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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1940
Page
7
The Northwest Texas Older Boys Conference will be held at Amarillo High School on Saturday, April 27, according to officials.
Local officials announce a lone-day conference replacing the three-day event. Grover C. Good, YMCA secretary in charge of the area, will oversee the conference.
Harold G. Nichols newly appointed secretary of the Great Plains District YMCA will arrive in Amarillo to assume duties on April 15 and assist in directing the conference activities.
Stockholm report details Allied and German naval air battles along the Norwegian coast. Germany confirms losses of the Bluecher and Karlsruhe cruisers, while Britain reports losses of the Hunter destroyer and Hardy flotilla leader. Seeboundaries of Narvik actions and aerial bombardments.
AP reports Dewey led in Nebraska with over 10 000 votes at half count while Roosevelt held a strong Illinois margin in a 6 to 1 win over Garner. Dewey ran unopposed in Illinois. in Nebraska Roosevelt faced no challenger. Neither state's results bind delegates.
A Nazi controlled Oslo station urged Norwegians to cease resistance to the German invasion. The broadcaster defended the action and announced new international currency rates affecting Norway and Germany.
Copenhagen radio reports all members of the 1936 1937 and 1939 civil air defense corps in Denmark are summoned to service at once. Those called up were directed to bring sufficient food for the next 12 hours.
Berlin reports indicate Germany asked Romania Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Hungary to deploy gun boats on the Danube to guard a key southeast European trade artery. Authorized sources would not confirm or deny, but the general stance suggested a basis for the claim.
Lieutenant Governor Coke R. Stevenson of Junction is viewed as most likely successor to Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice C. M. Cureton who died Monday. Stevenson was in Austin for a conference with Governor W. Lee O’Daniel, fueling the impression he will be the governor’s pick.
In London on April 10 labor MP David Kirkwood pressed R A Butler for talks on peace by negotiation. Butler replied the government would add to existing statements on Britain’s war aims and terms, maintaining the wartime position.
Years ago today on April 10 1915 Allied forces dug in to stabilize positions and press the line on the western front amid ongoing fighting and territorial changes.
Belgian cabinet cancelled military leaves after an extraordinary meeting amid rumors that France and Britain sought rights to send troops through Belgium. In the Netherlands, Holland readied for invasion with frontier barriers and evacuations near the Maas bridge between Venlo and Blerik, where the bridge was dynamited.
Turkish officials report a government push to convene a Balkan entente conference to align Romania Greece and Yugoslavia with the Allies. The four nations would form the entente under this plan.
London reports Britain has embargoed all exports to Denmark and placed a provisional ban on shipments to Scandinavian and Baltic destinations. Danish ships in British ports may be detained or seized, and Danish vessels on the high seas could be halted and directed to British ports. Dominions are expected to apply similar measures to close the blockade loophole.
Hongkong authorities tightened wartime rules and barred ships and aircraft of any nationality from entering or leaving Hongkong. The order grants enforcement powers to compel compliance and reflects broader restrictions in effect on April 10.
President Roosevelt summoned Sumner Welles and Jesse Jones to the White House for a discussion of future relations with Scandinavia and possible neutrality moves. The export import bank has offered 35 million in credits to Norway Denmark and Sweden but little used. State and Justice officials worked on a proclamation to extend neutrality to Norway and Denmark but diplomacy from Norway delayed decisions.
Amarillo High School reports 43 students made straight A records in the second six weeks of the spring term. The class includes 15 boys and 28 girls. 73 boys and 142 girls earned A and B grades. The failure rate for the period was 7.75 percent, the school’s lowest in its history.
Glass thread could become a new surgical material as it can be drawn as fine as silk and spun into fibers of any thickness. Inventor Games Slayter of Toledo described it as smooth, easy to handle, easily sterilized, and slowly absorbed when used to close deep incisions.
Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax declared that the Allies would fight for defenseless Norway regardless of any Norwegian negotiations with Germany, which would be regarded as under duress. He said he did not know if Norway was ready to negotiate, but the Allies would continue to fight for Norway.
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