Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1939 — Page 9

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Belgium Learned Its Lesson in 1914

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| Plans to Offer McNutt in Six States as ‘Logical Man For Presidency.

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- Frank ®. McHale, Paul V. Mec- - Nutt’s Presidential pilot, will leave Oct. 10 on a tour of six southwestern states in Mr. McNutt’s behalf. The Democratic National Coms mitteeman expects to spend three weeks in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas and Louisiana. “We're not asking for pledges, but Just offering Mr. McNutt as the]: logical man,” Mr. McHale said.

Mrs. Johnson on 2d Term

"Mrs. Ruth Johnson, president of the Madison County Democratic Women’s Club, has begun her second term. Others recently elected are Mrs. Mary ‘Graham, Alexandria, financial secretary; Mrs. Charles Anson, Pendleton, first vice president; Mrs. William J. Black, second vice president; Mrs. Joseph Carney, secretary; Mrs. Mildred Alatza, treasurer, and Mrs, E. Maude Bruce, parliamentarian. : To date 13 Democratic meetings have been scheduled. Fred F. Bays, state Democratic chairman, will deliver jhe principal address at all but a few.

Meeting Dates Listed

The dates for the meetings and ol LX their location are: Oct. 3, Gary a 2% { Women’s Democratic Club, Gary; MME i Oct. 4, Monticello; Oct. 5, Tell City; Pow : SHEE : : : ; Oct. 6, Marion County Women’s| | 7 : . ia Democratic Club party, Indianap-|- | Belgium remembers: 1914—when her old-style forts were smashed by modern German artillery. Today olis; Oct. 10, Sullivan; Oct. 14, In-| Her frontier with Germany is protected by a “Maginot” line similar to the one in France. Above, a heavy |

diana Women’s Democratic Club,| gun rears from the top of a subterranean casement. The steel-railed anti-tank wall shown below runs over Seymour;’ Oct. 17, Bedford; Oct. 18,

hill and dale for miles along Belgium’s eastern border. ; Psion Jor, 1 Sih Beni. 7. # a a # a ® er 23 Steel Necklace Replaces MUNICH ‘PEACE’ BEGAN YEAR AGO

Forts Battered by Kaiser Was to Last ‘for our Time,’

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Clarence A. Jackson dinner, In*dianapolis; Nov. 7, Covington. LIEGE, Belgium, Sept. 29 (U. P.).|gble to withstand the German as—No invading army will find Bel-|saults for only 11 days.

born five minutes after his mother’s death, was reported in “quite satisfactory” condition in a Cincinnati hospital today. : J The mother, Mrs. Eleanore Mc.Graw, 21, died of a throat infection last night. She was admitted to the hospital Sept. 13.

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gium unprepared again. There are 750,000 men under arms now and a strong series of fortifications, especially in the Valley of the Meuse where the Germans marched 25 years ago. There, forts extend ¢ver 155 square miles in some places; tank fences and traps and mines bar the way of any mechanized forces and all roads and bridges are heavily mined. More technicians will be called to the colors in the next two weeks, bringing the armed strength to 800,000 anc there are 200,000 more men available for front line duty and 300,000 between the ages of 35 and 48 able to do secondary work such ‘as maintaining supply lines and guarding bridges and railroads. -The situation is far different than 1914, when Belgium had less than

Defenses, especially in the large semi-circular area from Namur in the south to Antwerp and along the

Meuse to the Albert Canal are impressive. All valleys leading into the Meuse are protected by series of shelters cut deep into-the rocks. Frontier forces are equipped with machine guns, anti-tank guns and light artillery at positions permitting a sweeping cross-fire. Crack chasseurs with at least three years’ military service guard the borders. Mobilization already is costing Belgium $51,000 a day.

Liege Is Fortified Two of the strongest fortresses, extending deep underground and

covered by many feet of steel and concrete, have been built at ‘Liege

long one. be ceded to Germany by Oct. 1.

Chamberlain Explained To Cheering Crowds.

By UNITED PRESS A year ago today Prime Minister

Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain flew the Munich, Germany, and returned to London the next day with what he believed was an assurance of “peace for our time.”

Premier Chamberlain flew to

Munich to confer with Adolf Hitler of Germany, Benito Mussolini of Italy and Prime Minister Edouard Daladier of France on the fate of Czechoslovakia.

Czechs Yield to Pressure The Munich conference was not a The Sudeteland was to

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sisted. Czechoslovakia capitulated : ; on the afternoon of Sept. 30. 2 ; "ig Hopeful Crowds Cheer Mr. Chamberlain,-who had conferred with Hitler seven days previously at Godesberg, flew back to London and: announced that this time he and the German Fuehrer had signed a statement declaring: “We regard the agreement signed. last night and the Anglo-German naval agreement as symbolical of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with ene another again.” } To cheering crowds Mr. Chamberlain said: “This is the second time that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street ‘peace with honor I believe it is peace for our e.” T 3

An international © commission - was to determine the final frontier between Germany and Czechoslovakia. Pressure was put upon Czechoslovakia to agree at once, without quibbling, to those terms. Britain

100,000 men mobilized, the Meuse was the first line of defense and the 12 forts surrounding Liege were

and at Eben Emael, near Maastricht, beside the tip of Holland extending along the eastern border of Belgium. A series of 10 heavily constructed forts, all connected by deep tunnels and galleries, extend from Liege 35 miles southwest to Namur along the Meuse. These forts have big guns. Another section of Belgium’s iron| and concrete necklace runs from | Liege 20 miles northeast to Eben Emael. The Belgian High Command knows that Limberg, the. Holland province extending southward, would be difficult for Holland to defend, since it is only three or four miles wide in ‘some parts, therefore Belgium has built especially strong defenses between Liege and Antwerp to form the backbone of the whole system. Rows of casements, redoubts and galleries extend from Eben Emael fortress to the Albert Canal, which is 25 to 60 yards wide and 18 to 20 feet deep and passes in places through banks 60 to 80 feet high, making crossings difficult.

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Around Antwerp there. are five rings of forts. The Belgian Air force has from 400 to 500 planes including many fast British made pursuit shi 5. The entrances and exits of all railroad stations are guarded by anti-aircraft and ma-

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