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NTNS DATLY NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1940. William S. Knudsen, in charge of pro Va. Briefs Hampton, Phoebus New PURS FOR REGATTA OUTLINED Blf H0L1 SHOOTERS GATHER li HAMPTON FOR 6TH 11IEI 1 i ti I i' I 'it 4 rV BEF 'RESCUE' JAMS ENGLISH HARBOR Sent by clipper to America, this picture shows a Jam of warships in an English harbor as Britain used every available vessel to rush her army home from Nazi-invaded Flanders in one of the most spectacular military retreats in history.

The destroyer at left has just arrived with a load of troops. Winston Churchill claim England rescued 335,000 men, most of her expeditionary force. only a few minutes flight from south of Sicily. With the British feet clamping down on Italy's sea life line for rap-plies and raw materials, more than 50,000 tons of Italian merchant shipping was reported in British hands or scuttled. Uncounted other Italian ship sought shelter in neutral ports.

British guns block the route home through Gibraltar or Sues. Clement R. Atlee. lord privy seal, told commons grimly: "Italy, like Germany, will feel the blockade." Hailing President Roosevelt's assurance of material aid from the United States as insuring victory for the allies. Atlee told the house Italy's entrance in the war "does not cause us dismay." The British press said supplies from the vast reservoir of the United States would be a "vital factor" for tilted victory.

But Andre Maurois, French author and liason officer with the British army, commented: "Help must come quickly to be useful." "If we can hold out until September we will have won," Maurois said. "It is not a question of speeches but of tanks and guns." British planes continued poundint at troop concentrations and supply bases and lines behind the German' front. An air ministry communique said tt least five German planes were downed and seven British planes were missing after fights over north Franct "against enemy formations sometimes 10 times our strength." Detained at London under defense regulations was Major James Hamilton Davidson-Houston, former war and foreign office official. The reason was not disclosed. Italian Ambassador Guiseppe and his staff were pieparing to leave England.

There were no demonstrations near the embassy, but bottle-tossing crowds broke windows in the Soho district where there are many Italian restaurants. British military sourcas foresaw slowing down on the German drive through north France within a few days. "The Germans are throwing' everything they've got into this battle," one source said, "because they've got to win it to win the war." The blitzkrieg machine was said to be' making "hardly any progrc in the Rethel area the eastern wing of the front. Cost of the big push in tanks and men was called "colossal." It was reported here that the Sues canal has been effecUvely closed to Italian shipping by the allied naval forces. II Duce assumed supreme command of Italy's armed forces "on every front" in the war proclaimed to drive the British and French from their long-held position in the Mediterranean.

He took over with the consent of 70-year-old King VUtorio Emanuel who went into the field with the troops ard announced his intention of remaining at the front as he did in the World war. Italians on Move Italian troops moved quickly into valleys arid mined bridges on tbeir side of the French frontier as soon as the frontier was closed. Countess Etida Ciano, daughter of 11 Due and wife of the foreign minister, left to serve as a nurse on the wes'ern front. Her departure indicated Italians might expect a clash along the French border. Count Ciano teft to take command of a bomber squadron.

Premier Mussolini appointed Mar Latest War Bulletins (Continued From Page One) Daily Mail reported tonight that General Maxime Weygand, th supreme Allied land commander, bad said: "Slowly but surely the enemy Is being worn down." A1! TOURS, France, June 11. (AP) late tonight southeast of Tours, the NEW YORK, June 12. (Wednesday) (AP) The Egyptian cabinet haa drafted a statement on Egypt's policy toward Italy which will be read today by the prime minister in parliament, according to a British broadcasting corporation announcement heard by NBC. (A Cairo dispatch earlier said Egypt was reported preparing to sever diplomatic relations with Italy). LONDON, June 12.

(Wednesday) (AP) The Times today interpreted American opinion as approving President Roosevelt's Virginia speech and said this meant the Americans see the war as a "struggle for the survival of their own civilization In which they have as urgent a part, though not at present the same part, as we." BERLIN, June 12. (Wednesday) (AP) German statisticians estimated today that England had lost 21.4 per cent of her foreign trade through Nazi successes in Scandinavia and Italy's entrance Into the war. ST. THOMAS, Ontario, June 11. (AP) Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario declared tonight that the Ontario provincial police had received information that Nazi and Fascist sympathizers in the United States are organized and wailing only for orders "from across the Atlantic" to attack Ontario.

NEW YORK, June 11. (AP) A British radio report heard by CBS tonight said reports had been received in London of a revolt in Italian-occupied Ethiopia and "the raising of the Imperial Abyssinian Standard by an Abyssinian." "Abyssinian tribesmen are ready to take their revenge," the broadcast said. LONDON, June Reuters (British) news agency reported tonight from Cairo that the Italian steamer L'mbria, loaded with 5,000 tons of bombs for the Italian East African air force and thousands of tons of cement, was captured by the British navy today in the Red sea. (Continued from Pago One) serve district for the Jr.i.isry-My period of 1940 were 6.2 per cent above the same period of 1939. Disciples In Reunion LYNCHBURG, June 11.

Addresses by President Percy Thomas, pastor of the First Christian church, Roanoke, and Gaines M. Cook of Cleveland, Ohio, state secretary of the Ohio Christian Missionary society, were highlights of the opening session of the 108th annual convention of the IMsciples of Christ in Virginia at Lynchburg college here today. More than 100 delegates attended brc'aerhood dinner which opened the four-day meetihg. Ambler Swamp Opponent RICHMOND. June 11.

(Pi-Former State Senator Gordon B. Ambler, Democrat, was elected mayor of Richmond today without any serious opposition from his Socialist opponent, Bernstein. The unofficial count ave Ambler 4,500 votes to Bernstein' 93. One In and One Out NORFOLK, June 11. Norfolk votrrs today voted to return one incumbent, Dr.

J. W. Reed, to the city council, but defeated John A. Gurkin, who by reason of being president of the council, has had the title of mayor for tli)f past two years. There were five candidates for the two seats, Win Over Independent June 11.

iffy Maor Walter Wood and W. B. Carter, Democratic nominees, were elettod to cUy council todav by a wide margin over S. R. Hensley, Independent.

Voting was liRht. with only 1,512 ballot-i cast. Wood 1.241, Carter 1.237 and Hensley 295. Wood is completing his first term of four years Aug. 31.

Carter Is a newcomer to council. Elected as Mayor DANVILLE, June 11. William1 E. Gardner, for more than 20 years identified with the Danville city 1 council, tottay was Wected mayor in a contest with E. B.

Meade, incurfibent. The unofficial count was Gardner 2.108, Meade 1,187. Nazis Closing In (Continued from Page One) Forest and eastward to the Maginot line. The French said that under cover of smoke bombs the Germans tried to bridge the Seine between Rouen and Vernon and to ferry tanks across on portable boata, but the defenders were counter-attacking there. In addition to the German attack west of the Oiae, they said German tanks were making an attempt to encircle Reims.

A heavy German tank drive from Pert e-Milon to Fere-En-Tardenois founf only a French rear guard, the main body already having fallen back to the south bank of the Marne. All along the route are spots replete with World war memories. It was in the first battle of the Marne in 1914 that General Joffre's taxicab army stopped the German drive toward Paris, and where American doughboys contributed to the final turning of the war in July, 1918 in the second battle of the Marne. Reims cathedral was damaged se verely by World war shelling. Veterans of the American expedi tlonary force of the World war have occasion to remember well the Argonne and Chateau-Thierry.

The rain, pouring through a pall or bomb-iired battle-smoke that drifted over Paris, fell blackly on the be sieged city. Parisian shop fronts were steel snutterea, rule-bearing police patrolled the streets, nearly deserted except for the scurrying of occasional refugees, and silent except for the echo of anti-aircraft fire. The government already has re moved, evidently to Tours in east cen tral Fiance. Weygand Holds Fast From the curving battle front, French Generalissimo Maxime Wey gands armies were declared by the French to be holding firm on the west banx, where the Germans have pushed their light armored columns across the Seine. The east flank Is steady in the Ar gonne forest, the French said, and a violent German offensive in the center, northeast of Paris, is being met in a resounding head-on clash in the Ourcq valley.

The French, however, were reported falling back from the Somme river sector, while hanging onto support points at a great depth to pinch off German tank charges and air on slaughts. The Germans contended that two French armies had lost 400.000 500.000 men captured or killed and that "no uniform French line of de fense is left." Authoritative German spokesmen said that no Frfnch line, as such, remained, the battle now having chang ed to one of German Javelin thrusts from a half-circle. Around the world, the British navy was busy pouncing on Italia mer chant ships. 24 were reported captured and at lea.st three scuttled to escape capture. Another flurry of naval action came In an old battle area when the British dropped bom'K on two German cruisers and a transport at Trondheim, Norway.

The German loss in life was tre mendous; were throwing fresh division into the struggle as fast as the French mowed them down. Several thousand Americans still were estimated to be in the capital despite repeated warnings bv the em bassy to get out. Embassy officials are working 24 hours a day trying to take care of Americans in difficulty. In Paris, the military governor asked all young unmobilized Frenchmen from 17 years old up to leave the city. The request was not explained.

It was assumed that this was a precautionary measure the possibility they might be captured by the Germans for their labor bat talions. Repeated Air Raids A British war office announcement said "casualties were slight and little damage was done" in repeated air raids at the Malta island naval base 150 80? i duction for the national defense com mission, conferred with Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Motor who said that as soon as his company gets contracts it can sft'ing quickly into mass production of pursuit planes. Ford and his engineers yesterday in spected the new P-40 type pursuit ship with a view to Its mass produc tion possibilities. He told reporters today that it was suitable to such methods of manufacture "depending on what you mean by mass produc tion." The Ford company, he said, has plant capacity to spare, as well as facilities for tooling its factories tor airplane manufacture. The allied purchasing commission in the United States, expressed warm approval of Mr.

Roosevelt's speech of yesteroay at Charlottesville. de claring this country's sympathy with the allies and calling for all possible assistance to them. The commission made renewed inquiries during the day as to what could be purchased here immediately. They conferred with Secretary Mor- genthau, who indicated a list of sur plus military supplies might be avail able for them to study tomorrow. Mr.

Roosevelt later told his press con ference that such lists were constant ly being surveyed to see what could be spared, and said that government- owned items would go to the allies principally through private corpo rations. This route is already in use in the case of more than 50 navy bombing planes. Under the method used, the aircraft are turned back to their manufacturer as a credit against future purchases. The manufacturer is thereupon free to sell them to the allies. Authority to make this disposition existed in the case of planes and other equipment, but not where guns were concerned.

Mr. Roosevelt last week asked congress to enact legis lation giving him such power, and this was approved in the senate today by the 67 to 18 vote. A brief but sharp debate preceded the vote. Senator Clark asserted that the United States "engaged in an act of war," by making the naval planes available to the allies. "All this talk about sales of sur plus is all sham and pretense and every senator on the floor knows it," he said.

"We're not disposing of a surplus, we're engaging in an act of war, whether right or wrong." Senator Clark also object ed, asserting the sale of "first line airplanes" to the allies constituted an evasion of international law and our own neutrality Mr. Roosevelt's press conference also elicited the information that the navy had recommended that the 1941 class at Annapolis be graduated next Feb ruary instead of a year from now, to provide officer personnel Tor the expanding navy more quickly. Mr. Roosevelt said he had sent the recom mendation to the war department to see if it thought the same plan should be appiiea at west Point, but had re ceived no reply as yet. The great supplementary appropria tion for the army reported by the house appropriations committee, was intended, in the words of Gen.

George C. Marshall, chief of staff, to prepare tne nation for all manner of possi bilities in the western hemisphere." it was aimed, he said in testimony made public today, more at defense of the western hemisphere than defense of the continental United States alone. Meet Problems "This plan is entirely devoted to the problemsas we visualize them in the western hemisphere," he said. "We do not visualize any invasion of this country. An air raid or someting of that sort is possible, but frankly, at the present moment we do not see it in the offing, but we see all manner of possibilities in the western hemis phere." Important items in the bill includ ed: Funds for adding 95,000 enlisted men to the army.

$3,358,800 for more G-men to check fifth columnists. $1,000,000 for the national defense council. $47,500,000 for the acquisition of strategic war materials. $32,000,000 for the training of 000 civilian pilots by the civil aero nautics authority. $329,800,000 for 3.000 new armv planes, their equipment, armament and ammunition.

$53,440,000 for anti-aircraft artillery and ammunition. $99,334,000 for mounted guns, tanks. armored cars and ammunition. $23,700,000 for research in aircraft. signal service and ordnance.

$200,000,000 for expediting the manufacture of munitions, subject to the approval of the defense commis sion and the President. In all. the bill contained 048 for the army in direct appropria tions and $254,176,761 in contract authorizations. It included for the navy $504,963,170 in cash and $63,560,000 in authorizations. The principal naval items follow: Sixty-eight new combat ships.

Funds to recommission 35 destroyers and 36 submarines, placing all existing combat tonnage in operation. $61,437,400 to complete the manu facture of 400 new quardruple mounts and 1.1-inch anti-aircraft guns. $8,360,000 in increase the anti-air craft defenses of all battleships, cruis ers and aircraft carriers. $6,000,000 for the acquisition of three maritime commission vessels to be converted to naval use. $60,300,000 for a far fluag system of naval air bases, ringing the United States.

Federal Debt (Continued from Pago One) ten by the committee. Under the procedure used, no amendments were possible except offered by the committee, and it offered none. Chairman Doughton (D-NC) of the committee said that swift action on the tax bill constituted refutation of the challenge often hurled at demo cratic nations that they are too cumbersome and unwieldy to successfully function in a great emergency." Doughton predicted that "almost every citizen" would "contribute glad ly to any program, no matter how huge, if we are convinced that it is necessary to our defenses and the burden is distributed fairly." oome oi me tax nances wouia apply only during the five-year debt amortization period but others would be written into permanent tax law. Into this latter category would fall the lowering of personal income exemptions from $2,500 to $2,000 for married persons and from $1,000 to $800 for tingle persons. These low ered exemptions not only would increase the number of income taxpayers by more than 2,000,000 but would boost the payments of all in come taxpayers because less of their earnings would be exempt.

The surtaxes, or additional taxes paid on medium and large incomes, would be Increased for thos with nat incomes from $6,000 to $100,000. The range of increases is 1 to 13 per cent. Corporation income tax levies would be boosted one ner cent. Thjs and MONTEVIDEO, June 11. (AP) Demonstrators stoned the Italian elub and broke several windows tonight before police dispersed the crowd.

Uruguayan senate committees began considering preparedness measures which would create compulsory military training and regulate foreign associations. VATICAN CITY. June 11. (AP) The Vatican maintained an attitude of absolute reserve tonight In the face of Italy's entrance into the war. The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, published only official communications, and added no comment.

AT ROTARY SESSIO Annual Hampton Yacht Clu Event Discussed in Address Before Club at Luncheon Meeting H. H. Holt general chairman of the annual Hampton Yacht club regatta, featured the program pre sented at noon yesterday at the Hamp ton Rotary club and in an address outlined the plans for the event which will be held on Hampton river, July 4. 5. 6.

7, In his talk Holt termed the re gatta "a civic enterprise" and said that the club members endeavored in every way to use the regatta as means of publicizing the section. He mentioned the news articles appear ing in capers of larger cities and said that already WTAR and WRVA had requested the privilege to broadcast the events. Two newsreel companies have requested permission to film the races and Life magazine has tent a tively planned picture coverage, he said. Holt compared the first regatta held here in 1927 when the budget was fixed at $200 with very few outside boats entered with the coming races which will require $3,000 to stage and shows an entry list of hundreds. The Hampton regatta, ne said, recognized as the best-balanced races on the Atlantic seaboard with power.

and sail races for all types of boats, Hampton, he declared, ranks among the best four regattas among sports writers in the country. The United States Power squadron will be here for the races and 16 en tries have been sent in. The Maryland Yacht club is planning to hold cruise at the same time with various type boats making the trip here, he added. The Virginia Cruising Cup race which starts at Gibson island is ex pected to be one of the feature events this year with 21 entries so far and more coming in every dav, he de clared. These boats, he said, are off shore sailing craft and have raced to Bermuda and other distant ports xn concluding.

Holt extended an invitation to the members of the club to attend the regatta and the coronation ceremonies for the crowning of Wueen Hampton Roads. Guests at the meeting included: Harvard, William Thigpen, of the Newport News club: M. S. Sudan with M. von Schilling and Jack Parkinson with Starr Truscott.

Refugee Liner (Continued from Page One) called out: "We are now running away irom a submarine." Brandish Johnson, an invalid American returning from Paris, was carried in his chair to the boat deck. Another passenger carefully adjusted a lifebelt about a small child, making sure it would not slip from the body. when the alarm was sounded, the crew responded with perfect efficiency and coolness, matched only by the cairn or tne passengers. Capt. Manning himself had spent the night on the bridge, snatching only catnaps, because of the fast- breaking events in Europe.

Had Eventful Career NEW YORK. June 11 Capt. Harry Manning, skipper of the U. S. liner Washington which was halted by submarine today, has had an ad venturous career both at sea and in the air.

In 1929 he commanded the lifeboat which took 32 men off the foundering Italian freighter Florida. He, and Capt. George Fried, his superior on the U. S. liner America at the time, were honored by the Italian government for the rescue.

Later he was given command of the America, becoming at 32, the youngest master of an American flagship of her tonnage. The following year he took the tiller of one of the America's lifeboats to make the mid-ocean transfer of Chief Engineer Batten of the S. S. Cranford. Batten's family were victims of the fire of the S.

S. Scantic in New Orleans and Captain Manning undertook the transfer to speed Batten's return to the U. S. In 1930 he became a licensed plane pilot. In 1934 he accepted the post of navigator and radio operator for Amelia Earhart in her projected east to west globe-girdling flight.

The venture ended when their plane crashed at Honolulu. He was seriously injured in 1938 when his own plane crashed near Roosevelt Field, L. Congress Puts (Continued from Pag One) the White House a measure authorizing 10.000 planes, 16,000 pilots, 22 new combat vessels and as many auxiliary ships for the navy, and specifically approving an 11 per cent increase in its total surface fleet. Congressional action also was completed on a $1,821,953,222 army appropriation bill. (3) The senate approved legislation in which the approval of the sale of guns was written authorizing an army air corps or unlimited size, giving the President broad power to re strict the exportation of war materi als, and permitting: the government to construct and lease munitions plants.

The measure next goes back to the house for action on senate amendments. (4) The house appropriations committee reported a supplemental appropriation bill of $1,706,053,908. for many defense purposes, including an aaaition or men to the regular army. Its figures bring defense pro gram appropriations for the current session to a total of $5,021,619,822. (5) The house passed the defense tax bill intended to raise $1,004,000,000 annually.

Republicans contended it was not big enough and objected to procedure under which only amendments offered by the ways and means committee could be considered. Asks Red Cross Help To show America's "inherent and decent the chief executive recommended a $50,000,000 appropriation for Red Cross relief work among war refugees abroad. And, in still another action result ing from the war. he issued a proclamation barring American ships from the whole Mediterranean area. Such ships, however, can still go to the west coast of Portugal and Spain.

Working, meantime, to get the nation's industries geared up to high speed production ok defense items, Local Rifle Club to Sponsor Small-Eore Matches Saturday And Sunday; Trophies To Be Awarded Approximately 100 of the best all-bore riflemen in the eastern Jart of the United States, particularly "ne Middle Atlantic section, will gather in Hampton Saturday and Sunday to compete in the sixth an nual- small-bore rifle tournament sponsored by the Hampton Rifle club. Eleven matches have been arranged Qon the program by the tournament committee headed by Harold R. Tur ner, executive officer. The club's range on the Little Back River road will be used for the tournament. Last year's event brought over 50 marksmen here for the tournament, for which several large trophies are being offered.

Members of the Penin sula Amateur Radio club are assisting In inviting reflemen here for the tourney by sending out unique radio invitations. The amateurs send out invitations to amateurs in the local ities from which riflemen are to be invited and these bids are extended by the receiving amateurs to the shooters. For the 11 matches, excepting 3 and 10, first place will receive a medal of gold, second silver and third bronw while each high tyro in the events will receive a bronze award. Por first place in match No. 1, the Reid trophy donated by Henry J.

E. Reid of the NACA and which was won last year by W. E. Payne, will be the ward. The match consists of an aggregate of events No.

5, 6, 9 and 11, The McNab trophy goes to the winner of match No. 2, which is an ag-. gregate of events No. 4, 7 and 8 Match No. 3 is the 50-meter individ ual and the winner will receive a high telescope sight.

Match No. 4 will be the 50-yard individual and patch No. the Dewar individual. For match No. 8 which is 10 shots at 50 yards, 10 at 100 yards using iron sights, he Oakey trophy will be awarded, Vinner of match No.

7 will receive the Trull trophy and the Virginia Penin- aula Association of Commerce trophy will go to the winner of match No. 9, designated as a Dewar. Match 8 is the 100 yard individual. Match 10 is the four-man club team event which last year was captured by the Hampton Rifle club with a score of 1,584. The 200-yard individual will end the tournament.

The Reid trophy tt a Virginia Rifle and Revolver association trophy for iron sights. It is to be competed for until won three times by any individual. Last year's winner was W. E. Payne.

The McNab trophy is also an asso- fion trophy but for any sights and years winner was H. M. Van Sleen. Winner of the 50 meter individual in 1939 was H. E.

Riley who repeated in the 50-yard, individual. W. Payne captured the Dewar and R. W. Livingston the Oakey trophy which is offered by Judge W.

H. Oakey of North Carolina. The Trull and PAC trophies are to be awarded annually until won twice by any in dividual. H. M.

Van Sleen won the Trull last year and Henry J. E. Reid the PAC trophy. Capturing the 100 yard individual last year was C. Woo and to W.

H. Lockwcod went first honors in the 200-yard Officers of the tournament besides Turner are: Chief range officer, ftVank JCahre statistical officer, R. Tl. Ulmer; official scorer, S. K.

Bar- ringer; assistant range officers for 200 yards, Girard Chambers and D. Bowen; pit officer for 200 yards, R. H. Turner; target officer, W. F.

Lindsay; assistant scorer, Guy Mc cormick and assistant statistical of ficer, J. C. Muse. Virginia Members (Continued from Page One) stances permit, we are perfectly willing to take recesses from time to time." Sentiment to Stick WASHINGTON, June Mounting bi-partisan sentiment for congress to stay on the job during the) European war emergency led Rep. Martin, of Massachusetts, the house Republican leader, to predict today that the administration would abandon its plan for adjournment this month.

Democratic leaders have fixed June 22 as a tentative adjournament date, and President Roosevelt told his press conference today that he believed congress could finish up its principal legislative taks in ten days or two weeks. He said, however, that he had made no specific suggestion that congress adjourn promptly when it had finished work on the legislative program, which includes taxation and defense legislation. "They'll give up the idea in' a week," "lartm said. A short time before he spoke the solidly Democratic house delegation '(pm Virginia voted unanimously to Aose adjournment. House and sen-Vii Republicans have gone on record against adjournment.

The Oklahoma house delegation also solidly Democraticrecently took a similar stand. Speaker Bankuead asserted that the situation was "indefinite" and depended on developments. He previously had expressed belief that congress could adjourn by June 22. Individual Democrats, meawhile, expressed sentiment against adjournment "I'm not willing to say to the people that In this grave hour the 76th congress is quitting for the rest of its term," said Rep. Rams peck (D-Ga).

Ramspeck suggested that congress take three-day recesses after its main business is completed or adjourn to a specific date or subject to the call of the vice president and speaker. Rep. Wood rum (D-Va) said "we ought to be in a stand-by status even after we finish, the program." ADVANCE TRAINING SOUTH BEND, Ind. UP Ben Sheridan, tricky Notre Dame back last year, is a forward looking young man. Just because the school hadn't been built yet didn't keep him from starting his coaching duties at John Adams high school in South Bend.

He was named coach and had almost concluded spring drills before eonstruc-Uon started on the- school itself. BUENOS AIRES. June II. (AP) The government tonight decreed Argentine neutrality in Italy's war against the Allies. The senate received and sent to a committee the government's bill carrying emergency powers to deal with any activities which mirht endanger Argentine neutrality.

Heavy anti-aircraft fire was heard new French capital. 19 Armv Planes (Continued From Page One) after the scheduled stop here as "obsolete" military aircraft available for Allied purchase. The planes were army attack planes, designed for light bombing and strafing. They were of the Northrop all-metal, monoplone type. WAR PERMITTING NEW YORK.

(NEA) Otto Szigety and Josef Asboth, two of Hungary's best tennis players, will play in the r.ational championships at Forest Hills in September, the war situation permitting. TOKYO. June 12. (Wednesday) (AP) Reports published here that the United States was considering a general rapprochement with Japan as a preliminary step to more active participation in the European war brought no positive response today. KILLED IN RAID The state department at Washington announced that Alfred Paul Ritter (above), eight-year-old American boy, was killed in an air bombing attack at Klingenstein near Ulm, Germany.

He had been living with grandparents In the Reich. Ilia mother, Mrs. Marie Ritter. lives In New York. Alfred formerly lived with an aunt, Mrs.

Lillie Schneider, at Collingdale, I'a. Italian Prince (Continued from Paga One) not attack Egypt if she maintained neutrality. The minister told the press that "the field for attack arid defense would be vast" after such bombing attacks. John Camp Will Head V. M.

I. General Alumni Group Coming Year LEXINGTON, June 11. (P) John M. Camp. Franklin, industrialist and business man, will head the VMI general alumni association during the coming year.

Other officers chosen at the annual meeting yesterday included J. Clifford Miller. Richmond, first vice president Fiank McCarthy, Lexington, second vice president; Herbert Jacob, Lex ington, secretary, and R. Stribllng Marshall, Lexington, treasurer. 6,020,400 Farmers Co-operating for Crop Control Plant WASHINGTON, June 11.

The agricultural adjustment administration reported today that a record total of 6.020,400 farmers, operating 82 per cent of the nation's cropland, were cooperating with federal crop control programs this year. Last year's 5.764,200 cooperators operated 80 per cent of the cropland. Benefit payments totaling about $775,000,000 will be distributed among the cooperatmg farmers. ft A '0 4a hal Pietro Badoglio, "Italy's Hinden-' burg," chief of the general staff. At 70, the stiff-backed warrior of 'he old school is entering his sixth campaign.

Marshal Rodolfo Graziani. 57-year after the conquest of Addis Ababa, of marshal arid viceroy of Ethiopia after the conquest of Adtiis Abba, remains chief of the army. Direction of the navy went to Admiral Eemenico Cavagnari, 64, holder fo the Grand Cross of the German Eagle awarded by Adolf Hitler for coordinating Italian-German naval war plans. A 48-year-old veteran of 25 years flying service. Francisco Pricolo was made chief of aviation.

A World war flier, he will report directly to Mussolini, who holds the aviation ministry portfolio. In the German view, Paris is "immediately threatened" the fate of France is sealed enemy power of resistance is visibly waning no uniform French line of defense is left." As for President Roosevelt's addre.s condemning Italy's entry with Ger-many, the Nazis asserted it was Italy place to reply, not Germany's. While the scene of battle on the Marne coincides with the 1914 German setback, Nazis placed confidents In a 1940 reversal at the Marne on the strength of modern tactics. The Berlin high command seiri: "Pursuit of the defeated French armies on the right wing and in the center is relentless and continued." The Germans stressed that the new. est offensive had reaped untold stores of war materials which added to their potency while weakening the French in the same degree: and that the -i controlled "treat industrial areas and mines in northern France, with the consequent replenishment of their fightmg materials.

1 Dead, 6 Hurt (Continued from Pago One) ed up an undisclosed number of Ital ians xnown to be Fascists, but thns were no eenpral riot.pnfinni Traitor either in Nice or throughout the official military zone. ine famous Monte Carlo casino elated last night for the first time-in who normally are unarmed were car- ijuiK rules. BAD BEAVER ROPED LARAMIE, Wyo. JP) A couole of beaver are wishing right now that Cowboy Coval Boyd, who's handy with a lariat, naa stayed with his cows. The beaver started to work in th farmyard of the place where Boyd is employed.

Boyd interrupted his cowpunching to coil a clothesline into a lariat. He lassoed the larger of the beaver pair. With one vicious bite the animal snapped the rope in two. The cowboy got a larger rope, lassoed both animals and locked them in pen until the game warden arrived. QUART iMLvr 7 Yfffi surtax increases were written into permanent tax law, too.

For five years, the bill would levy a 10 per cent "supertax" on both individual and corporate income taxes and would increase virtually all excise taxes. The supertax would work like this: If a man's tax came to $100, he would have to add $10 supertax. Surplus Munitions (Continued from Page One) ment recently made from Washington as to the conclusion of negotiations with the U. S. government for the purchase by the U.

S. Steel Export Co. of various surplus munitions, equipment and ordnance supplies now held by the U. S. war department.

"The negotiations for this purchase were initiated a few days ago by the U. S. war department. The purchase price of articles so purchased is representing the present value thereof as determined by the U. a.

war department. "These articles are being resold forthwith by the U. S. Steel Export Co. to the Anglo-French purchasing board at the exact cost thereof to the U.

S. Steel Export Co." It is expected, the statement added. that part of all of the purchase price to be paid by tne steel export company to the federal government will be "through the subsequent delivery to the U. S. war department of new munitions and ordnance supplies of a character needed for the national de fense program." Detailed information as to the types of ordnance and munitions involved in the deal was not available here.

Sources close to the steel corn, said, however, that some large field guns and shells probably were included. U. S. Steel Exxport Co. has dis tributed the products of its parent, the steel corporation, in the far-flung foreign markets.

The export company's president is George Wolf. Edward R. Stettinius last week gave up his $100,000 a year position as chairman of the steel corporation to devote all his time to his post in the national defense council. Repeal Johnson (Continued from Page One) shouted. "Already Hitler sees world domination.

He knows where the world's greatest stock of gold is in Kentucky. With that gold be might be able to conquor the world. "Let's put all our factories on a 24-hour basis to rush the Allies supplies. Let's divert funds from WPA and put them on defense. Let's dig another Panama canal.

Let's build military highways so we can rush our armed forces to where they are need ed," WHEN IL DUCE DECLARED ITALY AT WAR Premier Benito Mussolini is shown raising his arm during his speech before a crowd in Rome's Palazzo Venezia when he placed Italy on the side of Germany in war against France and Britain. This picture was tele-phoinrd from Bo me to Berlin and radioed from there to Xtm l'ork. MOWS-FORMA DtSTIU.Y COMPUfT, MCOkPOUTU, LOUSVIXC. 11..