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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12

on a beach north Of the Hague we
saw nine Junkers 52's. After our
bombers set two of the big Junk
ers attire, the fighters formed in
line astern. One after another the
British planes then dived vertical
ly, flattening out over the beach.
"Four More"
"Of the seven remaining craft,
we destroyed four more, and the
other three were riddled with our
bullets.
zone Of our fighters made a
forced landing on the sand. We did
not leave him until we were salts
fled that the pilot and other men,
bers of the crew were uninjured.'
British incendiary bombs also
subjected the German-occupie6
Rotterdam airport to what was de-
scribed as the heaviest lombard
ment of the war in a six-hour raid
in the face of terrific ground fire,
Fires were started in different
parts of the airdrome, and the
British pilots said they left q
four-engined German craft aflame
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BRITISH EMPLOY
BOMBING PLANES
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250-mile motor route. Anti-aircraft
batteries dotted the fields, and dis
patch riders on motorcycles sped
past the artillery carriers, tanks
and troop-laden lorries that kicked
up dusty spirafs on the roads.
The German mechanical units
coming up from the other side
were struck by low-swooping Brit
ish planes which loosed showers
Of small bombs and sprays Of ma
chine-gun bullets.
Skipping over the swarm Of ref
ugees who preceded the German
line of march, the British airmen
returned to the attack again and
again, and bombs fell amid lines
of 40 and SO German motor trucks
which piled up in heaps Of smok-
ing w%reckage.
other British squadrons rained
bombs on a German column at the
northeast corner of the German
Luxembourg border, lodging a
hurricane of defensive fire from
small arms and ~anti-aircraft guns.
The British reported no loss of
personnel despite persistence of
German aerial retaliation.
One German Heinkel and one
Dornier bomber were shot down
when a large German force raided
a royal air force station.
British hurricane fighters went
up to meet them and got two more
German planes in a screaming dog
fight witnessed by gaping thous-
ands Of civilians and soldiers.
The British said the airfield was
not damaged despite a German
diving attack to the very treetops,
so close that ground troops plug
ged away at the raiders with pis-
tolls.
Yet another British squadron
ranged over The Netherlands and
reported destruction or heavy dam
age of nine German troop transport
planes near the Hague.
Describing the battle. the lead OF
six British fighter planes said his
men dived from 5000 feet, pul]ina
out at $50 feet after firing Is, 200
rounds OF m~achine-gun bullets in,
to the German machines.
Before we reached the +roor
carriers" this leader said. 60
came upon three Messerschmitt
l(German) fighters. and below them
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HOLLAND RETAKES
CITY FROM NAILS
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Anthem, o. the Mas, further
south.
The front line defenders, how
ever, had accomplished their main
purpose: Gaining time for COM
plete flooding of the main water
line defe.4ses in the middle Meth
e-'-.nds.
Moreover, one border fort was
81 Oily holding out against the
Germans.
The town that was recaptured
by ~e Dutch was ident led in AL
lied s.-.vices as Mill, ten miles in
sid> the frontier and about the
same ..istance southeast of Mime
gen. is on a main, cross-coun-
try railway line.
The same advi-es identified the
fort 1hich is holding out as Pen
ncrden, at Velp, east of Anthem.
Howcver, FIR III military ad'
vices reported Anthem, in east
central Netherlands, about Il
r,iles from the border, had beer
ca 'tured by the Germans.)
Although Netherlands troops,
ali d by British planes and the
Dutch river fleet, were reported
earlier in the day to have wiped
out resistance Of parachute troops
at Rotterdam and Dordrecht Is
land, tonight's communique indi.
Gated the airport at Waalhaven,
south of ROTTERDAM , still was in
German hands.
1t said:
Come Hurrying''
French and English troops have
come hurrying to our y and, to-
gether with the Netherlands
troops, will defend our soil.
Our border troops CALAMITY &C
complished their tasl- The demo
litions for which they received
orders have been executed. After
that the greater part of them were
withdrawn.
after furious attacks which last
ed four hours, a town which hac
been in the hands of the enemy
he's been recaptured by us. There
after all soldiers on a German
ar4norder train were killed. Ir
the train were found pamphlets
il the Netherlands language anc
Netherlands army uniforms.
~ 'ording to last reports from
an old fortress, our forces helo
on there s.,ubbornly despite enc
my action.
1.-THE enemy succeeded in pass.
ing a river.
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siege of a German garrison at the
ore port of Narvik, the high. com
mand said bombs of various cali
bers had hit a British battleshir
and one cruiser off Narvik.
German officials explained that
the actual spot news on develop
ments in the latest war arena was
meager because details might prove
valuable to the enemy.
DNB's account of the capture OF
the Belgian fort said that the 1lrst
day of the German advance against
the formidable Notifications which
the Belgians erected in the east
against Germany already has shown
that these too are unequal to with
standing the lightning attack OF the
German air force"
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REDMEN TO MEET
HERE TOMORROW
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Mrs. Garfield, Mrs. Barnett, j. L.
Buck, M. A. Newber, j. R. Mel
ton, Joseph Barberri, and Addison
Hewlett, Jr.
The convention program follows:
Monday, May 10, 2 p. M, registra-
ton of delegates and visitors in
the lobby of the Cape Fear hotel
$50 p. M, meeting of death benefit
department in ballroom of Cape
Fear hotel; the annual memorial
services will follow; $50 p. M, a
square dance for visitors and mem
bers of the order will be held in
the ballroom of the Cape Fear
hotel.
Tuesday, May IA, 9 a. M, Great
Council of North Carolina Redmen
convenes in the Junior Order hall
on Second street, between Market
and Princess streets; Great Coun-
Gil of North Carolina degree OF
Pocahontas convenes at ballroom Of
the Cape Fear hotel.
IL p. M, adjourn for lunch; 1 p.
m, Great Council re-convenes; i
p. M, sightseeing trips of beaches,
Lakeside, and gardens; 1880 p. M,
annual banuet, Cape Fear hotel,
Judge John J. Burney, past sachem
of Cherokee tribe No. 9, toast
master; entertainment by Ethyl
Dow entertainers: 9 n. NJ. annua]
dance at Cape Fear ballroom, mu-
sic by Ozier Stevens and his or
chestra.
Wednesday, May Is, 9 a.. m.
both Great Councils reconvene
and 1 p. M, adjournment.
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CONVENTION HERE
ENDORSES F. D. R
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named secretary. All were elected
unanimously.
Chairman Goldberg, acting as
temporary chairman called the
convention to order, Whereupon
City Attorney William B. Camp
bell was elected permanent chair
man.
Asserting that in these chaotic
times the American people look
to Franklin Delano Roosevelt to
protect us and preserve our peace
Senator Emmett H. Bellamy, a
member of the North Carolina
Observation-Disclosures" commit
tee introduced the resolution in
structing the delegates to vote
for the President.
During the reading of the reso-
luton he was interrupted several
times by applause.
The adoption of the resolution
was seconded by County Commits
sioner Harry R. Gardner and John
Marshall, also a member of the
North Carolina-for-Roosevelt COM
mittee, who told the delegates to
the convention that a similar re-
solution had been adopted at other
county conventions yesterday.
Naming of the New Hanover
County delegates to the state con-
veption was left to Chairman
Campbell.
The resolution reads:
"Whereas, seven years ago the
Democratic Party brought to the
leadership of this Nation a Presi-
cent whose vision, wisdom, hui
mainly and craftsmanship lifted
the American people from the
depths of depression and despond-
ency to the high place of recov-
cry and hope; and
whereas, in this time of fear,
and amidst the horrors of war
abroad, the American people look
to Franklin Delano Roosevelt tc
protect us and preserve our
peace; and
whereas, full confidence of the
people is well founded in him;
Nov, therefore, we the Demo
Gratis Of New Hanover County il
convention assembled, do hereby
resolve, that:
The delegates from this county
to the state democratic convention
support a resolution to instruct the
casting of North Cardinals dele
gate vote at Chicago on every
presidential ballot when and as
long as his name shall be present.
ed, for the worlds greatest human
itarian, the champion of Ameri
canism, the great democratic
statesman, Franklin Delano Roose
velt."
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GARDEN CONTEST
JUDGING BEGINS
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(CUltlIluCu lIUlIl L X oAVJ
find some way to water them so
that they will be strong and healthy.
In other words, have your garden
in such condition, that it will i'm
press the judges with the fact that
you have done a good job"
Here are the rules which the
judges will go by in selecting the
winners:
1-Garden must not be less than
20 by 20 feet.
MAY be all vegetables or vege-
tables and flowers.
b Parents may prepare the
ground and show child how to plant,
all other work must be done by
child.
4-Garden must be kept clean Of
weeds and worked regularly.
When gardens are judged. on
%sideration will be given to genera
appearance, condition of plants, and
cleanliness.
Special and careful consideration
will be given obstacles child hao
to overcome such as poor soil, lack
of tools, seed and fertilizer, due to
parents not being financially able
to supply them; also indifference on
the part of parents.
All children attending the follow
ing grammar schools in the city
are eligible to enter the contest and
must give their anne to their
teachers: Hemenway, Cornelius Har'
nett, Tileston, Delgado, William
Hooper, and Isaac Bear.
Contest prizes are: First prize
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INVERSHIEL FIELD
DAY IS ARRANGED
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during their dry periods and the win.
ter months. MacRae said the result
was not economical for either milk
or beef productions.
At Invershiel the object has been
to develop a grazing program which
would lower the cost of milk pro
duction and the same principle would
apply to raising either hogs or beef
cattle.
It was found that there was q
great possibility in this region, Mac
Rae said, by d%iversifying crops and
introducing methods found success
full elsewhere.
Some of the results of this work
at Invershiel now show that milk is
being produced at about half Of
the average cost in North Carolina
where records r kept. The farm
has issued a bulletin, Continuous
Grazing at ~Invershiel." which has
received wide recognition through
out the south and its methods are
being followed in a number of sec
tons.
MacRae said the plan depends
largely on the use of annual crops
used in separate fields, often two Of
three crops together, but in such {
way as not to interfere with eacl
others maximum growth.
At Invershiel 20 crops are used
suitable for four seasons of the year
and in such a manner that no crowd
ing of crops occurs. In this way, from
two to five crops are often made
available from the same C Thu
program has now reached a poin
that an effort is going to be made
success being almost assured, Mac
Rae said, to feed one COW abundant.
from one acre without any feed from
any other source.
The plans contemplate the feed
ing of 100 dairy cows completely
through all seasons of the year OF
100 acres. 1t is hoped to make thu
program so far developed at Inver
shiel that it will have southwide ben
eft.
MacRae has consented to hold fielt
day this season at Invershiel OF
Wednesday, May Is, in accordanc,
with the requests of a group O.
greatly interested citizens, so tina
the general public, and citizens from
New Hanover, Fender, and adjoin
ing counties may view the grazing
development program there. Morning
and afternoon addresses will be made
by farm specialists and recognized
farm leaders from this and othel
states, he said.
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the gray side at the Cherry Grove
&C -etery. The Rev. E. c. Names,
pastor of the Chadbourn Methodist
church, will conduct the services.
She was a member of the Chad
bourn Baptist church.
Mrs. ~ickland is -urvivedl by
her husband; six children, includ-
ing five daughters, Luvina, Hettie,
Alice, Callie, and Ella, and one
son, W. B. strickland, all of
Chadbourn,
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NAILS SAY DUTCH
FORT URRENDERS
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bridges over the Mas river an(
the Albert canal in Maastricht ant
to the west Of it.
Then, according to the officia
German announcement, they storm
ed Fort Eben Emael, which controls
these crossings, and it SURRENDERED
this afternoon.
The scene Of this action is some
Is miles north Of Liege proper. The
new Albert canal runs north iron
Liege to above Maastricht, thence
west to Antwerp, and, with its cor
related f%ortresses, is Belgium's shield
against invasion from the northeas
and north.
IAN official Belgian communique
admitted the Germans gained a
foothold," at heavy cost, in the Bel
gian defensive positions about Mas
tricht, but insisted, "around L1ege,
our positions remain intact" French
military sources acknowledged the
Germans had taken Maastricht.)
The text of the German communl-
que follows:
"Strongest Fort"
'The strongest fort of the fort
ress of Liege, Eben Emael, whlch
commands the crossing over the
Mas (river) and the Albert canal
at and west of Maastricht, surren-
dered this afternoon. The command
er and 1000 men were taken pris-
oners.
"The fort was already put out
of action May 10 and the garrison
was kept in check by a picked de-
tachment of the air force under the
leadership Of Lieutenant Witzig and
bv the use of a new type of weapon.
When the unit of the army attack
ing from the north successfully es-
tablished contact with the Witzig
detachment after a hard fight the
garrison gave up"
Authorities were extremely secre-
tive about the new weapon, refus-
ing to tip their hand by giving de-
tails.
DNB, official news agency, said
the fort taken yesterday in the Liege
area was made completely defense
less by German planes.
Authorized sources said German
troops who occupied Belgian and
Netherlands airports yesterday still
held them today, but were flight
ing with Belgian and Dutch troops
On London, The Netherlands for
eign minister said all airdromes
seized by the Germans in Holland
had been r~ecaptured.)
Germany's cautiously worded COM
m~unique, however, claimed between
300 and 400 enemy planes were de-
stroyed On the ground and % shot
down in air fights yesterday. The
Germans said they lost II and ID
were missing.
One Enemy Sub
The high command also reported
the sinking of n enemy subma
rine by a Nazi submarine, the sink
ing of an enemy destroyer by q
Nazi speed boat, and the sinking
of two merchantships Of 5000 anc
1000 tons respectively by aeria
bombs between Calais and bunker
que
On the far.north Norwegian front
which has settled into an Allied
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|BELCIANS ADMIT
GERMAN ADVANCE
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armored cars. attacked in the
Maastricht region.
'They succeeded in getting a foot
hold in our defense line.
"Our troops in Luxembourg con-
tin ued their operations following a
preconceived plan and vigorously
held their own against the invaders.
around Liege our positions re-
main intact. The enemy has me
ed heavy losses before certain OF
our Notifications.
1.-THE enemy aviation has carried
out systematic bombardments, at
lacking numerous localities over a
great part Of Jul territory"
An earlier communique said Bel
gian troops in the first line of de-
tense had established contact with
German advance units lin several
sectors of the front, and claimed
at least Is German planes were shot
down. VERY active" operations OF
Belgian fiers and anti-aircraft bat
teries were cited.
Contact Points
Chief points of contact between the
Belgian and German forces were
said to be along the Albert canal
and the Mouse river and in the Ar
dennes mountains facing German
occupied Luxembourg.
Heavily.equipped British and
French TROOPS, bringing up artillery,
tanks and engineering equipment,
moved through Belgium to undls-
closed positions and Nazi bombers
raided Brussels and other COM
munication centers through the Sec
cnd day of the German attack on
the low countries.
German planes also continued to
drop parachute troops.
But the Belgian communicate
claimed neither of these branches
of the German air arm had been
particularly effective. 1t reported
the enemy bombardments, two OF
which were aimed at Brussels, had
caused no important damage" and
that most of the parachute troops
were captured or neutrallzed.'
Brussels was bombed twice this
morning. and two persons were kill
ed while seeking shelter from the
raids. Returning ambulances gave
indication of other casualties. All
raid alarms continued at the rate
of two an hour, but there were no
further importan bombings.
Four Soldiers Killed
A report from Rixensart, about IN
miles from Brussels, said our SOL
Giers were killed in a bombardment
| there. Almost, II. miles west or the
capital. also was reported bombed,
and flights of German planes were
sighted over Namur and Dlnane'
southeast of Brussels.
(DNB, official German news
agency, reported that further to the
southeast. at Liege. 81 miles from
BRUSSELS, German troops captured
a strong fort in front of the town.
For the rest, strict government
censorship was clamped down on al
military information. This applied
to operations on the front, peyoao
the meager word of contact Enaoe
with the enemy, as well as to the
movement of the Allied reinforce
ments.
"a Havas, French news agency
dispatch from Brussels said an estl
mated 80 persons were killed IN the
crash of a German bomber nit by q
shell fred from a British channe
steamer anchored in the canal OF
Villebrug.) .
With German planes reported al
over the country last night, Brus'
sells went through its first black
out of the war in the role of a bel
ligerent. 1t an off without a hitch.
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DEATHS
CLARENCE HIGH

WHITEVILLE, May 11.-Funeral
services will be conducted from
Meares funeral home here tomor-
row afternoon at 8 o'clock for Clar,
enc High, 60, native of Columbus
county who died in Atlanta, Ga,
yesterday.
The Rev. J. r. Phipps, Presbyte-
rian minister here, will have charge
of the last rites, and burial will
follow in Whiteville cemetery, where
the Masons will have a par. in the
service. Surviving are Mr.. Highs
wife, and a number of other rela-
tives. Mrs. W. H. Murphy of White
vile is an aunt of the deceased.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12

S.; second prize, SO; and third prize,
81 for each school.
The Star-News Silver trophy will
be won by the child having the
best garden in the contest and pre-
scented to the school which the win
ner attends.
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POPE FLOYD

WHITEVILLE, May 11.-Frneral
services were conducted near here
this morning at 1890 O'clock for
Tope Floyd, 10, who succumbed to
a lingering illness yesterday. The
Rev. I. P. Hedgepeth of Lumbe1ton
conducted the rites, and burial was
made at Orrum.
Surviving are the young mans
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall
tiers as follows: M. A. Pittman, How
ard, Edward, Coy, Roy, and Ray
Floyd, Misses Hyla Ruth, Martha
Rose, and Hazel Floyd, all of White
vile.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
l. F. GILBERT

Memorial funeral services for
Lieutenant William ?. Gilbert,
who ,7as killed in an airplane
crash at ] angley Field, Virginia
Monday morning of this week, will
be held at Harmony Presbyterian
church at Kerr, in lover Sampson
county, Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
lieutenant Gilbert's plane
crashed in the Atlantic Ocean
while he vas engaged in a routine
gunnery prac mission with
his squadron. The body has not
b. en- recover '. He is survived by
his mother, Mrs. Jennie Gilbert
of Kerr, and two sisters, Sara
Evans Gilbert of Kerr and Mrs.
J. T. Cooper of Raleigh.
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1883 REGISTER
in new HANOVER
Continued from Page o,.,

the elections of two years apo
said. ~
Carney expressed the opinion ~.
the new registration total of
included a large majority of N.
sons eligible to vote in New u.
over county.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12

Contestants in Turkish wrestling
matches seldom r thrown, since
they smear themselves with oil and
are too slippery to grip.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
DR.. j. C.. HAMMOND

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, May
11.-R-Dr. John c.. Hammond,
SO, principal astronomer at the U.
S. Naval Observatory in Wash
ington for more than 20 years,
died III a hospit7l today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
MRS. LIVER STRICKLAND

MRS. LIVER STRICKLAND
CHADBOURN, May 11.-Mrs.
Oliver STR kland, u, died at 9
o'clock FIR. " nigh at her home
in Chadbourn after a weeks ill
ness.
Funeral : rvices will be held at
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from
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Totals -------- 1864 PSI 1S9qs
Evening star., 1940-05-10
EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. g. FRIDAY NAY 10 1910

naents had been attached e an.
nexss to notes handed to the sov.
ernments Of Belgium, the Neither
lands and Luxembourg.
Heinrichs Name Linked.
Minister Frick charged the Meth
erlAnds had maintained the closest
collaboration with Britain in espio-
mage activities against Germany
since 1914. He linked with this the
name 81 the late Prince Consort
Heinrich Of the Netherlands (hus-
band Of Queen Wilhelmina) who
died in July, 1894, saying English
money had gone to Prince Heinrich
to assure cooperation.
He asserted these facts and more
would be brought out In the early
trial Of British Capts. Richard Henry
Stevens and sigismund Payne Best,
who were seized by Gestapo agents
on the Dutch side Of the Neither
lands-G German border last November
8 In connection with the Munich
beer cellar explosion.
Gen. Heinrich Wilhelm Keitel,
chief Of the high command, added
to the weight Of the purported docu-
mentary reason for the German in
vasion Of the Low Countries by writ
ten charges that ever since the
World War Belgium and the Neither
lands had planned to join with
Britain and France against the
Reich.
One of Gen. Keitel's reports said
Evening star., 1940-05-10

that ths entire line .s6 Dutch and
Belgium fortincations faced toward
Germany. In another report he said
British defense organizers had been
at work on the Belgium side Of the
German frontier dnce the beginning
Of the present war.
Minister Frick announced the trial
Of Best and Stevens, who were seized
ct VenloO, on German Soil within q
few feet Of the Netherlands border,
would "unravel the dark plans Of
obscure hon1osexual and anti-social
elements" to bring about q revolu-
ton In Germany. overthrow Fuehrer
Hitler and make peace With Britain
His report said German agents
posing as -Nazis had met with
the British ohacers five times on
Netherlands soil between October 81
and November .. It alleged that
each time Dutch military ofIicials
had provided guards and otherwise
acted to assure . hitchless pro-
cedure."