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House and Senate
Rush Action on
Defense Measures
Senate Committee
Approves Supplemental
Appropriation Bill
WASHINGTON — (UP)—The
senate appropriations commit-
tee approved a SI,777,489,788
supplemental defense fund Wed-
nesday as the house prepared
to take'up the new $4,000,000,-
000 naval expansion bill.
The supplemental appropria-
tion carried $1,075,178,808 for
the army and $088,233,170 for
the navy. It also approved a
$43,500,000 item to purchase 3,-
000 Rolls Royce airplane en-
gines from the Ford Motor com-
pany.
The measure in its present
form carries $1,488,303,027 in
direct appropriations and $289,-
136,7G1 in contract authoriza-
tions. The committee increased
the measure $100,435,880 above
the house approved total and
$382,941,898 above the budget
estimates. Majority Leader Al-
ben W. Barkley said an at-
tempt might be made to bring
the measure to the floor this
afternoon.
increases Army .Strength
The bill carries authorizations
and appropriations sufficient to
bring the standing army to
375,000 men and permits Presi-
dent Roosevelt to raise the en-
listed strength of the navy
above the present limit of 180,-
000. The secretary of the navy
also is authorized to exceed sta-
tutory limitations on repairs
and alterations to vessels "dur-
ing the existing emergency."
The bill also provides funds
for purchasing 3,000 army
planes, aside from the Ford en-
gine orders, and for beginning
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KXOX to Begin
Night Broadcasts
Complete nigh time radio ser-
vice is being inaugurated by
KXOX Thursday when the sta-
tion will remain on the air until
10 p. m. Russell Bennitt announ-
ced the expanded service for
Sweetwater today, stating that
he believed that generally im-
proved business conditions and
prospects justified making the
forward step.
A formal program ushering in
the increased radio service is
planned to take the form of a
jamboree from the KXOX stu-
dios at which time all those now
participating in programs will
appear before the microphone.
One of the new features soon to
be added is a sportscast during
the late evening.
KXOX plans to make a talent
quest during the coming weeks
(with those seeking microphone
experience being given an op-
portunity on a program one
night each week.
The added radio service for
Sweetwater will put it on a par
! with the largest stations in the
Southwest, having a longer pro-
gram schedule than many sta-
i ions.
Sporadic Fights
Occur in Africa
CAIRO, Egypt — (UP) -
British and Italian troops and
aircraft battled sporadically
along the Libyan and East Afri-
can frontiers Wednesday.
In an order of the day Gen.
Sir Archibald Wavell, the Brit-
fish commander, told his forces
that, "the gallant French allies,
overwhelmed after a desperate
struggle, are compelled to ask
for terms. The British empire
will of course continue the
l struggle until victory is won.
"Dictators fade away but the
British Empire never dies."
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France Names Men To Receive Terms
Fighting Goes On
In France, Africa
And British Isles
14 Killed, 16 Wounded
In German Raid on
English Coast
LONDON — (UP) —Dip-
4j>matic~advices from Bord-
eaux Wednesday night claim-
ed that the government of
Premier Marshal Henri Pe-
tain had adopted a stiffer
attitude toward Germany as
a result of pressure said to
have been brought by
French elements opposed to
abandonment of the strug-
gle.
BORDEAUX, France —
(UP) — French plenipoten-
tiaries are scheduled to con-
tact German representatives
and receive Adolf Hitler's
terms for an armistice pro-
bably Thursday morning, it
was stated Wednesday night.
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NUMBER 22
Paris Returns To Normal Life
How French Spoils May Be Split Between Totalitarian
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
UP Foreign News Editor
France named plenipotenti-
aries Wednesday to receive Ad-
olf Hitler's terms for an armis-
tice but the war went on in the
French provinces, in North
Africa and in the British Isles.
Two days and perhaps more
will elapse before the armistice
terms—expected to call for com-
plete capitulation and surrender
of the French navy—can be
received and acted upon by the
French government, it was pre-
dicted at Bordeaux.
The swift advance of the Ger-
man army through Franco, how-
ever, made it unlikely that the
cabinet of Marshal Henri Phi-
lippe Petain could do other
than accept the conditions
agreed upon by Hitler and Be-|
nito Mussolini at Munich.
RAF Bombers Active
Great Britain, bombing Ger-
man industrial areas more ex-
tensively than ever and fighting
off nazi planes that scattered
explosives on the British Isles
in the biggest raid of the war,
insisted that the struggle would
go on to victory.
I n support of the British de-
termination to carry on, dis-
patches from London quoted I
an authoritative source asj
claiming that the German con-]
quests would be seriously men-
aced next winter by food short-
ages.
Harvest prospects are poor in
southeastern Europe, it was as-
serted, and the strain of car-
rying on the war—plus con-
tinuation of the British block-
ade—will create a "desperate
situation.
Fighting went on in France
and on the widespread battle-
fields of Africa. The Berlin
high command said that subju-
gation of French provinces was
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Jews, Political
Refugees Are In
Mortal Terror
Boulevards Crowded
With Strollers,
C i'es Reopening
B. FREDERICK C. OESCHNER
WITH THE GERMAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, en route from
Paris — (UP) — Paris is ap-
proaching the normal for a city
occupied by an enemy.
The sun-bathed boulevards
are crowded with strollers, ca-
and restaurants are reopen-
newspapers have reappear-
WAR SUMMARY
By UNITED STATES
GERMANY — High com-
mand reports continued dis-
solution of French army
and capture of Cherbourg
and Nancy with rapid ad-
vances on Lyon; Germans
admit British air raids on
northern and western Ger-
many with heavy civilian
casualties and damage.
FRANCE — French ap-
point plenipotentiaries to re-
ceive armistice terms from
Italo-German n e g otiators,
expect from 48 to 72 hours
must elapse before any
cease fire order can be giv-
en even if agreement is
reached on terms.
ITALY — Communique
claims that Italians smash-
ed British column in east
Africa and sank allied sub-
marine in Mediterranean;
Italians admit allied raids
on Liguria and Piedmont
but minimize damage.
France in her defeat may be split as shown on the above map, losing Nice and Savoy to
Italy; Alsace-Lorraine to German; the Chann el ports to Belgium as a Nazi vassal state; and
the Basque region to Spain. (NEA Tclcphoto.)
RED CROSS CHAIRMAN HOPES TO REACH GOAL
THIS WEEK; ENTERTAINMENT PLAN PROPOSED
British Bombers
Raid in Germany
LONDON—(UP) — The ait-
ministry said that heavy Brit-
ish bombers attacked oil and
supply centers, railway marsh-
aling yards, power stations and
rail communications in north-
west Germany and the Rhine-
land Tuesday night.
Attacks centered on Ham-
burg, Bremen, Frankfurt, Es-
sen, Castrop. Sterkrade and
Hanover despite strong anti-
airforce fire.
The ministry said that more
than 2,r)0 bombs were dropped
within 10 minutes at Bremen,
causing heavy explosions among
oil tanks and starting numerous
fires.
Hamburg was subjected to a
series of raids from midnight
until nearly dawn.
Onlv Germans, French To Be Present
j
When Armistice Terms Revealed
r Weather Forecast
SWEETWATER — Cloudy,
unsettled, cooler and increasing
winds. Maximum Tuesday tem-
perature 90; low Wednesday
morning 08; at 1:45 p. m., Wed-
1 nesday 76. Scattered thunder-
showers fell in Sweetwater, the
precipitation not sufficient to
register.
WEST TEXAS —Partly clou-
dy Wednesday night and Thurs-
day with showers and thunder-
storms south and central por-
tions. Cooler Thursday.
EAST TEXAS — Considerable
cloudiness, local thundershow-
ers Wednesday night and Thurs-
day.
BERLIN — (UP) — An au-
thorized source said Wednesday
night that only Germans and
French would be present when
France is informed of the axis
powers' terms for an armistice
and that Germany had not yet
informed France of the time or
place for the meeting
The meeting will be without
Italia.i participation because
"Italian interest are in good
hands after yesterday's agree-
ment" between Adolf Hitler and
Benito Mussolini at Munich, It
was stated.
No indication has yet been
given of the time or place of the
meeting as the German govern-
ment reserved the right to de-
cide those questions.
A new plan was submitted to
Red Cross workers Wednesday
for the raising of war relief
funds by Mrs. O. A. Boyer, who
proposed an "alphabetical bridge |
tournament" sponsored bv vol-
unteers among the women of
the city.
Mrs. Boyer, working in co-
operation with A. A. Eberle and
Ross S. Covey, committeemen
in charge of "entertainment so-
licitation." has already arrang-
ed a number of tournaments
which will produce money fori
the fund
The plan, as proposed by
Mrs. Boyer, is for an individu-1
al to sponsor a bridge tourna-1
ment, with four tables of bridge |
as the maximum. Each partici-j
pant is to pay 25 cents to play, j
Each table, therefore, will raise!
SI for the Red Cross fund, each :
tournament, to provide SI.
It is to be left with the dis-
cretion of the Host or (hostess
whether refreshments are serv-
ed. It has been suggested that
if any prizes are offered that
they be cash and the winners
turn this in with the tourna-
ment fund.
Mrs. Boyer hopes to enlist
the aid of others in the tourna-
ment plan and the idea is to se-
lect two to four persons "Prom
the alphabetical list in the tele-
phone directory to sponsor one
of these events. It is estimated
that if two persons from each
alphabetical list will sponsor one
of these events that at least
$200 may be raised in-this me-
thod.
If there are those who will
sponsor one of these tourna-
ments without being called.
Mrs. Boyer requests they call
her. She is furnishing tally
cards, "home-made," for tourna-
ment use. Those desiring them
may call at. her home for them.
Thirteen women had agreed
at noon Wednesday to sponsor
tournaments. Two of them were
to be held Wednesday, with
Mrs. H. W. Broughton sponsor-
ing the first in the afternoon,
Mrs. Boyer Wednesday night.
Others agreeing to sponsor
them are:
Mines. Lang Aycock, J. B. As-
kins, S. A. Beasley, E. B. Brit-
ton, E. C. Cage, Otto Carter, Wil-
lis Davis, J. E. Ferguson, J. B.
Keathley, George W. Outlaw,
See RED CROSS Page fl
Markets At A Glance
BV UNITED PRESS
Stocks irregularly higher and
quiet.
Bonds irregularly higher; U. S.
governments irregularly higher.
Curb stocks higher.
l#>reign exchange sterling
lower.
Cotton up as much as $1 10 a
bale.
Wheat, up 1-4 to 3-4 cent; corn j
up 3-8 to 5-8.
Convention Heads
Picked by Farley
CHICAGO — (UP) — Dem
ocratic National Chairman
.lames A. Farley Wednesday
recommended Speaker William
Bank head, Ala. as keynoter and
temporary chairman and Sen. j
Alben Barkley, D„ Ky., senate
majority leader, as permanent '■
chairman of the democratic
national convention which
meets here July 15.
Farley said he made the rec-
ommendation to a committee on
arrangements which meets here
Thursday after a conference
with President Roosevelt.
He said he had made no rec-
ommendation for chairmanship
of the resolutions committee
which will draft the party's
platform but anticipated that
Sen Robert F. Wagner, D.. N.
Y., "would receive considera-
tion." Wagner headed the reso-
lutions committee of the 1030
democratic convention.
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20 Torpedo Boats
Freed to Allies
WASHINGTON — (UP)—The
White House announced Wed-
nesday that the navy has re-
leased 20 high speed torpedo
boats to the allies with Presi-
dent Roosevelt's express ap-
proval.
The transaction was made in
connection with the policy of
extending all possible material
assistance to Great Britain and
France. White House Secretary
See BOATS Page 5
Clayton Williams, chairman of
the Nolan county chapter of the
American Ked Cross. Wednes-
day announced the second drive
was within $9-1.03 of the revised
quota of $1880, with some ma-
jor contributions in sight-
By the end of the week, the
Red Cross workers hope to
pass the $1880 mark set by the
national headquarters in its
drive to obtain funds for relief
of war victims in Europe.
In a communication to Chair-
man Williams Wednesday Na-
tional Chairman Norman Davis
said:
Policies Unchanged
"While conditions for render-
ing relief may change following
peace moves in France, the po-
licy of the American Red Cross
remains the same, Cessation of
hostilities in France does not
diminish the terrible suffering
and needs of refugees. We,
therefore, intend to continue
to extend all possible relief, but
only upon condition that we
have liberty of action and
protection so as to insure that
our aid goes solely to those
French men. women and child-
ren and refugees for whom it
was intended. There are al-
ready great needs for Ameri-
can Red Cross assistance in
England. These will doubtless
increase in the near future.
Our campaign for funds must
go forward I am confident
that our people will con-
tinue to trust their Red Cross to
do its best to relieve human
suffering under the changing
See DONATIONS Page 0
Wheeler Faces
Fugitive Charge
O %j
George Wheeler, arrested
Monday morning on suspicion by
members of the Sweetwater po-
lice department, was charged in
Nolan county Wednesday morn-
ing with being a fugitive from
justice.
The charge was filed by Po-
lice Chief J. A. Bland on advice
from San Benito. Calif., officers
that Wheeler was wanted there
on charges of armed robbery
and automobile theft. He refused
to waive extradition, Chief
Bland said.
fes
ing
ed.
High German officials are ar-
riving, including, it is reported,
Heinrich Himmler, chief of the [
dreaded Gestapo. There are fre-
quent arrests—by French po-
licemen of suspected fifth col-
umnists. by Germans of sus-
pected anti-German agents.
The city of light and life is
under a 9 p. m. curfew—when
it is still daylight.
German radio sound trucks
blare to the crowds in the prin-
cipal streets translations of
German high command commu-
niques reporting that French
troops are laying down their
arms.
Jews Terrified
Jews and foreign political ref-
ugees are in mortal terror. Thou-
sands of refugees from nazi
rule in Poland, Czechoslovakia
and Austria were caught here.
Some are hiding in the woods
around Paris or in cities to the
south, and the Germans are
closing in inexorably on them.
Coordination of the German
military and civil administra-
tions is proceeding and it is
believed likely that a German
commissar will be appointed
to govern France, like those in
Poland, Norway, and Holland.
Outside Paris, things are not
so normal.
An hour's drive in the Paris
environs showed the pathetical-
ly inadequate barricades and
other defenses the French had
erected to protect Paris. In
some rases concrete, still hardly
set. had been used. In others
trucks had been overturned.
The Germans, I saw, when they
could not push through one of j
these barriers, had simply sent
a big tank crash though the
walls of an adjacent house-
Fl. Worth Mayor
Forced to Resign
FORT WORTH — (UP) — j
Effects of unsettled world con- !
ditions on business forced T. ,T i
Harrell to resign his post as
mayor and city councilman 10 !
months before his term expired, j
The 46-year-old cottonseed mill
operator ended a long career in I
civic politics. He said he retired I
for "purely economic reasons",
"1 would have preferred to !
have finished my term, but i
world conditions don't give me j
any choice in the matter."
In recent months, deaths and
leaves of absence have taken
three key men from the mill, he
said. National guard and reserve
officers training would further
deprive the company of more
than half its employes in respon-
sible positions.
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French Navy Safe,
Says Newspaper
CHICAGO — (UP) — The
Chicago Daily News said Wed- j
nesday that it had received a !
message "that managed, to slip j
through the censorship" which I
said the French navy will not j
fall into German hands.
"The French navy is safely
out of German clutches and has
not left anything important be-
hind," the dispatch published in
the News said.
BRITAIN
licve first ph
onslaught on
began Tuesd,
raids by air
iisb counties
considerable
age and ki
wounded 14;
that seven,
raiders were
Britons be-
asc of German
British Isles
ay night with
on seven Eng-
which caused
property dam-
lied 11 and
British claim
possibly more,
shot down.
Pacifist Appeals
For Protection
FORT WORTH—(UP) — A
member of a pacifist religious
sect Wednesday asked the gov-
ernment whose flag he would
not salute for protection after
he had been severely beaten.
E. G. Lavender, 44, who had
two teeth missing and his jaw
dislocated, signed a complaint
for simple assault against a hus-
ky livestock commission house
man. He asked police protec-
tion.
The city council also cancel-
led a contract held by Jehovah
Witnesses for a rally in the city
auditorium in July.
Earlier John M. Winston, res-
ident engineer here for eight
years, protested to the state
highway commission because he
was allegedly discharged for
membership in a pacifist sect
which refuses to salute the Am-
erican flag.
Latvians Protest
Soviet Invasion
TALLINN, Esthonia— (UP)—
Reports from Riga. Latvia, said
Wednesday that more than 30
persons were killed when Rus-
sian officers ordered police to
fire on a rioting crowd protest-
ing Russian occupation of the
Latvian capital.
The rioting followed the
march of Russian t r o o p s
through the capital's streets.
Civilians formed a parade and
stoned shop windows and the
central police station, where
Russian officers ordered Lat-
vian police to open fire.
Several policemen were kill-
ed. Ambulances raced through
the streets of Riga all day as
rioting recurred.
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
I The United States has warned
I Germany and Italy to keep
! hand - off British, French, Dutch
possessions in this hemisphere,
| it was disclosed Wednesday as
j this country proposed an emer-
; gency meeting of the 21 Am-
i erican republics to discuss new
problems arising from the Eu-
! ropean war.
Undersecretary of State Sum-
ner Welles revealed that 13 of
1 the republics have replied fav-
; orably to a note suggesting the
I emergency consulative confer-
| ence, and that other replies
! were expected soon.
Votes Delivered
Welles said that the notes
: were delivered in the Latin
American capitals on Monday,
while the United States en-
voys to Berlin and Rome de-
livered this nation's statement
that it would enforce the Mon-
roe doctrine so far as the new
world territory of France, Brit-
ain and Holland is concerned.
The state department disclos-
ed Wednesday that the notifi-
cations were handed to the two
governments on Monday by the
American envoys to Berlin and
Rome. The move came shortly
after France had sued Germany
for peace, raising the possibility
that French Islands in the new
workl might be made forfeit in
the drafting of a peace. The Ne-
therlands already has been over-
powered by Germany
Carries Out Legislation
The warning carried out leg-
islation now awaiting President
Roosevelt's signature. That
measure writes into law the
Monroe doctrine policy of Unit-
ed States resistance to any
r hange in the status quo of for-
eign lands or islands in the
western hemisphere involving
ncn-American powers.
A state department spokes-
man said that copies of the
identical notes were given to
representatives of the French,
Dutch and British governments.^'
The department issued this
statement on the action:
"On June 17 Secretary of
State Hull instructed the Am-
erican charge d'affaires at Ber-
lin and the American ambassa-
dor at Rome to communicate
in writing to the ministers of
foreign affairs of Germany and
Italy the following communi-
cations from the government of
the United States:
Text of Communication
" 'The government of the
United States is informed that
'he government of France has
See WARNING Page 5
Louisiana May
Close Oil W ells
NEW ORLEANS — (UP) —
Louisiana, faced with the loss of
| most of its export trade because
; "f the European war. may shut
down all flowing oil wells in
'lie state, Conservation Commis-
-ioner B. A Hardey said Wed-
I nesday.
The shut-down possibly would
i be for a 30-dav period. Major
Hardey said he would contact
the conservation officials of Ark-
ansas. New Mexico and Oklaho-
ma to determine their action.
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Defense Committee
To Meet Thursday
A meeting of the Sweetwater
National Defense committee has
j been called by Chairman Henry
T. Marshall for 1:30 p m
Thursday in the Board of City
! Development office
All members are urged to be
! present
John L Lewis Interested in GOP
II It Is Ready To Br People's Party
PHILADELPHIA — (UP)
John L. Lewis told the Repub-
lican resolutions committ.ee;
Wednesday that he was inter-
ested in the G.O.P. if it was |
ready to become the party of
the people in an effort to win !
in 1940.
Republicans cannot win, he j
Said, if their party represents
"the coupon clippers of the
country and those who believe i
that the future of the nation;
rests in their ability to beat la-
bor to its knees and exploit!
economically, politically and so-
cially. the common people of
the country."
Lewis, president of the Con-
gress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, denounced President
Roosevelt's universal govern-
ment service proposal for youth
as a "fantastic suggestion from
a mind in full intellectual re-
treat."
ltEBI NKEI>
SUPERSTITIONS
By Health Dept. Universi-
ty of Vermont: Fish is not
brain food nor celery nerve
food. Milk is not fattening
nor are lettuce and cucum-
bers cooling. Lobster and
ice cream go safely togeth-
er "Stuff a cold and starve
fever" is nonsense and yeast
should he taken only on doc-
tor's advice. But it still re-
mains true that spinach will
give you grit (ask any cook)
and that no bad taste is ev-
er left by a Reported class-
ified want-ad. Regular users
of the want-ads are al-
ways in good taste. Why
don't you start using the
classified ads today. Phone
yours in to 678 now.
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