Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-05-16

forces. General Hague ordered him =
resist the enemy's advance ct al eosts.
Brill hastily prepared plans with ~
hAp q General Mole, division eoa-
masAsr. Suddenly ths American outDese
was attacked By = stroas force ssses'
iAs the Mo Grade.
! Nov eeaunus with ths story.
" = =
subaIterns. Bennins had served with
he 18th for nearly . year until hs
went to the air corps. from which
service he had been snatched Tor
military intelligence duty. Breath
lessly he followed every scrap q
available information on the llth.
Benning was picking at his dinner
at the Mayaower when there came .
nnal dash on the Boil incident.
"You heard this afternoon Of the
gallant young officer. Captain Boil q
our infantry" the broadcaster IN.
nounced. "You recall that. although
wounded In the cheek. he ignored
his own wound and saw his men
through to the Second Division south
Of San Antonio"
The announcer paused, his voice
shook with feeling as he read brisf
dispatch from San Antonio that
brought the incident Of Boil TO tragic
contamination:
Captain Henry Boil. 18th United
States Infantry. died early this eve
ming Of wounds received In action.
Captain Boil collapsed . few min
utes after reaching the hospital and
died this evening without having 70.
gained consciousness"
For Z long time Bennins sat look.
ing across the blur Of somber faces
In front Of him. then be left his IN
finished dinner and went out into the
street. The soldier spirit Jared into
revolt within him against this soft
spot Of his own present duty when
there was q mans role on the boz.
der.
He walked to the Shoreham 70 ct
himself In hand. Even rlagwi1l's
assertion that the Coalition spy nest
was more dangerous TO the country
than Van Hassek's present invasion 1
brought him small comfort But ~
finally reminded himself that he had f.
. Job TO DO and not until ~ had
done Il would there be hope d trans +
Ter back to the line Of the Army.
| Warrington. The whole county. |
was IN . state Il Juror. All day !
Benning had been shut Oh from tAeI
War Department with IT. staseesine|
problems, black uncertainties. ~
| crushing workload.
ofhcial reinsurance was being fed |
out over the radio 70 those sections ]
Of the country outside he inmsdi-
ate reach Of Van Hassek's invasion.
They were told there was 40 iznmo.
diats danger Of new ar raids. n
Army was pushing through IL inter
ception nets and extending IT. =
telligencs service to bring timely
warning well In advance q any h.
tlre raid.
New Orleans. Galveston. and 9th.
er cities were being organised
against air raids that could not b
eircumvented for the time being. II
was 4 matter OF avoiding crowds.
Of getting underground against dem
clifton bombs and gas. People who
could leave those cities were urged
to take refuge In towns and ham,
lets until the danger could -
brought under control, although ten
Of thousands needed no such warn.
Ing and were pouring into the coun-
try with such Of their effects - thsy
could carry along.
In New York. Warrington. Phila.
delphia. Baltimore. and other great
centers Of population. orsani1atioa
against air attacks had been fever.
ishly undertaken. The Middle West
and West were told there was no
present need for alarm. However.
+, some highly alarming. II uncon-
nrmed. reports Of q mysterious
brewing Of mischief In the Orient
had the coast cities on edge.
Mobilization Of the four existent
Regular Army and eighteen Nation
al Guard infantry divisions was r.
ported sixty per cent complete. The
Third Army was TO concentrate In
Texas a. rapidly a. possible. but
the War Department refused TO give
/, out military details. No censosshin v
Of military news had been clamped
down - yet and the press was print
Ing. without restriction. whatever
news It could get.
Benning ordered an elaborate din
ner At the Shoreham. Though he
had no appetite. he made . pretext
Of eating while he kept under OBJ
servation those who came and went
Before starting on his rounds.
Benning had stationed Lieutenant
Jones, an Intelligence assistant, a
guard over the Massachusetts Ave
nue. apartment Of Mime Pujol with
whom Boggio had dined and danced
| on the capital. Jones' instruetioae
we're TO hold Boggio under close %.
servation and let Benning know %
quickly as possible II the Italian ap-
peared.
Seven-thirty O'Clock passed. ~
Chief Of staff Of the Army would
soon be on the air In Z nationwide
hookup. New dispatches came =
from San Antonio. Pr
Flash - "Bombers reported Il
preaching New Orleans, 0alvestoa
and Houston. The Government's -
tercept nets and intelligence serviea
will give prompt advance warnina
u any planes fly north II TEXAS. ~.
eryone Is urged to remain cafm.'s
Several persons got up HON tahao
at this news and anxiously In ~
room. Others kept dessrminelly r
their seats. q few aiRected nqnena,
liant composure. Into tho Iinann
room at this moment came rineke