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ar InBriet Russia The Russian army; already feeling out German lines lu tlie Crimea and the Donets hasln, may be preparing to beat Hitler to the punch and get his own spring offensive under ly'st, according to reports today from both Axis and neutral aources. On the other side of the picture was a prediction by Gen, Weadyslaw Anders, chief of the Polish a in Russia, (bat the "soon" would make "one tremendous drive--to crack Russian resistance i atldcks In the and the central front. Hi- told a London press conference, that had accumulated reserves" meet such.an North Africa 'Oil the North African' battle- the cautiously Brit- ish-and Axis armies'limited their activities'to patrol British bombing planes'raidcd the Sicilian towns of Ragusa' and' Crj- inlso last night, the Italian high command announced. VOLUME XXXIV--NUMBER 222 Neighhor" Witwer Dies Early Thursday at the S.L.W. Ranch; Chosen Go, Treasurer 5 Times Madagascar- A virtual reign-of terror on the key French island of IMadagscar, i the arrest of hundreds of De aaulllsts, was reported day amid i i speculation that new.

pro-German-Premier Pierre" Laval' may. to turn" the island over to Japan. Thb world's fourth largest island, Madagscar lies off the.east coasl of Africa athwart vital Allied Hues of communication with' India. Philippines In the Philippines, a' Tokyo Croaiicast reported that BOO, a 600: troops are.still holding-out tlie -junsles of Mount Bsloy a on Panay Island, 1 while- other dllch' Allied defenders contiu- ued to'fight on Timor island In the Dutch East Indies. -The Tokyo, radio, that Japanese troopsi on 'Bataan Peninsula, Jonathan Walnwrlght's 'exhausted 'arm- on April 9i had captured" G3.400 prisoners including 9,633 Americans, between April 3 and 2X- 1 The'broadcast said tlie defenders had, left the' Bafaan battlefield during "that period.

In the fiaitle for the approaches to-- Australia, MacArthu'r's Allied i.f nt New Britain; siiore structures second Colorful Personality Vehicles 'Drown by Horses Harvoy E. "Neighbor" Witwer. 70'years old next June, who had served as treasurer of Weld comity since January, 1033, died Thursday morning, at 3:30 at the S.L.W. ranch, nine miles east of Greeley, a property which he had developed Into a well-known Colorado cattle and dudo Ke l.ud been In failing health for several months' and'had confined to.h'is bed tor three'weeks. Funeral Se'rvlcea Saturday Funeral services will bo held Saturday afternoon at 2.p..m.

at Mncys Drawing room with Re.x. C. I. Cecil, pastor of the First Christian church of which Mr. was a member, conducting the'service.

Friends may view the body al Macys Saturday from noon mill' Two Stick Up Men Claim Conscientious Objectors (AuoeUted Denver, April men, claiming conscientious objeetloni against bearing amis, protested to ''the selective service headquarter! against 1-A. classifications. The headquarten'staff listened tfielr stories and then Inves- Both' men, a 1 headquarters spokesman 'iald, had ierved prison terms for robbery with a gun. they were classified 4-F. Reduction in Rates for Gas is Postponed Denver, April Federal Power Commission, which has oi' dered the Colorado Interstate Gas Company and tho Canadian River Gas company to reduco rates on gas sold to Colorado nnd because of his habit'of greet-1 Wyoming companies, Greeley Teachers Will Receive Higher Average Pay Next Year, But Board Passes Up Schedule Burial will he in the family plot ai Linn Grove'cenietery where Mr and Mrs.

L. C. Stow, parents of Mrs Witwer, i Interred. Was Colorful Character. of the Greeley "area for 43-years, Mr.

Witwer. often affectionately called 1 "Neighbor Wit- everyone "neighbor," was one of northern Colorado's most colorfurcharacters. As-a county official, a stockman and rancher, nu irrigation, official and collector of old "fashioned horse-drawn vehicles, lie made and kept a'multitude of friends. Born In Missouri -Harvey Ervin Witwer-was born at. Hamilton, Missouri, June 22, 1872, where his father, Hcv.

Henry was a minister of the Dunkard faith. Harvey youngest of a family of.twelve children; '(Continued on Page. 6 a above, elected Weld county treasurer in five consecutive elections, known over the'northern part of the state as "Neighbor" Witwer, died at the. S.L.W. ranch, his'home north of Kersey, early Thursday morning.

Weather Ickes Low Gas Limit IS ot Justified On-the Burma war" a-new developed 'on" the Chinese- held east, flank; of Allied, defense line as UeuV. Joseph'W. Stilwcll'a Chinese troops' fell back under the assault of mi; merically superior Japanese Inva- i A Chinese army spokesman said troops" were last Japanese forces'clinging villages- Immediately downriver Irojp -Yenarigyaung, i in. 'vadors' lilies thrown' hack three to four miles south of the town. This Indicated a somewhat better outlook for th'd Allies -in guarding the important gateway to the west flank.

Doctors Get Their Questionnaires from Defense Health Office All Weld county doctors, dentists a veterinarians Thursday re celved 'the. procurement aric assignment- division, of the OPM, office of and wel- fare, enrollment forms and ques- tldnnafres on which they are asked to state their-preference of 12 possible "assignments', in; the wartime Eetup. All' licensed persons In their three categories regardless of age, Bex, physical condition or citizenship, are receiving tlie forms. Among the preferences which (hey 'may designate are the following: 1. army, 2.

navy, 3. public health, civil. service agencies, 5. office 'of production state health department, local 'health department, 8. Industrial practice, 9.

civilian practice In other munlties, 10. civilian practice In community, 1). loi institutions, 12. other services. Most of Greeley's younger.doc- tors are to be called for service In the armed forces.

(Associated Prrul Ventilator Brings Smoke Smoke from Incinerator in the rear of Hibbs. Clothing company; 818 EigMti street, brought out the fire department at 9:06 p. m. Wednesday and drew a large crowd. Firemen "termed the call "unnecessary" and said It was placed because some.of the smoke was drawn'into, the'Kiva theater thru its ventilating Evans Firemen Barn Evans, April 23--Evans volun teer fire department, called out a -S a.

m. Thursday by a tire In a barn owned by W. E. Brubaker and lo cated In the southwest part town, saved the building which sustained amall damage. The building was unoccupied.I-Mr.

Brubaker lives In a building attached to the barn and this was also saved. He lost no personal property. Cunnlnghum Funeral Friday Funeral service for Oliver P. Cunningham will held Friday at o'clock from Macys drawing room, Interment Linn Coordinator Ickes declared today there was for anticipallng that eastern motorists would he Jlmlted to as little BS to 5 gallons of gasoline a week. Such figures had been mentioned as likely under the card rationing system announced late" yesterday by" Price Administrator Leon Hen ho effective May IB but Ickes tql'd his press conference.

"If we are able to out our plans thero be no. such cut." He refuse to believe that people will be put' on such Our objective Is" to supply, as much gasoline Ickes. said he knew of no euch figure: having" been, discussed and not a "that Henderson's" announcement of the card rationing plan did not contain the 2'4-to-S-gallon figure. -Semi-official estimates of the probable' ration allowances in the east Had ranged 'fronvUiIs figure to 25 gallons a month. Some OPA sources, not speaking officially still clung, today to the cstl male aiid said might less.

Ickes, however, declined to forecast what" the 'official, figure would be, remarking that "we.can" see- very far Jn discussing the rationing plan heads' of five top-ranking wa: agencies! slated -flatly, in a Join statement that the government longer would risk lives of American seamen on tankers someone will have gasoline to go (o a'brldg' party or ball game." lolorado Is Changed To 7th Corps'Area Omaha, April Gen. F. Uhl, 7lh Corps.area coinmandin officer, said today he was infonne that the war department-has addeii Colorado to the. seventh corps' are subtracted Arkansas. Colorado wa formerly in tlie eighth corps arc and Arkansas becomes.a part the eighth, postponed yesterday from April 26 to May .10 "the date by which tho educed "rate schedules must be Before- the postponement was.

announced, tho the tenth circuit court of appeals' yesterday to. stay the commission's rate reduction order indefinitely. 'A-hearing on the-petition was scheduled for today, but was postponed by the court after announcement, of the commission's extension." Tho commission's order would reduce gas rates to distributing companies by about 40 per cent, arid; the distributing companies said they, would pass the reduction on to the consumers If Is riade The Colorado Interstate and. Canadian River companies have a pe-' titlon for re-hearing pending before the event the re- la denied, company attorneys have indicated that they will ask the circuit to review the entire" case. Dr.

William Temple nsialled in "Damaged anterbury Cathedral Canterbury, a -solemn, ceremony which.had orig'ln centuries ago, Dr. was Installed today as rchbishop of 'Cllterbury nate of all England" while.45 bish- ps, including one from the United stood by in sand-bagged, uomb-pocked Cantcrbury.cathedral. the Christian movement all hopes connected" with. It prevail, the Axis must be defeated, the new archbishop declared, us sunlight streamed thru the beaii- iful stained-glass 'Windows which ea'r the mark of Hitler's bombs. Local for 21 hours ending 8 a.

m. Thursday: high 81; low 41; moisture, .18. Colorado: Showers today; snow mountains today and tonight; and rain east tonight; coldev east todaj' and tonight. Wyoming: Rain or snow today and south tonight; colder southeast tonight. Tempeiaturcs: Amarlllo, 60-53; Chicago, 73-46; Denver, 78-52; El Kansas- Clly, 77-48; New Orleans, General Price Fixing Allows Readjustments By ALEX SINGLETON Vrflil Washington, April office of price administration was report ed by usually reliable congressional sources'today as.

ready to freeze prices 6u an' over-all basis Boon in contrast to the inethodnot establishing -ceiling's on selected articles: ''ihe far-reaching move In the drive to check tha rising cost ot living, which may be announced next Tuesday, would 1 all prices at their levels on a certain date, but would permit any necessary "readjustments" 'Agriculture department, authorities predicted muny Important food products, Including butler, cheese, 16-Year-Old Pueblo Girl Said Abducted Pueblo, April of 16-year-old Alice Potter from Park Hill street last 'night was reported today by Chief of Police J. Arthur Grady as police started search for her from a few clues. The girl had attended a home nursing course two other Blrts whom had left to walk alone three blocks to her home. Neighbor! reported hearing a girl scream and later an automobile raced from the neighborhood. The girl has not been seen since.

Re cl Asserts Nazis Using Kid Reserves By EDDY G1LMORE Kuibyshev, April mustering 1,300,000 reserves made up of workers In vllnl industries, boys as young" as 17 and IS and. men from the conquered lands, the German army lias concentrated nine tenths of ils fighting force.on the Russian front, a Soviet spokesman declared today. He would.not that this disposition Gorman power justified creation of'a second Kuro- yean front by tl'ie United Nations. Ho did soy that despite this mighty massing of Nazi troops, the Ked army, itself being bolstered by fresh forces, baa. enough reserve power to drive 'the invaders froiii Soviet soil.

The spokesman, S. A. Lozovsky, vice commissar of "Torelgn a i i a told a press conference tliat the- latest call of German reserves in- eluded 000,000 In two new-military classes--youths of 17 and 18 years Attitude. IfBplying to an inquiry, Lozovskj said there had been no.change in Soviet-Japanese relations In the Who Invades Where? Baffling To Europeans Registration Volunteers To Report on Sat. Von Rundstedt Is Offensive Specialist; Hitler Feelers Seen In -Announcements evaporated and condensed oggs, poultry, "flour," corn fresh fruit and vegetables, milk, meal, would Securities Qive.Up tlecent Gains Thurs.

90 Per Cent Excess Profits Tax Talked Washington, 23. A proposal that corporate excess profits taxes be lifted to the unprecedented level of 30 per cent was studied by the house ways and means committee today. The increase from present 60 per cent maximum was advocated by statisticians employed at the capltol to. asslsf- members write new tax measures and came during the committee's first-day discussion of the administration's 000,000 tax program, By VICTOR A New.Yoi% Aprif on the. stack' market; was 1 renewed today.

and''leader's'-generally gave up 'substantial part gains recorded on the recent rally from nine-year Prices were down, from the start in vjrtually all departments. Light selling persisted thruout and near tho close declines ranging from fractions to around 2 widely- distributed. "Volume was around 400,000 shares, a fair increase over yesterday's small dealings. The market's general heaviness was associated President Roosevelt's forthcoming disclosure of the government's anti-Inflation program. U.

S. Steel, Anaconda; Kennecott, Glenn Martin, American Telephone and Standard Oil' were among the prominent. Issues post- ng new lows tor a year or more. Others In the minus.division were Bethlehem Steel, Motors, U. S.

Rubber, Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck, Harvester, Boeing, "United Aircraft, Western Union, Wesflnghouse, DuPont, Union Carblle, Santa Fe, Great Northern and Chesapeake Ohio. Bonds and commodities moved down with stocks. be exempted; because the farm prices ot the raw products involved are below the minimum ceilings of the price control law. A ceiling probably will be placed, however, on jetall prices of milk. Deputy Has Prisoner Pedal Him Back To Office on Bicycle (AiiocioUd Prcssl Key West, April Sent out to make -an arrest, Willie Kemp, Key.

West deputy sheriff, not' only brought his prisoner in on a bicycle, but made the prisoner do tne pedaling while he sat on the'cross bar. Asked about his new "Black Maria," Kemp said: "The ban on automobile tires and- gasoline rattening are not going to worry me as long as I can keep the old wheel." past. 10 period since tlie A'prll 13 'anniversary' of the neu-. trallty pact; when tho Russian press to by 'life''e'r'ms Asked if Premier Stnlln-had seen Ihe new Japanese ambassador, Nao- take he said, any such nieel-. would bo announced In the press.

There has been no such announcement. Denies U. S. Used Red Base Lozovsky said the Soviet press had given "a straight-forward, clear," denia! to 'Italian reports that American, plane's bombed. Tokyo from a base on Soviet soil.

declined to say what action Russia might if American planes should be forced down on Soviet territory, Relief Week Proclaimed by Carr A proclamation by Governor Ralph Carr designates April. 23 to April 30 as "Navy Relief Week," In order, as the proclamation words It, "that full opportunity be afforded every citizen to participate to the i standing walch 'Salary Guide' Set- Up as Temporary Wage Solution Teachers and other employes in tho Greeley school system will be paid at a higher average salary rate next year than they wore paid Mils year as a result ot action by the board of education Wednesday night. The Increases will range up to JH5- At tho samo time the board adopted a of classifying teachers into, salary brackets and established maximum and minimum salaries for ench bracket. Teachers who are now at tho maximum In. their class get no Increases next year nor will teachers who" do not tiave bachelor of arts degrees.

The Increases will total about $15,000, largely offset as far as Hie school district treasury is concerned, by the fact that tho district will have 10 fewer teachers next year nnd will not be operating Horace Mann school as weU as putting other economies Into effect. Does Not Establish Schedule The bo.ird did not establish a salary schedule, but instead approved a so-called salary guide without committing the board to following the guide In Ihe future. The "guide" lists a series of nine annual Increments In teacher, salaries. Jn fixing the salaries tor. next year, however, tlie' board utilized tho policy, 113 outlined In the guide, increases on the basis of the first two increments.in tho guide.

At the same time the board made "adjustments of salaries on basis of tno classification? into which tcccliers fall. These adjustments ranged rrom nothing to 515 year. This special adjustment is for next year only. Classification and Salary The classification of. teachers nnd maximum and minimum salaries: Class Those without degrees with three years ot.

study in teacher training inslltullpns. Minimum maximum 1,400. The (Continued on Page G) Volunteers who are to assist with tho registration of men '6 lo G5 next Monday are asked to report to receive their Instructions at the fourth floor of the courthouse Saturday morning at 0 a. m. O.

J. Fislicr, chairman of the selective service hoard No. J4. (North Weld) said he expected the! men, Iho Khabarovsk board would register 3.000 men radio declared today. Monday.

He said separate reglslra- The broadcast, heard here by the lion places were being set up by tlio North Weld board at liriggs- dale, New KayuiPr, Grovdr, Nunn and Windsor. Registration here Is on the fourtli San Francisco, April bands, sometimes equipped with the Invaders' own weapons, are continually harrying German units lu northern Norway and during the past three months have killed more than 400 Nazi officers and (Siberia) CBS shortwave listening station, credited its repon to Stockholm sources. By WILLIAM J. HUMPHREYS I'rnal 'London, April i close upon yesterday morning's floor of tlie courthouse from 7 n. in.

to 9 p. next Monday, April 0 27. Hospitals will hold their own commando dis- registration for patients. Pel-sons unable because of Illness to appear personally to register patches from Stockholm, where Berlin news Is assiduously sifted for war trends, reported today that may telephone the selective service lho Qcrmm expectancy of and board, Phono 2C12, and a worker r( a for Allied invasion in will be sent lo take their reglslra- Europe had considerably tion. Census figures show about 5,100 men in Weld counly between 46 nnd G5 who must register Monday of which about CO per a esti-' malcd lo be In the Jurisdiction of the North Weld board.

Defense School Preparing To Train Women utmost ashore, that tho heroes afloat should want, and that the' families ot our not suffer burden of In line i tho national movc- iient on the part of our Govern- nent for more women in the tla- industries, ihe local Defense Training center at 1221 Eighth avenue Is preparing' to train women In Greeley. A meellng lias been colled tor all women in such training to be held Friday evening at o'clock in the assembly roorfi ot the defense school training center. There will be seat-3 for everyone. All phases of the subject will lie iliseiisscd at tills meeting and available pertinent information increased. British sources hero counseled correspondents at the samo time to "rcmoniher Von Rundstedt." Field Marshal General Karl Rudolf Oerd Von Huilstedt, whose niime.ficnsral- ly Is associated with the German army's offensive opera lions, was reported a week ago to have moved into' France.

Older reports were that Von Ilimilstcdt hail gone there io strengthen defenses of that Ger- itmn-dominated country against invasion but current advices were iliat he went there with parachute Despite the German offensive suggestion In tins latest report, on Iho gnmc of nerves--who's going to Invade whom and appeared that lho Germans wore more apprehensive lhan the EritEsh. In contrast to Britain, 1 where responsible leaders have said they expect air-horne invasion on a "diversionary sometime, and expect-to repel It, Stockholm dispatches said the Germans were tak- Ing hasty precautions along their entire western north- ermiiost Norway to-France. Stockholm advices were tliat both tho air and naval headquarters of gurdlng such training will bo given, the Germans in Norway had heen Tho coursua now available are moved "northward" from Oslo. radio repair and ma- Recently Stockholm -reported chine tool operation, aircraft.weld- Norwegian civilians had LightShowers Over County Light showers Jell over centra and southern Weld county Wedhes day and evening, bring ing lip'to .13 of an Inch of moisture to Greeley, hut did not extend to Eaton, A'ult or Windsor. There was moisture at Galeton and as far eas' as Hardln.

Boot planting which hatl been resumed afternoon was delayed by more showers Thursday morning. Threatened crusting of some beet fields was prevented by the sliowers. Some who disregarded their better "judgment and planted beets Wednesday without harrowing first, struck it lucky on account of the rain. Plutto continued to flow strong stream thru Weld county and was running from a foot to lf Indies lower than the peak of Monday and Tuesday. Most of the Platte river crossings soutli of tho Wheeler bridge, west of riatleville, were either danger- anxie'ty be -lifted from those who oils or closed.

Highway D2 was carry'the struggle for libcrly lo the closed Thursday morning because utmost battle Hue ot the seven caveins disabled temporary repairs on the -west side of tlie river. Wnt- bridge wag closed, tight, i ing and ship yard w.eldlug. At the conclusion of the meetliis all those Interested will'lie given Ihe opportunity of going' thru the school and see 1 the various a i i courses In operation: Those present -will include Superintendent D. Eldrldge, W.g.A. Co-ordinator J.

Hamilton, manager of local employment office- Instructors from the various classes will also he -bo' opportunity fbr ali those present to re, ceivb first hand Jnforniatio'n regard-' ing the trend -of woman's place in the war effort. Industry is' paying women, tho same wage as men work. for the. same Wife Saves Car When Her Husband Dies of Heart Attack on Ute D. A.

Bauer 13 chairman for Greeley with headquarters for the campaign at tlie Greelc-y Blks Home. The campaign for Colorado ftsks for $15,000 with $800 assigned to this city. Pilot from Colorado College Participates in Lofty Battle With Jap Airmen Over Burma Metsagt Monday; Talk Deferred (Auoelited A i 23--The White Houso gave a fairly definite Indication today that Presiden Roosevelt's anti-inflation message to congress would be sent up on Monday but Uvat fireside radio address on the same subject would deferred to day. Shirley Temple Gets Her First Diamond Hollywood, April Temple received her first diamond today, ind felt very grown up. It's her 14th birthday.

Father George Temple gave the amall gem, her birthitqne, In a ring. "I'm beginning.t» get grown up," Shirley said, hipplly. Her once blond curls-have deepened to a golden cheitnut and she them bitter that shade. She still his her dimples. By DANIEL DELUGE Prcjl With Tho American Volunteer Group In Burma, April (Delayed)--Driven out of MlngalaIon and then Magwe, the fighting Yanks ot the American volunteer group, with the colors of China and Britain on wings, now are braced againsl the inevilable heavy Japanese assulls on their new base defending northern Burma.

Destroyed Jap Squadron Already they have cracked down on the enemy's numerically superior' forces, and havi destroyed an entire squadron of the Invaders' finest alrcrafl. In Iwo dogfights spaced -IS hours ranging 100 miles' over the green mountains ot -China's Yun- nan" province and -Burma's Shan states, the American pilots broke up a swarm of Japanese air raiders and blasted 15 out of the sky for certain. Five other enemy planes probably were destroyed in tho combat. The Japanese planea were on a special mission, equip: with extra gas tanks, and were'out to" catch the AVG aground. Twice however, the heavily gunned Jap anese Hero fighters fell into ambush In the clouds.

The waitlne Yanks them with a savage fire and Japanese planes hurtled from the skies, trailing clouds of white smoke, to plunge flaming Into paddyfields and verdant Jungle growths. None of the American fliers was Coloradoan (n Battle Bob Keeton, a former blocking halfback in Colorado collegiate lootball. Bob Brouk of Cicero; 111. and big Bob Smith were drawing first blood. (Keeton played on lho Colorado College football team ar Colorado Springs).

jut a to lad crossi Colorado Springs, April uated from the. Molde and" soe districts along tlie central aiid northern parts ot tho coast, "evidently to give the Germans more, freedom movement and to minimize' the fifth column threat in case of Allied Berlin correspondent ot the Stockholm Dascjis Nyheler was per- milled to write for his newspaper that "certain optimists -are- convinced the British will c5meby May 1." The -British regard this as a obvious that anxiety must "hP.ve "dictated Dage'ns Nyheter writer reported that military circles and tha semi-official spokesman at -Berlin were interested in the-correspondent's views while at tlie same time they held fast to the thesis that any Allied Invasion plan was destined to fail. The Garrnari'view was said to be that the "Norwegian and French coastlines a "100 per. equipped to meet all eventualities and any conceivable tactics" and. Leo Marsteller, driving 1 over the "while it Is true that the weight of perilous'Ute Pass canyon road yes-'German effectives have been moved terday, died of a heart I eastward, quite a sufficient num- His body clumped over the hand her remain." iw venturesome motorlsls west of Horton's filling station.

The lone crossing was outJ County Commissioner a 1 Warren said that attempts to cross In tlie southern part of the county are still not advised and motorists had better use the Twin Bridges rosslng southwest of Crcclcy. Philadelphia To Build Air Raid Shelters Associated Fiml Philadelphia. April 23--The nation's third largest city plans to build 1,000 concrete air raid shelters In a $500.000 program which niay entail condemnation of private homes to assure proper construction. Believed to be the first large- scale effort in the United States to provide underground protection against bombs, a survey will begin immediately to determine location of the shelters. Arthur M.

Williams, deputy chairman ot the council ot defense, announced. 48 Training Planes brake. i lodged under the brake pedal. Unable to move him or slop the, car, Mrs. Marsteller grabbed 'the steering wheel and swerved the car Into the canyon wall.

She escaped serious injury. Fort Collins Coach Ordered Into Army Fort Collins, April 23 Coach Ray French, who piloted Fort Collins high school to a'state football title last fall nnd the Colorado basketball crown the previous spring, was ordered today to active duty with the U. S. army. French left his home here Lowry One Berlin military commentator was" quoted by Dngens Nylie'ter ag saying that "ollho the possibility ot a landing In Norway must be considered, the recent 'pinpricks' (commando raids), show that the French coast is the main interest of Ihe British." i To "which Ixmdon observers commented: "It seems to show that the Germans aro undecided- and that they are keeping an open mind on the subject.

-Well, that's the frame of mind we want to keep them in." Other Stockholm reports. In part indicating German fears that Ihe Allies would Invade northern Norway and link up with the Russians, include: Field, where he was to undergo his the Arctic defense high- final physical examination, b'rom. there, If declared physically fll, he has been ordered to the replacement training center at Fort Sill, for a period of training in the Field Artillery school. French a first lieutenant In tho reserve His successor as head coach at the high school here has not-been chosen. French came to Fort Collins two years ago from Scottabluff, Nebr.

He Is a former loloradp 'Slate College grid luminary. Fined After Fracas East Of Greeley John J. Gardner, 48, of Denver was Thursday morning fine'd $25 and costs by Justice E. G. English when he pleaded guilty" to assault Smoke geysefed from a crashing Damaged By Storm iranese plane midway up a moun- Japanese plane midway up a tain; another dug into plowed land beside a river; another burned out of sight across a ridge.

Colorado Springs, April 23. --Bob "Buster" Keetoa from Manzanola, one, of the heroes of an aerial dogfight over Burma reported in today's wnf news, Is a veteran of the Chinese wars. On February 9 he. shot down the 101st Japanese plane destroyed by the Flylrg Tigers patrollng the Burma Uoad from tho air. Tne young pilot Is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. J. C. Keeton ot Manzanola In the Arkansas Valley. In high school he won 15 athletic letters.

Albuquerque, Aprjl gale struck with sudden fury wesl of Albuquerque late yesterday and an accompanying freak whirlwind damaged 48 training planes inside a hangar at the Cutter-Carr Flying Service field. Most of the planes vere owned by the firm and used In CAA pilot training. Madrat Not Threatened Now Madras, India; April 23. The Madras government announced today It'had. decided to bring back essential government offices, which had been moved inland, saylug "the Immediate threat to Madras City now disappeared." way from Bodoe, Norway, to ens, Finland, has been complclcd.

That construction of a motor road from Halden, near the Swedish frontier, thru Oslo io Trondheim, would be underlaken immediately. Tilts road would accelerate communications between the Bailie area and northern Norway. 3. That 40,000 laborers are "completing" anti-invasion defenses in Norway. Among the latest precautions taken by the Germans In France Is an order barring civilians from Normandy's coastal roads betwsen 7:30 p.

m. and 6 a. m. The assumption left apparent Is that any person abroad In the forbidden hours a British commando or some other foe of the Germans, subject to shooting on sight. and battery on John E.

DeLaz- zaro who occupies old Clark Gollsh TWO Torpedoed Ships property "near Linn Grove or but LOSS DeLazzaro, a native of the Island Of Life Totals 21 ot Malta, claims to.have an to purchase the- properly from Gardner. DeLaztaro resides there but works in Denver where'ho Is a defense school Ho said Gardner entered the house while he nnd his wife "went out for coffee" about 2 a. m. Thursday and that Gardner knocked 'De- Lazzaro down 'when the DeLaz- zaros entered the house. Both Gardner and the DeLaz- zaros bad driven to.the Gteeley property from Denver early Thursday morning.

Gardner is the prop: erty owner. Both men wore ad-, vised to take their dispute Into civil court Brunswick, April Z3--Two merchant vessels, torpedoed off the coast on April wilh tho loss ot 21 lives, brought Into port here by salvage boats and wilt be sent to another port for reconditioning." Sixteen bodies were recovered from one of the boats and two were missing. Two bodies were lound aboard tho vessel was still missing. Thirty-five men iverp rescued from one ot the boats and 19 from the other at time of the attack. Naval and tugs brought the damaged vessels Into port,.