San Antonio Light (Newspaper) - July 7, 1940, San Antonio, Texas Price Cents PAY NO MORE LATE MORNING First Section of World VOL. 170. Published by The Light Publishing Company San Tries to Disrupt Nazi Invasion Plans by Aiming Blows at German FRANCE LOOMS AS ALLY OF AXIS British Naval Attack Seen Driving Nation to Hitler By KARL H. VON WIEGAND Chief Foreign of the Hearst and for 38 Outstanding American Political O burner In Europe and the Far East. More Troops Called Up to Make Isle Defense Force Total July of German bombers over northeastern area I England early today but were driven off by anti-aircraft No were July Churchill's war cabinet was late tonight to have de- on immediate 100 per cent mobilization of all Britain's rawer for defense against Germany's expected which the sh air force sought to disrupt with trash series ot smashing blows at German air and industrial It was reliably said all men of fighting would be em- raced in the total SIX BOMBERS The fury of Britain's sky offensive o Hitler's Invasion plans were Indicated by a British sion that six of the royal air force's bombers were losl in caching An air ministry communique dis- ked raids while German ombers in another of their nightly dropped missiles on an English town in South causing a number of The Nazi were riven back by hoi fire from British and anti-aircraft i summoned 1808 law to bringing its power up to men for de- of the home the air announced British bombers Mid Friday night spread their cargoes far and wide over German continental They bombed an important craft as well as the huge naval stations of Kiel and Wilhelm They struck heavily at the ey western German railway ion at Cologne and the docks of the lig seaports at Hamburg and cities a number of terman or Hitler's dive bombers and para- chute violently ed. The squadron thai carried hese raids relumed with umbers AIRCRAFT PLANT formation of air simultaneously swooped upon the great German aircraft ory at unloading de- then raided German airfields of Waalhaven near Rotterdam and the Flushing This squadron lost two Another British sky fleet ed heavy blows at the Dutch airports of and losing one Shattering bombs struck the big laval construction basin at he air ministry Storage tanks at Wilhelmshaven docks at Cuxhaven and declared to have been set Unofficial advices said the Brit- sh bombers also strafed German laval patrol boats discovered ng off HOME DEFENSES defenses were be- ng rushed to completion so that would be ready for anything Germany Manifold forms ol defense continued over Ihe defensive alertness was de- anew In the when a German off im- mediately was shot down by an R. A. F. In southwest England a lone er dropped a single bomb thai de- a damaged two others and injured several July is ing on the horizon of Europe as the coming ally of Germany and Thai is the startling in- deed a probable as the immediate reaction to the British naval attack ol a French squadron n the harbor of Britain's attitude toward Germany drove Hitler to a pact with The British orders to fire upon the ally of yesterday which went to war with Britain against Germany is in fair way of driving France into something approaching a working alliance with Laval's proposal for a tarian France is but the first What Bismarck did in 1866 after defeating the in the battle of Koeniggraetz outstretching a friendly hand and making Austria an Hitler is seeking now to do with after Compiegne and with reported and public French rebound to the Brit- sh action at Oran to support and further that English III Luck It is England's misfortune that It was British which tingly brought to an end the between Hitler and and it now looks as if it be equally bad luck that the British tion seems to have hurt the French has provided ground upon which the feud between Germany and France may be brought to an More immediate at this stage is news I have from Bucharest through confidential channels that a Balkan conference may be called within a few days to settle major questions in the It will go Into history as the lin According to my Bucharest source which hitherto has been It is expected foreign ministers of the Balkan states will jo to Russia and Italy will be thj German ambassador to Von arrived In Berlin it is be Britain Surprised by French Charge July 6. A statement by French Foreign ster Paul that British was responsible for major French military losses drew quick response from the British At Vichy Baudouin told alleged British hesitancy o agree to Gen. Maxime gand's plans for an offensive im- mediately after German forces broke through the Meuse defenses aused the loss of half of the French army in northern The British ministry of Ion Immediately issued a ment expressing surprise over JULY 7, 1940. EIGHTY-TWO VOL. 170. largely because of the role played toward Russia by Turkish Foreign Minister re- by the German publication of documents from the captured secret archives of the eral Moscow's distrust of Turkey in consequence of these has grown into real It is ex- in Rome that will endeavor to meet this a reshuffling of the Turkish ment and elimination of Hungarian Claim The Berlin cording to my Bucharest may be in the coming week will take up Hungary's revision de- mands on Rumania and Bulgaria's demand for return of all or part of amputated by the sailles treaty and given to Rumania Purpose of the conference will be to establish permanent peace in the It will be demonstrated that England no longer has thing to say about southeastern Eu- With the repudiation of the unasked British territorial Rumania under a ship of King Carol has completely herself toward many and Italy to a degree few When France installs a totalitarian wholly or in the whole of Europe will be under some form of totalitarian government from Portugal to the Black with the exceptions only of Sweden and Even Switzerland is under a military dictatorship during the present Thus England will stand against the whole even more than in her war with Though steadily increasing German bombing of much to the dis- appointment of some of his radical I is in no hurry to launch a massed air That also was my impression when I talked to The it is will give the until the last moment to think Jt over confident is he of the outcome once the general attack U. S. Navy Moves to Avert Anglo-French Sea Battle There'll Be a Hot Time in Town With Issue S. A. to Need Sunday it will be a good idea to keep both a parasol and electric Ian Weatherman J. A. Jarboe says the day will be partly with breaks in the But clouds or no the will go up to around 90 There will be gentle northerly any Small Craft Get Warnings on Gulf NEW July Small craft warnings were ordered hoisted today from Port to according to an advisory issued by the weather The craft warnings displayed a. m. Port to Fla. Thunder squalls this afternoon and early Armistice Coach Arrives in Berlin July dent with the return of lor Hitler from the the railway car in which the armistice of 1918 and 1940 were signed in Compiegne arrived in Berlin The which stood on a ing in the Compiegne woods ing peace was thrown open to Thousands stood in line for Mexican Election Riots Start Gunmen Reported Running at news of Mexico's tion on Page 7.) EL July was reported tonight to have broken out a capital of the Mexican stale of in tion with Sunday's presidential Gen. Francisco leader of 1929, said gunmen were to drive porters of opposition Gen. Juan Andreau Almazan from the Similar charges were made con- also in Sonora on the El Paso advices U.S. Liner Delayed in Irish Sailing July of the United States liner from for the United States has been delayed until noon it was ed The Washington will trans- port 1700 American refugees from the war zone to the United The delay was necessitated by the task of checking papers huge quantities of BURNS July The war department announced day Capt. George W. in- died as of burns last night at the home of a in Mount Md. Captain mond was known in circles as a distance runner while at West HOT TIPS On How to Keep July The U. S. public health service un- to advise Americans today how to keep comfortable Ihe In a special During Hot the service laid down a few rules for keeping and at the same It Live Form regular habits of Get plenty of Above all try lo acquire a cheerful and philosophical outlook on Increase consumption of fresh fruits and and tail rich pastries and fried Drink of 6 lo 8 glasses a and Clothing should be loose fitting and Exercise should be adapted to own and condition of Sleep should be Shower bathing recommended it. not have and weakening effects of tub Berlin Throngs Cheer as Fuehrer Awaits Arrival of Count Ciano July returning lo Berlin like con- Caesar back from the bloody battlefields of took counsel with his highest aids night and prepared to receive Italy's Foreign Minister Galeazzo while the for the grand assault on After 57 days away from the German which saw and France fall came home to a cily festooned wilh flowers and flags and ing lo Ihe cheers of frenzied ATTACK TIME WEIGHED As he consulted with subalterns in his the fuehrer weighed the lime for translating into action the song which ed his sail against Hitler was lo fix in concert wilh his Ihe role Italy will be assigned to enact in the impending son-in-law of the Italian accompanied by a retinue of high Fascist state is scheduled to arrive Momentous decisions are likely to result from Ciano's tions with Hiller and Nazi These may involve a new policy in Ihe ans forged lo meet ated by Soviet Russia's occupation of Rumania's and northern territories and the consequent moves by gry and Bulgaria toward ing Transylvania and NAVY FIGHT FACTOR it was considered almost certain the British attack on the French navy and the question of passible French military would be Hitler's return to Berlin the episode of the war in the west that began May 10. Millions of given half the from work in or of ihe Jammed the leading fom tion to the Bands played and the multitude cheered itself hoarse as Hitler rode in state through the packed streels acknowledging the acclaim of his people wilh the traditional Nazi lute as he stood in his As the Fuehrer stepped from his special Irain at 3 p. m. a. m. C. S. he was greeted first by Field Marshal Herman Wilhelm Thereafter General Admiral dolf Dr. Paul Josef Goebbels and members stepped forward to welcome their HONOR GUARD In front of the station on honor guard of navy and air force was drawn up for the er's The route from the stalion to Ihe chancellery was a veritable blanket of flowers over which ler's car The blooms had been thrown into the the Fuehrer's suto It is forbidden Monroe Doctrines For World Urged By F. D. R. POSITION CLEAR Right to Rule on Western Lands HYDE N. July Roosevell to bouquets at The drive to the chancellery was an uninterrupted row of cheering which out the military As the chancellor's car swung into before the the throng burst into the want to see our Four minutes after Hitler's ar- rival at the chancellory the doors the balcony opened and the fuehrer stepped out and stood smiling behind the ed After the multitude loosed an- other cheer Hitler beckoned lo his and from chancellory wilhin the Keilel and Foreign Minister chim von stepped for- ward and stood beside their fuehrer Still Hitler gave a final salute to Die people and stepped back into the Ft. Worth Credit Man Dies Here Ellery G. 51, manager of the Retail Merchants Fort died night at the Santa Rosa Graves was taken lo the pital June 20 when he was en with ft heart ailment while at- tending the National Credit convention He was placed under oxygen treatment Graves spoke before the closing meeting June 20. He was stricken shortly wife and two lace and had arrived in San Antonio Saturday to spend the laid down the fundamental principle that all American republics must have a voice in the mate administration and supervision of western hemisphere islands and territorial possessions belonging to nations conquered by Al Ihe some through his Stephen T. the president proposed a Monroe trine be pul into elf eel lor each continent and each part of the with Ihe old world keeping hands off the new world and vice ECHO OF The chief executive's position was made clear shortly after Germany had in effect rejected the American stale warning lhal Ihe Monroe doctrine was to be and following British action in blockading the West Indian island of Roosevelt was in frequent tele- Jhone with of State Cordell It was considered likely the em of Dutch and British possessions in the western would be a major topic of dis- cussion at the Pan-American con- ference which assembles in Havana July 20. discussing the 3erlin dispute over the Monroe informally expounded the United as is an absence of any in- whatever on the part of this government to interfere with any territorial or What this government would like to and thinks should be applied would be a Monroe doctrine in effect for each continent and each part of the LAND DESIRES United States is not to gain any new possessions and contemplates no territorial ex- II is that if a victorious Germany should lay claims lo territories of conquered nations in such forts would clearly come wilhin Ihe province of the Monroe other the United States does not lake over any islands or of conquered nations bul and holds the lhat Ihe disposition of these territories and should be decided among and by all Ihe can on the de- fense Roosevelt failed to re- Hie from army and navy officials for a still further five billion-dollar expansion of the pre- As a resull Ihe president his original plan of making this latest request on congress on his letter or sage probably will be withheld until the middle of next Tyler Station Faces FCC Action July of Commissioner George Henry Payne lo revoke the license of the East Texas casling operating station in was tentatively affirmed today by the federal com- The com- mission said the of the commission in had transferred given it to James G. Weather Forecast Stall WEST INDIES SCENE OF AMERICAN British Destroy Gibraltar Raided French Warship Dunkerque Struck by Missiles in Six July ish war planes tonight made tain the new battleship Dunkerque would never fall into German hands when six bombs were dropped to destroy grounded French war The Dunkerque was forced aground in the Anglo-French naval battle at Three large French naval chips and one lighter are fast ashore on the Algerian coast as a result of the attack at ler's reported early today in a dispatch from said 200 men vived the blowing up of the ship presumably by a British It was stated the Dunkerque and the cruisers Provence and dor lost 200 men killed or and that 150 were seriously ed. Another triumph in Britain's drive to eliminate the French navy as a fighting factor came with a report from Cairo the officers of the French battleship four cruisers and other French war vessels at Alexandria agreed to de- mobilization of their squadron which was done without A British admiralty ment added planes fully Italian warships in other planes were set afire in their airdromes in Russians to Reopen Consulates July many and Soviet Russia have agreed to their respective con- at and it was announced Meanwhile the official Soviet news agency denied reports of a secret agreement between Russia and the United States against war striking against fresh British FRANC Northern Ireland July currency valued at several million pounds sterling was seized from a French vessel which fled it was re- By French British Warships Say Nazi July 6 in reprisal assaults on French naval today ered a heavy bombardment on Britain's western Mediterranean fortress of according to German British warships lying off the rock guarding the entrance to the Mediterranean were hit in first offensive act of war Britain since Napoleonic ttii report German Bald the French smash was announced by the French admiralty from It was not Immediately slated what British warships were de- clared to have been but 11 was recalled the 42.000-ton battle cruiser world's largest wa the battleships Renown and and several other Brit- ish men O' war were reported to have arrived at messages from said in the second air raid of the anti-aircraft at tlie fortress went into action but there were no casualties am no Destroyers Dispatched to FEARED British Trying to Prevent Flotilla From July Europe's war swept closer to can shores Five U. S. navy destroyers were to the vicinity of tht island of where a French plane ier and a submarine flotilla were blockaded by a British While Britain officially denied U. S. and Pan- American neutrality patrols in the Caribbean were reported on the alert to prevent a possible hostile lash in waters which have been us by the hemisphere's The 21 republics are watching Martinique situation Secretary of State Hull Tile question of what to do in event of any of the war's conflicts ng out in the neutrality zone de- clared by the Pan-American re- is expected to be a chief opic at the forthcoming Inter- American conference July 20 at TO HEAD DELEGATION Secretary Hull disclosed he will head the American delegation to he thus marking off the roster ol attendants ut the Democratic national ion opening July 15 at The five destroyers reportedly were taking on stores at Virgin when dered to scout the Martinique There's So There's Firemen KANSAS July Heavy smoke at Twelfth and Balti more Kansas near th heart of the business tw fire bringing 14 or more o the best of Kansas City fire fight ing trucks skidding to the corner today's noon crowds turning to th The fire was to be in debris in the basement o the old Baltimore which is being Absentee Voting to Begin Monday Will A. Morris chairman o the Bexar County Democratic ex Saturday re minded voters that absentee will start Monday at the county clerk's Absentee voting will continu until July 24. Morriss has 2500 ballots for the absentee San Antonio and cloudy Light to Partly gentle northerly Airport High about 90: low Saturday about 70; high about 80. East Texas Partly cloudy Gentle to moderate northerly winds on the West Increasing cloudiness Sunday with showers and storms over the southwest Not much change in Texas weekly Mostly fair weather except showers over extreme east portion middle of Temperatures near Data on Pace 4.) War at a Glance International U. S. destroyers speed to area of Martinique where British blockade of French units is Pan-American union studies warning to two powers federal act to increase guards at defense factories to forestall sabotage to receive hero's confers with aids on next war visit of Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano French planes reported in reprisal raid on British Gibraltar satisfaction of Hungary's claims on Rumania expected at Berlin planes destroy France's ship grounded at Labor Leader Clement R. Attlee urges workers to unite in drive to repel Lloyd George holds British attack on French necessary to maintain sea cabinet re- ported ready to seek total British planes bomb naval airports in Germany as Nazis con- raids on French totalitarian state in axis orbit predicted as repercussion of British attack on France's ation late leji rua from St. The Battleships Texas and New York said to have left St. Thomas with the destroyers and to lave headed in another The loaded with Naval academy midshipmen on their an- training were expected to keep clear of potential battla NO Naval experts said the French the armed and would be no match for Ihe British and one or Iwo cruisers reportedly The bombing planes aboard might inflict heavy ties upon the The Beam is loaded with planes taken aboard in Canada before the Britain is afraid these as well as a quantity of gold at may fall into German hands if Ihe French vessels get back to It was further learned the United States is after tion with the other American to seize British and French possessions in the western world if they should be menaced by when asked to said he would consider this problem if and when it The existence of such a was con- firmed by other authoritative INFORMATION Hull explained Washington mation about the blockade at was incomplete due to the this country has no consular representative on the He said facts were being gathered as rapidly as It was pointed out if the cies of the situation should demand the United States might have to act unilaterally in order to stave off sudden occupation of or any other American by Every effort would be to con- sult with the other powers of the western hemisphere before Every effort would be to consult with the other powers of the western hemisphere before If time for consultation is it was possession might be taken in the name of Ihe Pan- American union rather than the Slales as a session would last only no long as the original European of the American territory was unable lo direct its With congress in recess over the week national defense ties were confined to co-ordination work by the national defense ad- commission and mental The senate is scheduled to act Monday on committee dations approving President nominations of Republicans Henry L. and Frank Knox to be secretaries of the war and Administration ing bitter were of ultimate senate also Is due to art on navy
