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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21
Z Bids Received
For Bridge Work

Bids for the job Of putting the
Wapato waterway bridge into the
proper shape were in the hands of
Public Works Commissioner Alb
Bergersen Tuesday.
The city board Of contracts and
awards opened the two tenders re-
ceived Monday and referred them
To the department head for q rec
ommendation.
II was emphasized that the vim
ming firm must provide for main
tenance Of one-way traffic on the
bridge during the repair period.
Bids received were from the In
dustrial and Engineering Con-
tractors, Tacoma. ssg2s-72. and
Hart Construction Co. Tacoma
$40. a2ss0
Nine bids for furnishing the city
with $500 suspension insnlstors
for the utilities division were sub
mitted 10 Commissioner X. d.
o'Neil for segregation. checking
and a recommendation. Tenders
were received from the Westing-
house Electric Supply Co, Graybar
Electric Co. General Electric sup
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21
Olympia Kidnaper
To Hang Oct. 4

OLYMPIA-Superior Judge John
NJ. Wilson Monday sentenced Jack
Marable. convicted kidnaper-rapist,
to be hanged October 1 for seiz-
ing and assaulting Mrs. Geraldine
Roloff. young Olympia mother.
Marable. an escaped convict
from Alabama with a long prison
record. win be The first man to
be hanged in this state for kid
naping since the 1898 law was
passed. II he in executed, II will
be the first time since 1892 that a
convict from Thurston county has
been hanged.
Marable. with Robert Kimmich,
II, kidnapped Mrs. Roloff In front
of the local postoffice and forced
her to drive them to a deserted
farm where both assaulted her.
Kimmich drew life term. Mar
able's petition for a rehearing in
the supreme court was denied last
week. He has been in Thurston
county jail since his arrest. but
will be taken to Walla Walla
shortly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21
Three Donate Sl0O Each 10 Fund
To Be Used in Buying Ambulance
Local Chapter Of British War Relief
Pluns Entertainment Knitting. Sewing

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sa1sd heIaz Invited
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21

Fairbanks announced she il en-.
gagged 70 Owen crumr. shrese-
port. Il. writer =.
DANES Roosevelt. Young movie
producer and son Of the president.
was under a physicians care in
his Hollywood home today with an
attack Of influenza =.
Iohn Garfield had = cold sore on
his lip and Warner Brothers VAS
forced to reschedule filming Of
East Of the River for two DAYS
while Il healed.
Johnny Morris. hlt player. got
his big chance In Hollywood today
for a major role when he vas
picked for the part Of rappy.
Lueifer Yekum. in the movie YER
sion Of the Al cspp comic strip.
The role Of Nanny. Pansy Yokum.
viii be enacted BY Mona Ras.
Both are less than five feet tall
The New York trial Of George
Scallse resumes in New York to-
day. Sealise. former president Of
the Building Service Employees In
ternationAl union, IL charged with
grand larceny Of more than $50 900
in union funds
Opera star Lawrence Tibbett.
president Of the American Guild
of Musical Artists appealed 10 the
Actors Guild to hack the AGMA
in a iurisdictional dispute with
the American Federation Of Mu-
sicians The screen actors pledged
their support -.
Blind English Pianist Alec
Templeton and Sullette Nslni. a
musician. viii be married next
Sunday. they disclosed today after
filing intention to wed In Holly
wood
Dr. Gerhardt 4. Mestrick. trade
counselor to the German embassy.
Was en- route to San Francisco
from Los Angeles today aboard
the Japanese liner Militia Maru, en-
route home via the Orient.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21

Appraises
heWdr

sssis.s ssasrssis sistaEs = AT
- sonslllzna must - saasIa
80 = tribute = aas-elials pefti.
eal seamen. - emphasizes ~
Italian nfinelnls - warfare. ehlsh
fisEs attack snly shsn ths sasHaf
: numerically inferior ne MI.
lafY elements Involved sfs insis
nifieani
TIE Italians sifsady n EHfFsa
seaIa have commanded ~ ~
20 sna ths Gulf - Aasn - ssn
ss ths british 80 Il Aasn. itssls
4 thy 81 resssssed naval
strength 81 sufficient 81 neNsf
n that ares
British sanaHlana klxss - -.
tsF opportunities than EfEtfss -
such operations ne Italians NIii
- unable u Influence ths course
n military events any more sffse.
tixsiy In ths Gulf of Aasn and ths
Red Sc than before ne Whole
II italian Fazt AfFlca. ineiualn :
samslilznd. Frttfsa nd EthIeria
Is isolated BY nearly ooo mtiss
~ nrlti.hseenlfelisd lard ana
desert ffem ths Mediterranean
Politically. however Nus.allnl
neN has = success = ~ credit
which vii - advantageous II
home and Vii aid some needed
Italian prestige 10 the telslitsflan
partnership. Aassoilnl hsnstfafth
can talk 10 Hitter With les sense
q inequality.
There has heen recent signs -
ilssa tisfartion IN Germany Nth
Italy's part IN The war. The
Italians haxs been claiming eon.
troll Of the Mediterranean. and
solelns their intention Il mareh
into Egypt and s.lss tho SUR
canal nut they have shown 10
concrete evidence q superiority
over the british Mediterranean
fleet and have bern hssltsnt about
the Egyptian campaign.
Only a few days aKo British
warnhfps heavily eomhafdsd
Rardla. iialy's coastal port IN
1.ibya. which Is the ley hAse Tor
an Egyptian offensive. Italian
warships did not move from thslf
sheltered home harbors 10 In.
tsrfere and their air force Was
caught unprspafed
German commentators have
been wondering at ttalY's hsdi.
teffansan lnsetion At a time When
Germany has been trying 10 bomb
Britain into submission. Now.
however. Mussolinl can point Ia
somaliland Too, he can inquire
why the German air blitzkrisg
against the British has not been
going 80 well and Why Hitler has
10 give his aYlators days off II tins
German casualty list Ia a. lnsig
nlfieant as Beflln'H nommunlquei
aay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21

william r. Campbell had moth
ing to say about Hitler or the
United States. when he appeared
before Police Judge Joseph Nal
lery on a drunkenness charge
Tuesday.
AL he had TO say was Il vas
drunk" an admission that sent
him to jail to serve . Today
term. Campbell. e5-year-old pen
sioner living at 201s Ia. ssth st.
was jailed Monday after reported
ly telling members Of a WPA
work crew be hoped the Eazi
fuenrer would clean up on the
United States. The court was told
by George 4bel. assistant corpora
ton counsel, that police arrived
only In tine 70 save Campbell
from possible injury at the hands
q Ma audience.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21

3 Congressional
Candidates Quit

OLYMPIA - Three candidates
for congressional positions with
drew Tuesday from The september
10 primary race. Secretary Of state
Belle Reeves announced.
Lester Edge. Spokane. and
George Vernon white. Seattle,
both stepped out of the Republican
race for uaited states senator.
Ralph Van Dyk, Of Lynden. With.
drew from the second district race
for the house OF representatives on
the Democrat ticket.
Tuesday WAS the final day for
candidates 10 withdraw from the
primary ballot Saturday IL the
last day voters can register for
the primary election.
The THREE Withdrawals brought
To five the total who have decided
not 10 run for state or eongfes-
sional posts after fiiing 10 run
Earl Milhkin. Seattle Democrat,
quit the first congressional district
race. and Sam J. Humes. Seattle.
the governorship race on the Re
publican ticket.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21
Ickes Assails Willkie' S
Attitude Toward Roosevelt
DemogoguerY Is
Used by Secretary

WASHINGTON = Secretary If
the Interior Harold l. Ickes assert
I'd lsst night that Republican Pres
idenfisl Candidate Wendell I.
wiikie had heen scontemptihle =
in charging that President Rcose-
welt may be deliberately melting
Us 70 war
ickes spoke over a nationwide
MIC radio network. replying. in
behalf Of the administration. 10
Wilkes address Saturday accept
ing the Republican nomination.
Iekes charged that IN oritioizing
Mr. Rooseveit's foreign policies and
inviting the chief executive 10 =
series Of joint debates. Willkie had
INDUCED IN sunpatriotic demsgog-
uery."
The president. Ickes said. can
not adjourn the battle Of Britain
in order to ride the circuit with Mr..
Willkie II Mr.. Willkie Il %
eager for = debate in order to hold
his audience. I suggest that he
challenge his running mate. Senator
MeNary. with whom he Is Al great
er variance on domestic and for
eign issues than his speech Of se-
ceptance shows him to be with the
president"
In New York, Edward J. Flynn
made his first speech IS the new
Democratic national chairman, at
lacking Wilkes acceptance speech
and appealing for small donations,
saying that I'VE cannot match. we
do not want to match. the slush
fund of the opposition"
Ickes praised wilIkie for rising
above partisanship IN several parts
of his acceptance speech, but ehal-
lenged him to reject the Cough
linites. the bundists and other fas-
cists who are rsllying to his sup
port"
Thanking Willkie for endorsing
some form" of selective service,
Ickes attacked wilkes assertion
that the president is issuing in
flammatory statements and indulg-
ing in manufactured panics."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21
Housing Group
Holds Session
Coin and Andrews
Meet With Wush

Tacoma. fivs-man bard dlrsst-
lnr ne sltys minlon=aeilsF heas.
inK pre1eet - shsefesd n n
aazaax session Tuesday. nsssllnk
fer re flrst business conference
Tine aut sas eAflea feF = hfasf
eeflea IN ths afternoon. = kiss
~ay fer another session necessary
- start ths plan speeding = Wash.
lnktan. i. {. fer approval
Mel VIVA w..a
MAYER Harry CAN - Harry
". Andrews chairman q the leehi
housing authority, planned N
afternoon session - NeChefi field
With col Carlyle Wash. - fefmu.
lste the plans according 10 Re
qulred prolect Specifications.
The housing group again took
ap IRE subject uren he return
Of Chairman Andrews from the
field.
Purpose Of the Tuesday meeting
Vas 10 get al available infefma-
ton from housing authorities from
California. who wers lending
assistance 10 The new commission
BY scqnainting the members With
procedure IN like projects through.
cut tns nation.
Hope for sped
With the throttle open wide. .
the commission hoped 10 have the
plan. calling for construction 81
$50 homes costing about 5000
each and % he occupied by non.
commissioned officers from the
field. headed for Washington be.
fore the week = over.
The meeting was held IN An
drews' office In the Pacific First
Federal Savings a Loan Co.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21
Thief Takes
3 Monkeys

Every policeman On ths fores
became = potential bring en- hses.
alive Frank Buck Tuesday. - The
result Of Richard v. Whitmans
appeal
Whitman. who lives ~ s2nss So
J Il. reported 10 Detective Captain
Clin Osborne that = thief stole
THREE Jaynnsae hlnsz hsiiisd mon
keys. alive and Lively. from a cage
In the rear Of hh garage.
The pets. taken during Whit
mans absence from home ssfs
tao females and one male. aged
five. seven and nina months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21

entertainments sssiax fsF -.
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80 ~ nsHsf shsnlsf - rlsFas
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eseels1saa 80 KEeslsH Hsss ~
tafes snsffans= 81 safh ktesn
100 - 10 sInhalaass flnd ~
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asafas Michel president. stuart
nFYan. treasurer - ~ 81
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re amount - practical rians =
iHEFssss fanas aseas.f MT eniY faf
ssfetes n the naaHasa 81 faf
ssSiHF snd snItslaK supplies
NJ A A Illftan hsaa - -
Northwest sensn IN ~ Cross
saFh fer lhs at 49,. havlnk ran
s~ntsd - nfranles sush service
hsfs. made hsF flfss fepeft - -
bard he iawntasn center. seea
= - epenef. eIil - presided assf
~ NJ Hutton sha = sHHatihE
many helpers Already n fHil
operation A. 10 sewing and INIT
ilar rsams Wells hall. No ~ snB
\ sts ~ =. T Underwood.
chairman. = ensn Tuesdays 81
Fridays ffem II = J eslesA aad
Ars Douglas Price manages Ilss
xafk IN - John. parish hall
south Tacoma. saeA Tuesday ana
Friday II to same hours Hsx
Arthur nsll offers 81 Lukss eam
munltY house To- = North 81 cen
ter and ethsfs will be opened sstan
rev A y sihasF. ana nsx
Walter Nplaln II ruyallup. jerry
Walters. afs Stuart Clark pub
heitY chairman Afs A NJ
Guthrie. benefit entertainments
shared discussion u serk ansaa
shlls British. scotch Welsh al
Irish leaders announced events
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21
Pension Plan
Is Discussed
Present Druft
May Be Altered

Tscoma's iong-discussed pension
and retirement plan fer city en-
ploves headed toward probable
passage Tuesday. aS CITY fathers
took last. intent leok At TIE
ordinance.
The council. meeting aS 4 CON-
mittee Of the whole in the office
Of Mayor Harry Cain. assigned the
city corporation counsel TO study
possible changes in the present
draft. and prepared to vote on the
plan At the council meeting We'd
nesday.
May Face Competition
Probability that the measure. II
passed. vii face competition with
and may force changes in the state
enabling act that gave it birth
was expressed.
Couneilmen were emphasizing
as important points in the code
the necessity Of home rule against
state rule. investment of pension
funds at 3 per cent. establishment
of maximum sI25 monthly pen
sion. settlement of age. mandatory
and voluntary retirement regula-
tons. elimination of payments Of
more than the required share by
each employee involved. selection
of the seven-man administration
board. and. finally. the spirit be-
hind passage and agreement as to
operation and effect.
Asset or Burden
We on the council feel that
putting into effect pension
system can be the biggest boost
in the right direction we've ever
had, both for the public and city
employees" Mayor Cain stated.
THE importance of the system
depends upon how 1t Is admin
istered. whether 1T will be an asset
or a burden to the community"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21
New Deal Nothing
For Nozism. Cloim

WASHINGTON - Sen. styles
Bridges. r. \. Il. replying II
Secretary q Interior Hsrold /
Iekes. declared today that the SeN
DIAL = nothing but N American
form II nazisms and that Iekes -
= Hitler in short pants"
Republican Presidential Nominee
Wendell L. winkie had designated
Bridges 10 reply To a speech lekes
delivered last night.
iekes. making an administrs-
ton answer to Wilkes acceptance
address. had characterized wnikie
as ..the simple. barefoot Wall street
lawyer He said wilkes charge
that President Roosevelt may be
melting the country 70 war was
''contemptibie." and that the Re-
publican party was a party Of pro-
Maxi appeasement.
Bridges said that 1ekes. like
Hitler. rs professional rahble
rouser who never succeeded at any
thing else"
Regarding fckes' statement that
Mr.. Roosevelt could not adjourn
the battle of Britain To debate
with Wilikie On a common plat
form. Bridges declared in a state
ment through the Republican ma
tional committee:
The keeper of the White House
umbrella rushed to his masters aid
against the challenge OF Wendell
Willkie for free and open joint
discussion Of the issues before the
nation. Is Franklin d. Roosevelt
too proud TO discuss the distressing
economic issues facing the ma
ton :"
Bridges scored the administra-
ton for alleged delay in arming
this country:
Adolf Hitler rose TO German
power a few months before Roose-
welt took over the American presi-
dency. Hitler's plans were known.
They were published. The secret
reports Of our foreign agents con-
corning German rearmament were
not pleasant news. So they were
filed in the White House waste
basket until election year. And
the congress and the people were
kept in total ignorance Of the
dreadful portents on the European
horizon which President Roosevelt
alone could have disclosed"
RUsHynLE, Ind.-wendel1 I.
Willkie today Cancelled arrange
ments for a radio rebuttai to
Secretary of the Interior Harold
L. Ickes and renewed his challenge
to President Roosevelt that they
debate the issues Of the campaign
from the same platforms.
Il am going to keep on asking
for the debate, boys" Willkie said.
after hearing Tckes' speech. Lin
coin did not think 1T was unworthy
or undignified to debate and
neither did Daniel webster
He said he was "astonished that
the president of the United States
would authorize such a speech.
The statement of Mr.. Iekes
that am or ever was member
of Tammsny Hall and his implica-
ton that ! ever approved of the
activities of Samuel insult or that
have any business connections
of any kind today are plain and
simple falsehoods," Willkle said.
AS a matter of fact, I specifically
opposed insult and voted for Mayor
LaGuardia.
The only truthful reference TO
me in the whole speech Ia that I
rent a small apartment al 1910
Fifth avenue. about q mile away
from Mr.. Roosevelt's town house. +"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21

Spirit of competition seems
pretty keen between the cities Of
the northwest, and maybe some
of them have the drop" on Ia
coma. But they have to 20 some
before they can produce a three
legged chicken.
This freak Of nature was re-
ported Tuesday BY Mrs.. Lillian
Klug. RI. 3. Box 3e5. Summit.
The chicken. three days old. be-
longs to her daughter, Luells.
The oddly. cross between q
banty and Rhode Island. vas
Matched on the Klug premises.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21
White 10 Address
S. T. Kiwanians

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ths sHhisst - - address -
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president 81 sIes president. 80
80 attending fhs district sanssn=
ten in auokans
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21
Stevenson Back
From Washington

T. A. Stevenson, manager of the
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce,
was back at his desk Tuesday
after 10 days in Washington, D.
c. With Mayor Harry p. Cain, he
represented Tacoma before the
housing authority and the federal
communications commission. As
indicated by developments since
the return of Mayor Cain. who
came back a week ago, Stevenson
said the matter of providing homes
for Est commissioned officers
at McChord field is working out to
the satisfaction of the federal
authorities.
Concerning the outcome of the
attempt of Seattle radio interests
TO eliminate Tacoma as a Column
bis system outlet. he was not so
optimistic. Taking the evidence
at its face value. said he, 1t ap-
pears that Tacoma may have been
sold down the river.
we ran into a lot of ramifica-
tons, political and otherwise" he
said. What happens will depend
on the action of the chamber
board of trustees. I am making
my report to the board Tuesday
afternoon"
Involved in the matter is suit
for 100000 filed by the Seattle
radio station against the chamber.
II you're not using IL. sell 1t with
a Fast Action Times Want Ad
Phone Main 1851.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21
Mariin-for Governor
Club Is Organized Here

Backers of the present state adj
ministration met Sunday and or
ganized "Martin-for- governor"
club. Morey r. Welsfield WAS
elected president by the group,
and groundwork was laid for an
active program in the near future.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21

SPOKANE - Arthur Cory. Che
halls. Wash. was elected governor
of the Pacific Northwest district
Of kixanls international here
Tuesday. Salem. ore. defeated
Vancouver. y e. ia 10 -. a. the
1e4l convention site. Cory sue.
ceeds Jack II. Godfrey. Portland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21

ply Co. and Home Electric Co. all
Of Tacoma: Porcelain Products,
Inc. Psrkerrburg. W Va, Corning
Glass Co. Corning. n. Y. Maydsll
and Hsrtzell Co. Portland, Ore.
Lapp Insulator Co, n. Y and the
Ohio Brass Co. Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-21
People in
The News

Lnuiile Fairbanks. e2.yeef-eia
actress nIAaA - - 1afA nauxsA =
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II you're not using II. sell 1t with
a Fast Action Times Want Ad.
Phone Main 1851.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
DC. Employment
And Pay Rolls Show
Gain Over March
Secretary Perkins Says
Skilled Mechanics Supply
Adequate for Defense

Employment in the District of
Columbia increased OF per cent
and pay rolls gained 0.5 per cent
from March to April, Secretary of
Labor Perkins announced yesterday.
Employment in Maryland showed
q OIL per cent increase, though the
April pay rolls declined IL per cent
over March. Employment in Vir-
ginia dropped 90 per cent and pay
rolls declined Is per cent.
According to figures assembled
by the Bureau Of Labor statistics,
non-agricultural employment in the
United States remained nearly sta
tionary in April. Ordinarily there
is substantial gain at this time
Of the year.
Sees Ample Mechanics.
At her press conference yester-
day Secretary Perkins said there
would be no shortage of skilled me-
chanics to carry out the emergency
national defense program. There
may be a shortage, she said, in
few areas, but she sees no reason
to believe that industry will not
be able to employ all the skilled
mechanics it needs to carry out
national defense orders.
OF the 80 manufacturing indus
tries surveyed by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, 60 showed decreases
in employment and so in pay rolls
from March to April, Secretary
Perkins announced.
Cites Gains in Factories.
Factories stimulated directly or
indirectly by Government or war
time orders continued to absorb
additional employees" she said. EN-
ployment in aircraft, machine tool
and engine manufacturers again
increased to new highs in April.
Aircraft firms employed nearly
twice as many workers as last year
and makers Of machine tools and
OF engines both reported a gain of
more than so per cent from 1899.
Shipyards had about one-third
more workers than a year ago, with
the highest level of employment
since 1921. Manufacturers of ex-
plosives showed a gain of IS per
cent over April of last year."