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FINAL EDITION THE DALLT POST ESTABLISHED 1SSJ EVENING CRESCENT ESTABLISHED 18U0 TWENTY-TWO PAGES APPLETON, WISCONSIN, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1940 PRICE FOUR CENTS ITU, LEASED WISK SE1TICI OF TDK ASSOCIATED FRISS A ti OS OUN I ii Set Allies for iller ig Shotgun ti "in irr i eeli ot Son Battle Germans III aer ana reeoiom peed Up Nazi Troops Hold Liege Citadel, High Command Declares Berlin DNB, official German news agency, reported today that one of the German armies sweeping into the lowlands had captured about 18,000 Dutch soldiers, vhile at one point in south Holland a Dutch general and his staff were seized. DNB said 600 French soldiers were captured in an action south of Saarbrucken, on the Maginot-westwall front, in which German lines pushed forward. The agency also reported the capture of 300 prisoners, mostly British, by German forces in Norway in a fight at Mo, north of Mosjoen, on the west coast between Narvik and Trondheim. Police Hold Suspect Caught In Green Bay; Seek Another Mrs. Annie Van Camp, 77, William, 31, Killed by Shotgun Blasts in Faces Late Saturday Night at Their Farmhouse A 77-year-olcmother and the youngest of her seven sons were murdered at their farm home five miles north of Little Chute Saturday night.

The bodies of Mrs. Annie Van Camp and her son, William, 31, were discovered early Sunday morning, Mother's day. Both had been struck in the face by shot gun slugs from a heavy gauge weapon. Both had been killed instantly. Outagamie county authorities, who began an investigation of the double slaying early Sunday morning, were working on meager clues today in their efforts to determine the identity of the murderer.

Sheriff John Lappen and his aids today were questioning a suspect and were looking for another believed to have had a connection with the family. Authorities also were seeking the murder weapon. William operated the farm and he and his mother were the only occupants of the large farmhouse, located on County Trunk near its intersection with Highway 55. The nearest neighbors are the John Verkuilens who live ocross the county rood on one of the two Van Camp farms. Verkuilen, employed on the I Van Camp property, discover- JQOSCYC 1 1 ScclvS ed the bodies about 6:45 Sun- day morning when William A(l(Ic(I Flliuls failed to appear for the morn- National Defense Verkuilen said William us Berlin CT German troops have broken into strategic Liege and the German flag has waved over the citadel of the famous fortress since this morning, the high command announced today.

(A French war department spokesman said at mid-afternoon that so i far the only fort in the fortified zone around Liege that has fallen to the Germans is Eben EmaeL) Belgian troops are fighting bitterly against the crushing German ad-J vance, however, and are offering opposition in some of the outer forts of Liege, it said. French troops are moving up and have been thrown into the area south of Liege and west of the Ourthe river, toward which the German troops are moving, it added. German troops also are driving west from Liege, north of the Meuse river. The communique, issued from Adolf Hitler's headquarters with his 3 i -Ml Ar Cluirchill Warns Great Baltic Is Ahead for Allies 'Victory at All Costs Aim. New Prime Minister Asserts London t.l Belligerent Prime Churchill, warning that the allies are "in the preliminary pha-e of one of the gicatest battles In history," declared today his new government had but one aim: Vic tory at all costs." Without victory there is no survival," he told the house of commons as parliament was called sud denly from vacation to hear his ap I peal for a vote of confidence for the i new "cabinet of unity." His policy, he said, is to waze war by land, sea and air, "with all our might and with all the strrncth God has given us" acainst "a mon strous ryranny never surpassed in' i the dark and lamentable catalog ef human crime." i inurcniu warned 01 manv, manv months of struggle and sufferinc" ahead even as earlier an authorized source told of possible heavy blows to the allied cause as Adolf Hitler's legions smashed against bitter resistance in the invaded lowlands.

Nazis Need Speed Germany apparently is stakir.c 1 i 1 ually came over to the south barn for breakfast milk, and when he failed to appear Sun-: day morning, Verkuilen tooki milk over to the Van Camp farmhouse. He said he found the body of William sprawled1 face up in a pool of blood on the floor of an enclosed back! porch. He investigated further and found Mrs. Van Camp dead in her bcdJ Both victims were struck in the face, i Mrs. Van Camp in the right check! and William in Ue left creek.

liotlt shots had boon fired point blank, county authorities theorized, because the wounds were not much larger than the bore of a 12-gaug? KILLED IN DOUBLE URDER Mrs. Annie Van Camp. "7, (left) and her youngest son, William. 31, (right) route 1, Kankauna, were murdered late Saturday night by an un- known killer. Both were struck in the face by shotgun charges from a heavy gauge weapon and both died instantly.

Pictured at the top is the farm home with arrows pointing to the rear entrance where the bodv of William was found and to army said: i "The attack of German forces in the west made good progress on May 12. "In Holland, German troops are moving forward west of the south Willem canaL They have established contact with troops landed by-air around Rotterdam, "In Belgium, the crossing of the Albert canal was forced northwest of Hasse-lt, Our troops are moving forward west of Liege and north of the Meuse and have broken into the city of Liege. "The German flag has waved on the citadel since the forenoon of May 13 while individual outer forts still resist. "French troops have been thrown west xhe Ourthe in southern Bel gium. Our troops are there in a fluid advance and are beginning to approach the goal set up.

Report Advance "South and southeastward from Zweibruckcn ton westwall- wa.S'noi ironn, our pesiuuns vic moved forward and several hun- dred prisoners were taken. The ad- i'ui effectively by the air force with at tacks on troop concentrations, march columns and railroads. "The air force continues its great battle for air superiority over the western area of operations with noticeable success. In all, on May 12, 320 planes were destroyed, among Turn to page 5 col. 1 to Denmark LrpeS I reparedliesS Wisconsin Rapids Alvm Mansfield Owsley, United States minister to Denmark, declared here today that "the obligation of America is to become so strong that this mad dog of Europe would not dare to lay his hand against the sovereignty of the U.

as Belgians Fighting Advancing Nazis; Refugees Fleeing Government Readv to Move; Officials Say Situation Is 'Stabilized' Brussels Refugees streamed out of this tense capital today as Belgian troops, entrenched in second-line positions, battled fiercely to stem a German drive which yesterday penetrated the Albert canal defenses and carried to a point 45 miles east of the The government itself was prepared for flight if uecessary, but officials said the situation at the front appeared "stabilized" and that Brusrels was in no immediate danger from land attack. Premier Hubert Pierlot said the German push had been halted near Waremme, about twenty miles southwest of the Dutch border at Maastricht, through which the nazis advanced to strike at the Belgian frontier. The Germans were reported to have breached the Albert canal defenses on a five and one-half mile front, driving a salient into the Belgian lines just north of the historic fortified city of Liege. (extended 13 miles west of Liege, thus threatening the flank of the ancient city which fell to the Ger-S mans 26 years ago after three days of bitter fighting. Pierlot said the Liege forts had succesfully fought off heavy frontal Turn to page 2 col.

1 Amsterdam Has 2 Air-Raid Alarms Parachute Troops Report ctl Dropped by Ger man Warplanes i Amsterdam Amsterdam had two air-raid alarms today at 4:30 a. m. and 6.55 a. m. .10:10 p.

Sunday, and 12:35 a. S. and it was reported German planes had dropped a number cf parachute troopers, The parachute troops were said to have descended from several Ger-1 man rlanes that flew over the city after daylight However, the army quicKiy naa me situation in r.anu, it was reported, and the city generally was qute- WP. meanwhile, cleaned up fifth-column snipers in the soutnern section ci me city, wnere lI1Pre as ngnting owing me mj.ni. The determined Dutch army en gaaed German invaders in heavy fighting along a re-drawn front, with 20.000 British troops bolstering their central positions and French rein forcements in contact with the nans in the south.

Heavy Artillery Fire At ths same time the Dutch high command announced the army was "completely master of the situation" in the interior. Enemy parachute troops virtually were cleared out ot Rotterdam, where they still held Waaihaven airport but were unable to use it btx'ause of heavy Dutch artillery fire. Strenuous measures were put in- jto effect throughout the country to i guarj' agamst any further uprising traitorous fifth-columnists. Civilians in The Hague, seat of the govcrr ment, were ordered to keep their doors and windows closed, and i assembling of thrte or more persons ia the streets was forbidden, the body of Mrs. Van Camp was discovered early Sunday morning.

liam was found lying fare up in a his mother was in bed, her form still Drive Germans Try to Extend Breach in Albert Canal Area MANY AIR RAIDS French and Nazis Fidit A long France-Lux- embourjr Border BULLETIN London Queen Wilhelmina of Holland arrived tonight In England. The queen came to England aboard a British warship amid reports of "fifth column" plots to kidnap the royal family. Paris CIV-Germany pushed her attack against the Netherlands and Belgium with redoubled violence today as French reinforcements rushed to aid the besieged lowlands, the French high command reported in a communique. The enemy attack was reported to be particularly severe in the region of the Albert canal, apparently in an effort to widen the breach already forced in the canal fortifica tions which make up a vital part Belgium's defense system. The German-, also threw heavy concentrations into the sector southeast of Tirlemont, which is only 25 miles east of Brussels.

Other major points In the renew ed r.azi drive, the French communique said, were in the Belgian Ardennes mountains, which face German-occupied Luxembourg, and in the region between the Albert canal and the lower Rhine. French artillery spokesmen declared, however, that the German advance through southern Holland and Belgium appeared to be checked. An official French compilation said the Germans lost 400 airplanes in the first three and one-half days of the drive against the lowland countries. Daladier in Belgium A war ministry spokesman announced that Edouard Daladier, member cf the war cabinet and rninister of national defense arrived in Belgium yesterday. The spokesman said the French war minister, accompanied by high British and French officials, was received by King Leopold.

Ill of Belgium and visited outposts along the Belgian-French frontier. The war ministry spokesman said the action in which French advance guards were backing up the Belgians in their fight against tremendous German thrusts in the Tongres region and the Belgian Ardenne was the prelude to a gigantic battle which might be expected in the next day or two, when the main body of the allied forces will be ia position. On the French main front, a full German division was stopped in an attack east of the Moselle river, the spokesman said. Battle at Frontier A French armored car unit stop ped a German column in the Ton igres regjcn yesterday es the Ger mans sought to press on to the west after capturing the Dutch city of Maastricht. Tongres is 10 miles west of Maastricht.

In Belgium's Ardennes mountains, German units launched a vigorous thrust with forces spread out along a line from east to west. In Holland the Germans continued to apply pressure along the River Ijssel, which they succeeded in crossing at several points, the spokeman said. But he added that German parachute troops who land- ed in Holland had been rounded up in eneral Hope to Halt Attack French dispatches called the German drive "the greatest attack in history." but cxprtsied confidence it couki be checked now that the main allied forces were entering the lines. Troops in the great French series of Maginot line fortresses fought off a scries of German attacks which lengthened the battle region to 303 Turn to page 5 col 4 3 10,000 to be Under Anns in lT. S.

During August Maneuvers Washington (11 The war department estimated today that approximately 310.000 officers and men cf the regular army, national guard and reserve corps would be under arms during the August maneuvers. Ti; figure, ofticials said, Is arc all-time high I ing activities. for peacetime train- The maneuver plans were announced in anticipation or congressional appropriation of tha necessary tunos, esumaiea at 000.001,. Secretary Woodrinj? explained that heretofore it had been customary to hold maneuvers in only ond army area each year, but that "in the prespnt state of the world" it was considered advisable to hold exercises in all fuur areas. Regular army uniU now In tha southeast are to return tf home Nations late this month, and then engage in training of civilian com ponents ROTC, CMTC and ized reserves and then join, the national guard and reserve officers in the AusT-it excrcjea, house is on County Trunk just west of its intersection with Highway ti the window of the bedroom in which pool of bleed on the bark porch am covered by bed clothes.

The farm Chute. (Photo of house by Post Child Drowns in Fox River Canal Body of Fret! Schuene-maun, Recovered After 2-IIour Search Four-year-old Fred, Jr son of Mr. and Fred Schuencmann. Sr 121 E. McKinley street, drowned shortly before noon today when he fell into the Fox river canal below the Second lock.

Tolice immediately began a search for the boy, and the body was recovered about 1:55 this afternoon after water in the canal between the second and third lock was lowered. The child was playing near the canal with another youngster, according to police, and it has no; been determined how the tragedy occurred. The body was found about 250 feet below the second Uck. Mr. and Mrs.

Schuencmann were injured in a traffic accident early Saturday morning when the car in which they were riding went off Highway 10 west of Appleton and struck a pole. Mrs. Schuencmann was treated at St. Elizabeth hospital and Mr. Schuencmann was released from the hospital this noon.

L.aims on Reorganization Hill Washington iT! Opposing son-ate forces issued contradictory claims of victory today in the battle over reorganizing the civil aeronautics authority. Senator McCarran iD-Ncv. lending the fight to block t.e president's plan tit transfer the independent agency to the commerce department, told reporters that "we have the votes' to disapprove it. Administration lieutenants, headed by Senator Byrnes tD-S. C.

contended that they hold an eight-vote marcin favor of t'ae trans- fer. Some impartial senators de- scribed the outcome as a toss-up. i 55, above five miles north of Little Crescent.) Vt gun. ilLcemaii Man Dies After Aulo 'almost evervthine in an attempt 58 '2 by anu-air- Rolls Over at Curve: 9 Persons Injured in Weekend Accidents Flans to Make Kecom niendation After Series Of Washington President Roosevelt plans to send to congress this wcrk a recommendation for more money for national defense. Stephen Early, presidential secretary, said the president at this time had no specific amount in mind, but would decide on some sum as a result of conferences with his advisers on defense.

One such conference, with war and treasury department officials, was scheduled today. Already pending before congress are requests for upwards of $2, 000.000.000 for defense requirements in the year starting July 1. There ha been conjecture that Mr. Roo sevelt. in view of needs emphasized by the war abroad, might request another S500.000.00O.

Need Mobile Forres It appeared likely that stronger mobile defense forces to safeguard the western hemisphere at any threatened point would figure in Turn to page 2 col. 5 I'm lv of Girl Is Found in Indiana Marshall, Ind. oi Hunt for Mary Sprague, 15. of Carbendale, 111., has ended eight days after with a boy companion vnilo on an outing at Turkev Run State paik with other members of the sophomore class of Olivet, 111 academy. Led bv Flmrr Herrar nf West girl's body yesterday in driftwood in Sugar creek tive miles west of the park.

The body of T. W. Wil-lingman, Jr. 15, of Jolict, 111., was Ftrcnm. Thursday, Thp fe in in III (.

i I (. tHi I itlif fallen into the creek from a 15-foct high promontory. Thev had becn hutcd cmpl0vcs. state P0 1 CCC youths and since 1hrv volunteers the after- noon rt Mav 4. Coroner B.

If. Branson said ho would wilhhoW invcstigation. i win the war quickly," a British i source said, and speeding an at-; tempt to drive a wedge between the Dutch and the Belgians while throwing numbers of parachute troops into behind-the-lines action. Britons should not be disheartened "when they hear of certain 'he said. Britain felt the tightening pressure cf the increased war effort launched under the leadership cf Turn to page 5 col.

European War Bulletins Basel, Switzerland French artillery and allied air bombs this af- tcrnoon shattered part of the Istein railroad tunnel under Germany's "Gibraltar of the Rhine." This destruction closed to military traffic a section of the vital army railroad incorporated in the westwall fortifications, Tas- srnccr traffic on this German Rhine line was rut off after an attack on a freight train near Istein by a French warplane Saturday. raris iT rrench, Belgian and Dutch troops in Belgium and the Netherlands wer? falling back in accordance with strategic plans tonight before savage ouslaughts of German advance guards of motorized corps supported by air bombardments, said a French war ministry spokesman. ine tuning pro.uoiy neiuifvu sometime between 3 o'clock Saturday cvcn'ng and midnight Verkuilen said William played ball with a group of young people of the neigh- borhood until abjut 9 o'clock. When the murder probe was launcheij early Sunday morning, Dr. H.

Ellsworth, Outagamie county cor-i oner, said the condition ot the bodies indicated that William and' his mother had been dead at least six hours. I'reparlnir for Bed William had not retired, for his bed was undisturbed, but apparent ly he was preparing to do so for he was barefoot ami wearing only a pair of overalls over his underclothing when his body was found One su-rgestion advanced was that the young man had just finished shaving in preparation for church Sunday morning when he heard someone tt the rear entrance to the house and was killed when he went to investigate. The position of his body indicated that he was shot at point blank range while standing in the doorway of the rear porch. His mother had retired, and if William's death preceded hers, and jV ether d.d not hear the shot or was slain so soon afteiward that she had no opportunity to leave her bed. The killer apparently stood only icw ne.

nc men ce. I lr nf li-ii? cs mc ni innills 4hit bed clothes over the aged woman a- a Lending credence to a theory tha robbery was the motive cn empty purse, a leather sack with a draw-! string, was found on the dresser in Turn to page 3 col. 1 'To See Oursel's As Ithers See Us "When a woman is photo-graphed," says a critic, "her entire posture is important. But in a man's photo, all any one cares about is his face." Yes. And often not even that.

There is just this consolation the looker-on can always recover his or her pleasant disposition by scanning The Post-Crescent classified want-ads. This one's good lines brought quick success: fnjDYFURNACE-For "sale. 22 inch size. Cheap. Inq.

702 E. Randall or phone 6353. Sold Immediately first night ad appeared. Scheduled ad for 8 times and cancelled after second Insertion. I London tVi The house of commons today gave Frime Minister Churchill's new war government a vote of confidence, SSI to 0.

The house of lords also pave the government a unanimous vote of confidence and adjourned until May 21. Commons also adjourned until that date. I.eo Bollcna, 24, Lecman, was hurt fatally about 9 o'clock Saturday night when his car went off a road at a turn and rolled over three times near Lecman. Nine other persons were injured in accidents in Appleton and vicinity, over the weekend, and an Appleton party was involved in a fatal accident near Lomira yesterday. Bcllena who was employed at the Pierre store, Lecman.

and had left the store to go to Shiocton when the accident occurred on County Trunk a mile south of Lecman. He was alone at the time and was taken to a New London hospital where he died shortly after the accident. He suffered fractures of the skull, nose, collar bone, ribs and a punctured lung. Jack Frenzl. oountv traffic ro- liccman, who investigated the acci dent, said was found lying on the ground beside the wrecked machine.

The traffic death is the eighth in Outacamie county thus far this year. Sheriff John Turn to page 8 col. 1 habitants of the city and vicinity that the aim is not" only to draw the greatest crowds in the history of Appleton day but to offer the best bargains. Merchants are prom- iir.r. that Oiopmrs will more than released with the rmnMiv.ii.m of excellent goods and low prices that greets them Thursday.

i Paris a1 The Germans lost 400 airplanes in the first three and a half days of their new drive arainst the lowlands and the n-rstern front, ar- cordinj to an official French compilation published today. This figure, it was declared, included 34 shot down by French anti-aircraft guns and 8S by French and British airplanes in France and Belgium. Bern, Switierland-nlrnited States diplomatic representatives todiy Belgian diplomats in Germany and the took charge of the repatriation of Germans in Belgium. Two speciat rontarlier to take them home. London V-An air ministry communique tonight said BritUh fighters had shot down more than "40 more" German airplanes and "successfully1' bombed German columns in Belgium and Luxembourg.

More Than 60 Merchants Will Offer Outstanding Bargains For Appleton Day. Thursday With warm- weather bringing nj downtown section Thursday. More spring atmosphere to Appleton and i than t0 Appleton merchants are vicinity, shoppers are looking for-J participating in the 1-day bargain ward to the annual spring bargain 'event. event, Ar plot on day, which will be i Bus linos and trucks that travel held Thursday of this week. within GO miles of Appleton are Aiming at making it Applcton's Carrying banners on front and rear greatest cooperative om i ty bumpers advertising the event, and event, the Appleton day committee the radio and theaters are cooper-has spent several weeks in prcpa- ating in the campaign to bring a re-ration for this 1-day opportunity cord-smashing crowd of shoppers for shoppers to select high quality, into the city Thursday, s.asonal goods at great savings The committee has assured in- trains were prepared at Lundau and Yugoslav source reported today "all! London i.V The admiralty announced today that British warships had bombarded German parachute troops who landed on the North sea roast of the Ion land countries.

Belgrade, Yugoslavia viv-A high security measures," including pxitting troops on war footing, had born taken in Yugoslavia to guard against possible entrance of Italy into the European conflict. Berlin (t DNB, official German news agency, said the German occupation of Groningrn province in northern Holland was completed today Members of the committee are Wayne R. Jones, chairman, Royall La Rose, J. E. Murphy.

Edward and Ray Eichelberger. New spring merchandise, other o' rtility, et.rrc- tive window displays, and well-. stocked 'shopper counters will greet the: who visits Applcton's when German forces advanced everywhere to the Zuider Zee tljssel Mecr), first reached yesterday at llarlingen. Willcmstad, Dutch West Indies tV1 British troops were landed today from a troopship'under the agreement among Holland, Britain and France for measures to guard the oil refineries- of CuTaca. and nearfiy Aruba against possible German attempts at sabotage..