Warren Times-Mirror (Newspaper) - May 10, 1940, Warren, Pennsylvania THIS Increasing cloudiness followed S by light showers late tonight and slightly cooler I Saturday Warren High low 28 WARREN The Only 7 In Homes GOOD J Miller's recent nocturnal lions seem to have caught most every person napping excepting radio V 0 L UM E FORTY W A R R E N PA F R I D A Y M AY 0 PRICE T M R 10 C E N T iS RUSH AID TO COUNTRIES n -i Claims Nazi Land Forces Halted Near Frontier NOT GIGANTIC BATTLE OF ALL ME ANTICIPATED AS RESULT F TRIPLE BLITZKRIEG ATTACK The Associated War engulfs little Holland and hurls triple blitzkrieg Allies rush German radio zure of The Hague goes to Western tells hour has l e fight beginning today decides the fate of the German nation for the next j In Path of Lightning Thrust irs army moves rapidly across Belgium border to meet rman military spokesman says gigantic battle of all may be minent parachuted troops sieze destroy flying field in i avy bombardment j Leopold III replays father's 1914 leading Belgian troops stand against Nazi Germans bomb general mobilization ordered THE Wilhelmina issues against itch soldiers fiercely battle German machine-gun dropped from ines remains aloof from hails German swiftness in striking orders general mobilization capitals see German invasion of low countries as for southeastern Europe ARD FIGHTING TAKING PLACE ROTTERDAM BULLETIN May Netherlands officially today that her de- nse forces had shot down at as I- 70 German blown German armored train Venio and were offering rong resistance rivers st inside the eastern part of e country from Germany BY MAX HARKELSON sedated Press Foreign Writer the Netherlands German army air spanned the strong land water-line defenses of the today landing by ichute and in huge seaplane sports at the western side of fought its way into part his seaport city lie troops occupied Rotterdam's after first g it with a tremendous aerial alighted on the c Maas river in the center occupied a big ge across the river and cap- id the Maas railway station in city eavy fighting was going on in with the Dutch clinging tenaciously to the t bank of the h bisects the i the other side of the main water line now by wide open s first line defenders were ig a German land army which red the country the e and swarmed ahead some niles to the vicinity of the 1 near Wilhelmina uttered a nng against y urged her nation to its duty to Page I by Wilhelmina Spurs Dutch Army to Action BY J KEILLY O'SULLIVAN Associated Press Foreign Writer The May Netherlands went to war with many today after Adolf Hitler's air legions nad crossd the Dutch border She sought diate contact with the French command for strong ance to hurl back the invader The first sign of pledged Allied aid was British and French planes through the sky of the low country in search oft he foe Any Allied aid in the way of troops and naval forces was still to come The spurred by a mation of Queen Wilhelmina's against hurled its entire strength against the encroaching German spearheads and battled fiercely with the to Page LEOPOLD IN ACTIVE OF y v j i I J V i Amsterdam Haarlem Kleve FORTIFICATIONS RAILROADS CANALS FUEHRER REPORTED AT FRONT High Command Issued Daily in is Datelined From Hitler's Tactics in Norway and Denmark are Duplicated As Germany Announces She is to Against Neutrals Heavy Selling Sweeps The Stock Exchange New York May 10 Heavy selling swept the New York Stuck Exchange today after a brief morning buying flurry in such and aviations Karly ad- vances were mostly swept and several leading sues tumbled to a share RESISTANCE WILL BE IS WARNING is presented one of the most timely maps yet printed in the It shows the border lines and key towns that are mentioned prominently in today's dispatches Readers should find the map invaluable for the trend of the news for days to come SPECULATION PARIS OVER THE NAZI OBJECTIVES POPE IS GRIEVED May quarters today said the invasion of Belgium the and Luxembourg had eked and deeply grieved Pope May A French army was authoritatively reported moving rapidly across the Belgian border today to meet German legions which had entered from the east and a Paris military spokesman said the gigantic battle of all may be near at hand The spokesman said that the Germans must have one of two military purposes in mind Pointing out it was difficult the moment to determine the ex- act Nazi the man said they may be 1 An operation to gain control of a strip of coastline facing or j 2 vast strategical of invasion comparable to and in- j finitely larger than that carried out by the German troops across Belgium in In the latter he to Page j i BY ROBERT OKIN May The German land forces have been stopped within a few hundred yards of the frontier after ing- Belgium as part of Adolf ler's blitzkrieg against the low the Foreign Ministry an- today Belgium met the German ion by full mobilization and her Leopold assumed com- mand of the nation's forces French and British liaison ers reached Brussels for contacts with the Belgian general staff six hours after Belgium had asked her old Allies of 1914 for aid Brussels was bombed this ing and had three air raid alarms in the early afternoon While the first wave of Nazi bombers took a toll of at least seven killed and 80 wounded throughout the the For- eign Ministry said the German land forces had been stopped no more than a few hundred yards over the Belgian frontier Two children were killed and 50 persons wounded in an air raid on Brussels The Brussels airport so was bombed Bombs fell on numerous stations in the heart of the King Leopold taking active command of the armed forces as his father King did in 1914 ordered complete tion against the invaders and pealed to the Allies for help Both Britain and France ed quick aid against the German which came without warning to Page HIS FORCES Chest Nears Goal With Officials Confident Volunteers Will Raise Shortage CRITICAL PUBLIC TO BE PATIENT Reports Made at Final j ner Meeting Thursday Evening Bring Grand tal to With to be Secured i ESSAY AWARDS MADE At the final report dinner of the Warren Community Chest held last evening at the Y W C the grand total was brought to or 269.25 short of the goal of 500 Yesterday's report totaled C J president of the Chest told workers at I the meeting that the campaign ex- committee already has visional gifts of about to j ply on the shortage and that about 20 volunteer workers would be called back to obtain the j ing shortage i He said that the campaign was not finished and expressed the be- lief that with about two days of i l Turn to Page i I State Police I Taking Cognizance oi Centre County Com- j Says He is Be Solved 30 OFFICERS IN HUNT CONFERENCE ON SITUATION HELD AT WHITE HOUSE TIP-OFF PHONED TO WASHINGTON ATE BULLETINS FROM WAR ZONE May Minister Chamberlain will broadcast a l sage to the nation at 9 p m p m it was an- iced shortly after he had conferred with King George VI j i Paris May Premier Reynaud tonight announced a of his cabinet to face the intensified threat of Germany's to the west i I New May Luxembourg j iam H said today that the Grand Duchess Charlotte Prince rulers of and their six have d refuge in northern France i May Churchill was received in by King George tonight shortly after Prime Minister Chamberlain been received in connection with Britain's cabinet crisis May Minister Chamberlain drove cingham Palace at p m today a m for cncc with King presumably concerning the fate of his ict j to Page i May John Cudahy American dor at the about Germany's invasion of Holland and Luxembourg several hours before it happened Brigadier General Edwin M- secretary to President told reporters today that Cudahy telephoned him at his home between and 9 p m EST last after he had failed to get the who was still at dinner hit it Watson said remarkable thing about it is that he said it's going to be Holland and General Watson said he called the as soon as he had finished talking with Cudahy and the president told him to get iv touch immediately with Secretary Hull and Undersecretary Welles Watson said he also the Belgian ambassador here and didn't know about it All lie could say My God 1 Swiftly acting to Dutch i and Belgium wealth in the United i President Roosevelt con- with key foreign and tary advisers today on new lems thrust before the government by overnight expansion of the i European war Gathered in solemn conference about Mr Roosevelt's these canvassed further sible actions demanded by invasion of the lands and Secretary Hull and tary Welles of the State Attorney General Treasury Secretary General George O chief of Admiral Harold R chief of naval Captain Daniel J White House naval aide The House conference lasted 35 minutes but details were withheld pending a press ence with the president Upon its conclusion Admiral Stark indicated that the United States fleet would remain in waters for some time de- spite completion of war euvers in the area Tho emergency rushed through before the country's markets opened for dav to Page May 10 Stale Police Commissioner Lynn G Ad- saying he was tic the sex slayer of Fay Gates and Rachel Taylor would be called upon a critical public today to be Taking cognizance of complaints by Centre county residents that police were no l Adams said a press hard cases are not solved in a few minutes People have I got to have patience Take the Lindbergh ease That took a long time to Kenneth G Haines state tentative from sent a telegram lo Adams urging him j to assign best if not all your most efficient to the slayings a teacher at Col- high said such a would the people of Centre county know that has been undone in order to heinous crimes to Page 1 Associated Foreign Writer May 10 Hitler has gone to the Western Front to assume personal direction of military the German High Command announced today The High Command issued was this time from the and view of the immediately im- 1 of the wai area by evening onto Belgian and Dutch territory and the threat to the Ruhr territory connected i the German western army at daybreak May 30 stalled over the German western borders along j the broadest front for attack the air force j attacked an enemy airport with great success anil strong units i have taken a hand in land ing in support of ground troops conduct general operations oC the defense the Fuehrer and supreme commander has gone to the Adolf Hitler sent his troops into Belgium and Holland shortly be- fore dawn today Duplicating his tactics with Norway i ho demanded that they accept his 1 of their neutrality without resistance Germany's Ruhr Valley was threatened by an Allied he informed the government of Holland and Luxembourg through his foreign and the Dutch and Belgian ments were conniving at it Germany was ed compelled to act to anticipate the blow The German government ly assured Holland and Belgium that their territorial sovereignty would be restored to un- changed and that their overseas possessions would go untouched I To Luxembourg likewise was sured territorial and political in- PROGRAM ADOPTED N HOUSE Administration's Relief ancing Including The Extension of the South Penn Turnpike to Given proval During Session That Lasts for Nine Hours and 44 Democrats Protest Vain CABINET CONFERS IN LONDON Maelstrom of ing The lands and Tiny Believed Fore- runner of Direct Attack Against England and Laborite sition Would Join New Lineup Under New Prime Minister NUMBER OF CITIES IN FRANCE ARE BOMBED in j WILL COME UP IN THE i SENATE MONDAY SHARP AIR BATTLES FOUGHT NEAR BASEL May mobilization was decreed today by Swiss Federal Council Sharp air battles took place near Basel Switzerland A German bomber crossed the frontier at and flew over Basel en route to France The craft was immediately target of anti-aircraft fire from at Altkirch and The plane returned to Soon afterwards 20 bombers the frontier at some of them over Swiss on their way to France A heavy fog prevented Swiss from bringing any planes The Nazi aircraft were to be those which bombed this morning A bomb dropped in a Swiss town near the French destroyed the rail but traffic can be continued ORDERS RECEIVED FOR MORE WARPLANES May Aviation authorities today that Hie British and French 2.000 in the last few days the est type fighting planes and crs developed for the United States army air were said to the Allies purchases in ihc or more aircraft At the Fame It was dis- closed that the War Department intends to recommend to dent that congress be for funds immediately to 200 to Western defenses The plane es coincided with authoritative that the contemplated more heavily on tne United for reinforcements than originally in view of war's new turn and official admissions by the British Allies we if inferior to air included an undisclosed number ol Martin bombers and of a Tast new pursuit developed for the air corps by Mm American Aviation Way 10 House Republicans sent to the I Governor entire session including tlic financing of relief and sion the South Turnpike to after speeding through passage in the ble time clays The house had to remain in sion nine hours and 44 minutes longest unbroken riod in the memory of veteran i give the 17 bills third and final reading while Democrats futilely protested but a few Then the weary and wound up their job with a whoop p m and agreed to reconvene next Thursday at I p in for possible concurrence in senate amendments The program faces mure ing opposition in the re- convening at p m Monday to act on the same Although administration leaders expressed confidence the entire program could go through on schedule next a demand for public ings on the gram must be acted upon a request was refused in I he but in the where the party division is to 150 Years Since The Netherlands Invaded York May 10 tory it has 130 years since Hie Netherlands was last in- It was June when troops under the command of the Duke of entered i Holland But the French were expelled three later when flame of independence spread as the small number of French in I he country once encouraged revolt paved way for external according to the new Darned history May lo government foreshadowed today in Ihc midst of of executive commit lo join n cabinet it new prime Chamberlain his tvar chiefs of stuff mid other leaders HIP day as result of Germany's lightning Invasion of tlic land drove p ni a presumably in Ihc fate of his cabinet The tive announced n unanimous decision to lake ol responsibility as full part nor in a new ern under a new minister who would command the confidence of the nation May Britain's war cabinet met this for the third time JO Street Chiefs of staff and Sir John Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security also were present May committee night announced Laborite opposition in would join the cabinet n new prime By The May The maelstrom of war today engulfed the Netherlands and tiny Luxembourg as Germany hurled a blitzkrieg thunderbolt into the land nations aiming at R attack against and France Both Belgium and long fearing extension ol the European conflict to their mustered their full strength fur determined re- sistance against odds and appealed to the Allies for help Britain and themselves visited by far-ranging Nazi promised swift aid Germany's sudden expansion of the war close on the heels of her occupation of Denmark and conquest of two-thirds of gave a new lineup to the which now include the British and French land Belgium and Netherlands Adolf terming this hour for most decisive gle of the headed for the front to direct operations to Page No Change in Respect to United States Keeping Out of President Declares May 10 President Roosevelt said today he saw no change witli respect to the possibilities of the United Slates keeping out of Europe's war At a press conference he told re- porters that there was not much he could say about the situation abroad and that it spoke for itself think I can say he authorizing direct quotation am in full sympathy with the very statement that was out the tion by tlic Queen of the lands and let it go at that It is worth With reference to possible of- of Germany's invasion of Belgium and this the dent asserted a great many were being He did not give details A reporter asked him whether there was you can say at this time as to what you think the chances are that we can keep out of the he would be tive Then he hastened to add ari admonition not to say that his words meant we might get in He he saw no change in ths situation in that respect Mr Roosevelt spoke calmly At the rear of his office was a map of the war zone with a sheet of white paper pinned over Holland and Belgium military experts traced the changes Tor him on HIT mnp y
