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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Newt Dispatches The Weather Light rain, colder to- night and Saturday; low tonight 35 above, TSorth Dakota's Oldest Newspaper from Europe and Hit For East art tubjtct to censorship at tht source. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, N. FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1941 PRICE FIVE CENTS Italian Sailors to Be Interned At Ft. Lincoln; Supplies Arrive British Tommies Stnrm Into Action Against NrtrkBOM PM.ro wi otanr nniDn. ufu i Brass Hats of 188th iFord Strike Ens; New Tieups Seen GERMANS ATTACK BOTH EXTREMES OF, ALLIED LINES Decisive Battle of Balkans Imminent; Creek 'Lost Army' Still Fighting iE TO HALT FOREIGN TRANSFER OF LAND U.

S. Army and Navy to Start Work Immediately on Greenland Air Bases WASHINGTON (AP) land within the American hemisphere defense system, Presi-1 dent Roosevelt signed Friday a resolution affirming a policy of non-recognition of any trans-1 fer of western hemisphere land I from one non-American power to another. the army and navy WOUld begin WONC' immediately on construction of air By the Associated Press British troops stormed into action Friday against Aaoit Hitler's blitzkrieg armies in northern Greece as the Germans drove against both ends of the British line from Bi- toji, Yugoslavia, on the west, and from Salonika, Greece, on the east. Sir Henrv Mait- land Wilson, who commanded the once victorious lmDerial army of the Nile in North Af-i rica, is now commanding the; British allied defenses, it was! partment immediately assigned a conciliator to try to prevent a work stoppage. Negotiations between the union and the company on contract revisions began Mar.

11. peyiousiy announced A general wage increase of 10 cents an hour; 80 hours vacation pay Instead of the present 40; a shop steward system to handle grievances; "adequate compensation" for drafted workers; and additional authority for the impartial umpire to rule on issues on which no agreement can be reached. Negotiations to settle the tie-uo of soft coal mines continued in New York. About two-thirds of the mine reported ready rent an. 1 Jtt atract with the CIO- ta 7 to nd taiiiiZrsn mSi.

1 ing sectional wage differential. Fed- eral Conciliator John Steelman i sought, however, to gain agree- it which would put ii the -towooj idle miners back to work. NO MORE SHIPS FOR BRITAIN AT THIS TIME-FDR i i bases on Denmark's big nlw mee wmnent -announced. Prime Minister! Part of the headquarters staff of the 188th field auenaing an omuers training ecnooi and a year's active army service. In the picture are, left to right: Seated Capt.

P. O. Robertson, medical detachment; Lieut. Col. L.

V. Miller, executive officer and acting commanding officer; and Plrst Lieut. E. E. Wentz, chaplain; Standing Second Lieut.

C. Jordan; First Lieut. J. A. Smith; Lieut.

Col L. H. Belk: Cant. M. Dlehl: Cant.

N. W. Todd, and Mai. R. W.

Carlson. Col. Percy M. Hanson, com- at i t. oiu, ana several vuiei Oincer, is at present staii oHicera ct.

wie.iBwn were ijot present DETROIT iP Gov. Murray D. i Van Wagoner announced Friday that the Ford Motor company struce nad i been settled. "The strike has been settled," the governor said. swered because there was a will for peace." "This is an historic step in establishing industrial peace In our country.

A basic American sense of fair play prevailed around the conference table and brought results at a time when every good American citizen must place his country ahead of himself." The federal labor department an- nounced Friday receiDt of word from pin united Auto Worker? union to not "plated before Apr. 20. A shutdown of General Motors would affect about 130,000 workers, The World Today By the Associated Press British troops battle Germans in Northern Greece; Nazi panzer columns storm Bltolj pass, threaten Greece from northwest after lightning dash across lower Yugoslavia; British say Greek ''lost army" still resisting in Eastern Macedonia. German high command asserts new Yugoslav prisoners captured and Serb army being Nazi columns marching on Belgrade: Zagreb falls to German invaders, independent state of Croatia proclaimed. British mass in Libyan desert to check Nazi-Fascist counter-offensive; Axis planes blast troop concentrations near Tobruk.

Unconfirmed reports say Japanese-dominated government of Thailand overthrown, pro-Brit-tish regime established. Luftwaffe raiders bomb Coventry. Birmingham many feared killed; British claim 48-hour toll of 29 German planes; RAF warplanes renew attacks on two Nazi battleships at Brest, pound Ruhr, Rhineland over- nignt. flnilrfv Weather Is ITocai ProHfotinn No immediate letup In the light rains, that have hit most nortions of the state during the past week and ja half, was in sight Friday as ca- sional light rains and colder Friday at 6: i'-hec om-toi vi oaJeh.ii ceived .28 inches, Portal 22, Parshall rt Ttfc. rtinj lesser amounts.

ii mu cu i 1 Lincoln. Ft. Missoula, and pos-U. S. May Take French Liner slbly other posts not now by Normandie Under 'Seize and Pay' Plan 1 cial assistant to the attorney gen- I eral and advisor to the bureau of Immigration and naturalization.

WASHINGTON President JZ ao- Campaign to Obtain Iron Lung Launched By Legion Decision to launch a camnalan to I Fred B. Snlte. son of a Chicago mer- eases to si The resolution, In accordance with i among them in the event a prospec-1 tlve change of sovereignty over non-; American territory in this hemisphere, To an inquiry as to whether the: United States had taken any military 1 steps to protect Greenland, the chief executive remarked that the war de-1 partment had said Thursday there would be no news from now on about details of any bases. prompt rorging oi tnis nortnern- most link in hte chain of fortiflca- tions jfiJgMard Atlantic approaches to the Americas was reported to be considered of utmost importance in of- flcial quarters, especially since Ger- man warplanes were said to have flown over the big Danish Island within the last three weeks. The German flights were disclosed by secretary huh Tnursaay in announcing an agreement for the defense of Greenland signed by himself and the Danish minister here.

Because the flights raised the possibility of significant German military Interest in the island, indications were that the fortification work should be pressed as rapidly as supplies and equipment could be transferred. May Aid Convoys The agreement made by Hull and Minister Henrik De Kaufmann provided that this country should construct, maintain and operate "such landing fields, seaplane facilities and radio and meteorological installations" as are necessary to prevent Greenland from becoming "a point of aggression against nations of the American continent." in some autnontative quarters sueeested that the Greenland de- ain to solve the problem of protecting her North Atlantic convoys. Naval forces which the United States pre-1 sumablv will ooerate between this! country and the island, it was said, convoys un officially to that point. i BUILD HIUCE Is Emergency Set-up; Jurisdiction Will Remain With War Department Italian sailors, who last week were taken from 28 ships in American ports, will be in- terned -t announced Friday afternoon in Washington. Following an Associated Press report that the department of immigration had asked the war department for the use of the post here, Congressman Charles R.

Robertson reported the details of the arrangement which will bring approximately S00 men interned prisoners and guards to Bismarck. When they will arrive was not made clear but two car loads of bedding and mess equipment anr mornine and were beinff trans ported to the post. Lt. Col. George Reed, post com-i mandant, said he was in the except that there were evidences that additional men iwere to be quartered at the fort.

uetans oi tne government pians partment of justice had advised him proved by the departments of war. justice and state and by the Arrival Indefinite Tt thattws is only an Sot.Un" and the inriidip. tie0mer0ferCJthSeetnPt Sf mim with the "ar Sanmmmtmties ment of justice since Jt Jail room and 0ther accommodations and would have to bud separate camps available. When the men will arrive here was not certain and the war department refused to give details. They are expected in the near future, however.

Thursday night a Bismarck dairyman received a query from the government regarding his abUity to furnish milk for 800 persons to be quar- tered at Fort Lincoln and it Is pec-ted that will be the approximate total sum4er brought to Bismarck Jji- 900 men but crowdine rhem. tort ow inactive Ft. Lincoln has not been regarded as an active military post since De-I cember, 1939, when the Third batalion of the Fourth Infantry, which had been stationed there for a number of years, was transferred to the West Coast "for maneuvers." They never I came back to Bismarck and the post since has been unoccupied except for i the quartermaster forces charged with CCC supply. Efforts to have it designated for further military service have so far failed. It has been eon- sidered for use as an air training or repair center and it is under stood here that numerous military officers have recommended its i r.t(rt --f.

recommendations have always been rejected to the higher reaches of the war department. Efforts to get the post reoccupied have been in the hands of a committee of the Association of Commerce with Fred L. Conklin as chairman. Other organizations, including the American Legion, also have (Continued on Page Three) Company A Leader Brands Story False In circulation in Bismarck during the last few days has been a story purporting to relate to two members of Company now at Camp Claiborne, La. The story contained least one name and was to the effect' that tne man had been sentenced to a federal prison for attacking a fellow member of the company.

The Tribune Inquired for the facta and late Thursday received wire from capt. T. A. Rockey, comtnwJ-ing Company asserting that the story was entirely false and that nothing of the nature indicated hai J0HNH.DE WILD TO SPEAK HERE Minneapolis Trade Promotion Expert Coming Here Apr. 15 During N.

D. Tour John H. DeWild, manager of the trade promotion division of the Minneapolis Civic and Comerce association, will speak in Bismardr pr. 15, DeWTLD Al Anderson of the retail division of the Bismarck Association of Commerce announced Friday. Dewiids appearance nere win De one of many he will make during a Continued on Page Tnree First Roosevelt was asked Friday whether, there was any question of transferring this time and his reply a flat His request for power to take over foreign ships aroused congres- government might commandeer 14 French vessels, including the giant SAS? Mr Roeft atked au-' thoritTS make use rf toeta alita trtie 5 Imuran norrf tn ii lines.

Tne message, ano accompany- lng legislation, said that "just com- I pensation" would be made for any ships taken over. I There was no immediate expression of opposition to the plan, and admuv istration leaders believed they could hurry the enabling legislation through congress. First vessels involved under the new 1 der and-pay program would be 39 protective cus'v of he coast euard seize the French vessels now in and predicted possibly would be one of the first (Continued on Page Three) 1 i is strategic Area i nignt ana saturaay was predicted "ri ,0 ffoi 85 8 result mis development. Where the escorting American ves- with partly cloudy forecast for Easter 8nd 28 Ital" 1 There are only 33 army men nasals left off, British warships could Sunday. On admtoUtration leader asking I "oned at Fon LiziC0'in now- Ml are pick up the cargo trains to shepherd! Nearly a half inch of moisture feU ntn 's0h i engaged in the service of supply for them through Germany's declared at Carson during the 24 hours ending ft 3.

Srir. i cw camps toP Churchill has called him "one of our finest tacticians. The London radio said German forces were advancing Into the Aegean kingdom through the Bltolji (Monastlr) gap in Yugoslavia at the border. It was apparently in this sector that a great and perhaps decisive battle between the Germans and British was developing. The British radio said German troops were attempting to fight their way through the gap, under heavy RAP attack.

The B. E. F. communique, issued In Athens, said briefly: "German force in Northern Greece came into contact with Anr. 10." In Berlin the German high command asserted that the Serb army In Southern Yugoslavia was "destroyed" and that Nazi columns plunging ward toward Belgrade from Nis "are In close pursuit of the Serbs." King May Leave Unconfirmed reports had previously listed Belgrade as captured, but the high command's report would indicate that the bomb-smashed lav capital still was holding out.

In Budapest, a semi-official telegram from Istanbul said many members of the Yugoslav royal court had arrived by plane to Turkey and that 17-year-old King Peter II was expected to foUow. The boy King Peter seized the throne in a bloodless coup Mar. 27, two days after the pro-Axis regime of Regent Prince Paul had signed xugosiavia into mernoersmp in me Rome-Berlin-Tokvo alliance. A Swiss newspaper, the Geneva TTioune, saia in a oispaccn irom Berlin, that Belgrade had fallen. A B.

E. P. communique said that Nazi panzer forces had reached Yan-itza. 35 miles northwest of captured Salonika, but that "resistance to the German advance is stiffening in Southern Yugoslavia." Greeks Stffl Fighting The British communiaue said the situation in Eastern Macedonia the locale of the so-called Greek "lost army" trapped by the German seizure of Salonika was "obscure but characterized by the magnificent resistance of the Greeks." Previously, the Germans had claimed officially that the Greek east wing bad surrendered and that Greeks had been taken prisoner. A special communique by the German high command declared several Yugoslav divisions had been "shattered" and 10,000 new already had been reported captured.

British RAF reports disclosed that the Germans had reached the angle of the Greek Yugoslav Albanian irontiers, in a drive toward tne Nortn-ern Greek town of Phlorina. An ftr; eerhimairsra: ssrd Brfr- (Continued on Page Three) Facts Are Facts! if Most readers tiie Bismarck Tribune will tell you that the Want-Ad section is one ot the first things they turn to There's your audience. Tell 'emJ Vhone 2200 Yugoslav Warfront chant, who has traveled about the entire country In one of these machines. His condition has improved so he now can spend considerable tune outside of it. Because of the Snite case and those of other Infantile paralysis the impression that it is useful only In connection with treatment of that ailment has become widespread.

Used in Many Cases This is a mistake, medical members of the committee pointed out, since it would be of great value in treating certain other conditions. Management of the campaign to raise funds for the iron lung about $2,000 will be turned over to a special committee of which Russell A. Young chairman. Other members are E. D.

Saltzman, treasurer; Judge James Morris, Iver A. Acker, A. D. McKin-non, Drs. R.

W. Henderson, P. L. Owens and J. O.

Amson, H. J. Brown-aweil, Milton Rue and Kenneth W. Simons. Young said it is probable that, since the machine will be for the benefit of any person in this area who needs it, FR OPENS RED SEA TO AMERICAN SHIPS sea and Gulf of Aden to American vessels.

The chief executive announced at press conference that he had taken tne stopper irom tne moucn oi The ships will be permitted to go all the way to the Suez canal, since Egypt is neutral territory. While American vessels are not permitted under the neutrality act i- ry- fc-Uifc-i-ents, the president made It clear that cargoes destined for a neutral country could be carried up the Bed sea and Gulf oi Aden. And. he indicated, there will be no tendency on the part of the govern- ment to explore tne question oi Joa-mjd to a neu- Cerent. JJ of fact, the president he was not sure whether, under neutrality act.

it was forbidden for supplies sent to a neutral to reach Mmgerenta ultimately The question, he wid. brings up tWnP- he wonld to ray yes or no. Mr Roosevelt made lt clear that American vessels could use the Suez canaI' se only the Mediterranean sea' of the wat" that area, re- mains in the restricted combat zone ShiP8 could not sail out of the canal toto the Mediterranean. I STATE OFFICES CLOSED All state offices in the capital build-, obtaln an "Iron lung" tor the oenent of the people of Western North Dakota was reached by the Bismarck post of the American Legion at a meeting Thursday night. The local veterans organization will sponsor the.

campaign and will make a substantial contribution to the pur chase price. unaer tne pian recommenuea oy the committee the iron lung would be located permanently in Bismarck and Its use would be free to anyone. The only charge to patients would be the cost of operating the machine, since no provision will be made to endow its operation or repair. Snlte Case Cited The iron lung is a mechanical device to assist persons in breathing. With the exception of the head, the entire body of the patient Is placed Inside it.

Air pumps then Increase the pressure inside the machine to expel the air from the patients lung, decreases the pressure to draw air Into the lungs. It has the effect of making breath-tog entirely involuntary and effortless. Most famous iron lung patient is QUIZWESTHOPEMAN ABOUT MURDER CASE BOTTINEAU, N. probing the mysterious death at Westhope last week of Donald 'Dan" MacDonald Friday were ques tioning Noah Deschamps, 44, of West-hope, regarding a scuffle he admits hope on Apr. 2, the day before the letter's charred remains were found in ashes of an old Great Northern section house.

State's Attorney O. B. Benson em-piissfcEu Hist no chsrsc tias Cecu placed against Deschamps, but that he voluntarily accompanied the officials here from Westhope late Thursday. Their aim, they said, is to learn all they can from the man of his knowledge of MacDonald's where abouts and movements after a. Benson and Attorney W.

J. Austin. Bismarck, who is assisting in the investigation, said that several more persons are to be questioned. Deschamos is the first man located the officials who admits hiving I been with MacDonald after 10 a. m.

Apr. 2. Until they located him they had found no one who admitted hav- 1 ing seen MacDonald between that i hour and the time when his cremated body was found in the ruins of the section house who has been spending the winter on a farm north of West nooe. told officials he met MacDon 'aid late Wednesday forenoon. Apr.

2.1 i in an allev in Wrathope. that he and MacDonald had had several drinks afterward they i Is a 1 I I i 1 Tone of blockade which extends from a few miles east of Greenland to the (Continued on Page Three) Photo From i Yugoslav outpos: that 1 of Good Friday. nonimtr NewsfaperHRCHIVE 1NE 5 FA ftKli HUH! i.