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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10

t(ohtuiucu rToiIl rage OncJ
toni, II Tacoma agreed to an inter-
tie for exchange OF power purposes.
regardless of whether Tacoma
signs contract to purchase any
firm power.
TO SUBMIT AGREEMENT
DR.. Raver said an interchange
agreement between Bonneville and
Tacoma would be drawn up in the
next day or two for submission to
the Tacoma city council. and he
expressed the hope 1t could be ne
gotiated before he leaves about
Feb. ! for Washington, D. C.
DR.. Raver, who did most of the
talking during the earlier part of
the conference, explained Bonnie
Vile policies as q governmental
power producing and distributing
agency. He particularly empha-
sized that Bonneville has no in
tention Of becoming q competitor
against either Tacoma or Seattle.
WIDE DISTRIBUTION
He and Schultz drew an i'm
posing picture, however, Of the
possibilities Of wide distribution
of cheap industrial power over the
entire Pacific Northwest region
when Bonneville, Coulee and the
two Puget Sound cities tie their
resources together to stabilize the
flow Of energy.
Schultz pictured = triange net
work In which Bonneville and
Coulee systems would pump huge
quantities of power into long-dis-
lance transmission lines In which
the Puget sound municipal
systems would figure AZ . third
source to back up" or protect
users Of the cheap government
power sold at wholesale.
DIR. Raver admitted that the
original form Of proposed con-
tract submitted to Tacoma last
November was something to be set
aside now and replaced with =
more reciprocal type of agreement.
HOME RULE" TO CONTINUE
I'VE have no intention what
ever of interfering with home
rule in Tacoma. Seattle or any
Of the other communities having
their own power resources now, y
DR.. Raver said. All we have
asked Ia that our contractors sub
scribe to certain sound recognized
principles Of financial and operat-
ing practice. I think Bonneville
and the Tacoma system have the
same detectives and we'd like
very much to see Tacoma subscribe
to those principles in concert with
us 30 that we could say to smaller
communities which do not have
such safeguards and detectives:
See. Tacoma has subscribed to
these principles; you should dc
the same"
Mayor Kaufman's office wa
crowded when the conference
slightly delayed. got under wa,
shortly after 5 o'clock. II wa:
after s before the meeting ad
journed upon the agreement Of
another meeting probably satur'
day OF this week with Bonneville
Tacoma and Seattle included.
THOSE ATTENDING
With DR.. Rayer and Schultz
representing Bonneville wer'
Charles Z. Carey, chief consulting
engineer; William Martin Of thu
legal department and Johr
Wheeler, chief of information.
Representing the city besides
Mayor Kaufman were Utilities
Commissioner DAVIDSON and HI,
superintendent of city light, verns
Kent; Commissioners Bergerser
and Fawcett and Controller
swayze-
In the Chamber OF Commerce
group were A. B. Comfort, r. A.
Langdon. James Fowler. S. J.
Maxwell. port commissioner; Wal.
lace Morrissette. electrical work
ers; Donald S. Castor; T. A.
Stevenson, chamber manager. and
Es..arL Walsh chs ~, harta fndtax.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10

PoWSh Piofie Nhx pAiSi BY - W VIC
delivered.
WON'T BE NECESSARY
If Tacoma and Seattle tie in
with Bonneville, the duplicate line
would not be built. since these two
power sources could back up the
main transmission from Bonne-
vile in case of line failure or
shortage.
1t was indicated that Bonneville
will be in no rush to extend its line
north of Chehalis unless the Sound
cities are interested in the inter-
tie.
OF course, they said, a west-of-
the-mountains inter-tie with Cou-
lee is in the program for eventual
construction in any event, to pro-
vide wider distribution of the out
put of both systems and to aug
ment the line now projected north
ward through eastern Washington.
The proposed inter-tie between
Tacoma, Seattle and Bonneville
would help to maintain low costs
of production, DR.. Raver said, and
he pointed out that the Bonneville
base rate of $3.50 per kilowatt
year for firm power" should be
materially reduced in the future
when Bonneville's ultimate capac-
ity of $4,000 kilowatts is reached.
PRIME POWER BASIS
However, when We get $500
kilowatts installed, we could not
count on that as dependable ca
pacity, which would have to be
rated at little more than 300, 900
kilowatts, as far as our own out
put is concerned" said the admin
istrator. But with Coulee, Ia
coma and Seattle tied in together,
l see no reason why our entire
capacity would not then become
dependable power which could be
contracted on prime power
basis"
He asserted that the curve of
potential power market indicated
Bonneville's entire output would be
demanded within 10 years.
The Bonneville officials said Ia
coma should by all means proceed
with development of additional
power resources of its own if it
could produce power cheaper than
it could purchase power from Bon
neville. Additional Tacoma capac-
ity would be that much more val
liable in support of Bonneville
inter-tie.
AGREE ON POLICY
Mayor Kaufman questioned II
it wouldn't be good policy for Ia
coma to let Bonneville supply en-
ergy for Tacoma's excess require
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10
AGREE ON POLICY

Mayor Kaufman questioned If
it wouldn't be good policy for Ia
coma to let Bonneville supply en-
ergy for Tacoma's excess require
ments above Tacoma's production
capacity until such time as a
substantial load was built up for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10
WON'T BE NECESSARY

power plant the energy is to be
delivered.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10
Tacoma and Seattle Power
Needed in Bonneville Plan

Continued From Page One)
toni, II Tacoma agreed to an inter-
tie for exchange Of power purposes.
regardless Of whether Tacoma
signs contract to purchase any
firm power.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
A Report in Two Cities

In Mexico City it is said that a secret joint
defense treaty between the United States and
Mexico was signed two weeks ago in Washing
ton under which this country will acquire
eight naval bases and five coastal air bases
and Mexico will launch a $50, 900, 900 heni-
sphere defense program with money loaned
by Washington.
In Washington state department officials say
there is no truth in the report and Acting
Secretary Sumner Welles adds that the United
States has not acquired and does not intend
to acquire military bases from any invita-
American country, but might accept invita-
tons to share the use of bases built by these
countries.
There it is, ladies and gentlemen. You must
make your own decision whether to believe
the Mexican rumor or the flat denial Of Wash
ington. 1t might help to remember that this
country does not look with favor on secret
treaties and that the state department, and
all other departments of the United States
government, have not yet formed the habit
Of saying one thing and meaning the contrary.
The totalitarian ideology is still far from con-
vincing us, officially or Individually, that it
is either good policy or good manners to lie.
However, all things being equal, which un-
fortunately they are not, bases in Mexico,
where the dictators have made some progress
and their missionary work is well advanced,
would be worth having, in event the present
war in Europe should 90 against Britain and
an aggressive policy be adopted toward the
Western Hemisphere by the powers which then
would be supreme in that continent.
1t would be vastly advantageous t. the whole
hemisphere if Mexico came in intellectually
with the forces now seeking to set up impreg-
nable defenses throughout the length and
breadth of the Americas, but there are some
old scores to be settled before that can be
accomplished. Perhaps the new government
soon to take over at Mexico City, which has
already made several gestures toward Wash.
lngton, will do something to settle those scores
and thus prove its sincerity and friendship.
lis a consumation devoutly to be wished.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
DIES SAYS AXIS
%SAB0TACINC US
Continued From Page 0ne)

appear so that all these saboteuFS
may be exposed"
Dies added that he also would
ask congress for "at least Sl,VOo'
OOO'' so hat the committee couo
proceed with the examination o.
300, 900 persons who he said were
connected with subversive acllVl'
ties.
If the funds were granted, NJ
said, these people would be brolgD !.
before the committee lone by ohe
so the public might learn aO0''
all their connections. 81,
ut has been definitely proved
the chairman said, t VIC
these agents are exposed their USE T.
fitness is definitely at an emu
Dies announced that commute
employees had prepared a 500 pas.
printed white paper" when ~
said contained ''irretutaDle eg
dence connecting consular rep-'
sentatives of the German goEei"
ment with fifth column actlVLlies
He first proposed to release I' =
publication today, but later Sd'a
would be withheld until next "e'D.
He said that a second pap
would be prepared on Italian W..
sular representatives and h"'?~
and Japan will be eventually
"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
HERE AND There

German and Italian spies in England, we
read, pose as insurance agents. They must be
pretty clever if they can explain the twenty
year endowment plan and make secret notes at
the same time.
and tell him to take over Gibraltar. cts all
yours-help yourself"
German troops move Town into Rumania
The goose-step appears to be following the
geese south.
This is the football season, no doubt of it.
Mussolini has just kicked out another Ameri-
can news correspondent.
"A slight earthquake is reported felt in South
ern California. Now, don't tell us the football
T%rojans were upset again!
1~cebergs are always made of fresh water ice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17

They will not use all OF their Land next year
for tobacco because of the AAA program.
Should only 1000 of them raise the permits
sfble 29 acres of truck, which they may do
without penalty, there would be $500 acres
in vegetables to further glut a market al
ready overstocked and a field already crowd
ed.
But the truck farmer can grow only truck,
or nav a penalty if he should be foolish
enough to branch out with tobacco or cotton
or other restricted crop.
That is the situation confronting New Han
over county truck growers. It is no more
satisfactory than the situation that has faced
them in previous years. They want something
done about it, and as a means of discussing
how to do it they have, through the Farmer
Civic Business Cooperative association, in
vited Charles Lewis, assistant general director
the AAA, and Charles Collins, president Iof
the national Vegetable Growers conference,
to address a mass meeting here on November
Is, Reps. J. Bayard Clark and Graham A.
Barden have also been invited.
This mass meeting will be held at the court
house. As agriculture is one of the county's
greatest industries, and all that affects it is
to all branches of business, it is
that everybody with the best in
OF the county and city at heart attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
RED CROSS DRIVE
TO BE EXTENDED
Canvassers Say Approximate.
ly $1,000 Has Been
Raised Here

The committee in charge Of the
annual Roll Call of the Wilmington
chapter of the American Red Cr5ss
last night announced its intention 70
extend the life of the campaign uG.
til Nov. 80 to make it coincide with
the national Roll Call and also an.
nounced plans to intensity the am.
paign in order to make it a total
Roll Call this year.
Approximately half Of the $1,000
goal for the ensuing year has been
raised, it was announced, and every
effort will be made to reach the goa.
due to the increased calls being made
upon both the local chapter and the
national organization.
Many of the workers have been
hampered in their efforts 10 date BY
the rainy weather, the campaign
committee said, and many others
though they have nearly completed
their work, have not yet made an
report to campaign headquarters,
Any group which has not been
contacted and which desires to Sc
cure membership in the chapter this
year was asked to contact the local
Red Cross work rooms or the cam
paign committee.
Members who have aTready Sc
cured their memberships in the Roll
Call were urged to wear their Re,
Cross buttons to show their men
bership to their friends.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
TOP O. THE MORNING

No nan can come to grips with Christ In
any Ultdl, personal Way ana keep that erperi-
ence to himself. People Uho assert that then
40 not beheue IN missions are appdrently not
dWdre Of the fact that such q confession lays
their Chrl&tion profession under suspicion.
We cannot hare christ In any true way wth-
out hauing His Uision. 1T tWo harpstrings
are IN perfect tune, you cannot strike the one
W1thout cduSing the other to Uibrdte." -. Said
Phillips Brooks: "It the Christian faith does
not culmindte and complete itself in the effort
to make christ kmoWn to all the world, that
Jdath appears TO me q thoroughly insigniu.
can't and unreal thing, destitute of power for
The single life and incapable of being CON.
G1nc1ngty proved to be true"
-ELLIOTT.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
Farmers Meeting
ELLIOTT,

Agriculture in this immediate vicinity is
largely restricted to truck farming. It is not a
tobacco area. Nor is it a cotton area. Some
OIL edch IS grown but to such a limited extent
mat neither plays an important part Vege-
tables are the mainstay Of the farmers hero
abouts.a
Yet, because tobacco and cotton are the
main crops Of the state as a whole the federal
agricultural department favors the grovver.
Of both at the expense of truck orou,.r, i.
this area. The benefits granted The ,aroer
groups are paralleled by the handicaps placed
upon the little fellows.
The quotas set up by the prove This
Thus, no farmer can sell, tax-free anu r.
nacco ne mas grown without a quota, and to
get a quota he must have a tobacco his
tory" that is, he must have grown it previous.
ly under the AAA program. It is tho s,no
with cotton and certain other restricted crons
But under the 1941 AAA program any farmer
can plant, harvest, market and sell without
restriction 2.9 acres Of truck, and in anv
county farmers may raise more than this
acreage without restriction provided onlv that
the total truck crop in the county does MT
exceed 400 acres.
This means that tobacco and cotton growers
may enter the truck division Of agriculture
without penalty, but the truck farmer canno,
raise and sell tobacco or cotton without nav.
ing heavily for SO doing. An example Of this
inequality is to be found in the situation in
Lenoir county, which has never been a truck
county.
There are about 1000 farmers in Lenoj,
county mostly engaged in growing tobacco
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
Negro Jailed Here
In Staying Of Anothe,

A negro Identified from a Social
security card found on his person
as Demra Treadwell, Of 1107 1-2 Pars.
ieys alley, was fatally stabbed at his
nome last night and police arrested
l.. T.. Corbett, negro, of 915 Iurphy's
alley and charged him with the
crime.
Coroner Asa w. A len, who was
called to >investigate the stabbing,
said it occurred at Tieadwel's resi-.
dence. The negro, he ssid. was taken
to James Walker Memorial hospital
at 1850 p. IN. and died at S:2S p. m.
He said Treadwell was stabbed
once with a switchblade knife, in
flicting a wound which severed a
vain just above the heart.
He called an inquest for 10 a. m.
Monday in the grand jury room of
the courthouse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
LEWIS SAYS Clio
WILL NOT SPLIT
Continued From Page One)

a fresh try at unity conferences
with the ALL, curb the repvted in
fluence of communists in high CLIO
jobs, and make all the acts of the
CLIO president subject to the ap-
proval of an executive committee.
Questioned about the resolution
from his Amalgamated Clothing
Workers to prohibit any one from
holding a paid job in CLIO who is
a member of a Communist, Nazi
and Fascist organization, Hillman
said:
THE resolution is not contro-
versial. All responsible CLIO lead
ers feel that way.
II believe it's a sound policy for
CLIO especially with national de-
tense at stake. Labor must make
sure that those who hold official
positions have no divided loyalty"
Lewis on the other hand, refused
to discuss the resolution.
Neither would answer directly a
question as to whether next weeks
convention would be harmonious.
ut is my considered Judgment"
he said, that the convention is
unlikely to depart very far from
previously declared policies and
objectives."
Hillman's Amalgamated Clothing
Workers union, however, ex-
pressed confidence that CLOS big
affiliates in steel, autos, rubber,
and textile would support the pro-
gram of the Hillman bloc.
Reports from the ALL conven-
ton ct New Orleans quoting Will
liam Green as predicting a split
in CLIO, brought from Lewis the
comment that MIR. Green is char
acteristically whistling in the dark
as he is going by a graveyard"
II doubt that Mr.. Green is in a
position to admonish the CLIO or
accurately prognosticate what will
occur in the CO." Lewis added.
I'm addition to that, he has a
few problems of his own regarding
grafters, swindlers, racketeers and
panders in his organization. There
is a biblical injunction about tax
ing the mote out of your own eve
before taking it out of your neigh
boris. When he does that we will
be gratified to hear what he thinks
we should do" l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
The Sunday Star-News,

The Sunday Star-News,
Gentlemen:
I want to take this opportunity
to thank you for the gratis page in
sert you published in your November
10th issue, for the Southern Cover
nors' conference.
We thank you on behalf of the
governors and for our conference,
that you have given us this excellent
recognition.
We think this resolution is very
appropriate and very timely and
many of our leading newspapers
throughout the South have published
this gratis and added their help to
this very progressive movement.
Thanking you again and with
kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
LAWRENCE WOOD ROBERT, JR.
President Robert & Co., Inc,
Atlanta, Georgia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
"Breathless Moment"

The American Petroleum Institute has an
nounced that gasoline tax collections for 1910
crossed the billion-dollar mark on Thursday,
a full month ahead Of last year.
The higher federal tax and the increased
ownership and use Of automobiles are said
to be responsible for the speeding up Of what
the institute describes as the "breathless mo-
ment."
Total gasoline levies for 1910 are expected
to reach 81, 1862, 600, 900, or s13o, 900, 900 more
than in 1889. The average gasoline tax bill
is now believed to be 500 a year for each
family in the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
They Beat the Dutch

Those Japanese-they beat the Ouch, and
the Americans too, to say nothing of the Brit
|ish.
suppose, have common cause to complain of
Japan's activities in the Orient. Britain and
America have taken steps of one sort and
another to curtail those activities. We have
gone so far as to place restrictions on ship.
.ments from this country and have been pat
ting ourselves on the back for taking meas
ures to handicap the Tokyo war plans in
China and other areas in the Far East.
Now it becomes apparent that the Japanese
have circumvented all three nations in Pc
troleum deliveries at least. A dispatch from
Royal Dutch and American Standard-Vacuum
interests for a substantial increase in Japan's
imports of Dutch East Indies oil and gaso-
line. The dispatch adds that an official of the
Dutch East Indies government attended the
conference at which the agreement was
reached.
l 300, 900 tons of oil a year. Japan's oil i'm
ports from the Dutch East Indies previously
had been 480, 900 tons. Thus Japan is to be
placed in a position to more than redouble
her activities, however warlike they may be,
as far as gasoline is concerned.
What is to be done about it is not clear.
Possibly nothing. The only chance to block the
deal lies in the fact that the agreement thus
far has only been initiated, and the Tokyo gov
eminent has still to stamp it with official
approval. There might be time yet to employ
executive pressure to prevent con-
of the deal, provided, of course,
the governments of Britain. America and Hol-
land act quickly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
German Funds

The presence of German funds in the United
and what to do with them holds the
OF persons whose thinking concen.
rates on finance. What the New York Herald
aas to say on the subject, therefore, is OF
This is it's view:
washington rumors that some move
may be made soon to freeze German funds
held IN the United States attracted less
attention in the financial district than a
ruling by Supreme Court Justice William
1. Collins, which holds the Reichsbank
responsible for money deposited with its
subsidiary in behalf of German dollar
ponds. The freezing Of German funds here
IS a diplomatic matter of some delicacy.
But the ruling by Judge Collins possibly
opens the way to use of any funds held
here by the German central bank for
dlscharge of overdue coupons on more
than loo German municipal and corporate
flotatons. Italian balances conceivably
could be taken legally in the same man
ner, now that Italy is systematically per-
mlttlng all dollar obligations to 20 into
detaut. A number of other European coun-
tries also use the method of depositing
native currency internally and paying little
or nothing externally, on foreign debts.
Indeed, any opening that the ruling pro-
vldes possibly will prove useful with re-
spect to such Latin-American countries as
Colombia, Chile and Peru. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
JUNIORS TO STAGE
HORSE SHOW TODAY
Event Will Be Staged At su,.
ton Stables On Princess
Street Road

This afternoon at 2 o'c-.,,
Junior Horse Show will be $500 q
ed at the Sutton Stables M -.
Princess street road, the h-..
place of the Cape Fear ga..,
Show several years ago.
The classes are as follows.
Cd Ponies, ridden by c-,,s..
under 10 years OF age; ~ T--.l
gated horses; 90 Ponies. 49,
by children over 10 years Of s-..
"a horsemanship, children me-,
u years of age; 90 gated 7~~,a.,
CO. three gated ponies; - 5orss
manship, children u years q ~,
and over; 80 pleasure horses
musical chair for children. -.
musical chair for adults ~,
business mems class ,I2 r..s
hacks.
The show is being sponsored ~.
the junior riders Of the civ. ~
entry fee of Is cents per elias,
with a maximum fee Of 81 will IA
charged. A silver offering will h.
taken to defray expenses.
Among those entered in the s5o,.
are:
Joe Shepard Morrison. B,b,.,
Tate, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Pober, i
Tate, Billy Sutton. Mary Sultan
l. j. Sutton, Fred Willetts. s.
Fred Willetts, Jr,, Eleanor W,
let's, Helen Boushee, D. c. Nor,s
Jr., Rachel Cameron, V, Ssnder,
Dicky Andrews. Charles Law.
more, Leslie Hummel, Jr., Srs,.
thew HER, Emily Skinner. Mar.
garet Skinner, John Leeuwenbyrg
Sr., John Leeuwenburg. Jr.. Be,t.
Hall, Jack Farrah. Clinton B8rnss
Sonny White, William McEacbe-r
Marguerite MacRae. Fanny Lors.
ley, Mildred Dixon, Mrs. Ler5T
Ferguson, Nelson MacRae. Ear.
riss Haskell, Mr.. and Mrs. R, N
Rice and Vera Diehl.
C. K. Wilkins, of EIizabetbtovr
will be the judge OF the show.