Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1940, Page 14

o Beatlis THOMAS MONROE. _ On , May 30, 1540, st Qeorgsiown S As” MONBOE BARTON of 3060’ Mii: 'y road, Arlington. Va. beloved hus- ind of the late Mazie Barton and father Thomas Arthur Barton, Rem| Testing at the funeral sme. 2847 Wilson bivd.. Arlington, Va eré funeral services wiil be held Sund e 2. af pm, Interment etery, Loudoun Co., Vi RADY, WILLIAM W. On Thursday, 3 at his residence, Vien W. BRADY. beloved hus: Ives zer a. 1 Georgetown fu- feral home on Sunday, June 2, at 1 p.m. elatives and friends invited. . Interment int Hill Cemetery, Oakton. Va. 2 ; BRICE, LUELLA _ Departed this life Wednesday. May 2¢.°1840. at-hetizesi- lence. 3001 South 18bh et Arlington..Va.. ,UELLA BRICE. e IEtV!; o mdurn eir loss a_ devoted hushand. Benjamin ice; four sons. George, James, Wilbert d La one daushter. Ber- Brice; sister. Beatrice Bryant: ene brother, George Honesty: two eisters- $-law. Ethé: Turner and Celestin Green: 0 brothers-in-law. William Harris and harles Brice. and a host of other rela- s ‘and friends. Funeral Saturday. June i at 2 pm. om Jerusalem Baptlst Church: 26th and sts. n.w. Interment Union Baptist Cem- tery. Wev. A Lewls offciating. Remains Sting al 1745 1st st n.w. atter 11 a.m. iday. 31 . BROWN. DOMINIC. On Wednesday. ay 2! 1940. DOMINIC BROWN, A ‘Ware, Jessie Tolliver. ckson. Carrie and Arthur Brown. also leaves one brother. one Sister. dsons one Rra laughter. ains resting at Stewart's funeral th:“!. H'st. n.e. until 2 pm. Friday. May 315 ereafter at Puneral Saturday. om Holy Redeemer ount Olivet Cemetery. 4 PROWN, MAE D. GRIST. On Thurs- @y 30. 1940, at_ Sibley Memorial . MAE D. GRIST BROWN of 7 %n.My n 1. at § am, urch. Intérment | .. sister of Mrs. Myrile E. Petersen | " Roland M. Brown. | Services at _the 8. H. Hires Co. funeral ome. 2001 14th st. n.w. on Saturday. june 1, at 3 p.m. Relatives and friends vited. ‘Interment Rock Creek Cemetery. | | CONWAY. EARL MAURICE. _oOn Tues- | oy, May 1940, at Perry Point. Md. | ARL MAURICE CONWAY. He is sur- | ved by a wife. Annie Mae Conway: (wo | aughters, Eunice Marle Conway and rs. Grace Flores Remains resting _at funeral Rome. 389 R. I ave. n.w. where funeral | gervices will be held on Saturday. June 1, | { 9 am. Relatives and friends invited: terment Arlington National Cemetery. 31 | CRAIG, MARY FIELDS. On Thursday, | May 30. 1940, at her residence. 21 7th st. | ce.. MARY FIELDS CRAIG, beloved wife | the late William Franklin'Craig. ! % Services will be held at her late residence n Saturday. June 1, at 3 p.m. Interment Rock Creek Cemetery. i‘}rm‘stus. CHABLES).Q‘DQBLH:;Q th:s fe Thursday. May 30. 1940, at his resi- ence, 409 14th st. n.e.. CHARLES FOUN- AIN. beloved husband of Alice Fountain, ving father of Mrs. Ellenore Johnson, Annie. Theodore and William Fountain. He iso s survived by one granddaughter, ree great-grandchildren. other relatives and friends. Remains resting at the fu- eral_home of John T. Rhines & Co.. 3rd nd Eve sts. sw. % Notice of funeral later Frazier's One of Last Three G. A. R. Veterans Here Succumbs at Home “Taps” was sounded for Col. John Travis Ryan, 93-year-old veteran of the Civil War, at 4:31 o'clock yes- terday afternoon—just one minute after the final bugle blew at Arling- ton National Cemetery in honor of the dead of all American wars. Col. Ryan, one of the last three surviving members of Kit Carson Post, No. 2, and the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, had missed his first serv- ices on Memorial Day since it was established May 30, 1868. Col. Ryan as a young man was among the last detachment of vol- unteers mustered out of the Union Army on May 30, 1865. It was Gen. John A. Logan, the colonel’s close {riend in after years, who issued the order as commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, an order dated May 5, 1868, making May 30 of that year the first Me- morial Day—in honor of the last Civil War veterans mustered out. Beaths PAYNE. EDMONIA S. On Thursday, May 30. 1040. at her residence. 617 22nd st. n.w.. EDMONIA S. PAY] of the late Theodore Payne. Services at the George W. Wise funeral home, 2900 M s n.w.. on Saturday, June . at 1 pm. Interment Oakwood Cem- etery, Falls Church. Va. father of William T. Ryan, Mrs. George M. Ryan, Mrs. Rose E. Ryan of Washington, D. C.. and Mrs. Willard R. Pratt of Utica, N. Y. Remains resting at'the S. H. Hines Co. funeral home, 2601 14th . Notice of funeral later. SMITH, LILLIE M. On May 20. 1040, at her residence. 608 N. Piedmont ‘st.. Arlington. Va.. LILLIE M. SMITH, beloved wife of the late Edwin Smith. * She_is survived by three sons. Preston L. Theodore F. and Harold P. Smith, and five_ daughters. G R Mrs. R. L. Hunaker. Mrs. G, L. . Mrs. J. F. Cockrille and Mrs. C. Scott Remains resting at the Ives f home, 2847 Wilson blvd.. “Arlington, where funeral services wiil be hel day. June 1. at 2 nm. Interment Wednesday, uneral Va., FREISEIS, FEANK X_ On Thursday ay 30. 1940. FRANK X. FREISEIS. the eloved husband of the late Lula R. Freiseis nd father of Mrs, W, E._ Atwood. Mrs. | alph_Guifarro, Louise, Jack. Frank J. and aul Freiseis Funeral from the W. W. Deal funeral | ome, 4512 Georgia ave. n.w.. on Monday, une 3. at 8:30 am.: thence o the Chureh | { Nativity. where muss will be offered at | am. Relatives and friends invited. l}’l- | rment Ammendale. 1d. o § GIBSON. HATTIE. On Wednesday, May | i" 1940, HATTIE GIBSON, devoted iriend | f Sarah Mclntosh. She also is survlved‘ v_many other friends. | { Funeral from the Malvan & Schey fu- | eral howe. N. J. ave. and R st. n.w.. Sat- rday, June 1, 1 p.m. Friends invited. * GLENNON, On Wed- esday, May 20, 1940, at residence. he Westmoreland ADLs., California 8t n.w. JAMES HENRY GLENNON, rear admiral. U. N. (retired) Services will be held Chapel on Saturday. June am Interment Arlington #ery. i, GORDON, DOROTHY LOUISE. = On hursday. May 30. 1940. at 5 pm., Glenn Daie Sanitarium. DOROTHY LOUISE GORDON, devoted daughter of Mary and Robert Gordon, sister of Gwenette. Bernice. Joseph, James ‘and Eugene Gordon. Other relatives and friends also survive. i Notice of funeral later. Arrangements | by W. Ernest Jarvis | HIPP, FREDERICK E. P. Members of Spalding Council a(:llh;s "l;!‘ Columbus, &re notified o e | death of Brother FREDERICK | E. P. HIPP and are requested to assemble at 8 p.m. Friday, May 31. 1940, at Timothy Han- lon’s funeral parlors, 641 H sl.‘ e., for recitation of prayers. bo ‘W J. O'CALLAGHAN. G. K. JOHN M. TABLER. R S. | HIPP, FREDERICK E. P. Members of | Washington General Assembly. | Tonhie ot or thD death| umbus, are notified of the | of Pslgr Knight FREDERICK E. P. 1 JAMES HENR' Myer 1. at 10:30 National Cem- on peral parlors. 641 H on of pravers b PYOSEPH M. MCKENNA. F. N, i J. FRED BRADY. F. C. HORN, GLADYS. On Wednesday. 29, 1940, at Gallinger Hospital, GLA] HORN of 5109 Bass place s.e.. beloved daughter of Herbert and Laura Horn. She also leaves a loving daughter. four broth- ers and seven sisters. Also surviving are | & host of other relatives and friends. Re. mains_ will rest at 5125 Bass Dlace s.., after 3 pm_Saturday. June 1 Funerai Suiday. June 2. at 2 p.m.. from the House of Praver. 51si and Bass place | se Interment Payne's Cemetery. ~Ar- rangements by the J. L. Lowe funeral home. | JOHNSON, ANDREW DANIEL. On Thurs- | day. M . 1940 at Mount Wilson Sa; tarium_Md. ANDREW DANIEL JOHNSON, beloved husband of Eisie D. Johnson. father of Danfel L. Johnson, William C. Wicht and son of Mary Johnson He also is sur- vived by two brothers and three sisters Funeral from Chambers’ funeral h 517 11th st. s.e. on Monday, June 3, at pm. " Relatives and friends invited. ~Inte mient Congressional Cemetery. 2 JOYCE, WILLIAM. Devarted this life Wednesday, May 29. i940. at his residence. N Meckman. st 5.6 WILLIAM JOYCE, cloved husband of Jennie Joyce, son “of the late Frank and Cecelia Joyce, brother of Bessie Key and Bertha Scott, uncle of Ethel Joyce Gist and Emmett Scott, step- father of Percy Smallwood ~Remains rest- | ing at Barnes & Matthews' funeral home, 614 4th st. 5w Notice of funeral later. KINNEY, MILDRED J. On Wednesday, May 28, 1940. MILDRED J. KINNEY. wife of the late John D. Kinney. Services at the S. H. Hines Co. funeral home, 2001 14th st. . Saturday. atholte Eharch™ atholic Churc where mass will be offered at 8:30 am. Interment Philadelhia. Pa LAPELOSA. MARGARET. May 30, 1940. at Charlottesville, Va.. MAR- | GARET LAPELOSA of 20 Taylor ave. | Riverdale. Md.. beloved daughter of Car- mella_and Phillip_Lapelosa and sister of May | DYS On Thursday, Mildred Armano. Richard Lapelosa, Fanny | Riddle. Rose and Grace Lapelosa Funeral from Chembers’ Riverdale f1 neral home on Monday, June i at 8:30 am. Requiem mass at &t. Jerome's Church, | Hyattsville. Md. at 9 am. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. 2 LOHR, SARAH C. On Thursday. May at her residence. 2111 13th st H C. LOHR. beloved wife of the | late Charles G Catherine Hudson and Truman W. Lo | Funeral from her lafe residence on Sat- urday. June 1. at R:10 am.; thence to St. Theresa’s Catholic Church.’ 13th and V §ts. se. where mass will be offered at % am. for the repose of her soul. Relatives and friends invited. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery 31 MANNING. FLIZABETH. Departed (his ife Thursday. May 30. 1940. after a long | e S ARETH MANKING daughter | of Mary Mannine and the late John Man- | ning. sister of John and Lewis Manning, | Bhe also s survived by other relatives and riends. Remains resting a atthews' funeral home. 614 4th st. s.&. | Notice of funeral later. MERCHANT, ADELA WEBSTER. On | Thursday. Mav 30. 1940. ADELA WEB- ( STER MERCHANT. beloved daughter of the | late Col. Amos and Adela Wilson Webster. | Puneral services will be held at Wm. J. | Tickner & Sons Pennsylvania aves.. Baturday. June 1. "at 1 pm Oak Hill Cemetery, Washfngton, 8 om. Lohr and mother of Mrs. nMis. Elien' F. Davis Baltimore, Md.. o) Interment D. €, at | | MINOR, HENRY. On Wednesday. May 20, 1940, 2t his residence. 805 20th st. n.e., HENRY MINOR. Surviving are a brother. Burress Robinson: six nieces. Mrs. Mamie Carter, Mrs. Rosa Reed, Miss Maggie Stev- ens, Mrs. Lillian McKinnon, Miss Antoinette Carter and Miss Ernestine Reed. and other ive d_friends. T mains resting ¢ the McGuire funeral home. 1820 9th st. n.w., where funeral services will be held Saturday, June 1. at 1:30 pm. Interment at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery l;UNERéL DIRECTORS. V. L. SPEARE CO. Nejther successor to_nor connected with the original W R Spears establishment 008'H St N.W. et e ~J. William Lee’s Sons Co. ) FUNERAI DIRECTOR® i Crematorium 4t§ and Mass Ave. N.E. Lincoln 5200. INCOLN 0 LINCOLN 0468. Zurhorst Funeral Home, Established 1857 Night Ambulance Service. Day and Night Ambula FUNERAL DESIGNS. EO C. SHAFFER, Inc RAL_TRIB! AT ks PRICES. EHONE NAT 0108 Co. 14th.& Eye | seph’s Church. | nw., NA | the late Robert E. L. Fui | funeral home, 2901 14th st funeral home. North and | mo d Satur- Walker's 31 Chapel Cemetery. GERTRUDE AGNES. On Mon- 7. 1940. GERTRUDE AGNES ife of Lt. Col. Joseph J. Staley. Funeral from the chapel of Frank Geier's Sons Co. 1113 7th st n.w.. on Saturday. June 1. at am Reauiem high mass a St. Paul's Church. 15th and V sts. at 9:30 am. Friends invited. STANTON, THOMAS. Departed this on Tuesday.’ May 28. 1940. at 1:30 p at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. THOMAS STAN- TON. beloved father of Rev. Darrell Stan- fon of Washington D C. and Mrs. Queen Steward of Pittsbureh. 'Pa: Mrs. Mary Baskerville of Baltimore. Md. and Mrs Lula Lucas and Mrs. Rozelia V. Francis of ashing C.: 'six_grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren also_survive Funeral from the George W. Lewis fu- neral parlor, 2032 8th st. n.w.. on Satur- day, June 1, at 2 'pm. Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. SULLIVAN. RUTH NAOMI. On Wednes- day. May 28 1940, RUTH NAOMI SUL- LIVAN, daughter of Wil Dora A life m.. resting at st. n.e. e 2. at 1 p.m., from E. Church, Benning, D. C. Rela- and friends invited. Interment Payne's Cemeter. 1 THOMPSON, VIN JEFFERSON. Thursday, May 30. 1940, at_ Providence Hospital. MARVIN JEFFERSON THOMP- SON, beloved son of Mr. and Mrs, Thomp- st on on Funeral services at Chambers' Riverdale funeral home on Saturday. June at 10:30 a.r=. Interment Fort Lincoin Cem- euory TIERNEY, THOMAS F. On Thursday, May 0. 1940. at Providence Hospital, THOMAS F. TIERNEY, beloved husband of Agnes C. Tierney. father of Mrs. Porter. "Mrs, Edna Smith and Francis Tierney. Funeral w) beld lon’s tuneuf‘ kmn. 641 Monday. June 3. at 8:30 am. mass at Holy 'Name Church at Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. tives and friends invited 2 WALDO. DR. LEWIS P. On Wednesday, May 29. 1940, at Providence Hospital, Dr. LEWIS P. WALDO. beloved brother o: Buri aldo. Remains resting at the Lee funeral home, 4th st. and Mass. ave. n.e.. until Saturday, June 1, at R:15 a.m.: thence to St. Jo- 2nd and C sts. n.e. where mass will be offered at 8:30 a.m. Relatives and friends invited. Interment Arlington 31 from Timothy Hans H st Requiem 9 am. aes National Cemetery. WALKER. AGGIE, Passed into rest Wednesd: ay 20. 194 WALKER of 1910 N. H. ai survived by two sisters. Mary Edmonia_Taylor: eacefully 0. AGGIE . n.w. " He is Snowden and three brothers, Charles, Ernest and Robert Walker: three sisters-in- | la¥. two brothers-in-law. one stepson. six nieces. four nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. ~ Remains resting at Frazier's funeral home. 389 R. I until 4 pm. Friday., May 31: at her late residence. Funeral Saturday. June 1. at 1:30 pm.. srom Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Rev, Robert Anderson officiating. Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. 31 WASHINGTON, THELMA CLEMONS, Departed this life on Saiurday. May 2: 1940, at Glenn Dale Sanitarium. THELM, (CLEMONS) WASHINGTON. She leaves to mourn their loss a loving mother. Carrie Dobbins: a devoted stepfather, four aunts. three uncles and a host of other relatives and friends. Remains may Viewed after 4 o'clock p.m. Friday. May 31, at the Tolbert funeral home, 1308 6th st nw. Funeral Saturday. June 1. at 1:30 o'clock pm. from Mount Jezreel Baptist Church, 5th and E sts. se, Rev. L. T. Hughes officiating. » WHITE, Al 1940, ARN. Mrs. NNA E. On We at her residence. E. WHITE, White. neral services at the S. H. Hines Co. n.w. on Sat- Interment Rock . May 9. 30th pi. urday. June i,"at 1 o.m Creek Cemetery. WHITE, W. FORREST. A special com- munication of Anacostia Lodge. No. 21. F. A A M. has been called for 1:15 o'clock Saturday. June 1. 1940, to attend services for our ‘departed brother. W. PORREST WHITE. master of ceremonies of the lodge. By order of the worshipful master. EARL F. HAZEL. Attest: J. C. BEVERIDGE. Jr., Secretary. WHITE, W. FORREST. On Wednesday, May 29, 0. at Sibley Memorial Hospital, Geneva White (nee Suit) and father of Betly Lee White and beloved son of William I and Aimee L. White. Remains resting at his late residence. 1:326 B st. s.e.. until 2 pm. Saturday, June 1 Funeral services will be held at the Sec- ond Bantist Church. 17th and East Capitol sts. at 2:30 pm. Relatives and friends invited. ~Interment Congressional Cem- etery. 31 In Memoriam COLLINS, ALBERT R. In loving mem- ory of a devoted husband and father. who deparied this life nine years ago today, M 1931 THE FAMILY. * COLEMAN, FANNIE. A tribute of love to our devoted mother. FANNIE COLEMAN, who derarted this life twenty-three years ago today, May 31, 1917. Days of sadness still come o'er us. Hidden tears so often flow: But some day God will heal them When_we meet you on_that shore. HER LOVING DEVOTED DAUGH- TERS. MA] E. MARSHALL FANTROY, REV. WILLIAM. In loving mory of our devoted father. Rev. WIL- LIAM FANTROY. who departed this life one year ago today, May 31. 1930, He always learned to watch for us, Anxious if we were late, In_winter by the window. In summer by the gate. ' His_thoughts were all so full of us, He never could forget: And so we think that where he is el REN. MARSHALL, BOB, SARAH JAMES, In sad but loving memory of dear “mother. LUVINIA JAMES. who left us four years ago today, May 31, 1936. Gone: but not _forgotten. DEVOTED DAUGHTERS, HELEN WHITBY AND CLARA HEBRON. JONES, LAURA C. In fond and loving Temembrance of my devoted friend. LAURA . JONES. who passed on two vears axo today. May 31, 1938 Good night.’dear friend. I'll meet you in_the morning HER DEVOTED FRIEND. RUTH MOZEE. * TIGNOR, CHARLOTTE E. Sacred to the memory of our angel mother. Mrs, CHARLOTTE E. TIGNOR. who left us_ for & better land (wenty-two years ago, May 31, 1918, The castles we buflt are all falling And being washed away with our tears; But we'll build them anew When we come to foin you In the land of endless vears HER DEVOTED CHILDREN. WASHINGTON, NAOMI E. In loving remembrance of my wife. NAOI . WASHINGTON. Who departed this life three years ago today, May 31, 1937. Sleep on. beloved, sleep and take thy rest. Lay down thy head upon thy Saviers Dreast: Tloved thee Well, but Jesus loved thee best. Until we meet again before His throne. Clothed {in the Ebotless Tobe He sives His LUVINIA, our 3 3 Floral Plecas &. ,E.ER;?E o Natienal a870. Yot we er as we are kno, B A } NE, beloved wife | Florence | ne. on| ave. n thereafter | beloved ‘wife of | ORREST WHITE. beloved husband. of | BUCHANAN. ELEANOR | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1940. Col. John T. Ryan Dies at 93, Missing His First Memorial Day | COL. JOHN T. RYAN. ~—Star Staff Photo. It was Col. John T. Ryan—then a retired sergeant of the United States Cavalry—who led his detachment in the first services at Arlington. A Soldier at 14. According to those who stood by in {his last moments, he knew that somewhere off in the green hills of Virginia “Taps” was being sounded. All his life, Col. Ryan had been devoted to the American flag and all that it stood for—a soldier in the Union Army when he was 14 years of age, a charter member of the Grand Army of the Republic, an official in Kit Carson Post No. 2, and a member of other patriotic societies. Col. Ryan at first refused to be hospitalized when his final illness came some three months ago: | _“No sir,” he said to his only son, { William, “if I go to bed now I'm lliable never to get up again—and I | don’t want to die before Memorial | Day.” | He waited for the day. Never | was there a Memorial Day but Col. | Ryan got out his old Grand Army hat, the blue coat with the brass ‘butmns, the neatly-pressed trousers {and his numerous badges. Then off he would go to the parade. As honors came to him, he was vice commander of Kit Carson Post to- ward the last, he usually occupied a place on the reviewing stand and Jwau:hed the parade. When there | were no more to march he stood with his last two companions—John | M. Kline, the post commander, and | William F. Dorsey, the post chap- lain—and saluted the flag. ! Then it was off to Arlington to| |lay a wreath on the Tomb of the | Unknown SoMier—symbol of the | | last war where an American uniform was worn. % No Veteran at Services. It had been planned that the| three last survivors of the Depart- ment of the Potomac—Ryan, Kline and Dorsey—would attend yester- day’s services, but no one appeared. It was the first Memorial Day in | the history of the Grand Army of | the Republic that no veteran of the Civil War carried a flag or failed to lay a wreath or flowers of some sort on a grave. Mr. Dorsey, an old Indian fighter who had come back from a vacation | trip to his boyhood home in Ne- | braska, was too tired after the Jjour- ney. Mr. Kline remained at home | because of the weather. | . Col. Ryan, Born in Baltimore in {1847, ran away to join the Union Army in the Civil War. He went through hectic campaigns and bloody battles without a scratch. Fought Indians in West. Following the war he joined the 6th Cavalry and fought Indians in | the West for three years. In 1889 he came to Washington from Baltimore and became em- ployed in the Navy Yard as a moulder. . A knowledge of guns got him the job of training seamen in the use of arms for 20 years. Col. Ryan, his title obtained by virtue of his long service with the G. A. R, was employed at the ex- ecutive door of the Capitol fourteen | years ago up until the time of his last illness. Widow Survives. Besides his son, survivors are his widow, Mrs. Sally Gates Ryan; three daughters, Mrs, George H. Ryan of Washington, Mrs. Rose E. Ryan of Brentwood, Md., and Mrs. Willard R. Pratt of Utica, N. Y.; nine grand- children and seven great-grandchil- dren. After ' public ceremonies in the Wilson Memorial Methodist Church, 754 Eleventh street S.E., where the body will lie in state from 10 a.m, | until 2 pm. on Monday, Col. Ryan will be buried with full military honors. Eye-Witnes;s (Continued From First Page.) France through one of the greatest rear guard actions in military his- tory. “Before our troops made their retreat,” said a British officer, “they have in almost every case succeeded in blowing up gasoline dumps and leaving nothing useful to the enemy. They stayed to do this at the risk of capture or being shot.” The Tommies said word of the surrender of the Belgian Army or- dered by King Leopold III, which exposed their left flank to the Ger- mans, first came as a rumor which no one believed. “There already had been rumors of different sorts,” a young gunner remarked, “but we realized this one was the real thing a few hours later, when the Germans suddenly ap- peared all around us. Fired at From Old Belgian Lines. “They were firing at us from what had been Belgian lines until a short time before. The order was given to :letrenL There was nothing else to o. “Then came hours of tramping along roads and across fields and | ditches to the sea. “We never knew when German machine guns would begin firing on us from behind some hedge or clump of trees. They seemed .to be around every corner.” One of a group of five Belgian officers, who said they were aston- ished at King Leopold’s order to sur- render, said that “we do not intend to stop fighting on orders of Leopold —and there are thousands of other Belgian soldiers of the same opin- fon.” Deseribing the difficulties of the Belgian campaign, the Tommies sald the ocountry was “overrun with > spies” who tipped off nearly every move they made to German bombers. Praise for the Navy. While the navy and merchant marine continued shuttling across the Channel to rescue troops and fishing smacks were pressed into service because they could operate in the shallow waters close to the coast, the returning Flanders vet- erans loudly praised the Royal NaVy and the Royal Air Force that cleared & way across the Chahnel as Ger- man bombers attacked the chips. They charged that German planes bombed hospital as well as troop ships. One Tommy said: “I never believed anything like the wall of fire our ships put up to screen the troops was possible. The din was incredible. Shells were falling in a mathematically straight line behind our positiens. “Above and behind the line Brit- ish planes dived and dropped a hail of bombs. Jerry never had a chance to get at us. I take off my hat to the chaps who did that job.” Many of the survivors had to swim to the ships through a hail of bomb splinters. They still were wet and oll-soaked when they landed here. But one of their officers declared: “Our losses in the last few days have been far less than might be o e expected. But the slaughter among the Germans has been incredible. The German commanders seem to be throwing away their men’s lives.” All Want More Airplanes. ‘Tough Cockneys who insisted they would be returning to France at the first opportunity declared all they wanted was “more airplanes and it will be a different story.” An artillery sergeant said the Ger- man airmen were “no match for the R. A. F. and they know it and told of watching one British fighter take on seven German planes and bring down three of them. Roosevelt (Continued From Pirst Pl(s.) no appointments were scheduled for him at the White House until noon. At that time he was to see the Chinese Ambassador, to be followed later by Edward J. Flynn, Bronx (New York) Democratic leader, and Chairman James Lawrence Fly of the Federal Communications Com- mission. Laurence A. 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