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A Paper For The Home INDEPENDENT The Weather Sunday; Cloudy, shower*. Monday: Cloudy, 34TH YEAR, NO. .30—52 P.AGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1940 PRICE TEN CENTS ? 15 French Generals 'Purged ONL Y10 MILES FROM TRAPPED ALLIED ARMY GERMAN PLANES BOMB ENGLAND. 12 WOUNDED 5tli Column Arrests In Ireland Society Woman and Others Charged with Aiding Parachutist ENLARGING ARMY De Valera Warns Country Must Prepare To Defend Liberty \ Common Cause Dublin, May 2.'5 (UPi Prime Minister Eamon de Valera warned tonight that Eire has been endan¬ gered by the fast-spreading Euro¬ pean wnr and must be prepared to defend her liberty. Pe Valera spoke ns Ireland wna rocked by rumors of an imminent IRA uprising and sensational charges that a prominent young society matron and others, some still unrevealed, plotted to aid a German parachute invasion. Every precaution wns being taken both in Eire and Northern Ireland against a move by the Irish Republican Army or the Germans or both. Speaking at Galway tonight, dc Valera said that the range of mod¬ ern airiilanes and the developmentn of the past few days had brought Ireland into the war zone. Tn Fight Any Invader "If any military power considers thst sn advantage can be won by brushing aside the rights of the Irish people or their neutrnlity." said De Vnlern, "it would not hesi¬ tate tn do It." Ireland hns been endangered dur¬ ing the pnst few days, he nsserled, and mus'- be prepnred to defend her liberty and fight anyone who might try to invade the country, j The nation, he said, must muster ! sufficient armed strength to pro¬ tect against an attack and use it to the maximum if necessary. j "We want the young men of the country." he said, "to join the armed forces and form a firsl line volunteer unit throughout Ihe coun¬ try to do local security work." "Unfortunately there is a small group which nppenrs to be meditat¬ ing treason," snid de Valera. "1 tell them ns one man thnt such a state of nffnirs will not be toler¬ ated, thnt instead of being patriots they will be behaving as nothing hut trnitors." I Society Woman Arrested | De Vnlern's reference was to the uncovering of the sensationni plot In which it is nlleged thnt Mrs. Iseult Stuart, n tall attractive brunette of ,'?.'i. mother of two chil¬ dren nnd wife of a plnvwright. wns being held on chnrges of such gravity thnt th interesting picture shows, somewhere behind French front lines, a nun nnd n soldier woiking side hy side in the fields, preparing a summer vegetable rrnp. Nun is nf the Order of St. Joseph. Armg Gives First Report On Broken Gate in Dike General Robins Tells Events Which Gave Kingston Flood These Questions Were Asked The first official report on the break in the temporary dike gate across the railroad tracks at the Atlantic Refining Company below Kingslon, which collapsed on April | I to flood Kingston nnd part of j Edwardsville, hns been submitted lo Congressman J. Harold Flannery by Brigadier-General Thomns M Robins, nssislant to the Chief of Army Engineers. j The report is in respon.se to a re¬ quest for an explanntlon by Con¬ gressman Flannery, which first ¦ was followed by a visit here shortly after the flood by Major General Julian L. Schley, chief of engineers, nnd questions that twice hnve np- peared on the editorinl page of the state prosecutor Sunday Independent, said they could hardly be overesti- Since this report is mainly a de- mated, : tailing of events, it is expecled that "It took fiOO vears to get the another will follow which will ex- Rrlti.«h out of tills country." said plain why and how the events de- Ihe prime minister. "We don't j tailed took place. want them or any others to come j Following is Genernl Robins' re¬ in here ngnin. Bit by hit we got : port: Following are the questions which the Sunday Independent's editorial page twice has asked the Army Enginers to answer: "1. Why was a railroad spur permitted to leave a gap in the dike? "2. Why was the cinder road¬ bed of that railrond per¬ mitted to remain ns n bnse upon whicli to build n gnte to close that gap? "3. Were any special favors involved or pres^re used to create such hazards? "4.- Are there any OTHER spots in the immense flood control system which may some day give way and make waste the millions of dollars spent lo protect Wyoming Valley? "Tliese are simple questions and deserve complete answers." rid nf all interference and will con tinue until we have succeeded in our ultimate object of achieving the unity of Ireland." He dednred that Ireland did not wish lo he the cals paw of any 'Continued nn Page A-2) Honorable J. Harold Flannery, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. My denr Mr. Flannery: Please refer to your letter of April 4, 1940, concerning the flood Illinois Crowd Lays Siege to Communists Hiding in Court House Pekin, III., May 28 tUP> Ten; they were attacked by a mob of men aiid women who hnd been vigilantes while distributing pam- mobhed while distributing Coni- tnunist literature made n 40-foot tlnsh lo the safely of the Tazewell County Jail tonight through a closely packed mob that hooted Ind jeered them. Aided hy deputy sheriffs, they fan In single file along a path two feet wide from the county courl house across n driveway to the cells, where they were immediately locked In for their own snfety. phlcts praising Communist Leader Earl Browder nnd ncciising Presi¬ dent Roosevelt of moving the United States toward war. Sheriff Guy Donahue offered to escort them to the city limits or to barricade them in the jail over¬ night without charges against them. They chose to stay in the jaii. The vigilantes consisted of mem¬ hers of the Americnn Legion post, Hundreds of persons pncked in I Veterans of Foreign Wars and the city square nround the court other locnl organizations who had hnu.se hl.ssed nnd sounded automo- joined in n pact severnl montiis hile hoiTis H.?o to drive out any Communists Dislrihuttlng Pamphlet. i "i^" appeared in Pekin The group had fled to the court house three hours earlier nfter In Today's Editorial ('¦•wsined i'oiitirs .Movies Storv Sporta Social lasue C—2 c-2 A—IH B—l Alleged for Peace John Leslie, leader of the Com¬ munist group, snid the distribution of pnmphlets was done t(» test the Bill of Rights and as.serted, "any attempt to link us with n Fifth Column Is to be very deeply re¬ gretted." One of the pamphlets read. "Pic¬ ture your son, fellow American, a mangled stump of flesh in No Man's Land for the greater profit of the House of Morgan." on the Susquehanna River whlrh occurred shortly before that dale, and to the reply of the Depart¬ ment dated April 12, 1940, In which it was stated that you would be informed further con¬ cerning the situation al the temporary gnte in the Kingston area upon receipt of detailed in¬ formation from Colonel Jarvis J. Bain, the Division Engineer of the f!niith Atlantic Division. Col¬ onel Bain's report has now heen received, together with informa¬ tion submitted by Lieut. Col. Hol¬ land L. Robb. the Acting Di.stricl Engineer. Baltimore, Mr. Prior to March 31, 1940, the Kingston-Edwardsville levee had been completed from its up¬ stream end in Kingston to a point near the intersection of the levee with the railroad siding into the Atlantic Refining Com¬ pany in Edwardsville. From this sidiiig to the end of the levee at the Delaware. I.nckawannn and Western Railroad, malerinl for the levee had been placed nenr Its finnl locntion, bul no chnnges had been made In the railroad tracks or in the railroad fill in the vicinity of the siding. A.» the elevation of the siding is nbout 11 feet below the top of the near¬ by levee, a permanent closure structure consisting of concrete abutments, steel I-beam stop (Continued on Page A-2> War .Maps A map of the present situa¬ tion will be found on Pnge A-14, while on Pnge B-4 is another of the series of large informa¬ tion maps of the warring na¬ tions of Europe. Battle Is Raging in Channel Royal Air Force And Fleet Engaged In Constant Action NAZIS HIT COAST Churchill Calls for 'Supreme Effort' As Perils Increase By WALLACE ( ARROIJ< London, Mny 2.'>. (UP) Winston Churchill tonight called for a "supreme effort" to save Britain and Its heritage of liberties as channel winds bore the smoke and thunder of battle over the Kenti.sh Coa-st, Germnn bombs fell In East Anglia wounding 12 civilians nnd the peril of imminent invasion waa in every mind, "The gravity of the situation deepens hour bv hour," .said the Prime Minister. "We are all called upon to make a supreme effort to defend the country, to preserve our liberties and to win the war." On the military front, .spoke.snien said that a large number of Ger¬ man tanks had penetrated behind the Allied northern line but that the exact number was nol known. It was explained that at the re¬ quest of the French high command no specific information will be given whicli might aid the Ger¬ mans who were lielieved to be hav¬ ing difficulty maintnining up-to- the-minute communications with the most advanced fighting unita. Fierce Fighting In (liannel However, the fighting In the channel men wns continuous nnd fierce, British nnval units were known to be In action blasting nt Germnns on the shore nnd tho Germans were replying with fairly large guns. The air ministry said thnt bot|> RAF bombers and the fleet air arm was in action bombing Ger¬ man concentrations in the channel area and reported that a German torpedo boat had been sunk off the Dutch coast, Navnl planes were reported to have put three German tanks out of action while the coastal com¬ mand blasted again at the Rotter¬ dam oil depots. Henvy bombers were continuous¬ ly engaged in nttacklng points along the German communications lines. Churchill's words, addressed In a letter to British union leader.s, were pinced against this situation: ].- British military spokesman called the situation In Northern France most grave. Navy Shelling Boulogne 2. Heavy gunfire in the vicinity of Boulogne held by the Germnns nnd Cnlnis rattled windows on the British side of the channel. British naval units were reported shelling Boulogne nnd Its ap- ponches. British fighter planes (Continued on Page A-II^) Desperate Fighting to Cut Gap Planes, Artillery Blast at German Lines to Channel FRENCH OPTIMISTIC Claim to Hold Boulogne, Calais In Terrific Battle By M. S. HA.NULER Paris, May 215, (UP) Allied air units blasted at German forces in the channel region tonight aji heavy artillery fire was Inld ncross the ! German line of communicntions in I nn effort lo cut off supplies and I reinforcements. I A military spokesman said that reports received at 6:1.^ p. m. (1:15 I p. m. EDT) showed both Calais and Boulogne still in French hands ' although a terrific battle was rag¬ ing in the whole channel area. 1 Allied air units nre blasting at German tank.s and mechanized units while from the sea British naval forces are bombarding roads and points held by the Germans. : Barrage on Nazi Corridor Heavy artillery barrages were being laid across the German cor¬ ridor in Northern France in nn ef- t fort to interrupt, movement of siip- j plies and reinforcements. The 1 newspaper L'Intransigient reported that the Germnn corridor had been nnrrowed to 10 miles between Bnpniime and Perrone. However, n military .•pokesmnn revealed thnt I the Germnns still were moving mechnnized units and truckloads of troops up townrd the const where fighting was in progress, he said, nt severnl points including Bou¬ logne and Calais. The evening communique of the high command said: I "In the north the situation con- ! tinues without importnnt changes. Our troops are fighting with vigor and fury which indicates the in¬ tensity of the enemy effort and are inflicting henvy losses on the Germans in every encounter. Be- I tween the Ai.sne nnd the Meuse I activity continues as fierce as ever. ' However, since yesterday we domi¬ nate the enemy." • The military spokesman said thnt the Belginns were resisting strong¬ ly againat enemy attacks of grent 1 strength in the Courtrai region. I where the Germnns today Inunch- ! ed some of their strongest blows. It appeared, it wns snid, thnt the Germnns were striving to roll up the left flank of the Allied northern army, A Belgian counterattack was snid to hnve kept Germnn progress to a minimum. The possibility wna admitted thnt the Germnns may hnve tnken Vimy Ridge but henvy fighting was said to be going on in this area. The British were said to be driv¬ ing from the north from positions at Arms nnd Bapaiime while the (Continued on Page A-l.%i Britain Next, Sag Nazis, With 'Secret Weapon' New Drives lo Destroy Trapped Army; Claim Boiiloifiie, Calais. Leaving Allies but Three Ports on Channel By JOSEPH W. ORKiG, ,IR. Berlin, May 2.S (UP) Germnny and capture of Boulogne, Ghent an piece-meal destruction of a French, 1,000,000 men by great wedge stroke The next major step wns expecte Authorized military quarters said in the very near future and th;it weapon" from which "the greatest Gerinan thrusts were said here to have sliced off two-thirds ot the ground which the Allies originally held In Flanders, Picardy and Western Belgium, The Germans said the Allied northern force, com¬ prising the British Kxpeditionary Force, the 1st, Tth and 9tli French armies nnd two Belgian divisions is now bound firmly hy n steel ring of powerful (;erinnn mechanized and infantry divisions. But Three Ports l.eft With Boulogne fallen and Calais surrounded. the'Gcrmans said the remaining Allied outlets to the sea -Dunkirk. Oslend and Zeebrugge nre being heavily bombed from the air. Two Belgian ports Zeebrugge and Oslend -said thp Germans, are in imminent peril because of the German drive in Belgium. With the occupation of Ghent and Cour¬ trai and the German breakthrough along the River Lys. it was be¬ lieved here that the Allies will be forced to fall back to the Vser Canal Ihe line held b.v the Bel¬ gians during the greater part of the World War. A retreat to the Yser Canal would force the Allies to give up claimed the encirclement nf Calais 1 Courtrai tonight In the attempt nl Briti.sh and Bel>;ian nrm.v of possibly s into Ihe Allied northern lines, d here to be nn attack on England, tonight that this nttnck will come it will employ nn "absolutely secre surprise can be expecled." 1 both Zeebrugge and Oslend. allow¬ ing the German air force to con¬ centrate its efforts on the single port of Dunkirk which would then be the sole clear channel port for arrival of Allied supplies and for evacuation, should that be ordered. I Trying to Split Army I Meantime, other powerful Ger¬ man llirusts are being made In an effort to split up the Allied I nrm.v. One thrust was made north I from historic Vim.v Ridge. Here the Germans claim to have thrust all the way nnrth to the channel al Gravelinrs along the height ot land which runs frnm Vimy to : Lillers and St. Omer. I This thrust, il was snid, cut off I Calais from the main body of ' Allied troops and gives the Ger¬ mans positions on either side ot the port, the closest in France to England, Gravelines is a small port about equidistant from (Calais and Dunkirk, ll is approNiiiiately ; 12 miles from each. Boulogne is 18 miles from Calais. Another Germnn thrust Is being made on either side of Doual. The i Douni drive Is toward the north. j It is believed that the Germnns I (Continued on Page A-15) Silent on Fate of Gamelln Sweeping Shakeup Hits Army Leaders In Midst of Battle BRINGS SENSATION Change of Warfare To Assault Called Partial Explanation F.R.1NIS BOARD ITALY CONTINUES TO CO-ORDINATE TO SEETHE WITH NATION'S DEFENSE RUiRS OF WAR England Attacked Again; RAF Bombing Germans I.,ondon, May 26 (Sunday) (IIP)—Another air raid alarm waa sounded tiir an hour and 50 minutes in East Kent today and It WHS reported that a Oerinan airplane dropped some bomhs In the sea off the Kentish coast without doing any damage. Renidents of an Kast Kent town said one presuMinhly Oerman plane was henrd overhend during the uarning but that no antl- airrraft fire had been audible. It WHS reported that nnli-alrrraft guns shot down one of threo (iernian bombers and Ihat Itai flaming HTeckage had heen seen t' fall Into the sea. rhe.v said the sky wna aglow In the direction of the southeast EngliKh coast for 20 minute* before the alarm was sounded in East Kent hut that the flashes and flare* they saw had faded out by the time of Ihe warning. British fighter planes were seen heading out to eek. RAF Attacking Germnns i London, May 25 (UP)-British | bombing planes, continuing their attack on enemy concentrations in Germany, B'rance, Belgium and the | Netherlands, hit oii tanks and j started two fires in Rotterdam and | heavily bombed German motorized units outside Boulogne, an air ministry communique said tonight. The communique covered aerial iclivity last night nnd loday. Direct hits w»re scored today on [ the oil storage tnnks In Rotterdnm, the ministry aaid, and when the RAF fliers ieft the aren, two large fires were burning there. The communique nlso disclosed further large-scale operations last night in Northeastern France, Southern Belgium nnd tiermnny. "The enemy's communications lines were disorganized over a wide nrea," tbe ministry said, "and mnny fires were ainrted. C^onsider- nble dnmage wns done nnd all our aircraft returned safely." I Seeking to Prevent Economic Upset; Will Speak Tonight t Washington, May 25 (UP) — President Roosevelt nnnounced to- j day that he is planning n master I co-ordinating group to help enlist the full force of the nation In the defense program and nt the snme lime guard against rearmament upsetting Anierican social and economic structures. This plan, patterned nfter the fnmous Council of National De¬ fense that functioned during the World War, was revealed while the President worked on the speech he will deliver .Sunday night, liis first Fireside Chal jince .Sept. 3. 19.'?9, when England and France declared war on Germany. The speech will concern the defense program he has instituted calling for a fleet of ."bO.OOO warplanes, ii ; fully equipped and trained shock army, new ha.ses. forts and a big¬ ger navy. It will be nt 9:,'tO p. m. E.S.T., Sumlay nnd will be hro;jd- cn.^t not only to the nation but to the world, in several languages. Defense Bills Nearly Ready | Congression.'il work on the pro¬ gram eased up today after n week of rapid-fire nctivity in which Con¬ gress put initial approval of a large portion of the defense bills, costing almost .$4,000,000,000 for the nexl fiscal year. Congress' work will start again early next week nnd these huge expenditures and nuthorization bills nre almost cer¬ tain to be in Mr. Roo.sevelt's bunds for signature I'te next week or early the follow.ng week. Mr. Roosevelt's plans for the national defense co-ordinating group envision bringing the full re¬ sources of transport, commuiiicn- ^ tion, industry, finance, ngricullurc. | Inbor and the con.sumers behind the rearmament program. White Hou.'ie Secretary .Stephen T. Kcarly emphasized that the group would be u-sed ' to aid rather than to supercede any existing govern¬ mental agency nnd he said that the I plan was in n fornintive state and i that the personnel and date of or-j ganization had nol been deter- , mined. Gov. William D. Leahy of Puerto Rico, former chief of naval oper¬ ations, wns mentioned immediately In speculnlion ns to the co-ordinn- tor. He visited Mr. Roosevelt yes¬ terdny nnd reported progress on nrming Puerto Rico, known ns the Gibraltar of the Cnribbenn. Plan Pilot Training Throughout the day. government (Continued on Page A-lbi Suspend Shipping, Mobilize Nation; Vatican Acting By RKVNOLIIS PACTiARO Rome, May 2.V (UPi Italy seethed with rumors of Impend¬ ing involvement in the war to¬ night as four significnnt develop¬ ments took place, including sus¬ pension of westbound trans-Atlantic shipping. Major developments were: l.-Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Vnt- Icnn secretary of state, in an un¬ precedented communication to all foreign powers accredited to the Holy See, asked them to state if they wished refuge within the wail.s of the Vatican if there should be war. Shipping SiiMiiended 2. The Italian Line, operator of the Rex and other huge trnns- Atlnntic ships, suspended nil ship¬ ping from Italy, but the nnnounce- nipiit ailded that il would be re¬ sumed ,Iiiiie 10. (Some circles hnve considered the cruitinuance or non- continuance of normal Italian ship¬ ping n barometer by which tognuge ^ Italy's intent toward the wnr. The ' Conte de Savoia of the Italian Line sailed on schedule easthound from New York today, however, with bul IKO passengers aboard! 3. A decree providing civil mob¬ ilization and bestowing on the gov¬ ernment the power to assume still greater nntional strength under emergency comlitions was publish¬ ed in the official gazette. The emergency powers act, already pas.sed by the Senate, was given official status by its publication in the gazette under the approving signatures of the King, the Duce and the Council of Ministers. 4. Under-Secretary of War Obiildo Soddu in a messnge to the Italian infantry expressed his faith in the soldiers in "this present mo¬ ment in the country's destiny" when Ihey were ready to "march towards new goals of glory." Strict .Mobilization Principal provisions of the mob¬ ilization decree are; Partial or general mobilization of all property and individuals of both sexes over the age of 14. They are thus obliged to participate in the program of national defense and may be mobilized civilly and placed under the discipline of war. The requisition of all services, syndicates nnd societies. The reqiiisitioii ol nil materials, po.ss?sfions. and inventions. Food rationing Limitation or prohibition of in- (Continued on Page A-151 ^ Pnris, May 25. (UP) — Gen. .\laxime Weygand today relieved of their duties 1.1 French generals in the greatest shake-up the French army hns ever undergone in the midst of n crucial battle. No explanation was olTered for the "purge," which caused a sen¬ sation when it was officially re¬ vealed. The announcement aroused im¬ mediate speruiatlon as to the fate nnd whereabouts of Gen. Gustav Gamelln, commander-in-chief of Allied forces until he wns replaced a week ago hy Weygand. Efforts to learn his whrrenhouts nnd stnlus since his displacement hnve met with oflicinl refusals of any information. Whether he was included among the group of 15 ousted generals was not revealed tonight. .\mI« .Say Gamelln .Shot ! (Ftiimors have circulated for .«ev- ersl days, apparentl.v arising from German sources, to the effect that Gnmelin had been shot or had com¬ mitted suicide. The German radio todny asserted that a French ne'ws- pnper nt Lynn hnd said thnt "Iwo high French per.sonnlilies" had committed suicide and that four hnd heen shot without trial. Ths newspaper was nlleged to hnve said that these reports were mere rumors nnd should not he believed.) The action of Weygand In re¬ moving the generals wns utterl.'v without French precedent. The nenrest thing to it was a wholesale "purge" of the French high com- mnnd undertaken hy Marshnl Joffre in ml.'l. But Jnffre's "purge" was in time of peace, whereaa Weygand's cnme nt a moment when French troopa were battlinsj ngninsl the gravest military threat the nation hnd faced since the days of 1R70, One factor is known, however, Gamelin wns a follower and close nssoclnte of Joffre, Weygand comes from the school of Marshnl Foch. The Joffre school was one of defense nnd static warfare. Focii fnvored the offensive and the at¬ tack. No Complete Explanntlon Naturnlly. under Gamelin men of his tncticnl nnd strntegic school held responsible posts in the French army. It waa speculated that Wey¬ gand, wishing to swing the army quickly over to the offensive school, determined on drastic action. Even this, however, wns not thought to be the entire explana¬ tion. After nil, Weygnnd himself wns in command of the French nrmy up to three yenrs ago, when he wns retired for nge and suc¬ ceeded by Gamelin. It wns doubted that Gamelln would have so completely trans¬ formed the nrmy In three years ns to cnuse Weygand to flnd it necessary to make wholesale chnnges in the high command. The French army ns present con¬ stituted has two marshals, about 20 nrmy corps commnnders, 100 division generals nnd 150 brigade generals. In addition there are five army commanders. 20 division general*, nnd 40 brigade generals in the Colonial Army. Include Army roininandere The discharged generals lnclu(!» commanders of armies as well sj commanders of corps and several divisional commnnders and ehiefi of large nrmy service units. The official nnnouncement said: "As a result of military opera¬ tions which already have had as ft consequence the nomination of Weygand ns chief of the theater o< operations, there have been import¬ ant chnnges in the high command. "Today 15 generals were relieved of their command. Including gen¬ erals commanding armies as well ai army corps and also several dl- (Continued on Page A-15) Dispatches frnm Euro¬ pean countries are now subject to censorship.
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Full Text | A Paper For The Home INDEPENDENT The Weather Sunday; Cloudy, shower*. Monday: Cloudy, 34TH YEAR, NO. .30—52 P.AGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1940 PRICE TEN CENTS ? 15 French Generals 'Purged ONL Y10 MILES FROM TRAPPED ALLIED ARMY GERMAN PLANES BOMB ENGLAND. 12 WOUNDED 5tli Column Arrests In Ireland Society Woman and Others Charged with Aiding Parachutist ENLARGING ARMY De Valera Warns Country Must Prepare To Defend Liberty \ Common Cause Dublin, May 2.'5 (UPi Prime Minister Eamon de Valera warned tonight that Eire has been endan¬ gered by the fast-spreading Euro¬ pean wnr and must be prepared to defend her liberty. Pe Valera spoke ns Ireland wna rocked by rumors of an imminent IRA uprising and sensational charges that a prominent young society matron and others, some still unrevealed, plotted to aid a German parachute invasion. Every precaution wns being taken both in Eire and Northern Ireland against a move by the Irish Republican Army or the Germans or both. Speaking at Galway tonight, dc Valera said that the range of mod¬ ern airiilanes and the developmentn of the past few days had brought Ireland into the war zone. Tn Fight Any Invader "If any military power considers thst sn advantage can be won by brushing aside the rights of the Irish people or their neutrnlity." said De Vnlern, "it would not hesi¬ tate tn do It." Ireland hns been endangered dur¬ ing the pnst few days, he nsserled, and mus'- be prepnred to defend her liberty and fight anyone who might try to invade the country, j The nation, he said, must muster ! sufficient armed strength to pro¬ tect against an attack and use it to the maximum if necessary. j "We want the young men of the country." he said, "to join the armed forces and form a firsl line volunteer unit throughout Ihe coun¬ try to do local security work." "Unfortunately there is a small group which nppenrs to be meditat¬ ing treason," snid de Valera. "1 tell them ns one man thnt such a state of nffnirs will not be toler¬ ated, thnt instead of being patriots they will be behaving as nothing hut trnitors." I Society Woman Arrested | De Vnlern's reference was to the uncovering of the sensationni plot In which it is nlleged thnt Mrs. Iseult Stuart, n tall attractive brunette of ,'?.'i. mother of two chil¬ dren nnd wife of a plnvwright. wns being held on chnrges of such gravity thnt th interesting picture shows, somewhere behind French front lines, a nun nnd n soldier woiking side hy side in the fields, preparing a summer vegetable rrnp. Nun is nf the Order of St. Joseph. Armg Gives First Report On Broken Gate in Dike General Robins Tells Events Which Gave Kingston Flood These Questions Were Asked The first official report on the break in the temporary dike gate across the railroad tracks at the Atlantic Refining Company below Kingslon, which collapsed on April | I to flood Kingston nnd part of j Edwardsville, hns been submitted lo Congressman J. Harold Flannery by Brigadier-General Thomns M Robins, nssislant to the Chief of Army Engineers. j The report is in respon.se to a re¬ quest for an explanntlon by Con¬ gressman Flannery, which first ¦ was followed by a visit here shortly after the flood by Major General Julian L. Schley, chief of engineers, nnd questions that twice hnve np- peared on the editorinl page of the state prosecutor Sunday Independent, said they could hardly be overesti- Since this report is mainly a de- mated, : tailing of events, it is expecled that "It took fiOO vears to get the another will follow which will ex- Rrlti.«h out of tills country." said plain why and how the events de- Ihe prime minister. "We don't j tailed took place. want them or any others to come j Following is Genernl Robins' re¬ in here ngnin. Bit by hit we got : port: Following are the questions which the Sunday Independent's editorial page twice has asked the Army Enginers to answer: "1. Why was a railroad spur permitted to leave a gap in the dike? "2. Why was the cinder road¬ bed of that railrond per¬ mitted to remain ns n bnse upon whicli to build n gnte to close that gap? "3. Were any special favors involved or pres^re used to create such hazards? "4.- Are there any OTHER spots in the immense flood control system which may some day give way and make waste the millions of dollars spent lo protect Wyoming Valley? "Tliese are simple questions and deserve complete answers." rid nf all interference and will con tinue until we have succeeded in our ultimate object of achieving the unity of Ireland." He dednred that Ireland did not wish lo he the cals paw of any 'Continued nn Page A-2) Honorable J. Harold Flannery, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. My denr Mr. Flannery: Please refer to your letter of April 4, 1940, concerning the flood Illinois Crowd Lays Siege to Communists Hiding in Court House Pekin, III., May 28 tUP> Ten; they were attacked by a mob of men aiid women who hnd been vigilantes while distributing pam- mobhed while distributing Coni- tnunist literature made n 40-foot tlnsh lo the safely of the Tazewell County Jail tonight through a closely packed mob that hooted Ind jeered them. Aided hy deputy sheriffs, they fan In single file along a path two feet wide from the county courl house across n driveway to the cells, where they were immediately locked In for their own snfety. phlcts praising Communist Leader Earl Browder nnd ncciising Presi¬ dent Roosevelt of moving the United States toward war. Sheriff Guy Donahue offered to escort them to the city limits or to barricade them in the jail over¬ night without charges against them. They chose to stay in the jaii. The vigilantes consisted of mem¬ hers of the Americnn Legion post, Hundreds of persons pncked in I Veterans of Foreign Wars and the city square nround the court other locnl organizations who had hnu.se hl.ssed nnd sounded automo- joined in n pact severnl montiis hile hoiTis H.?o to drive out any Communists Dislrihuttlng Pamphlet. i "i^" appeared in Pekin The group had fled to the court house three hours earlier nfter In Today's Editorial ('¦•wsined i'oiitirs .Movies Storv Sporta Social lasue C—2 c-2 A—IH B—l Alleged for Peace John Leslie, leader of the Com¬ munist group, snid the distribution of pnmphlets was done t(» test the Bill of Rights and as.serted, "any attempt to link us with n Fifth Column Is to be very deeply re¬ gretted." One of the pamphlets read. "Pic¬ ture your son, fellow American, a mangled stump of flesh in No Man's Land for the greater profit of the House of Morgan." on the Susquehanna River whlrh occurred shortly before that dale, and to the reply of the Depart¬ ment dated April 12, 1940, In which it was stated that you would be informed further con¬ cerning the situation al the temporary gnte in the Kingston area upon receipt of detailed in¬ formation from Colonel Jarvis J. Bain, the Division Engineer of the f!niith Atlantic Division. Col¬ onel Bain's report has now heen received, together with informa¬ tion submitted by Lieut. Col. Hol¬ land L. Robb. the Acting Di.stricl Engineer. Baltimore, Mr. Prior to March 31, 1940, the Kingston-Edwardsville levee had been completed from its up¬ stream end in Kingston to a point near the intersection of the levee with the railroad siding into the Atlantic Refining Com¬ pany in Edwardsville. From this sidiiig to the end of the levee at the Delaware. I.nckawannn and Western Railroad, malerinl for the levee had been placed nenr Its finnl locntion, bul no chnnges had been made In the railroad tracks or in the railroad fill in the vicinity of the siding. A.» the elevation of the siding is nbout 11 feet below the top of the near¬ by levee, a permanent closure structure consisting of concrete abutments, steel I-beam stop (Continued on Page A-2> War .Maps A map of the present situa¬ tion will be found on Pnge A-14, while on Pnge B-4 is another of the series of large informa¬ tion maps of the warring na¬ tions of Europe. Battle Is Raging in Channel Royal Air Force And Fleet Engaged In Constant Action NAZIS HIT COAST Churchill Calls for 'Supreme Effort' As Perils Increase By WALLACE ( ARROIJ< London, Mny 2.'>. (UP) Winston Churchill tonight called for a "supreme effort" to save Britain and Its heritage of liberties as channel winds bore the smoke and thunder of battle over the Kenti.sh Coa-st, Germnn bombs fell In East Anglia wounding 12 civilians nnd the peril of imminent invasion waa in every mind, "The gravity of the situation deepens hour bv hour," .said the Prime Minister. "We are all called upon to make a supreme effort to defend the country, to preserve our liberties and to win the war." On the military front, .spoke.snien said that a large number of Ger¬ man tanks had penetrated behind the Allied northern line but that the exact number was nol known. It was explained that at the re¬ quest of the French high command no specific information will be given whicli might aid the Ger¬ mans who were lielieved to be hav¬ ing difficulty maintnining up-to- the-minute communications with the most advanced fighting unita. Fierce Fighting In (liannel However, the fighting In the channel men wns continuous nnd fierce, British nnval units were known to be In action blasting nt Germnns on the shore nnd tho Germans were replying with fairly large guns. The air ministry said thnt bot|> RAF bombers and the fleet air arm was in action bombing Ger¬ man concentrations in the channel area and reported that a German torpedo boat had been sunk off the Dutch coast, Navnl planes were reported to have put three German tanks out of action while the coastal com¬ mand blasted again at the Rotter¬ dam oil depots. Henvy bombers were continuous¬ ly engaged in nttacklng points along the German communications lines. Churchill's words, addressed In a letter to British union leader.s, were pinced against this situation: ].- British military spokesman called the situation In Northern France most grave. Navy Shelling Boulogne 2. Heavy gunfire in the vicinity of Boulogne held by the Germnns nnd Cnlnis rattled windows on the British side of the channel. British naval units were reported shelling Boulogne nnd Its ap- ponches. British fighter planes (Continued on Page A-II^) Desperate Fighting to Cut Gap Planes, Artillery Blast at German Lines to Channel FRENCH OPTIMISTIC Claim to Hold Boulogne, Calais In Terrific Battle By M. S. HA.NULER Paris, May 215, (UP) Allied air units blasted at German forces in the channel region tonight aji heavy artillery fire was Inld ncross the ! German line of communicntions in I nn effort lo cut off supplies and I reinforcements. I A military spokesman said that reports received at 6:1.^ p. m. (1:15 I p. m. EDT) showed both Calais and Boulogne still in French hands ' although a terrific battle was rag¬ ing in the whole channel area. 1 Allied air units nre blasting at German tank.s and mechanized units while from the sea British naval forces are bombarding roads and points held by the Germans. : Barrage on Nazi Corridor Heavy artillery barrages were being laid across the German cor¬ ridor in Northern France in nn ef- t fort to interrupt, movement of siip- j plies and reinforcements. The 1 newspaper L'Intransigient reported that the Germnn corridor had been nnrrowed to 10 miles between Bnpniime and Perrone. However, n military .•pokesmnn revealed thnt I the Germnns still were moving mechnnized units and truckloads of troops up townrd the const where fighting was in progress, he said, nt severnl points including Bou¬ logne and Calais. The evening communique of the high command said: I "In the north the situation con- ! tinues without importnnt changes. Our troops are fighting with vigor and fury which indicates the in¬ tensity of the enemy effort and are inflicting henvy losses on the Germans in every encounter. Be- I tween the Ai.sne nnd the Meuse I activity continues as fierce as ever. ' However, since yesterday we domi¬ nate the enemy." • The military spokesman said thnt the Belginns were resisting strong¬ ly againat enemy attacks of grent 1 strength in the Courtrai region. I where the Germnns today Inunch- ! ed some of their strongest blows. It appeared, it wns snid, thnt the Germnns were striving to roll up the left flank of the Allied northern army, A Belgian counterattack was snid to hnve kept Germnn progress to a minimum. The possibility wna admitted thnt the Germnns may hnve tnken Vimy Ridge but henvy fighting was said to be going on in this area. The British were said to be driv¬ ing from the north from positions at Arms nnd Bapaiime while the (Continued on Page A-l.%i Britain Next, Sag Nazis, With 'Secret Weapon' New Drives lo Destroy Trapped Army; Claim Boiiloifiie, Calais. Leaving Allies but Three Ports on Channel By JOSEPH W. ORKiG, ,IR. Berlin, May 2.S (UP) Germnny and capture of Boulogne, Ghent an piece-meal destruction of a French, 1,000,000 men by great wedge stroke The next major step wns expecte Authorized military quarters said in the very near future and th;it weapon" from which "the greatest Gerinan thrusts were said here to have sliced off two-thirds ot the ground which the Allies originally held In Flanders, Picardy and Western Belgium, The Germans said the Allied northern force, com¬ prising the British Kxpeditionary Force, the 1st, Tth and 9tli French armies nnd two Belgian divisions is now bound firmly hy n steel ring of powerful (;erinnn mechanized and infantry divisions. But Three Ports l.eft With Boulogne fallen and Calais surrounded. the'Gcrmans said the remaining Allied outlets to the sea -Dunkirk. Oslend and Zeebrugge nre being heavily bombed from the air. Two Belgian ports Zeebrugge and Oslend -said thp Germans, are in imminent peril because of the German drive in Belgium. With the occupation of Ghent and Cour¬ trai and the German breakthrough along the River Lys. it was be¬ lieved here that the Allies will be forced to fall back to the Vser Canal Ihe line held b.v the Bel¬ gians during the greater part of the World War. A retreat to the Yser Canal would force the Allies to give up claimed the encirclement nf Calais 1 Courtrai tonight In the attempt nl Briti.sh and Bel>;ian nrm.v of possibly s into Ihe Allied northern lines, d here to be nn attack on England, tonight that this nttnck will come it will employ nn "absolutely secre surprise can be expecled." 1 both Zeebrugge and Oslend. allow¬ ing the German air force to con¬ centrate its efforts on the single port of Dunkirk which would then be the sole clear channel port for arrival of Allied supplies and for evacuation, should that be ordered. I Trying to Split Army I Meantime, other powerful Ger¬ man llirusts are being made In an effort to split up the Allied I nrm.v. One thrust was made north I from historic Vim.v Ridge. Here the Germans claim to have thrust all the way nnrth to the channel al Gravelinrs along the height ot land which runs frnm Vimy to : Lillers and St. Omer. I This thrust, il was snid, cut off I Calais from the main body of ' Allied troops and gives the Ger¬ mans positions on either side ot the port, the closest in France to England, Gravelines is a small port about equidistant from (Calais and Dunkirk, ll is approNiiiiately ; 12 miles from each. Boulogne is 18 miles from Calais. Another Germnn thrust Is being made on either side of Doual. The i Douni drive Is toward the north. j It is believed that the Germnns I (Continued on Page A-15) Silent on Fate of Gamelln Sweeping Shakeup Hits Army Leaders In Midst of Battle BRINGS SENSATION Change of Warfare To Assault Called Partial Explanation F.R.1NIS BOARD ITALY CONTINUES TO CO-ORDINATE TO SEETHE WITH NATION'S DEFENSE RUiRS OF WAR England Attacked Again; RAF Bombing Germans I.,ondon, May 26 (Sunday) (IIP)—Another air raid alarm waa sounded tiir an hour and 50 minutes in East Kent today and It WHS reported that a Oerinan airplane dropped some bomhs In the sea off the Kentish coast without doing any damage. Renidents of an Kast Kent town said one presuMinhly Oerman plane was henrd overhend during the uarning but that no antl- airrraft fire had been audible. It WHS reported that nnli-alrrraft guns shot down one of threo (iernian bombers and Ihat Itai flaming HTeckage had heen seen t' fall Into the sea. rhe.v said the sky wna aglow In the direction of the southeast EngliKh coast for 20 minute* before the alarm was sounded in East Kent hut that the flashes and flare* they saw had faded out by the time of Ihe warning. British fighter planes were seen heading out to eek. RAF Attacking Germnns i London, May 25 (UP)-British | bombing planes, continuing their attack on enemy concentrations in Germany, B'rance, Belgium and the | Netherlands, hit oii tanks and j started two fires in Rotterdam and | heavily bombed German motorized units outside Boulogne, an air ministry communique said tonight. The communique covered aerial iclivity last night nnd loday. Direct hits w»re scored today on [ the oil storage tnnks In Rotterdnm, the ministry aaid, and when the RAF fliers ieft the aren, two large fires were burning there. The communique nlso disclosed further large-scale operations last night in Northeastern France, Southern Belgium nnd tiermnny. "The enemy's communications lines were disorganized over a wide nrea," tbe ministry said, "and mnny fires were ainrted. C^onsider- nble dnmage wns done nnd all our aircraft returned safely." I Seeking to Prevent Economic Upset; Will Speak Tonight t Washington, May 25 (UP) — President Roosevelt nnnounced to- j day that he is planning n master I co-ordinating group to help enlist the full force of the nation In the defense program and nt the snme lime guard against rearmament upsetting Anierican social and economic structures. This plan, patterned nfter the fnmous Council of National De¬ fense that functioned during the World War, was revealed while the President worked on the speech he will deliver .Sunday night, liis first Fireside Chal jince .Sept. 3. 19.'?9, when England and France declared war on Germany. The speech will concern the defense program he has instituted calling for a fleet of ."bO.OOO warplanes, ii ; fully equipped and trained shock army, new ha.ses. forts and a big¬ ger navy. It will be nt 9:,'tO p. m. E.S.T., Sumlay nnd will be hro;jd- cn.^t not only to the nation but to the world, in several languages. Defense Bills Nearly Ready | Congression.'il work on the pro¬ gram eased up today after n week of rapid-fire nctivity in which Con¬ gress put initial approval of a large portion of the defense bills, costing almost .$4,000,000,000 for the nexl fiscal year. Congress' work will start again early next week nnd these huge expenditures and nuthorization bills nre almost cer¬ tain to be in Mr. Roo.sevelt's bunds for signature I'te next week or early the follow.ng week. Mr. Roosevelt's plans for the national defense co-ordinating group envision bringing the full re¬ sources of transport, commuiiicn- ^ tion, industry, finance, ngricullurc. | Inbor and the con.sumers behind the rearmament program. White Hou.'ie Secretary .Stephen T. Kcarly emphasized that the group would be u-sed ' to aid rather than to supercede any existing govern¬ mental agency nnd he said that the I plan was in n fornintive state and i that the personnel and date of or-j ganization had nol been deter- , mined. Gov. William D. Leahy of Puerto Rico, former chief of naval oper¬ ations, wns mentioned immediately In speculnlion ns to the co-ordinn- tor. He visited Mr. Roosevelt yes¬ terdny nnd reported progress on nrming Puerto Rico, known ns the Gibraltar of the Cnribbenn. Plan Pilot Training Throughout the day. government (Continued on Page A-lbi Suspend Shipping, Mobilize Nation; Vatican Acting By RKVNOLIIS PACTiARO Rome, May 2.V (UPi Italy seethed with rumors of Impend¬ ing involvement in the war to¬ night as four significnnt develop¬ ments took place, including sus¬ pension of westbound trans-Atlantic shipping. Major developments were: l.-Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Vnt- Icnn secretary of state, in an un¬ precedented communication to all foreign powers accredited to the Holy See, asked them to state if they wished refuge within the wail.s of the Vatican if there should be war. Shipping SiiMiiended 2. The Italian Line, operator of the Rex and other huge trnns- Atlnntic ships, suspended nil ship¬ ping from Italy, but the nnnounce- nipiit ailded that il would be re¬ sumed ,Iiiiie 10. (Some circles hnve considered the cruitinuance or non- continuance of normal Italian ship¬ ping n barometer by which tognuge ^ Italy's intent toward the wnr. The ' Conte de Savoia of the Italian Line sailed on schedule easthound from New York today, however, with bul IKO passengers aboard! 3. A decree providing civil mob¬ ilization and bestowing on the gov¬ ernment the power to assume still greater nntional strength under emergency comlitions was publish¬ ed in the official gazette. The emergency powers act, already pas.sed by the Senate, was given official status by its publication in the gazette under the approving signatures of the King, the Duce and the Council of Ministers. 4. Under-Secretary of War Obiildo Soddu in a messnge to the Italian infantry expressed his faith in the soldiers in "this present mo¬ ment in the country's destiny" when Ihey were ready to "march towards new goals of glory." Strict .Mobilization Principal provisions of the mob¬ ilization decree are; Partial or general mobilization of all property and individuals of both sexes over the age of 14. They are thus obliged to participate in the program of national defense and may be mobilized civilly and placed under the discipline of war. The requisition of all services, syndicates nnd societies. The reqiiisitioii ol nil materials, po.ss?sfions. and inventions. Food rationing Limitation or prohibition of in- (Continued on Page A-151 ^ Pnris, May 25. (UP) — Gen. .\laxime Weygand today relieved of their duties 1.1 French generals in the greatest shake-up the French army hns ever undergone in the midst of n crucial battle. No explanation was olTered for the "purge," which caused a sen¬ sation when it was officially re¬ vealed. The announcement aroused im¬ mediate speruiatlon as to the fate nnd whereabouts of Gen. Gustav Gamelln, commander-in-chief of Allied forces until he wns replaced a week ago hy Weygand. Efforts to learn his whrrenhouts nnd stnlus since his displacement hnve met with oflicinl refusals of any information. Whether he was included among the group of 15 ousted generals was not revealed tonight. .\mI« .Say Gamelln .Shot ! (Ftiimors have circulated for .«ev- ersl days, apparentl.v arising from German sources, to the effect that Gnmelin had been shot or had com¬ mitted suicide. The German radio todny asserted that a French ne'ws- pnper nt Lynn hnd said thnt "Iwo high French per.sonnlilies" had committed suicide and that four hnd heen shot without trial. Ths newspaper was nlleged to hnve said that these reports were mere rumors nnd should not he believed.) The action of Weygand In re¬ moving the generals wns utterl.'v without French precedent. The nenrest thing to it was a wholesale "purge" of the French high com- mnnd undertaken hy Marshnl Joffre in ml.'l. But Jnffre's "purge" was in time of peace, whereaa Weygand's cnme nt a moment when French troopa were battlinsj ngninsl the gravest military threat the nation hnd faced since the days of 1R70, One factor is known, however, Gamelin wns a follower and close nssoclnte of Joffre, Weygand comes from the school of Marshnl Foch. The Joffre school was one of defense nnd static warfare. Focii fnvored the offensive and the at¬ tack. No Complete Explanntlon Naturnlly. under Gamelin men of his tncticnl nnd strntegic school held responsible posts in the French army. It waa speculated that Wey¬ gand, wishing to swing the army quickly over to the offensive school, determined on drastic action. Even this, however, wns not thought to be the entire explana¬ tion. After nil, Weygnnd himself wns in command of the French nrmy up to three yenrs ago, when he wns retired for nge and suc¬ ceeded by Gamelin. It wns doubted that Gamelln would have so completely trans¬ formed the nrmy In three years ns to cnuse Weygand to flnd it necessary to make wholesale chnnges in the high command. The French army ns present con¬ stituted has two marshals, about 20 nrmy corps commnnders, 100 division generals nnd 150 brigade generals. In addition there are five army commanders. 20 division general*, nnd 40 brigade generals in the Colonial Army. Include Army roininandere The discharged generals lnclu(!» commanders of armies as well sj commanders of corps and several divisional commnnders and ehiefi of large nrmy service units. The official nnnouncement said: "As a result of military opera¬ tions which already have had as ft consequence the nomination of Weygand ns chief of the theater o< operations, there have been import¬ ant chnnges in the high command. "Today 15 generals were relieved of their command. Including gen¬ erals commanding armies as well ai army corps and also several dl- (Continued on Page A-15) Dispatches frnm Euro¬ pean countries are now subject to censorship. |
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