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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05
Study AdvisabiliiY
OF Reducing Age Range

WAsHIN0TON-Ths senate
military affairs COMMITTEES has d.
rectsd its ilsiscn officer with the
war department. Lieut. Col. David
A. Watt. 10 obtain . full report
on the advisability Of reducing the
alas age range In the s>iectivs
service act. II was disclosed today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05

business we have had from Taco
ma people. we will give an at
traetive aft 10 everyons visiting
our store during the NEXT three
days. Even the Riddles who coma
with their parents win receive q
favor for their visit"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05
HINT HITLER. DARI.AN
TALKED SYRIA DEFENSE

Berlin took q friendly view oi
the viehy deliberations and issued
hints that Germany would give
France fun cooperation in the de-
tense OF Syria and that armistice
clauses might be relaxed 20 allow
full defense Of the territory by
the French army. air force and
fleet.
Mani sources suggested that
Admiral Jean Francois Oar
Ian. French vice premier, and
Adolf Hitler. discussed Syrian
defense In detail at their re-
cent conference.
A brief announcement was made
in London Of the appointment Of
Lieut.. Gen. Sir James Marshall
Cornwall as general officer, COM
mander in chief without specifi-
cation as to what forces he has
been named to command. Mar
shall Cornwall has been engaged
in extensive consultation with the
Turks for some weeks
The British also were watching
closely the possibility OF Russian
action in Iran PERSIA. London
reported that the Germans have
been seeking to inspire a Soviet
movement into that country. prob
ably timed with a German offen-
sive against Suez.
LITTLE RESISTANCE
SEEN IN SYRIA
French anti-aircraft batteries
were said 10 have fired on the
British planes which attacked
Beirut.
The Turks reported that Col.
Philbert Colbert. veteran French
desert fighter who deserted from
Syria to Palestine 10 days ago.
took $500 troops with him. They
said that French airmen are also
deserving and suggested that Syria
would offer little more than
token" resistance to British in
vasion.
As the Middle Eastern warfare
appeared about to enter a new
phase. British concern over the
implications of the loss of Crete
was mounting.
Prime Minister Winston
Churchill, II seemed certain, faces
angry questioning in parliament,
chiefly as to why British defenses
on the island were not stronger
in view of the six months the
British had been in occupation
there.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05
Tacoma Home Defense Units
Stage Partial Mobilization
Coll for 900 Brings Out Additional
200 Volunteers al stuss Armory

Tscomas home defense units engaged IN partial mohl-
nation Tuesday evening and revealed heal preparedness
- Tar ahead Of that anywhere slse IN The state
The immediate and spontaneous response 10 our en-
deavors has been truly remarkable md accomplishments q
defense unit volunteer workers worthy Of public PRIDE
sad Col Bert Bradley executive commander Of the civilian
rroun
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05

A policy of handling we'll known
brands Of merchandise on liberal
credit terms that appealed TO Ia
coma's Industrial workers IL cred
tied by the Friedman brothers for
the growth Of their business.
New Mems styIist
Recently added 10 the selling
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05

staff at The
II u b, William
Miller IL pro-
viding a new
service to the
young men Gus
toners OF The
II u b. miller
comes 10 Taco
ma from spo-
kane, whers he
has been ssso-
ciated with lead
inR mena wear
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05
INCORPORATE POST

oLYMPfA-Incorporstions filed
today with secretary Of state
American Legion Peninsula Post
No. 20, Vaughn. william Lindner.
Thomas W TAFT. J. w. Parker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05
CLUB MEETS THURSDAY

The Mckinley Hill Improvement
club will meet at p. m. Thursday
in the lunchroom Of the Mckinley
school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05

shops and was for three years
manager and buyer for the cloth
ing department Of Franklins de
partment store. Previous expert
ence which gives Miller an authen-
tic claim 10 the title of style en-
pert" includes work In the mems
departments Of Gimble's and Wan
namaker's In New York city. His
services here assure young men Of
style correctness when selecting
their clothing ensembles at The
Hub.
Formal Opening Thursday
We are both proud Of our mod
ernlzsd store" Morris and sam
Friedman said today while making
final arrangements for q formal
opening 10 be held Thursday. Fn-
day and Saturday Of this week.
To show our appreciation for ths
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28

regards the issue of the present war
as none other than world conquest
and world domination by HitlerlSm.
The President has been equally
emphatic in stating that, but for the
magnificent resistance OF Britain.
parts of the Western Hemisphere
would already be experiencing the
fate which has befallen the nations
of Europe.
While it cannot be said that the
Presidents statement was decla-
ration of war by the United States,
the statement was a clear declara-
ton by the President to the citizens
of the United States that war has
approached the brink of the Western
Hemisphere and that TO keep the
Western Hemisphere free from the
stranglehold of NaZiism the declara-
ton of a national emergency by the
United States has become necessary.
The speech. moreover. was clear
declaration by the President that
the United States has not only de-
cided to reassert but is determined to
maintain the freedom of the seas.
AS the control of the seas through
the battle of the Atlantic has be-
come the supreme object of Nazi
Germany. the maintenance of the
freedom of the seas has become the
supreme necessity of the United
States as a means of insuring the
security of the Western Hemisphere.
Freedom to Be Preserved.
The President proposes to see
that the freedom of the seas is
maintained by the delivery of NUM-
tons and foodstuffs to Britain and
by all necessary measures to that
end
For the present. at least. the
freedom of the Western Hemisphere
is to be preserved by the main
tenance of Britain as the citadel Of
the worlds freedom.
Germany will have to draw her
own conclusions as to what may
be involved through an attempt by
force to Illustrate delivery from
America of munitions and food to
Britain. One thing is certain, that,
if needed, additional measures effec-
lively to secure that end will i'm.
mediately be taken by the United
States.
THE lifeline now stretches from
America to Britain"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28
Conodo's Prime Minister
Halls Roosevelt Talk

OTTAWA, May % Cp.-Declaring
that the lifeline now stretches
from American to Britain" Prime
Minister w. L. Mackenzie King said
after President Roosevelt's broad
cast address last night that Ger
many will have to draw her own
conclusions as to what may be in
VOWED through an attempt by force
to Illustrate delivery from America
OF munitions and food to Britain"
He said that while it could not be
SAID that the Presidents speech was
a declaration of war by the United
States, it was "a clear declare ton
that war has approached the
brink of the Western Hemisphere
and that to keep the Western
Hemisphere free from the strangle-
hold of Nazi-ism the declaration of
national emergency by the United
States has become necessary"
Text of Statement.
The text of the Prime Minister'S
statement follows:
The Presidents statement sets
forth the logical development of the
American position as determined by
the logic of events. Mr.. Roosevelt
has made it perfectly plain that the
Government of the United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28
Crete
Continued From First Page

the Germans on Crete, flying there
from bases on the African mainland,
and Near East R, A. F. communi-
que today reported "a number of
successful attacks" Monday night
and Tuesday on the German oc-
cupied airdrome of Malemi, 10 miles
southwest of Canea.
The r. A. F.'s communiQue said
A heavy daylight attack Yesterday
DESTROYED number of Axis planes
on the ground at Malemi and that
three German dive-bombers were
shot down north of the island by
lone-range British fighters.
During a Monday night attack.
five German planes were reported
DESTROYED on the ground at Malemi
and several others set afire on near
by beaches.
Other r. A. F. bombers. it was
announced. directly hit two Axis
merchantmen. of between 5000 and
10000 tons each off the African
coast. Additional forces raided
building and starting water
front fires. the communique said.
An authoritative source indicated
the Germans had further strength
ened their positions in Crete in the
last "a hours.
He said British troops were fight
ing under the appalling strain of
continuous bombing from the air,
day and night. with no let up"
The German invasion forces. con-
stantly reinforced by air, now APP
parentlv outnumbered the British
Greek defenders, it was said earlier,
and the situation was described as
serious"
Painting what he characterized as
mot rosy picture. an authorita-
tive source said the worst danger
spot was still the Malemi area, but
that the Allied position around
Canea and Suda Bay also "undoubt-
edly is precarious"
There has been some improve
ment at Retimo, but further Ger
man reinforcements have landed by
parachute at Gambia and the situa-
ton there is mot too good" this
source asserted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28
Democrucies
Continued From First Page

cans and warning to Germany and
Italy. Therefore, they said, it does
not need an immediate British
answer.
All London's evening newspapers
splashed accounts of the Presidents
speech across their front pages under
black headlines such as Dictator
Powers for F. D. r., Call to the
United States People" and Final
Warning"
The Evening Standard editorial
declared Mr.. Roosevelt had answered
the German warning against the use
of conveys by proclaiming the free
dom of the seas in full face of the
Nazi assault" and asserted:
The Presidents defiance is alb
solute."
"Interferes at Peril"
The Evening News said the bur-
den of the Presidents words TO the
Nazis were: We will buttress the
bastion of democracy, which is Brit
ain, by war if necessary"
Hitler plainly has been told. the
paper said that he will interfere
with the delivery of American sup
plies to Britain at his peril-the
peril that one shot may set the full
forces of America in motion against
Germany"
Crowds which gathered in London
hotels before dawn this morning 10
hear the broadcast OF the Presi-
dents speech cheered his assertion
that the United States would take
whatever steps were necessary to
insure safe delivery of war supplies
to Britain.
They cheered again when he said
that America will not hesitate to
use armed force to repel attack. :"
and applauded loudly his reference
to the epic resistance of Britain"
Quicker Victory Seen.
Hes with us all the way-it
means were going to lick Hitler even
sooner than we expected" said one
listener. and this comment seemed
fairly representative of public re-
action to speech thai all Britain
mad been awaiting with anticipation.
fThe British radio. in a broad
cast heard in New York, said the
Presidents proclamation of an
unlimited emergency was taken
IN Britain as proof that the
President is very much alive to
the present military position
his epoch making speech has
been warmly welcomed in Great
Britain"
Inc ADDRESS was front-page news
IN late editions of London morning
papers, but because of the hour at
which the President spoke-4:4o
London time-the majority carried
only short excerpts.
Interest in the speech was re-
nected IN the number of Britons who
sacrificed sleep to hear its trans
Atlantic broadcast. In hotels and
other public places as well as in
private homes thousands of persons
gathered around radios to hear the
talk.
National Broadcasting Co. re-
ported that the British radio broad
cast a German translation of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's speech early TODAY
IN an attempt to reach the German
public. The announcer made no
comment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28

Title 5, United States Code, and
concluded: This Is the only statu-
tory provision found relating to the
division of time and the compute
ton OF pay for service of employees
of the government generally. Moth
ing is contained therein which either
sets the last day and the fifteenth
day of the month as pay days for
regular annual employees. nor is
there any provision setting other
days.
Per Diem Pay Days Fixed.
"At the present time, per diem
employees are paid bi-weekly on days
other than the fifteenth and the last
of the month. Under dates of July
10, 1912, and July 20, 1918, the Com
missioners, by order, fixed the days
on which employees of the District
government, annual and per diem
should receive their pay. 1t there
fore appears that the Commission.
ers then had the necessary author
itv to fix pay days. No legislation
has been enacted on the subject
since then.
1T is, therefore. our opinion, that
there is no necessity for legislation
to institute a system of staggered
pay days for annual employees o.
the District other than the classes
of school employees mentioned above
The matter is one solely of admin
istrative policy"
There are now some $4,000 Dis
trict government workers, includ.
; ing all classes. and the annual pay
disbursement amounts to some SGT
100000. District Auditor Arthur r
Pilkerton said the suggested new
system for the city government
could be put into effect promptly
If the Commissioners decide to 60
ahead with the plan and not wait
on the Federal establishments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28
INDIGESTION
may affect the Hes

Gas trapped In the stomach outlet may set like
hsrtrigser the heart At the first sign OF distrss
smart men and omen depend on Ben-sns 1shlets 10
l,t Gas free No laxative but made OF the ftEtest-
s,tinr medicines known for acid indigestion. III tins
FIRST DOSE doesn't prove Bell ans better. return
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28
Defense Spending
Expected 10 Rise
Above 81 Billion
Presidents Request for
More Planes Boosts
Two-Yeur Estimates
By the Associated Press.

President Roosevelts request to
Congress for an additional $3,3l9,-
900, 900 for Army and Navy planes
may boost cash defense expenditures
beyond $4,000, 900 900 in this and
the next fiscal year, informed legis-
lators said today.
These persons said that probably
more than half of the money he
sought would be spent in stepping
up plane production over the S.
100, 100000 cash outlay level sched-
uled by the Office of Production
Management for the period ending
July l, 1912.
The other half would go to pay
orders already placed and for de-
liveries after that date
Swiftly after Speaker Rayburn re-
ceived Mr.. RooSevelt's letter of re-
quest yesterday, the House Military
Appropria lions Committee an
nounced it would reopen hearings
today on the War Department sup
ply bill. already standing in excess
Of $1,000 100000 Incorporation of
the new request in this legisla ton
would greatly expedite congressional
consideration.
Legislators said the total to be
paid out by the Treasury for de-
tense equipment and materials &C
tually delivered before July l, 1912
without taking into account orders
for subsequent deliveries-was likely
to reach s3l 900 600, 900 instead of
the s29. 400, 900 900 previously con-
templated by the o. P. M.
The O P. NJ, it was disclosed in a
letter made public by Senator Brew
ster, Republican. of Maine, has
scheduled production activities to-
falling Sl9,600, 100000 for the new
fiscal year. compared with $780,
| 100000 estimated expenditures fol
the year ending June 80, 194l.
Whether our defense effort totals
500, 400 100000 by the end of the
! fiscal year 1922 Herbert Emmerich
o. P. M. secretary. wrote Senator
Brewster, will. of course. depend or
whether the production schedules
upon which this figure is based car
| be attained.
''On the basis of what seems rea
| sonable to expect in the way OF ar
increase in national income at pres
ent prices. defense activities of sl9.-
| 600 900 900 in fiscal 1912 would mean
a defense effort of somewhat more
than one-fifth of our national in
come"
Senator Brewster said he thought
/ the program was running Is to sc
per cent behind schedule and ought
to be stepped up considerably.
/ Mr.. Emmerich broke down the
proposed s29, 400, 900, 900 expenditure;
as follows:
Fiscal years 1s41 and 1912. On
/ billions of dollars:
Airplanes and parts ---- 81
Naval vessels ---- %
Merchant ships ------ 0.s
Ordnance 3.s
Industrial facilities -------- 3.s
/ Other industrial production 800 10
/ Army and Navy subsistence,
/ British foods and other nom
industrial items -- s.
Total 2 3d.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28
Pay Days
Continued From First Page)

of school, AS to these, Mr.. Keech
said, the statute provides that their
salaries shall be paid in 10 monthly
instal,ments, the first payment to be
made on tine first day in October or
as near that date as practicable. He
added that it appeared it was the
intent of Congress that such en-
ployes should be paid in 10 monthly
installments each year, each INSTALL
ment payable on or about the first
day of each of the 10 months.
For the advice of the city heads.
the corporation counsel quoted from
section six Of the Act Of June 80,
1906, 34th Statute, 1853, Section "a,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28
Important Positions Taken
Near SoIum, jtoIy Soys

ROME. May % P,.-Axis troops
have captured important positions"
from the British in the Salum sector
on the Libyan-Egyptian frontier, the
Italian high command announced
today. taking prisoners and war ma
terials. including nine cannon and
seven tanks.
At the same time Italian troops
were reported holding their positions
against British attacks in Ethiopia.
The communique indicated there
had been sharp fighting in the Gala
Sidamo section of Northwestern
Ethiopia, but said the British had
been repulsed everywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28
u. D. {. to Serve Dinner

FAIRFAX, Va, May % (SpeciaD
Fairfax Chapter. United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy, will serve
benefit dinner in the Methodist
Church tomorrow at o'clock. Funds
are to be used to help provide a
custodian at Lee Chapel at Lex
ington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28
More City Folk

d The United States has 2l3 cities
between $4,000 and $4,000, accord
ing to the 1910 census, compared with
lbs such cities in 1880. Combined
population of these places in 1910
was 7,417,093, and in 1880, 6.425 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28
Labels on Train Windows

Labels are now placed on railway
car windows in Britain TO reserve
compartments for infectious disease
patients, corpses, high government
officials, lunatics and cabinet min
listers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28
Key Pass Near Sa|um
Captured by Axis,
Germans Claim
More ItoIion Prisoners
Taken by British in
Ethiopian Fighting
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. May 28.-Axis forces in
North Africa have captured Halfaya
Pass. on Egyptian soil southeast of
Salum, the German high command
said today.
The road eastward to Sidi Barrani,
which was the Italian highwater
mark in the first Axis drive into
Egypt. runs through Halfaya Pass,
between the Mediterranean coast
and an inland escarpment.
The communique said both Ger
man and Italian troops carried out
the attack and captured nine cam
non. seven tanks. several other
armored vehicles and other equip
ment
The enemy suffered severe. bloody
losses and lost a number of pris-
oners," it added. Our own losses
were small. Destroyer planes at
tackled troop camps and concentra-
tons of motor vehicles in the Salum
region"
! CAIRO, Egypt, May % (P).-The
Near East command communicate
today admitted that British troops
had temporarily withdrawn from
Halfaya Pass" strategic position in
the Salum area, on the Egyptian
Libyan frontier. This retreat was
made in the face of numerically
superior forces" the communique
added
In Ethiopia, it said. Gen. Cafarati,
commanding the Goth Italian Di-
vision. has surrendered and the
whole Goth Division is reported to
be coming in"
This is in the lakes region where,
the communique said, heavier Brit
ish pressure is being brought to
bear on the Italians.
In Iraq the situation was called
unchanged in the Habbaniyah-Fal-
LULA area and still quiet at Basra.
Anauthoritative source in London
conceded that German forces prob
ably have recaptured the Egyptian
frontier post of Salum, which, he
said. has passed from hand to hand
so often that it is getting slightly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-28

ROOSEVELT SAYS u. S. PERIL OF ATTACK-President
Roosevelt said last night that the United in
peril of attack by the NzS and that Naz occupation Dakar
the Azores and Cape Verde Isles would freedom
of the Atlantic and physical safety about
00 miles from United States defense Trinidad the
Azores about 1880 miles from New York Roosevelt said
NaZ occupation Iceland Greenland would bring
the close continental shores" Iceland about
2750 miles from Boston. "A. p. Wirephoto
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03

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