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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31

under an air chief marshal or air
marshal. each Of whom Is directly
responsible To the chief Of the air
staff. Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril
Newall.
How Branches Work
or the seven. the bomber and
fighter commands are the senior
units. The bomber command Is
responsible for controlling admin
istration OF all home bomber
squadrons. forming the striking
force Of the metropolitan air force.
and the fighter command Is chsrg-
ed with defense Of the home shores
from all forms of hostile air attack.
The latter works in close liaison
with snti-air craft. searchlight.
balloon bsrrage and observation
units.
The coastal command Is respon-
sihle for reconnaissance over home
waters. in conjunction with the
admiralty. II operates In haison
with naval forces and the fleet
arm, even to the extent of spotting
for naval guns. as in the lombard
ment of stavanger.
Controls Armament
The pre-war training command,
now divided into a technical train
ing command and flying training
command. controls all flying srma-
ment schools and Raj depots.
The maintenance command gov
ernors equipment depots, aircraft
storage units. ammunition depots
and repair depots.
The last, the balloon command.
undertakes administration and
training OF all barrage crews.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31
u. S. Exports for
May Show Gain

WASHINGTON - u. \ exports
during June were = per cent great.
sr than In May. due chiefly 10 ,he
growing demand for American war
materials. the commerce depart.
ment said today.
june exports were valued at
$3.50. 600 oo0. giving the nation a
net export balance Of siap 600 600
for the month. Imports remained
unchanged at s2ii 600 600. the
normal downward tendency being
stayed by unusual acquisitions OF
tin and rubber. Imports Of wines
and spirits rose ss.7so. 600 TO So
i7a.ooo for the month.
June exports Of explosives, fire
arms and ammunition were SEA. /.
500. 600. aircraft s27 500 900. and
iron and steel products. IA. 100. 600
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31
Court Awaiting
Slayer Appeal

OLYMPIA r~ussl Davis. -
sssls youth ~hs muvasved M
neither. wss ms ssssed - sste1-
nsea aa~asy heeaass HE spposl
sssu Nd nes e~sn heard ~ ~
state supreme enuss.
Davis sAs uetsl Fssasy 70 pr
feet hss appeal brit ~ - n~w ~
swsss ~ mevs 10 a - IN Ne ~
DAYS sises NJ served nett<~ ~ ar-
pal n ~ fails n ~ - she ~
rv~ms r.sws an 10 Friday meeien
sslsodar wtlI alsmiss kis eaae na1
Ne ~in ~ ves>rssHrsa n hann
shessIv after Thai N ~ fites NJ.
sss~fv papers IN Nc appeal Ns<ss~
the st>sdllne Nc esss witi ~ nroue1
In th> September tsvm ~ eess<<.
rhs - yssv aid meenanse fss
pestsdly hss said ne wants n ~.
bat 81 sprssi wss mssle IN M -
half by HE attorney
Davis ssshs>st sna hal hts maln.
~ n death March ~ saa M ~
tr.ssed hpdy IN . kisrhea eaDtses.
ste wss fnurd hiding IN = eieeee
sis DAYS lstss and blxwef shs htlls
ing ~ . susfrsi over his pretty
ycuna wifs'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31
World Crises Shoot Holes in Social
Calendars of Army and Navy Hostesses

Virgil : Peterson. wife ~ the
Inspector gwnerai she = stasn.
ssqUe blonde. ard Immensely pcru-
lar IN army circles Petite. grey
haired Mrs.. Sherman Niles. wife ~
Brig Gen General Mslxs. assistant
chief q staff. = another whess
Invitations are especially ee~eted.
NJ. George fettlagsll wife a
lhe ranking admiral ~ IRE navy.
= hostess ~ he c.smfnanssnt :
eeus~ Al Tho nsxx yard sar ard
Mrs. Anderson. wlfs II ths assesses
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31

A 10000 personal lsiusy suss
was Tiled " superior court hsss
Monday sfsssnesa ny . Tacoma
lnnsshasemsa against II. cslmsF
ste~ mshsp Carp. and promptly
ordered removed tn fss<ssi district
court ~ . dispute between ssssssas
~ dsffsrsat states.
risinuff was ~ Tmm. WIN
complains No wss pssespsssisd Ista
tho hald IT she steamer kramar
while seshsnm cargo shasrd her
June II this year, csus~ II the
accident. he elslns was = asfsetlys
hstehhasrd which gave way under
his weight
rimm claims 10 h~ totally inca
FACILITATED BY hss injuries. which In
eludsd spFsInsd hack and hip and
nervous shock
Tire cslmsr company IL iacaf.
parsssd In Delaware.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31
4 Children Of Former
Empress Reach U. S.

NEW YORK - Pan American
Always Yankee Clipper arrived
Monday from Lisbon with % pas
sengers, including four children OF
the former Empress Zits of Austria
Hungary.
The royal passengers. here 10
join their mother. two brothers
and a sister In Royalton. Mass,
were the Archdukes Carl Ludwig.
%, and Rudolph, 10, and the Arch
duchesses Adelaide. rs. and Char
lotte. 90.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31
New U. S. Flagship
America Welcomed

NEW YORK Planes and blimps
flew overhead and hundreds OF
harbor craft whistled a noisy well
come Monday as the new flagship
America of the United States lines.
largest and costliest ship in the
u. S. merchant marine. steamed
into the harbor on her maiden
voyage.
Mayor F. II. LaGuardia and a
distinguished group of officials
greeted Capt. Giles c. stedman,
master of the SIT 500, 900 liner
when the ship ended her journey
from Newport News. Va.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31

Mrs. George 7. pe'tinolll,
wife OF the ronkina Adr.sol OF
the Novy - q orond dome OF
Novy society.
Harris a r~isx rhasa. ffom sss
II naval Intelligence, ar. tho grand
danes of navy socisty whose ~or.i
In social crisis has the authority
81 regulations
However much IN. social life Of
the service set here /. upset by
ternsl and International crises
you can depend On u that any off.
Ger mol under orders 60 remain al
his desk viii take time off foe the
most exciting soeial.sportlns event
of the service calendar TIE Army
Navy football Ksmr.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31
COMMANDERS ENTERTAIN
THEIR suBoRDINATEs

The army corps commanders en-
terrain subordinates OF their branch
at the Army and Navy Country
club once each year, and there are
several regular stag parties held
by various service groups.
The chief Of naval operations
and his wife give series Of four
teas each year, and each bureau
! chief in the navy Is expected 10
entertain fellow officers in his own
organization. and their wives.
IL Is the custom for ranking Of.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31
British Evucuees
Arrive In Canada

AN EASTERN CANADIAN
PORT Two ships, carrying more
than $500 evscuees from Great
Britain. arrived here Monday.
Officials said that most OF the
evscuees were children going 10
homes in Canada and the United
States for the duration of the war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31

In her do-or-die effort To chsl-
lenge Germany's air supremacy
an effort upon which may hinge
the outcome of the battle of Brit
ain, the nation finally has dis
esrded the economy which stunted
the Royal Air Forces growth in
the '20s and sos.
The Raj is now a healthy. CEN
tralized organization working in
close cooperation with the army
and navy With its seven CON-
mands all under one control. 1t is
the simplest of three orgsniza-
tons.
Planes Demanded
Other branches of the British
commonwealth's air power include
the fleet air-arm - aircraft and
personnel attached to naval YES
sels-whieh is responsible only to
the admiralty. four foreign air
forces subordinate to the air staff
and the independent empire air
forces.
Preparing to repel any invasion,
Britain's defense chiefs are now
demanding steady stream Of
10000 or more planes a month
as many as the factories of Brit
ain, Canada and the United States
can squeeze into their production
schedules.
Britains modern air force was
born April l. 1918. Since the in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31

But come what may, few officers
and their wives exrec, to miss the
big social shows next SEASON.
Most formal ard most brilliant
Is the White House reception for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31

LONDoN-Grest Britain learned lessons
World and approaching climax histos
struggle with tightly organized modern
whereas IN 1915
40 fighting planes reinforce Royal FLYING Corps
France today attempting
10000 or more planes month
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31
n, GERRY prck
WASHINGTON I

wssfi>Gro>The seoisi calendars army navy officials
Washington hot o. blank these
With their husbands nearly buried under h
committees
watching
than
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31

eeption Of the Royal Flying Corps
in 1912. the nations military and
naval wings. originally intended
TO be mutually self.sufficient but
under central control. had drift.
ed apart and become intent upon
their own administrative and stra.
tegic problems, even to the extent
Of competing against each other
for planes and equipment.
On June Is. 1917. mass forma.
tons Of German Gothas. in day.
light raid. dropped four tons OF
bombs on London. In this fore
taste of total warfare, for which
Britain was entirely unprepsred,
1872 persons were killed and 49,
were injured.
Change IL Made
Only a central command. it be.
came apparent. could enable the
air force to provide adequate de-
Tense of industrial detectives at
home, carry out reprissl raids on
Germany and fulfin its ma jor
function as the srmy's long-range
artillery"
In November. 1917. the air boa I'd
was expanded into an air min
istry, authorized to effect amalga-
nation of the air services.
The RATS organization is the
simplest Of the three branches of
the armed services. II is divided
into seven independent commands
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31

Mrs. George Marshall, wife
OF the Chief OF Stoii. IS the
Arnny's No. ] hostess.
Harris A Twins Photo. frem NrA
the army and navy. The navy re-
lief ball. held In the sail loft st the
Washington navy yard. and the
army relief hall. given AT the army
war college here. attended by milf
tary and naval attaches Of the em-
hassies. arc next in Importance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31

mo wonder That yo<srotsn
u ueky. Her foIks ore iust
rich enough 10 lsov~ her 10 .
ruess, ard not quite rich
srouah 20 hire q good ere.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31

fiecrs az both the army and uavy.
when they leave a post. - enter
tain the incoming officer She viii
take his place
And in both ~rvice sets the
juniors have cne dance = week IN
the navy yard sAii leF,. az the
army war COLLEGE recreation hail
Mrs. George Marshall. quiet con-
sentative WIN Of the chief % starr.
ranks AL other army hastcszes.
and presisics over The larKe hard.
some house Al Fort Mv,f reserved
for the cammsnd~r-in. chlef
Mrs. Emory 3. Adams tall dark.
haired. handsome wife ef the al
iutnnt general 10 one Of ihe most
popular army hoxtescs here.
ADMIRAI's WIZ
N SOCIAL ARHfrER
The army set /. looking forward
TO the arrival Of .eeie,y.levsng Mrs..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31
Britain Has Learned Lessons;
Her Air F orce Now Is Modern
London Reporter Describes Preparations
For Meeting Germans In Air
BY DRYDoN TAyES

EDITORS Following dealing
anttation Of Gsmsn ana British
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31
ADMIRAI.'s wIFV
N SOCIAL ARHrTER

The army set Il looking forward
TO the arrival Of society loving M.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-11-22
Little Stories I'll nB##{z
for Bedtirne&%<z a3%S
b0 ThornfonW l5KaIsrT &
g BURGESS %<m9f>zEW

has no hands with which to null I,
of as Old Mr.. Toad pulls his sui,
of, and so he has to try some other
way.
He glided all around under and
between the logs to make sure tina,
no one else was there, and then he
ghded this way and that way
through the brush to make sure tina,
no one was hiding there. At las,
he was satisfied that he would not
be disturbed, and he hurried back
to the pile of logs to begin the task
OF getting off his old suit. Now, YOU
know Old Mother Nature has queer
ways OF giving her children new
clothes. All this time Mr.. Black
snake really had his new suit on
underneath the old suit. He had to
get the old suit off, but he wouldn't
have to put the new one on because
1t was already on. Old Mother Ma
ture had attended to that.
He went straight to the two logs
that were so close together, and then
he began to push and wriggle and
squirm as he tried to pass between
them. He pulled and he blew. and !
suspect that if he had been ANYBODY
but a snake he would have grunted.
1t was easy enough to get his neck
through after he had got his head
through, but the thickest part of his
body was a terribly tight squeeze.
Little by little he managed to get
through. When enough of him was
through to allow him to lift his head
and look back he gave a little sigh
OF relief. You see, his old suit had
caught between those two logs and
he was pulling himself right out of
it just the same way in which you
pull your hand out of a glove.
When he saw this he went to
work again and pulled harder than
ever. He was afraid that that old
suit might pull loose from the logs;
but it didn't, and presently as he
got the thickest part of his body
through the old suit came off easier.
A few more wriggles and pulls and
he was out Of it altogether. There
it lay, turned wrong side out COM
plete, clear to the tip of his slender
tail. And the funny thing was that
instead OF being black it was white.
Yes, sir, it was white, and so thin
that you could almost look through
it, But his new suit was black, oh,
so black! And it was very hand
some. Right away Mr.. Blacksnake
was i'll hurry to show it off, and
he didn't even give his old suit
another look as he rushed away.
Now, what do you think-all the
time he had supposed no one was
about certain thrifty little person
of the Green Forest had been watch
ing him!
ct. W. Burgess-WNU Service.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-11-22
Sky Abounds With
Bugs, Study Sho,os
Lifting Spiders Trapped at
Three Miles altitude.

NEW ORLEANS. - High-hyinE
bugs are coming in for their share
of chronological attention these
days as the United States depart
ment of agriculture seeks to learn
more about aerial bug navigation.
P. A. Click of the department has
released a report on the results Of
1907 hours IN the air in I, 314 fights
of Louisiana and A flights near DIV
range, Mexico. Click carried spe-
cially designed bug traps on his
plane. He would fly with an opened
trap at a specified altitude, then
close il and move up, say, another
500 or 1000 feet to get another sam
pie of insect life far above the earth.
Click found living spiders at three
miles altitude, mosquitoes at 5000
feet and even termites-the kind
that eat the foundations from under
DEMONSTRATING on wind currents in
the mysterious upper air.
Behind this arduous and expensive
research is an effort to learn more
about crop-deStroylng and disease
carrying insects and just how they
spread from one region to another
on air currents.
Some bugs do most of their trav-
cling Upder their own power, others
prefer to glide and soar on prevail
ing winds. Click says he has cap
tured boil weevils at 1000 feet, spot
ted cucumber beetles at 5000 and
leaf-hoppers at attitudes up to $4,000
feet.
The lightweight insects with large
wings travel farthest and highest,
bug trapping proved, while the
heavier, smaller-winged varieties
stuck fairly close to the ground.
Click captured specimens of the
pink boll-worm moth, big-time
rayager of cotton, more than mile
above sea level, a fact that con-
WINGED him the moth can easily
cross from Mexico into the United
States without having to undergo the
formality of customs inspection.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-11-22
New Process to Improve
Paper-Making Reported

SEATTLE.-A new commercial
chemical will enable America to
make wood pulp of a quality that,
until now, has been produced only
in Scandinavia, said DR.. G. P. Vim
cent of the research and develop
ment department of the Mathieson
Alkali works, in addressing the
Technical Association of the Pulp
and Paper industry, meeting here.
This development, the speaker
pointed out, can make the United
States sef-sufficient in respect to
one more important raw material
and promises to effect permanent
increase in the output of wood pulp.
The chemical is sodium chlorite,
which will shortly be produced on a
large scale for the first time by the
Mathieson organization. 1t has the
unusual property of bleaching wood
pulp, cotton, rayon and other ma
terials very white without weaken
ing the fibers or causing the loss of
other desirable properties.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-11-22
Blushing Bride of Other
Years Is Fast Vanishing

FREDERICKSBURG, VA.-Court
Clerk Mason H. Willis, who knows
whereof he speaks, says the proven
bal blushing bride has vanished as
completely as the dinosaur.
Since January, 1899, when Fred
ericksburg became the quick mar
riage center of the East, Clerk
Willis has met more than 1000
would-be brides. He says he has
yet to observe blush.
Many present-day brides actually
take the leading role in pre-marital
arrangements. Nine times out of
ten, Willis AYERS, it is the bride-elect
who writes or telephones here for
firSt-hand information on Virginia s
marriage laws. And just as often
she answers all the questions Willis
is required to ask before issuing a
license; even those pertaining to the
name, age, occupation, parentage,
and address of her intended.
And don't you know" said Will
lis, every now and then the women
pay for the license"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-11-22

property. which were read into the ce-
cords of the City Council in regIlar
session on Tuesday evening. NOve1n
Der II, 1910; also copy of a resOlu
ton passed at said session of the
Council requesting the Mayor to call
joint meeting Of the Council anS
the Board of Education for considers
ton Of same
Trustee Block moved that the COL
municatiOn be laid on the table uuti;
such time as the Mayor calls a joint
meeting of the Council and the BOa nj
Of Education
Trustee Altman seconded the motion
Ayes: Trustees Altman. Block, flo
meiSter, Johnson and Kalash
Nays: None
The motion was carried.
A communication from the WVsu-
HOtte Taxpayers Association WAS re-
ceived and placed on file.
A copy Of the auditors report fOr
the month of October was given 10
each member OF the Board
A communication from Benjamin r.
Yack, superintendent OF Recreation.
requesting the use of Roosevelt High
School Field for a skating rink thss
winter was received and referred 60
the Secretary and Business Manage
Trustee Block moved 10 adjourn 10
Monday. December =. 1910 at Z pm
Trustee HOmeister seconded the no.
ton.
Ayes: Trustees Altman. Block 90
meister, johnson, KalaSh-
Nays: None
The meeting was adjourned.
ARTHUR T.. BALSLEY.
Secretary
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-11-22
Mozart Buried as Pauper

Mozart died poor and was buried
in a common grave in the ground
allotted to paupers, with only the
cemetery attendants standing by the
grave. When his widow visited the
cemetery a few weeks later it was
impossible for her to find definitely
where he was buried. Several later
attempts to locate his bones also
failed. Mozart died of a malignant
typhus fever, which may have been
induced by his circumstances. His
debts were contracted largely
through his wife's repeated i'll
nesses, but there is nothing to show
that his family of four sons and two
daughters suffered from malnutri-
ton. There are fine monuments to
Mozart in Vienna and in his birth
place, Salzburg.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-11-22
Loses Sense of
Touch, Seems Well
Doctors Puzzled Over Case.
of indianapolis Lad.

INDIANAPOLIS.-Two years ago
Charles Leonard's teacher in high
school pinched him-and nothing
happened.
The astounded teacher pinched
him again without any perceptible
reaction. Finally he was forced to
switch to a verbal tack, and that
was the first Charles knew of what
was happening.
His failure to respond to the pinch
also brought Charles to a more i'm
portant realization-that although he
was normal in every other respect,
he had suddenly lost all sense of
touch. A bit of frantic experiment
tation in which even a vigorous slap
on the back was unfelt sent him
hurrying to physician.
Doctors are still puzzling over the
strange case. Although Charles ex-
periences some discomfort from his
condition, it apparently is not dan
gerous. He seems well enough, has
the complete use of all his limbs
and physical processes, but he takes
the coolest weather or even a sock
on the chin with the traditional
stoicism of Sitting Bull.
Medical experts who studied the
boys history believe the condition
resulted from a 220-volt electric
shock he suffered when he touched
live wire. Doctors said a slight
heart ailment which he has had
since long before the appearance of
his tactual paralysis appears to have.
no connection.
Doctors at Indianapolis City hos.
pltal indicated that a study will be
made Of young Leonard's case and
that a report would be forthcoming
when a satisfactory explanation is
found.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-11-22
Don't uke nsH
WORD h* it.!

Noun. Self disembowelment.J jap
anese hara, abdomen, and kiri, cut
ting.
When a Nipponese gentleman de-
cides to destroy himself by the ma
tional form of honorable suicide, he
does not commit Harry Kerry.
Voluntary hara-kiri still survives
in Japan, although it is now more
commonly known as "Seppuku"
(sep-POO-koo).
1t is the refuge of men rendered,
desperate by private misfortunes, or
as protest against a national pol
icy.
There is no disgrace attached to
this form of self-immolation. In
deed, it is formal and dignified &C
casion. The suicide, clothed in cere
monial dress, kneels on a mat, and
plunges a dagger into his abdomen.
draws il slowly across to the right.
and gives IT an upward cut.
1t is said that for hundreds Of
years $500 hara-kiris have taken
place annually in Japan.
Use the broad "a" (ah) in the
first two syllables, and the long &c"
as in fec in the third and fourth.
Correct pronunciation:
HAH-rah-KEE-re
Capitals indicate syllableS to be
accented)
BELL Syndicate-WNU Servicel
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-11-22
Euphrates River Longest

The Euphrates, the great river
Of Genesis, with its brazen-sounding
name, is the longest in western Asia.
It rises in the Armenian highlands
and flows down along a wandering
path of 1850 miles to the Persian
gulf. Babylon of the towers stood
upon its banks, says the London Sum
day Observer. Ten miles to the
west of its present course, in a waste
of desert, are the mounds Of Ur Of
the Chaldees. At Larsa reigned
King Arioch, who fought in the Bat
tie of the Kings and was after
ward defeated by Abraham.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-11-22
Wife's Weight No Grounds
For Divorce, Judge Rules

SAN FRANCISCO.-You may not
like it if your wife gets fat, but her
weight is no grounds for divorce.
Superior Judge Sylvan J. Lazarus
told Julius Boell, bartender, as
much as he granted Lucille Boel an
interlocutory decree for desertion.
Boen testified he left home and sued
for divorce because his wife's
weight increased in IA years from
lao pounds to 256 pounds.
The court noted that Boell has
the reputation Of being an excellent
amateur cook and he undoubtedly
contributed to her obesity by sup
plying her with a superabundance
Of his excellent cookery"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-11-22
keystone State

Pennsylvania is called the Key
stone state because when the Union
was formed it was the keystone Of
the arch, six states lying to the
south of it and six to the north. It
still remains the Keystone state. not
merely because of its geographical
location, but because Of its political
importance, its immense natural re-
sources. vast industrial develop
ment, and great population, second
only 10 that of New York.