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Evening star., 1940-04-30
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April 30.-A man
who said he hoped to get a para
chute jumping job at the New
York Worlds. Fair chose the top
of the 70O-foot trylon today for a
demonstration.
He lost his nerve after trial para
chute with dummy attached
landed in a pool Of water; but for
more than an hour he kept the
police and more than 100 workmen
in suspense until he was yanked
back to safety and arrested.
He identified himself as Roy Yost,
36, of Manhattan, and was booked
on a charge of disorderly conduct.
He said he slipped into the fair
grounds at Flushing last night,
wearing white overalls, and hid in
the towering pyramid. Worlds Fair
officials disclafmed any prior knowl-
edge of his stunt.
The man appeared at 6:15 am.
when he opened a trapdoor 20 feet
below the tip Of the towering
pyramid. Emerging into the bright
morning sunshine he began to
dance.
An alarm brought workmen from
all over the fair grounds and police
emergency squads from as far away
as Manhattan. Police headquar-
ters had received a report that the
man was preparing to Jump"
Apparently. however, he had other
Evening star., 1940-04-30
British Reported
Bombarding Narvik
Germans Heavily
Nuzis Said to Have Lost
All of Their Mountain
Artillery Positions
BY the Associated Press.

STOCKHOLM, April 30.-German
troops in Arctic Narvik, their artil-
lery smashed, were reported today
to be clinging to shore-line ma
chine-gun nests under heavy bonn
bardment from British naval forces
Advices from Riksgransen. Swe-
dish border station on the iron ore
line from Narvik, said the Germans
had lost all their mountain artillery
positions and that q German bat
terry in a Narvik churchyard had
been destroyed by the British guns
A mortuary chapel also was
smashed.
Accounts of heavy naval firing
last night off the Swedish west
coast were published by Stockholm
newspapers this afternoon.
Naval Fights Reported.
Reports of naval engagements in
those waters, the sea approach to
Norway from Germany, have come
from points along the coasts on
several recent nights.
They are believed to mean a con-
slant allied watch for German ships
coming north out of the Skagen.
the strait at the northern tip of
Denmark
A convoy of five merchant ships
and seven destroyers was seen to
scatter yesterday after an explosion.
When it reasSembled in the same
locality great towers of flame could
be seen, indicating that British
mine belts either had not been swept
away completely or that new mines
had been sowed.
Nazi Patrols Scattered.
While the main theater of action
appeared to be centered south of
Trondheim, increasing patrol opera
tions were reported on the Steinkjer
front, so miles to the north.
The Stockholm newspaper It'd
ningen quoted Norwegian military
headquarters as saying that British
and French troops intrenched along
the shores of Lake Snasa, a few
miles north of Steinkjer, had scat
tered German patrols in furry Of
fighting, in which a number of Nazis
were killed and some taken prisoner.
The Norwegians described the
newly consolidated allied positions
as extremely favorable in this sector.
Railway tracks along the south side
of the lake have been ripped up to
prevent the Germans from using
(See STOCKHOLM, Page A-7)
Evening star., 1940-04-30
By CARTER BROOKS JONES.

Bitter words were flung across
the Smith Committee table today
as Representative Healy, Democrat,
of Massachusetts cross-examined
Mapess Davidson, the former trial
examiner for the National Labor
Relations Board. who has charged
the tribunal with allowing Com
munist influence: to permeate its
staff.
I'm not going to permit you to
twist my meaning" Mr.. Davidson
shouted at one point in. his interro-
CATION before the Hodse group.
There is 40 such attempt on my
part" said Mr.. Healey, who joined
in minority report recently de-
Tending the Labor Board and dis
approving the majority report by
Chairman Smith urging drastic
amendments of the Wagner Act.
Mr.. Davidson, recalled for the
cross-examination, had told the
committee Friday that he resigned
March IS, because DR.. David SaposS,
the boards chief economist. had
asked that the trial examiners hold
employers guilty Of unfair labor
practices "by inference" where
there was no direct evidence.
FavOritism to Unions Denied.
Mr. Healey cited cases in which
the board had reversed Mr.. David
sons findings, in whole or in part,
and asked if in these reversed rul-
ings the board had not held he was
favoring unions.
You are implying" snapped the
witness, that I was partisan to
unions. I was not" He added that
lSee LABOR BOARD. Page AID
Evening star., 1940-04-30
By ]. NORMAN LODGE,
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
FORMOFOSS. Norway about 20
Miles East of Namsos), April 30
German air raids on the allied
troops at Namsos, which have turned
parts of that Norwegian coastal town
into wreckage, took sharp decline
yesterday when British anti-aircraft
guns opened up full blast and drove
a surprised German bomber high
into the air.
After that blast the air alarms
which have kept the entire Namsos
area anxious since the first days OF
Germany's invasion of Norway less
ened by 80 per cent.
Namsos, which has steep-rising
cliffs on the north side. fjord in
the center and more hills on the
south. now is literally alive with
British and French anti-aircraft
batteries. Each is manned by crack
shots especially chosen to bolster
the morale of the Norwegians, who
have clung to their homes in this
embattled town.
German flyers, who. according to
Norwegian airmen, formerly flew
over the entire sector from Namsos
to the Swedish border about IS miles
to the east as 'if it were their own
private airfleld," realized for the
first time yesterday that they would
meet resistance.
Bomber Drops an Egg"
When a 5 am. breakfast call was
made over Namsos Harbor by the
German air force, a German bomber
dropped an egg" (bomb), but also
laid an egg" for the British bat
teries opened up and chased the
aviator into the higher air.
AS result the residents who re-
fused to flee from their homes now
walk unconcernedly about their
business.
I walked through Namsos yester-
day and found the town, especially
the lower end near the harbor, vir-
tually wrecked. Every house in the
lower part of the town is razed, with
huge holes showing where German
bombs hit.
One bomb crater in the center
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Labor Board Orders
Ford 10 Reinstate
"a al ST. Louis
Company Also Told
To Boreoin With c. |. O.
As Exclusive Agent
3y the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Labor Board ruled today that
the Ford Motor Co. had violated
the Wagner Act at its St. Louis
plant and ordered the company to
reinstate with back pay "a employees
who participated in strike in 1887
The board also ordered the COM
pany to bargain on request with
c. I. O.'s United Auto Workers
Union as the exclusive representa-
tive of the st. Louis plant employees
In addition, the company was or
dered to disestablish the St. Louis
division of the Liberty Legion of
America, Inc. The company, the
board declared. had dominated and
interfered" with the formation and
administration Of the Liberty Le-
gion.
Other Allegations Dismissed.
At the same time, the Labor
Board dismissed allegations that the
Ford Co. had Disseminated against
108 workers other than the "a Or
dered reinstated.
Complaints of unfair labor prac-
tices' by the c. I. o. Auto Workers
Union in 1887 resulted in an N. L.
r. B. investigation of the Ford
company. This inquiry led up to to-
days order which. among other
things, directed the company to post
notices advising its workers that
they are free to become or remain
members of the Auto Workers
Union, if they desire.
AS in previous orders to Ford
company plants. the boards action
in the st. Louis case contained a
finding that the distribution of a
pamphlet entitled Ford Gives
Viewpoint on Labor" constituted an
interference with the employees
Wagner Act rights.
Pamphlet Declared Hostile.
The pamphlet, the board said,
manifested the company's open
and active hostility to labor organ
izations."
The company contended in the st.
Louis hearing, as it has in other
board cases, that it was exercising
its constitutional rights of free
speech in circulating the pamphlet.
The board. however, expressed the
view that the company. contrary to
attempting to influence the public
at large" actually was issuing a
stern warning that it was bitterly
opposed to the union and that it
would throw the weight of its eco
nomic power against the effort of its
employees to form or carry on such
an organization" .
Company's Arguments Rejected
The company also argued that the
legislative history of the Wagner
Act indicated that Congress pur-
posely left employers free to in
fluence-although not to interfere
with-their employees in the exer-
else of their organization rights.
I'VE have considered these de-
fenses and, in the light of the facts
presented, find them to be without
merit" the board said.
Within a short time after the dis
tribution of the pamphlet in 1887.
the board declared, the company
undertook IAN active and open
campaign to crush the union,
through discriminatory charges and
similar repressive measures"
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Business Leadership
Is Urged by Head
OF j. ). Chamber
Corey Tells Members
A Freed Industry Can
Serve Citizens
picture on Page BIZ

The spokesman for American
business said today the Nation faced
a most serious crisis" and urged
businessmen to assume leadership to
effect corrections.
Comparing these parlous times to
the blackest days of the Revolution
airy and Civil Wars. w. Gibson Carey.
jr., youthful president of the United
States Chamber told more than 1,500
members at its 28th annual meeting:
This is unquestionably most
serious crisis. 1t can be solved and
it is our duty, together with other
citizens of good intention in all
walks of life, to forge the solution" :"
What we need most in this emer-
gency," he said, "is sound leader
ship in government. Parenthet-
ically, / must add that part of the
blame for the lack of this rests on
our shoulders. For the future, how
ever, through our activity and that
Of others. we as a people must see
that we effect corrections.
Must Balance and Pay"
The most fundamental correc-
tions needed, he asserted. are:
Carefully, but surely, we must re-
duce Federal expenditures and bal
ance our national budget. including
our vast Federal corporations. Then
we must begin paying our debt. In
due course, we should further en-
courage productivity and the full
use Of our resources by reducing
taxes, which are a first charge on
the standard of living of every
citizen, because they inevitably are
reflected in prices.
LAS we release the present re-
strictions on business, substitute
clear laws. applying alike to all
men. for the dictates of unrestrained
administrative agencies and REIN
state good will and cooperation
we shall develop new industry,
improve our present products and
give to our people, through lower
prices, more real purchasing power
Then we may once again have good
jobs for all those who want to
work. Also by this process We shall
have gone a long way toward solv-
ing our agricultural situation ="
Institutions "Still Intact"
Our Government institutions, he
said, though somewhat perverted,
are still intact. We still have free
speech for the unintimidated, and
We have untrammelled religious
observance y"
There is no general answer for
our troubles. he added, save that
we have faltered badly in two par
ticulars which. however, in every
generation and every nation are
prime essentials. The first is lead
ership; the second is character =" = =.
THE defect which has, however,
undermined the country has been
(Caa = nf ~ Dooo A2N
Evening star., 1940-04-30
n Danube Ships Quit,
Cutting Nozi Trade
~ the Associated Press

BUCHAREST, April 30-The al
lied campaign to cripple Ger
many's Danube trade was advanced
a step farther today when ~
French-owned barges and tugs left
the river en- route to Istanbul.
Other river craft under allied
control were concentrated at Su-
lima, Rumania, ready to leave the
Danube at a moments notice.
More than 300 barges and tugs
leased or purchased by allied agents
during the winter to keep them
out of the Nazi service were re-
ported sent to Istanbul in re-
cent weeks.
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Gov Sossen G. o. P Keynote Speaker Comes for Advice
Berlin to Open Stores
On Holiday to Sell
Only Spinach
BY the Associated Press.


BERLIN, April 30.-For the
first time in Berlin's history
grocery stores will open on
Ascension Day, Thursday, to
sell spinach and only spinach.
An official notice published
today said several carloads of
spinach are due from abroad.
Grocers were ordered to 20
to the central municipal mar
ket at 6 am. Thursday, a legal
holiday, and then to sell their
allotments to the retail trade.
The stores may keep open for
no other purpose.
Evening star., 1940-04-30
leiserson Sees No Need
For Labor Act Chances
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
TOLEDO, Ohio. April 3o.-The
National Labor Relations Act needs
no amending, but its administration
could be improved, contends DR..
William M. Leiserson, N. L. R. B.
member.
Replying to question after an
address before the Toledo Bar AS
sociation last night. DR.. Leiserson
described the Walter-Logan bill to
amend the act as mistake" which
would be q step backward" in
settling labor problems.
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Red Cross Contributes
S 10000 for Morse Relief
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The American Red Cross cabled
$4,000 to the Swedish Red Cross
today for relief of Norwegian
refugees in Sweden.
Headquarters here said representa-
tives at Stockholm had reported,
Families swarming across the
border, and hundreds of homes and
small businesses have been de-
molished by aerial bombing of viii
lagos, towns and countryside, chiefly
in Northern Norway"
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Dombas Base Taken> Nazis Claim;
Os|o-Trondheim Link Established:
StorenLoss Is Admitted in London
Numsos Situation
Now in Hand,
London Asserts

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 30.-A military
source reported today the Germans
had captured the important railway
junction of StoTen, 80 miles south
of Trondheim, and described the
allied position in the Dombas Sec
tor as difficult"
The same source asserted that
operations were going we'll" at
Narvik in Northern Norway and
said the situation at Namsos was
stabilized and in hand"
However, the War Office today
reported that a short withdrawal"
was made by British troops in Gen.
trail Norway Sunday night to cover
the junction town of Dombas in
the Gudbrands Valley.
Text Of Communique.
The communique follows:
In Sundays fighting in the Gud-
brands Valley the enemy attacked
strongly with the support of tanks
and low flying aircraft.
"All attacks were repulsed with
heavy losses. including the destruc-
ton of three medium tanks.
During the night our troops
made a short withdrawal to a po-
sition covering Dombas.
Air attacks on Andalsnes and
Molde continued during the day.
In the Namsos and Narvik areas
the situation remains unchanged.
The report that Storen had been
captured was not officially con-
f1rmed, although informants con-
ceded the British were hard
pressed" in that sector.
Allies Hold Hjerkinn.
Hjerkinn, about IS miles south of
Storen, on the railway to Dombas.
was reported still in allied hands
Farther south the Germans were
said to have reached Gudavamen on
the Sogne Fjord.
At Narvik British troops were re-
ported to be closing in" and the
property of an ore company there
was said to be burning. The source
Of these reports did not know the
cause of the fire. but said it might
have been caused by allied artillery
or set by the Germans.
Allied naval and land forces were
reported to be delaying "a vital at
tack on beleaguered Germans at
Narvik until they can assure
themselves Of the safety of Norwe-
gian civilians whom the Germans
won't allow to leave the town"
Action on the Steinkjer front was
said to have settled down" and to
be confined largely to patrol opera
tions.
StOren Important.
Storen's importance cannot be
overestimated, in the opinion of
military men here. 1t is one of four
points toward which the Germans
presumably have been heading, and
its capture would leave their advance
guard only 30 miles from the strong
Trondheim garrison.
The town is at the junction of
the two railway lines running north
from Oslo through the 0udbrands
and Oster Valleys. They run as one
line into German occupied Trond-
helm.
This British source said that
"oemolitions are proving effective -
and that the most difficult things
to repair, such as bridges, are being
destroyed. He said there was "ab-
solutely no truth" in reports that
British Indian troops were being
used in the Norwegian campaign,
but said that British officers who
(See LONDON, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Senote to Act on Silver

Although reiterating his opposi-
ton to the measure, Democratic
Leader Barkley said today he would
call up for Senate debate q bill to
repeal the foreign silver buying pro-
gram as soon as pending business Is
out Of the way.
Evening star., 1940-04-30

Foreign
New allied batteries surprise Nazis
raiding Namsos. Page Al
British reported bombarding Narvik
Germans heavily. Page Al
Capture of Dombas, allied base,
claimed by Nazis. Page Al
British f1ercely defending Storen ran
link with coast. Page Az
Hungary warns Slovakia to respect
rights of minority. Page Ar
Notionol
Labor Board orders Ford to reinstate
"a st. Louis employees. Page Al
Blankenhorn under fire in N! L. r. B.
inquiry. Page Al
U. s. Chamber president calls for
business leadership. Page Al
Republican fight over foreign policy
plank foreseen. Page Al
Washington and Vicinity
Healey and Davidson clash at Smith
Committee hearing. Page Al
Radcliffe campaigns In Prince
Georges tonight. Page Al
Bruce denies approval Of Radcliffe
policies. Page Ar
Charge girls set fire to reform
school Page B-1
Evening star., 1940-04-30
New Allied Batteries
Surprise Bombers
Namsos
Guns Now Defend Town
Battered for Days by
German WorpIones

So far as is kno,Dn, J. Norman
Lodge is the first United States
ne,Dspdperman to get into Nam
sos and to giue a frst-hand ac-
count of ,uhdt is happening there.
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Board of Trade asks Senate to in
crease D. c. supply bill. Page B-1
Welfare Board backs bill for foster
child placings. Page B-1
City-wide checkup on fire hazards
urged by Bolles. Page B-1
Board of Education hears requests
for IA new schools. Page B-1
Sports
American League staging old loops
type of close race. Page d.
Dickey's batting slump rated big fac
tor in Yanks' decline. Page d.
Nationals open battle with Tigers for
third place. Page d.
Belmont Futurity-Kentucky Derby
Double is Bimelech's target.
Page d.
Emswiller's quadruple strike ties
ancient bowling mark. Page D-3
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Former Examiner
OF n. |. R. B. Figures
In Clash al Hearing
Representative HeoIey
s-Questions
Mopes Dovidson

fTert of National Radio Forum
address by Representative Hal
leck, Republican. OF Indiana on
proposed Wagner Act amend
ments on page Bib
Evening star., 1940-04-30

GERMANS SMASH ALLIED DEFENSES-German successes in
Norway reported today Nazs pushed past after
at Kvam and reported have
Dombas CO. Allies apparently still holding Hjerknn 49,
but there report in London that captured
Storen a. which Berlin today announced that link
between Oslo and Trondheim had been established Allied
patrols scattered Germans fighting north of Senker (5)
they tried block advance Snasa Black show
German advances. Broken-i show allied
A P. Wrephoto
Evening star., 1940-04-30

(See LODGE, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1940-04-30

(See c. of c., Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Weather Forecast

CLOUDY, followed by showers tonight and
tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight, with
minimum temperature about 54 Tenn
peratures today-Highest, 78, at 2 pm.;
lowest, 81, at 6 am.
FROM the United states weather Bureau report.
Full details on Page Az
Evening star., 1940-04-30

(see LABOR BOARD, Page A-7)
Nogales international., 1940-07-06

shot to national prominence Will
liam Jennings Bryan. Bryan's i'm
passioned plea for the farmer, his
words, "you shall not cruelty man
kind upon cross of gold" turned
the convention into frenzied, Wild
ly cheering bedlam.
FIGHT CURBED IN 1892
The last Democratic convention
held here was in 1892 during the
depression's darkest days. The bat
tie fer the nomination appeared
dogfight between Gov. Franklin D.
Roosevelt of New York, John Nance
Garner of Texas, and a handful Of
others. After an all-night session
the convention was stampeded to
Roosevelt when William Gibbs Nc
Adoo announced that the California
delegation would change it's vote
from Garner to the New York gov
ernor.
The list of Presidential candidates
chosen in Chicago:
1860 Abraham Lincoln R.,
Nogales international., 1940-07-06
EzzS{$d !;' d}lIHI|;I Tel,
!: .x:kAASS SELLING8
By. e. ". era h a m

The war has not stopped Ameri-
can tourist travel It has, however,
very definitely re-routed it into new
travel channels. In current national
magazines you will notice more and
more space devoted to descriptiors
of travel objectives in North Amer
ica, Central America, South Amer
lea and may island resorts in the
West Indies or Caribbean Sea area.
Hundreds of wonderful tourist re-
sorts will be discovered by writer's.
A good example is the story of the
Virgin Islands slated to appear in
the coming issue of the American
Mo 7azine. In addition to the edi-
torial space devoted to these new
tourist centers there will be con-
tlnually appearing in the adver-
tising columns of these publications
strong and tempting paid advertise
ments, all attempting to lure the
American tourist dollar to their par
ticular locality.
Obviously, as in any other line
OF business, "the wheel that squeaks
the loudest gets the most oil''. Ari-
zona, from standpoint of climate,
scenic beauty, historical interest and
the ease and economy with which
it can be reached, should take its
place as the most popular of all of
these newly discovered tourist
Meccas. This can and will become
reality if our next state legisla-
ture sets up the mechanics for han
ding, and the finances to subsid-
ize, national tourist advertising
campaign.
Certainly, as good business men
and women, and in the face of the
new taxes which are being levied to
pay for our national defense acti-
! yities, we should enthusiastically
endorse any sound, constructive
plan which will stimulate the flow
of tourist dollars into our state.