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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-08
SIGNAL
FOR BUILDERS
Amended Housing
Act Signed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt

The amended National housing
act. signed by the president on
June J. IS designed To continue.
with notifications. the nhcraliscd
home financing program begun IN
February last year under the Ma
tionAl Housing act amendments Of
1855.
Its enaetmentS should give re-
newed assurance 10 the residential
construction industry. to home
financing Institutions. and TO in
dividual home buyers and builders
who may have been holding up
plans because Of uncertainty re-
gsrding the future Of the FILA.
In other words. they may go for
ward with confidence that virtu-
ally all the financing facilities
available 10 them IN the past viii
be at their disposal
Md To Recovery
~ AHt SENATE HtHNtttk anu vi
reney committee pointed out in its
report recommending passage of
the amended act: Such eontinu-
snee directly concerns the orderly
progress of recovery and employ
ment and the opportunity of Amer
lean families TO obtain better
living standards.
Principal features of the amend
ed act are:
/. Authorization for the presi-
dent to increase to $4,000. DOC, 900
the amount of outstanding mort
gage insurance obligations the
FILA may have at one time The
present limitation Is $4,000. 600. 900
and the outstanding principal obli-
cation at this time Is approx
mately 81 400. 600. 600. not inelud-
ing approximately $500 600. 600 in
outstanding commitments to in
sure.
Up To July I, 1871
2 Continuation of the FHA's
authority TO insure mortgages on
existing construction until July !,
l941 Homes financed with FILA
insured mortgages will continue to
be eligible for FILA financing in
definitely.
;. Requirement that in the re.
financing of mortgages the appli-
cant for insurance must file
certificate that the mortgage hold.
er has refused to grant him
equally favorable terms.
4. Extension indefinitely of the
authority of the FILA to insure
mortgages on small homes involv-
ing mortgages of not more than
! 400 for terms up 10 IS years.
Under the old bill the maximum
Maturity Of Is years reverted TO
20 years. as of July LIST
Loans On Improvements
S. Authorization to continue in
surance OF lending institutions
against loss on property improve
ment loans up To $1,000 each with
new provision empowering the
administration to charge an insur
ance premium not in excess of
three-fourths of one per cent to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-08

offset a portion Of operating ex.
penses and losses,
&. Establishment Of = prevailing
wage scale t. be determined Is
the secretary of labor ON large
scale projects Section 20Tl.
T. Revision Of the conditions un-
der which insurance may be grant
cd on mortgages covering large
scale projects
s Repeal OF Section 2i0 under
which the administration WAS au.
thorized To insure mortgages un.
der conditions IN the price range
up 10 5000 600.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-08
QUARTET To SING HERE

Special services viii Ne held on
Thursday and Friday evenings 81
this week In the X 7. hall So. sd
and South Tacoma Nay. Edward
Fehr. Bible teaeher from To-
peka, Hans viii preach both
nights At ftA Rev. A. ] Bard.
Seattle and his radio quartet wtll
also be present Thursday night
The services will he under tire
auspices Of Calvary Tabernacle.
Rev Geo. r Rostrom. pastor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
Baltimore High School Is Still Excited Over Attacks

suited in a pitched battle near the high school grounds, in which more u an 50 youths participated. Mor- ton Rosen. 19-year-old seaman who allegedly joined the raid" was orr dered held for the. grand jury on charges of assaulting two Gwynn's Falls students.
 During a stormy hearing before a police magistrate on Rosens case, the youths attorney, Ellis Levin, charged that the l9-year-old sea- man was attacked by two Gwynn's $ Falls faculty members during the fight. The faculty men yielded base ball bats, Levin asserted. Levin threatened to swear out assault war rants against the two high school teachers. but later dropped that plan. However" he told the court. T believe that for a man to be struck with baseball bat Is a more serious thing than a fight among school children"
 Superintendent Weglein. who said he was Investigating ail phases os the case, said the g Qwynn's Falls and City College students would re- main under slfspenhl0n pending completion pf h|z inquiry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
MRS. TATE WILL
 FILED IN COURT
Bulk of Her Estate Will GO to Son Willis H.
 Tate

The will of Mrs. Jennie Mitchell Tate, vice-president of the Miller G Peck Co., who died last week, provides that the bulk of her estate shall go to her son, Willis M. Tate. The document was filed with Judge Patrick Healey in probate court this morning.
 Mrs. Tate provides a bequest of $5,000 for Mrs. Cora A. Beecher of II Chestnut avenue, and also leaves Mrs. Beecher all clothing, jewelry furs and other personal possessions
 X bequest of 5000 is provided for MSs. Lee c. Wilson of Wyomissing Pa. A bequest of $500 is left Oliver c. Goldsmith of 26 Laurel street.
 The rest of the estate is to go to her son, Willis. The will was drawn April 27, 1889.
 Mrs. Tate was 81 at the time of her death. She was born in Water town, the daughter of Lampson and Dotha Woodward Mitchell. She be- came vice president of the Miller & Peck co. in 1927. She was a mem Der of the First Methodist church.
 The size of the estate will not be the estate will not be known known until after an inventory has been completed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14

Saturday night. but the mayor of Wildwood had agreed to turn it back on again pending last nights efforts to adjust tie bill.
 West Wildwood did have a mayor. It elected a Republican last Novem- Der. It also elected six councilmen, two of them Democrats. The de- feated Democrats obtained recount and succeeded in replacing the mayor and one Republican council man with Democrats. The Republi- cans came right back and got the new mayor and one of the Demo- cratic councilmen turned out be- cause they were not legal residents. This left the present lineup of three Republicans and two Demo- cratic councilmen with four needed for Q quorum.
 The town did have a treasurer. too. And c tax collector. But the man who filled both jobs was jailed on a charge of having embczzled e28.O00 In borough funds.
 Last night the wife of one Rcpub- lican councilman. Edward SlrobeI, called and said he hccame VI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
JEWISH REFUGEES
 WILL GET HOMES

Paris, June 14.-(UP).-Mor than 900 German Jewish refugees return ing to Europe aboard the Hamburg American liner St. Louis after being barred from Cuba and summed at every Caribbean port, were promised refuge today in four nations.
 Officials here of the joint distri- button committee for refugees said that England, France, Holland and Belgium had taken official steps" to furnish homes for. the nearly-de- spairing passengers and save them from the terror of returning to Ger many The location of the St. Louis, which left from Havana last week, was not known.
 Committee leaders said that Eng land, France and Belgium each had agreed to accept 250 of the refugees, with Holland taking the balance. Care was to be taken to prevent di- viding families. The committee said the captain of the St. Louis would be advised immediately regarding landing instructions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
All Vegetables Forbidden Entry in Any Area of
 Present Blockade AMERICANS CAUGHT
 IN JAPANESE TRAP 400 U. S. Civilians, 223 Marines Inside Shut
 off Concession
BY CHARLES GABB

United Press Staff Correspondent,
 Tientsein, China, June IA = (UP) = Japan, clamping down a progressively tighter military blockade on the British and French conces- sions today, forbade the entry of vegetables to the area and arrested an American News Reel photographer wh O sought to film blockade activ-s itieS.
 Frcm a comparatively minor dis pute between the Japanese and the British, the Tientsin situation had become the first move in de- termined big scale Japanese cam paign to force the western nations to cooperate in the fight of Japan against China.
 Eight hours after the blockade started, Japanese pickets who guarded all entrances to the con-. sessions, suddenly forbade the en- trance of vegetables to the more than 100000 people in the area.
 Movie Photo Man Arrested
 A little later. Japanese sentries arrested Eric Mayell. Fox Movie-, tone photographer of San Francisco, for trying to film the minute search ing by Japanese soldiers of civil- ians who sought to enter or leave the concessions. The British con- sulate began negotiations at once in hope of effecting his release.
 Mayell was aboard the United States Gunboat Panay which JaDa nese bombing and machine gunning airplanes sank in the Yangtze River above Nanking December 12, 1887, with the loss of three lives
 Four hundred American civilians and 223 United States Marines un- der Colonel William G. Hawthorne were involved in the blockade, along with 5000 other foreigners and 100,- 900 Chinese.
 Vegetable prices trebled as the Japanese imposed their food ban.
 Earlier, a Tokyo foreign office spokesman had expressed belief that entry of foodstuffs to the isolated concessions would be permitted.
 Blockade Tightens Up
 But the blockade frightened stead- fly. For the present, individuals were permitted to enter and leave the concessions-after the most min- ute search. from head to foot, by Japanese soldiers,
 Britons, particularly, were sought out for special attention. Some of them were forced to remove their socks as the Japanese searched them.
 E. c. Peters. a member of, the British municipal council and for- mer chairman of the body, was forced by the sentries to stand in line with Chinese coolies to be searched as he returned to the con-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14

shortly after 5 p. m. The second ab- sentee, Benjamin Ham. had left town on "husiness." The recalcitrant Democrats, J. Robert Hentges. Jr., and Harry Myers, present for the first time in 10 weeks because they favor adjustment of the water bill, said the Republican absences were ''trickery." They saia the two Re- publicans stayed away in the hope the Democrats eventually would att tend 6 regular meeting. At reg ilar meeting the Republican ma jority could oust some political ap- pointees whom the Democrats wan, to retain.
 The borough also is behind in its street lighting bill. and the com pany is threatening to discontinue service.
 Contempt action has been threat ened against ell borough ofiiciaii for failure to build new sewer system, the old one having heor condemned by the state board ul health.
 rho council viii try again nex| Saturday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
Police Charge Ranks Of Fighting Strikers
Two Rival Labor Groups We're at Each Other in Flint Michigan Governor Refuses to Send Troops
 to Milwaukee Trouble

Flint, Mich, June IA UP)- Police charged into fighting AFL and CIO unionists today near the No. 1 plant of the Fisher Body Corp, where Homer Martins United Au- tomobile Workers union has attempt ed to organize 8 strike. At least six were injured seriously and a dozen others received minor injuries as opposing factions fought each other with clubs, stones and fists.
 There were two engagements, one at the plant and another at the re- spective union headquarters, both in the same building. Raiding the CIO offices, the police confiscated shot, gun, dozen lengths of heavy iron pipe and quantity of roller bear ings.
 The Fisher plant operated normal ly despite the fighting.
 The flying squadrons of both unions were drawn up before the Henlphill road entrance Of the Fisher plant shortly before the starting whistle at ' o'clock with about 65 on each side.
 CIO Guardsman Hit
 A rock flew from the AFL picket line and struck a CIO guardsman on the leg and an instant later the clash started. Two CIO members were slugged unconscious. Twenty police charged the fighters and the Martin forces withdrew.
 A plain clothes policeman bent over the form of one unconscious st (Cnntinued o,, pace 9l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14

Baltimore, Md. June 14-(UP)-- Baltimore board of education off, cials today broadenet. their inves- tigstion of alleged anti-Semitism at Gwynn's Falls junior high school and ordered suspension of four City College students who -assertedly at- tempted reprisal for branding of Melvin Bridge, l4-year-old Jew ish high school boy.
 Dr. David K. Weglein, superin- tendent of public instruction. or- dered suspension of the college stu- dents, but refused to disclose their names. He previously had suspend cd l8 Gwynn Falls high school stu- dents as an outgrowth of the alleged branding" of young Bridge
 Bridge charged that a group of fellow students. sympathetic with Nazi Ideals. threw him to the ground and cut an I'll" on his n ,ck with Q sharp instrument. Students at the high school are predominantiy of German extractions The City Col lcee suspension cnFne after a group of students there organized a "faid- in9 party" tQ extract revenge zQl IA* Bridge AHr|aenE IhH ''<1i1' rr-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
Citizens Of West Wildwood New Jersey Are 'sWild" Indeed At Present Mix-Up

West Wildwood, N. J., June 14.- (UP).-Most of this borough's l78 inhabitants sidestepped tubs and pails of water in their homes to- day and wondered when the coun- oil members would patch up their differences and form quorum, so the quorum coulc elect mayor, so the mayor could name treasurer, SO the treasurer could figure out how to pay the towns $2i 900 water bill. so the nearby city of Wildwood wouldn't shut of the water any more. W
 There hasn't been council meet ing for 10 weeks for lack of a quorum. The two Democratic mem- bers refused to attend.
 Last night, at a special meeting to deal with the water situation. the two Democrats showed up, but two Republican members were ab- sent. About 100 citizens who had gathered outside the chamber stompcd off lo their homes and be- gan filling water pals Tho wRter had been cut of far three hours
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
PROWLER CAUSES
 SERIOUS BLAZE

Portland. Me, June IA - (UP) - scuffling with a cellar prowler. Mrs. Florence Hall. 3o, dropped an oil lamp today and started fire that sent her and three other persons to hospital.
 Mrs. Hall was treated for burns on the left leg and arm William o. Ly- att. 24, was cut and bruised ana John Burns. 58. suffered thigh laceratIon when they slid down . drain pipe. Burns landing on a pie kct fence. Lyatl'6 mother. Mrs. Ha- sel AlmIfante. a. was treated fot smoke inhalation and exposure alter heii'e FeAcued oyer lAddef from tIlf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
NAzIS CHARGE
 POLISH ABUSES
70 Pages of Complaints Are Filed Tight-
 ems Up on Gzechs
BY W. A. FISHERMAN

United Press Stain Correspondent)
 Warsaw, June 14-UP)-Poland's $ German minority entered the in- creaSingly bitter Polish . German dispute today. Senator Erwin Has bach, minority leader, handed the government a memoranda dm detail- ing alleged grievances of Germans in Poland.
 It was understood that the memo randum was rejected and that Has, bach was informed that any minor ity complaints must be submitted to the competent district governors.
 Purporting to speak for the TAO, ,000 German-speaking people among Poland's population of 32,000, ,000 Hasbach submitted the memoran- dunn to Gen. Felicjan Slawoj- -Sklad- kowski, the premier.
 70 Complaint Pages
 It was learned that the memo randum, covering alleged incidents of the last few months, was more than 70 typewriter pages in length and thus served to put the case of the minority on record.
 Numerous cases of alleged anti German outbreaks by Poles, such as those which have been complained of in German Nazi publications were cited.
 What view the government would take of this development in the dis pute, based on Germany's demands for Danzig and the Pomorze area the so-called Polish Corridor which lies between Germany proper and East Prussia, was uncertain.
 Polish quarters, however, described the memorandum as one of purely propagandistic' character.
 Alienation Widens
 However, the memorandum served to emphasize the extent to which Poland and Germany have been alienated since Poland cast it's loi with the British French anti-aggres- sion bloc.
 Sharp exchanges of notes between Poland and Danzig authorities over alleged attacks by Danzigers or Poles and by Poles on Danzigers: ex- changes of unpleasantries by Polish and German newspapers and, ir the last few days, the arrival oi
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14

Marines led by Colonel William C.. Hawthorne.
 Since most of the American re- side or do business in the British and French concessions, there was little doubt that they would be af- fected in some way by Japan's latest bid for domination of International Settlements along the Chinese coast.
 American Property Value
 According to records available here, Americans have a property in- vestment of about $3,480, ,000 in Tientsin and an annual volume of business approaching $72, 800, 900 of which $58,000,000 is handled di- rectly through American firms and $14,500,O00 through non-American concerns, a few of them Japanese.
 Included in the Tientsin property are several real estate firms, two woolen mills, branches of the Na- tional City Bank and the Chase Ma tional Bank of New York, two dye houses, several general import export concerns, two oil companies, four automobile dealers and more than 20 fur-importers.
 The Marine garrison constitutes about half of the total number of Marines in North China, and 1t was formed last year after the army withdrew the 18th Infantry Regi- ment of 750 men. The Marines occupy the former army barracks.
 Raid Methodist Home
 Tokyo, June 14-(UP)-The Jap anese Domei News Agency reported from Nanchang today that Japanese military authorities had raided the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14

At the conclusion of the states case early yesterday afternoon, Judge Inglis excused the jury until June 27, but set next Tuesday for the start of arguments for dismissals.
 Preliminary to their motions to quash the charges, defense counsel will ask the court to strike out por- tions of testimony introduced by Special Prosecutor Hugh M. Alcorn on the premise that it would be connected" to the conspiracy at a later date. Defense counsel will con- tend that the testimony in ques- tion has not been connected.
 Jury Can Be Recalled
 The jury will be absent during the arguments which will require at least one day, reliable sources state. Judge Inglis may require day to consider the arguments before ren- derfng decisions, but in the event less time is required than is anticipated. the jury will be recalled before lure 27.
 After 62 sessions during which testimony has been given by 60 witnesses, the states case came to an abrupt end yesterday following the direct testimony of County De- tective Edward J. Hickey.
 Special Prosecutor Alcorn, after questioning Hickey less than three hours concerning his conversations with the majority of the defend- ants during and after the investi- gation which led to the mass arrests, informed defense counsel that Hickey was their witness.
 Atty. Murray Opens Surprise
 Starting with Atty. James D. C.. Murray and continuing all along the defense counsel there was an echo of the words, "No questions. :. The refusal of the defense coun- sel to question Hickey was an un- expected surprise.
 Special Prosecutor Alcorn arose to his feet and said quietly. "The state rests" Thereupon defense counsel asked for recess to dis cuss their procedure. Fifteen min- utes later they were closeted with
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
STATE EMPLOYES WILL LOSE JOBS
Governor Asks Five Per Cent Cut Names More
 Judges, Not Waterbury

Hartford, Conn.,, June 14-CUP)- A five per cent reduction in person. mel of all state agencies and insti- tutions and ten per cent slash in equipment, for the year beginning July l, was ordered today by Gov. Baldwin.
 In letter to department heads, the governor asked that allotmentS for the first year of the 1939-41 biennium be requested immediately. and that they include the stipulated decreases. He further asked that the allotments be outlined on quarterly basis.
 Concerning the discharge of em- ployes, the governor said:
 T am cutting down on personnel, but not in salaries"
 He would not estimate how many of the approximately , 500 employees eventually would be affected.
 The slash directly concerned re- curing expenses and was believed to have been ordered because of the uncertainty of certain revenues.
 The legislature, which adjourned last week, adpoted balanced budget of $106, ,000 900 for the biennium.
 Wants to Avoid
 The governor, in a general letter, said he wanted to avoid in oper- ating deficit during each of the years 1939-40 and 1940-41. The accom- plishment of this result will require that the expenditures for the next fiscal year be limited to an amount less than the total of the appro- priations.
 The financial plan which we have to carry out is predicated. First, on the lapsing of at least $400.000 of the general fund appropriations available for the fiscal year, and, secondly, upon a substantial reduc- ton in the expenditures to reim- purse towns for relief given to state
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
Rowley W. Phillips Assigned For
 Hearing In Federal Court Thursday Under Grand Jury Indictment
Aftermath of M'Kesson Co Case; New York Lawyer
 Represents Him
DATE OF TRIAL
 MAY BE CHOSEN

Rowley w. Phillips, general man. ager of the R. F. Griggs Co, will be arraigned in federal court at New York tomorrow on an indictment returned by a grand jury as an aftermath of the sensational Mo- Kesson & Robbins disclosures. At torney Lawrence L. Lewis, counsel for MT. Phillips, will not go to New York tomorrow, and the prominent local business man will be repre- sented by a New York lawyer.
 The hearing tomorrow has been set down to fix date for the start of the trial of MT. Phillips and the other accused. It is reported, how ever, that the government is not yet ready for trial and may ask that the setting of trial date be postponed. The trial may not start until the fall.
 Eight Others Indicted
 MT. Phillips and eight other men were indicted by the federal grand jury on IA counts, which include one count of conspiracy, three counts of filing false reports with the Securi- ties and Exchange Commission, and 10 counts of mail fraud. The charg- es carry a maximum penalty of 58 years in prison and fines of $50,000.
 Indicted with the local broker were three Coster- -Musica brothers, two brothers of Mrs. Coster, Benja- min Simon of New York, John H. McGloon, former McKesson execu- tive; and Horace Merwin, Bridge port banker.