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I Ili IliII II ! l lThe The above map Graphically Ifraphlcally reveals how close German bombing bomblnlf wings wingsare wingsare wingare are to England's Englands Enclaod ' . coast avast should the Nazi war machine continue to hold The The1I:1ue TheVague ThHague 1I:1/ue 1I:1 1I1 ue Vague : / : , , capital of the Netherlands As Indicated It Is III only 125 airline miles milesfr milesfrom milefrom fr from m thl this . point to Harwich lIarwleb llarwich . , England and London Is only 100 miles south southwest southwest soultwest west of 01 Harwich Darwlcb llarwich Lower arrow points polnta to Sedan where Germans launched launchedtheir launchedtheir launchetheir their first Itrst fir . . attach attack on 00 France France's Frances ' . famed Maglnot Maginot line _ THE WAR : On ScheduleSince Schedule ScheduleSince Since the outbreak oetbreak of war last lastyear lastyear lasyear year the prediction predlctJon that with the thecoming thecoming th thcoming < coming of ot spring fighting woulc would wouldopen wouldopen woulcopen open up " has been on the lips IlPs of ofobservers ofobservers olobservers observers everywhere As AdolfHitler Adolf AdolfHitler AdoliHitler Hitler s military m1lJtary machine thrust It Itself itself Itself self across acrosl The Netherlands into intoBelgIum intoBelgium tntcBelgium BelgIum and France these predic predlc predlc1100s predicLions ftons 1100s Lions were at last coming true For Forthe Forthe Foithe the world was witnessing what was washailed washailed washailed hailed as the greatest battle in his history hisCory history historyAs tory Cory toryAs CoryAs As In 1014 1914 the German forces were weremaking weremaking weremaking making the most Imprcya Imprels impress ! ve ye show showing showing how howIng Ing In the first few days of the thefighting thefighting thefighting fighting This time fortifications fortillcatlons arebelieved are arebelIeved arebelieved belIeved to be stronger and less leas lessopen leasopen lessopen open to at ack but the Nazi army armyand armyand armyand and air torpe forJe : has developed dcveioped ufTen uicn ufTenslve uicndive uffontive ( slve dive war to yie Ute tjie point where no de detense defenso detense tense fenso appears to be impregnable impregnableIn In The Netherlands the Dutcharmy Dutch Dutcharmy Dutcharmy army was ordered to cease firingthus tiringthus tiring firing thus ending resistance reslst.mce reslstmce . to Germany s d dswarms ssWlu'ml sswarms sWlu'ml sWluml swarms ' of bombing planes and mo motorlzed motorized motorlzed torlzed torized troopsScope troops troopsScope Scope ScopeThis This Intensive fighting along theZOp-mlIe theZOp mlIe the the20q.mlle the2O 2O 20q.mlle 20qmlle . i.mile imile - . front from the North sea to toSaarbruecken toSaarbruecken toSaarbruecken Saarbruecken was wal of utmost Impor Imporlance importanee tmportanca lance tanee to the allies and Germanyalike Germanyalike Germany alike like This was Indicated by thestaggering the theItaggerlnl thestaggering Itaggerlnl staggering amount of force eachside eachside each side Ide whipped into the fray tray hay Some Someexperts Someexperts Someexperts experts claimed that tills thIs first areat great areatbattle greatbattle greatbattle battle might be the most moat decisive decisiveof decisiveof of the war It appeared that Adolf AdolfHiUer Adolf1110er AdolfHitler HiUer 1110er firmly flrmly believing beUevtnl that the theHour theHour theHour Hour " had bad come or forced throuih through throuihGennany throughGermany's throughGermany Gennany Germany's Germanys * ' ! . internal situation sUuatlon , bad had baddecided haddecided haddecided decided to take Itake stake ( all aU sU in one gllantlc gigantic gllantlclIamble giganticgamble giganticgamble giganticgambleAs lIamble gamble lIambleAs gambleAs As thousands o at atNazi of Nazi planel planes planelrained planesrained planesrained rained bombs upon military objectivea objec objec- objectives objectives - tives tivea and communication lines II.nes IInes fines . Enl Eng Enlland's England's England land's lands ' * royal air force flung ftunc sung back the thecba11eDJrO thechallenge thechallenge cba11eDJrO challenge : by losing IQQlInIl kltlslpg , too ten after ton of ofbleb ofhigh ofhigh bleb high explosives explo.lves explolves . la In areas near 1m im 1mportant importent Important portant portent munitions plants along alonl theRhine the theRhIne theRhine RhIne and upon large larle German troop troopconcentrations troopconcentrations troopconcentrations troopconcentrationsObjectives concentrations concentrationsObjectives Objectiv Objectives.What Objectives What .What " , . .What What . the alms sUes aWl ' of the German arman Qerman , bJih high bJihcomman41n highcommand highcommand comman41n command In the great land oftenllve olfenaive oftenllveaetual17 olfenaiveaetuaUy offensiveactually aetual17 aetuaUy are , . of 01 course remain a aclo.e7 aclosely closely clo.e7 cloe7 . ! guarded lUarded military mWtary secret .ecret ecret . . . Butin But ButIn ButIn In lIenerallt general It appeared that with The TheNetherland TheNetherlands TheNetherlands Netherland Netherlands . at their mercy merC7 and mod with withke withkey withkey ke key ) ' airports atrpor alrportt in that country countl ' ) avall avail avallable available available able to the Nazi Nul air force inten inten.ive intenaloe intenBlve .ive ive aloe . bombing bomblnl of the British Illes Isles Illeswas Isleswas Isleswas was an ever-present ever present ever-prelent prelent - threat . . . _ QUOTATIONSa QUOTATIONS . a . . on , the he hewar war warO warQ O ct Q , Sober &obert obert Uobert & * Ley Le7 taeys taeysNazi , . Nazi Labor Front Frontleader Frontleader Frontleader leader , speaking eakJn of AdoU Adolf QlUer Bitler littler aald said aaldthat saidthat saidthat that bo be Is 1 waging waalnl war . , 'In In * ' ln in God GodlIiven Godgiven Codgiven lIiven given natural mission * ' to 'brio brio 'bring bring 'bringEurope ' "bringEurope bringEurope " ' , Europe and the world to reason reaaon and andthereby andthereby andthereby thereby make Europe and the world worldhappy worldhappy worldhappy happyc C Cl happy : . Viscount Vlaeoant " . Gort Gort . . , commander of the theBrlUab theBritish theBritish BrlUab British ex expeditionary edltlonal7 forces torees In InFrance inFrance inFrance France , . " "We We " are now oow on the eve ofone of ofone ofone one of the , great reat momenta moment . in the thehistory thehistory thehistory history of our empire The strugle strug- strug struggle strug stru- stru struggle , - - gle will be hard and Bod long looS but we wecan wecan wecan . " * ' can be confident of final ftnaJ victory vlctol7 Cl ll . Paul Van Zealand Zet-Iand Zet Iand Zeeland - . , former Bel Belgian Belgiao glan gian premier speaking speaklne In De Des DesMoines DesMolnea . Moines Iowa said laid the small na- na nation nations na nations - - tion tions . of Europe hope that the mightof might mightof mightof of the United States State . will wlll sooner looner or orlater orlater orlater later be felt in favor of right rlgbt . . . ' C Cl I . . Ben SeD Sea . . Arthur Capper ( R . Kan 1 ) , 1while while discussing dllcul.lng dllcullng . possibility of war wardeveJopments wardevelopments wardevelopments deveJopments developments shutting shuttiol off oft oil U S ae ac aecesl acsees access cesl sees to staple stocks Itocltl such as 811 rub rub- rubber rubber - . ber and anti tin from the Dutch Dutcll East EastIndies EastIndies EastIndies Indies , . stated &hatWe & that &hat hat - "we we -We " we would be bebetter bebetter bebetter better off oft oat If 11 U we were getting eettlDl our ourI'Ubber ourrobber ourrobber I'Ubber IUbber robber ' from Brazil BrazIJ " . He Be urled urged urgedusing urgedusing . , usQ using V U . , S 8 & . . capital to develop .be be the thetubber & . therubber rubber tubber Industry tnduatry In South America .AlDenca AlDenca Awerlca . . . ' - - - - - , t Ya Ya'vt L 'vtL ' " 'vt vt L Lt \ , 4 4rrM . . .r.1 r.1 r1 . : rrM rrMk " ' - 'i i ' : } k Immediate objective In France o ocourse ccourse course would be to break through througl througlthe throug'the througthe ' ' * i the Maginot Maglnot line and render thes thesfortifications thesfortifications these thesefortifications fortifications useless to the defend defenders defendera defenders ers era This Is a major undertaking underlakinl undertakingjudging underlakinlJudging undertakinjudging judging from the claims made for fo fothe tothe the defensive strength of ot these de defenses defensea detenses , fenses fensea but WOI wold word d has come through througl throughtha througlthat throug'that througthat ' that tha t in the Sedan sector 140 146 miles milei milesnortheast mileinortheast milenortheast northeast of ot Paris the German Germai Germanarmy Germaiarmy Germaarmy > army engaged In a terrific bid for a i idefinite , definite detlnlte footholdPREPAREDNESS foothold footholdPREPAREDNESS PREPAREDNESS : | S Speed fJeed Up Ul UpAppearing U UpAppearing l ' Appearing before a joint session sesslor sessionot sesslorof sessloiof -i i - ot of congress President Roosevelt Rooseveltoutlined Roo Roosevcoutlined eve\t eve t evetoutlmed \ t outlmed outlined a plan asking for nn un an 1m imme immedlate immediate me medlate dlate appropriation of 1800 890 896 000 000 000tor 00 001tor ( tor for building buildmg up the nation s army armynavy armynavy armynavy navy and air forces torces to protect th the theUnIted thiUnited ( UnIted States from any foreign fardgn tordgn Invader In Invader invader vader He also asked for authorlza authoriza authorlzalion authorizalion authorlzation lion of future appropriations total totalIng totaling totaling Ing $286000000 286000000 $286000 286000 $280 280 $ 000 000 bringing his entire entirereque entirerequest entinrequest reque request t to over a bil bll ion d ll flats flatsThis llaisThis < us usThIs ThIs sum is in addition to regular regularmilitar1 regularmilitary regulaimilitar militar1 military > unds lunds funds for ( or the next fiscal fiscalyear fiscalyear flscayear year Particular emphasis was wasplaced wasplaced waiplaced placed upon a plea to strengtherU strengthenU strengthen U S air power quicklytc quickly _ t tsr tc sr sra srr srz src4 a r z c4 c4r1T r1T ' GEN JOHN lOON PEBSDINGDad PERSHINGDid PEBSHING PEBSDING PERSHING PEBSHINGOld Old Dad Did h he . lIk Zak hkf . th , thf h . Pra Pwident'i Pwidenti Preaidenr's Preaidenrs den . ' . . IaDe1Pointin8 talk talkf IaDe1 talkfPointing ? Pointing Pointin8 out that the United State States Statesnavy Statesnavy . navy was second to none and that thatthe thatthe tha"the thathe " the army was at the tb grea greatest test peace peace- peacetime - , - time strength Itren.th Itrenth . In history he urled urged urgedthat urge.that urgethat . ' that production of ot airplanes and the thetralnini thetraining thtraining ' tralnini training of pilots be speeded up toprovide to toprovide tprovide ' provide the needed force In this thisdivisIon thisdivision thidivision ' divisIon of military defense While Whil . . war creased from about 6000 9 6 000 to over over12 12 000 per year the President asked askedI askedtor askedfor askedfor I tor for an annual output of at 50 :10 10 : 000 each eachyear eachyear eachyear eachyearAU year yearAU yearAll AU All this must have sounded eoodto goodto good eood goodIng to 79 year-old year old - - General John Penh Perch Penhing Perchtng Ing tng A E F commander In the thelalt thelast thelast lalt last world war who two day days . earlier earlierin earlierin earlierin in a rare public statem statement nt had bed hadsaid bedsaid hadsaid ) said said . , . Preparedness is as al necessary necessarytoday necessarytoday today as It was when war was dedared de deelared dedared elared dared In 1917 and nd we find tind ftnd ourselves ourselves ourselvesin ourselvesIn in the same lame condition every everyenergy everyenergy everyenergy energy In this country sh uld be devoted de devoted devoted voted to the Idea of put putting ling theUnited the theUnited theUnited United States SUites in 1condition a 1\ 1 \ condition of thor thorough thorough thorough ough preparedness against the pos posIlbility possibWly possibllity Ilbility sibWly of warThe warThe war warThe posI I The galleries were packed pncked pocked and the theatmosphere theatmosphere atmospher atmosphere . in the house chamber chambertense chambertense chambertense tense as the President speakmgalowly speakingalowly speaking speakmg speakinglowly lowly alowly and caretullv carefully told how the thechanging thechanging theChanging changing methods method ! of warfare were wererapidly " , wererapidly ere ererapidly rapidly making maklnl the |