kvXj, - SUNOCO. WEDNESDAYt '&AY 15. 19AQ. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: From the shores of the North Sea to the northeast corner of France, a battle is raging such as the world has never seen. \More than a hundred miles that Armageddon line is flung out.For more than a hundred miles the countryside is deafened by the roar of cannon throwing their tonnage of explosives in volume beyond A belief.over the heart of Belgium and the>oorner of Gallic soil, the skies are thick with clouds of airplanes, droppingwtheir loads of destruction while others soar and zoom to fight them back ,j One guess xs that Hitler has no fewer than seven thousand af~those murderous A aerial craftr^ blasting the way for his r&p&i mechanized columns. More than a million men are^o^fighting on that hundred mile . / Although^hat-battielina stretches almost to the North Sea, there are two places where ferocity has reaehe^K a climax. One of them is at Louvain, poor old Louvain, the scene of so much destruction and horror in the last war. Most of it, as you know, was rebuilt with money raised in American schools and universities, fev this tlttw all that rebuilt splendor is again in ruins^ For-4^1 w^-toow,ztiie^invaders are' ztcfti»'-past that his tori c ^1 ty-^town-y The latest report tol4^aj t hat the lit ■ ^ Nazi s>4w«re-^pu*aifltg-feh!eir_deadl4«Bt-«?d-fflost-4»tonso--tiirns-t^at A Brussels, and ©fcoooraa Louvain is only a few minutes drive by motor 7T vww- from the belgian capital. ?heT«» tTie Belgians are .dafentiing-thalT backed up highly mechanized British divisions. The British, we learn, are holding the left wing of the defense, with their extreme resting upon the Antwerp bastion. So=th© feha-story-or ona^spearhead of the German striking force. crv\ Rot^Just as fierce a fight is^now bei-ny on thw H soil near Sedan./All though the day, the German high —— / * command has been ygmrxM crowing in notes of triumph: ftWe have broken the Maginot Line[ Me have destroyed the legend that it is impregnablelw And indeed it was admitted that they had advanced frnr^, ten miles west of the River Meuse.; The French LEAD - 3 acknowledge that the invaders stormed across the river at three points. The French commander-in-chief promptly hurled against tnem division after division of shack troops, fre^i troops. tL * They pushed back the invaders, pusned them back six miles. Fresh reserves continue^ to be hurled into the breach by the CucinnA^ French. And the last.wo^i we had from that scene of ^ A was lict- .nothing- is fighting against tank; and battalion against battalion^ An# overhead^tii-the thi j I fy- of bombing planes, thie^-as -the~dQcks A A f lying morth.- to _ Cenada i>nly - faw^wcsterbacte fijt. wot" , a matter ofrtratrfr^lias .not bea* ^ The Maginot Line, gs-aamatter- of-ragrT^as not The French explain that the line itself ends at piaoe^oai^d Longwy^ on the border of Luxemburg. Beyond that is what they describe as the Maginot extension, of more recent ^ A origin than the Maginot Line. it wasn’t started until the King of the Belgians announced the neutrality of his country in case of war. was inrtha-t'corneiL^feha^ the Germans pushed over the Meuse, hoping perhaps to execute a flanking movement around the LEAD _ 4 left of the^tfaginot Line; and^strxic#^oTr#jr-at Fari^e important rail centers tlw north^f^Franee. If the Nazis were to reach those rail centers,^t:-Wonld go hardly witii the defenders* mz \ * h» -gr The news agency of Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels ^utters the claim that Hitlers planes have destroyed the Allied ---- air forces. That of course is exaggerated. But the headquarters of the Royal Air Force in France admits that the British striking force is carrying out its mission in the face of heavy odds. For instance, in one dog fight alone, a single squadron of German fighting ships numbered no fewer than fifty-four — fifty-four in one squadron and among them ^ere many dive-bombers of th e latest „ model Junkers. They were attacked by six British “ " " Many of the British pilots are alaostj'exhausti^because there arenft A A enough of them. They have to keep in continuous action. No sooner do they come to ground than they are ordered up again. However, the British add that the Germans aid little damage considering the A number of their planes and the frequency of their raids. iiKxxxxxi \ LL&D - 5 On© cable from London reports that the tension all along t:ie line was at its highest pitch today. it v-aa m\^t olsb the because of a new threat from Hi11 er/^-f-^ra^s. Ail train traffic between Germany and Switzerland suspended] That revives the threat of a Nazi push around the tt southern end of the Maginot L^ne. The northwest corner of Switzerland is flat and be stormed by a swift spearhead thrust of tiw Nazi mechanized^isions. Of course this LU&) has been 'before,-w*t^tonigh%iwe heard tha -•nio gnitag rsaor^J. tragically verified^ IiTBr i the people are waiting hourly in 7 expectation of raids.yThe Nazis proclaimed another warning today. —P Every foot of the coastline of the Low Countries occupied by German troops brings nearer the thrust against England. Air bases a in the Netherlands/already have brought bombing attacks closer to England^ l*ea^t^i that’s the way the Nazis put it Al6ai* The British authorities are^agaiit^evacuatiagrth* children A ^ from London. And a radio message from Brussels announced that the * two sons and one daughter of King Leopold are now safe on British territory. ^ LEAD 6 A dispatch from Stockholm indicates that the first attacks on Britain may come from the Nazi air bases in Norway. Hitler has been concentrating large numbers of planes along the Norwegian coast, and, in spite of the divisions he has fighting in Belgium and France, not only planes but soldiers are still being sent into Norway, to Oslo. o Narvik and driven the Germans out of that port. The Allied forces are supposed to include Norwegian, British, French and Polish soldiers. There are twelve thousand of them, and they are said to be driving the Germans toward the Swedish border. that^^ggt^aaa^Mconfirmed. repoxfe. LFAD - fok Herefs a bulletin fcfes* just ijjA E l rrom the German High Command. T: ^ Nazi armies .,_ _ ^ ^ horrors will ..ay Siege to £x Brussels ?vij>h all th^tewnwr^ r>f war, ii the Allies do not iarediy^ely stop moving troops through Belgian the^^gfcglMM capital. Tiie German advance guard is ^ <V Jr ’tt) rsw . only eighteen miles tg-rtfag east of Brussels. A wilhelmina was A graj, uaired lady, fifty-nine years old, driven out of h6r C0Jntry’ sat in front of a microphone In London today. It Her Majesty Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, a refugee- sovereign broadcasting a message while gray uniformed invaders were taKing possession of her palaces, while whole cities in her kingdom wei while ij& ^azi hordes were over-running every square^iag^ of her homeland except^ one tiny section, in Zeeland, iomt of her cities were ablaze^bfcause the Dutch set fire tio int^flitler* s^andsf °f 0U‘ ^ gasoline sooner than let them fall moment— ^Winkleman, Commander-in-Chief, signing the capitulation Of the Dutch Army^ Ij, a radio broadcast, General Winiriaiaaa urged A the people not to show the slightest hostile attitude toward the conquering Germans. een Wilhelmina1s Minister in Paris declared that one i&tjU&C out of every four soldiers had been killed.in action. It is believed that no fewer than one hundred thousand of the fighters of the l surrender. Netherlands lost their lives before S4n«ral fclj A X #^8 V . In^Queen^Wilhelmina’s broadcast she made no attempt at pathos, no appeal to tears, though tears must have been close to the WILHELMINA - 2 eyes of many who heard her. She explained that she and her people had hoped up to the last, hoped against hope, that it would be possible to limit the conflict in Europe. nBut,n she added, "all our fervent prayers for common understanding between nations have tfr proved futile." Except for that tone, the elderly Queen’s message was undaunted, even hopeful. "Morally," she said, "we can never be conquered. But no happiness can be expected in this world until Germany is defeated. Our spirit will remain unbroken. I am convinced," she^^^to^w^ "that my people will never give up their faith in the cause of freedom and Justice, notwithstanding the opporession under whjc h they will Live until the country is I?7 free again." To which she added a prayer for the dawn of the day when freedom will be restored to the Netherlands and to all other victims of/berman aggression. /rQueen Wilhelmina will deliver a broadcast /especially to the United States at nine o’clock tonight. Eastern ^^tr^IT^clTTutch business and enterprise is not going to stop. A cable from Singapore repcrts that the principal banks of Holland have transferred their headquarters to Hatavia, capital of thp Netherlands East Indies Empire. The Rotterdam Lloyd Shipping Company has also transferred its headquarters to the colonial capital in Java. KAISER 1 ^^Wen^*>r~k ^ ^ears a^0> a man with pointed mustaches *rot-^ his^rgn^tow^^to a document in Berlin. It was- the historic order / ? / Y L<ctr j.or war, tne paper that sent gray clad mill ions ^fcrasqgiTTg-- into ‘=3^ ^ A Belgium and France. I mean, of course, the ex-Kaiser, Wiiheim fc&e Second* Of late years, those famous mustaches have been replaced by a gray beard, and the man whose signature started a war has been 1^0^ &J2S2 — quiet country gentleman on an aristocratic estate in Holland. Ever since his countrymen invaded the land that gave him refuge, people have been wondering what was happening to him. One of his grandchildren said today:- nWe don!t know, we havenTt heard from Grandpa since this business began.” The question was asked of the authorities in Berlin and a spokesman for the Nazis declared that 0*JLy the former Kaiser^aturaAly*—quite safe^ As^BTna t t» has been free to return to his large estates in Germany any time . fibtt h he wanted He rates today as ^ German citizen. When the blitzkrieg started, the government of the Netherlands offered to move the kaxxKK* Kaiser, so say the Germans. But he preferred to A &dt~ t stay where lie was, walking on ths green lawns of his oo««try-pi«kee> A KAISER - 2 There aas fighting near Doom, but^ At - tB rep ■*-*4 ' lx JA German^pfeami^rgaye orders tta yraaKs -should—to disturb .4* the old gentleman, that the thunder of warfare should be kept as far £r®ffl-&t*=3«Qr». as possibleA^-r tV% liJzZSX, ^ tj CT^C o ^JL ^ u>t5^vJ^ \ DIPLOMATS American diplomats in Holland and Belgium are staying on the job. Secretary Hull says they will stay there until further notice. Since nearly all of Holland has surrendered, there is no q J, more danger at The Hague, Mid -TEilftnugto Brussels is at this moment A being bombarded, Ambassador Cudahy has shown no inclination to leave his post. STOCKS Wall Street took a bracer this afternoon ard put a stop to that slump in the Stock Market. But the bears did not quit until the market value of American securities had been cut down by more than six billion dollars. At ^closing time, some of the war babies had^even taken a rise. But the grain market continued to txr&Lafr, "W/h* go down. The price for instance, dropped once more^ten limit allowed by law.nowadays, dropped ^or cents • % -thatf the second consed^tive~4«^ COMMUNISTS Ine move against a Trojan Horse on tills side of the water took shape today in two places. At Ottawa, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Province of Ontario, declared that "in accordance wttn the regulations and in my discretion, I see fit oO declare the Communist Party of Canada an illegal organiazation." V»itn that he passed sentence on three men, Communists who had been convicted of putting out pamphlets concerning the present struggle in Europe. They were sentenced to terms in jail from two and a half to three years in addition to heavy fines. One of them is a newspapermen, another a soldier, and another was in the civil service. In our own Congress, there came up today the name of Harry Bridges, C.I.O. leader on the West Coast. The Congressmen want to have him deported. It will be remembered that Dean Landis of the Harvard Law School held a hearing and gave Bridges a bill of health, said he was no Communist. Nevertheless he may soon find himself on his way bac^ to Australia. The Committee on Immigration in the House today reported a bill to deport him. defense : rwhat about the agitation to strengthen the defense forces of A i^T Uncle Sam, *hich are said to bar needed badly in spite of all the a a billions that have been poured out? President^ioosevelt has^almos 13 - the special message that he has been preparing. Congress will isavt^it tomorrow. The exact sum he will ask is* not announced^' ^ut it’s believe to be jpr®;bt 5 r:=reti<j;:S:^c::ttK^n#- billion dollars. One report has it that the exact figure will be nine hundred and eighty-two millions. That would include both direct appropriations and funds to be authorized by Congress. Of this the Army is to get seven hundred and thirty-two millions; the Navy two hundred and fifty millions. It was made public today that Uncle Sam’s army Air Corps is calling back two hundred flyers to active duty, y^Ce-eje ar^s Q> pilots,who had been retired for physical disability. instructors and executive jobs now betef filled by younger men. DEFMgfc- 1 2 Also, President Roosevelt signed an order to make more men available for enlistment, cutting down the restrictions. Another order calls for an increase in the strength of the numbers of the Army Medical Corps. The Naval Affairs Committee of the Senate filed a report today. It spoke up for an immediate passage of the Vinson Bill, a bill that the H0use has already passed. This authorizes a eleven per cent increase in the Navy. The Committee also reversed itself on the question of Guam. It calls for the building up of that island in the far western Pacific as a strong naval and air base. the same tinA the Senators declare 'that we hhve LOthing to beVLarmed about report says the armies of Europe and AS\ do not mena\us. To be a menace, they \must be transported across\he sea in shi\s. Airplanes^as To ed on the continents of urope and\Asia do not menace us. ‘fee\hreaten seriously our inental Security they must be conveyedNacross the'sea and con eratedVfrom bases in or near thi i hemisphere. yj DEFENCE - 3 All the Seripps-Howard newspapers carred a stfcongly worded editorial today, urging that Uncle Sam buy dp all the British, i'reach, and Dutch islands in the Caribbean, the Bahamas, the Bermudas, Martinique, and Trinidad, and have them ready as possible air bases. The would serve a twofold purpose. It would give the Allies more cash for carrying on the war, money which they need so desperately. And itwould give this continued the protection in the Caribbean that it needs. The Scripps-Howard newspapers suggest that the other American countries be given a change to have a share in the buying of those islands. gr r- M*****"*' • ‘ - — JMI*" HereTs a dispatch just handed me -- the State Department advised all Americans throughout Europe to retur- 1-- And now Hugh James