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Goering Sends Six Waves of Bombers Over French Capital In Mass Raid's
NAZIS UNLEASH RAIN OF BOMBS ON PARIS, KILL 48, INJURE 149
By PERCY NOEL ("UNITED PRESS" STAFF CORRESPONDENT)
PARIS, June 3 (UP).~)
Six waves of German planes swept over Paris for a full hour to-day.
They unleashed a rain of incendiary and
bombs on the city.
explosive
Official reports reveal that 48 persons have been killed and 149 wounded.
Ambassador's Escape
The windows of five schools were shattered and Mr. William Bullitt, United States Ambassa dor, had a narrow escape from a high explosive bomb.
Authorised sources.claim that "plenty" of German planes were brought down. Reports have been delayed because most of the defensive action took place out- side the city.
An official announcement! states that 83 bombs fell on Paris and 97 in the suburbs.
61 Fires Started Thirteen Ares were started in the elty and 48 in the suburbs.
Eight people were killed and 64 wounded in-Partitself, while 37 were killed and 95 wounded on the uutskirts,
Ten Children Die
The Mistry of Education states thut ten children were killed and 18' wounded in a suburban school.
Six buildings in the city and 91 on the cutskirts were destroyed or severely damaged,
The United States Ambassador, in his report to the State Department confirms that a bomb struck a bud- ing In the centre of Paris.
American Citizen Dies "PARIS, June 3(Reuter)=TIC| oficial communique says that there were 200 casualties in the air mids 111ly afternoon. Forly-five were killed
Three hundred planes participated In the raid bombing the elty in re- lays of 40. A thousand bombs were dropped. Three German planes were
brought down.
AMAZING PICTURE OF
PICTURE OF ATTACK ON CONVOY
THIS DRAMATIC AIR MAIL photograph shows a Nazi bombing raid in progress on a convoy of British transports standing off the sand dunes of Flanders. Attacks on these trans- ports have been continuous, not only since the evacuation from Dunkirk began, but also when the B.E.F. was landing along the Flanders coast.
Japan May Be Cut Off From All War Supplies
DRAMATIC EMBARGO MOVE
BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH**
TOKYO, June 4 (Domei).-A dramatic step by President Roosevelt.
It is reliably learned that among was announced by the Japanese Foreign Office to-day, when it was
the Buildings hit by the bombs were
a secondary school,
girls' secondary revealed that the United States President has banned the export of
school, two high elementary, schools defence materials to all Powers.
and four suburban schools.
One school, which was converted
into a hospital, was hit by 10 bombs)
The Japanese Embassy in Washington informed the Foreign Office that
Anti-Nazi
Feeling Rises In America
3
WASHINGTON, June (Reuter).As the first move In giving active aid to the Allies, the United States should sever diplomatic relations with Germany. declared Senator While, Republican Member of the Foreign Relations Com mitice, in an interview to-day.
"The Germans are not serving any useful purpose except the functions they perform for their own Government,” he
and two orderlies were killed. according to the Washington State Department the President has decided to ban the
stated, export of those materials which are indispensable to national defence in connection
The dead include one American.
Incendiary Bombs Used
Bomba dropped inside the city, some falling on private houses.
High explosive
Incendiary and bombs were dropper the city.
--Streets-had-to-be-roped off to keep back hundreds of people, who come In cars to see the humb holes in the rords and the ruins houses in the fashionable quarter,
Paris streets ever wide areas on both the left and right banks of the
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INTENSIVE DAMAGE
BY R.A.F. RAIDS
LONDON, June 3 (British Wireless).-Marshalling yards were bombed, oil tank waggons were set alight and troop convo ys were machine-gunned by low-flying bombers in the course of Sunday night's extensive raids over north-west Germany.
At Rotterdam aerodrome a group At Soest, an important rail- way junction to the cast of Dort-of buildings which had survived earlier Allied bambardment was
bombs fell across the centre of bombs,
gons.
Į with the expansion of
armaments in America.
The embargo is said to be ap- plied equally to all Powers.
However, the Japanese au- thorities are taking a serious view of the latest American move, as it is believed that some special measures will be taken for the benefit of Britain and Franco, and which will seriously affect Japan, Germany. and Italy.
Japan's Concarn Japanese authorities declare
that
"We ought to send them back to Berlin. If the Italians enter the war we ought to send them home too."
Britons
Growing Belligerency In Rome
Italians Convinced Decision Is, WAR
ROME, June 3 (Reuter).The conviction that Italy
is entering the war in the near future is growing among the Italians.
To-day's postponement of the Rome World. Exhibi- tion is regarded as further evidence.
Military doctors and veterinary surgeons are being called up next Thursday.
"
The Press is still filled with claim that Italians are persecut- anti-Allied reports. There are ed in Algeria.
despatches from Tangier alleg
ing that the Allies are planning
to attack there. Other reports
Leave
As Tension
Italy Increases
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
ROME, June 3 (UP).-It is officially announced that
Nazi Offensivo Predicted
Meanwhile, the Fress predicts a great German offensive against the French. line along the Sommo -- and- Alsne, declaring that tř vitack will
be supported by 8,000 D.
"Germany has succeeded in divid- ing the enemy's forces. Now she la preparing to
cach conquer
onc
| separately," writes the "Popolo di
Roma.""
London Calm, Regretful
LONDON, June 9 (Reuter)—The London and Paris newspapers expect
mund, a line of high explosive straddled by a salve of heavy calibre the American move is tantamount to
a material molineation of the Ameri- the Italian World Exposition, which was scheduled to be italy's entry into the war with calm- a crowded railway yard. Moving At Wese! In an aerodrome used by can moral embargo en Japan.
Hitherto the United Elates has held in 1942, has been post-display to reports froin Tangiers say-ness but regret.
ing that the population there is very trains were hit and brought to a German bomber squadrons, bombs
restrictions on the export of poned. imposed
Well-Informed circles, here - point excited on account of persistont re- ferromunganese standstill, and direct hits were were seen to burst on a large hangor,
resulting in a violent explosion and tin, rubber, chrome,
present
The official postponement of ports that British and French troops out that Britain has always shown registered on londed goods wag-a, serce outbreak of fire as if from a and other metals, but the
embargo acecis in addition, the World's Fair is generally may be landed at Tangiers in view her willingness to meet every point petrol dump nearby.
Gibraltar. Other rections of heavy bombers on machinery, machine tools; aircraft interpreted here as being the of the revived Spanish claims to of Italy's legitimate, aspirations.
Recently, attempts were made to Oil Waggons Dostroyed their way back from successful ralds engines and their accessories, motors meat serious indication during
A landing by the British and clear up certain problems, notably in by the last fortnight of Italy's entry French would be for the purpose of the sphere of contraband control In another successful attack on a came low over enemy territory to and other war materials.
Japan is particularly affected marshalling yard carried out shortly carry out machine-gun attacks against the new development as ever sinco into the war.
riving the Allies a countor position where Arrangements were reached. troop concentrations which шего after midnight, a group of oil tank loented by parachute flares.
1938 the United States has been Mussolini frequently referred to the should something happen at Gibral- which were accopied by Italian ex- jwaggons standing in the middle of the
exercising a moral embargo regarding Exposition as a proof of Italy's peace tar" the dematch said.
Peris, og salisfactory, yard was-arst-wrecked-and-then-set.
The same paper also carries front molybdenum,.. aluminium......... aircraft ful, intentions.
Halian Government has page despatches from Casablanca and The alight by incendiary bombs,
and gasoline refiners. A long
Britons Leave armoured
Algiers protesting against the alleged declined to co-operate. The fire kindled by the bombs
It la predicted that the Japanero sprend
and clouds of black vehicles, caught on a road near rapidly
The majority of the 53 members of persecution of Italiana in Algiers and
No Cause For War Japanese Government's attitude to smoke were seen rising from the yard Aachen in the early hours of this Foreign Office will announce
morning, was first heavily bombed the last development in a few days, mittee which has been stationed in
the British Contraband Control Com-French Morocco,
. The life of Italians in Morocco in
The Allied Governanants, these for some time after the raid.
The road and railway functions at with high explosive and incendiary after carefully studying the proposals. Rome left by train this afternoon lightest pretext the police searen shown for a long time every willing-
becoming Impossible, On the well-informed circles point out, have- Omabruck were heavily attacked for bombs from a height of 2,000 feet.
enroule to Franco. The remainder of fallans homosand offices. Por ness to discuss and meet all Italy's. the second night in succession. Then in the light of slowly descend-
the committee will leave on Tuesday: mission to carry arms for self defence legitimate sapirations, A direct hit was scored on a goods ing parachute flares, it was subject-
Signor Mussolini, addressing a yard at Hamburg, and at Hamra, ed to machine-gun attacle,
Salvos of bombs were seen to burst bridge over a canal was reported to in the middle of the convoy, on the have been demolished and nearby road ahead of it and in the adjelning |railway tracks wero- torn up" by the woods,
south of Munster, one end of the
Convoy Caught-
convoy
of
tho
But the Italian Government has never been willing to enter into con- versations on the subject.
45,000 Civilian⠀⠀
group of Senators at the Venice or hunting has been revoked," the Pilots Promised Palace yesterday, said, "Through Casablanca despatch psorts.
your initiative the "Fasciat regime No Change In Situation WASHINGTON, Zune">" (Router); {interprets the profound tendencies The Civil Aeromilles Authority and the imminent feeds of the Italian], “PECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH" A series of heavy explosions con-has announced, that if WILL-Im- force of three heavy bomb explosions. Itinued to break out for some, tims Fmodiately expand the primary civil People's PORN ANA NA PODLAS
[aftar the attack, as the ammunition
Ivorrios in the,wrocked conian training programme i to, provide Gibraltar Procautions change in the¦nállitárý, situation,"at-#olution? If itni "dedides to Forster"
45,000 new. plota by July, 1; 1941, to de Imited by incendiary bomb
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Map Air Bases Raided
Enemyair bases at Rötter
Deventer and Wesel were a
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The Fascist afternoòn lepapes "Piccolo to-day gives a front spare
| No, problem, these circles: point LONDON, June 3 (UR)--Diploma-out, oxials between Britain and Italy. le circies emphasise that there is no which required farmed forces for lis though it is believed that Sir Percy the war the responsimity with bas
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