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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11
MussoIini Denounced
 By Texans
Residents of Italy, in Tex as, Are Against En-
 tering of War

ITALY, Texas, June 11.-Resi- dents of this town, numbering 1900 assembled at mass meeting last night and authorized the following communication be sent to Presi- dent Roosevelt:
 On this day, Italy through its Premier, declared war against France and England This declara- tion was from Italy across the seas. There is another Italy in Texas whose entire citizenship denounces this action"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11
NAVY BILLS
 ARE PASSED
 BY CONGRESS
Two Measures, Building Up Department, Go
 10 President

WASHINGTON, June II. The House has completed Congressional action on bills permitting the Navy to have total of 10000 planes, 16,000 pilots and to build 22 new combat vessels, also to increase the Navys surface tonnage Il per- cent.
 Both bills will now go to the White House as they have been passed by the Senate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11
FIRST ACT OF WAR IN CANADA WATERS TAXES
 PLACE; SHIP IS FIRED

war, when she prepared to capture the Italian vessel The crew of the Cape Noli ran their craft aground and set it afire
 The minesweeper crew and fire tug fought the flames and extin- guished them.
 The Italian crew was imprisoned.
 Tine grounding was the first act of war in Canadian waters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11
Is
 French
 Capital
Nerve Center of Govern. ment Is Sci Up in
 Tourist Resort
By WILLIAM HUMPHREYS Associated Press Correspondent

TOURS, France, June 11.-This white city on the banks of the Loire today became the emergency Capital City of France.
 Tours, always filled with fussy tourists, who are placated by good food and wine, was turned over night into nerve center of Gov ernment diplomacy. Every resource in the city as requisitioned by min istries, legations, embassies and their staffs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11
FRENCH YOUTH REQUESTED TO
 LEAVE PARIS
Military Governor Makes Announcement No
 Reason Given

PARIS, June II. - The Military Governor of Paris, now in charge of this section, has asked all young unmobilized Frenchmen from the age of IT years and up to leave the city.
 No reason is given but presum- ably the request is to prevent their use in German labor battalions if the city is taken.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11
KILLED IN ACTION: THE
 ECONOMISTS IDEA THAT
 GERMANY WAS HAVE NOT

hordes on the English Navy, thou sands of rubber boats to clear the marshes and pontoon the rivers all appear as if by the wave of a wand from a nation that had re- belled against Europe only be- cause it was hungry and destitute in the midst of it's neighbors' plenty.v
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11

OTTAWA, June 1.-The Italian steamer Capo Noli, 3,921 ton freighter, was grounded and fired by it's crew yesterday as the Can- adian minesweeper Bras Or over- hauled Ter in t he St. Lawrence river.
 The ship sailed from Montreal Sunday with the minsWeeper trail ing her until the declaration of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11
NAVY BOMBER IN CRASH ON
 WAY TO ALLIES
Weather Blamed for Crack Up of Fighting Plane
 Flying 10 Canada

MARIAVILLE, New York. June LA United States Navy Curtis bomber which was released to the Allies, crashed late yesterday en- route to the Maine border. killing pilot Allan Lullman, 26. Weather is blamed for the crash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11
President
 Applies Adj Of 0fNeutraIify

WASHINGTON, June 11.-Presi- dent Roosevelt has proclaimed a state of war existing between Italy and the Allies and has applied the neutrality act provision to Italy, excepting the prohibition of ships travelling to Italian waters and that prohibition is expected soon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11
RIOTS IN ENGLAND

LONDON. June 11-Angry crowds rioted in Italian sections i'll London. Liverpool and also Edinburgh, smashing Italian cafes and shops.
 The police were forced to charge often to prevent mobs from wreck ing Italian establishments.
 Soon after the declaration of war by Italy on the Allies. the police commenced a roundup of all sus- pected unfriendly Italians of whom there are thousands in England alone.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11
RI0TING
 AGAINST
 ITALIANS
Canadians Stage Demon sfrdfiOn = Police on
 Guard in Seeiion

TORONTO, June 11.-Demonstrat- ors stoned a number of Italian bus mess establishments here and the police. reinforced, are now on guard in the Italian section where l5.000 Italans I've
 An Italian Catholic school door was smashed to splinters by mob
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11
FOREST SERVICE MEN
 FLY TO TAkU INLET

A Forest Service party consisting of Regional Forester B. Frank Heintzleman, District Ranger w. A. Chipperfiel1, Regional Engineer A. E. Glover and Assistant Forester William N. Parke flew today to Taku Inlet with Pilot Shell Sim mons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11

Liberia, with a population of 100000, almost entirely African, has no railroads.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11
Lower Seine River Is Also Reported fo Have
 Been Crossed FRENCH SEEM TIDE
 TOWARD CAPITAL CITY
Italians Assert Three Forces Ready for Attacks
 Turkey with Allies

BULLETII~-LON June 1.-The British War Office an- nOunces that enemy aircraft raided Malta, British naval base in the Mediterranean. a mere hop frem Sicily, where Italy has both naval and air bases.
 The official statement says "at 4:50 q. m., 3 raid by about 10 hostile aircraft was made over Malta and a further raid was made later. Casualties were sliht ard little damage was done. One enemy plane was shot down."
 BULLETTN-PARIS, June II. Uniformed sources said the German Army has reach4d the vicinity of the Marne. historic spot when the French turned back the swiftly moving Ger mans in September, 1914.
 The same sources also declare the lower Seine has been cross ed in several places.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11

PhOnephOfo Selection of Jay Pierrepont Moffatl IS Minister to Canada indicates the increasing importance of the pest He was chief of the European Divi-i ,ion of the State Department. He succeeds James H. R. Cromwell, who resigned to run for the Senate from;
 New Jersey.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-11

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Evening star., 1940-03-19

gets 10 cents an hour for the use
of Bob" the inspector was told. OF
course, 1t is none of our business,
but we are wondering at what age
Bob may look forward to retirement
on social security annuity-65 years
is ripe old age even for an Army
mule.
Question-Just one more question
before we close. Rumors have crept
about lately that you intended to
tighten up on enforcement of the
act. Is there any truth in this?
Col. Fleming-Emphatically, no!
If it were true, then there certainly
is a bad case of INSTRUMENTATION in
the ranks of the Wage and Hour
Division, because the activity of
my associates show we are gaining
momentum as each week rolls by.
Take the filing of court actions,
for example. In the whole history
of the wage and hour law up to
the first of last November-thats
approximately a year-97 cases
criminal and civil-had been filed
either by the division or the De-
partment of Justice. In less than
AZ months since that time 15G
cases were filed. Again, let's look
at the figures for restitution. At
the moment, restitution agreed upon,
or actually paid, totals approximately
$3000,000. OF that amount $4,000
already has been paid. Now, 70 per
cent of that sum has been paid
since December l. Last December
the Wage and Hour Division took
final action in 1873 cases. In January
this figure was stepped up to 257
cases. In the short month of Feb
ruary, final action was taken in
370 cases-approximately twice the
number completed in December
Does that sound like Stacking up?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-18
Egg Coop
Plans Party
Gig Horbor Bronch
Meets Thursday

GIG HARBoR - on Thursday
the Washington Coop Egg and
Poultry association will hold its
annual Christmas party st Asso-
citation hall al $ p. m. The Akin
son sisters OF Sumner win be fea-
tured in scrobstic dancing and
baton tWirling. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Carly Of Wolloohet will give A talk
m astronomy and. II the weather
permits. the audience will be per
nitted to view planets through
an s-ineh Newtonian telescope and
s-inch Gregorian telescope
Lunch will be served after the
program. The public is invited.
Rosedale school students. under
direction of Miss Lois Ridley and
DUANE Parish, will present
Christmas program at Rosedale
hall Thursday at p. m. There
will be selections by the rhythm
band, readings. drills and songs
by the primary room. The pro-
gram will conclude with carols
sung by the intermediate room
under direction of Stuart kimball.
DR. s. r. Denzler of Gig Harbor
has been appointed assistant TO
the examining physicians on draft
board No. 3 OF Pierce county.
Wanna Social club will meet
Thursday afternoon at the home
~ Mrs. Rohner at Wanna for
Christmas party and exchange of
gifts. There will he musical num-
hers by Margaret Bird and kath-
crime Winney.
The Westminster guild will en-
tertain Rosedale guild Thursday
at Social hall of Memorial Presby-
terrain church at 130. There will
be a dessert luncheon with Mrs.
Ida Overly and Mrs. Harold REIN
hostesses. Members of the West
minister guild are requested to
bring mite boxes, to be opened at
this time.
Mrs. Margaret A. Nichols, 90,
who died at her home at Key
Center last Tuesday, was buried
Monday afternoon at Washelli
cemetery, near Seattle. under
direction of the Perkins Funeral
home. Gig Harbor.
Funeral services were conduct
ID at the Vaughn Congregational
church by Rev. L. y Hoagland,
assisted by the Rev. T. Gordon.
Mrs. Nichols is survived by her
husband r. .. Nichols, and two
sons, Calvin of Olympia and Allen
of the home.
Mcknight Rites
Solomon B. Mcknight, so. OF
Lewis Lake, Wash, passed away
in Tacoma Saturday night. Ma
sonic funeral services, conducted
bv John Paul Jones lodge No. 271,
were held at the Perkins Funeral
home chapel, Gig Harbor. Tues
day afternoon, with burial IN
Rosedale cemetery. Mcknight is
survived by one son, Walter OF
Havre. Mont; one daughter, Mrs.
II. C. McGregor Of Los Angeles,
and a brother and three sisters IN
Ontario, Canada.
On Tuesday evening Mr.. ana
Mrs. Harvey f. Maier will enter
tain nine members Of the citizen
ship class and their families al
the high school. Maier will give a
final test TO the class, endeaVoring
70 duplicate as far az possible the
conditions they will IND IN
naturalization court. There VIII
be social get-together and DIS
eussion Of American problems.
The evening will conclude with re-
freshrents, each member Of the
class bringing sCsle dish peculiar
IN hi, or her own country of
origin.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-18
Boys Club Plans
Christmas Party

Members of the Boys cluo OF
Tacoma, sponsored by the Saliva
ton Army and consisting OF ap-
proximately 400 boys from under
privileged families Of the city, VIII
De guests at a Christmas party IN
the army headquarters. lo7 so.
18th ST, Monday, Dec. %, at 7'3o
?. m.
The army boys committee
chairman OF which is Juvenile
Court Judge Fred Remain Is
planning a dinner. program. ana
small gifts for both boys and their
mothers
Individuals, clubs snd o'lsine =
firms ~ the city are asked 70
sponsor = hoy or group n noyh
81 81 estimated cost If 81 per boy.
Donated items will be suotrsotsd
from the approximate cost Of s4oo'
Those wishing 70 contribute are
asked to call Main 1854.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-18
Lost Dance OF Year
For Group Tuesday

Final dance Of the year for the
park-sponsored fellowship adult
dancing club viii be held Tuesday
night a. Fellowship hall. Masonic
temple. from : TO II O'Clock.
II Will be Guest Night" and
each OF the clubs liz members
nav. been requested TO bring as
many friends as possible. The
group will begin the ia4i season
with dance on the hr-t Tuesday
evening IN January.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Battleships and Bombers
Questions Raised by Gen. Mitchell Are Revived

Defense debate over the long-range
bomber-a running argument between
some Air Corps officers and some ground
soldiers of the Army-reminds some
old-timers of the famous Billy Mitchell
scrap in the Army of Is years ago.
The Air Corps officers-including
few in high office-declare in drawing
room conversations that the Army still
is trying to stifle growth of the air arm,
in spite of what they insist has been
proved by the German Norwegian CAM
paign and the drive through the Low
Countries.
The ground arms of the Army, which
have major voice in matters of policy,
argue that the infantry still is queen
of battle" and that air power remains
supplementary force.
Oppose "Piecemeal Buying"
The unhappy elements in the Air Corps
object to "piecemeal buying" OF heavy,
fourmotor, long-range bombers, be-
cause they believe such aircraft ulti-
mately must be the first line of defense
in protecting the American coastlines
and. indeed, all waters of the hemi-
sphere
Orders have been placed to give the
Air Corps 378 such bombers in the next
18 months to two years. The more out
spoken of the Air Corps officers say no
less than 1000 such aircraft should be
purchased.
One Air Corps man in an exceptionally
responsible position has stated to a
brother officer that he would attack the
Army's aircraft procurement policies
publicly if he could obtain no satisfaction
at the War Department.
Army policy regarding the Air Corps
is touchy subject-as it has been ever
since the fiery Billy Mitchell. as brigadier
general after the World War, brewed
the storm which brought him court
martial for his outspokenness.
Gen. Mitchell, holder of an enviable
record in France during the World War
and for four years afterward the assist
ant chief of the air force, stalked up and
down the land preaching that air power
had spelled the doom of sea power in
its traditional form.
To prove his point he was permitted
Evening star., 1940-06-02
British Air Mid Defense
Held Well Worked OUT

BY the Associated Press
Britain's afraid protection is fairly
we'll worked out.
A fresh analysis of what's what In the
air over England is made by Mai. Gen,
H. Rowan Robinson of the British Army
in the United States Coast Artillery
Journal, He flies right in the face Of
many an amateur strategist who SAYS
the famous London fog is Albion's great
est protection.
Bad weather. says Gen. Rowan Rob-
inson, is all to the advantage of the
raiders. They escape observation. They
can hide in the fog or clouds and skim
along the tree tops to get the best view
of the objective.
Over London, the bombers' problem
becomes more complex. The much dis
cussed balloon barrage" protects the
city. Hundreds of balloons hang in the
air, tied to the earth by stout but slender
cables.
The balloons are kept just under the
cloud bank that habitually hangs over
London. A raiding plane coming down
out OF the clouds may hit one of the
balloons and be incinerated by the ex.
plosion of hydrogen gas. If the raider
dives under the balloon, the cables wreck
his plane. If he flies just over them.
the air artillery knows his exact ele-
vation because the gunners know how
high the balloons are and how high the
clouds are. With elevations known In
advance, anti-aircraft artillery is very
dangerous.
The general says the anti-aircraft guns
worked well-in practice. Moreover, the
numbers, quality, range and power Of
the guns are increasing. Home defense
planes, too, got many raider"
The most effective weapon against air
raids could not get into effect at all.
England expects that, the moment
German squadron comes over, her own
raiding bombers will wing their way
over Germany. That would compel
some of the raiders to get back home
promptly to protect the fatherland.
Further, the English raiders have an
advantage. They don't have to get home.
They can land IN France.
Evening star., 1940-06-02

They serve the same function as the
pursuits. which swept along columns of
troops behind the lines in the World War
and strafed them with machine guns.
Medium-range bombers also are being
purchased in some quantity for use on
missions of a few hundred miles-again
iE support of ground troops.
Pursuits always have led other types
OF aircraft in numbers. Because of their
limited fire power, they are definitely
identified with local defense operations.
There are other subcategories, such as
bomber-destroyers, transports, general
purpose amphibians and staff planes.
Bomber Has Unique Record.
The long range bomber, as it is en-
ployed by the Army Air Corps, has
unique record. 1t is extremely stable in
flight, heavily powered and capable of
flying as much as 1000 miles to sea with
bomb load of ton
1t was designed with tactical radius
of action to deny any aggressor the
opportunity of establishing bases on or
near the Western Hemisphere.
Air Corps enthusiasts argue that
whether plane can sink battleship
is not important; that if bombers could
destroy or cripple the big battlewagons'
supporting units-transports, destroyers,
cruisers. submarines and aircraft car
riers-the battleships would be left
helpless
The communiques from abroad have
told of air bombs sinking or disabling
cruisers. destroyers, transports and sub
marines. but in what number is open
to question.
An overtone to the argument is the
old proposal for an air force separated
in command from both the Army and
the Navy. The Navy has not been en-
barrassed by pleas for the separation of
its air arm so much as the Army because
Navy planes-slower, more vulnerable
and in most cases carrying less arma-
ment-are designed for close integration
with the fleets functions.
In spite of all the controversy, a new
giant Army bomber of 10000 pounds
weight, now under construction near Los
Angeles. may prove to be a straw in
the wind on Army air policy.
Such plane, said to have q cruising
Evening star., 1940-06-02
By Devon Francis,
Associated Press Aviation Editor.

to sink the obsolete battleship Virginia
with air bombs
Now Gen. Mitchell has assumed the
status of patron saint of the Air Corps,
and his partisans argue that events in
Europe have more than proved his con-
tentions. Stemming from that, and
some dissatisfaction with the War De-
partment's procurement policies, is the
current controversy over the place of the
four motor bomber in our air defense.
The Navy, which is not inclined to
view any inroads on its sphere of ac-
tivity with equanimity, appears tacitly
to agree with the Army's ground SOL
diers."
The long-range bomber of high speed
is the outstanding aircraft development
of the Air Corps since the World War.
There have been other types, but for
the most part they have been refine
ments of planes used for similar pur-
poses Is years ago.
Attack" planes tknown now as light
bombers) are being purchased for the
close support of ground troops in battle.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Wide World Photos.

This turin -motored BIB Ameri-
can bomber is so out OF date, &C
cording to Gen. Arnold, that it
mould be "Suicide" to pit it against
modern equipment. A. P. Photo.
which is the least unprepared OF the
country's munition trades: but which,
according to high Air Corps officers, has
attained even now, nine months after
the war began, potential output of only
500 military planes a month, and can
scarcely touch 300 before the end of the
year or as many as 1850 earlier than
February, 1941.
Not Impracticable. They Say.
Even goal of $4,000 planes is not
impracticable, according to Army and
Navy air cheftains and spokesmen of
the aviation industry. The United States
possesses the raw materials, manpower,
engineering genius, industrial technique
and potential manufacturing plant. The
effort would monopolize one-seventh OF
the national income and a correspond
ing segment of the national energy.
These are all factors which remain
within the republics control.
The one which it no longer commands
as it did so recently as in 193S-is the
element of time. Two years were the
words which rang like a somber refrain
through the many interviews and pages
OF testimony on which this survey is
founded-a minimum of two years to
school pilots and ground men in ade-
quate numbers: minimum of two years
for building secure system of air bases;
no less than two years for expanding
the aviation industry three-fold; at least
two years for machine-tooling the as
sembly lines requisite to mass produce
ton: two years for organizing the pro-
curement of materials, and two years or
more for training 100000 new artisans
to man the factories.
Evening star., 1940-06-02

dies l.500 student mechanics year
Lowry Field has capacity of nearly 600
and has graduated 1877 since it opened
on July /. 1899.
This hasty sketch of the present con-
dition OF war aviation in the United
States illustrates the staggering task in
Evening star., 1940-06-02

volved in any program of large and
rapid expansion. 1t must occupy. in the
nature of things, two primary fields
First comes the creation of new facilities
for the production of materel. Second
is the enlistment and training of new
flyers and ground crews.
Evening star., 1940-06-02

range of 5000 miles, comes from the
school of thought which contends that
the way to spike an invasion of the
Americas is to attack and destroy it just
as it gets under way from foreign shore.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Armed Forces After Years Want Rush Expand
Suggested Plans of Correcting
Aerial Deficiency Vary Greatly
Army and Navy Combined Now Possess Only
2,7O7 Fighting Planes, Many of
Which Are Obsolete
By Richard L. Stokes.

The renowned Christopher Sly who fell
hedge and awoke in palace lord of delicious
anq was no less than
nautcs Of the Navy Department
War The satanic appaton President
vets call 1or productive capacity so 1000
tnn from oeggars potential handlers
ef suddenly find they
Evening star., 1940-06-02

Accepting the computa ton that each
plane requires two pilots and 10 men on
the ground, the problem becomes one of
recruiting 10000 to 100000 pilots and
100000 to 100000 enlisted aviation me-
chanics. 1t means the construction of
10000 to $4,000 planes by an industry
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-06-13
Rockville News And
Social Items

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Wilcox
whose marriage took place II
Utica, N. Y, on Saturday, ar
spending several days with tn,
formers father, Mr.. Guy Wilcoo
and Mrs. Wilcox.
Rev. j. w. Rosenberger attended
the Baltimore Methodist Confer.
ence which was held in Westmins.
ter, Nd, the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Wilcox re-
turned Monday from a visit tc
relatives in Altman and New
Hartford, N. Y.
Mr.. Bryon Kingdom and daugh-
ter, Miss Natalie Kingdom Of St
Louis, Mo-, are visiting the for
mer's sisters, Miss Isabel Kingdom
and Miss Alverda Kingdom.
Miss Nell Broome, a student at
Duke University, Durham, N. c.,
is at the home of her parents,
DR.. and Mrs. Edwin w. Broome
for the summer.
Judge and Mrs. Stedman Pres
colt, Mrs. Gala Offutt, Mr.. Sted-
man Prescott, Jr., and Anne Pres
colt motored to st. Mary's City,
Md, on Saturday to attend the
Centennial Commencement of st.
Mary's Female Seminary held on
Monday. Miss Polly Prescott was
among the graduates and took
part in the Pageant of Hundred
Years." feature of the program
which depicts the history of the
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Craig Bowman
and little son have returned to
relatives in Maysville KY.
Mrs. William D. Clark was host
ess to one of the Tuesday bridge
clubs this week.
Sunday, June 9, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard T. Crown entertained at
dinner in honor of their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Crown, who were recently
married. Besides the brides
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hill of Potomac, a number
of friends and relatives from
Potomac and Rockville were pres
ent. Delicious refreshments were
served in the afternoon.
Miss Georgia Huffer is recover
ing at her home from an appen-
dectomy at the Georgetown hos
pital three weeks ago.
Judge and Mrs. d. A. DeLash-
mutt, Miss Anna Karge, Messrs.