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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
SECRETARY EDISON IS
 WELCOMED
Navy He ad Returns from Mdneuvers-Ldnds df
 Mare Island

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19.-The Cruiser Nashville carrying Secretary of the Navy Edison was greeted with a salute of 19 guns from the Yerba Buena Island battery today as it steamed up San Francisco Bay to- ward Mare Island Navy Yard.
 The Nashville carried Edison back from Hawaii and fleet maneuvers in the Pacific.
 The Secretary's arrival in the Bay was in rather sharp contrast to his status 27 years ago when he was for a time a resident of San Fran cisco. Edison was just out of college at the time, and trying to make his own way in the world. He and friend had plans for million dol lar amusement pier at San Francisco which were rejected by the Board of Supervisors.
 When their plans collapsed, the young men were broke, and the fu- ture Secretary was forced to move into skid row. hotel and subsist largely on saloon free lunches.
 His inventor father, the late Thomas A. Edison, finally rescued the young promoter, and took him back to New Jersey.
 The Secretary was greeted by the Commander of the TWelvth Naval District, Admiral Arthur Hepburn, when he disembarked at Mare Island. Three members of the House Appro- priations Committee, Representatives Scrugham of Nevada, Plumely of Vermont and Casey of Massachusetts flew from Boulder Dam to join Edi- son in inspecting bay area Naval properties.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19

 pIot Nipped;;
 Arrest Made
Former Premier Interned in inMountdins-Hdd Lin-
 ed up with Germany

BELGRADE, April 19.-Discovery of a plot to overthrow the Gov ernment of Premier Chitkovic is reported in quarters close to him.
 Following the announcement for mer Premier Stoyadinovicbe was interned in the mountain fastness under a heavy guard.
 Sources indicated the success of the plot to overthrow the Gov ernment of Yugoslavia hinged on the entry of German troops into the country.
 Stoyadinovicbe was taken into custody after the police had raid- ed his home and discovered docu- ments linking him with Nazi fifth column" activity similar to that preceding the invasion of Nor way by Germany.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
pRE5IDENT OFF
 ON VACATION TO
 GA. WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, April 19.-Presi- dent Roosevelt left last night for his Little White House, at Warm Springs, Ga, ready to return to Washington at once if a new crisis rears up along Europe's war stained horizons
 Before his departure the President endorsed fully the statement of Sec retary of State Hull that the United States would look with emphatic dis favor on any move toward changing the status of the rich Dutch East Indies in the Pacific. The statement is regarded as an answer to Japanese Foreign Minister Arita who has stated that Japan regards the Meth erlands East Indies as in her sphere of vital interests.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
Will Purge of
 Nazi FiIfh
Winston Churchill WeI- comes Survivors with
 Caustic Statement

LONDON, April 19. - winston Churchill, British Director of land, sea and air forces, told survivors of the destroyer Hardy that they are the vanguard of the armies which we and our French Allies will use this summer to purge and cleanse the soil of the Vikings, the soil of Norway, from the filthy pollution of Nazi tyranny"
 Churchill spoke in welcoming about 100 back from Narvik where the Hardy was grounded in battle on April 10. The survivors made their way ashore and maintained them selves despite German occupation of the port. They were finally rescued by another war vessel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
INVADERS
 G0AHEAD
German Troops Are 0per- ating Now Along
 GIomen River

BERLIN, April 19.-The German News Agency claims that German troops operating along the Glomen river, near the Norwegian Swedish border, have pushed 65 miles north of KongSvingor. This would place the German advance guard near the town of Rena in east central Norway.
 The Nazi agency said that milit- arized force of 800 was operating on the east side of the Glomen, while a motorized force of 17,000 Germans was pushing northward along the west bank of the river.
 The Berlin account said that mechanized units were being left at each town passed by the main col umnS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
 Confidence
 In Reynaud
French Premier Given Ex.
 eepfiondI Vote by Deputies

PARIS, April 19.-The Chamber of Deputies tonight gave the Gov ernment of Premier Reynaud Q unanimous vote of confidence, 504 to o. The session was public one following a secret debate on Gov ernmental policies.
 The vote entrusted sharply with the one-Vote margin on confidence given on March g, the day after Reynaud took office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
LEGISLATURE
 TO MEET ON
 LATER DATE
President Signs Bill for Converting Fourth Mon-
 day in Odd Years

WASHINGTON, April 19. = President Roosevelt has signed a bill changing the date of the converting of the Alaska legis- lature from the second to the fourth Monday in January of odd numbered years, and dOub- led the present fifteen-day limit on special sessions called by the Governor.
 The bill also reduces the time of notice for special ses- siOns from 30 to 15 days.
 The President gave permis- sion for the notice to be given by telegram or radiogram-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
CAMPAIGN
 FUNDS TO
 BE pR0BED
Investigation Is Ordered Which Will Be Stdrt-
 ed Immediately

WASHINGTON, April IS. = The Senate mpaign Investigating Committee was today ordered to investigate complaints that 'ex- cessive sums of money are being spent in behalf of some aspirantS for the Presidency.
 Chairman Guy M. Gillette, of Iowa, said the complaints are from apparently reliable" sources.
 Senator Gillette declined to name the candidates or the party in volved but said thus far only one party is affected.
 The committee approved the mo- ton instructing Gillette to assign the investigators.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
BRITISH,
 GERMANS
 IN CLASH
First Encounter in Norway Reported to Have Tak-
 en PIaCe-Ndzi Lose


 LONDON, April 19.-A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports the first encounter between Brit ish and German land forces in Norway.
 The encounter occurred at Nam sos on the coast, 100 miles north of Strandheim.
 The dispatch asserts the Ger mans were repulsed.
 Namsos was picked out by the British as the latest troop landing point.
 It is said the Norwegian defend- CTS have concentrated at Steinkjer, 30 miles nearer Trondheim.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
DUTCH WILL
 RESIST ANY
 PROTECTION
Premier Declares Nation 10 Fight Aid-MartidI
 Law Effective
BULLETIN - THE HAGUE, April 19. - Martial law has been proclaimed throughout The Netherlands by royal de- cree issued tonight.

THE HAGUE, April 19 - The Netherlands will resist with arms any attempt of foreign power to extend protective help in case of invasion or any warlike moves.
 Premier Jandegeer made this declaration today, adding that mar tial law has been declared effec- tive in a large area of the na- ton already, and will be applied to the entire country soon.
 The Premier made the broadcast for the East and West Indies pos sessions as well as the homeland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
NO SPLIT,
 FUEHRER,
 GERMANS

BERLIN, April 19.-The British efforts to bring about a split be- tween Hitler and the German peo- pie is the most stupid phase" on the British war policies, Propa ganda Minister Goebbels said to- night in a radio address on the eve of Hitler's birthday.
 He said the unity between the Fuehrer and German people of the Reich was of the greatest strength and the German people laugh at such efforts being made by the British"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
F(('S PROBLEMS TOUGH; FREQUENCY M0DULATI0N
 CAUSE OF ONE HEADACHE
By JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, April 19.-Pity the poor Federal Communications Commission. Juniors homework In arithmetic isn't even A-B-C com pared to the problems that James Lawrence F1y's commission has to solve.
 Take Frequency Meditation = hereinafter referred to as FM. Even the name sounds tough. If you are not up on your radio news, that's the new method of high-frequency, static-less, high fidelity radio broadcasting and re- ception, developed principally by Major Edwin Armstrong, the man who gave the world the super heterodyne.
 About all you and I have to know is that High h-frequency" means broadcast and reception in the upper megacycles, as op- posed to standard amplitude modu- lation, which is broadcast and re- ceived on the lower-bracket wave lengths, or frequencies. Even the dub knows what "static-less" means. High fidelity" means you can broadcast anything from 2 grunt basso to the overtones in a fiddler's upper register-and the right sound will come out in the business end of your receiver.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
New Atfivity,
 Western Fronf

PARIS April 19.-Tonight's French communique reported sharp encount- CTS between French and German re- connaisance parties in the Moselle and Bries river areas.
 It was reported that one German plane was brought down inside the French lines and another was forced down out of control on the Western Front behind enemy lines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
Nazi Troops
 Being Flown
 Info Norway
Report Indicates 1000 Soldiers Landed Daily
 by Invasionisfs

LONDON, April 19-A Norwe- gian Government official arriving here today by plane, estimates that Germany is flying 2,000 soldiers daily into Norway,
 Scandinavian observers estimated two days ago that about 6O,00O German soldiers are on Norway soil.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
NORWEGIAN DIPLOMATS
 ARE 0U5TED
Minister, with Members of Corps and Families,
 Quit Germany

BERLIN, April 19. = Norwegian Minister Arne Scheel, with mem- bers of the Norwegian Diplomatic Staff and their families. left here at 5 o'clock this afternoon on a special train. The members of the Diplomatic Corps were given until midnight tonight to get out of the country.
 This means diplomatic relations between Norway and Germany are practically broken.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
Baseball Today

The following are scores of games played this afternoon in the two Major Leagues:
 National League New York 0; Brooklyn 12. St. Louis 0; Chicago 5. Other games postponed by rain.
 American League Philadelphia 6, 3; Boston Fl. Detroit 0; Cleveland 4. Washington 3; New York 5. Other game postponed by rain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
MAJOR ENGAGEMENT

STOCKHOLM, April 19.-A ma jor engagement in Norway is indi- cated in the Trondheim area be- tween the British-Norwegians and Germans.
 It is indicated the Germans are moving in busses behind motor cycle patrols accompanied by small tanks.
 One report says that Tonsberg at the mouth of the Oslo Fjord, surrendered to the Germans yes- terday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
Destroyer Under
 hiiafk of Bombs

LONDON. April 19.-The British Admiralty disclosed today, with the arrival of the 400 ton destroyer Eclipse at the English base, that the craft was damaged by bombing at tack several days ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
ARMED MEN ROB
 U. }. MAIL TRUCK

LITTLE FALLS, N. J., April l9.- Three heavily armed men using an imprisoned station agent as a shield, robbed a mail truck at the Erie railroad depot here and es- capped with a registered mail pouch that contained $l9,500.
 Two of the men carried revol- vers and the third had a machine gun. The bandits herded four men into a room, tied them with wire and ransacked the mail.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19

Masquerades were the fashion at the court of King Edward III of England about l340.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
VUKOyICH RETURNS

Steve Vukovich returned to Ju-s neau last night on the Northland after business trip to Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19

Attorney R. E. Robertson re- turned to Juneau last night from Sitka aboard the southbound Northland. a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19

wise disclosed nor is it stated
 the ship was sunk.
 BERLIN, April 19.-Steady ad- vances, constantly reinforced Ger man troops and new blows struck at the British Navy are reported by the German High Command on the eve of Adolf Hitler's fifty first birthday.
 It is officially reported that suc- cesses of the German forces in- cluded three Allied submarines de- stroyed in the Skagerrak and Kat tegat; a German submarine sink ing British warship, and several transports being hit by a sudden attack of the German air forces.
 The success also includes the sinking of a Norwegian destroyer north of Narvik and destruction of the Norwegian hangar at an undesignated fjord,
 Oslo Troops March
 The OFFICIAL reports also uecldre that troops in the Oslo region are advancing slowly but steadily and have reached point about 75 miles northeast of Oslo
 In the north, near Narvik, the German High Command insists that the island of Flato has been occupied, thus tightening the hold on the ore railroad between Nar- vik and the Swedish border.
 The commander of German submarine has returned to port and declares that 9,100-ton Brit lsh cruiser was torpedoed north of the Shetland Islands and destroyed by an internal explosion immedi- ately after the torpedo hit her.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
IF THAT WERE ALL

IF THAT WERE ALL
 Now there's no argument that all this would improve broad casting and reception. The EGG would be only too glad to admit that, if there were nothing else involved. But there are "knowns" in the problem that produce "un- knowns" in any answer you work out.
 For instance, there are TWO schools of FM thinkers--the wide band and the narrow band. Ma jor Armstrong and his troops be- long to the wide-band army-and they say that they need licenses
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19
Nazi High Command Gives Hitler Birthday Cliff
 of Fresh Claims
OSLO TROOPS OF
 GERMANS ADVANCE
Norwegian Destroyer Sunk North of Narvik, Is
 Berlin Report

BULLETIN-BERLIN, April 19-The German High Command announces that in raid on British transports just off the Norwegian Coast tonight one ship was hit by bomb of heavy calibre. The location is not 0ther- wise disclosed nor is it stated the ship was sunk.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-19

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-17
Light Docket Cleared
In Recorders Court

Ten cases were called in re-
corder's court yesterday morning,
three of them being continued.
Trial of James Rich, held on
charges of stabbing Richard Skip
per on Oct. l with an intent to kill
him, and with assaulting Bill Gas
kill with a bottle, was continued
until Oct. Is.
Trial of Ernest NARROW, charged
with carnal knowledge of a minor
female between the ages of IL and
Is years was continued until to-
day under bond of $500. The Of
Tense is alleged to have occurred on
Oct. 1.
Sam Thomas, negro, charged
with assault with a deadly weapon
a female, was given three
months on the county farm to be-
gin at the expiration of a one
month county farm sentence inn
posed on him when he. was con-
victed of operating a lottery here.
The court ordered a bicycle, con-
fiscated Tuesday when a negro
who had used it to transport Ii
quor was convicted of violating the
liquor law. returned to the COM
pany which held a mortgage on it
under a conditional sales con-
tract.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-17
Wrightsuille Sound
Barred To All Hunters

Hunters were warned again yes
terday that the waters adjacent to
the town of Wrightsville Beach. by
law, constitute a game preserve
and hunting and shooting there are
forbidden by law.
An act passed by the general as
sembly in 1927 makes it unlawful
to hunt, trap, shoot or otherwise
kill wild ducks, cranes, geese,
gulls, marsh-hens, or other wild
waterfowl in that portion of New
Hanover county which is embraced
within that territory which is bound
ed on the east by the western
corporate limits of the town of
Wrightsville Beach, on the west by
the western boundary of the Beau
fort-Cape Fear river inland water
way, on the north by a line ex-
tended WestWardly from the center
line of Moore's or Wrightsville in
let, and on the south by a line ex-
tended westwardly from the center
line of Masonboro inlet.
Penalty for violation of the law is
a fine of not more than so or I'M
prisonment for not more than 81
days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-17

A bombing plane with a raw.
Of 5000 miles with a full losa Ne :
bombs would cost about sam MI y.
to $400, 900 each. Military officiO OVl
say the United States should hsr,
1000 or 5000 for this type nlara ae
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-17
CIVIL COURT IS
RECESSED HERE
No More Action Until Mon.
dav: One Case Dismissed,
One Settled This Week

New Hanover superior court, III
civil session, ''broke down" complete
" Yesterday and recessed until next
Monday.
So far this week the court a
dismissed n case, another hao
been settled out of court and others
had been continued.
Indications the court woulo
''break down. were e e Iuesoay
afternoon when court recessed a1ter
continuing two cases. Yesterday at
members of the. bar were sum
moned to the courtroom by Judge
Clawson L. Williams who found the
court in the impossible position OF
being able to try nothing.
At the meeting the calendar was
re.arranged, with the case of the
Housing Authority Of the City OF
Wilmington VS.. K. c. Sudbury and
wife, continued OIL Monday, being
set as the first case for trial next
Monday.
At the conclusion of the session
Thomas A. Henderson, clerk OF
court, announced that jurors sum
moned to serve this week need not
report this morning but may prove
their attendance at the clerks Of
flee and receive their pay tickets.
This, however, does not affect
Jurors summoned to serve next
week, he emphasized. They will be
required to report to the court as
originally instructed.
When court recessed yesterday
afternoon there were approximately
1900 cases on the civil issue docket,
some of which have been there for
10 years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-17
Examinations Planned
For Navy Air Course

The Naval air station at Pensa-
cola, Florida, has announced that
q board of naval officers, headed
by Lieutenant Commander A. Law
erents, a wartime veteran aviator,
will meet at the Hotel Charlotte,
in Charlotte, for about one week,
beginning Nov. S, for the purpose
of interviewing and examining can
didates for naval aviation training.
Lieutenant Commander LAYER
ents said over ITS candidates have
already been given appointments
for this examination. Successful
candidates will be given the regu-
lar Naval aviation course Of in
struction at Pensacola, which con-
sumes the better part of a year
These students receive actual flight
training in all types Of naval air.
craft, both single and multi-en-
gined land and e planes. Ground
training consists Of a t g h
course in navigation, radio, en-.
gines, and airplane structure. Up
on completion of training, these
young men are commissioned as
officers, and sent to active duty
with the aviation squadrons of the
United States Navy, with subse-
quent promotion to the higher
grades. During all this active serv.
ice they receive the full pay and
allowances of their rank.
Candidates for this training must
be American citizens, between the
ages Of 10 and q, must have al
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-17

Turner, a, minor; and Gene Buck
versus w. J. Kerr.
Cases listed for the motion docket
are: Gene Buck versus w. j. Kerr,
U. S. versus two acres OF land~1n
Baden county, Board of Education
Of Bladen county, U. S. versus PITS
acres of land in Bladen county,
Bank of Elizabethtown; U. S. YER
sus 31.5 acres of land in Bladen
county, Jeff J.. Norris.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-17
Civil Suits Placed
On u. S. Court Docket

A number of civil actions has
been placed on the calendar for trial
at the October term Of United States
district court which convenes here
next Monday. They will be called
after the completion of the criminal
docket.
Civil actions:
U. S. versus Jimmie Pearsall, U.
S. versus $685. acres and 1898
acres of land in Bladen county, U. S.
versus Don HARRISON, U. S. versus
one 1910 Plymouth sedan and M. l..
Warren, U. S. versus Ora Ella
Bundy, u S. versu n Mercury
coach, Alma S. Baxter versus Allen
J. Black, w. I. Baxter versus Allen
y. Black, McGiffin and Company,
Inc, Fire Creek Coal company.
Cabrera and Hechsler versus SIS
Colony trader, Metropolitan Life In.
surance company versus Harry r.
Gardner, administrator of the estate
Of Lottie T. Gardner and John M.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-17
Wiliston's Tigers
To Take On New Bern

Williston's Tigers will open their
home season, Friday October 10, at
3 p. m. at Williston Park, 18th and
Ann streets. New Bern will be the
opposing team. Reports from New
Bern are that they have a strong
aggregation and that the Williston
Tigers will have their hands full
in downing the boys from Craven
county.
Coach Robinson and his boys came
through the opening game in Green
vile with one serious injury, the
loss of Right Tackle galley, who
will be out of the game for weeks.
Coach Robinson has been working
on the weak spots that developed
in the Greenville game and ne be-
lieves that he has a winning COM
bination ready for New Bern Friday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-17

to attend the annual Short Course
in Raleigh.
Recommending that grading
and stapling tof cotton) by public
weighers be abolished in the coun-
ty and that a fee be established for
weighing not in excess Of Is cents
per bale, the buyer and seller each
paying half"
ITO ''enlighten' all farmers as
to the benefits of government cot
ton loans, and recommending pat
ronage of the N. c. Cotton Grow
ers' cooperative.
5--Petitioning the county COM
missioners and state extension ser
vice to give the county home de-
monstration agent an assistant.
6-Recommending restablish-
ment of rural elementary schools;
opposing further school consolida-
ton; favoring a load limit for
school buses, a retirement plan
for teachers, and a state constitu-
III dlllSIlQlllSI4L W P1oVAuS 1o@ q
central board Of education.
.7-UGing Robson county farm
ers to balance their farming pro-
gram by addition of livestock and
authorizing appointment of a com
mittee to investigate and recon-
mend an ideal livestock program
for a typical family-size farm.
At the evening session, MacRae,
large scale realtor and owner Of
the famous "Invershiel" farm near
Wilmington, declared that mo
place in the world is moro favored
than Eastern North Carolina II
in climate and soil-but we've got
to use our winers."
The Indian got even with tn
white man when he showed hin
how to grow corn he asserted
pointing out that farmers had turn
ed to corn production at the neg
lect of small grain.