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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29

attacks on German positions had been repulsed.
 The high command said that yes. terday the Allies lost 24 airplanes of which 10 were shot down in ail battles and eight by ant-aircraf fire. Three German planes were Mst' ed as missing.
 Into Belgian Town
 German capture Of Br'sN.s tool them into Q Belgian te%. which they held during the World wal and where they assembled subma' rines. It is about six miles from thl coast, with which it is connected d zeebrugge and Dlankenberghe by [ series Of canals.
 Lille is on important communion tions as well es manufacturing cen. ter. Capital of the department o tho Nord, i64 miles north by east o Paris on the northern railway, i had 6 population of about 200 900. I was c highly important industria center.
 Another point claimed captured by the Germans was Langemark, lr Belgium, the scene of bitter fight. ing In ieit. Tho communicate said that the Reich war flag was flyine over . monument to German youth ct Langemark.
 Diseounting reports that sec. tons of the Belgian army nigh, continue to fight, in line with ths Belgian governments defiance oi King Leopold, Germans said that the fate of 10000 British and French troops trapped in Flanders wa At best, they said, the remaining Allied forces would suffer terrific losses # they made c headlone dash for Dunkirk, the French porl that Is their last avenue of escape
 The Germans aimed to cut of Dunkirk in three ways: from thu north, down the Belgian coast from zeebrugge and Ostend; from the south, up tho channel coast from Calais and finally, by devastating air attacks,
 North Sea Coast Reached
 German sources believed that the Belgian North Sea coast already had been reached above Zeebrugge and that this port along with ca. tend, would Do occupied quickly With the Germans occupying Os. tend, in the north and Calais n the south, the Allies would have only 40-mile gap through to the cosat at Dunkirk. The German, said this gap was under c furious bombing and that any force re. treating through 1t would suffel tremandous losses.
 AS c result of the Belgian cnpl. tulation and subsequent German ad. vances, parts of the first, seventh and ninth French armies and [ greater part Of the British Expedi. tionary Force were threatened witt being crushed into the narrow lant from the Scheldt canal to Dun. kirk, and between the French iron. tier Qualifications along Q line run. hing east of Douai, La Bassee, Mer. vile, Hazebrouck and Boubourg ts oravelines, slightly north of Calais Authorized sources said that "un. doubtedly" the fortress of Dunkirl would be the main objective of Ger. man forces striking west within thu next few hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29
LATE REALTY NEWS
Warranty Deed

warranty Deed Eagle Realty Co. b Joseph Briere, property on map of Home- lands.
 sgeId0n W. Barber to Wilson and Mary Miller, property on BpriDgdaIe avenue.
 Quit Claim Deed Waterbury Savings Bank to CCncetta Rosa, property on Hill, street.
 Mortgage Release 4. R. Isham to Natal George. Frederick q. Faber to Natal George.
 Mortgage Deed NatIl George to the Waterbury Savings Bank.
 Lillian P. Rosa tO the First Federal Savings and Loan Asso. ciatiOn of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29
French Forces Clean
 Out Nazi Bridgeheads
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north with admirable vigor against the enemy's desperate efforts" said the high command. Absolutely cer- tain reports permit affirmation that losses the Germans sustained yes- terday and last night were particu- larly high"
 The army spokesman, describins the Allied stand as heroic, told how little rear guard units, detailed to hold back attacking German forces many times their number, were striking fast and hard into the Ger man lines, hour after hour and day after day, and then retiring those who were left-.to the new Allied positions, each time farther back toward the. channel coast.
 Through last night, the spokes. man said, fighting continued usl- ahated, the Germans seeking N press their overwhelming advantage In numbers and equipment, the AL lied rear guards, stubbornly resist- ing, holding them back 90 that the bulk of the army, ct least, could escape.
 Same as Last Week The situation was again what it had been last week when the Ger mans drove through their wedge into France-what the army inform. ant called melee on c nightmare scale, in which groups of men lit- tie and big, fought to the death in individual action, and Allied Ynech- anized units, tanks and armored cars, slashed back into the lines vi the advancing Germans, dangling up the German advance guards In. to an inextricable mass of fighting men and then getting back-if they could. 3
 Over the German advanced lines 1t was reported, now swept scores and hundreds of new Americana made planes, botnbers and crack Curtiss fighters, thrown into the action as quickly aS they arrived.
 The way to the coast was still open. An army spokesman asserted this morning that the French still held Dunkirk, the chief Allied base on the coast, and even had men still In CalaiS.
 This mornings high command communique, No. 637 of the war' said in full:
 "Our troops are resisting in the north with admirable valor against the enemy's desperate efforts.
 Absolutely certain reports per. init affirmation that losses the Ger. mans sustained yesterday and last night were particularly high.
 "Local actions were successfully carried out on the Somrne and the Aisne. An enemy raid was repulsed southwest of Chateau Porcien.
 "No imp [ tant activities occurred during the night east of the Aisne.'
 North Army In Danger
 The army spokesman said frank ly that the position of the northern army was very critical but asserted that 1t was fighting It's way out Eer- o!cally, and holding its own in Cen Maxine Weygands considered plan of withdrawal, under which they had been engaged in c retiring ac. ton since last week, long before the collapse of the Belgian army, when 1t had been recognized that Ger man pressure in the north made
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29

British forces had been compressed in an area bounded by Dixmuiden, Armentieres, Bailieul and Bruges and that their destruction was ap. preaching through concentric Ger man attacks"
 The high command said that Ger. man forces had stormed the famous World war town of Ypres, in Bel- gium. "In continued attacks toward destruction of the English army our troops stormed Ypres and Kemmel," ," the high command said.
 Kemmel is about 10 miles south of Ypres, situated on 6 commanding height of land.
 Admits Narvik Fall
 The fall of Narvik, Norwegian iron ore port, to the Allies was admitted by the high command which said that Allied forces had forced their way into Narvik.
 The Germans claimed to have reached Wormhoudt on the Franco Belgian frontier, near the trapped Allied forces In the Artois gap, and the French channel port of Dun- kirk, the last remaining French port still open north of Abbeville, was under German artillery fire.
 While claiming spectacular ad- vances on land the high command asserted also that German arms had been victorious in the air and at sea.
 The air force was said to have severely damaged three destroyers, two transports and two freighters. An enemy submerine was bombed and sunk in The North Sea, the high command said.
 "It was claimed in addition that speed boats torpedoed and sank . large enemy destroyer.
 On the southern front. along the somme and Aisne rivers. the Ger mans claimed that isolated French
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29

London asserted that the British expeditionary force had not Host cos hesion." An authoritative source as. serted that the British were being strongly supported by the French and had withdrawn toward the coast preliminary to embarkation.
 On the Somme front the French reported that three more small Ger man attachments had been mopped up at bridgeheadg south of the river But action here Btill was definitely on a local scale.
 Bitterness continued ct the action of King Leopold of the Belgians ir capitulating his army and one report circulated that Chancellor Adolf Hit. Ter might ask Leopold to attempt tc form a new cabinet in Brussels, dis. placing the one now in refuge ir France.
 In Italy there was speculation Q, t0 the possibility that Grown Prin. cess Marie Jose, sister of Leopold might have played some part in the Belgian kings decision. It was as. serted in London that the Japanest commercial and friendship mission now in Rome had reported to Tokyo inst Italy was certain to enter the war soon.
 Look to Russia
 Reports circulated in Budapeg, thht Soviet Russia had let 1t be known that Ghe supports the status quo in the Balkans--a position which might divert Italy from any action in that region.
 Berlin revealed that special broad casts had been made to French troopS, especially those fighting in the north, asking them 10 lay down their arms and discussion continued Of the possibility Germany might offer France a separate peace in an effort to split her off from Great Britain,
 Long trains of oversize gliders, lowed to great attitudes by bomber planes and then cut loose, are be- ing used to transport German para. chute troopS by night to points be- hind the Allied lines in northern France, l. vas reported today.
 Trains Of five or six glIderB, each capable Of carrying six parachutists with field equipment are lowed to heights of 2),000 feet or more and arc turned looge c few miles from the objective.
 These motorless troop "ferries' goaF noiselessly above the enemy terrain while the parachutlstS float t0 the ground, unheard and unseen --Since the maneuver B carried out at night,
 Ireland Is ArIning
 Dublin, May 20-(UP)-Moblliza ton Of regular army troops and first line volunteers, and urgent measures t0 defend the country from invasion were speeded up today.
 Prime Minister Eamon dc Valera in a speech before parliament last night said that an immediate cans paign to enlist thousands of recruits as well as local defense corps would be opened. Enrolment of other thousands for part time service also WAS undertaken, he said.
 "Tbe dangers t0 the country now are Obyious," he said. Let not one treacberous hand be found. With Gods help we shall survive the pres- ent dangers aB we have in the past We must now be brothers in one holy cause"
 Philadelphia, May 2o-tUP)-An Irish Republican army Of b0,00G members is poised to Strike for freedom from Great Britain" when the British Isles are invaded by Ger many, J, J, Duignan, leader of the Pennsylvania IRA veterans, said last night,
 He said the "army' was supplied with arms obtained chiefly from the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29
BUILDING PERMITS

The following permits have been isued at the office of Building In. spector John T. Hartley;
 Louis Richards, to add veranda to dwelling at % Locust street, $50. Vincent MartlneIli, to erect gar. age at 90 Starvicw avenue, S2S0.
 K. B. Duffy to build new roof lon porch st 70 Gee street, $50.
 William Llxak, Co erect garage on Bunker Hill read, Sl0o.
 Henry Kitzing, Co erect addition to dwelling at % James stret $500.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29
Germans Slashing At
 Trapped Allied Army
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orFaze argescae counter from the south in time Any attack now was e would probably come too late to aid the beleaguered northern troops.
 Hit Hard At Maxi Lines
 Both the French and the British air forces were strik lng hard at the German communications lines ana supply attacks in the north relentless Bombing was carried on behind the German lines as far as Hamburg and Bremen.
 England Prepares For Blow
 England was preparing for the blow expected soon as the final remnants of Allied strength along the channel and in northern France and Belgium have been crushed It was reported that shipping to Britain may be diverted to southwest ports That would mean virtual abandon ent of the great port of London because of It's nearness to German forces at the channel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29

day that he had delivered national defense documents to the baroness.
 Aubin and Hirsch were accused of failure to admit to the state that they were in communication with the enemy and each faces q maxi- mum sentence of ten years in prison
 A Captain Bruzin was prosecutor ct the court martial, over which . captain 0affajoli presided.
 It was alleged that before she fled Baroness Won Einem had attempted, with her accomplices, Co lay the groundwork of a fifth column in Paris.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29
WAS NEAR 100

Wiilimantic, Conn, May 29.-(UP) Benjamin Jones, who would have observed his tooth birthday anniver- sary June a, died today. He was 6 retired overseer at the American Thread O., and the oldest member of the odd Fellows fin Connecticut.
 Jones was native of Leeds. Eng. Funeral services will be held Frt- day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29
NEED OF PRAYER
 SHOWN BY PRIEST

Rev. Paul spodnik vividiy de- scribed the horror and destruction in Europe in . well delivered ser- mon ct the St. Joseph novena serv. Ices yesterday ct the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Prayers were advocated for peace and a1- nouncement made that the next nine weeks novena starting next Tuesday will be offered up for that intention.
 Father spodnik declared that the increase in divorce actions and birth control in this country was the work of "the fifth column against Christ. He made this statement in endeavoF ing to point out the dire need of prayer today to better conditions universally.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29
WE'LL TOPS OLD OCEAN BED

Sebastopol, CaI--(UP) = Waltei Bonnet, drilling for Q fresh water well on his property. knew when his drill finally penetrated to depth of 230 feet, what was formerly the bot- tom of the Pacific ocean. Up came fossilized sea crab, fossiilzed sea shells and ether fossilised seq he habitants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29

Tn recent speeches, Senator Danaher and MT. Cornell have been diamet- rically opposed on matters of na- tional policy. Mr. Danaher has de- clared for isolation, while MT. Cor nell has spoken in favor of every means of aiding the Allies short of military intervention"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29
GAS MASK PRODUCTION

Washington, May 2D-(UP)-MaSB production of . new popular. priced gas mask for civilians-designated by the army as MT.i-I--will be started soon as part of the national defense program.
 Ofiicials said today that the mask was developet by army experts and, of special importance in event of an emergency, can be manufactured entirely from domestic products.
 "Educational" orders will be plae- cd with private industry soon to help t get equipment primed for turning out the mask in large quan- titles, officially said. They expect the mask to sell ct between S2 and s2b0 each under mass production methods.
 The army already has let orders to numerous companies including the Achushnet Process O., of New Bedford, Mass.
 Oficials estimated that the army now has only about 407,000 masks but will have i,297 900 within the next i2 to i8 months under the new rearmament program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29
1000 WARPLANES
 DAILY SAYS FORD
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 plant has turned out 10000 c day, The plant employs 00,000 men.
 Ford, Q foe of governmental in- terierence, said peak production could be attained only if industry were permitted to manage itself. He suggested that competent aviation experts such aS Col. Charles A, Lindbergh or Capt. Eddie Ricken- packer, president of Eastern Air lines and former auto producer could be placed in charge oi the mas program.
 Any Citizen Should Ala
 Of the war abroad and It's possible repercussionS In America, Ford said that "any American citizen should be willing to participate in the dc. fenSe program" He said he, and hia industrial empire would swing into production whenever the order | given"
 "Ths country Is following the proper course by strengthening ita HsiBtbB H NiSW VI WAV RsukVpShAi war;" Ford said. Tt should Do TO. membered, however, that prepara. tons made for defense can Do used for war and there are war.makerl who want to push us Into the con. hict."
 In the World War, many resources Of the Ford plant were used fo, armamenB production. The com. pany produced Liberty motors, Eagle boats, helmets, tractors and gur carriages Ford made no referenct to the possibilities of his tractor construction unit, but Ford farm tractors now are being produced at the rate Of several hundred 6 day, The tractors have caterpillar trac- ton, similar to army tanks,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29
ATTORNEY ALCORN
 FOR U. s. SENATE

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FATE OF ALLIES
 IN TRAP SEALED

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WAR MOVES ON
 TODAY'S BOARD

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KING LEOPOLDS
 SURRENDER TALE

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-24
LELAND SCHOOL
WILL PRESENT
JUNIOR PLAY

LELAND, Nov. 23.-The Junior
class Of Leland High school will
present their annual Junior play
entitled "Mama's Baby Boy" at the
Leland school auditorium on Tues
day evening, November 26, at 8
o'clock.
Reaching a new high in entertain
ment value, this riot of fun starts
at the very rise of the curtain. Ina
CINE the resulting fun when an at
tractive young widow of forty makes
her eighteen-year-old son dress and
pose as a boy of fourteen so that
she may pass as a younger woman
and marry a widower whom she
supposes 10 be wealthy. The widow
er, also trying to appear younger,
has his seventeen-year-old daugh-
ter pose as a girl of thirteen so that
he can win the widow whom he sup
poses to be rich. Everyone gets
into hot water, especially when the
deception is discovered on both sides.
So, for a full evening and a whirl-
wind of fun.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-24
Saturday Hours
9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
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lard: Sadie Allen of Cherryville,
fourth grade, under Mrs. Edwin
Messengill; and Hilda Hamilton of
Randleman, fourth grade, under
Miss Katherine Kirkpatrick.
Nine Meredith seniors working at
Wiley school of which Mrs. Mary
B. Sherwood is the principal have
been placed IS follows: Lucy Allen
of st. Pauls, second grade, under
Miss Lorenna Reeves; Elizabeth
Britt of Enfield, third grade, un-
der Mrs. Agnes L. Stephenson;
Evelyn White of Colerain, second
grade, under Miss Dorothy Ray;
irginia Mae Wrenn of Siler City,
third grade, under Mrs. Annie P.
Davis; Dorothy Perry of Raleigh,
sixth grade, under Miss Ethel
Elkin, sixth grade, under Mrs.
Ruth T. Smith; Elizabeth Shermer
der Miss Irene Thinning; Myrtle
of Winston-Salem, fifth grade, un-
Edna Bailey of Chadbourn, fourth
grade, under Mrs. Dora Trexler
Eyster. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-24
Duplin Man Granted
Parole By Gou. Hoey

RALEIGH, Nov. 23-R-Gover-
nor Hoey today paroled five prison
ers, including Wayne Hedgecock,
who was serving a IL to 16 year
term imposed in Guilford county
in September, 1886 for second de-
gree murder. Others freed were:
j. j. Hall, sent up from Duplin
county in October, 1886, to serve IL
to IS years for assault on a female
with intent to commit rape; R. D.
McCollum, convicted last May In
Rockingham county of abandon
ment and non-support and sentenc'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-24
Art, Industry And Child Welfare
Sponsored. By Federated Clubs

act as district chairmen of industry
The club presidents will lhave charge
of the study course in their clubs
and will see that a survey is made
by the members of their clubs of the
industries in their communities.
News paper clippings will be kept
Of each visit and of any publicity
received. These will be turned over
to the district presidents. Snapshots
should be taken of these visits if
possible and samples or pictures of
the product manufactured should be
kept for the scrap book also.
District presidents will visit as
many industrial plants in their dis
tricts as possible with the local
groups. They will also keep the
district scrap book that is being
made. Prizes will be given for the
most attractive and complete scrap
books.
The state president will supervise
the state program and will head the
visits to the large industrial plants
that are cooperating actively in the
industrial program. She will notify
the clubs in the state when these
plants will be visited and make ar
engagements for the club women who
can attend. The visits will be upon
special invitation. Many lovely and
substantial prizes will be given at
the state convention. These will be
announced later.
Mrs. Lucy V. Milligan, director
of the Woman's division of the N.
A. NJ, has sent out circulars and
business reply cards to the presi.
dents of clubs in North Carolina re-
garding the new book, just off the
press, Primer for Americans. The
books will be used as a basis oil
study in the program on Industries
in Our Communities" that is being
featured as a special study this year,
A detailed outline for study is being
sent with the book. This outline has
been made by a trained person and
author especially for the North
Carolina club women. If the fedora
ton were paying for this service
it would cost many hundreds of dol
lars. If your card has been been lost
write directly to Mrs. Lucy V. Mil
ligan, N. A. M. IA West 49th St..
New York city.
Birthday Party
On Wednesday evening in their
home on Wrightsville avenue, Mrs.
Theodore Sellers entertained at a
lovely party honoring her daugh-
ter, Barbara, on her eleventh birth
day.
The lower floor of the home was
attractively decorated with fall
! leaves and chrysanthemums in many
~colors. and games appropriate to the
season were enjoyed by the guests.
Seasonal colors of yellow, orange,
and white were further carried out
in the beautifully decorated two
tered cake, and the candies and ice
cream which were served to the fol.
lowing guests:
Barbara Sellers, honoree, Jackie
Barnett, DeLean Longley, Carolyn
Jewel, Mildred Thomas, P a t t y
Jones, Rachael Cameron, Margaret
Holmes, Betty White, Edna Matthes,
Martha Holton, Elizabeth Perry
Betty Ann Simon, Maude Noe, Bet
ty Yopp, Beverly Ann Lennon, and
Mary Ann Mann; Rexford Willis,
,lHugh Evans, Coy Etheridge, Roy