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| ITALY ENTERS WAR AT HITLER'S SIDE

‘We Will Fight the Decrepit

Democracies,’ He Tells Wildly

Cheering Throng, Describing War Aims as Free Access

Through Suez Canal

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and Gibraltar.

Fascist Ttaly has done everything possible to avoid the

storm the world is now witnessing.”

“Our conscience is absolutely tranquil. Now we are

, ready to face all the risks and

the sacrifices of war,” he

said.

“A great people is truly great if it can go through the trials imposed by destiny. “This is the battle of fertile peorles against sterile peoples nearing ‘their twilight,” he-said. “The hour cof destiny beats on the sky of our fatherland. : “It is an axiom of Fascism to p:arch to the end with our friends.

We have done this with Germany. A nation of 45,000,000 people is not really free unless it has free access to the oceans.” (Mussolini's reference presumably was to Suesz and Gibraltar) “We take up arms ta solve the problems of our continental Irontiers and our maritime/ frontiers,” the Premier continued. | “We shall win and we shall give a long period of peace and prosperity to Italy and the: world. “People of Italy: To i |

“Your tenacity, bravery and sourage will prevail.”

+ Williams Predicts 'Greatest'

- Fight If Nazis

| By MAJ. AL WILLIAMS I Scripps-Howard Aviation Editor " The British Government evidently is thinking in terms of the greatest battle of all time that soon may be waged for command of the English Channel and is fully aware of its significance. Ironical indeed is the fact that the first airplane crossing

of that Channel was from near Calais to Dover, by Bleriot more than 30 years ago. Another jrony is that, no mat“ter how “the British admirals h a v e resisted fullest development of airpower, their visien of an eventual air menace, uttered as avia- Maj, Al Williams tion was being born, has proved to be accurately | H prophetic. In 1911, a British Gov, ernment report, doubtless sponsored | ‘by the Admiralty, said this in ex-|

| plaining the refusal to buy the}.

Wright Brothers’ flying invention: “It was felt that we stood to gain nothing by forcing a means of warfare which tended to reduce the value of our insular position and the protection of our seapower.” And so—even when airplanes were

fragile, stick-and-wire contraptions

+ —British admirals dimly dreamed

that incredible, winged monsters would one day challenge their control of the sea. That day has come.

Problems Are Complex

The problems facing both bellig- : erents -are complex. To launch an invasion of England, the Germans

must first consolidate control br]

the whole northern European coast.

Assuming they do this and set up air bases on the Channel, it is al

sure conclusion that Britain's entire |

geapower will be found in the'

Storm Channel

withstand and ward off the German air attack. The first clash would be between the German air armada and the English surface| fleet, with weather playing as predominant part as it did in the battle against the Spanish Armada.

A dozen or more old Bri

ment, stripped of their bi loaded with anti-aircraft batteries. These old warships, no longer able to fight sea battles, are today in fact the strongest anti-aircraft section of British seapower. Timing Vitally Important | After the first massed air attack is launched, timing will - become vitally important. It may well be that German mosquito fleets will swarm on the hannel| to launch their torpedo stabs This struggle romises to involve all the complexities visual ized by air strategists, and the earby air bases of the Germans would stand forth in their true significance, since the short- een swift

Heinkel and Messerschmitt interceptors would be within range of the British interceptors, far overhead. At lower levels would be found German heavy bombers, and lower still would be the “Stukas,” the wild dive bombers. Woven in between, at all levels, would be fast singleseater fighters, ready to dash into the nearest battle. Below, on the surface, the mosquito fleets would be at it, the Germans attacking major units of the British fleet and the British mosquitoes fighting their German prototypes. i Thousands of Ta gets Thousands of targets, a variety of attacks, and all levels filled with; battle. It is a terrifying prospect, vet so realistic that it| would tax the discipline and co- Ct nave, of

naval gunfire control ag never before. It would be a lastrditch fight of seapower against airpower—the | eventual show-down in| full force | which has been in the making for many years. The issue then would be settled in a death grip, all out to a finish, as to which agency con-

breach, ready to die in its effort totrols the seas.

"Defenses Broken’ —Nazis

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Beine (in the Rouen sector and presumably to cut off Le Havre) and in the Champagne area, the communique said. Allied counter-attacks were made

with tanks, but failed, it added. The German Air Force “heavily” bombed the harbor and quays at the important French ports of Cherbourg and Lé& Havre, according to the communique. Numerous ships in both ports as well as on the lower Seine River were reported hit and damaged.’ One 5000-ton Allied troop ship was set afire and destroyed, it said. (The British announced today that additional fresh British troops had been landed in France.) A returning German U-boat, according to the communique, reported the sinking of 43,000 tons of enemy shipping. Allied parracks, troop concentrations, foftifications, batteries and columns marching on the roads in| France were successfully attacked

by the he air force, the communique said. The Germans gave considerable emphasis to the recapture of Narvik after all Allied forces had been cleared out, but the real test of strength was on the vast fighting front in France. The immediate German objective along the coast appeared to be Rouen, France's second - principal port. From there the Germans were expected to drive westward toward Le Havre, thus cutting off a huge area on rance’s western coast, One newspaper commented [that the Germans hoped to cut oft France’s last channel ports [soon and thus end direct communications between France and - Great Britain, “The two Allies must go theéirjown ways in battle for naked life” the Hamburger Fremdenblatt said. The High Command earlier said | the French were throwing all their force into the battle but that “the |enemy’s 's attempt at ali costs to halt the German advance is shattered. ”

NORWAY FALLS TO HITLER BY }

Haakon Goes to England as Allies Withdraw to Place Men in West.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 10 (U. P.).—Capitulation of the Norwegian Army and withdrawal of Al-

iron ore port, left Germany unchallenged today along the entire Norwegian coast and put her in position to dominate Russia's arctic trade route. ; It was made known that Gen. C. G. Fleischer, commander-in-chief of the Norwegian forces in the north, had ordered his men to surrender after King Haakon, Crown Prince Olav and members of the Norwegian Government had been em barked in Allied warships. Diplomatic sources here asserted that the King, the Crown Prince and the others had embarked sev-

London. However, reports of a naval battle

Germans asserted they had sunk the British aircraft carrier Glorious, had caused some concern for their safety. Capitulation Necessary

In departing, King Haakon, the Crown Prince and the Government issued a joint proclamation explaining to the people of Norway that their capitulation was necessary because without Allied aid, Norway lacked: sufficient soldiers and sufficient war materials to fight. It was asserted that the King and Government in exile would continue to fight for a free Norway, and hope was expressed that Norwegians never would abandon their confidence in the ultimate restoration of the country to independent status. Gen. Fleischer, after issuing his surrender order, left with the King and the others, it was understood. But reports here were that Gen. Otto Ruge, Commander-in-Chief of the Norwegian Armies, remained. In a statement of his own, Gen. Ruge urged Norwegians not to reproach the Allies and asked them to understand that from the Allied viewpoint it was necessary to withdraw forces from Norway because all available men were needed on the Western Front.

Thanks Army for Valor

Thanking - the Norwegian Army for ‘its valor, Gen, Ruge expressed hope that Germaf airplane bombings of the country would stop soon so that refugees might return home. The full implication of the sudden Norwegian surrender, in apparent complete agreement with the Allies, was not yet entirely clear. It was certain only that Germany had won another quick victory only a few days after its army had been forced out of Narvik.

Haakon Reaches

Haven in England . LONDON, June 10 (U. P.).—The [Ministry of Information, announcing today the withdrawal of British and French troops from northern Norway, said that King Haakon and members of the Norwegian Government were now in Great Britain. Part of the Norwegian forces have been withdrawn from Norway, the Ministry said, so that they could be reformed “for action on other fronts.” It was understood that the port of Narvik had been rendered useless for at least one year. The number of Allied troops in the Narvik area was never announced, but it was known they included some of the finest British and French forces,

German Flag

Flies Over Narvik BERLIN, June 10 (U. P.).—The High Command said today that the Germans had hoisted tneir battle flag at the north Norwegian port of Narvik after all Allied forces had been cleared out. “Hostilities ceased last night,” the communique said. “Negotiations for capitulation are proceeding.” All Allied naval, land and air forces were cleared from the area, it asserted.

Norway Becomes

Neutral Territory PARIS, June 10 (U. P.).—An official announcement here said today that Norway became ‘neutralized territory” last midnight and that the Germans agreed not to interfere with the evacuation of the Allies.

IN INDIA NAPOLIS

Here 1s the Traffic Record DEATHS TO DATE County City "otal 16 22 38 33 46

June 8 and 9, 1940 25 | Arrests 1 [Accidents .....

SATURDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines Trion tions Paid 3 $15 16

Violations Speeding Reckless driving. : Failure to stop at through street. 2 Disobeying traffic ‘signals . Drunken driving. 1 All others 0

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MEETINGS TODAY

tech Club, Board of Trade, noon. mY: Claypool Hotel, noon. Irvington Republican Clup, 5446%2 E.

on St. 8 p. m. Wn S Gide Realtors, Canary Cottage,

Spink-Arms Hotel, noon. » aii, Central Labor Union, Plumbers al 3 » Triana University Club, Columbia Club, PO ndustrial Union Council, Amalgamated

Hall vicin Federation of Musicians, Clay-

a Ry ‘Jordan Sonservatory of Music, es ailsiate sand Bar Association, Indianapolis Country Club.

MEETINGS TOMORROW

x Clus, 2 ool Hota, noon. "Men's C PM A., noon. Gyro en. 8 bs 2:5 Corel, noon. Mercator Club, Hotel Lincoln, noon. Universal Club, Columbia Olub, noon. University of Michigan Club, Board o

khigats of Columbus, K. of C. clubNO ean Service Club, Canary Cottage,

‘Fine Paper Credit Group, Wm. H. Block Co., noon . i n Her

{ cinoma.

sn Art School, commencement. Rl pl, commencement.

BIRTHS |

2 Twin Girls Ben. Alberta Giberson, at City.

Girls

Donald. Josephine Conner; at Colamian. wm erender, lvessie Petrovich, at| Cole-

M Robert, Ollie Totten, at City. Thomas. Mary Woods, at City. | Freeman, Helen ~Quinnette, af Francis. i Burck. Marv Nunley. at S's Jipe t’ Goerge, Eileen Harakas, at S vin Robert, Beatrice Orbison, at “Meth Hanely, Martha Burton. at Metho Frank, Joan Jones. at Methodist. Floyd, Glendoris Walters, at Met} James, Anna Mae Cook, at Met Hodis

Homer, Jane Pippy at Coleman, James, May Rogers, at City. rank, Anna Greenwell, at St. rancis. Ein Elnora Rush. at St. Vincent's. ar, Isabelle Schmidt, at st. VinVin-

“Bran. Florence McGuire, at at ’S. ist,

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Harold, Elizabet Methodist

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. 8S. Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Mostly cloudy and cooler tonight orrow,

with thundershowers this a noon or to-

4:15 | Sunset —June 10, 1939— TEMPERATURE

Sunrise

BAROMETER TODAY 6:30 2. m....29.95

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending J p. m.. Total precipitation ince JAN. e.ceesas 16. 1 Deficiency since Jan.

MIDWEST a Indiana = —Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. thundershowers this afternoon or tonight continuing into tomorrow mornng in extreme south portion; cooler. llinois—Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight

me a Robert, Marjorie Williams, at Methodist.

DEATHS Wy Florence Miner, 79, at 1528 Lee, remia. . Clarence Bonnell, 66, at Methodist, carnom Clifford ; Washburn, 58. at 320 Ridgeview Drive, an gina, J pectoris. William Smit > ot Long. carcinoma. Bonnie Rush, 52," at 4435 Winthrop, sarcoma. Delmar Strother, 3, at Methodist, general peritonitis. : 83, at 5086 E. 10th, cere- * 5s. at Methodist, cerebral en . 71, at 5501 University. cardio vascular renal. ; James Blacker, 37, at 838 W. 29th, coronary - occlusion Lafayette Williams, 10. at 642 | Udell, parenchymatous nephr Charles Becker, 68, at *Methodist, pneumonia. John G. Sas 57 at 337 Prospect, cerebral hemorrh Emma Jo oan, 76, at 556 bronchopneumonia. Loranza Pemberton, 57, at City,

FIRE ALARMS

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and tomorrow; thundershowers in east and south portions this afternoon or early tonight; cooler tonight, except along Lake Michigan; cooler tomorrow :n east and south portions Lower Michigan—Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, SHOwS?S and local tnunder- | storms tonight; coo Ohio—Partly coy with Jocal showers and thuflqerstarms tonight and in east and south portions tomorrow; not much change in temperature. entucky—Local showers and thunderStorms tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature.

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CAPITULATION

lied forces from Narvik, the great

eral days ago and now were in| §

off Narvik Saturday, in which the]

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

MERIT SYSTEM PARKS OPENED

Politics Takes Back Seat as Thousands Flock to City Playlots. (Continued from Page'One)

the playground directors would “do the best job we've ever done.” The new program, the most extensive ever instituted here, is based on two principles. First, the development of highly diversified programs into which the energies of thousands of youngsters can be directed. Second, the management of the programs by trained personnel. | The new system breaks down the old order of patronage appointments with its lack of discipline and organization. The new program is designed to keep the maximum rumber . of children occupied with the maximum degree of safety. As one member of the advisory committee expressed it:

a bench or under a tree, waiting until time to quit, the playground director will have his hands full with, a program which begins in the morning and doesn’t end until dusk.” °° Leaders Will Confer

Recreation officials, while optimistic over the success of the new

develop which will be speedily eliminated. Playground directors will meet each week at City Hall to review the program and plan for the week to come, while supervisors in eight. districts covering the City will patrol the grounds to see how the program is operating. “We've tried to make it airtight as far as loopholes are concerned,” Mr. Middlesworth said. “But we won't know what airtight is until the program has been going for a week or two.” The new system was achieved chiefly through the insistence of the Advisory Committee on the adoption of modern récreation methods end the merit system. It will be extended further when the Park Department engages a recreation expert to supervise younger children as an assistant to Mr. Middlesworth, committee members said. In a statement issued over the week-end by Mrs. Thomas D. sheerin, committee chairman, the committee said:

Choice of Aids Explained ,

“For the first time in the history of the Park Department, a school has been conducted to train interested candidates for the position of directors of the city playgrounds. Only the best qualified have been appointed after the results of & written examination and personality qualifications have been determined. : “It is the sincere desire of the Mayor, the Park Board and the recreation staff to provide play areas with skilled leadership and a diversified program to assure Indianapolis children a happy, safe vacation with plenty of opportunities to develop skills or hobbies.” "The committee requested parents to watch the program closely and send in suggestions for improvement to the Park Department.” The committee pointed out that there will -be 14 additional playgrounds this year compared with last. There also will be five lighted

‘| might and probably tomorrow morning. grounds for older children for night

games and contests.

‘LONDON, June 10 (U. P.).— “Cobber” Kain, the greatest British ace of the war, has crashed to a flaming death on the Western Front after sending 40 German planes to oestruction before him, it was disclosed today. Twenty-two years old, Kain had seen a little more than eight months of war.as a combat pilot. The press association reported Kain’s death today. He was to have married Moyce Phillips, British actress, 23, next month, and his parents were on the way here from .|New Zealand tc attend the wedding. “Cobber”—Australian for “Pal’— was Edgar James Kain, 6 feet tall, weighed “182 pounds, and had a face that seemed to have been carved out of granite. But his eyes were smiling. He was a famous Rugby football player. Kain had been shot down twice— both times in flames. He showed an aptitude for handling pursuit planes and at the outbreak of the war was attached to the R. A. F. advanced air striking force, flying Hurricarie planes. He made a patrol flight alone on March 2, spot-

ers and dived for them.

ting seven German Heinkel ‘bomb-

“Instead of lounging around on

system, admitted a few “bugs” might |.

Britain's Ace Flier Killed; | Had Downed 40 Nazi Planes

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“Times Photo.

Municipal swimming pools were open for the first time this year today and they proved to be as popular as ever. This picture was taken at Brookside Park.

274 Graduated af Butler; 84 Additional Degrees Given

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from which we have drawn so much in order to pattern our own institutions, laws, and customs stand with their backs to the wall. . « . In such an hour it is childish to talk about being secure. “It may be that for a little lime an ocean can be wide enough to make us relatively safe from physical invasion, but no ocean ever can be wide enough to give us security against invasion of a far more dangerous type—invasion in the realm of the mind and the spirit.” Honorary degrees. were conferred on three Indianapolis citizens. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and Mr. Morgan were given honorary LL.D degrees and the Rev. Ephriam Lowe, pastor of the Olive Branch Christian Church, was given an honorary D. D. degree. The Rev. William F. Rothenberg-

ASK EXPANSION OF FT. HARRISON

Legion Group to Request

$3,000,000 of Congress; Support Sought.

The 12th District, American Legion, has launched a campaign to secure a Congressional appropriation of $3,000,000 to expand Ft. Harrison. . The campaign was announced yesterday by Frank Anderson, chairman of a Federal Post committee in charge. Mr. Anderson said the funds are needed for new garages, commissioned and non-commissioned officers’ quarters, barracks, a chapel and gymnasium. The committee, Mr. Anderson said, plans to enlist the aid of civic and business groups and all citizens in calling attention of Congress to the present facilities at the post. It was said the new garages are needed because of the expanding mechanized service since the return of the 11th Infantry from maneuvers in the South.

HOSPITAL WILL TEST SYPHILIS FORMULA

City Hospital officials will open a six-bed .ward for investigating the new five-day treatment for syphilis. Dr. Charles W. Myers; City Hospital superintendent, said the ward would be placed with the contagious cases and that patients would be treated in co-operation with the State Board of Health. The new ward, authorized by the Board of Public Health, was suggested by Dr. George W. Bowman, venereal disease director of the State Board of Health. The new method is being studied by the U. S. Public Health Service, which recommended establishment of wards similar to the one at City Hospital throughout the country. Members of the committee which studied and recommended the proposal are Dr. Herman G. Morgan, City Health Board secretary; Dr. George W. Kohlstaedt, Board president: Dr. Myers, and Dr. M. Joseph Barry. [The ward will be opened July 1.

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Two German Messerschmitts joined in the battle. “My machine caught a terrific smack,” he said later. “One cannon shell blew off part of the wing tip. But I got in a burst of fire and’ saw one Messerschmitt go down. The other Messerschmitt fired and hit my engine, which stopped, I was well over Germany. I started to glide back toward France. Then my motor caught fire and I took to my parachute and managed to land a few miles be hind, ii Magi Line.” arch 26, accompanied by —— other planes, Kain attacked nine Messerschmitts and shot two 1 in flames. |

qui! ly,’ he said. fy cockpit covering was blown off. [Flames and hot oil came from my engine. I passed out. When I came to I was in a steep dive and my face was being burned. I bailed out and came down in No Man’s Land, with a bullet wound in my hand.” | Kain \was born in Wellington, N.Z, and held the distinguished Flying| Cs ‘He carried a (jade image

a Maori sod on all his flights.

my own fadeout came |

er, pastor of the Third Christian Church, gave the invocation, and the Rev. Logan Hall, pastor of the Meridian Street Methodist Church, gave the benediction.

Forty "candidates for undergraduate degrees were graduated magna cum laude and cum laude. ' Nine Indianapolis students were graduated magna -cum laude. They, with the titles of their papers, were: Miss Marguerite Ellis, “The New Synthetic Fibers”; Albert Goldstein Jot, “A Study of the Monetary Theories of J. M. Keynes”; Miss Ruthmarie Hamill, “The Literary Influence of the Works of Samuel Coleridge on the Novels, ‘Rebecca’ ny Daphne du Maurier, and ‘Aylwin’ by Theodore Watts Dunton”; Miss Lila-Jane Peyton Harms, “Pliny’s Villas”; Paul Lewis Lentz, “Molds Found in Indianapolis Markets”; Miss Marjorie Anne Rork, “The Founding of Rome: A Comparative Study of Ancient Accounts”; Miss Betty Richart, “Gerald Manley Hopkins, Angel & Earthly Creature”; Lewis Vogler, “Thomas Wolf and his Novels, A Study of an Autobiographical Pattern”; and Tommie Wright, “A Treatise on the Origin and Development of Our Present System of Notation.”

City Students Honored

Miss Helen Louise Harper of Monrovia wrote tor her magna cum laude paper: “Relationship Between Corporate Security Flotations and

- | Liabilities of Commercial Failure.”

Students from Indianapolis graduated with cum laude honors were: Hilton Brown Atherton, Jeanette Barnett, George A. Burck, Virginia Cottom, Lucile Craigle, Russell S. Gladden, Leone Hankins, Elnora Hartman, Mary Elizabeth Hays, Charles Hostetter, Elfriede N. Korff, Catherine” Kuemich, Lucy Lego, Ralph W. Morgan, Margaret Parrish, Charles. P. Shulhafer, Catherine Snyder, Anna Catherine Van Dorn and Estelle M. Williamson. Out-of-town students graduated with cum laude honors included Nancy Baker, Noblesville; Dorothy Mae Bell, Lafayette; Martha Bible, Remington; Joseph J. Bolanowski, Perth Amboy, N. J.; Betn Allene Brooks, Crawfordsville; Cecil P. Carvey, Peru; Mary G. Fallis, Mil Minnie B. Parsons, Danville; Dessolle Schild, Carmel; and Robert M. Stultz, Wapakoneta, O.

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IN CRITICAL STAGE

Germans Cross Seine at Two Points in West, Bring Paris Into Deadliest Peril of Nation’s History With Rouen Flank Movement Menacing City “From Rear. ‘(Continued from Page One) ening Le Havre and Rouen in a flanking movement that

would cut the French off from additional avenue;

of com-

munication with the British and possibly imperil Paris from

-| the rear.

No official announcement was made but it was indicat = that many departments of the French Government were

evacuating Paris. already. The American Red

Some divisions were known to have left XN

Cross transferred headquar-

ters to Bordeaux and part of the American Embassy Staff

was said to have left Paris.

With France facing what Allied officials agtesd was a more critical hour than any moment of the World War, the northern theater of the war was closed. Allied forces with drew from Navik and left Norway in German hands just two months from the day the Germans first entered that country. Norway agreed to capitulate but King Haakon and

Crown Prince Olva went to England, announcing that Nor-

way’s fight would be carried on on the Western Front. Berlin asserted that the great battle of France was “approaching a decision” and that the German High Command reported that everywhere operations were taking their. “expected course” and that in some places “a pursuit” of re-

treating Allied forces had developed.

Paris’ Plight Critical

(Continued from Page One)

danger that a withdrawal would be forced. One of the heaviest assaults of the day was that southeast of Soissons where the Germans are driving hard to reach the Marne. The Tardenois Plateau where the battle is being fought controls the approach to the Marne.

Dispatch Censored

(At this point five lines of the Paris dispatch, presumably telling of the depth of the German advance southeast of Soissons were censored.) Heavy attacks were smashing at the front along the upper Aisne and in the Argonne. The French inflicted heavy losses on the attacking Germans. The Germans were driving for the Ardennes Canal, south of Chesne and Pouleax. Fighting was reported particularly heavy around Fournelle. The, Germans succeeded in crossing the Aisne at two points in the Vouzier Region. This attack, if pressed with full force; would threaten to flank the Maginot Line from behind. If carried far enough south it might cut off the famous French fortress of Verdun from the rear.

Paris Air Alarm Sounds

Heavy anti-aircraft fire started at 7 a. m. today (midnight Indianapolis Time) after intermittent activity throughout yesterday and the early hours of this morning. (It was reported that German planes had bombed the southern suburbs of Paris yesterday, but the United Press Paris Bureau reported that according to the best information available there had been no bombing yesterday closer than the Oise Valley, 20 miles from the capital) Many people had been awakened by anti-aircraft fire at 4 a. m. yesterday. Batteries opened again at 8 a. m, 4:50 p. m, 7 p. m, 7:30 p. m,, and at 10:30 p. m. During the 7 p. m. bombardment people on the outskirts of Paris, including a United Press correspondent, saw two parachutists descend. It was impossible to obtain identification of the fliers, whether they were German or French fliers coming down from a crippled plane, or

were German parachute troops.

There was violent anti-aircraft gun fire at 1:45 a. m. today and air~ planes were heard over the city. Then, after intermittent firing during the early hours, the most furious fire for the entire week-end period started at Gen. Maxine Weygand, studying battle maps at his headquarters, waiting for some opportunity to strike back, urged every officer and man to stand at his post. | The War Office communique this morning, No. 561 of the war, was eloquently brief: “From the sea to the Argonne the battle continues more and more violently.” As eloquent was the cancellation of the customary morning war office conference with newspaper cor« respondents. All that the country knew was that the battle of France had entered its critical phase and that the pick of its men was in the battle line, taking a price for each mile the Germans gained—a price, it was hoped, that would prove impossibly high for the success of the Nazi blitzkrieg.

William Tell Act | Ends in Slaying

HOUSTON, Tex. June 10 (U. P.).—Jack Roach, who hunts big game when he’s not occupied with his automobile business or his big Texas ranch had a barbecue for his employees over the week-end. Roach, expert marksman, was displaying his talent with a highpowered pistol. Ed Pugh, employee, put an ink bottle on his head. Seated on a bed about 20 feet from Pugh, Roach casually: drew a bead on the ink bottle and . shattered it without rumpling a hair on Pugh’s head. Tom Rau, a guest, wanted to try itgand Roach shot a paper cup from his head. “Here. Let me try it" said Olivia Paines, a ranch hand. He put a paper cup on his head. Roach raised the gun and fired. But just as he pressed the trigger: someone on the bed moved. The bullet struck Paines in the head and killed him. :

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