Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1940, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1940. 'Mobilizqtioh Decree Passed, Italy Awaits Duce's Word for War Many Foreigners Quietly Prepare To Leave Country Additional Classes Of Reserves Are Called to Colors By the Associated Press. ROME, May 25.—Gegyed for war, her entire resources subject to con- scription under a new civil mobiliza- tion order, Italy is ready today for | Premier Mussolini to say the word | that could plunge her into the Eu- ropean conflict as an ally of Ger- | many. | All signs indicated the word might not be far away. Among the ominous indications, topped by pas- sage,of the civil mobilization decree, ‘were: 1.Reports that additional classes of army and naval re- serves had been called to the colors. 2. Postponement of the sailings of three big trans-Atlantic liners —which might possibly serve as troop-transports. 3. Intensified blackout prepara- tions. 4. Rumors that 11 Duce had re- jected Allied concessions—includ- ing relaxation of the Mediter- ranean blockade—offered in the hope of keeping Italy on the side- lines. 5. Increasingly bitter press at- tacks on the Allies and new anti- Allied street demonstrations. Foreigners Prepare to Leave. Many foreigners, including Eng- lish residents, quietly prepared to leave the country. Those who had booked passage on Italian vessels NGLAND — ————"""—-5 ey OSTEND \ ST QUENTIN LA FERE NgLa & ! ONp OREIMS PANTWER | Jaru™ MICHEL Dotted line shows farthest advance in the ] MAASTRICH d SEDAN Q‘q‘ THEL CQ\E —A. P. Wirephoto. | now tied to their docks hastened to transfer their passage to American | vessels. { The new civil mobilization decree | was hastily rushed through the Sen- ate last night, a full week ahead of | schedule. The measure, which can | be invoked at a moment’s notice, | gives the government power to mobilize all citizens over the age of 14 and requisition the services of private capital, industry, labor groups and transportation systems. It authorizes the government to regulate consumption of all ma- terials, limit or ban exports and im- ports, and sets up machinery for dis- tributing food and other necessities. Complaints about the treatment of Italians in French Morocco were published in the Italian press, fan- ning the flames of dislike for the French and the British. Subjected to Insults. Persons speaking English in pub- lic places were subjected to un- friendly startes and in some cases insults by youthful Italians. The three trans-Atlantic liners whose departures were postponed ‘were the Rex, Augustus and Nep- tunia. New dates for sailings were set, and officials said the postpone- ments were merely a matter of routine, but the action was regarded in foreign ci;c)es as highly signifi- cant. The Rex and Augustus, originally scheduled to sail from Genoa and Trieste on May 29 and May 27, re- spectively, now are booked for de- parture June 6. The Neptunia, which was to have left Genoa June 1 for South Amer- ica, is now listed to go June 21. Foreigners studied with misgivings | the reports that Premier Mussolini | had rejected Allied overtures on the | ground they were made “too late.” | French Overtures. | ‘These overtures were said to have | included French offers of special | rights in Tunisia, credit facilities at | the Suez Canal and free port privi- | leges at Jibuti, French Somaliland, | only rail outlet to Italy's Etmopianj empire. | “Pep” messages flowed back and forth between Italian officials prais- | ing the morale of the nation’s armed forces. Marshal Pierto Badoglio, chief of the general staff, wired Crown Prince Umberto best wishes for the infantry, of which the latter is in- spector general, calling this branch “an ever more powerful instrument of victory for the imperial father- land.” Gen. Ubaldo, undersecretary for war, sent the crown prince a similar message. Attacker of Mother of 3 Is Sentenced fo Hang By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 25.—Cir- cuit Judge Ridgely P. Melvin yes- terday sentenced Alexander Wil- liams, colored, 33, to die on the gal- lows for criminally assaulting a 22- year-old Davidsonville mother of three children. “Your guilt is entirely clear and there are no extenuating circum- stances,” Judge Melvin told Wil- liams. o Williams pleaded guilty to the as- sault, which occurred May 8. He was identified at the trial by the young mother. Defense counsel ad- mitted he had escaped from a House of Correction prison road gang a few hpurs before the attack. Horace E. Dodge Enters Hospital at Baltimore By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, May 25.—Horace E. Dodge, jr., Detroit automobile man- ufacturer, has entered Union Me- morial Hospital for a physical checkup. Dr. Walter L. Denny said Mr. Dodge entered the hospital Thurs- day. He added no diagnosis of Mr. Dodge’s condition could be given now. . Mr. Dodge, 40-year-old millionaire, was married here last week to Miss Martha (Mickey) Devine, former Vanities' girl from Dorchester, Mass. Riviera Blacked Out Without Warning By the Associated Press. NICE, France, May 25.—The French Riviera, world-famed play- ground, was blacked out without warning last night. It was the first complete blackout on the Riviera since that ordered on September 4 after the Allied declaration of war on Germany. 4 v | German By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 25—The text of the German high command com- munique follows: “The rifjg around the Belgian Army, units of the 1st, 7th and 9th French armies and the main body of the English Expeditionary Force yesterday was considerably increased and thereby definitely closed. “In the east of this ring Ghent and Courtrai were taken. The Lys River was crossed during the at- tack. “Between Roubaix and Valencien- nes German troops are attacking French border fortifications. In the south between Valenciennes and Vimy the attack on both,sides of War Communiques were attacked again this morning | by aircraft of the Royal Air Force coastal command, and an enemy "molor torpedo boat was bombed and sunk off the Dutch coast. | ~“Heavy bombers of the Royal Air | | Force were active throughout the | | night.” ‘ Second Communique. | The ministry’s second communique | said: “The Royal Air Force fighter pi- | lots are putting out of action more | | than 40 German raiders a day. Yes- | terday Spitfires, Hurricanes and De- fiants destroyed or seriously dam- | aged another 40 German bombers | and fighters over the French and | | Belgian battle fronts with only a | | quarter of that number of casual- | | ties to themselves. This brings their | | total victories for the last three days | | to more than 120. | | “Thirty-one of yesterday's 40 were seen to break in the air, burst into | drew slightly into Belgium without | being hampered by German attacks, | he said. The separation of the small | Allied units from the Northern Al- | lied army was accompanied by de- | struction of communications which | prevented the Germans from fur- ther advance, he added. While the morning communique of the high command reported con- solidation of positions on the Somme and the taking of “a certain number of prisoners,” the chief objective of the French Army was to bite through the German salient driven toward the Channel just north of the Somme. ‘The war office spokesman said “hundreds of prisoners” were taken in local successes, mopping-up op- erations where Nazi troops had established bridgeheads south of Amiens. He said the irregular, jagged French line from Valenciennes through Cambrai, Arras and St. Omer to Boulogne remained un- changed, while the breech in the Peronne-Bapaume area still was not Douai is progressing in & north-|flames or crash on landing. The | closed. western direction. Vimy were taken. The heights of “After hard fighting with the | counted for 18 enemy aircraft, This| tended to trap the fast-moving Ger- enemy land and naval forces. Bou- logne was taken. Calais is en- compassed by German troops. “Vimy Ridge between Lillers and St. Omer up to Gravelines is in German possession. The number of prisoners is increasing steadily while the amount of booty cannot be esti- mated. £ “German fighting planes and pur- suit units in Belgium and North France successfully attacked troop as anti-aircraft positions. They bombed quays, gasoline tanks, ship- yards, docks, artillery positions and moles in Belgian and French Chan- nel ports. “In the course of this action we succeeded in destroying. or heavily damaging one destroyer and-seven merchant ships or transports with | a total tonnage of roughly 20,000. “An additional destroyer, as previ- ously reported, was sunk by anti-| aircraft artillery. “At several points on the southern front weak enemy relief attacks were | repelled. South of Sedan German | troops in recent days wrenched an important hillside strong point from | the enemy after stout fighting and | kept it despite heavy counterattacks. “During recent days of fighting in the Maubeuge region commander of an infantry regiment, Col. Ordan and First Lt. Langenstrass of an engineer battalion distinguished themselves by special bravery. “At the ,southern front the air force was very effective, raiding rail lines. airports, marching columns and tank concentrations. “In the Narvik (Norway) region German fighting units continued raids against sea targets and suc- cessfully supported ground fighting. “As previously reported in a spe- | cial announcement, two cruisers | were so seriously hit May 23 that | they can be regarded a total loss. “Also a battleship and one cruiser or destroyer were severely damaged. During a repetition of this raid | yesterday the battleship, which al- | ready had been damaged, sustained three additional severe hits aft and was stopped dead without further | defense. One airplane carrier which was fired can be regarded as lost. “Furthermore, the cruisers were | hit amidship, a transport and two | supply ships were sunk and another ;‘Lwo damaged and a large tanker | eached with a heavy list after being hit. We succeeded in reinforcing | fighting troops at Narvik by para- chuting mountain chasseur units. “The enemy’s total air losses yes- terday were 84 planes, of which 27 were shot down in air fights, 14 by anti-aircraft fire and the rest were destroyed on the ground. Seven German planes are missing. |French | PARIS, May 25 (#—The high command’s morning communique said: “Yesterday evening we consoli- dated our positions on the Somme and during these operations we took a certain number of prisoners. “During the night nothing to re- port as to the whole front.” British LONDON, May 25 (#.—The first Air Ministry communique said: “Yesterday a number of shore- based aircraft of the fleet air arm co-operated with medium bombers of the Royal Air Force in a series of harassing attacks on enemy con- centrations near the Channel cbast. “In the course of one attack by naval aircraft on enemy armored vehicles at least three enemy tanks were set on fire and others<pui out of action. “Enemy oil depots at Rotterdam 3 other nine were put out of action. “One squadron of Spitfires ac-| was the squadron which, as already | announced, sent up 11 fighters and | shot down 11 Germans in one en- | gagement. Another Spitfire squad- | ron accounted for 13 enemy aircraft. | “Enemy aircraft of seven different | types were destroyed. Our fighters | ;Iought successfully against Heinkel | | 111s, Dornier 17s, Junkers 87 and | Junkers 88 bombers, Messerschmitt | 109 and 110 fighters, the army co- | operation Henschel 126s and even a | concentrations and columns as well | Condor. “The day's fighting began and ended with the destruction of a Henschel 126. The first Henschel was attacked by Spitfires early in | the morning and was seen to break up in the air and burst into flames | southeast of Calais. The last was| | trying to escape and hedgehopped | over fields before it crashed in| flames near the same place. Probably Seven Shot Down. “When the Hurricane squadron | attacked a formation of 30 Heinkel and Dornier bombers between Calais and Dunkerque their protecting | Messerschmitt 100s held off from | the fight. The Hurricanes first shot | down five and probably seven of the | bombers at 11,000 feet. Then they | climbed to 22,000 feet and put three | of the Messerschmitts out of action. | “Eleven Spitfire pilots who shot | | down 11 enemy aircraft were also | attacking bombers protected by Mes- serschmitts. In addition to the 11 they seriously damaged three others. Two hours later, after a rest 3t their base, they again went into ac- tion, this time shooting down four Messerschmitt 109s. “Another Spitfire squadron spread their successes over the D-6. They shot down a Henschel near Calais at breakfast time, a Condor near Os- tend before lunch, a Dorner 17 and a Junkers 88 a little later, another Dornier 17 and two more Junker 88s at teatime and two Messer- schmitts before dinner.” Paris (Continued From First Page.) 22 miles southeast of the Channel port of Calais. The military spokesman said fight- ing also continued in the regions of Abbeville, on the Somme River, 12 miles from the Channel, and at Bou- logne, Channel port south of Calais. The whole front is “without change,” he said. The Germans, he continued, have failed to launch a direct attack on Calais, and he described the situa- tion at Boulogne as “uncertain.” (The German high command declared today Calais had been “encompassed” and the ring around Belgian, French and Brit- ish Armies in Belgium ard North- ern France completed.) The French spokesman said Ger- man detachments had appeared in a number of the Channel towns in the Boulogne area, but were small in number and lacked the support of the heavier German units far be- hind them. British and Belgian troops with- FALSE TEETH REPAIRED WHILE YOU WAIT ROBT 8. SCOTT. DENTAL TECR 603 14th at F. Gms. V91, YOI uzi 1333"" ' pYivats Waltins eoms FORD § ENGINE HEADS WELDED WELDIT, INC. 516 1st St. NW. ME. 7944 4 But he reported Allied troops were moving in a pincher advance in- man “Panzer” units which have streaked through this corridor to- ward the English Channel and at the same time to establish connec- tion between the main French force on the Somme and the Allied Armies pinned inside the German ring of | steel in Flanders and Belgium. Movement War Continues. The war of movement continued | throughout the north and north- west, the spokesman said, with de- tachments moving in between enemy groups while isolated units fought against opposing advance guards. South of Sedan, where fighting is | progressing favorably in the wooded section, the spokesman said the | French had recovered all ground lost | to the Germans. He described en- gagements in the region as “very hot,” and said new artillery bom- batdments began this morning. | Dispatches from the front indi- cated the French, aided by concen- | trated artillery fire, were attacking | heavily on both sides of the breach and that they had succeeded in clos- ing in for a distance of some 10 miles. Military commentators told of “local successes” in the region im- mediately north of the Somme, and said they were “evidently the be- ginning of larger action.” Elsewhere the Allied lines were reported holding firm and there was an atmosphere of flinty confi- dence here (13 words censored here). Heavy Fighting at Cambria. While the main body of the French sought to drive north from the Somme and cut the German “bottleneck,” allied troops with- drawing from Belgium were said to be hammering at the Nazi right flank in the vicinity of Cambria. Heavy fighting was reported in the outskirts of Cambrai, which is about 22 miles north of the Somme. The battle appeared to be develop- ing into a race against time as the Allies sought to close the breach in their lines before the Nazis could reinforce advance guards which have penetrated to the vicinity of Calais. If the drive is successful, the Ger- man mechanized units which are now threatening Channel ports will be isolated behind the Allied front. Additional Nazi armored cars and motorcycles were reported roaring through the narrowing *“corridor,” but the French said every turn of their wheels are proving costly. ‘While massed artillery turned the lane into a veritable no man’s land, Allied warplanes constanly shuttled back and forth overhead, strafing the German columns and returning to their bases to refill their bomb racks. Battle in North Belgium. In Northern Belgium another bat- tle was surging along the banks of the Scheldt River as the Germans sought to crack the left wing of the French Army that marched to the; EXCESSIVE DRINKING is a disease The Greenhill Institute is the only private institution in Wash- ington devoted exclusively to the treatment and correction of CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM Write or Call for Free Booklet GREENHILL INSTITUTE 3145 16th St. N.W. Phone D.!’ "o.":‘l;:b';sc. 4754 t Controlled, Operated and Supervised o L g icensed Physiciani $35,094 Subscribed ToD. C. Red Cross War Relief Fund Appeal to Be Broadcast Tomorrow Over Three Radio Networks Contributions to the Red Cross war relief fund will be received and acknowledged in the news columns if sent to the cashier’s office at The Star. The American Red Cross reported today that $35,094 of the District's $150,000 war relief fund quota had been subscribed, along with $2,128,- 176 of the national goal of $10,- 000,000. Volunteers in bank and store booths here reported contributions of $1246.36 since Wednesday, and gifts of $100 or more were made by Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Burling, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mrs. K. V. H. Wylie, Miss M. G. Durant and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Davidge. Donors in the national appeal in- cluded Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rock- efeller, jr., who contributed $100,000; the Ford Motor Co., $20,000, and Miss | Helen Frick of Pittsburgh, $26,000 THE NAZI PINCERS START TO CLOSE—Heavy checkered line indicates, approximate battle | line today, with Nazi units surging into Boulogne and Calais sectors and reported heading for Dunkerque to meet German legions thrusting westward from the Ghent area in an effort to close the “bag” on the Allied Armies in Flanders. west made by the armies of Kaiser Wilhelm in 1914. Black line in east indicates the battle line as of May 17, 1940. The Nazi heavily motorized units dashed west through the gap in the Cambrai-Peronne sector, which the French today claimed they had reduced by 10 miles. | briefly. (designated for British relief). A relief appeal broadcast has been arranged from 1 to 2 p.m. tomorrow sentative in Paris, are to speak Radio, screen and stage stars who have contributed their services include Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Judy Garland, Jimmy Durante, Vivien Leigh, Ger- | trude Lawrence, Ted Husing and Clifton Padiman. Allen Praises D. C. Chapter. Richard F. Allen, manager of the Eastern area of the Red Cross, who is leaving by Clipper plane today for Paris to assist in the relief work, commended the District chapter for its activities, particularly for its “excellent job in making surgical dressings and garments.” Mrs. Dwight Davis, assistant di- rector of volunteer services, has esti- mated that 350,000 American women | are participating in the Red Cross | program of knitting sweaters, socks, caps and scarfs for 5,000,000 war refugees. Many of the women mas- tered the art in the first World War, Mrs. Davis said. One of these is Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, who calls at Red Cross headquarters once a week for yarn. Chairman Davis reported mes- sages of thanks from the French Ambassador to the United States, | Count de Saint-Quentin, and the Belgian Red Cross. Text of Messages. The French Ambassador wrote: “All the measures you and the during these last days to help meet under the very distressing condition she is in. Will you please find here the expression of my deep grati- tude.” The other message said: “The Belgian Red Cross wishes to express deepest gratitude for your prompt and generous help. All Belgium thankfully and vividly remembers invaluable American help received 25 years ago. Our poor country, more deeply torn than in 1914, ap- | preciates with profound emotion this renewed proof of American sympathy in these tragic moments.” Belgians’ assistance when that country was invaded 15 days ago. The fighting here appeared to be | a war of maneuver, with the Allied | troops effecting a gradual with- drawal, which was said to be pro- ceeding according to plan (23 words censored here). | British, Belgians and remnants of | the Dutch army were reported to be | engaged in the battle along the Scheldt. | ""At the other end of the front, near the junction of the French, Luxem- bourg and Belgian frontiers, the Germans launched a series of ter- rific attacks, preceded by heavy ar- tillery barrages, but the French said the assaults were repulsed. Aerial battles extended over the | entire area of North France from | the Luxembourg border to the Channel as German bombers kept up a series of heavy attacks in sup- port of their wide-ranging mech- anized units. Discussing the position of the Nazi “Panzer” troops which have pene- trated to the coastal plain, Gen. Duval, military analyst of Le Jour- nal, said: “It seems that the role of these mechanized formations is finished.” Gen. Duval attached more impor- tance to the operations along the Scheldt, where he said that “masses of German infantry” were attack- ing. “That is where the battle will be decided, and not at Boulogne,” he declared. Le Temps, commenting on the re- ported advance of French troops along the Somme, said: “The 1nitiative is no longer en- tirely in German hands.” L’Epoque added a footnote to these assertions with the statement: “We would prefer a France that was in ruins and a cemetery to a France whose riches would be stolen by the enemy and whose living in- habitants would be no more than Further Arrests Due In British Drive on "Fifth Columnists’ ‘ U. S. Embassy Silent On Report Member of Staff Has Been Seized By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 25.—Scotland Yard, which has seized 60 Fascists in two days, was expected to make other arrests this week end in an intensi- fied drive against suspected “fifth columnists.” Of the “stop-the-war” agitators already under arrest, 42 were seized in London and the others in the | provinces, § | United States Embassy officials | said, “We can make no comment whatever” on a report that a mem- ber of the Embassy staff had been | arrested. | Northern Ireland today announced | extension of its special constabulary | Veterans Mixed With Recruits In Reich Army By the Assoclated Press. WITH THE GERMAN ARMY, May 25.—In this army reservists and recruits are mixed. Gen. von Kuchler’s aide de camp explained that “the one decisive moment in a soldier's life arrives when he receives his baptism of fire. Most young men are shaken when they meet the enemy in action the | first time. “From the first day of the war we mixed men who already had served 25 years ago with the young gen- eration of today. The experiment had astounding success. The old veterans maintained such composure as hell broke loose that the young fellows soon rallied and regained their confidence. “Now we practically never send | untried regiments to the front. Each troop is liberally interspersed with veterans.” Taft Declares Defense force to deal with any attempted landing of parachute troops, along | the lines of Britain's local defense volunteers, who are training to shoot down aerial invaders. Coinciding with the Scotland Yard | | roundup, authorities in Northern | Ireland arrested 76 members of the | Irish Republican Army under the | | over combined N. B. C., C. B. S. and | special powers act. | Mutual networks. Norman H. Davis, | | Red Cross chairman, and Wayne Chatfield-Taylor, Red Cross repre- Capt. Franz. von Rintelen, a | voluntary exile from Germany, who | was imprisoned in the United States | for sabotage during the last war, was among the latest arrested by Scotland Yard, Dublin police hunted a German l‘“myswry man” believed to have ‘been dropped there by parachute, but authorities doubted the exist- ence of any widespread “fifth col- umn” plot involving German resi- | dents in Ireland, of whom they said there were only 200. Concern was expressed here, how- | ever, following the disclosure that police in a raid on a house in Dublin found $20,000 in American money, a used parachute, modern German air force badge, radio transmitting set, printing press, secret code and maps of airdromes and highways of military vaiue. The house belongs to Stephen Held, a naturalized Irishman, who was held in jail under military reg- ulations. Montreal Spurs Drive On ‘Fifth Columnists’ MONTREAL, May 25 (#).—In the second of their overnight raids against Fascist and “fifth column” elements, police today arrested one | man and seized fresh quantities of | swastika emblems, pennants, pam- | phlets, maps and photographs. | _ The raids were executed by the | Royal Canadian Mounted Police and vincial police. The name of their | the needs of many thousands of | prisoner was not disclosed, but it - Belgian and French refugees will| Was said he was a German who came | Pathfinder publisher, | be an invaluable help to my country | to Canada in 1928. Most of the raiding was on the | homes of alleged district organizers { of the National Unity party, Cana- | dian Fascist organization, whose headquarters were searched by po- ; lice Thursday night. 'Miss Adda Lawson Named by Nurses | Miss Adda Lawson of Columbia | Hospital was elected yesterday as | chairman of the Private Duty | Nurses Section of Doctors’' Hospital. Other officers elected were Miss | Gustava Schaeffer, George Wash- | ington University Hospital, a first| vice chairman; Miss Grace Garber, | | All States Unit of the District, sec- | ond vice chairman, and Miss Grace | H. McWirt, Emergency Hospital, | secretary. | The 50 members who attended | passed a resolution to send a letter | | to Miss Frances Loftus, superin- | tendent of nurses at Doctors’ Hos- | ‘pltal. expressing appreciation for | her kindness and co-operation, j'Jay-Wulkers’ Defeated LAt Polls by Motorists | By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 25. — “Jay-walkers” lost an election here yesterday. | Police and the Columbus Automo- bile Club set up voting booths and about 3,000 motorists cast ballots. They voted 4 to 1 in favor of arrest- ing pedestrians who violate traffic laws. | They also voted 13 to 1 in favor of standard driving tests, 5 to 1 for compulsory inspection of vehicles, 4 to 1 for high-school driving courses. for LATEST NEWS The Night Final Star, containing the latest news of the day during these dramatic times, is de- livered every evening throughout the city and suburbs between 6 P.M. and 7 P.M. Telephone National 5000 for immediate delivery. Memorial Wreaths 2,95 Is Not Political Issue | By the Associated Press. HACKENSACK, N. J, May 25.— Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio | declared last night that “the record | of (military) preparedness on the part of the President is not one that can be advanced by the President as an argument for a third term.” Senator Taft, an aspirant for the Republican presidential nomination, 1in a broadcast before 400 guests of the Bergen County Men's Republi- can Club, said preparedness was not a political issue and expressed be- lief Democrats “are afraid to dis- cuss domestic issues because they know the people have turned against the acts of the last two or three Congresses and any election decided today on domestic issues would be a victory for the Republican party.” | Turning to the European war, the Senator said “under present condi- tions we should not become involved in war. ®* * * I feel strongly that we cannot save democracy by war.” Pathfinder Magazine Poll | Gives Democrats Edge Both in popular support and in | electoral votes, the Democratic party | currently has a distinct edge over | the Republican, a 48-State poll by | Pathfinder magazine reveals. Breaking down its findings, Path- | finder lists 14 States as indicated Democratic and 12 more as leaning | Democratic for a total of 233 elec- toral votes. Comparable Republi- can signs placed 18 States on their side, involving 185 electoral votes. Four States, carrying 113 votes, are | listed as doubtful. | Pointing out that the trend of ! American Red Cross have taken | detachments of Montreal and pro-| World developments can change 50| | rapidly as to revise the entire pic-| ture by November, Emil Hurja, wrote that | | “offhand, it would seem that some- | thing cataclysmic would have to happen” to deliver the country to | the Republicans in the coming elec- | tions. | Three British Flyers | Wounded by Police | BY the Associated Press. BELFAST, Northern Ireland, May | 25.—Three British flyers, - returning | | to an airfield in County Antrim by | | automobile last night, were shot and | slightly wounded by highway police { whose challenge they apparently | failed to hear. | For o014 Diame Reds Use Influence In Berlin fo Keep War From Balkans Nazis Oppose Action by Italy Until Victory In West Is Assured By JOHN T. WHITAKER, Chicago Daily News Poreign Correspondent. ROME, May 25 (By Radio).—Rus- sian influence is being used in Berlin, it is learned on good author- ity here today, to prevent extension of the war into the Balkans by either the Germans or the Italians. This explains, it is understood, the tendency of German quarters to restrain Italian ambitions in that sphere and their confidence that the war will not be spread in the East- ern Mediterranean. The Germans argue that no in- vasion of Yugoslavia, Rumania and Greece is necessary. Those coun- tries are sending raw materials and | foodstuffs through to Germany and, as Hitler's position in the west is improved, they are expected by the Germans to renounce their Allied guarantees. This attitude by the Germans re- flects, it is understood, the insistence | of the Soviet Union that nothing be done to change the status quo in the Balkans. Russia is naturally | alarmed as the power of Hitler in- creases and observers have been | watching for a rift in the Berlin- Moscow pact, though no hint of this is seen yet in the Communist press or heard on the radio. Turkey Suspicious of Italy. An Italian invasion of the Bal- kans, moreover, would strengthen the community of interests which binds Turkey to the Allies. Italy alreadv holds the Dodecanese Islands, which give her fortified positions close to the Turkish shore, and the Turks have long been sus- | picious of Italian ambitions at their expense. The Russians and Turks dislike, ut understand, each othér. Neither wants to fight the other. An ad- vance into the Balkans by Germany or Italy, or both, would bind the Russians and the Turks closely be- cause they would have a joint in- terest in opposing the extension of Hitler into the area of the Darda- nelies, which is vital to the Russians and Turks alike, A smash by the Russians and the | certainty of a declaration of war by Turkey would be the iinmediate results of an Italian invasion of the Balkans, it is believed. It is obvious, therefore, why Berlin, in the face of Russian protests, feels that Italy should be restrained until a victory in the west enables Hitler to deal directly with Stalin as a second step towards his world conquest. (Copyright, 1940, Chicago Daily News, Inc.) CASH Gold, FULLER BRISTLECOMB HAIR BRUSH Doesn’t Disturb Safe, Bonded S Wi, Moths % Let Tolman Gua Weather Dange F YOUR Fur Coat could wall hot weather—the fur remains does not shed. 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