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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27

county hospital after treatment for
cuts and bruises.
Joseph Cimino. IS, 1921 So. 14th
st. pedestrian. was knocked down
while jaywalking across South Ia
coma ave-, near So. 18th St, Satur-
day evening. police said. A car
driven by Jack w. Greenlsw. Rt.
3, Box 406. hit him. Cimino re-
ceived first aid at the st. Joseph's
hospital. Police booked Greenlaw
for investigation but he was not
held.
An unidentified driver on the
Mountain highway struck and
painfully bruised Mrs. Lizzie Ger
Der. 72-year-old Ashford resident,
Sunday night as she stepped in the
path Of his vehicle.
The elderly woman was taken
to the Bridge hospital in Tacoma
by an ambulance from National at
$50 Sunday. Her injuries were not
serious. hospital attendants said.
Witnesses said Mrs. Gerber be-
came confused as she tried to
cross the highway and that the
driver tried to miss her. She was
hit by the right front fender. The
motorist had not reported the mis-
hap Monday morning either to the
sheriff's office or state patrol.
Condition of Frankli Paul Ma
gill. s. 6433 So. Puget Sound ave,
critically hurt when he was knock
ed down by an automobile last
Thursday evening. was reported
improved Monday by attendants at
the county hospital. His nurses
said he spent his first restful night
since the accident.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27

Edward Haugen, s-year-olc
EatonyilIe boy. learned about
dynamite caps this week end at the
cost Of a thumb and three fingers
Of his left hand
The boy was playing in the road
near the home Of his grandmother.
Mrs. Clara Andrews. at Pit /. Box
1s6, Eatonville. when she beard
what sounded Like q shot and went
to his aid.
Edward apparently had set the
cap on one rock and pounded IL
with another. He was taken 70 the
county hospital Saturday evening
Immediately after the explosion
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
Tacoma Gets
Fall of Rain

Tacoma had zoms rain Monday
morning. while the q \. weather
bureau forecast cloudy weather for
Monday night and Tuesday. with
light rain occasionally IN the west
portion and over the mountains.
Rainfall In ths city - far this
month il "a inch hsloN average.
and for The year the figure ls
any tst inches
Tatooah. Wash. had % inch
during the night, Cities through.
out the a. y reporting heavy pre-
cipltaiion we're alonx City. 77o
inches. Omaha. ioi. Nj Ayr, Ia
2aJ. Washington. -. g. tts
inches. Grand Rapids. i.Ss. ana
Detroit. iTg
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
F. R. Asks More Cash
For Bonneville Job

WASHINGTON - Preside [
Roosevelt today asked congress for
a supplemental 1871 appropriation
Of S3.s7s.255 for the interior de-
partment. Of which $3.50. 900
would 90 70 the Bonneville dam
TO accelerate construction Of its
transmission system.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
British Destroyer
Sunk by Enemy Mine

IoNDOS-Tbe admiralty today
announced that the British de-
stroyer. Hostile. 1.340 tons, had
been sunk by an enemy mine with
some casualties
The Hostile had a normal COM
plement of las officers and men
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u AsIffNfIIDs

NAsfffNgfOs - ne Natlgnai
Defsnse commission today asksd
congress - asthofixs = tii0 600 p
600 housing program % care Tor
persons engaged IN uafiOnAl DE-
fenas activities
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Navy-1,221 combat and obser-
walton planes; 1910 other types,
chiefly training planes.
The commission contrasted this
with the status of contracts on
June 2. which il gave as follows:
Army-753 bombers: s24 pursuit
ships: 364 observation planes; 1887
other types. chiefly training planes.
Navy-524 bombers: i4s pursuit
ships; 1s4 observation planes; 767
other types. chiefly trainers.
10000 Per Year Rate
Those on contract June 2 totaled
4.701. indicating an additional 2.046
had been contracted for between
June 2 and Aug. II.
The report said that national
production now Is running at a rate
Of about 10000 planes a year. II
predicted that production will be
at a rate Of $1,000 planes a year by
Jan. 1. 1871. and 5000 by Dec. /,
1871.
The report said that the army
and navy anticipate delivery OF
1900 planes during the latter halt
Of this year and delivery Of about
$500 planes in the first half OF
1871.
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Eatonville Boy Injuries His Hand
While Playing With Dynamite Cap

sprinkles Of gravel struck him In
many parts OF his face and body.
Undersheriff Clyde Knowles said.
but except for the lost fingers,
he viii recover without harm.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
Berlin Munitions Plants
Attacked by Raj Planes;
London Again Under Fire
Casualties Becoming Heavier As We've
After We've of Nozi Plones Luunch
Bombs Throughout British Isles
NY JOE ALEX MORRIS

German bombers dumped high explosives in Fire today
for the first time blasted the Dover with
and repeatedly ranged the Thames estuary and the county
of Kent toward London
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
Michelin. Rubber
Indusfriolisf. Dies

CLERM0NT FERRAND, France
-Edouard Michelin. 81. one Of the
worlds Leading rubber Industrial
lists. died late night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
Home Guard
Corps Set Up
For Tacoma
Jobs plonned for
Every Adult in
Cose OF Emergency

A sensational plan for ere
alton Of a Tacoma Home De
Tense corps for civilians won
complete accord Monday from
the city council.
Spokesman for the vast
program said the city had
Jumped the gun" on what
probably will be n statewide
move by initiating the plan
the first In any city in the
state.
The plan fer training a minimum
~ i.5oc civilians an minute men.
In case of municipal enc Kency OF
disaster was presented 10 the
council by Col @. n Appelman
and Mai Gen David /. Stone.
Job For Every Adult
Public announcement Of the
method OF volunteering for ssrv.
Ice will be made Tuesday. sponsors
said
In Tacoma's Home Defense
corps IL "A Job for every adult In
local emergency. That means ever
loysl adult" said Mayor Harry
Cain.
ciose-knlt plans for the TffD
have been graphically set up War.
fire, flood. or earthquake may com
mand the labor Of the homeguard
Taooma's plans may he the model
for the state defense council
General David l. Stone "a In charge
Of the state setup. lie also u
oommsndant Of the Tacoma de-
Tense corps
Two other men definitely head
IN. guard. Mayor Harry =. Cain
heads the s.tup as chief % the
oarps Cot O. ~ AppslmAn IL
chief executive officer
Volunteers viii work IN iai ksy
positions, Under their command
Will b. a minimum Of 1000 men
and women trained for definite
service.
No Age fImi,
That number ls expected 10 swell
10 1000. possibly more. All per
sans over - are eligible. no maxi
mum age limit IL set
Each person will be assigned to
the Job for which be II fitted BY
special ability or knowledge II hls
district. Zach wiil rscslve training.
some police aides and fire fighters
some IN handling 81 guns. IN guard
duty. or intelligence service.
Women will be organized under
the Red Cross division. Those
specially trained. such - nurses.
will have suitable assignment
Insignia has been chosen Like
military police. members will have
arm bands with letters s-rH.D"
Armory Headquarters
Gen. Maurice Thompson. head ~
the national guard. has turned
over space in the Armory for had
quarters. Fiys oomplsts offices
nssr the 10Th IT. entrances already
are equipped
Alternate headquarters Slii b.
Rhodes post Of tbs American
Legion. near Wright park.
Prims duty o. the defense corps
VIII b. 70 protect ana patrol DE-
lContlnusd on Page IL. Column -
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Vice.
Games Are
Mayor Coin and
Currier Clash ut
Council Meeting

Renewed charges that vice
and gambling flourish openly
in Tacoma resulted Monday in
a hot debate before the city
council with Mayor Harry p.
Cain and E. L. Currier, men,
Der of a vice crusading COM
mittee, the principal partici-
pants.
The oral brickbats were hurled
by Cain and Currier after a pc
tition. presented to the council by
Carl Clubb. which bore the sig
natures Of eight Tacomans. pro-
tested against the intolerabie
vice conditions that now exist In
our city"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
BRITISH REPORT

NDoN Germany hurled
squadron after squadron Of bomb
ers and fighters toward London To-
day and dramatic air battles were
fought over the Dover coast, tho
county Of Kent and ths estuary OF
the river Thames.
The din Of machine gun fire. the
crash Of anti-airoraft batteries and
the roaring OF the fighting planes
over one southeast town was ter.
rifle.
BY mid-afternoon unofficial
figures Indicated nj least 70
German raiders had beea shot
down and The raidIng squad
rons were estimated nj more
than 500 planes.
London had another air alarm
and one German plane was dovnsd
near the city. No bombs fen IN
the city itself. IT was reported.
The German planes flew over the
eioud-coysred English channel In
squadrons from their French bases.
Some launched fierce attacks on
channel cities. including Folks.
stone. But mos, Of them drove on
forward trying 70 reach the Lon.
don area.
The German aerial attack on
Britain during the night appeared
10 b. one Of the nost intensive Of
the war.
The Royal Air Force continued
attacks on military objectlyss IN
Germany las, night the ministry
aid In reference 70 a three hour
air alarm IN Berlin. Targets m
northwest Germany and the R.hf
were bombed a. well As armament
factories IN the Berlin area
fDaspatchss from Berlin kaid
that ineendiary bombs wsrs drop
ped In two suburbs. setting fire
70 small garden nursery. and
that one British plane was shot
down. Heavy but unexplained sx.
blossoms were reported heard IN
Bsrlin-J
The British bomber raid on
armament factories At the Ger
man capital during the night coin
esded with renewed German at
tacks on British sectors from the
northeast 70 the southeast coast
where 50 persDns were reported
killed or wounded In one town
! and At many scattered points.
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GERMAN REPORT

BERLIN -German planes
smashed back at Great Britain to-
day with mass air attacks in Kent
county a few hours after British
war planes roared over Berlin for
the first time In the war.
The official DNB news agency
reported that heavy air fighting
WIS going on over Kent. the Brit
ish county that extends from Dover
In the southeast up toward London.
German bombers were attacking
airdromes Of the Royal Air corps.
the DNB agency said. while fight
err planes engaged large numbers
Of British defenders and shot many
Of them down.
British planes were report
ed shot down In attacks on
Deal. Foikestone, Canterbury
and Cambridge, the agency
said. Other air battles we're
fought over the Engiish chan
mel.
British anti-aircraft fire was
described a. weak and efforts 10
impede the German attacks by use
Of barrsge balloons were said TO
have failed
The official news agency said
that four British planes partlcl-
pating In the raids over Germany
during the night had been com
PEELED to land on the sea. due 70
exhaustion Of fuel en- routs hack
10 Britain.
The high command eonnunique
ADDED that German U-bost and air
attacks had sunk more than 10. 900
tons OF British shipping. and that
mines had been laid again off Brit
ish harDors.
During ths night. enemy planes
for the first time since the begin
ming Of the war few over Berlin
and dropped several ineenfiary
bombs on the city outskirts" the
eommunique said
Bombs were dropped airnlsasly
and fen On non-military detectives.
Neither near nor In Berlin was
damage caused. One Of the planes
which few over Berlin was downsd
BY anti-sircrsft guns On its return
fight"
Gin London. the British air min
istry said the Raj planes bombed
zrnz factories near Berlin).
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BASEBALL

NATIONAL faEADNE
f1fst CAM
Philadelphia 600 100 i0o--g 8 o
Cincinnati OIL coo los o
smoli, Frye az and Warren.
Walters and I>Dmbafdl
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Chicago Ole go o0o- 5 ~ z
cumb<rt. Hubheli ~ and Dan
ming; Olsen. Root 80 ana Todd
Brooklyn e Pittsburgh pat
ponsd. rain and act grounds
Detroit AZ Fhiladsipnia. post
poned. rain.
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Directed at Eastwood

The petition was directed par
ucularly against Safety Commits
sioner Eastwood. charging him
with misconduct. and wilfui neg
lect Of duty" but Cain acted as
spokesman for the council.
Although the council chambers
were without heat and were
chilly because Of the change in
weather outside. the atmosphere
grew warm after Currier asserted
that Tacoma Is notorious for It's
vice." and said he had seen not
only open gambling. but open
solicitation Of prostitution In the
lower business area.
Cain interrupted currier, urging
that IL he had seen open solicita-
ton, he should have notified the
safety commissioner. and then
added that Currier should know
of conditions because you spend
so much Of your time down
lntTe
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Objects To Innuendo

Now just q minute" doomed
Currier. Il object to that in
nuendo. Are you inferring am
patron of those establishments I?
You have no right to suggest such
an innuendo. I might infer that
the mayor is in on the pay off, /"
Cain leaped to his feet.
Let's put a stop TO this" he
urged.
1T Is up to the council and the
mayor TO clean up conditions In
Tacoma" the mayor continued.
At this assertion OF the mayor.
a chorus of "amens" swept
through the audience of approx
mately Is women present in the
council chambers.
Cain suggested that the city
council was "all interested in
having as clean a city as possi-
bic" and urged Currier to report
any fragrant violation Of laws to
Commissioner Eastwood.
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BANK TRANSACTIONS
Tacoma ...............$3.1zi, 900
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land. ana battled Hrttinh defense
over Kent and the Thames river
In a drive on the London zone.
from which they were thrown back
after = s0-minute air raid alarm
In the capital.
hut fresh waves 81 bombers
followed from German bases across
the English channel and Berlin re-
ported terrific aerial conflict over
southeastern England In addition
10 thrusts at half a dozen coastal
towns and at Sicily islands, far off
lands end. At least eight Ger
man planes were reported shot
down.
Tho Germans claimed that
heavy losses--a ratio Of five
20 one--had been Inflicted an
the british defense planes and
reported extensive damage had
been done % vital British war
factories. The Nsxis named
birmingham. Kingston and
Coventry. which II near Lon
don. ~ suffering heavy darn
age. while cther raids were
made on Deal. Folkestone and
Canterbury.
Both the British and German
planes. exchanging stunning aerial
blows. appeared 10 be striking
with unprecedented force at In.
land factories that keep the war
machines IN operation. The ex.
changes beginning last night APP
peared 10 be some Of the heaviest
Of the war.
Waves Of British planes carried
the war 10 Berlin In the hours
after midnight. blasting AT arms
and munitions factories In the
German capital. Berliners bud.
died In AIR raid shelters for three
Continued on Page II. Column 81
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Worst Since 1907"

We've tried that before" shot
back currier, land II didn't get US
anywhere.
We pay our mayor 5000 a
year" he continued. land we don't
feel II Is our duty TO find out
these things.
Conditions under your short
term in office are worse than at
any time since 1907" Currier de-
clared.
Cain said the charges In the Pc
tition presented BY Club would
be investigated and asserted that
he would be glad" TO again confer
with any member Of the commit
tee represented In the petition
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Unofficial British figures report
ed that at least 500 German planes
were employed In raids up 10 mid
afternoon and that about 20 raid
ers had been shot down.
London had one air alarm up to
evening, but a number OF times
planes approached the city from
various directions.
Folkstone. close 10 Dover on the
channel, suffered one OF the days
worst attacks when 30 dive
bombers went 10 work on the
little city. Five of the planes
were reported brought down but
there were at least three civilian
fatalities and damage was great.
A fleet Of perhaps 800 Man
bombers. raced along the SOUTH
eastern and southern coast OF Eng
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27

AHcfc was no innmeuthte worn
whether the bombings In Ere were
Intentional or accidental. Three
girls were killed and one injured
when one bomb struck a coopera-
tive creamery.
Bombs were dropped IN three
places In southeast Fire. In County
Wexford, close 10 st. Georges
channel where German airmen
have been harassing shipping for
a week.
An immediate protest to Ger
many and demand for PREPARATIONS
was ordered by the Fire govern
ment.
Despite the repeated approach OF
German planes close TO London
and the shooting down OF at least
one raider in the vicinity Of the
metropolis. the chief German at
tacks were directed against the
battered English channel coast and
detectives in Kent county and
along the Thames.
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Cloudy Tonight and Wednesday.
Temperatures: HieA. -. low. -.
sun rsses. ss1s; Its. :.
Evening star., 1940-06-03
Phone Operator Killed
In Fall From Horse

Miss Helen Rawlings, "A, of 1925
Jefferson street NV, a telephone
operator. was fatally injured yester-
day afternoon when she fell from a
horse near Layhill, Md.
Miss Rawlings was riding with a
party of friends in an open field
at WOODLAND Farms when her horse
made sharp turn into Layhill pike.
according to the MONTGOMERY
County police. Miss Rawlings struck
her head on pile of rocks when she
fell, police said.
Frank Wilson. Woodlawn, Md,
and Calvert Brockdorff, Takoma
Park, members of the riding party,
took Miss Rawlings to MONTGOMERY
County Hospital, where she was pro-
nounced dead several hours later by
DR.. j. w. Bird. DR.. c. E. Hawks,
coroner, issued a certificate of acci-
dental death.
Miss Rawlings was an experienced
rider, members of her family de-
clared. She is survived by her
mother, Mrs. Julia Rawlings, and
two brothers, Herbert L. and John
S. Rawlings, all of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
l pm. Wednesday at the Chambers
funeral home, Fourteenth and Cha
pin streets NV. Burial will be in
Union Cemetery, Burtonsville, Md.
Evening star., 1940-06-03

phases of civilian aviation.
Continuously identified with avi-
alton since 1917, Col. Larner is son
of the late Robert Martin Larner,
former well-known newspaper cor
respondent here. He is a former
banker and economist and since
1888 has been special assistant to
Administrator Nathan Straus of the
United States Housing Authority.
Served in n. r. A.
Col. Larner's public service career
included work with Gen. Hugh S.
johnson as deputy N. r. A. ad-
ministrator, service as secretary of
the Industrial Relations Committee
Of the Business Advisory Council,
and as special assistant to Admin
istrator John D. Biggers of the Un-
employment Census.
During the World War Col.
Evening star., 1940-06-03

Larner first was corporal in the
famous Lafayette Escadrille, French
Flying Corps, and later captain in
ths4.load~P pursuit Squadron, United
States Air Corps. He is oficiany
credited w.eha the destructfoH Of
seven enemy planes and was award
ed the Distinguished Service Cross
with bronze oak leaf. the Croix de
Guerre with three palms, and three
Silver Star citations.
On his return to the United
States in 1919 he was made chief
of pursuit training for the Armv
Air Corps. He resigned his COM
mission in September of that year
to complete his education at Co.
lumbia University, from which he
was graduated in 1921.
1000 Flying Hours.
Col. Larner has approximately
1000 flying hours to his credit and
as a Reserve officer has maintained
his flying proficiency in the latest
Army equipment. He has a blind
flying certificate from the Boiling
Field school and uses beam and
radio facilities when flying. He
holds lieutenant colonelcy in the
Air Corps Reserve
He has travelled extensively in
South America and Mexico, as we'll
as in Europe, studying social and
economic conditions, and paid par
ticular attention to development of
aviation.
Evening star., 1940-06-03
Dondero Declares Youth
Will Solve Problems

Confidence that the youth of
America will measure up to the re-
sponsibilities of this devastating
era" as the generations before them
met their problems was expressed
by Representative Dondero of Mich
igan in a talk last night before
youths of the Reformation Lutheran
Church.
Pointing out that on youth will
fall the tremendous burden of debt
and the cost resulting from this
Goddess and most devastating era in
the history of the world" Mr..
Dondero declared:
That you will meet that RESPONSE
bility, l have no fear. The genera
tions before you and me have done
so. Out of that sacrifice and loyalty
to Nation has come a country and
a Government which now stands
almost alone, of all the nations on
the globe, in its steadfastness to
Christian faith, liberty and equal
justice under law"
He spoke to joint meeting of
Luther Leagues and Roundtable
organizations.
Evening star., 1940-06-03
Supreme Court Refuses
Review Of McAffee Case

The Supreme Court today declined
to review the conviction of William
McAffee, colored, 81, sentenced to
die in the electric chair at District
Jail, August %, for the murder of
Mrs. Henrietta B. Anderson.
Mrs. Anderson, white tenant of
an apartment house in the 1900
block of L street NV, where Nc
Aftee was the janitor, was beaten
to death with a furnace shaker.
August %, 1887.
The Government opposed Su-
preme Court review of the convic-
tlon, but in an unusual action Solici-
tor General Biddle and other legal
authorities of the Justice Depart
ment told the court they would
have been extremely reluctant" to
have returned a first-degree verdict
against McAffee had they been on
the jury which convicted him. They
cited conflicting evidence" con-
corning his reputed confessions, and
with respect also to McAffee's in
toxication at the time, as their rea-
sons.