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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
u. S. Guards
Base Details

WASHINGTON - The army to-
day guarded details Of Its arrange
ments to garrison the newly-Ne-
quired L. s. bases in Newfound-
land early in January.
The contingent will sail from
New York for St Johns under
command Of Col NJ. u welty. Tn.
transport. the s s Admund u.
Alexander. VIII be moored Of st.
Johns and will house the troops un-
al shore barracks are completed.
Dispatch Of troops to the North
Atlantic island colony marks the
first move by this government 10
garrison the bases which II leased
brom Britain In a trade for L. s.
destroyers
The number Of troops involved
WAS not disclosed. The chief Amer
lean base In Newfoundland IN being
established near st Johns. with
supplementary facilities at Little
Placentia harbor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24

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IN prcduetlnn u sse~stas nteksl.
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cent nNnths sna efsss.fshrless
ing facilities ssii - increased
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
Police 10 Probe
Shooting Of Youth

rORTIA>n-A police inquiry
hoard Wln investigate Tuesday the
shooting 81 George 3. tSmpro.
2s-year-old Portland nelder 3he
vas the innocent victim - hank
holdun. Police Chief Harry NJ
Niles announced totay
Iampro continued 70 show i'm
nrovement despite bullet wound
n the Abdomen ard the ioss -
much blood
Lsmpro VAS shot hy Ri I'd
wards Young patrolman. when =
detail 81 officers coTnered LOYAL
NcCeady. hank bandit. who com
msndeered Lampros car after
holding up the Union Avenue
branch Of the United states Ma
tional hank
Meanwhile. formal charges Of
hank robbery were flee IN fed
eral court against AcCeady hy
L. $. Distinct Attorney Carl c
DonauEh
Authorities indicated that Kid
nsping charges may also he pre-
ferred. Donsueh said he would
ask that bail Of at least SIS. 900
be set on McCresdy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24

Airmail from Taeoms during the
Christmas season this year has far
exceeded that ~ any year during
the sam. period. according n Post
master George Fishburn.
More and more Christmas
greetings are being sent by air
mail" he sad Saturday. This
year far exceeds any other in the
history Of Tacoma for Christmas
rIsh sirmsil eispstches
Tn. postmaster noted that The
outgoing parcel post mail for Dec.
i and 10 was the heav1es. for any
other two days in N. history Of
the city
In the corridors n The postoffles
Taoomsns stood in line Saturday
n buy stamps and have their
packages weighed This system
q buying stamps and Of having
packages weighed az separate
booths has speed.d up ssryie. ard
reduced congestion 70 a minimum
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
Group Insurance
For PUD'sOkehed

OLYMPIA Public power dis
tricts can buy group insurance for
their employees and pay the
premium out Of operating income.
Attorney General Smith Troy tn
day advised State Auditor Cliff
Yelle.
The question arose in ths Cow
litz county public utility district.
which bought the system Of a
private company and retained
some so Of it's employees. The in
surance premium amounted 10 81
a month for each employe.
Troy said there was nothing In
existing law TO prevent a district
from providing for safety Of its
employees and purchasing insnr-
snce along Inns Of the plan used
by the private company.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
State S Booileu
Raids Frequent

OLYMPIA TNs state liquor
hcsrs made /. st~rred-uP drive -
sreas.ssies snd tsc,ierKers during
The isso fiscal year. - inspectors
making lis aids and los ar
r,sis n. annual rrrert showed t.
aay.
Tns last legislature widensd the
scsrts enforcement powers ~ Ter
hitting ia investigators % make
raids ard arrests without having
To - depu,ized ~ the state patrol
ss result enforcement setivi-
tie. showed = marked Increase
over the esi raids and 81 arrests
dufiia less me boards rolieinx
force vas enlarged from eight 70
Is men
Tire hard said the Increase IN
arrests Was due more u activity
q ito enforcement department and
not to an increase IN volume 81
Illicit o. criminal operations.
Due % the larger numbers ~
army snd navy men In the state.
the Enforcement problem has re-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24

Arranged four-dsy cruise fer
chan be- member.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
Tacoma Chamber S Activities
For Past II Months Listed

2 Arranged four-day cruise fer
chamber member.
Permanent Affair
Directed organization q perma-
nent local Daffodil festival com
mittee; aided celebration.
Aided in project 10 solve inter.
coastal ship shortage.
Started campaign for Industrial
expansion citing mineral and
forest resources.
Answered ) 500 miscellaneous in
quiries
Held weekly forums; enter
tanned national personageS
Arranged siN-weeks industrial
contact trp through east BY cham
Der manager and mayor.
Other Activities
Numerous orller activities were
conducted by the Alaska develop
ment committee. c c Garland.
chairman: civic affairs committee.
W. Doyle Watt. chairman; finance
membership committee. Harris
Warwick. chairman; hospitality
A. W Taylor. chair
man: industrial bureau. W A.
Heath. chairman; legislation. c. 8.
Reynolds, chairman. marine and
trade. w c Theda. chair
man; members forum. Richard W
chairman: military and
naval affairs, u. r p. Warren.
chairman.
Others included work OF the
Narrows bridge committee. l. F.
chairman: public edu-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24

MAJOR moves IN a year replets
With activity today highhghted IN.
report Of the Tacoma Chamber ot
Commerce projects during 1910.
IN many cases. DAYS ran into
months Of effort. President Everett,
I Smith pointed cut in his annual
report.
SO extensive was the work that
merely 10 enumerste the foremost
activities. Heading the list were
activities OF the general chamber.
Seventeen. singled out for men
iion, were as follows:
Direction Of the Nsrrows hrdge-
McChord field celebration
Aid TO city N arranging inter-
tie with Bonneville power system
Cooperation in setting up indus
trial tideflsts district
Obtained Extension
Work with srmy and air corps
and securing Of s450.000 for ex-
tension of Fort Lewis land area.
Continuance Of adequate COM
mercial airport development.
Participation in $4,000 Ever
green Playground association tour
ist-attraction campaign.
Campaign for reduction in Mar
rows bridge tolls now reflected in
lower ferry rates.
Led fight TO retain CHS radio
facilities here.
Directed campaign for equality
Of freight rates with Seattle in
Alaska.
Cooperated in census count.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24

cation. p NJ Meyer. chairman.
publicity and tourist bureau. Paul
NJ Smith. chairman: retail trade
bureau. X. r Forbes president;
roads and bridges committee. W.
{. Raleigh. chairman. sports. Ted
Faux. chairman; state develop
ment. W. n. Price, chairman. and
traffic and transportation. Eric l.
Stromer. chairman
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24

qaired sdaed vigilance. u salt
Higher liquor prices sheuid ths
coming legislature ehca~~ that
method once mere 10 raise mere
money. wenid mean saded prob
lens In combating ecesisgxsnx
and Illicit liquor. the report he'd.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
arm Outlook Better
In Clark County
yANCoINER

NANfOINBR -- Increases W
syailsbls feed supplies and gains
IN tho price ~ buttsrfst have con
sidsrsbly improved outlook for
many farmers Of Clark county. ar
eording 70 Glen Cooding. assistant
extension agent Coustrsction ~
new harms. Eilos and other farm
buildings - pointed 70 ~ Cooling
a. evidence u N. improved att
tgds ~ farmers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24

sNATrfg-The re- vietor ~
HIftsf. =. stats director q Chris
Ilsa raae=fson far fn~ ws~nlnxfon
s~pti.f convention fuf th< past 70
vrsrs. ai~4 Sunday.
Evening star., 1940-07-05
U. 5. Will Mass 10000
For August War Games
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMP BEAUREGARD, La, July
appropriations were started today
for second concentration Of 10000
soldiers in the Sabine River area
of Louisiana and Texas for war
games featuring modern warfare
methods.
Almost all the entire Regular
Army and National Guard strength
of Texas, Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee
and the Carolinas will engage in the
maneuvers, lasting through August.
1t. Gen. Stanley D. Embick, vet
eran of more than 40 years Army
experience, will command the Au-
gust maneuvers, as he did those last
May, in which 10000 Regular Army
troops took part.
The May war games were outlined
along the standard line of warfare
with the infantry the keystone of
attack and defense. They ended
disastrously for the numerically su-
perlor Blue Army, bringing from
generals who served as umpires some
Evening star., 1940-07-05
Alb Foreign Vessels
In American Ports
Subject 10 Seizure
Presidents Recent
Proclamation, However,
Not Yet Put in Effect
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A survey of foreign ships in Amer
lean waters made liable to detention
under Presidnt Roosevelt's recent
proclamation disclosed today 418 YES
sells, most of which belong to bel
ligerent or invaded countries.
They included 100 British, 76 Nor
wegian, 36 Danish, 25 Italian, %
Dutch, II French, Belgian, Ger
man and 2 Rumanian ships.
OF these, 80 apparently were
berthed for the duration of the war,
among them the famous British
liner Queen Elizabeth and the
French Normandie.
Seizure Authorized.
The Presidents proclamation au-
thorized the Treasury, through it's
customs and Coast Guard services,
to detain or even seize any ship,
foreign or domestic, whenever it ap-
peared necessary either to safeguard
United States interests and property,
or to protect the vessels themselves.
Power to prevent anchorage of new
arrivals also was given.
To date, high Treasury official
said, no ship asking permission to
leave has been refused, and no YES
sci seeking to dock has been turned
away.
The country with the most "laid-
up" ships in American ports is Den
mark, with 27 which have been mere
from one to three months. Italy
probably is next with 25 but figures
for Italian ships are confused by
the movement of the vessels from
one American port to another
Nine British, Dutch, 4 Norweg-
ian, 3 Belgian and 2 German ships
have been here more than a month.
Few French Ships.
Although at the time of the Presi-
dents order some officials believed
that it was intended primarily TO
hold French ships, the survey dis
Evening star., 1940-07-05
Fireworks Accidents Cut
81 Per Cent in Kansas CITY
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associate Press.
KANSAS CITY, July 5.-Kansas
City, labeled the most dangerous"
city in the Nation for its July 4, 1899,
accident record, bid for the safest"
title this year by reducing fireworks
injuries 81 per cent.
Only 33 persons were injured, none
seriously. Last year, the American
Medical Association listed 243. That
was the basis for the most danger
Gus" tag hung on Kansas City by
the National Society for the Preven-
ton of Blindness. There were no
deaths either year.
Police said the 1910 record is the
city's best.
Lear B. Reed, F. B. I. agent re-
Gently turned Chief of Police, cam
paigned strenuously for a safe
Fourth. He threatened arrests for
violations of ordinances against fire.
crackers, torpedoes, bombs and other
explosives; criticised parents for per-
mitting children to handle danger
Gus fireworks, and placed warning
signs at the city limits.
Meantime, Kansas City passed its
82nd consecutive day without a
traffic fatality, increasing its all
time record for safety on the streets.
Evening star., 1940-07-05

Two others, the Clemenceau and
Gascogne, were still half finished
on the stocks. To these two bat
tleships must be added 2 aircraft
carriers, 3 cruisers, destroyers, 13
submarines and 20 escort vessels.
The Germans will have great diff
Guilty in manning any large surface
ships, but, as observed, we do not
yet know to what lengths French
Indignation may carry; the posi-
bility of the Petain government S
joining Germany in an attack on
Great Britain cannot, according to
present indications, be wholly dis
counted.
Immediately for consideration is
the possibility of Germany's acquir-
ing any large number of French
submarines to reinforce her own
U-boat fotillas. The amount of
damage, if any, done to ships un-
der construction or in dockyard
hands before the yards were cap
tured by the Germans is unknown
One further result of the resolute
British action certainly will be the
extinction of the recent crop of
peace rumors. No act more wholly
inconsistent with an intention to
make peace could be conceived of
than that which the British gov
ernment has seen fit to take, an
act the consequences OF which may
not be wholly beneficial, which must
have been entered upon with the
most extreme reluctance under the
pressure of a necessity deemed over
whelming.
1t is to be noted that at Oran
the British concentrated upon the
capital units, three out of four of
which they accounted for. They
Evening star., 1940-07-05

were thinking of sea command, not
of operations in inland waters. They
were taking risks to destroy ships
which might otherwise deprive them
of control of the oceans, of their
power of slow and steady strangula-
ton of their foes. That means that
they hope to be able to tighten that
stranging grip week by week and
month by month, while famine
gnaws at the vitals of Europe. 1t
adds force to the Prime Minister'S
words of a few weeks ago: Even
if we are at last driven from these
islands, We will continue the war
at sea and from the dominions un-
til victory shall be ours"
There could be no clearer indi-
cation of the fact that the leaders
OF Britain were thinking that some
future historian of this war may
well paraphrase Mahan's graphic
Evening star., 1940-07-05

critical comment on the whole pres
ent-day Army staff, equipment and
training.
A different plan Of attack and de-
fense is expected to be used in the
approaching practices, with troops
utilizing as much as possible the
lessons of lightning warfare used in
the present European conflict.
The August war games here are
the largest of series to be held
throughout the Nation by Regular
Army troops and the National
Guard.
Evening star., 1940-07-05

closed only II French vessels in
American waters. Only one of
these, the Normandie, has been here
more than few days.
The Scandinavian, Dutch and Bel
gian ships reported apparently were
active in trade outside of their own
countries, for their calls at American
ports seemed of temporary char
acter.
Evening star., 1940-07-05

sentence to write: "Those distant,
storm-beaten ships upon which the
soldier of the German army never
looked still stood between them and
the dominion of the world
(Copyright 19iO)
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22

romances is Say It With Flow CTS
 Find of the year is 23-year- old Laird Cregar-he stands b foot 4 and w-ighs mere 3O9 pounds - who is making his screen debut in the million dol lar color feature Hudson Bay with Paul Muni, Virginia Field, John Sutton, Nigel Bruce and a beautifully-talended girl Gene Tierney (Who5- debut was in "The Return of Frank JameS') Laird's local stage role in "Oscar Wilde did the trick after hard boiled filmland had turned him down cold.
 If his first film role is only half as good as his performance in "Oscar Wide" we are confid- ent that this gsnial young fellow is HollyWood's neWst star.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22
Says Alaska Is Easy Market To Sell In

NEW YORK With Alaska be coming a keypin in Amarica's na tional defense program duz to it's proximity to Soviet Russia and Japan, an unusual opportunity looms for American manufactur- CTS to increase trade there, Theo C. Wiehe, president of Sehenley International corporation, said in an article in Shipping Digest published recently on his two months tour of the Territory.
 Alaska, he said, is "one of the easiest of all markets to sell be cause the people are optimistic about business"
 Tt is important 10 study flu tun trade possibilities in Alaska carefully MT. Wiehe said, first because while it is not strictly speaking, export trade at all most American manufacturers handle it through their export departments; second, because trading with our own territori s and possessions is much simpler than with foreign nations, for several reasons and is a very profitable item in many an Am erican company's business"
 Alaska is a good market for American products today. vet there is still plenty of room for improvement, th. Sehenley com pany's foreign trade expert be- Iieves. Canned goods enjoy an excellent market because of the limitation on fresh food impos- cd by tn climate and transports tfan difficulties. he points out Brewers and disllIers do a gooc business too. he said.
 Drawing a paraI q be,weer the growth of Alaska trade wItf that of the Canal Zone, Puere Rico and Hawaii Mir Wiehc explains that important q fens. Notifications and new roads now being planned will require mer sent from the United States Wh, "W.ll be wi paid and therefor, w.ll q.Ve A asE8 considerable in c@ea- j Du.chaSi1g power
 Mir. Wiehe compares Alaska t
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22

you when and where they're go- ing each evening-He can even tell you when a romance starts cooling
 Yes, he could til you who the gentleman is who has been send ing Norma Shearer flowers now that the George Raft romance is colder than piece of ice. He probably can sven tell when the Bil Holden Brenda Marshall marriage vii come off-he has to know in advance to arrange the flowers.
 The theme song of Hollywood
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22

the wild and woolly West of our frontier days Its cities are really towns = only one, Juneau the capital has oyer 4,000 inhab itants and only seven have over LOGO population. To that can be added summer population which comes from the United States for fishing, canning and mining operations
 There is no manufacturing in Alaska worth mentioning so there is no question of competi- ton from the local market for manufactured products. MT. Wiehe said The purchasing pow er of thz inhabitants comes from fsh, furs, gold and other miner als a billion and a half dollars worth of which have been export ed since 1867 when the United States purchased the territory from Russia, he explains.
 Summing up the factors favor able to tn individual manufac- turer seeking to expand trade with A aska. MT. Wiehe mentions the "undeniable prosperity right now: indications that it and the size of the market will increase when gov zrnmental defense pro- iects go through, absolutely no exchange restrictions, quotas, tar ifs or other trade barriers; and people who like Amercian pro ducts because they are Ameri- cans"
 On the adverse side of the ledger, he would put the present small population of the territory, transportation difficulties: and eli mat;c difficulties (although he said the extreme southeastern portion of the L rritary has eli mate Ike that of Albany, N Y. throughout the entire year.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22
Man Comes To Grips
 With Bear

In a battle with a grizzly bear near Cinema Hot Springs, John Gregg came off victor after he had ben mauled and bitten by the creature and after his ally in the struggle, faithful dog had been so badly injured he had to be slain.
 Details of the encounter are contained in a letter written by Jack Mutchler, who is at the Springs, to his brother David Mutchler in Fairbanks.
 Jack did not see the fight, but he saw the dead bear. which weighed between 700 and 300 pounds and measured more than seven feet from tail to nose.
 Jack, in his letter, says:
 Gregg had killed a moose, and had put in into a cache about one mile from his cabin. Sub sequently when he went to the cache to get some moose meat, he learned a bear, a big one judg ing from its footprints, had eat en most of the moose. and had dragged nearly all the remaind- CT away. There was just little of the moose left in the cache.
 Gregg started to trail the bear and the stolen moose meat H. found a quarter of the moose and pulled it back to the cache Then he took up the bears trail again to find more of the stoler meat. He found some, and with it retracsd the trail back to- ward the cache. He got pretty close to the cache when he saw the bear coming from one side of it toward him.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22
HOLLYWOOD STAR-rluES
By Chuck Cochard

HOLLYWOOD tEXc.asive) - Movieland's florists can tell you more about your favorite stars than all the snoopers and gos- sips together.
 More real hot gossip passes through their hands each day than the average columnist re- ceives in Week-For it is the florists who can tell you WHO is sending WHO orchids this week The Hollywood borist can tell
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22
Only 10 Feet Away

The bear was only 10 fezt dis tant. Gregg had his gun slung oyer his shoulder with a strap. Before he could get his gun off his shoulder, he was grabbed by one of his legs by the bears mouth, and was pulled down on his back. The bear started to drag Gregg toward some nearby woods.
 Gregg had his mitts on and
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22
The Seattle Fur Exchange 1908 Western Avenue
 Seattle, Wash.

had difficulty in getting the safe ty off his rifle. He finally made it but the gun was upside down. The barrel was pointed toward the bear, however. Gregg put the muzzle about six inches from the bear, just behind the animals shoulder and pulled the trigger.
 Gregg said the bear made an awful face, and let a groan out of him.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22
Bear Breaks Dogs Back

Just after Gregg fired the shot, his dog grabbed the bear by the shoulder. This attracted the grizzley's attention to the dog. The bear let go of Gregg and hit the dog one swipe, break ing the dogs back.
 Gregg shit again, hitting the bear near the first shot The bsar then turned from him and the dog and started for the woods. Gregg got to hls feet and shot again. With that shot the bear app ared to quicken his pace. Gregg fired once more and the bear went down and stayed down.
 Gregg had to shoot his dog, which was the saddest part of the affair.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22
Every Month in the Year Auction Sales Dates
1 9 4 0 December II
1 9 1 1

SPECIAL SALES HELD ON REQUEST OF SHIPPERS Advances will be maue as usual when requested. Transferred by telegraph
 If Desired
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22
Weather Elsewhere: 100 am Nome Time

Suggestions ana Criticisms Invited
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-22
Felt Pain Near Cabin

"Gregg did not feel much pain from the bit in his leg until he got near his cabin. Then the in- jured leg started to pam aw- fully. When he got home he found the boot on the injured leg had lot of blood in fl. The leg had two de D tooth marks.
 "Gregg's leg is in fine shape now, however. He limp5 a little but he is past the danger of in- lection The leg is amost healed .
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-06

Alfred Frauenfeld
London reports the U. S. secret
service has received information
that Alfred Fr&uenfcld, Austrian
Nazi, has been appointed to succeed
Fritz Kuhn as leader Of the Ger
man-American Bund. Kuhn was
Jailed recently for THEFT,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-06

Mrs. Jennie Dole
A $10-a-week shirt factory worker,
Mrs. Jennie Dole, a widow, seeks to
have invalidated the new one and
half per cent income tax on the pay
envelopes of all Philadelphia work
ers. Her court action is backed by
the CLIO.