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The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
Are The Allies
Strangling Germany?


Believing that victory is on the
side of the bigger bread basket, the
Allies began their "contraband con-
troll" of sea trade Immediately after
the war began. Early in December
Britain asserted she had lost only 4
per cent of her own shipping while
removing from the sea lanes $780,
900 tons of Germany's. Field Mar
shall Goering's paper, 'The Four
Year Plan" then confessed, 1--WE
must face the facts. England's pow
er has brought German overseas
trade to a complete standstill."
On land the Allies began paying
high cash prices for Rumanian oil
and Yugoslav grain to keep it out
of Nazi hands. Berlin was forced to
have meatless and coal-less days
but nowadays most of Europe under
goes some rationing.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
WilIWe Get In

By November the United States
Congress had lifted the arms en-
barge but barred United States tray-
elers and ships from combat zones. "
Some Americans were riled when the
Nazis played ide-and-go-seek with
the City of Flint. Many more were
angry when Russia attacked Fin
land. But others felt that help to
Finland would be the Trojan horse
that would get US involved in Eur
ope's wars. Americans, normally
sympathetic to England, took Of
tense when she opened U. S. mail,
delayed U. S. ships and boycotted
U. S. tobacco in favor of Turkey S,
in January.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
Can Hitler's Bombers
Knock Out Britain !?

Before the war, it's said, Hitler
threatened to send his bombers to
England in waves, every hour ON
the hour. The waves didn't come
Britain struck first. She bombed
German naval bases on the second
day of the war 1t wasn't till Octo-
Der that dozen Nazi bombers roar
ed into Scotland from the North
Sea. Late in November Nazi planes
were dropping unanchored mines in
the Thames estuary. The wars big
gest air battle came December 1S
when about so planes staged an in
conclusive dog fight over Helgoland.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
Can The Maginot Or
Siegfried Lines Be smashed9

A few days after Nazi troops,
tanks and bombers began crushing
Poland in pineer movement,
French soldiers crept across the Is
mile no-man's land INTO Germany.
Their guns felt for soft spots on the
concrete Siegfried Line. When it be-
came clear that Poland could not be
saved they withdrew to their own
pillboxes. Since then both sides have
hibernated. In the Maginot Line are
$4,000 books and $1,000 phono-
graph records for bored warriors
who are waiting for spring"
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
WHY THE CIRCUS
CAN'T COME TO TOWN

FAIRBANKS, Mar. 5 Zoos and
circuses are unlawful in Fairbanks
under a reeently-enaeted ordinance.
The measure prohibits bringing
into the city or harboring as 20
pet, captive or in any other manner.
any bear, bob-cat. coyote, lynx, wolf,
or any other wild.liYe animal OF
like nature"
It supplants an old ordinance
which prohibited moose walking on
the sidewalks, and was designed
to end the growing fad of keeping
young wolves and other predators
as pets.
You Saw It In The Sentinel
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
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CASUALTIES
OF THE WAR

Most warning nations nave
= been vague about their human
= losses. By far the heaviest
= casualties have been in the
= Polish-German and Russo-Fin-
+ nish campaigns. Apparently
= 1000 men at most have died
= on the Western front.
Britain set her losses on
+ land, air and sea at 2,511, on
& Jan. %. That number was low
= er than the number of English
men killed in blackout acct
dents at home.
France put her land, air and
= sea losses at 1,434 on Dec. u.
Germany has given no state
= ment on her casualties recent
= ly. After the Polish conquest,
= Herr Hitler set the German
+ dead in Poland at 10,572.
Poland never announced her
= dead but the number is sup
= posed to be tremendous. Ger
= mans assert they took $4,000
= prisoners in Poland.
After % days of her Finnish
= campaign, Russia admitted
i 1923 killed, while the Firms
+ said the Russians had lost
= 10000. Some estimates have j
3 run as high as $4,000 Russian
= dead.
= Finland admitted, ON Dec. !
= 20, having lost 1000 men.
X x 4 = = + \
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08

Russia, Hungary and Bulgaria hold
land claims on her.
Turkey has agreed to help the
Allies If a fight starts in the Medi-
terranean. The Allies are sending
troops to the Near East, possibly to
grab oil wells at Baku In case Rus
STA sides with Germany.
Then, of course, there is the Rus
so-Finnish war.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
Will The War Snread2

The World War dragged in 80 ma
tions. This war still has only its or
iginal combatants, Germany, Poland,
Britain and France.
Italy stayed out despite her pact
of steel' with Germany. Holland
and Belgium opened a few of their
bikes in November when they
thought the Nazis were coming.
The Balkans-always suckers for
a good fight-scurried together to
keep out of this one. Rumania re-
mains their weakest link because
CD Germany needs her goods (2l
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08

ALASKA SPENDS OVER n MILLION
DOLLARS every year on her schools-to
keep them up to high educational stand
ards. And Alaska's Canned Salmon In
dustry does lot to help foot this bill!
More than 7O% of all taxes collected by
the Territorial Treasury. plus additional
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08

= The total tonnage of ships
= sunk in the first fiye-and-one-
= half months of the present war
81 was 1.376,862.
& In 1939-40 the Germans sank
= Allied and neutral shipping at
3 a rate of 81 ships. or 206.528
= tons, a month.
In the unrestricted sub
= marine campaign of the last
s. 81 months of the World war.
= the Germans sank. on the aver
3 age, 199 enemy and neutral
= ships. totaling 406,381 tons, a
= month. That World war sink
E at-sight campaign nearly fore
= ed England to surrender.
y = . y e = y = =
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08

Federal taxes, which help incorporated
towns support local schools-come from
the Canned Salmon Industry. More than
81, 600, 900 in taxes is paid annually by the
Industry. This important revenue contri-
buted by Alaska's biggest taxpayer helps
Alaska give its children fine education.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08

You Saw It In The Sentinel
Evening star., 1940-02-24
| Timely Tips
lFor Amateur
painters

There is nothing paintable that
does not look better with a fresh
coat Of paint. Paint and a sense
Of humor may transform the drabest
room into thing of beauty and a
Joy forever (or at least a long time,
depending on the quality of the
paint. Remember this when the
urge to paint hits you this spring.
For the little jobs you do yourself
read the instructions on the can.
For the big jobs consult a reliable
painting contractor-it pays in the
end. Stir the paint thoroughly
thin it according to the instructions
on the can. Be sure the surface is
clean and dry before painting. The
perfection Of the paint job depends
on the paint and the brush it is put
on with. Be sure you select the right
one for your purpose. If the surface
has not been painted before find out
about "undercoats" and let the first
coat dry before putting on the
second.
Color affects lighting. Light colors
reflect more light than darker colors
Flat finish 5 are best for large wall
surfaces, high gloss for woodwork
furniture and floors. Semi -luster
paints are excellent for walls of
bathroom and kitchen because they
are easy to keep clean. These are a
few pointers. The urge to paint is
bound to come with the first crocus-
50 you might as well make your
plans now.
Evening star., 1940-02-24
Glasses Are Opened
On Realty AppruisuI

The first in a series OF classes in
real estate appraisal work, sponsored
by the Washington Chapter Of the
United States Savings e. Loan In
stitute, was held Wednesday in the
United States Chamber of Commerce
Building.
Enrolled are IS persons, most of
whom are employees and junior
executives Of building and loan asso-
Citations in the city. Curtis Walker
of the Prudential Building Associa-
ton is conducting the class. Mr..
Walker taught the same subject
three years ago for the United States
institute. He is vice president Of
Prudential, president of Walker e.
Prescott, Inc, and a member of the
American Institute of Real Estate
Appraisers.
First meeting of the class was de-
voted to organization and to lecture
by Mr. Walker on the history and
science of appraising.
Evening star., 1940-02-24
Silver Star
Home Closes
Tomorrow
Final Opportunity
To See Dwelling
At 1901 Upshur

Final opportunities will be given
the public this week end to visit the
first Silver Star Home OF 1910. Exl1i-
bition period of the dwelling at 1901
Upshur street NV. ends at 8 o'clock
tomorrow night. Thousands Of per-
sons have inspected and praised the
home since 1t was opened three
weeks ago.
Architecturally speaking, the new
home Is an adaptation Of the
Georgian Colonial. Its lines are ap-
pealingly simple. It is built of brick
with natural finish, and contains
nine rooms and three baths. The
large corner lot offers many op-
portunities for attractive landscap-
ing and gardening.
The house is in the wooded Crest
wood section, which overlooks Rock
Creek Park. 1t is conveniently Situ-
ated, as Crestwood is nearer down.
town than any other undeveloped
area for higher-priced homes In the
District. Cool park breezes assure
comfort in summer.
Construction Praised.
Paul P. Stone and Avon Shockey,
prominent Capital developers for
years, built the Star home. It was
designed by James j. Baldwin, and
has been completely furnished by
Major Masterpieces.
The new home bears the unani.
nous Endorsement of the Silver Star
Homes Committee, which is COM
posed of five experts in the various
(See SILVER STAR, Page B-5.)
Evening star., 1940-02-24
BY MARGARET NEWELL.

The lowly fence which in our day
was used to keep cows off the front
lawn has now become a major archi-
tectural feature considered and de-
signed especially for the type of
property it is to surround. All
through Maryland and Virginia are
miles of the attractive white
painted board fences surrounding
green pastures, and, though the
cows are few and far between. the
horses are many and If the fence is
not designed to keep them in they
at least make attractive barriers to
jump.
But fences are most useful here
in town, whether you and want to
make ourselves tiny, inclosed gar
den. screened from the rest of the
world In the downtown area, or keep
the children in and the neighbor's
dog out, in the suburbs.
Can Buy 'by the Yard"
You may buy fences by the
yard" so to speak. The firms that
specialize in fences or the larger
building supply houses will show you
sections of fence in every material
and many designs The woven-wire
barrier fence comes in heights up to
8 feet and properly placed with
metal supports it becomes a long
time investment. This type of fence
serves its purpose and definitely
says "stay out" In every twist Of
the wire. If you prefer not to seem
ungracious at the same time you de-
sire protection you may plant vines
against this fence and break its Sc
we're lines at intervals with shrub
berry.
There are wooden paling fences in
every conceivable design, from the
simple straight paling fence of Co.
lonial New England to elaborate
horizontal ones with panels of Chi
nese Chippendale design at inter-
walls. A small house without dis
tinguishing features may gain pres
tige by surrounding it with a trim
little white fence with a gracious
arched gateway. It gives a feeling
Evening star., 1940-02-24
Architects Institute
Convenes May Il
InLouisviIle
Program to Include
Discussions on Housing
And City Planning

Architects, industrialists and edu-
Gators will assemble in Louisville,
KY, May 81 to take part in the
72d national convention Of the
American Institute of Architects.
Housing, city planning and other
national problems will be discussed
in sessions lasting four days.
The Producers Council, organiza-
ton of the country's principal man.
ufacturers of building materials; the
Association of the Collegiate Schools
of Architecture and the National
Council of Architectural Registra-
ton Boards will convene concur
rently with the institute.
The Kentucky Chapter of the in
stitute, of which Elliott Lea Of
Louisville is president, will be host
to the delegates. Seventy-one chap
ters of the institute, located in all
parts of the country, will send rep
resentatives. The directors Of the
institute will meet May 10 and 20,
with Edwin Bergstrom of Los An
geles, president of the institute, pre-
siding.
Developments in the architec-
tural and the construction fields,
State and municipal works, Federal
public works, industrial relations,
building costs, preservation of his
toric buildings, national prepared
ness, foreign relations, registration
laws and education are among the
topics to come before the conven-
ton.
Reports will be received on the
progress of Nation wide movement
to raise the standards of design and
construction of small homes, which
is being carried out by the insti-
tute and council in cooperation
with the Federal Home Loan Bars.
Board. Plans to extend a protective
building service to small home own
ers in every locality in the United
States will be developed.
Committees of Kentucky archi-
tects are making arrangements for
the convention, which will include a
program of social events and public
ceremonies and trips to points of
historic interest.
Evening star., 1940-02-24
| Summer Camp
Should Be Simple
| In Its Design

Are you planning vacation house
or summer camp this year? 1t may
be the simplest sort Of shelter and
at the same time contain all the
necessities for fun, rest and COM
fort. If you would save money use
whatever building material is
cheapest in your locality. Follow the
very simple floor plan shown in the
sketch. Here is heat where you
want 1t, beds to sleep in, place to
prepare food, a porch to watch the
sunset and all the vital things at
hand with the least effort.
Don't make it so elegant that
you must spend all the time in up
keep. Remember the fun you had
when you made a shack out of the
simplest materials when you were q
kid. No mansion could ever give you
quite the feeling of security this did
Evening star., 1940-02-24
The Home Clinic
Fences Of Today Have Beauty
As Well as Utility

Of security, "tucked-in" quality to
your house and grounds that Is most
gratifying.
Cedar Palings Practical.
One of the most attractive types
Of fence is the one woven of natural
cedar palings, or other woods. These
are held together with invisible
heavy copper wires and last for
years. The natural wood texture
blends into the background and
makes a perfect foil for planting. 1t
Is the ideal barrier in an inclosed
garden, or garden which blends
into natural woodland beyond the
fence. 1t may be used among trees
and shrubbery without being Of
fensive in any way and with trailing
plants trained against it will become
such part of the garden as to be
almost unnoticed.
There is quality about natural
wood palings-or the hand-hewn
post-and-rail fence in woodland
surroundings that is more in keep
ing with the landscape than the
painted paling fence. The painted
wood fence gives "spic and span"
protected feeling Of neatness while
the natural wood one has a casual,
meandering effect though 1t may be
just as effective as barrier. Your
house. your garden and the type Of
landscape you have or wish to pro-
duce viii help you decide On the
proper type.
Washington has taken up the
good old Southern custom of the
cast-iron fencing that became IA
nous after the war" From the
Spanish influence in New Orleans
came the lovely old wrought-iro1
balconies, which later became the
(see HOME CLINIC, Page B-2)
Evening star., 1940-02-24

When 1t rained you were inside and
the rain did not come through the
cardboard roof.
This building will give you the
same feeling-and its simplicity will
give you freedom of living utterly
different from your usual life in
the city.
Give it an interior finish that is
easy to keep clean, furniture of the
starkest simplicity but sturdy and
adaptable If there are rugs on the
floor let them be of the type that
brushing once day will suffice. If
there are draperies make them Of
sailcloth or gingham and send them
to the laundry. You cannot be happy
in a mussy ill-kept camp any more
than you can at home, but you can
plan and design it to demand little
Of your time and attention-and
leave you free to play.
Evening star., 1940-02-24

(see SILVER STAR, Page B-5)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-29
Delirious Woman Quizzed
About Companions Deaths

found ne sloop On The remote REF
Sunday. TIE woman SURVIVOR sas
taken t. the hospital a. Labass
sugar plantation
TIE party sailed from san
PEDRO. Cal. last August = IN the
sloop that Comfy hsd converted
from a lifeboaf. Comfy. \ former
boatsWaia OF the Grace Inc. was
married N Portland Or. two
years ago. and Immediately nlan-
ned honeymoon cruise around
the world Of Ms tiny sloop
The conly's net Thompson. the
pearl diver Who spoke EloWinEly
Of the riches To be found in the
south seas They pooled their
resources. QUILTED the Wing on
With an auxiliary engine generat-
ing power for light and the opera
ton OF radio receiving set. They
had provisions for four months
when they departed for the Mar
quesas islands. 1900 miles eas, Of
Fiji.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-29
Alberison Plans
Sermon Series

Nh - enaH1h decorated =
keeping 18th TIE season. = sefaes
81 Christmas sermons Wil b pre-
ssnfed - F1rst Methodist church
zach Sunday daH1nF December ~
is pastor. ths Re-. Cyrus z.
Alheftson
Conducted under the theme
Mysteries u Christmas ire first
sermon W1l - delivered Sunday
- 70 % 2 n. On the subject az
TIE Mystery q the Gifts Other
subjects. n order q presentation
include Mysteries - ire Night
Mysterious Guests ard The
Greatest Mystery. During the
evening service SUNDAY beginning
81 80. the pastor VII discuss
SHAH We Abolish Christmas
As a. sdded feature. the eve
mig service Will hrinE Mrs. Edith
LundErsn. Tacoma harpist. Who
will pay to groups Of selections.
MADE u Of her own compositions.
The entire congregation vii sing
carols
Accompanying the sermons vii
be approprite music BY the chorus
choir Of nearly 50 voices. under
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-29
Obituary n Offices
MRS. CARRIE BREIDENBACH

Mrs. Carrie Breidenbach. rs.
died Thursday at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Frank J. Meyer,
1854 So. seth ST. She was born
in Norway and came to Pierce
county in 1908. She made her
home in Milton until 1885. and
then came to Tacoma. Mrs.
Breidenhach has been living with
her daughter the past year. She
was a member of St. AIMS Altar
society OF Holy Rosary church.
Others than Mrs. Meyer. she
leaves six daughters. Mrs. Fred
Bader. Mrs Cora Jepsen. Mrs
Tom c. Rathbone, Mrs. c. f. Rudd
and Mrs. Frank Donovan Of Ia
coma and Mrs. 2. L. Meekin Of
Portland. Ore: four sons. Albert
and Lambert Of hcClearv. Wash.
and Lawrence and Fred of Ia
coma. one sister. Mrs. Lena John
son Of Tacoma rs grandchildren
and six Ereat-Ersndchildren. Cas-
sedy 4 Allen will announce the
funeral.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-29
WPA Landscaping
Glasses Opened

The WPA adult education divi-
sion. looking ahead toward spring.
has set UP two gardening and
iandscsping classes In Tacoma and
one in Falkland A class al 1904
Es r ST. will be held Tuesdays
: to 10 2. m, and one at Mason
Junior high school Thursday. Z
10 10. The Falkland class. taught
by Mrs. Fern Ricketts,. will be
On Tuesday afternoons. / 10 I.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-29

>UNA. IN Island>-Fnom a
delirious woman. crszed b hunger
and thirst authorities Thursday
sought the story Of the deaths
q her three companions aboard
ths tiny sailing boat o. which they
left California seeking romance
and riches.
The woman AS Ms Fern
Thompson. -. Of salt Lake CITY.
Her companions we're her husband.
Robert. 5. a pearl diver Of san
Pedro. Cal. Dolton Comfy. IS. ana
rs wife. Eve. 20. Of san Francisco.
Abosrd the 2s-foo; sloop Wing
On. When Il vas found on = reef
on the northwest coast % vsnua
Lew island. we're tao bodies.
man and Mrs. Comfy. L was not
II the man Was Comfy
OF Thompson. Police authorities
believed the fourth member Of the
party had been buried al sea or
swept overheard in a typhoon.
The yacht Loloma Of the
Seventh Day Adventist church
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-29
Another Problem
For Civil Service
Chief Operators
Cloim Presented

Another knotty question as
before the Tacoma aal seHelee
commission Thursday because he
city council deprived Frank Nor
rlson n his position IF ehIef opera
Tor II sabstations. light depart
ment.
b 4 decision SIX weeks ago
the civil service commission de-
eided MorfIson.s frst cain for
position snd compensation II his
favor.
TIE commission then held that
Utilities Commissioner 0.SsH had
no nEht 70 abolish position.
created BY the council. IN order
10 denote Morrison
Position Abolished
Soon after the decision adverse
10 o Neil Wax handed down by the
civil service commission. ONeil
presented an ordinance 70 the
council abohshing the position Of
chief operator Of substations
Morrison's name wasn't mention
ed. But IN due course. the ooun-
ell without question passed the
ordinance.
Now Morrison has filed a second
claim for the position and salary.
A. the civil service boards meet
ing Wednesday night. Attorney
Owen Hughes appearing for Nor
rison ana Corporation Counsel
Howard Carothers for the conn.,
missioner. stipulated that the
same evidence submitted in the
first hearing would be rosubmitted
tn cover the facts for the second
clsim hearing.
Held Job II Years
Morrison had been chief-opsrator
Of suhstations for Il years until
ONeil took office last June Nor
risons first claim. filed IN August.
charged that o'Neil had in effect
passed the chief operators duties
on to Weston DeMaris. new gen.
eral superintendent of distribution,
a new position paying 1928 a
month. and that some of DeMaris
duties had been shunted onto
Harrison r. Durant. occupying a
newly created position of general
foreman of iinemen.
Morrison had been denoted to
operator. hydro power plant at
Cushman plants. at a per diem
rate Of 5000.
His present contention is that
il isn't quite cricket for the coun-
ell TO abolish a position Just 10
confirm a move made originally
BY one commissioner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-29
Christmas Bureau
Operating Again

The Tacoma Christmas bureau.
500 Frovident building. L. function
ins again this year.
Persons desiring tn help needy
families are asked to clear first
through the bureau. phone Main
SITS. TO see If they already have
been provided for.
Those desiring TO aid may get
the names of needy families by
calling the bureau. Likewise per-
sons knowing of needy families are
asked to notify the bureau.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-29
Marymac Apartments Sold


The Asrymac apartments. 80
tn and 9 sts. nave been sol %
Ms Harold A Alien. vifs Of Ire
Tacoma realtor. 4 vas announced
Thursday hy George . Poe & Co.
which represented the former own
er The Brszler Investment CO.
The deal vas consummated We'd
nesday at a price understood 70 be
IN excess Of 100000
Mrs. Allen, Who recently bought
the WashIngto apartments
through Pee q CO. declared she
had the utmost faith IN Tacoma $
future and in Tacoma real estate
investments.
The Marymae. a handsome build
ing with an attractive court and
an imposing front entrance. vas
built about 10 years ago. 4 we'll
known apartment house L IS three
stories high. with large garage
underneath. and contains So apart
ments.
The building Is equipped with ar
automatic electric elevator con.
neeted with the garage. and slsc
has : grocery store and fountain
To meet the needs Of tenants anC
of persons living nearby.
The former owner vas repre-
sented by R NJ. A. Williams o
Poe & Co and the purchaser b,
/ Harold A. Allen & Co.