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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1940
Page
10
Stockholm dispatch reports King Kaaron VII pledging Norway will endure until freedom returns. A brief Norwegian News Bureau release says northern positions remain strong and with planned aid they expect to retake more of the country. It notes enemy superiority has forced a retreat, with optimism that it will soon reverse.
Dowell J. Howard, elected district governor, will speak at the Rotary Club luncheon tomorrow at 1 PM in the hotel. Lamar Keen and W. G. Ottley will attend their first meeting.
Two ministers qualified to perform marriages in Corporation Court. The Rev. James Van Meter of the Church of the Assembly of God has bond surety C. H. Anderson. The Rev. L. D. Gruber of the Methodist Church has bond surety R. E. Avey set at 500 dollars.
Members of the Kiwanis Club viewed a picture on the apple industry exhibited by Carroll Miller and James Laise of Appalachian Apples Inc. It was the first public showing. John H. Muyskens of Washington State attended as a guest. The attendance prize went to R. E. Buncutter, and a $25 Kiwanis float prize was accepted for fourth place in the Apple Blossom Festival.
Berlin reports attributed to the German News Agency claim the British information service circulated rumors that two German armies move toward the Netherlands frontier. The DNB warned English war agitators twist the uncovering of British plans in southeastern Europe into a distracting maneuver. It cited a telephone interception claim involving French Premier Reynaud and British Prime Minister Chamberlain about Allied Mediterranean plans before May 20.
A French war ministry spokesman argued reports of a German invasion of the Netherlands are Nazi propaganda aimed at alarming neutral nations. He noted parallel rumors of action in Hungary and the Balkans and said German troop numbers on the western front are unchanged. The Allied front in Norway received reinforcements from undisclosed Polish troops as patrols and artillery nets continued.
The government faced a no confidence challenge as Labor pressed for Chamberlain to resign aided by Morrison who urged ouster of Hoare and Simon. Chamberlain defended the war effort saying unity and public support are essential while Eden signaled a long, harsh war ahead.
The House passed and sent to the Senate a resolution rejecting Roosevelt's fourth government reorganization order. It would place the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the Commerce Department and abolish the CAA safety board. The order would take effect next month unless the Senate approves the legislation.
A 23 year old Norwegian flying lieutenant testified at Osteroer Sweden that German flyers hunted Norwegian planes like rabbits and captured 24 undamaged Curtiss pursuit ships at one field during the conquest of Norway. He said Nazis drove British fighters from Norway in a week and destroyed 20 grounded planes in a single attack.
Yugoslavia moves toward a virtual war footing as reports of Italian troop concentrations on the Yugoslav border circulate. A conference between Vice-Premier Vladimir Maček and Italian ministers in Belgrade discussed the topic without official disclosure.
The admiralty announced six British naval trawlers were lost during the Allied withdrawal from Trondheim in Norway. Two sank after air attacks while four were damaged beyond crossing the North Sea and were sunk by British forces.
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded outfielder Johnny Rizzo to the Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Vince DiMaggio, one of the three DiMaggio brothers, in a straight player transaction with no cash involved.
Washington May 8 Chairman Gillett Iowa said the Senate campaign investigating committee has received complaints of improper use of state patronage and unreasonable expenditures tied to Ohio Democratic and Republican senatorial primaries.
Richmond, May 8. The German invasion of Scandinavia closed 70 percent of the medicinal cod liver oil vitamin supply to the United States. Robert William Rodman, managing editor of Druggists' Circular Pharmacy, said hostilities began when U S fish oil stocks were low after heavy winter demand for vitamin products.
N. N. A. President Roosevelt is insured by the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation for $560,000. The annual premiums are paid by the Foundation, which fully controls the insurance and all its prerogatives and assets.
Consular reps from France Britain the United States and other foreign nations in Alexandria prepared for possible Mediterranean war. Gas masks were issued to foreign communities and air raid shelters stocked with food and medical supplies. American citizens in Alexandria and across Egypt would be moved to a sea refuge then sent aboard available ships if trouble arose. Sandbags were stored at the American consulate to fight fires.
The observer notes that residents showed little concern over wartime preparations and the test blackout that darkened the city last night, suggesting a calm or indifferent public mood during the disruption.
Reports from Pasto on May 8 indicate at least 103 died and 125 injured in a Sardona town hall fire during a patriotic celebration Monday night. Growing casualty lists reflect a large-scale disaster in Colombia.
London May 8 Sir Terence O Connor 49 solicitor general since 1936 died last night announced in the House of Commons. He served in World War II with the west African frontier force and sat as MP for Luton from 1924 to 1929. He was knighted in 1936 upon entering the Chamberlain government.
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