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Off to Greenland \ James K. Penfield «Tewiy.appointed United States con sul to Greenland, James K. Penfield leaves by clipper plane at Clifton, S. I„ for his new post. He is first consular official ever assigned to the tig island which formerly was under Danish rule. As Nazis Marched Into Belgium repeated in this radiophoto, showing Belgian citizens grimly watching el nelmeted German troops follow the path of invasion through a small Belgian frontier town. Weapons Hurled Into Action Against Nazis :I KiflHR The^e pictures of the B. E. F. in France, rushed to New York by trans-Atlantic plane, show two of the arms the Tommies are using in Belgium in hopes of stopping the on-rushing Nazi columns. At right, a small but effective anti-tank gun. At left, the huge wheel which hides yards of its muzzle gives a eood idea of the size of the big field gun. Tommies strain to haul it into position. Quizzed in Slaying ^—. mm a.^ Joseph L. Zito t unemployed airplane mechania Copiague, N. Y., Joseph L. Zito* 25, sits in cell at Babylon after ar rest on charge of attempted kidnap ing of two young girls. He had posed as a state trooper. Pennsyl vania police also questioned him about the recent murders of Fayo Gates and Rachel Taylor. Child Slayer? Mrs. Lillian Dorfman ; j Mrs. Lillian Dorfman, 28, leaves police headquarters in Norwood, Pa., after being charged with drowning; her eight-year-old daughter, Diana, in the bathtub. Police say she also planned to drown a second child but! lost her determination when the old-; er girl protested. Mrs. Dorfman and. her husband were separating. As Nazis Rode Into Belgium —in ~r~Tirnrrr r ■ ■ ' -- ___ - - ■ - - - - • -_ German invaders made short work of this barricade of cobblestones hastily piled across Belgian roads, and these Nazi army cars were delayed but little in their advance through Belgian frontier town. Aircraft Carrier Target for German bombs Gigantic pillars of water dwarf to toy size the huge British aircraft carrier they spray. British-censored caption claims spectacular picture, taken at unnamed location, was snapped as Nazi bombs narrowly missed their mark during aerial attack on ship, which escaped unscathed... _ Explains Experiment Lester Barlow Lester P. Barlow, explosives expert^ appears before the Senate military affairs committee, in Washington, to explain experiment at Aberdeen, Md. A herd of goats will be teth ered at varying distances to deter mine effects of Barlow’s new oxyJ gen carbon bombv Gauleiter of Norway I Josef Terboven (Responsible only to Reichsfuehrer | •Hitler, Josef Terboven has taken ; ever civilian administration of Nazi- ! (controlled Norway, with the title of Gauleiter, Refugees Arrive in England ' ,. v . C. P. Radiophoto Britain’s censor identified these passengers disembarking at an English port as refugees from Belgium, fleeing before the advance of the German war machine. Even England may not prove a safe haven, how eves^JThe British are beginning to take seriously Hitler’s threat to invade England itself. Photo radioed ~—r to HggLYork-from London.— -- Scalise Aides to Face Dewey Building Service Union leaders, shown at union convention in Atlantic City, N. J., lost court fight and were ordered to appear in New York for questioning by the Grand Jury about their resigned president, George Scalise, who is charged with extortion. Left to right, Paul David, secre tary-treasurer; Thomas J. Burke, vice president; and William McFet - ridge, president, all from Chicago ' gen carbon bombv Nazi Bombs Kill 15 in French House . .„... ,S. _ Brick and splintered timber is all that remains of an apartment house at Nancy, France, when 15 people were killed in German bombing raid coincident to Nazi blitzkreig in Low Countries. Above, _ French soldiers and civilians_survey wreckage., ■ Tried in Murder, Inc., Case I Belgians Cheer Tommies Coming to Their Aid ’ , ' . - , r m m .js Chner. '. ^ lRE ar‘d laying happv greetings, women and children line the street of a Belgian town as a British tank unit rumbles toward tro-11* partlnf fog %>usands of Allied troops who were rushed t.n Belgium’s rescue after Nazi invasion. Capital ot INazi-lnvaded Luxembourg - m. i r r-ir ... wm Mxwmr^sse *s Air view of the heart of city of Luxembourg, capital of the tiny Grand Duchy, which Germans invaded simultaneously with their smash against Holland and Belgium. t Harry (Happy) Maione (left) and Frank (The Dasher) Abbandando are shown m Brooklyn, N. Y„ court as they were placed on trial for a Murder, Inc., slaying. They are charged with stabbing George Rudnich to death with an ice pick, f