Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1940, Page 7

| Horner-Stelle Feud Over Governorship Nears Showdown lllinois Legislature Convenes Tuesday After Call by Each 7 the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, I, April 27— The unique political controversy in which Gov. Horner and Lt. Gov. Stelle both claim to be Governor of Illinois moved today toward a de- cisive showdown in a special session of the State Legislature convening next Tuesday. Supporters of Mr. Stelle, who claims the authority of acting Gov- sernor because Gov. Horner is ill, prepared to seek a legislative com- mittee inquiry into the Governor’s physical condition. The special session was called pri- marily to liberalize the State’s old age assistance act, but the clash between the two Democratic offi- clals dwarfed all other issues. The controversy hinges on inter- pretation of the disability clause of Illinois’ constitution of 1870 and is the first such question ever to come before the General Assembly. Ignored by Other Officials. Mr. Stelle contended that the Governor was unable to handle the State's business because of illness and that the constitution stipulated that in such a case the Lieutenant Governor should take over the chief executive's duties. The Lieutenant Governor pro- claimed himself acting Governor last April 8, but other State officials have given him no official recogni- tion. On the following day Mr. Stelle was defeated for the Demo- cratic gubernatorial nomination by Harry B. Hershey, the candidate supported by the Horner and Kelly- Nash organizations, in the State- wide primary election. Gov. Horner and Mr. Steele both issued calls for the special sess.on. A test vote was expected soon after the legislators convene on which call they will recognize. The Lieutenant Governor's call provided for consideration of contro- versial relief legislation and for an investigation of Democratic “slush | fund” collections from State em- ployes in the recent primary cam- paign. House Main Battleground. Serving the final year of his second term, Gov. Horner appeared assured of support in the mipcndm: legislative battle of Democratic | legislators aligned with the Kelly- | Nash Chicago Democratic organiza- tion. Senator Ward, floor leader of the dominant Chicago Democratic bloc in the upper House, predicted the | Senate would refuse to recognize Mr. Stelle’s session call and would de- | feat any move to force an investi- gation of Gov. Horner's health. The principal battle ground was expected to be the House, where Republicans hold a narrow fire- vote majority. Legislative aides of Mr. Steele have indicated they ex- pected Republican support for crea- tion of a House investigationg com- mittee, but Republican leaders have not publicly expressed their atti- tude. Norway ___(Cam.inued From First Page.) mier Reynaud, the commanders of the French and British armies, na- vies and air forces and defense min- isters of both nations attended, in addition to representatives of the Norwegian and Polish governments. British Using Indian Officers. Following the lead of the French in dispatching their crack Chas- seurs Alpines to the rugged Nor- wegian battle fields. the British were reported making the fullest use of the mountain experience of Indian officers. The French Alpine troops, it was revealed, landed in Norway eight days ago. Photographs of them, in their unmistakable jaunty blue berets, appeared in French papers today. They had been scheduled to go to Finland just as Finland made peace with Russia last month; they quickly were reorganized for the Norwegian campaign, and took equipment with them for a year- round stay: Reversible tents, for in- stance, white on one side for the winter snows and khaki on the other side for the summer. ‘The Norwegian army units in the fleld, meanwhile, are reported here to be organizing a delaying action on: the railway 100 miles east of Bergen to give the allies a chance to bring heavier forces to bear in this section. Traditionally “the silent service,” the navy is presumed to be bending its principal efforts now to getting adequate troops and heavy guns to Norway and to aiding the Royal Alr Force in establishing fighter plane bases on the jutting coast. Accusations Shrugged Off. The allies shrugged off German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop’s accusatisas of war guilt in Norway as “patently untrue.” ‘The British, who long since have dropped the “von” from the Nazi’s name and call him merely “Ribbon- trop” (the Cockneys say “Ribbon Drops™), declared his statement to- day “is characterized by deliberate + perversions of the truth from begin- hing to end.” The French said the documents he produced were “curious, to say the least” and that the whole thing ‘was “much ado about nothing.” An authorized British statement reiterated, firmly: “There is no doubt that the extension of the war to Scandinavia is due to the deliber- ate action of the German govern- ment.” The British War Office issued a denial that any brigadier or his staff *“have been captured at any time in the course of operations in Norway In spite of Ribbentrop’s statement on his speech this afternoon.” Von Ribbentrop said some of the British e~ | tain fashion. * * * We have got to SUNDAY, STAR, WASHINGTON, BOARD OF TRADE'S 1940 OFFICERS—The Board of Trade Yesterday elected these officers for the new year. Seated (left to right) are Granville Gude, secretary; Fred A. Smith, first vice president; James E. Colliflower, president, and Lanier P. (Story on Page B-1.) documents were taken when “the British brigade staff” was captured in the Lillehammer sector. Britain's Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, replied in a radio address to the Von Ribbentrop charges with the declaration that “it is a despic- able lie to say that we ever have plotted against any neutral coun- try.” The Air Minister declared the war “had entered an intense and vital phase” and that Britain would fight Germany to the full but “we will not bomb open towns.” Of Germany's invasion of Nor- way, Sir Samuel said: “The advantages they have won by a foul and cowardly blow now must be redeemed by hard fighting, by vigorous action and by patient plan- ning. And it will be redeemed.” The hardening British desire to “teach the German people a final lesson,” first expressed openly by_ former First Lord of the Admiralty | Alfred Duff Cooper, was reflected by a member of the government, R. 8. Hudson, Minister of Shipping. Mr. Hudson said the allies “must win the war and win in no uncer- show not only the Nazi gang which rules Germany but the German people themselves that war, and | | particularly the vile way in which | they are waging war, does not pay.” | May Extend Conscription. | Concrete evidence that Britain is| | prepared to expend its man power | resources to this end came with re—} ports that a proclamation extend- | ing conscription to men as old as | 35 may be expected in mid-May. ‘Today another class of 300,000—26- year-olds—registered for the call- up. Men of 27 will register next month. With the empire troops, Britain hopes to have from 2,500,000 | to 3,000,000 men under arms before | the summer is over. Next week Prime Minister Cham- berlain is expected to tell the people, in the House of Commons, more about what is going on in Norway. Questions from the Labor and Liberal opposition are in prospect as the result of the stories of Amer- ican and other war correspondents to the effect that the first allied reverses were due to lack of equip- ment and insufficient air support. However, these criticisms have created less stir among the British people than in foreign circles and | | informed sources expressed doubt that they would result in any major | change in the government. Stockholm (Continued From First Page.) the fighting along the Glomma River, to the east, in the Roros area. Norwegian forces have been fight- ing against heavy odds to stop Ger- man columns from getting to Storen from Roros along the main valley route. The mountain flanking column, however, appears to be almost at Storen without fighting anybody. The German column advancing over the rough Tynset-Kvikne trail had armored cars and small tanks. They were credited with negotiat- ing a road which even in peacetime presents an unusual hazard. It bends and dips from 1,500 to 3,000 foot levels and sometimes curves around narrow mountain ledges where a mistake will plunge any vehicle down perpendicular cliffs. As a result of all this, the British- Norwegian opposition appeared thus far ineffective in Central Norway south of Trondheim. One foreign neutral military observer of long experience expressed the convic- tion that the Nazis could not well be stopped. Three Sections in Drive. The German drive is in three main sections—along the railroad in- land from Bergen and in the Roros and Dombas sectors farther north. Thke flanking column is an offshoot, sprouting northward between the two latter places. The Nazi aim apparently is to establish efficient communications among these three main sectors and at the same time push against the British troops now established in T e R U ISLAND ESTATE the Steinkjer area 50 miles north of Trondheim. The prize of vic- tory will be the control of all but the narrow northern part of Nor- way. The Germans acknowledged that their operations around Arctic Nar- vik had been delayed, but put the blame on snow and cold rather than on opposing armies. The aallies themselves acknowl- edged an early retreat in the Dombas sector and a Norwegian communique spoke of Nazi advances along the Bergen railway. Border dispatches told of minor Nazi forces holding Roros and said the main fighting in that sector was to the east around Djuposolien, near the Swedish border. German engineer troops advanced north of Roros to Nyplass to repair a bridge dynamited by the Nor- weigians. Both armies are using their air forces, but the Swedish press gave much prominence to a warning at- tributed to English newspapers that too great optimism was not war- the smallest ports, in which it is most difficult to land troops. Foreign military observers simi- larly concluded that the British Navy had not stopped the transport of Nazi troops by sea (the continued landing of troops was reported at Oslo) and that the British without reinforcements could not re-take the Nazi-held territory. Sweden Takes New Steps. Neutral Sweden, meanwhile, took new steps to safeguard her neu- trality. A recruiting office was opened for home defense guards of men over 45 and for youths be- tween 17 and 20. These guards would be used to| fight parachute troops or minor troops which strayed from the main force of any enemy Sweden might encounter. A bill with new definitions of es- NEVER CHANGED OWNERSHIP D. C, APRIL 28, 1940—PART ONE. McLachlen, second vice president. Standing (left to right) are Willlam H. Press, assistant executive secretary; E. F. Colladay, general counsel; George Plitt, sr., treasurer; F. P, H. Siddons, as- sistant treasurer, and Harrison Brand, jr., executive secretary. plonage and treason was introduced in Parliament. Here and there in midtown Stockholm, a few merchants for the first time started boarding their display windows against air raid dangers. There also was some sand- bagging of buildings but not yet on a large scale. Anti-Trust (Continued From First Page.) ness by refusing them union labor, it was charged. Local 473, United Association of Journeymen Plumb- ers and Steamfitters, was named a defendant. The indictment said, in effect, that individuals needing plumbing repairs or new installations were forced to buy materials approved by the combine and unions at prices fixed by the combine and were forced | to have the work done by a con- ranted—that the Germans control | iraciergmember, the airfields in Norway and all but | It added that contractors who be- longed to the system but submitted | below-average bids were forced to withdraw entirely or submit a higher bid. Boycott Threat Charged. Defendants also were accused of | 'KODAK - MOVIE coercing, by threat of boycott. na- tional manufacturers and jobbers into refusing to sell equipment to contractors not members of the sys- tem. The heating indictment charged a labor union conspiracy to compel the installation by union members of furnaces and air-conditioning | equipment made in factories with the label of a union with which the defendant union (the Sheet Metal Union, Local 99) was affiliated. Hardwood flooring dealers were charged with a conspiracy to boost the cost of building by using identi- cal price lists. —Star Staff Photo. Brifish Trade Adviser Sees Increased Buying in U. S. By the Associated Press. F. Ashton-Gwatkin, adviser to the British Ministry of Economic War- fare, said yesterday that his country could be expected to increase enor- mously its purchase of manufactured goods from the United States. Discussing with reporters the Franco-British trade conferences here, Mr. Ashton-Gwatkin said there would be a tendency to decrease agricultural purchases, but that there was “no need to paint the picture in too dark colors.” He said that Great Britain agtu- ally had increased imports of some agricultural products during the six months ending with February, par- ticularly cotton and some canned fruit. 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Visiting Nurse Society To Be Feted Tuesday At Testimonial Dinner Lawrence Williams Lauds Body for Its Services To the Community The Instructive Visiting Nurse Soclety, which is to be honored Tuesday evening at a testimonial dinner in the Mayflower Hotel, was given praise from a business man’s point of view by Lawrence E. Wil- lams, who retired yesterday as president of the Washington Board of Trade, when James E. Colliflower was,chosen as his successor. Mr. Williams clted the savings to the community through the society’s care of indigent patients in the patients’ homes, thus in many in- stances saving the cost of hospital care. 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