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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-19
2-Mill Levy
For Library
Is Pondered
Mayor Coin Asks
Licenses. Higher
Fees for Revenue

Tacoma voters may be asked to
xot, Nov. s on a 2-miIl special
levy for public library purposes
and the city council next week
NAV act on a new ordinance slap
ping licenses on businesses not
now required to be licensed, ana
larger fees on others that for
wears have only been tapped
lightly.
President III. C. Fitch. Of the
library board, said ? meeting OF
his board would be held wednes-
day afternoon to consider advisa-
bility of asking the council to
submit the special library levy.
.THE ONLY WAY"
"As / see 1t. that appears to be
the only way by which library
needs can be met" Fitch declared.
THE city controller showed me
figures yesterday disclosing that
the library fund has lost 100000
through unpaid taxes in the last
10 years. We must have additional
revenue to meet today's demands.'
Mayor Cain Is sponsor OF an
ordinance, now in the drafting.
which win drastically alter appli-
cation Of license fees TO Tacoma
businesses. Cain has estimated
maximum of $50, 600 in increased
revenue from this source.
COUNCIL PARLEYs
Food stores, beauty parlors,
food manufacturing plants, fuel
dealers and other businesses. which
require periodical checking by
city health inspectors and the
weights and measures inspector.
would be included.
Some of these potential sources
of new revenue were explored by
the commissioners Tuesday night
in a special budget session. in
lContinued on Page 3. Column p
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Poliiiculars|
and
Public Affairs
Johnson TO Manage
Dilrs Stote Drive;
Porty Tests Due

In recognition OF the vhopping
majority over Governor Martin his
organization rolled up at the
primary election. Hans johnson,
Tacoma merchant. today was
named state campaign manager
for c. c. Dill. Democratic nominee
for governor.
Al the same time n WAS re-
veaied state headquarters for
DIN win be maintained here
sf 90 Rust building.
johnson. Pierce county Demo
cratic chairman. managed Diifs
drive for votes in this county prior
70 the primary. He - well-known
In state political circles. having
served as Bourbon state commit
teeman and state senator.
Both Republican and Demo
cratic county central committees,
composed Of newIy-eleeted precinct
committeeman, are TO meet Sat
urday afternoon
IL b expected johnson VIII
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NOT run for Reelection ~
Democrat chairman. due 10 bis
Din appointment
Paul johns has VET " b
known he sliI BE- q candidate
for reelection - GOP chair
man. but may have opposifsss-
Mentioned - he po-sibss sp-
ponenfx are John Buchanan
and A. n. Comfort
Ewing d. Coivin, Seattle. spenl
" ITS In his unsuccessful race 70.
United States senator on the Re
Continued on Page 5, Column ]
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Egyptians See
Duce S Defeat
Predict Foscisms
"Deuth" on Desert
THE WAR IN AFRICA

Al Misri, influential newspaper
of the majority Egyptian Wafdist
party, said today the western
Egyptian desert Is destined to be-
come the burial ground OF
Fascism."
The Egyptian press generally
predicted disaster for Italian troops
invading Egypt, and a communique
of the British middle east command
said British bombing planes and
advanced tank and artillery units
had inflicted serious losses on two
Italian columns advancing into
Egypt along the Mediterranean
coastal belt
PEOPLE UNFRIENDLY
Discussing the Italian operations
Al Misri said:
They have 400 miles Of flat
desert to cross before they reach
the Nile. They are advancing In
a country whose inhabitants have
turned against them"
The newspaper described Aarshal
Rodolfo Graziani. commander Of
the Italian North African cam
paign. az "A little Napoleon" and
said:
He has TO take into considers
tion a sudden attack from his rear,
obstacles In obtaining his food sup
plies and ammunition and the pos
sible cutting Of his line Of retreat.
Strong enemy forces face him, he
can be sheIled from the sea and
the British can bomb his marching
columns from the air.
REMEMBER NAPOLEON
~Nzpoleon's Russian campaign
marked the turning point Of his
career and. although Mussolinfi
career may not be compared TO
that Of the French emperor. II
seems TO be fated In the same man.
ner.-
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Rodeo Performer and Jockey
Suffer Slight Hurts at Fair
Tocomons and Soldiers Swelling Crowd
TodoY Following Tuesdays Roinstorm

PUYALLuP-Tacons Day We'd
nesdsy Al the Western Washington
fair looked a little more hopeful
with a northwest wind and q rising
barometer.
Attendance Tuesday was = little
diminished BY fall Of as inch Of
rain and a wind storm. though 20
much OF the bag exhibition IL under
cover that al patrons could find
shelter.
Pubic offices In Tacoma sere
either closed completely or ep-
Grating under skeleton crews
Wednesday. and school ehlidrsn
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Lewiston Is Dampened

LEWIsTOs fdsho-A brisk
thunderstorm brought heavy rains
yesterday. temporarily disrupting
power facilities and flooding down
town Easements.
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Sedaiive Kills Dentist

YAKIMA Or. A. y. Olson. 81.
dentist. died IN the Yakima hos
pltai Wednesday a. result Of what
officers said was an overdose Of
sedatlyc.
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rsE BATTLE or mmrrAIS

rhe steady fury ~ Csrmas
bombing attaass smashed against
sturdy nrttlah dafsnaan today, hut
served merely 20 tnessas@ speea-
istinn Oh wAeths. Aaolf hitler
would abandna iasssloa plans IN
favor a. an serial wsr a. attrttian
AID . thrust II ether fampsFta af
ths British empire.
Tins after slms British anti
slrsfsft batteries ard squaaFuns %
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Arrest Made
In Hii-Run
Death Case
Driver Denies
Knowing He
Hit Anything

After q rsd-colnrsa pickup truck
san discovered ~ poilee nffie~fs
n have been recently repaired.
Frank q. Carlisle. e.. a Tslliesssa.
Tacoma wholesale h~sr distributor
vas arrested and Wednesday was
suspected 81 being the hlt-run
driver whose machine struck dawn
and fatally injured = Tacoma
wldow Monday night
Carlisle. according IN Police
Captain Tom Ros. who directed
Investigation % tho tragedy. adj
mltted he was driving the truck
Monday. but denied knowisdEs 81
hitting anything Wills an fouts
10 his home al Tiliieum.
The victim 81 the accident ~as
Mrs. Jane Harvey. eofs -. Mont
geometry 81. o7-Jear-oid widow 81
Robert Harvey. former city water
department employs.
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BERLIN - Kssis~ hsasks -
hsa..- IN .asse part. ~ i.ssasa's
crowded E.~s Eaa have di~~p-
ps.red. .. result ~ o~rm&n
sembtsa attack. asstas ts~
sight. the sffi-isi sew. sgrsey
asserted te<.y.
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Consumption machinery wa,
being set up in Tacoma and Pierce
county Wednesday with wartime
dispatch. and plans were going
forward toward selection Of thos<
who will operate II.
Major Paul w. Warren, OF TIA.
coma, appointed as public rela-
tons officer for the conscription
act IN Washington state. con.
ferred with County Auditor 8
Clifford Davis. ironing out al
details in connection with registra.
ton OF approximately $500 men
In the county Oct. 16.
First step In the seiective
service program begins inn
modiately. with . call being
issued by Davis for sapprsxA-
mately 1.1>o wsdnsn<. Prom !
three to ~ women ~ BE
assigned 70 each Of the coun-
tvs 2ez precinct polling places
as registrar.
Davis and his staff ut the court.
house Wednesday were ready te
take applications. blanks for thai
purpose having arrived during
the morning. Davis said he an
ticipeted little difficulty In a.
sembling enough volunteers.
Major Warren revealed that
In addition TO the 70 local
draft boards. which are 10 be
selected within the next few
days, there win be four boards
Of appeal--in Tacoma. Seattle,
Everett and Spokane.
He said each appeal board
will be composed Of five
members. plus an attorney.
who win be appointed TO act
for the government.
The local boards-of which
there will be four In the city ane
three In the county--will consist
Of three members and an examin.
ing physician. In addition there vii
be II advisory medical boards ap'
pointed in the state to conduct
examinations that require atten.
ton Of specialists.
Appointments Of board mem.
beers viii be made at Warrington
ID. c., upon Recommendation,
from local consumption authorities
according to Maj. Warren. Es
said Brig. Gen. Maurice Thomp-
son. state director Of the conscrip.
ton act. conferred Tuesday In
Olympia with Gov. Clarence d
Martin regarding selection Of
board members.
Procedure for every man Of
eligible age In the county Oct.
Is was defined by MAJ War
rem. Each man h 10 report
at his precinct polling station.
There he win give his name.
address, date Of birth and
nearest relative; MS height,
weight. color Of hair. etc.
In return, he win receive .
registration certificate. which
he must carry 1t an times.
The local boards will meet Oct
IT, receive all the registration
cards Of their district. They will
hold two drawings-one TO get ths
different serial numbers in order
and a second to determine the ex-
act order in which the men win b
called. Both drawings will be pub
lizhed, enabling registrants e
know approximately when the,
win be called
Eight-page questionnaires ther
win be sent 70 each man. and. from
the information be gives. his clss'
sification VIII be drawn.
No. Fit for immediate service
No. a Deferred because o.
essential employment
No. 3-Deferred-those with de.
pendents.
No. Permanently ineligible
such a. certain government off
Continued on Page 2. Column 2
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8 Day Raids
Come After
Bitter Night
London. Liverpool.
Glasgow Aisdcked,
Raj Retolioies
tnrIIrrf<sf

a souruEssr COAST row~.
Esgi.~a-tftff estshes. f~.lsnf
Witnessed wH-s appeared - ~ ~
Erest<<t HsysI Az Fa<s~ Fsl1 =.
thr osfs.ss l~ss-se. h.~e< sl.-x
~ rFsaek ess=f. - sas.sInr
hssh~ ~ tke aIF~~sias Il Csl~l-.
Csp~ osis <ss. ssa nsaiaxn~ pre-
s~ns~S - siszsst aaiss~ssups~a
wall "a fifel
sasfs
LONDON - nsifi.A nrhlax
pisas. sHa ground h~tt~rs~-
sss-~s~s Fsp~sf-s r<ias ~ s.s-
ss-s- - oessn.s sss pis.s. ..
f.sass. at ssA~s nfsts-h shi~e-
i've tss.f. s<-sssyssE - Nsss
craft ~ 10 D. -. ~ th~ .s~t
stuss.rn serial s=itle. % sh~ ws<.
Nise nsisi.h phases were sss.-sax.
s.s pliss. - flse wer~ eats. -
p.w.rfa ~a~ ths nfiti~A ssFi~i
aefsa.s aaFiax to s.y th~f ssfi-
ei.i. aid N sausn. h-a e~~a 80
parted arspp~a IN sss f.sss.ss
arc. sisrs last sight. sfrvss Fsil
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sIG CITIES BLASTED

British officials gave th@ las-
preston that shsr now feared th~
Continued On Faks J. column %
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BASEBALL
FINALS

f1rst game
Ns~ Yefs COS zie sse--s .
Chicago ell sst co.'s 10 .
Chandler. murphy tsJ and
Hosar: Lee ard fresh.
Washington go iso oos--i = o
CieveI.ad eso coo CO.'S 0
Chase. cnrraHagei go and
Early. Allen and Pytlak
philadelphia ses 600 sos-- .
D~treif sol ITO ess--it ~ 4
Caster and KzEnsr. Bridges.
seats 90 snd Tebbstts.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
~ IsaiaGs
Cineinn@si ssesieisoiesi-- 10 0
Phiii,es 1oseooooioeo--s . :
vandemser. Beggs fis) and
Baker. nuieahy and Warren
rssssbsrKh !. soo osi eso-I s 2
BOSTON $500 0oI zee ios--f 2
Bowman and Fernandes. Tobin
and Bfoskie. Berrea
NJ. Louis :. eos oss efz--lf ~ .
Brooklyn 4si 900 orc 7 . .
WsFnske. Doyle 81. and Owen.
Head. Casey 10. TamuIls 80.
carIet0n "a and Phelps
Chicago -. Ief 0le los . O.
New YORK. 500 eel 0oo-f A
French and Mccullough. schu-
maeher ana banning.
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she was struck down by { red
eolsrsd pickup truck - she
crossed the intersection Il 80. STA
ard South Tacoma way Monday
81 7 "a p, m. shs died At Tacoma
General hospital iva houfs later
from injuries rscsivsd
Witnesses said the impact - the
light truck hurried hsf body : dis.
lance Of approximately a fnst
Tha driver ~ tina ear failed 10
atop after ths mlshap.
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Consumption
Machinery
Built Here
4 Appeal Boords
To Be Set Up
In This Stote

WASHINGTON - The senate
Wednesday adopted legislation au-
thorizing machinery to guarantee
conscripts their full social security
and old age pension benefits.
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Ths asis Powers. hoseysr uers
operating On othsr ffonts and thslr
pafpoae obviously ~as 70 ka@p the
Britain guessing until th@ hiozw
falls or 10 wear aoNn British re-
sisiaBce BY pfelonks1 uncertainty
% everything except the fsisntis~s
attacks u German bonbsra
But. from All tndieations p.ss-
lng throaeh ths British censorship.
ths Man campaign 70 scar down
British nerves has failed 80 far.
HfitAins @af effort wna de-
aefitsd In London - anlfnpair.d:
fsrifinh food supplies have not
nssn reduced nsoFs than one lays
consumption ~ Mad hsmberd-
msnt. and tbs royal AR force sp-
psafsd u ss Challenging German
air superiority sith Increased
strength.
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fighter planes tilrnsa bark Ger
man var sqassfsas sem@timss a.
many sa 300 psaass south-
eastern England ard arosina L>an-
don. protesting ths capital after
a Night % severe bomblaEA
fsut the VAN attack. dlrectsf ~
BslehsmArshal Hermann Gosring.
continued. and there ssrs eight
air alarms IN Lsadon % -
7 50 D. N.
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carllsls vas arrested At AIS ..
m. Tuesday Al his place d bsasi-
meas. 1903 jefferson ave.
lie sas taken IN police head
quarters. where he sss booked On
a technical charge ~ Investigate
~ an automobile accident.
Deputy prosscutu niil Goaauin
.as summoned ~ police officers.
and Carlisle was Questioned re-
gardinE his activities Monday
and about ths repaired trssk-
Mas l. Released
Goodwin. following Questioning
u ihs man. filed a charge ~ asEii-
gent hemlelds against him IN ias-
ties csarsncs LAyton's court. Boad
was fixed a. $500.
Early Tuesday syeninE Carlisle
arranged for posting ~ bond and
Nas released from custody.
Joining Capt. ftoss m me invssti-
CONTINUED on Page q Column 81
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BRITISH HURi BACK GERM
SMASH NAZ INVASION bA
wtArHtR FORECAST

un.<tsi~s testgha Friday
f-mpsi nnsh. CO. 80. - "a.
Fl.<z ksax. 80. siiA
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-28
Durham Coroner Quits
Under Fraud Charges

DURHAM, Jan. 27-R-Coroner
A. S. Campbell, accused by the Dur
ham county grand jury of extorti"n
and incompetence, today submitted
his resignation to the board of coun-
ty commissioners.
Owing to continued ill health"
DR.. Campbell wrote the commission
ers, sit does not appear that 1 shall
be able to return to Durham coun-
ty in the near future. 1t is my wish
to be relieved of my duties as cc-o.
ner of Durham to take effect i'm
m~ediately."
DR.. Campbell went to Pennsylvan'
ia to spend the Christmas holidays
with relatives and has not returned.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-28
'BARTERED JOBS
RACKET EXPOSED
CONTINUED from Page One)

and two or three boys in his employ
and he said all of them were re-
quired to furnish cash bonds before
he was hired.
Lost $3.50
Hardest hit was Charles W. Reisz
of Winter Park, who said Saunders
had obtained $3.50 from him in the
pretense of selling him an interest
in the publishing, money lending
and printing business.
Others who signed warrants
against the alleged publisher and
their allegations We're:
Mrs. Dodd M. Thomas, who stated
for SIT.
Rollin B. Roykoff defrauded of
$1oO.
Albert Thomas, defrauded Of SIS.
Mrs. Dodd M. Thomas, defrauded
of $50.
Mrs. H. E. Braswell, defrauded of
$40.
Saunders was still being held in
jail last night under $4,000 bond. Po-
lice said the bond will be raised $500
for each additional charge lodged
against him.
Postal Inquiry
Inspectors from the local postof-
flee have also been investigating
the case in the belief that Saunders
may have used the mails to defraud.
He admitted solicited subscriptions
and advertising through the mail
and accepting letters from subscrib-
ers containing money.
Police Chief J.. C. Rourk and De.
~tective Sergeant W. Dewey Thomp'
son have been investigating the al.
legged racketeer since he first came
to Wilmington in November.
In Jail last night, he %staunchly
denied all the charges and express
ed the opinion he has "been left
holding the bag"
Saunders told officers he had in
vested several hundred dollars in
the publishing house, but officers
checked through past records and
found that he made application for
a job on the WPA several months
ago.
Saunders will be given a pre-.
liminary hearing Monday morning
in recorders court.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-28
Fire Damages House
At 318 Orange Street

An unspectacular but hard blight
fire at 31S Orange street last night
claimed the attention of Whining
ton firemen for more than an hour.
The alarm was received shortly
after II o'clock and after midnight
the firemen were still working III it.
Fire Chief J. Ludie Groom said he
was unable early this morning TO as
certain the cause of the fire which
originated around a chimney run
ming from the furnace to the top f
the house.
The fire Quilted all Of one room in
the house.
In some n a fire hydrant on
the northwest corner of the street
was broken and ice soon covered the
street as the water froze in the low
temperatures of the morning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-28
CHURCHILL SAYS
GERMANY WEAKER
Continued from Page One)

the atrocities worked upon the poor
Poles" on whom upwards of $4,000
intellectuals have been shot," he
said.
The sharp-tongued admiralty head
told Britons they had escaped the
terrors of air warfare so far be-
cause Germany cannot tell what
may be written in it's final pages"
The nearly five months of con-
flict without the expected German
blitzkreig from the skies, he said,
had been "a Godsend to U.S."
Whatever may happen in future
provided we do not relax our vigil
ance, Herr Hitler has already lost
his best chance" he cried.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-28
REP. D0UCHTON
NOT TO RETIRE
Continued from Page One)

for him to seek reelection started
Immediately after his recent an.
nouncement that he intended to re-
tire, and eliminated yesterday in the
arrival of a large delegation Of his
constituents who urged him person.
ally to reconsider.
THE argument advanced by them
and many others, to which I am
unable to give a satisfactory am
swer," he said, was the effect that
I should not voluntarily relinquish
a position of extraordinary influence
which is of particular value, espe-
cially at this time, to the people
of the district and of the state ...
No person possessing a proper de-
gree of gratitude and sense of duty
could long withstand pressure of
such cogent nature"
Chairman of house committees nor
ma1ly are chosen on a seniority ba-
sis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-28
Only Few Of N. C.'s
Roads Still Dangerous

RALEIGH, Jan. 27. up - All
state highways are in Every excel
lent shape" except in counties
along the northern border, where
this weeks snow fell heaviest, W.
Vance Baise, chief highway engi-
neer, said today.
1.-THE roads in the border counties
are iceecoated but can be Travelled
with reasonable care" Baise said.
From Halifax county west on the
Virginia border, the highways are
not in as excellent shape as we
would like to have them, but they
are in as good condition as we can
get them under the circumstances.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-28
rs SAILORS
DESCRIBE CAPTURE
CONTINUED from Page One)

when the Americans decided to
have it out" with the nazi crew.
Why the Germans stopped in Nor.
weglan waters while attempting to
run the British blockade to Ger
many was not explained. One Ger
man story had said the battered boat
needed repairs; another that an ill
seaman needed treatment.
"These engines were in perfect
shape, and still are," asserted Chief
Engineer William H. Logan. "The
only time they stopped was when
the Germans wanted them to-"
The only injured or ill seaman,
said First Officer Warren W.
Rhoads, York, Pa, was Allison Sell
lers, of Wilmington, N. c., who chad
barked his shins."
On Oct, 9, six days out Of New
York, the City of Flint was halted
by the German pocket battleship
Deutschland and boarded by armed
nazi sailors who told Gainard his
cargo was contraband.
The captured crew Of the sunken
British freighter Stonegate also was
put aboard with the German prize
crew.
eve were all plenty nervous"
Logan said, 'but we were mostly
afraid we'd meet a British cruiser
and that she'd sink U.S."
The Germans mounted guard but
the Americans operated the Flint.
1--WE weren't under guard, and yet
we were, en- route from Tromsoe to
Murmansk," one seaman said.
Germans Removed
Russian officers removed the Ger
mans at Murmansk and said 1--WE
could go as soon as my papers were
checked" Gainard said. But the
papers were delayed. Later the Rus
slams came back with the Germans
and ordered the Flint to sail in "a
hours.
ga Russian patrol boat in the har-
Dor uncovered it's guns and trained
them on the Flint" said Logan.
I'VE lowered u anchor, and quick
ly. We were allowed to proceed
again though"
On the way down the Norwegian
coast there was a brush of the worn
little American freighter with a
British cruiser, but Norwegian war
vessels accompanying warned the
British away. The cruiser played
spotlights on the Flint.
Finally they turned in at Hauge-
sund, Norway, Gainard explained,
and liberation followed at the hands
Of the Norwegians who interned the
naZi prize crew.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-28
THOMAS SELECTED
FAR BORAH'S POST
,,,ho Livestock Dealer Is
Named To Veterans
Senate Seat

,o1sE. Idaho, Jan. 27.-R-John
Tbomas, of Gooding, for the Sec
"" W., lime in little more than a de-
'Au will go to the United States
cav to take the place of an Idaho
ssra removed by death.
sun Thonas, livestock man and bank
~os appointed last night by Gov
e' c A. Bottolfsen as successor
e'' NO late Senator William p. Bor-
He accepted at once.
Ill., Iune, 1928, upon the death OF
a+or Frank R. Gooding Thomas
' amounted to the senate. In
We of the same year he was
We'd 10 finish Gooding's term but
e defeated by James P. Pope, a
porah died at Washington Jan,
.f+or serving 80 years as senator
.rorl Idaho.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-28
TROUBLES

PORTLAND. Ore, Jan. 81
R-The troubles Of 1O7-year-old
John Nelson Ridgley with his
Oldest boy, a STRIPPING of u, over
a $4,000 estate were settled i'll
court today.
William S. Ridgley petitioned
to be appointed guardian of his
father, who inherited the estate
from his daughter.
Ridgley Senior protested his
son was too advanced in age
and mentally and emotionally
incompetent.
Three alienists testified the
elder Ridgley was capable OF
choosing his own guardian and
Circuit Judge George Tazwel
approved selection of a great
grand daughter, Catherine Dur
ham Gross. A bank will handle
his financial affairs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-28
Labor Department Also
Backs Reciprocal Pacts

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-a'-A
Labor department spokesman told
congress today that the controverted
reciprocal trade agreements pro-
gram had created many more jobs
in this country than it could con-
ceivably have displaced, and had
operated very much in favor of the
American workman"
Isadore Lubin, commissioner of
labor statistics, made those state
ments to the house ways and means
committee which is considering the
administrations request that the
trade law be extended for three
years beyond June u, its present
expiration date.