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Evening star., 1940-04-13
Police Investigate
Mysterious Blast
In House vestibuIe
Hole Blown in Concrete
Floor, Door Torn Off;
Owner Was Away
(Pictures on Page Az

Police today were investigating a
mysterious explosion at 1924 Harvard
street NV. shortly after midnight
last night that blasted hole in g.
inch concrete vestibule floor, blew
the front door from its hinges and
shattered window panes in houses
100 yards away.
Residents of the entire neighbor-
hood were awakened by the shock
and the noise was heard by several
persons more than a mile away,
police said. A crowd of several hun
dred gathered at the scene.
No one was injured. The owner
OF the house, Mrs. Edna Holland,
history teacher in Armstrong High
School, was away at the time. Other
occupants. including Mrs. Mary
Miles, Mrs. Hollands mother, were
in the rear of the three STORY brick
structure and escaped unharmed.
1t. John Fowler, one of the in
vestigating policemen, said that the
blast could not have been from gas.
Detectives declined to comment as
to what caused the explosion, but
several noted that the type of per-
cussion was similar to that found in
dynamite blasts.
No Explanation.
Mrs. Holland, who said that she
was on the way home from church
recital when the explosion occurred,
could offer no explanation.
Il don't know anything or any
body that might have caused it,"
she declared this morning. "Of
course, we are the only colored fam
lily in this block, but I don't think
that had anything to do with it."
All of the window panes in the
front of the Holland residence were
blown out, a window casing near the
f1rst-floor entrance was demolished
and plaster in front rooms was shak-
en- from the ceilings. Mrs. Holland
said the residence had been re-
modelled since her family moved in
about two months ago.
Several neighbors asserted that
they were all but thrown out of
bed by the percussion.
Mrs. Herman Fleck, wife of an
attache of the German Embassy,
who lives at 1926 next door, said
that she was in front room, listen
ing to the radio and had dozed off
to sleep when she was awakened
by the shock.
II had been listening to 50 many
war br0adcasts," she said, that I
thought at first it was part of q
radio program or that the radio
itself had exploded"
Blast knocks Man Down.
No one could be found who had
witnessed the blast. But Wallace
Bragg, a gasoline station operator,
who was entering his residence at
1928 across Harvard street, when it
occurred, said he was thrown from
his feet and showered with glass
from broken windows.
Mr.. Bragg said he ran across the
street, noting that all lights seemed
to be on at 1924, and tried to rouse
the occupants. There was no re-
sponse, he added, so he turned in
a fire alarm. His wife, meanwhile,
telephoned police.
Front windows of nearly every
house were shattered along Harvard
streets 1900 block and some on
Thirteenth street.
Residents, long after curious
crowds had dwindled, were busy COW
ering glassless windows with blank
cts, boards and other means of
shutting out the subfreezing early
morning wind.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Guns Menace Finnish
Children Fleeing Oslo
By the Associated Press,

By TIE EssociAted Press.
STOCKHOLM, April 13.-Seventy-
odd Finnish children, among those
removed to Oslo when Soviet Russia
invaded Finland, reached Sweden to.
day with story of narrowing flight
from German-invaded Norway.
Guards at bridge at Sarpsborg
near where the Commern River
empties into Oslo Fjord, free
through the windows of their buses
and cars and wounded one child ir
an attempt to stop them. They
sped to safety pust as the bridge
was blown up. Identity Of the guard.
was not disclosed.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Claim Japanese Ship Damaged.

CHUNGKING, April 13 R.-Chi-
nese dispatches today said Chinese
bombing planes had damaged a jap
anese warship, causing more than
100 casualties, in a raid yesterday at
Yochow, on the Upper Yangtze
River, in Human Province.
The Chinese also declared their
planes had sunk 20 other Japanese
craft-presumably launches or pm
naces-during the attack.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Sweden Preparing
To Make Fight
For Neutrality
AirfieIds Are Packed
With Automobiles to
Bor PIone Landings
BY the Associated Press.

STOCKHOLM. April 13.-Sweden
made urgent preparations today to
fight, if necessary, in defense of her
neutrality while German troops and
warplanes strengthened the Nazi
hold on Norway.
Along the southern Swedish coast,
airfields were packed with parked
taxicabs and other automobiles to
prevent airplanes from landing.
Throughout the country, bomb
shelters hastily are being con-
structed and vehicles are being con-
verted for burning charcoal In order
to save precious gasoline.
Premier Gives Warning.
The man in the street." having
heard Premier Pehr Albin Hans
sons broadcast warning last night
of Sweden's precarious position, ap-
parently is resolved to back up his
declaration that the country will
maintain its neutrality, no matter
at what sacrifice.
Premier Hanson declared there
had been no demand on Sweden for
use of her territory 'by any bel
igerent nation" but that IF such a
demand should ever be made
Sweden would have to refuse to COM
ply with it."
"Since war now has been brought
to Sweden's door, she must even in
tensify her military preparations,
he declared. This explains why the
Swedish government during the past
days has taken certain additional
measures"
| Germans Break Through.
In Norway, meanwhile, a German
force broke through Norwegian de-
fenses between Moss, IS miles south
of Oslo, and Holen, 10 miles closer
to the capital. Since the Germans
were advancing toward Oslo, they
were presumed to be newly LANDED
troops pushing up the shore Of Oslo
! Fjord to Join the invaders expedi-
tionary army.
Advices reaching here said the
German advance caught the Nor
wegians by surprise and they had nc
time to meet it.
Defense troops, holding positions
along the narrow ford, had estab-
llshed a semi-circular line from
Moss to Holen, east to Mysen, north
ward east of the River Glommen
and Lake Oieren to Romerike,
thence southwark to Tyri Fjord and
Vikesund, which is about 80 miles
west of Oslo.
Fortifications were being thrown
up in the valleys to the northwest
to bolster the ring.
Bridge Dynamited.
The German advance from Moss
was said to have been accomplished
in commandeered buses and auto
mobiles and to have been impeded
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Cromwell Will Enter
Senate Race Next Week

BY the Associated Press.
KINGSVILLE, Ont, April 49,
James H. r. Cromwell, United
States Minister to Canada, said
yesterday he expects to go to New
Jersey on Tuesday or Wednesday
to enter formally the primary race
for the Democratic nomination for
United States Senator.
The seat is held by Senator War
rem Barbour, q Republican and .
candidate for reelection. Mr.. Crom-
well has not abandoned his pro-
jected tour Of Canada, starting In
June, he added.
Evening star., 1940-04-13

ming warmth of bright-eyed
woman's smile, Warren Irwin IN. B.
C. correspondent and I reached the
Swedish frontier at $50 o'clock last
night after riding through and
around German advancing troops
for Az hours.
We had been told that it was i'm
possible to get through. but this
particular jeremiah underestimated
the calm nerves and the smile of
the lady who volunteered to drive
our car. He also underestimated
two other factors-the knowledge Of
Norwegian roads possessed by the
lady's male escorts and the unfailing
(See STOWE Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Three Germun Vessels
Taken to British Ports
Hy the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press. ....
LONDON, April 13-Three Ger
man ships, captured by the British
Navy of the Norwegian coast, were
taken into northern ports today
manned by British prize crews.
The ships were all trawlers, the
393-ton Nordland, the 344-ton Blank
enburg and the 247-ton Friesland.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Stolen $16,120 Recovered

MONESSEN,> Pa, April 13 (R.-
Mrs. Teresa Kovacic frantically
summoned police and reported .
roomer had stolen $16,120 in cash.
Three ohicers decided to search her
house before seizing the roomer.
It didn't take long to find the cash.
but they spent all afternoon count
Ing to make sure It al was there.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Tens of Thousands More Nozis
Reinforce Control of Oslo
New Units Arrive by Sea Transport; Columns
Seen Spreading Into Countryside
By LELAND STOWE,


GOTHENBURG, April 13With the arrival of tens of
transport Thursday
operating desperate speed clamp
down their control of Oslo. In two days time hotel
flooded with staff with civil
organizers unistakabe group Gestapo
Yesterday morning it that all foreigners must
register Nazcontroled police
register Immediately and all Americans Monday
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Christ of the Andes

The Star will present the
Crossroads Theater Players in
q play Of peace, Christ of the
Andes" to be broadcast over
WMAL at 1880 pm. The radio
production halls Pan.American
week.
This is another in the series
Of pso9rams designed for student
i:teaine' sponsored by The Stor
with the cooperation of the
board OF Education and the Ma.
tional Broadeastint Co. :.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
British Bomb Nazis at Stavanqer;
New Positions Taken in NORWAY
Fastening Hold Germans Claim
Artillery Reaches
Trondheim to
Bolster Defense
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April 13.-German
positions in Norway are being
strengthened by the hour with
reinforcements reaching Oslo
'in large numbers" and with
. German heavy artillery reaching
Trondheim to strengthen the
coast defenses, German sources
reported today.
German occupation troops east
Of Narvik, Far Northern Norwegian
ore port, have taken possession of
the rail line to the Swedish border,
DNB, official German news agency,
said.
Germans stated positions through
out Norway were being consolidated,
with special attention to air defense.
Germany reported that Britain
was hammering away at German
positions on the Norwegian coast,
but doing so ineffectively, losing IL
planes yesterday, while the Ger
mans were losing only two.
Deny Landing Tried by British.
The Germans said the British had
not attempted to land anywhere in
Norway
The most effective British raid,
German sources indicated, was at
Stavanger, where the bombers came
in waves, but were met promptly
by a strong German anti-aircraft
fire Reports from German quarters
said that only one English plane
penetrated the air barrage far
enough to drop effective bombs.
One bomb burst near a barracks
occupied by Germans. slightly in
juring three soldiers eating lunch,
according to reports in Berlin.
The British lost eight planes in
an Intellectual assault on the Ger
man-held Norwegian port of Bergen,
the high command asserted, and
later DNB said that two additional
planes were destroyed in this action.
Troops Reach Hogeland.
The army also reported shooting
down plane at Oslo and another
at Narvik.
Dispatches reaching Berlin at the
same time said German troops
marching northward from Kristian-
sand, on the south coast Of Norway,
had reached Hageland, which is
about 20 miles airline north of Kris
tiansand.
They reported there were no en-
counters with Norwegian troops.
Germany, meanwhile, took over
Norwegian ships in Norwegian har-
bors occupied by German forces
and German crews were placed
aboard the vessels, DNB announced
Downed Planes Identified.
DBN said the downed British
planes included Vickers- Wellington,
Hampden-Hereford and Lockheed-
Hudson types.
The Bergen battle presumably
was the same as that in which DBN
hast night reported the destruction
of eight of Britain's most modern
bombers.
DoA> oloo ACPOl CCu CAldo DIlClS11
planes raided the Arctic Norwegian
port Of Narvik yesterday. DBN said
effective anti-aircraft defense by the
German forces prevented air bombs
from doing any damage and made
another attack impossible.
Text Of Communique.
The high command communique
follows:
Conditions in Norway further i'm
proved during the course of April IL
after the arrival on schedule of ad-
ditional reinforcements. German
troops in the region of Narvik kept
busy expanding the occupied terri
tories and protecting militarily i'm
portant points in the neighborhood
"The British made no attempt to
land anywhere. An air raid the
(See BERLIN, Page A-10)
Evening star., 1940-04-13
U. S. Envoy Back m Moscow

MOSCOW, April Is R)-United
States Ambassador Laurence A.
Steinhardt returned to Moscow to-
day from q 16-day tour Of southern
areas Of the eoviet Onion.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Norway's envoy scorns Nazi party in
home country. Page Al
Police investigating explosion at
Harvard street home. Page Al
Engineer had rejected plans for
burned building. Page A-16
Evening star., 1940-04-13


Foreign
10 British planes shot down, Ger
mans declare. Page Al
Sweden prepares to fight for neu-
trality. Page Al
British bomb Nad-held Norwegian
port of Stavanger. Page Al
British hold Danish ships of enemy
character" Page A-1o
Allied and Polish ENJOYS leave
Copenhagen. Page Az
Crisis looms in Rumanian-G German
trade relations. Page AS
italian fleet to begin maneuvers
Monday. Page As
Nazi raid on Rhine isle repulsed,
say French. Page AS
Notionol
Dies says Russia and Germany plot
Mexican revolution. Page Al
t93, ,000, 900 increase In defense budgets
Indicated. Page AS
Roosevelt silence untihafter q. o. p.
convention seen. Page AS
Washington and Vicinity
Weather fails 10 halt blossom fes-
ttvN tonisht Paso AL
Evening star., 1940-04-13

(See SWEDEN, Page A-10.)
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Damage Believed
Done to Plane
And Hangar
BULLETIN,

BRUSSELS, April 13 (P.-The
Belgian Army today placed mill
tary guards on all government
offices, radio stations and air
fields in or near Brussels. An
official spokesman said this was
done because Of the general
tension"
Evening star., 1940-04-13

(See LONDON, Page A-1O)
Evening star., 1940-04-13

(See STOWE, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-04-13

(See BERLIN, Page A-10.0
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Bridge Dynamited.

The German advance from Moss
was said to have been accomplished
in Communicated buses and auto
mobiles and to have been impeded
Evening star., 1940-04-13

Generally fair, becoming cloudy tonight
and tomorrow; not much change In tenn
perature; minimum tonight about 70.
Temperatures today-Highest, 80, at
/ pm: lowest, %, at 5 am.
From the United States wesrner sureau report
Full details on PAGE Az.
Evening star., 1940-04-13

J (See HULL, Page A-3.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-25
Briefly Noted News

The mercury touched the 26 de
gree mark on Tuesday morning.
Leroy Jones is having his dwell
ing improved by shingling.
Vernon Tome of near West Not
tingham, is driving new VS. Fore
car.
Falling at her home in Chesapeake
City, Mrs. Edward B. Mccoy suffered
fractured arm.
The Cecil County Milling Co. has
installed set of platform scales a,
its mill in this town.
A marriage license was issued In
Elkton last week to Charles l. Nc
williams, 10, and Donna r. Wes-
tern, 20, Rising Sum.
st. Mary's Church, North East, on
Sunday observed the 234th annivers-
airy of the establishing of an indepen-
dent parish by act of the Colonial
assembly in 1906.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn E. Meeks
have been transferred from Reading
Pa, to 27O Boulevard, Bayonne, N
j., where Mr.. Meeks is employed by
concrete company.
The ladies of Principle Furnace
will hold a Chinese checker party In
the clubroom Friday, October 25th,
1880 p. m. Door prize, refreshments
Benefit of the church.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Sin
gerly Fire Company, of Elkton, has
announced that on Friday, Novem-
Der 1, the organization will stage a
play entitled "Glad Rags"
The Congregation of Rock Pres
byterian Church has arranged te
serve a turkey supper in the Audi.
torium of the Kenmore High school
ON Friday evening, November /.
The ladies of Mt. Pleasant church
are highly gratified at the success OF
the roast chicken supper, held In
Nesbitt Hall, Port Deposit, on Octo.
Der 10. The net receipts were $4,000
AS an award for leading his stat
in the Wilmington Delaware District
in the sale of life insurance during
the summer months, VIM. McNamee
local representative of the Metropoli.
tan Life Insurance Co., was given q
two day trip to New York and the
Worlds Fair. Mr.. and Mrs. McNamee
left Friday night to return to viii.
mington Sunday night.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-25
West Nottingham Acad.
envy Receives Gift Of
$4,000

An unsolicited gift of $4,000 to
the West Nottingham Academy in
the schools drive for funds was an
nounced by DR.. ]. M. H. Rowland,
vice-president of the Baltimore Life
Insurance Company and chairman
Of the academy board of trustees,
at recent meeting of a group in
Baltimore interested in the academy.
The group, called together by the
Bicentenary Fund Committee, was
addressed by the Rev. William Lin
sey Young, d. D., LII. D.
DR. Young, also president of Park
College, Parkville, Mo-, said: II
know from experience as a patron
Of the school that West Noting
ham Academy is imparting to boys
those values of Christian character
so soRely needed today"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-25
First Snow Of The Season

October's beautiful Indian Summer
weather received a setback ON Sat
urday, when the first snow flakes,
warning of approaching winter, be-
gan to fly. AS the afternoon wore
along the flurries increased into a
real snow, that lasted into the night.
Sunday morning the ground was
covered with blanket of white
FULLY two inches in depth, and the
landscape transformed into fairy
land, the wet snow clinging to the
tolige of every tree and bush, the
greens and variegated fall colorings
of the foliage combining to make a
picture of wonderous beauty.
BY mid-afternoon the snow had
almost entirely disappeared, ex-
cept in sheltered places.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-25
Contributions To The
Coffee Pot

For the very enthusiastic support
and material donations which have
made our project possible, the Lions
Club of Rising Sun, is indebted to
the following firms and individuals:
Acetylene welding, Otis Monger,
Tydol Garage, Rising Sun. Miscell-
aneous hardware and material for
Coffee Pot handle, Haines and Kirk,
Hardware, Rising Sun. Kerosene
stove, bolts, etc., j. S. Pogue & Sons,
Hardware, Rising Sun. Portable gas
oline stove, J. E. Thomas & Son,
Rising Sun. Two tires for trailer,
H. T. Walton & Son, Chevrolet &
Olds., Oxford, Pa. Tubes and mis-
celianeous labor, Richfield Service
Station, Rising SUN. Trailer hitch,
value $500, Oxford Auto Parts, Ok
ford, Pa. Paint for printing, Clyde
Drennen, Painting and Paper Hang
inside paint, Clifton Jackson, House
painting, Port Deposit. N gal. best
grade enamel, Spencer's Hardware,
Oxford, Pa. Paint applied by H. w.
Ewing, Body & Fender Work, Ris-
ing Sun. $1,000 discount on labor,
Howard Wilson, Rising Sun. $500
discount on lettering, Gary Johnson,
Auto Painting & Signs, Oxford, Pa.
Flooring donated and sheet metal,
below cost, Wilson & McNamee,
Rising Sun. 5O-cup coffee pot, Chas.
T. Crothers, Auto Ins. & Bonding,
Rising Sun. doz. coffee mugs, Mr..
j. F. Bodine, Conowingo, Md. Cream
for coffee, Cameron's Dairy, Rising
Sun. Cream for coffee, Cedar Farms,
Calvert, Md. $1,000 labor, A. M.
McNamee, Rising Sun.
For storage of our Monster Coffee
Pot" we are especially grateful to
The H. M. Duychinck Co., ESQ
Servicenter, Dodge & Plymouth.
Also to National Bank of Rising
Sun for the current for our lighting.
On our opening day we had to
borrow from kind neighbors, sever
al cooking utensils. For the informa-
ton of those who have not had an
opportunity to contribute toward
this worthwhile project, we might
mention the outfit is still in need of
the following: dish pan, large kettle,
with lid. for cooking dogs, dog.
or more tea spoons. (need not nec-
essarily be Sterling" or even
matched). Any cash contribution to
help defray cost of labor and mater
id which, of course, we have to buy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-25
Last Excursion To The
Worlds Fair

Your last chance to see the great
New York Worlds Fair will be on
Sunday, Oct. 9th, when a special
excursion will be run over the Oc-
toraro Division of the Pennsylvania
railroad. This excursion is in re-
Spouse to popular request, and has
been arranged by tourist agent
John Good, Oxford, Pa, who will see
everything possible is done for the
comfort of those awaiting themselv-
es of the opportunity to go. Sun
day, Octber 9th, is the closing day
of the Fair.
The special will leave Port De-
post at 5:45 a. M; Colora, 6:O5
"a. M; Rising Sun, 6:15 a. m.
Round trip $3.50, children, $1:75.
Returning the train leaves the Fair
Grounds at 1850 p. m.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-25
Motor Trip To Old Donin-
ion State

Mr.. and Mrs. Willis L. Ely, accom-
panied by the latter's cousins, Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Gregg of Newport,
Delaware, enjoyed trip over the
Skyline Drive from Front Royal.
Va, to Alton, Va, on Saturday
last. The night was spent in Char
lottesville, Va, and ON Sunday the
homes of Thomas Jefferson, James
Monroe, and Patrick Henry, at Mon
ticello were visited. The Battlefields
around Fredericksburg were also
visited. Returning by way of WASH
ington, d. c., drive around the
the Government Buildings was en-
joyed. This is an ideal time to take
trip over the mountains as the
foliage is beautiful.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-25
Cecil County Draft Board

The draft board for Cecil county
appointed by Governor O'Conor
comprises Robert v. Criswell, Elk
ton. Ralph Rees, Chesapeake City
and Harry L. Dinsmore, Rising Sun
The appeal agent is Albert Constable
Esq, OF Elkton.
The draft boards for Cecil county
have been named as follows:
Board No. DIR. J. H. Bates, OF
Elkton, DR.. H. A. Cantwell, of North
EAST, DR.. William D. Cawley, Elkton
Board No. DIR. Vernon H. NC
knight, of Elkton. DR.. Henry P
Davis, of Chesapeake City.
Al Rising Sun 337 young men
were registered for Selective Draft
Service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-25
Golden Wedding Anniver.
saries Observed

Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Owens of
Perryville, celebrated their Golden
Wedding Anniversary on Tuesday,
October Is. They have been enjoy
ing a motor trip to Williamsburg,
Asnvllle, Smoky Mountain and Pitts
purg, accompanied by their daugh-
ter. Madeline and son, Hanford, and
Miss Elizabeth Kincaid, of Rising
sun.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Paxton Minner,
of Lewisville, Pa, celebrated the
nftieth anniversary of their we'd
ding on Sunday, October ID.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Good quietly
observed their tifty-third wedding
anniversary ON October 16 at their
nome in Havre de Grace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-25
Republican Banner Flung
To The Breeze

A number of our enthusiastic
party men erected large polit-
ical banner across the street, at
tached to an electric light pole at
the corner of the Methodist chruch
property and the Pogue and Rober-
SON store building.
The banner bears the names Of the
Republican candidates for Presi-
dent, vice-President, and q. S. Sem
ate in flaming red letters, and the
Congressional nominee in blue let
tering.
There seems to have been slight
mistake ON the part OF some one,
who evidently is somewhat confused
In his political subdivisions.
The banner bears the name of
Walter p. Johnson. who is known
to fans as the Big Train" of base
ball pitching fame. Mr.. Johnson is
the Republican nominee from the
Sixth Congressional District of Mary
land. which embraces his county of
Montgomery. Rising Sun is in the
Sixth Election District OF Cecil
county. which is in the First Con-
gressional District, the Republican
nominated from this district being
Judge Robert H. Duer.
The sign was later taken down
and replaced BY one lettered more
In keeping with the Congressional
District It represents.