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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-07
State Rests
In John Ord
Trial Here
Expect Murder
Cuse Will End
On Saturday

The state wound up its case
against John Ord Thursday noon
after getting in evidence the SEN
rational statement OF Mrs. Myra
Nosler, a bloody bed sheet from
Ord's home and scientific testi-
nony that clothing worn by the
defendant the night OF the muir
der bore evidences OF kerosene.
So rapidly has evidence been
piled in against the 42-year-old
Tacoma fireman that the court
and both sides are fairly certain
they can end the trial Saturday.
The defense predicted its case
could be completed by Friday
noon.
DIR. Larson on Stand
Final witness for the state was
DR.. Charles P. Larson, pathologist
In charge of the laboratory at
Tacoma General hospital, who
identified kerosene from Ord's
trousers and sweater to bear out
the death-bed statement of Mrs.
Nosler that Ord poured oil on the
PROSTATE but alive body of her
husband the night of Feb. % and
set the fire which burned him to
q handful of charred bones.
Prosecutor Thor C. Tollefson,
after Judge Fred G. Remain had
edited" out parts, read to the
jury Mrs. Noslers last words,
which were written down by
Undersheriff Clyde Knowles and
signed by the dying woman.
John Ord is the man who shot
me" 1t read, in part. He deliber-
ately came into the house with his
gun in his hand. shooting at me
and my husband He poured
gasoline or kerosene on the body
of my husband and set it Attire
.. Then he took me to his home
and put me to. bed, knowing I had
been shot through the stomach =.
and there he took advantage OF
me while l was too weak to
fight against his brute strength.
He then drove to the Steilacoom
dock and said he was going to
throw me in the bay | prom
ised not to tell of the events of that
night to save my life at the time.
Knowles said she spoke ration
ally, though weakly and hesitantly.
and sig led the statement when held
up by her brother. Robert F. Elder.
Mrs. Genevieve Houston, superin-
tendent of nurses at the county
hospital. also testified Mrs. Nosler
was rational but certain Of her
impending death.
Favorable TO State
The only other witness Thursday
for the state was Deputy Sheriff
Lyle Lathrop.
Arguments over the dying dec
iarations OF Mrs. Nosler occupied
Continued on Page s, Column -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-07
Cherbourg Suffers

Hamburg is one of the strategic
German sea bases. which might
be employed for organization Of
an expeditionary force in any at
tack on Britain. Allied planes
have reported repeated raids on
Hamburg in recent days.
The German high command re-
ported the German air force en-
gagged in widespread attacks be-
hind the allied lines. particularly
on airfields in central France and
the important French harbor Of
Cherbourg.
In England picked marksmen Of
the parsshoot corps stood by, with
rifles and machine-guns. to guard
against an expected blitzkrieg in
vasion attempt after the German
coastal raid.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-07
German Army Slight Wing
Sweeps Ahead IS Mile, But
Il Fails 10 Gain in The South
Munich Fudes On Edouo1d DulodieS.
Once Premier. n Oustsd; Roosevelt
Denies Offering Refuge 70 Pope
BULLETIN

PARIS The German advance In The lower
Somme sector reached the Bvesls river tonight
IS miles soush Of Abbsvlls the road 10 La
Havrs, il was admitted here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-07

German tanks and massed nfantrymsn advancing into
murderons fire from French artillery and machine .uns.
have forced passage the lower Somms river ~
several points 2amilc sector between Amens ard the
IL was admitted today.
Attacking at dawn. thu Germans oblvInus To their
losses sought this day Of the secnnd phase az
their blskres off France from Britain BY taking
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-07
Favorable TO State

The only other witness Thursday
for the state was Deputy Sheriff
Lyle Lathrop.
Arguments over the dying dec
iarations OF Mrs. Nosler occupied
Continued on Page s, Column -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-07

State College
Of W ashington
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-05
TO THE MEN OF TOMORROW

Rows love to read about frontier days, of the time when
wild animals the plains of America and when Wld men
TONIGHT for title to the of the continent
Those days when the frontier which divided social
ed civilization svay moved westward by inches from the
Atlantic seaboard the mountains and flat lands until at
last il vanished in the Pacific.
But the frontier another guise. has come to life again
and the battle civilization is be fought all over again
To millions boys of America. has come to life again
and the battle civilization is to be fought all over again
millions of the boys of America this the message OF one
If their heroes Beard chief of the Boy Scouts
of America. And is these boys who will fight the battle on
the new frontier Says "Uncle Dam:
The new frontier just hard just dangerous ana
inst as much physical fight when we batted to
set mn the United This frontier the boys OF today nave
conquer is the communicating propaganda disseminated oy
neole interested world revolution people who have trled
to break morale by every means But tmnk Wen
it.:
If such frontier exists certainly it is the boys of today
who will have to conquer tomorrow. The fact that the call
to this new frontier fight has been issued by the 9oyerod
ho oudoorsman and leader in movements for the benefit
If the youth of America doubtless will be inspiration to the
millions addressed by Dan Beard.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-05

by the House of Representatives passed
the Nn~on Bin authorizing the aiding OF twooccan Navy
ptcI serving notice effectively than any
thing else that has Ia; the United States means
business says that European aggre~~ion will not be
taeIs led in the Western hemisphere.
Here IS one the dicutors must take into
tuff-cnlete unanmy naval defense superior to any
thing the yet Because of the unanimous vote
in the House approval of the measure when it considers
il is foregone conclusion.
one factor that has promoted the twoocean Navy the
French defeat. Another is the knowledge that Japan IS Wd
inc >ucbatesips for what purpose not hard to surmSe
The United is in the position of being forced to
protect itself against any combination of enemies either in the
Pacific or in the Atlantic, or both.
This tremendous power has been forced upon the United
States against will and desire, and only those governments
chenng violate the territory of the Western Hemisphere
have cause alarm For them the authorization of 200 mod
rD w1rShi1S at estimated >000000 should recon-
mend second thought.
At any if conditions warrant, the Washington 'oV
eminent may suspend plans for naval constructions If the
British and been savaged of the French Fleet can
continue to portion of the program can be
held in allegiance.
But one way another the United States is determined
upon security the aggreions which have made Europe a
scrap heap
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-05
FUTURE AIR ENGINEERS

For better worse while for generations to
come this to an engineers world. The order that
has come no Europe doer against which the
and politicians and the masters of money as such do
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-05

Mrs. z. E. Coombs, wife 70 a
Dallas, Texas, attorney, retained
her husband as her lawyer for her
divocre suit. Attorney Coombs fill
ed the suit, charging himself with
crueltY.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-05

not prevail. They must be doors, too.
And so must those who reside in the Western Hemisphere,
threat the change implies compete with
it in the post war world.
Among those whom this nation will look will be such
boys as thousands competing in the National Model Air
plane meet being held in Chicago. Started years in
Detroit grown yearly and have created great
enthusiasm among boys whose imagination has been aroused by
flying.
Those others like them will be the boys who presently
designers of American aircraft not for par
tcuary the services Of peaceful transport in which
aviation become and Indispensable factor They
qualities of energy and mechanical nte
renee on which there Will high premium in the years just
ahead Scientific advancement marching hand in hand with
democratic youth the Western Hemisphere today offers the
only hope for civilization.
"FBI Men Song Writer says headline They con
tented themselves with charging him with obtaining fraudu
lent nassnort. however, and let the other drop.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-05

Having paid an assessment Of
$3.50 for Improvement Of the high
way in front Of his home, Samuel
Swerdon of Fair Lawn n. j., built
a barricade and attempted to col
lect 10 cents from motorists who
tried to pass.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-05
EVENTS SCHEDULED
IN THE CITY PARK

Permits nave been secured for
the following events in the City
Park the coming season:
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-07-05
THE HAGERSTOWN GLOBE

cry Friday at 1O5 North Potomac Street, Hag
Evening star., 1940-04-28

OH, JIMMY, you're off for good" Pinoochio
sadly cried. For good is right for bad is
wrong" the Cricket chnped with pride. Il
made you what you are. Pinoke. hope you're
satisfied Now. take no wooden nickels, watch
out where strings are tied, be good - goodby!
Goodby. good boy! This world is strange and
wide - and must seek adventure with my
conscience for my guide"
Evening star., 1940-04-28
MY FURTHER ADVENTURES
"9m1;.., CwAz

A modest youth of honest truth, no bragger
he nor bold - only the hero of the age,
the lad who knocked you cold! The biggest
hit. the gayest wit. the boy who sold
the ticket! l rise to introduce prize -
myself, Sir Jimmy Cricket!
Evening star., 1940-04-28

lou see," sighed good old Gus, and wipe'
a teardrop from his nose, he has Gttl
granddaughter as purity as a rose. but not
cent to buy her bread - What's that?" Th
thunder grows! A heavy wagon rumble
by and almost snaps their toes. Gus ciec
There goes Stromboli, one of Zeppo'
Oldest foes. He's dashing to the Count
Fair and with him trouble goes!"
Evening star., 1940-04-28

30 JIMMY, our whistling friend, was on
the hop once more. His heart felt bigger
than his hat. by c1icketty!" he Swore. Il
got to help, my fellow bugs somebody
sad at core, to cheer along the road of
life. Then, in few hops more, he ran acroes
old Hayseed Gus, the country mouse.
who wore: blue o~eralls, . jolly grin and
whisker- hairs galore.
Evening star., 1940-04-28

III, NEIcHBoR. goin' far" he roared.
Far as the crick. said Jim. SO far. 80 good"
'Ha-ha." laughed Gus "Your headlight amt
50 dim! I'm hitchhiking to Saleno to meet
young Kit and Kim, my dancing cousins -
city folks - and can they shake limb! Old
Soldier Zeppo owns the show, but things are
pretty grim. and only money from the Fair
can help them sink or SWIM"
Evening star., 1940-04-28

ROLOGUE: Well. now I'm Jimmy in
"a jam-I've got to make speech;
curtain call to greet you all and give
my thanks to each. But first, before the
lights 60 on and my adventures start, bring
to you loyal friend, the closest to my heart.
Evening star., 1940-04-28

Each girl wore the same pair of stockings day
after day-washed them each night with Ivory
Flakes. Their thrilling records show you it
pays!. So don't let your stockings 90 un-
washed even one night! Wash them after every
wearing with pure Ivory Flakes.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Rhode Island Avenue
Widening Proposal
Discussed
Citizens Association
Defers Taking Stond
Pending Study

A definite stand in the matter Of
widening Rhode Island avenue be.
tween Twentieth street and South
Dakota avenue NE. was delayed last
night at a meeting Of the Rhode
Island Avenue Citizens Association.
After discussion lasting an hour the
association referred the matter to
the Streets Committee for final re-
port at the next meeting.
Representatives of church and
private property interests scored the
proposal, which specifically asks
widening only the south side Of the
thoroughfare, as an element that
will destroy property values and
cause general depreciation In
Woodbridge property" DR.. Charles
j. Bovine, resident of the 1000 block
Of Rhode Island avenue, declared
that the widening also would jeop-
ardize pedestrians crossing the ave-
nue. and create a bottle-neck dan
gerous to motorists. DR.. Bovine
offered the second resolution on the
subject asking that the association
reaff1rm its action of last year,
when it was decided at mass meet
ing to vote down the widening plan.
Business Views Heard.
w. I. Peeler, owner of a business
establishment on Rhode Island ave-
nue., voiced the view of the Wood
ridge Businessmen's Association,
declaring that, inasmuch as District
authorities will eventually widen
the thoroughfare to relieve heavy
traffic, it is felt that both sides
should be widened at the same time"
Mr.. Peeler pointed out that the
north side, which consists mainly
of business establishments, virtually
Is assured of being widened.
A resolution urging milk inspec-
ton under the United States Public
Health Service instead Of District
authorities was approved unani-
mously as means of lowering milk
prices. The move, offered by DR..
A. B. Genung, also favored such
changes as paper containers and
alternate delivery days to lower costs
Of production. DR.. o. E. Meinzer,
opposing Federal inspection, voiced
the fear that the present high quail
ity of local milk likely would be i'm
paired. Action to indorse the Bates
bill establishing a milk control
board in the District was deferred
for further study.
The association opposed appoint
ment Of District public defender
on the recommendation of John l..
Fowler, chairman of the Legislation
Committee for the group. The reso-
luton urged that the District courts
continue to name counsel for indi-
gent law violators and that this
counsel be provided for by a special
fund.
Would Substitute Sales Tax.
Opposition was registered against
District income tax. Establishment
Evening star., 1940-03-14

Of q sales tax not to exceed 3 per
cent was urged to replace the levy.
The group voted to ask construc-
ton Of q pedestrian underpass to
cross Rhode Island avenue at Mills
avenue NE, and under the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad at Langdon
Park, near Twenty-sixth street NE.
Regular police supervision of Lang
don Park will be asked following
complaints Of disorderly conduct in
the park at night.
DR.. Freeman Weiss, chairman Of a
special committee for protection of
property values In the community,
was granted an appropriation of
$50 for the activity Of his group.
Mrs. Herbert F. Niemeyer was an.
nounced as chairman of the Meet
ings Committee. Seven new mem
bers were admitted.
A vote expressing regret at the
death yesterday of Guy v. Collins,
Evening star., 1940-03-14

steel, special treatment steel .
as form part Of the hull structure
Of naval vessels or are rigidy at
tached thereto" be shifted to the
Bureau Of Construction and Repair.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Lewis Compton will be charged with
the transfer. The statement issued
by Mr.. Edison also said the assistant
will also take the necessary action
in connection with the 1912 budget
and appropriation bill"
It was not stated how much saw
ing was expected from the reor-
ganization, but it is evident from
Mr.. Edison's statement that ccnsid-
erabie effort and expense is expected
to be saved.
Mr.. Edison complimented the ord
nance branch for its efficiency "un-
der a clumsy interbureau setup.
However, he added that II see no
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Navy Shifts HuII Structure
Work 10 Repair Bureau

"A long conflict In the Navy De-
partment ended today through an
order issued by Secretary Edison
that all matters relating to hull
structure of ships be transferred
from the Bureau Of Ordnance to
the Bureau Of Construction and
Repair.
The order, however, leaves proof
testing to ordnance. Issued late
yesterday, it specifies AL matters
relating to such armor, ballistic
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Rabbi Metz to Speok

Rabbi Solomon H. Metz Of Adas
Israel Synagogue will speak at
pm. today before the Town Hall
Associate Group Of the Jewish Com
munity Center at meeting In the
center, Sixteenth and Q streets NV.
His subject will be "How Can
Philosophy and Religion Meet To-
days Needs?"
Evening star., 1940-03-14
AIl-coIIeqe Prom

Wilson Teachers College will hold
its all-college prom tomorrow at
3 pm. at the Kennedy Warren.
Marvis Gee and Cameron Marsh,
co-chairmen, will lead the prom
enade.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
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Get it at your druggist, SOC.
Evening star., 1940-03-14

reason at this time for continuing
what We know to be an outmoded
administrative practice"
Evening star., 1940-03-14

former president Of the association,
was adopted. The meeting, presided
over by Harold J. Clay, was held In
the Woodbridge sub-branch library.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
Movie Revues
TOWARDS OF VIRGINIA."
FEATURED AT CAROLINA

Carved out of the rugged back.
ground of a mighty nation, ano
considered one of the most stirring
pieces of literature of the year,
Elizabeth Pages The Tree of
Liberty comes to the Carolina
Theatre screen today as "T he
Towards of Virginia." Cary Grant
and Martha Scott are starred as
The Howards of Virginia." those
two young Americans who fell so
madly in love that they broke with
all tradition; who believed in their
destiny and the destiny of their
country with such intensity that
they willingly offered themselves
and their future to share in Ameri-
cas- struggle for freedom.
Producer-director Frank Lloyd's
screen version of the novel, which
was a selection of both the Literary
Guild and The DISCOVERIES, is said
to have been made on an elaborate
and spectacular scale in keeping
with the high standard of the
book. Farrar and Rinehart publish
ed the Elizabeth Page work.
According to the publishers, Miss
Page spent more than five years in
writing the novel. Critical COM
ment of many world-famous liter
airy celebrities indicates that it is
one of the years literary m-> err
pieces, just as the film is headed
for top honors.
News of the Day will present
the latest football and foreign
news. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
$50 Legal

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA:
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER:
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain deed
of trust executed by Henry w. Stat
ford and wife, Eta Stafford, to K.
o. Burgwin, Trustee, on the 18th
day of October, 1887, and recorded in
the office of the Registrar of Deeds
OF New Hanover County in book 276,
page SO, default having been made
in the payment of the note secured
by said deed of trust and demand
having been made on the under
signed Trustee by the holder of the
note thereby secured, the under
signed will offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash, at the Court
House door in Wilmington, North
Carolina, on Tuesday, the 5th day
of November, 1910, at - o'clock noon,
the piece or parcel of land situate,
lying, and being in the City of Will
mington, County of New Hanover.
State of North Carolina, described
as follows:
BEGINNING in the Western line
of 5th Street at a point lis feet and
6 inches North of the Northern line
of Swami Street, and runs thence
Westwardly parallel with Swami
Street 80 feet; thence Northwardly
parallel with 9Th Street. 80 feet;
thence Eastwardly parallel with
Swami Street 80 feet to the Western
line of 5th Street; thence South.
wardly along the Western line of
9Th Street 33 feet to the point of
beginning, same being part Of lots 8
and 4. in block 323. according to the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
SPORTING BLOOD" OPENS
AT THE ROYAL THEATRE

Thrills of the race track am,
powerful romance are combined
%astutely to make Sporting Blood"
which opened yesterday at tn
Royal Theatre, one of the most
pleasing and satisfying pictures of
the year.
The picture is primarily a story
OF the sport of. kings with many
excellent scenes showing pulse
quickening races, gripping training
methods as a horse is cured of a
habit of holding back, and one of
the most exciting stable fires ever
put on the screen.
Over and above this is a beau
tiful story of a romance under
difficulty. The romance teams
Robert Young and Maureen O'Sul-
livan, a combination that should
be continued. Young plays a young
owner of, a small racing stable
who returns to his Virginia home
to find. that he. is still hated by
the Lockwood family which COM
prises Lewis Stone as the father
and Miss O'Sullivan and Lynne
Carver as the daughters. Stone,
foregoing Judge Hardy for t h e
nonce, is outstanding and Miss
Carver does a fine piece of work. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
CHOSE WE'RE THE DAYS"
is OFFERED AT BIJOU

George Fitch's inimitable Satur-
day Evening Post Stories about
Good Old Siwash," which set a
nation to laughing at the foibles
and FRANKS of the collegians of
circa 40, have been transformed
to the screen in the form of Those
We're the Days." the new Para
mount comedy romance opening
today at the Bijou Theatre with
William Holden, Bonita Granville,
Ezra Stone, Judith Jarrett and
Vaughan Chaser in the featured
roles.
Hilarious yarns of young love
and campus complications, tn e
Fitch opuses have been woven into
one fine fabric, stressing many of
the most hilarious highlights in
the whole bulk of the authors
work. And with such a topnotch
story in hand, Paramount saw fit
to give it an authentic framework,
taking players and camera crews
to the campus of Knox. College,
Galesburg, Illinois, conceded to be
the legendary 'tSiwash."
Against this glorious background,
the narrative flashes into motion
with. the famous "Petey" Sim
mons. played by William Holden,
on his way to Siwash. He gets into
trouble, on the train, and once he
sets forth as a fullfledged Fresh
man, he does nothir~ but keep it
up. He falls in love with Martha