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Evening star., 1940-05-29
| Exile Parliament
To Decide Legal
Fate of Leopold
By the Associated Press.

PARIS, May 29.-The legal fate of
Leopold III as King of the Belgians
will be decided Friday by the Belgian
Parliament.
The refugee parliament, in emer-
gency session in Paris dance hall,
already has approved the action of
Leopold's cabinet yesterday in dis
owning" him as sovereign because
of his surrender to Germany.
A dispatch from the Belgian
frontier reported that Leopold had
been returned to the Brussels palace
by the Germany Army.
For the Friday session the Parlia-
ment will move to the Paris Town
Hall. There, besides taking up
formal action on the King, new
statutes for the government of the
fugitive peoples Of invaded Belgium
will be mapped.
The Paris press quoted informed
circles as saying Belgium's gold had
been rushed safely out OF the coun-
try and would be placed at the dis
posal Of the new government.
Belgian Foreign Minister Paul
Henri Spaak said in an interview
he was completely without infor-
nation" on the present whereabouts
OF King Leopold III following the
Belgian monarch's capitulation.
Wherever he is, Spaak declared, '.he
no longer has any power"
SnAak said King TAonold lost hic
sovereignty and that II he should
conclude peace treaty with the
Germans 1t would not be valid "be-
cause We consider that any act he
can accomplish now will be invalid" !"
The newspaper Paris Soir reported
today the Belgian royal children
had arrived at Lisbon, where they
are expected to remain for the rest
Lof the war.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Committee Speeds Bill
To Deport Bridges
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The House Rules Committee voted
unanimously today to give legisla-
tive right Of way to q bill directing
the Secretary Of Labor to deport
Harry Bridges, West Coast G. I. O..
leader. r74
The committee acted q short TINA
after Representative Allen, Demo.
crat, Of Louisiana, author Of the
legislation, testified that the House
immigration Committee had adopt
ed q special resolution urging the
Rules Committee to give the meas.
ure preferred status on the calendar.
The deportation measure would
direct the Secretary of Labor, who
recently dismissed deportation pro-
ceedings against MIR. Bridges, to
take him into custody and deport
him to Australia, the country OF
which he is q citizen.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Congress Tackles
Job Of Raising
Defense Taxes
Navy ShipbuiIdine
And Air Measures
Sent to Senate
BULLETIN.

Chairman Doughtou Of the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee said today the admins
tration hoped to raise 1856 ,o00,-
600 for defense taxes in q new
tax bill which he will introduce
tomorrow. The Senate Finance
Committee, meanwhile, agreed
to meet and discuss the tax pro-
gram Informally until House
action is completed 50 that all
speed possible toward passage
would be attained.
Congress buckled down today to
the admittedly thorny problem of
$683, 900 900 a year in new
taxes and of borrowing more money
for the $4,000, 900 900 preparedness
bill proposed yesterday by admin
istration and congressional leaders.
Both the Senate Finance and
House Ways and Means Committees
started consideration today of the
defense tax problem.
The legislative blueprinting of de-
fense details continued apace, the
House dispatching to the Senate a
brace Of newly-approved bills de-
signed to speed up shipbuilding and
to authorize a $1,137,000, 900 expan-
sion of the Nays air force and air
bases. Representative Marcantonio,
Labor. of New York cast
the only vote against them.
On defense financing, Congress
appeared agreed on two-fold ap-
proach.
The first called for an immediate
increase in the national debt limit
from the present $45 5,000, ,0O0, 900
now almost reached-to $48,O00,-
000, 600. This step would permit the
flotation of $4,000, ,O00 900 of Ma
tional defense obligations" to be
paid of in five years.
The second step involved new
taxes earmarked specifically to
liquidate the $4,000, ,000,000 ma
tional defense loan." The taxes
would be effective for the five-year
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Civil Service Commissioner Bars
Communists and Bundists
D. c. to Share in Increase as Navy
Adds $4,000 Civilian Workers

less there is lack Of engibles who
are citizens.
To carry out its part Of the ma
tional defense program. the Navy
Department, 1t was disclosed today,
is planning to add about $4,000
civilian employees to its rolls during
the next few months.
Though the War Department has
not yet completed its estimates Of
the additional personnel required.
the expansion In the military estab-
nshment will result in increasing
the number Of civilian workers by
many thousands.
Most Of the increase in civilian
personnel In national defense
agencies will take place in the field.
The District Of Columbia will share
In the increase, 1t was said at The
Civil Service Commission today.
In addition to the War and NAVY
(See CTVTT SEPVTrE poon A cN
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Narvik Is Captured by British;
Lille and Ostend Taken by Nazis;
French Claim ) Somme Towns
Retreoting Forces
Put Up Stiff Reor
Guard Resistance
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
In three pulverizing smashes
Hitler's legions today stormed
Ypres-famed World War battle
f1eld-and captured Lille and
Ostend, the high command an
nounced, to tighten the steel
jawed trap on 100000 Allied
troops encircled in Flanders.
On the strength of these re-
ports it was apparent that the
Allies were now retiring to the
English Channel-seeking that
means of escape from the Ger
man surrender or die" on
slaught rather than attempting
to break through the German
salient to the south.
The retreat toward the Chan
mel was subsequently confirmed
In London, where reliable sources
said the British expeditionary
force was fighting a stiff rear
guard action" to cover its with
drawal. The retreat was de-
scribed as in complete order" !"
with the morale of the troops
"quite unshaken."
Military observers found no indi-
cation today that any of Britain's
expeditionary force had yet es-
capped by sea from the Flanders
pocket.
Counterattacks Repulsed.
The Nazi high command said des-
perate French counterattacks had
been beaten OF with the bloodiest
losses"
The British Admiralty meanwhile
announced the capture Of Narvik,
Arctic iron ore port in Norway,
where German garrison has been
under siege more than six weeks.
German capture Of Ostend mar
Eowed the back door" of the
trapped Allied forces to a width of
about 40 miles.
Wave after wave Of Nazi bomb
ing planes roared over the French
and British forces falling back to
the sea, but the British expedi-
tionary force was reported still
fighting as a unit" in the harried
withdrawal.
London military circles said the
B. E. F. had retreated some miles
toward the coast
Fighting in Dunkerque.
Fighting in the streets of Dunker-
que was reported by Berlin sources,
who intimated that the swastika
flag might be hoisted at any moment
over the port, main supply base OF
the northern Allied armies pocketed
in Flanders.
The French admitted that the
situation in the north was "ex-
tremely critical" as a result of the
capitulation of the Belgian Army,
but said the Allies still were holding
a 30-mile stretch of coast extending
northward from Dunkerque.
Unofficial reports that the French
were massing their armies of the
center for a drive to relieve the pres
sure in Flanders were given color by
q Paris communique announcing new
successes along the Somme and
AiSne Rivers.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Britons Reach Sweden
After 75-Mile Fight
By the Associated Press.

STOCKHOLM, May 20 (By
Radio The Swedish News Agency
said today $50 British officers and
soldiers-cut OF several weeks ago
by the German advance from Oslo
crossed into Sweden after fighting
their way Is miles to the frontier
from the vicinity Of Lillehammer,
north Of Oslo.
The soldiers, many suffering from
exposure, were taken 70 hospitals
and internment camps.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Jackson Asks Law
For Registration
OF All Firearms
Letter to Bonkheod Says
Passage Would Be Big
Aid to National Defense
BY ]. A. FOX.

Enactment of law which would
require the registration of all fire.
arms on the ground that it would
be of great Importance In the inter-
ests of national defense" was urged
today by Attorney General Jackson
in letter to Speaker of the House
Bankhead.
Accompanying the letter was the
draft of bill to put the Department
of Justice proposal into operation.
The law would cover all firearms
at present in the hands of private
citizens, as well as those which they
acquired in the future. The regis
tration plan for firearms already on
hand would require the owners to
list them with the Internal Revenue
Bureau Office nearest their place of
residence.
There already is in existence a
National Firearms Act, but this ap-
plies only to certain types of wea-
pons, including machine guns, sub
machine guns, sawed-off shotguns,
sawed-of rifles and silencers.
Would Tax Transfers.
The proposed new law would i'm
pose a tax on all transfers. In the
letter to the Speaker, the Attorney
General said:
Il desire to recommend legiSla-
tion to require registration of all
firearms in the United States, and
a record of their transfers, accom-
panied by the imposition of a NOM
inal tax on each transfer.
Such a step would be of great
Importance in the interests of ma
tional defense, as it would hamper
the possible accumulation of fire.
arms on the parts of subversive
groups. 1t is also of outstanding i'm
portance in the enforcement of
criminal law. It is only too well
known to require detailed depict
ing that Federal State and local
law enforcement officers have fire.
quently been killed by desperate
criminals who equip themselves with
firearms and have no hesitancy to
use them in an endeavor to escape
apprehension. On a number of oc-
casions in recent years, members of
the personnel of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation met their
deaths in this manner while un-
flinchingly performing their haz-
ardous duties.
Law Abiding Protected.
1T is to be particularly noted
that the legislation, the enactment
of which recommend, would in no
wise improperly limit the freedom
of action of peaceful, law-abiding
persons. The contemplated legisla-
ton would not hamper or hinder
any person from purchasing or pos
sessing q firearm. It would merely
require him to register the firearm
and to record any transfer of the
weapon. It would interfere with
the personal liberty no more than is
the case with the requirement that
is imposed in every State in respect
to registration of automobiles. 1t
is equally important that DEATH
dealing weapons be registered SO
that q record of the trafiic in them
may be maintained for purposes OF
national defense and for enforce
ment Of the criminal law"
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Allies Push to Channel
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey INC ASSOClhtc0 IIeoc.
LONDON, May 29.-Undaunted by
10 days of steady action, the British
expeditionary force began move
ment from Flanders toward the Eng
lish Channel today in desperate
attempt to get through the steel
Jaws of a closing German trap.
Military circles declared the Brit
ish expeditionary force-aided by
French units fighting with it-had
started pushing toward the Channel
as word reached London of an Allied
success in Norway-the taking OF
Narvik, Norwegian ore port.
Britains expeditionary force was
said by reliable sources to be fight
ing stiff rear guard action" to cover
Its withdrawal.
Morale Declared "Unshaken."
The fighting was reported in COM
plete order, without chaos or con-
fusion. Morale of the trapped troops
was termed quite unshaken."
The Withdrawing army was said
to have established a strong rear
line, but it was regarded as almost
certain" that much equipment and
material would have to be aban-
doned. This. it was said, would be
destroyed to keep 1t from German
hands.
Military circles refused to give the
position of the British troops whose
hight to reach the Channel was made
more perilous by the Belgian capitu-
lation which opened the way to q
swift Nazi attack on Dunkeruue.
The port was reported still in
Allied hands as the British. under
going heavy shelling, bombing and
machine-gunning, but still "fiphtinp
as unit" dropped back.
Military circles said the retiring
British were being admirably ,up-
(see LONDON, Page A-4J
Evening star., 1940-05-29

LIMA, Ohio, May 20 (R.-Three
hundred pupils escaped injury today
as hgntnlng struck their school, but
rrlnclpal L. L. Weaver died of
snock. Mr.. Weaver, So, saw that all
nus pupils left the building, then re-
afterward. N''
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Truvuncore's Troops
Offered to Brituin
BY the Associated Press.

D VIC AesoeA~eeo 11ess- 80
BOMBAY, May 29.-Services of
all armed forces Of the State Of
Travancore, which has . popula-
ton of 5000, 900 have been offered to
Great Britain, the native Prime
Minister declared today In an ad-
dress to planters.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Moffut Approved

President Roosevelts appointment
of jay Pierrepont Modat OF New
Hampshire as Minister to Canada.
succeeding James H. r. Cromwell.
resigned, won approval today OF
the senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
BY JOHN C. HENRY.


President Roosevelt probably will
ask Congress for a supplemental
defense appropriation ranging be-
tween a half-billion and a billion
dollars, it was indicated after the
Chief Executive conferred at the
White House today with Treasury
and War Department advisers.
With the request likely to 60 to
the Capitol within a week it is now
expected that emphasis will be
almost entirely, if not exclusively.
on Army materiel.
Likely to be proposed are consid-
cradle increases in War Department
orders for fighting planes, tanks
and other mechanized equipment.
1t is believed that the startlingly
successful operation of such equip
ment by the German armies in
vading Belgium and France has
prompted defense experts here to
intensity our own rearmament In
this direction.
5000 Planes Planned.
1t is believed possible that I'M
mediate orders for 5000 military
planes, in addition to the number
just approved by Congress, will be
asked.
Conferring with Mr.. Roosevelt
today were Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau. Secretary of War
Woodring, Assistant Secretary Of
War johnson and Gen. George c.
Marshall, Army chief of staff.
In asking Congress on May Is for
the essentials of developing e larger
and thoroughly rounded out Army"
the President recommended that
S546 ,000, 900 Of an immediate $780,.
100000 appropriation be earmarked
for Army purposes. In addition, the
Army would share In the $l86, 900 900
OF contract authorization which he
proposed.
To See Dorothy Thompson.
Likewise bearing on the war crisis
and our own defensive steps were
several other conferences scheduled
for the President today.
First on the list was Dorothy
Thompson, newspaper colunlnist,
who has Just returned from Europe.
Shortly after noon, Mr.. Roosevelt
was to see Count de Saint Quentin.
the French Ambassador, at the re.
quest Of the State Department.
Mariner S. Eccles of the Federal
Reserve Board also was to see the
President, and for his luncheon ap-
pointment Mr.. Roosevelt asked At
torney General Jackson to the
White House.
It was believed that conversations
with Mr.. Jackson would deal prin-
cipally with Justice Department
plans for integrating the Bureau Of
immigration and Naturalization
into the broad program supervising
alien regulation in this country.
The bureau is to be transferred to
Justice from the Labor Department
by terms Of the Presidents last re-
organization order.
Tomorrow Mr. Roosevelt plans his
first meeting with the commission
Of seven civilians named yesterday
under the Council of National De-
tense Act to coordinate and imple-
ment the Nations resources behind
the defense program. Headed by
Edward r. Stettinius, jr, and vii.
liam Knudsen, two of the Nations
leading industrialists, the group was
to come to the White House at noon.
Mr.. Roosevelt said the six men
and one woman-drawn from the
ranks of business, labor, Govern
ment and consumers-would have
the job of seeing that defense orders
are filled as expeditiously as possible,
without upsetting the normal trend
OF things more than necessary. ="
The appointments evoked critical
comment from ALI M. Landon, 1896
Republican presidential nominee.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Summary Of Todoy's Stor

Washington and Vicinity
Aviation forum considers national
defense problems. Page HI
Aviation leader warns against Gov
ernmnet plane plants. Page B-1
Evening star., 1940-05-29
President 10 Ask
More Millions
10 Equip Army
Supplemental Fund
For Mechonizution
Planned at PorIey
BULLETIN.

The administration drafted
another business leader today to
facilitate the defense program,
appointing Donald M. Nelson Of
Chicago as procurement director
OF the Treasury. the key position
OF Government purchasing agent.
Evening star., 1940-05-29


Foreign
French recapture three villages
along Somme. Page Al
Capture OF Lille and Ostend claimed
by Berlin. Page Al
British battling way to coast to es-
cape German trap. Page Al
Lack of mechanized forces blamed
for British defeat. Page AS
Italy on brink of war in Mediter-
ranean. Page Al
Notionol.
Congress starts work on tax bill to
raise defense funds. Page Al
Civil Service Commission to recruit
skilled workmen. Page Al
Man sees two drown, rescued after
3-hour 1lsht. Page A
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Weather Forecast

Showers beginning late tonight or to. i.
morrow: cooler tomorrow; lowest to-
night about So degrees. Temperatures
today-Highest, 80, at 2 pm; lowest,
56, at 6 am
From the United STAGES weather Bureau report.
Full details on Page Az.
Evening star., 1940-05-29

(See DEFENSE, Page A-6O
Evening star., 1940-05-29

(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-30
Evening star., 1940-05-29

(See BERLIN, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-05-29

(see CIVIL SERVICE, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Man Dies in Swoon From Bolt

(See LONDON, Page A-4.5
Evening star., 1940-05-29

(See PARIS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1940-05-29

Most people In Washington have The
Star delivered to their homes eyerv
evening and Sunday morning.
Evening star., 1940-05-29

Germans declared that counter
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
Millions of Women
 Voters Give Problem Now 10 Bofh Parties
Continued from Page One)

tN H people didn't vote, he found& one of the two major causes was the belief that women shouldn't vote. The other was indifference.
 Taken altogether, these odds and ends of information explain why presidential contenders WOO the women's vote subtly unobtrusively, avoid stressing sex in politics.
 President Roosevelt has appointed women to high places in his admin istration. Frances Perkins is in his cabinet, Florence Allen is on the Federal Court of Appeals bench. But he made no sex distinction in his appointments, and has similarly welcomed women into platform making in the Democratic party without special fanfare.
 Willkie in his campaign tour showed his respect for the womens vote by addressing huge meeting of women--but he didn't make a habit of it. Not because he'd lose male votes if he did But because he knows many women object to special consideration in politics.
 Both candidates have stressed their liberal tendencies, Willkie oy definite commitment, Roosevelt by calling attention to the New Deal social program.
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National Police Atademypuis 40
 Into FBl Sysienl
tConunuea rom rage One)


 ,rsater than the already strained personnel Of the FBI could supply G-Man Hoover would have them in minute:
 It's. no eIelnentas. course in criminology that the NPA dishes up. The subjects covered are fal too numerous to list, but they in clude such things as the develop ment of latent fingerprints, lao oratory work, training with sub machine guns, how to make raid: and arrests, how to conduct search es, jiu jitsu defense, how to block reads and bottle up escaping crim- inais. fifth column investigations sabotage Investigations, genera crime prevention, the care and ust o! firearms-in fact, almost every thing conceivable under the head ing of police work.
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TAKE EXAMINATIONS

The men keep notebooks, take examinations, work out crime prob lems, attend lectures and motion pictures and dig in on reading as- signments. Their instructors arc from the staff of the FBTs own academy There is no tuition, but transportation and expenses of the men have to be paid by their de- partments or civic groups.
 The men have to be under 4f years old and full-time members of a state, county or city police force. Application for their at tendance at the NPA must he made by the police force in which they work. Seventy-five percent of the graduates either have had promotions or now are conducting schools in their own bailiwicks.
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{ ton changed all that And women i aren't afraid of sun tan these
 days.
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q Baltimore manufacturer.
 Baltimore once was major umbrella-making town, but de- mand has fallen off now
 Even Neville Chamberlain and apB6aseraent didn't help.
 In former days, the manufac- turer said, umbrellas and para sols were not only fashionable, but necessities because of poor transportation. Telephones, auto mobiles, and better transportA
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HALLOWEEN TRANSFERS ATTENTION

Halloween (Thursday evening, October 3lsD is the only time rranks will be permitted, and then they must be confined to the most harmless ones. Willful destruction and theft of property will not De tolerated. You are notified that pranks of any nature whatsoever will not be permitted before Thurs day evening, and are to be limited to that one night.
 DAN .RALSTON, adv. Chief of Police.
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NOTICE

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NOTICE

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HOUSEKEEPING room for rent, reasonable. Everything furnished. POS Main St., upstairs.
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LOST AND FOUND

LOST-5 months old female part brown cockerel spaniel and pom eranian. Phone 037, two rings. under FOR SALE sMALL BUILDING for sale. Call at the Snap Shoppe
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Modern steamheated apartment, Nov. 1. Phone 722.
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''BUMBERSHO0T" BUSINESS lS NOW
 HITTING CHuTES

BALTIMORE, Oct. 30.-The um- brella business is on the wane. Modern living is responsible, says
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VACANCY - Simpson apartments, Gold Belt Ave. Apply at Nugget Shop.