Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1940 — Page 3

~ MONDAY

’ JUNE 3, 1940

ALLIES CONTINU STAND IN DUNK

British and bien Fight on Despite Great Odds as Hitler

Apparently Man

euvers for Quick

| Knock-Out Blow.

(Continued from Page One)

and that the Nazi air superiority (in numbers) had been sharply reduced if not endangered as a result of the destruc-| - tion of between 2000 and 3000 German: planes.

The accuracy

of these claims, however, remained to be proved.

Both Britain and France were prepared for action by

Premier Mussolini this week. Many observers have as-

sumed that he would get into the war as soon as he was as-

sured that Germany's seizure

of channel ports would permit

a quick victory with the help of Italy.

In London, however, it

was said reliably that there

had been no change in the Italian position. Furthermore, it was stated that Spain had indicated determination to remain neutral despite Spanish demogstrations demanding Gibraltar

from Britain.

The Italian aid to Germany continued, however, in the form of agitation in the Mediterranean and especially in North Africa that immobilized a huge Allied armed force. And Mussolini was prepared to move on a moment’s notice. In Vatican City, where there was deep anxiety over the future course of Italy, Vatican circles said that Pope Pius

XII had become discourage parently had decided to pla abandoning political tasks.

in his peace efforts and apthe role of 'a pastoral Pope,

Because of Italy’s posit on and the effect of any early

Italian decision regarding the interest in Budapest dispatc

in a large-scale transfer of troops. ves as friendly to them.

garded Hungarian troop moj

3 war on the Balkans, there was

es. that Hungary was engaged | Germany and Italy re-

Weygand Keeps Plans Secret The French general staff .played its card$ very close

to fs chest, resisting Germ tions of Supreme Allied Ge French quarters beligved the Germans would make prepared to meet it. The French retaliated | bardment of the Rhone V2 raiding the German industr it was said too, that Polish, supported the French in rz roads, canals and docks in supply transport. { | German military quart

in efforts to learn of the inten-| neralissimo Maxime Weygand.

that in from 48 to 72 hours new Lightning and the Allies

against deliman aerial bom-

lley and southern France by 2 jal area of the Ruhr. In Paris

zech and Belgian aviators had

ids on German controlled railBelgium to impede troops and

rs forecast the early capture

of the Dunkirk fortresses land said that German troops

rapidly were closing in on

vhat German sources described

as 100,000 Allied troops. Allied quarters indicated that the

figure was far too high. Allies Claim Mg

Heavy losses have bee fleet which took the Britis Allies out of Flanders, the G that the Allies had suffered But in London the Brit

re Victories in Air | inflicted on the motley British

Expeditionary Force and its

ermans said, and they claimed heavy air losses. sh said that 35 German planes

had been shot down near Dunkirk yesterday and that 78

German planes had been di with a loss of only 24 Briti ‘said that the Germans lost urday. The. Turks maintained and the Turkish Premier in warned the people ‘that it to take up arms in defense of

their friendship for the Allies, |h

stroyed or damaged Saturday sh planes. 76 planes Friday and 73 on Sat-

In Paris the French

a radio broadcast last night

may be necessary at any time

the country. The Turks were

regarded as certain €o efiter the war on the’side of the ‘Allies the moment Ttaly might enter on the side of Germany.

FLAG SALUTE UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT

(Continued from Page One)

tant cases which will be argued

the fall: A contest to the constitutional of the Wage-Hour Act; a review the H. J. Heinz Co. case involv the National Labor Relatio Board's authority to order an e

ployer to enter a signed contract with a union; the contempt of court conviction of the Los Angeles Times,

and the conviction of two Los Angeles men. on espionage charges involving important interpretations of anti-spy statutes. The Court refused to entertain reviews of the legality of the antitrust indictment against the American Medical Association, thereby in

effect ordering that dominant medical organization to stand trial on criminal charges alleging Sherman Anti-Trust Act violations. The Court also refused to review the conviction of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, who was court-martialed aging the World War draft in|h

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BRITISH TIGHTEN INNER DE DEFENSE

soe Ordered to Shoot

Hos Spies Approach- | ing War Factories.

LONDON, June 3 (U. P.).—Government authorities, ‘expecting a German invasion attempt at any time, have ordered sentries to shoot

and war factories except by authorized entrances, it was disclosed to-

da trad for failing to heed orders alt One man, it was revealed, was killed on a road yesterday and one near a Royal Air Force camp for

halt. . A grammar school teacher at Cheltenham was wounded when, in musketry practice by a local defens corps, of which he was a member, live ammunition was used - accidentally instead of blanks. A tightening of internal defense was noticeable as the last of the British expeditionary force in Belgium and its French and Belgian Allies poured across the Channel in more than ‘200 shuttling transports, protected by, a hundred-odd Allied warships, under a rain of German airplane bombs and machine gun bullets. Not only was a German attack believed imminent but it was taken fo \granted now that Britain's efts to conciliate Italy having failed completely, Italy would enter the war soon. t was forecast that Italy might

{ener within a few days, possibly

fter making a peace “offer” — on Germany's terms—and that Adolf r might attack Britain at any

| | Frontal Attack Expected

tows taken for granted also that Hitler would order a new frontal attack on France's Somme-Aisne-Oise-Argonne-Magingt front at some selected point. Estimates as to the zero hour for this attack varied. Some experts suggested that it might take Hitler three weeks to organize his attack on the French front. Experts predicted that Germany

several points, by parachute troops, specialists who would be landed in big | transport planes, submarines and| motor-torpedo boats, with a possible fleet of amphibian tanks,

DENIES ESTRANGEMENT HOLLYWOOD, June 3 (U. Pd Wayne Morris said .today “there is nothing to those rumors” that he and Mrs. Morris, the former Bubbes Schinasi, are estranged. ut,

added, “it doesn’t do any good to oy rumors in Hollywood.”

1. IN| INDIANAPO!

Here Is the Traffic Record

DEATHS TO DATE | County "1940 ...oo0if. o 11 32 43 ‘June 1 and 2, 1940

Injured ..... 21 Arrests .. Dead 0 Accidents

SATURDAY TRAFFIC COURT

Cases Convic- Fines Paid 0

Tried tions 0 0 1 1

1 ’ \ 0 3 i 3 E

Violations Speeding len driving Failure to stop at through street 1 Disobeying traffic signals 0 Drunken driving 4 All others ......

$11

3 -23 $ S— ‘Totals ,..oeo0- 9

MEETINGS TODAY Scientech Club, Board of Trade, -neon. Service Club, Claypool ig Boon. - 0! Bepublican Club, 5 2 . | wens, 8 St., 8 p. m. North Side sim

noon. : Notre Dame Club, Spink-Arms Hotel, n.

00 Indians alversity Club, Columbia Club, noon.

131

Canary Cottage,

Indiana ns Sdclety of Printmakers, H. Lieper Co.’s galleries.

cial Li arians’ Association, national],

cones, 1aypoo.

; City Total 1939 Pes esRB Ot sen 19 21 40

ceee 44 ls

2

0 95

‘ BIRTHS - Girls Fred, Olive Coons, at Coleman, Joseph J., Marjorie Coffin, at Coleman. Michael, Clara Peters, at Coleman. Oatis, Vera Mae Andry, at Coleman. Hollis, Vera Austin, at City,

James, Anna Wells, = id Fred, Anna Clay, at George, Maribel Stars. i Methodist, Siarence, Mildred Huffman, at Math-

Donald W., Juanita Illges, at Methodist. Lawrence, ‘Pauline Crothers, at St. Vince Clyde, Helen Gregory, at St. Vincent's. William, Mabel Baker, at 1337 Lafayette. George, Margaret Craig, at 1051 Eugene. Frank, Myrtle Watz, at 260 N. Addison. Raymond, Hazel Wiilis, at 1252 8. Capi-

“Leonard, Sylvia Barrett, at 943 S. Capi-

Twins, Boy and Girl Christopher, Lizzie Giesman, at 1141 W. New York. Boys

James, Vivian Kattau, at Coleman. Howard, Miriam Stafford, at Coleman. Richard, Nina Stull, at St. Fr William, Rita Babbitt, at St. . Alfred, Edna Hofmann, at St. Franus Emil, Anna Deuser, at St. Fran George, Mildred Kingma, at St. els. Ernest, Mary Manson, at City. Charles, Henrietta iinet ah & at City. Orville, Christine Minst City. John, Genevieve Boat Thomas, Charlotte Birely, at City. Vandervort, Constance Rand, at Method-

ark, Alice Hampton, at Methodist. via Wilmer, at Methodist. usm Watson, at Methodist. i at Methodist, incent’

St. Vi

State 4-H Junior Leader Training Con-| 4H?

ounds.

ference, State Fair tn

Sahara Grotto, Park, night.

Eee—— MEETINGS TOMORROW Rotary Club, Claypool Hotel, noon. ¥’s Men’s Club, ¥Y. M. C. A., noon. Alpha Tau Omega, Board of Trade, noon. ink-Arms- Hotel, noon. , Hotel Lincoln, noon. Gorpbie, Cit pein, chigan Culb, Board of ~Rnlinls " Columbus, K. of ©. clubhouse. no tihersn Service Club, Canary Cottage, = Fire Ps Paper Credit Group, Wm. H. Block C%; pocial al Librarians’ Association, Claypool

State Bs om Con-

: ip, som

Amusement

DEATHS

‘William Roberts, 53, at City. Frances: Miles, 76, at 914 anoke, arteriosclerosis. . Cora Duncan, 48, at Methodist; carci-

nom Ger trude Williams, 74, at 2269 N. Illinois, cerebral hemorrhs hage. et at 1176 Concord, cor-

Ruth FI onary occlus So nship, 58, at Long,

Sarah cinom

carcinoma.

car-

onary. occlusion Harry Fibtar, 46, at Methodist, noma,

carciFIRE ALARMS Sunda

8:07 m.—902 N. P lyania, Al Tin ment 315, TCigaret in bed, yanis, Pa 54 5 BR edi 81 'W, Weani

8. Potiow

. | thund

Samuel Hendricks, 70, at Methodist, cor- HK

y » 0! 2:37 a. m.—Indiana and Michigan, false|Om fs alarm.

p= nding, defective Te. ™ Monday

7:53 Dp. i fan mo Midnight—34th and Pennsylvania,

ing 12 |

Tre WEATHER

| United States Weather Bureau p.

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Fair and somewhat warmer tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and continued warm. Sunrise....... 4:17 | Sunset....... 7:09

TEMPERATURE —June 3, 1939—

6:3

Se 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m.. Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Deficiency since Jan.

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana—Fair, slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness with showers Or thunderstorms in northwest portion by night; continued warm. Illinois—Increasing cloudiness, slightly er tonight, except in extreme northt (portion; generally unsettled tomorwith showers or thunderstorms; goolextreme north portion. yer Michigan—Showers and thurilteris tonight and tomorrow iy genfair in south portion tonight; coolmorrow and in northeast portion! to-

alr. slightly warmer in south n tonight; tomorrow generally fair, ed by local showers at night.

tucky—Fair tonight; tomorrow partudy, followed by local showers and erstorms’ in west and estreie north ortigns 3%. night; not much change in emperatur

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A, M.

Station Weather Bar. Temp. Amar PtCldy 29.71 66 Bismd 0!

Ken ly clg¢

+. Foggy essss.Clear

pedestrians who approach airdromes |

and two men have been killed

failing to heed sentries’ orders to)

would attack the British Jes] at]

_ | panic;

: Sparenents seeking the wounded. 5 ap: ap-

Governor M. Clifford Townsend helps Mrs. Townsend land a walleye pike o or National Forest north of Ely, Minn. Governor Townsend and his party spent three days fishing

Today’s War Moves

a fishing trip in the

or to the opening of the national governor’ conference at Duluth, June 2.

Rhone Bombings Hint Duce Hasn't Made Up Mind Yet

‘By J. W. T. MASON United Press War Expert

Bombing of Marseille and the

| Rhone Valley by German planes

coupled with continuous propaganda in Italy favoring Italian entrance into the war appear to be directed toward overcoming wavering Italian opinion. Mussolini, or some of his closest advisers, may not yet have arrived: at the ? fateful decision : or the time to ¢ announce it, E causing Germany to concentrate all possible arguments for quick help for the Nazi armies. Public opinion, too, in Italy is not naturally bellicose.- The war. propaganda now so intense may have originated for the purpose of excitjng the populace, giving Mussolini e impression that the country i$ urging him to fight. It seems certain there is organized purpose behind. the united arguments by Germans and pro-German Italians, intending to convince Italy that the tinfe has come for an easy victory. The question is, who has yet to be persuaded by the present propaganda? Is it Mussolini or some of Italy’s far-sighted ministers or- the Italian people themselves? If Italy were to go into the war, believing in an early triumph, to be gained without much effort, the realities of the situation might produce such a reaction as to undermine fascism. Italy’sposition in the conflict might become grave within a short time of her entrance. The British and French have concentrated very powerful naval units in the eastern Mediterranean. With additional Anglo-French fleets in the western area of the sea, Italy’s communications with north Africa, where Italian major ambitions lie, might be quickly severed.

Mr. Mason

: It is a conspicuous fact that the German attacks along the Mediterranean coast of France have kept

clear of the great French naval base at Toulon, 25 miles southeast of Marseille. The anti-aircraft defenses there are very powerful. Toulon -is a grave menace to Italy, and German air assistance to Italy would be more convincing if important damage were done to Toulon rather ‘than to a few merchant ships at Marseille. Italy’s military position along the French boundary is very difficult. The Franco-Italian shore -along the Mediterranean is too narrow to permit an important offensive. Any attack would have to be over the Alps. On the Italian side of these mountains the paths and military roads converge into narrow spaces, exposing an army to deadly, concentrated fire. The French Alpine roads, however, spread out, giving a very broad front. The French, with a much smaller body of troops than the Italians, thus would have all the advantage. They could concentrate or disperse at will and could bring far more artillery to bear on the enemy. It would seem improbable that the Italians could penetrate southeastern France without heavy German. help. Whether Germany can spare the troops, and above all the equipment, for the difficulties of an Alpine offensive, as Italy's ally, while simultaneously driving toward Paris from the north, is questionable. Many divisions of French troops would have to be held in the Alpine territory, however, if Italy declared war, in readiness for any eventuality. This fact would decrease the

number of French troops able to!

face the Germans in the north, to the advantage of Germany. The Germans thus would be certain gainers from Italy’s entrance into the war. But, the eventual gain to Italy must still be causing some uncertainties within the inner Fascist circles.

155 Nazi Planes Bomb Paris; Casualties Estimated at 100

* go (Continued from Page One) apolis time), the life of Paris was paralyzed by the raiding

planes. raid shelters.

Crowds hurried from the streets and. offices to air

Half a million French school children were antebing their rooms as the first wave of German bombers arrived.

The children were herded to underground shelters and suffered no casualties. Some of them sang the Marseillaise, the French national anthem, as they marched. From Montmartre atop the hill on the right bank of the Seine River I saw flames and smoke from bombs bursting at points over a five mile area. Most of the bombs dropped far from any military objective.

At least- 20 bombs fell on the western edge of the city. Others fell behind Le Bourget Field on the northern edge of. Paris. ‘Nowhere was there any sign of but everywhere there was anger on the faces of the French. . The thunder of anti-aircraft guns and sometimes the explosion of dis-

tant bombs echoed through the,

capital and shook buildings in the heart of the city.

Craters Almost Block Streets

Throughoutt: the capital people huddled in air raid shelters for an hour, leaving offices and stores in orderly fashion.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Suez Canal—in which Italy is demanding a greater share of control—was adjourned to an air raid shelter under the company’s offices. When the raid was over, Jhe directors, under the Marquis de Vogue, adopted the annual report. No change in the directorate was made despite the Italian demands. As I drove along the boulevards I saw craters which almost blocked the streets at some points. There were no deep holes and the bombs that fell there apparently were- small ones. I counted twenty bomb holes. Thousands of windows for ‘blocks around that area were shattered. I saw ambulances arrive at the

scene of worst destruction less than|

five minutes after the bombs fell. All French defense measures 4ppeared to- have worked perfectly during: the raid. ‘Well organized

rescue units dug into high piles of

stone. and - concrete - of wrecked

was over and Tost people were en route to their offices. I saw many World War air raids in Paris that did much greater damage, but today’s bomus were dropped on a larger scale and each bomb had a more destructive ef-

fect. Two were killed when a poms hit a seven-story apartment house ‘in an aristocratic section.

Aim Termed Poor

The bol bers, in five waves of 25 each plus one wave of 30 planes, were forced to keep at a high altitude—and it proved impossible for them to aim bombs accurately at military objectives from that height. Whenever the planes came lower they were fiercely attacked by French fighters. (Here 12 words censored.) = : Destruction was reported from 12 widely scattered places as a result of the poor aim of the Germans. Watchers in some parts of the city believed they caught occasional glimpses of the -German planes, dartingy high over the capital, but for the most part only the mushroom puffs of white smoke from exploding shells could be seen. The white puffs dotted the sky thickly directly over Paris during the most intense firing. In an area half a mile square, 28 were counted at one time. The population cleared the streets, in less than three minutes. The pigeons of Paris, aroused by the noise of guns, whirled madly in big flocks over the capital. The “alert” warning was the| 16th

since the start of the war, but here :

had not been such a Ww

Paris since May 18. : The Paris hack followed two week-end raids by German p anes

seille and Lyon military obj tives. were bombed. The French charged that | the raids were designed to persuade Italy to enter the war on the of Germany by showing that the Germans could Be aerial support

OMER JACKSON STATE LEADER, STROKE VICTIM

Attorney General - Rose to,

High Position in Democratic Circles.

(Continued from Page One) ciation; James Beattey, director of

the department of motor vehicles of | | '|the . Public Service

Commission; James H. Hughes, first assistant attorney general; Clarence U. Gramelspacher, treasurer of the Democratic state committee; Bowman Elder, receiver for the Indiana Railroad; Thomas Taggart, Democratic Party leader, and Dick Heller, secretary to the Governor.

Mr. Jackson, 55, and apparently in good health, was stricken while motoring to: his farm in Hancock County with his son-in-law, Thomas Williams. Mr. Williams returned to the Jackson home immediately, but Mr. Jackson died before a physician reached the residence. His death brought statements of sorrow from Governor ‘M. Clifford Townsend; attending a Governors’ conference in Duluth, Minn.; United

| States Senators Frederick VanNuys

an Minton, riy leaders.

Named Jan. 1, 1937:

Mr. Jackson had been attorney general since Jan. 1, 1937. He was the first to receive the office by appointment under the Reorganization Act by former Governor Paul V. McNutt during the final days of the latter’s administration. He was-re-appointed the same year by Governor Townsend. At the time of his appointment Mr. Jackson was Democratic State Chairman. He held both offices until April 11, 1939, when he was succeeded as party chieftain by Fred P. Bays of Sullivan. : Born in Hancock County Sept. 3, 1884, the attorney, general was the son of Stokes Jackson, a lawyer and former Democratic state chairman. He was graduated from Greenfield High School and later entered Valparaiso University. He received his Ew degree from Indiana University nd 35 years ago entered the law office of his father.

Formed Law Partnership

‘After the’ death of his father in 1916, Mr. Jackson formed a law partnership with John B. Hinchman, now judge of Hancock Circuit Court and who administered the oath when Mr. Jackson became attorney general. Mr. Jackson was elected Hancock County Democratic chairman in 1930 and 11th District chairman in 1933. A year later he became state chairman, succeeding Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch and under his leadership the party scored three victories. : He had served as a precinct worker and a precinct committeeman. His earlier experiences in state politics included service as chairman of the speakers’ bureau when Walter S. Chambers of New Castle, and Senator VanNuys were chairmen. Shortly after the party named him state chairman he was mentioned for the post of United States Marshal, but the appointment did not materialize. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ellis Rock Jackson; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy June Williams of Greenfield; a sister, Mrs. Tate Boyd, also of- Greenfield, and three grandchildren.

and Sh other

and many

Senators Deeply Moved

Indiana’s two U. S. Senators were deeply moved when informed of Mr. Jackson’s death. | | At Washington Senator Minton said: “What a pity for such a citizen to die.” Senator. VanNuys at his farm in Virginia said “I was personally fond of him.” Other statements of condolence to the family were made by Rep. Louis Ludlow, Mr. Bays, Frank McHale, Democratie . National Committeeman, Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker, Perry McCart, chairman of the Public Service Commission, and many others.

i

Death Mourned | |

Omer Stokes Jackson . . J His death mourned by Indiana.

DUNKIRK TOUGH, BERLIN ADMITS |

Nazis Claim 330,000 Allies Captured: in Battle of Flanders and Artois. (Continued from Page One)

fonemiiy objectives in west and southwest Germany without important damage. For its part, the consianiiie said, German dir force attacks reached the Rhone. Valley and Marseille areas in southern France. Dealing with the Maginot® Line, the High Command said that German forces on both sides of Forbach drove the” enemy from the line and took - prisoners and material. - An official German news agency dispatch from the front said that the variegated armada of British warships, troops transports, fishing|s boats and motorboats hovering off Dunkirk disappeared after three days of heavy fire from German artillery and bombing planes. “The English seem gradually to realize that attempts to save any more of the crushed expeditionary force would cost more lives and ships than they would be worth,” the news agency said. Other German sources called the evacuation of Dunkirk the “dread: ful, but deserved death dance of the British Empire.” The German press admitted admiration for the feat of the British soldiers doggedly holding to their slender length of coast. The Allied artillery markmanship was praised by German soldiers who in their swift motorized advance over Belgium never before had “tasted the mud of a shellhole,” newspapers said. French ;Warned of Bombings

. Military quarters estimated that the Germans -were using at least 900 and possibly 1500 planes in laying a bomb barrage over the narrow stretch of English Channel across which the British fled in fishing boats and other nondescript transports. Military quarters claimed the sinking of the battleship Nelson, flagship of the British home fleet, but it was not disclosed whether the alleged sinking occurred in operations at Dunkirk or elsewhere. The German press described the bombing of ‘Marseille and the Mar-seille-Lyon railway, as a “little example for the French of the coming German military operations.”

NEXT DRIVE IN DETROIT

NEW ORLEANS, June 3 (U. P.) — Assistant U. 8. Atterney General O. John Rogge was scheduled to.leave for Detroit, Mich., today—the next base of operations for the criminal division of the Department of Justice. Mr. Rogge came here yesterday after the mail fraud conviction Saturday of former Governor Rich-

ard W. Leche.

Strauss Says:

Jacket and trousers

That's the price of 8 WEARINGTON tropical worsted. Suit.

And there is this about Ht=there is ‘nothing in its price neighborhood te

touch it!

It will give you comfort— |

“it will give evidence of taste—it | will indicate a 1940 style sense— | it will give you a big money’s worth. |

‘“Wearington”

is not in the ser

but men know that it means “clothes

satisfaction.” satisfied : with

Light and dark colors!

You'll be better a Wearington.

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_|eity” immune from enemy

FAR re 192

lite as Latest’ War Signs

Pope Stresses Love for

All Belligerens.. ROME, _Jufie- 3 @, P) Indios

tions of Italy's. readiness to. enter

the war on the:side of Germany

piled up today with: postponement

of the Rome World Fair, evacua«

tion of Rome military: barracks’ te

make the ‘Eternal. City an “open | bome bardment and increased Vatiedn

: “diplomatic activity.

Mobilization Was Underway

These moves coincided with cone centration of Italian terest -.on North Africa—a possible thester:of war if Italy fights—and - inc ; Vatican ‘and Italian interest ‘im Spain, whose renewal of claims: te Gibraltar has attracted Italian. ine terest. (A German wireless Itoadeast. ine tercepted in New York said that the Prince of Piedmont, Crown Prince Humberto, = had gone. te Turin; Northern Army headquar=| ters, to take active command of ‘his|troops. Some time ago the Prince cf Piedmont was appointed come mander of the:Army of the North, which is based on Turin.)

Press Predicts Early Entry

An Italian communique said that thie 1942 universal exposition had been postponed at the réquest of rations scheduled to participate. But observers saw great significance in the postponement since work in preparation for it has been regarded as a sure sign.of Italy’s continued non-belligerency ever since the oute - break of war last September. The Fascist press continued fo predict Italy’s ‘entry’ into the war, Tomorrow Premier Benito Mussolini meets with the Fascist Grand: Coun= ¢il after a Cabinet meeting. | ° Developments in the Ihenatibnal situation ‘were of intense interest to the Vatican where, it was rgported authoritatively, Pope Pius XII had conferred regarding the Spanish situation during the weekend with the Spanish envoy to the Holy See. Vatican circles said’ that the Pope, discouraged in all his efforts to prevent the spread of war, apparently had decided to play the role of & “pastoral Pope” instead of’ ate tempting tasks. of political nature,

Affection for All Cited

“In an address to cardinals visite ing him on the saint’s'day, the Pope expressed paternal love for the Germans as well as for the Allies. He deplored intensification, and extension of the war and appealed for more humane treatment of all . noncombatants, emphasizing’ that he was not siding with ahy ‘bel ligerent. The Pope also mentioned the war's repercussions “beyond the océan.” This 'was authorita« tively interpreted as a reference to the United States. “Desirous of soothing the : ‘ war's consequences, we direct our pas ternal love to all of our sons and daughters, be they Germans who are always dear to: us. and. among whom we spent many years of our life, or be they. Allies’ to ‘whom we are bound by.many dear and ‘Piogs memories,” the Pope said.

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FIRST LADY FAVORS | ENFORCED ‘TRAINING’

WASHINGTON, June 3 (U. B), i Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt today advocated compulsory training serve ice, but not compulsory military training, for all young people. She predicted, however, that ‘this would not occur, because the people of this country are opposed to come

pulsion. Asked her view of ‘suggestions’ ‘top compulsory military training of young men, Mrs. Roosevelt said: “It - would do no harm for any one, old or young, boys or girls; to be. trained.

for service to their country.” ::

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