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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-01

To vest enough authority with
Washington and Oregons 18th
naval district to plan and follow
IN efficient mobilization program.
Capitalization Of authority
normally would provide the best
coordination and efficiency. But
these don't seem to be normal
times. Local authority should be
granted for local action.
It's obvious we of the northwest
need a fleet Of small naval craft
10 perform numerous duties. It's
asonable such craft should be
mobilized from among the exist
Ing fishboats, tugs, yachts, etc.
already hereabouts.
Thus marvelouslv long-winded
dickering has been in progress for
months. between the navy and
local civilians. But officers of the
18th naval district are powerless
TO act themselves only upon
orders from Washington.
And nothing happens.
From time to time, the navy
takes options to buy on certain
capable vessels They are referred
to Washington. and that's the end
of that deal. Not even an official
no"
Frankly, Tacoma's fishermen
and boatbuilders. and officers of
the 18th naval district are all in
the same mess. They're all quick
TO admit nobody this side of the
Allegheny mountains knows for
sure what's cooking.
So, if we hear anything, We'll
try to let you know
Meanwhile, Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox announced this week
the navy has acquired 81 addi-
tional vessels for fleet auXiliaries
to be based at Hawaii.
OF that number Il are rated
rs principal ships making a
total Of % principal ships in the
fleet train, and most are big, fast
tankers).
Knox explained the navy now
has sufficient auxiliary ships "to
meet any crisis" and can supply
the battle fleet wherever it may
he obliged to operate for an ex-
tended time.
Were sorry, but he didn't ex-
plain whether or not the navy
will purchase more ships OF the
small classifications).
Auxiliaries just acquired are:
General stores issue ships -
Steamers Challenge and Comet.
Provision stores ships Donald
Mkay Ia new steamer.
Tankers-Ess0 Annapolis. ESQ
New Orleans. ESQ Raleigh. ESQ
Richmond. ESQ Trenton. Markay.
Seakay. (These are all 1000 ton
new steamers acquired from the
L. S. Maritime commission).
Transports Exochorda IA TO-
000-ton Steamship.
Coastal minesweepers- Leslie j.
Fulton, New Example. Stella
Polaris, Noreen. Seabreeze, Nindi-
Gator, Majestic, Jadran, Three
Star, Charles =. Ashley, John 6.
Murley. These are all diesel fish
boats, ranging in size from 90 to
$50 tons).
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-01
Sixteen-Foot Boot
Is Held for Owner

A 16-foot motor boat. found
floating in Commencement bay BY
a fishing vessel, was at Tacoma
Boat Mart, 2315 Ruston way.
Thursday awaiting its owner.
The flat bottom vessel, with
small motor. the hull painted
white and lacking name or num-
bers. was left al the boat mart
Wednesday afternoon by an uni
Identified fishing boat. Police sp-
pesled to the owner To 90 10 the
mart and claim the craft.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-01

ports IN tn c
northwest met
this week at
Seattle 10 plead
with the naval
G o m m a n d at
Washington, D.
to delegate
planning a n d
purchase au-
thority with the
respective naval
districts. Spe-
rifle object IS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-01
By JIMMY HALO

viii Eo 10 the social activities
fund
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-01

been engaged for the evening. Mrs
Howard Lindholm. as president q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-01

the auxiliary. vii have charge
q decoration details Proceeds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-01

EXPECT UNUSUAL sarinos at Sehoes-
fields tomorrow 81. a sale at Schoenfeids'
means sharply reduced prices and fhis Ninth
Annual Tacoma Sale brings GALAXY ~
home furnishincs bargains throughout
ererp floor Of this big store.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-01
only
81
a Week

GOOD NEWS for homemssers here's an edequsis
ensemble Of superb quality WesEyer seamless. cooking
utensils 70 special Of 1875 for oil IS pieces Modem in
design sisienins clean end easy 70 Keep clean
II quick hesi heat WeeEver that ssyes fue and
cooks better. Only st sehoenfeds' and just :. 1895
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
District National Guard
Seeking New Recruits

Between 500 and 800 recruits for
the District National Guard were
requested yesterday by Brig. Gen.
Albert L. Cox, commander of the
unit, at a meeting of the District
Defense Committee held in the Of
fees Of the Board of Trade.
The increase is in line with the
new national defense program
strengthening both the Army and
Guard and Reserve units. Gen. Cox
Informed members of the Executive
Committee that there have been
about so applicants recently "of a
very high type from a physical as
well as mental standpoint"
The Guard will entrain for sum-
mer maneuvers south of Ogdens-
burg, N. Y, August 3. Anti-aircraft
batteries of the 260th Coast Artil-
lery will hold target practice at Fort
Niagara, N. Y, before joining in
the maneuvers.
1t was announced that new re-
cruiting headquarters for the Guard
are in the Woodward Building, Fiji
tenth and H streets NV.
Members of the committee at
tending yesterdays meeting were
James A. Collifower, chairman;
Winslow B. Van Devanter and Edgar
K. Legg. jr, vice chairmen; Col.
Harrison Brand, secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
| Naval Officer
| Bitten in Fight
| After Collision

All kinds of people have received
all kinds of injuries as q result of
traffic accidents, but Washington
police say they believe 1t. Thomas
Hamilton. 81, of the Naval Air Sta
ton is the first man to emerge
from q mishap here with bite
wounds.
1t. Hamilton, former football
player and coach at the Naval
Academy, was involved in a minor
collision with q car driven by a
colored youth near the entrance to
the air station yesterday.
An argument, then q fight ensued.
When the dust settled, 1t. Hamilton
found he had been bitten In two
places. He went to the air station
dispensary for treatment and the
colored youth went to the eleventh
precinct station, where he was
charged with assault.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
PuIpwood Firms Cited
For Wage Hour Violation

Striking for the first time on an
industry wide scale, the Justice De-
partment today was preparing to
prosecute the American Pulpwood
Association and IL major companies
engaged in the paper industry on a
charge of violating the Wage-H Hour
Act. The indictment was returned
yesterday in Federal Court for the
Southern District of New York.
Heretofore wage-hour actions have
been brought only against single
companies.
The defendants, representing ap-
proximately 80 per cent of the in
dustry, are alleged to have main
tanned piecework pay which pro-
vided less than the 30-cent hourly
minimum fixed by the act. APP
proximately 10000 workers are in
volved.
At Chillicothe, Ohio, George H.
Mead, president of the Mead Corp,
one of those accused, was quoted by
the Associated Press as terming the
indictment ridiculous"
Other defendants include Bruns-
wick Pulp & Paper Co., Brunswick,
Ca; Champion Paper g. Fiber Co.,
Hamilton. Ohio: Gulf States Paper
Corp, Tuscaloosa, Ala; Johns
Manville Products Corp. Virginia;
National Container Corp, New
York; North Carolina Pulp Co.,
Plymouth, N. c.; Southern Advance
Bag 81 Paper Co., Inc, Boston;
Southern Kraft Corp, New York;
st. Joe Paper Co., Port st. Joe, Fla;
Union Bag & Paper Corp. New
York, and West Virginia Pulp &
Paper Co., New York. They operate
pulp and paper mills in 10 South
eastern States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
Teams From District
Dominate Annapolis
Bridge Tournament
Is Of 10 Scoring Players
From Capital; Open Pairs
Title at Stake Today
By the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS. July 6.-Washington
players dominated play in the first
three events decided in the third
annual Carvel Indianapolis bridge
tournament, but Mrs Edward Beh-
rend of Baltimore stamped herself
the outstanding entrant thus far.
Mrs. Behrend, playing with STAN
ley o. Fenkel of Philadelphia, ran
up 6101a points to capture the
mixed pairs event last night after
she had teamed with Mrs. Allan
Rutherford of Baltimore to take
second in the women's pairs.
OF the 10 players figuring in first,
second and third positions in the
women's, mems and mixed pairs
contests, there were 10 from Wash
ington. Pairs from the National
Capital were first and third in the
women's event, second and third
in mixed pairs. and second and
third in the mems pairs with S.
Carton Churchill teamed with Wal
demar Won Zedtwitz of New York
to capture the mems event.
Play for the open pairs title in
the tournament conducted by the
American Contract Bridge League
was scheduled today with the team
of-four championship to be decided
tomorrow. Master points are to be
awarded. Players were entered
from Atlantic seaboard cities from
New York to Atlanta.
Winners in the first three events:
Women's pair-Miss Thelma Good
stein and her mother, Mrs. Mary
Goodstein, Washington. I'll points;
Mrs. Rutherford and Mrs. Behrend.
l67; Mrs. H. r. Young and Mrs. T.
M. Boyle, Washington. 1887.
Mems pair-Mr. Won Zedtwitz and
Mr.. Churchill, IS; Col. E. B. Gray
and Clarence thinner, Washington,
691a; Louis Newman and Warren
Jones, jr., Washington, 681s.
Mixed pairs-Mrs. Behrend and
Mr.. Fenkel, 610la; Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Scott Athey, Washington, SIS, and
Mrs. N. T. N. Robinson and j. D.
Mothershed, Washington, 530a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
7 Dentists, ; Hyeienists
Given District Licenses

Seven dentists and three hygien-
lists have passed tests and been
granted licenses to practice in the
District, the Board of Dental Ex-
aminers announced today. The
successful applicants are:
Dentists-Dr. Irwin Blue, 200
Ethan Allen avenue, Takoma Park,
Md; DR.. Westanna o. I. Byron,
1918 Thirteenth street NV; DR..
William A. Collins, 1896 Georgia
avenue, Silver Spring, Md; DR..
Phillip S. Trey, GIT Underwood
street NV: DR.. Ralph j. KitcheIl,
st. Louis: DR.. Herman j. Kossow
2757 Woodley place NV, and DR.
John Ernest Schneider, 5514 Thirty
third street NV.
observation-disclosures Byrd Castor,
212 w street NV: Clara H. Scott,
SIS Columbia road NV. and Kath-
crime " Shirley, 2502 Fourteenth
street NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
Germans Accuse Dutch
OF Aiding British Attacks
BY the Associated Press.

AMSTERDAM, July 6.-The Ger
man military commander in Holland,
Air Corps Gen. Friedrich Christian
sen, issued a sharp communique
today accusing the Dutch Army and
population of an unloyal attitude to-
ward the German occupation.
He said the character of British
bombing attacks proved Britain was
obtaining information from the
Dutch side.
The communique warned against
any demonstration in favor of the
Dutch government.
Gen. Christensen said the free
dom granted by Fuehrer Adolf
Hitler had been misused and that
the military had not shown proper
discipline to the German Army of
occupation.
In connection with his charge
that the British air force had been
aided by information from the
Dutch, Gen. Christensen said all
actions would be investigated and
that the guilty persons would be
punished according to German law.
Such actions would be considered
high treason, punishable by death.
An English plane was shot down
near HARLEM last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
WiIIkie
Continued From First PAGE ;,

Mr.. Martin to the station to see
him off on a Washington train.
Besides the campaign manager,
the three-man board would be COM
posed of the national party chair
man and q personal representative
of Mr.. Willkie.
The entire problem of national
campaign organization was dis
cussed with subcommittee members,
Mr.. Willkie said. There was no
comment on whether National
Chairman John D. M. Hamilton
would be renamed.
The subcommittee, after meeting
little more than an hour, adjourned
until am. Tuesday, when it will
resume discussions at the Willard
Hotel in Washington.
With Mr.. Willkie, it agreed on
two more members of proposed
15-member executive committee for
the campaign. Twelve had been
chosen yesterday, but the names of
none were disclosed.
Mr.. Willkie said he planned to
leave New York for Washington by
plane about noon Monday and that
no further press conferences would
be held until then.
Walter S. Hallanan of West Vir-
ginia, subcommittee chairman, said
the nominee gave "a very compre-
hensive outline of the kind of cam
paign he thinks ought to be made"
He added lit is merely a question
Of sitting around the table and
mapping the best plan to win this
fight"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
| Recruits Warned
Tottooing 0. K.
If Discreet

There aren't going to be any more
unclad hula-hula dancers in the
Army.
So said Sergt. Norman w. Morgan
today with respect to tattooed crea-
lions on men who come to his re-
cruiting station at 631 Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
He said tattooing in itself was
all right; in fact, he admitted a
considerable portion of his skin has
been decorated. but he added that
hula dancers and such will 'fhave
to put a dress on" if they hope to
join the Army with the applicant.
Sergt. Morgan reported that Is
applicants were accepted in four
days of this week, and that the
rate of enlistments has steadily in
creased. He added that certain con-
cessions have been made in weight
requirements for young men between
the ages of 10 and 81 who are other
wise fit. Youths of that age can
make up the necessary poundage,
he believes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
Loyal Chinese
Takes Starch
Out of Salesman

This is the short, short story
about local Chinese laundryman
who took the starch out of an in
secticide salesman mistakenly iden-
titled as a fifth columnist.
Details are scant as the versions
Of principals differ, but what ap-
parently happened is this:
The salesman's method Of selling
bug exterminator fluid is first to
distribute handbills, beginning, de-
stroy (f1ies, reaches or whatever
pest it might be) by using -"
or Kill tetc.) with -" He
places these in business concerns
and later returns for a personal
sales talk.
One of his prospects was Chi
nese lamdryman who could read a
little English, enough to make out
Destroy" and kill" but not
enough to understand the subse-
quent explanatory text.
So when the salesman returned
the Chinese charged him with sub
versive activity and followed up
swiftly with a pugilistic attack.
A puzzled but loyal citizen who
recognized Americanism when he
saw it, the salesman decided not to
| prosecute the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
Louisionu Engineer Chief
Held in Wife's SIuyinq

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, July 6.-Harry
Jacobs, chief of the Louisiana State
Engineer Board, was charged with
murder yesterday in the fatal shoot
ing of his wife Thursday night in
their luxurious home near Violet, La.
Sheriff G. L. Rowley, who made
the charge and arrested Mr.. Jacobs,
said Mrs. Edna Jacobs, IS, was killed
by heavy caliber rifle bullet fired
through her back while she sat in
an upstairs bedroom. He said Mr..
Jacobs claimed the rifle was dis
charged accidentally while he was
holding it.
The sheriff said he was holding a
son, William Jacobs, of Louisville,
KY, as material witness, although
the younger Jacobs denied any
knowledge of how the killing &C.
CURED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
Man Injured in Plunge
Through Cote SkyIiqht

Two women were eating lunch
yesterday in the Gateway Restau-
rant at Union Station when they
heard a crash. A second later q
man fell on their table.
He was Charles P. Kinery, A., OF
2413 Newton street NE, an air.
conditioning engineer, who had
been working in the ceiling 80 feet
above the floor. He made misstep
and plunged through a skylight.
Today he was in Casualty Hos
pital, in serious condition with back,
head and internal injuries.
The women at the table were
Mrs. E. Walters of Bristol, Va, and
Miss Jane Smith, Arlington, Va.
Mrs. Walters was treated for a cut
on her hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
Mrs. James FoIIett, IS,
Dies at Tukomu Park

Mrs. James Follett, 95, died early
today at 507 Carroll avenue, Ia
koma Park, Md, where she had
been staying at a retreat for elderly
women. She is survived by l Of
her S children, by 6 grandchildren,
IL great-grandchildren and great
grandchild.
Mrs. Follett, born in Southamp-
ton, England, September Is, 1874,
came to Washington five years ago
from Berkeley, Calf, with her
daughter, Mrs. Clyde Seavey of the
Alban Towers Apartment. Mrs.
Follett moved to the United States
with her husband in 1860 and sub
sequently became an American
citizen.
Funeral plans are not yet COM
plete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
Ambassador Says China
Is FoiIing Jopon's Plans

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 6.-Ambassador
HUI Shin of China said yesterday
that his country has kept Japan
from joining the axis powers.
Fighting our own battle" he said,
I'VE have also helped those who are
fighting the same sort of battle else
where. We have rendered one of the
most formidable of the aggressors
Incapable of going to the aid of its
European partners in aggression"
Speaking at the dedication of the
Worlds Fair pavilion housing the
American Bureau for Medical Aid to
China, DR.. HUI said China was de-
termined to carry on its war to sue
cessful completion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
Red Cross Gets
| $4,000 as Miami
|MukesHooxGood
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, July GA prank in
the form of a hoax telegram cul-
minated last night in IS 900 dona-
ton to the Red Cross war relief
fund.
A crowd of 1000, attending
lavish benefit show, saw Mayor
Alexander Orr, jr., present the check
to Actress Irene Rich with the
promise the donation would be in
creased when the receipts were tab
ulated.
It all began when Miss Rich Of
fered In a national broadcast to
collect personally all Red Cross do
nations of $500 or more. She re-
ceived a telegram signed with
Mayor Orr's name, promising 5000
The Mayor disclaimed knowledge of
the telegram, but said Miami would
produce the 5000 anyway. The
show then was arranged, and Miss
Rich few here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
Bishop Ordered Arrested
As Illegally in U. 5.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED PreSS.
NEW YORK, July 6.-Federal au-
thorities yesterday ordered the arrest
of william Gerald Bishop, now held
on q sedition charge, as an alien
illegally in the United States.
Bishop was one of five defend
ants in the recent Brooklyn sedition
trial on whom the jury disagreed
and is awaiting retrial in August.
The alien charge, contained in a
warrant received from Washington,
resulted in his bail being increased
from 5000 to $1,000. His lawyer
asked Federal Judge Robert Inch
to reduce bail to $4,000, but
Judge Inch, informed of the new
warrant, ordered the bail raised.
At the trial Bishop said he was
born in Salem, Mass, 80 years ago.
that his birth record was destroyed
in a fire, that at the age of he was
taken to Canada and five years later
to Europe, spent the World War
years in an Austrian internment
camp and afterward returned here.
Evidence was introduced purporting
to show that on several occasions he
had claimed other birthplaces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
LuII 10 High Winds
Aids Fight on Forest
Fires in Northwest
Victory Seen in Battles
To Curb BIuzes in
Oregon and Washington
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Greg, July GA lull
in high winds brought hope to weary
fighters today that forest fires
menacing timber and towns In the
Pacific Northwest might be brought
under control soon.
They said the spread of the 10000
acre slash and timber blaze south
west OF Centralia, Wash, would be
controlled-provided the wind did
not arise again.
Similar optimism was expressed
by the crew fighting the 4,000-acre
blaze between Vail and Alpha in
Eastern Lewis County, Wash.
100 Fight Menacinx Blaze.
The most menacing Oregon fire
was that in the Mount Hood Ma
tional Forest, traced to careless
campers. Before TOO men flanked
1t to the east 1t threatened the
town of Dee and the rich orchards
beyond.
The fire destroyed the Neal Creek
Lumber Co.'S logging equipment,
forced other camps to close and
prompted Forest Service men to
close the forest area roads to the
public
Fighters finally halted a huge fire
In Washington County of Western
Oregon almost at the edge of the
town of Glenwood, after it had de-
stroyed the logging community Of
West Timber.
Lightning Sets 10 Fires.
In Umatilla National Forest 10
blazes were set by lightning Most
OF them were controlled quickly.
Forest Service men at Spokane
said mot single man caused fire"
was reported in Washington over
July 4, but that lightning started
at least 100 small blazes in inland
empire forests. They were all con-
trolled.
Astoria, at the mouth of the
Columbia River, asked C. c. c. help
in fighting 50O-acre fire that
threatened 1000 acres of spruce
shielding its domestic water source.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06
British Eye U. 5. in Making
Friendly Gestures 10 Toxic

By tue Associated Press "-.-'
LONDON, July 6.-New British
gestures Of friendship toward ia
pan were predicted by q neutral
source today in line with "one-
war-at-a-time" policy designed to
strengthen Britain's hand in Eu-
rope.
Concessions which Britain is pre-
pared to make, this source said.
would be limited only by a desire
to avoid alternating opinion in the
United States.
Britain is well aware, he said, that
the United States would regard
diplomatic equalization" to Japan
In the Far East with a cold eye be-
cause of American interests there.
A government spokesman told the
House of Commons Wednesday the
government was considering "ques-
lions that might arise with the
United States" If it should yield to
japanese demands for closing the
road from Rangoon, Burma, to
Chungking, China, over which the
Chinese Army has been receiving
supplies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-06

A disturbance is advancing eastward
over the Dakotas. Pembina. N. OAK, 10Os.5
millibars t29.fS inches, and a broad
trough extends thence southwestward to
Southeastern California. Blythe. 1007.l
millibars, t29;74, inchesh Pressure re-
mains relatively low over the Gulf States
and the northern Gulf Of Mexico. a ship.
Louisiana coast. 1O13.9 millibars t2e "a
North Pacific States and over most of the
Eastern half Of the United States and the
1O3O.I millibars (3O42 inches): North
Head Wash, lO33.4 millibars Co., %
inches). and a ship about 700 miles south
east of Newfoundland, 1029.1 millibars
5000 inches). Showers have occurred
in portions of the Gulf and South Atlantic
States. the Rocky Mountain region. the
Dakotas, New England and the interior
of Eastern New York. The temperature
has risen slightly over most sections east
Of the Rocky Mountains.
Weekly Outlook.
North and Middle Atlantic States-Gen-
eral showers Monday and Tuesday, gener-
ally. fair middle of week and local showers
Friday or Saturday. Temperature will
AVERAGE near normal.
Ohio Valley and Unconstitutional
showers beginning of week and local show
ers latter part. Generally fair middle of
week: Temperature normal or slightly be-
low beginnine Of week and mostly normal
or slightly above remainder of week.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today.