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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-18
Registrars
Fewer Than
Estimated
City Draft Total
1878; nurol
Count Incomplete

War Henry L. stimsoa snnounesd
Thursday thst $40 900 araftse.
soald - inauessa Into ne federal
service hetweea Nov. Il lhia year
ard March $ tptt atlmsua slzo
fsvssisd that no noe national
suafdsEncn. IN adililan n N.
o 600 alrsaaY called wiii -
ordered Into fssisrai ssfeies ~
tween Ian Z ana Fsb ! fest.
stlsa-e-'. al-ri.-are 40 the
number ~ rss-rript- tho army
PLANNED o. esil 20 ~ The Ne
y~mssr Fshsussy peftss wss
Considerably higher fhas m
esiEiaai estlast~ 20 toa. ooo.
The law provides. hssevef.
that not nere shas go. 0oo
can - drafted .anuafis.
aiimsoa anasuncsa TIE fuilsv-
ing dates re lniuetlea ~ ths
ysriaus ailoias ~ csnaefirtai New.
- aoooo men. D.s. }. so.ooos
Ian. .. 10000 Iaa. ~. 20 1000.
Fsh. 10. too 600 Nss,h 5. 200 coo.
The remaining 40 600 national
E,iarsismsn wha nav. nat yet hesa
ordered into federal services wsli
BE- called ua thsaa dates
nss~ssn Jan a-tp eight divt-
slona lufindlnK ~ regiments nam-
boring $4,000 men zen. 4 1000
men.
Asked n any othsr eaii. would
be made 80 man fes ssisetlse
service bsyond the oates he rat
given. atlmnn replied only aaa
and Hitler knows what will nap
pen b the United States
County election board
clerks. aided by members If
the state patrol. were check
ing outlying precincts Thurs
day 10 determine the total
number Of men between u
and 50 who registered in
Pierce county Wednesday
under the selcctive service
act.
jos Fofd. county slsetlsn super
inisndsut reported tabllaliona far
raeomas ip1i ting pFseinrts
where registration tssh plaas
sh0~sd that ig.s1s men answered
the u questions asked BY r.gla-
tfafs. signed thsir namss 10 IN.
and received cards
showing they had registered gnsisr
the psasstims eonscFiptloa ia~
This total %. shert II
estimates ~ thu ssf depart
mssi, which fiEas.a 10 peF
esas ~ the popalafssa 90.
brtwe~s "a and ~ year. ~
age Islag ths "a pef eesf
basis. is.0s< ~ Taesssa'.
pspalsfian 81 i0T.s sra .hsaia
have registered.
The eisetian department.. whleh
directed registration 81 men aan-
iset 70 call faf q years military
training. worked ths greater part
~ Wednesday night gathering sp
supplies and tabuIatinx totals N
ths sity's isi prscineia.
More than half ~ thu Oh out
lying precincts ssrs contacted. bslf
eompiats totals Nsfs not sxpeetsei
until lass In me day
Ford said that In re 81 ost-
lying pfeelhcts ta0ulafssi. s.sf1
men had registered.
o. TIC Tacoma total. Ford ez-
plainsa. tzs men VIA we're 10 90
physically unasss 81 yislt prsciaef
places. esFs registered DY election
department. dsputiea or registrars
authorized 70 perform sueh duties.
These i2s msn we're visited In
bones. hospitals ami clinics. ami
~sre al snie - answer questions
sna sfflx signatures % q.isstlon-
nairss
Asaatims. reports we're received
from auditors ia ca COUNTESS in
lcontinasd oa Page 2. Column %
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-18
Public Banquet Friday Will Honor
Five Movie Stars From Hollywood

for the eifyN1de celebration Tugboat Ann
eompstsd Thursday with Cain
open D Fnda,
IN he of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-18
Demo Leader Says Financiers
Dictate TO is. Newspapers
We Don't Hove Free Press" Asserts
Ed Flynn. Roosevslts Aide

NEW yORk-Edward J. Flynn. chairman Of the Demo
cratic national committee charges that the United States
has "a dictated press dictated BY the financial lneresl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-18

in Novembes would mean "a real
Job with a real future for the head
Of every family" instead Of unem-
ployment and growing dependence
upon the state under the New
Deal.
Here's His Appeal
wilkes appeal for further i'm
mediate aid to England follows:
There are many newspaper
stories being published daily to the
effect that further materials to aid
Britain await only the approval
Of the president.
IF there Ia substance to these
stories-and I have seen no denial
from the administration = then ]
should like to ask what In holding
up any effective aid 1t il now pos
sible to give Immediately.
The New Deal record Of delay
and procrastination in the building
of our own defense Is formidable
one. We must hope that in the in
slant Of such aid to Britain that
they can forget they are New Deal
ers and can forget they are candi-
dates for a third term in WASH
ington and act promptly and ef-
fectively at once.
His Question
IF the dispatch Of further ma
terials is being considered by any
one in our office In Washington.
why In II not at this time permitted
to the consideration Of the repre-
sentative Of all the people In con-
gress7 There Is no reason why
congress and the American people
should not be fully informed re-
garding possible further dispatch
Of materials to Britain At once.
Tn view of the high place In
the councils Of New Dealers that
is held by the unseen master
minds and the city bosses. II Ia
conceivable there may be q wish
to delay sending further materials,
In order TO make a good impress
sion at the right time for purely
domestic political purposes.
Asks For Speed
But that would be = reprehens-
ible uifling with Britain's safety
for the sake of an unworthy par
tisan political trick.
IF II IL desirable for US to send
any further aid now available, we
should do 20 at once. within the
limit Of our laws With Britain
and democracy in peril. this IL no
time for the third termers 10 play
politics with any possible deliveries
Of equipment II could serve not
only 10 strengthen Britain. but TO
raise the hope for democracy over
tae world"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-18
Here Is What Happens After
You Registered Yesterday

WASHINGTON--After ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Here 20 the answers registrants may be look
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-18
sPANIARDs ACTIVE

sPANIARDs ACTIVE
Two events today put Spain
back In the headlines.
Ramon Serrano suner. brother
in-law of Gen. Francisco Franco
and the axis' staunchest Spanish
friend. became spain's foreign min
lister.
At the same time II was revealed
that Heinfieh Himmler. chief Of
Cermany's famed secret police
the Gestapo = and one of Adolf
Hitlers closest collaborators. was
going 10 Spain for what was des-
cribed officially AZ visit"
The meaning OF these events was
not plain. but the British felt GER
tain they boded no good for them.
MAY GRANT BASES
So far Spain has steered q tor
tuous course between the peril OF
a frightened British food blockade
and axis urging for more open col
Elaboration against Britain. serrano
suner. just back In Spain after
extensive consultation with Hitler,
Benito Mussolini and their chief
aides. In believed TO favor more full
and open Spanish participation In
the war.
One suggestion - for which no
confirmation was available - was
that the elevation Of Serrano Suner
might be followed by a grant Of
permission to Germany and Italy
TO employ Spanish bases for the
war against Britain. possibly for
an attack on Gibraltar and In
classification Of submarine and air
attack on South Atlantic trade
routes.
ATTACKS RELAxED
The Japanese press In Tokyo
took a menacing tone. Threats
were voiced against British Hong
Kong. which was described az a
key base In transport Of supplies
to China.
On the main war front. bad
weather forced the Germans TO re-
lax their attacks on Britain con-
slderably. Strong fleets set off 10
attack the British Isles today. but
British reports indicated few Of
the planes got through the barrier
Of British defender planes and
cloud blankets.
PORTS ARE BOMBED
During the night London had
virtually no air activity. Germans
dropped . few leaflets In rural
England Two British attacks on
German shipping were reported. In
one convoy three supply ships
and two escort vessels were sunk.
In the other 7.ooo-ton ship was
hunk.
The British attacked Germany
hard. despite the weather. setting
great fires At Kiel and blasting
Hamburg. Bremen. cuxhayen. the
Leuns synthetic Oh plant and
munitions plants and power sta
tons IN saxony.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-18

10000 TO BE DRAF1
ITO j. S. ARMY ON NOV
wtArHu FORECAST

occs.iaaai rails iaaisht. sstar.
ass. Temperatures tnss. al lsw.
-. sun rsse.. s.s1. .ss.. ssla
Evening star., 1940-05-06
10 Washingtonians
To Take Coast Guard
Academy Tests
Applications Of 10 From
Virginia and IS From
Maryland Also Approved

Ten Washingtonians, 10 Virginians
and Is Maryland residents are
among the 481 youths whose appli-
cations to stand competitive exami-
nations for entrance to the United
States Coast Guard Academy at New
London. Conn, have been approved,
the Coast Guard announced today.
The total of approved applications
now stands at 1850, an all-time
record high, exceeding last years
mark of 1898, according to Rear
Admiral R. R. Waesche, Coast
Guard commandant. Other appli-
cations are to be certified later for
participation In the examinations
to be given in various cities on May
IS and 16. From the tests, some 100
Will receive appointments as cadets
at the Academy, effective in July.
Those from the District OF Co.
Iumbia in today's list includes:
Charles F.. Mcknight, 1401 v street
Sc; Joseph B. Hamilton, 1920
Twenty-ninth street NV; John H.
Davenport, 1855 Upton street NV;
James M. Johnson. 2l9 First street
NE; Chester F. Lowe, jr., 721 K
street NE; Jackson A. Springston
1855 Upton street NV; Charles w.
Valaer, 3211 Adams Mill road NV;
Leo G. D. Wiener, jr., 4401 Iowa
avenue NV; Walter G. Weaver,
1920 Massachusetts, avenue NV,
and Gordon Pool, 3613 New Hamp-
shire avenue NV.
Virginia, were John w. Quinlan,
Norfolk: Calvin N. Harp, jr., Hope
well; Harry N. Jones, I'd, Newport
News; Folke L. Johnson, Cradock;
Raymond R. McHenry, jr., Norfolk;
Charles U. Ayres, jr., Accomac; AL
fred D. Carson and William j. Ho-
gan, Norfolk; Robert D. Kephart,
Arlington, and Joseph A. Worthing-
ton, jr., Charlottesville.
Maryland applicants: Edward M.
F. Kirchner and Joseph M. Kraw-
czyk. Baltimore; James Naughton,
Annapolis; John G. Schuster and
Henry j. Sander, Baltimore; Rob-
ert H. Taylor, Greensboro; William
T. Merritt, Easton; Frank T. Rawl-
1ngs, jr., Annapolis: Robert L. Stall
1ings, Owings; Phillip L. Fogarty,
Baltimore; Paul T. Hefferman. An.
napolis; Harry j. Gusts, jr., Sails
bury; William P. Crandal, Shady
Side; Homer S. Elliott, Baltimore,
and Wilfrid N. Derby, jr, 418 East
Leland street, Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Music Week Event
At Roosevelt School

In celebration Of Music week tn
music department of Roosevelt Higt
School will give a program spon.
sored by the student band, orchestrs
and glee clubs on Friday evening
One hundred and fifty children vii
participate.
The program will be:
oveftar. oaTahi High sa,ss sshool Cadets sf sSu:.
"Merrv lime" Band ,r..
.ses,e sea Of Stars, -Hunsarian rolt Som
Violin .o,o. Girls, Roran.s dlee GlH5; @ v-.,.,.-
Music 9, LII: x'9''s solaosh: Noble Gain
by the Bend Of the River -EdWarda EliSn
Janet 1sTnEa1ssf9H s9ysRs; sAssfs99%HDanist.
Piano n,dS.regt Concerto No. 8" (nrst
Duet Fflsas ss;yIs S:ss and sh,rls, fss3a fssso..n
DusiF Rumsey ss.y'a se.ry and Eugene rls' speaks
'T.les From Vienna woodsHa HA.oaaTaaa "1stTaus:
"jesnie with the Light Brown ssn' Hair"
"ol Man Noah" Sea chsntey
Boys Glee Club
Robert Holmes, Accompanist.
Cornet trio, The Three Kings" Smith
Ben Fisher, Robert Carey,
Donald Gross
Novelty number, "Circus Parade" -Yoder
Finale, Grown Of freedom"
Holden-Gaines
"God Bless America" Berlin -Boutele
Chorus and Orchestra
Star Spangled Banner
Entire Ensemble
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Deaths Reported

George York. 81, United States Soldiers
Home Hospital.
William T. LAngley. 81. 2911 7th st. Sc.
Grace G. Rigsby. 70. Walter Reed General
Hospital.
Sarah Butt, 80. 1245 31st st.
orrin A Foster &c. Walter Reed General
Mamie S. Jefers. 81, Providence Hospital.
LULU Emerson. IS. sibley Memorial HOS
George L. Oliver, 81. GallinRer Hospital.
Alfred setford, 46 1850 Wisconsin ave.
Evelyn Q: Iittleton, 80, 23O-A Que st. n e.
Weldon P. Printz. SO. rear Of 1920 Flor
Anna Mcleod. "a, Gallinger HOSPITAL
Lucy 8: King. 50, 1o46 whittinsham
Joseph 9, MONTGOMERY. SO, Freedmen's
HOSPITAL.
Arthur Johnson, 81. Casualty Hospital.
Daniel Wilson, 4s. 1850 Wisconsin ave.
Johnnie =. Arnold. 81. Qallinger Hospital.
George Carpenter, rs. dallineer Hospital
walter nits, HARRINGTON 20. Freedmen's Hos
Martha Thomas, %. Freedmen's Hospital
Alfred Frazier. 4, Gallinger Hospital.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Births Reported

William and Lillian Whipp, girl.
Maxton and Helen Lee boy.
John and Edith Waters. boy.
Sidney and Beatrice Kolker, boy.
Salvatore and Ida Maiuzzo. boy.
John and Catherine Hipps. boy.
Lester and Margaret Harris, girl.
Edward and Marguerite Fowler, boy.
Harry and Leila Porter, boy.
Louis and Blanche Goldsmith, girl.
Richard and Mary Davis, boy.
Sam and Lillian Rubinstein. boy.
Robert and Elsie Maddox. girl.
Herman and Shirley Biegel, girl.
Leroy and Bertha Campbell, boy.
William and Annie Childress boy.
Harry and Beulah Payne, boy.
Odess and Minnette Floyd, boy.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Judge Greene to Speak
On Christian Science

Judge Samuel w. Greene, c. S. B.,
OF Chicago, will lecture on Christian
Science: The Religion of Authority"
at 8 pm. tomorrow in the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, Colum-
bia road and Euclid street NV.
The lecture will be broadcast over
Radio Station VOL. Judge Greene
Is member of the board of lecture
ship of the Mother Church, the
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Boston, Mass. He will be introduced
by Mrs. Helen G.. McNeill, second
reader of First Church, which will
sponsor the lecture.
Evening star., 1940-05-06

CHICAGO TRAv-
ELER-When Mrs. John Hal
Imam went into a railroad
station at Kansas City her
train left without her, but her
17-month-old son Johnny was
aboard. A railroad nurse
cared for Johnny, but he didn't
seem too happy over travelling
alone when he arrived in Chi
cago. Mrs. Hallinan followed
on q train an hour later.
A. P. Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
MILLION DOLLAR "oFFICE BOY"

Early last year, Kahn got phone
call from Glenn L. Martin, who makes
sleek big bombers and patrol planes.
Martin said he wanted to double his
plant capacity right away. Could
he do it in two and one-half months?
Kahn said yes, and within forty-eight
hours the first contracts we're being
let. The Martin plant cost two million
dollars and is the size of several foot
ball fields.
From the time Kahn got the first
phone call from Martin until the fac
tory was complete and in production.
the job took just eleven weeks. That
is half the time it takes to build the
usual eight-room brick home. 1t was
an all-time worlds record.
Kahn did it in one of his greatest
bursts of applied concentration, work.
ing at top speed for eleven solid weeks
on an absolute minimum of sleep.
Speed and efficiency are two req
uisites in the Kahn Office. And A. K.
is the first one to offer an example.
In his Office he is no muse in an ivory
tower. He works in his shirt sleeves,
pencil in ear, and cracks out instruc-
tions to his staff with the speed Of fire.
crackers. Across his desk every day
move dozens of sketches. memos and
blueprints, each of which is faithfully
recorded in his Photographic mind.
His memory is astonishing.
When he tires, he takes a ten
minute nap on his drawing board and
then is up for another blistering round
of activity.
His work is still his chief recreation.
He belongs to six golf clubs but never
plays golf. He has never learned to
play bridge well-says he is the
worlds worst player. He does not
smoke, but loves French wine. In his
home are scores of books on archi-
lecture (busman's holiday and paint
ing. His private collection of paintings
has grown so big that he recently built
a wing on his modest house to serve
as an art gallery.
A. X. is a queer mixture of smart
practically and sensitive artist. The
combination has made him probably
the finest industrial architect of our
time.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Continued from pose six

In the days of the "tin lizzie" jokes.
Henry Ford and his partner, James
Qater Senator) Couzens, decided to
build the Highland Park Ford plant
near Detroit
At that time the site of the High
land Park factory was open country.
well cover the whole field with
one roof" said Ford.
Kahn was called in; he listened to
what Ford wanted, and gave it to
him-better than he asked. Kahn
Evening star., 1940-05-05

Henry Bacon, Jr., who later designed
the Lincoln Memorial in Washington,
d. G. The two men travelled together
for three months. Kahn learned
good deal about both architecture and
drawing from Bacon, one of the finest
American artists.
Back in Detroit, four years later
Kahn opened an Office with two other
craftsmen of Mason's Office. Within
few months, one of his partners went
to Cornell University as professor;
a short time later the other died.
Albert was left with his own office
in the middle of financial depression
that would have made the thirties
look like Shangri La.
Albert refused to be licked.
As budding capitalist he paid him
self what he thought was fabulous
salary-$25 a week-and married
Ernestine Krolik.
For Kahn, work and recreation alike
centered around the drawing board.
"A.k.," as his employees have always
called him, got such thrill out OF
drawing buildings and watching them
grow that he took his plans home
after office hours and sat up half the
night working on them.
At that time he was getting COM
missions to build small residences and
shops. One day prospective client
walked in. He had ideas about build
ing $40, 600 residence This seemed
project of real magnitude then. But
not for long.
Suppose l look over some work
you've already done before we close
the DEAL" suggested the client.
The pair went out to inspect build
ing for which Kahn had drawn plans.
"Ah, there you are, Kahn. said the
proprietor when he saw them coming.
lust look at how this Dashboard has
warped"
THE contractors fault" said Kahn.
''If you had let me get you a good
contractor ~
But explanations were futile. The
prospective client would have no part
of warpy Dashboard even if it was a
contractors fault. His first big
deal Topped!
Kahn was determined to succeed,
however and he kept plugging.
Ambition" says A. X, lis like a
circle in water, which never ceases
to enlarge itself" And he had a severe
case of ambition.
First Big Victory
liz WAS on the way as an architect
when Mr.. Henry B. Joy brought an
auto factory to Detroit that later be-
came the Packard Motor Car Com
pany. The Packard firm was growing
and Joy wanted young architect
who had vision salted down with COM
mon sense-a man who had courage
to do something new.
Joy picked Kahn as the firms
architect.
The manufacturer wanted new
factory-a big one, modern, with lots
of light and space. Kahn had never
built factory, but he said he'd try.
Kahn was interested in new type
of acknowledgements factory build
ing that had originated in Europe but
was still in experimental stages there.
Handbooks on this type of construc-
ton we're not to be had, and formulas
for the right concrete just didn't exist.
kahn's brother Julius developed
a new steel reinforcing bar for the
concrete and Kahn used it success
fully in the Packard plant. True to
his business formula, he had listened
to what Joy said he needed, and had
given it to him. More than that, his
experiment made possible many of the
concrete factories of today. The Pack
ard plant was the daddy of Americas
modern factories, and Kahn has been
building them bigger, more modern
and with more light and space ever
Evening star., 1940-05-05

agreed to put it all under one roof,
allowing for future expansion as we'll.
Working closely with Ford, who
always takes hand in the designing
of new plants. Kahn has designed and
supervised a large share of his build
ings ever since. Besides pioneering the
''all under one roof idea, the Ford
Kahn combination also originated the
''all on one floor" factory.
Kahn's success with auto magnates
brought him new clients, and he soon
was one of the nations leading archi
tectural figures. Today. Kahn has
been Packard's architect for thirty
five years, Ford's for thirty years,
Chrysler's for many years. and he has
designed 127 major buildings for
General Motors.
During the last war, the United
States Government employed A. KS
firm 1t designed some $500, ,OOO. 900
worth of construction for the military
aviation section in the war period.
The auto manufacturers for whom
Kahn had been designing factories
got him his start with government
contracts. The industrialists had gone
to Washington as "dollar-a-year" men
and they told Washington what wiz
ard for speed and efficiency Kahn was.
Kahn built camps, warehouses, air
fields and hangers throughout the
country. His staff also designed port
able structures for shipment to France.
These housed fighting units of the
Army Air Corps.
Finger in Defense Pie
Ar PRESENT Kahn is getting more
contracts from the United States
Government, but he won't talk very
much about them. He is said to have
designed about $22. 100000 worth of
construction for the government dur
ing the past few months.
Kahn has other fingers in the
national-defcnse pie.
First, there's an interesting secret
about many of the newer factories he
has designed. They can be quickly
converted to war production.
The difference between trucks and
armored cars is not too great. With a
few changes, the conveyor belts turn
ing out auto engines can assemble
airplane engines instead. With fac
tory buildings scientifically planned
for speedy alteration, new plants like
the ones Kahn has built can switch
overnight to the production of war
materials. At dusk, steering gears;
at dawn-machine guns!
Another feature of A. KS national
defense work is the speed with which
he can design and supervise construc-
ton of buildings.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

TOPS should be dressed with DU PONT 'THI<
tops glossy jet black nish and waterproofs the material
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Barron
Continued From First Page. }

ifornia home-"where have all my
interests after making a new
picture, plans to return to Broadway
before the new theatrical season
opens next fall.
II am serious about wanting to do
q musical comedy" she said. II did
comedy roles for years and then
found I could do serious parts just
as we'll if put my mind to it" CYou
will recall her as the soldiers mother
dying of cancer in "An Quiet on the
Western Front" and in an equally
heart-breaking role in Erich Won
Stroheim's Greed" and as the barge
woman in Nurse Edith Cavell.")
Miss Pitts says she still has prob
lens with people who mispronounce
her name and those who can't resist
initiating her pitiable "Oh, dear!" or
the sadly humorous way she fiutters
her hands when troubles confront
her.
Shes Really Shy.
That fiutter Of hands. got her one
Of her early JOBS, as well as being
established as almost q trademark
for her, when d. w. Grimth once
hired her to rehearse q role Lillian
Gish was to- play, so Miss Gish
could watch the way she moved her
arms and hands. Her sky, timid
ways aren't all make believe, how
ever, for she once worked for
Charles Chaplin for six months be-
fore he noticed her enough to come
over and ask her name.
The troubles with her name have
long been with her since she first
changed it from her first name
Nellie Shay. "One Of the hosa
shays," she adds:
Her f1rst picture name was Zons
Porter and then she changed that
TO ZAsu Pitts, taking two letters
each from the names oi<two aunts,
Evening star., 1940-03-17

Eliza and Susan. That was some
time after she left her native Par
sons, Kans., to grow up under Cali
fornia orange trees.
Aside from a new picture Miss
Pitts is going back to California
after her radio engagements to de-
eide If she will bring her 17-year-
old daughter Ann and her 17-year-
old adopted son Michael (his mother
was the late Barbara La Marr)
east to finish their schooling while
she Is beginning her new career
as a musical comedy glamour girl.
"As for glamour" Miss Pitts said
In summing up her orchidaceous
qualities, II should be, with more
work on the exercise bars, q perfect
ballerina or enough 50 to make me
look like one. Also rarely wear
jewelry for the sake of mystery and
I nearly always wear blue, includ-
ing blue nightgowns."