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BEF Continues to
Fight Military
Experts Declare
Seek to Give French
Time to Strengthen
Somme and Aisne Front
LONDON — (UP) Military ex-
perts said Tuesday that the
British expeditionary force,
stranded in Belgium and north-
ern France by the capitulation of
Leopold, king of the Belgians,
would continue to fight.
The BEF, it was said, would
continue to fight with the in-
tention of giving the French
time to strengthen their front
on the Somme and Aisne riv-
ers.
Indicating that part of the
BEF has not been cut off by
the Germans, British military
quarters sairl that although the
greater part of the BEF' was in
northern France the entire
force is not there.
"There Is 110 need lo empha-
size the critical situatu n in
which the BEF finds itself," it
was said, "but the BEF is not
a beaten force."
The experts said it was ob-
vious from the present situation,
that it is almost impossible for
the BEF to re-orient its front
since it. was being attacked from
all directions but, they said, the
BEF will continue to fight beside
French units in northern
France.
The experts said that the
Germans never have driven the
BEF back in battle.
New Taxes> Debt Increase ProposedHitler's Legions
Strike At Trapped
Japanese Bomb
Chungking Again
CHUNGKING. China — (UP)
—Japanese airplanes in a raid
Tuesday dropped about 500
bombs on a mile square area of
Chungking which contains key
government organizations and
foreign embassies. It was esti-
mated by Chinese thai 1.000 per-
sons were killed or wounded.
About 100 Japanese airplanes
participatd in the raid, the third
in three days. Total casualties in
• he three raids was said by
Chinese officials to be at least
2.000.
Commission to
Hear Citizens
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Tuesday night the city com-
mission is giving Sweetwater
citizens a chance to express their
view concerning the city's
handlers ordinance.
The open forum begins at 7 p.
111. and anyone having expres-
sions to make is requested to
lie there at that time. Follow-
ing a hearing on the ordinance,
the commission is to take up its
regular matters. The meeting
was postponed from Monday to
Tuesday night on account of the
I,ions convention.
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2,846,000 Bales
Of Cotton in 1939
AUSTIN — (UP) — Last
year's Texas cotton crop was 2,-
810,000 bales according to a re-
vised estimate of the crop report-
ing board of the U. S. depart-
ment of agriculture, announced
here Tuesday.
The area of cotton in cultiva-
tion on July I, 1030, was placed
at 8,871,000 acres and the area
harvested at 8,520,000 acres. The
lint yield per acre was 1(30
pounds.
Administration
Asks Congress to
Provide Funds
Financing of National
Defense To Be
Undertaken
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The administration will ask the
present session of congress for
new national defense taxes yield-
ing up to S700,000,000 a year and
a $3,000,000,00 increase in the
national debt limit.
This was announced Tuesday
in a joint statement by congres-
sional leaders, including Chair-
man Robert L. Doughton of the
house ways and means commit-
tee and Chairman Pat Harrison
of the senate finance committee,
and Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
The announcement follower! a
three-hour conference in Mor-
genthau's offce. The statement
said that President Roosevelt
had ben advised of the confer-
ees' conclusion and had approv-
ed the program.
Doughton and Harrison said
they would summon their com-
mittees into early meetings to
formulate details of the nation-
al defense finance program.
Congress will be asked to levy
additional taxes which will \ield
between $000,000,000 and $700,-
000,000 annually over a five-year
period. These taxes, it was said,
should be sufficient to iicjuiflate
special national defense obliga-
tions which will be sold, with
maturities not to exceed five
years.
The new debt limit of $48,000.-
000,000 would leave a margin of
more than $5,000,000,000 that
could be borrowed.
The decision to seek new taxes
this session—instead of waiting
until next year, as many leaders
pr< viously had desired — almost
certainly means that congress
will remain in session beyond
the early June adjournment goal
that had been planned.
Three Killed in
Head-On Crash
Mc KINNEY — (UP)—Three
i persons were killed late Monday
| night in a head-on automobile
collision three mile,? north of
I Van Alstyne.
The dearl were Francis Lee
food Hui'Kckk an(' Collie Bridgefarm-
I er, of McKinney, drivers of the
j automobiles, and Miss Gertrude
Hatchett of Van Alstyne.
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NUMBER 5
Allied Sabotage
Plans Charged
BERLIN —(UP) — The offi-
cial German news agency DNB
claimed Tuesday that allied
agents have been concentrated
in Mexico and near the Panama
Canal to commit acts of sabo-
tage which will be blamed on
Germany.
Markets At A Glance
By United Press
Stocks rally partially after
sharp break.
Bonds lower; U. S. govern-
ments lower.
Curb stocks lower.
Foreign exchange weay.
Cotton off as much as $1.10 a
bale.
Wheat off 3-8 to 3-4 cent; corn
unchanged to off 1-8.
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British And French
PARIS — "UP) — King Leopold III surrendered the
Belgian army in the face of the German drive Tuesday and
Adolf Hitler's mechanized legions surged through in the
north to strike at trapped British and French troops in
Flanders.
Nazi dive bombers, artillery tranks and massed, infan-
try united in the assault designed as a finishing blow against
perhaps half a millon crack allied fighting men as the
refugee Belgian cabinet met in Paris and declared that Leo-
pold had been deprived of the throne he inherited from his
father, Albert.
There was plenty of activity on .Monday of the three-day district L'-U and Texas I,ions conven-
tion. Top left is Annette and .lanrtte Tucker of Winters, who Tuesday morning were renamed
Texas Lions sweet hearts for the second conseeii!i\e year. Texas (.ions voted to send them to
the Lions International convention in Havana. 'I op center is Past International President Julien
Hyer of Fort Worth concluding a rousing address to delegates a< the opening general assemb-
ly Monday morning in the Texas theatre. Top right is Stale Lion Secretary Boss Covey, gen-
eral convention chairman, recognizing distin guished Lions hen' for the meeting. Lower left
is President O. O. Harris ot the Sweetwater club looking on as a delegate from (lie Decatur club
becomes the IIISfli out-of-town delegate to register, setting an itII time high for district 2-10
convention attendance. To the right of President Harris is |{. 15. Tate, assistant registrar, and
K. \\ illiams, chairman of the registration. In the baeligi mind are Sweetwater high school
gii'Is who served as clerks. Lower right is Lion Henry T. Marshall, mayor of Sweetwater, wel-
coming Lions to Sweetwater for the joint convention.
Rainfall Extensive in West Texas;
Sweetwater Receives .36 of Inch
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Thundershowers and heavy
rains brought added moisture to
West Texas late Tuesday after-
noon and night, drenching dry
farms and pastures in the first
generally good downpour in this
section recently.
Sweetwater received .36 inch
in a thundershower that began
Weather Forecast
SWEETWATER — Cloudy,
unsettled and possible thunder-
showers. Maximum Monday tem-
perature 01, low Tuesday morn-
ing G2; at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday ?7.
May 28, 1030. high 88, iow 00.
Total rainfall Monday. 36. Total
for May .03.
WEST TEXAS—Partly clou-
dy Tuesday night and Wednes-
day with evening and afternoon
showers and thunderstorms. Lit-
tle change in temperature.
EAST TEXAS — Showers
Tuesday night and Wednesday.
falling about 6:30 and continued
intermittently until a heavy rain
about 9:30 p. m.
On Lake Sweetwater's water-
shed fell .68 inch, the only rain
recently with the exception of
a shower May 23 that measured
.00.
In Blackwell about a quarter
inch of rain fell about sundown.
Four miles north and continu-
ing toward Sweetwater a down-
pour was estimated three and
a half inches. In Decker, south
of town, an inch and half of
moisture was received, with
some hail.
Five miles west of Blackwell
about an inch and a half was
estimated by Tom Carlisle and
on the east and toward Hylton
about a quarter inch. South of
Blackwell a shower fell. Last
week an inch of rain was esti-
mated two miles south between
Blackwell and Bronte.
See RAINFALL Page 3
Lions Chief Favors
U. S. Aid To Allies
Helcjian Consul At
Houston To Resign
HOUSTON Attorney I!. '
Patterson, Belgian consul here
for eight years, said Tuesday
i Attendance Best
In History of
District 2-E
The concluding session of the
| district 2-E and Texas Lions con-
vention. which opened Sunday,
I was held tit, 2:30 p. m. Tuesday
i afternoon following an address
j by Dr. Rupert N. Richardson,
■ Abilene, past district governor,
land a short business meeting.
I More than 300 Lions, the larg-
I est in the history of district 2-E,
| registered for the convention.
| Of the number registered, more
n were from out of town,
rest from the Sweetwater
BY JOE ALEX MOKRIS
I P Foreign News Kditor
King Leopold surrendered the
Belgian army Tuesday and Adolf
Hitler's mechanized legions mov-
ed down the channel coast in
an assault designed to deal a
death blow to trapped Allied
armies in Flanders.
The king's capitulation at the
peak of the nazi offensive was
| repudiated by the refugee Bel-
i gian cabinet in France, where
| Premier Hubert Pierlot announ-
; eed that Leopold had been cle-
| prived of his throne and that j
! the council of ministers would i
carry on beside the Allies.
Great Britain and France are
fighting on stubbornly and !
"with good heart," according to |
British Prime Minister Winston j
Churchill and French Premier
Paul Reynaud, and expect to
triumph in the end.
But, Churchill warned, the
people must expect "hard and j
heavy tilings." These tidings, I
it; was believed, would concern
the tragic plight of the trapped !
British and French troops—
probably now 600,000 of the fin- I
est Allied fighting men—battling j
nazi attacks from three sides I
and from the air and faced with ■
loss or destruction of their lastj
remaining communication lines j
through the channel ports.
Littie Hope Of Retreat
Only an Allied counter-offen- j
sive from the south—and there j
is no definite sign of a success-1
ful thrust from that direction—I
appears likely to save the trap- j
ped armies, it was said by Brit-:
ish military sources which in-'
dica'ed jnat there was little hope ;
'\it retr&ii *;lrros'S:'the rhan'nSI a'
present.
''Furthermore, while the Bel-;
gian collapse permitted the Ger- j
mans to advance toward Bruges, j
Ostend and Dunkirk, the Ger-
man offensive from the south
squeezed the trapped armies
tighter bv an advance through;
See GENERAL WAR Page 3
I . S. Army Bomber
Crashes. 6 Killed
MARCH FIELD, Riverside.
Cal. — (UP) — Army air corps
headquarters Tuesday announc-
ed that a BS18A Douglas bomb-
er crashed at Mudoc Dry Lake
Monday night, killing six memb-
ers of the crew.
Cause of the crash was not an-
nounced. The army spokesman
said the accident occurred dur-
ing night flight maneuvers.
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Home Destroyed
By Fire Monday
lantern explosion
residence occupi-
C". Pocire familv
• would resign
tification of tlx
BELGIAN Pag
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■nder
With Hitler dominating Eur-
ope, there would be no British
navy policing the Atlantic
ocean, Alexander T. Wells, New
York City, president of Lions In-
ternational told more than 350
people attending the Lions con-
vention banquet Monday night
honoring Wells, other Interna-
tional officials, district govern-
ors, governors-elect, and past dis-
t rict governors.
International President Wells
did not let those attending the
banquet forget for long world
conditions and their relation to
the United Slates.
After a brief resume of the
growth of Lionlsm in the
fiscal year, which saw -130 new
Lions club formed between
•luly, 1039, and May, 1040, and
12,483 new members added dur-
ing January, the month set
aside to honor Melvin Jones,
founder of the Lions organiza-
tion, President Wells took up
the world situation and forgot
about Lions club growth.
Lions Condemn "Isms"
Wells said that members of
the Lions organization several
years ago called attention to the
development of s u h v e rsive
groups in the United States. The
organization printed a number
of pamphlets, he said, condemn-
ing the growth of "isms" In
See LIONS Page 4
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•gat ion.
ere for
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BY I. \V. T. MASON
I P War Export
The precarious situation "I
the Anglo-French troops in
Flanders due to King Leopold'
arbitrary surrender is the see-;
find tragic military blunder the!
impetuous young monarch has
made to the detriment of his
last | country during his brief reign
In 1930. two years after he
became king. Leopold cancelled j
Belgium's military entente with
France and Great Britain. He
showed his forceful, head-
strong character by this act,
trusting to his own immature
opinion rather than to expert
opinion, just as today he has dis-
regarded the judgment of his
ministers, and capitulated on
his own initiative.
Trusted Germans
Leopold believed in 1030 that
his denunciation of Belgium's
military agreement with France
and Great Britain would save
his country from a German in
vasion In the event of a new
European war. He trusted the
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the
Germans. For that.
Hitler violated B
trality 18 days ago,
were unable to assi
quickly enough and
try was overrun.
After thus jeopardizing his
own country. Leopold, by his
wilful surrender, now lias grave-
ly handicapped the Anglo-French
forces to whom he appealed so
tardily for help.
General Weygand now must
rapidly revise the strategy of
the Flanders fighting. It is im-
possible that tiie Anglo-French
troops within the Flanders area
can hold back the Germans now
that some twenty miles of battle
front on the northern flank
have been given to the Germans.
Withdrawal Probably Best
General Weygand thus has
to consider whether to order an
allied withdrawal in force or to
launch a great major counter-
offensive. It might seem better
judgment to effect a withdrawal,
since a counter-offensive would
See SECOND GREAT Page ti
1 largest
sending 20
the Monday
h was repre-
> largest group, hav-
the three-day meet-
v represented three
Worth clubs.
Tuesday morning the stale
em \ cut ion renamed Annette
and .lanrtte Tucker of Win-
ters .-is sweethearts of Tex-
Lions and voted to send
A gasoline
set fire to the
ed by the W.
corner of Avenue C and New-
man street, at 7 p. m. Monday.
The building was practically
a total loss. The family saved
very little of the furnishings.
Mr. Poore suffered slight burns.
The building belonged to Rob-
ert Rogers, farmer living north
of Sweetwater, and it was unin-
sured.
Leopold Deprived
Of Throne, Belgian
Premier Declares
PARIS — (UP) — King Leo-
pold III has been deprived of
the Belgian throne, a radio state-
ment by Belgian Premier Hu-
bert Pierlot said Tuesday.
A few hours after announce-
ment that Leopold had surrend-
ered the Belgian army to the
Germans, the refugee premier
declared in a radio Speech that
all Belgian officials were re-
leased from their oath of alleg-
iance to the king and that the
monarch had been repudiated.
Pierlot repudiated the surrend-
er of the Belgian army.
"Disregarding the govern-
ment's formal and unanimous
advice, the king opened separate
negotiations and treated wit'"
the enemy," Pierlot said. ?
"Belgium will be astoundei
but the shortcomings of one ma.v
can not be imputed to the
tiie nation.
"No act of the king has
unles. it is counter-signed by
hi.-- minister. This principle is
absolute. It is a fundamental
rule of our institutions."
Tank-Carrying
Planes Reported
KOOSi;,\eK! T- '-'IKi.y. N, .
(IP)—a German refugee told
aeronautical engineers here
Tuesday that the "secret weap-
on" Adolf Hitler was holding in
reserve for the invasion of
Great Britain consisted of a
fleet of the world's largest air-
planes. each capable of carrying
a 30-ton tank.
The refugee, who fled Ger-
many just before the outbreak
oi the war. said the planes were
built in a camouflaged plant in
the Black Forest, in the vicin-
ity of his home.
He said 200 of the tank-carry-
ing planes, larger than any of
the commercial planes now in
use in the United States, had
been produced by September of
last year.
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England Limits
Cotton Imports
LONDON — (UP) — The Brit-
ish board of trade, in an effort
to conserv e dollar exchange and
shipping space, Tuesday de-
vetd that effective May 30 im-
ports of American cotton, cotton
'.inters and wa-te yarns and
threads wholly or mainly cotton
will be permitted only under li-
e same time the ooard
to grant blanket import
to France anrl its pes-
. Egypt and the A'lglo
cense.
At (I
decided
permits
session.-
Kgyptian Sudan It was empha-
sized that no foreign exchange
difficulties will be encountered
in dealing with these "allied"
cotton producing areas.
but
0 Daniel Names Committee of 10 to
Coordinate Matters of Defense
a*
In-
ill
the .voung ladies to the
tei'tial ional convent ion
Havana. Cuba, in July.
Covernors-Kleet Motioned
At noon Tuesday a luncheon
was held on the Bluebonnet
roof honoring the district gov-
ernors-elect. They were F. V
W allace. Dumas. 2-T: Frank Crip-
liver, Wichita Falls. 2-E: William
A. Shirley, Paris. 2-X: Roy .1
Davenport, Uvalde, 2-A: and Mel
Miller. Austin, 2-S.
Dr. Richardson's address was
on "The District Governor. Ili.-
Duties and Responsibilities"
Frank Cripliver of Wichita
Falls was unanimously elected
governor of district 2-E i'or 1041
at a conventioh business session
Monday afternoon. Cripliver suc-
ceeds W. If. LaRoque of Cisco
who continues to serve until 'he
International Lions convention
in Havana, Cuba. July 2,'i. 24.
and 25
AC ST IN — -- (UP i — The
state of Texas had a 1 ((-member I
committee today, appointed by
Gov W. Lee 6'Daniel for the
purpose of providing better co-j
ordination between the state law
enforcement agencies and the I
federal government in matters ]
pertaining to national defense, j
The governor, in announcing
the appointment of the commit-
tee. listed several instances such
as broadening of the facilities for
training men along mechanical j
and scientific lines, immediate
expansoin in certain localities;
of the highway system, and the
establishment of new training!
bases as projects which might
be better accomplished if all |
the state agencies involved have;
some means of coordinating j
their efforts "to the end that
there shall be no duplication of
effort."
The governor said:
"In tight of present re-1
Brown wood was unanimously ^ ports together with information.
I selected as the site of the 19111 brought back from Washington1
I See CONVENTION Page 3 , be*- Q'DANIEL Page 3
<(\\ \ l it FINDS HOGS
l>.\\ All IS PRINTED
Some lint' Belgian belt,
be it hogs wandered off from
their pasture and strayed in-
to the bands of Mr. Dennes
Redden. The following ad
ran for one day in the Re-
porter:
Found: 1 Belgian belt hogs.
Owner may have same by
paying for this ad and
pound fee Dial 2075.
The owner called for the
pigs the same oveirng the
ad appeared.
Whether you na>•> lost,
something, want to sell,
trade, or buy, the Reporter
classified ads will bring to
you the same astonishing re-
sults as were experienced by
Mr. Redden. Call us tomor-
row.
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