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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-07

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Todd executives have been in VIZ
tually continual conference with
the commission 10 evolve salts
factory working details for con
strucuon as soon - the first
crush Of this emergency shipouili-
ing Is out Of the way. = Reilly said
Two Of the 75s-fcot. to.0oo-ton
vessels are proposed They viii
cost well over SIS 900 600 apiece
and will require expansion Of the
STSC plant and several years to
build each
Meanwhile. Reilly evidenced alb
solute and enthusiastic approval
Of the local shipyards declaring
1t Is the finest Of our properties
5 Large Plants
Todd Corp. presently embraces
eight big plants throughout the
nation. and has at hand contracts
for the I 6 Maritime commits
sion ell Of them hsre). so mer-
chant vessels for the British gov
eminent and rs L. s navy de-
stroyers tat Sesttlel.
Reilly said the vast industry
hasn't been hsmpered by any
shortage Of labor yet. but was
somewhat pessimistic about the
prospects when numerous new
shipysrds will be in operation soon.
. The Tacoma concern employs
some ! 900 men al present
Corcoran With Him
+ Accompanying Reilly in the
f private railroad car in which he is
making the extensive tour Of the
company's industries. were r. J.
Lamont. president Of sTSC plants
i No. ! and 2. at Tacoma and Seat
tie, respectively. and the Todd dry
dock at the latter port; Thomas
Tommy the Cork" Coreoran. at
torney and former adviser to Pres
+ ident Roosevelt: William J. Mahon.
council for the corporation
Walter L. Greene. vice president
Of STSC and general manager of
the shipyards here, devoted the
afternoon and early evening 10
conducting the party and detailed
inspection of the humming tide
water yards. The visiting group
continued TO Seattle late Wednes-
day for inspection of properties
there, having arrived in the North
west from California
All Fsyorably Impressed
The visitors and their respective
wives were obviously impressed
most favorsbly with construction
of the five motorships, and Landed
with renewed enthusiasm each fas-
cinating phase OF their itinerary.
First vessel to be completed
here. the 415-foot motorship Cape
Alavs, drew their particular at
tention. and unanimously regretted
they were unable 10 remain In the
Northwest until the ship Ia taken
on her first run the middle of next
week
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-07
Tacoma Man, Child
Hurt in Accident

Robert Triggs. ~, of 1905 So.
Prospect st. was in St Joseph's
hospital Thursday for observation
OF possible injuries sustained when
the car he was driving became in
volved in collision with one driv-
en- by Frank Mooney. Box "a.
spsnawsy, at So. 72d and Alder
ats. late Wednesday afternoon.
Riding with Triggs was his four
vear-old daughter, Louise, Who
va. bruised and shaken.
In. North America, fur seals
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-07

His reference % the biggest
and finest ships concerned the so
called Pa vessels. huge ocean
liners designed to carry more than
600 passengers in pesceumes or
navy sirplsnes in event Of war.
Sole Bidder
The Tacoma shipvsuds vas the
sole bidder for the L. s. Maritime
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-07

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-07

In. North America. fur seals
breed only on the Pribiloff Islands.
Evening star., 1941-04-16

the world, through Malay villages
with their houses on stills, through
rubber forests, cinchona (quinine)
groves, sugar and coffee plantations
and rice paddles without end.
Contrast in Population.
Everywhere, in the fields and in
the railway stations, were the little
brown men of the country-the Ma
lays. You realize what opposites
the Javanese and their Dutch rulers
are when you see them side by side
in the stations-the Dutch big, blond
and white-clad: the Malays small,
chocolate skinned and colorful in
their sarongs.
The wealth of the Indies is well
known This island empire produces
80 per cent of the worlds quinine,
10 per cent of the kapok, "a per cent
of the rubber. 25 per cent of the
coconut, II per cent of the tea, II
per cent of the sugar and great
quantities of coffee, spices, fibers,
palm oil and rice.
But much of the country's natural
wealth is not visible to the casual
tr 4--eler. About 7H per cen, of the
worlds tin is produced in the two
little Dutch islands of Banka and
Billion, not far from Singapore.
The output of mineral Oil runs close
to 5000, 900 tons year.
copyright, 1e41, BY Chicago Daily News,
Inc)
Evening star., 1941-04-16

The anti-cyclope over the Southeastern
States has remained almost stationary.
Melbourne, Gla., 1.n24.O millibars t30;2
inches). and a disturbance Is moving
northeastward with center this morning
over Southeastern Iowa. Burlinston, 1,OO7.5
miIlibars (2o15 inches). with trough ex-
tending thence west-southvestward 10
Western Texas As a result deep mass
OF moist air Of tropical origin has con-
tinued to move northward and northeast
ward from the Western Gulf OF Mexico
and showers have occurred within the last
"a hours as far South as South Dakota.
Iowa and the southern lake region. Heavy
showers are reported from several stations
Tulsa Okla, reporting the greatest amounI.
2.42 inches: Another disturbance that Is
moving swiftly eastward over the Plateau
and Northern Rocky Mountain regions with
lowest pressure over SouthTestern Wyo-
ming. Rock Surings, 1,00l.0 millloars
(29.56 inches). is being followed oy an
extensive mass of cool air from the Paeinc,
and showers have occurred as far south as
Utah, Nevada and Northern California.
The disturbance that was over the north
ern lake reeion Tuesday morning has
moved very rapidly eastward and it has
been followed by cooler air Of Polar origin
accompanying the anti-cyclone that is
moving eastward over the northern lake
region and Northern New York. Sault
Sainte Marie, Mich, 1,O21.7 miliioars
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear at
Harpers Ferry; Potomac slightly muddy at
Great Falls today.
g. uour~
Evening star., 1941-04-16
Martin, Stock Market Head,
In Army; Sees U. 5. in War
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 16.-William
McChesney Martin, 81 year = old
president of the New York Stock
Exchange, went into the Army to-
day with the observation that he
believed the United States would
enter the war.
The man who headed the Nations
foremost securities market for three
years reported for examination un-
der the Selective Service Act, quit
ting his 8000-a-year post in Wall
Street for private's pay of $21
month and passed the required
tests.
Whether he gets his job back, he
said, AL depends on how long this
war will go on"
do you think we'll get into the
war?" he was asked.
Eyes. think So" he replied, add
ing: Il haven't any information.
1t is just my opinion"
did you leave any recommended
tions with the stock exchange be-
fore you left?"
Eyes. I left a list of recommended
tions for making dough, but don't
know If those recommendations will
make dough or not. They are my
personal opinion"
He'll go to Fort Dix, N. j.
Evening star., 1941-04-16

pend. Within few hours We had
crossed the Equator and were cruis-
ing southwark through CLASSY seas
along the coast of Sumatra, the
Dutch island where most American
investments are concentrated. 1t
was monotonous shore, lined with
dense mangrove jungle, and only
here and there a strip of sandy
beach. At Banka, the small island
whence much of the Indies tin
comes. We anchored briefly mile
offshore, while launches and tugs
came out from the village among
the coconut palms.
Batavia Biggest City.
We steamed on, then, to Java and
its metropolis, Batavia. Biggest city
in the Indies, Batavia has popula-
ton OF 100000. 1t is a westernized
capital in almost every respect-a
surprise and shock to tourists who
expected to find IL a jumping of
place of civilization.
From Batavia I journeyed the 62o-.
mile length Of Java in an air-condi-
toned train comparable in speed
and comfort with those of America
ani Europe. Twisted Bandoeng. the
military base, deep in the volcanic
interior, and Sourabaya, the busting
naval base az che islands eastern
end. I passed through hundreds of
miles of the most thickly settled
and most fertile agricultural land in
Evening star., 1941-04-16
Second Body Is Found
In Severn Boat Traqedy

The body of Ray v. Cunningham,
II, one of three boys who disap-
peared March 7 in boating tragedy
at Round Bay, Md, was found float
ing in the middle of the Severn
River off Cedar Bay today by Henry
G. Williams of Eastport, Md.
Identification was made by the
boys uncle, William F. Podlich of
Round Bay DR.. John M. Claffy,
Anne Arundel County medical Off
Ger, issued a certificate of accidental
death.
With Ned Chambers, also IL, the
Cunningham boy set out in a row
boat to recover a wooden bench the
two had pushed into the river. When
they failed to return, J. H. Almond
18, rowed away in a second boat
to try to find them.
Almonds body was recovered
March 16. The third boy still is
missing.
Evening star., 1941-04-16

Of this question, from the spokes-
men for the joint committee than
from any other source. They can
speak with accurate knowledge and
with authority for practically all
of the organized groups.
Il hope that you will arrange to
have them appear during the pres
entation of the affirmative case and
that they may also be given the
privilege of closing the discussion
and offering anything in rebuttal
after any opponents are heard.
I'm conclusion, Mr.. Chairman and
Senators I consider that you are
confronted with the rare privilege
of doing your part toward the right
ing of a great wrong which has
existed a long while. These people
of the District of Columbia are
worthy, they deserve the right to
participate in our Government and
the Nation needs to remove the un-
American condition at it's very
heart, if it is to represent truly to
the world its belief in and practice
of democracy"
Mr.. Lesh, well-known member of
the District bar, emphasized the
Joint committee Is interested pri-
marily in obtaining national repre-
sentation. ,-. ,-..
= Members of the Citizens Joint
Committee are divided on the ques-
tion of local autonomous govern
ment," said Mr.. Lesh, "but they are
Evening star., 1941-04-16
Americas Stake in the Dutch Indies
10000 Islands, Stretching $500 Miles Along Equator,
Produce Much Of World Supply of Rubber Tin and Qunine
(First of a series on, the Neither.
lands Indtes.)
By A, T, STEELE,

BY A. L. STEELE,
Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
BATAVIA, Java (By Clipper)-It
was over 300 years ago that the
Dutch came to these equatorial
islands to stay. In that time, they
have committed many mistakes and
made some pretty canny moves.
Today, with their homeland pros
trate and the blight of Japanese
militarism spreading toward them,
the Dutch realize that one of their
smartest acts was in opening the
doors of their South Pacific treasure
chest to British and American
enterprise.
1t has been less than a quarter
century since American capital dug
in here in a big way. In this day,
there is nothing quite so comforting
to the Dutch as the knowledge that
two rich, friendly and powerful
neighbors hold stakes in the Indies
which they will be loath to give up
without struggle.
10000 Islands In Indies.
What are the Indies? What do
they mean to us? Is the Dutch
system of imperialism worth pre-
serving against the inroads of the
Japanese variety? What is the
nature of Japanese penetration and
what are its chances for success?
1 have spent two weeks in the
Dutch Indies asking questions like
these Of Dutchmen, Americans,
Indionesians and others. The an
swers do not all agree, but in this
and subsequent articles I am setting
down salient facts.
Americans heard little about any
part Of the Indies, except Bali, until
these orphaned islands became the
stuff of headlines, after Hollands S
fall. I touched at Bali and am able
to report that the tourist influx has
fallen off 95 per cent, the hotels are
languishing and the Balinese are as
sparing in their dress and as un-
spoiled in their ways as always. But
Bali is only spot in vast picture.
Big and small, there are 10000
Islands in the Netherlands Indies.
Merged into one, they would make
a very sizable land mass, about one
fourth as large as continental United
States. For distance of $500 miles
these Dutch islands are flung along
the Equator. If you could superim-
pose them on the United States,
with their western tip resting in
Oregon, the eastern extremity would
stand far out in the Atlantic.
Java PouIati0n Dense.
Java, only fourth in size among
the islands. contains two-thirds of
the 65,000,000 inhabitants of the
Netherlands Indies. 1t is the most
densely populated island in the
world. Here are Batavia. the cap
ital; Sourabaya, the naval center,
and Bandoeng, the chief military
base of the whole archipelago.
Flanking Java on the west. north
and east are the larger islands Of
Sumatra, Borneo and New Guinea,
thinly settled, underdeveloped and
valuable buffers against aggression.
came here by Dutch ship from
Singapore, at the tip of the Malayan
spearhead. Singapore is the British
hook from which the Dutch Indies
geographically and strategically de-
Evening star., 1941-04-16
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Continued From First Page)
that if the District we're represented
in Congress it would have a voice in
passing on the submission of future
constitutional changes to the States.
Mr.. LeSh agreed that would be true,
but not in ratification of such
amendments as a State.
Chairman McCarran expressed
fear that passage of the constitu-
tional amendment might "be con-
ducive to the presentation to
Congress of a rapid succession of
proposed changes in the form of
local government"
Mr.. Lesh suggested that possibility
exists now without the amendment
Says Committee Is Open Minded.
In announcing the recess until to-
morrow Chairman McCarran said
the committee "sits here OPEN
minded" and will hear any District
residents who wish to oppose the
constitutional amendment if and
when they appear
AS the hearings got under way,
Chairman McCarran had Laurence
F. Schmeckebier of the Brookings
Institution give an historical review
of the several forms of local govern
Evening star., 1941-04-16

united on one thing-that the peo-
pie of the District should have a
voice in the National Government,
should be a part of the Nation"
Unanswerable Argument"
Whenever suffrage hearings are
held, he said, most of the discus
sion centers around what form of
local government the District should
have, perhaps because that is more
debatable. The Districts plea to
be represented in the National Gov
ernment, on the other hand, is an
unanswerable argument, he added.
I'VE have the same interest in
the Federal income tax, in whether
we should go to war, as all other
citizens of the United States" Mr..
Lesh declared.
Mr.. LeSh told the subcommittee a
series of court decisions, most of
them in the early days of the citys
history, have led him to the con-
cluSion that it is questionable"
whether the congressional power of
legislation over the District is dele
gatable without a constitutional
amendment.
Following up Mr.. Lesh's point,
Wilbur S. Finch, president of the
District Suffrage Association. Joined
in the discussion to inquire "if there
is any doubt Congress can, without
constitutional amendment, set up
a self-governing municipal corpora
tion" in Washington with all the
usual municipal powers.
Mr.. Lesh answered that with re-
gard to municipal powers, I would
have no doubt" and Mr.. Schmecke-
bier also agreed with that view.
Chairman McCarran suggested
that when Congress would cross
the danger line, legally, would be
in going beyond ordinary municipal
powers into the field of general leg
islation.
Harry S. Wender, president of the
Southwest Citizens Association, de-
clared. Common justice dictates
the people of the District should
be given suffrage, even though it
comes $50 years late"
Outside Of Washington, Mr.. Wen
der asserted, an alien may become
citizen and obtain the right to
vote after being in the country
five years, but a Wasaingtonian, who
remains in the National Capital,
continues to be deprived of that
right.
Evening star., 1941-04-16
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
In recess.
Foreign Relations Committee con-
siders proposal to forbid convoy
ing of ships.
Defense Investigating Committee
questions Undersecretary of War
Robert p. Patterson on Army pro-
curement program.
House:
Meets at noon, but with no major
business TO transact.
Naval Committee hears additional
testimony fsum Secretary Knox on
defense strike prohems.
Evening star., 1941-04-16
Senate Committee
Delays Showdown
On Convoy Issue
Puts OFF Till April 80
Consideration Of Bon
On U. S. Navy Use
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Avoiding an immediate showdown
on the convoy issue, the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee agreed
unanimously today to delay until
April 80 consideration of a reso-
luton forbidding the use of Amer
ican naval vessels for convoy pur-
poses. ;
Members reported that the anti
convoy resolution. proposed by Sem
ator Tobey, Republican, Of New
Hampshire was made the principal
order of business" for April 80. In
the interim, they said, the State De-
partment will be asked to express
its views on the proposed ban. >
Senator Tobey told reporters he
would keep working to line up sup-
port for his proposal. 1T is very
evident" he asserted, that the COM
mittee did not wish to meet the
issue today"
Senator Tobey and Senate Ma :
jority Leader Barkley engaged in
warm argument on the issue yes
terdSy. =
President Pledges Protection. -.
The committees deliberations on
the convoy question at this time
assumed added significance because T.
of President Roosevelts statement
at a press conference yesterday that. =
American merchant ships travelling
the worlds sea lanes outside of pro-
hibited combat zones would be ac- r
corded full protection.
Emphatically, Mr.. Roosevelt told
reporters such protection was not
question of policy, but matter Of
law. Some legislators speculated
that his statement meant, in effect.
that naval escorts would be provided
any time a vessel under the Amer
lean flag faced potential danger in
delivering her cargo.
Such potential danger might arise,
authorities generally agreed, If and
when United States ships undertake
to deliver munitions to Egypt,
through the newly opened Red Sea
route, for transshipment to British
forces operating in Africa and
Greece.
No Ships in Red Sea Now.
Today White House Secretary
Stephen T. Early was asked if there
was any further comment on possi-
bility of arming American merchant
men or providing naval escort.
Pointing to morning paper head
lines which spoke of such steps in
the Red Sea area, the secretary said
Mr.. Roosevelt had been very amused
at what he had read in the morn
ing papers. The Chief Executive
said fatty yesterday, Mr.. Early .
added. that there are no American
ships in the Red Sea. e.
FacetiouSly, then, he said the
President had promised to startle-
the world by announcing that If New
York is attacked it will be defended.
Questioned about the source of the
Presidents power or duty to afford
protection for American shipping.
Mr.. Early agreed that the Chief
Executives reference to law had
been international law. He added
that the United States had always
protected its shipping on the high
seas.
Evening star., 1941-04-16
Youth Seized in Beatings
Held for Grand Jury

Andrew Elkin Henderson, 18-year-
old colored youth who police say has
confessed to the brutal beatings of
two victims in their apartments here
April 4, was under $500 bond today
awaiting grand jury action after
Judge John P Mcmahon in Police
Court yesterday ordered the youth
held on a charge of housebreaking
The youth, who escaped from the
National Training School for Boys
April 2, also has confessed, accord
ing to local police, to beating a Falls
Church woman with a hammer a
year ago in another burglary.
He was arrested last Friday in
Meridian Park by park policemen
and later signed statement in
which police say he admitted break
ing into the ground-floor apartment
of John s. Long of 1921 Belmont
street NV. and striking Mr.. Long
on the head with brick. The
same night, according to police, he
forced entry to the apartment of
Mrs. Evelyn Kneeland of 2311 Fiji
teenth street NV. and also struck
her.
According to Falls Church police
the youth broke into a home there
about year ago and struck Mrs.
Frederick Wright on the head with
hammer.
Evening star., 1941-04-16
'Copper Appeals for D. c. Vote;
Refusal Called 'Un-Americun'

in the District of Columbia and
which has been keenly active in
the proposed legislation for the past
"a years. The honorable chairman,
Washington's first citizen, Mr..
Theodore w. Noyes. and his able
colleagues OF the joint committee
have been my friends and fellow
workers for years. I have found
them to be among the best-informed
citizens on District affairs and par
ticularly on this subject. I believe
that this subcommittee can get
more valuable information and
practical help, in the consideration
Evening star., 1941-04-16
Lectures End Tomorrow

E. Stanley Jones, missionary evan
gelist who has been giving a series
of lectures at the First Congrega-
tional Church, Tenth and G streets
NV, will discuss Americas Role
in the World Situation" at 8 O'Clock
tonight. His concluding lecture to-
morrow night at 8 o'clock will be on
Thine Is the Kingdom"
Evening star., 1941-04-16
Weather Report
Furnished by the


District and slightly cooler with lowest tempera
tonight: cooler
able southeast.
VginiaCloudy with light showers north
cooler portion tonight tomorrow light showers cooler
Vrgna-Showe tonight tomorrow cooler
Evening star., 1941-04-16

A century ago the world con-
tanned only 5,400 miles of railroad
lines
Evening star., 1941-04-16

Sun. today - 5:31 6:46
Sun, tomorrow - 5:29 6:46
Moon. today -- - 9:35 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, SO, on April Is.
Lowest. Is. on March Is.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, So per cent, at 6:15 am. today.
Lowest, 23 per cent. at pm. yesterday.
Automobile lights must be turned on one
half hour after sunset
Precipitation.
Monthly prscipitation in inches In the
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Record for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, SO. pm. yesterday. Year
ago. 66
Lowest. SO. 6:15 am. today. Year
ago. As.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Sdrvey.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-17
Now Another Henry Comes Through

And another Henry Greenberg supplies the beacon
guide others of the fraternity Baseball players
apart and neither boxers except TO their particular talent
may sound funny but happens to be their United States
as ii is yours and mine.
1t was Henry Gowdys United States and he proved from
Nerdun to the Rhine Eddie Grant did Agonne ades
the American soldier by his deeds his page
as at Valley Forge Trenton the Brandywine Lundys
Vera Cruz Cero Gordo Gettysburg Chickamaugua FL Caney
and Santiago
And the luck of the service Henry Greenberg to
some Tar of battlefield in the Pacific Egypt Europe
we will hear of this fine type of citizen soldier With his
igence and adapabiy will be surprised if he
becomes major colonel before the thing finishes!
In fancy hear army Baker down on the
third base coaching line Hank bats against Japs
shouting:
Come Hankus get hold of ONE"
Hankus will get hold of and the victim will
will drive out of the park with base and Uncle
needing the beat Hitler Mussolini Yellow
out OF the pennan You bet that the and
Another baseball Henry will through just Sergeant
Henry Gowdy did % years back Rainbow broke the
charge of the Prssan Guards re-swept butte of the
Champagne country
And what say of Greenberg goes Babbsh and
Lloyd Marz and lot of other local boys very far
from home this Christmasbut very close hearts