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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
PACKING BELONGINGS
Consulates Urge Citizens
To Return Home Al Ear
hest Possible Time

ROME, May 16.- Up Americans
in Italy tonight made hasty prepa-
rations to leave on advice of United
States consulates to return home "at
the earliest possible moment"
American diplomatic officials
themselves prepared to send their
families home, but only as a pre-
c%autionary measure, it was ex-
planned.
Many foreigners Of other nation
alities also packed their belongings
to join the exodus. A long line of
applicants for visas stood before the
French consulate. The British con-
sulate also was the scene of great
activity.
Silent On Messages
Italian and American authorities
maintained stony silence on the per-
sonal message from President Roose-
welt to Premier Mussolini in In ap-
parent new effort to keep Italy out
of the a
Foreign circles assumed that since
the message was described in Wash
ington as sin the interests of peace"
Mr.. Roosevelt told II Duce again of
the United States desire that the
conflict not be spread to other parts
of Europe.
With reports of growing fears in
the Balkans, particularly in Greece
and Yugoslavia, and rumors of pos
sible action there, concrete signs
still were lacking Of any Italian in
tention to profit from the fierce war
fare in the west and undertake any
military adventure at this time.
Italian newspapers republished
Berlin reports of Germans being
''persecuted'' in certain parts of
Yugoslavia.
Mussolini, receiving fascist leaders
from the Trentino region along the
German frontier, told them of the
duties of the people "in this partic-
ular moment"
Among many rumors, mostly dis
credited, was one that II Duce and
Adolf Hitler would meet again soon
in the Bremen Pass, scene OF the
conference between the two axis
partners last March Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
Germans Withdraw Across
Railroad Tracks After
Hand-To-Hand Battle
BELGIUM
BY DREW MIDDLETON

WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE IN BELGIUM
PASSED by Field Censor)-May 16
-R-Picked British troops assault
ed German positions in the eastern
edge of Louvain three times today
and, by furious hand-to-hand fight
ing and rifle fire, threw the Ger
mans back across the railroad
tracks.
A Reuters-British news agency
dispatch commented that the
British troops were likely to aban-
don their unprepared positions near
Louvain for stronger lines.
Fierce Fighting
1t was a fierce day of fighting in
the streets of this Belgian town,
16 miles east of Brussels, which
was ruined during the last war and
whose magnificent library was re-
stored by penny contributions from
American school children.
Late in the day the British were
digging in after hours of combat in
which an early German advantage
had been overcome by the three
British infantry attacks.
"They lived up to traditions" one
British officer remarked. IT needn't
say more"
Tonight German shells were rip
ping into British positions at the
edge of the town, and British metal
was shrieking over its towers at the
German artillery as the ancient uni
versity town once again became the
objective Of warning armies.
The action started last night when
after an artillery duel, the Ger
mans attacked behind a skirmish
line of armored cars. The first
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
GERMAN BOMBER
D0WNED BY SWISS
One Member OF Crew OF
Craft Wounded When 1t
Strays Across Line

ZURICH, Switzerland, May l6.-
R-Emphasizing with machinegun
fire the Swiss determination to
keep their territory inviolate, a
Swiss fighting plane this after
noon shot down a German bomber
which strayed across the line. One
member Of the German crew was
wounded.
The incident highlighted steadl-
w growing tension which today
caused Swiss and Germans to close
their frontier along the Rhine.
The Swiss plane machinegunned
the bomber and forced it to land
in a field northeast Of Zurich.
The two uninjured members OF the
crew burned their plane and sur
rendered.
Even rail freight traffic was
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
WARNING IS SOUNDED
Roosevelt S $ Unprepared
Nations Find Themselves
Overrun B. The Enemy
SOLONS CHEER CHIEF
ux
U. S.
By RICHARD L. TURNER
WASHINGTON Nav 16.

By H L. TURNER
WASHINGTON, May 16.
-(AP)-President Roosevelt
solemnly warned a joint ses-
sion of congress today that
unprepared nations find
themselves overrun by the
enemy" and proposed a ST.
1872, 900, 900 program to make
"our defenses invulnerable,
our security absolute"
At the center of his de-
Tense appeal was a call for
planes, and more planes
for the expansion Of Ameri-
cas- capacity to produce air.
craft until $4,000 can be
turned out annually, and I'M
til an actual armada of So
600 fighting planes is ready
to meet any lightning Of
|fensive against our Ameri-
can interest"
The sum he proposed will
push next fiscal years de-
tense spending and contract
authorizations to S3,276,000,-
|000-by far the largest in
peacetime history.
Solons Cheer Chief
A congress tense with
realization of the sweep of
events abroad heard the
President, cheered him as he
has seldom been cheered at
the Capitol, and prepared to
carry out his recommended
tions with the utmost speed.
Almost Immediately, Chair
man May (D-Ky) of the
mouse military committee IN
troduced a S726, ZOO, 900 army
expansion bill, to authorize
the acquisition Of anti-air-
craft equipment and ammu-
milton, expedite the manu-
facture of munitions, mod
ernie combat planes, train
Is, 900 new troops, and i'm
prove the defenses of the
Panama Canal.
The senate, seeking to
speed action on the Presi-
dents program, adopted
unanimously a resolution
calling for the return from
a joint conference commit
tee of the 3,797, 600 navy
appropriation bill in order
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
Large Number OF Troops
Mass In Dyle Section,
Antwerp To Namur
WING STRENGTHENED
Berlin Claims Forces Gain
ing Along Mouse River
In Sedan Region
BY PRESTON GROVER

BERLIN, May 16.-R-Hitler's le-
gions massed in the Dyle river Sec
tor-from Antwerp south to Namur
tonight for a fast-moving drive
aimed at the strategic channel ports
and a hopping off place for direct
attacks upon Britain.
Authorized sources indicated the
German right wing was being
strengthened with troops released as
a result of the Netherlands capitula-
ton to perfect the Won Schlieffen
plan for a wide assault-to turn
Frances northern flank-in what
may be the battle of the ages"
Attack Expected
DNB, official news agency, said
several million of the best equipped
soldiers are facing each other in this
area. "s~Reports from the front furth-
er gave the impression Of an immi-
nent attack and repeated that Brus-
sells would be in German hands with
in the next few days.
Advices reaching here linked
movements in the Dyle area with
those farther south, where the great.
est advance was in the vicinity Of
French Sedan.
Deep penetration of the Sedan sec
ton, 1t was conjectured, might have
the double effect of forcing Allied
withdrawal from Belgium and the
Dyle sector and, at the same time,
fer cling withdrawals from the west
ernmost section of the main Maginot
line.
DNB reports from the front de-
scr1bing the Importance Of an imml-
nent battle between Antwerp and
Namur, emphasized that Britain was
insistent that the Belgians do Their
utmost to hold the area because OF
the prospects the Germans might
gain positions directly across the
narrow channel from the British
coast.
Gains Claimed
Along the Mouse river, south of
Namur and in the sedan region, DNB
reported the Germans were gaining
slowly but steadily.
The German left wing, in the VI.
entity of Sedan, must be protected,
rNB said "to prevent thanking by
the French with a view to relieving
the pressure on the Dyle."
Reputed invincibility of the new
heavy French tanks, the agency
said, has been disproved in the Sc
dan region, where planes found them
excellent targets"
The agency reported that German
U-boats were now bound for Britain
from Dutch ports. .9
In the broader strategic fields, for
eign observers noted rumors from
the Balkans that Yugoslavia and
Greece were jittery and nervous
and wondering whether an Italian
decision would be determined by the
outcome Of the pending battle In
Belgium.
Some German sources speculated
that the massed Italian German air.
(C~ontinued on PAGE Ten: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
Americans Within Italy
Prepare To Leave Soon
Vews Services Forced
By War To Hike Rates

NEW YORK, May 16-RHA
Is per cent rise in rates to sub
scribers, because of increased
costs of war coverage, has been
put into effect by both the Unit
ed Press associations and the
International News Service.
The United Press last fall in
creased its rates IL IL per cent,
but six weeks later this was re-
scinded. Shortly after the start
of the war, the international
News Service imposed a rise Of
Is per cent, later cut it to Z IL
per cent. The original Is per
cent increase now is restored.
Both news agencies and the
Associated Press have had to
incur unprecedented expenses
in increased transmission costs,
numerous increases in the
staffs required to cover the
war, and heavy increases in
staff expenses abroad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
BY n. w. BADRY

CHAPEL HILL, May Is. $500 They
call him Doctor Of Troubles'--this
mild.mannered, W hite-hatTed, 81
year-old DR.. Ernest R. Groves, CO.
author with his wife, Gladys Hoag-
land Groves, of The Wilmington
Morning stars new series of Is Ar
ticles on Love, Courtship and Mar
rage"
This series begins today on the
editorial page.
His title is we'll deserved. For II
years DR.. Groves has been shoulder
ing the burdens Of others, inquiring
into their domestic difficulties, ad.
vising, warning. giving freely Of his
time and experience to- make love
and marriage happier for others.
His marriage and family relations
courses here at the University of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
British Force
Troops Back At LOuVain
Allies Winning Upper
Hand In Naruik Fight

STOCKHOLM, May l6.-tR-
A bitter struggle for possession
of Narvik, NorWay's Arctic IRON
ore port, appeared tonight to be
intensifying with the Allies re-
ported to be getting light tanks
into action and gradually win
ming the upper hand.
Some Swedish press reports
said an Allied occupation of Ger
man.held Narvik itself might be
expected soon. They said the
German garrison had been SUBJ
jecIed to a prolonged. heavy bonn.
bardment.
Newly-arrived Canadian troops
we're said to have joined the Al.
lied forces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
BRITISH BOMBERS
WAGE HUGE RAID
Drop Tons OF Bombs On
Germany AS Many Aliens
Are Seized In England

LONDON, May 49, Up Britain
swept about 5000 enemy aliens into
protective custody today in a
drive to stifle any fifth column"
threat while her massed warplanes
winged over Germany with tons
of bombs" in their greatest attack
o.. the war.
Aliens affected by today's order
of the nome ministry were in cate
cory "B'', male Germans and Aus
trians between 16 and go who had
been under control but not detained.
The swiftness with which Prime
Minister Churchill's government
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
Experts On Marital Problems
Will Write Series For Morning Star

Although he had early ambitions
to become a minister, DR.. Groves
abandoned that vocation to study
and teach sociology. But it was a
personal tragedy the death Of his
first wife, in childbirth-that led him
to originate a college course on mar
riage and family relations.
IF I had known then what I know
now" he says, II don't believe Mrs.
Groves would have died. Her death
made me want to teach others how
to avoid such tragedies"
His work began at Boston univer-
sity as professor of sociology. He
was besieged by young and old for
consultation and advice. He gave
his counsel gladly, without charge.
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
German Drive
Thru Hungary
For Oil Looms
Troops Reported Concen-
trated Heavily Near Slo-
ak.Hungary Border
RUMANIA TO BE GOAL
Reich In Great Need OF
Gasoline To Maintain
Aerial Offensive

p1rnApEsT, May 17-(Frlday)-
mn German motorized and mechan-
:.,s "blitz'' troops were reported
.ron Bratislava early today to pe
concentrated heavily near the slo-
yak. Hungarian frontier.
Many thousands were massed IN
+bo zistersdorf region along the from
tior where military observers con-
rpcted the movement with the Ger:
man armies pressing need 1or
greater quantities of Rumanian oil.
These observers pointed out that
these troops could rapidly knife
tbrolgh Hungary to Rumanian oil
fields if an offensive were determln-
ed upon.
Deliveries In Arrears
Rrmanian oil deliveries to the
Reich, it was pointed out, are now
/ well over 1000, 600 tons in arrears
Of the quota agreed upon by the two
countries.
With the average warplane on the
west front burning Is gallons OF
high grade gasoline an hour, mill
tary sources said, 1000 such planes
would use $3.50, 900 gallons each "a
hours continuous operation, or about
1,4OO tons daily.
To get that amont of aviation
gasoline Germany must transport
and refine $500 tons Of crude daily
Or about twice her present quota
from Rumania.
Military sources said these figures
failed to take account of the needs
Of the mechanical and motorized
forces, the navy and war industries.
Began Monday
The military concentration began
Monday reports here said.
A steady stream of columns of
German mechanical forces began
moving through Dresden enroute to
the Zistersdorf basin north of Wen
ma.
The high speed columns were COM
llete with artillery, tanks, armor-
ed cars, field kitchens and troop
trucks, and took three days to pass
through Dresden, it was reported
here.
A steady stream of German troop
tralns with artillery and tanks was
reported moving into eastern Slova-
ka' with temporary headquarters at
lopfad, 140 miles from Rumania
through eastern Hungary.
Inc defense corps formerly sta
TONED at Brno was said to have NOV.
In THIS fashion a few days ago
'Vl tne railway from the Morav-
lal protectorate through Zilinia to
Poprad.
hundreds of Nazi planes were re-
pV'leu at Vienna and Slovak air
ports,
orders Received
herman officers quartered at Wen
notes were reported here to
ae 'oId foreigners that they had
urxeu orders to pass through
uh. S'ly' but that they had no idea
"nsn they would start.
slne Hungarian government was
nr n~'eu IN Budapest diplomatic
basn ''sfs a few days ago to have
"0ncommittal when pressed by
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
Simpson Believes Crisis
Hand For Allied Army

block either drive might mean a
sweeping and hazardous Allied re-
treat from Belgium.
That is obvious despite r~eticence
in Paris on details of the great
battle along the Sedan-Namur front.
French spokesman said the situa-
ton was too fluid" and confusing
for discussion, yet developing
~favorably. But there is no doubt
that Allied fortunes are gravely
menaced there.
In addition, Germany claims to
have thrust a deadly finger north
west of Namur to the tiny Belgian
village of Ligny. Somewhere near
Ligny, French and British lines in
Belgium meet. Guns roaring in that
section r waking long-ago echoes
the nearby battle fields of Water
loo and Quatre Bras Sealed.
The junction point of Allied
armies is the weak link in any such
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
FIGHT ALONG MEUSEI
Paris Spokesman Says Ger
mans Pinned Down After
Breaking Through. Lines
ARE DENIED
FRANCE

AJ
(AP)-A government decree
placed Paris in the army
zone last night and trans
|ferred control of the CAPT.
tai from civil to military au-
thorities as dispatches re-
ported Allied warplanes
fighting terrific battles to
stop the lightning strokes of
the German army along the
Mouse in northern France.
There was no official ex-
PLANTATION of the sudden de-
cree extending the army
zone to Paris. (The censor
deleted Is words in the dis
patch at this point.)
Paris anti-aircraft guns
were firing last night, but
no air raid alarm had been
sounded up to past midnight.
War Brought Closer
The war was brought clos
er to Paris also. (Here %
words were censored).
A close guard was posted
over the city's gates in a
roundup Of foreigners and
the internment of those of
German origin as authori-
ties guarded against any
fifth column uprising.
(28 words were censored
here.)
Americans were urged by
their embassy to leave I'M
less they had compelling
reasons to stay.
The army zone decree was
proclaimed just after Pre-
mier Reynaud had warned OF
the peril" of the Nazi in
vasion.
The French war minis
try's spokesman admitted
that German armored COL
umns had pushed deep into
France after breaking
through the Allies Mouse
river front in the Sedan Sec
tor.
But he said the Germans were pin
ned down by counter-blows from
the air.
The premier. spoke twice during
the day, once to the cheering cham
Der of deputies in person and again
to the nation by radio.
Reynaud warned the chamber that
I'VE will be called to take measures
which in other times would have
seemed revolutionary"
Nevertheless, he emphatically de-
MED alarming rumors spreading
through Paris that the government
was quitting the capital and the
Germans were approaching it.
He also called false other rumors
that the Germans had reached Re-
inns, about IS miles northeast of
Paris, and that they were using
new and irresistible arms"
1.-THE enemy has succeeded only
in crossing the Meuse and opening
a large pocket which our valiant
troop are cleaning up" he said.
Main Battlefield
The principal battlefield was re-
perteh by the val ministry still to
be the west bank of the Meuse north
west of Sedan, where German tanks
penetrated the French
line.
French troops abandoned their
concrete-covered machinegon nests
under the Allied commands new or
ders to meet enemy movement with
and aerial squadron dived
to bomb and machinegun the Ger.
man mechanical forces.
success for the aerial counterattack |
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
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CALL FOR so, 900 WARPLANES
MARKS PRESIDENTS MESSAGE:
PARIS PLACED IN ARMY ZONE
THE PRESIDENT SAYS:

WASHINGTON, May 16.-(AP)-The text
of the special defense message which President
Roosevelt personally delivered to congress today:
To the congress of the United States:
These are ominous days-days whose swift and
shocking developments force every neutral nation to look
to it's defenses in the light of new factors. The brutal
force Of modern offensive war has been loosed in all it's
horror.
New powers of destruction, incredibly swift and
deadly, have been developed; and those who WELD them
are ruthless and daring.
No old defense is so strong that it requires no further
strengthening and no attack is so unlikely or impossible
that it may be ignored.
Let us examine, without self-deception, the dangers
which confront us. Let us measure our strength and our
defense without self-delusion.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
WEATHER

North FORECAST
Partly LIaroIlna and South Carolina :
little cbe,oudy Friday and Saturday
Aanse In temperature.
ending Ginlr,eG7F .s6gic data for the "a hours
LOU p. m. Yesterday. :
DO a NJ temperature
n. Is. a, M m; So; 7:3O a, m. 70: 1:3o :
minimum 'So p. IN. 70; maximum n:
'''u'@ 81 mean p; normal Il. 80
l:3O Humidity
H.. 50: : 81 o' 50; 7:30 a. m. 70: 1:30 n,
Tots, fou Precipitation
hone; td ler "A hours ending 7:30 n. m.
272 inc IuSai since first of the month
Tides For Today
i, s'0n - 5:49a 0:47a
"as0nboro Inlet s5:3sop a:12p
lie Sop; I maen S. sunset 7:o7p; moon.
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