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Milford chronicle., 1940-12-13

the major victories Of this war. II
means that the Italian feet has lost
close TO half It's effectiveness so far
as the surface vessels are concern
ed. And that, In turn. means that
Britain can now release ships from
the Mediterranean to other places
where they are badly needed for pur-
pose Of convoy, and to hunt down
and engage the German raiders
which are operating in the mid-At-
lantic.
Watch Africa now--the next show
down will probably come there. More
and more of French Africa has dis
avOwed the German-dominated Vichy
government and is throwing in with
the free French" cause led by Gem
eral De Gaulle Mysterious General
Weygand is now in Africa. He was
sent there by the Vichy authorities
to hold the colonies. But reports
leak out that Weygand may have an
entirely different plan In mind-that
he may Join De Gaulle or, at least
keep the part of Africa he con-
trolls out of an alliance of any kind
with Germany. If he does that, it
will be a blow to the Axis, which
must conquer Africa as a main step
in its program for destroying the
lifeline of the British Empire.
Also watch the Far East. There
is quiet on the surface there at the
moment, but there is turbulence un-
derneath. Japan has been with
drawing great quantities of troops
Prom Nhfnn faova ha mill
them in a foray against French In
do China and the Dutch East Indies |
or, if worst comes to worst,
against the Philippines. Ray of hope |
is provided by Far Eastern experts |
who insist that Japan knows she is I
far too weak to provoke us into |
war, and that she will back down if |
We maintain a strong and unyielding
policy.
-oOo-
Most of the cOiumnists have been
busy as bird dogs In forecasting I
what course the Administration will I
now take. And all of them seem to
have different ideas. Some think the 1
President will pursue a conserva- A
i've policy; others that he will go 4
n for experiment on a bigger scale
han ever
For the time being. discount all
IT those forecasts considerably.
only one man. the President, knows
what he plans to do, and he hasn't
alked about 1t publicly. The speech
IS and statements he has made since
he election have been moderate in
one and have not indicated any
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-13

startling new departures.
It is obvious that the demands of
rearmament come first in govern
ment now. Whatever the Admins
tration thinks is necessary to ex-
panding production with maximum
speed, will be done, but no one vet
knows what that will entail.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-13

Safety Day will be observed here
on Monday, December 16. Special
programs will be put on at the New
Century Club, the high school and
the theatre,
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-13
Economic HighliOhts

happnnlnqs THAT Affecs The Dinner
Pals, Dividend Checks And Tax Bills
of Every lndlsiduali National And
international Problems inseparabIs
From Local Welfare.
Moose Pass miner., 1940-12-24

Wise ount Lord Halifax was appoint ed to succeed the late LorG Lothian as Engl sh amba ssador to the Unit cd States. Anthony Eden succeeds Lord Halifax in the Foreign Mini stry office in England.
Moose Pass miner., 1940-12-24
NEWS IN TABL oI D

NEWS IN TABLo
 
 Viscount Lord Halifax was appointed to succeed the late Lord Lothian as English ambassador to the United States. Anthony Eden succeeds Lord Halifax in the Foreign Mini istry office in England.
 terrific gale, rain and snowstorm swept the Pacific northwest over the week end. From San Francisc to the Canadian border it wrecked havoc. The Sacrament o river flooded Bedding and Red Bluff, Cal; the San Fernando river overflowed at San ta Cruz, Cal., when eight inches of rain fell. The storm, which begun with hur ricane in Oregon last Saturday night is said to. be the worst in 20 years.
 Grown Prince Olaf of Norway, arrived in New York by plane yesterday to join hi wife, Grown Prince ss Martha and their children. He denied to reporters that hs refugee but the fact that Germany has establi shed five c ono ent rati on camps in which she is int erning anti -Nazists, probably inspired the crown prince to vi g. it the land of the free.
 Fort Yukon yesterday report ed temper ature of %, below zero.
 Presido.Fe Roosevelt wi II broadcast on December
 Helena, stSn., experienced an earthquake : N~.aay aftesMscn, seri ous enough to scare zssaraSsaEaapEs in view of the damaging one Suffered at Helena several years ago.
 The 225 members of the White House staff were resented by President and Mrs. Roosevelt yesterday with silver key rings oil the tags of which were replicas of the president s scotty dog.
 At Valdez, the Federal building, which houses court Headquarters for this div1si ion, destroyed by fire on the l4th. The iron safes and vaults did not burn and court rec ords were rec overed.
 Preliminary work on the Seward airfield which is to be made into a mile long air port with radio beam and hou ses for offi- cers, is under way. A road will be built from Mile 25 to connect with the old road. Leaving Seattle soon after Chri stmas, 963 men and 43 officers will be transferaf red to Anchorage from Fort George Wright at Spokane.
 To all of our sub scribers HAPPY HOLI-
Moose Pass miner., 1940-12-24
DEATH CALLS CHARLES CHRISTENSEN

The sudden death of Charles Chrl Stensen, brother of Oscar Chri st ensen of Moose Pass, occurred in Seward, Wedne sday, December Il. His body was found in his as he sat at lthe wheel, at the entrance to his garage. MT. Chri st en sen was a night wal chman at tthe dock and had ment ioned that he felt ill when he left his post for his home lstead at midnight, Wednesda night. His ideath evidently followed within an hour. He lived alone. Beside his brother who lives in Moose IPass, he s survived by three sisters and 1.-two brothers who live in the States. MT. Chri stensen was "A years old when Ideath called him. He was born aJ Sparta, lWis. He cane to Alaska in 1903. lie Icame directly to Seward and with his broth Ter, Oscar, conducted a transfer business out of Seward when dog teams and pack hor- ses were the means of transfer.
 Funeral services were held Sunday after noon, conducted by the Rev. pr. Torbet, ICa1 NJ. Bresius, A. F. Davis, Ed. Crawford, Martin Lanning, R. E. Weaver, and P.M.ogle, Il longtime friends of MT. Christensen carried his body to it s grave. MT. Chri st ensen mad been member of tAnchorage B.P. lodge for 20 years. He Inspire loyal fri end ships, proving that he was a man of rare integrity and worth las a friend. His passing is sincerely regretted.
 Allied successes against the Rome-Ber- hin Axis cont inue to mount. Greeces war Iri ors keep the Italians on the retreat, cap |turing important positions almost dai- hy. From Cairo word that Engli sh |divi si ons took 34,949 prisoners, l7o4 of wli oh were Italian officers.
 Anthony Karnes, who will retire from his office as Territ orial Comni ssio oner of Educ ati on New Years Day ,has been appoint led Director of Alaska Selective Draft Ser Ivice by Governor Gruening.
 What happened to the Tuberculosis stamp seal sale this year? A very few letters from the, Statss carry them and no Alaska Joachim Joesten, Deni sh newspaper man,
 says in LIFE that if they took him around
 blindfold he could still smell exactly
 where Russia begins and where it ends. He
 says the whole country has distinct,
 fetid ode which may be, according to cir |c t lc s, dull or pungent, mere hint
 in the air or thick and heavy as to
 knock strong man down. So far as Amer
 jeans are conc erned, Stalins tactics
 smell to high heaven.
Moose Pass miner., 1940-12-24

Allied successes against the Rome-Ber hin Axis cont inue to mount. Greece's s wa lriors keep the Italians on the retreat,
 turing import ant new positions almost da- Ily. From Cairo ones word that Eng Ii sh Idivi si ons took 34 ,949 pri soners, l7o4 of
 which were Italian officers.
Evening star., 1940-04-19

Thomas M. Vearry Of the nth pre-
cinct.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Modernizing Three
Unfit Dreadnauuhts
Is Urged by Byrnes
Senator Says This Should
Be Done Before New
Capital Ships Are Begun
BY the Associated Press.

oS tue hSSoClAtto 1IcSS.
The three dreadnaughts which
the Navy rates unfit for sea warfare
should be modernized, Senator
Byrnes of South Carolina said to-
day, before Congress grants funds
for the construction of any more
capital ships.
Senator Byrnes, chairman of the
Naval Appropriations Committee,
said he intended to seek $4,000 900
to restore the fighting efficiency
OF the New York, Texas and Ar
kansas by increasing the range OF
their big guns
The present limited range of the
guns, Admiral Harold R. Stark testi-
fed earlier this week, makes the
hattleships of no value in a modern
sea battle. Cruisers could use them
for targets with impunity," he SAID,
because they outrange them.
Have Only Smile Range.
The main batteries of the three
ships have range of eight miles,
as compared to II and Is miles for
more modern vessels. Senator
Byrnes said he had been informed
that an increase in gun elevations,
work requiring several months,
would give the ships the range they
should have.
Il think it's a great deal more
important to modernize the ships
already at sea-" he said, than it is
to lay down more battleships that
will take four more years to build"
Meanwhile Chairman Walsh fore
cast speedy approval of the II per
cent fleet expansion bill now before
the Senate Naval Committee. He
pointed to the Senate's 63-to-4 ap-
proval yesterday of a 1868, 1877 ,478
Navy outlay during the fiscal year
beginning July l. Both measures
already have passed the House.
Country Held Navy Minded.
THAT was the biggest vote for a
Navy bill in many years." Senator
Walsh said. 1T reflects the senti-
ment of the country, which is now
Navy-mlnded."
Navy experts have said that if the
expansion bill passes they would
ask $170OO,000 to replace old ships
now in the fleet, 100000 for new
tonnage and $18,O00,OOO to enlarge
shipbuilding facilities,
No battleships would be laid down
under the expansion bill, which
carries no appropriation, but aircraft
carriers, cruisers, destroyers and
submarines totaling 10000 tons
would be authorized.
The Navy got s1,7OO,OOO in the
appropriations bill to start two new
battleships as we'll as money to con-
tinue work on eight already being
built.
This bill went back to the House.
however, because of minor Senate
changes. Senator Byrnes said he
thought there would be little diff
Guilty in reaching an agreement on
the changes so that the measure
could be sent to President Roosevelt
within few days.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Stockholm
Continued From First Page.)

ing would be attempted at Andals-
mes, 100 miles southwest of Trond-
helm at the head of Romsdals Fjord.
Such move probably would be
aimed at encircling Trondheim and
gaining control of the railway which
runs southeast to the region where
Norwegian forces are putting up
resistance north of Oslo.
A German aerial attempt to take
Namsos. 100 miles north of Trond-
helm, was thwarted by an allied
landing party in that region, the
Norwegian Legation said in an oral
summary of the military situation.
The summary pictured Norway's
civil and military authorities as con-
fident of being able to make stand
in defense of their present positions
with Norwegian military mobiliza-
ton completed now.
Otherwise the summary offered
little encouraging news to the en-
battled Norwegians as the Germans
expanded their Oslo region territory
and accomplished tanning out op-
erations in other areas where they
have established central bases.
Nazis Insist Narvik Held. =
In the Far North the Germans
insisted they still controlled Narvik.
Some advices said that German
troops also were pushing northward
toward the Swedish-Finnish juno
ton using skis TO traverse the snow
covered terrain.
There were indications, however,
that allied expeditionary forces were
in the Narvik region, though the
exact status Of the town was not
clear.
Many civilians fed the northern
ore port. Severe suffering was re-
ported among refugees whose skis
were Communicated. The invaders
brought along white uniform cover
ings for use in northern operations.
Food and other supplies of Narvik
shops were taken over by the Ger
mans.
From both Stavanger and Bergen
the Germans were tanning out as
they already have from Trondheim.
One Norwegian garrison in the
Hegra fortress, Is miles east OF
Trondheim, was continuing to resist
despite pounding from German ar
tillery. and aerial bombs. The
fortress, manned by about 100 men,
is on the German-held railway line
running eastward to the Swedish
frontier.
Three other Norwegian fortifica-
tions also were holding off German
siege forces-the Trogstad and Hoe
trop fortresses north of Oslo and
Fosseim fortress, so miles southeast
of the captured capital-all with
well-stocked commissaries.
The Norwegians have established
something resembling a battle line
behind the Trogstad and Hoetrop
fortresses along the southern edge
of Three Finger Lakes. Mjosa, Rands-
fjord and Sperillen which point
toward Oslo.
Swedish newspaper correspond
ents trying to locate the Norwegian
King, Haakon VII, said his head
quarters remained complete secret
and that even the French and Brit
ish Ministers had been unable to
locate him in recent days.
A week ago the King was at
Evening star., 1940-04-19
EMorgenthou
EWorn1s Out of
Third ern Quiz

by the Associated Press.
The office was that of Henry Nor
genthau, jr, President Roosevelt's S
Treasury Secretary, and the subject,
not unexpectedly, was that of a third
term.
A reporter inquired how Secretary
Morgenthau felt about that political
pllzzler.
1--WE Duchess County boys ought
to stick together" he replied.
A newsman promptly noted that
the Treasury head and his chief
were not the only prominent resi-
dents of Dutchess County, N. Y.
Would Secretary Morgenthau, he
asked, stick together" with his Rep
resentative, Hamilton Fish, one of
the most thorough-going admins
ttation critics among Republicans in
Congress?
+"Oh, no." said Secretary Morgen-
thau. HE doesn't live there. He
jAstrepresents U.s."
Evening star., 1940-04-19
London
Continued From First Page }

this loss, he added, has been replaced
by new building, seizures and pur-
chases.
The latest loss to British shipping
was the torpedoing OF the iron ore
steamer Swainby, 4,935 tons, We'd
nesday night off North Scotland
after it had escaped capture in the
German occupation OF Narvik, Nor
ways far Northern ore port, April 9.
The sinking was disclosed when the
38-man crew was landed at a Scot
tish port.
An air-raid warning was sounded
yesterday in the Shetland Islands
when a German Heinkel plane ap-
peared. It was chased away by Brit
ish fighters before it could drop
bombs.
On the diplomatic front the allies
kept a close watch on the tense
Balkans and, despite unabated hos
.tility toward the allies in the Ital-
ian press, the tendency of allied
diplomacy appeared to be a striv-
ing for improvement of relations
with Italy.
Eighty Conservative members of
Parliament attended dinner last
night for Italian Ambassador Giu-
seppe Bastianini. Among members
of the British government attending
were Lord Privy Seal Sir Kingsley
Wood, Minister of Shipping Robert
S. Hudson, Minister of Agriculture
Major Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith,
and Parliamentary Undersecretary
for Foreign Affairs Richard A. But
ler.
The diners drank three toasts-to
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, King
George vi OF England and the Ital-
ian envoy. There was no open men,
tion of Premier Mussolini or the
Balkan tension.
Evening star., 1940-04-19

the court the prisoners also were
wanted by Baltimore police for ques-
tioning in f1ve recent robberies
there. in one Of which q Baltimore
man was shot.
The defendants were arrested
April is at Third and M streets NE.
after a lookout had been broadcast
by local police. A warrant sworn to
by Mrs. Sadie E. Atwell, 2768 Naylor
road Sc, charged Powell and Jones
with breaking into her home on Feb
ruary 4 and stealing money and per-
sonal property valued at $12O from a
trunk in rear room.
Both prisoners admitted the theft,
according to Detective Sergt.
Evening star., 1940-04-19

Elverum. One newspaperman re-
ported visiting town after town in
Norway only to find the King al
ready had left after a council meet
ing.
From Sweden's west coast came
reports that a 10,O0O-ton German
hospital ship had been sighted
Steaming northWard toward Oslo.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Found Dead Near Tracks

The body of an unidentified COL
ored man was found alongside
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's s
track near Beltsville, Nd, this morn
ing. Prince Georges County police
said the man apparently had fallen
from a northbound freight train.
He appeared to be about 40 years
old. The body was taken to Gasch's S
funeral home in Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Catholics Gain in U. S.:
2l,403, l36 Are Listed
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 19.-The Ro-
man Catholic population of the
United States, Alaska and Hawaiian
Islands is listed at 81 ,403, 1856 in "the
official Catholic Directory" for 1910.
The directory, issued yesterday by
P. j. Kennedy & Sons ofSNew York,
says that Catholic church member
ship increased by 222,557, but that
because of revision of figures for
the diocese of Brooklyn the total
is listed as 3271 less than the figure
reported in 1899.
The Brooklyn diocese, according
to the Directory, included in its
1910 figures only active, church.
going Catholics, and did not include
many others who are non-active
members.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
United veteruns Dance

Russell H. Herrell, administrative
assistant to the public printer, will
be the principal speaker at the an
nual dinner dance Of the General
Printing Office Unit No. 1, United
Veterans Of American Wars, at $50
pm. tomorrow at the National Press
Club. Howell K. Stephens will act
as toastmaster. Edwin J. Murray is
chairman of the Arrangements Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Two Under $4,000 Bond
In housebreakinq Case u.

Two Washington men-Edward r.
Powell, %, Of the TOO block of Ken
tucky avenue Sc. and Roland Jones.
26, Of the 1700 block Of A street
S.E-were held today for action Of
the grand jury under $4,000 bond
each after pleading guilty to charges
of housebreaking before Police Court
Judge John P. Mcmahon.
Heavy bonds were imposed at the
request of Assistant United States
Attorney Stephen Haycock, who told
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Students Are Honored

Miss Margaret Cheney, $500 Nc
Kinley street NV, and Charles B.
Woodbury., 1901 Hoban road NV,
have been named to Phi Beta Kappa,
national scholastic honor fraternity,
at Oberlin (Ohio) College.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
FuIIs Into Sewer Excavation

Edwin S. Pickett, District Heights,
Nd, was being treated in Casualty
Hospital today for chest and leg in
juries after having fallen l8 feet into
sewer excavation at Thirty third
street and Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Pun-Americun Editor Speoks

Miss Elsie Brown, editor Of the
Pan-American Bulletin, today ad-
dressed 3 luncheon Of the World
Fellowship Committee at the Y. w.
C. A. Mrs. Albert Atwood, chairman
Of the committee, presided.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Oslo Committees Aim
To Restore NormoIcy

OSLO, April 10 (P.-Einar Chris
tensen, chief Of the Administrative
Council which has taken over civil
government functions in German
occupied territory, today outlined
the duties of his council as re-
establishment of normal life behind
the German lines.
The council was appointed by the
Supreme Court, although the Nor
wegian government, fugitive from
the German invasion, denies its
authority.
Demobilized soldiers and unem-
ployed persons are to be sent home
to work. Christensen declared, say
ing his task was limited to restart-
ing production within occupied terri
tory, relieving the population and
creating iveable conditions.
German authorities have prom
ised to keep us abreast of the oc-
c1pation limit" he said.
Our chief duty is to create a
connection between producers and
consumers and between farming
districts and small towns on one
side and Oslo On the other"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-29

With the announcement of the
engagement, Miss Simpson also
revealed Aug. as the date for the
wedding which will be solemnized
IN Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Simpson
will leave Aus l for the east and
IN st. Louis. Mo. will be joined by
Miss Carey Weaver who Will go
east with the bride-elect to be her
maid of honor.
Miss Simpson graduated from
the College of Puget Sound, later
taking her masters degree at New
York university. She is a men,
Der of Kappa Sigma Theta soror-
ity at c. p. S. Her fiance is
graduate oil Dartmouth and also
attended Harvard Business school
SIN all individual three-tiered
wedding cakes. in each of which
was concealed a tiny capsule con-
tanning the announcement, were
presented TO each guest at the
supper hour. the party was gwen
In the garden where the picnic
supper was served. An attractive
pink and white floral arrangement
centered the table. During the
evening, the bride-elect was given
a shower Of personal gifts.
Guests were Miss Hopkins, Miss
Mildred Brown, Mrs. Barton c.
McMath, jr., Mrs. Donald Shaw,
Miss Betty Mann. Mrs. Leonard
Mcclure, Miss Tilley De Bord, Miss
Ann Strobel, Miss Pegge Simpson,
Miss Gail Day, Miss Doris Day,
Miss Marianne Hawthorne ana
Miss Betty Evanson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-29
Two Compliment
Miss RolStad
Miss Fox and Miss Morten
sen are Co-Hostesses

Miss Elsie Rolstad. bride
elect of Mr.. Floyd DE Freeze,
was honored at a miscellane-
Gus shower Wednesday eve
ming for which Miss Bertha
Mortensen and Miss Ida Fox
were hostesses. The party
was given at the Mortensen
home on So. Birmingham. A
feature Of the evening was
the presentation of a group
Of accordion selections by
Miss Doris Rolstad.
Games were played with favors
going 10 Miss Berniee Danielson.
Miss Anna May schow and the
bride-to-be.
Decorations for the supper table
were carried cut in pink and white.
Guests were hssdames Robert
Mckelvey. y. @. DeAngelis. Frank
Fox. S. r. Mortensen. ami the
Misses Dewey Seiayia. Thelrna
Meadows. Ellen aortsnsen. Iris
Engier, Ruth johnson. Anna May
Schow. Helen Bennett, Lola Ser
man. Winlfred Sommers. jerry
Ostberg, D0resn Columbine. Bsr-
nice Danislson. Eddia Sciayia and
the bride-eleet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-29
August Nupiials
Are in 0ffing
Mim Rawlings 10 We'd Mr..
O'Ne;H In Late Summer

Formal Announe ment Ia
being made today by Mr.. and
Mrs. w, r.. Rawlings. Aild
No. 25th st.. Of the betrnthAl
Of their daughter. Miss Ruth
Rawlings. to Mr.. Patrick Gle.
ment O'NeilI. son Of Mrs. Eu-
gene 0'Nrill Of Sumner.
The ceremony viii be read
In tho rectory OF vt. I.eo's
church BY the Rev. A. j.
krcbsbach. :, j.. on the eve
ming OF Friday, August 10.
Attending N. wedding. which 70
10 he . quiet affair. wiil b. I'm.
mediate members NJ the t~o fam.
lilies and closest friends u thu
couple
The bride has asked her sister.
Miss Eilsabsth Rawlings. to he her
only attendant and Mr. o'NesIi will
he attended by his brother. Mr..
James o'Neiii.
Mr. OMEN and his bride viii
make their home here after th~if
marriage The hrids-.ieet 10 =
Stadium high school graduate and
her fiapee wac graduated from
Sumner high school