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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
ENGINEERS, ATTORNEYS

There were sharp differences
between the conclusions of the
engineers and attorneys for the
telephone company and the staff
of specialists engaged by the de-
partment of public service. Accord
ing to the order Of the department
issued last July the company fail
ed TO show that operating costs
justified the proposed increases.
One issue among those on which
the department denied the increase
was the company's pension policy.
The evidence showed that in at
least one case company execu-
tive who had been drawing a sal
airy of $4,000 a year was retired
on a pension of $4,000 annually.
The department commended the
general idea of pensioning en-
ployes who reached the retirement
age but concluded that $4,000 a
year for an executive who had
earned soc, 900 was too much, par
ticularly when IL is charged as
operating expense.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
R.R. Brakeman
F atally Injured

Neil Ralph Sizer, %, Of 3709 So.
I. St. a head-end brakeman for the
Milwaukee railroad, was fatally
injured Tuesday at 1890 p. m.
when struck by a boxcar while
working in the yards.
The youth was rushed by police
ambulance to st. Joseph's hospital,
where he died Wednesday at 6
a. m. His right arm was practic-
ally severed in the accident, neces-
stating amputation upon arrival
at the hospital.
Sizer. a native OF Tacoma. was
a member of the Motorcycle club,
and of the Lumber, Sawmill and
Timber Workers union. A grad
uate Of Lincoln high school in 1885,
Sizer formerly attended Whitman
grade school and Stewart junior
high school.
Surviving are his wife, Dorothy;
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. f. r.
Sizer: three sisters. Mrs. Fern NJ.
Almquist and Miss Betty Jane
Sizer of Tacoma, and Mrs. Alice
Ludes OF Los Angeles, and four
brothers. DR.. Edgar Sizer Of Cam
arillo. Calf. John Allan Sizer of
Santa Fe, n. NJ. and Harl and
Robert D., of Tacoma. His father
is teacher at Lincoln.
The youth worked at Wheeler
Osgood Sales Corp. four years be-
fore becoming brakeman
Buckley-King will announce the
funeral
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
New Bomber Route
Is Through Mion1i

MIAMI. Fla--Ths Miami Herald
said Wednesday In . dispatch from
its Washington bureau that the
new route TO Britain for American
made bombers Is through Miami.
and has been for the last rs days"
The dispatch said some bombers
had flown 1000 miles direct 10
Gibraltar from here, but most were
being flown 10 "a field east of
Bathurst in British Gambia West
Africa and from that point direct
ly to Gibraltar" Others have
stopped for refusing at Natal,
Brazil. 1t said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
Program Planned
For Glider Pilots

WASHINGTON - The civil
Aeronautics authority soon will
announce a training program for
civilian glider pilots 10 create a
reserve for future military glider
operations. 1t was understood
Wednesday.
The projected training program
follows closely decision by army
officials TO include glider units
in the expanded air corps.
Meanwhile, Sen. Pat Me
Carran. d.. New, introduced
legislation to establish a glider
unit In the National Youth
administration to provide pilot
training.
The army has given IL selected
officers a special glider training
course and it was assumed that
these officers would direct the
army program when it gets under
way. The marine corps also has
expressed official interest in the
military possibilities of gliders
and had an observer at the recent
soaring meet at Elmira, N. Y.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

ties headquarters. Recently con-
strIcted are the library, grade
school. high school. library and
junior college building. and the
Y. NJ. c. A. Three miles distant
Is Kelso airport
Rates Are Low
The public utility district pro-
vides rates almost as reasonable
as those Of Tacoma-seldom does
the average home owner or citizen
pay more than $3.50 per month for
the luxury Of his electric con-
veniences.
One Of the outstanding new in
dustries soon 10 be in full swing
Is the aluminium plant. Like the
lumber mills, this new develop
ment will take advantage of the
excellent inland hsrbor OF the port
Of Longview.
ocean-going ships and pleasure
craft alike cruise the smooth
reaches of the Columbia from
Portland To the delta. A grain
elevator Of the largest type stands
at the docks near the Longview
end Of Northumberland bridge.
THE Green Land
Believe II or not, several tons
Of hay now are being harvested
within the city limits. and will
continue to be harvested until the
city Is fun matured.
BY reputation. this green land
is the place where IL is impossible
To spoil crop of any kind-snd
every desirable fruit and vegetable
and grain Is under cultivation.
Stock farming and dairying are
carried on under ideal conditions.
II you should ever move from
Tacoma, there is only one place
to comparable immaculate city
OF Longyiew in the green land"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17


Roy Edison Thompson. Ga. re
tired master plumber and former
member OF the Metropolitan Park
board. died suddenly at his home.
40 So. Cushman ave, Wednesday
at AS n. m.
Thompson. former state presi-
dent and national director Of the
Master Plumbers association. for
many years operated a plumbing
establishment on X st. Among
jobs which he contracted before
his retirement w 1888 was the
Western Washington hospital.
He also was a member of Ia
coma Elks lodge No. ia, Wood
men of the World, and Of First
United Presbyterian church. While
on the park board, Thompson was
instrumental in starting many of
the Fairgrounds now in existence.
The plumber, who had lived at
the Cushman address for IS years,
came TO Tacoma IS years ago. four
years after coming to the state.
He had followed the plumbing
trade all his life
Surviving are his wife. Mary A:
one son, Roy f. Thompson. ~;
his mother. Mrs. Matte III. Thomp-
son. all Of Tacoma; two sisters.
Mrs. Ralph Goldsmith OF Seattle
and Mrs. Helen Engdahl of Costa
Mesa. Calf. and three brothers,
Mark X. and Donald NJ. Of Ia
coma and Clark W. ~ Yakima.
Buckley-kinx will announce ths
funeral
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

ing the e1.3 degrees attained Of
ficially by the weather bureaus
thermometers atop the Fidelity
building at 2:15 p. m. Tuesday.
But up there where Weather
man Fred Myers maintains the
technical apparatus and records
il was nice and cool compared TO
what people were catching down
in the streets and in the offices
and factories around town. Boy,
did they bake,
Unofficial down on the street
marks ranged Just under or just
over 100 degrees and hung on all
afternoon and into the evening.
The sun just poured on the heat.
At MEG hord Field. the
weather officer reported
"Wednesday noon temperature
~ ~ degrees and probable
mark exceeding the s9.l de
gree maximum recorded Tues
dsy afternoon.
Tseoma's official peak Of qiS
was mild. however. compared with
temperatures elsewhere IN the
Northwest. Let's see what the
peaks were among the neighhors:
Seattle. e6: Spokane, 81; Port
land. 1o3; Yakima, los: Ellens-
burg, 1o1; Eugene. lo2; Pendle-
ton, 1o3; Boise. e5; Victoria. 81;
Vancouver an, how nice - IS.
Eugene was the only place that
got any kind Of break. thunder
storm with .05 Of an inch OF nice
rain that brought the minimum
down TO O..
Tuesdays Tacoma minimum Of
SO degrees matches the SO degree
minimum on July 81, 1898. Until
Wednesday mornings record high
minimum Of 80. that SO degrees
Was the highest overnight tenn
persture Tacoma had ever expert
enced. since records were first
started.
II has been - days now since
Tacoma has had any measurable
rain. There was q trace on June
"a .os Of m inch On Juns a.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

the cost Of telephone service
throughout the state considerably
more than a million dollars.
Because of the far reaching
effect of the proposed higher rates
and changes in policies the 1889
legislature was induced to appro-
pirate 100000 to cover the cost
Of an examination by the public
service department. Contrary to
the usual experience when a
blanket appropriation Is made. the
department used only about half
the amount and wound up the
case with an order denying the
increased rates.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
Calling All Bobcats!
Mayor Cain Promised
A Couple to N. Y. Zoo

ire Bronx zoo. somewhat hrashly
promised 70 donate = couple Of the
ferocious ktties from the great
Northwest woods.
u seems the stub-tailed Tables.
although common enough IN the
forests Of this area. are Just 50
much rumor around the nations
biggest ZOO. IN the Bronx they
have plenty OF aardvaarks. stein
boks. bongos. touracos. zehras. sle-
plants. hartebsests and like exotic
citizenry from all over the world
but no bobcats.
Yes, They Have No Bobcats
Mayor Cain. as l. happened. Wis
tied the famous Bronx institution
on a day when a rather large ship
ment Of animals. birds and rep
tiles were being welcomed from
Africa. In the company of Allyn
Jennings. director of the zoo, and
Philip Hamburger. a reporter from
the sophisticated magazine New
Yorker. our mayor kibitzed the
reception of some solemnly COM
ical penguins-which proceedings
were duly reported in this weeks
issu Of the New Yorker.
The mayor said Wednesday his
quoted remarks about the porp-
discs at Tacomas zoo were strict
~ poetic license on the part of
the author. however,
But about those bobcats. ANY
idea where our mayor could
acquire a pair of same?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

Funeral arrangements are being
made by Voiles Funeral home in
Sumner for August Voelker. a
resident Of Tacoma for ri years,
who died Tuesday in a local hos
pitsl. Voelker, a native Of Ger
many, was a member of the Ger
man Lutheran church. He leaves
two daughters. Mrs. Albert Burt
of Tacoma and Mrs. Margaret
Michael of Linden. Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
Ore Deposit Hearings
Gel Under Way Friday

OLNMPIA-A subcommittee Of
the senate military affairs COM
mittee Of congress will hold hear
ings in Seattle Friday and Satur-
day to determine extent Of Wash
ingtons strategic defense metal
mines and deposits. Ed Davis,
director of conservation and de-
velopment, was advised Wednes-
daV.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
ELIAS youNGBERG

Elias Youngberg. 10, former
resident of Tacoma. died Wednes-
day at the home Of his son, Emil c.
Youngberg, 1888 Park Place, N. E.,
Seattle, with whom he had made
his home little more than
year. Prior to moving to Seattle,
Youngberg. a contractor and build
err. had lived In Tacoma 81 years.
Youngberg. native of Sweden,
was a member OF the Swedish
Methodist church. He also leaves
three other sons. Elmer c., Oscar
f., and Alfred A. all of Tacoma.
and three grandchildren. His wife
died March 10. 1910. Lynn will
announce the funeral.
MRS. CAROLINE j. cRoCKER
Christian Science funeral serv-
ices for Mrs. Caroline J. Croker.
81. mother of Kenneth Croker of
Tacoma. were held Wednesday at
1870 p. m. from the Harlow-Holl-
ingsworth Funeral home in Bell
ingham. Cremation followed. She
also leaves three other sons, Har-
old. Richard and Maurice of Bell
ingham; one daughter. Louise
Hutchinson. also OF Bellingham;
one brother, Albert Jones of Canon
City, Colo. and five grandchildren.
Mrs. Croker died Monday at her
home in Bellingham.
FUNERAL SERVICES
Frank Gendron-The body was
sent by Buckley-King to the But
terworth mortuary in Seattle.
which will announce funeral serv-
ices.
Mrs. Bridget Thursday,
Q a. m. from the Holy Rosary
church: cortege leaving Gaffney's
at s:45; burial Calvary cemetery.
rosary. Wednesday. 1880 p. m. at
thc hhoi tuafls
Mrs. Mary kueera - Thursday,
1918 Il. m. from Holy Rosary
church; cortege leaving Cassidy d
Aliens at 10 a. m: burial Calvary
cemetery; rosary. Wednesday. $40
p. m. at the church.
John q. Wonge Thursday. 80
p. m. from the c. C. Melhnger Co.
chapel. the Rev L. f. Hagman Of
ficisting; burial. lakewood csme-
terry.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Christensen of Everett brother of
Stanley Gorslski OF Tacoma, were
held Tuesday in Everett Mrs.
Christensen died Friday in an
Everett hospital Her husband.
two daughters, two sisters and
seven other brothers survive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
Vacaiionisis Ordered
From Resorts by Nazis

yICHy = German military su-
thoritss were reported here 20
have ordered ali vacationists to
leave the seaside resorts Of Deau-
vile, Letouquet, Dinard, Labaule
and Bisrritz by July 20.
The German authorities had
warned that all resorts In occupied
France would be closed to yaca-
tionists but many persons had
made their way 10 the holiday GEN.
tiers despite these orders.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

rouflten Lnousano plsa%ant peo-
pie live in Longview. They have
reason for seeming agreeable. for
they have available every means
Of recreation.
The Cowlitz. Toutle and Column
bis rivers. clear and fun of fish
tincluding sturzeonl. al have
their rendezvous with the city.
Golf courses. Columbia gorge and
the ocean beaches are just around
the bend. and Spirit lake and
Mount 81. Helens beckon to the
north.
Planning Reflected
Free and easy Of access IL the
outlying region. replete with camp
ing spots. picnic parks. streams
and forest lands.
Careful original planning Of the
town is reflected in the fact that
the town cannot be overbuilt, and
that there is today hardly an OBJ
solete structure in the city limits.
An artificial lake a half-mile long
bisects the town residential area.
Current residence building in the
city provides in itself an impor-
tant market for its own lumber
products.
Building Theaters
New new de luxe theaters are
under construction. the giant
Weyerhaeuser and Longbell lum-
Der mills are expanding. thus
business Is on the boom with
substantial foundation.
II you want to live in Longview.
you almost must build your own
home-every available apartment
and house seems taken.
New civic buildings include the
town hall. postoffice, community
church, hospital and public utili-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
OBITUARY NOTICES

Nina Perkins. Garrison. Neb.; Mrs.
Ellen Garrison. Lincoln. Neb., and
Mrs. Ivy Lyons. Swans. Neb. The
c. c. Mellinger Co. will announce
the funeral.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
PVT. RALPH MARRoCCO

Pvt. Ralph Marrocco. "a, LIST
Weather squadron. McChord field,
died Wednesday IN a local hospital.
Ne lived In Rochester. N. Y. where
Re enlisted June Is, 1941. He had
been ut the local post two weeks
Surviving are his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Julius Marrocco Of
Rochester. to where the body viii
Be sent for burial Wednesday eve-
ming by Tuell.
FRANK l. ANDREWS
Frank L. Andrews, IS, of Gen.
t<alia, Wash, died Tuesday in a
local hospital. Andrews. a vet
eran Of World war No /. was a
logger and timber fsller. He was
born In Castle Rock. Surviving
ere q cousin, Frank Andrews oil
Centralia. Buckley-king will an
nounce the funeral.
GEORGE CLINTON. sR.
Funeral services for George
Clinton. sr., of Olympia. a retired
employe Of the Northern Pacific
railroad and pioneer resident of
South Tacoma, will be held FRI
day at 1:30 .. m. from the War
Mica 4 Warnica Funeral home
in Olympia. Clinton leaves his
wife, Fannie: two sons. Vernon of
Pensacola. Fla. and George. jr..
Of Los Angeles: two daughters,
Mrs. Nettie Reed and Miss Al
herta of Olympia, and several
grandchildren.
!. v. PAL.ER
J. w. Palmer. rs. of Rt. 1. Gig
Harbor, was discovered to have
died In his bed at a downtown local
hotel late Thursday. Death was
reported to be from natural causes.
Palmer had lived in Pierce county
since 1890. and came to the state
in 1911. his former residence being
Wapato. He was q farm laborer.
Marion county. Ia. was his birth
place. 1t is reported he is sur
vived by two brothers in Iowa,
John s. and Sam T.. both OF Des
Aoines. and three sisters, Mrs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
Writer Wakes Enthusiastic
Over Longview--- Green Land
Ciiy's Founders ReollY Took Long View
OF Things. Visitor Asserts
Nv SYDNEY y. BRowDER
Tseen. Times Correspondent

Longview Is city that lives up 10 its
For its founders named its character exacty-they took
the long view of things Newcomers driving into the city
notice Immediately that all the buildings the height
Streets wide and paved lined with acquereaved
mental shade the uncrowded distribution of the resi-
dental section lends air of relaxation
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
PROPOSED RATES WOULD
BOOST TELEPHONE COST

The case on which Judge Wright
will spend the summer grew out
OF the proposal OF the telephone
company to zone and meter the
service in Seattle's metropolitan
district and raise the rates
throughout the state. The pro-
posed new rates would increase
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

just about year ago the state
department of public service fin
ished the hearing Of the big tele-
phone case" and issued an order
denying the application of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company to increase rates In the
state Of Washington. The tele-
phone company appealed to the
Thurston county superior court
and the case came before Judge
Wright last December. The case
was taken under dvisement and
the parties to the action given
time to submit briefs.
The last Of these has been filed
with the court, but the stack of
material piled up in Judge
Wrights chambers and in the
clerks office bellies the term
brief" Altogether there are sew
eral thousand pages of the best
legal Technology OF some of the
company's best legal specialists
and about as MANY exhibits.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
JUDGE HAS PLENTY TO READ
Briefs Filed in Proposal
To Boost Telephone Rates
Are Anything But Brief
CASE RESTS In THURST0N COUNTY
lBy Tacoma Times staff write

OLYMPIA-Superior Judge B. F. Wright doesn't have to
worry about material for his reading Or does he?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
ii ERE'S MORE AB0U L
Heat Sets Record

TARTS ON PAGE ONE
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-26
Attempt 10 Take
Greek King Foils

Malemi airdrOme area, when Ger
man parachutists descended on the
morning of May 20, 1t was disclosed
The king and the others, includ-
ing Maj. Gen. T. c. Haywood, chief
Of the Britinh military mission to
Greece, and Col J. H. Blunt, as
signed to the Greek leaders, clam
bered over a 7,000-foot mountain
sheltered in cave and a shep-
herds hut, and embarked from
Therisson on the south coast foy
Egypt.
The king rode a mule for the last
few miles of the journey to the
coast. He and the others had little
to eat en- route but mutton, goat 5
milk and cheese.
In a statement Issued here tbs
king said, as did the British Off
GERS, that the Germans had hoped
to capture him and members of his
cabinet at the outset of the Cretan
invasion. Hundreds Of parachutists
landed near the kings house.
The New Zealand rear guard un-
der Lieut.. w. II. Ryan and a small
body of brave Cretan gendarmes
attacked the German at 800 yards
and fought a stubborn rear guard
action which enabled the king to
escape while The Nazis captured
his headquarters.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-26

these gOOds-carriers according TO
the rule of international law and
in case United States Warships at
tempted to hinder these measures
they would be forced to reply with
force of arms" Raeder was quoted
by Domei.
Raeder warned against the exten-
sion of American naval patrols,
which he termed already Of an "ag-
greSSiye nature"
Since there is no question of
German danger TO America and since
this system already in practice am
cunts to support of our British
enemy, one can only issue an urgent
warning against its extension Rae
Ger was said to have added.
This system" he continued, mot
only has a defensive purpose but
assists the English espionage SER
vice. German merchantmen-for ex-
ample the Columbus-already have
fallen victim to it."
tThe Columbus was scuttled by
its crew when overtaken by a Brit
ish Warship while attempting to
run the blockade from Mexico in
December, 1890.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-26
De Valera Opposes
New Draft Plan
For Irish Area
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS

DUBLIN, May 26 (UP)-Premier
Eamon De Valera, opposing British
conscrjption in Ulster, told the Dali
today that to force a man to fight
for a country TO which he did not
desire to belong would be a grievous
attack on fundamental human
rights.
De Valera spoke to crowded
session of parliament, denouncing
Britain's plan to extend conscrip-
ton to North Ireland, which Fire
claims and which contains several
hundred thousand Republican sup
porters.
The premier recalled that he
previously had opposed conscription
before the war when it was proposed
to extend the draft to Ulster.
CAT London, Sir Basil Brooke, the
Ulster minister of commerce. post
poned until tomorrow his plans to
leave for home and it was believed
he would discuss the De Valera
statement with members of the
British cabinet. Other members of
the Ulster delegation which con-
ferred i'll London on the conscrip-
ton proposal left Sunday for home.
Among those who heard De Valera
speak was Sir John Maffey, the
United Kingdom representative in
Erie.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-26
Cards on Table,; =;
Nazis Tell u. s.

BERLIN, May &c. CUP)-Author-
lied Nazi quarters said today that
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder laid
all the cards on the table in an
interview in which he said United
States conveys to Britain would
constitute IAN open warlike action
and would provoke German attack
The statement by Raeder, made in
an interview with the Domei tJapa-
neSe) news agency, lays all The
cards on the table as far as oul
conduct Of naval warfare is con-
cerned," they asserted.
No one will miss the timelineSS OF
the interview, a spokesman said
pointedly.
THE naval expert here has laid
down in precise terms what the
world public already has known
from the fuehrer's words" he add
ed. Certain quarters in some coun-
tries seem nevertheless to have mis-
understood what constitutes con-
voying, patrolling and warlike ac-
tons"
Raeder issued an urgent warning
to the United States against the
extension of American naval patrols
which, he said, already in practice
amounts to support OF our British
enemy"
The spokesman said the inter
view should remove all misunder-
standings about these questions
German naval forces would be
justified in taking action against
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-26
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE, Jr.

LONDON, May 26 (UP)-German
planes have succeeded in landing
tenks in Crete to reinforce the air.
borne troops who are battling
fiercely in the Malemi airdrome
area of the island, it was said au-
thoritatively today.
1t was added that though reports
had been received of the landing of
tanks, there had been in action
the tanks mad been in action
against the allied forces and that
any landed would necessarily been
small.
The allied forces, it was said
have taken several hundred Ger
man prisoners.
Informants said that German
claims that the whole western part
of Crete was under their control
were untrue.
The MaIemi airdrome, which the
Germans hold is under British ar.
tiilery fire, it was added.
It was said authoritatively that
ON the whole the situation was
quieter yesterday, but informants
warned against any assumption
that the Germans mad been beaten
This statement implied that the
number of German troops dropped
or landed by airplanes continued to
dWindle. There was no further
reWs Of the landing of sea-borne
German troops, informants said,
than the statement Saturday that
one or two fishing boats might
have reached isolated parts of the
island.
The Germans give the in.pres-
sion that they hold everything west
OF a line running south from Suda
Bay" an informant said. That i'm
preston is false"
He added that the Germans had
the Malemi airdrome and that
they continued to have a certain
number Of troops in the Retimo
and Gambia areas TO the east.
1t was confirmed that British
marines had reinforced the allied
troops in Crete.
InfornlantS said it mas to be
assumed that the British forces
were using tanks in their attempt