Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1940, Page 3

Russia Nazi Expansion In Baltic Attracts Soviet "Atfention’ Lithuanian Minister’s Visit to Moscow Seen As a Sign of Concern By the Associated Press LONDON, June 8 —Reliable Lon- don sources declared today that Soviet Russia is watching closely Adolf Hitler's military advances, alert to the possibility of infringe- ment on Soviet interests. ‘There has been no whisper of ac- tual conflict between Russian and German aims, but the Nazi grasp on the Low Countries, Denmark and the southern lobe of Norway has had the natural effect of attracting Soviet “attention,” these sources said. They pointed out that the Soviet Union has guaranteed the Baltic states under her Baltic defense pro- gram and, therefore, is bound to be concerned over anything bearing on them as well as on her own Baltic position. Soviet Concerned. Germany's control of the Skag- gerak—Baltic outlet to the North Sea—and her territorial expansion were regarded as falling definitely in this category of interest. The visit to Moscow of Lithuanian Prime Minister Merkis, accompanied by a Foreign Office expert and a military representative, gave added weight to reports that the Soviet was seeking to broaden her Baltic security program. This would be in line with Russia's professed role of a nation interested primarily in her internal affairs and concerned in the in- ternational situation only as it re- | flects on these affairs. The background of Russian sus- picion of Italy and recent assertions of Soviet circles in London that Russian and Allied interests in the Black Sea and the Eastern Med- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1940. *% A—3 Reported Watching Hitler Closely, Alert for Threats iterranean are parallel also fit in | with this new watchfulness over | German conquests. Italian-Russian Relations. Reports from Italy indicated an | {mprovement in Italian-Russian re- | lations which was expected to re- sult in the return of Soviet Ambas- | sador Nicolai Gorelchin to Rome and Italian Ambassador Augusto Rosso to Moscow. Russia recalled Gorelchin because of anti-Soviet | demonstrations in Italv during the NARVIK.—ALLIES CAPTURE NARVIK AFTER TERRIFIC BOMB- ARDMENT—These pictures were made during the Allied bom- bardment and capture of Narvik, Northern Norway ore port which fell to the Allies May 29 after being in German hands for 50 days. Top row shows (left) a shell from a British ship land- ing on the waterfront; (right) fires ashore during the bombard- ment. Lower rows show fires in Narvik and warships engaged in fierce bombardment, which paved the way for landing parties. —A. P. Wirephotos from Paramount News. Wheeler and Thomas See Fear Whipping U. 5. Toward War Anti-War Mobilization Meeting Is Told to Turn Back on Bogey Stories Two presidential espirants—Sen- ator Wheeler of Montana and Nor- man ‘Thomas, Socialist leader— Joined hands last night in a common plea to keep America out of Europe’s ‘war. They headlined a list of speakers at the closing Anti-War Mobilization meeting which jammed the Raleigh Hotel ballroom with more than 1,200 peace enthusiasts. Senator Wheeler, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Presi- dent, charged that the “mad wgr hysteria” gaining hold in the United States was “created in New York and the city of Washington.” He declared that “we will not de- stroy Hitler by going into this war,” and characterized Hitlerism as “the expression of brutality and violence that breeds on economic catas- trophe.” Points to Method. “Wipe out the cause of that catas- trophe, the failure to build a sound and prosperous economy,” he said, “and we will wipe out Hitler.” Senator Wheeler scoffed at the term “all aid to the Allies short of war,” adding that “you can’t put your shirttail into a clothes-wringer and then pull it out suddenly while the wringer keeps turning.” He declared the “exaggerated propaganda to make gifts or loans to the Allies” is the work of “war- mongers” in the United States who “recognize these are important steps that must be first taken if they are to get this ¢ountry into the war.” Senator Wheeler called on his audience, which included listeners to a coast-to-coast radio broadcast, to face ‘realities instead of bogey ber of the Foreign Relations Com- mittee of the American Legion; Miss Dorothy Detzer, executive secretary of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; Frederick J. Libby, chairman of the National Council for the Prevention of War, and W. L. Borden, associate editor of the Yale Daily News. Bishop| Paul Jones of Antioch College pre- sided at the rally. Vote on War Asked. The group yesterday afternoon passed resolutions asking that Con- gress remain in session during the war emergency, and “that it give the people the right to vote on any war they are asked to ght.” Representative Burdick said he could stop the whole “performance” | of this Nation's entering a Europear. war if Congress would pass one law. “That law would provide,” he said, “that before we could conscript men to.go to battle for the cause we| espoused, we would first conscript | wealth enough to run the war and pay for it.” The mass meeting concluded a| day of conferences and congres- | sional interviews in which more than 400 delegates participated. The session was sponsored by seven national peace organizations. Berlin ICo_q'.inued From First Page.) hits with heavy bombs on a cruiser. Authorized sources said that three days of continuous assaults had proved France's so-called Weygand Line is “unstable,” and the German war machine was reported attacking simultaneously at four points in an | effort to smash stubborn French re- | sistance. | Adolf Hitler's own newspaper, Voelkischer Beobachter, said the drives were developing in the regions of Abbeville, Amiens, Peronne and the Oise-Aisne Canal. The thrust southward from Abbeville was aimed | at the important west coast port of | | Le Havre, while the other three| | pointed directly at Paris. | The onrushing German units, | strongly supported by the dreaded | “stukas” (dive bombers) were said to be encountering massed French the Somme-Aisne front “spongy.” They agreed, however that the Allled commander-in-chief, Gen. Maxime Weygand, had made ex- cellent strategic use of available terrain in mapping his defenses. They explained that the chiet characteristic of the French line was its “mattress-like” ability to absorb blows, yielding at the point of impact but slowly bringing the thrust to a halt. Action along the Somme-Alsne front absorbed public attention al- most . to the exclusion of develop- ments further east, where the high command said German forces were pressing close to the main Maginot Line defenses south of Saarbrueck- en. The press asserted that Prence had greatly weakened her forces along the Maginot Line to bolster the troops holding the Somme-Aisne front. German summaries of the latest raids over German territory by British bombers disclosed a con- centration of activity south of the Ruhr and east of Luxembourg. It was from this vicinity that the heaviest drive in the now completed Belgian campaign was launched. Eyes Kept on Italy. The average German kept one eye focused on the western front and the other on Italy, whose en- trance into the war at the side of her axis partner is generally be- lieved to be only a matter of & short time. Considerable significance was at= tached to reports that Italy had or= dered her merchant vessels into neutral ports. It was recalled that immediately before the opening of the Polish campaign last September German ships were ordered to take a similar course to avoid falling into the hands of the British fleet. There was not the slightest official hint in Berlin as to when or how Italy would act. News that the United States liner Washington had been directed to omit a call at Genoa to pick up refugees and to head for Lisbon in- stead was received here as a hint that the United States recognizes the existence of a more tense situa- tion in the Mediterranean. stories about air bases from which | forces everywhere along the impro- Finnish War and Rosso subse- quently was summoned home. Soviet circles here have indicated & distust of the motives of capi- talistic Britain in the latest British and French attempt to make friend: with Russia. But they also have | made plain that if the Allies prove by deeds that they really are sin- cere there would be no reason why these governments should not be on very good terms. British sources aver that Prime | Minister Churchill's government is | genuinely anxious to gain Russian | friendship. and point to the naming | 1 ripps as bassa- 32,5'{053(?5221.F‘t’;’p;::t A‘l;]e afi st | A first-hand report of conditions Soviet condition for better relations, | in Nazi Germany will be given as an indication of the lengths to | President Rooseveit this afternoon which Britain will go to prove her | by Alexander_ C. Kirk, American sincerity. | Charge d'Affaires at Berlin. e A | Arriving back in the United States n | Thursday, Mr. Kirk already has re- 42 Girls Are Graduated At §t. Cecilia’s Academy ported to State Department officials Diplomas and certificates were and is to be a guest of the President awarded 42 graduates of St. Cecilia’s Academy at final exercises last night. | Msgr. E. J. Connelly conferred | Report on Conditions In Nazi Germany U. S. Envoy in Berlin Roosevelt Guest on Potomac Cruise | the Potomac River. If foreign de- velopments permit and the weather remains favorable, Mr. Roosevelt plans to stay on the White House yacht Potomac until late tomorrow. Other guests on the overnight | this afternoon in a boat trip down\ diplomas and awards and the Rev.| Edward Talbot, O. M. I, gave the commencement address. Lucy Wa- then gave the welcome and Margaret Yeomans an essay on the Catholic press. Mary Louise Gill and Alice Mead also participated. | Eleven girls received certificates| of attainment in the commercial de- partment. Other prize winners were Laura Elizabeth Mattingly, Rose| Theresa Vallario, Miss Yeomans, Miss Mead, Catherine Marie Hart | and Margaret Helen Bealle. Graduates are: Bealle Margaret H. Byrne, Elizabeth L. Callahan, Celesia M Cinotti, Agnes Rita Collins, Mary Jane Drury, Dolores C. Ellis. Anna Rita Fague. Gloria V Ferguson. Mary A Gill. Mary Lo; Hansen, Dorothy M. Hart. Catherine M. Hemelt, Grace C. Herring, Mary C Keech, Virginia M, Keller. Katherine T. Leapley. Mary M Love. Dorothea E Maloney, Ellen E Mattingly, Laura E. Mead. Alice Trresa Miller. Margaret M. Mitternieht. Ruth C. Moore. Mary C McIntyre, Eileen L. McVeigh. Helen T. Olshefski. Florence A O'Neill, Mary E Reeves, Frances S Robson. Katheryn A Schwartz. Mildred E. ca. Olga Teresa Alice Teresa . Regina G mone, Gloria T. Trainor. Margaret L. Trainor, Rita L. Vallario. Rose T Wathen. Lucy L Wedding. Gertrude E. Yeomans. M. V. z Elizabeth M. Jewish Center to Give ‘Evening of Americana’ An “Evening of Americana.” fea- | turing the first Washington per- | formance of Earl Robinson's “Balad for Americans,” will be presented to- night. beginning at 8 o'clock, in the Jewish Community Center. | Benjamin Appel, author of “The | People Talk,” will discuss his ob- servations of public opinion with re- spect to current topics. | Laurence Whishonant and a chorus of 30 voices, directed by Dr.l Alfred Manning, will be heard dur- | ing the musical portion of the pro- | gram. Meade “Lux” Lewis, “boogie- | woogie” pianist; “Lead Belly,”| singer and guitarist; the Sophia Delza dance group and Margaret Valiant, singing the songs of migra- tory workers, also will be featured. F. C. Prud ‘"Homme Dies; Retired U. S. Worker Fred C. Prud "Homme, 64, of 1236 FEleventh street N.W. a retired Treasury Department employe, died yesterday in Sibley Hospital. A native of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mr. Prud 'Homme served in the Army during the Spanish-American War. Afterward he came to Washington, where he worked as a cabinetmaker for the Treasury Department. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World for more than 25 years. The organization will conduct funeral services tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Chambers funeral home, 1400 Chapin street N.W. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Mrs. Minnie J. Prud "Homme, survives. | mission. | trator Jesse H. Jones was to be a | be Louis D. Brownlow, cruise will be Justice and Mrs. Wil- liam O. Douglas, Secretary of Com- merce Hopkins and Mrs. Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, divorced wife of James Roosevelt. Still in abeyance is the question | of whether the President will go to| Charlottesville, Va., Monday to at-; tend commencement exercises at the University of Virginia. Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., i8 to receive his law degree at that time. Hoping to leave on the river trip before late afternoon, the Pres.dent | scheduled only three engagements at the White House today. First to see him was Edward C. Moran, jr., of the Martime Com- Federal Loan Adminis- second visitor and the third was to the Presi- dent’s adviser on departmental re- | organization. The White House announced this morning that Mr. Roosevelt had signed a joint resolution author- izing the Bureau of Labor Statistics to make a study of productivity and labor costs in industry. Rome (Continued From First Page.) for service in “action corps” to re- gain that British island for Italy. Stefani, official news agency, re-| | ported that French authorities in Morocco were seeking “by every means’ to suppress “irredentist in- cidents’ which, it said, had broken out around Fez and Maknes, “well- known center of Moroccan national- ism.” Another Stefani dispatch charged that Italians trying to leave the pro- tectorate were “given the run-around on various pretexts, preventing them from leaving Morocco.” The Rome Insurance Guild rec- ommended that life insurance poli- cies be limited to 200,000 lire (about $10,000) each. Italian commercial air service to foreign destinations was curtailed today as delays in shipping sched- ules and the departure of troops for the south strengthened belief that the nation may soon enter the war on the side of Germany. An official announcement said airmail service between Rome and Rio de Janeiro, which hgs been on a weekly basis, has been reduced to one round trip monthly. Airline service to Haifa, Bagdad and Bassora also was suspended and officials said that planes will fly only as far as Rhodes until farther no- tice. The Rome-Sardinia steam- ship line also suspended service. Amid emotional farewells from their families, a train load of soldiers, recalled to duty, left Rome for Naples this morning. Departure of troops for the south | | Of Stukas, Hum | By the Associated Press BERLIN, June 8—The German | speedboats which are sent after | British garships in the English Channel combine the advantages| of the daredevil tactics of the Jap- anese “human torpedoes” and the fearful German “Stuka” dive- bombers. These “mosquito boats,” which were used to attack British ships | covering the evacuation of Allied | troops from Dunkerque in the bat- | tle of Flanders, actually are noth- |ing more than floating torpedo tubes. Their sole function is to punc- ture and destroy larger ships in swift surprise raids in enemy har- bors or in confined sea areas. Hu- man hands direct the torpedo from its tube almost to the side of the enemy vessel, the boat itself being | aimed at the target and sent rock- eting toward it until the torpedo is released. These boats are built with but a fraction of the material needed for other warships and, like many other | German products, originated more | Kirk to G_ive President Nazi speedboats a Combination an Torpedoes Tactics, Much Like Those of Dive-Bombers, Require Quick-Thinking Crews of Nervy Me lout of economic than strategic con- siderations. The speedboats carry crews of 12 to 15 men who are capable of bearing up under the nervous strain of dashing under tremendous speed into the very shadow of the war- {ship with the torpedo “at ready,” releasing it at the last possible mo- ment to insure maximum accuracy The small boat then careens aside in the style of the “Stuka” planes and streak away to a safe distance. The drivers of these mosquito boats are recruited from three prin- cipal sources: The ranks of Ger- | man motorboat racers, North Ger- man fishermen and members of canoe clubs of Sudeten and Aus-| trian Germany who are accustomed to the swift transit and quick| thinking required in mountains rivers. The gasoline consumption of the | small boats corresponds to that of | two medium-sized automobiles. A mother ship for the darting speed- boats accompanies them with their munitions and fuel supplies. The mother ships permit 8 widened area of operations. I | came less than 24 hours after the | appointment of 74-year-old Marshal | Emilio Debono to command the| | “south army group.” Military cirles | | interpreted the designation as | meaning his command would in-| clude the one Italian Army which | has been stationed in the south and | the two which are in Libya. New armament grants went to the air force, which was given $380,-| 000,000 for expansion in the next| three years, and to the navy, which | got $80,000,000 for sea and shore| armament. Duce Expected to Make War Speech Monday BERN, Switzerland, June 8 (#).— Fascist Italian sources in Switzer- land reported today Premier Mus- solini would make a speech “offer- ing peace or declaring war,” prob- ably on Monday. A peace offer, they said, was the strongest possibility, but they sug- gested it would be tantamount to an ultimatum to the Allies, with only a few days allowed for considering it. The same date for a Mussolini speech was set as & “rumor” by the pro-Italian news agency, Telepress, which has headquarters in Geneva and is used as a vehicle for Fascist opinion abroad. Catastrophic Blow Held Axis Policy BERLIN, June 8 (#)—Authorized German sources declared today the German-Italian policy in the Eu- ropean war is governed by a single thought—“How can England and France be struck in the most catas- trophic manner?” These sources added that Ger- many and Italy are working in close co-operation. They said neither country places its own interest in the foreground but “both have only one desire—namely, to deal an effec- tive blow at England and France.” Italian Tanker Fede Puts In at Tampico MEXICO CITY, June 8 (#.—The Italian tanker Fede, en route from Beaumont, Tex., to Naples with 57,- 000 barrels of oil, put in at Tam- pico today in response, her captain A said, to radio instructions to make quickly for a neutral port. Port authorities said two other Italian cargo boats, the Dora and Alabama, were reported steaming for Tampico Harbor from {‘some- where in the Atlantic.” Four German ships have been tied up here since the start of the war. 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Italian Liner Ordered To Return to Santos BUENOS AIRES, June 8 (#.—The Italian liner Conte Grande, en route | to Italy from Argentina, has been ordered back to Santos from which | | she sailed last night, a representa- | tive of the line disclosed today. | Emory Methodist Church | “subconsciously ‘Services Announced [ The Rev. Horace E. Cromer, min- | | ister at Emory Methodist Church | | will return from Westminster, Md., | where he has been attending the sessions of the Baltimore Annual | Conference, to preach at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning on “Words.” The young people’s choir will sing, “The Heavens Are Telling,” by Beethoven, | and “Bless the Lord, O My Soul,” by Ivanoff. At 8 pm., Dr. Cromer will | peach on “The Family Altar.” The | giant hordes of planes will bomb New York, St. Louis and New Or- leans.” Mr. Thomas characterized the President’s outline of the possibili- ties of Hitler air maneuvers should his forces win the current European war as a “tourist schedule.” Sees Master Ambitions. He further declared that Presi- dent Roosevelt, who has been en- | thusiastically supported by the So- cialist party head in past.years, is raising fear” so that he might “become the master of the Western Hemisphere.” Mr. Thomas said Senator Rey- nolds of North Carolina is “the man | who comes nearer being a Fascls{ than any one I know” for his anti alien legislative proposals. The Socialist called on the Presi- | dent and Congress to take steps immediately to care for 1,000,000 European refugees by lishment of camps and colonies for the war victims. He declared that he had support the contention that such a total could be cared for, includ- ing transportation, for one year on less money than the cost of two of this Nation's largest battleships. This move he placed in a five- point program of action. Other suggestions included the protection and advancement of the cause of democracy by “keeping America out | of the European war, in which she would lose millions of her sons and all of her democracy without ac- quiring the wisdom or ability to sav Europe any better than in 1918”; avoid hysterical armament econom- ics, protect civil liberties and plan for a larger national defense by conquering poverty. the estab- | seen tentative figures to | | vised Weygand defense positions. However, informed persons said, the | French positions no longer consti- tute a major obstacle. Air Force Has Major Part. The Nazi air force was said to have played a major part in yester- | | day’'s German gains along a front, extending more than 60 miles east- | ward {rom the English Channel. | Allied troop concentrations and | traffic lanes both immediately be- | hind the front and in the hinterland | were the main targets of “successful” | raids, the spokesman said. German warplanes also showered | the French port of Cherbourg with | } ombs, he declared, while Essex and | other regions on the southern and‘ southeastern coasts of England were | I'wgain “visited” by Nazi bombers. | . (An N. B. C. correspondent in \ Burlin reported today that a spe- | cia' German communique said | the harbor at Cherbourg, France, was set afire last night by Nazi bombing planes during a series of air raids on vital French cit- ies.) Volkischer Beobachter said the | French were fighting “bravely and stubbornly to hold their lines,” but said the German attackers never- theless were making headway. The French were quoted as say- | ing they were withdrawing from | advanced positions. | The high command failed to tell & public clamoring for news how | far the German drive had carried. Weygand Given Credit. | German war analysts, amplifying official reports, said Nazi attackers had feund the French line along! Dr. C. E. Davis Elected Brethren Moderator By the Associated Press, OCEAN GROVE, N. J., June 8— The Church of the Brethren's Stand- ing Committee elected Dr. C. E. Davis, president of La Verne (Calif. College, moderator at its 154th an- nual conference session yesterday to succeed Dr. Rufus D. Bowman of Chicago. An annual benevolence budget of $235,000, subject to approval of the delegates, was voted. 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