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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1

‘Those Convicted Must Expect to Pay Penalty,” Judge

Announces in Taking

To Appear Today.

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, 1940

. KARABELL WARNS CARELESS DRIVERS

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Crash Victim

Over Docket; 133 Due

Motorists convicted of traffic law violations must “exfeos to pay the penalty,” Judge Charles Karabell warned ay as he took charge of the Municipal Court traffic docket

for the month of May,

‘ His warning came as Marion County listed 36 dead for he first four months of the year. Sixteen of them were

killed in April, 11 in the City

of the victims during April were pedestrians. One hundred and thirtythree motorists were scheduled to appear before Judge

Karabell this afternoon. Co-Operation Is Urged

“I am under the impression now

that the community is becoming traffic conscious,” he said. “I am glad to know that the citizens are Co-operating in an effort to reduce the traffic toll. Will say that traffic law violators. when the evidence is sufficient for conviction in court, may expect to pay the penalty.” Judge Karabell termed “speeding the chief source of accidents.” but urged pedestrians to co-operate in a safety drive. Meanwhile, the Tndianapolis Chamber of Commerce safety committee was to meet with officials at City Hall at 1:30 o'clock today on the Safety Board's proposed downtown traffic planning program.

Personally I}

and five in the County. Four

Mrs. Zella Melling, Frankfort, Ind, above, and two of her children were killed and her husband and four other children were injured last night in an automobile crash on Road 52 near Royalton, Ind.

1 Dead in Army

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HARDY CLEARED BY HIGH COURT

Evansville Attorney Wins. His Fight Against Disbarment.

The Indiana Supreme Court today formally absolved State Senator William D. Hardy, Evansville attorney, of all charges that he mutilated the transcript of a case on appeal. Senator Hardy had been cited to appear for disbarment proceedings by the Court and the Court held several hearings on the case before issuing today’s 19-page opinion. The record in question, which was dismissed from the Appellate Court | " : because of alleged “spoilation and Hospital at Lufkin. mutilation” of the transcript, was found by the Supreme Court to be in proper form. In the opinion, the

Lt GERMANS ADVANCE

NACOGDOCHES, Tex, May 1 (U. P.).—The Army's make-be-lieve war had cost its first life today. Private John C. Howard, 24, was injured fatally when an Army truck turned over in a ditch, pinning him beneath it. Private Homer C. Vicars was injured but Army physicians said he probably would recover. Other minor mishaps and illnesses hospitalized 63 men and three officers in the Interior Base

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BERLIN CLAIMS NAVAL SUCCESS

Aircraft Cruiser and Six Other British Craft.

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and Sogne Fjord yesterday. It said “the remainder of the Norwegian second division totaling 200 officers and 3500 men as well as 40 British surrendered northwest of Lillehammer. This is a higher figure than was reported in yesterday's communique.”

Also northwest of Lillehammer, the Germans captured seven guns,

good condition, said. “The advance in Norway is continuing,” it said. “Fighting occurred near Trondheim. Britisn airplanes raided Fornebu Airdrome at Oslo

| last night but caused only slight

Game Accident

damage.” The new claims of victories in | Norway enlivened an otherwise dull {May Day celebration. There was [little ceremony although shuttered store fronts gave evidence of the holiday. The annual gathering of workers in the Lufgarten around the | May tree to hear the customary |speech by Adolf Hitler was aban|doned this year because of the war. There were no parades and the | flags were not out. Herr Hitler's {order of the day, given out yester(day praising the exploits of German troops in Norway, and a proc|lamation by Robert Ley, Nazi labor { front leader, to soldiers and worklers, were the only pronouncements.

Tomorrow Ascension Day

Tomorrow is Ascension Day, an-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Wins Central Indiana Chess

NEAR NAMSOS

‘Reports Sinking of Anti-

near Lommen, between Fagernes|

125 machine guns and 250 lorries in! the communique |

LAR RN TONE

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Boyd Collins, member of the Central Indiana Chess Association, won the playoff for the title in the organization's annual tour- | ney last night at the Central Avenue Methodist Church. The contest was held following the yearly banquet. At the close of the program a

| trophy was awarded the Bishop team. It was held last year by the Rooks. organization representing approximately 90 players. Teams meet | every two weeks during the winter | and the year's activities end in

IL DUCE PLEDGES London Announces Forced Withdrawal at Bombaas

NO SUDDEN SHIFT

»Qeassures Phillips in War firmation that the Germans had taken Dombaas but that the Allied

Discussion; Tension RiseS | position along the important DomOn British Order baas-Stoeren Railroad was “dan-

| gerous and obscure.” (U. P.).—United/

ROME. May 1 On the other hand, military \ ' !

| Boyd Collins (left) and C. B. Hicks . . . Mr. Collins is the champion

There are 16 teams in the

the annual banquet and playoff. |

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GALE AND RAIN SWEEP STATE: 16 DEAD INU.

Storm Rages From Texas Panhandle to Indiana; Damage Here Slight.

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Edwardsport, 1.16, and New Hare mony, 1.15. The only property damage ree ported in Indianapolis was the wrecking of a car belonging to Gale Horton, 872 Udell St. A cotton wood tree was blown on it at that address, The wind velocity as recorded at the airport Weather Bureau was 33 miles an hour at 12:35 a. m. and 1:35 a. m,, 35 miles an hour at 2:20 a. m, 39 miles an hour, or gale proportion, at 2:35 a. m. and 28 miles an hour at 3:12 a. m. Wires were reported down at 823 N. Butler Ave., Rural and Moore

Times Photo.

eastern Ave. The rainfall measured .24 of an inch at the downtown Weather! Bureau and .27 of an inch at the airport,

H. L. Danforth, secretary-treas- | Snow flurries blanketed the urer. were re-elected to serve for |northern fringe of the fertile corn | belt from the Dakotas to Michigan, ranging to an inch in northern (Iowa. Traces were recorded as far | south as northeastern Kansas and central Illinois. Damage to Mid~ western crops was slight. : Two Die at Richland, Tex. ; Chicago had its first measurable | May snowfall in 17 years, when half |an inch had fallen at 10 a. m. and = | it still was snowing, . joining their Oslo and Trondheim| Greatest destruction was reported forces. By doing so, regardless of in Texas where damaze was estianything else, they had won a vic-|mated at $1,000,000. Three oil and tory of great and possibly decisive|gas wells were reported running wild importance in the fight for control near Greggton in Eastern Texas of the mid-Norway area. They had after the storm toppled derricks. confronted the Allies with the ne-| City officials called for assistance

the coming year.

Sts., and in the 2300 block Southe *

other holiday, and men not mobil|ized will hold their traditional Herrenpartie — a daylong exclusive

The committee will submit its report on the Board's proposals which

include establishment ot parking meters in the downtown area to facilitate traffic movement.

States Ambassador William Phillips called on Premier Benito Mussolini today and was said to have been informed by Il Duce that no sudden! change will be made in Italy's position relative to the war.

(sources said that the communique cessity for deciding whether they | of county officials for patrols to keep Iacieated that Miisd capture of could retrieve their reverses or must motorists out of the lowland areas avi a gr asedihby ihe withdraw from the entire Trond- where the gas had settled. They ’ : NDT heim area an ent -| y ) S ight igni Germans in the Scandinavian op- a d concentrate on hold-| feared the gas might be ignited

, ing Narvik, the gr i p | ing wi , Ss i i eration have been repeatedly at-| proc tne ) He great iron ore portichusing widespread fires in the oil tacked by the R. A. P. since the : . | os

“There is no evidence of his guilt. | ON LANDING PORT {male gathering at suburban cafes.!

On the contrary, the evidence dis-| closes his complete innocence of) (Continued from Page One) | No newspapers will be published today or tomorrow. The public was

wrong doing beyond the peradven-| ture of doubt, and the testimony of |

his fellows as to his good reputation |p. hier Benito Mussolini would be-

Board Seeks Power

The report is expected to contain recommendations on a Board proposal to ask City Council tor wider powers in making minor traffic regulations. At present, Council approval is necessary for designation of limited parking areas, loading zones and speed limits. Board members have could move with greater speed If granted blanket powers to make these regulations and repeal them where they do not work. The report also 1s expected to deal weph the Salety Boaras proposals to eliminate double parking altogether downtown, to allow traffic to drive left of satety zones and to svnchronize traffic signals on principal thoroughtares. Three speeders were fined by Judge Karabell this morning. Two were fined $5 and costs and one, $1 and costs. He suspended the costs in one of the cases in which a $5 fine was levied.

Driver Gets 10-Day Term

One hundred and twenty-five motorists were convicted in Municipal Court yesterday with Judge Pro Tem. Edwin Smith presiding. They were ordered to pay a total of $358. Costs were suspended in all but four cases. One driver convicted of driving while drunk was fined $10 and costs and given 10 days in jail. About a dozen motorists who were scheduled to appear for trial failed to do so and Judge Smith ordered their re-arrest and warrants were sent to the Police Department. Fines for traffic violation at Mondav’s court session averaged avout $3.50 and fines Saturday averaged $6.

said they

RUNWAY EXTENSION STARTED AT AIRPORT

Construction of a $50.000 extension to the northeast-southwest runway at the Municipal Airport began today. I. J. (Nish) Dinehart, Airport superintendent, said the runway is being extended 1000 feet to make it a 5000-foot runway. The project, being carried out bv WPA, includes completion of runway extensions begun last year.

si of the northeast- | \ The «tension steering gear on a motor boat they bid was rejected has signed an there was a large stretch in the |agreement to use union labor and is| Gaul Valley line between Stoeren | eligible to compete for the work, and Roeros, ana also along the rail-| | road between Opdal and Dombaas |

grouthwest runway will bring the concrete paved airport runways to the equivalent of 49 miles of

was not necessaiy to establish his| | wa innocence, but it tends to accentuate lieve that the totalitarian states

the grave injustice that has been|were certain of victory if he threw |

done him through a misapprehen- pig weight with the Germans and

sion of the facts. | “Legally, the fact that he has] been cited does not mitigate against his high standing and good reputa-| tion. It is to be hoped that it will, in fact, work him no injury. The rule to show cause is discharged.”

GERMAN BOMBS SET | DESTROYER ON FIRE

By ARTHUR MENKEN United Press Special Correspondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NAMSOS, Norway, May 1.—German bombing planes, in six merciless raids on Namsos in 10 hours vesterday, struck a British destroyer, squarely, setting it on fire, and killed or wounded numerous persons. High explosive bombs shattered many houses. The raids started at 7 a. m. and ended at 5 p. m. Witnesses asserted that as they started back to their bases after dropping their | bombs, the German planes machinegunned civilian areas. | One bomb struck a destroyer on its after part. The entire Namsos| area was shaken as depth bombs,| |stored in the destroyer, exploded. | Though it was ablaze and burning fiercely, the destroyer made for |shcal water and was beached. | | Anti-aircraft guns struck one German bomber during the first) ‘raid. The plane disappeared leav- | ing a trail of smoke. | As I drove into Namsos from the country hotel at which I was staying a heavy cloud of smoke lay over the snow-covered mountains. { German planes had flown over the hotel on their raids but did no damage to it. Great activity was this area soon, as the Allied troop movements. The principal need of the Allies at the Namsos base at present seemed to be anti-aircraft guns.

in of

expected result

MAN, WIFE DROWNED KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 1 (U. P.).—Mr. and Mrs. William Gilliver | of Chicago drowned in Lake Lotawana late yesterday when the]

|were demonstrating apparently be[came jammed on a sharp turn and {the boat capsized.

where the small neutral states would | quickly co-operate with the Nazis. |

Whether the Germans could, on the basis of their Norwegian victory, strike with sufficient power to achieve those objectives highly problematical, but except for the expenditure of vital materials, such as oil, the Nazi Fuehrer has everything to gain by such attacks. Herr Hitler has not yet hesitated to take bold risks—and risk heavy losses— in order to hold the initiative in the war. The position of Italy appeared to be causing Britain the greatest concern. It already has resuited in an order for British merchant ships going to India and the Far East to avoid the Mediterranean and follow the long sea route by way of Africa's Cape of Good Hope.

SIDEWALK PLANS GET

WORKS BOARD'S 0. K.

The Works Board today approved specifications for the installation of sidewalks and the grading of lawns on both sides of 49th St. from Meridian to Illinois St. at a cost of $1887.50. City Engineer M. G. Johnson said abutting property owners would be

assessed $1.59 a lineal foot. No WPA

labor will be used, the engineer said. The Board originallv had planned to place sidewalks also on 49th St. between Meridian and Pennsylvania Sts., but dropped the plan at the opposition of abutting property owners, The Board received bids for the permanent improvements of three

|alleys after rejecting previous bids lon these improvements two weeks

ago. The bids were rejected because the low bidder had not filed an agreement, with the Board to use union labor on the construction. Since then, the contractor whose

Board members said.

standard-width paved highways. AI cm ee

Here Is the Traffic Record County City Total «12 17 29 . 10 26 36 —April 30, 1940— Injured . 9 Accidents Dead 0 | Arrests TUESDAY TRAFFIC CHART Cases Convic- Fines Violations tried tions paid Speeding AY 47 $202 Reckless driving 9 25 Failure to stop at through street 1 pDisobeying traffic signal ... prunken driving All others

. 28

6 54

Totals .. L133 135

MEETINGS TODAY

ters’ Day Roundup, wor Memorial 8pm C. A. Camera Club. ¥. M. C. A.,

First Indiana ir world Y. M. y 1 Hotel, noon. bp, Claypoo TM. C.

Hotel

p. m. Lions Clien's Discussion Club,

A pordue * Alumni Association, Seen istrict American Legion, Board of

} Trade oipha Epsilon, Board of Trade, noon 1 Estate Board, Property Indianapolis, FO0 Canary Cottage, noon. Indiana Society, Sons of the American wevolution, Spink-Arms Hotel, noon. Delta Theta Tau, Seville Tavern, 0s Co-Operative Club of Indianapolis, i noon. CH . Colugiana ator Traffic Association, Hotel rs. noon. Antler Chamber Antlers. 8 Ciub, Indianapolis Chamber of (30 p. Mm. yg Give. Pcolimbia Club, noon. ee i—————

MEETINGS TOMORROW Indianapolis Real Estate Board, Hotel

wa ising Cub of Indianapolis, IndianClub, noon apolis ATA, Card of Trade, noon Siz lub, Murat Temple, noon.

C : Cara ub, Hotel Severin, noon

Construction pe puilding. noon Architects ie Ramera Club, 110 East "Canary Cottage, Department of of Trade. noon oy Alpha Alumni Association, noon : Motor Transpertation Club,

of Commerce, Hotel

noon Agri-

noon. |

of Indianapolis, ©

' Continental Oil Ceo., Hotel Severin, 7! p. m.

BIRTHS Girls | John, Mary Thomason, at Cit Gordon, Catherine Thayer, al Edward, Edythe Golden, at Methodist, Elmer, Alice Greathouse, at Methodist, Grier, Anne Shotwell, at Methodist. James, Dorothy Elzey, at St. Vincent's, Troy, Ruth Trent, at St. Vincent's. Reese. Goldie Maxwell, at 2250 Guilford. | Francis, Hazel Jenkins, at 541 N, Tremont. | Robert, Caroline Williams, at 2310 Columbia. | Audie, Velma Smith, 548 Birch Alton, Emma Guvton, 22i6 Coluinbia. | Boys { Kruger, at Methodist | Virginia Harris, at Methodist | Doris Proctor, at 1818 Belle-|

Louise Willoughby, at 972 W.| Maryland

Thomas, Cecelia Walton, at 1401 E, 16th. | Walter, Josephine Jackson, at 2057 Yan- | de:

Harry, Helen Schmidt, at 1933 Bloyd William, Willie Troutman, at 1113 N. Belmont.

Frank, Sarah Walter, George, fontaine Charles

| | | at indiana, |

at cerebral

bronchoWilliams,

agranulo-

at Hamilton,

DEATHS Mary Parker, 53, Central cerebral hemorrhage Edgar Waters, 73, City, hemorrhage. Franklin Claspell, 9, at Riley, pneumonia. Melvin Handy. 69, at 1409 chronic myocarditis. Ethel Doty, 55, at Methodist, citosis. | May Raaer, 61, at 1047 E. Market, carcinoma, | Alice Mann, 62, at 928 Congress, coronary thrombosis. | enry Arnhoiter, 66, at 1321 Prospect, sarcoma. | Susan Coyle, 92, 1042 N. | arteriosclerosis Mary West, 4 mo., at City, uremia. William West, 5 mo., at 1015 Laiayette, intestinal obstruction. | Russell Hammer, 19. at Long, Polis qis- | ease. James R. Boettcher, 57, at 1121 W. New York, cerebral hemorrhage Edward Woelz, 76. St. Vincent's, acute nephritis. Charles Englehardt. 70. at 1524 N, Dearborn. chronic myocarditis. | Nannie Chapman. 73, at 317 N. Wallace, cardio vascular renal . Flora Thompson. 73, 601 E. Ohio, cerebral hemorrhage

FIRE ALARMS Tuesday | A. M. 5434 E Washington. auto. | M.—35 E. Washington, store

ng. P. M.-119 N. Tlinois. false 9:16 P. M.—1968 Martindale, roof, loss

0:44 P. M.—Banta Road. west of Harding. garage and two barns, cause unknown, loss unestimated. | Wednesdav 7:33 A. M.—Ohio and West, 8:33 4 M. 1725 Roosevell, tkercsene stove explosion,

R10

1:55

3:44

auto ! residence, ' ioss $5. i

Methodist. | st

IN INDIANAPOLIS

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: tonight with lowest 35; frost probable;

Fair and cooler temperature

about

| with rising temperatures.

5 Sunset .. .. 6:39 TEMPERATURE —May 1, 1940— . 4211 np. Mm, BAROMETER 6:30 a. m. 29.52 Precipitation 24 hours ending 7 a. m. 21 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 10.84 Deficiency since Jan, 1 .

Sunrise

fam

MIDWEST WEATHER

tomorrow fair

2.54 |

further action against British troops supposed to be trapped in {the mountains between Stoeren and Dombaas, Norway. The newspaper Hamburger Fremdenblatt said that the arrival of German troops at Dombaas and the junction of the German Oslo and Trondheim forces had ‘sealed the fate of those English and Norwegian forces which are undoubtedly still in the area between Tynset, Stoeren and Opdal. Their retreat either to Namsos, by way to Anealsnes (British disembarkation port northwest of Dombaas) through Dombaas, is cut off.” The Official News Agency said that Dombaas had been captured. The High Command said only that it had been 'reached’ If the Germans controlled it, the British who had landed at Andalshnes, pushed southwest to Dombaas and then turned north toward Trondheim, would have been cut off from their landing base. They could reach 1t theoretically only by a tortuous re- | treat southwest over mountains and lakes, and their line of supplies and reinforcements would have been cut.

Lines Open to Attack

munications between Oslo and | Trondheim, dominating south and central Norway, neutral observers

pointed out that these communica-|

tions lines would have to be main[tained by motorized columns operat-

ing along open roads and subject to|

Allied air attacks. | The Germans did not claim to have railroad communications between Oslo and Trondheim, either by the Oester Valley Line in the east or the Gudbrands Valley Line in central Norway. They have not even claimed officially to have occupied Stoeren, 25 miles south of Trondheim. The report was that German troops from Oslo and Trondheim had joined forces south of Stoeren. There is a road below Trondheim, skirting Stoeren by way of Thamsham, Loekken and Berkaak, over which they might have met. Therefore, apart from the fact that the Germans admitted they (did not have use of the Oester Val‘ley Railroad north of Elverum,

| which the Germans still had not occupied.

Hope Allies Trapped

It was hoped here, however, that | the British and Norwegians in those areas had been trapped. Newspapers had not yet commented on Britain's order to her merchant fleet to shun the Mediterranean because of Italy’s hostile |attitude but unofficial circles here expressed satisfaction with that

turn of events which, they said, was |

|a result of the firmness of the Ber- | lin-Rome axis.

Joe's Office Is Madhouse As Carleton Hurls No-Hitter

Indiana—Cloudy in north, fair in south |

gooler in east and south with scattered - morrow fair, and south portions.

Illinois—Cloudy in extreme north. in south and central portions, continued

cool with scattered light frost in extreme, south, light to heavy frost in central por- | tomorrow fair with rising

tion tonight; temperature. Lower Michigan — Rain in southeast,

snow and rain in north and west portions. colder tonight: tomorrow cloudv, rain or

snow in extreme north and extreme east

portions,

Ohio—Cloudy and much cooler, light showers in north portion tonight: tomorrow partly cloudy, cooler in northeast portion. Kentucky—Partly cloudy and cooler tonight; tomorrow fair and continued cool.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. dq

Stations Amarillo, Tex. Bismarck, N. D. ..... Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland ,.......... Denver Dodge City, Kas Helena, Mont, Cloudy Jacksonville, . doves Cloudy Kansas City, Mo. 1 Little Rock, Ark. Los Angeles . Miami, . Mpls.-St. Paul Mobile, Ala. New Orleans ........ New York Okla. Citv. Okla. .... Omaha, Neb Pittsburgh r) y Portland, Ore. Cloudy San Antonio, Tex. .... PtCldy San Francisco J St. Louis . 29.76 Tampa, Fla. ... ....PtCldv 30.06 Washington, D, C, ....Cloudy 29.78

Weather Bar. Temp. 30.22 40 30.21 27 29.86 55 20.47 41 29.51 56 29.50 58

67 64

frost in south portion tonight; to-| rising temperature in west’

fair |

(and that’s different. a no-hitter why nouncer tell us.” By this time the Reds had come up for their last knocks in the ninth and the tension was stifling. A neavy, clammy silence settled over the little radio room. It broke with a shriek when Carleton got Werber, the first man up. It broke again when Frey's fly was caught. | It rose to pandemonium when—well at this point the announcer broke own. | “Folks,” he fairly screamed, “it’s (a no hitter. Yes, sir, Carleton has | just pitched a no-hit game. Not {one hit off him all atternoon.” | It was his first direct mention {of the fact that the no hitter was |in the making and it was some seconds later before he revealed that Goodman, the third hitter, | had taken a vigorous cut and lined (out to end the inning and the game. When the shout from the little radio room rolled out over the news | room the dignified copy readers |and re-write men looked up from | their desks with startled expressions. { “What's happened?” one ot them | asked. “1s World War II over?”

Poor souls. They "BY568%

If he's pitching can't that an-

kept eagerly waiting for word of]

of Tronheim, or|

Although reports here indicated that Germans now had direct com-

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Mr. Phillips called on Sig. Mus- | solini, it was said, to ascertain if | possible what the Italian position is in the present international situation in view of the sharpened tone of Italian official and newspaper statements relative to the Allies. He spent 45 minutes with the Premier and after the meeting it was said that Sig. Mussolini advised him no sudden change in the present Italian position of nonbelligerency is in prospect.

{opening of the campaign. But

scale,

between Norway.

Briton Visits Ciano

At the same time, Sir Noel

Charles, the British Charge d' Affaires ty directing all shipping-in-transit | the Mediterranean until | This order admittedly was issued because of fears that Italy suddenly might join the !ast night one of the most critical

to avoid further notice.

visited Count Galeazzo foreign minister, at

in Rome, Ciano, Italian Chigi Palace. Their meeting lasted half an hour and diplomatic circles suggested they discussed latest developments in Italian-British relations. Tension over a possible quick move which would bring Italy into the war at the side of Germany had been heightened by the revela- | tion that the British Admiralty had ordered British shipping-in-transit to avoid the Mediterranean until | further notice because of that possibility.

war at the side of Germany. Hitler Holds Ports

shadowed all others here.

man advance on the

tempted Allied counter-blow.

Rome Indignant It was said authoritatively

Italian circles were indignant over the British order. Some unofficial spokesmen said such an order was unwarranted and | others said it had complicated the situation by creating the opinion [that Italy's attitude makes the | Mediterranean unsafe for shipping. It was learned today that the Imperial Airways seaplanes which usually spend the night at Lake Bracciano, 40 miles outside Rome, on the Alexandria-London route have been *ordered to cancel these night stops.

Report Danubian Rebuff to Hungary

LONDON, May 1 (U. P.). reliable informants asserted today that Jugoslavia and Ruinania had rejected a Hungarian proposal that Germany and its satellite state, Slovakia, be admitted to the recent Balkan agreement for policing the Danube River. Bulgaria had not replied to the Hungarian proposal, it was said.

MAROTT MAY RAZE BURNED BUILDING

George J. Marott, owner of the | two-story building at 231-35 N. Pennsylvania St., which was destroyed by fire Saturday night, said today he probably would not reconstruct the building. He said he was considering converting the property into an automobile parking lot. Mr. Marott said that because of high taxes and low return on rental investments he believed it would be unprofitable to rebuild. The building and ground cost $85,000, Mr. Marott said, 15 years ago.

may be in German hands.

superiority in Norway

| Scandinavian situation.

long as this situation obtaines.

central Norwegian ports and

Usually pose of the German invasion.

» Germans Join Forces

In the confused official and

one thing is clear:

the frenzy of the boisterous Brooklyns. They sit in their ivory towers all day weaving journalistic patterns about the stand of the British, the mystery of the Mediterranean, the comeback of the Klan—and all the while here's a bunch of inspired guys from across the bridge turning baseball upside down. The poor souls, we fear, just don’t know an epochal news story when they see one. It is an hour or so, now, since old Mr. Carleton moved In to take his place among the pitching immortals and the atmosphere in the office is somewhat closer to normal. Even the young man who telt outraged because the radio announcer wouldn't say something about Carleton being on his way to a no hitter seems to believe that after all it really did happen. “Just think of that. A no hitter for the Brooklyns!!!!” He sighed rapturously and mopped his buzzing bean. We don't know how many other offices stopped to follow the progress of the Brooklyns yesterday but the number must have been i1mpressive. For some reason everybody |loves the Brooklyns. They very definitely are the peepul's cherce.

the | latest attack appeared on a large

The air activity came as authori- | ties here admitted that the whole | strategic conception of the Allied campaign in Norway may have been |endangered by the German success in effecting a juncture of forces the Trondheim garrison and the troops driving from north

| The grave turn of events in Norway coincided with another development—the order of the Admiral- |

Buf the Norwegian situation over- ‘ . : . Some | this Norwegian campaign it will be authorities believed that the Ger- for Parliament to act objectively,| Dombaas- fearlessly and resolutely at a grand Stoeren Railroad may have been so inquest of the nation”—that is, an rapid as to have outrun German itquest on the cabinet. communications in which case the that evacuation of southern Nor-| possibility was opened of an at- way would be justified only if mili-

that beyond there is no confirmation here that|“scuttle away from south Norway,”| ished and McMullin. Mo. a Scott the Germans have taken Storen and he said. ’ > Dombaas but it was admitted they

The overwhelming German air! vacillating and

It was pointed out here that if b the Allied campaign against Trond- cont to undertake this hazardous heim fails, they will be forced onto enterprise the defensive and the Germans will trained

be able to employ the south and perienced officers and staffs and

; alt whether bases to launch submarine and air equipped.

attacks against Great Britain which was believed to be the prime pur- craven

unh- terranean official dispatches from Norway, only only to traffic in transit through |

| There was no tendency here tol The gyrating storm struck Franks=-

‘minimize the extent of German suc-|ton, a Henderson County town of |cesses—perhaps the contrary. Mili-|800, shortly before dark. ‘tary experts talked of the advisa-| Mary Lee Cook, l-year-old, was [bility of a complete withdrawal drowned when a cloudburst that |from that part of Norway south of accompanied the storm swept a wall ‘Trondheim, and intimated that Mr.|of water through a concrete highe | Chamberlain and other political Way culvert where the child’s moth- | leaders must leave it absolutely to|er, Mrs. Ted Cook, had sought | the fighting men on the spot and refuge. the Allied General Staffs to decide| The rushing waters carried moth |what to do. Mr. Chamberlain has! er and baby out of the culvert and promised a statement tomorrow on | pulled the child from Mrs. Cook's the Norwegian situation. arms. Sinclair Critical Rural Homes Splintered Twelve houses in Frankston wera Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal damaged by the wind. Party leader, made at Edinburg | Two persons were killed at Riche nd, Tex., when the twister deemolished the James McNeece home, speeches the Government had en- a3 barn and several garages. The countered since the war started. dead were Mr. McNeece, 65, and | “If the Government has muddled D8 son. Cecil, 45. Mrs. Al Neece, 60, was injured critically. At Tull, Ark. six white persons were killed and half the buildings. of the small village were destroyed.

He said

; : : 7 near Sikeston. . tary leaders thought the situation] Half the buildings at Chaffee,

repair. Britain must not | po. a town of 3000, were demole

po . : . [County hamlet, Neutrals have gained the im- gtroyed,

| The winds progressed wildly

|pression that we are good but slow, | ineffective, while northeastward across Scott County,

was stated the Germans are evil but swift and | pi i interine here to be the darkest spot in the terrible | Missouri, splintering rural homes,

Although we can muddle demolishing farm buildings and rip=

| Consider- through to victory in the long run ping up communications lines. The: able doubt was expressed that any we shall pay

Allied efforts in the region south of |nnlitical direction b rol tion | Ath p . Trondheim could be successful So po y prolongation | peared with renewed fury at Cache

for feebleness of our storm lifted suddenly and reap= of the war.” “The country,” he continued, “will

e entitled to know whether troops

and Cairo, Ill, in the rocky, hilly and sandy “Little Egypt” region.

ported high winds that damaged communications and power lines’ and caused some property losses. Thunderstorms accompanied the: wind and at Nashville, Tenn. 1.11 inches of rain fell in five hours.

in Norway were highly regular troops with exthey

were adequately

DEWEY LEAVES SICKBED COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, May 1 (U. P.).—Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican Presidential can= didate, got out of bed for the first time in three days today and his

“I hope it is not yet too late for and irresolute counsels to be suppressed.” For the present, it was said in authoritative quarters, the medishipping order avplies|

The Germans the Mediterranean and not to Brit-|physicians said he could resume (had succeeded in smashing up the ish vessels bound only to ports in|his Oester and Gudbrands Vallevs and that area.

speaking Wichita, Kas.

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