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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
Martinique
Blockaded,
Nazi Report
French Nuvol Men
Awuit Ultimutum
From the British

BERI.lN-The official Ger
man news agency said to-day
that the British were block.
aiding the French island nf
Martinique IN the West Indies
and that the French naval
forces there were preparing
for a British ultimatum.
The news sgsnsY. nun' ctrcas
lated the report under = Geneva
data ard ssld IL emsnated from
viehy. tho French eapitai
Martinique IL one IT the east.
ernmost 81 the fyee~srsi islands.
300 miles north Of the south
American coast. II had been 70
ported from Washington that five
United States destfoyers had gone
there To examine In. situation.
DSB said, This frat conse.
quenoc II the blockade ~ss the
severance Of communications with
the mainland 4"
Warrants ISSUED
The news agency aina said Ia
Geneva dlspateh that the French
government had issued warrants
for the arrest o. refilnas Andre
Geraudl. foreign editor OF the
Paris newspaper Londfr Madame
Gensvieve rsbouis. well known
writer for louvre. and Henri Dc
ksriliis. editor Of TIA. Paris news
paper LEpoque. ON charges 81 dis.
.emlnating false reports All
three writer's are we'll known
throughout Europe and the United
states All are believed 10 ee In
London.
4 ea0muplaue frss fu~h-
rer's headquarters Today said
that German subsnarines had
sunk 81 500 tom. NJ "~arms"
merchant shipping iscIUdisx
tho British freiKhter Nan Fer
nando. 81 1890 Inns. off the
spanish coast
II said that German slFplsnss
had BIO m bed many points In
Britain Including the rail center
at Brighton. coastal batteries oa
the Isle of wight. hafbor works
and barracks az Falmouth. srmas
msnt works at Miadlesboroagh
and sewcastis
Conquest Aifeads Accepted
Newspapers sald to-day that
Germany and Italy took the con.
quest Of Great Britain for granted
aud we're arranging for the "ns~
order in Europe
The Esssnsr National zslipng
ON the yisit "a Ger.
many ~ Italian Foreign Minister
Count GaisAxgo ciana. ~ald his
siih Adolf Hitler and
German Foreign Minister Joachim
Won Hibbenirop concerned post
var arrangements. "a question
that has come into the foreground
beoaas. England - Isolated Z"
These discussions naturally in
eiudsd questions 81 southeast w.
rope which has been spot iigh
by Soviet activity the newspaper
aid. ~ Addsd that the curtain
Is about ~ rise on the last act
u the present war and that
Britain would 10 destroyed ~
common deed of arms"
Returning ga Ta~>tay
Other newspapers pointed oai
that ciaB0s iast walt "a Germany
had been la OcioDer. immediately
after the end 81 the Polish cam.
paiEn and ii.tlsfs oct 6 offer 20
the allies " psars "a German
terms
Clano conferred xfth Hitler Tor
an hour and % minutes yesterday
afternoon ana eft IN the ss~niDE
for a tSosdsy ts5ar ~ the German
occupied region II France. 70 yis@
The work ~ the German slitx@
sfisg ~ ess ssid that the tftp
gas arranged 81 ciaAos request
hs returns 70 Berlin Tuesday.
sasaussasss aaH
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
WEATHER FORECAST

Partly elsady toslshi ard Wa
Temperatures; Nigh. 10; Iew. -.
sun rises, Ara sets. 1sos.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
Death Toll
High; Raids
.Speeded Up
British notuliuie
By Attock Upon
ShipYords. Conols

LONDON 49, The most de-
trrmined air raids ~ far on
Britain. a Herlin conference
in vhlsh Aaasf Hitler and
Count t.alcAsso rlane. Italian
foreign minister. we're Frpoyt-
rd 70 have agreed an the ~
furs conduct Of the war. and
n. fact that tidal conditions
were now favorable convinced
Hfitnns to-day that 4 German
Italian attempt At lnsas'on
was near.
German BIO ~ heFs tssas he'd
stf-nr daylight Fslsss aa nstsish
e.sstsi ts~ns snsssF afsrrsss
ssess ilsaa 100 f@sspbs and e&assng
soass casualties.
Th~ air minssssy Fsrastsd that
H.ssl sIs fsses fighters chased
German raider asla IN -. sna
shut Il dawn. ssssilnx thai 'thss
"a. The ghssa a~.mh~f do~ued
iastaf The ashsfs wsFs shot
dawn in ustmsa attack. On swo
coastal l~wns
Mspsts~l Attach
IN. air MINISTRY Fspasssd that
the RAP IN tho isst - nauss
carried out uas 81 the widest IT.
lacks ~ The var aa s.ssnssa milf
tssy ard naval ebsstiyss.
issitlsh bamss~ss slsssssl ~ mill.
safy target. In i.sstwszshafsn Ant
FssnAfast ffssxhs yaras and ssds
lnss 81 osnsbrush. As,sss. tssmm.
Hntrarsssfsa saa 8sf mbafE.
naval h~FtseAs ~ wslhelm.hsvss.
ard shs canal hsssa II pussh~ss
and puafaft.
A faar.mlnafs ssifpfts~ attack
~ss saia IN hsxs ersxhsa ths Lse~
paid b~sln ~ Ostera when fslsss
hslms divsd snd III German
supply snip. lock f4tss and naval
store. before defenders ssaia SGT
lnss satsaa. -
AIstsssss Assnskss
The british claimed thai fssrmss
aifdfumss IN usisIs. wsstssisnd
ard fisruam IN tins north Frsst&a
lsiansss vsss blasted - SSH ~ tn
The Hafih ftuhf ard ssfposts 81
&s.sss.a.. 80 xx..s.a-t. - 49,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
Blood Runs
Fast in Hot
Mexico Vote
Forty Dead: and 400
Wounded As Result
OF Sunday Election

MFNICO CITY Two months OF
political turmoil were forecast To-
day after a presidential election in
which IS persons we're killed and
more than 400 wounded. including
two Americans.
Statements from Gen. Manuel
Avila Csmsho, government candl.
date. and Gen Juan Andrea Alma
zan. his chief opponent, were ex-
peeted at any time. both claiming
election by big ma jority. But
the official count j. 10 be made
only Thursday and Is not TO be
announced until after the new con-
gress meets September /,
Edward J. Mallen jr.. IS. Tulsa.
Okla. was shot In the stomach dur
ing an election riot here. Leonard
Duro. 20. Union city. y. J was
shot in the side. Ivan Hasslocher,
10. son OF Paulo G. Hasslocher.
commercial counselor OF the Bra
lillian embassy at Washington, was
slightly wounded.
Hit by Stray Bullets
Durso and Hasslocher. students
at Georgetown university. Wash
ington, were walking with two
other students, Francis r.. Ma
loney Jr.. Washington. and Park.
man Clancy. Tacoma Park, Md.
when they. like MaIlen, were struck
by stray bullets.
Thirty persons were killed
In the federal district here
yesterday and more than zoo
were wounded In riots. AZ
least Is persons were killed
elsewhere In the country and
more than 200 wounded.
Almazanistas said that their
dead included Col. Vincent Obre-
gon. former director of telegraphs
in the ministry OF communications
Bitterly Contested
The election was bitterly CON
tested and both sides asserted that
their candidates could be defeated
only by fraud, which, they inti-
mated. would invaiidate the poll
Hence IL appeared that for the next
few weeks the country. divided be-
tween the two principal candidates.
would be in turmoil politically.
There seemed no doubt that the
anti-goyernment party Of Gen. Al
mazan had shown unexpected
strength. but there was no authen-
tic indication OF the vote.
This was the first openly con
tested election in 20 years. II was
estimated that 5000. 900 persons
voted
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09

BANK TRANSACTIONS
Tacoma .,.,,,.........S3, 3fl 900
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22

Use Of lobbying and other forms
Of pressure to influence legislation
were deplored by DR.. Remsen B.
Ogilby, president Of Trinity college,
in q Washington's Birthday address
at Hartford yesterday. His subject
was "A Message from George WASH
ington to Today" and he urged a
return to the system Of democracy
practiced in Washington's day.
DR.. Ogilby declared that legislators
should be guided by their own con-
victions and conscience, and should
not bow to popular pressure simply
to insure their own reelection or to
bow to pressure.
DR.. Ogilby said, in part:
"The oft-uuoted sentence attrib-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22
ESQ State Employees
Seek Tax Exemption
Retroactive Feature of Bill Challenged By Counsel;
| New Bin May Be Submitted to Congress

gan WORKING, u salaries warranted.
Inc 1neernal Revenue Depart
mens mas maintained that employees
o. tne Unemployment Compensa-
tlon DIVISION must pay the back
.axes because when the income tax
Iaw was amended IN 1888, an effort
was mace 70 strike out the phase
o. tne law referring TO employees
paid directly or indirectly by the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22

a pillow Of his own creation. He
helped design the Potomac canal
that still exists.
General Washington received
no salary during the war, but
turned in q 100000 expense &C
count, only part Of which was
paid. He served without pay as
President, and spent $4,000 put
ting up a front those eight years.
Washington was the ninth U. S
President, not the first. Eight
other men styled themselves "Pres-
ident of the United States" under
the Articles of Confederation. He
was first under the Constitution.
Washington both drank and
swOre. He is on record Of setting
up the drinks for the boys dur
ing election periods. As q military
leader, he cursed like q cavalry
man.
In his "110 Rules Of Civility,'
Washington as a boy prescribed that
you should talk not with meat in
your mouth, cleanse not your teeth
with the table cloth, napkin, fork or
knife but with a pick tooth;
and if you cough, sneeze, sigh or
yawn put your handkerchief
before your face and turn aside"
A political group once offered
Washington the job Of being
king Of the country, but he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22

In response to the urgent needs OF
the Jews of Poland and other CEN
tiers of distress in Central and Eas-
tern Europe, American Jews Will
conduct a unified drive in 1940 to
bring immediate relief and rehabi-
ntative aid to war sufferers, to sup
port the immigration and SETTLE
ment Of refugees in Palestine, and
to further the adjustment Of re-
fugees arriving in the United States,
it was announced yesterday by
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of Cleve-
land and Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, Ma
tional Chairmen of the United jew
ish Appeal for Refugees and Over
seas Needs.
The United Jewish Appeal will
act as the single Embarrassing in
strument for the Joint Distribution
Appeal and the National Refugee
Service, Inc, the three foremost
American agencies dealing with the
ramified problems of overseas relief
and rehabilitation, Palestine rebuild
ing and settlement, and refugee in
tegration in this country. Rabbi
Silver and Rabbi wise will serve as
national chairmen Of the 1910 CAM
paign and it Ia expected that the
United Jewish ppeal will enlist the
active cooperation as officers OF
others distinguished personalities in
Jewish life in the United States.
War Affects Plans
The basis for an intensive drive
to provide for the relief and rescue
of hundreds Of thousands Of Jews
whose suffering from oppression has
been pgreatly aggravated by the
sweep or war, was laid In 1899 when
the Joint Distribution Committee,
the United Palestine Appeal and
the National Refugee Service, Inc.
combined their campaigns in a
united drive to cope with the prob
lens of mass homelessness and mass
oppression In territories that were
absorbed In Greater Germany as
well as in other parts Of Europe.
Discussing the responsibility Of
American Jews In the task Of al
leviating the plight Of the victims
of war and oppression, Rabbi Silver
and Rabbi Wise said:
"In 1910 there comes to the Jews
Of America q solemnly challenging
plea from the hearts Of millions Of
our fellow-Jews who have been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22
POLICE SEEKING
BABY STEALER'

st. Louis, Feb. 22-(UP)-Police
and court officials today sought
Mrs. James Stillman who had
stolen" her own baby, one Of trip
lets.
One Of the triplet girls, nine
months old, died Of pneumonia last
week. Yesterday Circuit Judge
Michael J. Scott judicially declared
the survivors to be neglected chill
dren and ordered them taken from
their parents and given into the
care Of the board Of children's
guardians.
Two probation officers - Marie
Heitz and Paul Ferguson-went to
the home of Louis Bohlman,
neighbor of the Stillmans, where
the babies were. Each took baby.
Mrs. Stillman was waiting on the
sidewalk. Apparently reconciled to
the courts decree, she asked per-
mission to hold one Of her babies
and kiss it goodbye. Miss Heit2
handed owe. the baby she was car.
rying The mother promptly ran In
to the house, slammed the door and
locked it. BY the time the probation
officers got in, she had fled out the
back door.
The other baby was taken to the
home of the board Of guardians,
The triplets are identical and au-
Mhorities couldn't tell If she was
LaVonne or LaVerne. Laura died.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22
American Jews In
Unified Campaign
Urgent Needs of Distressed Peoples In Europe, Ref
ugees Spur National Committee In Rehabilitation

made to bear the burden Of hate
and oppression, whose devastation
has been intensified by the sweep
of war. Condemned to the status
Of chattels, deprived Of the oppor-
tunity of self-maintenance, denied
the essentials of subsistence-these
millions of human beings look to
American Jewry with sorrowful hope
that they may be enabled to sur
vive through this period OF brutality
and destruction"
Rabbi Silver and Rabbi Wise en-
phasized that the problems OF help
ing a huge segment of the Jewish
people to emerge from "this testing
period in world history" Is great,
but not so great that the American
way Of brotherly sympathy and
help" cannot in large measure solve
it.
Rehabilitation
A channel for immediate relief,
as well as long range reconstructive
and rehabilitative assistance is Of
fered through the three programs
embraced within the United Jewish
Appeal, the Jewish leaders said.
Rabbi Silver and Rabbi Wise des-
cribed as follows the principal OBJ
jectives Of the constituent agencies
Of the United Jewish Appeal:
Through the Joint Distribution
Committee, the compassionate spirit
Of America must express itself
through enlarged assistance to great
masses Of men, women and children
so that they can be given relief and
rehabilitative aid where they now
are, either In permanent or transit
tory homes, and, wherever possible,
assisted to new and self-sustaining
environments.
Through the United Palestine
Appeal, the desire Of American
Jewry for the continued upbuilding
of the Jewish homeland, through
the safeguarding Of the present
community of 100000 souls and the
extension Of a foothold to other
thousands Of Jews, must be given
concrete expression.
Through the National Refugee
Service we must fulfill our RESPONSE
bility as American Jews to the new
corners In our midst who are en-
deavoring to accept their full place
in American life with our encour-
agement"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22


mediately following the I.enten SER
vice.
Mrs. James McAree Of Thomaston
avenue who has been undergoing
treatment at st. Marys Hospital
for several days, returned home
yesterday.
Joseph McArdle Of briggs street
who has been confined to his home
the past two weeks with the grippe,
has greatly improved.
Mrs. william Heaney Of Boyden
street entertained yesterday after
noon for the following members Of
her card club: Mrs. Edward Whalen,
Mrs. Francis Whalen, Miss jose
phine LaChance, Mrs. Joseph Seery,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22
First President
Ladies' Man Says
Rev. Mr.. Madder,
FRANKLIN, JR.
MARRIED Ethel du Font
June 80, 1897

| Rev. Matthew G.. Madden,
pastor Of the Mill Plain Union
church, speaking at q George
washington birthday party at
Odd Fellows hall last night as
serted that the father Of the
country was a believer In strong
central government and that IL
he were alive today he would
be called q Hitler" q ''MussO-
lini" or a "Stalin."
The clergyman said that the
| fellow who told the story about
George Washington never tell
ing a lie was an outstanding
liar. He said that no man ever
lived who never told q lie and
he said that included himself.
Rev. Mr.. Madden said that the
first president was o great
ladies' man, as is attested to In
the number of times he was en-
gagged to several women at the
same time.
He said that washington had
many fine characteristics which
endeared him to the people of
the nation emphasizing par
ticularly his wonderful vision.
A. H. Alberg introduced Mr..
Madden and was in charge of
the entertainment that followed
his address. The program was
sponsored by WinOna Rebekah,
Nosahogan and Townsend
lodges Of Odd Fellows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22
WALSH-HEALEY
BILL STUDIED
Several Changes Sug-
gested On Awarding Gov
eminent Contracts

Proposed changes In the Walsh
Healey act, governing awards of
contracts by the government, are
being studied by a House sub-com-
mittee at Washington. The changes
would have an important effect ON
many factories in Waterbury and
Connecticut which now furnish
goods to the government.
The act now governs only con-
tracts for $4,000 or more worth OF
goods, but ne + the proposed amend
mentS would allow the Secretary
600. It would oblige those receiv-
ing orders Of $4,000 or more to COM
ply with the same rules as now
govern those receiving orders for
$4,000 or mode.
One of the rules provides for g
maximum work-week ofo 20 hours
Another change would allow the
Secretary of Labor to fix minimum
wages for workers in plants receiv-
ing such contracts.
Another section Of the amend
ments would allow the eSecretary
Of Labor to compile a blacklist OF
firms held by the courts to have
been guilty Of labor violations. Such
firms could not receive any business
from the federal government.
Removal from the blacklist can be
accomplished only by elimination OF
the violations and unfair practices
found by the courts.
Many local factories already fol-
low the government regulations in
regard to the work week and wages
paid. The amendments, however
would hit other plants, which now
receive orders In amounts less than
$4,000.
The amendments were passed by
the senate last year, and are expect
ed to come on to the floor Of the
House for action son.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22
College President
Deplores Lobbying
Legislators Should Follow Own Conscience Not Press
ure Groups Washington Quoted By DR.. Ogilby

uted to washington, Let us raise a
standard to which the wise and hon.
est can repair sounds like an Or
binary presidential platitude and
has no particular meaning apart
from its context. When, however, we
give this sentence its proper setting,
it has definite application to the
problem Of democratic government
today.
Mob Domination
Governor Morris reports that in
the anxious days in 1887 when the
Constitutional Convention was about
to meet in Philadelphia, General
washington was seriously concerned
as to the prospect of preparing any
document worthwhile which would
meet the approval Of the assembled
delegates.
morris says that at an early
meeting of these delegates Washing
ton rose from his chair as presiding
officer to deplore the tendency ap-
parent among the delegates to cater
to popular approval. He quotes the
general as saying, IF to please the
people we adopt what we ourselves
disapprove, how can we afterwards
defend our work? Let us raise q STAN
dard to which the wise and honest
can repair; the event is In the hands
Of God'."
"These words indicate the heavy
responsibility that, in Washington's
mind, was laid upon the representa-
tives of the people assembled in
Philadelphia. His conception Of de-
mocracy was in terms Of leadership.
He felt that men selected by their
fellow citizens to represent them
should use their highest intelligence
to determine what they should do,
being guided by their own wisdom
and conscience. Corporate action on
such a basis would win the approval
of the wise and honest. Action taken
along those lines could be the only
proper course, and the rest was in
the hands of God.
Modern Pressure Methods
'In sharp contrast to this, we note
the modern tendency of our repre-
sentatives to please their own con-
stituencies either because of a desire
for reelection or because Of a con-
scientious eagerness to reflect popu-
lar demand. AS far as we can tell
from our study of history, demo-
cratic government based on such
methods tends to disappear into
some less liberal form Of govern
ment or else to lay itself open to
F'ascism.
1--WE all know the efforts made to-
day on colossal scale by means Of
the radio, the mails or the telegraph,
to influence the actual voting Of our
representatives. The result of propa-
ganda on a gigantic scale aimed to
control the votes Of our representa-
tives runs counter to the wisdom of
washington and will bring unfor-
tunate results.
IF anyone urges US to write to
our congressman or senators, the an
swer should be that we will write to
them to inform them that we have
chosen them because we trust them,
and for that reason we ask them to
vote in accordance with their intel
Ngence and their convictions"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22
TRUNK HIGHWAYS
ARE NOT SAFE

Albany, Feb. 22.-(UP)-Miller
McClintock, traffic research director
at Yale University, believes the
greater proportion Of the nations
trunk highway milage is neither
safe nor efficient.
In a speech to the convention OF
the association Of towns last night,
McClintock advocated full appro-
priation Of state revenues from the
automobile industry to direct pur.
poses of street and highway I'M
provement.
He urged maintenance of an ade-
quate and suitable street and high
way system, and q return to street
and highway improvement alloca-
ton "amounts now diverted for
other services"
He estimated the diversion this
year will total almost $73, 600 900 Of
the $4,000, 900 paid in motor veh-
icle fees and gas taxes in New York
State.
Diversion In the past nine years
In the State of New York has
reached the total Of almost $780,
O0O, OO0," he estimated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22
BAPTIST SOCIETY
HOLDS FETE HERE

Cheshire, Feb. PA Washington's
birthday party will be held by the
young peoples organization Of the
Hull Memorial Baptist church in
the church parlors at $3.50 this af-
ternoon.
At 2 o'clock girls Of the senior
group met to make candy for the
food sale Saturday at $50 o'clock
at Vadney's store.
Mrs. Sperry Better
Improvement Is reported in the
condition Of Mrs. Edison L. Sperry
Of Main street, who has been seri-
ouly Ill for several weeks.
NJ. Ernest Jones is confined to
his home on Cheshire street by i'll
ness.
Blind Man Speaker
Stanley Pinks, Of Meriden, will ex-
plain the aid his Seeing-eye dog
has been, at the meeting tomorrow
at 8 d. m, Of the Junior Aid So
ciety Of the Congregational church.
Mr.. Pinks has spoken here on q
previous occasion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22
Washington Confused
About DUN Birthday

of his parish by parliament be-
cause he was "a common frequenter
of ale houses, not only himself sit
ting daily tippling there, but also
encouraging others in that beastly
vice."
A great host, the President en-
tertained $685. guests serving
serving 1881 meals at Mt Ver-
non during IA years.
Inventive, washington once de-
signed q 16-sided barn., and used