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MINNEAFOII TAR JOURNAL i i i i i i Highest year ago, 70; lowest Vol. LXV No. 130 MINNEAPOLIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1943 26 PAGES Price 3 Cents City Art Cent Rlncwher THE JVEATHER Rain and colder Temperatures Midnight to Noon II 21 31 41 61 71 81 A Poumdiog at RAF Peak Raid Rocks Steel City Severest Attack Hits Ed Thye Becomes State's First Farmer-Governor as Stassen Starts Navy Duty lates to ajor Sedjonaoc it Dni a1 Kaii A -k .4 Villi -iir Html X' TTv) a RI7FR TP 1 Jf fTebouibaVX my- jj Mcijex 1 Drive May Divide Axis Formation Yanks Hurled Back in One Attack tunisvj ry ff ywpH )T Giombaliaff i rtr Picb.bina Unl.dav.llo EDWARD J. THYE, HAROLD E. STASSEN Wishes successor good luck -n i mum ts Pichon UATUIf MIIH Text of Resignation Submitted by Stassen Duisburg LONDON (LP) A great force of British four-engined bombers hammered the river port and steel city of Duis burg last night with upwards of 1,500 tons of bombs in one of the heaviest raids of the war on Germany.

Well-informed sources said the raid was comparable in weight to the raid of last May 30 on Cologne, when 1,500 tons of bombs were dropped. Though fewer planes participated in last night's assault, almost all were four-engined giants. Tho litiKe cargoes of bombs ranging from four-ton super block busters to two-pound incendiaries touched off fierce fires and big explosions. Smoke billowed up to nearly 10,000 feet over Duisburg last night, the ministry said. A British broadcast said the raid was the severest ever made on Germany.

Seventeen planes were lost in the raid. Wording of the communique suggested 600 or more bombers were used. "Preliminary reports indicated the bombing was highly concentrated," the air ministry said. The air ministry said the planes met some of the strongest defenses in some time. Searchlights were massed inside and outside the city in bunches of 10 to 50 lights and a barrage from hundreds of heavy anti-aircraft guns was thrown up.

Duisburg Is the largest inland port in Europe and is situated on a canal linking the Ruhr and the Rhine. Last night's raid was the fifty-ninth of the war on the port. In other raids last night swift British Mosquito light bombers attacked a railway center in northwest Germany and another in the Rhlncland without loss. A third railway center in France near the Loire river also was attacked without loss. The night assault on Duisburg and the three attacks on railway centers all tied in with the current British offensive against communications in Germany and occupied countries.

100 Norih SUTUtS muES Sea ir HELGOLAND. run i i fx FRANCE Al Wlrpphoto LOCATION OV MJISBUUa Target of heavy raid The whole western mountain barrier of Axin forces in Tunisia appeared to be crumbling today as Allied armies pushed forward, threatening the three main gateways to the Tunis-Bizcrte zone Tcbourba, Matcur and Pont di4 Fahs. Arrows indicate Allied drives and shaded urea territory still held by the Axis. AP Wircphoto. In resigning as governor of Minnesota today, Harold E.

Stassen told his successor, Lt. Gov. Edward J. Thye: Spreading Coal Strike Shuts Down 50 Mines WL3J Appeals to Workers' Patriotism; Complete Tieup by Saturday Seen WASHINGTON (P) More than 50 mines were shut down today in the spread of a strike which held the possibility of halting production of soft coal by Saturday. The war labor board appealed to the miners' patriotism High Position Handed On in Simple Rites 'Neighbors' Figure in Ceremony Farewell Picture on Second Front Fate.

By M. W. HALLORAN Star Journ.il Political Writer Minnesota had a new governor today the first farmer governor in its history with 47-year-old Edward J. Thye of Dakota county, Northfield rural route, taking over the reins from Gov. Harold E.

Stassen. The transition came in simple ceremonies under the great dome of the statehouse, with the state supreme court justices in their black gowns, all the state officers and many members of the recently-adjourned legislature in official attendance, and the balconies packed with onlookers. In a partttng message to the new governor, Stassen charged him to "administer the affairs of the state with the basic integrity that is the strength of your character, with the forthrightness and directness that the people have recognized in you, with confidence in the people and with faith in God." The retiring governor further charged Governor Thye to "use the full resources of the state to back up the Stars and Stripes until they are victorious In this war." And as a final, request, Stassen left the' message on a subject that Is dear to his heart when he said to his successor that he hoped "you will point the way away from isola tionism to an advance in the science of government to win an enduring peace." The inauguration of Minnesota's twenty-sixth governor took plaee at 2:30 p.m., imme-diately after Governor Stas-sen resigned to Thye, up to that moment lieutenant governor and Stassen's constitution- al successor, in accordance with established precedent. Following delivery of Stassen's brief farewell, administration of the oath to the new governor by Chief Justice Henry M. Gallagher of the state supreme court, and Thye's brief inaugural, these two men parted.

Stassen was driven to his home in South St. Paul, where he donned the uniform of lieutenant commander in the navy, and returned to St. Paul union station, departing at 4:30 p.m. to report for active duty at Great Lakes naval training station, Thye meantime was to be escorted from the scene of the inauguration in the capitol rotunda to the executive offices in the southwest wing to take over the duties and responsibilities of the governorship. With the parting handshake, retiring Governor Stassen turned over the highest office in the state to Governor Thye, the man of his own selection for his successor.

But both had the satisfaction of knowing that the choice was rati fied bv the Deonle. both in the Re publican primaries last September and the final election in November. For, while Thye officially was candidate for lieutenant governor, Halloran Continued on Page Four Who Is Ed Thye? EDWARD J. THYE, born In South Dakota in 1896 of Norwegian parentage. Raised on Minnesota farm and received common and business school education.

Veteran of the World war, serving a year overseas. Has operated his own farm near Northfield 20 years. Held various township offices. Prominent in farm organizations. Deputy state commissioner of agriculture in administration of Governor Stassen.

Elected lieutenant governor November, 1942. Became governor today on resignation of Governor Stassen. A widower seven years, married Myrtle Oliver, November, 1942. Has one daughter, Jean, by first wife. Polish Staff Preparing to Quit Moscow Iran Believed to Be Destination rolri Consider In Rum llrrnk, By DAVID M.

NK'IIOL twin I to Itic Star mil) Chlt'iigu Dally Nnvtt MOSCOW The Polish embassy staff is preparing to quit Moscow and Kuibyshev as soon as possible in the newest chapter in Europe's thorniest political problem, In which it can be said only Nazi Propaganda Minister Gocbbels has scored a victory. It would be a mistake to believe that Moscow's "suspension" of relations between the U.S.S.R. and the Polish government in London results from any snap decision. The difficulty has becji brewing for months and the basic border question dates back several hundred years. (Tho Polish government In Lon don said Count Tadcush Romer, ambassador to Moscow, already had left the Russian capital, but.

the United Press confirmed ho was due to leave within a few days for Kuibyshev to arrange for de parture of the entire embassy personnel and their families.) About 100 persons will be Included among the group leaving, pre sumably for Iran, although arrangements are not as yet com plete. It Is also undecided, according to Information here, who will represent Polish interests In the embassy's absence. Poles Blundered, Opinion in Bern By PALL GHALI SpiM'Inl In Slur ami hli'HKu Dally Nr BERN, SWITZERLAND The Soviet decision to suspend rela tions with the Polish government in London caused little surprise among foreign observers hero who were most unfavorably Impressed by the Polish nolo on the Katyn exhumation which they considered in the best traditions of Polish politicians' "political blunders." (This refers to hte German propaganda charge Russia had lireak Continued on Page Four Kiska Blasted After Layoff WASHINGTON (JP) Army bombers broke a four-day lull in raids on Japanese-held Kiska Island, the navy reported today, by blasting the enemy base 13 times Sunday, Results were not observed exactly due to poor visibility, a communique said. The same day a. flight of heavy bombers struck at Attu island, subordinate base to Kiska, and scored hits on the runway there.

The Japanese have been working for months to build air bases on Attu and Kiska. Secretary of the Navy Knox at a press conference earlier said Japs might conceivably use these Aleutian positions for attempts to raid the west coRst although, he declared, possibility of such an operation is remote." APPEALS TO T. R. DETROIT (INS) Max Stephan, convicted traitor, has appealed to President Roosevelt for executive clemency to save him from the gallows, it was disclosed today by Nicholas Salowich, attorney for Stephan. TUNISIA N.beiil Uli I nil) fcvwvi Oil tK-r r-rigr i f7, i messages to President John L.

represent at ivo. Cooko Is pnnel chairman. Representing labor Is David P. Robertson, president of tho broth erhood of locomotlvo firemen find englncmcn. Kmployer representative Is Walter White, assistant to the chairman of the business council of tho commerce department.

Tho WLB Invited Lewis to submit several names ns nominees for the labor representative, but this the UMW president failed, 1o do, leaving the choice up to the board. Rain, Frost to Pay Call Near-Disagreeable Spell Digs in Weather which tinges on the dis agreeable isn't going to get any better immediately. After light showers yesterday totted up' but a trace of prccipi tation, Ihe weatherman forecast occasional rain and colder weather for today, colder tonight and Wed nesday morning. In tho state he foresaw occasional rain in the north and east portions today and north-' east tonight, colder in the north today and entire state, tonight, fresh to strong winds diminishing tonight. And he added there will bo frost tonight.

The temperature yesterday flitted up to a high of 56 degrees before declining to 46 during the night. Atmospheric rawness accentuated tho chill for the more sensitive gentry. Yesterday, by the way, was the average date for the last killing frost of the season in these parts. But don't get too gleeful there, Bub. Killing frosts have been recorded here as late as May 23.

More than 1hree Inches of snow fell at Ely, up to noon today. The temperature there was 32. On the Inside Editorial Page 10 Radio Page 11 Theaters Page 6 Sports Pages 19, 20 Comics Pages 14, 15 Women's 16, 17, 18 Markets Pages 21, 22 Weather Data Tage 11 i r. fr t'V V. Mli-ri I'mini! Ills IhilUu Air.

flrlill, I'iikh t. Ily Amiii'IiiIimI I'rrn Allied armies drove today within 23 miles of both Tunis and ftizcrte in the climactic battle of Tunisia, and tho enemy's whole western moun tain barrier nppenrcd to be crum. bllng ns tho Gormnns abandoned vital, defensible high ground with out a fight. For the first time since the lata 1912 setbacks, the Allies once more were on the threshold of the Tunis plain, Three iniilii gateways to the Tunis Iti.erlo zone To. hoiirlm, IWnleur and font du Talis wero Wilier under dU rect assault or immediately threatened.

In I ho nor Hi, French troops reached a point six miles west of Lake Achkcl, Allied dispatcher said, and hard-hitting American doughboys were also racing toward the lake on tho road to Mateur, 18 miles southwest of the big Axis-held Ulzerte naval base. Lake Achkcl almost adjoins Luke Bietle. Apparently tha drive In this direction placed tha Allies within 23 miles of both tha "twin cities" of Bierle and Tunis. At tho snmo time, Lt. Ccn.

K. A. N. Anderson's British First army smashed beyond the Germans' outer lino of mountain defenses and advanced four miles to Toun railway station, 23 miles west of 'funis, climaxing 100 hours of ceaseless assault. Major Allied gains in at least four sectors were announced In a communique from Gen.

Dwlght I). Eisenhower's headquarters. Field reports said tho Axis forces weio In danger of being split Into two pockets. A late dispatch from tho front said American infantry that slugged Its way to within 10 miles of Matcur captured Djebel Ajrcd but was thrown back from tho rocky slopes of Djebel Azag after a bloody attack on powerful German positions. The American attacks on Djeht I A.ag and Djebel Azred were made by two separate forces operating along the main road toward Matcur.

American Infantrymen had worked their way through heavy enemy fire up Djebel Azag to within 75 yards of the summit. There the attack failed and they were thrown back to the bottom of the hill. The fury of tho Allied aerial offensive matched that of tho fighting aground. Endless relays of bombers and fighters in more than 1,000 sorties raked and blasted tho cramped Axis positions In Tunisia. A great tank battle took place in the Pont du Fahs sector and Tunisia Cotitinued on Page Nine AWOL Soldier Shot, Captured SAUK CENTRE, MINN.

UP) Clarence Smith, whose home is in Todd county and who has been re ported AWOL from a southern army camp, was wounded in the leg and captured near Freeport yesterday when he tried to flee from highway patrolmen. Smith was turned over to authorities at Fort Snelling. War Bond Goals Smashed by City, County, State, N.W. Minneapolis and Hennepin county today smashed over the top of their April war bond quota with plenty to spare. And with them to success in the national $13,000,000,000 war loan campaign went Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the "I hereby present to you as duly elected lieutenant governor of Minnesota my resignation as governor.

"As you know I leave to enter into active service in the United States navy. "I therefore place in your hands the executive authority over the state as provided in the constitution. "I present to you the governor's flag and the keys to the governor's office. You will preside over a great and diversified stale of field and of forest, of mines and of industries. "It is peopled by a splendid people, sons and daughters of every nation in the world, loyal citizens by birth or adoption of our beloved United States of America.

"I trust you will administer the affairs of the state with the basic integrity that is the strength of your character, with the forthrightness and directness that the people have recognized in you, with confidence in the people and with faith in God. "That you will be fair to all, but dominated by none; that you will pursue the progressive domestic philosophy that is yours; that you will continue to recognize that Minnesota is not only a part of the United States of America, but -also a part of the world. "That you will be unwavering in your basic principles, but tolerant of those who disagree with you. "That you will use the full resources of the state to back up the Stars and Stripes until they are victorious in this war, and that you will point the road away from isolationism, to an advance in the science of government to win an enduring peace." GERMANS HINT RUSS CAPTURE OF NOVGOROD F.arller Drtalli Page 9. By Associated Press A strong indication the Russians had captured the stout German hedgehog base of Novgorod came from the Berlin radio today.

It reported a map published in Hitler's Volkischer Beobachter, for the first time since the smashing Soviet winter offensive, showed Novgorod "exactly in front of his line." The Nazi broadcast said all Lake Ilmen was in Russian hands. Near the southern anchor of the front, the Germans said the front "touches the town of Taganrog," 42 miles west of Rostov on the Sea of Azov. This indicated a farther westward advance than the Russians had claimed. The German map closely corresponded to a Russian map published in Moscow newspapers April 4, except at the northern and southern ends where Russian successes were admitted to be even greater than the Russians had claimed. Father Kills 2 Daughters BAY CITY, MICH.

(-Barri caded in his home and despite ef- forts of police to oust him wilh tear gas, the father of six children went berserk with a sholgun this morning, killed two small daugh ters, wounded two others and then shot himself fatally through the head. While police fired tear gas into the home after vain efforts to calm the man, Cecil J. Lisk, 44, turned a sholgun on his daughters in an upstairs bedroom and then dashed into the basement and shot him self. The shootings took place early today after police, neighbors and a son of Lisk, Cecil 17, had tried without avail to compose the father subsequent to a quarrel with his wife, Josephine. 43, and his threats to "kill everybody," Patrolman Roy Robb said.

OWI Chief Sees Possibility of No Peace Parley CHICAGO (UP) Elmer Davis, director of the office of war information, said today there may be no formal peace conference follow ing the war because it may culmi nate merely in occupation of "ene my territory. "If it comes to unconditional sur render, as expressed in our leaders' expressed aims," he said in a press conference, "wa may simply have occupation of enemy countries." Davis, here to address the National Association of Broadcasters convention, said although the Germans and Italians generally "have given three cheers for the Japanese" because of the execution of the American Tokyo raiders "there is no indication they intend to apply the Jap principle." "The reason Germans and Italians will not retaliate in kind," Davis said, "is that we have too many of their aviators in our own hands." Davis denied knowing of any draft dodgers, Communists or "Fellow Travelers" being employed by the OWI as charged by certain newspapers. Georgia Governor Sends Patrolmen to Guard Prison ATLANTA UP) Governor Ellis Arnall today ordered 15 state pa trolmen to Reidsville to guard prisoners at the slate penitentiary and at the same time announced removal of former Warden R. H. Lawrence from the state payroll.

The state troopers were assigned to the penitentiary at request of Warden II. R. Duvall. Twenty-five convicts escaped 10 days ago from the prison. Lawrence asserted that if there were any big scale irregularities at the prison, they "broke out" after he left his job.

not to walk out, saying in Lewis of the United Mine Workers and other UMW leaders that "a nation at war" needs uninterrupted production. More than of nil estimated total of 450,000 soft coal minors were reported to have left their work by mid-day. In Pennsylvania 2fi mines shut down with 14,700 men Idle. Production Ions flicrn thus Increased to more than 88,000 tons a day, on the Imhl of six tons a man. About 4,000 men were Idle In Kentucky and 7,500 in Alabama.

In Ohio, a UMW district president said "If there Is not a contract between operators and the union by Friday there won't be any coal miners go into coal mines Saturday." UMW district leaders met In New York for a policy meeting but Lewis still was silent. He has flatly opposed tho turning over of the wage dispute between miners and the operators to the WLH. Although UMW spokesmen said no strikes had been aulhoriod, they pointed out Lewis had not forbidden them. In Kentucky, workers voted today to suspend operations at six additional mines, bringing to 3,500 the number of Harlan county coal miners who have walked off jobs. In addition, a New Vork source close to L'MW officials said hundreds of telegrams were arriving at I'MW headquarters, urging union negotiators to stand firm and Informing them miners were ready to strike at a moment's notice.

Most of the Pittsburgh and Birmingham operations are captive mines whose total output Is used by the steel companies that own them. At least two commercial mines in Pennsylvania, however, were hit by walkouts. Bituminous operators In Ala bama, Illinois and Indiana have received notice the miners will not work after midnight Friday. These states do not come under the Appalachian agreement now in dispute before the VVLB, but this dispute is the key to the situation generally. The board announced a panel which is to begin consideration of issues tomorrow will bo headed by Morris Llewellyn Cooke, Phila delphia engineer, as the public's upper Michigan peninsula.

War bond sales in Minneapolis and Hennepin county yesterday alone hit better than $5,000,000, zooming total sales In the city and county to Yesterday's record sales in Minneapolis and Hennepin county did two things: It gave the city and county 108 per cent of their quota of $48,000,000. It helped put Minnesota over the top with total state sales soaring to $117,225,000 or 101 per cent of objective. North Dakota sailed over its quota with sales totaling $10,830,000 100 per cent of goal. South Dakota's sales reached $14,125,000 or 101 per cent of quota. Upper Michigan's sales totaled $4,526,000 or 103 per cent of quota.

The whole Ninth federal reserve district was 'within 2 per cent of achieving its quota, with sales at $171,806,000. States In the district still to attain their objectives are Montana where total sales of $16,025,000 are 88 per cent of goal, and northern Wisconsin with sales of $9,075,000 there 76 per cent of quota. To celebrate victory in the local Bonds Continued on Page Four Forced Nazi Salute Divorce Suit Factor CHICAGO WSh- Charging her husband forced their eight-year-old daughter to give the Nazi salute before Adolf Hitler's picture, Mrs. Irene Maertz today sought a divorce from Gustav Homer Maertz, former Chicago Silver Shirt leader, I.