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INVASION SHIPS
TARGETS FOR
ENEMY BOMBS
LONDON, Apr. 28.—<AP>—
Masses of allied invasion vessels,
assembling in harbors in western
England, were attacked last
night by German bombers, ac
cording to Berlin dispatches by
way of Stockholm which said:
“Great quantities of allied ship
ping has gathered in channel
ports, in southeastern as well
as western England,” and added:
‘‘The Nazis and neutrals were
continuing the guessing game
which began several weeks ago,
saying the invasion is probably
less than two weeks away.”
• German authorities said ir.
’ 'Holland, they are ready to blast
••'the dikes which guard the en
trance to the Zuider Zee. to flood
the Hugi area, including Rotter
dam and Ams'erdam.
Britain's shores were closed to
day to all except the most urgent
outbound traffic and civilian
travel, under new regulations de
signed to 'keep the invasion plans
secret.
JAP RESISTANCE
SAID TO BE AT
A MINIMUM
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Apy. 28.—<UP>—U. S. invasion
forces closed in on Hollandia in
the six-day campaign during
which all three of that city’s air
ports were captured and put into
immediate operation.
The bombing range has now
been increased to take in the
Philippines and the southern end
of the Japanese Islands.
Japanese resistance is at a
minimum, after fleeing before hte
thousands of allied soldiers slosh
ing in the muddy jungles, it was
announced by General MacAr
thur.
More than 400 miles to the
southeast the Aus'ralians were
pushing forward from Medang,
which they took Tuesday, and
are now moving to take Alexis
haffen, which has a large air
drome.
Headquarters said that the
Japanese fled inland from Hol
landia and all organized resist
ance has ceased
BOMBERS RAID
NAZI BASES IN
FRENCH AREAS
LONDON, Apr. 28.—(API—
American heavy and medium
bombers blasted Nazi air bases
over a wide area in France, on
the heels of the 3500-ton bomb as
sault last night on Frederichsha
fen railyards.
The blows carried1 to points in
France and Belgium and carried
through the 14th day, the grind
ing pre-invasion assault, hurl
ing 65,000 tons of explosives on
■Europe since April 15th.
Fortresses, winging out in day
light poundings, hit Avord air
drome, 130 miles south of Paris,
while mediums slapped another
field in northern France, and
Lightnings shot up a third.
36 RAF bombers were lost in
last night’s raids.
SOUTH PACIFIC DYNAMITE—Pfe. Herman L. Halter of Woodburn. Ore., loses bis
*t%; m, “Dyoam’te,” bucking bronco. at the Second Marine division's rodeo in the South Pacific.'
DAMAGE SUITS
FILED AGAINST
LIQUOR MEN
SEATTLE, Apr. 23.—<AP>—
' 'Preble damage isuifs, asking
3285,000, were filed in federal
court yesterday by the OPA.
against tv<* firms and three in
dividuals in business of supply
j, ing Alaska wi*h liquor.
The OPA charged the firms of
K. & L. Distributors, owned by
Jack Kessler, and Irving Levine,
& Alaska Distributors, owned by
Alfred Shyman, who sold 11
i quors at prices in excess of those
; Set by . federal agency regula
tions,
Damages in the suits against
K. & L. Distributors amoun's to
$197000, and against the Alaska
Distributors, $87,000.
Alfred Krauss, district OPA
I director, said the Alaska Distrib
utors had previously offered the
i amount of the overcharges in set
tlement out of court, but the ad
ministrators claim treble • dam
i ages and the offer was reject
ed, Krauss said, “because there
were no extenuating circum
! stances justifying the overchar
ges.-’
I
TANKS HELP
REDS NEAR IASI
LONDON, Apr. 28.—fAP)—
The Russian army was pressing
forward in determined offensive
efforts with powerful tank sup
port for the forces in northern
Rumania, near Iasi, with fierce
battles raging in the vicinity.
Bucharest said that several
Russian penetrations were cut
off or reduced by counterattacks
Moscow made no mention of
such offensive although the Sov
iet communique announced some
400 Germans killed as the Red
Army repelled German thrusts
southeast of Stanislawow' in the
Carpathian foothills.
No important changes on the
Russiah fronts were in evidence
ACTIVITY LOW
ON ITALY FRONT
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAJLES, Apr. 28.—(AP)-L-Patrol
action marked the activities all
along the Italian front with lit
tle change in the ground front,
while weather hampered air op
erations, with only 1UQ sorties
and no planes lost.
Partial Election Returns
With incomplete returns from the Second, Third and First
Divisions the totals show a decided favor for Bartlett over his
two opponents for the Democratic nomination for Delegate to
Congress, while on the Republican ticket for the same office,
Manders increased his lead over Grigsby.
For Attorney General. Rivers seems the favorite to win on
the Democratic ticket, and for Highway Engineer, Smith carries
the edge over Metcalf. No other Territorial offices were contested.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Delegat eto Congress:
RODEN. H. 73 2 2 22 1 0 1 101
ZIEGLER, A. H. . 21 0 0 0 2 0 0 23
BARTLETT, E. L. 6g 7 6 5 0 11 17 115
For Attorney General:
RIVERS, R. . ni i 4 i9 2 5 18 160
DRAGER. K. 28 1 2 7 2 4 0 44
For Auditor:
BOYLE, F. A.;-••• 118 5 6 23 2 10 18 182
For Highway Engineer:
SMITH, L. W. 147 9 7 24 4 8 13 212
METCALFE. F. A. 16 1 1 3 0 2 0 23
For Senators:
SCOTT. T. m 3 2 25 2 9 6 158
COCHRANE. O. D. .. 91 8 5 20 3 0 6 133
WHALEY, F. H. 116 10 6 20 3 7 4 166
LYNG' H. 108 4 6 22 4 10 3 157
For Representatives:
A™E*S°" E. 67 1 4 14 4 9 2 101
CASTEL, A. 59 2 2 17 0 0 2 82
S. 34 6 5 12 1 6 4 68
MADSEN, G. .. 72 j 312 2 4 3 97
POR™ALW W- E. 102 4 2 10 2 4 7 131
WALSH' M J.;.- 147 9 7 22 3 7 6 201
REPUBLICAN TICKET
For Delegate to Congress:
GRIGSBY, G.
MANDERS. J. E. 53 0 1 11 7 5 1 78
31 8 0 6 0 2 0 47
For Attorney General:
McCAIN, H. ...1. 67 7 1 16 7 6 1 105
For Auditor:
CHASE. W.. |
66 7 1 16 5 6 1 102
For Highway Engineer:
WANN. E. F...
60 7 1 16 5 7 1 97
For Senators:
JONES, C. O. 76 5 l 19 7 5 1 114
MILLER. H. G. 37 7 1 12 1 5 1 64
OST' L. 71 5 1 18 7 7 1 110
WARNER, C. D. 74 5 1 19 3 7 1111
For Representatives: if'
BAKER, B. G. 74 7 1 17 5 6 1 111
BAYNE. H. 53 7 1 14 2 5 1 93
BELL- B.-... 50 1 1 14 7 6 1 80
SEIFFERT, V. G. 56 4 1 12 6 5 0 84
TAYLOR, W..... 89 | 011 5 5 199
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WASHINGTON, Apr. 28.—(AP)—Secretary of the
Navy Frank Knox, died at 10:00 p. m., Eastern War
Time, at his Washington, D. C., home, of a heart at
tack. He became ill last week.
His death was announced by Undersecretary of
the Navy James V. Forrestal, acting in the capacity
of secretary of the navy when Knox was stricken
with “gastro intestinal upset”, while attending the
funeral in Manchester, N. H., of his friend and busi
ness partner for the past 40 years.
Knox returned to his office Tuesday morning, but
about two hours later became ill and went home
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EARTHQUAKE
IS REPORTED
BY OBSERVERS
BOMBAY, India, Apr. 28.—
»AP>—An earthquake shock of
great intensity was recorded at
Bombay University Observatory
shortly after 9:00 p. m. last
night.
Officials of the observatory
said that the center was approx
imately 4.290 miles from Bom
bay, and estimated it to De in
the vicinity of New Guinea,
where Mac Arthur's forces were
engaged with the Japs
DRIVE NIPPONS
FROM SEVERAL
POINTS IN INDIA
SOUTHEAST ASIA HEAD
QUARTERS, KANDY. Ceylon —
<AP>—A tank supported British
battalion, lashing out west of the
allied base of Kohim, have driv
en the Japanese invaders from
several points in northern India,
Lord Mountbatten's headquarters
said today.
The bulletin added:
‘‘The .allies were making steady
progress through very difficult
country along the, super Abum
Myitkyina road.”
General Stillwell's Chinese
troops attacked Tiangzup. 45
miles north of Myitkyina, the
most, important Japanese point
on the north Burma road.
RAIDS NUMBER
IN THOUSANDS
HUTCHINSON, Kan., Apr 23.
—<APi—Artemus Gates. assist
ant Secretary of the Navy, dis
closed: ‘‘We have been making
thousands of plane raids in the
Pacific,” to the graduating crew
in air training, at the navys big,
new operational base here, today.
Gates said:
“I don’t think the public real
izes we have been having such
large fleets of aircraft in the air
in the Pacific, 1000-plane attacks
are not uncommon, and we are
building all the time.”
CIVILIANS ARE
SUFFOCATED
PORTSMOUTH, Va„ Apr 28.
—(AP>—Fifteen civilian work
men died of suffocation and 20
others were injured last night in
the Norfolk' Navy Yards, when
fire broke out in the hold of a
naval ship undergoing repairs.
The cause of the tire is as yet
unknown.
In the two hours, 30 workmen
were carried from the burning
vessel unconscious from the
smoke fumes.
‘The secretary suffered a se
vere heart attack Tuesday morn
ing, and in the afternoon pre
pared to go to bed, where he
died at 10:00 o’clock last night,”
I Forrestal said.
When Forrestal announced the
| death of Frank Knox over the
navy’s loud speaker system, he
| asked all departments and em
1 ployees, many of whom were at
lunch in the cafeterias, to pause
i in their activities, in respect to
I Knox.
Frank Knox, secretary of the
navy, was born at Boston, Mass.,
January 1 1874: attended public
schools at Grand Rapids, Mich.;
and gradua'ed from Alma Col
lege, Alma, Mich., with the de
gree of A. B.: in 1898 he joined
the Rough Riders and saw ac
tion in Cuba. He entered jour
nalism after the Spanish-Ameri
can War, and in 1903 became
publisher of the Evening News
of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Mr.
Knox established the Manchester,
N. H.. Leader, and later became
publisher of the Manchester Un
ion-Leader. He was appointed
governor-major of New Hamp
shire and served in World War
I. as a major, participating in
the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argon
ne offensives. He was commis
sioned a lieutenant colonel in the
O. R. S. Corps in 1923, and pro
moted to the ranke of colonel in
19.37.
Mr. Knox was appointed as
1 general manager of the Hearst
newspapers, and was publisher of
the Hearst Boston papers, The
American, Daily Advertiser and
Sunday Advertiser. He resigned
in 1930 and became publisher of
the Chicago Daily News in 1931.
The secretary of the navy was
trustee of the Century of Prog
ress Exposition and was also a
trustee of the Armour Institute
of Technology and a director of
the City National Bank & Trust
Co. From 1911 to 1933 he was a
member of the Indian Commis
sion and was appointed secretary
of the Navy, July 11, 1940, which
appointment he has held until
his death.
ICKES ACCUSES
OFFICIALS OF
RACE PREJUDICE
WASHINGTON. Apr. 28— <AP>
—Secretary of the Interior Har
old L. Ickes, accused New York’s
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and
two republican governors, John
E. Bricker of Ohio, and Walter
Edge of New Jersey, of “racial
discrimination ”
In the matter of resettlement
of Japanese Americans, Ickes
said
“They expressed belief that
law-abiding Japanese in this
country are not entitled to the
sarhe privileges as non-Japan
ese.”
He added: ‘‘These opinions
seem ominously out of tune with
what the nation is fighting for—
the principles of democracy and
freedom ”