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

County Assessor Fred A. Smith
and State Representative Gerald
Dixon addressed rs members Of
the Pierce County Association Of
the Blind Sunday afternoon in
Emerson hall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-11

cafes tnat America unWiillnR-
ness to enter the war in Europe
Is no sign of a peace at any
price sentiment in the United
States.
I'D volunteer II any nation
made the slightest gesture
against the United States" Is
the way their verdict IL ex-
pressed time and again. Others
frequently remark that they
would want to be certain In
their own minds that 1--WE
hadn't provoked the attack.
hut. once certain, I'D yolun-
teer In a minute"
6s9s Would Volunteer
A further question in today's
survey shows that the majority
OF Americans have reached the
conclusion, also, that an attack
on Canada by a foreign nation
would be a thrust at the security
of the United States. President
Roosevelt has stated that the
Monroe Doctrine applies to Canada
Just as 1t does to Latin America,
and the institute survey reveals
that nearly two Americans in
three Of fighting age say they
would volunteer IL Canada were
attacked and the United States
came to her aid:
Voters were asked: IF Canada
Is invaded and the United States
goes TO her aid. would you person
Ally voluneer to fight7" The an
swers are:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-11

folks. The Rex was intended to
accommodate 70Ol Well, any
way, now they're back home and
mighty glad of it.
\ 4
BVf what parflevIerly intrigued
me sssVf this yarn Is this. They
started out with q brand new
Dodge. And 70 be sure fhof the
Dodge GOT only the best lvbriea-
hsn, you know what fhsy did,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-11
$4,000, 900 Ready to Join
Army If Found Necessary
Mojority Of Those Questioned Would
Also Volunteer to Defend Conudo. Too
By DIR. GEORGE GALLUP

Director, American Institute of Public Opinion
copyrht
PRINCETON N. J.-Men in every state in the union
representing the military manpower of the United States
served notice all concerned today that the overwhelming
majority of Americans of military age prepared vou
teer for the defense of this country it should be attacked
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-11

many and Italy. They he'd .
Srsnd time, sew q lot Of country
and poid a. high o. 5, per gel.
len for gasoline.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-11

security of our country and 10
insure peace for America and pre-
vent involvement in the imperial
istic slaughter in Europe" The
1871 convention will be held in
Stockton, Calf.
LESS TRAFFIC
Flow of traffic ebbed in the
harbor Monday with three vessels
berthed after weekend departures
cleared the slate of four others.
OF these. two were destined TO
leave shortly. The Losmar. load
ing lumber at st. Paul mill. was
due out in the afternoon. At
shaffer No. / the Norco was
berthed since 6:45 a. m, diseharg-
ing paper.
Movements Of the big Johnson
line motorship Ecuador. a Monday
arrival at Shaffer No. l. were not
clarified. due to her mission in
perilous waters.
Slated as expected arrivals were
the Taku, at the smelter to dis
charge Canadian ore in the after
noon, and the Border King, at
Shaffer No. /.
PORT CALENDAR
Ships in port: Losmar, st. Paul
mill; Norco and Ecuador, at
Shaffer No. l.
Ships due: Monday, Taku, at
smelter dock; Border King. at
Shaffer No. /. Tuesday, Mime
sotan, Baker dock; Coast Miller,
Shaffer No. 2.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-11

Lone is educated. Plenty OF
others have seen stoloomites
and stoloctites, but she's the
only one know that re-
members which way they both
stick"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-11

Yep, that right
took along
enough Triton
Motor Oil for
he 10 h o 10
blooming tripi
] think that's
Al n
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-11
TO MEET THURSDAY

The Tacoma school board will
meet at $50 p. m. Thursday in
the Central school building.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-11

Then the war
scare started,
and the Knu-
sells started for
home in the
Italian Liner
Rex along with
1858 9th er
~ Ew-y -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-11
mSNRHW
by JOHN CLINTON

Up in Scappoose thatsnot some
thingIndians carryontheir backs,
lisa town in Oregon , there's ono
Of the SWEETEST couples you ever
met-Mr. and Mrs. ]. Knusel. by
name.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-11
II21MH9 385ESsIIf
Won't Count Ballots Cast by Tugboot
Men As Long As Negotiations Continue

Negotiations were launche Z
Monday in Seattle between organ.
lied tugbost men on Puget Sound
and the Northwest Tugboat asso.
citation in an effort TO reach q
new agreement for 700 men.
Ballots on a strike vote, locked
in bank vault, will remain there
uncounted so long as negotiations
continue lin good faith" accord
ing to Capt. John n. Fox, secre-
tary of the Inlandboatmen's union.
The Manufacturer and the
Masters, Mates and Pilots ssso-
citation presented demands two
weeks ago for wage increases and
4s-hour week.
HARDING ELECTED
A. r. Harding. San Francisco
radioman. was elected president
of the Maritime Federation of the
Pacific in the closing hours of the
groups week-long convention in
Ore. Saturday.
Other officials elected were Jay
sauers. San Francisco, secretary
John O'Donnell, San
Francisco. vice president; Walter
Stack, San Francisco, Trinidad
Rojo, Seattle, and r. M. Hansen,
San Francisco. trustees.
The federation Of CLIO, AFL and
marine workers went
on record as standing for national
defense that VIII defend the free
of this republic" TAX
ing its stand in an effort toward
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
POST OFFICE MEN
 PLAN CONVENTION
Waterbury Sending Dele= gatiOn to TorringtOn
 Gathering Feb. P

Harold J. Blacker, second vice. president, will head the Waterbury delegation which will attend the 42nd annual State Convention of the United National Association of Postoffice Clerks at the Elks' Club in Torrington, Thursday, February 9.
 The convention in the New City will be tribute to the first presi- dent of the state group from Tor rington, Nelson Stone.
 The speakers will include:
 Fourth Asst. Postmaster General Frank J. Buckley, U. s. Sen. Fran cis Maloney, Cong. J. Joseph Smith, Cong. James A. Shanley. and Cong. William Miller, John J. Barrett of Washington, D. C., national president of the erganiz- ation; George J. Hickey of Bos- ton, national organizer, J. B. De- Mott of PiStsfield, Mass. and R. s. Edmonds of Bridgeport, post office inspectors.
 The present officers of the state organization follow: President, Nell son Stone of Torrington; first vice. president, William J. Conlan of New Haven; second vice-preSident, Har- old J. Blacker of Waterbury; third vice-president. Clayton Draper of Bristol; fourth vice-president, Char les w. Bickerton of New Britain; fifth yice-president, Peter A. Clark of Bridgeport; secretary, Walter F. Geraghty of Waterbury; and trea- surer, Peter .Phalen of Milford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13

existence of youth problem" stir ring up localities to meet specific youth needs, and so on. It won the friendship of Mrs. Roosevelt and the enmity of Martin Dies.
 Its current Washington meeting was called purely as citizenship institute and was participated in by many bodies not members of the congress. It hadn't even started be- fore charges of communistic inf1u- ence were flying.
 THE FINANCES:
 Last year the congress took in, and spent, slightly more than $15,- 900. It raised two-thirds of this from registration fees and collec- tions at it's meetings and from the sale of literature.
 The rest came in contributions from all sorts of persons, includ- ing such diverse folk as Jim Far ley and the late Haywood Broun. Biggest gift the Congress ever got was $1,00O, from the late Robert Marshall of the U. s. Forestry Service,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
ARRANGE CHECKUP
 ON RADIO PROGRAM
Methodist Churches to. Conduct Survey on List
 eners' Interest

The members of the Methodist churches in Waterbury and vicinity will gather in their respective local churches at or 2:30 o'clock Thurs day afternoon, this week, to enjoy their own local programs, and to hear radio program of the New Haven District of the Methodist church broadcast at 3 o'clock over station WELL, 800 kilocycles. pr. Lloyd T. Morley, superintendent of the New Haven District, will be i'll charge of this broadcast.
 Any person unable to attend these meetings in their own local churches, but listening in at home. have been requested to telephone at 3 D. m. to their local church the number of persons listening in. All churches are requested to report the number listening to Waterbury 4-6829, at First Methodist church, which will in turn report the num- bers to the broadcasting station for report.
 At First Methodist church in Wa terbury tea has been planned by the ladies at this hour, and all members who can come, men as well as women, are invited to be present. By the courtesy of a local hop, a receiving set will be supplied for this occasion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
FAMOUS CLASSICS
 TO BE PRESENTED
BeethOven's Works Are Chosen for TOnight's
 Program of Study

Fare you well, fare you well, fare you well, My dear, my dear MT. Maelzel." The tune to which these words were set is the principal theme of the 2nd movement of Beethoven's s Symphony, No. 8, in F major, a rec ording of which will be played by Adrian Boult and the British Broad- casting Co. Symphony Orchestra, at this evenings 'Learning-to-Listen" music class, which meets at the Bronson Library at 7:15.
 MT. Maelzel is none other than a friend of Beethoven's who invented the "chronometer," a type of clock designed to tick at different speeds and thereby indicate different musical tempos. It was the forerun- ner of the metronome, which was, later patented by Maelzel. Beethoven wrote this musical farewell for his friend, when Maelzel was starting on a journey. The accompaniment played by the wood-wind instru- ments suggests the ticking of Mael- gels chronometer.
 Tf!s evenings program will also feature Papa" Haydn's Symphony, No. 104, in D major .("London") Salmon No. D which will be pres ented as review selection from the Sonata Symphony Period. This symphony was played on last Thurs day nights concert of the Water bury Civic Orchestra. This even- ing's performance of the work af- lords an excellent opportunity for the class to continue with the study of Sonata-form, as well as to become better acquainted with this noble music.
 The orchestra for which Haydn composed was a small one, compared with todays standard symphony or- cheStra. It consisted of about 30 in- struments. About two-thirds of them were strings; the rest were wind in- struments, usually in pairs-one or two flutes, ? oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and sometimes 2 trumpets. The percussion section rarely had more than a par of kettledrums. The feeling of Haydn's lightness and gaitey in this work is recaptured in the high fidelity recording made by Edwin Fischer and his Chamber Orchestra, to be played as the open- ing selection on tonight's program.
 In review, the class will hear the Adagio from the Toccata in c minor, by Johan Sebastian Bach, freely transcribed by Leopold Stokowski and recorded by Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
 Tomorrow evening, the Waterbury Pops" concert will be presented at the Library at 7:30. An unusually interesting program of favorite con- cert pieces has been arranged. The public is cordially invited to attend the Pops" concert.
 The "Learning-to-Listen" music class is offered without charge to all people interested in getting the most out of the music they hear. The class is conducted each Monday and Tuesday evening at the Bronson Library, by Walden Trimble and Miss Paulette Wolozin, under the sponsorship of the Library and the WPA Adult Education Program of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
MERIT RATING
 OPINION GIVEN
Successor Employer Ob= tains Benefit Experience
 of Predecessor

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 13-A suc- cessor employer who acquires the assets of another employer is entitled to the benefits of the experience period of the predecessor employer for the purpose of computing a merit rating index, according to an opinion made public today by Assistant At- torney General Harry Silverstone. The opinion was issued to Labor Commissioner Cornelius J. Danaher at the request of the latter.
 Attorney Silverstone pointed out that the law provides that the execu- tors, administrators, successors or assigns of any former employer. may request the mingling of the merit rating account of such former em- ployer with the merit rating account of one or more active employers. The law also provides that, on the 31st of December of each year after 1889 the balance in the unem- ployment compensation fund shall be greater than the amount of bene- fits paid out during the two-year period ending on such December 31st the administrator shall compute a rating index for such employer who has been subject to the unemploy- ment compensation act during the whole of the three-year period, called the experience period" ending on such December 31st.
 The opinion further pointed out that apparently it was the intention of the legislature to treat the success sor employer as continuation of the predecessor employer and there fore constituted continuous em- ploying unit. Therefore, the success sor employer is entitled to the benefit of the experience period of the predecessor employer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
AFRICAN FILMS
 WILL BE SHOWN
Missionary Plans Illuss trated Lecture Tomor=s
 row at Lutheran Church 2

Rev. Elmer R. DanielSon, for twelve years missionary in British East Africa, will speak at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on Cherry Street tomorrow evening o;1 What Our Church is Doing in Africa"
 His message will be illustrated with pictures he has taken on the mission field of the Augustana Synod n Tanganyika Territory. Pastor Daniel son is native of Meriden. where l.e lived until he left home to attend Upsala College in East Orange, N J. and Augustana Theological Senl- mary in Rock Island, Ill. =
 While at the latter institution Rev. Danielson and the pastor of Zion Church, Rev. E. Einar Kron, became acquainted. Pastor Danielson's lec- ture will be open to the public. A free offering will be lifted.
 The MendelsSonn Chorus will ap- pear in concert in Zion Evengeli- cal Lutheran Church Monday even- ing, February 26, for the benefit of the Swedish Benevolent Sosiety. Rev. E. Einar Kron, president of the. SOC iety, announced today, C. Loring Burwell, director of the chorus, will conduct the chorus, which needs no introduction to Waterbury audiences.
 The Swedish Benevolent Society has not arranged for benefit en- tertainment in several years, and therefore invites the support of all who are interested in helping the worthy needy. J. A. Sundin is sec retary of the society. MT. Robert Swanson serves as treasurer. Fin s.ncial secretary is Mrs. Herman Johnson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
BY WILLIS THORNTON

NEA Service Stan Writer
 It's all right for hard-worklng state legislators tO take holidays at pleasant lake resorts-but what if a utility company pays the bills?
 It's all right for small towns to hold special elections on utility questiOns-but what if the utility concerned pays the expense of holding the elections?
 It's all right for employees to turn in expense accounts-but what if the money Is kicked back" to cOmbany officials personally, for use as an Off-the-bO slush fund?
 It's all right to run for the state legislature - but what if a dozen candidates campaign expenses are paid by utility company?
 It's all right o organize 'taxpay- ers leagues"-but what if mysteri- Ous strangers appear and hand over cash for the leagues expenses?
 The Securities and Exchange Con- mission has questions like these on its hands today after long investiga- tion of the Union Electric Co. of Missouri. It is now deciding whether to call a public hearing or turn its evidence over to the Department of Justice for action.
 Allegations before the SEC threat en, if upheld, to break into scan- dal such as the utilities industry has not seen since the investigation of 1928. For nearly two years operations of Union Electric have been ventil-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
RECOGNITION FOR
 CONNECTICUT MAN
Russell J. Lent Named Member of Rifle AssOcia=
 tiOn's Executive Com.

Washington, D. C., Feb. 13-one of Connecticut's most prominent ridemen and promoter or rifle and pistol tournaments, Russell J. Lent, Middlefeld, has been given national recognition by his elevation from the Board of Directors of the Ma tional Rifle Association on which he has served only a year, to the executive committee of this body. Lent, now serving as president of the Connecticut State Rifle Assn. thus takes a most active part in the national governing body of the sport as member of the sixteen-man committee which serves as the high est court of appeals and the guid- ing body as regards policy and oper- ation of the nations oldest sports organization.
 Lent was in attendance at the directors meeting here over the past week wherein prominent sportsmen and military leaders, headed by Chief-of-Staff General George s. Marshall and Asst. Sec'y. of War Louis Johnson, met in their annual session to discuss individual rifle marksmanship as a sport and as means of national defense.
 Connecticut's new committee rep 'resentative is deserving of place on the national committee follow ing a promotion career in Connecti- cut that has made the state asso- citation leader among the thirty six affiliated state groups of the N R. A. A finished rifleman himself he has of late been devoting so much time to tournaments, club organiza- ton and junior work within the stase that his competitive shooting has necessarily suffered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13

Moscow gave no details of the ex- changes to be made.
 Nazi quarters, explaining the lack of details, said that to give the pre- cise extent of the treaty might be of help to enemy nations. Hence it ap- peared that the significance of the agreement might be revealed only with the passage of time. So far as was known, the only deliveries Rus sia has made to Germany since last August have been quantities, of which the extent is not known, of grain and oil.
 May Take Two Years
 Neutral trade experts expressed belief that to replace blockade losses, estimated at about 45 per cent of former German imports, Russia would have to increase its production vastly and develop its transport This, they suggested, could hardly be expected to become effective be- fore two years.
 In 1913, it was said, Germany con- stunned one-third of Russia's exports and provided about half of Russia's imports. When Russia resumed trade relations with foreign countries after the World war, Germany again be- came her most important trade partner" it was said, and from 1921 to 1923 provided Russia with more than one-third of her imports and increased this share to 40 per cent between 1881 and 1883. German inn ports from Russia developed sim- ilarly, it was said.
 German quarters hailed the pact as a severe blow to the allies and forecast a rapid increase in Russo German trade.
 What Agreement Signifies
 "The agreement is an indication that Germany and Russia have once again found the road to natural eco- homie cooperation" said the Boer- sen-Zeitung am Mittag. Russia pro- vides raw materials and we deliver machines. Britain in particular has been trying to persuade itself that German Russian plans for economic exchanges could bring scarcely any important successes. They have now been presented with proof and they do not like it."
 The semi official organ of the Rus sian committee of the German eco- homie organization suggested that Russia wold get locomotives, boilers boring machines, blaming machines saw machines and cutting machines especially, as well as typewriters adding machines, cable machines and textile machinery.
 Radio Newscast
 A newscast of the German official radio, intercepted at New York, said that in the record year, 1881, Ger many sent Russia 762, 100000 marks ($305, ,080, ,000) worth of goods. The greatest volume of German imports from Russia, in 1880, was 463, 300, ,0OO marks ($185, ,320, ,000) it was said. The low year was 1888, when Germany sent Russia .31 800, 900 marks ($12,- 72O, ,000) worth of goods and received only 47,4O0,000 marks worth ($18,- 960, ,0OO.
 Tn view of German economic ex- ports the British blockade of the Reich will be rendered practically ineffective by the new agreement, !" said the newscast. Tt is realized, of course, that the enormous volume of German-Russian trade will give rise to considerable traffic problems, but the conviction prevails that these traffic problems will be over come satisfactorily by the develop rpent of railroads and the Danube water route."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
SEC Fries Lid Of Union Electric Scandal
es For Legislators Missouri U Paid For Franchise Election

This story, stilI a close secret. Mc- Clennan turned over to the SEC. Spoehrer then resigned.
 Charges were reported that an ss5,- 900 fund was built up by the com pany which could be used for poll- tical contributions and lobbying dn- cluding lavish entertainment and gifts for public oficers). Certain em- ployes of the company, it was charged would draw big expense accounts. That showed on the books. But then, by prearrangement, the money or most of it would be paid back to cer- tain company officials personally, who could then use it where 1t would do the most good, but leave no trace on the books, according to. the re- ports.
 New charges kept turning up. 4 "taxpayers' league" started to com bat municipal. ownership was found to have mysterious "angel" in stranger who appeared at just the right moment with cash in hand to help the league carry on. One small newspaper was even provided with reporter" to write anti-munic1pal ownership material.
 TWO COMPANY MEN
 INDICTED FOR PERJURY
 While the SEC inquiry went on secretly, the Department of Justice went to work. It soon had federal grand jury perjury indictments against Albert c. Laun, lobbyist, and Frederick c. Martin, engineer
 Laun fought charge that he naa exercised an all-too- direct influence on the campaigns of legislative cal1- didates. His case is still pending. But Martin admitted furnishing money for campaign in St. Charles county
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
Individual Deals

Moscow, Feb. 13-(UP)-German industrialists have concluded indi- vidual deals, in addition to a new German-Russian trade treaty which provide for deliveries of large quan- titles of commodities including l,OOO,- 900 tons of grains and cereals, it was understood today. It was reported that the bulk of the cereals and grain already had been delivered.
 Several scores of German indus trialists have been conducting nego- tiations in Moscow at the same time that German and Russian official del- egates, here and at Berlin, were ne- goitating the trade treaty.
 It was understood that under the treaty Russia would send oil, man. ganese, cotton, iron ore, wood pulp and cereals to Germany in return for industrial commodities and ships.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
Trade AgreementW With Nazis, Soviets Probed
Neutral Experts Believed It Will Take Two Years to
 Reduce Germany From Ruin By British Blockade

Berlin, Feb. 13-(UP)-Diplomatic quarters sought today to learn the trade agreement which, according to real scope of a new German Russian German estimates, will asure a turn- over of more than 1,500, ,000, 900 marks ($600, 1000, ,000) m Its first year, new peak.
 Announcement last night that new agreement had been signed at