Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 June 1940 — Page 3

; NAZIS AGAIN BOMB ~ BRITAIN, 6 KILLED; ‘BORDEAUX RAIDED

German Troops Smash Forward Take Brest And Lyon; R. A. F. Attacks On Reich Also Reported.

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; tausgabe declared that not a single French soldier, not a single airman or sailor would be permitted to continue fighting. "The German High Command described the attacks on Britain as “peprisal raids.” London said that “considerably more” than 100 planes were sent over, dropping large quantities of bombs in England, Wales .and Scotland. Six persons were reported killed and more than 60 wounded. Four or more German planes were believed ‘shot down. Damage was said to have been slight considering the huge scale of the attack. : The German High Command asserted that a nitrogen plant at Billingham was destroyed and oil tanks at Hull set afire. There was no cessation in the sweep of the German armies across France, The High Command said that Brest, where thousands of American troops were landed during the World War, had been occupied. More than 200,000 prisoners were claimed in yesterday's operations alone.

Nazi Forces Cross Loire

The lower section of the River Loire was reached and|

the stream was crossed between Nantes and Tours. The Air Force blasted at retreating French troops south of the Loire. Luneville, Epinal and Toul were occupied and remnants of French troops in the Vosges were being attacked. The High Command asserted that five British steamers had been sunk.

The lookout post at the

out to sea.

Times-Acme Photo. Gabes fortress in Tunisia, a

Sengalese telephonist receiving a message. The post looks

Women Jam Beauty Shops

As Bombs Fall on England

By EDWARD W. BEATTIE JR. United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, June 20.—Bombs dropped on England today and women crowded beauty parlors looking for facials. The manager of a chain of beauty shops said English women wanted to look their best, even for death. Despite the bombers, Britain dis~ played great interest in whether Brown Bomber Joe Louis was going to blitzkrieg Arturo Godoy in New

Bordeaux Area Badly Damaged

In the first raid on ‘Bordeaux, at 1 a. m.,, 100 German bombing planes dropped-more than 1000 demolition and incendiary bombs orf the city and hundreds more on nearby airports and docks. In the second raid, at 6 a. m., the Germans were driven off by combat planes and land defense batteries without serious damage. Bombs in the first raid fell over a 50-mile radius including an unnamed city where a thousand refugees were massed. As in the Nanterre school shelter during the Paris raid a bomb made a direct hit oh an open shelter trench in a public square, causing several casualties. More than 50 residential structures were destroyed or nearly destroyed. j

| German bomber plane bases are now so close to Bor-|

deaux that the first bombs dropped before air raid precautions men had finished sending their three-minute warning, after receiving reports that the raiders were approach“ing. Lyon Reported Captured

Shipping in the gironde was a special target. | The French radio apnounced, in a broadcast picked up in London, that the Germans entered Lyon this motning.

Bordeaux is taking care of 750,000 people altogether, instead of its normal 258,000. All are being fed but the refugees are sleeping where they can. Further evacuation has been forbidden. Motorcars are forbidden except for official use and there is nothing for the refugees, and the normal population, to do but take what the Germans have to offer. Italian bombing raids on the great French air and naval bases in the Mediterranean and extensive Italian aerial activity in North Africa were announced today in Italy’s ninth

communique of the war. It admitted continued Allied air |

raids on the Italian Riviera and on Sardinia. Baltic Area Is Uneasy

Ominous rumblings resounded: on another front—the Baltic. Russian troops had poured through Lithuania, Latvia and Esthonia to the border of German East Prussia.

In Washington the United States Government started

releasing machine tools, dies and machinery for shipment to|-

Russia. London reported coincidentally that the British were trying to buy guns, tanks and other war supplies from Russia. Japan’s Navy Minister said that country was viewing vith alarm the agitation in the United States for a twoocean Navy. It was reported alsc that Japan was warning Britain, as well as France, to stop helping China.

Today's War Moves

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

Though Germany is now sending large squadrons of night raiding '

air bombers over Great Britain, it is noticeable that attacks on the civilian populations of big cities have not formed part of Hitler's tactics, as yet, in his war against the British. In France, however, German aviators have been atvacking residential cities, fkilling many non-belligerents. suffered severe- : ly, but London and the other British civilian centers have escaped deliberate bombing. In Great Britain the Germans have been aiming at mihtary objectives and few civil ians have suffered. In France t h e Germans give the appearance of being far

their civil population, have proclaimed all places whose inhabitants 2 | exceed 20,000, to be “open cities,” £ | hoping thus ‘to keep German airplanes away. i The British have not had to announce such non-belligerent zones. They have challenged the Germans in the air to a far greater extent than the French by continual bombing of the enemy's reserve positions and storage centers far in the interior of Germany. Indeed, it was the British, not the Germans, who took the offensive in behind-

# Mr. Mason

- Paris, Tours and Bordeaux have |

more indifferent in scattering their bombs. German efficiency is such that there must be a definite reason for the dissimilarity in the air offensives against the British and French. France has done little retaliatory bombing in German territory. The French High Command has had pressing need for its aviators in active battle. Few French aviators could be spared from front line operations. ‘The terrible battlefield struggles since the German invasion of Hol-

land and Belgium have taken such |

heavy toll of French aircraft that | Hitler has been able to disregard the possibility of effective replies by France to his aircraft assaults

on the capital cities of France. -- ‘The French, in fact, to safeguard

the-line bombing, though holding |

their attacks to military. objectives.

The Germans thus know that the British are competent to retaliate against attacks against civilians. This fact must have had important influence on the way Germany is directing her air tactics. The British and French air forces have not been co-ordinated in the same way as have the Allied military and naval units. Each country has had freedom to carry the air war into Germany according to ifs own individual ideas. The British have shown such pertent activity in this field, especially, since the beginning of the battle for France, that the Germans have developed ‘ discretion. vilians thus have suffered far less than he French.

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York tonight. The interest of British women in

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their appearance was reminiscent of Berlin just before the Munich agreement of September, 1938, when war seemed imminent. The German

‘women, who had been shabby all

summer, suddenly blossomed forth in new hats, fresh make-up and silk stockings’ which had been ‘hoarded for just such an occasion. Apparently, German and English women face emergencies similarly. If you're facing the prospect of being blown to bits, you might as well be chic.

they'll sell like

RECESS HOPE FOLLOWS TAX BILL PASSAGE

Senate Sends Billion Dollar

Measure to Conference With House Group.

WASHINGTON, June 20 (U. PJ).

: —Administration leaders were, confident today that Senate passage of i |a bill to raise an extra billion dol k |lars a year in taxes and increase the national debt limit by $4,000,-

000,000 will permit Congress to recess until Aug. 5. The Senate approved the tak bill late last night, 75 to 5. An amendment sponsored by Senator Robert M. La Follette (Prog. Wis.), provided for an excess profits tax to yield an estimated $400,000,000 to $500,000,000 annually. Another sponsored by Senator Tom Connally (D., Tex.), would impose drastically increased personal and corporate income taxes in event of war which would yield an estimated $10,000,000,000 annually. Sherman Minton: of Indiana voted in favor of the Connally amendment, while Senator ederick VanNuys voted against it. Senale Finance Committee Chairman Pat Harrison predicted that the La Follette and Connally amendments would be eliminated in conference, where the bill now goes to be reconciled with the House

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Senate Democratic Leader Alben. W. Barkley said ‘there was no chance of adjournment, which is opposed by a bi-partisan group determined to keep Congress in session for the duration of the present emergency. Speaker William B. Bankhead said no decision had reached on a recess and pointed out that several appropriation bills, including the farm bill, still await final action. Phe tax bill would lower income tax exemption for single persons from $1000 to $800 annually, and: that of married persons from $2500 to $2000. All taxpayers would be required to pay 10 per cent of their regular tax as a national defense “supertax.” A comparison in income range of married persons,under the present

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ROME, June 20. (U. P.).—The newspaper Messagero in a story under a Geneva dateline foresees the possibility that the Duke of Windsor may become King of England again. “Circles close to the Duke of Windsor,” the story said, “are assured he never completely put aside the idea of returning to the throne of England, from which he was sent away by the intrigues of war-mongering politicians.

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_1l, § MACHINE TOOLS, DIES TO RUSSIA

“RELEASES

Moral Embargo’ Is Lifted, Equipment Will Go to Vladivostok.

WASHINGTON, June 20 (U. P). —The United States began releasing

machine tools, dies and machinery

to Soviet Russia today.

"(It was revealed in London yes-|

terday that Great Britain was seek-

ing to buy guns, tanks and war equipment from Russia.) It was learned that the United States would permit the shipment of tools, dies and machinery to Russia which are not considered essential to the American defense pro-

gram. Equipment to be retained, it was learned includes such complicated machinery as is required to build battleships, which was ordered during the last two years for the Soviet Navy. Lathes, tools and dies adaptable.to many uses but easily built or replaced in the United States will be allowed to go to Russia. Last Week Soviet Ambassador Constantine Oumansky spent an hour with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, and was reported to have protested vigorously against an alleged discriminatory prohibition of exports to Russia. The meeting followed retention on the west coast of supplies Russia had ordered. Yesterday about two-thirds of a

‘cargo of war materials belonging to

Amtorg, the Soviet trading agency, was released in Tacoma, Wash., for shipment to Vladivostok aboard the Swedish motorship Ecuador, which is expected to sail next week. Onethird of the cargo will .«be held

_ | permanently in the United States.

The “moral embargo” was put into effect on the grounds that Russia had bombed civilians in Finland. It was co-operation of American manufacturers with ihe State Department. So far as could be learned, the stoppage of machine tools had been on the same basis.” °

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Use Movies fo ‘ ® ® i > \ Train Fliers for a eo i " British Attacks: BERLIN, June 20 (U, P.). ~The . German air force is being trained .: with movies and maps for an ine : ‘vasion of the British Isles, ace cording to well informed sources here. % The movies, taken on recon= nhissance flights over Britain, are’ own several times daily to a se=lected group of “pupils,” so they can memorize all details. of the British countryside. Some of-these pupils never have. ‘seen Britain but when the: order for attack is given, they will know * every landmark on their route and

every detail of the objectives as- - signed to them.

SENATOR GIBSON OF:

VERMONT DIES AT 69

WASHINGTON; June 20 (U. P.)s —Senator Ernest W. Gibson (Rs Vt.), died early today of heart diss ease, complicated by acute bron< Shial pneumonia. He was 69 years ol He is survived by three children; Ernest W. Jr., secretary of the Vere mont Senate; Preston” F. Gi Brattleboro, Vt, Municipal Co Judge, and Miss Doris Gibson. After serving in both branches of the Vermont Legislature, Mr. Gibs . son was elected to the 68th Congress. in 1923 and re-elected for five suc& cessive terms. In 1933, he was ap< pointed to the Senate to serve ou$ the unexpired term of Senator Pore ter H. Dale. He was re-elected foe. the full term in 1938. ‘He served on the Senate Naval Affairs Committee.

ARLEN DROPS CHARGE AGAINST ASSAILANT

HOLLYWOOD, June 20 (U. P).— Because Richard Arlen declines to prosecute him, William Tate, 30, ‘is: free today after having heen booked in jail of suspicion of extortion. Tate was arrested after knocking: Mr. Arlen down:on a golf course Mr. Arlen wrote Deputy District Ate. torney Harry Brode that he did no. wish to make a statement or prosee: cute Tate. 3

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