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Show PAGE EIGHT' PROVO -YUTAHV DAILY HERALD WRDNFSn A V" 'Apt?tt o inn; ' - . f 'f ' ' " - - - t . m. mu 1, Jj71 - - - . - Iffi , ; GERMANS CLAIM PORT CAPTURE BERLIN, " April 24 OLE) The high command said today German troopa had captured the narrows off the Norwegian port of Stelnk-Jer. Stelnk-Jer. 30 miles below the British-oc cupied port of Namsos, "after a short battle at the northeastern end of Trondheim fjord. The high command communique said 80 prisoners were taken. It did not specify whether the port had been held by Norwegian or allied troops. The high command said:. "Enemy naval as well as land forces In the vicinity of Narvik were further strengthened but they have not yet attacked. . , , Social Unit Dace .'cars Completion At Brigham Young i With: only two events left on the schedule, a close finish- between be-tween three units loomed in the Brigham Young university social unit intramural athletic cup race, according to Don Overly, student manager, who today released standings of the units. Brickers v are leading the race at present with 701 points, but Vikings and Brigadiers are close behind with 654 and 639 points, respectively. Any of the three, and possibly the Val Hyrics who have 504 points, can cop the trophy, tro-phy, Overly pointed out. The track meet and the all-around all-around individual competition are the only events left on the slate. The track meet has been scheduled sched-uled around May 15. With , the all-around ' scheduled a week later. Brigadiers won the 'championship 'champion-ship in, 1939 for their third ' straight victory. Brickers ar6 , leading the tennis ten-nis ' competion which is nearing completion, and Brigadiers are atop the Softball loop at the present time. . ' Points towards the cup . are based on a system outlined by Dr. Milton Marshall, professor of mathematics at the university. Participation and each separate performance count towards the coveted . trophy. . Tausigs are behind the Val Hyrics with 428 points, and Trojans are, trailing with 245. Germans Would Leave Chicken Neck for Allies In North Norway; I NORWAY I T'omi i 124,556 t. ml. JA$J?' 3.000.000 pop. S v2- ironorf)nV FORESTS 30,000 tq. ml 85 of psopU - live south -of Trondhoim TrondhsimT .7-. V - v-r. af Hgr FISHING cod, herring AGRICULTURE Oats, potatoes, borUy, wkw h .SW INDUSTRY I fi&- metals, food, J I . Xrsjfr i wood, paper, Oslo Stavonger IMssrtioM, : f I oil reserves tT in this area , THE DIG 20 HITS START SUNDAY Watch For Them! Germany sets the gravy, Brit-ain Brit-ain the chicken's neck. BY THOMAS M. JOHNSON NBA Service Military Writer Unless the allies can break very soon the tightening German grip in southern Norway, they may lose the war in Scandinavia and Europe and the world may lose what little peace is left. ' The Germans would leave the allies the chicken's neck of Norway Nor-way : by consolidating themselves along the 40-mile railroad from Trondheim east to the Swedish border. Hurriendly, the Germans are fortifying this natural line, protected pro-tected partly by - streams a n d lakes. That accomplished, they hope to lock the British in the north while they continue their operations in the- south, which is the springboard to (Britain by air and water,, - , . NAZIS WOULD IJKAVE BRITISH CHICKRN NECK As an ax . beneads a chicken, the Nazis would leave to the British the country's scrawny neck and save for themselves the southern body, plump , economically economi-cally and strategically. Here are DEATH CUIUS FRANK DUGGAN Frank- Clyde Ernggan, 43, j former for-mer Provo resident, ' died this morning i at' the Veterans'- hospital hos-pital in. Salt Cake City of .pneumonia. .pneu-monia. He has been a'' resident of Ely, Nev.; for many years, and was taken to the Salt Lake hospital hos-pital only recently. - Mr. Duggan was - born December Decem-ber 13, l96 ' in ' Park City, a son of James P. and Agnes Johnston John-ston Duggan, and came here with his parents when a boy. . He was educated in " the . Provo city schools. . He x served " in the World i war, and after being released, re-leased, made his home in Ely. At the time of his death he was employed by - the United States Bureau of Fisheries. He was a member of the Ely. lodge, B.'- P. O. Elks. Surviving are his wife, Betty Duggan, of ; Ely; a .'daughter, Beverly Jean Duggan, attending school at Salt Lake City; . his mother, Mrs. 1 James P." Duggan, Provo; - one - brother, Paul, of New York City, and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Reed, Caliente, Nev., and ' Mrs. Genevieve Larsen, Provo. Pro-vo. , The body is at the Berg mortuary, mor-tuary, pending funeral announcement, announce-ment, . ' concentrated Norway's industries, munitions, her year's reserve stocks a of precious : oil, and the ports and airfields from which the Nazis can attack Scotland and British shipping, , especially allied transports moving troops to Norway. Nor-way. 1 f And if Germany hangs on to the south, leaving the allies stalemated, stale-mated, what then? The allies will have missed the boat, and ' probably prob-ably for the last' time , Air power will have beaten sea power, and Italy may take ? her cue.- She may strike in the. Mediterranean, Medi-terranean, perhaps at 'Africa through Spain, perhaps -at .the Suez Canal or the Balkans. RUSSIANS EXPECTED TO STRIKE fc.GAIN' . Next, Russia,' ' as .partner ' or rival, may attack Rumania; and the allied Near Eastern .army will swing into action, along with Turkey. Russia may even strike at Finland and - Sweden, splitting up Scandinavia with Germany or contesting it with her. If the former.- Germany may launch her Blitzkrieg on France by way . of Belgium .aid Holland and Japan may seize the Dutch East Indies.- Whereupon our Vulnerable Vul-nerable Philippines will become still more vulnerable, and tthis world wilt become "the'' worst of all possible worlds. v ' . Horrible, but who shall call It impossible ? All too possible is that one more reverse for --the allies after which the dictator powers will . begin a ruthless scramble, the 'end of which' no man can foresee. , , Theodore Dedrickson SPANISH FORK. Theodore Dale Dedrickson, 69, died Monday night at the family home after a "long illness from heart trouble and complications. com-plications. He was a lifelong resident resi-dent of Spanish Fork being born here August 1, 1871, to Theodore and Maren Jacobsen Dedrickson. He received his education in the public schools of Spanish Fork. He married Eleanor Braithwaite Feb. 16, 1898, at Manti. In his early manhood he was engaged in the drug store business ; in Spanish Fork. For many years he main tained a recreation camp near the Strawberry lake where he rented boats and acted as a guide to fishermen. fish-ermen. He Is survived by his widow, two eons and four daughters, daugh-ters, Gilbert and , Royal Dedrickson. Dedrick-son. Mrs. Alta Durfee and Mrs. Ruby James, all of Spanish Fork; Mrs. Hazel Ostler of Santa Monica, California and Mrs. Kuth Granger of Cedar City. 16 grandchildren; two half brothers, Theodore Dedrickson Ded-rickson of Bakersfield, California; John Dedrickson of Salt Lake City and a sister, Grace Dedrickson of Spanish Fork; Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p. m, at . the Second ward L.U.S. church by Bishop H. Eugene Hughes. Friends may call at the home of his daunphter, Mrs. Ruby James prior to the services. Interment In-terment - will be in. the Spanish Fork City, cemetery under the direction di-rection of the Claudin Funeral home. FIR! (Continued from Page One) erected 15 years ago r& acaurch. Later it was made into a garage. Two years ago it was converted into a night dub. :,- Last night began the engagement engage-ment of the 12 man Walter Barnes orchestra of Chicago. ' celebrated as one of the hottest negro swing orchestras. At 10 p. m. the sophisticated so-phisticated and moneyed of the negro population, .decked out in evening clothes, crowded into the one room building. The blare of the trumpets and the shouts and stomping of the revelers could be heard lor blocks and negroes too poor to go Ir-aiJe, were in St. Catherine street to hear what they could of the music At 11;S5 p. m. there wu a cream of fire. ArjArer.Uy soroe-one soroe-one had inad re rten Uy , touched a cfgaret to the decorations and flames were thootirg alor.g tie fe-stoorj. There were ahouts, creams. and curies, and. in a flash, the hundreds were ru--.r.i.-. in a clawing, fighting mass for the one door. Approximately 1IO managed to get out before the fighting, terrified victims were Jammed in the thresh eld. A few minutes ' later the tin roof fell. Ten mtiutes later the fire was out except for srsouHer-irg srsouHer-irg axhes. ... , Gome on r i lOlTVE watched the new Nashs sail by, with an envying eye. 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