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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-07

CLARK { Van ries,. Tor ths past
senf wars oreEea division man.
assr for IN. shell osi Co. -. an.
nounced n. resignation from that
position 10 associate himself. in an
executive. capacity. with n. Inds-
pendent Isvtroleum Co, dis,rihu'
tors 81 Clipper gasoline and rsrios
leum preducts. of winch company
h. hrothsr WIN {. Van Fleet. IL
an executive partner
1T Ia my feeling tina, N. lnds
pendent distributor of quality
petroleum products 10 becoming .
factor # constantly increasing
Importance in IN. petroleum pred.
uets field said Van Fie.t The
rapid growth of tn. independent
Petroleum Co. which 10 new the
largest independent distributor IN
the Northwest. has convinced me
that this field IL one that sili hs
OF ever increasing value 10 the
public welfare
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-07
Marriage
licenses

Marriage license applications
have been filed With the Pierce
county auditor BY Charles L. zsh.
-. s2l. No 18th. and Jesnnetts
Anita DyhdAhl ~. .ais No. 18th
Richard { Choqustte, y. Port
Lewis. and 1una J. Schofba. 10.
1910 ga. 2sth; Roy Frederick
Downing. Is. and Clara Hansen
=. both Of Anchorage. Alaska
John Floyd shemorry. 20. and
Arietta Christensen. ia both 81
Eatonvlls. David Louis Davis. n.
McChord field. and Martha
Amrhein. 20. Route :. RoS T2s,
Tacoma. Lieut. kenly Wilson
Whitelock. "a. .0t No. g at. and
Erma Sweet. 10. 1920 No. Pros
peet. Mitchell l.. Cain 20 Rox
pa. Sumner Heights. and Gladys
Dell Livingston. 10. ii2t Tbomp-
son ave, Sumner.
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Mountain View burial park.
l..as0. HIshuanf Hs..s

Mountain View burial park
George Richmond Fsa.s. jr.--
Private services were held Fnds y
from The Buckley. King chapel
Nns. FLORENCE q. Oiiaf--Chrls-
tan Science service Saturday.
10 30 a N. from Buckley.KinR' a
chapel. sntOmbmsnt Tarom a
mAusoisun.
Jacob 4. Iaf.oD-satgfday ]
.. m. from Buckley Kings chapel
East Tacoma lodge No. -. ! q.
.. y. officiating. OskWood
Ists Chapman Saturday. !
p. m. from nellinEsrs chapel
Ksv. William r. Turner official.
ing. Psllh<srsrs nsmso are
Chester BurWash. stephen Bur
aaSh. George Bentley. Gerald
gasrnsr. EuEsn. cronsnthal and
Pred Custln. Burial IN Tacoma
eemstsry.
Charles a. Csrass 49, Saturday.
Zip NJ. from HsiiinEsrs CHAPEL
Rev. Dean Hiil u Tacoma ard
Rev. William psnsdom. OrtiaE
officiating. burial in Humnsf
osfnstsrY.
Pete karh-sallrdsy 3 30 . fn..
from hsiilnssfs chapel Rev
Harold y. Lnng officiating burial.
Mountain View cemetery.
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Puppet Show
AT College

Presenting the Marionet theater
OF Olga and Martin Stevens. noted
pupeteers. the College Of Puget
Sound artist series will bring n
beautiful version Of Joan Of Arc"
TO the stage Of Jones hall At the
college n tsl5 o'clock this satur.
day evening The script for the
play. which Ia In two acts and
eight scenes and is for adult audi
ences, was developed by Glen ID
EHsley.
Two committees have bern
working for som. months arrang.
ing the details for tn. three pro-
grams being presented this year
in the artist series Julian Do
Cray pianist from Bennington
college in Vermont will be present
ed Feb. II a. IN. second in the
series. while In April IN. Lyric
thehier group will present an
opsra.
The students committee with
Virginia Judd a. chairman consist
Of Lawrence Henderson. Frank
Walters. Marie nulligan. John
Boyle. Paul Houston. Peggy simp-
son. Helen Cesssman. Dick slost
Lyle Jameson, Katherine Woods
Herman kleiner. Mural Woods
sonyR Ioftness and Ronald ksu
Tn. faculty committee consists 81
Dr. Julius Jaeger. Or Helen Nc.
Kinney. Miss LINDA VsnHordsn
Mrs. Ear Mann. Mr. Leonard ia.
oobsen. Mr. y Robert Smith. NJ
Howard oissth and Mr. Melvin
, kohlsr.
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-07
Marvin Scott
New President
Reserve Officers
Assn. Nomes Heods

Tacoma chapter q Reserve Of
ficers Association 81 United States
elected End Lieut.. Marvin NJ scott
Si2 Ne. AinSVorth ave. president
during meeting IN the Army and
Navy room Of Hotel Winthrop
Thursday
Other officers elected were ist
Lieut.. Allen J Ferguson. ist wee
president. ist Lieut.. Arthur }.
NordL 2nd vice president. 2nd
Lieut.. Ralph u Hubbard secre-
tsry-tressurer End Lieut. RAY J.
Sandegren. assistant secretary
treasurer. ist Lieut. Kenneth A
Roegner, Judge advocate; LIST Lieut.
Carl Il Skeog chaplain. and 2nd
Lieut.. Elmer A Rerglund. his.
torian.
First Lieut.. Gilbert A. Waite,
president Of the Department Of
Washington. reported the depart
ment was first in United States 20
report 100 per cent membership
Of junior members in its senior
ROTC division.
Regret was expressed by the as
sociation over the loss OF Lieut..
Col. } h Finley, cavalry, who de-
parted Thursday for Fort Stevens.
Ore. to take over new assign
ments His local successor is Capt
Hermann Schirner.
Instruction period followed the
business meeting Training films
were shown. illustrating the proper
construction Of field fortifoations
for infantry units.
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Ninth Corps Area Commander
Welcomes 1872 Seleciees
Tells Them Loyalty. Discipline and
Hardness of Body. Soul Necessary

- soldiers n latter dsy crusade
crusade % Keep war away
fFem our shores snd % preserve
or liberties. cur homes sna eur
country
IN tbs I know you al not
fan
Caier Cefruseny
Following cen. 1oyces tsih. a
color ceremony Mas presented ~
the color KuAris q the ie1ki In
fsniry and the iseth Elsla Artii.
ley. both tisl Division. While the
81 Divisions 18th Infantry hand
PLAYED the national anthem
ten Joyce Was introduced by
Ma Gen Charles ? Thompson.
commander a the II Division Ar.
engagements FOR the program were
made by Il Cd Raymond G.
Lehman u the Ninth Corps
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Demo Chiefs Still
Want Vote Probe

THAT future .lsetions will 10
free from FRAUD" a statement BY
wsshlngtons National u~moers,ie
committee members demanded
Friday that . FUN legislative In
vestigaiion be made into charges
following the Diii.iAnsiis cover.
norship campaign
Specific fraud charge. we're not
mentioned by National Committee
man y A Carroll. Of wsnatehss
or commiitssSomsn Mrs Jssnst,s
T.stu. Of Seattle. In their joint
statement
T-hsy asked the stats commits.
slso Ia declare Itself for . legs.
iAtiys inquiry into thu posslbis
casting Of fraudulent votes. and
commended yormsr hsnaisr G. e
DIN In his dssirs 10 he omitted "a
a party 10 any vote contest
Fraud charges refer principally
to double voting IN which hand
ballots NsFs marked IN many cases
as straight Democratic tiessts. bat
for iAnTlis In tbs ryysfnship race
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day while the main list fluctuated
narrowly in quiet trading
Most wide gamers were pre-
ferred stocks A few Of this group
had losses ranging TO So points
IN Gotham Six Hosiery preferred.
Leading common stocks were firm
for the most part.
Activity eentered IN the low
priced group. Most active issue
was Lehigh Valley Coal. so
cent stock. Then came Common
wealth & Southern al IS cents
share. Each equaled its low. Steel
shares quieted with prices slightly
higher Motors were duh and
steady.
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Obituary N Offices
IEOI.A MAY CLOUD

Isola MAY Cloud. two. year-old
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs Albert
Cloud. 70s East saith st. died
Tuesday in a local hospital. she
was born in Nebraska. Besides
her parents she leaves a grand
mother, Mrs. Anna Cloud Of TIA
coma. and grandfather. Peter
Luginbill Of Nebraska Cassidy
A Allen viii make the funeral an
.aFAraua,Hf
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LANES D. nltrMrR

James r. Brewer "a Of Fir
wood. died at his home Thursday.
lie leaves his wife. Lille. two
sons. Fred and David OF Tacoma
five daughters. Mrs Ethel New
quist. Mrs. Lille Tully. Mrs. Edna
Carlson. Mrs. Florence Olney and
Mrs Blanche Firth OF Tacoma
one sister. Mrs. Louise Jackson Of
Shelton. and ~ grandchildren.
GrAveside services viii be held 81
Cushman cemetery Saturday AZ
2 p. m. with the eortege leaving
Cassidy A Allen at 30.
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WILLIAM O. HITTMAN

William o Huffman. -. II ga
So. Birmingham 81. died FRIDAY
In = ioesl hospital Re was re-
tired blacksmith from the North
err Pacific railroad He had lssa
IN Tacoma - years Re Nas =
member II South Tacoma lodge
70 2il. ! o. .. ,. and u the
Royal Arcanum. Surviving are
nls Nife Leths. three sons. Harry
l.. William V. and George = q
Tacoma. ore brother. Van Huff
man 81 Fort Worth Tex. and FIVE
grandchildren Funeral services
adH b. held Saturday - u q ~.
from Pipsrs chapel with Neil ~.
Jones officiating Burial viii fol-
loW IN New Tacoma cemetery.
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MRS. SARAH YATES

Mrs Sarah Yates. ~. Of Rose
dale. died Friday in a local hos
pltal She vas born In Livingston.
Scotland. and came 10 United
states IN 1915. She had lived In
the community Of Rosedal. 80
years She was member 81 the
Baptist church. Surviving are
one son. Daniel 9. OF Tacoma. q
daughter. Hrs. Christina M. Land
Of Gig Hsrbor. and one brother.
George Chapman Of Seattle Buck
leY-kinR viii announce The funeral.
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Funeral serviees for Mr..
George Ggsiander. 90 Of 1875 So
X st. Who died ThursdAy IN a
local hospital. viii be held gatur-
day ~ 2 % q. m. from plpsfs
chapel she had lived In Tacoma
2s years Surviving are tao
daughters Hrs Mabsi Otteesn and
Mrs.. Marian Cslbralth Of Tacoma
tao brothers. ssdlsy Dunning and
ysrn Duuning Of Centralla. and
s44 graudr hlldreu
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CURT u. MARTINsoS

Curt David Maftinson. three
months-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Axel hartinson. 1901 So Tyler
st died Thursday in q local hos
pitAl Besides parents. survivors
include = SISTER. Barbara Ann. and
grandfather. Osar &. HeebOW,
both Of Tacoma
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FUSr.AL SERVICES

Hrs- JuIia FIILabfth rIfil1ns--
Saturday. 80 p. n. from f'lpers
chapel. Rsg. Charles snOWdsn
officiating. burial Mountain View
burial PARK.
soren sorensen - Saturday, ,
.. NJ from Piper's chapel. Rev.
r. Z. Hon officiating. Dgnsl
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Norris, Safe Maker i.
Expires in Seattle

SEATTLE William g Norris.
president u the Morris safe and
Lock Co. and prominently active
IN real estate. died Wednesday In
a local hospital. following Al nl-
ness q two months. Funeral serv-
ices will b. held Saturday a. 2
?. N from Bonney-Wstson chapel
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Markets OF q
Glance
"UNaa


stocks; Narrowly irregular n
quiet trading
Bonds; irregulsrly higher. I.
). Governments lower.
Curb stocks: IrreFulRr1v
higher
Foreign exchange: STEADY.
Cotton: Steady.
Wheat: OF 4 u - cents.
Corn: Of 70 -.
Rubber. EaSv.
silver: Unchanged in New
York.
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FRIDAYS QUOTATIONS.

Quotations courtesy Dean witter a
Co. Washington Bids. members
New York Stock ExchanEe1
High Low Close
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-07

PORTLAND Friday. ClsaunRs.
x512Z .ss2sz. balances. 81 so. 81
sI2s5.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-07

Woodlands eeFsr 10.Sss 900
serss 81 North Cardinals total
acreage ~ 81 1913 go
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Nv StAff Correspondent

PORT LtwtS-Maj Gen ken
Yen A Joyee. commander q the
Ninth Corps officially welcomed
So Seleetive Service trainees 90
the L. 5. army 1T the Foft Lewis
gymnasium Thursday while some
600 officers II the slst and d n.
visions looked on.
The general outlined the nations
military system. explained three
fundamental principles e. loyalty.
discipline and requisite hardness
Of body and soul"
Without loyalty Gen Joyce
said. we have nothing On which
human endeAvor can long endure
loyalty 20 country. 10 ons >
organization. 10 superiors and 90
ones task.
Next in our foundation We have
discipline and. with loyalty. Il is .
cornerstone In our army to-
day YOU vii find a more reasoned
and flexible discipline than IN the
past. II is not less strict. but 81
- based on human understanding
Your training in the service will
give YOU discipline and. above all.
SELF discipline which will reflect IN
your daily lives long years after
your military service
Must Be Hard
Next in The foundation Is the
requisite hardness Of body and soul
An army that is not adequately
conditioned. resoureeful and deter
mined cannot win in battle In
your development as members Of
such an army your commanders
Will be hard with YOU. bat they will
use common sense and never eN-
pect more from You then they
have done themselves A soldier
worthy Of the name - ESSENTIALLY
hard man
Gen. Joyce also spoke Of the
esprit de corps that would be de-
veloped among them and. in clos
ing | give YOU the injunction 10
30 forward with heads high You
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Special Issues on Market
Show Gains up to 7 Points
DOW JONES AVERAGES
Ii A

DOW JONES AVERAGES
FRIDAY
Industrial -. lSo.ss mp o.s7
hail .......... 27.S6 off oil
Utility 2a.Is off O.ln
s. >tockS $500. 4S.4o up o.o2
Stock sales Friday Appropriated
sac 600 shares. against SOC 600
Thursday. Curb stock sales Fri
dsy we're To-. 900 shares against
las 600 in the previous session.
INV YORk A dozen or 50
special issues had gains ranging TO
points on the stock market RI
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-10
Italy's Only Chance

Italy's ill-advised campaign against Greece
has brought another change in the war COM
mand. The admiral of the navy, who is sup
posed to have endorsed the invasion, now
joins the growing ranks of commanders sur
rendering their posts.
Admiral Cavagnari is out of a job. His re-
tirement cannot be expected to improve Italy's
situation materially, any more than the pre-
vious retirement Of other war leaders. Britain
still is mistress of the Mediterranean and with
her newly established bases on Crete and
Corfu and within Greece proper she has sub
stantially strengthened her hold on that sea.
We may believe that the Italian war ma
chine may be shaken up until everybody is
red in the face without improving the ma.
tons situation, as long as IL Duce Mussolln1
retains supreme command. He is the CHIEF
blunderer; he alone is responsible for ItaIy's
failures. The officers forced out of their posi-.
tons are merely scapegoats.
Italy must shake itself free from Musso.
Iini or perish.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-10
Delay No Longer

lime rolls its ceaselesS course with what
seems an accelerated speed near the Christ
mas holidays. Already, with Christmas Still
ID days ahead, many minds are confused and
many hearts aflutter because so little time
is left in which to do the thousand and one
things that need doing. Corners are already
being cut, lists censored, in an effort to avoid
last-minute confusion and Illustration.
One corner that should not be cut in any
circumstances, but should be turned now and
left behind with the sense of comfort that al
ways follows a pleasant duty performed, is
that gift to the Empty Stocking Fund which
has been delayed not from Indifference but
merely because it has not come up in the
days planning. Remember, Christmas is only
10 days OF. To put it off longer might crowd
1t out altogether and that, inevitably, would
bring a post-Christmas pang.
Because there is this shortness of time, the
Empty Stocking Fund is not growing as rapid
" as it should. Consider, please, that any fail
ure to increase it now, while there are still
a lew days left, will render 1t incapable OF
performing It's service with the complete Ell
lectlveness for which it was created.
The object is TO provide Christmas happiness
for youngsters in homes where Santa Claus
is not otherwise likely to pay his annual visit,
lhese children, the creatures of circumstances
which they have not created and for which
they are in no way responsible, are entitled
to a merry Christmas as much as the Off,
spring In any more fortunate household. The
only way many of them can have it is through
This Empty Stocking Fund which the generous
people OF Wilmington maintain through the
Star-NeWs.
II contributions come quickly and in large
volume, Wilningtons poor children will have
a merry Christmas. If they lag too long, many
children will find Christmas merely another
day of gloom and unhappiness.
Give now, and give as generously as posi-
BILE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-10

keep his first pledge and it is not likely that
he would break his record now.
On, the other hand, if food is not sent he
can tell these subjugated millions that food is
available for them in South America and the
United States, that he has consented to its
among them, but that Britain
would rather let them starve than open the
blockade for it. And we may be sure that
Hitler would not pass up such a fine oppor-
tunity to breed hatred for the British in
regions where he alone is responsible for hun
ger and suffering.
Despite the fact that Britain is fighting not
alone for her own survival but, in a broad
sense, for theirs as well-at least for the re-
storation of their independent existence-the
Fuehrer could do much to weaken Britaln's
cause among them by this sort of propaganda.
Starving people are not likely to analyze the
situation clearly or logically. The stomach,
for them, is mightier than the mind.
It must be obvious to every one that there
is sound reasoning as well as humanitarian
impulse to recommend the Hoover crusade for
food for Europe's hungry millions, no less
than good military strategy and stern neces-
sity to support Britain's firm refusal to ease
the blockade in their favor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-10
Habit Hard To Break

For years United States paper currency and
Bank Of England notes were a sort of Door
mans gold in the European continent. The
New York Herald Tribune says that the we'll
heeled who feared war or exchange disloca-
lion could buy gold. The fearful who lacked
The means to buy a $14, 900 gold bar Could
sometimes buy gold coin, but it was not avail
able at all times and not infrequently claimed
4 premium. To the smaller hoarder the naner
currency Of either the United States or Britain
was the favored medium.
It is possible that this boarded United States
currency. the Herald Tribune believes. has
come in handy to many refugees in the irving
times since August, 1888. But it must be tina,
most Of the hoarders in those nations overr,,r
by Germany are finding that the possession
Of United States currency is not proof agains,
exchange collapse in Europe. The boarded cur
rency is being taken over by Germany ius
as quickly as it can be found, and the signs
are that some of the seized money is finding
its way to these shores.
The experience in Europe with boarded cur
rency is not a deterrent to the practice il
other parts Of the world. The figures now show
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-10
Traffic And Parking

Among the many problems confronting VIII
mington in connection with population increase
which will establishment OF the
an+i.aircraft base to the north and other posts
in CONTEMPLATION for southeastern North Caro-
lima which must be solved in advance II pan
demonium is to be avoided, are traffic ana
parking. Neither of these problems Will solve
itself. On the contrary, unless the city ooes
something to meet the need both will become
noore and more difficult to deal with.
Unless all signs fail and the experience OF
other cities near new military bases is worth
less. it will be necessary to increase the tra1-
fic squad and enlarge the area protected by
intersection signal lights. The present trafflc
force is inadequate in normal times. This Is
obvious to the most casual observer on heavy
shopping days, especially as Christmas nears
and larger and larger crowds throng the
streets. 1t would be silly to expect it to do a
thorough and competent job when the normal
population is swelled by the thousands VINO
will either come here to live or, settling IN
the vicinity of the Holly Ridge base, use Will
mington as their principal place of trade and
recreation.
More traffic officers, then, are to be con-
sidered as a safety necessity. Once the force
is increased 1t is to be expected that the
pedestrian public, no less than motor vehicle
drivers will be required to observe the traffic
light regulations and the ban on j~aywalking,
neither of which is strictly enforced at pres
ent. It would not be a bad idea, and might
be helpful, if the traffic squad began now,
well in advance of the influx sighted when
the Holly Ridge base is occupied, to enforce
these rules without favor or prejudice. That
it would be good practice is not to be doubted.
AS for parking, some action should be taken
at once with the view of accommodating the
population. The Junior Chamber of Commerce
has pointed the way by opening a parking lot
on South Front street for out-of-toWn shoppers,
whose small fee is refunded when they present
a sales slip from any of a group of stores
participating in the project. At the most, this
refund is a small item in comparison with
the additional trade the participating stores
enjoy.
Might not merchants in other blocks employ
the same method, to good purpose? There are
vacant spaces behind stores in other localities
which doubtless could be used at small ex-
pense and many hundreds of autos could park
on them. Open to local patrons, it is possible
that the revenue created by non-shoppers
would meet the initial expense of operation.
Whether it did or not, the cost inevitably
would be a sound investment for the mer-
chants who would profit by increased patron
age resulting from handy parking accommo-
.dations.