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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-01-11
HdlfwaY News

Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Faw and
, children and Mrs. Charles FaW
returned Saturday, December
so, from Vale, Ore, and other
western points. Wnere they
made a three-WeekS visit with
relatives. They were guests at
the home of Mrs. Faw's mother,
Mrs. B. Haymaker, and Mr..
Flaws brother, John Faw, and
family.
MIR. and Mrs. Hobart Delp
and sons, Jack and Robert, and
| Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Ferguson were
guests last Sunday evening at
a waffle luncheon al the Jay
Lee home.
Lloyd Faw visited with Junior
Mabe Sunday.
Marilyn Wagner and Howard
Wagner, Jr., spent Tuesday
night at the home of their
grandparents, MIR. and Mrs. j.
L. Blackburn.
Sunday school and church
services will be held in the
homes of members instead of
at the Halfway school house
during the winter months. Ser
vices for January 81 will be con-
Quoted at the J. L. Blackburn
home at 3 o'clock, under the
leadership of Rev. J.E.H. Nelson
of Hardin.
C. v. Mabe and Hobart Delp
we're looking after cattle near
the bridge Sunday.
Members of the Big Horn To-
cal of the Farmers Union are
reminded of the meeting to be
held this Friday night Janu-
airy IL, at the Halfway school
house. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Corkins of Hardin will be pres
ent and speak on their recent
trip to the South and East.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Faw and
children spent Tuesday in Har-
din attending to business.
Robert Ewing, Hobart Delp,
Clinton Blackburn, Ali Humph-
rey and Earl Gray attended
the sale at the Leo Lind farm
north of Hardin Thursday
Clinton Blackburn purchased a
young heifer, and Robert Ew-
ing trucked it home for him.
Melvin LOOMS and Howard
Wedel were Hardin business
callers last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Clark were
Hardin shoppers Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Rob and
children visited friends and rel
atives near Hardin Friday.
Earl Gray trucked a load Of
hogs to a Billings packing house
Saturday. He also attended the
Benders' Auction sale in Bill
lings.
Members of the Elvin Wede,
family are recovering rapidly
from scarlatina.
Mrs. Kenneth Wedel spent
Sunday at the Albert LOOMS
home.
Mrs. Joe Sullivan has beer
i'll with the influenza the pas1
few days.
MIR. and Mrs. H. w. CLARK
were Hardin callers Monday.
Junior Mabe expected to leave
Sunday night for Great Falls
where he will attend the Off
GERS training school conducted
for Farmers Union officials.
J. Knaub and sons, Harold
and Leroy, are doing the chores
at the Pete Rob place while the
RohS are on a vacation.
c. V. Mabe was in Billings
on business Tuesday
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-01-11
LODGE GRASS

Bernice Miller returned on
Monday after spending the
past week visiting friends in
Billings and Commanche.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Clark
entertained at a pinochle game
at their home Saturday evening.
Present were Mr. and Mrs.
Clayton Clanin, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Klunder, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Wagenaar and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Schooner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Parker re-
turned Saturday after spend
ing the holidays in California
where they attended the Rose
Bowl game.
Edwin Paschke and Junior
Miller we're business visitors in
Hardin Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Mcdaniel
returned to their home Satur-
day after spending the past
week visiting relatives in Buff
falo, Wyo.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Ryan
were in an automobile accident
Wednesday,. MI. Ryan and &C.
cupants of the other car es-
capped unhurt while Mrs. Ryan
suffered severe bruises and
shock. She is recovering salts
factorily.
The Camp Fire girls met at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
mer Knight Monday evening
with Hazel Knight as hostess.
Present were Ruby and Violet
Wright, Doris Milliron, Anna
belle Neal, Louise Young, Mari
1Vn McVay. Betty Lou Graham,
Marie Baker and Georgette
Johnson with Miss Johanna
Hansen as advisor.
Jane Morgan of Sheridan re-
turned to her home Saturday
after spending the past week at
the j. H. Wiley home.
Miss Peggy Shainov returned
to Red Lodge after visiting a
few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Johnson.
Tavner Walker and Junior
and Mary Lynn of Hardin were
the guests of Ruby Wright on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Smith
of Red Lodge spent the week.
end with Mrs. Smiths parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Johnson.
Rev. Addison Self and w. A.
Crosby motored to Rosebud on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Pease were
business callers here Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Lewis
and family of Hardin spent
Sunday at the A. w. Gardner
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darrell McDan-
lei and Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Mcdaniel and Larry James
made a business trip to Buff
falo, Wyo.. Saturday.
Mrs. ]. E. Sharp entertained
guests at a birthday party in
honor of Mrs. Robert Hensley on
Thursday.
Cecil Channel and Russell
of the Wolf mountains were
here Sunday. Ralph Surcey re-
turned with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Den
ney are the parents of a daugh-
ter who arrived Monday, Janu-
airy l. and has been named
Betty Lou.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wise re-
turned to Lodge Grass Wednes-
day after spending several
months in Idaho and Washing
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Berland were
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BUSINESS IN STATE
o

BUSINESS IN Montana for the
first II months of last year was
7.9 per cent above the figure
for the same period in 1888, &C
cording to a report by the bu-
reau of the census in Washing
ton. D. C. The gain in this
state was far above the in
creases in Colorado, wyoming
and New Mexico.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-01-11
POPULATION DROPS

There were 1851 patients at
the state insane asylum at
Warm Springs the first of jan
uary. as compared with 1912
the first of December. accord
ing to 4 report b. Dr.. B. l..
Pampel, superintendent. Thirty
two patients were paroled dur
NO the month and Is died.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-01-11

during December as refunds to
persons and firms buying gaSo-
line not for use on the high
ways. The refund is the amount
of the state tax on gasoline
purchased.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-01-11
To ATTEND

Paul Etchepare, secretary of
the Montana Wool Growers as
ISOLATION, has received definite
word that R. C. Rich of Burley,
Idaho, president of the National
Wool Growers association, will
be in Helena one day during the
state groups annual convention
there January Is to IT. Rich
will address the convention the
day he is in Helena.
PAYS TAX REFUNDS
State Auditor John J. Holmes
Issued checks tOtalIng Sll6,5lO84
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Grade School News

:, All six grades of the Kennewic,
elementary school had Valentin,
parties in their rooms. Gailv he.
aecked rooms with valentine boxe.
displaying hearts of all sizes CON.
tributed much to the spirit of Val.
entine's Day.
Miss Campbell's first grade made
Je!lo for their party. Three com
mlttees were chosen by the puniIs
Dickie Bolt, Janice Durdle and
Dorothy Stradling made the ieIlo
Joyce Brimm, Dora Jean Parks
Mariene Elliott and Jacky Goats SET
the tables. Jimmy Bockius. Stanley
Neel, Buddy Spear and Evamarie
durham were on the cleanup com
mittee. N
Miss Thole's third grade has been
very busy operating a Valentine
for the past week. The
have had much work tn
90 as children from all the grades
nave been mailing their Valentines
On Valentines Day the third grade
postmen delivered Valentines to
every room in the building as well
as, to their own.
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Burns Snow Pie

Following the recent snow storm
Brick Oliver had the stuff piled up
around his platform. He called the
printing office one morning and he
said he had some hot news and TO
bring camera along. Sure enough.
we found a pile Of snow burning!
The flame and smoke didn't show
up In the picture, but it made a
novel idea to talk about. He didn't
toss gasoline on the pile. either. but
ne old spill some carbide, which
with the moisture from the snow.
made a nice little blaze.
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The Needle club will meet Frida,
February Is at the home Of Mr..
w. j. Skinner in Pasco.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Hutchins mo
tored to Walla Walla SUNDAY
: where they visited Mrs. Mary Hut
Ichins at the Blue Mountain SAM
tarium. They report her as improy
ing in health.
f. Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Holcomb. &C.
companied by their daughter. Mis-.
Valeria and house guest, Miss Vir.
glnla Hutchinson, motored to Yaki.
ma Saturday and visited at thu
Vance Holcomb home.
Mrs. G. w. Sherk Mrs. Margare,
CARRIER Mrs. j. r. Ayers and Mrs
j. A. Hatch attended an Eastern
Star meeting in Pasco Monday
night to witness the initiation OF
a friend of Mrs. Ayers.
| DR.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Stevens are
| the proud parents of a son born at
the Pasco hospital Friday morning.
The youngster has been named
Richard William, but according to
DOC ne will be called Bud"
"A silver tea and a book review
Will be given by the second division
OF the M. E. aid on Friday evening.
FEBRUARY 20 in the church parlors.
Inc review will be given by Mrs.
Richard Stevens of Pasco and the
public is invited to keep this date
open.
Mrs. Margaret CARRIER made a
trip to Yakima Tuesday to visit with
Mrs. j. w. Settlers, who has been
very Ill for the past year. Mrs. Set
ters Is former Kennewick resident.
having lived here for a number of
years.
The girls of the 7th grade eniov-
ed a Valentine party in Miss Gill
bert's room Wednesday. Mrs. Duff
~, nome room mother, was a spec
lal guest. An exchange of valen-
tines took place and refreshments
served.
Miss Lois Ridley, a school teach
er at Gig Harbor, arrived Tuesday
and is visiting this week at the
home OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
c.. E. Ridley. The Gig Harbor
schools are closed due to a measles
epidemic.
A junior high home economics
club has just been newly organized
and the officers are: Mary Belle
BOISE president; Rebecca Liston.
vice president; Mary Ellen Dickin-
son, secretary and Fay Dillon.
Treasurer.
They are going to attend con-
ference this Saturday at Toppenish.
The following girls are delegates:
Mary Belle Boise, Recca Liston,
Mary Ellen Dickinson, Ethel Hays,
and Phyllis Oliver. At this confer
ence, Phyllis Oliver will talk on
Home Improvement and Mary Belle
Boise will talk on the Plans of the
Club.
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Mrs. F. S. Jacobsen of Yakima
was a Kennewick visitor Tuesday
with her daughter Miss Mary Jacob.
sen.
The Pink and Green club will NEE
Thursday, February % at the home
of Mrs. Dudley Beall with Mrs. F
Wright and Mrs. Bob Schuster as
assisting hostesses.
Kilkare club met at the home OF
Mrs. A. T. Belair this afternoon al
which time Mrs. Floyd Higley won
high honors and Mrs. T. B. Haus-
child, second high.
The Kennewick bridge club met
with Mrs. j. K. Bockius Wednesday
with three tables in play and hon
ors for the afternoon being received
by Mrs. E. C. Tweet. The next
meeting will be held with Mrs. H.
S. Whitbeck on February %.
As part of their charity work for
this year each girl of the Willing
Workers All Club contributed
something in the way of vegetables,
meat, or fruit and put it all togeth-
er and presented it to a less fortu-
nate family in the community. It
was very much appreciated by this
family.
Rev. and Mrs. H. Attenborough
and niece, Miss Winifred Rhodes of
Standpoint, Idaho were Kennewick
visitors the first of the week. Rev.
Attenborough took part in the de-
gree work d uring the Scottish Rite
Reunion held here Monday and
Tuesday. They were house guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Ayers.
Mrs. A. G. Anon was assistant
hostess to the pinochle club Sun
day evening at the H. w. White
more home on Kennewick Avenue.
Mrs. A. T. Belair served the reg
llar monthly dinner to the men,
bers of the Entire Nous card club
and their husbands Monday eve
ming. Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Olson and |
Mr.. E. Behrman and Mrs. Ray Nor
nile held high scores.
The Willing Workers All club have |
leld several meetings this year.
AetAi~o n2C OClAAS lAldOC LUZ d pTORTdIu
o be presented at the grange hall
in March. Shirley Elder
ave a demonstration on how to
make mullins and served them as
at the February
1eeting. This group also met today
nd enjoyed an exchange of valen-
neSe.
he Willing Workers All Club of
asst Kennswick sponsored bridal
lower for Miss Margaret Holden at
le home of Mrs. Frank Elder.
here were around 80 women and
rlS present and Miss Holden re-
lived many lovely and useful gifts.
ach lady was given a slip of pa
er on which she wrote her favorite
cipe any household hints or sug-
,stions of how to hold a husband.
hese were given to Miss Holden to
ad and keep for later use. The All
rls entertained with songs while
e women were being served.
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:. McAfee of oregon is employ
i a. the Ayers ranch. .,,,,ss +,,,
co ., = AYERS made a business trll
). :. prosser wednesday.
10 49, Stumpf of Spokane was
... E~s visitor at the I. N. Mueiiel
home T. q. Bailey returned this
M. from Seattle ON a buying
LIN for The Clothier. 1T,
tr, a,n -. Excolentes study club will
-. Thursday, February % at l:3o
18th Mrs. Lille Smith. ..,,
Mrs M. o. Barnes and two child
IN If Yakima are visiting this week
i.I ,he George Byrd home.
az ~, ss Glenna Nelson and daughter,
.s;rlsv Anne of Finley were Sun
dav dinner guests at the Joe strad-
iiu Mr. and Mrs. P. Hanson and son
,;,Iu If LYLE and Miss Lena Mains
DIE DIE weekend guests at the r. E..
miss Miss Cora Thurston has return
~ from Seattle, where she has
won't the past three months, hav-
inc her arm treated.
The Current Events department
~ the Woman's Club will meet on
friday February % at the home of
Mrs. n. E. Huntington.
Mrs Omar Pence of Cheney is
making an extended stay at the
nome of DR.. M. w. Stevens. Mrs.
pence is Mrs. Stevens mother.
The B. g. P. w. club will hold a
eocial meeting at the Chester Dur
ale home, 2O1 First Avenue with
Miss Ellamae Liebel acting as host
eSS.
The fourth division of the M. E.
aid will enjoy a birthday dinner on
wednesday February 81 at one o.
clock at the home of Mrs. Don
Coates.
The Faculty bridge party will be |
held Thursday night at the home of |
Mrs. A. T. Belair. Mrs. Ray Nor
mile and Miss Margery Steele will |
be hostesses.
Mrs. D. Corlett is expected to ar
rive Friday from Drumond, Mon
tana to spend a week visiting at the
home Of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Creta Campbell.
Several of the boys in the Agri-
culture classes attended the tractor
school sponsored by the John Deere
Plow Co., held Wednesday afternoon
at the Roxy theatre. |
Wednesday afternoon the junior
high school students enjoyed a
Valentine party. A program was
held in the auditorium and re-,
lreshments were served in the cafe
!eria. r.. !;
The Misses Valeria Holcomb and
Virginia Hutchinson of Olympia |
we're weekend guests at the G. L.
a0lc0mb home. Miss Hutchinson
S secretary to Belle Reaves, secre-
airy Of state. 49,. u
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NOTICE OF CLOSING OF
REGISTRATION BOOKS

Notice is hereby given that the
Registration Books of all voting
precincts within the City of Kenne-
wick will be closed against orig
MAJ registrations on the 18th day
OF FEBRUARY, 1910, that being the
last day of registration. and will re-
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Washington. once roared a torrent
equal to forty NiagraS. Geologically.
IT is one Of the outstanding wonders
OF the continent. The dry falls is of
easy access to visitors, and a lee
turer is on duty to explain every
thing.
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33 PSu
KNOW?

~ Wssshinsfon ssass Prsorsss eemmIssl..

Total registration of visitors in
Dry Falls State Park during 1899
was 150,ll2 individuals. As it is esti-
mated that not to exceed IS percent
OF the people who actually visit the
park register there, those in charge
OF the State Park claim more than
100000 visitors.
This they assert tops the total
number of visitors to Coulee Dam
IN 1889, although the number visit
ing the dam is growing annually.
and Coulee dam rates higher with
out-of-state visitors than any other
attraction excepting Mount Rainier.
over the Dry Falls. in Central
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main closed until after the School
Election TO be held on the End day
OF March. 1910. after which the
books will again be open.
WINIFRED CAMPBELL,
2:l-l5 City Clerk.
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The trouble with a lot or self
made men. they need their seams
taken in.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
British Plane Shot Down
By Mistake By Royal
Air Force Fighters
|NAZI PLANE IS DOWNED
British Officials Also Ad.
init Two More Freight
ers Sunk By Mines
BY EDWIN STOUT

LONDON. March 3.-LP-Bomb.
ing of the S,441-ton British passen-
ger liner Domala, with a probable
loss of 10S lives, was announced by
the admiralty tonight as the bat
tered and ~fire-scarred vessel reach.
ed an English port after a night.
mare voyage from Antwerp.
The announcement followed swift
ly the disclosure that a British
plane had been shot down by mis-
take by three Royal Air Force
fighters and the admission that two
British cargo boats had been sunk
by mines yesterday.
Nazi Bomber Downed
On the credit side, Britain report'
ed her air force had downed a Ger
man Heinkel bomber in France
the third in two days.
cat the same time dispatches
from Amsterdam reported the arri.
val of two Netherlands ships which
said they had been machine gunned
while en- route from England by an
unidentified plane, which also
bombed and sank an unnamed Bril-
ism yessel).
The attack on the Domala, the
admiralty disclosed, occurred be-
tween 4 and 5 a. m. yesterday IN
the English channel.
In the light of a waning moon
a German Heinkel swooped down on
the ship and dropped four bombs.
three of which found their mark
and set the vessel ablaze amidships.
The captain was killed by n OF
the bombs.
In addition to 10S persons listed
as missing and believed dead, many
others we're injured, the admiralty
said.
Of the missing. SO were British
Indian seamen who had served
aboard German ships before the
war, and presumably were released
CONTINUED OH Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
WenesLeaves
Nazis, Turns
Toward Paris
DR.. Hans Dieckhoff And
Others Bid Farewell To
u. S. Undersecretary
TALKS WITH GOERING
Completes Program In Der.
lin Before Leaving For
Switzerland

BERLIN, March 3.-G-Sumner
Welles left for Paris tonight after
a farewell from DR.. Hans DECK
hoff, recalled German ambassador
to the United States, which aroused
speculation as to whether they
might have ironed out the question
of representation between the two
countries.
Dieckhoff, who has remained here
since November, 1888, when the
American ambassador was called
home from Berlin to report on the
anti-Jewish campaign, appeared
with other officials at the BACKED
out Anhalter station to bid Welles
farewell-after being conspicuous
by. his absence at Welles' arrival
Friday.
Protocol calls for a diplomat &C.
credited to another country, but
temporarily at home, to greet ar
irving diplomats from that country
Regrets Absence
Qudl lClo tlOSC " L11S 1CI LUZ
-eign~effico~have said that Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
particularly regretted the absence
Of an American ambassador from
Berlin al this time.
In Welles' talks with Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler, Ribbentrop, Deputy
Party Leader Rudolf Hess and
Field Marshal Goering, the ques.
ton of a possible Improvement of
relations between Germany and the
United States was said to have re-
volved around the question of a
return to ambassadors to Washing.
ton and Berlin.
Welles wound up his fact-seeking
stay in Germany today with con.
ferences with Goering and Hess.
Apparently Goering had plenty
to tell Welles about Germany au,
tarchy, in which he plays a prime
Continued on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04

teal conventions. Minton said
they also would prevent these
employees from contributing to
political campaign funds, but
Hatch insisted that voluntary
contributions would not be bar
red.
There was some talk among
opponents of the measure OF Of
fering an anti-lynching bill as
ali amendment, a step which
they said would insure its defeat.
Perennial proposals to make
lynching a federal crime invari-
ably have drawn a fillbuster
from southern senators. Senate
leaders, however, deprecated the
likelihood that opponents would
resort to such a move.
House and senate leaders will
confer Tuesday with President
Roosevelt. The conference had
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
PRESIDENTS WIFE
CALLS AT RALEIH
Plane On Which She Was
Passenger Turned Back
By Weather Conditions

RALEIGH, March 3.-QP-Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt landed here
tonight with a group of other pas
sengers on three northbound East
ern Air Line planes turned back
at Richmond, Va, because OF
weather conditions.
The much-traveled wife of the
President stayed briefly at the
Raleigh airport, three miles south
of the city, and then was brought
into town in a state highway pa
troll car.
She planned to proceed on to
| Washington by train, leaving at
12:45 a. m.
Mrs. Roosevelt was returning
froma two-week stay in Florida.
She boarded the plane at Miami
Fla, at 2 p. m. for a flight to
Washington. The plane landed
here at about $40 o'clock.
She said she went to Florida to
make two speeches and then stayed
on for a brief "off the record
vacation.
Laughingly she told a reporter
who asked the perennial question
as to whether President Roosevelt
would seek a third term:
you're getting the same answer
/ro.%.ol -. no-o Dhroo. CoI ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
Installation OF Phone
Dials Nears Completion
Leipzig's Great Fair
Opened By Goebbels

LEIPZIG, March 3. - up -
Leipzig's great international fari,
giving an impressive picture of
Germany's industrial strength in
the midst of war, was opened to-
day by Propaganda Minister
Paul Joseph Goebbels in a spir-
tied speech reiterating the Nazi
theme of German invincibility.
GOebels characterized the fair
as a fort on the Reich's economic
front rejecting the greatness of
the commercial structure expect
ed to contribute to ultimate VIC
tory on the war front.
Asserting that the great trade
routes still r open to Germany,
GOebbeIs declared that the Reich
is trying to develop its commerce
naturalIy-a procedure which he
said would prove more effective
and lasting than 1.-The political
buying which Britain has been
doing i'm all parts of the world"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
By JACK BELL

WASHINGTON, March 3 -
R-The senate will take up to-
morrow one of the sessions most
controversial pieces of legisla-
ton, a bill to extend the Hatch
Act; prohibition against pernici-
GUS political activities to a half
million state employees paid in
whole or part with federal
funds.
Although two staunch admin
istration supporters, Senators
Minton D-Ind) and Lucas d.
IID have served notice of a fight
against-the measure, democratic
Leader Barley of Kentucky,
said he thought there was no
doubt that a majority of the
senate favored enactment of the
bill. Barley predicted it would
be approved speedily.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
GERMANS TRAPPED
BY FRENCHTR00PS
Clear Brisk Weather Spurs
Aerial Activity Along
Western Front

PARIS, March 3.-P-The second
French ambush in two days was re
ported by the high command tonight
to have trapped a new contingent oil
German troops west of the Vosges
mountains.
The French, at the same time, &C.
knowledged the Germans had cap
tured "a few prisoners during pa
troll raids in the Lauter sector.
Clear brisk weather returned to
the western front giving a squirt to
aerial activity on both sides follow.
ing a day of combat yesterday in
which the French said they had shot
dow. two German planes and the
British two more.
CThe official German news agency
reported an air battle between four
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