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GERMAN TROOPS BREAK THROUGH FRENCH DEFEHSES
Mussolini Throws Fascist
Spearhead Drives
vTo Within 25 or
30 Miles of Paris
^ Lines on Seine, Oise and
Aisne Broken by
Thundering Attack
PARIS — (UP) — The
French censorship and oth-
er departments are being
transferred from Paris.
(This dispatch indicated
that the French government,
^ in large part, was evacuat-
ing Paris.)
PARIS — (UP) — Germany,
throwing l,i500,000 men and 4.-
G0C tanks into the battle of
) France, Monday was reported
10 have broken through defense
lines of (he Seine, the Oise and
the Aisne, moved on toward the
Maine ami thrust a spearhead
within 25 or 30 miles of Paris.
.$ German tank columns were
operating south of Beauvais, ap-
parently within 25 or 30 iniles of
Paris. Beauvas itself is only a
little more than 35 miles from
the capital.
* Other tank units were report-
ed to have smashed through
Normandy, and the departments
of Seine Inferieure and Eure,
just northwest of Paris.
Threaten Flank Movements
• In the east, heavy German
columns were attacking on the
Tardenois plateau, southeast of
Soissons, threatening to flank
both important cities of Soissons
and Rheims.
* All along the front reports in-
dicated that French positions
were in danger of being flanked
or taken from the rear due to
slashing German attacks, led by
^ tanks and armored columns.
Allied troops in the west still
were holding the line of the
Bresle river but German tanks
had penetrated behind them in
such force that it was feared the
I river line would have to be
abandoned.
The situation around Beauvais,
northwest of Paris, was much
the same. Here the French lines
held north of Beauvais but
blows being struck by armored
elements which penetrated
south of Beauvais caused danger
that a withdrawal would be for-
ced.
Drive Hard For Marne
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.
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 Ger-
• mans were driving for the Arden-
nes canal, south of Chesene and
Pouleaux. Fighting was reported
particularly heavy around Four-
nelle. The Germans succeeded .n
crossing the Aisne at two points
• in the Vouzier region.
May Flank Maginot Line
Gen. Maxime Wevgand, stu-
dying battle maps at his head-
quarters, waiting for some op-
portunity to strike back, urg-
* See BATTLE Page 3
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SWEETWATER, TEXAS, MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1940 NUMBER 15
Strength On Side of Nazis
II Duee Enters
County Soil Has Qood Season
Rainfall Total
For June Reaches
3.50 Inches Here
Moisture Hailed as
Invaluable to
Crop Conditions
Nolan county Monday was
enjoying for the first time in
! months a good season in the
ground, resulting from general
rains Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday.
Saturday night Sweetwater
received .45 of an inch, the sec-
ond rain of I he weekend, bring-
ing to total rainfall for June
to 3.50 inches.
The heaviest rainfall Satur-
day afternoon and night fell in
the south and west parts of
the county. North of Roscoe, in
the south ami west parts of the
county. North of Roscoe, in the
Inadale community, a three-
inch rain was reported Satur-
day night. Maryneal, the prin-
cipal watershed of Lake Tram-
mel). received more than three
inches.
Lake Trammel!, nearly 20
feel below the spillway level
rose 8.(55 feet over the week-;
end. It lacks about 10 feet of
being full to the spillway lev-;
el, rose feet over the week-
end.
See RAIN Page 3
Flajr Week Being
r r
Observed in City
Sweetwater, along with other
communities throughout the
I'nited States. Monday began ob-
servance of "Flag Week."
Mayor Henry T. Marshall has
bv proclamation set aside the
week from June 8 to 14 as
"Flag Week", and has called on
all citizens to display the Am-
erican flag on their automobiles,
at their homes, at their places
of business.
He has urged the programs be
given to teach reverance and pro-
per respect of America's "em-
blem of freedom." A number of
civic organizations, and other
groups, are planning "flag" pro-
grams to be given sometime dur-
ing the week.
By all means, the mayor said,
the flag should be displayed in
the city during the week, with
proper "flag etiquette" observed
bv each citizen. <
Nazi Conquests Fit in Panhandle
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265,696 6,000,000
Francs, Belgium,
Natharlartds 23 7,138 60,000,000
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Scol« of Mil®*
Texas, with ont*-tenth tin* population of invaded Netherlands,
Belgium, and France, could encompass all three with area
to spare.
Culinary Expert To
Conduct School
Heavy Rains Fall Sunday Over Wide
• Section of Texas, With Some Damage
BV UNITED I'RESH
Heavy rains Sunday washed
thousands of tons of Texas top
f soil ir.to creeks and streams and
eiased in a few minutes a natur-
al process that took millions of
years to complete.
« Weather Forecast
SWEETWATER — Fair and
some warmer.
Maximum Sunday tempera-
. ture 91; low Monday morning
62; at 1:15 p. m„ Monday 73.
June 10 1939, high 104, low 75.
WEST TEXAS—Fair west of
mountains and southwest por-
tions. Cloudy Monday night
with showers southeast por
tion. Tuesday fair. Cooler south-
east portion Monday night. War
mer southwest portion and pan-
handle Tuesday.
9 FAST TEXAS—Mostly clou-
dy. Thundershowers nortneast
aiid extreme east portion. Cool-
er except near lower coast
MonJay night. Somewhat warm-
,4 er north portion Tueaday,
Rain, which totaled as much
as 2..17 inches at Corpus Christi,
hail not stopped in many places
Monday. The weather bureau in
Fort Worth forecast local show-
ers from northeastern to south-
eastern Texas.
Heaviest hit by rains were a
trio of southeastern Texas cities.
In addition to Corpus Christi,
Laredo reported 2.4(1 Inches and
Navasota 2.18. In north Texas
Fort Worth ted the list with 1.20.
It was still raining in the city
this morning.
The deluge caused consider-
able damage in many places al-
though no serious floods have
been reported. Cars were stalled
by the hundreds and several
roads were reported impassable
as result of the downpour. The
Dallas pike was blocked off on
both sides of Rush Creek. En-
gineers expected the road would
open late Monday.
Forty cars were stalled be-
tween Bellevue and Henrietta.
The two towns received more
than two inches of rain.
The rains covered from Big
Spring to the west, the Oklaho-
ma line on the north; Texarkana
on the east and Corpus Christi
m the south.
llornemakers in Sweetwater
and vicinity will be given an
opportunity to obtain newest
methods in cookery, June 20-22
in a cooking school, sponsored
by the Reporter and merchants,
to take place in the municipal
auditorium each afternoon with
Miss Esther Branch, who ranks
as an outstanding food ex-
pert. iu charge.
In presenting her cookery
demonstrations at 2 p. in., daily,
Miss Branch will feature tempt-
ing delicacies for summer me-
nus. Hundreds of free prizes
are to be given away daily and
a grand prize will be offered
See CULINARY Page 4
o
War Refugees
Beset by Fears
NEW YORK — (UP) — War
refugee passengers of the liner
President Roosevelt said Monday
they had been so beset by fears
on their voyage home that many
of them had slept in deck chairs
with life preservers beside them.
The United States rescue liner
arrived Sunday night from Gal-
way, Ireland. She brought 723
persons who had been imperiled
by the threatened German inva-
sion of the British Isles.
They had been crowded into
accommodations normally de-
signed for 450 passengers. Most
were United States citizens —
wives and children of Americans
with businesses in Britain, but
■ nine were British and Eire citi-
zens.
Markets At A Glance
By I'NITED PRESS
Stocks lower in moderate trad-
ing.
Bonds lower; U. S. govern-
ments lower.
Curb stocks irregular.
Foreign exchange weak.
Cotton off as much as 30
cents a bale.
Wheat up 7-8 to 1 1-8 cents;
corn up 1-4 to 5-8.
Red (toss Moves
Paris Offices
PARIS—(UP) — The Amer-
ican Red Cross has begun evac-
uating its Paris headquarters to
a new site at Bordeaux in or-
der to assure continued relief
of the French civilian popula-
tion. it was said authoritative-
ly Monday.
There was an unconfirmed
report that some members of
the American embassy staff
had left the city during the
night.
Despite general knowledge
that the western front was mov-
ing daily nearer to Paris, then-
was calm here, and except for
(he reduced number of people
along the boulevards and in
the cafes there was no sign of
unusual conditions.
British Announce
Serious Losses
LONDON — (UP) — The ad-
miralty Monday announced one
of the most severe losses of the
war — the presumed sinking of
the 22,500-ton aircraft carrier,
Glorious, and an escort of two
destroyers, the transport Old
ma, and the tanker, Oil Pioneer
a total of 50,706 tons of ship
ping.
(The German high command
asserted that the Glorious and
its escort vessels had been sunk
in naval action off Norway in
which the German battleships
Gneisenau and Scharnhorst pai
ticipated.)
The admiralty — which Sun-
day said merely it had been ad-
vised of "operations" in the Nor
wegian area—Monday said that
"as no further information lias
been received regarding the na
val operations in connection
with the withdrawal of our for-
ces referred to In yesterday -
admiralty communique anil .is
up to the present it has not been
found possible to establish com-
munications with certain ships."
they must be presumed lost
FDR to Deliver
Important Speech
Monday Afternoon
WASHINGTON — (UP.i —
President Roosevelt delivers to
the world Monday "a very im- j
portant pronouncement" relat-j
ing in the war and the present j
stati* nt international affairs.
Late .Monday afternoon (5:151
p. m , CST.) the president will I
speak at the graduating exer-|
cises of the University of Vir-i
ginia at Charlottesville, Va.,
where his son, Franklin D. j
Jr., receives a law degree.
Mi* Roosevelt jhad planned;
to attend the exercises if the
international situation allowed,}
but his decision to speak was
made suddenly to a surprised!
Capital late Sunday night. It I
was announced by his secre-
| tary, Stephen T. Early, in an
unusual telephone call to the
I press associations a few min-
utes before midnight. The pre-]
sidential party had returned
i . Jrlier from a week-end cruise
I on the Potomac.
Subject Not Indicated
There was no indication what j
] the specific subject of Mr.
: Roosevelt's remarks would be
! See PRESIDENT Page 4
o
Nazis Say Fate of
France Is Sealed
BERLIN — 11 Pi German |
quarters asserted Monday night
I that the advance of the German j
i army along a 210-mile front and
j Italian entrance into the war i
! had sealed tne fate of France. |
Authorized military sources
| asserted that the !• rench posi-
Ition was "hopeless" with the de-
tense positions of the Weygand
I line overrun and German troops
! advancing toward Paris.
The announcement of Italian
j intervention was described here
| as marking the "last phase" of
i the French campaign. Interest
and jubilation over the Italian
I declaration of war was high. At
I the same time attention of offi-
I rials was directed toward the
| radio broadcast Monday nignt
I of President Roosevelt.
Important
Meeting Slated
Monday night's meeting of the
Board of City Development is
expected to be one of the most
\ important of the year, according
j to George Barber, .seeretary-man-
i ager.
Two major problems are to be
taken up by members. One re-
lutes to the next steps in the
; dairy development program
; which the BCD committee,
tieaded by Peter f ox, has started
rolling.
The other concerns Sweetwat-
er's part in the national defense
i program.
President Philip Yonge is to
announce his committee chair-
men for the coming year.
All members are urged to be
1 present.
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War After Offer
Made by Allies
LONDON — (UP) — British
government circles said Mon-
day that Premier Benito Musso-
lini took his nation into the
| war despite Anglo-French of-
I fers, transmitted through Pre-
sident Roosevelt more than two
weeks ago, to settle reasonable
i Italian claims.
These offers, reported trans-
mitted to II Duce by Mr. Roose-
I velt in the role of "postman."
recognized that Italy had a nuiri-
l>- f legitimate grievances
a< ''r.jt Great Britain and
France, it was said, and con-
veyed the allies' willingness, if
peace were assured, to discuss
and settle them.
The allied proposals, it was
disclosed, stated the willingness
of Britain and France to admit
Italy to the peace conference!
after the war with Germany on ;
an equal footing with the bel-!
liferents and concluded with ]
the ob';eri'-tion that the Unit-
ed States was witness to these ;
promises.
Mr. Roosevelt in transmit-;
ting the proposals, it was said,
did not take upon himself any j
responsibility for them.
Long War Expected
The British warned Italy that j
it would be a "long war" and j
there was little prospect for her j
to obtain "great success in a!
short while and at little cost." j
The attention of the Balkans j
was drawn to Mussolini's dec-!
laration of neutrality in that j
a rea.
"The Balkan peoples," said the ]
ministry of information, will ;
have noted Signor Mussolini's
reassuring words in their re- j
gard. The axis powers have been j
prodigal in such assurance in the j
past as Norway, Denmark. Hol-
land, Belgium and Luxembourg |
have learned at their cost."
"In the struggle between civ-
lization and the pagan hordes i
of Germany", the air ministry,
said, "the fascist government1
has awaited an SOS to intervene j
at the moment of greatest em- j
barrassment for the allies.
"It is hoped by this unchival- j
rous, cowardly policy to secure!
safely for Italy such plunder as
Germany graciously will permit ;
her to have.
"But what the Italians will in .
fact experience is the contempt j
of the world and the armed .
might of two empires which \
Italy declared war on."
France Not Down,
Declares Reynand
'.NEW YORK — (UP)—Prenii
er Paul Revnaud. in a radio ad-,
dress to the French nation
heard in New York, declared j
Monday that France may lie in 1
difficulty.but she is not down.
On the sixth day of ths> battle j
of France, Reynaud said, the'
French armies are retreating j
only slowly and their military
position is good.
Of Italy's entrance into the
war. he said the French am'oas-1
sador had asked Count Galea/- j
7.0 Ciano, forcing ministry, why
Italy declared war. Ciano, hei
said, replied that Italy was
merely fulfilling her engage- j
ments under the Rome-Berlin
axis.
The allies, he declared, had
always been ready to negotiate
peace, and had been backed by
President Roosevelt, but so far
their efforts have had no ef
feet.
Defense Measures
Given Approval
WASHINGTON — (UP)
The house military affairs com
mittee Monday approved measu-
res to increase the regular army
to 400,000 men and authorize Pre-
sident Roosevelt to muster the
national guard without congres-
sional action.
The committee restricted use
of the guard to continental Unit-
ed States, our possessions and
the Panama Canal zone. The pre-
sident, on advice of the army,
had asked unlimited authority,
but had said he had no thought
of using the guard beyond those
areas.
ROME—(UP)—Premier Benito Mussolini took Italy's
45,000,000 people into the European war Monday in a bid
for a new Roman empire around the Mediterranean.
Declaring war on Great Britain and France, the fascist
premier told a madly cheering throng before Venice palace
that Italian forces were marching with Germany to "break
the chains" that bind her in the Mediterranean and to
obtain free access to the sea at Suez and Gibraltar.
But, he said, Italy does not desire to "drag other neigh-
boring nations" into tho war and he named in this connec-
tion Switzerland. Jugoslavia,
Greece Turkey and Egypt.
An official announcement af-
ter Mussolini' speech said that
Foreign Mini; ter Galeazz'o Ci-
ano hail handed the British
and French ambassadors a mes-
age saying that 'his majesty
the king emperor (Victor Em-
manuel) declares that Italy
consider- herself in a state of
war a of tomorrow (Tuesday.)"
Both Turkey arid Egypt are
alii<■ of Britain and Greece has
been given an allied pledge to
protect her independence Thus,
Mussolini appeared to be trying
to limit the war to the British
and French although Turkey
has a mutual aid agreement to
aid them if conflict spreads to
the eastern Mediterranean.
Furthermore, the fascist pre-
iniei indicated that Italy's first
effort would be on land (against
French Nice and Savoy) in a
drive to support the German
legions pushing down from the
north.
Speaks in Strained Voice
The premier, speaking in a
trained powerful voice to per-
haps Sii.OOO person- m the Ven-
ice palace square and side
itreeis and to millions through-
out Itah and the world said
that there is but
word for fascists:
"It is to win!"
"We salute the
German." he added
alv is on her feet
ed to strike."
The pre
that Italy
ets ready
that "this
a logic
tion."
"Thi- revolution he continu-
«■<(. "a.-: erts it ,e!f against those
mtrol the riches of the
Norwegian Army
Surrenders After
Allies Withdraw
STOCKHOLM. Sweden- (UP)
—Capitulation of the Norwegian
army and withdrawal of allied
| forces from Narvik, the great
I iron ore port, left Germany un-
challenged Monday along the
entire Norwegian coast and put
j her in position to dominate
I Russia's Arctic trade route.
It was made known that Gen
1 C. G. Fleischer, commander in
I chief of the Norwgian forces in
See NORWEGIAN Page 3
WAR SUMMARY
;n PRESS
- Premier Benito
union iters Italy's
the war against
promises to re-
K> I
ROME -
Mussolini
vnlrj into
tlit- allies;
sped integrity of neighbor-
ing nations, advises Switz-
erland, Jugoslavia, Greece,
Turkey and Egypt to "take
notice of my words, which
will he maintained."
PARIS—German army of
1 ,."iO(l,(MHI men. tanks
drives allied lines back l'rom
sea to Argonne; armored
spearhead at Gisors, 115
miles from Paris; Germans
cross lower Seine at two
points; some government
departments evacuating Pa-
ris.
RERUN — High com-
mand claims advance on
21(1 - mile front; Germans
driving for lower Seine and
Marne, claim allies being
pursued at some points;
Le Havre, Cherbourg and
Rheims region h e a vily
bombed.
LONDON —Prime Minis-
ter Winston ^ hurchill an-
nounces fresh British troops
sent to France, more coin-
ing; British see Frenefh
plight worse than any time
during World War; danger
spot said to be drive to-
ward Roen and Le Havre.
STOCKHOLM — Norwe-
gians capitulate to Germans
allied withdraw all forces
from Narvik; King Haakon
and Crown Prince Olav go
to London, will carry on
tight on western front.
MOSCOW — Soviet and
Japan reach agreement on
Mongolian border dispute;
new era of better Soviet-
Japanese relations expected.
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American Child
Killed l>\ Bomb
WASHINGTON -- > P i
American Consul General Sam
uel W. Honaker at Stuttgart,
Germany, Monday advised the
state department of the first
known death of an American
citizen—an eight-year-old child—
from bombing operations in the
present European war.
The victim was Alfred Paul
Hittei. He was killed during an
allied air attack on Klitigenstein,
near Ulm. Germany, shortly at
ter midnight of June -1
one watch-
fuehrer of
' Fascist It*
and prepar-
?mi'-r
had
for
gig!
part
who once said
10.0ti0.000 bayon-
action, declared
• tu t niggle is
in our revolu-
u 111
ear
"It
urv
a .struggle of one cen-
against another."
"W't take up ami to solve the
problem, of our continental
frontiers and our maritime
frontier:- the premier said
"We shall win and we shall
give a long period of peace
old prosperity to Italy and
the world.
• People of Italy To arms!
"Your tenacity bravery and
courage will prevail."
I . S. Declaration
Of War Is I r«ed
m-
a
dv<
WASHINGTON — (UP)
I !or'\ t iluca'wi - Ltwyers,
tustrialists and others in
,-taternent issued here Monday
■ •rated immediate declaj*-
if war against Germany.
The statement, contending
that "the frontier of our nation-
a interest i now on the Sotn-
me said that our air naval,
iiii!11atand material resources
cannot l - made available to the
■Hies fast enough.
British Troops
Sent to France
LONDON — (UP) Great j
Britain has sent fresh troop
to the aid of the hard-pressed I
French army and is sending
more soon, it was announced
Monday.
Prime Minister Winston
Churchill advised Premier Paul i
Reynaud of France of the dis
patch of the troops in a • pe
cial message, and promised iha
See BRITISH TROOPS Page
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