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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29
No Confirmation G. N. Railroad
Will Change Route on Sept. |

liant already-just on the rumors
that trains operating up and down
the South Tacoma grade and cross
ing Pacific ave. viii be eliminated.
And il is further definite that Roy,
Yelm and some Of the other COM
munities on what Great Northern
calls its Prairie line" are Just as
apprehensive that they will be
without passenger service when
the change is made.
This much further is definite.
that the trackage between Tacoma
and the Nisqually along the S. P.
& s. main line now used Jointly
by N. P. and U. p. is being rebuilt
with heavier steel and better bal
last. This is being done, it is said,
to meet demands of heavier traffic
and greater speeds.
Should G. N. join N. P. and
U. P. in use Of the water grade
for passenger trains. that will
leave only G. N. freights, N. p.
local freights and the N. P. one
and two-car gas-motored passen-
ger trains to and from Grays
Harbor operating up and down
the Pacific ave. crossing.
The jefferson Square club has
been warning on that crossing of
Tacoma's main street for years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29

Tacoma office officials of the
Great Northern railway said Tues
day they could neither confirm
nor deny persistent rumors that
starting Sept 1. c. n. passenger
trains would be routed between
Tacoma and Portland over the PIT.
Defiance water grade.
They d mitted considerable
Baker heater" or hot stove
league" discussion but said high
officials Of the company had been
definitely non-committal and obvi-
ously weren't ready To make any
public announcement.
What is known definitely here,
however. is that the Jefferson
Square Improvement club is jubi-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29
All Would-be Cadets
To Be Given Chance

WESTINGHOUSE. Homer T.
Bone disclosed he will follow his
usual custom this year and permit
all Washington young men, who
wish appointments to the United
States Naval academy. to take a
competitive examination and at
tempt to win on the basis Of merit.
Bone said the examinations viii
be given by civil service commits
sion in principal Washington cities
next Oct. 5.
He explained that so many young
men ask for naval and military
academy appointments he feels
competitive examinations. rather
than political influence. should de-
eide the winners.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29


That was the impression I
brought back from six days at the
front, In which I talked with
hundreds of officers and privates.
The German command is count
ing on this high morale of the rank
and file to achieve dashing ex-
PLOTS which less confident troops
would not tackle. At the same
time. 1t Is reiterating the allied
military forces must not be under
estimated.
The average German soldier Is
carrying out his assignments with
precision. heard no grumbling,
and saw no bungled jobs. There
are fewer distinctions in what
Chancellor Adolf Hitler calls the
peoples army" than in the old
imperial army Of the kaiser.
Force welI-knit
I saw some men, who in private
life are bankers, taking orders
from a mechanic with the rank of
private. Col. Gen. Walther Won
Reichenau's son Is serving In the
tank corps. One youngster. who
was driving an officers car, APP
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29
Water Is Dropping $50
Feet al Coulee Dam

GRAND COULEE-The Column
bia river flowed over the $3.50, 900.
900 Grand Coulee dam Monday for
the first time this year. creating
a waterfall $50 feet high.
The stream cascaded through
the lowest of II connected blocks,
set aside for summer disversions.
Later in the year, as the river
continues to rise, a water fall 200
feet high and $50 feet wide will be
created.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29

absolute success this year and
next and next. 30 far - con-
Germs Joe Fisherman and Sam
slghtseer. Everybody likes.
The scores of new boats and
boat lockers have been in use for
some time. and now the fisher
mems coffee shop. tackle shop and
float office are splendiferously
serving an appreciative public. The
new compared with the old is as
palace To a shanty--and we say
thanks, for the best is only half
good enough for we fishermen,
Ell?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29

piled for n transfer TO the tank
corps, even after seeing what hap
pened to tanks In our trip to the
battle front.
Even discounting possible prop
uganda In the boosted democracy
of the German army. 1t was
obvious to me that the force Is
well-knit and efficient. Much of
this may be due to the semi
military training regime Of Maxi
units before the large-scaie expan-
sion of the army.
One driver, who guided our car
over blacked-out roads during air
attacks in danger zones when
bomb craters were frequent, said
he had been trained in the Maxi
motor corps. The stamina of
young men like him is amazing,
considering that so many Of them
started life in the desperate, near
starvation days of the World wars
closing era.
In Good Condition
saw columns OF infantry In
their grey-green field uniforms,
carrying rifles. food kits, gas
masks and other paraphernalia,
swing along the roads day after
day with little sign OF fatigue.
These columns often sang as they
marched.
Before going into battle. these
troops looked serious and set for
action. They did not seem to be
nervous. Their attitude was stolid
and realistic.
Coming out of battle, these
units were relaxed. They smoked
cigaret after cigaret and exhibited
trophies from prisoners.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29

month herring season.
Southeastern Alaska will be
closed entirely this season. but the
1910 time for the Kodiak district
win last from July to Oct. IS;
the Prince William Sound area
time Ia shorter. not starting until
July "a but ending at the same
time. :.
During that short period of in
tense fishing. the prime herring,
for which Alaska's waters far ex-
cell those Of Scandinavia or else
where, will be delivered TO the salt
cries for market sale: the lesser
fish win be delivered to reduction
plants to be made into fertilizer.
poultry feed and oil for soap.
The local boats use purse
seines n thousand feet long,
worth an average Of $500.
And when the lads return next
autumn. they'll glibly speak of
such picturesquely named places
rs Thum Bay, sawmill Bay. Drier
Bay. Port Wakefield. zacher Bay,
Port Vita. Iron Creek, Blue Fox
island--names and places abound
ing with the romance and adven-
ture of another OF the Northwest's
fishing industry's many facetsi
InstitutIoa's EdIfice
Complete except for mere fin
ishing touches. the new pavilion
and boathouse at Point Defiance
II now in operation.
II the signs no far are any
indication, the place viii be an
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29

World map probable
selected place
the will be made Muensr the site treaty
which ended the Thirty War and
of the power Holy Empire
peace ideas well and
Empire capture the navy, disntegraton
of the empire would likely
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29
Montd Turning Out
Another New SONG

F. II. Monta of Fern Hill has
turned out another song. The title
of his latest is Skiing" the lyrics
for which were written. by Miss
Nettie May Burgs. Monta is re-
membered for his Waves of Puget
Sound" and other songs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29
ELECT rAooMANs

Two out Of three officers of the
University Of Washington chapter
of Alpha Delta Sigma. mems adj
vertising professional. are Tacoma
students. Sidney Keil, a junior in
advertising. has been elected pres
ident Of the organization. and wes-
ley Bergman was chosen to serve
as secretsry-treasurer. Ed Muir
men. outgoing business manager Of
the University Daily. u q new
member Of the group.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29

win be about 60
boats from Pu-
get Sound en-
ga ed on the
banks adjacent
to Kodiak island
and Prince VIII
liam Sound.
That m e ms
there win be
some $50 local
fl 5 h erm e n
working I h e r e
for fla fhrae-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29
Prairie Schooner.

w ~. f<fhtiJa VIM itSNtihiy Soso
his cruiser Helen b.. Is readying
his ambitious back yard project
for launching. come next weekend.
She's the 36-foot cabin cruiser Miss
Cathleen, brave in her green and
white.
A neat trick, which Emery Is
bestowing 10 the care of Yachts
man Dairyman Ed cooney, the
Miss Cathleen will be Launched"
at No. 7th and Stevens streets and
make her first voyage hence over
land by truck to the Portacoma
Terminals, where the big derricks
will dunk her. Thus, en- route to
her new home at the Tacoma
Yacht club, the Miss Cathleen will
make the biggest portion of her
maiden voyage via dry land. Hmm.
Beware.
All mariners are warned by the
coast guard that from 8 o'clock
onward the night of May 81. the
guns OF Fort Worden will thunder
and crash.
The targets will be on the water
In a danger zone scribed 10000
yards around Point Wilson light
Stand off and well clearl
In proof that the United States
Power Squadron didn't stop its
growth with Inauguration OF a
unit at Tacoma this winter past,
six more have been recently added
elsewhere In the nation. U.S.P.S.
now totals 5s units. with member
ship totaling well over 5000 men
and boats.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29
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{SEzzlzz2z1H;'s,l J 80 49,

The lads who give the world herring readying their
and standngby their respective the
herring fleet will be off to the northern banks for
another
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29

victory and would almost
certainly the Right Italys share
spois would depend Hlers generosity" Italy would
probably satellite controlling key
Gibraltar Germanys Germany held
long of such
victory military believe the state exhaustion
Hers would prevent terms harsh those outlined
Hiters mind
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29

Germans Convinced They Can t
Be Stopped, Reporter Says

BERIN-hs fighting soldier today that
nothing him. his high commanders
ginning worry about overconfidence
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Dutch Orange Book
Emphasizes Neutrality

~ the Associated Press.
THE HAGUE, April 13-The
Netherlands government, in q move
designed to emphasize its strictly
impartial attitude toward Europe's
warning powers, today issued an
Orange Book" outlining the pro-
tests it has filed with both Germany
and the allies because OF alleged
violations of Dutch neutrality.
Observers noted that the book was
isued at time when the belligerents
have been accusing each other Of
plotting to spread the war to the
low countries.
The publication included diplo-
matte correspondence concerning
violations Of Netherlands neutrality
by airplanes Of both sides, attacks on
Dutch ships by German submarines
and the November II border incident
at Venlo, when German guards
crossed the frontier to seize two
British secret agents.
The allies were told that their
blockade of Germany had imposed
many hardships on the Netherlands
by hampering Dutch sea trade.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Reapportionment Bill
Goes 10 White House
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate approved finally and
sent to the White House yesterday a
bill providing for reapportionment
Of the 435 House seats on the basis
of the 1910 census.
The measure was passed by the
House Thursday after provision to
exclude aliens in determining the
new apportionment was eliminated.
The Senate previously had passed
similar legislation. Yesterday it ap-
proved minor House amendments
without dissent.
The legislation provides for an
automatic reapportionment on the
basis of the 1910 population in the
various States.
Population shifts since the 1890
census will cause some States to
lose Representatives and some to
gain.
The reapportionment will take
place after the 1910 census.
Evening star., 1940-04-13

Department in 1889, working in the
mailbag repair shop here, where she
put draw strings In canvas sacks.
She retired on q pension in 1924
after IS years Of service.
She was highly skilled with knit
ting and crochet needles, turning
OUT fiawless handiwork. She made
the layette for the first baby born
to President and Mrs. Cleveland
and also presented a knitted bag to
President Wilson's daughter, Mar
garet.
Miss Maddix supplemented her
small pension with money she earned
from selling her elaborate needle
work, turning her money over to st.
Annals. She also contributed to
the Community Chest, whose funds
aid In supporting the home.
She was born in Warrenton, Va,
and her closest relatives are cousins.
Funeral services were held at Nc
Guire funeral home, 1920 Ninth
street NV, this afternoon.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Italian Fleet Gathers
Amid Secrecy for
Maneuvers Monday
Rome Press SpeeuIotes
On Possibility Of War
Spreading in Europe
ROMERlKE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, April 13.-Amid unusual
secrecy imposed because of wartime
conditions, the Italian fleet was
gathering today to embark Monday
on maneuvers which naval officials
described as the regular spring
training.
While concentration points were
not disclosed. there were indications
that naval preparations were being
made at the southern seaport OF
Taranto.
It was assumed that naval reserv-
lists had been called up for their
usual training period.
Meanwhile the italian press spec
ulated on the possibility of the war
spreading in the wake Of fighting in
Scandinavia, which most Fascist
commentators said had resulted in
first-round victory for Germany.
In this connection the official
Italian news agency Stefani, quoted
the Netherlands Foreign Minister.
Eelco N. van Kleffens, as saying his
country would resist any attempt at
invasion.
Most Fascist newspapers said the
allied air and naval offensive against
German position on Norway's coast
could be considered a complete
failure.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Miss Muddux Dies at IS;
Needle Expert Despite Blindness

The strange life story Of blind
Hattie Maddux, who was reared as
q white child only to learn that her
mother was colored, has come to
an end.
Miss Maddux, who was IS, died
Wednesday night at st. Anna's
Home, a refuge for colored women
at 1924 N street NV. She had been
i'll about four months.
An attack of scarlet fever in baby
hood left her blind. She was en-
rolled in a school for blind children
at Staunton, Va, when, in adoles-
cence, she was told her mother was
colored.
The change for her was easy.
Being sightless, she was unable, Of
course, to distinguish between a per-
sons color. She enrolled in a school
for colored children and set out on
a useful life of supporting herself
solely by her own labors.
Upon finishing school, Miss Mad
dux went to work for the Post Once
Evening star., 1940-04-13
German Expert Evades
British 10 Reach j. ).
On Trade Mission
Dr.. Westrick Reported
Conferrine on American
frozen Investments
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 13.-Dr. Ger
hardt Alois Westrick, a leading Ger
man economic and trade expert, is
IN New York with special diplo-
matte status as commercial coun-
sellor to the German Embassy, for
the stated purpose Of keeping an
eye on German United States trade
relations.
DR.. Westrick, a friend and asso-
ciate Of DR.. Hjalmar Schacht, lead
ing German economist, arrived by
way Of Siberia, while the British
were stopping and searching trans
Atlantic liners for DR.. Schacht or
any other German economists
bound this way.
Schacht Arrival Rumored.
Wall Street has buzzed recently
with reports that DR.. Schacht and
others had evaded the search and
arrived in Manhattan for the pur-
pose Of working out a new eco
nomic basis for trade relations to
circumvent the British economic
blockade of Germany.
DR.. Westrick was reliably report
ed to have been in touch with a
number of leading American firms
with heavy investments in Ger
many.
A canvas of leading Wall Street
banks specializing in international
finance disclosed that none of them
has been approached in connection
with any new plan to create credits
or new dollar exchange.
G. M. C. Investments Frozen.
United States corporations which
have heavy frozen" investments in
Germany, and with whose executives
DR.. Westrick has been in touch. in
clude General Motors Corp, and
International Telephone q Tele-
graph Co. Responsible officials of
these firms said they did not know
OF any new arrangements pending.
DR.. Westrick also was reported, as
would be expected, in touch with
Amtorg Trading Corp, Russian Gov-
eminent buying agency here.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Nazi Raid ON Isle
In Rhine Repu|sed,
French Declare
Artillery Also Attacks
Germans CONSTRUCTING
Suur Fortificotions
By the Associated Press.


PARIS, April 13-Repulse of q
German raid on an island in the
Rhine, infantry activity along the
rivers banks and firing of artillery
at Germans building Notifications
were reported today in the French
communique from the western front.
1t said:
Late April IL in the Saar region
our artillery fired on enemy works
under construction.
During the night infantry activ-
ity along the banks of the Rhine
both in the region east of Mulhouse
and around Strasbourg.
The enemy attempted unsuc-
cessfully a raid on an island in the
Rhine held by our troops north Of
Huningue."
Met by Blast of Fire.
The German troops showed of
from their bank of the Rhine in
boats about 2 am, French military
sources said.
Silently they approached the
French position on the island. only
to be met by sudden blast Of fire.
The raiders withdrew, but because
of the darkness it was uncertain
whether any of their boats were
sunk.
There was machine-gunning on
both sides east of Mulhouse and
around Strasbourg, but the lines re-
manned unchanged.
Many Scout Flights Made.
The French also said that while
allied scouting planes made numer-
Gus flights over German lines, the
German aerial reconnaissance
seemed to be diminished, indicating
the Nazi planes might be occupied
with the Norwegian warfare. The
French added that 20 French naval
vessels were operating with the
British fleet in the northern war
zone.
Both Huningue and Mulhouse are
situated at the eastern end of the
Burgundian gateway. an historic
battle-ground. Huningue is only a
few miles from the Swiss frontier at
Basel.
The clash followed exchanges of
artillery fire yesterday on a 30-mile
line along the Maginot hinge" from
the Bitche region to Lauterbourg,
between the Vosges and the Rhine.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Hull
Continued From First Page

far as possible the governmental
agencies in control of the ports will
be notified officially before they
leave.
The department said that the
Mormacsea was partially unloaded
and ready to sail from Bergen, and
that the Flying Fish probably was
ready to sail. The exact position of
the. Charles r. Mccormick was less
certain, the freighter's owners and
charterers reporting that she ar
rived at Bergen Monday, destined
to Bergen and Narvik.
Under President Roosevelt's ex-
tension of the European combat
area under the Neutrality Act,
American vessels now are prohibited
from entering waters around the
entire Scandinavian peninsula. Reg
ulations under the Presidents
proclamation permit the vessels
already in the combat area to sail
away without penalty, however.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
King Haakon' S Escape
From -Four Bombinqs
Told by U. 5. Girl
Shells BoreIy Missed
RoyoI Party, Stockholm
Broadcast Says
By the Associated Press.

8y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 13-King
Haakon and his staff we're bombed
four times in their flight from his
temporary Norwegian capital to an
unknown spot of safety, an Amer
lean girl declared yesterday in a
short wave broadcast frcm Stock
holm.
The girl, Betty wason, of Indian
apolis, Ind, said she was told the
story of the flight by Swede who
was a member of the royal party.
Tonight" said Miss Wason, none
Of us knows exactly where the royal
party is hiding. They fled from
Nybersgund last night after four
air attacks which came in rapid
succession"
Her account, in part, follows:
The first alarm was given by the
Swede who was seated in his auto
mobile outside the house where the
King and his encourage had taken
refuge. At the first blast of the
horn King Haakon, Crown Prince
Olav, the British and Polish Min
listers and other government officials
fed from the house into the nearby
woods. There they had to stand
waist-deep in snow while bombs fell
all around them. A second blast
from the automobile horn told them
all was clear and they emerged
from the woods.
But within an hour the second at
tack came, and this time the flyers
used both machine guns and bombs.
With sheets which they had jerked
from beds, the court and visiting
ministers fell fiat in the snow and
tried to camouhage themselves.
When the firing eased up, the party
dashed from one woods into another
close by; soon planes machine-gun-
ned the exact spot where the refu-
gees had been lying. A nearby
school which had first been consid-
cred as the refuge was struck by an
incendiary bomb and burned to the
ground.
After the third raid the King
found car and he and his party
got to safer place; by the time
the German planes returned fourth
time, they were we'll on their way to
a new refuge. The only member of
the party injured was government
official who received bullet wound
in his hand.
Evening star., 1940-04-13

front seat-and most agreeably neg
lected to look at the newspaper
credentials OF Irwin and myself.
Have your troops occupied Fred
rikstad?" asked the lady with the
smile.
Not yet" said the oficer.
rs the way open to the Swedish
frontier?"
(Mr. Stoves dispatch was cut
OH here as it was being tele-
phoned out of Sweden.)
(Copyrisht. 1910, Chicago Daily News, Incl
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Family of 10 Stricken

FLAGSTAFF. Ariz., April 13 LP.
Bruce Champ, his wife and their
children all are in q hospital suf-
fering from lobar pneumonia con-
tracted at nearby logging camp.