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in Berlin J2 Moscow. PI Today's Editorials on Pag 4 It Has Come A Shrinking World World'! Banker Passing Glory. piFTY-NINTH YEAR DECATUR, ILINOIS, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1940 14 PAGES THREE CENTS in vry DE CAT ERALD i o) II 1 I I I 1(1(1 fiPrmnn Pinnae Nazi Bombs Fire Airport Near Amsterdam IU wwi iiiuii i luilbJ Shot Down In Day Germans Push Into Lowlands; Hitler at Front By LOUISE P. LOCHNER Of the Associated Press Berlin, Germany (AP) The thunderous impact of Ger Amsterdam, Holland invaded nation, one explosive fall-tSaturday) (AP) ci0Se to United States Minis-Fighting to arrest Adolf Hitler's iter George A. Gordon.

There were lightning, the stalwart Dutch early I numerous air alarms all evening man total war descended upon Western Europe yesterday. -r- 11 Mm, -J0- tvcm fm I today announced tneir lorces were; at hair-hourly intervals Adolf Hitler, proclaiming the start Nazi Transport Plane Downed of a fight to "decide the fate of the German nation for the next 1.000 years." pushed his tremendous armies by land and air across the frontiers of Holland and Belgium, sending on their defenses near the Eastern frontier, making progress in wiping out swarms of Nazi "mea from Mars" who parachut-ti to strategic positions in the interior, and receiving rapid reinforcement from shiploads of British and French trcops. A Netherlands communique said pore than 100 German nlanes had been down in the first day of the blitzkrieg, and that the Dutch One German transport plane carrying 19 soldiers plunged through the roof of a house in The Hague when the Dutch shot it down. The falling soldiers all wore Nether-land's uniforms. The Germans succeeded in landing troops at two small landing fields near The Hague, and gained control of them.

They were at Ok-kenbure and YDenbur" But the through the tiny Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and gave these countries and his great enemies, France and England, their first real taste of hell from the air. Land from Sea and Air Superbly-equipped platoons, fer en "all but "ne of the air- Germans were small unit anri im- had ret ried by sea and land planes or dropped by parachute, penetrated the lowland seaports and airports mediately surrounded. The Associated Press, informed by a reliable source ih New York, carried the fact on the very western coastlines of Pictures showing Nazi methods of invasion and airports destroyed in Friday's b'Ugriee. will be fcund on Page 5. the Low countries.

They formed enemy islands within the carefully. prepared land and flood water lines of the little defenders, while bv land the Germans seized their prc-dawn offen ports which in the German columns beat across eastern frontiers. Swarms of bombers smashed at airports at Brussels and Antwerp in Belgium and near Rotterdam and Amsterdam in Holland. Others. streaming into Eastern and Central France, were declared by the high command to have razed the airport at Metz, and to have bombed airdromes at Saint Omcr and Other planes darted straight for tnat German troops were marching toward the Netherlands border on the night of Tuesday.

May 7. The Associated Press' exclusive information included trw assertion that Arn-hcm. in Southern Holland, would be among the first German objectives. Dispatches from the Netherlands Friday bore this out.) General Henri Gerard Winkel-man. the Dutch commander-in-chief, in the name of Queen Wil-hclmina thanked the troops last night and declared: "The surprise attack of the enemy can be considered a failure." Nazis Use Seaplanes From the narrow Eems channel on the northeast to the tip of Lim-burg and west across the country to the great seaport of Rotterdam, invaded by seaplanes and parachute platoons, the green-uniformed armies of the Queen contested, inch by inch, the country their forebears look out of the sea.

The Netherlands was assaulted after midnight along with her southern neighbors. Belgium and the tiny Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Then, and only then, did she ask for Allied aid. While a British-French army crossed the the heart of England, to drop bombs and engage defense fighters. One British Spitfire pursuit plane was sive bv parachute and air transport.

Fourteen Nazi planes were cantured when these airports were retaken. Nazis Hold One Airport The one airport still in German tands was Waalhavcn at Rotterdam and there the Nazi parachutists were reported fiahting with their backs to the well. The German troops at Rotterdam were reinforced, however, ard the Dutch radio warned in broadcasts every five minutes that "increasing numbers" of parachute troops were landing under cover of night in Southern Holland rxar the Belgian frontier. One German transport loaded with 19 German soldiers clad in Dutch uniforms was shot down at The Hague and it crashed through a house roof. The British Air ministry reported numerous German planes destroyed by bombing attacks when the British swooped upon newly German-occupied airports so quickly "that the enemy had no time in which tn establish an anti-aircraft shot down north of the Thames, in the vicinity of London, said the high command.

Hitler Directs Fighting With Hitler, himself, at secret general headquarters "somewhere in the west," directing operations along a fighting front that now stretches 1.200 miles, from Base on the Swiss frontier to Arctic Narvik, Norway, the army last night announced resistance on the Luxembourg-Belgian-Netherlands frontiers "broken everywhere in the first attack." Within these the high Airports were the in an air raid first Na2i objectives. scene after Nazi bombs had set fire to buildings at the Schipol airport near Amsterdam This exclusive Associated Press Wirephoto shows Dutch fire engines arriving at the ivstem. Fiftv troop carriers wcie I Belgian border from France to reported attacked at Rotterdam. command said, the Germans smashed across Holland's "appendix" fight for the low countries, the Dutch government sent ministers was in the heart of Rotterdam. There, where the terrifying roar of hundreds of planes sent virtual- War Bulletins Homes Blown to Bits, Two Killed by Nazis in France to London to request and receive Tuo British destroyers and one French vessel arrived yesterday afternoon at Flushing and proceeded up tiie ship canal to Middle-burs.

Mutinied French troop-; also pledges of direct British-F rencbj ly all the population of 6CO.00O into aid. jthe streets at 4 o'clock fn the morn- Last night, while British andjing. the Germans managed to land French planes droned high above great troop transport planes in the Dutch canals to signalize assist middle of the Nieuwe Maas river. r-m-hrH from the sea Holland's high commana i which cuts through the city, and Hospital in Flame NEW YORK (Saturday) (AP) The British Broadcasting Corp. reported early today that a hospital in Brussels was in flames.

The broadcast, picked up by NBC, gave no further details. e.irly last night. German plain's nc0' 1111 Russia Denies Slavic World ifense of the nation by an army of Other troops billowed down on the umiu Llll- pull 5it4o avnliicivp By WILLIAM GOFFIN Ol The Associated Press Somewhere in France (Note: Dateline deleted by censor) I have just seen the scattered remains of three private homes where two civilians were blown to bits and another gravely injured by Germany's first great aerial onslaught on France. Ploughing through the debris on 4U0.0U0 men: Waalhavcn airport to the south. Fire Nazi Headquarters in uie vicinuy 01 uil- r-n Several fires ivere started On the east: four armored But last night, fierce fighting proceeded in the streets of Rotter- Moscow, Russia (AP) Foreign reports that Soviet has adopted a policy of Pan- trains destroyed (one "blown to pieces" on the railroad bridge near border Venlo) first-line armies holdinc their "round on the Maas 'dam and the invaders, pounded with incendiary shells and counterattacked by waves of Dutch mar four hundred British royal engineers were under a severe air attack but the landing was mad-: a hitch.

Last British detachment marched through war-darkened Amsterdam, on its way east down Slavism and proceeding from this the outskirts of this village Amsterdam Bombed AMSTERDAM, (Saturday) (AP) Amsterdam was bombed at 6 a. m. today (11:40 p. m. Friday, C.

S. The attack lasted 25 minutes. The bombs included many of heavy and theIjssel rivers: coastal de-: fenders at DelfzijI. in extreme i ines, were a precarious position. The Germans, armed only with deleted by censor) I suddenly came upon a jagged piece of bone and flesh wedged against a wall.

Her thigh," said one of the mili 'nnriheast Holland across the Eems! both' i anr" rifles, were con naval base of from the German here the Dutch, marshaling guns and the flood-waters left! caliber. they fined almost entirely to the Uniaino nut strnnfl tary officers who was conducting used first during the Spanish siege merman nomoers came over tne cuv azain at a. m. me ff Levden in the ISth ccnturv interior: German troops. bank of the river.

The reinforced Dutch troops punished them hard, setting fire to their hotel headquarters with incendiary shells and threatening to destroy the German landed by seaplane and parachute. sueress. I attacked from all sides by Dutch Ficht In Rotterdam Mreets the great bridge Sone of the Germans, dropped, entv German planes i forces holding (11 p. m. C.

S. T. Friday). Indies Under Martial Law BATAVIA (AP) The entire Netherlands East Indies, richestDutch colonial possession, were placed under martial parachute, already were in across the river K'eshrn H.illunfl fiohtinp ill the cstvm Holland, fighting in the)' evidence that These troops were completely en trcets of Rotterdam. But their po- footholds cained i circled and forty had been captur ed up to this evening.

bv the invaders, behind the main Engaged to Be Married Malca Leon, young and was engaged to be married. They picked up her remains in a sack after the German planes went over at dawn today. Four planes dropped 24 bombs, according to the officer. When I asked him if there any military objectives in the neighborhood, he replied with an emphatic "none whatever." "Then why?" I inquired. His explanation was that Nazi aviators, growing nervous, must have wished to lighten their loads to facilitate their escape aft Flames lighted the German-occu there was not a happy one.

i The British moved swiftly. Not; tatil yesterdav morning had Hoi- yesterday by Governor-General Tjarda van Starcken- pied sector with a red glow as the flood water and -land defenses of I the central Netherlands, were iwon at tremendous costs. Old Maas hotel was encour; ging Rumania to help Jugoslavia if the latter is attacked by Italy, were declared "ridiculous" in a statement yesterday by Tass, Soviet official news agency "In the opinion of responsible Soviet quarters Pan-Slavism in general, and in the sphere of foreign policy in particular, is a thoroughly reactionary trend incompatible with the policy of the Soviet state," Tass said. (The Tass statement was issued less than 24 hours after authoralive quarters in Belgrade, Jugoslavia, had let it be known that a- Jugoslav military mission will leave shortly for Moscow, and had expressed the opinion that a Soviet-Jugoslav military alliance may result. The Tass statement also denied foreign reports that "Sweden is taking part in secret talks with Moscow which may remove the Swedish fear of German invasion," and that Sweden and Finland were negotiating mutual assistance pacts with Russia similar to those concluded by Russia last fall with the three Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

This, said Tass, is "a fabrication from beginning to end." province of South Limburg. seized Dutch Maastricht and the vital Albert canal bridges on the Belgian frontier; penetrated to the Ijsscl river east of Arnhcm in East Central Holland; crossed the Maas river at several Dutch points; seized Mal-medy, former German town in Belgium north of Luxembourg and crossed the Belgian frontier further south after moving through Luxembourg. The Albert canal is Belgium's great defense weapon and the Maastricht bridgehead is an important key to it. British Sub, Destroyer Sunk At the same time the high command said that a British submarine had been sunk by a German U-boat near the Dutch North sea island of Terschclling and that "an enemy destroyer" had been sent to the bottom by the torpedo of a German speedboat. The German high command timed the crossing of three borders by land troops at 5:30 a.m.

00:30 p.m. C.S.T. Thursday), this was in the wake of the bombing and transport planes. Juridically, Germany based her invasion of three little states on the western fringe of the European conflict and lying directly between Germany and her British enemy on what it said was proof that Belgium and the Netherlands, in active connivance with France, were about to attack Germany's rich industrial basin, the Ruhr. Offers "Protection" First Hence Germany "had to act first." Hitler offered Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg "protection" and restoration if they capitulated.

This was the familiar pattern and Hitler's action" too, was the same steam-roller co-operation oetween air and land forces which brought the "blitz" decision in Poland and cleared Allied and Norwegian resistance out of all Central and Southern Norway in an amazingly short time. But the possibility of another World war was alarmingly near for Germans, for it is to be remembered that Italy has yet to decide whether to enter the fray actively; Turkey is allied with the Western powers; Rumania and Greece have accepted guarantees from the Allies; Russia is turning yearning eyes in the direction of Rumania's Bessarabia and the Japanese arc gazing at the Dutch East Indies. from which they bor at gtachhouwer, who proclaimed the Indies to be at was fired by the! were operatin The most dramatic invasion and pncnirJ TT. nI. I.

.1 .1 1 I i ll J. Aff A. ithe most spectacular fighting of all wun ermanj ana warnea oiner nanonss iiiiti any unci tug mini 'aa4haven Airdrome Ruined of help would be Unwelcome. Other Germans still held Waal All Germans over 16 will be interned, the governor- haven airdrome, but it was in ruins. general's office announced.

THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR ILLINOIS: Generally fair Saturday and Sunday: warmer Sunday, and in northeast and north-central portions Saturday. LOCAL WEATHER from their own bombs. The hangars and runways were completely destroyed before the parachute troops were landed. Maas station, on the right bank of the river above the bridge, was captured early in the day by Germans who shot down its few policemen defenders, but it appeared the Germans had been driven out Fri Thur Trace Sat. Fri Precip.

Fri Thur 55 4S 63 69 58 64 67 72 I a. m. Noon 7 p. m. Highest Lowest Sun Rises Sets 4:49 4:50 7:02 7:01 er being caught in a curtain of anti-aircraft fire.

Direct hits were scored on two of the three houses which stood in a row along the side of the road. The scene was reminiscent of the-destruction a mid-western tornado leaves behind. Direct iHts on Two Houses Direct hits were on the two end houses, killing one person in each. In the center house Madame Pauline Bluteau and her seven children escaped unhurt, though all the windows were smashed. The other person killed was Gilbert The injured was Jean Gourot, future father-in-law of Mademoiselle Leon.

He was taken to a hospital. The area about the houses looked like a miniature battlefield. Sol- 43 52 "r.d asked for Allied help: indeed se openly refused to accept any iivance promises of aid from anyone. 'Yet. even last autumn, persons in the know in Amsterdam had it that 25.000 British troops were held ready on the British East coast, ready to sve at a moment's notice the North sea and into Holland to defend her from invasion.

That invasion came at dawn Friday, after repeated well-founded alarms.) Rutch Strengthen Forces -ast night the fighting in Netherlands opulent grew in intensity as the Ger-Kans flew in reinforcements to hard-pressed shock units. The Dutch also rushed to '-frigthen their forevs battling to 'P out this strong but small Nazi 'rcc. confined to the left (south) of the river Nieuwe Maas. The Germans were driven out of control of the big bridge the river connecting the two Parts of te Cjty gut tncy COntn-jd to occupy the Maas hotel headquarters, after extin-r-whing a fire set bv Dutch shells. The Nazis last night bombed The Se.

governmental seat of the A transport plane which alighted TEMPERATURES 6:30 p.m. High Low Bishop Leaves $25,000 Estate to Widow Chicago (AP) Photos of Dutch Bombings Exclusive Associated Press Wirephotos showing buildings being blasted to bits by the German air machine at Amsterdam will be found on the back page of today's Herald. The pictures were taken Friday in Amsterdam, were sent by telephone from Amsterdam to London and from there to New York by radio and to The Herald by Wire-photo. The Herald, only newspaper in Central and Southern Illinois with Associated Press Wirephoto, presents for the first time in the history of newspaper publishing pictures of the first day's fighting together with the report of the first day of the invasion. Bishop George Craig Stewart- the Chicago Episcopal diocese, died May 2, left the bulk of his estate, estimated at S25.000, in trust in the river was wrecked in a collision with a boat.

Troops trying to advance along the left bank from the airport were checked, too. and the Dutch, clinging tenaciously to the right bank, opened drawbridges to prevent crossings. Barricades were thrown up in the streets as the- Germans attacked from the shelter of abandoned tramcars. Several hundred Dutchmen were killed before the German parachute troops overwhelmed the to his widow. Gertrude, his will Boston 57 62 45 New York 59 70 49 Jacksonville 66 83 62 Miami 78 83 69 New Orleans 75 80 67 Chicago 46 65 44 Cincinnati 66 71 43 Detroit 59 64 41 Memphis 72 77 53 St.

Paul 64 66 49 Oklahoma City 80 85 54 Omaha 71 76 53 Helena 88 88 44 San Frar.cisco 60 64 51 Winnipeg 66 68 34 diers were prodding the craters for disclosed yesterday. pieces of the bombs, while a crowd Bequests of S500 each were made of spectators looked on. Out in to a niece, Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor back, by the side of the onion! Brown, Springfield, 111., and to two patch, a flock of chickens clucked nephews, Stewart Taylor, Upper and pecked, with not a feather outl Montclair, N. and George Craig of place.

Taylor of suburban Evanston. Please turn to Page 2 "War".