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, GERMANY GERMANS THREATEN TO BOMB BRUSSELS (Continued From Page One) sels as well as military trans ports through this railway junction. Must Halt Activity “The German high command can no longer recognize Brussels as a:i undefended city. In case the Bel gian government really is in earnest to save the city of Brussels the hor rors of war, all military transports and marching thruogh the town must cease immediately and the building of defenses must be sus pended immediately. “Should from now on military ob jectives be discovered in Brussels, they will be attacked by the German air force. Responsibility for all consequences arising from this foi the city of Brussels will have to be borne by those who, contrary to the declaration of the Belgian govern ment, misuse their city for military purposes.” Hitler's order of the day did not mention England, but German news papers, which are well-nigh official here, did not hesitate to imply that an air storm might break over Britain soon. They published maps showing that Germany, through the collapse of Holland, already had air bases 100 to 200 miles from important Britisn objectives—including London. Authorized sources declared an of fensive against England would be launched “whenever we are ready . . . when it is most uncomfortable for England.” Claim Air Control Although the German armies en countered stiffening Allied resistance in the air as well as on the ground, the Germans asserted they- still held easy control of the air and were in flicting losses on the enemy- at a ratio of six or seven to one. Observers recognize dthat every •nile of the Belgian coast taken by :he Nazis put the German air force that much nearer to England. With the new, closer range, they said, German bombers could be sent across the North sea fully protected by pursuit planes against defending British air fighters. The high command announced to night that the Netherlands capitu lation had been signed at 11 a. m. (5:40 a. m., E. S. T.) by the German commander-in-chief and the com mander-in-chief of the Dutch army and navy, General Henri Gerard Winkelman. (General Winkelman previously had proclaimed the end of all Dutch resistance, except in Zeeland prov ince- Reports in London said the Germans had entered The Hague, Holland's capital. (In London, a Dutch source said most units of Holland’s fleet had crossed the North sea during Tues day night and had reached British ports. This source also announced that remnants of the Dutch army which could reach Belgium were be ing reorganized to continue the fight). France Under Shadow France also is under the shadow of German invasiort. It has been divulged that the Nazis are repeating the famous Von Schlieffen plan of 1914—which means a drive into France around the Al lies’ left flank. Hitler and his general staff seem ed confident tonight that the plan, which failed in 1914, would succeed in 1940 with Germany's army and air force infinitely stronger. Three main Nazi efforts to drive through western Belgium were made clear from the progress shown in the high command’s reports. Most menacing to the Allied de fense, evidently, was the German army which penetrated French soil at Sedan, across the Meuse river. Another was hitting southwest ward in a path east of Antwerp and in the direction of Paris parallel to the North sea coast. The third already has created a shallow salient north of Namur, Belgian town about 60 miles north of Sedan on an elbow of the Meuse. “By crossing of the Meuse in the Sedan sector,” the high command communique asserted, "the north western extension of France’s forti fication system—the Maginot line— has been pierced in closest collabora tion with the air force.” Join In Combat (French reports indicated that the main Allied and German armies were joining combat in this region. They acknowledged that the Germans had established bridgeheads across the Meuse but declared half the Ger mans who had crossed yesterday had been driven back by violent French counterattacks. (Each side was said to have 20 divisions in "the battle of the Meuse’’—a total of 600,000 men. (Although Sedan is in a fortified belt, a British military spokesman declared German penetration there does not mean a break thruogh the Maginot defenses. The city lies on the outer edge of an extension, the “little Maginot line,” which runs northwestward to the coast from the anchor of the Maginot line at the Luxembourg frontier). The German war machine, as it launched its new attack against the main Belgian fortifications from Ant werp southeast to the French bor der beyond Sedan, had ridden over the Netherlands an dthe first row of Belgium’s fortifications. Latest available official reports disclosed that the new Allied line along the Meuse was holding but had been punctured between Namur and Givet, on the French border, and pos sibly northwest of Namur also. The German advance line now ex tends from the Scheldt estuary in southern Holland to Sedan, then turns eastward to unite with forces holding the main Siegfried line fac ing France. Hardening Allied resistance in this area indicated ever-increasing Brit ish and French strength in the east ern half of Belgium still left in their hands. Only 7.2 per cent of the world’s air route mileage is within the United States. OBITUARIES J. G. Renn, 34, Lillington, diea Tuesday, funeral Wednesday. Charlie V. Joyner, 38, Magnol ia, died Saturday, funeral Sun day. Mrs. Matilda Katherine Wrenn, 60, Washington, died Monday, tuneral Tuesday. Mrs. J. E. Rose, 6", Washing ton, funeral Monday. William Dawson, Kinston, diea Sunday, funeral Monday. Mrs. Henrietta E. Shepherd, Rockingham, died Tuesday, fun eral Wednesday. JOHN GRAUBARD NEW YORK, May 15—UR—John Graubard, 57, former president of the Harriman International com pany and of the United States Ex press company, died at his home here Tuesday after an illness of several months. Graubard a native of Roumania, served as American director of the Society De L’lndustrie Chemique De Lyon, France, from 1914 to 1923 and during the war worked in the chemical division of t h e United States intelligence service. MRS. J. B. BLAKE BURGAW, May 15. — Funeral services for Mrs. J. B. (Aunt Man dy) Blake, 97, prominent through out Pender county, who died early yesterday morning at the home of her step-daughter, Mrs. C. S. Mal lard. Sr., after a lengthy illness, were held at 3 o'clock this after noon from the late residence. The Rev. T. L. Clark, assisted by the Rev. C. W. Duling conduct ed the services. Burial followed in the family cemetery. tone is survived by rour stepchil dren: Mrs. C- S. Mallard, of Bur gaw; Mrs. E. B. Ward, of Wilming ton; Mrs. A. C. Pierce and J. W. Blak°. of Burgaw. Active pallbearers were the nephews of the deceased: A. L Cavenaugh, H. R. Cavenaugh, J. A. Cavenaugh, W. M. Blake, C. F. Mai lard, Jr., and R. R. Moore. JOHN SASSER WHITEVILLE, May 15—Funeral services for John Sasser, 76, whc died yesterday morning at his home in the Honey Hill section, neai Hallsboro. after an illness of a few hours, were held at 11 o’clock this morning from the late residence. The Rev. R. J. Rasberry, Baptisl minister of Hallsboro, conducted the services. Burial followed in the Pierce cemetery at Red Bug. He fell from a load of hay last week, and it was believed that in juries received then caused his death His wife preceded him to the grave 30 years ago. He is survived by two children, Vilace Sasser, and Mrs. Gomery Britt, both of Orrum. In addition, the following sisters and brothers survive: Mrs. Polly Crawford, Mrs. Ida Pierce; Miss Lou Sasser, and Albert Sasser, of Hallsboro, and Mrs. Henry Long, of Bug Hill. MRS. JENNIE C. REYNOLDS Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie C. Reynolds, 64, of 807 South Front street, who died Tuesday morning in a local hospital, were held at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon from the late residence. Interment followed in Oak Grove cemetery. The services were con ducted by the Rev. W. W. Harmon, of Wilmington. Active pallbearers were: C. T. Johnson, Russell Waters, B. W. Jacobs, H. B. Wilkins, Fred Hipps, and Jack Vereen. Honorary: E. R. Mayhan, H. L. Horn, G. F. Sellers, Arthur Fullwood and W. C. Scoggins. Survivors include her husband, M. S. Reynolds, and one daughter, Mrs. R. U Overton, of Wilmington. J. R. DAVIS Funeral services for Joseph Rob ert Davis, 71, of 113 Walnut street, who died suddenly of a heart at tack Monday night while attending a dinner of the North Carolina Council of Redmen at the Cape Fear hotel, were held at 11 o’clock yesterday morning from the Yopp Funeral home. The Rev. C. D. Barclift, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Methodist church, conducted the services. Interment followed in Oakdale cemetery. Rites at the graveside followed in Redmen, who attended the services in a body. Honorary pallbearers were: F. K. J. Futchs, E. P. H. Strunck, Bartin Von Oesen, J. Tom William son, C. David Jones, Solomon Stern berger. F. B. LeGwin, Dr. Robert Fales, W. Ben Goodwin and K. C. Byrd. Active pallbearers were: C. W. Davis, C. C. Davis, H. R. Davis, L. T. Davis, W. M. Blanton and Frank Meier. BRITAIN BRITAIN CLAIMS NAZI DRIVE ON SEDAN IS HALTED (Continued From Page One) a communique on Wednesday’s battles. The air force brought down 124 of them while anti-air craft guns accounted for 23, the communique said. On the land front the British told of “hard fighting” today in which troops “successfully held serious German attacks.” The British reportedly were resting their left flank on Zee land, unsurrendered Netherlands province along the sea, and Ant werp in Belgium, with their lines covering Brussels, the Belgian capital. A Belgian communique said the Liege forts still were holding out, although apparently sur rounded by invaders since Sat urday. Demolish Bridges The Belgians said their troops had encountered only “light enemy forc es” and that demolition of bridges and roads still was going on “suc cessfully” and preventing enemy movements. Correspondents with the British expeditionary force in Belgium tele graphed London that the Allied air arm was fighting the Germans to a standstill in a mighty encounter; and the air ministry communique told of “repeated low-flying attacks on enemy troops.” The British fliers, the air ministry said, had given the French “val uable assistance” in the battle which developed at the historic city of Se dan and the crossings of the river Meuse. In the fighting, the air ministry said, the Britons had “destroyed permanent bridges and two pontoon bridges and, with anti-aircraft guns, brought down 15 German planes.” The air ministry announced also tfiv 150 Allied planes blasted Ger man communication sin the low lands, breaking up “large tank and troop concentrations” and blocking roads. It asserted that an air assault de livered yesterday halted the German advance in the Sedan sector, al though the French tonight admit ted further German advances there. Several Nazi pontoon bridges across the Meuse river were reported de stroyed. Anxiety Sharpened On the home front anxiety tvas sharpened by Berlin radio broadcasts that the Reich army was "standing at England’s door” with fighters less than an hour away by air determin ed to strike at the insular security Britain has enjoyed since William the Conquerors men slew Harold at Hastings in 1066. “German planes,” a German an nouncer warned, “already are with in easy reach of the important Eng lish port of Harwich. More than that, they have bases for direct at tack against the whole of England ... in this age of modern warfare, the insularity of the British Isles has ended.” Harwich is less than 125 miles from the conquered Dutch mainland. British officials rushed their air defense program, issuing a new call for volunteers to train as pilots and air crews. The menace of an invasion by par achutists brought new streams of sharpshooters into police stations to join the force of minute men. The admiralty announced tonight the British Destroyer Valentine had been beached after being damaged by a German air attack off the coast of Holland. Other German claims of British losses at sea were brushed aside earlier as ‘‘entirely groundless.” ‘‘No British warship,” said the ad miralty, "has been sunk, set on fire or seriously damaged since the Ger man invasion of the low countries wit hthe exception of the submarine seal.” IN EXPECTATION HOUSTON, Tex. (AP)— A man was arrested for shoplifting. Twen ty minutes later he had been char ged, convicted, sentenced and was in the rowdy wagon on his way to the city farm to serve out his $50 fine. “I wanted speedy justice and got it,” he remarked ruefully. Stratoflying for transport planes ranges from 16,000 to 22,000 feet above sea level. At that level, fast, economical operation over the weather is obtained. I ” - ATTACK BY NAZIS ON SWISS FEARED (Continued from Page One) a strong force kept at the Swiss frontier by the presence of the Ger man concentrations, despite the re ported Allied need for all possible motorized units to battle the German offensive through Belgium. The mobilized Swiss army toiled day and night perfecting fortifica tions of the Kinkelried line, while thousands of women, boys and aged men volunteered for "heme guard" duty and received rifles and 40 cart ridges each. Movement of residents from the northern region around the German frontier increased, and trains lead ing to the Alpine resorts were jammed. Many foreigners in Geneva also left, fearing Italy might enter the war. The League of Nations began moving its archives to a secret ‘‘place of safety,” believed to be in France. League employes were paid today instead of at the end of the month, but officials said business continues until 8U9 tice.” “ rlh9r no. 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