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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
Counter Movements Re- pulsed by British-Lines
 Are ReestdbIished
AIRDR0ME AT SYLT
 UNDER COMMANDMENT
Ndzis Assert Southern Nor- way Under Control of
 Reich Forces

LONDON, April 24.-The British War Office announces that troops around Trondheim have beaten off strong German counter attacks aft CT severe sharp fighting"
 The Allied lines have been rees- tablished westward.
 The German airdrome at Sylt has been subjected to almost a continu- ous bombardment" for one hour and forty minutes.
 Other areas have been successful ly bombed reports the British Air ministry.
 About 20 "enemy aircraft have been destroyed in an airdrome near Stravanger," is the declaration late this afternoon by the Air Ministry here
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
CITY BUYS OWN
 DUMP, TAX SALE

IONA, Mich, April 24.-The city of Ionia recently bought it's own city dump for payment of taxes. The property. included among other parcels offered at a sale of tax de- linquent land, was discovered to be owned by two citizens.
 The latter had paid no taxes for fifteen years, believing the city owned the property.
 The city thought it owned the property, too So, to make sure, City Clerk Raymond Coon bid in the dump.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
5fop5 Ship To Searth
 For Nazis
Dutch Vessel Hoyes 10 df Command of British
 Cruiser Off Java

SAMARAND, Java, April 24.-A British cruiser today stopped the Netherlands passenger vessel Olden- varnevelt four miles off the coast.
 The Cruisers officers inspected the papers and checked the passenger list to ascertain if any Germans were aboard.
 After the inspection, the ship was permitted to proceed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
REICH CONTROL CLAIMS

BERLIN, April 24.-German auth critics announced this afternoon that all Southern Norway between Oslo and Stavanger are now under control of the German army and the Reich's air and sea forces have taken heavy toll from the British navy.
 The High Command cominunique claims many surface as well as air craft have been destroyed. Three British planes are said to have been shot down southeast of Stavanger in an attempt to bomb that port during a reconnaissance flight.
 German planes have discovered large units of the British fleet ap- preaching Narvik, apparently plan ming more extensive troop landings. NARWEGIANS DEFY NAZI EDICT
 STOCKHOLM, April "A. = Out breaks of guerilla fighting around Oslo are reported to be handicap ping the German invaders while the Nazi invaders are locked in bitter struggle with the British, French and Norwegian regulars on three major fronts, in the vicinity of Lille hamar- -Rena, 80 miles north of Oslo, where fighting is the bitterest, also at Narvik and Trondheim.
 Swedish newspaper correspondents at Oslo said the rattle of machine gun fire is heard frequently in the suburbs as the Norwegians. defying the Nazi edict providing the death penalty for possession of weapons, harraSsed the Germans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
kei(hikan Mill Again
 Operating
Peaceful Agree m enf Is Reached Between En-
 pIoyer and Union

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 24.- Everything is peaceful again around the Ketchikan Spruce Mills and the workers again at their old positions as operations were resumed this morning following the walkout last Saturday over minor difficulties.
 A settlement was quickly reached last night between E. J. Daly, mill owner and the union and both sides are fully satisfied
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
LarY Given
 His Release

CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 24.- Lynn Lary, utility infielder, has been given his unconditional release by the St. Louis Cardinals. He came to the Cardinals on waivers from the Brooklyn Dodgers last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
Col. Robins Serious
 Condition

TAMPA, Florida, April 24 Col Raymond Robins, widely known so- cial economist and who is reported to have made fortune in the gold rush days to the north and Klon- dike, is in a serious condition as the result of an emergency appen- dectomy on Monday His appendix was ruptured.
 The attending physician says Col. Robins passed fairly good night. ]"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
RUSSIA I5
 ASKED FOR
 TRADE PACT
Great Britain Seeks Pro- posaIs But Based on
 Certain 0bjeeiives

LONDON, April 24-The British Government today informed the House of Commons that Russia has been invited to put forward a con- crete trade agreement, the proposals to recognize. however, Great Bri- tain's objectives of encircling Ger many with an air-tight blockade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
ORDERED TO GET
 OUT, NAz| CRAFT
 COMPLY QUICKLY
Five German Minesweep. CTS Instructed 10 Leave
 Swedish Waters

STOCKHOLM, April 24. The Swedish Government has ordered five German minesweepers to leave Swedish waters.
 According to an official report, the order was complied with immed- lately.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
RETURNS, HOSPITAL

His condition having become worse since he came home from the hospit- al last week, Tom Sanford returned to St. Ann's for further treatment on Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
5EAL055E5 IN WARFARE
 GIVEN OUT
German DNB Make Claims Which Are Disputed by
 British Officials

BERLIN, April 24-The German News Agency DNB lists 57 British Naval units put out of action, 29 by sinkings or fire since the beginning of the Scandinavian campaign.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
MISS ZERNOv LEAVES

Miss Nina zernov, who has been engaged in evangelist work in Ju- neau is passenger aboard the Alaska enroute to Seldovia via Sew- ard. s
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
RIDDEN RETURNING

Henry Roden, who went south re- gently, is returning to Juneau aboard the steamer Tongass which sailed from Seattle last night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
ROUND FoR KODIAK

Joe Tyler is a passenger on the Alaska for Kodiak where he will be employed on the air base con- struction there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24

Since President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, about 275,00o,- 900 acres of Federal land have been transferred to settlers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24

General John J. Pershing's first military service was as 8 second lieutenant of cavalry in the Ari- zona Indian campaign in l855 and 1886.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
WATSON TO TRAVEL

Harry G. Watson, former Sec retary to the Governor, plans a trip to Fairbanks next week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24

H. c. Dunlop, broker, left aboard the Alaska for Seward from where he will go to the Interior as far as Fairbanks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24


 NATCHEZ, Miss, April 24.-In one of the most horrible fires in the his- tory of the state, at least PIP negro men and women were burned to death here late last night when flames, racing through decoration of dry Spanish moss, trapped them in the only exit of dance hall.
 Coroner R. E. Smith and Sheriff Hyde Jenkins expressed belief that a score or more now in hospitals might die. There were about 300 dancers in the building which was sheathed with corrugated iron, had no side doors and had the windows bearded up to keep out gatecrashers. The coroner said that the bodies were piled up like cordwood, skin was peeling from their faces, blood oozed from their mouths and the flesh was broken. Most of them died from Suffocation. The majority of them were about fifteen or sixteen years age and there were as many men as women
 Cause of Fire
 Ernest Wright, elevator operator, who went to the dance hall to meet his wife after getting off duty, believes cigarette caused the fire. Wright said he saw two girls come out of the women's rest room in front of the hall, near the one entrance, and heard one say:
 Now you did it. You set the place on fire"
 Wright said he did not see any, thing for about one minute-then he saw blinding sheet of flame burst out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
Flames Roar Through Dance Hall = Victims
 Trapped in Exit BODIES ARE PILED
 UP LIKE (0RDW00D
Death Caused by Suffota- fion-MajoritY Range in
 Aqe from 15 10 16

BULLETIN-JACKSON, Miss. April 24.-Red Cross officials announced this afternoon that the death toll at Nachez is offic- ially placed at PAT.
 A plea is made for aid to all Red Cross chapters in big cities throughout the south.
 Seventy five persons injured in the fire are being aided.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-24
OTHER BAD FIRES

Other fires in which the loss of life has been high were the Iro- quois Theater fire in Chicago when 575 met death. and the burn ing of the steamship General Slo- cum, at New York when 458 lost their lives.
Evening star., 1940-06-10
D. c. Group to Attend
California Meetinq

Mrs. Catherine M. Cook of the
United States Office of Education,
Division of Special Problems, will
attend the Conference of the Amer
lean Society for the Hard of Hearing
at Los Angeles June 1929. Twelve
members of the local society also
will make the trip.
Among them are Miss Betty c.
Wright, Mrs. Laura Stevel, Miss Ada
M. Hill, Miss Sarah E. Evans, Paul
Pernecky, Mrs. F. w. Olcott, Mrs.
George H. Heitmuller, Miss Elsie
Phelps, Edwin Thompson, Miss Mary
Mitchell, Miss Kate Mitchell, all
staff officers of the American Society
for the Hard of Hearing.
Evening star., 1940-06-10
Department Of Health Urqed
BY Head Of Medical Group

said, "the responsibility of Govern
ment for the health of it's people.
The history of this association is a
record of continued effort to make
Government conscious of this duty,
but we believe that the proper func-
tlon OF government under demo-
cratic system is the protection of it's
people from hazards to health, the
promotion of standards of living
that are favorable to health, and
leaving to a free people the free
choice of medical care when illness
comes unless indulgence prevents"
Evening star., 1940-06-10
Gold Star Mothers
Elect 5 D. 6. Women

Five Washington women were
elected officers of the Gold Star
Mothers of America at the sixth
annual convention held in Boston.
They are Mrs. Fannie Meeks, third
vice president; Mrs. Edna Board
man, recording secretary: Mrs.
Rebecca E. Jacobs, custodian of
records; Mrs. Josephine Talks. treas
urer, and Mrs. Mary J. Killeen,
chaplain.
Announcement of their election
was made today through the organ
ization's national headquarters at
the New Colonial Hotel.
Evening star., 1940-06-10
Associated Output Up

NEW YORK, June 10 (SpeciaD -
The Utility Management Corp. re-
ports that for the week ended May
81, net electric output of the Asso-
ciated Gas & Electric group was
90399,00 units (kWh). This is an
increase of 10,886,O30 units or 1877
per cent above production of 79,512,-
971 units a year ago.
Evening star., 1940-06-10
Governments Function.
The proper function of the Fe

will choose % national delegates.
Michigan's Democratic State Con-
vention will meet Saturday to pick
38 national delegates. On the same
day Democrats in Nevada, meeting
in convention, will name delegates
and in Washington the State Con-
Vention will choose l6 delegates.
Evening star., 1940-06-10
By staff Correspondent of The Star.


NEW YORK, June 1O.-Establish-
ment OF a Federal Department of
Health and its secretary as a men,
per OF the cabinet was advocated at
the opening meeting of the House
OF Delegates of the American Med
lcal Association here today by DR..
Nathan B. Van Etten, the associa-
tlon'S new president.
Emphasizing that decision as to
the wisdom of such move depended
on the majority opinion of organized
American medicine itself, DR.. Van
Etten stressed that he himself saw
many advantages from it.
If city health departments have
proved Indispensable" he said, land
If State health departments have
proved valuable, why has a ma
tlonal health department been so
long postponed?
Il believe he continued, "that it
is an important defensive measure
and that it is timely to attack the
problem with confidence in a sue
ceSsful issue. I believe that it is a
sane procedure for developing an in
telligent correlation of national
health problems.
Cooperation.
Il believe that erecting a national
health department may be one way
toward bringing the good offices of
the Government into concert with
the ideals of the American Medical
Association. I believe that the med
ical profession should go along with
the Government as far as possible
for the common good without sac
riticing its individual interests in the
care of the sick and its collective in
terests in the prevention of disease"
Much Of the confusion that has
attended Federal medical legislation
and much of the opposition on the
part of organized medicine, DR.. Van
Etten stressed, may be due in part
/ to the lack in Washington of
medical officer of cabinet standing
and the coordination of all Fed
eral health functions under one
agency.
The present crisis, DR.. Van Etten
stressed, is critical time for Amer
lean medicine. Under the guise of
national emergency, he stressed,
all sorts of possibilities may arise
for the establishment of semi-social-
istic medical enterprises against
which organized medicine may be
almost helpless.
Governments Function.
The proper function of the Fed
eral Government" declared Dr. Rock
SleySter retiring president of the
association, "iS to attack disease at
its source by eliminating unsanitary
conditions, assuring adequate diets
for its people, etc. rather than
undertaking an extensive program
of socialized medicine for the treat
ment of disease which already has
gained headWay"
Similar programs in Europe, he
stressed, has proved a serious detri-
ment both to public health and
medical progress.
I'VE cannot deny" DR.. Sleyster
Evening star., 1940-06-10

OTHER SUMMER SUIT FAVoRITES
Suits OF Imported Dublin Tmist, S29.75
Hart Schafner e Marx Dixie " Weare. S25
NeW, Feathermeight Pain, Beach. S16.75
Hart Schofner & Marx Culfueight, S35
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-14

HUU1 w. CObChN
Hugh w. Coburn formerly district
traffic manager for Western Air Ex-
press in Los Angeles, will head the
airline's new passenger service depart
ment, it has been announced. AS di-
rector of passenger service, Coburn
will coordinate the work of steward
eSses, passenger agents, reservation and
ground transportation employees in
Helena and other cities served by the
airline. He will carry out his duties by
periodic tours over the company's Dor
r-to-border system.
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-14
Louis J. Lucke, HaUre
Merchant, Is Dead

Louis j. Lucke, pioneer Havre haber-
dasher. died from heart attack after
an illness of only a few hours.
Lucke was born Feb 8, 1874, at Free
port, III. In 1900 he left Freeport and
was successfully in Butte, Kalispell
and Great Falls before locating at
Havre in 1908, where he went into the
boot and shoe business with the late
August Mund. In 1903 Lucke incorpo-
rated the Lou Lucke Co., and in 1911
moved to the present location.
Lucke was a member of the Havre
Elks lodge. a charter member of the
Havre Rotary club, the Chamber OF
Commerce and the Masonic order.
Christmas day, 1904, Lucke married
Harriet Thackeray at Fort Benton.
Surviving are the widow and five
children. Scott, Alvin j., Louis Jr., and
Neal and his daughter, Mrs. Carl We
dunn, of Choteau.
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-14

nothing was said at that time in re-
gard to these gold deposits that were
found and no provision was made for
their compensation" Goodwin an
swered.
The situation in which the Indians
find themselves, as Goodwin points out,
is aptly stated or implied in the Ian
guage of Justice Van Devanter, in an
opinion of the supreme court OF the
United States, in United States VS..
Creek nation of Indians (295 U. S. 1899.
One citation will give true and un-
challengeable picture of the Indian
tribal dilemma. He said:
The tribe is a dependent Indian
community under the guardianship of
the United States, and therefore its
property and affairs were subject to
the control of that government. But
this power to control and manage was
not absolute. While extending to ali
appropriate measures for protecting
and advancing the tribe, it was SUBJ
ject to the limitations inhering in such
guardianship and to pertinent consti-
tutional restrictions. 1t did not enable
the United States to give the tribal
lands to others, or to appropriate them
to its own purpose, without rendering
or assuming an obligation to render
just compensation for them; for thai
would not be an exercise of guardian
ship but an act of confiscation."
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-14

on altogether different treaties and
grounds and do not involve the Sioux
Indians"
Indian Claims Are Vague
1t Is apparent that the present-day
Indians have only vague idea re-
garding these mineral rights, or claims.
In June, 1889. Ed Burns, chairman Of
the tribal business committee, of
Oklahoma, testifying at hearings on
Representative James F. O'Connor's
jurisdictional bill, said that I'VE think
We have got coming D.. recovery of
moneys due from our lands which we
were almost forced to leave" and in
stated Lands up in the state Of
South Dakota. Kansas. Colorado and
different treaties covering it. We also
have mineral rights for which we
would also like to be compensated
that is for minerals that were taken
out of our lands"
Jesse Rowlodge, representing the
Arapahoes of Oklahoma, during this
hearing touched upon this phase of
the claims, and stated: "a. we feel
that We have been given some privi-
lege at which time We can express
of whom are much older than we are
that probably actually knew some of
those transactions back since the year
1851. but there is not any member
living. however, that has any personal
knowledge about it, only by what he
has been taught, that is by his people,
but. however. since 1861 we have sew
eral members who are still living that
were old enough at the time of those
transactions of the government with
the Indians that knew enough of those
transactions to pass on to the younger
ones. Soon after that treaty there were
mining activities by some whites in the
CnlnrQdn
ways been commended as right of the
Indians to share in that according to
the usual percentage allowed in such
royalties"
Representative Fred c. Gilchrist Of
Iowa, member of the house committee
on Indian affairs, in his interrogation
of Rowlodge brought up the matter of
the Black Hills case.
Does it involve land in the Black
Hills also?" he inquired, after the tes-
timony touched upon other phases of
land occupation by the ArapahoeS and
Cheyenne Indians.
BY intervening action of the tribe
made proper" Rowlodge replied.
For instance, the mineral rights in
the Black Hills involves gold?"
Yes. sir, timber and lands, but
since we are not part of the Sioux
tribe and since the Sioux act does not
extend to other tribes and the court
is not authorized by decree and recog-
nized us Indians, we had the act
amended in 1926, but as say, it was
so mandatorially drawn up that it
to file other claims that they may
have against the United States under
treaties, executive orders, agreements
and the like. and. of course. for that
reason we have been DESTROYS Of get
ting a jurisdictional bill through"
Hos M pArSonal Knnxp1odOA
Have you any knowledge Of the
mineral rights outside Of the Black
Hills that are involved in this bill?"
continued Gilchrist.
Personally, do not have, but then
by repository evidence Of the tribe, Of
the older members they contend and
we also contend through them that
in the year 1862 there was quite bit
of gold mined in Colorado at the time
that the Arapahoes and Cheyennes
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-14
Horse Waits in Vain,
Driver Doesn't Come

An old gray horse IN Hamilton
moped by motionless wagon waiting
vainly for John Agnew to start out
on his daily round Of townspeople's
hauling chores.
The night before Mrs. Agnew. COM
ing in from milking. found her hus-
band dead on the floor. apparently
victim of a chronic illness.
Agnew homesteaded near Lewistown
in 1916, after having participated in
the Alaskan gold rush. He and his
wife moved to Hamilton in 1881.
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-14

A naval flight selection board
from Seattle interviewed a number
of men in Billings, Bozeman,
Helena and other Montana cities
and accepted several who later will
be enlisted as aviation cadets in
the United States naval or marine
corps reserve.
The naval flight selection board,
composed of Lieutenant Commander
L. D. Carson. medical corps, United
States navy; Capt. L. B. Stedman Of
the marine reserve corps, and myself
as the senior board member, has no
connection in any way with recently
toward aviation positions. Our board Is
strictly naval board. and is the only
naval flight selection board in the 18th
naval district which embraces Mon
tana, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Wyoming" Lieutenant Commander
Bert H. Creighton said in response to
much inquiry received by officers Of
the board.
Il should like to call attention to
the fact that naval reserve officers
have no right to use their titles for
the benefit of any private or CONNER
cial enterprise" the naval officer said
The government asks us to make
clear to the persons in the many COM
munities in our district that this Is
d navy dSLlN4Iy StI4O SuCIl Is gwen
without cost to the aviation cadet We
are interested in interviewing only
men with two years credits from rec
ognized colleges and universities" Com
mander Creighton explained.
Men accepted will probably be
called for 30-day reclamation course
at Seattle within three months. Fol-
lowing this. they return home until
called for training at the regular navy
field at Pensacola, Fla. Men train there
eight months and then must work on
active duty for three additional years"
Captain Stedman said
We would especially like the par
ents to realize what this course Is so
that they will not become confused
with currently advertised opportuni-
ties being offered by private individ-
uals." Commander Creighton empha-
sized.
The selection board will have visited
Bozeman. Helena, Great Falls. Missoula
and Moscow, Idaho, before returning
to Seattle.
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-14
MORE HOPPER POISON

The bureau of entomology and plant
quarantine has authorized an addi-
tional supply of grasshopper bait for
Hill county, according to word received
from the Washington office of Senator
B. K Wheeler
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-14

Three hundred and eighty-six Mon
tana State university students received
bachelors degrees and nearly a half
hundred others received masters de-
grees at the Add annual commence
ment at Montana State university this
year. Thirty-four seniors received COM
missions in the reserve corps Of the
United States army in recognition Of
the completion of four years Of
R. o. T. c. work. and 1l9 were award
ed certificates of qualification to teach.
Honored at the largest commence
ment in university history were DR..
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-14

Destruction by terrorists Of most Of
the government agricultural. horticul-
in Palestine is handicapping agricul-
tural development there
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-14

Walter Krell, Berkeley, Calf, senior at
Montana State university received the
engraved saber of the Missoula Rotary
club at the HOnOrs and Awards conyo-
cation at the university this year. The
saber Is annually awarded to the cadet
colonel of the Grizzly regiment in rec
ignition of his service. Krell, a business
administration graduate, has held
many important campus positions and
is member of Silent Sentinel, senior
mems honorary. He is president of
Sigma Phi Epsilon, social fraternity.
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-14
NAVAL FLIGHT
BOARD VISITS
INTERVIEWS NUMBER OF MEN IN
VARIOUS CITIES FOR SELEC-
TON IN TRAINING

Some May Later Be Enlisted as Avia-
ton Cadets in United States Naval
or Marine Corps Reserve: Four Years
Training Faces Successful Candidates
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-14

The letter "A" has stood at the head
of the alphabet during the whole of
the period that il can be traced his
torically.
Glacier County chief., 1940-06-14

Gordon s. Watkins, dean of the college
of arts and sciences at the University
Of California at Los Angeles and an
alumnus of the university, and Mai.
Evan w. Kelley. regional forester of
district with headquarters in Missoula.
Major Kelley received the recognition
degree of master of forest engineering
DR.. Watkins, who gave the commence
ment address, received the honorary
degree of doctor of laws.
Some men do we'll by doing their best
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