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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24
Tacoma Guard
To Fl. Worden
240th Leaves for
Yeor OF Troining

They're In the army nov. Al
$50 a. m. Monday Tacoma's con-
tingent of the 24sth coast Artil.
lery Charbor defense) left ths
national guard srmory for Fort
wordsn where ths men viii under
go a year OF training. Included
were the regimental headquarters
personnel. thu band. and batteries
ID. v and F-approximatsly 300
men. Officer personnel inc-ldsd
Col A. W. MeMorris, command
ing: L.-col. Howard Wright. sz-
ecutIvs officer; and II. Col w. r.
Patrick, commanding the second
battalion.
transportation provided BY the
9th ONO, Fort L<~is. included
% three and a half-ton trucks and
- three-quartsr-ton trsil<fs. The
convoy travels Il 80 miles m hour
and was due st Fort Warden late
Monday afternoon. Just before
leaving time the Tacoma con-
tingsnt Was joined BY = convey
from the north with approximate
ly 40 men from Mount Vernon
and Bsliingham. The route IL via
Olympia. Shelton and the Olympic
highway 10 Port Townsend.
Though there we're = fe~ seepy-
eyed mothers. sisters and sTest.
hearts among the few civilians
out for a last goodbye. u Was a
generally happy appearing crowd
around the armory. A far - the
men were concerned they might
have been preparing for = days
outing instead o. q year IN the
army.
There seems 10 b. = little con-
fusion smong some q the never
recruits - 70 just what vas sz-
pectekl Of them. One group rsst-
ing on a plls of baggage was
awakened BY = corporal with
Hey. you fellows think you're on
guzrd7 You Amt. Get q hold 81
that baggage and load up" They
dld.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24
z WSC Goods
Die in Crash
Two Idoho Athletes
Held After Mishop

MOSCOW, Ida.--Two Washing
ton State college goods are dead
and two University Of Idaho ath-
letes are being held by I.atah
county authorities as the result of
an automobile accident three miles
east of here.
Ruth Hewitt. 81, and Wilma Jen-
nings. Is, were killed almost IN
stantly when a touring car In
which they were riding went into
ditch and threw them clear.
The owner of the car, Edward
vrabel Of Trenton. N. j., and Wal
ton illness Of Chicago. another
passenger, were held by authori-
ties. Both are University of Idaho
junior students and athletes.
Miss Hewitt was the daughter
of the owner Of the Cougar Den
on the Washington State college
campus. Miss jennings was the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. p. A.
Jennings Of Pullman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24
Raj Pilot
WedbyP Proxy

VANCOUVER. wash Brit,
ian Royal Air Fofee pilot battling
German raiders over England VS.
married ~ proxy Sunday 70 At
uactiys Betty kareen Allen. Is
of Portland. ore.
sidney Ernest Andrews. n. IN
Bridegroom. WA legally present
81 the wedding ceremony Nhsfs hs
Nas represented BY Horace l.
Psrzybok % Portland.
Ths marriage eilmaxsd months
Of lsttsr and cable communication
DstNssn the couple.
Harzybok took Ma Alien 70 b.
"ths lawful welded Nifs II SD
nsy Andrews. ana promised th4f
the absent Andrews would @oxt
honor. comfort and keep her " y
death do them part
Mrs. Andrews Vas uncsL ain
about WHEN she could reach Eng
land and the aide 81 her hlgosnd.
She il Of American birth ~ vas
raised In England. she furfrsa
% Oregon three years aE1fto visii
the home Of her mother.
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Hottest Sept. u;
Mercury Hit 80.5

Autumn arrived In Tacoma
Sunday. which by the way was
the hottest Sept. q in the history
OF the weather bureau here.
There was absolutely no wind
during the day. and in the after
noon the mercury climbed TO sos.
Hottest previous Sept. % was In
1924 when sos was recorded.
Fair weather is forecast for
Tuesday. but some fog near the
coast. Temperatures VIII be above
normal.
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eminent has invested some go
million dollars in the development
of Bonneville and Grand Coulee
dams. 1t seems inconceivable that
anyone would suggest that these
projects should not be completed"
The people In Oregon and
other states within "transmis-
sion distance of these projects,'
the Republican nominee contin-
ued, should determine how
they wish the power distrib-
uted. whether through existing
distribution systems municipal
~ or privately owned.
Whatever the method Of distri-
button. this great reservoir Of cheap
power should be used for the in
dustrial development of the great
Northwest and to provide domestic
and rural users Of electricity their
requirement at the lowest possible
rates" he said in a speech released
IN advance of delivery.
wiIIkie previously had indicated
that he believed the federal govern
ment should prescribe the rates for
retail sale of power produced by
federslly-financed dams II the peo-
pie in the locality chose 10 sell the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24

Cecii Wetxel. who captured
the kidnaper Of Marc de rrie-
tan. ir., ON Sunday. IL . brother
in-law Of Leo H. Bucscher.
1908 No. sfh st.. u was learned
Monday.
Buescher In assistant man
ager Of the Metropolitan Lie
Insurance Co. here.
Mrs. Buescher said proudly
Monday: Yes, Cecil WefzeI
10 my husbands brother-in-iaw.
He played football nj W. \. G.
and married my husbands sis
ter, Lillian. At one time he
operated . sawmilI At Twisp,
WASH
Wetzel now operates the
Wetzei Lumber Co., - miles
south of Piacerville. Calf.
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out Of 400 aboard. Out Of 20
refugee children. seven were
saved. OF eight ether children
aboard, six were saved. Seven
Of The nine women who were car
Ing for the children persisted. OF
the total Of ipi passengers. 10
women and IS men were saved .
Of the crew Of ans. % were saved
Among the grown.ups who died
were Col. J. Baldwin Webb. mem
Der Of the house Of commons. a
Dr. GaIlinsky. on his way TO
Washington TO be charge d'affairs
Of the Polish embassy; Rudolf
olden. pre.IIitier publisher Of the
then famous berlin newspaper
rsgenblatt. and Mrs. oldsn.
The youngest ~ the refugee
children Was five. the oldest
rs. One Of the survivors was
q 1l-year-sld woman. on her
way 20 visit q married son
n Canada.
Survivors told how. IN the moon
light which prevailed st first after
the torpedoinG ast TUESDAY night,
they could nee the bodies % desd
babies thrown shout BY the angry
sea. They told how their life
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camp from Salem. Ore. some time
during the day. which IL the one
he set as the deadline for arrival
on the grounds. Some OF the mo-
bilized national gasrdsmen from
Western Washington communi-
ties have been arriving by motor
transport during the past week
OF the 13 trains on the move
Monday were three from the Port
land area and one each MADE up
IN Baker. Ore: Bozeman. Great
Falls. Lewiston. BainviIle. 0lss-
gov and Sidney. Mont. and Sand
Point. Rigby and St Mays, Ida
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PORTLAND-Henry A. Wallace.
Democratic vice-presidentisl NOM
inee, viii deliver major address
here Oct. / as part Of his far
western tour. II was learned Mon
day.
The former secretary Of agricul-
ture win arrive after concluding
appearances in Hollywood. Sacra-
mento and San Francisco.
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have written the scholarly, 600
word note demanding 500. 900 ran
som fire. the child's family. OF
whether he had accompliees.
FBI men said they had OBJ
tanned q signed confession from
Muhienbroich, who. like Bruno
Richard HAuptmann, kidnaper-
slayer Of Charles A. Lindbergh,
jr.. was an alien from Germany.
MuhieBbroich entered this
country In 1885.
Sheriff J. J. McCrath Of San
Mateo county and Police Chief
Claude Hirschey Of Hillsborough,
at request Of the federal sutho1-
ties. waived any present claim on
the kidnaper. although apparently
no federal law was violated
Nat .. l. Pieper. head Of the
San Francisco FBI office, told
the local authorities he desired
10 retain MuhIenbroich's Gus
tody ''for . few days" 70 qss--
ton him about another case.
II was believed Pieper referred
70 the kidnapping Of le-yezr-osd
Charles Madison In Tacoma.
For this deliberately plotted and
boldly executed crime. the kidnzper
got no 500. 900. but he got a black
eye. q gsshed head. . bruised body.
and he faces almost certain i'm
pr1sonment for life The lumber
men Of Eidorsdo county mznhsn-
died him when they found him and
the child In an automobile on q
dead-end road Sunday.
Muhienbroich WAS blubber-
Ing when Omen arrived ~ the
hamlet Of River Pine, IFS miles
east Of here. 10 haBdeuff him
and rush him 20 prison In =
city they refused % name.
Count de Tristan. who recsiyeo
his child IN San Francisco late Sun
day night. rolled into the gravel
CONTINUED on Page IA. Column 81
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Thirteen Troop Trains Bringing
Cuardsmen to Camp Murray Today

Thirteen troop trains bringing
national guardsmen from all parts
of the Northwest were due 70 ar
rive at Camp Murray. south of
Tacoma, between II a. m and
10:40 p. m. Monday.
The trains will bring the great
er part Of the 10000 TO 1900
guardsmen who have just been
indicted into the regular army for
their years training
Mai. Gen. George A White.
commanding the 4ist division.
himself was due at the guard
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boats rnpNiNrd and they tlung Ia
the upturned boats They told
..u. .,am.a ..s ..,,a... Al. =.
-.
'"e rs" ''"s" 's'"sh '''
storm, and how Of The ~ people
In one boat. eight were living
when IN. re.et,. war.h,n arrived
= :, -. - -. I.
whom Two h'sa aboard the war
ship.
A Iesdan Publisher held .
dead s.h, sin 4. hl. arms
IN, ham. .,s .,.,..s.. =.
" W. nursing "'
I've. 80 i's mother weuid think
~ hsins' she aud her sou Of
~ asea In TIE ifeh"as and
hhe scores Of eshers thsir
bodies we're pai overheard.
after BRIEF nutsered prayer,
win that 81 ihs baby.
or eight persons who chung TO
me Keel OF one overturned boat.
siA, numbed by cold and exposure.
slipped Oft 10 drown m the hours
passed. A young sailor and a 10
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24
rnE rfNsioN' GROWS

Stout British defenses
flung back waves of Ger
man planes from the London
area Monday rs belief that
Adolf Hitler has missed his
best chance to invade Britain
shifted anxiety TO a possible
axis Mediterranean offensive
and TO Japan's move into
French 1ndo-China.
Despite bad weather. German
planes came over the English coast
In force Monday but were turned
back. British bombers raided Ber-
lin and the coastal invasion"
ports.
Hostilitics broke out In
Indo-C China. Japanese treeps
crossed the border and fought
an engagement with French
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Cheap Power Development
Should Continue Willkie
People Should Decide on Method
Of Retailing. Candidate Declares

P0RTLAND-At least 15o, 900
Oregonians greeted Wendell VIII
kie from the time his campaign
special crossed the state line be-
low Klamath Falls Sunday until
Il chugged out across the CO.
lumbia river TO Vancouver Mon
day.
The states officialdom, present
and past. met the Republican
presidential candidate upon his
arrival at Klamath Falls and
during his tour.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Presi-
Dental Nominee Wendell L. willkie
declared Monday that the federal
government should continue the de-
velopment Of cheap hydro-electric
power, bue that the people them
selves. rather than the government,
should decide whether privately
owned companies or public power
districts should retail the cleo
tricity.
Only 40 miles from giant Bonnie
vile dam, tremendous S67 900. DOC
project on the Columbia river, Will
kie said that since the federal gov
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BASEBALL
FINALS

Ftr-t Esmef
fhilAsislphla eoi ole ies--s . q
Hs.les ... 900 col ioo--z q q
rodEaIny ana Warren. Bolso.
sullivan - ana berrsa. BFoskis.
New fssk q. leo col ooo-z o
Bsoshiya oss eeo szi--s "a Q
sehamaehsr. Lynn COZ and
ODea. Crias0m. Casey (7l, Ia
milils 90. carlston 90 ana
Franks, Maneuso. .
Second game
rhii.aslphi4. 600 600 soe--s "a
Bostsa ... 500 eli sox--s n 0
Auleahy ana Warren: Farley
and Bsrres
ClneinaAti zoe ssi eol-sI7 .
Pittsburgh. 7os 600 zsx--l2 "a L
Derringer. beggs "a. Hufchins
81. Riddle 90 and Wilson, West:
Bowman. Rambert "a. Helntzel-
man 80. Brown 80 and Schultz.
Davis
81 Louis 600 oeo eeo- a o
Chicago =. 0i5 oo4 oox--le 10 1
shoun. Kimball ca and Owen;
Passsau and Mccullough.
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AHKaAENoH 49, :
faulty communications. NJ the
French announced they had
yielded 10 japanese demands
for use Of Indo-China ~
base Of operations against
Chlna's Gesersiissime Chiang
Kai-shek.
The vichy government Of France
said that an agreement had been
signed giving the Japanese army
and navy special facilities In
Indo-C China"
French officials said that the
Japanese had given certain guar
antees" in return for the military
rights.
II appeared that indo China
might soon become q battlefield.
chungking reported that Chinese
troops were prepared for imms-
date action 10 meet ths japanese
on Chinese soil.
The developments held the
possibility Of widespread re-
percussions. The United states
had emphasized 20 Japan its
Interest IN maintenance Of the
"stafus quo In In6o-China.
There was no hint Of what
strokes the axis powers plan In
the Mediterranean or the Balkans
German Foreign Minister Joachim
Won Ribbentrop left Rome for Ber-
In and arrangements we're made
for SPANS Interior Minister Ra-
mon serrano sunsr TO 20 from
Berlin TO Rome.
Warfare between the Brit
ish and Italians IN the Near
Fast WAS stiIl on . minor
scale, but martial isw wss de-
eiared for Egypt and . general
tightening Of Egyptian DE-
fense~ Was In progress. Egypt
IL not yet 1t war With Italy
despite the Italian invasion.
Italian planes rsided hsrnab
Matrlh. Alden. Alexandria, Sieosis
in Cyprus. and Haifs. Al Haifa
they dropped leaflets saying they
would rid the Arabs Of British
oppression. They also dropped
bombs which killed 30 Arabs and
wounded 70. The British smashed
back with attacks on sid Barrani,
Blrhal and Beghaz. a British sub
marine sank an Italian frsightsr
IN the Tyrrhsnian sea
Air attacks on London over the
weekend were light, possibly due
10 bad weather. However. Lord
Beaverbrook. minister Of aircraft
production. issued . statement Of
possibis agniflcanes calling on
workers In airplane factories 10
stick 70 their jobs despite raidz-
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PoRTLAND-Anna Roosevelt

PORTLAND-Anna Roosevelt
Boetfiger, the only daughter Of
President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
and her husband, John Boettiger.
Seattle newspaper publisher,
spent the night In the same no.
tel as her fathers political oppo-
nent. Republican Presidential
Nominee Wendell l. Willi<ie, and
MS wife, Edith They did not
meet. The Boettigers were here
m business.
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HILLSBOROUGH. Calif.

HILLSB0ROUGH. Calf
Three-year-old Marc de Iris
tan, jr., rescued from a kid
naper by two woodsmen in
the Sierra foothills. romped
across the estate Of his noble
man father again Monday.
bringing to a happy ending
one of the most spectacular
abductions since the Lind
bergh case.
The kidnaper. repeatedly given
the beating Of his life" by noun
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NANCOUFEh. Wash - Molten
slumlnwn flowed into nolds Mon
day at the new Vancouver reduc-
ton plant Of the Aluminium Cor
poratlon q Amsriea 20 mark the
beginning Of regular production.
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Assigned TO Duty

WASHINGTON - Elliott Roose-
Welt Monday WAS sworn IN -
captain IN the srmys specialist
reserve corps and was assigned 10
active duty with the air corps
procurement branch at Wright
field, Dayton, o.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24
British Bomb
Berlin and
Coastal Ports
Hostilities Brock
Out in Indo-Chinu:
Awoit Axis Move
BULLETIN

IoNDoN--carr,iaE out sys-
temafic attacks On >axi insasion
base. and supply center. the
Royal Air Force bombed the
channel ports and the aluminium
works and railways ne.-r Dresden
sunday night and early Monday,
the air ministry announced Mon
day night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24

Joseph Paul Crctxef. %.
and Arnold Thomas Kyle. II.
notorious bank robbers. who
assertedly killed a L. 5. mar
shall In a daring attempt To
escape Aug. 20. we're 10 be
arraigned on charges Of muir
der before Federal District
Judge Jeremiah Neterer Mon
day afternoon.
The desperate pair made two
appearances In court during the
morning, Zach time a tschnleality
held up their srralgnment Both
Indicated they would plead not
guilty.
Grrtter and kyie are az
e.sed 20 staying Hsrshst
Artis .. Chitfs. Tn. marshal
died following IN attack hy
Cretssr and Kyle ~ he va.
sboat 10 esaa.rt them Into
the courtroom. where they
wsrr ts have been triad 40
charges ~ attempting D.
escape from Mcneil island
federal penitenfiasy.
Brought into court first Al 10
.. m. Monday. tina tNa prisoners
hair touaslsd. suits rumplsd
we're surrounded by ~ officers
when Assistant y. y District At.
tofnsy Frank Iiais disclosed that
tho defendants attorney, i.so Sui.
liyan. famed Oakland. Cal. crimi.
nal lawyer. wired he could not he
present. Judge astsrsf deferred
arralfnmsnt.
Sullivan. ssnsasssd BY tsie-
phone n Oakland. advised
HALE that HI. cheats sisssid
waive his prs.enes II the az.
rsiEnmsni. and Gssissr and
kyis were sEais bfsaEhi be
fore the court. Thls time.
however, Judge setssss ss.
ferred arraignmsst for tho
secsnd time. peraiaE ths M
lag % an affidavit ~ the
q. :. attorney - To ihs truth
81 his conversation niih suiii-
van Judge Net~rss tsf . IN.
ss The ssv time 20 sfFslEa-
meat.
cfstxer and kfis sfsFs hfaught
secretly from Alesgax prison In
San Francisco. my lsft for Ia.
coma saturday b Fas revealed In
court Klabors's yracaItions Nsrs
tsksn 10 pfsssus escape u ths
pair.
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WEATHER FORECAST

Falr tonight. "Wednesday. Tenn
perziures; High. SOS: low. S.. sun
rises, 9 o. nj sefs, sseE ?. N
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EAsTBoURNE. England = A
doxan high explosive bombs were
>ropbed Monday on the working
class district 81 this south Eng
land town.
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Tale Of Horror Told
By Child Survivors
OF Torpedoed Vessel
Refugee Ship Struck Without
Wornine; liz Out OF 406 on
Boord Soved: Bottle Storm

AT NORTHERN BRITISH PORr-Twenty- -four hours
OF horror described Monday By survivors Of child
refugee liner which torpedoed without warning in
stormy ~ 10 o'clock night 600 miles from land
In al r.nai
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Tarowa ard wsneisii Wltikis
we're dus q strike ur an scaustnt-
anes Non1ay afternoon Between
abaut ia o'sinek ard 10. ths
BIG fellow wha carrie. The lsepnb-
lissn hopes fnr ths presidency ~
the United states Eli hs ssishsd
through the eity
Thirty Hsw autosnahils. fFpn me
steehs = five deslers ssre az
sisned Il tahs over the wtilkle
party 81 south Tacoma station a
40 70 a.ts a'eiock whsH the spa
cial train pulls IN frsm ths south.
The caravans fnuts stood IN
changed Monday from the timer
sfY dsflnltsiY flxed Saturday. city
and stats police are providing ne
motorcycle sseprt ard. - nsariy
as posaihis. a clock like schedule
ls 10 hs maintained.
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electricity to private companies in
stead OF setting up public owner
ship districts.
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Alien Held;
Child Found
Unframed
Three eur-Old
More de Tristun
Returned Home
BrILETTNl

SEATTLE - William Matt
son. brother Of Charles Matt
son. kidnapped and murdered IN
Tacoma three years ago. left
here today for San Francisco.
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Nominee and
Party Come
From South
Brief Tulks Are
Given In City by
COP Candidate

The wiiikle speeisi train 80
fixea ct saufh fsssus sharflr
After 80 s'es.-h--spprssis.tr-
y 20 minutes late aeeefains -
the lntsad~d .rh~sfal<.
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BANK TRANSACTIONS
Tacoma ..-............Sz.s 1e. 900
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hffn toni en-
fOsD0s-Ths sslaIsisy Of In
formation aasouacea sfssday
sighf tfae Gss- chafiss DE- Gssils
had @rised al Dakaf silh .
free Es.neh" force fhis nssFnlsE
ant fsesas 10 have ssesssnissed
fssiaases~
ftkaf Il The chief frsaeh port
81 French Equatorial Africa and
ths neare.t port On the Afrteaa
esast 10 south America
+ Tbs ministry aid that British
troops accompanied Dc Gaaiis's
force.
Ths ministry sAid that the
''sltaztloB h not - pee fully
clear"
DE 6suiis's forces went 10
DAksE. the ministry said. 10
esuatsr = reported move BY the
fisrmans 10 seize eontrol Of the
Important port.
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A. the wilIkls party leave. shs
train Al South Tasoma atatlan.
Mrs wliihis wtii ~ presented vifh
fiowsrs BY Mrs Kari u. Kellogg.
president ~ Pro-Amsftca! Mra
nsrtha Taylor. secretary % ths
Republican eaInty central eam-
mittss. and Mr.. Hn.asil Haired.
vles president ~ the united wam-
ems Republican elub
The schedule called fnr hriss
talks ~ willkis 81 Lincoln high
school's main entrances Al as. al
wlllhls AeNAfy campaign head
quarters. itit Pacific ave. ~
7So. and possibly al ihs rear plat
form ~ his train AZ the n1fth snd
u the Union station yards. Il tins
psfmitA just bofass TIE tralas
dspaf,gre Tor seattle 81 ] 10.
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Js'a ., csa,s.ii.

Joining the wnlkis train AZ Cen
tfalla wsfs Paul A. Prsus. Rspub-
iiesn eandidats for eongrss. FROM
this district. Mrs.. = A. Hunting
ton. state committeeman and
Floyd A. Farmer. stats committee
man representing Pisres county.
Joining tbs train hers for thu trip
- Seattle were 0thsrH including
Waiises Aorrissstts. officer II
Tacoma Building Trades council
and labor leader.
Plans for thu Tacoma motor
caravan 70 Sticks Seattle stadium
Monday night have besn called off.
bseanss seats won't be reserved Tor
the local delegation. Willkis- Me-
Mary headquarters advised Tacoma
willhls boosters 10 issvs in saif.
ncisat tins ~ obtaie seata in ths
stadium. wiiikiss address siii bs
Al so
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British Open Fire
On African Port


apIfFTts
yffHy-t HsItfsk ftsst
spsasd flfs 90 fhs freash West
Afrfeaa peft Of DakaT "a sos
.. m.. nssaay. ~ va reported
hers teslahf
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The route Of the wrHkls cara
van 9Th h. from south Tacoma
depot on osth 10 South Tacoma
way thence On South Taeams say
70 saith 81 Jeff on aath 10 q -.
left on g 10 Lincoln high At sTthf
north on q IN p.lln. ao~n Della
10 Pacific ave. and north nn Pa
eifie 10 the brief stop At wIlikis
headquarters thence north h eth
IT.. up 9th e. 10 broadway. south
on broadway 10 iithi east On iith
10 eroas iith ~ bridge. themes
right Into Wheeler .osgood plant.
inspect plant for 10 minutes. thsn
oa i5th Il over bridge and yiaduet
% posk ~ south On Dock 10
zist and thu Yladust over Witch
the caravan vii enter the unlsn
station yards II .ha south end and
proceed - the train.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24

defenders at tire border sta
tioA Of Dong Dang. The clash
apparently was caused by
faulty communications. NJ the
French announced they had
yielded 10 japanese demands
for use Of ndo-Chins ~ q
base Of operations against
Chlna's Generaiissimo Chang
Kali shek.