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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-07
HIGHER LIQUOR
"CUT" RECEIVED

OLYMPIA Washington cities
sct their first aid today from tho
higher liquor profits per eensswe
granted them nv the isss iexss-
issure. when the state liquor beard
made a $500. 90 distribution cs
rrwnts
Cities 50, 81 per cent ~ the
amount or s9eoocn. The counties
sos ~ per cent er sss,eoo aud the
state tissooe or - pr cent.
Under the old metnoi ~ asssfiess-
slcn the state cot 10 per cent ard
the res went 10 counties and
cities on popalsshn basis. rne
last legislature stsc src~ted the
amount ~ gas tax cities get
ia nsssvssastss
The drop IN the state and county
percentages was exr~ctsa 10 h~
offset by the 10 per cent Increase
in liquor prices. which went sntn
effect Fee l. rodsy.s distribution
was the seventh In the current
fiscal year opening Is~s October
and the first since March ~
Amounts going Ia eitise under
their new higher per eensas~s In.
cluded the following
Aberdeen. sa.apo. Nc1niAns,
ssao2 Seattle. sp<. oss, fsener.
ten. ss.aas. centraisa. ss.oso: che.
halls, u.sTt Shelton. sSos. rs.
eoms. 81, tsa. spoksn~. ssa. sis:
Olympia. ss,ois
Counties shass
Amounts going 60 counties. ex-
elusive AZ cities within them fnl.
low In part Grsys Hsrbos. ~ s7f I:
kins. se.seo, kitsap. s.ssil Lewis.
$3.50. Mason. xsas: rieroe,
ss.ens. Spokane. ss.sas. rnutsson.
81 .0ss
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son were at Pacific Terminal dock
In the Queen city. Recently the
Grant was taken to Port Orchard
bay. and the Madison shifted to
Quartermsster hsrbor.
The jackson win probably he
moved within the next week 10
join the Grant and jefferson. The
President Mckinley 10 still al
Port Ludlow.
Future Of the ships IL unknown.
pending settlement NJ court
action. but the old-timers along
Tacomss waterfront that II.
some Of them. are willing to bet
they will end being sold for scrap.
SCOTTISH sTAa DuE
IN PORT WEDNESDAY
Among the five ships due We'd
nesday Is the big 4t57-ton British
steamer Scottish Star at Port piers
10 work general cargo for London
and Liverpool. Also due at Port
piers IL the British steamer Cor
rientes 10 work outward cargo
for Glasgow
The Madrigai line steamer Sage
land Is listed 10 berth at Water
side mill Wednesday To load logs
for the Orient. while the steamer
Condor In due nj the smeIter with
ore from the west coast of South
America.
Slowing flour at Centennial
mills Tuesday was the British
steamer Bosworth. she IL expect
ed to complete her burden iats
this afternoon and shift To Port
land before heading for Tsku Bar
ships IN part; TrondsBser aud
Cuzco. Port pisre. San Himaon. snAf-
Ter No. J. Wildwood. Baker docs.
casosds. Defiance mill. bos~osth.
ships due. Tuesday. Coulsns~s.
Port piers. Coast Miller. sbaffer No.
q. "wednesday, scottish star. Port
piers. ~ y Mccormick Mccormick
docs ssssiand. wst<rslds mill vi
cedro. ehsffsr No !. Condor.
smsitsr.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-07
HAPPY RELIEF
FROM PAINFUL
BACKACHE

Many OF those gDaving, nsgglns, painful
bacA sehes people blame on colds strains
a., often caused BY tired kdneys-snd may
b. relt Cd when treated in the right way.
Inc Kidneys are Natures chief way OF taking
eteess arids and poisonous waste out Of the
blood. Most people pass about pints . day OF
about : pounds OF waste.
Frequent or scanty passages With smArtlns
and burning shoRs there may he something
wrong rith your kidneys or bladder.
II me 10 miles Of kidney tubes and hltcn
don't work we'll. poisonous waste matter STAYS
In the blood. These poison. may start nsgsins
bacA aches rheumatic pains. loss Of pep and
energy. getting up nights. swelling. puhnsss
under The ewes, headaches aud dizziness.
Don't waitl Ask your druggist for Dosns
Pi-. used successfully by millions for over 40
years They give happy relief snd will help the
Is miles Of kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from the blood. Get Dosn's Pilla Adv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-07

tUr ts&i WAStAtt 1Nt8
the tar to inciuts anything N the
personal psnerssy line that u
rented cut. rhts ssc<s not sneiss3s
hnusss ~ eshSua. which are reaI
property. but does tAhe h many
ether things that vscAtsnnisss rvnt
81 summer rcscFta such - nut
board motors. fishing tackle. hath
ing suits ami c~ra
In addition. The tourist wtsi Nave
Ia pay the tsx On I'll rvvss ~
vegetables No nuys ~ the fsrn<f's
rossssssss stand. tN< legislators hs~-
ing put the tan ~ al fresh fruits
and vegetables, milk. eggs ard
ether f~ests.
Tho lawmakers IT one lime dur
ting The s<ssseu hsd pat ths sales
Tan IN top ~ the prevent stvv-
cent Ksscssns tsx. eus thts wNs
defeated h~scrs the revvaus u<tl
went TO the Gcvesrcs tes sigma
tufe,
Wsshsagss~'s sp~es~i hsn1 ~
stats ss~as~vy y cusv~etty eAaeo.-
- ~ ~ ~. eesV&ss sensitive
ss~~si ~ - ssy 49, ~ wssve shaa
osee.eoo wteAe~e . v~ee ~ ~
pespss. hws ~ sseee ss~aees c~eu-
wssetee h f,gAss~g sAy - seU1seers
lag stats cnecas ~ ~ ~ seneu
wessl1 49, several ussGo1ea Aseoass
N se~svNi ssss~A>sg ts~<n ~ -
ctal ssc~ssey.
The finance COMMITTEES. eoN~ass.
ing AZ Gov, Clarence D. Martin.
State rrsAsur~s PM ". 0AilAsbes
and state Auditor t1sff yslis. -
tanned an attorney generals optn.
lon that the stats could sxceeu1 IN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-07
J0iint-Ease
For RHEUMATIC PAIN

When rhsunafis1u-ar tflritis settles 10
your tointa and causes tarobbinx. pain
or misery just remember that Joinf-
Lass IL one remedy that brings quick
re.uits In painful 90 perzisten' eafss
list rss % JOlnt-f.sse ard look for
euiek relief. Joinf-Esss fs for just aass
trzfing preparation. Always REMAINDER
that when Joint-Eass starts 70 york
toint misery starts ogt-euiek Ala Tor
yolnf-KAse and take nothing else.
NOTE Ter free ssnpis srifs
SsAai- BasA f:-c e., msnsvsii. hsiA~
Adv
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Port Commission
Chief Optimistic

SEATTLE - John A. Farley,
nss'iy-sisctsd prssident of Seattle
port commission, said today tins
prospects we're quite favorable"
for Increased tonnage for ths port
Of Seattle for 1910. Farley sue
eesds Horace r. Chapman. Smith
NJ. Wilson Was named vice prssi-
dent and Horace Chapman elected
secretary Of the commission.
Prospects for 1870 are now
looking quite favorable for this
port. sitb tonnage Increase al
ready beginning 70 show Farley
sald,
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Mrs. F. w. Delano. Mrs Dan
Gray, Mrs. f. c. Schonborn and
Mrs. ]. w. l.. Kaufman. Each
gave resume of the year Of her
leadership. Mrs. Robert o. Logan
read a paper on What We Have
Done This Year; the new officers
were installed by Mrs. Kaufman
and the toast ITO the Coming
Year" was given by Mrs. Scheffer.
A luncheon and lawn party will
be given Wednesday at the home
of Mrs. William Martin, us 9Th
ave. S. w, by Puyallup Valley
post, V. F. w. auxiliary. to which
members and friends are invited.
Luncheon will be served at noon
and the afternoon will be spent
playing cards and Chinese check
ers. A nominal sum will be
charged for the delegates fund
to the department encampment at
Vancouver, June 2l-2+. Those In
charge of the affair are Mesdames
Alex Ternan, Mel. Rinehart, Will
lam Martin and Adrian Piquette.
Miss Esther Jahr. daughter OF
Rev. and Mrs. Edwin II. Jahr, will
leave Puyallup Thursday for New
York where she will sail aboard
the S. S. Washington. June II for
Plymouth. England. She will spend
some time in London and Paris,
then travel through several Ger
man cities. She will also visit
relatives In Sweden.
Miss Jshr is member of the
grade schools faculty here. Tues
day at noon she WAS guest Of
honor at a luncheon at the Column
bia Coffee shop. her fellow teach
ers gathering to wish her fare
well. She was the recipient Of
many small gifts.
Miss Hattie whitworth Of 2Oi
4th ave. N. W.. has returned home
after several weeks spent In the
middle west. She visited relatives
at Victor, la, and Canton, III.
The Past Pocahontas club will
meet with Mrs Beulah Cline Of
West Pioneer ave. Wednesday for
4 / o'clock luncheon. Mrs. leila
Thomas will be assisting hostess.
Melinda Soles tent, Daughters
of Union Veterans. Will meet at
the library auditorium Friday eve
ming at 7:30 o'clock for q business
session.
The first Tuesday Of the month
party of the Wesleysn class Of the
Methodist Sunday school will not
be held Tuesday night and has
been indefinitely postponed.
At recent dinner. al which
Mr.. ara Mrs. j. r.. Burmastef OF
725 %th St. n. W. were hosts. four
generations OF the family were
represented Guests were Mrs
J. c. Serving. Of Bremerton.
daughter Of the host and hostess.
her two daughters, Mrs. Ruther-
ford Cracker and Mrs. Charles
Pruitt, both Of Vallejo. Cal, and
their small daughters. Msriiyn
Cracker and Gior1a Louise Pruitt
Another daughter present was
Mrs. J. c. Willis OF Orting. Mira
Charles Pruitt. ar, Of Bremerton
was also a guest. Table deeora-
tons were sweet peas from Mrs.
Burmasters garden
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Tonnage for April Surpasses That of
Previous Month; Pres. Jefferson Leaves

Tonnage handled along Taco
mas waterfront during the month
of April surpassed that of March
by 6.065 tons. according To the
monthly report released Tuesday
by Harbor Master Frank II. Sher-
man.
Ships during April worked 1885,
Cos tons of cargo. compared to
1872 500 tons for March. Imports
and exports. however, reversed
standings during April. compared
10 the previous month
Imports during April amounted
to 1851 tons. with n value Of
81. 197.054, while exports equaled
1908 tons. valued at St.i0s, $50
During March the figures were:
imports. 105.925 tons, N,1ss. 0ss.
exports SO. 70s tons. s4.t25.03s.
slight Decline
Lumber products showed a slight
decline during April with n total
of 25.e5s.2 27 board feet handled.
compared to 27.e55, 32t board feet
the preceding month. Total domes-
tic lumber products amounted TO
2i.0i9.9s6 board feet. or $1,000
tons. with the total foreign listed
at 4.e3s.24i board feet. or as
SIS tons.
California headed the list Of
products imported. while the At
lantic coast topped the export col
umn. Imports from California
amounted to si.1s4.t25. with
variety Of cargo. while exports to
the state equslled ss2s .327
Atlantic port exports amounted
to si.ol2. s02. while imports totsled
but 1854. 755.
Sewsprint topped the list Of i'm
ports in value. with 1909 tons
coming from British Columbia, and
costing ssIf .8s5.
Heading the export list was l5T.-
t22 barrels of flour consigned 10
the Orient. valued at f<0s,0ss
Piywood shipped To the Atlantic
coast was valued at s3+s. $50, con-
sisting OF s.225 tons
Ships arriving in Tacoma hsrbor
during the month totaIed III.
while departures were i24.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-07

ntvusee eee1noo w~go ~ ~
Pierre county sspesise epsst nssss
asy ~ Amnn ,. anolaee n~N>nNta
\ t.~y. t5ieAye n. aonlnre n = ~.
xsttis snd ttrsee aoelNee TorpNee
RlehAsvi A1s>neh 4 f1ao1 deespe
wa4 srnatea u Nnas,ey trusn
cnnrtes reNn.
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signor Hsniey. Guest speaker will
be the Rev. J. Il, McGoidriok, r.
n. D. s. j.. who Is dean of Seattle
college.
Various awards viii be presented
TO the students for outstanding
performances throughout the year.
both enthusiastically and athietically.
Gold rings for elocution will go to
Harry Finnegan of the senior divi-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-07

ecu<sisatlo~Ai dsb< Iimls ~ havtNe
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lag warrants vu~t1 ~ tont ~
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stats va payinG.
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SAFE DRIVING CLASS
TO MEET ON TUESDAY

Instruction Of value to motorists
planning to take examinations for
drivers licenses will feature a ses-
sion OF the safe driving" class
to be held Tuesday evening, start
ing at 7.30 o'clock in the civil
service room in the city hall.
Glasses are held each Tuesday
night under joint sponsorship Of
the WPA and the police depart
ment.
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POLITICIANS
AND
PUBLIC AFFAIRS

washinrtons sales tax will hit vncatio-
for the first time this year. forcing them ply Tie two
per levy rental Of everything from fish hooks %
swimming suits.
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PRESIDENT yEFFERsoS
TOWED FROM HAKBOR

a small crowd gathered 81
Commercial dock Tuesday morning
to watch three tugs pull the big
President jefferson. sister ship Of
the Presidsnt Grant II the de
funet American Mall line. away
from the spot where abe has been
moored during the past 10 months.
The three tugs. the Neptune
and Commissioner Of the Puget
Sound Tug q Barge Co. and the
WsHderer Of the Foss Co, slipped
up beside the big ship shortly after
$50 q. m. ana began operations
10 move the ship. BY . O'Clock.
the IDLE steamer vas turned and,
in tow Of the tugs. headed for
near the head Of Port Orchard
bay where she will JOIN the Prssl-
dent Grant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-07

The JsffeTson and ffeHidsnt
Jackson nave been moored on Ia
coma waterfront since late last
summer, when the American Mall
line went out Of business after
the government eliminated the
mail subsidy 10 the line.
Recently the Northern Pacific
railroad served notice the txo
ships would have 10 find some
place else 70 berth.
-Four of the lines ships were
moored in Tacoma and Seattle.
The Presidents Grant and Msdl-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-07

The first Tuesday Of the month
party of the Wesleyan class Of the
Methodist Sunday school will not
be held Tuesday night and has
been indefinitely postponed.
Evening star., 1939-10-08
Lost Of Polish
Army Surrenders
War in Air
No bombs dropped from heaye,

NO bombs dropped from heaven.
But French and British each reported
air battles over western front. Royal
Air Force, announcing loss of four out of
five reconnaissance planes, said IS Ger
man attackers were required to do task,
suffered losses of at least two ships.
Britons showed "old fighting quality" !"
London communique said.
London also reported British night
reconnaissance over Berlin and Potsdam,
but warned that Germans had better not
try same over London.
Nazi officials laughed
British Flyers at London, remarked
Over RerI;n, that Germans must
have slept soundly be-
cause no one heard the motors" of
British scouts.
French reported numerous dog
fights" paid particular tribute to Ameri-
can planes, called their performance
superior to German opponents, claimed
% German ships shot down
Aerial warfare worried Welsh county
fathers as reports came In that some
young men are not behaving themselves
as they should" during blackouts; morals
of young ladies were immediate concern
Practical minded cleric, also an alder
man, warned that IF you are going to
put . barbed.wire fence around these
Evening star., 1939-10-08

within American waters before we joined
war.
Major instance was raiding campaign
Of German squadron of five ships operat-
ing out of harbors in Colombia and
Ecuador. Commanded by Admiral Won
Spec, fleet met lighter British squadron
of Chile on November l, sank two British
cruisers. Six weeks later, vengeful and
more powerful British fleet caught Ger
mans off Falkland Islands, sank four of
five raiders. Survivor, the Dresden, put
into Chilean port but was later destroyed
by British ship while within neutral wa
tiers. Chile protested, London apologized.
To American neutral seas plan, early
London reaction was that allied nations,
anxious to assist" could not be bound by
any inviolability of Western Hemisphere
seas.
But neutrals continued to pay heaviest
toll in recent days of raiding as Danish,
Norwegian and Greek
Neutral Ships ships were sunk by
In U-Root Toll submarines. Nazi at
tacker brought 28-man
crew of Greek victim into Irish harbor
at Dingle.
Aside from sinkings, now above three
score for war, Germans seized several
freighters in North Sea- Baltic area, con-
voyed them into German ports. Mostly
Scandinavian, vessels were believed head
ed for Great Britain.
Information please: Has anybody seen
thu nv -
Murmansk?
Evening star., 1939-10-08
War on Land

With eastern front gone, western front
was still line of imponderables. On
both sides were reports Of heavy troop
movements, concentrations at vital
points, threatened attacks-but little
fighting.
Steadily and stubbornly, French have
penetrated German territory wip!ng out
advance posts of Siegfried Line proper,
digging in. French
French Advance artillery has been
On West Wall moved up ahead Of
Maginot Line in many
places to permit better range finding on
Germany's West Wall. Altogether, French
estimated holding $50 square miles of
Nazi territory, about IS villages.
Back of Siegfried Line, Germans were
reported concentrating so well-trained
divisions, 100000 men. Greatest activ-
ity was spotted near French German
Swiss junction where Vosges and Jura
mountain ranges roll into historic Bur-
CANDY Gate
No weakness exists in French defense
here as 40-mile strip from Istein to Bel
fort bristles with Notifications. Slopes Of
pass afford superlative placements for
heavy guns, trained on gate.
Britain, whose army thus far is only
somewhere in France" called up extra
250,000 recruits during week, clearing way
to fighting force of 100000.
YEARLY, 1000 soldiers and 50 officers of
extinct Polish army marched out of Hela
Peninsula last Mon
Lost OF Polish day, last vestige of
Arnov eur,e,d.,. resistance to a rout.
For four weeks Ger
man bombs and artillery had pounded at
them. Their surrender was their victory.
Five weeks of war in 1914 found Ger
mans deep in France with all but small
triangle of Belgium conquered Britain's
"Old Contemptibles" were holding dog
gedly to Belgian coast. And two days
after French government fled to Bor-
deaux, allies made their stand at the
Marne. BY end of fifth week, Germans
were withdrawing to Aisne line with war
soon to settle into stubborn trench CAM
paigning.
Evening star., 1939-10-08
Behind the Lines

Der Fuehrer offered peace on Friday.
followed with intimation through "an
authorized source" he would consider 2
Roosevelt-sponsored armistice It was
believed President would ignore sugees-
ton unless agreed to in advance by allies,
With "outstretched hand" Hitler pro-
posed peace conference among Europe's
leading nations" Its objectives would
be final sanctioning of the European
status" reduction of ornaments to "rea-
sonable and economically tolerable level"
definition and regulation of use of arms.
Germany, he said, has no further ter
ritorial claims except for colonies.
War, he said.
Hitler Offers never brings two
"peore" proorou victors, but very
often only losers"
This statement will have been my
last" he warned If the outstretched hand
Is rejected. Then we will fight"
London replied at once that Nazi peace
proposals would be subjected to careful
examination in consultation with the
governments of the dominions and the
French Republic"
Such examination must embrace two
conditions, British reaction added:
First, no peace proposal is likely to
be accepted which does not effectively
free Europe from the menace of ag-
gression.
Second, something more than words
would be required to establish confidence
in present German government"
Bluntly, Frances Daladier remarked
later that France and
Allies Cool Great Britain will never
To Proposals lay down their arms" un-
til a peace excluding all
domination can be achieved.
To earlier speculation over prospect
Of peace offer from Russo German quar-
ters, somber Chamberlain reminded
Britain's House of Commons that atti-
tude Of Moscow-Berlin axis seems to
combine suggestion of some proposal
for peace with a scarcely yelled threat
as to consequences If the proposal should
be refused. - can say at once that
no threat would ever induce this country
or France to abandon the purpose for
which we have entered upon this struggle.
'The responsibility for the war rests
upon those who have conceived and car
ried out this policy Of successive aggres-
sion and 1t can neither be evaded nor
excused.
"No mere assurances from the present
German government could be accepted
-. by us, for that gov
chamberlain Says ernment have too
War Goes On often proved in the
past that their un-
them that they should be broken"
Cheering. Commons approved Primo
0tniSta91 stand.
Evening star., 1939-10-08

ment, Chamberlain last week announced
partial reversion to peacetime practices
OF permitting direct contact between
press and government departments.
French reaction to early peace talk was
the arrest Of two persons and investiga-
ton of 20 others whose names appeared
on an appeal for immediate peace"
French press attacked 43 Of 10 Com
munist members of Chamber of Depu-
ties who sought special session of Cham
ber to discuss Russo-German overtures,
described move as evidence of intel
ligence with enemy" Military authori-
ties began investigation.
Considered of deep significance was
continuance of Russian intrigue with
Eastern European neighbors.
Matching mutual assistance" pact
with Estonia in previous week, Soviet
diplomats recorded similar accomplish
Evening star., 1939-10-08
On All the Fronts
By John G. Henry

More words than actions of
Hitler proposed Friday then limited would
President Roosevelt would
apparent determination to cleanse
Most spectacular startling development Washington
IN disclosure that German admiralty
ha American ship quois route to New York with
refugees
Coast Guard ships rushing
liner Y
Britain called recruits
consolidated advanced positions along western front.
Air fleets continued
death by bombs.
Russia reached second
with
Rumania watched waited, anxousy
Washington fought keep
Evening star., 1939-10-08

Not so, a snowy named, fiery -tongued
statesman of other war days, David
Lloyd George
Reminding House that peace proffer
might come from neutral source-that
fate of war may be in
Lloyd George hands of such powerful
Defends Self neutrals as Russia, Italy,
United States - elderly
Welshman pleaded for deliberation be-
fore summary encouragement of peace
feelers.
To accusation of suggesting surrender
from Alfred Duff Cooper. bristling Lloyd
George replied:
II have been charged with surrender.
1t is the first time. 80 Mr.. Duff Cooper
may live to regret his words"
Reacting to frequent criticism of press
relations machinery Of British govern