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Hitler Got Promises of a Broad Domain From His Satellites on His Birthday Today, but Most of Them are Doomed to Vanish in the Narrow Skagerralc Strait.
THE WEATHER
L-Mnmlcllly 4:30 p. in. yesterday S2',.
WAR, POLITICS
. Thev'rn Hi 111 the top current,
events. Wlllllnvor happens of )m
liniliuicn In either rield will bo .
;prnmpliy amr accurately clirnnlcl-'
wi in ihe Nj:vaiu:viKW.
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A "MMrest temperature Inst night 45
iMrecliillnlloii for 24 hours , .00
Pneclp. since first nc mimlli
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fHE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAL?
VXLV NO. 12 OF ROSEBURG REVII 3.
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I Day's,
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4 FRANK JENKINS
ni-'e'rivr!.
V5$fhen th0 Btrenmllncr City of
vf5aKruiiclsco wan wrecked In No
fjftt. a man's jacket. supposedly
VfiW yi'Hi'-.l by I ho fiends who nr-
I1'' 11,0 WTec,' was fond.
r)i fPBnts at once went to work
' iin's clothing jobbers, found
"t f AM) garments of tlio same
- kd been made by a Des
4M factory last year.
j SnfisjK then obtained the names
Of"it;retail outlets handling them
atoi started the tedious tusk of
rafatpg - each one. Nothing lian
.obrin-6 of it as yet, but hopes are
fttkUteld.
jQ1) detect he work, contrary
WM'oJ1 the mystery stories and
ijtyjpiep, seems to consist largely
f&ijltfc.iirinite capacity for taking
'v.'W-SfQ Interesting:
jijtoward Philhriek, center of
f tfc California dictaphone tempest,
i.,4'Precently resigned as stute dl
yriflflUT ' motor vehicles, takes a
, JMk'riMi the movie central casting
' . bVMtioii in Hollywood. Ills
.iUjf(: to work with the district
ifUMWey and other law enforce
fifWm officials in ousting from tho
- 1rtU of (lit; movie workers hood
tftifls and racketeers who are re
jiorjiedly collecting Iribute from
jttftras in return lor getting them
IptMi- (I'hilbrick Is a former G-
,hKi(a'l the racketeers, big nnd lit
(f.Jho aro preying on America i
flijfcrttale88 ami American workers
.At. KOt tosether in one crowd
'fwferably Inside prison walls)
thpttundjer would be surprising.
IATHEUINK Lenroot, U. S. la
rste'' department children's lm
ittif ijhief, speaking In Portland,
flay aiiproximately half of all the
babUHi Dorn in America are of par
ents With an annual income of
noo.oj' Joss.
pa.XVo must go on trying t
improve mien a condition. With
CONTIWED CREATION OF
Ni;V WEALTH (wealth, please re
A menberU created by applying la-
(Ciintlnued on page 4.)
I SAW
By Paul
MRS. C, O.VMARCH kneeling un
der a beautiful Japanese tree
peony growing ' in her lawn at
Myrtle Creek.
"They call It n Japanese peony."
a net inn inn n i rpniiv it i iiimvt i
in t hina mid Tibet. Hut then the
Japanese claim so many things..."
There must have been a hundred
or perhaps fifty more, huge, fluffy,
pinkish-whltp blossoms on the tree.
They were Just a trifle past their j
prnnn when 1 secured the photo
graph of these you see above but
beautiful withal.
I believe Mrs. March told me the
tree was about a do?en years old
Immediately bark of It. aithoueh
not visible in the picture, is a Mis
sour! persimmon. Now. there's a
tree but that is another story.
D'ye know. I reckon I was fif
teen years old before I knew what
Major Battle in Norway
Nears With Strengthening
Of Allied, German Armies
Allies Land
3 Divisions
With No Loss
Naz's Reported Repulsed With
Heavy Loss at Elverum but
Concentrate in Effort to
Hold Trondheta, Key City.
LONDON, April 20. (AP)
Two German transports were
hit by torpedoes from British
submarines in an attack on a
German convoy, the admiralty
announced tonight.
It also was announced that
three German planes were shot
down and others were damaged
during aerial attacks on British
naval units.
The Uritish freighter Ilawnby.
5.404 tons, sank off the southeast
coast of Knghiud today alter an
explosion. The crew of 3!) was
picked up by rescue ships.
Tho Hrilish coastal steamer Mer
sey, 1,037 tons, struck a mine to
day and sank on the southeast
coast of England. Two members
of the crew or IS were killed and
11 were missing.
By the Associated Press
.... A. battle of major proportions ap
peared to be in the making in Nor
way today as the Gorman and al
lied expeditionary forces, augment
ed by a steady flow of reinforce
ments, felt each other out on an
ever widening front.
V'ncft'iciai reports said that one
French and two British divisions,
totaling between :to,Ot(0 ami 4Mhi
(Continued on page fil
Convict Commandeers
Car, Flees tO Portland!
SAI.EM. Ore., April 20. (API
Fred J. Carter. 4, trusty at the
stale penitentiary, escaped from
the guards quarters last niKht.
Dewey Ilanllil, Salem, notified
lleteilive W. C. Shaffer of Port
land last nipht fthat a man he Iden
tified as Carter commandeered his
tutoinohile ami forced llamni to
drive to Portland.
llamni told the officer the fuRl-
tlve took S13 and left the car on
a downtown street.
Carter was serving a term of 4
ears anil 10 months for obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Jenkins
News-Review Photo nnd Kngrnvlngf
the word peo n y m ea n t . w h en I
heard It spnken, If ever I did. I'd
always known the flower by t ti
name of "plney "
Which makes me think of the
word rhubarb,
1 don't know why
m y ed uca t ion , If any. seem ed so
decidedly to stmt at the age of fif
teen years; but I was that old be
fore I learned that rhubarb simply
was my obi childhood friend, pie
plant. "This tunnel (on the RoRfhurg
WPA sewer job) when completed
will bf 4"0 feet In length, seven
feet high nnd six feet wide. Work-
i mrn nnro encountered unexpected
trouble In connection with this
work due to the rock formation,
which Is hard on the bottom. . . ."
NewB-Review news story.
WHAT, no cushions?
Hitler's 51st Birthday Celebration
Brings Laudation From His German
Aides, Predictions of War Triumph
BERLIN, April 20. ( AP) Adolf
Hitler celebrated his filst birthday
today by holding his usual morn
ing conference with his military
aviKcrs and briefly acknowledg
ing (lie cheers of a throng of Her
liners gathered before the fuehrer's
official residence.
Field Marshal (Joering. head of
(ieimany's air force, llrand , Ad
miral Erich Itaeder of the navy,
and General Von Brauchilsch, commander-in-chief
of the army,
brought Hitler the congratulations
of the fighting eerviceti.
(Joering reported "astonishing
success" in the metal collection,
which Is the German people's birth
day gilt to Miller.
Germany celebrated the birthday
with the controlled nazi press
eliminating all war news from the
front pages to devote space ex
clusively to eulogy of the fuehrer.
The keynote was sounded by the
reich preas chief, Dr. Otto Dietrich,
who wrote In Hitler's own newspa
per, Volkiseher Iieobachter, that
the fuehrer is a "genius" living in
a century ahead of his time.
Ohio River Floods
Towns, Lowlands
Hundreds of Families Forced
to Flee Homes; Heavy Rain
to Continue, Forecast.
CINCINNATI. O.. April 20.
(AIM Hnmlreils of families fled
Iheir honu'8 lortny lis Ohio's Hock-
Iiik vnlloy suffered Us worst flood
kIiiuo I1I13, mill (lie inlii Dili'iiciicu
Ohio liver swept Into lowlands unci
i no, Mnrl.Hta. O., pioneer city
of 15.000.
Athens nnd I.ogan. O.. virtually
were isolated with roads impass
able. A boy was drowned in one of
many swollen tributaries flowing
into the treacherous Ohio.
Much of so.ilhern Ohio was un
der water after barely a week of
ru I us tot a li ng moro than four
Inches. More rain was forecast.
Four Inches of water covered the
first floor or Vac Gordon hotel at
(Monster. O., as Sunday creek left
Its banks an 1 poured down the
main street. Business houses there
and in Nelsnnville moved slock
and equipment to second Honrs.
Two hundred families in the
Athens-Nelsonvllle nrea abandoned
lowland homes.
Six hundred were homeless In
Mon-ow and South hebanon.
South Newark had 4uo homeless
as the licking river covered all
but two roads leading into Newark.
Pomeroy. ()., anticipated four or
five feet, of water in Its business
district by Sunday morning. A
town of 3.500, its business district
is built along the water front.
Other States Affected.
The weather bureau set a "ten
tative' crest of. 58 to fi!) feet for
Vcdnesdav In Cinciinatl but em
phasized that "it nil depends on
rnin which seems to be continuing."
The river alro.idv was approaching
flood stage of 52 feet here.
Tho bureau predicted Ihe Ohio
would go one to five feel over flood
stage next week nt Hnntituiton, W.
Vn.. Portsmouth. O., and Maysville
and Ashland. Ky.
Twenty persons were rescued by
lo:ii In low residential ficctions in
Washington Court House. O.
'inditdf. at Hartford. W. Vn..
blocked Italtlmore and Ohio rail
road traclts and forced re-routing
of passengor trains.
At Parkersburg, W. Vn.. the Ohio
reached fiooil stae of 36 feet and
the weat ?r bureau predicted it
would bit 42 feet Sunday nnd go
still higher.
Japanese Envoy Voices
Assurance on Easf Indies
WASHINGTON, Anrll 2(1. f AP)
Horinouclit. the Japanese am
bassador, said after a conference
with Secretary Hull today that the
t'nited States nnd Japan were In
substantial ngreement as tn the fu
ture status of the Dutch Hast In
dies. He added that both governments,
along with the Netherlands, the
island's mother country, "want to
maintain its status quo."
Other nazl leaders addressed the
people similarly. Goering, whom
Hitler has named to succeed him
in event he should die, pledged the
air force he commands to do every
thing In its power until the war
"ends with u victory which safe
guards the relch of Adolf Hitler
and the eternal life of the German
people." The commanders of the
army and navy made similar tin
douncements. Rudolf Hess, the fuehrer's depu
ty party leader, who has been nam
ed next to Goering in the lino of
succession, told the nation's youth
in a radio address that "the world
will open to you alter tho great
si i nutile which we aro waging
presently has been von."
Hess said that Germany, shorn
of her overseas possessions follow
ing the world war, "will ugaln pos-
s.4s colonies after this war.
"In those German lands youth
will find plenty of opportunity for
work nnd adventures. Those of you
who feel the blood of Vikings pul
sate through your veins can under
take discoveries on our own Ger
man territory."
Registration For
Douglas lipped 713
Republicans, Still Dominant in
Party Totals, Show Gain of
457, Democrats 302.
The niimlier of registered voters
in DollKlns county at the close of
registration April 1(1, 1910, shows
a total gain of 713 over registra
tion for the primary nominating
election of 1038, County Clerk Hoy
Agee announced today. Voters re
gistered for the primary election to
he held May IT, Mr. Agee said, to
tal H.3IS, as compared with 13,r,35
in 1H3S.
Kepulilicau lists showed ll gain
of 157, from 7.SO0 in 1038 to S.2M
In the current registration, liemo
cratlc volet's increased 302 from
5.403 In 1038 to 5.7(15 this year.
Voters Willi miscellaneous affilia
tions dropped from 2l6 to 320, a
reduction of -Iti in total number.
Comparative figures for primary
election registrations by the two
major parlies for the years 1030,
1038 anil 1040 ure listed by the
"ounty clerk as follows:
year Total itep.
1040 11.318 8.2B3
1::k 13.035 7.800
19211 12,782 7,729
llom.
5,765
5.4113
4.719
OREGON EVENTS
FLASHED FROM
WIRE SERVICE
Naval Officer Dies
PORTLAND, Ore., April 20.
(AP) Jay ll. Walker. 48. consult
ant engineer nnd commander of
the Portland nnval reserve area,
died ycstetvlny alter a six-month
illness.
A graduate or the University of
Washington, he was a veteran of ihe
World war. He was consulting en
gineer on Honneville dam.
Loggers Strike Ends
KLAMATH FALLS. April 20.
(AP) More than 100 loggers will
return to work Monday In the Pall
can May Lumber company's log
ging camp. A four-day strike end
fd last night.
The minpany agreed to rehire
old employes on a seniority basis,
reinstate two workers discharged
last week nnd not discriminate
against strikers or pickets.
The agreement was between a
CM.O. International Wood workers
of America committee and the com
pany. Reappointment Slated
ASTORIA. Ore.. April 20. f AP)
M. It. Chessman, Astoria pub
lisher, will be reappointed state
fish commissioner In June when
his term expires, flovcnmr Sprague
said here yesterday.
Prospects Of
Wagner Law
ShakeupDim
Action on Changes Proposed by
Labor Committee of House
I Impeded by Pressure For
Early Adjournment.
AVARIIINOTON, April 20.(AP)
Uncertainty, heightened by pres
sure for an early adjournment,
clouded the outlook today for final
action at this session of congress
on proposed changes in the Wag
ner act.
The house roHigned itself to a
knock-down, drag-out on the lonn
smoldering revision controversy,
but many friends and foes of the
present act agreed that, regardless
of what the house did, the senalo
wus not likely to complete congres
sional action on this subject before
the tentative June 10 adjournment
date.
In the senate wing of the capltol
signs multiplied that campaign
minded legislators were In a mood
to pigeonhole major measures, K
necessary, In order to wind up the
sosslon by early June.
F. R. Wants Quick Ending
It was reported authoritatively
President Itooscvelt had reiterated
to congressional leaders this week
his hope that congress adjourn as
quickly as possible. He wns repre
sented as believing virtually all
pending legislation except appro
priation bills could be deferred uu
til next session.
The reported white house sug
gestion fell tn with known desires
of both republican and southern
democrats. The commitloe approv
ed procedure for unlimlled debate
on tho whole question of amending
tjic liatlonal labor relations law.
- Alteration Urged . ,
The decision was a definite Ini
tial victory for the forces that urge
sweeping alterations In the law. It
spikml the efforts of the house la
bor committee to limit considera
tion to the four amendments It re
cently approved, and left the way
open for voting on dozens of broad
er changes.
Tho labor committee's amend
ments would increase tho labor
(Continued on page 6
Ford Co. Accused
Of Terror Tactics
WASHINGTON, April 20. (AP)
The Ford Motor company, charg
ed by a labor board examiner with
using n "strong nrm squad" to
beat and terrorize union members,
was confronted today with an un
precedented proposal that it noti
fy Individually its more than W0.
ooft workers that they are free to
join any labor union of their own
choosing.
Tho recommendation that the
company be required to give such
notification was made by Itobert
N. Denbam, Ihe examiner, in a re
port to the board holding that the
company had "gathered together
the most brutal, vicious and con
scienceless IIiuks in Its employ"
to defeat union organization at the
Ford plant in Dallas,' Texas, in
m:i7.
(iabe P. Allen, an attorney for
the Kord company, commented at
Dallas that the examiner's charge
was "just a conclusion and wild In
ference" designed to carry out the
labor board's policy of "persecut
ing" the company. Declaring the
findings were not warranted by
the evidence, he said he and Co-Attorney
Neth L. Ivcachmnn would
fllo exceptions lo them and to the
accompanying recommendations.
Deuham cited testimony taken
In a five weeks' hearing on n com
plaint against Ihe Ford company al
Dallas, which he said showed that
plant officials organized a "strong
arm squad" which beat up union
sympathizers.
Ho recommended thai any rem
edy prescribed tinder the Wagner
act be applied lo all Ford plants in
the United States. "
Governor Compelled to
Revoke Official's Ouster
ATLANTA. C.a . April 20 (AIM
Bowing to Ceornia's supreme
court, (iovernor K, D. Rivers yes
terday restored to office u highway
hoard chairman ousted by oxecn
the decree and barred from Ills
desk by soldiers acting In defiance
of lower court orders.
The governor unuounred that W.
L. Miller would return nt once to
the l.ltio-a year appointive Job
from which Rivers removed him
last December.
This move apparently concluded
the mouths-long court ffpht which
started with Millers defiance of
the governor's order.
Did Census Overlook You?
If Reply is "Yes," Notify
Chamber of Commerce
Arrangements for a census
"clean-up" campaign are announc
ed by the Itoseburg chamber of
commerce. Secretary W. V. Hard
ing states that Enumerator J. Uss
ier Davis has been assigned the
duty of listing all residents of the
city who might have been over
looked by enumerators In the regu
lar canvass.
The enumeration has boon fin
ished In all except Henson precinct
In the city. Census taking now Is
being taken In that precinct nnd
will be completed In a few days.
Any persons who huvo been ov
erlooked by enumerators and who
have not been listed In the 1040
census are urged by tho cham-
uir in eoiiuin'i cc in iiit)ii hut jinn.
Persons omitted from tho census
are asked to notify the chamber
or commerce cither In person or
by telephone. No. 2SII, and Mr. Da
vis will call and prepare the cen
sus report.
Roosevelt Speech
Set for Tonight
Young Democrat Clubs to Hear
Broadcast to Nation; Hull
Held Candidate Prospect.
WAttM SPRINGS, Ga. April 20.
(AP) Hack In the fnmillnr sur
roundings of the little White House
and the Warm Springs infantile
naralyHls foundation. President
Roosevelt concentrated his atten
tion today on completing a potentially-significant
political speech to
be mado to young democrat dubs
: tonights ' . '-
" " At Tr4 fr"'pv rirt1 ''(Pacific "Standard
time) he is going on tho air -with
his speech,
Voting, democrats assembled nt
dinners over tho nation will hear
it. Many a politician will bo listen
ing, too, for a possible clue to Mr.
Roosevelt's intentions toward a
third term or V whom the presi
dent prefers ns his successor.
Some of those politicians recall
ed how tho chief executive. In ft
message to a young democrats con
vention nt Pittsburgh last August,
demanded the democratic party
nominate n liberal and threatened
to withhold his support should the
party select a conservative.
WASHINGTON, April 20. (AP)
A high official, who Is a close
friend of Secretary Hull, expressed
belief today tho state department
chief would be willing to accept
tho democratic presidential nomi
nation if President Roosevelt did
not want It.
His statement was made aftor
Hull had reiteruled yesterday he
had no political ambitions and that
he was not a candidate for any
thing. At the outset, ho said, tho
secretary would be sure of all of
tho Tennessee delegation nnd, with
It, the Kentucky delegation.
He forecast also that, with tho
support, of Governor Hoey of North
Carolina, Hull would have nil or
mnt of that state.
To that he added Nebraska nnd
probably Iowa nnd Maryland.
The nfflclnl also said Hull would
get Texas after the initial ballots
had been cast for Vice President
Garner.
He said (he same would be true
of Indiana after the first ballots
had been cast Tor Pni:l McNutt.
He claimed half of the New York
delegation for Hull.
Boy Student Killed in
Fist-Fight Over Candy
FORT MY MRS. Fin., April 20.
AP) A fisl-richt between two
boys over a bag of candy was fatal
lo one. .
Charles Williams, 10. ninth grade
student, died last uteht from a con
cussion suffered when he was
knocked down by n classmate, Wil
liam Adkiiis, nnd struck a side
walk. Poll' Chief Charles Moore
renorted. The melee started when
Williams snatched the candy from
A'M.iiis, also Hi, ut noon recess, the
ofiicer said.
An inqiient wan railed today.
Noted War Veteran of
France Passes at 102
PAItIM, April 20 (AP) Vis
count Itlin de Itottrdon, last sur
vivor of the national assembly of
171 and veteran of the Franco
Prussian war, through which lio
fought an a captain, died here to
day at the age of 102.
Klertlon of the assembly of 1871.
which ratified the penee of Krank
fnrt endint; the war with Germany,
marked the transition from the sec
ond empire tn the third repubtlr.
"It Is impossible to stress too
strongly the need fur enumeration
of every Hosehurg resident," Mi.
Harding declared today. "Census
figures are largely used for many
important purposes. Industries
seeking new locations are influ
enced by census reports. Here in
Hosehurg we recently hud the Im
portance of a correct consuls par
ticularly emphasized. Itecause the
last census showed Hosehurg to
have a population slightly under
O.Oiio persons, several hundred
WPA workers received only $40
per mouth, when they would have
been paid $H per month if the
5,000 mark had been reached in the
previous census report, As a result
many thousands of dollars wero
lost to this community."
Mr. Harding urges cooperation
of every Hosehurg resident In tho
effort to secure a complete and cor
rect check- on tho city's population.
Verdict in Utility Suit
Sets Compromise Value
TACOMA. April 20. (AP) A
federal district court jury yester
day set a compromise value of $0,
011,50(1 on properties of the Wash
ington Gas and Klectric company,
condemned by Public Utility dis
trict number one ' of Cowlitz
county.
The verdict, ending a trial re
garded ns a bellwether Tor other
condemnation action, wns returned
in the face of a PUD valuation of
$3,850,000 on the property and a
company valuation of $7,r0u,t)00.
Tho jurors, b!x men nnd six wom
en, had listened to 121 weeks of
testimony nnd argument.
Tho Jury's, decision Is not hind-.
fug upon the PUD, which can de
cline to purchuRO the property nt
the Jury figuro. There were court
room reports the district might
contract for Honneville (tower on a
competing basis; but they went un
confirmed. Pershing Injures Ankle
In Washroom Accident
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., April 20.
(AP) An Informed source disclos
ed today, that General John J.
Pershing had sprained his left
ankle when he slipped In a wash
room at the army and navy general
hospital here.
The accident occurred several
days ago, making It necessary for
the general to wear a "walking
cast" which bus now been re
moved. The 70yenr-old general of the
armies of the United States has
been al the hospital since Marcn
2o for one of his periodic check
ups. Drunken Driver Draws
Fine and Jail Sentence
A fine of $100 nnd n 30dny jail
sentence was imposed in city court
today upon Waller Mulholland Jr.,
who pleaded guilty before City Re
corder A. J. Geddes to a charge or
drunken driving. John Perry, nr
rested with Mulholland. pleaded
guilty to drunkenness and was fin
ed $10 and wont to jail In liou of
payment.
Oddities Off the Press Wire
til" the Associated Vrc.u)
Dental Detection
ST. I.OUIHI'ollne worn confi
dent they arrested the rli:ht man
nn ex-eonvlct ror attempting to
hidd up John Lopir.colo.
The spare between tenth marks,
registered III Lonlrrolo's arm when
he was bitten in resisting robbery.
matched four missing teeth in the
ex-convlct's mouth.
Oversight
IIKN'O. Ore. Mrs. Kalherine G.
Nelson, district census supervisor.
knows thn local census, completed
April in, has Its Inacrurncles.
The enumerators failed to count
Mrs. Katherlno G. .Nelson.
Painless Speaker
DALLAS Municipal JihIkp Joe
Hill, by his own admission. Is a
painless after dinner speaker.
"My place waB far down the line
on the program," he said of hia
Austin banquet appearance. "A
Rood many were nodding when it
canto my turn. I hod stationed a
man nt thn exit with copies of my
speech, so I told the crowd that
N.Y. Central
Line Scene Of
NightCrash
Nine Cars Turnid Into Hast el
Twisted Sttel as Limited,
Traveling at High Speed,
Fails to Round Wide Curve.
LITTLE PALLS, N. Y.. April 20.
(Al') Tho New . Yoik ChlMifici
Uike Shore llmltpd. roaring west
ward alone the llohnwk valley 15
mlmttea Ijchliul acheilule. hurtled
the ralla shortly heforn miilitlKht
hint niKht carrying at least 2n per
sons to death and leaving 1(10 In
jured. Willi most or mo 2uii lo ami liass-
engorH asleep, nine ears of tliu-'HE-car
New Yolk Central fust cxprosa
were illineu in a nusn iuiu a nitisn
of twisted steel aa they wero de
railed on a, wide curve and piled Ht
for a half mile along the main oast
west highway and the Allmny nuf
falo harge canal.
Itnilroad men. Investigating thn
New York Central's first paasenger
fatality 111 lii years, volceil belief
Ihe train taking the curve at high
speed sprung a rail.
The locomotive plunged acrosa
the highway into a rock embank
ment, tossing Fireman J. Y. Smith,
Schenectady. N. Y., to Instant
death and pinning Knglnoer .lease
Karl, Albany, N. Y-, In a buttered
cab where he died three hour"
later. ,
Scene Like Junkyard
Tho hlBh-poworcd loconiotlvo
curried with It tho tender nnd bag
gage car. One conch, unoccupied,
sped down Ihe trncks anil apparent
ly was not damaged. Another coach
was cut open like a can of sar
dines. Us lop ripped off ami tho
Inside a complete wrock...-r Pull-
Continued on lae (!)
Destruction Hits
Nazi Warplanes
WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, April
20. (AP) Hrilish righting planes
wore reported todny to have shot
down four and possibly five Ger
man planes In tho first large scnlo
air encounter over tho weatern
front sinco the war spread to the
north.
Five IlrltlBli flgblera fought nine
slngtcengined Messerscllllillla dur
ing tho engagement.
AMSTERDAM. April 20. (AP)
A Gorman warplano crashed In
southern Llinhnrg province, ex
treme soulheastern Holland, todny
after being fired upon by Nether
lands antiaircraft guns.
The five members of Hie crew,
one of whom wns wounded, wero
llllerned.
Enrlier three planes, apparently
flerniaii. attacked two others, pre
sumably llrltish, near Slebenge
wald. northern Llniburg province.
Maclilnegiiu fire was heard and
after ii few minutes tho two planea
being attacked disappeared to tho
north under cover of n smoke
screen.
PARIS, April 20. (AP) French
anti-aircraft gunners today shut
down a two-motored Gorman piano
In c-entrni Fiance. The crow land
ed safely and wns enntnred.
anyone wishing to loavn could d
so and pet a copy of tho Ppeech
without listening to It.
"A large number accepted tho
invitation."
Surprisers Surprised
OMAHA. Neb. Friends gnthere-t
nt n surprise baby shower party"
for Mrs. Kail V. llrown.
They wero surprised when Mr
llrown hurried over to nnununcd
that his wife find given birth to a
six pound son a mouth curtici
than expected.
"Luck" Improves
CAIRO. 111. Leonard Cherry
thinks his luck Is Improving. Ho
is mending a broken leg in a tins
pital. However, at this time Inst
year, he wan In the same hospital
both legs broken.
Officially Classified
WACO, Tex. Tho census will
list one cow thief.
"His folks said ho had been sent
to the penitentiary twice for steal
ing cows, so they guessed that was
his profession. explained tho
enumerator to his boss.