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PAGE TOUBTEEXl Thm OKEGON STATESMAN,' Salem. Oregon, Wednesday Morning. May 1. 1940 Allies Suffer Severe Blows Capture of Vital Railway Junctions May Prove : Decisive, View By QRKE L S1MPSOX , Aoclated Press Staff Writer) ! German dsrlnjr and military 'efficiency he dealt the Franco- Ilrluah-Norweglan allies a near? blow In Norway. If It is true, as reported, that the nails have captured storen and- Dombas. Tital railway June tions In the Trondbeim area, this might bring grTe disaster to si lled forces In that, region, by forcing them to withdraw to aea under fire of German guns ana air bombs. It was eTidently gloomy news frora Norway that Prime Minister Chamberlain guarded with sealed Hps before parliament. In con- , trait, Berlin wn exultant and Hitler lavished praise upon hia troops. Unless the Allie succeed in re taking these Tital links before nazl leadership can back up Its Tietories with heary forces from Oslo, the whole picture of the battle of Norway has been re vised. Norway has been cut In two by the twin German north ward thrusts. andvonly the slender north coastal panhandle remains definitely out of German control. Narvik Not Involved The allied foothold at Narvik, far-northern Norwegian port, la not Jeopardized by the Indicated failure of the allied pincer move ment at Trondhelm. But with Germany In command of the rail way from Dombas to Trondhelm. aa Berlin claims, a grave situa tion confronts the isolated allied detachments which still may be holding points along the line and the forcea about the allied land ing bnse at Andalsnei. fcren tne allied operations north of Trond helm, based at Nainsos, axe seri ously threatened. More serious consequences than these are possible. Military "pres tige has recelTed a tremendous lift if Berlin's claims are fully substantiated. The results could have a powerful influence upon the attitude of all little neutrals In Europe, and of Italy and Rus sia as well. There Is little doubt, also, that a political crisis is impending for the Chamberlain war ministry in England and the Reynaud govern ment in France. The German dash to relief of Trondhelm was made against every disadvantage of distance and through hostile territory. Overconridence In the ability of Norwegian forces to hold out long enough to permit major units of allied troops to be set ashore may well have been a fac tor In ahaping Franco-British atrategy. If so. political oppon ents of the governments in both countries will take full advantage of the situation and call for a Valley Route Opened f German capture of the Storen rail Junction alone woud have been a serious blow to the Allies. Norway's great eastern valley, the Coster, would be opened as a rout throurh which Germany could pour northward heavy forces to consolidate the nazl grip n all Norway except for the slLm and mountainous northern pan handle. Flanked by German control of the roughly parallel western val ley, the Gudbrands. a double route would be open for deploy-? ment of nail troops to virtually all Norwegian ports on the west coast south of Trondhelm. and to the Fjords that reach far inland from them. The gravest Implication of all, however, is the Indication that German air power fulfilled its mission of balking allied efforts to put ashore forces sufficient to cope with even the light German columns advancing from Oslo; and that Franco-British sea and air power, in contrast, baa failed to impede seriously the flow of German reinforcements by aea and Jr to Norway. Worst Setback Yet All In all, the actual and claimed nasi vlctoriea In the Trondhelm area figure up Into the most serious allied setback In early eight months of war. Al though It still appears likely that relatively light forcea were en gaged on either side and that no major battle has yet been fought, the Germans have seemingly clearly out-guessed and out maneuvered their foes , at every turn. The tommunlca tion lines through the parallel Oster and Gudbrands valleys may be slender but they are protected from allied flank attack by mountain ranges. The n.zl forces also' have seized e-ery pass and road to bolster their main thrusts along valley railroads and highways. Unless the Allies quickly re capture Storen and Dombas, th9 wholj allied effort in the Trond helm area seems at a standstill, and more of a liability than an asset. Reynaud Slightly 111 PARIS. April 0.--PremIer ' Panl Reynaud la' suffering from a Blight cold and will not bo able to hold his regular Wednesday con ference with members of parlia ment tomorrow, his office an nounced tonight. iniiUiTiujrimii .i lli -is.. ; A ..... M Good Llvlnal CtiarwUfit Ucatios Coftee $e tsflet Ttven Clsiag al" laasart tNm fsraost'i Fins fwi Esiars AJSKjfetnjtsts- : - CJT!1 CTPffSftS) ., , Flood Waters Run Rampant in Ohio Valley Area Flood scenes around Pittsburgh, rential rains. Top picture snows Bottom, a Pennsylvania highway after he had fallen In while checking flood level heights. IIN photo. Train Wreck -A s i i Cause of thf wreck of the New York Central's Lake Shore Limited near little Falls, N. T still remains a mystery following- an official iovestigatlon held at Albany.! Testimony showed that the "track waa In good shape'' and its engineer "awake" when the train leaped to destruction, kming- 80 person. Here are members of the crew who testified at the hearing-, left to right. Conductor Charles Grattan, Head Brakeman John Sewak, Rear Brakeman Joseph Doran and Baggageman A. A, Hill. Satko Confidence In 'Ark' Unshaken (Continued from page 1) tion for anyone who will flsrht for new frontlera for a new home. My sympathies are very much with them. "On the other hand, the statutes of this state Impose a grave responsibility on my shoul ders in the safety of these chil dren." The hearing ended with a plea by Michael Wolfstone, chairman of a committee of the new order of Clneinnatus (political organi zation) for funda to take care of the family pending final disposi tion of the ease. "The Satko family now is Every day was a circusfor a while A m - I. . . Tbt roar cj the crowd ... the thundering hocf humor . . . rest your mind and body. Good foretold the fall of mighty Rome all because worVputt you in a mood for recreation, and an empire went pleasure-mad and forgot what healthful re-creation puts you back in the mde it great. Rome went soft. ' . mood for work. Your moderation put you in AU Play ana no WOriC HPS wuawc iqt a person as wen Isn't a balanced life with a fair share of work and a fair ahare of leisure more sensible and MtisfyingP Then tasks become and there'a still ample time for family and friends. They helo t-n.vmc ... i c viuuize ANHIUIIt.lUtCH Mkri tU WU-F. WAKE THIS TESTt Drink Dudwclscr for five days. On the tdh day Iry to drink a sweet beer. You will went ! Oudwohsr' (lover therseffar. ' l"aM as the Allegheny river reaches a stranoea automobile on Pittsburgh's low-lying flooded north side. foreman being rescued from raging Robinson Run, near Pittsburgh, Still Mystery fir Seattle's responsibility, since those six policemen gave the keys of the city to it," he aaid. Police Judge William F. Devin late today released Satko from a disorderly conduct charge, tiled after police reported he resisted them when they removed his five school-age children from the Ark last week. Judge Devin ' com mended the officers for "doing their doty" but said Satko did not realize the import of their ac tion and did "only the natural thing" any parent might do "to protect his children." Halibut Catch Record ASTORIA, Ore., April 10.-(JP)-The schooner Dawn of Portland discharged a 1940 record halibut catch here today, 10,000 pounds of halibut and 1000 pounds of bottom fish. alwavt SDClled balsnce and in as a nation. - A tail, stately ,- Si I 1 r - S attractive laiation complete with the compariibnship your hobbies, that Budweiser offers when you are alone with voti read rust vow famHv 1 1' and the hosnitalirw it! fTer your gooa as tne xcnecc xiosc to your guests. O flood levels following eastern tor Offer of Million For Hitler Made (Continued from page 1) in an association of the nations with power to enforce peace." Church told the Times the Question of offering the reward had been under discussion by a group of members of the Da quesne club in Pittsburgh for two or three months. "Finally the project has taken shape, and I was selected to make the offer public," he continued. "There are. In the group of pres ent sponsors, about 50 persons, some of them women. "I have held back quite a while, not that I doubted the pos sibility of success of the plan nor do I doubt it now but be cause I doubted that it would strike the Imagination of the world In the manner that it should. "But X felt that there was some power in the idea, especially so because It is not In any sense an offer of reward for an assas sination, and so I hare come to believe that it will indeed catch people's imagination." Church said that although the group backing the project real ised the possibility of achieving its aim was slight, they decided to make the offer anyway on the ground that the capture of Hitler would avert untold suffering. Rainfall Is Heavy As Month Closes (Continued from page 1) amount of precipitation within a 24-hour period was .47 Inch on April 7 and .46 Inch cn April 30. The average amount of mois ture during the month was 3.42 inches. The 1940 records are high compared to 1939 with .35 Inches, the driest on record, but low beside 1937's 7.68 inches, the highest since records have been kept., April, 1938, was almost normal with 3.27 inches.; The temperature during the month ranged from 34 degrees on the lth and the 24th to a top of 81 degrees on the 12 th. ' 1 . mis-.- Knrmrmv with rymerti - a m glass of Budweiser is a stand- lhs , 1 I - I ! w mjk tv- v- --mw w u j v . . 111 n A .'A-vXa. - osayfr iftfii, -fSI r, j tc Ml I Blasted Bridge Showdown Reported Near With Berlin Jubilant at ' Success Claim (Continued from page 1)1 neutrals would tnrong to the Ger; man bandwagon. i Sir Archibald attacked what he called "apparently Inspired ar ticles" In the presa suggesting al lied withdrawal from soutn cen tral Norway. i Nature of the shipping "pre cautions" was not disclosed, but it was understood" many British ships were being routed ria the Cape of Good Hope to ayoid being c au g h t in the Mediterranean should Italy join Germany In the war. - . j While the admiralty reported the loss of two British ' submar ines, Chamberlain declined to dis cuss the northern war before the house of commons, saying he hoped to have "information" later in the week. ' i British military sources said the Germans had taken - Storen and that the allied position in the Dombas sector war "difficult."' No such chary attitude troubled the joyous . Germans. : Authorised quarters said the victories in. Nor way in a short three weeks in dif ficult ' territory surpassed 'this fondest expectations of the mili tary command. . 4 .i. Next on the program is a sweep ing movement intended to brush the allied expeditionary forces from Norway's narrow mid-section into the sea. Already, the Germans said, al lied and Norwegian traps are be ing "pursued" in the vicinity of Dombas. "The main rail connection from Oslo to Trondhelm is in German hands," said the German high command, thus freeing the garri son in Important Trondhelm from dependence on the long air or sea route for supplies or reinforce ments and in the German opinion cracking the southern jaw of the allied pincers movement. The Germans Bay they are send ing heavy reinforcements of men and stores to Oslo regularly and thus can strengthen Trondhelm via rail. Stockholm reports, however, told of continued gunfire at sea in the Skagerrak, indicative that the allies are not idle in that treach erous waterway. In a special order of the day, AT YOUR SERVICE IN EVERY BANKING WAY Among the many banking services available berc, perhaps tberc are some with wbich. you are unfamiHar. Therefore, this partial Hst . may bring to mind some particular need that we can fulliU. you call and talk it over with us. - D. W. Eyro Roy Nelson Henry V Compton i J. Fuhrer ' MEMBER i-i n r x r v urn Hitler said the allied aim "to force Germany to her knees by a belated occupation of Norway has been . definitely . Xrustrated... . ... . i The northern Norwegian front above Trondhelm was reported ominously quiet last j night, and the Germans admitted the Brit ish still were attacking Narvik, the Arctic iron ore pqrt. U .U Jl iCn CS ! 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