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Evening star., 1940-06-16

foreign correspondents, of whom
three were Americans, and seven
chauffeurs
A preliminary tour of the main
sights of beautiful Paris indicated
that no damage has been done any,
| where.
I visited the Louvre, Notre Dame
Cathedral, the Invalides, the Quai
d'Orsay, the Place de la Concord
the Museum, the Chamber of Depu-
ties, Place Vednome. City Hall and
the Sarah Bernhard Theater-no-
where any damage.
From the American Embassy the
Stars and Stripes were displayed
Nearby the sWastika waved on the
flag staff on the Crillon Hotel.
Object of much feminine curiosity
were air force soldiers stationed be-
fore anti-aircraft guns at strategic
points.
Paris was quite another city wher
the fountains at the Place de Ia
Concord were not playing, when taxi
drivers were not honking, when book
stalls were not doing business as
usual along the Seine, when all
business life was at a standstill.
We approached Paris from the
coast via Amiens, Saint Just, Cler-
mont, Creil and LIE Bourget, then
detouring to Saint Denis.
LIE Bourget, the great Paris air
port, was shambles. 1t had been
singled out especially for German
bombers for destruction. Creil, too
was badly shelled and little re-
manned of this town.
We had to cross the Oise River
near Oriel, on a pontoon bridge
hastily constructed by German
Army engineers, since the original
bridge had been dynamited by the
retreating French Army.
Strange Spectacle in Amiens.
Amiens afforded strange spec
tacle in that the German bombers
there had given one of their best
exhibitions of craftsmanship. All
around Amiens' priceless cathedral
the largest ecclesiastical edifice
in France-everything had been
blown to bits. including the bishops
residence. The cathedral itself
however, was entirely untouched.
Block after block in the heart of
the city was in ruins and clouds of
smoke still hung over whole sections
of the still-smouldering city, yet the
cathedral, completed in 1888, es-
capped unscathed.
Throughout the 8O-mile drive
from Amiens to Paris, I had plenty
of occasion to note evidences of the
vigor with which the retreating
French had fought.
When the Germans started from
Amiens against the so-called Wey-
gand line June S they ran up against
a system comparable in many re-
spects to Germany"s own Siegfried
Line, which differs from the Magi-
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Nozi Bottering Ram
brown Across Rhine

1.-THE Increment OF the French
government and communications
facilities to the Bordeaux reoi1n
has cut the neWs from France
to @ mere trickle. In London It
is stated authoritatiuely that lit
tie military ne,Us from France
may be expected until this transit
is effected. The tollolUing story,
hotCeUer, has been rece,Ued by
1DireleSS from Associated Press
men in Bordeaux
BORDEAUX, June Is (P,-Ger-
many's armies threw a battering
ram across the Rhine and into
Alsace tonight in the face of the
guns of the Maginot Line.
Deep behind the Maginot other
Nazi columns-more than 100 miles
due west of the crossing of the
Rhine-plunged over the Seine and
touched the heights of Chaumont
some 135 miles southeast of Ger
man-engulfed Paris.
The French fought back with the
fury OF men in anguish.
Government Meets.
The government met somewhere
in France" President Lebrun,
Premier Reynaud, Generalissimo
Weygand. Admiral Jean Darlan, the
navy chief, and Gen. Joseph Vuille-
min, the air chief, were there.
In their grave position they dealt
with the results of M. Reynaud's s
final pleas for American help, for
clouds of airplanes."
The semi official Havas agency
said there would be no separate
French peace with Hitler. It's dis
patch was from London.
Official reports, the only ones
available, said "a few detachments"
crossed the Rhine after the most
violent of bombardments. The
Maginot Line, however, was not
broken at "the point of resistance" !"
tonights communique insisted. This
action was at Neuf Breisach, some
40 miles south of Strasbourg.
The armies of Paris fell back "in
the best of order" The German
armies OF Champagne, seeking to
engulf the French and to render
the Maginot Line helpless from the
rear, were forced to fight one great
battle after another.
Cross Seine at Romilly.
Tonight these German armies had
crossed the Seine at Romilly, some
IS miles southeast of Paris and
had increased their pressure be-
tween Troyes and st. Dizier, still
further east, besides sending ad-
vance guards to the region of Chau-
mont, which is the capital of the
Haute-Marne department and lies
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Secretary for India Sees
Maqna Charta Threatened
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 15.- 1t. Col.
Leopold c. NJ. S. Amery, secretary
for India, warned today that If
Adolf Hitler's "merciless" onslaught
on an "ill-prepared world" succeeds,
it will be IAN end to the Magma
Charta and all it has stood for" on
both sides OF the Atlantic.
Speaking on the 725th anniver-
sary of the Magma Charta, Col
Amery declared in broadcast that
the document is a living bond
between Britain and the United
States.
Defeat of the Allies would mean
not only loss of their own freedom, ~
he said. 'It would mean extinction
of freedom even as an ideal among
mankind.
Everywhere men would turn to
worship new gods of arbitrary
power, Of racial arrogance and of
mechanical thought"
Such an outcome, he said, sis un-
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Chest Clinic to Bur
New Patients June ~

The Districts chest clinic at
Freedmens Hospital will be closed
to new patients after June "a, due
to lack of sufficient funds. District
Health Department officials an
nounced yesterday.
For the same reason, it was re-
ported in some quarters, there may
be delay in establishing a tuber-
cuiosis clinical service at the new
Southwest Health Center, to be
opened about July ! by the Health
Department.
In previous years, funds have
been donated by the District Tu-
berculosis Association to finance
some special activities of the Health
Department, but because of its own
budget conditions, the association
restricted the amount of its dona-
tlons some months ago.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
German Oil Situation
Is Reported Improved
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June 15.-DNB, official
German news agency, said tonight
that the Allies are approaching a
critical shortage of oil, whereas
Germany's situation is improving as
a result of Italy's entry in the war"
No figures we're disclosed because
these are regarded as important
military information, but the news
agency listed as reasons for the
Improvement
l. Increased deliveries from Russia; !;
2. Seizure Of vast stores in the
Netherlands and Belgium;
3. Italys declaration of war, thus
diverting to Germany deliveries of
Rumanian oil previously sent to the
Allies through the Mediterranean.
Italy's entry also cut of the Medi-
terranean route for oil deliveries to
the Allies from the Near East,
DNB said
Germany was reported to have in
creased greatly her production of
synthetic gasoline for warplanes
and tanks.
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not in that it is not linear and
massed but is carried far to the
rear on a stagger principle.
Gen. Weygand's plan, which the
Germans themselves admit was
cleverly conceived, lacked time for
realization. Hence, the Germans
said, it did not constitute real
hindrance to their forward dash.
That every German accompany
ing us was overjoyed at news of the
fall of Paris hardly needs emphasis.
A first lieutenant in our car hap
pened to tune in on the Berlin
radio just as fanfare of trumpets
heralded the special announcement.
When it proved to be the fall of
Paris, he and the other Germans
Rugged one another, cried and
gesticulated.
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Lochner
Continued From First Page J

yet, but is expected to start arriving
before this cable is received in
America.
(The cable was written at
9 am. Saturday.
That Hitler himself is due here
soon is taken for granted.
(The Tribune de Geneve of
Geneva, Switzerland, carried a
special Paris dispatch tonight
saying that German troops were
busy preparing the Palace of
Versailles for the arrival of
Chancellor Hitler"
Paris Not Recognizable.
We arrived last night in this city
that seems dead. I just do not
recognize Paris again. Seventy per
cent of its population has fed.
From the Hotel Crillon, where
once President Wilson of the United
States addressed French crowds, the
swastika is flying.
The banner also is flying from
atop the Quai D'Orsay (the French
foreign office, from the Arc de
Triomphe, under which lies buried
Frances unknown soldier of the
World War; from the historic city
hall and from the Eiffel Tower.
1t all seems unreal, like an
Arabian Nights tale come to life
On first entering Paris last night,
we drove to the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier in the twilight.
AS background to the Arc de
Triomphe, the sky was disfgured
by an enormous ugly cloud of smoke
emanating from the region around
st. German. That suburb ap-
parently was in flames from artil-
lery fire.
It was about 9 pm.-and the Arc
was bathed in a mellow, reddish
light.
Old and Young Before Tomb.
Before the tomb of "Un Soldat
Inconnu" were standing old women
young women, bearded old men and
boys in their teens Many of the
older women we're sobbing softly.
Never could one forget that deeply
touching scene.
AS we approached the tomb in
company of our guides from the
army, their looks hardened for a
moment. They appeared to relax
somewhat, however, when the Ger
man officers, removed their caps,
stood still, then saluted the symbol
of the brave French soldiery buried
there.
To countless American tourists
who know Paris, it is probably as
incomprehensible as it was to me
that the old Paris was ghost city
when I entered.
We came by way of the Clichcy
Gate. No Germans were visible any
where along our drive through this
section. Such few citizens as stood
around at corners Or gathered about
radio loud-speakers gazed at us in
curiosity. They apparently had not
seen any German officers before.
It is an open question whether
Adolf Hitler will duplicate his War
saw performance, wnen. in October,
1899, only two days after capitula-
ton of the Polish capital, he re-
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Exhibit at Golden Gate
Rededicuted by Czechs

SAN FRANCISCO, June is (P).-
The Czecho- -Slovakian exhibit at the
Golden Gate Exposition was dedi-
Gated anew today in ceremonies led
by Erwin E. L. Chloupek, Czecho-
Slovakia's consul-without-a coun-
try.
San Francisco CZechs decided to
keep the republic represented at
the fair, Mr.. Chloupek said, while
hoping and praying that our coun-
try may be restored"
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Genoa Repused French Destroyer Sunk Italians Claim

between the Marne and the Suize.
This is in the heart of France.
In the west, the high command
said the situation was unchanged.
There was violent fighting west of
Louviers, city SO miles southeast
of the German-taken port of LIE
Havre. But, it seemed, the French
were holding this German push
toward the rest of the Channel ports.
South of Louviers, another battle
went on in the region of Evreux.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Metropolitan Museum
Will Lend u. 5. Art
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 15-Reversing
its former procedure under the
guidance of its new director, Francis
Henry Taylor, the Metropolitan
Museum of Art will make virtually
all its modern American paintings
available to other museums and
educational institutions of the coun-
try.
About 500 paintings will be on the
new loan list. approximately half of
them painted since 1900 in America.
The others are works of older Amer
lean and European artists.
Applications for exhibitions will
be received September /.
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French
Continued From First Page

tCOntlnued From First Page)
out Of their foothold on the west
bank of the river.
Although the Germans apparently
captured several minor forts In
the Breisach vicinity after forcing
a crossing of the Rhine, they re-
mained under heavy fire from the
powerful Maginot Line forts before
Colmar.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Three Elected to Board

Three Washingtonians have been
elected to the Board of Governors
of the Georgetown University Alum
nj Association, it was announced
yesterday. They are John NJ Saul,
treasurer; DR.. William J. Cusack and
Robert M. Meehar..
Evening star., 1940-06-16

thinkable. At all hazards, at all
costs, we must win. For us there
can be no compromise, no truce,
only victory"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-24
Catholic Convention
To Convene Here For
Two Days Session

"The Catholic view Of Race RE-
lations" will be the theme upon
which the deliberations OF the
twelfth annual convention OF the
National Catholic 1nterracial Fei-
Grafton will be based. This tnes'e
viii be brought out IN the discus
sions OF the Negro in Industry
Saturday. August 81. and Sunday.
September ! the Preparation aud
Preservation Of the Faith among
the Colored People OF the United
States"
At the Monday sessions the
groups attending the ST. Peter
Claver Community House will ne
featured in demonstrations and en-
tertainment. Mathew Fuckers Or
chestra will furnish the music for
the convention dance on Monday
evening, Sept. 2 in the Sacred
Heart school.
The members OF the committee
extend a most cordial invitation TO
all to attend the various sessions
OF the convention. Reservations for
the Interracial luncheon must be
made by calling Mrs. MsnuslIa
williams, s5o5 Boxwood, TY. s-ssas.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-24
Funeral Rites Held
For Former Resident
Of New York State

Funeral rites for the late Miss
Mary f. Hageman OF this city were
held "wednesday, Aug II. at IL a. IT.
from the Stamp Willis Funeral
Home. The Rev. Father Meyers, OF
ST. Matthews Episcopal church, Of
fciated.
Miss Hageman died Aug. 10 at
the home Of her sister. Mrs. Grace
Edwards.
born in Troy. n. Y. sixiy-r ne
years ago. Miss Hageman had
made her home in Detroit for the
past 10 years. surviving are her
sister. Mrs. Grace Edwards. OF this
city: and = brother. Garnet IIage.
man. aiso two nieces and four
nephews
The remains OF the deceased
were taken To Troy. \. Y. for In
terment in Oakland cemetery. Bur
Ial took place FRIDAY. The Rev. c.
v King. rector OF Trinity Episco-
pal church. ofhciated.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-24

The windsor Star, OF windsor,
ont, published In its Aug. IL Is
sue vigorous editorial In pro-
test against the alleged reluctance
OF Canada to enlist colored men Ia
its military. naval and aviation
services. In support OF the spen-
did loyalty and bravery OF colorei
fighters. the editorial called aiten-
ton to the heroic record OF William
Hall, VIC, OF Nova Scotia. a Ne
gro. who was the first Canadian
ever 10 receive the Victoria Cross
for heroic service. The following
paragraphs are here quoted:
"w'hen Hon. C. c. Power re-
marked in the House OF Commons
the other day that the first VIC
toria Cross bestowed on Cana
dian was won by Nova Scotia coll
ored man. he gave recognition 70 a
national hero OF whom too little y
known.
"This first Canadian recipient NJ
the Empires highest award OF val
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-24

was william Hall. His father Was
brought to Nova Scotia and set
free. when the slave ship that was
carrying him to the southern
states was intercepted by Brit
ish frigate. during the War OF 49,.
His mother. an escaped slave also
was provided with haven through
courtesy of the British feet in the
same war. The two eN-slavee met
and married IN Nova Scotia aad
after williams birth IN 1927, they
taught him 10 respect the white en-
sign Of the British Navy as some
thing sacred
1T Is not surprising therefore.
that in 1892 William Hall went to
Halifax and enlisted as an ehle
seaman on the H. NJ. 5. Rodney.
A few ycare later. he was in ac-
ton in the Crimean War and IN
1867 he won the Victoria Cross AZ
the relief OF Lucknow. IN the In
dian muiiny."
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-24

making speeches Mounting The
ladder, Taylor said he told the
crowd that the proper procedure
was TO form a committee and lodge
2 complaint with Commissioner
Frank Famans
While he was urging the crowd
10 desist one 81 the officers order
cd him down from the ladder he
then began 70 take names of ihass
who had seen the officer strike
i.eary.
IN the meantime. one OF the Of
hcers had called for reinforce-
ments and several squads o. no.
lice answered the call n was then
that Taylor was arrested and ear
rled 10 Garfield station. IIc was
released short time later. The
list OF names OF Witnesses was con-
hscaied by police. but returned
Monday.
l.eary. Who WAS arrested tor
failure 10 move on the corner. was
placed on probation by the court.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-24
Tenants President Stops Riot, Is
Arrested; Freed In Recorders Court

Although he had used his irfa-
ence TO prevent a racial disturbance
similar to the one on Belle Isle last
month, Louis r. TAYLOR. president
OF the United Tenants association
arrested late Saturday evening
ana held on disturbing the peace
charge.
TAYLOR won his freedom in ~olrt
Monday when the arresting Officers
failed TO convince Recorders Judge
Thomas NJ. Cotter that the defen-
dant was disturbing the peace
The defendant told Judge Co;ter
that he had just entered the offl,e
OF the association at Alfred and
Hastings when he was told that O.
lice we're beating man al the
corner. Taylor said that he Sp-
preached the OFFICER and urged hun
ia discontinue his abuse OF tie
prisoner, Joe Leary
As large and threatening
crowd had gathered. TAYLOR said
he went into the office and brought
out a ladder which he uses while
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-24
Second Baptist.
VIII Deliver Fulogy

G.. G. Spaulding. president-eme-
ritus OF the league and president
OF The North Carolina Mutual In
surance company. will deliver one
Of the eulogies for the late l)r.
Robert r. Motion and j. G. Napier.
Don a. Davis. chairman of the
executive committee OF The league,
Is pnrscr at Hampton institute,
Hampton. Va. and also treasurer
Of the Peoples Building and Loan
association of Hampton. He is al
so secretary of the Hampton Alum
nj association.
Roscoe Duniee. editor OF the
Oklahoma Black Dispatch, Is one
~ me better known business men
OF the Negro race primarily be-
cause of the vigorous fight he has
waged in the south for the rights
OF Negroes. He is a member OF the
executive committee Of The lAACP.
None Like II
Rencher y. Harris. regional vice
president Of the league, issecreiary
Of Bankers Fire Insurance com
panv Of Durham. y. c. quarter
million dollar corporation and the
only one of It's kind among Ne
groes.
Jesse I. Thomas. southern field
director for the National Urban
league. Is president Of the Pioneer
Savings association Of Atlanta. Ca,
and also one Of the founders OF the
school OF Social work In that city.
L. s. Falls is president OF the
Il. S. Falls & Son Sea Food COM
pany in ST. Louis. and Is president
OF the 81. Louis branch OF 4 Ma
tional Negro Business league.
Booker Talmadge Bradshaw, ST.
is presidcn treasurer OF the Vir-
ginia Mutual Benefit Insurance
company. Richmond, Va.
From New orleans
Joseph T.. Geddes Is president oil
the Geddes Funeral Service. Inc.
New Orleans, and member OF
the steering committee OF HE
league.
George W. Cox is vice president
and director Of agents of North Car
olina Mutual Insurance company
ana member OF the board OF al
rectors az the Merchants and 'e-
chanics Bank, vice president and
member Of the board Of directors
of the Bankers Fire Insurance COM
many. Durham y. &. A. Maceo
Confined on page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-24
Rochester And Chicago Physician
Loom As Big ''Mayoralty' Candidates

=. Leading the colorful array Of
Nesro personages. numbering sew
la nationally and internationally
aHo"n figures, who have intimated
.ey VIII be contenders of the Gov
.'eu Office Of president OF the Ma
upnal I nofficial Colored Mayors
s,ssoclation TO be organized In De
,u". are the famed Eddie "Ro-
.,u n Anderson, Jack Benny's
.Nochester' OF stage. screen and
,auio and Mayor of Bronze Hol-
nNood IN Los Angeles. and the
aauoha!ly known physician and
surseon. DR.. I. II. Holloway. for
T ~, mayor OF Bonneville, Chicago.
nus TAR Il appears that the con-
- may finally devolye into a
Tsa'ed race between Anderson and
~ holloway. since both have Civ
:. public assurances OF their de-
slres 10 run.
sponsored by the Michigan Col
c cseu Mayors association and brain
"'u oil President Reuben J. Pat
~' FORMER mayor OF Sepia Detroit,
We w National Colored Mayors con
,.n''oh promises 10 20 down IN his
81, as pioneer movement des-
s aeu 10 accomplish great things
A. AZ me Negro people. Many nation
personalities, including Bill Rob-
, as'"' famous stage. screen and
In, s'ar and Mayor OF New York's
s,ieni arc expected to converge
.pOn Detroit for the erection Of
Sohvalescent hospital for the
Continued on page b.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-24
Member Of Louisville
Housing Commission
To Speak Next Week

Hon. J. Everett Harris. menu
her OF the Housing Commission OF
Louisville. Ky. will address a huge
mass meeting at Duffield school
Fairgrounds. corner OF Chene and
Clinton streets, Friday evening
August 30.
Mr.. Harris is an attorney and
holds three degrees from Harvard
university. ABB. AM. LID and
Is a graduate OF the famed liar-
ward Law school. having studied
under the distinguished legal schol-
ar, Professor Felix Frankfurter,
now Justice, Of the L. s. supreme
Court. Mr.. Harris is noted speak
er, attorney. scholar and thinker.
lie will discuss the housing siiua-
ton among Negroes and national
issues In the present campaign.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-24
J. c. Dancy Will Open
Sunday Forum of The
Motor City Lodge 962

John c. Dancy. executive sec
rotary Detroit Urban league and
member OF the Detroit House OF
Correction Commission. will open
the Sunday Afternoon Forum
which has been prepared by Mot n
City Lodge No 962 IBpOEW. Mr.
Dancy will speak Sept s.
The forum VIII continue through
Dec. %. and some OF the speakers
will be Ernest Carney. superin-
tendent OF Parksidc hospital; c.
Stirling Chavis. physical director
st. Antoine Branch YMCA: Mrs.
Madeline Fowler. executive secre-
tary Lucy Thurman Branch YWCA;
Mrs Rosa Gragg. president FEEDER
ated Clubs OF Colored Women. and
Alfred Pelham, Wayne County
budget director.
All meetings will be held in the
lodge headquarters. 225 +. Forest.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-24
President Greets
Colored mayors"
In Meeting Here

August 10, ly4O
II wish to extend to the un-
official Michigan Colored May
ors association my best wishes
for the success OF It's first con-
vcntion, which is TO be held IN
Detroit on August twenty-nin'h.
zone OF the most vital prob
lens before this Nation con-
Germs itself with the health oil
our people. I regard the build
ing Of a vigorous and healthy
population as one Of the impor-
tant movements for adequate
national defense. | welcome ev'
cry constructive undertaking
whose object ~ TO insure the ma
tional welfare by promoting tue
health OF the Nation.
81 hope all of your delibera-
lions will be fruitful OF wise
counsels and constructive action
TO promote the welfare OF the
Negro race. which Is insepara'e-
lv Joined 10 the national well
fare.
every sincerely yours.
"FranklIn ID. Roosevelt