion,   which   some    respoii.sibln Isles    will    be    attempted    in    late
August   or   September.   He   added.
British circles expect in August.
Only air power can ward off Ihc Jtfempt, he said, adding that this "Ct calls  for  redoubled  U.  S.  aid.
"The most tragic le.sson of the Battle of Crete," George said in an Interview,
however, that it "cannot be assert¬ ed that this is the prevailing Brit¬ ish opinion." Furthermore, he add¬ ed, "much depends upon the for¬ tunes of war."
IS  that  warships   seem   ai,,,!  Supply  Planes unable   to   protect   narrow   waters like   the
British   Channel   without heavy losses.    This does not mean.
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"To resist that expected inva¬ sion," George said, "the United States must supply Britain with every type of plane in all conceiv¬ able quantities. This includes fight¬ ing planc.f, interceptor jilanes and a large amount of long-range, heavy  homhers.
"The task of protecting Britain from German invasion falls with increasing heaviness upon the shoulders of the RAF. That has been made clear by the Battle of Crete,"
One human life was aacrificed every ten minute.s in accidents dur¬ ing the fir.sl two days of the na- tion'.s ob.serv:ince of the Memorial Day holiday weekend and pros¬ pects were last nighl that the toll would grow tnday. Luzerne county, il is feared, may add to the 287 per.sons whn met violent death up to la.st night throughout the coun¬ try, as several local person-s were seriously injured in automobile ac¬ cident.s ycsierday and Friday.
Five were hurt, two seriousl.v. In a head-on collision between a truck and automobile in Dallas township la.st night: an Exeter bride of tivc days was seriously hurt and her husband received minor hurls in another accident in Burlington, Bradford county; a Nanticoke wnman was injured in an automobile coUi.sion at the foot of Butler Mountain, while two Wanamie women were hurt in an accideni in Kingston. Little Hope  for  DhIIkn   .'Man
Litlle hope is held for* the life ot Melvin Mosier sr., father of a I Dallas dairyman of the same name, ' who suffered serious head and hody injuries in the head-on collision between tlie family dairy truck and a car operated by Murray Edwards of Allentown. at Ihe intcrsectinn of the new Kunkle highway and nallas Road last night at 8 oclock. Both vehicles were demolished.
Lee <;iniiiiiger. 81!) Bellevuc ave¬ nue. I^aurcldale, Pa., was seriously hurt in the same accident. A pass¬ enger in the Edward.s car, hc had his left ear cut off, as well aa re- I ceiving deep lacerations of the face I and head and possible fractures of the   body.
Robert Plummer, Reading, an¬ other pa.s.senger in the car, re¬ ceived lacerations and suffered from shock. The three were ad¬ mitted to Nesbitt Memorial Hos¬ pital, while Carlton Wood, Allen¬ town, and Richard Wisniewski. Spring City, Pa., also passengers in the car, were treated at the In- i stitution.
Sn Traffic Light At Inti-rsectlon Constable  James Gensel  of Dal- (Continued on Page B-4)
By WILLIAM R. DOWNS
London, May 31. (UP) Almost simultaneously with arrival of the first food shipment from the United States under the Lend-Lease Act, the BritLsh government tonight an¬ nounced drastic rationing of an¬ other staple—clothing. |
All clothing except hats and in¬ fants' wear will  be  rationed  start¬ ing   Sunda.v   under   a   coupon   sys- i tem similar to that in effect in Ger- i many. The rationing announcement was delayed  until after the Satur¬ day night shopping period  to pre¬ vent a run on stores. I , t'erenioiiy for Food Arrival I I     Arrival    of    the    food    shipment I from  the United States was made 1 an   occasion   for   ceremony,   with ' Lord    Woollon.     food     mini.ster:' Robert    Hinckley,    department   of commerce   expert,   and  W.   Averell , Harriman,    American    Lend-Lease commissioner,  participating.
The shipment consisted of cheese from Manitowoc. Wis., and 6,000 cases of eggs from Columbus, Neb. It arrived aboard a gray, sea- stained freighter of 3.400 tons, first of a "bridge of ships" with which the United States has promised to keep Great Britain supplied with food, munitions, tanks and planes. The ship had been separated from a large convoy which came through without losses.
Under clothing rationing regula¬ tions, each Briton will receive 66 ration coupons a year and each article, as announced in published tables, will require a certain num¬ ber of coupons.
Main objects of the rationing system, it was anid will be to over¬ come bad distribution of supplies caused by population shifts due to evacuation, prevent hoarding, and place rich and poor alike on an equal footing. Small shops will be assured of supplies proportionate to those received by large stores.
A dress will require 11 coupons, a  shirt eight, a suit 26.
(In Germany the arinual cloth¬ ing ration is 100 points—including 60 points for a suit, 30 for a sweat¬ er, three for a necktie, 20 for a shirt. 40 for a wool dress, 30 for other dresses and l.'i for a corset.) \>ooltoii SiMiiples dieese
Woollon, signalizing the first material evidence that the $7,000,- 000,000 Lend-Lease Act was func¬ tioning, broke npen a container of the 40.0(M)-pound shipment of Wis¬ consin   cheddiir.
He and a dock worker sampled the cheese and the food minister declared:
"It's aa good as anything we make   in   England"
At  present, adult Britons are al¬
lowed only one ounce of cheese and about loiir egga « weelc
Berlin. May 31. (UP)-The offi¬ cial DNB news agency reported from Paris today that Vice-Premier Admiral Jean Francois Darlan told the press that Britain has launched "a pirate war" against French sea power and that "France is sutfi- ciently strong not tn abide "force¬ ful violation of Its territory or in¬ sult to its flag."
(Vichy reported that Darlan ar¬ rived there tonight by automobile to report to Marshal Henri Philippe Petain nn the results of his collabo¬ ration  talks  in  Paris.)
The German official agency quoted Darlan as asserting that he Is determined "more than ever" to maintain France's soverignty over her harbors and control of the sea routes  connecting  them.
"I am acting so that France can again take her place as a great power In the European world." he said. "To attain this It Is neces¬ sary to participate in the new or¬ der." Bitter at RAF Attack
Darlan displayed particular bit¬ terness at the British attacks by air uiion Sfax. Tunisian harbor where an Italin freighter took refuge. He charged that the Sfax and other attacks by the British have "only one goal to destroy French sea power and cut off the motherland from her colonial em¬ pire and isolate us from the re¬ mainder of the world."
He a.sserled that the British thus far have caused France a merchant marine loss of 792,000 tons of ship- pine valued at ]20.000,000,000 francs.
"Britain has begun a pirate war for the purpose of replacing her lost tonnage at our expense and to starve the French population," Darlan said.
He declared that British at¬ tempts to justify the attaek at Sfax were not successful because bellig¬ erent ships under internalional law are permitted to spend 24 hours in neutral harbors. Says 143 Ships Captured
"There   has    not   been   a   single (Continued  on   Page  A-10)
Puce's Chief Secretary Quits
Rome. June 1-iSundayi. (UP) —Osvaldo Sibastiani, chief pri¬ vate secretary to Premier Benito Mussolini, has resigned for "per¬ sonal reasons," an official an¬ nouncement  said early today.
Seba.stiani was replaced by Nicolo de Pesare. vice-prefect of Italy and commander of anti¬ aircraft defense in Rome.
By EDWARD W. BEAT'nE JR.
London,   May   31.    (UPi-Briti.sh gloom  over  the   fate   nf  Crete  was lightened tonight by news that the four-weeks-old  Iraq   rebellion   had been put down before the Germans could fan it inlo a general uprising I of the Arab world. I     With British forces at the gates of   Baghdad   and   the   anti-British i Premier Rashid Ali Al-Gailani fled to Iran iPcr.sia). Ihe  Iraq aiiny re- 1 quested  an  armi.stice  and   authori¬ tative .spokesmen here declared the all native resistance had ceased. i     Radio Beirut wa.s quoted in Lon¬ don a.s reporting that the armistice becomes    formally    effective    at    6 p. m. Sunday.    It was said In  pro¬ vide   safeguard.s    for   Iraq's   unity and independence. Committee C'ontrois City
The armistice request was pre¬ sented to the Briti.sh by a commit¬ tee of four under the lord mayor ! of Baghdad which lia.s a.s.sumed control in the capital after Rahid Ali, who seized power in a pro-Na7,i coup April 4. fled with several memhers nf lii.s cabinet and four pro-Axis generals. !
The victory In Iraq was attrib¬ uted to the stubborn defense nf Crete, now in ils 12th day. which kept the Germans from giving the Iraqis adequate support and gave the British time to knock down the rebellion.
The British admitted that ex¬ hausted Anzac. British and GreeK troops in Crete were heing sub¬ jected to heavy pressure both from the east and west and were seek¬ ing defensive positions in the hill.s above  Suda  Bay. ,
But "no matter what happens in Crete," a spokesman said, "British action there was justified, first hy the destruction of highly traiii«il enem.v personnel and material, anil second by enabling the British to clear up difficulties elsewhere." i The next German blow, it wa.s believed, will be at the British- held Island of Cyprus. i C'Inim Freyberg Alive I The war office, meanwhile, de¬ nied German reports that Maj. Gen B. C. Freyberg. cnniniander-in- chief of the Allied forces in Crete, had been killed in an airplane crash en route  to Alexandria.
"We are glad to be able tn an¬ nounce that he is alive with his troops," the war oflice said.
The  armistice  request was made at a time when British forces were preparing   to   enter   Baghdad   from (Continued  on  Page  A-11)
Many Flames Spring up at Once to Consume Docks, Piers, Warehouses; Damage   Quickly   Passes   ^5,00(),(H)0; Firelwats, Soldiers, Civilians .Aid; $25,(m,(m Defense Stores Threatened; 700 Cattle Perish in Stockyards
Jersey Cit.v. N. J., Ma.v 31 (IP)—A raging; fire which alread.v had caused datiiage estimated at more than S.l.OOO.flOO .swept the .lersey City waterfront tonight, resist¬ ing efforts of the cit.\'s entire fire-fiKhting force to bring it under control for hours.
There were indications that the confiagiation, most de¬ structive in the .New ^ ork metropolitan area since the Black Tom explosion of \\orld \\ar da.\s, might ha\e heen incendi¬ ary in origin. \\ it nesses said that a half dozen flames sprang up almost simultaneously in the >ital port area, crammerl with supplies intended for Rritain.
Fed liy .supplio.s of grain, alcnliol, cren.^ote, rubber, oil anc even \\hi.ske.\- stored in elevatois and warelioiises, the flame; spread .so swiftly that firenteii were forced to retreat agair and again before them.
Six Blocks Con.sumed
Within five liours after it broke out at about 6 p. m. EDT. tiie blaze had con.sumed six blocks of waterfront propert\', an cight-.story grain ele\alor, three piers, the stock\ards, lo loaded liarjres, an undetermined number of freight car.- and some 700 head of cattle.
Tlie blaze centered around the Hud&on River waterfront tei-minu.s of the Erie  Railroad, which operated  the grain
elevator   and   the   stockyards,   and*	
the ferry slip serving New Vork City, directly across the river. The Erie   Railroail  slation  was   threat¬
ened. Passenger trains nf the road were halted at Rutherford, N. J., and passengers taken to New York by bus.
Every piece of .Tersey City flre- fighting equipment was at the scene. Uninn City. N. J,, firemen stood by, prepared to relieve the .Jersey *City crews. The Unitejl States (""oast Guard sent 3.%.% men and all available equipment in New Vork harbor. New York City sent two fireboats acrass the Hudson to aid.
Soldiers on leave from Fort Dix were pressed inlo service as fasl as they could be rounded up. Even civilians went lo work ' dragging hose lines under Ihe direction of fliemen, throwing lines around the area to keep back spectators, and watching nearby buildings which were menaced hy sparks.
Sheet Iron Blown Z .Milea
A vast pall of black smoke spread across the sky aiul hung over Man¬ hattan Island. The flames were visible for miles, and could he seen plainly from buildings in the Times Square district of New York. Ex¬ ploding wheal dust in the huge elevatnr whirh was destroyd tossed a sheet of corrugated iron 20 feet long into a Hoboken street two miles away. No one was hurt as il fell.
Sparks showered buildings In Hoboken. to the north, and bits of tarpaper   and   ashes    fell   as   far
Ttiird U. S. Battleship To Be Launelied Saturday
Camden, N. J., May 31. (UP)-- The 35,000-ton battleship USS Snuth Dakota, third super-dreadnaught to be built since start of tho nation'.s two-ocean navy program, will be launched next Saturday, four month.s ahead of schedule, it was announced  today.
The $70,000,000 vessel will be sponsored by Mr.s. Harlan J. Bu.sh- field, wife of the governor of Soutli Dakota, in ceremonies at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation yards.
Only two weeks ago, the US.S Washington, a SLster-.ship of the South Dakota, was commijsaioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, directly across the Delaware river. A third battleship, the USS Norlh Carolina, wa.s turned over lo the nav.v recentl.v at the Brooklyn Navy Vard. The .South Dakota will be the 18lh battleship for the U. S. fleet. Cereiiionieii Llinit«>d
Many of the customary formali¬ ties which usually Lake place at launchings of .so large a vessel will be condensed or eliminated In Sat¬ urday's ceremonies In order Ut les¬ sen any interruption of coijtruc- tlon work on other ships being built at the yard   officials said.
The ceremonies will take plare at noon so that employees of th» yard will be able to witneii the
launching during their lunih hour, with scant interruption of the regu¬ lar working day. Because of build¬ ing activity in all departments ot the yard, space will not permit ad- missinii of the general  public.
Attendance will be restricted to ranking naval officers, government officials, representatives from South r)akota and conipany employees.
Like  the Washington  and  North Carolina,    the    South    Dakota   will carry nine 16-inch guns and a large number of smaller weapons. Far Ahead of ,"sclie<lule
The keel of the ship was laid on July ."), 1!)3«. and although com¬ pletion was scheduled to take four years, the vessel probably will be commissioned within a year.
Three times during construction work fire broke out on the ship. The most serious blaze occurred when sparks from a rivet heater set fire lo a rubber air hose. Eight men were overcome and 12 others were made ill by smoke when the flames spread to waste in the for ward  hold.
As   soon   as   the   South   Dakota
leaves the wa.vs, the keel of another
ship, which yard officials expect to
i complete nine months ahead of cnn-
I tract  schedule,   wilt   be   laid.    The
company   has   navy   contracts   fnr
cnnstrurtion of six 24,000 to 27,000-
, ton battl* cruisers.
nnrth ss Grantwood, 15 miles from I the blaze.
Firemen were centering th'lr efforts on the huge mid-Hudson warehouse, ah eight-story structure which was said to contain defense materials valued at .«3.^.00O,0OO. .Spectators could see a half dozen separate blazes in the huge build¬ ing.
Pnlice forced all spectators out of the area siirrniinding the ware- qiihnuse, fearing an explnsion. It was under.stood that considerable quantities nf nil and other highly inflammahle materials were stored , in   the  huilding.
A man who described himself as general superintendent nf the ware¬ house tnld police that the huilding was "crammed fo the rafters' witti defense material. Many  niar.es  Start at Oncei
The blaze apparently started in the stockyards of the Erie Rail- I road. Alfred Schofflick of Ashe- I ville, N. c., a Rutgers University student who was a pas.senger on an Erie ferrv hoat bound from New Vork to New .Jersey, told pnlice he had seen flames spring up at a half  dnzen  places  "all  at once."
It spread quickly to the huge Erie Railroad wheat elevatnr. and that structure was destroyed with¬ in a few minutes. An adjoining elevatnr operated by Carstallen * Cassidy also was destroyed.
Piers along the river front were swept by the flames, and barges were destroyed. Cattle burned to death in the stockyards. Two horses leaped Into the river and swam several hundreds yards along the bank, finally being hauled safe- I ly ashore.
Surprisingly, In view of the ex¬ tent and intensity of the blue, ; there were no .serious casualties. Two civilians helping firemen »uf- ¦ fered abrasions, and 2f> fire.r.en were treated for minor cuts, bruise.s and   smoke   inhalation.
Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation moved through the fire area examining wreckage and questioning witnesses. The FBI at Washington had warned authori¬ ties in major centers of defense activities to he on the alert for sabotage during the extended Memo¬ rial Day holiday. Huge Suppliex for Britain
The tire started and ipread through areas where large quanti¬ ties of foodstuffs and supplies for Rritain were awaiting shipment. The abattoir was filled with cattle for England and the elevators were bursting with thousands of tons of grain earmarked for that war¬ ring nation. The barges destroyed at their slips had aboard, tire offl- roals revealed. 40 carloads of finish¬ ed rubber products and raw rubber The warehouses held oil and rubber, presumably  also  for  Britain.
The    raiirnad    had    doubled    Its usual guard for the holiday, it was (Continued  on  Page  B-4)
Dispatches from Euro¬ pean countries are now subject   to   censorship.
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