The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 191, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 11, 1940 Page: 1 of 10
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Local Forecast: Fair tonight and tomorrow.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1940
Allies Take "Blitz" Out of Blitzkrieg
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PRICE THREE CENTS
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Allies Claim Lightning Blow at Belgians, DutchFails
ENGLAND PROTESTS TO Arrest Pair
ITALY WHEN CROWDS nHitRun
HANDLE ENVOY ROUGHLY “Here
Police Rescue 4 Lr. ,: ,
Charge D’Affairs FDR Arouses Emotions of
From Young Mob World; Is He Preparing
To Intervene In the War?
By United. Press.
ROME, May 11.—( By Telephone
to New York).The British Em-
bassy protested to the Italian
Government today against anti--
British demonstrations in Rome
after Sir Noel Charles, British
charge d’affaires, had been res-
cued by police from a throng of
demonstrating Fascist youths.
Sir Noel became involved when
a British resident of Rome who
If President Does Not Intend to Help Allies,
It’s Cruel of Him to Feed Them False Hopes,
Denny Declares; Speech Shocks Isolationists
Mapping the War Up-to-date
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A. A. Craig, Godley,
Is Struck Down On
Hemphill Early Today
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MCA
An aged resident of Godley was K
run down end killed by a hit and- [
run autoist as he walked at 4
a. m. today along Hempnin, just-
south of the city limits
Two suspects, youths from
a CCC camp at Cleburne, were
questioned by Tarrant deputy
sheriffs in connection with the
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By LUDW F.I.I. DENNY
Scripps- How aril Writer
WASHINGTON, May 11.—There are two interpretations here
the President’s Pan-American speech on the European crisis.
had been assailed by Italian | One is that he forgot that he is the official spokesman of a neutral
youths while he was tearing down nation, and permitted himself the luxury of a private citizen express-
anti-British posters, called for ing a sheer human horror at Hitler's butchery
embassy help from a hotel to
which he had fled. ‘ P .-.
The other is that the President- 1
deliberately tried to stir emotions,
to fear and hatred the emotions I nio Inginod
w hich’ drive men and nations to LORE f IIUII
war. That he intentionally gave HunU 2"
Threatened By Youths
With a companion. Sir Noel
responded. When he arrived his ..
automobile was surrounded by to the world—friend and foe the
youths shouting anti-British impression that America la get
threats and Sir Noel was able to ting ready to go to war ..
Will Echo Around World
- Services Today
of
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tragedy They
were arrested as
they drove into
Cleburne with
two girls shortlyi
after the acci-
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, was A. A Craig 1
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a farm at Godley
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Belgian Soldiers Holland Suffers
Big Losses But
Retakes Airports
AMSTERDAM. May 11. —
Dutch troops fell back along the -
frontier fighting front tonight
so Germany’s air fleet dropped
himndreds of fully-equipped pars. "
chute troops at strategic points
throughout Belgium and Hol-
land. German forces drove
across the River U jssel at •
point south of Arnhem, accord-
ing to the Dutch High Com-
mand. Other German units,
landed by airplane, attacked
and occupied part of Rotterdam
tart “met with a hot reception
by the Dutch Army which is
new cleaning up the town.” An
unsuccessful attack was made
on police headquarters at The
Hague, capital of the Nether-
lands.
Hold Their Own
Except at Liege (
■ —By €uFonn L DAY'
United Press Correspondent,
| AMSTERDAM, May 11 Dutch
and Belgian armed forces backed
by a steady flow of Allied rein-
forcements — fought off German
land and aerial troops today and
asserted that the “strategic inva-
ston” of Holland had failed.
On the land front, the Dutch re-
ported recapture of all airdromes
seized by German transport troops
(including Rotterdam) and said
they were holding an irregular
line about 15 to 20 miles inside
their own frontier, based on con-
nection with the main Belgian
line along the Albert Canal The
Dutch still were fighting in front
of their strongest defenses.
Belgians Hold Own
FRANCE $
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hood. Mr Craig I
had visited his
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By UNITED FEENS
The Belgians, led by King Leo-
pold, were reported to have stood
their ground at prepared defenses
__behind their border, but vast -
As the Allies rushed ald in force, the Dutch and. Belgians held ' mhers of German airplanes were airports and completely wiped out
the German mechanized unite and captured troops dropped in para- roaring over Belgian territory ia
chuten. The Germans broke through the Belgian defenses in only an effort to seize key points and
one place, at Liege (EA). The Dutch were fighting along a line to break up with bomba and ma-
from Arnhem (19) to Amsen (N10). The Nazis were trying to eur- chine guns the’ Allied mechan-
.| round The Hague HU) Parachute troops finally were driven away ized columns rushing toward the
* m H Tin muapect, tot a after several times capturing the airport there. In bloody battling front
The two bit run wuspeCM the Nazis finally entered Rotterdam iM. and et buildings afire. Belgian troops were holding
Maastricht (F8) held out tart was severely battered. German their first line except at Liege,
____ ____________________-_______I where it was reported the Ger
■ (Mil. Nazis landed to Bergen (19) and the defenders set out after * mans had forced the Albert Canal
them. The Allies were holding southern Luxemburg CA1). and reached the outer defenses of
Liege, la miles inside Belgium
German planes were attacking
advancing Allied troops In Bel-
Crack Dutch troops today
mopped up German parachute
forces, recaptured most of their
Broadus, a me-
chanic, here yes-
leave his car only after police had
pushed back the demonstrators. l .
Upon leaving the hotel the Brit- was sensational. It will have tre-
ish diplomat again was surround- mendous repercussions in the
ed by the crowd. Police again res-United States, in Latin America,
cued him and then Sir Noel found in Europe, and in Asia.
that his car, hearing diplomatic That is inevitable, regardless of
registration plates, had been plas- what the intentions of Mr. Roose-
tered with anti-British posters. On velt may have been For the------------.------
the snot he demanded of the po-United States is the most power- Trammell, engineer, designer and -----
that the “posters" be removed ful nation in the world. The acts civic builder Tarrant officers that they had
t . . and the words of the Washington The one-time Fort Worth city been “parked on a road near Ceg . - M
(Turn to age . ) | Government, especially in such engineer succumbed at 5 15 p ni hUrne until 4 30 a m and derited _ . -. - - -- ._ ......
4-- times of tension, affect the world yesterday, to a three-month ill- that they were in the vicinity of
------ ■ness. He was moved to a local Fort Worth Deputy Sheriffs Max _
Allies Hopes Bolstered hospital from his home, 1504 Col Frank and J. G Garrison went to -
And there is no doubt that in lege, last Wednesday. Cleburne to question their girl
^^ War Anecung Red Cross Board ---*222 2.27 22524104
n forcefully
State PoliticsMans War Relief Nail Airdromes Bombed
DGL * UHIuCS MGPS wial | Allied planes, in their first bowl
. bardments of the war inside Ger-
| AUSTIN May 11 war , Directors of the Tarrant County many, attacked airdromes and
rope may delay announcement of r " railroad junctions to the German
Col. Ernest O Thropson that he Red Cross Chapter will meet Rhineland
.a a candidate for governor early next week to map plans for The Dutch High Command com-
The present railroad’mts raising the county • $25 000 quota munique expressed confidence that
Moner was yoinget coll SYE in the new $10 000, dos war relief the Nazi "Trojan-Horse" had fail-
seas in the Word Wer He drive Chairman Walter B Scott ed to catch ths defenders off
now is commander of the Alt guard.
Quartermaster Regiment of the Normal Davin, chairman the Berlin reported that German
36th Division -
I If the national guard should he
mobilized, Col Thompson would
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In either case the declaration
J. D. Trammell Dies
In Hospital After
3-Month Illness
------terday.
.His death, at 4 45 a. m. in City-
County Hospital, brought Tarrant
County’s traffic toll to 18 for the
year, against 16 on the same date
Death today had ended the long last year it was the third fatal-
and distinguished career ofJ. D ity this month.
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10-10
an enemy detachment which had
seized the island of Dordrecht.
tort the price Holland paid
was high. More than 1000
IT’S NO ACCIDENT
YOUR CITY IS
HEALTHY
That Fort Worth haa a
pure milk supply and clean
restaurants and la compara-
tively free from communica-
ble diseases is no happen-so.
Neither is it an accident
that infant mortality has
been cut in half and that in-
digent mothers have learned
to care for their young in ac-
cordance with modern prac-
tices.
An alert City Health De-
partment which knows all
the angles in public health is
the answer.
How the city’s Sentinels of
Health go about their job of
fighting disease and promot-
ing sanitary living is told in
a series of articles by The
Press' City Hall reporter,
Allan Carney, beginning
Monday.
Watch for them.
for better or for worse.
Allies Hopes Bolstered
the listening world last night Services at 4 P. M.
hopes were raised in Allied coun- The body of Mr Trammell will
tries that America will come to lie in state from 11 , m. until 4
their rescue, and that fear of this p. m today st Robertson-Mueller-
grew among the few Nazis who Harper Funeral Temple st which
could hear the speech 1 time funeral services will be con-
| Naturally the Allies are recep-ducted by Rev Louis F Martin
tive to such hopes. Prominent of St. Andrews Episcopal Church,
men in England and France have The body will be taken over-
been predicting that we would in- land tomorrow to San Marcos
tervene, and asking publicly where short services will be held
"When is America coming in, at the graveside at 3:30 p m.
But it is a cruel and a danger- While his career as a civil en-
out thing to feed false hopes It gineer carried him to far parts
will lift them up today, but great of the continent, the principal
will be the disillusionment and bit- monument to his services here is
terness later. . . . Lake Worth, which he designed
• Unless that is, it is true that and const ructed.
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crack troops were killed ta the
battle for the island, ta which
the Dutch Navy played a great
part. A destroyer cleared up
many of the invaders who had
established themselves there.
Although most of the Germans
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THE WEATHER
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Premier of Rumania
To Form New Cabinet
By.United Prea..
BUCHAREST, Rumania, May
11 The cabinet of Premier
George Tatarescu resigned today
Tatarescu handed his resigna-
tion to King Carol who again
___________. charged the premier with the task
1 Foreseeing the future need for of forming a new government
another water reservoir above The resignation was not consid-
built the lake ered to represent a crisis since re-
bury. was "unchanged” today, at- dam large enough to hold for organization of the government
tendants at St Joseph's Hospital years, friends recall. had been under consideration for
He was drafted as city engi- some time It was expected that
Built For Future
Gun Victim Unchanged
Condition of Ross Willis, Gran- Lake Worth, he
tendants at St. Joseph's Hospital
reported. Willis, 23, is suffering
from shotgun wounds in the neck
'and back. A 31-year-old suspect
AGENCY GROL r To MEET
Monthly meeting of the execu-
five committee of the Council of
said today
Norman Davis, chairman of the
Central Committee. American Red t ere expected to attack
Cross, wired Mr Scott yesterday, the first main BelgoDutch
urging him to mobl ize the city fer so line today along a front ex-
and courity in order that this
chapter- share of the fund may
be raised immediately.
Decision to launch the $10,000,-
FORT WORTH AND VICINITY -
Fair tonight and Bundsy, little change
in temperature: minimum tonight: 60
degrees. Maximum Bunday.near 8
EAST TEXAS reant or 100th merid.
‘MI - Fair tonight and Sunday, not
much change ia temperature.
WENT TEXAS (west of 100th merid-
issi.—Partly cloudy tonight and Bun-
day with tendershowers over moun
tains southwest portion tonight and
Sunday warmer tonight and Sunday
Barometric Pressure ........19.38
COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURES
de-
11 Midnight .... w
2 a. m. ........76
ta m ........ to
Year Age Yes day Today
60 7 65
000 drive followed Germany’s in-
vasion of Holland, Belgium and
has been arrested by Sheriff C. M
Duncan of Hood County.
neer on Nov 2, 1908, to serve the a new government would be form-
unexpired term of E C Wood- ed by tonight and that Tatarescu
ward, resigned The latter now, would construct his cabinet on a
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Social Agencies will he held Tues-
day at 4 p m. in Majestic Bldg Luxembourg Spread of the war
209 Miss Margaret D Yates, exe- into the low countries has made
ecutive secretary, announced to- necemary ‘immediate widespread
relief measures, " Mr. Davis wited I
tending from the Zuyder Zee down
the Yssel and Maas Rivers and
on to the juncture of the Belgium
Luxembourg-France frontier.
The German High Command
said that German troops were at-
tacking strongly after smashing
Belgian and Dutch frontier de-
fense forces and Nazi sources re-
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Bun rises tomorrow * 31: sets 7:19.
Hungry Mouths And Scuffed Elbows Make Every Day a Mother's Day
The calendar gives Mother only one day—tomer-
row. But mothers like Mrs. J. B. Payne Jr. have 34-
hour jobs every day. Often she’s answering a call from
Jack, s, and Mary. 2 to “Tell us a story . s."
Then there are mouths te ha fed—with the proper, nourishing
foods that only Mother can prepare. With some coaxing, Little Mary
takes her cereal (no, it isn’t spinach!). Mother and her young son are
Men here is the Payne kitchen at 2721 Monticello.
Part of Mother’s task to to make too home
more attractive, so Mrs. Payne to arranging fer
too " MP """ "Me too "** •*-
What was that noise? Yes, Jack tumbled in the back yard.
It’s nothing serious, just a scuffed elbow. But little hurts have to
be fixed up—and Mother is the fixer. Jack will be back at play
in a jiffy. ,
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