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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-29
Fails TO Survive
Asthma Attack

Believed to be the victim of an
asthma affliction from which he
has suffered the past IL years,
Jack B. Gordon. SO, Of 1882 So.
Fife St. died Saturday morning at
his home despite efforts of police
to revive him with an inhalator.
Attacks had been particularly
severe the past three weeks, ac-
cording to Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Howk of 1919 Ea. Grandview ave.
who discovered Gordon's plight
and summoned the police.
The body was removed to Piper's
mortuary.
Gordon leaves two sons, Harry
and Bobby Gordon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-29
Pleads Not Guilty
To p. O. Charge

Albert J. Stelloh. Tacoma post
office employee. pleaded not guilty
in federal district court Saturday
to charges OF embexzling money
from L. S. mail
Stelloh was indicted by the last
grand jury. No date was set for
his trial BY Judge Lloyd L Black.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-29
F ormer Treasurer
Must Go 10 Jail

KELSO, Wash.-E. D. Lamka,
former kelso city treasurer. Sat-
urday was given a suspended sens
tence of Is years in the peniten-
tiary for embezzling city funds.
The prison sentence was suspended
and Lamka was ordered to pay a
$500 fine and to serve As days In
the county jail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-29
Jug Of Wine in Lot;
30 Day Loaf in Jail

Jack Humphrey drew a 30-day
Jail term at the. hands of Police
Judge Joseph Msilery Saturday
when he confessed TO sharing a
jug Of wine with his friends in a
vacant lot Friday afternoon. The
charge was disorderly conduct.
His companions. Tom Callahan.
Clarence Fallon. Bruce Tmlin and
Elmer Fuller. were fined SIS and
costs each on similar charges. Al
fred Remahl also was fined SIS
and costs. charged with disorderly
conduct by creating a disturbance
downtown.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-29

Arrested IN possession OF q CO.
pound machine head from a pipe
and bolt threader. Albert Daniel
Powell. Is. a transient. was lodged
In the city jail for investigation
Saturday. He told police the heavy
machine part. valued at about $50.
Was given to him by "A friend in
kissoulz. Mont.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-29
Buck Bunts Runcher

ENNIS, Mont.-Rancher Erwin
Werner has dropped "timid as
deer" from his vocabulary. Pro-
tecting his haystack from hungry
deer, he was hunted into the stack
by buck.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-29
POLICE TICKET DRIVERS

Tcketed by police, w w. Crit
fifth, Tacoma. and John b. Rip
linger. Jr., 1891 So. Yakima ave,
receive dcitations Saturday to APP
pear in police court TO answer
speeding charges. John F. John
son. Tacoma. was ticketed for
driving on the wrong side Of the
street and for lack of a drivers
license.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-29
Not Enough 10
Look Sorry
Federal Judge SEN
fences z Youths

Federal Judge Lloyd L. Black
Saturday sentenced Eugene Z.
Smith. p. to serve II months In
the D. 5. reformafory at III Reno.
Okla. and James Chandler. Is.
Smiths nephew. to an eight
month"; sentence 1T the federal
road camp At Dupont.
The two young men pleaded
guilty to violation Of the Dyer
(stolen carl act in court last
Tuesday and their sentence was
postponed following investigation
BY the probation officer.
Judge Black offered young
Chandler . choice-eight months
ct the road camp or ons year and
. day 1t the "a Reno reformatory.
where he might b given the OPP
portunity to learn = trade.
Chandler and Smith stole . taxi
cab IN Portland. Ore, drove II to
Vancouver, wash, their home
town, where they were captured
By police after Wild chase. ac-
cording 70 the youths confessions.
The seriousness Of their 9ffe1se
was complicated by ~ Sset that
Smith and Chandle n sxter STEAD
ing the cab. bad stopped q smiths
house. whers he prn<1zE3 u gun.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-29
Take a Look
AT Europe
By WILLIAM l. WHITE

Editors Note: Because Of the In
yaslon OF Norway and Denmark. MIR
White has interrupted his trip TO the
Balkans to send the following and
succeeding dispatches on events In
the north).
Parsley wireless) Not *
many weeks ago on my way out OF
Finland. just before the war there
closed down, I passed through
Scandinavia and the low countries
stopping about week in each cap.
ital. The question which then in
terested me most, since had just
come from Finland, was which Of
these other little nations would
really fight when its number was
called. as all their numbers prob.
ably will be called before this
present war Ia over, or even well
begun.
The resulting box score, which ]
set down in my notebook when !
reached London, holds good today.
Here ii Is:
swedes: Probably will fight.
Norwegians: Certainly will fight,
but can't do much.
Danes: Couldn't do much II they
did fight, but won't even do that.
Dutch: Certainly will fight, and
can do a lot.
Belgians: Ditto for Belgium.
l also checked on their feelings
about the big war, and found they
all fervently hoped the Allies would
win; the highest percentages OF pro-
German sentiment was m sesti.
mated 10 per cent in Denmark. but
even here I was cautioned that not
all this 10 could be counted as pro-
Nazi.
The big hotels in both
Copenhagen and Oslo were
crawling with Germans, most
Of them apparently hard-eyed
young officers in civilian
clothes, up to we did not know
what. And let me now confess
that while l was In Berlin l
heard all about the landing ex-
petition which has since
grabbed Norway. got from
what was considered a very
authentic inside source the
story about the huge concen-
tration Of troops In n north
German port, being trained
daily In embarking and disem-
barking with full equipment
Tor some kind of an overseas
landing expedition.
had the whole story, and didn't
send it because l didn't believe 1t.
didn't believe 1t because the
source was so very good that /
was sure it was a plant-as many
stories in Berlin turn out TO be.
I was a wise guy and I wasn't
going to be taken for a ride.
None of us were remotely
thinking of Norway then-it
was just before the Finnish
war started-and we assumed
such IN expedition could only
be directed against England.
We knew, of course, that from
the military standpoint such
plan was nuts.
And we thought-or at least
did-that the Germans were care
fully framing us with this story
either to confuse and fluster the
English and hide their real plans,
or for the purpose of making it the
pretext for heaving some of us out
Of the country for sending such a
wild yarn. And that's the story of
the story was too smart to send
from Berlin.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-29
Aunt Het
BY ROBERT CULLEN

Sometimes I'd like to sponk
Jone. A sense of duty makes
O good wife. but it makes her
the ooot if she oin't got any
other kind of sense"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-29
Divide Responsibility

Orville and Stanley Borgersen
are In charge of the retailing
Evening star., 1940-07-09
Capper Reiniroduces
Vetoed Claims Bill,
Making D. {. Liable
District Instead of U. 5.
Would Pay $500 to
Father of Truck Victim

A bill vetoed week ago by Presi-
dent Roosevelt providing $500 out
of Federal funds to pay a claim to
Anthony Borsellino, whose son Jo-
seph was killed by District Ma
tional Guard truck at Third street
and Maine avenue S.W. in June,
1888, was reintroduced yesterday by
Senator Capper, Republican, of
Kansas.
The new bill provides that the
claim shall be paid out of District
revenues instead of those of the
Federal Government.
The President in his message We
toing the original bill said he un-
derstood the claim to be "a mer-
itorious one" and he would have
no objection to it if the $3,500 were
taken out of District funds.
THE truck in question was at the
time of the accident in the custody
and control and operation of agents
of the District of Columbia National
Guard and was on a mission con-
nected with the business of the
United States" said the presidential
veto message. I'm situations of this
character affecting equipment issued
to the National Guard of the sew
eral States it has been the general
rule that claims for damages or for
injuries incident to the equipment
loaned to the several States are
not proper charges against the funds
of the United States but rather the
responsibility of individual States
Under this rule the District of Co.
lumbia National Guard would have
the same status as any State Ma
tional Guard.
Congress has recognized this
principle by providing for the an
nual maintenance of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia
out of funds of the District.
while I do not feel justified in
giving my approval to the legislation
in its present form, I understand
the claim is meritorious one, and
I would have no objection, there
fore, to legislation that would pro-
vide for its payment from District
funds"
Evening star., 1940-07-09
) Hatch Bill Changes
Urged by Dempsey as
House Begins Debate
Passage Predicted
By Tomorrow
Or Thursday
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Three changes In the Senate
approved Hatch anti-politics bill
were proposed today by Represent
ative Dempsey, Democrat, of New
Mexico, one of its sponsors, just be-
fore 1t was called up for House de-
bate.
Representative Dempsey predicted
passage by three-fourths majority
while Representative Hobbs, Demo-
crat, of Alabama, a leading oppon-
ent, said there was no doubt" the
bill would pass. The vote may come
tomorrow or Thursday.
The legislation's main provision
forbids political activity by State or
local employees if their work is "in
connection with" federally-
financed project. 1t is a companion
to statute also fathered by Sen
ator Hatch, Democrat, of New Mex
leo, which forbids political activity
by Federal employees.
Changes Proposed.
Terming the bill excellent as a
whole" Mr.. Dempsey said he would
seek the following changes in its
provisions:
l. Make the law effective as soon
as the President signs it, instead of
r,ojti,oo ,,,,+il OntObar IOd0 ~, a
date originally proposed.
2. Eliminate jury trials for en-
ployes dismissed for political activ-
ity. but permit such dismissals to be
carried to appellate courts.
g. Narrow restrictions forbidding
the purchase of advertising when
the proceeds would go to finance
q candidate or campaign.
Mr.. Dempsey said he opposed the
jury-trial provision on the ground
that it would delay final DISPOSE
ton of cases and "clog the courts" "
Discussing the prohibition against
advertising, he asserted that, al
though it was aimed at publications
like the Democratic 1886 campaign
book, II might a1ect newspaper ad-
vertising. He said he favored a
modification which would apply
only in cases of unreasonable or un-
usually high advertising rates.
Written in by Committee.
The provisions which Mr.. Demp-
sey seeks to alter were written into
the bill by the House Judiciary Com
mittee.
The measure would limit cam
paign contributions to $4,000 for in
dividuals and corporations in gen.
eral, and would bar donations from
contractors whose remuneration
comes in whole or part from the
Federal Treasury.
A House Committee amendment
would set a $3.O0O00o top on the
spending by political committees.
Representative Geyer, Democrat,
of California said he would propose
an amendment to abolish the poll
tax as prerequisite for voting or
registering in any Federal election.
This, he said, would concern elec-
tions of President, Vice President,
House and Senate members.
Evening star., 1940-07-09
BACKACHE,
LEG PAINS MAY
BE DANGER SIGN
OF Tired Kidneys

miserable. don't just complain and do moth
ing about them. Nature may be warning
you that your kidneys need attention.
The kidneys are Natures chief way of
taking excess acids and poisonous waste out
of the blood. They help most people elimi-
nate about pints a day.
If the Is miles of kidney tubes and filters
don't work well. poisonous waste matter
stays in the blood. These poisons may start
nagging backaches. rheumatic pains. leg pains.
loss of pep and energy. getting up nights,
swelling, pufiness under the eyes, head
aches and dizziness.
Don't waitl Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
years. They give happy relief and will help
the 5 miles of kidney tubes flush out poison
GUS waste from the blood. Get Doan'a Pills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-10
$500 Bank Check Aids
D. {. Red Cross Relief

The total of $40, 1892 raised for
the Red Cross War Relief Fund by
the District was swelled late yes
terday by $500 check from the
Riggs National Bank which came
in after the total for the day was
announced.
Bruce Baird, chairman of the
District campaign, said he expected
to make a final report on Washing
tons contribution for the relief Of
suffering overseas by the close OF
the week.
Contributions also came 70 the
District Chapter of the Red Cross
yesterday from two groups of chill
dren who had raised their gifts by
benefit performances. Elizabeth
Latimer, daughter of j. A. Latimer,
executive assistant to the Postmas-
ter General, headed the committee
which raised $3.50 through a neigh
borAood circus. She was assisted
by Sandra Weart, Leila Luening,
Richard Brown, Laura Jean Brown,
Laura Lou Weese and Eddie Rose.
The second group, American Le-
glon Juniors, had raised SIPS with
a puppet show for the children of
their neighborhood. The pupeteers
were Barbara Dunn, Donald Dunn.
Herbert Fahy, Owen Raynor and
Fahy Raynor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-10

between English and German forces
from tha heights of Renaix June 2,
I noticed German planes directing
the German artillery while, on the
opposing side, no planes were visible
in the air.
Reinforcement Efficient,
Communications also were main
tanned between the Stukas and tf1x
Ightninglike Blue Devils" infantry
on motorcycles which emitted a spe-
cial smoke making them practically
invisible. And understand, though
I did not happen to see it myself,
that even the infantry on foot had
soldiers with earphones and radio
equipment communicating asv they
marched along.
The German Army stressed not
only technical communication, but
attached equal Importance to con-
nections with the rear. One of the
strongest impressions took with me
from each trip was the smooth func-
t1oning of the reinforcement system.
Each units route of march and
distance to be covered was stated
precisely. On many occasions SOL
diers told me they had not slept for
several days.
I'VE know that if we don't arrive
at such and such a place, our COM
rades will be left in the lurch while
those following us will have their
plans upset." they said. 80 there's
only one thing to do-get where we
have been ordered to 60"
Activities CO. ordinated.
Among the more important organi-
cations insuring the safe movement
OF reserves were the so-called 20. T."
men-battalions of road and bridge
building experts who, in peace times,
worked under Inspector Gen. Fritz
Todt on Hitler's automobile super
highways.
Whenever we followed the advanc-
ing army, We were sure to find 20.
T." men ahead of us-repairing
bridges, filling up holes on air fields,
clearing roads of obstacles.
Equally ever-present were German
ambulances, ready to take care of
the wounded Immediately. Another
organization much in evidence was
the Nazi Welfare League, with soup
kitchens, huge stacks of bread and
other edibles for civilian populations.
An impressive thing to me was not
only the fact that the general staff,
in preparing for this war, had
thought of the most minute detail,
but that all organizations, whether
military or civilian, dovetailed their
activities so effectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-10

British and disarm for the dura-
ton of the war and after other
British successes taking the French
fleet out of the war as a possible
italian weapon.
1t comes, too, as Germany and
Italy confer on the next moves of
the war, with Italian Foreign Min
lister Count Galeazzo Ciano in Ger
many.
Both London and Rome agreed
that the British force was the. at
tacker in the Central Mediterranean
action.
The world had been waiting for
Britain and Italy to come to grips
in the Mediterranean ever since
1taly's entrance in the war.
Lifeline of Empire"
Britain's lifeline of empire" con-
Meeting the British Isles with India
and Australia and New Zealand,
runs for $500 miles through the
Mediterranean from Gibraltar to
the Suez Canal. Much of Britain's
world trade with countries outside
the empire normally flows through
this sea.
ItaIy's lines to her own new en-
pire, hardly "lifelines" yet, but in
creasingly important and almost
vital in wartime, run directly across
the British lines to Italian North
Africa, and also through the Suez
Canal to Italian East Africa.
The canal itself is bottleneck of
great Importance to both sides.
Britain, naturally, has been ex-
pecting sea warfare with Italy.
Prime Minister Churchill, after hav-
ing stated previously that Britain
was waiting for Italy to offer battle,
told the House of Commons on July
that the Italian Navy had "pru-
IDENTIFY" remained out of the way
while Britain was disposing of the
French fleet quartered on the AL
gerian coast near Oran last week.
Warspite Heads Fleet.
Great Britain's Mediterranean
feet is headed by the flagship War
spite, 30,600-ton veteran of Jutland
and Narvik Fjord.
Sir Andrew ranked as a captain
during the World War when he had
his first fighting experience in the
Mediterranean. He commanded the
destroyer Scorpion and won high
repute with raids which earned him
a reputation for daring.
He is 81 and has served virtually
his entire career in the Mediter-
ranean, which he is said to know
'like the back of his hand"
His flagship, built in 1918, used in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-10
London
Continued From First Page.)

of the route to the Suez Canal, sink
ing a cruiser and damaging bat
tleship and an aircraft carrier. A
second cruiser was reported in the
force attacked.
No immediate report of such a
clash came from the British, but
they did make claim of their own
which the Italians did not mention.
This was that a British force based
at Gibraltar, western end of the
Mediterranean, had carried out a
sweep toward the Central Mediter-
ranean," shooting down four Italian
planes and damaging seven others.
No surface forces were encountered
in this maneuver, it was stated.
Previous Fight June ~.
Thus the battle of the Mediter-
ranean appeared finally to be under
way, a month after Italy's entrance
into the war. The only previous
sh-Italian sea fight was on
June 81, when a light British naval
force sank the Italian destroyer
Espero.
The action comes Immediately
after the decision of the French
fleet at Alexandria to give up to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-10
WASHINGTON G, WEDNESDAY,
With the German Army

Louis P. Lochner, famous American
war correspondent, has written for the
Associated Press a series of five stories
dealing with various phases of life with
the German Army. The third appears
today. The others will be in Thursday
and Sunday editions. Mr.. Lochner,
chief of the Berlin bureau of the Asso-
ciated Press, is a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-10

one of the screening destroyers OF
the British force.
The British formation evidently
was full-f1edged fighting unit, in
GLIDING both capital ships and
cruisers as we'll as the smaller es-
corting craft and some aircraft
carriers"
Throughout Monday Italian planes
dived and zoomed in attack on the
steadily maneuvering British feet
Some of the vessels were hit and
seriously damaged, with fires visible
aboard" said the Italian COM
munique.
TT is believed one warship-prob-
ably battleship-was sunk"
Steadily the arena of the battle
moved westward.
Although reduced, the English
naval formation held to its route,
said the high command, leading
to the supposition that its objective
was to raid the Central Mediter-
ranean and to attack by sea and
air some important coast position
of ours"
Fleet Follows Up Planes.
Hence, Italy followed up her waves
of planes with strong groups of our
feet" to head of the attempt"
Night brought some hours of re-
spite and when Tuesday dawned
the British force was moving into
the Ionian Sea.
1t was in that sea, fanked on the
west by Italy's shores and on the
east by Greece's island tangled coast
line, that units of the Italian and
British fleets made contact while
important air forces joined the &C.
ton from the sky"
BY the Italian version, the en-
gagement was shortlived-a period
of intensive firing" and then 1.-THE
enemy gave up its objective and
moved off toward the southeast"
An Italian warship was hit, the
high command acknowledged, but
declared at the same time that the
damage could be repaired in a few
days. 1t was on this unidentified
vessel that 20 men were killed and
50 wounded, by the Italian admis-
sion.
Our aviation, Notwithstanding
extremely strong anti-aircraft fire
followed the enemy until darkness
striking some of its ships with bombs
of heavy caliber," said the high COM
mand.
"Our destroyer Zeffiro was sunk,
but the crew is safe.
"One of our submarines failed to
return to its base"
On the same day-Tuesday-
another British naval formation was
sighted leaving Gibraltar and head
ing northeastward. Three of the
Italian planes which assailed 1t
failed to return to their bases.
Since British action removed the
French fleet as a factor in the Euro
pean war, italy and Britain are the
largest belligerent naval powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-10
BY TIE Associated Press.

STOCKHOLM, July 10. - Four
Swedish destroyers, purchased from
Italy, entered Swedish waters this
morning, a communique said, after
being seized and damaged by a
strong British naval detachment,
released, and subsequently attacked
by British warplanes.
The communique said the destroy
ers, not equipped for combat, were
seized June 20 off the Farce Islands
by strong British naval detach-
ment" and taken to a British port
Their release was effected after a
Swedish protest. Britain agreed to
pay for damages which involved the
seaWorthiness of the vessels, it was
announced.
Thereafter, on July 8, four bombs
were dropped as the ships proceeded
off the Norwegian coast, but no hits
were made, the communicate re-
ported.
The British government expressed