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pETURNING from visit
l. to the Grand Coulee dam.
r. D. O'Neil, utilities COM
missioner-elect, expresse s
surprise at the magnitude OF
the project. That is the re-
action of ninety per cent OF
those who see what is being
done to the Columbia river
and the magnitude of the
electric power installation.
The Columbia basin irrigation
and power project was a sub
ject of conversation forty
years ago. Twenty years ago
we began to discuss it seri-
ously. Five years ago the
project was started.
In all that time few per-
sons have fully inf orm e d
themselves on the subject and
only an infinitesimally small
per cent of the population OF
Washington realizes what the
completion of the project
really will mean. Once under
stood. its magnitude becomes
astounding. The Puget Sound
country as well as the great
areas in Eastern Washington
will share in the benefits.
ONCE more there is the
" story of the retired farmer
running around with several
thousand dollars in his pock-
cts and becoming the prey of
racketeers. 1t is difficult TO
understand how a farmer who
has wrung a competence from
the ground can be so silly as
to think that there is any
miraculous process by which
his hard earned dollars can
be made to multiply any more
than he could grow wheat
without tilling the soil and
sowing the seed. Yet after
all he isn't any more OF a
sucker than the man who will
put dollar after dollar into a
fast slot machine in the hope
that he will get his money
back.
THIS week marks the close
of the campaign to enroll
every member of every Lu-
theran congregation in Ia
coma and Pierce county as a
contributor to the Lutheran
Welfare society. In its activ-
tiles this organization makes
the church real 10 those who
are in need. Few welfare
groups work more efficiently
or make the money go far
Their. Members of the Luz
theran congregations are to
be commended for the work
they are doing. All Tacoma
will wish them abundant sue
cess this week.
nANE rRANSAcrInNs
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F. D. Silent on Extension
OF War 10 Denmark, Norway
President Tells American Republics
They Must Meet Force With Force"

wAsHiSoToSPrssdsnt Roosevelt declared
American republics prepared
peaceful relations ls challenged
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Torso and Legs
OF Man Are F ound

CHICAGo--The torso and legs
Of a man wrapped In buriap bags
were found early Monday in an
alley behind a West Madison 81.
undertaking establishment Police
at first believed the victim might
have been Sholem Bernstein Of New
York. who had been reported
5ught by gangsters associated
with Murder. Inc.
Police said the victims head had
been severed at the shoulders and
his hands cut off at the wrists.
NEW YORK New YORK police
said the torso murder victim found
in Chicago was not ShOlem Bern
stein, 20.
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No. 4" and bank robber No. Il
on the Federal Bureau OF lnyesti-
CATION files. and Kyle were taken
back 10 their old cells and fed.
swope said he would cali a meet
ing Of officials 10 decide II they
should be locked I'm solitary"
Nothing To Eat
He said they had not eaten since
they took a truck from q trusty
and escaped late Thursday In a
shower of bullets. They had not
stolen vegetables from prison
gardens or from the gardens Of
guards. svops said. because they
were afraid II would reveal their
presence on the island.
The men who had been accused
Of nearly a dozen hank holdups
were afraid To swim the 500 yards
Of rough. cold water that sepa-
rates Mcneil island from the main
land, Swope said.
Serving IS Years
More than 90 guards had
searched the Island before they
walked into" the fugitiyes.
Both were serving Is year terms
for robbing a Los Angeles bank.
A third member Of the gang
James D courey. p. committed
suicide when police tried 10 ques-
ton him.
No trace has ever been found Of
William Dempsey who escaped
from Mcneil prison on Jan. 30.
HE Was serving a life term.
.
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WEATHER. FORECAsT

Cioady tonight and "Wednesday
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sun rises. s:zo; sets, !.
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Real Estate for Sale

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Wanted TO Rent

WANTED Modern house with A. least
four bedrooms. north END. Nrife
I'll Tacoma Times.
LIST your rentals with us Stewart
Bradley CO Main qa5f
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Real Estate for Sale

si,lo0 LAKE HOME
; ROOMS and storage room. Small
expense vii make comfortable.
modern cottage. Furnished with
camp furniture Immediate pes
session. Very nice beach.
TODAYsS BEST BUY
IT'S A DANDY In Kay street
district. Nice living NON. hard
wood floors. Two CHEEKY bed
rooms. modern attractive Kitchen
and nook. Basement. furnace.
garage. paved street Recently
decorated. perfect condition. Al
fer s. $50. 5000 down. SO per
month
FREEMAN REALTY CO. Ia 2s2a
opp. Lakewood Center. open ewes.
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$50 DOWN. tl7 mo. 4 rms 72of and
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MIDLAND DISTRICT sssoen usess
good soii sis dean. o. pfF month
FIDELITY nKhI A COLLECTION
co. fis -. l0th Is.
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CLEAN cabins. light. water aud ga
rage. ti0 sl2. sl5. The Grove.
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HEAVY green upl. re slap $40. qusn-
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Reel Esisss for Trade

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Unfinished Apartments

DELIGHTFUL four-room apartment
fireplace. all utilities: garages. $40
Atrebla. 1919 North Steele.
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Pets, Dogs. Birds. Etc.

pEDIGREED English bull pups, sired
by "Buckshot." BR 3o85, Boliyer.
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Housekeeping Rooms

DOWNTOWN location: two and one
room apartments. o. 10 sl0 month.
400 South 9Th.
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BUFFELEN heavy pisrer sncs; IN
steamed core blocks, ar SAB
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POUR ROOMS and two bedrooms
Nice yard references. t25. Inquire
slsAz East 2sth.
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Room and Board

NICELY furnished room IN private
home: board optional. 722 South /.
Main 5675.
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LARGE, pleasant room. lovely home
for young business men or stu
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No washington.
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furnished Houses for Rent

CHEAP rent. clean tWo-room house
water. si2 1915 So l.
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Evening star., 1940-06-16
france Faces Threat From ,Snnin

Military authorities are highly apnre-
henslve that Spain. following Italy's ex-
ample, will add to the difficulties of
France
Dlsquletlng reports from Madrid have
been received during the last two weeks
Unusual activity has been observed in
the Balearic Islands and at Pamnlona
oVledo and other centers where the Ger
mans and Italians established important
air bases during the civil war. And now
Spain has occupied Tangiers interna-
tional zone.
10 complete the blitz victory it is nee
essary that the Spaniards lend these air.
dromes to the totalitarian states-thus
enabling their surplus aviation to raid
those parts of France heretofore con-
sldered safe from any attack.
Factories Near Pyrenees.
Frances newest air factories are placed
in that section of the country between
the nlassif known as the Plateau Gen.
tral and the Pyrenees. The French gov
ernment has believed that Spain-no
matter what might happen in the future
was not in position to attack France.
Soon after Franco, aided by the Ital-
ians and Germans, obtained a complete
victory over the Loyalists, Paris decided
to repair the breach caused in Spanish
French relations by French support of
the Loyalist government, and sent the
aged Field Marshal Petain as her Am
bassador to Madrid
personal relationship existed between
Generalissimo Franco and Field Marshal
Petain. Franco, once Petains pupil at
the Army War College in Paris, had the
highest esteem and consideration for his
erstwhile teacher. Petain stood ace high
with the Madrid government. In his
blunt way the field marshal put it up to
Franco whether. In the event of a war
between France and Germany, Spain
Evening star., 1940-06-16
BY Constantine Brown.

would again remain neutral as she did
during the last war.
Gen. Franco reassured Petain that
nothing in the world would induce Spain
to take up arms against the French
republic; bygones were bygones, he said
and intimated that he had had enough
of the tuteiage of the Germans and the
Italians. This news cheered Paris SO
greatly that the foreign Office allowed
1t to leak out. 1t was said that Petain
had obtained another brilliant victory
this time in the diplomatic field-and
that France need not worry about her
Pyrenean borders.
Franco undoubtedly told the truth.
He is tired OF war and so is Spain. But
the Germans and the Italians had diff
ferent ideas Special emissaries were
sent to Madrid. They spoke to Franco
kindly, giving him to understand that
if he were tired, so tired as to abandon
his allies who had won the victory for
him, there were other men in Spain who
were less weary According to reliable
diplomatic reports, Franco received an
nVltatlon TO spend a few months in a
summer resort in Carithis, far from the
fracas of war; amidst beautiful trees and
lofty mountains.
Gibraltar Plan Breaches.
That idea did not appeal to him, and
when the re-incorporation of Gibraltar
in Spain was mentioned he became an
attentive listener to what the Italo-
German emissaries had to tell him.
In essence he was told that the totali-
tartan states would not ask Spain to
fight. But it was essential that Franco
should place at their disposal the air.
dromes built under the supervision of
German specialists. He is reported to
have accepted, although he realized that
the price might be the bombardment OF
Madrid by the desperate Allied forces.
Evening star., 1940-06-16

He also agreed to allow Palma and
lVlza, once more Spanish h-controlled
towns, to become the principal bases for
Italian aviation and submarines. More
over, he did not object to the sending of
Italian bombers and pursuit planes to
the alrdromes on the Pyrenees. These
bases. now in the hands of the totali-
tarlans, form a deadly menace to the
French armament industry-especially to
the airplane factories.
Kind Persuasion Used.
For the time being the totaHtarian
governments are using kind persuasion
on Franco. They urge him to Join them
In order to restore Spain's territorial in
tegrity by taking Gibraltar from the
British with the assistance of Italian
aviation. Furthermore they draw the
pleasant picture of an expansion of
Spanish Morocco well beyond the pres
ent limits-at little cost and without plac-
ing Spain on an active war footing.
That Franco will be compelled to listen
to the arguments" of the totalitarians
seems foregone conclusion.
Alexander Wedell, our Ambassador to
Spain, returned few weeks ago for a
vacation in this country. He was rushed
back within week with a special mes
sage from President Roosevelt to Gen.
Franco urging him to avoid involvement
in Europe's murderous conflict. Mr.,
Wedell resumed .llis post with little hope
that the message would seriously affect
FRANCOIS policies. The Spanish dictator
knows only too we'll that the day he re-
fuses to obey the orders Of his masters
in Berlin and in Rome, he will become
a private citizen in some Italian or Ger
man town-if he is lucky. Spain, re-
sponsible Washington quarters believe.
must follow the destinies of the totali-
tarians.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
By Blair BoHes.

ing member of the S. A." just back from
South America. How create a new Ger
many there? Gen. Mola had not vet
coined his famous phrase. But the fifth
column was the idea. Mr.. Rauschning
quotes Herr Hitler:
I'VE must send our people out to them
(the Brazilians). Our youth must learn
to colonize. For this we have no need
of formal officials and governors. Auda-
cious youth is what we want They
need not 60 into the jungle, either to
clear the ground What we want are
people in good society. -.
I'VE shall not land troops like Will
liam the Conqueror and gain Brazil by
strength of arms. Our weapons are not
visible ones. Our conquistadores have a
more difficult task than the original
ones, and for this reason they have more
difficult weapons"
Need for Vigilance.
These grandiloquent words apprise
the United States of the necessity for
ceaseless vigilance in Latin America in
general and Brazil particularly. Only
four years ago Brazil was an economic
dependency of Germany The United
States eXtricated our most useful Amer
lean friend from this difficulty only by a
liberal reciprocal trade agreement and
by the inauguration of a policy of easy
credit to Brazil, defined in notes ex-
changed little over a year ago with
Oswaldo Aranha, the Brazilian Foreign
Minister.
That the occasion for unremitting CO.
operation by this country with Brazil
continues to exist despite the trade situ-
alton and despite the credits is made
clear by Joao Banda Calogeras, a Bra
lillian, in his "A History of Brazil"
translated into English by P. A. Martin
and published by the University of North
Carolina Press. In his chapter on the
l93os, added after DR.. Calogeras' death
DR.. Martin, member of the Brazilian
Honorary Society of the Historical and
Geographic Institute, writes:
'Nazl activities among the large pop-
ulation of German birth or descent in
southern Brazil have steadily grown
during recent years. The German Ma
tlonal Socialist party has had it's agents
everywhere.
1T is not without significance that
the Nazi leader, Herr Won Sossel was
appointed cultural attache to the Ger
man Embassy in Rio While definite
proof is apparently lacking, there is ex-
celent reason to believe that connec-
ton existed between the nov-outlaved
lntegralista party and representatives of
herman Fasclsm in Brazil.
1T may be further noted that German
propaganda in Brazil was reinforced bv
the close economic relations develoned
between Brazil and Germany through
the medium of Germanys trade policy
and especially the employment of the
famous compensated mark"
Ihe course of Brazil during the mast
decade puts some light on the current
situation. In November, 1880, a revolt of
Brazilian generals put President WASH
lngton Luis out of Office and Getulio
Vargas in. A week later the new Presi-
dent issued decree arrogating abso-
lutte powers for himself and his govern
Evening star., 1940-04-28

Fern Simon," says Mr.. Z. We've found
her! She's more than just the girl for the part
of Fern Simon. She is Fern Simon!
That's the story of Girl meets Lightning as
it comes out of the Hollywood publicity
departments. But do you believe it? Do you
really believe that certain number of the
beautiful youngsters you see in pictures, often
playing opposite established stars, were just
local gals yesterday, and today are facing the
camera for the first time?
Well, you better believe it. because it's true.
know, because decided to look into this
subject. selected, from rather long list of
candidates billed as having been struck by
this Hollywood lightning, the three whom it
seemed to me were most likely to have been
struck by the invented lightning of the pub
licity department. These were the Misses
Lana Turner, Brenda Joyce and Linda
Darnell.
I selected them because Miss Turner, it
seems to me, exhibits pulchritude which. if
slightly static, is of caliber that you would
not be apt to find by just hanging around
street corner; and because Miss Joyce, in my
opinion, seems to demonstrate more potential
acting ability than even Mr. Z could have dis
covered just by pointing his finger at an
advertisement And Miss Darnell because l
didn't believe there was any such girl. The
first time saw her on the screen, put her
down as myth. There are no people like that.
"I Did Ny Algebro!"
Now, the studios press releases on Miss
Turner 90 something like this:
A student at Hollywood High School. one
day she went across the street to drugstore
Evening star., 1940-04-28

- NE way to break into the movies is to
march on Hollywood with stiff upper
~ lip and start swinging from the heels.
Another way is to stand still and let Holly
wood tap you on the shoulder with lightning.
While thousands of very pretty young ladies'
are vying with each other in every corner OF
this land to see who will win the free trip to
Hollywood and fame
While hundreds of ambitious actors, al
ready in Hollywood. are wearing their hearts
thin irving to make two-line part sound like
star billing -.
While these things are going on, some
HOLLYWOOD schoolgirl standing on street
corner eating an ice-cream cone - or, tor that
matter, not eating an ice-cream cone or,
to show how simple it can be, not even stand
ing on street corner and not even in Holly
wood - is going to be struck by Hollywood
lightning. And within the fortnight. believe
it or not. this girl is going to be struggling in
the grasp of, for example, Mr.. Clark Gable.
during working hours.
The official Hollywood publicity depart
ment version of how this incredible thing hap
pens runs about like this: The studio is look
ing for somebody to take the part OF, let us
say, Fern Simon. They have tested fifty
eight potential ingenues at cost of $4O,OOO.
But Fern Simon still is as elusive as Scarlett
O'HAa used to be. The studio is full of
gloom. Then one Saturday afternoon the big
boss, MIR. Z, is (a) reading magazine, or
ID, and more likely playing game of polo,
when suddenly he either (a) points to girl
in an ad, or (b, and more likely points to
girl in box seat, and begins to sputter.
What is it," somebody asks.
Evening star., 1940-04-28
by Donald Housh

during algebra class and ordered vanilla
soda. She was wearing, among other things.
red sweater. In came Billy Wilkerson, editor
of movie trade journal He saw our subject.
What are you doing here?' he said
Il did my algebra at home last night she
said, paling visibly
Il mean," Billy said. have you thought of
trying for pictures?"
Miss Turner lowered her lashes and said.
"Oh, sir!' and Billy grabbed her by the
scruff of the sweater and hauled her over to
Mervyn Leroy. who signed her up between
classes - for the part of the murder victim
in They Won't Forget"
Well, checked up on this. l went to the
high school and dug up her enrolment. She
had attended the school for four months, and
her algebra mark was er - adequate She
was listed as Jude Turner. Her real name is
Julia Jean Turner She left school suddenly.
the records said, to attend acting classes at
motion picture studio. then hunted up MIR.
Wilkerson He agreed to the essential facts.
However, it was not drugstore. but
drive-in place. which is just as good. 1t has
since closed He showed me the building,
though. Also, when he asked her if she ever
had thought of the movies, she did not lower
her lashes and say ''Oh, sir" She said, 'I'll
tell the world have. That's why we moved to
California"
Nevertheless, l think we can give the
publicity department a passing mark.
now called upon Miss Joyce. She was
on location with the maryland" company in
the Santa Monica mountains and when got
there she was standing in front of several
cameras and looking happily at Director
Henry King and saying, Lee" Qee, found
later, was supposed to be John Payne, who at
the moment was over at the commissary truck
drinking bottle of soda pop.) When Miss
Joyce had got her word down letter perfect,
she came over and sat down on the grass, and
sat down beside her.
Miss Joyce" l said, speaking of your
entry into pictures, is it true that you were, in
manner of speaking, struck by lightning?'
"Yes," she said, smiling at me- But it
didn't hurt
Il see." said, fiddling around, plainly not
at my ease What was the name of your first
picture. by the Way?''