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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28

Its vast military power into play
against the Finnish defenses and
the cold of the Arctic circle.
Russian airplanes bombed the
Gulf OF Finland coast again and
unloaded explosives on Kemijaervi,
on the north central front. Air
planes and artillery continued to
pound at the SCARED and evacu-
ated city of viipuri (viborg).
FRIENDS OF STAIN
Crack Red army troops were
reported moved to the eastern Fin
land front. Some of the officers
commanding Cossack regiments
were reported to be personal
friends of Josef V. Stain.
On the Karelian isthmus, where
an official Finnish communique
had said 700 were killed in vain
attack over Lake Suvanto, the
Russians tried a new maneuver in
an effort to cross the icy lakes
and smash the Finnish left flank.
The attack failed, the Firms
reported, and the Russians lost
many troops as Finnish machine
guns swept the ice and artillery
cracked the frozen lakes.
TOWNS RETAkEN
On the eastern front, where the
Firms had reported killing 1000
Russians in a counter-attack that
retook the towns of Aglajaervi
and Talvajaervi, there were indi'
cations Of preparation for new
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TOWNS RETAKEN

STOCKHOLM - Dispatches
from Helsinh reported today
that during a 12:45 p. m. air
raid Russian planes dropped
leaflets calling on the Firms to
rebel, cease resistance and join
your Russian friends"
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Roosevelt Expects
Big Year, Report
Said to Be Budseting for Anticipated Six
Billion Income; Eyes New Taxes

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON = President Roosevelt believed
today be budgetng for federal treasury income Of
Sc or for the next fiscal year. in expecta
ton of continued business Improvement
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Eastwood wss asked ~ : m<u-
n<r ~ the club 10 comment IN
ramers prevalent during the p~ss
fsw months that Esmhsins. pros
sitatlan and bookkeeping were
fiearishlnx On . wider ssie shsn
IN previous yesfs
Ths commissioner declared ~
had "hssrd the runners" but dld
not "knew anything about rs
NEEDS PROOF. m sAxs
Eastwcoa ssid he had instructed
NJ. department to investigate The
rumsrs. and assured members
drastic setion would h< taken u
found true
Ne revealed he wss investigating
reports % an asserted pay SIR
system IN connection with vice
Eastwood told klwsnlans Ne
would 'eioes tho iolnts" IN ~
hours " he had pFeuf shsy wsss
operating.
Ne invited members 10 pFavids
him with evidences. aud assured
them sctlon would folluw
CITES EQUIPMENT NEED
Ths commissioner commented Ne
was doing the hest he oosiid N
connection with operation Of N.
department and would continue 10
ID 10.
In his address. Eastwood 81
piained msthods of rhscklne tor
traffic hazards and stsps taken
20 sIiminats danger TO motorists
and pedestrians
lie asserted police and fire Do
partments havs been hampsred m
performing duties dus to sbsoiete
motor equipment.
POLICE RADIO TO MOVE
Eastwood said the average age
Of firs fighting equipment y ~
years. ana praised members ~ the
department for the manner IN
which they have handled fires and
low fire cost los experienced To
Tacoma.
Plans for the coming yssr. East.
wood said. include removal ~ sbs
police radio station from ths Pub
lie safety building 10 a strueturs
~ No. bth and Tacoma eve. whleh
has housed the firs sisrm dispatch.
Ing system.
PLAN AUXILIARY rowkR'
In this bulidlng,s Eastwood Do
ciarsd. win b hosl.<d the radio
communication system far the sn.
tire public safety department. We
expect 10 have ths nsw saulpmsnt
IN operation IN Approximately
three months"
Eastwood explained that an Aux-
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WEATHER FORECAST

Cloudy tonight and Friday. Tenn
peratures: High, -; low, -. Sun
rises 7:5s; ssts t:z&
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GULF COASTS
BOMBED AGAIN
BY RED filters
New Attempt to Out
Flank Mannerheim
Defenses Failures;
Firms Getting Help
EUROPE

Finnish troops claimed to-
day to have turned back still
another Red army thrust on
the Karelian isthmus, but
100000 Russian soldiers were
reported massed on the CEN
trail and northern fronts for
another offensive.
Hour by hour the Soviet Union
appeared to be calling more of
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$4,000 TO Use
FOOD STAMPS
IN THIS COUNTY
10000 Families Due
10 Benefit Under
New System by Jan.
Is, Official Says


Ten thousand families, so.-
600 persons. in Pierce county
viii be using the new food
stamps by Jan, IL.
That Il the number ~ residents
who win benefit by the plan. se-
coFding 10 George N. v, nruwn.
head % the Pierce County Welfare
organization.
Date of operation for the plan
was announced Tuesday by Con-
gresham John N. Coffee FROM
Washington, d. G.. but Brown said
the date h approximate and that
notices would be sent out 10 prus-
pectivs recipients AZ the exact date
A different method 81 handling
distribution az the stamps win b
used hsre than IN Seattle. ons II
the first cities In the u. y. %
experiment with the stamps.
BASIS STATEWIDE
Seattle officials contracted d.
rectly with the federal surplus com
moditles corporation to purchass
the stamps. Stamps for uss In Ts.
coma. Spokane ana other cities and
towns in Washington viii be con
tracted. however. by state officials
on a statewide hasa from The
commodities corporation.
Tacoma viii be first city "a
adopt the plan under tho state.
wide organization. The set.up and
method Of organization here ara
expected 10 serve - q model which
other cities In Washington vii
pattern. This plan probably vii
go into effect next in Spokane.
STATE MAN MAY LEAD
Brown said space has been mad'
available for stamp plan offices
al the welfare headquarters. IN
former Sears Rosbuok building 81
gath and Pacific ave. lie explained
county officials ara WORKING eiosel,
with state welfare leaders IN max
ing preparations for operation d
the plan.
Whistler q man would be sp
/ pointed by the stats to take charg.
OF the plans operation here hal
not yet been divuired. according
! to Brown.
TO USE TWO STAMPS
The 10000 persons who VII
benefit include those present.,
gaining assistance from wPA
general relief. old-aRs relief sns
rural ressttiemsnt relief. Brown
stated.
There viii be two types O
stamps. orange for uss IN pnrehas
ing articles In grocery stores, ans
blue for getting certain surplui
commodities.
Brown explained that persons %
wPA and others receiving easl
for relief may get from - 10 y
In orange stamps and from ~ 10 q
In bIus stamps monthly. Tbos'
getting disbursing orders may re-
celye ~ In orange stamps and .:
In blus stamps each month.
MORE COMMODITIES
Chief advantage. nro~n an
planned. lies IN the fact thai IN,
stamps viii make svsiisbls man,
more surplus commodities
Al the present time only sever
surplus commodities are being DE
triDuted In King county. whii'
under the stamp plan II least II
viii be reeflyhbIs.
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CHAPTER ONE

Blackout in London
Outside the shaft in Trafalgar Square doomed like a
ghost towering and dim
inside in restaurant nearby street blue bulbs cast
eerie shadows figures.
You could at glance that Mary Carroll and Vincent
Gregg were Americans, and Americans in love.
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PARIS - An effissai stst<-
msat tonight sid sss msfs
German submarines nd h~<a
sunk IN Ihs lsst thrs< ws<kz.
L0NpoN--frhs ministry ~
ssoaensis warfsrs snnaansed
today that turing the ws<k
ended f,<s. ~ the British
eantrshsaa sentfel intercepted
s.szt Inns a. santrxhsnd s,s.-
p~etsd ~ being consigned 10
osfmsay.
CHUNoRI<0--T7A@ chia~~s
kssefBmsnt announced sffi-
siaiiy today Inst bet~sea pse.
s"' % "f"stitah~"ss@
Chinese slfseks On aIi ftuufs
sotsiisd LOO 90. lneil1iH3 Az
SO allied"
""h siA'ssa Ehf~s
r'"n'sh N"sDsn' nsmnefs q
'hs has'a nyasfa Wetaens
sss,ss !. ...s''.' - s.a...s
s,-s- - ~.
.''..s : -
sse'A e'afs
800 s
- " W.
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- nt 80 w..
W - - ~
49, 'a
uamani@~'d :
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The Firms long had foreseen
sueh an attack and were pre-
pared. Their machine guns had a
clear field Of fire across the lake;
their field guns crashed into the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
SWEDES leave TO FIGHT
Today With Webb Miller
In the Frozen Finnish War Zone
BY WEBB MILLER

FINNISH ARMY GENERAL HEADQUARTERS at
'npun = Russian troops, using methods sought to
smash through the Finnish left wing in a attack
frozen lakes today and make the Mannerhem defense line
untenable.
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BERGEN, Norway - Heavy
snowfalls In the PetsamO area
Of far northern Finland may
break up Russian plans for n
new big scale offensive, a dis
patch from Svanlk said today.
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SERIAL STORY
BLAcKOUT
BY RUTH AYERS
CAST or CHARACTERS

CHARACTERS
VINCENT GHEGG-=oder
CARIA MAHCHEfTt--a Mysterious sosiaits.
DR. GILBERT LENoA-snrron serving With the British
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thrusts by the Russians. who re-
portedly outnumber the Firms Is
TO one between Lake Ladoga and
the Arctic coast.
One important point at which
the Soviet forces seemed to be
preparing for a new attack was
In the Salla sector. on the north
central front, where the Firms said
the enemy had been pushed back
So miles and had lost 5000 dead
in 10 days.
AID is ARRANGED
There were many reports Of
Russian reinforcements in that
sector for a renewal Of the drive
TO cut across the narrow waist"
Of mid-Finland.
Paris and the Scandinavian
countries reported, meanwhile,
that help was now reaching the
Firms from the outside. Paris
sources said material aid was ar
irving in Helsinki. apparently from
Britain, France and other coun-
tries.
VOLUNTEERS ON WAY
A Swedish volunteer corps left
for Finland this morning. but its
strength was not disclosed, Pre-
vious reports from diplomatic
sources in Holland said the Sged-
ish volunteers largely were army
forces which had been released
from the Swedish military estab-
hshment-
The war in western Europe con-
tinued at the slow pace which
seemed almost 10 mark Christ
mas truce.
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WATCH 2 FRONTS

Both Of these fronts are OF spe-
cial interest to Norway and Swcd-
en- because Russian advances even
tually would put the Red army all
along the Norwegian and Swedish
borders.
Norway has a law barring its
people from volunteering abroad,
but it was reported many Nor
wegians were filtering across the
Swedish frontier to enlist in Swed-
ish brigades for service in Finland.
I'm London, the Finnish lega-
ton announced that several thou
sand Swedish volunteers had ar
rived In Finland and been sup
piled with arms. Some sources
understood that many OF these
volunteers had been released from
the Swedish army
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SCAND|NAvIANS
TO SEND films
$4,000 TROOPS
Volunteers" Expect
ed to Be on Firing
Line Against Reds
in Spring of 1910
SCANDINAVIA

Estimates that more than
$4,000 Scandinavian volun-
teers would be fighting for
Finland by spring were cir
culated in responsible sources
today at Copenhagen after
two Swedish volunteer corps
left for the front.
The volunteers are among the
aids gives by Sweden, Norway
and Denmark in an unofficial man
ner to the Firms. Materials and
money also are being sent north
ward, and supplies from other
countries. such as Britain and
France. are reported arriving in
Helsinki.
1t was estimated that from 5000
to 10000 Swedish volunteers are
already in Finland, and that about
1000, 900 has been collected In
Scandinavia and sent TO Finland
in one form or another up to last
weekend.
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KING GIVES AID

KING GIVES AID
Denmark, Norway and Sweden
have sent large ambulance corps
TO Finland. DIR. Ole chieviz, lead
er Of the Red Cross in Finland
during the last war. took n as
sistsnts to Finland from Denmark
few days ago.
King Hsakon Of Norway donated
a fully-equipped ambulance. and
Prince Carl Of Sweden sent a large
corps.
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Estimates Of the aid given Fin
land were unofficial. as Sweden.
Norway and Denmark have sought
to preserve strict neutrality
toward the conflict.
II was generally believed that
the problem would come more and
more into the open, however, with
the approach of spring. when
Finland is still fighting, will be
without benefit of cold weather
and snow as an ally.
Reports to scandinavian news
papers today also emphasized in,
dications that the Russian often
sives on the central and northern
fronts soon would be renewed with
greater force.
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DENMARK CAREFUL

Denmark. delicately poised on
the edge of Germany, has taken
no action officially regarding Fin
land, but several hundred volun-
teers have left to join the Finnish
forces.
The Danish, Swedish and Nor.
wegian cultural societies have
contributed more than 25.000
worth of foodstuffs TO Finnish re.
lief, and many well-known Scan.
dinavisn authors have contributed
their ROYALTIES.
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eopvssaNy. isss
MA smsvIcm. INC
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nEIssskf ss@lss4 rAr~s
Finnish 1omsn. msmhers u
the Lolita nvasra womsns
auxiliary eofps. have been
killed In a<tlma Va ihs fighting
ffonfs. Il vas sisneunesa
Today.
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Chief advantage. Brown sx-
planned. lies IN the fact that ths
stamps viii make svsiiabis many
more surplus commodities
Al the present time only SEVEN
surplus commodities are being de-
tributed In King county. while
under the stamp plan st least 10
viii be reeslyhbIs.
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/ port
| took
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Fachts-
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Evening star., 1939-02-12
by the railroads and assumed the
name of the Railway Express Agency.

by the railroads and assumed the
name of the Railway Express Agency.
In line with the effort constantly
to speed express transportation and
delivery, the Express Agency in
September, 1927, established an air
express division, starting with four
airlines that crossed the Nation.
This air map constantly enlarged
during the next decade and today
the agency has agreements with all
major airlines to carry express ship
ments on their planes.
Thus, 100 years after the original
eXpressman started the service with
a few packages in his carpetbag, the
express has taken to the heavens.
Air express service is conducted on
10 domestic and Canadian lines,
with more than $4,000 miles of air
ways in the United States and
Canada, transporting at high speed
annually nearly three-quarters of a
million express shipments, weighing
not far under $500 tons. BY agree
ment in July, 1884, with the Pan
American Airways and the Express
Agency, shipments are carried to
and from this country and the West
Indies, Central and South America,
Hawaii and the Far East.
A poor widows son began it; the
urgent transportation needs of a
growing country created it: the serv-
ice it has rendered during the dy-
manic growth of a mighty Nation
has brought it to its present stature.
And still the industry is growing.
(Copyright. 19390
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bring his home on the east side of
Seventh street between G and H
streets.
Hoped for Peace.
Actual hostilities between the
North and South did not begin
until Fort Sumter was fired upon
April II, 1861, and the newly inaug-
urated President was still hoping
for peace when he and Mrs. Lincoln
gave their first levee-or, as We call
it now, public reception-four days
after they moved into the White
House All the prominent officials
of the administration were there,
as well as the diplomatic corps, the
leading officers of the Army and
Navy, the elite of Washington So
ciety and hundreds of people who
had come from distant States ex-
pressly for the occasion, and the
tall, grave President towering above
the majority of his guests and,
according to an old account, was
necessarily engaged in shaking
hands and acknowledging the con-
gratulations and promises Of sup
port. and his countenance would
brighten now and then with pleasure
as he greeted old friends and heard
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called upon by friends and even
strangers to carry letters and even
packages of money, free of charge,
to consignees along the route. The
fruit OF their conference was a
decision that there was money in
the package carrying business.
The preacher precipitated action.
A good soul who Travelled regularly
between RoXbury, Mass, and New
York, he often ran incidental err
rands for his parishioners. One day,
while he was carrying uncomfortably
large sums of money, he heard heavy
breathing under his hotel bed, called
for help, and discovered-a big,
sheepish dog. Promptly he FORE
swore message carrying and recon-
mended that the business be turned
over to Widow Harndens son.
On February %, 1889, Harnden
advertised in Boston newspapers
that he would run an express car
from Boston to New York and
vice versa four times a week" The
car" as it happened, was merely
the carpetbag he carried, but time
never more completely justified a
Wishful thought. For thus was born
mighty industry that, century
later, is Nationwide and world
Evening star., 1939-02-12

ION FebrauIy ~, at 10 pm, Mr..
Lincoln left Harrisburg, attended
only by Pinkerton and myself. Our
train consisted of a locomotive and
car only, while the engineer, a stoker
and conductor made up the crew.
We arrived in Philadelphia at II
midnight, and secured the last Sec
ton of the last sleeper in the Balti-
more Washington train. Every
berth was taken, but as we appeared
entirely unconcerned, tending strictly
to our own business, our party at
tracted no sort of attention. Mr..
Lincoln, should add, wore heavy
shawl around his neck that con-
cealed the lower part of his face.
LAS soon as we reached our sec
ton lowered the lights, whereupon
Mr.. Lincoln threw off his shawl and
crawled into the lower berth, booted
and spurred as he was.
"Oh, but what a squeeze this will
be, he remarked, as I prepared to
follow him into the same berth.
And tight squeeze it was, 1 weigh
ing the neighborhood of 200 pounds
at that time The President got as
near as possible to the wall and
turned his back upon me. while I
faced the aisle, holding revolver
in each hand"
And Mr.. Pinkerton?" I asked.
He was in the opposite berth,
armed, like myself, and keeping
both eyes wide open, for just then
we were rushing right into the arms
of the conspirators. ="
However, this time diplomacy
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their fervent God bless you, Mr.,
President Mrs. Lincoln stood at
the side of her husband. proud
and happy woman, cheerful, smiling
and attractive to all who sought
her acquaintance"
But soon came Sumter and then
the call for troops. three days later,
soon followed by the death of Col
E. E. Ellsworth, when the East room
of the White House was turned
into funeral parlor, and the grief
of Mr.. Lincoln was profound. From
this time on until the surrender
of Lees Army, on April g. 1865,
it was one series of tragedies in
termingled with hard-fought and
costly successes, and little relaxa-
ton and pleasure for the occupants
of the White House.
Death of Son.
William Wallace Lincoln, the Sec
ond oldest of the children when
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tie wavered, so the two companies
advanced or retired their operations,
each taking over the others station.
After the Civil War, there came
a sequel of unrest, of laWlessness, OF
banditry. Road agents" the popular
euphemism for stick-up men, infest-
ed the Nations far-fung lines OF
communication. Strong counter
yailing measures, in which the eX-
press companies played a note
worthy part. were required.
These were the days dramatized
in adventure stories, when life and
property, held cheap by the gunner,
were safeguarded by vigilantes and
the armed forces of the law. Stick
ups, gun fights. murder, plllage by
road agents" were offset by organ
ization on the part of the express
companies.
Early-Day Tank.
After a sensational holdup OF the
coach that ran between Cheyenne,
Wvo.. and Black Hills, N. Oak, serv-
inc the famous Homestake Mine,
the express company retallated
bv bringing out regular rolling
fortress. The steel-sheathed coach,
with portholes for guns, was guarded
bv eight men-two advance out
riders, two trailing outriders and
four in the coach itself. Around
this battle wagon, which carried as
much as 100000 in gold dust in a
single run, many a blood-curdllng
fight was waged-but the treasure
went through.
Very early in the game EXPRESS
men had learned the Importance of
versatility. Henry Wells shipped
oysters to Buffalo in 1912; later
milestones of progress were the ship
ment of Holsters, live bullfrogs, An
CORA cats, trained horses, Belgian
hares by great carloads, setting
hen whose eggs Matched successfully
en- route, Lapp reindeer for the
:Klondike. There were some sour
notes. Between 1870 and 1880 crates
of English sparroVs were carried
inland at the behest of Well-mean-
ing farmers who wanted to rid their
crops of caterpillars.
In the slave days, Negroes, prop
erly tagged and often hugely de-
lighted at the experience, were no
uncommon sight on express runs.
The seven large express companies
were consolidated by the wartime
Government in July, 1918, under the
name of the American Railway Ex-
press Co. After the war the unified
company was permitted to continue
as a private enterprise. On March
/, 1929, the company was taken over
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triumphed over blind hatred: ut
am. sharp we reached Washing
ton without having encountered any
difficulties on the way"
Laughed at Fear.
Col. Lemon is quoted as having
said that Lincoln laughed at fear,
and for long while couldn't be in
duced to accept cavalry escort on
his Journeys about town and into
town and into the country" con-
tinued the colonel. Il had particular
trouble in persauding him to forego
his lonely rides to the Soldiers
Home, which he used for summer
residence One night I remember
driving there in search of the Presi-
dent when met Secretary Stanton,
who had been there on the same
errand and was exceedingly uneasy.
Hurrying back to the White House,
we found Mr.. Lincoln walking on
the lawn and from there took him
to my house for the night, where
he also slept the three or four nights
following, Mrs. Lincoln being in
New York at that time.
I'VE were such intimate friends"
explained the colonel. that Lincoln
thought it quite natural to accept
my hospitality; and, indeed, when
ever he was particularly untractable
with regard to precautions for his
safety. simply took him home with
me and kept him there
Col. Lamon at this time was the
United States Marshall for the Dis
trict of Columbia, and resided at 40
Seventh street, north, which, accord
ing to the present numbering, would