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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

tain the Sunday school on this oc-
casion. All Sunday school children
should be sure to be in church on
this Sunday. Those not having rides
will be taken care of.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08
BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN
Third and Benton st.
M. G. Kauth, pastor

Divine services Sunday at 1920
am.
Sunday schol at $50.
The Walther League will resume
activities in September.
You are cordially invited to our
SerViceSe.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08
At The Churches
UNITY CLASS

No more meetings will be held
until September, when the regular
Monday afternoon services will be
resumed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

FOR SALE-Weaned pigs, $3.50 to
$500 each. w. II. Jackson, one
mile west of Safeway store, Pasco,
phone 214-M. 19tfc
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

FOR SALE peaches
now ripe; Gold Medals rips about
August 20. Lee Boutelle, phone
1858. 19p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

WE HAVE a large supply OF bed
room sets as well as living and
dining room sets at surprisingly low
prices. See us now. You will be hap
py to know how little it will cost to
furnish your home. Durocher's
Furniture, Kennewick. 16tfc
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

FOR SALE-Sman electric range,
suitable for apartment, very rea-
sonable. Mrs. Ethel DuSuier, 523
Ave. A, phone GIL. 19c
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

IF YOU find that you need some
more flume, better come down to
the Potlatch Yard right now. We
have some good six-inch cedar flume
that we are selling for $26 per thous-
and. We have many other specials
In building materials on hand at
all times. See us for anything in
this line, as we can save you money
in nearly every instance. lit
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

SEE CARNAFIAN for tree ripened
peaches for canning. Several var
tiles. Get your order in now. 19p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

The entry of Italy into the war
cut off from this country exports
t. the amount of $50 1868 900 in 1899.
This represented 2 percent of our
total exports.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

BARTLETT PEARS FOR SALE
also Hale and alberta Peaches.
Mrs. Bertha Simsen, Highlands,
KenneWick 19-2Oc
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

FOR SALE-No. 1 Bartlett pears
for canning. Call afternoons. VIM.
Hansen, So. West Highlands. 19-2Op
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

IF YOU are looking for a refriger-
ator, you will be surprised when
you see the new Crosby 8-ft. Shelv-
ador, most complete and modern,
now selling for only $169.95. Duroch-
ers Furniture, Kennewick. 16tfc
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

FOR SALE-Third cutting alfalfa
hay $500 in shock. Harry Axtell,
South Highlands. 18-19p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

SPEND A MINUTE and safe life.
Have your car tested on the Wea-
yer Safety Lane at E. G. Smith Mo-
tor Co. lift
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

WALL PAPER CLEANING, SOC per
room and up. Paperhanging rea-
sonable, phone 1921. tt
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

FOR SALE - Tree ripened Hale
peaches for canning. H. S. Schmidt
River Road, phone 21O1. 19-2Op
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

FOR SALE-Tree-ripened Elberta
peaches, soc per apple box. Will
be ready in few days. Get your
order in now. Will deliver in town.
Paul Pasche, Highlands, phone
2762.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08
lIhnlII Wanted MIhflIl

WANTED-A low wheel one-horse
wagon. Glenn FELTON,. 19p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

L. w. CLARK, livestock buyer will
buy your milk COWS. Would buy
entire herd if you are quitting bus
mess. Need 20 Guernseys or Jer-
seys now and Holsteins. Call me
at Yakima, Route z, phone 9232. Site
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

FOR SALE-Rebuilt watches in good
running order. Guaranteed and
reasonably priced. Julius Jacot, 122
West End Avenue, Kennewiek. 15-19p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08
inIIIlD Miscellaneous llllllI|

BUILD A SMALL HOME! only $50
equity required. Chas. Spears, at
Standard Lumber Co. 4tf
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

LOST-Pair of glasses in black
case somewhere on Kennewick
Avenue. Return to Monford Fyfe,
Kennewick, 1870
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08

There are some women so dis
honest with themselves they even
lie to their diary. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-08
For Sale IIIIIlllll

,r-sadio tube sale: we
h, sLs s,ock. regularly, IS per-
-, u p s1 radio tubes made mad, I'VE We
d Of ~ mis- is a real sale; Bet. ct.
BE- !o ~ Columbia Electric CO. LII
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

ssnt sesms IA - sAsge y
ssmssthi~g 'pA@sey' sb~se ~
wk~ts thteg. Z ks1osse ~
p~ep>e sss ssstetss - hss~
tins real esssss' ~ ~ go
LAPSE VI ths bvtAse."
Dis"n said he planned 70 call
= session of incumbent legislators
and shoss slscted Tuesday 70 lay
tins ground work for . legislative
probe" II ths bfidas eoiisp~s.
4 am s~sSe Ne ~ ps~sese
is<h funds 10 sssp-~ss sspsvts
and ssssrds isvstvtsg ~
bridge tsssssrttss." Otnss
ssosss~ssed. nut we ess -
i~sss ssih ikss thssg esss So
tss ths fsusA.fisss fes . ksis-
issivs isgaisy.
Theirs should BE- sane inquiry
o,her than that made ny he sfsts
Toll bridge authority 90 ths hign.
way department DIXON soaeIsdsd
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Dixon Terms Bridge Deal
"Phoney;" Urges Probe
Legislative Inquiry May b
Outcome OF Meeting Next Week

An independsn, inquiry. which
may develop into = isEssis,ivs In.
vestigatlon into the Gauss Of ths
COLLAPSE ~ the Tacoma Nsnro~s
bridge. will get under way soms
TINA nest week. Gerald q. Dixos.
chairman Of Pierce eounty.s dele.
CATION 81 stats senator's and rep
ressntstivss, announced Friday.
Dixon. who 10 representative IN
the zsfh district until his tsrm
expires ~hsn the January ssssion
u tho Legislature opens. said rsss.
dents Of Tacoma and Pierce county
we're entitled 10 kBo~ ths cause
~ this catastrophe.
"sines the rsss dsy people
ssss Permitted 10 cross fhe
bridge" Dsssa Declared. there
have bs~s sepssts Of ths bstdgs
vibrating. ssose essspisised
the motion ~ss ss notsassbts.
10 made them 'sessiek'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
THE WAX AT SEA

A special German high COM
mand communique said today
German oversee navy forces"
had destroyed completely in
the North Atlantic British
convoy. totaling $1,000 tons of
ships, in single action.
German oversee navy forces
now In the Atlantic have destroyed
completely one British convoy In
the North Atlantic. totsling $4,000
tons. with one action" the COM
munique said.
The communique was taken as
explaining reports that a German
sea raider Of the l0.0o0-ton. H.
inch gun class was spreading de-
struction through the North At
lantic shipping lane between Can
ada, the United States and Great
Britain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

Congressman John N, Caffss
Friday expressed his rsgrss u
COLLAPSE " Ssrrc~s bridge. and
issued ths following statement.
''Tbs federal government 10 De.
tsfmlnsd 10 ma out psrx,ns and
firms 70 blame for the Tragedy
ard expose them. regardless u
prominence.
M aiss desires 10 kss~
thess responsible foe I~sp~s-
dining the public ssfss, b,
siisssisx the bridge Ia rsssass
spss for som~ ~ssk. after re-
e~isinx ssfisiie waning ~
lie structural weakness. -
represented b, the usdnisti.x
and fwtstisE motioa shseh
has hs~n observed By mo-
torists-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Night Storm Lashss
Pacific Northwest

a November storm lssh<d II N
Pacific Northwest with ssroes
winds and hssvy rains thursday
hight and Friday. with the wind
reaching yeioeitiss ranging from
10 10 30 mllss an hour.
Highest wind velocity was re-
ported at North Head. whSrs the
peak was 81 IA. p. n. In Tacoma
there was an ii-mils wind from
the south. a. compared 70 81 N. y.
n. at $50 a. m Thursdsy.
The wind was stronger ~ the
Nsrrows than that registered BY
the weather bureau atop the
Fidelity building.
Three inches Of snow fell ~
Paradise. making . total q ~
inches on the ground
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
|Langlie Has Lead;
Absences Key

With only one tiny noun
tain precinct in Garfield coun-
ty unreported, Mayor Arthur
B. Langlie, of Seattle, Repub-
lican candidate for governor,
held a 1903 vote lead today
over former U. S. Sen. c. c.
Dill, Spokane Democrat, in
the states closest guberna-
torial race in 80 years.
Unofficial returns from 3.017 OF
the states 3,o1s precincts gave
Langlie 376.717 and Dill 374,e14
The missing precinct has only
nine votes.
Result of Tuesdays election
however, will depend on the rs. 00o
absentee votes in the state, which
will be counted next week.
Meanwhile, the only other close
race was decided last night, when
Rep. Knute Hill, D., Prosser
finally pulled away from Frank T
MILLER. Yakima Republican. ano
won reelection in the fourth con-
gressional district.
In 47e Of the districts $50 pre-
eincts-the missing one being the
Garfield one-Hill polled 4s,4s5 u
Ailler's 45.s99. a lead Of 1856.
In the hard-fought guberna'
torial race. the counties lined W
ss follows:
For Langlie - Adams. Asotin
Benton. Chelan, Clark, Columbia
Douglas, Franklin. Garfield, Island
Jeff son. Kittitss. Klickitst
Lewis. Lincoln. Oksnogsn. SaT
Juan. skagit. Thurston WAIKIKI
akum Wslls Walls. Whatcom
Whitman. and Yakima.
For Dill-Clsllsm. Cowlitz. Fer
~, Grant, Grays Harbor. King
Kitsap. Mason. Pacific, PenC
O'Reille. Pierce. Sksmania, Sno
honish. Spokane. Stevens. Dill
carried the states largest center
Of population-King. Pierce, Sno
honish. and Spokane counties
but lost out in eastern Washing
hgton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
The Narrows Bridge AS 1t Looks Today
Shuttle Service
On Ferry Line

The ferry skansonis. one ~ the
larger vessels o. the Washington
Navigation Co. arrived al roin,
Defiance from Gig Harbor about
y O'Clock Friday morning and lsn
at 7.i5 on the first trip OF a
shuttle service put into operation
by the county as q substitute for
the collapsed Narrovs bridge.
Eventually two ferries will be
operating under arrangements
which the county completed after
midniEh, Thursday night
They will run from m. until
about II . m. starting from both
sides ~ the same time. Ths small
vsshonla was scheduled 10 serve
a. second boat until tina Defiance
comes OFF tbs repair ways u ths
navigation company at Gig Hsr-
Dor.
Repairs were being rishsd ard
the company announced II would
have the Defiance on ths run gun
day There will be -four ferries
available The Defiance and skan-
sonia carry 90 cars each and tha
ayshoniA and Fox Island from 20
70 30 cars each.
Company officials said they
merely are operating thu ferries
Toll bridge authority employees are
collecting fares.
Ftnai arrangement. must -
made with the Toll bridge authority
in Olympus. when holds ali rights
70 ths franchise AMI thsrsfofs
must undsrSrits the service
County officers we're giving ali
the all they could IN getting ser.
wee established bat Will not them
selves finance or direct ths opera
ton.
The boats wfii 60 back ana
forth az often a. necessary %
handle eross-Bognd auto trsffle.
according 70 Gilbert r. Jim
Peterson. county civil attorney.
Efforts 10 get service going
were started a. soon as The great
fridge crashed into the sarro1s
Thursday forenoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

What may prove 10 have been
the heaviest raid Of the entire
war on Essen. heart Of the Ger
man Industrial Ruhr. was OK
tended 10 such vital points as Co
logne. Dusseldorf. Oberhausen.
Duisberg and the strategic bort
mund-Ems canal. the communique
said.
The British also attacked Ger
man-occupied territory. including
Dunkirk. France. an invasion base.
and a German submarine base al
Lorient.
With the latest attacks. II
Was disclosed, the British
bombcrs 10 date have made
more than 1000 specific raids
on Germany and against Ger
may itself
II was said reliably a. London
that although the danger q an IN
yaslon Of the British isles had
passed for the present. the British
air force intended 10 further IN
tensify attacks on the channel
invasion ports until there - not
even anchorage for roWbost'
The Krupp plant II one u the
largest armaments works IN the
world In 1915. toward the end
Of the last war. IL employed
is7 900 men.
German planes. from for
nations broken up by British
fighters and anti-aircraft fire,
penetrated the London area
today, dropping bombs At ran
dom and causing daylight air
raid alarms and dogfights
over the city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
ADMIRALTY SILENT

The British admiralty. when
asked about the eommunique, said .
No comment"
(Aaekay Radio picked up Tues
day radio messages from the Brit
ish ships. Rsngitiki and City Of
Cornish (Corinth p reporting they
were being attacked by a German
wsrshlp Of the Graf Spec type IN
the middle Of the North Atlantic }
Yesterday the German radio
said tao British steamships mad
been badly damaged by German
Warships 100 miles of the New
foundland coast. One vas identi-
fled as the City Of Cornish fCor-
inth2). The other was said 70 be
a 1900 tonner. The Eangltih N
Of 1857 tons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Ship Reports
It's Sinkinq;
Others Lost
Nozi Worship De-
stroYs Entire Con-
voY. Berlin Says
BULLETIN

NEW YORk-Maclsay Radio to.
day reported receipt Of the follow
ing message from the =. y. En-
pire Dorado: "sinking slowly. No
means Of getting away. All life
boats smashed. Two RATS still
alongside. Help urgently required
casualties aboard. Lat. So 20"
Mort, Long. 16 so" West.
BERLIN-Naxis tonight report
ed that German naval and air
forces-incauding dive bombers-
had sunk an estimated 81 TO 81
British merchant ships In attacks
on two conveys, including one Of
$4,000 tons that was destroyed In
mid-Atlantic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

WAsHISGTOS-Diplomstie Of
ficisls today regarded the large
attendance Of American govern
ment representatives at Friday
nights Russian embassy reception
as a clear indication that Soviet
American relations definitely are
improved.
A few months ago Soviet and
American officials were on little
better than bare speaking terms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Coffee Says U. S. TO Expose
Persons, Firms "Responsible"

cnffss psintsd ess that wash.
inxton stats TON Bridge sathosily
had b~<n in direct ehsrxs II the
Uidxs construction. calling fos
bsds and Inspecting all mafsrtAis
as~si In its construction. IL
stressed he vss not stamping 70
pises ths bisms upon fns stats
agency.
lie gave his assurance Ne would
d<yots his efforts toward fsesn-
stf1etlon u fhs bridge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Stores Stay Open
On Armisiice Day

Downtown stores viii remain
open. but schools. banks. city hall.
courthouse and federal building
all viii b. closed Monday
Arrnistice day.
r. II. FORBES. presidsnt Of the
Tacoma Retail Trade bureau. said
stores would DO business an usual
az they have done for the past
several years on Armistiee day.
Closing OF schools win be COM
piets. including all evening recrea-
ton and educztion classes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
BATTLE or GREECE

An artillery duel has broken out
along the entire battle front IN
northwestern Greece. and the IisI.
lsns have started series 81 local
attacks IN Epirus. the Greek high
command oommunlque said today
a. Athens
Official and unofficial reports Ia
dieatsd that the artillery fire.
which normally would prseeas a.
attack IN force. Was intenslfying
steadily and had nov become vio-
lent
~ Nhs believed the Italian
attacks might be fesisrs, in
tended 20 disclose weak spofs
along the line. through which
troops and tanks could be
poured In mass for . thrust
toward Janinz.
The Greek government press
sseretsriAt asld operations along
the entire front were satisfactory.
n was asserted that a with
draVal admitted by the high CON-
mand yesterday. At the sztrems
end Of ia left flank Of the Epirlls
front, was purely o. local inter.
eat
Establishment Of . British
Royal Air Force headquarters
In Greece MAS disclosed By an
official British statement.
HEADED Royal Air Force
headquarters In Greece" the
statement said British bomb
ers operating from Greece
bombed the Italian aIrdrone
at tions, on the Aibaniaa
coast, Wednesday.
InfOFn0znts sald that desuifs IN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Half Plane
Production
To Britain
Roosevelt Reveals
Whut We Will
Furnish Empire

Observation-Disclosures
Roosevelt announced Friday
that half of this nation
plane production would be
made available to Britain and
Canada, and the Federal Pri-
critics board Immediately
granted the British govern
ment permission to negotiate
for the purchase of $4,000
new aircraft.
The president said ne has estab-
hshed a rule of thumb, whereby
II would be possible for the Brit
ISL and Canadian armed forces to
get one half of the flying for
tresses" and other fighting planes
together with arms and ammuni.
ton. rolling off American assem-
bly, lines.
An hour later the priorities
board announced permission had
been granted to Britain to dicker
for the purchase Of additional
planes. which British officials here
are seeking.
To Get $4,000
Roosevelt had disclosed the Brit
ish plans in a campaign speech
i he delivered in Boston last week.
At that time he revealed he was
asking the priorities board to come
to a quick decision on the matter.
The priorities board decision on
the 12,00o-plane request means the
British viii have about $4,000 air
craft on order.
Farley With Mexico
At his first press conference
since his reelection to a third
term. Roosevelt also disclosed that
Mexican and United States army
officers have carried on consulta-
tons for joint defense of North
America.
These consultations, he said, are
similar to the Joint defense talks
formally in progress between this
country and Canada.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Willkie Wins MICHIGAN

DETROIT - Complete unofficial
returns On Tuesdays election
showed record-bresking 2.05s .0s7
ballots were cast In Michigan. with
Wendell L. Willkie winning the
states 10 electoral votes by slim
margin Of s.sI5-a difference Of
less than one per cent
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Forced TO Use Faulty Plan
From N. Y. Firm In Order
To Get Cash. Eldridge Says
Disclosss Thos State HighwoY Dept
Protested DESIGN On Fundamentally
Unsound: Had 10 Do IN We Were Told"

Clark IT. Eldridge. chief engineer Of Tacoma
Narrows bridge, Friday laid blame for the spans
ruin upon the federal money-ending agencies.
The bridge financed with tss30oo0 from the Re-
construction Finance corporation and t2ssoooo from the
public works administration.
The who held the purse. strings The
whip.eraekers the entire project" Eldrdws snid
we had q tried. and.true conventional bridge de
sign. We told couldn't have the
money without using plans furnished nv eastern
firm of engineers chosen hy the money lenders
The engineering designers appoined-Leon =. Moisscn
and Associates Of New Yorkmadc the plans for similar
long and slender suspension bridge tWhtestone IL New
York; which, since II opened two has dis
played the characteristic motion that wrecked the
Narrows bridge. only in a lesser degree.
Fundamental factors of design. which causes that
motion exaggerated In design. and the Mar.
bridge made slerderer and lighter. In
the interests of economy and eheapwess
Since designing Tacoma Narrows bridge. incidentally.
Mossein and Associates have designed third bridge
the principles OF course. II won't he built now"
Edridge said engineers Of washinstoa state high.
way department had protested the designs ~ bsing
fundamentally unsound.
"But, In order 10 obtain governmental msaey.
had Ia do told" he summed the statement
Eldrdge explained tho baals Of protest against the
design used by calling the eshtfoot rrdsr forming the
sides Of the roadway its entire length. sails"
lie said tested conventional bridge design employees steel
frame work instead thus afording spaces ~ the
structon which give Tar less resistance Ia wind.
Also Eldrdge said according 10 local enHinerrs orig
na designs which rejected those onxtudinas
would have been at laast twice stout.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

favorable weather. British bonbers
again raldsd Albanian ports yes
terday. The porta attacked were
unloading supplies for the Eplrus
front.
A British sirmzn who VAS killed
vas the first British casualty In
Greece. He yss given an impress
ave funeral yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Hii-Runner Kills Man

MOUNT VERNON. Wash.-yic-
Tor Larson. 90. Mount Vernon rural
resident. was dead today. victim Of
. hit and run motorist.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
TOWERS STILL sTANL

Numerous amateur and profes-
sional motion picture photog-
rsphers. who recorded events prior
10 and including the actual col
lapse Of the $500. 900 bridge. the
third longest suspension span IN
the world. have volunteered to
loan films 10 officials. in order
that they might be aided in de-
tecting exactly what caused the
span TO fall during a 35-mile wind
Thursday morning.
The elements Friday had failed
TO alter the remaining structure
since the center span collapsed at
HOS a n, Thursday. With the
2.sOo-foot center span gone, ali
that remained OF the once inpos-
ing structure were the two AS
CONTINUED on Page 7. Column p
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Experts Will View Motion
Pictures of Awesome all
Of Giant Narrows Span
HiehwoY Director Says Reconstruction
Almost CertointY:" Towers
And Remuins Still Standing

While thousands of persons continued Friday TO view
in awe the remains of the Tacoma Narrows bridge once
the pride of Tacomans and peninsula residents state Off
Gals engineers contractors and military to view
motion pictures taken during the wind and ranstorm Thurs
day. effort determine what caused the center span
to collapse plunge into the and rest in the mud at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
WEATHER FORECAST

Unsettled Saturday night. Sun.
~. Temperatures: High, So; low
u Sun rises, 7:05; sets, 4:is.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Now in Her l03d Year

active as woman 20 years young
er. Mrs. Florilla Brown observed
! her lo2nd birthday here Friday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Great Krupp Arms Factory
Damaged by British Airmen
More Thon 1000 Roids Made Against
Germany: London Attacks Continue
THE WAR IN TIE AIR

Smashing aerial attacks Germany inflicted severe
damage TO the great Krupp plant at ESSEN the Brit
ISL air ministry said in a commnnque TODAY.