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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16
AlohanS Will Be Entertained
AT 0uevli Gard on Monday
'Drsms Day" Program VIII Be Kept Secret; Mr. John
ooldsbury Is Chairman for Afternoon Events

Again the and charming hospitality If Quevli
Gard Mrs Chrsten Queys stately country estate on the
prairie will be opened for meeting and of Aloha club
Sometime Mrs. Qnevh took up residence in and
for the past her home has been occupied by Major and
Mrs. f. P. Antonovieh
On Monday afternoon the Aohsns will out for the
2;30 Drama Day meeting for which Mrs John Godsbury
is the chairman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16

Frank Heffernan. Al opperman
and Mr.. Jim Stack.
Mr.. W. w. Gsudreau Is planning
the yacht club dance and has an
nounced that reservations for the
affair will be limited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16

. Traditionslly with this annual
program. the events Of the after
noon will not be revealed until the
meeting.
Assisting hostesses for the tea
hour Will be Mrs. c. A. Strong and
Mrs. Jesse o. Thomas.
For this meeting the board
meeting has been dispensed with.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16
Invitations Out for Wedding
On Saturday, November 80
Numerous Parties Honor Miss Dorothy Marie Woodruff
Bride Elect OF Mr.. Neil R. Si1er

One hundred twenty-five invitations placed in the
mail this week for the marriage Nov 80 of Miss Dorothy
Marie Woodruff daughter of Mr. and Mrs Arthur Wood
ruff and Mr. Neil r. Sizer of Mr. and Mrs f. Szer,
in Our Saviors Lutheran church. The wedding will be
solemnized at 8 80 o'clock.
Many parties being given for Miss Woodruff the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16

On Thursday evening Mrs
George johnson and Mrs. Ray
Keplinger entertained at Mrs
Johnson's home. The affair vas q
pantry shower and durin, the eve
ming the guests played bridge and
,inochle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16
College Crowd 10 Sss,e
Friday Evening

Tn. women's FEDERATION of the
coiieg. Of Puget Sound Is spon-
soring an sn-ooll.ge skating party
70 Dc held 81 Kings INK Friday
from . til II. Mas Doris Som
mer n general chairman Assist
ing her are Miss Betty Jane Pyle.
Miss Betty Brock. Miss Jsqgeilne
Moore. Hiss Carol Webb and Miss
Sylvia LsnsdOn
Daughters u America will meet
for business on Friday evening at :
O'Clock In Warren han. Mn \. ~.
Pzulson viii presto. Mr.. Thor
Toli.fson is chairman for the
month.
Sisters 81 Herman vii sponsor
a card party on Friday evening
AZ Sis IN Eorrnsnns nall Miss
n. Pstrlch. chairman in charge
Vill Be assisted BY Hesdanss n
Roller. N Cireh and /. schir-
nschsr. Rsffsshmsnts zdil be
served
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time for the wedding draws
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Hal Kemp, Band Leader,
Dies After Auto Crash
Ey the Associated Press,

Ry the Associated Press.
MADEIRA, Calf, Dec. 21.-Hal
Kemp, 36, orchestra leader, died
today of complications that devel-
oped from injuries he suffered in an
automobile accident Wednesday.
Death was caused by pneumonia.
His physicians announced yesterday
his condition was grave and he was
placed in an oxygen tent.
The band leader lived in Beverly
Hills. His wife was at his bedside.
One of Mr.. Kemp's lungs was
punctured and several ribs were
broken when his car and another
collided near here Yesterday pneu-
monia developed in the injured lung
and spread to the other.
The tall musician from the Uni
versity of North Carolina won
nationwide recognition with his
orchestra which broadcast regularly
over radio hookups and had ap-
peared in moving pictures.
Mr.. Kemp married Martha Steph-
enson, then 19-year -old New York
debutante at Pittsburgh, Pa. Janu-
ary 13, 1899. The year previous,
he was divorced from the former
Bessie Slaughter of Dallas, Tex.
Mr.. Kemp was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas D. Kemp of Charlotte.
N. c. A daughter was born to the
orchestra leader and his wife last
July.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
IS Additional Articles
Placed on Export Ban

President Roosevelt today placed
Is additional articles and materials
important in wartime production
under restrictions of the export
licensing system.
Explaining that the action was in
the interest of the national defense,
the President listed the items in an
executive order and proclamation
announced by the White House and
released in full at the State Depart
ment. Included in the list are sew
eral chemicals, abrasives, measuring
machines for precision instruments,
gauges, testing machines, balancing
machines. hydraulic pumps, tools
containing industrial diamonds and
equipment or plans for machinery
to make aviation lubricants.
Along with approximately so other
classifications of materials, those
announced today may henceforth be
shipped out of the country only on
license issued by the administrator
of export control
Recent policy in this regard has
been to permit shipments of vital
materials to the British Empire and
to other countries in the Western
Hemisphere. Actually, the restric-
tions have been operative principally
against Japan or shipments for some
otner destination by way of the
Pacific.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
r. A. F. Planes Based
On Greek Soil Make
Attack on Brindisi
Athens Forces Reported
In Fierce Clash With
Itolions Around TepeIini
B! the Associated Press.

ATHENS, Dec. 2l-British Royal
Air Force pombers based on Greek
soil were reported today to have
carried out successful attacks on
Oil tanks and railways at Brindisi,
across the Adriatic Strait of Otranto,
on the heel of the Italian boot.
Poor visibility and intense anti
aircraft fire made observation diff
cult" the r. A. F. communique said
but all bombs exploded in the target
area Large fires were started and
subsequently there were several ex-
ploslons"
While the R. A. F. reported this
and other assaults to support the
Greek offensive into Italian-held
Albania, dispatches from the fight
ing front said Greek forces had cap
tured an Italian colonel and two
battalions in fierce fighting around
Tepeleni.
Greek infautrymen. battling cold
and stubborn Fascist force, were
said to have occupied two villages
and two strategically important
heights in the Tepeleni area.
Heights taken in the Tepeleni area
were described as strongly guarded
with barbed wire. After mentioning
the gains in that sector, one report
said
Our artillery successfully shelled
the retreating Italians. Guns and
much material have fallen into our
hands
While the enemy was being
chased, italian planes attempted to
halt our advance but our fighters
took off and shot down four enemy
aircraft"
A naval communique indicated to-
day that a Greek destroyer force
actually preceded British warships
in their sweep of the lower Adriatic,
as reported by the London Admiralty
yesterday. The British sent battle
ship-cruiser-d destroyer force into the
lower Adriatic December 18 and the
battleships, it was reported, poured
nearly 100 tons of high explosive
shells into Italy's port of entry into
Southern Albania, Valona.
Now the Greek Navy reports that
on the night of December 1916 its
reconnaissance destroyerS penetrated
the lower Adriatic as far as the Is
land of Saseno, at the entrance of
Valona Harbor, without encounter
ing any signs of the enemy"
The Greek foray was commanded
by Admiral Cavadias.
The communique said simply:
During the night of December
1915 Greek destroyers made a
reconnaissance of the Adriatic, 60
ing to the Island of Saseno without
encountering any signs of the en-
emy"
Besides the Brindisi attack the
night of December 1920, the r. A. F.
reported an attack yesterday on
Berati, at vital road junction in
the middle sector of the Albanian
front. and site of an airfield, as well
as battle between Gladiator fight
ers and italian bombers over the
Tepeleni area in which one Italian
plane was believed to have been
shot down and a British pilot bailed
(See GREEK, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Heavy Artillery Action
Reported by Italians

ROME, Dec. 81 CP.-Heavy artil-
lery action was reported today by the
Italian high command in tine North
African desert battle zone across
which Britain's forces from Egypt
are striking at Libya.
Special credit was given by the
high command to Fascist flyers
especially the 5th Air Squardon-for
having tirelessly and with the most
sublime forces of sacrifice" Coop
Grated with italian land units in hit
ting hard at the armored columns
which spearheaded the British at
tack.
At the same time, the Italians said
their aircraft engaged in fierce air
battles with British planes.
An Italian air formation was re-
ported to have made a low-fying
night attack on the British pro-
tectorate of Alden, heavily bombing
an airport.
Italian officials said British
cruiser reported sunk off the port OF
Bardia early in the fighting along
the Egyptian-Libyan frontier still
could be seen lying on the bottom of
the sea. An official statement said
the ship was cruiser or about 5000
tons-presumably of the Arethusa or
Lenter type.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
German Warp|anes
Blast Liverpool in
Heavy Attack
Many Fires Started by
Wave After Wave
Of Nuzi Bombers
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 21.-German
reconnaissance planes ftw over Liv-
erpool and the Merseyside district
after daybreak today to survey the
damage caused by wave after wave
of bombers which battered this CEN
ter of British overseas commerce last
night.
The night raid was reported to
have been the heaviest of the war
for the Liverpool area.
Rescue workers digging through
wreckage and rubble for victims of
the attack hardly spared the scout
ing planes overhead a glance.
The raid started so early last night
that crowds of Christmas shoppers
were caught in the streets. They
filled shelters and Easements in the
business district and were forced to
remain there throughout the night.
Many Fires Started.
A greater use of incendiary bombs
than in any previous raid on Liver
pool caused many fires, lighted tar
gets and guided wave after wave of
bombers over the industrial areas.
There were relatively few casual
ties, however. and transport facili-
ties were operating almost normally
this morning.
During the height of the raid
fire truck ran into q bomb crater in
a downtown street, injuring two fire.
men.
A large hotel was damaged and
famous church hit. One large shell
(See LIVERPOOL, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Navy Lets Contracts
For 81 Vessels 10
Cost $265,765,500
Privote Yards Get Orders
With Sc, 500, 900 More
To Expand Facilities
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary Knox announced today
the awarding of contracts to private
shipyards for 81 additional mine
layers, tenders and other naval
vessels estimated to cost $265, 1885,
500.
Additional contracts totalling So
100000 were awarded at the same
time to expand facilities at the
widely scattered shipyards receiv-
ing the orders
The vessels will be built on a
cost -plus-fixed fee basis. Detailed
breakdowns and delivery dates were
not disclosed. The shipyards, num-
ber of vessels and limit of cost on
expansion of facilities included:
The Willamette Iron & Steel
Corp, Portland. Greg, two mine
layers; s1,O00,OO0 for expansion of
facilities.
Lake Washington Shipyards, Sc
attic, Wash. six small seaplane
tenders; no expansion of facilities
provided
Associated Shipbuilders, Seattle,
four small seaplane tenders; $780,
900 for expansion.
ingalls, Shipbuilding Co., Pasca-
goula, Miss, four net layers; ST.
100000 for expansion.
Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland,
Calf, two submarine tenders and
five submarine rescue vessels; no
expansion.
Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester,
Pa, three destroyer tenders and
three seaplane tenders; $2,500, 900
for expansion.
Evening star., 1940-12-21

town, waiting in vain for transporta-
ton.
The Capital Transit Co. put all
available buses into service. Police
cars went along streetcar lines, sue-
gesting that those waiting find some
other means of transportation Taxis
were at premium and many motor
lists, driving to work, stopped to load
their cars with those who waited by
the curb
Many walked down the middle of
thoroughfares, trying to hail cabs
or hitch rides
Traffic CrawIs.
The waiting throngs. added to
the confusion created by slowed-up
traffic lights, stalled street cars and
the extra buses, held traffic to a
slow crawl in many places.
Government Offices reported many
persons late for work. but a survey
indicated that most departments
would not charge the tardy with
annual leave.
The three blasts which were
blamed on the power failure were
not of serious nature All were re-
ported to have occurred in oil
burners.
One of them was in st. Martins
Catholic Church, 1912 North Capitol
street, where IS persons had gath
cred for early mass.
Father Louis F. Miltenberger.
pastor of the church, said the service
was ending just as the oil burner in
the basement blew up The force
OF the explosion shattered a stained
glass window in the church.
Firemen sped to the scene and took
steps to prevent fire. None in the
church was injured.
Companies servicing oil burners
reported that thousands of heating
plants had shut down. It was ex-
planned that most burners have an
(See BLACKOUT, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1940-12-21

way there guided bv white cane
and seeing eye" dog, for he is
blind. His gift, he said, came from
himself and four small blind chill
dren of Fairfax and Arlington
Counties.
A friendly group of men who call
themselves the old Fogey Plate
Printers of the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing brought s146 for
The Star-N. B. C.-Warner Bros. Yule
fund. They refused to give their
names. but promised to bring still
more next year"
The Accounting Division Club in
the Treasury Department phoned to
offer s100, the profit of parties dur
ing 1910.
A girl at the Shoreham Hotel sent
a check with this explanation:
Something very nice just hap
pened to me and I would like to
share my happiness with some one
less fortunate
You, also, can share happiness by
mailing or bringing a gift to The
Stars Christmas House at Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue. Do
it now so your gift can be passed on
to children who are hoping for a
(See CHRISTMAS, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Cross Appeal to u. S.
Desperate, Italians Say

ROME, Dec 81 (P)-Italian news
papers today headlined the state
ments of British Minister of Ship
ping Ronald H. Cross on British
shipping needs as "a desperate ap-
peal to the United States" for ships
and one which showed the British
were worried.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
New 4-Man Board
Is Given Full Power
Over Defense Work
Knudsen Heads Group
With HiIImon, Stimson
And Knox us Members
BY JOHN G. HENRY.


Responsibility for Americas re-
arming was compressed into the
hands of four men today, their pow
ers only slightly short of absolute.
Headed by William S. Knudsen.
production authority, the quartet
also includes Sidney Hillman, labor
representative; Secretary of War
Stimson and Secretary of Navy
Knox.
Selection of this group was an
nounced late yesterday by President
Roosevelt in hastily called special
press conference at which he ex-
planned that the new superagency
for driving the Nation toward its
goal of total defense would be known
as the ONCE for Production Man
agement
To this agency he promised that
he would delegate all power and
responsibility which the Constitu-
ton permits him to divest from his
own person.
More Executive Orders.
Actual creation of the new Office,
he said, would be accomplished by
one or more executive orders to be
issued within the next 10 days Au-
thority for its establishment. he
added, is contained in clause of
the Government Reorganization Act
giving the President broad powers
to set up emergency management
machinery.
Although Mr.. Roosevelt declined
to say at his conference that the
purpose or effect of operation of
this agency is the speeding up of
the defense program, particularly
the production phase, his decision
follows weeks of complaint that
drive and authority has been lack
ing. Numerous official and unofficial
suggestions for a reorganization of
the administrative structure have
been submitted and considered.
The announced scheme was de-
vised, the President said, in order
to embrace into a compact unity
the elements of skilled responsibility
regarding Army and Navy needs
technicalities of production manage
ment and of labor. Since he con-
siders that no single person in the
country possesses all of the qualifi-
cations implied in these four factors,
the Chief Executive said he was Sc
lecting four men already proven
qualified.
From now on, he continued fullest
possible responsibility for defense
production. purchasing and priori-
ties will be vested in these four
men.
To implement their functioning,
he went on, three principal divisions
will be set up under the new Office.
First of these will be concerned
entirely and closely with the actual
production Of more munitions. This
division may have several subdivi-
(See DEFENSE, Page ABB
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Grooming Race Tiipster Accused
Of Unlicensed Radio Use

A modern gambler with micro
phone instead of flock of aces up
his sleeve was exposed today by the
Federal Communications Commits
sion.
He was the grandstand grooming
tipster for a clever gang which
broadcast race news so "hot off the
griddle" that confederates apparent
ly were able to get bets down be-
tween the start and the finish at
Charles Town, w. Va.
The radio tipster and an ac-
complice were arrested and two un-
licensed transmitting sets were
seized by Federal radio inspectors,
West Virginia State police and the
United States commissioner at Mar
tinsburg, w. Va.
The tipster, 1t was said, was =
Evening star., 1940-12-21
y. Sherman Peace Is at Stake
In English Plan to Take Over
Ships, Nozi S Spokesman Asserts
Berlin Is WATCHING
Reaction Here to
Cross Proposal
BY LOUIS P. LOCHNER,

NSooSidttu EIcSS WAL SullcSpOuutItb
BERLIN. Dec. 21.-The question
of continued peaceable relations be-
tween Germany and the United
States hangs in the balance as the
German government awaits reaction
to the Cross shipping proposal. an
off1cial Foreign Office spokesman
intimated today. in a solemn press
conference
(Secretary Hull declined to COM
ment on the statement. The
Secretary was asked at his press
conference if he would give the
views of the American Govern
ment on the question and replied
in the negative)
Ronald H. Cross, British Minister
of Shipping, said Yesterday in Lon
don that the assignment of "a GER
tain number of enemy ships in the
United States" and addition of
United States ships to the British
service "are the only ways l can
see for replenishments of any conse-
quence"
The entire attention of the Ger
man government is centered upon
the American reaction to the Cross
proposal" the spokesman asserted.
Interest Extraordinary"
That proposal is nothing other
than inciting America to commit a
warlike act" he said. Il speak with
tremendous earnestness in my Ca
pacity as your official informant and
spokesman"
"Our interest is extraordinary" he
continued, because in an increasing
manner one nation (meaning Ger
many has shown restraint to the
point of lf-effacement. while on
the other side there has been sys-
tematic policy of pin-pricks, chal-
lenges, humiliations and even moral
aggression.
THE Reichs government is. there
fore, centering its entire attention
upon this problem
The conference was one of the
most serious ever held by the spokes-
man.
Mr.. Cross was speaking, he said,
at the moment when Great Britain
Is in a death struggle
Evening star., 1940-12-21
ThousandsWaIk
AS B|ackout
Ha|ts Sheetcars
Vehicles Stalled Two
Hours; Pennsylvania
Plant Causes Failure

Washington had a blackout which
stalling all the city's streetcars for
two hours, sending radio stations off
the air for varying periods, causing
three explosions and creating con-
fusion in some of the city's normal
morning routine
Thousands of persons were forced
to walk to work as streetcars stood
idle on tracks all over town. Fire
engines raced through the streets
before dawn as alarm systems went
haywlre and panicky citizens sent
in needless calls.
Traffic was badly snarled as the
power failure set traffic lights stut-
tering. The telephone company,
along with hospitals and other CEN
ters, were forced to switch to emer-
gency power systems in order to
maintain service
The power failure here was
blamed on breakdown of generator
at the Safe Harbor. Pa, HYDRO
electric system. from which the local
Potomac Electric Power Co. obtains
auxiliary power
Local Generators Go Out.
The trouble at the Safe Harbor
station spread over the line. knock
ing out equipment in the local gen.
Grating plants of Benning and Buz-
yards Point.
Following the initial failure. power
was restored gradually. 1t was half
an hour before lights were back on
in the downtown section and Is min
utes more before elevators we're
operating
The streetcars, which stalled
where they stood at $40. were not
running again until BAT, the Capital
Transit Co. said. Thousands stood
at streetcar stops in all parts of
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Ship Firm Denies Stolen
Data Had Military Value
3, the Associated Press.

3. the Associated Press.
CAMDEN, N. j., Dec. 81. - The
New York Shipbuilding Corp. an
nounced today that brief case con-
tanning production schedules" was
stolen Thursday from one of its
employees, Walter Keefer, at res
taurant near Schenectady, N. Y.
Fred Cornell, the corporation
public relations representative, said
the briefcase contained mo blue
prints. ship. construction plans" or
other matter of military value"
Previously New York State police
had reported that they understood
the stolen papers were plans for
construction of naval vessels" The
corporation holds more than $780,
100000 worth of Navy contracts.
Evening star., 1940-12-21

he was under the impression that
nothing would be developed to indi-
cate any material culpability of the
three Americans
He emphasized that no conces-
sions were being made in respect to
the German charges.
Those being withdrawn from the
Paris Embassy are Cecil NJ P. Cross
and Leigh w. Hunt, secretaries in
the diplomatic service, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Deegan. reception clerk in
the Paris Embassy, who was de-
tanned by the Germans for several
days recently.
Mrs. Hunt, wife of the Second Sec
retary and Consul of the American
(See EMBASSY, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-12-21

crooner as well. Such songs as "Oh,
Johnny, Oh, Johnny" and the Beer
Barrel Polka were chanted into the
microphone, and they had a very
special meaning for the boys in the
horse joints waiting to lay their
bets.
The tipster whistled as we'll
Maryland, My Maryland" was a
favorite. AS the ponies got into
the stretch the mysterious broad
caster would come in with q series
of numbers, repeated until the race
was run. Immediately afterward a
stronger signal on another fire.
quency could be heard repeating
the numbers several times.
This was explained by the words
(See GAMBI ,ERS, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Three in u. S. Embassy at Paris
Removed at BerIin's Request
No Concessions Being Made Concerning
Charges, Secretary Hull Says

Secretary of State Hull said today
that two secretaries and a woman
clerk of the American Embassy in
Paris would be withdrawn at the
request of German authorities who
had accused them of helping an
unidentified British officer to escape.
Mr.. Hull said that while this Gov
ernment had had no opportunity to
investigate the allegations against
the persons involved, any Govern
ment had right to demand the
withdrawal of another government
representatives from its territory
without setting forth any grounds
whatever.
The State Department will investi-
gate the matter, but Mr.. Hull said