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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

Close Week
Awards Given ~ Country
Club Saturday Evening

The thirty first annual
Junior Week ended AZ the
Tacoma Golf and Country club
Saturday evening when 81
tired but happy youngsters
gathered around the tables in
the clubhouse dining room
where Mayor Harry p. Cain
awarded the trophies and
prizes. The events of the
week were we'll attended and
under the very able direction
of Mr.. L. F. Wing this years
events were the finest the
club has ever had.
Cordy Wagner was the winner
Of the senior girls golf matches
with Phil weyerhaeuser the run
ner-up. The senior girls golf
event was championed BY Miss
Marian Ingram with Hazel Sehsef-
fer the runner-up. Douglas Wing
won the major honors Of the week
by winning the L. T. Murray
championship award for the hoy
or girl winning the most events 81
the week. Douglas was the winner
OF the junior boys golf match as
well as being the medalist. lie
was winner Of the junior tennis
singles and doubles He also won
two of the field events Boys and
girls who won trophies and awards
in golf and tennis were. Phil
Weycrhaeuser. Bin o'Neil. Charles
Chandler, Arthur Allen. George
Rabbit. Steve Chandler. Frances
Olzendam. Barbara LaGssa. Orka
Wingate. Fred ONei. Betty Hub
bard. George WeyerhauSer Tom
Murray, Jack sweeting. Mary
Elizabeth Abeel.
Winners in the field day events
were, Tom Murray, Arthur Allen.
Mike Orr. Gene Strong. Betty Ann
Hansen. Elizabeth Weyerhauser
Bill ONeil. Douglas Wing, Fred
shaneman. wendy Wagner. sally
Gilpin, Ann kellar, Mart Kellar.
Steve Chandler. Everett Grigcs
III, Marine Kellsr. Joan Leaver-
ton, Cordy Wagner. Marian In
gram, Frances Olzendam, Ellie
Mills and Phil weyerhauser. The
swimming events and diving events
were won by Bill ONeil. Steve
Chandler. Fred Shaneman. Cordy
Wagner, Dave beaverton. Marion
Long, Peggy Rust. Elizabeth
Weyerhaeuser. Ann Barr. The
sail boat race honors went TO
Arthur and Harold Allen In first
place and Tom Murray and Cordy
Wagner in second place.
Consolation prizes were awarded
10 Elizabeth Olzendam. Nancy
Mackle, 10 Ann beaverton. Frs
kline Ingram. Ann D. Hurley. John
Gullikson. Nancy Griggs. Dana
c orse, Barbara Blankenhorn.
George Rabbit, Jack Rabbit, Adj
rienne Allison. Roger Wing. Jane
T1tcomb. Ribbits Strong. Marga-
rot Snyder, Dick Shanemsn.
George c. Perkins. Dwight Orr.
IT, Gail Conner and Tommy Barr.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26
September Bride Elect
Is Honored

In honor Of Miss Helen Ostness,
charming younger daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. o. A. ostness, 4324 SO.
G. st, and September bride-elect OF
Mr.. Harold Hanson. Mrs. Oliver
Keene audrey Spurloch enter
tanned Thursday evening at the
home Of her mother Mrs. Spencer
Spurlock of South Sheridan ave
nue.. with bridal shower.
Pastel gladioh in tall baskets
were effectively used in the rooms.
Yellow pompoms and delicate
orchid asters with baby breath
formed the mirrored centerpiece Of
the buffet table. Miniature bride
and groom with tall yellow tapers
were on either side of the large
, bowl Of flowers
Miss Helen was the recipient of
many beautiful gifts for her home
to-be.
Mrs. Roy Beddoe assisted her
mother in the service of the delec-
table supper.
The invited guests were Misses
Helen and Irene Ostness, their
mother Mrs. o. A. Ostness, Mrs.
II. Hanson, Miss Viola Hanson,
mother and sister Of the groom-to-
be. the Misses Daisy Dewle, Helen
Cole, Josephine Clifton, Dorothy
Peters, Ruth Davey. Vivian Cru
yer. Mary Barger. Olivia Sund-
berg, Agnes Willis, Josephine
Lindgren. Frances Barr. Hazel
Beddoe. Shirley Beddoe, Marcella
Frederick. Margaret Hunt. Norma
Jean Lilly, Edna Mclean. Mollie
Dee Yates. Edith Smith, Mildred
Backer. Lillian Jacobsen. Anita
Kinberg. Ruth Downton. Barbara
Billiard. Tina Larson, Orla Lar
son. Mary Smith. Helen Smith. LA
Kjos, Mesdames Arthur Hart. HUI
bert Swartz, Dale McKernan. Carl
Anderson, 1. f. Thomas. George
KOS.
Lydia Crossett Sewing club will
meet Tuesday for potluck luncheon
at Harmon park. In case OF IN
element weather they will go TO
the home of Mrs Harry Blanchard.
S403 So. Yakima ave. at 1890
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26
Alumnae 10 Meet
For PICNIC Tuetday

The aiumnas 81 Deitz Rho Cam
ma sorority viii meet for q picnic
Tuesday morning - 10 o'clock Al
the Metropolitan beach, Point De
fianee park Coffee vii be served
by the COMMITTEES. Mrs Albert
schmitz. Mrs stanley Dahl ana
Miss Elizabeth stuen The after
noon viii be- spent in sports
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26
Gay Day
Track
rssems Fsrs Dot Crowd
Foe Imperssrs Running

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reasons 10 acclaim Sunday
afternaon "A ana af fhaz~ ex.
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with sunny skies following :
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ne ssaHoh ssas ~
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crowned ~ = tacoma wofnAhs
Mrs.. Willard 7. Nriscn. wife
IF DR. <elssu. chairman ~ the
Washington state Racing
commission.
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26
Miss Paulson Weds Sunday
In Afternoon Ceremony
Becomes Bride OF Mr.. Anderson AZ ST. LvIe's Church;
To Live in Onslssss After Trip 10 Oregon Beaches

Just as the late dropping low in the
western SKY Sunday afternoon paused shed pretty
Of light through the stained glass windows Of St
Lukes Memorial Episcopal church for the o'clock wedding
ceremony in which Miss Violet Dorothy Pauson became
the bride of Mr.. William Farquhar Anderson.
The setting garden-ke with white floral arch
way beneath which the ceremony read by the Rev
Arthur Bell Candeabra were placed on either side Of
the arrangement Preceding the ceremony Mrs. Walter
Gervas played organ music and Mr.. Paul Blackstone Of
Aberdeen sang.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26
Takes Vows
In Everett
Miss Aolensssd. NJ.
Young PEeh' roth

Young Plight roth
Two hundred and flfty
guests we're present At Our
Saxieurs Lutheran church IN
Everett Saturday evening At
: 20 o'clock - Mics Rheda
Mae Haksnstad. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs Martin Hoken-
stad 81 Snohomish. became
he bride ef Walter Ernest
Young Of farklAnd.
The Rev. Thee Hokenstad.
uncle ~ the bride. assisted BY
the Rev. {. II. Norgaard. read
the single ring service in =
background of candelabra and
baskets Of pink and white
gladiolas aud dahlias.
Preceding TIE wedding Ai-s
Remala Hu.s. accompanies ~
Mls. Ruth NosTAsrsi sang easai a
The Night
The bride given IN marriage ~
her father. sore = kewn AZ an
fiqsed embroidered mareuizstts
with sweetheart nsehEins Ter
train wAs long and fuii me vssi
n Illusion. edged ln ACE va
caught 70 her head ~ = uars -
seed pearls In the shower eous
qurt which me carried ~ere Flns
ras. buds white ~ssst peas. ara
stsphonstis
Natrnn ~ honor Vas Ar. ken
meth rayinr az Tacoma sesrnx
yellow msrqulsetts she earned
falling sprays q queen lace
daisies. pempoms and sweet pea.
The other bridal attendants.
Ma. Esther Nufgsard and Aase,
Gerdc wore sqaa ofgsady. while
tho Misses Nefnlta spaoaer and
kunioe smith wors pink asEaadY
Al carried bouquets similar n ths
mstron ~ hanof's candellf hters
we're the Misses Carol Hawk and
Lenorr Rasmussen who sers
lavender and ysllaw orKandy. re-
spertively.
Rest man was Joseph Han-sn
~ Falkland Warren Haasnstsd.
brother ~ IN. bride. ksHnsth
Taylor. Walter sisrha and John
YounE. brother o. tn. groom ~srs
ushers
Following the ceremony Ninn
Romola Rust accompanied by
Miss Ruth NerTaard sang The
Lords Prayer"
Al the reception which followed
IN The church social psriors. Mrs
Martin Hoksnstad. mother 81 the
bride. received wearing . dusty
rose crepe Nth y oorsags NJ ro~.
buds and gladiell.
Cladloiss dahlias. and astsrs III
shades ~ pink and white we're
about the room Miss Mildred
Young. SISTER ~ the groom. Mrs.
Thee Hohenatad. aunt II tas bride,
Mrs. 6 christorher~on. and Mia.
Grace Blnmquist presided at ths
table which vas decorated with
Maltese cross cake ana pink and
white flowers sith tApsrs.
Other. assisting NJ the iarg. 70.
eepton we're the Misses Martha
Harmon. Jeanette shatsweli Ven.
eta johnson. Edith Christensen,
Laura rAyden Doris Nesvig. Ruth
Bsngtaon. Aialis posso. and Mrs
Carl Lawrence
Leaving on = trip IN Victoria.
tho bride we're far trimmed hlss
costume suit sith brown secss.
soris# The bride and groom. fpi.
lowing The wedding trip. will h. a,
home IN Falkland
Mrs.. Young IL graduate ~
Pacific Lutheran college and The
University ~ Washington. and for
the past thr~. year. she hss
served ss assistant Dean 81 wo.
men ~ 2. L. e. NJ. Young
graduated from pselfie L4,hsfan
college snd attended Luther col.
leEs IN Deeofah. IoAA.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26
CHARGE NEGLIGENCE

r. H. Combs was booked for
negligent driving Saturday. fol
loving an accident st 18th and X
sts when his car became involved
In a collision with one driven b.
Howard sayler.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

bu<eh Wsnn f,~Tt~ Messages. MARI
kEnr Art n-tty oicnnnrr
noEn Nr Art Ms usNsfq -
tsaef>a ne eetirzs q Puget susns
where fheF sffEHsfsd wsth n=ifa
kepr. ~ sna ksprs Asxue
rhsts. respectively
rasy mozoFes ~ nfsxen heeah<s
snd "a - 81 han~ N a>n Ffan=
clsea after sept. /.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

To Be Bride
Miss Williams viii Become
Bride OF Mr.. Brandt Bede

From Montreal. Canada,
comes news OF the announce
ment of the engagement of
Miss Elsheth william s,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
II. Williams. 10 Mr.. Brandt
Bede. son of Mrs. Bertha Bede
of Tacoma.
Miss Williams. graduate Of
McGil university. also studied At
the sorbonne in Paris She Is now
on the teaching staff Of McGiu
Miss Williams is member Of Cam
ma Phi Beta sorority.
Mr.. Beds attended the College Of
Puget Sound and graduated from
the University Of Washington. For
the past tire. years he has been
attending the MeCni university
medical school MI Bcds - a
member Of Sigma Pm Epsilon fra
ternity.
Mrs. Beds u returning with her
snn 10 Montreal for the wedding
which is 10 take place IN early Sep
TENDER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26
Miss Mattson Weds Tacoma
Man in Olympia August II
Popular Couple WH Nal. Home n San Frsncseo
After Wedding Trip: Tacoma Minister Assists

The marriage = week 40 IN Olympia N wheh Mis- Lillian
MArxarefha Mattsnn. daughter u Mr. and Mrs Jenn A.
Mattson hecame ne hrds II Mr. Charles Joseph HcSsry
q much interest here well slner The BRIDEGROOM !
the of Mr. ard Mrs. Joseph Freeman Mc<afy OF
this csy.
Wedding VOWS wvre exchanged in elaFa ri Lutheran
church. Olympia O'Clock the afternoon last Sunday
with the Rev J. Renwiek Mccullough ef First Presbyterian
church. Tacoma. assisting The Rev Elmer johnson IN
the ceremony
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

Pouring we're Aasda1nss Emil
fssrtlin. William austafson and
william Msttsan. the brides god
maihsfa. and Mira Frank Rack.
hund
Mas Perm Lyon rut the briss' :
caks and aiss Mary Onsar and
Miss Ceraidins aselsy served the
ICES Miss Mare Campbell ard
Miss Frances Hfo~n vsss IN
charge ~ the punch bosi ard Mls.
Betty ilsstnn presided 81 the AFT
table Miss Prudence Wilson had
N. guest eooh
por travsiing tho bride .ofs ;
blue gray ~eoi tailored saig Ntth
closs. fittins hro~n fsis hat. orsnss
feather trimmed lisf other acres
sarlss siao wsrs bso3n sd ana
Nofs = rofsaKs ~ ssshlsis
Tssomsns attending ths wedding
wefe dsasrs and Mechanics a.
Quincy Auatael. Charles HOPKINS.
iohn Smith. Donald Hrs~s.uxh.
Henry skramstsd. J. A. titintlsy.
calvin stewart. Hsrblns MoaFDs.
ftslmui Jssilns issifion Bla@sii.
Dr and Srs. A. Burton Brown ard
Nj. and Mrs j - Mccullough
MesdafDsa a. T. itntahlnson. Dan.
isl o'cenasii snd James boyd.
sorority sisters motoring 10 tina
affair asfs Misses Betty fisatOn.
MARY kaihsfins lfszsF. Nsfisa
Wilkinson Anne Louise ufslws.
Martha hcsssl. Wyena Dlemss.
Marcia wooa. srofsHee itifd. L~.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

Your Postmaster can tel ysas
hos - invest In y. \. Dsfsnse
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

Tacoma Chapter. q. " =,
Ladies auxiliary will hold a pot
luck picnic luncheon ~ the home
OF Mrs. Morton Gregory. Rlgnsy
road. Wednesday at II 80
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

Mare thar hair tn< ~fsbi~ lands
~ Japan are asyaiesI 10 rice gFa-
iuesisn
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Traffic Death Inquests Free
Girl and Truck Driver

Two motorists were free TODAY fol-
lowing their release yesterday at
coroners inqueStS in the traffic
deaths of George w. Carrick. 50. Of
1919 Park road NV. and Catherine
Madison, 10. colored, of 78 Defrees
street NV
Mr.. CarrlCk was struck March IA
by car driven by Miss Ethel S.
Hayden, II, of 300 Connecticut
avenue NV. as he was walking
across Park road near Pine street
NV. He died March l8
Witnesses testified that the victim
was looking in the opposite direction
to that in which the striking auto
mobile was travelling and that ne
stepped into the street from between
parked cars He was wearing
hearing device at the time of the
accident.
The Madison girl was fatally in
jured Saturday when she fell be-
meath the wheels of a truck driven
by Thomas F. Burke. %, of Seat
PleaSaD, Md. She died Monday.
Testimony at the hearing revealed
that the girl was playing with a
rope which was stretched across the
street. The cord became entangled
in the front axle Of the heavy ma
chine, drawing the child under the
right rear wheel of the truck.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Giannini Interests Offer
To Buy Standard tobacco
S3y the Associated Press

s3y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 26.-John M.
Harlan, trustee of Standard Com
mercial Tobacco Co, Inc, notified
the company's stockholders and
creditors today that the Giannini
interests, through Capital Co, a
subsidiary of s-America Corp,
had offered to buy the bankrupt
firms main assets.
Capital Co. has offered to pay
100000 or about sl250 a share,
for the block of 80,610 shares of
class "B" common stock of AXton-
Fisher Tobacco Co., which is the
principal holding of Standard Com
mercial.
Sale of this block of stock two
years ago to a group headed by
Wertheim & Co. and w. L. Lyons &
Co. was set aside February II, 1910,
by r. P. Stephenson, Federal referee
In bankruptcy.
Standard Commercial paid 81
n60. .268 in January 1886, for 1888
shares of the AXton-FiSh stock,
giving it control of that company,
the manufacturer of Spud. Twenty
Grand and other brands of ciga-
rettes.
Approval of the sale of the shares
10 Capital Co. will be asked of the
United States District Court April l.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Buckley Case Hearing
RescheduIed for April 8

The reopened driving while drunk
case against NJ Edward Buckley, jr.
an attorney, is scheduled to come
up again in Police Court on April 8,
as a result of two-week con-
tinuance yesterday.
The case was continued again yes
terday by Judge George D. Nelson
after he was told Mr. Buckley was
engaged in trying case in District
Court. The April date was decided
upon finally after the court was
informed that Mr. Buckley planned
to engage former United States At
torney Leo A. Rover as his attorney,
and that Mr.. Rover would be busy
with another case.
Yesterday had been set for a
hearing on an amended plea in bar
filed by Mr.. Buckley. in which he
claimed double jeopardy in the re-
opened driving -while-drunk> case.
The plea claims the charge already
has been taken care of in a charge
Of driving on the wrong side of the
street. to which he pleaded guilty
Hl odiludIy
Also to have been heard yester-
day was A replication by Assistant
Corporation Counsel Edward w.
Thomas, in which he attacks the
amended plea. Hearings both on
Mr.. Buckley's amended plea and on
Mr.. Thomas replication now are
scheduled for the April date.
The original driving-while-d drunk
charge was preferred against Mr..
Buckley after his automobile had
struck two automobiles on Thir-
teenth street NV. last July. The
driving-while-drunk charge was nolle
pressed in October. Subsequently,
Mr., Buckley was charged with driv-
ing on the wrong side of the street.
Evening star., 1941-03-26

tressing picture of some of the costs
of protracted reorganization pro-
ceedings.''
The report stated that the rail-
road ended 1910 with a S2,003, 900
deficit after all fixed charges, in
cluding full interest accruals on
present capital structure and de-
probation charges of So, 1923 900, an
improvement of $4,000 over 1889
and the lowest deficit since 1882.
Gross revenues of $85 ,6o4 900 were
the highest since 1881, an increase
of 2.6 per cent over 1889. Freight
revenues increased 6.3 per cent and
passenger dropped 38 per cent. the
latter due to reduction in coach
fares to cents a mile.
Gross ton miles increased 53 per
cent to the highest point since 1881.
Taxes increased by S4l5 900 to So
608, ,000-equivalent to 165 cents for
every dollar paid in wages and SAL
aries.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
New Haven President
Says He Will Fight
For Stockholders
!. c. c. Reorganization
Plan Declared 'Unfoir
And lnequitoble'
3, the Associated Press.

EN lnt ASSOCldteQ HreSS.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 90
President Howard S. Palmer of the
New York, New Haven e. Hartford
Railroad told the stockholders in his
annual report yesterday the COM
pany would oppose as unfair and
inequitable" the Interstate Com
merce Commissions reorganization
plan to wipe out their equity.
He charged that the commission
had failed to give effect TO three
important factors bearing on the
value of the equity of present stock
holders" and listed them as:
l. Perpetual leasehold rights in
the Grand Central Terminal and
perpetual easement over the New
York g. Harlem Railroad.
2. Current improvement in earn
ings and future prospects and the
company's recuperative powers as
demonstrated by its past earnings
record.
g. The effect of the cancellation, as
provided in its plan, of claims of the
Old Colony and Boston & Providence
Railroads.
Mr.. Palmer said that the total
claims for expenses, fees or COM
penSation for services incident to
the reorganization up to December
81 amounted to s2,200.0O0. adding
that the incidence of these claims
and their amount affords a dis
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Commodity Credit Extends
Wheat Pooling Date
a, the Associated Press.

E> the Associated Press.
Because of loan repayments, the
Commodity Credit Corp. has ex-
tended from May II to May 81 the
time it would pool commercially
stored wheat taken over from farm
er-borrowers under commodity loan
foreclosures.
AS previously announced. farmer
borrowers wishing to redeem loan
wheat must repay their loans by
April 30
Commercially stored wheat not re-
deemed by April 80 would be pooled
and sold Any excess over the loans
and incidental charges would be
prorated among the original holders
of the grain sold.
Recent price advances have caused
many farmers to take steps to re-
deem loan grain. The extension and
time of pooling any possible unre-
deemed wheat was made necessary,
officials said, by the heavy loan re-
payments of recent weeks.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Foreign Trade LuII
Regarded as Only
Temporary Trend
Hamilton Institute
Sees Adequate Funds
To Buy U. S. Goods
PER CENT
PER ANkUM
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispat tch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 26.-The
year 194l started with the export
trade of the United States running
below the level of year ago, ac-
cording to the Alexander Hamilton
Institute The value of merchandise
exported from this country declined
to 1925 100000 in January from
S370, 0,0000 900 in the corresponding
month last year, a decrease of 12.2
per cent.
Apparently the only fundamental
reason for this curtailment was the
disruption of the normal channels
of trade by the European war and
the blockade. From the standpoint
of the ability to pay foreign coun-
tries were evidently in position to
buy a much larger amount of Amer
lean goods.
1t is true that funds derived by
foreign countries from the sale OF
merchandise to the United States in
January we're not sufficient to
finance the amount of goods pur-
chased despite the curtailment OF
buying which the January export
trade figures of the United States
revealed. The value of merchandise
imported into the United States de-
clined to s228,000O00 in January
this year from s242, 10000 in the
corresponding month last year. I'm
ports this year were thus valued
at S97,000,000 less than exports.
Shipments of gold and silver by
foreign countries to the United
States in January, however, were
more than sufficient to finance the
excess of American merchandise ex-
ports over imports. Net imports of
gold and silver into the United
States in January amounted to
s238 900 900, or Sal 100000 more
than was necessary to meet the eX-
cess of merchandise exported from
the United States over the amount
imported
Foreign countries thus had an
excess of funds in January which
could have been used to make larger
purchases of American goods. Fur
thermore, foreign countries had a
large supply of funds in the United
States which they had previously
accumulated. Ever since the begin
ming of 1884 the combined value of
merchandise, gold and silver i'm
ported into the United States has
exceeded the value of merchandise
exported from this country.
Consequently, it may be expected
that despite the setback in January
the tendency will be for the export
trade of the United States to con-
tinue the expansion which was evil
dent in 1910. This is particularly
in prospect because of the passage
of the lease-lend bill, providing aid
to Great Britain, and the intention
of the United States to finance this
aid to the amount of $1,000, 900 900.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
0|av Says Norway
Is Fighting Actively
As Ally Of Britain
Greatest Contribution,
However, Called Work Of
1000 Merchant Ships
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 26.-Crown
Prince Olav Of Norway declared last
night that the people of Norway
were "doggedly and irresistably op-
posed to the German invaders and
their Norwegian puppets" and were
playing an active part as an ally of
Great Britain.
Through the lawful government
of King Haakon and the cabinet Gn
London" he said in a speech be-
fore the Economic Club of New
York, many millions of dollars have
the war outside of Norway; dollars
which maintain fighting land, air
and naval units in Great Britain
and which are training hundreds of
Norwegian pilots in Canada"
The Royal Norwegian Navy and
Air Force, including the latest type
of American bombers and fighter
planes and some of the transferred
American destroyers." the Prince
said, lis taking its full share of the
task of protecting shipping lanes.
particularly in North Atlantic waters
between Great Britain and Iceland.
in the Channel and in the Caribbean
Sea"
The greatest contribution that
Norway is making. Olav said. lis
her merchant marine. approximately
1000 ships totaling nearly 4,000.0 900
tons. most of them fast, modern
craft, and manned by about 25 900
seamen, are at this moment sailing
the main trade routes of the world as
we'll as bringing vitally needed food
supplies and war material of all
kinds TO Great Britain"
John Cowles, president of the
Minneapolis Star Journal. who &C
companied Wendell Willkie to Eng
land, said that with some eXcep-
tions, German bombing has stimu-
lated rather than reduced British
war production"