k*Xv.ffiNOCO. WEDNESDAY , MAY P9t 194Q GOOD EVENING EVERYBBDX: In Flanders tonight the Allied Army is outnumbered, hemmed in, jammed into two pockets; completely cut off. So says the German High Command Paris admits the position is critical. f The French acknowledge that they have evacuated Lille, a strong fortress and a great industrial center abandoned to the Nazis. The Germans also claim the capture of Ostend, Bnuges and the taking of Ypres, historic olr* center of the cloth industry. Ypres captured by storr;:. The Nazis describe in detail the pockets in which they say a narrow strip on they have the Allies hemmed in One^ o£r=th©8r=3r« the coast around Dunkirk, reaching as far as Ostend. The othei; 4* southeast of Lille. There, in a space of about a hundred and thirty- six square miles, about the size of the City of Detroit, the battling defenders are completely surrounded, locked in a triangle of death. In the pocket on the ^coaj>t, the French and British have their backs to the sea. nng1 o and ■4^-*rr**x jl't'tf i The Allied High Command A has massed a concentration of warsliips outside Dunkirk, doing its utmost to evacuate the exliausted French and British under a rain of bombs from huge flocks of Nazi airplanes The Germans are loud in pj*aise of their enomies. Thef declare that both the British and the French are putting up a* gallant fight. But, they add, they’re a lost army, fi've hundred thousand men with only two fates ahead of them — annihilation > f or surrender. \ And it's only a matter of hours, say the Germans. 1,111311 artillerj^nd -blaoted- «acapa»—iHg’-- Cui'iinand" LEAD - 3 adds that ^ Britinave. Five hundred t nfwsend-of—fche-piek- -ef-^he-Aiiied. defenders, e p parent ijr- -doonic d i It is _ a pie ter e wit hout preeeden^ ln higt<^y^alma6t--jlthmit-parallel, ft« ■—f ^ i i f a mtnTTTrr, men-STgramadedyH^eing -gredeally^owt to piecaa^aad, w^%h«4ts beek^ rf- to kite puffy and” olwust enable te-ege^khe^ssa-ae-e The GeriLans add that these AUxed remnajits y c^uite lizeable remnants to be sure, are being cut up by attaches in \ ' \ mtric circles, ^ maneuver not easy to visualize. Indiyidual parat© units are being cut jbji up or captured, whol© battalionj at a swo°P* The French fer -the-lr~-payt admit that »their cut-off"* armie s are in a most critical plight. But they add the claim that they're still strongly entrenched around Dunkirk, with a large fleet, including many categories of vessels, commanded by a vice-admiral^it cooperating with the British fleet, off the A- ,.<-n^nc snd ready to evacuate the army coast, shelling German positions ana recay ^ t ~ Tille if it can fight its way through that's pocketed southeast of Lille n the Germans. The battle is a frightful mix-up. British and ■ LEAD - 4 French airplanes are pouring bombs on the Germans as fast as they can discharge their deadly: cargoes and return for A loads. A fresh bulletin a few minutes ago reports that the French forces in that Flanders pocket have opened the flood gates on the Yser River near Nieuport. M £o doing, they flooded large areas of tha^ trap. It was just bit of stratagem that put a stop to Germany1 s drive toward the Channel in the World War. desperate last hour attempt to stem the Nazi sweep on Dunkirk. The British declare that their front is still they unbroken, their army undefeated, fighting desperate but ^ A . orderly rear guard actions, withdrawing in perfect order. In—&pitoe &. the terrific odds that tfcsy*re-battling-* the morale of the fS British Expeditionary Force is unbroken in spite of tne surrender A of King Leopold. And the British Air Ministry announces that the Royal Air Force has thrown every atom of its power into a colossal drive to help those hemmed in armies. Royal Air Force bombers are keeping up their attacks hour after hour, all tnrough the night, all through the day, on the German lines rear LE££ - 5 of the lines. Wwfebmbing railways, roads, bridges. One met BrltlSh formation a huge force of German bombers near Dunkirk. They brought down twenty-two Nasi ships without a single British loss. - O A h * there-iras-fH** bright The British have finally captured Narvik, that far off harbor , A m the north of Norway, as well as toother vital towns on the railroad leading to the precious iron mines of Sweden, ws#"^ 4 captured last night by Allied forces in a surprise attack. LEOPOLD The most discussed man in the world today is the latest monarch without a throne, Leopold, King of the Belgians. The French tonight have just one word to describe his order to ^ Of ,*r"i surrender his army. Treachery# ttt»rrpay infl0 aapy On the other hand, a high ranking British officers speaks up for Leopold. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, was with the Belgian King all through the hours *en he was considering his capitulation. And^U^ U, ^ Sir Roger Keyes declares that Leopold was right, that anybody who knew the circumstances fltst h,„d .o»«;n»d »i. ... Naual at 4*”1- * ^ “““ “tfl“r' in nn... -L- ^ “ * ’OT 6*11“t 11 4»y,o farts are known.11 soldier until all the facts ^ rmri no excuse for their ex-ally. But the French can find no exc that he did not ask for help until They claim for one thing, pready well over the border, when it was already the Germans were already we he thus drew the French into a trap when too late. And they say ■ ■ -id Thev repeat that there was no military reason they came to his aid. They repea LEOPOLD - 2 c for the belgian surrender, that the Aiiied H^h only last -week AaMlMl Wife I h > tryHs^cse the-gap ber'"'n f!oiumn the north of the-eommer-At tia©-.. they oo»ld have closed it,- counting »^on Belgian support, they^determined to keep their strong force in Flanders based on six Channel ports. The report in Paris tonight is that Leopold will try to regain his throne as a vassal of Hitler. They charge that he plans to go to Brussels, collect as many members of Parliament as he can find, as many as have not fled to France, and, call a session of the Parliament and establish a government approved by the Nazis. The refugee Belgian Government which dethroned King Leopold, announces that it will fight on. There are funds to equip an army, twenty-three billian Belgian Francs sent to England and the United States. In France there are some quarter of a million Belgians of military age who can be conscripted. BLITZKRIEG the ti fei-ndUTa s h ie^^-^i^^tiie^eP«erTs-^ rr^^O^; > n their >£igiitln^nrntIiodftcTiz=ana. dispatch from Berlin iodaw'cl thr. hiit.f.im i i4». .r n|r rcnr1 |||| fnTll| lk ||t11 iim^im OL^P ^•e^'Uv ^parachute troops bo^in training^Dy learning to hang upside down and fall without injury. TheyJr# also taught military tactics, how to keep in contact with each other, how to find cover a^J( how to seize key places such as factories,^government buildings; V how to blow up railroads and bridges. Each of them is teftttgfr* to A ^ act on his own initiative. Each of-^-thea carries not only revolvers and ammunition, but an ordinary gun, hand grenades and sometimes even flame throwers. What is Just as significanty they1 re taught foreign langua^s. The Nazis UJL m oJUa ^ azis '«£so g®t, details about tj the troops bhart they transport behind the enemy lines in^££*planes, They^p# taken in ^ •PMj—■ Junkers planes, eacn one carrying fifteen ox^ s±; A The bcteecy men. first maa landed Jump out of;-the-plan®* and take up skirmishlnge formation* on the ground*, and try to dispose -of..the protect!** forces at th& defenders BLiTZKftIKG - 2 Meanwhile,^.ths_ ^Iwes -that h^.brought^hem take off and make ^otnsfor ^hers. ean-be- landed-on on©- flying fteld-or-a-saaU ©pwt-of-groond- in ^xo^^44.ng"Iy shor'^w%li^% From Paris comes a description of a still more novel tr^ck ^ftat the rtazis have developed© According to this French description, bomber planes tow behind them long trains of huge —<^_ O^. gliders. These travel at high altitudeshey ire traamportod -g* night. When they’re a few miles away from the area where they’re to land, the gliders are cut loose. Each glider carries six parachute soldiers, with complete field equipment. The gliders soar along through the night without the slightest noise. At a given moment, the parachute soldiers float down to the ground, sometimes sixty miles away from the point where they were cut loose from the planes that were towing them. Parariwte-soldiers' -have been-h±ehiy~tJ*ained-teehniealiy\ pi c ke d men, -volunt s FIFTH COLUiAK The British have become aroused with a vengeance to the Fifth Column menace. The Speaker of the House of Commons made an extraordinary announcement today. Because of that danger he said special measures must be taken to protect Parliament. vS* Beginning tomorrow, therefore, nobody can get into the House of Parliament without a pass. announced curfew laws for aJJ^ aliens: In Greater London theyrre forbidden to be out on the streets between midnight and six ofclock in the morning. And elsewhere throughout the island, they^xave^a be in by ten thirty. AnethM^-piece- <-r£= tnfor»ert>i«n the Gomatens received -are already being taxed ~to. today ~ was the tune of' somewhere anyearr Additional- *axesoven ^fflore execiiog )■ will dp -levied shortly News about Ireland comes by way of Pennsylvania. The Irish Republican Army has fifty thousand trained nen ready to fight for freedom from Great Britain the moment Hitler starts his invasion. Presumably that means the march upon northern Ireland to consolidated the whole island under one government. The success of it would also mean the destruction of the government of Premier Bam©* deValera. This information comes from J. J. Duignan, who is described as the leaderof the Pennsylvania Veterans of the Irish Republican Army. Duignan says the I.R.A. is fully equipped with arms, which have been procured chiefly in the United States. He are trained veterans of the armed forces of the United States, Italy and other countries This I.R.A. lays down the opinion that the downfall of England automatically means the freeing of Ireland. To the suggestion that Hitler might also want to take over Ireland, he replied that Hitler wouldn't even take £ if you gave it to him. DEFENSE Still more money for Oncle Sam's army. On top of the whopping defense appropriations which the President asked for last week, the generals want several hundred millions more. The sum is not yet definitely rqp orted but we hear it will boost our total bApenses for rearmament to nearly four billion dollars* However, it isn’t certain that Congress will be asked for that huge sum all at once. This supplementary program is to expand the Army Air Corps ard provide mechanization for all tne troops. MAKCAflTONIO Just one member of Congress voted against the national defense program of President Roosevelt. Representative Vito Marcantonio of New York is the one who said "No". Hefs the Congressman who several years ago captured the seat previously held by the turbulent LaGuardia# now fc-upfevlent Hsyor af"]&ewrr 3 C^x!!fcw in the last election, Marcantonio won his campaign with the help of the American Labor Party.^that Party today repudiated him. KMDSKfr Hem-* Ford is al„ays able to make the country sU up ^ take notice. But none of his spectacular statements astounded people so much as his latest in which he said that the Ford Com ,any could turn out a thousand war planes a day, just in his filve^ Tou^e plant. Of course Henry tied a string to that challenge, an , —----- / ni'TT. He could do it, he said, _if he were allowed to turn them out without government interference. An amazing promise and in contrast with what we*ve been nearing about the difficulty of gearing up our industries to turn out all the planes the President thinks we should h ave. One general told a congressional committee that it would take years, and cost seven billion dollars, for those fifty thousand planes. While Henry Ford says he could cut the cost to a fraction by mass production. The President’s Secretary, Steve Early, said the rord statement would be referred to William S. Knudsen, President of G acral Motors, who is to be in charge of production on the National Defens Commission. Knudsen came to New Xork from Detroit by plane today on his way to Washington. Reporters asked him wheter KNUDS-N FQLLOV. DEFENSE - 2 J? he believed tu^ state:jent about a thousand planes . _ . AU — a day, *.nudsen once upon a time worked for Henry Ford, ^His reply Cl was> can, if he says so.n So then they asked Knudsen could Gen®ral Motors do it. And tl:accompany*s President replied:- ”1 guess we could if we laid plans for it. But," he added, "we are not talking about that now." Then he was asked whether he thought he oould turn out the amount of munitions and armament that the national defense needs. To.that Knudsen answered:- "Not I, but America can." BRIDGES There are no two ways about the intentions of Congressmen towards Harry bridges. They want the West Coast labor leaoer^back iti Australia where he came from. ttHhrr* depasture without—-gnri—Tirrtualiy-Trithout— Aa—yg-ob mentioned by name in the bill which orders the Secretary of Labor to deport him. It was offered by one of the southern members of the House, Allen of YW Louisiana^ But two committees of the House have approved * A * measure without a single nNon vote - the Committee on Immigration last week, and today the Rules Committee. Itfs the Rules Committee which decides what legislation is to be acted upon immediately. and that Committee today voted unanimously to send the bill to the House. The Congressmen donTt think much of the work done ^ . . James Landls> Dean of tb. Harvard Law School, not a Communist. The I?u>iie5ii25 Conmlittee case by who held that Bridges was _ the best Berests of this country and as a menace to describes^ x. -54- Vi imnwn Communists was borne out adds that his close ass°Cg\g°ringS held by Dean Landis. To that, and admitted by him in ^ ReoubUcans and Democrats alike. the Rules Committee says Amen , P T - That measure is in curious contrast to another one only recently passed by Congress, a bill whose purpose was to give permanent refuge here to a German couple whom the Secretazy of Labor had ordered tarij* deported. Democratic Senator Prentiss Brown of Michigan put ALIEN VETO FQLLOV; BRIDGE^ t--T 'Ugh a bill cancelling the deportation order against His Lordship Baron Egan Karl von Mauchenheim and MILady, the Baroness V^v\ , Mfr-rgar^t-- al»^ They came here four years ago from Germany, landed in New York with a temporary visa permitting thoo to go to Canada. They didr^t stay in Canada long because five days later*they came to Detroit without any visa or anything. So Madam Perkins bestowed upon them the ancient and noble Order of the I-' Boot. But HisVLordship and Her Ladyship aroused the sympathies of the Michigan Senator. They told congressional committees that an order sendir^ them back to Germany meant a sentence of deatn, or at the mildest^long terms in concentration camps. Tneir only offence, they said, was taking money out of Germaay, which is a crime against the laws of the Nazis. The Congressmen believed them, and the bill allowing ALlr^N VETO PQLLQV BRIDGES - 2 them to stay was passed. Then it went up to President Roosevelt. The President turned the matter over to the StateDepartment, as a result of which today X vetos that bill, saying an investigation conducted by the State Department discloses that these aliens made false statements. Furthermore, said the President, the State Department investigators found out that they*re not political martyrs butHwyxarBXKrtalH criminal charges pending against them, charges 'of fraud in their own