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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-19

um@ radio programs
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MONDAY
7 A. vi.
NO-nvotions
KNI-Pete A. Leonard.
KOHO - Good Morning:
tbs. Memoranda
KJR-Concert Hall.
1880 A. M.
KMo-News. 7,<6. Trade
n Sale.
KvI-Bob CARED.
x o NC - Memoranda:
7szs. sam Hayes.
Z J 2 = News: 7s4S Rev
eriea.
s A. Nj.
KHo-Breakfast Club.
kVI-kats smith. 6.15
When . Girl Marrfes
KOHO-Woman IN White
kJR-Reveries-
$3.50 A. NJ.
KHO-Hews. $40, B. b
e. News.
kvl-Helen Trent: s:<s
Gal sunday
kOMO-Ship Of joy.
KJR-Fstional Farm anc
Home Hour.
KIRO-Serial
9 A. NJ.
KMO-I'll Never Forget
XIV ooldpergs. e:ib
Life Can Be Beautiful
KOMO-Heart OF Juiir
Blake; s:is. Home ser
vice.
KJR-Nationai Farm and
Home; e:15, Ann Ster-
ling Wonders
KIRO-Scrial.
$3.50 A. nj.
KAO-Johnson Family
Orchestra; e:46 KeeT
Fit to Music.
KVI-Rifht 70 Happi.
ness. e:4b, Organ.
4 o NJ o = Kath. Norris:
GAS, DR.. Kate.
KJR-News.
KfRo-SeriaL
10 A. NJ.
X n O. Don Lee News.
1918. Ma Perkins.
kVI-BiE Sister: io:i5
Aunt Jenny.
kCMO-LfRht OF World
io:15. drimms Dauzh'
ter.
kJR-News; 1000. oul
Half Hour.
KIRO-Ser.al.
1880 A. M.
KMO-Happy Homes.
KVI-Flet her wiley
10:45. My Son and I.
KOMO-Valiant Lady
10:45, Hymns Of Al
Churches.
KJR-U. s. Band.
KIRO-Speaker.
IL A. Nj.
KMO - Friendly Neigh
bors, 1l:l6, March OF
Childhood.
KVI-Society Girl: l1:15
Martha Webster.
KOMO-Mary M arlin
11:15, Ma Perkins.
KJR-Orphans of Di'
vorce. i1:l6, Amanda
KIRO-Serial.
1880 A. M.
KMO-Ring-O.
KVI-News; 1895, Sere-
made.
K o NJ O-Pepper Young
11:45. Vic and SADIE.
KJR-John's Other Wife
l1.45. Plain Bill.
KIRo-Serial.
IL NOON
KMo-Priendiy Fifteen,
i2.15. News.
KvI-Pretty Kitty Kelly
1918, Myrt and Marge
x o M o Your Treat
l2:15, stella Dallas.
KJR-News: 1915. Drgar
Concert.
1880 p. M.
KMO-Troubadors: II: rs
Muse and Music,
KvI-Hilltop House
1915, Stepmother,
KOMO = Lorenzo Jones
12:45, That Girl.
KJR-Club Matinee.
/ p. M.
KMO-C hicago Musil
Festival.
XVI Kathleen Norris
l:15, Beyond rhes.
Valleys.
KOMO-Girl Alone: LIS
Homemakers.
KJR-U. S. Dept. o.
Agriculture; l:lb, ceci
Solly.
1870 p. M.
KMO-Music Festival.
VI News by Hughes
l;45, Sc attic gooS
Baines.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; las
O'Neills,
KJR-Health: las. Cow
KinRSo5gsglnsinu Sam.
2 Il. Nj.
KMO-Music Festival.
kVI-Young Dr. Malone
2:15. Hedda Hopper.
kOMO-Lil Abner. 2:1b
Mine to Cherish
KJR-Siesta In Swing
2::25, News.
KIRO-Serial.
1880 p. M.
KMO-Five Men of Fate,
2;46. Homes on Land
KVI-Girl Inferno: 2:<5
World Today.
X o M o - Against the
Storm; 2;45. GUIDING
kJR-2;35, Aloha Land,
AIS. Orchestra
8 p. M.
KMO william Bullitt
3:i5. Leighton Noble
Orchestra.
Kv1-Mystic Melodies.
KOMO-Trio: Sis, Eur
opean Situation.
KIR-Zollman
RO- Newsreel: s:l5
Woman's World.
$3.50 p. NJ.
KMO-Haven OF Rest.
KVI-Studio.
X o NJ o - Portia Blake,
3:45. Kate Hopkins
X JR- Orchestra: 3:45
Talk by Rep. JENNINGS
Randolph.
a p. Nj.
KMO-Goldman Band
KVI--So You Think YoJ
Know.
KOMO-Telephone Hour
KTn ntfA narenras As1h
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-19
RADIO TIME TABLE

Inn s s . ss1 % .' 70 siss 80
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
Bank Deposits.
Loans Higher
Nutl. Bunk OF Wush.
ington Expanding

The statement ~ condition ~
the National Rank 81 Washington.
published in Mondays issue % rhs
Times, shows gains as compared
with the statement af December
n. 1859. IN total resources. ~ Il :
see. ooe 90. Leans increased ever
two million. and deposits increased
over one million.
During tho period. the hank
added $4,000 10 undivided profits
and reserves after making liberal
allowances for depreciation and
ehsrge-effs
The hank has tusi completed
remcdeanx u. quarters on the
second and third fieors to sscem-
mcdste ia Increased business The
management looks forward to an
other period of increased business
for the hank and Tacoma sen.
orally.
The banks branches In nine
other communities in Western
Washington all report increase Of
deposits. loans and earnings,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
Tacoma Obituary Notices

Mrs. Kate Bsird Services were
held Monday at $50 p. m. from
the wriglcy a Clements chapel.
Rev. Give Taylor officiating: ere
nation. Mrs. Baird Was Of Fox
island.
Mrs. Emma Petersen Tuesday.
2 p. m. from Trinity Lutheran
church. Falkland; Rev. r o. svare
officiating; burial Trinity Luther
an cemetery. Falkland, under
direction of Stories.
Thomas n. Amber Tuesday,
3 p. m. from Cassidy a Aliens
chapel; Rev. Mr.. Wilson and Long
shoremen officiating. burial Noun
tain View burial park.
Manley ". Weydt-Privste
services Tuesday at 3 p. m. from
Piper's chapel; Rev. Charles Snow
den officiating: burial Tacoma
cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
HER E'S MORE ABOUT
Page One, Column One
r n. ~ - =. - - Z. - -

entire state and Pacific
Northwest. Too, IL forms a
vital defense link between
Fort Lewis and the Bremen
ton navy yard. The plan
ming and hard work involved
on the part of many indi-
viduals il completed.
A notable achievement has
been gained. Congratulations
are due on all sides. And now
let's make the most of IL and
work together on a united
front TO make the great
Olympic peninsula the out
standing industrial and recre-
ational center of the North
west.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02

Theodore C. Helle. Of RI. 1. Box
IS, Rainier. Wash, died Monday
in a local hospital. He leaves his
wife. Cecilia OF the home. Buckley.
Kings viii announce the funeral.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
Local Plumbing Co.
Gets Sub-Contruct

Sub-contract for the plumbing
and heating installations involved
in alterations and additions 10 the
Fort Lewis hospital has been
awarded to Advance Plumbing A
Heating Co. Tacoma.
The general contractor is Mac
Donald Building Co. Tacoma. Cost
Will be $4,000. and work IL SEIZED
uled TO start Immediately.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
Fort Lewis 10 Get
S More on Reserve

More second heutenants in the
army reserve corps have been or
dered 10 active duty a. Fort Lewis
These include willismL Mccurdv.
Portland. field artillery: George II.
Knight. Portland. signal corps. and
Elmer L. Calvin. Olympia: Bob c.
Kyle. Monroe. Ore. and Gordon L.
Scott. Portland. the latter three Of
the engineers
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
FUNERAL SERVICES
Coast Shipping Strike
Temporarily Averied

SAN FRANCISCO-A strIke
which would have tied up rs per
cent Of Pacific coast shipping was
temporarily averted today when
Marine Cooks and Stewards (CIo)
union extended until Wednesday
midnight the agreement under
which 1t had been working.
Union representatives informed
U. s. Conciliator Stanley White 30
minutes before the Sunday mid
night deadline that they would
permit another u hours Of nego-
tiation. in an Effort to solve their
differences with Pacific American
Shipowners association.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
II + n E'S MORE ABOUT
The War in Europs
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

setbaeks In the opening phases of
the Finnish campaign.
At the vital DardaneiIes
straits there were persistent
reports Turkey was being
pre-~ed by Russia 10 reiinquish
share In control of the mar
row waterway connecting the
Black sea with the Medit~rra-
mean. hut the official attitude
Of Moscow toward Turkey and
In connection with reported
Soviet demands for other Ru-
manian naval bases remained
uncia rified.
The Turks were taking extensive
military precautions. especially
near the Bulgarian border.
There were increasing fears the
japanese army would move into
French Indo-Chins. and a Chinese
army was reported massed TO enter
that area IL the Japanese move.
In Europe and North Africa the
war continued along the line fol-
] wer since the collapse Of France
aerial bombardment Of opposing
bases by British and German AVA.
ton forces and minor clashes by
armored units and airplanes in
North Africa.
The utmost confusion cloud
ID the significance of develop
ments In Rumania, but there
seemed 10 be no doubt that
both Germany and Italy were
restraining Hungary and hui
garia from making any inme-
diate demands on King Carol.
and were attempting 10 quiet
the Balkan war threats until
after the All. offensive against
the British Isles.
One reason for the German stti-
tude WAS believed TO be the prepa-
rstions for attack on Britain. which
continued intensive defense opera
tons and sent many aerial raiders
70 lombard the bases from which
Germany might attempt an inys.
sion.
Neville Chamberlain. member Of
the war cabinet and the object of
attack by many foes ~ Nazism.
declared there was no thought Of
peace negotiations with Hitler. and
that the British would fight from
house toulouse II necessary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02

sudden and 30 close Ia Gen.
sweeney's departure that the Gus
tomary artillery salute to gen.
eral arriving on the post was dis
pensed with.
Gen. and Mrs. Sweeney are trsv-
cling by automobile to their new
rather. their old-ststion at Fort
Douglas where the general will
reside until his retirement is effeo-
tive in November. He commanded
the infantry brigade at Fort Doug
las before becoming Fort Lewis
and division commander two years
aeo
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
H. E. Bennett
Stricken Here

Funeral services for Herbert Eu-
gene Bennett 50. chief engineer
Of Medosweet Diaries. Inc. who
died Sunday at his home. 43s Ia.
coma ave. will be held Tuesday At
p. m. from Mellingers chapel.
with U. S. s. s. Tacoma post. V.
Of F. w, officiating Services will
be followed by cremation.
Bennett had lived in Tacoma 20
years, coming here from Olympia.
Surviving are his wife, Luells Of
the home; a son. Gordon E.; two
stepsons, Lloyd and Earl stusrd;
a stepdaushter. Jacqueline struard.
and sister, Mrs. Della Dreher.
all Of Tacoma, and a stepbrother.
Lester MeGregor of California.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
Gen. Sweeney
Off 10 Utah
Thompson Is Now
Commanding Fort

FORT LEwIS-Msj Gen. Wal.
ter c. Sweeney rode out Of Fort
Lewis aud out nf active service in
the army at Q o'clock Monday
morning. en- route to Fort Douglas.
Utah. and statutory retirement
The approximately 5000 troops
Of his immediate command formed
an aisle through which his car.
bearing Mrs Sweeney also. passed
in an impressive farewell. Troops
were lined thickly along both sides
Of the road from the generals
quarters to the main gate
Gen. Sweeney. II had been
announced. was 10 have cut the
ribbon at the east end Of the
Nsrrows bridge Monday. hut
decided TO leave at once for
Utah. His substitute at the
bridge WAS Col. Kenneth 8.
Perkins, 10th F. A.
Brig. Gen. Charles F. Thompson.
who has been on duty with the
chief of staff Of the army at Wash
inston. d. c. arrived on the post
only just in time to participate in
the farewell to Gen. Sweeney. Gen.
Thompson succeeds to command of
this fort and Of the Third division.
All officers Of the post gathered
st the main gate and there cheered
their good-byes to one of the most
popular commanding generals Fort
Lewis has ever had.
The bands rl"ved ~ the
tank named aeney- led
other tanks Q division
down the road > the gate,
preceding Gen. Sweeney's car.
Gen. Thompson's arrival was so
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
Puyallup Will Enforce
Fireworks Ordinance
Frui, Packing Plants 10 Continue
Operation on Fourth OF July

lofxe - thssr guests Ire F1ss.
wtsh nsna T Rchsn.nn. wna n sl.r
. Klwsnian. presiding. wsii put -
the program. having - sns SPEAK
sr Edward J Alexander ~ As<r.
iesw. president ~ he Washington
state Klk. association.
Twe birthdays wers eeteerats<l
Thursday evening whsn Fred naf-
pla. sis nth e.. = W and Mrs
Tssrpln's uncle. Lea Marsra. wsr.
Annessd II = dinner which hrcuaht
the swa fsmllies saxssAsv ~ the
TNaFrin home.
c.nfasrssn yl.isev
Mrs. Ma. un scott 81 rnHie-
WOOD. Can't. 10 The guest ~ ksr
sister, Mrs Walter sentt sna her
husband ~ sfa st. ". W. ard slsr
will visst another SISTER Mrs. J y.
Heely IN seattle The three sls-
ter. are planning : nems~r ~
srira Mrs Nrest hss also heen
The sasss ~ her soa and daughter
In.lsw. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Scott
81 Shelton.
Custer circle. ladies ~ ths =
A. n. viii meet Wednesday after.
noon Al 7 O'Clock ~ odd r~llnws
hall
In his report ~ huildInx opera
tions during the meath a. juns.
Aetins Fire chief Chester nssks.
field stated Monday that permits
totaiinr ts.sio had been ssaarsi.
os this smount $500 wss frr en.
lsrsemenss. stio for repairs. and
$3.50 for alterations
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02

Theodore C. Helle. Of RI. I. Box
SIS, Rainier, Wash, died Monday
in a local hospital. He leaves his
wife. Cecilia OF the home. Buckley
Kings will announce the funeral.
JOSEPH JANACEk
Funeral services for Joseph
Jsnacek. IS. OF 3ol4 so. 18th st.
who died Saturday at the home of
his son, Otto Janscek. 1921 Nc
Kinley ave. will be held Tuesday
At AIS p. m. from Mellingers
chapel, with Rainier lodge |. o.
o. r.. OF which he was a member,
officiating Burial will follow In
Tacoma cemetery. Jsnaeek. n
native of Bohemia. had lived in
Tacoma SIS years. Other than his
son, Otto. he leaves two sons
George of Tacoma and John of
Fairbanks. Alaska; two brothers.
John of Milwaukee. Wis and
It aim Vi ithrNf stffH kIHilu~
children, and a sister in Bohemia.
MRS. NETTiE n. BIGGs
Mrs. Nettie X. Biggs, II. OF 1906
No. Ferdinand St. died Saturday
in a local hospital. She was a
native OF Iowa and had lived in
Tacoma 10 years, coming here
from Spokane. Mrs Biegs was a
member of the Eastern Star, Re-
bekahs, and of the Methodist
church. She was the widow of
Charles Manley Biggs. who died In
Tacoma in 1888. and the daughter
of a Methodist minister. Surviv-
ing are her daughter. Mrs. Marie
l.. DUEL of Tacoma; a sister. Mrs.
Lulu Coats OF Macomb, III: five
grandchildren, and five great
grandchildren. Cassidy 4 Aliens
will announce the funeral.
FUNERAL SERVICES
Frank Brady - Services were
held Monday at $50 a. m. from
Mellingers chapel; burial Roy
cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02

NNtiAtbtN, FtA, = tnsspaFsble
companions are Muddy. . iao-
pound German pnises aaH. and =
tiny hampshire pig. hrs. W. p.
Tucker. ~h. owns the animals. re-
ports that buddy has kept almost
constant guard over the psg sssos
u WAS barn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02

rvysII.rr Preparations sre
beng made In ,his community Ter
sane celebration If the Feursh
~ July. IN ssstsmsat Monday. =
member II the police department.
pointed CIT that city ordinances
prohibiting uss ~ fsFs~eFss within
the city limits wsli be snfercea RIG
idly tn the thiekly populated ais
tricts Where there Il proper 49,
psrvi.ton. no ohfreliaas viii h<
made 70 their use tn the outskirts
nnlsss complaints are loax~i wssh
the department.
All business will ~ 81 q stand
.ilii over the holiday when stores.
banks and the possefflce viii he
closed Thls however. Will not
include frui, packing plants And
receiving platforms which must Be
kept open TO accommodate berry
and cherry growers she will hase
their days picking 10 deliver,
Prov, ms..ss
TIVE early sunday morning house
prowls were reported 70 palses
Monday.
Thieves entered the home os J
y. rindiey. 1904 ". Pioneer ave,
through a French window, getting
about - In change. The family
wa. at home At The time and
heard the providers but thought u
was . gue., moving about.
Crossing the street 10 the homs
81 William Frank. 1922 W fio'
neer. the providers evidently Be.
came hungry as all that was miss
I'd WAS = jar 81 strawberry Jam
rAdi.. Of IN. first Baptist
church. which includes members ol
all three circles. will meet wednss
day afternoon ~ o'clock 81 shs
home Of Mrs. Foxford, soc stf
ave. NV.
Meeting Wednesday instead al
Thursday this week due 10 tbs
holiday. the Kiwanls club Will havs
members Of the ruysilup Els,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

wasninxlan. = M HHsr. Nan
Carfs HaFusdr i Izsftin. dWe -
fuff GFaz zHHf rrx - Warrington
Paul g Nanz II 4 frliFrt Nrsl
Point. y = cuts 80 Nrnmanlh.
NnF \ kaHfnan saf fFsaiHin II NAH
RAN lsre - rcIt nlsss Irs ThasnAa
- Entiana & = 4 HFslf~t cafHHss
eus. q - aatf CeiaHeus q onzi
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

n jefferson sc H4nsntii II =
washington. fehn = Wafssf. -. 81.
steirhla p e uaaesfsu =
Chsiiss onna osfrels. - - A..
nanF. gzllf ~ Fefs nenlautn IT,
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7rfgna s1ssId tii - Hssstikn asas
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nurx - - fniisHeIehts
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

rogi neck Nont - ~ Rsivoif. y
Nelfan TezEnh Cfnek arrc -
stamford NnIfFfsltf. Gait o. h.
Island ~
Mas MzHssf A nsasnzzk II 8 4
retired san ffauelsHa# - duiY -
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fTancisen fann kneszand SnaaNsn.
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
NORTH SACRAMENTO. Cal

a high school sophomore. JACK
Gibson. save a three Rond speeeh
when h.s English teacher asked
him 90 speak = minute and a hair
silence = golden. - said CT
serving IT for 20 seconds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Will Inspect Truck Scales

Roy G. Hanson. city weights and
measures inspector. announced TO-
day that the L 5 Bureau Of stan
dsrds is sending two men and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
ArnyOrders

A~HI~sToN The AZ depart
Hneut has Issned fne following cfsHfs E
Lieut. Nnas Harvard = MeCfr ms
Lincoln Nre Co Fs1H san Houston
~ - Miller - rHrsiafa -
san fTHHEH.Hn CanE - san fuaz
ohispo. caHf Cisrrnes : lfY. G q >
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

equipment here 20 test truck scales
on Nov - and 3.
The house fly i fully grown
when 10 Is Matched.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

Adaptations Of pepsier college
ssyIes-~reps. end Dol regions
Of eII--ooI t-eees in teel, green
end eers blue. Tough febries,
teiIoree for long. smet service.
Single and double -bseessd.
Sizes e-1s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-27
WILLIAM d. ANDERSON

Funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
Yopp funeral home for William D.
Anderson, SO, of Leland, who died
at his home about noon Wednes-
day after a brief illness.
..1nterment will be in Bellevue
cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be: John
Anderson, Wilbur Anderson. Clyde
Anderson, Kenneth Anderson. Rob.
ert Anderson and Devine Anderson,
Honorary pallbearers will be-: D.
G. Ellis, Kenneth Dresser, H. T.
King, Earnest Burguman, Dawson
Jones, Douglas Cooke, Charlie
Skipper, Dan Willetts, E. E. Boglie,
D. L.. Ganey, E. A. Ganey, DR.. E.
c. Anderson, G.. S. Hollis, H. P.
Lewis, O. W. Perry, Neil Hines, L.
D. Marks, Joe Mintz and John
Hand.
He is survived by his wife; four
sons, Earl Anderson of Norfolk
Va, Cecil and w. D. Anderson,
Jr., of the U. S. navy, and H. L.
Anderson, of Leland; one daugh.
ter, Mrs. ]. W. johnson, of Leland;
three brothers, John Anderson, O.
Wilmington, Jude Anderson, of O.
Currie, and Peal Anderson, of Will
mington; Three sisters, Mrs. Dora
Herring and Mrs. Bill Groom, O
Currie, and Mrs. Ida Coble, o:
Wilmington. :
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-27
MRS. ETA M. X

Mrs. Eta M. Rackley, 80, of 31S
South Sixth street, died in a local
hospital yesterday morning at 4
o'clock after a long illness.
She is survived by her husband,
I. B. Rackley, a daughter, Miss
wendolyn Jane Rackley, a son
Byron Rackly, and her mother,
Mrs. Laura Mccartney, all of Viii.
mington, and three brothers., j. N.
Mccartney, of Washington, D. c.;
E. F. Mccartney, of W~aterville,
Ohio and Walter Mccartney, of
Savannah, Ga.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 p. M, this afternoon from
Fifth Avenue Methodist church by
the Rev. c. D. Barclift. Intermen1
will be in Bellevue cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be: W. R
Dosher, Clarence Davis, Charlie
Davis, Lewis Davis, j. E. L. Wade
and H. B.. Register.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-27
JAMES F.

WHITEVILLE, Sept. 26-Funer-
al services for James Fuller
Strowd, of Whiteville, who died late
Monday afternoon in Watts hos
pital at Durham Of a head injury
suffered Saturday night in an au-
tomobile collision on Highway 70,
near Raleigh, were held from the
home here Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock.
He was a transfer student
from Davidson college and was en-
tering the junior class of the U. OF
N. C.
He was the son of the late Rev.
). C. D.. Strowd and Mrs. w. B.
Hobbs. He is survived by his
mother and stepfather, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Hobbs; a step brother
Clyde Hobbs, a sophomore at Da-
wilson college. His maternal grand
mother, Mrs. L. K. Fuller, OF
Whiteville, and an only sister of his
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-27
B0ISSON PROMISES
TO DEFEND DAKAR
Gays He Stands Ready To Re-
pulse Any Attacks By Brit
ish On The Capital

VlCHY, France, Sept. 26.-R-
Inc savior of Dakar," Governor
Plerre Boisson of West Africa, re-
layed word to Marshal Petain to-
nght that he stands ready to re-
pulse any new attempts by the
British, Free French forces, or
anyone else, to storm his capital
u black Africa.
Inc 46-year-old Breton colonial
somlnlstraor who lost a leg in
me World war praised the
glorious courage" of the army,
navy and air units under his COM
.nahd in fighting off three-day at
.seks of the British-supported ex-
pedltlon of General Charles De
Gaulle.
Other dispatches arriving from
uakar said Boisson himself came
IL Tor credit for the successful
esienSe. During the height of the
.ercest fighting he was reported
W nave joined his troops, exhort-
Jug them to greater efforts.
french officials described the
brush withdrawal from Dakar as
wise decision" and they ex-
pleSsed amazement that the vent
ure was undertaken in the first
place. 2
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MRS. ADJ C. LAss1TER

Funeral services for Mrs. Ada
c. Lassiter, n, of 1910 Nun street
who died in a local hospital We'd
nesday night after an illness of five
weeks, will be held this morning at
10 o'clock from the Yopp funeral
home by the Rev. R. L. Jerome.
and the Rev. A. J. Barton.
Pallbearers will be: Active - r.
H. Smith, G.. c. Malpass, William
Anglin, r. H. Youngblood, r. N.
Getty and c. w. Boyette; honor
ary:-Dr. H. A. Codington, DR.. A.
H. Elliot, M'Kean Maffitt, G.. T.
Morgan, j. B. Edwards, Edgar
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r MARY A. PAGE

CLINTON, Sept. &c. Mrs. Mary
Ann Page, 81, died at the Highsmith
hospital in Fayetteville Wednesday
night at 10 o'clock following an ill.,
ness of about 10 days.
Funeral services will be held from
the Clement church Friday after
noon. Interment will follow in the
church cemetery.
She is survived by her husband.
Percy Page; two sisters, Mrs. Isiah
McPhail and Mrs. J. r. Page; one
brother, w. F. Matthews.
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MRS H. G. WEBSTER

Mrs. H. G.. Webster, 55, of 907
Chestnut street, died at James Walk
er Memorial hospital yesterday aft
ernoon at 5 o'clock after an illness
of two weeks.
Funeral services will be held from
the Yopp funeral home Sunday aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. G.
l.. Pridgen officiating. Interment
will follow in the Carlisle cemetery
at Lumberton.
She is survived by her husband
three daughters, Mrs. E. C. .Dobson
Mrs. W. E. Paderick and Miss Vivian
Webster, Of Wilmington; six sons
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father, Mrs. Thos. l.. Cate, of
Chapel Hill. His younger brother,
Billie Hobbs, preceded him in death
not quite nine months ago.
The Rev. R. G. Edwards minister
Of the Methodist church officiated.
Interment was in the Whiteville
cemetery.