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Basis Of TINT.
Will Be Made

SAN FRANCISCO Military cir
cles today attached great impor-
lance 70 TIE ANNOUNCEMENTS ~. eh=ss
on Co. Inc. that toluene. the basic
ingredient Of TINT. soon viii be
produced commercially direct from
petroleum in the United States
Officials OF the company said
construction viii begin Immediately
on a new toluene manufacturing
plant AZ its Houston. Tex. refinery
which would produce more than
100000 gallons Of TINT. grade
toluene annually. This represents
a major step aimed at adequate
production OF TINT. explosive for
national defense purposes.
Shell Development company re-
search organization developed and
perfected the toluene process to be
employed at the Houston plant.
This organization also has perfect
ed second process. Complementary
to that used at Houston. BY adding
this second step. Shell could pro-
duce more than 100000 gallons
of toluene a year at that enc plant.
Similar plants also could be added
at Shells other refineries in Iln-
nois. California and louisiana. the
announcement said. but II was indi-
Gated the company is deferring con-
struction of the second process at
Houston. as well as toluene plants
at its other refineries. pending con-
gressional action on the national
defense amortization bill.
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battle OF Britain might have "a
be fought defensively In its early
phases. Now. however. tactics for
immediate attack have been per-
fected and defense has been dis
carded.
Coinoiding with seizure OF the
offensive by Great Britain, DR.,
Robert Ley, director of the Ger
man labor front. has just told the
German people that "England's
power IL great" and the fight viii
be long and hard"
There must always remain
the possibility that HItler's
naturally impetuous tempera-
ment may get beyond control.
causing him 10 gamble on an
invasion Of Britain against
military advices. The Ger
mans become restless when
forced on the defensive. Hut
the chance Of the collapse Of
an invasion, with all that
would imply 10 HlfIer's power,
seems 20 have predominant In
fiUence over him nj present.
To hold TO the defensive against
British sea power now certainly
Is being urged upon Hitler and
Mussolini by highly influential per.
sonages in the German and Italian
governments. The statements OF
DIR. Ley and Virginia Gsyda point
To this conclusion.
Limited counter strokes by
totalitarian submarines. raiders.
and aircraft can be continued. bat
the actual offensive itself now "
In Britain's possession.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-02
HEAVEN ORDAINED

In connection with ihoss
friendly powers which are pre-
pared 70 cooperate with ~" hs
sai1. we should strive. with cogr.
age and determination. for ths fiii.
fliment Of the IDEAL ard heaven
ordained mission Of cur country
enabling ~ nations and races each
10 fad It's proper place IN the
world"
Then came a formal government
statement Of policy. IN TINS. a
new order IN greater East Asia.
having for its foundation ths soii'
dsrity Of Japan. Manehakuo and
China as aid % b. tne basic
aim II Japsn's national policy.
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HERE'S MORE ABOUT
japanese Policy

man. regarding the United states
embargo on gasoline export
Under whatever preteKt y
might have been taken" he sald.
there IL no doubt II represents an
anti Japan move designed 10 bring
economic pressure on Japan. and
that Il constituted an unfriendly
act against Japan"
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HERE'S MORE ABOUT
Opinions Of Expert

sTARTs ON PAGE ONE
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TO MEET FRIDAY

The Franklin ID Roosevelt eiub
will meet Friday. August 2. a.
p. m In the Army and Navy room.
Hotel Winthrop.
Club president. W. A. Dryden
announces an election Of officers
will be held.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-02
FUNERAL SERVICES

Mrs. Gertrude kolb- Saturday. 3
.. m. from Lynn's chapel; burial
in Tacoma cemetery.
Hugh VI. sb0vIaIB-F Friday, $50
a. m, from st. LeO's church. cor
tege leaving Gaffney's at $40; bu-
nal Calvary cemetery; rosary. 7:s0
.. m. Thursday a. the church BY
Catholic Daughters Of America,
Ladies Catholic Benevolent ssso-
ciation and friends.
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JACOB KAEGI

Joseph Kaegi. -. Of 5iz0 Ne
kinney ave. died Wednesday. Bs
was stricken while working MS first
day Al the cold storage plant A.
Port piers. He was a member of
Teamsiers and chauffeurs' union
no. 5i3. Surviving are his wife,
Josephine, and two Sons. Arnold
and Eugene. Buckisy-King's will
announce the funeral
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Obituary N Offices
EDWARD BERG

Edward Berg. 81. died Wednss-
day At his home. BOZ so. q =. lie
was a native OF Iowa and mem
Der Of the Rising Sun spiritualist
church. He leaves a brother In
Saint James. MINI. and two sisters
in Minneapolis. Buckley King
will announce the funeral.
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aATsuoKA srEAKs

Next was Foreign Minister
Yosuks natsuokaa first formal
statement Of government policy.
The immediate aim. he said. vas
10 establish "a greater East Asian
chain 81 common prosperity. with
the Japan Manchnkuo-china group
as ons ~ the iinsa'
II was Aatsuoka Nho said Japan
was determined 20 surmount All
obstacles 10 attain - ends.
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II will be another homecoming
for Bert W. Johnson OF Chicago.
supreme governor Of the Loyal
Order of Moose, when he conducts
Evening star., 1940-02-05

for a posthumous pardon "for the
purpose of vindicating an old mans
name" Mr. Green added he would
seek similar clemency for Parker's
son, Ellis, jr., who is serving three
year sentence on the same charge.
Eight thousand Burlington Coun-
ty IN. j. residents recently signed
a petition for a pardon and United
States Attorney John J. Quinn, who
prosecuted Parker and his son, said
he planned to sign recommended
tions for a pardon and parole for
the elder Parker today.
Son at His Bedside.
Parker, convicted with his son
in 1887 of conspiring to kidnap
Paul H. Wendell, former Trenton
IN. j. lawyer, and forcing him by
torture to confess falsely the Lind
bergh kidnapping, died in the peni-
tentiary hospital at $3.50 am. of an
organic cerebral condition. His son
was at his bedside and talked with
his father a few minutes before he
died.
Almost on the eve of the sched-
uled execution of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann for the Lindbergh kid
naping Parker produced Wendel's
later repudiated confession" The
execution was delayed three days
for an investigation.
Parker and his son fought their
Evening star., 1940-02-05

conviction for two years. Finally,
his funds depleted, his health de-
clining and his appeal refused by
the Supreme Court. the one-time
nemesis of criminals was committed
to the penitentiary.
Was Ousted From Post.
Parker lost his 15-room house in
Mount Holly by foreclosure, was
ousted from his post as chief of
county detectives and suffered from
declining health.
After his commitment, he worked
as a clerk in the prison library.
Last December he became i'll and
was placed in the penitentiary hos
pital.
Parker sent more than 300 crimi-
mails to Jail or death and solved
many unusual and battling murders.
He began his career as a sleuth
back in 1896 when he was known
as the best country dance fiddler In
Burlington County. One night
while playing at a dance, a thief
stole his horse and buggy. Parker
trailed and caught him, saw him
convicted.
That incident, he said, turned him
to crime detection as life work.
Evening star., 1940-02-05
Chest Meeting Tonight
To Elect Trustees, See Play

A picture of the Community
Chests status for 1910, expressed in
terms of gifts by individuals, of
services by the 81 Chest members
and Of the efforts of volunteer work.
ers to reach their goal will be pre-
sented at the annual meeting of
the organization at o'clock tonight
in the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States. Approximately 800
persons are expected to attend.
In order to balance the 1874 repre-
sentatives of the member agencies,
a similar number will be elected to
represent contributors. Nomina-
tions will be presented by Newbold
Noyes, chairman of the Nominating
Committee. Other members of the
committee are Mrs. Albert w. At
wood, Ray H. Everett, Mrs. Karl
Fenning, Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines
and Herbert j. Rich.
Coleman Jennings, president, will
greet those present, while Herbert
L. Willett, jr., director, will present
his annual report. Chauncey G.
Evening star., 1940-02-05
Posthumous Pardon
To Be Sought fer i.
Ellis Parker, G.
Lindbereh Cose Figure
Dies in Federal Prison
At Lewisburg, Pa.

BY the Associated Press.
LEWISBURG, Pa, Feb. .5.-The
presidential pardon sought for Ellis
Parker, ST.. famed snall-town de-
tective who went to prison in a
sequel to the Lindbergh baby kid
naping case, will be posthumous
one If granted
Death cheated the 68-year-old
former Mount Holly IN. j. sleuth
yesterday of a chance for freedom
from the Northeastern Federal Pen
itentiary here, where he was serv-
ing a six-year sentence on conspir-
acy charges resulting from his ac-
tivities in the Lindbergh investiga-
ton.
But while his family arranged
funeral services, his attorney, Harry
Green, announced he would press
Evening star., 1940-02-05

Parker, jr., chairman Of the cam
paign just past, will review the re-
sponse obtained, and John A. Reilly
treasurer, will report on the flnan-
cial status of the Chest.
A playlet, Clouds Over Washing
ton," describing Washington's fall
ure last year to reach the human
welfare goal of the Chest, will be
presented by cast of Civic Theater
players.
A reception honoring the newly
Evening star., 1940-02-05
Potent Carries OFF
Rodium Worth $1,000
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Feb. 5.-A
patient unwittingly carried rs mil
ngrams Of radium, worth $4,000,
from a physicians Office.
The physician called on DR.. Frank
E. Hoecker of Kansas City, who has
a home made electrometer radium-
finding device.
DR.. Hoecker drove over several
miles of streets the patient had
Travelled. He found two Of the three
radium needles.
He was about to give up, but de-
cided to try again on the court
house lawn, where the machines
needle had wavered slightly.
On the way to the airport he
stopped at the courthouse.
He found the needle-missed his
plane, but decided it was worth it.
Evening star., 1940-02-05
Pianist Breoks Finger

OKLAHOMA CITY (R.-It was
swing to sling for Mrs. Jimmie
Clark. Giving a piano rendition of
"St. Louis Blues" she came down
on the keys so hard she fractured
the index finger of her right hand.
Evening star., 1940-02-05

Capable of carrying 300 tons OF
steel ingots, new bogie in England
is 57la feet long. weighs 10 tons
and has "a wheels.
Evening star., 1940-02-05

elected trustees will follow the meet
ing.
Evening star., 1940-02-05

caeysishs 1910. Lseesrr 4 MN. ToaAooo d
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ASK ME
ANOTHER
The Questions

1. What is the difference be-
tween a planet and a star?
2. How often does a canary's
heart beat per minute? An ele-
plants?
3. Is jerked venison smoked,
fried or sun dried?
4. What is the fifth estate?
S. What great midwestern city
was named by Indians after Sikak
(the skunk)?
6. How many vice presidents OF
the United States later became
Presidents?
z. If one had a match and went
into a dark room with a lamp, a
cigarette and an oil stove, which
would one light first?
8. What is a pirogue-a variety
of orchid, a rascal, or a dugout
canoe?
8. How many degrees of latitude
are there from the North pole to
the Equator?
10. What nautical expression is
used to identify the action of max
ing parachute jump?
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INDUSTRIAL SENSE

At the end of a luncheon of B. M.
Baruch with the President, Steve
Early warned newshawks not to be-
gin guessing that there would be a
new war industries board. He add
ed that the government is much bet
ter organized than it was in 1917.
I think Mr.. Early is partly right.
But the statement carries hints
which, if intended, are altogether
wrong. The war industries board
was an overall control of our en-
tire economic system, including de-
mand and supply, price and produc-
ton, transportation and commerce.
We were organizing a nation in
arms" for total war by overseas
attack. That required us to shoot
the works-to make many times the
effort we are called upon to make
today for defensive preparation. It
is true that we do not need to re-
peat precisely the war industries or
ganization.
It is also true that governmental
organization is different" from
that of 1917, but Steve is also re-
ported to have said it is ''better."
If that means "better to get the
maximum effort and production out
of industry" it is nonsense.
To say this government is better
organized to do this job of rapid in
dustrial production for rearmament
could be described as a colossal
though tragic joke-if it were not so
tragic.
In this phase of this war our sole
battlefield is on the industrial front.
This administration for seven
years has built up every barrier it
could invent against both.
Passing without comment its
many laws restricting financing,
maximum effort by clogs on speed
ups, overtime and high-pressure
management, it has attempted to
substitute political RECOMMENDATION
and government competition for the
profit motive, which was the only
knOWn gas W AldhS OUA AiOOSI ldl
engine go at its best.
Our captains in this first battle
are to be found in industrial man.
agement. Our fate for the moment
rests in their hands. These are the
gents whose morale and enthusiasm
were so lately encouraged by call
ing them anti-social, anti-American,
copperheads, tories, economic royal
lists and modern Lord Macaulays.
OF course they will cooperate.
Every American will.
But for reasons already given and
others, to say that this government
is "better organized" to use it than
that cooperation was in the World
war shows just sheer ignorance.
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HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

Art gum may be used to clean
gloves, shoes, and wall paper.
When lighting birthday cake
always light the candles in the
middle first and those on outside
last.
After a blanket has been washed
and dried pin it on the line and
beat with a carpet-beater. This
makes the blanket beautifully soft
and fluffy.
A teaspoon of mixed pickle
spices tied in a small bag and
added to the water in which fish,
ham or tongue is boiled, will add
a very pleasing flavor.
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ZEN E RAJ
JOH N SON
ud4c.'
wNu Serya
"A BUNCH OF BUNK?'

Washington, ID. C.
One principal reason why I went
to st. Louis, the metropolis of the
great valley, was to check up as
well as I could on certain state
ments so frequently repeated in the
East recently.
One is that this great hinterland
people so short time ago opposed
to our taking any part in the war
in Europe have now changed their
minds. Another is that the Presi-
dents message on defense has so
electrified" and unified" them for
his foreign policies that an election
this fall would be a mistake-that it
is no longer necessary.
They want a third term for Mr..
Roosevelt as a measure of national
preparedness.
Walter Lippmann, Miss Dorothy
Thompson and radio commentator
H. V. Kaltenborn seem to have fall
en- for this line, or at least have
stressed various angles of the move
to suppress our two-party system on
a belief that what we need is unity.
That is also the White House janis
sariat and third termite line. It is
at the bottom of the Presidents dra-
matte but tricky presentation of the
preparedness bill and of his coquetry
to seduce healthy opposition party
by the so-called coalition cabinet
idea.
Well, it is my observation among
this valley people of my own begin
nings that it is all bunch of bunk.
This mid-western country no more
approves the Presidents policy of
sticking our necks out into the for
eign embroglios of Europe and Asia
than it ever did, and that was not
at all.
1t does approve the spending of
whatever is necessary for Ameri-
can defense. 1t always did. It need
ed no ''unifcation' on that either by
the Presidents speech or coalition
cabinet"
1t is shocked to learn at so late a
date that this administration, while
spending so many billions for boom
doggling and some useful works, has
permitted us to remain so delin-
quent in defense that we have prac-
tically no armament against the
dreadful weapons of modern war.
It is beginning to realize that it
has not heretofore been told the
truth about this defenselessness.
1t is especially indignant to learn
that as early as 1888 when Hitler
started the "mechanization and mo-
torization of army tactical units"
which is now conquering civiliza-
ton, and which then erased the I'M
employment problem in Germany,
Mr.. Roosevelt was authorized by
congress to spend any part of So, 300,-
900, 900 that he chose for the same
purpose-and spent it and many bill
lions more for other and far less
necessary purposes.
Mr.. Roosevelt made an effective
rearmament speech and got lot of
applause. But the facts are leaking
out that he was making virtue out
of his own neglect and inaction in
defense, that the appropriation he
asked for was implanted and made
quate.
That the speech and the subse-
quent coalition cabinet stuff was
pure third-term politics and had lit
tie to do with increased industrial
defense production-which is the es-
sence of our problem.
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only meal.
The odd part is that Paul Dean
collapsed about the same time as
Dir. They came up together, an
inseparabIe pair, and they blew the
heights together. There was an un-
usual family hookup between these
two brothers that carried along
through big years and bad years.
I've been with both when Dizzy
argued that Paul had more stuff
ethan / ever had"
And Paul would come back, 81
never was in Dizzy's class"
Dizzy never minded being called
Dizzy-but Paul, quiet, shy, retir-
ing fellow, never liked to be known
as Daily. That was a nickname
Paul resented bitterly.
The average fan likes Dizzy Dean.
The average fan likes color. Dizzy
gave him whirl of excitement and
fun for several years.
I've been asked many hundreds of
times whether or not Dizzy had any
thing left, how much he had saved.
What WI Happen!
don't know. His wife, Pat Dean,
has been smart enough. But Dizzy
was never any too careful with his
money. I've seen Babe Ruth take
him for S100 a day on the golf
course, giving Dizzy all the handi-
cap Ole Dir asked for. I know 9TH
ers have taken him for much more.
Dizzy has much more confidence in
his golf swing than the Dean swing
ever justified.
In fact, his golf game depended
far more on cool nerve and vast de-
termination than it ever depended
on a bad swing, which started from
a fat-footed stance and usually end
ed in a terrific slice. But he could
pitch, chip and putt. And he never
quit or gave up hope.
Dizzy, the four-year headliner,
now has a nice home and a small
farm outside of Dallas. Unless
some form of miracle takes place
his main pitching days seem to be
over. Three years is long time
10 rest al arm IIldL SIlOWS LlO SlRIlS
of coming back. Once in while
the kink disappears, as it did in the
case of Lefty Grove.
No one can make me believe that
Dizzy isn't giving all he has at ev-
cry start, for / never saw a COM
petitor who drew bigger thrill out
of winning-and who was quite as
low after a defeat.
1t has been a tough break for
Dizzy Dean. 1t has been Just as
tough a break for Frank Frisch,
then the winning Cardinal manager,
when the two Deans and young Bill
Delaney, brilliant young catcher,
all toppled close together.
What does Ole Dir think about his
future? He doesn't know. Hs has
never looked very far ahead. One
day at time has been all that his
philosophy cared to handle. Once
in while you can see him staring
into space as if looking for van
ished fast ball that must be gone
forever.
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D $40 e<ee
IMPAIRMENT

in the back, at neck and waistline
only with plenty of lap-over), leav-
ing the front perfectly smooth.
Thus you can lay it fiat on the
board for ironing. Made in the
popular waistband style, it has a
charming Observation-Disclosures
ed, round-bosomed.
The pattern also includes we'll
tailored shorts and a brief bolero
that transforms your frock into a
street style, in just a twinkling.
Juniors will love it, in sharkskin,
gingham. linen or pique.
Pattern No. 8719 is designed for
sizes IL, Is, Is, II and IS. Size Is
dress requires 31s yards Of 35-inch
fabric without nap. Bolero, ia
yards. rs yards for shorts. 31z
yards bias fold required TO trim.
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seems to mind. And it is with con-
siderable difficulty and repeated
blasts on her whistle that Miss Ro-
wena Wilkinson, instructor in phys
ical education, can get them out OF
the pool a half hour later.
The girls are just as confident in
the pool, but their behavior is quite
different. Most of them prefer tc
paddle about rather than to try to
dive. ALI of them, however, lose
their uncertainty when they get into
the pool, for there is nothing to
stumble against.
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~ EWEI
l5oi1!1liiQ
bIAGpAEZA1DA

THE breaks in baseball can have
L two sides, just about the same
as a plank. They can be good-and
they can be much worse. 1t isn't
all matter of milk and honey.
There is the somewhat melan-
cholY case of my old golf, bridge
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and fishing partner
Known as Dizzy
Dean. Dir was as
goofy as a coot in
many ways, espe-
cially when it came
% popping off, but
ne was a great
pitcher and a grand
fellow with whom
to fish or play golf,
which is no bad
test. And he brought
more color to the
game through a
-opoparatiUalv brief
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dives into the pool, and comes up
spluttering to shout again.
One by one the other boys follow
him into the school swimming pool
and soon the place is a bedlam.
Some of the boys are graceful div
ers, but most of them hit old-fash-
Toned "belly-busters."
ALI swim well once the fear of
water is overcome. Duckings are
frequent as the sightless swimmers
bang into one another, but no one
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Teach Blind Children to Win Confidence by Swimming

RALEIGH, N. C.-Students at the
North Carolina Institute for the
Blind are learning to swim, and in
structors find the students have
more confidence in the water than
on the land. e
The scene is always the. same
when the boys take the pool. One
slowly slides his bare feet along the
springboard until he gropes his way
to the edge. A confident grin breaks
out and with a yell of delight he
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The Answers

1. A planet shines by reflected
light, star is self-luminous.
2. Canary's, 1000 times per min
ute. Elephants, Is beats per min
ute.
3. Sun dried.
4. A class or estate after the
traditional. four, as scientists have
been termed the fifth estate.
5. Chicago.
6. Nine. Adams, Jefferson, Van
Buren,, Tyler, Fillmore, Johnson,
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no great help. He
moved from 189 to
220 in two years.
Dir came up the
hard way-maybe
too hard a way. He
told me once that
he and Paul and his
father, after picking
cotton from "sun to
sun" to sun
down-had only a
can or two of sar-
dimes and crackers
for their daily and
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A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects

Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt and
Coolidge.
Z. The match.
8. A dug-out canoe.
9. Ninety degrees.
10. Bailing out.