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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06

Formerly little credence was
given radio names as potential
screen personalities. and eyebrows
lifted along film row when Jack
Benny made Man About Town
with Phil Harris and Eddie
(Rochester1 Anderson IN the cast.
Bob Hope caused some con-
sternauon when he took Jerry
Colonna from his air show into
the cast of Road to Singapore. '
bit this. like Man About Town,
was a smash hit
Benny went overheard when he
made Buck Benny Rides Again
with not only Harris and Roches-
ter from his radio show. but
Andy Devine and Dennis Day as
well.
Following these successes. Para
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06
Director Pleased
Thrilling Spy Story AT the Shell Theaier

Giant aircraft factories Of south
ern California where huge bomb
ers. swift pursuit ships and other
military planes ARE built for Use
in this country and abroad. form
the background NJ Univsrssls
graphic spy drama. Enemy
Agent" now ~ the Shell th.stsr,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06

with Richard Cromwell. Helen
Vincent. Robert Armstrong and
Jack La Rue IN leading roles The
story concerns efforts 81 CAen
in keeping aircraft plants free Of
foreign spies bent on sabotage and
theft Of secret military plane de-
Signs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06

Ard ,hlnE. set steadily funnieF
/. Deb Hrsndss hrcse hut
hsssh by friend turns her cvsr
hls knee IN a. effort o. Pound
.ons s~nse inie her.
rrcsinesd ~ Daryl y. E.nues.
with . great comedy cast. asa
featuring lis. Maxwell. hlssha
Au.r. Charlie Hursles Ralph n.l-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06

ismy. Nssis Hnr<reieen. n<Ftra
chuschiIi snd Frsasils fssane<u.
Public peh No T. rsomtsss io~si
fiim saalsnees al ire IauGhtss
thsyv. h~<n asking FOR and tasa
snmsi
Established - zoe ~ ths s~Fsen.s
most versatile liGht eomssfians $40
dancers. 0~efHs Murray has .
role ln Publ. nsh. No. 4 vhi<o
permits him In display heth
sslsn's A nrsndas psunilssu npy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06
City S Fire Loss

BAKER. Ore.-Fire Chief Otto
Karg has reported to city officials
that Bakers loss during October
totaled 81, although the value Of
properties risked by fire was
$40, $50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06
Patrick Henry
In Rialto Film
Orution Wins
Applause Of Cast

Approximately $50 years ago
an obscure Colonial rose up in
Virginias House Of Burgesses and
thumbed his nose at the English
king it was Patrick Henry who
sounded the call of revolt with his
fsn.ous ~ this be treason, make
tn, most Of IT,"
Historic Scene
This historic scene. re-enacted
for Direc tor Producer Frank
Lloyd's The Towards Of Viz
ginia." based on The Tree of
Liberty" may now be seen At the
Rialto theater In the neU Column
hia picture which Economically
links Cary Grant and Martha
Scott in thrilling story of Colon
ial days
The Patrick Henry scene. played
by Broadway's Richard Gaines, Il
only an incident In the film. but
screen newcomer Gaines played
IT with a fervor and a perfection
which elected unusual praise
some 500 extras IN the scene, even
star Grant and Lloyd forgot for n
moment that this was play-actinR
and broke out into cheers and
applause.
Director Pleased
This was the most spontaneous
tribute to film actor and his
scene that I've ever experienced. g"
said Lloyd. And Lloyd has been a
director for Is years
Gaines made his speech In an
eNact reproduction Of the House
of BurgeSses a. II now stands re-
constructed al Williamsburg. Vir-
ginia. where Lloyd and his COM
pany spent three weeks photog-
raphisg exteriors with as many as
1,500 extras.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06

Oh, ~ know the
Community Chest the Red
Cross and = hundred and
one calls for help -. - what
-. There are 10000 fellow.
In Tacoma alone Who could
plunk an Iron man On the
line and never miss II.
Warm underwear for blue cold
Riddles . what an opportunity
to make = gilt-edsed investment,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06

Harry Weeds. Paul tIx. LEROY
Mason and wilfr.d Lucas Tn.
Lndeman Sisters and Mlss vais
contribute selections in this ssssp.
tionslly eolorfui rKO Radio west
srn. directed ~ David Howard
snd produced by ssr, oslro,.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06

George Murphy Co-Siarred
With Brenda Joyce in Comedy
Companion Film TO Bring Cesar Romero
As the Hero In The Coy Cobollsro"

When the gorgeous thing in the zaor belt turns
gded Red" under the influence Of her Ronhan butler
from Brooklyn the fun begins in Elsa Msxwcls
Public Deb No H.. the 10th CenuryFox comedy which
brings George Murphy and Brenda Joyce To the Roxs
fheater "wednesday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06
Eight Radio Stars Appear in
Comm Round Mountain
Comedy Shares Beverly Screen Today
With Poromount's The Greet McGinty"

new high in cooperation between motion pctseS and
radio In appealing movie audiences is reached Para
mounts Bob Burns starring picture, Comm Round the
Mountain opening today the Beverly theater which
numbers eight well known radio personalities its cast
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06

George Murphy ord Bferdo
Joyce ore 60 stored IN Pub
lic Deb No +" which eomsx 10
Tho screen OF The Rosy iheossr
Wednesday,.
friend. wha .siil believes America
10 Gods country. Ne has . asy
time smaeklnH tho lovely nelrv.s
hack lnto llns. and the pair snsass
In . dance marathon that's sesn
called comedy knoekaus.
sharing shs screen ~lIl he ~Ths
Gay csbsllsro." starring Cesar
Romero.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06
And II Came To Pass,

-. il not. we Will have TO wait another four Ye
We have the opportunity TO play the political p'
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29
BY LOUIS +. KEEMLE
United Press Cable Editor

There are OmlnouS signs tnal llle
flames of war which are making
hell of Belgium and northern
France may soon spread over all
Europe.
The Mediterranean and south
eastern Europe are more or less IN
the balance. The impression is gen.
eral that Benito Mussolini plans
to embark on war as soon as it be-
comes apparent that Adolf Hitler
is about to win, but that he wants
Italy's gains to be made at the least
possible cost and will go in only
when the end is almost in sight.
One clear-cut Allied victory IN bat
tie, or a turn of the tide in the
Allies favor might keep him out
of it.
If Mussolini does go in. no one
is certain which way he will strike
the Balkans or northern Africa
and Gibraltar. the latter with the
aid of Spain.
The Balkans, which have been
apprehenSive OF an Italian attack
through Jugoslavia, looked some
what more hopefully today towards
Russia.
They have been wary of the So.
Wet Union, too. but Moscow i.
taking pains to assure them that
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29
Mussolini Awaiting Certainty Of
Nazi Victory Before Spreading War

ii wants the status of the Balkans
kept unchanged. and will resist any
effort To change it. That might be
tl3e factor which would induce
Mussolini to leave the Balkans alone
and concentrate on Gibraltar, Tu-
nlsia, Egypt and the Suez canal
If the Allied position in the west
becomes desperate. it seems quite
possible that they will not be able
to spare naval and land reinforce
mentS to prevent MuSsolinl from
getting what he wants in the Medl-
terranean.
But it Is not yet certain that
italy will go into the war 1t has
been lntimated in Rome that even
If she does not, her demands viii
be presented at any peace confer
ence just as though She had been
a belligerent.
The aftermath of the battle IN
Flanders may decide it. II the Allies
escape from Flanders, or are wholly
defeated, two courses might be open
to Hitler.
One would be to concentrate OH
a direct invasion OF England, Wllicll
Hitler plans in the long run any
way. The other would be TO deler
that major operation and try 10
sweep down to Paris around 'lie
left flank of the Maglnot line
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29
J.w.T. Mason, War Expert, Sees Nazi
Strength SIackening as Allies Rush
Desperately to Evacuate Positions

Berlin that up to million allied
troops in Flanders would be forced
to surrender or die are not being
justified by the turn of present
events are taking. Germany will
get the channel ports. but their
future value is yet to be deter
mined and any major advantage to
the Germans will have TO await
future developments.
Capture of Narvik by the Allies
indicates that the Germans have
over extended their battle front.
They have been compelled to re-
linquish their pressure in Norway
because of the enormous demands
for men and material along the
western battle line. This problem
of supply is a grave one Tor the
Germans, now that fighting has
developed in the open. 1t must
enter into all calculations concern
ing the future ability of the Ger
mans to develop major defensives
of long duration.
Narvik is the port for transpor-
tation by sea of Swedish ore SO
vital to the Germans, if the war
is long drawn. The capture by the
Allies of supply station OF such
importance is conclusive indication
that Germany has been so hard
pressed III recent fighting as to
compel Hitler to abandon hope OF
successes at sea.
If Germany could have evolved a
plan for transporting ore from Mar
vik through Norwegian coastal wat
ers into the Baltic, the high COM
mand undoubtedly would have made
more desperate efforts to retain the
port
The German army's need for
petrol is paramount due to the
new form of offensive fighting with
planes and mechanical units The
submarine and cruiser activities OF
the Germans have had to be SuS-
pended for this reason: and the sea
raiding phase of the was now APP
pears to have ended with Germany'S
withdrawal from water warfare The
Allied mastery of the sea is thus
reaffirmed. German plans for an
invasion of England will have 10
face this fact as Britain's para
mount bulWark
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29
Allies Americas
First Defenses'

AKRON, O., May 20. tUP)-Am-
orleans are not going over there
but the Allied powers constitute
our first line of defense and should
be given every help short of war,
Wendell L. Willkie, Republican
presidential candidate, said last
night.
Il should like to have Secretary
of State Cordell Hull ask the Allies
what help-Short of troopS-they
need so that the American people
could debate its merits Willkie
said in an address to an American
Legion post here.
We can dismiss as academic any
thought of going over there to save
them from the present emergency"
The executive said that the Unit
ed States has no troops to send
and added that if we had troops,
our lack of equipment still made it
impossible for us to send them.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29
Norvik Falls to
Allied Attackers

Germans sank two British hospital
ships some days ago near or IN
harbor
We can never forget such things.
1t will assure the Germans the
Warmest welcome received anywhere
if they invade this country"
CThe authoritative source for
the atrocity charges was not fur
ther identifiedD
The capture of Narvik occurred
last night, according to this war
office and admiralty communicate:
Information was received this
morning that Narvik was captured
last night by Allied forces and That
Fagernes and Forsneset also are IN
our hands.
While rejoicing over capture OF
Narvik and relieved by news OF the
BEF, Britons heard that British
shipping may be diverted to south
west coast ports in view of the inn
minence of a German blitzkrie5 ~
vasion.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29
BY j. w. T. MASON
United Press War Expert

Germany has failed to surround
the allied Flanders armies. Indi-
cations point to successful retire
ments across the channel back to
England, continuing for several
days. 1t is now becoming apparent
that the desperate fighting of the
Allies this week has been rear guard
actions on very large scale, COW
ering the transportation of British
troops returning to England. 1t
may we'll be that a part of the
Belgian army too was thus rescued
before King Leopolds capitulation.
Germany announced the capture
of Ostend only today. Dunkirk re-
mains open to the Allies as appar-
emily does the strongly fortified
port of Graveline, between Dunkirk
and calais. Allied evacuations
through these exits still may be
successfully continuing.
General Weygani's strategy plan
from the beginning of the Flanders
battle is now seen to have envisaged
an eventual retirement from the
Flander pocket. He did not order
a major counter offensive not only
because he had no time to reorgan-
ize his armies after the German
break through Sedan, but also be-
cause the inevitable casualties would
not have been justified by the ter
ritorial gains.
Since the Belgian Kings sur
render German pressure against the
greatly inferior allied forces has
not developed such strength as
might have been expected. The
Germans have been on the often
sive throughout the Flanders cam
paign and casualties are normally
at least three to one against at
tacking troops.
The German high command now
has to consider the partial exhaus-
ton which always follows a long
major offensive. This is why no
blitzkrieg stroke has been directed
against the slowly retreating Allies,
depleted through their numbers are
by the Belgian capitulation, Time
has been given to a very large
proportion of the Allied forces to
get away.
The exaggerated expectations OF
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29
Germany Captures
French Industrial
Center, Drives On

BERLIN, May %. UP)-German
armed forces were officially re-
ported today to have captured the
Belgian port of Ostend and the
French fortified city of Lille in a
climactic drive that squeezed rem
nants of the Allied army of thC
north into small but fiercely re-
SiSting bloc south of the threaten
ed English Channel city of Dun
kirk.
The entrapped British and French
forces were relentlessly attacked by
air and land along the User river
and canal after the German high
command declared that their fate
was sealed by NaZl advances thru
Belgium and Flanders.
Annihilation or surrender was be-
lieved by military sources to be the
only choices left open to the re-
naming Allied troops if they are
unable to eVacuate from the north.
leaving the Germans in possession
of all territory including the big
channel ports north of the River
Somme.
Responsible Nazi military sources
said that in the area south of
Lille and within the encircled area
of north France the remaining
French forces were being cut to
ribbons.
In he ValencienneS sector
French soldiers are heino "cop-
tured en- maSSe'. it was asserted.
The Belgian cities of Dixmuiden
south of Ostend, of Ypres, famous
World war battle-ground and Kem-
mel, on the French frontier were
stormed by the Germans, the high
command said.
The French port of Dunkirk was
under artillery fire, the communique
added, and Nazi sources said il
might already have been entered by
German troops even if it was moi
in the hands of Germans attempt.
ing TO cut off the last Allied avenue
of retreat.
Near Lille, the French town ot
ArmentiereS was taken and, accord.
ing to the high command, all re.
siStance south of Lille collapsed
This appeared to mean that th'
battle of Flanders was all but owe
and that the British and French
presumably evacuating by way o
Dunkirk, were fighting on nlerel'
to cover their retirement.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29

LONDON, MAY %. cUP)-The
Allies have captured the Norwegian
iron ore port of NarVik from Ger
man troops, seven weeks after its
occupation in the German For Nor
thern blitzkrieg, the admiralty anu
war office said today, and authorl-
tative British sources said that the
British evolutionary force, trapped
in Belgium and northern France,
still was intact.
The admiralty and war Office. IN
addition to claiming the capture ei
Narvik from stubborn German
forces which had been reinforced
nv parachutists and supported by
the DIR force. said that Gagernes
and Forsneset. Norway, also had
fallen to the Allies.
Fagernes is OIL the shores OF Mar
yik harbor and ForSneSet IS on the
iron ore railroad running eastward
from Narvik to Sweden
Authoritative information that the
BEF was intact relieved anxiety
which had increased yesterday when
its Vulnerability to attack followed
the capitulation of Belgian forces
under orders from King Leopold.
1T is impossible to say just where
the BEF is" it was said. There
is little doubt that it has not lost
cohesion. 1t is being admirably sup
ported by French troops in that
region
without delineating the region
authoritative sources said that the
BEF had withdrawn some miles TO-
wards the coast, where, it was pre-
s,lmed, it would embark while hgnt-
ing as stiff Il rear guard action as
possible.
An authoritative source charged.
The feeling of the BEF officers
and men is one of furious rage
against the Germans, not caused
SO much by the pounding 'they are
takine) from the air tanks and isf-
tillery as by the revolving deedS ol
German airmen and tankS-Women
and children along the roads deiiD-
erately machine gunned and slaa9il-
tered"
Tanks rolling along roads are
crushing women and children. Ine
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29
Political Parties Unite
Behind Defense Experts

WASHINGTON, May % up
Democrats and Republicans in con-
gresS buried the hatchet today on
the administrations defense pro-
gram and pledged cooperation With
President Roosevelt's seven member
national defense commission
The commission, composed of cX-
perts in industry, labor and govern
ment, holds its initial conference
with Mr. Roosevelt tomorrow.
Members OF both parties in con-
gress cheered the presidents selec-
ton of President William S. Kngd-
sen of General Motors corporation
and Chairman Edward r. Stettinius.
jr of the U. S. Steel corporation
to supervise the olfpus Of inGus-
trial machinery needed to speed up
the S3.297O09, ASP defense program.
This is very good start" said
Assistant Senate Republican Leader
Warren r. Austin. Il believe Mr..
KnudSen and Mrs S.ettlnlCa are
excellent choices. They are eXper-
fenced industrialiSts of proven cali
Der"
Austin, whose views were share d
by Republican Leader Charlc5 L.
McNary and Sen. Arthur H. VAN
denberg, R. Mich, said chat in
view of Mr.. Roosevelt's announce
ment. he probably would abandon
his fight for legislation to create
a five member civilian defense
council.
Besides Knudsen and Stettinius.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29
DIES

WASHINGTON, May %. up -
The navy was advised today that
Capt. Robert Patter Molten, So,
commander oi the aircraft carrier
u. S. S. Saratoga died aboard ship
Yesterday OF Il heart attack.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29

PARIS. May 29. tUP)-An army
spokesman reported today that
French forces wiped out three Ger
man bridgeheads south OF the river
Somme while forces in the north
inflicted heavy losses as they with
drew in the face of enemy pressure
The French asserted that the en-
tire south bank of the Somme Is
now in their control and that
French bridgeheads have been eS-
tablished at several points on the
north bank. These bridgeheads
might be employed as the spear
head of d counter offensive should
one be ordered.
Military sources and the high
command made plain that the
French lines along the Somme and
the Aisne are being strengthened
to withhold any fresh German drive
south after the action in the north
has been completed.
Retreating yard by yard under
2 relentless German attack, fighting
for its life against the threat OF
complete encirclement. the Allied
army of the north was reported
meanwhile to be holding its own and
inflicting tremendous losses on the
Germans
The position of the northern ar
my. numbering up to 100000 men.
including most of the British eX-
peditionary force and picked French
motorized divisions. was extremely
critical, admittedly. but it was not
despairing.
Throughout the night, after deser-
ton by the Belgian army. the
French and British fought, retreat
ing slowly, against continuous Ger
man attacks. an army spokesman
said. and kept up the fight today
The army spokesman said, and the
French high command asserted OF :
ficially. that the Allied army, tax
ing the full force of an attack by
overwhelmingly superior forces, Was
fighting valorously and inflictlne
enormuS losses on The Germans.
Our troops are resisting III the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29
Nazis Use Giders
ToLand Parachute
Troops at Night

PARIS, May %. tUP) = Long
trains of oversize gliders, towed to
great attitudes by bomber planes
and then cut loose, are being used
to transport German parachute
troops by night to points behind
the Allied lines in northern France,
it was reported today.
Trains of five or six gliderS, each
capable of carrying six parachutists
with field equipment, are towed
to heights of 10000 feet or more
and are turned loose Il few miles
from the objective.
These motorleSS troop ferries
soar noiselessly above the enemy
terrain while the parachutists float
to the ground, unheard and un-
seen-since the maneuver is car
ried out at night.
Despite their weight when thus
loaded, the gliders are believed
capable of soaring as far as GO
miles from lie point where they
are cut loose from their aerial tug
boats
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29
Northern Army Retreats Yard by
Yard, InfIicting Heavy Losses on
German Forces Driving Into Belgium

north with admirable Vigor against
the enemy's desperate Efforts said
the high command. Absolutely Ger
tain reports permit affirmation that
losses the Germans sustained yes
terday and last night were particu-
larly high
The army spokesman. describing
the Allied stand as heroic, told how
little rear guard units, detailed to
mold back attacking German forces
many times their number, were
striking fast and hard into the
German lines. hour after hour and
then retiring-those who 8ere left
to the new Allied positions. each
time farther back toward the chan
mel coast.
Through last night, the spokes-
man said, fighting continued un-
abated, the Germans seeking to
press their overwhelming ADVANTAGE
in numbers and equipment, the AL
lied rear guards Stubbornly resist
ing, holding them back SO that the
bulk of the army. at least. coul6
escape.
The situation was again what it
had been last week. when the Ger
mans drove their Wedge-into
France-what the army informant
called melee on a nightmare scale
in which groups of men little and
big fought to the death in in
diyidual action. and Allied mechan-
lied units, tanks and armored cars,
slashed back into the lines of tEe
advancing Germans. tangling up
the German advance guards into
an inextricable mass of fighting
men and then getting back-it they
could.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29
Overhaul Car
Now for Summer
Vacation Trip

Just ask for Big John-you
can't miss him.
The reference is to John L.
RObards, chief of the Barbara
Worth Rerair Shop at 1872 Main
street, adjoining The Barbar;.
Worth hotel.
With 23 years of experience
with motors behind him, Big
John is equipped to spot every
i'll that an automobile can fe-
yelop quickly and correctly.
His shop is complete with all
the modern tools and equip
meut for all kinds of repair
work on all types Of cars.
Big John was called to Ell
Centre from Haskell, Tex. in
1884. He worked for Roy WO-
mack up unit! December of
1889 at which time he entered
business for himself. Big Johns
Texas history is the story of
one big garage after another,
each one adding to his expert
ence with motor ears.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-29
Ell Centr0 sYs;ssssss Rs;isss;S Directory
Large Parties Find
Entertainment at
Bdwy Chop Suey
COnfuciuS say:

COnfuciuS say:
Smart man, when empty.
fills at Broadway Chop Suey."
If the sage of China could
have visited Ell Centre, that
is undoubtedly what he would
have done. He would have
made bee line for AL Broad
way where X. Kitatani MAIN
tainS one of the largest res
taurants in Imperial Valley.
Kitatani has been in busi-
ness in the valley for five years
and is admirably equipped to
serve the best in oriental
dishes. He specializes not only
in Chinese and Japanese fare,
but also in American foods.
Some of Kitatani's special
ties-fried shrimp, Sukiyaki,
fried chicken-would make Os-
car of the Waldorf wild with
jealousy and send Alexander
Woolcott into widest prose.
Particular emphasis at the
Broadway Chop Suey is laid
upon large parties.