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Navy Head Says They Will Be Backbone of National = Defense for Years.

WASHINGTON, May 7 (U. P.) — : Secretary of the Navy Charles Edi- « 50n told the Senate Naval Affairs $ Committee today that battleships : were, are and will be for many years to come the backbone of our . ational defense.” 1 Secretary Edison, summoned to = elaborate on his recent declaration # that developments in the European 5 war show that warplanes have a * “temporary advantage” over battleships, vigorously reaffirmed the » Navy's faith in the battleship as + the most powerful instrument of : sea warfare. ¢ The Secretary told the commit5 tee that he had heard “on reliable ¢ authority that German airplanes 2 have not sunk any British battle- * ship.” Last week the Germans an- « hounced that they had bombed and % sunk a British warship of the War- % Spite class, a 35,000-ton vessel.

Praises U. S. Ships

American naval vessels, he said, % are “the best we know how to build.” “ They constantly are being improved sand integrated with a modem, . Speedy air arm which is as efficient + as modern science can produce, Mr. : Edison added. * The committee is considering the « House-approved Vinson bill to au- % thorize an 11 per cent naval expantslon which would cost $655,000,000. + Bearings were concluded two weeks + go, but were reopened by Chairs+ man David I. Walsh to secure a deI tailed statement from Mr. Edison ron lessons learned by the Navy dur- ¢ ing recent fleet maneuvers in the 3 Pacific and as a result of the Euro- % pean war. $ Earlier, Admiral Harold R. Stark, = chief of naval operations, advised » Senator Allen J. Ellender (D. La.) : that the Navy will seek funds from 2 Congress at this session to begin + construction of more than 250,000 . tons of authorized tonnage. Completion of the authorized program as advocated by Admiral Stark, and for which funds must be «voted, would add the following to tthe fleet: 99,500 tons of battleships, + 20,400 tons of aircraft carriers, 81,--849 tons of cruisers, 75,430 tons of destroyers and 22,456 tons of submarines. - Completion of Admiral Stark’s «program plus enactment of the 11 per cent expansion measure would spermit a total addition of 490,360 «tons to the Navy, raising the total ~of fighting ships to 1,444,915 tons. ¢ In his letter to Senator Ellender, . Admiral Stark sent a chart showing «naval construction by the six naval bowers since the Washington treaty was signed Feb. 6, 1922.

“DUTCH SUSPEND LEAVES

+ THE HAGUE, May 7 (U. P).— «All Dutch Army leaves were susbended today, it was officially ansnounced. The order covers both periodic leave and special leaves of

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Falkenhorst Noted as Hardy Campaigner Willing Any Time to Sleep on Ground.

BERLIN, May 7 (U. P.).—Gen. Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, victorious German commander in Norway, is one of the Reich's ‘young generals.” Product of four years of fighting on the World War’s Western Front, service with the Reich’s token army during the post-war disarmament period and the Polish blitzkrieg, Gen. Von Falkenhorst now has led German troops to a 23-day lightning victory in Norway. At 55, Gen. Von Falkenhorst looks back on a military career of more than 37 years. From the cadet corps he entered the Liegnitz grenadier regiment as a lieutenant in 1903. When war broke out in 1914 he went to the front with his regiment as a company commander. Later he went to the general staff, where he remained for two years, getting training that was invaluable for his later career.

Gen. Von Falkenhorst was with the German forces sent to Finland in 1918 to aid Marshal Carl Gustav von Mannerheim in driving the Russian Red armies out of Finland. There is no doubt that Gen. Von Falkenhorst in this early Finnish campaign gained first-hand acquaintance with field conditions in northern countries that materially contributed to his being chosen as Adolf Hitler's commander in chief in Norway. After the Finnish war for independence, he returned to Germany with his troops where he was given command of the 32d Division in the small army allowed Germany by the treaty of Versailles. Later he was given command of an army corps with the rank of lieutenant general.

Nazi Commander in Norway

Fought With Finns in 1918

Gen, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst . rather stocky with straight nose, firm jaw and piercing eyes.

On the return to the German Army from the Polish campaign

last September Gen. Von Falkenhorst was promoted to the next highest rank in the German Army— general of infantry—and decorated with the Chevalier’s Cross of the Iron Cross. Good-looking, Gen. Von Falkenhorst is medium sized and rather stocky with straight nose, firm jaw and piercing eyes under heavy straight eyebrows. Partly bald, his closley cropped dark hair is beginning to gray about the edges. Like the other “young generals,” he is active in sports. He is a hardy campaigner who thinks nothing of sleeping on the ground or putting up with other harships. He disdains the special headquarters of the old time behind-the-lines general, with their comparative comfort.

Herron Student Wins Art Honor

LOREN RUSSELL FISHER, graduating student at the John Herron Art School, has been awarded first honorable mention in painting in the 1940 competition for Prix de Rome Fellowships, offered by the American Academy in Rome, New York. Thus, the Herron School has participated for the fourth year in the awards, students having won fellowships for the previous three years. They were to Clifford Jones in 1937, Harry Davis Jr. in 1938, both in painting, and last year to Robert Pippenger in sculpture. Mr. Davis and Mr. Pippenger are studying in Rome. Danijel Serra, New York, won the painting fellowship this year, and John Gulias, New York, the sculpture fellowship.

CITIZENSHIP MORE PRIZED PHILADELPHIA, May « (U. P). —Naturalization records here show a 25 per cent increase in the number of persons naturalized this year in the Philadelphia district. Immigration officials said that 11,000 aliens were naturalized last year but this year’s number was expected

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Cardinal Reported to Have Told Pope of Torture In Poland.

VATICAN CITY, May 7 (U. P.. —The Polish Embassy said yesterday that Cardinal Hlond, Primate of Poland, had presented a second report to Pope Pius on the condition of the Catholic clergy in Germanoccupied Poland. The second report deals with the dioceses of Pomerania, Chelmno, Katowice, Lodz, Plock and parts of several others, including Warsaw

and Cracow. The report listed the names of 11 priests as killed by German authorities in the Diocese of Chelmno. It listed several Catholic authorities whom it alleged were executed without trial and said that Father Kukla Wielkie of the Diocese of Katowice was imprisoned and then tortured to death by German sol-

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The report alleged that Father Mamzer of the same diocese was shot for no reason. Religious life in the German-oc-cupied area is almost completely suppressed, the report asserted, charging that priests have been imprisoned, tortured or killed regularly. Churches and religious seminaries have been transformed for other uses, including hotels, the report said. It added that in one instance a chapel was made into a

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UNITY IN WAR IS SOUGHT BY CHAMBERLAIN

Attempts to Soothe Foes by Naming Churchill Head Of Armed Forces.

By WEBB MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, May 7.—Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain ‘today named aggressive Winston Churchill to supervise Great Britain's armed forces in the war against Germany and called upon an angry, heckling House of Commons to close ranks

‘land “set our teeth” in the face of

imminent danger that Adolf Hitler will strike again. The Prime Minister's appeal for “co-operation of members of all parties” in a unified effort to mobilize “every ounce” of strength for the war was regarded as an invitation to the opposition leaders to enter a reorganized Government. There was wide doubt that it would be successful, however, as the labor leaders have refused such suggestions. Shouts of “resign!” and cries of “who missed the bus?” interrupted Chamberlain as he sought to explain to the House of Commons how Nazi aggression and superior air power had caused the failure of the Allied expeditionary campaign in central Norway.

Norse King Safe, He Says

That campaign, he contended, still is unfinished, the Norwegian Government and King Haakon still are in Norway and the Allied powers will give the Norwegians all the aid possible as rapidly as possible. But, he said, the British people apparently fail to realize the danger of another German blow, possibly directed against the British Isles, and the Allied leaders will not relax their precautions in other parts of Europe. Then he announced that Churchill, the fiery First Lord of the Admiralty, henceforth would have responsibility for supervision of military operations from day to day. His announcement and his explanation failed to satisfy the opposition and he immediately was assailed by opposition leaders for complacency in the face of “a reverse” and a “rebuff” in Norway. Churchill also was criticized as “too optimistic.” Clement R. Attlee, Labor leader, opened the counter-attack on Chamberlain’s explanation, charging the Government with having made misleading speeches and said that Chamberlain's speech was “one of excuse and explanation.”

Demands Facts Be Faced

The withdrawals from southern Norway were a rebuff and represent a setback,” Attlee said. “The Prime Minister’s speech of last Thursday was over-optimistic and over-complacent. Mr. Churchill is far too optimistic. “We have got to face the facts. This is a reverse. “The Norway campaign was never meant to be a mere tip and run exploit. The country considered it of major importance.” The Labor leader especially assailed Chamberlain’s contention that the Norwegian campaign was a limited operation to take Trondheim, important west coast port, in response to the most urgent appeals from the Norwegian com-mander-in-chief. The Prime Minister said not much more than a division (about 20,000 men) were sent to central Norway.

Lloyd George Interrupts

David Lloyd George, Liberal leader, interrupted to ask whether Churchill’s appointment would permit him to continue as First Lord of the Admiralty. “Yes, sir,” Chamberlain replied, adding that if the new task was too great Churchill would later be relieved of the double duty. “Mr. Churchill will have responsibility for supervision of military operations day-by-day and I have no doubt we shall in this way ensure that every aspect of military policy will be examined and, when policies are decided upon, that they will be followed up with promptness.” Claim 200 Nazi Planes Lost

The British Press Association, whose dispatches go to all newspapers in the British Isles, estimated that 200 German planes had been destroyed in the Norwegian campaign, largely by bombing attacks of British Royal Air Force planes. British losses were set at 37 planes. The Admiralty asserted that Germany had lost 800,000 tons of merchant shipping since April 1, almost all during Norwegian operations; that the total German merchant shipping losses now amounted definitely to 454,000 tons and that it was believed that another 30 unidentified ships, totaling about 150,000 tons, had been sunk.

Others Keep Watch

Paris* dispatches indicated that the fate of Premier Reynaud’s Cabinet depended upon Chamberlain’s success. In countries all over Europe, fearful for their own safety, balancing the advisability of leaning toward the Allies or toward totalitarian Germany—or toward Russia, looming in the background—today’s debate had been awaited with hardly less eagerness than it was here. Tomorrow was the one which lovers of parliamentary drama awaited. Then, it was expected Lloyd George would clinch with Churchill.

CASAULTIES PUT AT 1800

WASHINGTON, May 7 (U. P.).— Information reaching British sources here today estimated Allied casualties at 1800 in battles around Andalsnes, Norway, from which Allied troops were withdrawn last Thursday. The withdrawal marked the surrender of southern Norway to German forces.

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BERLIN, May 7 (U. P.).—German newspapers charged today that British Prime Minister Neville Chamerlain had told French Premier Paul Reynaud by telephone to have the Allied Far Eastern Army, under French Gen. Maxime Weygand, ready for its “ordered action” on May 20. ¢

The entire press, obviously on orders from the Government, gave sensational treatment to an account of a purported telephone conversation between Chamberlain and Reynaud last Tuesday night. There was no explanation of how the Germans could have learned about such a conversation. (Both London and Paris denied the reports.)

The newspaper version was that the conversation had begun at 10:10 P. m. Greenwich mean time, April 0

“The French Prime Minister first lightly touched on some financial questions,” according to Zwoelf Uhr Blatt, the first afternoon newspaper published here. “He (Reynaud) then declared that Gen. Weygand had promised him to finally be ready for the

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‘ordered action’ by May 15. However, he said, Chamberlain ought not to take this date too literally; it might be a little later. “Chamberlain, obviously angered, remarked that he had got the impression that they were taking more time than was necessary down there. “Reynaud then pointed out to him the many difficulties which would have to be overcome, especially in connection with Turkey. Chamberlain then promised to talk again to the Turks, however he could not guarantee anything ‘unless they cease their everlasting queer habits and selfishness down there.’

Reynaud Promise Reported

“Reynaud assured him that he would do. his utmost to straighten out the psychological difficulties down there. (The expresison used for “psychological difficulties” was the French “difficultes mentales,” according to Zwoelf Uhr Blatt, indicating that the conversation was in French.) “Chamberlain then asked the Premier, in rather imperative tones, to report to him at the latest May 20 the final completion of all preparations.”

NAZI APPEAL TO HUNGARY HINTED

Reported Seeking Right to Move Troops Through Carpatho- Ukraine.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, May 7 (U. P.) —Among the many reports cire culating here today was one that Germany was maneuvering to strike quickly if the Allies made the

slightest move in southeastern Eue rope, and that it had asked or intended to ask permission from Hungary to move troops through the Carpatho-Ukraine in case of emergency. Hungarian officials denied that any German request had been made or was expected in connection with the Carpatho-Ukraine, the regio Hungary got from Czechoslovakia. The new crop of reports, accompanied by pessimistic newspaper editorials, and Allied and German radiocasts heard here, caused widespread anxiety. Another situation causing some

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