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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
Personal Note

Dub-Dub. our friend the seal who
ance aquarium, is an old rascal.
In the first place. he's become
fat. That, OF course. is the inevita-
bic result of the affection lavished
upon him by generous visitors who
buy live herring at the boathouse
and are rewarded by much ado and
more splashing as Dub-Dub churns
around in swift and successful pur-
suit of the delicious but unfor-
tunate morsels.
And as a result of said fattness.
Dub-Dub has a NV habit which
defies interference. He takes a
nap in the sunshine regularly every
day between l and p. m.
Precisely at the appointed time,
Dub-Dub heaves himself onto his
platform to posture awkwardly on
his back-snd to snooze. He will
stand for no monkey-business.
Even though his keeper and pal,
Skip Jordan, shoves him off and
into the water by way of friendly
teasing. Dub-Dub does nothing
more than snort once and climb
right back to his favored perch.
The blubber he's recently gained
suffices to make possible mapping
without distraction, even though
scheming benefactors vainly try to
disturb him with live herring.
But we will say, in all fairness
to one of our favorite showmen.
that Dub-Dubs activity during
non-nap times more than makes
up for his siestas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
Italy Loses 2lo. 900 Tons

foNDON Authoritative quart
Or. said Friday that sio.shs TINS
of Italian shipping has hssn cap
,ured or s.uttied ssnre italy en-
tered the war ls.t Monday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18

ina &c of youth
full, exuberent
pin neat, high
schooled, snap
py lads with
more tn an a
touch of mill
taristic polish.
But not always
were things so.
For the sake
of cOmnarisOn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
MOBILE GROWS RAPIDLY

MOBILE, Ala. - ms seaport
city Of Alabama is taking pride in
It's rapid growth az evidenced BY
new city directory which shows
population Of iO7.i5s for the
eitys metropolitan area
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18
ACID STOMACH ULCER PAINS
BAD FOR The NERVES

A distressing sfter-effect OF acid
stomach ulcer pains Is the penalty
they exact on the digestive nerves
Try a 25c box Of Udga for relief Of
ulcer and stomach pains. Indigestion,
gas pains. heartburn. burning sen
sation bost and other conditions
caused bv excess acid. Udgs Tablets
must help or money refunoeo. At
drugs stores everywhere. adv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18

II you're not using II, sell IL with
a Fast-Action Times Want Ad.
Phone Main 1851.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18

Undoubtedly at some time
interest a certain naval-recrr
trio of bearded. flat-hatted,
horny-handed old bluejackets
loafed by the bulwarks of som
And if that typical. romantic
appearing billboard has failed to
catch your eye, you are the loser.
For behind it Is more truth than
otherwise.
Nowadays, when we think of
navy seamen We conjure a mental
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-18

- afiNAANI Nbu Nt lAoNH&th WIN
iting poster which depicts a
tarry, salty. weather-beaten,
apparently EARNING as they
windjamming man-o-war.
"a years after the picture was
taken.
Those we're indeed the days Of
Wooden Ships and Iron Men,
And even though their luxuriant
boards were white. you are i'm
pressed by the atmosphere Of effie-
ieney. experience, hsrdihood and
sailorlike awakeness of the men.
rather than with any thought of
slowness. age or senility. You take
a look and you Immediately think:
They probably wrote the book.
III bet they've wrung more salt
water out of their socks than III
ever see
The occasion upon which
the picture was taken il best
described by brief entry in
Purdy's diary:
Sunday. Weather cool 4 cloudy.
Steam till y past 2 p. m. when we
got a whole sail breeze from the
Sc. and made all sail. Stopped
steaming. Ship on Star Tack.
Sunday Inspection and Monthly
Articles of War read out. Or.
Whiticsr taking photos. l was one
of the crowd of 4 old men photoed.
July is. 1883. Weather cool
and cloudy light breeze from the
Sc. A barque TO the Southland
of us heading the same as we.
Drilled at General Quarters. Lat.
40 n. DR.. Whiticar photoing
old men and me alone"
And whenever We sight the navy
recruiting poster showing the old
tars having a go at EARNING, we
fetch up and have a good long
session of day-dreaming - the
trades, bellied canvas. naval smart
ness, veteran sailormen. All me.
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"jorc = the urfoirssf thIro
! ever sow. She soys whofever
eosty thing she worts 10 soy:
ard when you resent II. she
puts you N rho wrono By pre-
sendin' you cont soks q Ioks.s
Evening star., 1940-12-16

Mob Seeking Suspect
lin Attack on Woman
Baked by Troops
Victim Identifies Man
Arrested and Rushed
To Another Jail
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
GEORGETOWN, S. c., Dec. 10
An unsuccessful attempt by an
armed mob to gain custody OF an
alleged assailant of 6 young white
woman was Investigated by State
officials today while a colored man
was held at the State Penitentiary
in Columbia.
National Guardsmen were called
out yesterday after a crowd forced
Sheriff H. B. Bruorton to turn over
all II colored prisoners In the
Georgetown County Jail to deter
mine if the woman could identify
one as her assailant. She was I'M
able to do so and the prisoners were
returned.
AS more men armed with shot
guns, rifles and pistols arrived,
Sheriff Bruorton, Mayor H. L. Smith
and City Councilman F. L. Siau
pleaded with them to disperse, say
ing the Woman's assailant had not
| been arrested.
A Guard unit mounted machine
gun on the second story porch of the
Jail and the group moved back.
Sheriff Bruorton meanwhile had
searched the countryside with dep
uties and arrested a man he said
had been identified by the woman as
her assailant. The man was rushed
to Columbia by a deputy and State
! highway patrolman.
Evening star., 1940-12-16

would continue to 60 up unless some
one stepped in and stopped it.
When some one pointed out that
rent control had been declared un-
constitutional, Mrs. Roosevelt said
that there must be some way of
getting rent control"
Mrs. Roosevelt, who for some time
has been urging that the Govern
ment work out plan for training
women in national defense, said
there was a great deal of woman
power" not being used, and she
urged Government-sponsored pro-
grams to give such a project dig
nifty"
She added that she believed the
organization of women throughout
the country could be completed in
less than six months if Congress
wanted the program badly enough.
Any program that women were
trained in should have the double
purpose of training and of improv-
ing conditions in local communi-
ties
Mrs. Roosevelt was to meet with
Pearl Buck. the writer, this after
noon to give the first contribution
to the drive for medical aid to
China. Her check was made out
for $l00.
Tells of Plans for Princess.
Mrs. Roosevelt also detailed plans
on the entertainment of Crown
| Princess Juliana of the Nether-
lands, who arrives in time for
luncheon Wednesday. Mrs. Roose-
welt, who has taken countless celeb
rites to Mount Vernon, will go
there with Princess Juliana We'd
nesday afternoon and accompany
her to the National Symphony Or
chestra concert in the evening.
The Crown Princess will be hon
ored at formal dinner Thursday
night at the White House and will
leave there Friday morning.
Mrs. Roosevelt will have her usual
packed Christmas eve, starting at
the Capitol Theater at $3.50 am
From there she will 60 to Arlington
at $50, to the Volunteers of Amer
lea at lis, to the Salvation Army
at 2, then back to the White House
for the annual Christmas party for
the families of the White House
guards, Secret Service men and
household staff. At pm. she will
attend the lighting of the outdoor
Christmas tree.
Evening star., 1940-12-16

ment, clearing the way for stormy
charges by Greek infantry"
An Associated Press correspondent
in that region said Greek peasant
women toiled in the cold to keep
communications open and to spare
men for actual fighting.
The women, their faces wrapped
in shaWls against the biting cold
were said to have shoveled the way
for troops through 4-foot snoWdrifts
in the passes.
Women Brought Supplies.
One Greek cavalry sergeant said
the women played similar part in
the Greek capture of Premet earlier
in the push into Albania.
There were times" he said, "Wher
every man was needed for fighting
Then it fell to the women to bring
supplies and ammunition up the
moutain sides. Many of them car
ried 70 and 80 pound packs on their
backs up 3O00-foot peaks"
Evening star., 1940-12-16
Greek
Continued From First Page)


eral and a colonel at their head"
one report said.
These two senior officers, with re-
volvers in hand, induced their men
to defend the position However,
both officers were hit in the breast
and died.
Their death was the sign for a
wholesale retreat and abandonment
of the height. After occupation of
the height, our soldiers found the
bodies of Italian senior officers"
In a fierce new drive from Pogra-
detz toward Elbasani in Central AL
bania. Greek mountaineer regiments
were reported to have smashed
through massed Italian reserves for
large gains
Fresh snoWstorms in the rugged
Albanian mountains slowed down
The Greek advance. but latest reports
from the front told of the capture
of important heights and prisoners
In some places the fighting was said
to be raging in snow to 4 feet
deep.
The task of keeping supply roads
open became a gigantic problem
but so far Greek transportation was
said still to be operating efficiently
Captured Italian prisoners indi-
Gated the weather was seriously i'm
peding the Fascist supply trains
They were quoted as saying hun
dreds of their fellow Italians had
fallen out of action due to frost bite
and pneumonia.
The Greeks said many of the pris-
oners told of going for several days
without food and ammunition. Sc
difficult had the going become, re.
treating Italians were said to have
abandoned all heavy equipment anc
even their wounded
The Greeks themselves burroWec
into the hard-crusted earth anc
sought relief from the bitter cold ir
straw-covered pits.
! Despite the bad weather the Greek
air force was declared to have kept
active both in reconnaissance anc
surprise attacks on Italian trool
concentrations.
! Dispatches from the battlefront
said the offensive which had beer
held up by storms and zero tenn.
peratures was resumed over the weel
end with greater gains than hae
been made there all last week.
The Greeks said Italians attempt.
ing to counterattack were "repellec
and dispersed in such q way as tt
lose contact with the bases from
which they started"
Flank Effort Made.
There were indications that the
Greek drive beyond Pogradetz, along
the Albanian -Yugoslav frontier, in.
cluded an effort to flank the Italian!
by smashing them back from theil
border forts and leaving their lef
wing "in the air"
A dispatch from the front las
night said Greek troops succeeded
in making a general advance ovel
wide area in the mountainous re-
gion held by the enemy abov'
Pogradetz, where the Italians hat
concentrated all their reserves"
This report said Greek artillery
smashed permanent enemy fortifi.
cations along the Yugoslav-Albaniar
frontier" in a three-day lombard
Evening star., 1940-12-16
Mrs. Roosevelt
Continued From First Page.)

need for a national health program
Having the public discover
through these reflections the need
for comprehensive health program
she said. is the first step toward
awakening the public conscience
to demand such a program.
Preparations for national defense
led Mrs. Roosevelt to urge rent con-
troll and more adequate housing in
Washington. Pointing to 1917, she
said the temporary buildings had to
be used for the influx of workers and
many lives we're lost in the influ-
enza epidemic because people were
not so housed that they could stay
where they were when they fell i'll.
There was an excuse them she
said. 1--WE were at war and had
to face it, but now, not to use previ-
Gus experience seems so short sight
ed"
She said that with the influx Of
workers, rents were being raised and
Evening star., 1940-12-16
Roosevelt
Continued From First Page.)

supplies to England and thus ease
the burden on the British merchant
marine, which has lost so many
ships.
Il think the people of the coun-
try" said Mr.. Bloom, would favor
amending the johnson Act for a
limited time for a limited purpose,
provided England came to us and
said what it wanted the money for
1T might be well to leave it up
to the State Department or the
Treasury to see that the request ac-
corded with the general principle
of our aid to Britain to help her
win the war.
Naturally she should make this
request now. But the credit would
not be used until she had spent all
her own resources in this country
and the money would have to be
spent within the United States for
certain specific things
May Will Ask Repeal.
Chairman May of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee has an
nounced that he will introduce in
January legislation to repeal the
Johnson Act, because England" in
! effect, is fighting our battle and il
she should be defeated, I'VE, ir
reality, would be fighting the battle
now shouldered by Great Britain.
In announcing plans for the
survey by the manufacturers Or
ganization, Mr.. Prentis said that
thousands of affiliated industriahsts
had been asked to furnish material
g The answer of American indus.
try is clear and uncompromising,
| he said. with a better knowledge oi
the task at hand, we will bend every
| effort to meet the demands thai
are made upon us and will continue
| to cooperate to the full extent o1
our ability"
Few New Powers.
The War Department official, who
commented on the Princeton schol-
ars' plea for declaration of a full
emergency, said it might be helpful
as a psychological factor but po,nt-
ed out that the President would gel
few, if any, new powers by such
action.
He said Congress has already
granted President Roosevelt powers
to speed production of war mate
rials and that in declaring the state
of emergency no additional powers
would be granted in the National
Defense Act.
The act would give President
Roosevelt the power of priorities
and to take over manufacturing
plants both of which he already
has. The declaration of an emer-
gency, the official SAID, woulc
chiefly affect Reserve officers anc
National Guardsmen who might be
compelled to serve in the Army "fol
the duration of the emergency" in
stead of one year.
What we need is chairman fol
the Defense Commission who car
coordinate all defense production
activities and give orders to the
other defense commissioners" the
official said
Five House committees are observ.
ing defense building as "Watchdogs.
These are the Military ami Nava
Affairs Committees and three ap.
preparations subcommittee.
The committees plan to see tina
the country gets full value for the
billions already appropriated and tt
make sure that future requests fol
| funds are fllllv justified
Evening star., 1940-12-16
German Army Is on Way,
Italian Prisoners Soy

LONDON, Dec. Is (Pt.-1talian
prisoners are telling their Greek
captors that 1.-The German Army is
>on its way to Italy Reuters, Brit
ish news agency, reported in a dis
patch early today from the Yugo-
slav-Albanian frontier.
The newly-captured Fascists also
reported great food and ammuni-
ton shortages and peace propa-
ganda in Italy" the dispatch said.
Evening star., 1940-12-16
Southern Group Demands
Greater Aid for Britain

SOUTHERN PINES, N. c., Dec
i6 [P).-Declaring the United States
must choose and choose quickly y
a group of 80 prominent Southern
ers urges immediate full-capacity
mobilization of all necessary re-
sources" to aid Great Britain.
In declaration addressed to
President Roosevelt and Congress,
the group asserted that 1T is both
foolish and fatal to half-protect
our interests
Drawn at session yesterday
called by the Southern Policy Com
mittee, the resolution was signed
by newspaper publishers, educators,
industrialiSts, economists and au-
thorS.
"The British cannot be expected
to win or be particularly heartened
by what we are able to sell them
out of even our present produc-
tion," the declaration said.
The statement declared that here
we believe that many of our lead
ers, perhaps unduly impressed by
busy minority groups, some of which
are deluded, some financed by in
dividuals hostile to our way of life
or by foreign governments, have as
yet failed to guage the temper of
the American people" and added:
1--WE believe the people are al
ready aware of the realities. They
stand ready for decisive and far
reaching action.
"A call for work and sacrifice and
effort by all will shatter at blow
the delusions regarding us held by
the enemies and show us ready
again, as in the past, to do all
things needed to guard our coun-
try and principles of government.
Speed and Coordination Urged.
The statement said further:
ITO preserve ourselves and the
British commonwealth in spirit and
in truth demands that we recognize
that these two remain strong de-
mocracies the United States and
Great Britain) have common
enemy as we'll as common institu-
tions of freedom.
"It demands that, wherever re-
quired, every activity shall be sub
ordinated to immediate full-capacity
mobilization of all necessary re-
sources. 1t demands that we recog-
nize that we are faced by a mill
tary crisis and that speed and CO.
ordination are the essence of mill
tary effectiveness"
Members attending the confer
ence and who signed the statement
included: Judge H. G. Cochran
Norfolk, Va; Warner Moss, College
of William and Mary, Williamsburg
Va; w. T. Hodges, dean Norfolk
division, William and Mary Col
lege, Norfolk Va; Paul D. Will
liams, Richmond. Va; Francis P
Miller, Fairfax, Va; Louis I. Jaffe
editor Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.
and Virginius Dabney, editor Times
Dispatch, Richmond, Va.
Evening star., 1940-12-16
4Princefon Scholars
Urge Defense Work
On Emergency Basis
30 Prominent Southerners
Demand capacity Aid
For Great Britain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PRINCETON, N. j., Dec. 16.-A
plea for declaration in the United
States of "a state of emergency
which will be equivalent to
full industrial, military and naval
mobilization" was contained in a
defense speedup" statement issued
yesterday by "a Princeton scholars
and sent to President Roosevelt.
The signers, who included MEM
bers of the Princeton University fac
ulty, the Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research and the Institute
for Advance Study, said there is
grave cause for alarm in the over
confidence which many Americans
have shown in recent weeks, not
merely as regards the progress of
.our own rearmament, but also as
concerns the course of military op-
eratlonS overseas"
Rearming Pace Held Inadequate.
THE extent and speed of Ameri-
can assistance in the next three
months may be decisive in de-
termining the outcome of the war;"
tempo of our rearmament is alto
gether inadequate to the emergency
and needs to be quickened.
In our judgment the necessary
speed and volume of production
will not be forthcoming unless we
declare a state of emergency and
enact legislation
This will involve wartime powers
and far-reaching collaboration be-
tween Government industry and
labor If Germany is defeated, the
need for continuance of such meas
ures will be negligible. If Germany
wins, they will take the form of
compulsory controls for a long
time.
Unlimited Effort Urged.
Adding that the interests of the
shall not vim the declaration said
"only by an American effort with
out stint or limit can a German
victory be prevented.
Defense implies more than mere
resistance to attack it requires the
building up of military forces ade-
Quate to defend American security
-. Should events require Amer
ican naval assistance in keeping
open the North Atlantic seaWays,
we must be ready to give it by
reasserting the historic American
principle OF freedom of the seas"
Among the signers are Frank
Aydelotte, director of the Institute
for Advanced Study; Luther P.
Eisenhart, dean of the Princeton
Graduate School; Christian Gauss,
dean of the college; Robert x.
Root, dear of the faculty; Kenneth
H. Condit, dean of the School of
Engineering, and Edward Capps,
professor of classics and former
United States Minister to Greece.
Evening star., 1940-12-16

A new comet was discovered re-
Gently by an astronomer in South
Africa.
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Canialoupes
Nearing End

Prices along Taeoma's Wholesale
market row were unchanged Fri
day.
Prevailing vegetable prices
placed avocados at $3.50 and -
per box; tomatoes. IS cents to 81;
pumpkins. x1.z5; squash. OH and
OF per ID; rutabagas. 50 cents;
zuccini. so cents; spinach, so cents,
and wsna walla lettuce, $3.50 TO
x1.75 per crate.
Yakima cantaloupes were selling
at si.25 per crate. Other fruit
prices included grapefruit. SO per
crate. huckleberries. six cents per
h., and lemons. x4.75 per box.
Above quotations are wholesale.
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Alspaugh Requests
Will Be Tax-Free

Beneficiaries of the will of the
late Fred Alspaugh, Puyallup
banker and civic leader, who died
last Sunday. will receive their be-
quests tax-free. In a final para
graph in his will. on file in Pierce
county probate court Friday. Ais
paugh left an additional amount to
each legatee sufficient to pay the
inheritance tax upon it.
Alspaugh left sums to Is per-
sons of whom only three were
relatives. Four of the persons are
living in Australia. Civic gifts in
cluded were $1,000 to the student
loan fund of the Puyallup Kiwanis
club and donation of all his books
to the Puyallup public library. The
estate was estimated as having "a
probable value over $4,000"
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Additional complication OF the
eosstw1de shipping strike which
holds ~ vessels idle Friday in Pa
cific ports.approximstely $50 ma
rine cooks and stewards joined the
picket lines Of the striking marine
firemen.
Stewards department workers
went on strike st midnight when
the Shipowners' Association Of the
Pacific refused a wage ncrease
from $3.50 to $50 a month plus
demands for hiring an extra man
per ship.
Not on strike. but nevertheless
respecting picket lines. were the
Sailors Union Of the Pacific. Ma
rine Engineers Beneficial associa-
ton. American Communications
association. Masters. Mates &
Pilots association is currently ne
gotiating with shipowners for a
new agreement. All contracts. ex-
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ing from goth Century-Fox Film
into Federal Motors.
Simmons company shares held
for attractive yield; some switch
ing into International Paper COM
mon, which doesn't pay dividends
but has larger speculative follow
ing Pressed Steel Car 1910
net placed at $3.50 prior to excess
profits tax =. Pennsylvania Rail-
road and New York Central are
being bought on belief both will
benefit from large national defense
shipments.
For greater trading appeal, Ohio
Oil switched into Studebaker :.
Youngstown Steel Doors last six
months operations will better
those of first half of year :.
There's some switching from
Brewster Aeronautical into White
Motors; and Canada Dry Ginger
Ale into Mack Trucks Nuns
ingwear to pay year-end dividend
/. And, that traders are eau
tious because election campaign
is becoming "a heated argument"