Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1940, Page 4

I A—4 % Brussels Declares Campaign Is Far From Over Refugees Stream Out Of Capital Carrying Their Belongings By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, May 13.—Belgian, British and French troops fought side by side against German motor- ized forces which the high command eaid today had “delivered new at- tacks against all our positions.” The Belgians, apparently, have taken a better grip on themselves with the allies’ support and, it is #aid here, the campaign is far from over, Experienced observers predicted that the next few days will tell the story. Refugees, meanwhile, streamed west and south, some on foot, some on bicycles and some in automobiles. All carried small packs containing food and their most treasured pos- sessions. Cudahy in Conferences. United States Ambassador John Cudahy said he was conferring with Belgian Red Cross officials. The feeding and housing of war refugees already is a tremendous job and funds are needed, he said, The American Embassy was an oasis of calm in this troubled capital. Members of its staff declared they had no intention of moving. The government itself was pre- pared for flight if necessary, but officials said the situation at the | front appeared “stabilized* and that Brussels was in no immediate danger from land attack. The Belgian high command de- clared that Belgian forces had “maintained their positions every- where” during last night, but that early today “enemy motorized forces delivered new attacks against all our positions.” The communique did not disclose with what effect the Germans had | attacked. Halted Near Waremme. Premier Hubert Pierlot said the German push had been halted near Waremme, about 20 miles southwest of the Dutch border at Maastricht, through which the Nazis advanced to strike at the Belgian frontier. The Germans were reported to| have reached the Albert Canal de- | fenses on a 5!';-mile front, driving & salient into the Belgian lines just north of the historic fortified City of Liege. The spearhead of the Nazi thrust extended 13 miles west of Liege, thus threatening the flank of the ancient city—which fell to the Ger- | mans 26 years ago after three days of bitter fighting. M. Pierlot said the Liege forts had successfully fought off heavy frontal attacks, and it appeared that ex- cept for the break at Maastricht the Belgians were still holding the Albert Canal lineg (The German high command officially announced, however, that the Germans have taken the éitadel of Liege, over which the German flag has waved since this morning.) French in Front Lines. A Belgian communique said the Germans had attempted to cross the canal by means of boats at one point, but had been beaten back by | heavy fire. The communique disclosed that French troops now are fighting be- side their new Belgian allies in the front lines. “A French counter-attack against enemy motorized units was success- ful” it said. “A great number of enemy tanks was destroyed.” Roads leading north from the French border were choked with allied troops moving up to the front, and the government maintained strict supervision over the civilian exodus from Brussels to prevent its | interfering with the movement of these reinforcements. (Long lines of Belgian refugees from Liege and Namur streamed through the streets of Brussels seeking refuge in Flanders from German bombing, Reuter’s, Brit- ish news agency, reported in London. (Carts with women, ' children and the aged sitting atop hast- ily gathered possessions jammed streets around the capital. Others, on foot, carried all their belongings in bundles on their backs. Many groups were led by the village priest.) Numerous Air Raid Alarms. The capital, already attacked from the air a half-dozen §imes, was sub- Jected to numerous air-raid alarms yesterday. In Louvain and Ant- ‘werp, which also have been bombed, sirens screamed frequent warnings. Behind the lines Belgian troops were kept busy mopping up German parachute troops which were drop- ped in widely scattered areas during the week end. German aerial activity was heavy, and troop concentrations and lines of communication were subjected to & heavy rain of bombs. It was officially estimated that 20 Nazi planes had' been shot down over Belgian territory yesterday, and at least 100 Saturday. Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak told correspondents that while the situation was serious, the govern- Completely guaranteed service. No job is too big or too small for Mer- Skiled » e m = (= ] china & and glass packers. Over ‘ 45 years of quality service, = TRANSFER & STORAGE (Q 920 EST. N.WV. = < PADDED VAISv 3 ) Waremme region (2). ’ B’RU»éS‘ELSo THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1840, Belgians Encouraged by Allies’ Aid as Nazis Attack All Positions LOl’.‘VA IN TiaLemoN'® S WAREMME BITTER FIGHTING REDOUBLED ON BELGIAN SOIL—German invaders hammered at second- line defenses in Belgium and the Netherlands today, and residents of Brussels began to flee. The German attack was severe north of the Albert Canal (1) in an effort to drive a wedge between Liege and Antwerp. The German spearhead had pushed into the Tirlemont and The Nazi drive also was intense in the Belgian Ardennes Mountains (3) opposite Luxembourg (4) which Germany now claims to control. —A. P. Wirephoto. ment was not discouraged and that morale remained high. | The faces of the civilian popula- tion in Brussels, however, reflected the general feeling of anxiety as scattered reports filtered back from the front. World War Days Recalled. It was obvious that developments of the last few days had awakened memories of the last war, when the Germans entered Brussels just 16 days after crossing the Belgian frontier. Not until three months later was the impetus of this drive | halted by French and British troops after it had carried dangerously close to Paris. Premier Pierlot said the Germans effected their first crossing of the Atbert Canal Saturday opposite | Maastricht, which is about 15 miles north of Liege. 5 He said the officer in charge of thi$ sector was killed by an aerial | bomb before he was able to carry | out . orders to destroy two bridges | across the canal. The second in | command hesitated to execute the | assignment, and in the interval | German motorized units poured | across the waterway, gaining a | foothold from which they were able to break through the Belgian de- | fenses, Later, M. Pierlot said, a Belgian officer made a suicide dash through | the German lines and blew up one [of the Brmges. . . & The German drive westward through the breach in the Albert Canal defenses was supported by “an enormous mass of tanks and aireraft,” M. "Plérlot safd. * i | Despite “fierce resistance,” the Premier declared, the Nazi column pushed throug Tongeren (Tongres) and reached a point near Waremme | befove being halted. | Traveled 20 Miles. the Belgian-German frontier. To reach this point, however, the Ger- mans actually traveled less than 20 miles across Belgian territory, for they began their advance from the Dutch “appendix” province of Southy Limburg, which juts into the northeast corner of Belgium. Heavy fighting was reported con- tinuing in the Southern Belgian province of Luxemburg, near the French frontier, where strong Ger- man forces attacked east of the | Meuse River. Premier Pierlot said Belgian troops had made strategic withdrawals at several points in this area. The Belgian high command made no estimate of losses, but the Brus- sels railway stations were crowded with wounded and it was conceded that casualties were heavy. The German Ambassador and his staff left the capital for Berlin Sat- urday night. Treasury Asks Bids On More Chromium By the Associated Press. The Treasury asked more bids to- day on chromium ore to be delivered to the Army and Navy for storing as strategic war materials. In addition to similar purchases in recent months, bids were asked on 17,500 tons of the ore to be delivered at Philadelphia, New Cumberland, Pa., and Ogden, Utah. | Turkey Calls in Reservists ISTANBUL, May 13 () —Eleven classes of Turkish reservists have been ordered to report to district headquarters for a census enabling their instant mobilization in case of emergency. . Main Office Tth & E Sts. N.W,- Waremme is about 40 miles west of | e —— - LOANS ON Life Insurance Cash Values Also Automobile and Character Loans on Attractive Terms Bank of Commerce & Savings Amsterdam (Continued From First Page.) able to use it because of heavy Dutch artillery fire. Elsewhere they were reported wiped out or “ren- dered harmless.” British troops were reported oc- cupying land and flood-water de- fense posts in Central Holland. The Dutch withdrew in’the north- ern provinces, where there are no defense lines. But this was no more than had been expected, since the Netherlands’ defense plans were built around the idea that the main stand would have to be taken be- hind the inundated central regions which form the chief line of de- fense. Airfield Heavily Shelled. The Dutch retreat in the north | also was effective in retarding the progress of the Hitler “blitzkrieg” columns, the high command said. Stating that the clearing of Rot- terdam “has now been nearly | brought to an end,” the communique | said: “The airfield at Waalhaven has been heavily shelled by our artillery and in consequence has now lost all importance for the enemy.” Strenuous measures were put into | effect throughout the country to guard against any further uprisings by. traitorous fifth-colymnists. Civ- ilians in the Hague,” séat of the government, were ordered to keep their doors and windows closed, and assembling of three or more persons in;the streets was forbidden. Curfew already was in effect in the Hague. A new order from the commander of the army in the field banned civilians from the streets | between 8 pm. and 8 am. in all areas east of a line running from | Amsterdam south to the Belgian border town of Zundert, and in the entire province of North Brabant, which borders on Belgium. | The latest attempted “putsch” by fifth-columnists occurred in Amster- dam last night, where Dutch sol- diers were fired on from windows. But the army was reported to have got control of the situation. There was no further outbreak in The Hague, where Saturday night Dutch Nazis were driven back to their headquarters and then shelled | by an armored car until the sur- vivors surrendered. It was announced that similar steps would be taken against every house from which shots were fired “against the Dutch people.” Amsterdam’s 800,000 residents were kept under rigid scrutiny. Police and | soldiers conducted a house-to-house | search in which hundreds of persons | were rounded up. Heavy guards were placed on all public buildings, and identification papers demanded at pistol-point. All internal communica- tions were halted, and a call was issued for additional volunteers for the city militia, which does auxiliary | guard duty. There were no air raids during the —————e e S 1€ EfVE £OR DEVOE PAIN. LA 4 RY ] 32 shades of the femous Devoe i 2-Cost Paint. M1, 0067 ANY WATCH sutay 82 e 9 Wis, Av | Guaranteed Watch Crystals, 35¢ 5 WADE’S cxeon 615 13th 8t N.W. JEWELERS % Branch H at No. Capitol Member Federal Depostt Insurance Corp. day, but there were seven alarms. Radio broadcasts advised the popula- tion that the air-raid siren system | had been sabotaged, and therefore | could not be relied upon. Body (Continued From First Page.) women. Dr. Boyd found remnants | of what he believed to be blue serge | cloth clinging to the body, bolstering his belief that it was a man’s. Federal Bureau of Investigation operatives entered the investigation at the request of C. A. Logan, super- intendent of the Research Cemer.} The body was found on Federal | property. A colored W. P. A. worker, known only as “Johnson,” found the body as he walked to work this morning. The road on which the car was parked is a hard surface traffic lane, | | which runs from the administration building at the center to the Laurel- Bowie road The car was parked on the south side of the road. Its interior was completely burned out, the roof was | Were started in diplomatic circles | burned off and the metal of the body had been melted in places. of a tree, 15 feet above the roof of the car, had been burned. tesmy-{ | ing to the intensity of the blaze. | Members of Mr. Hoffman's family said he had no known enemies. He | worked for the Logan Motor Co. | 1111 Eighteenth street N.W., and had | been employed there for about 10 years. He did not report for work | Leaves | Uruguay Is Reported Asking New Parley On Americas’ Stand Said to Seek Meeting To Discuss Pledge of Strict Neutrality BY the Associated Press. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 13. —With Argentina calling for the Americas to adopt a ‘“non-bellig- erent” attitude toward the European war, Uruguay was reported today to have proposed a new conference to decide the future steps of the 21 American republics now pledged to strict neutrality. g President Alfredo Baldomir and Foreign Minister Alberto Guani were said to have dispatched a telegram to President Augusto S. Boyd of Panama urgently requesting a meet- ing of the 21 republics “in view of the grayity of the situation.” (Secretary of State Hull today withheld comment on this Gov- ernment’s attitude toward the Argentine proposal for a change in the American nations’ neutral- ity policy, but indicated he might be opposed to such a change. (Mr. Hull said the United States naturally gave the fullest con- sideration to any ideas advanced by friendly nations, adding that this did not mean we always sub- scribed to them. (The Secretary branded as flatly untrue reports that the proposal for scrapping the strict neutrality policy for a “non- belligerent” attitude originated with this Government.) President Boyd was told that Uru- guay “received with deep emotion the news of the invasions” of Hol- land, Belgium and Luxembourg, Argentine Official Sees Need for New Expression BUENOS AIRES, May 13 (f).— Diplomatic circles were stirred today by the proposal of an Argentine offi- cial that the American nations scrap their policy of strict neutral- {ity for a “non-belligerent” attitude toward the European war. g The proposal was voiced last night | by Foreign Minister Jose Maria | Cantilo, who said the “aggressive | methods” employed in Europe had | made neutrality a “fiction and a | dead cor.ception.” Cantilo made his statement after a conference with President Roberto M. Ortiz, United States Ambassador | |Norman Armour and the Brazlian Ambassador. He said discussions on the subject | April 9, when the possible invasion FULLER BRISTLECOMB HAIR BRUSH Doesn’t Disturb the WAVE Call DL 3498 or Write 977 Natl * Press Bids. today. = Police were seeking to locate Mr. | Hoffman's wife, Emma, who was| said to live in Mount Rainier with their 9-year-old son. Mr. Hoffman was a slight man, about 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing less than 150 pounds. He was quiet and cheerful, his friends said. The brother who viewed the body, Fred Hoffman, operates a garage in Hyattsville. Police said he had an- other brother, Carl, employed at a ‘Washington garage. Sergt. Ralph Brown and Police- men L. J. Mackall and Charles N. Thompson took charge of the in- vestigation for Prince Georges au- thorities. Belgians, Dutch Go to Belfast BELFAST, Northern Ireland, May 13 (#)—The British government to- day commandeered Ulster Hall, one of the city’s largest buildings, to house Belgian and Dutch refugees. 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He is in Emergency Hospital here. The dead are Prances Ferrita and Gloria Carson, high school students, and Raymond Brashears and Ray- mond Seeger, all of Annapolis, The young people were said by officers to be headed down South River road on a trip to Washington when their car crashed head-on into a heavily loaded truck at the crest of the hill. Ambulances rushed to the scene and brought all five persons here. Four of them were dead on arrival at the hospital. Dr. Howard A. Kinhart, principal of Annapolis High School, identified the bodies of the two young girls and their escorts. By HOLGAR J. JOHNSON MRS. L. of Pittsburgh says: “My husband makes $2100 year and we have two small 'Brifain and Holland Reassure Japan on Status Quo i Indies Allied Troop Landings Won'’t Be Made in East, Diplomats Declare By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 13—Britain and Holland both assured Japan today they had no intention of altering the status quo in the Netherlands’ rich Indies possessions. / British Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie informed Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita that Britain did not intend to interfere with the present situation in the Netherlands Indies, since she believed the Dutch forces there were sufficient to maintain the integrity of the islands. Concern had been expressed in many Japanese quarters lest the British and French landings of forces in the Netherlands West In- dies might be followed by similar allied action in the East Indies. Ja- pan has officially notified interested powers of her insistence that the European war shall bring no change in the East Indies’ status. Otto Reuchlin, secretary of the Netherlands Legation, informed the | ! Japanese foreign office earlier that | allied troop landings would not be necessary in the East Indies because of the presence of adequate Dutch forces. He assured the Japanese the status | quo in the East Indies would be | maintained, and explained that the | troop landings in the West Indies | were essential to prevent Germans from sabotaging the oil fields. The foreign office, meanwhile, was expected, through its Ambassadors, to ask Great Britain, France and the Netherlands for the full facts of the East Indies situation, Loudon Is Confident On Indies Status Quo ‘The Netherlands Minister A. Loue don, heard from his superiors today that they had the “absolute convice tion” that the allies contemplate no alteration in the status of the Netherlands East and West Indies, and felt “equally confident” about Japan. Panama Canal Tolls Far Behind Year Ago The Treasury reports that Pan- anama Canal receipts during the first nine days of May were only $296,093, compared with $898,650 in a corresponding period last year. 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