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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-17
Miss Hill Named
Zonta Delegate

A plan TO promote the study Of
public and international problems
arising from the present world
crisis, with a view to more intelli-
gent cooperation in their solution
will be drafted at the twentieth
annual convention of Zonta Inter-
national June 1928 at the Stanley
hotel. Estes Park. Colo. Zonta is
classified service club of women
executives who have attained lead
ership and distinction in their re-
spective fields.
Miss Claudia Hill, president, will
leave next week for Colorado to
represent the Zonta club OF Ia
coma at the convention.
With the twentieth anniversary
theme. "Woman's Contribution to
Social and Economic Change as
the keynote, convention delegates
will listen to an appraisal of zon-
ta's achievements during its 20
years of existence before consid-
ering an expanded service program
that will recognize the new respon-
sibilities that have been thrust
upon women by recent events.
DR.. Helen Pearce of willamette
university, Salem. Oregon, Zonta's
president for the last two years,
will preside at the sessions.
A panel discussion of the topic,
1.-THE Role of Women in De-
mocarcy." conducted by Miss A.
Helen Anderson. supervisor of pub
locations for the Denver public
schools, will be a notable feature
Of the convention.
Taking part will be a group of
western women who have dis
tinguished themselves in the fields
Of education, government, litera-
ture. art and the professions. They
will include Miss Elizabeth Fackt,
assistant director of the Founda-
ton for the Advancement of Social
Sciences at the University of Den
yer; Miss Emily Griffith. founder
of the Emily Griffith Opportunity
school; Mrs. Obie Sue Dunklee,
president of the Colorado branch
of the American Association of
University Women; DR.. Evelyn
Newman. professor of English lit
erature. Colorado State College of
Education; Mrs. Frances Wayne,
feature writer for the Denver
Post; and Mrs. Lenora Mattingly
Weber and Mrs. Marian J. Castle,
writers.
Mrs. Inez johnson Lewis. super
intendent of public instruction for
Colorado and member of the Den
yer zonta club. will speak on THE
Social and Economic Status Of
Women" at the anniversary lunch
con. June %. when the twentieth
birthday Of the organization is
celebrated.
Miss Anne Guthrie, for many
years advisory Y.W.C.A. secretary
in the Philippines. will speak on
women of the Orient" at another
session. Following the convention
Miss Guthrie will sail for Burma
where she will be stationed as
Y. w. c. A. secretary.
What Canadian women are doing
to obtain employment for refugee
women will be told by Mrs. Nan
Cooke, ottawa, at one of the con-
vention programs devoted to inter-
national relations. Miss Meta
Steinfort, Milwaukee. Wis. will
speak on South American Wom-
en-" on the same program. and Miss
Louise Mullen, Denver actress, will
read a play on an international
theme. Mrs. Mabel Putnam Nor
gan, Wallingford. Conn. interna-
tional relations chairman. will re-
port on the activities of her COM
mittee during this session.
Mrs Gladys F. Bogue. New
York. chairman of the Group Ac-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-17
HOLSTER w. c. T. u. Plans

A meeting of special interest
will be held Tuesday evening when
the ladies of HOLSTER w. c. T. U.
and their husbands will be enter
tanned by Mrs. A. A. Lee and Mrs.
B. L. Yount, president, at 7;45
O'Clock IN the home Of Mrs.
Yount, 543l So. Pine st.
Mrs. F. Barwick, Pierce county
president, and Mrs. Rose Hamer,
county membership director. will
be present. A fine program has
been arranged, TO which Mrs. Eliza
McCabe and Miss r. Weber of
Bethune Union will contribute mu-
steal numbers. The Rev. w. A.
Moore will be the speaker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-17
Party Marks Birthday

Mrs. w. II. JOY entertained re-
Gently at party for her son,
Jimmie. on the occasion of his
sixth birthday. The table was dec
grated with pink crepe paper and
spring flowers. Pink candy ia
vors marked each little guests
place at the table. which was set
outdoors.
Those present were Annie Lu-
Pine. Myrna Lacy, Stana Lee
Shaw. Eunice and Joan Smith,
Ronnie Krehbiel and Jimmie. Judy
and Freda Sharon Joy; Mesdames
Freda Connolly, w. ID. Joy. c. H.
Joy, II. c. Smith and Miss Bes-
trice Clarke.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-17
Entertains Half
Hundred at Party

Mrs. A. j. Hagen entertained 81
relatives at birthday party hon.
oring Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Gilbert
son, recently at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Robert Deck.
Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Jay Mccall, Mrs. Wesley Gro
gan, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Grogan,
from Silverton, Ore; Mrs. Wiley
Parson and young son, Alaska;
Miss Marie Johnson, Issaquah; Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Walters, Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Langdalen. Annie
Langdalen, Alma Campbell, Mr..
and Mrs. H. l.. Blue and Shirley
and Denny Blue, Seattle.
Guests from Tacoma included
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Gilbertson,
Mrs. A. E. Birch, Jimmy Birch,
Mrs. Alma Danielson and the
Misses Lorraine, Dorothy and
Irene Danielson, Mr.. and Mrs Jack
Moore and Jackie, Shirley, Phyllis
and Floydie Moore. Louie Gilbert
son and Richard and Maxine Gill
bertson, Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Gill
bertson, Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Grogan,
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hagen, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Deck and Roberta
Mae and Bonnie Lou Deck. Mr..
and Mrs. F. H. Kingwell and Fred
die Kingwell, James Hagen. Mr..
and Mrs. John Morris.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-17
Emmy Cotton Announces
Consolation Of Recifals

Emmy Cotton wishes to an
nounce that the two piano recitals
which she had scheduled for June
IL and Is have been cancelled.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-17
Tabifha Circle TO Meet
With Mrs. Gustafson

Members of Circle Z OF the
Tabitha society Of the First Luz
theran church will be guests
Thursday afternoon at ? o'clock.
at the home of Mrs. r z. Gustaf-
son, 30l5 No. l4th St
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-17

ton council. an organization that
conducts research for eight Of the
leading groups OF business and pro-
fessional women and assists in OBJ
tanning united action on all mat
tiers that concern the welfare of
its member groups. will summarize
the councils activities
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-17

John X. Thompson auxiliary,
L. s. w. ", will meet Saturday
evening in the armory. Mrs. Ed
win Neel is chairman, assisted by
Mesdames Jesse Keyser, G. H.
Wallace, Carl Jacobs and Mrs.
Lind.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Battered Pegasus
Returns, a Victim
OF College Prank
Weather Vune Is Found
In Fraternity House;
BIoodstuins Give Clue

Pegasus will take his stand again
atop the stables operated by Mrs.
Peggy Stewart in the $500 block
of Western avenue NV, but he
will be obliged first to undergo
treatment for his injuries, for he
came home in three pieces last
night.
This Pegasus is a wooden rep
resentation of the winged horse of
mythology which customarily serves
as an emblem of Mrs. Stewart S
riding academy. 1t disappeared last
week and investigating police found
blood spots around the stable which
started them checking hospitals.
Georgetown Hospital reported a
number Of stitches had been taken
there in the lacerated hand of a
young man. 1t soon was learned
that the youth was University of
Maryland student, and Pegasus,
with head, tail and one leg broken,
turned up in fraternity house.
Mrs. Stewart received a call yes
terday from one identifying himself
as the culprit who explained he had
taken the wooden horse while on a
scavenger hunt. had cut his hand
when he slipped from the roof and
would return Pegasus.
When trio of youths brought the
battered weather vane to No. 8 police
precinct station last night, its
owner decided not to prosecute.
She had told police previously that
the horse had been obtained from a
Maryland antique shop.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Allied Aid 10 Norway
Steadily Increasing,
Paris Reports
10000 French Troops
Believed on Way With
British Expedition
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 17.-AlIed REIN
forcements to Norway to bolster the
Norwegian defenses against the Ger
man invaders are steadily increas-
ing, it was understood here today.
1t was said that French as we'll as
British troops are on their way.
Some estimates placed the number
of French troops at about 10000.
Two companies of German in
fantry sustained a severe" defeat
when they attacked a sector of the
western front held by the British,
military sources declared in COM
ment on last nights communique
reporting the engagement.
They said that despite heavy ar
tillery support the attackers were
unable to penetrate the British line
The Germans, estimated at about
600 men, withdrew after violent
fighting, it was said, leaving a
number Of dead.
AS the range of the preparatory
barrage was raised the Germans
countered with heavy machine gun,
rifle and artillery fire. The Ger
mans retreated in confusion, mill
tary informants said.
Other sectors were calm yesterday
and today brought general inactiv-
ity, the regular morning COM
munique saying merely, Nothing to
report"
Scouting flights. however, con-
tlnued and French artillerymen were
said to have broken up groups of
Germans reinforcing Notifications
in the Saar region.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Baltimore Youth S Death
In Marsh Called Murder
nv tho Aeeoc;otsd prexs

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 1.-THE death
of 14-year-old Thomas Drescher,
whose body was found in a back
river marsh yesterday, was termed
a murder today by DR.. w. P. E.
Wyse, Baltimore County medical
examiner.
DR.. Wyse and DR.. Howard Maldeis,
State medical examiner, agreed after
an autopsy that the youth had died
as the result of a blow on the head.
He had been dead three or four
weeks.
DR.. Wyse said the injuries prob
ably were caused by blows above the
right ear. A piece of billiard cue,
carried on a leather thong, was
found beneath the body.
The youth father, Frank Drescher,
unemployed steel riveter, reported
the boy missing four weeks ago.
Police said Mr.. Drescher had
searched the vicinity frequently and
had often passed close to the spot
where the body was found.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Fairfax County Farmer
Ends Life With SHOTGUN

John c. Cockrill, 70, prominent
farmer of Hunters Station, Fair
fax County, Va, killed himself to-
day by firing a charge from a l2-
gauge shotgun through his heart
while in a barn near his home.
He was found by his son, Ray
Cockrill, a dairy farm operator, who
was visiting at his fathers home
and rushed to the barn after hear
ing the shot. The elder Mr.. Cock
rill is said to have been in i'll health.
A certificate of suicide was is
sued by DR.. R. E. Feagans, acting
coroner of Fairfax County.
Sheriff E. p. Kirby of Fairfax
said Mr.. Cockrill left a note saying:
II am old, and it is time to get
away" The note was signed Dad"
it was said.
Evening star., 1940-04-17

The wave disturbance that was on the
Virginia coast Tuesday morning has ad--
yanced northeastward. being central about
$50 miles east-southeast OF Nantucket.
Mass. with lowest pressure 1016.9 millibars
5000 inches). Another wave disturbance
is central on the Virginia coast. Cape
Henry. l0142 millibars 29.a5 inches.
Another disturbance of considerable in
tensity is moving ast-northeastward over
Southwestern Missouri. Springfield. 999.7
millibars (29 81 inches), with a secondary
disturbance on the Texas coast. Galveston.
1000.3 millibars (29.54 inches). Pressure
is also low over New Mexico and Arizona.
Pressure continues high over Florida. Jack
sonville. 1918 millibars (3O.O4 inches.
and on the South Atlantic coast. Pressure
is high from New England. Portland. Me.
1927 millibars 5000 inchesl. westward
to, North Dakota Devils Lake, 1O23.4
tending south h-southwestward to Eastern
Colorado. Pressure is also high over the
hours light rains have occurred along the
portion Of the Middle Atlantic States. rains
and SHOWS in the Rocky Mountain region
and the Plains States and showers and
thunderstorms in the West Gulf States
and IN the Ohio, the Mississippi and Lower
Missouri Valleys Temperatures have risen
in the. Middle Atlantic States. while they
have fallen in the Middle and Southern
Rocky Mountain region. the Southern
Plains States and in the interior Of the
West Gulf States.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Plans Proceeding
For j. S.-|celandic
Diplomatic Relations
Financial Credits Still
Available; Morse Envoy
Doubts Treason Story
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

Plans for the establishment OF
direct diplomatic relations between
the United States and Iceland, the
North Atlantic island member of
the dual kingdom of Denmark ard
Iceland, proceeded today after initial
correspondence between Secretary
of State Hull and Prime Minister
Herman Jonasson of Iceland.
The Secretary of State State
Department announcement said yes
terday, ''is in receipt of a telegram
from the Prime Minister of Iceland,
informing him that the Icelandic
government is anxious to enter into
direct relations with the United
States.
Mr.. Hull has replied that this
Government is agreeable in the
existing circumstances to the estah-
lshment of Icelandic representation
and hopes itself to open a consular
office at Reykjavik in the near
future"
Iceland Relations Unimpaired.
The step follows the German oc-
cupation of Denmark, whose con-
sular and diplomatic officials have
represented Iceland in the United
States in the past The financial
relations between Iceland and the
United States continued unimpaired
by the war. Jesse Jones, Federal
loan administrator, said that while
credits of $10,0OO,OO0 allocated to
Denmark might be held up, credits
of sl.000,000 allocated to Iceland
were still available if she cared to
use them.
At the same time j. E. Crane.
treasurer of the Standard Oil Co.
of New Jersey, joined the Treasury
Department temporarily to organize
a licensing system for withdrawal
OF Danish and Norwegian funds.
The President last week issued an
executive order forbidding the with
drawal of these funds from the
United States without license.
Stowe Story Doubted.
An official said that license re-
quests received so far totaled little
more than s1,000,0O0, and appeared
to be almost exclusively for settle
ment of commercial transactions
initiated before the German in
vasion. None has been rejected,
and most have been granted.
The principal diplomatic reflec-
ton of the northern war here to-
day was the incredulity with which
Minister Wilhelm Munthe de Nor
genstierne, Norwegian Minister,
greeted the detailed reports by Le-
land Stowe from Stockholm in The
Star of the conspiracy which led
to the German occupation of Nor
way.
Never in our history" the min
lister said at the State Department.
have Norwegians betrayed their
country, and I refuse to believe that
Norwegians have taken part in
this"
The minister was in New York
today.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
House n. |. R. B. Quiz
Resumes Tomorrow:
Amendments Pendino
New Hearings Expected
To 60 Into Economic
Phuse of Enforcement

The Smith Investigating Com
mittee of the House will resume
hearing in its probe of the National
Labor Relations Board at 10 am.
tomorrow it was announced today.
Hearings have been suspended
since early in March, when. after
the completion of months of testi-
mony. majority of the committee
submitted report recommending
drastic amendments to the Labor
Relations Act
The new hearings are expected
to go deeper into the economic
phases of enforcement of the Wag-
ner Act.
Bill Pending in House.
The committee headed by Repre-
sentative Smith, Democrat of Vir-
ginia, has presented in the House a
bill providing for a number of
amendments to the act, including
replacement of the present three
man board with a new board of the
same size; separation of the prose-
cutting and judicial functions of the
board and limitation to six months
OF the back pay which reinstated
employees may receive.
Meanwhile, the House Labor Com
mlttee, to which the Smith bill was
referred, has reported another
bill proposing milder amendments.
These would enlarge the board to
five members, without disturbing the
present personnel; give employers
the right to petition for elections
to settle interunion disputes; give
craft unions the right to recognition
where they muster a majority, and
keep contracts between companies
and unions inviolate for at least q
year.
A parliamentary maneuver in the
House has placed the Smith bill be-
fore the Rules Committee, despite
the failure of the Labor Committee
to report it. and action on the vari-
Gus proposals to amend the law is
expected to reach the floor of the
House at an early date.
May Call Up Norton Bill.
Chairman Norton of the Labor
Committee indicated today that she
expected her bill, as well as the
Smith Committees bill, would be
called up.
The Congress of Industrial Organ
izations issued a statement today
declaring organized employers"
were joining with labor in opposi-
ton to the amendments proposed
in both the Norton and Smith bills.
The Clothing Manufacturers As
sociation of the United States, 1t was
pointed out, had opposed the craft
union amendment in the Norton bill.
This opposition was contained in a
petition to Congress. Other en-
ployer groups, including more than
so silk manufacturers in New Jersey,
were declared to have wired protests
against this amendment.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
U. S. Oil Firm Stops
Drilling in Denmark
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April ia Copenhagen
dispatch to DNB, the official German
news agency, said today that the
Danlsh-American Prospecting Co.,
a subsidiary of the Gulf Oil Corp.
OF Pennsylvania, which had Danish
government permission to prospect
in Denmark for natural resources,
had stopped drilling.
The dispatch said it was reported
from Viborg, in north central Dem
mark, that the company's main
Office there had been closed and
that employees who are United
States citizens were preparing to
return home.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Woodrine Will Fly
To Army Muneuyers

Secretary of War Woodring will
ny next Wednesday to Fort Benning,
Ca, to view preliminary corps ma
neuvers, according to tentatile plans
being worked out today. He is ex-
pected to return the following day,
after watching 41,000 men in action.
Secretary Woodring also plans to
fly May 18 to Camp Beauregard,
La, to watch the largest peace time
maneuvers held by the Army. Ap-
proximately 10000 troops, including
the latest streamlined mechauized
units. win participate.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Cancer Fight Film
Shown in Preview

The first of two previews OF a
sound motion picture, Choose to
Live" produced by the Public
Health Service and the American
Society for the Control of Cancer.
to aid in the campaign against
cancer, was held today in the audi
torium of the Public Health Service.
The second preview will be at $3.50
pm tomorrow in Wilson Hall of the
National Institute of Health, Be-
thesda, Md.
Officers of the Federal Security
Agency and other Federal depart
ments, District officials and Of
flcials of voluntary health and well
fare agencies were among those in
vited to witness the previews.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Hart Is Indorsed
For Police Judqeship

David A. Hart, assistant United
States attorney at Police Court, last
night was Endorsed by the Progress
Club, an organization Of business
men, for the Police Court judgeship
vacancy.
Mr.. Hart, prosecutor at the
court for nearly 20 years, was honor
guest at a dinner given by the
club at the Roumanian Inn. The
assistant district attorney told the
gathering he considered that Police
Court handled more cases nearer
to humanity and the public than
any court In the District"
William Lichtenberg. president of
the club, presided.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Nozi Flag on Peak
In Bolivia Brings
Posse of Climbers
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LA PAZ, Bolivia, April IT,
A Nazi flag waving from the
peak of Mount 1llimani. 1880
feet high and overlooking La
Paz, sent Bolivian mountain
climbers into action.
Three of them, with an Eng
lishman, spent three days seal
ing the mountain and ripping
down the flag.
The Andine Club, which
sponsored the climb, sent the
flag to the Bolivian government
with a request it punish the
Germans who planted it, but
government officials could find
no law against placing flags on
mountain tops.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Nazis in Oslo Claim
Capture Of Several
Thousand Norsemen
Emphasize, by Press
And Radio, FutiIity
Of Opposing Them
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
OSLO, April 17.-Several thou.
sand Norwegian officers and men
have been captured by German
troops within the last few days, the
chief commander of the Nazi forces
in Norway announced today.
1t was said the men, whose names
will be published, are to be treated
as prisoners of war.
Germany, declaring she went into
Norway to protect" her from allied
threats, never has declared war on
Norway. However, she has said she
would use stern measures If Nor
wegian resistance continued.
Reports reaching the German.
held capital said several Norwegian
regiments decided to lay down their
arms when their Norwegian COM
manders gave them choice OF
fighting the Germans or surren-
dering.
Oslo newspapers, published under
the watchful eyes of the German in
vaders, carried a German denial Of
Statements that German bombers
and planes attempted to kill King
Haakon.
Government Continues Fight.
"The proclamation in which King
Haakon says so either was fabricated
or the King was misled by unrespon-
sible advisers" the denial declared,
and added:
"The Norwegian government
camarilla continues its hopeless fight
north OF Oslo, cooperating with the
Norwegian general staff and ad-
mirality, and King Haakon is being
dragged along with them.
During the flight through woods
and villages, the King has had no
occasion for orienting himself to the
true conditions in Norway. Every
where the German-occupied areas
are peaceful
THE pro-British cliques are
making last desperate attempt at
misusing King Haakon's name to
throw dirt on the German Army,
especially the air force, which is
fighting strictly according to inter-
national law"
In a broadcast over the German
supervised Oslo station, Norway's
Bishop Eivind Berggrav said that on
a trip yesterday into the country
he warned farmers against guerrilla
activity, but added that farmers may
keep their rifles in their homes with
out risking arrest.
Good Spirit Praised.
The bishop, who said the pur-
pose of his trip vas to console and
advise the farmers, praised the
good spirit manifesting itself among
all classes of the population. He
said also that he had heard many
stories of kindness and chivalry by
the German soldiers toward the
Norwegians. II
The Norwegian civil air/ defense
continues under Norwegian control.
One of their duties Is to sound
air-raid warnings.
Exchange quotations still are sus-
pended here but daily quotations
are received from New York, Am
sterdam and Zurich. An arrange
ment for modified money and stock
rates is pending.
One of the buildings taken for
housing by the German troops was
the national theater, but today it
was released by the Germans with
the statement that in the future it
is not to be requisitioned.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Fort Stevens Post
Plans Spring Dance

Fort Stevens Post, No. 80, the
American Legion, will hold its spring
dance in Stansbury Hall. Georgia
and Concord avenues NV, at 9
o'clock tomorrow night.
Department Comdr. William T.
Slattery and his staff will head the
list of invited guests. Frank Bloom
is general chairman on arrange
ments.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

StnAVe:
Considers s223,oooooo appropria-
tlon tor non-military functions of
War Department.
House:
Votes on Logan-Walter admins
trative procedure bill.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Probably will continue on War
Department civil function appropria-
tion bill.
House:
Will consider bill to amend the
Federal Crop Insurance Act.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Golf Matches Postponed

Opening team matches of the
Women's District Golf Association,
scheduled today at Argyle and
Chevy Chase, were postponed be-
cause of wet golf courses and early
morning rain. The second series Of
matches Is scheduled for Friday at
Washington and Woodmont.