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Evening star., 1941-12-06
Francis J. Cough Dies;
Catholic War Veteran

Francis J. Cough, 40, aide to
National Comdr. Thomas A. Walsh
of the Catholic War Veterans of the
United States, died suddenly last
night of heart attack at his home
1850 Kearney place NE. He was
claim adjuster for the United
States Compensation Commission.
Requiem mass will be celebrated
at 9 am. Tuesday at st. Anthony S
Church, and the body will be taken
to Bridgeport, Conn.,, for burial.
A native of Bridgeport, Mr.. Cough
served overseas in the World War
after being graduated from Ford
ham University. On his return to
Bridgeport he established the first
Catholic War Veterans post in the
city. When he came here to work
in the Government he was lnstru-
mental in organizing eight District
posts of the veterans organization.
He also was active in the Com
munity Chest and Catholic char
tiles. In the recent organization Of
the civilian defense program he was
appointed deputy afraid warden
for Brookland. His other organiza-
tions included the Holy Name So
ciety of ST. Anthony's Church,
knights of Columbus, American
Legion and Manresan Layman's Re-
treat League.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Margaret M. Cough, and six chill
dren. Katherine, John, Rita, Francis,
Dolores and Margaret Mary.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
19,000.Ton Tanker,
Completed in 120
Days, Is Launched
Another Big Carrier
Built OF Keorny Plant,
Slides Into River
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
QUINCY, Mass, Dec. 6-The 49,
000-ton tanker flagship Since, COM
pleted for the Sinclair Oil Co. in
12O days-described by Bethlehem
Steel Co. officials as record time
was launched today at the Fore
River Shipyards.
The Since, the 14th vessel launched
at Fore River this year, was released
from the ways by two of six me-
chanical triggers used in launching
the U. S. S. Massachusetts, at the
same yard September %. The vessel
was christened by Mrs. Harry F.
Sinclair, jr., daughter-in-law of
Harry F. Sinclair. president of the
Consolidated Oil Co.
The vessel is one of six ordered by
the Sinclair Oil Co. in May, 1940
Three smaller tankers already have
been delivered and a fourth is under
construction. The Since was the
first of two large tankers to be
launched.
The fire-resistant craft has "a
cargo tanks with a capacity of 1885,
200 barrels.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
British Submarine Sunk
OFT Norway, Nozis Claim

BERLIN, Dec. s. LP).-The sinking
of a British submarine by U-boat
chasers off Norway was announced
today by the Germans.
The high command said the Ger
man vessels forced the submarine to
the surface by depth charges and
then sank it by gunfire.
German submarines were declared
officially to have sunk five ships
totaling 25500 tons during an un-
specified period.
Combat planes were said to have
attacked harbor facilities of South
western England during the night
and eight British planes were re-
ported brought down during at
tempted attacks on the Dutch
coast.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Fugitive Seized in Reno
After 37,000-Mi|e Chase
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
RENO, New, Dec. 6.-Arre!s
after 37.000-mile chase. He.
Helmuth, At, today waived extra
ton to New York City on a cha
of conspiracy against the Unite
States.
Chief of Police Andy Welliver, who
arrested Helmuth in a gambling club
last night. said the chase had eX-
tended through the United States,
Canada and Mexico
Chief Welliver was informed the
charge was based on a secret Fed
eral indictment.
Helmuth was taken into csutody
as he was acting as a shill, or come
on for gambling patrons.
Mr.. Welliver and Detective Capt.
Harry Fletcher visited the mans
room and found letters written in
German. Helmuth, when booked,
said he was an American.
Officers also said they found some
Ngh-grade gold ore in Helmuths
Quarters, with a pistol and $3.50 in
cash hidden in the lining of his
Baggage. A police circular. Chief
Welliver announced, showed Hell
muth was known by many aliases.
Evening star., 1941-12-06

the manufacturers "the great sacri-
fees and dislocations which we now
are undergoing can only be justified
by the promise of more and greater
opportunities for our people in the
years of peace to come"
J. Howard Pew, president of the
Sun Oil Co. of Philadelphia, told the
manufacturers:
I'm the best and vital interests
OF our country We dare not take for
granted that it is necessary for Gov
ernment in time of war to control
our total economic effort The Army
and Navy know better than you and
l what is needed to defend our coun-
try by force of arms. and We yield
to them to direct the effort. But we
know how to produce and We owe it
to our country to insist on maxi
mum production"
Evening star., 1941-12-06

honors after funeral services at 10
am. at his home.
A native of Germany, Mr.. Johrden
came to the United States in 1878
and joined the Navy shortly there
after. Retired from the Navy in
1916, he was recalled to serve as a
warrant officer in the Washington
Navy Yard commissary during the
World War. He was active in the
Nelson Miles Post of the Spanish
War Veterans.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mary Hamilton Johrden, who came
here from Galway, Ireland; two
sons, Timothy H. Johrden, employed
at the Washington Navy Yard, and
Louis G. Johrden of the New York
Office of the Associated Press, and
a daughter, Mrs. Cleland c. Nc
Dewitt, Poolesville, Md.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
|||egitimate Demands
Of Labor Assai|ed
By Thurman Arnold
Tells Manufacturers
Practices Cost Public
Billion in Year
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Assistant
Attorney General Thurman w. Ar
mold said last night that CONSUMERS
because of the illegitimate practices
of labor unions, strategically located
in transportation or distribution of
interests, are being forced to pay
tribute estimated by some econo-
mists to be over 100000 a
year"
Addressing the closing session of
the Congress of Industry sponsored
by the National Association of Man.
ufacturers, Mr.. Arnold said:
Labor conspiracies in many large
cities are preventing consumers
from having cheaper houses, cheap
er transportation and cheaper dis
tribution of the interests of life" he
said. THE United States has decided
that it wants high wages, short
hours and good working conditions
-" but it has not decided that 1t
wants price-fixing, the driving out
of independent enterprise, the stop
page of improvement in technology
or the private imposition of useless
cost in order to create unnecessary
or parasitic work.
Urges Legal Renalties.
"The priceless right Of labor to
maintain collective bargaining must
not be used for illegitimate ends, and
the remedy is to impose penalties
by law on those shortsighted labor
leaders who are foolish enough to
use their power for purposes which
have nothing to do with the legiti..
mate aims of labor"
Mr.. Arnold added that present
labor difficulties presented two prob
lens, defining the first as necessary
insurance that our defense program
shall not be tied up by the failure
of mediation in labor disputes" and
the second as "the indispensable
protection which independent busi-
ness men and consumers need
against extortion in time Of rising
prices"
The second problem "is being for
gotten today" he concluded.
The convention previously had
called on Congress to ban strikes
against the defense program. An
other resolution termed the Wagner
Act "a major factor in the growth of
irresponsible labor leadership and in
the large number of strikes OBJ
structing vital defense production" !"
Praises War Production.
K. T. Keller. president of Chrysler
Corp, which in recent months has
become one Of the worlds major
manufacturers of Army tanks. told
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Brotherhoods Sign
Contract Accepting
New Wage Scales
incorporating Roll
Unions Continue ToIks;
Strike Threot Ended
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Dec. 6-The threat
a Nationwide railroad strike, sche
uled to start tomorrow, YVES dissolv'
last night.
Representative of 350,000 un.
operating employees ratified ter
Of compromise settlement wori
out through mediation of Presto
Roosevelt's fact-f1nding commissl
and contract embodying the p
vision was signed by all parties.
The settlement, announced tt
day, provides wage increases OF
cents an hour or rs cents a day
operating employees who have |
receiving upward of S5 06 a day
had called strike to enforce
mands for 80 per cent boost.
Representatives of 100000 n
operating union workers said ne
tiations affecting them proba
would continue for several d.
These unions did not call a str
although they refused to accept pl
vious terms.
Asked 30 to "a Cents.
For incorporating labor, the CON
promise called for raises of 10 cen
an hour or 30 cents a day. They
have been paid an average of So "A
cents an hour and had demanded
increases of frora 80 to "a cents.
Reporting to Mr.. Roosevelt on its
mediation, the fact-finding commits
sion said yesterday in Washington it
believed its first decision in the dis
pute was entirely reasonable" al
though as mediators the members,
in effect, had reversed original rec
concentrations.
The railroads accepted, but the
brotherhoods rejected, original pro-
posals Of 7l2 per cent temporary
wage increases for operating labor
and 8 cents an hour for non-oper-
ating.
The commission said that in its
rehearing of the case the employees
counsel presented no new evidence,
urged larger increases than those
recommended and incorporat ton of
them in basic wage rates.
Rate Conference Ends.
Increases recommended in its No
vember S report, it continued. would
have increased average hourly .ail
labor earnings about I9 ger cent
compensate for pay roll increases
over 1887 levels, enjoyed by manu-
featuring labor.
Traffic executives Of the roads
ended private conference yesterday
on proposals to seek increased
freight rates and passenger fares to
| compensate for payroll increases
estimated at $500 100000 a year.
The fact-hnding commission cal
culated rate and fare increases
would approximate per cent if the
entire pay boost were passed on TO
the public. Approval of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission would
be needed before increases could be
effected.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
H,650-Ton Carrier
Launched at Keorny

KEARNY, N. j., Dec. 6 LP.-The
Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.,
now urAK Navy management. COM
pleted its 1941 launching program
today when the 17,650-ton oil tanker
E. w. Sinclair splashed into the
Hackensack River.
The E. w. Sinclair, a sister ship
Of the Patrick J. Hurley, launched
here october 81, Is one Of the largest
petroleum carriers in the world. It
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Toll Of 47 Reported
As British Planes
Again Raid Naples
Notable Damage to
Houses Caused,
ItoIions Say
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, Dec. 6-British planes,
resuming their bombing Of the port
Of Naples last night, caused AZ
casualties and notable damage to
houses, the high command reported
today.
The Italians said seven persons
were killed and two score injured by
the British bombs.
They added that fires were
started, but said they were promptly
controlled.
The high command said the Brit
ish lost three raiding planes.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Traffic Lane VioIutor
Admits He Pointed 1t

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6-Rob-
ert L. Bragg, AZ, was fined S5 for
straddling the white traffic line
while motoring across the bay bridge.
whats the matter?" asked Mu-
nicipal Judge Herbert C. Kaufman.
Didn't you know the white line was
there?"
Il ought to, your honor Mr..
Bragg blushed. Il painted it there
Evening star., 1941-12-06
State Drops Charges
In Naval Plane KiIIinq
BY the Associated Press.

MOBILE, Ala, Dec. g. State
charges against two former Naval
ensigns for decapitating an Ala
bama woman by flying low over a
field in which she was working have
been dismissed, Solicitor Ralph
Jones of Monroeville announced
yesterday.
Paul c. Brown of Chicago and
Joseph c. Thompson of Healdsburg.
Calf, were court-martialed by the
Navy last May after the wing of
their plane killed Mrs. Robert Phil
lips Of Robertdale in a turnup field.
Secretary Of Navy Knox this week
signed an order remitting unserved
portions Of their sentences and or
dered their release from Ports
mouth, N. H., Naval prison Decem-
ber Is.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
EIks' Lodge to Hold
Memorial Service

Washington Lodge of Elks will
hold memorial services for members
who died during the last year at 8
pm. tomorrow in the Elks' Club, 9l9
H street NV. The Rev. DR.. John K
Cartwright. pastor of the Church of
the Immaculate Conception, will be
the guest speaker.
Roy M. Perry is chairman Of the
Memorial Committee. On a large
cross lights will burn in memory of
the deceased members. The Cross
Committee includes William Keefer,
Daniel H. Cleary and Joseph john
son,
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Enemy Shipping Attacked
In Night, British Report

LONDON, Dec. s tP.-British air
raids last night on enemy shipping
off the Norwegian, Dutch and
French coasts were reported today
by the Air Ministry.
Weather in most cases prevented
observation of the results, the min
istry declared, but added that an
armed trawler attacked off the
Dutch coast yesterday was left sink
ing and supply ship raided in the
Bay of Biscay was seen to be hit.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Hub Furniture Co.
To Distribute Bonus

The management of the Huh
Furniture Co. announced today that
a Christmas bonus will be distributed
to its employees during the week OF
December Is.
Those employees who have served
wear or more will receive two
weeks salary; six months to one
year, one weeks salary. Other en-
ployes who have been with the COM
pany six months or employed before
October Is receive a bonus equal tc
one-half weeks salary.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Wunderbirds Slate Hike

A hike of about eight miles along
the Middle and South branches of
Pohick Creek in Fairfax County,
Va, will be taken by the Wander
bird Hiking Club tomorrow, with
busses leaving in front of the Ma
tional Theater at 9 am. to get
the mixers out of the city.
Evening star., 1941-12-06

was the 18th vessel to slide down the
kearny ways this year.
Miss Katherine Anne Bishop, a
granddaughter of Earle w. Sinclair,
president of the Sinclair Refining
Co.. christened the new ship in the
presence of Rear Admiral Harold G.,
Bowen, naval commandant of the
yard. and Sinclair officials.
Evening star., 1941-12-06

S n ! p S OF tne
Navy, died yes
terday in an am
bulance en- route
to the N a V a |
Hospital fro m
his hom e at
545 Fourteenth
street Sc.
A heart attack
was given as the
C a us e of his
death. Mr.. Johr-
den will be bur-
led Monday in
Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery
with military
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Streetcur Motormun
Is Found Suicide by Cos

Stephen r. Royal, 81, a street car
motorman, was found this morning
by his wife, Margaret, lying uncon-
scious on a bed in his home, CAT
Park road NV. Gas was escaping
from a wall jet which had been un-
used for years, police said. Mr..
- Royal was pronounced dead by a
physician arriving on a. Casualty
Hospital ambulance.
Neighbors said Mr.. Royal had
been in poor health recently. Cor
oner A. Magruder Macdonald issued
Q certificate of suicide.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Girl Born to Betty Warner

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 6 up. "A
daughter was born yesterday to
Betty Warner, daughter of Film
Executive Harry Warner, and her
movie = producer husband. Milton
Sperling.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Weather Report
{ Furnished by the


northwest
Virginia Mayand-Mosy colder
and moderately cold.
colder tonight
aratal cold
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Louis Johrden, IS, Dies;
50 Years in u. :. Service

Louis Johrden. IS, veteran of a
half century of Government service
which began on the old wooden
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Record for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today.
Highest, 65. at 4 pm. yesterday. Year
Lowest. As at ago am. today. Year
ago. "a.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 100. on July %.
Lowest, 49, on March 1s.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today9
Highest. 81 per cent, at am. yester-
Lowest, So per cent. At 8 an. today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Weather Conditions Last "a Hours.

An extensive mass Of moderately cold
air Of polar origin has spread southeast
ward over the Central States and into
the Middle and North Atlantic States and
a. far south as the Middle and West Gulf
States. accompanied by fair weather The
disturbance that was centered over the
Middle Atlantic States Friday morning
by rains over portions of the Middle and
North Atlantic States, while the disturb
ance that was moving northeastward over
the upper Lake region Yesterday has moved
beyond the field of observations.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
River Report
Report for Last "a Hours.

Potomac and Shenandoah rivers clear at
Harpers Ferry: Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
Evening star., 1941-12-06

FURNISHED by United States Coast
Geodetic Survey
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Children Hard 20 Fool

Women like to be baffled, says
Russell Swami, Straightforward art
list, but they don't like to stay baf-
fed. If a trick is done for a girl,
il must be explained, or she gets
mad. He says that dentists and doc
tors often excel as amateur nagi-
clans, and children are harder to
fool than intellectual grown-ups who
attempt to apply logic. Some big
shot racketeers take keen interest
in sleight-of-hand, and are as diff
ficult to fool as children. Swami
was born in Washington. d. C., so
perhaps conjuring came to him cas-
lily and naturally.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
.Jai-a-Iai in America

Jai-a-lai-a game the Philippines
have produced-is now being intro
duced into this country by II young
athletes who a few years ago were
taking pot shots at each other in the
Spanish civil war. The game is
something like handball, only it is
faster. The players strap a basket
or costa to their forearm and use
it for scooping up and hurting a
hard fast ball. The game is played
as singles or doubles in a three
walled court.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Rooster Locates Body

Locating a body under water. by
means of a live rooster, NAV be
tried by county commissioners OF
King county. Washington. They
have spent $4,000 in an attempt to
recover a body of man drowned
a year ago. The rooster angle came
into prominence through the sugges.
ton of a woman who told the COM
missioners that the bodies of her
husband and son, drowned in a lake
in Iowa, were recovered with the aid
of the fowl. The rooster was placed
in crate and put in boat and
then rowed around the lake. And
when they came over or near the
bodies, the rooster crowed and the
bodies were recovered, she claims.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Levied Income Tax
In ancient Greece
Egyptians Also Obliged to
Share With State.

WASHINGTON, PA.-The income
tax dates back $500 years to an
cient Egypt and was a colonial in
stitution in this country, according
to Washington and Jefferson col
1ege instructor
In his History of the Income
Tax" Instructor Reynol v. Ullom
traced forms of the tax to 1880 B. G.
From the Egyptian beginning, he
wrote, it swept through Greece, It.
ally and various parts of Europe and
was used in colonial Massachusetts
in 1913.
The ancient Greece tax was based
on an individuals ability to pay. U.s.
ually it was graft and political cor
ruption that caused income levies
to be repealed, the thesis said.
Massachusetts income tax was to
provide for common defense.
Other colonies made similar lev
les. The first state income tax was
levied by Pennsylvania in 1910. 1t
was lCpSdiSO oA JSdI . idICl.
The Civil war brought income lev
les to a permanent basis in the Unit
ed States, with practically every
Southern state imposing such taxes.
The first federal income tax law
in 1862 imposed per cent tax on
incomes from $500 to $4,000, and
per cent in excess of $4,000.
In 1865 it was raised to S per
cent on incomes from $500 to $1,000
and 10 per cent in excess of $4,000.
The following year $1,000 exemp-
ton became effective but was re-
placed in 1871.
This levy was the form Of legisla-
ton for 20 years.
The next federal income law, in
1894, was invalidated by the SUI
preme court on grounds it lacked
representation and was Of commu-
njstic nature
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
No Lady Plumbel q. But

Although there are lady plumbers
in many states, there are none in
Rhode Island, according to Con-
stance Harris, statistician for a
newspaper in Providence. But Rhode
Island has % women paper-hangers,
IA women undertakers, seven wom-
en- porters, four women stonecutters,
four women forest rangers, two pro-
fessional fisherwomen and two
women auctioneers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Plan Meals Ahead

Children require abundant food to
keep well, grow and develop mental
ly and physically. but that food must
be wisely chosen. Just eating a lot
is not enough. Where the budget is
small, economy is achieved by get
ting the most in nutriments for your
food dollar. Plan your meals for a
week at time, not day by day. Then
you will be able to shop more Geo.
nomically.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Scatter Rugs

Tufted scatter rugs with a luXuri-
Gus deep pile are easy and quick to
make and very inexpensive. For
the backing, get crash duck warp
cloth or plain burlap. Colored
worsted rug yarn and a neutral col
ored cotton thread will complete
your materials. Your equipment is
simply your sewing machine with
the handicraft-guide attachment.
Draw the design in colored crayons
matching yarns to be used and leave
three-inch margin.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Metals Against Sea

Today there are. metals against
the sea just as there are men
against the sea. And as every man
of a ships crew has specific duties
to perform aboard ship. so have
modern marine metals and alloys.
The high-nickel alloys, such as
monel and inconel, are naval engi-
neering metals and are all strong,
rustproof and highly corrosion-
resistant. Yet each has a distinctive
combination of properties which
make it suited for certain jobs few
other metals could handle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
How Deep Is Depth?

Depths of oceans vary. Each
ocean has extra deep portions called
"deeps," which doesn't necessarily
have any connection with average
depths. The Pacific ocean has the
deepest depths, then the Atlantic,
the Indian ocean and then the Carib-
bean sea. The Pacific is also deep
est in average depth, followed by
the Indian ocean, the Atlantic, the
Caribbean sea and the Gulf Of Mex
leo.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-23
Tunney, Not Louis, Champion

Joe Louis is not the worlds heavy.
weight champion under the Marquis
Of Queensberry rules. These rules Of
the American prize ring say: "All
titles must be won and lost in the
ring; no fighter has the / over to
give the title away" Which. IL true,
means that Max Schmeling, Jack
Sharkey, Primo Camera, Max Baer
and Jimmy Braddock never were
real champions, but boxing commits
sion-made champions. Gene Tunney
retired indicated, so he is still the
heavyweight champion and as long
as he remains in retirement the title
is vacant.