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Paul . ffauaert : Column
- By all s!sna and portents, in
cluding special obserration of the
flight of birds and
careful study
of the lixer of a
, 1 a t ely deceased
sheep, this an-
cien t Oracle lias
come tqf the dern
lnit con'clasion
ClUglOD i
r Is the ;t
.1940. t
that today
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longest d a
JSut . don't take
onr word for it-1 :
Look It np In
your own alman-
as If " you're an I f
unbelleyer. I
'Always elad to " " 111
be the first with Pnl H. Hnr. J.
the latest we are happy to bring
to your breakfast tible the glad
some tidings that Slimmer is here
in all Its full-bosomed glory and
that all you hare, to worry about
from taow on la where you are go
ing to get the funds for that va
cation. , ' j
; Summer Is a happy time. Poets
hare" written about! summer al
mott iu lunch a-s Abont spring, al
thongb your average rian-of-the-mlll
poet Is so tired writing about
eprlng1 by the time summer hap
pens along that he Just finds a
convenient ,sour apple tree and
lies and thinks about the poetry
he will write next spring. Poesy
Is a - pleasant occupation from
many angles, mostly horizontal.
Summer is a full blown season
and the living is easy, as George
.Gershwin has it, but no less ex
pensive than In fall, winter,
spring -or Michaelmas. This is es
pecially true since the advent of
the automobile. When summer
comes in gasoline goes out the
carburetor. Strong minded people
can make this mp and save the
budget by . eating less and avoid
ing heat rash.
Anyway summer is here at last
and the world goes rushing on to
madness and the World Series.
-' "
Mr. Zizzle and the Sylph Six
are again in good chape and he
extends hearty thanks to all those
who aided him in get tin jr back: off
his feet again. I : . ..-
Mr. Louis Bechtei,' the realtor)
deserves commendation for doing
his bif to brighten this world that
daily Kfovt -snore- glomy. Either
by accident or design Mr. Becbtel
is' now using .wallpaper samples
on which ' to advertise real estate
bargains at the entrance to His
State street rendezvous. There's
something heartening : about t 40
acre - farm' offered .for. sale on a
pink background with a motif of
peach blossoms, r . -1 , -
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GARDEN QP VERSES
Tou'll do more than whistle
If you sit on a thistle.
And it's a pretty , kettle - -
Of herring when you; settle
Eight smack on a nettle.
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MARITOIB NOTE
The Wheatland Ferry .. sighted
an enemy "-destroyer the ether
day, but was helpless and could
not fire, the commander reported
to the Marion county . admiralty.
There' were a " pair i of swallows
nesting;-in ; the ; port, battery, he
wrote, . "and . I didn't . have the
heart. ' ; - ' ) !'-"
USAidtojBpost
Army for Mejdco
' MEXICO . ClTT,i June 10
( Thursday) (p)-A h 1 g h- 'source
declared. ..today ' Preslden. ,Xataro
Cardenas had approved a program
which wonld more than ouadrnple
Mexico's armed forces with ..the
aid ef the United State. J
The source asserted thai, with
in a few weeks a credit of .more
than lt,O0,ff frem'the United
States would be made available
to the Mexican government to
carry out this expansion, under 40
technical experts from the United
States army and navy.
Additional millions would be
allocated later by the, Mexican fi
nance ministry. It was reported.
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Bntish See Hope
In Cabinet
LONDON, June 20.--The
British press', interpreted Presi
dent Roosevelt's r appointment, of
two staunch republicans to his
cabinet aa the creation of a coali
tion government and. a sign that
the United States will give more
help to the allies. i
The Dally Mall, in a typical
comment, said the president's ac
tion "is a warnlnxjthsx the Unit
ed State's really does! mean bus
iness. 1 - -1 . :
The Herald said P r e s I d e n t
Roosevelt had taken a "dramatic
step toward closer support of the
allied cause."
Setup
Two:Die at Radio .
As Sky Bolt' Hili
Durinff Broadcast
OOlfsHATTA, Cj jane 20.
W3) lightning streaked down
an aerial into a one-room
house here tonight, killing; two
persons and burning H others .
who were - crowded, around a
radio listening to the Ixmis-Co-
''doy tlght,''r':':!:ci'::r':-:':' '''-.",..
Charlie Spears and , Walter
Calhoaa, bmh VTPA workers,
were k-Mcdutantly.
Knox,, Stimmout Naming
To War
Stirs THlbwls in
"War Cabinet"
Charges Flung
At New Setup
Administration Men Say
Mote Is to Sink
Partisanship
Both Men Have Favored
Unstinted Aid to
Warring Allies
WASHINGTON, June 10--In
a move that created a pro
found sensation President Roose
velt tod a"y appointed Henry L.
Stimson and Col. Frank Knox,
republican advocates of unstinted
material assistance to the allies to '
be secretary of war and secretary
of the navy respectively.
. Congress, members who have
been demanding more aloofness
from European affairs angrily
charged that a ''war cabinet" was
being created; administration men
issued denials and interpreted the
appointments as a move to sink
"partisanship" In an hour of cri
sis. ; - ."V.: , - l.' ':
.Apparently taking cognisance
of ' the L criticism,; Mr. . Roosevelt
tonight Issued a statement, "say
ing: . - . - -
"The appointments to the cabi
net are In line with the averwheV
rains sentiment of the nation tor
national solidarity In t i m ef
world crisis and in behalf of na
tional defense and nothing else.!'
. Earlier he had stated that the
defense program was "not aimed
at intervention in world affairs
which do not concern : the west
ern hemisphere." r
Pair Is Read
out of Party. .
At Philadelphia, where the sews
sept a wave of breathless aston
ishment through . the ranks - of
delegates -gathering for... next
week's, republican national ; con
vention, Chairman John D, 3t
Hamilton issued a statement -virtually
reading the . two appointees
out of any position of leadership
in the republican party.
: Every man, he said, has a right
to, serve the government "aa he
sees fit,". but Stimson and Knox
now "owe their allegiance to the
president and hereafter will speak
and act in that capacity."
: Alt M. Landon said that Stim
son. secretary of state under Pres
ident Hoover, and Knox, who was
Landon's running ! mate in" IIS 6,
had followed their own consci
ences and he hoped they had not
been misled in such assurances as
must have 'been given them, re
garding: the -thira -t e r m x&pi&'
ment't- h :V'?-'y:r-ru
Landon some ' time ago i called
upon -the president- 'to renounee
any third , term . intention -if he .
wanted a ; democratic-republican ,
conlltiori te manage, the; defense,
prttgram.1 The .White House .re--plied
thai the president could not
issue any "political -statements'
because, he .was "too busily en
gaged with, problems of .far
greater national importance." ,
Senator Holt IKWVVa) said
he had read in the paper -three
weeks ago that there waa -Tpres-(Turn
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Draft Bill to Reghter
Between IS anti 65 Is Filed
WASHINGTON, June 20-ff-A
comprehensive draft bill to re
quire more than 40,000,000 men
to register for possible military
service was submitted to the sen
ate today by Senator Burke (D
Neb). . - ; ' ' . ' "
The measure would require all
men between 18 and 5 to regis
ter. Those between 11 and 45
could be called for duty In the
established army and navy forces'.
The president would determine
how many were needed ; for ' de
fense, regardlesi pt whether the
nation was at war, and that num
ber would be selected by lot; " :
4 Men in the age groups between
18 'and 21 and 'between 45 -and
as" would be called1 only for serv
ice 1 in r home defense units . near
their homes. - '
.One provision of the measure
declared r that ' the country was
"'gravely threatened, and that to
insure the independence and free
dom ot the people it is Imperative
that Immediate measures be t,k
en I to mobilize the. nation's)
strength.'. . - - - ... ,
The' MUitary Training Camps
association of t?3 United States,
sponsoring the measure, said in m
statement from it national emer
imAMay Jobs
Republicans Join I
Cabinet of FDR
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Britii)h Get Rest
From Nazi Bombs
. LONDON June zl.-(Friday)-(P)-Britaln,
bombed heavily -for
two night in succession, had a
respite from Marshal Goering's
air raiders today.
Enemy planes were reported
off the northeast coast " shortly
before sunset last night hat they
did not cross the coast rand as
dawn! approached no ' air - raid
warning had been' sounded.. .
There was no .Immediate ' ex
planatIon;othe, letup,, unless the
Germans, were grounded; by ,nn
lavorable weather.. conditions at
their iContlnantal.baaeaTJ t
K . The nation Cwai" advised, how
ever, to continue alert. . . -;
ftAi-psnre" a God made little
apples 1 wo are going to get a lot
more, bombing,! ' General SIr
Hugh EU.es, ' chief of the ' opera
tional staff of the civil 'defense
services, said in a broadcast.
He told civilians to "stick IV
like soldiers. "It is the noise that
frightens. If you are ' frightened
try to get angry. instead. It is a
very good cure." . .
gency committee that- "we need
not : argue in this hour that no
step Should be submitted 'which
substantially contributes . to the
safety of our country. : . A
"At the end of the present
war." the statement said, "we
may find on one side the Germans,
armed, and powerful beyond any
other- people In the hitory.of
mankind, presiding over i a lean
and impoverished Kurope, and on
the other side the. Americas, ill
prepared for conflict but abound
ing in living room. In wealth, in
food, ; in all those things which
Europe lacks and covets.
"Could any danger be: clearer
than the prospect of such a situation?-
. ' . ' ,
Under the Mil, aimed at-deveW
oping, an army snd- navy-traixiei
reserves of . 4,000,000 men, each
maa: selected for . active . military
service would be required to un
dergo; eight months' training. Af
ter completion of training, man
would he a member of the enlist
ed reserve corps for .10 years, or
until he reaches 45." - . -
The leiflslation,' which.' would
becons 'iaoperatJve "on Hay. IS,
1945, unless - continued by. con-
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PuMy
Pair Is Read
Out of Party
By Hamilton
Statement Declares Men
now Owe Allegiance
j to President -
Hamilton Says Democrats
' now "War Party" as
Action Result
By RICHARD L. TURNER
PHILADELPHIA, June 2Q.-JPi
The republican national commit
tee formally and officially read
CoU Frank Knox and Henry L.
Stimson. out of the party today
for accepting places in President
Roosevelt s cabinet.
The party leaders enthusias
tically applauded an assertion by
Chairman John D. M. Hamilton
that the two former party stal
warts Knox, the 193 vice-
presidential nominee and Stim
son! secretary of state under Her
bert Hoover-rr"are ho - longer
qualified to speak as republicans
or for the republican party."
: -"Both men," Hamilton contin
ued! when' the uproar of applause
had! subsided, "have long-desired
to Intervene in the affairs, of
Ear ape and pie democratic party
now tfeecemea -the .war party: ad
we may accept that-, issue at its
taeet. value." s - . -f - :l
: Then, - unanimously, the ' com
mittee approved a formal state
ment which Hamilton' had Issued
after consulting important party
figures . both here and in Wash
nctxn. It said- that "as members
of the .president's 'cabinet. Knox
and! Stimson 'owe'thelr allegiance
to the president and hereafter
wlllj speak and act in that ca
pacity."
Lobby Talk Only
of Appointmente
These actions capped a day
which threw delegates arriving
for jnext week's nominating con
vention Into l a turmoil of specu
lation . and statement-making by
the word from Washington of the
8timson-Knox appointments. Ho
tel -lobbies seethed with talk of
nothing else.'
Mingled in the comment also
were disappointment, and accu
sations that Roosevelt was lead-
in
the country Into the war. in
some quarters there was expecta
tlon that the president's agaee
mnt with K n o x and 'Stimson
might involve " so nre 'antl-thlrd
term1 pledge to be announced la
ter.
Authoritative sources said they
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BMetb Head
CHICAGO, June J0-P)-enai.
tor Alben W. Barkley, of Keni
tucky, was chosen today for . the
role of ' permanent chairman.- of
the democratic national conven
tion and Speaker William B.
Bankhead of Alabama was select
ed. to deliver the keynote address.
. Both men,1 endorsed In advance
by. President Roosevelt and Na
tlonal Chairman James A. Farley,
were approved unanimously by
the committee on arrangements
foe (he nominating conclave open
ing here on July 15.
The selection, of Bankhead as
temporary chairman and .keynoter
was final. The committee's recom
mendation, that Barkley wield the
gavel must be submitted to the
delegates, fori approval when they
begin their deliberations next
month. t-'.'-i '..' .. - ".;
; Oliver A Qnayle, Jr., treasurer
of ,the national . committee, . told
the conferees the party's financial
affairs were1, being . arranged ! so
that! the new national committee
could . launch I the fall campaign
without "one cent of indebted
ness. ' v - ' " "-'' t
- He said It would be the first
time within his memory that the
retiring committee would be "out
of the red." He recalled that the
committee seated in the wake f
the 1938-convention inherited a
$750,000 debt.
Senators : r -
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AS HITLER, DUCE MET TO
German-Italian armistice claims
firm assurance France will - nencef ortA be incluaed In the axis blockade against England, it was un
officially . reported following the' Munich , meetlns; Jane : 18 . of Hitler and- Mnssolinl. Radiopboto
ahows 11 Irace and Fnehrer HiOer aa they met to Munich to deal their victory terms, -r
anese Gather
Near Indo-Cliina
Fear French Colony Slav
Be Swooped Upon by
. Nippon's Navy
SHANGHAI. June 21-CFrtdayl
(P The Japanese navy haa con
centrated several units, including
an. aircraft carrier oft Hainan is
land opposite the Indo-China port
ofSi Halpong, . it waa reliably re
ported today, creating apprehen
sion that ' the Japanese are con
templating action at the first fa
vorable j -moment now that,.-, the
home government In Franee is
faced with 'surrender.
: Unconfirmed reports here say
the Japanese '.are transferring
large umbers of troops from' the
Yangtze, valley -to the south, pos
sibly for .land action against the
French possession on the . main
land jifsin. . ''--(. V
Military quarters estimated the
Japanese already- have - 100,000
troops on Hainan Island for trans
port In a landing operation if the
more Is decided npon. ." ,
' The transfer of troops from the
Yangtze Valleyif ' was said, ma'y
have contributed to' a Japanese
reverse when they lost Iehang, far
upi the river, this week. ' -
Observers here riewed with In
creasing concern insistent Japan
ese accusations from r all sides
that despite French denials; Indo
China still is serving a a route of
supply to the Chinese government
Jit Chungking.
Windsors Depart
France; iii Spain
Barcelona. . j u n . 2i-zpv-
L The Duke and Duchess of. Wind
sor arrived here at 11:30 p.m.
last night. . ,
They came from Junquera, near
the; French-Spanish bordeii near
the east coast where they were
greeted by the British consul.
, The duke war escorted by his
secretary and seven others. .They
nan. crossed tae frontier at Port
Their secreUTy 'ea1i iheere
starter In I Bkrceldnai un til Sat
urday when tney; wljl .-proceed to
Madrid. There,-;the "secretary: said;,
theilduke "wilt eommanicate with
hls korernment." ' . . - ; r '
, Cln Madrid m was - said ther
projbabijr will:- traver: td rEngland
later by way, of Lisbon. z-k.--.
, Upon their arrival at the Hotel
Rltk, -the duke - atad duchess re
tired for the night' and refused
any comments on their trip.
13 iNavv Bombers ,r
EndLoiig Mglrt
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HONOLULU. June 29.-ktPh
Thirteen navy lonr-ranse natrol
bombers arrived at Pearl harbor
late today after a 5000 mile mass
night from Manila. - ,
The planes carried 109 officers
and, men under command' of Lieut.
commander s. H Ingersoll who
lew 14 other ; planes; to. Manila
and brought back for a general
overhauling . the 13 . i bombers,
which had been engaged in neu
trality patrol duty. . v1
ftavy men termed the two way
4ourney s which : they said was
made without incident, the long
eat; round-trip mass . flight ever
made. ; - v- i- - '
? The route of the Pan American
Clipper planes was followed, with
stops at Midway, wake and Guam
Islaadsv '-- ". !
US Ilefugee Sliipi
rcariiig Jew; xork
NEW? YORK,5 June O.-jPr-
The .United States liner WaBbing4
ton, ' which sailed safely" thrqugh
a German torpedo threat," peaioup
fog and titer dangers ol war
time waters, n eared New York to
nl?ht with an overload of '1,786
relsrees from Europe. . ,
TJie f 4,C00-toa -Tesst-1 was , to
deck tor.-cfrow . , . '
aws
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embrace division of Fnench territories,
Wag BleSias
CAIRO, Eypt, Jane 21-(Fri
day) (A1) Reliable i quarters, in. -Cairo
said, today the French
forces and fleet ; now in. the .
eastern . Mediterranean none
were resolved to; carry on the
war "whatever the outcome of
the French-German . negotia
tions. LONDON, Jane 21-(Friday)
(JP) Hon of the French radio
stations were heard here at
7:80 a. m. today (10:80 p. m.
PST Thursday) althoogb. the
asnal broadcast Schedule was
given oat last night.
LONDON, June soVTbe-
German radios in a broadcast
' heard ' ' here today, reported
cryptically that fmembers . of
the French: government are mot
all agreed on the question of
laying down ."aTms. y : " ' - -
f-JThern was no explanation of1
the . sinlf icance of thla ataUS
ment 'at' a time When Franee
haa. sued, for - peace; " but. the
, broadcast' added, :the war, in .
Francev . continue' '
BERTJX, June ZlFHday)
(P) Reports abroad of efarnuut
troop . concentrations in East
PrnssU j facing . Russian ' divi- -sions
in Lithuania were offici
ally 'denied today
Gerinaj troop movementa '
along the German-Llthnanlan ''
border have not taken place,
said the official statement.
NEW YORK, Jane 31P)
;The Berlin, radio reported to-'
day that the German army had.
captured 40O planes which had '
,"Just arrived from the United.
States' and 2000 motors "com
plete with plans for mounting.
'The report, picked up by CBS,
quoted DKBv the official . Ger
man news, agency, bat did not
give the place off capture."
Crentennial; Envoys
Boost Celebration
:ANCyUJBH B!U,i June Z.V-T
CPlThree members -of', the -Sai
lem. Ore:,' JunioireTiambef"'otf Co m
meree addressed members -of. the
Vancouver Junior board of trade
today; and extended invitations' to
Premier T iD. .Fattuuo ni -urmsn
Columbia and 'Mayor Lyle Ttl-
ford to attend the alem Centen-
ial celebrations this summer."
; i .Visiting members from the Ore
gon 1 city . werexsDonald-' H. ' Black,
Paul Lee and Bert Renhard.
Bomb Blast Shakes Bu ildirig
NY
v . NEW YORK, June 20-n-The
offices of a; German commercial
banking concern and the building
holding principal j units - of. the
communist party, were shaken by
bomb explosions today. " .
; - Nine persons were Injured In
the two blasts, . which occurred
within an hour In" downtown sec
tions about two miles, apart. See
ing a ( possible connection... Dis
trict Attorney Thomas E." Dewey
Quickly began an inquiry . to de
termine if this ' IS the work of
a crackpot or an organized effort
to create trouble." ' -x
Dewey and his L aides rislted
both scenes, along fwlth high po
lice officials and federal agents,
and Assistant District Attorney
JaeobRosenblum said' the bombs
used In the two places "apparent
lyfe were cf the same construc
tion. - - ? 'f T-
The first explosion,' few mln
utes-after 12 noon (PST) took
place on the 18th? floor of the
Whitehall building!.! 17 Battery
place, a-building lit the tip cf
Manhattan housing" the German
eonstilate and many other foreign
agencies and shippings companies,
r The bomb, described by . Fire
Marshal Thomas trophy as an
'electrically operated Internal
machine;" went off outilde the
Housing
REND FOE
4.
surrender of gold and credits.
Oregon Delegates
Speeding to East
Pledged to McNary With
Ekwall Slated to Put
Name in Basket
PORTLAND, J u n e 2 0-P)-Pledged
to support Senator
Charles L. McNary, Oregon's re
publican delegates sped toward
the Philadelphia national conven
tion tonight. . .
William A.; Ekwall,'; Portland,
former congressman, has accepted
Chairman Walter L. Tooze's in
vitation to offer' the' senator's
name as ; a ' presidential nominee
to -the convention next week.
; Tooze. Ekwall. and National
Committeeman Ralph Cake, Port
land, have discussed convention
details with : the Oregon, . candi
date at Washington; DCL -j
; Five j delegates,' Phil Metschan
land, W. F, Saylois Pendleton,
Mrs. Harriett ? W." ;Ryan, Bend,
and Walter . Norblad, Astoria, en
trained for the convention last
night I
; Frederick S. Lamport, Salem,
and -Henry Collier,' Portland, al
ready are in the east. Tne tentn
delegate, Robert N.' - Stanf leld,
Umatilla county. Was delayed by
automobile accident injuries but
will . leave by plane; from Boise,
Idaho. Sunday.
;
tiori
Voted for Canada
OTTAWAj June 20-(iP)-The
senate adopted .' the .'government's
measure conscripting; C a n a d a's
manpower for 'defense of Canada
and her economic, and industrial
resources for war purposes late
tonight after, the house; of com
mons had similarly ; acted. L
With' royal assent by Canada's
new i goverDO-general, the Earl
of Athlone. the measure will be
come law tomorrow." v. i
: .The, measure gives -the govern
ment authority . over' manpower,
finances" and Industrial resources
similar , to the : anthorlty confer
red, upon the' government ot Wlos
bn Churchill in England; & W "
-. "Although the . government A has
rtha power-to conscript Canadian
ma iur uiuiurj lervin,: lerricv
Overseas still Is to be voluntary,
: FDR to Hyde Park "
' WASHINGTON,- June JO.-iflP)-President
Roosevelt, left the cap
ital today for a weekend Tisit to
his Hyde Park, NY, home; Secret
tary of Commerce Hopkins ac
cdmpanled him. - - , -'
Nasi Consulate
4 -room suite of the German Trade
and Commercial Service; a private
German firm dealing principally
in foreign exchange; -. . . ; .
;. Witnesses said the . explosion
was rterrific, shaking the whole
building and knocking people
from their chairs. t-It blew out all
the windows in, the suite and sent
black smoke through . several
floors. .Eight persons .were 'In
jured,' suffering cuts, shock or
wounds from fragments apparent
ly flung; off by the bomb.
The German consulate is on the
floor above and officials Indi
cated 'the consulate- might have
been the . target., Rosenblum ob
served that the ' saboteur might
have made a .mistake, because. of
the ' German .waiting jn the door
and police later issued orders to
all precincts' to 'exercise':- "extra
vigilance' at the consulates of
belligerent nations; t" ; v
' Police hadTa slender . clue -In
their hunt for the bomber. An
employe of the German firm said
he saw a man about . 2 5 years
old, i with blond ; hair and wear
lng a light gray suit, luave- an
elevator, throw a package wrap
ped in brown paper' in front of
the door , and .run - away.
The .second ' fclast,' at. .4. p.m.,
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Conscrip
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iegnels
rain to
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Peace Parley
French -Plenipotentiaries
f ' Fly Across Nazi Lines
I in White Plane"
-li-fif ;:.v,l :imi'i;AU
Too Few Friends, Allies
, GurisV Soldiers and
Pfcnes.'VPetain
t. (By the Associated Press)
I Adolf Hitler Is expected to rer
enact in reverse the scene of the
historic armistice of 1918 today '
by dictating to downtrodden
France the hard terms of a 19-40 1
peace in the forest of Complegne
where French Marshal; Foch w&e
master of . the armistice, at Ger
many's expense nearly 22 years
ago. -,L.... -
- Informed Berlin sources .1 said t
Hitler's terms probably would be ,
presented formally today at Com-; ,
plegne where Marshal Foch's rail- ;
way car , headquarters, in which!
he received the emissaries of a ae- "
feated Imperial Germany in Ko
vember, 1938,, has been enshrined!
by the French and where is ereet-j
ed a monument showing the Gern
man - eagle vanquished by the
French sword.
A French plane, spalnted whita
ak a sign of truce, flew across the
German lines yesterday bearing ;
four. French plenipotentiaries tq ,
learn Hitler's terms. 1 .
i The fact that Berlin said the
condition's would ' be presented
"formally"- suggested Hitler
might present them, in person- to
dramatize the reverse turn hlb
tory has taken. . I '
I When Hitler learned of the
1918 armistice, he says, be turned
his face to the wall and wept.
4 Today the Frenchmen wept as
Hitler moved on toward bazl mas
tery of. continental Europe. ;
French Government j j I
Leaving; Bordeaux ..
The French government i was
reported fleeing from "i Bordeaux
amidst an indescribable chaos of .
refugees,.; broken armies, exiled
governments, and: heads of g-ov-ernments
.j.'i :-;.-;
- i The French , government was
said to be preparing to settle at
Blarrlts on the Bay of Biscay, its .
third, change since Its flight from
Paris. - '';
The Polish government in ex- -He
was reported In rf light to Eng
land. - j - :-....,.';'! .
S The children of the captive
klnr of Belrinm and th T4Airan '
premier were reported escaping: to
spam, aiong witb the sovereigns
of Luxembourg and the pretender4
to the non-existent throne of Aus
tria. - . ... ... -,
i Refnree Jews, initrlm, -
Czechs,-Poles,. Germans. ; Dutcb- .
men ; and Belgians who - had
thought ; t h e m s e 1 v e s . safe In
ranee,. were attempting tovevade
an on-presslnr German ; arm
which was closlnr the meana if -
exit one by one. - .,. . -
f Britain 1 and Germany fought ,
the furious opening at age of
their -battle for- tha ialand Vfnr
dom In the air with heavy raids
on xsnusn ana German - cities, -factories
and dAfpm
iUIlan Planes . - -
Meet British' s ,
.The Italians and. BriUsh fought
at a faster pace with planea and
light naval units in the Meaiter.
raneaa mrea,r:,T -t .-t. 'V - ,
Comn
! : r r
Reperts received In Lnndnniaft -
the French-rovern mant vm i.
lnr. Bordean-r, in. muri that
Which -waa. bombed C Thursday.
uivnuit wutt iBai u persons
killed -and. SiJ Wounded i. -.
I Premier Marshal -Patain l
yesterday t urgedi the' French to '
ugnt on unui peace Am official, )
told them nevertheless there is no
hope for. continued reistanc. v
f France has too few frierids, to4
fsw.alllea too few soldiers, , tea
few guns and planes, he said. V
- We will leant onr
the lost battle. Since our victory
tot its) our aenae of enjoyment
has predominated over our sense
of sacrifice." vi
1 A Diane nalnted in thm tii. re
trace carried four plenipotentiar
ies. General Charle Hiiif.
Aviation General Bergeretr Vic
Admiral Leluc , and Leon Noel.
tormer amoassaaor to Poland,
over the German lines even before
Fuehrer Hitler waa inTni-md ,f
its coming- , early yesterday
(Thursday) morning. The French
cabinet waited to act on the Hit
ler terms. . - ' .'.
' i Italy. Whosa Premier irn..n)1. 1
hurried to -Munich Tn.m),
confer with Hitler on conditions
t6 be exacted, announced ih i
waiting the n a m e s of -French
Plenipotentiaries who Would learn
the terms for peace with Rome.
German Cavalrr
Takes Over Lyon . ,'
i HartRrtdlng German Iron car
airy was In possession of Lvon.
most Important French ladiiftrni
city of the southeastern Rhone
vaney, ana Brest, one ot the li st
bnnortant Atlantic, rniat - nr.i t
td be lost by the French. It wai
batterfng, down the cup-up eoc-
uons or. me Magiaot line, ; ar t!
driving south of the Loire toward
Bordeaux.
;Th8 Italians Indicated thtr di
rected i to occupy Savoy, two
French provinces - Just eoath cf
Switzerland.
The Germans' announcel tv
bombed a British nitrogen r '-t
at Dillingham, oil tanks at ; :i
on the east coast leal fcirt r
. . (Turn to r:-z( 2, Cel. I)
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