Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1940, Page 8

Air Power Key to Trondheim For British, Maj. Eliot Says Much Depends for Allies on Getting Bases To Challenge German Plane Superiority By MAJ. GEORGE FIELDING ELIOT. The situation in Norway remains in the balance. The allied objective is possession of the port of Trondheim, com- manding the northern end of the two valleys which control the interior communications of Norway. At the southern end of these valleys lies Oslo, occupied by the Germans; and the Germans are pressing ahead up both valleys—the Gudbrandsdal and* the Osterdal—in the hopes of link- ing up their main force based on+— Oslo with their as yet isolated gar- rison in Trondheim, If the allies can take Trondheim, the whole Norwegian situation un- dergoes a decided alteration in their favor. Having said that, it remains to be determined what their chances are of accomplishing this end. Nerth of Trondheim, the allied advance guard has failed to hold the important bridgehead of Steink- jer. Reinforcements have been landed at Namsos, it is reported, but the condition of the roads and the uncertain amount of rolling stock available on the branch line rail- way make the time of arrival of these reinforcements at Steinkjer doubtful. There is another possi- bility, an overland attack against the rear of the coast fortress of Ag- denes, at the mouth of Trondheim Fjord. If such an attack could be made good, allied naval forces might penetrate the fjord and threaten| ‘Trondheim directly. But here | again the bad roads are a delaying| factor, as is the fact that Namsos | has few facilities for the landing| of guns and heavy equipment. Situation Critical in South. South of Trondheim the situation | 1s more critical. Here the allies landed at the port | of Andalsnes, no better equipped | than Namsos. It is likely that more | rolling stock and motor transport | can be made available to them at Andalsnes, which communicates di- rectly with the rail and road net of Central Norway, than at isolated Namsos. The allies have pushed forward to Dombas, junction of the | Andalsnes branch line with the main | railway from Oslo to Trondheim, which passes through the Gud- force in Norway, and that the Ger- mans will in that case seek to have those railways by fair means or foul. If they resist, they will be merci- lessly bombed. Moreover, it is quite likely that in the end the result would be the transference of the theater of war from Norwegian to Swedish soil. These considerations are doubtless being weighed at Stockholm, while the German press | says that Sweden must choose her course, while reports come in of German embarkations at Baltic ports, while the fate of Norway hangs by a hair—and perhaps the issue of this war. . It is by no means impossible that the decision now to be taken at Stockholm may in the end prove to be decisive of the whole course of the titanic struggle for power in Europe. (Copyright, 1940, by New York Tribune Co.) 'Labor Bureau Unit To Widen Forecasts \0f Job Opportunities Occupational Outlook Service Hopes to Be of Help to Young People Established this year under a congressional appropriation of $70,- 000, the Occupational Outlook Serv- ice of the Bureau of Labor Statistics brandsal. From Dombas, a covering | Will soon widen its forecasts of em- force has been pushed southward to | Ployment trends and opportunities, delay. the advance of the German | A. F. Hinrichs, chief economist of main forces up the valley from Oslo. | the bureau, revealed yesterday. Another force has gone north to Storen, only 32 miles from Trond- heim, where the narrow-gauge rail- The service will have a staff of about 25 persons, and a director will be appointed soon. Meanwhile, Dr. Hinrichs is directing the initial work of the service. The Occupational Outlook Serv- ice will devote particular attention | to assembling facts about *blind | alley” jobs, that is, jobs that offer | little future or promise of promo- | tion., It will study trends in tech- advance after receiving reinforce- | nological employment, shifts in ments. | employment by industries, and the What is now clear is that we are | changes in opportunities in the pro- seeing the preliminary operations of | fessions, and the so-called white advance guards and independent | collar cccupations. Through a way through the Osterdal comes in. | Meanvwhile, the German Army in | Oslo has rushed a motorized force up the Osterdal with the hope of reaching Storen and cutting off the allies’ move. This forée was repulsed by the allies, who got to Storen first. It is now reported as resuming its THE _SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 28,” 1940—PART ONE. MISS RUTH LEISERSON: Ruth Leiserson a Hostess For Mock G. 0. P. Parley Miss Ruth Leiserson, daughter of Dr. Willilam M. Leiserson, a Demo- crat and member of the National Labor Relaticns Board, will be a hostess for the 1940 mock Republican convention held in a circus tent at Oberlin (Ohio) College on May 10 and 11. The convention is described as the oldest mock convention in the | country, having been started in 1860. Representative White of Ohio will deliver the keynote address. Until 1936 the students maintained a 50 per cent accuracy in selecting the party and candidate who was to enter the White House. They ’named Lincoln in 1860, Grant in 1868, McKinley in 1896 and 1900, | Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, Taft in | 1908 and Hoover in 1928. Birthplace of Fre;ont Razed for Housing Job | By the Associated Press. SAVANNAH, Ga. April 27. — Savannah's Republicans have a con- crete difference with their Demo- | eratic neighbors. John C. Fremont, the first presi- | dential candidate of the Republican | | party, was born at Savannah in | 1833, and in this year of 1940 the | Democrats are razing his birth- |place in favor of the Yamacraw | | village housing project. | Chairman Gilbert Johnson of the | | Republican County Convention told | the delegates the spot was being [desecrnwd by a “socialistic housing | | scheme.” | |Blessing of Beauvoir To Follow Dedication Bishop James E. Freeman will! conduct a service of dedication fol- | lowed by an old English ceremony Sir Wilfred Grenfell Plans New Expedition To Labrador Desires to Inspect Damages Created By European War The twinkly-eyed, sun-tanned “Labrador doctor” is preparing to disregard the advice of physicians and sail North once more to inspect damages created by war to his 48 years of effort in healing physical and economic ills of a scattered people in a vast territory. Sir Wilfred Grenfell is 75 and suffers from a heart ailment that compelled him virtually to retire in 1934, but, he said yesterday, “I still have my teeth and eyes, and sitting about at a time like this is hard.” He broke his retirement last summer for a short trip North, “The war has just about blacked out our work,” he declared at the| home of his friend, the Rev. James H. Taylor, 3045 Fifteenth street N.W. “Tourists who brought the! products of our industries are be- ing kept away by the war, and our market has been closed. A great many breadwinners have gone into the army ‘and it's growing harder to get supplies.” War May Bring Settlers. However, the war in Scandinavia may bring new settlers to the sparse- ly populated reaches of Labrador and Northern Newfoundland which have been Sir Wilfred’s stamping grounds since June, 1892, when as & young medical missionary he out- fitted a 90-ton ketch, the Albert, with a hospital ward and began his humanitarian”labors among the fishermen, Last summer, before the war, Dr. V. Tanner and another Finn paid part of the expenses in outfitting one of the three ships now in the Grenfell fleet to seek possible lo- cations for settlements by Finns, A careful examination was made and a report published. By that time, Finland had been invaded, Norweglans and Finns would | make ‘“‘very desirable” people for the territory, Sir Wilfred said. “The population hasn't increased in Lab- rador since I went there first be- — Established 1;5 S ABRAHAMS | OANS ON JEWELRY | 220 B 1 Ave. M.k Cosh _tor Your Old Gold 311 G 8t. N.W RN cause. both wars have taken so many of our men,” 15 of Staff With British, Fifteen inen from his staff at the hospital and station at St. Authony in Northern Newfoundland have left to join the British Army and in another station 22 men left. The war has increased the work of four hospitals, and seven nursing stations and numerous agricultural and in- dustrial projects conducted by the Grenfell Association, which has been operated by more than 2,000 unpaid volunteers since its inception. ‘When Sir Wilfred returns early in July he will take new yolunteers, among them several physicians who may spend the year there. Sir Wil- IANOS FOR RENT If desirous of purchas- ing, rental applies toward price. . Conven- ient terms. Large se- lection of fine instruments. HUGO WORCH 110G St NW. NA. 4529 row and Sir Wilfred will be there, He will apeak today at 11 am: at the Rev. 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The allies are said to be using aircraft carriers anchored in the fjords as temporary bases for their own fighting planes, in an en-| deavor to offset the German air superiority until allied land bases can be established from which con- | siderable numbers of allied planes can be employed. | Dombas Key For Germans. | The allies must hold Dombas, fhe| vital railway junction, until theyi can assemble a sufficient force at Storen to deliver an attack on Trond- heim from the south, or until their northern force has taken the city. If the Germans can take Dombas| before the allies are in Trondheim, | the chances of the campaign will veer sharply in their favor. The capture of Storen by the Germans would be a less, but still important, accomplishment for them. The question of air superiority is probably controlling. This is the| chief German dependence. With- out it they would have little chance to save Trondheim. With it, they | have very good hope of doing so. Much, therefore, hinges on the ability of the allies to acquire and equip air bases on Norwegian soil within a very brief period of fime. While the issue of the tighting in Norway thus remains in balance, a | new element is introduced by the statement of Herr von Rihbentrop, | the German Foreign Minister, to the effect that the German assault on Norway was only in anticipation of an allied plan to do the same thing, with Norwegian connivance. ‘This supports the statement pre- viously made in these articles that if either Germany or Britain had good reason- to believe that the other was about to move into the Scandi: navian Peninsula, an attempt a anticipation was certain But the significant element about | Herr von Ribbentrop’s statement was -his careful assurance that Sweden had scrupulously main- | tained its neutrality. It is possible | —not probable, but possible—that this foreshadows stronger German pressure on Sweden to allow the " passage of German troops through | Swedish territory, perhaps under threat of bombing the whole country, perhaps accompanied by | promises that Scandinavia shall not be made the seat of German attacks | on Britain once the allies'have been | driven out. If Sweden should yield to this combination of menace and | assurance and open the Swedish | railways to the passage of German | troops, not only could the Oslo army receive the reinforcements which | allied naval operations in the Skagerrak have so far denied or impeded, but also the Trondheim situation could quickly be resolved in Germany’s favor by means of troops moving via Oestersund and | Storlien. Swedes May Choose to Yield. T do not mean to attribute to the Swedish government and people any intention to aid the, invaders of Scandinavia, but in view of the earnest and quite understandable desire of Sweden to avoid involve- ment in the war, the possibility of Sweden taking this course cannot be shrugged aside. It would un- doubtedly bring about a new and (from the allied viewpoint) un- favorable turn of events in Norway; and it is not impossible that the Swedes might consider such yielding to be the best choice among the evils with which they are con- fronted. Certainly, if the allies take Trond- heim, the Swedes must realize that their railways will be necessary to the maintenance of the German b between job opportunity and pro- duction. What will be the effect on em- ployment of a given expansion or contraction. of public works, or publicly financed residential con- struction? What does a given volume of foreign orders for air- planes mean in terms of employ- | ment? These are examples of the | type of questions for which the Oc- | cupational Outlook Service will seek an authentic answer. Though occupational forecasts, for the time being, will be of chief value to placement directors, and those engaged in vocational guidance, the bureau hopes later, as its technique develops, to be of | practical help to young people and others seeking jobs by indicating the lines of employment that are likely increase, and those that are likely to offer fewer job opportun- ities. The 1940 census returns, it is be- lieved, will provide much data of value to the Occupational Outlook Service, particularly data on in- come and earnings in various in- dustries and professions. Jewish Center Plans Scavenger Hunt The Service Council of the Jew- ish Community Center will sponsor a scavenger hunt and dance start- ing and ending at the center Satur- | day night. The committee in charge includes | | Rubin Borasky, chairman, and Jack Goldberg, Myer Pumps, Ruth Mor- | genstein, Sam Bossin, Bill Forman and Mae Forman. The center Hiking Club will spon- | sor a campfire party May 15 in Rock Creek Park. The party will| be held in Grove 23, back of the ten- nis courts at Sixteenth and Kennedy streets N.W., at 6 pm. If it is rain- | ing an hour before the scheduled | time, the affair will be held at the cenger. Bethesda C.fiamber To Meet Tomorrow The Bethesda (Md.) Chamber of | Commerce will hold its April meet- ing tomorrow in the County Build- ing, instead of May 6, it was an- nounced yesterday by Ralph D. Ter- une, executive secretary. The | postponement was caused by the primary elections. A film depicting the activities of United States Se- cret Service agents in combatting | counterfeiters will be shown, Union Services ROCKVILLE, Md., April 27 (Spe- cial).—At union services in the Rockville Christian Church tomor- row night of the Baptist, Christian, Methodist and Presbyterian Church- es of Rockville, the sermon will be by the Rev. J. Virgil Lilly, pastor of the Christian Church. .RECORDS For your convenience and enjoyment, we proyide com+ fortable, individual booths in which to try out your fa- vorite records, Victor, Co- lumbia, Decca, Blue Bird, Brunswick and Vocalion Records. HUGO WORCH Established 1879 1110 G ST. N.W. NA. 4529 A | J. Townsend Russell. The service will be attended by patrons of the | school, the Cathedral Chapter, some members of the National Cathedral | Assaciation convening that day and | members of the school. 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