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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-05
STEPPARENTS
(Bell syndicate-wNU service.)

Stepmothers and stepfathers always
find themselves in a difficult situation.
This usually arises from, the inability
Of the child and stepparent to adapt
themselves to one another. An anxious
mother Of l7-year-old girl here
contronts Kathleen Norris uith a prob.
lem that is just the opposite: her sec.
Ond husband is too afectionate to his
pretty stepdaughter. Miss Norris says
that time offers the best cure for this
problem.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-05
By KATHLEEN NORRIS

~ ways has a trying time
1 \ of it, and in these days of
easy divorces the world is full
of stepmothers.
What makes the situation es-
pecially trying for them is that
in the beginning everything
sounds so pleasant and simple.
Sam has two darling children,
and Sally adores them already.
The little girl is shy, and natu-
rally talks a good deal about
her mother, but the boy is a per-
feet darling. After Sam and
Sally are married she means to
make much of Sans children.
Anyway, says Sally, joyously
flustered with wedding plans,
they'll be with their mother a
lot of the time.
Sam feels at the moment that
Sally is such a wonderful girl that
she can't help winning the children
hearts. They'll adore her.
So Sam gets his divorce, and it is
settled that Bruce and Betsey are
to stay with their mother 10 months
of year, spending two months with
Dad and the new stepmother. That
being legally arranged, and finan-
cially arranged, what more is there
to worry about?
Triies Threaten Later.
Well, nothing, at the moment. But
within few months the worries
arise, and these trifles that seemed
so unimportant on the wedding day,
arise later to threaten the safety
Of many a second marriage.
For one thing, the mother of
Bruce and Betsey has every reason
in the world for making trouble, if
she can. She makes it hard for the
children to pay those promised visits
to their fathers house. She talks
Of him sightingly, or perhaps with
bitter scorn, before his children, and
leads them to believe that Sally is
the adventures who came into a
happy home and robbed them of
their father.
Possibly it wasn't a happy home
at all. Possibly Alma was the one
who wrecked it, who wanted the di-
vorce, who made no effort to hold
Sam or Sans affection. But all that
is forgotten once Sam has started
off upon fresh marital hazard with
Sally.
Children Sense Trouble.
The children feel the trouble in
the air, and they are not natural
nor reasonable with their stepmoth-
er. Sally, on her side, is young,
she has had no experience with chill
dren, and very shortly she comes to
see that it is wiser to leave them
most of the time with their mother.
This makes Sam restless. He
loves his boy and his small girl,
and wants them to enjoy his new
home and his new felicity with him.
He becomes unnatural, too, so there
are four of them; all uncomfortable;
all placed in a false position.
A man cannot divorce their moth
er, marry another woman, and re-
main toward his children in the
same position that he had when he
was part of their home and their
background; the person they took
for granted as Dad, who wanted
them to be on time for breakfast
and gave them movie money.
A woman cannot take her children
away from their father, and put an
other man in that fathers place,
and combine with her new bridal
happiness and her absorption in her
new mate her motherly attitude as
well.
There Are Exceptions.
These things simply don't mix,
and the woman who tries to recon-
Gle them merely wrecks her own
nerves and those Of everyone around
her.
Of course there are exceptions.
There are wise, simple, seh-effacing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-05
BIG:
Bomber

The biggest airplane ever built is
nearly finished. 1t will be the prop
erty of the army air corps. The
Douglas air factory, near Santa
Monica, Calf, has been at work
on it for four years. The whole
project is astonishing.
This giant plane can fly from New
York to Europe, back to New York
again, and then out to California
all nonstop. It will have four 1000
horsepower engines, wing spread
of 212 feet, and 112 feet long.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-05
SHOES:
In la France

La France nationalized all the
shoes in the republique. It was
done this way: oui, oui. The re-
publique standardized and stream
lined its totalitarian footwear. It
was to be a standard shoe, manu-
featured in eight sizes, and it will
be the only one permitted on the
market. This will cut industrial
production costs, lower retail prices,
and speed up production. 1t will cut
out all the foot-fripperies la Pari-
sienne, of yester-year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-05
POLAND:
Tyranny

There was more German tyranny
in conquered Poland. The iron mil
itary heel was crushing down old
Polish customs and ways of life.
There came a new decree, of an I'm
heard of nature. It rocked the
steppes, the towns, the metropoli.
It was this:
Every taxicab driver in Warsaw
and Cracow, Poland's No. and No.
2 cities, must shave at least every
other day. The edict declared that
it was just as important for cab
drivers to curry themselves as for
these cabbies to curry and groom
the good old dobbins. Here was an
example of the usual combination:
German oppression and German
cleanliness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-05

United States
danAmerican Defense meeting Ottawa working
preliminary planning hemisphere defense
the with Roosevelt proceeding
Canada Members Of the (readng left right
row. Capt Harry HILL Lieut. Col Joseph MNarney Capt
d.
and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-05

Better for Trying
Those who try to do something
and fail are infinitely better than
those who try to do nothing and
succeed.-Lloyd Jones.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-05
WHAT THEN?
IF and HO1U

People began to wonder whether
Russia might eventually enter the
war on the British imperial side.
Critics thought it may be likely, if
the war dragged on long enough
and it might. Stain fears Hitler
and Mussolini in the Balkans, and
wants to keep his rich Ukrainian
province, the No. Russian federal
state. But if the Soviets helped Eng
land, whittier America? 1t became
moot question.
For strong American business
groups hated the communism of
Russia, while even stronger reli-
gious groups hated the Soviet athe-
ism. Would these people cooperate
with an England that boosted a
red, red ally. That was the point.
Or, if Russia became an English
ally, would we start to pamper the
American Communists, who would
also be the allies of Mr.. Churchill?
Spain, Too
Then again-it appeared extreme
ly probable that General Frances
Spain might 60 in on the German
side. What then? Franco is the
idol Of the ruling class in Spanish
America because he saved the Span
ish church and crushed the Spanish
reds. If our state department start
ed to razz Franco, the ally of Hit
Ter, the South Americans would be
infuriated. Then, what would hap
pen to Secretary Hull's "good neigh
Dor" policy? Franco is also a spe-
cial favorite of the Vatican. If
Franco Joined the Germans, what
effect would that have on the Amer
lean faithful? Would they not be-
come increasingly isolationist?
They would still dislike Hitler, Of
course, but they could hardly help
but admire the great Spanish cru
sader of 1936-39-the conqueror Of
Observation-Disclosures. The whole
subject was worth detailed Amer
lean bordering: From Washington
to Wala Wala and Yonkers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-05

These seuen-year-old ttUin retu-
gees from Brussels, Belgium, Jo-
hannes and Franciscus De Baat
coleman, sit and surrey the future
after landing at Jersey City, N. j.,
from the child refugee ship the S.
S. Exeter. Their trip from Europe
,Cas only the first leg of their jour
ney as they expect to continue on
to Java in the Dutch East Indies.
Many refugee children from Eu-
rope are finding homes in the Unit
ed States.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11
Another Held
In Bank Case
Two Charged In
Orting Holdup

Two men held in jail here in con
nsciion with the attempted rob.
berry Of the orunE State bank Al
orting were charged ln federal dls.
iric, court Friday and we're en-
pectsd 10 Ds srraignsd during the
afternoon befors U. 4. Commission
sr ~ G. Fitch.
Charges Of attempted robbery of
a hank with . y. =. depository we've
filed By Assistant Z. =. Attorney
Oliver Main following questioning
Of the pair BY FBI agents
As result ri apprehension u ths
two men. Indications were that Inc
murder five years ago u Puyaiiup
Police Chief Frank chadNiek and
Assistant Chef Harry storem
would BE- reopensd.
In custody are Russell Pierce.
"a. o. zi5i -. X st. sho WA arr
rested Thursday night IN an apart
ment At i3iiis ~. Tacoma avs,
By Sheriff BjorkiDBd's deputies,
and ksnnsth Elliot Amoier. az
ysar-old ex-oonucs. captured BY
lcontln1ss On Pags 7. Column ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11
Group 10 Study
Housing Project

appointment ~ a three man
COMMITTEES "a study the adyissi,ilisr
~ = l0e-cosi housing projset for
TaoOma AS announced Friday ~
Mayor J. !. Kaufman
A. a. fsrpiss waa NAMED chair
man. and w. 6. fsaisigh and itebbs
y ! TRIGGER committeeman n tire
b11y slated n make . survey ~
housing needs within ths city. Ths
selection wsa ns1s pubic IN the
msyors notification 70 the city
council. filed with the city clark
Ths group. Il eAs emphasized.
will act a. an advisory body and
will report ia findings % ths needs
u housing program 70 ths eosin-
Gil. The move wns IN answer %
fsqnesis from ths Workers All.
ancs. the Tacoma Industrial Union
council and ms Fsasrate6 Improve
msSt clubs for data 60 shs citYs
housing requirements The cum
nlftee viii take whatever time Il
nseeasary 70 maks a. exhaustive
study.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11
20-Mile Gain
Claimed by
Nazi Army
2 Lowlund Cites
Token. High
Command Asserts
THE GERMAN REPORT

Berlin sources claimed today
German troops have captured the
fortress of Maastirich. near the
Dutch border. taking 5000 prison
ers. and have occupied vitry in
Belgium.
German troops. smashing across
the low countries frontiers. were
reported at Berlin to have reached
the Dutch town of Maastricht and
to have seized several bridges on
the Albert canal, chief Belgian
defense line.
The official Nazi news
agency, listing Malmedy and
Maastrich A. captured. said
German troops had reached
Ijsel river In the afternoon.
and also had crossed the Mas
at several points In Holland.
The agency said Germans also
had crossed Luxembourg and
entered Belgian territory In
that sector.
Maastrich Is about 20 miles in
side the Dutch frontier, on the
River Mas and near the Belgian
frontier The Albert canal forms
the frontier at that point.
The town OF Malmedy is south
of Maastrich and about Is miles
inside Belgian territory.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11
SN;S|;;;@;;Sss

CONTROL of traffic to and
y from the Tacoma Narrows
bridge is just one of the little
worries of city officials.
With its Mercer Island
bridge, Seattle was able to
solve all problems of route by
obtaining a PWA grant large
enough to provide not only
the bridge, but all approaches
and approach tunnels and ap-
proach bridges. Tacoma was
lucky to get even the cost of
its bridge, apparently.
Route on the west side of
the Narrows proved no prob
lem to the state highway de-
partment sipce it required
only a short length of new
construction to connect with
the Gig Harbor-Port Orchard
highway north.
On the Tacoma side, how
ever, all kinds of complica-
tons are developing to con-
found the Tacoma council. II
PWA funds were available, or
if a bond issue or some other
substantial source of funds
could be found, difficulties
would melt away.
AS it is, the commissioners
here will have TO struggle
along with whatever can be
taken from the gas tax fund
and pour traffic to and from
the bridge over makeshift
routes.
Under the circumstances 1t
appears probable little viii be
done about fixing definite ar
terial routes between down.
town and the bridge, and be-
tween the bridge and State
Road No. |, until experience
of five or six months of bridge
operations shows definitely
the probable permanent
trends of traffic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11
British Expect
Air Attacks
Must Again Evocu.
ute Children
THE ALLIES

Great Britain and France rushed
aid to the low countries today, as
British leaders made desperate
efforts to achieve nationa, unity
with which to face the German
blitzkrieg.
Developments:
l. Utmost military sid-chiefly
by the British air force and land
forces in Northeastern France
was rushed to the Netherlands and
Belgium.
2. Britain prepared against ths
expected arrival Of the dread Ger
man air attacks In force in the
British isles.
3. First German bombs drop
ped on a British town near csnter.
bury.
e. Emergency standby orders
went cut, in preparation for pos
sible evacuation Of some 100000
10 500 900 London school children
S. Troops were stationed at al
vital points In the British isles
railway terminals. power stations
and the like-with orders to fire
on any fifth column" attempts al
sabotage.
s. Iceland was occupied BY q
British force as a protective
measure against possible German
attempts To seize it as a base.
A complete blackout was rein
stituted over all Britain. effectivs
Immediately.
Preparations 60 esaeaate Lon
don's children were inspired By
fear Of imminent bombings. De
spite evacuation Of go. 900 ehiidreu
from the metropolitan AREA At the
outbreak Of var. the youngsters
have filtered hack until now II MAS
estimated 100000 to 100000 vii
have to be removed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11
Canadians Give Sake
Warning Over Laws

VANCOUVER. b. C.--Paul Sat
ko, Tacoma's Noah. was warned
By Canadian authorities today To
keep his home made craft out Of
Canadian waters. lest his Alaska
trip meet with another snag Law
forblds any craft leaving Canadian
waters unless judged thoroughly
seaw0rthy. ths warning said.
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the
In
through VIII troops
the of he
10
PARs-French
during the IL wa
of the oeI said
no to
Fast nhes
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spec al interest in them because
they are sources OF such strategic
wGI materials a. rubber and tin
Secretary Of State cordell HUI
announced recently that any
change in the status quo Of tie
Dutch colonies In the Pacific would
b. considered a threat to peaceful
relations in the far east
II was considered significant
tnst the American main fleet =
more than 40 warships suddenly
was ordered early this week ~
stay al HAWAII indefinitely. IN
stead Of returning to California,
Dutch possessions IN this hemis-
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 81
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II was automatic for vessels and
planes Of the Atlantic neutrality
patrol to watch OVER the Dutch
possessions in the Caribbean =
within 1000 miles Of Panama
canal
No additional orders were neces-
sary after Holland was attacked.
More than a year ago Presi-
dent Roosevelt announced the
American republics would not
permit transfer Of any Euro
lean colonies In this hemis-
phere to another neu-Ameri-
caL power.
The position Of this country with
respect to the rich Dutch East
Inoies was not as definite. Admin
,Ftration officials have indicated
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11
This Battle TO Decide Fate
Of Germany for a Thousand
Years, Adolf Hitler Asserts

faehrer did not intend 20 have the
Ruhr ruined or occupied. There
for. he decided 10 take both eoun-
tries under his protection"
Ribbentrop said. Germany now
will speak 10 the French and
British armies In . language they
understand"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11
$50 900 Is Set Here
As Red Cross Quoio

Twenty thousand dollars il the
quota d Pierce county chapter ~
the Red Cross for relief In Holland,
Belgium and Luxembourg. seeoFd-
inx 70 a wire received from ma
tlonsl headquarters Friday BY
Emery Asbury. local chairman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11
Student Is Drowned

SEATTLE John Clark Temple
ton student. Of Seattle, was
drowned Thursday in Lake Wash
ingt0n. while on a ssilbOst outing
in the company Of three other
students.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11
NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York 800 O0l 0S0-5 l2
Brooklyn :. 200 900 600. 5 0
Gumbert and banning; Wyatt,
Farrell 90 and Franks.
Pittsburgh 010 COS Oils IL l
Chicago OIO O2O O0O-s 5 5
Brown and Davis; Lee, Raffens-
berger and Todd.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11
GERMANY

Germany undertook 10 place
Holland and Belgium under her
protection" today, a. Adolf Hit
Ter notified German troops on the
western front that "the hour Of
decisive, combat for the future Of
the German nation now II 1t
hand"
soon after Foreign Minister
Joachim Won Ribbentrop had said
at a special press conference At
Berlin that German troops had
been ordered to take over the low
countries" TO thwart an allied
plan TO launch an Immediate at
tack on GermAny's Ruhr valley.
Hitler issued a proclamation 10 the
troops.
lie said Britain and France
had beea trying for 500 years
10 keep Germany pewTriess.
and that now they planned 10
carve Germany ists small
states. He said the allies had
REJECTED his peace offers and
that although "the German
people have mn hate or enmity
for the Engiish or French pes-
pie. the paramount question: is
whether the German people
shall live Or b. ssbmerEed.s
he said Germany had nip
ped In the bud IN allied hsnk
attack In the north (in Mar
Way, and that thu allies then,
under cover u . huge diver
sion mane8ver In southeast
Europe, had prepared 10 at
tack ths sahr through Hot
land and Belgium.
Soldiers Of the Uest front. +"
Hitler SAID, "the hour for you
nor has arrived. The battle
beginning today decides the
fate Of the German nation for
the merit I 900 years. DO your
duty nOpi The German peo-
pie, pith scords Of blessing, II
Difh you
KlbbentrOp said that yesterday
the reich government learned Eng
land and France had notified Bel
GUM and Holland that allied
troops would land for an inn
mediate attack on the Ruhr. The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11

BATAVIA, Java - The Dutc h
East Indies government proclaimed
n state of siege today and ordered
all German residents interned.
WASHINGTON Admiral H,r-
old X. Stark. chief Of naval opera
lions. SAID today rumors the Z. =.
battle fleet would leave Hawaii
FOR the Philippines were .'manu-
factnred out of thin air"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11
U. S. Navy Becomes Guard Over Dutch
West Indies Colonial Possessions
President Not Yet Ready TO Invoke Neutrality Lows
Extension; America Protests" Brussels Bombing
wASHINGTON--The

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11

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|cHAmbERLA| RESIGNS!
TONNES CROSSING BELGIUM
bR|T AIN FEARS AS|0V
BASEBALL
FINALS
AMERICAN LEAGUE


Washington 600 1870 02i-5 IL I
Philadelphia 200 2l0 0sx--s IL I
Krakauskas. Haynes (6) and
Ferrell: Dean, Masterson Isl,
Heusser (9) and Hayes.
Chicago 900 900 O00-0 !
Detroit -. 200 COS 00x-s ! 0
Rigney. Brown and Turner;
Eewsom and Sullivan.
Boston 900 900 200 l-3 6 l
New York 020 900 900 o. 0 5
Harris, Wilson and Desautels,
Peacock: Chandler, Grissom tl0)
and Rosar.
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BANK TRANSACTIONS
Tacoma ..............sz.z2 7 .0Oo
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-11

II IL the first ilfns in . career
devoted 10 politics most ~ u In
the spotlight that Churchill has
headed q new government.
Technically. hs 10 not yst head
81 . government. bst none In
London Friday night doubted 10
would h abls 10 enlist ths nsess.
ssry support 10 achieve cabinet
Of national unity.
What wlli b. tbs maks up u
the ss~ government was not yet
known. but il was sNpectsd to IN
clssas David Lloyd George. BfltAlHs
icosilnDsd ea Page 2. Column ~
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(nsde HoIIsndl IN the southern half Of the country.
third point ~ Dutch resistance - DeIfzyI acres
the bay from the German base Il Eden In the north tip of
Holland In this sector the Dutch maintain their positIous
against the German attack the Dutch high command sHId
The high command said German sirpIanes sought r.
land and seize many arports In the ow countries In
lightning dawn but asserted this effort had heen
only partly successful
In addition to tbs German planes shot down. the Ger
troops landed II various points In Holland quickly
surrounded and being strongly pressed The COM
munIque said
Allied mechanlzed troops Repaired adsanens
rapidly through Belgium 10 the Germans driving
forward ossr wide froniv IN the northwest, In an
tconslsusd Page > Column ~
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17
FLYING FORTREsSEs FOR CHINA? !?

The suggestion that the United States
send twenty-five flying fOrtresses to Great
Britain interests Americans who want to
know how many flying fortresses the
United States possesses.
According to The Washington Star,
there are now fifty-twO on hand, twelve of
newer design ready for delivery and sixty
four more of greatly improved speed and
fighting qualities due for delivery before
the end of the year. At that time, if none
are sent abroad, we will have 1872.
While we are thoroughly in favor of
sendrg all possible assistance to Great
Britain, including the flying fOrtresSes if
responsible defense officials think this can
be done without impairing our own mini
mum defensive needs, it might not be a
bad idea to arrange for the Chinese to get
few of these giant bombing machines.
For whatever reason China reslsts
Japan her fight is the fight of civilization
against military aggression. In the pres
ent condition of world affairs, the future
peace of the world and the orderly de-
velOpment of civilization requires not only
the defeat of Germany and Italy, but also
the discontinue of Japan.