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Battle Raging in Boulogne Area;
Churchill Warns Nation of Peril
Germans Raid Ports, Say
English Are Embarking;
Invaders Take Abbeville
By the Associated Press.
* The German “blitzkrieg,” smashing at 500,000 to
1,000,000 “pocketed” allied troops in Belgium and North
ern France, today recaptured Abbeville, 12 miles from the
English Channel, and Nazi authorities said it was “quite
probable” they had also taken the vital Channel port of
Boulogne.
The Germans admitted, however, that the “real battle”
against England could not begin until the strategic allied “pocket”
• In Belgium and Northern France—extending from Abbeville to
Ostend—has been crushed.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, in a two-minute address
to the House of Commons, announced the Fall of Abbeville.
"This country is in fearful danger,” declared Alfred Duff
Cooper, British Minister of Information.
Heavy fighting is raging around Boulogne, France, on the
Channel, Mr. Churchill said.
More Hopeful Picture Given in Paris.
Paris, however, gave a more hopeful picture of the conflict.
There it was reported that the French Armies, swiftly reorganized,
were fighting with new fury to reunite their northern and central
armies and chop off the long, sharp spearhead which the Germans
have driven through Northern France to the sea.
As emphasized by Mr. Churchill, the threat of a Nazi invasion
was apparently becoming hourly more grave.
Possibly as a preparation for this heralded next blow in Hitler’s
“total war” scheme, power-diving Stuka bombers and wasplike
German speedboats smashed at Channel communications.
Meanwhile, Premier Mussolini summoned the Italian Supreme
Defense Council into session, perhaps auguring the long-awaited
Italian decision to enter the war.
A German break-through in the fierce fighting for corttrol of
English Channel ports imperilled communications between 550,000
allied troops "pocketed” In Northern France and 1,000,000 French
. soldiers to the south.
Gap Between Two Allied Armies.
“There is a gap between the two armies,” a British spokesman
admitted. “The allied situation on the western front is extremely
grave.”
Besides the vital line of communications being endangered
by the Nazi onslaught, a British Expeditionary Force communique
acknowledged that the Germans had reached “the neighborhood
of the coast” on the English Channel.
The German high command reported the harbor facilities at
Dover, England, and Dunkerque, France, had been “effectually
bombed.” Berlin sources said British troops falling back toward
the Channel were "embarking at several French coastal points.”
England-bound transports, it was said, were bombed by German
planes.
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Churchill Reports
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 23- Britain fought
for her life today “in fearful danger”
of German steel slashing its way
through British soldiers to the Eng
" lish Channel, a possible attack
through Ireland and a "fifth col
umn” at home.
In the shortest parliamentary war
Statement he has ever made—two
minutes—Prime Minister Churchill
told the House of Commons that
there is heavy fighting in the Chan
nel coastal area of Boulogne, only
26 miles from Folkestone, England;
that Abbeville, France, is in Ger
man hands and that British com
munications are endangered.
Prime Minister Churchill said it
*is too early yet” to say what the
result of the coastal fighting may
be, but declared it “evidently car
ries with it implications of a serious
character.”
While the House listened intently
the Prime Minister said German
mechanized forces which had made
their way through the breach of the
French lines had penetrated into
the allied rear in Belgium "and are
now attempting to derange their
communications."
He appended this note, however—
that the allied command, headed by
Gen. Maxime Weygand, “is conduct
ing operations involving all the al
, lied armies with a view to restoring
(See LONDON, Page A-4.)
_A
Cromwell's Resignation
Accepted by Roosevelt
By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt accepted today
the resignation of James H. R.
Cromwell as Minister to Canada and
wished him “the best of success in
the large field of activity upon which
you are entering.”
Mr. Cromwell was nominated
Tuesday by New Jersey Democrats
as their candidate for United States
Senator.
In a letter to Mr. Cromwell, made
public by the White House, Mr.
Roosevelt remarked that these are
serious days in the history of the
world and "require the intelligent
and loyal co-operation of all of our
citisens in order that our country
may be prepared to resist any chal
lenge to the continuance of our form
of government or to the prosecution
of our political ideals.”
The President said he realized Mr.
Cromwell believed "in our political
objectives” and would continue to
strive for their attainment. He said
he could add only "that I hope you
will be highly successful in the new
field which you have chosen.”
Channel Ports Bombed
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 23.—Authorized
German sources, although declining
to affirm or deny reports that the
German Armies have taken Bou
logne, French seaport on the English
Channel, said “it is quite probable.”
Boulogne is on the lower end of
the Straits of Dover, 26 miles by
sea from Folkestone, England. It
is some 45 miles northwest of Abbe
ville, which a German Army spear
head has engulfed.
The Boulogne-Folkestone Channel
route had been the only one regu
larly available to civilian traffic be
tween France and England since
the start of the war.
Since reaching Abbeville Tuesday,
the German southern spearhead has
been groping for Boulogne, while the
drive of the main German columns
to divide and destroy addied armies
in Northern France and Belgium
i has produced other evidence of an
imminent assault on England her
self.
Heavy Fighting Seen.
“The real battle is constantly being
brought closer to Britain,” said
DNB. official news agency, “but be
fore it can begin the pocket in the
north of France and the Belgian
coastal area must be completely oc
cupied by German troops.
“In view of the strong forces en
circled here it will not be done with
out heavy fighting.”
DNB’s report from the front said
the allies had “small successes” yes
terday. but that the Germans, with
support from the air, drove the
(See I3ERLJN, Page A-C)
"Heil Hitler' Handbills
Distributed in Chicago
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 23.—The Federal
Bureau of _ Investigation disclosed
today that complaints* had been re
ceived that “Heil Hitler” swastika
handbills had been found in Chicago
mail boxes and plastered on auto
mobiles throughout the city.
The handbills, addressed to "Ger
man-Americans,” said:
“Hitler will not forget you. Don’t
fear Roosevelt. Don’t fight for
British money. Remember #1917.
‘Heil Hitler.’ ”
William S. Devereaux, chief of
the bureau, said the handbills “ap
peared to be no violation of Federal
laws” under the jurisdiction of his
department.
Postal authorities, however, said
stuffing non-postal material in mail
boxes was a violation and that those
responsible, if found, could be forced
to pay postage.
*
Churchill Repeats
Pledge Britain Makes
No Separate Peace
Bs the Associated Presa.
LONDON. May 23.—Prime
Minister Churchill repeated
today Neville Chamberlain’s
pledge that Britain would never
make a separate peace with
Germany.
In a written reply to a ques
tion whether he renewed the
pledge to conclude no* peace
except in agreement with
Prance Mr. Churchill answered
one word:
"Yes.”
Duce Reportedly Call^
War Council; African
Situation 'Tense'
French Accused of
'Hateful Persecutions'
Of Italians in Morocco
By the Associated Press.
ROME. May 23.—Premier Mus
solini was reported by a usually re
liable source to have summoned a
meeting of his Supreme Defense
Council today while his official news
agency, Stefani, reported from
French North Africa that "the sit
uation is tense.”
Italians accused French authori
ties in Morocco of “renewing hateful
persecutions against Italians living
in the protectorate.’’
Stefani reported from Rabat,
French Morocco, that “without jus
tified reasons or explanation Italians
of all social classes have been ar
rested, imprisoned or expelled from
the territory within a few hours,
with disastrous consequences fo*
their property and interests gained
by decades of sacrifices and honest
work.”
French “Abuses.”
The agency added:
“Some nationals who asked to
leave on an Italian steamer which
was to arrive within a few hours in
stead were forced to leave imme
diately by train for Tangiers, where
they knew nobody and where the
situation cannot be bettered, con
sidering the abuses and French
interference with the international
administration which pretends to
safeguard the Sultan's prerogatives
intrusted to French protection.
“In a government airplane factory
at Casablanca, Italian workers have
been arrested on the pretext of
checking lip cases of sabotage while
other workers who are French or
foreigners are not molested al
though they are notorious former
Communists or friendly to Com
munists. The situation is tense.”
Continuing war preparations on
the eve of the 25th anniversary of
Italy’s entry into the World War,
Mussolini cgdered the General Board
of War Manufactures made into a
cabinet division.
The new division will be headed
by an undersecretary of state di
rectly responsible to H Duce.
Rome University students today
told Mussolini they would consider
it "an honor and cause of pride to
fight for the liberty and independ
ence of the Italian Empire” and
protested against “threats of in
juries by nations aiming to suffocate
the young strength of Fascist Italy.”
Italian Foreign Minister Count
Galeazzo Ciano, who has been in
specting Fascist projects and insti
tution in Italian-beld Albania, to
day left Tirana, the capital, for
Soutari, near the Yugoslav border.
Gillette Suggests League
Of American Nations
Bs the Associated Press.
Senator Gillette, Democrat, of
Iowa suggested today the forma
tion of a “League of American Na
tions” to co-ordinate defenses in
this hemisphere.
The “good neighbor” policy of the
Roosevelt administration, he told re
porters, provides too loose an as
sociation to be of tangible military
benefit to Western Hemisphere na
tions.
Senator Austin, Republican, of
Vermont said that while he wanted
"no permanent alliances with any
body,” he favored temporary alli
ances among nations when these
were “dictated by common interests
and common dangers.”
“Consultations under the good
neighbor policy probably are not
sufficient at this juncture,” Senator
Austin asserted. "A temporary un
derstanding for the common defense
and protection of this hemisphere
would be preferable.”
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Defenders Fight
Furiously to
Reunite Armies
Bv the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 23—The French
armies, effecting what foreign mili
tary experts called a "miracle of re
organization,” fought today with
new fury to reunite their northern
and central armies and chop off the
long, sharp spearhead which the
G^ymahs have driven through
Northern France to the sea.
Pocketed with their British and
Belgian allies, the northern French
Army, using tanks, planes, motorized
units and artillery, engaged the
Germans in a bitter see-saw battle
between Cambrai and Valenciennes,
25 miles apart.
Here, at the base of their long
southern salient which extends
northwest to the Abbeville coastal
region, the Germans attacked to
make tighter and smaller the sack
in which they are holding the allied
forces of Flanders (estimated by the
Germans at between 500,000 and
1,000,000 men).
Lost Ground Recovered.
France's Army regained lost ground
and began a "battle of Flanders”
which a military spokesman de
scribed as “extremely violent.”
The battle line extended between
Cambrai, about 110 miles north of
Paris, and Valenciennes, about 25
miles east of Cambrai. The spokes
man said see-saw fighting resulted
in the French reaching the outskirts
of Cambrai, territory from which
they had been pushed by th« Nazi
armored columns.
Military circles here said the fight
ing was progressing "satisfactorily
on the whole.”
Stabilizing lines along the Alsne
and Somme Rivers were reported
unchanged. The Somme was said
to be held firmly by French troops
from Ham to Abbeville.
The battle jockeyed back and
forth along the Scheldt River, with
temporary advantages for both sides.
At one point the French, a mili
tary spokesman said, fought their
way down to the outskirts of Cam
brai, territory from which they had
been pushed earlier in the week by
Nazi armored columns volleying
west.
French Fight Way North,
South of the salient, moving
from their stabilized line along
the Laon River, other French forces
were en route north, fighting their
way from the St. Quentin neigh
borhood toward the Cambrai bat
tlefield.
A halt in withdrawals of the
French and British troops from their
lines in Belgium, north and west
from this main battleground, was
implied in military reports, accord
ing to the authoritative newspaper
Le Temps.
The extreme left wing of the
allied armies, which swung into
Belgium on the day of the German
invasion, has taken up positions in
the rear of the Scheldt and Scarpe
Rivers, and the troops face south
and southeast against the German
forces which are swinging on the
Channel.
The soldiers of France were
heartened by their government’s de
termination to cling to Paris.
Three Zones in Battlefield.
The northern battlefield was de
scribed here as being divided into
these three zones:
1. A stabilizing line along the
Aisne River extending westward
from Rethel, about 100 miles north
east of Paris, to an indefinite point.
2. The strongly consolidated line
on the Somme River, whose south
ern oank the French said was
strongly defended from Ham to
Abbeville, an airline distance of
about 60 miles.
3. A jagged line of confused posi
tions extending northward from the
Somme area and culminating in the
Cambrai-Valenciennes battlefield.
In the last zone German units are
pushing in between independent
French groups, while French scout
ing parties zig-zag between German
advance guards. This confused area
Includes St. Quentin, Laon and
Peronne.
French troops were en route north
from the St. Quentin neighborhood
toward the Cambrai battle zone.
The Germans continue to hold
Amiens, 70 miles north of Paris.
The Germans attacked in fcrce
along the battle line running north
and northeast of Cambrai along the
Scheldt River to Valenciennes, but
the French stood their ground.
But while the military arm re
ported this newest success in a
northern battle being fought “with
the greatest violence,’’ the Admiralty
(See PARIS, Page A-3.)
King George to Speak
To Empire Tomorrow
B» the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 23.—King George
VI will broadcast a message to the
empire tomorrow, Empire Day, at 9
pm. (3 pm., E. S. T.).
The address will be heard locally
over radio stations WMAL and
WOL. Officials at WJSV were un
certain whether their system would
cany the spaMh. ,
A.
Conservative M. P.
Arrested as Britain
Fights '5th Column'
Copt. A. H. M. Ramsay,
Long Regarded as a
Fascist, Is Detained
BULLETIN., ,
LONDON, May 23 (>*»).—Sir
Oswold Mosley, leader of the
Fascist “British Union,” went
to Scotland Yard tonight in
custody of police.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. May 23—The arrest of
Capt. Archibald H. M. Ramsay. Con
servative member of Parliament, by
direction of the Home Secretary
was annouhced today by the Speaker
of the House of Commons.
Capt. Ramsay, a veteran of the
World W’ar, was detained in Brix- j
ton Prison as the government car
ried out a round-up of persons sus
pected as “fifth columnists.”
At the same time a police guard
was clamped on headquarters of the
British Union, the British Fascist
organization headed by Sir Oswald
Mosley.
When a member of the House
asked whether the Home Secretary
would give the reason for Capt.
Ramsay 's arrest the Speaker replied,
“Not at this stage.”
Special officers took control of the
British Union headquarters, near
the Houses of Parliament, ques
tioned every one who approached
the building and examined all
papers in desks and filing cabinets
Several persons left the headquar
ters accompanied by police.
Long Regarded as Fascist.
Capt. Ramsay, of a well known
military family, long had been re
garded as a Fascist, particularly on
the score of anti-Semitism.
He was educated for the army
at Eton and Sandhurst, the British
West Point. He fought in the World
War with the famous Coldstream
Guards in France, where he was
severely wounded in 1916. He was
invalided from the army in 1919
after service at the War Office and
with a British war mission to Paris.
He has four sons. His wife is the
former Ismay Lucretia Mary, daugh
ter of the 14th Viscount Gorman
ston. Their residence is at Kellie
Castle, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.
Capt. Ramsay is vice chairman of
the Cavendish Land Co.
Regulations Permit Arrest.
His arrest followed closely the is
suance of regulations under the
emergency legislation passed yester
day empowering the home secre
tary to Intern or arrest any one
suspected of being active in an or
ganization subject to foreign influ
ence or control or who has “sym
pathies with the system of govern
ment of any power with which
his majesty is at war.”
Sir John assured the House that
steps have been taken to safeguard
England from the entry of “fifth
columnists” as refugees. He said
special measures have been taken
to increase the arms available to
police for their “own protection.”
Ordinarily, British police carry
only a truncheon, with no firearms
except in emergencies.
Sir John also announced the ex
pulsion of 167 members of the out
lawed Irish Republican Army under
the act to prevent violence. He de
clared it was against the public
interest to disclose beforehand any
steps against Communist and Fascist
societies.
Sir John said the names of a
number of other persons ordered
detained would be announced as
soon as they were arrested.
Replying to a question, the home
secretuy said: “This is a precau
tionary measure and Capt. Ramsay,
like others who have been taken
into detention, will have his right to
make representations.”
$1,473,756,728 Navy Bill
Voted Unanimously by Senate
»
Passed, 78-0, in 2 Hours, It Goes to Conference
With Army Fund; House Due to Concur
By J. A. O’LEARY.
The Senate today passed by a vote
of 71 to 0 the $1,473,756,738 Navy bill
in less than two hours, after having
approved the $1,823252,734 Army
bill late yesterday.
Thus, within 34 hours, this body
has voted a combined outlay of
$3297,009,463 to build up all essen
tial phases of this country's defense
system, in response to President
Roosevelt's appeal for preparedness
in the light of European events.
Both measures now go to confer
ence with the House, which had al
ready passed them with much
smaller appropriations before the
President to Review
U. S. Policies Sunday
In 'Fireside Chat’
Address Is Planned
As Accounting
On State of Nation
By JOHN C. HENRY.
In his first “fireside” radio talk
since war broke out in Europe last
September, President Roosevelt will
report to the American people Sun
day night on the state of the Na
tion and the Government s policies
as now conceived.
Announcement to this effect was
made today by Stephen T. Early,
secretary to the President, with the
clear implication that the contem
plated address will be a compre
hensive and significant accounting
by the Chief Executive.
Mr. Roosevelt will go on the air
at 9:30 o’clock with all three major
radio networks carrying his 30
minute talk. Earlier today, the Re
publican National Committee an
nounced that former President
Hoover also will make a Nation
wide radio address Sunday night at
6:30 o'clock.
In making his announcement, Mr.
Early recalled the President’s re
marks at his Tuesday press confer
ence dealing with his views on the
present responsibilities of capital
and labor and the administration's
pledge that none of the social gains
of the past seven years will be sacri
ficed. *
r nc|iui» rwuncu.
Many suggestions bearing on these
matters have been received, Mr.
Early said, and these will be re
viewed along with sf general discus
sion of defense needs in the all
embracing radio address. To be dis
cussed, he continued, are questions
of agricultural and commodity re
sources, prices, wages, and so forth.
"This will be a straightforward
factual report by the Government
to the people,” Mr. Early said, cou
pled with a preview of Government
policy as far ahead as possible to
foresee.
It was in Mr. Roosevelt’s last fire
side talk, on September 3,1939, that
he promised the Nation there would
be no blackout of peace in America.
Keeping his customary close con
tact with developments abroad, the
President planned today to see
Chairman Norman H. Davis of the
American Red Cross.
In addition, Mr. Roosevelt late this
afternoon was to receive members of
the Business Advisory Council, now
meeting here. Secretary of Com
merce Hopkins was to accompany
the business group to the White
House. The President was expected
to discuss present emergency condi
tions with them.
Asked if any progress is being
made toward bringing in outside
(See ROO6EV8LT, Page A-3.)
A
i trend of the war prompted We ad
ministration to speed the defense
program.
House conferees, it is believed, will
Join the Senate in accepting virtu
ally all the money added to the two
bills in the past week.
The naval bill has two major ob
jectives: To hasten completion of
the 52 warships now under con
struction and to authorize other new
ships; to begin expansion of the
naval air force by enabling the
Navy to buy or contract for 2,970
more planes and to begin the de
velopment of a chain of new naval
; shore bases along both coast lines
; and at strategic insular possessions.
Supporting Legislation.
While conferees work out final
agreements on the two huge money
bills, both Houses will continue work
on supporting legislation intended
to provide basic law for these new
undertakings and to expedite work
in war industries.
The goal of these basic authoriza
tions is to provide the Army and the
Navy with approximately 10,000
modem planes each, and the
facilities to train an adequate corps
of new pilots.
The vote yesterday on the Army
bill was 74 to 0. The united front
with which Congress is tackling the
defense problem was shown again
today in the 78-to-0 vott on • the
Navy bill.
Earlier, the Senate Naval Com
mittee was told by Admiral John
H- Towers that the Navy expects to
train 15,000 new pilots for its Air
Corps by June 30, 1944.
That would give the Navy a total
of 18,500 tjained pilots by that date,
he testified. During the next 12
months the increase will be small,
because expansion of training facil
ities will be the first step, the ad
miral explained. By July 'l, 1941,
the total number of pilots will be
3,850.
Thereafter, however, the number
will go up rapidly, he said, to these
totals: July 1, 1942, 6,800 pilots;
July, 1943, 12,000, and July, 1944,
18,500.
The bill the Senate passed today,
the committee was told, will enable
the Navy to buy or contract for 2,970
more planes. Under, the 1938 air
program, the* admiral said, the
Navy was authorized to buy not
less than 3,000 planes. As of today,
he said, 1,800 have been delivered,
and 933 are under contract for de
livery during the coming year.
Financing Uncertain.
It was still uncertain, today whether
congressional leaders will find it
necessary to consider new taxes or
a boost in the debt limit before ad
journment to finance the heavy de
fense outlays. Chairman Harrison
of the Finance Committee told the
Senate late yesterday the committee
would be called as soon as complete
data is compiled by the Treasury, to
decide whether the revenue problem
(See DEFENSE, Page A-3.)
Nazi Mechanized Units
Seek to Join Forces
By the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland, May 23.—Two
groups of fast German mechanized
raiders—one in Belgium and the
other in France—are attempting to
join forces in the Calals-Boulogne
area in France and harry the
British-Belgian rear, German diplo
matic sources reported here today.
The Germans said the break of a
mechanized column through the
British-Belgian line near Audemrde,
Belgium, caused the Nazis to order
the raiding column in the Abbeville,
France, sector to turn northward.
Between the unit in Belgium and
the new goal, however, are flooded
regions behind Dunkerque, France.
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Germans Mass
At Coast tor
Major Stroke
U-Boat and Speedboat
Crews Champing;
Infantry Pours In
By LOUIS P. LOCHNER,
Associated Press War Correspondent.
WITH THE GERMAN ARMIES
ON THE WESTERN FRONT. May
23.—I have reached the English
Channel to find German forces here
with the Nazi swastika flying.
It seems ahnost unbelievable that
I should find Germany at this chan
nel. But the swastika waving from
the local commander's headquarters
leaves no doubt about it.
Crews of U-boats and speedboats
are champing to be sent on their
errands of destruction.
• Mr. Lochner. chief of the As
sociated Press bureau in Berlin,
is in the fifth day of a tour with
the German forces on personal
invitation of Hitler. He did not
specify the point at which he
reached the English Channel but
apparently it was some place in
Belgium.)
Here as elsewhere the roads of
approach are jammed with infantry,
more infantry, and still mere in
fantry, and with artillery ever more
formidable, backed by an air force
equipped to the last fine detail. All
are awaiting Adolf Hitler’s final
command to go to England.
Aiiaci win no ricnic.
r Everywhere oiy hears soldiers
singing the “Engeliand” song. Youny
men realized such a venture would
be no picnic.
“Maybe 50 of each 100 ships will
be sunk by the British,” one in
fantryman from Saxony said to me
in his quaint dialect.
“But why shouldn’t I be lucky
and be on one of the ships that
►gets over?
“And if not * • • well, that just
cannot be helped.”
Another lad from Mecklenburg
rubbed his hands and declared:
“Oh, boy! Won’t it be great to
march on to London?"
Just when Hitler will push the
button, however, nobody could pre
dict.
Meanwhile, the occupation forces
have normalized life in this sector
of the front as they did everywhere
else. The Belgians go about their
work as usual. Cafes and restau
rants are open, with Germans and
Belgians mingling freely.
Shops are open and goods are sold
for either Belgian or Gerinan money ,
at a rate of 10 francs to one mark.
Before the German invasion the '
Belgian franc was valued at 3.3
cents; the nominal rate on tne
Reichsmark is 40 cents.
Bombing-Attacks Firs'i.
' Germany's western armies battled, ‘
meanwhile, to 'close the right wdng
of their pincers about allied forces
in Northern France and Belgium
and at the same time poured other
divisions into mopping-up opera
tions behind tlieir lines before un
'dertaking their next big maneuver.
Hitler is not likely to attempt to
attack England herself until he
has paved the way to his satisfaction
with a tried and trusted program
of these main points:
1. Destruction of all British naval,
air and ground organization by air
raiding.
2. Similar destruction of airplanes
and vessels.
3. Combined attack by speedboats,
submarines and air bombers on
British transports and warships.
v Not until the Fuehrer feels that
this has been done satisfactorily is
he likely to aim a decisive blow qflth
land forces.
Continuous bombing of the Bel
gian Channel port of Ostend and
the French ports of Dunkerque,
Calais and Dieppe is in line with
this in the continental fighting, the
intention being to demolish docks
to which British reinforcements
might come and from which British
and allied troops might escape in
event of a rout.
Spy Suspect Arrested
With Maps of Atlanta
By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, May 23.—Arrest of a
spy suspect possessing maps of po
tential military value was disclosed
today by Atlanta police.
Detective Chief J. A. McKibben
declined to give the prisoner’s name,
but said he was being held “for
investigation” and described him as
a 65-year-old man who speaks with
a heavy German accent.
Mr. McKibben said also that:
The suspect described himself as
a bricklayer, but his hands showed
no signs of such manual labor;
found in his quarters at a rooming
house were scores of maps of key
highways and natural gas lines
leading into Atlanta, railway lines
and yards in and around this city,
floor plans of big Atlanta buildings;
the prisoner admitted making the
maps, but said it was "for practice”;
also in hie room were numerous
engineering textbooks, radio man
uals and other techincal works; he
claimed to have been in the United
States for 30 years, despite his ac
cent, but could produce no Social
Security number or naturalization
papers; he was arrested on an
anonymous telephone tip.