Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1940, Page 4

A—4 &% Canada Jails Seven In Quick Roundup Of Fascist Group * Leader of Unity Party And Aides Seized In Defense Drive By the Associated Press. MONTREAL, May 30.—Arrest of the leader and the treasurer of the National Unity Party, Canadian Fascist organization, were an- nounced today, a few hours after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police had taken in custody five other members of the organization. The mounted police said they had arrested Adrien Arcand, the party chief, and Dr. Noel Decarie, treas- urer, for alleged infractions of the defense of Canada regulations. Others Arrested Earlier. Those taken into custody earlier were listed as: Maurice Scott, leader of the party’s uniformed Iron, Guard; Henri Arcand, its national director of transport; Marius Gatien, its na- tional director of propaganda; Paul Giguere, national adjutant of the party’s Legionnaires, and G. R. Barck, party organizer at nearby Ville St. Laurent. Warrants also had been issued for Arcand, Decarie and Hughes Clement, provincial adjutant of the Legionnaires. The eight men were named in blanket charges covering arrests here and at Toronto, where Joseph C. Farr, party organizer, and John M. Lorimer, described by police as & member of the group, were taken into custody yesterday. Based on Defense Act. The warrants were based on sec- tions of the Defense of Canada Act forbidding statements tending to “cause disaffection to His Majesty the King or to interfere in any way with the success of His Majesty’s forces or to prejudice their security or training, safety of the state or prosecution of war.” The charges included printing and publishing of such statements. More than 20 homes and ces of alleged party leaders were raided last week. Defense (Continued From First Page.) week, and the supplementary emer- gancy program of more than $1,- 000,000,000. Omitted Before. The modern armaments to be asked in the supplementary defense program were urged yesterday by Gen. Marshall in testimony be- fore a House Appropriations Sub- committee. Appropriations for these items were omitted from Mr. Roose- velt's $1,182,000,000 emergency de- fense requests, officials explained, because the Army had insufficient time to prepare its estimates. ‘The job of the new defense com- mission will be to see that the huge defense appropriations are converted quickly into the sinews of war. The men and woman gathering here to- men and women gathering here to- day are: Edward R. Stettinius, jr., chair- man of United States Steel; Wil- liam S. Knudsen, president of Gen- eral Motors; Leon Henderson, Se- curities and Exchange Commission chairman; Ralph Budd, president, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- road; Chester C. Davis, Federal Re- serve Board; Miss Harriet Elliott, University of North Carolina, and Willliam H. McReynolds, adminis- trative assistant to the President. Congress Hastens Legislation. Congress was employing the holi- day to hasten the legislation neces- sary to supply the appropriations already asked, and to labor on the tedious details of a tax bill in an election year. Two additional requests connected with rearmament went to Congress yesterday. One asked $1,000,000 to finance the work of the Defense Commission. Another was for a $1,200,000 appropriation for aviation ;xperimemal work at Langley Field, a The latter proposal coincided with approval by the Senate Naval Com- mittee of a bill authorizing expan- sion of the Naval Air Force. It urged an unceasing study of new aircraft developments and methods of warfare, The committee report said that one reputable scientist, the late Dr. W. O. Sweek of the Lois Grunow Memorial Clinic, Phoenix, Ariz., had informed it he had discovered an explosive 100 times more powerful than TNT, the destructive giant of the World War. The report further stated that another expert had spoken of a new fuel which would increase by 50 per cent the cruising radius of aircraft, developed by C. A. Chamberlain of the Bliss-Levett Torpedo Corp, Brooklyn. Commit- tee members said the Army and Navy should investigate the value of these discoveries and keep eyes open for other improvements. Reserves Called to Active Duty. As the defense drive tempo quick- ened, the Army and Navy took steps toward recalling reserves to active duty. The Army asked its 2,000 Air Corps Reserve officers—pilots and ob- servers—if they would return to the service for a year's active duty. Many of them are now flying civilian planes. . The Navy announced plans for two weeks to a year of 7active sea training for its 40,240 reserve enlisted men, beginning July 1. In another defense department the Army made ready to place a $150,000 “‘educational” order for 10,- 000 gas masks of a new type, de- signed especially for civilian use. Bids for the masks have been re- ceived from three firms. The economic front had its share of developments: J. J. Pelley, president of the Association of American Railroads. reported that the country’s railways were adequately equipped to cope with any demands arising from the defense program. He is making a survey of the railroad equipment situation to bring it up to date. The National Association of Manu- facturers, through its directors at Chicago, pledged the “experience and utmost energy”’ of its 7,000 mem- bers in co-operating with the Army, the Navy and the Deferise Commis- sion. R. F. C. Loans. Legislation facilitating R. F. C. loans to defense industries for ex- pansion and production got the ap- proval of the House Com- mittee, Donald M. Neison, Sears, Roebuck executive, was named by President Roosevelt to be procurement direc- Al tor of the Treasury, a key post equivalent to that of purchasing agent for the Government. Creation of a “National Home Defense Force,” to be composed only of native-born citizens and to serve as an auxiliary to the Army and Navy in case of invasion was proposed in legislation introduced by Senator Bridges, Republican, of New Hampshire and Representative An- derson, Democrat, of Missouri. A Senate s\ubcommmee heard yes- terday that there were not enough airports and landing fields in this ountry to train the pilots or ac- commodate the 50,000 airplanes re- quested by President Roosevelt in his defense message to Congress. McCarran Bill Urged. The witnesses, representatives of aviation interests, urged congres- sional approval of a bill by Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada, authorizing an annual Federal ex- penditure of $125,000,000 to speed construction of airports throughout the United States. They were Al Near of Louisville, Ky., president of the American Association of Airport Executives; E. L. Johnson, Colum- bus, Ohio State direcior of aero- nautics, and B. M. Doolin, manager of the San Francisco Airport. In a letter to Chairman Waish of the Senate Naval Affairs Com- mittee, John L. Lewis, president of the C. I. O, urged amendment of the Vinson naval expansion bill to “protect and maintain the labor standards” set up in the Walsh- Healey and Wages and Hours Acts, Wwhich he feels are threatened with “direct attack” in the bill. Supplies (Continued From First : Page.) ligerent aircraft to the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. In effect, the ruling means that American pilots may deliver war- planes to these maritime provinces. The planes will have to land on the American side of the Canadian bor- der, as heretofore, so transfer of title can take place, and they will have to be rolled—not flown—over the line, but then the pilots may resume the controls and fly to the delivery point. In her urgent quest for small arms in the present crisis, Britain has been able to find virtually nothing of value in commercial surplus stocks, experts understood. They estimated that only a few thousand rifles of assorted makes were avail- able outside of Army and Navy arsenals. . Machine guns were far scarcer. Available Stock Can’t Be Sold. The Army has upward of 1,800,000 surplus Lee-Enfleld rifies of a mod- ified British design left over from the World War, and hundreds of outmoded Lewis, Vickers and other machine guns, but under adminis- tration policy stated by President Roosevelt sales may be made only to friendly neutrals. 4 Orders to manufacturers for rifles and machine guns face long delays. Only one American concern manu- factures machine guns, and these in recent years have been confined primarily to the type used on war- planes. One manufacturer is turning out rifles on a large scale, due to an order for 65,000 of the new semi- automatic Garand for the Army. Officials expressed confidence, how- ever, that Allied orders could be filled if the pressure of time was not too demanding. To Speed Plane Deliveries. OTTAWA, Ontario, May 30 (#).— Flights of bombers made in Amer- ica for Great Britain will be speeded up hy the decision in Washington yesterday to permit American pilots to fly belligerent aircraft over the three Canadian maritime provinces. American - made bombers ‘' have been making trans-Atlantic hops, it was pointed out unofficially in air circles here, but considerable delay has been experienced between the factories and the Newfoundland base. ‘With American pilots taking the planes to Canad’s eastern air bases it will be possible for Canadian fiy- ers to familiarize themselves to a greater extent with the operations of the planes before actually op- erating them. 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. BRITISH SEEK TO ESCAPE FLANDERS TRAP—Berlin claimed early today that Nazi warplanes had sunk 3 warships and 16 transports near Ostend and Dunkerque (1) as British troops sought to escape from the trap in Flanders. The British, seeking to impede German attacks at Cassel (arrow) and in the Ypres area (arrow) opened the sea gates around the Dunkerque area (2). Mean- while, French troops, cut off from the rest of the Northern Allied Army, were reported surren- dering in the area south of Lille (3). Action in the north gave French an opportunity to strengthen lines along the Somme (4) and Aisne Rivers to set up a new battle front for the defense of Paris, which replaced London as the leading German target. —A. P. Wirephoto. | War Communiques | German By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 30.—The tert of the German high command com- munique today: The bitter battle of Flanders and Artois is nearing the end with the | destruction of the English and French Armies fighting there. The English Expeditionary Force since yesterday is also in complete | dissolution. Leaving enormous war material behind, the English are fleeing seaward. Swimming and in small boats, the | enemy is attempting to reach Eng- | lish ships lying in the roads outside the harbor, upon which our air force bore down with destructive effects, as already announced. Over 60 ships were hit, of which three warships and 16 transports were sunk. Ten warships and 21 merchant ships of all sizes were seri- ously damaged or fired. - Our anti-aircraft and artillery also sank one enemy patrol boat and damaged five others, as well as five speedboats. 68 Planes Shot Down. Pursuit and destroyer plane groups, participating for protection of a monster attack of German fighting units, shot down 68 enemy planes. South of the line of Poperinghe- Cassel our troops attacking from the west, east and south joined thereby, encircling and cutting off numerous strong enemy groups. During the storming of an armored stronghold at Hazerbrouck on May 28 one armored pioneer battalion under Comdr. First Lt. von Bodecker distinguished itself especially. On the southern front an enemy tank attack on the lower Somme (River) was repulsed. i South and southwest of Amiens troop concentrations in the forests were bombarded. Narvik Fighting Continuing. Enemy losses yesterday totaled 89 airplanes, of which 68 were shot down in air fights, 17 by anti-aircraft fire and the rest destroyed on the ground. Fifteen German planes are missing. The fight around Narvik (Nor- wegian Arctic iron ore port, which the British yesterday captured) is continuing unabatingly. Our troops occupied mountain positions outside the city and they are being rein- forced. Fighting planes raided ope enemy airport. Several planes were destroyed on | the ground. Our mountain chasers pushing northward from Trondheim took Fauske, east of Bodoe. One of our submarines reported sinking seven enemy steamers with a tonnage of 38480. An earlier high command an- nouncement said: On the afternoon and evening of May 29 strong groups of two flying corps under the leadership of Gens. Grauert and Von Richthofen at- tacked British warships and trans- port vessels in the harbors and sea regions around Ostend and Dun- kerque, which were to remove the remainder of the defeated British Expeditionary Force to their home- land. The %ittack, in which units of all the armed forces participated, was aimed at more than 60 ships. Three warships and 16 transports, among them ships of more than 15,000 tons, were sunk by concentrated bomb attacks. Thirty-one other ships received full hits and were badly damaged, SLIGHTLY USED, *180 A real value for some one, Beautiful small apartment size baby grand of just the right size for a small home offered at about one-half its original price. One of the newer models, it is in practically new condition and carries our full guar- antee. Standard 88-note keyboard, handsome wal- nut case. Also special values in spinets and small uprights . . . for informa- tion Call NAtional 4730. y part of them being made unman- ageable and part set afire.. The locks of the harbor of Dun- kerque were completely destroyed and the harbor basins emptied. Pursuit flyers, who in common with the bombers, carried on the fight against the English transport undertaking, shot down 68 planes. The group of Col. Von Massow | distinguished itself in particular. Ten other planes which protected the loading operations were shot down by anti-aircraft fire. The anti-aircraft guns sank in addition a smaller warship and | heavily damaged five others with direct hits. British - By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 30—The Brit- ish Air Ministry today issued the Jollowing communique: Royal Air Force fighters yester- day encountered many large forma- tions of enemy aircraft engaged in bombing operations on the French and Belgian coasts. In spite of the presence of strong enemy fighter escorts, our aircraft pressed home their attack at every opportunity. No less than 52 enemy aircraft were shot down during the day, including 25 bombers. Seventeen others were seriously damaged. Ten of our fighters are missing, but one of the pilots, al- though wounded, has since returned safely. Naval aircraft carried out an at- tack on an enemy seaplane base on the Dutch coast. Hangars were destroyed and a number of seaplanes seen to be wrecked. Other naval aircraft shot down an enemy bomber over the North Sea and disabled another. One of our reconnaissance air- craft bombed an enemy supply ship at Bergen in Norway and set it on fire, Our heavy bombers were again active during the night in support of Allied forces. A bombing attack on a hospital ship clearly marked with a Red Cross was seen from a British reconnaissance aircraft of the coastal command over the English Channel Wednesday evening. One bomb fell very close to the ship, enveloping it in foam. The British aircraft chased the bomber, which disappeared into clouds. French By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, May 30—The French high command today issued the following communique: Various operations mentioned in yesterday evening's communique continued during the night. Vio- lent fighting on the Yser (river) and in the region of Cassel. On the Somme and the remainder of thed front, no new developments. Italy Closes Deal For Argentine Corn By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, May 30.—The Ministry of Agriculture announced that an agreement would be signed today whereby Italy would buy 350,000 tons of Argentine corn, and that a deal had been concluded with Spain for purchase of 150,000 tons of the same cereal. The Argentine this year had an exceptionally large corn crop, offi- cially estimated at 11,020,000 tons, but was confronted with a scarcity of buyers. & LATEST MODEL | Mediterranean Sea rather than di- Mussolini's Cabinet Will Meet Tuesday;" 3 War Rumors Rise Reminder by Press of Session Increases Speculation By the Associated Press. ROME, May 30.—Premier Musso- lini has summoned his cabinet for next Tuesday to discuss “important matters” and some foreign quarters believed action might be taken then to plunge Italy into war. ‘The possibility that a war decision might be announced that day or shortly afterward, however, was only a matter of conjecture, The cabinet decided on the June 4 meeting when it last met, May 1, but publication today by most news- papers of a reminder that the meet- ing had been arranged was consid- ered an indication that the session would be highly important. At the same time, the press pub- lished a warning against speculative rumors in the stock exchange, deny- ing a rumor the exchange would be closed or a moratorium declared at the first shock of Italian entrance into the war. Instructions to Americans. United States consular officials received instructions to advise Amer- icans seeking to leave Italy but un- able to get accommodations on the United States liner Manhattan to go to Bordeaux, France, and board the liner Washington. Fascist Italy worked feverishly preparing for the moment to which Mussolini has been looking forward for nearly two decades—when the nation should go to war for her “aspirations.” Part of the Fascist preparations centered on perfecting what spokes- men refer to as the “third line of defense,” consisting of an estimated 10,000,000 women and minors who would have non-combatant roles in wartime. Volunteers Trained. An announcement said 27,000 vol- unteers were being trained to take over various jobs left by men called to arms, 12,000 in special industrial jobs, 3,000 minors who will be em- ployed on railways and 12,000 women being trained for numerous other pokitions. Volunteers in Rome continued to er their services for a parachute corps, following the lead of Padua and Trieste workers. Observers believed the first Ital- ian war blow on the side of Germany might be struck southward in the rectly at France. (Under the Allied-Turkish al- liance, Turkey—guardian of the Dardanelles—is pledged to enter the war as an ally of Britain and France in the “event of an act of aggression leading to war in the Mediterranean area.”) Latest Italian press outbursts | against France and England have mentioned Nice, Corsica, Tunisia, | Egypt, Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus and even the Dardanelles as among Italy's “aspirations.” Yugoslavia and Greece Uneasy. At the same time the recent visit of Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano to Italian-occupied Albania has caused uneasiness in Yugosla- via and Greece. Nicola Marchitto, writing in the | semi-monthly political review Con- quista d'Imperio (Conquest of Em-} pire), asserted that Italy’s “offensive objectives” would be actions by the navy and air force in the Mediter- ranean and land war in Africa to conquer the British-French con- trolled Suez Canal, and eventually in the Balkans. Military experts said such a plan of campaign fitted in with Italy’s failure to mass troops on the Ital- ian mainland, However, the mainland army was believed being strengthened steadily by recalling of various classes of re- servists. This system has made im- possible any accurate estimate of the number of men under arms, but competent observers guessed it might approach 2,000,000. 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