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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12
nIED
BY SEN. MYE
FOR ISOLATION
Idaho Solon Asssrts
Roosevslt's proposal
"Wo,a1d Lead us
Into War"

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Gerald I. NyA n. n. n. To-
ass Joined s<n. William \.
hmah. n. Ida. N vssssr4sias
asrs4na II the s~nAss isolation
hsw shss the United States
maintain - Afms snshArao
intact.
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12

AMERICAN LEAGUE
~. Isuis 49,. - 80 eie--i 7 =
Phiiadslpkia. sc SIC Ier--s - :
Kennedy. GIN t2) and HsrshAny;
necrsbb and Hayes.
Dstsstt $50. eet - oee--t . 3
nestsm 80. 90 Iel oen-~7 .
Bridges and Tsbb>tts: oAIehouss
and Dessutsls.
Cleveland. ole 90 ITO - ~ .
New York. 80 oei 07e o---s . 4
Harder and Hemslsy; Gomez and
Dicksy.
Chicago. :. go 81 o9e---s , .
washington 90 49, eoe---3 3
Lee and fresh; carrasquel and
Terrell.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Bestss 49,. .o0o Ooo zoi--s 3 1
Chicago -, go OIL 1ix~-S ~ 1
Posedel. tanning "a. BsrnicIe
fs). Early ~ and lopez. Mas; ;
Lee and Msncuso.
Brooklyn. Oi0 90 Oei 0--3 1
Cincinnati. coo 100 on Is 10 1
Hsrmlin. Crouch fi0) and Todd:
Walters and lombard, Hersh.
berger.
New York at Pittsburgh. post
poned; rain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12
BergdolPs Trial
To Begin Monday

NEW YORk-Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, World War draft dodger,
was to go on trial before a general
court martial Monday on charges
of desertion and escape.
Col. Frank X. Ross, second corps
area intelligence officer, said the
trial would be held on Governors
Island.
Bergdoll has been held since he
returned from Germany May rs.
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I'LL Territory Theirs Before Great
liar NoW Occupied, Germans Say
greatest decisive hattie IL .iiii
proceeding there without re-t."


The fuehrer landed few kilom-
eters behind the front, At a landing
ground for bomber squsdrons. +"
ID. n. II. said. The commandant
reported 10 the fuehrer that "a
Polish planes had been shot down
Sunday and many Polish air fields
in the far cast destroyed. and that
on Saturday. two Polish squad
rons totaling IA planes had been
brought down and eight others
destroyed on the ground near Lub-
lin"
The German dispatches again
made no reference TO fighting on
the western front and. for the first
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NOTRE DAME PLAYER
TAKES LEAD IN GOLF

GLENvIEW, uI.---Tom Shcehan,
notre Dame golf captain from
Worthwhile. Mich, again cracked
par Of North Shore Country clubs
tournament course with 90 to-
today and took over the lead In the
second qualifying round Of the
u. 8. amateur championship with
A 36-hole total OF 1879.
More on Sports Page.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12

The allied supreme council
met somewhere IN France" to-
day, with British Prime Minis
ter Neville Chamb Rain and
French Premier Edouard Dalai
der attending. II was officially
announced at Paris
The council decided 10 con-
ceufrate all allied powers and
resources on the war and to
give Poland all assistance pos
sibie. the announcement issued
at Daladiers office said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12
CCC Will Not
Be Army Unit

ATLANTIC CITY Robert
Fechner, director of the Civilian
Conservation Corps. said Tuesday
that the CCC was a civilian under
taking and that the administration
had no intention of making 1t a
military training unit.
Such step, Fechner told the
Sons of Spanish American war
veterans convention. is forbidden
by the law under which the CCC
was created sx years ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12
WESTERN FRONT

British newspapers today
described British troops in
action beside French soldiers
on the western front and ban
nerlined advances by British
artillery and mechanical
forces against German troops.
The ministry Of information.
however. announced that while
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STATE FINANCES
AT 6-YEAR Low

OLYMPIA-The states finances
dropped this week to the lowest
point since the heart of the depres-
sion in 1888, with the general fund
nearly five millions in the red and
the total cash surplus in all funds
cut to a record low of So, 367 $50.
Two other funds also went into
the red this week, State Treasurer
Phil II. Gallagher reported today.
The motor vehicle fund, out of
which highways are financed, fell
from a surplus of s136,662 to
S645, e3s in debt. The Lewis river
hatchery fund was the third show
ing a deficit.
Reason for the drop in all 81
state funds, Gallagher reported,
was that the state spent s2,s17,s67
on schools, social security and gov
eminent last week, and TOOK IN
only 1891 ,44s in taxes. The general
fund fell from S4,156,028 in the
red to 4,e00,23s and the total
surplus in all funds from Ss,2s5,-
COS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12
Report Windsors
Are In England

LONDON The Duke and Ouch
ess of Windsor were reliably re-
ported today to have arrived in
England and to be staying at the
country home of Maj. Edward
Dudley Metcalfe at Coleman's
Hatch, Sussex.
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tration viii face
a real war on
| h e legislative
front II II at
tempts TO change
the present neu-
traliiy law
" ting In
1914. Nye said.
=" we Americans
revelcd In q feast
Of profits avail
able through the
sale OF war sup
plies 10 warning
Europe. We rel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12
READY
FOR SESSION
Congressman Expects
Special Congress
Meeting Soon

Congress man John NJ.
Coffee, home from the last
session Of congress and an in
termediate vacation. was pre-
pairing his affairs Tuesday to
enable departure for a special
session of congress. which he
expects will be called about
Oct. 2.
That. he said. was the theory on
which he was arranging matters
for his current visit at home
Il expect to have to leave about
Sept. 81" ne said, 'and. since !
see no reason why the session
should last longer than two weeks,
l doubt If III take my entire office
force.
"A session only two weeks long
would. Of course, be predicted on
the senate adhering TO its limited
debate rule. II might last six
weeks
Coffee said he had no reason TO
believe the neutrality law will be
amended.
Il doubt II public sentiment has
changed sppreciably since the act
was passed." Coffee said. THE
isolatiohists will, of course make
every effort to prevent any amend
ment. Apart from consideration
Of the presidents ideas on this act.
see little expectation that any,
thing else will be considered by the
special session except acts which
may definitely be coupled with
neutrality legislation.
For one thing, / expect action
on legislation to limit profits on
foodstuffs and to define materials
of war. As it stands now, as
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The White House took apparent
ooRnizsncs Of Borsh's attack, when
stephen T. Early. White House
secretary, said reports of censor.
ship referred 10 by Borsh wsrs
DOGGY men" not based on fact.
Borah had mentioned constant
suggestions about the censorship
Of the press. Of The radio and
shutting off debate
Nye. chairman Of the senate mu-
nitions inquiry. ssld the adminls-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12
Emphatically Orders
Suppression Of All
News TO Contrary;
Leaders Meeting
at ISrnA

fAEi>--f feask Maf r~fsasaai.
cue Ne. ia t~szses tsaixks. aid !.
- easinu.sses IF PrsEFes. slsag
TIE .snss treat ~ yesterday. ssrong
rs.st1oa Va. made ~ The eneusy
netshly es shetr artillery Yes
terdAs'. aetisa "a. On . is.natle
ffsni sasi af thr sAsr risrr. ahere
the Preach pushed toward the main
German fortifsestisns in the Rhiar-
land
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12

ished this return 10 a point OF
worship.
1T was not long before we were
prevailed upon 10 provide Europe
with the credits and the money
they needed II they were 10 con-
tlnue buying from iis. Step by
step, we let Europe use this love
of ours for war trade ~ n club
that came ultimately to rule our
American course In foreign af-
fairs.
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British Ministry
Denies It's Army
Has Begun Fight

tse sxe~fs 40 csszfikaNts tkaE
e -As : ssrAazs sst 4 So ~
~hasa gsxFsaA73 Nes 1efs sssaasf
unlsnFsas.d sxsers ~ 10 frrerh
sf;sek u - sAsf. - crssa
fessaa
h4i saiscsitAss hks reve deter.
rHlnr.i - preserve ~ kressesi
s<gFse - s~efery Hn,a fAs FIRST
exr~stsisunAfY trsre esa hrem
lAnaeA. Tks Germans Rad neas;ea.
h<foss ihs AT. thal e Britain sent
a. army 4 woaid noi reach FFanes
because German submarines woula
sea5 z "a TIE hastom ~ the
channel In 1914. ths Kaiser and
ether leaders q Imperial Germany
were vafie0slg quoted thar Il
Britain ~nt is eantemp;ihle~
little army to France tire Berlin
police foFee would BE- seat 10 arrest
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12
The Deadly
Parallel
TENTH DAY OF WORLD WAR
Aug. II, 1914

Austrian army under Gen. Vik-
DOR Dsnkl began invasion OF Po-
land.
French force in Lorraine de-
feated and driven across frontier.
German warships Coeben and
Breslau escaped British fleet and
entered Dardanelles.
French forced to evacuate Null
hansen.
Austrian INVASION of Serbia be-
gun.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12
BEHIND TIM GERMAN
FRONT NEAR RADON. Poland

Passed bs Censor The Ger
man army has suffered b~twsea
$4,000 and $4,000 casualties
most Of them In the last two
days---ln the drive Into Poland.
n WA estimated officially to-
day. The number killed In
battle was put NJ between l.5o0
and 1000.
The fact that the Germans
said the, had suffered the bulk
Of their casualties In the last
two days Indicated that n bloody
and perhaps decisive battle now
Ia raging on the eastern front.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12

mtnetiua W ~"
the embargo pro-
v1sit,n In = press
Interview. Hefsh
sslsi ss,eh Revision
would IsAd ~
Inevitably int
war Nys sup
ported this con.
'snilon today. So
sorting The Unit.
I'd states cannot
trade with hel-
liGefenss wlthsui
i'sconink involv-
ed In the conflict
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Experience Dictated

1T ultimately destroyed our
neutrality and dragged us into war.
1T was this experience that
dictated the enactment Of our
present neutrality laws. including
the provision prohibiting the sale
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 81
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Children Picket
Ship At Olympia

OLYMPIA-A dozen school chill
dren pickets, of Chinese descent,
Tuesday tied up loading of scrap
iron on the Japanese freighter
Florida Maru at Olympia port
dock, :
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12

The Daily Mail asserted that
British troops had been operating
on German soii ia cooperation
with The French. mopping Up along
the German side Of the frontier.
Many successful operations were
reported, the Daily Mail said. and
several oounter-sttacks had been
resisted.
Units Of the Royal Air force who
accompanied the British exPedi-
uonary force had given valuable
cooperation 10 the ground forces.
the newspaper said. Reconnais-
sance and Photographic planes had
flown over German positions IN
Continued on Page 4. Column q
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MANo1t&tt1U< - tHN9<Suoa
As~irA .. Nshest. n. ~. ~ ~
sasss~ Fss~ sem~sssses. ses6
after ssfksan ~tsA rs~>ttees
ns~>Sssss TO-DAY shas s>~ss~>s
ps~essAs ~ut s~~s~~s ~ sp>~tal
.<~ss~s ~ esestees n~sssa>1tS
is~ s~ss>s~s - - . ssssp ess~ss
ues.A<s fss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12

British troops had landed In
France. these troops are not yet
in action and no further details
can be furnished in the meantime.
For some days" the ministry
added. 'rimors have been current
In this country and abroad that
British troops had landed In
France. The ministry Of informa-
ton now is permitted to announce
officially that this is So
Insists on Recall
Before the ministry's denial that
British forces were in action the
press described activities Of the
troops, apparently on the basis
of ministry of information
authorization of mention that a
British expeditionary force, includ-
ing land forces and airplanes, had
landed on French soil.
The ministry OF information in
sisted that newspapers recall first
editions. in which they had pub
lished reports of British troop
activities at the front.
Many copies of the papers
already were on the streets and
had been sent to the provinces. and
the publishers protested.
We'll, you have go to get them
back" the ministry of information
said. They must be stopped on
all accounts"
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Disclosure of the presence Of
British troops in France was made
only after bitter complaints by
Britons that the censorship was
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12
Occupation of Posen
and Other Polish
Cities Is Claimed;
Fight Guerillas
(BULI.ETIN)

BERLIN - The German high
command reported today that Naxi
mechanical units had broken
through Polish lines east of War
saw and had advanced southwark.
In an effort TO cut off the armies
defending the Polish capital
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ssmpt 10 alter shs arms rs~hshs.
tien phase % the lac
President Roosevelt has ssId ~
weusd call eonsfess iase special
sssssna. In an attempt "a strike he
smnssFp frcm the statute heess
Sees War Danger
aoms contend that the embargo.
no~ IN force BY virtue ~ rsssi.
asas.si proclamation. sxslnss I'll
n the warning nations, works n
The astfimens u the allied fofess
Horsh lei tbs isolation sssAuis
against the saminissrstlon's deter.
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Unsettled tonight, wednesday.
Temperatures; High, es; lsw, -.
Sun rises, 5:45; seta, 6:27.
Tides Tomorrow
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-12

Since the British Meet ~ hs1
the entrance to sh4 Baltic blocIs-
aded from the beginning d IN
war, German submarines have ne
means Of escorting prizes to Ger
man harbors.
The state department announced
that II was awaiting an official ~
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-12
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Disseets the News

WASHINGTON.--It is an open
secret that much of the senatorial
opposition to repeal of the arms
embargo rests on deep fear of the
steps which President Roosevelt
may take.
This doesn't mean that anyone
suspects the president of dishon-
orable motives or thinks that he
isn't perfectly sincere when he says
he intends to keep the country at
peace.
1t simply means that the isola-
tioniSts fear and know that any
American president who wants to
take drastic action has tremendous
emergency powers at his disposal
These powers arise from hodge
podge of hold-over legislation, some
of it passed during the World War
and some at other times. They are
powers which the president-any
president-may exercise whenever
he chooses to proclaim that a state
Of national emergency exists. Things
that he cannot legally do ordin-
arily. he can do under these emer-
gency statutes.
Under the national defense act,
for instance. lin time of war or
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-12
MEMBER
BE CAREFUL OF
ELECTION HOOKS

With Nov Z drawing nearer and the
heat OF election campaign growing more
fierce, it is timely to warn we'll inten-
toned and legitimate organizations of
one kind or another against falling prey
TO campaigning individuals who repre-
sent themselves as one thing and turn
into another at the last minute.
Imperial county recently witnessed
such an incident. A politician holding
high state office induced an organiza-
tion here to sponsor a mass meeting for
an open forum discussion of propositions
on the Nov. ballot. He himself, he
said, would discuss Legislative develop
ments" and give the people an idea of
what was transpiring in their state gov
ernment. An advance agent sent to con-
tact the newspapers told reporters that
the individual in question definitely was
NOT interested IN any one proposition
on the ballot
The mass meeting was held, under
sponsorship of the Imperial county or
ganization. The principal speaker was
introduced. He got up to speak. He did
Not one word about Legislative develop
ments in Sacramento" Not one bit of
information about the way state gov
ernment is run"
His entire talk was devoted to advo-
cacy of Proposition No. on the Nov.
z ballot-the Atkinson Oil Control Bill.
In the light of this incident, and with
the probability in mind that other speak
ers working for or against some PROPOSE
tion will attempt to gain a place on the
program under false pretenses, every
oganiZation in the valley should examine
proposed speakers carefully until Nov.
has passed.
1t is one thing to invite speaker to
address a group, and know that he is
going to speak about an election issue
1t is another to invite him to speak under
the assumption that he is going to speak
about something else Every organiza-
tion is within its rihts in demanding that
a speaker present himself under his true
colorS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-12
THEIR LIVES ARE
WORTH CONSIDERING

School days are under way through
out the United States, and again every
days leased wire brings into newspaper
offices one or more stories of school
children killed IN traffic accidents. Some
perish in school buses, some at school
crossing, some while joyriding in their
parents automobiles.
Before the winter is over, hundreds
of school children from both grammar
and high schools in the nation will be
dead or manned because Of traffic acci-
dents.
Will yours be among them?
Every parent, every resident, can do
his or her part to safeguard the lives of
these young people. And if every person
did his part, without a moments relaxa-
tion of vigilance, there would be no tragic
deaths among the nations school chill
dren. 1t is easy to prevent death.
Be careful when you drive.
If every motorist practiced careful
driving, courtesy and consideration for
others on the road, and if every automo-
bile owner made sure his tires and the
running mechanism of his car were in
good order, accidents would be cut to
a minimum in this country.
Safe driving is not difficult. 1t is moth
ing more nor less than the exercise of
courtesy on the highway. Surely that
is a cheap price TO pay for the lives of
thousands of persons, both adult and
juvenile.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-12
WHAT ABOUT RELIEF?
(Riverside PresS)

For many years this country has had
an unrecognized relief problem. Even
before the depression of the 1930S there
were welfare workers and sociology stu
dents who knew that unemployment was
increasing, that below the American high
standard Of living there was a level of
abject destitution. These people have so
far been unable to persuade the ma jority
of Americans that this is not merely
a depression phenomenon but perma-
nent and perennial problem. They have
urged in vain long range plan of treat
ment and cure.
After eight years of temporary meas
ures, of partial cooperation between
states, local community and federal gov
ernment; of haggling over division of
responsibility, relief problems loom up
as big as ever. They are misunderstood,
underestimated and mismanaged Cities
and states all over the country, not ex-
cepting California, face relief crises
again this fall.
Should WPA be continued or discon-
tinued, modified or extended? Do we
want work relief or dole? Who should
bear the burden? What about communi-
ties or states with large relief load and
no cash? These are questions which are
agitating, and after all these years, in
every state in the nation.
What this country does about unem-
pioyment and relief is probably as i'm
portant to It's future we'll being and de-
mocracy as anything we may do about
the war. Both of these issues are of con-
siderable significance TO the welfare of
the nation.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-12
AN UNCONvINClNG PROTEST
FROM THE LABOR FRONT
(Christian Science Monitor)

Monopoly is monopoly wherever found,
and restraint of trade is restraint of
trade, whether it comes about by a heavi-
ly-moneyed corporation driving competi-
tors out of its field or by labor union
Jacking up ultimate consumer costs
through artificial regulations For this
reason Joseph A. PadWay, general coun-
sci for the American Federation of La
Dor, took rather weak position when
IN the Federation convention at Cincin-
natl this week he criticized Thurman
Arnold, Assistant Attorney General, for
his antitrust investigation into the prac-
tees of the building industry.
Any inquiry into construction costs
as they exist today in the United Safes
would be incomplete if it dealt only with
costs of materials, financing charges,
and contractors profits. Hence, the de-
partment of Justice very properly has
included trade unions within the scope
Of the study and of possible consequent
negotiations. Mr.. Padway doubtless re-
ceived the applause of a great many
building trades delegates, but he has not
placed the building trades in an attrac-
tive light.
a. F. of L. officials might better CO.
operate with this investigation instead
of fighting it and help explore ways in
which housing and other construction
can be made less eXpensive-with prob
ably no less year-round income to con-
Struction workers. To do this would
make an immeasurably better impression
on the public-which includes several
millions in the ranks of labor who would
like to acquire more reasonably priced
homes.