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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-09-28
q HURT in
AUTO SMASH

ARoxbury woman suffered compound
fractures of both legs and facial lacera-
tions, and her husband a severe cut on
cheek and lacerated nose and blackened
eye in an early morning accident on
Sept. % in Wilmington, Mass, when
the car in which they were riding hit a
tree. The victims are Mrs. Gladys
Williams and James Williams of 673
CONTINUED. on F-ge 81
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-09-28
RETIRES FROM
STATE HOUSE

A "bon voyage" reception was ten
dered Mrs. NJ. Elizabeth Mercer,
Principal Clerk in the Quartermaster's
Division of the State Military Depart
ment, on Wednesday, September 26.
A memory card" bearing the names
Of seventy-three State Armorers and
twenty-four office associates, beauti-
full gardenia corsage and a sizeabe
check were presented to her in appre-
Continued on Page 81
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MRS. CRYSTAL BIRD FAUSET -
who heads the coIored women's d.
vision Of the Democratic Committee
for the reelection Of President Fran
kiln Delano Roosevelt. Mrs. Fauset
resides in Philadelphia and is promin-
emf figure in Pennsylvania politics.
She recently resigned as member Of
The State legislature.
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Evening star., 1940-05-26

leaguered Allies was described here
as weak"
At his battlefront headquarters
Hitler was believed nearing another
decision-Whether to hurl his
"blitzkrieg" at once into England or
carry the war south to Paris.
German battle maps pictured the
moose around the British as tight
ened by two-thirds within 48 hours,
with these new gains:
l. Advance patrols from the
TRUST up the English Channel en-
tered Calais. % miles from England,
and battled with Allied defenders in
the streets.
2. Troops that broke the Scheldt
River defense line smashed on east
over the Lys River-Belgiums last
natural barrier.
3. Spearheads from the northeast
and southeast menaced industrial
Lllle-fortifled since l030-which
changed hands three times in the
opening months of the World War.
The advance from the southeast
drove over part of Vimy Ridge.
Allies Position Held Hopeless.
With the pace Of invasion speeded
IN apparent disregard of the cost
in men and materials. German
sources said the position of the
trapped British and Belgian forces
seemed hopeless.
Calais, although not yet claimed
as fallen, was reported rendered
useless for British landing opera
tions. Throughout the World Wsr
the Allies doggedly held Calais as
the principal avenue for landing
men and arms from Britain.
Some patrols were said to have
circled Calais toward Gravelines.
the next port northeast.
Military spokesmen added that the
German air force was capable of
cutting off every possibility of re-
treat" from the last avenues Of
escape-Dunkerque, Ostend and
Zeebrugge.
Unofficial reports of prisoners
captured mentioned tens of thou
sands. Tanks and planes were said
to have been destroyed by the hun
dreds.
Behind French lines, Germany's
bombers blasted at troop concentra-
tions and communication lines in
a triangle formed by Paris, Rouen
and Dieppe along the base and
Amiens at the top.
This was described as a move to
prevent France from improving her
defense positions to the south and
to weaken any concentration for a
thrust at Germany's extended flank
to the sea.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Mrs. Roosevelt Hopes War
Won't Affect Social Work
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LEESBURG, Va, May 25.-Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt said today
that she hoped appropriations for
the national defense would mot af-
feet any of the social problems"
Her statement was in reply to one
OF many questions asked her dur
ing an informal talk to 200 school
teachers, social workers and mem
bers of the Loudoun County Medi-
cal Association at the home of Mrs.
William Corcoran Eustis, near Lees
burg.
The Nation, she said, should have
not only mechanical defense but
also physical health as another aid
to defense. In this connection she
mentioned the cooperation of med
tcal associations, with Government
aid to correct physical defects
among the unfortunates.
Apart from the three Rs" she
told the gathering. "the most i'm
portant thing to teach not only
children but adults is democracy
Children should be taught when
very young the ability to discipline
themselves and to build character in
order to strengthen the democratic
form of government"
Her reference to the national de-
fense and social problems came in
reply to question as to whether
she thought the increase in defense
appropriations would affect the
schools.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Reich S Large Gains
No Sign Allies Are
Beaten, Says Observer
Losses Double Those
Of Foe, Declares White,
Back From War Zone

William L. White drriues in the
: United States at a critical mo-
ment in 1Uorld history after hau-
ing travelled every ,Darring Euro
pedn nation ercept Poland. No
other American ne1Dspaperndn
has done this. White begins to-
day his first articles on Dhat
eDents abroad may mean to our
o,On social, economic and political
future.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Berlin
Continued From First Page.)

weapon came from source whose
information heretofore has been
well-nigh official.
AS to this secret weapon, the
spokesman declared. it is more inn
portant than tanks, cars, or the
famed AZ centimeter Howitzer proved
to be in the World War.
"On the authority of the high
command of the armed forces. I
say this weapon exists" he said.
"It still is entirely secret. 1t Is
not gas. nor a speedboat, nor para
chute troops. nor a glider, nor a
flame thrower, nor troops landed
from planes.
adolf Hitler knew he could win
with this new weapon. In a few
days you will see great things be-
cause that weapon is in general
operation"
He declined to say whether it had
been used so far in this war. It was
reported widely that some secret
device was used in the Nazi capture
of Fort Eben Emael above Liege
early in the German drive into
Belgium.
Some doubt was cast on this re-
port when a film of the capture of
the fortress disclosed it had been
blasted to pieces by air bombs and
the heaviest artillery.
Victory Held Inevitable.
This spokesman asserted a Ger
man victory was inevitable" for
these reasons:
l. The first northern Allied Army
is gone because it cannot retreat.
2. German morale is high because
OF constant successes, superior
weapons and air force.
3. The Maginot Line no longer is
a problem. since Germany already is
in position to get behind it.
4. The new weapon
AS soon as the enclrcled area is
cleaned up, he continued, the Ger
man Army will have one-third of
its forces freed from this task to
join the balance of the army with
three possible. courses:
/. To attack southwark and en-
velope Paris and the French Army.
2. To turn east and drive behind
the Maginot Line.
3. To attack Great Britain,
The spokesman declined to say
which course was scheduled first.
Steel Ring frightened.
During the days operations Ger
many frightened her ring of steel
around the Allied armies in Flan-
ders' flatlandS.
Dive-bombing "Stukas" attacked
the English Channel ports of Dieppe,
Ostend, Dunkerque and Blanken-
berghe to block the landing OF Brit
ish reinforcements. The French at
tempt to slash through to their be-
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Bordeaux Population
Swollen by Addition
Of 100000 Refugees
Some Left BeIeion Homes
Two Weeks Ago and Now
Find Selves DereIicts
Ry M. w. EODQR-

Chicago Daily News FOREIGN Correspondent.
BORDEAUX, May 25.-Bordeaux'
100000 population has been in
creased in the last eight days by at
least so per cent by the influx of
not only Belgian but also French
refugees.
The Bordeaux Express, which
brought me from city in Central
France to this French harbor city,
was crowded with refugees while
the road running parallel to the
railway was covered with tens OF
thousands of refugee automobiles
heading here.
There were no ticket collectors
everybody tried to accommodate
himself as we'll as possible, seated on
the floor in the corridor.
The story told by most refugees
was pathetic-some left far-distant
Belgian homes two weeks ago, and
walked or cycled until they were
physically unable to continue and
were obliged to take train. Every
body seemed Q1 words censored to
have brought plenty of provisions
and this correspondent who, in a
fever of work, forgot to bring along
any provisions was offered bread.
ham and other edibles by the kind
hearted refugees.
All the hotels in Bordeaux and
neighboring cities and villages are
filled with refugees who do not
know what fate awaits them, nor
seem to care for the moment. The
shock of the German invasion was
so terrible that having reached a
safe harbor, they just forget to
think.
Everybody looks tired. Children,
who considered the first days of
the exodus as picnic, are now
weary and uninterested. There are
many refugees of high school age.
During the railroad journey the
French Red Cross and Belgian Boy
Scouts helped the sick and weary
and carried bread and water to the
hungry and thirsty.
Anybody who has witnessed the
scenes of the last two weeks realizes
how deep and compassionate is the
heart and soul of France.
(Copyrsht, 1910, by the Chicago Daily
News, Inc.)
Evening star., 1940-05-26
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, May 25-An English
man who witnessed this weeks fight
ing at Boulogne told tonight of being
taken aboard British destroyer
while its guns thundered parting de-
f1ance to German troops swarming
into the French city.
The witness, Frederick Brinjes, a
businessman, said the ancient, sunny
city across the channel had become
shell-rocked, bomb-spattered trap
for thousands of refugees.
Mr.. Brinjes, brought home to Eng
land aboard the destroyer, declared
no journey ever seemed so good
to me-"
He told of spending two nights at
the maritime station in Boulogne
where thousands of hysterical men,
women and children waited to get
out of the city.
They were without water. There
were no sanitary facilities. Machine
gun bullets ratified in the streets.
Saw Many Going Mad.
There must have been many
killed." he said. Il don't know how
many. I know there were hundreds
wounded and I saw many going
mad" Mr.. Brinjes reached Boulogne
Wednesday afternoon.
THE street to the station was
black with people" he said. 1T took
me two hours to fight my way
through the crowd.
Every time bomb went of the
women would scream No one tried
to stop them"
Many soldiers who had fought in
local engagements in the previous
several days were in the station. he
said, and British and French de-
Stroyers were moored nearby.
THE heavy bombing and low
raking fire from planes started at
dusk Wednesday and continued all
night" Mr.. Brinjes said. mot much
damage was done to the station, but
number of people were cut by
flying glass"
British soldiers distributed food.
Saw Dog Fight Over Harbor.
1--WE got can of bully beef in my
pocket here now" Mr.. Brinjes ex-
claimed. II was going to eat it for
dinner Thursday night but there
was no water and the women were
hysterical by that time"
Among the spectacles was a dog
fight" between planes above the
harbor. Two enemy planes fell into
the sea in flames.
BY Thursday afternoon, he re-
called, the German troops had pene-
trated the town and captured guns
on a hill near the Continental Hotel.
"At 7 that night" he continued,
three destroyers alongside the jetty
opened fire on German gun en-
placements on the hill.
THE noise was terrific. The Ger
man fire was far from accurate
but one destroyer finally was struck
amidships. I learned later it reached
a British port safely.
Hotel Nazi Headquarters.
THE remaining two destroyers
put the German guns out of action.
Many buildings along the sea front
including the Hotel Folkestone we're
shelled. The hotel was the first
German headquarters.
During the shelling other de-
stroyers were taking aboard women,
children and injured soldiers.
MANY of the refugees were
wounded by machine gun fire as
they dashed about so yards to the
destroyers.
by 9 o'clock the Germans were
coming toward the station. The
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Anti-PIone Guns
Turned Against
Tanks, Worships
= the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCldUeQ HTeSS.
BERLIN, May 25.-The anti-air-
craft gun, while not a new weapon,
has been applied by the Germans in
. different triple threat manner.
Aside from its fundamental func-
ton in air defense, it has been
turned successfully on tanks and
according to German announce
ments today-has been used to sink
. French destroyer in the English
Channel.
Germans say that destroyers are
the easiest victims of ground can
non and Germany's fast-firing, So
nillimeter Goughly 31z-inch) anti
aircraft guns which have a hori-
Eontal range of at least eight miles.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Dewey Demands Roosevelt
End War on Business
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 25.-District
Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, Repub-
lican presidential aspirant. de-
manded today that President Roose-
velt end at once "the seven years
war against business" and thus take
"the first and most important step
in our program of national defense" !"
1T must not be a mere breathing
spell, with the implied threat of a
renewed war;" Mr.. Dewey said in
a press conference. 1T should be
a sincere and convincing recognition
that the Government and it's people
are henceforth in partnership in a
great undertaking.
THE country cannot wait until
Evening star., 1940-05-26
La Guordio Urges Unity
For Americas Defense
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 25.-Mayor La
Guardia today urged a union of
American republics for mutual de-
fense rather than mere associa-
ton of nations in the Western
Hemisphere.
Addressing Latin American con-
suls and commissioners to the New
York Worlds Fair, he declared that
such a closer relation should 'be
made real" and not "just a pro-
gram"
"Our duty is the protection of
this hemisphere" he said, "and we
should agree on a policy of united
and organized aims. The usual ex-
change of pleasantries hardly fits
at present"
Evening star., 1940-05-26

Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, has
fixed its tax rate at the equivalent
OF 66 cents on the dollar.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Pope Reported Sure
Of War Entry, but
Won't Use Haven
Bombing Of PopoI City
Doubted, but Protective
Measures Are Token
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, May 25.-Papal
authorities today recognized the
possibility of Italian entrance into
the war by offering refuge to diplo-
mats accredited to the Holy See and
speeding completion of Vatican
, City's AFRAID shelters.
Prelates indicated Pope Plus XII
is convinced Italy is going to war
but that he refuses to leave Vatican
City or consider using the AFRAID
shelter provided especially for him.
The offer of refuge was made by
Luigi Cardinal Maglione, papal Sec
retary of state. The diplomats, who
ordinarily live outside the Vatican
City, were asked by letter to say
whether they would return to their
countries or take up residence in
Vatican City in event Italy dropped
her non-belligerency.
Vatican Bombing Doubted.
Bombing of Vatican City-slightly
less than. 100 acres at the edge Of
Rome-is considered highly improb-
able in ecclesiastical circles, even if
Rome itself is bombed.
But scrupulous concern for safety
about 1000, caused building of shell
ters, since it might be difficult for
bombers to distinguish the papal
city, particularly at night during
blackouts.
Two immense shelters, one for
ecclesiastical inhabitants and the
other for laity, were prepared. About
= half the population is ecclesiastical.
The shelter for the ecclesiastics is
IN the basement of six-story resi-
dence for priests, the floors of which
would be expected to break the fall
of bombs.
The shelter for laymen is in a
Renaissance tower built by Pope
Nicholas v. It's stone walls are 80
feet thick. The tower, nearly 500
years old, is a veritable fortress.
The ground floor, 80 feet in di-
ameter, serves as the shelter. Above,
there is a steel-reinforced throne
room where the Vatican funds are
kept.
Air Conditioning Provided.
Provisions to seal the shelter
against gas attack and install air
conditioning are being made.
The tower once housed the Vati-
cans military guard and has been
used to store benches and wooden
barriers needed for ceremonies at
st. Peters Church.
The Pope's shelter is under the
courtyard of the holy Office. It could
be reached by elevator from his
third-hoor apartment in the Papal
Palace with only a few yards to
walk.
The refuge was built despite the
fact that the pontiff told intimates
he would not use it.
The Vatican library is prepared to
keep precious books and art treas
ures in steel-armored room on the
ground floor Of wing off Belvedere
courtyard.
Experts say nothing can be done
to protect the Sistine and Pauline
Chapels, with their famous Michel
angelo frescoes: the Vatican mu-
scum, picture gallery and st. Peters.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Bou|ogne Trap for Thousands
Of Refugees Br;ton Says
HystericoI Men, Women and Children Waited
At Maritime Station to Leave SheIIed City

British and French were fighting
back, firing from under railway
carriages and from behind sandbag
defenses. German tanks began to
appear.
"At the moment I got aboard the
destroyer it was still firing. We made
a top-speed dash across the Channel.
No sea journey ever seemed so
good to me-"
Evening star., 1940-05-26
BY WILLIAM L. WHITE.

NEW YORK, May 25.-When the
German Army smacked through the
little Maginot Line at Sedan, Ameri-
can public opinion Immediately went
into hysterical tailspin, decided
that the Allies had lost the war, and
began hollering at Congress for
bombing planes to protect them
from Hitler.
Now maybe the Allies have lost
the war, or are about to lose it. But
as I write this, with the German
Armies bulging far out into France,
there is no sign of either one. Let's
imagine situation in which one
German Army had reached Paris,
another one had swept into the
channel ports, and a parachute force
OF 5000 men were holding the CEN
ter of London. 1t would be quite
possible for military expert to pick
up such map and point out that
the Germans had lost not only the
battle, but the whole war as we'll;
to show you how the thin German
line was about to collapse like an
egg shell under Allied counter
attacks.
Because the object of war is not
to capture territory but to destroy
the enemy's army. A second point
to remember while the Germans are
romping about in France, is that
any army which takes the offensive
is paying for the pleasure at the
rate OF losses which should nor
mally be about double those he is
nf1icting on the enemy.
So as long as the Allies are retir-
ing in good order, it is costing Hitler
two German tanks for every French
tank, two Messerschmidts for every
Hurricane, two German soldiers for
every Allied soldier. The Nazis have
plenty of tanks, planes and men
But they haven't double the number
which the Allies have. They can't
keep it up indefinitely.
SO long as they fail to disorganize
the Allies, and so long as the Allies
can make them pay at this two-for-
one rate for every kilometer OF
ground that they take, you needn' I
lose hope for the democracies. For
they can afford, on this basis, to
sell the Nazis Holland, Belgium, and
most of Northern France, and still
come out ahead.
So now I want to tell you about
how we had to stop to change a
tire in the winter of 1918. 1t was
the left front one of a big Army
Cadillac, and while the driver
worked with the lug wrench, we got
out and looked around. We were
just outside the little town of
Meaux, which is IL miles from Paris
Crossing the road were some old
trenches and rusty barbed wire
which the Germans had dug in
1914. Glancing up from that
barbed wire, you could see the
Eiffel Tower in Paris on the hori-
Zon, big as life and twice as hand
some. Because the Germans had
come too far and too fast and had
had terrific losses, their lines fell
back from those trenches even be-
fore the wire was properly strung
They had lost the first fight, which
later came to be called the Battle
Of the Marne. In the end they lost
the war. I don't know that they
have lost this battle or this war
but even though the line bulges far
into France, there is no sign that
the Germans have won it.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Looting in Holland
Revives Use of
Old-Time PiIIory

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN. May 25.-The pill
lory used In American Colonial
days still Is effective in dis
couraging looting In invaded
Holland.
The news service Dier1st aus
Deutschland reported today
that the device bears q sign
which says:
while my countrymen are
in need, I loot their abandoned
houses"
Use of this punishment was
revived as an emergency meas
ure.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Bomber Crash Is Laid
To Burruqe Balloon

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 25-A British
bomber crashed and burned on a
cricket field in midland town to-
night, killing three occupants. The
plane was thought to have struck
barrage balloon.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Vatican Speeds Raid Shelters Offers p|omats Refuge a Fights

next January for unity in our own
ranks at home" Mr.. Dewey con-
tinued. "The whole safety Of the
Nation Is involved. Our Chief Ex-
ecutive should waste no time playing
politics while letting our national
defense program wait upon his
fundamental change of policy"
Before he left by train tonight for
Dallas, Tex, where he will discuss
national defense needs at a public
rally Monday night. Mr.. Dewey said
he hoped that before he delivered
his speech the President would
have declared a truce on business
"as the first essential step to set
us on the road to preparedness"
Evening star., 1940-02-13
Sick Horse

A certain railroad in Missouri has
recently made a pathetic appeal to
police to keep motorists from park
ing on its tracks. Engineers, those
jockeys Of the iron horse, have been
compelled to call "Whoa!", halt their
steeds, and gently lead away the
automobiles by tow ropes and crow
bars. It was not ever thus.
In its prime the iron horse could
take a snack of soft coal and slate
for breakfast, dip up an occasional
swig at a passing water tank and,
snorting with pride, sweep every
thing before it. Such picayune
objects as a few stray automobiles
on its right of way would have been
easy meat for it. But as it grew
older, the insidious. encroachment of
automobiles, trucks, buses, brother
hoods and taxes took their toll. In
addition to its standard diet of good
old coal and water, it became neces-
sary to feed it on such refined and
fancy foods as crude oil and kilo-
watts; and even at that, many Of
them have to make periodical trips
to Wall Street and have their whole
systems toned up with such panaceas
as defaults, receiverships, reorgani-
cations and mergers, to keep running
at all.