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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
Nazi Bombs
lust Miss
Paul ReYnaud
Resigned Premier
OF France Escapes
Death by Margin
People IN WAR NEWS

"shisfs e"ssfnef ors's asft w
charge Of Parts Ia turn the city
OVER "a IN. invading Germans re.
-, .,... a. a..
irk'es pour ih'e"sh 'e' ''S'
This IL = rotten way TO end a
military career" Frances war
er.o,,, Paul p,vn.,,a ~ho p.
@'k"'' summary ~" ''
WINK nv " 'f'sn"'
was travelling :" interview WIN
s'e" sh"frhha hnEhsh p'hhs nun
ls.er' near h"r1eaus -
Robert Mont gom~fy, motion pie
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
Land Victory
Not Expected

French cessation of hos
tilities has caused the war
against Germany and Italy
10 revert TO its original
strategy of a starvation sea
blockade as the only way
of possible victory.
At the outset Of HOSTILE
ties the allies had no ex-
pectation Of winning the
war on land, and were not
prepared for open field
fighting. They counted. on
the strangulation efforts Of
the British and French
fleets and the Maginot line.
What disposition now viii
be made Of the French navy
must have an influence ON
the future course of events.
Should France surrender
her warships 10 the Ger
mans. the power Of the
blockade continued by the
British navy alone viii be
weakened, though not nee
essarily 20 a fatal extent
The primary weakness viii
consist Of the long French
Atlantic coastliDe, offering
new ports Of entry for
goods for Germany, which
will have to be added 10 the
present limited North sea
blockade area. The British,
however, could overcome
that defect TO some extent
by increasing the number
Of their merchantmen con
verted into armed auxiliary
cruisers.
II the Germans take over
the French fleet, il would
require a considerable time
before the ships could be
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
.inson Bill
Calls for "a
Warships
Introduces Act
After F. D. Okehs
Previous Measure
BULLETIN


WASHINGTON - Administra-
ton leaders today gave up all
hope Of ad1ourning congress this
week and instead announced that
the crisis resulting from Frances
capitulstion makes II necessary
for greater effort TO complete the
defense program.
WASHINGTON Chairman Carl
Vinson Of the house naval affairs
committee Monday introduced a
new naval expansion bill calling
for % per cent increase In the
u. s. navy by the addition of ~
warships al an ultimate cost OF
81, ZOO, 900, 900.
Ninson introduced the
measure less than nm hour
after President Roosevelt had
signed another naval eS-
psnsion bill for nm II per
cent Increase In fighting ton
nage-representing % new
warships.
Vinson said that an $50 600. 900
deficiency appropriation would be
asked for Immediately 10 start the
new program. II would increase
to 2s4 the number OF ships being
built by the navy. he said.
The new bill would authorize
construction OF another 37p. 500
fighting tons as follows:
Aircraft carriers, 10. 500 tons.
three ships.
Cruisers. 1875 900 tons. II ships.
Desiroyers. so, 100 tons. III ships
Submarines. $4,000 tons. ~ ships.
The navy department estimates
that by expenditure Of $50. 600. 900
In industrial yards this program
can get underway Immediately"
Ninson said.
Vinson said that he hoped 10
get his committee 10 report the
bill after a hearing Tuesday and
get 1t through the house before
the end OF the week.
Mr. Roosevelt gave his approval
10 the first Vinson measure shortly
before the senate began debate on
the house-approved tax bill for
immediate payment Of part Of the
IS, 900 .oo0,o 600 defense program.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
Hospital Case Is
Before Court Again

OLyMPIA-The supreme court
Monday opened it's final full week
Of hearings in the Aay-June term
Of court. with five cases up for
argument
For the second time the court
heard the appeal Of Louis Henry
Miller seeking damages against
the Sisters Of ST Francis for burns
received by his young son in the
Tacomss 81 Joseph hospital
operated by the order.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
II u. S. Army
Men Killed
In Air Crash
One Ship Smoshes
Into Home. Woman
Severely Injured

NEW YORk-E leven army
filters were killed Monday when
two United States army bomhers.
on maneuvers out of Mitchell field.
crashed in mid-air and piled up in
flames on the streets of Bellrose
Manor. in Queens.
The planes. twin-motor B-1s-A
Douglas bombers. took off from
Mitchell field Monday morning for
maneuvers with student filters
aboard.
One maneuver called for one
bomber 10 pass unde- another.
The under plane was not low
enough, IL was announced off
cially, and the wings OF the
two ships locked and almost
Immediately both ships plum
meted to earth.
-Four planes. two bombers and
two pursuit ships. were in the
original formation. The smaller
craft escaped the tangle and head
ed back for Mitchell field as the
bombers were falling in flames.
The army reported these dead
in the wreck:
IN BOMBER 9-B-45:
LIST Lieut.. Paul Burlingamc. IT,.
pilot, formerly of Louisville Ky.
who lived at Mitchell field with his
wife and two children.
End Lieut.. James +. Dow, Houl-
ton, Me.
End Lieut.. Hugh Palmer Bedient,
(29 Exeter st. Williston Park,
formerly OF Falconey, N. Y.
Sgt. Martin J. Costello, New
Bedford. Mass.
Corp. T. r. kraszewski, Gullens-
berg, n. J.
Pvt. Clinton o. Rhodes, Clinton,
n. J.
IN BOMBER 9-B-43
End Lieut.. Richard VI. Bylander
Continued on Page 5. Column 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
No Change Is Seen
In Passport Ruling

SEATTLE - The chamber Of
commerce lost the first round 10
the government Monday in an at
tempt 70 ease passport restrictions
which will become effective july /
against Canadians.
The government said no change
was foreseen in the Law with re-
spect 10 tourists.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
British Face
and
Italy Alone
French Fleet May
Be Used in Attack
Against Empire

Great Britain. its empire and It's
national life at stake, faced Ger
many and Italy alone Monday
with the threat of an imminent
German invasion and the posi-
bility that the French fleet, second
most powerful in Europe, might be
turned against it.
1t was disclosed now that
French surrender had been
expected, that french military
leaders had decided long ago
that the German blitzhrieg
could not be stopped unless
the United States and Britain
gave aid on scale which
proved impossible.
II was disclosed that there had
been an agreement between Britain
and France that, If French re-
sistance on the continent became
impossible, the French would carry
on with its air force and its navy
and the resources of the French
empire as a government in exile.
Today, when Marshal Phil
ippe Petain announced that
France had asked for German
peace terms, IL was not even
known what would happen to
the fleet, and whether Frances
naval base In the Mediter-
ranean basin would be turned
over TO Germany.
The British cabinet had met at
IL a. m, 90 minutes before Pc
tain's announcement, to consider
a situation which it was known
would arise at any moment.
Every official statement had
emphasized that Britain would
fight on alone, II necessary
$1,000. 900 people against the
125,OO0,OO0 of Germany and
Italy.
1t was up to the government to
decide what the effect of the
French capitulation would be.
whether the United States might
send sufficient aid to make a fight
possible that would not end in total
ruin for Britain and its empire.
Though well informed people
here had expected the French de-
cision when Petain took office,
there had been no indication this
morning that it was coming.
Just before Petain spoke, the
French high command had issued
its morning communique:
"Combats continue in the
region of L'Aigle and Chateau
Dun on the line of the Loire
river (France's final defense
linel and south Of Avalon.
The enemy crossed the Saons
at certain points and is advancing
in the direction of Doubs.
The situation is without change
In upper Alsace, where the enemy
has not succeeded in crossing the
canal leading from the Rhone to
the Rhine"
IL read like any other com
munique, but for France 1t
was the end. Germany had
cracked the Maginot line,
separated 1t from the main
armies. and enveloped it from
the rear.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
wAsifIsGToS

NA-bfNSfON - Secretary u
Interior Harold T.. iekss today
created a special defense resources
committee within his department
70 coordinate control Dger stra-
tegle minerals. electric poNsr. coal
AMI other national defense essen
tails
The COMMITTEES viii be headed
BY First Assistant Secretary H.
X BgrlsN.
Iekss told the group that he
wanted them 10 slash red tape
and pfoeedgfal delays IN assisting
the new national oefenzs advisory
commission Or any other federal DE.
paftmsnt or agency working On
the defense
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
BASEBALL

NATIONAL LEAGUE
81 Louis 60. 100 700 Deg--s 7 .
Brooklyn -. 100 900 oeo--i Z
Sboun and Owen. TsmDlls. kim
ball 49, and Phelps. MAnouso.
Cincinnati $50 00e sli---s y
Philadelphia iIo ooo eoo--s o
Vsndermser. Moore ~ and
ombsrdi. Beck and Atwood
list gamer
Pittsburgh 060 100 0g6--s = o
boston go. .DZi 1sj0 0,r---3 ~ o
AacFsydsn, tanning a.. HeiBt-
zelmsn ~ and Lopez Poasdel and
Berries
Chicago 900 beo 0I9---i q o
Nes York e0i eo0 iDs~-z o
Root. EaffenabsfEer ~ ard
HartDett. Dean and ODea.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
Eagles End Meeting

ktBkbf1 Eagles u Nssn.nG-
ton ana British Columbia closed
their 18Th annual convention late
Sunday bY ds0oDne,ng ~Fifth
Column" activities In the United
States
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18

effectively operated A
modern warship necessi-
tates large crews Of high
technical skill. Germany Is
deficient in scientifically
trained naval reserve per-
Continued on Page IA, Column ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
Minneapolis Crash
Futul to Tocomon

MINNEAPOLIS Oscar Erick-
son. 81. Of Tacoma, Wash, was
killed here Sunday in an auto
accident.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
BULLETINS

CAIRO, Egypt - The Royal
Air Forces middle east COM
mand said today that British
planes had bombed the Italian
naval base at Tobrouk. Libya,
extensively damaging ammuni-
ton and gasoline dumps" and
the nearby towns Of Eladen
and Elgubbi.
WAsHINGTON-Seeretary Of
the Treasury Henry ,Iorgen-
thau. Jr., said today he had been
Informed that the British would
take over all French war equip
ment contracts In the United
States.
WASHINGTON - President
Roosevelt today signed an order
freezing an estimated $1,000
900. 900 Of French credits in the
United States 10 prevent Ger
many from cashing in on any OF
the holdings which it might
seize
CARLO - Premier Ali Maher
Pasha ssid today that Egypt
would not declare war ON Italy
because OF recent frontier clash
e.. lie said such Incidents were
capable Of diplomatic adjust
neut
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
WEATHER FORECAST

Pair tonight. partly cloudy Md.
Temperatures Nigh, 81; Io~, 10.
sun rises, i;Ii, sets. e;Ds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
Work Rushed
On Ship Here
To Luunch Vessel
Aheod OF Time

Promising 10 he landmark In
Tscomss maritime annals. first NJ
the si5.foot m0torshlps will be
launched ~ the Aeasfis-Tscoma
shipbullding corporations yards On
Aug l.
In making the announcement
Monday. Waiter l.. Green, general
manager. particularly stressed the
credit due the go wofhmsn EN-
ployed ~ the big plant
'sThe boys ~ the Tin hats and
ovsralis are entirely Responsible
for our splendid record - date
Only by virtue u tnair fine spirit.
skin and much Precipitation ars ~r
abis % launch our first weasel
ahead u schedule. Green said.
i1rst In Country
According 20 information OBJ
tanned from the r. n martins
commission and other shipyafds
throughout the country. the an.
named Hui No H. uili be the
first CT type passenger cargo
ablp 10 BE- launched snyubsrs. de-
spite the contract for construction
wss one ~ the last awarded.
Hssi for ths big snip vas laid
March ,. Al vhieb time o,oy ciafs
snes -. Martin. the nayofs II
Tacoma aad Seattle and auasf.
oiis other dlgnllsriss Dsfiesaisd 1T
impressive ceremonies Witnessed
BY several thousand persons
opss 10 Public
Similar ceremonies u distinctly
festive nature will attend ibs
launching The yards viii - op.n
10 the public
Monday ihf vessel Has - per
cent complete az ths gigantic
aisrn-frsme. weighing nsariy 20
tons. nss sst lni0 place
Ths BIZ steel piece ~as east by
Columbia Steel Corp ~ PitisDsirg.
Calf brought here by rail. and
nsehine1 BY the Pacific Iron q
Steel Co ~ Tacoma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
PHILADELPHIA =

PHILADELPHIA - The Re
publican national convention
platform committee today se-
leeted Herbert X. Hyde Of Okla
bona. Dewey-for-Presldsnt
delegate. temporary chairman of
the program committee.
WASHINGTON - The HOUSE
today passed unanimously and
sent TO the senate ball iDereas-
ing the authorized strength Of
the 4. ;. army 10 s00, 900 men.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
Marshal Peiain, New
Head Of France, Says
Nation Has Given Up!
Honorable Cessation Of War Sought
From Csrmon High Command; Hitler
Troops Surround Moginos Line
DullGrIhN

L0NDON--Prim~ Minister Winston Churchill aid
tonight that with the british empire around ~.
shall fight until The II Hitler Il lifted firm
the browx VI men,"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18

BANK TRANSACTIONS
Tacoma ...............S2, I65, 900
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The German irslsss saa today that FraHsss rnpifsa
fon had bern proclaimed BY Frenrh Pemsr Marshal HrHr
Psiain and that Adolf Hitter woad mesf wifh HnIinp
Premier Bsnito MHssoH 10 Hfem The asesi leader Of "a
French decision.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
A PLEA FOR PEACE

announced Monday that France had given up the ~
against Germany.
Petain said he had communicated with tina German h
command during The night immediately after taking of
from Paul Reynaud who had been pledged to finish fn
France. he said had communicated with tks Ger
man high command In IN attempt ~ effect m heass.
able cessation of h0stititi~~.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18

As rom az he had taken Of
leagues n1drr President Albert
after. Paul Boudein. The aem 70
comm na,rafioa 10 Joss Feiir DE-
ish Ambassador. for his old fris
Franco. fhs Spanish Nationals
Hitler aud Benifo Mnssoiinl.
indicated. asked Franco 10 conr
hf0h rom saad 1sLiuo for ueaes
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Better Upsky

Reports from Moscow indicate that
baseball, at one time unable to
flourish in Russia, will now be played
there on large scale. It is indeed
mystery how the pastime of bour-
geois, imperialistic America ever
managed to chisel it's way into the
rarefied atmosphere of Utopia. The
equipment is to be made in Soviet
factories, and no doubt each bat
will have generous share of pop
flies built into it, and each glove will
be well supplied with errors. Song
writer's and lyrists are already at
work on the game, and are said to
have turned out a heart -throbbing
ditty about there being no Joy in
Mini Novgorod when Popoff, mighty
Popoff, struck out with the bases full
and was beheaded for ineficiency.
The Yankees, interviewed in this
connection, yawned prodigiously and
declined to worry unduly. They
claim that the box score of the army
in Finland shows that Russians are
usually caught of base and put out
fairly effectively by the home team.
Their batteries, possibly because they
never get warmed up, are usually
knocked out of the box. In one de-
partment only do they shine-run-
ming. If given half a chance they
steal home in spite of everything
that can be done.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Our Navy and Jopon

Japan is watching with interest
and anxiety-every move in Amer
ica's program for strengthening ma
tional defenses, including the Navy.
A spokesman for the japanese I'M
perial Navy expressed great con-
Germ" over the ST ,3OOOOO,OOO naval
expansion plan now before Congress
and over the proposal to improve
harbOr facilities at Guam. Toxic
newspapers referred to the program
as manifestation of this country's
"glaring hostility" toward Japan and
declared that it is an american
menace" likely to precipitate naval
construction race"
That those in control Of Japans
aggressive war machine should be
disturbed over the belated efforts of
the United States to bring it's Navy
to a reasonable degree of effective
ness is, of course, understandable.
Their anxiety, however, surely can
not arise from serious fears that the
United States is planning any ag-
greSsion of its own in the Far East.
But their alarm may grow out of
a natural apprehension regarding
the fate of Japan's campaign of con-
quest and pillage in China, where
the United States and other powers
have vital interests.
AS matter of fact, the current
agitation for twenty-five per cent
increase in the American Navy is to
large extent the result of the wars
in Europe-not of the undeclared
war in the Orient. Japan has been
mentioned only incidentally in the
discussions at the Capitol in connec-
tion with the naval bill. Admiral
Harold R. Stark, chief of naval oper-
ations, in testifying before the House
Naval Affairs Committee this week,
rested his case largely on develop
ments across the Atlantic Ocean,
where new coalitions" of powers,
with ominous potentialities, are
forming. He properly mentioned
Far Eastern conditions" as one of
many elements constituting threat
to world peace, but there was no
suggestion anywhere in his testimony
of a chip -the-shoulder attitude
toward any one. The larger Navy
which he seeks obviously would be
strong enough only for prudent
defense.
The United States has no ulterior
designs on other nations, in the Far
East or elsewhere. 1t has been open
and frank in its naval building pro-
gram, which is more than can be
said of the secretive japanese Navy
Department. The United States can
only guess as to the actual strength
of the japanese Navy-built and
building. 1t is preposterous to say
that in planning larger Navy the
United States is attempting to inau-
gurate a naval race with Japan's
unknown quantity" fleet. Our Navy
was never intended for aggression
but it well might be viewed as a
menace" by any nation with ag-
greSSion in it's heart,
Evening star., 1940-01-12

l. Leap out Of bed.
2. Stand before an open window first
of all, and do breathing exercises.
We have considered the leaping out of
bed business.
Now for those breathing exercises. In
the first place, there was no call for
added breathing. Nothing had been
done, in physical way, to demand in
creased breathing.
1t was foolish and harmful to take
deep breaths before muscular action
called for more air, but we were always
admonished to stand before the viii
dow" etc.
And bending exercises, so-called.
These were the pets of all physical
culturists.
We were to bend, alas, in many and
assorted ways at exactly the place we
didn't relish bending!
Especially that toe-touching one
No manor woman either, for that
matter-ever had any desire to stand
before an open window on a cold
morning and touch the toes.
1t was just something no sane person
would want to do, at least at that time,
and under such conditions
Nevertheless, the victim-and plainly
he was that-Was expected to do it, time
after time
fortunately, some one arose in the
land to declare, with some heat, that
such bending was all wrong, if not
positively injurious.
Instead of uplifting the famous
stomach" this brave man insisted, such
bending exercises really tended to push
that faithful organ farther down.
OF course Most enthusiasts had
believed this all along
Since will power, after all, was the
basic ingredient in exercising, it seemed
fair question to ask:
When is will power at its height?
In the morning, middle of the
morning, afternoon, or evening?
All agreed that exercising too close
after meal was not good. eve have
seen this placed all the way from an
hour afterwards, to three hours Take
your choice)
But here the confusion became greater
than ever.
Stanch advocates of before breakfast
never gave up. This was true, too, of be-
levers in the "just before going to bed'
hour for the health exercises, calisthen-
les, call 'em what one would
So many convert after about 10
days-or less-gave up the whole thing
with an ill-concealed sigh of relief
One decided to give over leaping out
of bed
1t was just too darn much trouble
Evening star., 1940-01-12
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trdce1ceH.

Some one has suggested that early
morning. just after you wake up, is the
wrong time to take setting-up exercises.
Many persons who have tried these
exercises-in will power-will agree.
Surely, if one desires to flop the arms
and legs, and take down the waistline,
by rhythmical motions, with or without
music, some other time of day will do
just as we'll
The convenience of the time no doubt
had great deal to do with its advocacy.
Tumble right out of bed." said the
advocates But few persons ever felt
like tumbling out of bed with such gusto.
Leap out of bed" they chortled.
Drag out of bed, was nearer the usual
motion.
The healthiest persons, notably chill
dren, are draggers out of bed.
Sometimes they have to be hauled out
bodily.
There is man in this town who has
never grown up in this respect, at least.
When he sleeps, he sleeps.
Once when the family was away, he
hired small boy in the neighborhood
to stand in front of his house at an early
hour and wake him up.
One morning he oversight by so many
minutes that he was very angry at the
small boy
"Why didn't you wake me?" he asked.
But I tried to" the youngster said
firmly. you just wouldn't wake"
X **
There is no use trying to tell such a
man to leap out of bed"
No, he comes out turtle fashion, if at all
There is something repugnant to him
about this "one, two. three, four" busi-
ness at such an hour.
Setting-up indeed!
No doubt they do succeed in setting-up,
after certain interval, the Sleep -numbed
faculties. But at what a cost
1t is hopeful sign of the times, per-
haps, that some one dares to say that
there is not enough sugar in the blood
at this time of day to merit such a
procedure.
Yes, 1t must be sugar, and the lack
thereof. Surely no one will ever admit
it is lack of will power
Will power, old-fashioned will power,
is the solution to both exercise and diet
The question remains. however, when
should sheer power of will take COM
mand, and when should it be permitted
to retire?
Any one, by forcing himself to it, can
do pretty successful job of pretending
10 leap out of bed
There were two commandments, of
course, in the old time physical culturists'
morning exercises.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Mine Disaster

The exact cause of the disaster
which probably has cost ninety -one
lives in the BARLEY No. mine of the
Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Corpo-
ration in Mcdowell County, West
Virginia, never may be determined.
1t is the theory of the operators of
the property that some of the men
involved in the catastrophe cut into
abandoned diggings which were filled
with explosive gas. The territory is
known as a dangerous field and elab-
crate precautions ordinarily have
been taken to protect miners against
it's hazards. But an, accident oc-
Cured despite the care of the owners
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Enchuntment

My garden is place of dazzling white,
Transfigured in appearance overnight:
Each rosebush is woman, old and bent,
Shrouded in white: each shrub SPOT
less tent:
Each rounded box hooded sentinel.
Stands guard beside mound know fu,,
well
Conceals the bird bath, which all s,,n,.
mer long
Cooled and refreshed my feathered
friends of song.
Under coverlid, both soft and deem,
My garden dreams of summer in h.,
sleep.
ESSIE SCHENCK BUNTEN