Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 May 1940 — Page 3

FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1040

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Flying Columns Force Allies to Withdraw From Defense Lines Around Brussels as Maginot Gap Is Extended. (Continued from Page One) the German break through into France was a “staggering”

triumph it did not necessarily mean a decisive action since a:

the Nazis face the problem of pouring more and more men Into the breach and of a probable French counterattack,

Allies Admit Situation Grave

Both London and Paris admitted that the military situation was grave as a result of the big bulge created by the Germans in their main defense lines, but both expressed confidence that it would be overcome. __ The blitzkrieg methods of the German attack made it difficult to determine the full extent of their gains, because flying mechanized columns have struck in many directions under protection of the Nazi air fleet. The advances claimed in Berlin, however, appeared to have undermined the main Allied positions in central Belgium and to have opened the way for lightning thrusts either toward the Channel ports, or toward Paris or behind the main Maginot Line on the German-French border-or

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The Germans, pitting an estimated 1,000,000 highly armed, mechanized and armored forces—aided by thousands of airplanes —against possibly 2,000,000 British, French and Belgian troops claimed: The capture of Namur, Belgian bastion protecting the Allied south Belgium position, Cracking of the River Dyle lines near Louvain, These lines protect Brussels and here the Allies were said to be in retreat, Penetration deep into the Maginot Line extension from Maubeuge to Montmedy. The French admitted the Germans have reached the vicinity of Retchel, astride the River Aisne, only 25 miles from Rheims. The Allies now face the imminent necessity of a general counter-offensive at all points or a further withdrawal, German pressure was hammering unceasingly at the Allied lines—particularly the 15-mile front near Louvain and the 80-mile front between Maubeuge and Montmedy, Armored columns, lad by huge tanks and paced by literal clouds of bombardment and strafing aircraft, struck and|t struck again. Germans Throw Everything in Drive

The Germans, it was plain, were throwing everything into their drive to swing their armored columns through the fortification systems and into the open country beyond where they could swiftly fan out, cutting roads, railroads, smashing communications centers and digorganizing the rear|t after the manner employed in Poland, in Holland and to a! considerable extent in Norway, The German High Command in & communique issued from Chancellor Adolf Hitler's headquarters at the front claimed German troops are “pursuing the enemy fleeing

using at three heavily armored divisions in the push Sedan gap.

about 400 tanks,

with have crashed through the defense fortifications ploying one or two armored divisions | Headquarters in the rear in Belgium and a total of probably | eight or nine on the Western ¥ront,

ALLIES BACK UP

FROM BRUSSELS

Lines With France Periled;

Belgian Government Flees; London Gloom Deepens. (Continued from Page One)

of evident necessity,” Vanderpoorten said,

was stated, are and possibly

The Germans, it least two

through the MezieresHundreds of Tanks Used Fach of these divisions includes In addition to hese forces-~which can penetrate lightning rapidity once they

the Germans Are ems

The Press Association declared

that shere was nothing in the situas

fon to cause widespread dismay but hat nonetheless “German armored

divisions have penetrated the French line in considerable numbers and

for some distance and what was at first a dent has become a bulge.” The real Maginot Line fortifications, it was noted, have not been |

RAINED ON NAZIS MENACING PARIS

Fresh Troops Are Poured Into Apex of German Maginot Break.

(Continued from Page One)

fications are not ax strong ax on the main Maginot Line, Blasting through these defenses at varous points, the armored cols umns dashed through the Belgian Ardennes and the country west to the Meuse with unparalleled speed. This drive, it was said, caught the

French at least partly off guard

since great British and French forees had been deployed inte Bel gium to avert any chanee of a Gers

: man flank attack such ax occurred

in 1014, As rapidly az the German oolumnsg reached the Meuse, it was said, they forced crossings at a number of points, moving both mechanized troops and infantry across the river despite the fierce fire of the French defensive forces, German planes ratded Arras, where several houses were destroyed, Of seven bombs dropped, only four exploded, Tt was reported here that the Gers mans had bombed Montfaucon but ft was not known whether the American war cemetery there had been wtruck,

Villages Often Change Hands

Latest reports said that the French had halted the German ad: vance on the River Aisne at Rethel and that immediately afterward the Germans had launched desperate attacks on hills immediately sotth of Sedan, There the French lines hindered enemy movements and prevented extension of their thrusts routhward, During the battle, woods and villages changed handy As many as five or six times but, military dix patches said, the French continued to throw back (he Germans and French lines remained intact, Attacks of the greatest ferocity were loosed at dawn, first against the Louvain area, secondly against the area north of the Sambre River, at the deepest point to which the Germans had penetrated toward the coast, and at Rethel, Louvain i8 16 miles east of Brus sels, Namur, where the Sambre joing the Meuse, is 106 miles from the coast, It was dizclosed that Cen, Mau rice Gamelin, French commander in chief, had ordered all war corress

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poarch laboratory here, At present he maid, the director of the budget still 18 holding up the plans for the laboratory, » “We have an ideal setup here at Municipal Airport foi manufacturing,” Mr, Green said “Part of the pot hag heen set aside for manufacturing and there is plenty of level ground on all sides of it that could be acquired, “We algo are in the center of the metal working district, with a large pool of mechanics, and wa are fai enough inland to he fairly safe from attack in case of war” Otto T, Kreusser, Allison division manager, said the proposed increase in the nation's military plane sup ply, expected to be rushed through by Oongress, would necessitate bringiag facilities here from other

pondents with the French Army at the front to return to General Staff

The Germans made thefr attacks in the blitzkrieg manner, a thick frontal wedge of massed tanks bes hind which came troops in motors izeck columns and afoot, supported by massed fleets of bomber and strafing planes which machine. gunned troops and took the place of artillery until the big guns could be moved up,

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The Government had ordered last ght that effective today the ens

cities now making parts and acces pories for the 12-cvlinder Allison liquid cooled engine Personnel has been “inereasing steadily” at the plant here, Mi Kreusser said, and he indicated that more orders for engines further! would fnerease the mora than 3000 skilled workers now employed at the division's three plants in Speed | way,

Expansion at Allison Is Keyed to Developments

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n 3 Polis divisie \ 1'¢ | how undergoing a $2,000,000 axpans apolia division, Mr, Kreusser said,

[¥lon program te increase plant fleol Withhold Expansion Details | apace and test sheds, Mr, Kreusset

[wate the new conntruction would be RE TE eton, Wie completed in July [undergo any further immediate | This new building addition WAK | Sanson ix that i jute wef Made necessary to care for addi ‘plans embraced future production tional production load to All Aled | copadile eventunalities.” He declined orders for the famous engines th give details on plans to locate | Although no Agures have POBR | atts AREA ROCBESOFY MBAUIBELI [released,” it in estimated CONBOIVA® | bilities here : on tively that the Allison division NOW | “rape have heen no chenges in | holds close to $40.000.000 ih orders | qasign of the Allison engine, whieh from the U, 8, Army Air OOrps wes designed specifically to power | and from the Allisd Purchasing | America’s sleekest pursuit, inter | Commission combined ceptor and dive-bomber military | An additional $18,000,000 order | and naval erafl : from the Allies is reported to be| The much taked of HM-oylinder | expected hy Allison officials in the | X-type Allison motor is being pros | next four weeks [duced “experimentally,” Mr, Kress | The main production plant has | ser said

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ANXIETY RISES IN JUGOSLAVIA

Tension Eases in Rumania; British and Frenoh Urged To Leave Hungary,

BELGRADE, Jugesiavia, May 1% (0, P)=Birngent regulation: es garding foreigners wee Pub 1Bty affect today folowing AR BMergeRny meeting of the Cabinet, Hersafier, farpighars must 18part td the palies every 10 dave The general tone of the German Press aver Ju ens avia measures ChiEeA inereasing anxiety, The Bers Ih rewapaper Valkiseher Beabaohter had harged that the German mis nority ih Jugoslavia Wan being treated unfairly, Tt was said the press attacks Wight contiMbute leas friendly relations between the Wo countries beoause they fellowes German protests Tegaiding the aks pulsion of a number of Carman oitigens Newspapers, weleoming the Juges Navia trade delegation from Maes eoW, sald 16 appeared likely that Russia might support Jugeslavia cae of A PAtIOhA]l emergeney Thternational telaphane salls, bath neaming and Hulgoing, were osns sored for the first time last night,

BUCHAREST, Rumania, May 17 (1, P)—Ceneral War tenon Wad relieved here somewhat today Tels owing reports that President Rooses Vell yesterday had addressed a new peace message ta Premise Beanie Miissolini of Tialy, All shares af the Bucharest stack market rose with the reper, 1s th the general belief that Uni States influence might keep the Wat from spreading to southeastern Hurope, BUDAPERT, Wungary, May 1% (U, P)=The British and French legations followad the lead of the United States lagation today 1a ads Vising their nationals to leave Nuns gATY immediately, Many forsigners already have left and athers am seeking tain reservations, SOMEWHERE IN BAGVPT, May 17 (U, P)=The second contingent Of the Australian expeditionary force arrived in Tgypt today td Join the formidable Allis Near forees at a moment when the warn WHA Wailing to see whether Tialy would enter the war on Germany niele

PARIS, May 17 (OU, P) =A Paris Midi eorrespondent an the Swiss. Gaiman frontier asserted today that German traap concentrations aan finusd an the frontier and that bes lief was growing that a move ints Switzerland might come soon The Germans were reported ta be Moving barbed wire barriers several hundred yards back from the frons fier in order to make a possible point of departure for troops,

ISTANBUL May 17 (0. P) "The [thliah consulate today denise yes Ports that Ttalinns were Isaving Turkey

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penetrated but the Germans have,

tire Paris military region part of lester Maginot y Tox » His

westward everywhere,”

The capture of two French generals and 12,000 troops, apparently along the River Meuse near Sedan was, claimed. It also was asserted that French tanks trying to counter attack in Belgium near Dinant had been beaten off as well as other counter attacks south of Sedan. The French indicated German advances had occurred but declared they were of sustantially less depth and breadth than claimed by the Germans. They cited three crucial sectors today-—the Rethel area on the River Aisne, the Louvain front in Belgium where the British have been fighting off fierce attacks and the Sambre River sector near|t Namur.

Roval Air Force bombers, on almost 24-hour duty since |¢

the start of the war in the Low Countries and France, en-|"

’ : } hn t gaged in another great bombing raid last night on the Ger-|q

man rear positions, concentration points and columns moving to the front. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, it was revealed, |} visited Paris with expert advisers yesterday and discussed the situation with Premier Paul Reynaud, War Minister Xdouard Daladier and the Allied Generalissimo, Maurice Gamelin, Nervous peace continued in the Balkans, The second contingent of the Australian expeditionary force arrived in Egypt en route to Palestine. New posters appeared in Reme, urging the seizure of Corsica from France. British, French and U, S. diplomats advised their citizens to leave Hungary. Tension was somewhat less in Bucharest, New restrictions on foreigners were applied in Jugoslavia and Cairo reported Italian firms winding up their business affairs. An appeal for 17,000 trained nurses, 40,000 auxiliary

sliced through the extensions which had been designed | militarized, as protection against thrusts Across seine

he Belgian border, Use Tanks as Projectiles The German technique was rap-

idly becoming clear, Military quar ters said that swift, heavily armed, tank-led columns are slashing into Allied defense speed. The columns are under or ders to break through the fortifieations at the open country

positions at high

and drive into to the rear of

any cost

he fighting lines, These columns, {t was said, push

on at maximum speed as far to the

All war correspondents were ordered back from ther front to General Staff Headquarters at the rear. yunce no Imrther, It wha said, yey

ear as possible, When they can ad-

explode”—break up into small de achments which dash out in all diections, blasting roads, railroads, elegraph and telephone lines and errorizing the inhabitants, The flying columns, military ources said, are used by the Ger-

mans in the manner of giant pro-

ectiles—hurled across the defense

lines to detonate with violent force in peaceful regions to the rear.

Royal Air Force planes are blast-

ing German communications in an attempt to break up German supply lines and relieve pressure on the Allied forces,

The Air Ministry announced that

during the night Royal Air Force planes bombing attacks on military objectives in Germany.”

made “further successful

There was no belief that the Ger-

man drive had been stopped but belief was growing that it might be stopped by a stubborn defense, and that thrown all his stakes into the fight,

Adolf Hitler might have

nurses, 7000 assistant nurses and 100,000 nursing aides was made in Britain in preparation for expected air raids.

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Here Is the Traffic Record .

" ‘ Girls County City Total David, Lelia Goldstein, at Methodist Catherine Smock, at Methodist.

" 18 - Sidney, I » 38 YOIs Miller. “at Bt, Francis, Hh 1 nN 38 ra Welker, at St, FEanels May 16, 1940 cent’s Hanseth "Parsiey. Wi. 5h, Vin fired : a Neoldents 10 "Robert, Margaret Dinn, at St, Vincent's, nur three ‘ Cave

Frank, Louise Byrkit, at St, Vincent's Dead ® Arrests wily A V

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't, Evelyn Youn, at City be! Everett and Alberta Lewis, at 407 South Cases Convic- Fines tried tions paid

Rural, Speeding seal oY 5 $713 Reckless driving 5 R 12 Failure to stop at through street. 7 Disobeying traffic signal ........ 2 8 Drunken ‘driving 0 All others 4 19

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Roys Francis, Helen Wright, at ethodist, oyd, Bessie Hawk, at Methodist, oah, Frankie Sebree, at Methodist, alter, eszotek, at Methodist. Francis.

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Frederic M, Ayres, 68, at 5700 Sunset ane, hibernephroma. Cora Stultz, 69, at 1820 8. Past, perni« clous anemia

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Totals ... 25 $135

MEETINGS TODAY

Exchange Club, Hotel Severin, noon. Optimist Club, Columbia Club, noon, Reserve Officers’ Association, Board of trade, noon. Phi Delta Theta, Canary Cottage, noon,

Tau Delta, Columbia Club, noon, Reltaia Stamp Club, Hotel Antlers, 8

p.m " . appa Sigma, Canary Cottage. noon, nT shrine Council, Murat Temple, all

ars encephalitis. Elinor Stout, 68, at 5629 College, myocarditis. Charles L. Norman, 95, 3838 N. Kenwood, myocarditis, Arminta Tyler, 75, at 4047 College, cor. onary occlusion, aria Nowland, 81. at 2105 EB. Michi. gan, broncho-pneumonia, James Freeman, 3 months, at Riley, broncho-pneumonia, Edna Epperson, §4 at 3706 Downey, car cinoma Ind BEpsie McNay, 25, at Methodist, uremia. 2osmepolitan Forum. Hotel Washington, foram Davis, 76, at 711 Roache, cardio Th pM. ‘Blla Johnson, 45, at 2444 Hovey, cereana Society of Mental Hygiene, Clay- : ’ ol pagans, ae bral hemorrhage. MEETINGS TOMORROW FIRE JTARMS Indianapolis Boy Scout Circus, Coliseum, tao A. M2408 EANIish, overhen led night, stove, Rorweginn Club, Hotel Washington, 6:30 | 11:40 A, M.-2180 N. Pennsvivania, de-|TI p.m, fective wiring. School Men's Chub, Claypool Hotel, 10 i P. ~=2028 Martindale, defective w. ah, ring. . Indiana Society for Mental Hygiene, 3:38 P, M.-2206 Wheeler, cigaret in Claypool ay. He

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casionnl showers and scatterad storms tomorrow and in southwest portioh tonight,

in north warmer tonight.

tonight, ) lowed by showers in southwest portion,

mia, in Scrimsher, 72, at 4051 College, ||, north central portion ton

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OFFICIAL WEATHER

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST -P artly loudy asd warmer tonight and tomorrow

with local showers tomorrow,

Suncise ...... 0:08 | Sunset i......6:58 TEMPERATURE weMay 1%, 1980

Precipiiation 24 hrs, ending 7 mn, Mm... Total vo Bi Deficiency since Jan, 1

precipitation since Jan, 1..

MIDWESTERN WEATHYR

Indiana~Partly cloudy and warmer, oc-

thunder -

Minois — Mostly cloudy, occasional

showers and thunderstorms in south and west portions tonight and tomorrow, and

Ast rtion tomorrow; slightly

Lower Michigan~-Partly cloudy tonight tomorrow, slightly warmer tomorrow nd in southwest portion tonight Ohlo—Partly cloudy and continued cool tomorrow mostly cloudy, folfol-

Kentueky==Increasing cloudiness,

lowed by scattered showers tomorrow and

west, portion tonight:

(army zone, and thus completely The region includes the Department, at Paris, the Seine and Oise Department to the southwest, the Seine and Marne De. partment to the east and the Seine Inferfeure Department northwest of Paris on the coast and a fraction of the Eure Department between there and Paris, It was announced that Prime Minister Winston Churchill, whe is also British Defense Minister, had arrived at Paris yesterday, aceompanied hy “experts,” and had at once conferred with Premier Paul Reynaud, Rdouard Daladier, War Minister, and Gen, Ciamelin,

Germans Risk All

This morning's High Command communique, No, 511 of the war, sald; “The battle continued yesterday and throughout the night between the Sambre River and the region north of Rethel as well as south of Sedan, Fighting was less violent in Belgium. There was nothing to report from Lorraine and Alsace” (The Maginot Line proper), From ontmedy to Basle, Switzerland, * along the Maginot, Line including the Rhine area, there was absolute calm, military in. formant said, The Germans were throwing all their strength into the Meuse pockets in a desperate win or lose gamble, according to reports here, because of extremely heavy losses in five days of attack, and thus were skimping other fronts. A high ¥rench authority, re. viewing operations, admitted frank. ly this morning that the situation on the Meuse was difficult, But he said also that the result of opera tions yesterday and during the night perinisted him to have a generally avorable impression : The Clermans were trying to break out of their pockets to reach the sen and cut the Allies off from Belgium. But the alternative was that they. must do so before the Allies come [pletely hemmed them in what [authorities called terribly exposed [pockets and hammered them svse tematically to bits with artillery which was even now moving in on them,

French Plan T'wo-Phased The French War Office analyst sald that the French operations were two-phased-first the entire pocket must be surrounded and the German advance stemmed, secondly the Germans in the pocket must be destroyed by most intense artillery action, Then, he sald, would come a French eounter-offensive., The French salt that the present German pocket was very small come pared to the great pocket which en veloped the French northern eountry in 1914 before the Germans were

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stopped by similar two-phase operations within a few miles of Paris at the first battle of the Marne.

SEEKS NO RECOUNT. DR. BOOHER SAYS

Dr. Norman R. Booher, who lost ‘the Democratic coroner contest to (Dr, John Wyttenbach hy only 61 votes, sald today he would not ask A recount, Dr. Booher said that although ballot counting discrepancies easily could change the result, the cost of a recount would be prohibitive, Tt

was estimated that the recount project would ‘cost between $2000 and $3000,

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