Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 June 1940 — Page 2

‘Person Close to. Monarch Says ha Army | Isolated, . Near Panic and Lacked Food; Claim: King Acted to Save People. 1

By RICHARD

United Press Staff Correspon

x BRUSSELS, June 3 (Uncensored, put delayed) story of King Leopold's capitulation to Adolf Hitle “told by a friend of the royal family today after |

“Ambassador John Cudahy ha

‘gave him a message last Sunday for President Roo The King’s message stated Leopold's case and ex

‘the circumstances leading to! his decision. to offer ‘to Ger-

many the capitulation of the

sBelgian army. . Since Mr, Cudahy is cut off from

the outside world, Leopold's letter |

‘was given to German military au-| thorities. for _re-transmission to| Washington.

A friend of the royal family said

‘that en May 24 four members of: the |

Belgian Cabinet tried to induce the King ta flee to France after seeing |

the hopelessness of the situation in which the Belgian army found itself.

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ATTACK AMIENS ON BOTH SIDES

| Nazis Use Armored gob umns, British Say; Many | Troops Lack Arms.

LONDON, June 5 (U. P).—Ger-

man armored’ units are attacking see no rescue boats. Then we were

of school children ever in reading courses this summer. is the Library's theme. There will be no supervised courses or Instead there will be reading clubs. If other books are as

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Thousands Left Stranded At Blood-Stained Dunkirk’

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The king refused and a friend of the French lines on both sides of | told no more boats would come.

the Royal Family gave. his reasons as follows: On May 23 the Belgian armies were isolated from their British allies on their right flank and were subjected to ever increasing German pressure. . Compressed with over 400,000 Belgian soldiers in a small area were 500,000 civilian refugees in addition

to the regular population. They had been without food and water for

three days and were in a state of

Panic. ° ~The King, realizing the hobelrle: ness of the situation, decided to capitulate. Until May 25 four members of the cabinet had been at Bruges with Leopold. A friend of the “royal family said that they were Prime Minister Pierlot, Foreign Minister Paul Henri-Spaak, Defense Minister Gen. Denis and the Minister of Interior. - Al] agreed that the position of the Belgian army was hopeless and the

They urged the King to flee with ‘them but he refused, saying, it was said: “Regardless of what my future . would be as commander-in-chief of the Belgian army and as King of the Belgians it would be desertion for me to leave my counrry.”

Panic Spreads in Army

~ Again the king was pressed (the friend continued) and again he refused. “Regardless of what happens to me,” he repeated, “I will stay with my army and my people.” ..The friend continued: On May 26th panic was spreading in the Belgian army and the King addressed an appeal to the British and French for help, saying he could no longer hold out unless | the Allies sent masses airplanes. With the King at that time was Admiral Sir Roger Keyes of Great Britain, and London was intimately acquainted with developments. On the morning of May 27, the | King received news that the Bel- | gians were under intense attack. | They had had no sleep for days and

| had gone without food even longer, |

| he 'wzs informed. The King said he | realized then that there was no | hope. At this point, the friend of Leo- | pold remarked: “The time .comes when a man has 10 decide between sacrificing life ‘| and holding out as a theatrical gesture.”

Told Paris and London

Then he went on with his story: On the same day—May 27—the King informed Paris and London that he was no longer able to hold out. (May 27 was Monday. The news of Leopold's surrender was made public when French Premier Paul Reynaud announced it in a radio sneecl1 on Tuesday when he said it came without warning.) * The King immediately sent for a German officer and asked for peace. The German officer went directly to the headquarters of Hitler which| was “net, far distant” and returned with the Fuehrer's demand for unconditional capitulation. At 4 a. m:. on May 28 (shortly before Reynaud spoke) the Belgians 1sid down their arms. Frem the beginning (the friend continued) the Belgian positions had been difficult. Leanold was “bewildered” by the criticism which his capitulation] aroused In view of t circum-

Amiens, British military sources asserted today.

The military sources said that | and guns.

British troops are engaged fighting the German attacks. They asserted that it was not believed that a major German attempt was being made to break through on either side of Amiens with armored columns although ‘certain armored vehicles” are being used on that part of the front. An estimate that Germany suffered hetween 400,000 and 500,000

“Thousands were stranded on the beach waiting for German bombs It was terrible.

“Boats of all kinds lying in the

“There was only one pair of oars

and we took turns with them. We got lost at sea and by my little hand compass steered northwest until we arrived offshore.” Another group of Frenchmen fled

The in an abandoned motorboat and a in| noise of the German guns grew lifeboat, although they knew nothlouder, but no bombers came.

ing about navigation. With the motorboat towing the

harbor and along the shore were lifeboat, they headed out into the commandeered. I went in a rowboat with three other officers and seven men. We put out from Dunkirk yesterday morning, and as we rowed to sea the. Germans hegan to machine-gun us from the shore.

Channel. As they neared the English Coast, the motorboat ran out of fuel, and the two .bpats drifted helplessly all night. At dawn the soldiers rigged up a blanket signal which was spotted by the coxswain of another lifeboat.

casualties in the Flanders campaign, was made by the military sources. : Believe 2,500,000 Used They estimated that some 2,500,000 German troops were engaged in the Flanders campaign.

15 FORGED TO FLEE POLICE STATION FIRE

. Fifteen police officers and civilian

One reason for the seriousness with which British military quarters viewed the new offensive was the Cabinet, decided to flee to France. fact that the bulk of the British expeditionary force as well as thousands of experienced French troops now were in Britain awaiting re-

equipment.

considerable. aid

the Germans

sible.

achieve

Military experts, however, believed that the freshness of the iid Frank Brock, Joseph troops on the Somme-Aisne Line— the Weygand Line—should be of | Donovan and Simon in resisting the offensive. It was added that should | a breakthrough the Weygand Line a critical situation would arise because of | givens the flat terrain between the front and Paris, making a rapid sdvance! by German mechanized units pos

Although experienced members of | the B. E. F. evacuated from Flan-| ders now are resting, there are many | troops in Britain who could be moved to France, although the operation probably would take some time and would be subjected to intense German aerial bombardment. The Germans already have bombed the important French port of Le Havre, it was pointed out.

Shért of Equipment In view of Prime Minister Wins-

employees were driven from the Police Headquarters basement today when paint and gasoline ignited filling the building with a dense black smoke. Officers said they believed the fire had been started by sparks from

steel wool used in cleaning metal apparatust David Richard,

Ovid Shirley, Carroll, Saude Lanaman, all civilian employees, fled . from the paint room when the blaze broke

| In a room adjoining were Patrolman Elmer Wells, and William and ‘Marvin Woods, civilian |employees, who were forced to crawl through a window to safety. In an office adjoining the paint |

{He tried to put out the fire with] {an- extinguisher but was forced up-, | stairs. Corp. Robert’ Murman,’ Patrolmien Edwin Jordan and Robert Hyland and William Rosenbaum and William Hickman, civilian employees, who were in the property room, escaped by the stairways. The morning detective roll call was being held in the assembly room upstairs over the paint room and it filled so quickly with smoke that the detectives fled outside.

room was Sergt Frank Gallagher. |

She Followed Instructions

NEW CASTLE, Ind., June 5 (U, P.).—Shiny new aluminum fire alarm boxes stood throughout New Castle today, but Fire Chief George Van Zant said they would be painted bright red in a hurry, ~ Pumpers from Engine Houses 1 and 2 answered an alarm at one of the boxes yesterday. On arrival they found a red-faced woman with a letter in her hand. She said she just followed instructions, ‘opening the door .and pulling the lever.

WAR PREPARATIONS SPEEDED IN ITALY

ROME, June 5 (U. P.) .—Italy still prepared for war at top speed today, massing resources, men and machines for the long-awaited blow at those who stand in the way of her “natural aspirations.” One of the final steps in the modern scheme of suprise warfare was | taken when the Government forbade telephonic communication with Great Britain and France. Mobilization was under way in Italy's African colonies; old men and women were granted permission to take the place of mobilized workers, more. money was appropriated for naval purposes and it was reported that the Council 6f Min-

ton Churchill's statement that the entire equipment of the B. E. F. in Belgium was abandoned, it would be necessary to move an enormous number of guns, lorries, tanks and, armored vehicles across the Channel to equip the British forces, who might be ordered to fight in France in any number. Military circles believed that Allied equipment which lost in Bel-| gium probably was rendered useless) to the Germans but it was pointed out that the Germans had a large number of guns and tanks in Flanders which were not subjected to

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FOR 87 NEW SHIPS

WASHINGTON, June 5 (U. P.).—

‘The Navy sped plans today to lay down 87 more warships within the next few months.

President Roosevelt's latest $1,.-

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defense

isters yesterday had discussed a food rationing plan. ° . The Fascist school for political preparation has been closed . because all students have been called to the colors. It was announced in connection with the 126th anniversary today of the founding of the carabinieri corps (military police) that the carabinieri was. forming special units - for defense against enemy parachutists. The authoritative Giornale D’#

program includes funds earmarked |

talia demanded. that the “anti-

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List 302 Lost Airplanes

The Air Ministry said today that, Britain had lost 302 airplanes since {May 2, eight -days before Germany | nomically feasible. started its blitzkrieg on the Low

This statement was made as "part of a denial of German claims that! 1842 Allied planes had been de-

Other quarters said that it was difficult to see how Germany could have taken 1,200,000 prisoners, she asserted, even if the Dutch and | Belgian Armies were included. German figures for German losses | $78,400,000 _for guns, must be regarded as greatly mini- | Other equipment. mized, if was said.

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intensive fire during the campaign| to begin work on 68. Already in the and accordingly could be used in regular 1941 fiscal year Navy ap-

| propriations bill is money for 19 ships. The two new programs, officials said, will be fed into existing private and Navy yards as rapidly as ecoNavy yards rejy were ordered on a two shift ‘speed up” basis. The 40-hour | maximum work week was lengthened to 48 hours with overtime pay. President Roosevelt's latest request included $144,400,000 for ini- | tial work on about 367-000-tons of { warships including three new air|craft carriers, 13 cruisers, 30 destroyers, and 22 submarines, and armor and

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RELIEF BILL APPROVED

dollars for rural rehabilitation.

The new ships’

appropriated, and 167-000-tons of

Authorization of the 167,000 additional tons, involving -an 11 per

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WASHINGTON, June 5 (U,P,).— The Senate Appropriations Committee today approved the $1,073,000,000 1941 relief bill, carrying 975 million dollars for the WPA and 75 million

Italian campaign” in Egypt—which (military quarters have described as the first scene of operations if Italy goes to war—be ceased at once. It carried a dispatch from British Port Said, at the Mediteranean entrance to the Suez Canal, asserting that mass dismissals of Italian workers had been intensified.

YOUTH IS JAILED FOR ROBBING BLIND MAN

Bernard Reed, 17, of 766 Lexington Ave. today began a 30-day jail sentence after his conviction yesterday on a charge of stealing $11.60 {rom a blind news vendor.

ipal Court 4 that Reed had stolen the money from Lorenz Rosemeyer of 657 E. 13th St., Apt. 22. Mr. Rosemeyer, the detectives said, each day took a nap in the Fletcher Trust Bldg. near one of his stands. Reed, they said, formerly was employed by Mr. Rosemeyer and knew of his daily siesta. One day last week, Reed stole the money as Mr. Rosemeyer slept, the detectives testified. Reed admitted taking the money but said he only got $6.65 with which he went to New Castle to see girl. Judge Charles J. Karabell alse fined him $25 and costs.

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Ernest M. Morris of uth Bend was sald to have the ge for the

[national committeeman| post if ‘Mr.

Irwin decides to retire, Mr. Irwin has not indicated his irement yet. hers mentioned for the post inos Homer E. Capehart of Washington, Ind.; Ralph Gates of Columbia City and Robert Lyons, Indianapolis. l : Sentiment for Senatar Robert ‘A. ‘Taft (R. 0.) for the Presidential nomination continued strong at yesterday’s caucus. | It was estimated that at least 10 delegates were leaning toward the Ohio Senator. Five or six delegates were reported for Thomas E. Dewey and the remainder were listed for Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, of Michigan, and Governor John W. Bricker, of Ohio!

1st Ballot Split Seen “Indiana’s delegation to the con-

the first ballot,” one prominent party leader said. “But with a little salesmanship I think Mr. Willkie could get the entire delegation on the second or third ballot.” Many delegates declined to state which candidate they favor, explaining ‘we'll wait until we get in Philadelphia before making a decision.”

CHAMBERLAIN OUSTER FROM CABINET SEEN

LONDON, June § (U. P.).—Great Britain threatened today to throw Neville Chamberlain and those long associated with him out of the Cabinet as responsible for the “colossal military disaster’ which: the Allies suffered in Flanders. It was forecast that as the result of a secret session of the House of Commons, to be held probably next Tuesday, Chamberlain might be forced from his War Cabinet post of Lord President of the Council and chairman of the Cabinet steering committee, and that others might go with him.

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Majority Favors 3d Term

‘WAR BEGINS

SENTIMENT FOR A “ROOSEVELT. THIRD TERM

57 57%]

47%

[NAZI INVASION

OCT. | DEC."

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cverwhelming public opposition to # third term. But with the onsweep cf war in Europe there was a

Then, as the crisis subsided and the war settled down to sporadic sea fighting, the percentage favoring a third term levelled off until May of this year, when the new emergency came, The trend of sentiment has been measured by the Institute in repeated surveys on the question: “If President Roosevelt runs for a third term will you vote for him?” The results follow: For Third

Term August, 1939 ....... 40% xOctober 46 November ......... 43 January, 1940 ...... 46 ‘ March . 7 April .

Against

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y _ xAfter Outbreak of War. ~ xxAfter Nazi Invasion. With the Democratic nomination convention only six weeks away, the future trend of third term sentiment takes on enormous importance, It

sharp rise in the third term senti-| ment, the vote jumping from 40 per | cent for a third term to 46 per cent. |

2 Sentiment for Roosevelt in Close Ratio to War Fear

'Good Job'

PRINCETON, N. J. June 5. —Coincidental with a sharp rise in third term sentiment, ~ American Institute of « Public Opinion surveys find a large majority of voters saying that President Roosevelt has done a “good job” in handling the European war crisis. In a national cross-section - survey which asked: “Do you think Roosevelt has done a good job or a poor job in dealing with the war crisis in Europe?”. the vote is;

Good Job...... -Fair Job Poor Job .. While the wvofe followed party lines to a large extent, mevertheless even a majority of Republicans voted “good

job. ”

; Republicans, but largely because of

a change among ‘Democrats. Only 8 per cent of the Republicans say they would vote for Roosevelt if he runs, but 91 per-cent of the Democrats now say they would support

is clear that since the sudden rise in sentiment was due almost wholly to the war crisis, [the future trend will also be governed largely by the same crisis. An intensification of the emergency, abroa¢ would, in all likelihood, tend to increase third term sentiment, while a lessening of the crisis would likely cause sentiment to continue levelling off or to drop back to where it was before the Nazi blitzkrieg. Future Institute surveys will chart the trend.

rise in third term sentiment. has come about not because of any sub-

It is interesting to note that the].

a third term. There have also been gains in third term sentiment among the upper and middle income voters. TODAY MARCH

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ACCIDENTS UP,

ARRESTS DOWN

Police Records Prove Wane In Enforcement Boosts ApriliViolations.

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31, 1228 violators (38 per cent) of. the 3193 cases handled received fines, costs or days. The four per cent drop in the number receiving penalties from. the first= three

‘months to the first four months of

court business occurred in April, Accidents Increase Looking back over three years— from April, 1938, to April, 1940, it is noticed that convictions dropped

and accidents increased. In April, 1938, there were 393 accidents. In April, 1940, there were

.| 611 accidents, -a 38 per cent in-

crease. There were 10 fatalities in April this year compared with’ four in April, 1938, and six in the same month in 1939. | Convictions in, April this year, compared with April, 1938, dropped 26 per cent. There were 842 convictions thi is) April against 1137 for April, 1938. " The number of ‘arrests, however, rose 34 per cent in the three-year period. There were 1693 arrests this April against 1114 in April, 1938,

More Are Injured

The numer of accidents resulting in injuries was 213 this April, compared with 170 for the same month of 1938, an increase of 43. Here is how the accident, arrest and conviction picture darkened in April compared with March: March April Accidents ....cc04e00 576 611 Convictions ......... 1072 842 Arrests ............. 1952 1693

ASKS U. S. TO CANCEL FINN’S DEBT PAYMENT,

WASHINGTON, June 5 (U.P.).— Efforts were being made in the Sen ate today to cancel the $159,398 post« war debt payment due from Fine land June 15. A bill to renounce the debt paye ment and to maintain Finland's perfect record, despite the June 15 omission,” has been introduced by Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. Mich.). Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D. Wash.) said he understood that Finland would insist upfin making the payment regardless of what this country plans to do about it.

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