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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
GAS STATIONS
TILL is RIFLED

Theft of S25.s5 in cash from a
service station till topped a list
of iarcenies under investigation by
police Thursday. in which every
thing from ice boxes to high school
lockers were looted.
Harvey Dougherty reported the
Shell service station, at Path and
A SITS, lost the cash Tuesday eve
ming when a thief entered and
rifled the till while the attendant
was busy in the lubricating room.
Eva Latin, ST. SO. 9th st. re-
ported the theft Of three pairs of
new hose from her back porch.
together with pound of butter,
two pounds of round steak and
two quarts of milk taken from the
ice box.
Bonnie Elgner, living in the
California apart ments, 130sih
Broadway, notified police that a
gold wrist watch and band, valued
as keepsake, was stolen from the
apartment. Louis Grenier, Lauan
apartments, reported a public ad-
dress system microphone. valued
at $3.50, was stolen from a parked
car near the apartment house, and
John Brudie, 1922 No. 31st St.
told police a silver-plated trumpet
and the horn case were taken from
his locker at Stadium high school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
BEGIN End TRIAL
IN Wife PUZZLE

ANCHORAGE, Alaska "A for
mer trans-Pscific steamship radio
operator. c. C. Hallett. so. was on
trial for the second time today on
charges of numbering his wife to
marry a Los Angeles beautician.
A federal jury disagreed in the
first trial at Seward IN November.
Mrs. Hallett disappeared Sept.
Il. 1888. at Larsen bay on Kodiak
island, where Hallett was employed
by Pacific American Fisheries.
-Four days later the beauty
operator, Mrs. Jessie Driesslein.
arrived. She said she first met
Hallett on the steamships Presi-
dent Grant and jefferson. on
which Hallett was a radio man
and she a beautician.
Mrs. Driesslein came to
Alaska under the name Of
Clayton, which ID Ha1lett's
middle name. She said she ex-
pected to marry him and
thought he was divorced.
At his first trial, Hallett said
his wife wandered from their
cabin. He insisted he found her
unconscious, and that while he
was taking her back to the cabin
In a boat, she accidentally slipped
overheard. The bay was dragged
unsuccessfully.
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removed on coroner's orders to
Gaffneys.
Miss Townley had taught in Ia
coma public schools since Aug.
1914. When she retired in June,
1888. she had been teaching the
first and second grades at the
Park ave. school.
Her long experience in educa-
ton had included service in Shell
ton, Toledo, Leber, American Lake,
Mcneil Island and McKenna be-
tween 1905 and 1914.
Her own education was in Ia
coma schools. She was graduated
from Tacoma high school and from
Bellingham Normal school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
Threat Alarms
Portland Woman

PORTLAND, Ore.-Federal In
vestigation into an anonymously
mailed threat against Mrs. Julia
Bertram. Portland correspondent
of The Timber Worker, weekly
organ of international Woodwork
ers of America. was demanded by
the industrial council. according to
Charles Ross, executive secretary.
Ross reported "the council views
the threat as serious, in view of
the brutal murder OF Mrs. Laura
Law. wife Of Dick Law. in Aber-
deem, Wash, last week"
Mrs. Bertram, wife of Maurice
Bertram. member of Portland
IVA local, was a personal friend
of the woman who was bludgeoned
and stabbed to death last week.
The threatening note warned: TT
can happen here and you and your
party are next"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12

WAsHINGTON-Attorney Gen.
eral Frank Murphy. President
Rooseveit's latest nominee to the
supreme court, told senate judi
ciary subcommittee today that
he believes the high tribunal has
the power to declare acts Of con-
gress unconstitutional. but should
exercise that power with great
discretion"
The subcommittee. after hear
ing Murphy. unanimously approved
the nomination and sent 1t to the
full committee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
BrifiSh-Nazi Aerial
Warfare Continues
Finnish Front Comparatively Quiet
Following Retreat of Invaders

musalmi sector Of the central front.
Chief diplomatic interest CEN
tered In the blue book" which
the British foreign office viii pub
lish soon ~ the partial story Of
negotiations which failed to bring
Soviet Russia into a horsepower
mutual aid pact directed against
German expansion, and which led
up TO the Nazi-Soviet friendship
pact just before war started in
Poland.
Diplomatic sources said the blue
book was expected to contain sew
eral sensational disclosures. but
that the British would seek to
avoid publishing any documents
that might lead to a definite break
In relations with Moscow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
BACKACHE
CAUSED RY--.-

Backache may be caused by slug
gish kidneys. II excess acid and other
wastes are not regularly eliminated
IL may also lead TO getting up nights,
burning. scanty or frequent flow. leg
or rheumatic pains. headache or dizzi-
ness. Keep kidneys active same as
bowels. Get a 25c box OF Bukets from
anv druggist Your 25c back in
DAYS II not pleased. Locally at Crown
DRUG Co.. Owl Drug Co.-adv.
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To "unscrupulous" critics Of the
program he replied that 1t was the
way of advancing domestic pros
perity and promoting world peace.
He cautioned that abandonment
Of 1t now would mean a repetition
Of our role after the World war,
when the United States lied the
procession of destructive protec-
tionism."
Hull read a statement to the
house ways and means committee,
which began a hearing today on a
bill that would extend the trade
program act for three years. The
present act expires June II.
Tho program h necessary
while present hostilities
abroad are In progress" Hull
said, ito defend our export
trade from the inroads Of
wartime controls and dis
locations and our actions
now win have an enormous
influence upon the problems
Of economic reco n struction
when hostintics have ceased"
The IS year old secretary OF
state. erect and dignified, considers
the trade agreements program his
major achievement.
Hull denounced opponents Of
the program. whose "reckless
claims" he described rs "fla-
grant and INSCRIPTIONS sup
precision and misuse Of mate
rial facts"
The principal basis for his re-
quest the program be extended was
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AHorney-General
Won't Move In
Aberdeen Probe

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Martin, who would then request
the attorney general to act.
Law was in the delegation. He
asked to see Attorney General G.
w. Hamilton. Informed the Of
ficial's wife was III, Law replied;
''Humph! His wife is ill-my
wife is dead"
krause. meantime, announced
Criminologist Luke S. May had
reported on his examination of the
case earlier in the week. Krause
termed the report helpful" but
did not comment further.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
Rabbi Cantor To
Continue Series

Continuing his series of talks
exposing libels and defamation of
the Jewish people, Rabbi Baruch
/. TRIGGER win speak Friday eve-
ming at Talmud Torah on The
Ritual Murder Libel and the Jews"
Morris Bender Of Seattle will Of
ficiate as guest cantor. Services
win begin at s:1o p. m. and will
be followed by an informal social
hour in the vestry. Visitors are
welcome.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
SHELLSHOCKED HENS
CEASE TO PRODUCE

LOS GATOS, Cal.-Mrs. George
Bailey, proprietor Of a poultry
farm, protested strongly to county
authorities against the continued
blasting to destroy trees in con-
struction of new road. She
represented 800 egg producers who
declared that not an egg had been
laid by a single hen since the
blasting began.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
Work on Problem
OF Ship Refugees

WASHINGTON - DR.. George
Gyssling, the German consul at
Los Angeles, arrived by airplane
Thursday to join Germany embassy
authorities in working out the
problem of transporting back to
Germany approximately 400 of the
survivors of the scuttled German
liner Columbus.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
HK-BUFFALO FAMILY
FEUD ENDS IN DEATH

BOISE, Ida.-The antlers of Ed
win II, bull elk at Julia Davis park
zoo here, were stained with red
today--he had evened the score In
a family feud Of many years
standing.
Edwin gored to death the son
Of the buffalo that battered his
father, Edwin !, to death years ago.
The buffalo calf broke into the elk
pen through the feed stall. The
elk charged and gored 1t through
the heart.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
Russian Air Chief
Loses His Position

MOSCOW - Mikhail Kangano-
vich, brother Of Lazar Kangano-
vich. an intimate Of Josef Stain,
has lost his post as commissar for
the aviation industry, the official
Tass news agency announced
today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
PROSECUTORS CLASSES

Starting the new year, the
Washington PROJECTORS and
Miners association win get under
way Friday evening at Carlton
hotel with the first Of series of
prospectors' school and study
classes. opening at 1850. Regular
business meetings will be held on
first and third Fridays Of each
month; all other Friday evenings
win be devoted to classes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
MAN MOLETS CHILD

Police made a thorough search
in the 100 block on Fawcett ave.
and the surrounding neighborhood
Wednesday night in search Of \
man reported to have molested a
little girl. Detective Shaner and
Officer Mace were summoned by
parents Of the girl. who was ac-
costed about 8 p. m, but the sus-
pcct made good his getaway.
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6GMVEE
War in the air dominated
European battlefronts again
today, but from London came
reports of impending dis
closures in the diplomatic re-
lations between Great Britain
and Soviet Russia.
Aerial activity again conferred
over the British isles, where Ger
man reconnaissance planes were
driven back from the Firth Of
Forth. the Humber and the Thames
by anti-aircraft fire and Royal Air
Force attack planes.
shrapnel splinters did some dam
age In coastal towns In the New
castle area.
The French, too. reported they
had encountered Nazi airplanes on
the western front, as weather con-
ditions improved. They claimed
to have shot down two of them.
perhaps three.
RAIDS REPORTED
In Berlin the Nazi high COM
mand reported that an enemy at
tack by one company south of
Saarbruecken had been repulsed by
oounter-attack with some casual
ties. but the front was generally
quiet.
There were also reports Of new
allied aerial raids on German sea
and air bases in Helgoland bay, off
tho north German coast, but both
Berlin and London covered the
fighting with considerable mystery.
FINN FRONT QUIETER
The official reports indicated
only routine reconnaissance and air
but dispatches from Dem
mark told eyewitness stories Of
severe aerial fighting and said the
Hindenburg dam between German
Jutland and the island Of Sylt may
have been damaged by British
bombs.
The Finnish war front was COM
paratively quiet after the Firms had
driven the Red army back to the
frontier In the important Suo-
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Roy Gardner, Who Escaped
AtMcNeil, Commits Suicide
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bezzler released on parole from
San Quentin prison this week TO
take a job in Chicago after serving
nine years.
Little was known Of Gardner's
early life. His first brush with
death came in 1909 when. follow
ing his conviction of smuggling
arms to Carranza's rebel army. he
escaped from Mexican firing
squad.
The following year he stole
n tray of diamonds from
San Francisco jewelry store
and was sent TO San Quentin.
He won a parole by helping to
quell a prison riot in 1912, and led
comparatively quiet life there
after until following a drinking
spree he robbed a mail truck in
San Diego of $685. in securities.
For the San Diego robbery he
was given a 25-year term at Nc
Neil Island federal pentitentiary.
He overpowered his guards and
escaped near Portland, Ore, on
June Z, 1920.
A year later, a Southern
Pacific mail train was robbed
of $4,000 near Roseville,
Cal, and Gardner was identi-
fled as the masked desperate
who turned the trick. He was
recaptured May %, 1921, three
days after the crime, while
engrossed In a poker game in
Roseville.
Within 10 days Gardner received
another long sentence, so years at
Mcneil Island.
TN escape again." he boosted. A
week later near Castle Rock,
Wash, he made good his boast. He
dived through the window of a
train carrying him to prison.
He was recaptured in Centralia,
by Louis S. Sonney, a policeman,
and lodged behind the bars at Nc
Neil.
On Sept. S, 1921, during the
progress Of baseball game at
Mcneil, Gardner shipped the
wire fence and fled In o hail
of bullets. Evert Impyn and
Lawardus Bogart, two other
prisoners, followed him. Impyn
was fatally wounded and Boz
CART was recaptured. Impyn
and Bogart, two Hollanders,
had been convicted for assault
ing a nurse at Fort Lewis.
How Gardner made his way off
the island has remained a mystery.
From San Francisco a week later.
he wrote a newspaper friend and
enclosed a letter to President
Warren G. Harding asking
pardon.
His final fling at crime was two
months later. He tried to rob a
Santa Fe mail train near Phoenix,
Ariz., but clerk beat him to the
draw, overpowered and sat on him
until help arrived.
He went to Leavenworth prison
for IS years, He was shifted
alternately to Atlanta. back to
Leavenworth, Alcatraz, and back
to Leavenworth.
He was freed In 1887 after
serving less than 16 yea e II
his term. His good behavior
prompted his early release.
At the prison gate Gardner was
met by Sonney, who had quit po-
lice work to operate Los Angeles
film exchange. Sonney put him
to work as a film salesman at $50
week.
He left the job to lecture on
crime in cheap theaters through
out the country. He wrote a book
called "Hellcatraz, detailing the
life of inmates at Alcatraz.
During the Golden Gate In
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
SCREAMS ARE HEARD

Screams Of the women were
heard by Mrs. Falk and Mrs. Mel
son.
Firemen could save little of the
house. so far had the fire progress
ed by the time they arrived.
The body of Miss Townley was
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12

ternational exposition last
year he operated a crime show
In San Francisco and became
a barker on ferry boats that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
SENATORS OKEH EDISON
WASHINOTO'

WASHINGTON - The senate
Thursday confirmed nomination of
Charles Edison as secretary Of the
navy.
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H E r Els MORE ABOUT
DEATH OF WOMAN
8 TARTS ON PAGE ONE

screams, and looking out her front
room window, saw the Townley
home in flames. She ran across to
offer assistance, but intense heat
OF the flames prevented entering
the premises.
A few feet away from the
charred remains of Miss Townley
firemen found the body of the dog
the woman had futilly sought to
save.
The animal, a companion of the
mother and daughter during the
past decade, was burned to a crisp.
MOTHER TRIED, TOO
Miss Townley's futile attempt
at rescue, however, nearly cost the
life Of her mother, who, but for
falling on the frosty back porch,
might herself have gotten back
into the smoke and flame.
Coroner T. H. Long, called to
the scene, examined Mrs. Townley
and expressed fear she had broken
her collar bone. He ordered her
taken to Pierce County hospital.
She was in serious condition from
exposure and shock.
The two women lived alone in
the house. Neighbors recon-
structed what had happened from
what they knew and from what
little information they could get
from Mrs. Townley.
ALARM AT 1850
Apparently before retiring We'd
nesday night, Miss Townley had
banked fire in the wood heater.
About 1880 o'clock this morning
there was violent explosion which
was heard by several residents of
the vicinity. Almost Immediately
the house burst into flames.
Roofs and porches of all the
houses Of the district were coated
with a heavy crust of frost, a cir
cumstance that undoubtedly pre-
vented Mrs. Townley from follow
ing her daughter to death in the
fire.
BROKE WINDOWS
Intensity of the heat was dis
covered by Jack E. Falk, employee
of Northwest Door Co., who made
repeated attempts to gain entrance
by the back door. front door and
finally by crashing in one OF the
dining-room windows.
He said the fire had gained such
Roadway by the time he could get
there that 1t was impossible to get
in. Falk's hand was severely cut
by glass as he broke the window.
Mrs. Falk. 1892 So. 61st, and
Mrs. Nelson, 1929 So. 61st st, both
told of hearing the explosion. Falk,
working nights, had only gone to
bed a short time before the ex-
plosion.
Mrs. Townley was given temper
airy shelter across the street at the
Fred d. Bolen residence, 1120 So.
61st st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12
Hull Defends Reciprocal
Trade Pacts Before Solons

Observation-Disclosures of State Cordel Hull vigor-
ousy defended his reciprocal trade agreements program
today the only policy of international relations that
complete reverson of economic chaos dictatorship
and recurrent wars
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took sIghtseers for . vie" OF

TOJk tfEHtSC~E5 TT
Alcatraz.
Cardner's wife secured an annul-
ment of their marriage in 1887
after waiting IS years for his re-
lease. She pleaded he had con-
cealed from her the fact he had
served a prison term when she
married him in 1915.
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that one Of Its main detectives was
creation of sound international
trade relations which will be an
essential problem Of postwar re-
construction"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-12

Edwin B. whittlesey and Arnold
Young.
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Furs, like diamonds,
are bought on Faith!

Sears nationally famous
January Sale makes it
possible for you TO own
a luxurious fur coat right
now -. and enjoy it for
seasons to comel Re-
member YOU CAN
TRUST SEARS!
Evening star., 1940-12-16
Custer of Laval Again Brings
WeyqondTs Name to Fore
Reports Here Of Possible Visit by Murphy
Make Riddle Even More Intriguing

resistance to Hitler under the cir
cumstances was doomed to failure.
Gen. Weygand resisted by delaying
rehabilitation of the army and sur
render of military equipment. He
opposed particularly the proposal
to transfer units of the Syrian army
to France. But he was unable to
gain much time. Very soon there
came stern warning of reprisals
from the German Armistice Com
mission at Wiesbaden and the Vichy
government retreated.
Kept Agents Out Of Army.
The only thing in which Gen
Weygand was successful was in frus-
trating attempts by the Germans
and their agents to penetrate inside
of what was left of the French Army
In this he unquestionably performed
an important service. 1t was only
after his exit from the government
that the Germans succeeded in es-
tablishing their influence in the
army administration by filling it
with Nazi agents.
Gen. Weygand did all he could
to maintain anti-German sentiments
in the army. During the bitter anti
British campaign waged in the Nazi-
controlled French press after the
British naval attack on French war;
ships at Oran, Gen. Weyand inter-
vened to curb the agitation. He Is
said to have told his aides.
"You must do all you can to in.
Evening star., 1940-12-16

mans, Gen. Weygand detested them
The ultimate consequence Of Gen.
Weygand's conduct was a demand
from Weisbaden for his removal
The Nazis frankly informed Vichy
that Gen. Weygand did not have
Hitler's confidence. At Vichy, the
action was expected and candidates
for Gen. Weygand's post were in
readiness. Included among the lat
ter was Gen. Huntzinger, who sue
ceeded Gen. Weygand, and various
followers of the Monarchist Action
Franchise group.
But in demanding Gen. Weygand's s
removal from the government, Hitler
did not object to his going to North
Africa as special commissioner
From the point of view of Nazi in
terests, Hitler was not wrong in his
calculation, taking into considera-
ton Gen. Weygand's strong opposi-
ton to Gen. de Gaulle. This senti-
ment is to be found even among the
anit-German elements in French
military circles. I have heard of
French generals who frankly ad
mitted they would rather be in
De Gaulles place instead of in
France, but who nevertheless con-
demned De Gaulle personally.
Regards De Gauile as Upstart.
The feeling stems from the period
when De Gaulle demanded reorgani-
zation Of the French Army in line
with the principles of mechanical
ton and total warfare to meet the
German preparations. De Gaulle's
critics do not like to admit that he
was right and they were wrong
Gen. Weygand belongs to the group
who continue to look on De Gaulle
| as an upStart,
Evening star., 1940-12-16

Sentiment in favor Of De Gaulle
has been mounting rapidly both in
France and in the colonies. French
Army officers are coming to recog-
nize in increasing measure that
Marshal Petain and Gen. Weygand
were wrong in their calculations
that acceptance of the armistice
would bring a tolerable peace.
Events in Indo-C China particularly
have embittered the officers of the
lower ranks, while the resistance
shown by the British has encouraged
the desire to take up the battle
against the Germans once more.
When Vichy decided to dispatch
Gen. Weygand to North Africa ito
restore order" he was accompanied
by police officials armed with ex-
traordinary authority to make ar
rests. Hundreds, If not thousands, of
officers, soldiers and sailors in North
Africa have been arrested and
transported to France-all suspected
supporters of Gen. de Gaulle.
met many of these "repatriates" in
Marseilles.
Opposes Yielding Colonies.
In the very midst of Gen. Wey-
gand's activities, there came news
of negotiations between Vichy and
Berlin for closer Franco-German
collaboration. Gen. Weygand ad-
dressed his officers in a statement
declaring solemnly that France
would not yield an inch of her COL
onies to Hitler. This was at the
moment when Hitler was trying to
swing Gen. Franco to his side by
the promise of French Morocco and
gave the japanese a free hand in
Indo-China. Gen. Weygand's hear
ers knew, of course, also of Italy S