Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa), 1940-06-06
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BroWllt IIlIl coo~er In eul &o~. 8ee 8&ory on 'ale • I " ION tJ City', M ornin, Ne.."ptJper IOWA CITY, IOWA THURSDA y, JUNE 6, 1940 VOLUME XL NUMBER 211 FIVE CENTS == First* * * Widespread* * /* Bombing * * * Attack*** on*** England*** Made* * * _______________---,,-...,.: .C--- * * * * * * * * * * * * Rural Districts Draws Danger This Is Paris-Again the Goal of German Armies German Jab Suffer in Night • Throuo-h Two Italy Makes Turkey Orders Bomhing Raid Partial Removal Main Lines 12.l\1ile Limit Of Citizens Enem.y Driven Off n c In d Fierce Thru Is Head d By Antiajrcraft Fire, Declares Coast, Colonial ISTANBUL, June 5 (AP) heavy 1 Turkey tonight c;rdered partial For Paris, I.e Havre; C., on British Fighter Possessions Dangerous removal of citizens from Istan 'Fresh' Division Fight 1862. bul and adopted other emer in the LONDON, June 6 (l'hl.ll'sday) To All Navigation gency' air raid precautions. (AP) - Incendiary bombs were BY THE A SOClATED PRE S . All pC:o'sons from the pro- BERI.IN, June 5-The German dropped in rural districts of ROME, June 6 (Thursday) vinces who have been. living in (AP)-ItalY, poised tor weeks on Isti',1bul without regular em high command declared tonight Yorkshir<l, Lincolnshi're and Nor that "countle s new divisions" an apparentlY impending entry ployment will be removed to folk and on the Thames side hurled against B 200-mile' north during the night in Germany's into war, declared a 12-mile zone their former homes by the gov- France front had jabbed through :firs~ widespread bombing at around her coast and colonial :~;:~~~. to ~a:Yalf~~~~~nds are the main delen lines in two tack on England. fierce thrusts-one toward Paris, possess,ions dangerous to navi- Gen. E u g e n e Mitte)hauser, The ail' ministry and hom!! the other toward Le Havre. galion today, as her axis partner French offi,cer who succeeded minist'.-y announced the bomb The announceemnt said General ings. -Germany-drove in a great Gen. Maxime Weygand as com mander of the allied near east Weygand's Somme-Alsne river Apparently the German raid offensi ve on Paris. line was broken on the Aisne-Olse ers attempted to locate and at armies, was reported to have The announcement of the dan- r:o'oposed at a conference with canal and between the mouth of tack Royal Air Force airdromes. gel' zone did not say whether the the Turkish general staff in An the Somme and the ancient tort No damage was ',eporled ex res town of Ham. cept to one hOl!Se in Lincoln coastal · waters had been mined kara today that Turkish troops be sent to Syria to assure de The bomb-blaa ted b ttJefront shire which was set on fire. nor give the exact nature of the from Ham 50 miles west to Abbe A German bomber was be fense of that area in case F',ench danger ships would face in the forces now in Syria should have' ville is the path of Germany's lieved brought down in the ser hard right wing smash toward I.e ies of raids. lone. to campalgil in north Africa. Wat4)rs Mined Owners of wooden buildings Havre at the English channel High explosive bombs also mouth of the Seinc. were used in two attacks with Mining. of the coastal waters. in this strategic al:1i historic city on ihe Bosporus, entrance to thc' THAT DRIVE I INTENDED out causing serious damage. of Italy and her possessions would Black . sea, were ordered to Six persons suffered minor I TO "COMPLETEI,Y EPARATE" injuries. make dangerous for naVigation, spray the roofs with a fireprooC BRITAIN AND FRANCE. r/l$ Bomber not only the immediate waters of chalk mi?'ture to lessen the dan The break reported on the Aisne A dull glow lighted the sky the Italian "boot" but also close _ g(.,,- of incendiary bombs. Oise canal started nazi troops on on the east coast after bombs the march again tor Paris. The the Adriatic and the approaches canal, 65 to 70 miles northeast of had been dropped and anUair to a large part of the African lyan guns had opened lull blast E~gland Girds Paris, was the closest the Ger where the bomber was believed coast along Libya in the Medi mans drove to the French capital to have been brought down. terranean. before veering to the w st lor the The government also ordered For Defense ba ttJe ot Fla nders. Bombs were reported to have Beyond the Somme river the fallen on the village green, but all sirens in Italy to cease sound ing, eftective today. since they Germans struck and broke the appal' tly thC'l'e were no cas This Central detalle«3 -map ahowl Pari., caJ)ltal nt Pari. l. comp~\y surrounded by a ring of fortificatiOns. Though would be used only for air raid Soldi(!cs Drill On I'xcl\l.~tve Prl\ll~ hastil,y cons uctcd French lInc, ualties. France, and It. torts, 8ubl1rbs and enVirons. Note bow the Seine threatened twice by German armies during the Wo~ld war, Parla an army communiqu said. The Yorkshire Post said two alarms if Italy enters the war. river, spanned by many bridges, winds through the he~t of the has not .een an enemy within Its gatee .lnce 1871, when the city Behind the country's sea fron Village Greens In ....rl Undefended' bombs were dropped in the great city. These spans might be made "mllltsry objecttve~" by Ger tell to Pru8sian forces under the late great military genlu., General The onnouncem nt added that tier, which observers thought man forces and I. mass all' attack on them would necel!3arUy bring Helmuth von Moltke. Paris waa founded about 100 :So C., by the north riding district of York ExpC(·I.ation of Invasion past that line "lay Paris-und - mined, at least in front of the • ~"Jlt [email protected]""ntlnn tn tha r.ltv 1t1l,,1'. AN mav be seen on the map, Parisli, a. Gallic tribe, and was first captured by Julius CanILI' . shire shortly after midnight, tended by arly elabora1e system starting two flres which soon important ports, lurked Italy's BY DREW MIDDLETON • • • • • • • • •• •••••••••• ~ . .. ........., I I .. or fortification." died out. No air 'raid warning grim black submarines, trim war LONDON, June 5 (AP) - Evel' ships and airfleet. Fiercest fightine was rcported was sounded there. British air mindful of big bertha shells, between Ham and the Somme craft were in the air at the time Awalt Sirnal planes and parachuters that can river mouth. There the com In ItalY itself and along the French Assert New Defense of the attack and a large num hurdle the channel In a matter of SysteDl munique aiB many "fresh" divi bL', of searchlights were active. empire roads 2,009,000 alert troops mlm~tes, England today had her sions went into acUon for the first Four bombs fell into the sea awaited Premier Mussolini's sig ~egular troops drilling on village time. about 300 yards from the pier nal to launch on a campaign of greens where no soldier has Entraps Gerlllan Arlllored ColulDDS Control of more of th Fr nch at an east coast port. conquest in order to reach the marched since Cromwell's time, coastline was at stake. The text of the communique: naUon's territorial aspirations. and the usually tidy countryside ----~------ .----~--------------~---------------------------------------- . Along a 200-mlle front from Aller Airdromes Thousands more wcre leaving is strewn with barricades. Abbeville ncar the English chan~ "The ar.· ministry and the today to join their comrades at This is Britain's long invio Governors End Revnaud Announces Second Make Supreme nel to Lonewy at Ihe top of the ministry of home security an widely scattered posts. late home battlefront, where Brit Maginot line. the Germans and the nounce that enemy aircraft All ships must obtain authoriza ons now are ready to spring into Conference With Sholl f F h C h' tand in Effort French loueh1 a battle which, dropped a number of Incendiary tion and instruction from Italian instant action when, and it. the ~c l . , a ieup 0 rene a met Adoll Hitler told his legions, would bombs In nr;al districts of York consular or military authorities in blitzkrieg turns from the battle N o one ltSIOnS To Save Paris be the "greatest of all time." shire, lincolnshire, Nortolk and order to approach Italian coastg: lines of the continent. ' Fir t Tar&,et on the Thames side during the Failing to do so, they will ap On a 120-mile tour of defenses DULUTH, Minn., June 5 (AP) DaJadier Dropperl By The Associated Presa Le Havre, important sea lJnk s night, apparently In an eUort to proach "at their own risk and I found many indications for the Clamp Rigid PARIS, June 5-German ar- with Britain, appeared the first locate and attack R. A. F. aIr peril." supreme defense of the kingdom -The nbtional governor's confer- From Government; mored columns whlch broke into target-with Pads 'the heart of C;·o'omes. Ships now en route to Italy which even Napoleon failed to en- ence ended here tonight, l-each Premier Takes Post the main French front on the . France," the Linal objective. "Anti-aircraCt defenses were must give immediate notice of the tel'. ing no {onnal "conclusion ". but Restrictions Somme as the spear-points of a Authoriz.ed s 0 ~ r c e s said the in action.