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    Herr Hitler UUd Gentlemanly Restraint in Deferring His Blitzkrieg Against Scandinavia Until Peace Envoy Welles Left Berlin With a Pocketful -of Dreams;
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 80
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lowest temperature lust night 42
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f HE DOUGLAS COUNTY DALY '
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NO. 316 OF ROSEBURG Rf 3
ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1940.
Vol xxviii
NO. 216 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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'PWO things are happening in the
North sou and its entrance to
the liultic, the SkuKerrnk. In
these cold witters, a hattle is tak
ing place and a show is being put
on.
The objective of the hattle is
possession of the Scandinavian
peninsula. The purpose of tho
hIiow is to impress nations still on
the fence.
"pilE hatlle, of course, Is the jirl-
nmry consideration.
IT the allies gain possession of
Norway (which will give them a
pry on Sweden) they will have n
jumping on place for attacking
Germany ON A NEW FIIONT
which the Germans four.
If the Germans HOI J) Norway
( which they have seized with In
sufficient forces that they are
now trying desporatoly to re-enforce)
they will have prevented tho
allies from opening up a now front,
will have cinched possession of
Scandinavian resources such as
Sweden's Iron anil will have gained
closer liases for submarine and air
attacks on Britain.
It is for these tremendous ob
jectives that the battle now under
way Is being fought.
'yilE show, of courso, Is aimed In-
directly and remotely at US,
but DIRECTLY AND IMMEDIATE
LY at the European JiouUalH es
pecially the llalkan nations which
lire hoping to slay on the fence
but have in tho hack of their minds
the Idea of rushing to tho aid of
the probable victor aB soon as It
becomes reasonably apparent who
the victor is going to be.
The probability of victory may
be Indicated by tho battlo now in
progress, so these European neu
trals (especially tho llalkan i
tlons) are on the hot spot MIGHT
NOW.
If, out of the battlo raging in the
North sea, they can pick the win-
(Continued on page 4.)
Escapees Caught
On McNeil Island
TACOMA, Wash.. April 15. (AP)
Near exhaustion from lack of food
nnd rest, Joseph Paul Cretzer, 28.
and Arnold Thomas Kyle, 29.
known as "the nation's No. 1 bank
robhinR team." were captured last
nleht only two and n half miles
from McNeil Island federal peni
tentiary. The pair escaped Thurs
day. Their capture was made without
resistance by a posse of 12 prison
puards nfter a searching party of
three had discovered them hiding
in a bushy area near the island
schoolhouse. The fugitives acci
dentally made their presence
known when one made n noise as
he Rhifted his position In the
bushes.
They escaped from the peniten
tiary by driving a delivery truck,
which had been left in the prison
yard, through the rear Inspection
gate under tho gunfire from a
guard. The truck was found aban
doned two miles from the prison.
Both were serving 25-year sen
tences for robbing the Bank of
America In l-os Angeles In 1938.
Los Angeles Teamsters'
Strike Brought to Halt
LOS AN'GELKR. April 15. (AP)
An A.F.U teamsters' strike
against the city's three largest
produce nters ended at 3 a. m.
today, when the union voted to sub
mit a wage Increase demand to ar
bitration, a step suggested earlier
by the management.
Picket lines, maintained since a
walkout Friday, were removed. The
strike affected directly 1.250 work
ers In the three markets and Indi
rectly 2.000.000 consumers, who
paw fruit nnd vegetable prices go
up Saturday nnd anticipated further
increases If the dispute continued.
The union asks that the mini
mum wage be raised from 925 to
930 weekly.
MAYOR FRED W. HAYNES PASSES
Career Also
Included War
Time Service
U. S. Land Offiet Position
Receiver Filled; Pursuits
in Business Lift Included
Dentistry and Pharmacy.
of
nr. Frederick W. Huynes, GS,
Hosebnrg druggist, and former
mayor or Roseburg. died this morn
ing at the veterans . hospital In
Porl land following a long period of
111 health.
Mr. llnynes was nn oTflcer with
the Second Oregon Volunteers dur
ing the Spanish-American war and
also served In tho stale guards
during the world war. Ho outraged
for many years in the practice of
dentistry, changing eventually to
the operation of a drug store.
Horn in Bosehurg, October 22.
1871, the son of tieorge undt Cnn io
Lane Ilavnes. Dr. Hayues was fav
ored hv illustrious ancestors
through both or his parents. His
wit em" 1 gin nd fa t her cmJcrtteri
from Kngland to America with his
family In an early day nnd met
death In a battle with Indians
while moving westward. His fath
er, who nt tho nge of 15 years ho
gan a career ns a seaman, pros
pected during the gold rush days
in California, then engaged in the-
mercantile business nt Scotlsburg,
later moving to Winchester and
men to lioseimrgj whore he re
mained in (business until 1880,
when he retired from merchandis
ing but continued active In civic
arfairs until bis death in 1SH2. He
served two terms as chairman of
the board of city trustees,;. corres
ponding to tho. present office, of
mayor -
Or. Hayues mother was a daugh
ter of Captain Nathaniel Lane, n
pioneer boatman on the Willamette
river, and a grnnddaughter of Gen
eral Joseph Lane, the first territor
ial governor of Oregon.
Receiving his early education in
the public schools of Roseburg, he
went to San Jose college for ad
vanced studies nnd then for four
years was employed In a drug store
at Portland, where he completed
his studies of pharmacy, and at
which time he became a member
of the Oregon national guard. In
1802 he began the study or dentis
try and attended Pennsylvania
College of Dental Surgery In Phila
delphia and later attended the
dental department of Southern
Medical college, Atlanta, ia. He
returned to Roseburg in 1895 nnd ,
BOBBY SWAN, Brockway youth.
getting an eyeful at a 411 club
luncheon held Saturday at the arm
ory. Contrary to your first and
natural assumption. It wasn't of
the charming young girls seated
near him.
Earl Rritton, county Alt club
leader, arranged the luncheon, at
tended by numerous units of his
Douglas county organization.
"Come over just before noon, and
1 11 see you get a big. juicy, fat hot
dog sandwich," he had told me.
After that nothing could have
kept me away. He knows the kind
of Halt I fall for.
I had Intended. Incidentally, tak
ing a picture of as many of the
youngsters as I could crowd on n
film; but nob changed my mind
for me. On the spur of the mo
ment, and with a charge Intended
for fifty people, I blazed away at
IContlnued on page 61 (Continued on page 6)
1 SAWr:::
By Paul Jenkins
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Fun and Feast
Hark City's
Fish Derby
Results of . Anglers' Treks
Streams Exhibited, Trout
Served to Public; Lakes
Yield Best Catches.
to
Fish ranging from lowly shiners
to lordly Chinook salmon were on
display in Rnsiburg this morning
as the city held Its second annual
fish derby, celebrating the open
ing of the trout season. Stores re
mained closed until 11 a. m. while
crowds milled about the fish' ex
hibits In show windows.
Many limit catches were on dis
play, particularly good results hav
ing bein ohtnined by anglers who
journeyed to Fish. Buckeye nnd
Loon lakes. Smaller catches were
nude lir the rivers nnd streams,
which still are too high for the
best trout fishing.
A public fish fry at 10 o. m. was
the principal event of the day.
Stoves were set up at the mnin In
tersection of the city's business
district where fish were fried nnd
served without charge to more than
2r00 persons.
The occasion was enlivened by
music rurinished by the Roseburg
high school pen band, under the di
rection of ,1. I), (snap) uiiimore.
which paraded the streets and new
a station nt the corner of Cass
and Jackson stroseta while the fish
ery was in progress.
. Camera Devotees Revel .'.'.
Festivities started early when
Carl Black set up picnic tables in
front of Carl's Tuvern and served
picnic stylo, .breakl'nsts to his cus
tomers. The day's events provided a Ro
man holiday for camera fans In
cluding a number of tourists who
spent extra time in Roseburg to
tecurc pictures of the activities.
Much Interest was shown by a
very large crowd of spectators In
the show window displays which
were varied from limit catches of
beautiful trout and salmon, to sin
gle fish of lowly specie. Several
very humorous exhibits added much
to the gaiety. Particular interest
was shown in displays of salmon
and large trout.
Conditions Only Fair
Fishermen reported conditions
In rivers and streams to lie only
fair, due to the fact that water
still Is high and somewhat muddy.
lowever. on the North Umpqua
several fishermen had good success
with flics, although most anglers
Newi-Revlew Photo and Engraving
Mob, and his Immediate vicinity.
In the opening his bottle or milk,
which was to wash down his sand
wich, his thumb, with considerable
driving power. Inadvertently plung
ed past and through the paper cap,
and the ensuing geyser of milk was
a sight to behold- So was Hob, the
discharge catching him squarely
between the eyes. Some of his
neighbors shared It with him. too.
If a cow with malice aforethought
had kicked over a bucket on the
table top. she couldn't have caused
more havoc.
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In the photograph Rob Is polish
ing up manfully, disgust and milk
mixed In equal quantities. The
young lady sitting on the rear side
of him looks ns If she more or less
accounted me responsible for the
whole affair, and held It agin me.
Incidentally, the milk eventually
did wash down Rob's sandwich;
but on the wrong side of bis anatomy.
M'NuttGoes
On Stump' To
Bid for Votes
Oregon Listed in Itinerary or
Candidate for President;
Farley, Dewey. Taft Also
Scurrying for Delegates.
My WILLIAM L. DEALS. Jr.
WASHINGTON. April IB. (AP)
The open season for political
hoise-tindlng 1b sending presiden
tial hopefuls scurrying for un
pledged convention delegates whose
votes may far outweigh a handful
of contested stuto primaries.
Svinntoinntic of the intensified
drive to round up delegate support
from state party organizations ale
the newly-announceii "iiiKing-ine-minim"
tour of Paul V. McNutt;
Thomas E. Dewey's departure last
night for n campaign swing to the
west cnaat; James A. mrioys ex
tensive hand-shaking and speaking
"trlii through the south nnd west,
and additional engagement in the
east and midwest lor acnnior
Robert L. Taft of Ohio nnd Mrs.
Taft.
McNutt will begin his speaking
tour In Michigan and will visit the
west const stales of California, Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho. He
will end the tour nt Waterloo, Iown,
on May 20 with a major farm
speech.
McNutt, In announcing n three
week leave of absence in May to
make u campaign tour, was caro
lul to say It was done 'with .the ap
proval of President Hoosovelt."
. A lull In primary contests lias
ushered In feverish weeks of log
rolling for stnto delegations which
are unlnstructed or tied only tem
porarily to a favorite son. Before
these voters looking for a winner
and usually for n political regular
the various camps will parade
their candidates while tho manag
ers talk shop with stnle leaders.
Dewev Loses Backftr.
Perhaps Indicative, too, of the
current emphasis on organization
politics in fostering candidates
was the Dowey-sponsored move
ment In New York to oust Kenneth
P. Simpson and name a new re
publican national committeeman,
friendly to the district attorney.
prior to the Philadelphia conven
tion June 24. Dewey won the first
step, hut nt the cost of Simpson's
avowed opposition nnd possibility
of a split in New YorkB big dele
gation. Unless Dewey and Taft file by
the week-end in Maryland, there
will he no separate republican pri
mary buttles.
Dewey now must direct the ma
jor burden of his own campaign
toward pocketing delegates legally
free to follow their own inclina
tions, a field In which Toft's friends
long, have been nctive.
On tho democratic side, presi
dent Roosevelt's still undisclosed
(Continued on pnge 6)
Reedsport Seeks Land
Lost in Tax Foreclosure
The Douglas county court today
has under consideration a request
from the city of Reedsport that
the county surrender to the city
nil county-owned property within
Its limits obtained through tax
foreclosure. The city desires lo ob
tain the land, the court Is advised,
to be used ns additional security in
refunding approximately $tI7,000 of
defaulted llancroft Improvement
bonds.
The city has offered to pay to
the county the amount which has
been paid in state taxes, which on
approximately 400 lots amounts to
about $1500. i
The request conforms to ft new
State law which maken tuir-h nrllnn
possible as aid to municipalities j
which have defaulted on Improve
ment bonds
CCC Enrollee Arrested
for Pittsburgh Robbery
MKDFORD. Ore.. April 15
(API A CCC enrollee who recog
nized his picture In a detective
magazine. Saturday brought about
the arrest of Walter A. Patton. 41,
a federal indictment charging
bank robbery.
Htote police Sgf. O. A. McK'n-
non said he arrested Patton. him
seir a CCC man. nt Camp William
and quoted Patton as saying "I
know what the indictment Is all
about "
McKlnnon said Patton was In
dicted in the Pittsburgh federal
district In Nov., 1938.
Pan American
Peace Lauded
I By Roosevelt
President Stresses Good Will
Policy, but Soys Republics
of West Prepared to Meet
Force if Challenge Comes.
WASHINGTON. April 15.- (AP)
--Terming wars abroad "more hor
rible and destructive than evor."
President Roosevelt said today the
zi t American republics could keep
open the way to eventuul peace
only if we are nrenared to meet
lorce with force If challenge Is ever
made.
Mr. Roosevelt spoke before the
governing board of the Pan-Ameri
can union on the observance of the
organization's fiOth anniversary and
proclaimed a determination of tho
western hemisphere "to live In
peace and mnko that peace se
cure. "-
Methods Compared
In words broadcast throughout
the nation, the president designat
ed jno belligerent by name when
he Used these words apparently di
rected nt recent Kuropean develop
ments: "We of this hemisphere have no
need to seek a new international
order; we already have found It.
.This was not won by hysterical
outcries, or violent movements of
troops,
"We did not stamp out nations,
capture governments, or uproot In
nocent people from the homes they
binV built. We did not. invent ab
surd doctrines of race supremacy,
or claim dictatorship through unl
vernal, revolution.
"The inter-Amerlcnn order was
not built by hatred and terror. It
has been paved by the endless nnd
effective work of men or good
will."
Stable Peace Still "Dream"
Mr. Roosevelt said "universal
and stable peace remains a dream"
and told his listeners to "have no
illusions" at a time when "old
dreams of universal empire are
again rampant."
"In my conception," tho presi
dent said, "the whole world now Is
struggling to find the basis of Its
life in coming centuries."
"It was for this very reason that
wo have adopted procedures that
enable us to meet any eventual
ity. . . .
' "I pray to God that we shall not
have to do more than that; but
should It be necessary. I am con
vinced that we should be wholly
successful. The Inner strength of
a group of free people is Irresisti
ble when they are prepared to act."
Why West Has Peace
"Peace reigns today In tho west
ern hemisphere," he snid. "because
our nations have liberated them
selves from fear. . . ,
"Peace reigns among us today
because we have agreed, ns neigh
bors should, to mind our own busi
ness "Peace reigns among us today
because we have resolved to settle
any dispute that should arise n
mong us by friendly negotia
tions. ... i
Meantime, although a major con-j
troversy with Mexico over tho ex
propriation of nil properlles np-1
ncured a possibility, officials here
said that, on the whole, they were
well FatisMfd with International
conditions In the new world.
The seven and a half months or
(Continued on page 6)
Nautical School
For Oregon Urged
WASHINGTON, April 15. ?AP)
Rep. Mott or Oregon urged the
house merchant marine and fish
eries committee again today to ;ip-
prove his bill permitting Oregon
to establish a nautical 'ruining
school.
The representative pointed out
the law authorizes the establish
ment of schools In nine states and
only seven have been founded. He
said the law entitles states estab
lishing such schools to n $25,000
cash subsidy, a fully equipped
training ship and provides for up
keep and operation of the vessel.
Mott said residence restrictions
make It impossible for students
from other states to get Into the
schools already establihed. He
cause of this, he contended, there
was no chance for Oregon students
In merchant marine to get Into the
California school. He said he be
lieved the practice "unfair, unjust
and Inequitable" but cited It to
sho wthe need of a school In Oregon.
Top Prize Said Wrested From Nazis
Major prize of the Scandins
vian phase of the European war
It Norway's northernmost ore
shipping port, pictured above,
and reported today to have been
wrested by British warships and
troops from the nails." Although
an Arctic port, Narvik is ice-free
the year round because of the
Gulf stream.
Pictured at right Is Norway's
premier, Nygaardsvold, firm In
his resistance to nazi demands.
Son of a poor farmer, Ny
gaardsvold at 12 began working
in a sawmill. In 1909, he emi
grated to the United States,
where he worked at pick and
shovel jobs on the railways of
the west until 1907. On his return
to Norway, Nygaardsvold got in
to labor politics, gradually ris
ing to the premiership.
Invites Neighbors to
Witness Suicide Effort
TACOMA, April IB. (AP)
Samuel p. Odoni, fifi, charged with
attempted suicide nrter he made a
lira mat ie attempt to end bis life be
fore five neighbors he had Invited
Into his home "to witness some
thing," was recovering today In
Pierce county hospital.
Odoin went to neighbors' homes
lale Friday and told them:
"1 want you to come to my bouse
to witness something."
Mrs. Odoin, mystified, admitted
five guests.
Detective Captain Osborne said
Odom then announced he wus go
ing to take his life and discussed
funeral arrangements. He poured
poison into a spoon, the neighbors
attempted to stop him. He swul
lowed one-third of a small vial or
powder. His life was spared when
three men guests forced Odom
to take an antidote.
C. B. Patrick, Ketired
S. P. Engineer, Passes
C. n. Patrick, 70, for mora than
20 years a resident of J tone burg,
lied at Kugeue Saiurdny, following
a long period or 111 health. Rom
in Indiana, he came to Rosehurrf
in lHXf, and was employed by the
Southern Pacific company ns nn
engineer until his retirement tlu'ec
years ago.
Surviving are his wife; three
daughters, Mrs. Peart Meredith.
Rusehurg; Mrs. A. C. Spencer, Ku-
gene, and Clara Patrick, San Fran
cisco; four brothers. (Jeorgo Pat
rick, Redwood City, Calif.; Jess
Patrick, Roseburg; Kloyd Patrick,
Davis, Calif.; Dick Patrick. Med
ford and one sister, Mrs. Bertha
Sttefvatter, Han Francisco.
Funeral services will be held at
the Poole chapel, Kugenc, nt 2
p- nit Tuesday.
Colon, Panama, Swept by
Flames; 10,000 Homeless
WASHINGTON, April 15. (AIM
William Dawson, minister lo
Panama, reported today that Satur
day's fire at Colon, Panama, de
stroyed 22 city blocks and left
lo.ooo homeless, but resulted In
"only one death and relatively fow
minor Injuries."
The American Red Cross naid
yesterday It bad appropriated 915.
000 to feed those left destitute.
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'Lost" Roseburg Child
Merely Attending Show
A frantic search for Marie And-
erson. seven-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Axel Anderson, 114
West Second avenue, ended about
7 t. m. Saturday, when tho child
returned home after spending the
nrternnon at the movies. When
Marie disappeared from her home
Saturday afternoon, tho police do
partmei.i was notified and radio
bulletins were used In an appeal to
the general public to aid in the
search for the missing girl. Par
ents and friends searched frantic
ally until the girl returned to her
home and related that she had
spent the afternoon attending a
movie.
Buckshot in His Neck
Betrays Would-Be Thief
VANCOUVER. Wash., April 15.
(AP) Vancouver police picked tho
evidence against James Itndor, 2tt,
Vancouver, out o( his nock yester
day. Hubert Gorman telephoned a
thief had cut the wire Into hi.
chicken pen. He snid he had fimii
a shotgun over the head nf the
marauder.
Kn route to the scene' officers
picked up Rader nnd found the
hack of his neck and anus perforat
ed with buckshot. He admitted try
ing to obtain n chicken but called
( Ionium a "poor shot'
House Passes BiH to
Extend Pension Benefits
WASHINGTON, April IT,. fAP)
Thn hoilHi! Imlay iuiskpi! bikI dent
(o tho flfMinte loeiftlntlnn which
wniihl mill nearly 5,ni) wldnwH of
rlvll wnr vi'liM'nns It tho pension
rolls.
The house also npproved a hill
lo exteml veteran's hoRpltal bene-
1Kb to civilian employes of the
quartermaster goneral who sorveil
ilurliiK the Hpanlsh-Ainerlron war,
Philippine Insurrection or Honor re
belllo nanil were discharged for dls
belilon and were discharged for dis
ability Incurred In such service.
All German
Warships In
Harbor Sunk
Nazi Fere Rtpertl to Hav
Gained In Rtajons Around
Oslo; British Mint Entire
Baltic Coast of Germany.
STOCKHOLM, Apr. IS. (AP) '
British forces were reported to
day to have landed In Narvik
under the protection of naval ,
shellflr which drove the Ger- '
mans from the Norwegian ore
port into the mountainous In- ;
terior.
The British warships which
raided Narvik Saturday, ap- .
parently preparatory to a land
ing by British soldiers or ma--rlnes,
were ssld to have the
city under control of their
guns.
This report, from tha Norwegian
radio at the port of Dodo, south oC
Narvik, followed n Norwegian army
communique reporting that Nor
wegian troops north and wost of
Nnrvik were ready to attack the
Germans.
The Norwegian commander said
the German forces had retreated
hastily and were believed to be In
capable of strong resistance to the
Norwegians who, he said, are now
firmly mobilised In the north.
All Nail Warships Sunk. .
Theso sources said that all Ger
man warships in Narvik, hopelessly
outweighed by the stronger Brit
ish naval force, bad been sunk
while trying to keop the flt'ltlsh
out of nombaks fjord, which con
trols the port. ' -
(The British liavo said Sflvnn
flermnn. destroyers woro sent to
the bottom In tho Saturday raid.
It Is acknowledged lii Berlin' Ihnt
tho British have achieved a naval
blockade of Narvik.)
According to the Norwegian ver
sions, tho British battleship War
spite, screened by a division of do
stroyoifl, forced the mouth of tho
fjord. Norwegians considered It
unlikely that tho Germans would
bo able to land troops In Narvik
again.
They said that there had not
been nny heavy British bombard
ment before landing forces were
sent ashore but that Narvik's big
goBt building, the new Hotel Royol,
had been destroyed.
In southeastern Norway, sporadic
fighting between German and Nor
wegian forceB brought the InvndliiR
nazls near tlio Swedish border.
King Urges People to Fight.
The Norwegians, meanwhile,
were urged to grantor efforts by
tliolr aging Boverelgn, King Haakon
who Inst night broadcast an np
peal to his pooplo to fight for
'.'freedom and Independence."
The king, who has been driven
from town to town liv nnmuinff
Gorman bombers since he abandon
ed Oslo with his government last
week, spoke from an unidentified
station somewhere In the Interior.
Despite the hearten nsr effort
which the king's appeal was ex
pected to have on Norwegian
morale, the country's defenders
appeared to be fighting n
battle on the southern front.
Nazis Gain Ground.
Swedish authorities annnnnceit
that 3,000 Norwegians, seemingly
hnrd-prossed. had fled across the
frontier near Halden nt the south.
ernmoat tip of Norway and hs
been disarmed and interned.
There were reports, however,
that despite determined German
efforts to clear out all resistance
between Oslo and the Swedish bor
der 30 miles away, Norwegian
troops still were clinging to posi
tions between Mysen nnd Kongs
vlneer. Myscn is about IS milea
southeast of Oslo and Kongsvlr.ger
about 35 miles northeast of the
capital, not far from tho Swedish '
border.
A recapitulation nf renorts Inrll.
cnted that the Germans had occn
pled most of tho territory within a
50 or 60.mle radius of the south,
west anil north of Oslo.-
ENTIRE NAZI BALTIC COAST
MINED. BRITAIN ANNOUNCES '
LONDON. April 15. (AP).
ilrent Britain announced tminv aim
had landed soldiers nt several
points In Norway to press the war
ncalnst the Gorman lnvnilers while
her navy and nlr force burled new
bolts at the nazls In widespread
sections In and around Scandina
via. The brief statement In a Joint
wnr office-admiralty . communique
that British troops nre on Norwe
gian soil rapped a week-end cram
med with theso reports by tho Brit
ish:
1. The laying of a huge mine
barricade across tha entire Ger
man Baltic coast from Kiel tuiv In
Lithuania.
Battleship Torpedoed
2. Tho torpedoing of tho 10.000-
(Continued on page 6).