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SONS OF THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES' GRIMLY HOLD RUINS OF LOUVAIN

U.S. To Build Another

50,000 Planes

GREATEST AIR FORCE IN WORLD

By LYLE WILSON

("UNITED PRESS" STAFF CORRESPONDINT)

WASHINGTON, May 16 (UP)-Amidst tremendous ap- plause President Roosevelt to day proposed his U.S.$1,182,- 000,000 emergency defence programme. He asked for 50,- 000 planes to meet the threat of modern war.

The President hinted. nt future requests for more--arms. "but he left the queation of how

the bill is to be paid entirely toj Congress.

He said the people of the United States will have to start a new line of thought regarding matters of national defence, due to the changed! methods of warfare such as sith columns, parachute troops and alr allacks,

So called impregnable fortifica- ilons no longer exhi, he asserted. | The Atlantic and Pacific oceans no longer form adequate defence bar. riera because of aircraft, he said, and cited the possibility of attacks on Alaska.

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FURTHER PRECAUTIONS AS IL DUCE IGNORES ROOSEVELT'S APPEAL

NAZIS USING STEEL DARTS

LONDON, May 16 (Reuter).—The............___Germans. have gone back to a World War 1 weapon, attacking fishing craft with steel darts three inches long.

The crews of two fishing smacks in the North Sea were attacked with darts and machine-guns by Nazi planes.. They got home safely without loss of life.

Thus he implied his dianvowal of the old defence triangle policy.

There are islands in the south Pacific not too far removed from the *** West Coast of South America to provent them becoming bases 0. enormous strategle advantage to altacking forces,” he said.

Stupendous Expenditure WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuter). -President Roosevelt delivered special defences message to Congress personally today.

his

He asked for $1,182,0000,000 cash and contract authorisations for

lightning_offmastya ugainst American

The President asserted that dangers.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN BURIED IN DEBRIS AS NAZIS BOMB "DEFENCES"

By RICHARD MCMILLAN

"UNITED PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT

WITH THE B.E.F. IN BELGIUM, MAY 17 (UP).—A GIGANTIC BATTLE HAS RAGED THROUGHOUT LAST NIGHT ON A BROKEN LINE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE MAGINOT LINE TO THE NORTH SEA.

Sons of the Old Contemptibles who fought on the same fields twenty-five years ago are mingling their blood with that of their fathers as they doggedly refuse to give way one inch in the centre of the wide front, which they have been told by their Commander-in-Chief, Lord Gort, to hold at all cost.

THRICE: HURLED BACK

Thrice the Germans have succeeded in entering the famed Cathedral city of Louvain.

Thrice they have been hurled back by the British troops.. Nothing remains of Louvain; itself. It is a bloody, crumbling and shattered mass of debris, below which lie buried civilians and soldiers

Twenty-nine German bombers have just The British and French Legations in completed another raid on the historic city. Budapest have advised all their nationals to leave Hungary immediately, says "United Press." Incendiary and high explosive bombs have had Yugo-Slavia has instituted a strict censor-appalling effects on the civilians who have thus far been ship of all inward and outward traffic on the unable to flec. international telephone system.

These are new developments in the situation in the

Balkans to-day.

A "Domei" message from London quotes informed diplomatic quarters as expressing the opinion the war with Italy is now almost certain.

"Domel" 'forecasts that Mus- solini will move within the next 48 hours.

from A "Reuter" message Rome, however, expresses the belief that the present state of

HOLLAND'S alarm may continue for some

REFUGEES

Another Big Batch Reaches England ·

time.

Poace For Fortnight? "Reuter" says that the feeling in

in the Atlantic.

All afternoon newspapers in Paris

AIR FORCE SCORES

|APPALLING CARNAGE

Women and children are buried-in-the-debris, many of them still alive, and rescuers must fight rapidly encroaching flames in order to reach them.

Paul Bewshwer, the War Correspondent of the London "Daily Mail," arrived from Brussels just as the bombing ceased and he helped in rescuing the wounded and dying.

He managed to release one little Belgian boy from the ruins of his home.

Blood was streaming from the Lad's face, where it had been deeply gashed by falling debris. But the little Beigian pluckily sat "Merel, monsieur" to up and said his rescuer.

Nazis Lose Heavily In Night Raid LONDON, May 16 (Reuter). Three great British counter-attacks sent the Germans in retreat back to Rome is that there will be peace for The Air Ministry states that their carlier positions on the Dyle at least a fortnight, and points to

of the Italian liner the damage inflicted by last River. the departure for New York. night's bombing operations on Conte da Savola

Nevertheless, although the British nilltary implements to meet any LONDON, May 16 (Reuter). Mussolini, the message states, would military objectives was exten-hold out in Louvain. the menace of encirclement is dill acute in Brussels, interests," in these ominous days-Members of the Dutch Parlia- care to risk-seizure of this ship sive and covered a wide area.

The majority of aircraft the the immediate German objective. whose swift and awful developments ment, journalists, a Burgomas-

Situation On Front force every neutral to look to its tor, several expectant mothers devote prominent space to the mes-largest force of R.A.F. bombers

Romains Vavoried defences.

and a large number of very eago from President Roosevelt to yet employed-found and bom-

LONDON, May 18 (Reuter).—A a Signor Mussolini, which expressca bed their targets. They caused communique issued by the General confront the United States because of young children were among

fervent hope that widespread damage and many Headquarters of the B.E.F. states: Hly Europe's war and the speed with party of Dutch refugees who the President's

explosions and fires broke out. "The B.E.F. are in contact with which modern armies may conquer arrived to-day at an

English Italy will not enter into hostilities.

Significantly, however, the mea-

No opposition was offered by enemy the enemy, and fighting is in progress. time and space.

Into south coast port.

has been almost completely His requests were divided

2050 $800,000,000 for immediate appro The refugees were in a pitiable ignored in Rome, priations for the Army, Navy and state of exhaustion after two sleep-

An official Italian spokesman in Marine Corpe, and $100,000,000 for less days and nights without food and Home made the following statement emergencies.

crammed in the holds of shis

yesterday, according to a "Dome!"? They all told stories of desperate report:

Duce has done his utmost for to enter into contracts totalling cacapes from under the noses of the

German soldiers,

peace in Europe since the outbreaks of hostilles last. September,

"He now belleves that the fate of Europe must be doolded only by armed forces

In addition he sought authorisation

$200,000,000.

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NEW WAR TECHNIQUE

Nazis Taking Some Amazing Risks

By HERBERT KING

UNITED PREOS STAFF CORRISPONDENT.

GALLANT LIEGE DEFENDERS

Surrounded Forts Continue To Fight

By WALLACE CARROL ("UNITED PRESS" STAFF CORRESPONDENT) LONDON, May 10 (UP),

King Leopold of the Belgians,

like his father in 1914, has called upon the commanders of his

forts to resist to their uttermost

The longer the Belgian resist the longer the Allies will have to strengthen the Belgian second {line of defences past Brussels.

Each Liege fort has a deep anti- tonk moat. The garrisons live under- round as they do in the Maginot Line. Between the forts there is, a chain of pill boxes for a continuous network of fire. Inside this ring of modern forces lles a chain of twelve old forts.

Finally, inside this line, which is six miles from the centre of Liege, there are lines of pill boxes covering the roads-which-wind--between the. high cliffs into the city,

From scattered reports reaching here from the front it appears certain that new efforts aro being made to

However, when the Germans cross-.

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PARIS, May 16 (UP). The word "front" can hard- withstand the German pounding.

be used at the presented the Albert Canal on Saturday juncture as a result of the they succeeded in opening a powerful use of mechanised westward to Brussels. units by the German forces: Direct Hiti

A continuous line no longer PARIS, May 16 (Router)-A War exists. Direct hits were i

i scored

the Omee spokesman to-night said that

From the mouth of the River main road and railway line. Other the front had not varied since yes Scheldt in Holland to the French planes successfully bombed the roads terday.

To-day had been a day of regroup-frontler town of Sedan the con- woods alight. Leading to the bridge and rete

ing relative calm.

flict has assumed a form entirely Fighting was going on but it had different to that which ran its A military encampment was also ntincked and a bomber scored not been a great batilo. direct hilin the centre of On the Namur and Sedan front; at corse.after the defeat of the zmechanized column two miics long, points" where tho Селлал had Germans in the Battle of the

"The dally toll Inflicted on enemy crossed the river, they made some Marno in 1914, A4, .i aircraft is working out at more than progress but Ailled units are reform-

The Allied High Command has ing and taking up positions fixed by been forced hurriedly to adopt an Roaring exchanges of long-range three to one in our favour,

Several direct hits were scored on the High Command.

entirely new plan of campaign"as.a another long mechanised column by

Iresult of the German tactics. Hampden bombers which also at

Operations have now almost tucked road and rail communications,

tirely been switched over to a war

American people must recast

A member of the Dutch Parliament, thinking about national protection, who asked that his name should not The clemenat surprise, ho sold, be published for the sake of his

Quitting Hungary had become even more dangerous daughter who is still in Holland, owing owing to the

Meanwhile, Britons, Americans and Amazing speed described the Germans D5 "beasta".

French people are already quilting with which modern equipment could It was stated that the Germans

large numbers in Hungary In reach and attack enemy territory, strawed the streets with poisoned

Own vital faterests

are chocolates. The German residents obedience to the warnings from, their widespread," he continued, and more used their houses, as

bases from respectiva Legations.

The feeling in Budapest, says than ever the : profection of the which to attack their neighbours.

"Unlied Fress,” is that the war whole of the American hemisphere Sevoral Dulch soldiers said they

will shortly Involve all of Europe. against invasion or conirot by non-ware amazed by the order to cease President Roosevelt's message to return; Americans has the united support of fire and decided to get to England,

Mussolini is taken as an indication 21 American republics, including the Untied

Refugees Bombed

in Budapest, that the United States la States. "More than ever this p

protection LONDON, May 14 (Heuter)-More aware of the fact that Italy contem- demands

rendy-at-hand weapons Dutch refugees arrived to-day, in plates military action

Tialinus mees being quietly advised capable of great mobility.".. m|cluding officers and men of the Dutch to leave Reipt by the Italian son

ki sudatos, thong, says "Renter."

› Proslimsé Rodievelt. said he Army who exapid (in - trawiera,

would like de poe the United-Blakes The trawlers warembombed and feared to the ability to produce at machine-gunned by German planes The mesange adds that the Egypt least: 50,000 planım yently, and which secured no hite and were an auhorities have begun the evacuation of areas in Heliopolis, a Furthermore, he said, tha, malian driven off by two British warshiów.

suburb of Cairo, Alexandrin and from should pirma programming to pro- Dutch civilians report that all the nehbourhood of aerodromes and

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Positions Held Relieving units and reinforcements

Poland Tactics

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The Germans we using the tactics

employed in Poland.

of movement. Only one of our aircraft called to are arriving according to schedule.

At Sedan French Troops are still Night operations were carried out holding the positions they occupied simultaneously by Wellington aircraft yesterday and German advances are to assist the Allied Infantry en-chocked.

The

spokesman denied rushtira countering an enemy gitack in the neighbourhood of Turnhout (north current In Paris that a German of the Albert Canal) and Dinant column has penetrated deeply into (south of Namur):

French territory.

Day Operations

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BIG GUNS IN ACTION

BERLIN, May. -11° (Domel),-

artillery Are are now talking place across, the 30 miles of 'No Man's Land separating the Siegfried and': Maginot Lines in the south, accord- ing to German reports.

·French heavy" guns this 'morning, started a heavy, bombardment of the German

the

push ahead, without worrying about The Gamins ara. commualatious in their rear, sign, shelling Bagiensis,

Chele hupply of petrol, le Misfact

At great risk, motorised solumine | Saarbrum MALONES At Rastatt, near?

PARIS, MAY ~16 (Reuter),—All of Paris today They were required buses disappeared from the stubate New mong the fan swhich spread for the transport.