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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-20
D. A. R. Chapter
To Hold Picnic
Mary BslI Members TO
Meet Monday Afternoon

The annual picnic of Mary
Ball chapter. Daughters of the
American Revolution, Is sci
for Monday afternoon at !
o'clock at the main picnic
grounds in Point Defiance
park. Mrs. A. w. Norwood
Is chairman of the affair and
Is being assisted by Miss
Emma Moir and Mrs. William
B. Gregg.
The junior members Of the chap
ter and their children have been
particularly invited 10 attend this
affair which viii be open also 10
guests Of members.
Following luncheon Mrs. c. c.
Mellinger. the regent. win cali a
brief business meeting. Members
have been asked to bring their
own table service. sandwiches and
either a salad or hot dish.
Heading the juniors. succeeding
Nrs. Fred Fr5berg. Ia Mrs. Elmer
G. Hagen. who was recently elect
I'd chairman OF the group.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-20
Tacoma GirIs Attend
Announcement Tea in Seattle

Miss Msrijean Morris was one
Of the brides-elect honored at the
tea Miss Margaret Sebastian gave
in Seattle Wednesday TO announce
her engagement 10 DR.. George
Reeves. A group Of Tacoma girls
motoring over for the occasion in
cluded Mrs. Douglas Gonyea. Miss
Ann Murray, just home from
vsssar. Miss Betty Doud. Miss
Margaret NcCirnis. Miss Jean
Hutchinson and Miss Virginia
Haines.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-20
Tseomsns vsesiionine
Al Banff SPRINGS

Registered at the Banff Springs
hotel in the Canadian Rockies of
Alberta. are Miss V. d. Paulson.
Miss Floydstead and Mr.. and Mrs.
II. 4. Rogers Of Tacoma.
Ways and Means club Of Olym-
pic RebekAh lodge win meet at the
home OF Mrs. Francis Brown. 4o52
So. C st, Friday for 1880 lunch
con. Mrs. John Blaser viii be the
assisting hostess. Business will fol-
low with Mrs. Sherman Ward In
charge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-20
Step Out From
Your Ugly Fat!


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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-20
Couple Takes Vows
Here Tuesday

Miss Carrie Cozort Of Popular
Bluff, Mo, and Mr.. James II.
Estes of Tacoma were married
Tuesday evening in the study of
the First Christian church. Mar
rage vows were read by the pas
tor, Rev. Carl A. Johnson. The
young couple will make their home
in Tacoma.
Ladies' Auxiliary 10 the n. A. I.
c. will hold their regular social
meeting at Kress' dining room. No.
Tacoma ave. and Division, Friday
at 1890. Reservations may be
made at Garland 27O2-R.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-20
Mrs. Bertram P. Thomas Named
President of State Federation
Washington Club Women Choose Prominent Tacoma
Member at Annual Meeting Now in Session in Seattle

State honors came to Tacoma Wednesday when Mrs.
Bertram p Thomas prominent cubwoman of this city,
named president of the Washington State Federation of
Women's Clubs meeting for its annual session in Seattle
this week The election followed reports statewide pro-
grams being conducted by the federation.
Mrs Thomas has been actively associated with club a
fairs Tacoma for number of years She past president
of the Tacoma Womans club and has recently been state
legislation chairman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-20

Popular Couple Repeats Vows
AT Emmanuel Presbyterian Church
Dr. Wheeler Reads Pretty Ceremony; Reception Follows
In Church Psrors; TsLe csnsdisn Honeymoon

Marked for its beauty and solemnity was the wedding
ceremony al half after O'Clock Wednesday evening which
Miss Betty Worden charming young niece of Mr. and Mrs
Frank Lee Norden became the bride Of Nj Kenneth Wood
row Johnson of Mr. and Mrs Carl Johnson The
repeated before the Rev Edgar Wheeler
Of Emmanuel Presbyterian church and reception followed
in the church parlors.
Mr.. Worden escorted his niece down the aisle of the
church to the chance where tall white apers burned
and provided the light for the ceremony White flowers
and greeney arranged background for the pretty
ceremony.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-20
Visit to Thornewood
poxfponed

The Tacoma Philharmonic Assoc
cations tour az Thornewood.
spacious estate Of Gen. and Mrs.
David L. stone on steilacoom lake.
planned Tor next Wednesday after
noon from l until 5 o'clock. has
been postponed until early July
due to heavy rains In the past sew
ersl days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-20

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-20

Sunray CIRCLE of Rising Sun
Spiritual church. SOS Fawcett. viii
hold a public luncheon in the
church Friday at 1880.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-12
American Gives Eyewitness
Story Of Sinking Of z Ships

during the s4tscts WAS un-
paraIleled. They were In high
spirits.
Seeing the Repulse and the
Wales 60 down was one of the
most tragic sights imaginable.
When ] was so feet away from
the Repulse and helped to safety.
the stern of the Repulse rose in
the air like an ugly red wound
and quickly slid below the surface.
I saw q number Of heads bobbing
near the stern when the ship took
the final plunge. 1t was unlikely
that they escaped the draw. /
saw the Wales lay over on its side.
hover there for 10 minutes and
then its stern slid under and the
jagged bow rose in the air like a
crippled limb Of a giant and it too
Brown was the CHS cor
respondent In Rome until he
was banned from the air this
spring by the Italian govern
nent. Leaving Rome he went
10 the Near East and then to
Cairo. He went TO Singapore
two months ago.
On Monday he sent CBS's New
York office this terse message:
four days. Swell
story" His account Of the disaster
was the first heard from him
since.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-12
Auto Uproois Trees
Opposite Seminary

An unidentified driver who must
have been making daylight speed
or faster during the Thursday
morning blackout uprooted two
rare catalpa trees in a row OF
them on the parking strip of the
Arthur H. Brouse home at No.
sth and Tacoma ave. across the
street from Annie Wright semi
nary.
Marks of the car showed il not
only moved down the trees but
didn't stop until it hit the grass
bank across the sidewalk.
Brouse said the trees could no.
be replaced.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-12
Hiltner 10 Address
Y. N. B. c. on Friday

w. G. Hiltner, for Is years =
resident Of the Orient, win address
members Of the Young Mems Busi-
ness club at Z luncheon meeting
Friday noon in the Hotel Winthrop.
United China Relief and the
japanese War" IL to be Hiltner's
topic.
vocalixing win be provided by
the girls sektet from c. p. 3. The
dominating committee viii make
it, report. The meeting il open
TO the public and all members are
urged to bring q friend.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-12
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CONTINUED From Page One)
deck with the only other reporter
to witness this great blow to
British naval strength. He Ia
O'Dowd Gallagher of The London
Daily Express. I was the only
American witness to this engage
ment. Captain Tenant spoke
through the ships microphone:
All hands on deck. Prepare to
abandon ship. God be with YOU
NO PANIC ABOARD
There was no panic aboard the
Repulse. Each shock which told
US that the Repulsc was doomed
found every man calm and col
lected and keeping on with his
job. My notes were saved and
they are now soaked with oil.
They show ! noted one sailor ex-
claiming when the final blow was
delivered, The Japs are cross
eyed Another said: Here they
come again. let's get EN-"
Throughout the engagement there
was the roar Of pompoms. high
altitude guns and other anti
aircraft armament.
I'VE streamed down ladders
from various decks. I made
for Q lifeboat which still was
not lowered and was damned.
! clambered over . cable 10
reach the boat and found .
tiny corner vacant.
One sailor shouted This boat
will never get away
Is DEGREE ANGLE
I'VE all climbed out. I dropped
10 feet to the deck which was
now At q IS degree angle. /
climbed hand over hand to reach
the side Of the ship which was
now almost horizontal. There i
removed my shoes with reluctance.
I just had them made q week ago
and I was very much attached to
them. was wearing . steel
helmet and an anti-flash hood to
prevent burns from bursting shells.
Ny camera was suspended around
my neck. ] wore overalls over
my bush jacket and shorts.
around my waist / wore a life
belt only partially blown up since
hadn't had time to initiate il.
All around me men were sliding
down the side.
when we reached the destroyer
1t already was packed with numer-
Gus survivors and saw one boat
and several RATS still floating
damned with survivors. Aboard
the destroyer we all stripped
naked. removing oil-soaked clothes.
The destroyer's crew wiped our
faces and eyes. removing oil.
DOZEN BODIES ON DECK
A half dozen men received arti-
ficial respiration and more than
a dozen bodies were stretched out
on the damned decks. ! was
given shoes worn by a midship-
man who had been aboard the
Hood. He was one OF the three
survivors Of that disaster. The
destroyer was delayed an hour in
picking up survivors and hunting
for others and then sped at 81
knots toward Singapore
1--WE seen British troops In
action wherein they displayed
all the courage In the world.
bat the courage of the sailors
aboard the Repulse and Wales
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-12
More Caution
Is Necessary
Accidents Occur
During Blockout

More caution in blackout div.
ing WAS urged Thursday BY city
county and state officials as cas-
ualties from automobile accidents
Increased.
Five persons received hospital
treatment Thursday for injuries
suffered IN heed-on collisions in
and near Tacoma A Tacoma mo-
torist was being held in the city
Jan for drunkenness and investi-
cation Of an accident at No. ID
and Tacoma ave. in which he al
legedly sideswiped q car and failed
to stop.
Walter Dow, IS. Of 26o3ls 9Th
ave-. and Lennie Brooks, IS. of
3s0e No. 18th st. both were treated
at the Mary Bridge hospital for
bruises and lacerations, following
. head-on collision at So. 18th and
Cedar sta. At 2 q. m.
Crab On Lebo Rod
Shortly after 8 q. m. cars driven
BY Harry stidell. 81. of 42os 9th
ave-, Seattle. and Forrest Mccoy,
Is. Of Rt 8. Box s7s. Tacoma.
eoliided on Lebo road near the
Seattle-Tacoma highway.
Mccoy and 4 passenger in the
stidell machine. Corp. John Argin.
Il. of Co. c. 3rd Infantry division.
Anti-Tank corps. Fort Lewis. were
brought to Tacoma General hos
pital by r. w. Mckinney Of 30
West S2d -. Seattle, . passing
motorist.
1Akea - Fegt Lewis
Mccoy received first cid for lac
srations Of the face End knee. He
was bsing detained q the hospital
pending observation Of q possible
fractured ankle. Arvin, treated
fpr 4 fractured nose. was trans
ferred to the Fort Lewis hospital.
Stidwell. taken to the county
hospital. suffered facial and scalp
decorations and chest injuries. At
tendants at the hospital said he
was not seriously injured and that
he probably would Be released
during the day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-12
Inland Shipping
Orders Issued

Coast guard headquarters Thurs
day advised Puget Sound shipping
~ follows:
vessels operating in inland
waters shall show regular naviga-
tional hghts Restricted use Of
blue lights in passenger space viii
Be allowed.
Effective Immediately and until
further notice all beacon lights
and directional radio beacons will
b sntinguished. Fog signals viii
continue In operation.
Navigation care and precaution
n required In the following areas
due to military operations: Rich
passage between Orchard Point
and Beans Point; Agate Passage
near southern entrance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-12

Of q series Of cedar-brush fires
on each side Of a road, the heads
pointing toward Seattle and Brem-
erton.
They were set by men clearing
land whose names, Cunningham
said. were given to army intelli-
gence and the federal bureau Of
investigation.
Glowing Arrows
Cunningham said the patrolmen
did not note the arrow shape Of
the burning brush until after the
fires had burned down consider
ably, leaving burning arrows.
Army officers. according to Cum
ninghsm. felt that the shape of
the fires was accidental. but war
department heads in Washington.
D. c.. apparently thought differ
emily.
The war department announce
ment follows:
washington state police
extinguished the fires, which
were In the form Of arrows
pointing toward Seattle. 1t Is
believed the signals were
made of oil-soa~ed logs. A
search Is under way for fifth
columnists.
Also Near Olympia
At Olympia, it was disclosed
that on two successive nights
huge bonfires were set west of
the city.
The first fire. discovered Mon
day evening. was quickly extin-
guished.
The second blaze was discovered
Wednesday morning during the
murky blsckness. II was quickly
extinguished by defense workers.
Tracks found near the fires
were being examined for possible
identity Of the person or persons
responsible for the act.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-12
Handmade BY Skilled Chinese Craftsmen
Hand-Hooked Rugs

II moy be O long time before
such an opportunity comes
esoin! Beautiful, eolorfuI rugs
you'll love patiently hond-
hooked in for-off Chino by
skilled native rug mokers.
Many eoIors TO choose from.
2x4-foot size ............
Evening star., 1941-04-24
II Irespossers CoddIed

In Allahabad, India. the drive
against builders who trespass, be-
gun q year ago, has met with little
success. Of 1888 building encroach-
ments only seven were removed.
In the remainder the ground en-
eroached upon has been sold or
leased to the trespassers. 1t has
become a custom to build where
one pleases and await the outcome
with confidence.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-12-06
AME Leaders To
Meet In Savannah

ference and leagues will be drawn
up.
One hundred and ninety-four
annual meetings held each year by
the AME Church in the state will
be given careful study and plans
for their success will be mapped.
The special call of the bishop will
include the conference missionary
presidents, district presidents, thirty
nine district League and Sunday
School officers, conference leaders
of the Boy Scouts and the chair
men of the eight conference lay
mems organizations and district Of
ficerS.
The presiding elders to attend are
Doctors I. c. Glass, H. E. Davis, E
LoWery, A. j. Harris, B. w. Jones
and H. j. Popel Of the South Geor-
gia Conference.
Southwest Georgia Conference.
Revs. j. w. Dennis, A. A. Duncan.
M. C. Davis, A. M. Roberts, w. D.
Johnson and d. w. Norman.
The Americas Conference, Rev.
G. B. Lancaster, w. G. Driggers, j.
E. Bro NV and w. M. Smith; Au-
gusta Conference, Doctors E. Reese,
A. P. Solomon, w. H. Morris and
G. H. Harold; North Georgia Con-
ference, Rev. j. F. Moses, w. Boyd
Lawrence, D. w. Rome, T. j. Davis,
H. c.. Carswell and j. S. Downs;
Macon conference, Rev. G. H. Dunn,
E. GriggS, j. N. Miller, A. L. Brew
Ster and Coleman Lawrence; The
Georgia Conference Doctors j. l..
Butler, w. O. P. Sherman, D. w.
Stephens, M. t. Robinson and G.
P. Hobbs.
State officers TO make reports are
DR.. w. r. Wilkes, president of the
Sunday School department; Prof.
w. L. Rowe, Allen Christian League:
Mrs. G. H. Dunn of the Missionary
Department, Mrs. E. C. Sherman.
Young Peoples department, Prof.
S. H. Lee, state lay yeader.
President w. A. Fountain, Jr., of
Morris Brown College will assist
with the state program for educa-
ton.
While a pre-opening will be held
Tuesday night, the business session
will get under way Wednesday at
8 o'clock and a few days work is
S. H. Lee, state lay leader.
Topics OF interest will include
The Minister'S Brotherhood. "The
Georgia African Methodist" (the
State Paper); dates for the annual
meetings; State, Conference District
and local church budgets; Morris
Brown College and its support.
The bishop is expected to present
nigh points OF his successful years
work at the meeting.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-12-06
Robert Burre!I
Named Assistant
District Attorney
First Negro To
Be Appointed
In Buffalo

BUFFALO, N. Y.-(SNS)-Ap-
pointment of Attorney Robert A.
Burrell, graduate of the Howard
University Law School as an assis-
tant district attorney at $500 a
year was announced Saturday by
District Attorney Hagerty. This
marks the first time a Negro has
been chosen for this post in the
county's history.
Mr.. Burrell started upon his
new duties Immediately after taking
the oath of office. Born January
Is, 1906 in Atlantic City, he receiV-
ed his preliminary education in the
schools of that city and Pleasant
vile, N. j., and his A. B. degree
from Howard University in 1890.
He was the ranking graduate of
the 1894 class of the Howard Uni
versity Law School and was admit
ted~to the bar in New York CITY
in April 1886, opening law offices
here the following November. His
home and offices are at 429 William
Street.
Mr.. Burrell is a member of the
Speakers Bureau of the county
Republican organization. Among
recommendations received on his
behalf by Mr.. Hagerty were those
OF Leon a. Ransom, acting dean Of
the Howard University Law School.
Leonard c. Mccullough, commander
OF the Jesse Clipper Post, 430, Anne
rican Legion, and the Rev. William
II. Horner, pastor of the Lincoln
Memorial Methodist Church.
Among Mr.. Burrell's affiliations
are: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity:
assistant grand legal adviser of the
Improved Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order of Elks of the World:
president of the Buffalo branch of
the NAACP; board of dicertors of
the Michigan Avenue YMCA, and
OF Memorial Center and Urban
League.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-12-06

GUS situation concerning the well
fare of our country today" Mr..
White said in explaining the pur-
pose of the meeting. Although con-
ditions grow more acute each day,
there Is still considerable specula-
ton as to the attitude of the Amer
lean Negro; that is. we just don't
seem to have any attitude on the
question of Hitlerism.
1.-THE intelligent Negro hates fas-
clSm, because he has experienced
SO much of it. This is so true that
we have treated it as something that
goes without saying and have con-
centrated all our effort on what
we consider the more pressing prob
lem-that Of knocking out Hitler
ism at home.
But the defeat of France should
teach us something. While we must
continue the fight for our domestic
rights, we must recognize that with
Hitler victorious there is no future
for the Negro here or anywhere else
We cannot afford the luxury of in
difference. Hitler hates us more
than the Russians or the British
or the Jews. We have no place in
his so-called New Order.
Negroes are determined that Hit
Ter and all other brands of fascism
must be destroyed. The purpose of
this conference is to give substance
to this conviction and to put our
words into action"
Mr.. White reported that delegates
from churches, fraternal organiza-
lions, labor groups, and press assoc
lations are expected to attend.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-12-06
Garage his|1ap
Takes Another
lifeAtFort
Report Regiment
Member Killed
In Barracks Tilt

FORT CUSTER, Mich. (ANP) ~
The bath field artillery figured
prominently In the news last week
when information slipped through
the strict army censorship that
member Of the regiment was
killed during scuffle in one of
the barraks last Tuesday. Details
of the killing Of Pvt Charles H /.
Adams were being withheld by
aFfny officials as two investiga-
tons of the fatal shooting were
launched.
Held for questioning by investi-
gators was Pvt. Henry Arthur
Pryor, 21-year-oid member Of the
outfit, who was said to have fired
the shot which killed Pvt. Adams
Conflicting unofficial reports on
the weapon used in the killing
state do the one hand that the
bullet came from AS calibre
service revolver, while On the 9TH
er hand it was reported that a
civilian weapon was used. Army
officials declined to discuss the
incident.
One Investigating body is COM
posed of members of the post
general staff, while another probe
is being conducted by Col Ander-
son F.. Pitts, commander of the
184th. No official report will be
Released until the investigations
have been completed.
In the meantime the body Of
Adams has been shipped to his
home in Chicago for burial
Pryor, also of Chicago, is the
brother Of Sgt. Frank Pryor. Jr.,
for years member of the former
Eighth infantry IN. G.). He serv-
ed three years in a CCC camp in
northern Illinois and upon being
honorably discharged therefrom
joined the 184th. Last spring he
attended the artillery mechanics
school at Fort Sill, Oka., where he
completed three month course.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-12-06
Baby Dies In Flame
Near Cordova, Tenn.

when she turned to see the house
aflame. The blaze apparently had
started before she left the house.
The child was completely burned up.
The house and all their belongings
were completely lost, and the family
is in danger of exposure during the
impending winter months.
However, the family plight has
aroused sympathy of teachers at
Colored County School near Car
dova, and they have sought to give
what aid that could be mustered i'm
mediately.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-12-06
Editors To Confer
At War Dept

is to be a round-table affair. 1t
will give editors an opportunity
to ask questions and to express
their own viewpoints about the
functioning of the war depart
ment in it's relationship to Negro
soldiers and to the discrimination
of information.
1t is probably that the Presi-
dents Committee on Fair Employ
ment Practice and the Office OF
Production Management will hold
similar conferences the next day in
order to conduct a general dis
cussion of the role of the Negro in
defense industries on Tuesday, De-
cember 9, to which the editors are
also invited.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-12-06
Patton Assigned
To 'Skegee ROTC

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTED NS)
President F. D Patterson an
nounced Saturday that he had re-
ceived notice that Second Lieuten-
ant John .. Patton, recent grad
uate from the Officers Candidate
School at Fort Benning, Ga, had
been assigned OF duty with the
ROTC at Tuskegee Institute.
Lieut.. Patton came to Tuskegee
in 1897 as sergeant from Co. F
the oath Infantry d. EMIL. to
serve on the staff Of the Comman-
dant and Dean of Men. Sgt. Pat
ton was also the enthusiastic boxing
coach and assistant football coach
under Coach Cleve Abbott, chief
mentor to the Tuskegee Golden
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-12-06
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-(sNs)-

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-(SNS)-
re-Christmas tragedy struck Mrs.
Earline Hayes, resident of Preston
Yates farm, near Sanger Road, two
miles south Of Cordova, when her
baby son persisted in fire that de-
stroyed her three-room home last
Tuesday. Two other children, little
girls not yet of school age, had tried
to save their baby brother, but were
able only to escape with their lives.
Mrs. Hayes is reported to have
LETT her home to gather fire kindling
from nearby tract of woods. She
had been gone only a few minutes