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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
Parks Review 10
Be on Wednesday

A Playground Review" will be
presented Wednesday at 7:30 p. m.
at Wright park, with children and
directors of various city playfields
taking part.
The program, designed to give
the public a cross section OF
activity on city playfields. viii
officially bring to a close the sum-
mer season for the playground de-
partment of Metropolitan park dis
trict.
Orchestra numbers, followed by
a pledge Of allegiance to the Amer
lean flag, viii open festivities at
7:s0. A costume parade is planned,
to be followed by baseball, soft
ball and junior Olympic awards.
Next on the program will be an
amateur program, which precedes
folk dances. Pyramid building will
be presented by boys from Wright,
Ferry and Alling parks and JEFF
ferson playfield.
The program will be climaxed
with the singing Of The Star
spangled Banner"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27

?. Wendell Wflkie. on the other
hand. has strengthened his grip on
several Of the large states east OF
the Mississippi. such as Ohio,
Indiana. Illinois and Michigan.
Whereas ne lead in these states
by relatively narrow margins three
weeks ago, his vote today is re-
speetiyely S. per cent, so per cent.
81 per cent and Sc per cent
5. Altogether, the survey shows,
Roosevelt has gained In Il states,
Willbde has gained In Is. and there
has been no net change In the re-
naming Is Most Of the farm
belt states have shown gains for
NilIlde of from one TO four per-
centage points.
T. AS Of today, the crucial
Etates appear TO be New York
Pennsylvania and a handful o.
other eastern states. whore Mr.
Wllkie Is leading by slight mar
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
ROOSEVELT STILL LEADS
IN POPULAR VOTE, s1-4s

On the evidence Of the Institute
survey. however, an election held
today would probably result in the
closest race since the Wilson
Hughes election of 1916. While
Willkie has a slight lead in the
all-important electoral vote column
President Roosevelt - partly be-
cause OF his tremendous plursliues
In the South-continues TO have a
tiny majority Of the popular vote.
There has been no change in this
respect since the August survey.
The Institutes question. put to a
carefully selected cross-section OF
the voters in each state, asked:
'1f the Presidential election
were being held today. would
You vote for the Republican
candidate, Willkie. or the
Democratic candidate, Roose-
yelt:"
The replies in both Institute
surveys to date have been:
Willkie Roosevelt
August Z suvey 1870 sIss
Today's Survey. - 81
Twelve per cent of those inter
viewed las compared with thirteen
per cent three weeks ago) said
they had made no definite choice
or were undecided.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27

-Four states which stood in Mr..
Wilkes column at the beginning
Of the eampaign-oregon, Idaho
Wyoming and Connecticut - are
leaning 10 Mr.. Roosevelt BY mar
row margins today. the survey
shows Nevertheless. Mr.. Willkie
is ahead Of the President in 20
states with a combined vote in the
electoral college Of 2s4, or is more
than the 266 which are required
to win. President Roosevelt. lead
ing in rs states, has 247 electoral
votes.
Returns from Washington show
Roosevelt leading at the present
time by a vote of IS to as.
Two major developments Of the
past few days are not completely
reflected in the Institutes current
study, however. These develop
ments are % Mr.. Wilkes ae-
ceptance speech at Elwood, Ind,
which Republicans are counting on
to boost COP strength. and ca
the latest phases OF Adolph Hitler's
aerial blitzkrieg against Britain,
which some observers have expect
ed might cause additional voters
10 favor a third term for Roosevelt.
The greater part of the interview
ing in the present survey was
completed before the possible po-
hticsl effects Of these widely diff
fering events had time TO sink in
II must be emphasized that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
By EDWARD w. BEArTIE. JR.

DOVER - British fighter planes
tackled three powerful German
squadrons OF bombers and fighters
high in the sunny sky today in one
Of the fiercest dog fights yet seen
from the channel cliffs
The German formations swept
out Of the sun and raced inland
where the defamation Of their heavy
bombs could be heard.
British fighters were sitting up
in the sky waiting for the attack.
From the ground we could see the
planes whirling and diving like tiny
silver specks.
Fragments Spatfer Streets
Hundreds Of bullets and shell
fragments spatter the streets Of
the town as the dog fight prog
ressed and two German planes were
seen TO crash
One German plane Was reported
10 have crashed into the sea some
distance from the coast. A Ger
man Messersehmitt dove from the
clouds and after q long burst from
British machine guns il whirlec
toward the earth with great pieces
breaking off It's tail and wing.
Thirty seconds after the fuselags
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
Bee Club to Meet
On Monday Evening

The Tacoma Migratory Bee club
viii meet at p. m. Monday at the
home Of c. Z. Coddington. 7ee So.
e7th st. Honey and pollen plants
Of the state Of Washington. based
on Federal circular No. 554. viii be
the principal topic Of discussion
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27

gins al the present time. II the
COP candidate can hold or in
crease his lead in these areas. with
their rich allotments Of electoral
votes. he will probably enter the
final stages Of the race in a good
position II President Roosevelt
can detsch even one Of these pop
ulous states, however, the cleo
torsl balance would swing to the
Democrats.
Wilkes position in the race to-
day. like Governor Lsndon's at a
similar time in 1885, u thus ex-
tremsly vulnerable.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27

there is always a margin Of error
involved in every sampling opera
ton - no matter how carefully
conducted-because OF the size of
the sample itself. In the present
survey the statistical probabilities
are IS in 100 that the average
error per state due to the size Of
sample viii not exceed plus or
minus four per cent. Interpreta-
ton Of the results Of the survey.
therefore. must take into account
the number of states where the
Roosevelt willkie percentage are
within the area between 81 and As
per cant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
Bitter Dog Fight in Air
Above Channel Described

crashed with a burst Of flames
saw the rudder fall to earth
Crashes Into Sea
Another plane spun crafty as IL.
pilot tried to bring it under control
He almost succeeded. but not quite
The plane crashed into the sea OF
the cliffs where I was standing.
Five Messerschmitt fighters ther
aimed for the balloon bsrrage
spraying the town with bullets snC
air cannon shells In their attack
TWO Of the balloons came down II
flames.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
WILLkIE STILL LEADS ROOSEVELT, 284-247,
DESPITE SLIGHT GAINS FOR DEMOCRATS
Dean REGISTER VIII
Attend Convention

DR.. John D. REGISTER. dean Of
the College OF Puget Sound. will
leave Tuesday for San Francisco TO
attend the triennisl conclave Of Phi
Beta Kappa. Aug. rs to 81. pr.
Register goes as a delegate from
his chapter at Allegheny college,
Allegheny, Pa
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
Eat Electoral Votes


Conrad Gard will deliver q free
public lecture under auspices OF the
Anglo-Saxon federation at s D. m.
Tuesday al Hotel Winthrop. His
subject will be Current Events in
the Light of Bible Prophecy"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
RInnHIsT SERVICE

The Tacoma Buddhist center
viii meet at 8 p. m Tuesday in
the church. 1717 Fawcett ave, for
the purpose Of study and discus
sion. The subject for discussion
viii be The Teaching Of the Five
Periods"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
Roosevelt Picks Up 4
States, But Willkie
Gains in Large States
FDRS POPULAR MAJORITY UNCHANGED
By DIR. GEORGE GALLUP

copyrsht D. OF Opinion
TIE copyright holders
PRINCETON, n. AS the presidential enters its
sixth week statebystae survey by the American
Institute of Public Opnonconducted during the first three
weeks of Augus-shows the two great parties continuing
10 neck-and-neck.
Wendell Wike is still leading President Roosevelt by a
small margin electoral votes returns from As states
indicate but the president has gained slightly the Inst
tutes first nationwide Rooseyelt-We survey, reported
August 4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
LEAVES ON TRIP

Attorney DIX II. Rowland is en-
route to Philadelphia TO represent
this state q; the 50th annual con-
ference OF commissioners on uni
form state laws. He left Satur-
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
2S4 Electoral Votes

Note Gallup: The above figures indicate only what
happen election today. They do not const
Of the outcome November In interpreting
figures should remembered
gin involved every sampng operation due to the
sample itself In survey the statistical
resulting
the size Of the sample win exceed plus minus
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27

sirss dressed, battery, rsdiessr
end oil checked, yes end even
she horn bstfen end choke rods
shsf Get svsrleoksd SO rnsny
times. Sc, since my space 10 oil
ssas - issf do shiss Drive In 70
yesr unisn oil psoisr and GET .
ssep-Wssr isb. Then yess tse'h
see, kesr snd feel ma sihsrsnss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27

ing 70 give me O tree sppsndlx
spsreflen 70 shsw his srafl,VssI
For Stop-Wesr Lubrication has
s very special results. First, YOU
can hear the difference the min
ute you get in the car. It's sweet
and quiet Ike 8 pretty nurse.
Second YOU can feel the differ
ence in the way il rides. shifts
and handles. And third-you can
zee the difference.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27

The horoscope. eye of television,
is so alert that it will permit
transmission Of rapidly moving
subjects.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
BY JOHN CLINTON


- The fellow
fZ.. who lives
NSA across tho
= - ssreet from me
Is an enthusi-
~ sStio gent. He's
a doctor, and
he uses his car
|. lot. But he's also a sort Of hot
tempered guy, and his greatest
peeye is q squeak
Let issf enc single, sslitery
sniddIs-s ssvssk shs~ vp In his
coupe and his whole day 10
ruined. met him 81 lunch esf
NJ me ssh club ssfvrdsy end he
sves bssfns oil ever me piece
ff seems he hed net ere, bot
five seseeksi
So on the way home | had him
stop at my favoriie Union OIL
station and have the bows give
his coupe a Stop-Wear Lubriea-
tion. l took HIM home IN my
Hisuano- Plymouth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-27
POLITICAL BOX SCORE
ToDAY's SURVEY
FDR

Uh NIIIEue
Electoh Votes 24s 2sS
Popular Vote. SIG 4ses
No. Of States IS 20
AUG. 4 SURVEY
FDR Williie
Eleetorl Votes 2s7 500
Popular Vote. 5lGs 4sss
No. of States. - %
Evening star., 1940-05-31

boats to serve as net tenders. The
harbors were not identified.
Admiral Furlong testified that the
Army and Navy were buying for
$400, 900 the patent rights to Frances
new HiSpano-Suiza- -Burket 20-mm.
aircraft gun and that 1t was
planned to put 1000 Of them in new
warplanes.
The European war has shown, he
said, that ordinary machine guns
were Of little use against armored
planes.
Armor Is Developed.
Admiral F'urlong said the Navy had
obtained considerable success in de-
veloping armor for planes, largely
using armor supplied by manufac-
turers Of saws and safes.
Rear Admiral S. M. Robinson, CO.
ordinator Of Shipbuilding, told the
committee the Navy's program also
called for equipping the entire fleet
with devices for protection against
magnetic mines and for the develop
ment OF mine sweeping gear.
The committee learned that IS
destroyers are to be converted for
special duty. OF them, two are to
be detailed as anti-aircraft ships,
four as fast transports, eight as fast
mine sweepers and eight as small
seaplane tenders.
Capt. G. w. Fisher, director Of
naval shore establishments, testified
that the Navy's shipbuilding pro-
gram would require between 10000
and 10000 additional employees and
said the Navy hoped to get them "in
the next year, If we have luck"
Evening star., 1940-05-31
DR.. Barr 10 Address
Bethesda Graduates

DR.. Stringfellow Barr, president of
st. Johns College at Annapolis, will
address the senior class of Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase High School at
its commencement exercises June
18 in the Leland Junior High School.
Mrs. Lawrence Darby, faculty
member in charge of the program,
today said that DR.. Barr had been
chosen by popular vote of the grad
uating class. 207 members of which
will receive diplomas.
The exercises will begin at 8:l5
pm. with professional of the
seniors. John Shumate, class presi-
dent, is to deliver the address of
welcome and introduce DR.. Barr.
Jack T. Irwin of Battery Park,
member of the Montgomery County
Board of Education, will present
diplomas and Principal Thomas w.
Pyle is to speak.
The commencement schedule is to
open Sunday afternoon with a tea
which faculty members will give for
the seniors and their parents at the
Woman's Club of Bethesda.
Glass Day will be held in the
school gymnasium at 1:30 pm. next
Friday with Mrs. Florence Massey
Black in charge of the program.
On June 10 a picnic for the seniors
will be given in Rock Greek Park
The senior banquet and senior prom
are scheduled for June IL at Ward
man Park Hotel.
The baccalaureate sermon is to
be delivered by Dean Noble Powell
of the Washington Cathedral in
the All Saints Episcopal Church at
Chevy Chase, on June 16, at 8 pm
The service has been arranged by
the Rev. Henry Teller Cooke, rector
Evening star., 1940-05-31
300 to 400 Americans
Lack $500 for Possooe

LONDON, May 81 P.-Three
hundred dollars stands between 300
to 400 destitute" Americans and
safe passage home from the war
danger zone, authoritative embassy
sources disclosed yesterday.
The $500 is required for passage
on the United States liner President
Roosevelt due at Galway, Ireland,
today.
About 300 Americans who have
booked passage travelled through
Dublin to the port yesterday on a
special train with Comdr. N. r..
Hitchcock, Assistant Naval Attache
of the United States Embassy in
London.
Three to four hundred others were
said to be $50 poor they hesitate to
sign promissory notes to the Gov
ernment for $500 which they feel
they never will be able to repay"
The American Refugee Society,
which in September interviewed
hundreds of applicants, has been
helping with small loans," and the
State Department has forwarded "a
small sum OF money" to Ambassador
Joseph P. Kennedy in London to
help in the evacuation.
No regular fund exists for such
work.
Among the American party with
Comdr. Hitchcock were Mrs. Robert
Montgomery, whose movieland hus-
band has joined an ambulance unit
in France, and Robert Sweeney,
amateur golfer whose name has
been coupled with Barbara Hutton,
American heiress.
Evening star., 1940-05-31
Mexico 10 Question Writers
On Fifth Column Reports

ny the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, May 31-The
Secretary of the Interior last night
asked the Attorney General to sum-
mon Arnaldo Cortesi, Mexico City
correspondent of the New York
Times, and Hal Burton, special
writer for the New York Daily News,
for questioning on reports of fifth
column" activity in Mexico which
appeared recently in the two news
papers.
The burden of the dispatches from
Cortesi and Burton, as quoted by
the Secretary of the Interior, was
that German and Communist agents
had established headquarters in
Mexico and were collaborating to
distract United States attention
from Europe while German secret
agents were organizing air and naval
bases in various Mexican states.
The Interior Secretary, Ignacio
Garcia Teller, asked Attorney Gen.
eral Genaro Vasquez that he take
the necessary steps" that the two
men should present proofs Of their
affirmations, that all data relative
to the dangerous facts which they
report should be obtained, and that
measures in conformity with the law
should be taken"
Evening star., 1940-05-31
House Revives Plan
For New Locks al
Panama Canal
Senote Banking Group
Approves Modified Bill
On R. F. c. Defense Looms

Congressional authority to start
work on third set of locks at the
Panama Canal, to cost $277, ,OOO, 900,
virtually was assured today as one
result of the current national de-
fenSe drive.
Spurred by the widespread de-
mand for national security, the
House yesterday revived Senate
proposal it had rejected earlier in
the session, making SIS, ,OO0, 900 avail
able to start the new Canal project.
Meanwhile, the Senate Banking
Committee approved in modified
form the bill to enable the r. F. C..
to throw its $1,000, 900 900 of avail
able credit into the task of equip
ping American industry to turn out
the implements and supplies needed
for the defense program.
Vinson- Walsh Bill Debate.
The Senate itself hoped to begin
debate this afternoon on the Vim
son-Walsh naval expansion bill
containing the basic authority for
larger fleet, as soon as action is
obtained on the Presidents reor-
ganization order transferring the
immigration Bureau from the Labor
to the Justice Department. .
The Banking Committee amended
the R. F. c. bill to meet, In part,
the objection of Senator Taft, Re-
publican. Of Ohio to the original
draft, which he contended gave the
lending agency much broader pow
er to put the Government into bus
iness than was necessary for ma
tional defense.
The measure authorizes r. F. C.
either to lend funds to private cor
porations, or to set up a Govern
ment corporation, to procure the
implements and supplies needed for
national defense. Federal Loan Ad-
ministrator Jones said the purpose is
to work through private corporations
wherever possible.
Taft Still dissatisfied.
Senator Taft said the bill as
reported was an improvement over
VIC oAA6hAoi AACdouICs UuL SILL Qlu
not satisfy him fully. The commit
tee had invited Edward r. Stet-
tinius, jr., member of the Presidents
new Defense Commission, to be
present, but the commission was
in conference downtown most of
the day.
Appropriation Committee hear
ings just made available revealed
that the Navy plans to use sub
stantial part of its new emergency
fund to protect "a of the principal
harbors Of the country from sub
marine attack and to purchase a
new type aircraft gun.
The information came with publi-
cation OF testimony of high-ranking
naval officers during committee
hearings on the $1,473, 900 900 naval
supply bill preparatory to sending
the measure to joint Senate House
Conference Committee.
Anti-Submarine Nets.
Rear Admiral w. R. Furlong, chief
of the Bureau of Ordnance, said the
Navy planned to spend a total of
$27 ,500,0 900 for i-submarine nets
at "a harbors and feet anchorages.
An additional 5000, 900 was asked
for the acquisition of 20 special type
Evening star., 1940-05-31
Iceland Goes Top Hot

When an Iceland fisherman
walked into the shop of a London
outfitter and asked to see a silk hat
the proprietor was astonished. The
buyer examined the top hat and
tried it on. How many of these
have you he inquired, and the out
filter said he had IL. Every well,
I'll take them ALL" said the fisher
man. Now the outf1tter wants to
know when and why Iceland went
top hat.
Evening star., 1940-05-31
German Envoy Claims
French Mistreuted 206

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 3l.-Germany's
Ambassador to Brussels, Vicco Won
Buelow-S -Schwante, told the foreign
press last night his diplomatic party
Of 206, including 100 women and
children, was subjected to indiRnities
and torture in France in an effort to
obtain diplomatic secrets.
The German government has pro-
tested the treatment in sharply
worded communication through the
Swedish Legation In Paris.
Won Buelow-Schwante said French
Evening star., 1940-05-31
State, Department AIIots
Funds to Return Needy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A State Department official said
yesterday the department had al
lotted funds from it's own limited
appropriations to enable needy
Americans to travel home from
Europe aboard the President Roose-
welt.
Congress gave the State Depart
ment a special fund of $500,000 last
autumn for special war emergency
work. Most of this was expended at
that time, when around 10000
Americans were brought back from
Europe
Evening star., 1940-05-31
Original Carolina
Constitution Found
Among Old Papers

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, S. c., May 81
The original copy of South
Cardinals first constitution,
adopted in 1776, has been found
in a pile of musty documents
in a little used room in the
Statehouse. 1t had lain there
unnoticed for many years.
The discovery was announced
to the Senate by a special COM
mittee on old documents. The
document, older than the Dec
laration Of Independence, will
be placed in the archives of the
State Historical Commission.
The committee said the South
Carolina Constitution was the
first to be adopted by any of the
13 original States.
Evening star., 1940-05-31
Rose Society to Meet

The Potomac Rose Society will
hold . meeting at pm. Sunday
In the rose garden Of DR.. and Mrs.
Whitman Cross, Brookville road and
East Kirke street, Chevy Chase, Md,
it was announced today. The pro-
gram will include demonstrations OF
hybridizing, busting, budding and
up-to-date instruction on the care
of roses,
Evening star., 1940-05-31
Two Gettysburg Youths
Die in Auto-Bus Crash
the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa, May al
Donald w. Shatzer and Stewart E.
Michsels, both l9-year-old Gettys-
burg residents, were killed near here
early today as their automobile and
an eastbound bus collided.
Police Sergt. Pauf Winger said the
bus driver, Howard B. Boyd of Will
kinsburg, route S, told him the
Gettysburg car veered in front of
the bus as it reached the crest of :
hill a5.t.