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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22
Air POUNDING
Is Relaxed
Ituliuns Mussinq
on Greek Border2
BULLETINS,

BEHfTs--rsw-h ing cloud. ana
. curtain 81 BrIfs.s drsssiing rain,
~ was Indicated here tonight are
protesting ssr~af Brifain from TN.
nsedisfs m..< sftsrk ~ the Ter
naan air fsrce.
IONDON-a.rmsa ste raiders
biaated away a midland .ad
southeast British targets tsdaY
In . serle. sf hii and run raids.
which late afternoon estimate. IN
dieased cost them a least eight
planes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22
American Legion
Now Safe, Belief

WASHINGTON - Official adj
vices Indicated the u. s. army
transport American Legion. carry
ing ssT war refugees from North
ern Europe 20 the United States.
had passed ths most dangerous
zons Of European waters today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22
It's inre to
Buy a Home

Now is the time for you to
seriously consider buying a
home. Rental cost IL steadily
increasing but you can sun
buy q home on reasonable
terms
On the classified page today
Ia a handy map Of the city,
showing the six intermediate
schools, the two high schools
and all bus routes Use this
to acquaint yourself with the
several school districts In
Tacoma
Choose the home In which you
desire in the district you pre-
fer and start buying your home
now.
Turn 70 The
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22
U.S.. Leaders
Meet Over
British Aid
Proposal to Sell
DestroYers Under
Discussion

WASHINGTON-Attorney Gen.
eral Robert II. Jackson said We'd
nesday he and the head of the
war. navy and state departments
have discussed legal questions in
volving American acquisition of
naval and air bases in the Atlantic.
An official justice department
spokesman. said this included the
legality of transfer to Great
Britain of over age u. S. destroy
ers.
"We discussed legal ques-
tions involved In the proposal
and procedure for American
acquisition of off-shore naval
and air bases along the At
lanfic ocean," was Jackson's
brief statement on the two
hour and a half conferences.
The Justice department
spokesman then explained that
the matter Of transfer Of old
World war u. s. destroyers to
the British empire was In
volved. This seemed to be the
first official indication Of q
connection between the con-
troyersial transfer of destroy
ers and the non-controversial
matter of acquiring defense
bases In the western hemi-
sphere.
Participants in the meeting were
Acting Secretary of State Sumner
welles, Secretary Of Navy Frank
Knox, Secretary of War Henry l..
stimson, Attorney General Robert
II. jackson, Chief of Army Staff
George C. Marshall, and Chief Of
Naval Operations Harold r. Stark.
The conference was held at
the justice department, where
attorneys recently have been
busily studying legal questions
involved In the proposal TO sell,
trade and otherwise mako
available destroyers--perhaps
SO or more-to Britain.
jackson interrupted his va
cation In upstate New York
to come to Washington for the
meeting.
Great Britain's request for
American destroyers, to make
up for war losses In her own
fleet, has been strongly sup
ported by Gen. John J. PERISH
ing, Ambassador William G.
Built and others.
It has been denounced with
equal vigor by Sen. Burton X.
Wheeler, d., Mont, and others
VIII, feel IL would be a long
step toward direct American
involvement In the war.
Lawyers have been in conflict
over whether any destroyers could
be made available to Britain with
out specific authorization by con-
gress.
President Roosevelt never has
expressed any opinion on the sub
ject publicly. At Hyde Park yes
terday he asked reporters not to
speculate about the matter.
Nevertheless. the question OF
sending destroyers to Britain was
discussed pro and con with In
creasing fervor In congressional
circles and elsewhere. It over
shadowed the impending formation
Of the Canadian-American defense
board and acquisition Of western
hemisphere air and naval base'
from Great Britain
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22
-POLITICULARS
PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Paul Preus Republican today became Republican nominee
for 9th district congressman, to off the Nov
against either Congressman John Coffee Attorney Sam
Crippen, rivals the Bourbon ticket.
buldins 1ftn and
- lfaesne The phone number
uon wnen acoa ohey "p" 1910
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22
$3.50, 900 in Construction
Under Way at Fort Lewis
improvements Include Holt Million
For Temporary Housing Program

FORT LEwIS-Constructon work. involving an expcndi-
ure of than S750000 for temporary housing pro-
additions and alterations 10 the station hospital and
for and water utilities Is under at Fort Lewis,
"A al Waan
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22
WEATHER FORECAST

Cloudy tonight. Friday. Temps;
High. IL; low, So. sun rises Sis;
sets 1909.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22
EXAMINE TORPEDO

Greek experts reported that
examination Of the torpedo which
sank ths Greek cruiser Hsils In
dicatsd II Nas ItAliaa-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22
WIN BE shared

The general fund will share
two-fifths Of tho matching money.
while the utility departments VIII
put up threc-fifths 10 operate TIE
pension and retirement fund
statisticians estimated the total
needed for the first year for oper-
alton Of the fund viii be approx
mstely $4,000. TIA. cost VII
increase 10 approximately $4,000
In seven % Aight years. depending
upon retirement based on prior
service credits of employees. After
this peak has been reached. Il Ia
expected 10 drop TO . minimum
annual operating cost OF $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22
Group
Studies Plans
Experts Expected
Here Next Week

The eity's n,e-man board direct
ing Tacoma's e.aroposed million
dollar housing project Wednesday
was busy making a detailed study
OF needs Of military personnel be-
fore preparing an application to
the u. s. housing administration
for funds.
The board olimaxed an all-day
session Tuesday with a confer
ence with Col. Carlyle Wash at
Mcchord field 10 formulate plans
according to required project
specifications.
Confer With Wash
At the conference with Col.
Wash were Mayor Harry r. Cain
and Harry w. Andrews. chairman
Of the local housing authority. The
Tacomans said that at conclusion
OF the sssion. II was estimated
approximately 200 units might be
needed to accommodate housing
Of military personnel
Everett Smith Cofran. USHA
regional staff at San francisco.
who also attended the conference.
was to leave Tacoma late Wednes-
day for the California city 10 re-
port 10 the federal housing au-
thority. He is expected to return
to Tacoma early next week with
housing authority experts who viii
assist in completing the detailed
study for the project
To Make Application
As soon a. the detailed study
has been completed. the local
housing authority VIII then make
application 10 UsHA for funds 70
begin the project. Andrews said
Meantime, a plea was made BY
members Of the fiye-man board
TO owners Of property 70 refrain
from making offers 10 sell land
for the proposed project
Board members explained thai
during the detailed study even
site that meets project sPeeifica
ton requirements viii be consider
ed and owners Of such property
then contacted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22
ASorusR iuI.L

Italian mobile divisions today
wer. concentrating on The Al
bania Creek frontier. reliable re-
portS ~ Athens said. and }, was
apparent ftaio-Crsek tsnslon was
Increasing
Reliable reports said an italian
plans had made a forced landing
Al Eisuls. 10 miles wesi u Athens
and site ~ GFeecs's largest mum.
iions plant. T'hs crew u five vas
lntsrnsd. bringing 10 "a tina mum
Der ~ Italian alrmsa informed In
Greece
Great Britain to-day bolsisrsi
her dsfensss against = German
aerial assault. In which u 10 sz.
psetsd Adolf Hitler viii uas thu
fun power of ths reich air armada
BORDER ~ SEALED
Relaxation Of MAS air attacks
on Britain vas interpreted in Lon
don az thu lnil bsfofe tha storm.
A hint that tbs storm may not
be- long deimysd was seen In news
from yiehy. Francs. that Germans
again have scaled the border BE-.
tWssn occupied and unoceuplsd
France against any travel. whether
BY fali. motor OF foot
German newspapers seoffsd At
the confident address 10 the house
II commons by Prime Minister
Winston Churchill. and said ma
references 20 British 0ffsnsivsa
In 1871 and i942 Indicated ths
extent Of present British weakness.
DEAIH SCORES GIyEs
The Germans claimed thar yes
tsrday. IN = day ~ snall.acais
air activity devoted 70 armed
reconnaissance and attacks on
picked obJeeflyes. important dam
age was done % British defense
works
Berlin gave the days air score
~ IL British planes doNnsa and
Tires German planes lost
Britain reported a quiet night
In which fe0 German planes we're
over the country. but persistent
attacks we're made after dawn in
the midlands ana southeast areas
British figures claimed that TO
German planes had been doNned
since Aug .. uith q ioss Of Al
least 800 trained German air
men. compared with isz British
planes d0Wnsd with fewer than
800 sirEasn missing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22

II In estimated that contribu-
lions OF employees. matched by
funds from the general and util-
tiles funds. will create q fund
equailing about 100000 annually.
Under the ordinance. the city
will pay for prior service credits
OF employees upon retirement
Mandatory retirement IL set 1t
the age of 20. with the limit de-
creasing one year every two years
until u reaches 65 In 1850.
Under an amendment. no pres
ent city empIoye may voluntarily
retire before 81 and receive
credit for prior service. This.
however. does not apply IN case
OF disability retirement.
Prom sIzs 10 SIS
Another amendment reduces the
top pension 10 be paid 70 ti25
monthly. and establishes a mini
mum Of SIS.
Provision In also made that an
empioye must work At least 10
years before he may retire and
receive benefits under the ordi-
nance. Retirement before the 10
year period. however. does not
prevent an employs from with
drawing benefits paid into the
fund.
Another amendment provides
that persons receiving federal or
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22
win Affect s7s

The now Law. II approved by the
courts. will affect s77 city EN-
ployes. II sets up n mandatory re-
tirement age Of 70 and viii result
In approximately 90 persons retir-
ing when IL becomes effective. be-
cause they will have either reached
OF passed that age.
The ordinance provides for pay
mint Of a percentage OF salary Of
employees into a pension and retire
ment fund. with the oity's general
fund and funds OF utilities match
ing such payments.
An employe. n years Of age.
entering city service. will pay APP
proximately three per cent Of his
salary into the fund. contribu-
ton graduates. based on age and
service. and reaches a maximum Of
60 per cent of.waEes
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22
Pension
Measure Is
Given 0keh
Friendly Suit Is
To Be Started on
Retirement Plan

city oouneilmen unanimously
passed the long discussed pension
and retirement ordinance wednes-
day after u was agreed between
them a friendly court suit would
be instituted 10 establish legality
Of the program. which IL set 10
20 into effect Jan. l. 1871.
The original ordinances. however.
vas subjected 10 several amend
ments before II was moved for
adoption by UTILITIES Commissioner
r. ID. O'Ncill and seconded ~
Mayor Harry 2. Cain. Other coun-
ell members eoneurred In passage
OF the measure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22

A Republican campaign head
quarters was opened officially
Wednesday On thu ground floor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-22

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dIIaaI FIN1IH fHI III !"
Leonard and Terrell
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s
 Future Up To The People

WASHINGTON. Dec. 8-Chair man Martin Dies will stake the future of the House Committee on un-Am -r.can activities in an appeal to the people of Amer ica" for continuance of the work. He said he is making the appeal to expose fifth columnists' and sabotage in this country.
 A month has yet to run before legal expiration of the commit tse's authority.
 The Texan, over the radio re viewed the work of the commit tee and concluded with the as sertion there have been at least five acts of sabotage on the most important experimental plane in one of the largest p ants in the country
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-11

UNDATED, Dec. II (P)-Brit- aims desert blitzkreig forces were described as striking like General Stuart's Confederate cay airy in the U. s. Civil War, were reported attacking pockets of Italian resistance" around Sidi Barrani in the offensive of west ern Egypt. More than 6,000 It. allan prisoners were captured in the three-day-old battle the Brit ish announced as well as "quan- titiss of war materials Appar- ently two thousand were taken in the past A hours. It was an nounced yesterday that four thou sand were seized.
 The British comparison of the Sidi Barrani thrust to Stuart 5 technique apparsitfs referred to his celebrated feat of riding clear
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Anthony Karnes, Director Alaska Selective Service
British Reports Indicate Fascist
 Army At Sidi Barram Cut Off
 6,O0O Prisoners Taken Three Days


around the union army just be- fore the Seven Days Battle in Virginia.
 London military forces declar- ed that British forays were high ly successful but said nothing immediately to confirm the re- ports that two Easiest divisions of from twenty four to thirty thousand men were cut off.
 Mussolini's high command ack nowladgad the Italian reverscs amid fighting of exceptional vio- lerce."
 The British attack started al dawn December 9 and the battle is still raging in the Sidi Barrani 5 ctor, the main base of Graz janis 70-mile invasion thrust in to western Egypt.
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Churchill Describes Preliminary
 Phase Of British Offensive In
 Egypt As Successful--No Forecast

UNDATED, Dec. 10 (H9 - Win ston Churchill disclosed in the House of Commons that Britain's desert fighters in Egypt had GU in behind Graz. ans ItaliaA army main Fascist base, the city of Sidi Barrani, the farthest point of Italian invasion in Egypt. The British forces he said reached the Med t.rranean seacoast betWees. Sidi Barrani and Buqbuq, 35 ml es west of Sidi Barrani ai5l midway between Sidi' Barren and the Libyan-Egyptian bcrd Churchill declined 10 say specific ly whether the Italian army was cut off, but the arrival of British troops on the coast, in dicated that the main Fascist ar mics were in danger of being s lated.
 Churchill said it was too eally to forecast the scope or resgl.
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Of the British offensive in Egypt but we can say at any rate that the preliminary phase is success ful."
 A British African command communiquo reported that the British had captured 4,OO0 Ital- ian prisoners in q drive on west sra Egyptian desert. Th.s .ndicat ei either that the offensive was 1l a huge scale far bigger than which the British cons TVatively
 2ior,ed it or that the Fascist I.
 ian armies were surrenderir g n wholesale numbers.
 It2l.an d dispatches said that 10 It2lian planes attacked Brit;s, 4ecnanized column of 90 machir es in ? sandstorm south of Sidi 2orreai but gave TO indication .Aat ther was more than small scale fighting a.ong the desert front.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-11
Hitler Asserts Not Remotest
 Chance For Germany To Fall
 Short CoaIs--Lick Entire World
Hitler Declares Once Having Decided On Course He Is Filled With BOundleSS FanaticiSm

BERLIN, Dec. D (H1 - We will defeat the entire World' Hit Ter shouted to cheering muai- tions workers. In a speech he ad mitted that there was not even the remo.est chance that Ger many might fall short If her goals. He bitterly pietuc q Ger many as the champion cf labor and the shavenots' in the war between two worlds, between the hayes and he havenots; between capital md labor. He confd ntly declared that 'whatsvar happens Germany will be vic,orious.'
 In a speech studded with at tacks on capitalism and democra- cies, particularly with sharp gib- es against Britain and her lead CTS which went not only to the workers of th-. undisclosed Ser
 in plant whom Hitler addressed from a rostrum made of huge eel blocks, but alzo by radio to he peoples of the Naz:-couquer- cd countries and Gernany's al
 les: Itsly, Hungary ard Glovak.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-11
Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Valdez Court

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10 (P) The decision of the Territorial District Court in favor of the Cache Creek Mining Company, in the case involving a dispute aVar the waters of Nugget Creek T the Yentna mining district, vas affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision vent against Nick Balabanoff, placer miner who was enjoined for trespassing on the company property and diverting the wat r5 of Nugget Creek.
 Balabanoff built a dam in 1888 above of the Cache Creek hold ngs. The company sued and the Valdez Court held that company lad prior right to the water, the
 ight established by a predeces- 5or before 1917 when the Terri orial law was enacted defining right.
 Judge Matthias of the Court o Appeals dissented from the ma
 ority opinion and held there W nothing to show that the predec assor made an appropriation c the creeks water.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-11
ALASKA RATES BRIEF IS FILED BY TACOMANS

TACOMA, Dec. 8 - A printed brief has been fled with the U. s. Maritime Commission by the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce n support of it's efforts to have al freight rates from or to Tac- oma on Alaska traffic applied on inc same basis is Seattle. Hear .ags were held al Seattle in July and August, and briefs are due in Washington by December 5 when the case may be argued or ally. Final decision will probab- ly not be handed down before early in 1941.
 The Chamber alleged that Tac oma as a "loeali.y,' and local manufacturers, merchants and sh.ppers are subjected to undue and unreasonable prejudice and disadvantage by the steamship companies operating in Alaska service because the freight rates on go important commodities are restricted to apply from or to Seattle only. It is also contended that preference and advantage is given Seattle firms and ship pers in violations of the provi- sions of the U. s. Shipping Act.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-11

i2. Repeatedly h. was interrupt cd by heils and cheers.
 lit CT argued in one place that tha Germany was in a war fore ej T her. He said We prefer red common sens to force but 7t another time he indicated that < am has long pointed toward .he eVerthroWjng of the Versail- cs Treaty. Said Hitler: 'I said this even when I was still a sol dier' Hitler said that he had confd-nce that nothing in the world can step Germany and de clared Once I have decided up on my course I'm filled with Q boundless fanaticism."
 Hitler made only passing re- ference to the United States, bracketing it with Britain and Franoz where he said capitalism jules behind the front of democ- racy and the benefits of power go 10 the few. He cited unemploy- nen figures saying that 12 to 13 million persons are idle annual V in the United States.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-11
 is Moving " WestWard

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 - Re porting a continued ''WestWard ward movement" of U. s. popula ton matched by heavy gains in the south, the Census Bureau ad vised President Roosevelt that on the basis of the 1940 census, California is entitled to three ad ditional seats in the House O Representatives.
 Seven other states get one more each. Ten states most of them in the Mississippi Valley area will each lose one House
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membership,
 All calculations were based on existing apportionment laws. The final tabulation returns of the April census showed a total pop ulation in the continental Unit ed States of 13l, ,669,275.
 States listed with gains of one House seat each include Arizona, Florida, Michigan, New Mexico North Carolina, Oregon and Ten neSSee.
 States with similar loses in- clude Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Ne braska, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
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Anthony E. Aarnes Appointed Director Alaska Selective Service
 Local Board Be Named Later

KETCHIKAN, Dec. 10 No) - Governor Gruenirg announced the appointment of Anthony E. Karnes of Juneau, retiring Terri torial Commis sioner of E9ucati9r
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IS Director of the Alaska Selec i've Service. Registration day is January 22nd. Karnes and tn, Governor will name the local draft board later.
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REJECTS AMER CAN PLAN SEND FOOD TO EUROPE

LONDON, Dec. 10 l4' - The government tonigh. rei scted the olars sponsored by private Am riean organizations to send food Q Cor, sn-occTpial countries
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n. Repeatedly h. was interrupt cd by heils and cheers.
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we don't have to cake love when
it's offered.
She went on, building u pher
theme. Men love to 60 crusadlng,
t orescue a princess from a dra-
gon, or dlimb a glass hill to free
the girl from a witch. ALI the fairy
tales say so. I wonder.
Caroline's small, piquant +
was grave as she Interrupted.
But the fairy tales stop there.
They never let us know if the
knights sometimes didn't discover
that they'd picked girls whom they
ordinarily wouldn't have taken to
a country tournament just because
chivalry got them. No, you were
right that night"
She changed the subject. Rob
wants you to call him and I forgot
to give you the message. He's nice,
Linda-and he likes you"
SIS he free of Mina?" He was
nice. Once he had kissed her and
the thought was oddly disturbing.
Without waiting for an answer she
dialed Rob's number. When he
asked her to meet him at a we'll
known rendezvous in the East
Forties and let him take her to
the Marley yacht, she consented.
So, one afternoon, a few days
later, she sat on a red leather
chair in the half light that the
place affected, and scooped pop
corn from a metal basket a n d
watched the people who, like her
self, were waiting for someone, or
who had just met someone. She
was glad that she had a new black
frock, sheer and slim and provo
cative, and that her gypsy turban
had colors which matched the am
Der of her hair and the green of
her eyes.
But she wasn't thinking of the
man whom she was meeting. Not
until she saw his long legs swing
ing carelessly across the floor and
noted the cleanness of his profile
aneW did she focus on him. Rob
was a dear, and it was sweet of
him to take her to the boat. Other
wise she would have gone on alone,
because Ronald was making rec
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