The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-12
BLACK FLEET HAS
 MADE ATTACKS
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ter, Pa, and Allentown, Pa, to at tempt to desroy the landing party at Kitty Hawk, which was reported to have established an airdrome on Plum Tree Island.
 Into High Gear
 The two landings threw into high gear the most ambitious aerial maneuvers ever attempted by the U. s. army air forces designed to work out problems of aerial defense for the eastern seaboard from the Carolina coast to Maine.
 Shortly after dawn three giant, four -motored flying fortresses" took off on a long-range reconnaissance flight over the Atlantic where they expected to contact the theoretical black fleet" approximately 400 miles off shore.
 Meanwhile, scores of war planes and airports along the east coast area were in readiness as the entire eastern air force was placed on a war time basis for the five-day maneuvers, in which less than 200 planes will be required to fight off a theoretical enemy force nearly five times that number.
 First Direct Blows
 The "black fleet" scored the first direct blows at defending forces when a squadron of six bombing planes flew over Providence, R. l.. airport, supposedly destroying part of the hangar, and later bombed" Boston. They were beaten of by defending squadron and one attack ing plane was "shot down in fames," according to the reports.
 How War Will Go
 This is the way the war" will be carried on:
 The information, supposedly gained from patrol vessels and army intelligence units, but actually con- cocted by members of the general headquarters staff, will be handed out to commanders of the three wings involved in the maneuvers.
 Major James P. Hodges, assistant chief of staff, will pass out the news as it supposedly comes in, and the commanders-Brig. Generals Fred erick L. Martin, Arnold Krogstad and Delos EmmonS-will go into action.
 The first news of the "black fleet" "a supposed coalition of two Euro pean and one Asiatic power came last night from 8 ''blue (United State) fleet" destroyer, which re- ported the advancing convey near latitude A west, longitude 63 north, heading for the American coast.
 Secret information" from agents abroad confirmed 8 report that a second naval expeditionary force had left three Europeau ports, &C., companied by 10 cargo vessels car rying knocked d-down two-engine bombers to join the "black feet" War Warnings The "war warning" said that "the location of the enemy was unknown but it is assumed that "black air craft are capable of reaching oast- al areas at any time henceforth." Immediately the 62nd Coast Ar tillery established at Mitchell Field began to spear the sky with search | lights. Towns near airports involved in the maneuyers were awakened al dawn with the drone of motors.
 A massage was received from mink i formers at Sudbury, Mass, importing the air force not to fly over the farms, as the mother minks had just had their filters anl the owners feared they would eat them if they heard the airplane motors.
 Meanwhile more than 3,200 offl. cers and men at the airports vert mustered out and the big "wal games" began. They will last uni Monday night when Farmingdale, N r., near here, will be "blacked out from an enemy raiding squadron.
 Black Out" Plans
 The "n!ac!s out" will involve turn. ing off all street lights in the town and the civilian population will b, asked to cooperate by abusing theil lights.
 The purpose Of the raid was de. scribed as entirely military" Twt airplane factories, the Grumanr and Seversky plants, are located a Farmingdale and the "black out defense-the first ever attempted 1T the United States-will test the abil. ity of civil populations to cooperat, in wartime emergencies.
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