The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 182, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 1, 1940 Page: 2 of 18
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THE PORT WORTH PRESS
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I Norse, Swedes
I Retake Roeros
I in Daring Raid
1 Troops Chase Nazis
5 Southward; British
1 Vessels Are Sunk-
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y sunk a British anti aircraft erula-
1 ar a British destroyer and five
British transports off Namais yes-
J terday
May Other Ships Damaged
i . It said that another British
cruiser was damaged and that five
more British transports received.
t severe or very severe damage"
The anti aircraft cruiser type
. mentioned is • new adjAnct to
the British fleet II carries only
Striking Lake Students March With Torches In Protest
WEDNESDAY, MA: -' 1940
Lake Citizens
Will Ask Court
To Open School
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County to Buy May
Drugs From 3 Firms
HERE IS MORE ABOUT
300 Expected For
Library Session
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y anti aircraft gunm and is not dee
i signed for regular naval fighting
The British converted mix old
— erutnera of the-101A-1@_clamn, all
. of less than 5000 tons into this
unique category/in the past few
years
1 The High Command rommubi
que said that another 1200 Yen
emy” troops surrendered in the
mountains near Lommen, hofweeni
Fagernen and Mogne Pjird yester-
day
List of € aptured Kaland
Italy
County Purchasing Age t J N
Williams, continuing his move to BIIATS 00 *
oreal up 4 one store monopoly of-.--,__________—_—
the count 810000 a year drug ion correspondent of
b sine today announced that Minister Galeazzo Ciano’s news- wu saw*
irw. duipplie. for May v ald be- aper Teiegrato reported yester- of Yoakum was elected preedent
fair Two zgata bore the names purchased from three separate ray that there is hope that dif- other orficer-iseleet , were
of trustees neernac on bids - % efenees over the British block-Mrs. GeorseW Corpus
Deputy sheriffs at 10 p m. dis M. Wills ns took bi is o the ide may be ironed out during Shristi, M Herrs, or
persed the student mob after it drugs ......ill he:— for, talks which the mission will have tono nd Mrs M PL
marched to the place of E I May the t unity Home for the in Romeivingston. first, second and third
Bearden one of the board mem- Aged and the ornha is Home One explanation of the British see presidents, respective
hers who voted to oust Mr Ram, Each co any wel be given o . shipping move wes that some of Mrs JohnC Murphree of Dailas..
sey. ders on drugs a id supplies on the finest ships in the British SCretarert * *
The schoolhouse was un ler (hi . it 4 the low bids, ie chant marine are engaged in reesr peen, one
guard all night Constable Carl Pa h of the three conc erne turned traffic to the Far East via the -rar are Ear L, cmsoni
Short deputized C. C. White, who in lows bids on a number of the Mediterranean and Suez. oo DES 205
spent the night with a companion listed items • British shipping authorities also chicaso chief or the public
patroling the grounds . vere maid to be bringing pressure ubrary aMilion or the American
Went Home—F ooled Em alled to......at. wind on East Indian shippers not to use Library Association; said last
But w • fooled em said Har Hnc. A this . vessels in this traffic. i night in a speech before the Peo-
old Hodgkins Jr ring leader of E ,Tar YS P These "neutral vessels are large-pies Library Movement banquet,
the student strikers. I "We went 2 AMT ly Italian which have become ac-y” “ More books are being read and
home and went to bed." : . or me him but I Bore nea Hi live in this trade because of the the greatest demand is for mate-
There was no attempt to open m ont like him high rates rial bearing upon democracy in
the school this morning . A few But ,: er at ty , Mt te ... Prime Minister Neville Cham- government," she said.
striking students loitered on the 150 parents and , he , patrons berlain advised the House of Com-l Sponsorship by citizens’ commit-
grounds, in friendly conversation PT nN h ‘ patrons nons that he will make a state-tees has relieved the heavy bury =
with Mr. White the suarE____- p-i-i--b----------ment on the situation in Norway dens of professional-librarians and
a news super omorrow facifiated library benefits, the
1 Sir Archibald Sinclair, British speaker stated. The association’s
—. Ltterri lexcer, more at Edinburgh goal is to reach rural communities
Fund 1- Subeerited last night one of the most criti-fand supply them with reading ad-
,al speeches the government had vantages now enjoyed by the met-
ake service station operator; H fund of mo e t an 850 to. encountered since the war started ropolitan populace.
* -.....- - lerel action was quickly sub- “If the government has mud-
n . iled this Norwegian campaign it
Mr Hull was the only trustee will be for parliament, to act ob-
ter it. A told the crow: jectively, fearlessly and resolutely
whin, you HirgHenction pro- it n: and incyest of the nation-
7 . t action, will be that is, an inquest on the cabi-
HEAbord member.net He said that evacuation of
hat V buthern Norway would be justi-
-—, ..........-.....— , The erow dichmere L Mr Hull ad- led only if military leaders
ing with Fred Hull, president of used agginet calling on the State thought the situation beyond re-
‘ the lake school board and leader Board of Education for help at air Britain must not scuttle
— of the pro-Ramsey faction.: Settle it yourselves," he away from south Norway," he
Hits Board Action “., aid.-
Mr. ( L Elston demanded to
1 “The so-called board meeting know why other trustees did not Warning that unless the gov-
ome to the-meeting Fred ernment acted vigorously and with
eai. ... E and PTd determination in Norway neutrals 1
T "Nr Foster scH actwould "rush to climb on the Ger-
illegally, and civic league meeti s recently that nan band wagon," Sinclair said:
4—ived eur • - - 5 LecTY that "Neutrals have gained the im-
ression that we are good but
slow, vacilirting and ineffective,
lyhile the Get mans are evil but
swift and terrible. Although we
can muddle through to victory in
d t’ie long run we shall may for
any cliq: e but t: . ndca gehleness of our political ‘direc-
pretty heat were P AT tion by prolongation of the war."
. , I in support
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Too SPICITPANAANANSNSE Too ct in -.
for court action
Torches flared with cftzenn’ tempers at Lake Worth last night as striking students of Lake school included O Howard Payne
Worth Mchool, rebelling .1 the school board’s dis missal of their popular principal, V E.. Ramsiy, l--- t ====== - "
paraded in protest through the lake business district. Deputy sheriffs, summoned by anonymous per- L Cullender, highway, department
sons, dispersed the young marchers employe: Wash T Flory, steam-
**------------------------------------------- fitter and brot fer of one of the
new trustees, nor yet sworn in
It said the remainiter of the on the D.....has Stoeren railroad TA1 7 on (IALT
Norwegian Be 1 1 ntni y have been so rapid as to have IT. W OFC2TS OL CuiCh
ing 200 efficera and 3500 men am outrun German communications . *. *****
In which case the was
morin net or metasoma; - of an atc-mpted VAmMo / ips Scales at 4 Ounces
is a higher figure than xan re loUntorblew =
ported Tn yesterday a coinuni A British War Office onunto
que ead the! British IropA in the
Am.............1..........----cam
: the Germans faptured even kunn born remistenie This meant that
128 machine Kunn and 200 ***** ANiea positions at. Dombas were
An good fonditie, the commits heroming untenable, even if the
que and. . Germans THANT not actually cap
"The advance in Norway im con tuf, the too n
Unuing," it aid- Fighting
eurrer near Frontheim
Nora still Hold Fort
The Norwegian gallison
Dallas Pair. Lands 20
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at
Hegram Mort went of Fronhei
Waa still holding out and as he
ing provisioned and furnished with in what appears i to be mis of the
and Fred Frazier, Swift & Co
employe. Mr. Frazier was st
work today. The other three went
together to see Supt. Roach and
attorney Winters, after consult-
_ brary Movement, designed to
nr Poreiei create new and improve old li-
* braries in Texas: Mrs E. H Marek
L. P. Wade of
Bass As Thousands
Open Fishing Season
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tictpate when they sally forth In
yesterday was called without con-
suiting the board president." Mr Framer a
Payne charged. ‘The trustees who-
The communique also Indi ated the dawn the thrilling thing that , 1
that ATlied capture or NAItix was given to Opening Day most of
mumnent , the aanecta of a national holi- . .
German Basra Raided ' day Man pitting his ingenuity
Itoval Air Font e plan 1 1 : agalDEE the cuinning Of the ptaca+i
ha int on tir.....in held au its torial world . 1
Then tire hattle ended and,
while his company oils held the
rock ng bent, Dr. Lyle brought
h s catch in gaff. With the as
sistance of the colored boy he
I find it over the gunwales —
the prettiest four - ounce perch
you ever saw..
met were acting 1
their action has deprived our he was for the elod r NX Ta
children i elementary, pupils unaf this s-Nool I wonder whe-Te
fected by the high school strike now 2.
of ths right to class work We’re
going to do something about it
At the meeting yesterday after
noon were Mr. Bearden. Earl
T ammunition by airplane bis attacks of thelwar but British
Two Gernian airplanes were authorities admitted that the Al
Khbt down by antilairiraft bat lie position south of Tron helm
terien The bombing planragrone in dangerous and. ery olacute
t. centrated on a British erutari but The R AT bombers went into
the warship emraped damage action. against air bases nt TLs
The destinyer was met afire and vanger Fornehu outside Oslo and
. drifted down tie fjord to a point AAThorg on the northern tip of
i where it Mas fr ared it might bio k Denmark h the string, they v ere towed in. |
the port entrance It was sunk TYl British Admit Losers "Just the anme it’s been i great 4
a torpedonred by another Hrit The Taidla started art is ht and mor.....E they said but “ you
L VArh H still were continuing this Morning should have seen the one that got
Be en eprate raids"" re maile in an n........in effort by the-nt away it was, well
Many imines were "lie ere inh to break the eruslims Alt *1 It did seem that most of them
omeaawitiearer, chateed thal Oh P.....acy. of the derminna in Nor were Etung away on this first
An ME neitun 1 WH Y day of the new season but-near-
. Wienateea . . The extenalie scale of the bomb lv every rove and inlet was filled
1 The high "Ionise MuTA h ONE attach a was in licaieil by the with boats carrying eager an-
the German plan".....well in An N mtiy, ac 1......it Kiers
was shaken when depth lwimih M "I Hritish planes were oal in One exception to the hard-
stored Th 1 the talrim lssck rule Wits experienced by in
med Berlin caimpd thatjeight Brit Dallas party made up of s. c.
. . . iDNijlanex were shot dowri at tta. - Hovelt, C. F. Briggs and W. 1.
Three l’lanos Attack Nhip vanger New. When they docked at 7
" ‘ The attack on the British de The Air Ministry
troyer was made by three Hein heavy casualties
Itel planes Two of them circled the German air
his h and drew the fire of anti that at least three German tight
mirerart guns while the third et planes were shot down oid that tween 3 nd 4 a m
power itivei nearly 1000 feet the air bases were damage heav V’oveil But Briggs caught the
dropping a load of bomba lv and planes at the reida dhia- first one two minutes after Game
- Lhortiy after the plane pulled perand - Warden Parks’ pistol shot opened
out of its dive there qyar a ter- May Day is Quiet One the season at midnight!"
rite explosion on the destroyer a The new claims ox victosir Mr Briggs with terth chatter- POUND CAT €
after dack followed by a series of Norway enlivened an otherwise ing wasn’t talking much - He PCHCNL 1
sharp explosions na the destroy (all May has eelebratio in Cen had fallen overboard while bring LANDED BY D ALLASITE
els cargo of depthcharges went many There was little erremony ing the boat to.dock ny totted Pecs
. The ship s maganie then The annual gathering of oorkers. Happiest kid was 16 - year - old
burst into flames in the Lutgaiten, around the May Marion Herring Ir
i - On the Steinkjer front it was tree to bear thegruxtomaty speech Yex yocan skip school to-
asmerted that the Allies had wiped by Niofr Hitler was abandoned day his Mom told him. ‘ / But
out two German patrols and kill this year because of the war you l have to work and no slack-
ed 23 Germans There were no parades and the ing on the job.
German planes bombed Nammos Cakr were not out Hitict • order
for 10 hours yesterday, hitting a of the day given out vesterday
British destroyer and setting it praising the -ploits of German
afire, killing and wounding many troops i NArtA: and a procla
persons and doing great damage mation No Robert Lex Nazi Labor
On the far north Narvik Front Front leader to soldiers and
Germans were reported driven out workers, were the only pronounce
of Gratangen 12’ miles north ments,
of Norvik with heavy losses
m with no other fish
Nazi Planes Trouble Britain
Suggests State Pelp.
Howard Payne advised the rally
ToWd:.
: Hodgkins, R J. Foster and Fred with 1 '
1 Korth. new trustee just sworn in got or
(said to be opposed to Principal vents th no back to mo lolene
• Ramsey * • but: I this •. { to
F. Fred Hull sat an the grounds his th , I re mmend that as
FIsaid he was not invited in. This ve get the school oven
■ the other trustees disputed.
Leaves $3000 Estate
...—I we get a The will of Mrs. Jennie o. John-
tee . ” imimer out here to son, retired school teacher, writ-
St it this • 1061 is run right." ten three days be ore her de-th
Student s rhers, th ' morning last Monday, left most of her
mere frerent. about possibility $3000 estate to a brother, T T.
that seniors this year cannot Oliver, and a nicer Mrs Eugenia
inti-Ra msey board mem bera were $ rm i te , 1 tob nson. The will was , sued last
meeting.We ant have a good school Thureday. It provides $200 for her
“They almost -broke ths door 0 Er rate in, we d rather not nephew, Homer Oliver, end $500
dew n,” said Mr Foster "That’s Xr" mate at all said Edwin for her nurse. Half of her estate
Learned of Meeting
At any rate, a group nt parents
get wind of the meeting, tried to
storm the school room where the
"They almost broke the
- —, ____________at all," said Edwin for her
the kind of co-operation Fred Hull Booth, one of the lea ers.
gave us. We sent for him, and he
sent that bunch of women
students over instead.”
| With the parents outside trying
. to get in, the anti-Ramsey trus-
—And here’s one that MIDNT tees had secret session, voted the
get away, 8 pounds, 10 ounces shut down.
of big mouthed bash taken from I "We don’t want the school elos
Old Lake Thurber at 8:80 a. m. ed down any more than they do.
. . . Mr. Foster asserted later "But
today by Pete Heflin, 1034 Ash this a dangerous situation out
yed to bite b t he orescent Mr. Heflin reported here and we had to do something
waid Mr his daughter, Irene, brought before somebody gets hurt You
home one that weighed six and never can tell what a bunch of
three-quarter pounds, | boys like that will do. We never
intended to stop classes perma-
nently, but only until this danger-
ous sitaution is removed."
Welcomes Court Action
For this reason, Mr. Foster
was bequeathed to the brother and
a dollar and a dime for the remainder, after special, be-
and DY ’ P 1 '' I’m onna get quests are deducted, was to be
a erted young Hodgkins, 'turned over to Mrs. Robinson.
••• 1 that____am they displayed la big sand
ha s and reported that they
force, claiming threw, bark at least 45.
So Cowbey, as he is called, was
piloting a motor cruiser towing
rowboats out to the fishing spots
"I onfidentially," he said. "I I
th nkc III sneak in a little fish- 1
ing this afternoon.’
All available parking space
Tomorrow, Too 1s Holiday
Tomorrow In \aceumini
another holiday and men ’
Day
added he would welcome court ac-
DALLAS May 1 Dr L. J tion by the other aide “It will
Weber me a the prize catch to-put the whole thing under court
lay in the Dallas area as the fish-jurisdiction," and the court can
ng season opened He pulled a stop any disturbances."
vo pound yellow catfish off a trot-| Mr Foster restated previous
ne early I the morning from charges that Mr Ramsey had
White Rock Lake caused trouble in the school and
WE NEVER CLOSE
around docks and fishing .camps
was filled and in cense plates gave
proof that many out - of towners
The overwhelming German A
superiority in Norway was re. Eilised will hold the traditional were among the hundreds out on'
sarded by III Ham as the darkest Hoimennartie—A--daxlens ——the water Many of these came
spot in the Scandinavian situation aive male Antherins urban tyom Dallas and, strangely
Considerable doubt ......pressed gate • ' . enough, seemed o be having much
that any Allied efforts in the lished 1tomiorr.....better luck than the localites
. gion south of Trondheim oulf be public Has kentragerivo waiting: And every kind of equipment
successful so long as this nitua- forward or further action against was in evidence fancy minnow
tion obtains Si itish, troom * posed . to be but vets and old tin cans, de luxe
was pointed out that ir the trapped in the mountains between cruisers an 1 tiny skirrs elaborate
. Allied campaign against Trond- Ntmmrenand Lots, a..fly rods and old cane poles
, helm fails, they will he for ed onto . 1 he new *per , Ha m hu rgor Everything was lovely except
the defensive, and the Germans Premdtenhlatt said that the arr that the bass and crappie just
i will be able to employ the south wal of German troop" at Dombas didn’t seem hungry.
1 and central Norwegian ports and and the junction of the German *
air bases to launch submarine and Oslo and Trondheim forces had ture of Roeros the exact situation
air attacks against Great Britain sealed the rate of those English on the vital Dombas-Stoeren rail-
s which was believed to be the and Norwegian ferres which are road line was not made clear in
. prime purpose of the German in undoubtedly still in the area he- reporta from the front.
ah. vasion twwen Tynset Steeren and Opdal Norwegian military authorities
Want To Finch or Allies Their retreat either to Namsox a serted that there vere large
4 0by way of Trondheim, or to An- numbers of German troops be-
t ********** * miennen :himtimn miemarnatian tween Roeros wn Tynset one that
- the Allied troops port northwest of Dom ba s) from the military viewpoint their,
ruth 0 ronheim. it was ex- through Domibar in cut off " positions were not of great impor-
petrdtiat they would move im- "Fight Not Over" lance pa......larly asregards an-
me in. ferre against However the military expert of advance northward from Roeros
the Aled onitians in the Steink- the Boersen Zeitung warned, that to Stoeren
mtnSuccess in" We at home must realize the They said that the Roeroa-Stoe.
test.arerkamowd clinch German right for nosseasi...../Norway is ren road was too narrow for large
narron exert the not vet terminated He added trucks needed to take heavy sup.
, in Morn -popu- that in view of developments, we plies and that bridges and tunnein
- nower The "autbriti, ha can face the outcome with abso- along the roads which are not |
n-wea Ehat en. German Lamna "Deapmid tha" Nonieg_______p. seialna been dynamited by NoF
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