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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21

Los ANGELES - Stores and
business houses began closing o.
curtailing work hours today b.
cause employees were collapsins
over desks or behind counters IN
an aIl-time record heat wave. Since
Sunday "a deaths have occurred N
California because Of the heat.
Many schools were closed.
Only slight relief was predicted
today by the weather bureau. It
forecast the sitting heat would be
@slightly modified from Wednes-
days 2e-year record for Los An
geles of 107.z degrees. Unofficial
readings at street level were above
100.
sweltering temperatures and OPP
pressive humidity continued
through last night. Residents lug
ged mattresses into back yards or
porches, or slept with electric fans
blowing over ice cakes. An esti-
mated 200 900 crowded the ocean
beaches. Thousands slept on the
sand few yards from the surf.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21
Repeal Embargo,
Enact CaSh>and>
Carry Laev>>F. u.
Roosevelt Proposes u s. Return to Principles OF lnterna.
tional Law in Trade With Bellgerents

wASHINcTON-Presdens Roosevelt today asked eon.
rress To substitute eashsndsrry sysem for the embargo
ON arms in line with -one single hardheaded thought
keeping America out Of this war
After repeal OF the embargo Notwithstanding ship
msnts of American arms. ammunition and implements OF
war Earopes warning nations has been accomplished
Roosevelt proposed these further steps:
Authority fix zones In which American merchant
] vessels may not enter.
- Broader authority to prevent American citizens from
travelling in vessels of beigerent nations in danger
-
= Provision that belgerents purchasing commodities IN
this nation must take title 10 those commodities pfiof
TO shipment from u. S shores.
a A ban in credits TO beligerent nations
= THE result Of the last two provisional said koose
welt " be To require purchases be made in cash and
cargoes to be carried the purchasers own ships at the
purchasers risk
He proposed that after enactment OF this program con-
gress adjourn subject immediate call by the president
in event of further developments in the Europe war re-
curing attention -
Roosevelt de mand cooperation between without trace
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21
RADIO STATIONS BAN
WAR FEVER" TUNES

Broadcasters representing the
Don Lee Mutual network stations
of Oregon and Washington con-
yened in Tacoma Wednesday and
passed a ban on all songs tending
TO promote war fever" Sixteen
affiliated radio stations we're af-
fected by the decision which was
arrived at to promote cheerful
and variety" programs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21

marine. wss owned by the Court
Line, Ltd. Its home port was
London.
MEN CLING TO SIDES
Two aircraft pstroIling the At
lantic picked up dlstress calls sp-
pealing for aid and asserting that
the Remington Court WAS sinking.
the ministry said.
Raj flying boats arrived At the
scene 10 minutes before this ship
went down. Pilots saw tiny boat.
crowded with men, bobbing on the
sea, with men clingins 10 It's aides.
The aircraft made search for
the submarine which torpedoed the
Kensington Court. but were unable
to locate II. Then . flying boat
alighted on the waves and hauled
"A men aboard. The ship was able
to take off safely. despite its heavy
load.
Another Tying boat rescued the
remaining 20 members Of the Ken
sington Courts crew.
Survivors reported that before
the Raj flying boats arrived one
Of the Kensington Courts lifeboats
had capsized. The remaining life
boat was In danger Of sinking when
the rescuers appeared.
NEW BREMEN REPORT
Britain was believed TO have cap
tured or destroyed about one-fifth
Of the Eazi submarine fleet 20 far
sent out to the high seas, and II
was believed British Destroyer
may have attacked more U-boats
yesterday in the Kattegat straits
off Denmark.
The German liner Bremen wal
reported a British prize Of war
but the report was unconfirmed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21

new MhTTSoN
SUSPECT HELD

wuNATCSsnE wash. ---RsIiee
announssd today they wsrs hold
Ing Icdward ,. Dugwyisr. ~, -
investigafion - . pospih1s snspscf
In the kidnapping -slaying q 10
year-old Charles Matteon. - -
coma.
officsrs said pugwy1sr -
ssmhlsd An artists drawing a II
kidnsper, and that hs admitted
living IN Tacoma wheu IT. ~
was abducted from his home ~
night Of DEC. ~. 1895. After u
kidnapping. DugwyIer was said u
have moved To Seattle and chAaoed
his mama.
Ths Federal bureaus a Invseti-
CATION reporfAdly has besn on
Dugwyler's trail . ysas. officofS
said hs also was wanted BY Ia
coma authorities on = mceal1
charge, filed two years ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21
u. Squadron
Rushes 10 Sea

PAnSB--oa rs1nA ssoesu ~
washang3sa. ~ Asuestean -
rspeas ssaa1rea IN ~ haas -
villAfrases ysstertay ~ - -
knows destination.
II was lsellevsd m sessArsa.
composed sf ~ csuiser Trsssss
and IN destseyess Sansb Seass
and naAgss. wssl1 participate n
. convoy sysism for Ausarscas
vessels IN repatristtea. bsingisg
fhos,sasda Of unita1 states ciei-
xens hems. Ths sqsaadrea b
commsmdsd ~ Admiral Charles
Courtney.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21

TIftssn more La Angels 1oo1<c
wore attributed 70 ~ heak, rnt1n
the toll since Sunday - ~
An additional ~ dosfM -
CURED II northern California
bringing the w6o1E's total = ~
Temperatures ranged We6qoq1Qy
from 90 ct San Irnncieco = 4
at Salinas.
The heat wavs also ueVn1 -
the Northwesk, where teoap olnrrc
above 90 degrees were rpp6<ec0 -
Oregon. The humidity VA - ~
in Portland. wters ~ ~
mometsr read - degrooA - >
rainbow was seen oyor ~ 49,
less sky.
Winter cams 10 Alaska, = ~
day fall starts. Tbe AIon1Eon ~
road announced Winter Setos frclo
FAIRBANKS to Circ1e CITY woro -
effect, and the highway T. -
north was blocked with a9cw
ranging up TO four feet II depkn>
A cloudburst IN KefchilEan -.
posted t.ss inches q - = -
hours
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21
ELECTROCUTED
AT EAT0NvILlE

A fallen high tension wire
brought instant death To Mike
Outlet, 41-year-old Eatonville mill
worker. shortly before Q o'clock
Wednesday night
Quilici was said to have been
watching a grass fire near the
Frank Morris home on Lynch
creek where he lived when a guy
wire on an electric power line
gave way and a pole fell.
The man came In contact with
a live wire and was killed Instant
ly. Sheriff John c. Bjorklund dis
patched the county inhalator TO
attempt revival Of Quilici but he
was beyond recovery. Quilici wa
employed by the Eatonville Lum-
Der Co.
Funeral services were being ar
ranged Thursday by the Cassidy
a. Allen Co. in Tacoma after rela-
tives of Quilici were found in Cali
fornia. He left a sister, Mrs. julia
Polletti, In San Francisco, and q
brother, Orlando QuilicL in Oak
land.
uANU TRANSAC
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21
MARTIN SETS
BECKER FREE

OLYn6P1AA~oov. Clarence D.
Martin today commnted the iifs
sentsnce On Ray Becksr. last at
the centralia 1919 Armistirs Day
murderers TO remain In prison.
Liberal groups had fought for
years TO obtain release Of Becker
after the courts had rejectsd al
his legal attempts for freedom.
He had served - years In state
penitsntiary for his part In The
massacre.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21
Richthofen's Son Reported
Shot Doavn, Slain in Battle

paper said German newspaper at
Leipzig published an obituary Of
Captain Baron Won Richthofen.
who was 20.
The same newspaper reported
that a hospital train carrying $50
Germans wounded in the battle Of
LODI, Poland, has arrived in Leip-
zig.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21

PARIS s. Captain Baron Won
Richthofen, son of Baron Manfred
Won Richthofen. most famous Ger
man World war ace, has been shot
down and killed in an air battle,
the newspaper Paris soir reported
in a dispatch from Zurich, Switzer-
land, today.
Zurich dispatches to tina news
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21

Roosevelt suggested that the
problem Of profiteering under war
time conditions be deferred to the
regular session OF congress.
IF abnormal profits appear In
our midst. even In time Of peace
and as a result Of this increase
of industry" he said. Il feel GER
tain the subject viii be adequately
dealt with at the coming regular
session Of congress"
Voices Conviction
The president said IT has been
"erroneously stated" that return
10 trade with belligerenu under
interna tional law might bring US
nearer to war"
Il give you my deep and unai-
terable conviction ;. that by the
repeal of the embargo, the United
states will more probably remain
al peace than II the law remains
as il stands today" he said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21
BASE BALL


AMERICAN LEAGUE
-. IDuis :. COL 900 ioo-3 = ]
Boston -. 0oo I02 2ix---S . Q
Kramer and Harshany; Gale
house and Desautels.
Detroit. 49,. 900 z2O OPT II :
Philadelphia. liz roo Ooo--s 10 >
Pippen, Trout go. Rowe 90 and
York: Beckman and Hayes.
Chicago -. ooz coo Ooo--s .
New York COS 900 oOx---5 10 Q
Dietrich, Brown ~ and fresh;
Russo and Diekey.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
PhiIadeIphis. 900 Oio 1Io--s II !
Cincinnati. :. 900 0Sz zfx--S - .
Pearson. Kerksieck ~ and War
rem; Derringer and lombard.
Boston 200 ooI 00s--4 - 4
Pittsburgh ..0ol o0z oox--s . ]
viegel. Callahan 90 and Mast
Gee and Susce.
Boston :. 900 900 900 . I
Pittsburgh 100 200 zzx--7 10
Posedei and Lopez; swigart and
Mueller.
New York .0z0 900 010--s 9
Chicago ..40l 1Oz l0x--e IA .
Lohrman, Melton ~, Brown
49, and banning; Passeau and
Mancuso.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21

Bailey, Bankhead' B a r b gu II
Barley. Bilbo, Bone
BONE" Crockett repeated
loudly. then continued In usual
tone:
"Borah, Bridges. Brown .
Clark George Nye
Vandenberg ..
Correspondents in the press gar
lery glanced down toward the va
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21
|l6yl25 IT FL
|M IAcD|nD||Y
l.inss a Caaes Easly
Today Give Pvsunise
Of Anolhss Crowd

Tn~osnnna aimrot 6eeoetnx
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80 ~. sss~sssl~~ ~ tke
..,-.ss-ss<- 80. ~
w@n w ~ -.
fuyauup % : tos g si
only = cuupse uI o
short of the combined ntteN0-
Ance figures 1t the first tWo
daya.
~. -. hsrssv : vnesu1 -
A 49, rve~6r1nn1 1000. ~
~. sa,xS.ra $500 wups M 4
1870 - ss~s.-ovsur s.,ssenrIsr
y - rseSn. rv6ss svsa1. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21
NEW BREMEN REPORT
WORKER KILLED BY LOG

ST. MARES, Ida.--A log rolled
from q truck near Santa Wednes-
day and killed George Janson, en-
ploye of William Mecca Logging
company.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21

cant seat of Sen. Homer T. Bone
on the right
Senator Minton of Indiana, as
sistant majority leader, arose to
report absentees:
81 announce that the sena-
tor from Washington Is de-
fained from the senate because
of illness.
The senate soon recessed and
members went to the house cham
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21

Of this war"
Roosevelt made his plea to q
3oint convocation Of the house and
senate which assembled in the
crowded house chamber less than
two hours after formal converting
of congress at noon. His words
were carried around the world by
radio.
Every gallery in the chamber
was packed Several hundred cap
itol guards and District of Column
bia police patroiled the capital
Seated before the president as
he spoke were his cabinet advisers.
In the diplomatic gallery were
the uniformed and braided repre-
sentatives of foreign nations IN
Washington.
FOresees Darkness
The president offered no hope
that the European conflict would
be short or that the outlook was
! for brighter times ahead.
II should like to be able to offer
the hope that the shadow over the
I world might swiftly pass SAID
4 Roosevelt. II cannot. The facts
compel my stating, with candor
d that darker periods may lie ahead
THE disaster is not Of our max
{ ing; no act of ours engendered the
forces which assault the founda'
Il lions of civilization. Yet we fine
ourselves affected to the core; oui
: currents of commerce are chang
ing. our minds are filled with new
problems, our position in woric
L affairs has already been altered.
Asks Goodwill
Roosevelt sketched for congress
the steps he already has takei
! under his proclamation of nationa
emergency. He said he saw NJ
need for other authority from con
eress at this time or for furthe
executive action under the procla
nation.
\, Il see no valid reason" he saic
"for the consideration of other leg
a islation at this extraordinary SEES
sion of the congress"
Roosevelt made a strong pie
for an adjournment of partisanshi
in consideration of the problem
raised by the war crisis.
Tolerance Proposed
He declared his willingness I
I "ascribe an honorable desire fc
I neace to those who hold differer
/! views from my own" as to whs
. measures should be taken to pre-
tect the United States from wa
II trust" he said, that thes
gentlemen will be sufficiently ger
n erous to ascribe equally lofty pul
poses to those with whom the
! disagree
No "Peace Bloc"
I Let no man or group in an
y walk of life assume exclusive pr
tectorate over the future well-oein
: of America-because l concei'
! that, regardless of party or sectio
the mantle of peace and of pair
i otism is wide enough to cover
all.
I Let no group assume the e.
elusive label Of the peace olo'
We all belong to 1t"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21
WASHINGTON - Secretary
81 state Hull today asserted

WASHINGTON - Secretary
of state Hull today asserted
the right of America to change
its neutrality policies, regard
less of the fact that war Is In
progress and regardless Of any
beIligerents' attitude.
Hull, In a press conference
said the neutrality act was un-
neutral In its operations; that
the United States has per-
feet right to change 1t at any
time; that 1t would not be un-
neutral for the United states
to return to a policy of what
he called true neutrality, even
though war has broken out.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21
Senator Bone, Hospitalized,
Missing Session That Might
Haze Been Career HighSpot

"Adams Andrews, Ashurst, AUSTIN doomed the 'ooe
Of Chief Clerk John Crockett in the senate chamber
ON being directed by Vice President Garner to call the ro
hrief ureliminaries being over. -,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21
These perilous days, /"

De"e" "
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21

Der to hear President Rooseveits
message.
Propped up on a cot In a SOUTH
wing room on the second floor Oh
Tacoma General hospital, Sen.
Bone occupied himself dialing .
small radio at his elbow. trying TO
keep posted on developments In
the national capital, as wen as In
Europe.
A broken hip that is mending
slowly prevents the father Oh
Americas first neutrality act from
taking part in the very session ne
wants most to attend.
All during his senate career
he has been expressing his
views on keeping out Of war.
He was one Of seven on a spe-
ciaI committee bich, five
years ago this month, opened
a series of hearings In Its in
yestigation Of the munitions
industry.
Five of his co-investigators -
Barbour, Clark, George. Nye and
vandenberg-answered today's roll
call. The seventh member, Pope
of Idaho, was not reelected.
Revelations of that investigation
strengthened Bones firm stand
against supplying munitions &c
CONTINUED on Page n, Column y
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21

BANK TRANSACTIONS
Tacoma .............. $3,109, 900
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21
WEATHER AND TIDES

Fair tonight and Fri. Temps
High, rs; low, go. Sun rises 5:57i
sets 6:08.
Tomorrow's Tides
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-21

marine, was owned by the Court
Line, Ltd. Its home port was
London.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17
CALIFORNIA PENSION PLAN
DEFEATED

California's Ham and Eggs" pen
sion constitutional amendment was
again defeated at the election in
that state on Nov. 7th. Ire purpose
of the proposed amendment was to
pay thirty dollars every Thursday to
jobless citizens over fifty years of
age.
Last year the amendment was
placed on the ballot after petit
ton carrying 100000 SIGNATURES
four times more than legally neces-
sary-had been presented. 1t was
voted down at the general electric,
however.
The 1880 every Thursday" sup
porters again placed the proposed
amendment on the ballot this year
by a petition signed by 100000
Ham and Eggers," but it again
went down to defeat.
The plan was officially called the
California State Retirement Life
Payments Act" 1t proposed the pay
ment of 80 81 state warrants each
week to everybody over SO who was
jobless. To keep the warrants in cir
culation, esch person who held
warrant on a Thursday would be
required to paste special 2-cent
stamp on its back. The theory was
that to avid affixing 2cent stamp,
the holder would spend the warrants
before the following Thursday,
thereby speeding their turnover, in
creasing the demand for goods and
services beyond all imagination, and
setting factories humming and ex-
panding.
The stamps were to be purchased
from the state with real money With
space on the back of each warrant
for So such stamps, it would, at
the end of the year, have accumu-
lated $1.O4 worth. Then the state
would redeem this for 81 in cash,
having 4 cents left over for admin
istrative expenses.
The warrants were to be ac-
cepted by the state and municipal
governments in pay m mt of
taxes, except the gasoline tax.
Warrants thus received were to be
used to pay half the salaries of pub
lie employees and half of all gov
ernmental purchases. Transactions in
warrants were to be exempt from all
sales taxes, and incomes received in
warrants were to be exempt from
the state income tax.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17
A. f. of l.. VS.. C. L. O.

Hardy perennial among labor
problems is that of bringing about
peace between the A. F. of L. and
the C. 1. o. So far, no efforts have
been successful The last one, en-
gineered by President Roosevelt last
spring, petered out when c. L. o.
Chieftain John L. Lewis halted peace
negotiations to wrangle a close-shop
contract out of the coal operators
and then never returned to the
council table.
At its fifty-ninth annual conven-
tion in Cincinnati, O., the A. F. of
l.. passed the peace buck to the c.
l. o. And as the C. 1. o. prepared to
open it's second annual convention
in San Francisco, Lewis refused to
take it.
Some action towards labor peace
was called for by a message from
President Roosevelt, calling for
healing of breach in the interest of
national unity" Answer of the
A. F. of l.. was to pass resolution
declaring all such presidential pleas
in the future would be more fit
tingly directed to the c. I. o." 1t in
structed it's peace negotiating COM
mittee, however, to meet Lewis s
men whenever that organization
will indicate a willingness to re-
sumo conference"
That Lewis was not willing was
indicated in his pre-convention re-
port. Surprisingly, since the C. 1. O.,
has fought changes in the Wagner
Act and attacks on the Labor Board,
he intimahed that his organization
might be forced to turn against that
act because it favored the A. F. of
L. But he ignored all suggestions
that he make peace with the Fedora
ton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17
DAIRY MONTH RINGS THE BELL

What organized merchandising
can do for agriculture is wildly IL
Illustrated in report of the results
achieved during Dairy Month, which
was observed last June.
The producers, represented by the
National Cooperative Milk Produc-
ers Federation, turned to the retail
ers for aid. Chain stores and others
immediately responded. Ambitious
plans were laid and carried out.
Committees of producers were or
ganized in many states, and worked
effectively with the organized re-
tadlers.
Upshot was that, in results, the
campaign fully realized the hopes OF
all concerned. The food chain stores
alone sold 11.3 per cent more but
ter; than in the same month year
before, 31.2 per cent more cheese,
Ills, per cent more canned milk. 14.2
per cent more fluid milk, and BAT
per cent, more cream. The increase
in butter. sales amounted to more
thar. 5000, 900 pounds--and each
pound. of butter representa- nearly
ten quarts of milk. Similar results
were doubtless obtained by other
types of stores which participated
A the Month, but for which rec
ords are not available.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17
Those who forecast that the frank

Those who forecast that the frank
anti-dictatorship sentiment of the
American people would rapidly lead
us into war once it broke out abroad
(and many made exactly that fore
cast during the past few years. seem
to have backed a losing horse. Co
ing by the best evidence available,
the martial spirit has not increased
a whit in this country since the
war began.
A late Fortune poll is of excep-
tional interest. According to the
poll, only IL per cent of the people
believe we should enter the war on
the side of the Allies, in October,
where 2.3 per cent thought we
should, in September. Slightly over
10 per cent thought we should join
the Allies If they are getting the
worst of it, where Jasper cent ap-
proved of course the month before.
This overwhelming isolationist spirit
obtains even though, according TO
the same poll, more than "a per
cent of our people want England
and France and their friends to win,
and only 1.3 per cent want Germany
and her friends to win (the balance
replied that they favored neither
side, or didn't know.
More and more of us seem to
think that Europe's Quarrels are
Europe's business, and that, hate
the dicators as we. will, we must
keep our hands out of the mess. All
in all, today, say men whose bust
ness is feeling the public pulse,
Americas chances of, remaining at
peace are very good indeed.