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THE EVENING NEWS. HARRISBURG, MONDAY. MARCH 31, 1941 PAGE FIVE mm MM Visitors at Minimum 109th Infantrymen Learn How to Use Rifles Commanders of First Army During Camp Week-end And Second Corps Area See INDIANTOWN GAP, March 81. Chilly temperatures and Saturday's freak snowstorm kept the number $600,000 Paid Out to Soldiers At Indiantown INDIANTOWN GAP, March 31. State Soldiers at Work of Sunday visitors at the map to a minimum.

INDIANTOWN Mnrrh 31 About half of the 13,500 officers Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, com the rifle and pistol ranges to watch the 110th Infantry in its first day of firing practice. The tour also manding officer of the First Army, and Maj.

Gen. Henry C. Pratt, took him to maneuvers of the 107th Regimental paymasters today had commander of the Second Corps Area, undertook a general observation tour of the military reserva Field artillery, Second Battalion and men spent the week-end on leaves, returning last night in time to prepare for the inspection today by Lieut. Gen. Hugh A.

Drum, commanding officer of the First Army, and other ranking officials. The hospital's sick list dropped to 700 and a continued decline was expected. Afternoon inspection included the 108th Field Artillery units, disbursed about $000,000 in pay to soldiers who had drawn only one previous pay. The pay was for the two weeks of preliminary training put in principally at home armories fol engaged in standing gun drill; the post hospital, the bakers and cooks' school, the ordnance school, tion here, today. General Drum, accompanied by Col.

Benjamin F. Caffey, left Mitchell Field at 8.30 this morning, arriving at the Harrisburg Airport at 9.15 o'clock, where they were met by Maj. Gen. Edward Martin and his staff. From the airport, the official the radio operators' school and a lowing the Guard's induction in Federal service.

Officers are paid scouting and patrolling One out of every six men of military age in Australia is now in uniform. by check and enlisted men in cash. A period of intensive artillery practice, which will last until De cember, was begun by the 107th party was escorted to Indiantown Gap by the Second Squadron, 104th Cavalry, a scout car squadron. Ar as lovely as its name Field Artillery, with units from Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Phoenixville and Williamsport The 107th took over all the big gun ranges for twenty-four hours. The exercises were known as "sub-caliber firing," 37 mm, firing -mechanism In the use of rifles, Uncle Sam's one-year inductees at the Indiantown Gap cantonment learn to shoot the weapons from various positions.

Some members of the 109th Infantry, pictured here, are firing from the kneeling position while others are standing. Firing from prone position also is taught. This picture was taken on the busy 200-yard rifle range as the soldiers shot for camp records. riving at the camp, General Drum was greeted bv a fifteen-gun salute fired by Battery 107th Field Artillery, under the command of Capt. Robert J.

O'Donnell, Phoenixville. At the camp the being mounted on 75s. The 108th ish crews were permitted to re Nazi Officers, Gunners party was joined by Major General will take over the ranges tomor Naziand Italian main aboard their ships. "Some Little Trouble" Pratt. General Drum planned to spend row; the 109th Wednesday, and the three regiments will continue Aboard Italian Ships the entire day at the reservation, International Neio Service firing in this order throughout the period.

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March Vessels Seized Tonnage totaled about 300,000. The number of crew members was estimated at between 2500 and 3000: about 1600 of them from the Each infantry and engineers 31. German officers, petty offic ships which would be of material aid to Great Britain in keeping supply lines open across the Atlantic Ocean. Roosevelt discussed the Axis ship seizures at an impromptu press conference alongside his special train after completing an hour's inspection of Fort Jackson, a War Department defense training center near Columbia, S. The President spent more than an battalion contributed an officer ers and gunners were aboard at least some of the seven Italian war From Page One and non-commissioned officer for a demonstration of scouting and German and Italian ships.

ships sunk by the British Mediterranean fleet in a terrific battle off patrolling, which is the system taged by their crews, some so se having lunch with General Martin at the officers' mess at Division Headquarters. Following the afternoon tour, he will travel to Harrisburg, where he will spend the night at the Penn-Harris Hotel. Reviews 111th Infantry This morning General Drum reviewed the 111th Infantry on Muir Field, Division review grounds, and stopped at the 5Gth Infantry Brigade bayonet course. He re About twenty of the Italian ships had been sabotaged by their crews the Ionian Islands, it was revealed Well-named and justly famed, this exquisite face cream created by Primrose House! Far softer, far fluffier, far of establishing a point to which troops are to be advanced and then verely that they constituted men- today. and five apparently had been prepared for scuttling or burning at ac- to navigation and property in scouting and patrolling the inter Dispatches reaching here from Athens coincident with arrival of vening territory before bringing ti.e in which they were their niers.

hour touring the Army camp which, as recently as last September, was up the main body of men. The berthed. the victorious British squadron desolated terrain of slash pine. The seizures were carried out without resistance except in the rase of two Italian freighters at more flattering than its namesake, cavalry spent part of the day in said that German naval men of The "Battle of the Atlantic" is viewed a preliminary marksman loday, Regular Army troops, National Guardsmen, and rookie draft these three classes were among the ship drill by the 112th Infantry, Jacksonville, where the coast practicing simulated firing from moving vehicles and then went out on a "road march." ees are being whipped into fighting now raging with German submarines, surface raiders -nd airplanes survivors. Second and Third Battalions, and A direct dispatch from Athens guard commander reported there had been "some little trouble." shape.

The Army emphasis on mechanization was plain to see, as a drill by the 104th Cavalry. attempting to destroy Britain's sea said that approximately 1000 sur General Drum later stopped at Roosevelt inspected field artillery. vivors of the battle had been coast artillery, anti-aircraft, and life-lines, and starve her into capitulation. Britain already has lost Machinery of Italian landed at Piraeus, the port of Order Dentist anti-tank units. I more than 5,000,000 tons of mer Even the cavalry, the President I Athens.

The survivors included numerous officers, including one chant shipping and her crying need saw, has been mechanized. Ma admiral. is ships. The seized ships total When the battle fleet of Ad over ouu, uuu tons, it was sug Ships Found Damaged Bu United Press PHILADELPHIA, March S. Coast Guard Commander Lester E.

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German, Italian Ships Delaware River "was damaged, some to the British. Seized Under Espionage Act Capt. Louis Lamont Means, of the Dental Corps Reserves, Mc-Keesport, has been ordered to re auite badly." Government officials have been studying the legal aspects of the Armed boarding parties of 150 Coast Guardsmen and Marines seized the sabotaged vessels at their moor-ine places yesterday. Last night port here for active duty May 1. These men will be sent to other Fired at Costa Rica International Nevjs Service SAN JOSE.

Costa Rica. March United States requisitioning foreign vessels in American ports to camps for special training: Infantry school, Fort Benning, they also took formal possession of two Danish freighters totaling 7500 relieve this Country's ship short April 9 to July 3, radio oper tons. 31. Apparently fearing their seizure by Costa Rican authorities, the crews of the Italian steamer Fella and the German vessel ators' course First Class Pvt. Wells said that the four Italian ships the Antoinetta, Mar Glauco, Eisenach set fire to the shins to- Santa Rosa and Belvedere were andria, a few more details of the dramatic encounter were revealed.

To witnesses gathered along the shore there was not the slightest sign of damage to any of the battleships, cruisers or destroyers which dealt the staggering blow to Premier Mussolini's fleet. The great battlewagons and their escorts steamed in with flags flying, decks still cleared for battle and no indication that a single Italian shell had scarred or damaged any superstructure or hull. Official circles disclosed that as soon as the Italian squadron was sighted in the Eastern Mediterranean, Sir Andrew ordered his battleships to cripple as many as the fast-moving Italian cruisers as possible. age. The Italian, German and Danish ships were seized under the section one of title two of the espionage act of 1917, which reads in part: "The Secretary of the Treasury may make, subject to the approval of the President, rules and regulations governing the an aav.

unfit for service "because of the condition of their machinery." The John C. Merkel, Headquarters Company, 109th Infantry, Scran-ton; Pvt. Otto M. Merkel, Headquarters Company, 111th Infantry, Philadelphia. Quartermasters' motor transport depot, Fort Holabird, three Both vessels had taken refuge Danish ships, the P.

N. Daram and harbor of Punta Arenas. the Norden, were not damaged. Port police immediately boarded Main shafts and vital engine parts the ships and arrested the crews. IS A PUBLIC MENACE chorage and movement of any vessel, foreign or domestic, in the territorial waters of the United Efforts were made to brine- the months, beginning April 10, advance auto mechanics course: Tech.

of the four Italian vessels were burned through with acetylene torches, apparently a few hours be fires under control but both were Sergt. William C. Kuhn, Company chambray with a for sports (his Queenfltkie States, may place guards thereon reported burning fiercely. ihe tella is a shin of 6072 tons. and if necessary in his opinion, in order to secure such vessels from 4, 103d Quartermaster, Gettysburg.

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It was learned here today that ade with supplies for Germany and '5 .1 secure the observance of the rights and obligations of the United States, may take by and with the itaiy. Order to Seize Ships Given by Roosevelt International Newt Service ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL EN ROUTE TO WASH dress-of-tlic-Monlh 9 1 si First Lieutenant Oren Richards, consent of the President, for such fore their seizure, official.s said. Wells said that the 108 officers and men of the Italian vessels and twenty-five Danes from the Danish ships were being detained at the Gloucester, N. immigration station. A squadron of a dozen Coast Guard craft carried the boarders in the surprise seizure, closest approach to a naval engagement on the Delaware River since the War of 1812.

The squadron swung alongside the vessels and the Marines, with fixed bayonets, and the Coast Guardsmen, carrying .45 caliber automatics, swaimed aboard. There was no resistance. Tl? crew of the Belvedere gave snappy-Fascist calutes as the men were landed at the immigration station. London Has No Comment assistant regimental surgeon of purposes, full possession and con trol of such vessels." ior April INGTON, March 31. President On Freighters' Seizure the 109th Field Artillery, dropped dead yesterday while changing the tags on his car while on leave at A 1 til International Ketcs Service MNS Some lawyers said this wording would permit the United States to press" the ships into its own serv Roosevelt confirmed today that he had personally ordered seizure of German, Italian and Danish mer his home at Moosic, a Scranton LONDON, March 31.

Terming it suburb. 3.95 ice. chant ships which had taken refuge purely an internal American affair, British authorities declined to comment today on seizure of German, There are no plans to seize the Nazi Spokesman Sees in American waters. Roosevelt declined, however, to say what would be done with the Italian and Danish ships by the huge $80,000,000 French luxury liner Normandie, of 83,425 tons and united states. Ship Seizure Act of one of the largest ships afloat, or other French ships in American "Historic Importance ports, Government officials said Killed in Leap There are also some Dutch, Bel By United Press BERLIN.

March 31. A Nazi gian and Norwegian ships in American ports but these are Some of 28 Italian Ships Seized in U. S. Ports spokesman said today that Amer mostly responsive to the orders of ican "confiscation" of Italian and The Quality Refrigerator At the Quantity Price the British admiralty. Danish ships may be an event of Some officials here believed that To Escape Fire By United Presi PITTSBURGH, March 31.

hen he leaped from a third-floor the seizures might lead to similar action by Latin American countries "historic importance" but he could not say whether the action was regarded in German quarters as "an act of war." German quarters did not men m3m mm in which ships of most all the European nations are tied up. Only mam recently Chile seized three Danish tion the fact that German ships as ships for its own use. well as Italian and Danish were in window as fire swept a North Sida tenement house, a 70-year-old man was killed, while five others were injured yesterday. George Butler was fatnllv in. eluded in those seized by the Ordered to Wreck Interiors United States Government.

The seizures, effected by the coast guard assisted by the Navy They said, however, that the "may possibly be an event of Lemon Juice Receipe Checks Rheumatic Pain Quickly in some cases, were officially de jured after he jumped from the window after a home-made insect exterminator which he had been scribed as a means of putting the vV'. Mm historic importance." German reaction can be ex vessels into protective custody. pected, they said, after the "whole using to spray beds exploded and If you suffer from rheumatic, arthritis The seizures were ordered one question has been examined most day after the Italian crews had wucnea oil the fire. The flames quickly enveloped the old building, forcing more than closely." received orders to wreck the inte Until that time they declined to forty roomers from lower floods to indicate whether Germany might riors of their Bhips and came before this wrecking could be completed. The master of one of the take any reprisals or whether the tlee, while at least a dozen others were trapped on window sills and narrow ledges as thev soueht to action is regarded here as an act the ships said the order was issued oi war.

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