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THE WEATHER Wtithtr In Montana, Generally fair Sunday and Monday, colder extreme east portion Sunday, warmer Monday. Sele DAILY VOL. CENTS HRLENA, SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1940 AscwIatM tnm tonlci NBA Feature N. T. Iteck tea Band List Montana'! Oldest Publication; It Blanket! Tradlni Territory Germany Sinks Big British Warship Reply Is Released Hull's Recent Proposal Flatly Rejected By Mexico Washington, May Mexican government flat 1y rejected tonight the United States request for arbitration of the two-year-old dispute growing out of expropriation of American-owned oil companies.

General Eduardo Hay, Mexican minister for foreign affairs, said In a note that the Mexican government "considers arbitration incompatible" with, the in the controversy and with International law "since the matter in dispute is domestic In nature and is near solution by the authorities ot Mexico." No Injustice The note presented the view that the United States could not contend there had been a denial of justice until after the American oil companies had exhausted every moans ot adjustment provided by the Mexican laws, Including recourse ot the Mexican courts. General Hay announced, fa the note, that a settlement bad been reached with the Sinclair Interests under which the American company, "accepting the expropriation definitive, will limit Itself to discussing the amount of the Indemnity and the conditions ot payment in reasonable Installments, recognizing the justification of the Mexican point of view." The Mexican note was dated May 1. Mews dispatches from Mexico City said yesterday that an agree- (Contlnued on Page 7) Tension Is High In Greece When Warships Arrive Athens, May The reported arrival ot British naval reinforcements In the Aegean ecu oft Salonika kept tension high in Greece tonight as all of southeastern Europe watched anxiously for developments in the eastern Mediterranean. Urltlsh ships have been stationed In tho Aegean, gateway to the Dardanelles, since the outbreak ot the war. But the arrival of more ships, coming on top of Italian concentration ot naval and military forces In the Dodecanese islands and the Tlrltlsh-Frcneh naval concentration it Alexandria, brought home to residents ot Salonika tho fact that their seaport town would be a strategically valuable base for cither side In case the war should break out here.

Greece steps to protect Sa- lonla from the north. A major portion ot the 10 classes of reserve officers called up for training will be to the Albanian frontier, ivhence Italy conceivably might launch a drive It she enters the war. At the tame time German sources reported that Greek police bad raided a secret British radio station In Athens Which bad been sond- inc meteorological reports to British warships. This could not be confirmed officially In Athens. Six Killed, 163 Injured When Nazi Plane Crashes in English Town Parts of a shattered Nazi Ilelnkel bombing piano mingled with the wreckage of an apartment houso at Clacton-on-Sea, En bomber crashed on a raid over the seaport town.

Four membprs of the plane's crew and two c'vilians wcro killod, 163 hur plosion which followed the crash. Tho plane was crippled by anti-aircraft before it fell. Uodlo from London, passed gland, otter tbo In a terrific ex- by censors. YELLOWSTONE MAY BE OPEN YEAR AROUND Steps Being Taken by Tri-state Group At Meeting Livingston, May looking toward eventual oponlnp of Yellojvfllono Nntionnl pnrk for wtn- cr tourist travel wrro taken at, a meeting of the Trl-Slnfo Yellowstone- Fark Civic association at Old Faithful In Yellowstone, park today, nearly 100 delegates from Montana, Idaho and Wyoming attended. Heading tho Wyoming delegation GOT.

NeOs H. Smith; C. A. Bottolfson of Idaho vras chief that state's group, while William G. Ferguson, manager of Moutans, spoke for tho Treasure state The Saturday meeting was pre- imlnary to a tlirce-stato picnic and celebration planned for Sunday at he Old Faithful picnic grounds at -which tho two governors will speak and bands trom the three states play.

The celebration will emphasize that Yellowstone park 8 open to tourist travel from May 1 to Oct. 15 each year. Keep Ilomls Open One resolution passed Saturday, L. C. Morrison, secretary of tho (Continued on Page 7) FIITIER FES HE GOT IG SON ens AGO Seattle, May well-lo- 71-year-old Alaskan sourdough, vho long has harbored a suspicion hat a Seattle hospital gavo his wife nother woman's baby by mistake 9 years ago, disclosed today that he was search for the "baby" he ielteves to be his true heir.

The aged but vigorous father in be strango drama Is II. L. Stull, ho went north to Alaska from Stoddartsvllle, in the 1807 gold ush. The tall, blind scion whom the tocky, dark Stulls reared and lored died 10 years ago. NAZI ATTACK ON WEST LINE THROWN BACK "IN DISORDER" Paris, May (AP)-- The French high command tonight reported that i German surprise attack against THal center of the 100-mile ictlvi lection of the western front had been thrown back "In disorder." The Germans, attacking on what was described officially as a wide front, were caught In slrong French barbed wire entanglements by heavy artillery Machine-guns and automatic rifles placed strategically to sweep tbc fluids of wire were said by military obscivers to havo thrown thfl naaln Into confusion, forcing their retreat.

This section of the front, whore (he valleys of the Bllot and S.titr TlTiri join, li at most dlf- ficult countrysides on the western front for ground operations. Far In the advance of tho Maginot line the French havo erected strong advance post positions, taking advantage of the thickly wooded slopes and rock strewn valleys. The German attack, launched he- fore dawn this morning, is understood to have covered the whole valley area situated almost In the exact center of the northern hinge of (ho western front, where It bends wost from the Rhine and runs to the Luxembourg frontier. The sparsely worded high command communique referred to the action as a "quite Important surprise attack," Indicating It was considerably larger than the recent local skirmishes between advisee posts and patrols la this sector. New City Council Takes Over Duties On Monday Morning Naming Departmental Heads Is First Of 'Duties Helena's city council--Mayor A.

J. Roberts, P. Sorcnssoii and Amos M. Shellndy--wound up rout- Ino business nt (liclr final meeting of tJie year yesterday afternoon and adjourned sine die, turning over Iho duties of city administration to Mayor Jack Haytln and Commisloncr Noble Evans who nlll take office Monday morning with Mr. the hold over.

Tho two new councllmen will 1)0 sworn in at 10 o'clock Monday morning and Will begin at ones .1 reorganization ot tho city government, first assigning themselves to various departments. Mr. Haytln, as mayor, wjll tako over the water department and It Is expected that Mr. Shellady will maintain his present position as commissioner of public safety while Mr. Evans will become street commissioner.

Thereafter tho Job of selecting Alan Sproul to Be President of Federal Reserve New York, May Alan Sproul, 44-year-old career man In the federal reserve system, may he the next president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the world's largest hank on the score of total deposits. George L. Harrison, chief executive ot the Institution since 1928, recently announced his resignation to become tbo executive head of the New Yorlc Life Insurance company, effective July 1. Some bankers In close touch with the Now York bank's affairs said Sproul, now the first vice president, was the only one prominently mentioned for the post. Tho appointment Is made by the directors of tho a with the approval of the Federal Reserve board In Washington.

Wealthy Chicago Man Sought for Kalispell Charge Kallspell, May A warrant for tho arrest of Stanley Young, wealthy Chlcagoan, for removal of property from the state sold under conditional SB lea contracts, was Issued today by Justice of the Peace TV. IL Martin. The property, consisting chiefly ot houso furnishings, van bought frr-m Tul! and Glbbs, Snokane firm, the complaint sild. Young came here two years ago and built an elaborate $40,000 estate ttt Coraro. about 30 miles north and eaat ot Helena's administrative "family" will gat under way with somo changes apparently duo to be made In tho present personnel.

Reports aro that tlirco nominations may be made for chief of police. Rolla Duncan, Jack Flan(Continued on Pago 6J PRESS ASSOCIATION IS IT Havre, May (AP)--A permanent organization, the Northern Division of tho Montana Press association, was formed here today with Gcorgo Tout of the Harlem News as president. Frank Whetstone of tlie Pioneer Press at Cut Bank was chosen secretary. Lloyd Haw of LewJsloivn, president of Iho Montana Press association, delivered Llio principal address before publishers ot weekly Jn nearly nil of northern Montana's counties. Henry of Helena, secretary of tho state association, discussed matters to Hie printing Industry; Alexander Wai den, business manager of the Great Falls Trllnme, gave a resume of tlio national advertising conditions, an A TV.

Taylor, also of Great Falls, spoke on the state law which governs print- Ing. GERMAN PUSH TO THE NORTH IS PREDICTED Huge Army of 100,000 In Norway Growing Every Day Stockholm, May A A ttrr- man push nnHlninnl foiTiml IVanlk, nlonir linznrilons inniinfnlii (mils nml fjords exposed 1o 1 ho trims of IIic I lied flccf, Trns itrodlclrd by military experts In Slockltolm tonight. This forecnut was mad a while the massive Gorman army machine, already numbering nround 300,000 and being strengthened daily, overran central Norway, precipitously Abandoned to tho hivndcrs by Britain and France. Is Bo.nb.inlc(1 Unconfirmed reports said British naval i were bombarding Arctic Narvik, but Informed Swedish observers believed the German nrmy would take advantage of tJio offensive momentum developed In central N'orway to drivo to tbo rescue of several thousand nazls trapped be- (Conlinued on Pngo 7) Jurors Give Man Life Term, $6.50 Cigarette Money Sacramento, Calif, May A Jurors romii'tctl Homer Parks, 23, of an ramp slaving and prescribed Hfn I in- prlsoiimont "tYIt so sorry for him" i 11103- pine Mm $0.50 so ho would lime soino money for clLrareftrs. don't Irnoir 11 Hit to I'nrkg stammered ns a Irnliff linmlrd him llio money.

"Gee, that snro nas ulillo of I hem." JeHerson Officers Say Confession Is Obtained In Bizarre Murder Case Jefferson county authorities claimed A confession last night from a man hold for questioning in the bizarre slaying of an S1- year-old prospector found with a cross gouged In the forehead. The victim, J. B. Drown, was dead when found noar his Elkhoi-n cabin, a shot from a 30-30 In the back. The mark on the forehead appeared to have been made with a pocket knife.

Hold In jail was Brown's companion, George Nestlius. 51, who was unablo to tell Sheriff John Williams a coherent story of tho tragedy. Under Sheriff L. n. i r.ald Nesthus confessed he sbot Drown after they bad had some drinks.

Knight said County Attorney John McOough was present when N'csthus allegedly said he killed his companion because Drown "killed my father In the old country." Knight said he was unable to find out whore Nesthiis' father was bora. The cross In tho forehead, Knight sold, went unc.vplalned although it appeared to have been carved alter Brown died of the gunshot Tho men had been prospecting on Jointly-held tc-n-itoiy for a years. Harllcr In Iho day i Williams gavo tills account of llio slay- Ing. iS'esthns appeared at tho home of F. J.

a nillo from tho caliln and told Mrs. he liad killed Guests at Iho IJawe homo took Ncsthus to a ranch and nollfleil the sheriff lie. with H. Scott had been shot in the back with a 30-30 rifle. A cross had boon curved In his forehead with a i Brown had hecn a Montana resident for f0 years, i most of tho tlmo In the vicinity.

Ills only Is a sister, whoso a Is here, hut who Is presumed to llvo In Butte. Under Heavy Fire Prepares For Hardest Battle of Career In Commons May aware that military disaster has unseated more than one government, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain tonight threw his waning political strength into the task of guiding his regime through the wreckage of the Norwegian campaign. Biting criticism by laborltes, liberals and Insurgent conservatives forced the aging prlmo minister In Bet ready for a real battle- In tbc houso of commons Tuesday. He faces an outcry of "resign" as penalty for tho failure In Norway. The demand for tho resignations ot Chamberlain, Chancellor of tho Kichequcr Sir John Simon and Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoard, as voiced by Herbert Morrison, pow- labor party spokesman, was piled on top of bltler criticism of "complacency" and "oversallsfac- tlon" on Hie part ot the government.

Combined, these attacks are expected to take tho form of a drive to overthrow the present government. I'coplo nlltcr While tho details of the abandoned Allied atlorapt to take Trondheim from tho Germans filtered Into tins newspaper! through unofficial i i a sources, Bug lishmcn, blLler as only they can bo when an enemy mocks i a i told tho "get on i the war or set oul." Morrison, Clement n. Attlco, leader of the labor parly opposition In the hou.se of commons, and ICmanucl Slilinvcll, lahorlto M. each struck at the government in spcecbcs today. The Independent newspaper Sund pictorial prominently displayed an article by David Uoyd neoico, i on Pago C) Goering Announces Feat Which Hitler Asked at Any Cost German Air Marshal Says Battleship of Queen Elizabeth Class and Big Cruiser Sunk In Air Raid; 8 Others Damaged Berlin, May Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goer- inn, bcmcclnlled man of the hour of the Norwegian blitzkrieg, proudly announced today the feat which he and Adolf Hitler had charged the German ntrforce in Norway to achieve at any cost--the sinking of British battleship by air bombardment.

In all, formal nazi statements said, nine British warships or (ransports were sunk or badly damaged during a day of attacks by bombers and battle-planes off Namsos and Narvik, western Norway, yesterday, while the British fleet was transferring Allied troops Who have abandoned central Norway. Beside tho battleship, these were West Montana Is Struck by Heavy Wind, Some Rain A freak May wind and ruin storm ripped across portion of western Montana last night accompanied, In some places, by hall. Wind velocllv In Ilclcnn at- tnlncil 42 per hour nt 6:38 o'clock and Mrmlnnn Power company wire was Mown ilown on TlroadMiiy necessitating tho culling off of current for some 15 minutes repairs made. Thn Mountain Telephone company reported Hint a tree was blown through tlielr lines 1)0 mllrs oust of Jllssonln anil long distance scnlro was disrupted for nhout 25 mlnnles until auxiliary lines wore placed In operation. Blotorlsls reported running Into 11 henty Imll nlorm between Undo anil Ilolonn.

llrlcilil lind rerrltcil of an Inrli of up i oVIock last nlglit, tlio first recorded i Mny. A steady drlzxlo kept for a couple of hours lifter the recording Tins made. 1,011 Mown reported .17 of nn Inch ot moisture; llinro hail (Jrral Kalis, lliillr, .0.1, and Cut Hank, .02, iilillo Hillings, Knllspcll nnil Uilngslon each reported trace. stated to Include a heavy cruiser ot the class of the Yerk, 'sunk in thirty minutes" by heavy 2ombs; a second crulaer and two de- Gtroycrs bombed and damaged, and a transport sunk, all off Namsos, plus a battle cruiser, A cruiser and a transport bombed not st Narvik. Informed British sources In London described the German claims "of a.

fantastic character to which the public fast is becoming accustomed." In Three An official a said the battleship, one of the ton Queen Elizabeth class, was sunk In three minutes off Narasoa. Norway yesterday, without the loss ot a filnglo German plaue. It marked a now high In Goer- Ing's meteoric career, men who know him says he has waited for weeks for Just this test as conclusive proof that the German air force can accomplish any task Bet for it and that It has, In German eyes, "onco and for all destroyed the myth ot British mastery of zeaa." Thpre are flv9 battleships of the Queen Elizabeth class; Tha War- spile, a i of Vlco A i a William vVhltworth, which on April 11 i on Page 20.) SPORTSMEN FROM ALL PARTS OF MONTANA GATHER HERE TO ENJOY LOCAL CLUB'S BANQUET Sportsmen from all parts of Montana gathered at tho Helena high srhool cafeteria last night to enjoy the Helena Fish and Game association's annual a which was designated as O. Browu NlKht," i llio well-known Helena attorney who for many years has supported sportsmen's activities. President Al HclKol ot the Helena association presented Mr.

Brown with a testimonial, decorated by Irvln Shope, which paid tribute to Mr. Brown's cooperation with sportsmen, and was signed by officers of the Helena Fish and Game association, the Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's association and the Anglers' club of Butto, tho Cascade association of Great Vails, the Anaconda Sportsmen's association, the Montana Fish and Gillette Sees No Irregularity in Maryland Polls a i May GI HP tie Iowa) disclosed a a tho senate campaign Investigating committee had "very i tin" basis for complaints against a R. Dowry's campaign for Maryland's 16 delegates to tho i a a i a convention. Gillette did not specify tbo nature of iho a i received by (lie bat otJicr i members reported they charged Improper i Thft comnillleo a i a said a "preliminary reports Indicate very i development of substantial to support ''charges made to tho committee In connection i Maryland's selection of delegates to republican a i a convention." Tho donates i be chosen at A i a ami Dewey Is the only republican entered. Ramo commission, and tho Western Montana Sportsmen's association Adalr sorted as toastma.stcr, and Introduced Tom C.

Malce of Anaconda, Deer county representative In the stale leglnlaturc, who spoke on Mr. Prown's accomplishments, adding that i of Montana's population belongs to some sportsmen's (Continued on Page -0.) Methodist Group Takes Sex Stand A a i City, N. May --The general conference of the Method 1st a proclaimed today a parents should tpach their children the "facts of life." "Our children," the pronounce- stilted, "drsire and have a right to IjoTore adolescence tho Tacts repaid ins origin of i and the a of i personalities as It relates to sex. Spokane Capital Is to Purchase Mine in Montana Spokane, May 'Irtiido Huffman, Spokane mining broker, said today he and a group of associates had arranged for the purchase ot the Carrie Leonard gold and silver mine, 35 miles southwest of Wisdom, Mont. a said the purchase would bo made from Charles Pierro ot Ferry.

formerly of Buttc, but the amount to be paid was not disclosed. Ho the owners at one time refused an offer of $150,000 for tha properly, which produces oro running "from $27.50 to $500 per ton." USE REE SETTING tflEIJEUl WE Chicago, May 4. horso race betting market has suffered A "terrific slump." U. S. District A William J.

Campbell reported today, as result of tho government's campaign to cut the flow of turf Information to gambling rooms. Campbell, directing tho coast to coast drlvo to end tho use of Interstate wires for the transmission ot race results to handbooks, estimated that iragerlns In gambling parlors had dropped 75 per cent nee M. Annenbcrg's nationwide news service went out of busi- icss last November. SMITH PREDICTS REVISIONS WILL BE MADE IN LABOR ACT a i May 1 i Va.t predicted today a bis committee's a lo tho a i a labor relations net houso despite rejection of proposed a of an- a of a i i a i labor policy, thn law, On the other a Rep. a took tho wage-hour volo (o mean th.it an a to tho labor act ho less sweeping a I i amendments.

Murdoch, who IR a of tho In nor board I i headed by i Is opposed to tho Smith a The i In all, may coma up In tho houso week a next. They would abolish tho present labor board and set up new three- man body, would separate tho Judicial and a i i a i i ot tho board end rovlso methods ot procedure. i contended a tho hr.ur* Involved In tho wa go-hour fish I and the coming over the labor law wero "totally i Tho Smith amendments will before the houao ao so alternates for less sweeping a proposed by the houso labor committee. Prior to consideration of the labor act a the will vote i weok on i i $212.000.000 In i payments tor (armen. NEWSPAPER! lEWSPAPERf.