Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1940, Page 15

Natis' Invasion Puls | More Ships at Mercy 0f Belligerents Netherlands Had 2,523 At War's Start and Belgium Had 200 Wy $h9 Associated Press. ‘NEW YORK, May 10—The Ger- man : invasion of the Netherlands and Belgium today placed another mighty merchant fleet at the mercy of belligerents. Before the war began the Nether- lands had 1,523 ships totaling 2,969,- 578 gross tons and many more have been built. Only 30 have begn destroyed. Belgium had 200 ships of 408418 tons at the start of the war and her fleet was increased by flag changes, including the transfer of eight United States Lines vessels t6 Bel- gian registry. One of these ships, the Ville de Bruges, formerly the American pas- senger liner President Harding, was unloading cargo at Antwerp when the Germans bombed the city today. Dutch and Belgian shippers in New York said they expected to or- der all their ships to neutral har- bors. ‘The Nieuw Amsterdam, $15,000,000 flagship of the Holland-America Line, was ordered to return to New York immediately from a West In- dies cruise. She radioed she would reach New York Monday with 300 American passengers. Netherlands and Belgian ships be- came subject to seizure by the allies because of the invasion. Hundreds of Danish and Nor- weglan ships are idling in neutral harbors, and scores were seized after Germany invaded Scandi- navia. Self-Help Exchange Aided 595 Persons a Month The Washington Self-Help Ex- change aided a monthly average of 595 persons during the year ending April 30, Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, executive director, has reported to the Board of Directors and the Ad- visory Board yesterday. Mrs. Doyle said that this monthly average rep- resented a 107 increase over that of the previous year. A total of 427,556 work hours was given to persons using the exchange during the year, as compared with 287,307 work hours the year before, Mrs. Doyle said. The number of workers receiving employment at the exchange was 3544—or 1442 more than in the previous year. Cash jobs were -provided for 1214, as against 410 the year before. Claude Owen, chairman of the Farm Committee, has reported that the exchange’s farm produced about $2,400 worth of corn and food- stuffs during 1939. These products ‘were sold for scrip at the exchange. Dr. Thomas E. Mattingly, chair- man of the Professional Relations Committee, reported that a new ar- rangement for provision of dental service to exchange participants had been made by the. organization’s medical guide .system, thanks te the help of a number of dentists and doctors. Dr. Mattingly has beer elected to the Board of Directors. Boys’ Balloons Blamed For Brush Fires Montgomery County (Md.) police are on the trail of several young balloon enthusiasts they believe re- sponsible for a series of brush fires in the Halpine area in recent weeks. | Brooke Edmondson, a farmer living | near Halpine, about half a mile east | of the Rockville pike, is credited with discovering the source of the| fires—toy paper balloons sailed by the use of burning excelsior hung beneath them. One landed in a fleld on Mr. Ed- | mondson’s farm recently and set it ablaze. After putting out the fire Mr. Edmondson turned the balloon | over to Police Chief Charles M. Orme, who launched an investiga- tion. Chief Orme thinks a group of air- minded youngsters have been sail- ing the balloons, accounting for the gpidemic of brush fires. | During the recent “Great Frost” in England country doctors made their rounds on horseback. HOTEL WAS Beau ROOF U.S. Informs Nazis Brussels, Bombed, Is Open City By the Associated Press. The Belgian government asked the State Department early to- day to inform the German gov- ernment that Brussels, which had been bombed by Nazl planes, is an open city and that no troops are stationed there. The department immediately communicated this message to the German Foreign Office through the United States Em- bassy in Berlin. The Belgian request was con- veyed through Ambassador Joseph Kennedy in London, who had received it by phone from United States Ambassador John Cudahy in Brussels. Mr. Cudahy informed Mr. Kennedy that during the bomb- ing a house near the United States Embassy was hit. 200,000 Garment Workers To Get Wage Increase Approximately 200,000 garment workers will receive increases in ‘hourly wage rates, Col. Philip B. Fleming, wage-hour administrator announced today. The increases are provided in a wage order based on recommenda- tions of the Apparel Industry Com- mittee. The order becomes effective July 15 and establishes a minimum wage rate of 3213, 35, 37} and 40 cents an hour for 26 divisions of the industry. Col. Fleming esti- mated the order will increase the pay rolls of cut and sew garment establishments by $10,000,000 an- nually. Today’s order makes more than 500,000 the number of workers given wage increases above 30 cents an hour. Previous orders covered textile, hosiery, millinery, shoe, knitted un- derwear and knitted outerwear in- dustries. Ex-Kaiser Watching New War Developments By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 10.—Aged ex- Kaiser Wilhelm II remained at his Dutch estate in Doorn today while legions of the army he once com- manded poured into the' Nether- lands which has given him refuge since Germany went down to defeat in the last European War. Reliable sources former Emperor was staying se- renely at his Doorn estate, but watching developments with great- est interest. 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