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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Store Sales Up Sharply
In Eighth District
By the Associated Press.


ST. LOUIS, Oct Robustness
gains throughout the eighth Federal
Reserve district were reflected yes
terday by department store sales for
September. which showed an in
crease of 1919 per cent over August
and AZ per cent over September
1899.
For the nine months ended Sep
TENDER 80, sales in the district were
68 per cent ahead of the same
period last year, the Federal Reserve
Bank of st. Louis reported
For September, the banks per-
centage figures for individual cities
included:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Roll Issue Awarded

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-A banking
group headed by Halsey, Stuart g.
Co. Inc, were successful bidders
at the sale of s2.758,000 Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.,
2 per cent Equipment Trust Certifi-
Gates Series ~" due serially $751;
900 each May l and November l
from May /, 194l inclusive. Reoffer-
ing is being made by the purchasers,
subject to Interstate Commerce
Commission and court approval, at
prices to yield 020 per cent to Its
per cent according to maturity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Metal Market

NEW YORK. Oct. 10 Chopper,
steady; electrolytic. SPOT. Conn. Valley,
Tin, firm; spot and nearby, So 90; forward.
5l75. Lead, arm: spot, New York, 5.25-
30; East ST. Louis. $40. Zinc, steady;
East St. Louis, SPOT and forward, 725.
Pig iron. aluminium. antimony, quicksilver,
platinum. Chinese wolframite and do
mestic scheelite unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10

Cities grouped in the tabulation
are Ell Dorado, Ark; Alton, Carbon
dale and Harrisburg, Ill; Evansville
Ind; Clarksdale, Miss, and jackson,
Tenn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10

Statement of 1t. Col.
Lewis B. Hershey, execu-
tive officer at National Sc
lective Service headquar-
tiers:
"You and the Draft
Is an outstanding example
of the fine cooperation
given by newspapers to
National SelectiVe Service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10

TENDER was slightly over s11, COM
pared with slo.23 in September last
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Woman Students Admitted

All Latin American universities
admit woman students, the first in
stitution to have taken this radical
step being the University OF Chile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10

There are about 30 uses of plas-
tice In new automobiles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10

headquarters and the progress we have
been able to make has been due in a
very large part to that cooperation.
The booklet will be very helpful in an
swering the questions of registrants.
'The Star is to be complimented for
it's public service in compiling and pub
fishing this booklet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
United Stutes Treasury Position


The position Of the Treasury October
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31
|OLD CITY HALL
SALE DISCUSSION
SET FOR TONIGHT

The Council and Municipal Service
Commission will meet i'm the Council
chambers tonight To discuss the queS-
ton of selling the old city hall proper
~ on the southwest corner of Biddle
avenue and Elm street.
Two weeks ago the Council author
lied City Clerk I.awremt1. J. IAaCourSe
10 advertise for bids for the sale of the
Property. The bids were opened at
Tuesday nights meeting of the Coun-
Gil. Two offers were aecrived by the
city. AZ follows: Francis b. Sobel, Of
Detroit $3.50; Max MigCloll. of Wy
andotte. SILL 900
The Municipal Servie Commission.
in d resolution read at Tuesday nights
Council meeting, protested the sale Of
that part of the building which houses
the Commissions collection offices.
The Commission stated that. if forced
To rhange locations, they would have
To pay minimum rental fee of
$3.50 annually, which would not be
offset by taxes aoorRMng on the pre-
sent property. The Commission also re-
called that when that body advanced
funds for the purchase of the present
city hall, il waS understood that the
Commission would have use of the old
property. as collection office, rent
free, as long aS the city held posses
SIGN of the property
IN resolution signed by Council
man Ford Wagar. the Commission was
notified of tOnight's meeting. and the
city clerk was instructed to notify the
bidders that final action on the mat
ter would bp taken at the Council seS-
sion next Tuesday night.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31
Proclamation

The European war has spread
So alarmingfy and the pressure Of
need has become So great among
the civilian populations of the
stricken count rie>. rhat the Ameri-
can Red Cross is appealing to all
Americans for unified relief
fund of $lO.OOO.OO0.
Wayne cOunty'S quota has been
set ut SJ00.tOO and We in metre
pOlitan Detroit will want To lead
our county in our generous res
pOn$e To this appeal as we have i'll
the pa>r.
Under the banner of the Ameri-
can Red CrOS>-;IuthOriZed agent
of the United States government
i'll appeals for disaster or war re
lief-will he unified all of the cam
pagnS which have been in pro
greSS since the outbl eak of the
war.
In this way We shah be- able 10
contribute 10 one large fund. but
under the regula lions of the Red
Cross we shall still be able To SEE
that our assistance goes 10 what
ever countries we wish TO help.
la other words. we are being per
mitted to designate our gifts for
use i'll specific nations. if we 50
desire
With headlines blaZOning the
horrors OF modern warfare and
with every WyandOtte living room
the daily center of discussion
about the war. there is no need for
me to dwell upon the needs chat
are developing abroad.
| can only say that governments
may fall. armies may be crushed.
rulers may hr tk'thrOned: but hui
maniiy-iunocent non-combatamS
women. children and the aged
must he saved. The generosity Of
America today stands AZ the final
court If appeal for these mnwill-
in victims.
Realizing thi>. |. Ioui> w.
Benin. mayor "f The city e Wyan-
dui.. IL, hereby proclaim th'. week
of jams :;.;l tu 18th. 1910. ~ Red
Cr,.>> week. when Wyand1tte, of
all rank and STATION may ma kc
their combinations to this hunanl-
tarian cause and In. assured that
The fund will be- administered I'M
partially and efficiently to allevi-
ate suffering across the Atlantic
I.DIIS W. Benin. Mayor.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31
MUSIC PAGEANT
|. BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,

y mu>i pageant. "OurtoWn III
Spring" will be presented by pupils of
The WyandVrte public schools next
Tuesday and Wednesday. June and
:. at the Roosevelt athletic field
Eight episodes show the progression
II spring f!om Easier To Flag day
The narrator> are William Pope and
Larry Egland
The program includes:
AIendel~~Ohn's Spring Song" Roos-
cvelt high school orchestra.
Easier Lincoln and Roosevelt
iuniur high schools.
The Children Come Outdoors To
Play. y Il. Ford school.
The Spring Carnival Comes to
Town Washington school.
April Showers Bring May Flowers
Woodruff school
The Gardeners Start Workable
kinlry school
Field Day-Labadic. Mckinley and
Garfield schools.
Band Concert in the Par k"-I.aba
die. Lincoln. Roosevelt junior bands.
Roosevelt mixed chorus and Il capella
choir
Finale Flag Day" - Elementary
vhoruS and Roosevelt senior band.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31
~ Warning Cards
Placed in One Day

Last Friday. May "a, ~ signs were
ordered tackled UP on as many houses
in the city. Most Of these signs were
warning cards. stating that the In
mates had been exposed to communi-
cable diseases The cards were put on
houses in all sections OF the city-Oe-
dar. Chestnut, Walnut. Lindbereh.
Fifth. Biddle. Oak, Sycamore, Fourth.
Poplar. Maple. Chestnut, Van Alstyne,
Spruce, Superior. First, Eureka. Nc
Kinley. Central, Cherry, Second. Tenth
anG Orange
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31
Spring Concert
Tuesday, June IL

The Junior CHORAL society and the
Philharmonic String ensemble will
present spring concert. Tuesday ev-
ching. June II. i'm the Garfield school
auditorium. The Junior Choral society
l. conducted by EleanOre Bennink.
with Anita Raether as accompanies.
Jack Downing will conduct the Phil
harmonic String ensemble
The Choral society comprises the
following members:
First soprano - Dorothy Barkey,
June Brighton, Geraldine Burns, Vir-
ginia Clements. Janet Craigie. Martha
Craigie. Betty Graf, Arlene Hamer.
joyce Johnson. Betty Knox. Rosemary
LAWYER. Virginia Sullivan.
Second soprano Bernice Balm
Phyllis Dickinson, Mary Fairchild
Ruth Fair-hild, Florence Gabeline
Lillian Gilman.
Alto = Bette Bailey, Carol Bailey,
Marion Barr. Betty Darnell. Evelyn
Irvine. Gladys Johnson, Olive KOwal-
ski, Virginia Newberg, Juliette Peltier,
Frances Rabbi. Wanda GOrSky. Joyce
Harriott, Dorothy Pruce. Norma Jean
Roe. Kathleen SkidmOre. June Th0n.
Ruth Vale
Following is the personnel of the
Philha rmOnic String ensemble:
First violin Dorothy JudkinS,
Angela Seraph.
Second violin Jean IIarriott, Will
lifred Allard
Third violin - Josephine Degliarick,
Dorothy Phillips
Fourth violin Lillian Weston.
Shirley Oehring.
NiOla-NIargale Davis. Floyd Bet
ties.
Cello-Alice Block. Gwendolyn Bir-
kett
Bass Louise Conway. Mildred
Schafer.
Piano-MarjOrie HaddOck.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31
MICHAEL BRUO|C
ENDED HIS LIFE
By HANGING

Victor Stay. of III Bennett street
called the police shortly before y. m,
May -. telling Them that a man by
The name of MiclEiel James Biudic.
aged II. IF 112ls Bennett street. had
committed suicide 10y first cutting his
throat with Il razor blade and then
banging himself in the stairway lead
ing To tile second floor If rhe building.
Brudic had been Il patient in the Kal-
amazoo" hospital for the past five
years. He was married hut had not
been living with his wife. Gertrude.
Her address is given aS 90 Netia
street Grand Rapids Brudic had been
living with his son. Bernard at the
above address; for the past four months.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31
4 CANDIDATES
FOR PLACE ON
SCHOOL BOARD

When the hour for film" petitions
for place on the aunLIl school ballui
~ .ir,~i Last Saturday. four candidates
hlJ filed tn contest for The Two places
q" q" filItd ,'n The Board of Education.
They wcr, John X McInerney. Thorn
a. Almldn. Ir. Conrad L. Kreger and
Ir-d Il-k,
John Il. McInerney was born in Wy
aucottr IL years ago. AMI was educated
H. he - Fat Irk grade school and
h.-I >rh""I. Mr. Mclucrucy was en-
p..rd for several Years 10y the Wyan-
du-r SAVINGS bank Upon complexion
a. IL law ,-",,r>c an The bet ruit col
IT, 81 LAW, ne WAS admitted 10 prac-
t.,- iu >t.p,.mhrr 1890
y mrInhcr of The IIolIsc in the
l.t-; state legislature Mr. McIurrnry
Va> apl,niu.,d 10 several important
co.. mi'1r,.S He WIS chairman of The
II,".>c committee Of the Boys Noc;i-
;i"gaI school and "a member Of the
H"'~, committee. for tile University of
Michigan. and 81 the House committee
uu 'HX;iti"u
Nr. Mcln"rncy j. chairman of the
taxation committee for the Down River
hImt'cr IF Commerce. and i a mem
bcr IF The Fourth degree. Knights of
columbus Following the federal bank
holiday. he WAS receiver for the Fist
National bank of Wyand0ttr the Ink
StCr National bank. and the First Ma
;luIEIl bank of Dearborn. lie i at pre-
sent a director If the National bank of
Wyandotte
NJ. MclIlrrncy i married and OWLS
his own humc and business mercantile
property in Wyand0itc. lie is engaged
In The private practi,1' of law. He is
the son of John f. McIneruey. former
owner of Catalan Drug Stores who
was post master for eight years from
19l2 to 1870
His experience in hIn1ing. l-gi>la
tive work. and in the private practice
eff Inv should make him Il valuable
ln"nbc" Of the lUrsl hOul board, aC-
Cording 10 those who are Sponsoring
his candidacy.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31

one-Story dwelling at 1Jl1 Twenty.
first street. owner Ideal Construction
Co. 5000 ~
Alterations to dwelling al 1913
Twelfth street owner Anthony Kamin-
sky. 5000.
Garage at $3.50 Fourteenth street
owner Wayne Trueman. SD.
Alterations To dwelling al 34l6 Six
teenth street, owner, Warren ] Simp-
son. SOD.
Garage at 1903 Sixth street, owner
Salvatore PaSSalacqua. $40.
Garage at 1855 Thirteenth street.
owner Robert Bennett, $4OO.
Alteration Ia dwelling at 1925 Nc
kinley, owner Ignacy Konopka, $50.
One-stOry dwelling at 30 Perry
l'laoe, owner Miracle Building Co, 49,
600.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31
.Fivs June Trips
to Bots Blanc

Saturday. June @ExcurSiOn Of the
First Baptist church school.
Thursday. June 13-JOint excursion
sponsored by the Knights IF Columbus
and Daughters of Isabella.
Tuesday, June 1S-Annual excursion
of Our Lady Of Mt Carmel parish.
Thursday, June 20-Annual trip Of
ST. Stephens Episcopal church
Saturday, June 29-Annual excur-
sion sponsored by the First Methodist
Sunday school.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31
Edward knack
Dies in Hospital

Funeral services for Edward Knack
for - years chief electrician for the
Michigan Alkali Company, were held
in st. Patrick church on Monday morn
ing. Burial was in ST. Mary's GENE
terry. lockwood.
Mr. Knack, who was 81 years Of
age, died on Thursday Of last week al
the University hospital in Ann ArbOr.
He was a native of Trenton.
Surviving are his wife. Athena; a
daughter, Mrs. Frank Knight; 1--WE
sons. Joseph and Lee; brother, JOS
eph Knack; four sisters. Mrs. R0Se
Angel. Mrs. Anna Cassidy. Mrs. Henry
laurence and Mrs. Margaret Wagner
also five grandchildren.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31

~ a lifelong resident. Il home own
e. fvr ~ years. and the parent of "a
recent graduate. Thomas Altman. Jr..
j. kc,,nly Interested ia school affairs
aud Ionl taxation problems. Mr.. All
man attended the WyandOtte public
schools. and enlisted in the United
States army on April q. 1917. After
serving throughout the world war he
WIS hunnrably discharged in June,
l92c
Mr. Altman j. married and i the
parent If :; son. Warren. who sradu-
ated from Roosevelt high school III
1?:I9 and i al present attending Alma
college He i IL member of the First
Presbyterian church and of the hide
pendent Order of OddfellowS. The All
ran> have resided AT 4tTJ Maple street
since 1911 and have been taxpayers
for ~ years Throughout this period
MIR. Altman has been employed 10y the
Wyandotte Terminal Railway III the
Michigan Alkali Company south plant.
Actively concerned in civic affairs.
lrr Is particularly interested in main
tanning and preserving the enyiable
record rhe Wyandotte school system
holds in Michigan His sponsors feel
that he viii. if elected, give literally
of his time. thought and energy to
provide OWr children the educa tiOnal
opportunities they have a right TO. the
hes that our $,-hOol> can furnish.
The above candidates will he OppoS-
ed for cl,N.lion by Conrad Z. Kreger
and Fred Tackle. who are seeking a
comeback following their defeat at the
polls 9; year age.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31
Fire Chief Anselm
in Local Hospital

Fire Chief Gustav An>rlm. who Suf-
ft-red Il hcmorrhagc last Friday in the
sity hall. and rushed 10 the Wyan-
dUttc General hospital, has had several
blood ulan>fu>iouS The latest report
from the hospital i that he j. resting
ea.ily.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31
Nan Shot by
Unknown Assailant

Harvey PprkOwSki. ~ years old.
of ST. Ash street went To the alley in
the rear IF his home to throw away
an old roe bush. last Friday. and
when he opened the gate he felt some
thing hit him in the right shoulder,
which la Thought WAS stone from
slim. Shot lie heard Il gun report but
did not see anyone in the vicinity.
lie was taken tn the Wyanduttt@ Gen
erll hospital hy his wife. Helen. where
rays were taken II WAS found that
he had h,Sn shot 10y bullet of I'M
known .alihrc, through the right nib
twu inches tn the right IF the verte-
hrat. and lodged i'm hi> right lung He
WAS held for observation ~ his condi-
tinu WAS regarded ~ - ;pu~ PcrkoW-
>Ei told police he knew II n" reason
why anyone wanted To shoot him. IL
nv had had ne p,arrrl with anyone.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-31

John Peters waS found dead in bed
in his basement home az NJ Hudson
street. ar 12:l1 a IN. ISt sunday.
Everett Webb. who also liv,> in the
tn,sS,. notified police. Health Offter
pr. y. II. Mclaughlin Na> called. and
pronounced the man dead Tie coron-
cr'> affi.., was nu;ifi,h and the body
r,4,li >ed to- an undertake.
Evening star., 1940-03-18

very bright hope for peace in today's
Brenner Pass conference between
Hitler and Mussolini. The air raids
of the week end, they said, were only
a sample of "the total war" they
gloomily predicted would follow.
Students of the fast-shifting dip
lomatic maneuvering indirectly
linked Undersecretary of State Sum-
ner Welles, President Roosevelt's
European surveyor, with the surprise
meeting between the German Reich
chancellor and the Italian Premier.
A note of hopelessness ran through
spoken and printed speculation on
the conference outcome. Highly
placed commentators, indorsing Mr..
Roosevelt's peace speech Saturday,
repeated the official British view that
no real peace could be made with
the present German government.
Evening star., 1940-03-18
Chamberlain

on the future of Finland, but Mr..
Butler asked members to await Mr.
Chamberlain's statement. Asked for
assurance that Finland would not
be prejudiced when the peace con-
ference came because she accepted
the Russian peace terms, Mr.. Butler
replied that lit is not possible to
forecast at this stage the scope of
the peace conference"
Asked whether a comprehensive
plan existed for immediate military
aid to Turkey if "her integrity
should be threatened or if it becomes
expedient for her to go to the aid
OF a neighboring state,' Mr. Butler
replied:
Great Britain and France are
bound by Article one of their treaty
of mutual assistance with Turkey
to give Turkey all the aid and as
surance in their power in the event
of her being involved in hostilities
with. a European power in conse-
quence of aggression by that power
against Turkey. The form that as
sistance should take has been and
is the subject of consultation be-
tween the three governments.
This, the 193th day of the war,
the Prime Minister'S list birthday,
found Adolf Hitler and Benito Mus
solini in a meeting at Brenner Pass
which centered speculation on
whether Germany was planning an
intensified conflict or peace Of
fensive."
The British press clamored for
greater initiative in the govern
ment's direction of the war and the
sharp division of opinion on Mr..
Cnamberlain's conduct of it was
heightened by scheduled debate in
the House of Commons tomorrow.
Laborites, Liberals and some Con-
servatives were expected to press
for more vigorous action.
Changes May Come After Easter.
Informed political observers ex-
pressed the conviction that Mr..
Chamberlain is planning ministerial
changes soon, probably after the
Easter parliamentary recess, which
starts Thursday.
Some thought he might adopt the
pattern set in the World War by
David Lloyd George for small war
cabinet engaged solely in direction
of higher war policy, with all de-
partmental routine given to minis
ters outside the cabinet
In such plan 1t was considered
likely that Mr.. Chamberlain would
retain in the streamlined cabinet
these three-Winston Churchill, first
lord of the Admiralty: Chancellor of
the EXchequer Sir John Simon and
Lord Halifax.
There were indications he might
seek again to induce the Labor and
Liberal leaders, Clement r. Attlee
and Sir Archibald Sinclair, to join
the government, which they refused
to do at the beginning of the war,
but it was regarded still doubtful
that they would accept.
Lloyd George, the World War
Prime Minister, also was mentioned
in speculation on possible cabinet
personnel.
In the most outspoken demand
thus far for a cabinet shake-up and
Evening star., 1940-03-18
d the United States for q certain

and the United States for q certain
period.
Capt. Ted Mailheu Of the Los
Angeles forgery detail said the
amount involved was about 1,500.
Dahl went to fight for the Spanish
Republican (Madrid) government as
pursuit pilot at $500 q month.
He was captured when his plane
fell into enemy territory in July,
1887. A court-martial condemned
him to death, but he was pardoned
later.
II heard Gen. Franco was quite
struck by my wife's beauty and I
guess there's no question it saved
my lfe," he said.
Evening star., 1940-03-18

more dynamic war policy, the
conservative Daily Mail declared:
Events seem to be always one
jump ahead of the British govern
ment. =" While the enemy acts
Gin reference to the Hitler-M -Mussolini
meeting) the democracies hesitate
To-day we still have the good
old easy-come-easy-go system of
muddling inefficiency. It may carry
us through peace, but it's not good
enough for war.
THE government should face one
fact. Their lack of boldness is los
ing them public confidence. The
British people want to see Britain
the master not the servant of
events"
First Civilian Casualties.
The mass Nazi raid in Saturdays
twilight brought the wars first
civilian casualties and the an
nouncement that an unidentified
British battleship had been hit.
One cottager was killed and seven
other civilians including two
women-were wounded. Seven naval
men were listed as casualties also,
but the Admiralty did not specify
whether they were killed or wounded.
The Air Ministry's report of
counter raid on German warships
in Helgoland Blight during daylight
hours Saturday and the admission
of naval authorities that the Orkney
Islands station, like all "our eastern
and northern bases" is always"
vulnerable to attack, did not cushion
newspaper criticism.
The fact that only one German
bomber was shot down prompted
questions about the effectiveness of
the Royal Air Force. The press
blamed the r. A. F. for not downing
more.
Minor Damage to Warships.
The more than 100 high explosive
and incendiary bombs Nazi raiders
showered on the island of the North
Scottish coast did only minor
damage" to the British man O war,
but the Admiralty announced that
the next OF kin Of the seven naval
casualties had been notified.
The raid was the first on Scapa
Flow since the battleship Iron Duke
was hit and damaged by a German
air raider on October II. Four days
previously the battleship Royal Oak
was sunk there by a German SUBJ
marine. Our best strategic base"
was thereafter abandoned as a feet
station, according to Mr.. Churchill.
Stayed IS Minutes.
Soon after the enemy squadron
roared in from the North Sea,
heather on the hilly objective
Pomona Island-was blazing. The
raiders appeared just after sunset
at about 7:50 pm. and were not
driven off by a combined defense of
planes and ship and shore batteries
until 9:15 pm. Five cottages were
hit and farm buildings and hay
stacks were fired.
While the British stated that few
Of the enemy dared to brave Scapa
Flow defenses, but were content
to kill and wound civilians in a
small village bridge of Waith) five
or six miles from the harbor," Ger
man announcements claimed three
battleships and one cruiser were
severely damaged" and that two
other naval vessels sustained prob
able" damage.
British observers failed to find
Evening star., 1940-03-18
Red Demand Expected
For scandinavian Ports
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, March 18.-The
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet
said in Moscow dispatch last night
that Russia was reported to be in
tending to demand free trade ports
In Sweden and Norway after nego-
tiating trade treaty with Finland.
The Soviet also planned to nego-
tiate for trade treaties with Sweden
and Norway, the dispatch said.
Harbors were not mentioned by
name, but Aftonbladet declared
Russia felt the need of a Norwegian
harbor on the Atlantic in case q
sea war broke out in the Baltic.
The purported Russian plans were
discounted in official circles of the
two Scandinavian countries.
In Oslo, the Norwegian news
agency Norsk Telegram Byra said
the Aftonbladet dispatch was not
confirmed officially in Moscow.