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Evening star., 1941-01-21
Street Fighting and
Bombings Bring
Much BIoodshed
BACKGROUND

cn nSAh ~ kto SAf
Vice Premier Horia Sima OF
Run,dnid, chief of the Rumdnidn
pro-Naai Iron Guard. recently
abolished the Green Shirt Or
eanisations police group 1Chich
played leading part in the
"revenge" slayings last Norem-
Der OF 81 high officials in the
regime OF ouSted King Carol. His
order ,UaS construed as eridence
that he and Premier Gen. Ion
AntoneScu ,Uere determined to
clean house IN the Iron Guard.
By the Associated Press.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Jan. 21.-Wide-
spread disorders in Rumania. with
street fighting and bombingS in
juring civilians, German soldiers
and Communists in the streets Of
Bucharest and other cities, were
reported in diplomatic dispatches
today to Sofia, Belgrade and Buda-
pest
Some sources in the other Balkan
capitals attributed the Rumanian
outbreak to bitter rivalry between
extremist and more conservative
elements in Rumania'S Iron Guard.
Other sources linked the out
breaks with the Staying in Bucharest
Sunday night of a German staff Of
f1cer by an assassin believed to have
been a Greek citizen. DNB. official
German news agency, reported in
dispatch to Berlin from Bucharest
that the execution of the assassin
had been ordered by Rumanian Of
flcials.
Still other sources suggested that
increasing resentment in many quar-
ters over German military concen-
trations in Rumania and against the
regime of Premier Ion Antonescu
might have f1ared into a free-for all
with .Nazi troops trying to restore
order.
There also were reports the dis
orders might be part of an intended
coup by Leftists, followers of former
King Carol. or others trying to wrest
power from the German Army and
the pro- German Iron Guard.
Troops Withdrawn.
Reports of the disorders were
believed here to be supported by
the reparted withdrawal yesterday
of German forces stationed in the
vicinity of Giurgiu, Rumania. just
across the Danube River from the
Bulgarian town of Ruse.
1t was reported here that they
had been rushed to Bucharest and
other Rumanian cities where dis
orders were developing.
Diplomatic advices reaching Bel
grade said the regular Rumanian
broadcast from a Bucharest station
was interrupted suddenly by a
speaker who decried Gen. Anto-
nescu's policies and accused him of
handing over Rumania to the Ger
mans
Both Belgrade and Budapest re-
ported receiving word of heavy cas-
ualties in clashes of Iron Guard
groups and in fighting between Ger
man troops and pro German
Guardists on one side and Anto-
nescu supporters on the other.
Frontier Closed.
Rumanias frontier with Yugo-
slavia and Bulgaria was closed to
all except few travellers with dip
lomatic passports.
Contingents of the German Army
we're reported continuing to enter
Rumania over Hungarian railways.
Information of the fighting, which
could not be confirmed Immediately
because Bucharest was unreachable
by telephone, attributed the out
break to dissatisfaction of extreme
Iron Guardists with policies of An
tonescu and Vice Premier Horia
Sina.
Evening star., 1941-01-21
18 Die as Schooner
Sinks After Crash on
Edge Of Boston Harbor
Victims ToppIed to Death
As Hands Froze; Five
Rescued Half Dead
(Picture on PAGE Ala. J
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Jan. 2l.-Eighteen men
drowned today. almost within sight
of their homes, as the Boston
schooner Mary E O'Hara. homeward
bound from a week on the fishing
banks, was split open in a collision
as it approached Boston Harbor and
sank.
Five half-froZen survivors dragged
to safety from the protruding main
mast of the sunken schooner by the
crew of the trawler North Star told
their rescuers the O'Hara apparently
had struck a barge and that the
remainder Of the crew of % had
fallen from the rigging. one by one,
as their hands froze
Hours later. the barge Winifred
Sheridan was found anchored a
half mile distant by Capt. Lawrence
Dunn. harbor master, who reported
she had suffered some damage tc
her starboard rail and side.
Brought ashore with their own
hands and feet frozen. half dead
from drenching and exposure, the
men said their schooner had sunk
so fast there was not time even to
launch dory, and that they had
fed into the upper portions of the
rigging to cling there for three
hours. in the early morning dark
ness, from am. until s.
Faint Cries Heard.
The faint cries of the survivors
were heard by members of the crew
of the North Star as they passed
Firms Ledge. on the outer fringe OF
Boston Harbor, a dozen miles from
the city.
Three times earlier, during those
tragic hours, other craft approached
the men clinging to the ice-sheeted
rigging-and the men cried for help
only to see the vessels pass and
their lights fade in the gloom.
Capt. Lars Lunde of the North
Star said the five told him that had
they been able to attract the at
tention of one of these other craft
many more of the crew might have
been saved.
The survivors said the O'Hara
laden with it's fare of fish and still
further borne down with heavy
sheathing Of ice in the 12-degree
temperature. sank within five mlnu-
tes as the crew-unable to launch
the heavily iced dories-strove
desperately to run their vessel
aground.
Capt. Lunde found five feet of the
foremast and IL feet of the MAIN
mast of the O'Hara above the water
near Firms Ledge and guided the
bow of his beam trawler 80 close
that he was able to remove four
of those clinging to the rigging.
The fifth, Cecil Crowell of Shell
burne County, Nova Scotia, was
helpless and unable to move from
his perch, so a dory was put over
side and three members of the
North Stars crew rescued him.
The other survivors were Cecil
Larkin, 38. Stanley Conrad, 54
Frank Silva, SO, and Gabriel WEIGH,
all Of Boston.
Skipper Last to Fall.
Last of those to fall from the
rigging into the sea, the rescued
men said, was their skipper, Capt
Fred Wilson of Boston.
Mr.. Crowell was so seriously af-
fected that he had to be carried
from the North Star in a stretcher
into waiting City Hospital ambu-
lance. But the other four, given
first aid and stimulants by the crew
of the North Star, had sufficiently
recovered to climb up the ladder to
the wharf, unassisted.
Evening star., 1941-01-21
Widespread Riots in Rumonio
Reported Taking Heavy Toll;
British Open Tobruk Assault
R. A. F. Night Raids
Prepare Way for
Land Operations
p, the Associated Press.

p! the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 21.-British
forces surrounding beleagured Tob-
ruk launched major assault on the
10000 Italian defenders of the Lib
yam stronghold today after the
R. A. F. had prepared the way with
series of night raids.
Early this morning an attack
was launched on Tobruk and the
operations are proceeding salts
factorily," the British Near East
command, announced.
Tobruk, 80 miles inside Libya, has
been under siege by land, sea and
air since the British captured
Bardia, 10 miles from the Egyptian
frontier, on January 5.
The land assault was preceded by
widespread air raids, in which the
R. A. F. announced Tobruk was at
tackled heavily. seven planes were
destroyed in an attack on Catania,
Sicilian base of axis flyers raiding
British Mediterranean shipping. and
Valona was made the target of the
heaviest assault yet loosed on that
major Italian port Of entry into
Southern Albania.
Tent Camp Bombed.
In the attack on Tobruk. car
ried out the night of January
1920, the R. A. F. said direct hits
were registered on marine repair
shops and military barracks. One
artillery battery of four guns was
silenced. the communique said, and
many bombs" fell on a camp of
about 200 tents.
"Anti-aircraft fire was intense, but
our aircraft pressed home the
attack the R. A. F. communicate
said
Elsewhere in the Battle of Africa.
the Near East Command reported
British troops were vigorously pur-
suing into Eritrea the italian forces
which withdrew Sunday from Kas-
sala area, in the Anglo-Egyptian
Sudan.
In the attack Monday night on
Catania, the British reported that
two of the seven axis planes de-
stroyed on the ground were large
twin-engine bombers which burst
into flames.
Still other raids were reported on
Assab, in Italian East Africa where
several hits were reported on
supply depot. Neghelli, in Ethiopia.
was said to have been bombed by the
South African air force. There. the
R. A. F. reported buildings surround
ing a motor transport park were
burned to the ground and several
vehicles destroyed
British Planes Return.
From all these operations the
British said every one of their
planes returned safely.
The British general headquar-
ters communique said:
Early this morning an attack was
launched on Tobruk, and the op-
erations are proceeding satisfac-
torily.
"Sudan-In the Kassala area our
troops are vigorously pursuing Itaf-
ian forces, which are continuing
their withdrawal eastward of the
frontier.
In the Metemma area enemy ar
tillery and aircraft have been ac-
tive without causing any relaxation
in our pressure.
"On the frontiers Of Kenya our
natrnl activity cnntinuexn
Evening star., 1941-01-21
Dorden Quits in March
To Run for Governor

Representative Darden, Democrat,
of Virginia today submitted his
resignation as a member of the
House, to take effect March l.
He is a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor of
Virginia.
Evening star., 1941-01-21
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.
Star Staff Corresnondspt

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 2l.-Upon
ability of the little-known but still
much maligned liquid-cooled air.
plane engine to deliver not only its
rated performance. but a little more,
may depend the efficiency of Amer
ican air defense and our national
safety.
Officials of the Nations only plant
now engaged in the actual produc-
ton of such engines are confident
not only that the engines now being
produced for three types of new
Army pursuit and interceptor air
planes will deliver beyond their re-
quired power output. but that the
production of such engines in
quantity may mark the beginning of
a new day in airplane speed and
efficiency.
In this opinion. production officials
back up the judgment of the Army
Air Corps high command, which has
"gambled" much of the Army's aerial
fighting power on the liquid cooled
engine. with the knowledge that an
unquestionably grave defense crisis
will be the price of bad judgment.
Only Engine of Kind in U. S.
The Allison in-line, liquid cooled
aircraft engine, now nearing mass
production scale here at the revo-
lutionary new plant of the Allison
Engineering Co. division of General
Motors Corp. was selected by the
War Department as the power plant
fer three warplanes upon which
this country is placing Its chief re-
lance for defense against hostile air
attacks. Failure of these airplanes
the Lockheed P-38 two-engined
interceptor, the Bell P-39 Airacobra
and the Curtis P-40 pursuit-to live
(See ENGINE, Page A-14D
Evening star., 1941-01-21
Kennedy Proposes ;
Changes in Aid Bill
ToCutU U.S.. Risk
Suggests Congress
Unit to Cooperate
On Details
BACKGROUND

Secretaries Hull, Morgenthdu,
StimSon and Knor and Defense
Production Director KnudSen told
House Foreign Affairs Committee
last 1Ueek that passage OF lease
lend bill to aid Great Britain Is
necessary to United States de-
tense Opponents OF measure IN
present form ,rtH be heard this
lCeek.
Evening star., 1941-01-21

And shouldn't confidence After
3o 900 900
For the M Of reOnnot ndes'ond Why the to OF military moeh
1000 miles ~ should make US feor Tor security
Evening star., 1941-01-21
liquid-C Engine
For Planes Nearinq
Mass Production
Plant Officiuls Confident
New Motor Will Justify
Air Corps Gamble

Mr.. Edgerton, ariation editor
OF The Star, is making a tour OF
engine production plants. This
article is the first OF a series.
Evening star., 1941-01-21

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Evening star., 1941-01-21

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Evening star., 1941-01-21

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Evening star., 1941-01-21
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wont out OF th. old should
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Evening star., 1941-01-21
Weather Forecast

Fair not SO cold; lowest about q TO-
night; tomorrow increasing cloudiness,
warmer; rain by Thursday. Tempera-
lures today-Highest, 38, at 2 pm;
lowest, 81, at 7:45 am
From the United States Weather Bureau report.
Full Details on Page A..
Evening star., 1941-01-21

Continued on Page Ali, Column u
Evening star., 1941-01-21
Only Engine of Kind in U. S.

(See ENGINE, Page A-14D
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-25
SKILLED WORKER
SHORTAGE SERIOUS

Presiden Roosevelt is learn
ing what 1t means TO face
shortage of skilled workers. He
is having a difficult time trying
TO fill the shoes Of that excellent
political echanic. Jimmie
Byrnes Of South Carolina. There
are moments when F.D.R. must
wish that he had not named the
able and popular senator 70 the
supreme court.
He has two candidates on his
hands. Both are smart and
friendly but they fall far below
the Byrnes standard. Lister Hill
of Alabama Is waging an active
campaign for the position. de-
spite several handicaps. He has
been too jealous = new dealer.
believing that the president can
do no wrong, and some Of the
oldsters hold him in suspect for
that reason. Others resent his
attempt 70 grab off too many
defense contracts for his state.
Tom Connally Of Texas is wiser.
more experienced, and a cleverer
negoustor and trader. But he
has had a few run-ins with the
white house and some Of F. d.
RS friends advise against his
selection.
Oddly. the two men are cam
psigninE for = position which
does not really exist Mr.. Byrnes
vas drafted Ss white house
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Stories in
Stamps
Portuguese independence
DelicoteIy BELONGED

GUESE independence,
L enjoyed for 800 years. remains
in a precsrious state today with
nearly every other part Of Eu-
rope under Nazi conquest or DOM
ination.
The stamp above. issued last
year to mark the Booth snniver-
sary OF Portugal's independence,
shows King John ", who led the
successful movement for Portu-
guese freedom from Spain in 1910.
John was the eighth duke OF
Braganzs. He was crowned king
Of Portugal on Dec. 10. 1910, only
two weeks after he led the insur-
rection against Spain. Previously,
Portugal had been under Spanish
domination for so years, although
Philip II. king Of Spain at the
time Of the conquest, promised
Portugal was 10 remain a separate
state. Under Philip ", however
Margaret Of Savoy was gwen
royal authority over Portugal, and
her lavish disregard of Portuguese
Interests soon aroused the people.
Il was then that the future KING
John " arose 10 lead the people
against Spain and recover an N
dependence which Portugal mas
maintained UP e the present Cay
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HOROSCOPE
,VrDNESDAY. lime 1s

Mercury in benefic aspect
dominates today. In the morn
ing the stars encourage initia-
tive. There may be minor labor
difficulties, owing to misappre-
tensions of national aims.
Heart and Home: Young folk
are well directed by the stars
today. Demand for efficiently
trained boys and girls in prac-
tical work viii be widespread.
There is promise of future good
fortune for those who aid in
agriculture. Again farmerettes
will be popular, especially in the
west. This is not a favorable
date for making new friends Of
opposite sex. Love letters will
be more welcome than evening
callers under this configuration.
Business Affairs: Marvellous
inventions will be introduced by
American manufacturers and
will be of great value in connec-
ton with arms and ornaments.
Carefully guarded secrets. how
ever. will be obtained through
treachery. Astrology warns that
publicity unwisely employed will
be most unfortunate in many
cases. They emphasize the fact
that the American manner of
presenting news and gossip
gives aid TO enemies and they
advise strict censorship Of radio
and press. As war comes closer
10 the United States the utmost
vigilance is necessary.
National Issues: Minority
leadership will be widely dis
eussed a. courageous policies
must be accepted in a period Of
emergency. Support of the sd-
ministration viii be given in the
spirit Of patriotic non-partisan-
ship. II Is forecast. but isola-
zionist criticism viii continue
through a supreme crisis for the
United States.
Persons whose birthdate IL is
have the augury Of a year Of
good fortune. The young will
marry. New friendships are
foreseen for men and women OF
all ages
Children born on this day will
be serious and ambitious. They
will be highly intelligent and
win gain wide popularity.
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PROTESTS LESSENING HRS.
FOR CITY HALL WORKERS

Editor. The Times: Why is it
that city hall employees feel that
they are entitled 10 so much
more time off than those that
work for private business?
They not only have jobs for
life, but they take every ad-
vantage that they can to take
time off. Who are they that
they should feel that way? They
have more holidays than the
government OF banks have; why
Is it? Why must the taxpayer.
when he comes down town. find
the doors all closed on Decors-
ton day. which came on a Fri
day? Why the following day.
which they did not work. AS
the Fourth Of July comes on
Friday. suppose that they will
get the next day off. and we
taxpayers have 10 pay them for
this time. II the work can be
done in seven hours. let them
work the eight hours like other
businesses and let out some of
the employees. and so save the
taxpayers some money. II makes
no difference what time Of day
you go in there. there are al
ways two or three standing
around talking II they had 70
use this time. you can bet your
last dollar that they would be
working.
JOHN EAGLE,
Sass Mckinley ave.
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention IN this col
umn ietters must give name and
address a. writer Onls Initials
VII b published when requested.
Mr.. Fixit: For . few weeks
In MAY and June. the alder trees
are filled with worms. All at
oBoe they disappear. Where DO
they 70 or what becomes Of
them ". r. N.
They aren't gone; they are
only resting. After they have
lived their life spans In the
crawling stage the oaterpillars
drop to the ground. crawl into
hiding places and form coooons.
Before the summer IL over the
cocoons viii hatch out into
moths. which viii fly up and lay
eggs on the branches Of the
trees. The eggs win spend the
winter there and in the spring
hatch out into caterpillars again.
Mr.. Flxit: am a newcomer
30 Tacoma and my business re-
quires some calls In the south
end Of the city. I have spent
hours trying 20 find such ad-
dresses as 18th and Alnsworth
or s7th and sheridan. What does
Tacoma do with Its street signs:
I have worked In Seattle and
Portland and their streets are all
properly marked. even In sec
lions where there are no houses
for blocks. Both Of those cities
have had large wPA grants or
With $1,000 prospective soldiers
NJ Lewis. Murray and McChord
and many Of their families want
Ing to be close by. II Ia = crime
that q stranger cannot find his
way about without q native
guide. Can you fixit:
G. A. G.
The Tacoma street department
is getting ready right now to
make another try at getting
street signs posted on all city
intersections. but confesses II is
In a state Of some discourage
ment from past efforts. Street
signs cost around so cents and
81 each, and more than that by
the time they are posted. Yet
all year around and particularly
on Halloween 1t seems the par
ticular hobby of Tacoma boys TO
knock them down and destroy
them.
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be distributed among the people.
Let us assume that one group
of workers is receiving tickets
a day for producing some
goods. They are given raise
of one more ticket a day, but
they do not produce more or put
any more goods in the pile than
before the raise. They can,
however. draw out of the pile
almost sixth more goods than
before, can they not? How
about the balance of the peo-
pie. can they draw out as much
as before ? There is that much
less for them to draw out, is
1t not? l hear you say, that
the raise of one more ticket a
day increased the buying power
of the people so that more goods
will sell, and therefore more
tickets a day increased the buy
ing power of the people so that
more goods will sell. and there
fore more people will be put to
work producing more goods and
increasing the size of the pile.
This is not necessarily true. II
the raise in wages increased
the price of the pile, the bal
ance of the people will have that
much less buying power. You
again say that they should also
be given a raise in pay. That
again would raise the price of
the pile. You never catch up
that way.
Even if the people are not
given any more tickets, or
money. but are producing more
and increasing the size of the
pile of goods and services. they
the people can draw out more
from the pile because the price
of the goods will be lower so
that the tickets will reach fur
Their. 1t would have to be lower
In order to sell the goods. The
price of the pile will always
have to equal the total tickets
presented for purchase from the
pile. or all of the pile will not
sell In other words the total
production must sell and the
price must fit the buying power
of the people.
OSCAR c. ERICKSON.
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Developing Hemisphere Resources

Progress is being made at the technique of killing with
the twin birds of u s. dependence far regions
for materials and greater mutual trade between North
and South America
The United States has signed up buy all the tungsten
in Bolivia for the next three years Six million tons of
high-grade bauxite mountaineering clay being
bought in Dutch Guiana Brazs production of manganese
has been doubled has that Of Cuba Arrangements for
amounts Of Bolivian tin await only shipping facilities
More than IS per cent of required u S. anthony
coming from hemisphere principally Mexico The
United States helping to establish production of rubber
and qunine in countries to which both native but
which have neglected their production in years
These things take time to develop, but there is room
for hope that enduring foundations being laid for
mutual exchange which will make the western hemisphere
independent of the rest of the world yet inter-
dependent in matters of normal trade.
The only state that has limit women's working
hours is the state of matrimony.
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PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
Stun CLEARANCE
PROTEST RAPED

Editor, The Times: Why must
every move made to better the
standard of living of the produc-
ing class of people be branded
as communistic
I am referring to the article
on housing, which appeared in
a recent issue of The Times.
Perhaps it would be well il
the real estate board of the non
producers could be forced to live
in some Of the rat nests rented
TO other people.
These houses have rotten
wood foundations. unssnitary
plumbing and unsafe wiring,
neither of which is ever inspect
ed, according to city ordinance.
and condemned only in certain
cases. Such houses are unsafe
to live in and menace lives and
homes of those adjoining the
fine property of c. F. Mason,
which needs no Stun clearance.
Perhaps Mr. Burmeister would
like to play a game of tennis
or baseball with me. We will
pick out one of those spacious
back yards, Uttered with stones.
broken sewer lines and berry
vines.
''Slum" is about as much mis-
used as the word communists
We used to use IL in telling Of
the Junk" we ate in the army.
Go to it. Mr.. Cain. We should
have some of these communistic
houses with Fairgrounds every
ten blocks. They should 60
good at 100000 per throw.
Even more 80 II one stops to
consider the $4,000. 900 battle
ships.
/ do not live in one of the
houses under debate and I am
not a member of the communist
party. Taxes on my home are
being paid.
John IEGR ANDE