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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-13

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-13
Sweden Nav
Be Forced
Into War
II British Win
Bottle. Swedes
Moy b Pressed

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MILITARY ana naval sutheftttes u
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sisupsint On sixnlfiFanss ~ assefap-
nsnss IN Scandinavia
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-13

Sofeu WAR 60ffr@p1HuHH&
LONDON One 81 the bio ~
battles Of modern history went lnse
i,s fourth day ~ The nritish struck
~ the core Of German naval power
and sought 10 turn Adolf Hitier.s
scandinavian gamble inte . disss-
trous trap.
The battle created . possibility.
II was suggested h~Fe. that = uFi-
tlsh success may bring 1w<dsn into
the wnf " a should lead 70 \ uefs
man uItimatsim Tor uss u nws-
denis railroads 70 supply snd rsln-
force uermany's exp~<iitionary
force In Norway. but the slwesiss
wsrc making every effort 10 avoid
such fate.
Already hundreds Of bodies are
reported stfewn IN ICY waters and
siong the rocky beaches Of The
! 200. mile coast from the kattrnsI
TO harvik above ths Afclla eirels.
sk@xsssak Il reseea
More men may have Loaf their
lissa IN the last -four days than
during the sntlfs seven months u
the western war up 10 this week..
except in Poland.
the most brilliant fsst sf shs
British vas IN forcing passage
through the Ekaserrak 10 the
mouth a. the ksifsssf. naval
sources here bsllsved
Already the German navy and
merchant marine Il bsiisvsa % |
hass suffered . gfavs blow ana.
whatever the outcome. Ifs sffse.
tlveness has been diminished.
Nssis wsshsa~a
conflrmesf figures ~ Mani lo.se~
thus far show $1,000 tons Of war.
ships and armed merchantmen
sunk and sz.ooo tons damaged o.
sunk.
Unlike the satils u Jnfiana.
vhleh was lndsfisiss IN that IL left
most u the German fleet intact
for duration a. the Usr. ths pfss-
ant Scandinavian engagement
aesms destined 10 weahen usfsaan
ssa power sufficiently Ia sffset fhs
future ceufss u the var.
Estimates Of the yssseis engaged
in the battles ranged ~ hlEh a.
80. for allied ships u various
types. and 100 for tbe Germans.
In addition. hundreds ~ sirplanss
more than have ever before
engaged IN sea wsrfsFs -- fought
overhead
Butl.h Thsiil~s
Ths bfiiist press and p,sbile had
~ first zeal burst 81 enthusiasm
II the var. Tn only eompersbis
tkrif cams with ths news o. the
Graf Spec battle OF hontsylsso.
Military elrcies belieye Nofus-
As@ft f~"s"t8fht" WAM EtWNH HAA3t8Hr
tai Thsy eitsd the Nor~wglan
action In blowing np railroad fssn-
nsis - serious nnatter for the
Germans. sises Il viii prsvsBf them
10 = considerable extent from eszn-
soiidAtiag their positions
LAsaing Fseias Fsw
Only . few Strategic tlsnnsis need
be destroyed n the mountainous
spine u Norway 10 cut Off sections
Of the country from communities
tons. except along tbs ssa where
British xaFships should b. comDe-
Tent - deal with efforts 1t rsla-
foreesnent BY that route.
The scarcity OF landing fields
renders most difficult the intro.
duesion n new troops BY airplans
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Considers conference report on
independent offices appropriation
bill.
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Congress Today

Continue debate on Bsnkhead
cotton cooperative bill.
HOUSE
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-13

Some military experts In f<sndan
suggested that ihs sntifs osFIaaa
Scandinavian operation. afamalie
- u wss and sntsiIias . sFs1<
naval and air fofe< engagement Al
the way from ths kstisknt. II IN
entrances 10 the Baltic. y the
gcsailnssa IN rsxs 10. csiana y
Evening star., 1940-11-29
Conduit Road Citizens
Back Pre-MaritaI
Health Examinations
Association Opposes
seopening Laboratory and
Toxes for Airport Upkeep

Members of the Conduit Road C1ti-
zens Association last night indorsed
the proposed pre- marital health in
section bill and its accompanying
plan to outlaw common-law mar
riages in the District.
Thomas v. Reagan, president of
the association, introduced the mo-
ton.
c. E. McGhee's report on an in
vestigation into the Districts prac-
tice of using the Bureau of Stand
ards to test highway materials in
stead of maintaining a separate
1 laboratory, was approved, the as
sociation going on record as favor
ing the present arrangement. Mr..
McGhee contended the present pro-
cedure saved the District money.
Following another report by Mr.
McGhee, the association opposed
any tax on District residents for
the upkeep of the airport at Gravel
ly Point.
After a discussion Christmas
tree for the Palisades Fieldhouse,
where the association met, and a
Christmas party for the children
in the Conduit road area, COM
mittee composed of j. r. Lyddane,
chairman; Mr.. McGhee, Grady. P.
Oakley and Walter Cunyus was ap-
pointed.
Mr.. Regan announced letter
from Father Louis C. Vaeth, pas
tor of Our Lady of Victory Catho-
lie Church, and a personal appeal
to the Capital Transit Co. had re-
suited in an additional streetcar
being run on the Cabin John Line
about pm. to accommodate school
children.
James E. Maxwell, president of
the American University Park Cit
liens Association, spoke briefly on
the Northwest Council of Citizens
Associations, inviting the Conduit
Road group to join. The association
Evening star., 1940-11-29
Mrs. Katherine Smyih Dies;
Widow Of Chief Justice

Mrs. Katherine Murphy Smyth,
rs, widow of Constantine j. Smyth,
a chief justice of the United States
Court of Appeals for the District,
died yesterday in Detroit at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles
w. Burgess.
Mrs. Smyth, whose husband died
in 1924, has made her home in De-
troit for the last five years. A native
of Beachwood, KY, she came here
in 1917. Burial will be in Omaha,
Nebr.
Mrs. Smith is survived by SON
here, Bernard A Smyth; another
son, Constantine Smyth of Phila-
delphia, and two daughters, Mrs
Burgess and Mrs. Rose Sibbernson
of Omaha.
Evening star., 1940-11-29
Dynomite-Loden Man
Seems Glad He Fell
Into Police Hands
~ the Associated Prssa

6y toc 260CaAteO EItsA
GREENVILLE, s. c., Nov. 20.
Police arrested q man and
charged him with being drunk.
A routine search at headquar-
ters disclosed that he was car
rying four sticks of dynamite,
several blasting caps and a
length Of fuse in his pockets.
The man said he was a we'll
digger. to which Recorder James
M. Richardson commented, 1T
looks like you might have dug
we'll there in the street If you
had fallen very hard"
"Yes, sir. I might have" re-
piled the defendant.
Evening star., 1940-11-29

took the invitation under advise
ment.
A short summary of financial
standing was given by George w.
Morse, treasurer
The next meeting will be held in
January.
Evening star., 1940-11-29

WE'D so YEARS-Mr. and Mrs.
Phillip Marcy, 2616 Military
road, Arlington, Va, who cele-
brated their golden wedding
anniversary November Is. Mr..
Marcy, 81, retired employe OF
Arlington Cemetery, and Mrs.
Marcy, II, have 2 children, 10
grandchildren and ! great
grandchild.
Harris & Ewing Photo.
Evening star., 1940-11-29
AN ACTIVE LIVER
MAY GIVE YOU MORE PEP

A liver that fails to secrete all the
bile it should may be the cause Of
much of the misery of temporary
constipation. 1t is important there
fore that the laxative you take also
helps stimulate sufficient bile flow
to act on intestinal waste. This is
why Beechams Pills are increas-
ingly favored as a laxative. By
helping stimulate bile flow, this
purely vegetable compound helps
drive away the headachy, tired feel
ing that comes from faulty elimina-
ton. Buy Beechams Pills at your
druggist's-10c, 25c, SOC.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
BY j. w. L. MASON
United Press War Expert

Reactions in Berlin and Rome to
Fridays Brenner Pass conference
between Hitler and MusSOlini show
that confused and contradictory
ideas prevail there concerning the
outcome of the dictatorship discus
sion. While threats of immediate
and concluding action against the
British are predicted in some quar-
tiers, Count Ciano's newspaper. II
TELEGRAPH, of Leghorn declares Hit
Ter and Mussohni never held any
illusions about the gravity and pos
sible duration Of the conflict"
This statement. made in Ciano's
Leghorn organ by Giovanni Ansaldo.
who always writes semi-officially.
indicates Italy'S strategy o. caution
still prevails, and probably repre-
sents the fundamental character of
the Brenner Pass interview. Ansaldo
says Hitler and Mussolini can use
the time factor to their own ad-
vantage and they made decisions
yesterday for the coming months. "
This assertion is contrary to other
axis statements that whenever the
TWO dlctators meet quick. over
poWering strokes arc 10 be expected
There is no visible reason for ey-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
Ship Strike Ties
Up So Steamers in
Pacific Harbors

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5 up -
A suddenIy-called strike Of the Ma
rlne firemen, oilers. watertenders
and wipers, an independent union
spread up and doWr. the Pacifk
coast today threatening TO tie up
So steamers engaged in coastwise
trade.
The strike was called against the
sbipowneTs' association Of the Paci-
fic after union and employer rep
lesentatives had reached an i'm
passe in negotiations for a new con
tract The old contract expired
Sept. 30.
Five other unions-the Masters
Mates and Pilots Of America, the
Marine engineers Beneficial associ-
alton. the Sailors Union of the
Pacific. the Marine Cooks and
Stewards association and the A
meriean Communications associa-
tion marine division)-were i'm
affected
ReYels Cayton, secretary Of the
district council Of maritime unions,
said all Pacific coast marine unions
would respect picket lines esia-
0lished BY the Independent 0rgani-
sation.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
Axis Confused, Contradictory in
Reactions to Brenner Pass Pariey;
Mason Detects Signs of Dissension

pecting any such sensational action.
Hitler has been trying to deliver
overpowering strokes for the past
Two months against Britain with no
success.
italy understands the realities of
the present situation which do not
conduce to harmony between the
anti-democratic partners. Ciano's
newspaper, indeed, makes the as
tonishing admission today that Hit
Ter and Mussolini last August pre-
pared the military and economic ef-
fort for winter"
That is to say, during the height
d the German air blitzkrieg against
Britain, in August, it was realized
at Berlin and Rome that plans for
quickly overwhelming the British
would have to be abandoned and
a second winter of war had become
inevitable. Rome was the first to
discern the failure of the German
ar offensive, for the first intimatior
that the war would go into next
year came from italian sources. But.
that the Axis realized the superior
defensive strength Of the British air
arm as early as August has not pre-
Vl0uSly been admitted.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
BY n. O. THOMPSON

TOKYO. Oct. (UP)- Japan's
developing foreign policy was mark
ed today by a concert Of statements
by public men and newspapers to
the effect that japan warteo
friendship with the United States
but that if the United States chal-
,enged either Japan or its new al
lies, Germany and Italy, war would
result.
Japan's terms for friendship with
the United States, it was made
plair, were a free hand to carry
out its eXpansionist policy in the
far east, and it was made plain by
implication that Japan proposed te
enter the war if the United States
entered beside Britain.
The Newspaper Nichi Nichi cpl
tomizei the various statements by
saying that Japan was anxious to
ioin hands with the United States
for realization of lasting peace
in the word, but adding that if
the United States did rot change
its attitude Japan, America might
be forced into war. -.
Nichi Niehi commented that
there was no indication tnat the
United States intended to alter its
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
Change Attitude
Or Fight Jopan

attitude, as it had been Intensity
ing pressure on Japan, had prof
fered China a new loan, was try
ing to get Britain to reopen the Bur-
ma route of supply for China and
was Strengthening it naval position
by negotiating with Britain ard
Australia.
Newspaper generally in their COM
ment on an interview given to COR
respondents at Kyoto yesterday by
Premier Prince Fufimaro Konoye,
took the view that Japan was will
ing to readjust relations with the
United States if the United States
recognized the Japanese-German-
italian alliance and its objectives
and also Japan's leadership il East
Asia
Prince Konoye said in his inter-
view that Japan was prepared to
adjust its relations with both the
United States and Russia but that
if the United States should refuse
to understand" the intentions Of
Japan, Germany and Italy, consid-
cred their triple alliance hostile to
it, and challenged the three pow
ers, " we are ready to accept such
a challenge and fight to a finish. y
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
Japanese Warning
Forces U. s., Canada
Into Closer Unity
BY HOBART c. MONTEE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UP) -
Administration officials believed to-
day that Japan's warning" to the
United States might result in clos
or cooperation between this coun-
try and Canada in enforcing re-
striction of export to Japan.
Officials saw a close tie-up be-
tween the Brenner Pass meeting OF
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini
and the war-threatering newspaper
interviews given in Tokyo by Japa-
nese Premier Prince Konoye and
Foreign Minister Matsuoka. Some
quarters felt that the statements
were direct result Of heavy pres
sure brought by Japan's two axis
partners to make some threatening
gesture to coincide with the Bren-
ller Pass meeting.
The only immediate reaction here
was the intimation that the coin-
Gliding actions in Europe and the
far east might bring about immedi-
ately closer cooperation between the
United States ard Canada in COM
mon defense plans.
Fear has been expressed in some
quarters that the Canadian govern
ment might permit exports from
that country to Japan of materials
presently embargoed by the United
States. or which may be embargoed
in the future. Officials were con-
fidept, however, that Canada would
cooperate fully with the United
States. especially inasmuch as all
the embargoed materials or those
likely TO be embargoed, are vitally
important to the British empires
war effort against Germany and
Italy.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
Canadian Warship
Escorts Prize TO
West Coast Port

A WEST CANADIAN PORT. Oct
. fUP)-A Canadian warship arriv-
cd today with $500. 900 war
prize, the cargo-laden German
steamer Weser, 9179 tors. captured
Sept. 26 four and half miles off
the Mexican Pacific port Of Man
zanillo.
1t was revealed the Weser wa
taken without the firing of a shot
Wher she made a dash from Man
zanillo Just before midnight Her
skipper. Capt. II. Bet, thought at
first that he was being stopped b.
q Mexican. gunboat and by the
tine he learned differently. armed
Canadian sailors were swar1ning
over his deck.
Canadian cens0rs withheld the
name Of the warship. Mexico City
dispatches said it was the armed
merchant cruiser Prince Robert.)
The Weser arrived here with the
Canadian ensign flying over the
at her after mast. Thirty
Of the Weser crew we're prisoners
aboard the warship. The other 20
were on the Weser, where a prize
crew was in charge.
Capt c. T. Beard. the warship
commander. said he had known for
some time that the Weser was like
y 10 make a dash Tor home
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
Tri.Power Pact Provides for Japan
To Enter War, Divides SpoiIsin
Far East, Neutral Diplomats Say

way toward a friendly understand
ing, including on-aggresslon pact,
between Japan and Soviet Russia.
A tentative date is fixed for
Japan to enter the war against
Britain and participate in the triple
blitzkrieg' by striking in the Orient
while Germany intensifies its blows
against Britain and a combined
Nazi- Fascist offensive is launched
in Egypt and the Near East.
1t was said that the impression
prevails here that China might be
ready to accept German mediation
of the war with Japan if Britain
continued to keep closed the Bur-
ma road over which war supplies
move to Chungking.
The British, however are sched-
uled to reopen the road on Oct. II
and as a result of this, as we'll as
further protective British and Am
erican aid to China, the Chungking
government is expected to continue
| the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
By FREDERICK KUH

LONDON, Oct. 5. (UP)-A hlgh
diplomatic source-neither BRUSH
nor Chinese but vitally interested
in the Far East-reported today the
new triple alliance joining Japan
to the Rome-Berlin axis contains
secret clauses setting forth Japan's
potential gains in the Orient and
tentatively providing for Japanese
entry into the war against Great
Britain.
This source expressed belief that
Germany, Italy and Japan would
deny existence of any secret clauses,
but other foreign diplomats and
far eastern experts who were ques-
toned on the subject said that there
was reason to credit the reported
arrangement.
1t was suggested that Adolf Hitler
and Benito Mussolini, at their Bren-
ner Pass meeting, sought to deter
mine a definite date for triple
Blitzkrieg" against the British en-
pire in Europe, Africa and the Fal
East with the aid of Japan and tc
agree on ltS tactlcal aSpeCtS.
The alleged confidential provisions
of the triple alliance were described
as follows:
1.-Germany and Italy agree
assuming they are victorious-to use
their influence to facilitate Japan!
annexation of the Dutch East In.
dies and of French Indo-Chins
after the war.
2.-Germany and Italy express
readiness to mediate peace between
Japan and China in a sense favor,
able to Japan. 1t was recalled tha
in 1888 the German ambassador tt
China made such an attempt il
vain.
3.-Germany promises to exercise
to the fullest extent her diplomatic
and political influence to pave The
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
Italian Spokesman
Says Axis to Push
New War Offensive
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD

ROME. Oct. 5 (UP1-Resumption
of intensive military operations "on
all fronts shortly" was predicted
today by Virginio Gayda. authori-
tative Italian press spokesman, ir
his newspaper, Giorale dItalia.
"A new phase of armed activity
and military operations on a large
scale will be resumed by the axis,
he wrote. The effect of these war
operations soon will be evident
He and other Italian press COM
mentators were discussing the Hit
ier-Mussolini conference of yester-
day.
'Landing parties, advances and
murderous blows to the structure
of enemy resistance are on the
axis schedule and will be produced
at the moment when the axis
judges them opportune and deci-
sive'. said the newspaper Messag-
gero.
England is nailed to her death
bed. Victory swiftly guides Germany
and Italy to their final goal"
Meanwhile. King Emperor Victor
Emmanuel inspected new giant
transport plane, capable of carry
ing g large landing party of fully
equipped infartrymen.
The inspection coincided with
Messaggero's talk of landing part
les. advances and murderous blows. Sc
The transport plane was reported
to be the largest plane the Ital-
ians had yet developed.
The king inspected also three
other new types-a long distance
bomber. new dive bombers of the
Picchiatelli type ard new stream
lined chaser planes.
He watched test flights of the
planes. examined motors and in
teriors in detail and talked to avia-
tors.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
Air Fleets Smash
Through Anfi-Air
Fire at England
BY WALLACE CARROLL

LONDON, Oct. CUP)-German
plane fleets IN tormatiors of 20
planes or more smashed through
fierce anti-aircraft barrages along
the coast today and returned to the
attack on London.
A cloudy night hampered both
German and British air forces.
German formations were seen
flying across the Kent coast at un-
usually high attitudes this morning
Penetrating the London outer
barrage, II planes flew over the
central part of the city during a
mid-morning air raid alarm but
veered off under fire, to the south
east.
Immediate intensification of Brit
ish attacks on Germany and Ger
man occupied territory was fore
cast as the result of the appoint
ment of Air Marshal Sir Charles
F. A. Portal as chief of air staff
to succeed Air Chief Marshal Sir
Cyril Newall.
Newalls appointment as COVER
nor general of New Zealand to sue
eeed Viscount Galway, whose term
expires in February next, was an
nounced.
Portal has been chief of the
bomber command since two months
before Adolf Hitler invaded Bel
gium and Holland. His tour OF duty
marked the steady intensification
of British bombing attacks, start
ing the day Hitler invaded Den
mark and Norway, and it was be-
lieved that in his new post the
attack rather than the defensive
would be increasingly emphasized
in all Royal Air Force activities.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
BY FREDERICK C. oECHsNER

BERLIN. Oct 5 up The axis
military machine will strike the
British empire at mary points il
a campaign designed to prevent
Great Britain from having a win
ter rest period and to bring the
enemy 'inex9rably to complete ie-
feat. Nazis predicted today.
England will be wounded at
many point but it is not our part
to say where or when. one inform
ant said. commenting on the Brer-
ner Pass conference of Adolf Hit
Ter and Benito Mussolini
The eremy will not realize his
hope that winter will offer {
breathing spell, added the authori-
tative Hamburger Frenfdenblatt. He
will be seized everywhere and in
exorably brought to complete de
feat. Since the British ruling class
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
No Winter Rest
For Britain Aim

wanted war to the last drop of
blood they must now reckon with
the complete destructior of Eng
lands world political existence"
The press put particular empha-
sis on coming military develop
mentS because Field Marshal Will
helm Keitel, chief of the German
high command, had been at the
Hitler Mussolini conference.
The two leaders completed the
political chain linking them in their
war against Britain and now the
next move is up to the military,
said the National zietung of Essen,
organ of Reich Marshal Hermann
Goering.
In Rome, the press predicted
heavy blows and landing party
attacks on the British. indicating
a possible renewal of threat to in
vaded the British IsleS.)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-06
British Bonbers
Strike at Rails

LONDON. Oct. 5 (UP) - British
Bristol -Blenheim bombers, ir, day
light raids yesterday, wrecked 4
railroad line outside Cherbourg,
France, used by tbs Germans for
bringing up supplies, the air mini
stry said in a communique today.
Direct hits left rail twisted and
useless with big craters in the
tracks, the commurique said. "a
hangar nearby also was damaged.
Another successful attack was made
on the German occupied airdrome
at Bleville, near lie Havre, where
direct hits set one of the hangaI
ablaZe.'