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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-03
MT. and Mrs. Weisberg

Sisters and nurses of St. Ann's who have been so kind during her recent illness and for the lovely flowers, cards and telephone calls received while she was in the hos pital. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-03
sKAGwAY MARSHAL HERE

Louis Rapuzzi, U. s. Deputy Mar shal from Skagway, arrived here on the southbound Yukon this morning and is registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-03
REsIDENTs RETURNING

MT. and Mrs. Henry Woods and son Norman are returning passen- gers for here aboard the Alaska, due sometime tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-03

subscripe :o the Daily Alaska Empire-the paper with the largest paid circulat ton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-03
MRS. LAUGHLIN IS
 OUT OF HOSPITAL

OUT OF HOSPITAL After nearly two weeks treat ment at St. Ann's Hospital, Mrs. Gertrude Laughlin was permitted to leave there Saturday and is a house guest of MT. and Mrs. Err win Hachmeister while convalescing
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APPRECIATION CARD

Mrs. Gertrude Laughlin wishes to thank all her friends and the
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Empire Classifieds Pay!
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Will Neutrality Act Go?
Modification, at Leost, Seen as Next Step
In RooseveIt's Anti-Axis Policy

ton against Americans travelling on
belligerent ships to the extent of
permitting citizens stranded in Eu-
rope to return home on such ships.
But Mr.. Roosevelt has not been
willing to stretch the Neutrality Act
to the extent of sending American
ships all the way to Britain.
The major point in the Presidents
discussions with his congressional
leaders now undoubtedly is whether
Congress would revise the Neutrality
Act, and to what extent, if it is re-
quested SO to do. The demand for
arming of American merchant ships
has arisen from the actual sinking
of two of these-the Robin Moor and
the Steel Seafarer-outSidet the pro-
scribed war zones. There are indi-
cations that many members of Con-
gress who are still unwilling to re-
peal the main prohibitions of the
Neutrality Act have swung over to
the opinion that American ships,
clearly operating within its pro-
visions, should be given a maximum
of protection.
Question Of Directness.
Ultra isolationists, on the other
hand, argue that the Robin Moor
and Steel Seafarer sinkingS are the
best proof of the wisdom of the
Neutrality Act in that not a single
American life was lost in either OF
them. If the ships had been armed
and had engaged in a battle with the
attackers, this group contends, the
danger to Americans aboard them
would have been much greater.
The fact is, of course, that the
controversy now has reached be-
yond mere amendments, made in the
guise of neutrality. Repeal by Con-
gress of the Neutrality Act in its
entirety, or repeal even of its pro-
visions against sending American
ships into combat zones, would be in
effect a mandate for the President
to make naval warfare against the
Axis powers, whenever and wher-
ever he chooses. 1t would amount
to congressional approval of un-
declared but unlimited naval war.
The question is whether it would
not be better. from the standpoints
both of uniting American public
opinion and effectiveness of our aid
to Great Britain and the other pow
ers fighting the Axis, to pose this
issue squarely, rather than by some
new device of indirection.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

break the blockade against Brit
ain and fight the German SUBJ
marines and sea raiders.
The fall of these important
cities has been expected in mill
tary quarters for several weeks.
Odessa has been beleaguered and
cut off from the rest of Russia
since the middle of August.
Strong German and Finnish
forces are overwhelming the de-
tenders of Leningrad. Kiev has
been surrounded, with the eX-
ception of one railway connec-
ton with Moscow. since the end
of August.
The Russians are fully pre-
pared for this blow and have
withdrawn essential war equip
ment from those regions. They
are still fighting and will con-
tinue to do so until they are
compelled to surrender the cities.
The Muscovites have obtained
their objective: thev have turned
the tables on the Reich by weak
ening the German armies.
MAY Evacuate Moscow.
The fall of the three cities
would not greatly affect the Rus
sian resistance. There are three
more lines of defense behind the
Stain line. One is directly in
front of Moscow; the second is
on the Volga River and the third
in front and behind the Ural
Mountains.
Military observers are con-
vinced that the Germans will not
be able to break any of these
lines during the few remaining
weeks of the campaign. Moscow
may have to be evacuated be-
cause the government cannot
function under the guns Of the
enemy. But the city can hold
out as a military camp. There
is no immediate possibility of the
Germans reaching the main
Volga defenses. Thus, while the
Russians will have to yield
ground during the next few
weeks, their means Of resistance
will not be jeopardized. They
expect TO rest and strengthen
their positions during the winter.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

pressure on a country isolated
from the rest of the world. And
despite the feelings of the Bull
garian people and their rulers,
Sofia is now on the verge Of eX-
tending effective aid TO the Axis.
Reports from Constanza, the
principal Rumanian port on the
Black Sea, and from the Bull
garian ports Of Wanna and Burgas,
indicate that there has been
much war activity in those har-
bors during the last few weeks.
The British had completed a
naval and air base near Con-
stanza. The Well-knoWn Vickers
arms factory had finished a navy
yard in the vicinity of Con-
stanZa. These are now being
expanded by the Germans. An
undetermined number of sub
marines and small destroyerS
have been brought there in sec
tions from the Reich. These
are now reported in commission
and ready TO put to sea TO pro-
tect the transports which the
Germans are said to be preparing
to send to Russian and possibly
Turkish ports in the Black Sea.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

can be fired. To fire 5000 men for
non-payment of dues is bit diff
cult for the employer, and the union
can hardly hold him to his con-
tractual obligation to act as dues
collector or policeman.
Coincident with the strikes over
dues has come a new series of
strikes in the coal mines owned by
steel companies-known as cap
tive" mines. Again the issue Is the
closed shop, enormously referred tc
in many press dispatches as the
union shop" There is no question
of recognition of the union desired
by the majority of the workers as
this is compelled under the Wagner
law. 1t is not a union shop but a
closed shop that is demanded and
this in turn leads to the check-off
And still the administration does
nothing about it.
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Missing Girl, l8, Found
Unhormed in New York
By the Associated Press.

BY TIE Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. l6.-Florabelle
Clements. l8-year-old Saugus. Mass,
drug store clerk who disappeared
from her home Saturday, was found
in a bus terminal here yesterday
while police of nine States searched
for her.
The girl, whose disappearance
caused considerable alarm because
of its similarity to that of 19-year-
old Frances Cochran of Saugus, who
was found slain two months ago,
told police a chance acquaintance
had driven her to Boston Saturday
night and that she took a bus there
for New York. with the intention of
going on to Pittsburgh to visit rela-
tiVeS
Evening star., 1941-09-16
This Changing World
Fall of Lennerod, Kiev and Odessa Expected;
Soviets Ready to Withdraw to VoIeo

The chief drawback of the
withdrawal would be the less of
some important arms factories
like the Poutiloff works. The
Russians would also feel the loss
of vital iron and ore regions in
the Ukraine. But as long as they
are in a position to obtain man
ufactured war supplies from the
United States and tools to re-
organize their factories in the un-
occupied areas, they face only a
relative setback. Russian avia-
ton has suffered severely since
the German invasion began. But,
according to accounts from Mos
COW, the Soviets still have at
least 1000 planes of all types
available. To this force an ever
increasing number of American
planes is expected to be added.
The training of pilots has pro-
ceeded without interruption be-
hind the fighting lines. Thus,
when the American planes arrive
in the U. S. S. R., there will be
no shortage of flyers. The Ger
mans are reported planning to
dig in for the winter on the east
ern front.
The news of the partial mobi-
lization of the Bulgarian Army
has been expected in military
quarters in London and WASH
ington. The warning issued by
Moscow TO Sofia last Thursday
was based on information that
the Germans had finally con-
vinced King Boris Of the neces-
sity of mobiliZing for a campaign
against Turkey in Europe. The
Russians still maintain a diplo-
matte mission in Bulgaria.
Boris Forced to Aid NaZis.
King Boris and his govern
ment are not exactly pro-Ger-
man. But the some 20 Nazi divi-
sions in Bulgaria can exert heavy
Evening star., 1941-09-16

greSsional leaders as to the feaSi-
bility of this step. The Speaker,
however, refused to say whether it
was the present prohibition against
sending American ships into the
combat zones or against arming
these ships that the President was
most concerned about.
At the same time Senator Guffey,
Democrat, of Pennsylvania, who fire.
Quently has been enlisted to launch
trial balloons on behalf of the ad-
ministration, declared that the time
had come to arm all American
merchant ships-"not merely with
deck guns such as they carried dur
ing the World War but with the
most modern anti-aircraft guns"
Some Skepticism.
Even more convincing that some
further move is just around the
corner is the skepticism British
naval experts here are voicing as to
the practical usefulness of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's shoot on sight"
declaration, as so far defined, from
the standpoint of facilitating ship
ment of supplies to the. vital war
fronts.
Particularly the British wonder
as to the working of Secretary of the
Navy Knox's declaration at Mil
waukee yesterday that beginning
tomorrow, the Navy will provide
protection as adequate as we can
make it for ships of every flag car
rying lease-lend supplies between
the American continent and the
waters adjacent to Iceland"
This pronouncement was highly
pleasing to the British in that it
promises protection to all ships
carrying lease-lend aid, which
means all ships carrying supplies
from the United States to Great
Britain. The uncertainty arises
from limitation of this aid to the
zone between the American con-
tinent and water adjacent to Ice
land British shipping, especially
in the North Atlantic, moves in
large conveys and over the great
circle route which passes well to
the southwark of Iceland.
Difficulties Seen.
The supposition from Mr.. Knox's
statement is that he means the
United States henceforth will take
over the whole job of protecting the
lease-lend shipments in the two
thirds of the Atlantic that lies west
of Iceland, but the experts say that
in practice this plan presents diff
culties. Especially in winter, when
storms and fog almost always pre-
vail in the Icelandic region, a sys-
tenn of transferring large groups of
ships from one protective naval
force to another in mid-ocean is
likely to prove difficult to operate
1t is apparent at least, say the ex-
perts, that continuation of the
American protective force all the
way to British ports of destination
would be much more efficient.
The cause of this situation OBJ
viously is the Presidents limitation
| of American operations so far to
defensive waters" and this limita-
ton in turn stems from the Neu-
trality Act, the avowed purpose OF
which was to keep American ships
and citizens away from war danger
The President stretched the act as
far as Iceland. He stretched II
earlier by removal of the Red Sea
and the Gulf of Alden from the
prescribed combat areas, and agair
last week by removing the prohibit
Evening star., 1941-09-16
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Military authorities in WASH
ington expect TO hear bad news
from Russia within the next 10
days.
The German high command
has thrown new forces against
the battered Soviet armies and,
according to reports received
from reliable quarters, it is likely
that Leningrad, Kiev and Odessa
will fall into Nazi hands.
1t would be a spectacular VIC
tory for the Reich. Goebbels'
trumpets would announce it to
the German people and the rest
of the world in the hope of cush-
ioning the defeatist effect Gre
ated everywhere in Europe by
President Roosevelt's decision to
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Businessmen's Group
Will Hear Mason

District Commissioner Guy F.
Mason will be the chief speaker at
a meeting celebrating the 18th an
niversary of the Federation OF
Rusinessmen's Associations Thurs
day night at the Hay-Adams House.
The meeting will be attended by
the IL members of Nle association
who have held the office of pres
ident since its founding. Among
the speakers will also be B. B. Der
rick, general manager of the Mary
land Virginia Milk Producers AS
sociation. A dinner, scheduled for
7 O'Clock, will precede the business
session.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

of sea warfare
will be to ask
Congress for re-
peal or material
modification Of
t he Neutrality
Act.
Speaker Ray
b urn emerged
from the White
House yesterday
to admit public
ly for the first
time that the
President h a d
1D~
Evening star., 1941-09-16

civilian defense program. Open to
women, the class will meet Wednes-
days and Fridays from 130 to $3.50
pm at the Red Cross chapter house,
1870 E street NV.
Twenty students will be accepted.
Registration may be made by tele-
phoning Republic 5000, extension
251.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

postwar prob
lens.
T his " as
brought h o m g
very forcibly to
me when l was
an observer at a
recent trial
blackout in this
little town on
L on g Isl a n d
Sound.
1t wa s I h Q
biggest and most
successful black
out ever held in
Evening star., 1941-09-16

It's management
at a critical time,
nothing is being
done about the
wave of strikes
springing up in
various parts OF
the country in
defiance of the
Presidents plea
for uninterrupt-
ed production.
Latest abuse of
the rig h t to
strike is that of
the 5000 hard
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Strike Wave
Defies Plea
OF President
Labor Left Helpless
By Arbitrary Rise
In Dues Assessments
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Although officialdom has cracked
down Oil industry and in one con-
spicuous case has deprived the most
efficient shipyard in the country of
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Red Cross to Conduct
Another NURSING Class

The Red Cross has announced the
organization Friday of another
home nursing class as part of the
Evening star., 1941-09-16
.McLemore-
Once GentIer Sex
Runnino the War
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y
The rehabilitation of the husband
with an inferiority complex is cer-
tain to be one of Americas major
Evening star., 1941-09-16
BY JAY G. HAYDEN.

There are numerous indications
that President Roosevelt's next
step-possibly dependent on Ger
many's future actions in the sphere
Evening star., 1941-09-16

HE opinions OF Drers this page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions are presented in the
Stars effort to qUe OF questions OF interest to its
readers although opinions contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Boris Forced to Aid NaZiS.

King Boris and his govern
ment are not exactly pro-Ger-
man. But the some 20 Nazi divi-
sions in Bulgaria can exert heavy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-16
Ban Enemy Aliens
From Plane Rides

Regulations governing enemy
aliens were being studied Monday
by J. Charles Dennis. U. S. dis
trict attorney. upon receipt from
Washington, D. C., of the presi-
dents proclamation which desig-
mated the attorney general to exc
cute its provisions.
No enemy aliens will be allowed
in the Canal Zone an dnone shall
be allowed to leave or enter Ha-
wsii or the Philippines. Regula-
tons will also govern the enter
ing and leaving of Alaska, Puerto
Rico and Virgin Islands.
In continental United States,
enemy aliens are prohibited from
having in their possession, custody
or control a long list of items in
Guiding firearms. weapons, or
parts thereof. ammunition, bombs,
explosives, short wave radio re-
ceiving sets, transmitting sets.
signal devices. codes or ciphers,
cameros and pictures or maps Of
military forts, bases or camps.
Airplane rides are also pro-
hibited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-16
HAPPY
M;rthday
MONDAY. DEC. IS
Mr.. Myrtle fNotherl Saw
Yer, SfSs East I street
Bill Of Rights
Day in Tacoma
MONDAY. DEC. IS

Monday was designated as Bill
Of Rights day in Tacoma in
proclamation by Mayor Harry P.
Cain. directing attention 10 the
150th anniversary Of the ratifics-
ton Of the first ten amendments
10 the Constitution.
The freedoms Of speech. press.
religion and assembly, guaranteed
in the Bill Of Rights have been
wiped out in many parts Of the
world and are threatened every
where by the PHILOSOPHERS which
elevate the will Of a few above the
rights Of the many, the proclama-
ton declared
The Bill of Rights constitutes
a charter OF freedom upon which
all Americans can unite now as
in the past" the mayors state
ment continued, and l urge all
citizens to renew their faith in the
doctrine of human liberty"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-16
City Council to Turn Down Request
By Electricians for Additional Paw

The city council will turn down,
at least for the present, the re-
quest of Tacoma Light electricians
for pay raises. 1t was indicated at
Mondays city council meeting.
though the letter they agreed TO
send to the union will be held up
until Wednesday.
Local 4s3 of the I.B.E.W. had
asked for increases In addition to
those averaging about $40 per
month included In the 1912 bud
get. Mayor Harry p. Cain An
nounced that the council would
reject the request for three rea-
sons, that 1t considers the dis
cussion one between the union and
Utilities Commissioner r. ID.
o'Neil. that this in no time to put
in the long study such q wage
problem would entail. and that
boosting the adopted budget APP
pears illegal. anyway.
Jay Olinger, business agent for
the union. asked the council to
rescind its decision to write that
letter, but accepted Gains expla-
nation philosophically, except for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-16

licenses

Marriage license applications
were received Monday BY County
Auditor S. Clifford Davis from the
following: Ray +. Shaw. Fl, Yam
hill. Ore. and Florence G. Arm
strong. is. Newburg, Ore; Her
man ". Mcneil. -. Fort Lewis,
and Rose Eagle. q, Bozeman,
Mont: William c. STICKY. p. Fort
Lewis. and Lydia L. Mcbride. q,
Bozeman. Mont: Louis r. Zaffina,
"a. and Roberta C. Renne. "a. both
of Portland: Frank f. Schewe. 3,
Fort Lewis. and June LaVelle, %.
Detroit, Mich: Eral W. Leek, q,
Of 107 SO. 3sth st. and Eleanor
NJ. Kennedy. u. Toppenish: Dave
L. Woods, IS. Fort Lewis. and
Peggy NJ. Rohweder. 10. Burling-
ton. Wash: John Z. Pagan. p,
Fort Lewis, and Betty Ann Rod
ruek, 81, Seattle; Hoytt II. lay
ton. 81. Fort Lewis. and Flora NJ.
Fisher. 16. of 300 So. J st: Mar
YIN r. Brammer. rs, and Myrtle
+. Olson. 20, both of Burton: Tim
othy b. Dereg. AZ. and Lydia f.
johnson, Al. both of Seattle; Leon
ard NJ. Greene. "a. Sumner. and
Nina l. Guelfy. IS. of esi1 So.
Park ave: Herbert Ring. AZ. Fort
Lewis, AMI Eva L. Moore. SO. Port
land; Wayne J. Nasi, IS, Of 2347
So. Yakima ave, and Twyla NJ.
Shepardson, %, Monroe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-16

one short. sharp exchange Of words
with O'Neil.
Then, taking a different subject.
olinger informed the city fathers
that members OF the electricians
local. including those not employed
by the city light department. had
decided to offer their services as
unit for civilian defense in a
capacity no other group could fill.
In case OF emergency and damage
to the light system, Olinger said,
the electrical workers would meet
at a central point and go to work
as regular crews. asking Commits
sioner o'Neil only to furnish the
trucks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-16
S5O,5O9.5O
Share
OF Nickels

How many million nickels have
clinked into the slots Of Tacoma
pin ball. claw machines and juke
boxes in half year is something
only a sleuth with mathematical
inclinations could estimate-but
the city treasurer has landed more
than one million of them.
A report TO the city council
Monday showed that since July
when the city began collecting its
new license fees from the machines
and their operators, the intake has
been $50. 50e.5o.
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Start SorfinC
10000 Cards
City Looms Kohr
For Defense Job

A large part Of the staff Of the
Washington state Employment
Service Tacoma office viii dig
into the arduous but stictly volun-
teer Job this week q sorting some
70. 900 civilian defense registration
cards signed in the city last Thurs
day and Friday.
At the same time Mayor Harry
p. Cain. as chairman Of the Ia
coma Civilian Defense Council, an
nounoed he has borrowed Howard
Kohr from the civil service board
to work fun time in the home de-
Tense office.
Kohr. examiner for the board.
viii be given . leave Of absence
from those duties. his city salary
TO 70 on.
Manager Myron 3. Green Of the
employment service will put his
staff At work nights classifying
the cards according 10 age. train
ing. education and availability for
the 100 or more civilian defense
jobs which the volunteers must
iii.
Guy Thompson. secretary Of the
Tacoma Council Of Social Agen-
cies and q member Of the Civilian
Defense Council. will have general
supervision over the registration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-16
Belt Line Bus
i ares Adjusted

City council business was short
and simple Monday.
An ordinance introduced last
week 10 adjust Municipal Belt
Line bus fares in the tideflats in
dustrial district to conform with
city fares of Tacoma Transit Co.
was passed.
Main purpose, Utilities Commits
sioner O'Neil explained, was to
speed up service by eliminating
the complication of penny change
at the eight-cent fare formerly
charged.
Works Commissioner Bergersen
introduced an ordinance appro-
priating $4,000 from the street
fund for purchase Of three two
TO three-ton trucks with HOSTS and
steel bodies.
The council agreed TO petition
Of the Mason Methodist church
and others for installation of orna-
mental street lights on No. 2sth
~. from Mason to Proctor, and
set Dec. 81 for a hearing.
A petition for better lighting
on So. Saith st. from Yakima to
A ST. was turned down on the adj
vice of O'Neil, who said the street
already has the regular lights at
intersections as in other parts OF
the city.
He received Monday a petition
for a light at So. s0th and Asotin,
where residents said the street is
50 improperly cut that a stranger
might easily hit the existing light
pole in the fog.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-16
Army Wants Radio
Operators al Once

An unlimited number Of radio
operators are needed Immediately
for service with the army. Both
amateur and commercial radio
operators who wish to volunteer
for this important service should
present their qualifications imme-
diately to the Army Recruiting
office, 1916 Washington Bldg. Ia
coma.
Those who are eligible for enlist
ment will be enlisted and forward
ed directly 10 one of the Signal
Corps Replacement Training Cen
tiers for a short course in army
communications and then assigned
to an important communications
center. All licensed operators are
urged to report to the Recruiting
office as soon as possible.