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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28
Barn Near Bay View Burned

The barn on the farm owned by
Mrs. R.. J. Reed, located near Bay
View, and tenanted by Mrs. Mollie
Williams, was destroyed by fire on
Feb. IA. The origin is unknown.
The place is known as the place
Simcoe farm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28

The Cecil County P.T.A- Coun-
Gil will meet on Monday, March 9.
at P. NJ. in Elkton High school,
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Germans
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and transport trains in the same
region were described as effective. 3"
and repeated Stuka attacks were
reported on troop concentrations
west of Zagreb.
The fate of Yugoslav divisions
still fighting in Central Serbia now
seemed sealed after siX-day cam
paign, the Germans asserted.
Immediately after news came of
the junction of German and Italian
forces. Adolf Hitler telegraphed the
following message to Premier Mus
solini:
AT the moment when German
and italian units join hands for the
first time in the Yugoslav theater
Of war I greet you most heartily -
Mussolini replied that the meet
ing of the troops "consecrates once
more the union of our forces work.
ing to achieve a common victory"
The Germans said their Stuka
planes decimated the Serbian troops
west Of zagreb in the newly formed
Croat state, while other bombers
blasted $4,000 tons of enemy ship
ping space off Greece and Ireland.
The Stukas pounced on big
accumulation" of Serbian troops in
Croatia yesterday, the Germans re-
ported.
The moral effect on the marching
columns was so strong" said the
official report, that contingents of
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Nozis Report Heavy
Assault on Portsmouth

BERLIN, April l2 Cp.-The Luft-
waite battered Bristol for severa'
hours last night with explosive anc
fire bombs. adding new destruction
to that inflicted in previous raids
the German high command an
nounced today.
Portsmouth, naval base on the
English south coast. also was de-
clared heavily assaulted with nu-
merouS heavy explosive bombs ano
thousands of incendiaries.
Aided by good visibility, the Nazi
raiders were said to have inflicted
heavy damage on Bristol's harbor
and industrial area and at Ports
mouth bomb hits were reported on
the government wharf, power plant
and army barracks.
The raids on these ports were de-
scribed as the heaviest of an over
night series made on military tar
gets IN Southern and Central Eng
land.
A British bomber was downed by
anti-aircraft fire yesterday while at
tempting to penetrate the North
German coast, the high command
announced. 1t added that no British
planes entered German territory last
night.
The German radio broadcast a
statement that IS persons were killed
in Wednesdays nights heaviest raid
Of the war by the r. A. F. on Berlin
Evening star., 1941-04-12

centrating on main battle lines
to check the enemy's advance"
and asserted that "Germanys
early successes cannot discour-
age u.s.
Terminus of Road to Koritza.
Phlorina, 20 miles south of Bitolj,
is the Greek terminus of a road
leading to Koritza. Albania. scene
of the Greeks first big victory in
their war against the Italians.
The Greek high command COM
munique on the situation. said
merely:
German motorized elements
coming from the direction of Bitolj
came in contact with our forces
in the Phlorina district.
"On the Albanian front" 1t
added, there was restricted activity
of patrols and artillery"
The Luftwaffe, meanwhile, con-
tinued its steady pounding of the
port of Piraeus in a four-hour raid
during the night. A small steamer
was said to have been sunk. but
the Greeks said two Nazi bombers
and possibly a third, were shot
down.
Athens had a four hour and five
minute night raid alarm as a re-
suit of attacks on coastal areas near
the capital. Flaming balls of anti
aircraft fire burst high over the
moonlit city.
King Is Confident.
King George II. in a message tt
his embattled nation last night, ex-
pressed confidence in final victory
despite the fury of German attack,
and urged the Greeks to turn to Coz
and the Virgin Mary for help.
In this moment Of our supreme
national resurrection let us stano
with reverence before the God OF
Greece. before the protecting Virgin
who is our supreme general, before
the columns of our heroes OF SC
many Greek generations. before
those who defend the honor and
glory of eternal Hellas." he said.
While the Greek Army Is writing
with blood the most magnificent
page in the glorious history of ouI
fatherland. I must express with emo
ton my profound gratitude for your
manly, gallant stand. unexcelled
spirit, faith in the justice of our
sacred cause and optimism in the
final successful outcome"
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Gen. Persons Asks Loyal
Support for Defense
By TIE Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD, Fla, April l2.-
Maj. Gen. John C. Persons said to-
day the national defense program
lis no longer a debatable question. )"
In an address before the Florida
Bankers Association Convention,
Gen. Persons said the average citi-
zen has not yet fully realized the
magnitude of the plan-how it will
reach into and affect every home
and business"
1T makes no difference how old
you are, where you live, what your
policies are, what your convictions
| are, what your station in life is,
or whether you like it or not" said
Gen. Persons, who is commanding
general of the 31st Division in train
ing at Camp Blanding.
You are now committed to Loyalty
support the vast program of ma
tional defense embarked on by this
country in order that our institu-
tons and our democracy may be
preserved"
Evening star., 1941-04-12

troops which had not been wiped
out spread white cloths on the
ground and surrendered to German
Army units which followed"
In accordance with unofficial pre-
diCtions that the Germans planned
to batter British supply lines in
Greece, the air force renewed attacks
on the Salamis area. Authorized
sources said preliminary reports
showed a 3,000-ton steamer was sunk
and $4,000 tons of shipping space
heavily damaged"
The Good Friday attack on Sa-
lamis roadstead followed Thursdays s
aerial assaults on the harbors of
Salamis and Piraeus, both ports
serving Athens.
German bomberS also were re-
ported to have sunk ships loaded
with Yugoslav war materials on the
Sava River and to have blasted lines
of communications and air bases.
The usually well-informed COM
mentary, Dienst aus Deutschland,
offered the following picture of the
situation:
l. Troops of the German north
front are pushing south from Tag
reb.
2. From the south, Yugoslav forces
which were driven out of Ms NOV
ing northwestward. are being hotly
pursued by German units.
3. An Italian communique gave a
further hint of axis strategy by
pointing out that Italian troops
from the Eastern Albania front con-
tinued to pour into Yugoslav terri
tory.
Serbs May Be Hemmed In.
It was predicted the Serbs likely
would find themselves herded to-
gether in Central Serbia, hemmed
in on the west by the Adriatic Sea
and on the north and northwest by
Hungary and Rumania.
Meanwhile. Hungarian troops
were reported to have moved across
the northern boundary of Yugo-
slavia.
During this movement German
panzer units triumphantly entered
zagreb, capital of the new Croat
state.
According to one German OBJ
server, 1.-The populace hung onto our
trucks and tanks and from hundreds
of thousands of throats again and
again there came shouts of He'll
Hitler! He'll victory!'"
If, when and where the Fuehrer
will give his blessing to the new
Croat nation has not been revealed
here.
Croatia already had its own Par
lament and its own administra-
ton of cultural, economic and, to
some extent, financial life, but is
now considered to be in line for
political autonomy under Nazi spon-
sorship.
Evening star., 1941-04-12

have indicated. officials said, thai
Germany was avoiding the British
blockade in part by having United
States plants fill German orders IN
South America. and was using the
income for penetration" OF thls
country's neighbors.
U. s. Secrets Acquired.
Thus far, the New York grand
Jury has returned indictments in
volving military optical instruments,
magnesium, tungsten-carbide, BEN
tonite and magnesite.
Justice officials said that, in gen.
eral, their evidence tended to show
that. through patent licensing
agreements, foreign corporations
had restricted the quantity and
quality of American production of
items of great military value, had
gained access to American secrets
| through information exchange ar
rangementS, restricted American
foreign markets. caused artif1cia ]
shortages of vital items, and raised
prices.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
British Report Battle
With Axis Divisions
West Of Tobruk
Desert Troops Reinforced
By Veterans Of Ebbing
East Afrieon Campaign
Byttt Associated Press

By II { Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, April 12-British
desert troops in Libya, reinforced by
a flood of battle-Wise veterans of
the ebbing East African campaign.
were reported engaged west of To-
bruk today with the axis divisions
which Prime Minister Churchill has
termed threat to Egypt.
In Berlin, informed German
sources said the British have
been ousted from defense posi-
tions they built between Derna
and Tobruk)
axis troops were reported by
the Italian high command in
Rome to have occupied Ain El
Gazala, less than so miles west
of Tobruk
The high command also report
ed the capture of a British "divi-
sion general" He was said to
have been seized with the crew of
a British plane captured on the
North African front)
Throughout the 4O0-mile advance
vi dhlo AolAC III UIlC ldoI Viii &c WCChS,
the British have insisted they we're
merely withdrawing light covering
forces to concentration point where
they could fight with assurance of
success"
Today it appeared this second bat
tie of Cirenaica would be fought on
the rolling tableland between Tobruk
and the Gebel FL Achdar range
home grounds for the British who
know every water hole and gully
in the area.
No Details Disclosed.
Beyond a terse official announce
ment that our troops are in con-
tact with the enemy west of Tobruk, y
no details of the British operations
were disclosed, however. Tobruk is
only 80 miles from the Egyptian
border.
The German-Italian mechanical
columns, now more than 800 miles
from their base in Tripoli, were said
to include several German armored
divisions. strongly supported by air.
craft.
British sources gave no indication
of the volume of troop movements
from East Africa to Libya.
Pursue Italian Units.
OF East Africa, British COM
munique last night said imperial
troops were driving southwark in
Eritrea in pursuit of scattered
Italian units From the beginning
of hostilities in Eritrea to the fall of
its chief seaport, Massaua, Wednes-
day, the communique said the
British have taken 41,000 troops. in
Guiding 1000 italian officers. $4,000
Italians of other ranks, and $4,000
colonials.
In Ethiopia, the main British
column, having passed through
Adds Ababa, the capital, was re-
ported continuing Ito press the re-
treating enemy in the mountainous
hinterland. At Adds Ababa 5000
prisoners were taken, including
1000 Italians. an Official announce
ment declared
Another imperial force was said
to be driving deeper into Southern
Ethiopia from Italian Somaliland.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
British Positions Taken
In North Africa, Berlin Says

- BERLIN, April IL CP.-British
North African troops were reported
today by informed sources to have
been ousted by Italian
forces from defense positions they
built between Derna and Tobruk.
The high command added that the
axis forces continue the pursuit of
the defeated enemy"
One British fighter was downed
by the Luftwaffe there and three
more in dogfight near the British
Mediterranean island of Malta. the
daily communique said, against no
Nazi losses.
Cooperating German and Italian
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Churchill
Continued From First Page

raid, a large crowd assembled for
the ceremony.
1T is, indeed, a marvellous fact"
Mr.. Churchill said, that Australia
and New Zealand, who are sep
arated from us in Europe with its
passions and quarrels by the great
ocean spaces, send their manhood
and scatter their wealth upon this
world cause" though bound by no
bond or treaty.
The Prime Minister toured bombed
areas before the ceremony. Bristol
was the target of heavy Na1 attacks
last night.
Greets Civil Defense Workers.
Shaking hands with many grimy
civil defense workers worn by an
all-night fight against air raids,
Mr.. Churchill told them, God bless
you all. We will give it back to
them"
In his speech conferring the de-
grees the Prime Minister said:
i go about the country wherever
can escape for few hours or days
from my duty at headquarters and I
see damage done by the enemy's at
tacks. but I also see, side by side
with the devastation and amid the
ruins, glad, confident, bright and
smiling eyes cleaning with con-
sclousneSs of being associated with a
movement finer, higher. wider than
any human or personal issues.
L see the spirit of an unconquer-
able people, see a spirit bred in
freedom, nursed in tradition, which
has come down to us through the
centuries and will enable us most
surely at this moment, this turning
point IN the history of the world, to
bear our part in such way that
none OF our race who come after us
Will have any reason to cast re-
proach upon their sires.
That we should be assembled
here, and gathered here in this way
Is such a mark of fortitude and
phlegm, of courage, of a detach-
| ment from material facts worthy OF
all that we have learned to believe
OF ancient Rome or of modern
Greece"
Pays Tribute to Winant.
OF Mr.. Winant. Mr.. Churchill OBJ.
served:
He is man whose whole life has
been preparation for a cause which
he is now called upon. in a position
OF great responsibility and influence
| to sustain.
l must assure all of the strong
feeling OF uplift and announcement
the strong feeling of the grandeur
and imperishable character of our
cause which association with him
raises in my breast
He is interpreter of the great
Republic TO us and he is our inter-
prefer and friend sending back his
messages across the ocean to them. "
Of Mr.. Menzies, the Prime Min
lister said
He brings with him strong as
surances of the democracy of the
Australian commonwealth that thev
VIII with us go through this long,
flerce, dire struggle to a victorious
end"
Winant Praises Bristol.
After receiving his degree Mr.
Wlnant said, Il shall always think
nrst OF the patience and character
ana courage of the people of Bristol
Mr.. Menzies declared people of
Britain were fighting magnifcently
not only in battle, but in their
homes.
Describing Mr.. Winant as "a great
human being Mr.. Menzies said:
The true bond with the American
people is not bond that springs
from treaty and great things, but
is in truth the bond of a simple
common humanity"
Evening star., 1941-04-12
U. 5. Ready 10 Probe
Foreign Restraints
On Defense Items
Nationwide Quiz Waits
Fund to Sift Evidence
Of Alien Penetration
Ey the Associated Press.

NJ the Associated Press.
Justice Department officials said
today they were ready TO push a
Nation wide investigation Of for
eign restraints on production of vital
defense items as soon as Congress
supplies enough money.
Antitrust Division lawyers and
economists have carried on such an
investigation only in the New York
area thus far, an official said, be-
cause not enough men are available
to set up investigative forces else
where.
However, he added, in addition TO
ready returned, the department has
uncovered material indicative of
enough cases to keep investigators
and grand juries busy in several
cities for a year or more.
Needs Extra $1,000, 900.
Thurman Arnold, antitrust chief,
told the House Appropriations Com
mittee he wanted to establish staffs
in Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles
and could use up to 81 900 900 more
than the Budget Bureau had rec
commended The House later voted
an increase of $750,000 and if the
Senate concurs in this Mr.. Arnold
is ready to tackle heavy backlog
Of cases.
The investigation, which has been
under way on the general subject OF
patents since late 1889, entered a
new and important phase this week
with disclosure that subpoenas had
been issued for the records Of half
a dozen chemical companies al
legedly affiliated with German in
terests.
Complaints in this connection
Evening star., 1941-04-12

pine troops had been in waiting on
the heights since the previous night.
Infantry, which with the Alpinists
had been engaged in victorious
fighting with a Serbian division, ap-
peared in the morning along the
slope which overlooked the noun
tain lake"
Real Enthusiasm.
"Our troops were greeted with
great enthusiasm" the Stefani &C
count said. Military bands played
war marches while the people
warmly acclaimed Mussolini's SOL
diers."
The high command communique
said the city of Ljubljana in the
north was occupied yesterday after
noon and that "the advance con-
tinues."
Ljubliana. q city OF about So. 900.
is an important railway center, with
links to Belgrade, Vienna, Fiume and
Trieste.
In the air the high command
reported attacks along the Yugoslay
coast in the vicinity of the Italian
port OF cara, where 1t said six sea-
planes at anchor we're set afire and
two others sunk.
In the Cherca Canal three enemy
torpedo boats were attacked, one
being sunk and another seriously
damaged" the communique said.
In the drive to reach Ohrid and
Debar, the communique continued.
many prisoners and great guam
titles of arms and material were cap
tured"
Three British planes were reported
shot down by the German Air Corps
in fights over the island of Malta.
1t was announced that two per-
sons were killed and 13 injured in
a Yugoslav air raid reported Thurs
day on lara.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Waves Of Nazi Planes
Batter Bristol, Using
'Hit-Twiee' Technique
Germans Report Heavy
Bombing Of Portsmouth
And Attacks in South
Rs tie Associated Press.

Es tie Associated Press.
BRISTOL, England, April r.
Waves of German raiders battered
their way through intense British
ground and air defenses last night,
subjecting this southwestern English
port to "a very heavy raid"
The Nazis unleashed their slash
ing attack by the light of full
moon and used ''hit-twice" tech
nique, following up early bombings
with a fierce final attack,
United States Ambassador John
G. Winant arrived here this morn
ing few hours after the raid,
looked over the town, and COM
mented:
The courage and fortitude of the
wounded and other victims of the
raid is the most remarkable thing
I ever have seen"
With w. Averell Hartman, United
States defense aid Co-ordinator, and
Prime Minister Churchill, Mr..
Winant visited Swansea yesterday
to inspect bomb damage there.
The casualties at Bristol were de-
scribed as "miraculously few" in
view of the intensity of the attack,
Some parts of the city were
machine-gunned.
A fire watcher said some of the
planes were so low it seemed I could
have hut them with stones"
At one time as many as eight
raiders could be seen clearly.
Service in Roofless Cathedral.
COVENTRY, England, April u
tF).-A little group of men and
women held, Good Friday evening
services last night in battered,
roofless cathedral in this heavily
bombed Midlands town.
The Very Rev. R. T. Howard,
archdeacon and provost of Coventry,
led the services from huge block
of masonry he improvised as a
pulpit.
A cross made from burned timbers
Of the cathedral ruins was sill
houetted against the sky. A Saliva
ton Army band played.
Surely this is the strangest gath
ering Coventry ever has seen" Mr..
Howard said.
After hymns were sung the con-
gregation cleared away debris left
from the fierce German raid Of
Thursday night.
When they had left the custodian
followed an age-old custom-he
bolted the big cathedrals door.
Nazis Start Many Fires.
LONDON, April II tP).-German
cir raiders did severe damage and
started many fires last night in at
tacks confined almost entirely to
the west, south and southwest
coasts, the government said today.
The assault was described as par
Hcularly severe in the west, and a
communique said casualties there
were rather heavy" The number
killed and wounded elsewhere, how
ever, was said to be comparatively
small.
Two of the raiders were reported
officially to have been doWned.
bringing to 40 the number destroyed
since Monday.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Nozis Say SoIoniko
Greeted Army With
Flowers, Not Shells
3, the Associated Press.

bt TIE Assoc1ated Press.
BERLIN, April l2.-Flowers
instead of shells were showered
on the German army as 1t en-
tered the captured Greek port
OF Salonika, DN.B., official Ger
man news agency, said today.
The DNB. account said
shouts of He'll" floral offer
ings and gifts of bread and
cigarettes indicated Salonika's
citizenry heartily welcomed the
arrival of the German army.
eologos Nicoloudis,
Greek press minister, was re-
ported in Athens last night
to have appealed by radio for
residents of German seized
Macedonia and Thrace to
stand firm In passive en-
durance" during the fight
ing)
D.N.B. said a representative
of the city met the German
army as it approached.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Dutch Officials Arrive
In Netherlands Indies
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
BATAVIA, Netherlands East In
dies, April 12.-Dr. Eelco N Van
Kleffens, Prime Minister of the
Netherlands government in London,
and Charles J. I. M Welter, minister
for the colony, arrived today from
Manila, wheYe they had participated
in informal discussions with British
and United States officials.
In radio speech DR.. Van Kleffens
said the object of their visit to the
colony was to demonstrate the soli-
darity of the expatriate Dutch gov
ernment with the Netherlands East
Indies.
Evening star., 1941-04-12

the District of Columbia indicates
that approximately 100000 square
feet of space will be needed in the
near future" he reported to con-
gressional committee.
This is space for authorized in
creases of personnel, including
500, 900 square feet for the War and
Navy Departments and TOO 1000
square feet for other agencies
The temporary buildings. for
which a site is now being sought,
provide the TOO 900 square feet
needed for the War and Navy De-
partments. They would be of walk
up design and are to cost approx
imately 81 100, 5000.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Dry Forces to Discuss
Tests for Drunk Drivers

A bill for scientific tests for
drunken drivers will be discussed al
meeting of the United Dry Forces
at 8 pm. Monday at the Y. M. c. A.
1885 G street NV.
Announcement will be made of q
program for education in the effects
of narcotics and alcohol in the pub
lie schools. Charles M. Pidgeon will
demonstrate posters to be used by
Miss Emma T. Watts in her lectures
on the subject which begin in the
elementary schools after the Easter
vacation.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
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wild shouts of Long Live II Duce' -
In addition TO Struga and Ohrid
the Italian high command reported
the capture of Debar, 80 miles north
of Lake Ohrid.
The union with the Germans
Stefani related, was made after AL
Evening star., 1941-04-12

air fleets were said to have struck
on ahead of the advancing axis
ground forces. effectively raiding
port facilities. at Tobruk with super
bombers."
A transport ship was reported
damaged heavily and An anti-air-
craft position put out Of action.
Evening star., 1941-04-12

AS part of India's AFRAID precau-
tlons program, Bombay will have %
fire stations instead of the pres
ent 10.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
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Evening star., 1941-06-02

ONE BLOCK FROM TIE CUURIHOUOE
-Zoned first commercial: brick house with
rooms, ? baths, steam heat: rented for
$40 a month: lot 24x95 feet with 25
foot alley on side suitable for remodellng
for business; price, $4,000; easy terms II
desired. JAMES MORRIS WOODWARD,
realtor. 723 Goth st. NV.
Evening star., 1941-06-02
MONEY TO LOAN.

MORTGAGE LOANS ON REAL ESTATE
District Of Columbia and nearby Mary
land; 4-417-5T interest graded according
to Character Of loan; prompt and eficient
service Tel Metropolitan 400