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

Judge Overton GENTRY r
Of the state supreme court
attorney. died Saturday morn
Judge Ellis served on the supreme
bench from 1910 until 1919. lie was
first appointed associate justice
by Governor Hay. replacing Judge
Frank u. Rudsin. resigned. Hs
was elected 10 the high tribunal
In 1919 lie served as chief justice
from 1917 until 1919. lie resigned
At That time 10 return 10 private
practice.
Judge Ellis. city attorney from
1870 until 1905. WA a member u
the COMMITTEES ~ 70 which drafted =
new charter rof Tsooma. The COM
mitiee reported a commission plan
of government and Il NAs adopted
b. voice vote Of electors. Oct 10.
1905
Native 81 Missouri
Judge Eliis WAS born IN Nod.
away county. Mo. October 20.
1880. first came % Tacoma IN 1852
Nine years later he became a part.
nsf In the firm ~ Pills 4 Fletcher.
continuing IN that capacity until
his appointment % tns supreme
court. Robert y Evans. B0N q
Judge Il the superior court Nas
taken into ths firm N 1903 and q
became knoNn A. Ellis Fletcher
A. Evans
Following his resignation from
The sgprems court. he sga.n
pinned forces slth Evans. conduct
ing business under fhs nafns u
Kllis a Evans
He yss the son Of DR.. Thomas
cOwis Ellls and tbs former Jane
Harris Gentry. Hs attended ths
University u NiSsOgn and Nss
yslsdictOrian Of the graduating
class o. 1888. Further study Of
lsw vas obtained IN the Law school
u University Of Virginia. which
he attended IN lss4-s5 Following
completion u his study. Judge
Ellis read laW In the office o. I'd
wards 4 Ellison. Asrsvills. Mo
Admitted In Isss
He vas admitted 10 the Missouri
bar In 1885 and estsbllshed prse-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
Willkie 10 Call
For Vigilance

NEW f0ah wsnd~li 4. wfli-
xis started to-day % draft tbs
speech ~ ziii a<iss~r 10 the nztion
Monday. prsssm.siy On pians u
ssyitsIlxe ts~ Hspublesa nsfiossi
efxaaixstian.
10 Republican quarters u vnn
h~iisyed ths address would eatI
for consolidation u tins three mast
powerful groups supporting wiilkss
the Republican party. the Demo-
efats for Wiilxi< and tn AGO.
es2tsd wliikls clubs u America
u sSs s@pAastss1 ~ tsls
would soe sstswpe esssotes -
. political esgnslsaeses sststy
10 tight rss~t1sss nssssvsIs.
but issk toward ~ fssnaa1ss
Of . powerful sppssi11as u
serve ~ . eheck % ssy -
sibi~ sssampeIos II nsw sewer
~ the sdnziststsstten-
Wllikle has done little but rest
since the election. and his only
immediate plans. other than the
speech. are for . two OF three
weeks vacation
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11

Five Hurt When
BIeuchers Fall

DALLAS. Ten. - At least five
persons were seriously hurt TO-DAY
when temporary bleschsfs At Own.
by stadium collapsed Just before
the opening Of the Texas A. A M
=. NJ u. football game.
More than 800 person. were
In the stand. when the two
by eight uprights snapped.
dumping the spectator. onto
the ground.
Most of the injured received
broken bones. -Four persons were
brought 10 Parkland hospital for
emergency treatment and ambu-
lance attendants said ~ least 20
persons stili AZ the field needed
hospital treatment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
final pefled today ana humhisd
Army iasa
81. CAROLINA osts kA>sss
COLI MIRA. =. q aouth
Carolina defeated Kansas state
20 10 10 to-day IN an intsfssctionai
game
Other Scores
own KANSAS


Bowdoin m. Maine o
New York 4. ~. frsahiin Mar.
shall o.
Rutgrr. a. Lafayette !.
George Washington o. Uoskseil
Vale q. Cornell ~.
fordhsm Is. Purdue J.
rrinceioe ~. Dartmouth o.
syracuse ~. Penn state "a.
Army y. Brown ~
south Carolina 10. Kansas state
Pittsburgh a. Carnegie Tech 0,
Western Reserve q. ohi. q. o.
Metre Dams ~. Nav, !.
Manhattan ts. Marquette a..
Baldwin Wallace "a. Toledo ~.
~. Anselm ~. Northeastern o.
william. 80. Wesleyan q.
Minnesota 7. Michigan a.
Kentucky ~. seosgsa Teen u
so.tan University q h.ssian taiisss
~
st~N ~. springfield J.
eaty !, satfs tsssss ~.
susslashsnns a. Nnsssisn q.
Worth ssf.is1s state ~ wsks'
fsrsst 90.
western Hs..s,. q. Onto a. o.
Temple - siiisnots o.
tfsinus a ssttSsbsfS "a.
wDffnfd J. stsfsan !
itoiy ffass J, Nis.issippi ~,
tpslisufl fhfs Wayne 10.
NIAGARA IL wsfnssbafs a
I,etfolf 4, fsssH shfIsftsn q,
W Va Cincinnati
Wooster - HawtinE Green "a.
Ds,tan -. >ssist isinf o
Miami .Dhisf ~. ksismss.. tssfhs
tass ~, uhis wssisbsn 10
West Aifsinis T. siasisasfI T.
Columbia l. Missansln a
Vermont ! soFutsh -.
Trinity a Amherst o
Hamilton ~. ussssfsfa o.
Wagner n HfeohiYn ..
ButlsF -. Tall fhfs.
M. Carolina COLLEGE J. ti@fias A.
a. ~
wiiiism Mari &c. Randolph
1sfan q.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
Storm Traps Motorists
In B. T.. Mountains

CALGARY, -sltz---A party d
IL motorists was reported storm.
bound N heavy mountain snow
drfts Saturday midway between
Golden and Eeyslstoks. Y. {.
According 70 information reach
ing police here. the motorists were
considered 70 be In very SEN
Gus plight
British Columbia government
snoSplOYs and rescue party on
foot were attempting 70 break
through the heavy drifts from
Golden with food. blankets ard
first aid equipment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
U.S.ToTrY
To Settle
Mill Strike
Union Chieiloins.
Operators Asked
To Conferences

The National Defense com.
mission today urged union
leaders and members 81 the
Northwest lumber industry
10 avert any further tie-up IN
defense production pending
an attemp, 20 settle their
labor dispute NJ a meeting in
Washington. u. G. Nov. u.
The commission sal idsntiesi
telegram. d fFsak chsrsnsn. rep
Fesentailss ~ the Carpenters In
isFnatlnnsi union At Seattle and h
four employer sreafs n The ~har<
u hs,nsins 10 an end ihs month.
old dispute
TIE tslegfams sisn ~sfr ssnt n
John u Fttsssfsia. secretary and
manager q the i.umhefmsns In.
issstfiai Relation. COMMITTEES. So
attic Ned stone. simr.aa Lsmh~r
company. Washington. Leo po~a.
Defiance iamhsr oump.ny and
chairman ~ tho Emri.ysr. Nsse-
tlstion COMMITTEES. Tacoma A. {.
naught. Labor Relations Al or
n weyerhaueser Lnmh<f company.
rscnma. and Charlie. ingram. ~
the wsyefhaucses firm.
TN View ~ urgent ned h, ARMY.
navy and national defense sssss~s
supplies required Zoe sssrsas~s, ran.
toamens and sthss ecsssrusstes.
national defense esmussssse~ urged
immefiste setti~menf sf current
industries disputs. In the l.sst~F
industry Of The Norsws~t. In .saes
that there shat ~ M isssrssseWss
with the asfsase program aud - .
contribution Z. sqnssab,~ saksst.
ment Of assures IN dsspuss. sse ae-
f~nse eommsssie" urgently requests
that
Ia al mills n.~ affected b, The
di.puss. Involving ssus s1~wss~s-
ship. all lumber and iamh~s pred
uss. In pree~.s II sssspssstuse ~
finish~d lar nsslsusl defense ssdess
bs Immediately handed.
"tnsusedlsssi, upon ..strs sveos
s.u that .aeh l.mber sna i.ssk~s
products foe national desess~ NJ.
ders VIII eossisu~ 3. sssss that y.a
a.A "a n klx...-. a.s.-sf..-s
Representative u Csrpeaissss HAss
Hartley, fugst ssusd District
GouseiI NJ san mill wssksssl n. n
Roberts. s~esstsrs sssgaAissse
Local sssmiii weskss.l L. .. Os-
by. rresidsn, sssgssissis Local
Tst5i ID, y. rsssssa. Gsssvss sss.
mill Workers. s.ss.s. ssssHsn.
Secretary Puget ssaad Disisist
Council ~ ~.~miii Workers. ssn,e
To Washington. u. a.. fog tstat sss-
fssssss Nov. ~ vita employers and
officials Of ssi,sssi Defense Gem
nilsson and the Department sf -.
har and ssE.sisss . mutually salts
fsstovy sdIuss.s~st ~ isssss ss~
In dispute.
-urEeaIi, rsss ~ ss n a. THAI
psndins. conferences In Wsshtsss
Ton. all pisass sss operating . -.
iinor Ia sp~ssss without issssrsp-
ii.n. am sisiss tho operators
this ssss nsEss, request. rhs ~
fsas~ G.mmlssss win spvssessis
,sur cooperation is three recon-
ss.s.ss.as1y s~iss ssh-
mi,ied by the sssse,s,y ~ lAt.ss.
risas< ate rspi,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11

Tho iong. thrilling run ~
Smiths came near The close ~ the
second period. only short time
after the Wolverines had scored
a tout hduvn to take the lead
After one touchdown drive had
failed on the vineyard line. Miehi.
gan came back after seven MIN
utes Of the second period and
scored on = pass from Harmon Il
Capt, Forrest Evashovski. who
caught the ball In the end rome.
II was Harmon's place kick tina,
was wide
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
Minnesota Remains Among
Unbeaten With 7 to S Win
Over Great Michigan Team
Gophers Manage TO Checkmote Great
Wolverine Holfbock. Tommy Harmon.
As They Outscore Old Rivals. rs

MINNEAPOLIS Mnnesoias Gophers stood cut today
the beat for the national football championship
they suhdued Tommy Harmon and great Michigan eleven
to g. on cold rainy field before seou crowd Of 200
fans-an all-time record.
Bruok Smith and little Joe Mcrnik the heroes Of
the Minnesota victory. Smith 80 yards Co touchdown
a galop that began off the Michigan left tackle.
And Mernik WAS Just he Kicked the Gophers into
point victory last week Northwestern. who place
kicked the point after touehdownthe point that spelled
victory or ais team
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
Army Volunteers
May Delay Draft

WASHfNG ION Men are vol
unteering for one year o training
IN the army at a rate that may
make IT unnecessary 10 draft any
one until next spring or summer.
selective service officials said to-
day.
Between 200 900 and 900. 900 vol
unteers had been expected. but u
was believed they may number be
tween 600 600 and 500. 600.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
King Carols No. One
Aide Is Under Arrest

SEVILLE, spain Ernest Urda-
reanu. former Rumsnian court
Chamberlain. vas arrested Friday
night and probably will Be- taken
70 Madrid
Rumanis's pro-Sszi government
had asked for extradition Of Urds-
resnu 10 face charges IN oonnec-
ton with the suppression of the
pro-Nszi iron guard organization
IN Rumania. Urdsreanu came here
with former King Carol and
nagds Lupescu. The ez-king and
Nine Lupescu remained AZ their
hotel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
Union, Company
Agree 10 Attend

Lumber and ns~mlil workers
union fAfLt and wsysrhssssssr
Tlnt,sr Co. largest operator Ia.
VOWED IN . strike for higher
wages. aErss1 today "a inset win
federal officials IN Washington. ID
9. Nov, - Ia ss stistnpt 10 s@ssls
their differences. according 10 q
dispatch frefa seattle
Tbs union frat assured ths
National bsfsHss commission that
all finished iumisr products need.
81 for naiionsi defense ~oa1 ss
released Immediately.
rnioa isadsSs sdde.1 they would
d their b<st 70 prevent spread
IT the striss shleh has riossd ten
TseonaA mills. tsa Wsysrhseus@F
plants tn Everett AMI sas n sae-
qisalfals Falls IN q dsmsad for
Nsgs inefssss 81 seysn AMI ora.
haif esnts per hour and . 1s~x's
ya<silon slth pay.
Near hiis. Go Issssns-
tisa.i wsed~ssk<ss ~ As.~s-
ies eisinsd 10 have siSs~d
agreements win ihe Weyss-
h~sss~s company fog four ssd
five oeaf increases, and s~id
lie nses sere ready but uass,ts
Ia 20 10 work
ALL pieksts pstroiisd the
Eysrstt mills. and ths weysr-
hasus@r company vas unstls 10
get an injunction 10 superior court
70 restrain them.
Another strike which elosed
lumber mills On Crays Harbor Was
settled when tugboatmen agreed 70
90 back 70 work hauling logs
from camps 10 mills on a i0-hour
instead Of i2-hour day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
Judge o. G. Ellis. Former
State Chief Justice, Dies

lis. 30. former chief justice
nd long a prominent Tacoma
nv at his home. 625 No. g 81.
ties IN haryslils lie became titls
attorney for The Lombard Invest
msnt ca. II Kansas city IN 1887
and remained with the eonesfn
until 1903 Ellis VAS assistant
prosecuting attorney In sodassy
county IN Isss and 1877.
In 1884. he married Mins Jennie
white Of Kansas CITY. VINO sur.
wives him Two children we're
born. oysrton O.. IT,. now a consul
IN the foreign ssryies. y. 4. Ds-
partnsnt ~ state, stationed IN San
saiysdod. Central AmsDes and
Mas Presley white kins 81 Ia
coma
FoF many years jugs Eliis sss
CONTINUED on Pags ., cSlumn 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
Irish Is. Navy 7

BALTlMORE--Notrs Dame
renamed in the ranks Of un-
beaten football teams today
by scoring a touchdown In the
last few minutes Of play 10
defeat n serappy Navy team.
ID 10 Z.
With n capacity crowd OF
$4,000 looking on Notre Dame
covered rs yards in less than
three minutes In the final
period 10 score the winning
touc h down and wipe oui
Nays 7-6 lead.
BROWN BEATS ARMY
WEST POINT. n. Y. - Brown
pushed over a touchdown In the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
Guards Put
On Absentee
Ballots
Final Count Gives
Longlie l.s06 Lead;
Hire Detectives

Republicans disclosed Sat
nrday they had employed pri-
vate detectives 10 guard alb
sentee ballots in every county
seat in the state. as the closest
cubernatorial contest in 80
wears hinged on the $4,000
votes cast before last Tues
DAYS general election.
MAYOR Arthur b LSnghe. of Sc
attic. Republican nominee for gov
ernor. and former U. 5. Senator
c. c. Dill. Spokane Democrat
were only about $500 votes apart.
and counting of the absentee bal
lots. starting next Tuesday. will
decide the race.
Ralph A Horn chairman OF the
King county Republican central
committee, said the Burns de-
teotive agency had been employed
t. watch the ballots.
This is being done throughout
the state" Horr said. just in
case
Joseph T. Adams. Dilrs
campaign manager in King
and kltsap counties. said
Democrats have every conf
dence in the states election
officials and see no reason for
Hitlerite dramatics."
Horr said Republicans also
had the names and addresses
of all persons who witnessed
the signing OF absentee bal
lots.
I'VE wanted them just in
case there was anything foxy"
Horr said.
Guarding of the ballots was
first reported in Yakima county.
Sheriff J. W. Day assigned two
special officers there to watch
over 1.409 absentee votes. Sheriff
Day said the Burns detective
agency here requested that the
guards be assigned.
In Olympia Election Supervisor
jess Rosenberg said IT might be
"a good idea" If all counties
guarded their ballots to prevent
any irregularities.
POM EROY. Wash.-The last
precinct to report in the state
came in Saturday, with four votes
for Mayor Arthur b. Langhe, OF
Seattle. Republican candidate for
governor, and three for his Demo-
cratic opponent. c. c. Dill. of spo-
kane.
The Grouse precinct, of Garfield
county, was isolated by snow in
| the mountains. The ballots had
to be brought here, via La Grande.
Ore, a 2s5-mile roundabout trip.
With all 3,01s precincts in the
state reporting. the United Press
unofficial count on governor gave
Langlie 376,72 and Dill 374,e17-
lead of 1906 for the Seattle
mayor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
COPHERS VICTORIOUS OVER MICHIGAN
King Winter
Reaches for
His Sceptre
Snow Appears Here:
Cold We've Eust
Of Mountains

Snow. much Of il not very
convincing, made its first APP
pearance of the winter over a
large part Of Western Wash
ington Saturday morning.
The mountainous sections bore
the brunt Of the wintry attack and
Chinook pass. main highway cross
ing OF the Cascades between Puget
Sound and Yakima, was closed 10
traffic.
Tacoma experienced its first
few flakes. in most places mixed
with rain. shortly after 5 o'clock
when a dreary sky unlosded its
burden before l5-mile north wind
that swept in across the bay.
Cold in Montana
While western Washington
found the attack relatively mild
eastern Washington and partiou.
larly Montana. faced extreme win.
ter conditions
Great Falls. Mont, reported 10
Tacoma weather bureau mini
mum temperature Of ? degrees
above zero. only one degree warm
Ell than Point Barrow. Alaska.
where the minimum was de.
gree. the maximum. 26 degrees.
Brince George. British Columbia.
held the record with a minimum
of q degrees below zero, con-
trasting with the warmest wealth
er, maximum OF so degrees al
Miami Fla.
IL MAY Freeze
As in Tacoma. Seattle felt its
first wintry touch of snow Satur-
day when flakes mixed with rain
began falling early In the day.
Locally. snow flurries first were
reported from the Puyallup river
road. from South Tacoma and the
western suburbs
More snow fluTries and inter-
mittent rain are predicted for
Continued on Page 3, Column -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11

PORT ANGELES, Wash--Sur-
rounded On all sides BY a vast
wilderness Of umber-the Ozette
Timber Co. camp uses coal hauled
more than y miles By train. Log
gers in this northwest Washington
camp explained that FIR timber
Wss not available nearby. and IN
seasoned spruce and hemlock are
unsatisfactory.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
u. S. Vessel
Sent Down
By Mine
Giont c. P. r. Liner
Reports It's Being
Bombed From Air
mi I.IFTt>1

NEW YORK 4 distress cail
from the Canadian Pacific Liner
Empress Of Japan. reporting she
was being attacked h, bombing
planes off the west coast Of Ire
land was reported toda, nv q cer-
respondent Of the Japanese news.
paper >ichi >ichi.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
Italy Unprepared,
Italians Admit

OHRID. Observation-Disclosures
Greek armies. fighting in a noun
tain snow storm. crept closer TO
the Italian base of Koritza on the
northern front and hurled back an
Italian attack on the west coast,
according to messages reaching
the frontier today.
ADMINISTRATORS officers cap
tured by the Greek army said
today Italy had started war she
was not prepared to fight.
I'VE had no idea war was COM
ing. said Lieut. Quarantine Marco
of Parma, VINO arrived in Athens
from the front today Il was
stationed in Albania between FL
Bassan and KoritZa. On the after
noon Of Oct. q there was a lot
of movement General staff cars
came up and that evening we
were ordered to take our posts on
the frontier.
On the dawn Of Oct. rs we
Nwere packed into a sector opposite
| Florina. Our colonel assured US
\ what we knew to be a he-that
Premier Metaxas Of Greece had
told Foreign Minister Count Ciano
that the Italian army had been
given permission 20 cross Greece
and Jugoslavia. He said Greece
ana Jugoslavia had joined the axis
and that Greece would never OPP
pose our might
With flags flying, We marched
a. six. Terrible fire met Us. The
Greeks had the guns trained on
pass. We were unprepsred and
We retrested in confusion on Blk
hsta.
The next day We were sur
rounded BY Greeks. won't
forget those devils charging
In their skirts and yelling
"Erei-"
Il was captured in an I'M
successful counter attack
ordered by our commander TO
cover our retreat. Aibanians
on our left flank were in a
panic and our own tanks
shelled them in an effort 10
keep panic from spreading.
But our whole line fell back"
A similar story was told by q
regimentsl surgeon from the
Parma division. The Italians had
10 idea that war with Greece was
starting He said. We officers
were assured OF the existence Of
ar agreement allowing Us TO pass
through Greece
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
Red Premier 10 Berlin

BERLIN - Soviet Premier Wac
hesisv Aoiotos will come 10 Berlin
soon for discussion with the Ger
man government. II Was stated
officially Saturday night
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11

bombed Hitler's beer cellar and
that somehow" sticks of BON bs
overshot their mark and fell
around If not on the site Of the
Nazi celebration OF its first futile
Munich Putseh.
The London Evening Standard
said that in addition to dropping
bombs on Munich. several tail
gunners in British planes tossed
out bricks and other articles to
which had been tied notes ad-
dressed to Adolf"
FLIERS HAPPY
The London Star carried banner
lines saying "Hitler's beer cellar
/ bomb bed"
Reuters aviation expert said
that excitement ran high in the
squadrons selected TO keep an
appointment with Hitler and he
added that it had been the ambi-
ton or every man in the Royal
Air Force TO teach Hitler and his
friends the lesson they had made
clear when they sent German
oombers to attack Buckingham
Palace in London.
The Reuter- expert said the
British believed the German air
force had hoped TO kill the king
and queen when they bombed
Buckingham Palace.
BRITISH SPECULATE
The British speculated as to
whether the British raid on
Munich. which started ID minutes
after Hitler had been scheduled TO
start a speech. had forced him
back into his steel train which
he uses so often on his way about
Germany"
Perhaps they shunted il back
] into tunnel" the Reuter- aviation
expert said.
Other Raj bombers made up
wards Of 40 other raids on Ger
many, German-occupied territory
and the Italian industrial district
] in the north.
TURIN Is RAIDED
The British ministry listed as
among other detectives an air
craft factory at Turin and the
Pirelh Magnetic works at Milan.
Is German airdromes. oil re-
fineries at Gelsenkirchen and
Frankfurt, aircraft factories at
Nurnberg and Amsterdam, goods
yards at Soest. Hsmm. Osna-
bruck, Duisburg. Rohrort and the
Hook Of Holland and railway com
munications at Stuttgart, Mors.
saarbrucken. Main and lie Hsvre.
THE German high command ad-
mitted British raids on Munich.
Stuttgart and Wuerttemberg).
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
Adolf Hitler
Himself Is
Bomb Target
British Attempt
Retaliation For
Buckingham Attack
ADOLF Is ATTACkED

British bomber pilots kept
an appointment" with Adolf
Hitler at Munich ster.
dav and bombeD city
heavily while he was speak
ing in a beer cellar.
London newspapers said the
British. while aiming for railway
c o m unications in Munich
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11

NEW loRk-The house Of
commons has abandoned tenn
porarily the house of parlia-
ment and il meeting In AN
other place." British wireless
broadcast, picked up by the CO.
lumbir broadcasting systems
short-wave listening station re-
vealed. The house of parliament
Is a conspicuous bomb target.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11
Engineer
Fixes Blame
On Design
Eldridqs Cleors
Federal Aqsncies
In Bridge crush

Clsrk FldrldFs. resident en-
sinrer If the Tacoma Nsrrnws
bridge, sho said Saturday ~
wished n correct an impress
sion thar federal money Iend-
ms agencies were 10 blame
Tor collapse Of the spAn.
placed responsibility suusrely
on the nationally known de-
slEn.rs of the giant strwfurs.
Y had N srt~rs.rn ~ secs4ssna
ne federal sxsees~s - fwA snzi
RfC, Eisffisixs s.ld q wsaf =
mss. that clear. nth Rrc sn1
rwA Insisted. and unz~fssass1hfy.
that th~ hsi.iss d~slsn - as~wa
~ = n.tssnsiiy .pfamss~es sast-
nseFsar flsm
YEA s.st h1nu,> sas1 ~
shst rk> sssm> a>s~sss ~sso
ss> s~saasss~ n = sssss~sssy
.ssssss~sss skss ~ ptsss
sh~y prepared fssl~e
TIE hffix~ wss resigned ~
i.~es : Ao~<<sff - ss~ fars.
VIA sl.s 8<ssrn~i .aeh s<tfs~s -
ths UeAs~e Gate hfssls~ 81 a&n
Ff.net~ee art N. g<nssw WASH
lns,un bfsdxs IN Ss~ sefs. nusa
sssr~nssnn type spans
tp~siss teassss
~. representative. rrea~ssrn
flsnhaFd. flying h<s. fsvm NEW
rsfs branded Eissfldxss shsss~s
~ Friday - mt true
hsls~iff. himself. sid In . nae.
sage feessvsa here that. i've rslls
bridges for a. years and never ~.
fnfe has anything HE shis nap
r~nssi rh< Nssru~s hsida~. wnlis
no, the largest. 80. 10 my mind
The sest n~.asifu IN sh~ wostd-
Mots~Ifs said Ne had h~er study.
lnE tss bridge 81 sh< sims n sai.
l.p~-d. that 10 snd ether sanI-
nssrs hss not considered u IN
safe
Agrees VITA Eisssass
IN support AZ gidrsdGss eanssr.
tion that the s~ssxn ~ss faulty
Ssre comments ~ ~ o. e,ane.
chief engineer ~ ths f;oisSsn usss
bridge. ~he fisw h<ss from tns
Hay CITY
Ne observed that fhs weakness
~ tho bridge vas the ps~ IL eight
foos ~ids plate Gifdefs that. IN .
sun wind. acted much Iihs sails 10
a boat causing the span % rsppss
and rNsy.
Cone sid q true. klfsiss dsssxn
10 customary. This has 3 xfsll.lihe
foFmatlnn that siie~s th~ wind ~
sweep thrssxh. Assshsr srssa
method. Gene explained. II -
lcontinasf nm psss Z. f,alumn 4,