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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
TO TRAIN PILOTS

The navy maintains now a use
full air force OF $500 planes and
has e33 more planes on order. The
new program would give the navy
at least 10000 planes and provide
for the training Of 10000 pilots.
Both services will stress pilot
training. American air personnel
Ii minute when compared with
the European belligerents. The
army air corps numbers less than
$1,000 officers, enlisted men, re-
serve officers and flying cadets.
contracted with a German air
corps Of 33s, 900 and a British royal
air force OF 25s,00
Gen. George c. Marshall, chief
Of staff. told the senate military
appropriations subcommittee re-
Gently that there Ia a serious
shortage" Of s7-mm. tone and
one-half-inch) anti-air guns for
the army and national guard.
NEED NEWER GUNS
The army has none OF the latest
and best anti-air guns--the 90
mm.---but plans to buy s17 under
the new defense program. 1t has
only Is of the slightly older 37-mm.
guns, but would purchase 1,40s
more. 1t also plans to boost its
stock of LOLA .50-calibcr machine
guns to 1852 next year. The pres
emit 44s three-inch guns would be
augmented to 500 in the new pro-
gram.
Essential equipment for airplane
also Is slated for major
increases In the new program. The
army has 16s fire directors. which
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
POINCARE ATTACHED
PRO-GERMAN LABEL

Andre Tardieu countered opposi-
ton, said the British wouldn't
stand for 1t. Then a little man
("the Mexican" they called him)
took the floor, said No" also. 1t
was Reynaud's maiden speech.
Later, Poincaire said to Daudet:
Your speech was French, Tar
deus was English, but Reynauds
was German"
The story got around and Paul
Reynaud was labeled.
The label stuck even more firm
ly after Reynaud, as minister of
finance under Tardieu, went to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
APPOINTED TO SEC

WASHINGTON = Presid e n I
Roosevelt has nominated Sumner
T. Pike, of Maine, as a member Of
the Federal Securities and Ex-
change commission,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

In the hands of a man once
labeled as lover of Germany
France has put the Job of carry
ing out more vigorously the war
against Hitler.
He is Paul Reynaud, the little
giant" of French politics. Once he
was called pro-German; now he is
the Frenchman most hated In the
Reich. Later he went to Germany
to seek appeasement; today he is
the most uncompromising oppo-
nent of German Naziism In the
French government.
It was in 1928 that Reynaud was
first called pro-German In the
chamber of deputies. The late
President Poincaire was impatient
with the Germans for their fail
ure to pay reparations. He went
to the chamber and asked for sup
port to send troops into the Ruhr.
He got Leon Daudet to support
him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
BY MACK JOHNSON

WASHNGTON-The u. army force, day
aerial operations by Thousands planes Europe
actual combat
None Of them the European
has Demonstrated essential Army corps say
hat would Be suicide" pit the BBls bombesa
two-engtne piAne-Against the most modern equipment
ne ground forces have virtually
aircraft guns
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
US. Army Lacks Sufficient
Combat Aircraft 10 Cone
With Present War Program
MilitorY Chiefs Say It Would Be
Suicide to Pit Present Bombers
Against the Most Modern Equipment

tkdtcs Ncte: Following the three Dispatches the
First,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

Germany. and began conversations
with German leaders with a view
toward appeesement between the
two historic enemies. Nothing
came of the conversations because
OF French intolerance.
Had France needed German ap-
peals there may not have been the
financial collapse of the republic.
And had not the republic collapsed
the world might have missed Adolf
Hitler.
So bitter irony is heaped on the
newest crisis in French politics.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

travelling to any point In the
western hemisphere.
Here is the present and pro-
posed army air strength.
Evening star., 1940-11-16
| |2S-Degreec Cold
Predicted for
ID. G. Tonight

Washington's first subfreezine
weather Of the winter was forecast
by the Weather Bureau for tonight,
with the temperature expected to
drop to 70 degrees.
The cold weather. however, viii
not bring snow, the forecaster said
and the four-day rainy spell has
given way to generally fair with
some cloudiness."
A high Of 20 degrees was forecast
for today and slightly warmer
weather was promised for tomorrow.
The subfreeMng weather will be
Washineton's first taste Of the cold
wave that took . heavy toll Of lives
In the Middle West and even struck
the South with . lo-degree mini
mum, reported from Atlanta, Ca.
yesterday.
Temperatures below normal for
the next few days were forecast fog
the Middle Atlantic States In the
Weather Bureaus semi-weekly Ave-
day forecast yesterday. New York
and Pennsylvauia wiz get snow
fiurries In the mountains. For
Warrington. the weather viii be
somewhat warmer toward the end
Of the five-day period.
Tho high for yesterday was l6 de-
NH LoNM mpGltWv "
pnrted was IA degrees a& : an.
today.
Evening star., 1940-11-16
Japan Seen Preparing
For 'Southward Push
~ the Associated Press.

HONG KONG, Nov. 16.-1ptensive
Japanese military preparations
which Chinese and other observers
believe may signify an imminent
"southward push"-possibly against
French Indo- China-were reported
yesterday from various Chinese
centers.
Japanese warships were said to be
assembling Oh Hainan Island, across
the Gulf of Tonkin from Indo-
China, for naval maneuvers" and
considerable troop activity was re-
ported In coastal towns along this
strategically located island.
Among the warships Oh Hainan
were reported to be three aircraft
carriers. The Japanese Army was
said to have been unloading huge
munitions stores there In the past
two weeks.
Altogether, the Chinese declared.
the Japanese have some 10 war
ships In waters adjacent to Indo-
China and Hainan, along with 120,-
600 troops.
The Chinese central news agency
reported today that japanese troops
ct Langson and Dongdang In North
ern French Indo- China were with
drawing westward to IN undisclosed
destination.
japanese troops stationed ct
Peining and Chiaing, near Hanoi,
we're rspcrtsd 70 b erecting baf.
racks, Indicating . permanent occu-
patton,
Evening star., 1940-11-16
Greeks Claim
Big Gains; Fleet
Shells Italians
Invaders Can Lost
Only Few Hours,
Athens Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Nov. 16.-At bayonet
point and with artillery and bomb.
ing planes. the Greeks were reported
today to be driving the Italians bach
all along the 100-mile Balkan battle
front.
The onicial Athens radio an.
nounced to the people:
1.-THE enemy has been dislodged
from all positions. The organized
defense can hardly Withstand the
Greek attacks for more than q few
hours!"
At many points Greek troops were
declared in dispatches from the
front to be pushing further into
Albania.
It was one of the heaviest days
actions Of the war, and the Athens
newspaper lima reported that the
Greek fleet had Joined In with q
bombardment of the retreatins
Italians behind the lines.
Greek columns were said to be
smashing into the italians westward
from big Presba Lake toward the
Albanian port Of aVlona.
Reliable sources said the Greeks
threatened to cut the italian forces
In Albania into three parts and en-
circle thousands of Fascists.
So hard pressed were the Italians
that they were reported to have
withdrawn their forces along the
Yugoslav frontier. (Six words GEN.
sored)
Military experts said this with
Evening star., 1940-11-16
B uII etin
~ the Associated Press.

Chairman Dies declared today
that the House Committee on
Un-American Activity had evi-
dence that Germany, Italy, Japan
and Russia were working very
closely" in this country 10 prevent
United States preparedness and
to prevent aid to England.
The Texan, back In the Capital
after IN absence Of more than
two months, said he would ask
Congress "for at least 81, ,00o, 900"
to combat such activity and would
also request broader powers for
the committee to publicize per-
sons known to have connections
with subversive groups.
Chairman Dies said his COM
mittee had . list Of 3oe. 80 per-
sons and that he proposed to
bring them before the committee
zone by one" He added that
past committee experience had
shown that "expssure" brought
to an end the effectiveness Of
fereign agents.
Evening star., 1940-11-16
Drivers Lose Permits as Draft
Forces Aqe-Lie Confessions
Police Demond for Registration Cords
Proves Fruitful Trop for Fibbers

few years OF on their birthdate
declarations.
Althoueh,a few Of the ase-shy mo-
torists have laid the cards on the
table only after policemen, stopping
them on . minor trafhc violation,
have asked to see their draft regis
tration cards, the majority Of the
fibbers have visited Mr.. Deane's Of
nee Of their own volition seeking ad-
justment of telltale evidence On
their permits.
In all such cases permits are being
suspended indefinitely. and the ap-
plicants informed they must pgoduce
written evidence Of their actual ages
before consideration win be given ia
renewing their permits.
Approximately Is Of the adjust
ment seekers have coutended they
truthfully are below Il when their
permits indicate that age or above
IN mo6t lucn INSTANCES, the sxcuae
u given that they needed . drivsr1
(6se PW1dI9. 70 AZ
Evening star., 1940-11-16
King George Carries
Sympathy and Cheer
To Stricken Coventry
Ruler Confers With locul
Officials and Visits
Ruins of Cathedral
BY ALFRED WALL,
Associated Press War Correspondent.

hSsUNlattu EIcSe VAI SOlICopOuueuts
COVENTRY, England, Nov. 16.-
King George personally brought
words of sympathy, cheer and as
surance of an empires support to-
day to stricken Coventry-blasted
tc a smoking. shattered shell by .
Nazi air raid.
Taking the surviving townsmen
completely by surprise, the grave
faced, khaki-clad King pulled up
before the town hall in his big car,
which had threaded Its way through
debris-strewn streets.
Instantly the cry went up, THE
King. the King!"
A knot of persons gathered around
him with British cheer, Hip, hip,
hooray." His majesty smiled.
King Confers With Oflcials.
Saluting again and again, he made
his way through the crowd as red
faced policemen tired from long
hours of duty, cried, "Are we down.
hearted"
mo! roared the throng.
The King conferred with local Of
ficials on emergency relief for the
ruined industrial city.
Then he toured the devasted areas.
A look Of horror crossed his face as
he stepped into the ruins of old st.
Michael's Cathedral. Standing on
a heap of still-smoking rubble he
spoke gravely to the provost, the
Very Rev. r. T. Howard.
The provost said he had tried
desperately to save the cathedral.
His squad extinguished IL fires
started by incendiary bombs before
their sand and water supply gave
out. A new rain Of explosives forced
them to flee, he said.
Streets Being Cleared.
Squads of home guards and police
are clearing the streets Of wreckage.
A heavy pail of smoke still hangs
over the scene.
Rescue workers and survivors still
face the constant threat Of falling
buildings and delayed-action bombs.
With all his pressing concerns,
Mayor ]. A. Moseley, who was
bombed out of his own home, still
had time to give q brief interview.
I'VE are hit" he said, "but we
never will be licked.
Back In 1641 Charles II besieged
Coventry and even our women went
out, dug trenches and aided in the
defense. Today all our women and
men are helping bring us out Of
this"
Evening star., 1940-11-16
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Nov. 49, German
bombers, attacking in formation,
smashed at London with sudden
fury early today in a grand scale"
raid which the British Press Asso-
citation estimated involved upward
Of 500 planes-as many as the Nazis
repeatedly hurled against industrial
Coventry the night before.
The r. A. F. made large attacks
of its own during the night on Nazi-
held airdromes from Norway to
France.
The Press Associations air corre-
spondent declared that ''the enemy
used as many planes as were used
in the attack on Coventry" and
added: "It was an attack on q
grand scale"
In at least one formation during
the night raids on London OBJ
servers counted 80 planes.
Two churches, q sanatorium and
q large school building in a south
coast town were destroyed. Bright
moonlight, which undoubtedly aided
the axis bombers in spotting their
targets, ironically enough, also pro-
vided light for rescue workers.
Evening star., 1940-11-16
500 Planes Smash at London;
r. A. F. Hammers Nozi Bases
CiviIion Casualties Feared Greet as CopitoI
Is Subjected to Attack on Scale of Coventry S

A convent in the outskirts of Lon
don received direct hit. The nuns,
sheltered in the basement, narrowly
escaped death when the residential
wing of the building and the retec-
tory were demolished.
Civilian casualties were feared
great as explosives and fire bombs
rained down through riffs in the
clouded sky and shattered apart
ment buildings, shops and homes
In the suddenly intensified attack.
A government communique which
described the bombing as "heavy
and sustained" declared that "in
view of the weight of the attack"
the number Of dead and injured was
smaller than might have been ex-
pected"
British Navy pilots and those of
the coastal command smashed last
night at Nazi-held airdromes from
Norway to Northern France while
their colleagues of the r. A. F.
made large scale raids on vital Ger
man bases, including Hamburg and
Kiel, official sources announced to-
day.
The far-winging coastal campaign.
(See YONDON. Page A.3D
Evening star., 1940-11-16

Operation Of the selective service
program In the District Is making
self styled liars out m quite . few
automobile drivers.
More than 70 motorists already
have had their driveFs permits can
celed indeflnitely because they In
sisted thsir ages listed on the per-
mits q within the draft limits
represent outright nbs, It was learned
today at the Department Of Vehicles
and Tf11nc.
Edward r. Deane, secretary to the
Board Of Revocation and Restoration
Of Drivers Permits, said the draft
has brought to the surface many
drivers who Intentionally mirepfe.
sented thedr aSsstbefcEe the eelec-
w D)fntS lt! eAml hlO uIllnco
-and othoRD Who have found on
suheoqumt Avos110a1oa thav wsre .
Evening star., 1940-11-16

drawal, combined with the Greek
offensive from the region Of Lake
Presba and Koritza, in the south
eastern corner Of Albania, was de-
stroying any plan the Italians may
have had Of using . route across
Southern Yugoslavia toward the
Gree: port Of Salonika.
Pincers Threaten Italiana
Greek Army men claimed the
capture Of TOO Fascist soldiers and
10 heavy guns (57 words censored)
The Italians were reported to be
having difnculty mastering sum
rient troops to meet the flank at
tack from Lake Presba as they were
heavily harasSed by q third Greek
force driving straight up the Ionian
coast from the islands to the south.
presumably this drive also
was aimed at Porto Edda and
Valona, thus threatening the
Italians with . pincers move
ment.)
Italian Points Menaced.
The Athens newspaper Electol
lima said the land drive had been
launched along the Albanian from
tier from the Yugoslav border te
the sea, and that the Greeks are
continuously improving their posi-.
tions and increasingly menace i'm.
portant points In the Italian de-
tense and enemy communications
despite the strong position of the
Italians and the superiority Of theil
men and armament"
In the northern sector, the news
paper said, the attacks were carried
out from between the lakes ol
Ochris and Presba to the Morovs
Mountain and southeast to the
Grammos Mountains.
Reports from the south indicated
British air attacks on Italian bases
in the Dodecanese islands, Oh the
Turkish coast, were increasing IN
violence.
Travellers from Turkey said many
Of the islands already were suffer-
ing from lack of food and NUM-
tons as . result Of the British sea
blockade, which has been frightened
by occupation Of Crete, and enables
Evening star., 1940-11-16
Threat Of {. !. 0. Spill
Fades as Lewis and
HilIman Confer
Leaders Bury Hotehet
To Head of FactionoI
Convention Fight
By the Associated Press.


ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Nov. 16.-
The threat of q factional split up
in the national c. I. o. Convention
next week over partisan politics,
labor unity and internal policies
began to fade today after c. I. O.
Leaders John L. Lewis and Sidney
Hillman met in q surprise confer
ence apparently to discuss their
estrangement.
The meeting that followed .
Boardwalk greeting was the first
in many months and sent reports
spreading through convention
groups. that the two leaders who
took opposite sides Of the fence In
the Roosevelt -Willkie presidential
contest had reached the point of
burying the hatchet to head of q
factional breach on the convention
floor.
c. I. o. unionists, who had been
expecting q showdown between the
Lewis and Hillman partisans, in
terpreted the conference as q sign
that there would be no split In the
c. I. o. >
The G. I. o. convention opening
Monday expects to see Mr.. Lewis
step down from the c. I. o. leader
ship, turning the post over to Philip
Murray, Pittsburgh labor leader.
who also is acceptable to the anti
Lewis group lined up with Mr.. Hill
man.
A few hours before the conference.
Mr.. Hillman's Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers Union dumped q reso-
luton into the convention hopper
calling for q change in the con-
stitution to bar from paid jobs in
G. I. O.s national ONCE any one
who belongs to . Communist, NaI
or Fascist organization ''or any other
subversive group or organization" :"
Evening star., 1940-11-16
U. 5. Experts Seek
10 End Deadlock
In vu|tee Strike
PIune Plant Shut Down
While ConciIiotors Work
For Wage Settlement
By the Associated Press.

~ the ASSociated Press.
DOWNEY, Calf, Nov. l6.-Ma-
chinery which has been humming
"a hours q day remained idle today
within the strike bound Vultee air
craft plant, while Government
trouble shooters" worked behind
the scenes to bring the management
and union into new settlement con-
ferences.
The first day Of the Nations first
airplane plant strike since the ma
tional emergency began passed
without disorder. G. I. O. United
Automobile WorkerS' Union pickets
blocked the plants seven gates.
Washington Meve Expected.
Inside, 20 planes scheduled for
completion yesterday remained on
the line. Non-union production
members did not attempt to enter
after company omcials announced
the factory, with orders on hand for
$50, ,000, 900 900 tn military aircraft
was closed.
A vultee spokesman said: I'VE
expect the next move to come from
Washington"
There. Defense Commission ON
cials indicated that II arbitration Is
refused, representatives Of both sides
might be summoned to the Capital
for further negotiation. Sidney Hill
man. commission member In charge
OF labor problems, was reported
watching developments.
Labor Expert ut Scene.
Also indicative Of the Govern
ment's interest was assignment Of
the veteran Labor Department con-
ciliation expert, Capt. Edward H.
Fitzgerald, to the strike. The de-
partment sent Lyman H. Sisley
here Wednesday, but his preliminary
conferences failed to forestall the
walkout.
Union leaders called q general
meeting today, at which the mem-
bership was expected to be asked
to approve return to IS cents an
hour as the basic wage demand.
Vultee ut present pays so cents.
The union first demanded IS, then
reduced the figure to IS. The COM
pany offered q boost to IS cents
after three months employment and
to 90 cents three months later.
Evening star., 1940-11-16
us Sanitary Grocery
Stores Closed by
Strike Over Wages
7. 900 Employees Demand
Increases und Two-Week
Paid Vacations

About 900 Sanitary Grocery Co.
employees Of 2l5 stores in and within
radius Of IS miles Of Washington
were on strike today and all the
stores were closed, according to ON
cials Of the Retail Clerks Protective
Association, to which most Of the
strikers belong. Picket lines were
established outside the stores.
Omcials of the company declined
to comment.
The Labor Department Concilia-
ton Service assigned Frank ]. Shee-
han, one Of its conciliators, to the
strike and . conference with rep
resentatives Of the unions md the
company began late this morning.
S2Se Pay Raise Sought.
John Grasso, business agent for
the grocery clerks local No. 639-A,
said that about TOO clerks walked
out this morning In furtherance of
their demands for pay raises Of $3.50
each, a week, seniority ratings and
two-week vacations with pay instead
Of one week, as at present, for those
who have been employed by the
company three years or more.
Managers Of the 215 stores, men,
bers of managers local No. 1888,
Joined in the strike but asked only
the two-week vacation, according to
Richard Compton, their business
agent.
Union officials said also that about
500 meat-cutters, members Of Meat
cutters Local No. SIS, refused to
walk through the picket lines, al
though they did not join in the
picket line.
Contract Expired October 16.
It was estimated that more than
200 other employees Of the stores
workers at the general ONCE, bread
truck drivers and the like, would
be affected indirectly, and that
about 600 warehouse workers might
also be thrown out of employment
Mr.. Grasso said that the employees
contract with the company expired
on October Is, and that several con-
ferences between union and COM
pany ohicials have not brought q
settlement or the suggestion Of q
satisfactory compromise.
The clerks and managers voted
to strike at . meeting last night
at Carpenters Hall, 1910 Tenth
street NV.
Groups Of two or three chilled
pickets, bearing placards, stood in
the wind outside most of the closed
stores. At several stores where there
were no pickets strike signs had
been stuck In the closed doors.
Evening star., 1940-11-16
Steel Mill Strike Ends
PENDING Conferences

MIDLAND, Pa, Nov. Is R.-
Crucible Steel Co. mills here again
rolled out armament steel for the
United States and Great Britain to-
day after employees voted by . slim
margin to end q week-long strike.
The local Steel Workers Organ
izing Committee union announced
last night that approximately 4,300
strikers voted Sc per cent In favor
Of resuming work pending confer
ences with the company on griev-
ances, including . demand for .
Wage increase.
Evening star., 1940-11-16
No Ships Hit in Raid
On Alexandra Base,
British Declare
By the Associated Press.

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt. Nov.
16.-Italian warplanes bombed
this British base again last
night in an attempt to hit Brit
ish warships. Authorities said
all the explosives fell on land.
injuring seven civilians and
causing slight property damage.
The Governor Of Alexandria,
in a move to tighten port con-
troll, barred the public from the
eastern harbor adjoining the
British fleet bases.