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ITALIAN ENTRY IN | A AR SEEMS NEAR

(Continued from Page One) said tha they we fare. put in the air, was heing given initial trials.” ‘As the battle went into another day, Gen. told the| Allied Armies: “The battle of France has begun! The order defend our positions without thought of retreat.” t Britain warned that the .German offensive may

"Weygand

not Fei ave developed its major drive and that operations :

S a Germans have ude small advances in three s clors-—along the Norman Coast ¥ehere they have

itself. London quarters suggested that, the main German thrust may yet be made at this sector where a German break-through might open the way to a ‘continuous thrust! southward, flanking the powerful Maginot fortifications from the rear, cutting off the hundreds of , thousands of crack fortress troops in the line and leaving the whole body of |

o" France without fortified protection. -

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Such a daring endeavor, however, faces severe obstacles

. of terrain.

* In contrast to the experignce during the swift Flanders dash, the French lines were not buckling under the German! blows. Instead they were absorbing German elements as a| sponge absorbs water. Ger man tanks were being allowed to’ push into the lines until they reached dead-end corners where they yere blasted by hidden guns or captured. An air raid on Britain covered the largest area of any so far in the war. German planes roared over a 400-mila| region. London iets ii airdrome was hit by bombs.

74 Planes

owned— Berlin:

cult” terrain. Claims of sources who pro to know the situation said th entire right wing of the G Army had pushed forward at ous points along the front; fro Channel coast to. Soissons, a at Le Havre anid Rouen on the

field positions favored by the tary quarter: said that German {tanks and shod troops pushed forfessed ward across thé Somme and thrust at the!the Allies far to the rear, pursuing] erman the French over nests of pill boxes vari- land machine gun emplacements m the hastily thrown up -by the Allies] in iming the last 10 days. right| The object of the eastern flank (west) flank and at Compiegne and {movement was to take the Channel Paris on the left (east) flank. It|ports of Dieppe and Le Havre and was at Compiegne, about 40| miles! further cut contact between Britain northeast of Paris, that the World and France. | War armistice was signed in a vail The push across the Somme was road car. achieved with the aid of German On the eastern flank the Germans | engineers who threw up pontoon were said to have pierced the Allied and other makeshift bridges under line as far south as the Bresle Rivér,ia deadly French artillery barrage, ‘about 16 miles below Abbeville. Mili- it was said..

" British Build Big Bomber

(Continued froni Page One) The Air Ministry

ports of the United Kingdom be-, sald that a| organized British convoys. {bombed and one aviator] killed last Vessels which fail to comply with night by the German bombers. the order may be fired upon. Lo | The drastic Admiralty order came th planes in raids on Germany| after a night during which German proper had hit two convoys, de. | planes had ranged over a 400- mile railed a military train, disrupted! stretch of the coast, apparently re- iailroads and highways at strategic] connoitering for a German mass ‘punts, and bombed oil refineries and | Attack on British airdromes. and in-'airdromes. These raids were made formation had reached military ex- during Wednesday night and yes-| perts here that Adolf Hitler, in'Zrday morning. the greatest gamble of his career,| British bombers, said the Air Min- |

might order a definite offensive at istry, dropped .more than a ton of |

the junction of the Weygand and heavy and light bombs in a 10-| Maginot defense lines on the West- minute low level bombardment of ern Front. | columns of armored fighting vehicles Ferocious as had been the Ger- and supply trucks massed near man attacks on the Weygand Line! Abbeville. i netween Abbeville and tiie Chemin Authorized British military quar-! des Dames, reports here were that ters asserted that Germany's dread | they might be merely a curtain- oive homber fliers were beginning | raiser to a gigantic attack in the to “crack™ as a result of Allied at-| Meuse-Argonne region, intended to tacks on them with light machine preak the back of Frencn resistance. suns.

t the British were building planes more rapidly ‘than re being lost despite the wide-scale daily aerial warHe also revealed that a new bomber, the largest ever

is to

be alarmed,

but it was asserted that the French

m | This penetration, the analyst held, tween sunset and sunrise except in “Foyal Air Force airdrome had been! did not change the physical aspect

The Ministry asserted| that Britr

|eliminated by the combined efforts

Neville Chamberlain . . . Blue Tuesday looms ahead.

LONDON, June 7 (U. P).— Neville Chamberlain, who once said, “Hitler has missed the bus,” today seemed walking a lonely road to political oblivion. All signs here indicated that the former British Prime Minister, now Lord President of the Coun- | cil, would be dropped from the | Cabinet when Commons meets in ‘| secret session Tuesday.

PUTS NAZI TANK : LOSSES AT 2500

French Spokesman Estimates Most of Dive Bombers Have Been Wrecked.

(Continued from Page One)

bombers and fighters, flew westward over the Paris area at 5 a. m. today | with anti-aircraft guns blazing at them, in grim warning of what had

|Lappened in the blitzkrieg invasion ‘of the lowlands. | They did not drop. a single bomb, [but even as they [flew over the sleeping city, Weygand was making his preparations for a possible | parachutist troop landing or an at{tempt to land troops on the ground mm transport planes. Warning the population not to the High Command proceeded to render useless as emergency (German)! landing areas (seven lines censored). It was admitted officially that the German tanks stormed their way onto the Chemin des Dames

{still held part of the vital ridge. ‘where lie the rotted bones of ‘thousands of World War dead, and (that the German infantry, sliced down like hay under a rain. of machine gun and artillery fire, had been unable to follow the tanks. The French held Peronne, on the north (German) bank of the Somme, it was asserted. The official claim was made that the French had destroyed 400 German tanks yesterday,

Penetrate Far as 9 Miles

In their. bombardment east of the Oise the Germans were reported to be mixing smoke shells with high explosive ones as if preparing the way for an infantry attack under cover of a SMOKE screen. The War Office analyst said that German tanks had passed solidly held Allied support positions at various places along the front, for a maximum penetration of nine iles.

of the battle because Weygand had changed the army's tactics on the basis of the Battle of Flanders. He had ordered the Army to concentrate on |holding off the German infantry, and leave the tanks to be

{of his new specialist troops, tanks, artillery and airplanes.

Germans Advance on Coast

The: planes had swiftly developed | remarkable and dramatic new tac- | tics, fighting tanks with their air cannons as they flew only a few yards over them. Overnight the French were able to carry munitions, food and other supplies to their exposed strong | points, ahead of the penetrating! | tanks. J | On their right wing, on the | Channel, | the German tanks had forced their way across the Somme at various points between the sea

and Amiens, chiefly across tempo- |.

‘rary bridges near Abbeville.

IN INDIANA POLIS

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Clarine Gobel,

Cecile McHaines.

:Jozeph, Irene Simko,

Here 1s the Traffic Record he DEATHS TO DATE ene County City Total nant

Frank, rt.

Vincent’ 3 at St.

at 1814 Lam-

William, Ernestine Barrett, Warman.

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RR ae Zon at ! June 6, 1940 Injured........ 4/Arrests ...e0.. 32

Dead ........ 0] Accidents 15 THURSDAY TRAFFIC COURT |

Cases Convic- Fines tried tions paid |

1° $68 |° 9 1

Boys

Bernard, June Lynch. at St Jncent's. Luther, Elma Cox, at 724 ake.

DEATHS

Jacob W. noma. HE Ring, 49,

Lee,

Violations Speeding Reckless driving . Failure to stop at through street arieriosclerosis. Disobeying traffic “ ow. Joelle Rigs, 51, at signals . J Busald. 79. at 2 . a. driving. | a oh : Bt: 321 Drader? All others , 60,

*Aizela M.. Givan, 61, cerebral hemorrhage. Artilla May Allen, 67. {coronary occlusion. William J. Hartje.

2 80,

Royal Wampler, Methodist, pncumococcic septicaemia. Cora M. Shute, 63. at 5024 Kenwood, carcinoma. Allie Edwards, 85, at 62 Schiller. cerebral hemorrhage. Elmer . Shireman./ 57, Sorensry occlusion.

MEETINGS TODAY at Methodist, e Club, Hotel Sevérin, noon. t Club, Columbia Club, noon. Dfficery: Association, Board of h Trade.

Phi Delta ‘Thefa. Canary’ Cottage, noon. Delta Tau Delta, Columbia Club, noon. Sh Stamp Club, Hotel Antlers, 8

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gi Sigma, Canary Cottage, noon. Park School commencement, Park School. 3 p. m. Arthur Jordan commencement. 3 tory. of Music. 4 m Todor Hall Sehool commencement.

piesbyterian Church 8 p. Ameriean Society of Givi Hotel Washington, 6:30 Indianapolis Federdtion Community Civic Clubs, . ‘Hotel Washington, | 7:30 ». AAR MEETINGS TOMORROW ny and Central Indiana Boy Council appreciation dinner for Belzer, - Scottish Rite i University senior class day activWoodmen of the World, Claypool Hotel,

ni ob Ameren Redsration of Musicians, Clay-

inservatory of Music ur Jordan Conserva-

Pirst

Engineers,

Harry S. Copp, 73, at City, strangulated cent’s, arteriosclerosis. Bertha Ball, 57, at Methodist, peritonitis, Grace Herin. 51. at Methndist, enteritis, | Anthony Russo, 41, Arsenal bronchopneumonia. Harriett PF. Kiefer, 58. at 1043 N. Belview myocarditis. Cathedral, Basil A.

cinoma. ernia George William Yeager, 56, at St. Jack Gabbie, 2 mo., at City," heart disease. Emilie Wittenberg ‘81. at 3245 N. Illinois, | cerebral hemorrhage. John Heinlein, 84. at 2624 Napoleon, | chronic myocarditiz at 2135 N Alabama, coronary occlusion. Donald McGovern, 3 months. at 102 N Walter Lec Thornburg. 54. |at City. brain abscess. Place. carcinomas, Eileen Murphy. 30. at Central Ind. acute Lewis Miller, 40. at 34th and Washington Blvd., coronary, occlusion. peritonitis. Ollie Owens,

46, at City, cirrhosis of . Sh

liver.

FIRE ALARMS Thursday 2:59 P. M 1914 Bellefontaine, gasoline stove explosion i P, M.—515 E. McCarty, telephone 7:22 P. M.—636 Virginia, ve, :58 io 17 "p. NE determined. 1151 P. M.

BIRTHS

Girls

Clare Marguerite Scott, at City Lawre Florence Harvey, at Methodist. lames, Teadelle Collins, at Methodist. Eugene Thelma Schwartz, Method _ Bichare, Catherine Matzky, at St. vin

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78, at 308 N. Senate, carat Veterans, Banti's Disat 32 S. Grace, | al 924 N. Parker.’ at | 701 Prospect, ~ 4071 College, cere- |

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Hamilton, - 43, at City, general|H

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OFFICIAL WEATHER

eee United States Weather Bureau .__..!

‘Showers “tonight

INDIANAPOLIS thunderstorms .and tomorrow.

FORECAST: -and cooler

_ Sunrise | . 4:16 | Sunset : 7:11

| TEMPERATURE

June 7, 1939— m. 91 p. m.

| BAROMETER 30 a. mj... 29.94

, Hoe re ig 24 hours ending 7 a. m. Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Deficiency since e dan, .

15. 0 ~ 3.07

MIDWEST WE ATHER

Indiana Showers and local storms and

thundercooler tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy i} north, showers in south por- | tion, coolet in south and extreme east | portions. | Mlinois—Cloudy. showers in central and south portions, cooler tonight; tomorrow | partly cloudy in north portions, probably kv wers and slightly coo.er in south porion.

Lower Michigan—Mostly cloudy, cooler fonight partly cloudy tomorrow, cooler extion; ey cloudy tomorrow, cooler ex-' cebt in extreme west and extreme south portions. Ohio—Partly ‘cioudy with showers and thunderstorms tomorrow and in west and north portions tonight: not so warm in | West and north portions tomorrow and {along the lake late tonight. | Kenineky—Partly cloudy with and thunderstorms tomorrow and in ‘eentral and west portions tonight: not :o warm in central and wes portions to[morrow afternoon.

| WEATHER IN OTHER ( CITIES, 6:30 A. M. Weather

showers

Amarillo. Bismarck. Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Denver

Tex.

Sots, on Kansas City, Mo. Little Rock, Ark.

New Orleans New York Okla, Ciyt, Okla, Omaha, Neb. Pittsburgh Portland. Ore. er {San Antenio, Tex. .. San Francisco a Louis

“ToenTRaND RUSSELL CHANGES HIS MIND|

LONDON, June 7 (U. P.).—Bertrand Russell, life-long British pacifist and philosopher whose views

lon morals caused a controversy ih

the United States, told the magazine New Statesman in a letter today that “If I were young enough to fight I would do so.” “Since the war began,” he wrote, “I have felt that I could not go on being a pacifist. If I were young enough to fight I would do so, but it is difficult for me to urge others to do so. “Now I fell as though I ought to announce my changed mind.”

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

You' ve Gues

(Continued from Page One)

adult giraffes munched their hay and little Henrietta Giraffe, born ‘April 6 in New York, scampered between their legs. They were in a special pen and seemed happy to be back in Indianapolis. Incident-| ally, all wild animals not native of the United States might as well take out papers now, for they can’t travel

back to their native lands because

of the war. A small contingent of the elephants was working with the men and boys spreading canvas, hauling stakes, pulling up the big top center poles. The rest of them were

munching hay in the menagerie]

tent. They work in shifts and they

d It, Kiddies! Circus Is Here

i know that when their work is done they can rest until show time. There 1s one handler for every two elephants and the elephants |obey oral orders. The elephant handlers are among the luckiest of the circus family. When the animals are gonune around waiting for some g to do, the handlers can sit in the coolness of their shadows.

The first section of the train arrived from: Dayton, O, at 3 a. m. and by 7 a. m. the shqw was half unloaded. A, large and eager squad of Indianapolis boys had obtained work with tickets as pay and were helping to spread the big‘ top canvas. Sledge hammer crews of

six wandered about the eroinds putting stakes in with their mysterious rhythm and tractors were snorting about. i It. takes a minimum of three hours to unload and set up the show. The circus carries about 800 performers, who don’t appear at the grounds until about show time, and about 600. workers who get. their

rest when the performances are on. The luckiest animal in the whole show is an African pygmy elephant. She is tame and doesn’t have to be chained or caged. And she’s too little to do any work. She seemed pretty well satisfied with every-

thing.

FRIDAY, TUNE ” 1040 ¢

ENVOYS TO BE NAMED BY JUNIOR C. OFC.

The Indiana Junior Chamber of Commerce will name commitices and elect ‘delegates to the national convention in Washington, June 19, during a luncheon at the Indianapolis Athletic Club tomorrow, Dick = McCracken, /Gary, state president, will preside. Indianapolis members who will attend include Harlan Livengood, state treasurer; Berkley W. Duck Jr. and Burch Nunley, state directors, and Harry Ice, vice president of the United States Junior Chamber of Coms=merce. .

FINNISH STEAMER SUNK LONDON. June 7 (U, P.)..-Radio Stockholm reported today that an unnamed Finnish steamer of 7500 tons had been torpedoed,

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