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Trial Of John Alfred Cerum. 81.
charged with forging s41.15
check and passing IL at the New
Annex lunch In Tacoma last Jan. ,.
was set Thursday for June IT In
Judge Il. ID. Hodges court.
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fit, and TO defend him when
actions were brought seeking
an accounting Of his steward
ship.
Prosecutors said this WAS the
first time lawyers and a banker
(Burroughs) accused of preparing
the setup for an asserted fraud,
ever had actually been indicted
along with the principal defend
ant.
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Holy Communion Women
Anticipate Party

The wnmsn's xalla n shs
Church Of The Holy Communion
win hold Tho second % . series
Of spring parties Friday u The
psrish house ~ o'clock. aames
Of al sorts win b. played during
The evening and = late supper win
Be s~rysd. COMMITTEES members
include Mssdames j. T.. Eshsiman
and A. A. cronemllier. tables:
Ray johnson and n. ~. Modlnnis.
cards: v. ~. f,iimsnisr, favnrs,
". A. Hooott. Matte Campbell ana
elsie Smith. supper Thomas
Mooney and Howard Richards.
decorations. Miss Shirley rsocots
and Mlas Beverly Mooney. candy,
and serving, Mrs. Thar johnson,
Miss Ruth Eshsiman and Mia.
May Sanford.
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"a ths neesason ~ hsT lAsri
birthday r~osnsiy. Marcy Ann
sTAith. daughter ~ Mf. sna Mr.
n y. aassh. wss haaarsa - :
birthday party Al wha1h four fsn.
sf.tlanx ~ her family were repre-
ssHied. Ameax these pss@~Hs wsEs
Mrs I. x. tiek<Fa her krvss.
grandmother MIRA ". ~ fs.rxss.
hss grandmother Mfz. fTnsth. h<r
mother. and the honor guest and
her sister. Donna Lee. who rep.
resented he foarsA Eensrstian
PINK ard blue wlla faow~ss ana
hsiloons aeeeFsssd sAs Feums ana
candy Nay baskets ana : ,.rxs
ihrct- tieted cake. vita three can.
iisA appointed ne sshls. Mira
Smith WAS assisted ~ Af. lsss-
old iaroheen.
otasFs Vim we're rrsssnf were
Mrs. Howard Massey ard Hstss.
Robbie and Hilly: Ars n "
knimm and MssslyH. Mrs1 i'm
Newman ard Virginia. afs Isss.
old tsethlis ami I-hyiszs ana twin
daughters. Lois ana Lee. Mrs. ore
Jensen ana Isyrnns Mrs.. waisa
rresha and Danny NJ. Lester
cnie and Hillys Mrs. carl suna
and f,nnnys Mrs. Lynn walter and
Judith, Mrs. v. -. H.ms~s. MIRA
Harold Jacobson. and Mia. Mary
HargeF. aunt az The homer quest.
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Mr.. and MIR. Sovereign An.
nouncs Dauqhier's Bsiroths|

Mr.. and Mrs. n. Isolsa Sovereign
announce The engagement Of their
eldest daughter Miss Lillian iiiiiis
Sovereign, and Mr.. James Grant
Mcissnna OF Bsattls. The mar
rage viii be solsmnlxed In lais
summer with tbs nsw home m.as
In Seattle.
Mr.. Moifanna Il the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. James Meknnna u
whitsa, Wash.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Soviet Troops Promise
To Fight al Any Minute
BY the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, Dec. From what Is
designated as "the Far Eastern
front" a Communist party confer
ence of the Red Army has sent to
Joseph Stain promise that the
troops Of Soviet Russia will fight
at any minute" and defeat any
enemy"
The pledge was expressed by Gen
Popof. who commands the 1st Far
Eastern Army, following a meeting
of officers. commissars and troops
who are members of the party. Gen
Gregori M. Stern. commander in
chief of the Far Eastern forces, spoke
at the assemblage.
(ThiS week the Soviet govern
ment CURLY informed Toxic that
its policy with regard to China"
which is one of supplying Chang
Kai-shek with aid against Japan,
remains unchanged, despite jap
anese action in recognizing" the
puppet government of Wang
Ching-wei at Nanking)
In the Moscow military district
another conference sent another
message to Stain in which it was
asserted: I'VE are ready to answer
with double blow at any minute
any blow by the incendiaries of
war"
This message listed the 1889 So
Wet victories over Japan in Far
Eastern border clashes along with
Soviet triumphs in Poland and Fin
land as lines on brilliant new page
in the history Of the armed forces
of the country Of victorious So
cialiSm -
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Caroline Hood
To Address Club

Behind the Scenes in Rockefeller
Center" will be the subject of an
address by Caroline Hood before
members of the Twentieth Century
Club, at 2 pm. Friday, at the Y. w.
G. A.
The meeting, to be attended by
members of the art, ivics-education,
drama, garden, international out
look and nature sections of the club,
has been arranged by Mrs. Harold
N. Fowler, chairman of the art sec
ton. There will be no other meet
1ngs of these sections this month.
Miss Hood, known as Rockefeller
Center's Flying Ambassadors" is
. niece of the late Raymond M
Hood, one of the architests of
Rockefeller Center. Her lecture will
b accompanied by colored pictures.
Evening star., 1940-12-08

pleted his grip on the throat of
France Also, this was the corner
which became gateway to the
world outside for the portion of the
population of Europe That was ter
rified for its life.
This happened, literally, in three
weeks: One week France was an or
derly, precise nation famous for its
frugality. The next week order and
frugality had vanished Expensive
automobiles were being thrown or
given away. Life savings were being
squandered to buy place in line
before foreign consulate. German
officers were setting up printing
presses in the back rooms of stores
a grocery store in st. Jean de Luz,
where I was-and fresh francs, still
wet, were pouring of them. BY the
third week each dwelling on the
long coast line of France from BEL
GUM to Spain was occupied by Ger
mans in uniform.
People, simply reading of the ref
ugees who came fleeing in the van of
the armies, can have no idea of what
it was like. l was in Bordeaux,
where my husband was stationed
on port duty, when saw the first
Of them. They were Dutch and Bel
gians in motor cars, and I watched
them from my window in the Hotel
Splendide as they parked in the
great square opposite.
Jewels, But No Place to Sleep.
They filled the square rapidly, and
I went out and walked among them
Some. with money on deposit, made
straight for the branch of the Bank
of France. The bank was still &C
cepting Belgian currency. but those
with Dutch forms learned that their
money was worthless. I remember
most clearly beautiful Dutch wom-
an separating herself from the ter
rified crowd before the banks doors
and looking gravely down at her
hands. Her hands were covered
with diamonds. She pointed to the
smallest of the collection and told
her companion, Il shall sell that
one"
This was one of the grotesqueries
Evening star., 1940-12-08
British Aid
Continued From First Page.)

total amount of foreign investments
in the United States in 1887
amounted to 1898 100000, of which
81 882 SOB 900 represented direct in
vestments. The direct investment
of all foreign capital gave to for
eigners the control of l,l72 CON-
panies and branches in the United
States.
Breakdown of Investment.
The United Kingdom direct in
vestment came to $685., ,343 900, di-
vided thus among industries:
Manufacturing, 1886 SAT ,000
Distribution. s29674,000
Transportation, $50 285.000.
Public utilities, 1925 900.
Petroleum. s92 $40 900. ...-........ ......
Mining, $l3,146,000.
Finance, s277,o740OO.
Miscellaneous, $22, 2,752,000.
The bulk of these large invest
ments," the monograph stated, was
made by corporations and indi-
viduals in the United Kingdom.
Manufacturing and insurance were
the two industrial groups in which
British investments were largely
centered.
To an important degree, both
had long history, some of the lat
ter insurance. going back as far
as 1904 and the former to 1858. In
many cases the only explanation of
their continued existence as foreign
controlled enterprises was this his
torical factor and their profitability.
In other cases important English
investments arose out of patent con-
trolS, tariff measures and the de-
mands Of competitive marketing"
Investments of DOminiOns.
The Canadian investment in the
United States in 1887 amounted to
$463 900, 900, covering a wide range
OF industrial and commercial activi-
ties. The n-dominated en-
terprises are centered around Buff
falo, N, Y, and in other parts of
Northern New York.
The 1887 investments in the
United States by other members OF
the British empire were:
New Zealand. S1,864,000; Australia.
$74l 900; British India, s126O,00O;
British Africa, 1925 900; British
West Indies, s914,OoO; Hong Kong,
s436, 900; Newfoundland, 100000.
The investments of countries
whose London governments are in
alliance with the United Kingdom
Tor the war, were these:
The Netherlands, Sl78.519 900:
Czecho-Slovakia, S1,467, 900; Greece,
$765, 900; Norway, $2.31oO 900. Poland,
$4,000; Netherlands East Indies,
ST 900.
Other Countries.
After the United Kingdom. Cam
ada and the Netherlands, the coun-
tries with large direct investments
In this country, in the order of their
Importance, were Switzerland, s73,-
s32 900; Belgium, ST. 100000; France,
$50, ,503,00O, and Germany, s54 1885,
900.
The T. N. E. C. provides no clue
to the British share in the total
foreign investments in America
amounting to s7,398, ,OOOO 900. Besides
the direct investments, these invest
ments included common stocks
valued at s1,85O,00O,OOO; preferred
stocks. s430,00O,OOO; bonds. $685.
600, 1000; other long-term invest
ments, s750,OOO,000; short term in
vestments, $1,92O,OOO0OO.
Evening star., 1940-12-08

Bayonne. They were in perfect or.
der, but as soon as they could they
fell on the food stores In both towns.
hungry to buy whatever was edible,
even if only string Of garlic was
left. In self-defense the shopkeep-
ers had to close their shutters and
allow only one shopper In at time.
Since we owned farm, our own
food situation at st. Jean de Luz
was not Immediately alarming. But
we had fright enough when young
Poles and Czechs began drifting up
through the woods around our house
and setting up machine guns and
making rude lines of defense. They
were all very young boys, immensely
exhausted and determined, not to
win the war-they had no hope Of
that-but to kill as many Germans
as they could.
Arrival Of Nazis Is Awaited.
But before the Germans arrived
British troop transport came. She
was huge vessel, painted gray, and
five destroyers accompanied her. No
vessel nearly as large had ever
negotiated the breakwaters and en-
tered the Bay Of st. Jean, but this
transport did-providing a demon
Stration Of British seamanship that
completely prostrated the French
harbor master with nervous excite
ment.
However, after demonstrating their
seamanship, the British demon
strated something equally famous
their habit of 'muddling through"
The 5000 Poles in st. Jean de Luz
were ferried out to the transport in
small boats, lodged securely and
then taken off This was repeated
again the next day. Finally, on the
third day, the men were ferried out,
the transport lifted anchor, steamed
carefully past the breakwaters and
made off TO sea, the destroyers fall
ing in behind her.
st. Jean de Luz with its enormous.
refugee population heaved a sigh of
relief that the fighting part of the
war was gone from its doorstep and
settled down, quaking to await the
arrival of the Germans.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Navy Wants 10 Boost
Anti-Aircraft Defense
On lis Fighting Ships
Knox Asks Legislation
For $500, 900. 900 in
Light Of War Lessons
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy, as a result of lessons
learned from the European war,
wants to spend approximately $780,
100000 for major improvements in
the anti-aircraft defenses of its
fighting ships.
Announcing this yesterday, Ad-
miral Harold r. Stark, chief of ma
val operations, emphasized that the
present aircraft defenses of the fleet
were good, but said that contem-
plated alterations would improve
them.
THE whole program is designed
to have our ships not only abreast
Of requirements but ahead of them" "
he added.
The Navy Department estimated
that from five to six years would be
required to complete the proposed
alterations on ships already with the
fleet. Presumably, the improve
ments would be included in ships
under construction.
Knox Asks Legislation.
Secretary Knox recommended leg
islation to authorize the project in
letter to the House Naval Affairs
Committee. He declared, however,
its details were confidential.
Information on developments in
the European war, augmented by
experience obtained during our own
fleet maneuvers," Mr.. Knox wrote,
has concluSively indicated the ne
cessity of improving the means by
which our combatant vessels may
oppose aircraft attacks, and the en-
tire question has been under study
in the Navy Department for some
time"
Disclosure that the Navy intended
to strengthen its surface ships
against air attack first was made by
former Secretary Edison shortly
after the German invasion of Nor
way He said then the operations
of the British Navy in restricted
waters, close to land bases of enemy
aircraft, demonstrated that Amer
lean surface ships would have to
have greater protection for person.
mel on the vessels top sides
particularly for the crews of anti
aircraft batteries.
Would Minimize Splinters.
In that connection Mr.. Edison
said one of the steps TO be taken in
designing new warships would be to
hold to minimum projecting sur
faces liable to splinter if struck by
bomb The splinter fragments
become deadly missiles.
Although Secretary Knox with
held details of the proposed altera-
tions. expressing desire to present
them to Congress when hearings
start on the necessary legislation,
Informed quarters said changes sug-
gested in early discussions of the
problem had included doubling the
number of guns in each ships anti
aircraft batteries and provision for
greatly increased stores Of ammuni-
ton for them.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Franco Cites Colonial
Aims 10 French Envoy
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, Dec. 7.-Generalissimo
Frapcisco Franco, referring gener-
ally to Spain's colonial aspirations.
declared today that whoever may
have intentions contrary to SPANS
legitimate ambitions cannot long
boast of keeping our friendship"
He made the remark in receiving
the new French Ambassador, Fran
co.'s Pietri, and said he was conf
dent of Frances good villa
good will to be made manifest in
"a most sincere acknowledgements"
of the notorious and serious injus-
tice" done Spain in the past.
France, he added. should not re-
turn to past error" and upon this
point would depend the relations
that may prevail between the two
countries in the universal enter
prises which destiny orders us to
carry out"
1t has been set forth many times
here that Spain feels she ought to
have q larger place in Africa.
Evening star., 1940-12-08

The southwest corner, adjoining
Spain, was where the assassin COM
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Refugees First to Bring War
To Southwest of France
Writer'S Daughter
Tells How Nation
Collapsed

The daughter of the famous
tDar correspondent, the late Rich
ard Harding Dauis, describes
Frances disaster, in ,Dhich she
and her family 1Uere pictims.
Hope Harding DaDis, NeD York
debutdnte in 1881, married
Frenchman in 1888 and there
after divided her time bettUeen
Paris and q country home in st.
Jean de Luz. She drrived in Ne1o
York from Lisbon last 1Ueek.
must return 1oithin three months
and her 6-year old son Kristen.
BY HOPE HARDING DAVIS.
NEW YORK, Dec. (N.ANA).-
Events move with such enormous
rapidity that, already, France must
seem history to American newspaper
readers, A distant country that
existed long ago and died last sum-
mer and is now buried obscurely.
OF course this is not so, but that
Is the way it appears.
Many Of the friends I have seen
since returning from France--at
least those who remember there
was once world power by that
name to dominate their civilized
thoughts-keep saying to me. But
if she is only wounded and will
walk again, then why is she so quiet
so long?" And others supply what
they think is an answer: when an
assassin is at ones throat, one dares
not make a sound"
The general impression of France
here seems to be that large part
Of her has succumbed to torpor and
is like one stricken, and the rest of
her is tormented by confusion of
feelings - anti Vichy, pro Vichy,
anti-British, pro-British and even,
in some parts-pro-Nazi
No One. Dares Remove Sticker.
In that connection, I can mention
one of the last things I saw before
leaving France-a sticker on
building, announcing in faultless
French that England had tortured
Joan of Arc, had tortured Napoleon
and had tortured France. Nobody
knew who had put up the sticker.
Anti-Vichy people said, bitterly, that
it was done by the Vichy govern
ment. Pro-Vichy people said it was
done by anti-Vichyites. The pro-
British said the Nazis had put 1t up
and some of the anti-British in
sisted the British themselves had
put it up on the theory that there
would be rebound in sentiment in
favor Of England.
But-and any one looking for
an allegorical meaning might find
it in this fact-although no one
knew who had put up the sticker,
no one dared take it down.
Having just made good my escape
from the wreckage of my way of
life in France, I am afraid I can't
tell what American impression of
France is correct. But I think if
set down what I myself saw in the
southwest corner of France where I
was living during the time the war
and its armistice convulsed the ma
ton, then perhaps Americans will
have little more to go on in de-
Gliding what France may be expected
to do in the next fateful days.
Gateway to Outside World.
The southwest corner, adjoining
Spain, was where the assassin COM
Evening star., 1940-12-08

Of those June days-that people with
no place to sleep. living in night
mare Of fear, with only poverty lying
ahead of them, should be laden
down with jewels or currency which
might any day become worthless.
Whatever they had was kept on
them, for, where else was there TO
put it?
BY the time I got back to the
Splendide the corridors we're being
filled with mattresses, placed there
by the refugees themselves. 1t had
all happened that quickly. The war,
which had seemed to most of us up
to May 10 kind of nuisance and
charity bazaar combined, had rolled
over our lives now and was crush
ing them.
Refugees Stand in Line.
On the advice of my husband,
went down to st. Jean de Luz, where
We have home right on the sea,
8 miles from Dendaye and the Span
ish border. The refugees were there
ahead of me-Belgian, Dutch, Pol
ish, French and English, all packed
densely into the narrow streets.
At nearby Bayonne, 1000 people
at time stood in line night and
day to receive their exit visas. No
more were allowed. Large sums were
paid for a place in line. One man
I know Of was charging 10000 francs
apiece and accumulated II pass
ports-or $4,000 worth at normal
exchange-before finally reaching
the Spanish Consul's desk. There,
the Consul threw him out. The
man returned the passports, but kept
the money.
In the midst of this indescribable
welter one Of the Consuls on duty
had nervous breakdown and had
to be taken away. Another was
discovered accepting bribes for visas
and all the visas he had issued were
Cancelled.
Czechs and Poles Arrive.
Suddenly, contingents of Polish
and Czech troops began arriving.
About 5000 walked into St. Jean
de Luz and $1,000 more came into
Evening star., 1940-12-08

Italy's imports already had been
cut of. The Italians, said the re-
port, faced the possibility of five
or six meatless days a week, and
prices already 40 per cent higher
than when Britain declared war on
Germany.
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TRAILER GIRL


beating madly. It was not fair OF
Renel
The party broke up early. It was
somehow impossible to continue a
gay evening in the presence of that
somber girl in the pale gold frame.
Wild and Lynn were among the first
to go.
May I drop in and call on you
some day soon?" Wild asked. 81
want to talk to you about that other
picture Of Lynn"
Rene nodded: ANY time"
Lynn's eyes were pleading, Rene's
commanding, as she said goodnight
to him.
That next week, on an afternoon
before Wild was to meet Lynn, he
went to Rene's studio. Rene was
working, but he stopped when Wild
came.
Where's the picture!"
"Gone. Went off yesterday. Wen
soon know the worst"
Wild stared at the wall where it
had hung the previous Saturday
night.
81 can still see it, Rene. It's an
unpleasant picture! But great
one"
You're wrong about il being un-
pleasant. You're reading things
into il.
Wild thought a little. ''Did you
ever see Lynn like that"
1--WE seen her unhappy and trou-
bled, if that's what you mean. I've
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Strange Facts
200-MiIe Lights
l No Double Joints ]
Ban Animal Flesh .

G The brightest lights ever Great
ed by man are the 800, 600, 600
candlepower carbon-arc search
lights that are owned by the Unit
ed States army. Their beams,
when directed vertically into the
night sky, can be seen for a dis
lance of two hundred miles.
G There are no such things as
double joint IN a human being, q
revolver silencer outside of fiction
or a blood test through which it is
possible to determine whether an
unknown parent Of q child Is of the
white or Negro race.
G Scientists have found single
plants of crested wheatgrass the
total length of whose roots was 3l9
miles.
q Several Americans pay a larg-
er federal income tax than IS col
lected from all persons N any
one of about u states.
q Many orthodox Brahmars OF
India are so fearful Of pollution
by animal flesh that they take a
purifying bath even after receiv-
ing a letter from a meat-eating
country.
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known her better than you have,
through a lot of trouble"
She's always seemed So young
to me-"
'She is, but we've seen some bad
times together. I remember her
face through a haze when I was so
sick last Spring. I suppose a lot of
that went into the painting. There
wasn't always enough to eat"
Wild put that idea from him as un-
bearable. He resented Rene know
ing Lynn as he did not. Later he
spoke of that other portrait
81 want to buy it. That's the
way I like to think of her, moon
swept It's a good canvas. I want
it to show our grandchildren. like
it."
Rene laughed shortly: "Then, it
viii be your wedding present, Wild. +"
The idea seemed to amuse him.
81 won't let you do that"
"You can't help yourself. I'd like
to think you owned it. have a fond
ness for it myself. If I'm going
away, Lord knows when I'll be back.
Take it; it's yours"
Later when Wild told Lynn about
their first wedding gift she was furi-
Gus. Her anger amazed Wild.
1--WE can do things for Rene, and
we WILL" he said placatingly. cit
would have hurt him if I hadn't
taken it, Lynn"
But her fury left her spent and
terrified. How could Rene! He had
done it deliberately. And Lynn, with
a heaving sigh, knew that later Wild
would hate that picture.
Christmas was only two weeks
away now. Wild had made great
plans and Lynn planned to put I'D a
tall Christmas tree in Rene's studio.
They were to have Christmas Eve
party for a few of the artists in
Rene's building, and Wild had prom
ised to come for little while.
Rene hated the fuss of Christmas,
found it all shallow and boring, he
said. But it was Rene who helped
Lynn out with suggestion for a
Christmas gift for Wild. "Why not
gather up some of my sketches of
you and have a portfolio of them
fixed for Wild"
Wont you take them with you,
the best ones, I mean, when you
go?"
''No." Rene's voice was sharp,
and he picked up his brushes and
went to work again. When he left
he wanted to take nothing which
would remind him of Lynn.