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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05
Guantanamo Chief
To Be transferred

WASHINGTON 49, The navy or
dsred Capt. worrsii Carter. COM
rnzndsnt Of the Guantanamo Bay
Cuba naval station. 70 command
the submarine base At Pearl HaF-
Dor. Hawaii. effective about
July Ia
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05

men, however, WAS reported at
Moscow 1T present.
You have been thrown from
your homes and Mannerheim fired
your houses" the leaflets ad-
dressed To workers, farmers and
soldiers said. Your property has
been destroyed. your lives ruined
and your wives and children made
beggars. Halt the fighting against
your Russian and Finnish com
rades. XIII Msnnerheim."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05
Reds Urge Firms to Murder
Mannerheim; Hold Viipuri

A Finnish communique today announced Finnish
troops fighting desperately before Vpur had repused Red
attempts to the Bay of Vipur and encrce the
army
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05
Mrs. Nosler's
Death Brinqs
New Charge
TrdgedY's Victim
Loses Nine-Duy
Fight To Live

News that the woman over
whom he committed Tacoma's
most brutal killing in years
herself had died of a bullet
wound and beating at his
hands will be broken some
time Monday to John Ord, AZ
year-old city fireman. in the
county Jail under first de-
gree murder charge.
Mrs. Myra Nosler. 40. former
eommon-law wife of Ord, who was
hurt while trying to save her new
husband of day. Hale b. Nosler,
died at 10 o'clock Sunday morn
ing in Pierce County hospital.
She had fought off death nine
days and for a time early last
week was believed to have a
chance of recovery. A .3s ealibre
bullet which tore through her
stomach. liver and pancreas,
caused death.
Ord, who Undersheriff CLYDE
Knowles said had not been in
formed of her death yet, now faces
a second murder charge.
Coses Seporote
To file it, however. Prosecutor
Thor c. Tollefson will have to
take time out from another first
degree trial, that of 65-year-old
Fred MCKEE, set for Monday in
Judge L d. Hodges court.
When the new charge against
Ord is filed, Deputy Dewitt C.
Rowland said, it probably will be
an entirely separate case. accusing
him Of numbering Mrs. Nosler.
Arrangement of Ord on the
charge Of killing Nosler was held
up pending the outcome of Mrs.
Nosler's serious condition.
Makes Settlements
Mrs. Nosler, lying on the verge
of death for more than a week,
has made at least four dying
statements. all essentially the
same, charging Ord with going to
the Nosler home at Lakeview the
night Of Feb. % and starting
quarrel which ended in his shoot
ing her new husband, beating him
brutally, then pouring gasoline on
his body and igniting it.
Nosler's body was burned to a
handful of charred bones in a fire
which completely destroyed his
large home. place once operated
as a health resort, about 300 yards
from Olympia highway on the edge
of McChord field.
Pomeroy Recovering
Henry King Pomeroy. 50-year-
old friend of Nosler. who lived at
the place. also was beaten about
the head by Ord with the butt of
Continued on Page 3, Column IL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05
Initial Keel Will Be Laid
All Tacoma Yards Tuesday

Governor Martin Mayors Lsnxs and Kaufman. Of Ssfils
and Tacoma ESQ specially invited quests are 70
part Tuesday ceremonies marking laying Of the kee
Of the frat ~ 27 CT cargo ship BE- constructed n
the Tacoma yards Of Seattle shpbuiIdinx Co
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05
JURORS DODGE Death
PENALTY TRIAL HERE!
Club and Eastwood Clash
Over Vice Crusade Funds:
Bluffing, Sailing Charged

Demand that the city council ask for grand jury that
the corporation counsel investigate that something else
drastic be done made the commissioners Monday BY
Carl Club in pursuing his nsstenee that Safety Commits
soner Eastwood account fully for HIS special $1,000 vice
crusade fund of more than a year ago.
letter to tn. plant declared that not only h
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05
100000
al Deficit
IsLoonning
Stute Wurrunts
No Reul Solution
OF Problem

OLYMPIA - April l the
state will pay off the relief
and pension checks it issued
January 2, marking the first
move to wipe out the huge
deficit piling up since its gen.
eral fund went on a registered
warrant basis on the latter
date.
State Treasurer Phil II. Gala
CHER reported he would issue a
call for all registered warrants OF
that date and pay them off with
one percent interest.
When the state went on a regis
tered basis Jan. 2. 1t had a general
fund deficit of s5,700,000. On that
date the state continued TO issue
checks on the general fund. but
has not paid off any of them.
marking each not payable for lack
of funds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05
Club oisesrees

Eastwood then proposed that the
records would be dug up and he'd
agree to exhibit them jointly with
swayze to Club. or any Of his
committee. at svayzes office.
Club wasn't Interested In that, he
said. He urged that the council
ought to have the records. or a de-
tailed report OF them.
Mayor Kaufman explained that
Fa-' DDS final report 10 thu
mad been made toward the
Of DIR. Siegle's administration
probably during siegles last III
ness. Kaufman said that was be-
fore his time - mayor. and he as
sumed the council was satisfied
with the report
To Decide Letter
Eastwood. In his letter 10 the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05
Debt Not Cut

Going on a registered warrant
basis did not reduce the debt the
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05

To cate about 100000 worth
of these checks have piled up In
banks about the state waiting for
the state to find the money to
cash them. The deficit, on paper.
has been cut by that amount. so
that the general fund. on the
treasurer's books, officially Is less
than $4,000, 900 in the red.
BY April Gallagher expects to
have wiped out the red ink and
paid back all money borrowed
from various other funds To pay
for general fund operations. AL
though there will be no general
fund deficit showing on the week
ly cash balances, the state audi
tors books will show better than
5000. 900 worth OF checks the
state must pay as 1t gets the
money.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05

BANK TRANSACTIONS
Tacoma ...............tzsS0 BOT 900
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05

List Submitted

Eastwood had recently sub
mitted TO the council what pur-
ported TO be a list OF all vice and
morals charge arrests made dur
ing the period covered by the coun-
ellis $1,000 special appropriation.
Eastwood asserted Monday the
list was taken from police court
records. but did not point out spe-
officially which arrests were made
on evidence brought about by the
81 900.
Controller swayzs said the con-
troller's audit had been made long
ago. and had accounted by re-
ceipts In possession OF the morals
squad for all expenditures OF this
81 900. Police records. he said.
were available to the controllers
auditors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05

Eastwood. In his letter 10 the
council urging an end To the com
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05

Monday urged 1T In foolish to con-
slider this complaint any further.
Eastwood later suggested that
Cmbb's total vote as a candidate
for mayor last Tuesday should be
answer enough.
He suggested some mysterious
police department relationship as
sore spot" with Club as
what's back Of all this"
Woit on Dovisson
But for an hour the council
listened 10 Eastwood. and Club
and Clubb's ally, Il. l. currier.
as the argument proceeded to
decision by Mayor Kaufman that
the question should 40 over to a
committee-of-the-whole meeting of
the council as soon as Commits
sioner Davisson can attend. Davis
son was absent Monday.
Club charged Eastwood with
''hluffing and stalline."
Il think the people told Mr.
Clubb last week what they thought
of him, Eastwood retorted.
BIomes "Teverns"
III I told the people what I
think about you, they'd have 10
fumigate this room" Club fired
back.
Currier. supporting Club.
charged that beer parlors are to
blame for conditions now.
They are a fright" he asserted.
worse than two years ago when
Mayor siegls started this move
ment for q cleanup: worse, I
think, than in 1907. in tia wide
open days"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05
Pomeroy Recovering

Pomeroy Recovering
Henry King Pomeroy. 5o-year-
old friend of Nosler. who lived at
the place. also was beaten about
the head by Ord with the butt of
| Continued on Page 3, Column -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-05

Many Of the persons rescued
from the DoraaIz were wounded.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-18
To Observe
WPA Week

Mayor ]. J. Kaufman issued the
following proclamation Friday;
1T is with interest that l note
the observance of This Work Pays
Your Community week, set for
May goth to 25th, under sponsor
ship of the works project admin
istration.
THE weeks program Is de-
signed to aequaint the public with
the accomplishments of the profess
sional and service division OF the
WPA: and Tacoma and Pierce
county projects have arranged a
series of project dinners and a dis
play of exhibits which will be open
to the public from Monday. May
20, through Saturday, May rs.
Our citizens generally are not
aware of the nature and extent of
the work If this branch Of WPA,
and I urge all interested persons
to avail themselves OF this invita-
ton to attend this open house and
view the exhibits which will be on
display to publicize the accom-
plishments of the professional and
service division OF the work prof.
ects administration in Tacoma and
Pierce county"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-18

since the worlds most famous
mutiny took place. Pitcairn island
has a population Of exactly 200.
The oldest resident IL Veider
Young. So. the youngest Is less
than q year old.
Young has IS relatives on the
island The Christian family to-
tails Sc; the Warren family totals
Al.
There are As married couples
living on Pitcairn. To date. the
records show, births have account
ed for lie boys and 162 girls.
seascouts Plating
According to Bartlett Rummel,
commodore of Tacoma seascouts,
the annual regional cruise Of the
local fleet viii be staged June /
and 2.
Four of the local craft Outcait.
Pat, suzy and Valley Scout - at
that time will junket to Seattle
and thence into Lake Washington.
The Seattle council is TO be host
this year.
At the same time. Commo-
dore Rummel announced first
plans for q more elaborate
cruise.
Reservations are now being made
for a two-week cruise of the Out
calf to Princess Louise inlet. The
voyage is slated for the last half
of August.
Gold Braid Dept.
Only three men have ever held
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-18

When the tiny, isolated island
was settled in that year there was
a population of exactly 21-nine
British naval mntineers, five Ia
hitian men, six Tahitian women.
one child.
All of islands present inhsbi-
tants are direct descendants of
that scant group, despite the fact
fighting and blood shed killed
most of the men before the fami-
lies could be fairly established in
their new home.
And that, of course, Is why
the swarthy, Polynesisn-doml-
mated islanders bear typical
English names-Grant, Young,
Christian, Warren. etc.
In 1910, a century and a half
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-18
Local Concern Gets
Fl. Lewis Contract

The Advance Plumbing & Heat
ing Co, Tacoma. has been award
ed a sub-contraet by the Bailey
Construction Co. OF Seattle for
plumbing and installing gas pipe
in IL temporary barracks and five
mess halls at Fort Lewis, II was
announced Friday.
The local company also has been
awarded a contract for plumbing
and heating installation in the N.
P. Ry. service building at Pasco,
Wash. The amount il s2,1O0.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-18

pure<-selaers. Ter ea< example. sre
ideal for mine sweeping They pos-
SECS al TIE requisites - vcoiea
halird. seawoFthy. sbls. CO -
built in 10 asys relatively cheap
At 900 apleee.
We are making no proEno.tiss-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-18

the permanent rank Of Admiral in
the United States navy-Farrsgut
Porter and Dewey. tPresent ad-
mirsls hold their title for only the
time they are in command q spe-
cial assignments; when they fin
ish their special duty they again
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-18
country

Well. sir. Ed
ward Ora n I,
namesake of his
ancestral mutt
n er. to o X IT
upon himself to
muster old and
youn e within
his baliwick.
II is the first
tim the Pit
ners have
been ia b b e d
since 1890.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-18

Tsccuss sesthuiidinx yards.
Cor Instance. have iast he<a
ehsrtr>s. c.tsieguea. nse>sar<d.
estimated and generally -isea-
up ~ Q aaval effieer called ne
port director.
The idea Il thas Tacoma.s fame
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-18
become a Rear Admiralty
~sI- Day Nesss

Incidentally. the navy has estae-
lished officials in IL key ports re-
Gently. making quiet preparations
Tor mohilizlng private vssseis
bodybuilding yards. etc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-18

Seems some folks here IN the
good old U.S.A.-who maintain a
pen-palship with some of the Pit
cairners-thought 1t would be fun
10 send out a census blank. You
know, just to let the British island
ers see what was going on in this
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-18

While the local ctzenry busy with demonstrating land
worrying about decreases popuation) the residents
Pitcairn island have been noseountng for their
ment II just idea in the beginning but it turned
to be of interest TO all hands
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-18

tiers - any msrss shs.. whsszy
days. however.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-08

1t was to the effect that the Yam
kee cruiser Quincy, on 4 series OF
"good-Will' visits to Latin-American
ports. had been most cordially re-
ceived at Monty" as the LatinS alb
breviate It's designation. Uruguayan
Foreign Minister Alberto GUAM, it
seems. gave Il luncheon to Capt. Will
liam c. Wickham and officers Of the
Quincy, ana u. S. Minister Edwin
Wilson made 4 speech to the lunch
concerS.
The purport of this speech was
that Uncle Sam is on the job to pre-
vent Hitlerism or MuSSOlinl-iSm from
doing any Trojan horse-ism III Latin
America.
It's been advertised that European
totalitariauiSm has been bOthcrSUme
recently in South America, and its
mentioned as having been especially
troublesome in Uruguay, which, us an
exceedingly small republic, perhaps
can't resist such interference COM
petently.
To be sure, Uruguay and the other
Latin Americas have fought bundS,
silver shirts, CT CetcrU as vigorously
as we have. They've canned totaIitar-
ian propagandists out Of their Vari-
ous republics.
Absolutely New-WOrldiy.
| None Of them can be suspected to-
day OF any trend ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
|. Uncle Sam recognizes this. All he
saws is that he's on the job to help
| EN-.
Do they want his help, though?
Butting into their affairs is some
thing like monkeying with L buzz
saw.
They don't like the colossus OF
/ the North" butting into their loca
hemiSpherical funerals.
There was Il Latin-Amerlcan case
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-08
False Report
Causes Navy
Anxious Hours

Washington. July .-(.AD-A
mysterious sos reporting that the
United States destroyer Barry had
been struck by 4 German submarine
and was sinking caused the govern
mcnt an anxious two hours yeSter-
day. before it determined that the
message was strictly phoney.
Picked up in the first place by
Mackay Radio the SOS said:
Sinking slowly, hit by German
submarine: water il hold: can last
three hours The .uSI!ion given
was 400 miles off the coast of Spain.
The navy. whose own communica-
tons System had not picked up the
message. lastly checked il and then
reported:
THE navy has receive Il COM
municatior directly from tie Barry
and she is not in distress. She is
peacefully at anchor
Origin Unknown
All that remained Of the incident
was speculation as to It's origin,
whether Il praniSter or more sinister
forces were behind it, and whether
an investigation NIGH ~ under
taken.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-08
BY GLADWIN HILL.

New York, July 8-(AP)-Stretch
your arms, boys-the fish->tory sea-
son seems to have started.
Fish jumping into boats -. fish
biting at swing music -. fishermen
catching en- with their bare hands
they all cropped up in last week $
munkcyShinc marathon.
Tho champecn fisherman of the
week seems to have been Carroll
Hamm, Of Stamps, Ark.--He pulled
in three on one hook.
He was using goldfish for bait.
A big perch struck at the goldfish.
and Il lOur-pound bass struck at the
pcrch-and he hauled them all in nj
once. The goldfish was still intact.
Down al Palestine. Texas, they
ri&hcd with baskets and buckets.
The Elkhart lake dam broke and
flooded the countryside with flop
ping bass and perch, and all you
had to do was scoop EN- up.
G.. d. Murray, Of Elk City. Neb.,
didn't even bother fishing with Il
basket. He spicd a big old stlw-
gcon. ID feet long and 50 pounds
heavy, steaming along in the Elk
horn river. Murray Just tapped it
on the bean with a club and pulled
it ashore with his bare hands.
Down in Currituck. N. c., state
where the fish stories grow even
faster than the fish. G. M. Edwards
rlOatCd around for hours without Il
bite. Then he turned on some jazz
on his portable radio, and immcdi-
atcly landed Il haIf-pound bass.
And if you want 10 know what's
the matter with Kansas. the main
thing at the moment seems to be
that the fish there are feeble mind
cd. In Parsons. Kan, the Russell
CraWfords and the Bill Turstons
risheG long and Gutilely-and as they
were rowing home. a tWo-pound
bass jumped into the boat.
The qucerest catch Of the week
went TO Charley Jenkins. of Dallas,
Tex. He hooked 'possum-on dry
landowner he wasn't even there
Charley walked into his garage and
discovered that the 'posSum had in
advcrtently shared itself on his
fishing tackle.
Continuing your goofy gazette:
Along with the advent of the pis-
catorial silly season, the police also
got pixillated. The police chief oil
Kansas City issued an order to his
men to stop shooting spitballs al
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-08
Horticultural
Is
Explained

College Station, Raleigh, July 8,
They are not 'pOtOmalOcS' or TO
imatatoeS" but merely potatoes which
iproduceed seed balls, or fruit, above
| Inc ground, said Robert Schmidt,
State College hOrticulturist, in de-
scribing the horticultural curlosIllcS
(which have been reported from SCN-
cral points in Eastern North Caro-
lima.
wide publicity has been given to
plants which farmers reported 10
have produced crop Of potatoes be-
flow the ground and Il crop Of green
tomatoes above the ground. 9Th"
Irish potato and the tomato, al
though closely related and belong
ing to the same family of plants, will
mot cross" Schmidt declared. The
so-callcd hybrid is Il case of mistaken
identity"
Continuing, the associate Expert
jmcnt Station norticulturiSt explain
cd: "Although potatoes bloom pro-
flIsclv in Eastern North Carolina. the
INailcllCS NlllCll IllS NOlllllIOlllJ SiSNi'
in that section seldom set on a crop
of seed balls or fruit. Therefore, most
people in Eastern North Carolina
have never seen such growth.
"Undcr favorable conditions, and
especially in the mountain areas Of
the state. some varieties will set on
large clusters OF seed balls. When
these mature, the seed can be OK
tractcd and if planted and handled
properly, will produce seeding plants
each one 4 potential new variety.
The Department of Horticulture
of the N. c. Agricultural Expert
ment Station grows thousands Of
such seedlings each year under an eN-
tensivc Irish potato breeding pro-
gram"
Schmidt also exploded the theory
that muskmelons and cucumbers will
cross in the field. 'HoWeVer, dit-
ferent varieties OF muskmelons will
cross. and this, together with season.
al conditions and cultural methods,
is frequently the cause Of poor quail
ity melons," he stated.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-08
Adver: 4. gOf
Stat Brings
Many Replies
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Waller Hotel.

Raleigh. July 8.-The Governors
Hospitality Committee has just re-
ported that it has positive evidence
that 1881 persons from other states
spent 7.49T lays in North CHrollna;
and. what is vastly moro ihla'rtant,
time being as cheap as y is, ,.pproXl-
matcly $4,000 us well.
The committees Il division of the
Department of Conservation and De-
vclopment. is sure Of lis facts be-
cause il has received, between Feb
ruary ] and Jun, -, 1910, that many
cards FROM me \ ing persons.
The cXpcnditu estimate is based
on the generally accepted average
Of So Il j0y for e?ch person vel
ing. r.. the r!gr'c tho \ lean
tom, j Association arrived at
:; er Il number Of years study.
The cards received by The Com
mittcc are those sent to each person
who writes for information Concern
ing North Carolina. Each is asked to
fill in the card how long he plans to
stay, etc The average number OF
persons in each paI,y is about three,
the average stay a NroXlmately SIX
DAYS. Cards Werc rex ned by only
about six per cent Cf t!IuS" - whom
they were sent.
During the period January through
June. Inquiries were recei' cd from
and North Carolina booklets sent TO
more than 10000 persons who wrote
the committc" IN response to the ma
tional advrIlang done by the De-
partn. ent -, Conservation and De-
vclOpmcllt.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-08

Hyde Park, NJ Y, July 9.-(AP)-
President Roosevelt has made his
historic decision on the third term
issue. He disclosed it Sunday to
James A. Farley, national Democratic
chairman. But Farley would not say
whether Mr.. Roosevelt had deter
mined to attempt to shatter the third
term precedent or leave the White
House next January.
The chief executive made his de-
cision known TO the man who has
been for years one Of his ableSt poll
teal aides, but Farley merely told
reporters:
Il had a very satisfactory talk
with the President and | have full
knowledge Of his thoughts and what
he has in mind. But l will not dis
cuss it with any Individual"
No Hint
Nor would be give any hint When
Mr.. Roosevelt might reveal to the
nation what he was going TO DO
about a third term.
He said it was up to the President
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-08
Handling Of Pan-American
Relations Calls For Tact
This during the last World war.

Of this during the last World war.
When Uncle Sam entered that war,
President Wilson took it for granted
that all Latin America was with him.
He was only partly right. Some
of Latin America preferred to re-
main neutral.
Woodrow saw fit to cOerce 'em.
He sent squadron Of four u. S.
cruisers under Admiral Caperton on
series of so-called goodwill visits
to all Pan-American ports to de-
monstrate New World solidarity.
To prove his case he violated sew
eral neutalities. I was living in 4
neutral Latin America at the time
capital, Buenos Aires, Argentine Re-
public. Caperton put in and stayed
two weeks, when entitled under in
ternational law, to only 48 hours. l
myself resented it. Latin America
was cuckoo. Any country would be.
Pretty SOciable.
Now, at this time, the Americas
are pretty sociabie.
The Latin republics are afflicted
with number Of local totalitarian-
isms in their various midsts and I'M
doubtedly they annoy EN-, but
they're dealing with them quite for
midably.
If the United States butts in, it
needs to so 50 very discreetly.
A little case like Uruguay's doesn't
prove anything.
1t isn't that Latin America is
totalitarian. 1t is that Latin America
is pro" attending to its own bust
ness.
Little Uruguay may be acquiescent
but, generally speaking, Latin Amer
lea can be OVcrdOne very easily