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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16

Following IL a list OF Townsend
club meetings scheduled through
Wednesday:
MISUNDERSTANDING HilI No. At
Royal Neighbour hall. Ca. q 81.
and Division lane; spsnaway No.
4 at spanaway school; Horace
Mann No. is at Bethel Lutheran
church, So. 64th and ! SITS.
Tuesday--Mckinley Hill No. 0 at
Sheridan school. Ticket No. four
won the spread; holder call Mt
home OF Mrs. Butler, 1914 Ia. 45th
st. It's mate up for auction Sept.
20: Manitou No. "a at Manitou
hall, Oakland No. II at club
room, 1892 50. Tyler ST.; orting
No. 1 at @. A. X. hall; Puyallup
No. 1 at spiritualist church: 23rd
st. No. 20 at 2344 SO. Sheridan
ave.
Wednesday Hawthorne No. 20
at club rooms, BOG Ea. 30th; Rem
ton No. l at city hall, 1880 p. m;
Sumner No. at !. o. o. r. hall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
PRELIMINARY BUDGET
OF CITY CONCLUDED

Ths city council concluded nal
urdsy ~ preparation al ths pre-
liminssy budget for ipto. sscspt
for minor adjustments which thsy
expected 10 make before the rsEu-
lar legislative session MesdAy
morning.
No announcement ~ the figures
was made. bat Controller Hwayze
said ,pe compilations would ~ con-
eIuded before the 10 o'clock Mcn~
day session.
The council worked Il Might
sessions to arrive 1t balance. ~
lisved 10 have besn gsnernlly
reached Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
COFFEE HAPPY OVER
SHIPYARD PROJECT

Congressman John NJ. Coffee ex-
pressed high personal qualification
Saturday In the announcement III
the maritime commission Of an
award Of ship contracts 10 Tacoma
yards.
we worked hard 10 bring about
this result and am very happy
10 have had a hand In its SUCCESS"
Coffee said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
Heats On" For
Careless Driiuers

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
May INCREASE
LEWIS TROOPS


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ing % bring about a much greater
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components Al Fort Lewis
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under reorganization. Inaetlvsisd
units Of the Third division may be
activated. Fort Lewis officers ad-
mitted. In any event. the APP
proximstely $500 troops here may
be increased when the general staff
completes It's plan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
TACOMA Girl Wins
music SCHOLARSHIP

Marie Miller of Tacoma WAS
one of the eight winners in try
outs for freshman music scholar
ships at Washington State col
lege's music department, accord
ing To an announcement from Pull
man Saturday. Her proficiency at
the piano won the scholarship.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16

Following building permits were
issued Saturday: Tom Page, $4,000
addition to skating rink at 1903
South Tacoma way; L. j. Lee
febyre, $1,000 cottage at 1926 Ea.
65th ST.; H. E. Winslow, $500
residence, 1891 Roosevelt ave-;
Robert w. Smyth, $4,000 cottage,
1925 So. Yakima ave-; c. K.
Goodin, $1,000 cottage, 2211 Ea.
3Sth st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
kEs MOST aRoIf
KARS CENSORSHIP



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made Il clear - correspond
ents thai they lshe eorr~e.
psnasntki arr Responsible
Ter cooperating With TIE
Censorship. ard that theY
pIll he bed responsible fer
esaslons 81 TIE regulations.
Thus. i Was emphasized.
The correspondent Nill re
he'd responsible II he sue
ce-ds in evAding censorship
in some way and gets out =
prohibited story. No penal
= FOR such action. however.
vas indicated.
The information ministry
made Il known that British
public impotence # the
lack Of spectacular var re-
suits would not cause the
government 10 alter its
long range methodieal
preparations for conduct
ing a war on the basis that
hostilities would last for
three years.
Britons-hke Americans
and Poles-haye been ask
ing why Britain and France
had not started a crushing
offensive on the Western
front or sent airplanes TO
Poland.
1T must be remember
ed" the ministry an
nounced, that the war
cabinet announcement that
they are framing their
plans on the assumption of
a three-year war reflects
the truth that the army
must not only be brought
into being but must be kept
in being. That is the diff
ference between German
and British preparation.
"0nce again German
preparations seemed to be
based on the hope of a
lightning war. Ours are
not, and can not be-"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
JUST THE CORE
OAKLAND CLUB TO MEET

Oakland Improvement clu, hold
ing its first meeting since begin
ming of summer. will gather Mon
day night at o'clock at Oakland
school.
-
Choice cactus. Him., Florist.
ady
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16

Created . war supply heard.
which ~4ll ~ empowered 10
purchase munitions and sEms.
msnss for any government within
sns british empire md for Tbs
sllisa.
- Decided 10 ssnd ths British
= purchasing commission. ns~
inspecting csnadA's munitions and
transportation plants. To American
Industrial esntsrs N and when tbs
United states neutrality act IL
rsyised.
= Created . foreign exchange
= hoard TO assume Jurisdiction
aver foreign exchange trAnsae-
lions.
A Appointed f,oFinx chrisiis. Of
Y fetal Of the department II en-
ternal affairs. ~ Canadian minis
ter 10 tho United States 10 replace
SIR Herbert MarIsf, who resigned
a few days ago because Of illness.
Inc foreign exchange control
board. becoming effective BY
ordsr.in.councli. was announced by
Finance Minister ]. T.. Halston
ma necessary to the successful or
Eanixation Of the dominion's war
time activities"
The hoard, whose opera
tions, II WAS said, viii not AZ
feet the Canadian United
states trAdr treaty, will allow
American tourists and oilrf
foreign travellers 10 leave shs
country with ths sssns
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
BOOK THREE DRIVERS

Three motorists were added to
the list of alleged speeders today
after police nabbed J. A Sellers,
ia No. L ST., Howard Rambler, OF
Roy. Wash, and Frank Gratiss,
6317 Pacific ave, on charges Of
exceeding the speed limit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
TACOMAN CERTIFIED

w. J. Ryan of Tacoma and r.
w. Beck of Aberdeen. have been
granted certificates to practice
professional engineering in Ore
gon through reciprocity with other
states, according to an announce
ment made in Portland Friday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
Other Industries

and even most OF the Dniluinks were
junked.
Other Industries
Meantime. Todd Shipyarda Corp.
parent corporation. chung to own
ership Of it's site. Other Industries
sprang up TO cover part Of the IN
Hooker Electro Chemical Co.
Peterman Manufacturing Co. Max
we'll Petroleum Corp, and others
representing millions In plant in
vestment. But always space was
retained for that mystic day when,
II ever a need might again justify
shipbuilding again on what was
widely recognized as most ideal
site.
While civic leaders. working
chiefly through Tacoma Chamber
OF Commerce. struggled long and
earnestly to re-establish the indus
try, IL has only been within the last
two or three years that substantial
hope has been aroused.
Busy With Repairs
Steel ship construction had
dwindled to almost nothing at Seat
tie, meanwhile. although under the
late c. w. Wiley, and X. J. La
mont, who succeeded him at the
head Of the Todd Seattle Dry
Docks, that plant was kept busy
with repair yards operation.
Seattle people we're quite as
anxious to regain big shipbuilding
as those In Tacoma. It had APP
peared improbable that two COM
plete plants on Puget Sound could
win contracts. Seattle interests
undertook OF promote purely local
corporation but their subscription
solicitation begged down far short
OF their goal.
Consolidated Interests
Lamont indicated that his mind
was definitely made up on this
point, that If his firm should bid
and win contracts. use would be
made Of the Tacoma property for
construction of hulls at least.
Then came the consolidation Of
interests which produced the Seat
tie Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp,
with Lamont as president. For
purposes of construction, Todd in
terests associated with other con-
struction interests and the Tacoma
site placed definitely in the picture
Local Tacoma capital is not in
volved, it is understood.
The Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Corp. was organized July 8 as a
81, 500, 900 concern, Incorporated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
Reports Smelling

The Vancouver City's boatswain
said:
I'VE were struck amidships
without warning and sank in IL
minutes. We never saw the sub
marine"
The master Of the Davara said:
THE Germans shelled US half
an hour"
The crew of the torpedoed ship
British Influence disclosed that
they exchanged cheers with the
crew of the German submarine
which sank them. The master said
the U-boat commander saw him
and his men safely aboard Nor
wegian ship.
The British cheered the Germans
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16

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hssasks ias~ n.
me bosrd can iIesnse ~ ~
part ard expert n III sopdA ~
elndinx money and securities. y
win limit u etoo meath ~
transfer 81 fands abroe6 ~
Canadians.
The war supply board MI -
similar 10 the war pufehenln1
commission NJ the World WMes
Until IL becomes operative. ~ -
fsnss purchasing boari. rrsstsd ~
parliament recently. win fasneti1a
with new powers widening ~
scope.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
Refugees Reach Port

The master Of the ship said:
we saw nothing. All 1 know Is
that there was a terrific explosion
near our No. 2 hatch. and that
the ship broke In two In front Of
the bridge"
Owners Of the British steamship
Fanad Head, $500 tons, received
advice that the ship had been sunk
and that It's crew had been rescued.
The crews Of the torpedoed
British steamship Vancouver City
and British fishing trawler Dayara
arrived at Liverpool.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
Nazi Thoughtful

The master said that before sink
ing his ship, the U-boat commander
made sure the crew had sufficient
food, clothing and tobacco. Be-
cause there was no rescue ship In
sight, after the crew took to life
boats, the U-boat commander
went in search OF one and returned
some time later accompanying the
Norwegian ship.
The Holland America liner
Nieuw Amsterdam arrived at Am
sterdam last night after being held
by the British contraband control.
The British searched the vessel
for contraband and seized 16 Ger
mans who were returning from the
United States. Among the passen-
gers was the Grand Duke Jan. heir
to the throne Of Luxembourg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
The WAR At SEA
STARTS on rA0E ON Y

safely. tho ministry 81 infuraa-
ton said.
They reported that the COM
msnder of the submarine which
sank their vessel asked u they
required anything and offered "a
tow their nfeboals 10 the coast
II no rescue vessel appeared. Tbs
submarine then stood by for sew.
eral hours until the Ida Bahko
arrived,
The Cheyenne was a tanker of
s.s25 tons.
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II RES MORE ABOUT
The EASTERN FRONT
STARTS ON PAGE ONE


would be toward the inhospitable
Russian border.
The Germans were believed driv-
ing toward Tsrnapol, near the
Russian border. 100 miles to the
north. in an effort 10 cut off the
whole Polish Ukraine from the rest
OF the country.
II was believed that in spite Of
the peril, some diplomats would
stay TO the last minute, but would
follow the example of United
States Ambassador A. J. Drexel
Biddle, who sent his heavy luggage
across the river into Rumania so
he could get away quickly.
The Polish officials and diplo-
mats. on Sept. 5. had fled from
Warsaw when Germans laid seige
TO that city; they had fled at mid
night Sept. from Naleehow, and
from krzemieniec on Sept. 10 after
the market place there had been
bombed disastrously.
Roads Crowded
The roads south of Lemberg.
gateway TO the southwest which
was now under German siege, were
crowded with refugees hurrying
toward the Rumanian line.
German motorized columns were
reported TO have advanced far east
of Lemberg on the north and south
in a series of lightning raids in the
Carpathian foothills. They were
terrifying refugees on the roads
and in small towns, whose hope of
reaching Rumania was fading fast
The Poles still claimed to be
holding considerable territory
around Warsaw-including a strip
west at Kutuo, southwest to LODI,
and southeast to Lublin-but else
where they were being pushed back
into the eastern third Of their
country. in the center of which are
the vast Pripet marshes, where
they would be safe from German
motorized units.
Prezemysl Taken
The plight of the shattered Po-
lish armies grew worse as the
Germans continued to strike in all
parts of the country.
The army high command IN
Berlin said German troops had
occupied Prezemysl, so miles west
of Lwow Lemberg), taking 5000
prisoners and 126 guns. The Ger
mans also took Bialystok, 100
miles northeast of Warsaw. Ger
many sent large numbers Of Polish
prisoners to work on her farms.
In Paris, Polish sources said the
Polish army. although scattered,
was giving the German invaders
as much trouble as possible. Po-
lish troops, trapped in the Poznan
pocket, continued to fight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16

ne war Inf the l. - navy All IN
construction Of which Lamont him
self had prominent part in
handling machinery Installations
and trials.
The Seattle Tacoma company
was only one Of II bidders whose
proposals were opened originally
By the maritime commission on
July IL. II was the commissions
announced intention of ordering
from 20 10 rs Of the CT type yes.
sells In this batch. the awards 10
be scattered to lowest bidders ON
the basis OF four or five vessels 10
each Of the successful bidders.
hid ON Five
The local bid was on five and
among west coast bids. the Seattle
Tacoma bid was next TO the lowest
OF those which were accompanied
by required performance bond. II
was lower. even. than some OF the
bids OF east coast yards.
However, the maritime commits
sion began awarding after few
weeks TO lowest bidders of the east
and south and awarded four 10
Consolidated Steel Co. OF Los An
geles, whose figure OF 81 500. 900
per ship was far below other ac-
ceptable western and many eastern
and gulf coast bids. Within the
last 10 days. the commission
awarded Bethlehem Steel Co.'S
Union Iron Works plant at San
Francisco. five vessels. Unions
original bid was s2.40s. 900 COM
pared with the SeattleTacoma
price Of s2,2oI 800.
just over Two Million
The commission, however. had
been negotiating with bidders on
price and specifications and in all /
later awards the original bid price 4
had been substantially reduced so
that the average cost OF all the 4
CHS would be around $4,000 900.
Awards were being made just over
this figure for west coast produc-
ton.
Local bidders were interested in
the CT type Of cargo ship because
Of its relative simplicity Of con-
No passenger accommo-
dations are included and straight
construction would mean fast con-
struction.
May Start At Once
Plans are that re-establishment
of the Tacoma yards on the old
Todd Drydock & Construction Co.
site viii commence Immediately TO
provide a three-way yard-that is.
a yard laid out to build three bulls
at one time. II Is assumed. that
construction of one Of the vessels
might start as soon as the first
way is ready.
While first estimates indicated
1t might take four TO five months
to complete the Tacoma yards, 1t
now is believed possible to con-
struct the yards in los days and be
ready to launch the first hull in five
months.
To Tow Them TO Seattle
Once afloat, the intention Is to
tow the hulls to Seattle to the Todd
Seattle Dry Docks, Inc, for out
fitting, including installation of
machinery and equipment ready for
commissioning.
Thus steel shipDuilding is TO be-
come again one of Tacoma's major
industries. So far as Tacoma is
concerned, 1t is necessary to start |
again from scratch as the old Todd 1
plant here, which produced many
millions Of dollars in ships before,
during and Immediately after the
war, has long since been complete |
ly dismantled.
With building Of the Southern /
Pacific liner Bienville, later lost by /
fire off New Orleans, steel ship |
construction in Tacoma ended more |
than Is years ago. There were no |
more contracts and as time went 1
on the Todd local organization scat 1
4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
PRICE BOOSTS
SLOWED DOWN

WASHINGTON Secretary of
Labor Frances Perkins said Friday
that the war-lnsplred rise in food
prices has slowed considerably for
most commodities within the last
week
Miss Perkins said statistics com
piled by The labor department in a
special survey OF ~ cities showed
that retail prices OF 10 major COM
modities rose rapidly during tho
first few days following the out
break OF war IN Europe.
Since Sept 7. however. prices Of
eight Of these commodities have
shown little change. Prices Of the
other two lard and navy beans
continue 10 rise, she said.
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Examinations p n r r
Consultations
Estimates
All Work Guaranteed

All Work Guaranteed
For the past "a years I have
given the people OF this COM
munify a QUALITY DENTAL
SERVICE AT Low PRICES
prices they could afford to pay
land It's with pride I point 70
a clientele OF more than $4,000
patients as proof OF the sat1s-
faction nv work gives. ] per-
form all branches Of dentistry
WITHOUT PAIN and notwifn-
standing my Low PRICES, 40
not hesitate TO fully guarantee
all my work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
5O-YEAR CLUB

Plans to extend organization Of
the Tacoma State 50-Year club
were announced Saturday by
Secretary Harry II. Collier. The
club held a meeting last Saturday
at PIT. Defiance with Charles II.
Ross of Puyallup, president. in
charge. Alvin Mueller was elect
ed treasurer; George w. Fowler
and Mrs. Mile Ball, vice presi-
dents, Collier announced.
Fall bulbs you can afford. The
Garden Shop, Rhodes Bros.-ady.
EIGHTH WARD DEMOS
The Sth Ward Democratic club
will meet Monday evening at S
in st. Luke's Community house.
Senator Kathryn Malstrom will be
the speaker and doughnuts and
coffee will be served.
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
Charge Violation

The Belgian passenger liner
Alex Van 0pstal was sunk
late Friday night, as result Of
German action in violation
of international law" the
British ministry of informa-
ton said officially today.
The Alex Van opstal. 1896 tons,
the ministry said. was sunk OF
shambles llghtshlp near Wey-
mouth. Either the ship was tor
pedoed or, as It's master believes.
1t was destroyed by mine explo.
sion.
But, the ministry Of information
said, the British at no time have
laid live mines anywhere near
where the ship sank.
U-Boat Not Sighted
Forty-nine survivors. including
six injured. were landed IN
England. II was believed there had
been no deaths.
One OF the survivors said:
There was violent explosion
after the ship was struck, but we
saw nothing"
Alfred Thorne, assistant en-
gineer Of the Alex Van Opstal, said
There was terrific crash. We
were plunged into darkness and
fuel oil poured down like torrent.
We had seven passengers aboard.
The sea was calm. Our lifeboats
pulled over to the Greek steamship
Atlanticos, and we were told she
had seen submarine. One old
woman passenger suffered a
broken rib"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16

and the Germans cheered
response.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-16
EIGHTH WARD DEMOS
RUILDING PERMITS

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