CO All Barrir.g .. miracle, the big coal strike starts at midnight. Three hundred and seventy-eight thousand soft coal miners will quit work, and cut off eighty-five per cent of the American supply of bituminus coal. » will have a ciritical effect upon difense -\ iSUt • indust rr,_ar *f*±s will bring miners in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana and Alabama. ^ The Sh 0 «.g. o, r».lA—a ». felt for t.o r tb,,. .e.n.. frs -there-±s~ a eonsiderable^toclL en iwnd. The imminence cf the strike brought repercussions in Congress. A 6alif°rnia representative introduced a bill making it treasonable to strike against^the United States or^ in defense industries. Congressman Martin Dies took the occasion to announce that if labor unions donft purge themselves of un-American element% he will offer a law to forbid the certification of unions that include Communists and Nazis. Troubles reached a crisis in the Ailis-Chaimers strike at Milwaukee. The strikers broke out into violence agiinst the fV strike-breakers. A mob of three thousand pickets assembled outside the plant, and stopped cars taking strike-breakers into the factory. Thereupon the Milwaukee police drove a six ton armored car into the crowd and sent the mob of strikers to the right-abouts with tear bombs. SHIP SEIZURE Here’s the first sequel to the seizure of those Danish, Italian and Ggraan ships by Dnole Sam. th^government has issued warrants for the arrest of the Italian and Geraan seamen, seven hundred and seventy-five Italians -and about one hundred Germans. The idea is to deport them. The immigration service iiixajEitiu charges that they have outstayed their welcome, exceeded t..e sixty dc-.y permit to remain in this country which the immigration IT laws grant them. The officers and sailors of the thirty-nine Danish merchant ships have been left, out of courtesy, aboard the seized vessels. That is, aboard each Danish vessel, six are The others allowed to remain. have been turned over to the immigration 7^. authorities, but it is understoodwill receive preferential treatment. The Italians and Germans will be sent back to their countryjLtf f In Portland, Oregon, the United States Attorney has filed charges of sabotage against the fifty-two officers ana men of the Italian motorship which Uncle Samfs Coast Guard seized there, The master of the Italian freighter seized at Houston > shtp SEIZURE - S Texas, declared that it was the Italian naval attache at Washington who had ordered him to wreck the engines of his vessel. He received those orders last Friday, whereupon his crew with blow torches and files did as much damage as they could, Friday night and Saturday. By the way the crew of that Italian freighter at Houston were tickled to death when they were arrested, said they didn’t want to fight and didn’t want to go home and hoped they would be interned. The total number of ships now seized in American harbors has gone up to sixty-nine. Secretary of State Hull made the statement that the government of the United States had taken this action only because the ships were being sabotaged and there was dangei of their being scuttled to the detriment of American harbors and navigation. So far, said the Secretary, nobody has questioned the absolute lawfulness of the government’s action. ■u-v*-frVi4" nn in the United States today. Another question was brought up in one Will the government next take over the French merchant vessels in our harbors? If so that would include the great eighty-two thousand ton n freighter steamed away from her luxury liner NORMANDIE. °ne French i 6 , «riohnrpd off Staten Island. She berth in the Hudson River today an ^ Qtate Department to take a cargo had received the permission of the State vep SHIP SEIZURE - 3 of coal from Norfolk, Virginia to Martinique. When the President reached Florida today it was given out that the seiaure of the ships had been at his own personal request. A late bulletin from Washington reports that both Germany and Italy have entered a formal protest against the seizure of the vessels. This, in spite of the fact that both Secretary Hull and President Roosevelt clearly indicated that any protests would be rejected • Again ail eyes are focused on Jugoslavia, /isiot in twenty-six years has that country oeen in such a ferment of excitement. Belletins fiave been pouring out from Belgrade all (fey. The Belgrade government is taking the strongest measures to defend the country against a Nazi invasion, ^rime Minister General Siraovitch issued a proclamation to prevent the Jugoslav armies from being hampered by such waves of refugees as contributed to the defeat of the French. For a while there was a quick rush of people from Belgrade and other places near the frontier to points in the interior of Serbia. So General Simovitch proclaimed that the interests of the state demand that everyone JUGOSLAVIA - 2 keep to his house and if necessary die at his own door for the good of country, king and people. To which he added, nthe army, air force and navy of the kingdom are ready to fulfill their duties.n He also commanded all government officials, particularly municipal authorities and priests, to stand by. The responsible ministers, he added, will permit only such evacuation as has been planned, and only on written order. An meetings not in harmony with the present situation are forbidden, no large crowds allowed. Jugoslav troops tonight are concentrated on the borders of Albania, ureece and Hungary. and the The Nazi Minister to Belgrade is leaving for Berlin Jugoslav Minister to Hitler has already returned to Belgrade. Nazi newspapers have been bubbling over with accusations being mistreated in Jugoslavia. Of course the that Germans were world has taken those accusations with a grain of salt ever since the Czechoslovakia business. But some color was given to the charges in this instance when communique expressing regret the Belgrade government issued a for recent incidents involving Germans JUGOSLAVIA - 3 It is reported unofficially that General Simovitch has offered Hitler a non-aggression treaty instead of the tripartite alliance with Germany, Italy and Japan. As a matter of fact, the government of Prince Paul, the Regent, tried to come to just such terms with the Nazis but were turned down. Hitler wouldn’t hear of it. General ^imovitch still has the knotty problem of the Croats. The latest word from Belgrade is that the Croats have promised to support General Simovitch, with the leader of the Croats as Vice-Premier, although last week he refused to cooperate. Almost as many bulletins have been coming out of Berlin as from Belgrade. A story from the Nazi capital is that relations between Germany and Jugoslavia are getting rapidly The Naziscomplain that in spite of promises, the anti-Nazi demonstrations in Jugoslavia are increasing. A phrase used in Berlin is that the Hitler government is maintaining an attitude of ice cold observation. , p <,torv has its comic aspect. The Berlin side of the story na „ . apnerosity some day must come to an One phase is that the Nazi g end* YeSj thos are the words — nNazi generosity.w They also complain that the demonstrations in Jugoslavia seriously endanger the prestige of the German Reich. TURKEY 0 A surprise note from Turkey. The Turkish Ambassador at Washington made inquiries at our State Department today, urgent inquiries. The question is,bluntly — what are the chances for American aid to the Turks? They consider themselves entitled to help, both because of their position as Allies of Great Britain and because they have professed their ia± firm intention of resisting any aggression. That puts the Balkan crisis in a somewhat different light. Thereta been considerable guessing that Turkey might wilt, yield to Nazi pressure?*f- A invasion anA. ■oott'iuest- But those questions asked by the Turkish Ambassador at the State Department today make ii it clear that the Turks are in earnest, and the episode brought up conjectures of political and . . ^ hptween Turkey and Yugoslavia, military cooperation between xur* y A + -♦-vio nnssibility of an xiix anti-Axis Balkan It even points to the possiDi-Lii^ the Turks are It even points Front — Yugoslavia, Greece, Britain and Turkey against the Yugoslavia. VTCTORit A message went out today from His Britannic Majesty's thirty-six thousand ton dreadnought WARSPITE, the flagship of the Eastern Mediterranean fleet. It was radioed by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander—in-thief of the fleet, and it was one of the shortest messages on record. It was addressed to the officers and men of the fleet, and contained just two words - "ftell donel” fV V 1 / ■ After smashing the cream of the Italian navy. King George1 s battlefleet wX.eturned_taJm£to without a scratch and without a casualty! Yes, alter one of the spectacular naval victories of modern times, ^o it appears as we add up what Admiral Cunningham and his sailors did: they sank three of Upssollni's ten thousand ton cruisers, and two destroyers. They also inflicted heavy damage on one of the two thirty-five thousand ton capital ships that the Italians have, and, more casualties are listed among the possibilities. The British believe that a l . also a five thousand ton third Italian destroyer went dov.n, ais cruiser. And several other Italian men-o-war were damaged. Some thrilling details came to light today. l^The VICTORY - 2 f Italians were sighted by the British light cruiser, H.M.S. ORION, a seven thousand ton scout. The ORION was then fifteen miles away from the Italian fleet. This was early on Friday. ViCe-Adniiral Whipple, in command of the light forces of the British fleet, promptly notified his Commander-in-Chief ,S^and the main fleet promptly proceeded under forced draft, steaming towards the Italians.J Vice-Admiral WhiRle, whose fi*s**±* flag flew aboard the ORION, then had a difficult task. It was his job to act as a decoy, keeping on the horizon, luring the Italians on. and dodging the heavy long distance fire of the one first class -ra. Tor, riPPt British naval officers battleship Ika with the Italian fleet. . •. t \ was the VITTORIO VENrTO, which was believe that the capital ship . 0 knells at the ORION from sixteen miles away, hurling its huge shells ar Admiral Cunningham ordered his fleet to IV nine o'clock Friday evening • p * the British flagship sighted close position. At. ten twenty-six P.»., starboard bow. There were three a number of darkened ships on the s a -bvc-) nr four destroyer cruisers and two or was JdJU' 'by another^ vessel. A few se British destroyers switch s. On the port beam, the fleet conds later, one of the A VICTOR* - 3 ships in the enemy line as an eight inch cruiser, the FIUME. Thereupon,^he^terrific fifteen inch armament of the WARSPITE opened at close range. The first broadside struck home and the Fascist cruiser ^became a mass of flame from bridge to stern. The WARSPITE then switched its fire to the next Italian ship in line, the ZARA. Again one salvo set the Italian cruiser ablaze. By now, Sir Andrew Cunningham's entire battlefleet was in action^ But Mussolini's cruisers seemed to be ideally placed for a torpedo attack against the British. The Italians turned and fired their tubes. But Admiral Cunningham altered the course of his fleet and engaged with his mainand secondary armaments. Cunningham then ordered his destroyers in to finish up the burning cruisers, which they did with their torpedoes, sinking three cruiers and two destroyers loin battle, the fighting When two great modern fleets join n a,„e or the other is quickly finished, doesn't last long. One side The relics of Mussolini's armada were in full flight soon after and a half after the powerful midnight,,not much more than an hour u first salvo. There were scattering WARSPITE had let loose er VTCTOR'i - 4 engagenents here and there throughout the next day, British men-o-war chasing the Italians. Some nine hundred Italians, officers and men, were rescued and made prisoner, including the captain of the cruiser POLA. He told the British that the Italian battleships so heavily damaged was the VITTORIO VENETO, but Admiral Cunningham doesn!t quite believe him, thinks it might be a ruse. Whatever that Italian battleship, she was delivering all she had until struck by three British aerial torpedoes. Whereupon she turned and fled at reduced speed. The British are sure she was seriously Sm*E^,xaiidx damaged, and might even have gone down before she could get back to harbor. Even if she didn't sink the British Admiral believes it will be months before she will be able to put to sea again. British naval experts today are declaring that this . a„p largely to the fact that M„ssolini has Italian defeat was due ^argexy ■iers. Tne Duce didnft beiieve in re fused to build airplane carr. them. VICTORY _ 5 The Italians, obviously, steamed into a trap, unaware thu the uiore powerful British eastern iaediterranean battlefleet was in the offing. Good air scouting from an airplane carrier, would have given them full information as to the whereabouts of Sir Andrew Cunningham’s ships. Ag the score now stands, Italy has only one-third of all her battleships left; two-thirds of her lighter six inch cruisers, less than half her eight inch cruisers, o.ess than seventy-five per cent of her destroyers, and not more than sixty-five per cent of her submarines men-o-war In Rome, the Fascists adml ted they have lost five , AS the ItaliansTdescribe it, there were three medium tonnage cruisers and two destroyers that went down. And, they claim to have sunk one British cruiser and damaged two other units. All of which is deniedfby the British who insist that their battlefleet returned to harbor unscathed and without one single casualty. AFRICA FOLLOW VICTORY Kerens news concerning the Ducefs crumbling empire, '^qiro reports that the South African troops invading/ Ethiopia are pushing right onto Addis AbabajThe railway line has been cut, the famous line from Addis Ababa to Djibouti, about which we heard so much during the Italian conquest of Haile Selassie^ country. The Africanders have occupied Diredawa, on top of seizing Harar, second most important city in Ethiopia. This news on top of the British naval victory has led to a highly optimistic prediction in London. British experts are going so far as to discuss the possibility that these defeats might bring about Mussolini's complete withdrawal from the war. And now Hugh.