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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
NAVY RECRUITING
QUOTA ANNOUNCED
25 First Enlistments Sought
In Southeastern North
Carolina

The Wilmington district office OF
the naval recruiting service has
just been allotted a June quota Of
IS first enlistments as apprentice
seamen from Southeastern North
Carolina, F. L. Williams, local
recruiting office, reported yester-
day.
The new quota creates a large
number of vacancies and ellmi,
mates the waiting list which was
carried heretofore at the local sub
station, Williams said.
Any young men now appearing
for enlistment will have no long
wait and will be enlisted as soor
as the necessary papers are com
pleted.
Those young men interested il
q U. S. Naval career and DESTROYS
of learning a trade and furthering
their education are asked to write
to or apply in person at the loca
sub-station, located ON the Sc
cond floor of the postoffice build
ing, which is open daily from {
a. m. to 1870 p. m.
Young men residing in the fol
lowing counties are eligible to ap
ply: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus
New Hanover, Fender, Duplin, anc
Sampson south of Clinton, portion!
of Robson and OnsloW counties
First enlistments as apprentice
seamen during May at the loca
sub-station were announced by Viii
hams as follows: George S. Hollis
Jr,, of Leland; Harvey R. Britt, 0:
W~hiteville: John W. Gore, of LIE
Land; Charles G.. White, of Clark
ton; William R. Williamson, Jr.,
Jesse L. Hayes, of Leland;
James E. White, of Chadbourn:
Donald E. Pope, of Whiteville:
Charles A. Russ. of Leland: Alton
w. Webb, of Castle Hayne; Grover
E. Gore, of Tabor City; Conrac
Lewis, of Leland; and Vernon Nor,
ris, of Tabor City. Z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
BY JOHN LEAR
Copyright, 1910,
BY the Associated Press

WASHINGTON, June 1.-There
is evidence in the files of the fed
eral government that a substantial
part of the plans for Adolf Hitler's
blitzkrieg were borrowed" from
the United States.
These plans would answer the
most interesting question of the
war in the Low Countries and in
France
How have the Germans been able
to strike such repeated S e d g e
hammer blows without serious in
terruption over SO long a time?
For these plans r Americas
plans for mobilization in event we
go to war, and they gear up men
and machines and every other re-
source of the nation to win Var as
swiftly as possible.
They are plans for total war;"
They cover every conceivable fac
tor in preparation for battle. Moth.
ing approaching their efficiency
had been devised anywhere in the
world before the organizing genius
of the United States began drawing
them up 20 years ago.
No treachery-not even clever
espionage-is responsible for the
fact that the Nazis were aware of
them.
The plans vere available also to
the English and the French, who
did not borrow" them.
1 cannot name the source of the
following information, but l can
vouch for the fact that it is both
official and reliable:
Cd Within a year after Hitler
came to power in Germany in 1888.
the Nazi military attache here be-
gan studying the American war
mobilization blueprints.
The attache had the right to do
SO under ordinary diplomatic pro-
cedure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Hitler May Haze Found Plans
For Blitzkrieg In q. S. Files

, He spent six months making his
examination.
CD Not until a year after he COM
pleted his study was the first Of
the Nazis' national defense laws
passed-on May 81, 1885.
90 The war mobilization system
which took shape in Germany aft
er that was a striking parallel to
the American plan III all its prlncl-
pal characteristics.
Agents from this country, work
ing in Germany, described it as a
conscientious imitation"
90 The similarity was sharply il
Illustrated in the Nazis' very first
conquest - the tAnschluss" with
Austria.
Immediately after occupying vi
emma, the Germans made a census
Austrian industries and allocated
their respective share in supplying
war needs-in identically the same
way as the same step is outlined
under the American plan.
90 Then came the invasion of
the Low Countries, and the repeat
ed overpowering blows against the
Allies which military men agree
can be explained only by highly
concentrated resources poured IN
to the fighting front through ultra
efficient lines of communication.
This method of winding up for
a s'haymaker'' punch and following
through with all the strength the
nation can muster is the very es-
sence of the American moblhza-
ton scheme. 1t starts by teaming
IN all the factories where mum
tions and machines are made, IN
tegrating the roads and railroads
over which they must travel, allo-
eating fuel and electric power to
vital points, and keeping men How
inq up to the front while putting
those behind the lines into jobs
where they will do the most good.
All war plans must follow this pat
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
ARMY VACANCIES
NOW UNLIMITED
wilmington Recruiting Blu
" rra,, Seeks Panama And
Hawaii Troops

.,.,.f-ed quota of army va,
~ far service at Fort Bragg
''.'' y, Panama and Hawaii was
anu ,o,d Yesterday by Sergeant
s' W D. Bennett, of the Whining
) 5:.tr,c- office of the army re-
@ ri. service
.vo1ns nen of Southeastern
1o .E Carolina are urged to avail
So. ~g Of these opportunities
,1s'-'v career in the United States
70. sorg.cc, Sergeant Bennett
!s rS.rc are vacancies existing for
w. vho wish to serve in Pana-
'aos' and Hawaii. Vacancies also
ma a. Fort Bragg for those who
eA' No, wish tc enter the foreign
service, ;no1,,do. p,n-
infantry, 1873; field artillery,
s a..r+ormastcl corps, air corps,
qg ss;caI corps, and engineer corps.
l'-IO- snicce: Hawaii, infantry. 3;
OH OH artillery and engineer corps,
l'' aniecc: and coast artillery, 2;
w. .n6 Fort Bragg, field artillery
rnits, 1873.
UNI Tniistments for service with
.,,,v units al Fort Bragg, Pana-
S,.'' and Hawaii during May at
..o' rocal sub-station were announc-
=. ID. nv Sergeant Bennett as follows;
Russell II. Sykes. 10, of Winning
,a. Howard S. Britain. "a, of
r,roIina Beach: Lemmie L. Sum-
,"cr -, Of Pink Hill; Charles w.
wll1,ams, y. of Morehead City:
indie Groom. 10, of Wilmington;
r.f + Morton. of JACKSONVILLE.
Arden E. Jones. 10, of Mays
,+l1c. Herman Z. Rich, "A, of Del
w. Robert c. Ferguson. 20. OF
Miami. Fla: William T. Smith,
Il. 49, of Wilmington: Alton X.
usIso. e. of Chinquapin: Noah G.
vns u. Of Owassa. Ala: and
Cleveland S. Smith. il, of Jack
@nvjIIe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Raney Chevrolet Co.
Plans New Building

L.. A. Raney of the Raney-Chev-
rolet company plans to enlarge
and improve the present property
and to build a new modern used
car building. The space for used
cars is to be a large modern build
ing enclosed as a sales room.
The service and general selling
departments of the present build
ing will be enlarged and renovated.
Modern designing and equipment
is planned for the new buildings.
Final plans have been completed
but the actual awarding of con-
tracts has not been made. Con-
struction will begin in October or
November of this year. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Vacation Bible School
Will Open On Monday

The annual daily Vacation Bible
school will be in session at the
First Presbyterian church, Third
and Orange streets, from June 3
through IA. The opening exercises
will be held in Gilmour Memorial
hall Monday morning, June 3 at
8 o'clock.
The school is under the direction
of J. Lyman Congdon, director of
religious education and music at
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Street Work Pushed
By WPA-City Forces

Street Improvement work on
Princess has reached 18th street
and has been continued south on
18th street between Dock and
Orange streets, James E. L. Wade,
commissioner of public works, re-
ported yesterday.
Work of lifting rails, removing
ties, and relaying the brick will
De continued on 18th street north
Of Castle and from Tenth east on
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
credit Group Leaders
TO Attend Conference


pr rive directors of the Wilmington
E.ooucton Credit association will
: y Monday morning to attend
r r Ooafa meeting in Columbia, S.
Mon on Monday, Tuesday, and Wed.
s 5nsy are: John R. Morris. W. H.
1 ler% John B. Ward, J. W. Sci
NJ Mo, Jf'' and W. 0. Savage.
se cru.llS' LEGISLATOR, ex-sheriff, and
socisty Of the state Sheriff as.
prsS enoa' and the other four re-
neet tn.aViVes viii discuss at the
r srticigS. problems common to all
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02

the First Presbyterian church. An
efficient staff of teachers will be
in charge of four departments, in
Guiding 4 through Is years of age.
Mrs. Mollie B. Gore and Mrs. Ruby
Blanton from the Wilmington Mus
cum of Art will instruct in handi-
craft and recreation.
Children from other denomina-
tons are invited to attend the
school. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02

Princess and south on 18th, Com
missioner Wade said.
All of the street sections now
being improved will be paved later
With rock and asphalt. Workmen
Will begin next at the intersection
OF Fifth and Princess streets and
proceed west on Princess to Front
street. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02

Although Texas is one of the
Dig sheep producing states of the
alton. 1t never has had a wooden
mill. The first one to be estab.
lshed inn the state will open this
summer. 9
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02

U. S. army records show 52S,-
274 regulars and volunteers fought
in the Revolutionary war and 4,057,
l01 in the first World war. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
MARRIAGES

Three white couples secured
marriage permits during the past
week at the office of Adrian B.
Rodes, register Of deeds, as fol
lows:
Moses D. Caddel1, 81. of Rocky
Mount, and Miss Ruth Eleanor
Black, q, of Wilmington.
Fitzhugh Gibson, Jr.. "a, and
Miss Miriam Gaylord. %, both Of
Wilmington.
James A. McCrarey, Jr., %, of
Florence, S. c., and Miss Helen
A. Roland, IS, of Wilmington. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02

tern, but this one operates on an
exact timetable from start to fill
ish. l
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-09-13

Washington. - Farmer" Casey
of Gaithersburg is not always in
Gaithersburg these days. Five
days of the week he spends in Chi
cagO on what has remained until
recently very mysterious mis-
sion. Inside fact is. however, that
Gene Casey has been entrusted by
Henry Wallace and Democratic
National Committee Chairman Ed
Flynn with one OF the most import
ant jobs in the entire campaign
that of rallying the farmers vote
for Roosevelt in the MiddleWest.
Casey is the secretary and
treasurer of the National Commit
tee for Agriculture. with headquar-
ters at 1876 West Jackson BOule-
ward, Chicago. The Committee
has undertaken the job of making
clear to the farmer that the best
way to save their present agricul-
ture reforms is to keep in office
the people who inaugurated them
Casey conferred with Ed Flynn
in New York this week and then
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-09-13

rotary, Bertha Joseph, by predict
ing that FDR will have a tough
time besting Willkie in Maryland,
get this reply: Suppose | put
two dollars on a horse. So what?
Do | care if he wins by jump,
nose or even tongue or eyelash?
Certainly not! He pays just the
same that's all | carei" - Sec
Ond oldest yacht club in America
is at EastOn on the Easton Shore
but something new in bridge lingo
popped up there last week when
Ralph Newman of the SeafOrd
Realty Company was guest Of ge-
NAL Lewis Renshaw. Newman
startled the players by bidding
one puppy foot Meaning one
Club Nothing daunted Renshaw
raised the bid to a litter" or a
grand slam. The laugh finally
was on Newman for he went down
and was in the dog house. = Resi-
dents of Salisbury don't like the
new call letters assigned to the
towns new radio station-WBOC
Best of all they liked the old call
letters WSAL. of the nOW-defunct
station. But in lieu of this would
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-09-13
Maryland Merry-Co-Round
Bv Drew Pearson
BY Drew Pearson


flew on to Chicago. He has been
making trips with Vice Presiden-
tial Candidate Wallace through
d1wa. Minnesota, Wisconsin and
other middle-western areas.
SO far the Democratic observ.
ers in the middle-west figure that
they can carry both Illinois and
Indiana, despite the drive Willkie
is making in his home state. iowa
is a fifty fifty race, also Minnesota
and Wisconsin,; but Roosevelt
seems to have the lead in NebraS-
ka, Missouri and most of the other
States west of the Mississippi
River, with the exception of South
Dakota, which has been given up
by the Democratic party, and Col
orado. Oregon is running $3.50
with the outcome dependent on
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-09-13

MCISdry. .
NEW ANNAPOLIS TERMINAL
When the State ultimately pur-
chases and takes over the opera
ton of the Claiborne-Annapolis
Ferry Co., one of the first changes
probably will be to switch its
western terminus at Annapolis
further north to Sandy Point.
There are two factors behind
this: % the convenience of the
travelling public and the defense
program which is making AnnapO-
lis a highly important naval @cen-
ter.
The route to the north of Anna
polls will involve a distance of
only a half-mile longer than the
present sailing distance and will
prove more accessible to Baltimore
and Washington traffic The alter
alton will require the construction
of a short approach road to feed
traffic from No. SO highway to
Sandy Point.
ROUND THE FREE STATE
Anti-RoOseveltians who try to
goad Senator RadCliffe's able sec
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-09-13
Ter WDMV (Delmarva).

prefer WDMV (Delmarva). -
Highest flying gals on the Eastern
Shore are two teen-age youngsters
Jane Shaw and Lee HaZen and %
year-old Alice Lloyd Heaton, a de-
scendant of Francis Scott Key.
These three lasses have turned
their backs on society to teach
aviation courses at Treidavon air.
port to those aspiring for CAA
licenses. All have pilot licenses
except Jane who teaches mechan-
les to ground school novices.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-09-13
TYDINGS AND ELGIN

RumOrs that Senator Tydings
will go along with President
Roosevelt will be of interest to at
least one State official Automo-
bile Commissioner w. Lee Elgin.
The former Mayor of Hagerstown
is an ardent supporter of the Pres
ident and a short time ago told
friends that should the Senior
Senator take turnout powder"
on the Chief Executive he would
do all in his power to oppose him.
Of course Senator TydingS
Continued on Page y
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-09-13

Almost 100 Hagerstown house.
wives have traded in their old
jalopies for Modern GAS Cooking
during the past month. They've
discovered how fast, easy, clean,
cool, economical cooking can be ON
Modern GAS Ranges.
Why don't you take advantage OF
this Sensational Roundup Sale to
modernize your kitchen? See the
new 1941 models TODAY!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17

Continued from Page u
attended by Supt. Roach, Assistant
States Attorney Walter Smyth ane
County Detective Roland G. Alling
The Superintendent Of the Wa
terbury Police Department has In
formed me that various people
are installing In stores, taverns,
restaurants. clubs and other plac-
es Of public gathering In the city,
a number Of so.called pin ball
machines" I am Informed further
that these machines are being
installed In reliance upon deci-
sions rendered by the Superior
Court In Fairfield County In
March. 1886, and by the New Ha-
ven City Court In November, 1899.
Under the existing laws, police
are without power to prevent the
installation and use of these ma
chimes, because they do not come
within the definition Of slot ma
chimes, as the Superior Court has
defined that term, and because
they are susceptible OF an inno-
cent use for amusement only.
However, 1t seems to me of the
first importance that 1t should not
be assumed from the appearance
Of these machines, that their OPP
Grafton for purposes OF gaming is
immune from prosecution. Any
person maintaining or operating
a pin ball machine which returns
tokens which may be used in ex-
change for merchandise or for
money, Is violating the General
Statutes relating to gambling. and
will be arrested and prosecuted.
Also, the maintenance Of these
machines under an arrangement
whereby the attaining Of a GER
tain score is rewarded by the Civ
ing of q prize. whether In mer-
chandise or In money, constitutes
q violation Of the General Stat
utes relating TO gaming, and the
Police will exert every effort to
bring about the detection and
prosecution of anyone responsible
for such maintenance and opera
ton.
Proprietors of places Of business
In which pin ball machines are
used for the purpose OF gaming
are amendable to the General
Statute penalizing "any person
who shall keep a place resorted
70 for the purpose Of gaming" and
IN instances where the machines
are used for gamiEg, the statutes
providing for the seizure and de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
CONGRESS WILL
BACK PRESIDENT
tNEA Cablephoto)
Continued from Page ~

Continued from Page ~
passed over until next session al
though simple resolutions either TO
boost the debt limit or add an arbi-
trary 10 per cent 10 some categor-
les OF existing taxes might catch
congressional fancy.
kilograms Showered into the cap
ital last night and today aud they
uniformly we're reported to support
Mr. RooseVelt's armament project
His proposal that the nation plan
now q program 10 provide $4,000
military and raval planes evidently
caught popular imagination.
The heads Of the country's major
airplane companies indicated their
willingness and readiness 10 get be.
hind the program, They estimated
that the proposed program would
neeessitate TRIPPING existing person.
mel and floor space,
2 Years 10 30 Months
Military experts estimated two
years 10 30 months as Vhe time re-
CURED to create such an armada
and indicated that not the least
problem would be training OF pilots
to take the ships into the air. A
pi ogram for 10000 planes--20, 900 FOR
the army and 10000 for the navy
IN Two years appeared TO be the
Immediate defense objective,
Three hours after Mr., Roosevelt
spoke yesterday, the senate took the
first step toward emergency nation
nj defense by recalling the $685.
0OU 900 navy appropriations bill from
conference between represent Ia tiVeS
of the two houses, The purpose Is
to add TO u Immediately the $780,
00O 900 OF emergency navy funds
asked by Mr.. Roosevelt IN his spe-
clal message,
Almost simultaneously, chairman
Andrew j, May OF the house Mill
tary affairs committee introduced n
bill TO make legal appropriation Of
the S726, 100000 which President
Roosevelt asked for the army, The
committee, which must authorize
expenditures before the money can
be voted, will hold hearings today
May hopes 10 send the bill 10 the
floor tomorrow or Monday,
The S726, 600 900 figure is part OF
the aggregate $896000,000 immed.
late appropriation requested by the
president, In addition, he requested
authorizations for the military ser.
vices 10 assume contract,rnl obliga.
lions for ALAG 600 900 and for himself
TO assume future obligations up to
400 900 600, THE other 800 900 900
OF So.called blank check" funds Ia
Included In the overall figure for
immediate appropriation,
Mrs, n, ID, n. For II
Washington. Nav l7-(Up)-Mrs.
FRANKLIN %. Roosevelt urged whole.
hearted support for the emergency
rational defense program last night,
warning that every indication we
give Germany that we are not uni
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
COP. COMMITTEE
DEAN is DEAD

Philadelphia, May II - CUP0 =
The death of Ralph E. Williams, 10,
Of Portland. Ore, dean of the Re-
publican National Committee. halt
ed temporarily preparations for the
party's national convention.
williams, who was chairman o.;
the committee on arrangements for
the convention here June "a, died
last night after suffering cerebral
hemorrhage. He collapsed while adj
dressing a meeting of the commits
tee.
TIL arrangements committee can
celle dts night session and no plans
were made to resume, although 1t
was expected that preparations
would be continued shortly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17

The Island OF Tholan capitulated.
7. The air force succeeded IN de-
stroying numerous railway and
roads sections IN France and Bel
gium and "tlevastatingly attacked
transport trains, troop concentra-
lions and marching columns.
Battlefront Changes
The German advances IN Belgium
and France radically changed the
battlefront from Antwerp 10 Lux
cmbourg, where several million men
are estimated TO be IN action with
many thousands OF airplaneS and
tanks.
According TO the high command,
the Dyle river front running
through Louvain and before Brussels
(Which Is 10 miles from the river
has been abandoned by the Allied
forces and thus the main fortiflca-
lions In the second line Of Belgian
defense have fallen.
Nazi experts commended that the
fall Of Brussels was near because
II has no other important defense
line and 1t was reported the Bel
gan BOfGIIuttCllO iidd ilGu w N4iiVlit,
South of the Dyle, the Nazi claim
to have taken the fortress Of Ma
muir broke the main allied point OF
resistance on the Mouse river In
Belgian and permitted the German
forces to smash southwestward
down the Sambre river to the
French border at Maubeuge. This
vastly widened their break into the
Maginot line which previously had
centered at Sedan, but now extends
from Maubeuge to Luxembourg.
$50 Men Surrender
A well informed German quarter
said that at one point when a Ger
man dive-bomber flew over
French battalion (about 750 mem
the officers hoisted a white flag and
obeyed instructions from the Ger
man plane to approach German
lines, where they were taken pris-
oners.
German forces, well informed
quarters said. broke through French
lines on an 80 miles front between
Maubeuge and Montme dy, In
France, southeast of Sedan. Maui
beuge Is on the river Sambre, IL
miles from Avesnes. 1t was strongly
fortified and its industries include
an arsenal.
German claims Of operations over
line from Maubeuge 10 Montmed-
dy with break throughs to points
deep In French territory" would
indicate, II true. that the Allies
fighting on the Dyle line had been
outflanked and we're In danger of
attack from the rear.
Some observers believed that the
direction Of the German attack On
the basis Of today's claims was in
the direction Of the English Chan
mel rather than towards Paris.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
10000 PLANES
INSIDE 2 YEARS
Immediate Goal OF United
States Army Under Plan
of Roosevelt
BY MACK JOHNSON
United Press stan COrreSnondeu

(Oniteu FreSS stan Correspondent
washington, May II - (UPJ -
An air force of 10000 planes within
two years is the army'S immediate
goal under President Roosevelt
program for $4,000 military aircraft.
The program, expected TO be
placed before Congress in detail as
part OF President Roosevelt's re-
quested $l,ls2,o0o,0oO, compares
with the army's present 2,700 planes
and Its present authorized strength
Of 5000,
In addition, big increases are ex-
pected IN naval aviation, which now
has 1890 planes, Figures for the
naval plane program were not yet
available,
A goal OF 10000 navy planes In
two years was considered likely,
That would mean r grand total Of
10000 army and navy planes by July
], ls42,
The huge increases In planes,
which Mr., Roosevelt emphasized
we're most necessary in the light OF
war developments, will be accom-.
panied by a $4oo,Ooo,Oo government
private ownership program to cX-
pand aircraft plant facilities, and a
huge pilot-training plan,
Plan Works This Way
Under a formula developed by Mr..
RooseVelt'S air advisers, the eXpan-
sion program for the army alone
would work out this way;
July, July,
Present l94i 1912
First-Line Planes 1000 1000 1000
Reserve Planes 1000 1000
Training Planes,
ETC, ,,,,,r,, 700 5000 5000
Total .,,,,,,,, 2700 10000 10000
Ofilcials did not disclose the cos.
OF the project new program but the