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Angary. requisitioned a consider
able number of neutral ships
which were seeking refuge in
Italian ports from a MEDITERRANEAN
naval war
After the war was over Italy
returned the ships 10 their own
CTS and reimbursed tffe-iattefi-feF
use of them.
Authoritative quarters SAID
President Roosevelt may resort TO
similar action on the grounds that
idle shipping in American waters
is urgently needed for national de-
ifense purposes.
Once the Italian and German
ships are requisitioned, they prob
ably will be used on American
service in Western Hemisphere
and Pacific waters. re ! @ asln
American-owned vessels for trans
fer to Great Britain
SHIPS DISPOSAL
Informed opinion thought this
method would be followed in order
TO avoid giving Italy or Germany
an opportunity TO charge the
United States with Selling the YES
seis in order TO turn them over
TO the British.
In the case OF the Danish ships,
they may be purchased from their
present owners while they are in
protective custody Fear that
German and Italian agents IN this
country might have been in,
Structed TO sabotage them was be-
lieVed to have led to their seizure
along with the AXIS vessels.
The state department was
awaiting what il expected would
be strong diplomatic protests from
both the Italian and German gov
ernmcnt- over the seizure Of their
vessels. The Italian and German
embassies Cabfed Rome and Berlin
respectively yesterday for instruc-
-tiens as to what sort of protest
they should make The Italian
press recently warned that any
seizure of the vessels would be re-
garded as hostile act.
TIED Up BY BLOCKADE
However. American quarters
doubted that Hitler or MuSSolini
would 20 so far as to break of
diplomatic relations as a result OF
tie move. II was felt that both
Germany and Italy place too much
importance on The value of having
diplomatic military and naval
representatives in this country to
sever relations over seizure of Vcs-
sels which in view of the British
blockade. could be of little use ia
them anyway
The Italian crews action in at
tempting TO sabotage their ships
did not come as a surprise TO the
American government Informal
ton received by this government
sometime ago indicated that Bcr-
lin and Rome would order the
vessels sahotaged or scuttled il
they believed the United States
was about to requisition them.
The coast guard therefore was
all set to act at the first sign of
sabotage First word came from
Wilmington and Baltimore. where
the crews of Italian vessels in
those harbors were reported TO be
wrecking machinery on their ships
SWARM OVER SHIPS
Within a short time. armed
coast guardSmen were Swarmine
over % Italian and German ships
in North American waters while
army authorities were taking over
control of the 23.0O0-ton Italian
passenger liner Conte Biancamanc
at Christobal. in the Panama
Canal zone The Danish ships were
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taken into protective custody yes
terday.
There is reason to believe that
a number of South American ma
tons will follow this governments
action in Selling Italian and Ger
man ships in their ports. Chile
already has discussed the matter
with the state department.
There are IS Italian and 40 Ger
man ships tied up IN South
American ports.
The acts of sabotage thus far
discovered were all on Italian ves-
sells, although federal authorities
would not yet say that none OF the
German or Danish ships had been
damaged by their crews, pending
closer inspection.
MARINES TAKE PART
Tn at least one instance coast
cuardsmen, WI o carried sub
machine guns. bayoneted rifles and
pistols. met with physical re-
Sistance by italian Seamen. who
were promptly Subdued after a
brisk encounter. LeatheTneckS OF
the marine corps took part in the
New York and Philadelphia board
ings.
An estimated 2,200 German.
Italian and Danish officers and
crew members taken in the raids
in continental harborS. were held
under technical arrest after being
rushed in large. guarded carloads
TO immigration detention stations,
local jails, or held under guard
aboard ship.
The seized ships. several Of them
declared to be totally imperative
as result of sabotage, were in %
American key psrts, from Panama
to the Canadian border and ring
ing the nations three coasts.
Among them are ports of high
naval Importance and adjacent to
nearly att of them are located
strategic shipbuilding and repair,
or military facilities.
DANISH SHIPS SEIZED
The Danish ships were seized in
the following harborS
New York. IS; Portland. Me- I;
Boston. 2; Philadelphia ,; Balti-
more. s; Norfolk. Va. ,; Jackson
vile. Fla. =: Los Angeles, ,; and
Grays Harbor, Wash, |.
The earlier-Seized German and
Italian vessels were taken, as fol-
lows. in:
New York Newark Harbor), 5;
BnStan Philadelphia. 4; Balti-
more, 2: Newport News. Va, ,;
Norfolk. Va. 3: Wilmington. n. C.
/: Savannah, Ga. l.; Jacksonville,
Fla. , New Orleans. 2; Houston,
Tex. l Mobile, Ala. ! San Juan,
Puerto Rico, / and Portland,
Ore. l.
No resistance was encountered
in Selling the Two German ships,
the Pauline Frederick at Boston.
and the Arauca. at Port Ever
gladcs. Fla, locked near the spot
from which President Roosevelt.
aboard the White House yacht
Potomac. Saturday night delivered
to the world blistering denuncia-
ton Of the relationships.
The Arauca took refuge in
Florida waters last year after be-
ing ovsrhauled by a British man.
o-war at start of a vain attempt
TO run the Atlantic blockade.
TRAMP FREIGHTERS
All the Italian vessels are rated
by maritime officials as tramp
freighters' Of 5000 to 5000 tons.
They have an average value of
about 100000 each, making a
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.ruIsers and destroyers north OF
his position.
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SWARM OVER SHIPS

Within a short time. armed
coast guardsmen were Swarming
over % Italian and German ships
IN North American waters while
army authorities were taking over
control of the 23.0O0-ton Italian
passenger liner Conte Biancamano
at Christobal. in the Panama
Canal zone The Danish ships were
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-31
TRAMP FREIGHTERS

All the Italian vessels are rated
by maritime officials as tramp
freighterS" Of 5000 to 5000 tons.
They have an average value of
about 100000 each, making a
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OF the diagonal

which a British naval squadron
fought-eff attacks by French
shore guns and planes.
The admiralty announced the
Anglo-French clash yesterday was
provoked by French convoy
carrying Important war material
for Germany
The fight between British ships
and French shore guns and planes
was the first clash between the
former allies in six months. 1t
occurred yesterday morning some
20 miles east OF Gibraltar.
The admiralty account said the
British squadron silenced some OF
the guns of the French batteries
an the coast of Algeria after they
fired TO prevent the British from
hating and searching a convoy
said to have been laden with Ger
man war supplies.
Smyrna times., 1941-05-29

Christian, it is to be seen right at
this point-in the absence of the
of fear over the Chris
tan mind.
Study the Scriptures and you
will discover that there is no room
for fear in the mind of the man
who walks with God.
The man of faith believes that
God is each day exhorting him as
He did Joshua; Have not I COM
manded thee? Be strong, and of a
good courage; be not afaird neither
be thou dismayed; for the Lord is
with thee withersoever thou go
est"
The Prophet reveals the secret of
a fear-free mind when he exclaim-
ed: Thou wilt keep him in perfect
peace; whose mind is stayed on
thee; because he trusteth in thee
And the Master Himself, trium-
plant over all fear, exclaimed: BE
of good cheer, for have overcome
the world"
While the Christian does not es
cape the attact of fear, he can es
Smyrna times., 1941-05-29
Eovorife villains
Listed BY Phelps

CHAKESPEARE once wrote,
- There's nothing level in our
cursed natures, but villainy."
Literature is filled with charac-
tiers whose chief quality the Bard
of Avon describes. Some are more
outstanding than others, and Tor
the April issue of Good Housekeep-
ing magazine, William Lyon Phelps,
beloved man of American letters,
lists some of his favorite villains.
First in DIR. Phelps selections
is Iago in Shakespeare's Othetlo. He
is perhaps Shakespeare's most evil
character. His destruction of the
happiness of Othello and BESIDE
mona has been thought by many
critics to be insufficiently motiva-
ted. Il do not agree" Phelps writes.
Shakespeare knew human nature.
What torments Iago is Casslo's
promotion over his head. And there
is here something even deeper
the frightful instinct of selfishness.
We know how secretly pleased such
people are when their most pros
porous and happy friends are
ruined"
Pew in Stevenson's Treasure
Island is another choice DR.. Phelps
makes. "The most dangerous vii
lains in this wonderful romance are
neutrality-suspicious. is blind, the other
has only one leg. Now ordinarily
we associate blindness with mild
ness, with people who are made
gentle and sweet by helplessness
and by constantly being regarded
with pity and love. So to have this
gang of cutthroats led by an as
sasin totally blind has horror all
its own"
Captain Bhgh, in Mutiay on the
Bounty. Phelps considers one OF
the blacklist villains. "Of all sins,
be writes, 81 hate cruelty most
Captain Bligh's treatment of Me.
Christian aroused IN me terrrha
hatred fox the tyranf
Smyrna times., 1941-05-29

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LMX Of the
kNU.S'MARINES
MARINES PROUD OF
NICKNAME

Some persons think that the Us.
Marines are called Leathernecks
because their skin has been tanned
and toughened by the heat and sun
in the tropics. But this deep brown
color has nothing to do with their
nickname.
They are called Leathernecks be-
cause years ago their uniforms in
Guided stiff leather collars, or
stocks. These stocks were of heavy
leather about three inches in height
which encircled the neck and were
fastened at the back by buckle.
For many years the stocks COM
PEELED the sea soldiers to hold their
heads erect, although there was no
more need to tell the Leathernecks
to keep their chins up" in those
DAYS than there is today.
It is known that the stocks We're
a part of the uniform in 1898 and
that they remained in vogue until
about 1880. when they were aban-
doned. They were very uncom-
Portable and the Marines were not
sorry to see them disappear.
Up until a few years ago there
were a number of retired sea sold
iers who could remember the time
the stocks were worn during all
military formations. Today their
memory survives only in a nick
name of which most of the Marines
are rather proud.
Smyrna times., 1941-05-29
Radiant Living
NO ROOM FOR
FEAR
BY Rev. G. M. Griffith
Pastor Methodist Church
Cecilton, Md.

Fear grips every life. We meet
it at every turn. We are afraid
that our work will not be accept
able. We fear loosing our job.
Then there is the fear Of sickness,
Of poverty in old age, and the fear
Of death.
There is no one Of mature mind
who escapes from the attacks Of
fear.
Yet fear has no rightful place in
the Christian mind. If there is to
be an outstanding difference be
tween the Christian and the non
Smyrna times., 1941-05-29

type spectacle composed of mann
moth Aer-O-Dome tent seating 1900
persons, and % streamlined Futur-
liner transports and tractor units
arranged for various exhibits and
demonstrations.
The Parade of Progress, accord
ing to Mr.. Kettering, is exhibiting
and describing a number Of new de-
velopments of industrial research
which are already contributing to
national strength and which give
promise of future improvements Of
an important nature.
Among these research develop
ments are:
Lightweight higher-powered
electric motors using glass in
sulating tape;
Lightweight metals, particu-
larly magnesium, used in aviation
engines;
Illuminated plastic-treated ply
Smyrna times., 1941-05-29

wood for nodded airplane winQ
and fuselages:
Synthetic rubber for tires and
other military usages:
Portable Diesel power plants
for military use;
Peanut tube" high-intensity.
water-eooled mercury yapor lamps,
which are said to have possible
ties as searchlights for airfelds;
High octane fuels using tetrar
ethyl lead;
The tent itself. which is pole
less, constructed OF lightweight
metal with synthetic, impress
mated canvas, and which may
pioneer a type of portable cor
struction useful for military
purposes.
]. NJ. Jerpe, director Of the q
rade of Progress. is in charge e
the staff of SO young men who .
crate it and conduct its scientfA
demonstrations
Smyrna times., 1941-05-29

Dramatizing American industry's
role in the national defense pro-
gram and showing in exhibits and
displays a cross-section of impor-
tant new materials and discoveries
of scientific research laboratories,
the General Motors Parade Of
Progress, a newly designed. stream
lined, travelling exposition, is now
on nationwide tour.
New materials, new methods,
new techniques, new ways of doing
things are ever in the process of
development" Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.,
Chairman of General Motors, said
recently in sounding the keynote
Of the project. sThe Parade Of
Progress is designed to show how
industrial research and constantly
advancing industrial techniques con-
tribute to the vigor and strength of
the nation"
Designed under the general super
vision of Charles F. Kettering, Vice
President of General Motors in
charge of research, the Parade of
Progress is an out-of-doors. circus
Smyrna times., 1941-05-29

cape being brought under the con-
troll of any fear by building up a
resistance to it. That resistance is
daily trustful confidence in God.
Over the portals of his mind, the
Christian has inscribed these
words: This is the victory that
overcometh the world, even our
faith"
Smyrna times., 1941-05-29

Phillips started out in All club
work four years ago when he had
an acre of factory sweet corn as
his project. Last year he worked
on an acre of hybrid field corn.
Smyrna times., 1941-05-29
DELEGATES VISIT All CAMP
CONTINUED from Page Three

jects. He graduated from Middle
town High School last year and is
now 20 years old. Young farmer
Smyrna times., 1941-05-29
To Remove Chewing Gum

Chewing gum may be removed
from clothing by rubbing the spot
with ice until the gum rolls into
a ball.
Smyrna times., 1941-05-29

Dramatic unique General Motors streamned
Progress, nationwide Top the AODom
synthetic suspended
gders (righ, the Futuiners the %
in which the show travels below f.
Kettering, c. NJ research liquid
Allison aplane engine typical of the exhibits Of important
iudus defense contributions.
Evening star., 1941-07-21
Nozi Air Director
Quits Activities
Colombia

Paul Won Bauer, Nazi director Of
aviation expansion for Spanish
America" has abandoned his activ-
tiles in Colombia, not far from the
Panama Canal. and has moved with
his family to Chile, the Commerce
Department announced today.
Subsidized by the German gov
eminent, Won Bauer organized in
1919 the famous Scadta Air Service
in Colombia, which, until 1t was
recently dissolved by Colombian de-
cree, was linked with other Nazi
international air routes in South
America. When questioned in Bar
ranquilla why he was hastily pack
ing, he stated that he needed a
change in climate"
THE flight of Won Bauer from
his activities In close proximity tc
the Panama Canal Zone marks q
climax in the increasing effective
ness of inter American cooperation
for curtailing the activities Of Ger
man agents within reach of the
Panama Canal Notifications" the
Commerce Department said today.
Evening star., 1941-07-21
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Guard, which then formed the
bulk of these forces. had to be
seasoned; it's technical training
and general efficiency greatly
improved. The ranks of the
National Guard and the Regular
Army had to be brought to full
strength; and, in addition, the
Army required for its tremendous
expansion the services Of ap-
proximately $4,000 reserve off,
GERS.
In effect, two steps were taken
for the security Of the Nation.
First, the Selective Service Act
initiated annual military train
ing as a prime duty of citizen
ship. Second, tine organization
and training Of field armies was
begun-training in -team-wrk--
company by company, battalion
by battalion, regiment by regi-
ment and division by division.
The objective was to have ready
at snort nOtlce an organized
and integrated personnel of over
100000 men.
Washington Realized Risks.
I need scarcely emphasize the
fact that if and when an or
ganized and integrated company,
battalion, regiment or division
is compelled to send two-thirds
of it's members home. those who
return to civil life, if called to
the colors later on, would have
to 60 through new period of
organization and integration be-
fore the new unit to which they
were assigned could be depended
on for service. The risks and
the weaknesses caused by dissolv-
ing trained army in times of
national peril were pointed out
by George Washington over and
over again. in his messages to the
Continental Congress.
1t is, therefore, obvious that
Evening star., 1941-07-21
British Raid Naples;
15Ki||ed and "a
Hurt, Italy Says
Sinking Of Two English
Subs in Mediterranean
Also Reported in Rome
AZ the Associated Press.

ROME, Puly 21.-British planes
again raided Naples, early today.
killing IS persons and tnjuring "a p
the Italian west coast port, the hlgn
command reported.
The Rome war bulletin said flVe
of the dead were anti-aircraft artll-
lery militiamen.
British planes also were said TO
have attacked Bengasi.
The italian high command SAID
Axis bombers struck anew at bat
teries and fortified positions of tho
British at Tobruk, Libya, and shct
down three British planes in an air
battle near Salum.
Efforts of British detachments to.
advance into Axis positions sur
rounding Tobruk were declared re-
pulsed.
Some artillery activity was re-
ported in the Uolcheflt district of
Ethiopia.
italian submarines and destroyers
in q series of actions in the Medl-
terranean sank two British subma-
dllO d dCoblOSCls bAAN ASeNAA~tA
war bulletin said yesterday, while
torpedo planes hit l0,000-ton Brit
ish cruiser.
One Italian submarine has failed
to return from the Atlantic, the COM
munique said.
The British destroyer was finished
by a torpedo from an italian sub
marine, the communique said, while
another Italian submarine accounted
for one of the British submarines.
Stefani, the official Italian news
agency, said the other British sub
marine was sunk by Italian destroy
ers which dropped depth bombs in
the Ionian Sea. The British warshlp
had fired two torpedoes at one of
the destroyers, but missed, the news
agency said.
The cruiser was attacked of Ma
truh, the British railhead in Egypt,
| the cornmIIrinIle said
Evening star., 1941-07-21
Text of Presidents S MESSAGE
Retention of Soldiers on Active Service
Called imperative for Sofety Of Nation

II two-thirds Of our present
Army return to civilian life. it
will be almost a year before the
effective Army strength again
reaches 1,0O0, 900 men.
Today 1t Is imperative that I
should oficially report to the
Congress what the Congress un-
doubtedly knows: That the in
ternational situation is not less
grave but is far more grave than
it was a year ago. 1t is so grave,
in my opinion, and in the opin-
ion of all who are conversant
wit hthe facts, that the Army
should be maintained in effective
strength and without diminution
of its effective number in a COM
plete state Of rediness. Small
as 1t is in comparison with other
armies, it should not suffer any
form Of disorganization or dis
integration.
Therefore, we would be taking
q grave national risk unless the
Congress were to make 1t possible
for us to maintain our present
full effective strength and during
the coming year give training to
as many additional Americans as
we can, when immediate readi-
ness for service becomes more and
more a vital precautionary meas
ure, the elimination of approx
mately two-thirds of our trained
soldiers, and about three-fourths
of the total officer personnel,
would be a tragic error.
Schemes Inimical to Nation.
Occasional individuals, basing
their opinions on unsupported
evidence or on no evidence at
all, may with honest intent as
sert that the United States need
fear no attack on its own terri
tory or on the other nations Of
this hemisphere by aggressors
from without.
Nevertheless, it is the well-nigh
Evening star., 1941-07-21

A scene out of the past. with a
few concessions to circumstances,
was repeated on the old Chesapeake
& Potomac Canal yesterday.
Instead of the horse drawn packet
with It's dining room and bar that
once carried Sunday crowds from
Georgetown to Great Falls, a
maintenance scow was used And,
of course, those aboard wore modern
clothes and snapped modern cam
eras
Otherwise, historians said, the ex-
cursion trip sponsored by the Office
of National Capital Parks from
Chain Bridge to Carderock and back
again was much the same as in the
old days.
More than 40 people made the
trip each way and others had to
be refused for lack Of space. Pleased
by the popularity Of the excursion,
National Capital Parks may sched-
ule two trips each Sunday for the
rest Of the summer.
Evening star., 1941-07-21

bers Of selectees inducted each
year for training and service.
And, in order to reduce indi-
vidual hardships to a minimum, I
urge that the Congress provide
that employers be asked to con-
tinue to keep jobs open for their
employees who have been held In
the Army. For my part I will
direct the return to civil life of
officers and men whose retention
on active duty would impose un-
due hardship and that selectees
and enlisted men of the National
Guard, who have reached the age
of %. be transferred from active
service to a reserve component as
rapidly as possible.
At great cost to the Nation and
at increasing dislocation Of pri-
vate buying we are accepting the
material burdens necessary for
our security. In such matters We
accept the fact Of a crisis in our
history.
1t is true that in modern war
men without machines are OF
little value. 1t is equally true that
machines without men are Of no
value at all. Let us consolidate
the whole Of our defense-the
whole of our preparation against
attack by those enemies of democ-
racy who are the enemies of all
that We hold dear.
One final word: time counts.
Within two months disintegra-
ton, which would follow failure
to take congressional action, will
commence in the armies Of the
United States. Time counts. The
responsibility rests solely with the
Congress.