The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-02
Britain Bombs Nazi
 Air Bases Steadily
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Island, of 0othsnburg, quoted resi-. dents today as asserting that they had seen four or five German ships sunk yesterday during a British at. tack on a German convoy in the Northern Kattegat.
 No confirmation was available oi this report, and a reliable Gothen- burg source said that the best in- formation indicated that one Ger. man ship was sunk and another sci aiire.
 The semi-offlclal Swedish news agency reported that one German ship was sunk. It added that Brit ish naval units as well as airplaneS were believed to have taken part ir the attack.
 IStanbul, Turkey, May 2.-tuP)- The country was calm today but Il was understood that the government had received at Ankara diplomatic communications of great secrecy from Britain and France yesterday and that 1t was keeping in close touch with the Balkan countries especially Jugoslavia.
 The campaign against foreigners caused i62 artists and "hostesses' to be dismissed from night clubs fl, Istanbul alone and two of the larg- est clubs announced they were clos ing because they could find nc Turkish talent to fill the vacancies
 Stockholm, May 2.-(UP)-A new board of directors Of the Bank Of Norway has announced that 1t had taken over the business of the bank and had established 1t in Molde British -hold western Norwegian port, Q reliable source reported to- day.
 The statement, according to re- ports, said the Norwegian ministry of finance had informed all foreign central banks that deposits abroad in the name of persons or banks in occupied Norway arc to be taken over by the Bank of Norway at Molde.
 New York, May -CUP)-The American freighter Flying Fish, held for !4 days at Bergen, Norway, by the German invasion, arrives today at 2;30 D. m. EDT accounting for all but one of the three American ships caught in Norway.
 The Mormacsea returned week ago, but the Charles R. Mccormick, Q west coast ship, has been unheard from. She was last reported in the little milling port of Baksdal, 20 miles from Bergen,
 London, May 2.--tUp) Every time German warship is destroyed the Allied powers arc able to send two more warships of similar size to danger spots In the Mediterran- can or elsewhere, Sir Henry Page Croft said today in q speech to the Primrose league,
 He pointed out that these, addi- tional Allied warshlpS could be sent to points where 1t was possible Ger many might persuade another na- ton to aid the reich.
 Paris, May 2,-(UP) Artillery fire in the VoSges and Saar sectors of the Western Front alone broke a general calm today, Q military in- formant said.
 Slightly improved weather brought ariplanes out on reconnaissance flights. French planes flew over Germany and German planes over eastern France and the Belgium Luxembourg frontier area.
 This mornings war office com munique said that there was noth- Ing to report.
 Paris, May 2.-(UP)-A military tribunal at Lille has passed the death sentence on Giacomo Forrea and Vincenzo Piccione, Italians, convicted as spies, 1t was made known today.
 Athens, Greece, May 2.-CUP)- Ten classes of reserve officers and specialists were called to the colors today for one month of training between May and August.