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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
COMPROMISE CLAIM

An ordinance appropriating $50
20 compromise the claim of E. r.
Caillier for medical expense Incl
dent to injuries received by his
son. Edward. was introduced Mon
day. The boy was injured by fall
ing on a detective sidewalk on
Tacoma ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
ARTICLES FILED

Articles OF Incorporation were
filed in Olympia last week by Buff
felen Furniture, Inc. Tacoma. by
J. p. Westbrook, Charles o. Nor
lock and Caroline NJ. slyter. Stock
was listed at SIS. 900.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
Phenomenal Rise Of Willkie
Shown in Institute S Survey
Republican Nominee. Chosen in Philo-
delphio. Passed Opponents Lost Week
By Institute of Public Opinion

ing popular rise of Wendell l. Wikie rank-and-file
Republican choice for the presdencyone Of the most
veang Of presidential boom madeshows that in
the final days before his actual nomination, Mr.. Wike
passed all other COP candidates and became the first choice
Of his party's grass roots membership.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
EN- ROUTE To LEWIS

Four hundred and fifty artillery
men aboard 66 trucks were expect
ed at Fort Lewis Monday for
maneuvers. The soldiers, regularly
stationed at Fort Scott. Calf,
were in Oregon Sunday night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
Six and Half Millions Now
In Favor Of U. S. Entering
Opposition to This CountrY's Joining
Brituin's Fight Would Be SO Millions
BY DIR. GEORGE GALLUP
Director. American Institute of Public Onininn

PRINCETON, n J.-f the people of the United States
marched to the polls to vote the question of peace
war today procedure proposed in the much discussed
Ludlow referendum panthe final would likely
about 62 million voters in favor of entering the European
war, but approximately 80 millions opposed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09

Ballots from all sections of
the country-covering the In
terviewing between Tuesday
night and the actual nomina-
ton OF Willkie on Thursday
night-show the following d.
vision OF sentiment:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
FRENCH EMBASSY
QUITTING LONDON

LONDON - Marquis de Castel-
lane, French charge d'affairs, to-
day gave Foreign Minister Lord
Halifax written notification that
the French embassy is withdraw
ing from Britain.
French circles said the action
signified French severance OF dip
lomatic relations with Britain but
the British view was that the
situation would be clarified only
after the government of Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain considers
a British reply. now being pre-
pared, TO the French notification.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
The War in Europe
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

were training ones, intended to
familiarize pilots with British
defenses.
Possibly the biggest air fight
Of the war over Britain WAS held
along the southeast coast between
German bomber and fighter planes
and British fighters which drove
them back over the channel.
Coastal residents watched for an
hour fights between groups of
British and German planes. the
British planes supported by strong
anti-aircraft fire from the ground.
Shipyards Bombed
British planes. in turn, bombed
German shipyards at Bremen and
kiel, the entrance TO the kiel
canal, an arms depot at Emden,
airdromes at Evreux. northern
France; Knocke, Belgium, and
Ypenburg, Holland; barges at
Zwolle. Holland; a canal at Kat
wiki, Holland, and seaplane bases
on Nordeney and Hornum islands.
Germany. Navy planes dive
bombed German fuel stocks at
Bergen, Norway, and started big
fires.
The submarine Snapper. the ad-
miralty reported, attacked two
German ship conveys and, despite
their escort of armed trawlers,
torpedoed five ships.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
TREND DIPS WITH
FRENCH SURRENDER

The latest Of the three surveys
reflects what has happened 10
American opinion since the news
Of the French surrender. From I6
per cent In early June. and from 10
per cent In mid-June. the number
saying they would now vote for a
declaration OF war is Il per cent
or approximately Ga million vot-
ers when applied TO the entire
voting population.
~he actual figures tell the story
OF American public opinion in one
Of the most memorable periods in
U. s. history:
Would Would
Vote Vote
for Against
War War
June 2 latter Battle
of Fiapders. before
Battle of France. :. 1877 s4sS
June IL French
driven back - Italy
enters ............ ~ OIL
Today latter French
surrender .-...... Il 80
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09

velt's rousing Charlottesville
speech June 10. In which he
castigated the European die
tators.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09

Belie,e il or NOT your oliwashday friend Purex il
perfectly amazing cleanser. deodoriier and dsin-
ft>tsnt for the kitchen. Il does things no abrasive
can do take. out deep stains cleans in corners and
hersccn the tile. Try the Purex "Beauty Bath as
described here II YOU don't kno,0 Purex. its high
time YOU got acquainted Get Purex at your sroeers
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22

the apparent assurance with which
he wrote. gave an impression he
had a ''two-sided" mind. IF it
turns out that that is the case"
DR.. Cation said, Il believe the legal
test of did this man know right
from wrong?' is much simpler and
safer guide for society than any
refined and scientific diagnostics of
psychiatrists that would save such
a diabolical monster"
Under CALIFORNIA; little Lind
bergh" law, the abductor of the child
could be executed If the victim
suffers bodily harm. If the victim
is uninjured the sentence Is life
imprisonment without possibility of
parole.
Louis S. Gates, president of Phelps
Dodge Corp, vast copper company
and step-father of the Countess de
Tristan, sent a communication to
newspapers today saying lat any
time there is information that can
be given out. I shall promptly COM
municate with all of you"
Il want to make certain that we
do nothing that will be contrary to
the wishes Of the man who holds our
child" he wrote. MY statements
will necessarily be limited in order
to not do anything which might in
terfere with contacts by the man
Choriff Jopooc r McCroth of Co =,
Mateo County said I'VE are abso-
lutely abiding by our promise to
the family and we have Withdrawn
completely from the case"
Chief of Police c. M. Hirschey OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22

Hillsborough said I'VE are pursuing
a hands-off policy. The first mo
ment there is real break it will be
made public promptly"
He said he had no idea how the
kidnaper might make contact with
the family. whether by telephone.
telegram or letter, but he speculated
that friend, possibly in San
Francisco, might be used as an
intermediary.
Hillsborough lies midway along
the slender San Francisco peninsula
which is f1anked on the East by
San Francisco Bay, and on the West
by the Pacific Ocean.
To the west of the De Tristan
home, beyond the confines Of the
fashionable neighborhood, three
ranges of hills reach north and
south. The most westerly slopes
down to the ocean beach.
F. B. !. Ready to Act
If Child Is Returned
BY the Associated Press.
j. Edgar Hoover said today that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22

the Federal Bureau Of Investigation,
along with other law-enforcement
agencies, was holding aloof from the
Marc de Tristan kidnapping case to
afford opportunity for the child to
be returned
The i. B. I. director said the
Omen would cooperate fully with
the family's request for opportunity
to contact the kidnapers, but that
after the 3-year-old boy was safely
home ut Is another matter"
Ofhcials pointed out that this was
the first major kidnapping in which
the F. B. I. could not tap telephone
wires.
Attorney General Jackson placed
an absolute ban on overlapping by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22
'Brovo! La Guordio AppIouds
London's Resistance to Raids

five years you will be bidding for
the airplane tourist business as well
as for that of those who come in
automobiles.
He said his department estimated
there would be 10000 to 100000
pilots in the country in 1941 and
that a six-year 100000 900 airport
building program should be under
take INTO meet the Nations full de-
tense and peacetime aviation needs.
Sidney Hillman, in charge of labor
supply for the National Defense
Advisory Board, reported that labor
and management had co-operated
admirably" in speeding up pro-
duction for defense.
There has not been a single
serious interruption, strike or stop
page in American defense indus
tries since the commission was ap-
pointed" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22

Federal agencies last spring as the
result Of Supreme Court decisions
which he said appeared to leave no
loophole which would permit such
practices even in combating the
most serious crimes.
Legislation is pending in Con-
gfess which would permit the use
of overlapping in national defense
cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22

English metrop-
oils voiced de-
fance to Nazi
invasion, a n d
Mayor F. H. La
Guardia replied
with a Bravo,
London!"
In a broad
C as t to t h e
United S t a t e S
Conference of
M a y ors, S ir
George Broad
bridge, orm e r
Lord Mayor of
London, declar-
ed London has
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Continued From First Page

CONTINUED From First Page)
of little Marc above all other con-
siderations and consequences.
DR.. Joseph Cation of San Fran
cisco, noted psychiatrist, said the
kidnaper's reference to his own in
telligence and enlightenment" and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22

we pray loI
the speedy and
successful COM
pletion of your
great fight. We
are praying for
you. Thumbs up,
London, thumbs
up!"
The overseas
Xc h a n 6 e of
views came in
the closing seS-
sion of the con-
ference at which
La Guardia was
reelected presi-
dent for a fourth
consecutive tern
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lardia assured him

Robert H. Hinckley, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, told the
Conference that within the next
pressed on the possibilities of in
creased illness on part of the civilian
population. However, thus far there
was no evidence of any undue
amount of illness because of the war.
Gen. Strong declared that thus
far no secret weapons have been
employed in the battle of Britain,
though he said the British recently
have brought out an improved de-
Tense weapon which has proven ef-
fective. He did not disclose its
nature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22

steeled herself Tor resistance and
victory" and said the city would be
defended to the last as "the very
bulwark of civilization as we know
it"
Mayor La Guardia assured him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept 2l.-Embattled
London and tranquil New York
were linked briefly today by trans
Atlantic radio while a leader of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
TAX COLLECTIONS
REVEAL RECOVERY
States Gas And Sales Tax
Receipts Climb Sharp
ly Over 1898
Star-NeWs Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

Nh -,
RALEIGH, Jan. 2.-Business was
better in 1899 than in 1888 as every.
one except a few of the most con-
llrmed pessimists will admit; but
nothing shows this fact more clear
ly than the sharp increase in sales
and gasoline tax collections in North
Carolina during the year whose last
leaf was just torn from the calen-
dar.
1t is these two items which are
watched with hawk-like keenness as
true induces of the ebb and flow OF
prosperity and general business &C.
tivity. During 1888 neither showed
anything approaching an ebb, as
sales tax revenues climbed almost
9 Del cent over 1898 to a total Of
$~ll.597,133.38 for the IL months;
while at the same time gasoline gal
lona3e levy collections rose slightly
more than six per cent to $25 $780,
67S.37, the first time in the states
history that this form of tax has
ever passed the $685. 600, 900 mark for
any consecutive IL months.
These calendar year figures, work.
ed out by your reporter from the
Department of Revenues monthly
collection reports, check very well
with the cumulative totals on the
departments December statement
which showed an increase of 8.71
per cent in general fund collections
for the first six months of the cur
rent fiscal year, and an increase Of
$40 per cent in highway division
revenues.
Summing the whole thing up, it
appears from these two induces that
North Carolina enjoyed at least a
seven and a half per cent increase
in business over 1898; though the
excess of sales tax increase over
that shown by gasoline also indi-
Gates increased efficiency in collec-
ton Of the general three per cent
levy on retail sales.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
Constipation Relief
That Also
Pepsin-izes Stomach

When constipation brings on acid indi-
gestion, bloating, dizzy spells, gas, coated
tongue, sour taste, and bad breath, your
stomach is probably loaded up with GER
tain undigested food and your bowels don't
move. So you need both Pepsin to help
break up fast that rich undigested food in
your stomach, and Laxative SIENNA to pull
the trigger on those lazy bowels. So be
sure your laxative also contains Pepsln.
Take DR.. Caldwells Laxative, because its
Syrup Pepsin helps you gain that won
derfulstomachcomfort, while the Laxative
SIENNA moves your bowels. Tests prove the
power of Pepsin to dissolve those Jumps of
u!ndigested protein food which may linger
in your stomach, to cause belching, gastric
acidity and nause This is how pepsin-
izing your stomach helps relieve it of such
distress. At the same time this medicine
wakes up lazy nerves and muscles in your
bowels to relieve your constipation. So see
how much better you feel by taking the
laxative that also puts Pepsin to work on
that stomach discomfort, too. Even fin
icky children love to taste this pleasant
family laxative. Buy DR.. Caldwell's Lax
ative-.Senna with Syrup Pepsin at your
druggist todayl
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
''oVo Census Takers
lake Field In Nation

bmouaasHINGToN, Jan. 2-Q,-six
knoos'lu men and women began
2oo ona today at the doors of g.
tab lHyU business and industrial es-
seelI;nA 'nents in the United States,
sus ~ information for the 1910 cen.
IMP 49, business, manufacturing, min
"s and CLARIFYING.
hone way l. census bureau officials
Of " nave the answer to 149 sets
seos sses'ions as grist for the first
businsal inventory Of all American
with ss and industry since 1885,
volrna particular emphasis on trade
Each s' employment and payrolls.
set os BUSINESS will answer only one
,ners me spring, 121, 900 more emu.
gepers' viii take the field for the
ton aecennial census of popula-
agriculture and housing,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
Army Pilots Escape
In Forced LANDING

NEW ALEXANDRIA, Pa, Jan. 2.
army pilot skidded a small
monoplane to an upside down land.
ing in a snow-covered field near
this western Pennsylvania village
early today after a fellow officer
had "bailed out" of the ship.
Lieut.. Dwight B. Johnson, 80, of
Chicago, leaped with a parachute
after the planes gasoline supply ran
out shortly after midnight and a
crash seemed imminent. Lieut.. Stan.
ley Stewart of Kalamazoo, Mich,
who had intended to jump but had
changed his mind, brought the plane
down belly-up in the dark. Both
escaped injury.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
German In u. S. Sees
Quick Win For Nazis

BOSTON, Jan. Up - Edwin
Ernst, 30-year-old Germantown Mil
waukee salesman who returned to
America after three months in a
Nazi concentration camp. is convinc.
ed that Germany will win the war in
two years, provided the United
States and Italy remain neutral.
Interviewed upon his arrival
yesterday. Ernst said his native land
much better off than in 1914,
that Germany was turning out two
a day and that she had
capable of doing 4S7 miles
an hour. He said Germany's needs
were supplied by Italy, Russia and
the Baltic states, and that the only
serious 81 ortage was in fats and oils.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
State College Plans
Truck Driver School

RALEIGH, Jan. 2.-(P)-A safety
school for truck operators will be
held at N. c. State college here Jan.
uary 1918.
The State Truck Owners associa-
ton, the state industrial commits
sion and the state highway safety
division will cooperate with the col.
iege In presenting the two-day
course.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
King Of Italy Heads
Hitler Greeters' List

BERLIN, Jan. 2.-R-King Wit.
torio Emanuele of Italy headed a
list published today of heads of
state who sent Reichsfuehrer Hitler
New Year congratulations.
President Roosevelt, Queen Wei
helmina Of The Netherlands and
Pope Plus XII were not included in
the list supplied to the German
press. Included were Regent Admiral
Nicholas Horthy of Hungary, Gen.
eralissimo Francisco Franco of
Spain, Regent Prince Paul of Yugo-
slavia, King Carol of Rumania, King
Boris of Bulgaria and Premier Mus.
solini of Italy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
Army's Winter Games
To Cost $4,000, 000

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-R-
This winters mass maneuvers of
United States troops in the south
and west and at their home stations
will cost more than $26 5000. 900.
A request for funds was includ-
ed in the $275, 900, 900 deficiency ap.
preparation estimate which President
Roosevelt sent to congress last
month, it was disclosed today.
Much of the money will go for
transporting $4,000 men of stream.
lined divisions from their scatter
ed home stations to temporary posts
in the south.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
Ship Burning Survivors,
Are Landed At Dakar

SEVILLE, Spain, Jan. 2.-LR-
Operators of the Spanish liner Cabo
San Antonio, abandoned last week
enroute from Buenos Aires to Ca
dix when the ship caught fire, an
nounced today $50 passengers and
crewmen ere landed at Dakar,
French West Africa.
The French naval ministry dis
closed yesterday that a French de-
stroyer had picked up survivors from
the Cabo San Antonio, about 500
miles off the African coast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
Dr.. Funk Says Britain
Is Fighting Workers.

SALZBURG, Germany, Jan. 2.-F
DR.. Walther Funk, president q
the R~eichsbank and economics min.
lister, declared today that Britain
sis fighting against the principle
that the workers are to share AZ
far as possible in iife's comforts"
Addressing the Rel: hsbank's local
branch, Funk said that Britain ale
ready is buying up much greater
quantities Of raw materials than are
needed in the expectation that with
these reserves she will be able after
the war to dictate world prices.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
([RMANS PROTEST
CHIP INTERNMENT
Officials Plan To
V' n',vdock Freighter At
" Montevideo

Ian. 2.-LR-The Ger.
BES l;ster to Uruguay has pro-
man n .adav on behalf Of the Reich
ts s''s.t INT internment Of the German 81 man
asaln asr Tacoma by Uruguay II was
ss'sspounced today +,a r.,om.
IN 'i' offered aid to the pocket
n .,,1ssnip Admiral Graf Spec wn men
the la'.' does not make her a war
Vessel. II offic;a,
surpll'' hat Uruguay decided to
qual.''t The Tacoma only IL days
intern inter- tn snt Graf Spec was scuttled.
noSrEv1DEo, Jan. 2-R-with
MAS miniature navy on guard
urusua' sr,, break for freedom by
against 3st.r nny Germ German treighter Ia
'H' 17ruguayan OFFICIALS To-Day
COMA nov ultimate destination"
|conceivably beaching OF the 600
ton vessel. ,
WI c,n+.in Hans Know submitted
,estsrday to internment of his snip
st', expiration Of a Uruguayan uiu-
az ao.t,,n which had confronted the
m Naama with a choice of taking to
lacJ in the face Of British warships
~ becoming a prisoner for dura'
tim of the European war.
''g Ths mort tugboat La Valleja with
~ naval seamen aboard laid along
eide the Tacoma through the night
and a naval officer kept watch
aboard to see that the Tacoma's
snriues remained silent. With him
nm the ship were the captain and
crew Of 60.
The Tacoma's radio equipment was
dismantled as a further guarantee
AGAINST a break for the open sea.
FOREIGN Minister Alfredo GUAM
said the Tacoma would be moved
from her anchorage just inside the
Montevideo breakwater to a dock
within the next two days, pending
q decision on what he characterized
as her ultimate destination"
He did not elaborate or this poln:
NOR would the port authority ex-
pand on an earlier statement that
the merchantmen would be beached.
MoNTEVIDEO, Jan. :. - (P -
uruguayan officials today worked
out measures to make sure that the
interned German freighter Tacoma
would remain a captive here for the
rest of the war and prepared for a
visit from a British man o'war.
Authorities said that the cruiser
Ajax, one Of the three victors in the
battle with the German pocket bat
Admiral Graf Spec Dec. 10,
would arrive tomorrow for a 4S.hour
stay to refuel and provision.
The British colony arranged a
welcome for the ship and crew. She
will bring Rear Admiral Henry Har-
wood, who directed the battle against
the Graf Spec.
In the harbor Uruguay's minia-
ture navy stood guard against a pos
sible break for freedom by the $685.
ton Tacoma, while officials prepared
to intern her crew and dispose of
the cargo of oranges, grapefruit and
nuts. One possibility discussed was
that the freighter would be beached.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
Clarksburg, ". Va,
Claims Safety Record

CLARKSBURG, W. Va, Jan. 2
P-This proud northern West Vir.
ginia city OF 10000 inhabitants to.
day claimed the, distinction of being
the nations safest city Of it's size
for motorists and pedestrians.
Factory whistles and sirens pro-
claimed the passing of 81 months
without a traffic fatality. Congratula-
safety council leaders who are in
vestigating Clarksburg's safest
city" claim.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03

during the last year, compared with
16 in 1888 and "a the year before.
With 1870 major fighting ships,
auxiliaries and small mosquito
fleet" motor torpedo boats and sub.
marine chasers already under con-
struction or ordered, the high COM
mand has asked decided increases in
the building estimates prepared for
congress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
Corbett, l03,
Former SLAVE, Dies

ATKINSON, Jan. 2.-Archie Cor
bett, ~103-year-old former slave, died
December 81 at his home near At
kinson.
Corbett, Familiarity known as "Un-
Gle Archie" in this section, was a
servant Of the late Archie and Hay
wood Corbett Of Sampson county un.
til 1870 when he settled on Colvin's
Creek near here. He is survived by
ten children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
American Enka Plant
Official Ends Life

ASHEVILLE, Jan. 2--CR-Johan-
mis- Van Klink, As, superintendent of
the Chemical and Spinning Depart
ment of the American Enka corpo.
ration plant here, was found shot
to death at his apartment today.
The body was found slumped over
a 20 caliber rifle in which there was
n empty shell. The bullet had en-
tered the mouth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
High Point Man Ends
DUN Life By Hanging

HIGH POINT. Jan. 2.-R-
Leaving behind him a puzzling note
scribbled across the bottom Of a
newspaper, Charles L.. Elliott, 81,
ended his life by hanging himself in
the barn at his home here this
morning, County Coroner Wallace
G. Freemon said.
The note, signed with his initials,
read merely "24 years ago I had it."
Members of his family said Elliott
had been grieving over the death of
his wife in November.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03
Col. Peck To Command
u. S. Marines In China

SHANGHAI, Jan. 2-CP-Col. De-
witt Peck arrived today on the liner
Coolidge 10 take command
of the fourth regiment here, largest
United States marine corps force
overseas.
Until Nov. IA Peck was chief of
sta of the fleet marine force at San
Diego. He succeeds Col. Joseph c.
Fegan, stationed here Is months,
who will return for duty at Wash
ington.