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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-25
bOULOGNE HAS
FALLEN CLAIM
NAz| SOURCES
Calais Also Reported Sur.
rounded; Flanders Ring
Cloud
1000, 900 ALLIED
TROOPS ENCLOSED
Vimy Ridge of World War
Fame Again Scene OF
Fierce Battle
BY JOSEPH w. GRIGG. JR.
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

BY JOSEPH w. GRIGG, JR.
united Press Staff Correspondent
Berlin, May rs. 49, CUP --
The high command said
today that the English Chan
mel port OF Boulogne had
fallen to swiftly-striking Ger
man mechanical units, that
Calais had been surrounded
and that the iron ring
around Allied armies In
Flanders had been strength
ened and finally closed"
The closing OF tho vast German
trap around on estimated 1000 900
French, British, and Belgian troops
In Flanders and Artols was achieved,
the high command said, by the
rapid advance along the channel
coast and by the forward march OF
German ARMIES through Belgium.
Take Client
In Belgium the communicate said,
the Germans took Client and Cour.
trail and smashed through TO cap
ture the famous World War battle
ground at Vlmy Ridge.
(Vimy Ridge was the scene OF
fierce World War fighting In which
Canadian forces were engaged.)
The Heights between Llllers,
Saint Omer and Gravelines q
hilly area extending from O point
Just west OF the great French city
Of Lille TO Just cast OF Calais --
was reported occupied by Germans.
Attack Frontier
The high command said the Ger.
mans between RoubaiX and Valen-
ciennes launched q strong attack
on French frontier Notifications IN
an effort TO smash the main Allied
lines In Flanders and especially IN
the Lille Sector.
Germans also attacked northwest
ward on both sides OF Douai, which
Is In the line between Valcncienncs
and Arras, or the southern front OF
the trapped Allied forces.
The high command said that the
Belgian army, the French first,
seventh and ninth armies and the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-25
BRITAIN LAUNCHES
QUICK ROUNDUP
Fifth Column" Activities
to Be Curbed-U. S. En-.
bassy EmplOye Held

London, May 25-(UP)--An en-
ploye of the American embassy was
reported under arrest today, and the
former counselor Of the Austrian le-
cation was known to be under de-
tention In q "fifth column" roundup
which extended to all Of ireland and
brought reports that terrorlstic Irish
Republican Army" had planned an
uprising this weekend.
American embassy officials dis
claimed knowledge of the reported
arrest OF one of the members of their
staff. admitting only that they had
heard the report Of the arrest.
Other well informed sources said
that no Officer" Of the embassy was
involved and pointed out that the
embassy employed several hundred
persons including Britons.
The home Office said only that 1t
had no information and could not
discuss the reported arrest.
Adolf Charles Kunz, who was
counselor of the Austrian legation
ullIii ftuOiA 1kAOACk cCA1CN AAAo OOuAAtA
in March. 1888, was seized yesterday
in Scotland Yards fifth column
roundup In the British Isles.
He Is a son-in-law OF the fifth
Baron Radstock by his marriage In
1898 to the Honorable Esther VALDEZ
grave, the baron's elder daughter.
She was SO when she married.
1t was indicated that the drive
against people suspected Of being
potential agents Of the Germans in
event OF an invasion was only be-
ginning. II seemed to be gaining
momentum steadily, and 1t was inti-
mated that before long prominent
people, associated before the war
with Anglo German institutions and
the "appcasement" Of Hitler. might
be involved.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-25
3 BRITISH AIRMEN
SHOT BY MISTAKE
Anti-Parachute Police Rid
die Them in Northern
Ireland

Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 25
-CUP)-Three British air force
aviators, mistaken for German para
chute troops, were wounded during
the night when special Ulster anti
parachute police opened fire on
them with rifles,
The police had become tensely
watchful because OF reports that
the outlawed Irish Republican
Army" had planned ali uprising this
week. There had been a dramatic
sweep by soldiers and police on Re-
publican elements throughout Ire
land. and when the aviator's auto
mobile failed to respond to chal-
lenge to halt, the police fired.
Returning from short leave, the
airmen were approaching an Ulster
airdrome. AS their car passed de-
spite the challenge. the anti-para-
chute police-special "B' constables
just put on duty-opened up with
their rifles. They riddled the car
with bullets and wounded all three
aviators In the chest and legs. The
car crashed into ditch.
Seventy-six IRA" men had been
arrested In northern Ireland and
80 In the state Of Fire today, and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-25
Gee ENROLLEES
TO BE TRAINED

Washington, May 25.--CUP)--Di-
rector James j. McEntee Of the
Civilian Conservation Corps said to-
day that an additional 500 CCC
enrollees will be provided training
as apprentice seamen and radio men
BY the U. S. maritime commission.
The youths--between 10 and %
years Of age--will be selected from
among enrolleeS with one-year or
more camp experience. They will
begin training about July at Gallups
Island, Boston, and st. Petersburg
Fla.
They will be paid $2l a month
during the training period and will
be classified as second class sea-
men, with $36 month wage, al
completion Of the course.
The CCC selected 600 other en-
rollees for similar training last
October and earlier this month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-25
COAST GUARD OFF
ON TRAINING CRUISE

New London, Conn.,, May IS --(U
Po = The Cutters Sebago and Sar-
anac left here today with lot first
and third class cadets of the u. s.
Coast Guard Academy for train
ing cruise to Pacific coast ports
They will return August 10.
The original intinerary. which in
cluded ports-of-call in the Carri-
bean and Azores. was altered be-
cause OF war conditions. II was ex-
pected the cutters would go through
the Panama Canal and put In at
Pacific coasts ports and return by
the same route.
Commander N. G. Ricketts, of the
Sebago is squadron commander.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-25
DIES OF WOUNDS

Worcester, Mass, May rs = (U.
PD - John opposite, %, OF Shrews-
bury died at hospital yesterday OF
gunshot wounds allegedly inflicted
two weeks ago by his father, Mat
seo. So. The e.der opposite. held on
a murdercus assault charge IS
urder mental observation at Wor-
ecker sea- hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-25
RIETHER ESTATE
TOTALS $S5,925
Inventory Filed in Probate
Court; Stocks Amount.
ed TO $4,000

The late william =. Riether, re-
tired meat market operator and
active fraternal member, left an
estate Of $e5, 925. rs, II Is disclosed In
an inventory fled with Judge Pat
rick Healey In probate court today,
stock holdings make up $4,000 OF
the estate, with a bank account to-
falling over $4,000 and the only
other item In the estate being listed
at $500.
Mr.. Riether, who died March 10,
operated O meat market In the
downtown section. He was trustee Of
the Waterbury Lodge OF Elks, a 90
year member Of Nosahogan Lodge
Of Odd Fellows, and member OF
several other fraternal groups.
His will, admitted to probate sew
eral weeks ago, provides for be-
quests of 5000 each to two daugh-
tiers, Clara A. and Minnie Riether,
with the rest Of the estate TO 60 TO
his wife, Annie.
The inventory lists the following
stocks:
lis shares, American Tel.
and Tel. Co. .......,,... $40, 296
10 shares, citizens and
Manufacturers Nat. Bank 1850
SO shares, Conn. Natl Rem
dering Corp. .....,...... 1850
$50 shares, Conn. Light and
Power, pfd. ..,.,...,.,.,. 1880
II shares, Conn. Light and
Power, com. ........... l,v55
1850 shares, Lux Clock Mfg.
Co. ................... 1880
90 shares, Scovill Mfg. Co. l,740
600 shares, Swift and Co. 1928
100 shares, Washington Gas
Light Co. ............... 2,sl2
IS shares, Waterbury Trust
Co. 2,i00
A bank account at the Waterbury
Trust Company contained $10,4l7.25.
A car Is listed at $500.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-25
THE WORLD WAR
rs YEARS AGO,
MAY Is, 1915
,By United Pressl

lBy United Prcss)
Brn.- lot warship Triumph
In he Dar... ~"lles.
Crrm,n ZANE, ra'dcd Kent
q, is"" veg: geo ras-
! vi reneN cd o.
tern rsont IN battles Of
sssmsyi ind Strs u. Galicla.
American steamship Nebraskan
scrpeaa~d by U-boat on coast Of
s~attana.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-25

We feature dali, and Sundays Fresh
Hot Rolls. open Sundays 4 .. m. 20 II
p m. schneider's, IS q. Main. st.--Adv
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-25
Used New Bases

SSNV ANCW AbaSNo
II was indicated that the German
planes might have come from new
German air bases IN Holland, OPP
posite Norfolk and Suffolk.
An air raid alarm was sounded
early in the morning along the east
coast. People took to shelter and
British fighter planes went up TO
meet the invaders.
Farther south, people watched
gigantic fire which burned in the
Boulogne- Calais area and listened
to the rumble Of gun fire as British
warships shelled the coastal road
between Boulogne and Calais.
Smelling BOulOgne
Admiralty authorities refused IN
formation but refugees reported
that Allied warShips were Smelling
the outskirts of Boulogne and that
German artillery was blasting away
at the warships.
1t was indicated that the road
under fire was secondary one
roughly paralleling and close to the
coast between Boulogne and Calais.
The main arterial road between the
towns is some distance inland.
British royal air force planes
hurtled across the channl and
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Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
s.,as .Iohless Pnld ss9.esa b Weed

For the third consecutive week.
benefit payments of the Unemploy-
ment Compensation Commission
have reached an all-time high. For
the week that ended Feb. 2l. 1885
payments. totaling $29.623.5O were
made. against the 3,451 payments
and $2S.4G of the previous record
week.
The number of claims also set
new mark, SURPRISING by eight the
1857 that were recorded in the week
o: March 3, 1899. Initial claims.
however, continued to show de-
cline. decreasing from 649 last week
10 5S7 during the past week Cumu-
lative initial claims since Jan. ! to-
tai G,991.
Wilbert Rawley. who was appoint
ed member of the commission by
Gov. Richard C. McMullen on Thurs
day, attended his first meeting Fri
day in Wilmington. He had been
given the oath of office by Herman
c. Taylor. notary public of Dover. J.
Writ Willis. commission chairman.
presided.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
WEEDS FOURTH TIME

Medford l.. Watson, Sr., so years
old, marrying funeral director" of
SeafOrd. has again launched upon the
seas of matrimOny.
Mr.. Watson and Mrs. Mary Keiser
Hanlin, 81, formerly of Newport
News, Va. housekeeper in Watson's
home. were married Saturday even
ing, February II. at their residence
by the Rev. John L. Johnson of Sea-
ford. Friendship between the couple
which rapidly developed shortly af-
ter Mrs. Hanlin assumed her duties
as hOusekeeper, eliminated in the
fourth marriage for Mr.. Watson and
the third within the last four years.
His first wife died about four years
ago.
The couple was attended by Mrs.
Henry Delmas of Hampton, Va,
daughter of the bride. and Mrs. L. C..
King. Jr.. of Seaford, daughter of the
bridegroom.
Mr.. Watson entered the undertake
ing business at the age Of IL, as an
assistant to his late father. He went
to SeafOrd from Selbyville over 40
years ago and has seven living chill
dren by his first wife. The couple are
spending their honeymoon at Sea-
ford
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
Clippings
from "UNCLE NICKs
OF MILFORD DELAWARE

Three P. f. ReetOrs Accept Posts
Three Protestant Episcopal rec
tors from other dioceses have an
nOunced acceptances to calls to
churches within the diocese of Della
ware.
The Rev. DR.. Richard W. Trap
nell of Bayside, L. l., will become
rector of St. Luke's Church, Seaford,
and st. Mary's in Bridgeville, and
the Rev. Andrew Z. F. Anderson,
rector of st. Marks Church, Moscow,
Idaho, has accepted a call to become
rector of Emmanuel Church, New
Castle.
DR.. Trapnell is returning to the
diocese in which he served for is
years as rector of st. Andrews
Church, Wilmington. He is expected
to assume his new duties about the
middle of April.
He will fill the vacancy created
by the resignation recently of the
Rev. r. r. Gibson, who became rec
tor of Calvary Church. Hillcrest.
DR.. Walter W. Ellis, senior warden
of Christ Episcopal Church, Della
ware City, announced Sunday that
the Rev. DR.. Earl Hunter Perry of St.
Peters Church. UniontOwn. Pa. has
accepted a call to Christ Church. He
will arrive there early in March. DR..
Perry was accompanied by Mrs. Per-
ry and their daughter Priscilla.
DR.. Perry entered the ministry Of
the Episcopal Church in the diocese
of Pittsburgh after having practised
medicine for a number of years.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
LnnreI Woman Yictlm oil Fnmes

Mrs. Mary c. GOrdy, 43 years old,
wife of Reese o. Gordy, was found
dead in their car in the garage at
the rear of their home on the
Laurel-H Hearn's crossroads about $50
o'clock Wednesday morning, Febru-
airy q. A hose from Il vacuum
cleaner had been run from the eX-
haust pipe of the car into the car
window. The engine was running
when she was found by servant.
The coroner deemed an inquest un-
necessary.
She is survived by her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John d. Collins, of near
Laurel; her husband, Reese o. Cor
dy, representative from the Fifth
Representative district at the last
session of the Legislature; two
daughters. Barbara, junior at the
University of Delaware, Mary Fran
ces, and one son. William, students
at Laurel school; one sister. Mrs.
Carmel Moore, and one brother, Paul
Collins, near Laurel
The funeral was held from the
home Saturday morning at 10 O'Clock
with the Rev. Lee Elliott officiating.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01

lost our seasonal demand. We are no
longer dependent on the season for
fresh fruits and vegetables, we OBJ
tain Strawberries, lima beans; string
beans. tomatoes, etc, at Christmas
time, as well Us in the summer,
therefore, we have no seasonal de-
mand for our nearby products.
Farm products transported long
distances, must be in first class con-
dition, otherwise they would not
carry well, and thus Delaware grow
ers must compete in our nearby mar
kets with the real Cream of the
Crop" produced in other sections.
They send to our markets their very
highest quality, carefully graded,
hacked in attractive packages, and
in many cases highly advertised.
Most Delaware farmers are fully
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
1893 Delaware Youths Have
Served In the ICC

Since the Civilian Conservation
Corps was started in April, 1888, g.
GJ5 Delaware youths have served A.
073 enrollments an analysis prepared
by Wentworth H. Deverell, super
visor of selection in Delaware,
shows. OF the AS Delaware boys in
camps at the present time, PIG are
white. Delaware camps house 1S5
white and 179 Negro youths of the
group, New Jersey camps have two
whites and 90 Negroes, while 20
white boys are situated in the Ninth
Corps Area of the Pacific North
west. White enrOllees totaling 1850
have served 3,342 enrollments, and
Cos Negro youths have served 73l
enrOllments.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
Accident Board Gets Self.InSurerS
Taxes

A total of $6,O97.37 was turned
over to the state treasury department
Monday by officials of the Industrial
Accident Board. representing taxes
paid by self-insurers TO the board
for the privilege of carrying their
own insurance. This privilege is
granted under provisions of the Del
aware Compensation Law of 1917 as
amended.
This amount represents an in
crease of about $3.50 over that paid
in 1888. The accident board also re-
ported today that the Manufacturers
Casualty Insurance Company had
been given the privilege of writing
workmen compensation insurance in
Delaware, and that the company had
turned in to William J. Swain. state
insurance commissioner. $25.000 in
L. S. Treasury bonds.
This amount must be deposited be-
fore the board can grant the privi-
lcgc of writing insurance to firm.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
Nearly 100 Applicants Needed fOr
IpiDSic CamD

Nearly 100 applicants for the col
ored CCC camp at Leipsic will be
needed in a few weeks. says Went
worth H. Deverell. supervisor of CCC
selection for Delaware.
The cOlOred camp was established
two years ago. and most of the pres
ent enrollees will have to give up
their CCC jobs by the end of March,
as the maximum time for CCC SER
vice is now set at two years.
Mr.. Deverell says about 100 appli-
cants. both white and cOlOred. have
been received for the CCC camps
here for the April enrolment period.
No word has been received as to the
Delaware quota for enrolment at
tllat time.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01

Girl Is HOnOred For Wildlife Aid
Miss Marie McGinnes of Hazlett-
Vile, a member of the Union All
Club, has been given the first award
for outstanding wildlife cOnserva-
tiOn work to a member of a state
All club. Miss McGinnes, student
at Caesar Rodney High School, is the
only girl in Delaware who under
took a pheasant raising project. The
State Board of Game and Fish Com
missioners presented the award.
The girl raised pheasants to IL
weeks of age and sold them to the
state board for release on game re-
fuges. She will receive bevy of six
bObwhite quail to be released on her
farm.
Irwin Pender of the Middletown
All Club was given second award
of a pair of ringneck pheasants for
his conservation work.
Horace CHM, Smyrna, represen-
tstive of the Stronghold All Club;
Richard Phillips of Port Penn OF the
MiddletOwn club; Henry and JACK
Dukes, Odessa; Helen Downes OF
Stump Corner club and Franklin
Schafer. Blackbird club, were given
honorable mention by the board.
Increased appropriations for al
Club bird raising projects in 1910
has resulted in a larger number OF
club boys and girls making applica-
tiOn to raise game under the super
vision of the State Board of Game
and Fish Commissioners and extern
sion department of the University of
Delaware.
Chief Game Warden Ralph c. Will
son announces that all applications
for bird raising projects must be
filed before April Is. There will be
five projects in each county.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
RchObOth Man Finds Roll Of Old
Bank Notes

Joseph II. Steelman, resident of
Rehoboth. took a stroll down the
beach several days ago. and sudden
ly thought he had found the end of
the rainbow.
A bulging roll of bank-notes. with
several of large denominations show
ing, lay at his feet. Even when Mr..
Steelman picked up the roll and dis
covered the bills consisted of four
Confederate and two Union bank
notes dating back as far as 1900. he
wasn't discouraged.
He wrote a letter to the City
Trust Company of New York." which
bank had issued most of the bills,
and asked them if they had any
value.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
CHANGES

The statiatics show that human
beings are living about Is years
longer than their parents and grand
parents did in the nineteenth CEN
tury. Refrigeration and improved
sanitary methods have lot to do
with it,
The 18th century forms OF frugal
ity that permitted a man TO wear
patches on his pants and women to
adorn themselves with twelve yards
Of cloth in a dress are customs that
have gone with the wind.
The moving picture is a product
of the present century and 10 mil
lion seats are ready for the next
show" in about IL thousand local
theatres.
The radio is noisy at home ana
airplanes make rackets overhead.
Life is certainly full Of changes
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01

twake to this problem, and are maxi
ing every effort 70 hold their place
in the SUM- We are in excellent posi-
tion to meet competition. We have
excellent soil and climatic cOndi-
tions. we are near to the markets
and thus save transportation costs,
and our farmers are the very best in
the country, but generally speaking,
we must pay more attention 10 our
grades and packages. and ever keep
in mind the competition which the
products from our state encounter
when they reach the market.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
Bankers Association to Hear
DIR. {. L. Benner

A speaker at the spring meeting
OF the Delaware Bankers AssOcia-
tion at the Wilmington Country
Club on March 2S will be DR.. Claude
l.. Benner. economist and vice
president of the Continental Ameri-
can Life Insurance Company.
With the Wilmington Clearing
House Association as host. several
hundred bankers, representing each
of the member banks throughout the
state, will attend. In addition, Gov.
Richard &. McMullen, Mayor Walter
W. Bacon of Wilmington and several
prominent bankers of other states
are expected to be among the guests.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
Oniet DnY is Adrnnced

Announcement is made of the adj
vancement of the Sussex County
Quiet Day by the Woman's Auxiliary
of the Protestant Episcopal Church
from Wednesday. March 6, to Tues
day. March s. The services will be
held in the Church of St. John the
Baptist at Milton, with the Rev.
Andrew j. Mayer of Newark in
charge of meditations. Mrs. Jacob
Minor, Sussex county vice-president
Ct the Diocesan Auxiliary. is in
charge of arrangements.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
BridgcVille Checker Player Wins
In Tournament

George g. Ruos, fruit grower of
Bridgeville, won the 1870 tourist
checker tournament at the Checker
and Domino Club in st. Petersburg,
Fla. Mr. Ruos. who led a field of 10
players in class-A, won 81 games,
lost four and drew six.
Mr.. Ruos, well known farmer in
the lower Delaware section, has been
ii winter resident of st. Petersburg
for the past three years. Prizes
awarded to him for his first place in
the contest consist of gold medal
and an inlaid checker board
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
Senator TAFT to Speak At Lions
Club Function

U. S. Senator Robert A. Taft, a
candidate for the Republican presi-
Dental nomination, will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the second annual
charter night celebration Of the
Christiana Hundred Lions Club this
Friday evening at the Henry C. Con-
rad School. Woodcrest.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
sla,a0s is states Share in NYA Fund

Delaware's share of a $14,O39, ,26S
National Youth, Administration fund
for supplying jobs to college and
graduate students this year is $1S,-
365. This sum. Administrator Au-
brey Williams said. is expected to
give 80 students in the state jobs
during the current academic year at
wages of $40 to $50 a month for un-
dergraduates and 500 to $50 for grad
uate students.
Delaware's allotment is divided as
follows: State College for COlOred
Students, nine students, $135 a
month, s1.215 yearly allotment; Uni
versity of Delaware, 80 students, ST.
$50 a month. $12,15O yearly allot-
ment,
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
Convention Dates Set

The Republican National Conven-
tion will meet in Philadelphia start
ing June oath, while the Democratic
gathering will be held in Chicago be-
ginning July 18th. Besides establish
ing their platform policies, each
group will nominate their candidates
for the presidency and vice-presi-
dency,
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01

Plan now to be the guest o. the
Friendship Bible Glass Monday evs-
ming. March 4, at one Of the best
turkey suppers the class ever served
10 the public for fifty cents.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-01
Alumni Slate Sci Al Reunion Party

Warren C. Newton, class Of 1916,
OF Bridgeville, was the only candi-
date named for the presidency of the
University Of Delaware Alumni Assoc
citation at the annual mid-winter re-
union last Saturday.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Mrs. Middlemiss
Named President of
Women's CITY Club

Mrs. Gladys B. Middlemiss, a life
member of the Women's City Club,
was elected its president last night
at the annual business meeting at
the clubhouse. She will succeed
Miss Marjorie Webster.
For the last two years Mrs. Middle
miss has served as hospitality chair
man. She previously served as act
ing president at the close of Mrs.
Harvey w. Wiley's presidency while
Mrs. Wiley was on world tour.
Other officers elected are: Mrs.
Gus A. Schuldt, first vice president:
Mrs. Helen M. Montague, recording
secretary; Miss Webster, Mrs. John
s. Bennett, Mrs. George B. Hartman,
Mrs. John M. Glover and Mrs. jose
phine Craven Horner, directors.
Delegates to the District Feder-
alton OF Women's Clubs will be Mrs.
Aurie B. Allen, Miss Lottie Ander-
son and Mrs. Frederick Yates.
Mrs. Frances Williams headed the
Election Committee.