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BRITISH PLANES
BOMBING RHINE
Germany’s Great Push
Checked
LONDON—MV- Great Britain's
Royal Air Force has unleashed Its
greatest bombing attack on milit-
ary objectives in Germany east of
the Rhine and has thrown its pow -
er into the Belgian fighting with
extensive attacks on Nazi troop
concentrations and communication
lines
“Many tons of bomb*" were re-
leased in “attack* that lasted
throughout the night’’ the air
ministry declared.
The R. A. F. operation east of
the Rhme was called “a big offens-
ive wgalnH the enemy's road and
rail communications which are
supporting his forces in their in-
vasion of the low countries and
Luxembourg."
Nari Push C hecked
Tires broke out and heavy explo-
sions resulted it was said.
Allied war communiques declared
that Germany* big push through
the Low Countries was being slow-
ed down by the stiffening resist-
ance of land and air forces.
British Tommies thrown into the
sagging Belgian line were said by
a headquarters communique to
have * successfully held back ser-
ious Oerman attacks' In hard
lighting.
Waves of Allied planes were
were said to have broken up me-
chanized forces massed by the Ger-
mans in a drive to rapture Brus-
sel* and turn the flank of French
fortified line;-.
Many Plane* Downed
A British headquarters commun-
ique declared that since the start
cf the Lowlands offensive the air
force with the British expedition-
ary Force has destroved at leas’
124 German planes while 23 have
been downed bv anti-aitrraft fire
British headquarters said an Al-
lied fleet of 150 plane* raked Ger-
man lines converging on the
Meuse at Sedan Wednesday and
their bombing and machine gun-
ning halted the German advance
had allowed the French to coun-
ter attack.
The los.- of 35 French and British
planes in the strafing operation
was called “not excessive.”
Wounded Rearh England
Wounded from fighting zones
began arriving in England Between
200 and 300 British casualties half
of them stretcher case* arrived at
Liverpool etrlj Thursday from
France and Norway.
Tommies wounded In the first
engagements in the Low Countries
remarked grimly:
"H'f'tf got something to beat.’
A Belgian communique declared
that the Liege forts (some of which
Germany claim* to have taken)
’•continue to resist” in the Maas-
tricht sector where the Germans
broke through.
The home secretary extended in-
ternment to all male Germans and
Austrians from 16 to 60 years of
age throughout the nation whose
movements had been restricted but
who had not been detained
Hundred* of police cars began a
vast roundup in the London Area
The British press aviation est-
imated the order affected 3 000
persons of whom 2 000 were refu-
gee*
OIL
(Continued from Page One.)
*1 don t know if we have oil
sand." Mr. Hurlbut said but I do
know that we hit a soft spot and
we are taking cores to find out Just
w. at it is "
James R Daugherty. Beeville is
president 01 the Sal Vieja corpora-
tion. and Bruce Baxter. Corpus
Christ! is vice president.
The well is being drilled on Gar-
cia Land and Cattle land on a 10.-
000 foot contract. Should It come in.
it would be Cameron county's first
producer.
Considerable difficulty has been
encountered in overcoming extreme
gas pressures The well has the long-
est string of casing set in the his-
tory of oil operations in the Valley.
If the well comes m as a produ-
cer. Pure Oil company may re-enter
the two deep tests drilled south of
the Garcia test on the large Ytur-
ria tract. These tests were abandon-
ed due to inability to control gas
pressure.
Vandenberg Urges
U. S. to Stay At P€*ace
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. -
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of
Michigan standing before delegates
to the state Republican convention
expected to endorse him for the
park's presidential nomination
pleaded that the nation remain
aloof from any war that did not
come to Us shores
Referring to the forthcoming
republican national convention.
Vandenberg declared: VI could not
do less than to place myself and my
experience at the disposal of mv
party in respect to any labor which
might fall to my lot." He added
a promise to support the national
convention's choice whoever he
may be
Man Drops Dead
MERCEDES — Funeral services
for Antonio de la Garza about 40.
who dropped dead on the main
street here Wednesday were held
Thursday at 10 a m at the Stotler
Funeral Home with interment in
the Mercedes Presbyterian cemete-
ry
Coroner T J. Fikes returned a
verdict that death was due to
“heart failure"
Th man twice was identified
mistakenly before positive identi-
fication was established.
An employe on a farm south of
Mercedes. Garza is survived by his
family
Failure to shift to a lower geai
soon enough is said by expert* tc
be the most common fault of mo-
torists in hiii climbing.
1*
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Today's Markets
New York Stock*
MARKETS AT A GLANCE
New York
Stocks—Higher; president speech
buoys aircrafts steels.
Bonds — Firm; corporates rally;
foreigns at new Iowa.
Foreign Exchange—Mixed; sterl-
ing Swiss franc recover.
Cotton—Steady; trade and com-
mission house buying.
Sugar—Mixed; nervous covering j
Metals—Quiet; grade buying in
copper futures.
Wool Tops—Higher; trade and
speculative covering.
Chicago
Wheat—3-4% cents higher.
Corn—3%-4% higher
Cattle—Strong to 25 higher
Hogs—25-40 higher; top 66.06.
—
Markets at Glance
NEW YORK— WP) —The stock
market greeted President Roose-
velts billlon-dollar armament pro-
gram Thursday with a swift buying
ru.-h that pushed many prices up 1
to 6 points.
Steels and aircrafts were the
chief beneficiaries. The buying got
under way while the president was
speaking and the ticker tape fell
behind transactions on the floor j
About 2.000000 shares chanced
hands.
At their best. Bethlehem Steel
Douglas and a few others showed
:he outside gains. Others sharply
ahead as Wall Street heard a call
for an annual plane capacity of
50 000. and a 50.000-plane program
for the army and navy included:!
Boeing. United Aircraft. North Am-
erican Aviation. Olenn Martin
Sperry. Lockheed and Curtiss Wright
U S Steel. Youngstown and Beth-
lehem likewise iorged ahead. Some
met moderate profit-taking before
the close.
Specialties favored all day made
a strong finish.
Despite the flurry' in • war-babies’
the list was well scattered with mi-
nus signs.
After wide fluctuations through-
out the session wheat at Chicago
bounded up 3 to 4% cents a bushel
and corn was lifted 3% to 4%. Cot-
ton was narrow. Sterling and the
French franc improved in terms oi
the dollar.
NEW YORK STOCK LIST
Trade in 100 High Low Close
i .41 ChmADye 12 160 158 160
j A ills Ch 36 29 % 28% 29 %
I Am Can 18 103 100’ 100%
Am MAFdy 4 11 10% 11
A.n M?tal 2 16% 16% 16%
Am RdASt S 110 6% 5% 6%
Am Roll Mill 80 12% 10% 12%
Am SmeltAR 34 42 40 41%
A TAT 39 157% 155 157%
Am Wat Wks 39 7% 7% 7%
Am Woolen 52 8% 7% 8%
Am Zinc LAS 43 8% 5% 8
A.iaconda 249 25% 23% 25%
A TASF 41 17% 18% 17%
Atl Refining 15 23 22 % 23
Aviation Crp 411 7% 5% 7%
Bamsdall Oil 17 9 8% 9
Bendix Aviat 102 32% 29% 32%
Brth Steel 365 84% 80% 84
Eorden 45 19% 18% 19
Pudd Wheel 30 4% 3% 4%
Cl'han Z-Lead 50 1% 1% 1%
CalumAHec 65 6 % 5% 6%
Case 4 53% 52 53%
Cerro De Pas 8 32% 32 32% J
Ceitainteed 20 4 % 4% 4%
Chrvsler 126 69% 68% 69%
Colum C.AB1 148 5 % 5 5%
Crml Solv 44 10% 10 10%
CmwlthASou 116 1% 1 1
Consol Oil 114 8% 6% 6%
Cent Can 25 38 37% 38
C'.nt Oil Del 30 21% 20% 21
Corn Prod 10 54% 53% 54
| C.irtisa Wri 883 10% 8% 10%
Douglas Aire 121 90 81% 89%
' Du Pont 28 169 166 169
El Auto Lite 37 33% 32% 33%
El PowALt 49 4 3% 4
Freeport Slph 9 30% 29% 20%
Gen Elee 152 33% 32% 33
Gen Foods 31 42% 41% 41%
Gen Mot 286 45% 42% 44%
Goodrich 32 13 12% 13
Ooodvear 57 17 15% 17
Ot Nor Ir Ore 7 13% 12% 13%
Gt Nor Rv Pf 39 22 % 21% 22
Houd Her B 24 11% 10% 11%
Houston Oil 33 4% 4% 4%
Hudson Mot 19 4% 3% 4%
Hupp Mot 13 % % %
Int Harvest 38 51% 49% 51%
Int Hvd El A 41 2% 2% 2%
Int TAT 88 2 % 2% 2%
J Manville 20 57% 55 57
Kennerott 106 32% 31% 32
Lockheed Air 698 38% 32% 37%
Loews 23 27% 26% 27%
Lortllard 15 20 % 20% 20%
Marsh Field 15 11% 11% 11%
Mtd Cont Pet 16 14% 13% 13%
MKT 24 % % %
Mont Ward 112 40 38% 39%
Nash Kelvin 85 4% 4% 4%
Nat Biscuit 19 20% 19% 20%
Nat Dairv Pr 57 14% 14% 14%
Nat Distillers 17 21% 20% 20%
Nat PowALt 28 7 8% 8 .
NY C RR 272 12% 11% 12%
Nor Amer Co 63 18% 18 18 *
Nor Pac 75 8% 5% 6
Pac GasAEl 20 28% 28% 28%
Packard . 151 3% 2% 3%
Pnhndle PAR 4 % % %
Pan Am Air 153 17% 15% 17%
Prnnev 12 83% 81 82
P* nn RR 71 18 17% 18
pet Corp 3 7% 7% 7%
Pnelps Dodge 42 34% 33% 33%
Phillips Pet 24 34% 32 % 33%
Plymouth Oil 3 18 18 18
Pub Svc NJ 14 35% 35% 35%
Pure Oil 89 9 8% 9
RCA 190 5 % 5 5%
R K O 10 % % %
; Rem Rand 22 7% 7 7%
Repub Steel 360 18% 17 18%
Seaboard OH 6 14% 14% 14%
Sears oReb 65 71% 69 69% i
Servel 20 10% 9% 10%
S-mmons 22 16 15 16
Simms Pet 12 2 2
Soconv Vac 97 9% 9% 9%
; Sou Pac 105 9 % 8% 9%
Sou Ry 46 11% 10% 11%
Stand Brands 81 8% 5% 5%
S O Cal 36 20% 20 20%
3 O Ind 63 25 24% 24%
S O NJ 61 37% 37% 37%
Stew Warn 17 5% 5% 5%
StoneAWet* 49 7% 6% 7%
S.udebaker 151 8 7 8
Tex Corp 63 41 39% 40%
Tx Olf Prd 22XD 3% 2% 3%
Tex Olf Sulph 25 30 29 30
Tex Pac CAO 8 6% 6% 6%
Tex Pac L Tr 26 5 4% 4%
Tid Wat A Oil 32 10% 10% 10%
Ttns&Wst Air 51 15% 14% 15%
Un Carbide 64 73% 72 72% *
Un Oil Cal 5 14% 13% 14%
United Aire 197 51% *5% .50%
United Coro 79 1% 1% 1% I
United Drug 23 5 4% 5
Ur» Gas Imp 16 11'* 11 11%
US Rubber 57 23 * 21% 22
UE Steel 364 55% 52% 55%
Walgreen 3 20% 19% 20%
W U Tel 38 18% 16% 18
White Mot 47 10‘a 8% 10%
Wllson&Co 50 5 % 4% 5%
Woolworth 38 35 34 % 34%
NEW YORK COTTON
NEW' YORK—<A>—Cotton futures
■ allied In last minutes of trading on
speculative buying and covering
late strength in securities and grain
prices were chief factors in the ad-
vance. Final prices closed one to
five higher.
Old Contract
Open High Low Last
Mav 9 60 9 68 9 48 9 63
July 9 27 9 39 9 22 9 34
New Contract
Mae 9 72 9 88 9 72 9 85
July 9 41 9 49 9 37 9 49
Oct 9 00 9 08 8 91 9 03
Dec 8 89 8 96 8 78 8 92
Jan 8 85 8 85 8 85 8 86
Mch 8 73 8 78 8 60 8 74
Middling spot i%-inch» 9 86.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS— T— Cotton fu-
tures were nervous and lrregulai
here Thursday. Final quotations
were steady at net gams of one to
five points.
Open High Low Close
Mav 9 72 9 80 9 63 9 74
July 9 40 9 52 9 34 9 46
Ort 9 02 9 12 8 93 9 06
Dec 8 89 9 02 8 81 8 95
Jan 8 82 88
Mch 8.77 8 84 8 66 8 77
■1941)
May 8 69 8 71 8 66 8 66
GRAIN TABLE
CHICAGO— —
Open High Low Clo.se
Wheat—
Mav 87%-88 90 % 84 90%
Jlv* 87-88 89 % 83% 89'..-39
Sep 90-87 % 90 83 % 89%-89
Com—
Mav 63%-64 64 60 % 63%
Jl> 63 .-62% 64% 60% 63%-%
Srp 63' * -62 64 60 63%-%
Oats—
Mav 37%-% 39 37 39
Jlv 34% 35 33% 35
Sep 32-31% 33 31% 32%
(Continued from Page One.)
air forces saw heavy action. The
high command reported It broke
up enemy troop concentrations and
destroyed tanks while losing only
18 planes compared to •'definitely
established total losses ol the op-
ponents'* of 98 planes.
It declared two destroyers and
three merchantmen were sunk by
air bombs Wednesday olf the coasts
of The Netherlands and Belgium
ano two destroyers and four mer-
chantmen were “hit severely”
while a submarine torpedoed a
tanker and an armed merchant-
man.
Enemy flights over W'estern Ger-
many Wednesday night the high
command said caused “immate-
rial damage" but killed and in-
jured a number of civilians
The war continued in Norway.
In far northern Narvik the Ger-
mans again repulsed attacks with
heavy losses for the enemy."
Brussels was threatened with
devastation from the air.
She faced the fate that overtook
Warsaw during the Nazi blitzkrieg
in Poland and that which would
have befallen Rotterdam and
Utrecht if the Dutch commander-
in-chief had not surrenderd to
Nazi invasion.
The threat to release the Ger-
man Stukas (dive-bombersi on the
Belgian capital was contained in
the Nazi high commands warning
to Belgian authorities that “mili-
tary objects (objectivesi in Brus-
sels would be attacked by the Ger-
man air force” unless troop move-
ments and work on fortifications
in the city were suspended im-
mediately.
Dodge and Actress
Are On Honeymoon
BALTIMORE— '4*' —Horace E
Dodge Jr. 40-year-old automobile
millionaire was honeymooning on
Thursday with Martha 'Mickey)
Devine. 27 former Vanities show-
girl.
They were married here Wednes-
day night ofter obtaining a waiver
of Maryland's 48-hour marriage li-
cense iaw
It was Dodges third marriage In
1921 he married Lois Knowlson and
they were divorced in 1927. She re-
portedly received a settlement of
*10.000.000 In 1928 he married Mu-
riel Sisman in London. They were
divorced in 1938
Dodge is the father of two chil-
dren by his first wife.
Bernard Utter Dies
At Mercedes Home
MERCEDES — Funeral arrange-
L.er for Bernard Utter. 54. who
died Wednesday at 6:30 p m. at
h'.s Mercedes home after a short Ill-
ness were being delayed Thursday
pending word from out-ot -state
relatives.
A pioneer resident of the Valley
Mr Utter had been a farmer in the
Mercedes vicinity for 19 years Tha
Stotler Funeral Home is in charge
of arrangements.
Survivors in the Valley are the
widow. Mrs Eva Mae Utter and a
daughter. Mrs B Harrison of Wes-
laco
Four Get Degrees
AUSTIN — Four Valley students
are amony the 216 candidates for
the degree of Bachelor of Business
Administration to be conferred at
the June 3 commencement PT the
University oi Texas They are John
Harold Mclntire of Brownsville. Joe
Goolsby Zanders and Leslie Verry
Stuart of Harlingen and Emil Law-
rance Fossler of Mercedes.
Hombeck Recovering
MERCEDES — Paul Hornbeck.
publisher of the Mercedes News-
Tribune. was doing well Thursday
in Mercedes Hospital after an em-
ergency appendectomy Wednesday.
mi
NARCOTIC CASE
GOES TO JURY
Entrapment Plea d e d
By Trio Here
. .
The federal district court trial of
Luciano Hinojosa. Paul Bretz and
Joe Liles. Brownsville went to the
| Jury at 1:35 p m Thursday on
three counts of the Indictment
against them.
In his charge to the jury Judge
James V. Allred included:
First alleged conspiracy to viol-
ate federal laws against smuggling
and the federal marihuana act.
Second alleged smuggling of
marihuana into the United States.
Third alleged receiving conceal- >
mg and transporting of marihua-
na with knowledge it was brought
into the Unted States illegally.
He submitted to the jury pleas
of entrapment entered by the three
defendants who have pleaded not
guilty to the charges against them
Hinojosa pleaded the Idea of the
alleged federal law violations were
originated by an ‘informer'’ for the
government. Bretz and Liles plead-
ed the iniormer sought to per-
suade them to enter into the alleg-
ed smuggling.
Testimony during the trial by Hi-
nojosa was that Joe Hughes. San
Benito for some time had been
seeking to persuade him to violate
the smuggling laws. Testimony also
was that Hughes who allegedly
acted as an Informer for E. W. ■
Clapper federal narcotics agent
sought to persuade Bretz and Liles
to participate
Tlie government contended Hino-
josa contacted Hughes first and
1 that Hughes merely provided the
defendant opportunity to commit
the alleged smuggling offenses. 1
The government contended also
that it was Hinojosa and not
Hur.hrs who first contacted Bretz
and Liles.
Judge Allred submitted to the
Jury also the question of whether
undue influence was exerted to ob-
tain a statement from Hinojosa.
Counsel for the defendants in the
case is H L Yates and R B Rent-
fro. Jr. Brownsville attorneys.
Prosecutor is Eugene Wilson
Houston assistant U. S. district at-
torney.
When the Jury retired from the
courtroom early Thursday after-
noon. Judge Allred recessed court
until 2:15 p m.
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VALLEY
(Continued from Page One )
which Nat Wetzel. Raymondville
is the chairman is still held to-
gether. he said.
Its primary object was the con-
struction of the north-south high-
way.
• Manv attempts were made to
force it to deviate from that pur-
pose. to force a west road" said
Mr. Archer.
•The committee was favorable
to that toad but secondary. It
felt that the important thing was
the north-south road."
• • •
I ONG - TERM VISION HAS
won out. Eight miles of con-
crete that ran north of Raymond-
ville apparently ended nowhere
at a blockading fence at the Ken-
edy county line is now justified.
In the course r»f « feu months
somewhere around September I.
the Kenedy county road will be
completed.
It will open that county to
highway travel for the first time
in its history.
And Willacy county Is prepar- !
ing to celebrate the occasion in a
big way.
To Nat Wetzel Insists Mr Ar-
cher. goes the large part of the
credit for working for use of the
eight miles of seemingly useless
concrete built at a cost of more
than $15000 a mile
Mr Wetzel is still the chairman
of that original committee. It
will continue to function until the
Kenedy county road is completed.
When that road is opened there
will he nothing further for the
committee to do and it will be
disbanded savs Mr. Archer.
• • •
QVER ON THE MEXICAN SIDE
^ of the Rio Grande to the
south of the Valley the Mexican
government has done a tremen-
dous Job
There are hundreds of thou-
sands of acres of land equally as
fertile as that on the north bank
of the river.
Lack of water at the right time
has interfered with its proper
development.
That situation is being corrected j
as rapidly as possible.
At the helm Is Engineer Edu-
j ardo Chavez.
With the American government
being interested in a similar un-
dertaking the work on the Mex-
ican side is of great interest to
the American side.
Prof. Fred J. Khouri of the
Brownsville high school who has
organized a weekly forum for dis-
cussion of matters of public in- j
terest. has invited Mr. Chavez to
tell about the Mexican works.
Mr. Chavez has accepted and
will attend the forum scheduled
for next Monday night. May 20
at the high school—* o'clock.
There will be slides and descrip- j
tions.
Those interested are Invited to
attend.
Parrish Uses Citrus
As Theme For Thesis
MISSION— G. C. Parrish prin-
cipal of Los Fresnos school was
in Mission Tuesday seeking mate-
rial to be used in writing a master s
thesis on The Development of
the Citrus Industry in the Rio '
4 rande Valley." Mr. Parrish expects
! to complete work on the thesis In
time tq receive his master's degree
; from the College of Arts and In- '
1 dustries Kingsville. In August
VISITS HARLINGEN
SAN BENITO — Miss Marilyn j
Smith was a visitor in Harlingen
Wednesday afternoon. I
DEEFNSE
(Continued from Page One.)
Mr. Roosevelt also held out to
congress the objective of gearing
the nation "to the ability to turn
O! t at least 50.000 planes a year."
The president and commander-
in-chief spoke gloomily of "om-
inous days" abroad—“davs whose
swift and shock developments
force every neutral nation to
look to Its defenses in the light
of new factors.*
Specifically "for the permanent
record Mr. Roosevelt asked that
congress not take any action
which would in anv way hamper or
delay the delivery of American-
made planes to foreign nations
which have ordered them or seek
to purchase more planes.”
"Any obstruction." he said “from
the point off view of our own na-
tional defenses would be extreme-
ly short-sighted"
•The Allied powers have placed
large plane orders in this country.)
S346.000.000 Fir Army
The preMdent broke his request
dcwn into $896000000 in immed-
iate appropriations of which the
army would get $546 000.000. the
navy and marine corps $’50000000.
r.nd $100.000000 would be at his
disposal "to provide for emergen-
ce: affccilnu the national security
and defense."
In addition he asked the legis-
lator* to authorize the govern-
ment to enter into contract* to-
taling S’86.00(MM)0. to be paid for
by appropriations later *»n.
On the latter the army navy
and marine corps would receive
$ I R6 000 000 and the president $100-
000 000.
Need 50.000 Plane*
The preMdent *>aid he would
like to see this nation geared up
to the ability to turn out at least
50.000 planes a year."
"Furthermore." he added. “I be-
lieve that this nation should plan
at this time a program that would
provide us with 50.000 military and
naval planes."
"These are ominous days." ha
declared at the outset of his
message “days whose swift and
shocking developments force ev-
ery neutral nation to look ti its
delense* in the light of new fac-
tors. The brutal force of modern
offensive war has been loosed In
all Its horr>r."
Before detailing his program he
•poke of the speed with which
mechanized armies move of para-
chute-troop invasions and of bomb-
ing attacks.
Bares Purpose*
Because of these things he said
tae protection of the Western
Hemisphere "more than ever" calls
for 'ready at hand weapons cap-
able of great mobility.”
Explaining the purposes of the
huge new defense fund. Mr Roose-
velt .-aid it would be used for four
tnngs:
"First to procure the esaential
equipment of all kind* for a
larger and thoroughly rounded-
out armv.
••Second to replace or mod-
ernize all old armv and nary
equipment with the latest type
of equipment.
"Third to inrrease production
facilities for everything needed
for the armv and navy for na-
tional defense. We require the
anilitv to turn out quickly in-
finitely greater supplies.
“Fourth to speed up to a 24-
hour basis all existing armv and
navy contracts and all new con-
tracts to be awarded."
In stark realistic words which
v ore broadcast to the nation and
iclayed over the world by short
wave Mr. Roosevelt pointed to les-
sons learned by nations which
were not ready for war and were
overrun by enemies.
Face Danger of Attack
"Surely" he said. "the develop-
ments of the past few weeks have
made it clear to all of our citizens
that the possibility of attack on
•i*al American zones ought to
make it essential that we have
the physical the ready ability to
ni'-et those attacks and to prevent
tnem from reaching their objec-
tives"
“This means military imple-
ments—nit on paper—which are
ready and available to meet any
lightning offensive against our
American interest** he said. ”lt
means also that facilities for
production muH be ready to turn
out munitions and equipment at
top speed.”
The president who has been in
communication with Premier Mus-
solini in an effort to prevent spread
of the war. said he still was prav-
ir.g for peace and for banishment
fiom the earth of aggression and
force.
Must Be Prepared
Yet. h*» added. America plainly
has a task before it of building
up her armed might.
“Our defense* must be in-
vulnerable." he said. “iur secur-
ity absolute. But our defense as
it was yesterday or even as It
is today does not provide secur-
ity against potential develop-
ments and dangers of the fu-
ture. * * *
"Our idea] our objective is still
pence^peace at home and abroad
Nevertheless we stand ready not
only to spend millions tor defense
but to give our service and even
cur lives for the maintenance of
our American liberties.”
Total Is $3276000000
The money and contract author-
izations the president sought Thurs-
day would bring to $3.278 000.000
•he outlay for defense in the year
starting July 1.
Explaining the $100000000
r. hich he asked be placed at his
dioposai in cash and a similar
amount in contract authoriza-
ti»n*. the chief executive said it
would go chieflv to speed up
airplane production anti-aircraft
guns and the training of more
personnel to use the«e weapons.
Details of the whole defense
program he said will be given to
appropriate congressional commit-
tees.
Hits "Brutal Force"
Without naming any combatant
nations the president said in his
discussion of the war that “the
brutal force of modem offensive
wai has been loosed in all its
horror."
"New powers of destruction
incredibly swift and deadly have
been developed and those who
wield them are ruthless and dar
Nazis Penetrate
Deep Into France
(Continued from Page One.)
A French war office spokesman said that a great battle was in prog-
ress and that the situation was "serious '.
German troops marched into the capitulated cities nf The Hague and
Amsterdam in Holland the Nazi high command announced and a fierce
battle raged in the Antwerp fortified zone and all along the Dyle (sec-
ondary Belgian defense' line southward to Namur.
"The enemy has accepted the fight." a Oerman communique stated
The French high command in a cryptic morning communique said
the bloody 3-day-old battle of the Meuse had flared into mechanized
wide open warfare in a gigantic battle of movement. All details were
withheld "for the sake of higher interest*"—meaning military secrecy.
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Mediterranean Crisis Rising
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Meanwhile the rising crisis in the Mediterranean area was spotlight-
ed by three new developments:
1. I'niled States consulate* advised American ritisens to leave
Italy “at the earliest possible moment.*’
2. The 1'ugoslav cabinet reviewed plans for general mobilisa-
tion amid fears of an attack by Italy.
3. Greece massed troops on her frontier with Albania an
Italian “protectorate.*
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turn to German lightning pushes.
Into » war of position resorted tot
swift tank counter-attarks and the1
British staged their greatest air :
raids of the war.
The situation along the roaring
jO-milr iront from S-dan to Na- i
mur was in such a state of flux I
that the French high command1
declined precise information on the
action in progress
Berlin military circles looked lor
the main battle to develop along
Belgium's “Dyle Line' the second
line of defen«e running north
•tig.” he continued. “No old de- I
ft iise is so strong that it requires I
no further strengthening and no
attack is so unlikrly or impos-
sible that it may be ignored.
“Let us examine without self-
deception the dangers which
confront us. Let us measure ■sur
strength and our defense with-
out self-delusion.
“The clear fact Is that tho
American people must recast their
thinking about national protec-
tion.’
Of the Western Hemisphere Mr
Roosevelt said that protecting the
Americas against ’invasion or con-
trol or domination" by non-Amer-
ican nations has the united support
of the 21 American republics
oases Near America
But he cautioned that new ele-
ments made attack on American |
shores more likely than ever be- j
fore. Aviation he said has step- I
ped up the speed of possible at- [
tack to 300 miles an hour.
“Furtnermore. * he said. **H
brings the new possibilities of
the use of nearer bases from
which an attack or attacks on the
American continents could be
made.
“From the fiords of Greenland
It is four hours by air to New-
foundland five hours to Nova
bcotia. New Brunswick and Que-
beck; and only six hours to New
England.
“The V so res are only 2.000 miles
from parts of our Eastern sea-
board and if Bermuda fell Into
hostile hands It is a matter of
less than three hours for modern
bombers to reach our shores.”
He noted also the nearness of
the West Indies to Florida and of
the west coast of Africa to Brazil
and gave flying times between sev-
eral other strategic point* in thi*
hemisphere.
On the Pacific side he said that
Alaska is within “Tour or five
hours of flying distance to Van-
couver Seattle Tacoma and Port-
land ”
And to complete the picture of
what he tailed the nation's wide-
spread Interests" he said that “the
islands of the Southern Pacific are
not too far removed from the west
coast Ol South America to prevent
them from becoming bases of en-
ormous strategic advantage to at-
tacking forces.”
Van Loon Resents
Slap At Roosevelt
NEW YORK — P— Hendrik Wil-
lem Van Loon. Journalist and his-
torian. said Thursday he hr.d re-
signed from the Dutch Treat club
because Clarence Budington Kel-
land. its president made a state-
ment that the “Fifth Column” in
this country was “headed by that
Tellow in the White House.”
Kelland. also a writer could not
be reached for comment. At his
home in Port Wash in ton. he was
reported to have left by plane for
his ranch near Phoenix. Ariz..
where he l* active in Republican
politics.
Van Vton said Kelland passed the
remark during a conversation on
the German invasion of Holland and
reported Fifth Column" treachery.
Van Loon a native of Holland said
hi* guest. J A Sehurman. The
Netherlands consul general was in
the group.
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along the Meuse to Namur from
there to the Dyle river near Lou-
vain. 16 miles east of Brussels and
then westward to Antwerp
A French war office spokes-
man said Nasi attacks were
thrown back north of Namur
but that between Namur and
Sedan the Germans were push-
ing forward at thrre points
where they rrosoed the Meuae
Wednesday.
While German threatened to
blast Brussels into ruins unless
military operations there ceased
forthwith the Mediterranean at-
tained a new tensity of apprehen-
sion.
Italians Leave Turkey
Italian nationals rushed out of
Turkey. non-belligerent ally of
Great Britain and France. The
Yugoslav cabinet met to review
general mobilization plans.
Greece which holds a British-
French guarantee for help In
case of Attack rushed troop re-
inforcements to her Albanian
border whil« troops at Piraeus
practiced at embarking and dis-
embarking.
An unconfirmed report had It
ihat Britain was pressing Greece
for the right to set up naval basses
on Greek islands. A further cause
of Greek uneasiness was the fact
that the Allied battle fleet had
started "secheduled maneuvers"
off Alexandria. Egypt. Its base.
British Flyer* Active
The British announced their Roy-
al Air Force now was an Important
factor in Meuse front operations
having made its biggest offensive
of the war on German objectives
east of the Rhine dropping ’many
tons* of bomba efectively during
ihe night.
British Tommies stiffened Bel-
gian defense line*.
Great Britain threw up a few
safeguard against any Fifth Col-
umn” business at home. All male
Germans and Austrians from 16 to
60 previously restricted but not
detained were ordered Interned
In Washington tense over war
reports. President Roosevelt sur-
prised congress with his decision tc
go before a Joint session Thursday
with recommendations for a great-
er national defense program
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Open House Nightly
Programs Arranged
DONNA — B S Roberta mayor
! of Donna has proclaimed the week
of May 20 as "Thl- Work Pays Your
Community Week.” during which
activities of WPA workers on non-
construction projects may be In-
spected by Interested citizens.
•The main objective of this open
house week Is to acquaint the pub-
lic with the tangible benefits which
are derived from this broad pro-
gram of work for women and white
collar workers.'* Mayor Roberta de-
clared.
Plans for the week's program ot
entertainment and inspection w:re
; completed Thursday at a commit-
tee meeting Those present were
Mrs. B. J. Matteson chamber ot
commerce director. Mayor Roberts
Mrs. Belle OMeara. senior supe -
rior W P A Educational Project*
for the four Valley counties; Mrs
J. O Frizzell supervisor of the
Donaa-Weslaco sewing room and
BARRED FROM GERMANY
NEW YORK— *>— Otto D Tol-
L«< htis winner of the 1940 Pulit-
zer prize for foreign corrfspond-
1 ence for hts dispatcher to the New
York Times and fonnerlv of ih*
Time's Berlin bureau has been
banned from Germany.
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