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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-03
Many improvements at Fife
For Opening Of School Year

Killiam. home economics: Barbara
Reynolds, social science; Leslie
Sandvig, chemistry and sgricul-
ture; Dorothy Thiele. English and
languages: w. d. Vinson, mathe-
mates and physical education. and
M argaret Yeakey, commercial
work.
Grade School Staff
The grade school staff includes:
OLAF Hsgeness, principal; Olive NJ.
Myers. kindergarten: Elizabeth
Dahl. first grade; Florence Petit
bone. second: Novelle Nagel, third;
Joanna Manousos, fourth: Ovedis
Hsuge, fifth: Helen Thrane. upper
grades, music and art: Donald l..
kruzner. visual education and up
per grades; Robert Martin, upper
grades and physical education;
Mary n. Fox. remedial work.
r. p. Cronenberger will give
special lessons in instrumental
music TO students In the grade
school. Mary Jennings will con-
tinue as high school librarian and
Lee Bennett as secretary. Gus
todisns will be Joe Decent and
John Anderson.
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Dupont School 5
Opening Sept. 4

Dupont school will open for the
fall term on Wednesday morning.
During the summer the building
has been reprinted, completely
cleaned and floors refinished. The
first grade room has been equipped
with new desks and chairs.
More books have been added TO
the library, giving it a total Of
approximately 1000 volumes.
The schools staff Of teachers Is
made up of the following: Super
intendent, w. B. Laughbon; math-
ematics. science. athletics, boy
scouts. H. c. Jenkins; music, Eng
lish, Ruth Hogberg; English. Ii
brary, foreign language, Helen
Mitchell; home economics, social
science. Dorothy Stoll: art, and as
sist in primary, Helen Morris;
sixth grade, Genevieve Huschke;
fifth grade, Maize Wilson; fourth
grade, Mildred Beers; third grade,
Jane o'Neill; second grade. Opal
Rice; first grade, Blanche Madi-
gan; kindergarten. Lois Morton.
All junior high and grade school
students ninth to kindergarten in
clusive) from Fort Lewis, Nisqual-
ly and Dupont, will attend the Du-
pont public school.
All senior high school students
doth. 18th and 18th grades) will
attend Clover Park or Stadium
high school.
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Dahlia Show
Sept. 7 and 8
Exhibit to Be ot
Point Defence

The washington Dahlia society
viii hold its annual state exhibit
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7 and
8. at Point Defiance park. It is
expected to be the largest dahlia
show ever held in Tacoma.
A new program this year viii
make 1t easier for the novice and
amateur TO win prizes. A new
class has been made for the adj
vanced amateurs, those who have
won high prizes at other shows.
All entries must be made Sat
urday, Sept. Z. before 10 a. m.
The novice class Is for those who
have entered dahlias in the show
before. Only one bloom Of a vari-
ETY. Ia needed to enter. A basket
of any type or types can be en-
tered also. There Is also an open
class which 10 open to all. Many
interesting entries Of dahlias and
other flowers are in this class.
All garden clubs are invited to
enter baskets of any kinds Of
flowers and q prize win be award
ed to the best basket entered.
Names of the garden clubs enter
ing will be placed on their baskets
as soon as the judging Is done.
Programs or information can be
obtained from the secretary. Mrs.
F. Robson, FOG So. Sheridan. phone
Main s434, or from the show man.
ager, Mr.. Glanfield, at the Shell
theater on Pacific ave.
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Classes at Fife grade and high
schools will begin Wednesday at
$40 a. m. the usual opening hour,
but will be dismissed on the first
day at p. m. The bus schedule
Of last year will be followed until
further notice. The cafeteria viii
not be open Wednesday.
One Of the three busses used at
Fife has been replaced by a new
5s-passenger model. The old junior
high school is being reprinted, and
the Fairgrounds have been graded
and surfaced with fine gravel. In
the high school building, new rest
rooms have been provided.
FulI-Time Nurse
To assure a more complete
health service in the districts Of
Fife. Edgemont. Firwood and Mil
ton. a full-tims public health nurse
will be available this year to the
people in those communities.
supt. Robert c. Hall announces
only one change in the teaching
staff for the coming year. Miss
Elizabeth Dahl win replace Miss
Margaret Wheeler. who resigned
To take a position in Horace Mann
school in Tacoma.
The high school staff Is as fol-
bows; Bert kepka. principal; Rob
srt Dezell. music; June Dunning,
English; Alan Finstsd. science:
Alice Grimes. mathematics and
physical education; Ray w. ia
cobs. industrial srts: Virginia Nc
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AOOnlliiueu rum akc Ont1
Fascists. Seven countries - Po-
land. Denmark, Norway. Holland,
Belgium, France and Luxembourg
fell before Maxi armies that
previously had occupied Austria,
Czecho-Slovakia, Memel and Dam
zig.
Italy, seeking . new Roman
empire around the Mediter-
rancan. finally threw the Fas-
cist armies into the struggle.
and Soviet Russia. Japan and
Spain lent direct or indirect
aid by land seizures, CO.
operation or inroads On Brit
ish interests.
With the conquest Of France, AL
Of Europe was brought under
strong Nsxi-Fascist influence. sx-
cept for such indecisive power as
Soviet Russia and Britain have &C
far exercised along the Black ses
coast, In Turkey and In Greece.
Claims Conflict
The axis powers ruled the all
throughout the first IL months Of
war-probably the decisive factor
in their triumphs-until Britain''
rejuvenated Royal Air Force be
gan to dispute the power Of enemy
air fleets In recent weeks.
Air strength and air losses
are still a matter Of conjec-
ture, but both sides claim to
have destroyed more than
1000 enemy craft In the battle
Of Britain alone.
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bassador 10 Belgium, reported
that eight million Belgians faced
starvation unless aid came from
outside sources. Former President
Herbert Hoover asserted that n
million persons needed 10 be fed
in Norway. Holland, Belgium and
Poland.
Washington observers have en-
pected substantial public demand
for such a relief mission. but have
frankly admitted they have been
unable to estimate how strong 1t
might become. The Institute sur
vey shows that majorities In both
political parties and in all SEC
tons Of the country are opposed
to sending food. in u. 3. ships. at
the present time.
Sixty per cent of the Democrats
with definite opinions In the pres
ent survey say No" ~ do o. per
cent Of the Republicans.
Section by section the vote In:
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Had quite a chat the other
day day With ] Lieut. ;e::. Gerndr Ar
thur II. Middleton. chief Oh
the naval reserve hereabouts.
Apropos OF our little story the
other dsy about the 5000 lads
the naval reserve i training for
active duty by putting them in
bsttleship for 50 days. sending
them To school for 20 days, giving
them An exam, then putting re-
sulting qualified officers on the
payroll for q year. we were told;
Some 500 boys were started
off on the course in the first
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-03
Women Spends
Weekend in Juil

When persuasion wouldn't stop
his elderly neighbor from throw
ing water against his house.
emptying sewage into his yard
and calling him q niger" J. H.
Mitchell. Of s101 So. Prospect st.
finally had 10 call upon the law
Saturday.
George Hinter, Of Sos So. Prospect
Geore Hinter, of Sos So. Prospect
St. spent the weekend in the city
jail. Justice Clarence Layton
heard Aitchelrs complaint and
Mrs. Hunters voluble defense and
sentenced her 10 so days IN jail.
TO be suspended Sept 2.
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II this issue had to be decided
BY the voters of the United States
At the present time. the eountry's
attitude would be strongly opposed
TO such a move. a nationwide sur
vey by the American Institute of
Public Opinion indicates.
Despite strong natural sympa-
thies for the innocent victims Of
the European war, the American
public's first reactions care that
feeding nations now under Adolf
Hitler's control would be only ar
indirect method OF feeding Hitler,
Germany. Moreover, they believe
that the dangers involved in send
Ing American ships To Europe al
the present time are too great &c
b risked.
How American opinion may shift
In the months ahead. especially II
advanced estimates of the Euro
pean food-shortage are confirmed
by events. IL impossible 10 predict
New studies OF u. s. sentiment
viii be made from time TO time
In the current survey voters In
every state were asked:
IF there IL starvation In
France, Holland and Belgium
this winter. should the United
States try 10 send food 10
those countries In our ships:"
The actual vote is:
Should Send Food. .3scs
Should Not Send Food. 500
Approximately one voter in ter
fi0es) said he was undecided oil
without An opinion on the ques.
ton.
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Europe's main battle front
April ., when the Nazis In
vaded Denmark and Norway,
on the grounds that Britain's
blockade and mine-laying off
the Norwegian coast was .
form Of aggression.
The pattern Of conflict from
then on followed a series Of Maxi
feints in many directions, and
then hammer-like surprise blows
along the traditional route of in
vasion through Holland and Bel
GUM to flank the Msginot line.
Battle Soon Over
The German armed forces, NOV
ing under protecting cloud Of
airplanes, required a month to
drive a counter attacking allied
force from southern Norway, and
the Berlin high command invaded
the low countries May 10.
Britain and France had
been preparing for such .
blow since the war started.
and were moving into the low
countries almost as soon ~
the Nazi offensive began.
But, when the blow came = q
stunning blitzkrieg thrust through
the Netherlands, Belgium and
Luxembourg German surprise
tactics, the superiority Of Mani air
power and. finally, the tremendous
drive of Nazi mechanical units
across the Mesure and down the
Somme river to the sea won the
battle of Flanders in three weeks
Of fighting.
Troops Encircled
In that time Gen. Maxine Wey-
gand had replaced the allied gen.
eralissimo, Gen. Maurice Gsmelin.
and Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
had been recalled to duty in Paris.
II was too late. The defensive
war planned by Gamelin had been
lost and Weygand found it impos-
sible to seize the offensive.
On May rs King Leopold of the
Belgians capitulated. His troops
had been without food in many
places for several days. Their
ammunition was low. Their neigh
Dor, Holland. had been conquered
and roads .clogged with refugees
delayed arrival of allied reinforce
ments even before the Germans
cut through 10 the sea and en-
circled almost 1.5oo. 900 allied
troops
Armistiee Signed
British troops that had been at
tempting to cut through the Ger
man trap were shifted TO ths
Belgian front. Two days later be
gan the tragic and heroic alliet
evacuation from Dunkirk under
constant German aerial attack
Miracuiously. it saved a great par
OF the defeated armies.
But the battle for France
was Lost ~ the Germans
crashed on TO the Seine and
across II. converged on Paris
and thanked the '-impregnable"
Maginot line.
Italy entered the war June 10
June 20 negotiations for an arms
tiee began at Compiegne Forest. Il
the same railroad car that shel
tered Frenchman Ferdinand Foe
when he eoldly received the Ger
man plea for terms at the end o
the first World war ~ years ago
Hostilities in Francs ended .
12:35 q. m. June e.
Battle of Britain
Germany and Italy then turns
their full military power 70 attae
o. tia Eritish Empire from sco'
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Striking Success of Gsrmons Due
Largely to Element of Surprise

On the seas, Britain's navy still
ruled. despite admitted loss Of 30
warships. including one battleship
and two aircraft carriers, and the
sinking Of more than 20 auxiliary
craft and several score small ships.
Germany claims to have destroyed
some 5000 900 tons of merchant
shipping owned by or useful to
the enemy. but the British admit
only one-third Of that total. Ger
man and italian overseas shipping
virtually has been wiped out.
Invasion IL Beginning
The war that destroyed all past
concepts of military conflict be-
gan with the German invasion of
Poland Sept 1, dramatically an
nounced by Hitler after Maxi air
armadas had started bombardment
of Polish detectives. Declaration
of state OF war between Britain
and Germany, however, did not
come until Sept. 3.
While Nazi armed forces raced
through a three weeks conquest
of Poland. the pattern of warfare
dictated by the German high COM
msnd began unfolding throughout
Europe.
On the eastern front Hitler's
friendship treaty with Soviet Rus
STA held the line for the Nazis and
led TO the Russian occupation OF
eastern Poland Sept IT. In the
south the Balkans were frantically
working. with the blessing of Ger.
many and the active aid Of Italy
to establish a neutrality front. and
on the north the Scandinavian
were without military establish
ments Of Importance.
French Advance
On the western front the long
established French and British
theory Of static warfare behinc
the $500. 900. 900 Maginot lines
fitted perfectly the plans OF ths
German high command French
troops pushed into the edge Of
Germany. halted and with POLAND
fallen) fell back TO the Maginoi
line when the Germans counter
attacked. The western front set
tied down into months Of siege
patrol battles and exchanges O
wise cracks.
A war Of attrition. In which
the aiiicd powers hoped To
strange Germany slowly, APP
pesred 10 have begun. broken
by occasional sea clashes and
by intensive Nazi propaganda
that Included . series Of
speeches BY Hitler calling for
peace on his own terms.
November 50 Soviet Russii
claimed Finland Was being use
in q plot against Moscow and be
gan another war in the sub
Arctic.
Scandinavia Attacked
The Russian Finnish conflic
lasted until mid-Aarch. q blood
series OF battles in deadly col
that cost both sides heavily an
] ended with Soviet annexation c
the karleisn peninsula and othe
frontier areas and naval base
The Russians later bolstered the
new defense line by taking owe
Estonis, Latvia and Lithusnis: an
wrested Besssrshis and Bukovin
from Rumanis in the south.
Ia SkAtis wAx eaded -
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Should Should
z. \. FARMERS
VOTE AGAINST ACTION

With American farmers facing
new crop SURPRISES this fall. many
observers have guessed that a
strong demand for sending food
supplies TO Europe's needy would
come from this quarter. Interest
ingly enough. however. the insti-
tute survey shows farm voters even
less favorable to such a policy than
other groups in the population:
Should Should
Send Not Send
Food Food
Farm Voter. -. s51. $50
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8 hor.side
.sn ! ION s,,,arsd Casey Dawson
bilged out. But perhaps we may
be excusably proud that although
so per cent Of that first batch
were lost en- route. every last man
Jack from the 18th naval district
il still going strong.'
We congratulated each other.
Then we fell To talking about
how you can't necessarily tell on
paper who's a sailorman at heart
and who isn't. Must be something
born into you-that sort Of thing.
Which led very naturally to dis
cussion Of the newest thing IN
naval reserve classificstions.
Starting this week, any man
between IT and SO years old who
" 4 professional seafarer in fish
ing boats, tugs or other small
work craft, or even yachtsmen
who really know their stuff, can
enlist In the naval reserve and
obtain q petty officers rating
right off the handle.
And now Uncle Sammy has
two-fisted grip on a good idea,
we think. That sort Of enlistment
makes sense.
With no reflections on respec-
tive abilities. of course, it never
theless seems unsmart to US to
ask q sardine purse seiner's engi-
neer (just for instance) to enlist
behind a shoe clerk with a PEN
chant for tinkering with alarm
clocks, and then let the former
just wait and wait his turn for
promotion.
So under the new set-up, the
naval reservists get fair break
for their skill. And the govern
ment gets more efficiency.
Now with everybody doing his
darnedest these days to shove us
all into q uniform, it looks as
though 1t might be kinda smart
for youse guys with seagoing ex-
perience to get aboard now and
pick out your berth and the kind
Of uniform you want, huh? You'll
probably find you're pretty lucky,
at that. compared with Juggling a
rifle through somebody's pasture.
Well, in case you're interested,
headquarters II in the Perkins
building.
Warning!
Our spies out at McChord Field
inform this department that q
flock of bombers are going to
practice an aerial blitzkrieg on
the Washington coast throughout
September. Mariners beware.
THE 18th bombardment group
Of the army air force will conduct
aerial gunnery practice over the
Pacific ocean from Grays Harbor
north to the Queets river. Range
will be from three TO eight miles
from shore. Practice will con-
tinue daily, except Saturday after
moons and Sundays, from Sept. )
until Sept. 80. Water craft of al
types should avoid this area dur
ing firing"
Disapproval Dept.
Officialdom of our federal gov.
eminent recently decided that
fishermen are no longer eligible
for admittance to u. S. marine
hospitals.
Which sounds screwy to US. We
are wondering what's behind the
theory.
After all. federal marine hos.
pitfalls were first established
about $50 years sgo-in behalf Of
mariners. Since then the hospi
tails have extended their service,
to include free treatment of al
federal civil prodigies, including
war veterans. ccc boys, etc. IT,
all grouped under the U. S. depart.
ment Of public health.
Which, Of course. Ia tast fin.
and dandy 90 far a. our opinion
goes-more the merrier, we al.
ways say.
But now why this discrimina.
ton against fishermen? Seems t.
Us they are Just a much a par
Of the United States merchant
Z marina -. sf..-
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batch. . num-
Der of tn e m
from Tacoma
and the North
W est During
the cruise,
about 200 Of
them fell by
the W aysid de;
when they got
well into the
. h o r. si d e
schooling, an =
of her hundred
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To Address Kiwonis
Club Here Tuesdoy

Lifting the Bottom" viii be
the topic Of the kiwGnis club
speaker. Yern H. Gould. Tuesday
noon at the Hotel Winthrop.
Gould comes TO Tacoma after
addressing other Kiwanisns in all
parts Of tia United States in
recent yearA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-03
HOOVER, CUDAHY
HAVE ASKED AID

The importance of the food issue
was underlined last month when
prominent American citizens called
for a food-relief mission and there
by raised a storm of protests.
John Cudahy. United States am
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-03

IL feel cheated when our
tox money is vested. Every
time ! see six men doin' O job
one could handle, they seem TO
be wostin' the new dress !
didn't get"
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MAJORITY OPPOSE SENDING FOOD
TO HITLER VICTIMS I'M EUROPE
Would Play Into Hands Of
Nazis. Imperil United States
ny DIR. GEORGE GALLUP
Director, American Institute Of Public Oplnia

oopyr1ght 1870
OF the copy1sht holders.
PRINCETON, N. J-Shoud the United States send food
TO France Holland Belgium and other victims of the
II available European supplies give out this fall and winter
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C53EI3z3szszlE33 80

t.nkermen. whalers. freightermen
and passenger liner boys.
II anybody eaa - Ny
fishermen should officially Be
elassed A. orphans. wen be glad
70 listen.
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Trend Of Sentiment in Maine

Following picture OF political sentiment Maine
vesled the Institute Opinion
presidential 1886 percentage
represents presidential sentiment
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Germany and Italy then turned
their full military power 70 attack
o. tia Eritish Empire from Scot
Evening star., 1940-10-06

be measured by comparing the ratio
of earnings to invested capital for
the taxable year with similar ratio
during the base period.
For the benefit Of corporations
with low earnings during the base
period the House bill permitted q
minimum tax-free return Of per
cent on the first $500 900 Of invested
capital for the taxable year and 5
per cent on such capital above
$500, 1000.
Double Penalty in House Bill.
Corporations electing the average
earrings method would be required to
pay higher rates of tax under the
House bill. Taxpayers choosing the
average earnings method faced
double penalty. In addition to an
additional excess profits tax of Al
per cent on their normal tax net
income, they would be subject, in
all brackets, to a 5 per cent higher
rate schedule than that applying
to taxpayers using the invested cap
ital method. If enacted into law.
VIC PC1idlly PiOPooCu ny VIC 11ouoC
on corporations electing the average
earnings method would have placed
premium on the use of the in
vested capital formula. For the
penalty, in many instances, could
easily exceed the total excess profits
tax.
The Senate removed the penalty
of Al per cent on corpor ations elect
ing the average earnings method in
computing their excess profits, and
1t also eliminated the Scent differ
entail in all the brackets of the rate
schedule against corporations using
this method. The controversy over
the penalty was a major bone Of
contention between the House and
Senate conferees. The Senate group
finally prevailed.
Though the Al per cent penalty,
and the per cent dlfferential in
the rate schedule have been re-
moved, the bill, as enacted, pro-
Evening star., 1940-10-06

cts, by 81 per cent. Here again
the House conferees yielded and &C
cepted the increase proposed by
the Senate. The conference agreed.
however, to exempt corporations with
income less than $25 900 from the
81 per cent increase in the normal
corporate tax and this exemption
is carried in the bill as finally ap-
proved by both houses.
During the first year the increase
in the normal tax Of corporations
having incomes in excess Of SIS, 900
will yield between $220, 900 900 and
$3.50 900 900 in revenue, according to
estimates of Treasury experts. The
excess profits tax section of the bill,
it is estimated, will produce between
s185 ,00o, 900 and $295 900 900 in new
revenue. After the first year the
new legislation is expected to yield
about 100000, 900 annually. The &C
tual yield will depend on the future
profits of American industry and
the extent OF business recovery.
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Foreign Travel Outlay
Declines $4,000,

During the first half of 1910, ex-
penditures by United States resi-
dents for travel In foreign countries
was approximately $470O0,OOO less
than during the corresponding pc
riod of 1899, the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce announced
yesterday.
Because of the war, expenditures
for travel ON the continent, and
in the Mediterranean area dropped
86 per cent. In Canada. the decline
was only per cent. Expenditures
in Mexico increased per cent. and
Evening star., 1940-10-06

in Central America, exclusive Of
Mexico, Americans spent % per
cent more than in the first six
months Of 1899.
Travel expenditures to overseas
countries-that is, to all foreign
areas with the exception of Canada
and Mexico-dropped $4,000, 900, or
50 per cent, as compared with the
first half of 1899. Outlays for cruise
travel declined from $4,000, 900 to
$3,500,000. Expenditures for travel
abroad by air jumped so per cent
from $5,500,000 to about $500, 900.
Air travel to the West Indies ac-
counted for most of the gain.
Expenditures by overseas visitors
in the United States declined from
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Everett S. Lee to Speak

Everett S. Lee. vice president OF
the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers, and director Of an elec-
trical engineering laboratory, will
be principal speaker at a meeting
of local members of the institute
at 8 o'clock Tuesday night in the
Pepco Building, Tenth and E streets
NV.