1940 ::::~ , .. Tlaunder.torm. odoy Sarasen 11 Veteran Golfer Tiel Lltile In IOWA: Showers by atternoDD or National Open n"lll In eUreme eut loda : Irank J. l d ....b Menu)' and cooler. i1lp, who See Story on fale 4 IY after_ l mOrning 'otfla City', Mornin, NeUl,paper s church OI rub ot_ FIVE CENTS IOWA CITY, IOWA , SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1940 VOLUME XL NUMBER 214 in JOhn_ ife. lie , in 1905 township nic drpol1 , City Pi­ ,icnic be­ How Artist Views German Pi.n.rprs on War Front ay at the *** *** *** *** * * ***.French Retreat Before Greate t 'ee miles Ad ' . It A oeen ask­ Intra y n.nounces Offensive in Militarv Hi tor food and lee cream 1ished by 60 Infantry Divisioll8, 7 A:rrnored Units Thrown SinI{ing Armed Into Terrific Mechanized Onslaugllt !ctions II) of Ship hem trQw, South of the onime cipal air- , ----------------~--------------------- BY HENRY C, CASSIDY 4 Men Killetl Italy Threatens Dire Results I PARIS, June 8 (AP)--The French were falling back to­ \ night along nearly 60 miles of the front but still fighting D " * • • • • • • • against the German offensive on P~ri s-facing the trong t When U-Boat Warus That 5 English Cities Will Be Bombed attack of the war and the most massive mechanized on­ INN F'or Each Italian City Attacked slaught in military history. Shells Vessel The Germans threw 60 infantry divisions and Rev n a1'~ ROME, June 8 (AP)-A Point­ greater bombardment of London," mored divjsions-more than 1,000,000 m nand 3,500 tanks Carinthia Is Second ed w81'1llng that five English cities the newspaper added. -into the assault south of the Somme. would be bombed for every ital­ Howevel', Rome was considered This mighty push reached its peak in the center of the British Armed CruiSer ian ci ty attaclled by allied bomb­ here to be fairly safe trom at­ front, where reserves were brought up in the Oise valley­ Sunk by Germall8 ers in the event Italy enters the tack, with the Ilalians prepared the route to Paris-and hurled into the battle in the region war was published today by the to make it an open city by re­ -------------------'eot Roy and Noyon, in an area 48 LONDON, June 8 (AP)-The Rome newspaper n Giornal d·lt­ moving govemment oltices, troops miles north oJ this capi tal. sinking of the armed' merchant alia while foreign observers were and aircraft. Push to Paris In this cior alone the Ger- cruiser Cnrinthiil-o 20,277-ion expressing belief [taly would n­ . - . mans were estimated to hove us­ former Cunard-White star liner ier ihe conflici next week. Some observers heard ihat on ed halt a minion m n. Stal'tlng at Central Press a[tist'~ impression \ port a ';)reak-wrough e attacks popular with Americans as Ii world n Giornale d'[talia's editor is lialian attack on their tirst secret On Schedule, cruise ship before the war-wlls Veriin lo Gayda, long recognized objective would come in the early dawn, after dJve bombers, artillery 01 the possible German pince~s poinis as indicated by arrows. and tanks had opened the way, the movement on the war front is ' the greatest ,announced tonighi by the admir­ as Premier Mussolini's 'editorial hours next Monday but a source alty. mouthpiece. considered reliable indicated it Nazis Assert Jlazi infantry ch a riled , each man given above. The Germans re- Thousands of tanks and d i v e drive of the war. holdlna the houlder of the rnan It was the largest merchanl ship • • • probably would be later, possibly yet sunk by enemy action since Reports have circulated here Thursday or Friday night. before hJm. the w:lr slarted. thUt the British and. French pIon Although only Mussolini and Claim Steady Advances The French were oUlnumbered Two officers and iwo seamen in Jnfantry. to bombard Italian centers Jf this poosibly his axis partner, Adolf Break Weygand Line; North ot the capital the French American Manufacturers: TU'flt' had b'een killed when the ship, nation entered the war against Hitler, are supposed to know the withdrew tor the Ii cond succes­ one of 50 'merchant cruisers in the them. date of the expected entry into Berlin Raids Denied .British · fleet, was torpedoed · by sive day. The general tall-back To these rellorls, lhe aulhori- the war, con(idence that Italy has was called a "retirement maneu­ To Large;.Scaie War Production a U-boat. Other officers and the talive newspapeJ' saids closed her last week liS a non- BI The Assoclated Prell ver," and a military spokesman crew were saved. In peacetime "For every Italian city bombed belligerent nation in this war was BERLIN, June 8-German mlH~ declared the main line J'emalned the crew was 405. five' English cities would suiter based on impressions in Italian tary sources declared tonight the unbt·oken. More than 200 of the crew were the same treatment." circles as well as war prepara­ Survey Sho'tvs Consignment of 50 Navy PI~nes landed a t a British port by a war­ nazi steamroller is breaking the The nazis also struck a tremen­ Bombardmeni of Rome would tions which appear to be com­ dous blow on the French right ship · tonight. Another 100 were be the signal (01' "similar but plete. Weygand Hne lit will and push­ expected on a second J'escue ship. (east) Clank lind succeeded in. es­ Plants Expanded Destined for Allies lWill Make --~--------------------- Inll down the Pllth to Paris just tablishing a foothold on the outh The .crew said the CaJ'inthili re~ For A"'m.aments mllined afloat fot some time after as planned. bank of the Alsne river. In that F- I FI- h 0 U - . d S' being torpedoed but that two war­ Compulsory Military Training Three confident sentences made sector, ihe French were counter­ !nts By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS aUocklng bItterly. Ina Ig t yer ~te tates :lhips failed in an attempi to tow up the high ootnmand commu­ her to port. • • • NEW YORK, June 8- Shifting BiQ. Ready Soon~ Adler Says nique which 101' the fourth day German prc88ure diminished from the manufacture of peace- Ready at Buffalo Coll(Jge Coeds ' The admiralty did not say 'where of the north France drive re­ the GOl'inihia, a twin-screw vessel -------r . ported steady advance without tonllbt (lit th xtreme len ful gadgets to fighting machines, To Take Otf For built in 1925 and long in trans­ (welt) flank, where tbe Bre81e Shutt Careers disclosing any details. river blocked thelr infanlry, A America's industry has embarked AUrinti~ servioe, had been attack­ Flood Water's Publisher Tells Alumni Canadian Border But those at home were ad­ lank colul\1n of 200 t.o 300 whl h on lll'fge - scale plan t expansion For Mot~u~"hood ed. vised nQt to tear that this means . N b k Of Princeton Action pene\raud 11)\11.1\ 1.0 F~'8-1H' . 1 ' The Germans, however, !l few and udapta tion of factories to I e D. bog-down ot the drive by vet~ Eaux was reported belnl pound­ BUFFALO, N, Y., June 8 (AP) EVANSTON, Ill., June 8 (AP) houl's before, unnounced u 14,- It N rUNS a l By Congress Is Near eran troops and fresh dIvisions, war l1eeds, a nation-wide surv,ey ed t.o blla by Fnnch r~"'er -Before another sunset, the first -The college. coed of , 11140 is OOO-ton auxiliary cruiser had been ear onna Instead, military sources said, the showed today. consignment of 50 navy planes shunning a "career" for marriage sunk orf the north west coast of PRINCETON, N. J ., June 8 and cannon-flrlnr planes. Proiects under construction march to the heart of France destined fOl' the allies are expect- and motherhood. Ireland. (AP)- CoIQnel Julius Ochs Ad- continues each day ahead of the • • • and in prospect to handle h~me WAUNETA, Neb., June 8 (AP) leI', vice president and general The battle raged with voryln, ed to complete theil' final flight This conclusion was reported in . The Carinthia was the second pace first set by the high com­ defense and increased allied PUT­ an interview. todal by Mrs. Ruth Britl:.h armed merchant cruiser -Flood waters o[ Ft'enchman manager ot the New York Times, intensity all alo~ the new, chases will result in expenditure mand. shortened 1l0-mile front Crom t1)e over United States territory en O. McCarn, psycholoaist and sunk since the war sta~ted . The creek receded from stores and told Princeton university alumni "Abeolutely" Untrue of hundreds of millions of dollars leday a bill to require rompul­ sea to the Aisne. route to the westel'll battlefront. counselor of women al;- North- Rawalpindi, 16,697 tons, was lost homes of this ravllged community An lIuthorized spokesman called for materials, work£'Cs and ma­ sory military training would be Milltary authoriti s not given to Poised tonight at the Buffalo western university. last Nov. 23 with 280 of her pt'r- lonight as the third crest in two "absolutely" untrue a French an~ chines, the survey indicated. ':eady tor congress soon. exaggeration called the battle airport, where they were concen- She described the choice of sonnel after an attack by the Ger­ nouncement tha naval bombers ExD;lllSlon Spec~cula.r days moved on toward the Repub­ The alumn!I numbering 250, frankly "the greatest of all time." trated on short notice as the navy marriage and motherhood instead man poc\.cet battleship Deutschland dumped explosives onto factory Prodded by allied buying, of a career as tremendously more ' olf Ireland.