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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-30
Banker Sees Need
F or Small Homes

rutI.AD1t.ruta rhs national
defense program IA. TAKEN The "a.
tianss nssa far lev-ee.t housing
entirely out ~ tho field ~ sra.
demir discussion and placed u
sausrsiy among the vital problems
Tor sola,loa to-day. Dean n. nm.
president of tho Mortgage nank-
srs Association NJ America. ds.
clsres rhe opportunity for rvai
estate men. builders and mortgage
bankers 10 tap IN. vast housing
market exists. and unless they
meet n. II Will have "a he met nv
someone els. and thai samsan~
else of course can only he the
government. he said
sHesrmameat n~a.s hat
.us Industrial machine IL He-
Ing IA hum for souse tiusr ~
rame and u viii create . 10
usand for really is~-eost hesss-
Ing In a sainnse not fes~sees
- late a. two years ass. Pm
waite eat~rpris~ ran and shsaiA
ns~~t this epportnrtty ard ~
nance ard hui,d adequate
ho,~lnE for es low -iWeeuss
xroups.
Millions Of dollars nj new
housing must he built 10 sell for
$40 q month or iess, or . mani
mus sale price Of around s1.0oo
with lot. by necessity. we're prob
ably going 10 see . great deal nf
Inexpensive rental housing bullt
too
"Atsout - per eeut ~ .
typical Kroup of defssse
workers Will nsake about 80
. week. another ~ pes eees
viii make slightly less than
ss0 .~eii, and The renssind~s
about syo weekls. Obsissssiy
tho house thai fh~y ran bur
must h~ priced uahs--asA
right n~ans from $500 -
et.0O0.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-30
Use Of Land Contract Replacing Real
Estate Mortgages in Many States

WASHINGTON-The increasing use Of The land CON
tract instead Of mortgage in sales Of real estate In meet
specific problems presented by certain laws and procedures
number of states explained by the Federal Home Loan
Bank Review in an article in its current issue
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-30

great msnfftN ~ prospective
heme-e~ners - Ire hs.ls II fhs
NJ. ! requirements - economy
IRE Promise home design de.
parts from n. economy rrineirls
~ /. perfect square ~ ehlons
flor plan enls Ia provide a. .x.
terror ~ architectural character
snd charm. evident in the iiiustrs
ton. The traditional front porch
n America % coming hack IN
popular preferences. and hi. trend
Is met IN the Promise plan. An
amazing amount Of srnali-fsmily
living has been designed into the
$500 cubic feet Of this dwelling
A second floor plan. with base
ment. |. available with the Prom
ise design. Il Is :. plan which the
retail lumber dealer may adapt 10
meet local need. or individual re
quirements
Never before in the nations
history has The average family
IN The market for home owner
.hip had % many service. ~ iis
disposal Of - much security.
.sys ". E. Bel. chairman If
Western Homes Foundation. Ten
years ago adequate design. for
small homes IN tho prie. class If
The Promise home were prscti-
cslly non-exlstent. Now there are
hundreds. most n them the work
q nationally known architects
and building authorities Home
financing has been revnlutionixed.
The smortized mortgage. provid-
ing for definite monthly payments
for periods Of from IS Ia IS years.
and carrying the lowest interest
rate Of all time. has replaced IN.
renewal mortgage. which cursed
home ownership for 30 many
years
Building materials have been
vastly improved and numerous
new products have come into this
trade field. Even the old stand
by. lumber. has been standard
lied to meet the requirements Of
modern merchandising. Finish. for
example. Ia 10 smoothly dressed
by the manufacturer that hand
planning on the building job no
longer uses up carpentry hours.
leaving mountain Of shavings
when the home IN done. Industrial
has wrought wonders
with house paints Modern power
tools cut building costs. There are
even new types of nails that
lengthen the life of the dwelling
and make for stronger oonstruc-
ton.
But for a small home AZ for
large one. good plan carefully
selected by the prospective home.
owning family. according 10 its
tastes. needs and limitations. Is
half the story. Recognizing this.
lumber dealers and |
building contractors are increas-
lngly featuring design servic. on
rich basic plans a. the Promise
home"
Service and information on the /
Promise design List No. 40il for 4
! minimum-cost home may be had |
from retail lumber dealers whose
Advertising appears on this page.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-30

While these land contracts are
generally ns~d for the disposal Of
foreclosed properties held by
mortgage lending institution.
other owners ~ real estate are
known TO utilize II In soms areas
Land contracts are most fire.
auent In those states where fore
closure cost. are heavy. where the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-30

During 1907. ssguin. Maine
registered fog for 2734 hours
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-30

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-30

OTTAWA. ont.-nr q. = sksl-
ton. anderxeeretsry - state fer
external affairs. xas killed here
Tuesday when he suffered : heart
attack While driving As car. ard
II crashed into : street car He
died before Al an bulance cot Inn
70 = hospital
Dr. SHELTON usS called Csuaas :
numhsr one civil servant
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-30
New Deal Farm
Program Tor
Canada Approved

OTTAWA - Representatives Of
Canadian agriculture won from
Prime Minister W. l. Mackenzie
King late Monday almost imme-
diate acceptance in principle" Of
the program they submitted to
give the farmer a newer and bet
ter deal"
The farmers asked adoption of
a new war time agricultural policy
that would provide higher prices
for farm commodities.
speaking generally" the
Prime Minister told the farm
delegation, II am In agreement
with the views you have "a
pressed. They seem eminently
fair. and have been reasonably
represented. Jusi no. far. In
practice, they ma, b~ accept
able, ! cannot say without fur
ther study. but ! am sure that
! ean speak for my colleagues
~ well as myself when I de-
clare that with the spirit and
aims of your presentation We
are In hearty accord.
We realize that our war effort
can be successful only IL the CO.
operation of all groups Ia main
tanned. In this connection We. Of
the government. fully realize that
agriculture has had difficult prob
lens created for 1t by existing
conditions. Labor, too. has had Its
problems, and its representative
nav. taken steps 10 meek some rea-
sonable solution. II IN altogether
possible that agriculture from the
somewhat scattered nature Of the
Industry. has been backward Ia
organizing a program 10 meet its
particular situation
Minister of Agriculture J. q
Gardner urged thfce-polnt pro-
gram upon agriculture.
l. No inoress< in wheat produc-
ton.
2. No Increase In hos produc-
tlon.
l. Increased cheese production.
During 1907. ssguin. Maine.
registered fog for 27s4 hours
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-30
British Sub Lost

LONDON - The admiralty re-
ported that the submarine Triton.
] Os5 tons. IN overdue and must be
considered lost.
The Triton carried normal
complement Of So officers and
men. II was completed in 1893
Evening star., 1941-04-04
Fifty Firms Found 10 Make
% Per Cent Of u. 5. Goods

In 1887, the so largest manufac-
turing corporations in the United
States accounted for approximately
trys manufacturing output, the
Commerce Department revealed to-
day in study prepared for the
Temporary National Economic Com
mittee in the concentration Of pro-
duction Of manufactured commod-
tiles.
The activities of these large con-
Germs, which employed Is per cent
of the factory workers in the United
States in 1887, and paid 81 per cent
OF the total manufacturing wage bill,
were concentrated in few major
iron and steel products, foodstuffs,
petroleum products and automobiles.
The extent of concentration in the
production of manufactured COM
modities is not linked with district
price and commodity behavior pat
terms over the period of the business
cycle, the study pointed out.
In the production of one out of
every four manufactured items, the
Heading manufacturer accounted for
approximately half the total United
States output, the survey revealed.
For at least half of the products, the
four leading producers contributed
IS per cent of the total domestic
supply, and for one out of every four
products, four manufacturers turned
out 80 per cent or more of the total
United States output.
The study was prepared by Willard
L. Thorp and Walter F. Crowder.
Evening star., 1941-04-04
Ships

tinued, "as to request that these ves-
sells be restored to the unlimited au-
thority of the captains and that
the members of the crews be placed
at liberty Immediately and allowed
to return to and stay on board their
ships
Il am surprised at these extreme
assertions and demands. In the first
place, you do not state upon what
principle Of international law or
upon what provision of the treaty
between our two countries you rely,
and in the second place. you seem
wholly to disregard the plain provi-
sions of our statutes which make 1t
felony for the master or any other
person in charge or command of a
vessel, foreign or domestic, or for
any member of the crew or other
person, within the territorial waters
Of the United States, wilfully to
cause or permit the destruction or
injury of such a vessel and
which authorize the authorities of
this Government to take possession
and control Of any vessel and to re-
move therefrom the officers and
crew when such action is deemed to
be necessary to protect the vessel
from damage or injury, or to prevent
damage or injury to any harbor or
waters of the United States"
1923 Treaty Interpreted.
The Secretary added that he knew
of no principles of international law
which permits the crews of vessels
Evening star., 1941-04-04

I Italian Destroyers
Scutt|ed, One Sunk,
British Announce
TotuI of Fascist Wurships
Lost Recently in Red
Seq Now Put at Five
Earlier Story on Page AID.
3v thf Associated Press

Earlier Story on Page AID.
b. The Associated Press.
LONDON, April 4.-The Admiralty
announced tonight the scuttling of
two Italian destroyers and the sink
ing of another in the Red Sea, bring
ing to five the total of Italian de-
stroyers sunk in that area in the
last few days.
An Admiralty communique:
The commander in chief of the
East Indies reports that two de-
stroyers have been scuttled by their
crews of the coast of Saudi Arabia
and that the destroyer left in a
sinking condition yesterday has now
sunk.
This brings the total italian de-
stroyers sunk in the Red Sea in the
last few days to five.
The Leone was sunk by naval
aircraft on April !. The Sauro and
Danielle Manin were sunk by naval
aircraft on April g. The destroyers
scuttled were the Pantera and the
Tigre.
"One of these has capsized and
her forefoot is just showing above
the water. The other is lying on the
bottom with her mast and part of
her foremost funnel showing above
the water. A number of Italian
prisoners of war from these de-
Stroyers have been landed"
Evening star., 1941-04-04
D. 6. Draft
Continued From First Page

trants are to be available not later
than July L.
Classed as available but fit only
for limited military service were
1,771 registrants. This is the 1-B
classification. Glass &c, noting
registrants who already are men,
bers of the Nations land or naval
forces, included 1887 men.
2S5 Put in 4-D Class.
Two hundred and eighty-fve reg
tstrants were deferred because they
were ministers or divinity students
This class, 4-D, included 1913 men
from Board No. 20, which embraces
the Catholic University area. Nom
declarant aliens, Glass 4-C, num-
bered 152 There were six regis
trants listed as officials deferred by
law and given Class Alb ratings.
Glass "A. noting deferments for
those who have completed their
military service. included 284 regis
trantS.
Local Board No. "a reported reach
ing the highest order number among
its reQistrants alread dv indrcted with
No. 1857 being called Board No.
10 has called registrants through
order No 1925
Board No. 10 reported its induc-
tions had reached only through
order No. 354. Board No 8, which
has mailed questionnaires to. its en-
tire registration list Of 2,205 men,
has reached through order No. 4s7
for induction.
Spokesmen at Board No. 18 said
they were so "swamped with work"
Evening star., 1941-04-04

attaches withdrawal but that IL
was expected he would be recalled
within a few days.
In 1915, the United States de-
manded the withdrawal of Kon-
stantin Dumba, the Austro- Hun
garian Ambassador: Capt. Franz
Won Papen, the German Military At
tache, and Capt. Boy-Ed, the Ger
man Naval Attache, for actions held
detrimental to this country.
When their governments delayed
recalling them the State Depart
ment threatened to hand the Off
cials their passports-and they were
recalled to Vienna and Berlin with
out further ado.
Departure of Admiral Lais will
leave Italy with naval expert still
on duty here, 1t Count Ettore Flo
Della Tore Di Santa Susanna, the
assistant Naval Attache.
Evening star., 1941-04-04
Schools Will Hear
Lectures on Drugs

Members of a committee arranging
a public school lecture series on the
effects of alcohol, marihuana and
other narcotics were striving today
to complete schedule of talks TO
be started Immediately after ths
Easter school holidays.
Howard P. Stafford, principal Of
Mcfarland Junior High School and
chairman Of the committee, said a
meeting of the group last night was
the first since approval of the lee
lures by the Board of Education
Wednesday. He said 10 talks are
contemplated.
Miss Emma T. Watts, a former
teacher who has studied the prob
lem for two years, will speak in all
elementary schools having assembly
halls. Representative of the Med
ical Society of the District of Co
lumbia will visit the white secondary
schools, and speakers from the Med
ical Chirurgical Society of the Dis
trict of Columbia will speak in the
colored secondary schools.
Evening star., 1941-04-04
Officers Of Scutt|ed.
Italian Ship Atlas
jailed by Mexico
Captain Quoted as Saying
He Carried Orders
To Blow Up Vessel
BY tire Associated Press.

BY Tire Associated Press.
TAMPICO, Mexico, April 4.-The
captain and chief engineer of the
scuttled Italian tanker Atlas were
Jailed last night by Federal police,
who quoted the master as saying he
carried Fascist orders to blow up"
his ship If it ever arrived in a United
States port and was threatened with
seizure.
An agent of the Federal Attorney
Generals Office said the two con-
fessed responsibility for the sinking
OF the Atlas Monday night and
would be arraigned, probably today,
on charges of sabotage endangering
navigation in Tampico Harbor.
The Atlas was pumped out and re-
foated yesterday, and examination
showed the engine cylinder heads
had been smashed with a sledge
hammer.
Capt Loio Fazzi admitted giving
Chief Engineer Domingo Oneto or
ders to open the seacocks, but dis
claimed knowledge Of the smashed
cylinder heads.
The Atlas crew and 500-odd sea-
men from the nine other axis ships
seized here strolled the streets and
frequented the cafes last night, at
liberty in the custody of their Con-
suls pending anticipated internment
by the immigration department.
Quiet prevailed aboard all the
seized vessels here and the two axis
ghiDS at VeracrllZ
Evening star., 1941-04-04

that an extensive examination of the
injuries to his chest and leg had to
be postponed
The physician also said Co-pilot
Crabtree suffered an injury under
one eye in addition to having one leg
broken. Mr.. Mcintyre apparently
suffered only from shock and ex-
posure.
The Civil Aeronautics Board and a
special congressional committee in
vestigating air crashes began their
inquiry Immediately. James Peyton,
senior safety inspector for the c. A.
B., flew down yesterday and Repre-
sentatives Nichols, Democrat, of
Oklahoma and Kleberg, Democrat,
Of Texas went to the scene from
Atlanta today
The two Representatives Just had
completed an investigation of the
February q crash of an Eastern Air
Line sleeper plane near Atlanta
which brought death to eight per-
sons and broke long record of safe
operation by Eastern Air Lines.
Evening star., 1941-04-04

title to the SO German, Italian and
Danish ships seized last week end,
paying a fair price"
Transfer TO Britain Urged.
Senator Pepper, a member of the
Foreign Relations Committee, told
reporters that the vessels either
should be transferred directly to
Britain or placed in the American
Merchant Marine so that an equal
number of ships could be released
to the British.
In addition, Senator Pepper de-
clared, the United States should take
over the French ships here. including
the giant passenger liner Normandie,
now tied up at New York.
"If we take them all over and
made adequate compensation" he
said, I'VE will have abided by the law
and We will have aided our own
cause. The ships aren't doing any
one any good by being kept in our
harbors"
Mexico Plans appropriation.
Senate Majority Leader Barkley
said he did not believe a decision
on what to do with the vessels has
been reached in any responsible
quarter" The Treasury and Justice
Departments, however, are known to
be studying possible action to have
them declared forfeited to the
United States.
The first intimation that any
hemisphere nation planned to take
ownership of seized axis shipping
came from Mexico City. A RESPONSE
BILE foreign Office spokesman there
said last night it had practically
been decided to appropriate the II
Italian and German vessels now in
custody, and. by way of compensa-
ton. to cancel pre-War axis indebt-
edness of about s12 900, 900 for petro-
leum purchases.
Mexican authorities also jailed on
sabotage charges two officers of a
scuttled tanker. They quoted one
as saying he carried orders to blow
up" his ship if it ever was threatened
with seizure in a United States port.
Reply on Attache Awaited.
The State Department here mean
while awaited a reply from the
Italian government to the demand
for the immediate recall of Admiral
Lais.
Prince Colonna reported that this
note had been forwarded to Rome
and that he was awaiting instruc-
tions.
State Department officials said no
time limit had been fixed for the
Evening star., 1941-04-04
Raising Vegetables
Now in Flower Beds,
Astor Tells Critics
Z, TIE Associated Press.


LONDON, April Lord
Astor replied today to a labor
demand that his Cliveden estate
and others in England be
plowed up for food production
with a retort that rs per cent
of his flower beds already are
growing vegetables. 49,
In a letter to newspapers and
news agencies he asserted fur
ther that Cliveden's IS gar
deners, including woodmen,
carriers and roadmen, are devot-
ing their time to tending the
food crops.
Besides the woods, gardens
and farmland on the property,
Lord Astor said he expects to
produce five tons of grain, 400
tons of silsge and 420 tons Of
root crops more than before the
war.
The main production is milk,
he said, but there are 80 acres
of potatoes.
Evening star., 1941-04-04
Mexican appropriation
OF Axis Ships Expected

MEXICO CITY, April 4 CP).-A
responsible Foreign Service source
said last night Mexico has prac-
tically decided to appropriate IL
German and italian ships now un-
der Mexican custody in Tampico
and Veracruz harbors.
In return, this source asserted,
Mexico would cancel German and
italian Indebtedness to Mexico for
pre-war petroleum shipments. Ear
lier Italy protested seizure of 10
ships.
1t was said Mexico would assign
the debt to the axis and let Italy and
Germany adjust their shares be-
tween themselves.
This same source said Mexico
would reject demands by the Ger
man and italian Ministers that the
vessels be released.
Italian Minister Count Alberto
Marchetti, it was reported, supple
mented yesterdays oral protest with
a written note today formally de-
manding the release of the vessels
and the return to them of their
crews.
There has been no word yet from
the German Minister, Rudt Won
Collenberg.
Ten Fascist and two German
ships were seized.
The Foreign Office source declared
the ships crews, about 500 men,
would be interned in the interior
for the duration of the war.
1t was estimated, unofficially, that
the Rome and Berlin Indebtedness
to Mexico for petroleum represent
ed $3,O00,000, due by Italy, and So
100000 by Germany.
The II ships would be organized
into a Mexican merchant marine to
open new channels of r-Amer-
lean trade and collaborate in con-
tinental defense. it was said.
Evening star., 1941-04-04
Plane
Continued From First Page.

George w. Grille. eminent Cleveland
physician, and his wife. Dr.. Grille
had a broken rib and was bruised.
His wife was cheerful despite the
shock and a bruised eye.
DIR. Quiring Praised.
DR.. Daniel P. Quiring, DR.. Crile's
aide at the Cleveland clinic, earned
the praise of the passengers for
moving about the plane and giving
first aid treatment despite the hand
leap of a dislocated shoulder.
Mrs. James M. Cox, jr., of Miami
Beach, daughter-in-law of News
paper Publisher James M. Cox,
former Democratic presidential
nominee, escaped without injury and
did her part in helping the others.
Badly injured were Harry E. Post
of Miami Springs, whose broken leg
STAYED under water during the long
hours; Co-Pilot B. M. Crabtree OF
Miami, with a broken leg and LAGER.
ations about the head, and Stewart
Albert Martin Of Miami, who was
badly cut.
Those who had either minor in
turies or only scratches and bruises
were E. w. Hagstater, chief engineer
of Axel Wenner Gren's yacht South
ern Cross; Mrs. Margaret Allen OF
Miami Beach, George Shaw OF
Memphis, Bertram Strook, address
unknown; Mrs. Margaret Graham
of New York, E. V. Caulfeld Of Nor
folk, Va, and Mrs. Alimone Green
of Raleigh, N. C.
Attempted to "Go Over"
The plane, en- route to New York,
left West Palm Beach at 8:16 am.
Yesterday with Daytona Beach the
next scheduled stop. Soon after
leaving West Palm Beach the pilot
radioed that he was climbing in an
effort to go over a storm.
When the ship failed to reach
Daytona Beach on time an intensive
search was started, which ended
near dusk last night with the sight
ing of the wreckage by E. A. L.
Pilot Don Johnston.
The force of the landing tore off
both motors and the wheels. The
wheels lay 40 feet from the fuselage,
the motors somewhat closer.
Mrs Grille said trouble started
soon after the ship left West Palm
Beach.
Didn't Know They Were Falling.
I'VE ran into the most terrible
storm I have ever seen and I have
fowr tens of thousands Of miles"
she related. "The ship was tossed
around and we didn't know where
we were for awhile. 1t was dark.
The blankets and cushions flew
about the cabin and the tossing was
30 severe we didn't even know when
we were going down"
THE plane hit with a terrific
crash in the mud and water. Every
one maintained his composure and
there was no panic, The conduct
Of the crew was superb. The water
poured in the open windows and we
sat in it to our hips all day long.
Immediately after the crash sew
eral of the men got outside in the
mud, but the women stayed in the
plane"
Mrs. Grille said Mr.. O'Brien,
Knocked unconscious, later told her
that he tried to turn back, but the
ailerons broke and he could not
hiring the ship around.
DR. L. II. Martin later said Mr..
oBr4en had suffered such . shock
Evening star., 1941-04-04
Show Will Be Given
For British Relief

A musical show, tom Sawyer and
Huckleberry Finn" sponsored by the
British American Ambulance Corps
and given for the benefit of British
war relief, will be presented to-
night and tomorrow afternoon at
Pierce Hall. Fifteenth and Harvard
streets NV.
More than $50 children and 10
adults appear in the production,
based on an adaptation of the stories
by Mark Twain. Performances will
be given at 8:15 o'clock tonight and
at 2:30 pm. tomorrow. Director
of the show Is Gene Thomas.