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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-16
SWASTIKAS FLOAT
OVER PARIS NOW
AP Writer With German
Invaders Tells How
Capital Was Taken
BY LOUIS P. LOCHNER

PLACE DE L'OPERA, PARIS
BY COURIER PLANE TO BER
LIN, June 15-(R- The Swastiks
banners of Nazi Germany, unfurl
ed by the Austrian vanguard which
Adolf Hitler significantly sent as
the first Of his troops to occupy
Paris, foated today from t or
practically every prominent and
historic structure in this German
captured capital of France.
It is recalled that last Jan. 80
in a speech commemorating the
seventh anniversary of the Naz
rise to power, the fuehrer twitteo
the premier of France for hav'~e
expressed pity for Hitler's ma.
tive Austria, and warned:
"Oh, Monsieur Daladier, you're
going to get to know my Austrians.
You're going to make their ac-
quaintance.
I, myself, an American CORE
spondent, find myself in Paris as
the guest of the German army
even before the main forces of that
army have arrived.
Only the Austrian vanguard is
here. Other divisions have passed
through the city, hurrying on to
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President Smetona Flees To Germany
As Russian Troops Occupy Lithuania
ACT AFTER ULTIMATUM
Swedes Believe Huge Army
Will Be Massed Along
| Nazi Frontier

BERLIN, June 16.-(Sunday)-(R)
Reports spread among Lithuanian
correspondents here early today that
Lithuanian President Antanas Sine
tona, fleeing before invading Rus
sian troops, had crossed the border
into Germany.
He was said to have been accom-
panied by several high officials OF
the Lithuanian government, which
was forced out by Russian pressure
Not Verified
Official German quarters were un-
able to verify the reports of Sine
tomas flight early today.
The presumption in informed quar-
ters, however, was that he would be
given the privilege Of asylum should
he appear in German territory.
"The German view is that the de-
velopments in Lithuania are Rus
sian-Lithuanian matter in which the
Reich has no direct interest,"" said
an authorized spokesman.
There was no apparentsaAneasiness
here over the circumstance that Rut-
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SENATE APPROVES
new WPA FUNDS
Relief Bill Loaded With
Provisions To Further
National Defense

WASHINGTON, June 15-R-A
relief bill, loaded with provisions
for national defense and varied
assortment of other matters, slid
through the senate today on a
voice vote after five days debate.
The measure was returned tc
the house for consideration of nu.
merous senate changes and addl'
tions that boosted its total to ST.
224, 791, 1857 in appropriations. The
house had approved Sill. 900, ,0OC
measure.
President Roosevelt's request for
a $50, 900, 900 war refugee fund to
be spent in this country for agri-
cultural or medical supplies and
distributed to European refugees
by the Red Cross or any other
agency designated by the presl.
dent was approved. An admins.
tration plan for noncombatant
training Of 300, 900 CCC Youths also
was sanctioned.
BY a So to 16 vote, the senate al
so inserted a $10O, 900, 900 fund for
removal of surplus agricultural
products that neither the president
nor the senate appropriation COM
mittee had recommended.
Unchanged was the house total
of 1915, 60, 900 for the Works Prof.
ects administration, biggest item
in the bill, although the senate i'm
posed various new conditions Tor
spending this money.
Although the relief funds are for
the fiscal year opening July l, the
senate agreed with the house IN
granting the President authority to
spend the entire WPA fund in eight
months if needed. This would pro-
vide an average WPA employment
of 2,032, 900 persons for an eight
months period.
The senate earmarked $25,O ,OOO,-
600 of these funds to help pay
costs of national defense projects
approved by the war or AMY de-
rartment. It also eliminated re-
ouirements for state and local con-
tributions when WPA projects fall
in this class 1
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BRAZIL DICTATOR
PLEDGES LOYALTY
Vargas Assures F. R. He
Did Not Mean To Run
Counter To U. S.

WASHINGTON, June Is. - Up -
President Roosevelt received assur-
ances from President Getulio Vargas
today that Brazil would not "fail
him in loyalty"
In a message to Mr.. Roosevelt.
the Brazilian president declared, too,
that his speech on this week and
that of Mr.. Roosevelt at Charlottes.
vile, Va, pledging all material aid
to the Allies, "can in no sense be
regarded as contradictory. Mr..
Roosevelt, his message said, is "cry'
ing out as the voice of the whole
continent regarding perils which
threaten America"
Vargas made an address June II
in which he declared Brazirs neu-
trality in the Italian-Allies war, and
went to say that future was ap-
preaching different from all we
know in economic, political and So
cial organization and we feel that
Olo Sy 0IClhS CllO 4O1
have entered a Decline
His speech was widely interpreted
as a defense of totalitarian ideas.
The concern aroused here was mani
fest yesterday when Paul V. Nc
Mutt, Social Security administrator,
said in a Flag Day address that
democracy was being libeled by men
incapable of grasping" it's meaning.
Just prior to this statement, McNutt
had quoted from Vargas address,
though without mentioning the Bra
zilian's name.
The text Of Vargas message which
was delivered to the State depart
ment by the Brazilian ambassador:
speech delivered June II can in
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TURKEY WILL NOT
ENTER WAR NOW
n-Belligerent Status Is
Continued As Cue Comes
From Moscow

ANKARA, Turkey, June 15-R-
The government informed all for
eign ENJOYS tonight that Turkey S
foreign policy remains unchanged
and that for the present she will
continue her acknowledgement status.
The notice was given after So
Wet Russia, informed sources said,
had made known to Ankara that
Moscow would prefer that Turkey
not enter the war on the grounds
that extension of the war to the
Balkans was undesirable. "
The Russian expression was ac.
cepted here as evidence of def.
mite understanding among Germa'
ny, Italy and Russia regarding the
Balkans.
Turkey has a pact with Britain
and France to 60 to war at their
side in the event of an act of ag-
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New B. E. F: Fights Desperately
Beside French; Warplanes Busy
Cruiser Calypso Sunk By Sub
F. D. R. IS THANKED
British Consider Arming
All Civilians; Fight To
Death Planned
RUHR VALLEY BOMBED
(By The Associated Press)

LONDON, June 15.-Brit-
ish authorities expressed
'sincere gratitude" tonight
for President Roosevelt's
promise of aid to the Allies
as long as they continue to
resist, - while reports were
published in this capital that
Sunday might decide the
fight for France.
It was said that the Al
lied commanders in the field
had made a fateful decision
which might tell the tale
across the channel, but there
was no hint as to what it
was.
The French cabinet, hav-
ing met today without an
nouncement, will meet again
tomorrow. Then it can con-
slider the Roosevelt message.
Mr.. Roosevelt's response to
French Premier Paul Rey-
naud's ''finap' appeal for help
was called here a "gener-
GUS" one.
Especially Welcome"
His assurance that the United
States will redouble its efforts to
send planes and munitions to the
Allies as long as the Allied govern
ments continue to resist" these
sources added, "is especially well
come and his explanation that this
assurance carries with it no implica-
tions of military character and that
only congress can make such COM
mitments is fully understood and
appreciated.
Specifically, President Roosevelt,
in message to Reynaud, caution
ed that his promises carry with
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Military Aid
Question. Up
To Congress
President Points Out Con-
eress Alone Can Send
u. S. Into War
WILL PUSH ARMS AID
He Pledges Redoubled Ef-
forts To Send Over
Planes, Supplies
lBy The Associated Press)


WASHINGTON, June 13.-Presil-
isnr Roosevelt, replying to the last
,nDesl' of Premier Reynaud for
further aid for France, pledged re-
do,bled efforts today to supply mu'
ritions but told him that only con-
CROSS could make military commit
ments
As limo as the French continue
IN fieht "in defense of their liberty .
Mr. Roosevelt said, they can be as
s1rel that increasing quantities OF
.irp]anes, artillery and munitions
will be sent them from this country.
Not Valid''
And the United States, he said,
will not consider as valid any at
nnpts TO infringe by force the IN
ipendence and territorial integrity
France"
It was after making this pledge
| that Mr.. Roosevelt referred to the
question of military aid.
Tknow that you will understand,
| be said, that these statements car
{ ry with them no implication of mill
tary commitments. Only the congress
can make such commitments"
It vas the first time in any OF
bis public communications with
heads Of the Allied governments that
llr. Roosevelt had referred to the
question of American military aid.
Reynaud directed to the President
ast Thursday a message which the
French premier described in a radio
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|NAZIS SEE VICTORY
Allies Wanted War, Says
Berlin; Now Germany
Will Not Stop 1t
BERLIN IS JUBILu mt
(By The Associated Press)

BERLIN, June Is. - The
famous fortified town and
citadel of Verdun, reduced to
virtual ruins in one of the
bloodiest battles of the last
war yet never taken by the
Imperial German Army, fell
today before the smash OF
Adolf Hitler's armies, the
German high command an
nounced tonight.
South of Saarbrucken, the
high command also declared,
the Nazi war. machine has
broken through the Maginot
Line on ''a broad front" in
it's drive westward toward
the conquered city of Paris.
Verdun, too, stands with
in the Maginot zone OF forts
on the lines northwest.
Why Stop?
| An authorized spokesman, re-
flecting German reaction to the un-
precedented successes OF the men
and machines in the field, SAID
there was no occasion now to halt
hostilities.
The spokesman made the state
ment in commenting on reports
that France, facing one OF the most
terrible defeats in her history,
might seek a separate peace.
'France and England wanted
this war;" he said, nov they have
it, and at present there is no
occasion to STOP"
Touching on the same subject, the
authoritative news commentary,
Dienst Aus Deutschland, said:
''In view of the fact that victory
already is within closest reach,
there is hardly any occasion on
the German side to approach the
question of French capitulation."
This reflected the Official German
view that the vast Maginot line
is a thing of the past, crumpling
and indefensible, and that there is
no military hope now for France.
The Germans now are not only
attacking the Maginot frontally;
they are within it and behind it.
Both statements were mads
while all of Germany still was
hailing the capture of Paris and
the high commands announcement
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GERMAN CONSUL
CHANGES STORY
Denies He Threatened U.S..
And Says He Was Mis-
quoted By Paper

NEW ORLEANS, June 15-tR-
Nazi Germany's general consul in
the South declared today that he
was quoted in newspaper in
terview which made it seems that
he was threatening the I'm it e d
States with trade reprisals because
Of American aid to the Allies.
Baron Edgar Won Spiegel in a
statement. today denied that he
made several of the statements
attributed to him in an interview
in the New Orleans States yester-
day, and charged in addition that
the reporter who wrote the story
violated his confidence.
A guard of single policeman
was placed at the. consurs home
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Rome Claims
Successes
In War
BY RICHARD G.. MASOCK

BY RICHARD G. MASOCK
ROME, June 15-RHA dawn
naval attack on Genoa in
which the French lost a de-
stroyer, and the occupation of
French territory on the Alpine
frontier were reported today
by the Italian high command.
The Italian advance across
the frontier, experts indicated,
was part of the plan for Ger
man and Italian soldiers to
break the last French resist
ance after the fall of Paris.
The high command said that
"Some localities beyond the
border" were occupied.
With France crushed, Italian
sources explained, both axis
powers could attack the Brit
ish-Germany striking at Eng
land while the Italians assault
ed British bases in the Medi-
terranean.
Heroic Feat
The fascist press hailed as
heroic naval feat the sinking b
an old. torpedo boat, the 967-to
Calatafimi, of a French destroye
which sailed with eight o t h
French warships to lombard Ct
noa and the Ligurian Riviera.
Italians said the attack of tn
torpedo boat and heavy fire fror
coastal batteries drove off t h
French warships but not unit
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Lindbergh Raps u. S.
Empty Gun Gestures

WASHINGTON, June 15-RC
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh as
serted tonight that the defense OF
the the United States should be con.
structed with the cooperation OF
III American countries" but that
1--WE must insist upon military
bases being placed wherever they
are needed for our own safety, re-
gardless Of who owns the territory
Re embraced this idea of west
am hemisphere defense in an ad-
drees prepared for radio delivery
1NBc) in which he also asserted
that 1--WE must stop this trend" to-
ward involvement in the European
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PRO ALLIES RALLY
HALTED IN BRAZIL
Rio de Janeiro Says Group
Given Permit For U. S.
Demonstration Only

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 15.-P
A demonstration on the steps o.
the municipal theater, which au-
thorities had authorized on the
grounds it would be purely a pro
United States manifestation, wa:
interrupted by police today when il
turned into a pro-Allied manifesto
ton.
Brazil has remained neutral in the
war and as neutral has prohibited
public manifestations for one side
or the other.
1.-TWO previous dispatches, heavily
censored, said that group carrying
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RESERVES Will
Be CALLED UP
War Department Planning
10 Offer 5000 Officers
Active Duty Posts

WASHINGTON, June 15.- up -
The War department. is preparing to
.iuer from four to five thousand ad'
alonal reserve officers to active
Y ,Ay on short notice, as a part OF
4s armys rapid expansion.
a large proportion of those to be
'lnmoned to command troops will
gwen orders next week to report
.ak said.
all are volunteers, and will serve
periods of six months or a year
,s.A' With possible extensions. Most
~ expected to be youthful first
'4u second lieutenants, recent grad
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war and cease '.these gestures with
an empty gun.
Tonight's address by Lindbergh
was the second of the same nature
within a month. On the last occa-
sion he condemned ''meddling with
affairs abroad and denounced
"hysterical chatter of calamity and
invasion''-a speech which brought
criticism from various members
of congress and praise from some
others.
Tonight he reiterated this view
point in these words: -
'This dabbling we have been DO
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WAR BULLETINS
"DESTRUCTlON,.

BALTIMORE, June !5.-LR-
The Rev. DIR. Rufus w. Weaver
of Washington, chairman of the
committee on public relations,
told the. Southern Baptist con-
vention today that victory, for
Germany and Italy in Europe's
war. would mean obstruction"
Of religious liberty. 80. -
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French Fight
Along New
Fronts

Editors not: The movement
of the French government and
communications facilities to the
Bordeaux region has cut the
news from France to a mere
trickle. In London it is stated
authoritatively that little mill
tary news from France may be
expected until this transit is eff.
fected. The following story. how
ever, has been received by wire
less from Associated Press men
in Bordeaux):
BORDEAUX, June Is. - Ger.
many's armies threw 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 1875 miles south.
east of German -engulfed Paris.
The French fought back with
the fury of men in anguish.
The government met "some.
where in France" President Le-
brun, Premier Reynaud, General
issimo Weygand, Admiral Jean
Darlan, the navy chief, and Cen
eral Joseph Vuillemin, the air
chief, were there.
No Separate Peace
In their grave position they deal
With the results of Reynaud's final
,leas for American help, for "cloud
# airplanes.
The semi-official Havas agenc
aid there would be no separat
french peace with Hitler. Its dis
'atch was from London.
Official reports, the only one
said "a few detachments
rossed the Rhine after the mos
iolent Of bombardments.
The Maginot line, however, wa
ot broken at "the point of resist
pceo tonioht'S rommllni011e ir
listed.
This was at Neuf Breisach. som
0 miles south of Strasbourg.
The armies of Paris fell back il
he best of order"
The German armies of Champagne
eeking to engulf the French and t
ender the Magint line helpless fron
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third party unless either the
democrats or republicans noml-
nate a presidential candidate
who is not an interventiOnist. :"
PROBE

WASHINGTON, June 15.-
(APeAn investigation is under
way, Secretary Hull disclosed to-
day, of reports that Italian con-
sular representatives have en-
gagged in political activities in
this country.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-16
SCORNED

WASHINGTON, June l5.-lR
Saying that President Koose-
welt "holds up to bitter scorn any
one who dares to think in terms
of isolation" Senator Johnson
(D.Colo) declared tonight that
millions of people would form a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-16
OUSTED

OUSTED
MOSCOW, Idaho, June 15.-
ReA score of men from whom
Police Chief George N. Sheffield
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-16
WEATHER
FORECAST

yo,a FORECAST
|tersSsI u Carolina: Partly cloudy, scat
|tion Snusw Ssuowers Monday and in west por-
ness D'l I'll carolina: Considerable cloudi-
EntesriaM, MasItered se showers Monday and in
eadnse nsev9Eoaloogical y .aoo data for the "a hours
LOU p m. Yesterday.
l,N Temperature
b. o.. ; m: Is; 1880 a. m. Is; 1:3O p.
hinin,nro' 'sy ., p. m. 81; maximum 95;
~ mean "a; normal n.
l::3O Humidity
b. 4. =; IN m 90; 80 a. m. 81: 1 80 .,
80 p. M. 70.
Total g.. Precipitation
Pone; tota, e[ "A hours ending 1880 p, M,
~ Inches bs.al since first of the month,
h., Tides For Today
Wilmington ! High 5!j Low 10y
|f'''nboro Inlet 7:eep 1.,sp ! 1922 :s29
s:sS sssS1 ';oss; sunset S7'ssg 7syp; n;osp mooa,
h. p' moonset 2:23a.
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Evening star., 1940-06-15
Roosevelt
Continued From First Page.)

ments, the Maritime Commission,
the Civil Aeronautics Authority, the
Coast Guard and any other agencies
concerned with national defense for
the purpose of integrating their
power needs and keeping check on
adequacy of supply.
2. To maintain contact with de-
fense industries as to their power
needs and with existing utilities
with regard to supplying such needs.
To Protect Power Supply.
3. To maintain contact with the
electrical equipment industry to as
sure adequate supplies OF generat-
ing, transmission and distribution
equipment, and to recommend
priorities between orders.
4. To obtain monthly information
from the utility industry as to loads
and to plan for the most economical
use of existing steam and hydro
capacity, curtailment of less essential
loads, emergency interconnections
between systems, expansion of dis
tribution systems to meet war indus
try requirements, additional gen.
Grating capacity and, where utilities
are unable or unwilling to UNDER
take necessary construction, to re-
port to the President the need of
special arrangements to finance or
otherwise further such construction.
S. To work out plans for the pro-
lection of power supply against hos
tile acts, implying cooperation with
Department of Justice and other
protective agencies in keeping watch
over generating stations, transmits
sion lines and other facilities.
Evening star., 1940-06-15

with Nazi troops goose stepping
down the Champs Elysees under the
eyes of their Fuehrer, would write
off 81 years of bitterness for the
German people, Nazis pointed out.
Dispatches from the front indi-
Gated that the capture of Paris and
the capitals important channel port
of LIE Havre had brought no slack
ening in the mighty German often
sive which has accomplished in 10
days what the troops of Kaiser
Wilhelm failed to do in four years
of fighting
DNB, the official German news
agency, said the momentum of the
German attack has not yet reached
its peak, but declared it was pro-
crossing so fast that mechanical
units we're cutting the French armies
to pieces as they retired.
That means that the worst that
can happen to an army is happen
ing" DNB said. The agency said
the Polish campaign was being en-
acted all over again and added:
THE total defeat of France can
be expected in the shortest possible
time"
The French were said to be sacri-
flcing large quantities of equipment
as they fell back in hopeless dis
order.
German sources expressed doubt
that the French could execute a
withdrawal southwark from Paris
and establish new defensive line
along the Loire under the contin-
ued pressure being exerted against
| them.
Moreover, DNB foresaw the prob
ability that the southern front fac
ing Italy would shortly become
more active increasing the diff
culties of the French.
"Too Late" for u. S. Aid.
! AS for the possibility of material
aid from the United States, the au-
thoritative commentary Dienst aus
Deutschland said that it is too late"
for America to come to the rescue.
An authorized source, parodying
the ldiomatic phrase in which the
French have described their situa-
ton, said:
ut is no longer quarter to twelve
for France. 1t is later than that!"
Only meager details concerning
the occupation of Paris reached
Berlin.
From various sources, however, 1t
was cleaned that the first soldiers
Evening star., 1940-06-15

Eight ratings from H. M. Trawler
Ocean Sunlight are missing and are
presumed to have lost their lives,
All next-ofkin have been informed.
South Africa
PRETORIA, South A trica, June
Is (P1.-Follo,Cing is the tert of
the communique issued today:
Further details are now available
OF operations by units of the South
African Air Force in Southern
Abyssinia on Thursday.
Our aircraft carried out raids on
two separate places At one place
direct hits were obtained on bar
racks. Anti-aircraft fire opposition
was encountered here.
Our aircraft secured direct hit
on large building adjoining the air
drome. Immediately after the direct
hit anti-aircraft firing ceased. 1t
is presumed the bomb put the gun
out Of action. The attack was made
at low altitude.
At other center one salvo scored
hit on large buildings.
Our aircraft returned to their
bases.
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Military Flying Takes
Priority, lowers Saws

Rear Admiral John H. Towers,
head OF the Navy's Bureau of Aero
nautics, last night declared the
Army and Navy would take first call
over civilian aviation in the con-
templated expansion program.
Speaking at dinner of the newly
organized flying club of National
University. held at the University
Club, he declared military aviation
must have priority.
Though he praised civilian avia-
ton development, Admiral Towers
pointed out that even when funds
are available it takes considerable
time to train flyers, and time is row
an essential factor in the defense
program.
1t. Col. G. DEF. Larner, general
manager of the National Aeronau-
tic Association. presented a charter
to the new club. Another speaker
was Charles E. Ford, Washington
attorney. Dean Eugene Carusi in
troduced the speakers.