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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-31
With Son Sparkling Team, Coach-Maker Phog Allen
Of Kansas Shoots for sd Cage Title in 80 Years
Builder of Jayhawk
Dynasty Says Game
Is Still in Infancy

4
IL talk Of Indiana and It's hot
shot basketball but don't try to sell
bill Of goods 10 the prairie
people out this way.
They'll only laugh and say; 1T
seems we have a gent named
Phog Allen :"
Despite a recent loss 10 Mis-
souri,. DR.. Forrest c. Aliens Uni
versity Of Kansas cagers are
favored to win the Big Six cham
pionship. but that isn't much Of =
surprise to the natives. who speak
OF Jayhawk basketball as they do
of wheat and sunflowers.
It's hard to point out a cage
dynasty comparing with the one
built by DR.. Allen. Dean of Ameri-
can hoop coaches, the professor
has won % conference titles in 20
years.
For the second time one Of
his sons Is sparkling his team
TO the top. Milt Allen was an
important cog In Kansas 1885
winners; this year It's Bob.
youngest OF the clan Allen,
which makes the Jayhawk bid
a family affair.
The slender junior, who has been
playing basketball under his
fathers eye since kindergarten
days. is the cog around which the
quintet moves.
He calls defensive set-ups .
directs set plays. He's the best
ball-handler on the squad .
has averaged eight points a game.
DOESN'T FIND 1T TOUGH
COACHING HIS OWN SON
COACHING a son is less a Job
" than people might think"
says the senior Allen. AT least I
find it so. He expects no fsvors
and grant him none. OF course,
I can give him more personal at
tention. We've gone into many .
point over the breakfast or dinner
table"
DR.. Allen played high school
basketball in 1904 at Independ-
ence, Mo, where he first met DR..
James Naismith, originator of the
game who was then coaching
Kansas. The following fall Allen
matriculated at Kansas.
He played basketball and
baseball.
DIR. Allen took over the
coaching job in 1908 and won
the Missouri Valley title.
He REPEATED In 1909 and
found time to tutor the Has
kell Indians and the Baker
University team, 90 miles
distant.
He took time out for three years
to get his medical degree and then
went to Missouri State Teachers
at Warrensburg, where he won
seven straight championships in
the strong Teachers College league.
He returned to Kansas in 1919.
In 1922 Kansas tied Missouri for
the Missouri Valley crown and
then won championships five out
of the next six seasons. The Big
Six was formed in 1929 and since
then Kansas has won six and tied
for a seventh crown.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-31

Paradise valley gets a boost
in the January Standard OIL
Bulletin, a picture of the vdt-
ley leading off an article, NTH
a self-erplanatory title, "The
West Hits the SnoU Spots"
Evening star., 1940-06-14
British Shipping Curb
Protested to Roosevelt

James w. Ryan. counsel for the
Danish Shipping Comreittee and
American Charterers of Danish YES
sells, yesterday lodged with President
Roosevelt a protest against the as
serted refusal of the British Gov
ernment to allow private firms in
neutral countries invaded by Ger
many, particularly Denmark and
Norway, to trade, under charter
commitments TO American citizens.
with neutral ports.
Mr.. Ryan said in letter to the
President:
The British Embassy here has.
by reference from the Foreign Office
and the Ministry of Shipping at
London, just finally rejected after
long delay strong protest made by
the State Department on April 27,
1910, through Ambassador Kennedy
ct London against interference bv
the British and Allied governments
with the carrying out of the charter
commitments made by Danish own
ers to citizens of the United States
OF Danish vessels in neutral and Al
lied ports"
Evening star., 1940-06-14
War Seen Creatino
Smaller Influence
For Middle Classes
Little Businessmen
Hear Vorys Make Plea
For Less Government

Whether the Axis powers or the
Allies gain the final decision In
Europe, the American people face
higher taxes, increased Government,
borrowing and a smaller influence
for the middle class. Representative
Vorys, Republican, of Ohio declared
In addressing the American Associa-
ton of Independent Small Business
at the Commerce Department audi
torium today.
AS at the first session. attendance
at the meeting was small-not over
score in all, The convention.
known as the First Annual Institute
on The Free Enterprise System as
Way OF Life" is being held under
the auspices of the American Asso-
citation of Independent Small Busi-
ness and the National Advisory
Council of Independent Small Busi-
ness.
For free enterprise to continue
In this country" Mr.. Vorys warned,
we must have less government.
lower taxes and strict control over
monopolies."
Opposing entrance of the United
States into the European war, he
declared that the United States
could not stop Hitler now, If it
wanted to. Nor could Hitler. he
said, invade the United States at
the present time, even if he is VIC
torious in Europe.
National defense must not be per-
mitted to become New Deal patron
age, Mr.. Vorys declared
Urges Political Planks.
Charging that small independent
business is being merged or elm
mated" while big business and con-
centration of wealth are growing
apace."> Alfred Calvin Gaunt of
Methuen, Mass. chairman of the
National Advisory Council of indie
pendent Small Business, called on
both major political parties to in
clude in their platforms advocacy of
full, free and fair competitive en-
terprise'
In case of war, he warned. the
small business men would be the
first to suffer. He called on little
business men to help keep the
country out of war and asked that
any representatives of small business
and agriculture be given representa-
ton on any war resources boards or
defense commissions that may be
created.
Col. Philip B. Fleming, admins
traitor of the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion, Labor Department. Yesterday
told the gathering that most legal
restraints on the enterprise system
had been imposed because of de-
mands of the businessmen them
selves
SWarmlng at every session of
every State Legislature and at every
session of Congress- he said. are
businessmen and their representa-
tlves demanding mere and more
limitations upon the free enterprise
system"
James w. Young. director of the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, predicted that when the
defense program gets under way the
national income may rise from its
present level of abcat $4,000. 900 900
year to a point.much closer to the
estimated capacity of 500 ,O0O, 900 600
a year.
Charles Fahy, general counsel for
the National Labor Relations
Board. praised the Wagner Labor
Act AS wise and beneficial" He
deplored emphasis on controversies
which go to hearing and Anal de-
cision.
Evening star., 1940-06-14
Novioerts to Portugal
And Spain Continued
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The British Embassy said last
night that it would continue to re-
ceive and act on applications for
navicerts to Spain and Portugal.
In joint announcement by the
British and French Embassies
earlier Yesterday it had been stated
that no more navicerts would be
issued for 10 European countries
IN view of the present situation in
the Mediterranean"
The later announcement of the
srlt'sh Embassy said that the order
es applied to Spain and Portugal
pad been countermanded.
Evening star., 1940-06-14

No wonder first Of
week. When Washington excellent
they Immediately these
the months Of heat oheodond
tomorrow Values
Evening star., 1940-06-14
COOL NEW COLORS:

. Blue oreyse Browns . Briah' Tones
ans Greens . kovys
. Greys Blues postel shode,
Evening star., 1940-10-17

TOBe Feted

Miss Peggy Lansdowne, daughter
OF Mrs. John Caswell, will have a
busy time the first week end Of
November, for her debut Friday
afternoon, November l, will usher
IN a whole series Of parties in her
honor. Invitations for the debut,
which will be a tea dance at the
Sulgrave Club, are going In the
mail today.
After the tea dance, which will be
from 5 to 7 o'clock. Mrs. John R..
Williams will entertain at dinner in
honor of Miss Lansdowne. The
guests will include the out-of town
people coming to Washington for
the debut party. Later the dinner
party will return to the Sulgrave
Club for the first Friday Evening
Supper Club dance.
Mrs. Jouett Shouse
To Give Luncheon.
The following day the attractive
debutante will be feted at a large
luncheon for her out-of town guests,
and some of the local debutantes
and their escorts, Mrs Jouett
Shouse will be hostess at this lunch
con, which will be held in her o
street home.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Moran McConihe
will entertain that evening at
dinner party in their home In honor
of Miss LansdoWne, and later the
party will 60 to the Chevy Chase
Club for dancing.
Several other parties will be given
for the popular Miss Lansdowne, but
plans have not been completed for
these affairs.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Recent Weddings
Miss Margaret Ritchie Bride
Of MIR. Edward A. Chewing

lumbia, S. c., Sunday, October 13,
when Miss Nellie Evans of Wash
ington became the bride of Mr..
Virgil Porch, also of this city and
Pikesville, KY. The Rev. Edgar D.
Ziegler, associate pastor of St.
Paul's, of1ciated, using the i'm
pressive ring ceremony. Palms,
dahlias and white lighted candles
in seven-b -branched floor candelabra
effectively decorated the altar.
Mrs. E. w. Samuels of Arlington,
Va, was matron of honor. She wore
a gold colored crepe dress, black hat
and accessories to match. Her
shoulder corsage was of talisman
roses.
The bride was attractively dressed
in lightweight wool coat dress with
a Roman striped blouse. Her hat
and accessories matched her suit.
She wore a shoulder corsage of yell
low and flesh tinted roses.
Mr.. E w. Samuels of Arlington.
Va, was best man
Special guests included Mrs. w.
E. Evans of Washington, mother Of
the bride: DR.. w. E. Evans, jr.,
brother of the bride. and Mrs. w.
E. Evans, jr., of Baltimore. Md;
three sisters of the bride-Mrs. E.
B. Mcintyre of Silver Spring. Nd,
Mrs. A. S. Holmes of Creswell, N.
(Copt;ruod oy, DoOo pAN
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Miss Brennan
Is Married

A surprise to her many friends
here is the news Of the marriage
yesterday Of Miss Deirdre Brennan.
daughter Of the Irish Minister and
Mrs. Robert Brennan, to Mr.. Gilbert
o. Jerrold of Paris. The ceremony
took place at the Legation with the
Rev. Joseph A. Moran performing
the ceremony assisted by the Rev.
]. Kiesler of st. Thomas Catholic
Church.
A small group of friends witnessed
the ceremony. including the French
Ambassador, M. CASTOR Henry -Haye,
and members OF the Irish Legation
staff. The couple then left by plane
Tor q honeymoon through the United
States.
Mr.. Jerrold Is the eldest son of
Nine. Germaine Of Paris and the
late Mr.. Lawrence Jerrold. He was
educated in England and obtained
his engineering degree from the
Sorbornne. He is attached to the
French Air Commission In New
York.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Gen. HOlconb
In PENNSYLVANIA

The commandant of the Marine
Corps, Maj. Gen. Thomas Holcomb,
and Mrs. Holcomb today are motor
ing to Indian Town Gap in Penn
sylvania. Gen. Holcomb will make
an inspection tour of the marine
school encamped there for field ma
neuvers. Gen. and Mrs. Holcomb
will return to Washington Saturday
and then will leave for week end
on their cruiser, the Slow Boat.
Evening star., 1940-10-17

Mr. and Mrs Carl S. Ritchie of
Ritchie. Nd, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Mar
garet Virginia Ritchie, to Mr.. Ed
ward A. Chewing, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Vernon E. Chewing of Ar
lngton, Va. The wedding took
place yesterday afternoon in the
Church of the Epiphany, the assist
ant rector. the Rev. Duncan Fraser,
officiating at 2:30 o'clock.
The bride wore a rust-color trav-
cling suit with dark brown accesso-
ries and a corsage bouquet of white
rosebuds and lilies of the valley.
Miss Dorothy L. Ritchie was maid
of honor and her sisters only at
tendant. She wore black velvet
trimmed with white lace and a
corsage Of gardenias. Mr.. Temple
Chewing of Arlington was best
man for his brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chewing left after
the ceremony for a wedding trip
and will spend some time in New
York. On their return to Washing
ton they will make their home in
Arlington, Va. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Chewing are employed on The
Evening Star.
Miss Nellie Evans Wed
To Mr.. Virgil Porch.
An interesting wedding took place
In st. Paul's Lutheran Church, Co.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Bridal Shower Given
For Miss Turner

Miss Margaret Anna Turner,
whose marriage to Mr.. Frank Rich
ard Heller will take place November
16, was the honor guest at a miscel-
laneous shower given Tuesday eve
ming by Miss Eileen Wenger at her
home on Newark street NV.
Among the guests were the men,
bers of the bridal party, including
Mrs. Leo Haines, Mrs. Ray Palmer,
Miss Marguerite Culver and Miss
Geraldine Ballard.
Miss Wenger, who is to be the
maid of honor, was assisted by Mrs.
Charles Laidlaw Wenger. Mrs.
John ODea, Mrs. c. Russell Wenger
and Mrs. B. Earl Wenger.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Mrs. Hinckley
Here for Few Davs

Mrs. Robert Hinckley, wife of
the Assistant Secretary of Com
merce, is at the Mayf1ower for a
brief visit and will return in a few
days to their home in Ogden,
Utah, where their young son,
Paul Hinckley, is in Junior high
school. Their eldest son, Robert
Hinckley, jr., Is a second class
man at the United States Mill
tary Academy, and his brother,
John S. Hinckley, is at New Mex
leo Military Institute in Roswell,
N. Mex.
The daughter of the family,
Miss Betty Hinckley, is a sopho-
more at the University of Utah.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Miss Jane SOWell
And R. L. Douglas
Are Engaged

Announcement has been made by
the Commercial Attache of the
American Embassy in Panama and
Mrs. Ashley B. Sowell of the en-
gagement of their daughter. Miss
Jane Howard Sowell, to Mr.. Robert
Lloyd Douglas of Sewickley, Pa, the
wedding to take place in the early
winter.
Miss Sowell is formerly of Co.
lumbia, Tenn, and attended the
Marjory Webster School in WASH
ington. Mr.. Douglas is son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Lloyd Doug
las and attended the University Of
Michigan.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Teas at Kenmore
Start SATURDAY.

The first of the fall series of
Saturday afternoon teas will be
held at Kenmore, Fredericksburg,
Va, home of Col. Fielding Lewis
and his wife Betty. only sister of
George Washington. Saturday from
3 to S o'clock. Special hostesses who
will receive in costume are Mrs. A.
E. Craver, Mrs. Mennis Gibson, Mrs.
Stuart Tansill and Mrs. A. w. En-
brey, jr. Entertainment will be in
charge Of Mrs. j. A. Bullock, Mrs.
w. l. Hall and Mrs. Edwin Gibson.
Spirituals will be sung by "Dosia"
Jones, who presides in the Kenmore
kitchen, assisted by Lucy jackson
and Mary Bundy. Uncle Bacchus,
80 years old, who shook hands with
Gen. Robert E. Lee, will bake hoe
cakes in the fireplace.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Miss Mary Naile
Engaged to Wed
Mai. Ashbridae

The engagement of Miss Mary
Quincy Naile, daughter of Mrs.
F. Raymonde Naile of Chestnut
Hill, Philadelphia, and the late
Capt. Naile, United States Navy,
TO Maj. Whitney Ashbridge,
Corps of Engineers Reserve,
United States Army, who is sta
toned in Washington, has been
announced. Maj. Ashbridge is
the son of Mr.. Abram Sharples
Ashbridge of Downingtown, Pa,
and the late Mrs. AShbridge. The
wedding will take place on Satur-
day, December Z, at st. Paul's
Church, Chestnut Hill, Philadel-
phia.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Miss Perrin to Wed
Mr.. Patrick Barber

The wedding of Miss June Perrin,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. M.
Perrin of Riverside, Calf, to Mr..
Patrick Barber of Los Angeles, for
merly of Washington, will take place
tomorrow afternoon at $50 o'clock
in the Wee Kirk of the Heather in
Forest Lawn, Calf
Mr.. Barber is the son of Mrs. Bes-
sic E. Barber of Washington and
Of Mr.. H. Barber, also of this city.
Miss Perrin was graduated from
Redlands University in California
and Mr.. Barber is a graduate of
Strayer College in this city.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Mrs. Tuckerman
Luncheon Hostess

Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday at her
Bethesda home in honor of the
Duchess of Crussol, Mrs. Alexander
Gordon and her daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Gordon, and Mrs. Julian
Jones.
The other guests were Mrs George
Pettengil, Countess Buyer-Nimeur,
Mrs. w. R. Kenny, Mrs. Sidney Clo-
man, Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs.
Clarence Norton Goodwin, Mrs. Ar
thur Macarthur, Mrs. Carlton Hold
redge and Mrs Charles Bromwen.
Evening star., 1940-10-17

List of Guests
OF Honor.
The % guests of honor at the
dinner included Maj. Gen. Gull
lermo Jose Mohr of Argentina, Gen.
Pedro Aurelio de Goes Monteiro,
Brazil; Gen. Oscar Escudero
Otarola, Chile; Gen. Francisco
Ponce, El Salvador; Gen. Francisco
L. Urquizo, Mexico; Birg. Gen. j.
Rigoberto Reyes, Nicaragua; Gen.
Nicholas Delgado, Paraguay; Col.
Enrique Blanlot ReiSsig, Chile; Col.
Jose Pedraza, Cuba; Col. Francisco
Urrutia Suarez, Ecuador; Col.
Franck Lavaud, Haiti; Col. Juan de
Dios Cells Paredes, Venezuela; Col.
Manuel Moran, Venezuela; 1t. Col.
Angel Baquero Davila, Ecuador; 1t.
Col. Rogue Lanus, Argentina; Maj.
Bernardo Amanda, Paraguay; Maj.
Herman Baron. Ell Salvador Maj.
Eduardo Huttich Palmer, Mexico;
Capt. Antoine Levelt, Haiti; Capt.
Pedro Geraldo de Almeida, Brazil;
Capt. Owen Parr, Cuba; Capt. Julio
c. Morales, Nicaragua; 1t. Jose
Annes, Brazil.
Representatives From
The Diplomatic Corps.
From the diplomatic corps were
the Ambassador of Argentina, Senor
Don Felipe A. Espil; the Air and
Military Attache of Argentina, Col.
Pedro Zanni; the Ambassador of
Brazil, Senior DR.. Carlos Martins;
the Air and Military Attache of Bra
zil, 1t. Col. Jose Bina Machado; the
Air Attache of Chile, Group Capt.
Rafael Saenz; the Minister of Ell
Salvador, Senor DR.. Don Hector
David Castro; the Counselor of the
Mexican Embassy, Senor DR.. Don
Rafael Fuentes; the Military At
tache of Mexico, Col. Armando R.
Pareyon; the Minister of Nicaragua,
Senor DR.. Don Leon De Bayle; the
Ambassador of Cuba, Senor DR.. Pc
dro Martinez Fraga; the Military
Attache of Cuba, Maj. Felipe Mu-
nilla; the Ambassador Of Ecuador,
Senor Captain Colon Eloy Alfaro;
the Ambassador of Venezuela, Senor
DR.. Don Diogenes Escalante; the
Minister of Haiti, Mr.. Ellie Lescot;
the Military Attache of Venezuela,
Col. Juan Jones-Parra, and the As
sistant Military Attache OF Chile,
Mai. Guillermo Marin.
The Undersecretary of State. Mr..
yUal1ae hoodoI tho nf71Pio1
group at the dinner, which in
cluded the chief of protocol, Mr..
George T. Summerlin; the Secre-
tary to the President, Gen. Edwin
M. Watson; Mr.. Nelson Rockefeller
of the National Defense Council,
DR.. L. S. Rowe, director of the Pan
American Union, and Mr.. Juan
Trippe, president of Pan American
AirWayS.
The American Army was repre-
sented by the host, Gen. Marshall,
and by Maj. Gen. William Dryden,
deputy chief of staff; Maj. Gen. H.
H. Arnold, chief of the Air Corps;
Maj. Gen. Delos c. Emmons, gen.
eral headquarters, Air Force; Brig.
Gen. Frank M. Andrews, assistant
chief of staff; Brig. Gen. Sherman
Miles, assistant chief Of staff; Brig.
Gen. John A. Crane, G-2 section,
general staff; Brig. Gen. John N.
Greely, CO. section. general staff;
Lit Col. Arthur r. Harris, 1t. Col
Charles M. Busbee, 1t. Col. R. T.
Heard, 1t. Col. E. M. Almond, 1t.
Col L. J. Compton, 1t. Col. L. M.
Riley, 1t. Col Enrique M. Benitez.
1t. Col. Claude M. Adams, aide to
the chief of staff; Maj. Tomas
North. Office chief of field artillery:
Maj. Maxwell D. Taylor, war plans
division, general staff; Capt. T. L.
Cyrstal, jr.; Capt. D. B. Smith.
18th Infantry, Arlington Canton
ment, and 1t. w. D. Shear.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Margaret Hughes,
J. H. Moore Engaged

Mrs. Richard c. Hughes Of
Chevy Chase announces the en-
gagement of her daughter, Miss
Margaret Catharine Hughes, to
Mr.. James Harvey Moore of this
city.
The wedding will take place the
latter part of November in the
Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
ArnOlds Guests

The Assistant Attorney General
and Mrs. Thurman Arnold were
guests at the small dinner party Dr.
and Mrs. Edward c. Acheson gave
last night before the meeting of the
Cooperative Forum at which Mr.
Arnold was the speaker.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Mrs. T. S. Austin,
DAUGHTER Return

Mrs. T. Septimus Austin and
her daughter, Miss Madeleine
Austin, who went to New York
to attend the Lathan-Sage we'd
ding and to spend several weeks
there, have returned to their
Wardman Park apartment.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Mrs. Wiraman Back

Mrs. Wayne Wirgman and Miss
Polly Wayne Wirgman have re-
turned to Washington after spend
ing the summer in Blowing Rock,
N. G..
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Gen. Marshall Is Host
At Dinner Party for
Latin American Officers
Mrs. Stimson Assists Mrs. Marshall
In Receiving Distinguished Guests;
Many of Diplomatic Corps Present

Many of Diplomatic Corps Present
the Capital becomes social with
large filling the calendars
military entertained last evening" George
at
diplomatic and official
Preceded
Preceding the dinner and Mrs Marshall entertained
tay Of War
hostess had assisting her the table
M
Watson, President wife
Chief of Naval Operations
Chief of Staff, and Mrs James wife
officer Secretary o
Generally assisting the function Emory Adams
Mrs H. H. Arnold Mrs j. A. Lesley
Ward Mrs Omar Bradley Mrs Mickelsen
B. T. and
Parker, daughter Parker retired.
Evening star., 1940-10-17

Continued on Page BAD
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effects and mysterious presence at
tributed to war gases III popular
fiction, and not because it is wide
ly destructive of human life. IL
disappears too quickly to be OF
maximum value as weapon
against trained troops.
But as a panic producer among
civilians it is highly effective
Some experts figure one bomb OF
phosgene would produce more panic
and fear among civilians than 100
actual explosive bombs.
The stuff is a simple combine
tion of chlorine-the purifier you
get in drinking water in minute
quantities-and carbon monoxide
1t is easy to compress into IL
quid and upon release becomes .
gas.
Slight concentrations smell like
fresh-cut corn in a field Heavy
concentrations smell like a sil0 full
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DAkAR IS
CAPTURED,
IS REPORT
Defenders Of French West
Africa Said 10 Have Sur
rendered 10 British
Continued from Page One)

mentS are reliably stated to have
hscn 1856 persons of the 10000 popu-
lation of Dakar while hundreds were
wounded.
The Vichy government earlier said
that under orders, the defenders
had driven back six attempts tc
and troops from the siege ships
Gen. DeGaulles, the British gov
eminent explains. made the attack
n Dakar because necessitated by
the German-Italian plot to seize
all Of Africa. This seizure program
was widely horalded in Rome and
Berlin last week during the secret
AXIS discussions between Won Rib
tentrop and Count Ciano.
British Strike First
The British, by the attack on
Dakar, got in the first blow and it
is unofficially stated Ciano has en-
trained fer Berlin for further con-
ferences on the Axis program, pre-
sumably a discussion on the British
action at Dakar.
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of fermenting ensilage When a
man SMOKES a cigaret in the pres
ence of phosgene, he experiences
a sharp metallic taste in his mouth
In an area as big as a room 20
feet square, lethal dose of phos-
gene is one third of an ounce, If
the victim is exposed thirty min
utes. In higher concentrations, OF
course, it is quickly fatal. Drops
of watery material form in hung
tissues, stop oxygen, and the vic
tim suffocate5.
1t is well suited to use against
civilian populations also because
victims would be likely to run or
exert themselves. The slightest exer-
ton produces death almost imme-
diately.
Phosgene is known TO all mill
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BUD SLEE IN ENGLAND

News was recently received here
from the Slice family in Gait, On
tario, Canada, that Bud Slice who
was the baby of the family and was
only about years old when they
left Douglas. is now a student of
diesel engineering at the Royal Ac-
ademy of Science in England. He
left Canada last year to join the
French army and was in the artil-
lery there until France surrendered
to Germany His wife and two
children are in Canada.