Deadwood Pioneer-Times from Deadwood, South Dakota • Page 1

JUL In I Luxembouirg Alls Bed Paflh if (Huge "Ktew ffffemisD I ginot line south of Belgium in the north of trance. There aDDeared little doubt in Eurnnpan capitals that the war had found its battlefield. Hitler struck 31 days after his lightning vasion was that the British and French allies were planning to attack Germany from the territory of the three countries. (By Associated Press) Germany swept over the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg just before dawn today in her third blitzkrieg war. The three invaded countries immediately appealed to Britain and France and the Netherlands le gation in London said that assistance was coming.

Britain, almost at the same time descended on Iceland which was placed under "protective" custody the term Hitler applied when he invaded Denmark and Norway and now the three little countries which occupation would give der fuehrer nearby air bases from which he could bomb England and attack British troops guarding the little Ma- (By Associated Press) BERLIN, (Friday). Germany launched military operations today against the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, to "safeguard their neutrality." Announcement of the invasion was made by Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop at 6:15 a. m. (10:15 a.m. MST) today at a special conference for newspapermen.

The official explanation for the German in war on Lrenmark and on April 9, over 8 months after shattering Poland. Hundred of planes crowded with German troops roared out over the three invaded (Continued on Page Three) tmtB The Dux's The Associated Press ISSUED EVERY MORNING EXCEPT MONDAY Western South Dakota's Only Morning Newspaper SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR DEADWOOD (Black Hills), SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY MORNING, STUDIES GALLAHADION'S FINISH mm Ctee PLANES COLLIDE IN AIR; 3 DEAD if Mgntiw Labor Chiefs Steer ed New Cabinet LONDON, May 9 (AP) Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was reported tonight to have failed in his first attempt to form a reconstructed cabinet under his standard to mollify a nation aroused and angry at "bungling" in Norway. Labor leaders refused to come into such a government and thereby Chamberlain edged nearer to DEATH CLAIMS LOCALWOMAN Mrs. Roy Ostrander Passed Away Yesterday Forenoon Mrs. Pearle Ostrander, 63, wife of Roy Ostrander, of this city, died shortly before noon yesterday at St.

Joseph's hospital, where she had been a patient for several weeks. She had been in failing health for sometime and recently underwent surgery in search of relief. Deceased had been a resident of Deadwood for the past 17 years, during which time she acquired a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, all of whom will be grieved to iearn of her passing. She is survived by her husband, five children. Royal, of Rapid City; Charles, of Deadwood; Dorothy, of Baltimore, Mrs.

Fred Chastain, of Portland, and Mrs. Elmer Pontius, of Deadwood. Two broth ers, two sisters and three grandchildren, also survive. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from the Methodist church, Rev. John Washburn, officiating.

Burial will be in the Spear-fish cemetery. The remains are at the Schulte chapel. Funeral Rites Are Held Wednesday For Mrs. Curran St. Patrick's church in Lead was thronged with sorrowing friends Wednesday for the funeral rites in memory of the late Mrs.

J. L. Curran, widely known Lead woman, who died Sunday morning in her home. The crowd was augmented by friends who came from distant points in the state for the services. Banks of flowers and spiritual bouquets surrounded the casket.

Rev. P. M. O'Dowd sang the requiem high mass and Rev. M.

S. Roach preached the sermon. Peter Mclntyre of Mitchell, a former Lead resident, sang the "Panis Angelicus," Mrs. Ray Carroll sang the "Ave Maria" by Rosewig and Miss Julia Nevin sang "Just for Today." Miss Mary Sarich played the organ accompaniments. Members of the Knights of Columbus acted as ushers.

Interment was in Holy Cross cemetery with an escort composed of Fred Noyes, William Dunn, Jess Baker, Albert Gushurst, John L. Neary and Seth Ellis. The first wife of President John Tyler died in the White House In 1842. HEARS CRITICISM A bad cold kept Mrs. Ethel V.

Mars from seeing her horse, Galla-hadion, score a surprise victory in the Kentucky Derby, but two days later she was able to sit up at home (above) and study an Associated Press photo of the thrilling finish. Accident Occurs When Planes Were Coming In To Land LOS ANGELES. May 9 (AP) A spectacular collision of two planes only 400 feet over Downey airport, cost the lives of three men today. They burned to death after one of the planes crashed and caught fire. The victims were: Walter Quin-ton.

35. Hying service pilot; Marshall G. McCarrull, of Hollywood, Paramount newsreel Pacific coast chief; and Marshall Coumbs, Vultee aircraft photographer. Unaccompanied, the pilot of the other plane, Vance Breese, Vultee test pilot, landed without injury. Both planes were coming in to land when the cabin plane piloted by Quinton got into a "blind spot" below Breese's experimental military pursuit.

The military ship came down on the cabin plane, its prupellor shearing off the cabin plane's tail assembly. Services At Rapid City Today for the Late Carrie Gramlich Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Gramlich, 59, of Rapid City, former I well-known Deadwod woman, who died at her home in Rapid City Tuesday evening, will be held from the Behrens mortuary, in that city, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The rites will be conducted by the Christian Science society, of which the deceased had long been a member. A number of Deadwood people will go to Rapid City for the services, including three local men, who will serve as members of the escort.

They are C. O. Gorder, James O'Hara and George F. Bag-galey. Carrie Edith Thompson was born Oct.

11, 1880, near Whitewood, and was graduated from Deadwood high school in 1898. After her graduation from the University of Wisconsin in 1902, she taught in high schools at Missouri Valley, Hot Springs and Deadwood. On June 28. 1906, she was married to Fred D. Gramlich, who died in Rapid City Jan.

16, 1939. She had been a resident of Rapid City since 1931, moving there from Deadwood. Mrs. Gramlich was a charter member of the Round Table club of Deadwood, and was affiliated with the Black Hills Pioneer society, the P. E.

O. sisterhood, Fortnightly club and the A. A. U. W.

She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Robert Klockow, Hartford, and Miss Lois Gramlich, Rapid City; her mother, Mrs. Ellen Thompson, Rapid City; a brother, Charles F. Thompson, Whitewood; and two grandchildren, Robert and Dorothy Klockow of Hartford. All are in Rapid City at the present time.

Martha Washington was small and plump, with dark hair and hazel eyes. MAY 10, lo40 mill Stink LEAD MEXICAN JAILED AFTER BEATING WIFE Joe Garcia, Mexican residing on Fox street, in Lead, was taken into custody yesterday afternoon by the sheriff's office after he had beaten his wife badly and terrorized women living in the neighborhood of his home. He is being held in the county Jail, booked on an assault and battery charge. Garcia was apparently hopped up on something when he went home and shortly thereafter started beating up on his wife. Her screams attracted the attention of neighborhood women who hurried to the Garcia home.

Arriving there Garcia brandished a big knife. They took out on a high run for the nearest telephone and notified officers and the frenzied Mexican was picked up in short order. Deadwood Man In Automobile Crash SUNDANCE, May 9 Monday night a wreck occurred in which the car turned over three times, but left its occupants unhurt. Joe French, of Deadwood, the driver, said he attempted to dodge a rock in the road and the car slipped on the wet pavement. The car a '39 Dodge, was a complete wreck The accident was between here and Moorcroft, Wyo.

French was going to Moorcroft to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abe French. SOUTH DAKOTA MAN SLAYS THEN SUICIDES KENNEBEC, May 9 Kennebec officials today were awaiting the decision of relatives before officially closing what a coroner's jury yesterday termed a double murder and suicide case. In the meantime, the bodies of the three victims, Mr.

and Mrs. R. L. Miller and their 12-year-old daughter, Marion, lie in a local undertaking parlor where they were taken following the inquest at the scene of the tragedy the Miller home. The three bodies were found yesterday noon by Sheriff M.

M. Kar-len, States Attorney N. F. Furlong and Commissioner Spike Vogel after neighbors and W. L.

Schwartz, friend of Miller, became suspicious when no activity was noted in the household throughout the morning hours. Schwartz, who had planned to take a trip out of town with Miller yesterday morning, notified county officers and accompanied them to the home after he had stopped at the Miller residence to determine why the county agent failed to keep a 10:30 appointment. Officers forced their way into the locked building and found the bodies of Mrs. Miller and the girl in separate beds and Miller's body in a chair in his den, a revolver by his side. All three had been shot thru the head, each died instantly.

A brother of Mrs. Miller, M. H. Amundson, attorney in Bowman, N. was notified and was expected to take charge of the three bodies here some time this morning.

Mrs. Miller's mother is Mrs. Martha Amundson of Brandt, S. D. A coroner's jury found that Mrs.

Miller and Marion came to their deaths at the hands of Miller and that Miller shot himself. Miller, who had been county agent in Kennebec for the past eight years, had been notified that on June 1 he would be relieved of his Job. PRICE FIVE CENTS To Clear Of Propos Maw1 wiani, Even as the prime minister held conferences to find a political solution to his troubles, the admiralty announced hard blows in vigorous new British submarine attacks on three German convoys and other ships at an unannounced location. At least 12 torpedo hits were ported by the admiralty with one German ship sunk and another dri ven ashore and destroyed by shell-fire. The air ministry reported a short time later that two German planes were shot down off the Scottish coast.

Sources reporting the labor refusal, given at a 45-minute conference with the Prime minister, said Chamberlain indicated his willing ness to resign if he thought that! would lead to the formation of new national government represent-l ing all political factions. Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax and First Lord of the AdmiraltjH Winston Churchill attended a con-l ference with Chamberlain tonight If a new prime minister emerges from the crisis it likely will be one) of these two, Dutch Impose Censorship AMSTERDAM, (Friday), May la VP) J. Reilly O'Sullivan, chief oil the Amsterdam bureau of the Asso-J ciated Press, said in a radio broad-l cast to the United States today than tht Netherlands government for the! first time had banned all incoming! as well as outgoing telephone com-l munications with the outside world! Press messages for the United States and other foreign countries, he said were refused at cable and wireless offices. In a censored radio talk carried! in the United States by the Mutual network, O'Sullivan indicated that! these steps were in the normal pro-f cess of the governments uicreasecl precautionary efforts. Britain Buys U.

S. Corn WASHINGTON, May 9 (JP ArJ American offer to cut the price ofl its corn to European and Canadian! buyers, brought a 20 million bushel purchase by the United Kingdom! today. The grain will be sold under tha export subsidy program inaugurat-J ed by the agriculture department, which has acquired 86. million bush-f els by foreclosures of corn loans toj farmers. San Marino, situated in the Apen-I nines in Italy claims to be the old est state in Europe.

It was founded! in the fourth century. policy in particular, is a thoroughly reactionary trend incompatible with the poliry of the soviet state," Tassj said. (The Tass statement was issued less than 24 hours after authorita tive quarters in Belgrade, Yugo slavia, let it be known that a Yugo-I slav military mission will leave! shortly for Moscow, and had ex pressed the opinion that a soviet-l Yugoslav military alliance might suit) JACK JOHNSON NEW HEAD OF EAGLES LODGE Jack Johnson was elected worthy president of the Deadwood Eagles lodge at a session held at the lodge home on Main street last evening. James Wilson was elected vice-president; Claude Lavier, chaplain; R. G.

Livak, treasurer; Bert Hedstrom, secretary; Ted Holm, inner guard and M. Bowen, outer guard. The initiatory degree was confer red upon the following candidates: J. F. Engler, Ves Merritt, J.

L. Anderson, John Shama, Fred Gasser, L. H. Wilson, D. P.

Fletcher and W. H. Wilson. Weather Forecast Generally fair today and night; not much change in temperatures. CHAMBERLAIN resignation.

Kills Shoots Self Verling Spencer (above) principal of the South Pasadena, junior high school shot and killed four school attaches, wounded two others and then wounded himself seriously at a board of education meeting. Spencer had been told that his contract would not be renewed. YOUTH SHOOTS SELF IN HAND ACCIDENTALLY Walter King, 17, of Bochford was brought to St. Joseph's hospital shortly before noon yesterday suffering from a bullet wound in his hand and shoulder, accidentally inflicted about 10:30 o'clock at his farm home about 5 miles from Roch-ford. He was handling a 32 cal.

rifle when it was accidentally discharged, the bullet striking him in the palm of his right hand, ricocheting upward 4.0 inflict a flesh wound in his right shoulder, X-ray examination revealed. His injuries were treated by Dr. M. O. Pemberton, who described his condition last night as "fairly good." Hits Admiralty Sir Roger John Bro willow Keyes i above admiral of the British fleet and national conservative member of Parliament, charged that the admiralty had rebuffed him and kept the navy from smashing its way into Norway's Trondheim fjord.

He said the action might have meant victory instead of defeat for the British in Central Norway. Belle Fourche Has 22 Population Gain In The Last 10 Years RAPID CITY. May 9 Substantial population gains of 22 percent and 11 pe'ent. respectively, for the cities of Belle Fourche, Butte county, and Lemmon. Perkins county, were announced here Thursday by T.

B. Werner, district census supervisor. Belle Fourche's count increased from 2.032 persons in 1930 to persons in 1940. an increase of 454 persons. Lemmon's population increased from 1.508 persons in 1930 to 1.773 this year, a gain of 265 persons.

The figures are preliminary and subject to revision, Werner said. All figures are held for five days after preliminary announcement before being closed and forwarded to Washington. Belle Fourche had a population of 1,352 in 1310 and 1.616 in 1920. Lemmon recovered from a slump between 1910 and 1920, to show gains the past two decades. In 1910 the population was 1.255, but fell off to 1,126 in 1920.

THE STATE DF THE NATION, For a duck-legged man with an unstreamlined face, Thomas E. Dewey is astounding one and all with the showing he is making in the primaries. Already, many Americans are trying to condition themselves for the possible shock that come January 20 another world power will have a leader with a shoe-brush mustache. It should be borne in mind, however, that the reason why Dewey is running way out front in the primaries is because he's running against Republicans. If he-were to enter a race with a too-too-liberal, spend-lend, shoot-the-w s-t e-sky's-the-limit, free-wheeling Third-Termite New Dealer, when the N.

D. breezed down the home stretch, Dewey would be lost in a cloud of dust at the first turn. Squire Perkins says: Nearly ever time I try to cook up a excuse, I git burned." BLACK HILLS MASONS GIVEN IlKiH HONORS Rank of K.C.C.H. Conferred At Yankton YANKTON, May 9 Twelve South Dakota 32 Scdttish Rite Masons were invested with the rank of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour at an impressive ceremony held in the Masonic temple in this city this evening. The program, conducted by Sanford G.

Donaldson, sovereign grand inspector general for the Supreme Council, An cient and Accepted Scottish Rite, in South Dakota, concluded a week's activities of Oriental consistory of Yankton. The 12 designates, members of one of the four Scottish Rite bodies in this state, at Aberdeen, Dead-wood, Sioux Falls and Yankton, were elected to this honorary de gree at the biennial session of the supreme council in Washington, D. last October. They are: Paul Armantrout, Aberdeen; Chester Adam Beaver, Yankton; George Jonathan Danforth, Sioux Falls; Ralph Eugene Denison, Aberdeen; John Henry Foasberg, Huron; Reginald Simon Fraser, Lead; William Fredrick Grieb, Deadwood; George Walter Gurney, Yankton; Leroy Fred Lemert, Spencer; Harold Edward Norman, Deadwood; Guy Rock, Sioux Falls, and Ha Delbert Weeks, Vermillion. The ceremonies were largely attended by Scottish Rite Masons from over South Dakota, northeastern Nebraska, and western Iowa.

Iron pens were used in England in 1685. didates by officers of the Dead-wood lodge. The district is composed of the Rebekah lodges of Spear fish, Stur-gis, Belle Fourche, Vale, Newell, Lead and Deadwood. June Smith is the Noble Grand of the Deadwood lodge, Mrs. Jessie Stewart, is Vice-Grand; and Mrs.

Agnes Luckie, is secretary. The late Mrs. Roy Ostrander, was the treasurer. The convention here today also marks the 50th anniversary of the Deadwood lodge. ill District Rebekah Lodge Convention Here Today MOSCOW RIDICULES PAN-SLAVISM MOVE The 57th annual convention of the Rebekah lodges of the Black Hills district will convene at the Odd Fellows hall here at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon with officers of the Rebekah assembly of South Dakota, and delegates from the different Black Hills lodges in attendance.

The sessions will open with an address of welcome by Mayor R. L. Ewing. A banquet will be served at the Methodist church at 6 o'clock, with the evening session starting at 8 o'clock. The initiatory degree will be conferred upon a class of can MOSCOW.

(Friday), May 10 Foreign reports that soviet Russia has adopted a policy of Pan-Slavism, and proceeding from this was encouraging Rumania to help Yugoslavia if the latter is attacked by Italy were declared "ridiculous" today by Tass, soviet official news agency. "In the opinion of responsible soviet quarters Pan-Slavism in general, and in the sphere of foreign An angry opposition cried out in the House of Commons for "different people at the helm" after Prime Minister Chamberlain had frankly admitted the failure of Britain's central Norwegian military adventure. The Chamberlain government, despite the bitter critic ism, seemed secure, however, since It was considered doubtful that there would be a vote of confidence. The Prime Minister is shown here as he left his official residence for the stormy session, This photo was radioed from London to New York..