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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
William ]. Williamson
Funeral to be SATURDAY
Especial to the Daily Press

Bellevi lie, Mich, Dec. 6 William
J. Williamson. three months old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs Clifford WI
hanson, passed away Thursday If.
ternoon at the home of his par
ents, 2205 Karr Rd. His death
was caused by pneumonia.
He was born Sept. >. 1910. His
parents came to Bellevlle early
IN the summer There are two
older children in the family.
Funeral services will be Satur
day afternoon at ? o'clock at the
Roberts Frneral Chape with Rev.
Alfred, Eddy Of the Belleville Meth
odist Church, officiating.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
FAMOUS K|NLEY
BROTHER To TRY
To PUT OUT FIRE

Continued from Page One)
penned up gas to escape and burst
into flames.
Thousands OF persons crowded
the roads near the fire to watch
the l00-foot flames. the glow from
which could be seen at Saginaw.
Is miles away.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06

Detroit, Mich. Dec. Seattle
Weekly receipts. 1872. Choice
to prime yearlings. dry fed.
$l1.5OQ13.25; good 10 choice year
lings. dry fed. S1O.5OQ11.50 choice
to prime heavy Steers. dry fed.
sll.50Ql3.25: good TO choice heavy
steers. dry fed. slO50qn.50: short
fed Steers. sS.5099.5O: fair to good
grass steers and heifers. $3.50 q
$50; best cows, $5.75Q625; fair
to good beef cows. $5@5.75: can
ner and cutter cows, $3.25@4.75;
old rims, SO down; best light but
cher bulls. s6.50Q7: best heavy
bologna bulls. s6.75Q725; medium
weight bologna bulls. $6.25q6.75;
light common bulls. sJQ6; stock
bulls. s5.50q $50; good choice
stockers and feeders IS a 1850;
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
Vegetables

Vegetables
Detroit, Mich, Dec. 80
BEETS-No. l, 5Oq41e>doz. bun.
PoTAToEs-New' 40 l.. $4,000
oNIoNs-Dry. 6OG zoe so lbs.
CELERY-No. /, 25@35c doz. bchs.
PARSLEY-35@50c doz. punches.
SPINACH-No. /. 50T75c bu
PEAS-Black eye. s1Q1.35 bu.
CAULIFLOWER - No. /, 75c %
90c. bu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06

BUCHAREST-UP- Capt. ".
Popescu. Rumania's best knowl
aviator. was killed Thursday when
his plane collided with a German
airplane over Bucharest military
airport. II was announced today
The German plot landed withou.
injury. but his plane was damaged.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
Gives Address

ewes ADDRESS
On Wednesday and Thursday. Dr
owen } Cleaiy gave talks at the
high schools in Yale. Peck. Brown
City, Marysyille and Armada on
the subject. National Defense and
Youth. Dr. Cleary spoke before
the 81. Clair Lions Club az St Clair
Inn on the su ject, The Army and
National De ense" Thursday noon
Students al Sandusky. Deckerville
and Lexington High schools viii.
hear Dr. Cleary speak on "Nationa.
De. ense and Youth" today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
Receive Books

Children library at Rackham
Training school Michigan state
Normal College. received 20 books
Wednesday from Woodruff School
student council. Five Of the volumes
s were new purchases from council
FUNDS. The group OF 25 children Wis
lied the school accompanied by
Mesdames Floyd Rausch, Lewis
Miller, Their Fletcher and Mary
Delaforce, teacher.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06

WASHINGTON Up - when
Josephus Daniels. ambassador 10
Mexico. resigns soon. President
Roosevelt will be posed with a dif-
ficult problem in choosing a sue
cessor. Daniels announced Thurs
day in Mexico City that he did
not plan to stay there another four
years. but did not say when he
expected to retire.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
Eight Pay

Eight Pay
Eight persons paid 81 each in mu-
nicipal court Thursday for minor
traffic violations, They are: Mrs
Richard routney. Elmer Shackle-
ford. +. Z. Schofield, Albert Fedor
and Harry Johnson. all OF Ypsi-
lanti; 4 g. Clark and Gerald Rob,
erts. Ann Arbor, Mrs. Norman
Rogers. Belleyille
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
Eifty.two Thefts

Companions OF two Jackson men
given live year prison terms for
burglary Of several gas stations in
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
S .reens Torn Out

Police discovered two screens
torn from Easement windows at
Huron Homes office. Il w Mich
igan Ave. early today. Nothing was
disturbed IN the office.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
Butter and EGGS

Detroit, Mich, Dec. g
BUTT Err Best creamery in tubs
3414 G35Ac,
EGGS 49, Current receipts, 26c;
dirties. Gle; checks, liz a zoe.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
Car Recovered

A car stolen from Samuel Bir-
mans auto sa,es lot. Mi an, the
night of Nov. % was reported found
by Nauseon, O., police Thursday.
nigat. state poli-e We're informed
The car. was in running condition,
but tie license plates had been re
moved. Wauseon officers said
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
Grain

Grain
Detroit, Mich, Dec. G.
WHEAT-No. req. IN CARROTS.
sec.
BARLEY-No. feeding, SIC; new
mailing. 576S2c.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
Poultry

Poultry
Detroit, Mich. Dec. 6LPoultry:
market steady. Hens. lbs. up, l5c;
under lbs, 12c; legnorn hens.
lbs. up, lie; cocks. Sql0c; rock
springers, acc; leghorn springers.
Toe: hen turkeys, 10 lbs up. 19c;
tom turkeys. 5 lbs up lac; ducks,
white, lbs up, lie; geese, 12c.
No unloading of poultry before
7 a. m. or after p. m. No unload
ing Saturdays.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
Fruit

Detroit, Mich, Dec. G.
APPLES-Mclntosh. No. /. 81. ESQ
1.50 bu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06
LOCAL TALENT

Continued from Page One)
Der with accompaniment by pop
ular musical selections.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
Harris Will Apparently
Force Erskine Smith
Into Runoff
POU IS HOLDING LEAD
Eure Tops Murphy; Boney
Leads Oliver; Scott
Leads Spruill

CHARLOTTE, May 25:-CP-R'
T. Harris, of Roxboro, and W. En-
skine Smith, of Albemar1e, were
waging a closely contested race Tor
the lieutenant governorship, first re
turns indicated tonight.
The tabulation showed:
Lieutenant governor, 457 pre-
cincts, R. l.. Harris, l7,Oo4, l.. "A
Martin, 9,99S, w. Erskine Smith
1881. Dan Tompkins, 5,72s.
Auditor, 423 precincts, Charles w
Miller, 1896, George Ross Pou, in
cumbent, 23,513.
Secretary of state, AIS precincts
Thad Eure, incumbent, $3.50, Wal
ter Murphy, 1898.
Commissioner of insurance, AZ
precincts, Dan C. Boney, incumbent
33.45S, William B. oliver, 1892.
Commissioner of Agriculture, AZ
precincts, W. Kerr Scott, incumbent
31.126. C. Wayland spruill, 21,246.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
NAZI WARPLANES
ATTACK ENGLAND
Bombs Dropped harmless
" Off Coast; East Kent
Takes To Shelters

LONDON. May 26-(Sunday)-R,
German warplanes were DelleVeo
have dropped bombs off the
southeast coast of England early
this morning but no damage was
reported. u;oa
In east Kent residents hurried
into shelters and Easements dur
inc an air raid alarm IN e1lec'
for 1O5 minutes.
British fighter planes were seen
flying out to sea and antl-alrcra1t
guns we're heard.
searchlights then picked out Ger
man planes flying off the coast
and anti-aircraft guns blazed away
at them for several minutes.
Kent is O the southeast coast OF
ENGLAND. The port of Dover, IN
Kent is only % miles across
the English Channel from Calais
where heavy fighting is in pro-
gress.
Another report said residents OF
an east coast town had its third
air warning in four days and that
anti-aircraft gunfire was e a r d
there.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
GRAHAM POINTS
TO DISCREPANCY
INC President Believes U. S.
Should Send Aid To
Allies

CHAPEL HILL, May 25-lR-Dr.
Frank P. Graham, president of the
University of North Carolina, said
TODAY he supported President Roose-
yelt's foreign policy in the main,
but that he he had opposed the pol
lev of America and other democrac-
les "in Withholding rightful supplies
from the Spanish democracy when
the Spanish people were being
crushed by Hitler and Mussolini."
He pointed out that his stand with
respect to the Spanish democracy
was in line wit hhis present stand
for supplies to the Allied democrac-
les, adding: "It is American sup
niles. not men, which the Allied
5emocracies need. American entrance
into the war, in transferring the
flow of supplies to u own forces,
would cut down the supplies now
indispensably needed by the Allies
The university president said he
deeply deplored the Allies running
out On Woodrow Wilson's IA points
at Paris, the failure of America to
join the League of Nations, the fail
ure of the League Of Nations to re-
wise the terms of the Treaty of Yer.
in humane consideration OF
the German people, the failure Of
the democracies to lend a b%rotherly
hand to the struggling German
democracy, and the consequent
rise of Hitler to dictatorship"
Graham's views were presented
in an interview today in the daily
Tar Heel, student newspaper.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
Cooper Leads In County,
eGrand, Morris In Front
Hall, Hewlett and Coleman Leading Com
missioner Race; Constable Ezzell
Takes Lead Over Casteen

Indications early last night
were that Tom Cooper would
sweep his own county in his
race for the democratic guber.
material nomination, but results
were far from complete in state
races due to the fact that poll
holders counted the county
ticket first.
In the county races with IL
out of IS precincts reporting,
Jack @. LeGrand and John Il.
Morris, incumbent representa-
tives, were ahead, with Il. M.
Kermon and Robert S. LeGwin,
running third and fourth respec-
lively.
James M. Hall and Addison
Hewlett, two of the incumbent
county commissioners, were run
ming first and second respective
Iy. Lewis j. Coleman, who seeks
to dispIace one of the three in
cumbents, was running third,
Reuben B. Roebuck, an incum-
bent, was running fourth and
Robert G. Merritt fifth.
In six of the ten precincts in
the city, William Henry Ezzell,
incumbent constable, was lead
ing Frank Leroy Casteen by
1853 to $40.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
The vote in the Is of the IL
precincts reporting were:

The vote in the IL OF the IL
precincts reporting were:
Representative: John r. Nor
ris 1897; r. NJ. Kermon 1905;
Jack Q. LeGrand 1929; Robert
S. LeGwin 1852.
County commissioners: Reuben
B. Roebuck 1928; Lewis j. Cole
man 2O36; James M. Hall 1916;
Addison Hewlett 1906; Robert
C. Merritt 1406.
The vote in the two of Is pre-.
cincts reporting in New Hanover
on the state ticket was:
Governor: j. M. BrOughton 40;
Tom Cooper ISL; Paul Grady 8;
Lee Gravely 5; Wilkins P. Hor-
ton II; A. j. Maxwell IA; Arthur
Simmons /.
Lieut-Gov: r.. L. Harris 48; L.
A. Martin 16; E. Erskine Smith
IS; Dan Tompkins 20.
Sec'y of State: Thad Eure sc;
Walter Murphy IS.
Auditor: George Ross Pou IS;
Charles w. Miller Is.
Comm. of Agriculture: w. Kerr
Scott 81; C. Wayland Spruill So.
Insurance Commissioner: Dan
C. Boney 1904; William b. Oliver
Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26

WASHINGTON, May 25-R-
President Roosevelt's intention to
call private experts into the gov
eminent to help with the extraor-
binary So, 297, oil, 1852 defense pro-
gram was announced at the White
House today.
Stephen Early, press secretary,
disclosed that MI. Roosevelt plan
ned to create a national defense
emergency coordination group
composed of both private indivi-
duals and government officials.
The chief executive intended to
draw experts from industry, agri-
culture and labor, transportation,
communication, finance and con-
sumers, Early said. They would
assist-but not supersede-the gov
eminent officials, he declared.
While this announcement was
being made at the executive off
ces. LEGISLATION aimed at Fifth CO.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26

WASHINGTON, May 25-0RD-
Fearing fifth column activities
like those which undermined Nor
wegian and Dutch defenses, a Sem
ats judiciary subcommittee today
approved legislation to checkup
on all aliens and punish persons
attempting to shake the loyalty OF
Americas defenders.
A provision required that approx
imately 1000, 900 aliens register
and be fingerprinted at post offices
throughout the country within the
next four months was added by
the subcommittee to a house.
approved bill against suversive
activities.
Chairman Conally CD-T e X a 81
said the resulting legislation was
essential to the national defense
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
r. To Name Experts
To Aid Defense Program

lumn" activities in the United
States increased in scope and gam
ed momentum on Capitol Hill.
Recommending senate passage
of a house-approved bill providing
drastic penalties for ~subverslve Ell
forts among the armed forces a
senate judiciary subcommittee ad-
ded to it a section requiring the
finger-printing and registration OF
all aliens in this country-estlmat-
ed to number 1000, 900.
Chairman Connally p-Texas) OF
the subcommittee told reporters
the revised legislation was a nee
essarv part of the preparedness
program and would be placed BE-
fore the full committee Monday
other developments touching up
on the defense program included:
l.. Colonel Frank Knox repuoil-
can vice presidential nominee in
Continued on Page Five: Col Al
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
Fifteen Generals Ousted
As WeygandM Ma Ready
For Decisive Engagement
FRONT '%UNCHANGED'
French Admit, However,
Germans Have Taken
Vimy Ridge
I%NFLICTING LOSSES
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, May 25.-General
Maxine Weygand tonight
s%ummarily dismissed Is gen.
erals who figured in the
French rout from the Meuse
front and injected fresh
blood into his Allied high
command for the decisive
phase of the battle for the
English channel.
A war ministry communl-
que published under the
heading of penalties" said
the Is commanders of full
armies, corps, divisions and
other army services had been
removed from their posts.
Their names were not an
nounced.
Picked by Weygand
Their commands already have
been taken over by new men chos-
Ell by General Weygand IN n S
fl7ing trips to the front to lead the
campaign against the German cor
ridor to the sea.
Seven infantry colonies were
promoted to be major generals to
fill the places of those ousted. Pro-
noted are Henri Martin, j e a n
Besse. Andre Durand, Charles
Mast, Charles de Gaulle, Gustave
Mesny and Louis Buisson.
Nazis poured masses of heavy
tanks and infantry through their
Continued OH Page Two; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
CLAIM ENTIRE ATTACK ARMY TRAPPED
Raleigh Attorney Faces
RunoH With Horton Or
MaxweU; Cooper Trailing

CHARLOTTE, May Is Up -
]. Melville Broughton, Raleigh law
yer, forged ahead in the seven-way
race for governor as returns were
here from today's demo-
cratic primary.
With COS of the states 1913 pre-
cincts tabulated, the vote stood:
Broughton 36,334; Mayor Thomas E.
Cooper, of Wilmington 1905, Paul
Grady, of Kenly, 1914, L. Lee Grave.
ly, of Rocky Mount, 12,072, Lieut..
Governor Wilkins P. Horton, 23,473,
Revenue Commissioner A. ]. Max
we'll, 21,O73, and Arthur Simmons.
of Burlington, 1872.
IncumhentS Leading
Incumbent democratic congress-
men who had opposition were out
in front in all districts but the re-
turns from these races were scanty.
The standing was:
Third, 81 of 157 precincts, Rep.
Graham A. Barden, 1887. Charles
L. Abernethy, Jr., 1913, and Zeno
B. Spence, Townsend plan organic
er, $40.
Fourth, % of 1853 precincts, Rep.
Harold D. Cooley, 2,913, Edward F.
Griffin, of Louisburg, 1916.
Sixth, 81 Of 1872 precincts, Oscar
G. Barker, 253, John w. Caffey,
SSS, Rep. Carl T. Durham, 1,215, Ed
R. Hanford, Is.
Eighth, As of 2O4 precincts, Rep.
W. o. Burgin, 1853, C. B. Deane.
l 1913, Giles Y. Newton, 300. D. c.
Phillips, 299, Robert Steele, III,
315.
Eleventh, SO of 255 precincts, Sam
NJ. Cathey, 1,17O, M. Earl Donnahoe,
Townsend advocate, 696, Rep. Zebu.
Ion Weaver, 3,145.
Republican, governor, AL pre-
cipcts, John R. Hoffman, ITS, Rob.
ert H. Mcneil, $50, George M. Prit-
chard, LIPS.
Republican, lieutenant governor,
SO precincts, Halsey B. Leavitt, 345,
Forrest Witten, 1853.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
Senate Asks
Registration Of Aliens

program and that it would be lolac-
ed before the full judiciary COM
mittee Monday.
Senator Danaher (R-Conn) who
was directed to draft the alien
registration provision, said the leg
islation was designed to protect
our armed forces and prevent fifth
column moves in this country
In general, Connally told report
ers;, the bill would tighten up pre-
sent laws dealing with control and
deportation of aliens, action against
thatse advocating overthrow OF
government, and distribution OF
subversive literature.
The House-approved legislation
had provided only for fingerprlnt-
ing of all immigrants and foreign
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
Mecklenburg Approves
Four-Cent Library Tax

CHARLOTTE, May 25.-P-After
July 1, Charlotte again will have a
public library.
In a vote against registration, T.
578 ballots were cast for a four-cent
tax levy with which to support the
library, and 1897 signified they did
not want the levy. The returns,
based on 48 out of 62 precincts in
the county. gave proponents a 500
majority over the 1863 votes requir.
ed to impose the tax.
The library was closed last July l
after the validity Of a~ppropriating
money for that purpose was contest.
ed. A special election failed then.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
IRELAND FORMS
VOLUNTEER CORPS
Local Security Force For
Defense OF Fire Is
Announced

DUBLIN, May 25-R-Premier
canon de Valera announced to-
night the formation of a new vol
unteer force for "local security
work. in Ireland (Eire).
I'VE are within the war zone,'
he said in an address to his Fianna
Fail party followers at a meeting
in Galway City.
1--WE must prepare to defend the
liberties we have Won"
He said the new volunteer corps
would be apart from the regular
army and would be associated
with the police force Ito watch
over the security of the people and
to watch for the first sign of at
tack upon u.s."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
WILL Be DESTROYED
Secret Weapon Exists,
viii Be Used On Paris
Or Great Britain
EARLY CLEANUP SEEN

by Inc Aeso.i"'eu Ao'''
BERLIN, May 25.-(AP)
Germany has trapped and is
radv to destroy the entire
attack army Of France, an
authorized source declared
tonight.
The decisive Nazi military
o~Derations in The Neither
lands, Belgium and Northern
France. he continued, have
been accomplished by just
me-third of Germany's s.
100000 first line troops.
$50 Are Waiting
At present. he went on, the relch
has 65 per cent of her army still
uDengaged and will be ready in a
few DAYS to take Paris, storm the
main Maginot Line or invade Eng
land.
Backed up against the English
Channel coast within the area which
the Germans have encircled the
past two weeks, are 500 1000 French,
100000 Belgians and 200. 600 English,
this spokesman declared.
Since it can be considered, he
wet on, that Frances attack army
is gone, all she has left is 120 di-
vtOns Of first line troops to defend
Paris, hold the Maginot Line and to
lrVtect her southeastern flank
against a possible attack by Italy
from across the Alps.
The figures on Allied troops
caught by Germany's enlightenment
movement were affirmed here by
military experts who calculated that
'ermany had used approximately
% Of her $50 divisions of first line
troops in the speedy operations by
continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
British Call
Boys Of IS
To Colors
(By The Associated Press)

LONDON, May 70. - Britain,
Jared into militancy from its
centuries old groove of ease and
empire, called tonight upon its
peace-born generation, boys of Is
to 10 IL, to fill the gaps in home
defense forces against the danger
of invasion.
The war office asked for vol
unteers from the age groups just
under the CONSUMPTION range
after German bombs thumped on
English soil over a 20D-mlle
stretch of coast and while Ger
man guns echoed from just
across the channel.
For The Duration
Recruits gathered by kight's cal
will have to enlist for Ne duration
Of the war in home defense bat
When they reach the con
scription age of 20, however, the,
will be transferred to training unit
service in the field army, Wher
Continued on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
Mecklenburg Voters
Approve Library Tax

CHARLOTTE, May 25-R-Ear-
" returns tonight indicated that
Mecklenburg county voted approx
ed today a %four-cent tax levy Tor
support of it's public library, co.'s
ed since last year.
Thirty out of g. boxes gave 4'7bo
for the levy and 2,137 against 1t.
A vote of 1909 for the tax would
put the library back into public
use.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
C0RSICANS SAY
HOUR IS NEAR
II Duce, However, Is Still
Silent On His Plans
For Entering War
Rv the Associated Press

ROME, May 25-In SPOKEN anu
printed word and picture the
name of Corsica, French Medlter-
ranean island, flashed before Ia
liam eyes tonight against a back
ground of exciting rumor.
Italy's preparations for
gained in momentum, but how or
when Fascism would act remain
ed a matter of guessWork.
The fact that westbound Italian
shipping, including salllng OF tae
Continued on Page Five; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
BLANTON TO TALK
TO GRADS TODAY
BaccaIaureate Vesper Serv-
ice Begins AT 5:45 AT
Legion Field

The baccalaureate vesper S e r
vice, a part of the commencement
EXERCISES of New Hanover High
school. will be held this afternoon
at the American Legion stadium
at 5:45 o'clock with the sermon
bv the Rev. Sankey L. Blanton'
nastor of the First Baptist church.
If weather is unfavorable, 1t Will
be held in the High school audi
torium.
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
REFUGE

VATICAN CITY, May 25.-R
-Papal authorities today recog-
nized the possibility of Italian n
trance into the war by offering
refuge to diplomats accredited to
the Holy See and speeding COM
pletion of Vatican City's air raid
shelters.
Prelates indicated Pope Plus
XII is convinced Italy is going to
war but that. he refuses to leave
Vatican City or consider using
the air raid shelter provided es'
necially for him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
RALPH T. O'NEIL

WICHITA, Kas., May 25.-P-
Ralph T. O'Neil, 81, of Topea, ma
tional commander of the American
Legion in 1882, died of a heart at.
tack tonight. AS retiring president,
he presided over the Kansas Bar
association convention yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
WAR GAMES

CAMP BEAUKEGARD, La,
May rs. LIP Many serious
flaws in American military op-
erations and strategy were dis
closed today by Major General
H. j. Brees in his appraisal OF
the army maneuvers just ended
here.
One of the most important
conclusions by the commanding
general of the Eighth Corps
area and chief control officer OF
the war games in which 10000
regulars participated was that
lack of support by heavy weap-
ons, including artillery, was
painfully evident"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
BOULOCNE'S FALL.
GRAPHICALLY TOLD
Fort City Termed Trap
For Thousands OF Ref
ugee Civilians

LONDON, May 25.-(P-An Eng
"HAlan who witnessed this weeks
iEa'Hg at Bouloene told tonight
" oeng taken aboard a British
'esS:9yer while its guns Numbered
PSEslag defiance to German troops
SS5Fming into the French city.
Inc witness, Frederick Brinjes, a
"'sI''eSs man, said the ancient, sun
0Oltlnued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
STREAMLINED

FORT
Kas., May rs. -R- They're
streamlining the course to
streamline the army.
The Fort LeavenWOrth COM
mand and general staff school,
a nerve center of the nations
military system, is hurryIns
plans to produce more brains
behind the guns. And the tu-
ture commanders will take In
points all the way from Sun
Szu, Chinese military genius OF
500 B. c., to Blitzkrieg, 1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-26
WAR
PRECAUTION

ATHENS, May 25.-LR-The
Greek government announced to-
night that specialists and mill
tary classes of 1884 have been
called up as a precautionary
measure. 1t did not specify the
number of men affected.