Joplin Globe (Newspaper) - June 9, 1940, Joplin, Missouri THE WEATHER and cooler Monday moderate preceded by and extreme cooler Monday fair with rising temperature west and north cooler Sunday except partly cloudy In Monday rising temperature northwest and extreme cloudiness Sunday and scattered thundershowers FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS Final Edition VOL. NO. 262. Office m East Fourth Street SUNDAY JUNE 9, 1940.- THIRTY-TWO Every Morning Monday PRICE FIVE Berlin Reports Steady Denies Suburbs Bombed m riElD BID TO CO D. R. Truman to Submit to President Offer of 20,000-Acre Tract Near Pittsburg for Kansas June 8.-C5>)-Senator Kerry S. Truman said today he submit to President Roosevelt next week a proposal by a group of Missouri and Kansas business men to establish a practice field on a 20,000-acre tract I near Kan. A Truman met here today with representatives of 15 eastern Kansas and western Missouri towns to discuss the Named on an executive committee to push the proposal Harry Webb Robert Lemon of Holton of Scott Fones of Baxter Springs and R. K. of Pictures Aie Sponsors of the plan submitted to Truman a booklet and pictures showing advantages of locating the field near Truman said he would show them to the chief ' executive and Washington aeronautical and national defense authorities after his return to the capital The group offered the large tract to the government Most of the land once was the scene of strip mining operations and now is used largely for grazing of Advantages The two-state group displayed statistics showing weather conditions in the area were ideal to facilitate the maximum number of days of air Other advantages enumerated 1, A sparsely settled countryside which eliminated danger from 2. Excellent railroad 3., Availability of a large number of skilled 4. adequate sources of The group added that part of the was torn up by mining and would not be further damaged by Other sections of it are flat and suitable for to land and take off. Air Training Base Also Sought in Area Possible establishment of a practice bombing field in old strip mining areas along the sas line east of Pittsburg is an outgrowth of a proposal by civic leaders of Tri-State district towns to have the government locate an aviation training field in the vicinity of The area which it is proposed be used for test bombing is five miles north of a level expanse of land which district civic leaders urge be used in connection with the government's aviation defense Army engineers had been contacted concerning the training base and it was according to Earl secretary of the Joplin Chamber of that the engineers inquired as to the availability of land for test As a a brief was prepared setting forth suitability of the land for both proposed Brown said that about a week ago army engineers contacted George B. secretary of the Pittsburg Chamber of inquiring if there was any sparsely settled land which could be used as a bombing When Weeks told them of the old strip coal ' fields in the vicinity of the engineers requested that a brief be The proposed land is south of Mindenmines and east of Brown said one area is approximately two miles wide and 10 miles long. of the in to Prevent Creation Of War Millionaires Urged House in Approving Defense Tax Orders Study of Legislation to Capture of Excess Profits Made in Rearming for Arms May Be Boosted if French Army June 8-W)-Studies looking toward early enactment of profits legislation at the next session of congress were ordered by the house ways and means committee today in approving a defense tax In a the committee said that there should not be opportunity for the creation of new war millionaires or the further substantial enrichment of already wealthy persons because of the rearmament the statement technical assistants to the committee arid treasury officials been asked to have bills ready at the opening of the next session of congress which will enable the through to capture any excess and also to vide for special amortization for national defense Minor Changes The full committee with minor the drafted by a which is designed to a year pay off defense costs in measure reduces personal income tax Imposes a 10 per cent super increases the corporate income tax 1 per cent and increases excise and The only changes the full committee made in the subcommittee's dealt with excise These changes reduced the bill's potential yield by about but the amount of taxes which would be realized remained only an The committee put It at The committee said the excess profits if the next congress could be made to apply to 1940 Chairman North of the said the tax would be taken up in the house Prompt action in the once the house was forecast by Chairman of the senate finance Harrison said he thought the house committee had done very remarkable in bringing out equitable tax under the pressure of emergency While the tax aimed at raising all the money now for emergency witli to talk on- Capitol Hill that might be asked SINKS BIG 300 mma Four as British Vessel Is English Down 17 German Lose 13 in page A 7) FOR STATE CITY WILL TRY TO BLOCK REMOVAL OF COMPENSATION Jefferson June 8.-(/P)-The unemployment compensation commission picked for its new home after months of that set a dozen state cities bidding against each other for the big state But no sooner had Chairman Andrew J. announced the decision than Jefferson began planning a campaign to try to block the Business men this afternoon were considering possible court action seeking to retain the its pay roll of nearly 500 capital Murphy's announcement said the department would be moved to when its new home there is probably in the voted a bond issue to finance the Crow Voted lor On the final Murphy and Commissioner Harry P. Drisler favored Sedalia and the third Edward G. voted for which was reported tops in rhe consideration two weeks Murphy switched his support from Hannibal to Sedalia because of the central location of the latter The new building will be taken by the commissioner under a 10-year lease at a rental of a The commission may cancel the lease on 30 Permanent location of the compensation - housed in Jefferson City since its creation by the one of the hottest civic contests in At one time 10 or 18 proposals were before the The number finally was narrowed to Jefferson City and Two Cities Voted The commission takes as authority for its action a legislative decision that it may select headquarters for its state Shortly after that act was passed by the last legislature the competition for housing the agency Jefferson City and Sedalia headlined the fight through the winter Sedalia voted building so Jefferson City voted building Jefferson City cut the rent offer to so Sedalia offered the same It was not until the controversy had raged for months that Moberly and Carthage began on A 7), on page A 7), STATE SMITH SAID TO HAVE FROM HIS Jefferson June 8.-(yP)- State Auditor Forrest Smith's primary election opponent charged today Smith compelled his employes to kick back 2% per cent of their salaries to during his The charge was by Robert E. Smith's only democratic opponent in this year's He displayed a bundle of cancelled checks from a former employe of the auditor to support his Holliway declared that by next January Smith have collected the grand sum of in from his Contributions W. A. the chief clerk in Smith's acknowledged that the auditor's employes have contributed 2V2 per cent of their salaries to an office but said the was voluntary among the job holders and was carried on over the objections of do it so we'll have for the different things that come the chief clerk the money is used for among other It's our own idea and I should think it would be our own W. A. Holloway said three of the employes serve as officers of an club in Smith's department and they administer the 2% per cent All the employes He said he did not know the exact amount collected since Smith took office in 1933, but that he believed B. E. figure was little Used for Christmas don't want to know how much it has amounted to because then I might have to story to someone and I liever want to tell a he The chief clerk said the in addition to being used for political expenses on financed the department's subscription to a clipping service to obtain press comment the paid for Christmas presents to Smith and was resorted to for any expenses in which all the employes were Robert E. Holliway said he arrived at the total of by taking 2% per cent of the total amount appropriated to Smith for salaries he took Smith was out of the city June 8.-UP)-The sinking of the armed merchant cruiser 20,277-ton former Star liner popular with Americans as a world cruise ship before the announced tonight by the It wes the largest merchant ship yet sunk by enemy action since the war Two officers and two seamen had been killed when the one of 50 merchant cruisers in the British torpedoed by a Other officers and the crew were In the crew was 405. More than 200 of the crew were landed at a British port by a warship 100 were expected on a second rescue The crew said the Carinthia remained afloat for some time after being but that two failed in an attempt to tow her to port. Build Up The admiralty did not say where the a twin-screw vessel built in 1925 and long in transatlantic had been The a few hours announced a 14,000-ton auxiliary cruiser had been sunk off the northwest coast of Earlier an official admiralty had observed that balance of navar strength in favor of the allies is now far greater than at the outbreak of the On the other side of the the British marked down new bombing in the An attack on German troop concentrations at Abbeville throughout Friday and Friday night and on in northwest The royal air force destroyed 17 German planes the air ministry communique while 13 British planes were damage was caused to the railhead at where woods were set on fire and many explosions the communique troop concentrations were At many explosions and fires were caused and extensive damage was done to the Nazi Troops In a supplementary the air ministry said German troop concentrations and mechanized columns in the immediate rear of the battle front between Le a channel and subjected to repeated attacks at ALLIES WIDEN RANGE OF U. S. PURCHASES on page A 7) Weapons and Materials Other Than Aircraft Now Being Ordered by New June 8.-Cff")-Allied war who have heretofore concentrated mostly in aircraft and now are tapping United States industry an assortment of other weapons and Wall Street sources said today British and French agents suddenly appeared to have widened their range of orders and inquiries to speed equipment plans and replace Total orders placed since September are estimated at and the figure is expected to grow The new German it was pointed threatens important industrial sectors in addition to those already engulfed by the Nazi advance in northern France and the low Of the estimated allied orders the overwhelming bulk has thus far been for aircraft and Airplane contracts signed or in early prospect approximate Probably in contracted mainly have been delivered by the an informed source To avoid giving the enemy spokesmen for the commission purposely have been although that than 8,000 have been ordered in this m SPOTS OPEN IN LONDON AMERICAN BANDS PLAY AND GLASSES CLINK BEHIND June 8.-(^)-Gay old Piccadilly and Leicester square are as silent as Limehouse in the seemingly dead mysterious city of wartime but behind the blackout life goes on in a blaze of lights to the rhythm of the latest American band music and the clink of Boisterously blotting out tomorrow's grim Tommies back home from the bloody battle of Flanders are spending their precious hours in a variety of indoor and outdoor Despite the strict necessitated by raid merely a matter of knowing wnich door to which heavy curtain to push aside and which corridor turn to No Street London presents an aspect in sharp contrast to the world war days when patriotism was expressed in singing street parades and recruiting with brass bands and illuminated trucks and Those were days of lavish spending by soldiers on leave with a determination to keep the cabaret on page A 7) Says for Compulsory Training Is Being Drafted N. June 8.-(flP)- Colonel Julius Ochs vice president and general manager qf the New York told Princeton university alumni today a to require compulsory military training would be ready for congress The numbering 250, who heard Adler's talk at a meeting held in conjunction with the annual campus program for returning adopted a resolution approving universal compulsory a member of the class of 1916, said the was being drafted words of one and two syllables so that everyone would understand He said it would embody L Registration of every male and alien who has taken out first between the ages of 18 and 65. 2. Making all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 45 liable for military training in ' times of peace at the call of the 3. in times of all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 21 and 45 and 65 liable fori military training for purposes of home defense and those from 21 to 45 liable for regular military Adler said between 70 and 80 per cent of those between the ages of 21 and 32 would be taken for military 10 to 15 per cent of those between 31 and 38, and 3 to 7 per cent of those between 38 and 45. The program was he by the Military Training Camps CLAIMS ARMY HAS BROKEN fRENCH LINE Germans Say Steamroller Is Moving Toward Paris as Planned - Predict Early Blockade of Eng June 8. - - German military sources declared tonight the Nazi steamroller is breaking the Weygand line at will and pushing down the path to Paris just as Three confident sentences made up the high command communique which for the fourth day of the drive reported steady advances without disclosing any But those at home were advised not to fear that this meant a bog-down of the drive by veteran troops and fresh military sources the march to the heart of France continues each day ahead of the pace first set by the high Deny Berlin Suburbs An authorized spokesman called untrue a French announcement that naval bombers dumped explosives onto factory districts in the Berlin suburbs last gains were claimed for four big steel-shod and supported by plunging Hitler's own listed drives and their objectives Southwest from Abbeville over the river toward Le extending Germany's grip on the northwestern coast of Europe from the Arctic Circle in Norway to south of the mouth of the South from south from Peronne and south from merge into one smashing punch at south of the Somme and the canal are progressing the German communique the enemy is being thrown back south of the lower Those the Germans proved the new French had weak lines and is France's experience with the German blitzkrieg it was sent to the military graveyard for Blockade of Britain A German radio review of the week's fighting commented that Britain soon get to the results of German control of the blockade Britain wished on Germany turns the other the German announcer eastern especially the important Thames and some of the southern ports will soon be blocked for all It was indicated this would be accomplished by skimming torpedo launches and bombers based close to the English The authoritative newspaper Dienst aus Deutschland expressed German opinion that Spain would have an increased part In the The newspaper predicted 1. fortified guardian of the Mediterranean from the would become Spanish it was 2. Areas aross the Mediterranean from meaning territory in addition to Spanish be placed in Spanish 3. Spain thus would become for nations on the Mediterranean or doing business 4. Spain's and would be linked with the axis Italy and Neutral observers watched closely for Soviet Russia's attitude toward the of Europe on axis There was no new statement of the Soviet position in regard to German-Italian RUMANIA CALLS MORE TROOPS TO COLORS Five Classes of Reserves Summoned In Connection With Italy's Possible June 8. - - with more than 1,500,000 men under arms in the greatest mobilization in her called up five more classes of reserves today in a measure reported to be connected with Italy's possible entry into the European The war ministry did not disclose how many were affected but diplomatic quarters estimated they numbered at least 100,000. Further calls to the colors were expected next Rumanian dispatches placed the number already under arms at more than 1,500,000, tabulations of previous calls indicated It was probably nearer 2,000,000.) Fearful of involvement in the war and of the possibility that Soviet Russia might seize the opportunity to regain Rumania has been operating virtually on a full basis for many ENGLAND BY ROME PAPER SAYS 5 CITIES WILL BE RAIDED FOR EVERY ITALIAN TOWN June 8.-(/PI-A pointed warning that five English cities would be bombed for every Italian city attacked by allied bombers in the event Italy enters the war was published today by the Rome newspaper U Giornale just while foreign observers were expressing belief Italy would enter the conflict next II Giornale editor is long recognized as Premier Mussolini's editorial Reports have circulated here that the British and French plan to bombard Italian centers of this nation entered the war against Rome Believed To these the authoritative newspaper Italian city five English cities would suffer the same Bombardment of Rome would be the signal for but greater bombardment of the newspaper Rome was considered here to be fairly safe from with the Italians prepared to make it an open city by removing government troops and Some observers heard that an Italian attack on their first secret objective would come in the early hours next but a source considered reliable Indicated it probably would be possibly Thursday or Friday Although only Mussolini and his axis Adolf are supposed to know the date of the expected entry into the confidence that Italy has closed her last week as a non-belligerent nation in this war was based on impressions in Italian as well on page A 7) HOURLY TEMPERATURES Temperatures climbed to a high of 88 degrees yesterday afternoon at which time the sky became threatening of The rain failed to Showers are forecast for High and low readings a year ago yesterday were 87 and 73. Hourly TREMENDOUS mows DEALT BY GERMANS French Fall Back on 60 Miles of but Line Is Unbroken - Hitler Tank Column Pounded to 1 2 a. 3 a. 4 a. 5 a. S a. 7 a. 8 a. 9 a. 10 a- 11 a. 1 2 3 4 5 m. m. 6 7 8 9 Noon 1 a. 2 a. m. m m m m m m. m. Weekly Weather Kansas and Generally fair and cool Monday and warmer Wednesday and shower period beginning Thursday or cooler toward end of June 8.-Cff^-The French were falling back tonight nearly 60 miles of the but still fighting against the German offensive on the strongest attack of the war and the most massive mechanized onslaught in military The Germans threw 60 and seven armored than 1,000,000 men and 3,500 the assault of the This mighty push reached its peak in the center of the where reserves were brought the Oise route to Paris hurled into the battle In the region of Roye and In an area 48 miles north of this Charged at In this sector alone the Germans were estimated to have used half a million Starting at after dive artillery and tanks had opened the the Nazi each man holding the shoulder of the man before The French were outnumbered In North of the capital the French withdrew for the second successiva The general was called a and a military spokesman declared the main line remained The Nazis also struck a tremendous blow on the French right flank and succeeded in establishing a foothold on the south bank of the In that the French were German pressure diminished tonight on the extreme left where the Bresle river blocked their A tank column Of 200 to 300 which south to Forges-les-Eaux was reported being pounded to bits by French artillery and Front Is The battle raged with varying intensity all along the shortened 110-mlle front from the sea to the Military authorities not given to exaggeration called the battle frankly greatest of aU The number of tanks used almost doubled those employed in the battle of the when the Germans broke through to the On the central sector of the front nearly 60 miles from Aumale on the Bresle to Noyon on the Nazis sent wave after wave of machines and men smashing against the French German losses were reported by the French high command to be still they French clung to the support points of the Weygand line on the rolling hills and In the scattered woods of the pouring fire Into the tanks with their The advance guards had fallen back yesterday under General Weygand's orders and the movement continued tonight after French front line positions had been under the attack Barriers Are But still ahead of the Germans stretched a field of barriers ail the way to In his night General Weygand singled out two units for special praise for the destruction they wrought among German panzer group of Com- mandant destroyed 38 he battery of this group commanded tain Vandelle destroyed alone 19/ artillery group by Commandant at- on page
