Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1940, Page 7

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In a communication to Legion- naires, Mr. Kelly said: 2 “There is no more worthy and pressing task before the American people today than in the national endeavor to aid war-afflicted civil- ian populations in other countries. More than any other part of our citizenry, Legionnaires are familiar with war's accompanying corollaries of pestilence, starvation and suf- fering. They have viewed these man-made disasters in their naked, unadulterated forms.” D. A. V, Pledges Support. The Disabled American Veterans of the World War pledged their sup- port in a letter from their national adjutant, Vivian D. Corbley of Cin- cinnati. A letter promising co- operation came from the Veterans of Foreign Wars. American school children are in- vited to contribute to the relief of children who are victims of the Eu- ropean war. The American Junior Red Cross has started a new na- tional children’s fund. J. W. Studebaker, United States commissioner of education, indorsed the plan, pointing out that it gave the young people of this country an opportunity to share in a great hu- manitarian service. Old Bills Received. Red Cross officials received re- cently four $1 bills of an obsolete size. They came from a “secret” compartment in the safe of a Wash- ington news bureau. They were covered with the dust of 20 years. Collected for some forgotten cause they were inadvertently tucked away. The Red Cross has completed ar- rangements to handle welfare in- quiries addressed to persons in Hol- land, Belgium and Luxembourg, Ernest J. Swift, vice chairman in charge of foreign operations, an- nounced. This extends facilities established last September for Poland and later for Finland and Norway. The Red Cross inquiry service since has cleared more than 24,000 inquiries regarding relatives and friends in the war zones. Such que; to local should be addressed Cross chapters. 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The German tactics have been to flank this formidable system rather than attempt to take it by storm. Deepest Penetration at Rethel. It is in the Rethel region that the swift German armored units which broke through from Sedan have effected the Nazy Army’s deen- est penetration into Franch sofl, Rethel is half-way between that frontier fortress town and Reims. PFrench mechanized columns, sup- ported by bombers and strafing planes, attacked the invaders. The battle continued all through the night in the Rethel area, the high command communique said, and from there north to the Sambre River, which runs eastward out of France to join the Meuse at Namur. ‘The heaviest fighting was in French territory, including con- tinued combats involving tanks and | * planes immediately south of Sedan. Fighting doggedly to check a Naz drive toward the heart of Prance, allied ground forces struggled to re- pair their lines while their planes ranged far and wide, hurling down desitt:ucnon on German mechanized units, The lightning thrust of Ger- many’s light tanks and armored cars through the Sedan fortifica- tions appeared aimed at Paris itself. In this crucial hour French au- thorities extended the military zone to Paris, placed guards at the city's gates, rounded up foreigners and interned all Germans. It was indicated that placing Paris under military authority did not mean the city was in peril, but rather it would put anti-aircraft defenses, the blackout, transporta- tion and other facilities under mil- itary control. Including Paris in the military zone, it was made clear, does not mean martial law. (Washington military authori- ties viewed the move as an ad- ministrative action to give che army precedence over civilian needs during the western front struggle.” Nazis Repulsed at Louvain, Three German counter-attacks were repulsed by Belgian and Brit- ish forces on the eastern side of Louvain, the British reported. Lou- vain is 16 miles from the Belgian capital of Brussels. As to the comparative speed of | the present German drive and the invasion by way of Belgium in 1914, it was noted that the Kaiser's drive started August 4, 1914, and reached & point 20 miles from Paris Sep- tember 6 for the first battle of the Marne. The French claimed success for al- lied aerial operations, announcing pursuit planes were sweeping Nazi craft out of the skies at the same time heavier allied craft carried out bombing missions. President Roosevelt's defense mes- Refugees (Continued From First Page.) play compared with,the fate suf- fered by cities in the fortified areas, such as Antwerp, Louvain, Namur, Liege and Gembloux. Namur was bombed to smoldering ruins and Antwerp badly damaged. This continuous pounding by heavy bombs had terrified the popu- lation of Eastern Belgium, and ever since the beginning of the war refu- gees continued in an unending pro- cession through Brussels. The first wave of refugees was reminiscent of another evacuation—they were poor people, frightened by bombs and shells, leaving their homes with only a few portable bits of belongings. All had blankets swung over their shoulders, bundles on their backs. Most of them walked, or, if their lug- gage was t00 heavy, packed it on bicycles which they pushed along. Others, more fortunate, rode in mo- tor trucks or carts. Many carried favorite pets, and one woman re- fused a seat in a truck because she was not allowed to take her old wire-haired terrier with her. 200-Mile Line of Cars. As the days passed and the bom- bardment of cities became more in- tense, the number of exiles rapidly increased. Belgium and Holland harbored some of the richest upper and middle classes in any country outside of the United States. The diamond merchants of Antwerp, the clothiers ®f Verviers and Louvain, the industrialists of Liege, in turn, began to leave their homes, and for the last four days a huge serpent of automobiles has wound its way out of the capital. ‘This trail of cars still moving into France must be. at least 200 miles long and the greater part of Bel- glum’s population is included in it. Can you blame these Belgians? They learned the meaning of Ger- man occupation in 1914 and they had » taste of totalitarian methods in recent bombardments. There were brand-new American his sight is so poor, he just could not doit” Refugees in automobiles keep on the flg:lt side ?‘l the road, while from the opposite direction troops, endless troops, with perfect equip- m"::t. pour toward the Antwerp t. i Among the tnn’ u“;lummobua and uge lorries of moving serpent, one occasionally meets other queer vehicles. The inhabitants of & small city on the Albert Canal used the cars of a local undertaker for their evacuation. It was a gruesome sight to see young women and chil- dren seated inside the hearse, the glass walls of which had been made more resistant by planks fixed over the glass. Many women fainted in the intolerable heat of the closed vehicles. g ‘Woman Stays With Trailer. A poor woman stood near the roadside with an abandoned trailer containing her remaining posses- sions. Will her husband return with their broken-down car to pick her up? 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