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MAG I NOT LINE BROKEN, GERMANS CLAIM
Verdun Also Taken, Nazis Say; New Strategic Move by Allies Forecast
French Retreating Still Further
Under Onslaught of Reich Legions
Still Fight With Vigor,
British State, Denying
France Will Make Peace
By the Associated Press.
Capture of Verdun and a breach in the Maginot Line
were claimed by the Germans today as high Allied councils
apparently were shaping momentous decisions.
The breach in the Maginot Line was said to have been
made on a “broad front” south of Saarbrucken.
For two days German artillery hour after hour had
hurled shells into the steel and concrete of France’s bastion
on the western front and “Stukas” had dived down to
punish it with bombs in the Saar region.
Both the town of Verdun and its famed fortress fell, the Ger
mans asserted.
The weary, driven defenders of France fell back still farther
Under the onslaughts of Germany’s driving legions.
The Paris radio announced a cabinet meeting following reports
in London that “strategic decisions of great moment” already had
been taken by Allied Army leaders in France and that “the next
24 hours are likely to show what these are.”
In Berlin the French situation was regarded as hopeless.
French Declared on Verge of Collapse.
Exultant Nazis declared that what still remains of France's
armies is on the verge of collapse.
“The French are fleeing wildly." a German spokesman declared,
and the Maginot Line, on which France once relied to keep her
safe from German invasion, “soon will be past history."
Allied sources admitted that this was the bitterest hour for
France in 70 years.
But the French withdrawals under never-ceasing Nazi pres- j
sure were described as orderly, without panic or desperation, and
Generalissimo Maxime Weygand’s poilus were said even to have
launched counterattacks at several points to check the German
speed and cover the retirement.
Fighting in Normandy west of Louviers and Evreux and “vio
lent” German pressure in Champagne towrard Troyes and St. Dizier
were reported by the French.
What France's leaders would do next was unknown, but an
authoritative British source said a separate French peace with
Germany was not being considered.
With the Allied flanks harassed by Italy, a sudden develop
ment on the border of East Prussia gave Germany cause to look
anxiously to her own.
Russians March Into Lithuania.
Moscow announced that Lithuania had accepted a Soviet ulti
matum which demanded, in part, that Soviet Russian troops be
permitted immediately to spread to vital Lithuanian centers in
sufficient strength to safeguard the Russian-Lithuanian mutual
assistance treaty. Russian troops were already marching into
Lithuania, it was reported in Berlin.
“Successful attacks” on the British Mediterranean base of
Malta and Red Sea base of Aden were claimed by the Italian Army,
which said it also had occupied points of French territory along
the Alpine frontier.
The Italian command declared also that Allied attacks on
Italian outposts along the Egyptian frontier had been repulsed
and that torpedoes had sunk one French destroyer and damaged
another in a naval attack on the Italian port of Genoa yesterday.
Anxiety on other margins of the spreading war was reflected
also in Switzerland, where the public was told how to resist a
possible parachute invasion, and in Rumania, where King Carol
asked Turkey to stay neutral in order to save the Balkans from
becoming involved.
Vital Decisions Taken
LONDON, June 15 OP).—Allied
armies were reported fighting the
Nazi onrush in Prance today with
undiminished vigor while a British
news agency declared that the next
24 hours were expected to disclose
“strategic decisions of great mo
ment” taken by the British and
French Army commands.
There were no indications what
the decisions were.
An authoritative British source
said the French government was “in
transit” and it labeled "untrue” a
story that the French cabinet would
make a separate peace tonight. The
reports were att. led to German
sources.
This informed source said the
movement of the French govern
ment had interrupted communica
tions.
Fighting Is Violent.
The French high command com
munique as broadcast by the French
radio and picked up here said the
fighting was violent in the area
west of Louviers, a city 50 miles
southeast of the German-occupied
port of Le Havre.
Below Paris, the communique said,
“the army has been carrying out all
movements according to the order
of the command."
In the Champagne region east of
Paris German pressure was in
creased and violent fighting is under
way. Tire opposing armies have
contested that sector bitterly while
the German were taking Paris in
the great battle of France.
In the Alsace sector, the com
munique added, the Nazis heavily
bombarded the front as well as
communication lines.
The German armies have reached
points 20 miles south of Paris both
to the east and west of the Nazi
occupied capital, Reuters (British
news agency) reported from Tours.
In their advance west of Paris, the
dispatch reported, the Nazi forces
were driving in the direction of
Chartres, famous cathedral city 45
miles southwest of the capital and
only 80 miles northeast of Toiys on
(See LONDON, Page A-4.) ‘
Main Line Broken
BERLIN, June 15 </P).—Capture
of Verdun—where the French in
the World War shouted “They shall
not pass!"—and a breaking of the
Maginot Line on a “broad front”
south of Saarbrucken were an
nounced this evening by the Ger
man high command.
The announcement said that
both the towm of Verdun and the
famed fortress had fallen.
Verdun lies about 135 miles east
of Paris and about 25 miles south
of Montmedy, northern anchor of
the Maginot Line which already has
fallen to the German “Blitzkrieg.”
Fort Vaux was stormed and Fort
Marre captured in the drive on Ver
dun, the high command said in its
special communique.
This represented a tremendous
rear attack or a flank-turning
movement against the powerful line
of steel and concrete fortifications
upon which the French had counted 1
vainly in their “defensive war.”
The attack south of Saarbrucken
represented a frontal assault near
the middle of the German-French
land frontier .
“After a heavy fighting our troops
have broken through the Maginot
line on a broad front south of Saar
brucken,” said the communique.
“After breaking through the line
of fortresses on both sides of Meuse
City, the citadel of Verdun, fought
for in the World War, was taken
by us.”
Nazi Flag Over Versailles.
German troops made a bold smash
aimed at crumbling France’s bastion
as Nazi flags flew over the Palace
of Versailles and German boots
echoed in the streets of Paris.
As the drive on the Maginot Line
thundered into its second day. Ger
man “Stukas” dived down on the
steel-and-concrete forts with show
ers of bombs and artillery poured
tons of shells hour after hour.
Terrific pressure in this sector
multiplied the difficulties of the
French in trying to stave off the
German push in the Metz and Ver
dun region.
The high command's communique
(See~BERLIN, Page A-3.)
War Bulletin
LONDON (£>>,—The resigna
tion of members of the for
mer Chamberlain government,
“who are blamed for the
present reverses,” will be
asked by Comdr. Locker
Lampson, Conservative mem
ber of Parliament, Tuesday in
the House of Commons.
French Naval Force
Beaten Oil From
Genoa, Rome Claims
Destroyer Declared Sunk;
Planes Said to Have
Dropped Peace Leaflets
By the Associated Press.
ROME. June 15.—An Italian tor
pedo boat and the coastal batteries
of Genoa were reported today to
have driven off a French naval
squadron which bombarded the
Ligurian Riviera at dawn last Thurs
day. One French destroyer was re
ported torpedoed and sunk and an
other damaged
The Rome radio said today three
persons were killed and 12 wounded
in the Genoa engagement and that
6 persons were killed and 25
wounded in an air raid on Savona at
an undisclosed time. Savona is near
Genoa on the coast.
Rome authorities also said air
planes flew over Rome early yester
day and dropped leaflets indicating
the planes were French. The leaf
lets called on the Italians to quit
the war. One woman was killed bv
anti-aircraft fire directed at the
plane.
Account by Stefani.
A belated account of the Genoa
fight was given today by Stefani,
official Italian news agency.
At the same time, the Italian high
command reported the occupation
of "some localities' in France along
the Alpine frontier by Italian troops
who overcame “enemy attempts to
hinder our action.” Some prisoners
were reported captured.
In the air. the high command
said, bombers attacking in waves
scored direct hits on the British
air and naval base at Aden, near
Italian East Africa, while other
Italian bombers successfully as
saulted the military works of Malta,
British Mediterranean base.
The command also said an en
emy submarine was sunk by Italian
seaplanes.
Coast Batteries Open Fire.
The Stefani account said the
French naval group turned around
and steamed out to sea when coast
batteries opened fire in support of
the torpedo boat.
The news agency said the torpedo
boat, described as the 17-year-old
(See ROME, Page A-4.)
No Word From Bullitt
Received Since Thursday
The State Department said to
day it had been out of communica
tion with Ambassador William C.
Bullitt in Paris since 11 o'clock
Thursday night (Paris time.)
Lack of any further word from
Mr. Bullitt apparently was due to
German control of all communica
tion lines out of Paris.
The department said it never had
had any information to the effect
that Mr. Bullitt had been taken into
“protective custody" by German
forces as reported and later denied
from Berlin yesterday.
The last contact with Mr. Bullitt
was in the form of a telephone call
from him to Anthony J. Drexel
Biddle, jr., Ambassador to Poland,
who accompanied the French gov
ernment from Paris to Tours and
was due to go on to Bordeaux last
night.
Mr. Bullitt telephoned Mr. Biddle
at Tours at 7 p.m. (Paris time)
Thursday that the Germans were
inside the gates of Paris, this mes
sage reaching the State Department
at 1 a.m. yesterday. His later mes
sage at 11 p.m. added no new de
tails about the situation, it was said.
An American radio commentator
in a broadcast from Paris today said
a guard had been placed about the
Embassy.
Roosevelt Starts Cruise
Down Potomac Today
President Roosevelt planned to
leave the White House late today
for an overnight cruise down the
Potomac River.
Invited to be his guests on the
presidential yacht Potomac were
Mr. and Mrs. Averell Harriman.
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins and
Capt. Rene de Chambrun. Assistant
Military Attache at the French Em
bassy.
Soviets March In
After Lithuania
Accepts Demands
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. June 15.—Red Army
troops began to enter Lithuania this
afternoon after that country had ac
! ceptcd a Soviet Russian ultimatum
i demanding permission to reinforce
Russian garrisons on Lithuanian
soil.
Sweeping Ultimatums
Presented by Soviet
MOSCOW, June 15 (/Pi.—Sweep
ing ultimatums from Soviet Russia,
including the ouster of the existing
Lithuanian government and “free
passage” into that country of Soviet
troops, were accepted today by
Lithuania, it was officially an
! nounced here.
Lithuania was declared to have
given in one hour ahead of the
| deadline set by Moscow.
An official communique distrib
uted by Tass, the Russian news
agency, accused the Lithuanian gov
ernment of having prepared to at
tack the Soviet garrison stationed
in that country, of having "rudely
violated” its mutual assistance pact
with Russia and of having entered
with Latvia and Estonia into a
“military alliance directed against
t*e Soviet Union.”
Consent to 3 Demands.
The communique said Juozas Urb
sys. Lithuanian Foreign Minister who
has been in Moscow for several days,
gave the consent of the Lithuanian
government to three Soviet de
mands:
1 That the Lithuanian Minister
of Internal Affairs and the head of
i the political police department be
tried as those directly guilty of
provocative actions against Soviet
garrisons in Lithuania.
2. That Lithuania form immedi
ately a new government which
would be capable and readv to real
ize honestly the Soviet-Lithuanian
mutual aid pact agreed upon last
fall and to hold in leash the enemies
of this pact.
3. That Lithuania guarantee fully
the free passage of Lithuanian ter
ritory of Soviet troops in numbers
sufficient to realize the pact.
The Lithuanians had until 10
a m. to reply and her decision was
; communicated to Premier-Foreign
Commissar Vyacheslaff Molotoff at
9 a m.
Russian Allegations.
Lithuania's consent to the Soviet
demands was given after MolotofT
had presented the Lithuania gov
ernment the following facts, which
the Russian government said it con
sidered had been established:
1. That Lithuanian authorities
kidnaped a number of Red Army
men garrisoned in Lithuania and
tortured them in order to obtain
military secrets.
2. That one army man who was
kidnaped was ‘'murdered."
3. That these actions were aimed ;
at making impossible the presence
of Soviet troops in Lithuanian ter
ritory and that Lithuanian citizens \
who were hired to help build bar- j
racks for the Russian troops were
sent to concentration camps.
Russia also charged that soon after j
signing the mutual aid pact with the !
Soviets. Lithuania entered into a
military alliance with Latvia and j
Estonia which was directed against
Russia.
The Russian charges said the gen- !
eral staffs of the three small Baltic
countries contacted each other
i secretly and had published a maga
j zine in English. French and German.
The Tass communique said these
facts were stated to prove that
Lithuania had not adhered to the
pact despite the favorable pro
Lithuanian Soviet policy.
The government of Premier An
tanas Merkys of Lithuania, was re
ported to have resigned last night.
Earl of Coventry Missing
LONDON, June 15 UP).—The Earl
og Coventry, 39, a lieutenant in the
Worcestershire Regiment, was listed
as missing today. The tenth earl
of the line, he was a well-known
huntsman. His heir is Viscount
Deerhurst, 6, his only son.
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U. S. Legation Courier
Killed in Mysterious
Finnish Air Blast
Sabotage Clues Sought;
Messages From Berlin
May Have Been Aboard
By the Associated Press.
HELSINKI. June 15.—Henry W.
Anthiel, jr„ of Trenton, N. J„ at
tached to the American Legation in
Helsinki, was killed in the mys
terious explosion of a Finnish air
liner yesterday in which nine other
persons lost their lives.
Spokesmen said Mr. Anthiel was
on "courier service.” but had no au
thority to say whether he was acting
as a courier carrying any special
documents from Berlin. His identity
was not made public until today.
The governments of Finland and
Estonia began an investigation to
determine whether sabotage was in
volved in the loss of the plane, bound
from Tallinn. Estonia, to Helsinki.
Gunnar Stahl, director of the Fin
nisli-Aero-Transport. said the plane
was carrying 250 pounds of "diplo
matic matter.”
Two French diplomats whose
names could not be learned were
said to have been aboard.
A private source expressed belief
the diplomatic matter included im
portant material from Berlin in
tended for shipment to America
through the Finnish port of Petsamo.
Witnesses on the mainland said
the plane exploded with terriffic
force and then plunged into the
Gulf of Finland. Airline officials
said there was no indication of
trouble in the plane's regular radio
contacts with Finland and that it
disappeared so quickly there had
been no time to send an SOS.
In addition to the two Frenchmen
and the American, the other pas
sengers were said to include two
Germans, two Swedes and an
Estonian. Their bodies, in addition
to those of the two Finnish crew
men, were recovered from amidst
wreckage floating on the wTater.
Anthiel in Service 6 Years;
Was With Bullitt in Russia
Br the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. J., June 15.—
Henry W. Anthiel, jr„ 27, killed in
a Finnish airliner explosion, had
been in the United States diplo
matic service since 1934 when he
was one of 24 persons selected to
accompany William C. Bullitt, the
United States' first Ambassador to
the Soviet Union, to Moscow.
When the Russo-Finnish war
broke out Mr. Anthiel was trans- ■
ferred from his clerical post in
Moscow to the American Legation
at Helsinki.
Son of a Trenton shoe merchant,
Mr. Anthiel was a graduate of Tren
ton High School and attended Rut- j
gers University.
Willkie Takes Double Room
And Taft 102 for Convention
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June 15.—Can
didates seeking the Republican
presidential nomination at the na
tional convention June 24 have re
served hotel space here ranging
from a double room for Utilities
Executive Wendell L. Willkie to 102
rooms for Senator Robert A. Taft
of Ohio.
Taft backers, exclusive of Ohio's
voting delegates, have accommoda
tions in at ieast six hotels and have
already opened headquarters in one.
Next to Senator Taft on the room
reservation roster comes Thomas E.
Dewey of New York with 78 in two
hotels. Frank E. Gannett, New York
State publisher, has rented the Har
vard Club In addition to 48 hotel
rooms. Michigan's Senator Arthur
Vandenberg is allotted 48 rooms In
half a dozen hotels.
The assignments were disclosed
today by Bayard Sharp, 27-year-old
executive secretary of the conven
tion Housing Committee.
Mr. Sharp, a member of the Du
pont family and the Wilmington,
Del., City Council, said the candi
dates’ demands "fooled me com
pletely.” He had planned a maxi
mum of 20 rooms for each.
Five thousand rooms in hotels,
college fraternity houses, apartment
houses and University of Pennsyl
vania dormitories have been en
gaged for convention visitors.
Delegations from the most distant
States get the choicest accommoda
tions as a matter of hospitality and
because of the length and expense
of their trips to Philadelphia.
Berlin Spokesman
Sees No Occasion
Now to Stop War
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. June 15.—Asked
about the possibilities of a
French capitulation, an author
ized spokesman said today that
"France and England warned
this war and at present there is
no occasion to stop it.”
Senate Finance Unit
Votes to Increase
Amusement Tax
Committee Eliminates
Tobacco Excise Levy
Approved by House
BULLETIN.
The Senate Finance Commit
tee unanimously approved today
a $1,007,000,000 emergency tax biil
designed to finance the $5,000.
000 000 defense program over the
next five years.
By J. A. OLEARY.
The Senate Finance Committee
voted today to increase the revenue
from motion picture theater admis
sion tickets and to eliminate the
House-approved increase in the to
bacco excise tax, as it began re
vision of the billion-dollar national
defense revenue bill.
The committee is understood to
have broadened the scope of the
amusement tax by placing a 1-cent
levy on 10-cent tickets, with a grad
ually increasing scale above that
point. This will bring in consider
ably more than the $25,000,000 esti
mated to be collected from admis
sion taxes under the House bill.
The House placed no tax on tickets
priced at 30 cents or less, with a 10
per cent tax above that point. The
present law starts the 10 per cent
tax at 41 cents.
The committee had a number of
other proposed changes remaining
to be acted on, including the pro
posal of Senator Byrd, Democrat,
of Virginia, for a 10 per cent cut in
the total of the Government's non
defense budget for the coming year,
to make more money available for
national defense.
Chairman Harrison is anxious to
get the bill out of committee this
afternoon and ready for Senate ac
tion early next week.
Elimination of the tobacco in
crease followed testimony of numer
ous witnesses that tobacco farmers
faced a serious economic problem as
the result of having lost their for
eign markets since the outbreak of
the war. Their spokesmen con
tended tobacco already is bearing a
heavy share of the Government's
revenue needs.
Showers Due to Break
92-Degree High Today
A high of 92 degress—which will
be broken by thundershowers—was
forecast for Washington by the
weather man today.
There will be showers late today
and tonight, the Weather Bureau
predicted, and tomorrow will be
fair and slightly cooler. The tem
perature had reached 87 at noon
today, with a high relative humidity
of 52 per cent.
A strong breeze, which reached
24 miles an hour in gusts, fanned
the city.
At least one person was treated
for the effects of the heat here yes
terday as the temperature soared
to 88 degrees. Frank Fenwick, ^
colored, of 2432 Ontario road N.Vv.,
was treated at Emergency Hospital
for sun stroke, which he suffered
at Rockwood parkway and Uni-1
verslty avenue N.W.
I
Hull Pushes Probes
Of Consuls Despite
Italian Protest
Ambassador Charges
Campaign Under Way
To Arouse Feeling
Bv GARNETT D. HORNER.
Secretary of State Hull made it
clear today that this Government
will continue investigating reports
of subversive activities by foreign
agerits in this country despite a
protest from the Italian Ambassador
yesterday against what was termed
a campaign to stir up anti-Italian
feeling.
Mr. Hull said he believed the Am
bassador, as well as nearly everyone
else, knows that the Government is
1 attempting to assemble the true
facts in regard to reports of trans
gressions of the diplomatic code by
Italians and other foreign repre
sentatives.
The facts developed by the Gov
ernment will show' whether or not
the reports of widespread anti
American activities are true, the
Secretary added.
German Statement Studied.
Asked about newspaper reports
quoting Baron Edgar von Spiegel.
German Consul General at New
Orleans, as warning that Germany
' would "not forget" American aid to
! the Allies, Mr. Hull said attention
! was being given to the matter. He
said there were conflicting reports [
about what the German official ac
tually said. Baron von Spiegel was
quoted today as denying he had
made the statement.
Each individual instance of ques
tionable actions by foreign diplo
matic representatives in this country
will be treated on its merits, Mr.
Hull said.
He declined to disclose how far
reaching the investigation under
way may be, or exactly what Gov
ernment agency is making the in
j vestigation, indicating that various
departments are co-operating with
I the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Envoy Denies Improper Activity.
Although the Italian Embassy
! said Prince Ascanio Colonna, the
| Ambassador, lodged a "vigorous pro
i test" with Secretary Hull yesterday
I against what was termed an anti
: Italian campaign. Mr. Hull appeared
j to regard the Ambassador's state
i ment as more of a denial of im
proper activity by Italians than a
protest.
The Secretary said the Ambassa
dor left with him a statement simi
lar to one later made public bv the
Embassy, which declared Italian
Consuls “have always strictly lim
ited their activities to their legal
consular functions” and that i
Italians in the United States have I
kept themselves apart from "so
called un-American activities.”
In his protest! Prince Colonna ob
jected specifically to press reports
that New York police had been or
dered to intensify their vigilance
after reports that Italian consuls
were acting under instructions to
further the cause of Fascism in this
country.
The Embassy made it clear the
Ambassador confined his remarks to
the matter referred to in the subse
quent statement, thus excluding any
mention of President Roosevelt's
speech at Charlottes/file in which
the Chief Executive said of Italy's
entry into the war that “the hand
that held the dagger has struck it
into the back of its neighbor.”
Ship Reported Sinking
With 14 Men Aboard
Bv the Associated Press.
ASTORIA, Oreg.. June 15 —The
lumber schooner Claremont was re
ported sinking today 3 miles off
Willapa Harbor, Wash., with 14 men
still aboard.
Vargas Pledges
Brazil's Loyalty
To U. 5. Stand
Talk Not Pro-Fascist,
Nation's President
Tells Roosevelt
BULLETIN.
The French and British
Ambassadors in the United
States conferred for more
than an hour with President
Roosevelt at the White House
today, but declined on leaving
to disclose the precise nature
of their visit. Both Lord Lo
thian and Count de St. Quen
tin, British and French en
voys, respectively, said con
versations had been general,
with no decisions reached.
By JOHN C. HENRY'.
Assurances of Brazilian loyalty to
President Roosevelt's leadership of
the Western Hemisphere were re
ceived at the White House today in
a cablegrom from Getulio Vargas,
President of the South American
republic.
Calculated to offset interpreta
tions of a speech by Mr. Vargas on
Tuesday as being pro-Fascist, to
day's message from the Brazilian
Chief Executive was delivered to Mr.
Roosevelt by Undersecretary of
State Sumner Wells. It was origin
ally received at the Brazilian Em
bassy here and follows in full:
“Speech delivered June 11 can in
no sense be regarded as contradic
tory' to that of President Roosevelt
whose speech I had not read at
j that time. My speech is a warning,
I a call to reality, addressed to Brazil
' ians and w'hich might cause sur
prise only to persons "devoted to
routine, not to a far-seeing mind
like that of Roosevelt, who is lib
eral-minded. progressive and for
warding looking, crying out as tht
voice of the whole continent regard
ing perils which threaten America
and who knows that Brazil will not
fail him in loyalty."
To See Allied Envoys.
It was believed that the Brazilian
President was referring to Presi
dent Roosevelt's speech at the Uni
versity of Virginia Monday when
the Chief Executive lashed out se
1 verelv at the Italian decision to
enter the European War. The
Vargas pronouncement on the day
following was generally interpreted
to be a notice that Brazil looked
with favor on dominance of to
talitarian philosophies and policies.
As Mr. Roosevelt received today
the later manifestation of hem
isphere solidarity, he was continuing
his crowded schedule of planning
for more effective American defense
and keeping in closest possible touch
with developments abroad.
Scheduled to see him during the
day were Alexander Kirk', recently
returned from his post as principal
American diplomatic representative
in Berlip. and the British and
French Ambassadors here. The
latter two were to visit the White
House together for an appointment
made at their request.
"Doing All Possible.”
While there was speculation that
the Allied envoys may be inquiring
about further American assistance
to their governments, a White House
spokesman repeated today that
"nothing more can be done than
already is being done. We will
continue to do all that is possible.”
In substance, the same thing was
said yesterday by President Roose
velt at a press conference.
On the defense front the Presi
dent today addressed a suggestion
to the Federal Power Commission
that in the interest of assuring
an adequate supply of electric power
for defense needs it establish close
co-ordination with the National
Power Policy Committee and the
Advisory Commission to the Council
of National Defense.
Through the proposed co-oper
ation, Mr. Roosevelt suggested the
following steps:
1. That contact be maintained
with the War and Navy Depart
(See ROOSEVELT, pageTA-3.)
Anti-Aircraft Cruiser
Sunk, British Admit
\
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 15.—The Ad
miralty today announced H. M. S.
Calypso, an anti-aircraft cruiser of
4,180 tons, was sunk in Mediter
ranean waters by an Italian sub
marine. One officer and 38 men
were missing.
Enemy mines sank two trawlers,
the Myrtle and Ocean Sunlight in
home waters.
The 4,180-ton Calypso had a nor
mal complement of 400 and 437 men.
She was built in 1917.
The Admiralty said it was feared
there were no survivors of the
Myrtle and that eight were missing
from the Ocean Sunlight.
A Reuters (British news agencv)
dispatch from Madrid said a Finnish
ship, identified as the Margaretta.
had been attacked by a submarine
450 miles off the northwest coast of
Spain.
The dispatch said 19 survivors nad
been picked up by a Spanish fishing
boat v