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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-24
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-24

Only thinning British and Greek guard stood be-
tween Adolf Hter's machine and Athens Wednesday
King George and the Greek government fled TO Crete
to carry the from that island fastness.
1t seemed only a miracle could delay Germany more
than few hours in completing her conquest Of the lath
nation in Europe to succumb TO Nazi arms s
The bulletins Indicated that Themopys Pssth mountain
So miles north of Athens--hsd been reached.
The Greek Of the trapped between
u retre Of lbana had init ted
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Only Thinning Rear Guard
Stands Between Killers
War Machine and Athens !
BULLETINS

NEW YORK-The Greek radio late Wednesday
broadcast that Greece ciH rise again and promised
us listeners IL monld BE- on the AR again Thursday.
BUDAPEsr-Pre.. di.pa,eh. reported tonight
had occupied ef Ita De~canese AAnds off the
of Turkey.
ISTANBUL-The official Turkish radio reported
Wednesday pithout confirmation that the Germans
have occupied the Greek island Of Lemnos near the
entrance TO the Ddrdonsiies.
cAuRo-Br,,h force. ib,. A.,. .....d IN. essen.v.
from the desert wenorued reported We'd
ncsday.
satisfactory
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They will receive about one-fifth
ot the total cost, or approximately
81 600, 900 in wages. Minimum
wage paid was 20 cents an hour
fer common labor. It's up TO 95
cents an hour now.
But there is little doubt they
have been worth IL.
Facing the biggest job, perhaps,
In its history. the Tacoma Build
ing Trades Council responded as
though such projects came up
every day or so. Didn't get ex-
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In Major Leagues
TODAY

AMERICAN
Chicago -. 900 20s 900 81
Detroit .....I01 604 0lx-1S IL o
Hallett, Grove ~ Humphries
(6) and fresh; Newhouser and
Tebbetts.
Washington roo 22o DOL IL s
Philadelphia O0I 009 0Ix-II Is :
Chase. Zuber 81. Carrasquel 90
and Early: Potter. A. johnson fs).
Ferrick % and Hayes.
st. Louis .0I0 900 100 4 Z
Cleveland 49,. 900 $40 O0x-5 . :
Niggeling. Bildinf go. Caster
90. Muncriff 80 and CRUDE,
Grace; Feller and Hemsley.
NATIONAL
New York 900 ola 0O0-5 10 I
Boston ..... .001 ITO 100 Q 0
Bowman. Lohrmsn 81 and Dan
ming: Erickson, csrnstt (s). Jaw
cry (s). strincevioh ~, johnson
fs) and Berries. Mas
PhIladeiphia 900 900 600 4 4
Brooklyn -. 700 00z COR q
Pearson. Podgsjny 80 and Law
ingston; wyatt and Owen
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men it could find and refused to
get hysterical.
The council comprises some II
individual unions. In contrast TO
many other sections of the coun-
try. however. these 81 unions band
ed firmly together. They worked
as a unit, made wage and hour
agreements as a unit. Thus they
avoided the confusion and delay
that would have come undoubtedly
II each union had bargained sep
arately with contractors.
Membership in all of the building
trades unions advanced tremen-
dously. There was a beauty of
Continued on Page is. Column II
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BY 20 MEAGHER
Tacoma Times staff Writer

The highly successful pageant of military construction
nearing the close of its long at Fort Lewis and har
Dor defense forts had some 5000 stars
1t well backed by the department soundly pro-
duced by the Fort Lewis constructing office
and integenty backed by the contractors but approx
matey 5000 union workmen the stars of the s20,
10000 spectacle.
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ISTANBuL - Diplomatic quar-
tiers claimed Wednesday that TO-
900 German troops have been
killed and 100000 wounded 30 far
In the Balkan campaign.
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5000 Union "Stars" Near
Close of Run on F ort Lewis,
Harbor Defense Spectacle

tdNor is the IN . with
Be done ~hs" smpe, employers with the working side
BY side y complete hsrmoay.
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valley and twist down through
Bitolj pass, turned the allied
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WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight and Friday.
Temps: High IS; low IS. Sun
rises 5:06; sets 7:10.
Evening star., 1941-10-27
Suspect, s., Arrested
On Girls Assault Charqe

A 53-year-old man, identified by
police as Orman William Ewing
1926 Cleveland avenue NV. was
held at the third precinct station
today on charge of criminally as
saulting a 19-year-old girl in her
apartment on Sixteenth street NV.
Police said the man arrested was
the same man they had arrested
previously on four different traffic
charges. two of which involved driv-
ing without District permit and
that he was a former Democra tic ma
tional committeeman for Utah.
They reported that the girl, for
mer resident of Utah. told them the
man entered her apartment by
breaking the chain on the door while
she was asleep at o'clock yesterday
morning. She added. they said. that
he held his hand over her mouth
and nose and forcibly assaulted her
The girl was taken to Gallinger
Hospital by Caroline Alexander of
the Women's Bureau. Examination
by physicians there revealed that she
had been attacked. police said.
The man, according to police, was
arrested by Policeman E. w. Black
burn at $50 a m. today at the Cleve-
land avenue address. The District
attorneys office said he would be re-
leased under $4,000 bond.
Evening star., 1941-10-27
Moscow Under
Sieqe
Russia at War;

articles
the U. S. S. r. InoerSoU
pandorV
I
When the bit: Nothing
q surprised
September. We
fighting
a
b0cE-Und
mdLinQ sacrifices you and I couldn't
the through 10 cOrV matter hOT iOno il takes matter
The extraordinary
riH lind imagined II. Al least ddnt Theu
frdeperdent people, fighting
their and the OF lite theU
ond
,rt be
Evening star., 1941-10-27
Mrs. Roosevelt
Will Miss Lunch
With Windsors

The Duke and Duchess of Wind
sor will have lunch at the White
House with the President tomorrow,
but Mrs. Roosevelt will not be pres
ent.
She explained at her press confer
ence today that she had a lecture
engagement in Chicago. made SIX
months ago, and couldn't break her
contract.
Mrs. Roosevelt announced the
luncheon after reporter had asked
if the Windsors would be entertained
at Hyde Park She had Just an
nounced that Grown Princess Jull-
ana, of the Netherlands and her two
children. accompanied by William
Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of
Canada, would spend next week end
visiting Hyde Park.
In answer, Mrs. Roosevelt said
the Windsors would lunch with the
President tomorrow She said she
hoped to see the Windsors some
time and was delighted to have
them visit the White House
The State Department made the
engagement for tomorrow, appar-
emily assuming Mrs. Roosevelt could
fit it into her schedule. II they
had asked her, she said, she would
have told them that she has not
had A single free minute In the last
month.
Evening star., 1941-10-27
Walsh Declares Navy
Isn't Ready for War
he Associated Press.

~ the ASSocleled eress
BOSTON. Oct. 27.-Chalrman
Walsh OF the Senate Naval Affairs
Committee asserted today that the
Navy is not in a position to wage a
foreign war.
In an address AT Navy Day OBJ
servance on Boston Common, the
Massachusetts Senator said:
Proud as we are of our superb
Navy. I should issue warning to
my fellow countrvmen. 1t is that
our Navy and Air Force OF today
has not been designed. is not trained
and is not nearly ready to wage war
effectively on foreign lands. and it
is not within our power or means
to create naval establishments of
sufficient strength to police the en-
tire world. We can unuuestionably
maintain Navy that will keep us
safe from invasions and assure peace
and prosperity for our people"
Evening star., 1941-10-27
By RALPH INGERSOLL.

have Just back from six weeks in the Soviet Union
from trip which took around the world to visit every
fighting the Fascisnl. trying to put
what have and heard rapidly as can And
sit down write that the city have just
left under siege at lasthat my friends in the Embassy
journalists east and that armed
citizens the suburbs fighting their enemies
No tell whether Hitler will be able to take
Moscow he will continue be met by the same brave
stubborn relentless opposition that cost him the first battles
when he found Russian Armies still facing him
had been assured by his generals that they
had been annihlaed
The Russians prepared for long war and that's the
it l their industry moving into
position and south Of the Urals saw the new classes
being called up Thousands OF pilots are being trained
their air fields stretching from one end OF Russia
Russians outnumbered in aircraft
they anything but knocked out Of the air They were
over Moscow day night and have them go up TO
meet the Germans in the Ukranian sector
Evening star., 1941-10-27
Arkansas Tornadoes
Kill II, |njure U.s.;
Property Loss Heavy
Hundreds Of Buildings
lnTwo c Communities
Smashed or Damaged
BY the Associated Press.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Oct. u
Out-of- season tomatoes struck hard
into rural Arkansas last night, kill
ing II or more. iniurine many scores
and smashing or damaging hundreds
OF buildings,
A fierce tvister of the type that
hits frequently in this area in the
spring but rarely in the autumn,
drove into Hamburg in Southeastern
Arkansas shortly before midnight
taking at least IL lives and injuring
200.
About six hours earlier, another
tornado roared along the Arkansas
River Valley near Dardanelle in
North-Central Arkansas, killing five
and hurting Is.
The dead at Hamburg, COM
munity of about 1900. were identified
as Mr.. and Mrs. Shelby Jordan and
baby. Mr.. and Mrs. Ulius Walker and
son. Clayton, 2l; Mrs. Charley Kelly,
Mrs. Tom Collins. Travis Sawyer and
his 3-year-old son, Mrs. Vester
Austin, 40, and a colored man named
Robinson.
Those dead in the Dardanelle
section were Mrs. Bill Price and
her daughter. Mrs Otis Heathcoat
OF Bethel. Mrs. Alfred Mcdonald OF
Oak-E-Doak and Minnie Bruton
and her 2-month-old daughter OF
Dardanelle.
The Hamburg tornado caused
heavy damage in the residential sec
ton and tore down all communica-
tions and power lines. Doctors i'm
mediately set up an emergency ward
in a hotel and treated scores of
injured.
Negro quarters at Hamburg were
reported practically demolished and
heavy casualties were feared.
A number OF the injured were
taken to nearby Monticello, Ark,
and given first aid treatment at
hospitals.
Dardaneue, a county seat of 1000
population, received heavy property
damage, particularly in the resi-
dental section where several homes
were demolished.
All communication lines went
down in the Dardanelle area and
two medical units of the 134th In
fantry were sent from Camp Robin
son, near Little Rock, to assist in
caring for victims.
Evening star., 1941-10-27
Smoke Rolls Into Washington
From Dismal Swamp Fires

Smoke rolling up from fires in the
Dismal Swamp area of Southern
Virginia, 200 miles away, hung over
Washington today and stretched
over an area from the northern
boundary of North Carolina to New
York.
Dozens of false alarms were called
in to the fire departments in the
nearby areas and the District fire
board received numerous inquiries
from people wanting to know where
the fire was.
In several apartments, janitors had
to rcaesure residents who "smelled
smckc." The Silver Spring Fire
Department was called out three
times during the early morning
Evening star., 1941-10-27
Admiral Stark
Is Forum Speaker

As part Of the Nation S cele-
bratlon Of Navy Day. Admiral
Harold R. Stark, Chief of
Naval Operations. will speak
tonight in the National Radio
Forum on the subject, United
We Stand"
His address will be made
from Chicago at one of the
many Navy Day dinners spon-
sored by the Navy League, and
will precede by half an hour a
speech President Roosevelt
will make here at a similar
affair.
Arranged by The Star in CO.
operation with the National
Broadcasting Co., the program
will be sent over a coast-to-
coast network. 1t can be heard
locally at 9 o'clock over Sta
ton WMAL.
Evening star., 1941-10-27
10 Miners Rescued,
IS Others MISSING
In Kentucky Blast
Men Hauled to Surface
With Ropes When Cage
IsPut Out of Order
EY the Associated Press.

eN lns hsSOCIe Gu firNN-
MADISONVILLE. Ky, Oct. III
Sixteen miners were rescued and 29
others were reported safe today fol-
lowing an explosion in the mine
of the Sterling Coal Co. at Daniel
Boone, A small mining community
IL miles southwest of Madisonville
Fifteen men were reported miss
ing
The mine was badly wrecked by
the blast. the cause Of which. Off
cials said, was not Immediately de-
termined
The rescued men were brought to
the surface in barrels to which ropes
had been attached. The mine cage
was put out of order by the explo-
sion.
A full shift crew of so men was
in the workings at the time of the
blast.
The Is men we're reported $500
feet back from the main shaft and
cut off from that entrance.
One of the rescued men said the
explosion knocked out all the men
in his group: that it tore out all the
mine car trackage and tore down
all the wiring
Rescue workers from throughout
Western Kentucky we're rushed here
to help local squads attempt to reach
the missing men.
Evening star., 1941-10-27
GUIDE FOR READERS

hours am. 5:12 am. and S:45
am-to answer alarms from resi-
dents of the area who also smelled
smoke and were convinced there
was a fire in the immediate vicinity.
Before the Weather Bureau at the
airport reported it was sure the
smoke was coming from the Dismal
Swamp on strong winds, Maryland
fire departments were telling resi-
dents that severe fire was raging in
nearby Virginia and Virginia fire
men were returning the compliment.
Many of those who called news
papers and fire departments COM
mented on the peculiar odor of the
smoke, describing It variously As the
(See SMOKE, Page A-12)
Evening star., 1941-10-27
Tie-Up at Giant Brooklyn Yards
7OO% Effective, Union Says
5000 WeIders Called Out on West Coost;
Air Associates Hit by Lost-Minute Row

At the same time 5000 welders in
shipyards OF the Long Beach-Los
Angeles harbor area were ordered
by union officials to halt work today.
A last-minute dispute over the
wording on return-to-work forms
developed today at the Air Associ-
ates. Inc. plant and at Bendix
N. j., 65 c. l. o. strikers declined
TO resume work until the matter
was clarified.
New Picket Line Expected.
After a conference with F. lie Roy
Hill. president of Air Associates.
Dominick Digalvo. international rep
resentative of the United Automo-
bile Workers of America. which con-
Quoted the strike. said 1T seems
tSee SHIPYARDS. Page A-A
Evening star., 1941-10-27
Reds and Japanese
Are Reported in
Border Battle
Twenty kipponese Soldiers
Attacked Russians Near
Roskino, Toss Soys
B. me Associsted Pres.

LONDON. Oct. 27.-Reuters quot
ed dispatch relayed today from
Vladivostok by Tass official Russian
news agency as saying force of 20
japanese soldiers had attacked
Soviet frontier guards near the viii
lage of Raskino on October %.
The dispatch said there we're some
wounded on both sides and that the
japanese had left some rifles and
ammunition on Soviet territory.
The Soviet news service in London
quoted Tass, heard over the Moscow
radio as saying:
On October %. not far from the
border village of Raskino, about 20
japanese soldiers crossed our state
boundary and attacked our frontier
patrols consisting of Crpl Antrim
and other frontier guards on patrol
duty on Chertova Mountain. evil
IDENTITY with the OBJECT OF capturing
our frontier guards and carrying
them over to their territory.
''As a result Of this clash there
were wounded on both sides. the
japanese carrying away their
wounded TO their own territory,
japanese army caps and packages
of japanese rifles and cartridges re-
manned on our territory.
There is no confirmation Of such
a clash from japanese or other
sources. Tension on the Manchu-
kuo- Siberia border has increased
lately. however. and strong japanese
reinforcements have been reported
moving into Northern and Eastern
Manchukuo Numerous Far East
ern sources have told Of increasing
Japanese military demands for ac-
ton against Russia if the Red Army
collapses before the German drives
against Moscow and the Ukraine.
Evening star., 1941-10-27
B TIE Associated Press.

B TIE Associated Press.
A strike today silenced the busy
giant yards of the Robins Drydock
& Repair Co. in Brooklyn where at
least IA vessels, including one United
States Government craft. were being
overhauled or awaiting repairs
officials of the Industrial Marine
and Shipbullding Workers of Ameri-
ca &C. |. o. who called the strike
last night, said it was 100 per cent
effective
The Defense Mediation Board tel
eeraphed a request 10 officials of
the company and the union today
that no action be taken to aggravate
the dispute until the board can
schedule hearing
Evening star., 1941-10-27
4 BOYS in Cave Find and Play
With Sticks-of Dynamite

Four adventurous Washington
boys, ranging in age from to II,
discovered a cave Saturday near the
Chesapeake G Ohio Canal. Inside
were a large number of curious yell
lowish sticks, about 10 inches long,
Removing them, they played Sat-
urday evening and yesterday until
5 pm.-with dynamite. Any stick,
had it exploded, would have KILLED
them all
A total of 60 explosive sticks had
been recovered by police today,
strewn in bushes and weeds along
the distance of about a dozen city
blocks between the scene of the
dynamite cache and Conduit road
NV. Police were searching today
Evening star., 1941-10-27

for more that still might be lying in
the underground.
The dynamite was for use by q
construction firm which is blasting
through solid rock from the canal
to the hydroelectric plant operated
by the War Departments Engineer
ONCE, in charge of the Washington
water supply. This project will
allow pumping Of water from the
canal into Dalecarlia reservoir, on
the District line, if accident or
sabotage should ever break con-
duits bringing water from the Po-
tomac at Great Falls.
According to D. M. Radcliffe,
senior engineer for the Engineer
(See DYNAMITE. Page AID
Evening star., 1941-10-27
Bv J. A. OLFARY.

ne CJItPC Eold Us NllolIu ItD
longer submit TO the dictates Of Hit
ler and the AXIS powers on the
high seas. Chairman Connallv of
the Foreign Relations Committee
told the Senate today in opening
history making debate on repeal
Of The vital sections Of the Neutral
ltv Act
AS he spoke. the committee made
public testimony IN which Secre-
tary of State Hull asserted this
country will not be At war until
Hitler DEGREES il and it has not
been at all 10 his advantage so
far 10 90 that
As the debate got under Way. con-
gressional leaders were reported 70
have informed President Roosevelt
the bill probably would be passed IN
less than two weeks In present
form il provides for armn9 meT-
chant ships and restores 10 them
freedom OF the seas BY permitting
them 10 20 through combat zones
and into belligerent ports to carry
aid TO the nations fighting Hitler.
SUMS appeal
Senator Connally summed up his
plea for the measure in these words.
When Americas earnest en-
deavors to contribute 10 general
peace among nations have been re-
iected by the aggressor nations,
when a Worldwide campaign TO
overthrow international law. 10 sub
n
tions and to enthrone the sword as
the ruler over a new order the
United States. with its great tradl-
ditions and its historic devotion 10
the principles Of freedom and con-
stitutional government. should re-
assert and resume our rights as a
sovereign nation.
We should no longer submit 70
the dictates of Hitler and the AXIS
powers refusing our ships their un-
deniable rights under international
law
We should no longer be deferred
from the exercise of these rights by
the coarse threats that our ships
will be sunk They are already be-
ing sunk They are being sunk be-
yond combat zones. They are being
sunk by no right Of law They are
being sunk by the brutal and mur-
derous doctrine of unrestricted sub
marine warfare. 1t represents the
sublimated tyranny. the subnmated
murder, the subllmated doctrine OF
force and might against laV-hu-
man. divine. national and interna-
tlonal.
AS a proud Nation the United
States must claim its rights 10 the
seas. its right 10 use the seas. lis
right as a free and equal nation
among the nations Of the earth.
High Lights of Hearings.
High lights of the hearings made
public today were.
Testimony of Admiral Harold r.
Stark. chief of naval operations,
( that more than half the successful
attacking on merchants ships have
been against unarmed vessels.
/ A strong plea for repeal OF the
Neutrality Act by Rear Admiral
Emory S. Land, chairman of the
Maritime Commission.
Senator Connally said the bill l.
not war measure. but a defense
step. because the stronger we are
the less chance there will be for 2
successful attack being made against
us"
Pointing out that America is max
ing sacrifices to produce the supple
needed by the nations battling to
/ halt the aegressors Senator Con-
nally said these goods are of no ef-
feet unless they can be delivered.
He also reminded the Senate that
freedom of the seas is not entirely a
question of taking aid to those coun-
tries, but also of bringing 10 the
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