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PAIN PLEDGES | FIGHT ALONE

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retreating fragments of the French army and poured tons

of high explosive on refugee-packed Tours where the French

‘Government first fled on abandoning Paris.

Meantime, in Bo

made.

All day yesterd

ple

this was not enough.

Events Move at Swift Pace

rdeaux the fateful decision was being

£ ay conference followed conference. Premier Paul Reynaud gave the cabinet Preside

t Roosevelt's of, “redoubled aid” so long as France resisted—a reply to Reynaud’s final appeal for aid. Th

e cabinet felt

Reynaud obtained final commitments from Prime Minister Winston Churchill=may even have met the British leader on French soil. This, too, was of no avail. Reynaud,

almost the only remaining advocate of “fight-to-the finish, |}

resigned.

Events moved swiftly now. The 84-year-old Petain, friend of Spain‘s Generalissimo Francisco Franco and once

his military professor, accepted the premiership. Into office

with him went a group of rightists, ministers of pacifist leanings and supporters of Munich.

Word flashed through feverish, crowded Bordeaux that the end was near. Petain called in the Spanish ambassador

‘and gave him a communication to be transmitted to Ger-

. many through Franco.

Today the aging Petain

spoke over the radio to the

French people and told them what had been done. “It is with heavy heart,” he declared, “that I say we

' must cease the fight. I have applied to our opponent to ask

him if he is ready to sign with us and as between soldiers after the fight, and in honor, a means to put and end to hos-

tilities.” : As early as Saturday the

I ’

presence in Paris—among the

occupation forces and sight-seeing German troops on leave —of German diplomatic officials who dealt with France be-

fore hostilities had become known. They, it

as presumed,

would handle the details of the cessation of fighting. Britain Girds Herself for Fight |

~~ What terms France would obtain inspired the greatest Interest in London. There it was admitted that it had been apparent for some days that the military situation on

. French soil had been damaged beyond repair “ing German offensive.

by the.smash-

Britain was girding herself to face alone the full migh

of the military machine of the axis powers

140 million

Germans and Italians—controlling the conquered resources

“of these nations overrun since last Sept. 1:

Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Luxem-

bourg and France.

Plus the previously acquired resources of these nations:

1 Ethiopia, Albania, Austria,

Czechoslovakia. |

Britain was face to face with the fact that for the first time since Napoleon a conquering enemy held Europe in thrall and was gathering forces for an attack n the British

Isles themselves.

But the British held in mind another fact, that tomorrow marks the 125th anniversary of Napbleon’s end—his de-

feat on the battiefield of Waterloo.

What happened 125

years ago, they felt certain, can happen again.

.The British Isles were

being battened down for a

storm. Whatever terms Hitler gives to France it was felt here that he will move on against Britain, and move swiftly. Britain’s total available manpower and women, "too, were being mobilized for the defense of the British coast from invasion by sea and of the interior against invasion by air.

Italy’s Role Like a Sideshow

Italy’s part in the war today was almost a side show. Rome adrhitted that Allied airplanes had made - repeated raids on Italian cities and bases but claimed her own avia-

tion was equally active.

: The French radio asserted that the industrial area of Turin had been wrecked by Allied bombing. Authorized Berlin sources said that the German offengive into France continued “on all fronts” and that there had been no armistice yet, although the French had contacted

Hitler's headquarters.

“The fighting obviously must cont

nue until Hitler has

time to discuss the conditions with Mus olini,” it was stated.

“No harm will come to French

units that capitulate at once.”

The German press opened up a bitter attack on Britain

for “a criminal viewpoint” in tinue the fight.

“The Efiglish choke the French on

having urged France to con-

and silly deception,” the newspaper Nacht Ausgabe said.

Today's War

Moves

By J. W. T. MASON * | United Press War Expert French cessation of hostilities has caused the war against Germany and Italy to revert to its original strategy of a starvation sea blockade

as the only way of possible victory. had no expectation of for open field fighting. They counted on Prench fleets and the Maginot Line. What disposition now will be made

of the French Navy must have an

future course of events. Should France surrender her warships to the tE Germans, the "power of the blockade continued by the British Navy alone will be weakened, though not necessarily to a fatal extent. The rimary weakMr. Mason FC C'Will consist

of the long French Atlantic coast-

fnfluence on the

_~ ine, offering new ports of entry for ,

ds for Germany, which will have to be added to the present limited North Sea blockade area. The British, however, could overcome that defect to some extent by 4ncreasing the number of their merchantmen converted into armed uxiliary cruisers. . If the Germans take over the ; fleet, it would require a con‘s'derable time kefore the ships could pe effectively operated. A modern warship necessitates large crews of high technical skill. Germany is deficient in scientinfally trained aval reserve personnel

At the outset of hostilities the Allies

winning the war on land, and were not prepared Yi | the strangulation efforts of the British and the

fleets to challenge the British Navy to a decisive sea battle must, however, be considered a possibility.

announced that the whole of the Ttalian Navy is now in the Mediterranean with the Implication that it is bottled up because of the Suez Canal at one end and the extreme difficulty of a battle fleet passing through the narrow Gibraltar Strait into the Atlantic against. a resolute enemy. Should the Germans take over the French Navy and join the Italians in the Mediterranean, it would be bad naval strategy because of the possibilities of being trapped there.

ranean would make a great sea fight precarious and the British strategy would probably be based on this fact. . The Italians would probably have to risk sending their warships past Gibraltar into the Atlantic if they agreed with any German proposal for a combined. challenge against the British Navy. It is known that many of the French naval units are based in the Mediterranean at present where the difficulty of a successful exit, if they pass into German hands, is the same as that confronting the Italians. These facts account for the confidence of the British that they can continue the war at sea against

Gertany and Italy single-handed.

worthless promises rol?

The British Government recently Ss

The confined area of the Mediter+|,

emplacement.

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A vital part of Britain's anti-aircraft defenses are the- searchlight units which have been co-ordinated in a complicated scheme and work in conjunction with fighting aircraft and anti-aircraft guns. This photo, taken at a searchlight station in the London area, shows a projector operating from its sunken sandbagged

BRITISH TO FACE INVASION ALONE

Wonder if France’s Fleet ‘Might Now Be Used by Attacking Nazis. (Continued from Page One)

French for their brave “stand to the last” and™urged Britons to devote the last ounce of their energy and efforts to prepare to repel an invasion of the British Isles.”

‘Our Task Is Now Clear’

“Our great immortal ally, France,” said the Evenirg Standard, “has suffered a sequence: of hammering blows which has broken all but her soul. Her brave sons stood astride the road as long as the frame of the human body could stand the test. Our task is now clear and simple — to transform this country into a single fortress.” “It is useless to disguise that the French Government's request for an armistice is a heavy blow,” it was

‘We must further expect that France will now be very largely overrun by the enemy.” \ “A settled appreciation of the situation and the part Britain has to play and British policy toward the French request for an armistice,” it was said, “must await Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s address in Commons tomorrow.” It was said CHurchill also might broadcast to the nation tomorrow night # not before that time. Britain seemed prepared to face at once a German totalitarian attack on its islands. “German troops will be landed in Britain by air and from across the sea,” warned the Daily Mail. “Remember Hitler is no professional general. His campaign is unorthodox and is carried out by young generals, audaciously, ruthlessly and with speed. The fate of every male and female human being in these islands is in the balance.”

Fear U. S. Aid Too Slow

British concern was all the greater because it was questioned now whether the quantities of American arms, including some understood to be coming by air, would arrive before a German invasion of Britain. The industrial burden on Britain had - become heavier because the Germans had destroyed or captured many important war factories. An indication of the temper of the people generally was shown at ‘Dcncaster and at Margate. There, conscripts impatient because, they had not been ordered to join the Army, began drilling voluntarily— with broomsticks in lieu of rifles.

FIRE ALARMS

Saturday

9:3¢ A. M.—1740 Hall, garage, sparks from bonfire. :51 A. M. — 2663 8. Meridian, blow

A. M.—3800 Northwestern, auto,

defective wiring. 7 1:52 P. M1001 College, awning.

Here Is the Traffic Record DEATHS TO DATE : ; County City Total 1939 ........ vesses 11 23 40 1940 .......c00.... 16 34 50 June 15-16, 1940 29 | Arrests. ...... 65 Dead ....... 3 | Accidents ... 42

SATURDAY TRAFFIC COURT . Cases Convic- Fines Violations

24 Failure to stop at through street. . Disobeying traffic signals Drunken driving . All Others .....

Totals .

MEETINGS TODAY Scientech Club, Board of Trade, noon. Service Club, Claypool Hotel, noon. Irvington Republican Club, 544612 E. Washington St., 8 p. m. North Side Realtors, Canary Cottage,

oon. Notre Dame Club, Spink-Arms Hotel,

noon. Sigma Delta Kappa Alumni, Canary Cottage, noon. Indiana University Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, noon. a

MEETINGS TOMORROW Rotary Club, Claypool Hotel, noon. Y’s Men’s Club, Y. M. C. A,, noon. Gyro Club, Spink-Arms Hotel, noon. Mercator Club, Hotel Lincoln, noon. Universal Club, Columbia Club, noon. University of Michigan Club, Board of Trade, noon. . Knights of Columbus, K. of C. clubhouse, n

oon. Lutheran Service Club, Canary Cottage,

noon. Fine Paper Credit Group, Wm. H. Block Co., n 3

St. and Talbott Ave., 2

BIRTHS | Girls William, Joan Thompson, at St. Vincent’'s. ase : : ;

said officially at 5:45 p. m. tonight.|.

Tried tions Paid|cent $114 cent

oon. - Talbott Avenue Opening, celebration, 22d | ti p. m.

Paris---as

:narched by shouting “Heil Hitler!” At 4 p. m. Col. Warlimont of the German Army, a former military attache at Washington, landed in a taxi plane in one of the broad avenues. A crowd of 3000 French rushed=to meet him. 2

Endless Line of Germans

A few minutes later a second plane landed. Its pilot distributed copies of the German soldiers’ newspaper, “West Front,” containing reports that- 100,000 French troops had been captured the day before.

An hour later another band goosestepped to the shadow of the obelisk and played for an hour-long parade of conquering troops.

On and on marched what seemed an endless line of ‘German troops who showed signs of battle. Their boots were dusty, their uniforms stained through with perspiration, and their faces were grimy. Many motorized units brought along dog mascots who barked at French dogs on the street. One motorcyclist had a teddy bear strapped on the front of his machine and a long-legged French doll at the rear. Several used French helmets as shields for their headlights. Many of the motorized units had insignias as a girl skiing, a laughing ' duck, horses and airplanes. ; The click of hob nailed boots, the rumble of horse-drawn wagons and guns, the roar of swift heavily armed motorized and mechanized units, the staccato roar of motorcycles and the clatter of hoofs of hundreds of horses reverberated from the Ministry of Marine building to the Chamber of Deputies. Even Statues Seem Sad

Across the Seine they surged past the deputies’. building where the sad looking statues of bygone French statesmen looked down, past the military governor's headquarters and on through the streets of Paris.

Gen. Bogislav von Studnitz, provisional German military Governor, visited American Ambassador William C. Bullitt, then walked quickly to the center of the Place De La Concorde and stood rigidly for exactly an hour while part of a German division passed by. I passed from group to group and heard practically the same explanation: “We do not dislike the French people. You have been used as a tool by the British who seek to retard Germany’s natural growth. We do not want to have to fight the French. The British? —well, that’s a different story.”

Germans Well Equipped

After one of the greatest mass exoduses in modern times, those Parisians who remained, and I myself, saw a show which convinced

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it was taken down.

French Soldiers Refum fo

Nazi Prisoners

Germany Army. Every soldier; every piece of material, seemed of the highest quality, each man was equipped with rifle, revolver, cartridge pouches or a string of cartridges about the neck, bayonet, grenade thrower, gas mask, field glasses, canteen, mess kit, and flashlight. ? . Practically every man carried a camera and snapped pictures. For miles I rode my bicycle alongside German columns directed through the city by big broad shouldered soldiers who carried red and white disc signals on a short-handled staff to direct traffic. : In the early morning when the Germans first began to pour in, the people stood by silently, staring at them in a hostile manner. Girls, however, exchanged greetings with the troops and I saw two blonds sitting atop a small cannon. By mid-afternoon, proprietors of cafes who did not leave the city found German trade profitable. Each man paid his bill in francs. Waitresses practically ignored the French trade and catered to the Nazis. No Hate for Invaders

The French may have been bitter toward the invaders of their beloved city but they remained polite.

bloodshed should be stopped to permit the farmers to return to land and the workers to their factories. They are all unshaken in their faith in the destiny of France but highly critical of the leaders responsible for their lack of preparation. They seemed to hold no hate for the German soldiers who were polite and respectful. . The first day of occupation the Germans hoisted the swastika above the Arc de Triomphe but yesterday German officers and = soldiers saluted the grace of the unknown soldier and permitted the eternal light to burn under the Arc de Triomphe. To General Dentz, who surrendered Paris to the Nazis, the German arrival was a terrible blow. I stood beside him, looking out of a window as the time drew near. He said: : 7 “This is a rotten way to end a military career.”

3 STUDENT PILOTS KILLED TULSA, Okla., June 17 (U. P.).— Three student pilots were killed today in the mid-air collision of two training planes near here. Capt. Max Balfour, head of the Spartan School of Aeronautics, said the

“terrific collision.”

JAPANESE PAPER PROTESTS . TOKYO, June 17 (U. P.).—The newspaper Nichi Nichi said today that Japan opposed British, American and French control of French

us there is no ersatz about the

BIRTHS

Girls William, Joan Thompson, at St. Vine ent’s

Clyde, Rosalie Dobbins, at St. Vinceat’s. Donald, Dorothy Schick, at St. Vincent's. Phil, Margaret Rech, at St. Vincents. Arthur, Lucille Moore, at Methodist. Walter, Martha Hamilton, at Methodist. Whitney, Nan Jansen, at Methodist. Carson, Bula Emmons, at Methodist. Tack. Even. Hellingavort wel isthodt ac elyn Hollingsworth, a odist, Glen, Virginia Mills, at City. Ss Thomas, Frances Massoth, at 8t. Vin-

‘Raymond, Florence Davis, at St. Vin-

nt’s, Ralph, Phyllis Reidy, at Methodist. Tillnran, Naomi Staniey, at Methodist. Ben, Beatrice Crews, at Methodist. Richard, Mildred” Love, at Methodist. Ralph, Louise Reese, at Methodist. Larry, Wilma Lynch, at Coleman. ames, Ruth Barrett, at St. Francis. Jesse. Mamie Lopez, at St. Francis. Worth, Madonna Rough, at St. Francis. Robert, Ruth Cureton, at City. ohn, Margaret Wright, at Ci Frederick, Norma Barrett, at

y. 1718 Col-

DEATHS Lucile Smalley, 20, at Lon; William Kerry, 73, at 132 bral hemorr age Joh . Hyla

, brain tumor. Shelby, cere-

n nd, 79, at 726 N. East, chronic myocarditis. Theodore Barnaby, 27, at Long, diabetes mellitus. Anna Elizabeth Ulrey, 56, at 351 Berwyn, chronic myocarditis. Martha East, 3, at St. Vincent’s, cerebral tumor. Lucy Skillman, 58, at 837 Lord, cerebral apoplexy. Thomas Myers, 43, teriosclerosis.

tuberculosis. George Laughner, 69, at Methodist, hem.

bral apoplexy. Buford, Cragwell, 43, at City, cardiac decompensation James A. monia. Harry Freeman, 55, at Long, bronchopneumonia. Infant Bonsr, 11 days, at City, dehydra-

on. George D. Wells, 70, at 1232 E. 10th, coronary occlusion. Francis E. Billeter, 79, at Methodist, uremia, Charles Mayes, 13 days, at Riley, con-

lege. d Anderson. Ocie Perkins, at 2048 Martin-|tu ale.

at - Veteran's, ar-|Chi Thelma Schultz, 16, at Long, pulmonary

orrhage. ; Sherman Francis, 72, at Methodist, cere- |J2Cks0

on. Garr, 76, at City, lobar pneu-|ppm,

enital heart. + 8 aac Chew, 79, at City, cardio vascular.

Indo-China which the newspaper said is now being negotiated.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

OFFICIAL WEATHER

Yo United States Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and tomorrow with local showers or thundershowers; little change in temperature.

4:15 | Suniel

TEMPERATURE =June 17, ‘1939%— . 911 Pp. Me coceese 86 . BAROMETER 6:30 a. m. ... 30.08 Precipitation 24 hours ending 7 a. m. Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Deficiency since Jan. 1 MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight

orrow, with local showers or thun-| «

and tomorr derstorms; little change in temperature. Ilinois—Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and tomorrow, with local showers or thunderstorms; little change in tempera-

re. Lower Michigan—Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and tomorrow, wit! HY Seal showers understorms; little change in temperature. Ohio—Cloudy with local showers tonight and local showers and thunderstorms in east and south Domtions tomorrow; not much change in empetature, Kentucky—Local showers tonight; tomorrow, local thundershowers; not much change in temperature. .

Frenchmen told me wholesale].

planes burst into flames after a|-

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. Station Weather Bar. Temp. Amarillo, Tex. -Bicle z 59 Bismarck, N. D. ccceeBoston,

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Portland, Ore. ... San Antonio, Tex. .. San Francisco ... St. Louis . Washing ton, D.C...

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11 ARMY FLIERS DIE IN COLLISION

Planes Lock Wings in MidAir Over Queens, N. Y.; Dwellings Set Afire. (Continued from Page One)

mall a block from a public school. It went up in flames and burned to a smoldering skeleton of steel. The pilot was trapped in the cabin. Two Houses Set Afire The other, in flames, went into a tail-spin, according to eye witnesses and smashed into a group of houses, setting two afire and damaging a third. . Bodies were strewn over a wide area. : Parts of the ships were scattered over the lawns and streets. Two of the fliers:took to their parachutes, but it was too late. One’s parachute failed to open and he crashed through a roof of a small frame dwelling into a kitchen. . Another, his parachute a flaming bag of silk, burned to death as he soared to the ground.

Feared for Daughter

Mrs. Laura Chatterton, one ‘of the first at the scene, described the flaming houses as an “inferno.” She said one bomber sliced through the frame house which immediately sent up waves of flames, presumably from the ship’s flaming gasoline. “Smoke went up everywhere,” Mrs. Chatterton said. “I was afraid that the second plane would plow into the school. I have a 13-year-old daughter there.” : > { One burning wing of the ship that crashed into the house broke off and careened crazily in an arc of flames across the front lawn. One flier’'s body could be seen on the back stoop of the house, partly covered by his charred parachute. Two other bodies were beside the strewn wreckage of the plane. Another body was 50 feet away on the street. Fire apparatus and a score of ambulances were at the scene.

STRAUSS SAYS:

F. D. R. to Weld Americas

Into Giant Economic 'Cartel’

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spokesman for the Allied purchasing mission in this country indicated that Great Britain probably would take over French orders for planes and other war equipment in order to prepare British troops for the next German move. ;

The Treasury, meantime, prepared to “freeze” all French credits in this country in order to prevent the Germans from cashing in on any of the holdings which might fall into their hands. French in-vestments-in the United States are valued at well over $1,000,000,000.

The Roosevelt trade agreement, if approved, it was learned, might

even take the form of a gigantic “cartel”—or monopoly—in which

the 21 American republics and Canada would operate jointly to

wield a- maximum economic effect upon world economy.

Commodities to be affected by

the plan appeared to be such im-

portant items as wheat, copper, cotton, - meats, coffee and other

commodities around which the} Americas are building up great surpluses but which the war devastated economy of Europe shortly will be in urgent need of obtaining. The President alsc responded to Germany’s military victory in France with a call for rapid construction of a two-ocean Navy. Mr. Roosevelt scarcely had signed a bill authorizing an 11 per cent increase in the Navy's fighting strength when Chairman Carl O. Vinson of the House Naval Affairs Committee introduced a | second measure for a further 23 per cent boost in naval tonnage. The new bill calls for 84 warships besides the 22 authorized in the original expansion measure. The new measure, contemplating an ultimate expenditure of $1,200,000,000, calls for an immediate appropriation of $80,000,000 to get the work started. The additional ships would give the Navy theoretically, at least, about 2,000,000 tons of fighting ships, possibly exceeding Great Britain's tonnage. . The President and his State Department advisers were shocked at the fall of France and waited for

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House Begins Debate :

On Defense Tax Bill

WASHINGTON, June 17 (U. P).

—The * Senate, nearing completion of President Roosevelt's $5,000,000,000 defense program, began debate today en a House-approved vax bill to pay for a portion of it.

Senate leaders hoped to dispose of

the tax bill in one day. It then will

take up the last two sections of the President's “must” program—a $1,277,000,000 deficiency defense appropriation and a joint resolution forbidding the transfer of foreign possessions in this hemisphere to sphere. Both bills have been passed by the House. : “I don’t think there is any probability at all of adjournment,” Speaker William B. Bankhead said after Administration leaders called on President Roosevelt.

any Government of another hemi-

IMPETUS IS GIVEN

DEFENSE MEASURES

(Continued from Page One) naval expansion bill for an 11 per

cent increase in fighting tonnage—

representing 22 warships, and moved to unite the 22 nations of the Western Hemisphere, including Canada,

in a tight economic

union to pre-

sent a solid front against the economic upheavals of the rest of the:

world.

Mr. Roosevelt called for a twoocean Navy and steps were taken by Treasury and State Department officials to “freeze” a billion dollars worth of French investments in America to prevent their seizure by

Germany.

American pilots were given permission to fly airplanes from factories direct to embarkation points in Canada in order to speed deliv« eries to the British.

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