Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1940, Page 1

Weather Forecast Cloudy; showers and thunderstorms to- night; tomorrow partly cloudy; local thundershowers in afternoon. Tempera- tures today—Highest, 84, at 2 p.m.; low- est, 70, at 6 a.m. From the United States Weather Bureau report. Full details on Page A-2. Closing New York Markets—Sales, Page 20 88th YEAR. No. 35,099. ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1940—FORTY-TWO PAGES. *** An Evening Newspaper With the Full Day’s News LOCAL—NATIONAL—FOREIGN Associated Press and (/) Wirephotos, North American Newspaper Alliance, Chicago Daily News Foreign Service and The Star's Staff Writers, Reporters and Photographers. THREE CENTS. ALLIES HOLD MASSIVE NAZI DRIVE ON PARIS ,000,000 at Grips in Battle; Reich Claims Advance on Le Havre and Rouen Fuehrer Strikes on Front 125 Miles Long to Teach Foes ‘Historic Lesson’ By the Associated Press. | Gen. Maxime Weygand's French poilus were reported | “holding solidly” late today in a titanic battle of 2,000,000 men raging along the 125-mile Somme-Aisne front as Hitler launched a violent new ‘blitzkrieg’ into the heart of France. Paris and the lower Seine River were the apparent objectives, | seemingly in a mighty smash to turn the flank of the main Maginot | Line. German dive-bombers and heavy artillery blasted at French infantry massed along the front, with the heaviest fury of the attack centering in the Laon-Soissons sector. | The whole battleline extended from Laon to Abbeville, 12 miles from the English Channel. | Reynaud Predicts a Favorable Resulit. | With the conflict still in too early a stage for decisive results, | Premier Reynaud of France confidently predicted that the Allies | “can hope for a favorable issue of the struggle.” German infantry in massed gray waves assaulted the desper- ately fighting poilus, who knew that a major break through now | would imperil their beloved capital 70 miles distant. | Toward nightfall the battle increased in violence in the stifling heat, smoke and dust of the fields. German bombers meanwhile raided an unidentified area in Central France and French fighting planes and anti-aircraft struck back. Touched off by the German “Fuehrer” himself from his head- quarters on the western front, the massive attack began at 4:04 am., with a furious artillery barrage against the French lines. While the Nazi air force thundered overhead, bombing and strafing, masses of uniformed German infantry moved forward through the dawn haze. | A highly significant development on the diplomatic front was | reported meanwhile in London, where Soviet Russian circles indi- | cated there was a good possibility of co-operation between the Russian Kremlin and the Allies in the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean. If true, a new bond of Anglo-Russian friendship might easily | counter the pressure of Italy in the Mediterranean. Hitler Indicates Peace Terms Rejected. With Belgium crushed in a 26-day campaign, Hitler sent his legions striking at France with a hint that he had offered the Allies some kind of peace terms—possibly a separate peace to only one side—and had been rejected. Allied planes again retaliated for the Nazi aerial attack on Paris—which left 254 dead and 652 wounded—by bombing Fried- richshafen, home of the German Zeppelin and site of Nazi air- + Germans Attack in Force at Dawn; Anglo-Russ Co-operation Hinted | War Bulletin BERLIN (®.—Authorized German sources said tonight the German Army’s right wing was advancing on “the broad- est front” southward and westward along the English Channel coast toward Le Havre and Rouen. The strategic purpose of the drive along the coast was said to be “to separate completely Britain and France and to set up additional bases of opera- tions against England.” Allied Planes Bomb Friedrichshafen; Swiss Houses Hit Attempt Made to Blast Konstanz; Valais Canton Closed R the Associated Press ZURICH. Switzerland. June 5— Allied war planes early today bombed Friedrichshafen and other objectives on the German side of Lake Constance and dropped six bombs on the Swiss side of the border. Houses and a road were damaged between the Swiss towns of Kreuz- lingen and Tagerwilen, but there were no casualties. Oa the German side of the fron- | | tier sirens were heard in cities on | the shores of the lake, including Interests Linked In Near East, Mediterranean | By the Assoctated Press, | LONDON, June 5.—Soviet Russian circles in London declared today | that the Allies’ interests in the Black | Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean | parallel Russia’s, but they empha- | sized Russian determination to re- | main neutral in the European war. A British source intimated a hope that Russian interest in the Near East and improvement of British- Russian relations might have a de- | terrent effect on any Italian plan | to enter the war. Nevertheless the British still re- rarded Italian entry as a matter of time. A Soviet source said Russia “has no intention of being thrust onto one side or the other” in the war. He indicated that Russia’'s policy would continue to emphasize in- ternal affairs, but that the U.S. 8. R is keeping alert against any en- croachment on any of its interests by one power or another. R. A. Butler, British undersecretary | for foreign affairs, told the House of Commons that it appeared from an official Russian communique that | the appointment of Sir Stafford | Cripps as new British Ambassador to Moscow had been accepted by the Kremlin, although formal notice had not vet been received. Mr. Butler left unanswered a question from the House as to whether Sir Stafford would deal | with the “many outstanding ques- tions” with the Soviet government. | Doubt Reds Drop Reich. Informed quarters doubted that Russia’s acceptance of Cripps sig- | | Konstanz itself, Germany’s only city | nified any intention to drop her on the left bank of the Rhine. | partnership with Germany. Anti-afrcraft fire spurted from| Russian circles hinted that there German batteries, and bombs ex- |is at least a good possibility of ploded at several points on the Ger- | diplomatic co-operation between the man side. Whether the raiders were | plane engine factories. Massive Offensive | PARIS, June 5 (#).—Nearly two million men were engaged tonight in a great new battle of the Somme, | with the German divisions pressing | ® massive offensive toward the lower Beine and Paris. Without so much as a breathing epell from their conquest of the | north, the Germans struck at dawn | Dive bombers and heavy artillery | smashed into the massed French | infantry along 125 miles of the new Somme-Aisne line, and, rspecially.‘ in the rectangle formed by the French cities of La Fere, Laon, | Anizy-Le-Chateau and Chauny. The French stand virtually alone | on the line, although there are some British divisions there | Allied sources say effective help cannot be forthcoming from Britain until British industry can replace the vast stores of supplies and war | equipment lost in the Flanders disaster. Soon after the thunder of the dive bombers and the German artillery had reached a crescendo, | the German infantry swarmed into the attack, charging in great gray waves. | L3 To Speed ‘New World' (Text of German high com- mand statement on Flanders’ battle and Hitler’s declarations on Page A-6.) BERLIN, June 5 (#).—Adolf Hitler at dawn today sent his armies of the west, plunging against France on the | Somme-Aisne line to teach a “his- toric lesson” to the Allies, as the Fuehrer said, and speed “the bloom of a new and better world.” “In the early morning hours to- day,” said Hitler's high command, “new attack operations began from the present defense front in France.” This second phase of Germany's “total war” in the west—following closely upon the -Allied disaster in Flanders—transformed a nearly 200~ mile section of Northern France, | from the Channel coast to the shat- | tered junction of the Maginot Line with its northern extension, into one great field of raging combat. Pive Bombers Destructive. German dive bombers were de- clared by DNB, to have caused “great destruction” and an “extreme- ly demoralizing effect” in attacks | |Starves Self to Death | By the Assoctated Press. |in the belief it was | evangelist renounced Authorized sources said the French | On French tanks south of Abbeville were holding everywhere against the On the Somme front. German offensive on the Somme and | Many French tanks, DNB said, | Aisne front with the exception of a | were “completely disabled by well- few points where “they may fall back aimed bombs," while “the occupants | to more favorable positions.” abandoned their vehicles in panicky This operation “will be nothing to | flight.” | worry about,” the same sources “One bomb.,” it added, “fell be- gtated. | tween three French tanks travenng‘ Nearly 2.600.000 men were engaged | closely together. Two of the tanks | in this new battle of the Somme, came to a dead halt at once, com- with the German divisions pressing massively on the lower Seine and. Paris. | Military sources in London said *certain armored vehicles” of the German Army are on both sides| of Amiens, although not very close to the French-held town itself. The same source said certain Ger- man elements were. south of the| Somme, but not enough of them to| for ma bridgehead for an invading army. ) Military circles estimated total (See PARIS, Page A-4.) President Becomes Grandfather Again B the Associated Press. BOSTON, June 5. — President Roosevelt became a grandfather again today when a 7-pound 9- ounce son was born to Mrs. Anne (Clark) Roosevelt, wife of John, his youngest son. Dr. Charles G. Shedd said both mother and infant were in excellent health. Mrs. Roosevelt’s mother, Mrs. Lloyd Wiltse, the former Mrs. F. Haven Clark, and young Roosevelt were at the hospital when the child pletely disabled, while the tank was gutted by flames.” Speaking of air attacks on Le Havre, DNB declared that harbor facilities had been dealt a serious blow, adding taht the greater part | of British coal imports into France | pass through that port. Allied Attack Repulsed. | The high command said Allied | attacks at either extreme of the Somme-Aisne line, near Abbeville on the coast, and south of Longwy, near the junction of the French, Belgian and Luxembourg frontiers, had been repulsed. Apparently (See BERLIN, Page A-4.) 145,000 Belgians Joined \Allies After Surrender | By the Associated Press. | PARIS, June 5—Belgian Gen. Legros reported to Belgian Defense Minister Gen. Henri Denis today that about 45000 Belgian soldiers Joined the Allied forces in Flanders | after King Leopold’s capitulation. | Leaflets dropped by Allied planes | told them they had a chance to “escape from the hell of German occupation by uniting with the third | | British or French could not be de- termined. Friedrichshafen is best known as the home of Germany's famous Zeppelins. Airplane engines are manufactured there, and its fac- (See ZURICH, Page A-5.) HouseiApprov;s D.C. 1 Conference Report 1 The House this afternoon ap- proved the conference report on the 1941 District appropriation bill after a record vote of 271 to 111 to con- tinue the education of non-resident children in the public schools with- out payment of tuition. Senate approval of the report will send the bill to the White House for | President Roosevelt's signature. Cultist Cuts Off Hand, PITTSBURGH. June 5—City Home Supt. G. S. Llewellyn reported | Emmanuel Shapiro, 21-year-old cult evangelist, starved himself to death 10 weeks after chopping off his left | hand. He said Mr. Shapiro refused food for a month and wasted away “God's com- Several months ago the the Jewish faith and joined the cult. He ham- mered off his hand after days of moodiness. mand.” Fordham Reports Quake 2,800 Miles Southwest By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 5—The seis- mograph at Fordham University re- | corded an “extremely severe” earth- quake today, the first shock at 7:09:15 and the second at 7:15:35 am. (Eastern standard time). The distance from New York was | tions. Kremlin and the Allies in the Near East. Mr. Butler told Commons that the whole British nation was glad that Russia had accepted Cripps as the new Ambassador. Replying to a question as to | whether the dispatching of Sir Stafford was not first intended for trade talks, the undersecretary said the appointment as Ambassador “al- ways was intended to be clear and concise. France’s move to name Erik La- bonne, former French resident-gen- eral in Tunisia and Ambassador to Republican Spain, as Ambassador | to Moscow in place of Paul Emile | Naggiar, also was cited as a factor in improving Soviet-Allied rela- Evidence of Amity Demanded. A Russian source said, however. that Britain “must show by deeds as well as words an honest desire for friendship with Russia.” While the choice of Cripps, Left- wing Laborite member of Parlia- ment, for the Moscow post was (See LONDON, Page A-5) President fo See Ofiicials On Imports for Defense Continuing his close daily contact with defense and foreign affairs ad- visers, President Roosevelt today called Tariff Commission and State Department efficials to the White House for conferences. First to see the Chief Executive | was to be Raymond B. Stevens of | the Tariff Commission for a dis- | cussion of exports and imports of commodities figuring in the national defense needs. Later, Mr. Roosevelt was to see | Secretary of State Hull, Undersec- retary Sumner Welles and Assistant ‘Secretary Adolf A. Berle, jr. If the course of foreign affairs permits, Mr. Roosevelt will take a | estimated at about 2850 miles, | probably southwest. quick trip to his Hyde Park (N. Y.) home this week end. Here Is Battle Strategy Used In Big Drive Against Paris By the Associated Press. In broad strokes, here is the pic- ture of the German drive on Paris, launched today: The objectives: For Germany, capture of Paris and the lower Seine River in the hope of forcing French capitulation and cutting France off from her ally, Great Britain; for the Allies, to hold Germany until Empire and industrial resources can be mobilized for a successful counter- offensive. The Germans are within 70 miles of Paris. The front: A stretch of about 200 miles across Northern France, reach- ing eastward from the sea, near Abbeville, along the Somme and Aisne Rivers, and across the Meuse to the region of Longwy, at the Jjunction of the French-Belgian-Lux- embourg borders, point of the first German break-through into France. French advices indicated that 135 miles of this front, eastward from was born. Allied cause.” Abbeville, was the most active. The method of attack: First, heavy artillery fire and dive bombing and strafing to soften defenses, then tank assault to rip through front lines and spread confusion in the rear while armored cars, motorized infantry and soldiers afoot, in that order, follow through the breaches | row. | wool amateurs who do not pride | themselves in their ability to main- | to cripple the activities of a great | ™ l; i N W ‘)rr\ ". ! Jl Py 1R W ' L A p UNCLE,MAY 160 QUT T0 ARM? )/B OH YES, MY STARVED AD LMK ONE UT HIDE YOUR GUN IN & HICKORY TREE AND DONT GO NEAR To FRANKLIN D Relief Bill Reported, Provides for C. C. C. Training in Defense $1,073,584,000 Measure Reaches Senate, With Part of Cut Restored Non-combatant military training for the 300.000 youths in the Civilian Conservation Corps was approved by the Sehate Appropriations Com-~ mittee today in reporting out the $1,073,584,000 relief bill for the com- ing fiscal year. Another national defense angle was brought into the relief picture by an amendment making $25.000.- 000 of the W. P. A. fund available for expediting projects recommend- | | \ | 'ed by the War and Navy Depart- | ments, such as airport facilities. | On such projects the requirement of a 25 per cent sponsor contribu- | tion by local authorities would be waived. The Senate committee approved without change the $975,650,000 W. P. A. fund, with discretion given the | President to use all of this amount within eight months, instead of stretching it for a year, if conditions Jjustify it, The Senate committee made a $40,000,000 reduction in the House fund for the Farm Security Admin- istration. The subcommittee that drafted the bill yesterday recom- mended a $56,000.000 cut in this item, but the fuM committee re- | stored $16.000.000 today. To continue the work of the Office of Government Reports, the Senate committee allowed $330,000. This was one of three agencies threatened with abolition by action of the House earlier in the session. Senate leaders probably will call up the relief bill for debate tomor- Foreign Communication Barred fo Radio Amateurs In a far-reaching move apparently aimed at the suppression of “fifth | column” activities in the United States, the Federal Communications Commission today forbade amateur radio operators in this country and its possessions to communicate with radio stations in foreign countries. Since there are few dyed-in-the- tain communications with other amateurs in all parts of the world, today's order is expected seriously | majority of the nation's amateurs. | Members of the commission | would not comment as to the reasons for the order. > | There are approximately 55,000 amateurs licensed by the commis- sion. The prohibition, which became ef- fective immediately, does not apply to amateur communication between | licensed amateur stations in the | continental United States and its | territories and possessions. Likewise, it does not bar United States citizens, authorized to oper- ate amateur stations in the Philip- pine Islands or the Canal Zone, from communicating with amateurs in the United States. made by tanks and dive bomber: the fundamentals of the.“blitzkrieg.” ‘The method of defense; To hug the boggy shores of the Somme, and Aisne and blast German tanks on the hard ground with the famous French 75's—the only weapon cap- able of halting Germany's rolling fortresses; to dig in deeper on the line of defense which has been in construction for 10 days while dis- aster marched in Flanders; to shell and bomb the more vulnerable parts of the German rearguard, supply lines and depots, marching columns and troop concentrations; to turn every hill, canal, valley and forest into another weapon. English Mine Blast Kills 3, Injures 11 By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 5—Three miners were Kkilled and 11 were injured in an explosion at the Upton colliery near South Elmsall, in Yorkshire, early today. Between 700 and 800 men were working in the pit when the blast occurred about & mile and a half from the bottom of the shaft in the Barnsley seam. All the miners were withdrawn Jailed for Leopold Slur, Man Claims He Showed ‘Foresight’ By the Assoctated Press PARIS, June 5—A Paris shopkeeper. who was sentenced to eight months in jail for making slighting remarks about King Leopold III before the Belgian monarch capitulated to the Germans May 28. has ap- pealed his case on the grounds he showed “remarkable fore- sight.” Hemisphere BiIIW R Voted by Senate And House Units Measure to Bar Reich From Americas Wins Committees’ Approval | By-J. A. O'LEARY. | A declaration that the United States will refuse to recognize any transfer of sovereignty over non- American territory in this hemi- sphere that might result from the European war won swift approval | today from the Senate and House Foreign Committee. At the same time. however, the U. . Gives Annenberg Seven Years fo Pay | $8,000,000 Claim Interest on Income Tax Installments May Add $2,000,000 B the Associated Press The Treasury has agreed to spread psyment of its $8,000.000 tax claim against M. L. Annenberg‘ over a seven-year period. provided the Philadelphia publisher pays in- terest on unpaid balances. Guy T. Helvering, Internal Reve- nye Bureau commissioner, said in reporting details of the tax settle- ment today that the principal plus | interest on a seven-year install- ment basis might bring Mr. An- | nenberg's total payments to $10,- 000,000. Mr. Helvering explained that the ‘Treasury settlement had nothing to do with Criminal Court proceed- | ings involving Mr. Annenberg. ‘ The Treasury originally calcu-‘ lated that Mr. Annenberg owed ap- ‘ proximately $12,000.000 for the years | 1923 to 1938 inclusive, Mr. Helvering said, but had compromised at a lower figure because of some du- | plications and other considerations. | §500,000 Already Paid. He indicated that Mr. Annenberg (had made an initial payment ot | $500.000 and would pay a like amount before the end of 1940. To secure the remainder of the taxes he has agreed to pay, Mr. Helvering added, Mr. Annenberg has mort- gaged to the Treasury “practically everything he owns.’ | mously indorsed the resolution. | members of the House committee | Senate group again rejected military | aid to the Allies, as proposed in the resolution of Senator Pepper. Demo- crat, of Florida to let the President sell planes, ships or other equipment than can be spared. | Shortly after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had reported out the non-recognition resolution, | as proposed by Chairman Pittman, | the House Foreign Affairs Commit- tee brought out an identical meas- | ure sponsored by Chairman Bloom. | The Senate committee unani- | All except two voted for it. Chairman | Bloom said. Representatives Cor- bett of Pennsylvania and Chiper- | field of Illinois, both Republicans, | voted “present,” he said. Aimed at Germany. ‘ While the resolution does not name Germany, it means that if French, British or Dutch possessions in the Western Hemisphere should | fall into German hands as a result | of the war, this country would not recognize the new sovereignty. The resolution declares “(1) That the United States would not recognize any transfer, and would not acquiesce in any attempt to transfer, any geographic region of the Western Hemisphere from one‘ non-American power to another | non-American power:; and | “(2) That if such transfer or at- T (See DEFENSE, Page A-5) Cincinnati Armory Robbed | 'Broader Income Tax Base Sought As Defense Levy House Subcommittee Told to Find Way To Raise $200,000,000 | By the Associated Press The House Ways and Means Com- | mittee, bent on raising money for growing defense costs. directed a 10-man subcommittee today to find a way to add at least $200,000.000 | to the $656.000.000 in the pending defense tax bill The principal proposal laid before | the subcommittee was a broadening of the income tax base to reduce individual income tax exemptions from $2500 to $1.800 for heads of families and from $1.000 to $800 for single individuals. Chairman Doughton estimated the base broadening plan would raise $80.000,000. Increated Levy Suggested. Such a broadening., and an in- crease in levies on the middle and lower income brackets, as has been suggested, would raise a sum esti- mated at upwards of $400.000.000 Mr. Doughton said that whatever funds were derived from the taxes would be used to retire a $4.000.- 000.000 Federal debt-limit increase already approved by the committee. Any excess over the amount needed to retire this debt would go into the general fund of the Treasury, he said. Asked why it was proposed to make the base broadening perma- nent, Mr. Doughton replied: “Therg-has been a feeling for a long time that something ought to be done to equalize the tax bur- den.” Committee Meets Today. In response to other questions the chairman said that no consideration had been given by the committee to any war excess profits tax or to a general sales tax. The subcommittee, which will hold its first meeting this afternoon, is composed of Representatives Cooper of Tennessee, chairman; McCor- mack of Massachusetts, Disney of Oklahoma, Buck of California, Dun=~ can of Missouri, Boehne of Indiana, Democrats; Treadway of Massachu= setts, Crowther of New York, Reed of New York and Woodruff of Michi- gan. Republicans. Base Broadening Permanent. The proposed base broadening, which would add thousands of ad- ditional persons to the ranks of in= come taxpayers, would not carry a five-year limitation, it was said. It wouid be permanent in the sense that it would not be automatically repealed, but would remain on the statute books until some contrary action were taken by Congress The original bill, offered by Com- mittee Chairman Doughton, applied the five-year provision to all its levies, which included many in- creases in excise taxes. The original theory was that the tax increases would retire a $3.000.- 000.000, or $4,000.000.000 addition to the Federal debt for defenses. The larger figure was definitely decided on by the committee yesterday. G. 0. P. Wants General Revision. Republicans were reported to be insisting on a general revision of the revenue laws, which would keep Congress in session indefinitely. All but one of the Republican committeemen abstained from vot- ing yesterday when the Ways and Means Committee decided to recom- mend increasing the Federal debt limit from $45.000.000,000 to $49.- 000,000,000 and to devise revenue in- creases which would “at least” pay off this $4,000,000,000 boost in five years. Afterward nine abstaining Re- CINCINNATI, June 5 (#.—Theft | publicans issuéd a statement pro- of 9,890 rounds of .22-caliber ammu- testing that sufficient information Mr. Helvering said the security | nition "from the National Guard included Mr. Annenberg's majority | armory was reported today and Mr. Annenberg’s home in Miami | (See ANNENBERG, Page A-5) | stock in the Philadelphia Inquirer, brought immediate inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and ! police. Summary of Page Obituary B-20 | Radio B-18-19 | Society Editarials __A-10 | Sports Finance -A-19 Lost, Found B-13 Amuse- ments Comics - A-12 -.---B-3 - -A-15-17 Woman's Page ____B-12 Foreign Allies bomb Friedrichshafen and other German points. Page A-1 Hitler plans to teach Allies an “his- toric lesson.” Page A-1 Interests parallel with Allies’, Rus- sians say. Page A-1 Germans open drive along 125-mile front. 4 Page A-1 Rome police rout anti-Allied dem- onstrators. Page A-1 “Fifth columns” in Latin America cited in defense talks. Page A-2 British left huge supplies in Flan- ders, Nazis say. Page A-4 National. Defense Commission starts produc- tion problem parleys. Page A-1 House committee to study income tax base broadening. Page A-1 Successor to Edison to be named soon. Page A-2 Washington and Vicinity from the workings. Prize parade, farewell ball slated at Annapolis today, Page B-1 A | Today's Star | was lacking as to how the money would be spent and as to whether the proposed new debt limit would “meet present conditions.” They demanded a reduction in Govern- ment expenses. Roosevelt Hopes to Save. Hope for such a reduction was expressed by President Roosevelt t a press conference held about urged at conference. awaits decision. Editorial and Comment This and That. Answers to Questions, Letters to The Star. David Lawrence. Alsop and Kintner. Frederic William Wile, Charles G. Ross. Constantine Brown. Sports Page. | Government projects to aid jobless Page B-1 B-18 | Resolution on D. C. traffic study Page B-1 Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-10 | Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 | the time the Republican statement was made public. Mr. Roosevelt an- nounced the expectation of saving from $250,000,000 to $300,000,000 through “impounding a percentage of funds of agencies not directly involved in the preparedness pro- gram. The President emphasized, how- | ever, that these savings will not be | attempted by salary reductions or personnel dismissals. Commenting on reports that Con- | gress may increase the present tax | bill to $1000,000,000, Mr. Roose- | velt said that as a general proposi- Three ace flingers make Indians | tion the more that can be raised to pennant contenders. Page A-15 | pay as we go the better. Pointed- Conn in final defense of light-heavy | 1Y, however, he added that the im- title tonight. Page A-15 Cantenbury course facing punish- ment in Open golf event. Page A-16 Coach of victorious Central nine | urges new play-off plan. Page A-17 | Belmont Saturday may produce | 1940's 3-year-old champ. Page A-18 Miscellany Vital Statistics. Nature’s Children. Serial Story. Bedtime Story. Letter-Out. Winning Contract. Uncle Ray's Corner. Cross-Word Puszle. § Page B-6 Page B-5 Page B-13 Page B-18 Page B-18, Page B-18 Page B-19 Page B-19 portant thing is to get a bill drafted and passed, making clear his doubt that a general overhauling of the tax structure would be practical at this time. Paris-U. S. Cable Is Disrupted By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 5—Paris was out of touch with the United States by cable this morning, but communica« tion was maintained by wireless, ‘There was no immediate explana- tion of the cable disruption. L}