OGDENSBURG JOURNAL
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1939
PAGE TWO
Germany Marches: 3,105,000-Man Military Machine Is Most Streamlined in Europe
Infantry Is Key Army Unit
Nfavy No Match for Britain's
T h e German navy's seven capital ships—including "pocket" battleshins like this—are hardly a m a t c h for t h e s t r o n g British fleet. Much
"iriofi "feared "are German submarines. T h e Reich h a s 50 subs now, is
Known t o be "building a t least 20 more. According to recent figures,
Germany h a s about 15 cruisers, ±8 destroyers, two aircraft carriers.
MRS. PADDOCK
ARRIVES FROM
~ Pierreponi^-Mrs. Lucy Paddock
a r r i v e d h e r e ' b y a i r plane from
Y a k i a m a , Washington, to spend
the--winter with h e r d a u g h t e r , M r s .
P r a n k C r a r y . H e r m a n y friends
a r e glad, to s e e h e r again.
M r . a n d M r s . B e r t -Soper of Malone visited' a t t h e h o m e of M r .
-. :'tmd' Mrs'. E . "W. Gleason t h e p a s t
' week.''
- --"• Mr-, and M r s . Millard Hundley
and family, Miss Susie Wilis at" fended' P o m o n a Grange a t Russell on Wednesday.
-The - Home
Bureau
business
m e e t i n g .held a t - t h e h o m e of M r s .
J o h n Clark's on Tuesday found a
few interested m e m b e r s present.
Mrs.; Clark w a s appointed leader
;
of t h e vegetable cookery; M r s . Allen-.Butterfield leader of the project," Care of t h e F e e t .
T h e sale and supper held by
• t h e Community Club on Aug. 30
w a s a decided success. About 60
dollars w a s realized and all enjoyed a good t i m e visiting.
Softool b e g a n Tuesday with M r s .
Gerald Tupper a s teacher in the
P i e r r e p o n t district. A n u m b e r of
ladies' m e t with M r s . Millard Hundl e y dn Tuesday to s e w for C r a r y ' s
Mills G r a n g e fair ' which will be
held later.
The Young Peoples Society of
t h e Union Church m e t on Aug.
Horises a r e almost as vital a s m e n t o Germany; about 3,450,000 of t h e
animals do army duty. Some draw artillery weapons; others serve in
t h e cavalry, still used on rough terrain. A cavalry regiment—including
bicycle and motorcycle troopers—is attached to each army corps for
reconaissance. In March, Germany increased its "reiters," or cavalry
divisions, to four, h a s added more since. Most of these a r e stationed
in E a s t Prussia. •
Because Germany did not s t a r t to rearm until six years ago, its artillery is t h e most modern in Europe—and among t h e most mobile. Tractor-trucks, like t h a t above, haul heavy guns to the front. Five-ton mor^
t a r s fire 240-pound explosive shells at the r a t e of one p'er minute.
Railway guns, mounted on pivots on flat cars, boast the longest r a n g s
yet known for t h i s type of a r m s . T h e r e a r e 600,000 men enlisted in
t h e German field artillery.
High speed tanks, which push aside n a t u r a l obstacles as though they
were paper, help p u t t h e punch in Hitler's war machine. T h e F u e h r e r
ia well equipped with them, too; his a r m y h a s 2000. On t h e defensive
side, Germany h a s m o r e anti-tank guns, in proportion to population,
than_ any n a t t o c An estimated 350,000 soldiers m a n t h e Nazi mechanized divisions, all of which have standarized equipment. New p a r t s for
t h e m a c h i n e r y a r e easily obtained.
Sky superiority is one of t h e German military organization's strongest
points. If current estimates t h a t s h e h a s 6000 first line planes a r e
correct, t h e Reich possesses a s many such ships as h e r .opponents—
Poland, Great Britain, and France—combined. About half of these
a r e bombers. T h e air corps numbers a t least 80,000 men. T h e nation's
aviation industry is on its toes, working constantly on aircraft improvements and new models.
m
INJURES EYE
HELPING FIGHT
BARN FIRE
Mussolini's Peace Moves
Seen Spurred by Italy's
Shaky Military Position
B y G E O R G E FIEIJMNQ- E L I O T
i,*.
U. S. S. R.
London—Benito' Mussolini's last :j::ifBRITlSH '
frantic efforts to s e c u r e p e a c e for ij:;:; HOME FLEET ^ J f c g - j
E u r o p e reflect clearly his realiza- \jj$?£:.At}antic Ocean
tion of the insecurity of I t a l y ' s mili t a r y position. This insecurity is
two-edged.
Italy is
insecure
externally
against Anglo-French attack, ins e c u r e internally against G e r m a n
interference, possibly' domination.
I t is therefore unsafe for Italy to
e n t e r w a r on the side of G e r m a n y .
And also unsafe for h e r to refuse
to do a s told by Berlin.
To consider the Italian m i l i t a r y
position, first look a t the outposts.
At p r e s e n t there a r e approxim a t e l y 50,000 m e n on the Dodecanese Islands, principally Leros and
Rhodes. These islands a r e in a n
exposed position close to the Turkish coast, with no possible supr
p o r t n e a r a t hand. Reports t h a i
LYBYA.
they a r e intended for an attack
«0,«X> Italians;
on the Dardenelles, or
possibly
in^ conjunction with a n
23 With their president, Jean Hund- Salonika,
Italian t h r u s t from southern Alley, presiding. Two delegates were bania 'across Greece, overlook the
chosen, Ruth B a r r a g e r and J e a n impossibility of assembling nec- This m a p shows the precarious position of Italy and the almost undefendable dispersion of h e r forces.
Hundley, to r e p r e s e n t t h e society essary shipping
and
conveying Most vulnerable country in E u r o p e to economic blockade, she Is equally vulnerable to m i l i t a r y atat. t h e Young People's Conference troops by s e a against opposition of
tack from F r a n c e through the Alpine p a s s e s , which converge in the valley of the P o Riveri historic
held a t t h e H a g u e n e a r
L a k e t h e Turkish and Greek navies.
highway of I t a l y ' s conquerors. E i g h t y thousand Italian troops i n Libya h a v e F r e n c h Tunisia a n d Al-George. T h e n e x t meeting will be
geria on their left, pro-British E g y p t on their r i g h t , a n d t h e G r e a t British n a v a l b a s e of Malta before
The latter would h e supported
held Sept. 22. Hot dogs and rolls instantly b y the British Mediterthem. Fifty, thousand other Italian soldiers a r e isolated in t h e Dodencanese Islands, off Turkey, if
will be s e r v e d .
Italians in Albania fought through Greece to Salonika, they would h a v e to be ferried to the Doder a n e a n fleet, which is assembled
Xner Chamberlain of Mount Ver- in the e a s t e r n M e d i t e r r a n e a n uncanese—against the opposition of the Greek a n d Turkish navies and the British M e d i t e r r a n e a n fleet.
mm spent s o m e t i m e h e r e visiting der one of the m o s t vigorous and
In the western M e d i t e r r a n e a n , the F r e n c h fleet, assisted b y t h e British h o m e fleet in t h e Atlantic, can
his boyhood friends and relatives. energetic a d m i r a l s of t h e British
maintain a blockade against m i l i t a r y or economic assistance to I t a l y .
n a v y . He is Sir Andrew Cunningade. This because s h e is almost enh a m , who is completely In touch Anglo-Egyptian alliance.
tirely dependent on s e a b o r n e t r a d e
with the whole situation in those Italians E a s y to Blockade
I h a v e just c o m e through E g y p t for coal, iron, copper, oil and othw a t e r s , and h a s ample force to
deal with any Italian efforts.
by t h e last n e u t r a l airliner to cross e r p r i m e m a t e r i a l s .
I t a l y Appears T r a p p e d in Libya central E u r o p e . I c a n s a y with a s And Italy cannot hope to force
Txi Libya, t h e Italians h a v e 80,- s u r a n c e t h a t the E g y p t i a n people open either t h e e a s t e r n gate, held
realize
that,
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
their
differ000 m e n , plus s o m e native r e b y Cunningham a n d his m e n ,
s e r v e s . H e r e they a r e confronted ences a t t i m e s .with the British govby
on the west with the F r e n c h in Tu- e r n m e n t , their independence is a s - or t h e w e s t e r n g a t e , held
South Russell—Mr. and M r s . L. nisia—secure behind the fortifica- sured b y British
as
victory,
b u t the F r e n c h navy, supported
" D. Basford of D e G r a s s
enter- tions of t h e M a r e t h Line which is would be lost by German-Italian n e c e s s a r y by the British home
Morristown, Center — M r s . Merle
'tained...at. a demonstration supper far too formidable for any such victory. And, whatever politicians fleet. Air forces cannot b r e a k
Fitzsimmons
and children r e t u r n e d
last Monday evening Aug. 28. Italian force to hope to attack with m a y s a y o r do, in this fact lies t h e such blockades nor cian s u b m a h o m e Sunday from a t h r e e weeks
Those p r e s e n t from h e r e were Mr. success.
key to the attitude of all t h e s m a l l rines be anything m o r e t h a n a
and M r s . Charles F o r d h a m
and
s t a y with Tttr. Fitzsimmons in AlThe M a r e t h Line cannot be out- peoples of t h e B a l k a n a r e a .
nuisance.
sons, Mr. and M r s . Roy Given and flanked because of the terribly difberg, Vermont. Mr. Fitzsimmons
daughter and Mr. and M r s . Leon ficult d e s e r t and mountain routes
In Ethiopia, the Italians h a v e Neutrality I s The Logical Move
spent Labor D a y with t h e m and
Then
consider
how
m
o
s
t
of
ItAllen.
about
60,000
Italian
troops,
plus
a
n
in which a whole a r m y could perMr." "and M r s . Boy Given and ish. Also, t h e M a r e t h Line—like unknown n u m b e r of native levies aly's industry is gathered in the returned h o m e Tuesday.
'Mrs,
Una" P h e l p s Were in Canton all fortified lines—can be both de- of uncertain loyalty. These a r e sit- n o r t h e r n p a r t of the country withAllen Hickok and family of
on T h u r s d a y .
fense position and a springboard ting on the" lid of a cpuntry still in in easy r e a c h not only of the Flushing, L. I., a r e spending their
' .Roy 'Barbour a n d R a l p h Gentles for attack.
air
force but *of t h e vacation with his p a r e n t s , Mr. a n d
a s t a t e of revolt in the r e m o t e r e - F r e n c h
of N e w York and Miss Nell B a r Riley Hickok, also M a r k
armies,
debouching Mrs.
On the east, t h e Libyan forces gions. They would rise u p a s one F r e n c h
' hour o f ' R u s s e l l ' w e r e
weekend face E g y p t where the new British m a n if given a "chance and sup- through Alpine passes into
the Hickok of Rochester is visiting a t
' guests of M r s . Alice Town.
commander-in-chief-of - the - mid- plied with a r m s and munitions valley of the P o and Plain of his h o m e h e r e .
surrounding British
and L o m b a r d y .
MrV'arid M r s . F r e d S o w l a n d and dle-east, General Sir
Callers a t the D u r a n t home SunArchibald from
We begin to see t h a t Italy can- day w e r e M r s . Smith, M r s . Dur' family of C r a n b e r r y Lake and Ar- Wavell, the best informed
and F r e n c h colonies.
'tfaur Howland and family of R u s - m o s t experienced British officer
Now, t a k e all t h r e e of these not and m u s t not think of. fight- ant, E r n e s t Smith and Marjorie
She Dunn all of Ogdensburg.
sell visited M r s . Vira Phelps last in this a r e a , h a s forces which a s - Italian positions, plus the detach- ing Britain and F r a n c e .
Sunday.
Mr. and M r s . J o h n Kinder of
sure the defense of E g y p t against m e n t in Albania, which supposed- probably has not the slightest inMiss' Blanche Tousley and M r s . any Italian a t t e m p t .
ly threatens
Yugoslavia
and tention of doing so unless dragged Boston, Mass., spent s e v e r a l days
Daisy" T h o m a s b e g a n their schools
in
by
the
neck—either
forced
in
Greece,
arid
consider
t
h
a
t
there
with Mr. and Mrs. John Douidiska
The Italian a r m y h a s two poson I r i s h Hill a n d a t Silver Hill and sible routes—one along the coast a r e no sources of supply i n coun- by the G e r m a n s , who m i g h t well the p a s t week.
Merton VanSant on Blanchard Hill road on Alexandria by w a y of tries w h e r e t h e y a r e .
prefer a n e u t r a l Italy for the p r e s Mrs.
Kio of DeKalb called on
on August 28.
E a c h position is entirely de- ent, or forced in by the British and Mrs.
M e r s a Matruh, a t p r e s e n t a n . AnDenesha Tuesday evdriing.
F
r
e
n
c
h
who
m
i
g
h
t
prefer
to
have
glo-Egyptian advanced b a s e , the pendent for supplies on m a r i t i m e
Angus Cameron of Dallas Polk
other by the Oasis of Siwah. Since routes Which would certainly be the Italian position immediately Co., Oregon, N o r m a n Camron and
clarified.
the British control all t h e wells, cu', or a t least badly interfered
family of Ogdensburg >called SunF r o m t h e F r e n c h and British day on C. H. H a g g a r t and Clarhow to supply l a r g e ? forces with with by vigorous action of t h e
point of view, all Italian detach- ence Dunn.
w a t e r would be a p r o b l e m indeed British M e d i t e r r a n e a n fleet.
Services a t St. J o h n ' s Church for an invading force. If t h e ItalThe Italians a r e not fools. Con- m e n t s and positions r e t a i n nuisMrs.
Elizabeth Dunn, Clarence
"are announced as follows b y t h e ians had to bring water with ithem, sequently, the n a t u r a l conclusion ance value while Italy is neutral. H. Dunn and family enjoyed
a
Rev'.' Charles E . Kennedy, rector theV could not move either fast or is that all of these d e t a c h m e n t s Hence it probably would be bet- pleasant trip Labor Day.
They
' for t h e 14th Sunday after Trinity: far.
a r e for political a n d nuisance pur- ter to clean u p the Mediterran- crossed the
Thousand
Island
•'7:30 — Holy Communion.
In addition to the British troops poses and t h a t Italy h a s no seri- ean and h a v e the field clear for Bridge and toured the Kings Highr
:
• "9 :30 Morning P r a y e r and Ser- in E g y p t and Palestine, there now ous intention of. fighting any further operations in southwestern way, Ontario, crossing the Roosemon.
a r e Indian troops in Egypt, plus an Mediterranean w a r .
E u r o p e . The awareness of the Ital- velt Bridge and returning home
being
•' ChriSt Church, Morristown: 11: E g y p t i a n a r m y which is
Add to the above fact that Italy, ians of these considerations m a y in the late afternoon.
''Morning P r a y e r and Sermon. AH m u c h improved and enlarged and herself, is the most vulnerable lead to g r e a t surprises in the Rear
School opened Tuesday, with Mrs.'
Services; on- S t a n d a r d 'Time.
which will certainly b e loyal to the l l a r g e country in E u r o p e to block- future.
Mabel P a t t e r s o n a s t e a c h e r .
L BASFORDS
ARE HOSTS
TOGUESTS
FITZSIMMONS
RETURN FROM
VERMONT VISIT
SUNDAY SERVICES
AREANNOUNCED
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Winthrop—Frank
Eastman
of
Seaverton, who t e a c h e s a t t h e
Wires School, received a serious
injury to his eye, while assisting
a t the fire Monday evening, when
the b a r n on t h e Otis M c l n t y r e
f a r m w a s s t r u c k hj.. lightning a n d
burned to t h e ground.
M r . and M r s . George Larouche
of Syracuse and E u g e n e B e y a r
of Jamesville h a v e r e t u r n e d to
their h o m e s after visiting friends
a t Winthrop, P o t s d a m and St. R e - ;
gis F a l l s .
Science Hill School, with Miss
E l e a n o r King, teacher,
opened
Tuesday with the l a r g e s t enrollm e n t in s e v e r a l y e a r s .
F r i e n d s visiting M r s . Will E .
Clark a t Moira, Wednesday found
Miss Minnie Orcutt of
Malone
m a k i n g h e r an extended visit. M r s .
Clark p l a n s , to go to E l Monte,
Cal, later this fall, to spend the
winter with h e r niece, M r s . E t h e l
F l a h e r t y and Mr. F l a h e r t y .
Miss S a r a h A. Crane motored
from Northampton, Mass., Satu r d a y to r e m a i n over Labor Day
with Mr. and M r s . -Fred Crane.
Mr. a n d M r s . L a w r e n c e Harvey,
Gwendolyn, L a w r e n c e and Marilyn
of Gouverneur were over Sunday
guests of Mr. and M r s . Guy Munson and family.
Mr. and M r s .
Walter Locke
and sons, Donald, and Walter, J r . ,
went to Syracuse to visit relatives.
Monday they went to Ithaca and
Donald r e m a i n e d to enter the sophomore class a t Cornell University.
Donald is specializing in physical
education.
Among the local t e a c h e r s who
left Monday for outside schools
were Miss Eleanor McCracken,
Lake George; Miss Anna Kellaher, Watertown, Miss Loie Silsby,
Greenport, L. I . ; Miss Eleanor
Bradley, Mineola, L. I., Miss F r a n ces M u r r a y , New York City, Robert Calnon, M a s s e n a ; Miss Jennie
Collins, Ogdensburg; Miss Florence Moulton, J a s p e r , Miss Kathleen Scully, Black R i v e r ; Miss Virginia Welch, Norfolk High; R i t a
Calnon, Tupper Lake.
Mr. and M r s . John Munson entertained for Wednesday dinner
and the afternoon, M r s . M a r t h a
Doud, M r s . Marion Crane, Miss
E d n a Crane and Miss J u n e J a r vis. Miss Crane left F r i d a y for
h e r school a t Yonkers.
Ejtorm Troopers, above, the Naai party's original fighting forces, are
the backbone of t h e infantry, still the important element in t h e Germ a n army. The infantry h a s been specially trained in rigorous field
exercises like these and in haiuKc-liuud combat. Of t h e Reich's male
population of 32,000,000, t h e r e are now 3,105,000 m e n under arms,
3,000*000 reserves.
ABROAD: TRIANGLES OF WAR
AS GERMANY PENETRATES POLAND
Germans claim
Westerpiaite
Bafti c Sea
mmmiks
t
GERMANY
Sc&te of Miles
' .^3
HUNfiMtr/
Germany's penetration of Poland h a s taken t h e form of two huge m a n
gles, one pushing in from Poland's western border at t h e north, the
other pressing in from the southwestern a r e a of Poland. In turn, t h e
natural Polish defense, marked out by military men, i s in t h e form of
a rough triangle fronting on the Vistula river, known a s t h e "Security
Triangle."
THE WESTERN FRONT
HEUVELTON MAN
INJURED IN
AUTO CRASH
Heuvelton—Orman Ducett, well
known business m a n of this village
Is a patient in St. Joseph's hospital, Syracuse, following a n auto accident early Tuesday morning.
The accident is reported to have
occurred a t E r i e boulevard and
Geddes in Syracuse when a c a r
driven by H. S,. G r a y of Syracuse
crashed into t h e Ducett c a r . Mr.
Ducett was thrown from the car
and suffered severe head injuries
and a hand cut. His. c a r w a s badly
damaed.
-.
. With Mr. Ducett a t the t i m e of
the accident were his wife and
daughter,
Jane;
M r s . Claude
E v a n s and son, Daniel. The p a r t y
was returning h o m e from a trip to
Binghamton.
. ..
Mr. Ducett's parents, Mr. a n d
Mrs. F r e d .J. D u c e t t of Heuvelton
went to Syracuse Tuesday to see
their son.
(Copyright,
1939, by Rand
McNally)