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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
Folding Bicycles Can Be Placed
In Auto Trunk for Vacation Trips

suspension lets the car swing On
curves. and smooths out vibrations
because softer springs can Be used
Freight car urauIy treatment IN
cludes both paint job and weight
reducing. Cars have taken OF a.
much a. 5000 pounds in one treat
ment. Redesign in Refrigerator
cars has cut their weight BY L. 900
pounds each. Object l. lower op-
Grafton costs.
Rubber tie plates are destined to
make train riding easier. Prellm-
mary tests on six miles Of a New
York city subway roadbed show
they cut down much of vibration
and noise produced BY metal
plates.
Folding bicycles, being worn this
season by well dressed parachute
troops, can come in handy on an
auto trip, depending on how far
it is to a service station when you
run Out OF gas.
Long luggage, like fishing poles.
skis, and oars, need no longer
share the back seat with the wife
and kiddies on an auto trip. An
1s-inch chain set, attached by four
live vacuum cups with bulldog
grip to the top Of the car. secure
ly binds lengthy equipment for
transport.
Folding electric stove that fits
in an overnight bag provides all
the comforts Of a campfire with
out the cinders in the omelet. II
generates enough heat to boil
water for coffee, or fry bacon and
eggs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
Here's More About
Electrical Storm Over This Area
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by service from the company's
Rock Island plant on Columbia
river.
Other power lines south to Port
land were out for varying periods.
The electrical display was i'm
pressive, and before, during and
after the local blackout thousands
of racomans watched the flashes
and thrilled TO the shuddering
shocks of the thunder that fol-
lowed.
Lightning FLASHES
The huge cumulus thunderheads
that bore in from the southwest
after shutdown lowered high into
the sky. though the moon came out
to throw its eerN light upon a
scene that suggested some other
world.
Behind the clouds the sheet
lightning flashed. and then sud
denly there would be a ripping
crash of intense streak lightning
that darted in vast forks from
cloud TO cloud and from cloud TO
earth.
II was these that crashed TO
earth that were blamed for the
damage to power lines. as some of
the bolts, seeking the shortest
route to ground. found the big
copper lines invitingly handy.
Lines Seem Safe
All such lines are equipped with
lightning arresters connected di-
rect TO ground. except for gaps
which lightning readily jumps.
Lines themselves generally were
reported intact and not damaged,
either on the city circuits or pri-
waite utility systems, but the inter-
mediate transformers blew up
under tremendous overloads. How
many will have TO be replaced
could not be estimated by power
system authorities Thursday. DAM
age at the White river plant was
simply described as heavy"
Locally there was almost no
rain. one little shower accounting
for the trace" reported BY the
weather bureau.
Disturbance Unusual
Fred Myers. meteorologist at the
Tacoma weather station, was stin
watching data from other places
In the Northwest Thursday for
estimate OF extent and movement
of the phenomenon.
Electrical storms Of such inten-
sity and span OF days are unusual
in Western Washington. but Myers
said this storm involves an area
as far east as Idaho and as far
south as Redding. Calf
Warm. moisture-laden clouds. he
explained, move In from the Paci-
fic ocean. build up moisture con-
tent. rise over the warmer land in
thunderheads which rise 10 strata
Of cold air and then cQndense.
MAY Continue
This condition may continue for
. DAYS. the thunder storms normally
being restricted to the higher
mountain districts. where the cold
air levels produce the dynamic
electrical effects.
Steilaeoom city. the Hsrrows
bridge. Sal mon Beach. Browns
Point and Dash Point provided the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
HAPPY RELIEF
FROM PAINFUL
BACkACHE

Many q those sna~ins. naexinr. painful
haekache. people blame on colds or strains are
often caused by tired kidneys-and may be
relieved phen treated in the right way.
The Kidneys are Natures ehisf way Of taking
exce<. acids and poisonous taste out a the
blood. They help most people pass about pinis
dAy.
II the Is miles q kidney tube. and 6ltsu
don't work well. poisorOus waste matter stays
In tho blood. These poisons may start nasxing
bsckaches. rheumatic pains. los d pep and
ensrEy. getting up nights, swelling. pufEness
under the eyes. headaches and dizziness. Ere
cuent q scanty passages with snartlns and
burning somstimes shows there y sosssthaag
wrong With your Kidneys or bladder.
Dent Saitl Ash your drueEist for Deans
Pills. used successfully BY millions for over 20
years They eivt happy relief and VII help the
IS miles Of kidney tubs hush cut pclsoao1
adv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
Marine Recruiters
Here on Sept. Is

A Marine corps recruiting party
from Seattle will be at the Tacoma
postoffice Thursday. Sept. 10, be-
tween $50 a. m. and 4:30 p. m,
for the purpose Of examining
young men interested in enlistine
Applicants must be between Is
and 80 years of age, single. of
good character and physically
sound.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
Portugal Loosens Old Ties With British.
Walks Tight Rope Strung by Axis Powers

It's expensive II not impossible
to stay In Lisbon. but it's even
more difficult to get out.
All regular plane flights to Lon
don have been Cancelled hoafs are
irregular. and clipper passage 10
New York Is booked fun for the
next two months.
Occasionally Imperial Always
sends a flying boat down to Lis
bon. But 30 great In the demand
for passage that space II allotted
by the British embassy Priority
In given diplomats OF the British
government and air mechanics re-
turning from Casa Blanca. where
they have been assembling war
planes shipped from the United
States.
Italy's Ala Littoria air line 10
Rome and the Saeta line 10 Madrid
and Barcelona are operating on
schedule. but passage In booked
two months ahead.
LISBON FAIR
OPERATES
Among those I saw stranded In
Lisbon were volunteer American
doctors and ambulance drivers en-
route TO base hospitals in southern
France. They had arrived in Lis
bon when France capitulated. Some
of them managed to book passage
aboard the small frcighters which
occasionally slip out Of the harbor
at night for England, others re-
manned
Despite war and refugees, the
most important event in Europe to
most Portuguese il the fair at
Lisbon.
Built and opened to celebrate
the s00th year Of Portugals inde-
pendence. the fair layout stretches
along Lisbon's waterfront for
some two miles.
Bright and shiny, the fair lacks
only a OUTRAGEOUS Eleanor Holm
diving into an uncensored pool of
stagnant water to make II a vest
pocket edition OF the fantasy at
Flushing Meadows.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13

Helen Rockway, to teach In the
primary department at Moxie City.
Ladies' Aid Meeting
The Ladies Aid OF the Methodist
church held its first meeting OF
the fall season at the parsonage
Wednesday afternoon. Hostesses
were the officers, Mrs. II. @. Wal
lace. president; Mrs. 4. ]. Young.
vice president; Mrs. Roy ingalls,.
secretary. and Mrs. Paul Burrell,
treasurer.
Junior Order United American
Mechanics will hold an important
business meeting Thursday eve
ming at 8 o'clock in Fryar hall.
Officers will be elected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
Here Is Complete
Unofficial Vote

Following are the total unof-
fieial returns as tabulated Thurs
day noon with all precincts finally
reported. Some changes viii be
made a. the official count and
opening OF around 500 absentee
ballots. which Auditor s. Clifford
Davis said would Be started as
soon a. possible.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13

the hills for
many novel In
entions are
filtering in I o
the travel orbit.
Polaroid train
windows make
It possible to en-
JOY both the
scenery and the
effects Of this
glare eliminat-
ing glass Not
ony does this
sight condition
ing win d o W
..nAncf nanaan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13

bon hotel keepers are reluctantly
though happily - turning Gus
toners away
From the capitals No. ! hotel,
the Aviz aessz - - aS.ssSs;ssss..=s
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gers eyes when passing reflective
snowdrifts or deserts, but 1t also
can be adjusted to cut off all light
rays as II q curtain had been
drawn.
Passenger car comfort Is the OBJ
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
. IT'S NEW
By -. Il. WILSON

American tourists are enjoying
something besides the scenery this
summer - they take train trips
or 20 on automobile junkets into
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13

and Borges, rates have been IN
creased. A night in = tiny room
with .bathtub now costs - much
a. one formerly paid for = three
49,. e..ss-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13

Freight cars reduce
ject Of experiments with spring
placement now being conducted in
Los Angeles. The new cars have
springs placed on strong supports
directly over the wheels near the
top of the car, instead Of beneath
it as at present. This high point
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13

best vantage points for viewing
the storm Wednesday night. Hun
dreds of automobiles laden with
storm spectators gathered at these
places while the display was at
its height.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
TRANSIENT ARRESTED

John Pifer, %, transient. was
in the city Jail Thursday, awaiting
a court hearing on charges of
panhandling. He was arrested
Wednesday night at 14th and Pa
cific by Detectives Bill Turner
and Walter Lesnick. who saw him
'mooching" from passersby.
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SEATTLE BUSES HALT

SIN nf-AD tlctbhltht HtOttH
over the Northwest Wednesday
night and today disrupted eommu-
nications. knocked out light cir
cults, and lighted skies for hours.
Displays were reported from
Spokane to Astoria.
Two lightning bolts hit power
lines near Seattle during a broad
cast by President Roosevelt, fore
ing 1t off the air momentarily on
each occasion. Radio stations were
flooded with telephone calls.
Lights flickered internationally
during the night. Street cars and
electric coaches were halted in Sc
attic from five to Is minutes. One
telegraph company was forced to
delay messages for half an hour
during height Of the display.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
Bt PATL MANNTNG

LISBON, Portugal-Portugal II
No longer strongly pro-British. The
tight and ancient alliance dating
s-s::s . sss = being s75ssssiisS5 . TSs
little nation In walking a tight rope.
hoping to offend no one.
Under Dictator Antonio de
oliyeira Salazar. Portugal pro-
fesses allegiance to Great Britain
while constantly demonstrating
friendship for Germany. Italy and
Spain. No one knows better than
DR.. salazar that any major power
could push the Portuguese army
into the Atlantic ocean overnight.
And German troops are in Spain.
The short, sscetic dictator has
made German an obligatory ian
guage in Portuguese schools. He
has put through army reforms not
favorable 10 England.
Against the wishes Of pro
British general staff, DR.. salazar
exchanged British Lee Enfield
rifles for German Mausers, Wicker
machine guns for German Drei-
sers and italian Bredas His
bombers are now predominantly
Junkers 53's; his pursuit planes,
Italian Bredas.
DEFENSE
PATHETIC
Despite this shift In military
purchase policy. Portugals de-
lenses are pathetic.
There are virtually no machine
guns. cannons. or anti-aircraft
batteries. The air force has been
depleted and Portugal has only IT
infantry regiments.
DIR. salazar feels money spent
for munitions In sheer waste. He
believes Portugal can achieve its
ends by fence straddling until It
becomes apparent which side will
win the war.
That is the policy he followed in
the spanish civil war, and the one
he proposes TO continue following.
Whether this strategy will be
successful il difficult TO tell. In
any event, 1t ia the least expensive
method.
DR.. Salazar is watching expendi-
lures carefully. Under his regime
Portugal has put her finances in
order; free exchange prevails
without currency. restrictions.
BUSINESS
Is GOOD
Financially. Portugal is one
country to benefit from the war.
Thousands Of refugees from
France and the Low Countries
have poured through not-so-
friendly Spain into Portugal.
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SumnerP.-T.A
Begins Year
Grunge Meeting
Thursday OF 8

sUMNER-Nesrly 200 members
and friends Of the Sumner PIT. A.
attended the first meeting of the
school year Tuesday evening In the
high school auditorium.
DR.. N r. Msgnussen, Pierce
county health officer. spoke on
'Infantile Paralysis" DR.. Mag
nussen illustrated his lecture with
graphic charts, stin pictures and
movies He had an infant size iron
lung with which he explained the
technique Of handling patients.
Mrs. Emory Funk. PIT. A.
president, made her report on the
state convention in Aberdeen. Com
mites appointed for the year are;
membership. Mrs Andrew Conant;
historian, Mrs. Charles Rutledge;
hospitality, Mrs. Fred Oliver, Mrs.
Alfred Harmer and Mrs. George
Adams; hostess. Mrs. Peter Con-
Ion: grade school representative,
Mrs. Alex Patterson; senior high.
Mrs. Walter Logan: junior high
Mrs. Frank Hillyard; national p
T. A. magazine. Mrs. Elmer Ward:
safety, Fire Chief Dwire Garrett;
record book. Mrs. Robert Lang
don; publicity. Mrs. Paul Burrell.
and child welfare, Mrs. Robert
Pankey.
Reports by Harold Foster. chair
man OF the school board. and
Frank Chervenka. vocal selections
by Mrs. ]. Smith with Mrs. Clar-
ence schrengohst accompanying.
concluded the program. Refresh
ments were served in the domestic
science room with the officers as
hostesses.
Grange 90 Meet
Sumner Grange will meet Thurs
day at 8 o'clock in the Odd Fell
lows hall In charge OF refresh
ments are G.. G. Melhart, f. c.
Orton. VIM. Herbert, r. r. Ander-
son, H. d. Foster and Mrs. Hilda
j.. Usher.
Mrs. A. jackson Bales viii be
hostess to the w. c. T. u. at her
home. sol Alder, Friday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Mrs. c. Mackrill an
nounces that the annual shower
for the White Shield home will be
held at this meeting. also cleo
ton OF officers.
Mrs. G. f. Primley will conduct
devotions and Mrs Charles Rut-
ledge will present the program.
Miss Patricia Langdon left Mon
day TO take up her school work
in the consolidated school district
of Lake Stevens. She will teach
the 4th grade and music. Other
Sumner girls who have left to fill
teaching positions are Miss Eliza
beth Vallentgoed. to st. Clair
island. where she will have charge
Of the Urban school and Mis-.
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BUSINESS
Is GOOD

Financially. Portugal In one
country to benefit from the war.
Thousands Of refugees from
France and the Low Countries
have poured through a not-so-
friendly Spain into Portugal.
For the first time in years Lis
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Evening star., 1940-10-16
LOST

WALLET. brown pieskin, lost 18th. con-
tanning cards receipts and S15 currency:
Gar hnckel's, Star Building. East Capitol
and 3rd sts. ne. Reward. Henry D.
Fruit. 226 East CAPITOL ST.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Ickes Says Wilkes S
Idea Of Bargaining
|sCompanyUnion
Most Labor Leaders
Back Roosevelt, He
Says in Broadcast
By the Associated Press.

.
AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 16.-Secre-
tary Ickes asserted last night that
"a company union Is Wendell Will
kie's idea of collective bargaining
under the National Labor Relations
Act"
That is the kind of aid that
the workers of America will get If
Mr.. Willkie should ever be in a
position to appoint the members
Of the Labor Board Mr.. Ickes
said in a speech prepared for
broadcast. especially if the ami
able Mr. Girdler and the patriotic
Mr.. Weir insist upon what they
will undoubtedly regard as their
vested right to dictate such ap-
polntments to Mr.. Willkie"
The Secretary of the Interior
said that Mr.. Wilkes attitude to-
ward labor could be learned by
what "the enemies of labor think
of Mr.. Willkie' and that IF you
combed the United States to pick
out the two most violent and most
relentless enemies of collective bar
gaining the vote would probably
be for Ernest T. Weir of the Ma
tional Steel Co and Tom Girdler Of
Republic Steel"
Mr.. Weir, he added. lis raising
the money for Wendell Wilkes
campaign" as chairman of the FL
nance Committee of the Repub-
lican National Committee, while
Mr.. Girdler the Secretary said, was
referred to thus by Mr.. Willkie in
speech at New York April IL. 1889:
If We are patient we will see
the time when men like Girdler are
recognized as the true heroes of
America"
On the other hand. Mr.. Ickes
said. almost every labor leader
in the United States favors the
reelection of President Roose-
Welt
Evening star., 1940-10-16
McNaIy Says 6. 0.P.
Wont Use Farmers
As Guinea Pigs
New Deal Dodeed Problem
By Writing Check
He Says in Konsos Talk
BY the Associated Press.

HUTCHINSON, Kans, Oct. 10
Senator McNary, charging the New
Deal lodged the farm problem by
writing "a check" promised today
that a Republican administration
would not use farmers as guinea
pigs for experiments toward the
perfect, regimented state"
The Republican vice presidential
nominee chided Henry A. Wallace,
his Democratic rival, on Mr.. Wal
lace's agricultural program in an
address prepared for delivery in the
heart OF the Nations breadbasket.
Instead Of graphing with the
problem, getting at its roots, the
New Deal evaded, theorized and
flnally-wrote a check" he said.
"Since 1898, Is farm bills have be-
come law; billions of dollars of pub
lie money expended. The New Deal
has tried to buy its way out Of
trouble.
What was the result? Take the
case of wheat. In spite OF recovery
in world markets, our share of wheat
export has dwindled."
Senator McNary said he advocated,
as he had for 20 years, a two-price
system for crops with exportable
surpluSes and recommended an
American price for that overwhelm-
ing portion Of wheat consumed at
home"
The exportable surplus must not
continue to fix the price for the
whole CROP" he said to-day the
wheat farmers dollar is worth only
TO cents Of the city producers
dollar"
He said that in the first five years
Of the New Deal a yearly average of
28,000, 900 bushels of wheat was ex-
ported, while in the preceding five
years the Nation exported an aver
age Of $4,000 900 bushels.
I'm dollars he elaborated, "the
wheat farmers during those five Re-
publican years averaged $50 900 900
a year from sales abroad. In the
five New Deal years, only $4,000, 900
or less than half"
Senator McNary recalled that Mr.
Wallace, former Secretary of Agri-
culture, in a recent Wichita speech
had asserted the Government poured
$215 900 900 in the pockets of Kan
sas farmers in the last seven years.
Personally, I would not boast Of
that" he said.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Jehovah's S Witnesses
Win on Appeal in
Pardding Arrests
Police Court Expected
To Drop Convictions
In No Permit Case

The United States Court of Ap-
peals today entered judgment on
its records in favor of members OF
Jehovah's Witnesses, who had been
convicted in Police Court of parad-
ing without a permit.
The District of Columbia. in open
court. yesterday confessed error. and
the case is now being officially sent
back to Police Court for new
trial. The members of the religious
group were accused of parading in
Georgetown, on Wisconsin avenue,
near Volta place, without proper
authority.
Principal Assistant Corporation
Counsel Vernon E. West told the
appellate court that the District Of
Columbia had not filed brief in
opposition to the sect because in
the light of the Supreme Court de-
cision in the c. I. o. case against
Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City,
N. J., and similar cases the re-
yum VA q pa o~S pNAhiAs AiNt y
was deemed illegal now. under the
circumstances of the Jehovah's Wit
nesses case. The appellate court
had previously granted writ of
error from Police Court. AS prac-
teal proposition. it is believed that
the case will be shelved when it
returns TO Police Court.
Members of the organization were
found guilty in Police Court of vio-
lating the law and each was fined S5,
or, in the alternative, given five days
each in Jail.
Representing Jehovah's witnesses
are Attorneys Julius I. Peyser, Rich
ard,B. Talley and Aaron w. Jacob
son.
Mr.. West said today that the Dis
trict government is now engaged in
redrafting regulations relating to
parades, the carrying of banners and
similar activities because of the Su-
preme Court stand.