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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01
ADVANCES
\ LINVILLE MEET
= Gravely, OF Roaring
~ c.ores 4 And 2 Win
''r Aver Hugh c R

.ur1F July 31.-'R-T a l l.
FlN' c,srJes Dudley Of Green
n'' { C.. defeated H. J. Blue
Y, ,,,r,t 2 to / today in the
PA 's,d Of themen's invita-
F., golf tournament. .,,,,;+u;ns
l' ,!,.y who won the qualifying
l.. nI'' Yesterday, played steaally
fa ID. outgoing nine Of the .,d d,rst
the S Dut7 found blue a clever
Fn S.+it yr: dudley really opened Cd
ppsu the incoming nine and ct
ae tn that Blue couldn't keep
9thsF 4 [ssel Charlotte, defeated
l9n1 pa lst Blowing Rock, 3 ana
OK II hasO' Doe. Jr., MONTGOMERY
"V defeated Stuart W. crame r.
b. G 1slTS[te 5 and 4; E. K:
..s Gr'i Roaring Gap, defeated a a
avery VEL nixon. Columbia. S. C., 3
: Q! ROBERT Blair, winston-sa-
dofpated W. J. Yates, Cnar,
as and y Hub Covington, RED
' lt,s q defeated Jack Brown or
ln,SJ 5 and 81 Tully bar
ssss+hon.salem. defeated Willlam
:Vsne, birmingham Ala . ana
r,,oorrow's p%airings; -.
1 ly vs.. Hayes; Doe vs.; Iully
, , Gravely VS.. Patton; Ronert
';- vs. W. J. Yates; and GOV,
vs.. Brown
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R DOWN HURLER

NEW YORK, July 31.-R-Man-
ager Bill McKechnie of the Ma
tional league champion Reds said
today the New York Yankees had
offered pitcher Oral Hildebrand on
a ten-day trial basis.
I'VE don't need him." McKech-
ME said, IF he can't pitch for
a club like the Yanks, he can't
pitch for us. Let 'em send him to
the Newark Bears" z
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WINS O

ASHEVILLE, July 3l.-R-A.
v. Zugates, little sharpshooter from
Indiana, Pa, today missed but
three of 100 targets as he blasted
his way to victory in the Class AA
.410-gauge event of Asheville's
first annual 5000 skeet shoot on
the new eight-rangfe Rhododen-
dron park field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01

Inspiration for Alexander's "Pot
Of Basil" painting was received
from the poem Isabel" by Keats,
which was derived from the Ital-
ian by Giovanni Boccaccio.
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p Q r T S
Mackmen Score 4 To3N
Victory Over Chicago

CHICAGO, July 31.-R-The
Philadelphia Athletics defeated the
Chicago White Sox 4 to 8 tonight,
the loss again preventing Chicago
from tieing the Yankees in their
fight for fourth place in the Amer
lean league.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-01

Erf0rs: Hayes, Webb. Runs batted
in: fresh 2, Moses 2. Rubeling, Webb.
Two base hit: Appling. Three base
hit: fresh. Hcn~ run: Moses. Sacri-
flee: Beckman. Double plays: Rigney.
Webb and Kuhel; Mccoy, Brancato and
Siebert. Left on bases: Philadelphia 3;
Chicago 3. Bases on balls off: Beck
man 3. Rigney"1. Strikeouts by Beck
man 8, Rigney 4. Passed ball: fresh.
Umpires: Grieve, Geisel and Basil.
Time: 1:38. Attendance: (actualy o..
La gaceta., 1940-02-28
YUCATAN KID
CANCELA ACTUARA DE
E FL VIERNES

Tony Cancela ha sido escogi-
do por la direction del Benia,
min Field para que actde de re-
fierce en- la pelea principal de
la noche del viernes o sea la que
Sc efectuara entire Mitsos Girls
pos y Yucatan Kid. AmboS DO.
Xeadores han declarado su con-
formidad con esta selection de
referee.
Ell captain W. H. Peoples, ma
rager de Yucatan Kid, telegra-
flo desde Miami aver diciendo
que Cancela es e mejor referee
que puede hallarse en- Ia costa
oeste de Florida. q
Yucatan Kid, campe6n de pc
so ligero de Mexico, eSta dis
puesto a entrar en- aeci6n y pre-
dice derrotara al griego Girls
pos contra el cual obtuvo una
decisid1 desfavorable iva que
rasult6 tablas) recientemente
en- Miami.
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isl, me invite como sc hace
siempre con un amigo, por me
ra c%ortesial Pero y no subj.
Donde Sc qued6 uStedl
En- Ell coche, que me llev6 q
mi casa, como de costumbre,
cuandO acompahaba al banQue-
70.
Asst listed afirma que no
sub.6 con ell senior Ndhez a su
casa, lverdad?
En- efecto, no subj. 81 chEu
fer puede testimoniarlo.
ESQ IS cosa que Sc aclarara
~eportunamsnte-dijo el juez en-
tono agrio, que extrah6 adn
mas al mdSico- C~onteste US
ted limitandose a mis- indicacio-
mes. listed lleva siempre enei-
ma una c~arbera?
"a Una cartera?... 1911 Esta
-uo q mdsicO, mostrando il
que Qevaba en- 81 bolSiIlo.
-~1Psrt~esmsuhsl EAVA -
La gaceta., 1940-02-28
RFSUITADO DE UN
DESASTRE AEREO

B~uramanga, Colombia, Feb
28.-Once personals, tres de e
las de Norte America, murie-
ron aqui cuando un aeroplano
de la propiedad de la Colombian
German Air Transport Sc vino
= terra, quemAndese a unas 10
millas de Bucaramanga. FL a.
vi6n Sc dirigia desde Bogota q
CucutA.
Los americanos muertos fue-
ron R. NJ. Lecuona, un emplea-
DO de la Arthur Anderson and
Company, de New York, Y la
Sra. Lecuona y IN hijo de 8 a.
nos de edad.
FL aeroplano fracas6 en- un
intento de aterrizar al ser sor-
prendido por una eSpesa ME
bla existente a Ia saxon sobre to
do ell territorio de Bucaraman-
ga.
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LAS LUcHAs DE MANANA

FL encuentro principal de las
Iuchas de maEiana en- Ell stadium
local sera entire dos parejas in
tsgradas por Tom Mahoney y
Jim Wright de una parte y Pc
ter Maganoff y Herbie Free
man de la otr
En- ell encuentro semi-final,
Marvin Jones sc enfr:ntara con
el griego Nick Bacalis, y Fritz
Schnable y Stanley Pinto abri-
ran el programa en- Ia primerA
'ucha.
FL promoter Frank Abbott es.
pera una buena concurrencia {
estas luchas, dado 10 excelente
del programa.
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creciente,

creciente,
II Haga listed memorial
-Msmoria, Jde que?
DE 10 que habia sobre Ia
mesa en- el saloncillo donde ha-
bio listed anoche con ell senior
Nihez Perez.
No puedo recordarlo.
-Bien-concedi6 el juez-.
I listed acompah6 al banquero a
su casa anoche. verdad?
En- efecto. Fui con 81 en- su
coche.
-tQuien iba con ustedes?
Made. Fl ehaufer. Don Ro
drigO me invitaba muchas We
ces a retirarme con e, cuando
sc quedaba en- ell teatro.
y anoche, Use qued6 don
Rodrigo en- su casa, como de
costumbre?
ST, senor.
INo 10 invite a listed a su-
Dir 81 pisOi
La gaceta., 1940-02-28
.SCALZO Y FLORES
HICIER0N TABLAS

New York, Feb. 2s.-El puer
torriqueno Primo Flores y Pc
tey Scalzo, hicieron tablas su
pelea a 8 rounds anoche ante
s,400 spectators en- el Coli
scum.
Flores, que pesaba 1876 li5ras,
hizo caer a Ia Iona A wees a 81
contrincante en- los tres prime
ros rounds, pero el neoyorquino
Sc repuso en- los 1ltimos rounds,
igualando la pelea. Scalzo pc
saba 1874.
Scalzo utilize un uppercut
muy effective en- los ultimns
rounds y al terminar la pelea te
MIA a su contrincante CISCO com
~pletamente del ojo izquierdo.
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FUE NOQUEADO
RICHARD HERNANDEZ

Clearwater, Feb. 2S.-RuSter
Carroll, de Miami, boxeador &c
peso welter, derrot6 por X. o. d
Richard Hernandez, de la mis-
ma division, en- ell segundo asal-
to de la pelea principal efectua-
da bajo los auspicios de la Le-
gidn Americana en- eSta, aRo-
che.
Petey Powell, de ia libras,
tambien de Tampa, obtuvo una
victoria por K. o. teenico sobre
Kid Cyclone, otro tampeho. La
pelea termin6 en- e septimo
round que fue cuando sus Sc
gundos arrojaron la toalla al
ring despues de haber sido SD
boxeador arrojado a la Iona .
wees eonsecutiyas.
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En- efecto, senior juez-cOn
test6 e mdsico, conteniendo un
suspiro.
Il erfectamente, perfeeta-
mente!... Y, desde luego, podra
listed administrators noticias
muy interesantes acerca del en-
venenamiento del senior Ndhez
Perez. lno es asi tambien2
Gustavo contest6 con inmen-
sa extraneza:
-sYo?... iYo he sido el PR
ner sorprendido haoe una bora,
c1ando he leido Ia notieial
FL iuez no pudo disimular u
na levisima sonrisa, que hizo
fruncir el ceho a Gustavo.
Luego aqua Gambia una nue.
va mirada con el secretario Y Ell
escribano, que iba fernando Ia
declaration.
-GSorpnndido?..
-iSorprendido, 81 sehorl-
repiti6 GustaSO fruDeiendo mAs
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ell ceno.
Y, alarmado, sacramento alar
mado por Ia ironia que rezu-
maban las palabras del juez, a.
hadi6:
1Por que no habia de sor-
prenderms Ia noticia de Ia muer
he de un amigo milo, con el que,
anoche precisamente, habia es-
tado yO hablando?...
Fl juez pregunt6 vivamente,
cambiando de tono y muy serio
shora:
An! listed eStuvo anoche
con el senior Ndnez Perez, no
es asf?
En- efecto. 70 soy director
de la orquesta del music-hau 70
les. que TODD Madrid sabe per-
tenecia 3 don Rodrigo. que, a Ia
vez era. su empreSario, Y NADIA
de extraho tiene que yo hablan
con q cast cada noche...
Ia CUE bora Do U6 listed
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les!
ST.
mo, senior juezl No recuer
do. iVamos, 20 no vi NADIA
Hubo un silencio.
Fl juez lie miraba fijamenbe,
obstinadamsnte, como solo sa-
ben mirar los jueces cuando
quieren deScubrir el fond0 de
las almas.
Gustavo comenzaba a inmu-
tarse, a extranarse de este in
terrogatorio tan minucioso Y
tan extrano.
tQue guerra decir TODD eSto?
Fl p~ensamiento era tan terri
ble, tan feroz y tan injusto, que
Gustavo no Sc atrevfa a tradu-
cirlo con palabras, cast no se a.
trevia q formularlo...
lHaSta decirlo, hssta pensar-
10 era impoSihlei
n jusG cOudua6 ecu iCOata
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anoche por Ultima vezi
@Sobre Ia una de Ia madru-
gada. Cuando va Sc terminaba
Ia function.
D6nde lie vic listed?
En- el Folies, en- Ell mismo
teatro.
1Quiero decir en- que sitio
del teatro.
En- I'm saloncino del piso
bajo.
Estuvieron ustedes solos?
Solos. ST.
zY de que hsblaron?
-lDe que h~ablamos?.. p. FDe
todo y de NADIA! De Jas nuevas
actrices, porque habia habido a.
noche dos debuts; de Ia orques-
ia. de cOsas de- teatrO... De ma
dal
-iRecuerda listed ST habia
sobre Ia mesa de ese saloneillo
una bandeja con pasteks?
@Una bandeja con paste
La gaceta., 1940-02-28
La GACETA

Il peri6dico en- idiomA Espahcl
De mas circuIacion en- lamps
yirtoriano Manteiga, Editor
Subscription semanal: 20 c.
.3Os Ia. Ave-, Ybor City, Fla.
Telefono Y 1892
La gaceta., 1940-02-28
La Gaoeta Folletin No. rs
TONIC U
LA MUCHACHA
DE LA GALE

Cinco minutes despues, Gus
tavo, aeompahsdo de sus ami
Cos. penetraba en- e salon don
de estaba e. Juzgado.
"a juez, IN hombre eslvo y
entrecano, orden6 a Gusiavc
cue Sc acercara al estrada. misr
tras Aranguren. Lopez Muro y
Rios, quedaban entire los ban
COS destinados a. pdblico.
F. juez y e secretario cam
biaron una mirada de inteligen-
cia.
Y el primero eomenz6 a pre-
Runtar con VOC silbante:
listed es el senior don Gus
tavo de Ia Gandara. tno e. aSil
La gaceta., 1940-02-28
OEPORTE
Lads SAFE A LA DEFEN
SA DE LOS FANATICS

Ell comisionado de baseball
X. NJ. lands estuvo aver ms
peccionando los terrenos de-
Parque de Plant donde habra
&c celebrarse el desafio esbelar
a beneficio de los finlandeses, y
asisti6 tambien a las practices
de los rojos del Cincinnati.
e. gar peloteril decidi6 luego
reSpecto al desafio anunclado,
que Sc ~efectuara el II de mario,
que la venta de tickets de a 80
centavos no debe de iniciarse
todavia.
Duo lands que hacia este pa
"a proteger a los fanatics POI
bres, evitando asi la oportuni-
dad de que dichos tickets caigan
en- manos de revendedores y ten
gan luego dichos fanaticos que
pagan mas por clos.
FL dia del desafio Sc abriral
las puertas de los terrenos a las
10 de la manana, creyendo que
con tempo bastante no habra
ninguna dificultad en- colocar a
la muchedumbre que sc espera.
Entretanto los tickets reser-
vados Sc estan vendiendo con
rapidez y Sc espera salir de to-
dos ellos en- breve.
Algunas personals estan pa
gando los tickets a mucho mas
de su valor, Siendo uno de ellos
John Lardner, escritor neoyor-
quino que Sc halla de ~vacaciones
en- Clearwater; este envi6 S25
por IN ticket que solo vale IS Y
regalando los otros $50 al fon-
La gaceta., 1940-02-28
LAS DE AVER

Muy interesantes r~esuttaron
las carreras de anoche en- la pis-
ia de perros de Sulphur Spring.
Muchas de nuestras seleccioneS
dc aver entraron en- primer II.
gar V otras en- segundo 0 terce'
no.
Las selecciones de los INTEL,
gentes para las carreras de hoy
son como sigue:
IPrimera cGTTerG:
Tommy Howk, Officer Full.
ton Y So Ready.
ISegundd cdrrera:
Sturdy Sam, Crook Y Extra
Tax.
Tercera caTrerd;
Bit D'MarSh, knight Hawk
~ Half Dead.
Cuartd cdrreTG:
Court Drama, Rock Springs
y Vankob.
Quintd cdTTerG:
Play Suit, Silky Boy, Pliany
Dan.
Sertd c0rrerd.
Ladies' Mistake, gky Way
Y Glory Seal.
S6ptimd cGrrerd:
Red Sailor, Texas Eagle y
Well Paid.
OctaUd carTerd:
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Hugo, Sondra y Tiny Pat.
NoVend cdTTerd:
Denver Lad, Cotton Market
y Millionaire.
DecimG cu7reru:
Oh Hector, Teal Blue y GAY
Jockey.
0ncend cdrTerG:
Rocky Prince, Super X y
Midwest.
La gaceta., 1940-02-28

Dos peleas de 8 rounds, ade-
mas de la principal y otra de 6
rounds cOmpletan Ell programa,
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do para los finlandesos.
Los rojos del Cincinnati han
estado practicando aver y hoy
con gran empeho bajo Ia direc-
lci6n del manager McKechnie y
/! los Coaches Hank Gowdy J
Jimmy Wilson.
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Waterbury Savings Bank
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man leader indicated that, In anti
cipation Of O triumphal entry into
French capital-as he had entered
Vienna, Prague and Warsaw-he
had expressed qualification at the
decision Of the French high COM
mand to proclaim Paris an open
city, and TO spare 1t o bodmbard-
Iment
He had expressed the desire to
his encourage, at his field headquar-
tiers, spokesman said, that Paris be
left unchanged, especially Its
buildings and It's art treasures. It
was desire natural In one who
had been q painter In youth and
who. always interested In architec-
ture, had designed many of the
monumental structures erected to
express the Nail theology Of might
and duration.
Great was the triumph OF the bat
tie for Paris, first world capital to
fall TO q conqueror since the Ger
mans under King william and
Bismarck had taken Paris In 1871,
and william had been proclaimed
emperor.
But Otto Dietrich, personal press
representative Of Hitler, declared to
foreign correspondents here with
the army Of the west, that Hitler re-
garded this as but an incident Of
his road Of conquest, q road that
he was determined should see the
end Of the domination" Of the
"plutocracies."
$50 long as weapons are speak
Ing. Germany has nothing to say Of
peace" Dietrich said, after weeks In
Hitler's personal encourage. I'VE
have made repeated offers Of q
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work Of strengthening the line con.
tinued.
In the first eight months Of the
war 1900 concrete blockhouses were
added and 1900 miles Of trenches
and anti-tank trenches were dug.
Troops worked q total Of $4,000.
900 hours on the Maginot line dur
Ing the first eight months Of the
war. They poured concrete equal TO
three.fourths OF the volume OF the
great pyramid OF Egypt and utiliz-
cd six times as much steel Oh that
required for construction Of the Elf.
fel Tower.
The line Is provided with heavy
stores OF ammunition, food and 9th.
or supplies 50 that 1t can carry on
the battle for O long period without
communication with the outside
world. II 10 believed the forts may
be provided with supplies for ok
months unless ammunition reserves
have been drawn upon to carry on
the war on the other fronts.
Turkey, Spain Status
Turkish newspapers have begun TO
express the possibility that Turkey
may be involved In the war against
italy.
They took o cynical attitude on
ITALIAN Premier Benito Mussolini,s
assurances that the countries Dor.
dering the eastern Mediterranean,
including Turkey, would not become
war theeteF9.
"There Is no one who attaches any
Importance TO the German and
Italian assurances" the Yenisabah
said.
I'VE think Italy went 10 unneces.
sary trouble 10 give assurances to
the countries bordering on the
Eastern Mediterranean. We do not
believe that any Of the countries he
(Mussoiini) mentioned has taken
his words seriously, and they commit
O grave ifnprudetlce II they neglect
measures Of precautio nand de-
fense."
The Newspaper Ikdam said, "Itaiy
will pay dearly for the great mistake
she has made" 1kdafsi doubted that
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Attacked On AlIFronts
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troops asSautling the whole fortified line in the saar
region.
Behind the Magnot Line the Germans storned Dead
Mans Hill - famous Hill NO. 304 where thousands were
killed In the World War. They were pushing into the
Argonne and slashng through Champagne, across and
cations with the Maginot Line-the life lines.
Waves Of German Troops
Waves Of German troops stored around each side Of
Paris plunging across the Seine and pounding toward
Tours Temporarily Of the French government Radio
reports said that already the French government had fled
Tours for the comparative safety Of Bordeaux far south
the Garonne
German Claims Are Growing
The German claims poured out in almost unbroken
succession That six allied transports had been sunk and
three more damaged north Of lie Havre that the British
auxiliary cruiser Scoutstoun had been SUNK that Vile
Francois east Of the Marine had been captured that
i2000-ton ship had been sunk in convoy
British Give Some Hope
Against this black picture of the Allied cause came
word from southeast British port that an unending
stream Of British troops and guns and material being
That was the Emergency British Expeditionary
Force It comprised all the troops and equipment which
the British could scrape together The British strip
ping their home defenses despite the imminent peril
OF German invasion Of the British Isles - to give peril
what aid was possible In the hour Of need
There was little word from Italy beyond the report OF
the French1taan clash In the Alps and reports Of an
encounter Of Italian desroyers and French warshps the
Mediterranean. The sinking Of two Allied submarines
was claimed The remainder Of italian activity appeared to
be scattered bombngs In Africa and at Fayence west Of
Nice.
What position Turkey will take was still uncertain but
the Turkish press was discussing Turkish entry into the
war in terms Of It's immediate possibility This was bal
anced by the signing OF German-Tu trade treaty
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TO renditions of other patriotic Ger
man airs,
Celebration Called For

man AIRS,
Celebration Called For
The announcement calling for
German celebration Of the conquest
of Paris:
ION the occasion Of the great vic
tory of German troops In France
which today was crowned by the
entry into Paris as well as victorious
ending of the fighting In Norway,
the whole of Germany at the
fuehrer's orders In honor Of German
soldiers will be heflagged for three
days, Church bells will ring for
one quarter of an hour"
Church bells In Berlin began ring
Ing at l:l0 p, m. Gas q, m, EDIT
AS the chuheh bells pealed, radio
announeers said that to-day we
think above all of the fuehrer and
our brave soldiers who made posi-
BILE today's historic event"
AS news Of the German entry Of
Paris swept through the world 1t
was reported here that the Germans
were making O double drive to en-
circle the main French Maginot line
In an attempt to crush French re-
sistance quickly and completely.
Hitler Hears Report
With the German Army on the
West, June i4-(UP)-Adolf Hitler,
World war lancet corporal, awaited
at his fuehrer headquarters today
the official report that his Nazi
armies had entered Paris as those
Of the German kaiser had failed ia
do In 1914 and 1918.
Spokesman for the supreme Ger
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Maginot Line
The Maginot Line, attacked today
BY the Germans, Is q 126-mile bar
rier Of steel and concrete erected by
France at o cost Of $500 900 900 to
protect her eastern frontier against
Germany.
II runs from Montmedy on the
north to the Swiss frontier. It's
depth varies from 10 to so miles.
The line is as nearly ifnpregnable
as French military ingenuity could
make It. All types Of fortifcations
comprise the defense system--huge
underground galleries with electric
railroads and special ventiiating
systems, massive blockhouses, con-
crete pillboxes and mile after mile
Of tank traps and troop barriers.
30 thoroughly Ia the line inechan-
lied that only q small number Of
fortress troops are required 10 oper-
ate Its machinery and weapons. The
minimum number is O military Sc.
cret but one estimate Is 10000 troops.
The guns Of the Maginot Line,
many OF them operated electrically,
are located to lay o continuous cur
tain Of fire on oil approaches to the
fertilization While some OF the
guns are In fixed positions TO fire
east into Germany, most Of them can
be turned In any direction and could
be employed TO beat of attempts to
take the positions from the rear.
The forts-whIle inter- connected
are devised 30 that the fall OF any
single unit does not affect the abil-
ity Of the remaining strong points
TO resist. Great steel doors, like
those OF bank vaults, can be closed
to cut off communication through
underground passage ways between
the forts.
Named After Designer
The line was designed and begun
by Andre Maginot who was q ser.
geant at verdun during the World
War. Started In 1920, work on II
has been carried on continuously.
Even after the start Of the war The
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TO BE GAINING
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Britlsh HeatAn Back

British Beaten Back
British troops attempting to cross
the Ethiopian border from Kenya,
near Moyale, were thrown back, the
communique said, One British off,
Ger, O i1oi1-comnnissioned ofacer and
@ number Of soldiers were captured
In this engagement, the communi.
cue said.
Two italian planes were lost In
the bombing attacks on Port Sudan
and Alden, the communicate said,
and one was lost In the raid on Tu-
nisia.
Allied aviation bombed "various
points" In Eritrea but caused only
slight damage and lost one of their
planes, the communyque said.
Italians, initiated to the war by
three days Of eaoradic cir fighting,
expected the war TO develop on o
large scale In Africa soon.
The break-oR Of Egyptian Italian
diplomatic relations, reports that
the British would use Kenya as O
spring-board for attacks on Italian
Somaliland and Ethiopia, and
French Premier Paul Reynaud's de-
claration that France would, II
necessary, fight from her African
colonies, convinced italian military
leaders that the decisive phases OF
their war with the Allies would be
fought In the African deserts.
The growing tension between
italy and Turkey gave increased
Importance to italian relations with
Russia. The Russian ambassador,
Nicholas 0orelking, arrived In Rome
yesterday. Turkey and Russia have
been friends for 40 years. Turkeys
alliances with France and Britain
are imperative against Russia. Thus
italian felt that resumption OF nor
NAL relations, between italy and
Russia might help maintain peace
In the near East, since Turkey prob
ably would be reluctant to enter the
war against the wishes Of Russia
Egypt's action was interpreted
gravely here. II was said that Ital-
ian forces were awaiting any event.
uality along the Libyan frontiers on
Egypt and the lo-Egptian su-
dan.
Air raids and continuous recon.
naissance flights were being carried
out by British and italian flyers
over East Africa. Italians said they
would have to bear the brunt OF
fighting In Africa, while Germany
hattled In Europe.
Rome's Radio News
New York, June IA - (U.P.) -
The Rome radio reported today that
italian destroyers encountered
French warships In the central
Mediterranean and after "brisk
fighting" the French retired, ape
parently without losses.
The radio said that the French
naval base Of Toulon again was
bombed and one italian plane failed
to return.
The Rome radio said that q tank
attack by British forces on the
frontier Of Libya was repulsed BY
italian force sin North Africa. The
radio did not say when the attack
occurred.
On the Kenya-S omaliland from
tier In East Africa, British native
troops also were repulsed after q
dash into italian Somaliland. It
said. One British ofiicer and two
native non-commissioned officers
were captured.
Both Moyale, In Kenya, and the
British port Of Alden on the Red
Sea were bombed the radio said.